"Your lunch-box." "Get up!" " My child!" "See you." "Bye." "Get up!" "Just this much left." "And always chew your food." "Bye sweetheart!" "Lunch-box." "A little more." "Rahul..." "Rahul... get up." "Go and check the tap for water." "Rahul!" "Damn it!" "I've given birth to a veritable sleeping giant." "Rahul, are you up already?" "Prachi..." "Prachi, wake up now..." "Prachi!" "Pra..." "Prachi, don't get in the way now... go and brush your teeth." "Be done with your potty and all... quickly get ready." "God!" "This child is really a pain!" "Your dada?" " He's asleep!" "Was there any need to watch TV all night long?" "Get up... go fill some water!" "Now who's going to tidy this mess?" " I will..." "What do you mean by 'I will'?" "Wake up and check if the tanker is already around." "I am not gonna see that!" " No?" "What's the meaning of such behaviour?" "No sane hour to sleep or wake up... and for, everything just locking horns..." "There's no question of locking horns." "I've made it clear..." "I am off to Mangya's to study." " You thump for studies... he'll put forward office, I am the only one who has all the time in the world!" "Wake you up, run after you get you ready, get the tiffins ready." "Even I have just two hands like you." "Forget lending a helping hand... no one's decent enough to respond to a call." "It's only me rambling away." "So... here we go." "Now why can't everyone wake up by dawn and do a bit... no way!" "I have to be after you even to fold the bed sheets." "It's well-known that water is scant but I must be the one to urge you... to pour a thimbleful on your heads." "With all this chasing and fretting..." "I'll kick the bucket sooner than you think." "The milk's gone!" "This house's also a cramped hole." "You can't walk from one room to another without banging into something." "Sleep, Ok?" "Rahul... why are you sitting around wasting time?" "I'll break your face... take the bucket and go get water." "Leave me alone..." " Rahul!" "Now, this is the limit!" "He's got no feeling, that's for sure... but even if some else makes him aware look at his shamelessness!" "Such cheek at this age!" "God knows what's in store for the future!" "Rahul, don't wear me out... water!" "I've already informed you, I gotta go to Mangya's." "I don't care whether you go to Mangya or some other numbskull..." "Tidy up your stuff!" "Fill water and go wherever you please." "I don't need to issue separate instructions to you." "Get up!" "Listen!" "Mind being a bit gentle?" "You work so roughly... what is this... getting excited is not going to reduce your work." "If you'd only apply yourself to the task calmly you'll save a lot more trouble." "Well, you don't loose anything sitting there and passing judgment." "And why not...?" "What's the difference between a house wife and a maid servant?" "It's my mistake." "I should have picked up a job and put the kids in the creche." "I should have gotten into the Tiffin business... and everything would have gone on smoothly." "But you wanted me to sit at home and bring them up to be good human beings." "Like a father has no hand in all this... and so I was done in." "I looked after them with great dedication and affection." "But to what avail...?" "Our son talks back to me... and all the father does is sit and read the newspaper..." "Rahul, go down and get some water." "Baba, I told you I've got to study." "How can you go to someone else's house and study?" "I can... and I do it well." " Great!" "But what happens when the results are out?" "You've failed in three subjects." "Now let me study..." "I know I have failed... but it's not my fault." "What?" "If it isn't yours, whose fault is it?" "Sure... if it's not his fault, it must be ours." "There must either be a problem with the teacher... or I fell short while brining him up." "The other parents, I mean not even the fathers... even the mothers don't pay any attention." "Even then children pass in all the subjects... and here we are standing in attendance 24 hours... and this is the state of affairs." "I don't attend tuitions of the teacher who teaches the three subjects... that's why I've failed..." "everyone who goes for those tuitions passes." "Well, you should have told us this before." "Anyway... from next month start attending those tuitions." "What tuition?" "I don't believe in tuition and all... why can't you pay more attention and study properly...?" "Or why don't you help him in his studies..." "Why her?" "If you teach me, the result will still be the same." "Oh, is that so...?" "There is no need for any tuition." "Tuitions from the same teacher who teaches you... no way." "I'm not going to pay for this... understood...?" "Then I won't pass either." "You don't have money to pay for the tuition?" "I never said anything about not having money." "I'm not going to pay for the tuition." "That's all I said." "Why?" " What do you mean why?" "This is clearly blackmail." "In a way, it's like giving bribes... and I don't like that at all." "And you know that it doesn't fit with my principles..." "Your principles are important or his academic year?" "Don't talk like that." "You think I don't understand anything... that I never went to school or that I never passed my exams..." "I've been working at the bank for so many years..." "I've never taken any such tuitions." "I've never paid one buck extra..." "But those were different days." "They're gone." "Now everywhere you see classes going on and children attend them... you think their parents don't have any principles?" "I'm thinking about myself." "If ten people decide to make an ass out of themselves..." "I should too, just because they're ten?" "Don't I stand for anything alone?" "What is this?" "What does this mean that you'll only pass of you take tuitions?" "This isn't education, it's a business... it's better that Rahul doesn't study at all." "What do you care?" "Everything is ok with you." "Even the house you live in is ok with you... even though it's on rent." "When you have to pick up the buckets and go, don't you find it frustrating...?" "I was insisting my father... that you must notjudge the house by your post in the bank." "Not to get carried away by the fact that Brahmnis live in this neighbourhood." "What happened then?" "Nothing has gone wrong." "Everything will be as you desire." "I'm tired of living on such hopes and dreams." "What have I got in the past 15 years...?" "Your principles have completely ruined everything for us anyway..." "now ruin it for our child also." "And be happy... with your principles." "I'm not going to make it for college again" "When is your boss coming?" "I'll speak to him." "As if we have no other work." "Why does he do this every time?" "What happened... isn't he opening the tap?" "God knows." "He always throws some tantrum." " Look at him." "Why?" "What the hell..." "What happened, Uncle?" "How long will it take?" "God knows..." " No idea." "What do you mean no idea?" "If you don't know, then who will!" "People have been waiting for so long... how can you do something like this?" "Open the tap." "Is anyone else saying anything?" "Everyone else is standing quietly, aren't they?" "I'm addressing you with respect..." "you're just a tanker worker." "Everyone pays you... hurry up and open the tap." "The overseer has gone to talk about the money, ok...?" "And he's gone with the key." "He's told me he won't give me the keys without receiving any money..." "But over here everyone's given money Don't waste time with stupid excuses... otherwise go call the overseer." "Look here, I don't want any trouble early in the morning..." "I told you, he's gone to collect his money" "You people might be paying on time but we should also get the money on time." "Apte..." "Apte..." "let it be." "Here... take the 100 bucks and start the water." "Uncle, why are you doing this?" "He'll get into a bad habit..." "Forget it, Madhav Kaka..." "join the queue." "Madhav, fight about this with the secretary na!" "He works in a bank, that's why he's throwing his weight around." "Stop all this argument!" "What about the water?" "Ask him not to mess around with these tanker guys." "There's a fight for water everyday." "Now he'll start the fight with everyone." "I'll be late for sure." " I'm tired of living in Dombivli." "We should leave here and go somewhere else..." "Is it always this crowded in Mumbai?" " Crowd is the other name for Mumbai... if it weren't so, the people of Mumbai would be lost." "There are so many problems in this Mumbai... but not one person is ready to leave it." "Sure, but at least we get our daily bread and butter." "We might get a small morsel, but it's with dignity." "In my village, there are only old people and women left... and they're also moving here one by one." "And the children?" " Even the kids will follow soon." "But then, there will be too much of population!" "Huh?" " There is a lot of unemployment." "What Apte...?" "I've taken half a day off." "So take care of the counter." "What is it...?" "What is all this tension?" " Couldn't find it." "What's happening?" " Oh nothing at all... manager's gone on leave..." " Manager...?" "I just met him." "Oh, not ours... the one in my house." "Oh, ok... your wife." "Why, where has she gone?" "She's become an aunt, you see." "So she's gone for her sister's delivery." "There's someone else coming to take care temporarily today in the afternoon." "Oh, come on Deepak!" "What would you know about the joys of having a current account?" "You're one of those who love relishing the interest generated... from a fixed deposit..." "little by little." "Anyway, I've said that my mother isn't well." "So keep this in mind." "You're the only one who knows that my mother passed years ago..." "If Karkhanis goes into details... just tell him to bugger off." "Otherwise you will expose me..." "I've got it." "Good morning sir..." " Yes?" "Have you sent the file?" " What file... and to whom?" "For my loan... to the manager sahib..." " Uhhhh..." "No..." "I mean I haven't got all your documents." "Submit those..." "I've already had a talk about that... with manager sahib." "WHAT?" " I told him I would submit it..." "So you've got them?" " No no..." "Sir said that some adjustments will be made... and I'm an old customer of the bank." "I have huge credit for a loan..." "That could be true..." "but for the procedure the documents are mandatory." "Anyone who takes a loan has to do it... " "Of course I'll do that." "At least do the disbursement first." "I have an account here anyways..." "No, but how will I be able to process the documents further on... so please?" "Apte sahib... how many years have you known me?" "And after the work is done, there is no one left unsatisfied... even the peon is suitably rewarded." "Look here Mr. Shah... after you get the loan, whatever you do is not my concern... you might have a deposit amounting to crores... but when you take a loan, you owe the bank... and every indebted person is the same." "It might be for 5,000 or 5 million." "Another thing." "I'm not the kind of officer... who will be satisfied with a bribe." "I'm happy with the salary I get." "Keep your money to yourself." "You're getting agitated for no reason sir... did I say anything to you?" "Madhav, the Shah brothers have been our customers for years..." "Will you mind your own business?" "Mr. Shah, come back with the documents." "The loan will not be processed otherwise." "Please!" "Apte sahib... take it easy..." "What happened Apte?" " He's come to buy me!" "God, he's such a liar..." "I told him I'll give the documents later." "I'll even make the peons happy... there will be no one left unsatisfied..." "WHO SAID THAT?" " Apte please..." "calm down... please..." "This is unbelievable!" "Sir, I'm gonna withdraw all my deposits now!" "Jitesh bhai, come into my cabin..." " Why...?" "He tells me I'm indebted to the bank... he made me a part of the 5,000 line." "Is that the respect you show me?" " Please... come into my cabin." "Tell me who is the manager." "Please, Jitesh bhai, please..." " Why are you worried?" "I'm there." "What Apte... what happened?" " Nothing." "No pictures today?" "Are you not well?" "Taken any medication?" "Medicine... medicine... pill...?" "No!" "Want some tea?" "Do you want some tea?" "Here's what you'll do." "Here..." "keep this money..." "For medicine... keep it." "Buy medicines and take some rest... but only buy medicine ok?" "Take some rest." "I say... what is it?" "Nothing." "There is an interview tomorrow, I hope you remember." "Have to go." "Tell me your full name, child...?" " Prachi Madhav Apte." "Tell me your full address?" "Madhuban Apartments" " Madhuban Apartments..." "Ill floor, Vishnu Nagar, Dombivli East." " West..." "Telephone number?" " Telephone number... 33..." " 33003... 74 - 74" "Very good, zero zero." "You speak such excellent Marathi." "One doesn't get to hear such Marathi these days... and she told the address also very correctly." "Well, what do you do Mr.s. Apte?" "I stay at home... housewife." "Oh!" "That's great... there has to be someone at home... and if it's the mother, so much the better." "I am telling you from my own experience." "Otherwise, it's too much of a confusion... home... work" "In fact, these days, if the mom is at home, I encourage it." "As far as possible we only admit those children who have somebody at home." "Well, all the formalities of Prachi's admission are now completed." "Just one small thing." "It's like this... we have three seats and all the three are donation seats." "Hard luck, this admission is also gone." "Now put her in the Municipal school." "Alka, 35,000 is a bit too much." " I was ready to mortgage my jewellery." "And then?" "Were you planning to hover about like the Princess of Lanka?" "Sure, I would have done that... from the hall to the kitchen and from there to the bathroom." "I would've climbed two floors just to fetch water." "I don't agree with these things, and even if I do..." "I can't take on a loan of 35,000 rupees" " Never mind... even if you can manage that much in six lifetimes it's fine." "It's just that your child of this life is star-crossed." "Why are you creating this scene on the road?" "Don't you remember what did she say?" "Mr. Apte, why should a bank officer like you... think so much about a paltry sum of 35,000 bucks?" "If you lose this admission just for 35,000 bucks... people will laugh at you." "I'm sorry Mr. S Apte, I tried everything I could from my side." "Anyway... may a brilliant child like Prachi find a fitting school." "What else can I say?" "Stand upright." "You stop blabbering now, ok?" "That Principal seemed to be trying to fleece us... understood?" "If you have the money, there's a vacancy or else it's a no." "What does it mean?" "It took me a while to figure out who I was talking to... was I talking to a principal, or a real estate agent?" "You are the only one in this world who knows how to speak." "Right!" "This talk of yours its going to push your children into a luckless life." "Damn it!" "Neither a good place to live nor a good school to study." "What's not decent, tell me." "We have booked a place!" "What good is that?" "Everybody else has gone there to stay... and we are rotting here" " The builder's asking for money... for every little thing." "What can I do?" " But the others have paid, haven't they?" "That doesn't mean I should. - Don't... we will stay here only." "Anyway we are losing the rent On top of it... the installments for that place are also getting deducted from your salary." "Had I taken up a job..." " If you have a problem, then..." "I know, "separate... stay away" Isn't it?" "You know I am suffering, but you won't help." "Just separate, right?" "If you are so hell-bent on your principles... why don't you go out and make things happen?" "Just tom-tomming about your principles won't achieve anything." "It's easy to yell that there has been a theft... but the real courage lies in catching the thief." "Stand upright..." "raise your hand." "Finally, George Bush triumphed." " Ya, sure... he knocked Kerry down." "Bush pumped in a lot of money." "But Musharraf escaped because of that." "Why's the train held up?" " Signal." "Mega block?" " Nonsense, not today?" "Yes, he was run over by the train." " Was it a man?" "Who knows." "And what's the use now?" "Got to burn him anyway." "There he hit a century and here he was bowled over to heaven." "Look, they have pulled him out." "This guy had to choose this very train to die." "15 minutes down the drain easily." "Don't take a peek, you would reel." "Madhav, is the admission done?" "Did you tell the boss, I am taking half the day off?" "Yes, boss." "I told him." "Just a minute... have some sweets." " What's the occasion?" "Remember that Jitesh?" "His loan got sanctioned." "Have it, have it... sweets." "Apte, have some sweets." "We'll have the admission party later." "Jitesh Bhai has generously distributed sweets to everybody." "Yes and on top of it, he is going to give Diwali gifts." "I say, when it comes to treating people there's none like a Sindhi or a Gujarati." "Really!" " What's wrong?" "Everything has been done satisfactorily." "Oh, Apte sahib!" "Did you offer some sweets to him?" "Sir, how was the loan sanctioned?" " What do you mean how?" "As per my knowledge, his documents are insufficient." "Yes, but I got it done under my jurisdiction." "But sir, even powers vested with you come under the Reserve Bank Of India rules." "Ah... it's like this Apte Sahib..." " I am not talking to you!" "His file isn'tjust lacking in documents I also doubt their authenticity." "Also, God forbid, if something happens... you will be the one to blame and the bank would take a beating." "Honest account holders would lose their money... people will lose theirjobs, sir!" "Apte, why are you so agitated as though Skylab has fallen?" "I've learnt more from the book of life than you." "You see, to secure things within the framework... one needs to bend the rules a bit... and this proves beneficial to the bank." "Okay." "I'll put this case up to the higher authorities." "You explain the gains to them." " Apte, you're crossing the limits." "Before you do anything, please remember that I can ruin your life." "Get going..." "Shh!" "Why are you yelling?" "Let him do what he wants to do, why are you getting hassled?" "Go and lodge the complaint declare a strike... stage demonstrations..." "You shut your mouth, understand?" "You shut your mouth!" "Apte... what's happened?" "Why are you screwed up?" "Me?" "These guys will pay for their sins." "Get lost!" "Let me see how do you manage to get this month's salary." "Don't mind, Sir!" "God has given an additional quality to Marathi guys..." "their egotism." "Listen, why are you behaving like a newcomer?" "Slight fudging in the documents is an established practice." "What's new in that?" "Listen, I am your friend." "That's why I am telling you... why do I care otherwise?" "Hi, Seth!" "So Deepak Bhai, how is life?" " First Class." "Cold drink?" " Yes." "I sincerely feel this world should change, but what to do?" "Where does one begin and what are we left with?" "Just get into whichever battle one can manage with the slogan..." ""Har Har Mahadev" and brandish the sword just as you please..." "If you are lucky, you will kill." "If you are not, you will die." "Well, if we have to die anyway, why talk of martyrdom?" "Listen, I'll tell you a simple thing." "Look at my wife... she's just bloating like a debt account now." "To convert it to a regular account can you imagine the headache it would entail?" "But I manage to do it." "Like we take a brand new passbook when the leaves in the earlier one run out..." "I have organized a new slip outside home." "In the ultimate analysis, every man just lives for himself let the world go to blazes." "Uncle, how much is the bill?" " 14 rupees." "What Uncle?" "2 bucks more?" " Exactly!" "Listen my dear, it costs two bucks to chill the bottle." "What?" "But they charge only twelve rupees in the hotel." "Go to the hotel." "You had your cool drink and cooled off your head also." "Now don't blow my head; get going." " Ok." "OK." " Let's go, he won't listen." "Come on, let's go." "What's our bill, seth?" " 14 rupees." "Give him 12, ok?" " It's 14 rupees sir... it costs two bucks to chill the bottle." " Just a minute... how much did he pay?" "14 rupees and I have returned him 6 bucks already." "No, No... you charge only 12 rupees and return the rest of it." "No sir... it costs 2 rupees more. " "What do you charge 2 rupees more for?" "It's for the fridge, one has to chill the bottle in it... and there's the electricity bill on top of it... and electricity does not come free of cost." "Even our money does not come free of cost." "We give our sweat and blood, expend intelligence we break our back, you know that?" "We have stiff backs." "Give only the printed price on the bottle don't give a penny more." "Hey sir, you keep quiet." "This transaction is between me and Deepak Bhai... and it's over." "Am I right...?" "Don't leave a single penny, take it from him." "Listen, you relax, please..." " How can you..." "I am in business for years but have never seen a fuss like this." "Fuss?" "You keep extorting 2 bucks shamelessly from your customers." "Just because people like Deepak put up with it you have become insolent." "If you are so keen on business, why don't you return 2 bucks?" "Sir... go to the Lower Court or the Supreme Court, I won't budge." "You have to give me two bucks extra." "Is that clear?" "What nonsense!" "Two bucks for what?" " Relax... come, let's go" "How can you leave it like that?" "How can you listen to people like this...?" "This is absurd!" "Forget it... why argue with him for two bucks" "Deepak Bhai, you are breeding leaders or what?" "Looks like the Boss has inundated him with work in the Bank... or may be he's fought with his wife." " Shut up!" "What are you staring at?" "Get lost!" "What are you doing...?" "Call the police!" "Look what he's doing!" "Good Lord!" "I'm screwed!" "What...?" " Shell out two bucks" "What...?" " Give back two rupees, now!" "Wait till I give it to you!" "Here you are." "Inspector, I just asked him for two rupees and he lost his head." "This boy was standing here with his cricket gear... he just picked up the bat smashed the entire shop." "Anything else?" " He dipped into the cash box too." "I made a hue and cry, so he spared it." "He smashed the whole shop and you kept quiet." "Did you know him?" "He came in with my regular customer Deepak." "Where is this Deepak?" "Sir, please don't go by the shopkeeper's account." "This Madhav is no hooligan... he's a thorough gentleman and an educated person." "Sir he is married, has two children." "Does he have any illness?" "Any history?" "No, nothing, but I don't know what was wrong with him today." "I mean, the way he behaved just for two bucks..." "I mean that was it, he was really out of control." "Even I went numb for fifteen minutes." "You mean he did all this just for 2 bucks. " "There's nothing else that happened..." "You see, it was I who paid up and I was the one who took the money." "And I have nothing to complain... but he thought that the shopkeeper was looting me and then he went berserk." "Does he have any problem at home?" " No, there is no way to ascertain it." "All right... did he meet you before he left... did he say something?" "You see, once he went on a smashing spree nobody knew him." "And I say sir..." " Just a minute..." "Gaikwad, just take down Apte's address and get on with your nextjob." "Well, does he have any weapon?" "Whose bike is this...?" "You've gone mad or what?" "Does Madhav Sridhar Apte live here?" " Yes... yes..." "Take this and put your signature here... and write your complete name under the signature." "If Madhav Sridhar Apte comes home, or if you establish any contact with him... send him to the Dombivli Police Station immediately... got it?" "Hurry!" "Two double spicy scrambled eggs two double omelettes, four buns..." "Listen boy, do not act smart." "Are you here to laze about?" "Come on, get some water here..." "Make a half fry... sunny side up and down... and three single scrambled eggs... spicy with bun, pack it up..." "Chotu, get two beers from there... hurry up." "Hurry up... clean up the mess." "Clean up the mess." "Attend to the customer." "Hey, pack up now... you baldie, shut down time." " Greeting sir." "How many times must I tell you?" "No, sir, just a couple of minutes more... there are only a few more..." "we'll pack up." "Sir, what will you have?" " Get four spicy scrambled eggs." "Quick!" "Brother, get me four scrambled eggs." "Get something cold for Sir..." "come on, hurry up!" "Wind up quickly and leave." "You guys are doing this every day." "Hurry..." "Get some water." " Cold water." "Quick" "What are you staring for?" "Are you drunk?" "Can't you see the customer?" "This is a hospital, my dear!" "A regular hospital." "How can you park a cart here?" "You're raising such a din... this place is reeking ...can't you understand?" "There are patients out there." "Who are you?" "Ward officer or a police commissioner...?" "What difference does it make?" "You are the police, right...?" "You got to stop this... this is unlawful... what's going on?" "Mister conscience-keeper!" "Come on, don't try to teach us duty..." "Why are you shouting, man?" "Do you want to eat?" "Okay..." "Serve this guy too!" "For heaven's sake don't shout..." "No!" "I don't want to eat..." "put it down their throats!" "Nothing quenches their ravenous appetites." "Their greed knows no limit!" "Come..." "It's people like you who encourage criminals." "Instead of standing for the rights of common men... you're siding with the unlawful businessmen." "Your uniforms can scarcely hide your ugly skin..." "Hey, listen up!" "If you abuse the uniform," "I'll strip you and whack you..." "Yeah, sure... go ahead and whack me." "Let the world know about it." "Do you understand what a cop stands for...?" "You guys hang the state laws along with your uniforms for five-bucks worth... of scrambled eggs... aren't you ashamed of yourself?" "If you are so desperate, why don't you take up a job with the egg-vendor?" "Shut up!" "Why must we suffer for the taunts of crackpots?" "Kadam, go on, listen to his night-long hymns now..." "Shinde, if I lose it, I'll beat the shit out of this guy all night long." "Where did you get this slime-ball?" "Hey, how dare you abuse the hawaldar?" "You're an educated man, right?" "Then, why were you abusing an asshole." "That was quite a sermon on the systematic." "Listen, just take a drag... the whole system will seem pretty to you." "He looks like a married guy." "Listen, why mess with these kinds?" "Just hand the kickback and get going." "Hey hero!" "Don't get into the lawyer and stuff... just slide something backhand and slink off." "Am I right, darling?" "No Anna... no, he's not come as yet." "I'll check today." "I'll wait until tonight... and if needed, go to the police station tomorrow." "Yes... no... you don't worry... you don't make haste, there's the neighbour Gore uncle to lean on... he'll come along..." "Okay." "Shall I hang up now...?" "Okay." "Hey!" "Hey!" "You guys are upholders of law, isn't it?" "Then why are you dozing away in the police station?" "Get up." "I messed up and got this guy here!" "Wonder from where this specimen got to the earth..." "Shinde, switch off that light!" "I'll let you know." "Good Morning, Sir." " I'll call later." "Sahib, what are we supposed to do with this guy?" "Note down his name and address and let him go." " Okay." "Kadam..." " Yes?" "Don't hand him that bat." " Why?" "He's a crackpot." "Come out..." "Sunny Deol of Ghayal fame... come on." "I am talking to you, not the tanker!" "Are you listening to me?" "You and your overseer talk it out." "Why should we bear the brunt?" "Look, I can't release water like that, I got to heed orders from top!" "What orders?" "What's this nuisance on a daily basis?" "Okay, just part with fifty or hundred rupees..." "I'll make sure higher-ups are spared." " Hundred rupees?" "I say, why should we shell out hundred daily?" "Listen, just hand it... didn't I give it last time?" "You?" "Have you ever parted with even 50?" "There!" "Ask him." " Look, you want the water, right?" "Look here, just give me hundred bucks," "I'll let off the water right away" "But why should I give a hundred?" "I say who are we to give 100 rupees?" "Listen, I will complain about you to the higher-ups..." "Go to whoever you want to." "Hey!" "What are you doing?" "Don't you dare to touch my tanker." "Kupekar Sahib's." "Who Kupekar?" " The local councillor Kupekar." "Leave him." "Leave him." "Come down, hurry!" "My sleep is screwed." "This man was blurting like a broken pipe." "Who was it...?" "What's his name?" "Madhav Sridhar Apte, Resident of Dombivli." "What else...?" "Wireless...?" "Control room...?" "Phone...?" "There's report from the control room about vandalizing of a shop... with a cricket bat." "It's registered at the Nariman Point office." "With a cricket bat?" "When?" "It happened yesterday" " So...?" "I think this the same guy." " How can you say that?" "Even he had a bat." "What?" "I hope you are in the bounds of sanity?" "You let him go after you got the information from the control room...?" "You could have at least gotten a hint from the bat he held in his hand?" "Actually, I got the message after we let him off." "What?" " I mean the message had already come in." "But we couldn't quite get it in the midst of his jabber." "Precisely!" "That's exactly why people blame the police." "Anyway, you held him for the night." "Hope you filed in a report?" "Yes, I have kept it on your table." " Thank God!" "Yeshwant Kupekar Councillor" "Your work will be done." "Okay, I got it." "But don't forget me you don't worry at all..." "I want to meet the Councillor." "And all that's going to amount to..." " I want to meet the Councillor." "He is not here." " Call him from wherever he may be." "There's an inauguration function today... he's gone there." "Where?" " You know the newly constructed swimming pool next to the school?" "Well, he's gone there." "Yes, go on..." "Yes, keep coming sometimes." "What else?" "When should we meet?" "Swimming pool?" "Patil, you are on double duty now." "I want all the information about that guy immediately." "Dombivli means Thane district... what does it come under?" "I'll look up..." " Get cracking." "Make calls and send wireless messages from Thane onwards." "Hurry up." "Yes sir..." " Another thing... who was manning the patrolling van last night?" "Where?" " Near the food cart." "Who all were there?" "Kadam, Shinde, Sonawane, and Jadhav." "What?" "Was the whole police station out there?" "This Apte is going to prove a tough match for all of you..." "Sir, he didn't look like a criminal... seemed as if he had fought with his wife and come." "So far in your long service have you ever come across... the name Apte registered in the criminal's list?" "You see, when these white-collar people commit a crime... the whole world talks about it." "Mind you, Patil it's not a simple case." "Keep in your mind." "Friends..." "Politicians get elected but but after that they do not do anything." "They promise you a lot of things and... they never show their faces again, let alone doing your work." "But I am not one of them." "I have done what I had promised you." "And that's why I am proudly standing here..." "Myself, Yeshwant Kupekar." "So Ladies and Gentlemen, we have all gathered here... for the inauguration of the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation Swimming Pool." "We have overcome several obstacles to get to this point." "This corporation swimming pool opens up a golden opportunity... for the whole society." "I mean our precious little children will come here to swim... to learn to swim." "Our brothers and sisters will be delighted to swim here." "And this comes at a subsidized rate." "But I want to tell you something." "Come here to swim, not to have a bath." "Jokes aside, I had dreamt of constructing a swimming pool like this." "Fortunately, it's ready during my tenure and to top it... it's being inaugurated by me." "My friend was saying..." ""Appa, take the swimming costume for the inauguration"" "But I am afraid, I have another commitment." "Some other time." "Jai Hind." "Jai Maharashtra!" "Out there, people are queuing-for water... they are putting up with the bullying of the tankerwalas and here you are, adding insult to our injury by constructing a swimming pool." "Aren't you ashamed of yourself...?" "Have you no shame?" "What right do you have to do this with our money?" "And you have the audacity to name it after your father..." "And gutters are swelling..." "This place is infested with mosquitoes and you are misusing funds over this..." "Aren't you ashamed?" "Aren't you ashamed?" "Shoot it!" "Roll the camera, Quick." "Please welcome Priyanka Chopra, today's guest for the show." "Pakistan claims that this pipeline..." "Are you in life..." " The commodity market..." "Why don't you stop surfing?" "Remember the politician of Mulund who was murdered?" "Inspector Chauhan had solved the case..." "Today is its crime report." "Sir, papers." "Make a file and send it to the head office." " Ok sir." "The Municipal Councillor Yeshwant Kupekar was attacked by a mad man." "One minute, Shinde." "Don't change the channel." "One minute..." "Mr..." "Kupekar had come there to inaugurate the municipal swimming pool..." "The assailant escaped in the ensuing chaos... but our cameraman, who was covering the inauguration... tried to capture the face of the assailant." "You misuse our money?" "Aren't you ashamed...?" "I don't know who that mad man was..." "I have asked my officials to be on the alert." "The entire responsibility is now on the police... let's see what they do." "The reason behind the attack still hasn't been ascertained... but the possibility of political rivalry is being entertained..." "Sir it's the same guy..." "now carrying a knife." "Now regret what you have done!" "You left him without questioning at night... and now he's roaming the streets with a knife... what should we do tell me...?" "Should I tear the case paper you filed last night... or issue you a memo...?" "He's roaming the streets free after stabbing a councillor..." "God only knows how many more he will attack." "Sir..." "Hello sir... sir... wanna get laid?" "What you looking at?" "Will you take me to the hotel sir?" " No." "So then what?" "The garden?" " No." "Nowhere." "Then what?" "Just the top bit?" " I told you nothing doing." "How old are you?" "Are you a cop?" "What language do you speak?" "Hindi..." "Marathi... a little bit of Gujarati." "Do you understand Marathi?" " I'm a Maharashtrian... go on." "I asked you how old are you." "It's been ten years since I dropped out of school." "And when did you drop out of school?" " In the 5th standard." "That means, 20 years." "And when did you begin to do all this?" "It's been 4 years." "That means, 16 years old..." "who all do you have at home?" "What does that have to do with you?" "It's a waste of time... you wanna get laid... get laid... otherwise buzz off." "Bloody shit!" "I don't need this crap during my peak business hours." "Why didn't you pursue studies afterwards?" "Get lost, mother f... - !" "I'll break your teeth if you get abusive." "Aye... think you own me or what?" "I pay four people to stand here." "One whistle and ten people will come running." "You looked like a gentleman, so I asked." "Go... go home... be with your kids." "And if you're angry, take it out on your wife..." "Understand?" "Wanna eat paan?" "Listen, people come here to relax... don't make me loose my customers." "Go away." "Don't give me that shit..." "get lost." "You don't want anything... just wasting my time for free." "I had told you that as soon as you make any contact with him... you must quickly inform us... and you..." " It completely slipped my mind." "Besides I haven't seen him..." "I don't know what I'm saying." "Ok... has he ever had bouts of madness before." "Oh no, he isn't mad at all." "Don't lock him up saying he's mad." "In that case, what is the reason for such violence...?" "Does he have any medical history... did you know him before marriage?" "No... not one word is true." "I don't know why he suddenly started behaving like this." "Any addictions?" " No." "Does he think a lot?" "Read a lot?" "Yes... yes..." "Any arguments thereof?" "Here?" "In the office?" "Sir, many times..." "I mean everybody used to council him... that there's no point in being such a goody-two-shoes." "Did you two have any arguments...?" "I mean, do they happen?" "Once in a while." " About?" "Just the other day, they were asking for donations... for our daughter's school admission... and he opposed..." "Is he interested in social work etc..." "No, not exactly." "Of course there was a row about collecting funds... for the Ganpati Puja... and a couple of complaints about the loudspeaker..." "Did everyone know he was like this?" "Yes... in fact, people used to taunt him." "Did he meet you that day?" "I mean did you see him..." "did he seem all right?" "Scary..." "like he'd lost his mind... something like that..." "I couldn't recognize him." "And despite all my concern, I was scared." "That's why I couldn't go towards him... but now I feel, I should have gone... caught him and brought him back and should have tied him up." "What's going to happen to him?" "Somebody was saying that the police would shoot him." "Is that true?" "No... nothing of the sort will happen." "At least not right now." "Though his crime is grave... but a punishment also has its own procedure." "That's why I'm saying, let's make use of this period." "Mr.s. Apte please co-operate with us." "This is my card and telephone number." "If you make any contact whatsoever..." "call me... any time... ok?" "Thank you." "What do you want?" "Want some stuff?" "Hash..." "Weed..." "Opium..." "what do you want?" "C'mon." "Hurry up and make a packet." "What do you wanna do with them?" "Look at them... they're sleeping here." "Hey pundit, I've told you a hundred times... why do you give stuff to people who can't handle it." "Are you mad...?" "Sir... wait here, I'll be back." "Go do your work... come on, make those packets." "Dada... he needs stuff..." " Who?" " That gentleman." "Who is he?" "Salaam Saahib..." "want some stuff?" "See, this stuff is Rs.100 for 10 gms and the Manali stuff is Rs. 400 for 10 gms... which one do you want?" "If we do a proper combing operation, we'll catch him quickly." "Everyone knows that Bhoir." "But is he just another monkey, or is he the mighty Hanuman...?" "Is he trying to burn Is he creating a problem for Ravana?" "It will be decided only after an enquiry takes place... whether to catch him, kill him, or let him go." "What do you think?" " Me?" " Yes." "I think we should take him home... give him our uniform and send him on the beat everyday." "Does that sound good?" "Speak up, Bhoir." "What crime has Madhav Apte committed?" "Don't tell me the clause of the penal code... what were the circumstances in which the crime was committed?" "Don't we take all this into consideration?" "Well then... try to remember what Madhav Apte did... vandalized a shop... why?" "Just because the shopkeeper asked for two bucks more." "Who's the culprit?" "He picked up a fight with the roadside snack cart vendor." "What for?" "The police were providing him illegal protection." "Again who's the culprit?" "He smashed the bike... was parked in a no parking zone." "Who's the culprit?" "Stabbed the councillor... why... shall I tell you?" "Who...?" "Who's the culprit...?" "What Bhoir, the police should also think... how can someone who toes the line be so violent?" "Problems are not solved with a stick or a bullet." "The thing doesn't end with it... itjust comes to a halt." "Yeah!" "Where?" "The fire started from Lala's shack." " Lala...?" "The same one sir..." "the narcotics guy." "But I thought he had retired." " No sir... he's been active for the past 8 months." "Did our people know this?" " Yes sir." "And even then...?" "Call Lala." "Who was it?" " I don't know Inspector..." "I thought he had come to buy the stuff." "Then...?" " Then what?" "He took out a knife and I took out my revolver..." "Drop that knife!" "Catch him!" "Catch him!" "Hold him tight." "Snatch the dagger from him." "Hold him tight." "Run!" "Run!" "Sir, he's none other..." "He's that guy." "Madhav Apte?" " Yes sir... now he is brandishing a revolver." "Pictures..." "Mud..." "Mud... smear the cowdung on the mud." "And make a rangoli on that... this is how the picture was made." "But there everything started, with tar instead of cow dung." "Greed... insatiable appetite And want for more and more... it went beyond the bounds... and after that the jobs and businesses sprang up." "The job and the salary soon became insufficient... profits in business were also inadequate." "Then it all began... fights for increase in salary, strikes," "deceit for more profits..." "bribes and theft... it spread like a disease... and the bloody lotus got sucked into the marsh." "I used to write so well, used to paint beautiful pictures... but then I needed money." "The bank provided stability." "I studied till my B. Com, I read extensively and what after that...?" "Fill in the ledgers, take care of the accounts..." "I was drained of all my passion." "There was not a drop of moisture left in me... not even to show." "Lead your life along one straight line write in one particular way get a degree in one go, get confirmed in yourjob in one year... get married for one desire... and add a parallel line and give birth to children... peruse several things one by one, and then die in one shot." "Which means to begin yourjourney from one and proceed on the onerous task... of life by oneself through this life wrenching journey... and then die alone." "This bloody journey... can't this journey be straight?" "Can't it be like the heart...?" "True, it has been decided by everyone that we must follow the rules... diligently adhere to them." "Then why the hurry to break them?" "Should we eat together or hog everyone else's share?" "Decide, you don't want discipline..." "go ahead... become lawless." "If you want to be shameless... be shameless together..." "why alone...?" "Why bear the burden alone?" "Live and let live, if you don't want to abide by this... let's all come together and resolve... die and kill." "Let's finish this off once and for all... and tell the Creator, "We didn't like your little game..."" ""we didn't like your game at all."" "I, the undersigned Madhav Apte, makes this declaration... that due to my own philosophical differences..." "I am not eligible to live on this planet." "So please take away my service and" "I do not expect any payment from you." "In fact I would like to pay all the dues on my account." "So please my Lord, God..." "I'm enclosing my body with my soul, intact... with this declaration." "So please accept this and... relieve me at the earliest..." "please... thanking you, yours faithfully." "What are you doing?" "I'll heat the food." " No." "Give me some milk... cold." "Did you eat outside?" " No." "Then...?" "It's almost three... what will I be able to eat and digest." "I'll give you some milk." "What's up?" "Vaishu, how much money does a man need to live?" "Why get into all this now...?" "Did you make a big raid or something?" "How many crores were there?" "Or did you bump of someone who turned a sharpshooter for just 500 rupees?" "Take my advise." "Go and see Dr. Vatve." "Dr. Vatve?" " Yes... psychiatrist." "You've started thinking too much nowadays." "Don't laugh." "There was an article in the newspaper... saying the Mumbai police is under great stress." "Why doesn't the government increase the number of policemen?" "Don't you need rest...?" "There are otherjobs for that." "The police are under stress... but the stress is of the mind rather than that of work or criminals." "Just tell me, do you think we could have led our life happily... with what I earn?" "I don't think so." "Then how can I take any rest?" "This is the stress the police suffer." "To do the exact opposite of the job that we get money for... and run a home in that." "My condition is the exact opposite of Valya Koli." "His family had forsaken him because he was a plunderer... and here my family is showing me the utmost respect for what I'm doing." "Come on..." "Ok." "Mohsin, should we go for a take?" "Is the frame alright?" " Look at him..." "Because of these new equipments, the public will find it easier." "Even though there is a while before this work reaches an end... but the heart surgeon here, Dr. Ajai Rai, says... that by next month there will be new facilities available." "Hello... which way to the first floor?" "Excuse me..." "No." "Your reports have not yet come." "Sister... ah... admit..." "Take him to the counter over there." "Make the case papers." "But he..." " Never mind!" "Take him there and make the case papers." "No problem." "Ok." "Ok." "Bye!" "Your receipt." "Bhanudas Kale, you just had a check up, now..." "Were you asked for any reports?" " No." "Pay Rs. 150." "Your name?" " My name is Keshav Joshi." "Are you're the patient?" " No." "Malati..." "Malati Keshav Joshi." "My wife." "There is no pain now, right!" " No... but Dr. Ghaisas said that she should be admitted." "He thought Dr. Ajay Rai should take a look." "Admit...?" " Yeah." "Dr. Ghaisas said you have some beds at discounted rates." "Yes, but they are all full." "Here's what you can do." "Ajay Sir is at Hinduja's on Wednesdays and at the KEM on Fridays." "You better try there." "Son, I have come all the way from Thane." "I took the 6'Oclock local train." "To get here." "I had to waste an hour and half outside... even inside, I have been around for half an hour to 45 minutes." "Yes!" "What you say is right we have nothing to gain by delaying you." "Besides, Sir will yell at us unnecessarily." "Can I meet him directly?" "Listen, he hasn't yet come in, and even if he comes... he is going to tell you the same thing." "Hey Janardhan, come here" " What's it...?" "Look here, he has come here with a letter." "He's saying that the patient should be admitted into the ward... what should we do?" " Are you the patient...?" "Oh, no!" "His wife is the patient." " No..." "She is..." "He told you that there is no vacancy?" "Ah... move the patient away from here." "What did you tell him?" "I told him go to Hinduja or KEM. " "Grandfather, why don't you go to KEM?" "See if you go to Hinduja, it's going to cost you a lot of money." "If you go to KEM instead, it will be quite cheap." "What...?" "Listen, Dr. Ghaisas sent me here because it is cheap here." "This ward has twenty beds." "What's more, when the government gives the space, they put this condition." "If I have to go somewhere, why not here...?" "Grandfather, reservation does not work like that." "Government loses nothing in making rules." "How long does it take to fill up 20 beds?" "Ah!" "Don't waste time here." "It's better that..." "Listen, return his letter." "You go to KEM, ok?" "Sable, what happened to patient 8 ward 27?" "Why are you talking like this...?" "He is like your father." "Precisely!" "But he does not understand And if everybody blocks... the queue like this, how are we supposed to do our work?" "Hey!" "Look here." "Well... who is the patient?" "Who is the patient?" "Excuse me, sir!" "Something more about the equipment?" "What more can I say!" "Like I told you... this equipment that we getting is state-of the-art." "And he common man is going to benefit from this immensely." "Excuse me, Dr. Rai!" "I have a question for you..." "Which common man are you talking of?" "Can you tell me, please!" "Your staff cannot even talk decently." "Who are you?" "I am a common patient who cannot afford your hospital fees..." "Just a minute... how I am to be blamed?" "If you can't afford this hospital's fee... why don't you move to the Civic Hospital?" "Don't get overexcited." "Please keep this off the record." " Definitely, Sir." "Anyway, what was I talking about?" "You can't even speak properly to your patients... in whose name you hog all the grants..." "What?" "Have you no responsibility at all?" "Look at the way your staff deals with the senior citizens!" "Is this any care?" "This is insolent business, nothing else!" "Is this the way you fill the charity beds?" "In what way are your responsible?" "Could you tell me that, doctor?" "Pawar, admit him... and don't even take any money from him." "Are you done?" "Can I go now?" "Did you call the police?" " Yes sir!" "Don't pay too much attention..." "it's a psychic case." "Come, grandmother!" "Let me see who stops you from getting admitted here..." "Don't touch me, you swine!" "It's better that I die like this than be at the mercy of goon like you!" "Grand mother!" "Why are you...?" " Don't you dare speak with me!" "I have seen all your dirty pranks... you pointed a pistol at the doctor." "We consider him to be God..." "God..." "If there is anyone who can feel your pulse after God it's a doctor... how dare you threaten him?" "Why are you meddling with us unnecessarily?" "Malati..." " Come on..." "Stop wasting your time on him" "Let's go to KEM." "The same doctor is going to..." "It's ok with us..." "let's go." "After threatening the life of the one who saves lives... let him take the medicine..." "I don't want it." "Sir, there's a ground-breaking story... . here at Shreya Nursing Home." "Where is Shekhar Sir?" "I've been trying to contact him ever since... please send an OB van here..." "immediately." "There is a hostage situation in the hospital!" "You're right to be angry..." "but the approach was wrong." "Through force, through violence... the question might be answered quickly... but it only seems so." "On the contrary, ." "This will definitely give rise to new questions." "My wife decided to join KEM and immediately answered the question... that is called a smart move." "And whoever has this wisdom is different from the animal." "And hence a human being." "And though I would like to thank you your behaviour at the end has held me back." "Think about this... do think." "Move back." "All of you move back." "Where is he." "Where...?" " Over there." "Bhoir, check that way too." "Be quiet." "Calm down." "Everybody calm down." "One minute." "Please calm down." "Please don't everyone talk at once... wait a minute... wait a minute... please." "The place you can see behind me is... the place where the latest hostage crisis... has taken place at the Shreya Nursing Home." "Everything took place suddenly... so much mayhem... and because of this the patients had a lot of problems..." "Listen... he made us work under gun point..." "Such a dangerous person he was... he immediately pulled out the gun." "All this is sheer forcefulness." "Police must take some action against this." "This is a hospital... there will be no hooliganism here." "Exactly... that is my point." "We doctors have lost our sense of security." "I mean, somebody just walks in and points a gun at your head?" "He just forced us to do all this." "What is all this...?" "We as a doctor community are threatened by anybody for no rhyme or reason!" "We do so much for the patients and what do we get in return?" "This?" "What's going on in the city, Secretary?" "As the Home Minister, I am answerable to the Chief Minister." " I've spoken to the I.G., sir." "He and the Commissioner are both coming here." "I've fixed a meeting for this afternoon, sir." "A serious incident took place at a hospital in Mumbai today..." "Madhav Apte...?" "Sir, what do you think of Madhav Apte?" "No comments... sorry." "Who Apte...?" "That moron?" "It's good... at least someone is doing something about this." "Hey Apte come here." "Whatever he's doing is correct." "Every common man should take such a stand." "Look at him..." " Look at him." "Is he an Aries or a Leo?" "This is something that must be deeply contemplated..." ""Girdle up your loins, fist clenched..."" ""here cometh a Marathi lad, to fight valiantly"" "What do you expect man?" "The stress in the city is comparable to a war." "First was the industrial revolution, the bourgeois culture... the post-war blues, then globalisation...?" "C'mon, we're doing to die, man!" ""Heart adorned with a wreath of rebellion fire in the belly, humbling Time..."" "Will his movement make them reduce the prices of cooking gas or kerosene?" ""Paceth the rare soldier, Brooketh he no patience..."" ""marcheth forth with his head held high"" "I don't know... here we can't look after ourselves... who watches TV?" ""Madhav Apte"" " Who Madhav?" "You're going to show me on TV, no...?" "Please..." "I think..." "I think he is cute." "Where I live in Kandivali, a man was fighting with his wife... and smashed an entire shop." "There were 10 lakhs worth of damages." "I don't know anything." "I've just started this business." "You know how it is." "There's so much increasing tension... that no one can keep their calm." "I don't think he's mad." "There must be some reason behind it." "What is happening to this city?" "What all we have to put up with...?" "You are making a mountain out of a molehill." "I promise you, we have everything under control." "Even if ten Madhav Aptes are born in this city..." "I assure you, we can fight them." "We have enough manpower." "Saw him on TV..." "looked mad." "He should be caught or he can harm others as well." "The police should be the first to catch him." "The public might mistake us for him and thrash us." "Today, in a prominent Mumbai hospital... a mad man threatened the hospital workers at gunpoint... and created mayhem at around 9 o' clock in the morning." "The hospital premises..." "Hello..." " Alka...?" "Where are you?" "Are you alright...?" "Are you in Dadar...?" "Why don't you do something?" "My aunt is there, ." "Go to her." "If you come this side..." "Thane... get off at Thane..." "Manju lives there... go to Manju... or will you come back home?" "Alka..." "Listen, I'm ok... don't worry about me, I'm ok" "I'll be a little late..." "I'm not at work, but I'll come." "Don't worry..." "Listen... but you...?" "Look Alka..." "listen to what I'm saying." "I'm not going back to office." "I'm going to resign... and the money I get, we'll put it in the bank." "And we'll plan everything based on its interest." "I've figured it out." "Don't worry." "When I get back, I'll explain everything." "We'll put the children in a corporation school... and I'll sit at home and give tuitions." "And I'll look after the kids' studies." "You wanted to start the tiffin business... you start that, the catering business is good." "And we'll slowly expand it." "We know people, they'll help us." "We have to paint the house, it's been so long." "I haven't had the time only." "Now when I get back, it's the first thing we'll do." "Has Prachi eaten...?" "Or baba will feed?" "Has she been waiting?" "Feed her... just give her the phone..." "No no..." "I'll start crying." "What was I saying?" "Now you have to..." "like this..." "I have a shooting pain in my head." "I was saying... when I get there, I'll explain it." "Don't worry." "Remember, you used to tell me to straighten things out and show you?" "So I taught two people a lesson." "After I come... there's a station nearby." "I'll come..." "I feel... an hour and a half..." " Come home..." "Hello..." "I'll find the station, don't worry... hello..." "Alka?" "Can you hear me?" "They'll shoot you..." "Today we're at Dombivli station... this is the same place where Madhav Apte catches his train everyday." "It's been two days since he's been home." "And all these people are waiting... for him to get off the train and come out of Dombivli station." "Even as a child, Madhav was self respecting." "He never believed in lying." "Like father like son." "He used to play cricket with us as a child... he was always the umpire... but even by mistake he never cheated and gave anyone out." "His father used to come to our RSS wing... so love for his nation must have run in his blood." "But Madhav was principled." "Even though the police have to say that Madhav Apte is a very dangerous man... but the people here have a completely different story to tell." "So now the question is..." "who is Madhav Apte?" "And why is doing this?" "Anuradha Trivedi from Dombivli, for Zee News." "I..." "I stay at home nowadays with my wife... the 7 o' clock news... at home only huh... at home only... nothing outside the house." "Everything outside has come to a halt just like you were saying... now..." "I swear nothing..." "Madhav..." "I... these days," "I don't allow anyone to open an account without completing these formalities." "No favouritism." "Today there was a meeting with the CM the Home Minister and Chief Secretary." "Central Ministry has also asked for some explanation." "I have to send a report to the Governor sahib tomorrow... and in the middle of this, some people from our department... are asking for a transfer replacement." "I tell you, Anaspure." "This police job... the most critical job to do." "So what do you want to do now?" "Spot him and shoot, or catch him and kill." "Sir...?" " Just kill him, Anaspure." "We'll see to the public litigation later." "But sir... after we kill Madhav Apte, he will become a martyr." "Create a record for him..." "mental disorder... hyper anxiety... use some medical term." "Say that he's mad." "Tell the public that he can kill anyone." "Just like that Raman Raghav." "Apte means he's a Brahmin, right?" " I'm sure he's a lunatic." "No way... he's a class-one officer at the bank." "They're always like this." "Never say anything about this type of illness before marriage..." "God only knows what his wife will do." "But he's not killed even one man till date." "I know, Anaspure." "Even though I want to, I can't praise him for this." "I'm a protector of the law." "The government pays me to wear this uniform." "Another thing, Anaspure... in this country it is more important to protect the ministers... than to protect its peace..." "whether we like them or not." "Social awakening, my foot!" "This is politics." "I tell you the opposition cannot stand this government... this is one of their people." "If you don't make Madhav Apte Raman Raghav today... tomorrow the public will make him God." "He'll be Robin Hood, he'll be a prophet." "Every house will have his photo and they will be decorated with garlands." "Move it, Bhoir... it's time for a man hunt." "At the end, everyone will try and save his own skin." "People also don't understand anything." "They've declared Apte a lunatic and forgotten about it... why should we fire bullets...?" "Why should we shoot...?" "Whose responsibility is law and order...?" "He has left us barefaced, that's why all this anger." "When I got this job." "I used to think" "I'll uphold the law and order... but as I got promoted, I realized that the ones who break this law and order... are the one's we are supposed to protect." "Our monthly salary is less for us and so we get a pocket money... we sell ourselves." "Whatever we don't do even with our salary... it's the same job he's doing while putting his life in danger." "So let's just kill him... the man who has been yelling himself hoarse to bring back law and order." "This is a fantastic ploy to kill that man by calling him mad... and putting him to his death in the name of law." "Yes, shoot at sight." "If there were mirrors in the police station... then, according, to the shoot at sight order... who would we shoot...?" "Shoot at sight." "Bhoir... is the news confirmed?" "Yes sir..." "Notjust one, three people have called." "Sir..." "Madhav Apte?" "Yes..." "I'm inspector Anaspure." "Tell me..." "You'll have to come with me." " Where?" "To the police station." " Whatever for?" "I have something important to speak with you." "Listen, I have a bit of a problem right now... it's very important that I go home... isn't it ok if I come tomorrow?" "No, you'll have to come now." "You see it's like this..." "I haven't gone home in the last 2-3 days." "My wife and children are waiting for me. " "Sorry, but you'll have to come with us." "I told you I need to go home." " Vandalizing a shop... ruckus on the street, setting slums on fire... creating mayhem in the hospital you've been charged with all of this." "I'm sorry, but you're under arrest." "Under arrest!" "Please..." "let me go home please." "Alka is waiting for me back home." "My daughter must be missing me... please." "Well... if you like, I'll come to the police station... trust me, I'll come on my own... please..." "Please let me go now." "Jadhav..." "Bhoir... put him in the jeep. " "Please I'll come tomorrow definitely." "Hello..." "I will come tomorrow..." " Shinde, inform the Control Room... that Madhav Apte's been caught." " Listen to me... sir please... let me go home..." "tomorrow I will... tomorrow... please let me go home... let me..." "I'm telling you..." "let me go home..." "Madhav, lower that gun." "Let me go home, they're waiting for me. " "Listen to me Madhav, drop the gun..." "They're waiting for me... please..." "Madhav, please listen to me... drop the gun." "I'll help you, Madhav..." "nothing will happen to you." "Madhav, please..." "I have a shoot at sight order." "Madhav, drop the gun..." "Please Madhav!" "Don't be crazy, Madhav... listen to me, Madhav!" "Please!" "Jadhav, pick up the gun." "Sir..." "Shit!" "Officer..." "I have spent all my life on the fourth seat... may I sit by the window?" "Shinde, ask the motorman to take the train ahead." "Did you eliminate him?" "I had to." "At least this time send you're name up there for the president's medal." "Why don't you take a break for a few days?" "We'll go to my place Vaijapur." "We'll see." "Now why are you sitting here like this?" "All the press people and the TV crews must be on their way." "Are you ready with your lines?" "Yes." "What are you going to say...?" "Madhav Apte chose the easy way out." "But the government... opted for an even easier path." "Are you going to say this...?" "Yes, in my mind." "The questions to which you cannot find any answers... are crossed out." "It's the same with people." "One gets rid of them and goes ahead." "The ordinary man does back-breaking work everyday... and if, by chance, he happens to raise his head... it is ourjob to push him back down." "If he still resists, we push him to the ground." "And if the struggle continues, we just wrench his neck around." "There are tens of thousands of people walking with their head pushed down." "And in this mass of people, one forgets an individual face... mingled in the crowd." "And still the crowd keeps moving." "At it's own pace." "With every head still pushed down."