"This is India... the land that glistens, shines... the land bedecked with the glitter of dreams... beckoning you... if you nurse a hunger, she says, here... you'll find what satisfies it." "Come... rub your shoulders till they're blue... with fame, wealth, power, glory... and your life becomes... a sunlit dream you never want to wake out of" "Yes, this is India...a dream... that Bunty and Babli dreamt every night of their lives" "And this is the India they live in... an India that says... your dreams should end where your arms do... and you should feel only as much hunger as you can satisfy... step forward.... but only when you're in step with the others... float to the top but not at the cost of anyone else" "love, compassion, honesty, respect... are what matter most... this too is India... the India Bunty and Babli grew up in but didn't feel like they belonged to" "This world we live in has two kinds of people" "One, the kind that does just one thing all their lives and... the kind that does... just about everything in one life I didn't say that, they did and they didn't just say it, they lived it" "And how !" "No one ever lived life... like they lived theirs and perhaps... no one ever will" "So much excitement..." "so much adventure, so many joys... all in one single lifetime... no one could have imagined it possible, not even them." "Or then again... maybe they could have" "TmG" "Small town cocoons These dull afternoons... I want to pack them up and go away... away..." "The rains come slow The river lies low..." "The sea will carry me away" "Going away, I'm going away Oh Ram Chand re..." "Dhadak'dhadak Dhadak'dhadak Watch the smoke billow" "Dhadak'dhadak Dhadak'dhadak Hear the whistle blow" "Dhadak'dhadak Dhadak'dhadak Call me, oh, watch me go..." "Stand aside, make way for me Those clouds are mine to hold" "Burnt in black on a white sheet sky I'll write my name, big and bold" "On the street that curves around the moon..." "At the bend is where l'll stay" "On the street that curves around the moon I'll stay far, far away" "Going away, I'm going away Oh Ram Chand re..." "Dhin'tinak'dhin Dhin'dhin'ta" "Small town cocoons These dull afternoons I want to pack them up and go away... away..." "Small town cocoons These dull afternoons... I want to pack them up and go away... away..." "The rains come slow The river lies low..." "The sea will carry me away" "Going away, I'm going away Oh Ram Chand re..." "Dhadak'dhadak Dhadak'dhadak Hear the whistle blow" "Dhadak'dhadak Dhadak'dhadak Watch the smoke billow" "Dhadak'dhadak Dhadak'dhadak Call me, oh, watch me go..." "When I ride I carry in my hair..." "The cool whispers of the wind" "Ride across the earth, the sky Leave the world behind, unhinged" "My forehead adorned, my jewel, the moon I can't walk unnoticed amidst the stars" "My forehead shorn of all but the moon I can't live unnoticed up here with stars" "Going away, I'm going away Oh Ram Chand re..." "Call me, oh, watch me go... watch me go... lt's not going to come." " lt will lt won't.- lt will" "Boy, go down to the tap and have your bath" "Or you'll be standing at the end of a very long line" "No dearth of people wanting to get into a line" "What do you mean?" " What I mean Ma is... this world has two kinds of people, one, those who line up before taps... and two, those who make themselves taps so they won't need to stand in any line" "I happen to belong to the latter." " You don't belong anywhere" "You've already spent forty rupees on this gibberish" "How much more will you blow up?" " Ma, how many times do I tell you... I'm not spending anything." "This is an investment" "For fifty bucks, this shower is up and running... then I'll fix it... to the community tap and everyone's willing to part with fifty paise... to bathe in a shower.lf five people use it everyday, that's 2.50" "In twenty days, fifty bucks are back" "That's 2.50 in profits everyday from each shower" "Stop." "You're making my head spin" "The problem with this Fursatganj, talking sense sends heads spinning" "Anyway, do you remember my chit fund idea ?" "A finance company in Lucknow..." " l don't want to know anything !" "If you don't stop now you'll surely go to jail some day" "There..." "I told you it'll come" "Of course it will." "Why won't it ?" "How else will he drown his future ?" "Why... oh today was your interview for the railway job !" "You didn't go ?" "I went !" "Pandey'ji called to say that... before I recommend my son for another interview... I should at least make sure that he drags himself there on his own two legs I've lain my thirty five years in the service on the line... and made him agree for another chance tomorrow" "Thank God he agreed" "How does that matter?" "I need to agree too" "Rakesh, we're trying to be serious here I told him I don't want to be a ticket collector" "So what do you want to be ?" "The maker of failed schemes, for life ?" "All of Fursatganj thinks you're a deluded Don Quixote" "You want them to coin new euphemisms for you ?" "Everyone..." "Fursatganj is packed with asses." "And all asses can do is... chew the cud and bear the burden." "I wasn't born to do either" "Oh you'll become a Birla-Tata-Ambani?" " Why can't I be ?" "They didn't fall out of the sky." "They too were born here on this earth" "At least they were born here." "You belong to a different planet altogether!" "Dad, don't get me started again." "I've made up my mind I'm not going to waste my entire life trapped in a job" "Look here I've spent thirty five years in this job You think my life's been a total waste ?" "After a lifetime of service, does the government even bother... about your opinion?" "After thirty five years of... shuttling up and down that same train route, does even one passenger... from all those thousand trips remember what you look like in your shabby coat ?" "When you die, will anybody except Ma and I, shed a single tear ?" "Will the railways take a day off ?" "Dad your life means nothing." "There's no respect, no fun, no meaning" "When I walk wearing this shabby coat, that seems to embarrass you so much... people stop in their tracks to pay me their respects" "Shopkeepers are up on their feet to attend to Mr Ticket Collector" "Why?" "Because my poor black cotton coat... is untainted by ill-gotten gain... it is the mark of my esteem" "Rakesh... the interview is at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning" "Get there in time." "Or get lost" "Find a meaning for your life wherever you want, however you want to" "Because we can't live up to your high expectations... we're sorry" "There's something about you baby" "You too" "You're not half bad either" "Go easy on the lipstick... it shouldn't look too tacky." "And one thing you ought to know" "A ragged skirt doesn't make you sexy lt's what's in your eyes..." "like in mine" "Dear God... my daughter has gone insane!" " lf worshipping my beauty... is tantamount to being insane, then I plead insanity lf craving for fame is insane then I plead insanity lf the desire to renounce this pigeon-hole Pankinagar... for the great wide marvellous world outside is insane... then I plead complete insanity" "And you are driving me nuts." "Take off that shirt l'm sorry, I don't believe beauty needs cheap exposure" "One tight slap and all your beliefs will change" "You've ruined all his best shirts" "Ruined ?" "These shirts will fetch millions." "There'll be grand auctions" "Supermodel Vimmi's shirts !" "The ones she wore when she dreamt of success" "Ladies and gents, do I hear a hundred thousand..." "One..." "Two..." "Three !" "Jassi, where's my shirt ?" "Right here..." "What's she up to now?" " She's just fooling around..." "Fooling around...?" "Go on, enjoy yourself... till the time you can" "What are you trying to do?" " Trying to be coy about my marriage" "But doesn't seem to be coming too naturally" "Your father isn't joking." "You won't find a man like Surinder... even if you turn Kanpur and Lucknow inside out." "Count your blessings... a head clerk has fallen into your lap that too in a place like Pankinagar" "Papa'ji, I think..." "I'll run away from home" "Listen to her !" "I kept telling you we shouldn't allow cable tv in her room" "All day-and-nights she's whispering to those naked witches on her walls" "And now she even wants to run away." " No harm in that, no ?" "You go ahead, run away" "But see, it's 1 1 o'clock." "Eat lunch before running" "What are you saying?" " l don't want a weight on my mind... my daughter running away on an empty stomach ?" "I'm warning you, I'll really run away if you even think of marrying me off... to that... that ten out of ten!" " Ten out of ten ?" "That ass always got ten out of ten in every godforsaken subject... what a nerd" "Who wouldn't want to marry such a man?" " Then why don't you ?" "Spare me" "Now get out of that outfit and help your mother with the cooking I've called them to lunch tomorrow" "I want things to be finalised before the evening tea hits the table" "Enough." "Don't make me hurt you" "Why are you taking them off?" " You don't know why ?" "It's time you realised that you can't live like you want to anymore" "You'll have to adjust to your new family's ways" "You'll eat, drink, walk, sleep the way they want you to" "Look, I'm your mother." "All I want is to see you happy" "Forget all of this" "You're leaving this for a new world." " lt feels like I'm leaving the world" "The more you think about it the more you'll hurt" "Just do as I say." "You'll learn to be happy" "Mummy, if I request Papa'ji not to marry me off just yet, will he listen ?" "The facial cream is on the washbasin." "Don't forget to apply it" "Tea... piping hot tea..." "A little extra milk never killed a cow." " Sir ?" "I said, two extra teaspoonfuls of milk never killed the calf's mother." "Pour" "There's more milk than water in it, sir." " More milk, I said" "Hey give back my glass" "Catch it if you can" "Your name sir?" " l'm what you'd call Raj Kapoor Tiwari" "Where's your seat here, show me... I'm not on your list...the other one." "I talked to the ticket checker, paid him" "Oh, so you've paid him a bribe" "No, no..." " Give me your address" "Why do you need my address ?" "Do you see that berth number ?" "Take a look." " Number seven" "Coach FC1 , berth number 7" "Always reserved for... the Fursatganj staff going to Lucknow." "I've been using this berth for 3 years" "The entire railway division knows that." "How could anyone have given it to you ?" "Could you tug that chain for me please ?" "Trust Finance  Chit Fund Company Loans, chit funds for every need" "You think you're the first person to come up with this idea ?" "We spend eight hours a day in offices like this, chewing tobacco, eh ?" "200 out of every 1 00 finance companies dream of a scheme like this... but trip over their own two feet... trying to find 500 investors to chip in a thousand rupees each" "The answer to my next question is on your face but... I'll ask you anyway..." "Mister, where are your 500 investors ?" "What if I tell you I have them ?" "Where...?" "Here" "I've slogged it out for a whole year, sir i've gotten together 500 investors from my town and the neighbouring ones... willing to put up a thousand rupees each in any good finance company" "Where are you from?" "Fursatganj" "Fursatganj !" "Where I was once" "Not one finance company... will waste five minutes over a list like this one" "Talk of investments" "Small town-guys have a habit of dreaming big." "No ban on dreaming indulge yourself" "But next time, come up with a scheme that... a thousand others haven't thought up before you." "Get it ?" "Now excuse me" "Where are you going, lady?" " To enter the contest" "You can't go in." " lf l can't go inside... how do I take part in the competition?" "Let me in. I've come really far I said, you can't go in." " l say, I have to enter" "Can I help you ?" " Yes, myself Vimmi Saluja... I've come to enter the contest." " You're too late" "What...?" " The entries closed two days ago" "You mean the contest's begun?" " No, not yet" "Oh, that's a relief." " l said, entries have closed" "But the contest hasn't begun!" " l said "the-entries-have-closed"" "So open up for two minutes, I'll quickly squeeze in !" "You're from some village?" "Miss Quickly-squeeze-in !" "This is no village fair to squeeze-in-slip-out when-you-wish" "This is the Miss India contest, but what would you know ?" "Oh c'mon Pammi, forget it" "One minute... would I know what ?" " The desire and the ability... to become Miss India are two very different things." "So go home... and start a beauty parlour." " Why not beauty-parlour yourself ?" "Excuse me ?" "Ever watched your figure ?" "At least ten kilos overweight... with black-dyed hair and desperately-curving-lipline... with miles-thick lipstick." "You know all about make-up." "Beauty parlour's for you" "What a bitch" "Listen..." "Yes?" " Please come with me to the toilet lt's right at the end of the platform and it's really dark" "Come" "Weren't you on the Jhansi Mail this morning ?" "Returning?" "Here on business?" " Yes I came for the Miss India contest" "So how was it ?" "Good... very good I got through the first round" "Good... good..." "Miss India !" "And you ?" "Here on business too?" " Oh no... no..." "Work is something I don't really believe in I came here for a meeting" "There's a finance company here, they want to buy my scheme I had to come personally you see, it's a matter of millions" "So, you're becoming a model soon?" " l guess so" "You'll become famous." " Yes..." "I guess so" "People will buzz around you like bees around honey" "Yes..." "I guess they will" "Why are you crying ?" "I didn't mean to insult you" "No, don't take me otherwise I belong to a decent family, I wouldn't dream of it" "Calm down, everyone's watching" "Poor thing... she's in grieving I was only sympathising..." "Everything's fine" "You'll be the first girl to cry after making it to the Miss India contest" "I didn't make it anywhere" "Aren't you ashamed of lying ?" "Actually, I lied too... the manager of the finance company didn't quite buy my scheme... I think he doesn't have the drive" "Bloody idiot" "Foulmouthing... me...?" "Escort her to the loo and then get abused for it ?" "I escorted you !" "Who do you think you are ?" "You mean if you go back now...?" " Wedding bells..." "That's too bad." " Very" "Then ?" "I'll run away." " You already have" "So, what'll you do now?" " What'll you do ?" "Whatever I do, I'm not giving up." "And I'm not going back home" "Then, where will you go?" " Kanpur" "Why Kanpur?" " The company has a head office there I'll show my scheme to senior officers, I'm sure they'll get it" "Why don't you come along to Kanpur?" " Who me...?" "Miss India contests are held all over." "Maybe they'll allow you to enter there" "You got to find a way into the contest, else what use was running away ?" "So long, I guess the next time I see you it'll be on TV I guess so." "Thank you." "And good luck for your big meeting" "Thanks but that was superfluous. I only need to make a presentation and... voila !" "I'll have 1 00 finance companies running rings around me" "See you" "Unbelievable." "Got to admit..." "very few people have brains as sharp I say, just once in a whole year, let me meet just one such person" "But two in a single day, unbelievable!" "Would you believe... just half an hour ago, another man came to me with an identical scheme" "Who?" " Manager of our Lucknow branch..." "Mr Qureishi !" "Imagine... a rare gem lay buried in my own backyard" "He got a 1 0,000 bonus on the spot !" "He even had a list of 500 investors" "Unbelievable !" "What a man !" " Where's he staying ?" "Landmark Hotel." " ln Landmark !" "And why not ?" "The 1 0,000 bonus !" "Give me as much I'll go to live in a five star too" "Next?" " Vimmi Saluja" "Address?" " 2/5 Ballygunj, Pankinagar" "One minute..." "Doesn't Pankinagar fall within the Lucknow district ?" "It does?" " Yes, Lucknow district" "You didn't fill up the form in Lucknow?" " What difference, here or there ?" "I was passing through Kanpur so I thought I'll get it over with" "Very good" "Please step outside" "Sir'ji, just a matter of an address..." " Go away !" "Rules are rules" "Please..." " Get lost" "Oversmartness" "Look, I can't bend the rules" "But if you wish... I can forget rules for a while" "Yes sir!" " But nothing comes for free" "Sir, I'll do whatever you wish !" "Very good!" "Once you're Miss India... you'll have all the wealth, all the fame your heart ever desired" "But I?" "I'm still stuck to the same ... chair and table" "Oh sure... I have nothing right now..." "but I promise, when I'm Miss India... I'll pay you..." "everything you'll ever want" "You're mistaken." "You have everything I'll ever want... right now I won't force you." "Registration closes in five minutes." "Think it over" "You'll find me at the same table" "What's your name?" " Jajjan" "You make tea?" " No, I serve tea" "This world we live in boy, has two kinds of people" "One, those who serve tea." "And those to whom tea is served" "The faster you become one of the latter, the better the life that you'll live" "Has somebody hurt you ?" "Two teas and chips" "Two?" "Why ?" "Problem ?" " No." "But who's the second cup for?" "If I drink two cups, will it start a war?" "God, this world we live in...!" "Get a hold on this kid" "It's no use." " What ?" "No use being earnest, unwitting fools getting shoved in stinking little towns" "Then...?" " Bombay... the only city in all of India where a man is recognised for his worth... the only place where you can start from the pavement and end up in palaces... where ambition isn't pushed around, but cheered, egging you on" "How're you so sure?" " How... if Dhirubhai Ambani, Ratan Tata, Birla had been in Lucknow-Kanpur... they'd be swatting flies in Ambani General Stores, Tata Flour Mills" "And Birla Tobacco Stall." "Bombay..." "gave them the recognition they deserved" "Look where it got them..." "So you want to go Bombay ?" "You can come along too." "What'll you do here ?" "All the top models are in Bombay." "Damn this narrow-minded small-town mob lt's the place for Miss India, no?" " Yes" "A ticket to Bombay, how much would it cost ?" "Not that I have that kind of cash" "I got the cash, don't worry." " What...?" "We've seen where truth has landed us." "Now let's say what they want to hear" "And what's that...?" " Oi Jajjan, where's Landmark Hotel ?" "One whiskey..." " Which one sir ?" "Imported." "How much for a Black Label?" " Four hundred, sir" "For a bottle ?" " No. 30 ml" "Small peg I'll try an Indian whiskey for a change." "And don't forget the peanuts" "Some pretty suave people you got walking into this Gazal Bar" "One Black Label" "Sir" "Sir !" "You here ?" "Fursatganj !" "All of Lucknow seems to be pouring into Kanpur today" "Slick !" "What are you doing here ?" " You'll be seeing more of me here" "What do you mean ?" " My scheme got rocking" "Which... the same one ?" " No... it was unworkable" "You tipped me off in time." "I could've wasted another good year" "This is another scheme." " Which is this ?" "I explained this scheme, they offered me a two per cent stake in the channel" "What channel...?" " A news channel" "News channel" "Nowadays this news channel business is taking off like a rocket ln 3 months, they're giving investors a 300 per cent return on investment" "Cigarette ?" " Really ?" "How much... is the investment ?" " At least 1 00,000" "Won't they take a little less ?" "I mean, I could invest too...?" "Why don't you have a chat ?" "Give me an introduction" "This is Mr Qureishi" " Q.Q.Qureishi" "Q.Q.Qureishi, a very dear friend." "Whatever I am today is because of him" "Mr Qureishi would like to invest in the channel" "How many millions ?" "He's not like other investors..." "this is just a friendly gesture... about ten thousand ?" " Ten" "Ten...?" "Fifteen... ?" "But you're aware, it should be at least..." "Ok, all right, now how can I refuse you ?" "One request, this remains between us ... let this be our little secret" "No, no... !" " Promise" "We must be in Delhi by morning" "So you take the cash from him... and fetch us a receipt from my room ln the meantime, if he has no objections Mr Qureishi can give me company" "Yes ?" "Well ?" " No..." "I mean no problem" "Ten ?" "Fursatganj, don't forget the receipt" "Would you like to dance with me Mr Q.Q.Qureishi ?" "You dance really well." " Thank you" "Where's the ladies' room ?" " Thank you" "The washroom... where is it ?" " Bartender, where's the washroom ?" "Run" "What d'you think of my acting ?" "Better than yours ?" "Who conned him to your table ?" " Who made the sucker dance ?" "I'd love to see Q.Q.Qureishi dancing" "Hey, the cash" "Some sample" "Your share." " You keep it lt's your share." " Not a gift" "Just bank it for me till Bombay." "I can't manage money" "We had fun though, no ?" "Lots..." "Move it." "Sit in the bus" "Passengers for Dehradun and Ambala, your bus is leaving" "Name ?" " Bunty" "And the Mrs ?" "Babli" "Bunty..." "Babli... seats 2 1 and 22" "Get inside" "Bunty..." "Babli... what the hell...?" " Nothing... move on. 2 1 and 22" "What do you mean nothing?" " Sit down, I'll explain" "When I was a kid I always blamed Bunty for all the mischief I did" "And we've just stolen money." "So..." " But... what the hell is Babli ?" "Why, what's wrong ?" "I don't have a problem with Bunty" "You look like your Bunty !" "But Babli... she sounds like a fat slob" "Fat or thin, now it's sealed." " You could've asked me" "Ask my wife her name in front of a bus conductor ?" "Who are you calling your wife ?" " l didn't say that, he thought so" "And you let it pass !" "Now everyone in this bus thinks I'm Bunty's wife" "What are you doing ?" "Everyone will think Bunty's wife is a shrew" "Stop it !" " You stop it I'm not talking." " Suits me" "Babli, big deal" "At least we managed enough to get us to Bombay" "This stash won't last us a week in Bombay" "And...?" "And..." "I think we'll need lots more if we want to make it in Bombay" "Where will we get so much money ?" " The same place we got this from" "You mean another... ?" "Are you mad ?" "What are you saying ?" " l'm not saying a thing." "Bunty is" "And I'm doing what Bunty's saying ?" " Who are you to do ?" "Babli will" "Babli ?" "But I am Babli !" " Sure" "You are when you are" "You aren't when you aren't" "Say, what are you now...?" "Bunty." "You...?" "Babli...?" "TmG" "Babli Bose, Food Inspector." "I'll inspect your kitchen" "We hear, the beer is adulterated here." " Tony, a chilled beer for the sahib" "One step, two step, he steps it up swings it, pumps it, struts his stuff" "Meet Bunty" "Minute by minute, she turns it up spins it so you can't get enough" "Meet Babli" "Spinning like tops, orchestrating rip-offs... they'll clean your pockets, cock a snook and be off" "There ain't a legit soul from who they never stole" "When they dig, they dig so deep you can't get out of that hole" "Bunty Saluja, Tourism department." "Unclean rooms." "Got to inspect" "Unclean ?" "How many days of inspection ?" " Three" "Bunty And Babli" "They maybe two... but they're too much" "Tough-2-catch, too fast-2-touch" "Consider it your's" "Take it away... fly away, she's yours" "What model number is this ?" " Model number can take a hike !" "Why isn't your man back yet ?" " What man ?" "Man... means husband." " Husband !" "What crap." "You bloody fool" "Love is wild like pigeon wings" "Tantrums trip on diamond rings" "Don't you blink" "You might see their shadows pass" "Tea cups clink." "Tea cups crash." "Forgive, forget, they have a fight... wipe their mouths and take full flight... come, come, come on, come on, one step, two step, swing it Bunty" "Bulandshahr is abuzz with the amusing misadventures... of this daring duo who call themselves Bunty and Babli" "People seem to be in awe of their ingenuity and audacity" "Would you like a room or a suite ?" "No, I don't want just a room I want the hotel..." "we're here to buy this place I never thought I'd sell this place." "But your strong background... and this mind blowing offer..." "I'd have to be a lunatic to refuse" "How long are you here ?" "A week maybe..." " Stay here then... as our guests" "This hotel's as good as yours." "We'll discuss details over the weekend" "No, doesn't look good." "We can't stay before we've signed the dotted line I won't take no for an answer" "Well if you insist... champagne ?" "Searched every inch of Mussoorie sir, I can't find them" "What do you mean ?" "And their stuff ?" " They even stole ours" "Damn them" "Come away, come away" "All our sparkles fly right across the sky" "Then we sight the morning light Float up high" "Witness the magic of Guru'ji" "People running after you like this ... it's a heady feeling" "What...?" " Makes me feels like I'm an achiever" "They walk wrapped in perfume mists" "Hold the world in love-locked fists" "You won't see them flit about till they want you to, and when you do... he slides with a swagger." " He's Bunty" "She glides zig-zagger." " She's Babli" "Their tales are lore..." "been told a score times and more" "And will be sung forever more I can't see any tunnel here..." " We've paid a hundred bucks apiece" "Where's that Bunty guide ?" "Spinning like tops, orchestrating rip-offs... they'll clean your pockets, cock a snook and be off... there ain't a legit soul from who they never stole... and they dig so deep you can't get out that hole" "One step, two step" "Swings it, pumps it, struts his stuff" "Oye Bunty" "She turns it on, spins it so you can't get enough." "Oye Babli" "Bunty Aur Babli Bunty and Babli" "They maybe two but they're too much Tough-2-catch, too fast-2-touch" "I'm so hungry I can't think straight" "And you will shut up and eat whatever's available." "No tantrums" "Makes you cry ?" "What's to cry about ?" " None of your business" "Look, what I meant was you can't get pizzas out here" "All right, I'll get whatever you feel like" "Tell me what you want" "Who...?" " l want my mummy" "But... out here...?" "I miss her" "You miss her a lot ?" "Go on, get it over with" "Over ?" "Not over !" "I'm missing her, not laying an egg !" "Over !" "What do you miss ?" "When I was little..." "Papa'ji would talk about taking us for a holiday, far away from Pankinagar" "But in all my years of waiting, we never saved up enough for a holiday" "You want to send some money home ?" "Do you want to call them ?" "Come..." "No one's saying anything" "Then why are you wasting your breath ?" " l don't know why..." "I think it's Vimmi" "Who's this ?" "Some nut" "Papa'ji lt's me..." "Papa'ji" "Vimmi, my child..." "where did you disappear ?" "I'm okay Papa, I'm fine" "Vimmi my child, where are you ?" "I can't tell Mummy, but I'm fine" "Look dear..." "No Papa'ji, don't ask me to come back now..." "I don't want to come back" "But I really love both of you" "No, my child, listen to me..." " No Papa'ji. I'm hanging up now" "Bye... I love you both very much" "You want to call home too ?" "No" "Folks at home must be worried about you too" "No one worries about me" "What are you doing here ?" "Wondering where he's now ... how he's doing" "Do you think I was too harsh on him ?" " You were right in whatever you did" "Have your tea, it's time to go to work" "Enough ?" "Satisfied ?" "If you manage money like this in Bombay in no time, you'll be back... in your punk-whatever-town." " Pankinagar, you bloody idiot" "Wherever, but you're finished." " What's left to count ?" "You've blown it all up." " l have, have I...?" "Expensive dresses, shoploads of makeup just fell out of the sky ?" "They came from the same place as your watch, designer shirt, jeans... and... this deodorant that smells like turnip pickle gone bad" "They fell off the sky, they did" "Now what ?" "I've been thinking..." "Let's... do it one more time ?" " No... we've pooled enough to get us to Bombay." " Vimmi this world we live in... has two kinds of people." "One..." "those who collect enough and those... who'll never have enough." "Myself and Tata-Birla-Ambanis are the other kind" "That's why they're where they are today." "And once we're in Bombay... we won't get another chance." "So..." "let's take one last crack." "Just once more" "You think so ?" "I know so." "So I say so" "Who says so ?" "You or Bunty ?" " Bunty's always saying so" "Today a little of me is with Bunty." " Oye Rakesh... my sweet bloody idiot" "This one." " No problem" "There's just one problem" "Just tell me." " l'm leaving for Mussoorie tonight" "Oh, that is a beautiful place - l know" "Tomorrow I have an inauguration." " Your inauguration ?" "Not mine... my hotel's" "Oh, I see" "Look Mrs..." " Miss..." "Miss... earliest we can deliver would be by tomorrow morning lt's closing time, you see ?" "And we can't stay open for one machine" "No, no... not one machine." " Then ?" "All." " All...?" "But if the mall isn't open..." " No..." "I'll open up myself..." "I mean... I'll open it up myself for you" "Lovely" "Sixty thousand" "You take cash don't you ?" " l take anything you say" "Let's shop" "Easy brother, easy." "The stuff inside is real precious" "Sorry for troubling you so much." " You can trouble me as much as you wish" "Please visit our hotel sometime." " Sure" "Your machines are now yours" "Here's the balance amount" "Thank you very much" " Mention not" "May God send customers like you my way every day I pray we come by shops like yours everyday" "I have the same..." "We seem to share similar tastes." " l wish we find more in common" "Mehmood !" "Let her rip." " You sound like he's after us already lf he isn't, then he soon will" "Oye Bunty, you gave him a licking ?" "300,000 worth of shades" "400,000 in watches" "700,000 in electronic items" "Deal" "Time for a Chinese lunch." "Come I can't count any more" "The incredible incident at the renowned Center One Mall in Bareilly... has confounded the police." "Sources say, the perpetrators of this heist are..." "Bunty and Babli whose capers have already made headlines in many cities" "Even as investigations proceed, by now Bunty and Babli must be far far away" "Tomorrow morning !" "Bombay." " That soon ?" "Before you've brushed your teeth." "This train gets there like a bullet" "Good." "We can get to work the minute we get there" "You're hunting for the top models ?" " Like you're catching your Tata-Birlas" "Your share" "Always splitting cash at the drop of a hat ?" "What's with you ?" "Let's just get it over with, no ?" "So tomorrow... you get on with your life, I'll get on with mine" "What'll you do without me ?" "I mean, on your own... in Bombay ?" "Hog the whole bathroom ?" "You'll have complete freedom too, no ?" "Nobody will be getting on your nerves" "Well you didn't bug me that much." " Really now ?" "The way you fought, I would have to be the meanest man in the world I can't believe, by tomorrow morning I'll be in Bombay" "All these dreams, all these years..." "is everything finally coming true ?" "Flap your wings, come on let's fly" "Flap your wings, let's taste the sky" "TmG" "Balle-Balle on a Sundae-Sunday" "Flap your wings, come on let's fly." "Flap your wings, let's taste the sky" "Let's set the streets of Juliet on fire." "Dance with Romeo in the streets of desire" "We explode with the light" "Burn the dance floor, girl" "Nach Baliye Dance the Balle" "Want bangles on your wrist, love ?" " Nach Baliye" "Want jewels in your hair, love ?" " Nach Baliye" "Run anklets around your feet, love ?" " Nach Baliye" "Give me bangles on my wrist, love" "Weave jewels into my hair, love" "Run anklets around my feet, love" "Love to watch you baby, turn around" "The red carpet of dreams unfurls for us to walk on" "Fate's now a little toy, to toss, to roll, to rock on" "Take your bets now, gamble your life." "Fate's at my feet." "Ready to ride ?" "Then come... take my hand, love... I'll give you the ride of your life" "Then take my hand, love... give me the ride of my life" "Let's set the streets of Juliet on fire, dance with Romeo in the streets of desire" "We explode with the light" "Burn the dance floor, girl" "Dance the Balle" "Clap your hands everybody, everybody just clap your hands" "Day doesn't sink into night here" "These roads stay awake, alight here" "Tip-toeing upon my eyelids are dreams that never sleep" "Then take my hand, love... I'll give you the ride of your life" "Attention" "Train from Delhi to Bombay is arriving on platform 36 instead of platform 1 2" "Bunty-Babli's largesse for the poor Con duo named in several heists" "Bombay's really crowded, no ?" "Everyone's here to make their dreams come true, no ?" "What's this stench ?" "Must be fish, no...?" "Where do you think fashion shows happen here ?" "Let's get you into a taxi" " And... you ?" "I'm going back." " What !" "Look, I don't want to stay in Bombay." " What do you mean ?" "I just... wanted to be really famous..." "a name to be reckoned with... a name in the headlines" "Vimmi, for the first time in my life I think I have a talent no one else has" "I realise now, I never was Rakesh." "I've always been Bunty... I've always enjoyed being him" "To tell you the truth, I never had the perseverance it takes... to become a Tata or Ambani, nor the calibre" "Anyway, doesn't matter now." "I think I've discovered my destination" "And I'm on my way towards it" "Look... this is what I want to do... all my life, freely" "But you please become a model, a supermodel... so take care" "All this... you did it all alone ?" "That's not what I meant." " Then...?" "Without you..." " You can't walk one step, you know ?" "Wants himself in headlines !" "Who wants to read about you ?" "No one's interested in reading or publishing a Bunty-minus-Babli" "Truth is... without me, you could've done nothing and you never will" "Your taxi..." "Tell me... can you ?" "Yes" "No" "Can you live without me ?" "Yes" "Then why are you screaming taxi-taxi ?" " Because you need to go" "Yes..." " So tell me... where ?" "Where you want to go" "Who says so ?" "You or Babli ?" "What do you think ?" "Must be you" "So will you do something about it ?" "If that's the case then I must do something about it, no ?" "What the hell !" "I didn't mean that" "Wasn't me. lt was Bunty." " Everyone's staring" "We're in Bombay." "No one looks at anyone here" "Think it over I won't let you rule over the bathroom." " Done" "No more sleeping alone on the floor." " Sounds good" "What about all the modelling dreams ?" " That's Vimmi's problem" "But you...?" " l've become Babli" "Forever" "You know what it's worth ?" "Not five paise. lt's a fake" "Who...?" " What...?" "What's your name?" "Mehmood" "You're a comedian ?" "Let's start by making you laugh ?" "Okay, two jokes for you" "One" "Mrs and Mr Flea come out after a matinee show" "Mrs Flea says, I'm tired today" "Mr Flea says, honey don't worry, I'll hail us a dog" "You are that dog..." "the one they rode for the hike" "Now spill it, did you go to Center One that night or no ?" "No sir" "This here, is my second joke" "Where are those two now ?" "Long time... gone" "Names...?" "Bunty and Babli" "How old are they ?" "Bunty's around 23-24" "Babli is 20-2 1" "She was really sweet, well mannered and intelligent, sir" "Even the boy was all heart, great guy" "That's quite something, sir" "No, you asses are quite something" "To think that petty criminals... booked for cheating, misdemeanour, malfeasance, fraud and perjury... are quite something" "And not just you, the whole lot of you from this generation is quite something" "Right and wrong, good esteem and bad, good deeds and bad... you've forgotten what sets them apart" "But I can tell the difference." "And I'm going to teach you fools too" "The newspapers say that for boys and girls in schools and colleges... these two crooks are role models." " So they want to be role models ?" "Fine... then that's what they'll become... I'll make them a fine example of a cure for this generation" "What did you say their names were ?" " Bunty and Babli" "This Bunty-Babli better watch out for me" "We'll never ever cheat on each other" "We'll always place each other before ourselves" "Okay" "We'll never ever break each other's hearts" "And if we do so accidentally, we won't burst into tears without warning" "Okay, we will never eat or drink anything without each other" "Except early morning tea" "You wake up like a queen at noon I can't wait that long" "We'll give each other the same amount of love forever" "Why ?" "We can give more !" "I'll love you even more tomorrow... more the day after and so much more the day after the day after" "We'll cut off all ties with those who don't understand us" "Except our parents." " Your parents" "We'll be Bunty-Babli for the rest of our lives" "And we'll live out all our dreams." " Except..." "Except...?" " Leave that to me" "Okay" "Now the groom may kiss the bride !" " Oye Rakesh just married !" "Look... right at the outset of this marriage I want to tell you all about my past" "I don't want any issues later ln school, when I was in Class Two, Mukesh used to sit behind me" "He used to tug at my plaits" "And you know..." "it used to make me giggle like crazy" "These boys are all scoundrels" "They'll try their luck with every cute girl" "How true" "How lucky l am, you aren't like those boys" "Rakesh... you're such a good boy" "Sweet boy" "So... what I was saying was..." "now that you are my wife... my mate in joy and sorrow... for all my days to come... and nights... understand ?" "Asleep ?" "On your wedding night !" "This world we live in has two kinds of people... those who aren't married and those who are" "So...?" "So you belong to the latter, no ?" "So ?" "So marry me now you fool" "TmG" "The clouds have torn" "My sky has flown" "I see my skies breaking free of the earth at the horizon... soft, slow, on tip-toe bit by thieving bit... soft, slow, tip-toeing my love" "Do you see what I see..." "the earth flows like a river... earth in water, water in earth dissolve and begin to shiver" "Then my sky breaks free of the earth at the horizon" "No consciousness of what I am I have no sense of what I'll be" "This time now seems unreal This can't be happening to me" "You slowly dissolve in me I slowly fade into you" "Our feet stop, pick up a dream Our paths shift, it's coming true" "The sky turns over lazily on it's cloud bed lt just might melt, rain down to kiss the ground" "The earth dips its toe tips in a water well lt just might find feet roll up, start walking around... soft, slow, on tip-toe bit by thieving bit... soft, slow, tip-toeing my love" "Say the word and I stop." "Say the other and I move lf this is madness that consumes me, let it be a madness too" "Say the word and I stop." "Say the other and I move" "A stranger to my destinations I go where you want me to" "Soft, bit by thieving bit" "Softly, my love" "Babli is Bunty's and Bunty is Babli's Each other's forever they'll be" "Each other's forever..." " They'll be" "They began their lives... in small sleepy towns, towns they detested" "So they popped up in big cities doing the kind of things I detested" "Not for poverty, need or misfortune." "Only for fun" "Turning to crime for fun?" "I'd never ever heard that before" "News of Bunty-Babli's capers poured in from all quarters... dripping into my ears like red hot molten iron" "Girls and boys in schools and colleges began to idolize them as new age heroes" "Constantly breathing down their necks, I even started to think like them... what next, their next sharp turn...?" "My hunches were hitting bull's eye... and I was inching closer to them with every passing day" "They took their infamy for success and quickly jumped from cons to scams" "Scams no one had ever heard of or imagined before" "Okay, how about Kerala ?" " Too hot" "Manali ?" " No, it is too cold" "Jaipur ?" " lt's too dusty" "Ladakh ?" " lt's too lonely, Harry" "How many times am I gonna tell you, it's a damn historical monument... not a hotel which I can rent" "That's your problem Harry, you said if we came to India... I could get married wherever I want." "This is what I want" "You are impossible" "Am I..." "I am ?" " Yes" "Really ?" "Fine !" " Yes" "Do you see what I see?" " l'm not blind" "Do you hear what I hear ?" " l'm not deaf" "Are you thinking what I'm thinking ?" " l'm no mind reader." "Get to the point" "Protesters... thirty." "Taxi drivers...?" " Four" "School children ?" " Twenty." "With one teacher" "Newspaper ?" " Agra Times" "Minister's office." " Very good !" "And a wedding bash." " Oye Rakesh !" "A first round knockout" "I want to marry there Harry, not put it in my living room I told you it's not possible Kate" "Selling Taj..." " Never, never" "Government don't be..." " Clever clever" "My car..." "Mercedes..." "Mercedes..." " Mercedes stuck in traffic jam" "Students protesting Taj sale." " What sale ?" "The Taj is on sale." "Sir this is my Mercedes." "Please sit" "Please sir... the government is selling the Taj." "We won't let them sell it" "Extremely sorry sir, I apologise" "Today's newspaper sir ?" "Thank you so much, sir" "is the Taj Mahal really up for sale ?" " Yes sir" "By who ?" "By him, sir" "Excuse me" "Hold on" "No sir, it is not possible." "We cannot sell Taj Mahal to a foreigner" "Even if the price is high ?" " No price is too high for Taj Mahal" "How about 1 00 million dollars?" " No sir 1 50 million." " No sir" "1 75 million." " Sir, I told you, it's not possible 200 million." " Well... 250 million" "Why don't you speak with her?" " Who ?" "Phoolsakhi'ji" "Who is Phoolsakhi'ji ?" "Minister in charge of purchase and selling of the Taj Mahal" "Where's the typist ?" "She's down with viral fever." "We're getting another typist" "Get her quickly." " l'll be in the office all day today" "Let's pack in as much corruption as we can today" "Of course." " The typist is here madam'ji" "Sit" "My niece's doctoral thesis." "I want it typed out by this evening" "Of course, it's me." "Go on" "What..." "I'm coming right away" "What's the matter ma'am ?" " Riot outside my house !" "Hurry" "You keep typing I'll be back in an hour" "How long have you been in government ?" " Not very long" "And the minister ?" " Not very long either" "Sir..." "You brought the other money ?" "I can't believe !" "Someone is actually selling the Taj Mahal" "Nor can I believe !" "Someone is actually buying" "This ass is going to get kicked" "Crowshit on your egghead" "He'll be crying for help in two days" "How do I look ?" " Very fine" "How are you madam ?" "Would you believe I've been dying to see you ?" "Madam, this is Mr Harry Epstein" "He wants to buy the Taj Mahal" "Exactly I'm not selling" "But madam, we had a deal..." " Why are you late ?" "But ma'am..." "Shut up" "So you can't sell the Taj Mahal to me ?" "It's all a big mistake" "And you have wasted my time" "One minute" "I said I can't sell the Taj Mahal but it doesn't mean you can't have it I don't understand" "You can lease it on rent" "For how long ?" "Five years" "Ten" "Lease document ready for five." "interested, not interested ?" "Interested, interested" "Why are you protesting ?" " Because we have grievances" "What grievances ?" " Meet our demands or else" "What demands ?" "The revolution..." " Long live the revolution" "Never mind that, but what are your demands ?" "Down with tyranny" "Whose...?" " Every tyrant's" "Five years" "All Harry Epstein's" "For a price of 250 million dollars." " Good doing business with you" "And here is your fee 5 million Rupees, cash" "Tell me your demands." " Quit India" "Quit India, quit India" "Quit India...?" " State your demands or I'll arrest you" "We demand that Ms Kalasakhi..." " But I'm Phoolsakhi !" "Tell them !" " You've got the address wrong" "She is Ms Phoolsakhi." "Now get out." " Okay." "Sorry." "Fine." "Relax." "Don't mind" "Okay then, goodbye." " Thank you madam" "See you." " Namaste" "Which country are you from ?" " Oh, all of them" "Your guests should be here soon" "Goodbye" "What happened to this elevator ?" " Could be stuck somewhere lt's coming." " Let's go" "Finished ?" " Nearly" "It sure is nice of Mr Bunty to throw us this wonderful wedding party" "And you !" "Thank you, it's a dream come true" "Not possible" "What do you mean not-possible, I own the Taj Mahal ls he nuts ?" "He says he owns the Taj Mahal !" "Poor thing, God can really be cruel sometimes" "Open the gate before I fire you ... dismiss you" "Dismiss ?" "He says he'll get us dismissed" "Doctor ?" "You need one ?" "We call doctor ?" "No doctor !" "You talk to Mr Bunty" "He wants some Bunty fellow" "What Bunty...?" "Hey wait a minute are they Bunty and Babli ?" "So finally you arrive !" "They sold the Taj and scooted while you stood by and watched it happen ?" "Tomorrow when you sell it again I'll still be left watching" "What !" " Look madam... a bull doesn't budge until he sees red in his face... and it takes a scam to prod me into action. I just got the news, no ?" "That's no way to talk." " Really ?" "And how did they talk ?" "Go on, file your report about descriptions, characteristics" "Stop staring at me and do it" "No one could've pulled off this caper without the help of insiders" "Who could it be ?" " Could've been you, madam" "You left her alone in the room at a perfect time" "Corruption happens at the top floor." "But one has to climb from the ground floor" "There's a saying amongst us policemen." "Orderlies make more under the table" "See son... you shouldn't have gone to the wedding, that too in a new car." "Getting it ?" "Hey trumpet" "Yes sir ?" "What's the most requested song nowadays ?" "Babu'ji, slow it down now" "Stand up here" "Play" "I heard you took an American to his wedding altar" "No sir i know their names." "I want to know where they are" "Harry says, he was so smooth, and convincing." "Harry's no fool" "And you believed ?" " l did lt was in the Times of India." " All newspapers say... all Americans have sex all the day, I believe ?" "Don't look at it, you hear me ?" "Don't look at it" "Sir how about leaving ?" "What can we possibly get to know here ?" "Here you learn to what lengths a man can go... for the smallest of things" "Get the serial numbers of the currency that he withdrew from his bank" "Tell me joke" "Non-veg" "Tired of turning wheels ?" "Now watch how the wheels of fortune turn I didn't see a thing." "What can I say?" "I'm a simple honest man" "God !" "This one turns out to be honest!" "Wheel back that car... go on... back out... go away, far away" "There." "Stop" "The longer the distance, the more it looks like an accident" "Don't move or I'll shoot." " Sir, what are you saying ?" "I told you !" "I saw nothing." " No one's ever seen... what's about to happen right now" "Come on, slam the car." " No... please" "Slam him." " Please !" "No... I saw, I saw!" "I saw everything" "Turn off the engine" "Stand straight" "See no evil." "Speak no evil." "Hear no evil but if you can profit, grab it" "Gandhi'ji would've come here personally to whack you for being so honest" "Who else was in it with them?" "Go on, give him every detail" "What's wrong ?" "Why are you sulking?" "You're upset with me ?" "Moron, the Taj got sold, not your taxi." "Like some nuts ?" "No ?" "Suit yourself" "There was no corner of the country Bunty and Babli hadn't been to" "And every newspaper was cheering their ingenuity" "But I was dying to see them behind bars" "No there's no mistake about this order." "Your assignment is being changed" "But I've completely committed myself to the case" "Bunty-Babli's case is being assigned to the federal agencies" "To whom ?" " Federal investigation" "God" "Our politicians have become honest?" "The feds have time for Bunty and Babli ?" "They have your sympathies?" " Not those two" "My sympathies are with the feds." " You think the feds can't get them ?" "Why ?" " Because they can't think like them" "And you can?" "I'm beginning to feel we're related somehow" "From tomorrow, you're taking charge of the gold at the airport" "Very well sir" "You're the boss I'll take charge of hell if you want me to" "Anyway what's the score?" " What ?" "I found myself a night-watchman's job." "This is how I got to bide my time" "Dashrath Singh... lf there's anybody who'll lay a finger on Bunty and Babli, it's me" "You find this funny ?" "You can do this yourself the next time I won't be able to do this even if I tried, love" "But you can make a mockery of those who do ?" "Ok, I'm sorry" " What idiot could've made you a father" "You" "One rum, large" "You don't need to pay sir" "Did I mention I'm a policeman?" " Hear me out, sir" "The gentleman out there is hosting food and drinks for all guests tonight" "Who...?" " The man in black" "They're buying this restaurant" "No way." "We're picking up the tab for everyone tonight" "Not tonight." "Tomorrow" "From tomorrow, this hotel is yours to do as you please." "But tonight's on me" "Friends, cocktails and dinner for everyone on the house" "Vodka" "Whiskey" "Cocktail?" "Gin" "Rum" "Flying to the moon?" " You're selling the tickets ?" "You've just bought yourself a one-way ticket I don't believe much in buying tickets but yes, I do want to fly to the moon" "You're a man in a hurry?" "Somewhat" "There's this one place in which men-in-a-hurry usually end up" "You see..." " What ?" "This world we live in has two kinds of people I see." " One, the kind that listens" "And the kind that talks." "I belong to the latter" "So sure of yourself ?" "What do you do?" " Cleaning l'm in the cleaning business." "We clean out places" "What kind of places ?" " Any kind" "So you like tidy places?" " No, I like tidy sums of money" "Interesting man." "Where are you from?" " Allahabad" "Aha, you look that type" "Sir, one more large ?" "Bring it on then" "What's happening here ?" "You're smoking in front of your baby?" " How the hell can he see me ?" "Babies know everything." " How can they know everything ?" "Stop it I get the feeling I'm her baby" "And he who is he ?" "I... am..." " He is..." "Whoever, doesn't matter." "Come on" "Women... are like this only." " How and how do you think women are ?" "Oye, don't stoke my anger." " Hello, what's happening here ?" "A fight can't you see?" " That I can, but why ?" "Private matters of husband-wife!" "How meddlesome" "Please stub that out" "You look like a long lost father!" "Ought to be setting an example for him" "And you better come along." "I'm checking out the rooms in this hotel" "Don't take too long" "Don't come back in an hour or two." "Spoilt the mood for no rhyme or reason" "You seem to be much fallen-in-love" "You've never fallen... in love?" "Once, a little" "What?" "A little" "In a summer of Delhi l came upon her" "Every single day on bus number 481 ... I would fall all over myself to vacate the ladies' seat... and she would sit down with the sweetest smile" "For a whole year..." " You never spoke ?" "When our eyes were saying so much how could words dare to interfere ?" "But... I can shower her with gifts, can't I ?" "So every week, I'd fall over myself to give her my gift" "And she..." " Would smile ?" "And take it" "And I'm sure that one day, in return for all my gifts she would give me... that one big gift I've been waiting for." " So did the gift arrive ?" "Winter arrived" "On the 2 1 st of December... wrapped in a maroon shawl and a warm smile... she stepped into the bus." "Radiance on her face and in her hands... a Golden Bakery box." "Inside that box... were the world's most beautiful heart shaped... you know... heart-shaped pastries" "And then for the first time in a year... she spoke her first words to me" "Please... would you distribute these pastries to all the passengers I just got engaged" "Ei handsome" "What happened ?" "She's calling you" "Who is ?" "Tonight's your night" "Those pangs you feel in your heart have pained me too" "Why not drown our pains tonight?" "Nice" "Rare are those moments in life when desire calls" "Come into my arms, or come and slit my throat" "Oh forget it... this give and take of hearts takes a lot of heart... and doing it so boldly for the world to see... it's a woman's art you see ln this winning and losing of hearts what are men worth ?" "His ruthless gaze... tore up the street... took me apart lt ran a razor's edge down the willing side of my heart" "TmG" "I fall to restless pieces... don't look at me that way" "I fall to restless pieces, don't look at me that way" "A townful of men in ruin surrenders to what I say" "stretch with desire, I take my bow I stretch with desire... come touch me now" "Night eyes... night eyes... your night eyes..." "The moon sleeps inside those night eyes" "Night eyes, your night eyes Night falls inside those night eyes" "Night eyes, my night eyes We are one inside twin night eyes" "Night eyes, your night eyes The moon sleeps inside those night eyes" "These sighs you swore, wrote them in kohl" "Come to life inside these eyes" "That kiss you left on my handkerchief I knot it until it dies" "Oh your words are wisps from incense bowls" "You waft in lazy like the warm wind rolls" "I bow, I stretch... come touch me I stretch with desire, I take my bow" "Night eyes, my night eyes You're a shadow inside my night eyes" "These eyes take me by surprise" "Ask private questions, brook no lies" "Hide under those veil-like lids" "The curtains behind which she shies" "No curtains hide my pain, no lies try to guard me I hurt only when she gives her word not to scar me" "Night eyes, your night eyes I was stung when I sung to your night eyes" "Night eyes, your night eyes The moon sleeps inside my night eyes" "You are mine in the memories of old stone cities" "Our songs still echo in those forlorn cities" "From the south gate arch to where the north gate lies... you and I are lore set in stone cities I hear the call of the saint on the wall" "And swear by the black beauty of your eyes I'm the guardian from evil your eyes never had I'll suffuse them with smiles so they never look sad" "Our bodies, they ache Our lips, they quake" "Come touch me, oh touch me, oh touch me now" "Tonight is the night, the night is tonight" "Tonight's the night, oh night-eyes" "I love the way you sway" "Madam, I am your only Adam" "Night eyes..." "oh the dark of her nights in my eyes" "Why do you dole out free drinks?" "Why give free drinks, you fool!" "How will you run your hotel ?" "Anyway... I enjoyed your company" "I feel satisfied and a little in love" "And it helped me forget those two" "Forget them... you've nothing to do with those scoundrels" "Generally... I don't take to strangers too well" "But I don't know... I don't know why the two of you have touched my heart" "We've done what...?" " Touched my heart... you could've been my children" "You haven't told us your name." " You haven't told..." "My name is Dashrath" "Dashrath Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police" "You're a police'wallah?" " What did you think ?" "Balloon' wallah?" "Why what's come over you ?" "What's it ?" " Rickshaw' wallah..." "Sit in the rickshaw" "Go on, take him home." " Yes, take me home lt's very late." " Very late at night" "Take me to the airport ... no not there I'm going to Police Lines." " Go on, quick" "Oh my God, the very same Dashrath Singh the one who's been after us ?" "My baby almost had a heart attack!" "That was close, let's get out of here" "Get out ?" "The fun's only just begun" " What are you talking about ?" "Look, he never knew what we look like." "He still doesn't." "But now... we know who he is and we also know that... he's in charge of the security of the gold stashed at the airport" "By God !" "You are..." " Vimmi, if we don't... steal the meat right from the lion's den... what did we achieve?" " Your hunger's getting out of hand" "Now we're a threesome." "We'll need more food... what do you say ?" "You'll get us killed someday" "India's Central Bank doesn't keep it's gold in any one place" "To protect the gold from fires, floods or earthquakes... the cache is split over four different cities" "Depending on the requirements of various banks... this gold is shuttled by air between these four cities once every week" "How they cracked this confidential information, they haven't divulged" "But what they did that day no one could have ever imagined" "Not even me..." "Delhi-Mumbai, 9.1 0 pm tonight." "Korpal, Puneet, Mr" "Delhi-Calcutta, 9.40 pm." "Sharma, Vandana, Mrs" "What's this other ticket for?" " Backup" "Why the Air Traffic Control number?" " Backup" "A back up for everything?" "Oye Rakesh, is there one for you too ?" "Yes" "Who ?" "You" "Smart" "Call back the Jet airways flight Mumbai." "The bomb is ticking" "What nonsense." "A bomb on the plane ?" "Jet 9W31 2." "Yes Delhi Control ?" "Turn back and proceed for landing on emergency runway number 2" "There is a bomb scare" "Delhi Control is this a joke?" "Bomb on board, he says" "Jet 9W31 2." "Turning back" "Which runway?" " Number 2." "Bomb squad is on the runway" "The caller's number." "Get it now" "Go get the number from them." "Now !" "We can't have the number lt isn't under our jurisdiction." " As long as the gold is on board... this plane, the bomb, this airport, everything is under our jurisdiction" "How many people knew about the gold?" " Four bank employees" "Are you implying the news was leaked?" " Give me the key to the box" "But we are not permitted to open it." " Give me the key" "Now it's your responsibility." " The bomb might explode any time, sir" "The bomb has exploded." "Send message to headquarters. I am assuming command" "DCP Dashrath Singh here..." "Surround the airport area" "Locate persons who do not have any reason to be here at this hour" "Take suspects into custody and inform immediately" "They received the bomb scare from this number" "Dial" "Ringing" "Orange Maruti Swift 5700" "Vimmi we'll have to ditch this car." "They've spotted it." "Get out" "Stop... taxi" "Stop... please" "Papa'ji, please help us !" "I'll give you more money than you ever imagined" "Son, for this job, I won't take money even if you give it to me... come my child, get up, you'll do fine" "Have faith in god." "Faith prevails" "Sir, what are you saying ?" "Policemen in every hospital and nursing home ?" "We won't have men for policing the city." " She's in labour." "She's about to deliver" "Every child born in Delhi tonight will see a policeman's face... before anything else" "That Dashrath Singh figured me out." " How are you so sure?" "I know. I saw it in his eyes..." "Then... in no time every hospital in Delhi will be crawling with policemen" "Which hospital do you want to go to son ?" "The biggest..." "the biggest hospital in Delhi" "Not a hospital or nursing home, they'll go to a nondescript clinic lf l know that Bunty, he'll definitely take Babli to the biggest hospital" "Vimmi, don't be afraid" "This hospital is packed choc-a-bloc with newborns and their mothers lt'll take them ages to check each bed." "But you please hurry it up lt isn't in my hands, bloody idiot !" "I told you you'll get us killed someday" "Hush" "But hey, what life did I have before I met you ?" "is everything all right?" " Yes" "Papa'ji... if you weren't here today..." " There would have been someone else" "The Lord up there runs a regular courier service" "He always provides for ones in need" "Where are you going ?" "You can't go in" "Pointless... he must've taped the gate downstairs." "Walk" "Those two have fled the hospital but they haven't fled Delhi yet" "Seal Delhi, sir" "Papa'ji, all that you've done for us..." " One honest man would do for another" "Papa'ji, you're kidding me" "By now you must have figured that we aren't half as honest as we seem" "I don't know what you've done to make these people hunt you down... but I see a simple honesty in your eyes... take care son." "God bless you" "For the next week or so they'll be baying for our blood" "We'll return afterwards... but where have you hidden the gold ?" "What's your baby, a boy or a girl ?" "What will you name your baby ?" "Before you think of a name you need to see the baby at least ?" "A day has gone by, have you even taken one look at your baby ?" "Did you hold your child in your arms, even once... once even ?" "Vimmi, you know we didn't have any time for these." "Had I stopped for all this... all three of us would've either been jailed or killed by now" "Some reason for celebration !" "The day he is born... his parents die" "Cursed fate to be born with !" " Not his fault, is it ?" "That's what I'm saying!" "What wrong has he done... to deserve parents who can go to jail anytime... leaving him to rot on the streets" "What are you trying to say?" " Enough I won't do this anymore." "Neither will you..." "Then what else can we do?" " Anything, whatever everyone else does lf we had to end up doing what everybody else does... why did we ever run away from home?" " Because we were wrong" "Now we're not free to live as we like." "Now we're responsible for one more life" "How's he going to grow up?" " How ?" "With us, that's how" "With us?" "And which school will he go to ?" "You know this world we live in has two kinds of people." "One... who waste the best years of their lives in schools and colleges." "And... the kind who school themselves." "Like us." "We taught us to do what we're doing" "Which is what he'll learn?" " Of course !" "And then he'll go to jail someday?" " Have we ever been to jail?" "We very nearly got thrown into jail I don't want my son growing up behind bars... or dying young on the run" "Do you remember agreeing on all our marriage vows except..." "We'll be Bunty-Babli for the rest of our lives" "And we'll live out all our dreams." " Except..." "Except...?" " Leave that to me" "Okay" "This is the exception Rakesh" "You're getting over-emotional about this motherhood business" "But now I am whatever I am." "Now I want to hear your decision" "Choose. it's either this life ... or a life together" "So what have you decided?" "What'll I do without the two of you ?" "Those marriage vows weren't mere words" "Fursatganj or Pankinagar?" "is it you that's saying this or... ?" "Bunty and Rakesh." "Both" "What ?" "Tickets" "Since when are we buying tickets ?" " From today" "Why become so damn honest ?" "Oye Rakesh, you're in love" "Oh all right" "Rakesh my boy, this world we live in has two kinds of men." "One... the kind that thinks twice before getting married" "And the kind that thinks afterwards like you, you idiot" "Two tickets for Fursatganj" "Name ?" "Rakesh Trivedi, Vimmi Trivedi" "Bunty and Babli" "You've had a long run." "You must be tired" "Can we have some water ?" "Die of thirst dog !" "Not for me." "For the two of them" "You won't believe me but we quit being crooks half an hour ago" "Absolutely right, I won't believe you." " But if I insist I'm telling the truth ?" "I'll start doing right now what I had planned to do to you in jail" "Why are you looking at me like that ?" " He's telling the truth" "Guaranteed by you, India's biggest bonafide liar ?" "I'm not lying" "A dog's tail insists it became ramrod straight half an hour ago ?" "You're as old as my father... no one's had the cheek to talk to her like that" "So you respect your elders now, do you ?" " And why shouldn't we ?" "Now don't tell me you pray first thing every morning too !" "She does" "So...?" " So what !" "Now you pray to your heart's content in jail !" "It's all your fault... now suffer." " My fault ?" "Who's idea was it to go straight ?" " lt was for a good cause... do you want your son to go to jail ?" " So where's he going now ?" "Now I see how the two of you have been fooling people for years" "Pappu is hungry" "Pappu ?" "When did we start calling him Pappu ?" "Got to call him something no?" "You're thinking of the gold all the time" "Let's step outside for a while I'm not going anywhere." " Up" "Darned luck." "No one ever caught us when we were in the thick of it" "But the moment we quit..." " Why did you get into all this ?" "I wanted to become someone important." " And... you became ?" "You won't understand." " Why... why won't I understand ?" "Because he never did." " Who ?" "My father" "He's just like you" "You're trying to con me again" "May I...?" " A smoke ?" "Sure..." "Where are you going ?" "If she sees me smoking she'll scream" "The child will stay with the mother" "What's the use of crying now ?" "Should've considered this beforehand." " What else to do ?" "Become a ticket collector and collect ten rupee bribes all my life ?" "You can come in" "We'll have to make a phone call to your home or mine" "We certainly can't take him with us." " No, it won't come to that I'll figure something." " And con ourselves out of this one too ?" "What else to do ?" "Take with me to jail, the very son for whose sake I gave up everything ?" "What justice !" "Jails are for reforming." "And here, three people are being jailed" "Two of whom have reformed and a third who's completely innocent" "Don't worry Vimmi. I'll crack a plan." " What plan Rakesh ?" "We've run out of plans" "Vimmi do you have any idea what jails are like ?" "How will you spend so many years inside one ?" "Let's do something, I'll take the blame for everything" "Then you're free to go home to Fursatganj with the baby" "All you wanted was to become a model I dragged you into this whole thing" "You can't even make a cup of tea for yourself. ln jail... how ?" "I'll manage Vimmi, don't worry about me" "Have you ever managed to do anything alone ?" "In any case, Bunty is nothing without Babli" "Get up" "Unlock yourselves... I can't do it..." "We're nearing the railway signal on the outskirts of Delhi" "The train halts there for two minutes" "The two of... the three of you can get off and go wherever you wish" "No one recognises Bunty and Babli except me" "And no one ever will" "Sir..." " Shut up." "Not a word" "Or I just might change my mind" "Get going" "That's enough" "Whether it was my life's biggest mistake or their best con act, I didn't know" "But policemen are human too, believe it or not... we wear those uniforms only on our body, at heart we're as vulnerable as babies" "I believed I had destroyed Bunty-Babli, so I let Rakesh and Vimmi go... because I think the law needs to destroy crime, not lives" "The bank's gold was recovered from the spot Babli had indicated" "The recoveries continued for months afterwards... monies and valuables stolen by Bunty and Babli I think they had told me the truth about going back... to live respectable, honest lives like their parents" "Rakesh'ji could you perhaps increase the pressure" "What a joy" "This world we live in has two kinds of Pappus." "One... the kind who obey their parents and get to eat chocolates and the kind that doesn't and gets locked up inside toilets" "You are...?" " The first" "My darling baby" "But he didn't even drink his milk." " He'll eat the chocolate" "What good are chocolates?" "You and your fads" "No, I'm feeling cold..." " Forget the cold." "Be fashionable" "What are you teaching Pappu ?" "To speak the truth and pray every morning" "Where's my son ?" "One of his friends is waiting downstairs" "Friends and folks in Fursatganj find all the time for fun" "You fix the name of this city." "I'll fix this friend" "My son is genius from... childhood" "I am very lucky l got a daughter-in-law who is very very smart" "It's such a joy to know that our son and his wife... have done things so important that your department still remembers them" "Never told folks at home what all you achieved ?" "Maybe you should tell us" "Nervous already ?" "A scam is in the offing" "Huge scam" "Sir... I swear by my son, I've given it up" "I've no idea of what scams are happening" "For three years now, I'm following a work-home-work routine" "This scam has got to be stopped." " Then go ahead and stop it" "We cannot stop it" "Who else can ?" "You" "Then save me from this respectable-dignified life !" "Please" "Who's saying this ?" "You or...?" " We both I'm through lf l make mango pickle one more time I'll die lt's killing me, Rakesh" "Keep the faith" "Once upon a time he told me that he was in the business of cleaning" "So I put them on the job of cleaning up society"