"I wish to go to Ramnagar." "Can I get some conveyance?" "No." "You'll have to walk for 5 miles." "You'll come across a river which you must cross in a boat." "You appear to be an outsider." " I'm no outsider... but I've returned after years." "Nothing appears to have changed." "The station is just as it was when I left the village." "The village is the same too." "It is just as it was." "We live in the hope that someone, someday, will come and improve it." "Hey lady!" "Listen" " I?" "Thank you very much." " What are you thanking me for?" "I walked here listening to the tune you were humming." "It sounded so melodious." "I didn't realize how the journey ended." "What is your name?" " Champa." "What do you do for a living?" " I sell flowers, sir." "Hurry up, Champa!" "The boats leaving!" " Coming!" "Good bye, sir." "The one who squeals, aren't you?" "A two-penny flower seller dares tattle on me?" "Who told Raju that it was I who stole flowers from his garden?" "Answer me, or you lose your nose!" "They caught hold of me... and threatened to make me pay for all their losses." "I'm a poor girl." "How could I have paid so much of money?" "So I had to tell them." " Did you?" "How could you dare bring my name to your lips?" "If I don't rid you of your arrogance today... my name isn't Rekha!" "Listen to me, please!" "Let me go!" "Do this again, and I'll kill you!" "Bloody dictator!" "You are the one who causes all the mayhem... and she pays for your doings!" "Let go of my hand and watch your manners!" "This is my village!" "And I will do as I please!" "Who the hell are you to question me?" "I'm human too." "There are others who do resemble humans, of course... but who behave worse than animals!" "I try to make human beings out of them." "Really?" "You seem to be a newcomer to this village." "Which is why you have dared to clutch my hand." "You don't know who I am and what I am capable of doing." "What are you capable of doing?" " I could bite you!" "If you do that again, I'II..." "Get the hell out of here, you pipsqueak!" "This is Govind, sir." "He has lost his speech." "He can only hear now." "This gentleman is from the city, Govind." "He's a very nice man." "Sulekha threw my basket of flowers on the ground today... and he gave her a nice scolding." "But who's that arrogant girl?" "She's the landlord, Sher Singh's daughter." "She was educated in the city." "Her father's powerful." "And that has gone to her head." "Once her father or she says something, it becomes law." "Everyone has to bow to them, sir." " I see!" "Looks like the British have left behind a handful of oppressors!" "What will he do if someone raises his voice against him?" "Will he gun me down?" "Greetings, sir!" "Salutations, sir." "Greetings, master!" "Greetings, sir!" "Greetings, my lord!" "Our village is at the forefront in the whole of India." "And thanks to whom?" "Me, of course." "Our fields are green like Punjab's..." "all thanks to me." "The village is going the way of Bhopal's gas tragedy because of him!" "It's he who deserves credit for all the things I said!" "Greetings, master!" "I didn't know you were standing behind me!" "I thought it was an animal rubbing its horns on me." "Munim!" "Your vile tongue ought to be fed to the crows!" "Didn't you know I was standing here, behind you?" "Couldn't your back see me?" " My last mistake, master!" "In future, I'll make sure every part sees you!" "Shut up..." "I'm going to meet the doctor at the government hospital." "You?" " Yes." "To teach him a lesson for turning down my invitation." "What are you getting at?" " Indeed!" "What're we getting at?" "!" "Don't you know?" "Every newcomer is expected... to visit Mr. Shersingh and pay his respects to him." "Only later are you expected to do anything else." "Didn't you get the invitation?" " I did." "But I'm not in the habit of visiting strangers." "Strangers?" "!" "You call him a "stranger"?" "He's not an untouchable!" "He's not ailing!" "He's not a leper!" "Mend your ways, doctor!" "Or we'll turn this government hospital into a graveyard!" "You can't scare me with those threats!" "What will you do if I don't go visiting him?" "What are we going to do?" "What?" "Nothing indeed." "We'll quietly go away." "After we leave, your face will light up with a triumphant smile." "But a little while later... there will be someone at your door, in a bullock-cart." "He will plead with you to join him." ""My wife is ill", he will say." "You will set your kit in his cart." "Your journey will then begin." "The cart will leave the village." "You will wonder if the cart has taken a wrong route." "You will ask the man holding the reins, but he won't answer you." "The cart will then stop at an unmanned railway-crossing." "You will wonder why the cart has stopped there." "In an instant, that man will club you on the head." "You will pass out." "There will then be this train racing towards you." "It comes hurtling at you!" "It runs over you, cutting you to bits and pieces!" "The villagers will mourn your death... and I will be happy." "For the man who disobeyed me has died a dog's death!" "Now listen, doctor." "I'm only telling you... what tomorrow holds in store for you." "No, sir!" "That isn't the tomorrow I'm looking forward to!" "I'm looking at a future that's like today!" "I will obey every command!" "You must live like my subject." "And anyone who dares to revolt against me... goes to the unmanned railway crossing and that's the end of his life." "Do you understand?" " Yes, sir." "Now listen;" "My boss is the bull." "And I'm his horns." "Anyone who disobeys us gets pierced!" "Mother..." "Who are you?" " I'm Savitri Devi's son." "Isn't Mom in?" " Why would she be here?" "She sold this house to me about six years ago." "Sold it to you?" "Where's she right now?" "She lives with her daughter in a dingy little hut outside the village." " Padma!" " Yes, mother?" "I've ground Shantaben's wheat." "Take this flour to her and fetch the money." " All right, mother." "I've stitched Laxman's kurta too." "I'll deliver it and bring the money." "On your way back, fetch some rice from the market." "We don't have a single grain of rice left at home." "Brother!" "Son, you?" "When did you come?" "I came when you were talking about buying a handful of rice after having done menial jobs for others." "But, Ravi... what brings you here without any prior intimation?" "Had I given any prior information about my arrival... you wouldn't have let me know about your hardships." "You'd have hidden your hardships from me with a smile on your lips." "No, son." "You see..." "Now I know why you came to visit me in the city on every festival... and why you didn't let me visit the village." "I could've never dreamt that our house has been sold off... and you are living in such a ramshackle hut." "It's condition indicates that it is hot during summer and during monsoons, it's filled with water." "You've got to do manual labor to earn your daily bread." "My sister stitches people's clothes with a needle and thread." "Mother... since when have you been leading such a hard life?" "Tell me, mother." "How did this disaster come about?" "I'll tell you everything." "I kept the facts hidden from you till now because... if you had got to know, you'd have discontinued your studies... and returned to the village." "Your father had only one desire that you should get educated... and be capable of taking responsibility of yourself... and that of your family." "But now it is time for me to tell you everything." "Son, when you and Padma were little kids..." "Your father was a school master in the village." "Everyone in the village respected your father." "People swore by his honesty and truth." "They always said that his parents have named him very suitably." "Dharmamurti (the symbol of integrity)!" "One day your father witnessed..." "Sher Singh and the Munim committing a crime." "He saw them killing a man." "He decided to testify against them in the court." "Sher Singh and the Munim pleaded with your father." "They tried to buy him off." "They threatened him saying that he shouldn't testify in the court." "But your father stuck to the truth." "He said that he was a school master who taught others to speak the truth." "He would surely speak the truth." "Your father testified in the court." "But Sher Singh was a rich man." "He spent money like water to protect himself." "He bought witnesses and saved himself from punishment." "Thereafter, those people became your father's sworn enemies." "One day after sunset..." "I'm going to the temple." " All right." "You?" "What's the matter?" "Sir, I've come to pick up the notes you made for the school children." "Since I'm new, it will be a great help if I can get the notes." "Sure, why not?" "Be seated, I'll get it right away." "Help!" "Help!" "What happened?" " Why're you screaming?" "Help me!" "Leave me alone, rascal!" "Help!" "What's going on over here?" "What happened?" "Tell me." "Don't be scared." "This teacher called me home... under the pretext of giving me school notes." "I trusted him and came over." "As soon I arrived, he shut the doors and raped me." "What are you saying?" "It's a lie." "The village council will decide what is the truth and the lie." "Come on..." " But?" "He's a devil." "He should be crushed." "What's your opinion, friends?" "You're absolutely right." "Such a lecherous man is a big danger to the womenfolk in the village." "So I order this dangerous man to leave the village for a month." "Till then, nobody should speak to him, nor provide him any food." "I issue this order right now." "Let the entire village be informed." "Mother!" "A month passed away." "Some more months went by, but he didn't return." "It was my great desire that I get you educated... and make you a talented person." "That's why one day..." "Money?" "What for?" "My husband worked in your school for 15 years." "I've come to collect his provident fund." "Perhaps you don't know that... your husband has collected that amount a long time ago." "What?" "What will you do with the amount?" "I'll send my son Ravi to the city for education." "You'll send him to the city for education?" "Yes, Thakur." "I want to have him educated." "Shut up." "What did your father achieve despite being educated?" "Education is of no use." "You'd better start working." "Come to our place from tomorrow." "Clean the buffalo-shed... and clean the cow-dung." "I'll give you some money." "At least give me 10 rupees so that I can send him to the city." "So you've started begging?" "Your husband went away from you, leaving you hungry and thirsty." "Now you've only two options." "Either make your children beg in the streets for your livelihood." "Or send them over to my place to work." "Never!" "I'll starve, feed my children by doing labor work... but I'll never come to your doorstep ever again." "I take an oath in the name of my husband." "I'll bear every hardship." "But I'll surely get my son educated and make him a great person... so that he can extract revenge from you for his father's insult." "The Thakur insulted me that day." "I wanted my respect restored by getting you educated." "The village had thrown your father out after having insulted him." "It was my desire that the villagers welcome you with greater respect." "So I sent you to your Uncle's place when you were a child." "I sold our house, continued doing manual labor and got you educated." "So that you return to the village as a grown-up, educated man." "Mother, with your hard work, you have made your son's life so endurable." "You tolerated every hardship, and despite your tears... you continued to feed a delicate plant." "Today, the plant has grown into a tree... and it promises to provide his mother with shade." "I take a pledge about two things." "One, to fulfill every desire of my mother." "The other, to clear my father's name from the allegation... and prove him to be a respectable and innocent man." "Sir, all the members of the Council have arrived." "If you have to pass a resolution..." "Don't you see that he is engrossed in deep thoughts?" "He's lost in thinking about the village's problems." "The entire village worships him." "A noble man like him is always worried about the village folks." "In my opinion..." " Silence!" "Silence!" "I've been listening to your blabber for the past hour." "How long can swallow my rage?" " Yes, you shouldn't." "Everybody has been blabbering without any matter or substance." "Everybody is trying to prove that he's a very good speaker." "This is not Delhi's parliament." "This is my parliament." "And here, only those will speak of whom I ask questions." "Daddy!" "My dear daughter!" "Daddy!" " What happened, dear?" "I'd been to Girdhar's mango grove." "All his trees were loaded with mangoes." "I climbed a tree and plucked a mango." "Just then, Girdhar came and began scolding me... asking me to get off the tree." "Then he even abused me." "He abused you?" "Since when has Girdhar started abusing others?" "Does he not know that except for me... nobody has the permission to abuse anyone?" "Then he pushed me out." " He pushed you?" "Munimji, what's my position here?" " What's your position?" "You're the boss here." " And how's she related to me?" "She's your daughter, of course." " Isn't she?" "Then how could Girdhar dare abuse my daughter harshly?" "He doesn't have the permission to abuse her even decently." "How could he speak abusive language?" "It's possible that he might have become haughty and egoistic." "How did that happen?" "I'll first rid him of his haughtiness, and then ask him how it happened?" "All right." "You there, come along." "Munimji, handle the parliament." "Don't leave any mango unplucked." "Drop every mango." "Don't leave any mango on the tree!" "Don't do that, sir." " Silence!" "Silence!" "I can see you weeping at my feet all your life... but I cannot bear to see my daughter sobbing even once." "Don't be so cruel with me, sir." "This is my annual earning, sir." "So what?" "Deliver all these mangoes to my mansion." "Here, take this." "Who are you?" "I'm the courageous one, who will put an end to your evil rule." "What do you mean?" "In return for so many mangoes, do you want to suck this poor man's blood... by paying him only 100 rupees?" "Looks like you're new in the village." "You can't harm me in any manner." "Yes, of course." "I can't harm you at all." "I'll leave the place quietly." "After I leave, you will smile as if you've won a battle." "And when you return to your home and go to bed... your bed will start walking at midnight." "You will wake up." "You will exclaim, "O God!" "Where is the bed going?"" "You will try to get up." "But you won't be able to." "You will watch helplessly, and the bed will continue moving forward." "The bed will cross the village boundary." "It will be kept at the railway crossing." "The train will come rushing in your direction from the other end." "It will come rushing." "It will come rushing." "It has arrived!" "It will make small pieces of your body and pass by." "The next day the whole village will say, "Poor Sher Singh..." ""...he died a useless death" Everybody will mourn your death." "And I'll say that the village's bad omen has been warded off." "How wonderful!" "You're narrating my own story in my own style... and you're scaring me!" "What'll you do now?" "There are no bullets left in it." "Throw it away." "Who're you to boss over me?" "Where have you come from?" "From Delhi." " From Delhi?" "Yes." "I've been sent here for investigations." "The government has got to know about your stories... of railways crossings." "Now I'll bring the military from Delhi... and see to it that you're put behind bars." "Rekha, look!" "How lovely these bullocks are!" "That man has bought them just a while ago." "Let's sit in the cart and go for a ride." "Stop!" "The bullocks are yet to be brought in control!" "I regret that you fell from the cart." "I hope you aren't hurt." "Oh!" "Your clothes have become soiled." "You uncouth man!" "Don't touch me." "Else!" "Else what?" " I will bite you." ""You simply aren't a girl..." "you're a wooden pillar"" ""Don't you blabber, your nose is so very long"" ""You simply aren't a girl..." "you're a wooden pillar"" ""Don't you blabber, your nose is so very long"" ""Come here, will you!"" ""Lay off!" "Where have you come from?" "You are such a useless guy"" ""Go and hide yourself wherever your mother is"" ""Lay off!" "Where have you come from?" "You are such a useless guy"" ""Go and hide yourself wherever your mother is"" ""Lay off, will you?"" ""You're so tall, like a stick"" ""Beat you, I will"" ""Your mouth is so much like an egg"" ""Bite you, I will"" ""You're a beautiful woman, why must you behave like a dagger?"" ""You are a flower-garden, why do you behave like a dagger?"" ""I'm not a flower that you can pluck me off"" ""I'm not the wax you can melt"" ""I'll chop you off, go and knock at some other doorstep"" ""You simply aren't a girl, you're a wooden pillar"" ""Don't you blabber, your nose is so very long"" ""Lay off!" "Where have you come from?" "You are such a useless guy"" ""Go and hide yourself wherever your mother is"" ""Come here, will you?"" ""Get lost, will you?"" ""You pounce and try to bite like a cat would"" ""Pinch you, I will"" ""A woman who isn't feminine, what kind of a woman is she?"" ""Don't feel offended and be angry, make somebody's day"" ""Don't fly around like a butterfly, marry someone and settle down"" ""I'm not a fish that you can bite"" ""You will be bashed up if you pester me"" ""You will be wiped out if you clash with me"" ""I'm lightening, I'm thunder, you had better be cautious"" ""You aren't just a girl, but a wooden pillar too"" ""Don't you blabber, your nose is so very long"" ""Lay off!" "Where have you come from?" "You are such a useless guy"" ""Go and hide yourself wherever your mother is"" ""Come here, will you!"" ""Lay off, will you!"" ""Come here, will you!"" ""Lay off, will you!"" "Mr. Ravi, you've been appointed the engineer for the dam... to be built in Ramnagar." "Go there immediately and find a suitable spot for the dam." "We've made arrangements for your residential quarters." "Thank you, sir." " All the best." "Thank you very much." "He was speaking the truth when he said that... he will go to Delhi and bring along the military." "The military is headed this way in the trucks." "I'm leaving." "I'm unwell." " Munimji!" "Those aren't military trucks." " Then?" "Goods are being brought in the trucks." "What goods?" "Goods are being brought in these trucks... for the dam which is being constructed on our village's river." "Really, son?" " I swear, father." "See?" "You were getting scared unnecessarily." "Before me, it was you who was running scared." "A big project is commencing in our village." "Why don't you pull strings and get me its contract?" "I'm so fed up of building small bridges and pools." "Earnings from them are so meager." " Just a minute!" "So a dam is being built over the river in our village." "If the dam is built, a lot of your land will be submerged under water." "You'll suffer heavy losses." " No, no." "I won't give my good, fertile land to the government." "Find out who the dam engineer is." "Invite him for a treat to my place." "Mother, this is the accommodation provided to us by the government." "Is it?" "How do you like our new home?" " It's very nice." "I always prayed to God that when you grow up and return to this village... you should come back as an engineer." "God has fulfilled my wish today." "Mother, we should get this girl married now." "I'm right, ain't I?" " Rather, you should get married." "Who will marry a crooked person like me?" "First I will get my lovely sister married." "The plant will look nice here." "Don't argue with me." "Just listen to what I say." "Why're you quarreling with Govind?" "He doesn't agree with me when I say that the plant will look nice here." "Govind, do you feel that the plant won't look nice here?" "If you stammer loudly, it doesn't mean that you've landed from the sky." "This plant will be placed right here." "Hold on!" "Go and fetch a new plant and place it wherever you like." "And you put this plant wherever you feel nice." "It will look nice." "How many times will you sort out their quarrels?" "They don't feel hungry without quarreling." "There's only one way to put an end to their quarrel." "Get them married." "Let me work." "Don't disturb me." "I've come here to search for a suitable spot for the dam... not to help dispose off waste land of useless people." "Dear Mr. Engineer, if you don't listen to Sher Singh's wish... you'll have to lose your job." "If you don't stop your nonsense, I'll have you sent to Bhillai... have you dumped in the iron furnace there... and have you transported to Tatanagar." "Have dare you imitate my style?" "You think highly of yourself just because you're wearing trousers?" "If you meddle with me, I'll make a Pathankot out of you." "If you stay here any longer..." "I'll have you dumped in the ocean around Sri Lanka." "Get lost, or else..." "The engineer is an arrogant man." "We won't be able to induce him into doing anything." "And if we use force, he will use our trick on ourselves." "You should have been named after a donkey." "You should sing the right tune at the right time." "If a priest starts chanting the wrong hymns during a marriage ceremony... people will make mincemeat out of him." "Recite the right hymn at the right time." "Did I go there to talk business or to recite hymns?" "That's your shortcoming." "If you could recite the right hymn at the right time..." "I would've been your servant, and you would've been the master." "You're right." " Just see for yourself... how I recite the right hymn and manipulate that engineer." "How wonderful!" "The government has provided a nice house to live." "Tell them inside that I've come." "You?" " Yes." "I'm engineer Ravi." "Why did you tell me that day that you have come from Delhi?" "That was only a joke." "You had joked, did you?" "You are a very nice man." "God bless you." "Both of us will get along very well because..." "I like boys who joke." "Any special purpose for your visit here?" "I've 200 acres of waste land." "It's lying totally useless." "If you recommend to the government to build a dam there... my barren land will be sold off." "And you will get a good price in exchange for your waste land." "But what do I stand to gain?" "What a great question!" "The moment I saw you, I understood that you're a straightforward man." "Didn't I say that both of us will get along very well?" "Here's a small token of 10,000 rupees in the name of our friendship." "Thakur, I have a mother whom I worship." "I place all my earnings in her hands so that... with her blessings, my earnings multiply manifold." "Wonderful!" " So I want that you..." "Yes, of course." "Why not?" " Mother!" "Madam, you are indeed very blessed." "You have given birth to such a son in today's time." "In fact, you have given birth to a gem of a person." "Thakur, the hand on which you are placing 10,000 rupees today... remember, once you had refused to put even 10 rupees in it?" "It's you, Savitri?" " Yes." "The same oppressed woman whom you had destroyed." "The woman who had asked you for 10 rupees at your doorstep... so that I could send my son to the city." "The woman whom you had insulted." "I am the very same Savitri." "Ravi is your son?" " Yes, he's my son." "You wanted him to clean your barns and your buffaloes." "I had put my hand on his head and sworn in the name of my husband." "Today, my oath has been fulfilled." "Destiny has made you bow your head... and made my son stand on a pedestal." "Enough, Savitri." "You've insulted me enough." "Had I known that Ravi is your son..." "Then you would never have come here, isn't it?" "Neither do you have any shame, nor a heart which feels ashamed." "You aren't a human being, but a mobile treasure vault." "Instead of a heart, your chest has wads of currency notes." "That day you threatened the doctor... and took advantage of his helplessness." "Today, you have come to buy me off." "But you didn't know that the one whom you wanted to buy off... he has come here so that he could sell you off." "I'm the son of that honest teacher who couldn't be swayed... neither by your wealth, nor by your threats." "My entire education has been paid for... by dint of my mother's hard work." "One who expects the son of such parents to be a cheat... is known as the greatest fool in the world." "Go back." "Don't try to touch the skies by using your ladder of riches." "Otherwise you will fall on your face and get seriously hurt yourself." "You merely have a degree from your education in the college." "I've the experience of the ways of the world." "I've seen the most honest of people shouting slogans of patriotism." "One comes to his senses the moment he suffers a few setbacks." "So I advise you not to preach to me." "I preach to people every now and then." "Don't block my way." "There's dynamite laid out at every step." "You'll be blown to pieces." "Nobody will even be able to identify your body." "I'm the king here." "I've been ruling the place for 40 years." "You are new here." "Don't try to be a revolutionary." "The color of the flag of revolutionaries is red." "Who knows... your blood might be needed to color it red." "The revolution will surely come." "But it remains to be seen... whose blood is used to color the flag." "You may leave now." "Narayandas, I can hear the snake hissing." "I'll be most unfortunate one if the snake bites and sneaks away." "If you wish, we can crush the snake." "No, I'm not among those who crush and kill the snake." "I'm among those who grab the snake by its head... and then after removing his venomous teeth... make it dance and make money." "Ravi too is a dangerous snake." "I'll wait for him to raise his head." "And the moment he does that, I'll grab him instantly." "I've heard that snakes like the flute very much." "The snake lifts his head after hearing the flute and extends its hood." "All right." "Go and find out what he likes, and whom he loves." "Start investigations immediately." "What stuff is your brother made of?" "He has just arrived in the village... and has already won over the villagers." "Surely there's something special about him." "The special thing about him is that he sticks to his word and principles." "Come what may, he will surely do what he says." "Then why don't you ask him to finalize our marriage too?" "And also get me some small contract at the dam." "You are very clever!" "Do girls ever talk about their marriage?" "Why don't you go yourself and discuss it?" "All right." "I'm slipping on my own." "What kind of a village is this?" "How can I slip?" "I shouldn't have slipped." "Are you a girl or the Kutub Minar?" "Or Delhi's Chandni Chowk?" "Or Agra's Mumtaz Mahal?" "Or the palace of Bareilly?" "Or the chicken biryani from Hyderabad?" "Sir, I don't understand what you are saying." "Shame on me!" "Out of shame, my head is dropping on your shoulder." "Who the hell are you?" "How can you talk like this with me?" "A double insult?" "Don't you know who I am?" " Who are you?" "A close relative of Sher Singh!" "So you are a close relative of Sher Singh?" "My name is Bhushan." "People even call me Bushy out of affection." "Can you tell me how I can reach his home?" "Yes, surely." "But it's the principle in the village that a blind man... is led by the hand and taken to his destination." "And a man lacking brains is held by a woman." "Which hand would you prefer?" " The second." "A woman's." "Then shut your eyes." "Don't you open your eyes." "Champa, take Mr. Bhushan to the home." "Come on." " What a hand!" "What a delicate hand!" "Don't you open your eyes!" " Not at all." "What kind of a slope is this?" " It's a short-cut." "You'll reach soon." " I do want to reach soon." "Who will take me out of the water?" "Hurry up." "It doesn't matter." "I will tell Sher Singh about it." "What an exercise!" "Every limb of yours is moving!" "Don't you move!" "Till I don't catch your beautiful legs in my camera..." "Till I don't grab your beautiful figure in my camera..." "Don't you move!" " You idiot!" "Who are you?" "Didn't you recognize me?" "I'm your neighbor." "Bhushan!" "Don't you remember me?" "As kids, I used to hold your fingers... and you used to grab my neck." "Once you had pushed me into a well." "Don't you remember?" "Once when I was bathing in the river, you ran away with my clothes." "I had to come out of the river in the nude." "Daddy, look... what a mad man has come here." "What's the matter, dear?" " Daddy..." "Look what nonsense this ape is speaking." "Who the hell are you?" "You too didn't recognize me?" "I'm your neighbor, Bhushan." "Ah, yes." "Are you running away from the police?" "From the police?" "Why?" "Your condition suggests that you must've jumped in filthy waters." "When I was coming here, it was raining heavily." "So I got wet." "What brings you here all of a sudden?" "Both my parents died in a bicycle accident." "Now I've nobody but you whom I can call my own." "So I've come under your care for good." "You must be remembering what your wife had told me when she was dying." "She told me, "Dear Bushy, remember my last wish."" ""Whenever you get married, marry only my daughter Rekha"" "Don't you remember, Uncle?" "Yes, I do remember." "I know that when my wife was dying, you weren't anywhere around." "What's going on, Govind?" " Nothing, dear." "I've grown old." "But it's he who's going senile." "It's Champa's birthday today." "And this crazy fellow hasn't eaten anything since morning... and is busy making a gift for her." "And Champa is collecting flowers and is busy making garlands for him." "I'm trapped between these crazy folks." "This isn't craziness." "This is love." "Get both of them married at an auspicious hour." "Then everything will be fine by itself." "What say?" "Both of you come closer." "Then I'll take a leap." "Then watch the fun." "Look!" "There comes the dumb fellow!" "Despite being dumb, he's fond of playing the flute." "You girls stay here." "I'll teach him a lesson." "Govind!" "Hold on!" "Give this flute to me!" "Don't act smart." "Give it to me." "So you will give this flute to Champa?" "You won't give it to me?" "Give it to me at once." "Else I will bite you." "You will get me another flute?" "No!" "I want this very flute." "Leave it." "Here!" "You wanted to give this flute to Champa, didn't you?" "I'm putting it in the river!" "What?" "That dumb fellow raised his hand at you?" "Yes, Daddy." "He pushed me and I fell on the ground." "He can't speak." "But he is so very haughty!" "Go and find Govind." "Beat him up and throw him on the railway tracks." "You dumb beggar!" "How dare you push the lady?" "Leave him alone, you rascal!" "Sir!" "Sir!" "Sir!" " What happened, Champa?" "Hooligans are beating up Govind." "Save him, or the crooks'll kill him." "Be steady!" "What nonsense is this?" "You got a dumb man beaten up like an animal." "You ruined the joys of a poor girl's birthday." "And now you are making merry with this cartoon?" "But what have I done?" "If I tell you on my own, it wouldn't affect you at all." "If I make you see it, perhaps you will realize what you've done." "Come along." " Stop!" "Despite my being here, in my presence... without my permission, how can you take her away?" "He slapped me!" "Leave me." "Leave me alone, I say!" "Those cruel people..." " Don't weep." "They beat him up so ruthlessly." "You know how stubborn Rekha is." "If she had asked for the flute, you should've given it to her." "For us poor people... birthdays and death days are all alike." "Why did you take so many wounds on your body for my gift?" "Why did you have to jump into the river for the flute?" "I know, Govind." "You did all that for my sake." "You shouldn't have done it." "Govind, put your head on my lap." "Lie down!" "See how they are sharing each other's grief." "They're trying to alleviate their feeling of pain." "One gets wounded, and the other experiences the pain." "This is love." "This is humanity." "This is why human was born in the world... not to amass wealth, deprive the poor of their rights... and behave whimsically." "What right does a human being have... to treat another human being like a beast?" "A woman has come into this world in the form of a Goddess." "She shows the right path to her child in the form of a mother." "She supports her husband in distress, as his a wife." "She blends the nectar of love in the man's life in the form of a lover." "God has made her characteristically calm." "If God has given you birth with a beautiful face... cleanse your heart of false egos and awaken good qualities too." "The face can fade out." "But one always remembers good qualities." ""A woman has come into this world in the form of a Goddess"" ""She shows the right path to her child in the form of a mother"" ""She supports her husband in distress, as his wife"" ""She blends the nectar of love in the man's life in the form of a lover"" ""A dream in the eye..." "and the beloved in my dreams"" ""I've lost my heart to my beloved"" ""Oh, I've lost my heart to my beloved"" ""A dream in the eye..." "and the beloved in my dreams"" ""I've lost my heart to my beloved"" ""Oh, I've lost my heart to my beloved"" ""I've seen several Romeos, I've seen crowds of the young"" ""I've seen huge gatherings of lovers"" ""But you've overwhelmed my heart"" ""A dream in the eye, the beloved in my dreams"" ""I've lost my heart to my beloved"" ""Our hearts are now united"" ""We are two hearts, and one soul, And our destination is the same"" ""Our bodies are united, our desires are aroused"" ""East has met West, West has met East"" ""Times of love are here;" "we've got the wealth of joy"" ""We've found an excuse for living"" ""Now that you've found a place in my heart"" ""A dream in my eyes and the beloved in my dreams"" ""I've lost my heart to my beloved"" ""A dream in my eyes and the beloved in my dreams"" ""I've lost my heart to my beloved"" ""I've molded myself to your liking"" ""You've molded me into a new person"" ""I speak about you all the while"" ""What have I to do with the world?" "I'm concerned only with you"" ""We've found colorful landscapes;" "We've found the shores in the storm"" ""The support for my heart has been found after meeting you"" ""A dream in my eyes, the beloved in my dreams"" ""I've lost my heart to my beloved"" ""A dream in my eyes, the beloved in my dreams"" ""I've lost my heart to my beloved"" "I'll look into it." " Okay, sir." "You?" "What have you come here for?" "I'm sorry for what I've done." "I've come to ask for pardon." "Even God can never pardon you." "God can pardon everything, but not false ego." "God never forgives those who commit atrocities." "Enough, Ravi." "I cannot bear such stinging words now." "I realized today how many poor people have been hurt because of me." "For my own fun, I must've spoilt so many people's lives." "Your words made me realize what love is all about." "True love is so precious." "All the wealth in the world put together cannot buy love." "Forgive me, Ravi." " If somebody tells me... that the sun has risen from the west, instead of the east..." "I can believe that." "But if anyone tells me that you and your father have reformed... and have become human again, I will never believe that." "Did you send for me, engineer?" " Yes." "You maintain the records of the village, don't you?" "So I thought of showing you the place... which I've chosen for the dam." " Go ahead." "The land starting from this hillock till that hillock..." "All right." "Make the dam." "The government will take this land too." "All right." " Let me complete." "And the government will also take these 500 acres of land." "This land too?" " Yes." "This land is suitable to construct the dam." "I'm preparing my report and sending it to the irrigation department." "Hold on!" "This is the Thakur's land." "It's being cultivated." "You want to submerge it under the water?" "To build dams, one has to often submerge thousands of acres of land." "Sher Singh will face a huge loss." "But the villagers will stand to benefit in the long term." "To hell with the villagers." "If Sher Singh gets to know of this, he'll make a Dehradun out of you." "If Sher Singh doesn't give this land... the government will take it away from him forcibly." "If he gets to know about this, he'll make life difficult for you." "I didn't call you for your advice." "Rather, I called you so that... before preparing my report, I want the details of this land... its area, its boundaries, and its survey map." "Immediately." "I won't give the land to the government." "Come what may, I won't give it." "When I'd cautioned you long ago that this man is dangerous what had you said?" " What did I say?" "You said that I should be called a donkey." "That you know how to play with a snake... how to remove the poison of a snake." "Now that poison less snake is threatening you so severely." "I'll eliminate him within no time." "Nothing has been lost as yet." "Tell me, have the documents been forwarded to the senior's office?" "No, not yet." "It means nothing has been lost as yet." "Before he forwards the documents, I'll dispatch him to God's office." "Ravi!" "Stop!" "Could you find only my jeep to commit suicide?" "No, I've come to tell you that... my Daddy has hired thugs to kill you." "By saving my son's life today, you've obliged me greatly, dear." "It's your son who has obliged me." "By shattering my false ego... he has showed me my true face in the mirror of truth." "There's such a lot of difference in the father and daughter." "The father ruined my family... while the daughter saved my child from being killed." "Bless you, dear." "We're sitting idle... while that engineer is becoming God for the villagers." "Do something about him, or else he will cause our downfall." "I will make such a move that... these very villagers will spit on his face." "But how?" " Very simple." "I'll make the villagers think Ravi is a demon in the guise of the Lord." "Just like his father was fond of women... his son too is fond of women." "The moment he sees women, he starts drooling." "Just like the villagers had thrown out his father many years ago... similarly, they will also throw out his son too." "Menaka, who lives some distance away from here..." "Her beautiful daughter Leela will do the job." "So you understand what you have to do." "Yes." "Years ago, your mother had defamed Ravi's father with her guile." "Now you have to defame Ravi." "If your generations continue to do such jobs... your name will be written in history with golden words..." ""The daring women who ruined men"" "I pray to God to give me birth in their family as a woman." "But if anything goes wrong in this task..." "I will make a stripped mountain out of you." "What will I make out of you?" " A stripped mountain." "This is that rascal." "Make a Jamnagar out of him." "Just point out the person." "It's up to me what I make out of him." "Stop the jeep, sir." "My father is very ill." "He was fine till this morning." "I wonder what happened to him all of a sudden." "I'd be greatly obliged if you take him to the hospital in your jeep." "Where's your house?" " Over there." "Please come." "Please come quickly, sir." "Now I will make mincemeat of his good name." "Like Ram, I too serve you day and night." "For your service, protection and respect... neither do I commit any sin, nor do I let it happen." "Sin is being committed in one of the houses in the village." "Hurry up!" "Else our village will be called the village of sin!" "What?" " You know that engineer Ravi... who is considered to be an angel by all the villagers." "He has proved to be a devil." " What're you saying?" "He entered the woman's home with her alone." "It's possible that he might've gone with her to tie 'rakhi'." "Why does one need to remove one's clothes to tie a 'rakhi'?" "What?" "He took off his clothes?" " I saw it with my own eyes." "I've locked the house from outside." "Here's the key." "If this proves to be true, I'll kick that engineer out of the village." "What say?" " Yes, of course." "You impostor!" "Come out!" "You've defiled the sacred village!" "Shame, shame!" "Such crooks hide their shame in the garb of decency." "Ask him to come outside." "Come on out, engineer." "The truth about your intentions has been exposed." "Come out, and bring along that girl too." "What's the matter?" "You've brought such a crowd here." "Yes, of course." "Skip the act." "Call that girl out with whom you were making merry." "Yes, of course!" "Shall I?" "Yes, if they are insisting, you should call her out." "All right." "If that's what all of you wish, I'll call her." "Come on out." "It was Leela who had gone inside." "How did she come out?" "What farce is this?" "You locked up your daughter with Ravi in this house... and then called us here to let all of us see." "This is not the done thing." "Such a dirty trick shouldn't be played." "Let's go." "Cur!" "Ass!" "Pig!" "You fool!" " Hold on!" "Call me names later." "Let me deal with them first." "How did you get here?" " What do you mean?" "Don't you know that I had come here for a chat." "Later, when Ravi came, you locked the door from outside and vanished." "I kept on screaming, "Munim!" "Munim!"" "You saw me, you heard my voice, and you still ran away." "Why?" "To make fun of me?" "To give a bad name to my Daddy?" "How will Daddy face the villagers now?" "No, sir." "Don't!" "Silence!" "Stop your nonsense!" "Now I will make a Sonapur out of you!" "No!" ""O loved one!" "O loved one!"" ""Ever since you have looked into my eyes"" ""O loved one!" "O loved one!"" ""Ever since I have looked into your eyes"" ""A lot has happened between the two of us"" ""What else remains to be done now?"" ""O loved one!" "O loved one!"" ""Ever since I have looked into your eyes"" ""A lot has happened between the two of us"" ""What else remains to be done now?"" ""O loved one!" "O loved one!"" ""Ever since I have looked into your eyes"" ""What kind of a longing is this?"" ""What kind of a passion is this?"" ""We can't seem ever to be content;" "What kind of a union is this?"" ""The body is so youthful, There are flowers in the ears!"" ""There's a glow of fresh love in your eyes"" ""What kind of a longing is this?"" ""What kind of a passion is this?"" ""We can't seem ever to be content?" "What kind of a union is this?"" ""The body is so youthful, There are flowers in the ears!"" ""There's a glow of fresh love in your eyes"" ""You are my beloved"" ""O loved one!" "O loved one!"" ""Ever since I have looked into your eyes"" ""I agree to this!"" ""The whole world knows that both of us are in love"" ""We have become famous by getting a bad name"" ""Now we will never be distanced from each other all our lives"" ""You are my beloved"" ""I agree to this!"" ""The whole world knows that both of us are in love"" ""We have become famous by getting a bad name"" ""Now we will never be distanced from each other all our lives"" ""A lot has happened between the two of us"" ""What else remains to be done now?"" ""O loved one!" "O loved one!"" ""Ever since you have looked into my eyes"" ""O loved one!" "O loved one!"" ""Ever since I have looked into your eyes"" "Why scold me?" "What's my fault?" "The Thakur's daughter arrived there suddenly... and she attacked me with her nails." "She pulled at my hair too!" "Under such conditions, what else could she have done?" "You keep quiet!" "You should be the first one to be punished." "Why me?" "You should be punished!" "How dare you confront me!" "Your name wouldn't go down in history even with wet cow-dung." "You commit dirty deeds, and then behave like a noble person?" "What nonsense is this?" " Wow!" "Just give a smile, so that I can capture you in my camera." "Smile!" "Has God given you birth only to ruin me?" "Whenever you click some beautiful girl's picture... you appear like the messenger of death." "But there's no water around." "How will you drench me?" "I haven't come here to drench you, but to clean your health." "Clean my health?" "Which laundry ever does that?" "The laundry of my hand." "Padma, go away from here." "You English ape!" "If you try to mislead the innocent girls..." "I will smash your eyes." "Stop!" "Why do you boss over weak people?" "Why don't you stop your sister?" "Why does she mingle with men?" "Rascal!" "Have dare you give my sister a bad name?" "It's the truth." "She's romancing with Mr. Shakti." "Kill me if that's a lie." "I'm very scared of meeting you in privacy again and again." "If brother sees you with me, I wonder what he will do." "What will he do?" " Shakti!" "If you ever dare to look at my sister again, I'll burn you alive." "Get lost!" "I'm also a man!" "I'm not bangle-wearing effeminate!" "Know what this girl has done?" "She has humiliated your penance and my affection for her." "She has fallen in love with that rascal Munim's son." "O Lord!" "A young girl is like a sharp sword." "One wrong move on her part destroys the family's respect." "She should be married away as soon as possible." "You are right." "I'll find a city boy and get her married as soon as possible." "No, brother." "I cannot marry anybody else but Shakti." "I know, brother, that I've deceived you." "I continued to meet him on the sly." "But we love each other." "He was going to approach you and discuss the marriage." "But this happened before that." "Brother, if I'm not married to him, I won't marry anybody else." "You will marry that devil's son, against our wishes?" "What does the son have to do with his father's misdeeds?" "If Sher Singh is a devil, his daughter isn't like him." "Similarly, if the Munim is a crook, is it necessary that his son too would be a crook like his father?" "If I'm not married to Shakti, I will commit suicide." "Are you in your senses or not?" "Shakti is my son... not a Kolhapuri sandal that anyone can push his feet into it." "Both our families are miles apart." "You could only find me to be fooled?" "Both of them love each other, and they've decided to marry each other." "Now I've no intentions of marrying her." "The moment you raised your hand on me..." "I'd thought you're hitting me even before becoming my brother-in-law." "You aren't fit to be a brother-in-law." "So I've dropped the idea of marriage." "I've made a mistake." "I got carried away." "I didn't know that you loved each other." "I've come to ask for forgiveness." "Please forgive me and accept my sister." "You're speaking so sweetly now." "With your sweet talk, you are making us agree to all your conditions." "Why should I get my son married to a girl whose mother... washed other's clothes, utensils." "Moreover, I've seen your father committing those misdeeds." "How can I allow this alliance to take place?" "If you take my father's name again, I will knock out your teeth." "I consider you and your son to be humans." "So I talked of the alliance." "But I was mistaken." "A human being can never be born out of a devil's blood." "The biggest mistake is that of my sister... who gave her heart to a man like you." "She's insisting that she will marry none other than you." "Else she will give up her life." "That foolish girl doesn't know that... it's your family's lot to take lives." "Sometimes with hatred, and sometimes out of love." "Greetings, sir." " Greetings." "I've done some good work today that you'll jump with joy." "You must've cheated somebody by your cunning." "I've done something better than that." "That haughty engineer came visiting my house today... with a proposal to marry his darling sister with my son." "You approved of it, didn't you?" " How could I?" "I heaped abuse on him." "Stop the carriage!" "Idiot!" "Donkey!" "I can't find words to abuse you!" "You let such a good opportunity slip out of your hands." "Do you realize that I was waiting for such a good opportunity?" "Go immediately and approve of the marriage." "I should approve the marriage?" " Yes." "No!" " No?" "Listen... come here!" "What're you saying?" "You're prepared to marry Padma?" "Yes." "I don't know what all I said the other day, out of anger." "Later, I realized that I cannot forget Padma." "If I marry anybody else, my life will be ruined." "So I've come to ask you for pardon... and ask your sister's hand in marriage." "Pardon me if you can." "Why should you seek pardon?" "What more can be better for me than to get my sister married?" "But your father..." " I've convinced him." "He too is very embarrassed for his deeds." "He was scared to come in." "He's standing outside." "He's standing outside?" "Why're you sitting here, Munimji?" " How should I tell you, dear?" "The deplorable words I uttered forced me to sit here." "Son, you are educated." "Your heart is as great as India." "Forget the past, and be our relative." "Why should you do this?" "I accept whatever you say." "Then should we get them married in three days?" "3 days?" " Yes." "That's what his horoscope states." "Else we'll have to wait for 3 years." "What're you thinking about?" " It doesn't matter." "If that's what God wants, I approve of it." "You may start preparing for the marriage." "I'm so glad to hear this." "Let's go, son." "We are indeed very fortunate." "You're weeping on this auspicious occasion?" "Perform the customs so that they are benefited." "But it has been my misfortune." "If it had been any other party..." "I would've made them pay up 25,000 rupees." "My son got sold off for nothing for your profits." "I will give you 50,000 rupees." "How much?" " 50,000." "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" "Stop weeping now." "Wipe your nose." "Come on, shower the rice." "The fun begins now." "The engineer's sister is in your home... while the engineer is my clutches." "With the string of this relationship..." "I will make him dance to my tunes." "If he refuses, ask your son to commit so many atrocities on her... that he gets scared and agrees to what I say." "Sir, you are standing to gain so much with this marriage." "I'm only suffering losses." "First, I got my son married to a wrong girl." "Secondly, I must commit atrocities on my dear daughter-in-law." "Anyway, I approve of everything for your sake." "Give me that one hundred thousand rupees." "I will shut my mouth for a few days." "What one hundred thousand?" "Didn't you say that you will give me a hundred thousand during the marriage ceremony?" " You are lying to me?" "I said fifty thousand, not one hundred thousand." "You must be joking!" "You mustn't have heard properly because of the loud music." "Don't you believe that I'm in your clutches." "If you ever utter one hundred thousand rupees again... you will cease to exist." "I will make you lie on the railway line." "You'll be cut into pieces." "How can you say that, sir?" "It's because of the old age." "I'm no longer young." "Senility has set in." "My memory too has become weak." "I remember now..." "Yes, you had said 50,000." "No, I had said 25,000." ""An appeal to the youth of the country"" ""This dangerous and stormy floods in Krishnanagar..."" ""has killed several people and devastated many villages"" ""The government has appealed to the country's youth..."" ""to come forward and save the lives of their countrymen..."" ""who are trapped in the floods"" "Friends, you know the condition of all the surrounding villages." "In our capacity as the citizens of India... it's our duty to save our countrymen who are in trouble." "We will go to every doorstep and ask people... to donate grains, foodstuff, clothes and medicines." "We will go and rescue those who are trapped in the floods." "We will treat the ailing... and we will cremate the bodies of those who have died." "We will have to go there." " Yes, we will all go." "I expected this of you." "We will meet at the village square at 7 tomorrow morning." "Thereafter we will commence work." "Okay?" " Okay." "Hey!" "What's this?" "Where are all those young men... who promised to accompany me?" "No, we will not send them with you." "Do you want us to send our young children... to the villages where death is waiting to strike?" "To the cities of corpses where stench is spreading diseases?" "You may go if you like." "We won't send our children with you." "We won't send our children to die." "You may go on your own." "Let's go, friends." ""A true human being is one who helps another human being"" ""One who puts oneself in danger in order to rescue others"" ""One who rescues those who are in distress"" ""One who proves to be useful for others is a true human being"" ""Today, it's the test of humanity"" ""Water has become poison, every wave has become a storm"" ""Happy and joyful colonies have become deserted"" ""Their eyes are filled with unending tears"" ""They are our own countrymen"" ""They shed the same tears;" "suffer the same pain"" ""Today, it's the test of humanity"" ""Today, it's the test of humanity"" ""Somebody has gone to sleep without looking at his bride"" ""An innocent kid has drowned in the whirlpool"" ""The mother is dead, but the starving child still calls out to her"" ""Who will provide support to the weak and the aged?"" ""God weeps seeing the villages turn into graveyards"" ""Today, it's the test of humanity"" ""Today, it's the test of humanity"" "The youth from the surrounding villages... the engineer Ravi from the Ramnagar village... rescued an infant from the clutches of the floods..." "Today your son will be the talk-of-the-country." "Yes." "Only if my father and the Munim had... a similar sympathy for the poor... this village would've been so blissful." "Savitri, your son has come as an incarnation of Krishna... in these sinful times." "Even if I had 100 sons, I would've sacrificed them for your son." "Today every home is talking about Ravi." "In just one week, he has become the most discussed man in the village." "When he returns, he will be welcomed just like it happened when..." "Lord Krishna was welcomed when he returned after winning Mahabharat." "Welcome?" "My ugly Bhushan, when he returns to the village... he will be in such a bad shape when he learns that... the government has handed over the dam's contract to us... and that he's an ordinary engineer under our control." "He will get such a shock that he will turn black from head to toe." "His heart will blow apart!" "Ravi is in this fist of mine... and through him, we will get the government's funds in this fist." "That you will." "But when will you fulfill my Auntieis last wish?" "When will place Rekha's beautiful hand in my hand?" "Dear Bushy..." " Yes?" "If you ever talk about placing my daughter's beautiful hand... in this cursed hand of yours, I will break your hand." "I've told you 50,000 times that when my wife was dying... you wasn't anywhere around." "Mr. Ravi, Govind, and everybody are arriving!" "Is it?" "Mr. Ravi, Govind and everybody are arriving!" "Govind is coming?" "My Govind is coming!" "Look there, grandma!" "Grandma, sometimes it seems that like the rich people..." "God too doesn't side with the poor." "Why do you say that, dear?" "What else should I say?" "God has snatched our Govind from us." "What?" "My Govind?" " Yes." "The moment he reached there, he started serving people." "He was struck with cholera." "And the cholera caused Govind to go into the sleep of death." "My child has gone to sleep?" "I used to be so worried about him." "After all, he was dumb." "I used to wonder how he would lead his life." "What would happen of him after I'm dead and gone?" "I continued to live asking death to extend my life." "But things have gone wrong." "This old woman survived, and he went away in his youth." "But I'm very proud of his death... that he died while giving life to the dying ones." "This old woman's grandson has made her hold her head high with pride." "Dear, remember I had told Savitri that if I had 100 sons..." "I would've sacrificed for his one son." "But today my one grandson has done a job equal to a hundred sons." "He hasn't died." "He isn't dead." "He has become immortal." "Grandma has said the truth." "Govind has truly become immortal." "He has left behind his memories in our hearts." "And his old grandmother is such a noble woman." "If God ever appears on earth as an incarnation..." "He will feel proud of touching the feet of a woman like grandma." "But what will happen of Champa?" "Govind meant everything to her." "How will she bear this grief?" "Champa!" " Champa!" "What say, engineer?" "By taking charge of my master's land... you think that you've done a great job?" "But he manipulated things and took the contract for constructing the dam." "Now you are an ordinary engineer." "If the engineer is described as a wife... the contractor becomes the husband." "And the wife should obey the husband's commands... otherwise the wife will have to become a widow... despite the husband being alive." "It has doesn't make any difference to me... whether your master is a collector or even a minister." "He will try to make a huge pile of money in this contract." "But as long as I'm here in my capacity as an engineer..." "I won't let him steal any amount of cement or bricks." "Did you hear what this engineer said?" "This rascal of an engineer won't let us steal any cement." "He will." "Even his father will." "We still have an arrow in our armory." "Which arrow?" "Your daughter-in-law, who is the engineer's sister." "From today, you and your son will commit atrocities on her." "To save her from atrocities... her brother will be forced to obey us completely." "I'll begin right away." "Padma!" " Yes?" "Where's the water?" "Draw water from the well." "I've got to take a bath." "Where are the servants?" " I've dismissed them." "Why?" "Are you ashamed of doing domestic work?" "Why should I feel ashamed?" "It is my duty." "Then draw water from the well." "Daughter-in-law!" " Yes?" "Daughter-in-law!" " Yes, father." "There's so much filth around here." "Who will clean it?" "Sweep the place." "Else I'll thrash you." "Padma!" " I'm coming." "Yes?" " I've go out for some work." "Is the food ready?" " No, I'll prepare it right away." "You've started shunning work." "You sleep at home all day long." "If the food isn't ready in 5 minutes, I'm going to beat you up." "O Lord!" " Hey!" "What happened, sir?" " What happened?" "Perhaps you felt dizzy and you slipped." "Yes." "Years ago, I was made to fall so severely... that I continued to fall." "Now it has become my destiny to continue falling." "Where do you wish to go?" "Wherever destiny takes me." "But under this condition, where will you go?" "If you don't mind, work here." "I'll give you employment." "God bless you, dear." " Please come." "Daughter-in-law, there's no drinking water at home." "Go and fill some water." "I'm feeling very thirsty." "Father!" "You spill all the water and then say that there's no water in home." "What do you mean?" "Yes." "I've myself seen you spilling all the water." "Why're both of you ill-treating me?" "What mistake have I made for which you are punishing me?" "You're aware that the doctor has advised me bed-rest." "And you've dismissed all the servants... and made my condition worse than servants." "You mean we are taking revenge from you?" "You mean we are behaving like your enemies?" "Are daughters-in-law from good families such loudmouths?" "What's the matter, father?" "I told her to treat this home as her own." "Daughters-in-law from good families do all household work." "Then she lost her cool on me." "Now she's arguing with me." "How dare you argue with my noble father?" "I will thrash you." "Get out of my sight!" "Why're you beating her?" "Why're you being cruel to her?" "Here comes one more of her sympathizer!" "Are we being cruel to her just because we've asked her to work?" "You should at least consider her condition." "She's pregnant." "Does anybody beat a pregnant woman?" "Did you come to ask for her hand in marriage for such a day?" "We came to ask for her hand, not to ask for alms." "Till she lived with you, you were her mother and she your daughter." "Now she eats our food." "We've every right to scold her." "You've the right to scold her." "But if commit atrocities on her... it will never be tolerated." "And don't think that nobody will come to her defense." "Her brother is still alive." " So what?" "You will kill all of us?" "If you love your sister so much, take her away from here." "I'll assume that she's dead." "I'll get my son married elsewhere." "I'm young and handsome." "I can get the best of girls as wives." "People are dying to get their daughters married to me." "Take away your sister from here." "I don't want this cursed girl here." "Mind your language!" "If you use another filthy word for my sister... you will face the consequences." "I will!" "Especially for the woman whose father was a rogue." "Whose father had been thrown out of the village for his misdeeds." "Leave him alone!" "Have patience!" "Your excitement might ruin her family." "A girl is born only to bear atrocities." "Let us see if they have more strength to commit atrocities... or our daughter has more strength to endure the injustice." "If they are human beings, if they have the heart to understand grief... they are sure to repent." "They will surely give Padma her due place." "You are right, mother." "You have given birth to me, not to my destiny." "If I'm destined to come here and bear all this, let me bear it." "Brother, assume that when you got me married off... you had sent me to the graveyard." "Assume your sister to be dead." "Don't worry about what the dead ones have to go through." "Go, brother." "Go on, mother." "Let's go, son." "Why should I sign on the receipt when the goods haven't arrived here?" "No, no." "We are only seeking advice." "Sign on this receipt under yesterday's date." "Then write a letter to the government in today's date... stating that because of heavy rain, all the goods have been ruined." "So the government will give you permission... to buy fresh stocks of cement." "What say?" "You've become a contractor so that you could loot money... from the government through the engineer." "I'm not for sale." "Nor will I bow down to your pressure." "I won't sign on this fabricated documents." "He went away just like that!" " Let him go." "Henceforth, it will be my henchmen who will come to get his signatures." "Brother!" "What happened, Padma?" "By not obeying my brother..." "I've suffered the greatest deceit of my life." "Destiny is making me pay for it." "Brother, my life has become a living hell." "No, Padma." "Don't cry." "Bad days will pass away." "After the raging sunshine, there are cool evenings too." "Tell me, why've you come here?" "He wants me to get you to sign on these documents." "When I refused, they beat me." "When I said that I won't let my brother's integrity be corrupted... he beat me even more." "Thereafter when I didn't listen to them..." "Sher Singh said that I should be thrashed with a hunter... till blood starts flowing out of my body." "Thereafter he gave me these documents and asked you to sign on it." "He also said that if I don't bring your signature... they will throw me out of the house." "They are so cruel!" "They beat a pregnant woman!" "They are beasts!" "How long will they continue their cruelty?" "Aren't they afraid of God?" "Life has brought me to a point where my duty and relationship is at test." "If I sign these documents, I become a criminal in the eyes of the world." "As a brother, if I don't attend to your wounds..." "I become a criminal in the eyes of God." "So, for the sake of your tears, I've signed these documents." "This will be the first and last wrong action of my life." "I won't give them an opportunity to make me take any wrong step... through you." "So I've decided to resign from my job today itself." "Wow!" "Very good!" "Uncle's brains are incomparable!" "Which is why he has the entire village at his feet." "This arrow too came out of his brains... which forced you to sign these documents by hurting your conscience." "Know what he said?" "He said that..." "I should commit so many atrocities on Padma... that even the souls of her forefathers begin to shriek." "And I committed a lot of atrocities on her." "That's why you signed the documents." "My brother decided to resign from his job to save me from atrocities." "The brother fulfilled his duty." "And to save such a brother from disrepute..." "I'm fulfilling my duty as his sister." "How could you do this?" "By tearing these documents... you've destroyed the wealth that we had almost received." "It doesn't matter." "Come home." "Then I'll teach you a lesson." "Come along!" "What else can you do but beat me?" "How long will you beat me?" "Only till as long as I'm alive." "What will you do after I'm dead?" "I'm prepared to die." "Come on!" "Dear Ravi..." "Sher Singh is the root cause of all these atrocities." "I will have to pluck out this root first." "Is there no way of saving Padma from this problem?" "There is a way." "If I get hold of any of your father's weakness... then I can get a hold on him." "And I cannot do this job without your help." "Tell me, what can I do?" "What're you doing?" "Why're you eating a raw mango?" "I feel like eating sour things." "Mango..." "Tamarind." "You're talking in such a way that I too feel like eating sour things." "But I'm eating for a special reason." "Special reason?" "What is it?" "I..." "What's that?" "What's that?" "Good God!" "A baby?" "Uncle!" "Uncle!" "Both you and I have been devastated." "What's the matter?" "Why're you screaming?" "Do you remember?" "Before dying, my Aunty had only one desire... that I should be married to Rekha." "Fool!" "I've told you many times." "Now I'm telling you for the last time." "You weren't around when my wife was dying." "Uncle!" "Nothing is left in your treasure of respect." "Because your daughter is eating sour mangoes." "She's eating it from my gardens." "Not your father's." "You too may eat some if you want." "You don't understand, Uncle." "By sour, it means..." "Rascal!" "How dare you slander my daughter?" "I should kill you not on the railway line, but on this crossing." "You can kill me right here." "But you will remember me when you get to know the truth 6 months later." "Then you will yourself go to the railway crossing to kill yourself." "Stop here." "Don't leave the place." "I will myself go and see what is the truth and what is a lie." "My daughter!" "Do you know what Bhushan has been telling me?" "He says that you are..." "Say that it is a lie." "No, Daddy." "It is absolutely true!" "What?" "Does it mean that you are pregnant?" "Who is he who has made me a grandpa even before my daughter's marriage?" "Tell me his name." "I will kill his entire family and bury them." "Tell me his name." " On one condition..." "If you get me married to him, then I'll tell you his name." "Just tell me his name." "You haven't done a good thing, Ravi." "You've have slapped Sher Singh." "You are a goat." "And you put your hands in a tiger's mouth!" "Your life is finished now." "Just see, I will make mincemeat of his body on the railway line." "Even if you touch Ravi, you won't see me alive tomorrow." "My body will be hanging from the fan tomorrow." "All right, sir." "My dear brother-in-law!" "Brother-in-law?" "The train seems to have reached the wrong destination." "I'm only an ordinary engineer." " I know." "But forget the past, dear." "My daughter is eating sour mangoes." "It's quite natural." "If you steal all the mangoes from the village... it'll be either your daughter or the rats who will eat the mangoes." "That's not the case, dear." "She's you know what." "What're you talking about?" "She's expecting." "What is she expecting?" "She's pregnant!" "You didn't fetch sweets?" "Congratulations to you." "Don't you joke with me." "All this is thanks to you." "Come on now." "She is remembering you." "I'm very busy now." "I can't come." "I will come later." "You will surely come, won't you?" "There will be chaos if you don't come." "She has threatened me." "Now I too want to eat sour mangoes." "You'll surely come, won't you?" "He's come." "My darling son-in-law has come." "Welcome." "Where's Rekha?" " She's upstairs." "Come on." "You don't come." "I will go up on my own and talk to her." "Shut up." "Arrange for tea and coffee for my future son-in-law." "Come on." "I should arrange for tea and coffee for him." "I will do it." "I will do it." ""The game has commenced!"" ""I have got something, and lost something too"" ""This is a night of love"" ""The game has commenced!"" ""I have got something, and lost something too"" ""This is a night of love"" ""Without any fanfare..."" ""how come the preparations f or the child are in full swing?"" ""Neither did I mount the bridal horse, nor did I distribute sweetmeats"" ""You have started eating sour things all day long"" ""My life and heart are at stake"" ""I too have played the same trick as you have"" ""My life and heart are at stake"" ""I too have played the same trick as you have"" ""This is a night of love"" "Where is this noise coming from?" "It's the radio playing!" " At this hour?" "It's a Russian radio station." "Since when has the Russian radio started playing Indian music?" "Why does it concern you?" "The radio is kept there." "What's playing up there?" "It's up to me whether I play this one or the one above." "I haven't seen the radio which is kept upstairs." "Is this the time to visit homes of decent people?" "You had better go!" "It's not the radio, but something else." "Go!" ""You are a bud who has been brought up with a lot of care"" ""What makes you go so crazy?"" ""You are a bud who has been brought up with a lot of care"" ""What makes you go so crazy?"" ""What have you done to me?"" ""My family members will visit your home now"" ""They will accept all your conditions and flatter you"" ""This game of love is different from all other games"" ""One gets the pleasure of winning, even when one has lost this game"" ""This game of love is different from all other games"" ""One gets the pleasure of winning, even when one has lost this game"" ""This is a night of love"" "Dear, what happened?" "What did she say?" "Is she really pregnant?" " Yes." "Then we shouldn't delay this any longer." "I know these crooked villagers well." "They will all unitedly say that I've been disgraced." "I will call a priest and get both of you married." "Marriage?" "In my family, it's the parents who discuss marriage." "I will have to ask my mother." "Without her permission..." "I don't take any step." "Come to my house and speak to my mother." "Rascal!" "Come to my home and speak to my mother." "I'm a rascal, scoundrel, a sinner and a guilty man!" "More unfortunately..." "I'm the father of a girl who is pregnant before she's ready for it." "I'm convinced that you will regard my flowing tears and not disappoint me." " You're forcibly shedding tears." "But you've caused so much agony to my mother that... her tears are flowing since a long time." "Mother can agree to this marriage only on one condition." "I agree to all your conditions." "Just name it!" "You instigated Shakti and Munim to commit atrocities on my sister." "Now go and ask them to change their attitude." "Ask them to behave with her with love and affection." "Problems have been cropping up for me ever since you've come here." "I will do as I say." "First, they should prove that they have become good people." "My sister isn't feeling well." "The father and son should do all the household work... and let her take rest." "Then tomorrow morning... they should take a dip in the Godavari..." "You mean them, don't you?" " Yes, those people..." "They should take dips in the Godavari river... and in their wet clothes, they should jump outside my house... and chant 'Jai Govinda, Jai Govinda'!" "Why tomorrow morning?" "Let's dump them in the water tonight itself." "This is the only condition." "After it is fulfilled... your daughter will become this family's daughter-in-law." "Many thanks to you, my future son-in-law." "You asked me to make that girl my daughter-in-law." "I did it." "You asked me to commit atrocities on her." "I did it." "Now you want me to do all the household work, wipe the floors." "If the villagers see me doing it, they will spit on my face." "Let the villagers spit on your face if they want to." "Can't you tolerate some spit for my sake?" "I'm trapped between life and death." "And you are worried about a little bit of saliva?" "This work is very important." "You will have to do it." "I won't." " There's no other choice." "I will do it." "I'm not refusing." " Let me do this work." "You take rest." "You aren't feeling well." "From today, he will be doing all the work." "Go ahead." "I can see dirty spots on the floor all over." "Clean them." "Make it shine like a mirror." "I'm leaving." "Make it shine like a mirror?" "I'll shine it so well that you can even see your face." "The devil!" "My Dad is such a fool!" "What're you doing?" "Let me do it." " What're you doing, dear?" "Didn't I ask you to take rest?" "When there are two bullocks at home... why should a human being wash the buffaloes?" "You are great, aren't you?" "Go and take rest." "Why are you over-hearing us?" "Do the cleaning properly." "Clean the dung properly." "It has never happened that a contractor... would be cleaning the dung of a buffalo." "My father is such a sinner." "Bad consequences for bad deeds." "Bend a little and then sweep the floor." "This is the limit." "I won't sweep the floor." "I will shoot you if you don't." "As if you are killing a fly!" "I'm prepared to die, but I won't sweep." "I'll jump into the river." " That reminds me..." "You have to take dips in the river in the cold water." "You mean I should give up my life by drowning in the river?" "First do all the work, and then die." "Why're you staring at me?" "Come on." "Go!" "I won't go." "You and your father are fighting." "I'm only a contractor." "'Jai Govinda, Jai Govinda'" "Ravi, it's bulls-eye for you!" "Father has changed completely." "You've turned a tiger into a sheep." "He has even taught the Munim and his son lessons in hard work." "You are happy now, aren't you?" "Your plan has succeeded completely." "You are responsible for all this success." "If you hadn't faked your pregnancy so well... they wouldn't have been caught in my clutches." "Congratulations!" "What did you say?" "Pretension?" "My daughter has joined hands with my enemy... and she wants to bring me disgrace?" "Yes, Uncle." "I heard it with my own ears." "They were congratulating each other on their success." "I'll decided their matter today itself." "You faked your pregnancy?" "My daughter is fooling me?" "That too to make my enemies win?" " Daddy!" "Henceforth you won't be leaving this home." "Don't you try to step out of this house." "To stop this act, I will have to think about her marriage soon." "Why think about it?" "Remember what aunty said while dying..." ""Dear Bushy, you may marry Rekha!"" "If you ever utter marriage or Aunty ever again..." "I will shoot you!" "Understand?" "What's the matter?" "You are arranging for grand prayers... for your daughter-in-law?" "Looks like you're up to some trick." "No, sir." "I'm calling women from the village and to conduct prayers." "A child born after prayers brings good fortune to the home." "Savitri?" "Why have you come?" "It's my daughter who is pregnant." "I should be the first to come." "But this worship is not meant for widows." "What do you mean to say?" "Can't you understand this simple thing?" "You live without a husband... and consider yourself to be a married woman?" "Aren't you ashamed?" "Why should you be angry?" "Narayandas is saying the right thing." "A woman whose husband is missing since 15 years..." "She continues to consider herself to be a married woman?" "Like married women, you apply vermilion in your hair-parting... wear bangles on your arms." "Your son preaches to the entire village." "Didn't he teach you that you should live like a widow?" "How could those people dare to insult you?" "They didn't insult me." "They said the right thing." "Like a fool, I hoped for my husband's return for the last 15 years... and have been leading my life like a married woman." "What right do I have to lead such a life?" "Mother!" " Yes, dear." "A woman who doesn't have a husband at home... for her, there's no God in the world." "The vermilion, the mark on the forehead befits those women... who live under the shelter of their husbands." "Not women like me." "I give up the hope of him returning ever again... and wipe off the mark... break the bangles..." "O Lord!" "Move aside!" "What happened?" "Go and fetch water quickly." "Who's this poor fellow?" "He's a very sad person." "He works all day long." "Then he lies in a corner." "He doesn't speak to anybody." "You?" "Ravi!" " What's the matter, mother?" "He's your father." "Father!" "Mother has spent all her life the hard way." "She slogged day-and-night to bring up us brother and sister... and when she was alone, she spent time waiting for your return." "Looks like even God must've wept by looking at her tears." "Fed up of taunts from the society, she wiped off the mark today." "Apply the mark on her forehead... and let her be known as a married woman." "Savitri has proved to be very lucky." "Her husband Dharmamurti has returned." "What?" "Dharmamurti has returned?" "To hell with him..." "Think about my daughter." "She loves Ravi very much." "What if she runs away from home because of him?" "If that happens, your respect will go to dogs." "Do this for me, brother..." " Brother?" "Yes." "Go to Binapur and finalize my daughter's marriage alliance... with the landlord's son." "Since you are pleading so much, I will surely go there... and make preparations for the marriage." "What's this?" "With me around, you are marrying off your daughter elsewhere?" "Don't you remember what Aunty said while she was dying?" "She said..." "Dear Bushy..." " Dear Bushy..." "If you ever repeat again what Aunty said, I will..." "The pigeon is dead!" "Father, now the biggest aim of my life is... to clear the disgrace on your name... and expose the real face of those culprits." "Hold on, Narayandas." "I want to speak to you." "I don't have the time." "I've to do a lot of work." "Answer my question first." "Else I'll smash your head." "How dare you grab my collar?" "What will onlookers say?" "They will say that one who has ruined others all his life... is dying in his final days by being beaten up by others." "Tell me, who was that woman... who disgraced my father 15 years ago on your instructions." "How do I know?" "Am I a history teacher... that I remember everything?" "I don't know." "What did you say?" "You are lying!" "Your dreadful face clearly indicates that you know everything." "Tell me." "Otherwise I will dump you in the river." "I suppose you won't throw me if I tell you." "Only if you speak the truth." " I will tell you." "Menka, whatever you have just told me, you'll have to tell... in the presence of the village council." "And if you lie, you will spend your remaining life in jail." "I will accompany you." " Come on." "He's bringing Menka before the villagers... and is about to expose us." "If that woman speaks out the truth before the villagers... the villagers will give us a sound thrashing." "But who gave him Menka's whereabouts?" "I'll tell you, Uncle." "When he grabbed father by the collar he spilled all the beans!" " You told him, Munim?" "If this had been a real tiger, I'd have fed you to him." "Fool!" "You told him such a critical secret?" "Out of fear, one tends to speak a lie as the truth." "Do something." "Stop Menka from coming to the village." "Your father proved to be the leader of cowards." "To clear your father from the disgrace, you do something wise." "Whatever you say, Uncle." "Before Menka and Ravi reach this village... eliminate them on the way." "Blow them up with a bomb." "Burn their bodies and immerse their ashes in the river." "Go!" "Munim!" "Take Dharmamurti along with his wife to the railway crossing and eliminate them." "Your son wants to ruin our empire." "In return, we will destroy your lives." "Take them away." "How can you treat my parents like this?" "Get lost!" "Bhushan, you know that I cannot be married to you." "So please help me." " All right." "I will surely help you." "I will take you to your lover and teach your rascal father a lesson." "Leave me!" "Leave me, you rascal!" "Leave me alone!" "Help!" "Help!" "Enough, Ravi!" "Come on!" "You've been ruining people's lives for years." "And now, when it's your turn, you say that it's enough?" "This is not the place to decide about you." "In everybody's presence, in the same village square... where you have been deciding about other people... a decision about you will be taken." "Take him along." "Help!" "Help me!" "I'm on my way to dump her into the river." "Leave me alone." "Brother!" "I was always against you." "Today, I even tried to kill you." "And still you saved me?" "Forgive me if you can." "Brother!" "Munim has forcibly taken our parents to the railway line without crossing." "Reach the village council with Menka." "I will come right there." "Don't beat me." "I'm not at fault." "I'm a poor man." "You are the root cause of everything." "No, it's Sher Singh who is the root cause." "I merely followed his instructions." "I committed sins at his say-so." "So you confess to your crime?" "I've wanted to confess for a long time." "Today, I'm on your side." "Come along." " Let's go." "I accept my crime." "Because of my greed for money, and fearing my life..." "I listened to whatever Sher Singh said... and heaped a dirty allegation on an honest person like Dharmamurti." "I ruined his life." "I am ashamed of what I did." "I ask you for pardon with folded hands." "Did you people hear?" "You have got to know after 20 years what the truth is." "Now you people decide how he should be punished." "He too should be made to lie down on the railway line... where he has been making others lie down?" "What say, friends?" " Yes, of course." "Silence!" "He's answerable to my father." "My father will decide about him too." "Tell me, father." "How should he be punished?" "It's not the job of the human being to punish another human being." "That's the job of God." "You've been committing atrocities on people all along." "Now you will have to love people." "This is your punishment." "Dharmamurti, you have been truly just." "You have spared a poisonous snake like me." "I'm not fit for pardon." "But do me a favor..." "Make your son Ravi my son-in-law... and help me unburden my crimes, my friend." "I'm very happy today." " Why?" "My daughter is getting married into a respectable family." "The family was respectable since the beginning." "You were late in recognizing them." "If you had recognized them in time... you wouldn't have been"