"Fell off the ninth floor." "A case of drug overdose." "How old is he?" " 21 years." "Register it as an accident." "Nothing serious." "Take him to the morgue." "One minute..." "A lesson for everyone of us" "He studied in this college." "He won so many medals. ln sports." "Were it not for the poison... he would surely have made a name for himself someday." "I had seen in him such self-confidence." "But today, I consider him guilty." "He had no right to kill himself." "For the life you live is not only yours." "Your family, your society, your country... all have a right over your lives." "In the years to come, you'll become doctors, teachers, engineers." "And you will hold offices of significant responsibility." "And you must contribute to the development of the country." "This speech does no respect to the memory of Sunil Gupta." "The ones who are responsible for his death must be punished." "Sunil Gupta will be avenged!" " Let's hold a rally." "Oh yes." "And till they are arrested, the college will remain closed." "No." "The college isn't going to close down." "A strike isn't the answer to everything." "Apprehending the culprits and taking them to task... is the job of the police." "Not yours." "Who is the traitor?" "Who leaked the information about our costs?" "I want to know!" "Right now!" "Tell me the truth." "And I won't drag it any further. I promise." "I've found the joker." "I open the game." "I've found the joker." "I open the game." "Drop it Uncle Montu." "The men are loyal." "The guilty would be living in the fear of God." "The rotten egg!" "I picked you up" "And this you do to us!" "I didn't do it for money!" "There you are, Narain!" "And you know how we treat traitors." "Take him to Uncle." "Let Tau deal with him." " No!" "Please!" "And he has a pretty young sister." "Have her sent to the home for destitutes." "I'll take good care of her!" "Why did you stop?" "A catjust crossed our path." "So what?" "Doesn't augur well." "Nonsense." "Everything augurs well." "Go on." "Drive." "Stop." "Take a look." "Behind." "What do you see?" "The cat!" "It's dead!" "Now who augurs ill for whom?" "That cat crossed my path." "Come time to die, you'll cross my path." "Go on." "The Boss!" "I want to see the Boss!" "What for?" "My husband!" "He works for the boss!" "It's been two days!" "He hasn't come home!" "Stop going on and on." "What's his name?" "Tired of living so soon?" "You betray me!" "You betray Tau!" "I swear!" "I didn't do it for money!" "My kid!" "They threatened..." "Going on and on about that kid!" "As if you asked for permission before producing the kid!" "Forget it, Lalla." "Your soul is sick of your body." "It wants a new body." "I grant thee salvation." "Forgive me!" "Forgive me!" "I have a wife!" "My child!" "Decapitate him." "Pass the head around." "No one must ever dream of treason." "Sure." "Have you spoken to Masud?" "I tried to reason with him." "But he won't pay more than 20." "You have to coax the cow into giving milk." "Set up a meeting with Masud." "Enough, Lord!" "Enough!" "Another death on my hands!" "I cannot bear the burden of my sins!" "You are omnipotent, Lord!" "Grant me absolution!" "Punish me!" "Punish me for my sins!" "Lord!" "Here is the revolver." "It's loaded." "And here's my head." "I'll pull the trigger." "Saved me again!" "How long will You have me live in this shadow of death?" "!" "I understand everything!" "Everything!" "You want me to live!" "So I may redeem some more of them!" "Thy will be done, Lord!" "But You make sure of one thing." "The devil must reign!" "And no reincarnations, please." "What are you doing?" "Do you take my back for a table?" "That stuff you can't get inside your skull." "So I thought you might as well bear it's weight." "You take a go at it every morning." "And no sign of muscles." "I wonder if you could hurt a fly." "Daughter of a gun!" "Let me go!" "I have to go to college." "College is closed today." "Where are you off to?" "I'll tell you if you let go of my hair." "I'm going to rally against drugs." "Do you know who is leading the rally?" "Who?" "Bharat Acharya." "The president of the Youth Club." "Students from our college." "They have brought flowers for you." "Thank you." "Our college is with you." "Just what I expect from you." "How come you have achieved so much at so young an age?" "Who inspired you to set up this home for women?" "The maid who does the chores in my house." "I do not understand..." "The poor girl was widowed at a young age." "I started out doing it for her." "Ever since I have risen to the cause for women." "This building is the biggest dream of my life." "Inside this building, I will be able to serve more women." "I cannot bear to see tears in a woman's eyes." "No!" "I told you!" "I'm not coming!" "And why not?" "They all go, don't they?" "They do, don't they?" "Had your mother been alive, I would've sent her too!" "Hands off!" "No one helps her!" "I have a guest coming." "A special guest." "Feed her." "Get her drunk." "Then clean her up." "And dress her like a doll." "No use wrestling with that neck." "It isn't going to straighten out." "Not all the doctors and physios in the world could fix it." "Well done, nephew!" "You're on your way to become a minister." "Say what, Mr Deshmukh?" "And why not?" "Mr Bharat has all the makings of a leader." "Quite eloquent of you." "But this one was born to become a leader." "He was born in a government hospital." "On August 15." "Everyone was celebrating independence." "People cheered all around." "And the new-born wailed." "He thrashed in the air with his right hand." "Right then, I knew he would make a leader." "That goal is now within sight." "I am becoming more and more popular." "And once I get a chair, I will serve the people." "And how I will!" "And you will win the elections even before you have contested." "You haven't seen Uncle in action." "I'll have the photographs sent to Pandey." "They will be in the papers tomorrow." "Uncle?" "My greetings!" "It's the Uncle!" "Yes." "The photographs are right in front of me." "Great photographs!" "Bharat looks great!" "Oh yes." "Of course." "Front page." "You're embarrassing me, Uncle." "This paper belongs to you." "I belong to you." "As you wish." "That was Uncle!" "May I take your leave now, Mr Pandey?" "I just asked for cold drinks." "For you." "You must have it." "Excuse me." "For a minute." "I'll do it for you." "We had such hopes you would." "Such a beautiful word!" "Hope." "You hoped I would." "I hope you will!" "In hope we strike relationships." "And relationships are so sweet!" "You know what I mean to say?" "I'm sure you understand." "Did you ask for me, sir?" "Look what you've done!" "15 lines devoted to 7 deaths!" "is this a special issue on suicide?" "College students." "All of them." "It's been 7 deaths in a week." "All drug-related cases." "So we fill the paper with news of 7 deaths!" "Drugs have killed only 7." "Tomorrow, 15 can die in a crash." "The story of 7 deaths is going to be forgotten." "In this city, one death means nothing." "And we don't go about publishing insignificant deaths." "Does any other paper do that?" "Tell me." "This isn't insignificant." "You mean to teach me how to edit?" "3 lines for 7 deaths." "That's all." "Put Bharat Acharya on the front page." "A man is doing so much for society." "He's contributing to society." "Why are you still standing there?" "Go on." "Get it done." "Hurry." "The New Revolution!" "What a revolution!" "7 deaths don't mean a thing!" "He will publish whatever he likes!" "Why are you getting worked up?" "Just let it go on." "Don't you think too much." "You'll land yourself in trouble." "What are you doing?" "You're crowding." "Hey!" "What do you take me for?" "Kicking up a racket for nothing!" "She's right." "You should keep distance." "She's a woman, after all." "Are you her father?" "What happened?" "Scalded your hand, did you?" "I told you I'll make tea." "You're such a nerd." "Forget it." "Just a bit of hot water." "I won't hear a thing." "Come on out." "What's happening to you?" "You keep hurting yourself." "And you scream at me." "You shouldn't have been named Prashant. (Prashant-Serene)." "You should've been named Toofan." "(Toofan-Tempestuous)" "Bring home a wife." "She will take care of you." " Sorry to be late." " Never mind." "At least you have come." "I'm very sorry to be late." "Excuse me now. I'll call you later." "I swear I will. I have to see you." " What do you mean?" " l have to see you!" "Now don't you worry." "I'll call you. I will." "You're late, Prashant!" "The bus was late." "You're seeing me after a month." "How do I look?" "The same." "Did you buy these flowers for me?" "When I was getting down from the bus, I saw a girl selling flowers." "So I thought I'd buy some for you..." " Two bracelets..." " Only one." "And sandals?" " The wedding necklace." " No sandals either." " The wedding necklace, I said." " No wedding necklace." "Say that." "Send the corpse to the morgue." "Why are you standing here?" "No one ever died in your family?" "Haven't you ever seen a corpse?" "Go home." "What are you doing?" "You have no right to hit anyone." "And who are you?" "Sub editor." "The New Revolution." " Prasad Verma." " Whoever." "But I have a job to do." "How do I get anything done with this crowd?" " What is this?" "Some joke?" " Precisely." "A big joke." "What will this investigation lead to?" "It's just a sham!" "What are you going to achieve?" "Another file for your office?" "Come on." "Let's go home." "is this some joke?" "Go home!" "My sister." "Shaloo." "You must come over to my place some time." "With your sister." "I live in there. ln Bharatnagar." "I taught him in school, you know." "But you used to be so shy in school." "You remember that fat boy in your class?" "He used to snatch your biscuits." "And you'd never complain." "Out of fear." "I used to know the look in your eyes." "I haven't forgotten that look of fear." "But now I see the fire." "Don't let the fire die down." "It's rare." "Use it." "Give it direction." "I can see the dam is breaking." "Women work so hard for a living." "They should open savings accounts in banks." "They could save money." "Tell the bank manager that I have recommended you." "Oh, it's you." "Please be seated." "The girl who was fished out of the well... she was living at the home for destitutes, wasn't she?" "Yes." "A few days ago, she had undergone medical tests." "Medical tests are carried out every month at the home." "We were to have sent her for psychiatric treatment." "But before we could do it, she left us." "Was she deranged enough to inflict injuries on herself?" "I do not understand...?" "I saw the corpse." "She had bruises." "On her face." "On her neck." "You should rather be asking the police that." "Surely the bruises haven't been recorded in the post mortem report?" "What do you mean to say?" "That the police are washing their hands off the incident." "They've written it off as an accident." "As in the case of the other deaths." "They are not going to investigate it." "Because she is from the home you run." "It was here just now... now it's there..." "I crashed into it." "But who are you?" "I'm Priya." "is Prashant at home?" "I'm a colleague." "I think I'll sit down." "And what do you do?" "Just this..." "Breaking things?" "No!" "I don't do it all the time." "Just happens." "Sometimes." "Stay seated." "Don't get up." "What did you break, Shaloo?" "You!" "Me!" "Your colleague." "Yes!" "The three girls in my office." "I told you about them." "Neeta, Rajni and Rosie." "This is Neeta." "She isn't Neeta." "She's the fourth one." "Priya." "Oh, I forgot all about Priya." "How are you, Priya?" "Let me get dressed." "I have to talk to him." "About work." "May I...?" " Why the hell did you come here?" " lt's been three days!" "Three days, and not a sight of you!" "Not even a call!" " l was busy." " Nonsense!" "I expect you at four." " lf you don't come..." " What?" "I'll tell Shaloo that we are in love." "Want me to tell her?" "Four o'clock." "Sharp." "You are stubborn!" "And what a ploy!" "To get me out of office." "Didn't I tell you Prashant is going to be here before the coffee arrives?" "You were born on the day of the full moon!" "And I met your mother on a no-moon night!" "What are you staring at?" "Look over here." "The kid broke it." "And this is my son." "He's going to smash everything here." "Just take the order." " What do you want?" " Everything." "Are you neighing?" "I see." "Not allowed here?" "All right." "We sing after supper." "Lay it down." "Time to eat." "Eat." "The baby is crying." "Give him a feed." "You don't ever say that when I cry." " Oh go on." " Sure." "Yes, my son." "But you spoilt her mood." "Look at him." "And you." "You're such a nerd." " You keep running away from me." "When I'm his age, I'll be funny too." " l guess I have to something." " About what?" " About giving you a lesson." " ln what?" "Love" "It was such fun!" "In the dream I was holding you." "Like this." "And the nerd that you are, you were worse in that dream." "You were improving." "But now you've woken me up." "Nonsense." "I'm right." "Time you met Daddy." "I'll fix you..." " once we get the licence." " What licence?" "The marriage." "First Shaloo's marriage." "Let her finish college." "Then I'll find her a good boy." "Understandable." "But you should meet my Daddy." "And finalise everything." "If he marries me off to someone, you'll end up wringing your hands." "But your Daddy is such a famous lawyer." "I keep wondering how I'm going to discuss the topic with him." "You mustn't be afraid when Daddy goes to meet you." "Tell him "l love your daughter"." "Tell him straight." "Yes?" "Love!" "is this Prashant's house?" " Yes." "is Prashant at home?" "Yes he is." "Please be seated." "Prashant?" "Welcome, sir!" "No formalities. ln a way, this house is mine too." "Priya is all praise for you." "Your sister?" " Yes." "What's her name?" " Shalini." "Commendable." "You raised your sister after your parents died." "And you've done well for yourself." "Those who brave the odds... are examples for society." "And I like your house." "You keep your house well." "You are just the man I wanted for my daughter." "I won't have Prashant for my son-in-law." "I've just met him." "He's a nobody, pushing a desk in a newspaper." "You're judging him on the basis of his status." "But I have seen him with my heart." "I love him so much." "Such poetry!" "That love means nothing." "It's the foolishness of your age." "You cannot force your decision on me." "It's Prashant I'm going to marry." "Stop talking nonsense." "You can't be sentimental when you take the decision of a lifetime." "You have lived in such luxury." "I'm not going to let you do this." "rue, you've loved me all my life." "You've given me such a happy life!" "But I just don't care!" "I'll make a life with him." "Come what may!" "I can never imagine living with anyone else!" "No!" "You can't be so cruel!" "You can't take my life away from me!" "You'll kill me, Daddy!" "Well, let me see how pretty you look when you cry." "I just wanted to see how much you love him." "By the way, I liked Prashant." "You can marry him." "So late at night!" "Where have you been?" "What are you up to?" "You're always out of the house!" "And you don't even go to the garage!" "Where have you been?" "Tell me!" "Hey!" "You're on a trip!" "What is it?" "What's the stuff?" "This!" "You take this!" "Do you know what this is?" "Poison!" "Pure poison!" "It can destroy a man's life!" "It's going to kill you!" "I want to die!" "So you know it kills!" "And you peddle this poison!" "For Uncle." "I'm going to die!" "I want to die!" "I'll kill myself!" "Open!" "Open the door!" "Please!" "And you peddle this poison!" "For Uncle." "I'll kill myself!" "You have opened my eyes!" "He is right!" "I am a sinner!" "A grave sinner!" "I'm a grave sinner!" "You must atone." "Tau must be punished... to save so many lives from destruction." " So is your wife pregnant?" " Not yet." "Must be something wrong with her stars." "Bring her over sometime." "I'll work a magic for her." "Yes, sir." "Are we celebrating something?" "Kantibhai retired last year." "He had put in so many years for us." "So I gave Kantibhai two acres of land." "That's where Kantibhai lives now." "With his children." "Kantibhai has written to me." "He has a grandson now." "Now Kantibhai's grandson is like my own grandson." "So I thought, let's celebrate." "Uncle, you are making a big mistake." "Go away." "Go on." "Kantibhai knows all our secrets." "Someday, he will send us to the gallows." "And you gave him two acres of land!" "No way!" "When you were born... did the midwife cut your brains out instead of the umbilical cord?" "You fool!" "Kantibhai is right here." "In Paradise." "Paradise?" "Paradise... where people go to after I've retired them." "Their souls fly free, liberated." "This is Kantibhai." "And that's all the land he will ever need." "He was plotting against me." "So I decided to frame him." "And this was Munna Kaalia." "The fellow must've been born clutching a knife." "Fast with his knife." "Used to go for the guts." "Fell into bad times once." "That's when I went for his guts." "This was Ramniklal." "The lawyer." "A man of the law!" "Stiff upper lip and all that." "He fought a big case against me." "Ran over by a car." "And this is our Narain." "Sans his head." "You cut the head off, remember?" "Someone is expected here very soon." "Montu is retiring, isn't he?" "But Montu is an old-timer, isn't he?" "And he respects you." "Montu is of no use to me any longer." "His hands have begun shaking." "This is Montu." " Who are you?" "One of Uncle's men. I have something to tell you." "About Uncle." "Where are you calling from?" "At Ballard Pier." "Near the petrol pump." "Help!" "Save me!" "Please!" "They will kill me!" "Help me!" "For God's sake!" "Do something!" "Please!" "Even after so many years with Uncle... you don't really know him." "But you we know." "Like what times you eat... when you shit and when you piss . oh we know everything." "See all these men standing?" "Now, they aren't here to kill you." "They are here to see what happens to a man who... turns against Uncle... what happens to a man who turns against me." "You're so late!" "And I was so scared." "And God knows what's wrong with the lights... went out thrice today." "Shall I heat the food?" " No." "Why not?" " l'm not hungry." "Not hungry?" "But you never even ate breakfast this morning." "I'll heat the food." " l told you not to." "But you must eat something." " l told you!" "I'm not hungry!" "And don't you nag me!" "Now go to bed. lt's late." "You were tense." "I guess I added to it." "Why are you tense?" " lt's nothing." "He was going to tell the police!" "About Uncle!" "About Uncle!" "He must've been mad!" "I'll even wipe out the family of the one who betrays me." "But that father of yours did something nice." "He made only one baby." "Bullets are so expensive nowadays." "Give me the gun." "He was only 22 years old!" "He never even saw what life is!" "How much more will You have me sin?" "Enough!" "Too much!" "Take me to Thee!" "Take me!" "Praise The Lord!" "About the Montu assassination..." "That accident... about Montu..." "We can't call it an accident... until we have the final report" "That would be a wrong report." "The police are still investigating..." "What are you saying?" "I can't hear a thing!" "The police are investigating..." " Can't hear a thing." "This is Montu." "He was murdered." "The investigation is still on." "How can we call it an accident?" " We're saying what it really is." "He was run over." "What else?" " This wasn't an accident." "It's murder..." "I mean till such time that the police are investigating... I spoke to the police commissioner." "And you're going on and on!" "Nonsense!" "What do you mean?" " Who runs this paper?" "You?" "Just do your job!" "I've been going on and on..." "and you don't even look at me!" "What are you staring at?" "Look, I'm not going to talk to you!" "Listen to me!" "Why don't you listen to me!" "What's wrong with you?" "Why don't you tell me?" "If this is what's it like now, what's it going to be like afterwards?" "!" "Such legs!" "Had the tailor missed a few inches, wouldn't it be fun!" "Inspector sahib!" "Help!" "What's going on?" "What's all this going on?" "!" "The first time I see a fight right inside the police station!" "So what is this all about?" " Ask him!" "Ask that son of yours why I hit him!" "You're the ones who helps these types!" "Lock him up!" "A day in there, and he'll lose his verve!" "You think locking me up will serve any purpose?" "Come to your senses!" "Realise!" "The power you have!" "And you are responsible for all these killings." "And this won't go on for too long." "Get that?" "!" "That hoodlum misbehaved with her." "That's why Prashant took him on." "Yes." "That hood misbehaved with me." "I'll let him go." "On your say-so." "If he does that again, I'll have him jailed for a couple of months." "Sign here." "Likely at your age, Prashant." "You are likely to be reckless." "In time, you will understand." " l don't care!" "I saw Montu being hacked to death." "With my own eyes!" "Bharat Acharya killed him!" "I can't forget that!" "I can't face myself!" "It's killing me!" "They called it an accident!" "The file is closed!" "If I don't speak, Montu's death will remain an accident." "I'll speak the truth!" "I'll speak to the police!" "That truth is going to destroy your sister!" "Time was when the truth and the ideals stirred me." "Just like you." "When I spoke of the truth, my eyes would shine!" "One day, I caught four students copying at a test." "I was asked to spare one of them." "Because he was the chairman's son." "I refused." "Because to me, the students were all equal in my eyes." "And I was paid for my audacity." "I was thrown out of the college." "But my wife welcomed me." "Like a hero." "There.. she's the one!" "And now ask her!" "How much she has suffered for my ideals!" "Why, she's the living dead!" "And look at this!" "I was going to sell these books!" "For medicines!" "For my wife!" "No harsher the truth, is there?" "!" "is this the truth you show me?" "!" "What use then your lessons?" "You are the one who taught me the morals." "Was it false?" "All of it a fraud?" "And if it were, what culture is ours that teaches us these morals?" "These eyes of mine..." "you know these eyes, don't you?" "You cannot tolerate it any more." "But the path you travel upon, leads through the fire." "Where are you going?" " l want to see Mr Deshmukh." "The sahib is having lunch." "You can't see him now." "I'll see him right now!" "Prashant Verma. I'm a sub-editor." "With the New Revolution." "I have something to tell you." "It's about a murder." "Which murder?" "Montu." "The man who was found dead at Ballard Pier." "Bharat Acharya is the man who killed him." "I was right there." "Do you know what it means to be an eye-witness to a murder?" "I know. I'll speak in the court." "I don't care for anyone." "I am glad to know that someone still wants to help the police." "Let us proceed with the investigations." "You will be served summons to depose in court." "Deshmukh sahib on the line." "Just that?" "That isn't bad news." "I'll talk to him." "Once he meets me, he will understand everything." "What's up, Uncle?" " No dearth of fools." "Poor Prashant." "Who are you?" "What are you doing?" "Let me go!" "Leave me!" "So you don't like the price I'm offering you?" "Why don't you just say that you've decided to ditch me?" "Now I'll tell you something." "Remember this." "Make sure you trust your ears." "Else, you might get killed." "Now the game is one in which you play your moves." "Make sure you keep track of the opponent's moves as well." "How old are you?" "Twenty three?" "Twenty four?" "So you saw Montu being killed that night?" "This is a no-good city, Mr Prashant." "You mustn't go out at nights alone." "Why have I been brought here?" "You went to Deshmukh, did you?" "You want to depose in court?" "Bharat Acharya is my nephew." "Uncle's nephew!" "You've heard my name, haven't you?" "Yes. I've heard so much about you." "They speak of you with such respect!" "Because by day, you are a gentleman." "But I know what you really are." "The devil incarnate!" "Did you get paid for this performance?" "is this any way to talk to a gentleman?" "Everyone in the city respects him!" "Not everyone." "Just ones like you." "The ones he shares the loot with." "They are the ones who revere him." "Don't you scream!" "I'll destroy your evil empire!" "I'll unmask you!" "He's young." "And naturally, hot in the head." "Pierce the ox in the nose, and he will know how hard the rope bites." "You're so innocent." "You don't know who Uncle is." "I stand tall among men." "Look up at me in the eyes and you will snap your neck." "Take a good look at it." "It lies in pieces." "I just dropped it from so high up." "And you... you stand so high!" "And what are you going to do?" "I told you you're fired!" "I haven't come begging to be hired!" "I'm here to salvage what's left of my conscience." "I don't know whether God will forgive you." "But I will never be able to forgive myself for... having worked with a man who has always distorted the truth!" "You say that!" "And who do you think you are?" "You think you can bully me?" "I've brought the biggest of bullies on their knees!" "So who do you think you are?" "You've always screamed me down!" "Look!" "Look at them!" "Frustrated." "All of them." "They have made their compromise." "With their circumstances." "All they can do is mumble when someone screams at them." "But all that is changed." "No more that pen which wrote at your whim." "My hands are free." "And when I raise my hand against the evil... it's going to be your neck first." "Well what, Mr Prashant?" "Lost yourjob?" "Get out of this city as fast as you can." "Else you'll lose your life." "Don't you worry about my life." "Count your blessings." "Your game is about over." "You give the baby to drink when he is teething." "Chew on something hard, and you'll break your teeth." "Mark my words!" "bye" "Don't torture yourself." "Everything is going to be all right." "You'll find a job." " lt isn't about the job." "I look at myself in the mirror, and a question haunts me." "What am I?" "Who is Prashant Verma?" "Ever since I was a kid, a fear has haunted me." "And ever since my mother died the fear has obsessed me." "I'm responsible for Shaloo." "The only thing I have in life." "I shut out my conscience." "And like all the others around me, I sat watching... while the goons ransacked this city." "It set my blood on boil!" "But then I would remember Shaloo." "To her, I am the father, the mother." "Her marriage is my responsibility." "And that has always held me back." "And I could look no further." "And how the fear corrupted my mind!" "That is why I wrote those saleable articles." "All I sold all day, was rape and murder." "At the end of the day, I sat down to eat the meal I earned." "I would see Shaloo eat, and I would forget... what I sold for a living." "And by and by, I became a sub-editor." "I sold whatever I was told to." "And I saw how the truth was coloured." "And lies were true!" "And those who professed the truth... were in fact the bedmates of the likes of Uncle!" "They dance to his tune." "And all I did was sit and watch." "I just sat over there." "And I watched." "I got myself used to watching." "So much so that... I stood watching Montu being killed." "Killed mercilessly!" "They killed him right in front of my eyes!" "And I!" "He looked into my eyes!" "He asked me to help him!" "And I!" "I cannot forget it!" "I cannot!" "And he published it as an accident!" "A murder!" "As an accident!" "Because Bharat Acharya is Uncle's nephew!" "I am ashamed of myself!" "I have decided to expose the truth." "I can't keep quiet anymore." "Enough is enough!" "I'm not going to let this die down." "I'll stay here. ln this city!" "No matter what it costs me!" "I am trying to awaken the man inside me." "Maybe he is alive...?" "If he is left alive, he will depose in court, won't he?" "Let's kill him." "You don't understand anything but violence?" "As if you haven't made enough trouble?" "The matter about that girl isn't over." "And you want to kill a journalist!" "I'll get sacked." " Deshmukh is right." "Worse, it might hurt Bharat's political image." "Better to obfuscate the issue." "Legally." "What did you do?" "You touched my collar!" "You touched Uncle's collar!" "Throw him out!" "He set my blood on boil!" "When he talked back at me!" "Scare him to death!" "That is if you won't kill him." "He will cool down once he sees the colour of his own blood." "You are Uncle's men." "I know you!" "Don't run away!" "Face me if you dare!" "It's late in the night." "Come back tomorrow morning." "I don't have time till tomorrow." "Why don't you understand?" "The sahib is asleep. I told you." "Wake him up." "Else I will." "Deputy Commissioner Deshmukh!" "Come on out!" "What is the matter?" "Why are you screaming?" "Look!" "This is what I get for helping the police!" "Uncle's men!" "They attacked me!" "The cowards!" "Come to the office tomorrow." "We'll talk." "Talk to you!" "But I know what you are!" "You've sold out to Uncle." "Just like the others." "That's the truth about you!" "See this?" "Blood?" "This isn't blood." "It's acid." "Every drop of it a revolt!" "And the wound you have given me bleeds!" "This is the blood of the common man!" "And when the blood flows, destinies will be changed." "Weren't you supposed to be back early?" "Well..." " Work!" "Of course!" "You must finish the game before supper." "I've left the coins just as they were." "Come on." "You see..." " No excuses!" "Now I know why I lose all the time." "Every time I'm about to win... you leave the game unfinished." "We'll see today." "Do you think you'll win?" " Absolutely!" "Think it over." " Let's play." "You didn't move the coins, did you?" "Whose strike was it?" " Mine." "Mine." " So you remember?" "Very well." "What is that?" "Blood!" "What happened?" "!" "It's nothing." "Just a nail." "Beside the seat in the bus." "I've seen the doctor." " You're all right, aren't you?" "Of course." "Then swear it by me." "You got hurt in the bus?" "You're out of your mind." "Making me swear all the time." "Forget it." "It's nothing." "It's your blood!" "Not nothing!" "Now come on. I'm hungry." "Heat the food." "Oh!" "I forgot to tell you something!" "." "I went shopping today." "Look at this." "How do I look?" "Fine." "Just fine?" "Why are you so grumpy?" "Laugh a little." "Smile a bit." "How about sweet nothings?" "What is there to say?" "Things like this keep happening." "Life is full of problems." "Here I am sitting beside you." "Don't you feel a thing?" "Isn't there something you'd like to do?" "Like what?" "Like this!" "What are you doing?" "!" "So you're looking for more?" "Shut your eyes." "And don't open your eyes till I tell you." "All right." "You can look." "Just give me a bit of time." "I'll fix everything." "That upstart!" "A pissant!" "He wants to confront me!" "And you and your police!" "And what do you want?" "I have a job to do!" "Oh no." "You won't lose yourjob." "But Prashant has a sister." "His weak point." "What remains to be seen is whether... the truth means more to him than his sister." "How right you are!" "Grandpa used to say... grab the snake at the mouth." "Open the door!" "What is the matter?" " Have you seen Shaloo?" "No!" "I didn't see anything!" "What is it?" " Have you seen Shaloo?" "I'm just back from work." "I don't know anything." "Have you seen Shaloo?" " No. I didn't see her." "My pad is smashed up!" "It's just down the corridor!" "And you say you didn't see!" " l didn't see anything." "Now let me go to sleep." " These people are the living dead." "Uncle's men were here." "They took your sister away." "Long live Uncle!" "I don't like this adulation." "I am just a simple humble man." "You know all about Lord Ram." "And all I have to say is that Lord Ram didn't live in vain." "One must know about Lord Ram." "And one must try to be like him." "Imbibe the principles he lived by." "And then this play about Lord Ram will bear fruit." "Else, it's useless." "Nowadays, we hear about things that have come from Britain." "And about things being sent off to Britain." "Does anyone think which way India is headed?" "Where are gone those golden days when Lord Ram reigned?" "Don't you speak of Lord Ram!" "You're worse than the devil!" "Where is my sister?" "Tell me!" "You kidnapped my sister!" "Stop him!" "How dare you!" "Stop this fellow!" "Stop him!" "Where is my sister?" "!" "Tell me!" "I won't spare you!" "My sister!" "Give her back to me!" "Give my sister back!" "Take that animal away!" "Where is my sister?" "!" "You kidnapped my sister!" "I won't spare him!" "Leave me!" "Lock him up!" "Have you seen the real face of the law?" "For me, the law is a plaything." "But I haven't settled scores with you." "You made a spectacle of me in public." "Made a spectacle of Uncle!" "This you will pay for." "Your sister." "No. I won't kill her." "But after I'm through with her, she will hate her own life." "She won't have any wish to live." "By the way, I'm bailing you out." "Surely, you want to see your sister?" "Let me go!" "Please!" "Let me go!" "I can't, can I?" "I'm so sorry for you." "But what can I do?" "You are Prashant's sister." "He grabbed me by the scruff of my neck!" "In public!" "I could have hacked him to pieces." "But that would be too less a price." "He loves you very much." "So let me deck you up like a doll before I send you to him." "He will shiver when he sees you." "Send a letter to Prashant." "Write it on her skin." "He wants to see his sister married, doesn't he?" "Brand her." "I am for sale." "I am a whore." "Play with me." "She has been tortured so much that she has turned numb." "She does not hear." "She does not speak." "She doesn't react at all." "Take a look." "What's wrong, Shaloo?" "Doctor, what's wrong with my sister?" "Say something, Shaloo." "Why doesn't she say anything?" "Say something, Shaloo." "Say something." "Speak!" "She is in deep shock." "The poor thing is out of her senses." "Now that you are here... well, she might respond to you." "Everything is going to be all right." "I'll set everything all right." "Don't you worry." "Here I am." "Your brother is with you." "Say something, Shaloo." "why don't you say something?" "Say something." "Anything." "Why don't you speak, Shaloo?" "Say something, Shaloo." "I have been paid for my deeds." "My sister has been consigned to the living dead." "You said the truth will destroy my sister!" "You were right." "She is destroyed!" "I stood by the truth." "And my sister paid for it." "I can fight no more. I'll go away with Shaloo." "Someplace far." "No matter how she is, at least she is alive." "Get a hold on yourself, Prashant." "Please buy these medicines." "No." "You must fight." "You mustn't forsake the truth" "The truth hasn't destroyed me." "I won't be the cause of your weakness." "I can't go on living." "It will prove... that the truth has destroyed me." "I won't let that happen." "Here you are." "An innocent." "Just 18 years." "I tortured her so!" "I am responsible for her death!" "I am the one!" "Kill a woman, and you kill a hundred mothers!" "My time is surely up!" "Now I know why You don't want to kill me!" "I am not a sinner at all!" "Life and death!" "It's all in Thy hands!" "You are the cause of what happens." "You are the cause of what will happen!" "And I'm no sinner!" "Praise The Lord!" "Why do you take the chance?" "What if someday...?" "Grandpa used to tell me what makes a first rate scoundrel." "You are such a moron!" "But I'm not one." "The bullet is a dud." "You sister took a lot of time to burn on the pyre." "She was divine." "The divinity resisted the flames." "Take this." "The power within you is liberated." "Your weakness have been burnt away." "Now you are the angel of death." "Destruction!" "In your eyes, I see the destruction!" "The divine light fills your eyes!" "I cannot be mistaken." "I know that light." "I know. I sit by the fires all night." "Go then." "Kill the sinners!" "Burn them to ashes!" "Apocalypse!" "Happy birthday, Uncle." "Congratulations, Uncle." "So what says the stars?" "How is the year for me?" "Not a good one for you." "Mars is malefic for you." "Could mean grave harm." "Even death." "And how about your horoscope?" "How many years does it give you?" "Ninety years. 37 years to go." "Really?" "Give it to me." "He was going to live another 37 years." "God must have made a mistake." "Anyway, his 37 years are now mine." "I'll come over to fetch you." "Oh you must come." "We've put together such a party for you." "The Swami is coming to the party tonight." "Surprised to see me here?" "But you have forced me to do all this." "You should know the sharpness of the blade you have forged." "Stop." "For the first time in my life... someone has dared to raise his head against me." "Everyone should know the result of shouting in my face." "I stand on your seat." "And I tell your men." "I will strip you before your time." "And everyone will know what Uncle is." "An animal." "Laugh as much as you can." "This is the last you will laugh." "You will never laugh again." "I promise." "Hurts, does it?" "Fire." "You will get to know the fire only when you touch the fire." "I hurt and hurt till I went numbed." "Now I don't feel a thing." "I give you your first feeling of pain." "Get out of here." "Prashant, what are you doing?" "Are you out of your mind?" "What are you doing?" "The 25th anniversary of The New Revolution, isn't it?" "I'm celebrating." "For 25 years, all this newspaper has published are lies." "This newspaper has sheltered so many criminals." "Remember what I told you?" "When I raise my hand, the first neck is going to be yours." "What are you doing?" "You can start working." "Right from tomorrow." "The press is yours!" "The paper is yours!" "this chair is yours!" "Everything is yours!" "What are you going to do?" "!" "Where is Lalla?" "Up there." "You're worrying for nothing." "This is the training you get in the home for destitutes." "Bharat sent you to me." "For training." "What are you doing?" "!" "Let me go!" "Lalla is dead." "Who the hell is this?" "Your nemesis." "Pandey is gone." "Now Lalla." "Your cookie is crumbling." "You'll have time to mourn for more." "Come your turn, there will be none left to mourn you." "It will be a municipal funeral for you." "Prashant has killed Lalla." "He has thrown me the gauntlet." " He challenges Uncle!" " Not to worry, Uncle." "Prashant has bought his ticket." "I have hired a foreigner to do the job." "He's an assassin." "Bravo!" "Whites are whites after all." "They love imported stuff in India!" "Imported." "It isn't going to be difficult to contain Prashant." "Why don't you understand Priya?" "I don't have these lovely dreams." "I live in a world of death and terror." "There's no coming back for me." "But all this violence!" "It's the job of the police and the law." "Were it not for the law, I wouldn't be doing all this." "And I have to do the needful." "And you will become just like one of them." " What about your conscience?" " My conscience is dead!" "This is notjust a vendetta." "For me, it is the goal of my life." "But I don't want all this!" "I can't live without you!" "Why me?" "Deep down inside, I am dead." "I have seen so much destruction." "Now I must destroy the ones who are responsible." "There must have been many more like my sister." "But they had no one who would fight for them." "Look at the city." "Take a good look at this city." "For the many families which have been destroyed, I will put up my fight." "Don't cry, Priya." "For my sake!" "For a man, the woman is a symbol of power." "Must you make me weak?" "Forget me." "Like a dream." "We pay our taxes." "The landlord collects our taxes." "You told us we'd get licenses to run the shops, didn't you?" "Ask your landlord that question." "Evict him." "Dare you stare at me!" "I'll gouge your eyes out!" "Do you know this map?" "What do you mean?" "The Motherland." "Look at her." "She curses herself." "She is ashamed." "Know why?" "Because she has given birth to scoundrels like you." "Let the police do its job." "You needn't work anymore." "Time you retired." "You don't have any right to touch that statue." "You don't even have the right to touch this soil." "You have desecrated this soil!" "Please!" "Don't kill my Daddy!" "I won't make your son an orphan." "I know what it means to be an orphan." "If you have any morals left, you will atone." "You might repay the debt of your mother's milk." "But you are an evil man, Daddy!" "I told you I wanted to become a soldier." "If you're so bad, what will a soldier be?" "I won't become a soldier!" "Never!" "The law has caught up with you." "I will have to arrest you." "My crime?" "Arson at The New Revolution." "And Lalla's murder." "Have you any evidence?" "No." "But today, you assaulted a police officer on duty." "You cannot arrest Prashant." "Till I make a complaint, you don't have a case." "What are you saying?" "Prashant did not assault me." "I fell down." "In fact, he helped me up." "He's going from one crime to another!" "If you complain, we can arrest him." "You cannot arrest me, Deshmukh." "No one can arrest me till... I wipe Uncle out." "You are making a grave mistake by taking the law in your hands." "I have seen enough of the law." "The case against Uncle is personal." "It has nothing to do with the police." "Till he is convicted, the police is bound to protect him." "No matter how much you try to protect him... he is going to die at my hands." "After I have killed Uncle, I will turn myself in." "I had to let go of a criminal because of you!" "What a shame!" "No, sir." "The shame is what was going on all this time." "What a shame that while in uniform... we serve someone like Uncle." "It's an insult to the uniform!" "You know, I like to keep the best of the girls for myself." "What do you want?" "Kill him!" "Look in their eyes." "And you will see hatred." "You aren't my enemy." "To these women, you are." "No." "Don't be afraid of me." "You should be afraid of these women." "You have preyed upon them." "They will punish you." "Forgive me!" "Who?" "Your nephew is dead." "You bought the law out." "And you've managed to stay out of the courts." "Soon you will stand in my court." "I am going to be the lawyer." "The witness." "And the judge." "And I'll also play the hangman." "Stand in his court!" "He has gone mad!" "He wants to kill me!" "Wants to kill Uncle!" "It's a bad time for him." "Poor fellow." "He will never dare to come here." "He will come." "He has to." "It is here that he will die." "He is here." "Who?" "It's me." "The assassin said he will come later." "Bring him over." "Right away." "I'll tell him how to kill Prashant!" "Finish him off!" "Kill him!" "Destroy him." "Not one more step!" "I'll shoot!" "I only set it right." "I still have to break it." "Count your sins." "You have little time left." "Open the gates!" "Deshmukh sahib!" "I'm Uncle!" "What's up?" "It's late!" "Open up!" " The sahib is asleep." " l must speak to him!" "It's urgent!" "You aren't even dressed properly!" "Go away!" " Open up!" " l won't!" "Who is it over there?" "Some fellow." "Comes with a broken face." "After a fight." "He isn't even dressed properly!" "And he says he's your Uncle!" "Deshmukh sahib!" "I'm Uncle!" "Uncle!" "Let him in." "Deshmukh sahib!" "Save me!" "He is after my life!" "That Prashant!" "He even fixed my neck!" "Look!" "Please!" "Arrest me!" "It will save my life!" "I can fight in the courts." "So Prashant did what no doctor in the world could do!" "You have straightened out at last." "I'll wait for you."