"Destruction is the duty of time." "He destroyed the dinosaurs in the ice-age." "He destroyed kingdoms and royalty in the era of democracy." "I'm the last surviving member of one such species." "I am King Braj Singhdeo" "The story dates back to my childhood in 1985 of a king and his people in a small part of eastern India" "This is a story of a king and his subjects" "A long time ago, all this land was ours" "How much ever land a king possesses, it never feels enough" "But, father, where did all the land go?" "Under the Land Ceiling Act, the government confiscated thousands of acres" "But that doesn't make a prince a pauper" "Even today, commoners won't raise their eyes to meet ours" "Prince Brajkishore Singhdeo, promise me that you will establish our empire again" "But how?" "You need vision for that, Prince" "That's why I have arranged your sister's marriage into an influential political family" "One arrow, many targets" "The king had hatched a plot, but he hadn't accounted for Cupid's arrow" "Nor did the arrow follow the hunter's gaze" "And the target was low caste Dora" "Brother, some water please" "You forgot your own caste?" "Thirst has no caste but it must be quenched" "Don't act smart." "Get back to work" "This is the same Dora, who never dared to raise his gaze above our knees," "How could he?" "Because he is from a low caste, that has served royalty all its life" "Their duty was to serve, ours was to enjoy" "We both performed our duties well" "Congratulations!" "And to you too!" "Two auspicious deeds on the same day" "The king's daughter is getting engaged," "And ritual offerings are being sent to the big temple" "Long live Lord Jagannath!" "Long live Lord Jagannath!" "(Prayer chants)" "Long live Lord Jagannath!" "Long live Lord Jagannath!" "Long live Lord Jagannath!" "Long live Lord Jagannath!" "Long live Lord Jagannath!" "You have polluted the holy offerings with your shadow!" "(Purifications chants)" "Get away, beggars!" "Long live Jagannath!" "Long live Jagannath!" "I'm so angry, I could shove the holy pot into him-and purify them" "Calm down... from sowing to harvesting, we slave away, but all these swines do is shit" "Good thing they at least shit by themselves" "A wise man said that for the common man, religion is the biggest intoxicant" "Anyone opposing them is bound to pay the price" "That wise man has surely never been in love" "Satisfied?" "Dora, now stop fantasising" "These upper caste people can be very mean" "Kharu was right" "But love is blind" "As the poet Khusro said," "'O Khusro, the river of love has strange currents." "He who jumps in, drowns" "He who drowns, gets across!" "'" "No!" "Leave him, please!" "( Screams )" "Get rid of this old man!" "Leave him!" "Laxmi!" "Dora!" "Dora, Dora!" "Dora, get up!" "Dora!" "Dora!" "The king fulfilled his royal duties," "Dispensing justice from the barrel of a gun" "But I was never sure-was this justice?" "IN TROUBLED WATERS" "It was a dark time," "Fostering even darker thoughts" "It wasn't my father's fault," "The times were such" "He didn't allow them to understand." "That the justice the king meted out today.." "...will be a curse to his descendants tomorrow." "This wall isn't being built today, it was always there." "Remember, this is what happens to those who dare to break the rules" "My lord, you have meted justice to my son," "But it is raining in our village after three years" "Please let us save this water, my lord" "The wall can be built later" "Please let us store the rain water" "Forget water, you don't even deserve piss, you swines" "You have had enough freebies from the royals" "Let's see how you will survive on barren land on your own" "The fish is the queen of the water, water is her life" "What fish?" "And whose water?" "It's about life, there is no life without water" "Rain would come to our area like a guest, for just a couple of days" "Yet, it would leave a year-long water supply as a gift" "But when the people who took care of the rainwater left, the water left as well" "It still rains, but we don't honour it" "How could we?" "The rich would not even wash themselves it still rains, but the water flows down to the Lower Village where it is welcomed, respected and stored" "We couldn't do all this because we were wealthy" "We spent money like water" "A royal kingdom with high caste people must have big egos" "We were utterly ruined in the last 3O years." "(chanting of prayers)" "Bearer!" "Where the hell are you?" "Coming, my lord!" "Long live Lord Jagannath!" "Bearer!" "Yes my lord!" "Should I add a touch of white to my moustache?" "No, my lord!" "A king's moustache can never be wilted, nor white" "What king?" "I feel like a bull these days, but I don't even know whom to chase any more" "My lord, won't you go out to celebrate Holi, the festival of colours?" "Holi is a festival of the low castes" "We warriors celebrate Dussehra" "Bearer!" "Yes my lord!" "We have acquired all these lands, but why not these two plots'?" "The documents will be here any time" "So should I..." "Yes, please mark them" "Father, even this dream of yours has come true" "Nature's call" "It's today's" "I don't want to read it" "Don't worry, there's water for that today" "Ah, then I'll take a bath today" "My lord, there's only one tin of water left." "Either we cook or..." "Then I'll just gargle" "My lord, please gulp what you gargle" "I'm really sorry, the auction was pegged at Rs 1O million" "But in the last half an hour, not one bidder has come forward" "Mr Agarwal, what's happening?" "This is dry land without water, Mr Mohanty" "Set a practical price" "Shall I halve it?" "Rs 5 million it is now" "Come on now, it's just Rs 5 million" "Rs 5 million" "It's still not good enough, Mr. Mohanty" "Should I make it Rs 2.5 million?" "Ok, Rs 2.5 million" "Hey, it's just Rs 2.5 million" "I said, it's just Rs 2.5 million!" "Mr Agarwal, shall I make it Rs." "500,000?" "Stop it, I say!" "Is this an auction or a bloody joke?" "My lord, Rs 500,000 is rather high for this dry land" "Your 'assets' are no good either, shall break your balls?" "My lord, be careful!" "They are my most precious assets" "So are mine." "Get lost!" "Get lost!" "Get lost!" "You should have made the best of a bad deal, my lord" "Swiped the pants off a thief!" "This is Singhdeds kingdom." "It will sell for a royal sum, not the price of a retired whore" "My lord, I warned you not to do such an inauspicious thing on an auspicious day" "What auspicious day?" "Even on Holi, there's not a drop of water in the village" "This reward is neither because of Kharu the Wrestler, nor because of my daughter Faro" "It's because of all of you" "The day is not far, when Kharu the Wrestler will be elected" "Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Odisha state" "Just a minute, Dad!" "Today is Ho", but there's an even bigger reason to celebrate" "Today the Indian President has honoured us with the 'Clean Village Award'" "Cheers to the Lower Village!" "Here's to Kharu the Wrestler!" "I wish you all Happy Holi!" "L, Kharu the Wrestler, swear before God, that I will respect the Constitution of India" "And I will do my duty towards my fellowmen with full dedication and honesty" "As MLA of Odisha, I will serve the people with fairness" "Mother, our leader is practising his speech-leave him alone" "I, Kharu the Wrestler..." "I, Kharu the Wrestler..." "It is our good fortune that you are visiting our village" "I have heard that the rice crop here hasn't been good lately" "Yet, Minister Madam's office keeps calling us to choose your rice for the ritual offerings" "Please show me a sample quickly, I have to check samples elsewhere too" "Sir, please don't compare our village to any other" "We've really struggled to settle here" "I hear that the Upper Village used to grow the best rice" "In fact, we used to cultivate the rice there" "Earlier we grew in fertile soil, now we cultivate barren lands" "O Priest" "That's my daughter." "She's in college." "She has studied agriculture" "Greetings!" "This is without..." "Say it in English." "He knows English" "We haven't used any chemicals or fertilisers for this crop" "It's fully organic" "Okay, I will convey this to the temple's working committee, and we will let you know the result" "O Priest, please have something" "It's okay" "Bloody bastard!" "Don't you dare touch my water!" "This is the Upper Village mister, water will be charged separately" "Swallow your spit and carry on" "Come on, give me my water pouches" "First come here, baby" "Enough!" "Give me my water pouches" "Here you go...one...two... my sweetheart... andthree..." "And the other two?" "They're over" "Just give my pouches." "Otherwise I'll spread a rumour that your 'gears' get stuck while running" "Packet, packet, all the time!" "You really didn't bring them?" "Next time I'll bring you a water drum from the city" "Bloody freeloader!" "Comes here for free sex" "Get lost!" "Next time you're here, I'll charge you with interest" "Bastard!" "Bhulia!" "O Bhulia!" "Who's it?" "Show your bed some mercy, if not your wife!" "What do you want?" "Bloody hell, always screwing around" "Open the door!" "What's up?" "Could you weave a silk sari for me'?" "Silk sari?" " Yes!" "Sure but it will take time" "Stop your Kamasutra and do some work instead then it won't be long" "I've brought you an advance" "Here...1,2,3" "Now?" "I'll do it in a jiffy" "Hey, give your wife a break and get started on the loom" "Make me a first class sari" "Yeah, yeah" "I'm off" "You fools have no idea what I've planned" "Just as the chinky-eyed Chinese are drawing water from the Brahmaputra river, in the same way, this weaver" "will make a tunnel to pull all the water from the Lower Village" "One day, instead of the loom, we'll have a water factory" "Careful," "Come on" "Come on" "O Priest!" "On Saturday I was to give you" "Offerings?" "Give me" "Oh Gulapi, my darling!" "Put it here" "God bless!" "She takes from us and gives it here" "Greetings, O Priest" "We are alive only because of her" "I see" "For the last 15 years, you've kept us bachelors" "When will we ever get married?" "When the destiny of this village itself is cursed, how do you expect to please the gods without doing a water ritual to invoke prosperity?" "Anyway you can't do it because there is no water" "Tell us something we don't know" "The government has so many schemes, dug wells but they're all dry" "Had our ancestors saved water, we could have used our wells today" "Let alone the land, the morons didn't even spare the groundwater" "Now let's manage the rituals with whatever water you have" "You want to get married for free, eh?" "Pay up!" "Here...marriage fees" "Forget it, you just want to jerk off!" "You're pulling my leg too" "Put out your hand" "Tie this thread on your wrist at 6:61 before sunrise tomorrow" "Your problem will be solved and you'll get married." "Now go" "So we'll get married?" " What if I'm late?" "I'll talk to the goddess." "Buzz off now" "Please do." "Long live the priest" "My dear (marijuana) plants, my babies..." "Quickly bear me fruits" "I'm getting more desperate and my stock is decreasing" "Long live Lord Shiva!" "How heavy is this sorrow, how tender my heart, the world doesn't understand (Bollywood song)" "My lord, would you like your peg with soda or water?" "Can you make it with water?" "Well, it's my duty to ask" "Come, my Prince" "Why are you sneaking into the house like a thief?" "I am not trying to be Phantom." "Just dodging the filth" "What a village!" "You don't know if you're stepping into mud or shit" "Stop making a fuss" "For three kilometres, I've been holding my nose and playing leap frog" "Relax and catch your breath..." "Bearer, pour the Prince a peg" "No peg." "Some water first, please" "What should I serve him, my lord?" "Yesterday's soda bottle would have lost its fizz." "Give it to him" "How come you are here before your holidays?" "You really think I have come here to enjoy my holidays?" "How long will this go on, Dad?" "Since three months, I've been living off my friends" "Prince, my foot!" "Make it a sturdy habit to take loans from your friends" "Because my bank balance is a resounding zero" "What you mean?" "We are absolutely broke" "How come'?" "I've still to finish my studies, and go to London" "I even have my acceptance letter, Dad" "I'll make you a paper plane, which you can fly to London" "Forget your fees, I can't even afford your ticket" "Now stop all this." "Settle down here and help me" "Help you do what?" "Pour pegs?" "For all your education, you haven't an ounce of sense" "We have so much land" "What land?" "I admit no one's buying the land" "Even when there's an auction, the price drops from Rs 1O million 7 million to 4 million and finally, we won't even get peanuts" "These bloody businessmen have no guts" "Listen, that agent Jena will bring some foreigners to see the land" "You talk to them in English" "Let me see whether you deserve to go to London," "Have your soda" "I prefer a peg" "Village, tree, hill, whole land...mine" "What he's trying to say is that the whole land is mine" "So, are you trying to say the entire land belongs to you?" "Sure" " No you, no you." "Mine, king." "Prince." "After death, his...whole land" "These are the documents, in case you want to have a look" "All paper" "Come, come, let me show you around." "Please come" "So this is where the housing colony is, you know, right across there" "And this is where, you know, the villagers hang out in the evening and stuff" "There seem to be serious sanitation issues here" "No, no, that's not something you should worry about at all" "We've already spoken to the government, and they have assured us 100% sanitation" "What is he asking?" " Nothing" "This is where the proposed national highway is coming up" "So you'll feel like the capital is right here" "This way please" "Bearer!" " My lord" "The Prince will go to London" "This land, old land, and all Indian they come, they buy whole land" "But Raja say, no Indian Baniya, only only English, sale only English" "Ask him how much he'll pay" "So what kind of offer are we looking at here?" "Well, I feel a figure of Rs 150 million should be a fair price for the whole village" "Can I see the other side of the village as well?" "How much did he say'?" "He's saying Rs 150 million" "Rs 150 million?" "What's there to think...sell it now!" "Let's go" "Ask him when he'll pay" "So, how do we take this forward now?" "The money is ready whenever you are" "What is the source of water?" "Water... whywater?" "Water, land, village, hill, sell, buy...water" "Maharaja, no water, no deal" "Namaste!" "Hey Bearer" "My lord, where do I display this now?" "Shove it up your backside!" "Dad!" "You damned son of a python!" "You've been digging all night And managed so little" "Try harder!" "When will it be my turn?" "What?" "When will it be my turn?" "Well, my little mouse" "When this tunnel becomes narrow, it will be your turn" "Run off now" "Try harder!" "Bloody traitor!" "They were talking rubbish about us, and you're still taking their photos?" "My lord, it's my bread and butter" "Get lost!" "These people want to send rice to the Shiva temple!" "Getting stressed and swearing won't solve the problem" "Really?" "Then what's the solution, Your Highness?" "You're all hot air and no results" "As if you let me do anything" "If I give you the chance, will you do it?" "Bearer!" " My lord" "Leave us alone" "Even if it means burning their entire harvest, the rice of Lower Village should not reach the temple" "It shouldn't reach!" "Calm down." "I will complain to the temple priest and the trust" "The king is right" "Yes, yes" " What do you mean he's right?" "Tell me" "Stop this boot licking, Village Headman" " Meaning?" "All the free lunches, booze and loans you lived off" "Who will redeem all that, you lazybones?" "Don't say that, Prince." "Once the village is sold, everyone will use their share to pay off their loans" "And who will buy this village, where there's not a drop of water?" "Forget it!" "You are our only saviour, Prince." "Only you can bring water to this village and sell this land" "Am I your pimp?" "Or your servant?" "It's not my job to bring water or sell the village" "Why should the son pay for his ancestors' failures, extravagance and stupidity?" "Listen, Prince, mind your tongue" "This village is your family" "You will not speak to your elders like this" "What have your elders done for me'?" "And what have you ever done for me'?" "I'm giving you one week." "One week" "I want my share of the property, or..." "Property?" "You want what?" "You want property?" "Get lost!" "No one should give him even a drop of water." "No one..." "You haven't even got any" "I will take shelter in the Lower Village" "I hope you die there!" "Listen, Mr Braj Singhdeo, we will meet in court next!" "Fine!" "In the court, then!" "In court, then!" "I'll rip you apart" "Sure, rip me!" "I'll see you in court" "In dark times, darker thoughts prevail" "Priest, my dark thoughts won't do you any good either" "So keep quiet" "I am not a king, that I should reward good news with my gold necklace" "We are workers who care for the community" "What do you want?" "Sir, during this year's election, don't call the photographer from the city let me take the photographs" "Sure" "OK, take my picture" "Smile, please" "Happy days are here" "The kingdom was already ruined" "Now he has kicked out his heir too" "Jai Jagannath!" "Why did you stop?" "You should have thrashed me completely" "At least you would have vented your frustration" "You've ripped the hair from my chest" "Did the doctor forbid you from wearing a vest?" "You want to be a hero?" "Let bygones be bygones" "Anyway, there was only one way to save our honour and for you to go to London" "So you want to sacrifice your son" "You're not my son." "Whenever I see you," "I see your grandfather's face" "What kind of father tells his son to chase girls?" "I didn't ask you to climb Mount Everest" "I simply asked you to sleep with a girl" "Can't you even handle a girl?" "Look son, commoners feel proud when royalty screws around" "Proud?" "Today it's called rape" "And a non-bailable offence" "Screw legally, then" "What's it called?" "Consensual sex" "Yeah." "Do that sex then" "A Warrior's duty is to conquer" "Earlier, we use to conquer forts, but there aren't any left, so..." "Remember, the foreigner said he would buy the land only if there's water" "But where will it come from?" "And all the water is in Kharu's village" "He will die before he gives us any water" "So there's only one way-- get Kharu's daughter pregnant" "When he comes begging, we can negotiate the water supply" "What if I have to marry into that caste, then?" "Oh, now you've started believing in caste" "I don't, but you do" "No, I don't believe in caste" "Really?" "No, no, I don't" "It's only because of circumstances." "The truth is" "You have eyes but don't notice our plight" "Have you thought what would happen if I marry into a low caste?" "If sex always ended in marriage, your mother would not have been the only queen" "All I am asking you is, to get after her" "Stop talking like that, please" "Just let me do it my way" "Do it your way or mine" "All I'm saying is, just do it!" "And get her pregnant" "Cheers!" "Long live the king!" "Long live the king!" "What's the matter, he's walking among commoners?" "Enquiring about our well being?" "No, he is out for a stroll" "Upper Village people would rather drink their own pee, than drink water from the Lower Village" "Should we pee?" "Today commoners will show the king mercy" "Where is the Lokhit (People's Welfare) Party office?" "Why?" "I want to join the party" "You can't" "Why?" "We will have to ask the MLA first" "Ask him" "OK" "Get his leg!" "Smash him, that's it!" "Good, good" "Smash him" "Kharu Uncle!" "What happened?" "The Prince has come to our village" "Really?" "Here'?" "Such guts..." "let's go" "Thrash him!" "Thrash him!" "Kharu, stop!" "Calm down!" "Calm down, everyone!" "Be quiet!" "But he..." "Hara Uncle, let me speak" "Why have you come here?" "Look, this is the People's Welfare Party, and anyone can join it" "You've jumped over the wall you created, to come here?" "You know how much we all hate your father?" "I hate my father even more" "Yeah?" "Why'?" "He has ruined my village, leaving nothing for anybody" "The son is paying for the follies of his ancestors" "You have come here, despite knowing all this?" "You think" "You are royalty, you could have joined any party" "Why only ours'?" "Look here, Sir, I am from today's generation" "And like you, I don't believe in caste and creed" "Don't listen to him!" "Dad, please sit down" "Get water" "Papa!" "You have every right to be angry." "Listen to me." "Here" "They killed Dora!" "I know" " Were you there?" "No." "But will you destroy so many years of hard work because of your enmity?" "But they killed Dora!" "Papa, non-discrimination is the guiding principle of our party" "It's the People's Welfare Party." "Anyone can join" "You can't stop them" "These people killed your Dora Uncle" "Kharu, let's hear him out" "He is educated, maybe we can use him" "Have the upper castes ever done anything for anybody?" "Silence!" "Silence!" "That's politics!" "We never dared gaze above the knees of his ancestors, yet their heir kneels before us today" "Amrita Devi is finally paying you attention" "Be careful, or you'll ruin everything" "Try to understand the balance of power, my friend" "The balance of power is the key to politics" "Kharu the Wrestler is the first commoner to keep a king under his thumb" "Yes, indeed" "We will keep him underfoot" "Got it" "Rather nice room you have here" "This is for you" "Water for you." "Take this" "What's this?" "It's a broom, not a sword" "Let me guess-His Highness has never worked before" "We do all our work ourselves" "So go ahead" "You have to go to the city?" "Yes" "Say 'Yes, Sir'" "Yes, Sir" "'Yes, MLA Sir." "Yes, MLA Sir" "Repeat it" "Yes, MLA Sir" "Make a list of all that's to be done in the city" "I can remember it" " Don't argue, just write it down" "Papa, Papa, a letter has come from the temple" ""This is to inform the Lower Village Council that the rice from your village has been chosen for the ritual offering"" "That's great news" ""Kindly arrange to send the rice on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya"" ""When it rains in the Mahua forest, it's all water, water"" "Papa, now practise your speech as the agriculture minister" "I am the Kharu Wrestler" "In English" "MLA Sir, congratulations!" "You upper caste guys" "You fought your father, otherwise I would have sent the king sweets" "The rice will go from our village" "Hey you" "Sit" "On the floor" "Sit!" "Why is he like this?" "Listen to me carefully" "Our city plan should go like clockwork" "Otherwise, I'll beat you to such a pulp, that even your father won't be able to recognise you" "Go to the party office" "Yes, Sir" "Get the papers from Amrita Madam's office and give them to Mr Hara" "Yes, Sir" " Go" "May I take your Jeep?" "Go by bus" "Faro!" "Give him Rs 200" "Any news of the temple offerings?" "By the grace of Lord Jagannath, the rice will go from our village" "Long live the lord!" "What are you doing?" "I'm making the Prince slog" "You should too" "I'm sending him over" " Papa is going to ask for the accounts" "I'll email them" "Murari went to the farm to harvest his crop" "Murari went to the farm to harvest his crop" "The seeds have barely sprouted," "Already he's ready to harvest them" "Murari went to the farm to harvest his crop" "Murari went to the farm to harvest his crop" "Gun on his shoulder-but whose is it?" "His?" "Theirs?" "Gun on his shoulder-but whose is it?" "Is Murari reaping only what he sowed'?" "Murari went to the farm to harvest his crop" "Murari went to the farm to harvest his crop" "The seeds have barely sprouted," "Already he's ready to harvest them" "Murari went to the farm to harvest his crop" "Now our last hopes are gone" "I thought an educated prince could get a good price for our village, and deliver us from this hell" "Instead, he's become a servant at Lower Village" "And this news from the temple, on top of it!" "If you wish, we will set fire to their filthy village!" "Please don't!" "Take this, Prince!" "I'm performing your last rites" "From today no one will dare utter his name in the village, or I'll shoot him" "There goes 1O days' supply for washing our asses" "Murari went to the barber's for a shave" "Murari went to the barber's for a shave" "But his clean shaven face only brought ruin" "If you are mortgaging property for a loan, I understand" "How can you mortgage a whole village?" "Get lost" "The barber swiped his blade this way and that" "With a nicked nose, Murari sang a ghazal" "Should the people here bathe with just air?" "I understand what you're trying to say but..." " Do you have water?" "As soon as I get water, I'll make the building" "Murari went to the farm to harvest his crop" "Baba has guided you here" "Don't worry," "This Baba has the solution to all your problems" "For the next 3 months, before sunrise, father and son should throw one pot of water over yourselves, and after sunset, throw one pot of water towards the sky" "Forget about me, what are you doing there?" "Have you done something or not'?" "Dad!" "What is this?" "Can you please stop this now?" "Is the girl very ugly'?" "No" "Then what's your problem?" "Just screw her!" "Hello... hello... hello..." "My lord, isn't this a bit much?" "Bearer!" "The problem is, nothing is happening" "I'm not sure if the Prince will be able to do it" "You have never trusted the Prince" "What are you doing here?" "Nothing" "Do you need any help?" "No, thanks" "OK" "Listen" "Careful" "UH!" "This was once a stable for cows" "They must be missing their home" "I know the feeling of missing home" "I never had to do all this work, otherwise I would have helped you" "That's not what I was thinking" "It's just that our villages are so close, yet we are so different!" "Raj Take this broom and clean up this wall" "Sure" "Oh Raj" "The flowers have wilted, please water them" "OK" "Ra]" "Can you please make me some tea?" "Tea.." "Water on plastic flowers." "I thought you would at least have figured that out" "I could even fan you, if you wish" "Have you ever done farming?" "Just a bit, in my childhood" "So many stones piled up here!" "Please put them in the tractor trolley" "I hope these stones are not meant to kill someone" "My lord" "We build a dam with these stones" "So that we can store the water flowing down from your village" "Do you know about 're mineralisation' of the soil?" "No Want to know?" "Careful, you're trampling the radishes" "May I uproot one?" "Sure" "Farming is interesting" "Very interesting" "When I studied drip irrigation in college," "I realised we could grow rice in the Lower Village" "Thats how Haifa oranges are grown in Israel's desert" "Amazing" " Faro" "Yes, father" "Did you hear?" "His father has performed his death ceremony" "What?" "I am hardly surprised" "These high caste people don't care for anyone" "For years our ancestors slaved for them, did the farming, All the cleaning" "They only ruled," " Papa!" "It's because of their deeds, that their land is barren" "What king?" "The real king is he who has water" "And today, MLA Kharu the Wrestler is the real king" "Papa!" "Won't you go to the party office?" "Oh yes" "Come, let's go" "Sir" "Hard work." "Those who work hard, climb great heights." "Start the car" " Sir" "During the first elections, our party led the government with a majority" "But now, coalitions are in fashion" "Not now" "If this continues, we will remain a part of coalition only... in the coming election" "Any suggestions how we get a majority during the vote of confidence?" "I'm tired and out of ideas" "Poverty, religion and now water." " What do we do now?" "What's up..." "Will anyone suggest anything?" "Or should we shut shop and look for a new state?" "Madam" "I have many ideas" "For now, why don't you throw a party'?" "Sit down!" "She is talking about the party situation" "A party for your brother's engagement" "What's your name?" "Raj Singhdeo" "Singhdeo!" "Yes" "So tell me mister" "You have dared to give an idea before all your seniors" "What did you mean?" "Look, Madam" "Secularism is the oldest and most reliable weapon in India" "If any party wins by supporting one religion, the others won't support it" "Can you please explain what you mean?" "Now, your brother is getting married" "Goddess Bihai is the oldest temple in our region" "Arrange for your brother's engagement there" "Demonstrate your secularism by inviting people of all communities" "Good suggestion" "I will think about it" "Whatever I am today is because of Kharu Sir" "Kharu the Wrestler is keen to serve the public as an MLA" "I'd like to announce that... my brother's engagement ceremony will be held at Goddess Bihai's temple" "Where people of all castes will be invited" "Madam what are the future plans?" "We have to devise an election strategy" "I will inform you once it is finalized" "It's the bloody limit!" "Just to take revenge on you!" "Your son has fallen so low that he will invite the bairi villagers inside our temple" "But there is a point" "Perhaps that will bring water to our village" "Listen, send Raj Singhdeo in." "I want to talk to him" " Yes, Madam" "We need your co-operation to implement this policy" "Come" "Mr Raj Singhdeo, please come in" "Just a minute" "We'll talk later" "Mr Singhdeo, I appreciate your suggestion" "Thank you" "But tell me something" "But will your people in the Upper Village agree?" "We can find a solution" "Find one, then" "After all, politics flows in a king's veins" "No!" "Never!" "Over my dead body!" "O Priest, hear me out at least" "Listen to selfish people like you?" "You can not live without your son," "Now you're asking me to uproot my life giving plants?" "I will tell everyone about your dirty tricks" "O priest, you should be happy the temple will be all spruced up" "So you want to ruin all my (marijuana) plants?" "Let the couple come" "I will curse them." "That they become dogs and bite each other and no one will never marry in this village" "Anyway there are hardly any weddings here" "If I give you three more acres of land" "You can grow as much marijuana as you like!" "The entire land is barren." "Not a blade of grass grows, forget marijuana" "Priest, Re mineralisation can make barren lands fertile" "Don't worry, I'll organise everything" "Re min-what?" "It's a way to grow weed" "Ah, fine" "True love...makes people do strange things" "A good lawyer has turned into a farmer now!" "True love?" "Long live Amrita Devi!" "Long live Amrita Devi!" "Long live Amrita Devi!" "Long live Amrita Devi!" "Long live Amrita Devi!" "Long live Amrita Devi!" "Long live Amrita Devi!" "Long live Amrita Devi!" "Greetings, my lord!" "Welcome, Madam" "Long live The King Singhdeo!" "Long live The King Singhdeo!" "Long live The King Singhdeo!" "Long live Kharu the Wrestler" "Long live Kharu the Wrestler" "Say, long live Goddess Bihai!" "Say, long live Goddess Bihai!" "Say, long live Goddess Bihai!" "Say, long live Goddess Bihai!" "Say, long live Goddess Bihai!" "Do you see Kharu's arrogance, my lord?" "He is lost" "Long live Goddess Bihai" "Long live Goddess Bihai" "Long live Goddess Bihai" "I always knew that royal blood flows in your veins" "What a thing you pulled off!" "Bearer!" " Yes, my lord" "A double peg for the Prince" "No" "Come on, drink Pour it" "Drink drink" "Dad, I was thinking, do we really need to sell the land?" "Meaning?" "Thanks to the temple, we have already got three months' water supply" "If this continues, our circumstances could get much better" "Is it Kharu's daughter who is brainwashing you?" "Don't drag her in" "I'm speaking my own mind" "All I'm saying is we must have the power to decide whether to sell the land or not" "No, I will sell it for sure" "But now" "I won't sell either to these businessmen, or to the foreigners" "Now I will sell it directly to Obama" "Who is Oba...ma?" "Obama bin Laden." "He's a big shot" "Forget everything." "Just get me his number" "I'm sister of Fiavan, King of Lanka" "I'm very beautiful" "My brother Khardushan lives in the forest" "I'm Surpanakha" "Why have you come here?" "I want to marry you" "Hey, beautiful, go to my brother Lakshman" "He will marry you ok" "Will you marry me'?" "Hey, beautiful, go back to my brother" "But he sent me to you himself" "OK, please sit down" "Look there" "Look there" "Oh god!" "You've cut my nose!" "Oh god!" "You've cut my nose!" "Oh god!" "You've cut my nose!" "Faro" "Faro" "Lost your voice at the play?" "And what did you leave behind at the play?" "Today's play was particularly exciting, wasn't it?" "What do you mean?" "I saw everything today" "What are you saying?" " Don't pretend" "I saw you today" "What did you see?" "I saw you with her" "With whom, Faro?" ""How are you, my Prince?"" "Oh, you mean Gulapi!" " Gulapi!" "So you know her name, too" "Obviously, she's from my village." "I know her since my childhood days" "From childhood?" "What else have you seen, Raj'?" "You're twisting everything I say" "I should have listened to my father" "Listened to what?" " I should have listened to him" "You are a king only in name." "But you are such a wretch!" "I was crazy." "I thought you were from the Upper Village, and different because you had been to the city" "Why are you talking about caste now?" "But I was wrong." "And I helped you so much, Raj!" "Of course, you did!" "From day one, I cooked for you, cleaned up." "In fact, you helped not only me, but my entire village" "What did you do for me'?" "What are you saying?" " You think you did us favour by allowing us into Goddess Bihai's temple?" " Listen to me, Faro!" "This is weird" "Yes, I'm weird" "Why are you talking like this?" "It's no use" "Faro, please listen to me" "Sorry, Faro." "I'm so sorry" "Faro." "I'm so sorry" "You are so close to me, that you have blended into all the grooves in my soul" "Whatever the question may be, You are the answer to all of them" "I was lost in thought" "Without you, where do I stand" "At this time of life" "Without you, Where does the night end" "Your spell urges me to stop" "I cant see anything but you" "Sometimes you sneak up on me" "It feels like magic scattered around me" "I was lost in thought" "When you're not in my heart, my breath stops" "I see only you in my dreams" "Without you, What memory is there for me'?" "You're there there, You're there there, you" "You're there there, You're there there, you" "You're there there, You're there there, you" "I will give a feast." "A very large feast." "I will invite 85 priests" "I will dance and sing with everyone" "Long live Jagannath!" "My Prince has really grown up" "I raised him, educated him" "He returns to the village and what does he do?" "He becomes a servant of Kharu!" "What are you saying?" "Give me back all the money" "That I spent on your education." "You rascal, you go and write Kharu's speech" "But you can't hear me barking" "What are you doing?" "Keep quiet" "People will hear us Should everyone know?" "There's no one here Even if I strangle you, nobody would know" "Has anyone ever heard me out in this house?" "What I'm saying is..." "Come on, wear your clothes now" "You're looking weird" "Give it" "Can I tell you something, my Prince?" "Don't mind my saying so" "In our entire royal lineage..." "No one has been born as useless as you" "See" "See" "See what they've replied" "They say that my letter has no value" "I also have no value" "Do something, son" "Do something, son or else" "Or forget about being kings, we won't even be fit to be commoners" "Please do something" "Only you will be able to fix everything." "Please do something" "We don't even have water to wash our ass" "Correct" "If the Lower Village is kept busy with such festivals, we can" "Keep getting water like this" "The grains of rice have reached the feet of the Lord" "But the journey behind its success was much longer" "Oh.." "Color'ful girl.." "Oh.." "Color'ful girl.." "Without you all colors would only be white" "Without you the fields wouldn't be green" "Colorful girl.." "I am the colorful girl" "Without you there wouldn't be any love storms" "Look at all these groups of devotees" "They will fill colored water in your honour" "Colorful girl.." "Your words are like honey and feel true" "While the others are dry and feel fake" "Your words are like honey and feel true" "While the others are dry and feel fake" "My heart beats when you dance for me" "The others when dance are strangers for me" "My feet move like grass in winds" "My hands grace like sandalwood" "In your devotion I feel divine" "How can I ever dare to forget you" "Colorful girl.." "Colorful girl.." "Come here, my little mouse!" "Now it's your turn" "Go on, get inside" "Dig hard" "Go on Dig hard" "Dig hard" "I am about to leave." "Little Prince, take out the jeep, we have to go to town." "I won't be able to make it today." "Why?" "I have to got to the party office in town." "With whose permission?" "Madam had called me to make a presentation" "0K6)'" "In future you will not speak to Amrita Devi without my permission." "Yes MLA Sir" "Good job, Raj" "I see you worked hard on the presentation" "Thank you, Ma'am" "Please have some" "Thank you" "Ma'am, I wanted to talk to you about the Upper Village" "Yes, go on" "Look, for the last 3O years," "There's been migration, drought, famine" "In the Upper Village, whatever be the reasons" "But in the Lower Village nearby, there's water" "A lot can be done, if you wish" "Your father has always kept me at a distance" "Look, Raj, if I get busy sorting out such internal troubles," "How will I manage such a big state?" "And water politics is the most crucial today" "But I'm sure if we put our heads together now" "We can find a solution" "Coffee?" "How calm this water is" "But it's for this very water that" "There is so much fighting, politics and lies" "In fact, this water is the cause of enmity between our villages" "We're neighbours, yet we're so far apart" "We cannot even ask forgiveness for our ancestors' mistakes" "What are you saying, Raj!" "What are you saying, Raj!" "It is also our fault" "We have so much water, but at your place, water has already become currency" "Neither are we solving the problem, nor letting others do so" "When will all this end, Faro?" "No" "Never" "Ra]" "Perhaps this will break the wall, and end the water problem" "The electricity guys have cut the power again" "They are very kind" "We haven't paid the bill for three years" "Still they give us power occasionally" "Bearer!" "Yes, my lord" "When there's no electricity, the sky is so clear" "Yes, my lord" "When the darkness grows, the stars shine brighter too" "Father, water has come" "What?" " Water has come" "WOW!" "Now I will sell the water and become a millionaire" "My lord, the Lower Village starts from here" "It would not be right to proceed" "It doesn't matter, let's go" "My lord, someone is coming" "Has he gone?" " He must have, my lord" "Check if he's gone" "I can't see anything" "OK" "Not now" "Why isn't he going?" "I think he's also wondering why we haven't gone" "Ask him who he is" "You want me to ask'?" " You think I'll ask'?" "Who is it?" "What are you guys doing here?" "What should I do?" "You keep disconnecting my calls" "And there's no news of you in the last four days" "I was just coming to give you the news" " Someone's coming" "Oh, it's Bhulia" "What the hell is he doing here?" "Shall I ask him'?" " Forget it!" "Now I know where this idiot is digging his well 10...20...3O" "Anyway, you tell me, is your news good or bad?" "Superb news!" "So you did it?" "My lord, he has left" "I always knew you are royal blood" "Now watch." "When that bloody Kharu comes" "I'll humiliate him before the entire village" "Dad, it's something else" "What else can it be?" "In three months, when her tummy shows," "Kharu will come begging to get her married" "Dad, I'm getting married" " Someone is coming" "You're getting married?" "Why?" "Because I love her" "Bloody bastards" "Did I send you there to screw her, or fall in love?" "You sent me to make arrangements for water" "And I'm doing that" "What the heck!" "You've ruined all our plans" "Why does everything need to follow a plan, Dad?" "And if everything is getting solved, why do you Need a plan?" "My lord, he has left" "Bearer, has he gone mad?" "Ask him" "What are you doing?" "Will you marry that low caste girl?" "You don't believe in caste, right?" "I don't believe in caste but in circumstances" "But you don't understand our circumstances" "We are ruined!" "Dad, why don't you understand?" "If both villages unite, All our problems would be solved" "So, will you break the 3O year old wall?" "When we have built the wall, we should break it!" "It's not you." "It's your (dead) aunt speaking from within you" "OK, so kill me, the way you killed her" "Nothing has changed, nothing ever will" "But I will do whatever I have to" "Sure." "Then I will also do whatever I have to do" "Bearer!" " Yes, my lord" "Phone" "For that, We'll have to go home" " Let's go" "Leave it." "Sir, listen to me" "Now only, the people's rights will be honoured" "I will burn your father's kingdom to ashes." "Papa" "I've seen it with my own eyes." "I was about to take a photo But he escaped into a lane" "You rotten Scoundrel!" "You never bring good news" "Why blame me, my lord?" "The Prince himself wants to marry the bairi girl" "I've seen him with a ring Going towards her" "What is my fault" "We have a long tradition of ruining our reputations with those villagers" "But we won't allow their daughter to become our daughter-in-law" "Is it right?" "No," "No, we won't allow it" "Quiet!" "We won't allow that bairi girl to come to our village as our daughter in law" "We will all stop her" "Yes, we will stop her" "But before we do so, the priest should bless us" "Priest, bless them!" "Blessed!" "Bless them properly." "Sure Listen, no one will touch the prince." "If anyone touches him Goddess Bihai's curse will fall upon him." "After all, he's our own prince, OK?" "Yes, he's our own prince" "Chief, he's our own prince, right?" "Yes, no one will touch the prince." "Get it?" "We will go and stop her, but no one will touch the prince," "As the priest and village chief have said" "Let's go" " Come on, let's go" "Listen to me, Kharu!" "Everybody knows about it" "Don't do anything in a fit of rage" "Uncle, everyone who has heard the news in the village ls angry" "They are all coming" " Uncle, he has insulted us" "Hail lord Ram!" "Shit." "Faro" " Raj" "Faro" "Come on, hurry up, kids" "Raj, that way.." "Faro... this way" "Who are you?" "Where are you from, monkey?" "Why did you ruin the garden of Lanka's king?" "What do you wish?" "Tell the king of Lanka" "Come on, let's go" "Come on, let's go Hail lord Ram!" "Lord Fiamchandra told Goddess Sita" "Lord Fiamchandra told Goddess Sita" "Doomsday will be upon us" "O Priest" "Tell me something... when you smoke up, you fly towards heaven" "But what's your real weight on earth?" "No problem, my lord" "I've already done the calculations" "The swan will peck on grains" "Lord, My family has served your kingdom well for generations" "Those who have worked hard will always be rewarded" "And the crow will feast on pearls" "O lord, please forgive me" "I won't be able to do all this" "What about your digging?" "I'm just digging a small well." "Anyway where's the water in this village?" "No, no, not the well" "What about the tunnel you are digging?" "Where has that reached?" "Listen, who is digging and who is screwing..." "Ultimately the king knows everything..." "So the crow will feast on pearls" "As you say, my lord" "Now Paplu?" "My lord, we have already ordered the motor" "The swan will peck on grains, and the crow will feast on pearls" "Hello, Haan madam" "Raj, listen to me carefully." "You go straight to Goddess Bihai's temple" "But they will kill my Faro son...nothing will happen to you just reach the temple, things will be arranged" "Goddess Bihai's temple?" "OK" "Hail lord Ram!" "Hail lord Ram!" "They are hiding in the temple...go there" "You are a true warrior, my lord!" "We salute your sense of justice" "We're all reaching the temple" "Come on, let's go to the temple." "Hail Goddess Bihai" "Kharu" " I will not spare them" "Kharu, go straight to the temple" "Raj is hiding at the Bihai ma temple with your daughter" "Yes, Madam, as you wish" "We will burn them to ashes today" "Long live Lord Ram" "Are you OK?" "Come on, hurry" "Long live Lord Ram" "We are not weak today" "Today, we will avenge Dora's death" "Long live Lord Ram" "Raj, these people have already reached here." "What will happen now?" "Where is Amrita Devi?" "I will call her don't worry Faro" "Ha, ha!" "The lovebirds are hiding here" "Come and catch them" "Long live Lord Ram" "Uncle Kharu," "Uncle Kharu, we've found both of them" ""Dhare!"" "Hold him!" "We will bury him in his own land today" "Long live Lord Ram" "Faro" "Whoever touches these two will die" "No one can stand in the way of true love" "Instead of water, you had soaked the land with blood" "That's why I cursed your land with drought For three decades" "If you spill the blood of these children on my doorstep" "You will not escape my curse for the next 300 years" "But Goddess!" "These two have sinned" "When God himself has accepted this couple" "Who are you, mere humans, to deny them?" "Who are you, mere humans, to deny them?" "Stop this fight between high and low castes once and for all" "If you live together in harmony both the villages will prosper" "So stop violence and speak the language of love" "Goddess, we will follow your orders" "Please don't be angry with us" "We are illiterate fools, but these two are sinners" "Who are you to decide sinners and saints?" "My trident will pierce your chest and silence you forever" "Lord have mercy!" "Kharu the Wrestler fears no one" "I don't believe in this farce" "Go catch him!" "Don't test the patience of the goddess" "Or I won't be able to stop myself" "Don't challenge the goddess, you fool!" "Or it will be...doomsday!" "No, goddess!" "Have mercy" "Long live Goddess Bihai!" "O Goddess!" "I'm the leader of these people" "And want to apologise on their behalf" "Brothers, we want to calm the angry goddess, right?" "Yes" "Say it louder" "Yes!" "Goddess, We all promise you that... between the Upper and Lower Villages you will find... the same sweetness as these temple bells ring" "Agreed, should I tell her?" "Yes" "No, no!" "Kharu the Wrestler objects" "This is not right" "When God, the villagers and your daughter have accepted him" "Who are you to object?" "Please be quiet" "Or the next spear will make me a widow" "Stop being stubborn, Kharu" "They are our children only" "Papa" "Long live Goddess Bihai!" "See how these two blush!" "Now both the villages will prosper" "You wanted to kill them" "But it is because of his efforts That you have water today" "Just as, in mythology, Bhagirath brought the river Gangs. to earth" "Start." "Long live Goddess Bihai" "Long live Goddess Bihai" "Long live Goddess Bihai" "Long live Goddess Bihai" "It's a new world, a new start, a new generation" "In the name of the goddess," "I announce a new MLA candidate for this area" "Prince Raj Singhdeo" "Say, 'Long live Amrita Devi'" "Say, 'Long live Amrita Devi'" "It is thanks to their true love that the Upper Village Has also turned green" "Now there is equality between Upper and Lower Village" "This is the miracle of Goddess Bihai" "Come on, let's go home" "Don't worry, Kharu!" "Even if he becomes an MLA, he will still Report to your daughter, his home minister, right?" "The question isn't who rules; sometimes it's the King and sometimes is the commoner" "The real question is, how deep in water mare you?" "You made us wait a long time your Highness" "But I agree, no matter how much politics a politician may do, Its not the same as a King" "Doesn't matter what a King does, if there is no political support, nothing can happen" "You're right!" "You see, this is just our devotion to the same thought." "His Highness said the village needed water, and we said we needed the votes from both castes. so find a solution" "We didn't even need to find a solution, all because of Goddess Bihai, Long live Goddess Bihai!" "Long live Goddess Bihai!" "You do good, then good things happen, and everything ends well." "Now I will sell the estate and land and move to Bhubaneswar, and my prince will leave for London" "Daddy, the London and Bhubaneswar plan is cancelled." "Why?" "We're not selling this land and estate." "But why?" "We've worked so hard on this, how can we just leave?" "Are you mad?" "Your highness, the father isn't always the villain in all love stories" "hmmm" "Long live Goddess Bhai!" "'Digital Desi Releasers Presentation'"