"So kids. have you ever heard of Muktar Singh?" "No." "Then what do you know of this world?" "Muktar Singh is such 8 man" "Both the police and the public of this city fear Mukhtar Singh." "When he passes through the market, it seems there's a curfew." "The market turns empty, and shops are closed." " Then?" "Today he made the mistake of challenging me." " How?" "Like the Government., he collects tax from everybody." "From shopkeepers, merchants, workers, etc." "Today he came to demand tax from me." "Ask why .." " Why?" "For walking on the road!" " Well?" "I asked: "Why only me?" "What about the other pedestrians?"" "He said: " Because the road wears out more due to your long legs."" "The trouble started this way." "First, he caught my neck." " Then?" "I tripped him, then hit him this way!" "He lost his senses, and froth came out from his mouth." "What happened then, Kallu?" "I saw his dog coming." "You know what dog?" " What?" "An Alsatian dog!" "He was bigger than a lion!" "We looked at each other and growled." " Then?" "Like his master, he leaped at my neck." "But, before he could jab his nails into my neck, .." ".. I put my hands into his mouth and tore his body into two!" "What happened after that?" " Then .." "Go away!" "Get lost!" ".." "Auntie, restrain him!" "Why are you panting, Kallu?" " Who's panting?" "Do you know what happened in the market today?" " What?" "Have you heard of Mukhtar Singh?" " No." " Then what have you heard?" "He's the man who's feared by both the police and the public." "When he passes through the market, it seems there's a curfew." "The market turns empty, and the shops are closed." " Then?" "He challenged me ..!" "He's come here!" "Then what happened, Kallu?" " Sister-in-law ..!" "Out!" "Uncle, your friend's gone;" "come out now." "He didn't go, he ran away!" "He's scared of me!" "Everyone's scared of you." "But you had gone to buy potatoes." "I had forgotten;" "I'll get them right now!" "Munni, how are you?" "Auntie, why are so many people here?" "Don't you know?" "Ramdin is going to have a child. - l see!" "Where are you going?" " l may be required inside." "You'll be required outside;" "if possible, help Ramdin." "Ramdin, what's the matter?" "There's no need to get tense." "This is your first child, but I have sired ten children." " You?" " Yes!" "I'm not married, but held the hands of wives on such occasions." "Don't worry, you'll get a son!" "Listen: have you heard the name of Mukhtar Singh?" " No!" "Then what have you heard?" "Both the police and the public are scared of Mukhtar Singh!" "When he passes, it seems as if the city .." "The child's born!" "Listen everybody ..!" "Ramdin has got a son!" "Has your father sired a son?" " No, Ramdin has!" "Get lost, or I'll cut you to pieces!" "Did you bring the potatoes?" " No!" "Narayan bashed me up on the way." "See this!" " My God!" "Did Narayan beat you up?" "Listen to why he did it:" "I was telling everyone the news of Ramdin's son. ls this any reason?" "Don't worry. I'll talk to your brother about Narayan." "I've heard everything from Narayan - it's all his fault!" "He's getting out of control." "Why did you have to go there as a local reporter?" "Narayan only slapped you;" "I'd have broken your face!" "Rascal!" "Even you are scolding him!" " What else should I do?" "He's making life difficult for me." "He doesn't do any work, but can only eat." "He plays marbles and flies kites with children." "When he gets time, he rubs salt on people's wounds." "Narayan hasn't had a child for 5 years, and he went there to celebrate!" "I won't listen to complaints against you again!" "Understand?" "Uncle!" "You just did what everybody does." "You're angry with your bosses, but took it out on your brother." "is he responsible for the strike in your factory?" "Or the fact that there's hardly any food in the house?" "Sorrowed by your anger, if he leaves our house ... .. then even I won't stay here!" " He won't go anywhere." "He can leave me, but not you;" "he'll return." "Long live mill workers!" "Fulfil our demands!" "Bonus is not charity, but a right of workers!" "Bonus is not charity, but a right of workers!" "I agree to this. I'm the new owner of this mill;" "I'll grant all your rights." "Who's your leader?" "Shamu, go .." "I'm ready to give you two months' bonus." "But work should start right from this moment." "But we have one more demand." " What is it?" "All the machines in your factory are either old or rusted." "An accident can happen any moment, killing some worker." "So, we demand that the machines be replaced with new ones." "Time is required for that, and I don't have it." "If the time of rich people is valuable, so is the life of a worker." "Unless new machines are set up in your factory, work won't start!" "All right!" "I ask the workers .." "What do you want?" "Your leader wants to strike, but I want work." "What do you want?" "Hunger, or money?" "Strike, or bonus?" " Bonus!" "Then it's decided!" "Those who want bonus can enter." "Those who want to strike can stand outside." "Abdul Uncle!" "You had demanded the machines to be changed .. but now .." "I haven't forgotten anything, but remembered my children." "I can accept danger to my life, but not my children's hunger!" "Times have really changed!" "Before, the leader used to walk in front of the public." "Now, the public walks in front of the leader!" "You're an old player of the races." "But you've erred today, Sahani Seth .." "I've come from the mill just now." "You've put 15 lakhs on a lame horse." "Rawat, I've spent my whole life in the race-course; you're new." "You don't know: whoever wins on a lame horse, wins a lot." "And you don't even know which game I'm playing!" "I haven't bought this mill just to manufacture cloth." "These lorries are carrying the gold that was in our godown at Dongri." "It could have fallen into the hands of the police any time." "Now that gold will be hidden with the cloths of this mill." "And will be sent all over our country." "Abdul Uncle!" ".." " No!" "Shanti, nothing's happened to me." "No!" "Doctor, what have you done?" "My hands .." " Please keep your courage." "My hands have been cut!" "Brother, lie down." "What are you doing, Uncle?" "I'm searching for my God in the darkness of my heart!" "I want to ask Him: why are you kind to sinners like me .." ".. but angry with angels like him?" "You should have cut my hands!" "Why did you cut the hands that were always raised to you in prayer .." ".. or to save the lives of others?" "Munni, take your milk!" "Come and take your milk!" "Take this." " We don't want milk anymore." " Why?" "We spent all our money for my husband's treatment." "Then take it on credit and pay me from his salary next month." "Where will any salary come from now?" "We don't want any milk." " l'm feeling very hungry!" "Keep quiet, there's no milk!" "Which one?" " This!" " Move!" "I hit it!" ".." "Come on, bring them out!" "Brother!" "The doctor told you not to get up, and you're pulling this load!" "The weight of Munni's tears for a pint of milk .." ".. was far greater than the weight of this load!" "You go home, I'll take this." "From now on, Munni will never have to cry for anything!" "Take this milk .." "drink as much as you want." "The doctor is inside." "You shouldn't have lifted such a load in this condition." "The stitches on your wounds have been torn." "I advise you to get another operation done by some big doctor." "How much will this operation cost?" " At least Rs. 500" "Where will we bring this money from?" " l'll bring it!" "Sir, save my brother's life!" "Rs. 500/- is required for his operation!" "Rs. 500/-?" " Yes, Sir!" "Rs. 500/- can save my brother's life!" " l can't give it to you." "I'm a simple industrialist." "I'm not responsible for anyone's life or death." "Your brother was at fault, but I suffered a loss." "His blood ruined cloth worth thousands." "And there are also the repairing costs for the machine." "For me, you come next to God." "My brother is fighting for his life." "Please save his life!" "I beg you at your feet!" "Watchmen, show him the board on my gate:" ""Dogs and beggars are not allowed inside."" " Sir!" "Please listen to me!" "Save my brother's life!" "I beg you!" "Wonderful!" "You came as a beggar first, and now as a thief!" "You're progressing!" "My request is the same even now:" "I need Rs. 500/- for my brother's life!" "My reply is also the same:" "I can't give you any money!" "You have a river of wealth here;" "I'm asking you for only two drops!" "Put back the money, or I'll have to use this revolver!" "I beg you, Sir!" "Rs. 500/- can save my brother's life!" "I've brought the money!" "Brother!" ".." "No!" "Inspector, he's the thief - arrest him!" "Sahani, you killed my brother!" ".." "I won't leave you!" "Accused Kallu, because of robbing at Mr. Sahani's house .." ".. and attacking a uniformed police officer, .." ".. the court sentences you to nine months in prison." "Have you anything to say in your defense?" "I feel this sentence to be really unjust." "A child is born after nine months;" "even Kallu will be reborn." "If a child makes a mistake, there are two ways of correcting him:" "To make him understand with love, or to punish him." "This is Kallu's first blunder, but it hasn't been forgiven." "By punishing him, I feel the court is putting him straight into the university." "Stepping into the university, he'll meet big professors of crime." "Each professor will be an expert in his subject." "They won't rest until he too becomes an expert like them." "After 9 months, Kallu would have got his new life." "You haven't finished with the clothes, when will you do the utensils?" "What has she done?" " She stole, the way you taught her!" "Feeling very hungry, I took some leftovers from their plate." "I didn't steal, he's lying!" " Yeah!" "Your mother and uncle are angels!" "Don't say anything against my uncle!" " Get lost!" "Sister-in-law, take Munni!" "You hit this innocent child, Narayan!" "What a stride!" " Where are you going?" "To kill his old enemy" " Sahani Seth!" " l see!" "We have all the items required for murder." "Take this English pistol." " And this Rampuri knife." "Take whatever you wish!" "But, when Sahani Seth dies, and you are hanged, .." ".. then what will happen to your sister-in-law and Munni?" "You should kill your enemy with his own weapon." "And Sahani's weapon is gold!" "Kallu, sit inside, fast!" " You all go." "I'll come afterwards. I have to settle an old account with this mill." "Fire!" "Inspector, he set fire to my mill!" "Arrest him!" "Through this fire, I declare war on you, Sahani Seth!" "Henceforth, any step you take will go towards your death!" "If you dare, tell these policemen about what you've lost and what I've gained!" "Kallu, because you set fire to Sahani Seth's mill .." ".. this court sentences you to two years in prison." "Your sentence is very long - two years!" "On the path which Sahani has pushed me into .." ".. there will be many more courts and prisons." "Behind me, there's only the darkness of poverty." "But, ahead, the bright sun of wealth is inviting me." "Kallu is about to turn Kaalia!" ".." "Come on!" "Are you Kallu's sister-in-law?" " Yes." "Has he done something wrong again?" " Ask about what he's done." "What has he done?" "In one day, he has made profits worth millions for our company." "We've made him our fourth partner." "Kallu made profits worth millions in one day?" "I don't understand!" "Just understand that we are jewelers." "At first sight, we knew that your brother-in-law was made of gold." "He is!" "See this!" "What is all this?" "Kallu has earned this money." "And these are two keys." "One is of your new house, and the other of your new car." "Before becoming a partner, Kallu put two conditions:" "That you won't stay in this slum, and won't have to walk all the time." "So sit in your new car and visit your new house." "In one day, you've taken Kallu to such heights!" "God, give him success and abundance in his work and earnings." "That is my plate!" " But you're not even in line!" "The line always starts from where l stand!" "My name is written on this plate!" " Who are you?" "I'm also a person who never stands behind anyone." "The line always starts from where l stand. .." "Fill the plate!" "You're lucky that you survived today, Michael." "Your death was as near as this bar is from you!" "Kaalia can never attack an unarmed man!" "Sir, as you ordered, all prisoners have been lined up outside." "That bloody jailer is coming!" "How do you know?" " Jailers and prisoners are like husbands and wives." "For a successful marriage, they should understand each other!" "He'll descend four steps, then stop." "Then he'll feel his trouser pocket." "But he'll find his cigar in his left shirt pocket." "He'll chew on the cigar, then spit." "He'll now light the cigar, and the matchstick will land on my back!" "Prisoner 602!" "Here I am!" " Talk with your head bowed!" "This head can never bow in front of any human being." "It'll only bow at God's door, or His court." " Very good!" "I respect such heads." "But what you did in other jails shouldn't happen here." "If it does, you'll be really sorry!" "I've read all your records." "Then you'll know that the jailer of whichever jail I go to .." ".. gets himself transferred, or goes on a long leave. - l'm not like that!" "I won't go on a leave, nor will I apply for a transfer." "Even I have a record." "Any criminal who's been released from my jail has only one prayer:" "Never to come to my jail again!" "You haven't eaten your food." "Has some prisoner irked you again?" "Yes, there's a prisoner." "He's completely wild and unbridled, like some wayward tempest!" "I'll have to bridle this tempest!" "There was such a prisoner before, whom you bridled." "But could you ever forget the hoof marks he left on your heart?" "No, I can never forget it!" "I had only one daughter." "She was 3 years old when that devil abducted her." "But I can't also forget that I'm a jailer." "It's my duty to define to them the meaning of hard punishment." "So that, after their release, they'll never want to return to jail again!" "The Sessions Court has accepted your appeal." "I have commenced the order for your release." "You can go." "You must be sorry that you didn't get time to reform me." "I'll get it in the future." "The path you have taken ends right here." "You'll come again, and I'll meet you here." "Your unfinished training will be completed then." " All right." "Just think that our contest with each other has ceased for some time." "When the game starts again, we'll pick up the pawns from right here!" "Gopal!" "How was it?" " All right." "But has my sister-in-law learnt anything?" "No." "She only knows that you're returning from America." "Here's your luggage." "There are saris for Bhabhi, and frocks and toys for Munni." "The plane from New York has arrived;" "Sir will be here any moment." "But nothing's ready here!" "The dining table is empty." "As soon as he comes, he'll say:" ""l'm really hungry" !" ""Everything's available abroad, except food cooked by you."" "He's arrived!" ".." "Ramu, set the table and get the "aarti" items." "Wait; first let me do the "aarti"." "I keep going abroad all the time." "For how long did I go this time?" "The house gets empty without you." " Give ..!" "Your "aarti" is done." "What have you cooked for lunch?" "I've come hungry from America." "Everything's available there, except food cooked by you." "I've told you so many times not to bring such expensive things for us." "The wardrobes are already full." " l bring them in my own interest." "Wear whatever you like, and put away the rest for Munni's dowry." "And nothing for your bride?" "Before Munni, I'll get you married." "My husband desired your marriage so much!" " Don't ever weep!" "For one drop of your tears, I can shed my entire blood!" "These are tears of gratitude!" "How do you earn so much money?" "My money comes from a gold mine." "Do you know where it is?" " Where?" "Beneath your feet!" "You'll never change!" "This is just a pistol .." "I have a license .." "Here it is!" "There's a govt. seal." "Do you believe now?" "I trust you the same way I trust God." "My entire world and life stand on these two pillars of faith." "It's a full-moon night, and you are in this darkness!" "You don't know what happened today." " What happened?" "Seeing the revolver, Bhabhi shivered once, and I got scared." "Today, I lied and handled the situation." "But for how long will I hide the truth?" " l understand!" "Your conscience is troubling you!" "Then leave this luxury and pick up a beggar's bowl!" "Forget you ever had a brother who died for just Rs. 500/-!" "Send your sister-in-law to some widows' home!" "Put Munni in some orphanage - our country has lots of them!" "As long as I am alive, Munni can't be an orphan!" " My throat!" "Never mind." "See this card." "There's a party, which will be attended by the princess of Jeetnagar." "She wears a particular diamond on her neck." "If you manage to get it, your life will be blessed!" "I'm ready, Sahani Seth." "People who go to get priceless diamonds .." ".. shouldn't be dressed as washermen!" "Your bow looks as if it's been borrowed!" "Big shots of the city will be coming to the place we're going to." "Kings, rich people .." "Also hoodlums like you, who'll be eyeing the diamond." "But today, that diamond will become forever mine!" "Who took the diamond straight from my hands?" "Sahani Seth, the diamond is with me." " Who are you?" "Your master, whom you created yourself .." "Kaalia!" "Who's this Kaalia?" " Don't worry!" "Whoever Kaalia may be .." ".. I'll get you the diamond within 24 hours!" " 24 hours?" "If you can do that, I promise to give you this seat." "To get it, many of your colleagues are ready to die or kill!" "Search the entire flat, you'll get the diamond right here!" "Greetings, Sir!" "Did you see anything?" " l see many things." "My hands work on shoes, but my eyes roam everywhere!" "Did you see anything particular last night?" "I saw, but my tongue feels scared to move!" "Will it move now?" " This isn't enough!" "Now?" "Last night, a car came and stopped out there." "The men inside were watching your flat." "Then you came downstairs and went off in your car." "Then?" " They went and barged into your flat." "After sometime, they returned and went off in their car." "Here's Rs. 50/- .." "Tell me the number fast!" "What are you doing?" " l'm searching for the number!" "I don't know which cell of my brain it's hidden itself in!" "See the 100-rupee note and come out!" ".. lt's come out!" "I like this toy of yours." " Sir, it's not a toy!" "It's a magical bird that flies in the air!" "You won't get such goods everyday;" "buy it immediately!" "First I'll take a test drive." "Here are the keys - drive and see how it glides!" "Tell me a little thing." " Yes?" "Who took this car from your showroom last night?" "I can't tell it to you!" " You can't?" "My showroom!" "Stop the car!" "You are crazy!" "Have you come from an asylum?" "Leave me!" "Put on the brakes!" "What are you doing?" "The hood's gone!" "Mr. Champion, I'm the only son of my parents!" "Tell me who it was, or I'll strip this car!" " l'll tell you!" "Sahani Seth's man Rawat!" "You entered my house last night!" "Henceforth, if you even look towards it, you'll become like this!" "There won't be any roof over you, or ground beneath you." "And the pieces of your body will fly in the air like paper!" "Understand?" "One more thing!" "Those who know the value of diamonds .." ".. don't hide them in mattresses or pillows." "They attach them to themselves!" "Like this!" "I want that diamond, and you can get it!" " What diamond?" "Due to it, my life is lying at stake with Sahani Seth!" "It's tied to Kaalia's wrist in a gold chain." "Did you get the diamond?" " Yes!" " Where is it?" " With me." "Where are you?" " Me?" ".. With the diamond!" "What rubbish!" " My job's over from today." "I want a share - fifty-fifty!" "Look behind you." "Those two guys will turn you into fifty-fifty!" "Mother!" "See what I've brought!" "We're not poor anymore!" "Get up and see what the sun of wealth looks like!" "My days are over." "My daughter Rina is not your younger sister, as you think." "What are you saying?" " Many years back .." ".. someone had abducted and brought you .." ".. and left you with me." " Why didn't you tell me before?" "How could I?" "That butcher had threatened to kill me." "But what fear do I have now?" ".." "He was .." " Tell me!" "Rawat, I'm drinking this to your success and my happiness." "I applaud you." "Taking the diamond from Kaalia was as difficult as .." ".. snatching a chunk of meat from a tiger's jaws." "I'm now fit for this seat, Sahani Seth." " No!" "Not as yet!" "The diamond in Sahani's glass is a fake, like your success!" "What rubbish are you saying?" " l'm speaking the truth." "Bathing fake diamonds in wine doesn't turn them real." "Like bathing in the Ganges doesn't turn donkeys into humans." "This is the real diamond!" "You've recognized this diamond." "Now look carefully and try to recognize me." "I'm that same Kallu, whom you turned into Kaalia." "I had heard that God writes the destinies of human beings." "But you wrote mine by cutting my brothers hands." "From now on, don't try to use your hands too much .." ".. nor should you try to stretch them too much!" "If you stretch them, I'll cut and crush them!" "She'll become conscious after some time;" "I'll come again." "Till then, give her these medicines every two hours." "What are you looking at?" " What I haven't seen in you for many years." "Anxiety, hope, and love." "When your daughter had fallen ill .." ".. you had sat like this for three days and nights." "Yes." "Rani would also have been of the same age now." "Who knows where she is, and in what condition?" "Look after her and give the medicines every 2 hours." " Yes." "How's your wife?" " She's well, and has returned from the hospital." "Did your daughter pass her exams?" " She passed last year.." ".. and is now attending college." "What's happened to him today?" "For the first time, I'm seeing him so gentle." "He treated us like humans, and also spoke like one!" "Where's the girl?" " She's gone." " Where?" " l don't know!" "Why did you let her go?" " l didn't let her go." "I had gone to make tea." "When I returned, she was gone." "I regret even leaving this place." "It's not your fault." "For how long would she have stayed here?" "Daughters have to leave their homes one day or the other." "And she didn't have any kinship with this house or me." "Madam, it's ready." " Keep it here." "Where are you preparing to go?" " You are going." " Where?" "To visit Munni." "See her letters." "She asks only one question: "When will Uncle come to meet me?"" "If I could, I'd have gone to meet her every week." "But what can I do?" "My feet are tied." "I wonder when you'll be able to stay with me restfully." "Very soon." "I have to settle some accounts with the world." "Once they are settled, there'll only be rest after that." "I'm leaving the school, but why are you crying?" "Because you're leaving." " Don't cry!" "Life offers only two paths to human beings:" "The right, and the wrong." "I used to follow the wrong path." "But I promised my dying mother to leave that path." "That's why I can no longer pay my sister Rina's fees." "Don't get disheartened." "You're sitting in front of the Son of God." "And God surely helps those who decide to help themselves." "I have full faith that He will send someone to help you." "I never thought God would answer anyone's prayers so quickly." "I don't understand." " l prayed to Him just now .." ".. to send a kind angel." "And He has sent one!" "Where's this angel?" " He's standing in front of me!" "Uncle!" "Why are you crying?" "She's also crying; she hasn't paid her school fees, and is leaving." "If she leaves the school, I'll cry a lot!" " Enough!" "I won't let anyone of you cry." "And I won't let you cry either" "Your school fees had been paid." "Now you will not leave Munni." "Really, uncle" "You too give me a kiss come on" "Sister" "You paid my fees." " Not me. he paid it." "Let's go" "I didn't even imagine that we would meet again. that too here." "I didn't even imagine that you would do thing to me." "What have I done?" "You have made a charity" "You know that you have 0iven it to me." "Won't you like to take it back?" "No." "Mother Superior told me about your ga0a ln some way our aagas are similar, and not are well." "We were both following the same path." "You faced a bend from which you could have turned back." "But I've reached a position from where l can't return." "Even I didn't have any way." "But you arrived .." ".. to save my wayward and dissipated life." "If you look carefully, you'll see my selfishness even in this." "I didn't save you, but saved myself." "I thought I had lost everything." "But, after coming here, I've found that there's still something remaining." "A bit of idealism and integrity that could help somebody." "I've met you before, but now I feel I'm meeting someone else." "Even I've met a person who had become completely alien to me." "After a long time, I've met myself again today!" "Jagir Singh, your goods have arrived." "Wow!" "How superbly you lifted the glass!" "Now do something for me:" "My briefcase is there in that cabin." "I've kept a gift for you inside it." "Go and get it." "That was Jagir Singh, the uncrowned king of our docks." "Our goods would reach the docks, but Kaalia would take them." "The situation is similar at Madh Island." "Gold is sent to us from abroad, but reaches Kaalia." "And these Madh Island people sit on the shore, fishing!" "If this happens again, you'll all end up like Jagir Singh!" "Don't stare at me like that!" "Think of some way to defeat Kaalia." "He's not some angel, but human .." "like you and me." "A human being can be destroyed;" "he has to have some weakness." "Find Kaalia's weakness;" "it is our strength!" "My biggest weakness is my sister-in-law." "Will you go this way in front of her?" "Then how should I go?" " This indecent dress won't do." "Wear this sari." "I'm ready!" "I'm ruined!" " What happened?" "It looks like you've tied a turban around you!" "Let me show you how to wear a sari." "A part of it should be attached." "A part should be suspended." "And a part should be folded .." "like this!" "Now the sari is ready!" "Instead of dropping the hem from your shoulder .." ".. put it over your head." "The face should be covered, like the moon by a cloud!" "Exposure is a western fashion;" "shyness is India's ornament." "My sister-in-law really likes it." "Bhabhi, the girl I'd told you about is here." " Bring her inside." "So she's the one who you've been lauding so much." "Don't you like her?" " Let me see her first." "Why has she covered her face?" "is there some mark?" "No!" " lsn't she as lovely as the moon?" "You never see anything in sunlight;" "how can you see the moon?" "She's beautiful, but what about other qualities?" "She's very educated:" "she's done her matriculation!" "I didn't ask about her degrees." "Can she use her hands for household work?" " Hands?" "She's an expert in sleight-of-hand!" " You shut up!" "I'll ask everything myself." ".. Don't mind, Sister .." "Before buying gold, one has to examine it thoroughly." "Can you cook?" " She can cook all dishes:" "Indian, western, Chinese, Russian .." "She can cook pulav, biryani, and my most favorite dish: omelet!" "Then come to the kitchen and make an omelet." "Here are the eggs, frying pan, and ghee." "How long will you take?" "Two!" ".." "In two minutes!" " All right." "What have you done?" "She's very nervous today, so she erred." "She'll learn everything in time." "Just tell me whether she has passed or failed." "Passed!" " She's passed!" "Why are you closing so early?" "I've come to buy flowers." "A customer came and bought all the flowers." "Who's this connoisseur in Bombay city?" "There's only one:" "Kaalia!" "Make me a nice bouquet." " No flowers are left." "But what about all these flowers, and the ones on that truck?" "All these flowers are for Mr. Kaalia." "is this man new in Bombay?" " You don't know Mr. Kaalia!" "His name is on everyone's lips nowadays." "Yes, they will reach there." "You can't help me. I wanted to buy a small bouquet." "But it seems all the flowers in this city have been sold." "To only one person" " Kaalia!" "Yes." "Do you know him?" " No." "But I definitely want to know - who's this Kaalia?" "Kaalia is the king of crime, like this pawn is of chess." "In chess, others are killed, but the king remains safe till the end." "This might be the same Kaalia who had once come to my jail." "How did he become a king so soon?" " Go and see for yourself." "Kaalia is giving a party today, and dared to even send me a card." "He's written that I should bring a full platoon with me!" "There's Kaalia, whom you wanted to meet." "Congratulations!" "I've recognized him." "He's come very fast from prison to this palace!" "I've seen something else, which you may have missed, Mr. S.P." "Today, crime is so prosperous, and the law so helpless!" "Mr. Jailer, I'd forgotten to invite you, but I'm happy you've come." "I was your guest once, now you are mine!" "You must be sorry that I didn't stay with you too long." "And you couldn't extend me the hospitality you'd have liked to." "I'll get more opportunities for that." "But now, I want to meet the person for whom you bought so many flowers." "This is Shalini, my fiancee." " l've met her before." "She was unconscious then .." "and even now!" "You're not in your senses to say such things on such an occasion." "I wish I could pray for your eternal happiness as a wife." "But I can see what none of you can." "When criminals travel on the flashy road of success .." ".. they forget that this road ends at the prison, or the scaffold!" "Then listen to me too:" "What delight is there in troubles, if death doesn't come at youth?" "What delight is there in a funeral, if there's no weeping?" "You?" ".." "Here?" "I had come to meet Kaalia, but it seems he's not at home." "Yes, he's gone out for some work." " But I've met you at least." "When I had met you first, what a condition you were in!" "But see your grandeur today!" "You people have really progressed!" "We have progressed only due to Kallu's hard work." " Wrong!" "Through hard work, one can build a hut, not such a palace." "I know this, because I too live in such a palace." "The tree of wealth grows only on the soil of crime." " No!" "My brother-in-law can never bring sinful earnings into my house!" "It seems he keeps telling you false stories, and you believe them!" "He'd go to jail, but tell you that he was going abroad." "If you don't believe me, then go and enquire at any prison." "You'll find his entire life story in the registers there." "Where are you going?" " l won't stay in this house any longer!" "What happened?" "What have I done?" "Even outsiders didn't do what you did!" "They had only cut my husband's hands .." ".. but you've stabbed my heart!" " What are you saying?" "What have you left for me to say?" "The light of my life left me along with my husband." "But the lamp of faith in you kept burning." "Even that's got extinguished today!" "I considered your brother to be Ram, and you to be Laxman." "I didn't know that my Laxman had turned into Ravan!" "Let me go; you can enjoy your golden Lanka!" "Who had come here to tell you false stories?" "If they are false, swear on me and tell the truth!" "That you've earned all this wealth through labor, not crime!" "Through labor, one can erect a hut, not such a palace." " Enough!" "You've started speaking the words of your brother's killers!" "I can no longer stay in this hell." " Then was the place we left heaven?" "Where, to save the repairing costs of a faulty machine .." ".. two strong hands and a young life could be cut!" "Where Rs. 500/- could be spent for some brief entertainment .." ".. but not to save a life and a family!" "There's no sin in my blood, nor was it in my mother's milk." "The venom of sin was injected into me." "Until I spit this venom onto the faces of my enemies .." ".. I can't even think about sin or virtue." "But I can!" ".." "Therefore, I'm leaving!" "If you even step outside, you'll see my corpse!" "What oath have you sworn?" "I can't go outside, yet can't stay here with a sinner like you!" "Even if the sinner wants to reform?" "Think that the sinner has changed his ways." "Henceforth, whatever I did won't happen again!" "You won't leave me now, will you?" "I could have left Kaalia, but where will I go if I leave my Kallu?" "Who?" "Kaalia?" " Yes;" "I want to meet you." "When, and where?" " Whenever and wherever you wish." "It's ten now." "Can you meet me at 1 1 near the ruined church at Madh Island?" " Why not?" "You'll come first; but you'll keep your car headlights on." " Okay." "Get my car." " At once!" "But you won't drive, I will; because I'll have to go alone today." "Sahani Seth, today I'll do to you what you did to Ramani Seth." "It's the rule in our profession that seats are only snatched!" "What's this?" " You're not taking me along, so you might need this!" "But, seeing your conduct, I've changed my decision." "You and your weapon will now come with me!" "Why are you glancing at your watch all the time?" "A driver should always look at the road." "The car is air-conditioned, but you're sweating!" "What's the matter?" " Nothing!" "Rawat, stop the car." "Open the bonnet." "You should have thought of some new stratagem to kill me." "I am an old player of this game." "Sahani Seth, you had drawn a line of blood between you and me." "It would have ended with the death of either of us." "I've come to tell you that I've erased that line myself." "Your death was near - but thank those hands that turned back the clock." "But don't think that you've defeated me." "Today, I'm not drawing, but throwing a weapon in front of you!" "But fear that day when you'll force me to pick up a weapon!" "The court has heard the full story about the murder .." ".. and the testimonies from both sides." "The accused has himself made my work very easy." "The corpse was found in the arms of the murderer." "The accused's fingerprints were found on this knife." "Bloodstains were found on the accused's clothes." "There's no doubt now that this killer committed the murder!" "I don't have to tell the court what punishment such a murderer deserves!" "Such a murderer deserves death, but the crime should be proved!" "The foundation of our country's law and justice is that .." ".. one cannot be considered a criminal unless proved guilty!" "None of the witnesses produced were present at the scene of the crime." "They spoke about what happened before or after the crime." "In a murder trial, an eyewitness' statement is the most valuable." "Until such a witness is produced, the accused cannot .." ".. get the punishment that my colleague is demanding!" "I agree with my worthy colleague." "An eyewitness is most valuable in a murder trial." "I'm sorry that I couldn't produce such a witness before." "But I can do so now!" "This witness saw the murder happen with her own eyes!" "Swear on this Gita: "l will speak nothing but the truth"." "What relationship do you have with the accused?" "He's my brother-in-law." "is it true that he was dearer to you than a son?" " He is even now." "Did you see him commit the murder?" " Yes!" "I have nothing more to ask." "Don't ask anything to my sister-in-law." "For me, her words are always like the words of God." "Throughout her life, she has spoken only the truth." "If she's seen me commit this murder, then I have committed it!" "After this, I don't want to make any statement." "I only want to confess that I have committed this murder!" "I was waiting for you, Kaalia." "I'd told you that the path you were following ends at the scaffold!" "I've myself opted for that scaffold!" "The judge only wrote my death sentence." "But, even now, I worship as God the person who sealed it!" "I told the court whatever you asked me to." "Now please return my daughter to me!" "The death sentence has only been passed now." "Till Kaalia is hanged, I can't return your daughter to you!" "What is this?" " Your Kallu's shroud!" "You're so different from what he thought you to be!" "He brought you here, but see where you've sent him!" "What did his enemies give you that he didn't?" "How much did you sell his life for?" " Enough, Shalini!" "How deep is your lust for wealth, that only Kallu's death can fill it?" "If possible, put this shroud over me and burn me alive!" "I deserve this punishment!" ".." "I have no way to go .." "My Kallu is in prison, and my daughter is with Sahani Seth!" " What?" "My sister-in-law did the right thing." "The story begun by Sahani Seth doesn't end, but starts from here." "He wrote the first word of this story, but I'll write the last!" "The meeting time is over." "Meetings can end, but not time!" "You've leaped really high today!" "Many prisoners have tried to escape from my jail." "But nobody could reach as far as you did!" "Freedom is every prisoner's dream." "But now, your entire being will regret ever seeing it!" "Chain him so much that he'll never think of escape again!" "Till now, you've seen the iron of chains and bars .." ".. but not the steel of my guts!" ".." "Shackle my entire body!" "Erect iron walls all around, but I'll tear them apart!" "I'll break all the shackles and show you!" ".." "Understand?" "Chain him so much that he'll never think of escape again!" "Kallu, run!" "Death arrived before you, Jailer .." "Kaalia is no more!" "I wanted to hand over Kaalia to the law alive." "By dying, he has really wronged me!" "But you have my full sympathy." "And I sympathize with you, Jailer!" "The tables have turned now!" "If you follow me even one step, I'll put all the bullets inside you!" "I'll take all the bullets, but won't budge from my place!" "You're an escaped prisoner, and it's my duty to arrest you!" "Like you, even I am bound by my duty!" "The tables have turned again, Kaalia!" "If you advance even one step, I'll put all the bullets inside you!" "How can one who swallows fire get scared of sparks?" "Shoot!" "You came here following a line of blood .." ".. but I'll go, even if I have to swim on a canal of blood!" "You're fighting for medals, but I want to save a small life." "Small life?" " Yes, his niece." "To save her, his sister-in-law falsely accused him of murder." "And he accepted it." "If you don't believe even this, do whatever you wish;" "I'm going!" "Stop!" "Like you, even I have drunk the milk of a tigress!" "By mentioning about that small life .." ".. you've made me decide to take a risky decision." "I'll accompany you wherever you're going." "Think that now you have four hands!" "Where's Sahani?" "Speak, or I'll shoot you!" "Get up Sahani, and take me to Munni!" "You've done enough of your firing." "You're now standing on a chess-board of death!" "If you have the guts, come forward and make the first move!" "The game will start later, first see your stake!" "Uncle!" "You did the right thing by coming back to the white spot." "Else, Munni would have got crushed .. Now look there!" "Beware!" ".." "Don't step forward!" "On this board, only that white spot means life, the rest mean death!" "If you step on that red spot, Munni will die." "If you step on this green spot, your sister-in-law will die." "They'll stay alive only if you remain inside that white spot." "There's one more rule of this game:" "only I will make all the moves!" "Now I'll show you the strength of this hand, which you wanted to cut!" "If you even try to raise your hands, you'll be riddled with bullets!" "That was for stealing from my house, so it was a bit gentle!" "That was for setting fire to my factory, so it was a bit hard!" "That was for the priceless diamond .." ".. which was your biggest victory, and my biggest defeat!" "These blows were for that gold, which reached the docks for me .." ".. but landed up in your godowns!" "You're already staggering!" "I have many more accounts to settle." "If you must settle your accounts with my death, do so." "But let these innocent people go." " And climb the scaffold myself?" "I'm not that stupid." "One's own life is always dearer than that of others." "Maybe for scoundrels like you!" ".." "If I had thousands of lives .." ".. I'd have sacrificed them for my sister-in-law and Munni!" "I admire your love, that's why I'm killing you so slowly!" "Well done!" "You've saved Munni, now watch your sister-in-law die!" "Tell your men to drop their weapons!" "Now I'll arrest you and take you to the place .." ".. where you wanted this innocent man to be hanged for your crime!" "Drop your revolver, Jailer!" "Or she'll be killed!" " Well done, Khadag Singh!" "You've given a new twist to this story!" "Tie them up!" "Do you remember, Jailer:" "twenty years back .." ".. one of your prisoners had abducted your daughter." "Look at me closely .." "I'm that prisoner!" "Jaswant?" " Yes!" "Would you like to know where your daughter is?" "Where's she?" " Right here!" "Father!" " Rani!" "My daughter!" "I'm so happy today!" "You scoundrel!" "Your meeting time is over!" "Twenty years back, a prisoner was meeting his wife this way." "Then you used your whip and said:" ""Time's over" !" "Your whip was fiery; my back still burns." "Now it'll be cooled!" "I won't hit you, but your delicate daughter!" "You devil!" "You bastard!" "You've made all your moves - it's my turn now!" "You taught an inexperienced foot soldier like me the game of crime!" "You made me a powerful minister, who could hit like this!" "That was for the Rs. 500/-, which you gave to a harlot, but not to me!" "That was for my brother's death, who had taught me idealism!" "That was for turning an honest man like me into a devil like you!" "I won't give you an easy death." "I'll definitely kill you, but very slowly!" "Get up!" "I'm arresting you and taking you to your rightful dwelling!" "Pray that you don't land-up in my jail!" "Mr. l.G.P., you'll escort me outside!" "Come on!" "Now I'm handing my prisoner over to you." "Watch him carefully, he has a habit of escaping!" "I want to ask you something:" "Have you heard of Mukhtar Singh?" " No!" "Then what have you heard?" "The name of Mukhtar Singh .."