"Nandini..." "Let me sleep" ""Happy birthday, brother." " Many happy returns of the day"" ""Carrot-halwa." "You love it, don't you?" " Help yourself"" "Go on" "He's angry because Nandini hasn't been married" "What can I do?" "I tried so much to convince her... but she just doesn't approve of a suitor" "Try Patel's son..." " He's an ape!" "A monkey!" "He's a monkey" "And you shut up!" " We must fulfill our promise to him" ""Without his support, I wouldn't have had a roof over my head in Canada"" "He was such a great man..." " So we must marry her off to a monkey?" "What monkey?" "He doesn't even have a tail" "It's Papa's birthday" "It's ten already and you still haVen't gone to the restaurant" "You're always harping on my marriage!" "You just aren't bothered about your work" "Go on now... hurry up!" " But how about your marriage?" ""Really?" "I'm going to report you to Papa." "See, Papa...?"" "Where were you all these days?" "Know how difficult it was to get tickets to the concert?" ""They're at the restaurant, where else?" "Come here immediately"" "What serious business did you want to discuss?" "You are our business partner in this restaurant... and you'Ve been taking care of this eatery for the last seven years I haVen't even received any salary" "You have no one of your own." "Shouldn't you be thinking about yourself?" "Why must I?" "You guys are here to think about me" "And so we'Ve thought of getting you married." "To Nandini" "Marry Nandini?" "Are you guys crazy?" " We know you're in love with Nandini" "Don't you like Nandini?" " l do" "But I'Ve never thought of marrying her." " There's no problem in thinking" "Nandini won't find a better boy than you" ""Besides, you have no one in the world"" "The two of you will be so happy if you are married to each other lt'll make brother so happy too." " True... but Nandini's a Very dear friend." "If I spoke marriage with her... I'd probably be..." " Endangering your friendship?" "The two of them mean everything to me" "How can I get married and go away?" "I could never do it" ""Now tell me, how can I marry a man I don't even know?"" ""Someone must come along, marry me and take me away"" "Which movie did we see together?" "Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge" ""So you aren't going to get married?" " Oh no, let's see"" "Will you marry me?" ""lt's the call of my heart, my love." "Come to me"" ""l wait for you..." "do not torment me anymore"" ""Come, drive my loneliness away"" ""everything is so dull without you." "Where are you...?"" "come to me" ""You are the one I dream of, you are the one I always think of..."" ""you are the only one who lives in my restless heart"" ""So come to me, my love"" ""lt's the call of my heart, my love." "Come to me"" ""l wait for you..." "do not torment me anymore"" ""Come, drive my loneliness away"" ""everything is so dull without you." "Where are you...?"" "come to me" ""You are the one I loVe to behold..."" ""you are the shining star of my fortunes"" ""Come to me, my love"" ""lt's the call of my heart, my love." "Come to me"" ""l wait for you..." "do not torment me anymore"" ""Come, drive my loneliness away"" ""everything is so dull without you." "Where are you...?"" "come to me" ""My heart calls out to you." "Come to me, my love"" ""l pine for you..." "do not make me pine anymore"" ""Come, drive my loneliness away..."" ""for the world is bereft of any excitement without you..."" "where are you...?" "What...?" "Where...?" "How did it happen?" "Where are you held up...?" "What is the matter?" "Don't worry. I'm coming over." " What happened?" "My uncle was coming to see me and the police in Los Angeles caught him lt has something to do with his passport. I must go there" ""l'll go with you." " No, I'm going with him"" "I know those guys" ""lf Ballu's uncle has an immigration problem, enquire at the Immigration"" ""But he was staying at your place, wasn't he?"" "HaVen't they contacted him yet?" " HaVen't you been contacted either?" "Ask at the Immigration" "One moment" "ravi... how's Ma ?" "It's Shekhar here from Canada." "How's Ma...?" "I can't hear a word." "How's Dadu?" "It's Shekhar from Canada..." "how's Ma?" "ravi... how's Ma?" "It's Shekhar!" "From Canada!" ""Who are you talking to, Shekhar?"" "Who planted the bomb...?" "Go there and check it out immediately." "lmmediately..." ""Say something, damn it!" "It's Shekhar here!"" ""ravi, go to Ma!" "Go to Ma!" "lmmediately"" ""Who are Ma and Dadu, Shekhar?"" "Why do you need this money?" "What is the matter?" "Tell me what you are looking for" "Why do you need the passport?" "Where are you going?" "Where are you going...?" "I'm going with you too!" "No!" "Ma... my Ma..." "Let's go." "The train's leaving in five minutes" "Shekhar!" "Uncle...?" " My boy!" "My darling boy!" "I was looking for you!" ""Where have you been?" " l was in Canada, Uncle"" ""This is my wife." "And this is my son." " Very sweet boy, I say"" "And your wife is Very beautiful too." "Very good looking..." ""Very tempting..." " We must leave now, Uncle"" ""We might miss the bus, we're getting late"" "Go on." "And do bring your wife to my place" ""She was sizzling, all right"" "It felt as if I put my hand on something steaming" "She's going to be great fun!" "She's a butter-ball..." "an imported one at that" "Where's Beechha?" "Lay off!" "Come on... get down!" ""Get down, you bastard!"" "See how he's struggling." "Get the bastard" "Wait!" "Nobody shoots!" "Can't you guys hear me?" "Nobody shoots!" "Wait there..." "nobody shoots!" ""Can't you bloody well hear me?" "Nobody shoots, I say!"" "Hear that...?" "Do you?" ""What do you want to do, uncle?" "Kill each other?"" "Here... kill me!" "Kill me!" "But nobody opens fire" "Nobody fires!" "Hurry up!" "Get the Vans out of here" "Are you mad?" "Couldn't you send word that you were coming?" ""Had we not come on time, I don't know what would happen today"" "They'd have bumped him off!" " Shut up" ""Who is she?" " How's Ma, Uncle?"" "Where's Shekhar...?" "Put that gun away!" ""How are you, my friend?" " And how are you?"" ""You aren't hurt, are you?" " Forget it." "This place hasn't changed"" "Where did you pinch this uniform from?" " What rubbish I haVe become an inspector." "And I'm posted in this Very area" "Let's talk in the car." "I'Ve got to meet Ma" ""At Dadu's?" "No, not today." " Why not?"" "Dadu's bound to hit back for this." "And I'll have to handle it" ""Nandini... my wife." "And this Pratap, my childhood friend"" ""He's actually seven years older, but he says he's younger"" "See you later." " All right" "Enough" "Walk over it" "Tell her!" "It's the custom." " l can't do this" ""How's Ma, Dadu?"" "is she all right?" ""Where did you pick up this girl?" " lt's Nandini, my wife"" ""l wanted to tell you, but it happened so suddenly." "We got married in a temple"" ""Your kid?" " Yes, he's my son"" "What do you call him?" " Raja..." "Rajeshwar" "Old man!" "Well?" " Well?" ""A tiger's cub, all right!"" "Old man... take a look at this" "Ask her to wear decent clothes" "Here you are." "Your great grandson!" "Rajeshwar!" "He has been named after you" "The rascal got married out there" "He didn't consider it necessary to inform us" "And this is his woman..." "give them your blessings." "Go on!" "This is your great grandfather" ""He can't move, he has no teeth..." "but he's still a fighter"" ""Your great grandson, my grandson"" "Greet him" "Brother Shekhar!" "You forgot all of us?" "Sister-in-law!" "Hello!" "And my nephew..." "How's Ma?" " She's all right." "Come with me" ""He loves his mother Very much..." "been away for eight years, after all"" "Why's he so late?" " Ma..." "Are you all right?" " Well...?" "Does anyone forget his Ma like this?" "Where did you leave me and go away?" "Don't you know?" "I can't live without you" "every time the crow cawed on the window-sill... I said Shekhar was coming." "And you...?" "you come after all these years?" "And you're the only one I haVe I'm here now... isn't it?" "Isn't it?" "Who's this girl?" " Your daughter-in-law" "My daughter-in-law...?" "Go and fetch the ceremonial plate" ""You got married...?" "Come, come and sit here"" "May you be happily married" "She looks like a real Goddess." "She's Very beautiful" ""Not better looking than I am, is she?" " She's far better"" "What is your name?" " Nandini I didn't ask you." "I want to hear her Voice" "What is your name?" "Nice name" "This is your grandson." " His name is Raja" ""How are you?" " l'm all right, brother"" ""Nandini, this is my sister." " Sister-in-law is Very beautiful"" "So they tried to kill my son" "And who was it?" "Your mistress's son" "You weren't satisfied with one wife" "You will sacrifice my son to let my step-mother's soul find peace" "They'll shoot at Shekhar?" "At Shekhar...?" "Narsimha's entire family is here right now" "Let's finish all of them and take control..." ""of the mansion, 40 Villages, 4000 families..."" "they'll all be at your feet" "Their women will be my whores... and they will bear me bastards." "It'll sure be fun" ""Guns, bullets, explosions..." "and an obsession with revenge"" "That's just what has happened in this family... in this region" "This is just the tradition that has been passed down" "The enemy isn't anyone else..." "it's my own uncle" ""After my sister's wedding, we were on our way to a temple..."" "when Uncle Beechha launched a grenade attack on us" "My brother-in-law was blown to pieces" "My sister's hands and my face were smeared with blood" "Grandfather lay motionless and Dadu was screaming away" "Although I'm the sole heir in the family... I wanted to go away from all the Violence" "So I studied Very hard and went away to Canada" "That is where l met you..." ""and for the first time in my life, I had found some peace"" ""For fear of losing you, I hid the truth from you"" "But when I heard about Ma..." "I couldn't stop myself" ""l love my Ma Very much, Nandini"" ""Shekhar, I'm Very scared"" ""Nandini, I'Ve come home after a Very long time"" "I want to spend some days with Ma" "What are you whispering to him?" "Eat all you want" ""lf you knew food gave you strength, you wouldn't have been so spineless"" "Here... have some chillis" ""lt strengthens your heart, you'll at least be a real man..."" "and you won't run away again!" "Why're you bothering your son?" "He has returned after so many years" "You won't even let him eat in peace?" " Because of your mollycoddling... he has become a bloody eunuch." "He ran away... because you always pampered him." "You'Ve made a coward out of him" ""A paper-tiger!" "He won't roar, he won't bite"" "What is the matter?" " l'm not hungry" "Madam doesn't like our food" "Does she eat diamonds in her country?" "Why's he running after his wife...?" ""ls he really my son, or is he someone else's?"" ""What happened, Nandini?"" ""Are you all right?" " Yes Nandini, I'm fine..."" "What happened...?" "What is the matter?" "Why are you so scared?" ""Shekhar, I want to talk to my Uncle Ballu"" ""This one is better, isn't it?"" "Shut up" "Nobody's taking the phone at home." " So try the cell-phone" "The call just isn't going through." "I'Ve tried so much" "We'll try tomorrow." "Let's go... we're getting late" "Must so many people accompany us even when we want to make a phone call?" "Well?" "What happened?" ""Sit down, sister-in-law"" "Naughty!" "See..." "how does she look?" ""Sit here, dear." " No, you sit down"" "Sit down quietly" "Where did you run into our boy?" "How did you hook him ?" "Tell us" ""With folded hands, greet all of them"" "Namaste." " Namaste" ""Enough, go on"" ""Hurry, we have a long queue"" "I liked draping a sari" "Your Ma is Very nice" "You think this is India?" "At the American immigration office... you try to bribe them with 2000 dollars?" "I thought it was time they got used to taking bribes" ""Got used, my foot!"" "You're the one who ought to get used to living in jail!" ""Officer, here's 2000 Dollars"" "Know what?" "These guys don't know the Value of money" ""Had it been India, I'd have brought them along in just 2000 rupees"" ""You talk of bribes again...?" "Thank God, brother had a reputation"" ""Because of him, we got away"" ""Else, we'd have to spend our lives in jail"" ""Because of you, I had to spend a week in jail!"" ""What's the big deal?" "In India, several leaders spend time in jail"" "I'm going to kill you!" "Shekhar hasn't been going to the restaurant for the last five days" "Where could they..." ""Kill him, Dadu... kill him!"" ""Kill him, I say!" "Hack him to pieces"" "Dadu... hack him to pieces." "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "What's happening here...?" "Let him go..." "let go!" ""Uncle, ask them to let go." "Uncle..."" "Dadu... ask them to leave him alone." "Ask them to let Uncle go" "They're going to kill him!" "Ask them to let him go" "Dadu... how long will we continue with this bloodshed...?" ""What good is bloodshed, Dadu?" "Stop them, Dadu... stop them!"" ""Come, Dadu... ask them to let him go!" "Tell them to let him go!"" "Tell her..." "He didn't let the matrimonial Vermillion remain on my daughter" "He lobbed a grenade" "Your brother-in-law was blown to pieces lt happened in front of your eyes." "have you forgotten?" ""Someone came carrying his head, someone else bore a limb..."" "is he going to return?" ""l'm even willing to worship this man, but will my son-in-law come back?"" ""Forget the past, Dadu." " My father ought to have killed him"" "But they treat the old man like putty" "The old man shits and pees in his bed" ""So who will do the old man's job, if not his son?"" "Nobody's going to gain anything out of this." "Nobody" ""Let him go, Dadu..." "please let him go"" "My wise son..." "let me tell you something" "Had this man slaughtered your son and your wife... would you still ask me to let him go?" "I'd have let him go..." "I wouldn't kill anyone" "You're an ass." "A bloody ass" ""lf l let him go, he's going to kill me"" "Man does not kill man because it's a blessing" "He kills to save his own skin" ""But why would you bother, even if I died?"" "You give a damn for your father anyway" "You didn't miss your father even once in eight years" ""But the moment you heard about your mother, you came running"" "You're right. I had left this hell" "But you're still leading the life of a monster." "A beast!" "You don't have a shred of humanity running in your Veins" ""lf you kill him today, his son will kill you and me tomorrow"" "Blood and revenge..." "for generations to come!" ""What will you gain out of this, Dadu?" "What?"" "How many more women will weep like my sister?" "How many more lives is it going to ruin?" "For how long are they going to live in terror?" ""l beg of you, Dadu..." "let him go!" "leave him alone!"" ""All right, I'll let him go." "I'll leave him alone"" "But we'll have to flee this place." "Like docile women... and where will we go?" "To your madam's land?" ""40 Villages, 400 families and the estates..."" "I shoulder all the responsibility." "I keep their kitchen fires going" "And where will they go?" "He'll raze them to ashes" "Do what you want to!" " He'll raze them to ashes" "He'll turn the place into a graveyard." "Women will cultivate their bodies... and be enslaved to men." "And dogs will pee on our family name!" ""All right, do whatever you wish." "But I'm going to have uncle released!"" "Let him go!" "Let go!" "Take him away" "Kick him out" ""Dadu, you'll have to regret this!" "Kill him today..."" ""and his men will kill you tomorrow, they will kill me." "Let him go!"" ""Kick him out." "Looks like I'Ve sired a pig, not a son"" ""Raja, go inside"" ""have some peanuts, city boy." " Take him inside, Nandini"" "We'Ve killed your assassin" "The drum-beat..." "The drum-beat... the drum-beat resonates" ""You and I dance..." "we sway"" "Under the gleaming swords... the anklets chime" "The drum-beat..." ""This soil we love..." "we are proud of it"" ""We're the stirring winds that will uproot the enemy"" "We stand like the tall mountains" ""ln his shadow, we live"" "He has a heart as Vast as the ocean" "We worship fire" ""Under the gleaming swords the anklets chime"" "You are our lord and master" "We adore you" ""Taking lives is nothing..." "we can even lay down our lives"" "The soil of your feet..." ""is worthy of being applied to our foreheads"" "Beholding you is like..." ""being granted a Visitation by the Lord"" "The drum beats..." ""You and I dance..." "we sway"" "Under the gleaming swords... the anklets chime" "The drum-beat..." "What airs!" "The young one is really showing off" "Dancing like Madhuri Dixit" "What is it?" "People say that a murder..." ""No, I know there couldn't have been a murder here"" ""But I'm in the police department." "I'll have to do my duty, you see"" "But nothing has happened here." "Had there been something..." ""l'd surely have got to know, isn't it?"" "Go away... get lost" "The water here doesn't suit Raja." "He's had a cough for two days... he has a fever too" "I'm not being able to talk to uncle either" "The telephone lines here are so bad" "We'll come again to meet Ma" "That's what I'Ve been thinking about too I'll tell Ma tomorrow that we're leaving" ""Sit down, son." "You sit down too"" "Take the measurements" "What are you doing?" " Just stand here 21 ... 22... 35..." " What is this?" "30...?" "Your tummy's all dried up." "Don't you get food to eat out there?" "Turn around now." "21 ..." "Don't behave like a girl." "give her the measurements" ""What's going on, Ma?" " Mind the measurements, tailor"" "Won't I haVe him hacked if he messes up?" ""lt's got to be as good as the ones from the city, okay?"" ""What's all this about, Ma?" " Don't you remember?"" ""Four days later is your birthday." " Oh, Ma!" "I forgot"" "You don't even remember your Ma." "You'Ve forgotten everything" "But I remember." " Which is why you're my Ma" ""lovely bangles you're wearing, Ma!" "Nandini, aren't they beautiful?"" "Tell me what you want to." "Don't flatter me" ""Ma, we want to go back tomorrow"" "Raja hasn't been keeping well." "The water here doesn't suit him..." ""and Nandini's scared too." "I'd have stayed over, but..."" ""have a word with Dadu." "He'll flare up, if I say something"" "Only you can get us the permission to leave" ""You understand what I say, don't you?" " l understand everything"" "You just don't want to live here" "But you'Ve only left home..." "you haVen't left my heart" "But a mother will always want to see her son" ""After all those prayers and oaths, those temples and medicines..."" "you were born to me like a boon" "But look at my misfortune." "You can't live with your mother" "It's ages since I cooked porridge on your birthday" ""Let me have the satisfaction at least this time, my son"" ""For your Ma's sake, please stay on for just four days"" "I beg you" ""You will stay, won't you?" "You will stay...?"" ""Yes, Ma"" "Welcome!" "You'Ve put on a lot of weight" ""Well, ass?" "Where have you been?"" ""After the elections, you just Vanished"" "You did them all in?" "You made a lot of money?" ""And you forgot, you used to make bombs in this Very house"" "I helped him fight the elections." "And as soon as he becomes a minister... his backside gets as big as a melon" ""There are no roads in the Village, no water, no hospitals..."" "but he enjoys his chicken in the hotels" "He has his booze and strips young girls" "But that's how politics is." "It makes a dog out of man" "And it gives power to a dog..." "like him" ""You'Ve ruled enough, ass." "I'll fight the elections now"" "Why're you staring at me?" "I'm not making my wife the Chief Minister" "So what if I'm illiterate and have a foul tongue...?" ""As long as I wield the stick, I am the legislator here"" "But you needn't worry." "I'll give you work... what is that?" " Polling agent" "You do recognise your worth" "Go away... the sight of you makes my tiger cry." "Go" "Look at the tiger in the nude!" "These politicians are not to be trusted" "They'd even sell their mothers" "So what's the plan?" "Tell me." "I'll bring Narsimha out of his house" "But killing him is your responsibility." "He mustn't escape I'm going to fight the elections this time" "Tell me something... you have the stomach to kill Narsimha?" ""Truth is that after my brother was killed, my heart has been on fire"" ""For this Very purpose, I haVe had a gunman called from far away"" "He has committed three murders." "The first was his own father" "He ripped the old man apart at a liquor den" "How many men have you killed?" "There's no count." "None at all" "Just show him the money and the way he kills... he's too much" ""Look, Mister..." "don't go back on your word"" ""l want Narsimha dead, that's all." "You mustn't die instead"" "You mustn't die" "Nothing's going to happen." "Hold this" "Light it up and blow 'em up" "How's he going to rule the world if he doesn't hurl grenades?" "This one didn't even explode." "Are you guys making bombs or sweets?" ""lf this one doesn't explode, you guys are going to face the music"" ""Step aside... step aside, I say." " Come to me"" "Wasn't that an explosion!" "Let go..." " Let him be" "How will he manage if he doesn't learn?" "Why're you hitting the child?" " Who the hell are you to ask me?" "Go away" "What sort of a man are you to give explosives to a child?" "The skies haVen't fallen if we blew up a bomb" "You ought to be ashamed!" "If the bomb had gone off in his hands... he could have lost a limb..." "anything could have happened" "This child is no bomb you can replace with another" "What madam...?" "Do you eat fodder to act like an animal?" "You give him a bomb?" "Don't you have any brains?" "He's your son's son!" "Don't you understand that much?" "You're an animal anyway." "You want to make my son like you?" ""l made a mistake, so forgive me..."" "Let me and my son be." "leave us alone" "What's happening in this hell-hole?" ""You lied that you had no one, but this animal...?"" "They're all your flesh and blood." " Let's go inside and talk I find it so suffocating here" ""The three of us." "Let's go, please!" " But what is the matter?"" "What is the matter?" "He was teaching Raja to burst a grenade" ""You're proud of him, aren't you?" "But he's a beast!" "A wild animal!"" ""He applies the holy mark on his forehead, he cuts up a goat..."" "and he turns your sister into a widow!" "He broke her bangles and he sent that man's head rolling..." "He's a killer." "A bloody killer!" "Why must you put up with it?" "Take your wife and get the hell out of here" ""ldiot, it's my birthday on the fifth"" "And you know my mother." "She starts crying the moment I talk about leaving" "Won't I haVe to stay till my birthday?" "So keep your advise to yourself... and do something for me." "Book three tickets to Canada for the 6th" "Here are the passports." " l'll do it right today" "Here's the money." "Nobody must get to know about this" ""No, I'm not going to the Collector"" "I barged into the Chief Minister's bungalow yesterday... and said I'd resign if there was no development in your area" ""He immediately rang up the Collector and said threateningly, if there.."" ""is no development in Dadu's area, you will regret where you are transferred"" ""Dadu, the Collector panicked." "He wants to meet you right now"" "Take off your spectacles..." "are you shy to show me your eyes?" "You want me to go and meet the Collector?" "I carry a dozen collectors in my pocket" "What an ass!" "Where are you sending him?" "Kali Ghadi." "Maharaj's men go hunting there" "We'll bump off a few oldies there." " Shut up" ""You ought to go and meet him, Dadu"" "Here's the chance to have some development in this region" ""lt has to do with 40,000 people." "It could benefit everyone"" "At least meet the Collector I'm an illiterate man..." "not me" ""Dadu, you must fight the elections"" ""Once you'Ve won, you can do anything for this area"" "But you'll have to meet the Collector and other officials to do that" "Know what?" "I'll go and meet the Collector and bring him here" ""Once you'Ve met him, you won't have anymore hesitation"" "So what if you're illiterate?" "I'm an educated man" "Who will do the father's job if not his son?" "It would be better if you came" "One of you go with him lt's the first time he's standing in for his father" "Nothing... go on" "Get the car out." "Hurry up" "You come along too" "What're you looking there for?" "Come on" ""One minute, uncle..."" "He's making signs to his wife!" "You must take care of Dadu during the elections" ""lf he wins, it'll improve the lot of the people in the region..."" "and your lot too." "And stop all that blood-letting" "Or you'll get killed some day." "And what happens of your loved ones?" "Don't you guys know what suffering a fatherless child goes through?" "We ought to get together and make Dadu see reason I'm going to meet Uncle Maharaj..." " No I surely will." "And reason with him to help Dadu in the elections... here's the opportunity to bury the hatchet" "Right?" " Stop the car!" "What happened?" "You know how he was killed sir" ""How did this happen, Dadu?"" "Who committed the murder?" " l don't know" ""The police won't be able to do anything, if you don't tell us"" "Don't do anything then." "Just go away" "The post-mortem..." "Get the hell out of here!" "Get lost!" ""Raja, wake up"" "Let's go... we're leaving" "Where are we going?" " Home." "We're going home" "Where is Papa?" "What are you doing?" "His body's lying here and you're leaving?" "Let my son's last rites be performed by his son" "Or his soul will never find peace I beg you... please don't go away" "Please don't go away" ""Papa, get up"" ""Papa, wake up"" "You are destined to have a Void..." ""in the skies, is your abode"" ""Loneliness is your only companion..."" "and this is your last journey" "Away from the land of misery... away from cries of agony... away from the oceons of hatred..." "Away from the fire... that sets hearts ablaze" "Away from the fire..." "Where is your husband?" "I'm not sparing him" "His grown up son is dead." "Narsimha's beside himself in agony" "He's hopping mad in his mansion" "He's killing everyone in sight" "He even killed the politician" "Hey Narsimha!" "Corpses don't get lighter if you give them a shave" ""That's just what a wet hen will do, isn't it?"" ""After eight years, Narsimha's Venturing out of his hole..."" "to look for me." "But he won't be able to find me" ""l'm a jackal, I'll attack him when he least expects it"" ""He's going to come here, looking for me"" "But he's not going back" "Dadu..." "I'm leaving." " Very well" ""Binda, go and see her off at the airport"" ""ls there anything you want?" " No, nothing"" "Go on... may you be happy." " What do I haVe to be happy?" "And what do I haVe either?" "Don't be late... go on" ""Raja's staying here, with me"" "But Raja's my son!" " He's my grandson... the last heir of our family." "I'll make a tiger out of him!" ""What else can you do, except make beasts out of human beings?"" "But I'm not letting son become an animal." "give him to me..." "Enough... you'Ve said enough." "He's my son's offspring" "He's going to become a real man." "He'll avenge his father's death I'm going to make the enemy be hacked at this boy's hands" "He's going to shed blood...?" "He's going to kill people?" "Can you think of anything except murder and mayhem?" "Your son got killed because of you" "You ruined your son's life!" ""And now, my son...?" "No, I'm not letting that happen"" "I won't let his life be ruined." " This is a responsibility" ""lt's a responsibility, of 40 Villages and 40,000 people"" "My father was true to the enemity my grandfather had incurred" "He killed 14 men as a youngster" ""Now that my father is indisposed, I haVe discharged my duty"" "Do you understand?" "That husband of yours in the picture... he was a fox born to a tiger!" "He went away to a foreign land... and forget his manliness in your cosmetic beauty" "And now he's dead." "But everyone has to die" ""You and I too." "But as long as we live, we must lead a proud life"" "Now look..." " Look at what?" ""You're a shameless woman!" "There was your husband, lying dead..."" "and you were all set to leave." " give my son to me!" ""He stays here." "You may stay here too, if you wish to"" "But listen carefully." "Don't you ever mess with me again." "Do you understand?" "I don't want to even see your face!" "Nor do I want to live in this hell!" ""give my son to me... give him to me!" " What "my son" ...?"" "He's my flesh and blood." "My son's flesh and blood" "How can you bear a child without being impregnated?" "My son slept with you." " No" "He had so much of fun..." "only then was this boy born" "Your work is over." "Go away" ""That he's your son's offspring, you'll know only if I tell you"" "And I'm telling you now." "Listen carefully!" "He is not your son's offspring..." "he's someone else's baby" "Take her away and dump her in some corner." "Take her away" "These bloody women... they only understand the language of Violence" "Please let me go. I haVe nothing to do with you folks" ""As you know, I don't belong here." "I only knew Shekhar"" "And Shekhar is... I want my child." "Please don't separate me from my son" "I can't understand" "Why aren't you giving me my child?" ""Ma, you must help me..." "at least you must understand me"" "Please give my son to me I want my child" "Let me take my son away" "You and I met... fell in love..." ""and our loneliness began to Vanish"" ""We are no longer distanced..."" "we share love between us" "You and I met... fell in love..." ""and our loneliness began to Vanish"" "I was destined to meet you... and love was a lovely excuse" "love showed in my eyes..." ""and you meant more to me than my life"" "You are my love... my love" "You and I met... fell in love..." ""and our loneliness began to Vanish"" ""As long as the world exists, my love..."" "I shall belong to you" "love prays..." ""for a togetherness of seven lifetimes..."" ""with you, my love..." "my love"" "You and I met... fell in love..." ""and our loneliness began to Vanish"" ""Distances no longer keep us away..."" "love brings us together" ""Come, dear... come"" "Calm down..." "let's get on with the ritual" "Out of the way..." "let Ma through" "Bring the daughter-in-law..." "where is she?" "She was here right now." "Where's she?" " Where has she gone?" ""You're tired, aren't you?" "Just a little while more"" "If we could find a bus..." "Stop there!" "Please stop!" "That's Narsimha's daughter-in-law" "Go... get her!" "Let's get out of here." "Hurry!" "Get in" "Don't do it again" "Are you out of your mind...?" "Why did you take the risk?" ""You got away this time, but do it again, and they'll kill you"" "Can't you understand this much?" "My son is dead... what if you too...?" "You have a whole life ahead." "Go away... you can atleast live somewhere in peace." "Raja's the heir of this family..." ""let him remain here, but you can go." "Forget about your child"" "Go away" "Can you ever forget Shekhar?" "You are a mother and you give me such advise?" "I'm not going to be oppressed like you and the other women in this Village" "What kind of lives are you leading?" ""Your husband will kill me, isn't it?" "So let him kill me. I'm not worried"" "Shekhar himself wanted to run away from these filthy surroundings" "He didn't want to live here like an animal I won't let his son become a butcher like the rest of you" ""No, my Raja will never kill anyone." "never"" "I'll fight it out..." "till as long as I live" ""For Raja's sake, for Shekhar's dreams"" "And this is no madness" ""A wife's commitment to her husband, a mother's commitment to her son"" "It's all a bloody farce" "Neither does the woman want to run away nor the little boy" "Narsimha wants to drive everyone away." "And guess why?" "Because he's scared of me." "He thinks he has lost his son... so he must save his grandson." "And I haVe sworn... not to let a soul live in that mansion" "Let that fair-skinned girl step out I'll make that doll my mistress." "As for her son..." ""Watch out, you're carrying explosives." "Or you'll get blown up with the Vehicle"" "Let's go" "The pigeons sure are raring to go." "Cut them up before they fly away" "Stop there... where are you going?" "Whose order is it?" " Chandan Singh's I don't understand why politicians need explosives during the elections" ""Are they good enough?" " Yes, Dadu"" "Or they'll come cribbing that it killed no one" "Get him!" "The legislator here is Lucky's brother-in-law" ""lf l make a call to him, you guys will get transferred"" "Cut the crap." "The brother-in-law's rotting in the lock-up" "God Almighty!" "Lucky's brother-in-law is in prison?" "And nobody told me?" "And I'm so close to him..." "how is he?" "Tell me" "Lock him up!" ""l recognise you!" "He's Chaddi, my buddy"" "Don't touch me." "The officer and I used to play together as kids" "We even used to steal." " Steal?" "Sure." "Had I known it would make me an inspector... I'd have continued with it too." "Now tell me something" ""You're making a fortune, aren't you?" "So lend me some dough"" "I want to go away to Dubai." "I'Ve been trying for years" ""There's so much money in Dubai, I'll return double the amount"" "So how about lending me some?" " Shut up!" "What has he done?" "He was ferrying hooch." " l...?" "I was ferrying hooch?" ""He's lying, because I didn't give him a bribe"" "No!" "He was carrying hooch in this tube on his bicycle" ""Yes, I was going on my bicycle." "Since it's a Very old bicycle..."" "I put this tube on it to make it look nice" "Now tell me something. ls it a crime for a man to carry a stone?" "No." " lf he flings the stone..." ""at someone, that surely is a crime." " Stone?" "What stone"" ""l'll explain." "You see, drinking hooch is a crime..."" "but carrying hooch is no crime." "Right?" "Explain it to the officer." " shove him in the lock up" "Not the lock-up!" "A chief minister friend of mine told me never to..." ""step into two places. ln the hospitals, doctors take your kidneys away"" ""ln the lock-up, the cops rape you!" " Who wants to rape you?"" "You'll send me to the lock-up?" " move it" ""Had you told me as lovingly, I'd have gone on my own"" ""l came here with respect." "even to the lock-up, I'll go with respect"" "is there an air-conditioner in there?" " We'll have one installed" "Any politicians in there?" "I'm interested in politics" ""What's this, Inspector...?" "Who's that?"" "A lady with a child" ""What can we do, sister-in-law?" "everyone's scared of Dadu"" "Nobody will help you." "We're scared of him too" "Shekhar was a Very good friend of mine" "He was talking about you the day he came to meet me" "He said he wanted to send the two of you back to Canada" "He gave me the passports and money to buy the tickets." "See" ""Before I could give the tickets to him, he..."" ""No, Dadu... she hasn't done anything." "Please don't hit her..."" ""Let me go..." "leave me alone, I say!"" ""Don't hit her, Dadu"" "Open the door" ""You want to go to Dubai and make money, isn't it?" "I'll lend you the money"" "The cops won't even touch you." "The keys are lying there..." ""on the table there, son..."" ""You're taking the glasses, son?" "All right, wear it"" "But open the door..." "good boy" ""Open the door, I say"" "I'll make life miserable for you." "Listen carefully... you won't be able to live in peace" "Open the door before you leave!" "You won't be able to live here" "Raja!" "No!" "Open the door!" "give my son to me!" ""Let her go, she won't do it again"" ""She won't do it again, Dadu." "She won't do it again, I say!"" ""l beg at your feet, Dadu!"" "Don't do this to me..." "I'll do as you say I'll stay here with Raja." "Please open the door" ""Please let her go, Dadu..." "I beg of you!"" ""lf anyone gives her food or water, I'm going to kill him"" "Let me see where she goes from that dark room" "Mother!" "Listen to me... please give Raja to me!" "Mother!" "Wait... I don't want to stay here!" "I don't!" "I want to go back" ""l hate you, Narsimha..." "I hate you!"" "You can't inflict such atrocities on a woman!" "You're an impotent man!" "Do you hear me?" "You're impotent" "give my son to me... give my son back to me" ""love is rotten, it has broken every heart..."" ""every lover has lost out to love, it's been my undoing too..."" "I find no peace anywhere" ""love is so rotten, it makes life miserable"" ""love is rotten, it has broken every heart..."" ""every lover has lost out to love, it's been my undoing too..."" "I find no peace anywhere" ""love is so rotten, it makes life miserable"" ""All night, it makes one suffer"" ""lt causes my heart so much of agony..."" ""no one can escape..." "such is the spell it casts"" ""lt makes us suffer, it makes us pine, it shows no mercy..."" "it spares no one" ""love is so rotten, it makes life unbearable"" "No force works on it... for all the distances lt only gives us a bad name... it wrecks so many homes" "It has ruined so many..." ""it snatches away your peace and quiet"" ""love is so rotten, it makes life unbearable"" ""love is rotten, it has broken every heart..."" ""every lover has lost out to love, it's been my undoing too..."" "I find no peace anywhere" ""love is so rotten, it makes life miserable"" ""l sure am in love with love, my boy"" ""ls it all arranged, Kalli?" " Absolutely"" "Hush... come on" ""Come on, hurry up"" ""Mummy, open the door"" "Open the door" "Hurry up" "Go and throw it." " l...?" "No!" ""Hurry up, before someone comes"" "Let's go." "Hurry" "Fan out in every direction..." "who is it?" "Let me go... who's in there?" "leave immediately." "Quick" "You got so much of sorrow in this house... do forgive us" ""Hurry up and leave, my child"" "I always looked forward to Shekhar's return... and I still can't believe my son will never come back" "He's the last reminder of my son." "Take good care of him" ""Go and leave her, Kalli"" ""She must not come to any harm." " Don't worry, Ma"" ""Go, my child..." "may you forever be happy"" "You have my blessings" "Go" "Send all the womenfolk to one room" "Make a sieve out of anyone you don't know." "Go upstairs" ""Dadu, your daughter-in-law is missing." "The lock has been broken"" "There's no trace of your grandson too." " Who could have dared...?" "Who?" "Go and find her." "Go!" "Look in the police stations and everywhere else." "Go" "Set that madam on fire." "Kill her" "Go and fetch my grandson!" "He mustn't even suffer a scratch!" ""Else, I'll bury each one of you alive"" "So you helped her to run away?" "You thought she'd go away?" "She'd run away from Narsimha's stronghold...?" "even God can't take her outside the borders of my forty Villages" "Do you get that...?" "You rotten..." "She's gonna die." "That broad's gonna die today" "Come" "Don't be afraid." "I'm with you" "This way." "Run" "Lay off!" "Scoundrels!" "Nobody touches her." "Lay off!" ""Run, sister-in-law"" ""Go away, else I'll burn alive each one of you"" "Take Raja and escape!" ""Go away!" "I'll handle them, I say"" ""Lay off, I say." "Go away, you bastards"" "Take that I'll burn anyone who comes in my way" "I'll kill each one of you!" "What are you guys watching?" "We'Ve got to find her." "Come on" "What happened?" ""Hurry up and fix it." "Haria, fetch some water"" "move" "What the hell is this?" "give the boy to me." " No" "Let my son go" "leave my son alone!" ""When I get in trouble with the cops, peddle some hooch on my bicycle..."" ""save some pennies to make it to Dubai, drink a bit and go to sleep..."" "I dream of great babes." "Ask your kid to remain quiet" "And who do I dream of...?" "Aishwarya Rai" ""And I got to dance with her in my dreams, and that's what I was doing..."" "when your guys stepped on my foot and broke my dream" "And nobody even said sorry" "Don't stand there with your chest puffed out." "Won't you say sorry?" "Know what?" "even when Aishwarya Rai happens to kick me while dancing..." ""she's taken aback." "She says, sorry"" "So say sorry to me." "Go on." " Don't you know who we are?" ""First say sorry, after that we'll introduce each other..."" "and I'll decide whether I'll marry in your family" "HaVen't you heard of Narsimha?" " Narsimha who?" "I'm not asking him to say sorry." "One of you stepped on my foot... so just say sorry and I can go back to sleep" ""Aishwarya Rai must be waiting for me, I'll have to say sorry to her"" "What are you staring at...?" "Just say sorry." "Why don't you say it?" "Go ahead and say it." " Throw the sonofagun out!" "He's firing bullets!" ""lf it hurts the camel, Maneka Gandhi won't spare you"" "My last cigarette" "Find him and bury him alive!" "The bloody rat is somewhere around" "Go" "Where's the bearded guy hiding?" "Who's that...?" "Where are guys hiding?" ""Well, wrestler?" "You attack me on the sly, do you?"" "You made me bleed so much!" "I drink and eat to make this blood... and you make me spill it!" "Come on!" "Come" "Fatso!" "Do you want to take my life?" "You want to kill me...?" "So go ahead" ""But why do this?" "Hit me here, on the throat..."" "so my head will roll like a football" "You think I'm afraid of death?" "I'm a real man... hit me here on the throat." "Go on" ""Here, I said"" "Here's the sword..." " No!" "Shut up." "And tell Narsimha..." ""have you said sorry yet?" "You haVen't, have you?"" ""Say it... there, wasn't that quick this time"" "Go and tell Narsimha to meet me here." "I'll wait till tomorrow morning" "Who is it?" ""Airport?" "No, I can't take you there"" "They're having a re-election for the legislator in town" "He has asked me for 2 cart-loads of hooch" ""lf l supply that, I'l make loads of money"" "I'Ve been trying for years to migrate to Dubai" ""l'Ve saved some money, this consignment will take care of the rest"" "So I can't take you to the airport." " l'll give you the money" "And what is that?" "Where's Gandhi on the bill?" "Caught you!" "You're trying to palm off fake currency to me!" ""You're a woman, and you commit a fraud?" "Here you are"" "I don't trust gray-eyed women." "She gives me counterfiet notes" ""No, this is not counterfiet." "It's real, but it's American currency"" "Each Dollar is worth 48 Rupees." " 48... ?" ""See...?" "100 Dollars, 50 Dollars, 20 Dollars..."" "it's the most powerful currency in the world" ""The most powerful one, you know." "Any bank will accept it"" ""Look at this..." " l'Ve heard of America, all right"" "See how much money is here." "It's all in order" "It's accepted everywhere in the world" "I'm not lying to you..." ""Where...?" "Come on." " No, let her go"" "Don't go after her." "Let her go." "I'm not letting you go" ""Someone give the old man a bath, or he'll die of pneumonia"" "have you gone mad?" " Yes!" "I'Ve gone mad!" "Mad!" "having lived with you all these years like a bloody whore... I haVe indeed gone mad!" "My son was going away from this hell" ""And I stopped him, my bloody misfortune!"" "How was I to know that he'd have to give up his life to pay for your sins?" "You call yourself a brave man?" "You take your stooges... and set out to kill one single helpless woman?" "And what for?" "Why?" "What mistake has she made?" "Just that she married our son?" "Because she wants to take the innocent child... away from a monster like you?" "She wants to make a good human being out of him?" "You go around with tens of thugs..." "I'm a Tiger!" "A real man" "Where was your manliness when my son was killed?" "Where was it when my daughter..." "where was your manliness then?" ""You think the world is full of asses, isn't it?"" "It's not the world..." "you are a bloody ass!" "You!" "Kill everyone." "Widow every woman in town and dance away merrily" "But think about yourself too." "What has this bloodshed given you?" "have you ever enjoyed a meal in peace?" "have you ever slept in peace?" "No?" "You're running scared all the time... that someone might come and kill you" "You have to die a dog's death someday" "But why must I live the life of a widow after you're dead?" "I can die in peace..." "while you're still alive I haVe served you all my life." "I cooked for you... and slept with you like a whore." "never did I ask for anything in return" "No woman ever does." "But I ask you for a price today" "give me the price for thirty years of my slavery!" "Let them go..." "let my grandson go..." "let them live in peace" "Let them live and die in peace lt'll at least give my son's soul some peace" "I beg of you... let them go" ""Bhupendra, what happened?"" "The wheel gave way." "Not to worry" ""l always think of buying a new tyre and tube, but I can't find the time"" ""Not to worry, Bhupendra." "I'll fix you"" "What happens now?" " lt isn't your mistake" ""Just my luck." "whenever I talk about leaving for Dubai, something goes wrong"" "There is someone who stands between me and my trip to Dubai" "But I'm not giving up." "I'm going there for sure" "You must be wondering why I talk about Dubai all the time" "That's because the money's all there in Dubai" ""When I make a lot of money there, come back dressed in a proper suit..."" "the Villagers are going to envy me I'll marry my Roopmati when I return..." "where's the water from?" "Roopmati lives behind my house." "She runs a small sweetmeat shop" "She treats me to sweets every time I go there" "She's so sweet" ""For her, I'll build a huge bungalow, with a huge garden..."" "and have an attached bathroom in my bedroom" "Like those in the 5-star hotels" "That's exactly where l'll distill my booze too" "With a proper licence this time." "I'm hate getting into trouble with cops" ""That bungalow, I'm surely going to build"" "That's Narsimha's daughter-in-law and her kid" "Kill them!" "Here's your chance." "Kill them!" "Now watch me stopping the train" ""The trains here halt only for ministers, not the common man"" "Only two ways of stopping a train." "Either break the railway line... or wreck the driver's head." "I'Ve done what I could" ""lf the train still doesn't halt, I'll use the other alternative"" "What are we relaxing for...?" "Let's get out of here." "Come" ""ln any case, trains here always late." "By two days or two hours"" ""Today's train will surely arriVe. lf not today's, yesterday's certainly will"" ""And if not yesterday's, then the day before's has to..."" "because 3 days is all the trains here can take" "What happened?" "Come on" "Hurry up" "Come on!" "Come" "Open the door!" "Don't shut the window!" " Please open the door" "Open the door!" "Please!" ""Not for me, but there's a kid here." "Listen..."" "Open the door before I give you a slap!" ""Why'Ve you been throwing those grenades, you idiots!"" "I'Ve taken a contract to reach that woman to the city... for those Dollars." "Know what a Dollar is?" "It's worth 48 Rupees." "If you must catch the woman..." ""do it in the city, I won't let you touch her over here. I haVe a contract"" "I know you're about 15 guys and you're not scared of death" "But I'm not scared of dying either" ""You shot me in the back, didn't you?" "Must'Ve been one of you"" "So shoot me again..." "go ahead" ""But let me tell you, before I die..."" "I'll take at least two of you with me" "Quickly decide the two who want to die" "See?" "The train is on time today." "It's not late at all" "Where are they...?" "I can't see anything" "Has the train left?" "I want to go to a hospital." "Someone take me to the hospital" "Someone please take me to the hospital lt hurts" ""lf Roopmati sees this, she's going to panic"" "Why's it getting dark...?" "Why's it getting dark?" "is it night time already?" "I didn't even ask the lady her name" "Hey Constable!" "Come and get me!" "You're always coming on to catch me... won't you come to take me to the hospital today?" "It's hurting me so much..." "please come!" "even my cigarette is crushed" "The constable is a nice man" "I'll get a uniform for him from Dubai" "Where are my Dollars?" ""They're here, I hope...?"" ""Yes, here they are"" "Come closer..." "What did the lady say?" "Each Dollar is worth 48 rupees" "No... please help!" "Please save my child!" "Please save my son!" "No... let me go!" "Let go!" "Go!" "You want to go away?" "So go away" ""You hate me Very much, don't you?" "So ask God to give me hell..."" "I still don't care" "You're right where you stand and I'm right where l am" "All this Violence will go on..." "one has to do it for his people" "No matter what the world has to say" ""l know, there is a bullet for me too"" ""When I'm dead, do bring my tiger over... to cremate me"" "Well?" "I'm not going to stop following you" ""even after I die, I'll come as a bird to your house..."" "to look at you" "Say good bye to grandpa" "Be happy"