"Dev Pratap Singh..." "You are accused of use of excessive force... against the students of RM College" "Do You agree?" " No Sir" "I believe, in the situation I did what I considered right" "DCP Dev... the reason for Your decision to use a firearm?" "When I reached the college with the police party..." "Down with Principal Dixit!" "Down with Principal Dixit!" "they had barricaded the principal in his office" "Long Live Students' Union!" " The police are here!" "Stop the Police!" "Block their path!" "Did You try to talk to the students and resolve the situation?" "Down!" "Down!" "Down with the police and the administration!" "they were not willing to listen to reason" "We'll not budge from here!" "Police... go back!" "Go back!" "Did You follow procedure and fire a warning shot in the air?" "Do not take the Law into Your hands!" " What Law?" "!" "We know the Law!" "Go back... and leave the law to our care" "We know how to preserve the law and where to keep it..." "Want to see?" "Here!" "This is where we keep Your precious Law" "I felt an immediate and decisive action was required" "Did You know the student was from the minority community?" "No." "For me a man is guilty or innocent" "His being Muslim or Hindu would have had no bearing on my action" "Because I believe the uniform must be respected" "A senior Officer cannot be insulted publicly in this manner" "The authority of the force must be upheld at any cost" "Otherwise, a hundred bullets will not be enough to protect the Law" "really?" "I'm coming" "hey, no crying" "Here..." "Welcome, my little prince" "Bharati, Dev... many congrats and thanks... for gifting me a son" "He is in my arms, so he is mine" "You may have already thought of one, but I will keep his name" "hey, careful..." "think of a good one" "It will be one from the heart" "Armaan" "Armaan...?" "Armaan... it's nice" "Armaan Pratap Singh...?" "So be it" "So Mr Armaan... this tall minaret before You..." "You will call Papa, etc... but me, You will call Uncle daddy" "What is this Uncle daddy?" "Don't confuse him already." " He won't be confused" "Listen Mr Armaan, my rank is a bit higher than this papa" ""What good is it reading the Gita...?"" ""What good is it reading the Koran?"" ""It's love..."" ""that teaches us about Him"" ""In the hues of the beloved, let me colour my scarf"" "Where're You coming from?" " From Baroda" "Where're You going?" " Mumbai" "Name?" " Farhaan" "Farhaan what?" " Farhaan Ali" "any luggage?" "Check it" "BY the waY, what were You doing in Gujarat..." "I mean Baroda?" "studying law" "What is this?" " Letter" "In Urdu?" "Where is it from?" "Pakistan?" "You have friends or relatives there?" "The letter's from my father in Mumbai" "What if I did have someone in Pakistan?" "Then Farhaan 'miya' we would have made You our guest... and looked after You well" "Just kidding" ""I shall drape You, I shall wear You, I shall lay You out"" ""I shall sing with You in my breath"" ""I am not going to stop pursuing You"" "fifty bucks" "AaliYa!" "AaliYa!" "hurry up!" "How long You take?" "Farhaan is here" "Greetings" "Take a seat... please" "I gave You the trouble of coming here... because the issue is of utmost importance" "We suspect... religious fanaticism is being perpetrated through Your 'Madarsas'" "The students are being instigated to violence against the country" "This is a serious accusation JCP Dev saheb" "But what I say is not unfounded" "Don't You have teachers and students from other countries in Your schools?" "Sure we do... but they come under education exchange programmes" "Perhaps You are unaware that... several people come here on tourist visas... and then conduct anti-national propaganda here" "Which is a serious offence under the Foreigners Act" "Go on... target us" "People of other religions have the right to do what they want" "But if we teach our children about our religion... culture and identity, it's a crime, right?" "Mr Qureshi, I have before me the issue of national security" "Do not give it communal colour" "Dev saheb, as a representative of the minority community..." "I will say, Your words reek of communal bias" "It is a simple matter, Mr Latif" "why are You dragging minority politics into it?" "I want three things from You." "One... report to us full details about anyone from abroad... who joins Your schools to teach or learn" "Two, send us a full account... of the funding sources of Your organizations" "Three, inform us at once... if You come across anyone spreading terror in the name of Your religion" "Ali saheb...?" " Yes..." "If that's what the government wants, I think we should do our duty" "But I'd like to add something" "Terrorism has to do with politics, not with our religion... or with any other religion." " Thank You" "Dev saheb, with this attitude..." "You have pointed a finger at our entire community" "Perhaps You have no idea of the consequences" "goodbye" " goodbye" "Farhaan...?" " I'm here, father" "When did You come?" " Around 10." "Where were You?" "The police summoned us." " The police?" "So now it is believed that every Urdu institution... breeds fierce terrorists... and every Muslim is a traitor to his country" "What's so surprising about it, father?" "Our people have been facing this bias for ages" "Farhaan, unfortunately there have been some cases like this" "Look at the state of the country... militancy at the borders" "The air of insecurity all over" "The police have to be alert" "they are just taking precautions" "Is this caution?" "Or another way to disenfranchise Muslims, father?" "Son, don't jump to conclusions" "Look, You have done Your LLB." "Now start Your law practice soon" "I feel I've wasted five Years studying law, father" "Here the law is trifled with" "why are You so disillusioned?" "Look, You will see the soul of the nation here... in Gandhi and Gaffar, in these books... in the tenets of non-violence and brotherhood" "Farhaan this is our country" "Yes, it belongs to the Hindu as much as it does to the Muslim... the Sikh, the Christian and the Parsi" "Father, the romanticism of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood is dead" "The philosophy of Gandhi and Gaffar... that You have been teaching me for Years... is meaningless now" "Their era has passed" "We are being crushed to remind us who this country belongs to" "Farhaan!" " Father, this is the truth" "And You know it" "Karim Khan... alias Karim Gunner" "Sir, he belongs to Latif's party" "Smuggler of bombs and weapons" "Intelligence report has confirmed he will visit his family... at Noor Manzil after midnight..." "Get him" "And this time, he must not escape" "Oh, Farhaan loves You so much" "If he had written it himself then I would believe" "Sweetie, don't act pricey." "You have captured a gem" "Don't side with him" "The fellow comes after six months... hands over a book and walks off" "You call that capture?" "He's chosen it for You" "Each page has a lovely thought" "What?" " why..." "You don't like the book!" "Show me" "Oh, that someone wrote this for me" "Here, show me." " I won't!" "Get lost!" "Where is it?" " Now keep searching" "Listen" "Our love" "Is a path" "I traverse through to hasten to reach You" "You are my beginning" "You are the finale" "I see You and I imagine You" "I attain You and I search for You" "You are the dream, concealed forever..." "In the ocean of Your self" ""Even when You weren't here..."" ""You were still with me"" ""Like my heart-beat..."" ""like the life in my body..."" ""mY earth, my seasons..." "You were my days and nights"" ""From the blossoms, I got Your fragrance"" ""every lovely evening came with a spell cast by You"" ""You were the one I met in the mirror every day"" ""Like my heart-beat, like the life in my body..."" ""mY earth, my seasons, You were my days and nights"" ""Even when You weren't here..."" ""You were still with me"" "Don't move!" "Salma!" "Open the door" "Don't shoot my husband!" "He is innocent!" "Don't shoot him!" "He is innocent... spare him" "I'm reporting from Noor Manzil where last night... the police killed Karim Khan and his family in an encounter" "The people here are furious with the police" "And believe, this incident is another example... of the government's anti-minoritY stance" "This is it Ranawat." "The politics of crime!" "A criminal's death becomes a symbol of injustice and violence... against his entire community" "Karim Gunner was Latif's man" "And Latif will definitely politicise this incident" "Please be seated" "Oh God, have mercy on the souls of the three martyrs" "may their souls rest in peace" "Amen" "This is a day of grief" "The calamity that befell Noor Manzil last night... at the hands of brutal cops of this government... is just another face of the system that has been seen... in different guises over the Years all over the country" "Sometimes it is a face of terror for us... elsewhere it destroys our sacred places... at other times, it runs rivers of blood" "Brothers, this system has nothing but hatred for us" "This system allows the slaughter of our people like animals." "To this day!" "There is a limit to tolerance!" "If we stay silent, they will be emboldened" "And we will continue to be slain like this" "Let us take an oath today... bY the victims of police brutality, the guiltless Salmabi... her innocent child Bahar... and the decent Karim Ali, who were martyred before Your very eyes" "That our voice will ring in the ears of this deaf and cruel government" "We will march in protest and demand that... the evil cops be hanged!" "The words of the devout" "Allah is great!" "This attempt to carry the feelings of our community to the government... to lead our march..." "I think there's none better than our respected elder Ali saheb" "So I request on the behalf of all of You... to lead our protest march" "absolutely" "Ali saheb...?" " Pardon me sirs... but I don't agree" "The reason for Your refusal, sir?" " MY principles" "Look, Mr Latif... if You want my involvement in the march... then You have to reassure me that... there will be no violent step taken by our side... there will be no violence of any kind" "But if the police get violent?" "Even then!" "Under no circumstances will there be any violent action from our side" "Ali saheb, I assure You... we will do as You wish" "Even if the police use violence, You say we must not retaliate?" "So then should we keep getting beaten up by them... shot at?" "they target our whole community due to the misdeeds of a few fools... our homes are torched... hundreds are burnt alive, thousands are ruined, rendered homeless... and still we don't act, father?" "We remain passive?" "This rage of Yours, Farhaan... this deep hatred growing inside You..." "I see myself in it" "This fury had risen in me too" "Such bitterness had spread in my veins too once" "We were in Ahmedabad then" "In 1969, there was a massive Hindu-Muslim riot in Ahmedabad" "Both sides lost countless lives." "We were brutally crushed" "A vast anger filled my being" "I too picked up a knife and set out with the others" "I don't remember how many lives we took" "All I remember are those eyes..." "The terrified eyes of a Hindu... that look before the knife sliced his body" "I'll never forget" "These hands have taken a life, Farhaan!" "The riots kept spreading" "many people from our area took refuge in a cellar... with their families" "All night we heard sounds of slaughter outside... then suddenly" "All of us thought we would be butchered" "Don't panic." "We have brought help" "Doctor..." "As that door broke, the cleft in my mind healed, Farhaan" "Those people who had the courage to reach us amidst the slaughter..." "they were Hindus." "The man I had killed, was also Hindu" "One moment of madness... and a never-ending remorse in my heart" "What did I gain by stabbing that man to death?" "Where is the paradise promised to the one who kills an infidel?" "The real battle is not between Hindus and Muslims" "It is between our social wisdom and communal madness" "Come in" "Greetings Uncle!" "Come on in, AaliYa" "Yes, my child?" " Uncle, I will also... come to the protest march with You" "AaliYa, my child, I would wish for You not to come" "why?" "You always say women should march forward equally with men?" "undoubtedly." "But my child, Leave this march" "Ok, as You say." " Bless You, my child" "Police brutality..." " Unacceptable!" "Evil cops!" " Hang them!" "Latif hasn't come as Yet..." " As I told You... his blood pressure shot up suddenly this morning" "Look, three of Your representatives can come forward" "Give us Your petition" "We will forward it to the Chief Minister" "Greetings" "We don't agree" "We want to talk to the CM face to face" "That's impossible." "You give me Your petition, Your demands... and I promise to send them to the CM" "No." "If You can't let us go to him, then call the CM here" "Not possible." " Police autocracY won't do" "Police autocracY..." " Won't do!" "Ali saheb, what's going on?" "What is happening?" "Stop all this!" "What is happening, brother Fareed?" "What's going on, brother Fareed?" "Stop them!" "Stop it!" "What's this?" "Brother Latif had promised..." "they are taking out their anger." " What anger?" "Stop it!" "Please listen to me." "I beg of You!" "Please stop!" "Ranawat, order fire!" "Please don't, Dev saheb!" "Please don't open fire." "We'll control them" "Stop it!" "Father!" "Stop firing!" "Father!" "Father!" "Take Ali saheb's body into Your custody" "Wait" "hurry." " Don't touch him!" "Look, by law we have to take the body into police custody" "Get away!" " Please!" "Let us do our duty." "Farhaan!" "What are You doing?" "The cops riddled his body with bullets" "Now You are burning his soul" "why Farhaan?" "why?" "The CM's car has arrived" "Greetings, Mr Bhandarkar." " Yes, Mangal Rao" "You called me?" " Yes" "This march Latif organized..." "looks like he is playing games with us" "I don't like his attitude" "Look into it." " Yes" "Mangal Rao, in the last bYe-election... the CM had contested from our area" "I had tried my utmost and got him all our community's votes" "Yes, You had... so?" "And You had promised to get me an MLA ticket for the coming elections" "Now I hear You are considering someone else?" "What are You saying Latif?" "You react to a little rumour..." "In politics, rumours are a weapon" "Like these marches that You organise?" "carry a small request to the CM" "That, if he does not keep his promise of giving me an MLA seat... then my community will be badly shaken" "And in that situation, it will be tough to control their emotions" "Threat, eh?" "No." "Just a reminder of Your promise" "Good evening, madam." " Good evening" "What's up?" "How was Your day?" "Tej!" "What a pleasant surprise!" "In Mumbai suddenly?" " why?" "Do You mind?" "Not at all!" "But straight from Nagpur to Mumbai?" "How did You swing it?" "No swinging... here bY a special invitation from Your CM" "You mean Mr Bhandarkar got You transferred here himself?" "Yes, sir." "You forget perhaps that the Home ministry... is also under the CM." " So what have You got?" "Law and Order." " Not bad." "When do You take charge?" "The day after." " Tej has come after two Years... forget celebration, You start Your interrogation right away!" "It's an old habit of his." " Don't get annoyed" "BY the waY, turn Your glance this way" "Bravo!" "Single Malt whiskey!" "Old habits die hard" "I want to eliminate JCP Dev Pratap Singh" "JCP Dev Pratap Singh?" "Because Ali saheb...?" "In the firing..." " Not only that" "But as a warning to every police officer... who tries to hurt our community" "Not only me, Dev Pratap Singh has wronged our entire community" "You have fathomed him well" "He is an officer who has nothing but hatred in his heart for our brethren" "Farhaan... do You realise how dangerous this task can be?" "I'm ready to face any danger" "Have You used a gun before?" "Ever taken a life?" "No" "But I believe in myself" "Welcome, Farhaan." " Thank You" "Fareed, get him prepared" "Mr Tejinder Khosla... one thing is clear" "Your Bible and mine are different" "MY scripture is the Constitution... the law of the land." "I don't know about You" "Dev, I tell You... if the country exists, its Constitution exists" "If the country doesn't exist... then the Constitution and the Law don't matter" "MY holy Book is strength Dev" "The power to annihilate enemies of the country" "Look, sir..." "Power does not lie just with police, army and weapons" "A country's real strength lies in its political structure... in its economy, in its judicial system... in social equality and communal harmony" "And all this our Constitution provides us" "Know what You should have been, Dev?" " What?" "The leader of the opposition in Parliament" "I am serious, Mr Khosla... but cheers" "What's the matter, Bharati?" "C'mon cheers" "What do I celebrate?" "That I silently listen to Your holy talk!" "sorry, Bharati" "Arrogant MCPs that we both are..." "sorry" "Tell us..." "what's Your scripture?" "No, I have no scriptures" "Just an idea" "What the common citizen aspires to... a country that provides not just food, clothing and shelter... but also justice and respect... the freedom to think and choose" "why?" "What happened?" "I asked for too much?" "You asked for Utopia Bharati" "And in these evil times Utopia is not possible, is that it?" "Which means no one should even think of changing the situation?" "Right?" "No Bharati, that's not what I meant" "One should not just think but also do something to bring about a change" "But we should keep in mind that things won't change... unless we eliminate the enemies of the country" "No." "What we must also remember is that... before we eliminate them, we must know for sure... who the enemy is, what his correct identity is... so that no innocent is killed instead of the enemy" "We know, Dev" "We both know who the enemy is" "Problem is that we forget" "We have forgotten a lot Dev" "So much so, we have even forgotten that there is a debt... that You and I have to repay..." "Armaan's debt" "Our Armaan's debt" "And what are we doing about it?" "What?" "Just forgetting... why?" "Should we wipe out his memory from our hearts..." "like he never lived?" "Should we simply forget our child?" "That eight Year old was identified and killed?" "Did that little kid walk around with an AK 47 in his hand?" "bloody cowards!" "they kill unarmed innocents in broad daylight and crawl into their holes" "bloody rats!" "I hate those bastards!" "identify them!" "Armaan is still with us, Bharati... he always will be" "Get him to exercise." "Must have strong arms" "Here You are, Salim." "This is for You, Farhaan" "try getting this... try" "Keep an eye on the target" "Note the time and pattern of his movements" "I will get more information from our police informer" "may I speak to Dr Bharati Singh?" "Bharati, Tej has invited us to dinner tonight" "But I won't be free till 8.30." "Please tell Tej" "Sure?" " Yes" "In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful" "Allah is Great!" "Who is it?" "hey, why so dark in here?" "MY mother says it is important... to open the doors at sunrise and switch on lights at sunset" "Or the Angels of Benevolence pass over the house" "What are You staring at?" "It's sweets and bread..." "mother has sent it for You" "Know what?" "The cat in my house..." "I got it married to Rehman's tomcat" "Now it has four kittens." "I gave them all away" "One of them was very cute." "I named it Sonal... after my best friend in the computer class" "She saw it and went crazy... she picked it up and changed its name?" "Do You know to what?" "AaliYa!" "I don't know, AaliYa, what will happen tomorrow" "What will happen tomorrow?" "Who knows, AaliYa." "nobody knows" "What doesn't anyone know?" "So next weekend, we meet at our house To celebrate Tej's new posting" "Tejinder Khosla is ready for a celebration every day" "Latif-bhai..." "No excuse for failure" "The important thing is that we must not lose courage" "Remember, our mission has not been fulfilled" "And it has to be done one day..." "that's all" "And don't be seen outside till You are summoned" "Where were You all this while?" "I dropped by many times" "It's very late... go to bed" "Have You eaten?" "Get up and eat." "Come on" "Shabnam had come by" "She was saying these days Young boys have vanished from many Muslim homes" "There's a rumour people have come from outside" "And they are sending the boys for training... someplace abroad" "To become Jehadis" "Who knows where Shabnam hears these things" "Her wedding's fixed too." "She'll be married this month" "I am going with her tomorrow to shop for the trousseau" "I told her we will get silk dresses with gold embroidery" "You are not involved in any such issue, are You?" "Meaning, Jehadi, etc...?" "Your father would never approve" "Dev... the attacker has been identified" "He was Latif's man" "It's not possible Mangal Rao." "why would I do such a thing?" "You and I have a relationship, a political understanding" "You have gone against the spirit of the relationship, Latif" "Mangal Rao, believe me" "Let's meet and discuss this." "I will do anything to help You people" "I think we should clear out the place" "The police might raid anytime" "Let them come!" "An attack on the life of a senior police officer" "We consider it a terrorist attack" "The government has taken a serious view of this incident" "And I have decided that... we have to eliminate terrorists from their very roots" "In Your opinion, is it possible for the police to achieve this?" "With Your kind permission sir, it is possible" "It's possible to defeat terrorists sir" "If the government permits us to formulate a battle plan... and gives us full authority and freedom... to carry out our battle plan... then it's not impossible to destroy these people from the roots, sir" "The government is committed to destroying enemies of the nation" "Joint Commissioner Tejinder Khosla..." "I promote You and appoint You Officer on Special duty" "You design Your battleplan against terrorist activity" "You have full authority to work the waY You want to" "Pick Your team and report to me directly" "Thank You sir, You have entrusted me with this responsibility" "I won't disappoint You" "I hope so too" "Sir, I am from the same college as You" "In fact when I joined college, You were a Youth leader" "I see" "I was very inspired by Your speeches..." "I still am" "We need committed officers like You in the police" "Dev, I am including You in my team" "The CM has give us full freedom to tackle terrorists the waY we want to" "First we have to deal with Latif" "Greetings." " Greetings" "All well?" " Yes, we have emptied the place" "Farhaan is here." " What for?" "You called him?" "No" "Fareedbhai... there's going to be a raid there very soon" "Latifbhai, You leave quickly." "The cops are coming" "Get everyone out of here" "Listen!" "Get Farhaan also out of here, quick" "Aslam!" "Moosa!" "Run!" "The cops are coming" "No one here." " Come on" "Get him!" "Get him!" "Don't let him get away!" "Sir, the place has been emptied out" "We found nothing here." "everyone's got away" "only one guy has been seen running away" "Follow him." "He must not escape, at any cost" "Zeenat... they took Farhaan away" "they took Farhaan away?" "Who?" "Police raided Latifbhai's place." "Farhaan was there" "Farhaan was arrested" "Has he revealed anything?" " Nothing as Yet, sir" "Take the bastard apart" "What were You doing at Latif's place?" "Look Farhaan... remaining silent won't do You any good" "Except that the real criminal will roam free... and You will rot in jail" "Attempt to assassinate a police officer is akin... to an attack on the government." "It is a challenge to the power of the State" "You have studied law..." "You know what charges can be framed against accomplices of such people" "If You don't help the police in this matter Farhaan..." "You will be considered an insurgent and an anti-national" "why?" "why should I help the Police?" "We are branded traitors the moment we come out of our mother's womb" "So finally the mask of sympathy slips and Your real attitude shows" "Traitors and terrorists!" "That's the only identity likes of You have given us!" "You are completely deluded!" "You are so swayed by the wrong propaganda of people like Latif... that You cannot see they are concerned only with political power" "they use even their community merely as a pawn in their vote bank haggling" "Latif will use Your zeal and then throw You out like a dirty used rag" "What are You trying to gain by projecting Yourself... as a victim of majority politics?" "Gain sympathy?" "Or further break up the country?" "We want our dignity." "Our rights" "That bloody Farhaan of Yours is a criminal." "That bloody scum!" "We have to get each one of those bastards" "And You talk of releasing him!" "Tej, we have no proof against him." "He has no police record" "He has not committed any act of violence" "No charges can he framed against him." "The court will let him go" "He is an educated boy" "So?" "The police has nabbed many terrorists who are educated" "Some even hold doctorates" "Whatever guise they may take, inside they are all the same." "BetraYers" "they spread terrorism in the country and then they will shout that... the majority community is victimizing them" "But it's a cause for concern Tej, why even educated, rational people... are turning into terrorists." " Dev, this community... has never considered itself a part of the country" "they came as invaders, stayed as rulers... and now they are enjoying freedom as traitors" "they should be dragged out into the streets and shot dead like dogs" "Hail Hitler!" "I say, finish him off in an encounter ...end of the matter" "How many people will You kill in encounters?" "What do You want to do?" "Take them in caravans someplace... and bury then alive or burn them all?" "You are mocking my ideology?" "Yes, I have read Hitler... also Savarkar and Tilak, Nehru and Gandhi too" "The bottomline Dev is that this country belongs to us" "And anyone who poses a threat to the country will be blown up" "That's why I have worn this uniform" "We'll get those betraYers" "I too have donned the uniform" "I understand the significance of national security" "But to believe that the cause of all our problems are Muslims... and that all problems will end if we destroy them from the roots... then this thinking is not rational" "This is the rhetoric of pseudo secularists... don't get fooled by them" "Upholding the law is Yours and my responsibility" "We cannot be partisan on religious and communal grounds" "Look at the state of the country." "We walk a razor's edge" "There is a reality beyond the razor's edge, Dev" "The reality of a father inside Jt CP Dev Pratap Singh" "Can You deny that reality?" "Armaan, come..." "Your sandwiches are here" "Come on, Your Uncle daddy is here too" "Dev!" "Bharati!" "Down!" "Don't bring up Armaan's memory... to fill us with feelings of hate and vengeance Tej, please" "It has taken Bharati and me many Years... to come to the decision that we will not take it personally" "We will treat it with love and compassion" "I am not part of this decision of Yours" "I hate these bastards" "I have seen death in the eyes of Young boys like Farhaan, Tej" "The death of their aspirations, their dreams... the death of their trust in us" "On one hand You talk of national security... on the other, You look at them with hate and suspicion" "What are You doing, Tej?" "You are making them insecure" "You will drive them into the arms of the enemy" "You see this reality?" "The truth is that You are nurturing a snake" "And no matter how well You feed the snake, it will bite You" "Give Your hand" "It's strange, Bharati." "Just now on seeing our Armaan... there's no logic, no reason to it... but I don't know why that boy Farhaan came to mind" "Farhaan?" "Who?" "He was caught escaping from Latif's place during the raid" "He is an educated, well brought up boy" "Then?" "Has he done something?" "I can't make out." "His father was a Gandhian... but this boy has taken to his heart that all of us, the government... the police, etc are against Muslims" "But Armaan's photo and...?" " No connection" "Strange, isn't it?" "The passion You have in Your heart... for getting dignity and justice for Your community..." "I appreciate it" "But in the process, don't forget that..." "You are a son of this soil" "BetraYing this country is like betraying Your mother" "You are free..." "You can go" "Farhaan... if there is anything, contact me directly" "AaliYa, they say Farhaan is coming back" "Farhaan is coming back" ""You are my aspiration..."" ""You are my desire"" ""You are my veil..."" ""You are the one who sees me up close"" ""Allah..."" ""Through the journey my soul embarks on..."" ""You are the only one who walks with me"" ""every place I live..."" ""is the abode that is You"" "A lot has changed AaliYa... circumstances have changed" "Nothing has changed Farhaan!" "Nothing" "It has changed AaliYa..." "You have no idea" "That JCP Dev!" "Unless I..." "Will killing someone bring Your father back Farhaan?" "Don't think like that, Farhaan" "Killing is not in Your nature, not Your destiny" "AaliYa, You are too naive" "Yes, I am naive." "I know what the holy Koran says... killing one person is akin to killing all of humanity" "Don't burn Yourself in the fires of hatred, Farhaan" "Farhaan, come back." "Come back to me" "There's so much between us, Farhaan" "Did JCP Dev question You himself?" "What did he ask?" "mostly about me, about You" "I didn't say anything" "Nothing?" "You don't believe me?" "Farhaan, this is a police matter" "We have to be careful" "try to remember... did anything slip out of Your lips?" "I was completely silent" "Did they want anything in return for Your release?" "Did You promise anything?" "Nothing" "okay Farhaan, You may go" "goodbye." " God Bless" "I don't fully believe Farhaan" "I think he is hiding something" "Dev is a very shrewd officer" "There must be a purpose behind releasing Farhaan" "And before he starts another campaign against us... we must divert the attention of Dev and the government" "How much material do we have?" "About ten kilogrammes." " Sufficient" "Fill it into a motorbike" "Motorbike?" "In this atmosphere?" "It's important right now that their attention is diverted away from us" "To control what happens next, they will need our help" "Then we can negotiate a profitable deal" "We'll need two boys." "If something goes wrong... if they are caught?" "they will be caught only if they survive, no Fareed?" "Send Farhaan" "How are You, Farhaan?" " Fine" "This packet has to be delivered" "Park Your motorbike outside the Ganpati temple and wait there" "A middle-aged man, Mr Kulkarni, will come to You" "He has the number of Your bike." "Give him this packet and come back" "goodbye" ""O Auspicious Lord Ganesha..."" ""O Lord Ganesha..."" ""O Lord Ganesha, Thou art the God of everything auspicious"" "hey Farhaan." "Want to eat sweets?" "Sweets?" " There are hot savouries as well" "You park, I will get some" "Enemies of the country..." " Will be wiped out!" "Enemies of the country..." " We will smash them!" "Latifbhai, we request You... to release a public statement on behalf of the community... that we strongly oppose such violent acts... we condemn it." "We empathise with our Hindu brothers" "MY Years of political experience says that... such a statement will be dismissed as crocodile tears" "It will make no difference." " It will" "It will certainly make a difference" "At least the whole community will not be held responsible" "All right, Altaf bhai, if that is Your wish, I will certainly try" "What does Your report say?" "How many dead in the blast?" "There was a crowd at the temple due to the festival" "Hospital reports say thirty dead... seventy injured." "Five of them critical" "And?" " The city is tense, sir" "Communal riots may break out" "We have to tighten security at once." " Yes, indeed" "Go and make arrangements to handle the situation" "Tej..." "You wait" "The situation should be controlled, that's crucial" "Peace is essential" "The blast has inflamed passions" "This rage cannot be suppressed beyond a point" "If in our own country, such attacks take place at our places of worship... it's natural for the emotions of the people to be inflamed" "These feelings should be respected" "they must be allowed an expression" "Let's not forget this." "especially You" "As an officer on special duty, You must give this special consideration" "Har Har Mahadev (Hindu Battle cry)" "No, Farhaan, not at all" "How can You even think that we'll try to kill You?" "You are mistaken, Farhaan" "Wait..." "listen..." "The blast was not from our motorbike... but from a car next to it." " Fareedbhai, I saw with my own eyes!" "No!" "No, Farhaan" "You saw nothing." "Nothing, You understand?" "I want to meet Latifbhai." " What for?" "Yes, bhai?" "really?" "We're on our way" "It was Latifbhai." "Those people have attacked the market" "Riots have started" "Nara-e-tadbir!" "(Muslim battle cry)" "Mangal Rao...?" "Yes, it's Mangal Rao!" "Run" "Auntie, has AaliYa come back?" " No, son" "Where is she?" " She and Shabnam..." "Where?" " To her house." "Mehtab Manzil" "Don't let anyone escape!" "Hack everyone!" "You will not take any action." " What?" "If we don't take action now, the situation will go out of control" "I will tell You when to proceed" "Tej, You've no idea to what extent the riots have spread" "Dev, I know" "This is a sensitive communal issue" "Police intervention can worsen matters." "I am in control" "What control?" "Before my eyes, there is a massacre going on" "I know what the police must do and when" "Wait for my orders" "Where do You have to go?" "We... have to go to Mehtab Manzil." "Which way is safe?" "Your names?" " Shabnam" "AaliYa" "Go this way" "This way?" "But there was sound of slogans" "I am telling You!" "Don't be afraid, this is safe" "Go on." " Yes, Yes... go" "Upstairs!" "hurry!" "Mother!" "No Dev, no need for a curfew Yet" "No need for shoot at sight orders either" "I am sending reinforcements, and..." "AaliYa, it's me." "Farhaan" "Stop there!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "why should I stop?" " Where do You think You are going?" "Can't You see?" "I have to take her to hospital!" "Sure, we will help You" "Ranawat, rush them to Gandhi hospital in the Police van" "Doctor... please do something" "Come Dev" "What's going on, Tej?" "why were You stopping me when the riots were spreading... when arson and killing was going on?" "why?" "It's not wise to stand before a raging storm" "Even You know, no matter how fierce a riot... it is never beyond police control." "It can be suppressed" "How many lives could have been saved" "I could have quickly brought the situation under control Tej" "Right, Dev" "And You did what I would have done under the circumstances" "Thank You" "That is not the answer to my question" "Joint Commissioner Dev Pratap Singh... when You were told not to do anything, why did You order fire?" "Sir, the situation was deteriorating rapidly" "Lives and property were being harmed." "Things were going out of control" "In the situation, sir, using the powers... given to me by the law I did what I thought was right" "Due to these Powers, there are 15 Hindus dead and only 3 Muslims" "Do You realise the political implications of these figures?" "To look at people breaking them up into factions..." "I consider against my duty" "The action Joint Commissioner Dev took, sir... assessing the situation on the spot is not against the law" "How is she?" " Out of danger... but still in a state of shock" "She is suffering from severe trauma" "any relatives?" " No one survived" "I can take her to a relief camp or..." "I am with her" "Look, he is my husband Mr Dev Pratap Singh" "If You people need help, any time, You can contact me" "Thanks... thanks a lot" "But when help was badly needed, You didn't do anything" "You allowed all that mayhem to happen before Your eyes... and now this pretence of help!" "What help can You offer with hands that are covered in our blood?" "The cause of this riot, the blast at the temple... the hands that planted the bomb..." "whose blood are they tainted with?" "This is not the time to argue but to support each other" "The poor boy is very tense" "This is the boy I had mentioned the other day." "Farhaan" "I want to..." " say something?" "Yes." " Go ahead" "You helped us to get here... thanks" "Shall we...?" " Go on, I have to be here awhile" "Mother...?" "Father...?" "The bomb blast was a terrorist strike" "It killed so many innocent men, women and children" "Wounded them." "For what fault of theirs?" "Don't they deserve justice?" "We have to adopt extra-ordinarY measures to combat such situations" "To let the mayhem spread is the only extra-ordinarY way, I guess" "Doctor!" "MY child!" "Look what's happened to him" "We are responsible." "We are guilty" "We allowed thousands of innocents to be massacred" "You are too emotional, Dev" "So much sentimentality is not good" "Yes people have died, many people have died in this riot... but that is just collateral damage" "Collateral damage" "Who are You and I... to decide who is to die?" "Collateral damage!" "What do You want, Dev?" "People who have been affected by these riots should get justice... and the rioters be punished... no matter what religion they belong to." "This is what I want" "I want to promise them that they will get justice" "Can I make this promise, Tej?" "Yes, Dev..." "You can promise them" "Go to sleep" "No... no" "This devastation should not have happened, AaliYa" "nobody has the right to strew corpses like this!" "Who knows who is doing all this?" "There is a demon out there somewhere" "You want to live in this country, in this city..." "You and Your people, don't You?" "Where else can we go Mangal Rao?" "Then listen to the conditions" "One, no man or woman from Your community... will report anything about the riots to the cops" "they will not file an FIR under any circumstances" "Two, none of Your people... will point a finger... at any Hindu seen during the riots... they will not identify them, not mention names... not to the Police, not to any inquiry Commission, etc" "You will stay absolutely silent" "Long Live Islam!" "Brethren... these riots are a challenge from this government to our community" "And we accept the challenge" "This government!" "First they spark the flames that burn living humans... then make a farce of help to douse the flames... a show of saving lives" "This is the treatment the government doles out to us" "This two-faced government has been exposed" "Nothing they say can be believed... whether it is monetary relief or promise of justice" "We won't even get a scrap of help from this government..." "Justice is a far off dream" "And we don't want justice given to us in charity" "Because justice is our right!" "And we won't be given it." "We will only be given humiliation" "Some Commission will be appointed, the enquiry will drag on for Years... and in the end the report will be dumped in the trash bin" "We don't want this farce of justice, this hollow sympathy." "Enough!" "For God's sake, enough!" "MY request to You, in fact, consider it our collective decision... that none of us will report to the Police" "nobody will file a report... or testify against any Hindu rioter before the Police or any Commission" "Nothing will be said against any Hindu rioter... because we don't want to be insulted" "We have tolerated enough!" "And we know how to deal with this kind of governance" "We will train our brave Youth and avenge the martyrdom of each victim" "We will not beg for justice before this government or the police" "So tell me... is that agreed?" "Agreed" "why are You afraid?" "Speak up loud!" "Agreed?" "Agreed" "Thanks." "So then it is decided, nobody will lodge a complaint" "One last thing." "If anybody goes against this decision... he will be considered a traitor" "any questions?" "Latifbhai..." "Yes, You have something to say?" "Yes" "What could be worse than what happened to us?" "So why should we not tell the Police?" "Meaning, why should we not lodge a complaint?" "The decision that we have all taken here, is absolutely correct" "Rest assured" "What's going on inside?" "Latifbhai is here, he is talking inside" "To AaliYa?" "Stop Farhaan, stop!" "With the death of Your parents in these riots..." "You have become very alone... and a lone, Young girl needs protection at every step..." "You understand what I mean?" "Miss AaliYa, I give You a piece of sincere advice... and that is, don't even dream of defying our decision" "Good bye" "I promise You... that You will get justice" "Please come forward without any fear... and lodge Your complaint" "Whatever You been though... whatever violence You suffered... please come forward and record it" "So that we can immediately start legal proceedings" "I can understand You are afraid" "maybe You have been threatened... but I appeal to You not to fear" "Trust the Law" "The government and the police are determined to... severely punish the rioters" "No matter what religion or community they belong to" "Without Your help... we will neither be able to identify nor arrest the rioters" "We won't be able to do anything" "The people who burnt Your homes... who killed Your children... who raped Your daughters... will walk free." "Is that acceptable to You?" "I appeal to You once more." "Strengthen our hands... come out and lodge complaints" "You will be given full protection." "I take personal responsibility" "Trust me." "There will be no delay in getting justice" "Please..." "Your name?" " AaliYa" "Tell us what happened" "You ask us to keep faith in You, in the law... when the culprits stand here bY Your side" "obviously You refer to someone in particular" "Are they present here?" " Yes" "Point them out" "Go ahead, don't be afraid" "What did these two do?" "During the riot, me and my friend Shabnam... were trying to reach Mehtab Manzil" "We asked them which is a safe way to go... and they deliberately sent us into a lane... where riots were on." "The rioters followed us" "Shabnam, her mother... her pregnant sister and her son were killed" "I fainted." "Farhaan saved me" "Bhonsle, Yadav... the two of You are suspended from this moment" "Written orders will follow." "Ranawat, prepare a chargesheet against them" "anything else?" "I saw with my own eyes, a leader of the government" "Mangal Rao" "He was with the rioters, inciting them" "You are sure it was Mangal Rao?" "Yes, I have seen his photos in the papers many times" "AaliYa here says that... she saw Mr Mangal Rao with the rioters" "Did any of You see him too?" "Don't be scared." "I am with You" "Whoever saw Mangal Rao, raise Your hands" "You need not come forward" "Long live Mangal Rao!" "Down with police tyranny!" "Quiet!" "Calm down friends!" "Dev saheb has given me the honour of coming personally to fetch me... how can I refuse him?" "Bhanu, You keep them calm" "Long Live Mangal Rao" "The CM wants You to release Mangal Rao" "It's not within my power, sir" "legally, this decision can be taken only by a Judicial Magistrate" "Witness testimonies, firs have all been filed, sir" "You cannot run a government by pieces of paper, Dev Pratap Singh" "You are an experienced police officer" "You can understand the exigencies of politics" "I cannot agree to do anything that the Constitution does not permit, sir" "The Constitution!" "Yes sir, the Constitution... and its ordained judicial system bY which I stand before You" "If You oppose the government, how far will You be able... to protect justice and the law, Mr Dev?" "Think about it." "If You support us... together we can do so much for the welfare of the people" "I cannot support anyone against the Law" "The ruler of the state decides the law" "His voice is the voice of the majority" "Pardon me sir, I am not willing to do anything against the law" "You picked him for Your team" "You are only responsible for his conduct" "Mangal Rao will be released, sir" "Fareedbhai... it's You!" "Latifbhai wants You." " Is it?" "okay, let's go" "No... both." "The girl will come along too" "AaliYa is not well." "You know what she's been through" "I am waiting downstairs." "No tricks." "hurry up and bring her" "why should we run in fear?" "What right does Latifbhai have over us?" "Where were they when women were being burnt and children killed?" "I agree, AaliYa." "But these people are merciless" "If someone comes in the waY of their politics... they won't tolerate it, they will cut them down" "they will let You go free?" "We are in this together" "I know them, I will deal with them" "But if they capture You they can do anything... to set an example for the others" "everybody's spirit will break, AaliYa" "The terror of Latif will get stronger." "nobody will come forward" "Listen to me AaliYa..." "You must protect Yourself to complete what You have started" "Constable saheb, we're sending You tea" "You are here for us." "This is a small gesture from us" "Thank You, Fareedbhai." " What for?" "It's our duty" "Drink up" "Bharati... please advice him" "He is under a misconception that... he can take on the government all alone and shake it to its roots" "He knows who and what Mangal Rao is and Yet he goes and arrests him!" "Just because some women reported against him" "Don't You know the politics here?" "Don't You know the nexus between politics and justice?" "Please explain to this man, Bharati" "When a storm rages the tree that bends survives... the one that stands tall, breaks" "You will survive, Tej" "I'll check" "AaliYa...?" "Dr Bharati, I need Your help" "Come in" "Who's that?" "What's going on here, Dev?" "He let the girl escape" "I'm sorry to say... that You turned out to be an ingrate, a traitor" "I have not betrayed You" "I want to quit You and Your party" "why?" " Think back, Latifbhai" "I came to You myself thinking that I would join Your mission... to get justice and rights for our community" "But after Your bomb blast..." "I am not a terrorist" "I won't betray my country" "Fareedbhai, cops!" "It's a roadblock" "hurry, reverse" "Remove his gag" "Who are You?" "What's Your name?" "Speak" "Dev..." " What?" "Joint Commissioner Dev" "A serious matter like a bomb blast... a minority leader like Latif... and just Your statement as evidence against him... the word of a man who confesses that he attacked me... a senior police officer" "Latif and Fareed are deadly criminals" "they are terrorists in the guise of politicians" "I am ready to testify against them" "Believe in me, Dev saheb" "Long Live Latifbhai!" "We are with You!" "Long Live Mangal Rao!" "Greetings Mr Bhandarkar" "Come Mangal Rao" "anything special?" " Noor Manzil" "That lowborn girl and her friends live there" "Thought tonight we will..." "I have come to take Your blessing" "Control Your anger, Mangal Rao" "Think before You act." " As You wish." "MY respects" "Supervise this Mangal Rao matter personally" "Confirmed information, sir" "There is possibility of violence at Ahmedpada tonight" "Nearabouts Noor Manzil." "activity has been seen at Mangal Rao's" "Har Har Mahadev!" "(Hindu battle cry)" "Har Har Mahadev!" "(Hindu battle cry)" "Hello Dev." "What brings You here?" "I was informed that tonight..." "Ranawat!" "Stop them!" "Ranawat, stop!" "nobody will do anything without my orders" "Tej, what is this?" "Can't You see what's going on?" "This area is under my jurisdiction." "I'm responsible for their safety" "I have made them a promise." " This area will now be under me" "The security here is my problem." "You are not needed here, Dev" "they are openly preparing to burn unarmed people" "We in uniform should stand and watch?" "Arguing about jurisdiction?" "Dev, You are forgetting Your duty" "You are helping these vandals." " I know what I am doing" "It's a crime" "It's against the law to let a crime happen in police presence" "To hide behind the law is cowardice." " Is it bravery to kill the unarmed?" "Ranawat, call the fire brigade!" "Ambulance!" "I said, nobody does anything" "MY orders, Dev!" " To hell with Your orders!" "Water!" "hurry up!" "Cover him!" "Bharati..." "The stench!" "People... burning alive" "God!" "That smell... of bodies consumed in flames... flesh... bones... eyes... faces..." "And... the screams... soul-rending screams... burning women, burning children" "Small innocent children writhing in the fire... and that smell..." "Oh, the smell" "Before... mY very eyes" "And he let it all happen... our very own Tej" "I don't know what I will do tomorrow" "What will happen to me, to us..." "I don't know" "anything can happen." "anything, Bharati" "Are You with me?" "Sir, my report about the burning of Noor Manzil" "Dev's report is not good, neither for the government, nor for You" "It won't be right to transfer him at this moment" "That will make his accusations more credible" "To me... having an officer like You in the force is very important" "However, if Dev does not withdraw his report... and if the media gets wind of it... then even I won't be able to help You" "All I can promise is, whatever action You choose to take..." "I shall give You full support and protection" "What happened all of a sudden, Dev?" "thirty Years of friendship wiped out in one moment?" "At the altar of Your principles?" "The place for ideologies is our minds not our relationship, Dev" "Have You no feelings left at all?" "Emotions cloud judgement, Tej" "We always had difference of opinion, Dev... notwithstanding, we have been friends through thick and thin for 30 Years" "So why have we become enemies today?" "You are making a mistake in recognising friend from foe" "I'm not Your enemy, Tej." "This is not about our friendship either" "Then?" "You want to become a messiah?" "Who for?" "Even now, Dev... is it not possible that we...?" "So You've decided to go against me" "Tej, You did what You thought was right" "I want to do what I think is right" "Take care, Dev" "You too, Tej" "No... nothing" "All set for tomorrow, sir?" "All set" "Do You think the report... and Your testimony will make a difference and You will win?" "I mean, considering today's politics... it seems like it won't make any difference" "It will make a difference, Farhaan" "certainly" "Our Courts of Law still stand today to defend the truth" "You are a law graduate" "If Youth like You lose faith in the law..." "lose courage and become cynics... it will be a sad day for this country" "You must start practicing law" "As You wish, Dev saheb" "But I am worried about You." " Worried about me?" "Those people can do anything to save themselves" "You are afraid they might kill me?" "Yes" "Look Farhaan... a man really dies the day he sees injustice... and still stays silent" "The question is not whether I may win or lose" "The question is not even whether I may live or get killed" "The question is whether, as a police officer... am I doing my duty or not" "As a human being, am I fighting for the truth, for Justice or not" "Armaan... life is a battlefield" "Facing victory or defeat, a soldier's duty is to fight" "Till his last breath, till the last drop of his blood, fight" "Armaan, the meaning of life... is to struggle continuously for truth and justice... that's all" "You called me Armaan" "Who is Armaan?" "Our son" "today he would have been Your age" "Bharati... will You give these kids some food or not?" "Sure." " And I have to leave early tomorrow" "I will also reach there." " To see the circus?" "Who did it, Tej?" "Who murdered Dev?" "Politics" "Politics is the biggest killer in our country" "Tej, who killed Dev?" "It will take time to get information" "I need to be alone, Tej" "Please leave" "I have to return some of Dev's things... come home" "Tell me something, Dev" "I know sometimes You get carried away" "You are the emotional kind" "But what did You do?" "Fell in love with that treacherous community?" "Forgot their black deeds and gave them shelter in Your home?" "Embraced them?" "You have disgraced the force" "You have been unjust to the memory of our own Armaan" "You have lost Your right Dev." "All rights" "The right to wear a uniform, the right to serve the nation... the right to be in the police, the right to Armaan's memory... the right to be my friend." "Yes, the right to be my friend!" "You have lost the right to friendship with Your Tejinder Khosla" "You have lost everything, Dev." "everything" "You have lost all rights." "You have no right even to sit here" "Go... go away" "You are still here?" "Go away, Dev." "You are not supposed to be here" "I don't know You, Dev." "I don't want to know You either" "Get out of my life" "Come in, Farhaan" "You called...?" " Yes..." "I called You" "Come on, have a drink" "No, thank You." "I don't drink" "What was Your relationship with Dev?" "MY relationship with Dev saheb?" "He was my spiritual father" "You won't understand" "You want to take Armaan's place, do You?" "MY Armaan's place?" "Dev saheb's Armaan" "Dev saheb, whom You murdered" "Farhaan Ali!" " Your friend..." "Your closest friend, whom You shot dead" "You think You have this great burden on Your shoulders... after Dev's death?" "Not death." "Murder" "He was murdered" "You were to give me Dev saheb's things" "Spiritual father, eh?" "Dev was Your father?" "Farhaan Ali, I have nothing of Dev's" "You may go" "Please go" "Farhaan, now this is Your responsibility" "It is my duty." " Ours" "It is our duty to carry on Dev saheb's belief... that it makes a difference, it certainly does" "The question is not whether I may win or lose" "The question is not even whether I may live or get killed" "The question is whether, as a police officer... am I doing my duty or not" "As a human being... am I fighting for the truth, for Justice or not" "Faced with victory or defeat... a soldier's duty is to fight" "Till his last breath, till the last drop of his blood, fight... for Truth and Justice." "Keep up the struggle"