"Please don_." "Don_ beat me. let me go.." "Don_.." "Don_." "Don_." "Narasimham!" "." "Don_ kill me." "Don_ kill me" ""Hey, little brother You got a bonny baby girl"" "Go tell that Bapineedu.." "I spared your life in the joy of my daughter's birth..." "'What man, all these crowds flocking in their carts like it's some festival"" "Don_ you knowt Neelakantham Naidu got a daughter.." "it was proclaimed in the nearby villages." "People are coming in carts to attend.." "the naming ceremony .You know what a big man he is.." "Move fast.." "What's the delay." "Put them down there." ""listen, the baby's features are just like the Madam, aren_ they?"" ""look closely!" "rhose eyes, that nose .. lookjust like the masters'.."" ""Oh, no. look at her smile, like the goddess of prosperity, just like her mother"" ""No, she's like the Master.." "No, She's just like Madam."" "No...rhat's what bugs me." "What does it matter whose featurest" "" If atleast this one lives on, she may do well even with my features."" ""rill now four babies born, and died in birth."" "Wondering how this one's fate turns out ...there my brother is sitting.." "" .with the astologers, greatly worried."" ""rell me, sir." "What do the stars foresay of the baby?"" "Ah!" "Neelakantham sir!" "her birth star indicates your girl has great future.." "'Wherever she is, all wealth flows to her."" ""rhe six planets resting in ninth, tenth and eleventh houses, with four of them "" "agreeing with the ruling star all these good signs are evident.." ""in your daughter's horoscope." "Due to her good fortune, now you have"" "no fear of premature death." "You will live full hundred years." ""Sister, Sister, Sister .Did you hear what the astrologers were saying?"" "What did they sayt" "My daughter .." "My baby has great future." "She will be belssed with great wealth." ""Because of her birth, My life span too has incresed.l'll live my full term."" ""My baby, my goddess, my manna from heaven, my golden child."" "But .. rhere's a threat to her life.." "from "water" .. as per her horoscope" "like the previous babies that died this baby too has danger to her life until she attains the age of fiReen." "You never know in what form.." "or from which side death will pounce." ""So, for these fiReen years, you have to protect her like your own life."" "No." "Stop it!" "ro my little goddess born to save me from premature death." "I can_ bear the prospect of her death Don_ tell any more.." "I'll pray to you." "Please tell us if there is a way to save my baby from" "..the threat from water." ""Please pardon me, lady." "Mere learning can not alter destiny."" ""lf you can_ alterfate, what are you there for?"" ""No, don_ say that, sir. rhere is an idea." "rhough we can_ change fate.."" "there is a wayto do penance forthese defects in horoscope." "rell me what it is." "Should I give almst Should I do sacrificest" "Should I satisfy Godst rell me. I'll do!" ""No, it's not that easy." "It's a vey difficult task."" ""No, it doesn_ matter." "If it will save my child from this danger, "" ""l'll bear any cost, any difficulty, tell me."" "rhe birth place of the sacred Ganges Gangotri!" "It's in the Himalayas." "You should take this child and bathe her in those waters on evey.." "..birthday without fail." "If you do this for 15 years.." "the danger of water will..disappear." "She will live her full life." ""Dear sir, to you who saved my daughter's life I can never repay your kindness."" ""Surely, the God himself came in your form to give us this boon."" "" You gave her life.." "You also name her, please."" "this baby face the danger of water.." "I'll give her suitable name" "Gangotri .." "Gangotri .." ""For a two year old girl,they are celebrating rhis festival in such a big way "" "rhis is nothing..see what is to come.." "when she goes to school.. a celebration another to decorate her hair with flowers yet another when she wears a half sari.." "like this we'll have celebration aRer celebration.." "What are you waiting fort Pour them on the baby's head and bless her!" "please start the chanting." "'What is it, babyt Don_ cy." ".aren_ you my darlingt Don_ cy don_ cy!"" ""Oh,oh you shouldn_ cy Please baby don_ cy"" ""Here you take up !" "Give herto.Please don_ cy,baby "" "You should smile..are you sweatingt Why why what happenedt" "Don_ cy don_ cy." "What happened babytDon_ cy Don_ cy." "What happenedt Why is she cyingt O my baby dear darling baby don_ cy" ""At what moment, from which direction death may come, we don_ know.."" ""Hey, run for the doctor!" "Don_ baby, don_ my dear.."" "Don_ cy my daughter." "Who is this boyt" "He is my son, Simhadri, sir"" "Simhadri..a son befitting the father ." "He made my cying daughter smile." ""like God created you for my sake, He created your son for my child."" "'What from today keep him here." "I will provide food clothes,schooling.."" "eveything myself. I will even get him married." "Neelakantham sir, he is the only son we have.." "rhen you do this." "Bring him when you come in the morning." "" And take him back at night when you go." "From morning when she gets up till,"" ""she goes to sleep at night, he should play and sing for her, take care of her."" ""lt will be as you please." "let's see,ply the flute."" "He also sings well, sir."" "rhen, sing a song."" "Which songt Sing the song of the water bird." "Oh water bird, water bird, I call you gently"" "little baby, little baby, I don_ need your company"" "if she smiles, what else is needed?"" "I should be by her when she sleeps rhis golden child is to be guarded with delicate care." "Oh water bird, water bird, I call you gently"" ""little baby, little baby, I don_ need your company"" "'When she utters her cute words, parakeets gaze.."" ""As she takes her stumbling steps, the deers gaze.."" ""As she smiles like the moonlight, the moon gazes.."" "And as she grows like the waxing moon remove the evil gaze" ""Gaze from here, gaze from there, even mine and the Gods"'" "You have to protect her from all evil gaze" "Oh water bird, water bird, I call you gently"" ""little baby, little baby, I don_ need your company"" "I'll be the doll in her little hands to play I'll be food to feed her if she's hungy" "In the cold morning, I'll be warm water"" "When she cries, I'll be her tears"" "I'll be her friend and teacher I'll be her servant, I'll be her own"" "You should be witness to evey word I say" "Oh water bird, water bird, I call you gently"" ""A Wonde_ul song, Simhadri's song, it wants you to hear"" "His song is her lullaby lf he's with her, it's a festival"" "Please bless that our friendship will flourish" "Oh water bird, water bird, I call you gently"" ""A Wonde_ul song, Simhadri's song, it wants you to hear"" "Good morning, sir."" ""Good morning." "Now, In the last Hindi exams, who got how many marks?"" ""l shall now say, i will be saying .." "Simhadri?"" "Simhadri didn_ come, sir."" ""Simhadri didn_ come, sir?" "What's this ?"" ""Simhadri fellow, doesn_ attend..school regularly." "Yet he gets $Os and 90s.Howt"" "Because, he doesn_ listen to your Hindi lesson .."" "Because he doesn_ listen to me?" "rhere's no dearth of cheekiness." "sit down - not caring for your elders!" "Gangotrit" "Gangotri .." "Stand up!" "'What these markst Out of Hundred, you get a big round 2EROt"" ""Sir, I am afraid of Hindi, sir. I don_ get it at all, sir. I'll write better ne_ time sir."" "Even I am afraid of Hindi.But aren_ we learning specially at homet" ""Hey where is the cane?" "Get that cane here 2ero marks!" "Come here, come here"" ""l don_ tolerate this." "Come here, come on." "2ero out of hundred!"" "Come, hold out your hand!" "Hold it out."" ""Look here, sir!" "in any district, in any village, in any school, the teacher"" "" has the right to punish the kid if the kid is in the wrong." "But in our village,"" "" in our school, when Gangotri is in the wrong, if she gets less marks, "" "then she can not be punished - but me." "Whatt You think you're herot You'll take the blows for Gangotrit" "Okay." "You hold your hand out." "Out with it." "Go, Go sit down."" "'Why kids, Why are you closing eyes when i punish them?"" "'_ou only told , not to see eyii !" "Sit..."" "Doing harm to someone who helps you how you say it in Hindit rellt" ""Can i say in reiugu, sir?" "Okay,whatever."" "It is like you hitting us with the same cane that we bring to you." "Silence .." "Silence .." "Silence .." "Who's laughingt Why laughingt All of you" "Stand up on the bench." "Stand up on the bench." "Come on stand up." "Did you see how many blows Simhadri bore for the sake of Gangotrit" ""Oh, not just blows, he'll even give up his life for her. "" ""From childhood, Gangotri has been Simhadri's life."" "What.." "Is it burningt" ""i put my hand in water, didn_ i_." "Now it's cool."" "Unnecessarily, you got beaten for my sake."" "I didn_ even feel a thing - it's for you." "'While I'm there, if you could get beaten like that, do you think I'll stay quiett"" "I won_ tolerate if even your parents beat you." ""Suseela Madam, Neelakantham Naidu sir commanded us to bring Narasimham urgently."" "Wait a minute." ""lt seems Neelakantham Naidu sir is calling you." "Okay,I'll go."" "One minute. roday is our wedding anniversay." "I wanted to visit the temple along with you." "If you can return quickly .." ""lf guy goes to work, he'll know when he'll return. I always go to give my life."" ""Between Vizag and Bhuvaneswar to build a rail track, "" "sealed tenders are invited before 12 noon today by the Divisional Engineer" ""Greetings Neelakantham sir, welcome .." "Welcome.. sit down."" "please sit down in this chair." "Many people came for tenders" "Who dares to put in a tender against our Neelakantam Naidut" "We came just in case you didn_ want to.. sir." "Or else" "'Who dares to put a tender against you .." "Not only in this district .." "But in this whole state, sir."" "Engineer .." "Sir" "Confirm the tender" ""rhere must be at least two tenders to confirm, sir .."" "I'll give you a second one also .." "In my sister's name" ""Okay, sir." "Stop!"" "rhere's still ten minutes time to file a tender." ""lt'll be the end of you, Bapineedu .." "Don_ mess with this Neelakantham Naidu"" "Eh .. rhere's no chance of this Bapineedu getting scared." "You don_ need me .." "to compete with you. rhis brother of my concubine is enough." "Hey brother-in-law!" "Go on!" "Stop!" ""lf you take one more step, that will be your last!"" ""lf you step back, your head will roll foryyard .." "Go on"" ""Accept both my tenders." "Okay,sir"" "You better wash your face before going home." "else your wife will have a heart failure!" "Dear Suseela!" "May you live for full hundred years with your husband and prosper." "You are teaching music and dance to our children." "By teaching these things to" ""poor people, You're helping them earn some money." "We'll always be in your debt."" ""Madam, Madam .." "Your husband, for the sake of Neelakantham Naidu, "" "..has cut off Bapineedu's brother.in.iaw's leg!" ""Oh God!" "So that my husband will keep us in his mind, think about his son"" "please bless us so." "Eveything readyt Ready!" "Do all of you have coinst Yes!" "Okay." "Put all your coins on the tracks." "Yes" ""rhe train is coming." "Move on, clear out.." "Ah,move on,clear out.."" "Eeeeey!" "rhat's my coin..that'smy coin." ""Hey, my coin.." "Hey,that's my coin."" "'What, this fellow .." "Hey, that coin is mine."" ""let go." "Come on, let go." "Simhadri.." "listen to me Simhadri.."" ""Hey stop.Simhadri, don_ .." "Simhadri, listen to me .." "Simhadri .."" ""Better give my coin back .." "Or else .." "Simhadri, don_ .."" ""Hey Ganga, stop." "Gngaa.." "Gangaa "" ""Simhadri .." "As it is, her aunt is ill tempered." "What she'ii do?"" "reacher .. reacher .." "reacher..reacher" "What' is itt Simhadri hit Gangotri with a stone." "Reallyt Where is Gangotri nowt" "She went home cying." ""Hey, Ganga stop." "Gangaa"" ""Hey, looks like someone hit Neeiakantham sir's daughter!"" ""rhen, there's going to be a dead body in the village."" "'_ou scumbag, how dare you to pluck mangoes from our orchard?"" "No, I didn_ pluck them"" "rhen you lie on top of thatt Why did you do thist I'll smear chilli powder" "..in your eyes if I have to make you tell the truth." ""No, Ma'am. I am not like that." "You useless fellow!"" "Oh mother, it burns .. "" "I can twist out your intestines .." "What do you think about Durgammat" "Oh my .." "Oh my .." "What .." "What happenedt Oh .." "Oh .." "So much blood." ""Oh brother, look here!" "Come quick, Oh, Oh!" "Come see!"" ""See, who hit her .." "See how much blood is spilling .."" "Gangotri, what happenedtWho hit you, tell me."" "Who hit yout Who hit you, reli me"" "Who hit you?" "reii me, tell me."" "Narasimha!" "rhe fellow who drew the blood of my darling girl can not remain alive." ""rell me, baby. I'll get that fellow's hands chopped off. rell me who it is."" "Whoever it is, tell."" "Hmmm, as I was walking back from school .."" "Who hit yout" "No one hit me. I stumbled against the school gate and fell." "You don_ have to wory a bit." "I'll apply this ointment." "Quickly." "Do it quick." "Sister look about that gate" ""l'll look aRer this, brother, why wory?" "Hey Dasu?"" "What life is this .." "I have to open the gate .. I have to clean the rooms I have to ring the bell.." "It's better to die than live this Hindi teacher's life." ""Oh my, What's this?" "Neeiakantham sir's Sumos are rushing here?"" "Oh, Why, you're remoying the gate?"" ""Because this gate tripped her, our Gangotri fell down." "So we trash it."" "In case she fell down in the school .." "'With a single bomb, I'll decimate the school." "Go on "" "What terrible thing this is!" "You'll trash the schoolt" ""Good morning master." "What happened to the gate, Master?"" ""lt got what's coming to it, dear. look dear, I implore upon you, "" ""if you everfall in the school, please don_ tell your father so, okay?"" "Okay Master. I'll tell him that I 've fallen at your home as I go for tuition." "Master, Master, do you know this!"" "What deart" ""For Gangotri , her father arranged a special train from our village"" "He'll arrange the train .." "And he'll arrange for bombs if the train doesn_ run." "When does this train startt" ""romorrow, master." "romorrow?"" ""Simhadri_." "Ah, coming."" "Neelakantham sir is like god!" "Even a goods train doesn_ stop in this station ln such case, he brought this express train .."" ""Hey Obules, you don_ understand." "listen, I'll explain it to you vey plainly."" ""rhis train stops here not for you, nor for your wife, nor for my children."" ""Now, you know our Neelakantham sir's daughter, Gangotri, right!"" ""She must be taken to Gangotri evey year, right!" "ro do that, one has to go to "" ""either Vijayawada or Hyderabad which is difficult, right!"" ""So, he directly went to Delhi, put a knife to the railway minister's neck"" "..and got this express train here." "rhat's why it's here." "Hey reacher." "'_es, sir." "So, like that, our Neelakantham Naidu sir , for our village .."" ""Stop your praise. .. proceed._./Okay,sir"" ""Guard sir, guard, sir." "When will this train come back to our yiiiage?"" "What, dear?"" ""Passing seven states, it reaches Gangotri and comes back aRer seven days."" ""rhis is a station, this is a stop .." "Your questions .. My answers .." "Aii this my fate!"" "Hey kids, all come here."" "We all have to do one thing." "What shall we dot" "You all write down the names of people you love on a paper and stick it to this train." "'When the train returns whose paper will remain intact, only that person's love is true."" "Okay." "Okay." ""Ready?" "Come on." "Hey, Hey .." "I can_ see it .."" "Gangotri .." ""Choo rrain choo choo train, with a song in its whistle"" "All the notes of music .." ""choo train choo choo train, with a dance in its gait"" "All the steps of dance lively music it plays .." "Wiping out the distance between people .. rhis train" "Gangotri .." "rea .." "Coffee .." "Omlette .." "Peanuts .." "Peanuts .." "bread omlette .." "Bread omlette .." "idli wada .." "Hot hot .." "cury rice .." "Mutton rice .." "It offers you coconut water in Herala lt lets you taste Bisibela bath of Harnataka" ""From Andhra pesarat - upma, wrapped in parcel"" "Roti in Maharashtra for lunch at noon" ""Showing Agra palace, giving Simla apple"" ""Stepping through Haridvar, trouing through Rushikesh"" "ro Gangotri it hurries on .." "Gangotri .." "'When it's hot in the Sun, it shades us"" ""ln rain, it holds under its umbrella"" ""All night, it's awake, sacrificing sleep"" ""like mother, it rocks us to sleep."" "Denying itself a holiday .." "Bringing us friends .." ""bearing all our burdens, taking us to our destinations"" "It rejects all shades of caste and religion lt brings all humans on the same track" "Gangotri .." ""Choo rrain choo choo train, with a song in its whistle"" "All the notes of music .." ""Choo rrain choo choo train, with a song in its whistle"" "All the notes of music .." "It's mine .." "It's mine .." "Shh, stop. let's see whose paper it is .."" ""How come, all the papers we wrote are gone." "Only yours is remaining."" ""For pure thought, pure sound and for sacred deed, the five elements will help."" "My mother said." "I love India .." "I love India .." "I love India.." "ro give up life for the sake of those who feed us .. rhat's our family motto." "Well done .." "Now you are my son!" "Whatt Is this what you should be teaching himt You should tell him" "'_o study well, bringing good name to his parents and to his county."" "" In stead, do you want him to become a siaye to that house, like yourself?"" "Suseela!" "Do you forget the help Neelakantham sir e_ended when we got married like the squirrell helping lord Rama you too should help that family" "..and repay your debt." "First, will you do me a fayor?"" "Whatt Please liR your head." "What's this, like the bell in the neck of Nandit"" ""like Nandi is the trusted servant of lord Siva,"" "'_ou too are such trusted se_ant toyour lord, right?"" "rrue." "'When you liR your arm to kill some one on his behalf, this bell will ring."" "rhus it will remind you that you have a wife and son." "rhat you should live for the sake of your loved ones .." ""Greatings, sir Is the cash ready?"" ""100 million is too big an amount, sir, so it has to be brought from the head office"" ""by the manager at 1 o'clock. I'll bring it myself and deliver it at your home, sir."" "What the heck you delivert You took six months to prepare the check aRer the track work was complete." "Now to cash it you saying 1 o'clock. rhink this a gamet" "Please forgive this once, sir .."" "Okay." "Even one minute past 1 o'clock .." "your family will be orphans - take care." "'_es,sir." "Yes,sir"" "roday is my sister's birthday." "Wherever I may go if I don_ return to her on this day" ""she won_ even touch her food." "So, I'll go." "large amount." "Be careful."" ""Sir, you going alone .."" ""Not me, no one can touch even my shadow." "you be careful."" "Bapineedu!" "How long l've been tying for you Our plan success. I told him there's no cash in the bank and delayed payment He leR alone for his sister's" ""birthday, that Neelakantham. rhere's no better chance than this." "Get him .."" "He won_ enjoy his sister's birthday treats I'll make his siter eat his death feast." "Best of luck" ""Hey you, what's this conspiracy against our Neeiakantham sir?" "reii me, tell."" "Don_ kill me .." "Don_ kill .." "I'll tell I'll tell." ""Heiio.." "Suseeiaa!" "What, why're you in such hury?" "rhere's a danger to Neelakantham sir's life." ""Out side our village, at the 3rd milestone Bapineedu's people plan to kill him."" "You must get to him before he gets there and warn him." "You may not like him too much but won_ you do this one help to met I'm too far away." "Suseela!" "I didn_ ask you for anything since we got married." "For the first time.." "I'm asking you." "Please go and save his life." "Please Suseela!" "I'll salute you." "Go and save his life." "Okay. I will go." "Where is the teacher goingt" ""Mom.." "reacher!" "reacher!" "reacher, please stop."" "Mom!" "Stop." "Neelakantham sir!" "Don_ come." "Stop there!" "Stop there" "Why's Suseela running this wayt driver go quick." ""Neeiakantham sir!" "Don_ come this way." "No, don_ come." "Stop right there!"" "Neelakantham sir!" "Don_ come this way" ""Stop right there." "No, don_ come." "No, don_ come." "Neeiakantham sir!" "Don_ .." "Don_ come."" ""Neelakantham sir, they're looking to kill you."" ""Calm down Simhadri, don_ be sad."" "My mother said one shouldn_ be depressed when faced with troubles one should be strong" "All my strength is my mother." "Now that she's not here.." ""Narasimham, to save my husband's life"" "this boy lost his mother.." ""rhough he lost his mother, I'm there for him." "But if we had lost your husband"" "all of us would have been orphans!" ""But, one thing bothers me .."" "What is itt" "She got away from me the chance of saving your life." ""Had I got that opportunity, my life would have been fulfilled."" ""Come, let's go." "Move."" "I'll come later." "You shouldn_ stay long in the house of death. rhat's misfortune .." "Come.." "'What, the kids are going out instead of coming in! "" "Perchance the headmaster is dead or whatt" "'_es, he's gone."" "'Where, ma'am?" "Not to heaven, home."" "'Why, ma'am?" "lookthere"" ""FiReen days Gangotri holidays." "Oh, just like Sankranthi holidays and "" ""Christmas holidays, now there are Gangotri holidays too."" ""No, I granted them."" ""rhis year, our Ganga should not miss any classes for her X class." "So,"" "" till we return from Gangotri if you ty to run classes, you'll be gone .." "Straight up .."" ""No, ma'am!" "Why drag me in?" "Not wo_h it." "I'll die even if hit with a piece of chalk"" "Go on." "What wonder .. rhis Neelakantham who doesn_ know anything but stabbing" "" and killing - how much he loves his daughter!" "rill they return from Gangotri oh my,"" ""oh my, the school shouldn_ be open!"" ""Hey, Gangotri is here." "Gangotri is here."" ""No, Gangotri didn_ come here." "We came to Gangotri."" ""Here, there are three Gangotris did you know?"" ""Here, take care of those pots and stuff.."" "'_ou're one Gangotri, this train's one Gangotri .."" "rhis place is another Gangotri .." "rhis kind ofjoking is what irritates me." "Where's that lame fellow that always greets ust" ""l arrived, ma'am .." "I'm here .." "I'm here.."" ""Hey, are you well_."" ""l'm well, ma'am." "From the money you gave last time, I bought these boots, ma'am."" ""rhey're nice, ma'am."" ""Hey, 'cause asked you, you want to kick me with your booted foot or what?"" "Even a lame fellow like you .." "He bought those boots with the money you gave last time.He's asking if you like them." ""Hey, stop your nonsense." "Hey lame!" "Did you make arrangements for the full bath?"" ""Super ready, sir." "rhen moov "" "'With turmeric and vermillion, with milk and pe_ume"" "pure sandal paste and divine nectars themselves" "'Washing evey limb, removing evey curse "" "rhis sacred bath offered to Gangotri" ""Oh, mother Ganga"" ""rell river Hrishna, not to cause troubles"" ""rell river Yamuna, to always bring help"" "J "ro Godavari and Haveri to brook and stream"" "the falling rain and the diving water fall to all your siblings .." ""Please tell, Oh Mother Ganga .."" "live river you are .." "Granter of salvation .." "'_he queen of prospperity, friuts, flowers and decorations"" "Siva's dreadlocks your dance steps you give good fortune to the women bathers" "to wipe off dangers and sins in this sacred river three dips enough" "'Water blessing from you Oh mother, Ganga Bhavani"" "In her solid protection .." "rhe girl will blossom full" "Oh flowing Gangotri .." "Daughter of snow mountain Daughter of Hari" "Stream of life .." "Oh pure one .." ""Father Father.." "Hey Gangotri, what's it dear?"" "What's he ca_ing?" ""Not sure, dear." "All there years we were coming here, neyer noticed this." "Hey Satya!"" "Yes sir." "Find out what's that." "rhat stone .." "What name .." "Carve you dot" ""lf you know, talk in English .." "Or in Hindi .." "If not that, speak in your mother tongue"" "" relugu." "Don_ talk this piece meal tongue, murdering all three languages."" ""Oh great, you know telugu?"" "We live at pilgrim centers - can speak many languages." ""Okay, so why are you carving these names on these stones?"" "rhis place is called the spot of rebirth." "rhose whose names are carved here they'll preserve the nods of this life in the ne_ life also - that's the belief." "Great." "What land is this!" "Bring paper." "Oh sculptor!" "What do you charge for each namet" ""Hundred rupees, ma'am."" ""Not hundred. rake a thousand." "But carve my name, my sister's name"" "and my daughter's name - these three names there." "'_es, sir."" ""Not this life, not ne_ life, for many lives to come, I should be born as a "" ""brother to my sister and and to this golden father, this bundle of gems"" "should be born as my daughter." "Carve them.." ""Okay, move on .." "Move on."" ""Hey Simhadri, you stay on and get our names carved."" "Okay." "We'll go have some tiffin." "Come rhen Simhadri's tiffin .." ""rhat's where l get irritated." "He'll eat some stuff here, move." "Come on."" "You're always like this." ""Uncle, uncle .." "What, man?"" "I brought some relugu people" ""Great, lame fellow." "All these days I thought there's no relugu hotel "" ""..here in Gangotri." "So then, whose is it?"" "It's mine sir." "My name is Anjaneya Sasty." "Our village is Draksharamam." ""rhen, it's ne_ to our place .."" ""ln India, in all pilgrim centers there are many relugu hotels, sir. "" ""But here in Gangotri, the Mother Ganga granted me the fortune of running"" "" the hotel here." "Come, please come in and sit." "Hey Mumtaj, our relugu guests are here."" ""okay alright. rhat's good.Sister, get evey one well fed.l'll get the cars ready."" ""Okay you go on." "Come, Come."" ""Hey, bring a glass of water for the madam."" "You are making fun of me because i'm fat?" "Did I get fat eating your father's food or whatt" ""No, she's not making fun, ma'am." "She means to bring some water. "" "She's a muslim." "Doesn_ know relugu well." "What nonsense!" "You employ a muslim girl in a relugu hotelt" ""Not an employee, ma'am." "Mumtaj is my wife."" "Ah!" "You're a brahmin and you married a muslim girl?" "rhat's what irritates me." "'What's wrong in that, ma'am?" "Didn_ Lord Venkateswara mary Bibi Nanchari?"" "Oh lord Srinivasa!" "Okay okay." "My stomach is growling." "Bring tiffin." "rell me what you'd like" "Bring idli and vada for evey one and onion dosa for me." ""Hey mumtaj, put some onion on the dosa!"" ""Oh Lord, what?" "You want her to piss on my dosa?" ", di_y fellow!"" ""No, no ma'am." "What I said in Urdu is onion."" ""Oh, even I know that."" "Why you eat vada firstt Eat the idli." ""Oh, you already finished the idli_."" ""Ah, you ate the yada too?"" "'What hunger is this, eating like a demon's sister!"" "'What, oh my!" "What did i say now?"" ""Did you see sir, how well he ca_ed?"" ""Gangotri, Durgamma, Neelakantham, rulasi.."" ""Hey, I ordered only three names .." "How my wife's name .."" ""l only told, sir." "Perhaps you forgot your wife's name in the hury then"" ""rhough I forgot the bonds of marriage, the gratitude you have for her reminded you"" "Great Simhadri Gangotri .." "Durga .." "'_ou sculptor useless fellow. rhat middle letter in my name is crooked, whyt"" ""Pardon me, ma'am." "As I was carving your name, my chisel shook."" "Even her name shook the chisel." "Her loud mouth shakes our entire village!" ""Oh it will shake. I'll shake it." "You bloody .. Come." "You come along now, come on."" "I'll get a photo .." "Okay then" "You go on. I'll be there." "Okay" "What deart" ""lf you carve friends' names here, then will they be friends in ne_ life also?"" ""Most definitely, dear."" ""rhen please carve our names also." "Here, take this."" "'What's this, she paid with her golden bangle!"" "What happened Gangat" "'Weii, well, i don_ know Hindi well, no?"" ""rhen, did that Hindi teacher beat you?" "i will .."" ""roday is the Hindi test." "Even if I write, I'll fail."" ""So, you won_ go to the test and keep cying here insteadt What if you fail.."" "you can pass ne_ year." "You'll all pass and go on to the ne_ calss I have to stay on in the same class." ""Oh, that's the scene." "Okay." "You'll get 100 out of 100 in Hindi." "Okayt"" "Here' l'm cying that I'll fail." "You make fun of me that I'll get 100 out of 100t" ""Not making fun. rruly, if you do as I say, you'll get 100 out of 100."" "What to dot" ""First, remove your clothes." "Cha, I'm shy"" ""Okay, I'm even more shy." "Come here."" "What you looking at." "Bring the wig." ""rhough I look like a comedian, I'm vey serious at work." "Any one caught.."" ""cheating will be debarred, and I'll get all of you dismissed." "All girls, check your .."" ""skirts and blouses." "All boys check not only your shirts and pants, but underyyears also.."" "Go on." "cute girl like a guava fruit eyes like pieces of chalk." "Nose like a pencil lips like erasers" ""Oh gosh, i'm lucky, ain_ i_."" "No luck!" ""Do you know this?" "Like Venkatesh in Sundarakanda movie, "" "it's writtenin my horoscope that I too will mary a student." "I too was told by fortuneteller that I'll elope with my teacher." "Reallyt Yours lovingly!" ""Here, it's time for the test. I'll give you full cooperation." "All the best."" "Ah!" "I'll give you punishment for coming late to the exam." ""No, I didn_ come to take the exam, you fool!"" "rhent rhe daughter of the warlord of our village is writing the exam here." "She's poor in Hindi." ""lf she fails in the test, I who taught her .."" "I who's the invigilator and the school hosting the exam .." "All these he'll blow up with a single bomb.l salute you.You just close your eyes." "and turn away - l'll take these notes and pass them to her." "Who is the girlt rhere .." "She's sitting there .." "Eleven zero one. rhat girl." "Yeaht rhen give it here." "Dear Gangotri!" "Ganotri!" "I know why you are suffering." "Here, I brought you the notes." "Copy from it."" ""listen to me, dear." "If you fail, yourfather will close my file." "Gangotri, oh dear!"" "look here. I'm leaving the notes here." "Copy from it and get 100 out of 100." ""My golden girl, my dearest .." "Please say yes. listen to me."" "Guaya fruit!" "Guaya fruit!" "Guaya fruit!" ""Poor girl, may be she's hungy, so she brought a fruit." "Okay dear, eat your fruit."" ""Copy from the notes, dear." "Oh my dear .." "What's this the kick from there.."" "..split me up heret" "rhis girl's blows are more powe_ul than eyen her dad's!" "Go on to the doctor." "'Why did you kick him like that, not considering he's your teacher?"" ""lf another man touches me, should i bear it or what?"" ""So, can I touch?"" ""Sure, but not here." "ARer the exam, if you come to the orchard, then you can touch"" "wherever you want." ""rhen I'II come prepared, okay?"" "Sit down.." "Sit down .." "Silence .." "rhat's how I tricked the invigilator and wrote the exam to come here." ""ln a little while he'll come, see, our super lover."" "Here he comes." ""Hai .. rill now, she's been talking about you only, sir."" ""rhank you, young boy."" ""On seeing you, even in first glance she lost her heart, offered up her youth"" ""she even lost her guava fruit, apparently."" ""Guaya fruit?" "Whateyer. i'm ready to give up my life even for Ganga.." "Here, Gangi"" "'Who are your elders, What's your village, What's your father's name?"" "Won_ you tellt" "'Why, you want to fix the wedding?"" ""My uncle's from Mogaltur, dad's place is Palakol"" ""My uncle's from Mogaltur, dad's place is Palakol"" "rhat I've come of age to mary rhey won_ let me go among men." "My uncle .." "My dad .." ""My uncle's from Mogaltur, dad's place is Palakol"" ""Oh girl, I'll satisfy you"" "I'll get your elders to agree" ""Oh thin waisted lovely, if you agree to mary"" ""From Pithapuram, I'll get the palanquin"" ""l'm your teacher, you're my student"" ""rhis match is made in heaven, oh girl"" ""Our stoy is Sundarakanda, oh girl"" "Even if I don_ listen in class though I don_ come to tuition" ""Please don_ hit me with the cane, oh sir"" ""Even if you beat, beat me soRly sir."" "I won_ make you stand on bench I won_ punish you even" ""Come sit in my lap, oh girl"" ""l'll give you hundred marks, oh girl."" ""Oh master, Oh master, why these twisted thoughts you have"" ""lf the elders get to know, your box will be thrown out"" "Uncle's from Mogaltur .." "'_our dad's place is Palakol, I know"" "Marriage with a girl like me" ""lf you wish for, then you'll be the bride, sir"" ""l'll be your husband, sir."" "rhis incredible beauty coming to my side" ""l'm okay with anything, oh girl."" ""lf _his' becomes _hat', that's okay oh girl"" "If you set up house with a girl like me" "'_he stoy gets reversed, sir."" "'_ou'll become pregnant, sir."" ""Oh master, Oh master, student is not your pair."" ""lf uncle gets to know, he'll play rough with you."" ""My uncle's from Mogaltur, dad's place is Palakol"" ""Hey, the results have come"" "Yest You passed in first class." "You got 90 marks in Hindi." "Reallyt" "'We all passed, but only Simhadri failed."" "Gangotri what happened .." "Gangotri .." ""rulasi .." "Sister .." "Sister .." "Sister .." "What happened?" "Sister,"" "'What happenedt What happened to my golden child, tell me!"" ""rhat What heppened, tell me."" "rhat .. rhat .." "'What happenedt What happened to my golden child, tell me!"" "Ask your wife." ""Ah, why do you laugh?" "rell me, what happened?"" "rhe girl got her first period." ""Simhadri, how come you're still here?"" "'Why, what happened?"" ""Gangotri had fainted in her house, I heard." "Really?"" ""Hey, rhat Simhadri idiot is coming." "Close the gates"" ""Hey, open the gates. I have to see Gangotri urgently." "What happened to Gangothrit"" ""From this day on, you can_ see her." "Can_ come here for Gangotri."" "Even Gangotri's name should not come your mouth." "Whyt Gangotri came of age." ""rulasi, All the ladies have arrived." "Go bring Gangotri."" "What Gangotri is not ready yett" "'Without Simhadri, she says she doesn_ want this celebration."" ""Unless Simhadri comes and sings, she won_ come out, it seems."" "'Why, how come Simhadri didn_ come yet?" "Hey, where is Simhadri?"" "I only told him not to come.Why's he needed at this functiont" ""Cha Cha, stop sister." "Since she's a baby, he looked aRer her. rill yesterday.."" "'_hey roamed together.Why prohibit himt look here, to make Gangotri happy"" "'Whatever she wants must be done, that's all"" ""Hey, who's there." "Go get Simhadri."" ""Alright, sir You go bring Ganga!"" ""ln a garden on a plant, a flower blossomed."" ""like a queen, like a goddess it smiled"" "It should smile on forever" "It should smile on forever" ""rhe sky, and earth, rhe brook and stream"" "rrees and birds will bless her" ""ln a garden on a plant, a flower blossomed."" ""like a queen, like a goddess it smiled"" ""Many colored flower, not seen sunlight"" ""Beautiful flower, full of many virtues"" "'Which temple it will adorn, the God shall bless her"" ""rhe flower will worship, in God's own temple"" "rhat flower will be happy" ""ln a garden on a plant, a flower blossomed."" ""Giving it water, shading it like a shelter"" ""ln rain and shine, the gardener adores her"" "'Won_ he accompany her always, rhere's no other God "" "rhe gardner is God himself for the flower rhe bond of flower and the gardener won_ ever weaken" ""ln a garden on a plant, a flower blossomed."" ""like a queen, like a goddess it smiled"" "It should smile on forever rhe sky, and earth, rhe brook and stream"" "rrees and birds will bless her" ""Hey you, the water is heating for the bath." "First, pour some water into this tank."" "Okay ma'am." "In this god forsaken house no one cares about anything." "Only I have to take care of eveything." "Lata, How is Simhadri_."" "Why, that's why I came."" ""Hey you, see if that stove is burning or not." "Oh my Oh my, throwing.."" ""dirt in my eyes, how did you get in like bandicoots?" "Just now, i went inside.."" "'_or a minute." "What, did you bring some message from that Simhadri fellow?"" "No ma'am.ro give this book to Gangotri .." ""No books wooks to be given. look here once the girl attains puberty, all this.."" "running around and games can_ go on." "She will not go to school any more." ""lf she wants to study so much, the teacher will come home and teach." "Okay?"" ""ln the name of studies or books, if you or that Simhadri fellow turn up here"" "'_ou see that stove, I'll break your limbs and stuff them into that stove." "Go on."" "Go die, curse your mothers' wombs .."" ""l feel like seeing you, won_ you come to my house immediately?"" "Now?" "I need to talk many things with you." "rhey won_ send me to school any more." "I heard." "All are asleep." "Come over immediately." "rhis late at night .." "Okay." ""Simhadri, I'm vey sad." "It's been a full week since I saw you."" ""rhat we shouldn_ meet any more, your elders ordered - so my father also said."" "rhat's the tradition apparently." "'What tradition, I don_ know. rhey won_ let me sit out of the house." "If I don_"" ""see you, I'll cy." "Simhadri, I can_ be without seeing you."" ""l can_ stay too, Ganga." "But I have to..." "let's do this." "Heep this flute with you."" "'When you see this, you'll recall my songs and words, "" "it'll feel like seeing me." "I don_ want the feeling." "You should come see me now and then." ""Okay, I'll come visit you when no one can watch, like this. I'll make a move, Ganga."" ""One minute. rhere's dewfalling, Simhadri." "in this cold, how will you go that far?"" "rake this sweater and wear it." "Hey, who is that?"" "Hey Malli, Hey Malli." "Where the hell are yout"" "rhere's some sound there." "Go check it." ""Hey who's there?" "Hey Ranga, you go check that!"" ""Hey, hey, hey, brother, did you see?" "Did you see that?" "He's eioping "" "'With our girl." "My gosh, Coming into the house like a thief at night to meet a grownup girl"" ""No, sir, What happened was .." "." "What not?"" ""ln front of our vey eyes, you were holding her hand." "Who are you tying to fool?"" ""rhough my sister warned me, I let you into the house. "" "is this what you pay back witht" "Go." "Go inside." "Moye girl !" "Moye on!" "rake her in." "Fellows, break him apart."" ""Father .." "Don_ beat Simhadri, father Father .." "Father .." "Don_ beat"" "Narasimham .." "Narasimham .. rhat Neelakantham's people are beating your.." "It is not Simhadri's fault, father. listen to me."" "'What nonsense are you talking." "Come, go inside"" ""Brother, please stop. little fellow perhaps commited mistake not knowing well."" "if it's his fault, please forgive him."" "'What, forgive himt In front of my vey eyes, he's dragging my daughter along .."" ""Father .." "Don_ beat Simhadri, father Father .." "Father .." "Don_ beat"" "What are you looking att lf one hand hurts my son .." ""Alas, alas, all is over." "It's all over." "Our prestige is drowned in the Ganges."" "rhat Simhadri fellow visits your daughter at midnight." ""His dad raises his hand against you, threatening to kill.You can_ stay quiet. "" "We should see the end of this father and son." "What are you sayingt" "Yes, sir. I saw it with my own eyes."" "'What good news you brought!" "So, Neelakantham and Narasimham fall apart."" "Vey good." "Yes dad." "Will you ever go to that houset" "No dad!" "Even if you feel like seeing Gangotrit" "I won_ go, dad."" "He forgot all the service you rendered and kicked you in your chest." ""How can I forget that, dadt I won_ go dad." "Never will I go there, dad."" ""Calm down, boy." "My heart aches in sadness." "Will you .."" ""l'll do anything for you, dad." "Anywhere you want me to go, I'll go."" "I feel you were hasty in dealing with Narasimham." "He even lost his wife in the effort to save your life." "rrue." "Yes sir." "Bring that Narasimham along .." "Carefully." "Go.Go inside Okay sir." "Go." "Go inside." "What's this?" "rhat you won_ ever see in your life .." "You can_ even imagine .." "Why did you bringt" "Not to induce you to join my gang or to join hands with me." "For twenty fiveyears.." "you protected his life with yours." "What are you leR witht" "By dawn that Neelakantham will be histoy." ""Sir, that Narasimham joined with Bapineedu, sir. rhey're planning to kill you."" "rhen He and that Bapineedu should be ashes along with that music school." "You shouldn_ inte_ere.rhis is the payment." "rell me if that's not enough." "I'll send more." ""Bapineedu!" "Like eyey human has only one father and only one mother,"" "there's only one person you can trust." "rhat trust is vested in only one person." "He may have lost his trust in me." "But my faith in him will remain with me till my last breath." "rhis is the center of art which my wife regarded as sacred temple itself." ""So, I'll let you off." "If this happened elsewhere,"" "I'd have cut up all off you into little pieces." "Get out of here." "Oh what horrible tragedy!" "rhis is doing evil against your benefactor." "rhat poor teacher lost her life to protect Neelakantham's life." ""At last, that Neelakantham took even Narasimham's life."" "Even Simhadri was looking aRer Neelakantham's daughter like his own life." "Yes, true. rhis whole family served that one faithfully"" "'_et they made this boy an orphan Poor fellow, how will he survivet"" "Hey Neelakantham Naidu!" ""Hey, who's that?" "Who dares to call my brother by his name, in this whole district?"" "It's me." ""Oh my, you wretched Simhadri !" "Since your father died, did you get drunk"" "to shoot your mouth offt" "'_es!" "Since my childhood, Neelakantham Naidu was God." "His word was the law."" "His house is the temple .. rhe tipsiness of my father's teachings is now gone" "Hey, what' your problem?"" ""Hey, It's to stop your daughter's cying you asked me to sing."" "" It was you who asked me to play with her, to look aRer her like my vey life."" "At last, you succumb to the evil words of your sister, "" ""and put a dirty color on ourfriendship, and separate us, that also you!" "And your sister!"" "What, you're talking too much."" "I'm not crazy, I speak the whole truth."" ""Hey, I raised Gangotri with these hands." "We never had these dirty thoughts."" "It is you and your sister that planted this thought in us now.." "Alright." "From this moment on .." "rhis moment on .." "I love Gangotri." "i ioye you, Gangotri!"" ""365 days!" "In three hundred and si_y five days, I'll take Gangotri away from you."" "Hey, who's there?" "Cut this fellow up!"" ""Hey, what are you?" "Your fellows will cut me up?" "You can_ eyen touch my hair!"" "Brother!" "Alas, alas, blood!"" ""ln three hundred and si_y five days, I'll take Gangotri away from you."" "Stop there." "Bring the news of that wretched Simhadri's death or bring his corpse." ""Until then, none of you can enter my house." "Go.." "Go .. "" "Come back only with Simhadri's corpse." ""Did you return with the good news of Simhadri's deatht Ah, tell me." "Did you find himt"" "'We searched Guntur, Hrishna, all coastal districts." "Also searched evey"" "lane in Hyderabad." "Rayalaseema also we searched." "No trace of him anywhere.." "You must find .." "And cut him up." "Announce in rv and the papers." "Not only in our state" "Search evey inch of the whole county." ""Oh lord, My simhadri shouldn_ face any danger." "protect him safely wherever he is"" "Sir, look here a minute."" "Yes, what's it?"" "Who asked you to carve these names heret" ""rhat girl who came with you all, all her dear friends' names she wanted carved"" ""here,so that you'll all remain her friends in the ne_ life too."" "If you and I stay together, I am pleased."" "If you and I become we, I'm even happy"" "rhat you love me, and I love you, that I found"" "You are there and I'm here" "You are there and I'm here this is too tough." "If you and I stay together, I am pleased."" "If you and I become we, I'm even happy"" "rhat you love me, and I love you, that I found"" "You are there and I'm here" "You are there and I'm here this is too tough." "rhe kites we flew once reach hearts' depth rhe fruits we tasted together now bring our tastes together rhe banks of the river bends we roamed put these twists in the stoy" ""rhe sand homes we built, now build us our own home"" ""rhat dear one who raised me tenderly, now that he'll own me fully"" "You are there and I'm here" "You are there and I'm here - this is too tough." "If you and I stay together, I am pleased."" "If you and I become we, I'm even happy"" "rhat the lessons in the school teaches to love rhat the train tracks set up our wedding procession rhat our names set in stone show up as wedding invitations" "rhe marriage of dolls we pe_ormed now bless us" ""rhose steps I taught her, now become the sacred seven steps."" "You are there and I'm here" "You are there and I'm here this is too tough." "If you and I stay together, I am pleased."" "If you and I become we, I'm even happy"" "rhat you love me, and I love you, that I found"" "You are there and I'm here" "You are there and I'm here this is too tough." "Oh, what a house!"" "'_ou don_ go ahead, stop there." "You back, man"" "Come on, fellows, come, come"" "What's this commotion?" "'Wait sir, I'll tell you." "You wait." "Stop." "Yes, put them down, ladies,"" "keep the plates there." "Who are you?" ""lf you know who we are, you won_ be sitting like that!"" "You'll be standing!" "What are all theset" ""Sweets, pure ghee sweets, brought from Nirmala Swagruha foods."" ""Even in America or in Andhra, these are in great demand"" "'Why all these?" "ro eat,sir."" ""Either in America, or in Andhra, these are utilized for eating."" "Hey, teacher, who is this man?" "Who are they?"" ""Oh, nothing, sir. rhis is Mr. Sunil, works in 2P school in our town. "" "Our Gangotri took the Hindi exam in their school." "I'm the reason for Gangotri writing that exam well and passing." ""Oh, thank you vey much. rhen as she passed, Gangotri should bring you sweets."" "Why did you bringt" ""Sir, no such formalities between Gangotri and myself."" "Many thanks." "What do you wish from met Should I get you the best teacher awardt" ""Either in America or in Andhra, awards come by themselves if one has cash."" "rhen .." "Ah .." "You want promotion as the head mastert" ""Ah, what promotion." "If bribes are given, it'll come by itself."" "rhen, tell me how much you want."" ""Oh, what's the deal with money." "ARer the wedding.. "" "the whole wealth will be mine anyway rhen, tell me what you want."" "Oh my gosh, I'm suddenly shy sir."" ""Hey, Either in America or in Andhra, it's the girls who should feel shy, why you?"" "You shut up" ""Bridegroom, isn_ he?" "He'ii be shy." "Nothing, sir. rhis young fellow loves "" "your Gangotri." "Gangotri too loves him." "rhese two loved each other.." "..roaming around the fields and lake shores and among the wells." "So, now if we exchange these promises"" ""rhat's all sir, they give us this plate and we give that plate in return, talk about that.."" "'What's this, sir?" "We come for wedding and you pour water on us!"" ""Hey, you want to mary my daughter, eh?" "Make this fellow unfit for marriage!"" "Oh my god!" "I don_ know any thing. rhese fellows are dangerous." "I am just a Hindi teacher." ""Either in America or in Andhra, I don_ think this is the way."" "But here, this is the way."" "So, you want our little queen?"" ""Hey, hey, hey, If he comes out, he'll kill you." "Go on, run away!"" "'_ou can remove my body from here, but who can drag my heart away."" "rhen let's do this." "let's leave his heart here and take his body away" "Where can we cary his bodyt" ""How can we iiR his weight?" "You all come come, eh!" "Come come come.."" "Gangotri!" "My heart is here." "Pick it up!" "Brother, what do you want?"" ""Ma'am, how much is idii_." "You're reiugu boy?"" "Yes ma'am Plate idli seven rupees" "How much is poorit Poori is eight rupees" "Ah .." "Upmat Upma is seven rupees." "Single tea - how muchtrea is three rupees" ""rhen I'll have a single tea." "Hey, bring a single tea."" "Whatt I asked only for a tea and you brought all this stufft I can_ eat all this." "I'm not hungy." "What you don_ have is not hunger but money." "Eat!" ""Did you faii in exams and run away?" "I'll paythe fare, go back. "" "How much your parents must be missing you!" ""My mother and father are dead, sir i don_ have any body."" "Alas, then, how?"" "Ask all that later." "First let the boy eat and fill his stomach." ""Eat boy." "No, ma'am."" "I won_ charge you money, eat."" ""lf it comes free, one shouldn_ accept even gold - that's what my mother told."" ""l came to this Gangotri on a certain work, sir.On work"" ""l mean, for work sir." "If you'd give me some work .." "I'll eat all these."" ""l'll clean the tables, supply the orders Any work I'll do."" "I like you boy." "Certainly I'll give you work." "Now eat first." "rhough he's hungy he refused to eat" "His mother must to be truly fortunate to raise such a son!" ""My dear, aren_ you!" "it's been four days since you ate!" "Just haye one morsel!"" ""l don_ want." "please baby, eat!"" "'What you!" ", I've been watching a while now!" "You keep pleading with her like that"" ""Look!" "if you go hungy, you'ii faint!"" "'What that look?" "Like a ghost?" "Here, eat these morsels!" "Why so adamant!"" ""Open your mouth!" "Open, you demon!" "Will you eat or should I stuff you?"" "look here, now I'll stuff you with .."" ""Sister, sister, what kind of talk is thatt Give that plate here." "You go." "Go on."" "'What will they feed yout look baby, I'll feed you. rhis morsel for mom .."" "Don_ want?" "Okay, set it aside."" "rhis morsel for dad .." "Don_ wantt Shall we listen to this old songt" "Oh what a wedding feast!" "Many special dishes rhe in-laws throw this feast It's all for me only first!" ""Gangotri!" "What dear, you're angy?" "come come come, angy?"" "With your dad you're angyt rhen don_ talk to me." "But to give up food .." "Aren_ you my golden deart Come eat.." "come baby .." "Eat eat Gangotri .." "I never even plead with God .." "I'm pleading with you come come eat." "No!" "Gangotri .." "Stop this. rhis is beyond reason .." "Eat." "Eat Gangotri." "Don_ let daddy get angy." "If I get angy I'm not human anymore - you know that eat eat eat .. if you don_ want, then die!"" "'_ou don_ know sir, the tiffins here are vey tasty. "" "Sir, I brought relugu people from our Andhra."" ""Ah, come .." "Please come .." "Greetings .. You are all relugu?"" ""Not only relugus, but vey brilliant too Straight from renall we are!"" "Sir, will you eat in plates or in the ieayes?"" "Meaning .." "Will you eat in plates or in leavest" "What's the use if one eats in ieayes?" ""Nothing .." "Along with the tiffin, you can also gobble up the leaves .." "Huh .."" "Please sit down." "Sit down .." "What!" "Comedy in Gangotri, eh?" "You come."" "What do you like sirt ls the idli hott" "Oh it is, it's round like your wife's bangles."" "the pancakest" "Oh yes, as big as your wife's waist-belt."" "Vadat" "Oh that, round like the locket in her necklace."" "'What's this, you won_ talk except in reference to jewels?"" ""look here, eveyone's eyes are glued to your jewels." "Shut down that exhibition!"" "Except on Sunday I won_ close the jewels exhibition" "Yeah, a big wholesale merchant she is!"" ""Okay, go and get three plates idli, three plates vada, three plates upma"" ""Father, all that will be enough for me!" "for you both?"" ""lf you eat all that, your belly will burst and you'ii die, curse on your mother!"" "All your traits - why curse met" "She is gold .." "All rolled gold" "She is McHenna's Gold - what's it to yout You go - you can go!" "Girl!" "rhe diamond necklace in your neck looks vey pleasing." "rhank you, holy sir."" "like the beads in this prayer string are there 10$ diamonds in your necklacet" "Don_ know, holy sir!" "Wiii you count!"" "Give it here." "What countingt He'll just flick it." "You bloody .." "go on .." "I'll kill you take care!" "You're a fine one .." "Say you won_ open on Sunday .." "But the display is on 24 hours.." "Curse on your mother!" "'What Sambhot Your false prayer .." "I'll kill you, be careful." "Bloody wretched fellow."" "What else would you like sirt I'd like a discount on the bill." "'We don_ give discount, sir." "Some items are given free, though"" "You'll give freet like whatt" "Free chatni with idli.." "Free sambar with vada" "Cury free with poori" "Hoorma free with chapathi Free Free.." "Free" "'What he's talking just like that, the same dialogue too.."" "'Wow, what's this?" "Why these photos are stuck here?"" "rhe people in that poster are masters in conning." "Reallyt rhey murdered some hundred women in Benares and stole theirjewels." ""lf they are caught, ten lakhs reward." "rhey are around this Gangotri area"" "Oh curse them. rhese fellows turned up here as well." "Here .." "Now .." ""Just five minutes ago, just where you're sitting now, they sat and ate their tiffin."" "Oh my God!" ".. rhey were heret What you still looking att let's go." "What renall man!" "Eat your tiffin and go!" ""l don_ want yourtiffin, I don_ want you curse your mother!" "Here, take all this change."" ""Here gods are less in number and cheaters are more." "You close that jewel shop, you .."" "What a character form renall!" "rotally crazy guy.Why drop this huge bag of change." ""on me, as if i'm begging!"" "rhe boy in this photo, Simhadri.."" "Worked for 10 years faithfully in our home but ran away with 10 lakhs one day." "Whoever can inform his whereabouts will be given a reward of one lakh rupees." ""Hey, accursed fellow!" "Yoou lied to me?" "You cheat me?" "You lied to me?" "i'ii .."" "Uncle .." "Uncle .." "Uncle .." "What happened unclet" "'_ou ran away aRer burglay, but you lied to me that you're an orphan!"" ""Uncie, i'm really an orphan!" ", uncle." "What i tell is the truth uncle!"" "'What truth?" "So, this announcement in the paper . is it false?"" ""rhis is a bald lie, uncle. rhey want to kill me, so they wrote that."" "ro kill you ..t" "'_es uncle." "If you'd listen to me, you'll find out the truth yourself"" ""ro make you believe what I said, I can_ offer any more proof, uncle."" ""Since I announced that I loved Gangotri they want to kill me, "" ""so they must have given the announcement, uncle."" "'When Gangotri comes here for her last ritual bath, "" ""l thought I could meet her, so I came here, uncle."" "I will bring you both together. I too loved and married." "When they tried to separate us.." ""in the name of religion, we exiled them!" "I'l be the guardian of your love. "" "I'll bring you both together." ""Uncle, not knowing where l am, my wellbeing, Ganga must be worried for me. "" "'_ou don_ wory about a thing." "I'll go to your village, "" "will meet Ganga and tell her that you are safe." "Bring the soup and serve it properly!" "Don_ let the rice fall down." ""Greetngs, lady!" "I am new here." "Can you direct me to Mr.Neelakantham's "" "I am his wife" "You look like a noble lady .." "I need to discuss an important issue with you." ""So, Simhadri is safe with you?" "Vey glad." "Not knowing where Simhadri went"" "'What happened to him, how he is .." "my daughter gave up food and sleep."" ""lt's for her sake,this free food is being given." "like God himself, you came"" "'With this glad news.You must tell this goodnews to her, yourself and save her life."" "please come in." "Okay." "Didn_ I say I won_ eatt I don_ want!" "Wear this sweater .." "isn_ this Simhadri's sweater?" "Yes, dear." "Simhadri is with me in Gangotri."" "Uncie, How is Simhadri_."" "He's well dear!" "He's waiting anxiously for you to come there for your last ritual bath." "He keeps dreaming of when he'll meet you again." "I'm hungy now, feed me, mom!"" ""l'll feed her, give it here." "ARer seeing the announcement in the paper,"" ""l thought that Simhadri was a thief, and I'd beat him with these hands, baby!"" "'With these same hands, I'll feed you and wash off that sin."" ""Uncie, Did you beat Simhadri with these hands?" "Yes, dear."" "I'll make a move now." "Hey, I saw you somewhere."" "rhe hotel in Gangotri .." "My name is Anjaneya Sasty, sir."" "What are you doing here, tell me."" ""Our place is the nearby Draksharamam." "Evey year, I bring the new Ganges water"" "to offer to lord Bhimeswara at Draksharamam." "Wherever this water is sprinkled that place is filled with the eight wealths." "rhose suffering from mental worries recover their peace of mind. rhat's why I came and gave some of this water to the lady" ""So, what Sasty, in your hotel you have only those wretched Hindi people"" "or did you get some of our relugu wretches alsot" ""No ma'am, I got some really sharp relugu fellows, like you said."" "You will see for yourself when you come I'll make a move" "Hey brother!" "'What's this, I feel different." "Suddenly, my mind is vey calm."" "So the Ganges water worked." "For a l week I thought I was going mad.but now it feels pleasant.What happened Fathert" "Gangotri, it's the Ganges rhe power of the Ganges .."" "Ganges water?" "rhen giye me some more." "Who .." "Who is itt What did you dropt Hey I'm calling you." "What is brokent" "Dad, did you sprinkle this on auntie also?"" "I'll break your arms and legs and your .." "What brother, what did you pour on me?"" "rhe Ganges .." "rhe mother Ganges, sis .." "Gangotri .."" ""Uncie, uncle." "Did you meet Ganga?" "Did you talk to Ganga, uncle? "" "What happened, uncle?"" "She told to give this to you." "She told to give itt She didn_ say anything elset" ""All she wanted to tell you, she wrote in a letter and stuck it behind the train."" ""Uncle!" "Uncle .." "Uncle!" "Uncle, my Ganga wrote me a letter, uncle." "Uncle"" "Your steps as the melody .." "Ringing aloud in my heart becoming musical notes .." "drowning us in rapture" "Ganga .. rruly" "You as one half of me .." "Your steps as the melody .." "Ringing aloud in my heart becoming musical notes .." "drowning us in rapture" "Your steps as the melody .." "Ringing aloud in my heart becoming musical notes .." "drowning us in rapture" "rhe heart you gave is safe rhe love you shared is safe I am safe in you rhe games we played are happy rhe whispers of hearts are happy rhe signs are that we'll be one, happily"" "Your message I read" "Your message I read ln evey word, I see you"" "rhe good fortune of past lives" "Ganga .. rruly .." "You as one half of me .." "Your steps as the melody .." "Ringing aloud in my heart becoming musical notes .." "drowning us in rapture" "rhe flowers you sent arranged in my hair your handwriting adorns my forehead" "rhe thread of writing in your letter a garland in my neck lt changed even my fate rhis letter you wrote meaningful to my heart rhis signature you fixed" "is the blessing for our love" "Ganga .. rruly .." "You as one half of me .." "Your steps as the melody .." "Ringing aloud in my heart becoming musical notes .." "drowning us in rapture" "Your steps as the melody .." "Ringing aloud in my heart becoming musical notes .." "drowning us in rapture" ""Simhadri!" "i'm coming to Gangotri." "Oh Mother Ganges, only you can join the two of us."" ""l asked the fellow to show me some Sandal wood." "Where the hell did he go, stupid hell!"" ""lf aunty comes there, the plan will bacMire I have to prevent her from coming some how"" ""l have to do evey damn thing in this house Oh God, "" "I hope this ladder won_ break under my weight." "It's shaking .." "Oh my God .." "Alas alas .." "It's broken it's broken." "My leg is broken." "Oh God!" ""Hey Ramdu, Hey lakshmi .." "Come .." "where the hell are you all .. "" "What happened ma'amt" "Alas, my leg is broken, Oh God"" "'Why, we are going for the last ritual bath of our daughter, you should be happy"" "why are you like thatt" ""rulasi, I'm an ignorant illiterate. lost my parents when vey young." "Since then.."" "it was my sister who became mom dad brother sister eveything and raised me I'm sad that I'm going without her." "So your dad doesn_ know that you got your auntie's leg broken." ""lfthat demon came along, could i meet Simhadri?"" "Hey brother!" "Sis!" ""l took permission from the doctor." "Here, he gave me this third leg."" "like this I'm coming, though wobbly." "Wait!"" ""Darn, this demon .." "Uncle.." "Uncle.."" "What's all thist" ""Gangotri will come here for her bath on her bi_hday, right?"" ""later when I take her away, no one should think that I took her for herjewels"" ""rhat's why I bought all these." "Are they good, auntiet"" "rhey are really nice, boy."" "'Well, if you spend all your savings like this, how will you take care of hert"" ""Just this one is enough to take care of Gangotri, uncle!"" ""Uncle, you looked ater this, orphan like your own son." ""l too am sad to leave you and go." "Uncle, but it is inevitable for the sake of Gangotri."" ""Uncie, your name is Anjaneya Sasty, right?" "And Anjaneya iiyes foreyer, uncle?"" ""So that our love too will live forever, bless me, uncle."" "'_ou'll have along with my blessings, those of lord Indra, "" "the lord of all the elements through all your life." ""Hey Satti, rhat Simhadri is in Gangotri should not be known to Neelakantham Naidu"" "you have to look aRer that." "No will suspect - l'll take care of it." "Hey Padma, get down, quick."" ""Move quickly Madam, sit in this."" ""rhat's what irritates me." "You're grown like a pig, but can_ even cary a pot."" ""lf the sandal paste spills, I'll drown you in the Ganges." "Move carefully."" "Damn her twisting walk .." "Damn her twists wretched one .." "Oh mother .." "Hey brother, i'm dead!" "My back is broken."" "'What sis ?" "Some fellowtilted my chair, brother, oh gosh."" "You've grown too old and can_ even see what is where." "Sit down. ruiasi!" "Proceed with the ritual bath." "Okay." "With turmeric and vermillion, with milk and pe_ume.."" "..pure sandal paste and divine nectars themselves" "..washing evey limb, removing evey curse "" "rhis sacred bath offered to Gangotri" "Oh, mother Ganga"" ""Simhadri's voice. rhis is Simhadri's song, no doubt." "Means, he came here"" "'_o Gangotri." "He's here somewhere." "Hey, find him and cut him up." "Go on." "Go."" ""Sir, stop, stop." "Sir, sir, I just recorded this as the song is good."" "'When Simhadri came here last time, as the song was good, he recorded it."" ""Okay, press it." "rell river Yamuna, to always bring help"" "ro Godavari and Haveri, to brook and stream"" "the falling rain and the diving water fall to all your siblings" "Please tell, "" "rhe last ritual bath is completed." "Your Gangotri is now free of the water danger." "Now it will all be good fortune." "Now it will all be good fortune." "My Ganga is free of danger." "My golden child is freed from the evil." "rhis my Gangotri that was born to save my life I managed to save her life." ""Not the five elements, nor the nine planets not even the 30 million gods "" "can take away my Ganga from me." "Hey .." "No one has the power to separate Ganga from me .." "My Ganga can not be taken away from me." "Who's that?" "'_ou wretched fellow!" ", stop." "Stop there." "Hey stop." "Hey .." "Hey .." "Stop."" ""Oh, my saree My trident!"" ""My gosh blood!" "Oh brother, that Simhadri is running off with Gangotri."" ""Hey, go aRer him." "Catch him." "Cut him into little pieces and bring my Ganga back."" ""ro bring Ganga back, it's not possible for your guys, nor even for you."" "What nonsense are you talkingt" ""Once it starts in Himalayas, through Rishikesh Haridvar, Benaras, and Allahabad"" "the Ganges which blends into sea at last - even lord Siva doesn_ have the power to separate her. ro separate your Ganga from the sea-like Simhadri is impossible" "'_or you, and even to the One that created you."" "I'll take care of this fellow - you go look aRer Gangotri." ""little lady, you move aside .." "little lady, move your leg aside, I'll cut off his leg"" "Where's that Simhadri he's dead." "Come." "I won_ come. I won_ come without Simhadri." "I can_ live without Simhadri." "'_ou can_ live mhout himt If you want to live with him, then you have to die too."" "Wiii you die?" "reii, come on tell.."" "Save my daughter!" "Who are you to tell my daughter to diet lt's not now you should be beating her .." "You know when she put the dirty color on their young innocent love you should've beaten her then." "What will this barren wretch know the hearts of young onest" "Hey, if you talk any more, I'll kill you."" ""Hill me." "It's nothing new to you." "Whoever opposed you, whoever crossed you "" "'_ou got them killed so far." "At last, you are killing your own daughter."" "It's for the sin of beng born as your daughter you say you'll kill her." ""But that young boy, what sin did he do that you got him beaten so badlyt"" "rhat he played with and regaled and raised your daughter - you got him beatent" ""ro save your life, his mother lost her life." "Is that why you got him beatent"" ""For thirty years his father served you, and in anger you murdered him and"" "made this boy an orphan." "You worried about how an orphan will live - ls that why you want to kill himt" "Even the jungle animals kill other animals only when they are hungy." "But you seem to want to devour those who loved you. I loved you the most more than any one." "Hill me too." "Hill me too." "I can_ find the pulse." "No breathing either." "Nothing happens." "Nothing happens to my dear." "Just once get up rell my dearto talkto me .." ""_ust to protect your life, for these many years I came here and offered up prayers."" "'_et, I could not find that your life wasn_ with you but with Simhadri."" ""look at me once." "Dear, reli her to look at me just once."" "ro save one's life's not easy as killing." "Simhadri, get up."" ""Simhadri, don_ stop." "With which song you saved her once before, "" "with the same song you must save her once more."