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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 2 00:01:37,830 --> 00:01:43,290 Hearken o' people... 3 00:01:45,670 --> 00:01:46,630 the drum sounds the call 4 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:48,130 Now awake and arise 5 00:01:48,340 --> 00:01:50,130 From your deep slumber 6 00:01:55,340 --> 00:02:02,480 Awaken, now awaken 7 00:02:03,180 --> 00:02:06,980 The Earth comes alive as dawn heralds a new day 8 00:02:07,190 --> 00:02:11,150 Rivers sparkle with new life and hope rises in oceans anew 9 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,090 Awaken, now awaken 10 00:02:18,870 --> 00:02:29,330 Be blessed, be blessed, be blessed. May all be blessed 11 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:35,180 The towns are awake, the homes are abuzz, every village is astir 12 00:02:35,380 --> 00:02:40,690 Valleys awaken and so do their trees, look, shadows are coming to life! 13 00:02:40,890 --> 00:02:46,120 Be Blessed, be blessed, be blessed May all be blessed 14 00:02:46,730 --> 00:02:49,360 When dawn comes to bathe at the banks of the Ganges, 15 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:57,630 dark night retreats before the Sun's flashing sword 16 00:02:57,810 --> 00:03:01,760 Sacred fires are lit for prayers. Go now and greet your gods 17 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:08,000 He who asks, shall receive, and sins of ages will be washed away 18 00:03:08,180 --> 00:03:14,020 The market shakes off its slumber and stretches to life 19 00:03:14,260 --> 00:03:19,720 Landlord, trader, priest or soldier as per your worth, your value is weighed 20 00:03:19,930 --> 00:03:25,230 Singing songs of love and blessing the Sufi wanders strumming his tunes... 21 00:03:25,430 --> 00:03:30,560 May the doors of each man's fortune open and may all be well in this world of ours" 22 00:03:30,770 --> 00:03:41,580 Be Blessed, be blessed, be blessed, May all be blessed 23 00:03:41,780 --> 00:03:52,850 Be Blessed, be blessed, be blessed, May all be blessed 24 00:03:57,630 --> 00:03:59,730 1857 A.D. 25 00:04:00,540 --> 00:04:03,660 The entire Indian subcontinent is ruled by... 26 00:04:04,510 --> 00:04:06,700 a company. The British East India Company 27 00:04:07,980 --> 00:04:11,840 The most successful business enterprise in history 28 00:04:12,980 --> 00:04:17,110 The Company has its own laws, its own administration 29 00:04:17,620 --> 00:04:19,550 lts own army 30 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:26,620 It controls the destiny of one fifth of humanity 31 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,260 Get it over with 32 00:05:46,770 --> 00:05:47,800 Mangal Pandey 33 00:05:49,010 --> 00:05:51,950 Sepoy, 34th Regiment, Native Infantry at Barrackpore 34 00:05:52,610 --> 00:05:55,100 You have been found guilty of mutiny and conspiracy... 35 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,880 to overthrow the government of the Honourable East India Company, 36 00:05:59,150 --> 00:06:00,680 by a duly constituted court martial 37 00:06:01,590 --> 00:06:06,550 You have been sentenced to death 38 00:06:12,930 --> 00:06:14,230 Well come on, hurry up 39 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,630 Mangal Pandey, do you have a last wish? 40 00:06:23,610 --> 00:06:25,980 You cannot grant my last wish 41 00:06:27,780 --> 00:06:29,550 Yet it will be fulfilled 42 00:06:31,350 --> 00:06:32,510 Time's up. Hang him 43 00:06:37,430 --> 00:06:38,920 Sir, the hangman... 44 00:06:39,130 --> 00:06:40,390 he ran away 45 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:45,130 Yes sir, he refused to hang Mangal Pandey 46 00:06:45,530 --> 00:06:49,900 We tried to persuade him, threaten him but... but he ran away, sir 47 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:51,740 Christ! This is nonsense 48 00:06:52,070 --> 00:06:53,370 You... you hang him 49 00:06:56,110 --> 00:06:57,410 That's not my duty, sir 50 00:06:57,980 --> 00:07:00,850 Damn your duty, it's an order! Move! 51 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,210 I'm a Brahmin, sir. It's against my faith 52 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,650 Send a message to Calcutta and get another hangman 53 00:07:12,860 --> 00:07:15,090 Until then, take him down 54 00:07:17,130 --> 00:07:18,030 Take him down 55 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:59,000 The Earth will be scorched 56 00:07:59,210 --> 00:08:01,540 Rivers of blood will flow 57 00:08:01,910 --> 00:08:03,770 Millions will die 58 00:08:05,010 --> 00:08:07,280 And I, William Gordon... 59 00:08:08,050 --> 00:08:12,010 feel responsible for the inevitable 60 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,930 4 Years earlier, on the mountains of Afghanistan 61 00:08:33,170 --> 00:08:33,900 Fire 62 00:08:53,230 --> 00:08:56,890 Infantry... charge 63 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:06,170 ATTACK! 64 00:10:35,660 --> 00:10:38,960 Quick! Take them to base camp! 65 00:10:50,210 --> 00:10:51,370 You did well, Captain 66 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,310 The Afghans are on the run and we hold the pass 67 00:10:59,650 --> 00:11:01,280 Pandey... 68 00:11:04,660 --> 00:11:06,460 Gordon sir... no 69 00:11:07,030 --> 00:11:08,050 Let him be 70 00:11:12,370 --> 00:11:13,530 Captain Gordon 71 00:11:24,180 --> 00:11:26,740 William, are you all right? 72 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,370 No don't... lie down 73 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:08,550 Here... 74 00:12:10,220 --> 00:12:11,190 I want you to have my pistol 75 00:12:13,260 --> 00:12:15,020 I've got nothing else to give you 76 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:18,260 Please 77 00:12:18,470 --> 00:12:18,930 Take it 78 00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:38,810 4 Years later, 79 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:42,880 31st December 1856, Calcutta 80 00:12:45,130 --> 00:12:48,290 New Year celebrations at the Governor General's palace 81 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:11,450 Who's that? 82 00:13:11,820 --> 00:13:16,280 Lord Canning... Governor General. - Not him, you fool 83 00:13:16,620 --> 00:13:19,320 I mean, the chap next to him 84 00:13:19,530 --> 00:13:22,360 Mr Lockwood, the Company auditor... 85 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:26,120 sent by London to investigate all the monkey business going on in the Company 86 00:13:26,900 --> 00:13:28,990 And next to him is Mr Kent 87 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:32,200 Bigtime trader 88 00:13:32,910 --> 00:13:36,170 Some of the top Company officers are on his payroll 89 00:13:46,050 --> 00:13:49,110 My lords, ladies, and gentlemen... 90 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:50,190 pray silence for... 91 00:13:50,390 --> 00:13:52,520 His Excellency Lord Canning... 92 00:13:52,890 --> 00:13:54,790 Governor General of India 93 00:13:59,770 --> 00:14:02,430 My lords, ladies and gentlemen... 94 00:14:03,670 --> 00:14:07,230 as a servant of the Honourable East India Company... 95 00:14:07,740 --> 00:14:10,180 that has ruled the territories of Hindoostan... 96 00:14:10,380 --> 00:14:11,840 for a hundred years... 97 00:14:12,410 --> 00:14:17,280 I must profess pride and an equal humility 98 00:14:18,020 --> 00:14:19,990 It is my privilege to recall... 99 00:14:20,450 --> 00:14:23,980 that our forebears came to these territories as traders 100 00:14:24,430 --> 00:14:27,330 And we now find ourselves, by the will of God... 101 00:14:27,860 --> 00:14:33,800 masters of the entire Indian subcontinent from Khyber to Comorin 102 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:37,340 What did he say? 103 00:14:37,570 --> 00:14:40,170 The Company Raj completes 100 years in India 104 00:14:40,370 --> 00:14:41,810 From traders they became rulers 105 00:14:50,990 --> 00:14:52,610 My god! What is she wearing? 106 00:14:53,050 --> 00:14:58,010 And we bring to India the benefits of modern governance... 107 00:14:58,290 --> 00:15:00,820 scientific progress, and, above all... 108 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:02,690 justice 109 00:15:02,900 --> 00:15:06,990 Has he mentioned the Queen yet? - No. He says they're doing us a favor 110 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:12,430 We have earned the love and gratitude of the people of India 111 00:15:12,870 --> 00:15:17,470 And we shoulder the burden of the white man without complaint 112 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:19,150 Now...? - No 113 00:15:19,350 --> 00:15:21,780 He says, we Indians are grateful to them! 114 00:15:21,980 --> 00:15:28,890 Now I call upon you to join with me as I propose the loyal toast 115 00:15:30,420 --> 00:15:33,990 Your mother must be turning in her grave! Shame on you, Emily 116 00:15:34,190 --> 00:15:37,960 Looking like a nautch girl! - Do I look like a real nautch girl? 117 00:15:38,670 --> 00:15:40,790 Captain Hewson, you must know 118 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:47,840 I am unfamiliar with the detail of the attire of dancing girls 119 00:15:48,710 --> 00:15:51,270 Ms Kent, the costume is perfect 120 00:15:51,650 --> 00:15:53,580 Any nautch girl in India would blush with envy 121 00:15:53,780 --> 00:15:56,380 You keep the company of nautch girls, Captain Gordon? 122 00:15:56,580 --> 00:15:58,550 I pursue beauty wherever I can find it 123 00:15:59,190 --> 00:15:59,850 Toast 124 00:16:03,820 --> 00:16:04,520 The queen 125 00:16:04,730 --> 00:16:06,720 The Queen... to the Queen 126 00:16:10,260 --> 00:16:11,250 Oh! So sorry! 127 00:16:11,530 --> 00:16:12,500 You black bastard 128 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:14,470 What the hell are you upto? 129 00:16:28,950 --> 00:16:30,250 Sir, sorry sir. Please... 130 00:16:30,620 --> 00:16:32,310 You, lift him 131 00:16:32,850 --> 00:16:34,050 Hewson, that's enough 132 00:16:34,990 --> 00:16:40,330 I'll teach you to touch a white woman you black dog! 133 00:16:40,690 --> 00:16:42,180 Forgive me sir, it was an accident 134 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:49,460 Enough sahib 135 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:53,300 Enough 136 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:55,970 The black dog will die 137 00:17:03,450 --> 00:17:06,480 Miss Kent... on behalf of... - It's not to me that you owe the apology 138 00:17:06,690 --> 00:17:07,550 Come inside 139 00:17:43,660 --> 00:17:45,150 Pull the fan 140 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:47,720 Faster 141 00:17:48,830 --> 00:17:50,190 Harder, damn you 142 00:17:55,740 --> 00:17:56,570 Kamla! 143 00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:15,610 Oh god, one push into her paradise... 144 00:18:16,460 --> 00:18:19,950 and I'll pull your fan in hell forever 145 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,030 The quartermaster showed Gordon the new Enfield rifle... 146 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,260 that the Company was going to introduce in India 147 00:18:32,770 --> 00:18:33,600 Absolute beauties... 148 00:18:33,940 --> 00:18:35,340 And speaking of beauties... 149 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:39,040 I saw you appreciating Ms. Kent in a sari 150 00:18:39,780 --> 00:18:42,250 Me... On the Company's pay? 151 00:18:42,580 --> 00:18:43,910 Ah! But Kent is filthy rich 152 00:18:44,850 --> 00:18:50,690 Vultures and merchants of arms. The only ones to profit from wars, yes! 153 00:18:58,170 --> 00:19:02,190 Amazing! The Company has connected the entire country through wires 154 00:19:02,540 --> 00:19:04,500 In a blink of an eyelid messages travel from Calcutta to Delhi 155 00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:07,000 Nonsense! Lmpossible! 156 00:19:07,210 --> 00:19:11,010 It's got to be true! It's in the newspaper! 157 00:19:11,250 --> 00:19:14,010 But how can messages get into wires? 158 00:19:14,380 --> 00:19:18,440 I'll tell you. Easy! These whites have mastered black magic 159 00:19:18,820 --> 00:19:22,220 Yeah! Must've used a witch's hair 160 00:19:22,390 --> 00:19:25,650 Yes and it's got an odd name too ...taelly - garaffe 161 00:19:25,890 --> 00:19:28,190 What? Wow! That sounds scary 162 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:33,660 You bet your ass! We're all in for a jolly ride now 163 00:19:38,510 --> 00:19:40,030 Coming... coming... 164 00:19:41,910 --> 00:19:45,710 I'm here now, my love 165 00:19:46,250 --> 00:19:56,050 Here we are, I know you're hungry 166 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,320 You're dry 167 00:20:04,430 --> 00:20:06,460 That white woman's baby has sucked you dry 168 00:20:07,370 --> 00:20:08,560 What's left for him? 169 00:20:11,770 --> 00:20:16,400 Here, use this on your nipple, it'll make him sleep 170 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,250 Don't you dare give opium to my baby 171 00:20:19,780 --> 00:20:26,910 Hey, hey my baby, my love, why are you crying? 172 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:29,250 Why are you crying? 173 00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:31,590 Hush now, aren't you the son of a warrior? 174 00:20:32,630 --> 00:20:35,490 Why is he always crying? 175 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:37,760 No nothing, it's just colic 176 00:20:37,970 --> 00:20:40,760 Come on Veeru, we're late for the pit 177 00:20:40,970 --> 00:20:42,090 Coming, coming 178 00:20:42,740 --> 00:20:45,430 Come on, get him! 179 00:21:05,330 --> 00:21:10,290 Scissor-throw! Give him the scissor-throw! 180 00:21:15,170 --> 00:21:17,140 Where's Mangal? - In the wrestling pit, sir 181 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:32,640 Captain sahib... 182 00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:36,760 want to try your strength against a black man? 183 00:21:52,210 --> 00:21:54,000 Uh-oh, he's had it now! 184 00:21:59,710 --> 00:22:03,010 Bravo Captain sahib, way to go! 185 00:22:03,220 --> 00:22:07,520 Come on Mangal, don't spare him! 186 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:23,700 Why didn't you come today? 187 00:22:26,570 --> 00:22:27,200 Tell me 188 00:22:28,410 --> 00:22:29,710 I was angry 189 00:22:36,250 --> 00:22:37,220 Angry? Why? 190 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,550 Hewson was killing that man... 191 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,050 and you did nothing 192 00:22:46,590 --> 00:22:51,900 What was I supposed to do? Stand between a fellow officer and a... 193 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,230 And a black dog! 194 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,060 Say it... say it! 195 00:23:05,210 --> 00:23:06,300 You don't understand 196 00:23:07,450 --> 00:23:09,420 I've spent half my life here, the best part of my life! 197 00:23:09,620 --> 00:23:12,240 What have I got to go back to? 198 00:23:12,450 --> 00:23:13,680 You still did nothing 199 00:23:21,290 --> 00:23:24,920 You're right, I should've stopped him from whipping any black dog 200 00:23:25,470 --> 00:23:27,260 I'm sorry, all right? 201 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:30,430 All right? 202 00:23:30,970 --> 00:23:33,770 Now... are you still angry with me huh? Huh? 203 00:23:33,970 --> 00:23:35,100 All right, no... no 204 00:23:35,710 --> 00:23:38,610 I'm beaten. You're forgiven 205 00:23:47,150 --> 00:23:53,120 Bhang, my friend, elixir of the gods, is Lord Shiva's favoured potion 206 00:23:54,660 --> 00:24:02,300 Come on Mangal, have some bhang, liven your spirits 207 00:24:02,500 --> 00:24:06,960 Want to have some bhang, sahib? - Er... bhang? Doesn't it, you know... 208 00:24:07,170 --> 00:24:09,970 Don't worry, it doesn't bite or scold. It's like a good mother 209 00:24:10,610 --> 00:24:12,810 Strokes you, sings you lullabies tells you stories... 210 00:24:13,010 --> 00:24:16,640 and kisses you to sleep. - Well, I'll have to try some of that 211 00:24:17,020 --> 00:24:18,990 Because my mother certainly never did any of that 212 00:24:26,190 --> 00:24:33,220 Easy sahib, easy. You don't want two stepmothers quarrelling in your head 213 00:24:36,370 --> 00:24:40,500 Ration and roti, the Company's pay 214 00:24:40,710 --> 00:24:43,840 Give us your life for a shilling a day 215 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,840 Shilling a day boys, a shilling a day 216 00:24:49,620 --> 00:24:51,910 While the boom of the cannon may blow you away! 217 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:24,710 Mangal... that's Hewson's horse 218 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:25,540 Come on 219 00:26:13,630 --> 00:26:17,090 Bastards! Which bastard did this? 220 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:00,650 My silly heart can't contain its excitement... 221 00:27:00,850 --> 00:27:04,810 when everything gets going for a nobody like me 222 00:27:05,020 --> 00:27:06,820 May Lord Ram bless you, Mangal 223 00:27:07,020 --> 00:27:07,820 Ram - Ram 224 00:27:10,860 --> 00:27:13,330 AsSalaamu Alaykum Mirza sahib. - Ram - Ram, Mangal 225 00:27:13,530 --> 00:27:14,650 All well? 226 00:27:15,030 --> 00:27:19,160 Oye! You cockeyed fool! Can't you see? 227 00:27:19,370 --> 00:27:23,330 A twisted rope is strongest, a twisted eyesight, deepest 228 00:27:23,540 --> 00:27:26,160 Don't touch me, you scoundrel. You want to defile a Brahmin? 229 00:27:26,370 --> 00:27:30,170 Come on, we're all untouchables now. The Company reigns. All trash is equal 230 00:27:30,380 --> 00:27:33,350 Mind your tongue, you dog. - Dog? Me? 231 00:27:33,710 --> 00:27:36,510 Who barks to guard the Company's loot? You or me? 232 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,340 Oh! You deserve a thrashing, wait 233 00:27:38,550 --> 00:27:41,850 And who wags his tail for the white man? You or me? 234 00:27:42,220 --> 00:27:45,020 And who's going to bite the new cartridge dipped in animal fat? 235 00:27:45,460 --> 00:27:48,860 Animal fat? - Yes. Cow and pig fat 236 00:27:49,060 --> 00:27:50,860 That's used to grease the new cartridge 237 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:57,700 Into the mouth... bite... fire... boom! Go straight to hell 238 00:27:58,410 --> 00:28:02,540 Boom goes your faith, boom goes your honour 239 00:28:03,580 --> 00:28:04,170 Shut up, liar! 240 00:28:16,090 --> 00:28:16,560 Silence 241 00:28:19,090 --> 00:28:20,390 This is no fish market 242 00:28:20,930 --> 00:28:22,160 Let one man speak 243 00:28:24,660 --> 00:28:28,570 Mangal Pandey. Sepoy, 5th Company. 34th Native Infantry Regiment 244 00:28:28,770 --> 00:28:30,400 34th eh? At ease 245 00:28:30,940 --> 00:28:31,630 What is it? 246 00:28:32,610 --> 00:28:35,400 Sir, we hear that the cartridge of the new rifle is greased... 247 00:28:35,780 --> 00:28:39,230 and must be bitten before loading. - And what of it? 248 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:43,170 Sir, the grease coating is made of cow and pig fat 249 00:28:43,950 --> 00:28:47,250 The cow is sacred to the Hindus, the pig forbidden to the Muslims 250 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,420 We can't touch such a cartridge. It is sacrilege 251 00:28:51,620 --> 00:28:52,920 Who is spreading this rot? 252 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:55,590 The news is all over, sir 253 00:28:56,130 --> 00:28:58,760 Nonsense! No truth to it, my man 254 00:28:59,130 --> 00:29:02,800 Hasn't the Company always cared for you? 255 00:29:05,310 --> 00:29:10,370 Now don't worry and go home. Some mischief-monger is misleading you 256 00:29:10,810 --> 00:29:15,610 There is no such cartridge. There will be no such cartridge 257 00:29:18,150 --> 00:29:19,020 Dismissed 258 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,620 Gather round... gather round, 259 00:29:23,820 --> 00:29:26,950 gather round... gather round 260 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:31,120 The world's a marketplace, my friend 261 00:29:31,330 --> 00:29:33,960 Gather round... gather round 262 00:29:34,170 --> 00:29:37,470 Only shops from end to end 263 00:29:37,670 --> 00:29:39,540 Gather round 264 00:29:45,850 --> 00:29:47,870 You'll find it all here 265 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,480 It's all on sale 266 00:29:53,020 --> 00:29:54,650 You'll find it all here - For a penny 267 00:29:54,850 --> 00:29:56,480 it's all on sale - For a penny 268 00:29:56,690 --> 00:29:58,160 All your heart's desires... - For a penny 269 00:29:58,360 --> 00:29:59,830 you're sure to find here. - For a penny 270 00:30:00,030 --> 00:30:03,480 Food and drink, trinkets and baubles... 271 00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:06,760 for a penny, a penny, it's all for sale 272 00:30:07,370 --> 00:30:10,830 Cloth and grain, friendship and love 273 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,670 for a penny, a penny, it's all for sale 274 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:17,100 Hey Gordon sahib 275 00:30:19,710 --> 00:30:23,510 This is Miss Emily Kent. Miss Kent, this is Mangal 276 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,690 Silks and muslin, satin, cotton, priest and salvation... 277 00:30:26,890 --> 00:30:27,850 rice and pulses... 278 00:30:28,050 --> 00:30:29,350 All for sale 279 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,680 For a penny, a penny 280 00:30:32,890 --> 00:30:35,450 Fortune-teller, healer, poet and tailor... 281 00:30:35,660 --> 00:30:36,250 All for sale 282 00:30:36,460 --> 00:30:39,090 For a penny, a penny 283 00:30:39,300 --> 00:30:42,930 Honour and dignity, mango and pears, crowns of royals, all mirrors and glass 284 00:30:43,140 --> 00:30:46,000 All for sale... for a penny's worth 285 00:30:46,210 --> 00:30:49,940 All battles and lies all music and noise... 286 00:30:50,140 --> 00:30:53,200 All for sale... for a penny's worth! 287 00:31:01,250 --> 00:31:03,810 Take her, take her... 288 00:31:04,090 --> 00:31:06,290 at a throwaway price 289 00:31:06,590 --> 00:31:08,390 Buy yourself a slave... 290 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,400 Look at this beauty, check out her curves 291 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,070 Slave or servant... 292 00:31:14,270 --> 00:31:15,560 wife or whore... 293 00:31:15,770 --> 00:31:17,400 she's what you want... 294 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,730 and then some more 295 00:31:19,940 --> 00:31:21,570 Make your bid. - Eleven 296 00:31:21,770 --> 00:31:22,900 Stop kidding 297 00:31:23,110 --> 00:31:25,080 Fifteen 298 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:35,420 Emily was surprised that though slavery was abolished in Britain... 299 00:31:35,620 --> 00:31:38,520 the Company allowed it in India. 300 00:31:38,790 --> 00:31:42,590 Gordon explained that the Company itself bought these girls... 301 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,600 for the pleasure of white soldiers It helped prevent the spread of disease in the army 302 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:47,930 I have a gem here 303 00:31:48,130 --> 00:31:50,260 Let me show you 304 00:31:50,470 --> 00:31:52,340 Hands off, you pimp! 305 00:31:53,970 --> 00:31:55,440 Bloody bitch! 306 00:31:58,310 --> 00:32:00,780 Don't mess with me 307 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:04,610 She's a spirited mare eh? 308 00:32:04,820 --> 00:32:08,450 Just waiting to be reined in 309 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,780 So who's going to be the lucky man? Come on, let's hear it 310 00:32:11,990 --> 00:32:12,790 Sixty Rupees 311 00:32:13,130 --> 00:32:14,060 I think I've seen enough 312 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,460 Seventy 313 00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:19,630 Eighty Rupees 314 00:32:19,830 --> 00:32:21,300 That's better, eighty 315 00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:22,700 Anyone else? 316 00:32:24,500 --> 00:32:30,030 Quick! Or this meat will go to the whites and you'll be left ogling 317 00:32:31,010 --> 00:32:34,140 Wow, what eyes... 318 00:32:34,350 --> 00:32:37,710 the entire Company Raj could drown in them 319 00:32:38,850 --> 00:32:40,320 What's your name? 320 00:32:42,190 --> 00:32:45,160 Come on stand up... up 321 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:46,920 Let's get a look at you 322 00:32:49,530 --> 00:32:50,660 Turn around 323 00:32:57,700 --> 00:32:59,500 Packaging seems all right 324 00:32:59,710 --> 00:33:02,500 All right?! By God she's a gem, a real diamond 325 00:33:03,210 --> 00:33:06,180 Okay then, let's call her that. Heera (Diamond) 326 00:33:06,550 --> 00:33:08,610 But she needs polishing 327 00:33:09,550 --> 00:33:13,610 Get one thing straight, girl, I am Lol Bibi 328 00:33:13,890 --> 00:33:17,080 And I'm the boss here 329 00:33:17,390 --> 00:33:22,190 Many trinkets like you decorate my shoes. Got that? 330 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,030 And one more thing... 331 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:28,860 this is a pleasure house exclusively for the whites 332 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,360 You'll have to work very hard 333 00:33:31,570 --> 00:33:38,340 Men aren't easy to please, no matter what their colour 334 00:33:38,580 --> 00:33:42,210 That's true! Ask me, I have suffered all the various shades! 335 00:33:49,590 --> 00:33:54,550 One of the Company's biggest trades was that of opium. 336 00:33:55,600 --> 00:34:01,730 It forced Indian farmers to grow it, bought it from them at a pittance... 337 00:34:01,930 --> 00:34:05,460 and sold it in China at a profit. 338 00:34:06,110 --> 00:34:08,230 When the Chinese Emperor resisted... 339 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,240 the Company waged a war against him. 340 00:34:12,110 --> 00:34:15,240 To fight and die, Indian sepoys were there after all. 341 00:34:15,780 --> 00:34:18,410 And they called it the Free Market. 342 00:34:18,790 --> 00:34:21,120 Captain Gordan, You were meant to be singing too... 343 00:34:21,790 --> 00:34:23,620 I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with the song. 344 00:34:23,790 --> 00:34:26,380 Not know it? What are you, some sort of a pagan? 345 00:34:27,260 --> 00:34:29,590 Didn't they thrash it into you in school? 346 00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:31,060 No sir. 347 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,090 They should've. Which school did you attend? 348 00:34:33,230 --> 00:34:35,790 Let me guess, it wasn't Marlborough or Rugby? 349 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:42,040 No sir, my family are Catholics, from Glasgow. I went to parish school 350 00:34:42,210 --> 00:34:46,670 A papist! Come to think of it, I haven't seen you at church. 351 00:34:46,910 --> 00:34:49,540 I must have imagined you were with your famous nautch girls. 352 00:34:55,490 --> 00:34:59,550 Aren't they beautiful? I picked them on our ride this evening 353 00:34:59,830 --> 00:35:03,630 Ah, you must have ridden out in the direction of Kashigunj? 354 00:35:03,830 --> 00:35:07,630 Yes, I was astounded. Acres of bright red poppies 355 00:35:08,430 --> 00:35:10,660 Are they part of some religious ritual? 356 00:35:10,970 --> 00:35:12,490 No, no. It's Company land. 357 00:35:12,940 --> 00:35:14,930 Why does the Company grow poppies? 358 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,310 The poppy, Miss Kent is the sole source of opium 359 00:35:21,980 --> 00:35:25,640 The Honourable East India Company forces Indian farmers to grow them 360 00:35:26,550 --> 00:35:30,350 Opium? - Indeed. Most of it is bought up... 361 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,650 by the Company at prices fixed by them. And then shipped to China... 362 00:35:33,790 --> 00:35:36,390 to help turn an entire nation into opium addicts 363 00:35:37,130 --> 00:35:37,720 But why? 364 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:39,960 It's the only thing we can sell the Chinese... 365 00:35:40,130 --> 00:35:43,160 in return for the tea and silks that we Europeans are addicted to 366 00:35:43,370 --> 00:35:46,670 I think Gordon, the ladies ought to be spared this lecture 367 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:53,170 But the Chinese Emperor resists, he no longer wants to trade in opium 368 00:35:53,610 --> 00:35:56,340 So the company decides to wage a war against him 369 00:35:56,620 --> 00:36:00,350 And in this war it wants Indian sepoys to fight and die 370 00:36:03,890 --> 00:36:05,020 The circle is complete... 371 00:36:06,530 --> 00:36:08,020 and we call it the free market 372 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:13,760 You abuse my hospitality 373 00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:17,370 If I have spoken out of turn sir, I apologise 374 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,910 After all I'm just a common soldier 375 00:36:22,310 --> 00:36:24,900 It's a subject you'd know more about than I 376 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:34,710 When Kent humiliated Gordon about his humble beginnings... 377 00:36:35,090 --> 00:36:37,610 Gordon couldn't stand for it. 378 00:36:38,020 --> 00:36:42,390 William... I'm so sorry - Emily, there's no need 379 00:36:49,770 --> 00:36:57,640 Gordon liked Emily, but realized that he did not belong in this elite circle. 380 00:36:58,780 --> 00:37:02,980 When traders become rulers then the common man pays the price 381 00:37:06,620 --> 00:37:10,250 But now Nana Saheb will make the Company pay 382 00:37:10,460 --> 00:37:12,250 Really? How? 383 00:37:12,460 --> 00:37:15,590 His minister, Azimullah, has returned from England with Queen Victoria's letter... 384 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:20,260 which clearly states that Nana Saheb is right and the Company is wrong 385 00:37:20,470 --> 00:37:26,100 Futile. Nana Saheb has only a letter while the Company has guns 386 00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:29,930 But sir, the gun is a treacherous lover, 387 00:37:30,140 --> 00:37:32,940 there's no telling whom she'll set her sights upon! 388 00:37:52,330 --> 00:37:53,130 What's up? 389 00:37:58,340 --> 00:37:59,630 What the bloody hell is going on? 390 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,900 Broken axle, sir. Two boxes of cartridges have fallen down 391 00:38:24,530 --> 00:38:26,260 The new Enfield... 392 00:38:27,030 --> 00:38:30,400 is the best rifle in the world 393 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:37,670 It will feel no different to your musket 394 00:38:38,380 --> 00:38:39,840 A bit lighter 395 00:38:40,050 --> 00:38:47,420 Accurate to a thousand yards, 396 00:38:48,050 --> 00:38:51,750 five times the range of your old Brown Bess 397 00:38:52,220 --> 00:38:59,630 And now, the new cartridge. It consists of gunpowder and a lead 398 00:39:01,230 --> 00:39:05,430 You pick up the cartridge and bite the end off, like so 399 00:39:10,410 --> 00:39:13,110 You pour the gunpowder in, 400 00:39:14,910 --> 00:39:16,880 followed by the lead 401 00:39:17,580 --> 00:39:18,880 And then... 402 00:39:19,090 --> 00:39:21,650 you ram the Johnny down. Ram it down, tight 403 00:39:23,260 --> 00:39:24,310 Then you're ready to fire 404 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:33,900 You... try 405 00:39:34,270 --> 00:39:35,670 You... and you 406 00:39:38,940 --> 00:39:40,910 Come on lads, look lively 407 00:39:43,610 --> 00:39:47,070 Come on, it won't bark back 408 00:39:48,950 --> 00:39:50,750 Corporal... 409 00:39:50,950 --> 00:39:52,750 Yes sir? - What is the matter? 410 00:39:52,950 --> 00:39:56,080 The grease, sir. We cannot put the grease in our mouth 411 00:39:56,290 --> 00:40:00,250 Then where will you put it, man? Come on, be sensible 412 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:10,830 What's the matter, Captain? 413 00:40:10,940 --> 00:40:11,700 It's the cartridges, sir. 414 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:14,870 The sepoys say they saw dogs licking grease off them in the bazaar 415 00:40:14,970 --> 00:40:15,770 They saw what? 416 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:17,900 Dogs, licking the new cartridges 417 00:40:18,380 --> 00:40:21,280 The men believe they've been greased with the fat of pigs and cows, sir 418 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:22,610 And are they? 419 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,280 The Company's supplier, sir. I checked with him. And he assured me... 420 00:40:25,420 --> 00:40:26,610 there was no truth to it 421 00:40:26,990 --> 00:40:29,780 There you are, Captain White man's word. Knock the superstition out of them 422 00:40:30,060 --> 00:40:32,820 Still sir, shouldn't we be careful? - You heard me, Captain 423 00:40:33,990 --> 00:40:37,050 The Quartermaster claimed that the cartridges were clean. 424 00:40:37,500 --> 00:40:40,620 A white man's word was good enough for the general. 425 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:47,530 He ordered Gordon to set the soldiers' fears to rest. 426 00:40:51,340 --> 00:40:57,210 The Company respects all religions and will never break faith 427 00:40:59,020 --> 00:41:04,820 And I, as an officer of the Company give you my word... 428 00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:09,660 that this cartridge is greased with neither the fat of pigs or cows 429 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:18,430 Will a loyal sepoy please step forward and volunteer to fire the gun. 430 00:42:31,780 --> 00:42:34,580 What am I supposed to tell him now? He has already done what he had to 431 00:42:34,780 --> 00:42:36,250 We can't let this pass. We must confront him with this 432 00:42:36,450 --> 00:42:40,250 You think he'll listen to us? - Here he comes. Talk to him 433 00:42:40,450 --> 00:42:43,750 Aye Mangal, why did you bite the bullet? 434 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:47,920 You're an outcaste now. You'll pay for it. 435 00:42:48,130 --> 00:42:50,760 Just because you speak a little English, you think you're a bloody white man? 436 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:52,930 Now because of you, they'll force us as well 437 00:42:53,130 --> 00:42:54,330 Shut your miserable mouths 438 00:42:55,470 --> 00:43:00,270 Gordon sahib said they're clean. That's enough for me. 439 00:43:00,470 --> 00:43:02,200 And what if Gordon sahib is lying? 440 00:43:03,140 --> 00:43:04,940 Gordon sahib will never lie to me 441 00:43:05,140 --> 00:43:09,210 That's fine, but what if the cartridge-story turns out to be true? 442 00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:13,450 Then I'll burn the company down 443 00:43:14,650 --> 00:43:15,350 Now scram! 444 00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,350 There. Look at that attitude 445 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:36,360 Gordon sahib, Will you tell me something? 446 00:43:36,910 --> 00:43:40,170 Yes, Why not? 447 00:43:41,710 --> 00:43:43,810 What is the Company? 448 00:43:45,180 --> 00:43:46,380 Why do you ask? 449 00:43:47,690 --> 00:43:48,910 I need to know 450 00:43:49,690 --> 00:43:50,590 Company...? 451 00:43:53,360 --> 00:44:00,990 A Company is an entity created entirely for the purpose of making a profit 452 00:44:01,870 --> 00:44:04,500 And what does it do? - What does it do! 453 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:10,000 Well it buys and sells, anything. Indigo, spices, opium 454 00:44:10,210 --> 00:44:13,410 Love, honour, truth... anything 455 00:44:14,380 --> 00:44:22,520 Yes but... who is the Company? 456 00:44:30,060 --> 00:44:31,620 In your story of the Ramayan... 457 00:44:32,230 --> 00:44:36,530 you have a character Ravana. The chap with ten heads, right? 458 00:44:39,240 --> 00:44:43,110 Well, the Company has thousands of heads... 459 00:44:43,580 --> 00:44:48,540 all stuck together with the glue of greed. You understand? 460 00:45:00,930 --> 00:45:02,330 Hey, is that a Sati? 461 00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:03,460 Come on 462 00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,790 Gordon sahib, I don't think we should. - Come on, it's a Sati! 463 00:45:10,740 --> 00:45:14,830 Glory to woman who accompanies her husband in death 464 00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:15,870 Glory be! 465 00:45:50,980 --> 00:45:51,940 Stop this 466 00:45:56,980 --> 00:45:59,180 I said, stop this immediately! 467 00:45:59,650 --> 00:46:00,450 Come here, come along 468 00:46:02,990 --> 00:46:06,450 Sahib, you better leave. These are sacred ceremonies 469 00:46:06,660 --> 00:46:10,960 But Sati has been banned. Burning a widow is a crime 470 00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:15,120 Captain sahib, don't interfere. You're tampering with our ancient customs 471 00:46:15,330 --> 00:46:18,460 And you're tampering with my ancient custom. I don't stand by and watch murder 472 00:46:18,670 --> 00:46:22,130 Return the woman. Or you'll regret it 473 00:46:22,340 --> 00:46:24,970 You'll have to kill me first! 474 00:46:27,180 --> 00:46:28,080 Come on! 475 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,650 Get him! 476 00:46:31,350 --> 00:46:33,980 Lynch him 477 00:46:42,030 --> 00:46:46,560 Anybody who dares touch the sahib is a dead man 478 00:46:55,870 --> 00:46:59,670 Sahib, save the girl! I'll deal with these bastards 479 00:47:02,210 --> 00:47:03,840 Go sahib... go... go 480 00:47:33,580 --> 00:47:36,550 Oh God! A Sati! But she is alive! 481 00:47:36,750 --> 00:47:38,550 You're damn right she is! 482 00:47:38,750 --> 00:47:41,380 But they will come for her! It's a question of their honour 483 00:47:41,590 --> 00:47:46,490 Return her, sahib! - No one will touch her! 484 00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:48,280 That's the law 485 00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,300 What are we going to do with her, Mangal? 486 00:48:02,210 --> 00:48:06,580 Her relatives will surely kill her. She has nowhere to go 487 00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:32,390 Come out 488 00:48:33,910 --> 00:48:34,630 Don't be afraid 489 00:48:36,140 --> 00:48:38,170 You're safe here 490 00:48:39,310 --> 00:48:40,780 No one will touch you 491 00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:42,840 Come 492 00:49:38,700 --> 00:49:40,900 How are you feeling? Did you sleep? 493 00:49:44,140 --> 00:49:45,840 What's your name? 494 00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:54,080 I am going to work but don't worry... 495 00:49:54,290 --> 00:49:57,780 I have posted guards. You'll be safe 496 00:49:57,990 --> 00:50:00,020 They will come... for me 497 00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:01,520 Who? 498 00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:03,550 Relatives 499 00:50:04,660 --> 00:50:08,930 My husband was a powerful man, lord of a hundred villages 500 00:50:10,340 --> 00:50:15,800 I'm sorry you lost him. Any children? 501 00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:22,440 No, he was very old. Sixty, when he married me 502 00:50:23,250 --> 00:50:24,980 He had grown-up children 503 00:50:26,250 --> 00:50:27,740 He was very sick 504 00:50:28,420 --> 00:50:31,220 Sahib the village chieftain has come to meet you 505 00:50:31,420 --> 00:50:32,750 He says it's important 506 00:50:33,530 --> 00:50:35,990 Go in... and don't worry 507 00:50:41,700 --> 00:50:47,070 Sahib, don't play with our honour 508 00:50:47,270 --> 00:50:48,240 What do you mean? 509 00:50:49,540 --> 00:50:52,810 Return the woman to us 510 00:50:53,180 --> 00:50:55,270 What? So that you can kill her? 511 00:50:56,780 --> 00:50:58,650 That is her destiny 512 00:50:58,850 --> 00:51:01,680 Not anymore 513 00:51:02,020 --> 00:51:05,920 Don't involve yourself in matters you don't understand 514 00:51:06,220 --> 00:51:07,920 That will not be good for you 515 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:14,690 Are you threatening an officer of the East India Company? 516 00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:18,200 You listen to me! 517 00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:19,600 You so much as set foot into the Cantonment again, 518 00:51:19,810 --> 00:51:21,740 and I will shoot you! You understand me? 519 00:51:21,970 --> 00:51:23,840 Do you understand me? 520 00:51:25,310 --> 00:51:26,300 Now get out 521 00:51:31,050 --> 00:51:34,750 In the course of his investigations into corruption in the Company... 522 00:51:34,990 --> 00:51:39,720 Lockwood raided the godown of a Parsee merchant, Sorabjee. 523 00:51:40,230 --> 00:51:40,850 Search the place 524 00:51:41,060 --> 00:51:42,290 There is no need for all that, Sir 525 00:51:42,490 --> 00:51:44,020 Search it. - It is all legitimate 526 00:51:49,030 --> 00:51:52,530 The search uncovered stocks of opium. 527 00:51:52,740 --> 00:51:54,170 Sir, look at this 528 00:51:56,780 --> 00:51:59,570 Seal the stock, arrest this man. - Sergeant-major... 529 00:51:59,780 --> 00:52:02,440 Mr Lockwood, you are a man of high powers 530 00:52:02,680 --> 00:52:04,270 But you've been here only a few days, sir 531 00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:07,420 You must try to understand - Mr Sorabji you are aware... 532 00:52:07,620 --> 00:52:10,420 that The East India Company has a monopoly on the opium trade 533 00:52:10,620 --> 00:52:13,920 It is obvious, you have been indulging in your own private dealings 534 00:52:14,130 --> 00:52:17,690 Mr Lockwood, I am acquainted with you British... 535 00:52:17,900 --> 00:52:21,060 and I have had dealings for years with the Company officials 536 00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:25,240 I will be very proud to make you part of our arrangements 537 00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:27,800 Are you offering to bribe me, you blackguard! 538 00:52:28,170 --> 00:52:31,440 Sir, I have the deepest respect for you as a gentleman 539 00:52:31,710 --> 00:52:34,540 I am simply trying to explain how trade works in India 540 00:52:34,750 --> 00:52:37,210 It could be beneficial to you. - You mistake me sir 541 00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:41,750 I'm here to bury corruption, not fan it. - Corruption is a strong word, sir 542 00:52:41,950 --> 00:52:44,790 It is our custom, as Indians, to give small gifts 543 00:52:45,060 --> 00:52:49,290 I must quieten your displeasure and pay a fine. 300 pounds in gold? 544 00:52:49,490 --> 00:52:50,460 Damn your eyes! 545 00:52:50,860 --> 00:52:52,630 Three thousand pounds 546 00:52:53,470 --> 00:52:54,360 Now? 547 00:52:56,230 --> 00:52:59,030 Three... thousand... pounds! 548 00:52:59,240 --> 00:53:00,930 India is rich, sir 549 00:53:01,970 --> 00:53:06,710 Lockwood did not succumb to Sorabjee's offer of a huge bribe. 550 00:53:07,250 --> 00:53:10,370 Instead he forced Sorabjee to name the villages... 551 00:53:10,580 --> 00:53:12,070 from which he bought the opium. 552 00:53:14,590 --> 00:53:17,610 Every man is reminded... 553 00:53:17,820 --> 00:53:19,950 that growing, buying or selling opium... 554 00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:25,090 without the permission of the Company... 555 00:53:25,300 --> 00:53:26,730 is illegal and punishable 556 00:53:26,930 --> 00:53:28,990 You have broken the law 557 00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:32,230 Therefore by the order of the Collector and Magistrate... 558 00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:38,840 your land and property is hereby confiscated! 559 00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:40,670 But how are we to blame? 560 00:53:41,010 --> 00:53:45,140 White sahibs tell us to grow, we grow. White sahibs tell us to sell, we sell 561 00:53:45,350 --> 00:53:48,080 Don't take our lands sahib! Where will we go? 562 00:53:48,290 --> 00:53:50,580 Have mercy, sahib 563 00:53:50,790 --> 00:53:53,020 For god's sake, have mercy 564 00:53:57,900 --> 00:53:59,660 Get your hands off 565 00:54:07,370 --> 00:54:09,030 The Company is cruel! 566 00:54:09,310 --> 00:54:11,500 Get out! Go away! 567 00:54:14,050 --> 00:54:16,100 Our children will starve! - Leave us alone 568 00:54:18,650 --> 00:54:19,620 Fire! 569 00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:20,680 No sir! 570 00:54:20,890 --> 00:54:22,790 That's not necessary, I'll deal with this 571 00:54:22,990 --> 00:54:24,850 I said fire! 572 00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:36,470 No... no... don't shoot. - We're your brothers 573 00:55:38,230 --> 00:55:39,990 What are you thinking? 574 00:55:41,170 --> 00:55:43,730 Does this happen back home in my village as well? 575 00:55:46,440 --> 00:55:53,370 We're soldiers. It's our job to fight, to kill 576 00:55:54,980 --> 00:55:59,470 To kill an unknown enemy is easy. But to kill people who are your own... 577 00:56:02,990 --> 00:56:05,750 You were obeying orders, Mangal 578 00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:12,230 That's our duty That is the price of the salt we eat 579 00:56:14,170 --> 00:56:17,620 Sometimes I wonder if there are more important things in life than salt 580 00:56:49,030 --> 00:57:01,240 I'm a slave to your charms 581 00:57:01,980 --> 00:57:16,220 I'm a slave to your charms 582 00:57:21,170 --> 00:57:26,190 I'm a slave to your charms 583 00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:36,840 I'm a slave to your charms 584 00:57:37,050 --> 00:57:40,640 Your love for me is like... 585 00:57:42,290 --> 00:57:47,320 Your love for me is like... a honey-dipped dagger 586 00:57:47,530 --> 00:57:53,260 I'm a slave to your charms 587 00:57:55,630 --> 00:58:00,660 Your burning gaze pierces me like arrows 588 00:58:00,870 --> 00:58:05,830 Where did you learn such deadly skill? 589 00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:11,680 My heart's wounded... but the pain is so exquisite 590 00:58:14,090 --> 00:58:19,750 I'm a slave to your charms 591 00:58:54,560 --> 00:58:59,460 Once I was a blossoming bud... 592 00:59:04,500 --> 00:59:10,240 flowering in a garden of sunshine 593 00:59:12,340 --> 00:59:14,640 No restless days, 594 00:59:14,850 --> 00:59:17,540 no sleepless nights 595 00:59:17,750 --> 00:59:20,150 I was innocent and carefree... 596 00:59:20,350 --> 00:59:22,750 and then I met you! 597 00:59:22,950 --> 00:59:28,760 Oh, what a price I'm paying for having trusted you... 598 00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:36,060 oh, what a price I'm paying for having trusted you! 599 00:59:46,810 --> 00:59:51,840 Your love for me is like... a honey-dipped dagger 600 00:59:52,050 --> 01:00:03,120 I'm a slave to your charms 601 01:00:52,880 --> 01:00:55,000 She has already been promised for the first night... 602 01:00:55,210 --> 01:00:59,910 to the Company's senior officer. You cannot take her sahib, I beg you 603 01:01:00,120 --> 01:01:02,680 Out of my way woman, I'm taking her 604 01:01:02,890 --> 01:01:06,380 No, not for double the money, please 605 01:01:06,590 --> 01:01:09,790 Her first night will be with me and that's what she wants to... 606 01:01:09,990 --> 01:01:13,360 don't you darling! - Don't create trouble for me 607 01:01:13,560 --> 01:01:14,530 Enough! 608 01:01:19,640 --> 01:01:23,630 Did you not hear! The woman said something. Leave the girl 609 01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:26,500 One more word out of you and I'll have you horsewhipped! 610 01:01:27,080 --> 01:01:28,380 You're not going anywhere! 611 01:01:37,190 --> 01:01:38,050 Bastard! 612 01:01:38,260 --> 01:01:39,480 I'll get you for this, you nigger! 613 01:01:39,690 --> 01:01:43,750 I'll teach you a lesson, you son of a whore! 614 01:01:48,870 --> 01:01:55,900 I say, leave him! 615 01:02:11,490 --> 01:02:15,150 You scoundrels! You're wrecking my shop 616 01:02:24,640 --> 01:02:26,430 No! Not upstairs! 617 01:02:26,640 --> 01:02:30,160 You'll destroy my rooms! Who'll pay for the damage? 618 01:03:20,590 --> 01:03:23,190 You still haven't told me your name 619 01:03:25,060 --> 01:03:25,990 Jwala 620 01:03:26,200 --> 01:03:29,330 Hey stop! - It's urgent 621 01:03:29,570 --> 01:03:31,970 Where are you going? - We need to meet Gordon sahib 622 01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:37,660 Gordon sahib! He's killing Mangal! - What... who? 623 01:03:37,880 --> 01:03:40,570 Hewson sahib has gone to the jail to kill Mangal Pandey 624 01:04:06,300 --> 01:04:10,760 You dog! You dare assault an officer! 625 01:04:29,030 --> 01:04:30,490 Say you are a dog 626 01:04:34,500 --> 01:04:36,660 Say you are a dog! 627 01:04:46,710 --> 01:04:48,340 You are a dog 628 01:04:57,690 --> 01:05:00,090 Make the black bastard shit blood 629 01:05:02,290 --> 01:05:04,920 Stop... stop it 630 01:05:07,970 --> 01:05:10,830 Four men against one! You cowardly bastard 631 01:05:11,440 --> 01:05:13,560 You think you can kill this man and get away with it? 632 01:05:13,800 --> 01:05:16,600 The commandant won't take a black man's word for it, will he? 633 01:05:16,810 --> 01:05:19,670 Well, if he'll take a white man's he'll bloody well take mine 634 01:05:20,980 --> 01:05:23,740 You sir, you're no white man 635 01:05:26,980 --> 01:05:28,250 Let's get out of here 636 01:05:29,090 --> 01:05:29,850 Come on 637 01:05:55,750 --> 01:06:03,550 Cheers to Mangal! Long live Mangal! 638 01:06:03,750 --> 01:06:04,980 Next 639 01:06:08,460 --> 01:06:11,920 Quick, lift it up. You wouldn't be here if you were the shy sort 640 01:06:21,770 --> 01:06:26,110 C'mon doc, quit peeping up skirts all day. Treat a hero for once! 641 01:06:27,880 --> 01:06:31,040 Isn't he the one who fought with Captain Hewson? 642 01:06:31,250 --> 01:06:34,010 No! He's the one who taught him a lesson! 643 01:06:34,690 --> 01:06:39,020 Come baby! I could teach you a lesson or two myself 644 01:06:39,490 --> 01:06:44,190 Oh dear! What a waste of energy! Why don't you try your strength on us? 645 01:06:45,300 --> 01:06:48,960 Yes! I've never tasted a hero 646 01:06:49,170 --> 01:06:53,300 For you it'll be free. In fact, we'll pay 647 01:06:53,900 --> 01:06:58,840 Shut up! Go sell your bodies to the whites... go 648 01:06:59,510 --> 01:07:02,140 We just sell our bodies, 649 01:07:02,710 --> 01:07:04,810 you soldiers sell your souls! 650 01:07:19,260 --> 01:07:23,060 In the course of my investigations I have discovered 651 01:07:23,270 --> 01:07:26,400 that you have been compromising senior officers, 652 01:07:27,440 --> 01:07:30,670 falsifying accounts, in fact sir, you have been cheating the company 653 01:07:32,040 --> 01:07:36,310 I have done nothing that others have not done before me 654 01:07:36,480 --> 01:07:40,250 You have been smuggling opium into China on your own behalf, Mr Kent 655 01:07:43,950 --> 01:07:44,780 You have evidence? 656 01:07:49,360 --> 01:07:53,490 Lockwood accused Kent of carrying on illegitimate trade in opium... 657 01:07:53,700 --> 01:07:56,500 and produced Sorabjee as evidence. 658 01:07:56,700 --> 01:08:02,430 You wanted me to go to prison for you. - No sir, you pay for your own sins 659 01:08:03,110 --> 01:08:09,440 Mr Lockwood, you would persuade a native to point a finger at me! 660 01:08:09,710 --> 01:08:11,440 I'm just a puppet in his hands, sir 661 01:08:11,620 --> 01:08:13,080 If you lay a hand on me... 662 01:08:13,620 --> 01:08:18,520 the reverberations will reach the House of Lords 663 01:08:18,890 --> 01:08:23,380 Kent warned Lockwood that taking him on... 664 01:08:23,830 --> 01:08:27,130 Lockwood could be taking on the House of Lords. 665 01:08:41,710 --> 01:08:42,680 Anyone there? 666 01:08:51,420 --> 01:08:52,550 Hukum Singh 667 01:09:07,840 --> 01:09:09,270 I'm used to it, sahib 668 01:09:09,470 --> 01:09:10,940 But I'm not 669 01:09:41,210 --> 01:09:45,300 It's all right, come on 670 01:09:51,180 --> 01:09:52,310 What are you doing? 671 01:09:54,250 --> 01:09:58,050 Give me the gun 672 01:09:58,260 --> 01:10:00,050 Give me the bloody gun! 673 01:10:20,510 --> 01:10:21,840 I don't want you to go 674 01:10:41,750 --> 01:10:43,440 I was just at Lol Bibi's... 675 01:10:43,810 --> 01:10:46,680 your Juliet is really worried about you, mate 676 01:10:46,880 --> 01:10:50,080 She sent milk for you, specially laced with turmeric 677 01:10:50,790 --> 01:10:53,950 But I'm an untouchable and what I've touched you won't consume 678 01:10:54,160 --> 01:10:58,180 So I saved you the dilemma and I drank it myself! 679 01:11:01,970 --> 01:11:03,260 I want to meet her 680 01:11:05,170 --> 01:11:07,970 Oh, so the fire rages here as well 681 01:11:08,170 --> 01:11:13,370 But how? You aren't a white man, eunuch or an untouchable. 682 01:11:15,950 --> 01:11:17,040 I want to meet her 683 01:12:11,400 --> 01:12:12,330 What's your name? 684 01:12:14,870 --> 01:12:15,770 Heera 685 01:12:19,140 --> 01:12:19,970 What caste? 686 01:12:22,810 --> 01:12:28,620 People on sale have none. Whoever pays gets to choose my caste 687 01:12:33,120 --> 01:12:33,890 Where are you from? 688 01:12:35,390 --> 01:12:36,290 Don't know 689 01:12:37,560 --> 01:12:41,260 As a child I was kidnapped, then sold 690 01:12:43,130 --> 01:12:45,800 Since then, it's been one sale after another 691 01:12:48,110 --> 01:12:49,040 Want to escape? 692 01:12:52,080 --> 01:12:53,340 Escape? With you? 693 01:13:19,740 --> 01:13:21,290 You're badly hurt 694 01:13:30,950 --> 01:13:33,070 Did you drink the milk I sent? 695 01:13:35,220 --> 01:13:36,010 Ya 696 01:13:37,650 --> 01:13:38,920 Lying to me? 697 01:13:46,730 --> 01:13:47,860 Lol Bibi is looking for you 698 01:13:48,060 --> 01:13:49,900 You'll get into trouble 699 01:14:23,370 --> 01:14:33,470 Like the fish thrashes helplessly in a net... 700 01:14:34,840 --> 01:14:42,580 so do I in your love 701 01:14:42,790 --> 01:14:45,580 At the core of my being... 702 01:14:46,460 --> 01:14:51,260 I feel an insatiable thirst... 703 01:14:53,060 --> 01:14:59,830 and my every nerve is aflame 704 01:15:22,260 --> 01:15:27,250 Oh tell me, lass, who's that thief of your thoughts? 705 01:15:38,070 --> 01:15:42,810 That philanderer, that scoundrel, 706 01:15:43,180 --> 01:15:47,980 he sins in my head 707 01:15:51,920 --> 01:15:56,450 That philanderer, that scoundrel, 708 01:15:56,660 --> 01:16:01,220 he sins in my head 709 01:16:01,430 --> 01:16:05,600 Locking his eyes with mine... 710 01:16:05,970 --> 01:16:10,570 he steals my sleep and peace of mind 711 01:16:11,140 --> 01:16:16,840 That trickster... oh my rascal lover 712 01:16:17,050 --> 01:16:19,040 Slowly but surely... 713 01:16:19,250 --> 01:16:21,380 she falls in his trap 714 01:16:21,580 --> 01:16:23,680 As the flames begin to lick her... 715 01:16:23,890 --> 01:16:27,350 her veil begins to slip 716 01:16:27,560 --> 01:16:32,360 That trickster 717 01:16:33,230 --> 01:16:38,530 Oh my rascal lover 718 01:16:40,340 --> 01:16:42,700 Oh tell me, lass, who is he? 719 01:16:42,910 --> 01:16:46,870 Who's that thief of your dreams? 720 01:16:49,680 --> 01:16:56,480 He's a soldier, a brave warrior, who by my word, has stolen my heart 721 01:17:26,720 --> 01:17:31,020 I didn't think at first sight that he would possess me so 722 01:17:31,220 --> 01:17:33,350 But my heart began to beat aloud... 723 01:17:33,560 --> 01:17:36,180 and I knew I was lost 724 01:17:38,230 --> 01:17:40,420 How I panicked... 725 01:17:40,630 --> 01:17:42,600 and burned with shame... 726 01:17:42,800 --> 01:17:47,100 when he took my hand and pulled me close 727 01:17:47,300 --> 01:17:49,500 Then clouds of desire gathered, 728 01:17:49,710 --> 01:17:54,200 and burst forth with love's rain. Oh that trickster 729 01:18:01,050 --> 01:18:03,450 Oh you scoundrel 730 01:19:01,980 --> 01:19:03,070 What's up Davar? 731 01:19:04,710 --> 01:19:06,340 Damn you, Nainsukh! 732 01:19:06,550 --> 01:19:09,180 You cockeyed scoundrel! Can't you find someone else to bump into? 733 01:19:09,390 --> 01:19:13,950 Who better than you, now that we're both the same... untouchables 734 01:19:14,220 --> 01:19:15,780 What nonsense, you swine! 735 01:19:15,990 --> 01:19:19,760 Well, you've bitten the bullet and licked the fat 736 01:19:19,960 --> 01:19:21,290 You've lost your caste, you have nothing left to lose now 737 01:19:21,500 --> 01:19:23,860 Shut up... that's a lie! 738 01:19:24,070 --> 01:19:27,130 Your "lie" is being manufactured in a factory in Calcutta 739 01:19:27,340 --> 01:19:28,430 Want to see for yourself? 740 01:19:30,140 --> 01:19:30,970 Do you? 741 01:19:35,880 --> 01:19:41,940 Come, my brothers, come 742 01:19:44,090 --> 01:19:47,490 I won't stay silent any longer, even if it costs me my life! 743 01:19:47,690 --> 01:19:51,560 It's true about the cartridges. See for yourself, pig fat and cow fat 744 01:20:03,710 --> 01:20:04,900 May the devil stay away! 745 01:20:11,110 --> 01:20:12,910 Is this your factory? - Only in name... 746 01:20:13,120 --> 01:20:15,410 the real owner is an Englishman 747 01:20:16,290 --> 01:20:20,520 I am a god-fearing man, brothers, I respect both Hindus and Muslims 748 01:20:20,720 --> 01:20:24,090 Then why did you use cow and pig fat?! 749 01:20:24,630 --> 01:20:28,190 The Company would have used crow fat if that was cheaper 750 01:21:10,670 --> 01:21:11,330 Mangal...? 751 01:21:14,280 --> 01:21:15,970 You lied to me! 752 01:21:17,750 --> 01:21:20,480 I trusted you and you lied me 753 01:21:22,020 --> 01:21:25,610 What're you talking about? - I saw it with my own eyes 754 01:21:26,190 --> 01:21:28,620 The factory, the cartridge, the grease... 755 01:21:28,830 --> 01:21:30,490 made with cow and pig fat 756 01:21:30,930 --> 01:21:34,230 Oh God, no... 757 01:21:34,500 --> 01:21:35,990 I'm now an outcaste 758 01:21:37,070 --> 01:21:38,530 You know what it means to be an outcaste? 759 01:21:39,640 --> 01:21:41,160 My entire community will shun me 760 01:21:41,670 --> 01:21:44,770 They will no longer touch me, speak to me, eat with me, 761 01:21:45,040 --> 01:21:48,500 or burn my body when I die 762 01:21:49,650 --> 01:21:50,580 For them I am an untouchable. I no longer exist. I am a nobody 763 01:21:50,780 --> 01:21:52,580 Mangal, listen to me... - You lied to me! 764 01:21:52,780 --> 01:21:55,180 Listen to me, I didn't know! They lied to me 765 01:21:55,390 --> 01:22:02,690 You plunder our land, you abuse our faith and now... 766 01:22:03,160 --> 01:22:07,430 you want our Souls? Sahib... you've enjoyed a black man's loyalty 767 01:22:08,400 --> 01:22:10,030 Now taste his fury 768 01:22:10,370 --> 01:22:14,560 Mark my words, Captain sahib! This cartridge will explode 769 01:22:14,840 --> 01:22:17,240 And it will bring to an end the Company Raj 770 01:22:21,780 --> 01:22:27,610 Take back you pistol, Captain sahib. We're brothers no more 771 01:23:15,200 --> 01:23:16,500 Don't... 772 01:23:25,510 --> 01:23:29,470 If you are an untouchable then so am I 773 01:23:32,420 --> 01:23:35,210 Mangal, we're all with you 774 01:23:38,590 --> 01:23:41,390 A wrong done unknowingly is not a sin 775 01:23:41,720 --> 01:23:43,850 That's what the scriptures say as well 776 01:23:56,870 --> 01:23:59,640 This cartridge controversy could spin out of control sir. 777 01:24:00,080 --> 01:24:04,140 We have tried to introduce it twice, in different regiments without success. 778 01:24:04,510 --> 01:24:05,850 I would recommend caution. 779 01:24:06,020 --> 01:24:10,180 Damn it we can't succumb to such blind superstition 780 01:24:10,420 --> 01:24:13,450 May seem like superstition to us sir, but to the sepoys... 781 01:24:13,560 --> 01:24:16,580 it's an extremely sensitive issue. It strikes them at their core. 782 01:24:16,860 --> 01:24:22,820 Gordon urged his senior officers to respect the sepoys' feelings... 783 01:24:23,030 --> 01:24:26,000 and withdraw the cartridge. He was reminded that... 784 01:24:26,200 --> 01:24:32,660 the country was ruled by a Company which could not suffer losses. 785 01:24:41,380 --> 01:24:45,680 Colonel Mitchell claimed that his sepoys were loyal... 786 01:24:46,060 --> 01:24:49,680 and would do his bidding. So it was decided... 787 01:24:49,890 --> 01:24:54,190 that a contingent from Barrackpore be sent to Behrampore... 788 01:24:54,400 --> 01:25:00,530 a hundred miles away... where they would be forced to use the cartridge, by example. 789 01:25:44,950 --> 01:25:48,080 Mitchell ordered the sepoys from both the Behrampore... 790 01:25:48,280 --> 01:25:54,090 and Barrackpore regiments... to use the cartridge. 791 01:25:55,630 --> 01:25:58,090 First company, first platoon, 792 01:25:58,290 --> 01:26:01,090 step forward and pick up your rifles and the cartridges 793 01:26:08,640 --> 01:26:09,940 Subedar 794 01:26:13,810 --> 01:26:14,940 What's the matter? 795 01:26:15,140 --> 01:26:18,110 The new cartridge, sir. The sepoys don't want to use it, sir 796 01:26:18,310 --> 01:26:20,280 Damn it Bakht Khan 797 01:26:21,150 --> 01:26:22,620 Now this is the Army 798 01:26:23,650 --> 01:26:28,110 A soldier uses whatever arms and ammunition he is asked to use 799 01:26:30,990 --> 01:26:35,950 First company, first platoon, step forward 800 01:26:40,340 --> 01:26:41,460 Enough! 801 01:26:43,670 --> 01:26:48,470 If you do not move I will blow you apart with cannon! 802 01:26:54,350 --> 01:26:56,320 Move the artillery forward 803 01:27:16,370 --> 01:27:18,840 You will obey orders! 804 01:27:20,210 --> 01:27:22,680 I will count till ten 805 01:27:25,720 --> 01:27:27,340 One 806 01:27:29,550 --> 01:27:30,180 Two 807 01:27:33,260 --> 01:27:34,190 Three 808 01:27:36,560 --> 01:27:38,030 Four 809 01:27:41,730 --> 01:27:42,700 Five 810 01:27:45,230 --> 01:27:46,200 Six 811 01:27:49,070 --> 01:27:50,040 Seven 812 01:27:54,580 --> 01:27:55,370 Eight 813 01:27:58,750 --> 01:27:59,870 Nine 814 01:28:29,450 --> 01:28:32,570 Fire... 815 01:28:56,310 --> 01:28:58,770 Dismiss the parade sir. This could turn serious 816 01:29:00,810 --> 01:29:01,940 Do it sir 817 01:29:04,480 --> 01:29:06,610 For god's sake, do it before it's too late! 818 01:29:08,480 --> 01:29:11,610 Very well, dismiss the parade 819 01:29:13,990 --> 01:29:16,120 Parade... dismiss! 820 01:29:53,030 --> 01:29:56,330 Looting the armoury was wrong 821 01:29:56,870 --> 01:29:59,160 Now we leave them no choice 822 01:29:59,340 --> 01:30:02,300 What choice did we have? Mitchell was about to blow us up. 823 01:30:02,540 --> 01:30:05,840 That was just a bluff. He doesn't have the authority 824 01:30:06,080 --> 01:30:07,170 But now he has an excuse 825 01:30:07,380 --> 01:30:11,180 He'll attack us and claim that he's putting down a mutiny 826 01:30:12,210 --> 01:30:14,010 They're coming to attack our homes with horses and cannons! 827 01:30:17,890 --> 01:30:21,190 Don't panic. Get ready with your weapons 828 01:30:21,390 --> 01:30:22,860 Come on 829 01:30:35,970 --> 01:30:39,200 This is your commanding officer 830 01:30:40,440 --> 01:30:44,540 Unless you lay down the arms which you have looted... 831 01:30:45,250 --> 01:30:48,880 I promise you, I will give the orders of fire 832 01:30:49,420 --> 01:30:51,890 We don't want bloodshed, Colonel sahib. 833 01:30:52,450 --> 01:30:56,220 Withdraw your guns and go in peace 834 01:30:56,930 --> 01:31:01,060 Surrender! This is your last chance 835 01:31:01,260 --> 01:31:06,060 We are armed Colonel sahib! We will fight 836 01:31:06,600 --> 01:31:07,900 But sir, they are our own men 837 01:31:08,100 --> 01:31:10,900 Not any more, can't you see they are mutineers 838 01:31:11,440 --> 01:31:15,070 Split up into four groups and let each man carry two torches 839 01:31:17,280 --> 01:31:19,580 Sir but we have no such commands from the General 840 01:31:19,780 --> 01:31:22,250 Don't you dare interfere with my authority 841 01:32:20,680 --> 01:32:23,470 Please withdraw for now, sir. Let me talk to them 842 01:32:27,020 --> 01:32:29,810 All right do it, do it! 843 01:32:30,520 --> 01:32:32,650 Listen up 844 01:32:33,360 --> 01:32:36,320 This is corporal Bhola Tiwari speaking 845 01:32:36,530 --> 01:32:40,660 Colonel Mitchell sahib has agreed to withdraw the cannons 846 01:32:41,200 --> 01:32:43,490 The English soldiers are returning to their barracks 847 01:32:43,700 --> 01:32:46,000 Please let them through 848 01:33:05,920 --> 01:33:09,360 Fellow soldiers of India... 849 01:33:13,730 --> 01:33:16,700 we have shed our blood without complaint... 850 01:33:17,900 --> 01:33:23,860 in the service of our foreign masters 851 01:33:25,070 --> 01:33:28,370 For them, we have conquered kingdom after kingdom 852 01:33:29,240 --> 01:33:32,040 But in return... 853 01:33:33,420 --> 01:33:34,710 what have we got? 854 01:33:35,580 --> 01:33:40,720 Poverty, hunger and humiliation 855 01:33:44,090 --> 01:33:45,060 Mangal, Gordon sahib is here 856 01:33:55,440 --> 01:33:57,560 I'm not here on duty 857 01:33:59,780 --> 01:34:01,900 I've come to speak with Mangal Pandey 858 01:34:03,610 --> 01:34:07,570 Whatever you have to say, you can say here. We're all friends 859 01:34:20,460 --> 01:34:21,260 Give me a minute 860 01:34:30,970 --> 01:34:33,770 Do you fully understand the implications of what you're doing? 861 01:34:34,140 --> 01:34:37,110 The Army will never, never tolerate insubordination 862 01:34:37,650 --> 01:34:43,110 You leave them no choice. They will have to use force unless... 863 01:34:43,320 --> 01:34:46,450 Unless what? Unless what sahib? 864 01:34:47,660 --> 01:34:50,450 Unless we go down on our knees and beg for mercy? 865 01:34:50,990 --> 01:34:54,120 Swallow your cartridge and our honour? 866 01:34:54,830 --> 01:34:57,460 Forget who we are and promise to remain your slaves forever? 867 01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:03,460 For too long our minds have rusted in the service of foreign masters 868 01:35:03,840 --> 01:35:06,640 All it takes is a little bit of grease to make us remember who we are 869 01:35:07,380 --> 01:35:13,140 I can understand how you feel. I too feel angered... 870 01:35:13,350 --> 01:35:18,150 when the Company is unreasonable, when officers are unfeeling, 871 01:35:18,350 --> 01:35:22,480 when rules are unfair, but these differences... 872 01:35:22,690 --> 01:35:25,160 must be resolved by reasonable means 873 01:35:30,700 --> 01:35:31,670 This is the difference 874 01:35:35,040 --> 01:35:37,160 Now what are the reasonable means? 875 01:35:48,380 --> 01:35:52,180 News of the chaos at Behrampore had reached the senior officers. 876 01:35:52,390 --> 01:35:54,180 They were unhappy with Mitchell's handling of the situation. 877 01:35:54,360 --> 01:35:57,720 Mitchell is a fool 878 01:35:58,330 --> 01:36:00,390 This shouldn't have been allowed to happen. 879 01:36:10,670 --> 01:36:14,670 I've come to beg you to reconsider, sir. Please withdraw the cartridges. 880 01:36:16,950 --> 01:36:19,570 You don't expect an army to succumb to a rumour do you, Captain? 881 01:36:19,850 --> 01:36:22,610 This is not simply a question of idle gossip, sir. 882 01:36:22,780 --> 01:36:26,550 Gordon once again urged that the cartridges be discontinued. 883 01:36:28,260 --> 01:36:30,890 But the officials paid no heed to him. 884 01:36:31,430 --> 01:36:35,730 Instead, they cast aspersions on his loyalty, and said... 885 01:36:35,930 --> 01:36:41,230 he could share his bed with a native, but not his loyalty. 886 01:37:11,300 --> 01:37:15,930 The British were worried that there were very few white soldiers in Barrackpore. 887 01:37:16,640 --> 01:37:21,100 They decided to send for Queen Victoria's troops from... 888 01:37:21,310 --> 01:37:25,610 Rangoon to deal with the rebelling sepoys. 889 01:37:25,980 --> 01:37:28,450 And till Rangoon Regiment arrived... 890 01:37:28,650 --> 01:37:30,280 they would stall for time by ordering an enquiry. 891 01:37:34,820 --> 01:37:39,950 I think we should accept the Company's offer and return the guns 892 01:37:40,500 --> 01:37:42,790 There will be only an inquiry, no punishments 893 01:37:43,330 --> 01:37:44,630 Let them save face 894 01:37:44,830 --> 01:37:48,790 But we can win! For every British soldier, we are seven sepoys 895 01:37:49,170 --> 01:37:53,630 Even if we win Behrampore, will it end the Company Raj? 896 01:37:53,840 --> 01:37:55,970 So we take defeat without a fight? 897 01:37:56,180 --> 01:38:00,480 Have we learnt nothing from the British? Rushing into battle is futile 898 01:38:00,850 --> 01:38:07,980 But if we plan well, we can win. Our country, our honour... everything 899 01:38:08,190 --> 01:38:10,320 But for now we need time 900 01:38:13,600 --> 01:38:22,160 O' Messiah, lead us into hope... 901 01:38:22,370 --> 01:38:31,340 O' Messiah, lead us into hope 902 01:38:35,750 --> 01:38:42,180 In fervent worship, I seek you... like a moth seeks the flame 903 01:38:42,390 --> 01:38:51,270 O' most merciful, benevolent God... hear my plea 904 01:38:51,470 --> 01:38:55,800 Lead me to your light, show me the way 905 01:38:56,000 --> 01:39:06,710 O' most merciful, benevolent God... hear my plea 906 01:39:06,920 --> 01:39:29,100 O' Messiah, lead us into hope 907 01:39:50,960 --> 01:39:55,590 My heart is uneasy, sleep and dreams elude me 908 01:39:57,970 --> 01:40:02,430 I turn and toss as a storm grows in my breast 909 01:40:06,640 --> 01:40:11,100 What is to happen next? Where does this story go? 910 01:40:11,350 --> 01:40:15,440 The world waits with bated breath for the saga to unfold 911 01:40:15,680 --> 01:40:16,620 O' Lord... 912 01:40:17,650 --> 01:40:19,120 O' Messiah... 913 01:40:20,160 --> 01:40:24,790 Why these hurdles, why this trial by fire? 914 01:40:27,000 --> 01:40:35,300 O' most merciful, benevolent God... hear my plea 915 01:40:47,350 --> 01:40:49,820 Welcome, friends, welcome... 916 01:40:50,520 --> 01:40:53,980 welcome to the noble path 917 01:40:56,860 --> 01:41:00,820 We are emissaries of King Nana Saheb 918 01:41:01,360 --> 01:41:05,660 I am Azimullah and this is Chief of the Maratha army, Tatya Tope 919 01:41:06,200 --> 01:41:07,500 Please be seated 920 01:41:09,540 --> 01:41:11,840 What brings you to us? 921 01:41:13,380 --> 01:41:18,180 You are aware how the Company has, through treachery and force... 922 01:41:18,380 --> 01:41:20,850 snatched our kingdoms from us 923 01:41:21,380 --> 01:41:24,350 They took Delhi, Awadh, Jhansi... 924 01:41:25,390 --> 01:41:27,010 Everyone is angry 925 01:41:28,390 --> 01:41:32,690 Nana Saheb has united all the kings... 926 01:41:32,890 --> 01:41:36,020 to fight against the Company 927 01:41:37,570 --> 01:41:42,030 We're here to invite you to join us 928 01:41:50,410 --> 01:41:51,540 Invite us? 929 01:41:53,250 --> 01:41:54,370 What is it, some feast? 930 01:41:55,750 --> 01:42:01,210 Your Rajahs and Nawabs have gambled away their kingdoms 931 01:42:01,420 --> 01:42:02,550 They've sold out to the company, my friend 932 01:42:03,260 --> 01:42:07,220 We have seen them grovel and lay down their arms in front of us 933 01:42:08,660 --> 01:42:10,560 What are they? Nothing 934 01:42:12,270 --> 01:42:13,230 And you? 935 01:42:13,940 --> 01:42:18,570 We are Hindustan. The Company rules on our strength 936 01:42:19,940 --> 01:42:22,570 The Company's native army is the only force today... 937 01:42:22,780 --> 01:42:26,210 with the numbers, the weapons and the training to challenge the Company 938 01:42:26,680 --> 01:42:29,410 And afterwards? Who will rule? 939 01:42:29,780 --> 01:42:30,440 The people 940 01:42:31,690 --> 01:42:36,750 Even in England, the Queen may be on the coin, but the rule is of the people 941 01:42:38,960 --> 01:42:43,090 The Company has always won by dividing us... 942 01:42:43,830 --> 01:42:48,430 by making us fight, king against king, Hindu against Muslim 943 01:42:49,140 --> 01:42:52,440 We have a common enemy... the Company 944 01:42:53,310 --> 01:42:56,940 It's time to unite and fight against it 945 01:42:57,310 --> 01:42:59,780 You want that we spill our blood to throw the Company out... 946 01:42:59,980 --> 01:43:01,110 and become your slaves again? 947 01:43:01,980 --> 01:43:03,780 No! This is a fight for freedom 948 01:43:04,150 --> 01:43:07,950 Freedom from our past, freedom for our future 949 01:43:11,660 --> 01:43:16,760 It is the need of the hour that we bury our differences 950 01:43:19,330 --> 01:43:21,960 We're ready to fight alongside the kings 951 01:43:23,070 --> 01:43:27,630 But this revolution needs a unifying symbol 952 01:43:28,180 --> 01:43:30,640 And that can only be the Red Fort in Delhi 953 01:43:31,510 --> 01:43:33,310 If we agree... 954 01:43:33,520 --> 01:43:35,310 to unite under the leadership of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah... 955 01:43:35,680 --> 01:43:37,480 then we have a deal 956 01:43:44,690 --> 01:43:47,490 But Bahadur Shah is 82 years old 957 01:43:47,700 --> 01:43:52,830 Yes, he is old and infirm... but fed up of the Company's excesses 958 01:43:53,370 --> 01:43:55,500 He needs us and we need him 959 01:43:56,870 --> 01:43:59,340 His flag will be our banner 960 01:44:05,380 --> 01:44:14,250 We know the disposition, speed and strength of the entire Company army 961 01:44:19,560 --> 01:44:22,860 Barrackpore, Behrampore, Raniganj 962 01:44:23,060 --> 01:44:26,030 Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut and Delhi 963 01:44:29,900 --> 01:44:31,870 All large garrison towns 964 01:44:33,070 --> 01:44:38,710 Three hundred thousand native sepoys and only forty thousand British soldiers 965 01:44:41,250 --> 01:44:45,050 If on the same day, at the same time, all of us rise... 966 01:44:46,090 --> 01:44:52,390 the Company won't know where to hide 967 01:44:55,600 --> 01:44:57,960 In a single day, we disarm every British soldier 968 01:44:58,930 --> 01:45:02,300 And the Company Raj comes to an end! 969 01:45:09,780 --> 01:45:11,410 Praise be to Allah! 970 01:45:13,780 --> 01:45:17,410 Astrology predicts that the Company Raj will end in a hundred years 971 01:45:18,290 --> 01:45:22,310 And a hundred years, ends this May 972 01:45:22,620 --> 01:45:24,250 Then let's fix the date 973 01:45:25,290 --> 01:45:26,520 31st May 974 01:45:28,130 --> 01:45:32,530 On that day, all of India will rise and become free 975 01:45:33,300 --> 01:45:36,200 It's Holi! 976 01:45:38,810 --> 01:45:42,110 Holi is here, an explosion of colour 977 01:45:42,310 --> 01:45:45,610 The bells ring out and drumbeats roll 978 01:45:45,810 --> 01:45:48,940 The streets dance in drunken abandon 979 01:45:49,150 --> 01:45:52,780 It's the season of joy, my love 980 01:46:20,850 --> 01:46:22,820 You wretches! Where are you off to? 981 01:46:29,190 --> 01:46:33,990 Look, Holi is here in a riot of colours, painting one and all alike 982 01:46:34,200 --> 01:46:39,000 Sorrows are lost, in new ecstasies of blues, greens and reds 983 01:46:39,200 --> 01:46:43,660 Look, Holi is here in a riot of colours, painting one and all alike 984 01:46:43,870 --> 01:46:48,670 Sorrows are lost, in new ecstasies of blues, greens and reds 985 01:46:48,880 --> 01:46:53,340 I am going to be coloured anew... 986 01:46:53,550 --> 01:46:56,680 this year the hues look richer 987 01:46:56,890 --> 01:47:01,850 No one can stop us now, no one can hold us back... 988 01:47:02,220 --> 01:47:07,350 No matter what... we are ready! 989 01:47:26,580 --> 01:47:31,380 Look my love, I'm drenched in colours 990 01:47:31,590 --> 01:47:36,050 And a little drunk, you sway so mesmerisingly 991 01:47:36,260 --> 01:47:40,390 How can I not let go and enjoy this moment... 992 01:47:41,100 --> 01:47:46,400 as you seduce me with your eyes? - No one can stop us now 993 01:47:46,600 --> 01:47:53,130 No one can hold us back... no matter what... we are ready! 994 01:48:04,120 --> 01:48:07,580 With a fistful of colours Lord Krishna sneaks up on his lover 995 01:48:07,790 --> 01:48:11,820 But Radha is quick as she is naughty and gives it back as good as she gets 996 01:48:18,630 --> 01:48:22,090 With a fistful of colours Lord Krishna sneaks up on his lover 997 01:48:22,300 --> 01:48:25,760 But Radha is quick as she is naughty and gives it back as good as she gets 998 01:48:25,970 --> 01:48:31,110 As the lovers unite and the colours mix Radha and Krishna become one 999 01:48:31,310 --> 01:48:36,180 Which is Radha, which is Krishna who can tell them apart? 1000 01:48:47,000 --> 01:48:51,460 Under a blanket of colours our eyes lock, our hands touch 1001 01:48:51,670 --> 01:48:56,130 We come closer and something deep within me stirs 1002 01:48:56,340 --> 01:49:00,800 This spell of love, this joyous abandon, can you ever escape it? 1003 01:49:01,010 --> 01:49:04,310 Don't ask that of me anymore 1004 01:49:04,510 --> 01:49:09,470 No one can stop us now, no can hold us back... 1005 01:49:09,680 --> 01:49:14,880 no matter what... we are ready! 1006 01:50:17,590 --> 01:50:23,890 The insolent behavior of the sepoys Had the British officials worried. 1007 01:50:24,090 --> 01:50:27,890 Just then, General Anson received the news... 1008 01:50:28,430 --> 01:50:31,630 that Rangoon Regiment was afloat and would reach on... 1009 01:50:32,430 --> 01:50:35,230 April 1st. Anson decided that when the Queen's troops arrived... 1010 01:50:35,440 --> 01:50:40,500 the rebel soldiers would be disarmed and their leaders hanged. 1011 01:50:40,780 --> 01:50:46,980 It would be such a lesson that no one would dare rise for a hundred years. 1012 01:51:00,630 --> 01:51:03,720 Mangal, they're going to kill you 1013 01:51:04,300 --> 01:51:06,320 They've sent for the Rangoon Regiment 1014 01:51:06,630 --> 01:51:08,930 What... Rangoon Regiment? When? 1015 01:51:09,140 --> 01:51:10,330 1st April 1016 01:51:11,640 --> 01:51:12,770 How do you know? 1017 01:51:13,810 --> 01:51:15,440 Last night I was with Hewson 1018 01:51:16,480 --> 01:51:18,100 He blurts out a lot when he is drunk. 1019 01:51:18,310 --> 01:51:20,280 He said, once the Regiment gets here... 1020 01:51:20,480 --> 01:51:25,780 they'll disarm the native sepoys and hang their leaders 1021 01:51:26,490 --> 01:51:30,290 I'm scared, Mangal! Save yourself... 1022 01:51:30,490 --> 01:51:34,860 and save me... from this hell 1023 01:51:37,000 --> 01:51:39,020 Mangal, I beg you 1024 01:51:40,500 --> 01:51:42,130 Let's run away... 1025 01:51:43,000 --> 01:51:44,030 anywhere 1026 01:51:45,510 --> 01:51:46,230 No 1027 01:51:55,520 --> 01:51:58,920 Heera, I cannot run away 1028 01:52:14,700 --> 01:52:17,170 The situation has changed. We can't wait till May 1029 01:52:17,370 --> 01:52:21,170 But the kings need time to prepare. - Time is what we don't have 1030 01:52:21,380 --> 01:52:23,170 One wrong move can ruin everything 1031 01:52:23,380 --> 01:52:25,000 Once the sepoys are disarmed, who will do the fighting? 1032 01:52:25,210 --> 01:52:26,840 Your Nana Saheb? Or Bahadur Shah? 1033 01:52:27,880 --> 01:52:28,850 There's one way 1034 01:52:30,380 --> 01:52:34,010 We've received orders to march from Behrampore on 21st March... 1035 01:52:34,220 --> 01:52:35,690 to reach Barrackpore on 30th March. 1036 01:52:35,890 --> 01:52:38,690 Rangoon Regiment arrives on 1st April 1037 01:52:38,890 --> 01:52:40,690 That gives us two days 1038 01:52:41,900 --> 01:52:46,700 The moment we reach Barrackpore, we'll take over the cantonment 1039 01:52:47,240 --> 01:52:51,040 Then, before the Rangoon Regiment arrives, we march to Calcutta. 1040 01:52:51,240 --> 01:52:54,540 There we capture Fort William and hold on to it... 1041 01:52:54,910 --> 01:52:57,880 until the rebellion spreads throughout the country 1042 01:53:06,590 --> 01:53:09,560 Done with selling your milk to that white bitch? 1043 01:53:09,760 --> 01:53:11,380 Better that, than us starving 1044 01:53:13,460 --> 01:53:14,890 You bitch! Talking back to me? 1045 01:53:16,760 --> 01:53:21,390 Now their days are numbered! - Yeah, in your dreams! 1046 01:53:21,770 --> 01:53:23,570 Wait and see, their time's up! 1047 01:53:27,340 --> 01:53:29,400 By the next full-moon... slaughter! 1048 01:53:29,940 --> 01:53:32,410 Where...? In Barrackpore? 1049 01:53:32,610 --> 01:53:34,580 Everywhere. All across India! 1050 01:53:45,960 --> 01:53:53,770 Memsaab, danger! Danger Memsaab! 1051 01:53:54,140 --> 01:53:54,930 Wait 1052 01:53:59,140 --> 01:54:00,940 What's going on, what danger? 1053 01:54:01,480 --> 01:54:04,930 Baba is like my own son. I don't want anything to happen to him 1054 01:54:11,390 --> 01:54:15,950 Memsaab, you must leave! - Why what's going on? 1055 01:54:19,490 --> 01:54:22,120 The sepoys say Company Raj will end 1056 01:54:22,330 --> 01:54:23,960 They've been saying that for a hundred years. It won't happen 1057 01:54:24,170 --> 01:54:26,630 No! This time it's for real 1058 01:54:27,170 --> 01:54:30,300 Please take Baba and go back to Englistan. Please 1059 01:54:33,840 --> 01:54:36,470 You've taken a great risk, Kamla. 1060 01:55:00,030 --> 01:55:04,660 Traitor! You dare to mutineer? Now see what we do to your wife and child! 1061 01:55:05,870 --> 01:55:08,670 What date have you devils set for this? 1062 01:55:18,150 --> 01:55:23,750 30th March 1063 01:55:26,160 --> 01:55:27,060 Send dispatches immediately 1064 01:55:27,260 --> 01:55:28,790 Stop the Behrampore Regiment from reaching here. 1065 01:55:29,000 --> 01:55:29,960 Contact Rangoon 1066 01:55:30,360 --> 01:55:32,860 The Queen's Regiment must get here before the 30th. 1067 01:55:33,370 --> 01:55:37,700 Remember... your wife and child! 1068 01:55:41,580 --> 01:55:46,380 On learning the rebels' plans, General Hearsey ordered that... 1069 01:55:46,580 --> 01:55:50,540 The Rangoon Regiment must reach Barrackpore before 30th March. 1070 01:55:51,590 --> 01:55:54,210 Meanwhile, the Behrampore Regiment must be stopped en route... 1071 01:55:54,590 --> 01:55:58,390 and prevented from reaching Barrackpore. 1072 01:56:05,600 --> 01:56:06,220 Halt! 1073 01:56:13,610 --> 01:56:16,740 Ah, Bakht Khan! - Why this halt, sir? 1074 01:56:16,980 --> 01:56:19,240 A storm is brewing. We stay here till it passes. 1075 01:56:19,450 --> 01:56:24,080 But the Sepoys are tired... eager to reach Barrackpore. They need to rest 1076 01:56:25,950 --> 01:56:29,250 Really? Well I'm afraid they must rest here 1077 01:56:31,460 --> 01:56:32,760 I will go and explain it to them 1078 01:56:35,130 --> 01:56:36,760 That won't be necessary 1079 01:57:18,510 --> 01:57:19,470 What's up? 1080 01:57:21,180 --> 01:57:21,970 What happened? 1081 01:57:22,680 --> 01:57:24,640 White soldiers, a whole army! 1082 01:57:24,850 --> 01:57:26,140 What? Where? 1083 01:57:26,350 --> 01:57:28,140 On the riverbank, I saw it myself 1084 01:57:29,680 --> 01:57:30,650 Are you out of your mind?! 1085 01:57:30,850 --> 01:57:32,820 Believe me, I swear by my mother! 1086 01:57:33,850 --> 01:57:34,650 On the banks 1087 01:57:39,690 --> 01:57:42,320 Come on... the Brits are here! 1088 01:57:42,530 --> 01:57:43,660 The Rangoon Regiment has arrived. 1089 01:57:43,860 --> 01:57:45,490 Everyone to the Parade Ground. Quick! 1090 01:57:59,880 --> 01:58:01,850 Sound the bugle! Call everyone, quick! 1091 01:58:02,720 --> 01:58:04,340 This is not the time... - Blow the bugle 1092 01:58:05,890 --> 01:58:08,350 Mangal! What's the matter? 1093 01:58:19,230 --> 01:58:20,530 What's wrong with the Sergeant-Major? 1094 01:58:20,770 --> 01:58:23,860 Don't go out. It is bad luck to spill milk 1095 01:58:24,070 --> 01:58:25,370 It's an ill omen! Something terrible is going to happen! 1096 01:58:26,070 --> 01:58:27,540 Please don't go 1097 01:58:28,780 --> 01:58:31,870 Don't worry, I'll be fine 1098 01:58:40,750 --> 01:58:45,560 Come on! The time has come! Time to fight, time to be free! 1099 01:58:45,790 --> 01:58:49,890 What happened Mangal, what's wrong? - Get your weapons. The Brits are here 1100 01:58:50,130 --> 01:58:53,570 The Rangoon Regiment has landed! - But today isn't 1st April 1101 01:58:53,770 --> 01:58:58,730 They came early. We have to act fast. Go get your guns! Quick! 1102 01:58:58,940 --> 01:59:00,910 To arms! 1103 01:59:01,110 --> 01:59:04,080 But Bakht Khan's men aren't here yet. - We need to wait for them 1104 01:59:04,280 --> 01:59:07,410 We can't wait. We must attack, 1105 01:59:07,620 --> 01:59:11,420 and capture the cantonment before the Rangoon Regiment moves in 1106 01:59:11,620 --> 01:59:14,090 Stop. Don't. You'll get us killed! 1107 01:59:14,290 --> 01:59:17,590 There's no time! Come on, move! Move! 1108 01:59:18,690 --> 01:59:20,590 No no, wait! He's gone mad! 1109 01:59:21,300 --> 01:59:23,920 Mangal your impatience will get us killed! 1110 01:59:24,130 --> 01:59:26,100 And this hesitation will kill the rebellion! 1111 01:59:26,300 --> 01:59:28,100 But Mangal, we are not ready yet 1112 01:59:28,300 --> 01:59:29,600 It's now or never! 1113 01:59:32,310 --> 01:59:33,930 What's wrong with you guys? 1114 01:59:35,310 --> 01:59:38,940 Don't you see, the moment we have all been waiting for is here! 1115 01:59:40,150 --> 01:59:44,280 It's time to honour your pledge, it's time to do or die 1116 01:59:44,990 --> 01:59:47,450 Pick up your guns and fight 1117 01:59:47,660 --> 01:59:49,280 Fight for your freedom 1118 01:59:49,990 --> 01:59:52,290 For once, fight for yourselves 1119 01:59:52,490 --> 01:59:53,290 Fight! 1120 01:59:53,490 --> 01:59:54,460 Come on! 1121 02:00:09,010 --> 02:00:10,140 What's going on here! 1122 02:00:11,350 --> 02:00:12,310 Who sounded the bugle? 1123 02:00:24,360 --> 02:00:25,480 Mangal, stop 1124 02:00:31,230 --> 02:00:32,160 Mangal... no... 1125 02:00:38,210 --> 02:00:39,670 What the hell do you think you're doing? 1126 02:00:40,040 --> 02:00:43,670 A handful of sepoys is no match for the Rangoon Regiment 1127 02:00:43,880 --> 02:00:44,840 That we shall see 1128 02:00:47,210 --> 02:00:50,510 Then you leave me no choice 1129 02:01:21,080 --> 02:01:22,050 Get the General 1130 02:01:27,090 --> 02:01:28,380 Sir, it's begun 1131 02:03:00,680 --> 02:03:01,980 The British Army 1132 02:03:02,350 --> 02:03:03,320 Rangoon Regiment 1133 02:03:42,890 --> 02:03:44,520 You are completely outnumbered 1134 02:03:45,390 --> 02:03:49,020 Drop your guns and surrender, or die 1135 02:03:52,100 --> 02:03:53,090 It's too late, Mangal. It's all over 1136 02:03:53,570 --> 02:03:57,200 All of India is looking at us If we surrender now... 1137 02:03:57,400 --> 02:04:00,860 the rebellion dies before it is born. We can't let that happen 1138 02:04:01,070 --> 02:04:02,200 I won't let that happen 1139 02:04:05,080 --> 02:04:07,210 They are far too many, it's no use. Let's run 1140 02:04:07,410 --> 02:04:09,880 No... no...! - We can't win 1141 02:04:10,080 --> 02:04:12,880 We will win, even if it takes a hundred years 1142 02:04:14,320 --> 02:04:17,220 Let's run Mangal... please, or we'll all die! 1143 02:04:26,430 --> 02:04:27,560 Go 1144 02:04:29,770 --> 02:04:30,900 Spread the word 1145 02:04:31,610 --> 02:04:33,400 It has begun 1146 02:04:34,340 --> 02:04:36,240 Mangal the rebellion needs you! 1147 02:04:38,010 --> 02:04:39,910 The rebellion needs blood 1148 02:04:40,450 --> 02:04:41,910 Let it be mine 1149 02:05:00,800 --> 02:05:03,930 ATTACK! 1150 02:05:08,810 --> 02:05:09,780 Stop 1151 02:05:09,980 --> 02:05:10,940 Don't fire 1152 02:05:11,180 --> 02:05:11,770 Hold your fire 1153 02:05:14,980 --> 02:05:16,110 I want him alive 1154 02:06:17,210 --> 02:06:20,510 To the hospital! Quick! He mustn't die 1155 02:06:49,080 --> 02:06:53,880 Awaken, arise and be blessed. May all be blessed 1156 02:06:54,550 --> 02:06:59,540 Awaken, arise and be blessed. May all be blessed 1157 02:07:00,120 --> 02:07:05,390 The towns are awake, the homes are abuzz, every village is astir 1158 02:07:05,590 --> 02:07:11,220 Valleys awaken and so do their trees, look, shadows are coming to life! 1159 02:07:17,100 --> 02:07:20,900 Nana Saheb, Barrackpore has risen 1160 02:07:21,270 --> 02:07:23,900 Soon the fire will spread all across 1161 02:07:24,280 --> 02:07:26,250 But Tatya... 1162 02:07:26,510 --> 02:07:32,080 Make up your mind Nana Saheb. Seize the moment or perish 1163 02:07:32,290 --> 02:07:37,750 No hand can stem the fire that rages in people's hearts 1164 02:07:37,960 --> 02:07:43,090 Eyes ablaze and spirits aflame, no head will ever bow again 1165 02:07:43,330 --> 02:07:48,770 A changed people fill the streets, marching into death's embrace 1166 02:07:50,800 --> 02:07:53,600 Greetings, Queen Lakshmibai. - Welcome, Tatya 1167 02:07:56,210 --> 02:07:59,610 The time has come, earlier than we expected 1168 02:07:59,810 --> 02:08:04,110 Good. Just what I've been waiting to hear 1169 02:08:04,320 --> 02:08:09,450 Rising like a storm unstoppable, stirring the land in it's wake 1170 02:08:09,660 --> 02:08:14,960 They swear to crush and finally end this dark age of tyranny 1171 02:08:18,500 --> 02:08:23,630 I'm an Emperor only in name. I am weak, what can I do? 1172 02:08:23,840 --> 02:08:25,960 A giant wave is rising, Your Majesty 1173 02:08:27,340 --> 02:08:31,140 If we don't swim with it, we'll drown 1174 02:08:31,850 --> 02:08:42,310 Awaken, arise and be blessed. May all be blessed 1175 02:08:57,700 --> 02:08:59,000 He will live 1176 02:09:12,550 --> 02:09:15,520 There is still hope. I have spoken to them 1177 02:09:16,560 --> 02:09:19,180 If you tender a public apology, they will let you live 1178 02:09:24,230 --> 02:09:29,860 Just say that it was a mistake and you're sorry that's all 1179 02:09:30,070 --> 02:09:32,870 Or they will hang you 1180 02:09:35,580 --> 02:09:41,710 I am not sorry for my actions and I am not scared to die 1181 02:09:43,420 --> 02:09:46,210 So they cannot threaten me or forgive me 1182 02:09:52,330 --> 02:09:53,050 Mangal... 1183 02:09:54,760 --> 02:09:56,890 I don't want you to die 1184 02:09:57,760 --> 02:10:06,230 This is my fault, I let you do this, I passed on a lie 1185 02:10:09,280 --> 02:10:13,410 Gordon sahib, you did what you could and I did what I had to 1186 02:10:16,120 --> 02:10:17,580 My blood is not on your hands 1187 02:10:21,450 --> 02:10:29,920 I've come to realise that what I did and what I must do... 1188 02:10:30,800 --> 02:10:33,430 has nothing to do with bitting a bullet, 1189 02:10:33,630 --> 02:10:37,430 and nothing to do with the terror of becoming an outcaste 1190 02:10:39,810 --> 02:10:44,940 I... believed that Nainsukh was born an untouchable 1191 02:10:52,820 --> 02:10:56,950 Now... we are all untouchables in our own land 1192 02:11:01,830 --> 02:11:09,130 Gordon sahib, our fight is no longer against grease on a cartridge, 1193 02:11:11,670 --> 02:11:16,630 it is for our dignity, our freedom, 1194 02:11:18,010 --> 02:11:20,640 our right to hold our head as high as the next man 1195 02:11:25,690 --> 02:11:31,990 You, the lie, the grease... 1196 02:11:35,360 --> 02:11:42,500 I'd bite the bullet a hundred times if it would give my freedom 1197 02:11:45,540 --> 02:11:54,340 Mangal for god's sake we have to stop this thing, 1198 02:11:54,550 --> 02:11:57,180 or there will be terrible bloodshed 1199 02:12:01,390 --> 02:12:02,860 You don't understand 1200 02:12:05,390 --> 02:12:07,020 India is rising, 1201 02:12:08,060 --> 02:12:09,860 nothing and nobody can stop it, 1202 02:12:11,400 --> 02:12:16,360 not even my life 1203 02:12:27,810 --> 02:12:28,870 Mangal Pandey... 1204 02:12:30,080 --> 02:12:33,050 did you on the 29th of March incite the other sepoys... 1205 02:12:33,250 --> 02:12:36,710 to rebel against the Company? 1206 02:12:39,590 --> 02:12:41,890 Who were the others involved in this conspiracy? 1207 02:12:47,500 --> 02:12:50,230 On that morning, did you imbibe any intoxicating drinks? 1208 02:12:50,440 --> 02:12:51,730 This one called bhang, for instance? 1209 02:12:55,110 --> 02:12:59,240 Let the record show that the accused does not deny this 1210 02:13:00,280 --> 02:13:04,610 It's obvious that the accused has no interest whatsoever... 1211 02:13:04,680 --> 02:13:06,410 in the proceedings of this court martial. Therefore... 1212 02:13:07,320 --> 02:13:10,150 we shall have to rely upon testimonies of the eye witnesses... 1213 02:13:10,320 --> 02:13:14,730 and the officers attacked and wounded by the accused 1214 02:13:28,140 --> 02:13:31,870 You have known Mangal Pandey for the past seven years? 1215 02:13:32,780 --> 02:13:35,580 I have known him sir, as a brave soldier and a loyal friend 1216 02:13:36,420 --> 02:13:38,440 One of the finest sepoys to serve under my command 1217 02:13:38,720 --> 02:13:42,680 Is it true that on the 29th of March he attacked and injured you? 1218 02:13:43,420 --> 02:13:46,420 I cannot deny what happened sir, but I would like you to look... 1219 02:13:46,560 --> 02:13:50,460 at the circumstances that led to his behaviour, - Answer in yes or no... 1220 02:13:51,530 --> 02:13:54,470 Yes but the cartridge controversy and the subsequent events... 1221 02:13:54,570 --> 02:13:55,970 Yes or no Captain 1222 02:13:56,340 --> 02:13:58,460 Just knowing what happened is not enough 1223 02:13:58,570 --> 02:14:00,040 You have to understand why it happened 1224 02:14:00,140 --> 02:14:00,940 Yes or no! 1225 02:14:01,110 --> 02:14:01,900 Yes 1226 02:14:02,810 --> 02:14:06,040 Is it not also true that he subsequently murdered... 1227 02:14:06,180 --> 02:14:08,650 two of your fellow officers and injured four others? 1228 02:14:08,820 --> 02:14:09,650 Yes 1229 02:14:09,980 --> 02:14:11,080 That will be all, Captain 1230 02:14:11,180 --> 02:14:12,740 No, that will not be all! 1231 02:14:15,190 --> 02:14:17,160 You will hear me speak damn it! 1232 02:14:19,660 --> 02:14:22,720 Has this company become so blinded by arrogance and greed that... 1233 02:14:22,830 --> 02:14:24,990 it cannot see the danger that stares it in the face? 1234 02:14:26,170 --> 02:14:29,000 We stand surrounded by our own army 1235 02:14:29,670 --> 02:14:33,830 300,000 armed native soldiers so disillusioned by our command, 1236 02:14:33,970 --> 02:14:37,500 that they are on the verge of mutiny. And what do we do to pacify them? 1237 02:14:37,680 --> 02:14:39,510 We stoke the fire of their indignation... 1238 02:14:39,680 --> 02:14:42,580 by laughing at their concerns or suppressing them with brutality 1239 02:14:43,250 --> 02:14:46,740 But mark my words, if you hang this man Mangal Pandey... 1240 02:14:46,890 --> 02:14:50,010 there will be rebellion, bloody rebellion... 1241 02:14:50,320 --> 02:14:52,690 that will sweep through this land like wildfire 1242 02:14:52,830 --> 02:14:55,520 A rebellion that will lead to the end of this Company Raj 1243 02:14:55,730 --> 02:14:57,200 Captain, enough! 1244 02:14:57,560 --> 02:15:01,520 Gordon tried his best to save Mangal. 1245 02:15:01,730 --> 02:15:07,870 He warned that if Mangal Pandey was hanged there would be a bloody rebellion... 1246 02:15:08,070 --> 02:15:10,700 That would put to an end the Company Raj. 1247 02:15:11,580 --> 02:15:15,210 But even this warning fell on deaf ears. 1248 02:15:32,930 --> 02:15:35,400 They failed to hang him this morning 1249 02:15:36,440 --> 02:15:39,060 They have called for a hangman from Calcutta 1250 02:15:40,010 --> 02:15:43,240 They will hang him in public tomorrow, 1251 02:15:43,610 --> 02:15:45,580 and make a spectacle of his death 1252 02:18:07,250 --> 02:18:12,210 Hearken o' people... 1253 02:18:12,930 --> 02:18:14,050 the drum sounds the call 1254 02:18:14,260 --> 02:18:15,560 Now awake and arise 1255 02:18:15,760 --> 02:18:17,060 From your sleep of ages 1256 02:18:22,270 --> 02:18:29,900 Awaken, now awaken 1257 02:18:30,780 --> 02:18:34,740 The Earth comes alive as dawn heralds a new day 1258 02:18:34,950 --> 02:18:38,750 Rivers sparkle with new life and hope rises in oceans anew 1259 02:18:48,460 --> 02:19:19,650 Awaken, now awaken 1260 02:19:19,960 --> 02:19:23,790 Pay heed to this moment in Time, 1261 02:19:24,000 --> 02:19:27,630 though your eyes disbelieve what they see 1262 02:19:27,830 --> 02:19:31,630 A man is leaving this world of man, 1263 02:19:31,840 --> 02:19:35,640 see his head held proud and high 1264 02:19:35,840 --> 02:19:39,300 Oh how fortunate is the mother, 1265 02:19:39,510 --> 02:19:43,640 who gave birth to such a son 1266 02:19:43,850 --> 02:19:47,980 So fearless, he shall never die, 1267 02:19:48,190 --> 02:19:51,160 even if life is taken from him 1268 02:20:21,550 --> 02:20:24,110 With such dignity does this rebel take leave 1269 02:20:24,320 --> 02:20:26,850 every head bows in respect 1270 02:20:27,060 --> 02:20:32,260 On his lips the cry of freedom, his heart's desire for all to see 1271 02:20:32,470 --> 02:20:37,990 His eyes see beyond the present, the dream of his homeland free 1272 02:20:38,200 --> 02:20:49,210 You can kill a man but not his dream! 1273 02:20:55,250 --> 02:20:57,550 ATTACK! 1274 02:21:19,780 --> 02:21:22,910 ATTACK! 1275 02:22:04,660 --> 02:22:08,790 And so began the bloodiest rebellion in human history 1276 02:22:09,660 --> 02:22:12,630 The British called it a Sepoy Mutiny 1277 02:22:12,830 --> 02:22:17,460 But for the Indians it was the first war of independence 1278 02:22:18,500 --> 02:22:23,130 An officer by the name Captain William Gordon, 1279 02:22:23,340 --> 02:22:25,140 was recorded as having joined the rebel forces... 1280 02:22:25,510 --> 02:22:26,980 and fought against the Company Raj 1281 02:22:28,180 --> 02:22:30,810 The rebellion was finally put down after a year... 1282 02:22:31,020 --> 02:22:33,990 but it destroyed the East India Company 1283 02:22:34,220 --> 02:22:40,320 And the British Crown took over the governance of India 1284 02:22:42,090 --> 02:22:45,830 Mangal Pandey in his death became a hero, a legend... 1285 02:22:46,530 --> 02:22:53,670 who inspired a nation to fight for freedom 1286 02:23:09,720 --> 02:23:15,350 The dream of freedom ignited by Mangal finally came true 90 years later... 1287 02:23:16,060 --> 02:23:21,900 on 15th August 1947, when India became free. 1288 02:23:22,305 --> 02:23:28,515 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org100558