Original subtitles

[WATER PLOP]

- Vegetables! Vegetables! - Flowers!

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

Vegetables! Vegetables!

[BLEEPS]

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

[INAUDIBLE]

[EXPLOSION]

[SHOUTS]

Run! Run!

"I had a dream."

"I drowned in it."

"A dream with open eyes."

"I looted stars and starlets in the dream."

"Fill your pockets with it."

"Let's run away."

"Let's find a new world."

"The clouds are dancing."

"Dancing to the tune of lightening."

"Dancing with a rhythm."

"With anklets on their feet."

"These moments shouldn't be lost."

"Color the world with new colors."

"Color the world. Color the world."

"Color the world. Color the world."

"The wind is slow."

"With the burden of fragrance."

"The wind is slow."

"The fluttering butterflies."

"Carrying the fragrance of flowers."

"The rain is melodic."

"There is a zing in the atmosphere."

"Let it stay. Don't meddle with it."

"Colour the world. Colour the world."

"Colour your dreams."

"Colour the world. Colour the world."

"Colour the world. Colour the world."

"Colour the world. Colour the world."

[WHISTLE]

Come.

Come on, Keshto. Come quickly.

- [WHISTLE] - Excuse me, my muffler is up there.

Thank you.

Kalyani!

Give me my tiffin.

Yes!

I have a lot of work at the factory. I won't be able to come back here.

Listen! Go with Bohoni in the evening.

I'll be late. The children will be waiting.

- Okay? - Okay.

Ball! Ball!

Pass it to me! Binu, pass it to me!

[CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

Pass it! Binu! Pass it!

Here!

Binu!

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

Yeah Binu.

Half my salary is used for the house rent.

I had asked him to wait for a month.

Sure, he'll listen to you. You are...

What about your salary? Did you get anything?

No. Master said he'll give it on Monday.

KHOGIRAM: Why on Monday?

He doesn't intend to give it.

As far as possible, he wants to block our payments.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[GASPS]

Where were you?

Is this the time to come home?

I had asked you to come at 6 o'clock. It's 6:30p.m. now.

If you roam around this way, you won't get food.

I send you to such an expensive school.

What do you think?

Your parents pluck out money instead of tea leaves?

You don't care for my hard work at all.

I've told you so many times to study and become a doctor or an engineer...

...and get away from this stricken life.

BHOGIRAM: But you don't want to listen...

Why are you getting so angry?

Why are you standing here?

Pick up a book and start studying. Come on!

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

Rimjhim, from today, you must eat early and sleep early.

From tomorrow, school is at 8 a.m.

I hope you remember. Otherwise, you'll go in the afternoon as usual...

...and school might have closed down by then.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

I won't give it.

You don't write with a pencil, you eat it.

Khoki! Take this box to the post office immediately.

Post office?

I'll waste half a day going down and coming back up the hill.

- My work... - Forget that. This is more important.

The tea specimen must be sent to Mumbai.

The people in Mumbai will then send it to America.

This is the address in Mumbai and here's the money.

Register it. Okay? Register it.

Bring back the receipt properly. Come on, go.

Go immediately. Go.

Where were you? Everybody took money and went away.

Go to the office quickly.

- There? - Yes.

Okay.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[CLINK]

Come. You took really long.

Where were you? Have you eaten?

Or will you eat with me?

Give me the money, sir. I'm in a hurry.

[CHUCKLES]

Don't worry about the money.

Alright. I'll increase your salary.

Rs.100 per day. Are you happy?

Where will you go in the heat?

It's cool here. Take a nap.

Take care of yourself. Your hands have become dry.

Give me the money, sir. I'm in a hurry.

You don't understand.

Everybody has a right to a luxurious life. You too.

- Come. - Leave me.

[GASPS]

Save me! Save me!

KALYANI: Someone is here. Save me! Save me!

Hey, what happened?

Take this, you idiot!

You rascal! Leave. Leave me.

Kalyani!

Kalyani! Kalyani, what happened?

You rogue! I'll cut you into pieces.

You won't dare to touch my wife.

I'll shoot you before that.

I can get a gun too. It is easily available.

I'll kill you.

Throw him out. He and his wife should not be seen...

...here from tomorrow.

To hell with your job. Leave me. Scoundrel!

[FOOTSTEPS]

There is no point. What's the use going to the police?

Those rogues will say she was playing a charade.

So, she was thrown out.

BHOGIRAM: How can anybody lie in such a way?

We are married. We live a respectable life.

Everybody knows it.

They will say you are her pimp and put you into prison.

It is easy to say so.

One world is created by the almighty...

...and the other, by these people in uniforms.

VISHNU: And in our police station, there are only people from other cities.

They should be thrown out of here.

Why do you differentiating, Vishnu?

A man's destiny takes him places.

One is the birth place, and the other is the work place.

Both are like our parents. There is no bias.

Our nationality is the same.

Who says so? When we go to their cities, don't they throw us out?

Or do they let us stay there lovingly?

They are not bothered about having the same nationality.

Everybody is selfish.

Outsiders don't care what is happening here.

They make money here and send it to their native place.

We, too, must think of our own people.

I'll arrange a job for you with a monthly salary of Rs. 5000.

Look, I'm sensible enough to understand that...

...the job which pays Rs. 5000 to a person like me is not a decent job.

- It's futile talking to you. - Vishnu!

Bani...

I don't think Vishnu is working in an appropriate place.

Take care.

Brother!

Please take some money.

No, thanks.

It'll be difficult until you get a new job.

Return it later.

There is a surplus of money in your house.

I realised it when I saw cream in the tea.

Bye.

[FOOTSTEPS]

So, what's the news?

The news is that God is busy dancing in heaven...

...and he is unaware of what is happening in this world.

A tractor factory was coming up.

But the leaders and terrorists, everybody is evil.

They closed it down.

Be patient. Something will come up.

Serve the food.

Whatever was left, I served it to the children.

I thought you'd bring rice.

I forgot.

I was fuzzy ever since I left the factory.

Binu!

Go to uncle Kurmi's and bring 2kg of rice.

Father, he asks for money.

Tell him I'll clear all the dues next week. Certainly.

And listen, on your way, give those baskets to uncle Lakhi Charan.

And bring some vegetables in return.

- Father. - Yes.

My old sandals came apart again.

Please bring new ones.

Not today, dear. Next week.

For the time being, I'll get it stitched by the cobbler.

- Binu! - BINU: Yes.

Take these along too. Get them stitched.

Take it.

Then how will I go to school tomorrow?

He'll bring it back today itself.

[OBJECT CLATTER]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

[TEMPLE BELL]

[CLINK]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

Hello, uncle. Father told me to get 2kg rice.

That would be Rs. 20. Do you have it?

Father has asked you to add it in our account.

I've been doing that for quite a while now.

He's been telling me since three weeks...

...that he'll get a job sooner or later.

No luck until now.

If your father doesn't get a job for the rest of his life...

...should I provide food for his family?

[CLINK]

He should at least pay Rs. 100 or Rs. 200.

Look, until I get some money I won't give you any food grains.

Understood?

- Should I take the garbage, sir? - Yes, take it away.

[CLINK]

[COIN CHINKS]

You're still standing here?

I'm asking you for the last time, uncle.

I won't come empty- handed, henceforth.

And father will get a job next week.

Vishnu, pack 2kg rice for the kid.

Not the 'Basmati' (Superior quality rice grains), you idiot.

Give him the rationed rice. It's kept over there.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

[THUD]

Oh, God! What have you done?

- My sister's shoes. - Have I robbed your sister's shoes?

You've spoiled all the vegetables. Run away from here!

Vishnu!

[OBJECT CLATTER]

You're still standing here?

- What else do you want to knock down? - I kept them right here.

- I kept them right here. - Go away!

Get going! Boy, why don't you leave?

You're still standing here? Vishnu, take back the grocery from him.

Come back. Come back. He ran away.

Come on. Set the store in order. Pick these up quickly.

All this and that. Keep them in place.

[CLINK]

- Did you get the rice grains? - Yes, I brought it.

And my shoes?

Brother, my sandals?

[CLINK]

Brother, did you bring my sandals?

Yes.

Has the cobbler done his job properly?

Yes.

I'll go check right away.

[GASPS]

Brother, where are my shoes?

- They aren't here. - They're not?

Your shoes disappeared from the shop where I brought the rice from.

I searched for them a lot, but I couldn't find them.

- That means you lost my sandals. - I'll get them right away.

Don't tell mother. Please.

Binu! Binu!

Where are you running off to? Help me cut the wood!

Binu!

- Pass it to me. - Pass the ball to me.

- What are you doing, Chintu? - Hi, Binu.

Hey, Binu. Stop!

[CHILDREN CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

Binu, let's play. We have a match with Raka tomorrow.

Not now. I have lots of work.

Father told me not to play before...

...all the work gets finished.

[FOOTSTEPS]

Stop, Binu. Stop.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

Oh, no.

Pass it to me.

Buy whatever you want for Rs. 20.

Yes, buy it. Buy it. Only Rs. 20. Only Rs. 20.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

[THUD]

Who is it?

You devil, you came back? Stop!

Oh, God! Vishnu! Vishnu!

"Some listen to a knowledgeable sage."

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

[CHANTING]

PRIEST: Pinaki?

- Hello, priest. - PRIEST: Come here.

[TEMPLE BELL CHIMES]

Son, are you going home?

Wait a minute. I'll be right back.

[CHANTING]

Son, will you do me a favour?

Here. Here's some sugar candy to distribute with the offerings.

Tell your father to make small pieces of them. Take this.

God bless you.

Why didn't you help your mother?

Why didn't you come back when she called you?

BHOGIRAM: You're always avoiding work.

Don't you have any responsibilities?

My daughter also helps her mother.

You just know how to eat, play and sleep. That's it. Right?

You're not a kid anymore.

At your age, I'd have to carry rocks for making roads.

I've been explaining to you since long. Why don't you understand?

[CLINK]

Why don't you understand? Are you a dim-wit? Or a fool?

Don't you have any shame?

Why do you scold the kid all the time?

Son, go freshen up and do your homework. Go on.

Don't kick it away.

Everyone is out to ruin me.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

Will I get tea?

- Rimjhim. - Yes, mother.

Take tea from there and give it to father.

[CLINK]

There's no sugar in it.

What's this for? Take this.

This sugar is for the Lord. The priest has entrusted it to me.

If we use it, Lord Shiva will punish us.

- Rimjhim. - Yes, mother.

Give him this sugar.

Here.

[OBJECT CLATTER]

I can't even pay the fees.

Added to that there's ration and other things to be bought.

I wonder how we'll survive this month.

'Brother, how will I go to school tomorrow?'

I'd saved Rs. 100 and kept it under the sari in the box.

Should I use it?

Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind?

Remember, Rimjhim was unwell during Bihu (Indian festival).

BHOGIRAM: We spent all the money then.

BHOGIRAM: How can we still have that money?

BHOGIRAM: You don't know what you're saying.

'Wear my slippers.'

You're hard working. You are very dedicated.

I'm confident you'll surely get a job.

'Teacher scolds me a lot. She won't take me in her class.'

BHOGIRAM: To hell with hard work and dedication.

'Tell her that you've hurt your leg.'

'I can't wear my shoes.'

BHOGIRAM: I feel like destroying everything.

BHOGIRAM: It's no use.

BHOGIRAM: Work hard every day. Live for 60 years. And then die.

[PAPER RUSTLE]

'I'll punch you in the stomach.'

'You lost my shoes and then you tell me to lie?'

'Should I tell father?'

Please.

They think I'm a goon.

BHOGIRAM: Nothing happens over here. One can't even run a factory.

BHOGIRAM: We can't do anything.

'He'll go crazy with anger.'

'He will beat me up.'

'He doesn't have money to buy me new shoes.'

Maintain some peace in the house.

Enough is happening outside.

'So, what should I do? I have to go to school in the morning.'

'Wear my shoes.'

'As it is, I go to school in the afternoon.'

'After your school...

...meet me next to the gate in the lane.'

'We'll exchange the footwear over there.'

Come. Come on.

They are oversized. I won't wear your shoes.

I'll fix them right away.

Are they all right now?

[CHILDREN CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

All fall down!

[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]

Kids, tie your shoelaces firmly before jumping.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Yes, that's good. Go back.

Come. You come.

Take it.

1...

- Oh, no. - She fell down.

CHILDREN: Oh, my God! How did it happen?

Kids, Sonu fell down because she was wearing slippers.

She didn't wear her shoes.

I've told you several times that it's important to wear your shoes.

But I'm happy that some girls have worn shoes.

You go back.

Come, Kishta. You come.

Very good.

- [SCHOOL BELL RINGING] - [CHILDREN SHOUT]

Hurry up! Quickly!

Hurry up! You took so long.

No. I came running from school.

Quick. I'm getting late for school.

- Ma'am, Mannu is here. - Come in.

- You come late every day. - Ma'am, father...

Father? What happened today?

Early in the morning, my father fell into the sludge.

[CHUCKLES]

I was coming to school. He screamed. So I went back.

I picked him up. He told me to wash his loincloth.

Because he has only one loincloth with him.

I was washing the loincloth here...

...and he was applying balm there.

He said, 'How will I wear a wet loincloth?'

He told me to iron it. I didn't have an iron box at home.

I brought the iron box from my neighbor...

...ironed the loincloth, sent father to work.

And then I came to school, ma'am.

- So, I got a bit late. - Go and sit.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]

- Come on, let's go. - Hurry up.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

Such chaos. Last night the minister was shot dead.

Yes.

There were several rounds of firing too.

Last night I had to go out for a movie.

Now, the police have closed down all the movie halls.

I don't know when all this will end.

Brother, you reached school on time, didn't you?

Were you in time for the national anthem?

No, I was very late.

- You'll have to come a bit early. - Early?

I came here running.

You didn't tell mother, did you?

I told you I wouldn't tell mother anything, so I didn't.

- Is it? - But your shoes are so dirty.

I feel embarrassed wearing them.

- This is your latest excuse. - Really.

Everybody's shoes are so clean in school.

Big deal. I'll wash them right away.

BINU: I'll make them shine like vanilla ice-cream.

[CHUCKLES]

Punni! Where did you keep the matchbox, you wretched girl?

Ma'am, you don't understand anything.

She keeps troubling me all the time.

Binnu, you are dirtying the well water. Go from here!

It was a good job. You know what it was?

Taking care of dogs. I refused.

How would I take care of my kids after taking care of two dogs?

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING ON TV]

You'll have to go to the hospital tomorrow.

No, nothing much. It will be fine.

When times are bad, nothing works out.

BHOGIRAM: How will I manage in the coming days?

- BHOGIRAM: I don't understand anything. - KALYANI: Forget it, dear.

We'll not starve to death.

Life is more than just starvation.

Don't let it get wet.

I want my kids to succeed in life.

So, I got carried away and got them admitted in a big school.

Now where will I get fees for the next six months?

I made a mistake. A grave mistake.

I got them admitted in a big school.

But a father has to do at least this much for his kids, isn't it?

ON TELEVISION: 'I can't sing.'

'I can't climb up mountains.'

- Brother, brother... - 'I can't ride a horse.'

'I can't swim.'

'I can't cook.'

Don't worry. Have faith in God.

Don't even talk about that deaf, dumb, and crippled man.

Where's he? Where's he? What good has he done to us?

That Gogai, idiot. He's living a lavish life by making us work hard.

We are loyal. Concerned about our dignity.

But we'll die of starvation and poverty.

Praying and performing veneration is a fool's charade.

BHOGIRAM: God doesn't exist. Neither here nor in the sky.

BHOGIRAM: God is just a stone idol. Just a piece of stone.

BHOGIRAM: And a piece of stone doesn't do good or bad to anyone.

[THUNDERING CLOUDS]

[SNORING]

- [SNORING] - [GASPS]

Brother, brother, brother, brother...

- What's the matter? - Brother. It's raining outside.

The shoes got drenched.

Then how will we go to school?

[RAINING]

[THUNDERING CLOUDS]

[HORN HONKS]

[TEMPLE BELL CHIMES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

[BLOWING SHELL]

[CREAK]

- Mr. Goswami sent you, isn't it? - Yes, my neighbor.

He told me.

We have work here. But to count wood.

We get different types of wood here.

And we count them and give numbers.

- Will you be able to do it? - Yes. Yes.

Why are you nodding your head?

Have you done such work before?

Don't worry. Just give me two days.

I'll learn as I watch and ask around.

Okay, then start from today.

Moreover, we don't have many laborers here.

[BIRD CHIRPING]

You want new shoes, don't you?

Come on, I'll get it for you.

- Where will you get my new shoes from? - Silent.

- I've brought new shoes for you. - Who gave you the money?

I didn't buy the shoes with money. God gave the shoes to me.

- When did you meet God? - You ask too many questions.

Do you want the shoes or not?

Yes.

If somebody asks, if somebody asks,

who gave these new shoes to you, tell them that...

...the teacher saw my torn shoes and gave new shoes to me.

Okay? Yes.

[CICADAS CHIRPING]

- Where is it? Where is it? - Shut up, father is here.

- Kalyani! Kalyani! - What?

I got a job.

Binu, take these sweets. Take this.

But don't have them. We have to offer some to God first.

You were cursing him last night.

Now you are praising him so much. What's the matter?

[CHUCKLES]

I had lost my mind.

An idle mind is a devil's workshop.

I cursed God. But now it is proved.

We can't see him, but he always sees us.

Brother, you are absolutely right.

He favors the good ones and doesn't spare the bad ones.

He punishes them.

- Shoes. - You'll get thrashed now.

Tomorrow, tomorrow morning.

Veeru! You have stolen my devotee's slippers from the temple!

You are a sinner! I won't spare you! I'll thrash you!

[SCREAMING]

- Where is she? Where's she? - What happened, dear?

- What happened? - Where is she?

- What happened, dear? - What happened?

- Where is she? - What happened, dear?

He would've had a nightmare.

Make him drink some water and put him to sleep.

[OBJECT CLATTER]

Nothing will happen. Take God's name and go to sleep.

Come on, dear. Sleep.

Sleep.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[CHICKEN COOP]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[CHICKEN COOP]

- No! - What happened?

Please, don't punish me.

I'll never do anything wrong again.

Ma'am...

What is it?

- What's the time now? - You have a lot of time left.

Come on, finish writing your paper.

You finished it?

- Ma'am, shall I go now? - So, are you in a hurry to go home?

Go.

Hey dear, what's the matter? Why are you crying?

My shoe fell into the muck.

Don't worry, dear. I'll get your shoes out.

Where's it? Oh, it is here. I'll see.

Wait, dear. I'll be right back.

[FOOTSTEPS]

Don't cry, dear. I'll get your shoes out now. Wait. Don't cry.

Come out!

- Hey, brother! - What?

Get the shoe! Get the shoe! Catch hold of it.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

Where were you since so long?

Why have you come so late?

- I don't want to wear your shoes. - Why?

Why is it wet?

It fell into the sludge.

But how will I go to school wearing these wet shoes?

How did it fall into the sludge?

The shoes are big. So they keep coming off.

Yes! You make good excuses.

I had stuffed cloth in the shoes in front of you, didn't I?

Then too it comes off. It is your fault.

You lost my shoes. Where are my shoes?

Yesterday you said you brought new shoes.

God gave it to you.

You didn't give the shoes to me. Moreover you are lying.

Give my shoes to me or I'll tell mother.

And then mother will tell father.

That will be good. You'll get thrashed.

I am not scared of getting thrashed.

But father doesn't have money.

How can we buy shoes before the 1st?

I thought you would've understood this by now.

Now, tell me. Will you tell mother?

Tell me.

'Bumm bumm bhole (Hail Lord Shiva), the snake sways...'

'...and gobbles up whoever lies.'

- Will you tell mother now? - No.

What is your name? In which standard do you study?

Pinaki Gwala. 6 B.

Where were you? Why have you come so late?

Sorry, ma'am. My house is far.

Or did you forget the school timings while playing on the way?

Sorry, ma'am. Yes, ma'am.

Why is your shoe wet?

Sorry, ma'am. I fell in the sewer.

Then how is your pant dry?

Sorry, ma'am. The sewer was small.

What is this? The sock is dry and the shoe is wet?

I hate false stories.

If you come late again, I'll drive you away from the school.

Come on. Go to your class.

- Ma'am, may I come in? - Yes.

Will you come to play football in the evening?

Silly, it's the final match.

[CHUCKLES]

What is this commotion here?

Didn't I forbid you to talk?

The students who are laughing are about to cry.

Because the examination results are here.

All the students in the class, except seven, have failed.

Tarun Kurmi has secured the third rank in the class.

Aslam Khan has come second.

And Pinaki Gwala has secured the first rank.

Pinaki, come and meet me in the staffroom after class. Okay?

Ma'am, Mannu has come.

Our latecomer has arrived. Come. Come in.

Tell me. What story do you have about your father today?

He sent me to the market to buy kerosene worth Rs. 2.

The shop was closed.

I asked the neighbors. They said the shop wouldn't open.

It was the shopkeeper's wedding.

[LAUGHS]

So, I returned home. My father was on the terrace.

Father came down. He gave me the address of another shop.

I bought kerosene from there and gave it to father...

...and then came to school.

So, I am a little late.

You have come at the right time.

Go. Sit.

- [SCHOOL BELL RINGING] - [SHOUTS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

- Ma'am, may I come in? - Yes.

This is for you for securing the first rank in class.

Take it.

- Thank you, ma'am. - Welcome.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

Rimjhim! Rimjhim!

Rimjhim

Rimjhim! Rimjhim!

Why don't you stop when I'm calling you?

Are you not going to talk to me? Or are you upset?

Look at this.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

Take it. I've brought it for you.

From where did you get it?

Ms. Mahanta had given it to me.

Keep it.

- Really? Is it for me? - Yes.

Do you know, I didn't tell mother anything?

I knew you would never tell mother anything.

'Bumm Bumm Bhole' (Hail Lord Shiva). The snake sways.

And gobbles up whosoever lies.

[CHUCKLES]

[VEHICLE APPROACHING]

Sir, take this.

- Hey! - Yes, sir?

- Did Debu come here? - No, sir.

I've been searching for him for three days.

He has borrowed money, so he is avoiding me.

Tell him, I will find him at any cost.

- Fooken, order tea for me. - Sure.

Babu, make four cups of special tea.

BABU: Yes, sir. I'll just bring it.

[WATER POURING]

[GASPS]

[GUNSHOTS]

- Come on! - Hey, stop! Hey!

- Come on, throw the card. - Here is my card.

Come on do it fast.

- Is Khokiram Gwala here? - Why?

Are you blind? Can't you see my uniform?

I am Khokiram Gwala. What's the matter?

Do you know Gogai, the owner of the tea gardens?

Yes.

- Did you thrash him? - No, sir.

Did you threaten to kill him?

Where did you get the pistol from?

- No, sir. I did thrash him, but... - Come on. Sit in the jeep.

- Sir. - Come on.

BHOGIRAM: I didn't do anything, sir.

- Someone has given you wrong information, sir. - Check his house.

- I didn't do anything, sir. - Bullets, guns, explosives, check what's inside.

- Sir, I didn't do anything. I didn't thrash Gogai. - Shut up!

- Sir, please listen to me. - What's going on, sir?

He has not committed any crime.

- Sir, I have little children. - Sir, we don't have links with anyone.

- I didn't thrash him, sir. - If you don't come, I'll beat you up.

- Sir! Sir, I did have a minor quarrel, but I didn't do anything. - Sir!

- Someone has given you wrong information, sir. - Why, sir?

- Sir, where are you taking him? - To feed him barbecued chicken.

- No. - Come on!

- Sir, listen to me. - Sir...

- Please listen to me, sir. - I will tell you, sir.

- You go inside. Come on, go inside. - No, sir.

It was Mr. Gogai's mistake, sir. I didn't do anything.

KALYANI: Sir, don't hit him.

- Sir, he is not at fault. - Come on. Come on!

- Sir, don't thrash him. - Sir, listen to me.

- Sir, please don't take him. He is not at fault. - Come on!

- Leave me. - Sir!

Have faith.

Sir, don't take him. He is not at fault, sir.

- Please don't take him, sir. - Everything will be okay.

KALYANI: Let him go, sir. Please leave him, sir.

"The incomplete dreams will be fulfilled today."

"Though disappointment spreads, never lose hope."

"The incomplete dreams will be fulfilled today."

"Though disappointment spreads, never lose hope."

"Come on, let's dance, sing and sway together."

"Your sorrow has become my story."

"Why do tears flow from the eyes?"

"Give a smile. Give a smile. Give a smile. Smile."

"Moments of sorrow will pass and there will be joy."

"Incomplete dreams will be fulfilled today."

"Though disappointment spreads, never lose hope."

"God hears the cries of the helpless."

"Trust him. He will rid you of all your miseries."

"My Lord. My Lord. My Lord. My Lord. My Lord."

"He helps everyone. He is everyone's Lord."

Is it true that you threatened to kill Gogai?

Yes. What would you have done...

...if anyone had tried to misbehave with your sister or wife?

Would you have greeted or saluted him?

Why didn't you inform the police?

Influential police officers would attend parties at the tea garden.

Gogai used to entertain them.

"This is the wrath of time, everyone has endured it."

"They didn't lose hope."

"This world. This world. This world. This world. This world."

"The one who never gives up will change his destiny."

"The incomplete dreams will be fulfilled today."

"Though disappointment spreads, never lose hope."

So, you say you didn't kill Gogai, right?

Alas! If only I had done this.

Students, we know that exams are on.

So, please study hard.

And make the right use of your time.

TEACHER: Many girls have told me that there are...

...problems in their families,

because of which they are unable to study.

I'm going to meet your parents too.

Come what may...

...they must give you a lot of time and the right atmosphere.

Don't you waste your time playing...

...and watching cartoons on TV.

Okay, students? All the best for the rest of your papers.

Now you may go to your respective classrooms.

The first queue will go first. Then the second and the third.

One after the other.

- Hey, Khokiram. - Yes. Yes?

Calculate your wages till today.

You don't have to come to work from tomorrow.

Why? What's wrong, sir?

I don't need more men now.

Last week you were saying that you are short of workers.

- Now, all of a sudden... - I don't want to say it.

But if you insist, then listen.

I don't want a man who is involved with the police.

No, sir, there is no police case.

The police had taken me only for an investigation.

I have not done anything.

People are also saying you have connections with terrorists.

No! No! No! I don't want to get involved with the police and army.

Navin, clear his accounts.

No, sir...

- I am a tailor. - I am a tailor.

- Making clothes. - Making clothes.

- Stitch. Stitch. Stitch. - I stitch, stitch, stitch.

- [SCHOOL BELL RINGING] - My...

Come on, let's go and play.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

Come on, let's go and play. Let's play.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

Mother.

Oh, darling, it's you!

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

Pinaki, come here.

Why are you late today? Did you fall into the sewer or the river?

Go home. Come on. Go back home.

I'm talking to you.

Go home and bring your father.

Sorry, ma'am. He has gone to work.

Then tell him I've called him tomorrow.

Sorry, ma'am. He will go to work tomorrow too.

Then bring your mother?

Sorry, ma'am. My mother is sick.

I won't listen to such excuses.

We punish bad students this way.

Get out of the school. Get out!

Where are you going?

What's wrong?

I've been sent out.

Oh!

Okay, wait right here.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

- Good afternoon, ma'am. - Good afternoon.

He is a very good student.

He always secures first rank in class.

He is very quiet.

Pinaki, come here.

Miss Mahanta has recommended you this time.

That's why I'm sparing you.

Go to your classroom.

Sorry, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am.

- Father, be careful. Walk slowly. - Okay, dear.

The hand-barrow is not here, it's on that side.

Dear, take your father to the market carefully.

- Take good care of him. - She does take care of me.

They don't ask her anything, isn't it?

Yes. Their condition is worse than ours.

[CHANTS]

[CRYING]

What happened?

Khokiram, what happened? Will you tell me something?

I have been defamed.

I have nothing to do with them.

I don't have a single penny.

It's been over a month.

I wander around asking for work. Nobody hires me.

Everyone thinks I'm a murderer.

Can I kill anyone?

The police took me away for a day and everyone thinks I'm a terror...

...I have two kids.

Oh, God!

- There is no God. - No, you shouldn't say such things.

Kids have nothing to eat. What should I do?

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

Yes.

Here are my younger brother's belongings.

He joined the army a couple of years ago.

I have some tools and this, yes, here's a pesticide sprayer.

- Was he a gardener? - Yes.

All these tools are rusting. You can take them if you want.

Won't he need them?

Now he won't.

He has been posted at the border.

I wonder when he will come back.

Yes, when he was here he'd go to the city with the tools.

Rich people have houses with big gardens.

He'd work at four to five gardens every day.

He earned handsomely.

I'll also go to the city early tomorrow morning.

Kid, it's Sunday tomorrow. Your school would be closed. Right?

Yes.

You come with me as well.

You'll waste your day playing, anyway.

You'd better come with me. You'll learn the ways of the world.

Come on. Put everything in the bag. Come on.

[METAL CLATTER]

[BIRD CHIRPING]

Get down.

Rich people live here.

We should ask for work politely.

I hope there's someone at the gate. Otherwise, we'll ring the bell.

They have an intercom here.

When we ring the bell, they'll ask,

'Who is it? What do you want?'

I'll say, 'I'm Khokiram, sir.'

They'll ask, 'Yes, Khokiram. What do you want?'

I'll say, 'I'm a gardener.'

'Does your garden need to be tended to?'

They will say, you'll not interrupt while I'm talking. Okay?

They will say, 'Yes, come in. There's work that needs to be done.'

The door will open.

I'll do the mowing, spraying of pesticide or putting fertilizer.

You'll help me. Okay?

You're still too young. Just do as I tell you.

Understood?

Who's there?

- Sir... - What?

- What do you want? - Well...

Must be a civilian.

- Speak. Speak. - Speak. Who are you?

Speak, father. Speak.

Well, gardener...

- Soldier! - Yes, sir.

Bring my rifle.

Run. Run. Run.

- Hurry up! - Sir.

Anybody here?

BHOGIRAM: Excuse me!

[DOG BARKING]

- Father, run! - Run!

Run!

Father, run! Run!

[DOG BARKING]

[DOG BARKING]

WOMAN: Insolent! You've come now?

Does your cow give milk in the afternoon?

- No. - 5 o'clock has given way to 6 o'clock.

Six to seven and seven to twelve.

- No. - Madam doesn't want you to deliver the milk. Go away.

- No. The medicine... - You fell ill again.

- Gardener... - Wait. Wait, I'll teach you a lesson.

First, you mix water in the milk.

And then you come and ruin my afternoon nap.

- Come. Come for your money and see... - We're not milkmen.

- We are gardeners. - What?

Trimming the plants, adding fertilizer...

...spraying pesticide and cutting the grass.

We do all these things.

WOMAN: I'm the gardener here. Will you snatch my livelihood?

Go away.

Wretches...

Well done. Whatever I taught you, you said it very well.

KUHU: Hello.

What's your name?

Hello.

Why don't you speak?

I can see you on TV in here. Do you know that?

Say something.

Come. Come closer.

Yes, a little further. Some more.

Can you ask your father whether he needs a gardener?

KUHU: Father is not home.

Then ask your mother.

KUHU: Mother is not home either.

- Then... - It's just me and my grandmother.

Then ask your grandmother. Please.

Is there work to be done in the garden?

KUHU: You're a gardener? So young?

Not me. My father.

KUHU: Where is your father?

Right here. On the road.

Please, can you ask your grandmother now?

[GASPS]

- KUHU: First, tell me your name. - Pinu.

My name is Kuhu.

Which class do you study in?

Class VI. Division B.

KUHU: What's the name of the school?

Can you ask your grandmother? Please.

KUHU: Grandmother is praying.

You should have said that before.

KUHU: Wait, Pinu. Will you come to play with me?

Pinu, let's go.

I have to go.

Pinu! Pinu, stop! Pinu, stop!

Stop.

- We have some fertilizer and tools. - Okay.

- Use them. - Fine.

- And you'll have to spray the pesticide. - All right.

Especially on those roses.

I planted them myself.

They are very delicate.

If you don't spray pesticide after two to four days...

...the insects eat away at them.

No. I have a spray pump.

Pinu, let's play.

Go on, son.

- Your garden is very beautiful. - Yes.

I'm also proud of it.

It's a legacy of my ancestors.

- It seems you give special attention to it. - Yes, I've learnt a lot.

First, mother taught me.

Later on, father-in-law would teach me.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

Nowadays, everyone goes to work.

Nobody has time.

I wonder who will take care of it after me.

Pinu, should I show you Cutie and Bumpy?

Who are Cutie and Bumpy?

- They are kids. - Kids? Yours?

Yes.

They talk a lot.

Ask anything. They will answer.

Pinu, you...

Pinu, wait here. I'll be right back.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[FOOTSTEPS]

This is my Cutie and he is Bumpy.

So many sandals and shoes?

Does your father own a showroom?

Of course not. They are all mine.

What do you do with all these?

I wear them. These are school shoes, these are dancing shoes.

I wear these at home. These are for birthday parties.

Pink shoes for pink frock. Blue shoes for a blue frock.

[CLATTER]

Thank you, son. Take this.

Money doesn't mean much. At least, I've got some work.

That's why keep this.

This is too much.

It's too less when compared to your hard work and dedication.

Thank you.

You have done the job for us.

So, we should thank you.

Our gardener disappeared all of a sudden.

Thank God you showed up.

Otherwise, our roses could have withered away.

Okay. Thank you very much.

Pinu!

He's really strange.

I mean God.

He takes time, but he does his work.

You'll see. We'll be well- off now.

Grandmother has recommended four other families.

Those four families would recommend four other.

Those eight families would tell their neighbours.

In a month we'll have 50 gardens to tend to.

We'll earn a lot of money.

Grocer, landlord, that rascal, I'll teach him a lesson.

Forget him. We'll buy a new house.

In the new house, we'll have a new bed, new fridge, new TV.

But first, new shoes for Rimjhim.

Her shoes are torn badly.

Yes, for both of you. If needed, we'll buy a shoe shop.

Happy?

"Bumm Bumm." (Hail)

"Bumm Bumm Bhole." (Hail Lord Shiva.)

"Bumm Bumm."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"Ask what your heart wants."

"Ask it from the sky."

"Why do you only think about the stars?"

"Wish that you'd fly and take the moon."

"What's the harm?"

"Why are you holding yourself back?"

"There are joys hidden in every moment. Steal them."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"Bumm Bumm."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"Bumm Bumm."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"You'll find angels on your way."

"You'll find new relationships."

"We'll finish the journey with a smile."

"The path will show you your destination."

"What's the harm?"

"Why are you holding yourself back?"

"There are joys hidden in every moment. Steal them."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"Bumm Bumm."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"Bumm Bumm."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

"Bumm Bumm."

"Bumm Bumm Bhole."

BHOGIRAM: Pinu!

[PANTING]

Father! Father, stop! Move! Father!

- Hey, move! Pinu! - Father!

- Father, please! - Move!

Father, apply the brake! Father, stop!

Father, we will fall!

- Father! - Hold on!

[SCREAMS]

Sister-in-law, I've brought rice pudding...

...and 'Biryani' (Flavored rice) for the kids.

Take it.

I heard even the cycle broke.

Wasn't it rented?

Yes.

He's demanding Rs. 900 for his loss.

But we were lucky. Pinu was unhurt.

I've asked brother to stop doing these petty jobs.

Find a good job so that he can support his family.

We've seen worse times.

Sister-in-law, do you remember?

We'd drink a mixture of flour and water for months on end.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

But he got the job of distributing medicine.

We're well-off now.

Look at this. We didn't buy it from the fair.

Got it made by the goldsmith.

These days, he doesn't even have to move about in the harsh sun.

He sends medicine sitting at home.

He has hired around eight people.

Kali's son Jayu. He also works for us.

A 12-year-old boy earns Rs.100 to Rs.200 a day. You see.

Aunty, are you wearing new shoes?

He gives work to others. Wouldn't my husband help his friend?

But brother is too arrogant.

How can he ask his brother-in-law for a favor?

We asked you when we needed it, didn't we?

But he won't.

Well, it was my job to inform you.

The rest is up to you.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

'OLD SHOES ON DISCOUNT PRICE'

Uncle, how much for these shoes?

Rs. 80.

How many questions will you ask the kid?

Don't you know the financial crisis we're going through?

He wants to earn money and share the burden.

It's a good idea.

You give jobs to others. Why can't you give your own people?

The family will not lose any money to others.

Okay. Okay. I'll do something.

Come here.

What will you do?

Anything you say.

You'll have to meet the people I tell you to meet.

And do as they say.

It's a day's job.

You'll earn this much if you make three trips.

Come on. Let's go in.

Come.

Have you seen Suma tailor's shop, which is across?

Yes.

Ask him if Mani Ramdas's long-sleeve shirt is ready?

But where do I have to deliver the long-sleeve shirt?

How do I know?

Suma will tell you.

Suma will tell you where you have to go and what you have to do.

But keep your mouth shut. Completely shut.

Go.

Money.

And that?

You'll get the rest after the three trips.

- It's torn. - Stick it together.

Everything goes in the poor regions of a rich country.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

Brother Suma. I want to meet brother Suma.

- Why? - Is Mani Ramdas's long- sleeve shirt ready?

Yes.

Listen...

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[MONKEY SQUEALING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[GRUNTING]

Listen, boy. Why are you here?

Suma tailor has sent me with Maniram's long-sleeve shirt.

[RIVER WATER FLOWING]

Listen there is a bus stop in the cloth market.

Have you seen it?

Stand there with this tiffin.

Brother Pulkit will come there. Who?

- Brother Pulkit. - Give this to him.

And look, keep your mouth shut. Just mind your own business.

Otherwise, I'll get you killed. You get that?

- [HORN HONK] - [PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

[INDISTINCT]

Uncle. Uncle. Don't sell these shoes.

I'll be right back with the money. Don't sell them. Okay.

- Okay. - Please.

[GUN FIRING]

[FIRING CONTINUES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

[FIRING CONTINUES]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

- [CLATTER] - [FIRING CONTINUES]

[PANTING]

Who are you guys? What do you want?

Who are you guys? What do you want?

[FIRING CONTINUES]

Move it. And get the ambulance.

[AMBULANCE DOOR OPENS]

- [AMBULANCE DOOR CLOSES] - [VEHICLE ENGINE]

- [CRYING] - [VEHICLE APPROACHING]

Leave me. Leave me.

Vishnu. Why did they kill my Vishnu?

[CRYING]

Listen, child. Who are you?

What are you doing?

Come on, go home. Go.

TEACHER: The junior school's marathon is being held in our area.

All the schools will be sending their fastest sprinters for this race.

We also have to participate in this marathon.

Today I'm going to select the kids who want to participate...

...in this marathon during the fourth period in this ground.

The five fastest kids will be...

...sent to the marathon to represent our school.

I don't know. I know nothing.

Who had got it? Where was the gun hidden?

I know nothing.

Where did he work?

In a pharmaceutical company.

Then tell me the name of the company.

You've been blabbering away the same thing since when. You lousy woman.

I can't remember, sir.

It was a strange name. I can't recollect it.

From where did you get the money?

Money?

The wretch is pretending.

We confiscated an entire Rs. 70,000 from the attic.

[GASPS]

Where did you get it from?

Who gave it to you and why?

I don't know.

Who were his acquaintances?

He used to be out of town for weeks.

Vishnu!

[CRYING]

Were you his wife or his mistress?

Don't you know where your husband went and what he did?

Sir, I don't know.

Have you got her brother?

Khoki, sir is calling you.

[CLATTER]

She is not opening her mouth. You go and explain to her.

Sir, why don't you understand?

She is speaking the truth.

How can a woman know the matters of a man?

Wouldn't they have questioned their husbands before...

...if they could've thought beyond the kitchen.

Bullets and guns were found hidden in the house.

And she didn't know?

We have found Rs. 70,000 in cash. In cash.

Wouldn't she have asked how and where he got them from?

I told you the truth I knew.

How do I convince you? She is innocent.

Sir, I climbed the steps of the police station once...

...and my life was ruined forever.

I've been begging people for work.

People have labeled me as a murderer and a terrorist.

I have two kids who are this small.

Now their lives will also be ruined because of me.

God knows how I am going to raise them.

Save Bani at least, sir.

A hungry poor man is like soft wax.

You can mould him as you want.

He'll become a terrorist if you label him as one.

Then who will be responsible for that, sir.

Tell me.

No government wants us to get ruined.

All over the country communities and societies are fighting...

...against the government.

But we still have faith in law and order.

Then, sir, how will you repay us for our loyalty and honesty?

[SHOUTS]

Run. Run. Hurry up.

Run. Run.

School was great fun, isn't it?

Run. We're getting late. Hurry up.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

Listen. Listen.

You had dropped your pen.

Thank you.

- You found it? - Yes.

- What is your name? - My name is Rimjhim?

What is your name?

My name is Hoky.

- Let's go. - Okay.

Your shoes are so nice. Are they new ones?

Yes. My father got them for me yesterday.

What did you do with the old ones?

We threw them in the garbage bin.

In the garbage bin? Why?

Why did you throw the shoes in the garbage bin?

Because they were torn.

- Tarun Kurmi. - Present, ma'am.

- Manoj Gohil. - Present, ma'am.

Hey, Mannu, today you're on time.

But where were you the last three days?

Anyway, forget it.

Kids, it's a very special day for us.

Because Mannu has come to school on time...

...for the first time since the school opened.

Come on, give him a hand.

[CHUCKLES]

Enough. Enough.

It seems your father hasn't told you anything today.

- Why? - My father passed away.

Henceforth, I'll come to school on time.

[FOOTSTEPS]

Very good. Come here. Come here. This side. This side.

You all go that side. Come on. Come on.

- Digant Das. - Yes, ma'am.

- Pinaki Gwala. - Present, ma'am.

Pankaj Guha.

The kids who'll be representing our school...

...at the Adidas Inter-school Marathon are,

...Rishi Goswami, Parag Kaligut,

Bijoy Das, Micky Pereira...

...and Shantanu Sikyani.

Let's give these kids who have been selected...

...for the inter- school marathon a big hand.

[APPLAUSE]

The first prize is a scholarship till the 12th grade.

The second prize is a ten- day sports camp in Mumbai.

And the third prize is a pair of Adidas shoes.

TEACHER: The prizes are good.

I want you to give it your all for your honour...

...and the honour of your school.

And make your parents and our school proud.

All the best.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

Yes. I've also done it.

- Sir. Sir. - What is it?

Please, sir. I want to take part in the race.

Where were you sleeping till now? In the stable?

No, sir. Please, sir. I didn't think of it at first.

You have no chance.

I've already announced the names of the kids who have been selected.

Keep this in mind next year. Got it?

Please, sir. Sir, I want to participate in the race.

Not possible. Forget it. Go.

- Please, sir. - You've come back.

I said no.

Please, sir.

Sir, I'll surely win.

Sir, I run very fast.

Sir, I'm the fastest.

Sir, I promise you.

Sir, please. I'll win.

Please, sir.

Not possible.

The forms have already been stamped with the school's seal.

Sir, please include my name in the form.

Sir, do something.

Get out. Get out.

Now what happened?

- Rimjhim. - What happened, brother?

I will be participating in the race.

- Which race? - A long race. A marathon.

I'll run the race and come third.

Why third? Why not first?

I don't remember what the first and the second prizes are.

- But do you know what the third prize is? - What?

They're going to give new shoes to the one who comes third.

- Really. - Really.

But the shoes will be of your size.

I'll return them and ask for new shoes of your size.

- Really? - Really.

That's why I'll come third.

But what if you don't come third?

I'll come third.

I'll do whatever I have to. But I'll come third.

We haven't included her name in the FIR (First Information Report).

You won't have any more trouble.

But you'll have to come to the court.

- You can take her. - Thank you.

What is your full name?

Khokiram Maheshwar Gwala.

And your education?

I don't remember.

Somewhere between the fifth and the tenth grade.

How much would you get at the tea factory?

Rs. 50 a day.

Okay. Get me your ration card tomorrow.

Why, sir? Now what?

My friend needs a caretaker for his bungalow.

You'll get Rs. 3000 a month.

He sometimes comes here from Shillong.

I've recommended your name.

Go meet him.

I've also told him to give you an advance salary...

...of two or three months if you are okay with the job.

Will you be able to go tomorrow?

Sure, sir.

Thank you.

Welcome all of you to the inter-school...

...marathon presented by Adidas.

Approximately 100 students have come from about 40 schools...

...to participate in today's marathon.

Let us see who takes the trophy among them.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

Attention, all participants!

Attention, all participants!

All of you gather in front of the registration desk.

The marathon is about to begin. Wish you all the best.

So children, drink Horlicks (Nutritional shake)...

...to win this race.

And build your energy.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

Many people have gathered to enjoy today's marathon...

...and to encourage the children.

This marathon, organized by Adidas, is about to begin.

The children are ready.

Their spirits are high.

There's nothing lacking in their passion and enthusiasm!

And the marathon begins!

- [GUN FIRED] - [SHOUTS]

[GASPS]

Mother...

[GROANS]

[CHEERING]

[APPLAUSE]

[WHISTLE]

[APPLAUSE]

[APPLAUSE]

We won! We won! We won!

- I came third, didn't I? - No, you came first.

- You've come first! - Why didn't I come third?

- I wanted to come third. - Silly boy. First is better than third.

You've won the race. You've got the first prize.

- My lion! My dear, we won! Hey! - [CRYING]

[APPLAUSE]

Organized by Adidas, the winner of the junior marathon is...

...Little Grade Schools, Pinaki Gwala.

Now I request the principal to come to the stage...

...to collect the trophy.

[CLAPS]

[CAMERA SHUTTERS]

[BIRD CHIRPING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]