All language subtitles for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.2011.720p.BrRip.x264.YIFY

[Recorded Female Voice On Phone]
Thank you for your patience.

Your call is important to us.
We will be with you shortly.

[Chattering]

Thank you for your patience.
Your call is important to us.

We will be with you shortly.

Thank you for your patience.
Your call is important to us.

We will be with you shortly.

Thank you for your patience.
Your call is important to us.

We will be with you shortly.

[Woman, Indian Accent]
Mrs. Greenslade,
thank you for waiting.

I've consulted with my manager...

Now if you'll just stay
on the phone for a moment
and talk to me.

Just talk to me.
Of course.

I'm not even clear- I mean,
I don't actually understand
what it is I'm trying to order.

Is wireless the same as Wi-Fi?

And what do either of them
have to do with broadband?

Mrs. Greenslade,
since the account
is not in your name,

before we can make
any changes,

we need to verify details
with the account holder.

Can I please speak
to the account holder?

What?

I'm asking if I can talk
to the account holder.

Before we can make
any changes...

You can't talk to him, no.

He's dead.

He died of a heart attack.

There's only me.

Mrs. Greenslade,
since the account
is not in your name...

[Man]
Lord Justice Walton requests
the pleasure of our company.

- Had you forgotten?
- I hate retirement parties.

Crap cheese, crap wine.

Endless speeches.

Why do people do that?

Nobody... Nobody ever said
about a retirement party,
you know,

"Well, this is great.

I can't wait to have
one of my own."

It'll be yours one day.

One day very soon.

You've been saying that
for years.
[Chuckles]

[Man] It was often said
of Stancombe that his bark
was worse than his bite.

But as the recipient of both,

I can testify to the fact
that neither actually
required surgery.

[All Chuckle]

His relationship with
all his pupils...

was founded on respect.

We respected him,
and he respected that.
[All Chuckle]

Indeed, to this day,
I recall his response...

to the unwelcome news
that I would trans...

[Voice Fades]

...praecipitium a tergo lupi.
[Echoing]

[Al Laugh]

This is the day.

Graham?

This is the day.

[Beeping]

And there's an unlimited range
of leisure opportunities...

just a stone's throw away.

So, as I say,
what you're looking at here
is very competitively priced.

You won't see better
for your Grey Pound.

Another little feature...

not necessarily right now,
give it a few years...

rails on the wall
to help you get around.

And over here, a panic button.

In case of a sudden fall,
brings the warden running.
[Chuckles]

What if we fell
somewhere else?

Sorry?

It's just we might not manage
to plan our sudden fall...

in the exact corner
where the button is.
Yeah, but-

And would it be possible
to have the rail going through
the middle of the room...

Darling.
To help us get across,
as well as around.

Um, c-c-could we have
a moment, please? Thank you.
Yeah.

Thank you so much.
[Door Opens]

[Door Closes]
Darling...

Thirty years
in the civil service,
and this is all we can afford.

W-W-Would it help
if I apologize again?

No.

But try it anyway.

[Woman On P.A.]
Could Dr. MacKenzie please
make his way to Theater 7.

Dr. MacKenzie to Theater 7.

Young lady, I want a cup of tea.
And I want it now.

The trolley
will be along shortly.

How hard do you have to fall
to get proper attention?

I've been lying here for hours.

Not a single doctor
has come to see me.

Now that's not quite true,
is it, Mrs. Donnelly?

A doctor did try
and examine you,
and you sent him away.

What, that one?
He can wash all he likes.
That color's not coming out.

I want an English doctor.

Oh, an English doctor.

Why didn't you say so?
I'll get one right away.

Thank you.

Mrs. Donnelly,
this is Dr. Ghujarapartidar.

Notes, please.

♪♪ [Hip-hop]

[Man]
♪ Now here we go with the flow
of the girls you know ♪

♪ The ones seen in Argentina
and Mexico ♪♪

And after that,
I worked as a systems analyst
for a few years,

but I just found it so dull.

What I really wanted
was to do something
more creative that matched...

Um, I'm sorry.

Um, on the form,
they asked for
our age bracket...

and the age
we wanted to meet.

And in both cases,
I ticked "25 to 39."

That's right. So did I.

Anyway, don't stop. Uh...
"Something more creative."

How old are you?
Early 40s.

And, you know, my interests
are travel, theater-

Do you mean you were born
in the early '40s?

[Chuckles]
Judy, I know what you're asking.

It's Judith.

Judith. Trust me.

I've still got it.

[Bell Rings]

Just can't find anyone
that wants it.

Hi. I'm Norman.

This is crazy. You're crazy.
You can't just up and leave like this.

And yet, if you watch me,
that's exactly
what you'll see happen.

What's going on?
Your mother's lost it.

- My mother never had it.
- You talk to her.

She doesn't listen to me.
Nobody listens to you.

I still don't understand
what's going on.

I just asked her to babysit,
and now she says she's leaving.

But you love babysitting.
I loved it last night.

We had pizza
and stayed up late.

- And the night before?
- We had Chinese
and stayed up late.

If you don't go,
tonight we could do a curry.

It's tempting, darlings,
but you know I have to leave.

We know.

Being here is stopping her
finding a husband.

Another one?

Bye, Granny.
Bye, Granny.

Don't let the buggers
get you down.

How many husbands
have you had anyway?

- Including my own?
- Mother.

Mother.

Mother!

Thank you, yes.

Right.
Name the place, darlin'.
Where you going?

I've absolutely no idea.

[Man Sighs]

There's no other way.
There just isn't.

Harold told us this
three months ago.

And I'm afraid
matters have only got worse.

We can't wait any longer.

We need to put this flat
on the market and at least
start paying off Dad's debts.

I've talked it through
with Polly and the boys.

Of course, we all agreed.
Ma will come
and live with us.

I think that's best, Evelyn.

And it's what Hugh
would have wanted.

Good. Well, that's settled.
End of discussion.

Oh! That's just what
your father used to say...
Ma.

When there'd never been
any discussion at all.

I want to look after
things for you.

What, like he did for 40 years?
Look how that turned out.

How on earth do we know
what Hugh would have wanted?

And would he have seen fit
to tell us anyway?

Obviously,
the flat's got to be sold.

And you're very kind,
and dear Polly.

But I shan't be
coming to live with you.

You need a new hip,
Mrs. Donnelly.

It's not a difficult operation.

That's easy for you to say.
You're not having it.

Regardless.
You do need a new hip.

- I'm not gettin' it from you.
- Not me personally, no.

- No, none of your lot.
- I see.

When do I have the operation?

I'm afraid you'll be
on the waiting list
for at least six months.

At my age,
I can't plan that far ahead.

I don't even buy green bananas.

There is another way.

Our hospital trust is funding
a pilot scheme...

that will enable us
to outsource you
to another hospital...

where they can
perform the procedure
almost immediately...

and at a fraction of the cost.

Is it local?

[Evelyn On Phone]
They cover the cost
of the flight out apparently.

When did you get a computer?

How far along
is the progress bar?

That thing at the top.
It tells you...
I know what it is, Ma.

What are you
showing me anyway?

[Man, Indian Accent]
Come and spend your autumn years
in an Indian palace...

with the sophistication
of an English country manor.

Tucked away on the outskirts
of Jaipur, and graced with
breathtaking surroundings...

[Jean]
"Lofty terraces,
open courtyards,

domes, arches...

and canopied balconies
abound with opulent comfort.

Indeed, the entire building
exudes historical ambience...

and transports one
back in time to the proud
tradition of the Raj."

Is that good?
It is. It is.

Very good.

Thirty-six years,
four months since the day
we were called to the bar,

and you've never once
talked about India.

Do you want
any of these books?

You might be
needing them again.
[Chuckles]

Mrs. Megson.
[Woman]
Sir?

I want you to have this.

Are you sure?
Oh, absolutely.

Th-There's a little crack there
just on the bottom,

but I think you know something
about that already.

I used to live there...

a long time ago.

There won't be
any golf courses.

Well, that's just as well.
I can't afford the green fees.

But a retirement home?

It's a luxury development...

where all the residents
are in their golden years.

Like the Costa Brava?

Yeah, but with more elephants.

[Sighs]

[Muriel]
You know who'll be there...
Indians.

Loads of them.

Brown faces and black hearts.

Reeking of curry.

And you never see one
on their own, do you?

I mean, they always...
they move in packs.

Makes it easier
to rob you blind,
cut your throat.

You know what?
You can wheel yourself
from here.

You're supposed to
take me to my flat.

My wife's from Mumbai.

Well, don't blame me, mate.
You married her.

"My wife's from Mumbai."

[Airplane Engine Roaring]

Has anyone thought
about what happens
when you get to the other end?

[Evelyn]
They said somebody's
going to meet us in Jaipur.

How are we going to know
you're all right?

Well, I'll call.
They do have phones
there, you know.

Or you can read my blog.
Your what?

On the Interweb.

Just log in
whenever you like
and read my news.

Well, I hope the first item
will be announcing your return.

I don't suppose
they'll be paying
for the journey back.

Look, before I go,
I wonder, could you say
one thing that's supportive?

I've never done
anything like this
in the whole of my life.

You've never done
anything at all without Dad.

I don't think
you'll be able to cope.
Well,

let's just find out,
shall we?

And the connecting flight
to Jaipur
is first class too?

That's right.

I tell you. It's tough
to get upgraded nowadays.

I had to flirt so hard
with the travel agent,

it was practically
phone sex.

[Beeps]
Oh.

Well, this is my lucky day.

Sir.

[Man] We'd like to
take a look in this bag,
madam, if you don't mind.

[Scoffs]
What have you got
in here anyway?

It's just PG Tips.

And some brown sauce.

Thirty-one packets
of chocolate Hobnobs.

[Clears Throat]

That's pickled onions
and, yeah, pickled eggs.

And that's just pickles.
Pickles.

- [Sighs]
No liquids on the plane.
- What's that mean?

It means you can't take
the pickled onions...

or the pickled eggs.

[Exhales]
The pickles fine.

Oh!

[Man Speaking On P.A.,
Indistinct]

[Jean]
Obviously,
one has read one's Kipling,

but we view this as
an opportunity to explore
another culture,

as well as making
new friends.

And a High Court judge
is just the class of guest
one was hoping for.

[Chuckles]
Isn't it, Douglas?

Sorry?

And, um, is this
your first time in India?
Yes.

You don't look like
an experienced traveler.

Oh, I'm not.

But one has read
one's guidebooks.
[Chuckles]

It should be there.
No.

Oh.

Oh. Hi.

Hello. We haven't met.
Norman Cousins.

Madge Hardcastle.
A pleasure.

Play your cards right,
and it could be.

Look. My chair.
What? Oh, yes, yes.
Hang on.

[Woman On P.A.]
May I have your attention,
please?

We regret to announce
cancellation
of Flight 105 to Jaipur,

owing to bad weather
at the destination.

We apologize
for any inconvenience caused.

Right.

[Jean]
Of course it's a good idea.

Who can one trust
if not a High Court judge?

I suppose this way
we see more of the country.

If anyone asks,
say you're my mother.

I don't want people
to think we're together.

In your dreams.

Douglas, these are not words
that often pass my lips,

but you may actually
be right.

This country seems
rather more civilized
than one originally thought.

[Whistles Blowing]
[Loud Chattering]

Okay. Thank you.

The bus... The bus will take us
to the center of the town,

and then we can get tuk-tuks
the rest of the way.

[Muriel] What did he say?
So it's down there.
Yeah, it's down there.

Down here. The yellow one.
That one.

[Madge]
But look at the bus!

There's not enough room!

First rule of India...
"There's always room."

There we are.

Ah.

Sorry.

In you go.
"What larks, Pip!"
[Chuckles]

Well, let's hope so.

[Horn Honking]

- Oh!
- [Screams]

[Screaming]

Oh!
[Laughs]

I'm really
loving this.

[Laughing]

Oh. Thank you.

Are you insane?

Avoid all food
not from a reputable vendor.

It'll be washed
in impure water.

It's just a sandwich.

Oh, marvelous.
Then I'll have ham,
cheese and streptococcus.

Or perhaps bacteria,
lettuce and tomato.

Huh.

Would you like some of this?

I believe it's called
aloo ka paratha.

No, if I can't pronounce it,
I don't want to eat it.

♪♪ [Indian Folk Pop]

♪♪ [Woman Singing
In Indian Language]

♪♪ [Man Vocalizing]

[Evelyn]
How long
since you've been here?

Forty years.

Oh.
[Chuckles]

That's as long
as I was married.

My husband died recently.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Do you think
we'll be all right?

God, don't ask me.

I'm more scared
than you are.
Oh.

♪♪ [Continues]

No.

It's going to be
extraordinary.

[Evelyn]
What exactly is a tuk-tuk?

Oh, look! What's that? Look!

Oh!

[Moos]

Ah!
[Laughs]

[Chattering]

[Jean]
Is this it?

[Douglas]
Well...
[Stammers]

[Bell Ringing]
[Men Chattering]

[Speaking Indian Language]

[Chattering Excitedly]

Here! Watch it!
Sorry.

Welcome
to The Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel!

Oh!

[Whispers]
There's an Indian in there.

[Chuckles]

Ah.

[Sighs]

This will do.

Bird in room.

[Gasps]

[Manager]
This is a building
of the utmost character,

which means that perhaps
not everything will function
in the way you expect it to.

But, as the manager...

and chief executive
supervising officer
of this Marigold Hotel,

I can tell you with great pride
that the building
has stood for centuries...

and will continue to stand
for many more
in 100% shipshape condition.

Please follow me,
carefully avoiding
that naughty stone there.

[Chuckles]
Around this corner,

leading us most successfully
all the way to...

your bedroom.

Where?

Here. In here.

My dear man,
rooms have doors.

What you're showing me here
is an alcove.

A door is coming soon,
most definitely.

How soon?

Let us not concern ourselves
with details, Mrs. Hardcastle.

Rather than speaking
of doors,

we should instead take pleasure
in the freedom to roam.

Does your room have a door?
A most effective one.

Good. Then that's
where I'll be staying.

[Man]
You will be coming
to the hospital...

once you're satisfactorily
recovered from your journey.

The operation requires
a stay of five days, and it is done
under general anesthesia.

A hip replacement
usually takes
only two hours.

Your surgeon will remove
the top end of the thighbone...

and insert
an artificial bone instead.

A most routine procedure.

Have you got
a marker pen on you?

Why?

I want to mark it.

I don't want you
to do the wrong hip.

[Dings]

I want to stay
at the other hotel,
the one that's in the brochure.

Mrs. Ainslie,
prepare to be amazed.

This is that very building,
madam.

You Photoshopped it!

No. I have offered a vision
of the future.

Of course,
I'd hoped that by now
it would be the present.

But, you know, in India,
we have a saying...

"Everything will be
all right in the end."

So if it is not all right,
it is not yet the end.

What will start
to make it all right
is if you'll give us a refund.

Of course. Of course.
If that is what you desire,
then you must have it.

- Absolutely no problem.
I'll refund you completely.
- [Bell Dings]

You will?
Most definitely, madam.

Straightaway?
I most definitely will.

Straightaway
in three months, okay?

Um, have you tried, um,
jiggling it about a bit?

Yes, I did that.

Did you kind of
bang it lightly
on the desk a few times?

Yes, I did that too.

Okay. Um...

Right.

How do you come
to be in India?

Oh, uh... Oh.

I invested our...
well, my retirement money...

in our daughter's
Internet company.

She assured me
that as soon as the start-up
actually, uh, started up...

and the conversion
from virtual to actual
became sufficiently viable,

then she'd be able
to pay it all back.
[Blows]

I'm not sure I understand
what most of those words mean.

Well, it turns out
neither did she.

Ah. There you are.
Good as new.

Really?
No, of course not.

[Laughs]

Now, would you like me
to, um, not fix that chair?

Because I could
almost certainly
do that as well.

[Squawking]

♪♪ [Indian Traditional]

[Manager]
How long have I waited
for this moment...

to present to you,
in honor of your arrival,

a special
"Welcome British" roast
for you all.

Cooked lovingly by myself...

and my most loyalist helper
and friend, Young Wasim.

- Roast what?
- A wonderful taste of Blighty.

Roast what?

Roast goat curry.

Gentle friends, you have found
your way to this place,

bequeathed to me
by my beloved father,

that I have raised
from the ruins
of his broken dreams...

and renamed The Best
Exotic Marigold Hotel...

for the Elderly and Beautiful.

Yes. I use these words
most deliberately.

For you have all heard
the chimes at midnight,

and long in tooth
have you become.

Who knows how many days
you have left?

But we are most honored
that you have chosen
to spend that time with us.

Please...

- [Madge]
Oh!
- [All Gasping]

[Muriel]
What's he got?
Douglas, do something.

Let me through, please.
My brother is a doctor.

Sorry, please.

This man is dead.
Oh, my God!

Please, we must cover his face.
We should preserve his dignity
at this terrible moment.

I'm sorry, buddy.

[Coughs]

- He coughed. I saw him cough.
- He moved.

He's alive.

Did... Did I nod off?

[All Laughing]

All is right. He didn't die.

[Norman] I was
looking forward to that meal.
[Muriel] It's hell.

[Jean]
I was frightened.
I'm in hell.

[Squawking]

[Evelyn Narrating]
Marigold Hotel, Jaipur.
Day nine.

Old habits die easier
than we think,
and new ones form.

No longer do I reach out
in the morning for Radio 4.

My news comes instead
from the Jaipur Herald.

[Horns Honking]

Soon, I might even
grow accustomed to the storm
of car horns and vendors.

One moment.

The carburetor, sir.
Carburetor is broken.

Can there be anywhere else
in the world...

that is such an assault
on the senses?

[Phone Rings]
[Chattering]

Those who know
the country of old
just go about their business.

But nothing can prepare
the uninitiated...

for this riot
of noise and color,

for the heat, the motion,

the perpetual teeming crowds.

[Horns Honking]

Sonny is conducting
his own personal assault
on our senses...

with a flow of exotic dishes
he demands daily
from the kitchen.

Mooli moong dal,

bagara baingan,

banjara gosht,

paneer methi chaman,

mutton vindaloo.

[Water Running]

Initially, you're overwhelmed.

But gradually,
you realize it's like a wave.

Resist
and you'll be knocked over.

Mrs. Donnelly!

Dive into it,
and you'll swim out
the other side.

Excuse me.
I wonder, could you
direct me to this address?

[Indian Language]

No more. No more.
I don't have any more.

[Chattering]
I haven't got any more.

This is a new
and different world.

The challenge
is to cope with it.

And not just cope, but thrive.

Graham was talking about
this marvelous temple.

I thought you might
want to come with me.

I'm your wife. Have we met?

Would you really rather
stay here all day?

Yes,
given the alternative.

When I walk out in the morning,
all the street kids smile at me.

That's 'cause
you give them money.

Um, okay.

I'll go on my own.

[Children Cheering,
Chattering]

- This can't be right, surely.
- I am thinking so, saab.

There used to be
houses all along there.
These were homes.

I can take you
some other place?

No. No, no, no. No.

That will be all for now.
Thank you.

Here. Thank you very much.
Thank you, sir.

Um, excuse me.
Yeah?

- Uh, there used to be
houses here.
- All knocked down.

What about the people,
the families?

They moved to
a different place.

Uh, don't...
don't grip it so tightly
with your right hand.

The bat.

Yes, it's just there
for guidance.

You keep
your left elbow high...

so you play through the ball.

Thank you.
Okay.

You're ready to go home,
Mrs. Donnelly.

That's not my home.

I want to go back
to England.

As soon as you can stand up
and walk onto the plane,
you can.

Until then, I will assist
in your recuperation.

How is the hip feeling?

They must have got lucky.

It's strange.

The more operations
they perform,
the luckier they get.

[Door Opens]
Oh.

I didn't realize.
Um, sorry.

Oh!

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I'm dreadfully sorry.

Yes?
Sorry.

I'm just looking
for this address.

Yes.
Do you understand?

Could you help me
find this place?

Yes.

Is that, yes,
you do understand or,
yes, you could help me?

Yes. Yes.
Oh.

Well, let's just
go with both, shall we?

Yes.

[Chattering]

Oh!

[All Shouting]

[Chuckles]
Yes.

[Chuckling]

[Coughs]

Give me the ball.

I can take him.
[Boys Shouting]

Down is where
you are going, uncle.

You do your worst.

[All Chattering]

Come on, Sanjay.
You can do it.

Come on, Sanjay.

[Shouts]

I felt the need,
the need for speed.

Yes!

Are you all right, uncle?

Yes. Yes, I'm fine.

Oh.

[Chattering]

We do appreciate your custom,
which is very important to us.

And can I draw your attention
to our special new...

[Clicks]

Are you sure I can't
offer you something?

We have some, uh,
English breakfast tea.
Building tea, as you call it.

A builder's tea?
Builder's tea.

No, thank you. I'm fine.

So, tell me. How can I help you?

I don't think you can.
I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have come.

No, wait.

It's just that
I saw your advertisement
in the local newspaper,

and it specifically mentioned
the ability to talk
to older people.

But this wasn't
what I imagined.

- You came for a job?
- I'm sorry.
I've wasted your time.

Look, everyone working here
is a graduate
from a good university.

This is a place
for ambitious people,
young people.

Yes, I see that now.
I'm sorry.

No. Please, sit down.

Sit down. Please.

So it is really builder's tea?

Yes. We dunk biscuits
into it.

You "dunk"?

Well, it means
lowering the biscuit
into the tea...

and letting it
soak in there...

and trying to calculate
the exact moment before
the biscuit dissolves...

when you can whip it up
into your mouth...

and enjoy the blissful union
of biscuit and tea combined.

It is more relaxing
than it sounds.

Perhaps you can
help us after all.

[Motorcycle Engine Revving]

[Bell Rings]

I thought
you weren't coming.

[Chuckles]
Have I ever let you down?

Um...
Don't answer that.

[Bell Rings]

I have to go.

Leave this place.
Come to work for me.

You can't afford me.

I can't afford anything.

I miss you.

Am I coming round tonight?

Uh, let's meet somewhere else.
I will rent a hotel room.

Sonny, you own a hotel.
It has many rooms.

Some of which are now occupied
with actual real guests.

Paying guests?

Why must you nitpick?
It is not an attractive quality.

Sunaina.

Hello, Jay.

Sonny boy.

Don't call me that.

If you're gonna mess around
with my sister,
don't do it in public.

Let's go.

Good evening, Your Honor.

Ah, good evening, Mrs. Ainslie.
You have a good day?

What did you get up to?

Well, I started
in my bedroom,

where I spent a happy
couple of hours giving
all the cockroaches names.

And then,
after a lunch that will long
have a place in my heartburn,

I came out here
and stared blindly at a book,

waiting for someone...
anyone... to rescue me.

And how glad I am
it was you.

Why would you not go out?
There's so much to see.

All life is here, Mrs. Ainslie.
I tell you.

Oh, I could have a word
with the chef if you like.

Perhaps some grilled chicken
and plain rice?

That would be
much appreciated.

All right.

[Insects Chirping]

[Graham]
Good evening.

Good evening.

Please. Please, sit down.
Oh.

Thank you.

I trust you had
a good day.

I'd rather hear about yours.

I got a job...
my first ever.

I'm going to be a sort of
cultural adviser.

A role I'm sure you'll perform
with great distinction.

[Chuckles]
Perhaps you wouldn't mind
keeping that to yourself.

Well, I-I-I'm flattered
you told me about it.

Good evening, the Ainslies.

Did you have a good day?
Spectacular actually.

I went to the temple
you told me about,
a place of meditation and peace.

It was quite stunning.

So spiritual,
I bet you never noticed
the smell of elephant dung.

- [Chuckles]
- [Douglas]
No elephants, sadly.

I thought I might
see you there. Where did you
get to instead?

Yes, where do you
get to every day?

Well, I-I've just been telling
Mrs. Greenslade all about it.

[Jean]
I'm sure she wouldn't mind
hearing it again.

Oh, I talked
to the chef for you.
Absolutely no problem.

[Jean]
Did you hear that, Douglas?

Plain grilled food.
Manna from heaven.

I don't have to
have it too, do I?
I can't thank you enough.

You really should
see this temple.

Oh, I'd like to very much.

But maybe take
a clothes-peg for your nose.

[Chuckles]

[Crickets Chirping]

Good night.
Good night.

Um, Mrs. Greenslade?

Evelyn.

Would you mind
if I showed you something?

[Graham]
I grew up here,
just a short drive away.

It was a big house.
We had servants.

Oh, we knew their wives
and children, and...

one of the boys, uh, Manoj...

Oh.

He, um...
He became my friend.

And, uh, we played
lots of cricket together,
and...

Well, we played everything
together, and-and it stayed
like that for a few years.

And then, um...

And then one night, it, uh...

it became something else.

We had
a few months together.
We had that.

And, um...
And then there was
a weekend in Udaipur...

where... we were sitting
by a lake and watching
the sun go down.

And, uh, I remember
thinking that I-I would
never be this happy again.

[Chuckles]

And... And I was right.

Because, suddenly,
it was over.

We'd fallen asleep,
and they found us.

Well, it was bad enough
for me.

But I knew who I was,
and I think
my family guessed.

But for...

for Manoj, the...
the disgrace was absolute.

His father was fired.
His family was sent away,
all of them.

And, uh,

well, I don't know
what I could have done.

But it should have been
more than nothing.

I just-
I just let it happen.

I didn't put up
any kind of a fight. I...

And then, um...

Then I went back to England,
to-to-to university.

And, uh, I always said,
you know, I'm going to go back.
I shall go back.

And I never did.

Until now.

And now I think...

What if I'm the last person
in the world
that he wants to see?

Do you want to see him?
Yes.

Yes, yes.

Then you must.

♪♪ [Indian Folk]
♪♪ [Man Vocalizing]

♪♪ [Continues]

♪♪ [Continues]
♪♪ [Singing
In Indian Language]

[Sonny]
So now that we are fully
operational, Mr. Maruthi,

it is clear that,
with a small injection of funds
for the phase two development,

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
can rise like a phoenix...

to its previous state of glory.

And, look,
when I say small injection,

I mean small
in the sense of,
uh, medium-sized.

- Possibly larger.
- Well, this hotel
was never glorious.

Just the phoenix part then.

How many rooms
will there be?
Many. Mmm.

How many?
A great amount.

Plenty of rooms.
No question.

I'm not a details man,
Mr. Maruthi.
Nor was your father.

Mr. Maruthi,
I present to you
one of our beloved guests.

Dear Mrs. Donnelly,

please can you describe to us
in as much detail
as you desire...

your experience
of the ambience
and atmosphere...

of The Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel.

Words fail me.

[Laughs]

Ah, the English wit
we love so greatly.

Thank you, madam.

See, the wheel is spinning,
but, you know,
the hamster is dead.

- Mummyji,
what are you doing here?
- You called. I came.

No, I couldn't have called.
The phones don't work.

That's why I came.
[Speaks Hindi]

- Wait! Mummyji,
this is my office!
- Who is that man out there?

The contents
of that desk are mine.
Do not open the drawers.

I must insist that you
do not open the drawers.

Tell me.
Why have you come?

Do I need a reason
to visit my favorite son?

No. He's in his
mansion in Delhi.
All right. My second favorite.

He went to Canada
to make his fortune.

- And make it, he did.
- As I will make mine!

I have a dream, Mummyji.
A most brilliant one.

To outsource old age.
And it is not
just for the British.

There are many other countries
where they don't
like old people too.

Sonny, your brothers
own one-third
of this hotel each.

They're also entitled
to one-third
of the profits, no?

Success does not
happen overnight, Mummyji.

This is blue-sky thinking,
and it requires long-term strategy
and-and-and patience.

How is your girlfriend?

I look forward
to you meeting her.

And I look forward
to your meeting the girl
you're going to marry.

She comes from
a very good family in Delhi,
beta, a very good family.

I can marry as I choose,
Mummyji. I don't need
anyone's permission.

I presume it is your girlfriend
who fills your head
with this nonsense, huh?

A very good reason
not to marry her.

What if I love her?
An even better reason.

Now go and get Young Wasim
to come and get my luggage
from the car.

He cannot carry.
He has a dicky back.
Wait. Your luggage?

How long are you staying?
As long as it takes.

Dear, you won't get anywhere
sweeping like that.

I was in service for years.
Looked after a lovely house.

Kept it spotless.
You need to put
more pressure on the brush.

She won't speak English.

She's what they used to call
an untouchable.

To a good Hindu,
even her shadow is polluted.

Namaste...

[Speaking Indian Language]

Where do you go every day?
Is it a woman?

Go for a curry?
Have a bit of afters?

[Both Chuckle]

No, no, no. I don't think so.

I'm, um...

I'm gay. Uh...

Though nowadays,
more in theory than in practice.

But I-I-I'll see you later.

[Exhales]

[Man] The Viceroy Club
was opened by the great
Lord Kitchener himself,

and many of its fixtures
have remained
unchanged since then.

[Madge]
Yes, I see that.

Perhaps you could tell me
a little about
the clientele.

Any maharajas,
wealthy widowed
landowners?

It is not the policy
of this club to divulge details
of our members, madam.

- Good morning, Your Excellency.
- Very good morning.

Where do I sign up?

The admission fee
is 120,000 rupees,

and, thereafter, it will be
15,000 rupees each month.

I wonder if I might
get a little discount,
owing to my status.

Your status, madam?

Yes. One was rather hoping
to fly under the radar,

but one is a member
of the royal family.

Which member, madam?
I'm Princess Margaret.

It is most certainly
an honor to meet you, madam.

And may I say
how well you look,

especially taking into account
that you died nine years ago.

Your real name please, madam,
and 120,000 rupees.

[Jean]
You know where he goes.

I know you know,
but you won't tell me.

I can get Hobnobs out here,
you know. I know a way.

As many as you like.

Milk or plain.

Public records office.

[Boys Shouting]

[Sonny]
My mother doesn't want us
to be married.

[Sunaina]
She hasn't met me yet.
She doesn't need to meet you.

She knows you're
not from Delhi,

that you have no family money,
and you work in a call center.

You're part of a modern India
she cannot welcome.

Then you must tell her
what you want.
I'm trying.

Try harder.

Do you love me, Sonny?

My feelings for you
cannot be reduced
to a single word.

It's a nice word.
People like hearing it.

You know, it will be easier
to talk to my mother
when the hotel is a success.

And what if it isn't?

Everything will be
all right in the end.

And if it is not all right,
then it is not yet the end.

Sonny!
It will succeed.

It has to.

Because then you can
stand up to your family?

Because then
I can stand next to you.

[Chattering In Hindi]

Are you all right,
auntie?

Uh, yes. I'm about to make
the first public speech
of my life.

[Chuckles]

Imagine them naked.
Sorry?

It's the way not to be scared
when speaking in public.

You imagine people naked.

Well, I'm afraid I gave that up
several years ago.

Let's see.

Oh, dear.

Excuse me. Would there be
any wealthy single men in
this evening?

Uh, there is one.

Perhaps you could
seat me next to him.

[Chuckles]
This way, madam.

His Royal Highness,
Prince Michael of Kent.

I'll have that back.
Thank you very much.

Ready?
[Sunaina]
Yes.

- Ring me up.
- Ring you up...

As you would.
You know, dial my number.

It's ringing.
Hello.

Good morning, madam.
And how are you today?

Oh, no.
That won't do for a start.
That's much too nursie.

- I feel as if
I'm on my deathbed.
- [All Chuckle]

If I could just take
a few moments of your time
to tell you about-

How long
will you actually take?

Twelve minutes.
Then you've lied
to me already.

No, I can't talk to you.
I'm watching TV.

Why does she need
12 minutes?

Well, we believe
the longer we keep
our customers on the phone,

the more receptive
they'll be to our message.

It's my favorite program.

Yes, but I really think
if you heard
some of our special...

No, no.
Don't talk like a robot.
Now just talk to me.

You've heard
I'm watching TV.

- What are you watching?
- Oh, a marvelous program...

where a chap talks to
a panel of young women...

whose boyfriends
have all slept
with their mothers.

[All Chuckle]

Well, the girlfriends' mothers,
I mean, not-

[All Chuckle]
Although...

- [Chuckles]
- Anyway, the boys have come on,
and everybody's fighting.

It sounds amazing.
Hang up right now.

- I'm Sunaina.
- Good. Now that's very good.

Evelyn. Evelyn.

Now can I speak to you
about our special offers?

Still too soon.
I obviously want to talk.

Is your husband watching
with you, Evelyn?

No. No, he died.

Um, perhaps you...

You know,
I've actually had
a version of this call.

A little while ago,
I talked to someone who was
so constricted by the scripts,

well, sales agenda,

that she spoke
without a trace of humanity.

As if she hadn't
realized that...

I was going
completely to pieces
at the end of the phone.

You must miss him very much.

Now, sympathy's fine.
But be more optimistic.

Um, but, you know, sometimes
I find when one door closes...

- The rest of them
stay shut as well.
- [All Chuckle]

No, you're right.
Of course you're right.
It's a new beginning.

Now what do you want
to talk to me about?

There.
Three minutes?

Well, either
I've saved you nine,
or I've talked myself out of a job.

[All Chuckle]

I still think
you're cramping my style.

Oh, please.
You have no style to cramp.

That lady at the bar
keeps looking at me.

As one would
something in a museum.

Why must you mock?

I just want to
feel young again.

To feel needed
as much as I need,
if only for one night.

One wonderful night.

Tell me you don't know
how that feels.

Give me a minute
and then come and join me.

[Sighs]

Rejected again.

Many years ago that man
over there gave me the most
extraordinary night of my life.

To describe his bedroom skill
as technique would...

- Those drinks not ready yet?
- They say patience
is passion tamed.

- I'm Madge.
- Carol.

And this is Norman.
How do you do?

Carol. As in Christmas.

- I suppose.
- Great.

So what brings you
to Jaipur, Carol?

Yes, Carol. What, uh...
What brings you to Jaipur?

Actually, I've lived here
all my life. My father
worked for the foreign office.

- You're very fit.
- Beg your pardon?

- Oh, God.
- You look like you keep yourself
in good shape, physically.

Well...
[Clears Throat]
I did join a gym last year.

It cost a fortune,
and I didn't get any fitter.

- Apparently,
you actually have to go.
- [Chuckles]

Ah!
[Chuckles]

So, um,
what do you do, Norman?

- Me?
- Yes.

Norman's in business.
Well, I... Yes.

- What business?
- You tell her.

Import-export.

Although nowadays,
there's rather more
"ex" than "im."

- If you know what I mean.
- No, I'm afraid I don't.

I have to go
and splash some water
on my face.

Please, God,
I drown in it.

Well, look.
It's been lovely chatting.
No, it hasn't.

No, it hasn't.
But I really have to go.

Look, Carol, Carol.

Can we drop
all this pretense?

Start again?

I'm not charming.
I'm not good at repartee.
And...

My name's Norman,
and I'm lonely.

My name's Carol. So am I.

[Chuckles]

[Chattering]

[Evelyn Narrating]
Day 22.

Like Darwin's finches,
we are slowly adapting
to our environment.

And when one does adapt,

my God,
the riches that are available.

There is no past
that we can bring back
by longing for it.

Only a present that builds
and creates itself
as the past withdraws.

Didn't sleep a wink last night.
The tap in there
never stopped dripping.

Ah. I spoke to Young Wasim
about that.

- What did he say?
- No idea. It was in Hindi.

- I thought I might
fix it myself.
- You? When?

Well, no time
like the present.

Where is this? Where are we?

Janta Colony, Kachchi Basti.
[Gasps]

Well, what happened
to my usual route?

Anokhi has invited you
to her home.

Who's Anokhi?

The one who brings
your food.

She wants you to meet
her family.

[Chattering]

How soon can I leave?

[Anokhi Speaking
Indian Language]

She wants to thank you
for your kindness.

I haven't been kind.

You are the only one
that acknowledges her.

[Indian Language]

I'm not eating that.

You will insult her
very deeply if you do not.

It's good.

[Chuckles]

- Oh!
[Chuckles]
- [Metal Clanks]

Get off there!
The little bastards!
Get off!

Get up! Get 'em off there!

Get 'em off me...

Ah.

I... I di...

I didn't know
they were playing. I...
[Chuckles]

Sorry.

I'm sorry.

Sorry.

How much for this piece?

One thousand rupees.
[Speaks Hindi]

Thank you.
No, no, no, no.

Forgive me. Forgive me.
No, no. That's, um...
That's not how it works.

Uh, sorry to butt in.

But, uh, you don't ask him
how much he wants.
You just tell him how much you'll pay.

She'll give you, uh...
She'll give you 200.
Absolutely no more, final offer.

One thousand rupees.
Pity.

Walk away. Now walk away.
Oh, but...

I know what I'm doing.

- The thing is
I really wanted to buy that.
- He'll come after us.

Do you think so?
Absolutely.

This is how
the game is played.
Just keep on walking.

He's playing it very cool,
but he'll come.

Ah.
[Chuckles]

He's playing it
very, very, um, cool.

850, 900, 950, 1,000.

Thank you.
Sure.

You'll get him next time.

Why are you carrying a tap?

You see, what I think,
and of course,
I'm no expert,

is that the gland nut
has come away from
the spindle,

so it needs to be
tightened and resealed.

The washer valve has eroded.

Yeah. Uh, well, uh, yeah.
It-It-It could be that too.

- Um, uh, can you fix it?
- Not cheaply.

Not cheaply.
Most expensively indeed.

I was in a...
I was in a tuk-tuk
the other day.

It didn't seem to be taking
the usual route
back to the hotel.

It turned out
the driver had decided
to take me to another hotel...

he was sure I'd prefer.
[Chuckles]

[Chuckles]

Of course, one wants to believe
that he genuinely
had my welfare at heart...

and that it wasn't
run by his brother-in-law.

[Chuckles]
One wants to trust in general,
don't you think?

But you never really know.

[Banging]

I met my husband the day
the fair came to town.

My girlfriend and I
went on the carousel.

Her horse was fine,
but when the ride started,

I felt mine give a little,
as if it might collapse.

And then suddenly,
I felt these arms
around me,

and a voice in my ear said,
"Just trust me," and I did.

Without question,
till the day he died.

[Hammering]

How wonderful.

The sale of our flat
went through last week.

I had to sell it
to pay off Hugh's debts.

I've been forced
to get a job out here,
which, in fact, I love.

Because even
at Sonny's rates,
I couldn't make ends meet.

Not after what happened
to our life savings.

So, no, you're right.
You never know.

[Chattering]

Off you go then.
Excuse me.

Off you go. Go home! Go, go!

[Soft Chattering]
[Phone Rings]

[Graham] But I've already
filled this form in.
I've given it to you, many times.

[Man]
There is a process.

You are making an inquiry,
and for each inquiry,
a form must be filled in.

But it's the same inquiry
I make every day.

And, therefore,
the same form you must fill in.

Mrs. Ainslie.

How can you bear this country?
What do you see that I don't?

Oh, the light, colors.

Smiles.

[Chuckles]
And...

And the way people see life
as a... as a... as a privilege
and-and not a right.

It-It teaches me something.

Is that milk pasteurized?
Yes, ma'am.
Very, very "posturized."

But that's not true, is it?
You're lying to me
just now because...

No, no. It'll be fine.
Thank you.

It was a pleasant surprise
to see you out and about.

Was it?
Yes, yes. It's progress,
I think.

I was going to the bank.

To the bank.

Not that there's any reason
to think that
something has changed,

but our daughter, Laura,
she did promise,

and one tries to remain
optimistic.

[Chuckles]

Otherwise...

Actually,
I wasn't going to the bank.
I was looking for you.

In fact, I think
I've been looking for you
for a very long time.

Mrs. Ainslie.
Jean.

I'm gay.

As in... happy?

Yes, yes.
Yes, of course.
I see. I see.

Thank you.

What for?

For averting
my complete humiliation.

As I said,
this country's driving me mad.

Shall we go?

Anything?
[Douglas]
Not yet.

- How about now?
- One second.

[Water Running]

Oh!
[Chuckles]

- Good Lord!
- What?

- Listen.
- [Water Running]

And now...
[Water Stops]

No drip!

- Oh!
- [Laughing]

No drip! High five.

No, sorry. I don't know why
I did that. I've never
done it before in my life.

Mrs. Ainslie.
Darling.

How are you?
Did you have a good day?

Well, let me tell you
about ours.

Your husband of many a year,

who's never known
which end of a hammer to use,

has finally managed...
We have to get out of here.

- What did you say?
- I can't stay in this country
a moment longer.

[Douglas]
Why?
Excuse me.

Pick a reason. Pick ten.
The climate, the squalor.

The poverty.

This whole trip
is a grotesque fantasy.

- It's time we went home.
- Who's paying for the tickets?

Look at us. A group
of self-deluding old fossils...

traipsing around as if
we're on some bloody gap year,
humiliating ourselves.

Not us. We couldn't pay.
And I don't see you
asking our friends back home.

We should just face up to
the truth. That we're all old.
We're all past it.

That's the real truth.
The raw, unvarnished fact
of the matter.

All we're good for now
is a beige bloody bungalow.

With a sodding panic button
in the... sodding corner.

[Sobbing]

We just have to make
the best of things, darling.

I really think
that's the best thing to do.

Yes, well!

When I want your opinion,
I'll give it to you.

♪♪ [Man Singing Prayer In Arabic]

[Buzzing]

[Crowd Chattering Softly]

[Line Ringing]

[Sonny]
Come on. Come on.
Pick up. Pick up.

[Line Ringing]
Pick up. Pick up. Pick up.

Well, in that case,
thank you for your call.

I'll get back to you
as soon as I've discussed this
with my manager.

Sunaina, I must see you.

I must. If I cannot hold you
in my arms tonight,
I swear I will go mad.

I yearn for you.

I burn for you.

I think it's my sister
you're burning for there,
Sonny boy.

Thank you, Jay. Thank you.

- Hey.
- Private line, Sunaina.

Do those words mean
nothing to you?

He took the phone.
What could I do?

I miss you.

I miss you every moment.
Come and see me. Tonight.

I cannot tonight.
It's our parents'
25th wedding anniversary.

- Tell your mother that.
- Come after. Come late.

You will be asleep.
No, I'll be waiting.

You'll be asleep.

But I can wake you up
in that special way.

- You'll sneak in?
- I'm not ashamed.

No, no, no. Neither am I.
Absolutely not.

There is no shame.
You don't have to sneak.

Although, if you did
want to be very quiet
and not let anyone see,

it couldn't hurt.

Su... Sunaina?

I wanted
to tell you something.

Would you tell her
I was glad to come?

Glad she invited me.

[Indian Language]

Glad to meet her family...
her grandmother and her kids.

[Indian Language]

She asks
if you have children.

No, I looked after
somebody else's.

[Indian Language]

Just this one family.

Years I was with 'em.

[Indian Language]

I ran the house.
Looked after the money,
did it all.

Uh...
Cared for them
like they were my own.

[Indian Language]

One day, they decided
I needed some help.

[Indian Language]
I was grateful.

And they got this...
this young woman.

And I tried to teach her.

Not just the books.

How to crisp up the bacon,
the way the gentleman
preferred it, you know.

And how the little one liked
to have her hair brushed.

Just, you know,
little things...

you only know
if you really care.

Well, I...
I must've done a good job.

'Cause they said I was
no longer useful to them.

They thanked me
for my service...

as if that was all it was.

I found, um, a flat in the end.

My problem was what to do
with all the time I had.

I mean, the flat-
It's so small, I can have it
spotless in half an hour.

And then, you know,
what am I supposed to do?

For the rest of the day?

- Give her these, will you?
- Sure.

[Indian Language]

John Smith.

Mr. John Smith.

That's right. Me.

Ah, this way.

♪♪ [Funk]
♪ Freak out ♪

♪ Le Freak, c'est chic ♪

♪ Freak out ♪

♪ Ahhh, freak out ♪

♪ Le Freak, c'est chic ♪

♪ Freak out ♪
[Muttering]

♪ Have you heard
about the new dance craze? ♪

[Shouting]

♪ Listen to us
I'm sure you'll be amazed ♪

[Kisses]

♪ Big fun
to be had by everyone ♪

[Laughing]

♪ It's up to you
It surely can be done ♪♪

[Phone Rings]

[Ringing Continues]

Hello? Marigold Hotel.

[Gasps]
Is this it?

This is it.

You're not worried about
the danger of having sex
at your age?

If she dies, she dies.

Progress! Progress!
Mrs. Donnelly! Mrs. Hardcastle!

The wheel is turning
most assuredly in our favor!

Mr. Dashwood, everybody,
great news!

What is it, Sonny?
They are working.
They are working!

Well, that is good news.
What are working?

The telephones
of the Marigold Hotel.
I must tell everybody.

I must tell my mother!
Congratulations.

Mr. Dashwood, wait.
Uh, you have a phone call.

No way they could
find anything
in that office.

They probably just picked
an address out at random...

just to...
just to keep me
off their backs.

[Chuckles]
I'm sure that's
what happened.

It's going to be nothing.

Don't you think
it's going to be nothing?

I think you should just
knock on the door and see.

[Rooster Crows]
[Soft Chattering]

[Knocks]

Oh, I... I'm sorry
to disturb you.

Um, my name
is Graham Dashwood.

And, uh, many years ago...

I know who you are.

I-I-I'm... I'm sorry.
I-I don't know who you are.

I'm Gaurika,
the wife of Manoj.

Oh, well, I'm very
pleased to meet you.

Um, if you could, uh...
If you'd, uh, tell him
that I called by,

I'd very much appreciate it.

[Speaking Hindi]

What was she thinking?
I beg your pardon?

His wife. Manoj's wife.

She knew who Graham was.
Had he told her?

Do you think
we'll find out tomorrow?
Not me.

I'm heading up to
the Badi Mahal Palace.
I'm very excited.

I've been reading
all about it.
Tell me.

Well, I would
if I could remember...

[Horn Honks]

Please come. Nice meal.
Romantic music. Please come.

We've already eaten.
Thank you.

Please come. Please come.

♪♪ [Indian Folk]
♪♪ [Singing
In Indian Language]

[Indistinct]

[Chuckles]

[Snores]

[Screaming]

[Gasps]
[Screaming Continues]

A midnight booty call,
how utterly marvelous.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

I don't know what your name is,
but I'm incredibly sorry.

Don't be.
It's the most action
I've had in weeks.

- If you would just please...
- Don't worry,
Mrs. Hardcastle!

I can explain each
and-and every thing.

- Oh, my God. You're naked?
- [Door Closes]

Mrs. Hardcastle,
I must apologize with
deep and profound sincerity.

How could you not tell me
you weren't in your room?

Yes, Sunaina, to you, too,
I must apologize.

Now go. Get out.
I'm going to...

What is going on here?
Who screamed?

No, no, no, no, no.

This is a respectable hotel,
not a brothel.

You, take your things
and get out. Get out.

Mrs. Hardcastle,
I expected better of you.

Actually, this is exactly
what I expected of you.
Nevertheless...

Mrs. Kapoor,
I'm Sunaina.

Since I will not be paying
for your services,

your name is
of no interest to me.

How do you know mine?

Because this...
This is my Sunaina.

This is the girl
you described to me
as not too modern?

- This is getting interesting.
- Mummyji, don't get
the wrong idea.

Sunaina was not here
to be with Mrs. Hardcastle.

She was here
to have sex with me.

This is the kind of woman
you are?

[Hindi]

Okay. Each to her own.

But don't you ever
tell me that you are
a suitable wife for my son.

Just take your things
and get out.

[Sniffles]

[Sobs]

Sunaina?

[Chattering]

[Children Giggling]

How did it go?

I've seen
the top of the mountain.

And it is good.

[Chuckles]

I saw someone yesterday.

A man I haven't seen
for years.

A man that I've loved
all my life.

A man?
Yes.

Carry on.

I didn't know how he'd been
in the meantime. I...

I-I-I didn't want to guess,
really,

'cause I'd brought
disgrace on him
and his family,

and I imagined
he might hate me.

Well, we talked all night.

Yeah, he's been happy.

He's had a peaceful life
and, uh,

he's never forgotten me.

That's what he said.

Hmm.
[Chuckles]

All that time,
I thought I'd sentenced him
to a life of shame.

But I was the one in prison.

But not anymore.

Top of the mountain.

[Birds Chirping]

How was the night?

Rather special.

[Sighs]

[Evelyn]
Oh! You are back again.

It's been quite
a remarkable night all around.

First you tell me your news.

First you tell me your news
and th...

[Evelyn Narrating]
Day 45.
Of course, it was inevitable.

Put enough old people
in the same place,

it won't be too long
before one of them goes.

Graham died
of a heart condition
which he'd had for many years.

So he knew before he left
that he would not
be coming back.

He wanted to die in India.

He just didn't want
any of us to know.

He kept his promise
to take me to Udaipur.

Manoj wanted him to have
a Hindu burial there,
by the lake.

At the place
they had visited together.

Not a holy place.
Although, for them,
perhaps it was.

It takes a long time
for a body to be consumed.

Many hours for the mourners
to remember their dead.

[Indian Language]

The fire must be lit at dawn,

and by sunset,
there must be
nothing left but ash.

Is it our friend
we are grieving for,

whose life we knew so little?

Or is it our own loss
that we are mourning?

Have we traveled far enough
that we can allow
our tears to fall?

[Chattering]

[Madge]
When someone dies,
you think about your own life.

And I don't want to
grow older.

I don't want to be
condescended to.

To become marginalized
and ignored by society.

I don't want to be the first person
they let off the plane
in a hostage crisis.

[Chuckles]
[Chuckles]

Hello.
Oh, hello.

I wondered where you'd been.
We're all having a drink up top.

I went to see Gaurika,
Manoj's wife.

Why?

I wanted to ask her
how much she knew.

The answer is
that she knew everything.

That he loved another man,
that he always would.

He told her when the marriage
was arranged.

They had no secrets
from each other. None.

That's right, isn't it?

That has to be right.

It made me realize
how much I'd failed Hugh.

What's the use of a marriage
when nothing is shared?

[Jean]
Mrs. Greenslade.

Might I have
my husband back now?

Douglas?

Forgive me.
Sorry. Sorry.

Forgive me.
Sorry.

She was upset.

Oh, spare me your explanation.
Do you think I'm jealous?

I don't see why else
you would've
embarrassed me and Evelyn.

You seem to be doing
a perfectly good job
of embarrassing yourself.

Can you imagine
how ghastly it is
for everyone...

to see you mooning around
after that simpering,
doe-eyed ex-housewife,

taking advantage
of her loneliness?

God, can you hear yourself?
Can you?

Do you have any idea
what a terrible person
you've become?

All you give out
is this endless negativity.

A refusal to see
any kind of light and joy,

even when it's staring you
in the face.

And a desperate need
to squash any sign of happiness
in me or-or-or anyone else.

It's a wonder I don't
fling myself at the first
kind word or gesture...

that comes my way,
but I don't!

O-O-Out of some sense
of dried up loyalty and respect.

Neither of which
I ever bloody get in return.

I checked my e-mails.

There's one from Laura.

[Madge]
Are you all right?

I just want a glass of water.

That was a gin and tonic.

- I know that now.
- What's happened?

Ah. Good evening,
the Ainslies.
How are you both?

We're particularly well.
Douglas, tell them
our news.

We're going home.

And so now I would ask you
to loosen the strings
on your purse, Mr. Maruthi,

and-and do it most rapidly.

So that phase two development...

of The Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel can begin
with immediate effect.

Mrs. Donnelly, I believe.

Now if you please be
following me
to the ground floor...

How are things at the hotel?
Mr. Maruthi.

Oh, they're better.
They're getting better.

You see?
Profound satisfaction.

Such is the inevitable result
of a prolonged stay
at the Marigold Hotel.

What are those men doing?
Working for me, Mr. Maruthi.

To create a home
for the elderly
so wonderful...

that they will simply
refuse to die.

Stare death in the face
and say...

[Men Chattering]
What are those men doing?

Mummyji, what is going on here?

[Mrs. Kapoor]
Sonny, I have spoken to your brothers.
They have decided to sell the hotel.

These men are here
to value the building.
[Speaks Hindi]

They are valuing the land.
My brothers don't care
about the building.

They will knock it down.
Well, they could wait
for a month...

for it to fall down
of its own accord, huh?

[Sonny]
You joke, Mummyji, but inside,
I know you're not laughing.

You don't want to see
this dream destroyed.
Send these people away.

No, beta, it's too late.

[Sonny]
Mummyji, please, if I could just
show you these figures...

- I don't need to see them.
I know they don't add up.
- [Beeps]

There is still time to turn
things around. With a small
injection of funds, we can...

Who is going to be
trusting you
with this money, huh?

You, who can't even
run a chai stand?
Just like your father.

Do I remind you
of him so much?

Is that why
you must be so cruel to me?

You think I'm being cruel?

You loved my father,
and he loved this hotel.

You want to end up
a broken man like him?

Just say good-bye to all this
and come back to Delhi with me.

Your life will be much easier.

No. Not easier, Mummyji.
Smaller.

[Sighs]

Mrs. Donnelly.
Uh, can I help you?

It depends.
Do you know how
to work a computer?

Mrs. Ainslie said she knew
an address where I could
get some things I need.

Some biscuits.
She said I could
get them "on the line"?

Well, I wish you luck.

The whole thing is actually
tremendously exciting.

Not just getting on the plane,
but getting on the plane
and turning left.

[Chuckles]

Turning left?

First class.

And home in time for
our 40th wedding
anniversary.

We haven't quite decided
how to mark the occasion.

Perhaps a minute of silence.

[Chuckles]

[Printer Whirring]

Yes. Okay. Okay, sir.

I've confirmed
your appointment for tomorrow
morning at 10:00. Thank you.

Now, Mr. Maruthi...
Mrs. Donnelly, please.

Call me Bhanuprakash.

[Norman]
Too small. One large
should fit us all, I think.

Actually,
I think I'll walk.

Apparently,
they're getting ready
for some festival.

Perhaps y-you'd like one of us
to accompany you?

- [Madge]
I'm happy to walk with you.
- No, no, no, I'm fine.

I'm so pleased about
your daughter's success
and that it's all worked out so well.

Thank you.

[Evelyn]
Darling? Darling.

It's me.

I just wanted
to hear your voice.

Oh, no. No, sorry.
I didn't even think
about the time.

How are you?
And Polly and the...
How are the boys?

Oh. Good. Good.
I'm glad you've been
reading it.

Yes. Yes, I made
a few very good friends.

No, I'm fine.
Of course I am.
I'm fine.

[Man]
Time's up in there,
madam.

Um, I think the money's
running out.

So I'll call you again,
um, at another time.

Okay. Bye, darling.
I'll call you again soon. Bye.

Sonny.

Sonny!

Mrs. Greenslade,
where are the others?

They're on their way back
to the hotel.
What's the matter?

I-I wanted to warn you
of the most momentous changes
that are occurring.

Absolutely all of them,
without question,
for the very positive.

What are you talking about?

I am delighted to announce
the closing of The Best
Exotic Marigold Hotel.

And the joyful return
of all its inhabitants
to their home country.

What?

Please relax in the knowledge
that your journey home...

has been arranged
and paid for by the hotel.

Our journey here was arranged
and paid for by the hotel
and look how that went.

I'd rather
walk back to England.

[Norman]
I'd rather
not go back at all.

Go back where?

And for myself,
the news is even better.

I shall be moving to Delhi
to live with my mother.

And, furthermore,
I shall be wed to a most
suitable person of her choice,

whom I look forward very much
to meeting before I spend
the rest of my life with her.

Didn't you have
a girlfriend?
She is my girlfriend no longer.

This is a disaster.

No, no. Then we must treat it
just the same as we would
treat a triumph, madam.

Is that not what
your Mr. Kipling tells us?

Although, of course,
here we have a problem,

because I,
Sunil Indrajit Kapoor,
have never had a triumph.

So, of course,
I do not know how to treat one.

No, all I've had
is a constant series
of disasters...

interspersed with
occasional catastrophe,
an unending stream of total...

Sonny, do you love her?
Sunaina?

Most deeply.
Have you told her
you love her?

It is because I love her
that I must not tell her.

She can do so much better
than me, madam.

Women love it when
you say that kind of thing.
It's a powerful aphrodisiac.

Really?
No, of course not.

Go and find her at once,
before she starts to believe you
and you lose her forever.

You can have
anything you want, Sonny.

You just need to stop waiting
for someone to tell you
you deserve it.

My God.
Or you can just go on
failing yourself and hurting...

Mrs. Greenslade, stop drilling.

You have struck oil,
madam!

I asked him
to come and stay with me.

Is that wise?
I'm not sure he's trained.

You think it's too soon.

It doesn't matter
what I think.
It is too soon.

At our age,
we can't afford the luxury
of taking it slow,

and it's either this
or he goes home and...

I wish you both
the very best.

You haven't met anyone?
Single by choice.

Just not my choice.

I actually think
it might be over.

For me.
With men.

And if that's gone,

I'm not quite sure
what's left.

Did you know Norman
brought pills the first night
he stayed with me?

It obviously
did the trick.

They fell out of his pocket,
and I didn't want it
to be like that.

So I swapped them.
He went all night
on two aspirin.

[Chuckles]

It's never over.

[Bell Ringing]
[Chattering]

[Jean]
Can you make sure that small bag
goes in the back with me?

In the back, yes?
In the back.
Do you understand?

[Man]
Excuse me.

[Birds Chirping]

Would you rather
not see him?

My wallet.
I-I've forgotten my wallet.

I'm so... I'm so sorry.
I won't... I won't be a minute.

She's not back yet.

Ah.

[Buzzing]

Right.

Well, then perhaps
you could tell her
that I said,

um, good-bye.

[Exhales]

False alarm. I, uh...
I had it all the time.

Let's go.
[Engine Sputtering]

[Engine Starts]

[Horns Honking]

While I have you on the phone,
madam, can I talk to you about
our special offers?

This is a particularly
good time to be thinking of
taking advantage...

of our new and improved system.

[Whistle Blowing]

Sunaina!

[Jay]
Hey, what's going on?

[Panting]

Sonny?

I need to see Sunaina.
[Panting]

Her shift's not over.
And when it is,
she doesn't want to see you.

Jay.

You... You are
the son my mother
wished I was.

An intelligent man
with a strong head
for business.

You see things as they are
and not as
you wish them to be.

So fuck off out of my way!

Or you can give her
a message.

Tell her from me
what I should have
told her the day we met.

What I will announce
to anyone who asks
and many who do not.

- Including your mother?
- [Jay]
Including my mother?

- His mother.
- Your mother.

I will tell every mother
in the land.

What will you tell them?
What will you tell them?

The only thing that matters
in this world.

That I love you
and always will.

And by "you" I mean Sunaina,
Jay, not you.

Although if you are to be
my brother-in-law, I hope
we can become better friends.

Why is he only
saying this now?

You ask him.

Why are you only
saying this now?

Because, Sunaina,

love of my life,
no more will I believe
that I'm not worthy.

For only by loving you
as you deserve
will I become so.

[Whistle Blowing]

[Horns Honking]

It's funny.
They call this rush hour,
and yet nothing actually moves.

Well, it's not
that... funny.

[Mrs. Kapoor Speaking Hindi]

Where do you think
you're going?
You may well ask.

We're moving in
together, Mrs. D.

- Already?
- That point's been made.

The hotel is closing,
Mrs. Donnelly.

It doesn't have to.

I've been going over
the accounts.

May I?

Mummyji.

Mummyji, do you remember
what my father used to say?

That nothing happens
unless first we dream.

And I have dreamt,
Mummyji, and like him,
I have failed.

The Marigold Hotel is crumbling
to dust, and it turns out
I can live with that.

But the one thing I will not do
is live without this girl.

This is Sunaina
Shantanu Palawar.

The woman I love
and wish to marry.

I'm very pleased
to meet you,
Mrs. Kapoor.

No, Sonny. I forbid it.

I forbid this match.

Utterly and completely.
Do you hear me?

This can't happen.

[Speaking Hindi]

What is he saying?

Um...

[Hindi]

He says that he's been
with this family for as long
as he can remember.

[Hindi]

And that he remembers
another fight.

Between two young people
and their parents.

[Hindi]

And he remembers
the moment
when the young man...

stood up to his mother
and said...
And said...

"Yes, I want to marry
this woman.

Yes, she comes from
a different community,

but she's smart
and she's beautiful,

and I love her."

I don't know
who he's talking about.

Sunaina, I may have
no right to judge,

but I have a mother's right
to worry.

Take care of my favorite son.

Sorry. I'm not clear now.
Am I staying or going?

- Well, it depends
how you read the accounts.
- [Norman] The accounts?

It turns out the original plan
for the hotel is good.

It works.
Just not in the hands
of a lunatic.

I knew that plan was good.

What the place needs
is money.

And guests,
starting with the ones
that are already here.

Unfortunately, my investor,
Mr. Maruthi,
has decided that,

while he greatly admires
my endeavors...

- He's reconsidered.
- You spoke to him?

So long as there's
somebody sane
to help the manager.

No. The manager
needs no help, madam.

Sonny.

Hmm.

- The manager needs
a little help.
- So will you stay?

- I'd like to.
- In the shack on the roof?

We have a... a double room,

bathroom en suite,
and a fully working door.

[Chuckles]
Mr. Dashwood, as you know,
has recently checked out.

Oh.

Mrs. Hardcastle,
you'll stay.

- On my own?
- I know you're
off your game, dear.

Lost your confidence maybe.

But, you know,
you are a thoroughbred.
You'll be back.

What about you,
Mrs. Greenslade?

What about me,
Mrs. Donnelly?

We haven't talked much,
have we? You and I.

My loss, evidently.

Will you stay?

I'm not sure
what I shall do.

Nothing here has worked out
quite as I expected.

Most things don't.

But, you know,
sometimes what happens instead
is the good stuff.

Don't you have work
to go to in the morning?

Yes.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

If I can stand
on my own two feet,
I'm sure you can too.

Who's the new
assistant manager?

Mr. Maruthi had me in mind.

You thinking of applying
for the job?

Oh, chair, please.

That's quite enough exercise
for one day.

Office.

Oh, steady.

[Chair Clatters]
Oh!

♪♪ [Drums: Indian Traditional]

[Cheering, Shouting]

This is absolutely ridiculous.

We could be here for hours.
There's no way
we'll get out of here.

- Well, maybe there is.
- You!

Can you get us
to the airport?

Sorry. Long way.
Sore legs. Not possible.

I'll give you
everything I have.

Okay, step right in,
let's go.

Can you get our cases out,
please?

Come on, Douglas.
Come on, Douglas,
come on.

- Sorry, no manage
people and cases.
- What?

It's not possible, madam.
Two persons, no cases.
One person and cases.

Well, how about if I give you
something else?
I'll give you my watch.

Sure. Thanks.
But still it's not possible, madam.

We'll get another flight.
Let's go back to the hotel
and leave in the morning.

No.
Jean, he can't do it.
You heard what he said.

- He can do one person
and cases.
- Yeah, but...

Could fate find
a better way to tell us
what we need to hear?

- Which is what?
- That it's over.

That it's been over
for a long, long time.

This is not the time
to talk about this.
Let's wait until we get home.

I have to go, Douglas.

I won't let you.

No. You'll come after me.

You'll chase me to the airport,
tell me everything will be fine.

But please don't.

Because the truth is...

The truth is we both deserve
more than we've had.

And it's just because
of your...

kindness and your...

your loyalty
that you won't admit it.

I'll be all right.

I'm turning left.
[Chuckles]

Good-bye, Douglas.

♪♪ [Drums Continue]

[Crowd Shouting, Cheering]
[Man Whistling]

[Evelyn Narrating]
Day 51.

The only real failure
is the failure to try.

And the measure of success
is how we cope
with disappointment.

As we always must.

We came here and we tried.

All of us in our different ways.

Can we be blamed for feeling
that we are too old to change?

Too scared of disappointment
to start it all again?

We get up in the morning.

We do our best.

Nothing else matters.

You're still here.
I-I-I missed the plane.

What about Jean?
She didn't.

I had...
I had quite an interesting
night actually.

I-I met the same, um,
taxi driver,

but this time
I let him take me
to his brother's hotel.

Wh-Which turned out to be
less of a hotel
and more of a...

more of a brothel really.

And they...
And they gave me this pipe,
said it was apple tobacco.

But that's not
what they called it
when I was a student.

So-So I made my excuses
and left.

Uh, I need...
I needed time to... think.

This city at night
is extraordinary.

I think the apple tobacco
helped probably.

I'm going to be late
for work.
Right.

Um...

What time do you finish?
I get back about 5:00.

Teatime.
Yes.

How do you take it?
With a little milk.

All right.

[Bicycle Bell Rings]

[Evelyn Narrating]
But it's also true that
the person who risks nothing...

does nothing, has nothing.

All we know about the future
is that it will be different.

Just your signature, please.

Thank you. Enjoy your stay.

Welcome. Please.

This is a building
of the utmost character.

[Evelyn Narrating]
But perhaps what we fear
is that it will be the same.

So we must celebrate
the changes.

Thank you.
[Chuckles]

Because, as someone once said,
everything will be all right
in the end.

And if it's not all right,
then trust me...

It's not yet the end.

♪♪ [Woman Singing
In Indian Language]

♪♪ [Continues]

♪♪ [Ends]

♪♪ [Up-tempo Indian Folk]
[Men Shouting]

♪♪ [Ends]

♪♪ [Woman Singing
In Indian Language]

♪♪ [Ends]

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