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Call them all out.

Everybody, step out.

Hurry up, get down!

-Call their names. -Okay, sir.

Poruballa Somaiah.

Koppadi Srinu.

Addadi Jogarao.

Rolu Paidayya.

Ambali Subbayya.

Paida Joseph.

Nuragala Badiri.

We who catch fish by casting nets in the sea,

never imagined…

that we would also become the fish caught in a net.

My name is Badiri.

We are fishermen.

We are from Chepalawada Village.

There's an ocean next to our village but…

the whole village is in starvation!

Not that we don't have fish in our sea.

There are plenty.

They just don't land into our nets!

Because…

our Eastern sea is ferocious.

Here, the tides are higher.

The currents are chaotic!

Our wooden boats can't survive them!

It shatters our canoes.

It cripples us.

Hence,

despite having an ocean beside us…

it is out of our reach!

Every aspirant leader claims they'll build a jetty on our shore.

They promise to grant us a fishing harbor.

As years passed by, they turned out to be false assurances!

We have grown weary!

How should we survive?

The only solution…

Migration.

To repay our debts, we migrate…

Where's my interest?

To satisfy our hunger, we migrate…

Every year you wander off so far into the sea like this…

it feels like my soul is slipping away.

You are my only son!

To protect our families,

-we migrate. -Listen to me!

-If I'm at my mother's place, -Listen to me!

I'll get to eat food at least.

I'll admit you to a good college once I come back.

Okay, brother.

I'll get going, Mother.

Those people from Matsyawada…

-are coming along with you, right? -Yes.

They start fights on purpose…

Not just our village, all the fishermen in the nearby villages

have the same concern.

We have the same hardships.

Our hardships don't imply that we aren't stubborn or brash.

Matsyawada, our neighboring village.

Both the villages never get along with each other!

We've mutually agreed to a treaty.

Aren't we all supposed to stand by it?

These people from Chepalawada think everything we do is wrong.

We are only asking you to refrain from using ring nets.

Because of them, even the baby fish are getting caught.

If we catch the baby fish, where will the big fish come from?

Why are you blaming us for your wrong-doing?

We've witnessed your deeds!

What the hell!

To date, the mutual hatred hasn't calmed down.

Despite the friction, I still long for Matsyawada.

Because…

Ganga, whom I love, is also from that village!

Like the sea waves and the shore, we've grown up together.

This is algebra.

The subject's title itself sounds scary.

I'll make it easy for you.

If your dad cast a net…

consider the number of fish caught as x.

Consider the number of fish caught on the previous day as y.

Did you get it?

You should become a teacher, Ganga.

If that is what you wish, I'll become a teacher for sure.

As years passed by, the enmity between both the villages…

and our friendship

grew stronger.

Thank God, you're still here.

I was so worried you'd leave since I got here so late.

Remember this.

Once you promise to come to me, I'll always be waiting for you.

Hey, Ganga, come fast. Father is about to leave.

Yes, coming!

To return safely from our fishing expedition…

we worship Goddess Gangamma every year!

It's our tradition.

If our fishing turns out successful, we'll offer something to the Goddess.

Definitely.

Can't you see?

You dashed into me. If you couldn't see me, how can I?

It seems as if we have gained some things…

but then suddenly someone comes and messes everything up.

You wait and watch.

Sekhar has gotten too arrogant, Badiri.

Leave it. Let's go!

Let's move!

Our village people have already come.

Looks like Chepalawada fishermen are here.

The temple's right in between the two villages, where else will they go?

If we mind our own business, there won't be any trouble.

Hey…

Look who's coming…

How are you doing, uncle?

I'm fine. How come you are here?

As all the fishermen come here, we're here to sell our liquor.

Wait.

We came to worship Goddess Gangamma.

Well, you're done with your worshipping. What now? Let's go.

You didn't forget any of your belongings, did you?

You're getting late for the rituals, uncle. You go ahead.

Okay.

-Come. -Let's go!

You look really smart in that outfit.

-Thanks, brother! -How are you doing?

Bye, brother!

Oh, Mother Gangamma…

Our greed is out of hunger, Mother.

We don't want any big positions.

Just the way you take us into the sea, let us out of it safely.

Gan…

Boat.

Come.

I'll come back soon…

Alright then.

Dear, take this sacred thread.

Meanwhile, Ganga and I have a tradition too.

Prior to the expedition, Ganga and I meet up to feel each other's presence.

We continued the tradition this time as well.

But, I never imagined it would be our last meeting.

Hey, Chinna.

Until I come back, don't cause any trouble.

Okay, Dad.

I've paid good money to send you to college.

If you do anything wrong, I'll peel your skin off.

In your absence, who is he going to listen to?

Leave him to me.

Not just in this village, but in all the surrounding villages,

be it a woman's issue or a man's…

whether it's politics or scandals…

whether it's gambling or quarrels…

Whatever may be the problem, who solves it?

The President of the Fishermen's Association,

His Highness, Uppuleti Mukhalingam!

Who's that? It's me right here.

Right or wrong?

You are the reason for our courage, brother.

What are you looking at, Chinna?

Am I telling you fairy tales that you are lost?

If you don't work, you'll become lazy. If you work, you'll become sharp.

Get to work!

-Bye, Dad. -Hey!

-What's wrong with him? -Now listen, Nanaji.

If you want the association to take care of you and your family,

you must pay the required dues.

Give… a thousand.

Isn't it just five hundred rupees?

That is for the fishermen who catch fish,

not for drivers like you who sail the boat.

Give the money!

I hope you catch a lot of fish. Now go and come safely.

Take care, then.

Where is Ganga?

How would I know? She was here till now!

Did anyone notice you?

No.

Give me your hand.

Hand?

Why are you tying this on me?

You are not tying the nuptial thread…

let me at least tie this.

This thread is tied by wives for the well-being of their husbands.

Did you already become my wife?

I'm worried because I haven't become your wife yet.

If you delay like this, my father will get me married to someone else.

Then, just like you will be without your loved ones, I'll be without mine.

Tell him you're not going to marry anyone.

Oh, my dear Badiri! Don't you know about my father?

He is like a volatile fish. His decisions are painful.

Why are you late?

Today my father is going fishing, I got stuck at the temple.

As you didn't come, we thought of going into the sea without you.

Bloody, you wanted to botch up my share as well, didn't you?

Listen, Mukhalingam Uncle trusts me more than any of you.

Come on, guys. Let's go.

You are right.

Come fast!

We can't predict what he might end up doing.

That's why I want you to tie the nuptial thread as early as possible.

Why are you in a hurry?

As if, I'm not going to return from fishing!

I'm Ganga.

Just like the waves flow back to the sea,

no matter where you go, I'll bring you back to me.

Ganga!

-Stop! Stop! -You shameless girl!

How dare you beat your own daughter? Don't you have any shame?

She's my daughter, I'll do whatever I want!

Who are you to question me?

Look, Mukhalingam…

Our villages are at loggerheads with each other, right?

How dare she loiter with him?

She brought such shame to me!

You are from another village, what are you doing with our village girl?

Next time I see you, I'll set you straight.

What's all this noise?

Because of such nonsensical talks of yours,

your wife spends more time at her parents' house rather than yours.

You're talking too much!

Stop, let me deal with this.

The brawl may resolve your marriage issue.

You're a genius. If that really happens, you deserve a treat.

-Listen to me! -Dear!

-Stop it! -Move!

Stop, let me deal with this.

I should slap you first!

Can't you keep an eye on what your grown-up daughter is doing?

I'm telling you one more time.

As long as I'm alive, I won't give my daughter to you.

Mukhalingam, this cheapskate is trying to manipulate my daughter.

But, I won't let this happen.

If he were a cheapskate, you would have been a grandfather by now.

You're crossing your limits!

This guy right here…

Sekhar here will be my son-in-law.

Do you understand?

How can you say this without her consent?

Is a girl some sort of property that

parents can write off to anybody they wish?

Who are you to ask that?

He owns four liquor shops in this village.

Is there anyone wealthier than him among these villages?

I'll marry my daughter to him.

I'll kill you if you interfere in my daughter's life again.

Anyway, you are coming for fishing, right?

I'll surely kill you either at the port or in the Arabian Sea.

Why wait till then? If you have guts, do it now.

Who the hell are you challenging?!

-Father! -Wait, wait…

If you continue fighting here, you'll miss the train!

Get moving, everyone.

Move!

Come with me…

Move.

When Ganga was going away from me…

I felt as if I were going into a void!

At that moment, I witnessed an ocean of sorrow in her eyes!

I filled my eyes with tears and my heart with sadness.

Greetings, broker sir.

How dare you call me a broker? Disgusting… Call me Manoj Babu.

There must be 13 members from your village in this compartment.

Mother, the train has just started.

Sir, can you give us something for travel expenses?

Damn you…

-Did you spend all the advance amount? -Sir…

It was barely enough to pay the interest that was due, sir.

We don't have anything with us right now.

There's no limit to your bluffs.

I'll call you when I reach the harbor.

-Tell that to sister as well. -Okay.

We should slap this broker Manoj.

Why?

Because he is sponsoring your train ticket?

Sponsoring? It is Seth's money.

All our villagers are in other compartments, right?

He could have arranged our tickets over there.

Instead, he arranged ours with the Matsyawada fellows.

And these fellows won't stay calm without creating a problem.

Just be silent for some time.

Two thousand six hundred rupees.

-Pay 200 rupees each. Okay? -Okay.

Come safely.

-Let's meet again at the port. -Okay, sir.

-Hey… -Come, sir. Come…

We were looking for you.

I know exactly what you were looking for.

Take this.

The bus will be ready tomorrow morning at Rajkot, don't lie around sloshed.

Oh, no. You shouldn't have reminded me of that.

Anyway, I wouldn't drink while on fishing.

If you come back empty-handed,

you have to pay back the advance and all these charges as well.

Badiri, tell them.

Take care. I'll leave.

As if you can tell me what to do…

Watch his build-up, as if he is paying us lakhs.

I too can swing like a train if I gulp a peg!

Hey, Srina…

Bloody scoundrel.

Have you lost your sight? Why are you kicking us?

Who the hell lost sight?

Who has kept his legs spread out?

What the hell!

Hey!

You…

-Chencha! -Badiri!

-Hey, stop it. Stop it. -Wait, wait!

Stop it.

Who are you all? Why are you fighting?

Sir, just a petty brawl, sir.

Does a petty fight result in a bloodbath?

I'm leaving you just because you are aged.

Who are you all? Where are you going?

We are Bhadrapatnam fishermen, sir. We are going to Sangrol.

You have to be set straight. Get down from the train.

Sir…

Sir, we just got on the train, sir. Don't ask us to leave.

You should have thought about it before breaking into the fight.

Should I file a case against you all?

Sir, it was a petty fight amongst in-laws.

-What do you say, brother-in-law? -Who is your Brother-in-law?!

Hey, move back.

Pull off the chain. Get down!

-All of you, get down! -Please, sir!

He should be blamed for this.

We must repay our advances to Seth.

Where's the advance money? It's barely enough to pay the interest.

Who's going to give us money to return the interest?

This whole mess happened because of the chaos.

The chaos happened because of you!

What do you mean? He started it all.

Shut up!

You have done what you shouldn't have and ruined us.

When I was covering up in front of the police,

wasn't he the one who ratted us out?!

Who told him to come and start a fight with us?

Didn't you create the ruckus in the first place?

What the hell!

-Chencha, stop all this for a minute. -You still won't behave? Stop!

Hey, Badiri, what's the plan now?

The train isn't the only way to reach Sangrol port.

There are other ways too.

Crap!

Nanaji, why do we need those buggers?

Let's go to the other side!

Lift, lift!

Hello!

No one is stopping…

Bloody…

Hey, Punjab vehicle is coming.

Brother, lift!

Hey, the vehicle stopped.

-Let's go with them. -Let's go.

-Shut up. -Why should we join them? Let them go.

One vehicle has stopped after all this time. How can you let it go?

If the boat leaves the port, we will be completely ruined.

-Where do you want to go? -To Sangrol.

I'm heading to Girnar.

Then drop us at Junagadh, please.

Alright, get in.

How much do we need to pay you, paaji?

Am I carrying you on me?

It's free, but you'll have to ride in the back.

Thanks a lot, paaji.

They are boarding.

Are those guys with you too?

-Well, we-- -No, no!

They are scoundrels, they're not with us.

Stop it, Badiri.

They are our friends, we are going together.

Alright, call them over.

Come along!

-Thanks, paaji! -It's alright!

Bhadrapatnam and Gujarat are on two opposite sides of the country.

Where is the East Coast? Where is the Arabian Sea?

A journey of two days and two nights!

Our hunger wipes away all this distance!

All the people here are drenched in debt with their boats wrecked by the sea.

Struggling to pay the dues,

they've sold everything in their possession,

except the clothes they wear.

Hence, migration has become inevitable for us.

Had jetty been granted to our villages…

we'd have lived a life of luxury.

If a fishing harbor gets built…

we'd have nets full of fish and pockets full of cash.

Am I late?

No, no. You've come early enough to disturb me.

Oh, what are you so busy with, Lord?

I am in dreams with my future wife.

Alright, stay in your dreams.

When you are in front of me, what good are the dreams for?

When the jetty gets built,

I'll be on duty the whole day at the boat and with you during the nights.

Stop it.

The villagers travel to Gujarat to work as they are not educated.

You are a graduate, can't you find a job here?

Everyone from our village goes to the city because there's no work here.

If we had a jetty, our earnings would be high.

-Is it? -Yes.

Imagine if our jetty was operational,

the people who left our village would return immediately.

-That's a great thought! -Of course!

Careful.

Then, the jetty should be built there, right in the middle of two villages.

Exactly.

Only then our people would stop fighting and focus on work.

True. If they have enough work, they won't find time for their disputes.

Good days will come.

Anyway,

there's no one around, give me a…

What do you want?

Anything…

What?

Whatever you like…

Oh, crap! I lost my sense of time. I'm getting late for school.

The dream Ganga and I envisioned of having a jetty,

when will it come true?

Mother,

I'm lighting this lamp so that our people return safely.

Please look after it.

By now, we would have been in Sangrol port.

The boats should be ready to sail by now.

You can see today that

hundreds of boats are heading out to sea from Sangrol Port to catch fish.

Apart from fishermen from Kerala, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh,

fishermen from several other states come here for fishing.

Everything you are watching is live.

-Cut. Cut. -Okay.

-Netra! -Yes!

The agency people have agreed to do the interview.

The camera is ready, let's go.

-That's awesome! Let's go. -Come on, hurry!

Manoj, quickly go and capture some footage of the boats.

-Alright. -Hello, Mr. Shaw.

Hello!

Every year, many fishermen from your agency go out to the sea to catch fish.

Yes, about 800 or more fishermen go from here.

In a way, we provide them with a source of livelihood.

The country needs more people like you, Mr. Shaw.

So tell me,

does your agency provide proper arrangements

and quality boats for their sea journeys?

Of course, we do!

But according to the information we've received,

there have been technical issues with the boats,

and in the last ten years, there hasn't been much improvement in their wages.

What are your thoughts on that?

I don't know… maybe other agencies do that.

But our agency pays fair wages to the fishermen,

and their safety is our top priority.

If that wasn't the case, why would so many fishermen go through our agency?

Well… the auspicious time for the boats to leave is slipping away.

-But Mr. Shaw, our interview is still-- -Thank you!

Thank you very much!

Hey, Suri, where's our Badiri and Chenchaiah?

They must be around here somewhere. You carry on.

Quick! Give it.

-Mukund… -Yes, sir.

-Is everything ready? -Yes, sir.

-Hey, Subash. -Sir!

-Ask everyone to get on the boats quickly. -Okay, sir.

Everyone, get on your respective boats!

-Be Quick! -Suraj, let's go.

Check your equipment before boarding!

Stop! Stop!

Brother, stop!

Get down!

Hurry up!

-How much? -Get down.

-Come! -Let's go!

Coming!

Here's the change.

Somaiah, come fast!

-What's this? It's empty! -The boats have left!

Why is the dock empty?

Check, if they are still there.

Badiri… the boats have left!

We have lost it, Srina! We have lost our opportunity this time.

We are late, man. What shall we do now?

We are ruined, man!

Why did this happen to us?

The omens were visible…

but we never thought…

that we would be trapped in Pakistan!

The sea alarmed us with many signs!

Sekhar, who never speaks to me, why did she make him utter those words…

It seems as if we have gained some things…

but then suddenly someone comes and messes everything up.

Nanaji, who always praises Ganga, why would he slap her?

Why would we fight amongst ourselves so violently on the train?

Why did the police get us off the train?

Even after struggling a lot to reach Sangrol,

why did the boats leave us?

-Come on, leave. -Hey, please let us talk to sir once.

-Come on, get out. -Give us one minute with sir…

-Move out! -Get out!

Our journey, which should've come to a halt…

was driven by hunger.

It made us cross the ocean and led us into hell!

With no one to hear our cries,

we have no idea how to escape from this situation.

We have become like fish stranded on the shore.

And now we are stuck here in Pakistan jail fighting for our lives.