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This film is dedicated to you.

2
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<i>While death awaits to engulf us,</i>

3
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<i>the rays of moonlight that touched you</i>
<i>questioned me, "Where is the sun?"</i>

4
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<i>I told them that you reside</i>
<i>in the memory of this ever-flowing river.</i>

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SHYAM SINGHA ROY

6
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-Bro?
-<i>Bro, the cafe owner is pestering me</i>

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<i>to wrap up the shoot.</i>

8
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<i>Please talk to him.</i>
<i>I can't take this torture anymore.</i>

9
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Don't worry. He just likes to bluster.

10
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Just chill. I'll take care of it.

11
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-How many girls are coming today?
-<i>There are five girls here today</i>.

12
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Okay. Get everything ready.
I'll be right there.

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AAKALI RAJYAM

14
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IRUVAR

15
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-Good morning.
-Morning, bro.

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-Everyone is here? All set?
-Yes, we are ready.

17
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-Do they have the script?
-Yes.

18
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-Have you explained the scene?
-Yes, I've explained.

19
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Everyone had coffee as well.

20
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Thank you for reminding.
Get me some black coffee.

21
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What are you looking at?
Go and get me some coffee.

22
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-Get into position.
-Yeah, bro.

23
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Hey, what the hell are you doing here?
Don't you have any work to do?

24
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I've been promised a role in the film.

25
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Oh, is it? So that's why you have
groomed yourself like a hero?

26
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You fool! They will put you far away
in the background somewhere.

27
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You'll regret if you take
a filmmaker's words for granted.

28
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Go and get some black coffee.

29
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Leave this here.

30
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If you take two months to complete
the auditions for a short film,

31
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how long would you take
to complete a feature film?

32
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Whatever we do, it must be perfect.

33
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-You're right.
-Pan it to the right.

34
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This is not perfection.
This is called obsession.

35
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By the time you become a director,
you'll surely make me close down my cafe.

36
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Then, I'll have to open a small tea shop
near a film studio.

37
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-That is your plan, right?
-Bro.

38
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More than a 100 people
have come to your cafe for auditions.

39
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We are promoting your brand for free.

40
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What is the name of my cafe?

41
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Coffin!

42
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Coffin? What the heck?

43
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It's Coffee Inn!

44
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-Coffee. Inn.
-Okay.

45
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-Coffin is a box for burying a corpse.
-Okay.

46
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-Okay. Ready. Ask them to come.
-Yes, bro.

47
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Hello.

48
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-Did you read the script?
-Yes.

49
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-Any doubts?
-No.

50
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Ready. Start camera.

51
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Rolling, bro.

52
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Action!

53
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<i>I am a woman.</i>

54
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<i>A lady with progressive views</i>
<i>in this developing country.</i>

55
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<i>A person draped in a saree of revolution</i>

56
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<i>to drive away the darkness of fear.</i>

57
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The dialogue is correct.
Now, will you please act it out?

58
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I did act it out.

59
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It's very bland. There's no feeling in it.

60
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Don't mug up the dialogues.
Keep them in your subconscious mind.

61
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Action!

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<i>I am a woman.</i>

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<i>A lady with progressive views</i>
<i>in this developing country.</i>

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<i>A beautiful person draped</i>
<i>in a saree of revolution</i>

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<i>to drive away the darkness of fear.</i>

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Have you worked as a news anchor?

67
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Yes. How do you know?

68
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We have seen you on TV.

69
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<i>I am a beautiful girl.</i>

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<i>A girl from a developing country...</i>

71
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That is not the dialogue!

72
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Read it once again,
and deliver it correctly. Okay?

73
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Actually,
I have worked in many short films.

74
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Also, I was a TikTok star
prior to its ban.

75
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I have never auditioned before.
I can directly come to the shoot.

76
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Is this necessary?

77
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You are more focused on your make-up
than your performance.

78
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You may leave now.

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<i>I am a woman.</i>

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<i>A lady with progressive views</i>
<i>in this developing country.</i>

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<i>A beautiful person draped</i>
<i>in a saree of revolution</i>

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<i>to drive away the darkness of fear.</i>

83
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Good. I like it.

84
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Give me some time.
My team will contact you soon.

85
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Hey, that girl is good.
Why don't you cast her?

86
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She is good, but she isn't the perfect fit
for the character.

87
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-She is too cliche.
-This is too much.

88
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She's fair-skinned and tall.

89
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Her dialogue delivery is good.
What else do you want?

90
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To become an actor or actress,

91
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it's not necessary
that one must be fair or tall.

92
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Then?

93
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Body movements. Fine speech.

94
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Purity. Fine expression.

95
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What do you mean by expression?

96
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Body language.

97
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Yeah, yesterday's party was crazy,
but I left early.

98
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Oh yeah! You know what happened?

99
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Yesterday, when we were going back home...

100
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That's the body language.

101
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Hey.

102
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So, exactly after she said that,
we laughed about it.

103
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Yeah.

104
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Good body movements.

105
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The music was great, right?

106
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No, no. She is a drama queen.

107
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Yeah. Later, she started crying
in the cab.

108
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You should have seen the face
of the cab driver. Oh, my God!

109
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He was literally pleading with her.

110
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He was so frightened.

111
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Fine speech.

112
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-Hey, bro!
-Hey!

113
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-Sorry, ma'am.
-Please be careful.

114
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-Relax. Chill.
-Sorry, ma'am.

115
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Don't panic. Here you go.

116
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-Okay?
-Sorry, ma'am.

117
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That's okay.

118
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Purity.

119
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Oh! Okay.

120
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I got to go.
I'll catch up with you guys later.

121
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-Okay, bye.
-Bye.

122
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She's my female lead.

123
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Excuse me.

124
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Hi! Can I have a word with you?
I'm Vasu, a film director.

125
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-Director?
-Yeah.

126
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What movies have you directed?

127
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Tell her.

128
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Upcoming director.

129
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I'm directing a short film now.

130
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If it's successful,
I'll be offered a movie.

131
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Okay.

132
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Nice, I guess. Good luck.

133
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I think it will be great
if you could act in my film.

134
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Oh! Thanks.

135
00:09:44,583 --> 00:09:46,666
But me? Acting in a film?

136
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No way. I'm not interested.

137
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Sorry.

138
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You'll become interested
once you start working.

139
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I've been holding
the auditions for two months.

140
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You are exactly as I imagined
that character.

141
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No... You don't understand.

142
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I'm not at all interested,
so let's leave it here. Okay?

143
00:10:02,791 --> 00:10:03,750
I need to go. Bye.

144
00:10:06,625 --> 00:10:07,750
She is not interested.

145
00:10:08,041 --> 00:10:09,291
-Talk to her.
-Hello!

146
00:10:11,041 --> 00:10:13,500
It's really hard to find
a Telugu-speaking heroine.

147
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Please accept the role.

148
00:10:14,833 --> 00:10:16,833
You can get free coffee here.
This is my cafe.

149
00:10:17,125 --> 00:10:18,708
Bro, relax.

150
00:10:19,041 --> 00:10:22,541
First of all, I don't like movies.
I don't even watch them.

151
00:10:22,625 --> 00:10:23,541
Exactly.

152
00:10:23,625 --> 00:10:26,291
My heroine is also not interested
in movies.

153
00:10:26,375 --> 00:10:28,416
Her physical appearance
is similar to yours.

154
00:10:28,500 --> 00:10:31,416
Big eyes, arrogant attitude,
and average looks.

155
00:10:33,166 --> 00:10:34,208
What the hell!

156
00:10:34,791 --> 00:10:37,375
-I mean...
-I'm not interested, and I'm not doing it.

157
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-Say something, man.
-That's it!

158
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Listen...

159
00:10:46,833 --> 00:10:47,750
Come on, man!

160
00:10:48,375 --> 00:10:49,708
I need to take care of my cafe.

161
00:10:50,041 --> 00:10:52,333
Then I'll continue the auditions
at your place.

162
00:10:52,416 --> 00:10:53,750
Let's go and persuade her.

163
00:11:10,750 --> 00:11:11,750
Hey, what the hell!

164
00:11:12,250 --> 00:11:14,708
What do you think of yourselves?
Don't you get it?

165
00:11:14,791 --> 00:11:17,208
You followed me to my house.
Are you crazy?

166
00:11:17,375 --> 00:11:19,208
This is too much, man. How dare you?

167
00:11:19,291 --> 00:11:21,125
Hey... Relax.

168
00:11:21,208 --> 00:11:22,791
This is not right. I understand.

169
00:11:22,875 --> 00:11:25,666
We've come here
because we're serious about casting you.

170
00:11:25,750 --> 00:11:27,791
We are working hard. Please don't refuse.

171
00:11:28,458 --> 00:11:30,166
What is this ruckus? Who are they?

172
00:11:30,250 --> 00:11:32,833
Dad, they have followed me
all the way from a cafe.

173
00:11:32,958 --> 00:11:35,291
He is trying to persuade me
despite my rejection.

174
00:11:35,375 --> 00:11:36,416
I'll call the she-team.

175
00:11:36,833 --> 00:11:37,750
Hey...

176
00:11:38,375 --> 00:11:41,958
You look like a decent guy.
What do you do?

177
00:11:42,916 --> 00:11:43,750
Film director.

178
00:11:44,166 --> 00:11:46,416
Film director? What movies have you made?

179
00:11:48,750 --> 00:11:50,000
It's okay.

180
00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:51,958
Upcoming director.

181
00:11:52,041 --> 00:11:55,708
Oh! But I don't want to marry
my daughter off to a movie man.

182
00:11:55,791 --> 00:11:57,583
Sorry, you can find someone else.

183
00:11:58,083 --> 00:12:01,750
I know, people don't even want to rent out
their houses to movie people.

184
00:12:01,875 --> 00:12:03,500
-Your daughter...
-Name is Keerti.

185
00:12:03,583 --> 00:12:05,541
I'm asking Keerti to act in my short film.

186
00:12:05,708 --> 00:12:07,958
Short film?
Will you release it on YouTube?

187
00:12:08,041 --> 00:12:11,375
-I just want to show it to a producer...
-It'll be on YouTube.

188
00:12:11,458 --> 00:12:15,083
-Your daughter can be part of it.
-Is it? What other films has he made?

189
00:12:15,166 --> 00:12:16,958
-<i>To file a harassment complaint...</i>
-What the hell.

190
00:12:17,041 --> 00:12:18,333
Ms. Keerti, listen to me.

191
00:12:20,583 --> 00:12:22,791
Your dad has approved.
Now you must agree to it.

192
00:12:22,916 --> 00:12:24,458
Why should I?

193
00:12:26,291 --> 00:12:29,125
This is my last option.
I don't have any other choice.

194
00:12:30,125 --> 00:12:32,833
If you don't agree,
I'll tell your dad that you smoke.

195
00:12:33,291 --> 00:12:34,250
What the hell?

196
00:12:35,208 --> 00:12:36,458
My dad won't believe you.

197
00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,208
Are you for real?

198
00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:46,875
Please, Keerti. I'll delete it.

199
00:12:47,250 --> 00:12:49,500
Please understand my desperation.

200
00:12:49,583 --> 00:12:52,625
I'm really sorry for troubling you.
This is really important for me.

201
00:12:53,166 --> 00:12:55,333
This short film is very crucial
to my career.

202
00:12:55,416 --> 00:12:58,458
And I can't afford to hire
professional actors.

203
00:13:02,416 --> 00:13:04,291
Films have been my passion
since childhood.

204
00:13:05,125 --> 00:13:06,125
My budget is low.

205
00:13:06,833 --> 00:13:08,791
I've resigned my software job as well.

206
00:13:09,625 --> 00:13:10,666
Please understand.

207
00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:12,750
But I don't know how to act.

208
00:13:13,291 --> 00:13:14,916
Acting is nothing but reacting.

209
00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,708
Your reactions are naturally good.

210
00:13:17,083 --> 00:13:18,500
You are a natural star.

211
00:13:19,458 --> 00:13:20,875
It's just a short film, dear.

212
00:13:21,208 --> 00:13:23,041
Everyone is making them these days.

213
00:13:23,125 --> 00:13:26,083
Our neighbor uploads all her recipes
on YouTube.

214
00:13:26,250 --> 00:13:28,083
I secretly follow her channel.

215
00:13:28,166 --> 00:13:29,750
Is he stalking that lady?

216
00:13:29,833 --> 00:13:32,291
I get to see you on screen
when you're away.

217
00:13:32,375 --> 00:13:33,666
Please accept.

218
00:13:34,041 --> 00:13:37,375
Okay, I'll do it. But I'll leave Hyderabad
in two weeks.

219
00:13:37,458 --> 00:13:40,125
-I'm going to Mumbai for higher studies.
-All the best.

220
00:13:40,208 --> 00:13:42,708
She is pursuing
her master's in psychology.

221
00:13:42,791 --> 00:13:44,791
Is that why she behaves like a psycho?

222
00:13:46,291 --> 00:13:49,708
So I can give you only two weeks.
I've even booked my flight tickets.

223
00:13:49,791 --> 00:13:50,916
Two weeks is more than enough.

224
00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,166
And one more thing.

225
00:13:52,250 --> 00:13:54,791
If anything troubles me during the shoot,

226
00:13:55,041 --> 00:13:57,166
-I'll immediately opt out of it.
-No...

227
00:13:57,250 --> 00:14:01,458
Don't worry. We'll take great care of you.
You'll not be troubled in the slightest.

228
00:14:02,625 --> 00:14:03,583
And...

229
00:14:04,250 --> 00:14:05,500
What about that photo?

230
00:14:06,416 --> 00:14:07,666
Deleted. Deleted.

231
00:14:11,166 --> 00:14:12,666
I'll pick you up at 6 am.

232
00:14:12,750 --> 00:14:13,750
What photo is that?

233
00:14:13,833 --> 00:14:15,166
Photo... Selfie!

234
00:14:15,250 --> 00:14:18,125
Uncle, let's take a selfie. Please.

235
00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:28,375
Hello.

236
00:14:28,541 --> 00:14:29,625
<i>Good morning, Heroine.</i>

237
00:14:29,791 --> 00:14:31,750
<i>Are you ready? I'm waiting at your gate.</i>

238
00:14:33,291 --> 00:14:34,125
What?

239
00:14:41,541 --> 00:14:42,708
-Good morning.
-Good morning.

240
00:14:43,708 --> 00:14:44,541
Oh, my God!

241
00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,500
Do you have a make-up artist?

242
00:14:57,625 --> 00:14:59,125
Where is the make-up artist?

243
00:14:59,250 --> 00:15:00,291
What make-up artist?

244
00:15:00,458 --> 00:15:01,500
That guy...

245
00:15:01,750 --> 00:15:03,125
Oh! He died of CoVID 19.

246
00:15:03,208 --> 00:15:06,333
Please do your own make-up.

247
00:15:07,500 --> 00:15:08,625
Make-up is set.

248
00:15:11,666 --> 00:15:12,916
The story is...

249
00:15:13,208 --> 00:15:16,750
She loves to paint from childhood.
Canvas is her world.

250
00:15:17,791 --> 00:15:19,333
But her painting lacks soul.

251
00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,166
She searches for a color in every emotion.

252
00:15:25,083 --> 00:15:27,750
All of a sudden,
she finds a blank paper one day.

253
00:15:28,750 --> 00:15:32,625
<i>On the screen</i>

254
00:15:33,041 --> 00:15:37,208
<i>A picture moves</i>

255
00:15:37,291 --> 00:15:43,250
<i>Begins a story</i>

256
00:15:45,083 --> 00:15:48,541
<i>A star has descended from the sky</i>

257
00:15:48,916 --> 00:15:52,541
<i>Walking on the earth</i>

258
00:15:52,750 --> 00:15:53,750
This take is okay.

259
00:15:53,833 --> 00:15:57,125
<i>An angry young damsel</i>

260
00:15:57,333 --> 00:16:01,666
<i>Portrays a myriad of characters</i>

261
00:16:01,750 --> 00:16:05,875
<i>The sight of which mesmerizes you</i>

262
00:16:06,166 --> 00:16:10,166
<i>And everything goes up in smoke in a flash</i>

263
00:16:11,041 --> 00:16:14,083
<i>Isn't it enchanting?</i>

264
00:16:14,875 --> 00:16:18,666
<i>It's beyond what the human eye can capture</i>

265
00:16:19,166 --> 00:16:22,708
<i>See the world through this lens</i>

266
00:16:22,833 --> 00:16:24,833
<i>It'll show everything with greater clarity</i>

267
00:16:24,916 --> 00:16:28,000
<i>Its light reveals</i>
<i>what's concealed in the shadows</i>

268
00:16:28,083 --> 00:16:33,375
<i>Although the work proves difficult,</i>
<i>Strangely, one would begin to love it</i>

269
00:16:33,458 --> 00:16:35,041
Continue... Okay.

270
00:16:52,625 --> 00:16:54,958
Nice. You are doing great.

271
00:16:55,250 --> 00:16:57,708
Shall we go for the next scene?
Change your costume.

272
00:16:57,791 --> 00:16:58,875
Ready.

273
00:17:02,958 --> 00:17:05,375
Hey, where shall I change my dress?

274
00:17:06,083 --> 00:17:09,041
Well, you can use my car.

275
00:17:12,458 --> 00:17:15,125
I'll cover the car with a black cloth.

276
00:17:15,416 --> 00:17:16,291
What the hell?

277
00:17:16,750 --> 00:17:19,416
I don't even use
the fitting rooms at a clothes store.

278
00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:22,375
And you are asking me to change
my dress on a highway? Impossible!

279
00:17:23,166 --> 00:17:25,666
Keerti, films have been my passion
since childhood.

280
00:17:25,791 --> 00:17:28,291
My budget is low.
I've even resigned my job.

281
00:17:28,416 --> 00:17:29,416
Please understand.

282
00:17:33,750 --> 00:17:35,000
What are you looking at?

283
00:17:40,333 --> 00:17:42,500
Bro, it's about to rain.

284
00:17:42,583 --> 00:17:46,833
Good. We can use the rain effect for free.
It costs a lot to artificially create one.

285
00:17:46,916 --> 00:17:48,500
Will the actress agree to it?

286
00:17:50,208 --> 00:17:51,083
Okay. Rolling!

287
00:17:53,541 --> 00:17:54,541
Action!

288
00:17:55,958 --> 00:17:57,500
Oh, shit.

289
00:17:57,833 --> 00:18:00,208
Keerti... Keep walking...

290
00:18:00,541 --> 00:18:01,375
Be in the mood!

291
00:18:01,833 --> 00:18:05,666
Slowly look at the sky
and cry your heart out.

292
00:18:07,791 --> 00:18:10,500
More. More.

293
00:18:14,125 --> 00:18:14,958
Cut!

294
00:18:16,833 --> 00:18:17,875
Nice.

295
00:18:18,833 --> 00:18:19,791
One more!

296
00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:31,458
The house looks great.

297
00:18:31,583 --> 00:18:33,750
-Keep it in top angle. A nice shot.
-Okay.

298
00:18:33,916 --> 00:18:35,708
Tell them to turn those lights off.

299
00:18:38,916 --> 00:18:39,875
It's the police.

300
00:18:44,291 --> 00:18:46,291
Are you shooting a film?
Do you have a permit?

301
00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,166
-It's just a short film, sir.
-It doesn't matter.

302
00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,083
We have received a complaint from the MP.

303
00:18:52,166 --> 00:18:54,375
What's his problem with us?

304
00:18:54,458 --> 00:18:56,708
He saw a drone flying around his house.

305
00:18:58,375 --> 00:18:59,208
Come to the station.

306
00:18:59,291 --> 00:19:01,708
You can take us, but leave the girl alone.

307
00:19:03,125 --> 00:19:05,416
Oh! She is with you!

308
00:19:05,500 --> 00:19:07,708
I thought she was related to the MP.

309
00:19:07,791 --> 00:19:08,750
-Bhadram.
-Sir.

310
00:19:08,833 --> 00:19:10,791
-Get her into the car.
-Okay, sir.

311
00:19:10,875 --> 00:19:11,875
And then what?

312
00:19:21,333 --> 00:19:22,500
Don't take my cap.

313
00:19:29,291 --> 00:19:31,458
Sorry, sir.
I'll make sure this never happens again.

314
00:19:35,541 --> 00:19:37,166
Keerti! Keerti...

315
00:19:37,666 --> 00:19:39,833
Why should I put up
with a crazy movie guy?

316
00:19:39,958 --> 00:19:41,625
I am a graduate in psychology.

317
00:19:41,708 --> 00:19:45,041
Why should I get myself detained
at police stations because of you?

318
00:19:45,625 --> 00:19:47,041
-Just go to hell.
-Okay.

319
00:19:48,250 --> 00:19:49,125
Okay.

320
00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:53,083
I've skipped this month's rent
to pay for the shoot.

321
00:19:54,375 --> 00:19:56,875
I don't have enough budget
to hire a new actress.

322
00:19:58,666 --> 00:20:00,375
It will stall the shooting of my film.

323
00:20:02,250 --> 00:20:03,250
So be it!

324
00:20:04,208 --> 00:20:06,250
So be it. It's all right.

325
00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:10,791
Films have been my passion
since childhood.

326
00:20:10,916 --> 00:20:13,416
My budget is low.
I've resigned my job as well.

327
00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:16,083
-Please, understand. This short film--
-I understand.

328
00:20:16,166 --> 00:20:18,000
Your career requires me to suffer.

329
00:20:19,333 --> 00:20:21,208
Stop your theatrics. I'll do it.

330
00:20:21,625 --> 00:20:22,500
Thank you, Keerti!

331
00:20:22,875 --> 00:20:23,833
Thank you, uncle.

332
00:20:24,833 --> 00:20:26,875
Thank god she's agreed to work
with me again.

333
00:20:27,083 --> 00:20:28,583
Thank you. Come, let's go.

334
00:20:31,458 --> 00:20:32,458
Such an idiot.

335
00:20:37,541 --> 00:20:41,625
<i>A dream never dies</i>

336
00:20:41,750 --> 00:20:45,750
<i>Yet turning it into a reality</i>
<i>is no small matter</i>

337
00:20:45,958 --> 00:20:48,083
<i>Face the hardships</i>

338
00:20:48,166 --> 00:20:50,083
<i>Take your time</i>

339
00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:54,166
<i>But never give up</i>
<i>Your dream will surely be realized one day</i>

340
00:20:54,250 --> 00:20:58,291
<i>There are only two colors</i>
<i>Sunlight converts them into seven</i>

341
00:20:58,375 --> 00:21:02,416
<i>Paint your dream colorfully</i>
<i>Let it reach the silver screen</i>

342
00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:06,958
<i>The destination may be far away</i>
<i>But I'm going to reach it anyway</i>

343
00:21:07,083 --> 00:21:12,583
<i>See the world through this lens</i>
<i>It'll show everything with greater clarity</i>

344
00:21:12,666 --> 00:21:15,041
<i>Its light reveals</i>
<i>what's concealed in the shadows</i>

345
00:21:15,833 --> 00:21:18,833
<i>Although the work proves difficult,</i>

346
00:21:18,916 --> 00:21:24,375
<i>Strangely, one would begin to love it</i>

347
00:21:39,875 --> 00:21:42,625
-Tomorrow is the last day of the shoot.
-Yeah, bye.

348
00:21:42,708 --> 00:21:43,541
Bye.

349
00:21:53,791 --> 00:21:54,750
-Bye.
-Bye.

350
00:22:01,916 --> 00:22:04,083
-Hi, ma'am.
-Hello, ma'am.

351
00:22:04,166 --> 00:22:06,250
We've been waiting to take
a selfie with you.

352
00:22:06,750 --> 00:22:07,708
Why?

353
00:22:07,791 --> 00:22:09,625
Aren't you the heroine of this film?

354
00:22:09,750 --> 00:22:10,708
Yes, I am.

355
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,666
Keshav, go back two steps.

356
00:22:16,708 --> 00:22:19,166
-Don't be shy. Come closer.
-All right.

357
00:22:39,791 --> 00:22:41,375
Hey, stop it!

358
00:22:42,041 --> 00:22:43,208
-Bro...
-One second.

359
00:22:43,750 --> 00:22:46,041
Wait for two counts, then
immediately take camera favor.

360
00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:48,791
What are you doing?
Don't you have manners?

361
00:22:48,875 --> 00:22:52,291
-Do you think I'm--
-Do you want us to buy a ticket for this?

362
00:22:53,250 --> 00:22:54,166
Bro.

363
00:22:54,708 --> 00:22:55,875
How dare you touch me?

364
00:22:57,166 --> 00:22:58,166
Hold this.

365
00:23:25,791 --> 00:23:27,083
Come, let's take a selfie.

366
00:23:37,791 --> 00:23:38,750
No...

367
00:24:52,875 --> 00:24:54,166
Vasu...

368
00:24:54,333 --> 00:24:55,375
Vasu!

369
00:24:57,125 --> 00:24:58,958
What's happening? Who are these guys?

370
00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:03,250
-Sachin, what happened here?
-Bro...

371
00:25:03,458 --> 00:25:05,000
You ear is bleeding.

372
00:25:05,333 --> 00:25:06,500
Are you okay?

373
00:25:08,708 --> 00:25:09,875
Hey, what's wrong?

374
00:25:09,958 --> 00:25:12,458
The tripod! It cost us Rs. 15,000.
How did it break?

375
00:25:12,541 --> 00:25:16,208
You acted like a hero and broke it.
First, let's get out of here.

376
00:25:30,333 --> 00:25:33,083
VARNAM

377
00:25:36,416 --> 00:25:38,166
-Congrats, Vasu.
-Sir.

378
00:25:38,250 --> 00:25:40,833
Well done! Nice!
You dealt with the subject maturely.

379
00:25:40,916 --> 00:25:41,833
Thank you, sir.

380
00:25:41,916 --> 00:25:44,291
-We shall work together.
-Yes, sir.

381
00:25:44,375 --> 00:25:47,708
Get him to sign the agreement
and pay him an advance.

382
00:25:47,791 --> 00:25:50,208
Meet me when you have
the bound script ready.

383
00:25:50,291 --> 00:25:51,666
I'll get it done within a month.

384
00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:53,500
-Good luck.
-Thank you, sir.

385
00:26:10,833 --> 00:26:13,666
-Sir.
-<i>Vasu, I'll leave for the US tomorrow</i>.

386
00:26:13,750 --> 00:26:16,541
<i>When will I get the script?</i>
<i>I may not come back for two months.</i>

387
00:26:16,625 --> 00:26:19,958
It's almost done, sir.
I'll give it to you tomorrow morning.

388
00:26:20,041 --> 00:26:22,916
<i>Come to my office at 10 am.</i>
<i>I'm catching the afternoon flight.</i>

389
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:23,958
Okay, sir.

390
00:26:37,791 --> 00:26:39,250
TALK TO YOUR PARENTS ABOUT OUR MARRIAGE

391
00:28:09,250 --> 00:28:10,166
Amazing.

392
00:28:10,708 --> 00:28:11,791
It's a great script, Vasu.

393
00:28:13,666 --> 00:28:17,041
The climax is just mind-blowing.
I can put money on this.

394
00:28:17,708 --> 00:28:18,666
Thank you, sir.

395
00:28:18,750 --> 00:28:20,000
You are a very good writer.

396
00:28:21,458 --> 00:28:23,708
You can start the project now.
I'll assign you a team.

397
00:28:23,791 --> 00:28:24,916
Thank you, sir.

398
00:28:27,916 --> 00:28:28,833
Here you go.

399
00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:31,541
Let's wait a little longer.

400
00:28:32,041 --> 00:28:33,958
Wait for what? It'll lose the chillness.

401
00:28:34,166 --> 00:28:35,500
I'm waiting for Keerti.

402
00:28:36,041 --> 00:28:37,000
You carry on.

403
00:28:37,333 --> 00:28:38,375
Hi, Keerti.

404
00:28:39,625 --> 00:28:40,833
Wow!

405
00:28:42,291 --> 00:28:44,375
So excited to meet her?

406
00:28:45,458 --> 00:28:46,500
You...

407
00:28:52,958 --> 00:28:53,833
Hi, Keerti.

408
00:28:54,708 --> 00:28:56,208
Are you pulling my leg again?

409
00:28:56,708 --> 00:28:58,583
-Hi.
-Hi.

410
00:29:06,916 --> 00:29:08,041
Nice view.

411
00:29:14,458 --> 00:29:16,791
What is in that bag?
Did you bring some snacks?

412
00:29:17,250 --> 00:29:18,625
A small gift for you.

413
00:29:18,708 --> 00:29:21,208
For me? It's not really necessary.

414
00:29:22,916 --> 00:29:23,833
Congratulations.

415
00:29:24,833 --> 00:29:25,750
Thank you.

416
00:29:26,750 --> 00:29:27,916
I'm really happy for you.

417
00:29:29,666 --> 00:29:30,583
It's very nice.

418
00:29:45,500 --> 00:29:47,000
<i>Your device is connected.</i>

419
00:29:56,208 --> 00:30:00,708
Vasu, mention a special thanks to me
in the credits of your feature film.

420
00:30:00,791 --> 00:30:02,041
I'll be your lucky charm.

421
00:30:03,333 --> 00:30:06,125
Not just my name, but also add my photo.

422
00:30:06,833 --> 00:30:09,333
Photo is added if the person is dead.
Shall I do it?

423
00:30:09,416 --> 00:30:10,541
No need.

424
00:30:14,541 --> 00:30:16,291
You guys are unbelievable.

425
00:30:17,583 --> 00:30:20,875
I despised you guys in the beginning,
but now I'll miss you all.

426
00:30:21,916 --> 00:30:23,041
Please be in touch.

427
00:30:25,041 --> 00:30:26,541
You will leave for Mumbai.

428
00:30:26,708 --> 00:30:30,541
This guy will ignore us
once he starts working on his new film.

429
00:30:30,666 --> 00:30:32,416
I'll be all alone, selling coffee.

430
00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:33,833
Stop your theatrics.

431
00:30:33,916 --> 00:30:35,708
He will surely forget me.

432
00:30:35,916 --> 00:30:37,375
Do you think I'll forget you?

433
00:30:37,583 --> 00:30:38,750
Impossible.

434
00:30:39,125 --> 00:30:41,833
In that case,
wear the shirt that I've just gifted you

435
00:30:41,916 --> 00:30:43,541
when you succeed as a director.

436
00:30:43,666 --> 00:30:46,000
Then I will believe
that you still remember me.

437
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:47,916
Done.

438
00:30:48,875 --> 00:30:49,958
Okay. I'll leave.

439
00:30:50,625 --> 00:30:52,541
Hey, kid. Come, let's go.

440
00:30:52,833 --> 00:30:54,666
-Bye.
-See you. Bye. Nice.

441
00:30:55,041 --> 00:30:56,416
How long will you stay here?

442
00:30:56,666 --> 00:30:58,541
I'll leave in another five minutes.

443
00:30:58,625 --> 00:30:59,541
Cool.

444
00:30:59,625 --> 00:31:01,916
Keerti, tell your friends
to keep visiting my cafe.

445
00:31:02,041 --> 00:31:04,166
-I'll give them a ten percent discount.
-Okay.

446
00:31:04,250 --> 00:31:06,125
-See you.
-Don't roam around, go home.

447
00:31:06,291 --> 00:31:07,166
To your home!

448
00:31:07,250 --> 00:31:09,750
Okay. It's about to rain. Get inside.

449
00:31:16,291 --> 00:31:17,166
So?

450
00:31:18,291 --> 00:31:19,541
When will we meet again?

451
00:31:21,625 --> 00:31:22,541
I don't know.

452
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:25,833
Sorry.

453
00:31:27,041 --> 00:31:28,333
I didn't get you a gift.

454
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:43,875
Bye.

455
00:32:59,125 --> 00:33:00,083
Rosie.

456
00:33:05,541 --> 00:33:06,708
What the fuck!

457
00:33:07,916 --> 00:33:10,166
-What happened?
-Who is Rosie?

458
00:33:11,500 --> 00:33:13,041
I thought you were a gentleman.

459
00:33:13,125 --> 00:33:14,125
Such a pervert!

460
00:33:14,208 --> 00:33:15,250
Keerti, what's wrong?

461
00:33:16,125 --> 00:33:19,958
How can you think about another girl
when you are sharing a bed with me?

462
00:33:20,041 --> 00:33:21,250
You should be ashamed!

463
00:33:23,375 --> 00:33:25,125
This is the psychology of men.

464
00:33:25,416 --> 00:33:27,791
You can never truly love one girl.

465
00:33:28,708 --> 00:33:29,666
You men are dogs.

466
00:33:29,750 --> 00:33:31,083
Keerti...

467
00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:32,541
I'm really sorry.

468
00:33:33,708 --> 00:33:34,708
Rosie?

469
00:33:35,625 --> 00:33:37,041
I don't know any Rosie.

470
00:33:37,291 --> 00:33:39,166
It's just a slip of the tongue.

471
00:33:41,208 --> 00:33:42,750
Just shut up and get lost.

472
00:33:43,083 --> 00:33:45,958
It was stupid of me
to fall in love with you.

473
00:33:47,416 --> 00:33:48,916
This is so embarrassing.

474
00:33:49,750 --> 00:33:51,541
I never want to see your face again.

475
00:34:00,666 --> 00:34:01,583
Rosie?

476
00:34:19,958 --> 00:34:20,791
Who is Rosie?

477
00:34:20,875 --> 00:34:21,833
I don't know.

478
00:34:22,250 --> 00:34:23,333
Tell me the truth.

479
00:34:23,791 --> 00:34:26,375
It's the truth.
I've never heard that name...

480
00:34:27,083 --> 00:34:28,750
-Rosie.
-I've never heard it before.

481
00:34:28,833 --> 00:34:31,916
-Then why did you say call her Rosie?
-I don't know.

482
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,458
You must have picked that name
from some shitty Hollywood film.

483
00:34:35,541 --> 00:34:37,166
And you called her by that name.

484
00:34:37,333 --> 00:34:38,958
She won't take it easy.

485
00:34:39,875 --> 00:34:40,708
Shit!

486
00:34:40,791 --> 00:34:41,875
What do I do now?

487
00:34:42,125 --> 00:34:45,875
After years of struggle, you've got
an opportunity to make a feature film.

488
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:47,791
Concentrate on that.

489
00:34:48,333 --> 00:34:50,416
<i>Finish the script and start the work.</i>

490
00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:52,416
<i>You can meet plenty of women in your life.</i>

491
00:35:11,250 --> 00:35:12,166
Rolling!

492
00:35:12,250 --> 00:35:13,208
Action!

493
00:35:24,791 --> 00:35:25,708
Silence!

494
00:35:38,958 --> 00:35:42,833
UNIKI

495
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,291
Are you nervous?

496
00:35:50,583 --> 00:35:53,083
That's a small word
to describe my feelings now.

497
00:35:54,083 --> 00:35:55,958
I don't even know how to describe it.

498
00:35:57,458 --> 00:36:00,791
It's a ten-year dream,
and one whole year of hard work.

499
00:36:03,625 --> 00:36:05,166
Bro, the show has just ended.

500
00:36:16,125 --> 00:36:17,625
Bro, how do you like the movie?

501
00:36:17,708 --> 00:36:19,666
It's great. I loved it. A blockbuster!

502
00:36:19,750 --> 00:36:22,541
The movie is a hit! Congratulations, dude!

503
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,041
Congratulations.

504
00:36:24,208 --> 00:36:25,875
Bro, he is the director of this film.

505
00:36:26,208 --> 00:36:27,708
You are the director of the film!

506
00:36:27,791 --> 00:36:30,916
The movie is amazing. A blockbuster.
The climax was mind-blowing!

507
00:36:31,250 --> 00:36:33,041
Bro, can I take a selfie with you?

508
00:36:35,041 --> 00:36:36,583
Please, let me take a selfie.

509
00:36:36,666 --> 00:36:38,083
Okay, keep moving.

510
00:36:38,166 --> 00:36:39,166
Slowly.

511
00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:42,083
Please keep moving.

512
00:36:42,333 --> 00:36:44,291
Why are you crying like a baby?

513
00:36:44,375 --> 00:36:45,583
Your film is a hit.

514
00:36:52,875 --> 00:36:54,708
Vasu, I just got a call from Mumbai.

515
00:36:54,875 --> 00:36:57,208
Producer Vishal Chaturvedi
has seen our movie.

516
00:36:57,291 --> 00:36:58,916
He wants to remake it in Hindi.

517
00:36:59,541 --> 00:37:00,375
Wow!

518
00:37:00,458 --> 00:37:03,166
And they want you
to direct the Hindi version as well.

519
00:37:03,958 --> 00:37:06,875
-Are you serious? A Bollywood film?
-Bro, this is crazy!

520
00:37:07,041 --> 00:37:10,375
You are one lucky guy.
You will be reaching greater heights.

521
00:37:10,458 --> 00:37:12,500
Let's celebrate. Open the bottle!

522
00:37:20,375 --> 00:37:21,583
MUMBAI

523
00:37:24,458 --> 00:37:28,208
MUMBAI

524
00:37:36,958 --> 00:37:38,708
KOLKATA

525
00:37:49,458 --> 00:37:50,583
Welcome to all of you.

526
00:37:51,250 --> 00:37:55,291
Well, I'm super excited and happy
to introduce a south Indian sensation,

527
00:37:55,416 --> 00:37:57,291
Mr. Vasudev, to the Hindi cinema.

528
00:38:10,250 --> 00:38:13,958
I must say that his last film
was a super-duper blockbuster hit.

529
00:38:14,291 --> 00:38:15,166
Uniki.

530
00:38:15,250 --> 00:38:16,958
UNIKI

531
00:38:20,166 --> 00:38:22,250
Well, we are about
to make it now in Hindi.

532
00:38:24,541 --> 00:38:25,416
Background?

533
00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:27,791
He has no godfather in the industry.
He is a nobody.

534
00:38:28,166 --> 00:38:30,500
I've got some more great news
to share with all of you.

535
00:38:32,541 --> 00:38:36,166
We're gonna be making two more
very high budget films with him.

536
00:39:01,791 --> 00:39:02,666
Mr. Vasudev?

537
00:39:03,833 --> 00:39:07,458
We have an arrest warrant against you.
You have to come with us.

538
00:39:07,625 --> 00:39:08,625
Arrest warrant? What?

539
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,458
Come on. Let's go.

540
00:39:16,666 --> 00:39:18,791
Well, this is a shocking news for us.

541
00:39:18,875 --> 00:39:21,333
Our company doesn't entertain
this kind of stuff.

542
00:39:21,416 --> 00:39:23,166
I'm calling this announcement off.

543
00:39:29,166 --> 00:39:33,166
<i>In the old days, our directors gave</i>
<i>their blood and sweat to earn success.</i>

544
00:39:33,250 --> 00:39:36,416
<i>He has tarnished our reputation in Mumbai.</i>
<i>What's his name?</i>

545
00:39:36,666 --> 00:39:38,458
<i>-Vasu.</i>
<i>-Yes, that's him.</i>

546
00:39:38,750 --> 00:39:42,583
<i>After I saw the film, it hit me</i>
<i>that I've read this story somewhere.</i>

547
00:39:42,666 --> 00:39:45,541
HE COPIED FROM BENGALI,
AND NOT KOREAN OR HOLLYWOOD!

548
00:39:45,666 --> 00:39:47,541
<i>What do you say about Vasu's arrest?</i>

549
00:39:47,666 --> 00:39:50,000
<i>I'm not responsible</i>
<i>for a director's plagiarism.</i>

550
00:39:50,083 --> 00:39:53,041
<i>I can't keep track of all the stories.</i>
<i>It is his fault.</i>

551
00:39:53,166 --> 00:39:55,083
<i>Our agreement with Vasu clearly states</i>

552
00:39:55,166 --> 00:39:57,791
<i>that he's responsible</i>
<i>for all the legal actions.</i>

553
00:39:57,875 --> 00:40:00,000
<i>The brain can generate</i>
<i>four kinds of waves.</i>

554
00:40:00,083 --> 00:40:03,166
<i>Delta, theta, alpha, and beta.</i>

555
00:40:03,291 --> 00:40:04,958
<i>And each of these states...</i>

556
00:40:05,625 --> 00:40:06,458
Yes, Dad.

557
00:40:06,583 --> 00:40:09,083
<i>Keerti, do you remember</i>
<i>that short-film director?</i>

558
00:40:09,166 --> 00:40:11,333
<i>He has been arrested.</i>
<i>Did you see the news?</i>

559
00:40:12,166 --> 00:40:14,500
-You mean Vasu?
-<i>Yes, it's Vasu.</i>

560
00:40:15,875 --> 00:40:16,708
Why?

561
00:40:16,916 --> 00:40:19,708
<i>He was arrested</i>
<i>on charges of copyright infringement.</i>

562
00:40:19,833 --> 00:40:21,875
<i>I'm sending you the news link.</i>

563
00:40:22,166 --> 00:40:24,000
Okay. I'll call you back.

564
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,625
DIRECTOR VASU ARRESTED DURING PRESS MEET

565
00:40:52,458 --> 00:40:55,375
Bro, please tell me if you know
any good lawyers.

566
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:57,791
It's about the director who got arrested.

567
00:40:58,708 --> 00:41:00,458
Yes, he is my friend.

568
00:41:00,541 --> 00:41:03,916
No, he is a good guy.
He is framed by someone.

569
00:41:05,041 --> 00:41:08,166
Okay. Please let me know
if you find any good lawyers.

570
00:41:08,333 --> 00:41:09,750
Okay. Bye.

571
00:41:22,750 --> 00:41:25,041
She is Padmavati, my cousin.

572
00:41:25,375 --> 00:41:26,333
Oh.

573
00:41:26,625 --> 00:41:28,500
Nobody in my family likes her.

574
00:41:29,041 --> 00:41:30,500
We always fought each other.

575
00:41:30,583 --> 00:41:32,500
Then why did you bring me to her?

576
00:41:33,750 --> 00:41:35,916
She was a gold-medalist in college.

577
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:37,666
-Good morning, ma'am.
-Good morning.

578
00:41:37,750 --> 00:41:40,208
I need help with the drunk driving charges
against me.

579
00:41:40,291 --> 00:41:42,875
The breath analyzer showed 300 points.
Who drinks that much?

580
00:41:42,958 --> 00:41:44,875
Even if the judge lets you go, I won't.

581
00:41:49,916 --> 00:41:51,583
Hi, Paddu. How are you?

582
00:41:51,958 --> 00:41:53,000
I'm a bit irritated.

583
00:41:53,375 --> 00:41:55,208
How are your parents?

584
00:41:55,875 --> 00:41:58,250
I don't know.
I haven't met them in a long time.

585
00:41:58,541 --> 00:42:01,208
I have been meaning to meet you
for a long time.

586
00:42:01,291 --> 00:42:02,291
But I couldn't.

587
00:42:02,375 --> 00:42:06,458
I know that none of my relatives want to
meet me unless they need some legal help.

588
00:42:06,541 --> 00:42:07,666
What can I do for you?

589
00:42:08,250 --> 00:42:11,666
As I told you, it's about
my friend, Vasu, the film director.

590
00:42:11,791 --> 00:42:13,625
Oh! Yes. I saw it on the news.

591
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:15,791
He was arrested during a press meet.

592
00:42:16,125 --> 00:42:18,625
He is your friend! So sad.

593
00:42:18,750 --> 00:42:21,375
Yes, ma'am. You must help him out.

594
00:42:22,500 --> 00:42:23,333
What do you do?

595
00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:25,708
I own a cafe.

596
00:42:26,750 --> 00:42:31,291
Do you provide a free service to
all your customers or do you charge them?

597
00:42:31,708 --> 00:42:32,625
We charge them.

598
00:42:35,041 --> 00:42:35,958
I understand.

599
00:42:36,083 --> 00:42:39,000
Of course. Tell me how much you charge.
I will pay you.

600
00:42:39,291 --> 00:42:41,500
I will.
But first, I need to meet the accused.

601
00:42:41,833 --> 00:42:44,375
He is in the police station.
Let's go, please.

602
00:42:45,541 --> 00:42:47,791
You are right.
You shouldn't meet her often.

603
00:42:58,875 --> 00:43:01,000
Hi, Vasu. I am Padmavati, your lawyer.

604
00:43:01,833 --> 00:43:03,916
What's happening? Why did they arrest me?

605
00:43:04,750 --> 00:43:07,750
India's largest publication house,
SR Publishers, has lodged

606
00:43:07,833 --> 00:43:10,166
a case of copyright infringement
against you.

607
00:43:10,708 --> 00:43:13,750
They have alleged that your scripts
and the story of your film

608
00:43:13,833 --> 00:43:16,250
have been plagiarized
from their Telugu and Bengali books.

609
00:43:16,333 --> 00:43:17,250
What?

610
00:43:18,583 --> 00:43:19,666
Nonsense.

611
00:43:20,625 --> 00:43:23,750
I've studied your case.
I'll come to the point.

612
00:43:24,041 --> 00:43:27,541
If you plead guilty to your crime
without wasting the court's time,

613
00:43:27,625 --> 00:43:29,333
your punishment could be reduced.

614
00:43:29,416 --> 00:43:31,541
Since this is not a grave crime
like murder or rape,

615
00:43:31,625 --> 00:43:34,416
you can get away
with a mere six-month sentence

616
00:43:34,500 --> 00:43:36,208
or with just a fine, if you are lucky.

617
00:43:37,708 --> 00:43:38,833
I should plead guilty?

618
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:42,375
Who told you that I'm guilty?

619
00:43:46,791 --> 00:43:48,541
I'm not apologizing to anyone.

620
00:43:48,958 --> 00:43:50,416
I did not plagiarize from any book.

621
00:43:52,750 --> 00:43:53,958
I wrote those stories.

622
00:43:54,333 --> 00:43:56,958
Two years ago, I registered them
with the Telugu Writers Association.

623
00:43:57,041 --> 00:43:58,083
I have proof.

624
00:44:05,250 --> 00:44:09,041
These books were published 50 years ago.
Your stories match theirs exactly.

625
00:44:09,750 --> 00:44:13,416
You didn't even have the sense
to change the names of the characters

626
00:44:13,500 --> 00:44:14,833
while copying from them.

627
00:44:15,833 --> 00:44:17,125
They are exactly the same.

628
00:44:18,166 --> 00:44:20,958
Even a kid can tell
that you have copied from this book.

629
00:44:24,375 --> 00:44:28,375
Look, I'd lose my cool if you keep saying
that I copied someone's work.

630
00:44:32,166 --> 00:44:34,750
I've never read these books.
And I don't know Bengali either.

631
00:44:34,833 --> 00:44:37,375
One should never lie
to a doctor or lawyer.

632
00:44:37,458 --> 00:44:38,916
I'm here to help you.

633
00:44:45,833 --> 00:44:48,041
Are you my lawyer or the opponent's?

634
00:44:49,541 --> 00:44:51,500
Why are you forcing me to plead guilty?

635
00:44:53,666 --> 00:44:55,708
I didn't plagiarize. Why don't you get it?

636
00:44:56,958 --> 00:44:58,791
Hey! Keep your voice down.

637
00:45:01,083 --> 00:45:02,333
It's not about me.

638
00:45:02,416 --> 00:45:05,083
We have to prove to the court
that you didn't plagiarize.

639
00:45:07,333 --> 00:45:09,708
As a lawyer,
it's your responsibility to prove it.

640
00:45:09,791 --> 00:45:12,833
There's nothing to prove.
The evidence is against you.

641
00:45:12,916 --> 00:45:15,708
Quit if you can't do it.
I'll get another lawyer.

642
00:45:16,250 --> 00:45:17,541
Okay. Good luck.

643
00:45:25,416 --> 00:45:28,416
Okay. Fuck off! What the...

644
00:45:30,500 --> 00:45:32,916
I can't deal with him.
Hire another lawyer.

645
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:34,958
-He's too adamant.
-What happened?

646
00:45:35,583 --> 00:45:37,250
It's a simple open and shut case.

647
00:45:37,333 --> 00:45:39,833
I can't help him if he doesn't cooperate.

648
00:45:40,208 --> 00:45:44,250
He's really important to me.
Please don't give up on him.

649
00:45:57,291 --> 00:45:59,416
Really? What is he to you?

650
00:45:59,500 --> 00:46:00,708
Your boyfriend?

651
00:46:00,916 --> 00:46:02,166
It's a long story.

652
00:46:02,458 --> 00:46:03,708
Okay. None of my business.

653
00:46:03,791 --> 00:46:07,500
Well, I can get a bail order for him.
But I can't take up this case.

654
00:46:07,583 --> 00:46:10,333
His opponent's lawyer
is Mr. Krishnamurthy.

655
00:46:10,583 --> 00:46:14,708
To go up against him is nothing less
than hitting a dead wall. Impossible.

656
00:46:14,791 --> 00:46:16,791
You know, I have his photo in my office.

657
00:46:16,875 --> 00:46:17,791
Why?

658
00:46:18,375 --> 00:46:22,208
He is my inspiration.
I aspire to become a lawyer like him.

659
00:46:22,791 --> 00:46:26,416
If you want to become as great as him,
you have to beat a lawyer of his stature.

660
00:46:26,958 --> 00:46:30,500
Now you have that opportunity.
Please think about it.

661
00:46:36,750 --> 00:46:40,000
"Copyright case OS no. 234 of 2021,"

662
00:46:40,083 --> 00:46:43,458
"complainant SR Publishers
accused on Vasudev Ghanta."

663
00:46:43,666 --> 00:46:45,333
Yes, proceed.

664
00:46:49,375 --> 00:46:51,791
Your Honor, my client, SR Publishers,

665
00:46:51,875 --> 00:46:54,333
is a leading publishing house
in the country.

666
00:46:54,916 --> 00:46:58,708
They have contributed a lot
to the growth of literature

667
00:46:59,250 --> 00:47:00,750
in our country, Your Honor.

668
00:47:01,750 --> 00:47:03,916
Now, coming to the point,
the issue here is,

669
00:47:04,083 --> 00:47:05,666
this man here, named Vasudev

670
00:47:06,208 --> 00:47:08,916
plagiarized from Astitva,
which is my client's intellectual property

671
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:10,250
and a best-selling novel.

672
00:47:10,333 --> 00:47:13,708
The accused converted it into a script,
and made a movie out of it.

673
00:47:16,125 --> 00:47:17,708
That is not all, Your Honor.

674
00:47:19,708 --> 00:47:23,375
He has plagiarized two more books,
converted them into scripts,

675
00:47:23,500 --> 00:47:25,875
and sold them
to a Bollywood production house.

676
00:47:26,500 --> 00:47:27,375
Mr. Vasudev did that.

677
00:47:29,666 --> 00:47:32,875
These stories were authored
by a legendary Bengali-Telugu writer,

678
00:47:32,958 --> 00:47:36,416
who shook the entire nation
and the government alike

679
00:47:36,500 --> 00:47:38,500
with his writings in the 1970s.

680
00:47:38,583 --> 00:47:40,083
His name is Shyam Singha Roy.

681
00:47:42,375 --> 00:47:44,083
I'm submitting to the court

682
00:47:44,250 --> 00:47:47,875
the copies of the original novel
and the plagiarized script by Mr. Vasudev.

683
00:47:48,458 --> 00:47:49,416
Please.

684
00:47:53,166 --> 00:47:56,333
WHERE THERE IS DHARMA,
THERE WILL BE VICTORY

685
00:47:56,416 --> 00:47:57,458
UNIKI

686
00:47:57,541 --> 00:47:58,666
ASTITVA

687
00:47:58,791 --> 00:48:01,041
Your Honor, it's a color-able imitation
of the original

688
00:48:01,125 --> 00:48:03,458
with the sole purpose of deriving profits.

689
00:48:03,791 --> 00:48:05,708
It's a direct infringement of three novels

690
00:48:05,791 --> 00:48:08,875
which are copyright properties
of my client, SR Publishers.

691
00:48:09,291 --> 00:48:10,916
So now, on behalf of my client,

692
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:14,250
under section 63
of the copyright act 1957,

693
00:48:14,333 --> 00:48:17,791
I hereby demand that Mr. Vasu
be sentenced to five years of imprisonment

694
00:48:17,875 --> 00:48:19,625
and a penalty of Rs. 10 crores
be levied upon him.

695
00:48:20,416 --> 00:48:24,041
Also, a 50 percent share in the revenue
generated by the plagiarized film

696
00:48:24,125 --> 00:48:26,333
should be granted to my client.

697
00:48:28,625 --> 00:48:30,958
That'll be all for now, Your Honor.
Thank you so much.

698
00:48:41,583 --> 00:48:42,750
Defense.

699
00:48:43,291 --> 00:48:44,666
You may put forward your case.

700
00:48:44,875 --> 00:48:46,916
-Plead guilty.
-Impossible.

701
00:48:49,416 --> 00:48:51,583
Your Honor, this is a false accusation.

702
00:48:51,958 --> 00:48:53,958
My client doesn't accept this accusation.

703
00:48:54,125 --> 00:48:55,375
We plead not guilty.

704
00:48:55,833 --> 00:48:57,875
My client is innocent until proven guilty.

705
00:48:58,416 --> 00:49:01,375
The court has verified
the copies of both the works.

706
00:49:01,541 --> 00:49:03,833
98 percent of the content
is exactly the same.

707
00:49:03,916 --> 00:49:06,291
How could he have written it
without plagiarizing?

708
00:49:06,375 --> 00:49:08,291
I don't believe it's a coincidence.

709
00:49:08,375 --> 00:49:12,250
The prima facie evidence is sufficient
for the court to believe that he's guilty.

710
00:49:12,333 --> 00:49:14,666
Then how do you defend
and prove your innocence?

711
00:49:14,750 --> 00:49:16,791
I don't know
why both the works are the same.

712
00:49:17,041 --> 00:49:19,958
But I can tell you this,
I didn't copy my stories from any book.

713
00:49:20,375 --> 00:49:21,541
My stories are my creation.

714
00:49:21,791 --> 00:49:24,291
You can conduct a lie detection test
if you want.

715
00:49:24,791 --> 00:49:29,250
What? This is not a movie. Lie detection
tests are not approved just like that.

716
00:49:29,333 --> 00:49:30,791
-What do you...
-Your Honor...

717
00:49:31,250 --> 00:49:32,250
Let's do that.

718
00:49:33,166 --> 00:49:34,541
It will save everyone's time.

719
00:49:34,625 --> 00:49:36,791
Let's go ahead
with the lie detection test.

720
00:49:37,458 --> 00:49:38,666
Defense?

721
00:49:41,458 --> 00:49:42,916
That is the request from the defense, sir.

722
00:49:43,333 --> 00:49:44,208
Okay.

723
00:49:44,625 --> 00:49:47,458
According to the section 45,
selection of evidence,

724
00:49:47,541 --> 00:49:50,583
the court authorizes
the forensic department

725
00:49:50,666 --> 00:49:52,958
to conduct a lie detection test
on Mr. Vasudev.

726
00:50:22,500 --> 00:50:27,125
The forensic department has concluded
that Mr. Vasudev is not lying.

727
00:50:33,666 --> 00:50:36,166
Your Honor, the lie detection test
can only be considered

728
00:50:36,250 --> 00:50:39,375
as corroborative evidence
but not as complete evidence.

729
00:50:39,916 --> 00:50:42,208
I'm sure the defense
is well aware about this.

730
00:50:42,625 --> 00:50:45,791
It is not impossible
to cheat the lie detection test.

731
00:50:45,875 --> 00:50:49,791
The accused is yet
to prove himself innocent.

732
00:50:49,875 --> 00:50:53,000
Until then, the charges against
Mr. Vasudev will remain valid.

733
00:50:53,083 --> 00:50:54,291
That's all, Your Honor.

734
00:50:54,708 --> 00:50:57,875
Your Honor, we need more time
to prove my client's innocence.

735
00:50:57,958 --> 00:51:00,041
To look deep into the issue
and gather more evidence.

736
00:51:00,125 --> 00:51:03,000
I also request for an unconditional bail
for my client.

737
00:51:03,083 --> 00:51:05,666
Your Honor,
I object to the unconditional bail.

738
00:51:05,750 --> 00:51:07,125
Overruled.

739
00:51:08,041 --> 00:51:12,375
The court grants
unconditional bail to Mr. Vasudev

740
00:51:12,458 --> 00:51:17,000
and also grants a period of three days
to the defense to submit further evidence.

741
00:51:17,083 --> 00:51:19,375
Until then, the court is adjourned.

742
00:51:24,083 --> 00:51:26,166
<i>I believe that he has plagiarized.</i>

743
00:51:26,250 --> 00:51:29,583
<i>Nowadays, young filmmakers</i>
<i>are increasingly plagiarizing other works</i>

744
00:51:29,666 --> 00:51:31,333
<i>and calling that as inspiration.</i>

745
00:51:31,541 --> 00:51:33,708
<i>Such people must not be granted bail.</i>

746
00:51:40,125 --> 00:51:41,041
How are you?

747
00:51:41,875 --> 00:51:42,791
I'm fine.

748
00:51:48,041 --> 00:51:49,416
This shirt looks good on you.

749
00:51:51,750 --> 00:51:53,083
I got arrested after wearing it.

750
00:52:03,375 --> 00:52:04,208
But...

751
00:52:05,083 --> 00:52:06,208
Thank you.

752
00:52:06,291 --> 00:52:09,875
I am the one who got you bail.
You should be thanking me.

753
00:52:10,666 --> 00:52:12,791
First, you need to trust me.
Then, I'll thank you.

754
00:52:13,083 --> 00:52:14,250
How can I trust you?

755
00:52:14,375 --> 00:52:16,875
Your work exactly matches
the content of those books.

756
00:52:18,333 --> 00:52:19,750
I don't get it either.

757
00:52:22,041 --> 00:52:23,541
How can they be so similar?

758
00:52:26,708 --> 00:52:27,750
Give me those books.

759
00:52:35,791 --> 00:52:37,375
Shyam Singha Roy.

760
00:52:38,208 --> 00:52:40,750
I think the 'SR' in SR Publishers
stands for Singha Roy.

761
00:52:42,541 --> 00:52:44,375
I have studied this family.

762
00:52:47,875 --> 00:52:49,958
Shyam's mother was a Telugu,
and father a Bengali.

763
00:52:50,041 --> 00:52:53,000
Theirs was a love marriage.
They settled in West Bengal.

764
00:52:53,083 --> 00:52:57,000
Shyam had three siblings
and he was the youngest.

765
00:52:57,250 --> 00:53:01,500
He was born in a village called Kalikapur
in the Kharagpur district of West Bengal.

766
00:53:02,166 --> 00:53:05,625
He became a famous writer
and a renowned social activist in Kolkata.

767
00:53:06,208 --> 00:53:07,833
Post the year 1977,

768
00:53:07,916 --> 00:53:10,791
there is no information available
on his whereabouts.

769
00:53:11,250 --> 00:53:15,083
If he is assumed dead,
no one knows where his grave is.

770
00:53:16,458 --> 00:53:20,625
In 1985, his three brothers
met with a tragic car accident.

771
00:53:21,208 --> 00:53:25,291
The children of those dead brothers
are currently running the company.

772
00:53:25,541 --> 00:53:27,041
They filed the case against you.

773
00:53:36,125 --> 00:53:39,666
There are no photos of Shyam
except for the paintings in these books.

774
00:53:39,833 --> 00:53:43,833
Since his mother was a Telugu,
Shyam was well-versed in Telugu as well.

775
00:53:43,958 --> 00:53:45,625
He wrote books in Telugu too.

776
00:53:59,083 --> 00:54:00,375
TRAITOR

777
00:54:05,958 --> 00:54:07,125
NAXALBARI

778
00:54:17,958 --> 00:54:21,125
TO MY BELOVED GOPAL

779
00:54:24,208 --> 00:54:26,708
Keri, a 10-year-old girl, was
donated by her father to a temple.

780
00:54:26,791 --> 00:54:32,416
"Her father donated her"

781
00:54:34,958 --> 00:54:40,958
"to a temple."

782
00:54:43,916 --> 00:54:44,958
Vasu.

783
00:54:46,125 --> 00:54:47,750
Your ear is bleeding again.

784
00:54:54,666 --> 00:54:55,666
Why is he bleeding?

785
00:54:57,958 --> 00:54:59,791
Sometimes he gets zoned out.

786
00:55:00,166 --> 00:55:01,833
And he forgets his surroundings.

787
00:55:02,250 --> 00:55:04,708
Whenever that happens,
he bleeds from his ear.

788
00:55:06,041 --> 00:55:08,208
How many times has it happened before?

789
00:55:09,208 --> 00:55:10,041
Many times.

790
00:55:11,291 --> 00:55:13,083
It happened on the day when we fought.

791
00:55:18,708 --> 00:55:20,083
Once while writing this script.

792
00:55:25,166 --> 00:55:26,750
While shooting the short film.

793
00:55:29,583 --> 00:55:30,416
And a few more times.

794
00:55:30,500 --> 00:55:32,208
We even consulted a doctor.

795
00:55:32,291 --> 00:55:34,666
He did some tests and said
that it was the result of stress.

796
00:55:34,875 --> 00:55:38,541
He was working on his first film.
He never slept properly the whole time.

797
00:55:41,916 --> 00:55:42,833
Strange.

798
00:55:43,375 --> 00:55:46,000
Yes, ma'am. I really think
something is wrong with him.

799
00:55:46,416 --> 00:55:47,500
What do you think?

800
00:55:49,458 --> 00:55:51,875
A human mind is as mysterious

801
00:55:52,500 --> 00:55:55,291
as the whole universe.

802
00:55:55,708 --> 00:56:00,125
Nobody knows the infinite secrets
that are hidden within.

803
00:56:00,208 --> 00:56:03,625
Human consciousness
is an ocean full of secrets.

804
00:56:04,291 --> 00:56:07,458
How do you propose we unearth
the secrets of Vasu's mind?

805
00:56:09,333 --> 00:56:11,666
We can try clinical hypnosis on him.

806
00:56:11,750 --> 00:56:12,791
Hypnosis?

807
00:56:13,125 --> 00:56:15,125
Yeah. With hypnotherapy,

808
00:56:15,291 --> 00:56:18,333
there is a chance to know what happens
inside Vasu's brain

809
00:56:18,458 --> 00:56:19,666
during those blackouts.

810
00:56:21,291 --> 00:56:23,375
Okay, ma'am. One final request.

811
00:56:24,416 --> 00:56:26,166
This is a sensitive case.

812
00:56:26,291 --> 00:56:28,666
So I urge you to deal
with this matter personally.

813
00:56:28,750 --> 00:56:29,666
Sure.

814
00:56:34,208 --> 00:56:35,958
Our print sales are declined by 23...

815
00:56:36,041 --> 00:56:37,125
Excuse us.

816
00:56:37,458 --> 00:56:38,583
He is out on bail.

817
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:40,458
Also, he passed the lie detection test.

818
00:56:47,291 --> 00:56:48,250
Uncle!

819
00:56:59,333 --> 00:57:00,916
Is it Shyam's story?

820
00:57:01,541 --> 00:57:02,458
Yes, Uncle.

821
00:57:15,958 --> 00:57:16,833
Sit.

822
00:57:35,583 --> 00:57:36,583
Hi, Vasu.

823
00:57:37,416 --> 00:57:39,000
From our conversation,

824
00:57:39,791 --> 00:57:43,041
I have noted down the dates
when you experienced those blackouts.

825
00:57:46,375 --> 00:57:48,833
Vasu, I'm going to start
the procedure now.

826
00:58:04,583 --> 00:58:06,041
Just relax.

827
00:58:06,958 --> 00:58:08,708
Take a deep breath in.

828
00:58:09,125 --> 00:58:12,250
Inhale and exhale all your worries out.

829
00:58:15,375 --> 00:58:18,041
Follow my voice and look at the monitor.

830
00:58:30,666 --> 00:58:33,083
This book is your life.

831
00:58:36,500 --> 00:58:38,708
Do you know today's date?

832
00:58:42,125 --> 00:58:44,208
August 17th.

833
00:58:49,625 --> 00:58:52,708
Do you remember the day
when you were arrested?

834
00:58:54,125 --> 00:58:55,833
Last Thursday.

835
00:59:02,958 --> 00:59:04,791
When was your film released?

836
00:59:06,541 --> 00:59:07,708
July 7th.

837
00:59:18,375 --> 00:59:19,250
Vasu.

838
00:59:20,458 --> 00:59:21,500
Vasu.

839
00:59:37,625 --> 00:59:39,333
Let's go a little back.

840
00:59:39,791 --> 00:59:42,958
Do you remember the date
when you finished your script?

841
00:59:45,958 --> 00:59:47,166
October 19th.

842
00:59:49,833 --> 00:59:51,583
Vasu, what happened on that day?

843
00:59:53,541 --> 00:59:55,375
I had to submit my script the next day.

844
00:59:57,708 --> 01:00:00,541
However hard I tried,
I wasn't able to write the climax.

845
01:00:01,291 --> 01:00:02,875
I felt a severe headache.

846
01:00:04,333 --> 01:00:05,708
I felt dizzy.

847
01:00:06,666 --> 01:00:09,416
My whole body felt very heavy.

848
01:00:13,625 --> 01:00:14,666
And?

849
01:00:20,791 --> 01:00:23,583
Come on, Vasu. Try harder.
Try to remember.

850
01:00:29,625 --> 01:00:31,333
What happened after that?

851
01:00:31,416 --> 01:00:32,666
What did you do?

852
01:00:33,708 --> 01:00:35,791
Try hard, Vasu. You can do it.

853
01:01:10,250 --> 01:01:11,583
Rosie.

854
01:01:15,708 --> 01:01:16,791
Rosie?

855
01:01:27,541 --> 01:01:30,208
Who is Rosie? How is she related to you?

856
01:01:34,083 --> 01:01:35,625
My wife.

857
01:01:36,791 --> 01:01:37,791
Vasu?

858
01:01:39,291 --> 01:01:41,041
She's my wife.

859
01:01:49,500 --> 01:01:51,958
Did Rosie give you these Bengali books?

860
01:01:54,750 --> 01:01:56,833
These books were not published then.

861
01:01:59,166 --> 01:02:01,833
ASTITVA - NAXALBARI

862
01:02:03,125 --> 01:02:04,416
What do you mean?

863
01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:07,666
What year are we talking about?

864
01:02:09,208 --> 01:02:11,208
1969.

865
01:02:26,500 --> 01:02:28,083
What is your name?

866
01:02:45,666 --> 01:02:47,416
Shyam Singha Roy.

867
01:03:17,666 --> 01:03:23,291
1969, KALIKAPUR, WEST BENGAL,
MONTH OF ASHWAYUJA, RIVER GANGES

868
01:04:29,458 --> 01:04:30,833
Please give me some water.

869
01:04:31,875 --> 01:04:33,250
Sister, give me some water.

870
01:04:34,208 --> 01:04:35,541
Please give me some water.

871
01:04:40,916 --> 01:04:41,916
What's the matter?

872
01:04:43,083 --> 01:04:46,333
Why don't you go and fetch yourself
some water instead of asking everyone?

873
01:04:49,291 --> 01:04:51,500
We aren't supposed to touch the well, sir.

874
01:04:54,291 --> 01:04:55,583
Did the well forbid you?

875
01:04:56,916 --> 01:05:00,083
You can either wait for the rains,
or you can pluck up some courage.

876
01:05:11,500 --> 01:05:12,708
Hey, Shyam!

877
01:05:13,833 --> 01:05:15,083
He is a pariah.

878
01:05:15,166 --> 01:05:17,333
He cannot touch the water from the well.

879
01:05:17,833 --> 01:05:19,958
-What does that mean?
-He is beneath us.

880
01:05:22,416 --> 01:05:26,250
The water comes from the ground
which is beneath our feet.

881
01:05:26,541 --> 01:05:27,583
He is low caste.

882
01:05:27,666 --> 01:05:29,250
Shouldn't he get thirsty then?

883
01:05:30,583 --> 01:05:32,791
Water is not owned
by any particular caste.

884
01:05:33,916 --> 01:05:37,333
He was born and raised in this village.
He belongs to this very land.

885
01:05:38,166 --> 01:05:40,583
The same land grows the food
which your children eat.

886
01:05:40,958 --> 01:05:42,333
He is an untouchable.

887
01:05:42,416 --> 01:05:44,875
Then why are you walking
on the land that he walks on?

888
01:05:45,583 --> 01:05:48,958
Why are you breathing the same air
that he breathes? Stop breathing!

889
01:05:51,125 --> 01:05:54,541
Land, air, and water
are life-preserving resources.

890
01:05:54,958 --> 01:05:56,708
They don't abide by the evil caste system.

891
01:05:57,500 --> 01:05:59,541
You can't impose caste hierarchy anymore.

892
01:06:00,791 --> 01:06:04,000
This isn't the age of Rigveda.
We now live in independent India.

893
01:06:05,250 --> 01:06:07,333
An Ambedkar has arrived here!

894
01:06:07,500 --> 01:06:10,500
You can write these ideas in your books.
Maybe we read them sometime.

895
01:06:10,583 --> 01:06:13,083
If you dare touch the water,

896
01:06:13,166 --> 01:06:15,000
we will burn down your hut,

897
01:06:15,083 --> 01:06:17,000
and then, we'll skin you alive.

898
01:06:17,416 --> 01:06:20,000
Sir, we don't want water.

899
01:06:20,083 --> 01:06:21,208
We will go away.

900
01:06:22,125 --> 01:06:23,208
We will go away.

901
01:06:58,166 --> 01:06:59,875
Now, this well is untouchable as well.

902
01:07:00,500 --> 01:07:01,625
This belongs to him.

903
01:07:03,333 --> 01:07:04,958
Those who are thirsty
can still draw water from here.

904
01:07:06,291 --> 01:07:08,375
Those who want to abide by caste
can die of thirst.

905
01:07:14,625 --> 01:07:16,541
Before you go near his hut,

906
01:07:17,500 --> 01:07:20,708
do keep in mind
that I know where your house is.

907
01:07:22,458 --> 01:07:23,416
Beware!

908
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:32,958
Very good.

909
01:07:33,041 --> 01:07:34,083
Well done, comrade.

910
01:07:41,416 --> 01:07:43,083
Friend, come and join us.

911
01:07:45,041 --> 01:07:46,833
One bullet can kill only one person.

912
01:07:47,416 --> 01:07:50,000
Whereas one written word can mobilize
millions of people.

913
01:08:12,541 --> 01:08:16,625
"The sky is covered with clouds
and the sun has gone down."

914
01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:20,708
"Kuku went to fetch water
from the Padma Dighi sector."

915
01:08:21,208 --> 01:08:22,916
It's Padma riverbank.

916
01:08:24,041 --> 01:08:25,458
Padma...

917
01:08:26,041 --> 01:08:27,041
Riverbank.

918
01:08:29,375 --> 01:08:31,916
Your father taught me this song
when I was your age.

919
01:08:33,125 --> 01:08:34,875
I'd sit on his lap and learn.

920
01:08:36,083 --> 01:08:38,833
Now it's my responsibility
to pass it on to you guys.

921
01:08:41,333 --> 01:08:42,916
What have you done this time, Shyam?

922
01:08:44,041 --> 01:08:46,041
Your brother is very angry with you.

923
01:08:47,333 --> 01:08:48,375
What did I do?

924
01:08:48,916 --> 01:08:50,958
Have I done something?

925
01:08:51,208 --> 01:08:55,166
Dadabhai is coming back from Kharagpur.
Be careful with him.

926
01:08:56,041 --> 01:08:59,416
No matter what he says to you,
don't talk back to him.

927
01:08:59,833 --> 01:09:01,375
Have some of this sacred food.

928
01:09:02,250 --> 01:09:04,166
Do not fight during the festivities.

929
01:09:04,250 --> 01:09:05,541
What's the matter?

930
01:09:07,083 --> 01:09:08,708
Is it about today's incident?

931
01:09:10,041 --> 01:09:11,375
Or yesterday's incident?

932
01:09:12,416 --> 01:09:14,416
Or about the one from the day before?

933
01:09:20,791 --> 01:09:21,833
Sit here.

934
01:09:27,875 --> 01:09:30,291
Do you realize what you are doing?

935
01:09:31,333 --> 01:09:33,000
You bring dishonor to our family.

936
01:09:33,458 --> 01:09:37,333
You threw a Dalit into the well.
Are you out of your mind?

937
01:09:37,416 --> 01:09:39,666
They will banish us from this village.

938
01:09:40,541 --> 01:09:42,166
Don't worry about that, brother.

939
01:09:43,083 --> 01:09:44,166
I'll leave this place.

940
01:09:47,333 --> 01:09:50,916
This is a place where some humans
are treated as filth by fellow humans.

941
01:09:51,166 --> 01:09:52,208
I can't stay here.

942
01:09:54,500 --> 01:09:55,333
Go away.

943
01:09:57,041 --> 01:09:59,625
Join those low-caste people
and dream of bringing a revolution.

944
01:09:59,916 --> 01:10:02,166
I've heard that you're mixing
with those armed revolutionaries.

945
01:10:06,125 --> 01:10:07,791
If I wanted to join them,

946
01:10:08,708 --> 01:10:10,500
I could find my way
to their base in the forest.

947
01:10:13,416 --> 01:10:14,625
My principles are different.

948
01:10:14,750 --> 01:10:18,125
Your principles and books
are good for nothing.

949
01:10:18,875 --> 01:10:21,083
Selfishness is the hallmark of human life.

950
01:10:21,166 --> 01:10:24,083
I agree. Selfishness is a great virtue.

951
01:10:24,958 --> 01:10:27,166
You care for your family.
That's selfishness.

952
01:10:27,333 --> 01:10:30,083
I care about the world around me.
That's my selfishness.

953
01:10:37,833 --> 01:10:38,750
Shyam?

954
01:10:43,458 --> 01:10:45,583
Don't be upset that he hit you.
He's our elder brother.

955
01:10:47,208 --> 01:10:50,458
I am not upset with our brother.
I am upset about the society.

956
01:10:51,250 --> 01:10:54,458
It's not just one village,
this problem plagues the whole country.

957
01:10:54,875 --> 01:10:57,083
Only literature can bring about
a change in society.

958
01:10:57,583 --> 01:10:58,500
Shyam.

959
01:10:59,625 --> 01:11:01,916
I have to go. And I must write.

960
01:11:05,208 --> 01:11:07,541
Have you packed already?

961
01:11:10,041 --> 01:11:11,083
Don't tell anyone.

962
01:11:12,541 --> 01:11:16,291
I bought the ticket for the Howrah Express
three days ago.

963
01:11:16,666 --> 01:11:20,208
Festivities are going on.
Can't you wait until it is over?

964
01:11:24,125 --> 01:11:26,041
The festival will come again next year.

965
01:11:26,250 --> 01:11:27,833
Lost time will never come back.

966
01:11:28,541 --> 01:11:29,916
Anyway, I'm an atheist.

967
01:11:31,041 --> 01:11:33,375
I'll leave at midnight
when everyone is asleep.

968
01:11:36,083 --> 01:11:39,083
Please ask sister-in-law
to pack me some rasgullas.

969
01:11:56,125 --> 01:11:57,166
Shyam.

970
01:12:24,583 --> 01:12:25,875
Quit smoking.

971
01:12:27,375 --> 01:12:29,083
It's empty now. I've quit it.

972
01:12:30,583 --> 01:12:33,333
Be careful.
Write us a letter as soon as you reach.

973
01:12:47,458 --> 01:12:48,416
Hey!

974
01:12:57,833 --> 01:12:59,500
Do you know where the boatman is?

975
01:13:00,208 --> 01:13:02,166
It's the first day
of Navaratri festivities.

976
01:13:03,416 --> 01:13:05,708
He must be in the temple
along with the others.

977
01:13:57,416 --> 01:14:02,708
<i>The protector of life</i>

978
01:14:03,083 --> 01:14:09,000
<i>The ruler of the universe</i>

979
01:14:09,083 --> 01:14:14,125
<i>Goddess Sridevi seated on a lotus</i>

980
01:14:15,541 --> 01:14:21,291
<i>Shower us with your compassion</i>

981
01:14:24,791 --> 01:14:27,083
<i>With magical steps</i>

982
01:14:27,166 --> 01:14:32,666
<i>The soul dances to the tunes</i>

983
01:14:33,500 --> 01:14:39,416
<i>In sync with the multitude of names</i>

984
01:14:39,583 --> 01:14:43,833
<i>Pour your blessings over me</i>

985
01:15:16,625 --> 01:15:21,333
<i>My thoughts</i>

986
01:15:22,916 --> 01:15:27,833
<i>Should forever pay tributes to you</i>

987
01:15:28,958 --> 01:15:33,875
<i>The anguish within me</i>

988
01:15:35,166 --> 01:15:39,458
<i>Needs to be soothed</i>
<i>with your gentle affection</i>

989
01:15:41,291 --> 01:15:47,166
<i>I placed you in the temple of my body</i>

990
01:15:47,583 --> 01:15:53,541
<i>My life is dedicated to your service</i>

991
01:15:53,625 --> 01:15:59,625
<i>I saw you in every sacrifice</i>
<i>and every suffering</i>

992
01:16:00,083 --> 01:16:04,166
<i>I've chanted only your name all my life</i>

993
01:16:09,458 --> 01:16:12,083
<i>With magical steps</i>

994
01:16:12,250 --> 01:16:17,500
<i>The soul dances to the tunes</i>

995
01:16:18,250 --> 01:16:23,875
<i>In sync with the multitude of names</i>

996
01:16:23,958 --> 01:16:28,458
<i>Pour your blessings over me</i>

997
01:16:30,125 --> 01:16:33,375
<i>I seek your refuge,</i>

998
01:16:33,458 --> 01:16:37,000
<i>O Goddess of art</i>

999
01:16:37,125 --> 01:16:42,458
<i>The ruler of the world</i>

1000
01:16:42,541 --> 01:16:45,958
<i>Aren't you the protector</i>

1001
01:16:46,083 --> 01:16:49,250
<i>Of those who are vulnerable?</i>

1002
01:16:49,333 --> 01:16:54,250
<i>Please respond to my prayers</i>

1003
01:17:30,291 --> 01:17:33,333
Bro, are you looking for me?
It's getting late. Let's go.

1004
01:17:35,541 --> 01:17:36,666
Girls, move quickly.

1005
01:17:36,875 --> 01:17:38,875
There is a crowd behind us. Move quickly.

1006
01:17:42,291 --> 01:17:43,916
You danced very well.

1007
01:17:47,833 --> 01:17:51,125
-Move...
-Please bless my child.

1008
01:17:52,500 --> 01:17:53,583
Move it.

1009
01:17:54,041 --> 01:17:55,166
Girls, don't be late.

1010
01:18:06,791 --> 01:18:08,208
Come on.

1011
01:18:23,208 --> 01:18:24,750
Bro, let's go.

1012
01:18:26,250 --> 01:18:27,875
Why are they taking them inside?

1013
01:18:28,333 --> 01:18:30,750
They are devadasis
who migrated from Bangladesh.

1014
01:18:30,916 --> 01:18:32,708
The wives of the deity.

1015
01:18:32,916 --> 01:18:34,833
No man is supposed
to lay his eyes on them.

1016
01:18:34,916 --> 01:18:36,708
They are held captive in there.

1017
01:18:36,791 --> 01:18:39,708
They come to the temple to dance,
and then again go back.

1018
01:18:39,875 --> 01:18:42,208
They offer many services inside.

1019
01:18:42,291 --> 01:18:45,541
They entertain and satisfy the deity
with their dance and whatnot.

1020
01:18:52,416 --> 01:18:53,500
Hey, wait!

1021
01:19:02,666 --> 01:19:05,041
Look, girls. All of you get up.

1022
01:19:05,208 --> 01:19:06,583
Stand in a line.

1023
01:19:06,916 --> 01:19:08,291
Mahant is here.

1024
01:19:44,708 --> 01:19:45,541
That girl.

1025
01:20:02,291 --> 01:20:03,125
Look here.

1026
01:20:03,875 --> 01:20:05,958
Get her ready soon.

1027
01:20:06,125 --> 01:20:08,166
If it's delayed, I will see to your end.

1028
01:20:41,291 --> 01:20:42,500
Faster. Move.

1029
01:20:43,583 --> 01:20:46,083
There are people following us.
Come on, move fast.

1030
01:20:46,583 --> 01:20:47,458
What happened?

1031
01:20:48,125 --> 01:20:49,125
Move your feet.

1032
01:20:53,333 --> 01:20:55,000
Quickly. What are you looking at?

1033
01:20:55,625 --> 01:20:58,416
Girls, get in quickly.

1034
01:21:01,958 --> 01:21:03,333
You dance beautifully.

1035
01:21:05,458 --> 01:21:06,708
I need to talk to you.

1036
01:21:08,250 --> 01:21:09,833
Will you come out with me?

1037
01:21:12,708 --> 01:21:13,958
What's your name?

1038
01:21:14,583 --> 01:21:17,000
Hey, Maitreyi! Come, move it.

1039
01:21:19,333 --> 01:21:22,666
Come on, make it fast.
What are you looking at?

1040
01:21:22,750 --> 01:21:23,791
Maitreyi.

1041
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:25,166
Come.

1042
01:21:50,750 --> 01:21:53,166
What's the matter?
Why aren't you asleep yet?

1043
01:21:53,833 --> 01:21:55,041
What are you thinking?

1044
01:21:56,458 --> 01:21:59,500
Shashi, do you know
what happened out there?

1045
01:22:00,208 --> 01:22:02,500
A guy asked me to go out with him.

1046
01:22:02,791 --> 01:22:03,750
Go out?

1047
01:22:05,125 --> 01:22:07,291
I mean, to go outside the temple.

1048
01:22:07,958 --> 01:22:10,000
-Are you serious?
-Hush!

1049
01:22:10,916 --> 01:22:11,875
Yes.

1050
01:22:12,416 --> 01:22:13,833
Are you going?

1051
01:22:14,291 --> 01:22:15,541
Going where?

1052
01:22:17,291 --> 01:22:18,833
You know we can't do that.

1053
01:22:20,208 --> 01:22:22,791
How dare he ask me to go out with him!

1054
01:22:25,083 --> 01:22:29,000
He must have considered us normal humans.

1055
01:22:30,375 --> 01:22:34,666
Had I been in your place,
I would've gone away with him right then.

1056
01:22:35,375 --> 01:22:37,500
Of course, you would.

1057
01:22:38,333 --> 01:22:42,875
If someone listens to our conversation,
we will be punished and locked up.

1058
01:22:42,958 --> 01:22:44,083
Go to sleep.

1059
01:22:49,541 --> 01:22:52,500
Anyway, how can we go out with a stranger?

1060
01:22:54,625 --> 01:22:57,791
Higher! Higher!

1061
01:22:59,291 --> 01:23:02,958
Didn't you leave for Kolkata
to write your books?

1062
01:23:03,750 --> 01:23:07,583
What's the hurry?
Let the nine-day festivities get over.

1063
01:23:08,416 --> 01:23:10,791
Since when did you turn into a theist?

1064
01:23:11,291 --> 01:23:12,500
It's not theism.

1065
01:23:16,750 --> 01:23:17,666
It's love.

1066
01:23:17,750 --> 01:23:20,041
THIRD NIGHT

1067
01:23:20,125 --> 01:23:23,333
Thus Binodini, a devadasi,

1068
01:23:24,666 --> 01:23:29,291
spent her entire life in the temple

1069
01:23:29,375 --> 01:23:32,500
and attained the path to heaven.

1070
01:23:32,583 --> 01:23:33,666
Didn't Binodini

1071
01:23:35,708 --> 01:23:37,833
ever step out of the temple threshold?

1072
01:23:38,666 --> 01:23:39,500
No.

1073
01:23:41,583 --> 01:23:42,541
Why?

1074
01:23:42,625 --> 01:23:45,708
It is our culture, a devadasi,
wife of a deity,

1075
01:23:45,875 --> 01:23:48,000
is not supposed to leave
the shelter of God.

1076
01:23:48,333 --> 01:23:50,416
Isn't this whole world a shelter of God?

1077
01:23:51,291 --> 01:23:53,000
So, what's wrong if they come out?

1078
01:23:53,750 --> 01:23:55,041
Poor Binodini!

1079
01:23:55,666 --> 01:23:59,333
She could never experience the beauty
of this world, which your God created.

1080
01:23:59,625 --> 01:24:02,041
Instead of living a 100 years as a slave,

1081
01:24:02,583 --> 01:24:05,375
living one day as a free human being
is more meaningful.

1082
01:24:12,625 --> 01:24:15,416
Everyone, come and take the sacred food.

1083
01:24:32,166 --> 01:24:33,750
Come to the south entrance at 10 pm.

1084
01:24:35,041 --> 01:24:36,208
I'll be waiting for you.

1085
01:26:43,708 --> 01:26:45,625
I thought you must have left.

1086
01:26:45,958 --> 01:26:47,041
I knew you would come.

1087
01:26:48,416 --> 01:26:49,833
I don't want to go out.

1088
01:26:51,750 --> 01:26:53,916
I came here to see
if you were really waiting here.

1089
01:26:55,458 --> 01:26:56,375
Okay.

1090
01:27:16,750 --> 01:27:17,666
Come.

1091
01:27:34,791 --> 01:27:35,708
Maitreyi!

1092
01:27:36,583 --> 01:27:38,083
That's the name the temple gave you.

1093
01:27:39,041 --> 01:27:40,708
What's the name your parents gave you?

1094
01:27:42,250 --> 01:27:44,250
I'll have to ask them if I ever meet them.

1095
01:27:49,000 --> 01:27:51,291
How do you know Telugu?

1096
01:27:52,333 --> 01:27:55,791
The teachers from Andhra taught me
Kuchipudi dance and Telugu.

1097
01:27:56,083 --> 01:27:58,458
I learned Tamil along with Bharatanatyam.

1098
01:27:58,541 --> 01:28:00,375
I learned Malayalam
along with Mohiniyattam.

1099
01:28:00,458 --> 01:28:03,125
Also, I know Odiya, Assamese,
and Sanskrit too.

1100
01:28:03,666 --> 01:28:05,166
Do you know how to row a boat?

1101
01:28:07,625 --> 01:28:08,583
No.

1102
01:28:11,000 --> 01:28:11,916
I'll teach you.

1103
01:28:13,458 --> 01:28:14,291
Hold this.

1104
01:28:28,375 --> 01:28:30,875
There are two ways to do
any activity in this world.

1105
01:28:31,000 --> 01:28:32,000
One, with fear.

1106
01:28:32,416 --> 01:28:33,333
And the other...

1107
01:28:38,250 --> 01:28:39,375
With love.

1108
01:28:58,750 --> 01:29:01,958
Just like the way you dance.

1109
01:29:14,083 --> 01:29:15,291
What do you do?

1110
01:29:19,041 --> 01:29:20,083
I'm a writer.

1111
01:29:21,083 --> 01:29:21,916
I write.

1112
01:29:22,916 --> 01:29:24,041
What do you write?

1113
01:29:25,958 --> 01:29:27,791
The things I need to tell this world.

1114
01:29:29,916 --> 01:29:32,166
How will you tell this world about me?

1115
01:29:36,208 --> 01:29:37,250
Milky cheeks...

1116
01:29:38,291 --> 01:29:40,583
The skin that radiates a golden glow...

1117
01:29:41,583 --> 01:29:43,666
The eyes that resemble a child in fear...

1118
01:29:44,666 --> 01:29:46,083
Flowy hair...

1119
01:29:46,916 --> 01:29:49,083
The figure,
that of a finely chiseled sculpture...

1120
01:29:49,208 --> 01:29:50,541
Dances like a peacock...

1121
01:29:51,208 --> 01:29:53,791
A maiden who never tasted
the love of her parents...

1122
01:29:55,333 --> 01:29:57,208
Living in companionship with a rock...

1123
01:29:58,041 --> 01:30:00,583
Though the body has been violated
in the name of God,

1124
01:30:03,333 --> 01:30:05,875
yet the heart is filled with holiness.

1125
01:30:12,458 --> 01:30:14,833
It's almost dawn.

1126
01:30:15,666 --> 01:30:17,958
I have to go. Please take me back.

1127
01:30:18,875 --> 01:30:21,041
Time just flies by while talking with you.

1128
01:30:31,791 --> 01:30:33,958
By the way, what's your name?

1129
01:30:35,375 --> 01:30:36,250
Shyam.

1130
01:30:36,541 --> 01:30:37,708
Shyam Singha Roy.

1131
01:30:52,083 --> 01:30:53,916
FOURTH NIGHT

1132
01:30:54,583 --> 01:31:00,041
<i>Two star-crossed lovers</i>

1133
01:31:00,250 --> 01:31:05,750
<i>Brought together</i>
<i>by this resplendent moonlight</i>

1134
01:31:06,958 --> 01:31:12,500
<i>Despite a great distance between us</i>

1135
01:31:12,625 --> 01:31:17,291
<i>We meet on this riverbank</i>

1136
01:31:17,541 --> 01:31:20,208
<i>Opening the curtains of midnight</i>

1137
01:31:20,583 --> 01:31:24,708
<i>While this river was deep asleep</i>

1138
01:31:25,000 --> 01:31:28,583
<i>You emerged like a dream</i>
<i>That I never saw before</i>

1139
01:31:29,083 --> 01:31:33,375
<i>The glimmer in her eyes,</i>
<i>The shimmer on her cheeks</i>

1140
01:31:33,625 --> 01:31:36,375
<i>The jingle in her ankle bells</i>

1141
01:31:36,458 --> 01:31:39,583
<i>A dream never seen before</i>

1142
01:31:51,291 --> 01:31:54,125
<i>Mesmerized by the beauty of this love</i>

1143
01:31:54,333 --> 01:31:56,958
<i>This autumn night has become envious of us</i>

1144
01:31:57,166 --> 01:32:00,750
<i>The purest form of art</i>
<i>in her glittering eyes</i>

1145
01:32:00,833 --> 01:32:02,583
<i>Casts a spell</i>

1146
01:32:02,791 --> 01:32:05,541
<i>Her beauty is unrivaled</i>

1147
01:32:05,625 --> 01:32:08,291
<i>Nothing can ever surpass it</i>

1148
01:32:08,583 --> 01:32:14,500
<i>Perhaps she is the image</i>
<i>of all this is beautiful in this creation</i>

1149
01:32:14,583 --> 01:32:18,916
<i>As beautiful as the place</i>
<i>where the sky meets the earth</i>

1150
01:32:22,333 --> 01:32:24,625
FIFTH NIGHT

1151
01:32:24,708 --> 01:32:27,208
He is Manoj Singha Roy,
my third elder brother.

1152
01:32:28,166 --> 01:32:31,291
My eldest brother is like a father figure,
whereas he is like a mother to me.

1153
01:32:32,875 --> 01:32:34,083
This is my friend.

1154
01:32:34,208 --> 01:32:35,083
Hello.

1155
01:32:35,166 --> 01:32:36,375
Who are you related to?

1156
01:32:37,541 --> 01:32:38,541
She is related to God.

1157
01:32:39,625 --> 01:32:41,416
SIXTH NIGHT

1158
01:33:04,166 --> 01:33:05,125
She is...

1159
01:33:09,916 --> 01:33:15,208
<i>Ripping away the screen,</i>
<i>I'm looking at the beaming beauty</i>

1160
01:33:15,375 --> 01:33:18,041
<i>Breaking away all boundaries</i>

1161
01:33:18,166 --> 01:33:20,666
<i>Darkness meets light</i>

1162
01:33:21,375 --> 01:33:26,250
<i>The starry night looks at her in amazement</i>

1163
01:33:26,333 --> 01:33:31,708
<i>The jubilation of my soul knows no bounds</i>

1164
01:33:32,166 --> 01:33:37,333
<i>The inception of this story was</i>
<i>predestined on the eve of Navaratri</i>

1165
01:33:37,875 --> 01:33:40,500
<i>The silence turns</i>
<i>Into affectionate memories</i>

1166
01:33:40,583 --> 01:33:43,333
<i>Turn into delightful poetry</i>

1167
01:33:43,416 --> 01:33:49,083
<i>And shows glimpse of all the stories</i>
<i>Yet to be written</i>

1168
01:33:49,166 --> 01:33:53,500
The glimmer in her eyes,
The shimmer on her cheeks

1169
01:33:53,708 --> 01:33:56,458
<i>The jingle of her ankle bells</i>

1170
01:33:56,583 --> 01:33:59,458
<i>A dream never seen before</i>

1171
01:33:59,833 --> 01:34:02,791
<i>Mesmerized by the beauty of this love</i>

1172
01:34:02,916 --> 01:34:05,708
<i>This autumn night has become envious of us</i>

1173
01:34:05,875 --> 01:34:09,583
<i>The purest form of art</i>
<i>In her glittering eyes</i>

1174
01:34:09,708 --> 01:34:11,208
<i>Casts a spell</i>

1175
01:34:11,500 --> 01:34:14,250
<i>Her beauty is unrivaled</i>

1176
01:34:14,333 --> 01:34:17,125
<i>Nothing can ever surpass it</i>

1177
01:34:17,208 --> 01:34:21,458
<i>Perhaps she is the image</i>
<i>of all that is beautiful in this creation</i>

1178
01:34:21,541 --> 01:34:22,500
Shyam...

1179
01:34:23,125 --> 01:34:27,791
You're like a rose that spreads beauty
and bliss while surrounded by thorns.

1180
01:34:33,666 --> 01:34:35,083
Today onwards your name is...

1181
01:34:37,541 --> 01:34:38,500
Rosie!

1182
01:34:38,833 --> 01:34:42,791
<i>As beautiful as the place</i>
<i>where the sky meets the earth</i>

1183
01:34:44,375 --> 01:34:45,291
Rosie!

1184
01:34:47,166 --> 01:34:51,375
<i>The glimmer in her eyes,</i>
<i>The shimmer on her cheeks</i>

1185
01:34:51,458 --> 01:34:54,208
<i>The jingle of her ankle bells</i>

1186
01:34:54,583 --> 01:34:57,833
<i>A dream never seen before</i>

1187
01:35:12,875 --> 01:35:15,833
NINTH NIGHT

1188
01:38:24,083 --> 01:38:25,375
Come away with me, Rosie.

1189
01:38:28,125 --> 01:38:29,666
I come out with you every day.

1190
01:38:33,458 --> 01:38:34,416
Not like this.

1191
01:38:35,375 --> 01:38:38,250
Get out of this captivity
and come into my life.

1192
01:38:39,125 --> 01:38:40,458
Come to Kolkata with me.

1193
01:38:41,791 --> 01:38:44,625
We shall get married
and start a new life together.

1194
01:38:47,333 --> 01:38:52,000
Shyam, don't forget that I am a devadasi.

1195
01:38:53,916 --> 01:38:55,791
A woman is a slave to none.

1196
01:38:57,958 --> 01:39:00,625
And the one who desires enslavement
can never be God.

1197
01:39:02,000 --> 01:39:04,333
This is human slavery
under the guise of God.

1198
01:39:05,333 --> 01:39:06,291
Forget it.

1199
01:39:08,708 --> 01:39:10,250
Tell me, are you happy?

1200
01:39:11,375 --> 01:39:12,625
Do you want to live like a slave?

1201
01:39:15,208 --> 01:39:18,625
There are no other festivities
in my life except these nine nights.

1202
01:39:21,500 --> 01:39:23,500
Nobody wishes to lead such a life.

1203
01:39:24,375 --> 01:39:27,750
We live it out thinking
this is what destiny has in store for us.

1204
01:39:30,291 --> 01:39:32,750
Nothing is superior to one's self-respect.

1205
01:39:33,875 --> 01:39:36,750
There is nothing wrong in standing up
for what is right.

1206
01:39:38,416 --> 01:39:40,291
Only cowards talk about destiny.

1207
01:39:40,750 --> 01:39:42,583
Why do you undermine your own value?

1208
01:39:42,666 --> 01:39:43,625
Ridiculous!

1209
01:39:44,083 --> 01:39:46,166
How can I say what my worth is?

1210
01:39:48,791 --> 01:39:53,500
My life was bartered for a sack of rice,
that is my worth.

1211
01:39:55,750 --> 01:39:58,333
A sculpture in that temple
is worthier than me.

1212
01:40:01,583 --> 01:40:04,958
Your worth cannot be determined by
any one, no matter who they are.

1213
01:40:05,041 --> 01:40:08,250
It is what you believe,
the belief that you have in yourself.

1214
01:40:11,041 --> 01:40:12,875
Can I survive in the outside world?

1215
01:40:15,041 --> 01:40:17,708
Will this society accept me
if I leave the temple?

1216
01:40:18,458 --> 01:40:19,416
Tell me.

1217
01:40:21,583 --> 01:40:23,458
Have you heard about MS Subbalakshmi?

1218
01:40:24,083 --> 01:40:25,375
She was a devadasi too.

1219
01:40:25,833 --> 01:40:27,875
But today she is a Padma Bhushan awardee.

1220
01:40:28,166 --> 01:40:31,416
Balasaraswathi,
the greatest Bharatanatyam dancer in India

1221
01:40:32,583 --> 01:40:34,083
belongs to a devadasi family.

1222
01:40:34,833 --> 01:40:38,208
You have mastered
the art of classical dance.

1223
01:40:41,625 --> 01:40:44,666
I am with you, and always will be.

1224
01:40:46,041 --> 01:40:47,375
You can have a life that you desire.

1225
01:40:48,041 --> 01:40:49,833
You need not fear anyone.

1226
01:40:50,625 --> 01:40:51,958
Tomorrow is <i>Vijayadashami</i>.

1227
01:40:52,833 --> 01:40:54,375
I'll be waiting for you.

1228
01:40:55,833 --> 01:40:59,250
Across this river,
there is a world awaiting our arrival.

1229
01:41:11,166 --> 01:41:16,541
VIJAYADASHAMI

1230
01:42:19,750 --> 01:42:23,583
Careful, hold this. Over here.

1231
01:42:24,000 --> 01:42:26,333
Oh, God. You are so badly injured.

1232
01:42:28,416 --> 01:42:29,541
I'm so sorry for this.

1233
01:42:32,500 --> 01:42:34,125
Here...

1234
01:42:34,208 --> 01:42:35,083
Careful.

1235
01:42:50,791 --> 01:42:51,875
What happened?

1236
01:42:54,416 --> 01:42:55,333
What happened?

1237
01:43:01,083 --> 01:43:02,041
Be careful.

1238
01:43:06,833 --> 01:43:08,833
Girls, where are you?

1239
01:43:10,291 --> 01:43:11,166
Come fast.

1240
01:43:11,791 --> 01:43:13,125
Mahant is here.

1241
01:43:16,791 --> 01:43:19,000
Come, stand in line.

1242
01:43:20,041 --> 01:43:21,000
Come fast.

1243
01:43:40,708 --> 01:43:41,541
That girl.

1244
01:43:59,583 --> 01:44:01,541
Let go of me. I won't come.

1245
01:44:01,666 --> 01:44:03,083
Leave me, I won't come.

1246
01:44:07,166 --> 01:44:08,333
I won't go.

1247
01:44:09,083 --> 01:44:10,375
I don't want to go.

1248
01:44:23,291 --> 01:44:24,375
We won't come.

1249
01:44:26,958 --> 01:44:28,041
We won't come.

1250
01:44:30,791 --> 01:44:32,291
We are wives of God.

1251
01:44:33,333 --> 01:44:35,000
It means, we are like goddesses.

1252
01:44:35,916 --> 01:44:39,000
We are not sculptures
that anyone can lay hands on.

1253
01:44:41,500 --> 01:44:42,583
We are human beings.

1254
01:44:45,041 --> 01:44:46,416
Nobody owns us.

1255
01:44:50,000 --> 01:44:51,208
Not even the God.

1256
01:45:04,333 --> 01:45:05,916
How dare you speak against me!

1257
01:45:25,250 --> 01:45:28,375
You are not a slave of God,
but you're a slave of mine.

1258
01:46:06,666 --> 01:46:09,125
Mahant's word is always final.

1259
01:46:51,083 --> 01:46:53,375
Go from that side.

1260
01:46:54,041 --> 01:46:55,041
Go from that side.

1261
01:46:58,916 --> 01:46:59,875
Hey! Move fast.

1262
01:47:46,375 --> 01:47:47,625
Who the hell are you?

1263
01:47:50,458 --> 01:47:51,791
How dare you!

1264
01:50:05,666 --> 01:50:06,625
Catch him.

1265
01:50:09,000 --> 01:50:10,458
Don't let him get away.

1266
01:51:21,416 --> 01:51:24,000
Every woman is as sacred
as a temple sanctum.

1267
01:51:24,291 --> 01:51:28,041
What should be done to the wild dog
that contaminates a temple sanctum?

1268
01:51:46,791 --> 01:51:48,708
A woman is not a slave to anyone.

1269
01:51:49,708 --> 01:51:52,666
Not even to God.

1270
01:51:54,916 --> 01:51:56,000
Beware!

1271
01:52:28,333 --> 01:52:29,291
Get down.

1272
01:52:29,375 --> 01:52:31,166
Come on, get down.

1273
01:52:33,625 --> 01:52:34,750
DAINIK BANGLA

1274
01:52:59,000 --> 01:53:01,583
ROYAL PRESS PROP. SAYAN SARKAR

1275
01:53:09,333 --> 01:53:10,333
Yes?

1276
01:53:10,416 --> 01:53:11,791
I need some work.

1277
01:53:18,166 --> 01:53:20,000
I can give you a job without pay.

1278
01:53:21,208 --> 01:53:23,208
But I will take care of food
and accommodation.

1279
01:53:24,166 --> 01:53:25,750
In that case, we are two people.

1280
01:53:34,375 --> 01:53:35,208
Oh.

1281
01:54:23,250 --> 01:54:26,750
Grandpa asked me to give this to you.

1282
01:54:40,791 --> 01:54:42,083
They'll be here in an hour.

1283
01:54:44,166 --> 01:54:45,291
I don't know how to cook.

1284
01:54:57,083 --> 01:54:59,333
Can I have one more rasgulla?

1285
01:55:04,458 --> 01:55:06,458
-Do you want to learn to dance?
-Yes.

1286
01:56:26,791 --> 01:56:30,916
You can never bear a child.

1287
01:56:32,458 --> 01:56:33,833
I'm very sorry.

1288
01:56:39,041 --> 01:56:40,333
Why do you need kids?

1289
01:56:42,625 --> 01:56:43,750
Am I not enough?

1290
01:57:01,708 --> 01:57:04,708
Type this and compose
the rest of the text.

1291
01:57:05,125 --> 01:57:06,291
I'll check it.

1292
01:57:06,416 --> 01:57:07,333
Sir.

1293
01:57:08,625 --> 01:57:12,666
I have written an article on the topic
that you've been working on.

1294
01:57:13,250 --> 01:57:14,583
Would you like to see it once?

1295
01:57:15,625 --> 01:57:16,583
Show me.

1296
01:57:24,791 --> 01:57:26,375
What nonsense have you written?

1297
01:57:26,458 --> 01:57:28,541
You can't just write
whatever comes to your mind.

1298
01:57:35,041 --> 01:57:36,333
Print this one.

1299
01:57:56,500 --> 01:57:58,250
You are a great writer.

1300
01:57:58,833 --> 01:58:04,041
And I take full responsibility of printing
your first book.

1301
01:58:05,000 --> 01:58:06,000
Thank you.

1302
01:58:10,916 --> 01:58:14,375
<i>He is the personification of literature</i>

1303
01:58:15,416 --> 01:58:19,083
<i>That which is born out of the paper</i>

1304
01:58:19,750 --> 01:58:23,791
<i>To annihilate the injustice in this world</i>

1305
01:58:24,708 --> 01:58:29,791
<i>The pen which has The sharpness of a sword</i>

1306
01:58:30,958 --> 01:58:32,791
<i>He is Shyam Singha Roy</i>

1307
01:58:32,875 --> 01:58:35,541
<i>He is a raging tempest</i>

1308
01:58:37,708 --> 01:58:39,833
<i>His struggle is a retaliation</i>
<i>against injustice</i>

1309
01:58:39,916 --> 01:58:41,916
ASTITVA

1310
01:58:42,000 --> 01:58:44,500
<i>Nothing can suppress his intelligence</i>

1311
01:58:44,583 --> 01:58:46,291
ASTITVA

1312
01:58:51,041 --> 01:58:52,791
Hey, congratulations!

1313
01:58:53,291 --> 01:58:54,583
The book became a huge success.

1314
01:59:03,208 --> 01:59:07,041
<i>His writing creates quite a stir</i>

1315
01:59:07,791 --> 01:59:11,291
<i>He strives to seek the truth</i>

1316
01:59:12,208 --> 01:59:15,916
<i>He fights for the welfare of people</i>

1317
01:59:17,375 --> 01:59:20,125
We're arresting you for writing
against the government.

1318
01:59:20,708 --> 01:59:22,666
Red salute to the revolutionaries!

1319
01:59:22,958 --> 01:59:27,041
<i>Every printed page</i>
<i>carries his struggle forward</i>

1320
01:59:27,125 --> 01:59:28,041
Start printing.

1321
01:59:28,125 --> 01:59:30,875
<i>He wages a war of words</i>
<i>with the cruelest of rulers</i>

1322
01:59:34,875 --> 01:59:36,833
<i>Shyam Singha Roy</i>

1323
01:59:37,083 --> 01:59:39,458
<i>He is a raging tempest</i>

1324
01:59:39,541 --> 01:59:41,625
<i>Shyam Singha Roy</i>

1325
01:59:41,708 --> 01:59:43,833
<i>To annihilate the injustice in this world</i>

1326
01:59:43,916 --> 01:59:46,083
<i>Shyam Singha Roy</i>

1327
01:59:46,208 --> 01:59:48,666
<i>Nothing can suppress his intelligence</i>

1328
01:59:48,750 --> 01:59:50,083
<i>Shyam Singha Roy</i>

1329
01:59:55,208 --> 01:59:57,583
<i>He is a raging tempest</i>

1330
02:00:03,958 --> 02:00:05,000
Royalty checks.

1331
02:00:07,125 --> 02:00:09,625
Let's buy a piece of land
and build our own house.

1332
02:00:14,125 --> 02:00:15,375
What's the matter, Rosie?

1333
02:00:15,958 --> 02:00:19,583
I was lucky to find you
and I escaped from their captivity.

1334
02:00:20,708 --> 02:00:23,416
If there were 25 devadasis
in just one temple,

1335
02:00:23,500 --> 02:00:25,208
in temples across the nation,

1336
02:00:25,291 --> 02:00:28,250
just imagine how many devadasis
must be living under subjugation.

1337
02:00:28,333 --> 02:00:32,458
But society doesn't have
any regard for them.

1338
02:00:33,125 --> 02:00:35,291
Who will liberate them
from their struggles?

1339
02:00:35,375 --> 02:00:37,666
Who is responsible
for their children's future?

1340
02:00:50,666 --> 02:00:53,041
<i>If the pen becomes a weapon,</i>
<i>and if the ink says revolution</i>

1341
02:00:53,125 --> 02:00:55,416
<i>When the hyenas attack,</i>
<i>the society wins again</i>

1342
02:00:55,500 --> 02:00:57,291
<i>Beware!</i>
<i>They're always trying to put you down</i>

1343
02:00:57,375 --> 02:00:59,708
<i>The name has lion in it,</i>
<i>There is no way Shyam can lose</i>

1344
02:00:59,791 --> 02:01:02,041
<i>The ones who want to snatch your food,</i>
<i>they get scared</i>

1345
02:01:02,125 --> 02:01:04,291
TRAITOR

1346
02:01:04,375 --> 02:01:06,708
<i>He bleeds blue,</i>
<i>His slogans raise processions</i>

1347
02:01:06,791 --> 02:01:08,666
<i>His burning questions are loosening</i>
<i>The lock on temple doors</i>

1348
02:01:08,750 --> 02:01:13,541
<i>When Shyam walks on the road,</i>
<i>He teaches how to cross all boundaries</i>

1349
02:01:13,625 --> 02:01:18,541
<i>No one is a prisoner anymore,</i>
<i>It's a checkmate of the queens</i>

1350
02:01:18,625 --> 02:01:22,875
In a community where a woman
sells her flesh to feed herself,

1351
02:01:23,250 --> 02:01:25,291
all men from that community are impotent.

1352
02:01:26,458 --> 02:01:28,375
Women are not a commodity!

1353
02:01:28,958 --> 02:01:31,333
<i>He is a symbol of revolt</i>

1354
02:01:31,416 --> 02:01:35,458
<i>Who care if you're good or bad</i>

1355
02:01:35,541 --> 02:01:37,750
<i>Who knows no difference between races</i>

1356
02:01:37,833 --> 02:01:42,083
<i>Absolute freedom is your dream</i>

1357
02:01:42,666 --> 02:01:46,375
<i>None of your detractors or rivals</i>
<i>can harm you</i>

1358
02:01:46,750 --> 02:01:51,416
<i>No matter where a woman lives,</i>
<i>She continues to face subjugation</i>

1359
02:01:51,500 --> 02:01:55,791
<i>A woman is regarded as Goddess Kali,</i>
<i>But they are shackled by patriarchy</i>

1360
02:01:55,875 --> 02:01:59,333
<i>She owes her freedom to you</i>

1361
02:01:59,416 --> 02:02:01,666
<i>Shyam Singha Roy</i>

1362
02:02:01,750 --> 02:02:04,083
<i>He is a raging tempest</i>

1363
02:02:04,166 --> 02:02:06,333
<i>Shyam Singha Roy</i>

1364
02:02:06,500 --> 02:02:08,833
<i>His struggle is a retaliation</i>
<i>against injustice</i>

1365
02:02:08,916 --> 02:02:10,875
<i>Shyam Singha Roy</i>

1366
02:02:11,000 --> 02:02:13,250
<i>Nothing can suppress his intelligence</i>

1367
02:02:13,333 --> 02:02:15,166
<i>Shyam Singha Roy</i>

1368
02:02:19,833 --> 02:02:22,791
<i>He is a raging tempest</i>

1369
02:02:22,875 --> 02:02:24,250
ASTITVA

1370
02:02:25,000 --> 02:02:27,000
TO DOWN WITH SHYAM SINGHA ROY

1371
02:02:27,083 --> 02:02:28,750
<i>Shyam Singha Roy</i>

1372
02:02:28,833 --> 02:02:30,000
I AM A FAN OF YOUR IDEAS

1373
02:02:30,083 --> 02:02:33,166
<i>He is a force to be reckoned with</i>
<i>Shyam Singha Roy</i>

1374
02:02:33,250 --> 02:02:38,041
<i>Singha Roy...</i>

1375
02:02:50,333 --> 02:02:51,583
Many more are coming.

1376
02:02:52,666 --> 02:02:54,458
We can't accommodate them all here.

1377
02:02:55,041 --> 02:02:58,291
I'm planning to provide housing
and jobs to those who can work,

1378
02:02:59,041 --> 02:03:01,458
and a pension for those who can't work.

1379
02:03:02,666 --> 02:03:04,416
Even the government will help me in this.

1380
02:03:16,833 --> 02:03:18,208
I have no worries in my mind.

1381
02:03:20,166 --> 02:03:22,041
It is as clear as this moonless sky.

1382
02:03:26,166 --> 02:03:27,625
Is this what we call happiness?

1383
02:03:30,416 --> 02:03:32,750
Shyam, you know what?

1384
02:03:33,666 --> 02:03:37,791
It is said that a devadasi who dies on
a new moon day will be unified with God.

1385
02:03:39,458 --> 02:03:41,666
Whenever death comes knocking at my door--

1386
02:03:43,666 --> 02:03:47,083
I want to die on a new moon day like this,
lying on your lap,

1387
02:03:47,666 --> 02:03:51,833
staring at you in my last moments
with a smile on my lips.

1388
02:03:54,541 --> 02:03:55,916
That's my final wish.

1389
02:04:21,166 --> 02:04:22,875
Our elder brother is unwell.

1390
02:04:23,291 --> 02:04:24,583
He wants to see you.

1391
02:04:25,916 --> 02:04:27,000
Will you come home once?

1392
02:04:55,333 --> 02:04:57,791
I'm scared of that village.

1393
02:04:58,916 --> 02:05:00,791
After all that has happened there,

1394
02:05:01,041 --> 02:05:04,000
I don't feel good about
you going back to that village.

1395
02:05:07,625 --> 02:05:08,750
Don't go, Shyam.

1396
02:05:11,541 --> 02:05:13,083
I lost my parents in my childhood.

1397
02:05:14,250 --> 02:05:16,333
My brother has been
a father figure to me since then.

1398
02:05:19,833 --> 02:05:20,958
I have to go, Rosie.

1399
02:05:23,375 --> 02:05:26,416
Fear shouldn't constrain
my love for my family.

1400
02:05:33,958 --> 02:05:35,583
Take care. Even if it takes a while...

1401
02:05:38,125 --> 02:05:39,291
I promise,

1402
02:05:40,833 --> 02:05:41,666
I'll be back.

1403
02:06:18,958 --> 02:06:22,208
I read your books without
the knowledge of our brothers.

1404
02:06:22,333 --> 02:06:24,458
I've collected all your books.

1405
02:06:24,750 --> 02:06:26,875
I'm your biggest fan.

1406
02:06:34,250 --> 02:06:35,791
What are you writing? Is it a new story?

1407
02:06:36,583 --> 02:06:37,750
A short story.

1408
02:06:38,458 --> 02:06:39,500
I've just got the idea.

1409
02:06:45,333 --> 02:06:47,083
Read it and tell me your opinion.

1410
02:06:59,125 --> 02:07:01,500
Sister-in-law, Shyam is here!

1411
02:07:02,041 --> 02:07:03,875
Everybody come here.

1412
02:07:06,416 --> 02:07:07,500
How are you?

1413
02:07:08,250 --> 02:07:09,708
I'm fine. How are you?

1414
02:07:09,833 --> 02:07:11,041
I'm good. Have some food.

1415
02:07:11,125 --> 02:07:12,375
Serve him food.

1416
02:07:12,500 --> 02:07:13,416
Hurry up.

1417
02:07:15,500 --> 02:07:17,541
Go and get some coconuts from the market.

1418
02:07:17,916 --> 02:07:19,833
I'll get some rasgullas as well, okay?

1419
02:07:20,416 --> 02:07:21,416
Take care of him.

1420
02:07:27,208 --> 02:07:28,250
Why is the house so silent?

1421
02:07:28,708 --> 02:07:29,750
Where are the kids?

1422
02:07:29,833 --> 02:07:32,625
They are in Kharagpur,
pursuing their studies there.

1423
02:07:40,166 --> 02:07:41,416
How are you, Sister-in-law?

1424
02:07:47,916 --> 02:07:49,041
What happened?

1425
02:07:49,583 --> 02:07:50,583
Are you all right?

1426
02:07:50,958 --> 02:07:53,916
Nothing like that. Have your food, Shyam.

1427
02:07:57,708 --> 02:07:58,791
Sit.

1428
02:08:00,791 --> 02:08:02,750
You may go inside.

1429
02:08:09,208 --> 02:08:10,750
How is your health, Brother?

1430
02:08:10,958 --> 02:08:11,916
Fine.

1431
02:08:13,958 --> 02:08:17,375
Everybody is talking about you.

1432
02:08:17,708 --> 02:08:20,083
I read about you
in the newspapers as well.

1433
02:08:20,458 --> 02:08:22,541
You have become a great person.

1434
02:08:25,541 --> 02:08:28,875
I haven't read any of your books.

1435
02:08:29,833 --> 02:08:32,291
I don't like your thoughts anyway.

1436
02:08:33,250 --> 02:08:35,666
But you have done well in your life,

1437
02:08:36,416 --> 02:08:37,791
that's good enough for me.

1438
02:08:39,208 --> 02:08:42,000
We can't do away with blood relationships.

1439
02:08:42,833 --> 02:08:44,250
I can't keep you away.

1440
02:08:45,416 --> 02:08:47,541
I've arranged a match for you,
from our caste.

1441
02:08:48,250 --> 02:08:50,291
Meet her once, and then get married.

1442
02:08:52,375 --> 02:08:56,333
You can continue
your social service from here.

1443
02:09:07,958 --> 02:09:09,291
I'm already married, Brother.

1444
02:09:15,916 --> 02:09:19,250
If this is what you wanted to discuss,
then I'm done with it.

1445
02:09:19,541 --> 02:09:22,291
We will never accept that prostitute
as a daughter-in-law in this house.

1446
02:09:24,333 --> 02:09:25,708
She's my wife.

1447
02:09:26,416 --> 02:09:27,750
Rosie Singha Roy.

1448
02:09:28,500 --> 02:09:31,583
If you speak ill of her once again,
I'd make you pay for it.

1449
02:09:31,916 --> 02:09:32,791
Beware!

1450
02:10:52,250 --> 02:10:55,958
You revolted against our traditions
and left this village.

1451
02:10:56,041 --> 02:10:59,750
And because you belong to this family
and we are your siblings,

1452
02:11:00,083 --> 02:11:03,458
the people here are treating us
like untouchables.

1453
02:11:07,666 --> 02:11:11,791
Only your death can guarantee
a good future for our children.

1454
02:11:13,875 --> 02:11:17,958
We can regain our honor in this village
by putting you to death.

1455
02:11:47,375 --> 02:11:49,083
Shyam!

1456
02:11:49,875 --> 02:11:51,375
Shyam!

1457
02:11:51,958 --> 02:11:53,125
Shyam!

1458
02:11:56,916 --> 02:11:58,916
What did you do to him? Shyam!

1459
02:12:00,458 --> 02:12:02,875
I promised her that I would come back.

1460
02:12:04,333 --> 02:12:05,833
Oh, God!

1461
02:12:06,750 --> 02:12:08,500
Shyam!

1462
02:12:09,208 --> 02:12:10,958
Shyam!

1463
02:12:14,666 --> 02:12:17,041
I have made a mistake, Shyam!

1464
02:12:18,625 --> 02:12:20,041
Shyam!

1465
02:13:05,875 --> 02:13:07,166
I need to go to Kolkata.

1466
02:14:37,500 --> 02:14:38,458
Who are you?

1467
02:14:41,625 --> 02:14:42,500
What do you want?

1468
02:14:42,708 --> 02:14:45,208
The press owner, Sayan Sarkar.

1469
02:14:46,083 --> 02:14:47,208
He is my grandfather.

1470
02:14:56,625 --> 02:14:57,625
Sarada?

1471
02:15:08,333 --> 02:15:11,458
A dance teacher named Rosie
used to live here.

1472
02:15:13,458 --> 02:15:14,416
Rosie?

1473
02:15:16,833 --> 02:15:18,083
Our Rosie?

1474
02:15:21,583 --> 02:15:24,000
Nobody came looking for Rosie
in all these years.

1475
02:15:25,041 --> 02:15:26,500
Are you a relative of hers?

1476
02:15:29,458 --> 02:15:31,708
I'm a very close relative of hers.

1477
02:15:32,958 --> 02:15:35,125
There was nobody to look after the trust.

1478
02:15:36,208 --> 02:15:37,416
Hence it was shut down.

1479
02:15:37,708 --> 02:15:39,875
Many of them
were left in a helpless situation.

1480
02:15:40,291 --> 02:15:43,375
Some of them chose to switch back
to their previous livelihood,

1481
02:15:43,708 --> 02:15:45,791
for the sake of their children.

1482
02:15:46,625 --> 02:15:51,083
A few families have managed to survive
in Sonagachi.

1483
02:15:51,166 --> 02:15:52,958
I was very small then.

1484
02:15:53,708 --> 02:15:55,416
I don't clearly remember,

1485
02:15:56,208 --> 02:15:59,125
but a few days after
her husband Shyam's disappearance,

1486
02:15:59,583 --> 02:16:01,000
Rosie too left this place,

1487
02:16:01,250 --> 02:16:02,583
and went away searching for Shyam.

1488
02:16:03,166 --> 02:16:07,125
The last news was that both of them
were killed in their village.

1489
02:16:07,791 --> 02:16:10,750
Vasu, we need to be in the court tomorrow.

1490
02:16:13,791 --> 02:16:14,833
Your Honor...

1491
02:16:18,333 --> 02:16:19,916
I'm really sorry, Your Honor.

1492
02:16:20,791 --> 02:16:23,333
But in my career of close
to about 35 years,

1493
02:16:23,416 --> 02:16:27,208
I've never seen something
as preposterous or as absurd as this.

1494
02:16:28,083 --> 02:16:28,916
Rebirth!

1495
02:16:30,416 --> 02:16:33,541
Finding no other way
to disprove their crime,

1496
02:16:33,625 --> 02:16:36,458
they are presenting
such a third-rate concept in court.

1497
02:16:36,916 --> 02:16:38,375
The accused is a filmmaker, Your Honor.

1498
02:16:39,083 --> 02:16:42,625
He shot a video
and he is playing that as evidence.

1499
02:16:43,583 --> 02:16:46,750
Your Honor, this isn't the 16th century.
We are in the 21st century.

1500
02:16:46,833 --> 02:16:49,875
If we accept such videos as evidence,

1501
02:16:49,958 --> 02:16:53,208
tomorrow someone else, claiming to be
the reincarnation of Dhirubhai Ambani,

1502
02:16:53,291 --> 02:16:55,500
might lay claim to the ownership
of Reliance Industries.

1503
02:16:55,791 --> 02:16:58,750
But just to humbly remind
the honorable court, Your Honor,

1504
02:16:58,833 --> 02:17:00,916
hypnotherapy is not medically approved
in India.

1505
02:17:01,000 --> 02:17:02,125
-Isn't it so, professor?
-Yes, but--

1506
02:17:02,208 --> 02:17:03,500
That's it.

1507
02:17:04,416 --> 02:17:06,583
So, Your Honor,
I will conclude with two things.

1508
02:17:07,708 --> 02:17:10,625
Hypnosis results cannot be considered
as evidence in any case.

1509
02:17:10,708 --> 02:17:13,250
And, the idea of reincarnation
is a superstition.

1510
02:17:13,416 --> 02:17:16,375
There is no scientific proof for that.
That'll be all, Your Honor.

1511
02:17:16,500 --> 02:17:18,333
With that, I rest my case. Thank you.

1512
02:17:19,791 --> 02:17:21,083
You may leave now, ma'am.

1513
02:17:24,708 --> 02:17:25,666
Mr. Krishnamurthy...

1514
02:17:26,958 --> 02:17:29,375
What is that on your forehead?

1515
02:17:29,791 --> 02:17:31,041
That's a religious mark. So?

1516
02:17:31,125 --> 02:17:34,000
As you are a devotee of Lord Vishnu,
I don't need to remind you this.

1517
02:17:34,375 --> 02:17:37,083
When people demanded to build
a temple in Ayodhya for Lord Rama,

1518
02:17:37,166 --> 02:17:38,791
the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu,

1519
02:17:39,166 --> 02:17:44,000
the Supreme Court of India
permitted them to do so,

1520
02:17:44,125 --> 02:17:46,750
but never asked for scientific proof
for Lord Rama's existence,

1521
02:17:47,375 --> 02:17:48,958
nor did it dismiss it as superstition.

1522
02:17:52,083 --> 02:17:56,333
In 1939, a girl named Shanti Devi claimed
to be the reincarnation of Lugdibai.

1523
02:17:56,416 --> 02:17:58,208
It created a sensation across the country.

1524
02:17:58,291 --> 02:18:03,708
A 15 member committee was set up,
to find the truth behind the matter

1525
02:18:04,333 --> 02:18:07,916
by the greatest lawyer this nation
has ever produced, Mahatma Gandhi.

1526
02:18:08,250 --> 02:18:11,000
He didn't dismiss it as a superstition.

1527
02:18:12,041 --> 02:18:14,333
In fact,
according to the commission's findings,

1528
02:18:14,416 --> 02:18:16,750
Shanti Devi was indeed
a reincarnation of Lugdibai.

1529
02:18:17,208 --> 02:18:19,750
I'm submitting the photographs
and documents related to that case.

1530
02:18:25,916 --> 02:18:28,125
There was no scientific proof
in that case either.

1531
02:18:30,000 --> 02:18:34,125
Similarly, my client is a reincarnation
of Shyam Singha Roy.

1532
02:18:34,416 --> 02:18:36,250
And he rewrote his own stories.

1533
02:18:36,625 --> 02:18:38,833
There is no copyright violation
in this case, Your Honor.

1534
02:18:40,416 --> 02:18:43,791
Facts can be proved, but this is truth.

1535
02:18:46,166 --> 02:18:47,416
It doesn't have any proof.

1536
02:19:01,125 --> 02:19:03,916
The final judgment is adjourned
for tomorrow.

1537
02:19:09,666 --> 02:19:13,375
<i>The verdict regarding the sensational case</i>
<i>of Shyam Singha Roy's reincarnation</i>

1538
02:19:13,458 --> 02:19:15,291
<i>is due today.</i>

1539
02:19:21,291 --> 02:19:23,666
After hearing the arguments
from both sides,

1540
02:19:24,625 --> 02:19:28,458
due to the lack of logical
and scientific evidence

1541
02:19:30,375 --> 02:19:31,833
regarding this case...

1542
02:19:31,958 --> 02:19:33,375
Sorry, sir. A small request.

1543
02:19:38,083 --> 02:19:40,666
-Who is he?
-He is requesting to meet you.

1544
02:19:43,625 --> 02:19:44,666
Let him in.

1545
02:19:47,083 --> 02:19:50,250
Considering a personal request
from someone related to this case,

1546
02:19:50,333 --> 02:19:52,708
I hereby allow a witness
to appear in the court

1547
02:19:52,791 --> 02:19:54,500
before the verdict is delivered.

1548
02:20:05,083 --> 02:20:06,041
Uncle?

1549
02:20:14,875 --> 02:20:16,041
It's Manoj Roy!

1550
02:20:57,791 --> 02:20:59,125
S-Shyam.

1551
02:21:02,041 --> 02:21:03,208
Shyam.

1552
02:21:10,125 --> 02:21:11,500
Mr. Manoj Singha Roy,

1553
02:21:11,791 --> 02:21:14,583
please tell the court
what you want to say about this case.

1554
02:21:21,458 --> 02:21:24,208
Vasudev is Shyam Singha Roy.

1555
02:21:27,083 --> 02:21:28,583
I believe that my brother, Shyam,

1556
02:21:31,250 --> 02:21:35,333
has been reincarnated as Vasu.

1557
02:21:35,916 --> 02:21:37,375
I firmly believe it.

1558
02:21:44,208 --> 02:21:47,833
He is Shyam Singha Roy.

1559
02:21:54,666 --> 02:21:56,166
What are you saying, Uncle?

1560
02:21:58,916 --> 02:22:00,208
Silence in the court, please!

1561
02:22:02,083 --> 02:22:03,208
Please! Thank you.

1562
02:22:03,916 --> 02:22:05,083
Pardon me, Your Honor.

1563
02:22:05,458 --> 02:22:06,375
Mr. Roy...

1564
02:22:07,958 --> 02:22:11,666
You are claiming that your brother,
Shyam, who died 45 years ago,

1565
02:22:11,791 --> 02:22:14,375
has been reincarnated as Vasudev.

1566
02:22:14,458 --> 02:22:16,208
You are 85 years old.

1567
02:22:16,541 --> 02:22:17,791
It's your belief. Fine!

1568
02:22:19,041 --> 02:22:23,208
But why should I, and the honorable judge,
this court, and the public believe you?

1569
02:22:23,416 --> 02:22:24,875
Can you give me one good reason why?

1570
02:22:27,833 --> 02:22:29,500
Do you have any evidence to prove

1571
02:22:29,625 --> 02:22:32,000
that Vasu did not plagiarize
Shyam Singha Roy's stories?

1572
02:22:34,958 --> 02:22:39,625
Do you have any substantial proof
of Shyam Singha Roy's reincarnation?

1573
02:22:39,791 --> 02:22:42,208
I'm asking you, Mr. Roy. Please tell me.
The court wants to know.

1574
02:22:42,833 --> 02:22:43,958
Yes, I have.

1575
02:22:44,541 --> 02:22:45,625
I have proof.

1576
02:22:46,666 --> 02:22:49,500
A secret which
I was likely to take to my grave,

1577
02:22:49,958 --> 02:22:53,041
the venomous side
of the Singha Roy family,

1578
02:22:53,625 --> 02:22:56,583
has been revealed by someone in the court.

1579
02:22:57,250 --> 02:22:59,666
I was shell-shocked by that.

1580
02:23:12,125 --> 02:23:16,666
Anyone can plagiarize
from the published books.

1581
02:23:16,750 --> 02:23:19,166
But there's a short story
that has never been published.

1582
02:23:19,250 --> 02:23:22,250
And no one knows about its existence,
except for me.

1583
02:23:22,583 --> 02:23:27,333
<i>It's a short story that Shyam Singha Roy</i>
<i>personally handed over to me.</i>

1584
02:23:28,083 --> 02:23:30,791
How could Mr. Vasudev make it
as a short film?

1585
02:23:30,875 --> 02:23:32,750
Who gave that story to him?

1586
02:23:33,083 --> 02:23:33,916
A small story.

1587
02:23:34,000 --> 02:23:35,375
The story is...

1588
02:23:36,041 --> 02:23:38,125
<i>She has been passionate about painting</i>
<i>since her childhood.</i>

1589
02:24:00,791 --> 02:24:05,291
This is the only copy of that story,
written by Shyam himself.

1590
02:24:14,250 --> 02:24:16,750
VARNAM

1591
02:24:19,208 --> 02:24:22,208
<i>The same story was made</i>
<i>as a short film by Vasudev.</i>

1592
02:24:23,500 --> 02:24:24,583
<i>How is that possible?</i>

1593
02:24:31,791 --> 02:24:36,750
As the Chairman of SR Publishers,
I withdraw this case.

1594
02:24:39,666 --> 02:24:42,666
Because he is not just
the owner of these three stories.

1595
02:24:43,375 --> 02:24:45,916
He's the owner of the whole company.

1596
02:24:49,000 --> 02:24:51,250
Since the petitioners have withdrawn
the case,

1597
02:24:51,750 --> 02:24:54,916
the case is closed.

1598
02:25:07,166 --> 02:25:08,916
I didn't lose, but you have won.

1599
02:25:10,083 --> 02:25:11,041
Good job.

1600
02:25:11,916 --> 02:25:14,000
I'll see you in court again. All the best.

1601
02:25:26,541 --> 02:25:27,708
Mannu.

1602
02:25:36,666 --> 02:25:38,500
Please forgive me, Shyam.

1603
02:25:39,708 --> 02:25:41,250
I was responsible for your death.

1604
02:25:43,250 --> 02:25:47,125
I didn't know that our brothers
would do that to you.

1605
02:25:48,958 --> 02:25:50,291
You were very stubborn.

1606
02:25:51,666 --> 02:25:53,333
That's why you are born again.

1607
02:25:58,333 --> 02:26:00,166
Your stories found their way back to you.

1608
02:26:00,916 --> 02:26:02,666
Your stories saved you.

1609
02:26:05,000 --> 02:26:08,708
This company, all the assets...
It all belongs to you.

1610
02:26:09,750 --> 02:26:10,750
Take it.

1611
02:26:12,291 --> 02:26:13,833
What should I do with them?

1612
02:26:16,083 --> 02:26:19,750
I promised Rosie
that I would spend a lifetime with her.

1613
02:26:23,291 --> 02:26:24,875
But I left her midway.

1614
02:26:28,750 --> 02:26:31,583
Rosie must have waited for me
until her last breath.

1615
02:26:36,125 --> 02:26:38,125
I don't know why I was reborn.

1616
02:26:43,333 --> 02:26:44,291
Rosie...

1617
02:26:45,666 --> 02:26:47,333
Rosie is alive.

1618
02:26:50,791 --> 02:26:53,041
She is waiting for you.

1619
02:26:55,250 --> 02:26:56,333
You mean, Rosie...

1620
02:26:57,208 --> 02:26:59,000
Is very much alive.

1621
02:27:00,750 --> 02:27:02,958
<i>I hid her in my uncle's village.</i>

1622
02:27:03,750 --> 02:27:06,791
<i>I asked her to live with us</i>
<i>after our brothers passed away.</i>

1623
02:27:07,375 --> 02:27:08,791
<i>But she refused.</i>

1624
02:27:11,083 --> 02:27:13,541
SHYAMA DANCE SCHOOL

1625
02:27:27,625 --> 02:27:29,625
<i>She is strong-willed.</i>

1626
02:27:33,750 --> 02:27:35,750
<i>That's why you have been born again.</i>

1627
02:27:39,333 --> 02:27:42,916
<i>I guess, I'm still alive</i>
<i>only to pass on this news to you.</i>

1628
02:31:04,500 --> 02:31:07,833
<i>I want to die on a new moon day like this,</i>
<i>lying on your lap,</i>

1629
02:31:08,458 --> 02:31:12,625
<i>staring at you in my last moments</i>
<i>with a smile on my lips.</i>

1630
02:31:15,250 --> 02:31:16,583
<i>That's my final wish.</i>

1631
02:32:38,625 --> 02:32:40,000
<i>Come away with me, Rosie.</i>


