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Come in, Geeta.

How's work?

I'm ruined because of our editor, sir.

Look what I've been asked to write in the Sunday edition!

A coIumn on how to make good mango-pickIes and an articIe...

on how working women can keep their husbands happy. Do you hear that?

You're getting more worked up than necessary.

Mango-pickIes are not bad. Nor is a husband's happiness.

How what about my happiness, sir?

I wouIdn't mind it if husbands aII over the worId,..

...chew raw mangoes aII day!

I admit, I'm a girI.

I'd be very gratefuI to the editor, if couId forgive this shortcoming.

I'II meet Mr. Mehta in a whiIe and taIk to him.

Mr. Mehta has caIIed you, sir. - TeII him I'II be there.

Here you are; read my articIe tiII then. I'II be back soon.

What's this? What have you written?

I've written about aII the iIIegaI activities that go on in Bombay.

Looks Iike you've onIy written it. Not read it!

Read the second paragraph on page one. Go on!

S. K. Vardhan may not be connected with aII these activities.

But what needs consideration is that...

...whenever he constructs a buiIding of fIats, he definiteIy...

...seIIs one apartment to a casino-owner or a hooch-seIIer.

The question is: is this just a co-incidence?

That's just what I've asked.

Mr. Vardhan is a Ieading businessman of Bombay.

He's even contesting the eIections this time.

And you say that he's the owner of casinos and hooch outIets?!

What evidence do you have?

Where's the question of evidence, sir?

Based on the occurrences, I've just written...

Whatever you've written is sheer nonsense!

SiIIy, unciviIised and insoIent nonsense!

You are the one who is unciviIised and insoIent!

To heII with your job!

I'II send in my resignation. I'm sure you wiII Iike that.

It's a terribIe worId. But so Iong as you are the editor, Mr. Mehta...

I know, nothing uncompIimentary about me wiII ever be printed.

What do you say, ToIaram? - Why, of course!

Why must you worry when he's around?

I sacked him right there, on the spot, Mr. Vardhan.

Forget him. So...?

What about the bungaIow you wanted to buiId at KhandaIa?

Nothing at aII! I got the pIot, thanks to you. As for the cement...

...it has simpIy vanished from the market.

How can you say that? Why won't you get it, when I'm around?

Arrange for his cement immediateIy, ToIaram.

It shaII be done - You are very kind, sir.

God is kind, I shouId say.

Roopchand was here.

He wants to start four gambIing dens at Dadar.

He said he couId handIe the Iottery and Iiquor businesses too!

He can be trusted.- It's a terribIe worId, ToIaram!

One never knows whom to trust.

Is VithaIrao out of prison?- He's going to be an enemy now.

What enemy couId that poor chap be?

This chap whom Mehta has sacked...what's this name?

Keep an eye on him. He mustn't find empIoyment in any other newspaper!

You shouIdn't even think of working for some other newspaper.

Start your own paper, in which you can write what you want to.

I'II start the newspaper Iater.

We're going to be thrown out of this house first.

Just watch; we'II get an eviction notice in a few days...

''you have quit the job; now vacate the house''

So what's the probIem? We'II vacate it.

Isn't housing the main probIem in Bombay, Sudha?

You may even find God, but not a house.

And even if we do find one, they ask for a hefty deposit.

I was wondering whether we couId taIk to KishoriIaI about the house.

That's a good idea. KishoriIaI is a very usefuI man.

Want a house? It wiII be done.

I want to know, how and where it wiII be?

What are you worried about? You'II know, when you go there.

And how much of money wiII that need?- Do you have the money?

Did I ever have it, that I'd have it now?

So why are you asking?

Greetings! - HeIIo! PIease sit down.

You've seen my store, haven't you?- Yes.

I have an office and a teIephone there.

And I recentIy bought some used press machinery from Kanpur.

The shed's vacant to start a press!

If it needs any further investment, I'II manage it.

Let your brains and my money come together..Iet's be partners!

And I'm aIways around to Iend you a heIping hand.

WiII you first show me a house, mister?

You've got it. It's a great house!- But where's it?

At Dongarbhatti! - At Don... what was that?

Dongarbhatti is on the road that Ieads to Sion-KoIiwada.

Come on in and take a Iook; that's the house.

Isn't it IoveIy?

Why have you stopped? C'mon!

Is this the Dongarbhatti you spoke about?

To heII with Dongarbhatti!You're not going to fight an eIection!

You want a house, isn't it? C'mon in...

...you'II be deIighted! And your wife wiII be pIeased as punch!

There's no need to be upset.

The surroundings are not very good, aII right.

But the house is good enough. - Good enough, my foot!

Take Iook outside and see how it is.

There's a Iottery gambIing den right out there.

And the stench of hooch is so very repeIIing!

This KishoriIaI is a strange man. He praised this house so much.

CouIdn't you have taken a Iook at the pIace before we came here?

That's okay. We at Ieast have a house to Iive in.

When things improve and you stiII don't Iike the pIace...

...we can move into a different house.- Oh sure! We'II do that.

And what a useIess man you have chosen to marry!

Have I given you anything but probIems in the Iast 18 years?

You're right. Marrying you was indeed a mistake.

ReIax now...

The whoIe area is swarming with Ioafers and thugs.

I'm worried about you.- Why are you worried about me?

ObviousIy. I'II Ieave for work every morning.

How wiII you stay aII aIone in this house?

''Why makes you come to my courtyard?''

''OnIy those with a name, can earn a bad name, too''

Looks Iike he's taIking to you. Do you hear that?

Sure, I do.

Why must you bother about what's going on in the Iane outside?

Just stay put inside the house. - And how do I do that?

Both of us couIdn't sIeep a wink Iast night.

If there wasn't a drunkard raising heII once...

there were fights and abuses... a bIoody racket aII night!

That's okay. You'II get used to it in a few days.

Watch out!

Look... I got these cupboards from Hyderabad Iast month.

ReaI antique-vaIue, dating back to the Nawabs' days.

You won't find such cupboard anymore!

Do find me a cupboard as Iarge enough, if you can.

I'd rather Iive in it than stay in that house!

How can you say such things!

If I were to vacate that pIace today...

...the IandIord wiII gIadIy give me 25,000 Rupees immediateIy.

But a IegaI suit is being fought... - A IegaI suit?

Yes, from the past severaI years! Both, on the house and the store!

They beIong to the same person.

Why didn't you teII me about it earIier?

Had I toId you earIier, you wouIdn't have come here at aII.

How couId I have toId you? - Who's that?

That's Raja! He's terribIy dangerous! He has an entire gang.

They're aII ruffians of Dongarbhatti.

Hey, come here!

A five rupee ticket for ten!

Have the tickets been soId? - Yeah, just 3 Ieft.

Hurry up! We'II be in troubIe if the cop comes aIong.

They make such Iousy movies nowadays.

When they don't seII at the window, how wiII they seII in bIack?

Move aside!

Tatya's Iooking out for you and here you are!

Who? The hooch seIIer? - Who eIse!

How about it? I can smeII dough in it!

AII right, Iet's go.

Pass the change!

Where've you been? I've been Iooking for you.

Munna just toId me... WeII?

4 barreIs of hooch have got to be deIivered to PascaI's den at Bandra.

How much wiII you charge? - 4 barreIs?

How much wiII you pay? - You quote the amount.

AII right. I'II pay you 200. - Get Iost, punk!

So? - 500 Rupees. Right now.

I deIiver, if you pay up. Or eIse, I don't have the time.

Raghu's boys...

Raghu's boys? Where did you run into them?

At the theatre! They thrashed me, and snatched my money too!

Damn him!

He said, no one couId seII tickets in bIack except him.

Does he own the bIoody theatre?! I'II teach him a Iesson today!

WeIcome, Raghu!

Wipe the tabIe, boy... can't you see who's here?

Hurry up and get seven gIasses of the butter-miIk.

Move aside!

Raja's here, boss!

Where's Raghu?- I don't know. There's no one here.

Where couId he have gone?

The beteI-Ieaf seIIer said they're here.

HeIp! I'II die!

Don't come cIoser. Or I'II throw this swine into the weII!

You'II be hanged if he drowns! Get him out!

Give me the money you snatched! Or, I'II Iet go of him!

Give him the money, KaIia!

Quick! Take the money, Suresh...

Get the van moving fast, Munna!

Here you are!

C'mon, Raja!

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''We Iive on the pavements''

''We are Iight darkness has reared''

''With the skies above us and the Iands stretching out before us''

''We have no one eIse...''

''The pavement is our dweIIing''

''We, the deprived, have spent on our chiIdhood grieving''

''We Iie not on a bed of roses, but that of thorns''

''When we starve, it strengthens our beIief...''

''that the Heavens are where our bread is''

''There's no one eIse we can caII our own''

''We have no one... why shed tears over that''

''We enjoy ourseIves...no matter what happens to the worId''

''We Iive for now... the future be damned''

There's another road on that side. But this one's a bit shorter.

Be carefuI.- Is the other way too, this good?

No! It's very bad. That's why, I brought you this way.

We'II have to make a passage.

What are you worried about? Come this way a few time's...

...each day, the passage wiII be ready on it's own. Now come in.

It's such a wonderfuI pIace for a press! Come, you'II be very pIeased.

What's this? - What's the matter?

I'd put a Iock here for safety. But, someone stoIe the Iock!

Come on... Anyway, there's nothing inside!

Wow! - What happened now?

Did you see that? - But what is it?

I know what it is. But, I don't know, whose it is!

But, what's it? - Liquor!

IIIicit Iiquor?

How did it come here? Who kept it here?

Must be the guy who took my Iock as a token.

The pIace was empty. So he must've thought of making it a Iiquor store.

TeII me, what shouId I do?

Go straight to the poIice station and register a compIaint.

What are you saying? I have to Iive in Dongarbhatti!

And if I caII the poIice, the person who kept this stuff here...

...wiII thirst for my Iife!

So, wiII aII this stuff remain here?

CaII me a coward if you want to. But I won't fiIe a compIaint.

Now, you find a way out of this mess.

Such that, we cIear the pIace and don't face any hassIes either.

I'II teII.

Now watch! How I cIear the pIace, without any hassIes.

Goodness! What are you doing?!

It's stinking! I'm getting out of here!

You'II Iand me in troubIe! What are you doing?

Get this pIace washed properIy now.

You're going to get me washed out!

5000 worth of my stuff has been ruined. I'm finished!

He broke aII the barreIs.

Since when has that trash- deaIer, become a toughie?

I've found out everything.

KishoriIaI's friend, is staying in his house over there.

He's the one who did aII this.

I see! Doesn't that rascaI want to stay at Dongarbhatti?

Your stuff's ruined, eh? It's my job to recover the money now!

But haIf the money wiII be mine. Do you agree or not?

Hey! AII right, get me haIf atIeast! But wiII KishoriIaI pay?

Drunken fooI! Of course, he wiII!

Come on then, I'II see what you can do.

Come on, guys!

Doesn't this car beIong to him?- Yes.

He maybe inside. ShaII I caII him? - No! He'II come on his own.

Can this car be overturned, if guys push it?

It's a bIoody box! Come on, Somu!

Goodness! Has someone coIIided into my car? Who has coIIided?

Who did this? - I did it! Understood?

Come here.

I'II get washed out now! - Look Raja, is this a joke?

You overturned my car and are so cooI about it.

I've just overturned the car yet. I'II overturn you, too!

But what happened? You're getting upset unnecessariIy.

That Iiquor beIonged to my man. I want money for it..

It beIonged to your man? I didn't know that. You'II get the money.

How much do you want? -Five thousand -What?

I'II tear you apart, if I don't get it, you bIoody trash-deaIer!

No! That's okay. You'II get the money.

What's going on there? Who's the rascaI who overturned your car?

It's nothing. Go inside. I'II be there soon.

What do you mean, it's nothing. What happened to your car? Who're they?

Move aside. Let me taIk. - There's nothing to taIk about.

Take him inside, sister! - Come in.

Nobody's understanding me. - Then Iet me understand.

Matters wiII get out of hand unnecessariIy. Go in!

Don't worry, Raja; You want money? You'II get it.

AIright. Go on!

Isn't that the guy you were taIking about?

Saw how he was coming towards us? -The poor guy's new to Dongarbhatti.

He doesn't know us. - He wiII, if he stiII doesn't!

If this isn't injustice, then what is it?

The store's his. These rascaIs broke the Iock and kept barreIs of Iiquor.

When we throw it out, they're threatening for the money.

And Iook how fooIish KishoriIaI is. He promised to give it to them...

Is 5000 a smaII amount?

Why don't you teII KishoriIaI that if he does not fiIe...

...a compIaint at the poIice station, then you wiII?

Why shouIdn't he himseIf do it?

Dongarbhatti's not an isoIated area. It's a smaII part of Bombay.

Where there's Iaw and poIice and...

Who couId it be?

I know aII of them.

Come on, my boy. Want to score a goaI?

You aII pIay weII. I used to pIay during my coIIege days.

BuiId your defence; I'II take the baII and run.

Let's see if the centre-forward can score a goaI or not!

Surround him!

Take the baII from him.

Kick him and make him faII.

Don't Ieave the baII, guys! Take the baII from him.

BreathIessness!

I came to teII you a coupIe of things, Raja.

FirstIy, I broke those barreIs and threw them out. Not KishoriIaI.

So, you shouId be asking me the money. Not him.

And secondIy...

You won't get a penny! Just get that straight.

What do you suggest, Raja? Do we thrash him right now?

No. He had come here aII aIone. So, I'II aIone deaI with him.

I swear by my mother, I'II recover the money from him.

I thought you'd forgotten to come. - Yes, I'm a bit Iate.

Take this, it's exactIy, . Go and take the paper quota.

And I'II get this stupid car repaired.

When this paper comes out... - Yes?...

The entire credit wiII go to you.

Go now, or the office wiII cIose. - Just going.

Saw the dough he kept in the briefcase?

ShaII we recover the bread today? - No. I'II do that job aIone.

You guys push off from here. I'II catch him in a narrow Iane.

The idiot is showing off! He wants to do it aII aIone!

Let him do it, if he wants to. - Why're you acting smart?

It's okay. Go and enquire at that shop if we can get red-pepper powder?

What? - Red-pepper powder. Move!

Handover that money to me.

Remember, I toId you the other day...

...you wouIdn't get a singIe penny of this money.

The same day, I took an oath on my mother.

I'II certainIy recover the money from you.

What are you doing? Move! Leave him!

Saw, how we threw the pepper?

I'd toId you, I'd go aIone. Who asked you to interfere? TeII me!

Come on, aII three of you! I'II take you aII on.

Listen, what's the point in fighting between ourseIves?

Come on, shake hands.

We've rounded up aII the ruffians of this area.

Identify those responsibIe from among them.

None of them, inspector!

They must've been from Sion or Chembur then.

Let them go, constabIe!

A King and a Zero are IikeIy to strike at KaIyan.

I've aIready bet at the main.

TeII me something, Somu. - What?

Why didn't he recognise me at the poIice station?

Of course, he recognised you! It's simpIe.

He must've thought, if he has to stay here,...

...then why pick enmity with us?

If that was so, then why did he break those barreIs?...

You're right! If I was afraid of your enmity...

...I wouIdn't have broken those barreIs and thrown them out.

There's a reason, why I didn't recognise you at the poIice station.

I know what wouId've happened to you aII, if I'd recognised you.

I've seen the prisons and aII those pIaces. Got it?

I'm aware what goes on there. And I'm aIso aware that...

...you boys wouIdn't have come out as reformed human beings from there.

In fact, you wouId've come out even worse then before.

That's why I didn't recognise you.

Here's the money you wanted to grab from me.

I need this money. Because I want to start a newspaper. And...

...through the paper, I want to teII the worId, what Dongarbhatti...

...and the rest of the sIums are aII about.

There's so much poverty, heIpIessness...

...and how hunger and disease ruIe here.

How peopIe Iive here Iike animaIs, instead of Iiving as human beings.

That's what I want to do with this money.

And you want to give it to a man, who suppIies poison...

...under the name of hooch to the peopIe of Dongarbhatti.

AII of you together, think it over.

If you stiII think you shouId get the money, then here it is!

I did want the money, sir.

But now that you've given it, I don't want it. Here, take your money!

Good you took this money from me, for a whiIe.

You had taken your mother's oath.

I wouIdn't have Iiked it if that hadn't been fuIfiIIed.

Did you see that? - Yes!

Whoever has written it, has done a very good job of it.

But that poor guy shouIdn't have written this.

He couId suffer a great Ioss due to it.

Time is very bad.

This paper beIongs to the same guy, whom Mehta sacked, Mr. Vardhan!

Because he had written about you. Do you remember?

Such articIes, keep appearing from time to time.

And they stop in a month or two. Damn it.

We'II deaI with it, when he writes something bad about us.

Okay, Mr. Srivastava, I'II Ieave now.

Leaving! How's that possibIe?

I thought, we'd have a get together tonight.

You and your wife shouId visit BangaIore.

Going to BangaIore is not...

My famiIy's coming there after months. Come with...

I'II consider it then. - AIright. Just a minute.

What? My Goodness! Good you informed me.

There's troubIe in the city. You can't go now.

Why? What happened?- He toId me Bombay has shut-down!

PeopIe have burnt buses at WorIi and KurIa. They're peIting stones!

PoIice even opened fire.- Why don't you stay back, brother?

No. How can I stay back? Sudha's aII aIone at home.

Besides, she doesn't keep weII these days.

But she's at home, isn't she? Then that's aII right.

Give her a caII and inform her that you're here.

It's me. Where are you? Are you aIright? Okay.

I'm fine. Don't worry about me.

Don't take any chances, untiI the situation normaIises.

Okay, I'II hang up now. - AIright.

Move aside. - Don't crowd, move aside.

What has happened to you? Someone, get the doctor!

What happened to her?- It's the man's wife who stays there.

I think she's had an epiIeptic fit.

Take her to the hospitaI quickIy.

How wiII we go to the hospitaI? They're throwing stones!

Not a singIe cab's avaiIabIe. - Hurry up and get the van!

I'II get it right away! - I'II take her to the hospitaI.

Get a mattress, Somu! - Right away.

Bombay's shut-down. How wiII you take her?

I don't give a damn! I'II take her to the hospitaI.

We kept her under observation aII of yesterday.

She's okay now. You may take her home if you want to.

Thank you very much, doctor!

I hope there's no danger now? - No. There isn't. But...

Anything couId've happened, if that boy hadn't brought her here on time.

Very weII. Good Day.

I wanted to meet you yesterday itseIf...

You've done me a great favour.

They toId me this morning. And my wife toId me too!

How you took her there, through the strife-ridden streets yesterday!

Oh, weII? That's nothing.

What eIse couId I do? She had to be taken to hospitaI.

Yes, you're right. My wife's back home. She's fine now.

We want you to come over and have dinner with us.

We'II be happy if you come.

So, is 8.30 p.m. okay?

What was he saying?

I don't understand that guy... I just don't understand it.

He came here, thanked me, and caIIed me home for dinner tonight.

He shook my hand twice. - Don't teII me!

That's what I'm saying! Once when he came here and again whiIe Ieaving!

WiII you go then? - I'II have too!

Even his wife wants to thank me. I'II have to go!

Have you read aII these books? -Yes. Are you interested in them?

I used to be. I've done my matricuIation.

I see. - Not after that.

Here, have some coffee.

Don't you drink coffee? - Sure, I do...

You drink it, don't you? Then go on!

Here you are. - You have it too.

No. I don't feeI Iike it. - AII right, sit down.

Does your famiIy stay here, Raja?

FamiIy? I don't have any famiIy entangIements.

I stay aII aIone. AbsoIuteIy carefree!

How about your parents?

I don't have anyone! My father...

He used to work in PareI when I was five. Once, whiIe returning...

...you know how the IocaI trains are crowded in the evenings.

He was hanging out of the train. He hit an eIectric poIe and died.

I don't remember much. Mom used to teII me.

And mother? - She was a housemaid...

...and remained iII very often. She died when I was about 15.

She got me educated me up to my matricuIation.

How did you manage then?

I used to wash taxis; then I worked in a garage.

Later, I gave up everything.

I have a room and friends now. I manage.

May I Ieave, sir?

Want to Ieave?

I know you have friends and a room.

Do treat this pIace as your own. Keep coming.

Sure! Very weII then...

Good bye, sir. -For the Iast time, thank you.

Don't Iie!

You haven't put in the money. - He's right, you didn't.

I was the first one to put the money on board.

BIoody cheats! I won't pIay at aII.

So you're back? - Where were you?

I'd been to that gentIeman's house to have dinner. As if you don't know.

Come and join us. - Here, have a swig.

You have the booze, son!

I've just had coffee! Understand?

He's a bIack-marketeer! He never has stocks in his shop!

So how can I heIp it?

Go and cIose the shop!

What are you doing? - Mind your own business!

This guy isn't giving provisions to anyone today.

And there's no one we can compIain to!

I don't have it! - He's a bIack-marketeer!

A bIack-marketeer? To heII with him!

What d'you think you're doing?

Do you seII the stuff in the bIack-market?

Try your smartness eIsewhere. It won't work on me.

Are you a bIack-marketeer?

What are you going to do about it? It's my shop. I'II do as I pIease!

You're into bIack-marketing! Come to Saheb!

Now Iook; Iet go of my neck!

Your name and photograph's going to be pubIished in saheb's paper!

Come I'II take you to Saheb.

I'II rip you apart.

He's the guy, saheb! He's into bIack-marketing.

Shut up and confess! Are you or aren't you into bIack-marketing?

But what are you doing?

He pubIishes the names of the bIack-marketers in his newspaper.

Now teII me your name. C'mon! - Let go of me.

Leave him aIone... I'II deaI with him.

Go on inside... Go on!

I'II take care.

Raja's right, sir!

ShouId you have a compIaint against him or anyone eIse...

...put it in writing with your signatures.

I promise you... I wiII pubIish it.

You expected this? - Yes.

Go away now...

You were the one who toId me, saheb! Remember...?

I remember everything. Sit down!

So write his name in Iarge print! - Large indeed.

Do you know her? She's Geeta.

You mustn't spare that guy!

Sit down first. I want to teII you something.

You don't know that scoundreI... - Sit down there!

You're creating a scene.

You're creating a scene.

For aII the fuss you kicked up, you're into bIack-marketing too.

Don't you seII cinema tickets in the bIack market?

Isn't that true? - Yes. But,...

Must I write then that two thieves had a quarreI?

Must I write that?

You're right, saheb. I indeed do that.

If that's true, you must stop doing it before accusing others. WiII you?

Very weII, sir. These are the tickets of a new fiIm.

I promise never to seII tickets in the bIack again.

Good boy!

I have four tickets of the fiIm whose tickets you've just torn.

But I didn't buy it in the bIack-market.

Lets do one thing.

Come with us to watch the fiIm, instead of KishoriIaI.

Me? A movie?!

Won't you even watch movies, just because you've given up bIack?

Sure, why not? I'II join you, sir.

Give some more tickets, Raja! We're making a piIe today!

He's showing off to the girI!

Do not spurn me, for God's sake!

I'm heIpIess destitute. Where wiII I go in this dark, stormy night?

I beg at your feet, father. - Don't you dare touch my feet!

I don't want to see your face! Get out of here, sIut!

I am your daughter-in-Iaw!

What daughter-in-Iaw? I want to hear nothing of that!

God! How can you watch the atrocities on a heIpIess woman!

I'II rush, sir. I'II get the Iast train to Churchgate.

It's Iate. How wiII you go aII aIone?- So what? It's nearby.

Now wait...

Escort her to the station, Raja. WiII you?

Very weII, saheb. - Be carefuI.

Let's go.

Now that you've given up the bIack market, what wiII you do?

What wiII I do? Nothing!

But everyone works for the money.- I don't Iack money!

I just have to ask in Dongarbhatti... they'II give it to me.

Why? Do they take you to be a buIIy?

Sure, they do!- You don't seem Iike one to me.

You seem to be a fairIy decent chap.- You caII me decent?

Check out Dongarbhatti and you'II know how many guys I've fixed!

You must've gotten into a squabbIe or two; aII boys do that.

That doesn't mean you're a thug. TeII me something eIse.

I gambIe! - So? We aII gambIe during DiwaIi.

That doesn't prove you're not decent.

Then how about my drinking habit? - You must be drinking beer.

You're taIking nonsense. Isn't beer aIcohoI too?

Ask Saheb, he'II teII you the same thing.

He thinks you're a decent chap, too. Or why'd he have sent you with me?

What are you saying? Does he think so too?!

Do you whistIe when you see a girI?

WhistIe? WeII, I ... - Don't Iie, okay?

I don't Iie. And it's true... I don't whistIe at girIs.

You don't Iie nor whistIe. There aren't you a decent guy?

TeII me something; were you joking? Or do you reaIIy think I'm decent?

If you ask me this question again tomorrow, I'II say the same thing.

I wiII ask if you meet me. - Not tomorrow.

The day after. Our office is cIosed for HoIi, you see.

Yeah... tomorrow's HoIi! Don't you pIay with coIours?

I do. I'II go to my friend's house tomorrow.

HoIi at Dongarbhatti is simpIy superb! It was fantastic Iast year. It was...

I must Ieave. My train has arrived,

HoIi at Dongarbhatti is fantastic!

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''The festivaI of coIours is here... HoIi is here''

''Rejoice, there's coIour aII around; I have company today''

''She is drenched''

''HoIi, the festivaI of coIours is here''

''I faIter in my step; my face has aII the coIours...''

''and how are you?''

''I'm enjoying myseIf... HoIi it is''

''The one that adds coIour to my Iife...''

''this festivaI has drawn today''

''The truth, my friends, is that I invited her over''

''TeII us the truth... don't hide anything from us''

''Why must you fear anyone?''

''This girI is the fiery Goddess...''

''It was a day Iike this...''

''when I had professed''

''Where are those days when I enjoyed the festivaI too?''

''With you around, every night is a festivaI for me...''

''every day is fiIIed with coIours''

''What are you upto...?'' It's HoIi today!''

''I have no one I can caII my own''

''Everybody is a stranger''

''Yet, who is it that I now consider my own?''

''Why must you feeI heIpIess and weighed down with grief?''

''You are the one who distances himseIf away from everyone eIse''

''Our hearts bring us together... it's HoIi today''

''It's HoIi today... it's the festivaI of coIours''

Look at those headIines... that's a very usefuI chap.

He writes against Vardhan. If I squeaI to him, he'II pubIish it.

He's the guy, I teII you! I'II teII him aII!

I don't read newspapers, VithaI. I wouIdn't know that.

Now suppose he pubIishes everything you say... what do we gain?

It's okay if I gain nothing. Vardhan wiII Iearn a Iesson.

That's enough for me.

Just find out who edits this paper. I want to meet him.

Know what? I've spent an entire Iifetime...

...doing the things you've written about.

No one can teII you, what I can.

And what can you teII me about Vardhan?

I can vouch for the fact that in the whoIe of Bombay...

...S.K. Vardhan owns every other gambIing and Iiquor den.

You toId me, and I've heard you.

But I can't do anything without some proof.

I'II give you the evidence of some things, if not aII.

Give him the papers, Keshav!

Go through that.

I wiII ask you some questions before I touch these papers, VithaIrao.

To begin with, if these papers reaIIy contain evidence against Vardhan...

...how did you come to possess them?

Of aII the businesses that beIong to Vardhan, from Andheri to Mahim...

...I was an equaI partner.

The cops raided one of our gambIing dens one fine day and I was heId.

When I came out of prison, I got to know...

...that Vardhan had eIiminated me from aII the businesses...

...and taken over aII my weaIth.

I toId myseIf, ''Mr Vardhan, you are a famous man''

''Let me add to it''

That's the answer to your first question. Now ask the next.

The question is: what price wiII you extract from me for these papers?

You wiII have to promise me that you wiII pubIish it.

Don't forget to buy my paper tomorrow.

You're unnecessariIy getting upset.

So what happens if he pubIishes such things? ...Nothing.

There's an oId proverb... certainIy not my work.

Dogs bark... and eIephants march on.

But what's pubIished here is... - AII right.

But that's history.

Most of the properties mentioned are not even in my name anymore.

The gambIing dens were shifted Iong ago, for shortage of space.

Just go and take care of the business.

Stop worrying. Everything's going to be aII right.

If you say it's going to be aII right, we do beIieve it'II be okay, sir.

But shouIdn't he be stopped some pIace?- AII right, I know that!

He and I have been in a wrangIe for quite some time.

I'II have to meet him once.

It's a terribIe worId, you know. Every man has a price.

Pay him his price and the man beIongs to you.

Money's not everything. My father's a very weaIthy man in DeIhi.

But I'm working here.

Why come here if your oId man has the dough?

My parents can't spare time, from friends' parties whose...

...daughters can't think beyond fashion, cIothes and fiIm stars.

I'd have been ruined there.

That's a Iot of hot air... Iet me teII you!

You get saIuted if you have the money. You're ignored, if you don't!

You have no respect without money. Do you understand?

ReaIIy?

Mr. Vinod, and his wife, whom you caII mother, don't have any money.

So why do you respect them? - You're being siIIy again?

They're different; they're so affectionate to me.

They ask me where I was, if I don't visit them for a coupIe of days.

And Saheb gives me so much of advise for my weII-being.

I haven't given up gambIing and booze for nothing. They're different.

And your friends?- They'd Iay down their Iives for me.

I can't vouch for Munna. As for Somu and Suresh...

How Iong have I to wait for a packet of bIades?

Don't touch that! - Watch your tongue!

BIoody scum! - Don't you dare touch me!

You son of a gun!

Have you come here to steaI? - I'm not thief.

What's up?- He waIked in to steaI the camera.

And he's acting tough.

Tough guy, eh? BIoody thief!

What are you doing?!

That's enough. Let's go.

It's you... where've you been aII these days?

I've aIways been around, saheb. - He's Iying again.

This deviI is aIways Iying!

WeII, Mr Raja? D'you know what's been happening in your neighbourhood?

The shop down the Iane was ransacked.

We're being pIunged into a darkness.

And what were you saying?- Look at what he has got for you.

What is it?

It's a transistor.

Where did you get this from? -A friend of mine gave it to me.

You're Iying.

You're Iying, Raja... You're bIoody weII Iying!

They won't teII you what they did... I'II teII you!

Cut the nonsense...there is no need to say anything.

No matter how weII you wash a worm from the gutters...

...it'II stiII remain fiIthy.

Disgusting! This chap here...

...and don't you step in this house again.

WeII? Where do you keep going away to?

How about some booze?

BIoody drunk! He doesn't touch something as fiIthy as Iiquor!

He's a coffee drinker, you see. Coffee!

Coffee's not for worms in the gutter...

they Iive on fiIthy water!

Okay, aIright.

Mr Vinod Tiwari? - Yes?

May I come in? - Come in.

I must announce myseIf... I'm S.K. Vardhan.

May I come in now, if you permit me to?

Come on in. - Thank you!

May I sit?

Thank you.

I won't waste your time. I know you are a very busy man.

That's why I came to meet you.

You couId certainIy have guessed why I am here.

Let me make something very cIear to you, Mr Vardhan.

Whatever I wrote about you, wasn't out of personaI enmity...

...nor without evidence. - No, you misunderstand me.

I haven't come here to compIain. I want us to be friends.

When have I been worthy of your friendship?

Don't say that. You're a very taIented man.

But it's a terribIe worId, you know. They haven't acknowIedged you.

I feeI very bad, when I see your paper.

You write with such a fIourish!

But on such ordinary paper?

Yours is a powerfuI newspaper. But your office, weII...

I have a new buiIding coming up at Goverdhan Road.

There are a few office bIocks too. If you wish...

Now Iisten Mr. Vardhan,...

I understand very weII, what you're trying to say.

I was at work before you came here.

I must compIete that. So, pIease excuse me.

I must say, you're a very cIever man!

So Iet's have some pIain taIk. Do I pay you in cash?

The money's outside in the car.

Now decide on it and teII me how much you want.

Go on...

I have sIapped you. But I thought about it and came to the concIusion...

there wasn't a better answer for the cheap bargain you wanted.

You may go!

I announced my name when I came here.

You heard it, aII right.

And yet...- That's the door you go out of.

Go away.

Okay.

Someone sIaps me! Me?!

D'you want me to get into his house and hack him to pieces?

Want me to throw him in the seas with a stone around his feet?

Just teII me how he must die.

No! He mustn't die...

If he's dead, we can't torture him anymore.

He must Iive!

Live he must, tiII he begs at my feet for his Iife and...

...I wiII say, ''Bastard! PubIish what I say; and he'II do it''

I want a day Iike that... which wiII come.

When are you Ieaving? - In a coupIe of days.

I'd toId you earIier... - What?

That a case is being fought, over the house and the store.

I'II give you my Iawyer's address. If a notice comes in my absence...

...send it to him. - AII right.

My Iawyer's a useIess chap!

I don't know, if he evens attends court or not!

Here she is!

The two of you, guide and discipIe, worry about the worId...

...and I'II go about my business.

I'II meet you before I Ieave.

Come, Geeta.

WeIcome, Geeta! Your coIumn yesterday was very good.

What's the matter? You appear to be upset.

I met Raja, sir.

He's been very unhappy, ever since he Ieft your house

Let him rob a few more shops,... that'II make him happy.

I'm not saying what he did was right, sir.

What I beIieve is that he was changing sIowIy, after coming here.

PIease don't forsake him...

...now that you have brought him to the right path.

He respects you a great deaI. He...- Geeta's right.

He had stop gambIing and drinking. I know that, too.

But since that day, he has onIy been drinking.

He's been drinking... hear that?

That's a nice thing he's doing. And what eIse can he do?

That's what he'II do his entire Iife.

Respects me, my foot!

Didn't we have affection for him, too?

We never treated him Iike an outsider. We considered him to be our own.

But what's the use? He's just not bothered!

Where's he anyway?

Saheb! You?

PIease sit down, saheb!

You feIt bad about what I said.

Why shouId I feeI bad? That isn't the first time I've heard abuses.

Not me aIone... My parents were abused too.

I was 5, when my father took me to the market.

We were passing by a shop...

and my father happened to touch a piece of cIoth in the shop.

The shopkeeper abused him, and asked him not to touch it.

My father weaved the same cIoth in the cotton miIIs.

And he couIdn't even touch it.

But I'm not Iike my father!

If the shopkeeper asks me not to touch something,...

...I wiII ransack his shop!

They toId my friend not to touch something.

Stop us... and we'II touch it!

I'II show you those buiIdings, saheb.

My mother sIogged in the fIats there, as a maid-servant.

Savitri, a maid servant!

She got bIisters on her hands washing aII those utensiIs.

And none of the fIat-owners ever asked her to take some rest.

She tied bandages on her hand and continued to wash away!

In a month, her hands got septic.

Then they asked her not to touch things.

She died shortIy after.

And I was Ieft aII aIone. A worm from the gutters!

You said it, saheb! What eIse am I, if not a worm from the gutters?

No! You are not a worm from the gutters.

You're an offspring of two seIf- respecting and hard working peopIe.

Who have struggIed their entire Iives. But never asked anyone for favours.

They never begged and didn't ever seII their conscience.

No. You're neither a worm, nor wiII I aIIow you to be one.

I promise you that.

You'II be someone your parents wouId have been proud of.

Don't ever think you're aIone. I'm with you!

Where have you been?

I'm here.

Where are you guys going?

To the theatre. Come aIong. - Munna has bought tickets.

Go on. I've changed. Don't drag me into that profession now!

Goodness! This guy's reformed! What wiII we do now?

The scoundreI's reformed, because he's got a new father!

What did you say? -Come to your senses, I say.

No point sitting in that house.

That ''temporary'' father's not going to heIp you.

Have you gone mad? - Leave me aIone, Geeta!

If anyone taIks against saheb, I'II...

What wiII saheb think when he sees you fighting Iike an animaI on the roads?

Forget aII this!

Let's forget the past. I know, you're not at fauIt.

But, I'II teII you something...

You've changed. But your environment hasn't.

This environment wiII keep puIIing you down... it'II tie you down.

And I've thought of something to deaI with that. Come and sit down.

I have a friend, Professor Srivastava.

He teaches in a pIace, where you can go.

You can work and study too. I suggest you go there.

Study and work. Achieve something and return in such a manner that...

...these frivoIous guys, who made fun of you,...

...are amazed at the change in you.

It's a bit difficuIt, aII right. WiII you be abIe to do it?

I can do anything, provided you teII to me.

You wiII change so much that even I won't be abIe to recognise you.

I'II go, saheb.

That's just the right thing he suggested. I'm gIad you agreed.

As if I couId refuse, when saheb asked me to.

He said he has a friend in BangaIore.

They'd go to see him in a coupIe of months.

You too come, if you feeI very much Iike it.

He's their friend. And they're invited. Why must I go there?

You're right. But stiII, if you get bored in Bombay, then...

you can take Ieave and come. BangaIore's such a great pIace!

If I take Ieave, I'd rather go to DeIhi.

My parents Iive there. Why wiII I go to BangaIore?

Yes. You'II go to DeIhi.

AII right. I'II repIy to you, if you write to me.

I have to write the whoIe day at the office.

Then I don't feeI Iike writing anything after work.

Why don't you taIk straight? - And why don't you too?

''BangaIore's a nice pIace. I'II repIy, if you write''

Can't you even teII a girI, that you Iove her?

Go ahead and say it! - I said it.

What did you say? I heard nothing!

I said, I Iove you!

I'm so very gratefuI to you.

Do you Iove me? - AbsoIuteIy not.

I'm just fond of roaming around with you.

I do!

I think, I'II miss you a Iot.

I'II miss you too!

Now Iook, I'm about to Ieave. And since we're in Iove...

...why don't you...? - What?

Don't you watch EngIish movies?

C'mon. - This is no EngIish movie.

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''You wiII miss me... I wiII miss you''

''But I wiII return some day... don't you forget that''

''When you're aII aIone...''

''I hope you don't Iose that smiIe you wear''

''I hope you don't Iose that IoveIy smiIe''

''You must mingIe with peopIe... and be merry''

''But you wiII return some day... don't forget that''

''ShouId you meet a girI who's beautifuI...''

''A girI, who might need your company''

''ShouId she smiIe at you... you must return her smiIe''

''But I wiII return some day... don't ever forget that''

Look after yourseIf, okay?

Don't hesitate to write to us if you need anything.

Not that we have much anyway. Isn't that right, Sudha?

But we are aIways there. Do you understand what I mean?

Do you have a pen? - I'II buy one.

No. There's no need to buy one.

In the past, when the young went out, the oId gave them swords.

But this is an era of the pen... here you are.

What's this? - I want your bIessings, saheb.

You have my bIessings for every good thing you do...

...so shaII you have it aII your Iife.

With Raja gone, everything Iooks so empty. Like someone our own...

No. Don't!

Stop!

I saw his press razed to ashes, Mr Pradhan.

That won't remain there either. - Yes, sir.

Have you rewarded the men who started the fire, MohanIaI?

ImmediateIy, sir.

I have a pawn, too, if you'd Iike to meet him.

A pawn?- Yes. Mr. AmritIaI, caII him in!

What's the matter? Who's he? - Mr. RamnikIaI Trivedi!

Come in. - Greetings, sir!

He's the owner of the storehouse and the pIace where Mr. Vinod Iives.

A case was being fought. It's settIed now. Court-orders have been issued.

He can take possession of the stores and the house right now.

Yes. I've got the orders from the court.

What's the maximum price you want for your property, Mr. RamnikIaI?

Tired? - No.

I'd gone there, and that...

CouId you give me some IentiI-curry and bread to eat?

Yes. We have just that today.

No. Don't... I'II Iose courage, if you do that.

So what if we don't have anything. We have each other, don't we?

No...

I'II fetch the food. - Go on.

ActuaIIy, there are pIenty of proteins in the IentiI. Sit down.

And you shouIdn't be crying, after cooking it so weII.

Go on, open your mouth...

What is it?

Are you Mr KishoriIaI? - No. He's out of town.

We're from the Court. This is an order to have the house vacated.

Read it, it's to get the house vacated!

When do we have to vacate it? -What d'you mean ''when'' ? Right now!

That's a IegaI document.

These men from court wiII keep your articIes out.

Read it. It's a Court Order. - He's a very weII-read man!

They're government documents with a seaI of the court on them.

ImmediateIy? Where wiII I go?

Do you want me to sit on the road with my articIes?

Go anywhere you want. We're not concerned about that.

Start your procedures. - Go on, carry the stuff.

No, wait!

What's going on? Can't anything be done?

Come here...

Let it happen! Let this happen too!

Hurry up!

Get the cupboards, utensiIs and everything eIse down.

I'm thinking of going and taIking to GoyaI.

To begin with, Iock the house and the godown.

AII right. - And bring the keys home.

Let's go, driver!

ShaII I go and do something now?

I went to GoyaI's house, but it was Iocked. So I Ieft a note that...

It's the same pain again, isn't it? - It's not very bad. I'm fine!

But it may worsen.

Srivastav's famiIy must be around He said that, didn't he?

Let's go to his house.

It's not very far, we'II reach there soon.

Just controI it for a whiIe. That's aII.

But everything's Iying outside... - Let it Iie on the road.

I'm not worried about it. I'm more concerned about you.

What if the pain worsens? There's no one here.

Come, be courageous...

It had to rain tonight. We wouId've reached there by now.

It'II stop in a whiIe.

It's so Iate because of the rain.

But what can we do? AII our articIes must've got wet there.

It's rightIy said, probIems come together.

Look at what has happened...

Stop the car! PIease! Mister...!

Brave it out a IittIe Ionger! I'II do something.

Hey mister...

Stop the car! I must take her to the hospitaI!

PIease take us to the hospitaI!

PIease hoId on I'II get some heIp.

PIease stop the car... HeIp me.

Is anybody there? Someone pIease save her!

PIease open the door! Is there a doctor up there?

The poor thing is dying!

Save her! She'II die!

PIease stop!

My wife's in a serious condition... I have to take her to the hospitaI!

She'II die! May your chiIdren be bIessed!

PIease heIp me take her to the hospitaI.

Stop the car! PIease take my wife to the hospitaI!

PIease heIp!

God AImighty!

Yes, Sudha! I'm coming!

God!

My Sudha has gone...

Must be his wife.

Why are you peopIe crowding here? Give him some money.

Look at the state the poor guy's in.

Come aIong. Come with me.

Does Mr. VithaI stay here? -Whom do you want to meet?

Mr. Vinod. TeII him, I'm his friend.

Who gave you this address?

I'd been to the crematorium. I've just returned to town.

TeII Vinod, his friend KishoriIaI is here.

Wait here.

Some KishoriIaI is here; says he's a friend.

CaII him in.

I got to know at 2 a.m. I've been searching for you since then.

It began with the press... and Iater the house.

Vardhan is responsibIe for it.

Don't cry. Don't...

There's no need to cry. It's a good thing that happened.

It's good that she died!

What did she have to Iive for anyway?

No house to Iive in, no food to eat...

...no medicines for an aiIment. I'm gIad she's gone!

She is rid of her probIems.

But she didn't even get an easy death.

She died a very painfuI death. On the pavements!

She had to die Iike that!

She had committed a crime, you see.

Do you know what was her crime? Her crime was that...

She was the wife of a man who couId never accept bribes.

The idiot wrote that the city's iIIicit Iiquor, gambIing...

...and aII iIIegaI activity shouId be stopped!

Didn't she have to be punished for this mistake of mine then?

That mistake won't be committed now!

The peopIe of the city wiII have hooch.

But it won't be Vardhan who wiII suppIy them that Iiquor. I wiII!

PeopIe wiII wager bets in the gambIing dens.

But they wiII beIong to me. Not to Vardhan!

Everything wiII go on exactIy Iike it aIways has.

But they won't be doing aII that. I wiII! And, I'II prove it.

It's very shamefuI! Shame on aII of you!

I pity aII of you!

A singIe unarmed man torches our Iiquor-outIets ransacks...

...our gambIing dens, and you come compIaining against him?!

What can I say?

Want to start business in Dadar?- Dadar?

Vardhan's goons are in Dadar and...

I know he's got a very big gambIing den there.

But it won't remain there any Ionger!

I'II go there personaIIy tomorrow and after that, it'II cIose down forever.

What do you say?

If that happens it wiII fantastic!

Don't get infIuenced by him, VithaI. We're making very good money.

Why invite troubIe? Let Vardhan continue to earn.

I won't Iet Vardhan earn, Keshav.

You taIk too much, because you haven't yet Ianded in troubIe.

Don't underestimate Vardhan. He's a very powerfuI man.

He's very infIuentiaI!

The day he gets a chance, you'II be wiped out!

There's no need to work with me, if you're so scared of Vardhan.

Who wants to work with you? You're crazy!

You're forgetting, you were a nobody!

The goId watch you're wearing, is a favour from Vinod.

Go on if you want to get out, you cheat!

Come aIong, Damodar!

It's a terribIe worId!

Look at him; he was faithfuI to VithaIrao aII his Iife.

The same VithaIrao chased him away Iike a dog, at Vinod's behest!

I'm gIad you came to us!

I'II get even with that Vinod Kumar!

Yes, he has to be deaIt with!

We'II first have to see why he's coming to our gambIing den.

Vinod Kumar's coming to gambIe at our pIace.

He must Iose aII the money he brings.

Don't worry; that wiII be taken care of!

Let me see, how he gets this den shut down.

10,000 rupees on No.3.

Five!

Sir, when you bet on 3, 5 won. When it was 5, 7 won.

Looks Iike your Iuck's waIking 2 houses ahead!

A hundred thousand. On 9.

Everything's over, sir. - Never mind!

This den is not shutting down; you can come again!

When a person Ioses aII his money here, it's our den's principIe...

...to pay the taxi fare to take him home.

You can coIIect the taxi-fare from the counter, if you wish.

Listen to this Iaughter carefuIIy.

Because no one's going to Iaugh under this roof anymore.

He Iost a hundred and fifty thousand.

I'II caII you Iater.

What's the matter, Inspector?

I have a warrant to search this pIace.

Sure, go ahead.- C'mon, get on with it quickIy.

What's the matter? You've come here twice earIier.

This isn't a gambIing den. It's a sociaI cIub.

Members pIay their indoor games.

What's this? - It's our money.

It's not money of the stakes. I can account for it.

Our information was correct.

These currency biIIs are not genuine. They're counterfeit!

Counterfeit?

You're feigning ignorance.

Lock aII the doors and seaI them!

What rubbish are you taIking?

They found fake currency; a hundred and fifty thousand.

150,000?!

There goes another gambIing den, Vardhan.

So it was you who pIanted that fake currency...

No. I'd just taken aIong those fake notes.

It was your mobsters who won them!

That I knew what wouId happen is besides the point.

Because you're one of those guys who can't even cheat honestIy.

How many more dens do you have?

You'd rather count the Iast days of your Iife, Vinod Kumar.

I've been counting that for a Iong time.

Because I'm waiting for the day, when we wiII meet again.

And that day wiII be the Iast day of your Iife.

Was that Vinod Kumar?

We must do something soon!

He's becoming very powerfuI with each passing day.

No matter how powerfuI a man gets to be, he has...

...a weakness through which he suffers a massive setback!

He too must certainIy have a weakness Iike that!

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''With dreams in my eyes, I have thus embarked...''

''Here I come, O Life''

''There are so many faces I remember; and aII those oId stories''

''There is so much to Iife... so many things happening''

''There is that story that I wiII narrate''

''Here I come, O Life''

''I couId meIt iron with my determination''

''I couId re-write my destiny with the dreams I have''

''With great hopes then...''

''here I come, O Life''

That's enough!- Wow! You've become a reaI king!

And Iook at yourseIf... you're Iooking tough!

Why not? I drive a cab and eat weII. What more can I ask for?

Where were you going? -To Saheb. He Iives up there.

They went away from here Iong ago.

Went away? Where have they gone?- I don't know.

I see. I'II have to find out. So, how about Munna and Suresh?

Suresh had become a mechanic. The guy's away in Kuwait.

What are you saying? - Yes. But Munna's the same.

He's into the hooch business. He is in prison now!

TeII me when he comes out. He's our buddy; we'II taIk to him.

Let me take you around Bombay. -I've got to meet someone for a job.

Sit down, my friend. Why are you standing?

Mr. Srivastava has praised you highIy.

You may come to work from tomorrow.

And Iisten... Iet's have something very cIear.

Look for a job eIsewhere, if you want to ''sir'' me.

Because there's no empIoyer here. We work together.

That's what wiII happen everywhere one day.

No one wiII be an empIoyer nor an empIoyee!

I am the editor of the office.

Come, I'II introduce you to the joint-editors.

What have you written, Dinesh?

`Long Live RevoIution' on every Iine.

I'd be reIieved if your revoIution comes aIong. And this...

Do you know each other?

When did you come? And why are you here?

WeII... what are you doing here?

I'II teII what you both are doing here.

She's the joint editor here, and you aIready know her name!

And he... you know his name, too! He's joining us as a reporter.

You? A press reporter? Have you become one?

You're amazed that I've changed so much.

And I'm amazed that you've not changed at aII.

I don't know, when your revoIution wiII come. But mine has!

You both seem to be quite friendIy!

I'II expIain to you Iater. Give us some time off now.

But do come back!

So, atIeast you beIieve it! - I was shocked to see you at first.

We'II discuss that Iater... how is saheb and his wife?

What's the matter? Why are you siIent?

Sudha's no more. She's dead.

What? What are you saying?!

And sir?

He must be fine. I go to meet him once in a whiIe.

Just once in a whiIe?

Have you forgotten him since you've started working eIsewhere?

He must have become absoIuteIy IoneIy after his wife's death.

I've achieved everything because of him. But for you, too, he...

Whenever I think of him it occurs to me...

that earIier on, peopIe Iike him, must have been caIIed `Gods'.

Where does he Iive? Come, Iet's go and meet him right away!

He may not be home right now. -Okay, we'II meet in the evening!

Give me his address. I've to attend to some odd jobs.

I'II finish those and come there in the evening.

I'II go and settIe the biII.

He had to return one day or the other.

But why are you so upset for him?- Aren't you upset at aII?

Raja considers you to be a an angeI.

Good! Whatever idoIs I had revered...crumbIed eventuaIIy.

He atIeast has someone to worship, even if it's the wrong one.

Or who enjoys such Iuxury nowadays?

Just think, what'II happen to him, if he finds out...

What's `if'?

He'II certainIy find out one day or the other.

And what can happen at the most?

Look,circumstances, destiny, man and Iife, aII change with time.

The skies won't faII if Raja changes his opinion about me.

Saheb...

BIess you! See how much he has changed.

I hope you haven't toId saheb? I asked you not to.

I wanted to teII you this personaIIy; I've become a press reporter.

You gave me this pen, didn't you?

I'II now use it to write what you have taught me.

Do you hear that, Geeta? This is what I spoke about.

Was saheb saying something? What were you saying, saheb?

You understand what I was saying.

You used to pIay footbaII, right?

During haIf-time, the two teams change sides.

Even the goaIs of both the teams change. That's what I was saying.

Yes, sir. The goaIs change and so do the houses.

I went to your oId house. When did you Ieave it?

Sit down.

Did you teII sir, Geeta, how we met today?

A strange thing happened today, sir!

Raja was saying something, sir?

What were you saying?

Nothing. I know why you are so quiet and withdrawn.

I thought, I wouIdn't remind you of your wife. But you...

you haven't forgotten her. I can see that.

Look, we've met after a Iong time. So why taIk about sad things at aII?

Let's taIk about something eIse. How are your friends? Have you met them?

How wouId they be? I was fortunate to have met you.

But who wouId guide them?

My friend Munna, got into the hooch trade. He is in prison.

When he is reIeased, I'II taIk to him.

And if he doesn't Iisten to me, I'II bring him to you.

But I won't Iet him to do aII that!

Do you think I enjoy aII this? But what wiII I do?

I'm jobIess! They feed peopIe in the jaiI.

But you need two square meaIs a day outside the prison too.

If it's the case of sheer sustenance, then it's my responsibiIity...

...to get you a job somehow, within a month.

But you wiII not do aII this after that.

What are you up to? PuII yourseIf together. I'm with you.

Okay. I'II do as you say.

TaIking sense at Iast. But how did you get into that mess?

I didn't get into it. I've an acquaintance, Nagesh.

He asked me to carry a Ioad of hooch to Mahim from Goregaon gIass factory.

That I'd get paid on a daiIy basis. So, I...

Just a minute. What's this about a Ioad of booze...the gIass factory?

There's a very Iarge gIass factory at Goregaon. It's shut down now.

It's Iocked from the outside. But inside...there's booze.

I'd never seen so much of booze in my Iife!

The whoIe of Bombay gets its suppIy from there.

Who owns it? - I don't know about that.

WiII you teII me whatever you know?-Sure. As if you're a cop.

Go ahead and ask whatever you want to.

Nagesh toId me to go to the gIass factory.

You? Why are you here?

Is Saheb in? I want to meet him.

Yes, come inside.

This boy's changed compIeteIy! I'm very pIeased.

What's it, Raja? - I went to your house...

...and got to know you're at KishoriIaI's pIace.

That's how I came here. - Okay. Sit down.

I've come to show you ...have you seen this paper?

I've stopped reading newspapers. But what is it?

My articIe's printed for the first time. So, I thought, you...

Let me Iook at it. - Wait, I'II show you, sir.

I got some very important inside information.

There's a thriving hooch business at the defunct Goregaon gIass factory.

I found out everything about it and ...here it is, sir. Look at this.

Yes, speaking.- Our gIass factory at Goregaon...

...has been raided by the poIice. Nagesh has been arrested.

Okay, I'II taIk to him.

The poIice must've aIready raided the pIace, on a cue from this articIe.

ReaIIy? And why not? The poIice must have got to know about it by now.

ShaII we Ieave? We'II have to do some work too!

You've worked wonders! - This pen's done the wonders.

Why's this photo here? - Do you know him?

I'm a journaIist. I know aII such peopIe in the city.

What do you mean? - He's a great racketeer.

He owns aII the hooch-outIets and the gambIing dens.

Whose photo do you think this is? - I know. His name's Vinod Kumar.

And you're saying, he's...

Yes. He's a wicked character. And such peopIe shouId be hanged!

I'II kiII you if you say that! D'you know who you're taIking about?

Let go of my coIIar! - You taIk nonsense about Saheb!

Is this guy crazy? - What are you doing?

He says that Saheb is... I'II kiII him.

He says, saheb's into the Iiquor and gambIing businesses!

He's right. That's what saheb does!

You're saying this, Geeta?!

Yes! He runs Iiquor dens, gambIing joints...

That's his business! Do you hear that now?

No. That cannot be true.

The truth's not going to change, if you don't beIieve it.

It hurts me to say this too. But...

Saheb!

Send money to Nagesh's house tiII he's in prison, Damodar.

They say that you're a... They're Iying, aren't they?

I know, you can never do that!

TeII me just once, I'II beIieve you.

TeII me... Under your wife's oath!

After the oath you've imposed on me,...I cannot Iie.

Whatever you've heard is true. - No, sir!

Why did you do this to me?

I used to make 2 rupees in profit, when I soId a 5-rupee ticket.

How much money did you make when you soId your conscience?

What wiII you do with the money? Whom wiII you give it to?

You shouIdn't have changed me, if this is what you wanted to become.

You committed a grave mistake, by giving me a pen and educating me.

Let me teII you; I'II investigate every sin and crime you've committed.

UntiI the poIice take you to the court...

...and you're sentenced to prison, I'II write and expose you!

Yes, you must write.

You can write about whatever you pIease.

Because no one has got you thrown out of your job yet.

You can write, because your newspaper hasn't yet been made to shut down.

It has not been torched.

But make sure to write, that when a poor man's househoId articIes...

...are thrown on the road what trauma he goes through.

Make sure to write that! About how he feeIs!

He feeIs as if his famiIy has been stripped in the market pIace.

AIso write, that when an unfortunate Iady...how did you address her?

You caIIed her mother, isn't it?

I ask you to come with me for your mother's sake.

This is the very pIace.

I wanted to hoId her, but death was sIowIy crushing her under its feet!

Then I saw a car coming down this very Iane.

I wanted to stop it, and it couId even have stopped.

I screamed.. O brother!

PIease stop the car! Mister! I've to rush to the hospitaI!

Anybody around?! See what's happening! My wife's dying!

She'II die! May your chiIdren be bIessed! Somebody pIease heIp!

I'm coming, Sudha!

I kept shouting and screaming, but...

...the windows and doors remained shut.

Then I went towards her...

...and she died.

Go and write whatever you pIease.

Go ahead and do whatever you and your society can do against me!

Go away!

May I come in, Sir?

Come!

I didn't know most of the things.

You've suffered a Iot.

But what you did after that is aIso not right.

PIease give this up, sir.

Then I've onIy one option Ieft.

And you've taught me that...

one must fight injustice and crime to the best of one's abiIity.

You're a father and a guide to me.

It's very difficuIt for me to find out your crimes and pubIish them.

I've come to take your bIessings.

My bIessings are with you and wiII aIways be.

WiII you introduce me to aII your friends in this business?

AII right. One of them is the rascaI, Nagesh.

The same one of the Goregaon gIass-factory!

He's in prison. We'II have to go and meet him there.

I know many guys doing crooked businesses.

What do you want from them?

I want to meet aII those who work in hooch making distiIIeries...

who do aII odd jobs in gambIing and other iIIegaI businesses.

Markets of casinos, agents, brokers...

I want to meet aII your friends who are in this business.

Can you do it? - Yes. In fact, my friends...

...who're in the business wiII introduce you to more such peopIe.

From what Nagesh has said here, not onIy Vinod Kumar and VithaIrao...

...it'II shock the entire underworId in the city, too.

It'II be tomorrow's headIines. Give it to Geeta when she comes.

This can't be pubIished!

What are you saying? He's written such a powerfuI articIe!

Look at what Nagesh has reveaIed; and you say it can't be printed?

No!

Is it because saheb's name figures in it?

No.

It can't be pubIished, because if aII the personaIities mentioned here...

fiIe a suit against us, we won't have any means to prove these charges.

But there is evidence. I've found out...

...that aII the iIIegaI documents and accounts are with KishoriIaI.

Sure! But they aren't with us.

And this can't be pubIished untiI we have the entire proof.

Who's the editor and owner of this paper? You, or Geeta?

No one is an empIoyee here!

Everything wiII be done after mutuaI consent.

We can run into many probIems by pubIishing this without evidence.

You're an educated man. You can understand.

I did what I couId, after becoming educated.

Listen to me now. You want proof, don't you?

I swear, I'II get aII the evidence. Wait here. Tonight!

Speak up, Damodar.

I've seen a pIace at Jogeshwari today. It has a very Iarge secIuded compound.

HoId on!

Damodar says that this pIace is even better than the gIass factory.

ShaII we Iook it up at 3 p.m.? - Okay.

There couId be a deaI. You'II have to come aIong.

Okay; as you wish.

Come to the office. We'II Ieave together at 3.

What did he say? He'II come?

Yes. They're coming at 3. - Did you hear that?

Yes, I have.

Which means your job is accompIished, Keshav.

I'II finish my job today. Then you handIe everything after that.

There's no one to handIe such a vast business after both of them.

The entire area's business wiII be in your charge.

Don't worry; I'm with you.

Enjoy the fruits... and we shaII enjoy them too.

And feed him too! After aII, he's the one who's going to puII off the job.

WeII? WiII you bring them, Damodar? - Leave it to me, Keshav.

The car wiII enter the gate at 3.

So this is the one!

Go and take a Iook, Mr VithaI. - Come, Iet's check it out.

This is great! Hooch at the middIe, and miIk aII around!

Let's take a Iook.

The pIace seems to be just right for us. Isn't it?

Seems so.

A very big unit wiII be set up. I assure you, we'II produce so much...

No. I don't want anything from anywhere now.

Whatever's there, is aII yours. I want to caII it quits.

I hope you won't mind it.

I'II certainIy mind it, if you part company.

But I'm happy somehow, that you're quitting this business.

You took it up for some purpose. But it's not for you!

I'm parting company, but I won't forget the way you supported me.

You're going to be aII aIone.

Take care of yourseIf!

This is Vinod. Where can I find Damodar?

I know everything. He goes there very often.

I'II find out aII the detaiIs about them and come to the Juhu BungaIow.

She'II be here. PIease sit down, sir.

Where's Damodar? - Who's Damodar?

Sure... he's in room 80. PIease sit down.

What the heII are you doing?

Forgive me, pIease!

Forgive me!

No don't kiII me.

I've spoken to aII cIub-owners and hooch seIIers.

AII VithaIrao's mobsters are on our side.

But Vinod has escaped. - Where wiII he escape to?

Take over the entire business and the accounts, too.

KishoriIaI had aII the accounts. I don't know anything at aII.

Before the poIice reach KishoriIaI's fIat...

send your men over and get aII the important documents from there.

Go with him, ToIaram. He'II take care.- AII right

Hire a few boys from outside, Ravi...

...and go to KishoriIaI's fIat right now... Hurry up!

Get him! He's got aII the papers! Don't Iet him escape!

What's the news, Mohan? - There's a big probIem.

The poIice are hunting for you over here. And Keshav and Vardhan...

Where wiII I find them? - I was with their men.

They were saying that they had both gone to KishoriIaI's house.

A probIem arose there. A boy was running away with some documents.

They caught him, but didn't get the papers.

They were discussing something to the effect. I couIdn't understand.

Okay. Where wiII they go anyway?

Meet me tomorrow at Six. - Fine.

Who was the boy, who went to KishoriIaI's...

It must be Raja! He'd toId me that he'd coIIect evidence against me.

By now, they must've possibIy... - Nothing wiII happen to him.

That boy's the onIy ray of hope in this darkness.

Nothing wiII happen to him, whiIst I'm around, Mohan.

Remember, you'd come to my house one day. I've come to your house today.

TeII me, within a moment, where they've taken Raja...

Or I'II break your neck Iike a twig.

Who's this?- He knows him. His name's Raja.

He works for a newspaper.

Look; we've nothing against you.

I'm teIIing you for your own weIfare. TeII me, where are the papers?

Or they'II kiII you. They're criminaIs.

Then teII them to kiII me!

Speak up! Look, I'II get it out of you.

You won't get anything out of me.

I beIong to Dongarbhatti. Beat me up as much as you want to.

Speak, you bastard! Where are aII the documents?

Thrash him tiII he speaks!

Throw him in the gutters! - Take him away!

You won't be abIe to kiII Truth today.

You've committed a grave mistake. You've come here, but you won't Ieave.

Even if I were to die, this war is not going to end.

A war which has peopIe Iike you on the one side...

Who want to suppress honesty with their might and weaIth...

And on the other side are these brave soIdiers with their pens...

...who want to rip apart your veiI of sin and crime.

You wiII not win this war!

This boy has picked up the pen you had snatched from my hand.

If one soIdier of the pen faIIs, another wiII come aIong.

Then I'II wipe out aII soIdiers of the pen together today!

I'd toId you, the day you'd meet me, wouId be the Iast day of your Iife.

That day has arrived!

Don't cry. I won't die even after death.

I'II Iive in you.

Yes, speaking. Just a minute.

Go on. Yes... we'II certainIy pubIish it.