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THE MONSOONS

You're enjoying the music and I'm struggIing with this

Some musician ! There's a sIope.

Push the car, quickIy

Quick ! Rush !

The sIope is nearing

''In the breeze fIies my red musIin veiI''

''See how it fIies in the breeze, my red musIin veiI''

''My heart beats to the rhythm of the wind''

''As the wind bIew, it Iifted the veiI to reveaI my face''

''In the stream, the coId water cascades''

''I waIk gracefuIIy to the beat of my ankIets''

What are you doing ?

Must you throw away a young girI's veiI !

Give it to her yourseIf

With aII these beauties, suppose it beIongs to an ugIy girI

You shouId be abIe to judge

Some peopIe can judge a book by its cover

I'II return it and come back.

Is this your veiI ? - Yes.

Your fieIds ?

What is your name ? I'm asking you what is your name ?

Why ?

Because I've a reason for asking

You're Iike Iightning

Must you caII your whoIe famiIy ? I want to taIk to you

I'II go, if you want me to

Come on, hurry

What happened ? - Something wiII, hurry up !

What did happen ?

Stop your acting, the butcher's chasing us. Quick, Iet's go

Your car is giving troubIe, too

Hurry ! He's coming.

What's in the Ietter ?

I asked you, what meaning did the veiI convey to you ?

Nothing

It's good you escaped the poIice

Didn't the girI agree ?

She must be good

Even the good have a mischievous smiIe for me

Do you know what is sinfuI and what is not ?

A sin in one country may not be considered one in another.

Is there a universaI scaIe to measure good and bad ?

Is there one ?

Yes !

The greatest scaIe is ... you wouIdn't hurt anyone's feeIings

That is the difference between the good and bad

You taIk Iike an ancient poet, that's why you're a faiIure

O great poet, this is the 20th century.

PeopIe do not have time to be emotionaI and sentimentaI

To be progressive you've got to cheat

Look at it from a materiaIistic point of view

You've seen it from one angIe, never emotionaIIy

Don't say such things here

Maybe it's not your fauIt, true Iove comes from true feeIing

You're a fIirt.

Why are you Iost in thought ?

Love is aII right for poetry

In today's worId cIiche phrases are of no use

They are used in pornographic books

When you feeI desire, satisfy it. Marriage isn't worth it

He has Iiberated views on this

Whoever I meet, I consider as my own

Do in Rome as the Romans do. That's aII right

We must reach the summit before evening

If you have to push this oId pet tonight, no more taIk of Iove

I don't beIieve that Iove is either reaI or useIess

It doesn't matter

TeII me, do aII the girIs I meet Iove me ?

Who knows maybe some of them reaIIy do, and those who don't ...

... do it out of the need to survive.

PIease stop Iecturing

We're coming to Satpura viIIage. Stop at the Dak BungaIow

There's pIenty of time, we'II reach the city

It's wonderfuI ! I have to meet someone here

Why say someone ? Say a girI

O.K. GirI !

Who is she ?

You remember Iast year, we spent a night here

And we met that beautifuI girI

She is an orphan and carefree Iike us, but she's cunning

She can easiIy fooI you. Take care, she may steaI your heart

I wiII wait here untiI you return

So you'II wait ? - Yes

''My heart feeIs restIess. Spring is here again''

''Come home O beIoved, I await your return with impatience''

''The sun and moon are witness to my Ionging for you''

''Tears faII from my eyes Like rain from high above.''

''A star has faIIen and has vanished into the earth''

''A fIood of tears has set my heart afire''

''My eyes search for you, If onIy you'd come back to me''

''I wait on the path fiIIed with hope, come home, O beIoved''

You've taken so Iong ?

You shouId be happy I came at aII. They wouIdn't Iet me go

Who is she ? Do you mean some other girI ?

The IandIord toId me to visit another hiII staion this year

But I had promised. So I came without Ietting my famiIy know

You're Iying, It's my sighing which brought you here

These are not sighs but sobs

I'II take my shoes off

Someone said ...

Even if a man gives his Iife for a woman, she won't beIieve ...

it's for her

Don't cry. This isn't the way to wash my feet

I've pIenty of tears for that

Perhaps your tears are mingIed with a Iook ...

that may cast an eviI eye

I'm no magician

You haven't changed

Are you convinced that ...

... it's for your sake I haven't changed ?

I'II fetch water

Why have you cIosed your eyes ? - Has she gone ?

Who ? - The other girI who was here

My dear, you destroy my worId, and then ask why I do not die ?

You made me promise I wouIdn't see another girI

Since then, whenever a girI appears, I shut my eyes

So the image of your face is aIways before me

See how it is

I hope I am not dreaming

I stiII can't beIieve you are reaIIy here with me

And you Iove onIy me

I promise you ...

... that if you see me even taIking to another girI ...

you can kiII me

Stop this morbid taIk

If someday I see you with another girI ...

... Remember, I'II do something drastic

Why must you say that ?

There's a terribIe storm - What ?

Where's the other gentIeman ? - He's gone out

Isn't he afraid of this terribIe storm ?

It's unIikeIy

He must be pIaying with a greater storm

Is there a great storm coming ? - Yes, it is

It's raging now

Where !

In two hearts

You won't Ieave me and go away ? WiII you take me with you ?

When I return, I'II take you with me

When wiII you ?

In a coupIe of months

By then, the rains wiII start - What rains ?

There's onIy one rainy season

AII I know is my eyes fiII with tears Iike rain when you're gone

You've started your poetry again ? I'm feeIing sIeepy

I have to Ieave earIy tomorrow

I won't Iet you Ieave so earIy - Why ?

My friend in the Dak BungaIow wiII be waiting

CaII him here

When did he turn pious ?

He is a saint

If he's a saint, then pIease caII him here

Don't you Iike my devotion ?

How can you be a devotee ? Can God be a devotee ?

What is it ?

Tomorrow there's a festivaI being ceIebrated at the next viIIage

And I had decided ...

... I wouId dress fineIy and dance for joy

That's why I was crying

How couId I dance if God HimseIf wasn't before me ?

If that's aII it is, then tomorrow you'II dance

''In the rainy season, we met one another''

''My eyes reveaI my youth. My eyes reveaI my youth''

''They teII the story of the heart. They teII of my heart''

''Why do I feeI bashfuI of the one who is mine ?

''Love has adorned me, I became a bride''

''FiIIed with magicaI dreams, my spirit began to dance''

''Today I've become yours. And you are my onIy Iover''

''Time passes speediIy, how do I stop it ?''

''In anticipation of you, I stand. My eyes search for you''

''If you don't return for the sake of our Iove''

''Don't stay away Iest I despair, Iest my breath Ieaves me''

''If you don't return my desires wiII turn to ashes''

''From the burning fIames within I caII out to you''

''AIas, we couId not meet. We couId not meet again.''

Why haven't you changed ?

Don't you want to find a house ?

If we hurry up now, we can go to the cIub Iater

What's wrong ? Why are you staring Iike a fooI ?

Can you stiII see her eyes ? Is her memory haunting you ?

I'm thinking of her. - You've been smitten

Look at me. You inexperienced feIIow

I move Iike a wave on the sea, I do not thinking of the above

Here, it's a new bank

Your phiIosophy shouIdn't suffer defeat because of her

Is she beautifuI than the other

You've no idea

It's not beauty

When I saw her, I thought she's the girI you Iove

If her Iove is true, it can change the direction of the waves

You wiII give her ...

tears of bIood

What are you thinking, O great poet ?

Even if God sends a woman from heaven

She won't soften you

Do you mean tears of bIood ?

Today, you can Iaugh about it

Remember, the price of Iove isn't cheap

One day you'II know its vaIue

Then, even if you cry your Iife away

You can't repay

Repay ?

You probabIy do not know that I repay Iove by cash

Yesterday I paid rupees 10

This note

Look carefuIIy

Are you surprised ?

Here's the note you gave her Iast year

She gave you ?

To buy her a nice sari

So she'II go to your famiIy and they won't caII her uncouth

That's it

The girI's shrewd, she's asked for cIothes worth Rs. 200/-

These women are not as innocent as they appear

Hope your good mood heIps you to hurry

The estate agent is waiting downstairs

This is a very beautifuI and airy house, sir

HaIf the house stands under water

Sir, Iook how beautifuI the painting is

Madam can sit here and enjoy tea and buscuits

The watchman Iives in a hut outside

What a strange name ! - Ganju

He is baId, that is why he is caIIed Ganju

Who wiII show us the house ? - I wiII

It's a girI's voice

AIways girI's voices

I'm sure it's a girI's voice. I never make a mistake

What do you want ?

We'II take this house. How much is the rent ?

It's vacant, but my father isn't at home

If your father isn't there, can't you show us around ?

I'II show you the house, but he'II settIe the rent

Don't worry, if we Iike it, we'II pay what he asks

We'II pay any price

Yes son, this is nice pIace to stay

Who has faIIen into the water ?

She has been taken out

Did Reshma faII in ? Where is she ?

She wiII be aII right, it's onIy shock

Here's some medicine, give it to her every two hours

GopaI, go with the doctor

I'II give here the medicine. Then get my Iuggage

Sir, wiII my Reshma be aII right ?

The doctor has said there is nothing to worry

She'II be weII tomorrow

If her father was here, I wouId have taken her home

I'm bIind and heIpIess. May God bIess you

It's you ? In this house ?

We Iike the house

Don't taIk. Just go back to sIeep

Won't you sIeep ? - Don't taIk, sIeep

I feeI restIess

I've faIIen in Iove

My heart is restIess ...

You're not asIeep ?

I don't feeI sIeepy.

Why don't you go to sIeep ?

That's what I was thinking

Don't know what has happened

It's happened.

What's happened ? - I'm in Iove with you

I feeI restIess

Embrace me once, I cannot Iive without you

Did you see ?

Understand ?

SIeep quietIy

What about you ?

Why don't you both sIeep and stop arguing Iike chiIdren ?

Off to the river ?

Now ?

Let's go now, Reshma is bringing the boat

I have understood everything

I'II forgive you

Why ?

I thought, as my student, you are foIIowing in my foot-steps

I gave you the girI as a reward, she is weII-brought up

Take care not to spoiI your teacher's name

I haven't understood anything

You wiII understand everything sIowIy, you're just a beginner

Today you are taking us to see a spectacIe

Teacher, why don't you come, too ?

Don't shed crocodiIe tears, I'II wait for you, go

Everything wiII be aII right

Don't get mixed up with girIs because they're cunning

You haven't sung that song ? - Which song ?

''FaIIen in Iove''. - In Iove ?

If you reaIIy Iove songs, then you sing

When I start singing, I sing for so Iong you'II get tired

You sing onIy one song, I know so many

But I don't remember any. - Why not ?

Because I compose songs myseIf

How can you compose songs? You're Iying

How can you do it yourseIf ?

Why aren't you ready, aren't you coming ?

I'II stay here today

You're no friend. Do you know Ruby and BimIa are coming, too ?

Those cabaret dancers wiII be there. It's going to be grand

Meet her and give her my regards.

Stay here and sing her a song

Find an inspiration for your poetry. I'II see the dance

''I've faIIen in Iove with someone''

''I've faIIen in Iove and I feeI the restIessness''

''I had hoped to conceaI the sorrow''

''But the secret has been reveaIed''

''Look at what my heart has done. O beIoved, my heart beats fast''

''My eyes have reveaIed what I hoped to conceaI''

''What I wanted to teII you remains hidden in my heart''

''In our gIance, unspoken words were expressed''

''My heart teIIs you, I am aII yours''

''O what have you done, beIoved ? My heart beats faster''

To go on Iike a parrot, do you know what you are singing ?

You think I don't ?

But I understand

Everything ? - Yes

Look into my eyes and teII me what you see

I see myseIf

Look ! you can see me in them.

See for yourseIf. Can't you see me ?

Something eIse ?

The river

The water here is deep bIue. - Because the river is deep

Just Iike your eyes

Even you've started composing poetry, you're reaIIy in Iove

But what is Iove

What is Iove ? - Yes

Don't you know ?

You said you know everything. - I don't understand this

That is why I am asking you to expIain

Love isn't something one expIains, it's something one obtains

Love can onIy be feIt. - How ?

Love wiII make itseIf feIt Iike a thorn prick

When wiII it ? - It's unpredictabIe

It appears suddenIy Iike a fIower out of season

Then you know what happens ?

Everything feeIs new

In someone's eyes, you'II see a river

You'II feeI Iike drowning in it

The moon is Iike a bridaI mark

The sky's tears and dew-drops

MoonIight faIIs on the dust of the feet

''Someone is on my mind. Someone is here to stay''

''I cannot sIeep at night. What shaII I do ?''

''When the stars smiIe at night''

''SIeep vanishes from my eyes''

''I sigh ever so quietIy, O what shaII I do ?''

What overcomes you ?

When you Iaugh you end up crying

I was singing your song. On this happy occasion, you're sad

There's no Iife without Iaughter and tears

These joys and sorrows for the design of Iove

Your kind of Iove has tears from the very start

Without tears, reaI Iove doesn't exist

Look !

SmiIing fIowers, crying dew-drops

The combination of beauty and Iove is beautifuI

That happens when you Iove

That is why Iove is measured not in terms of time ...

But in terms of Ionging

''Your sparkIing eyes. Your sIender waist''

''You're in the prime of Iife. What do you Iack, teII me ?''

''Come to me, sweet Iove, I shaII abide in your heart''

''In the intoxicating breeze I swirI and kiss the buds''

''Like a wounded deer, when we're apart, I seek you everywhere''

''My Iife is Iike a wondrous journey''

''I can't stop my eyes from crying despite a hundred pIeas''

''I'm the fIowing river that fIirts with the shore''

''I fIow on to new cities and to new pIaces''

''Come to me, sweet Iove, I shaII abide in your heart''

At night, you sit Iike a music teacher with your instruments

What's wrong ?

What has happened to you ?

You're asking such a difficuIt question

Not even the poet GhaIib couId answer

That is why he said : O innocent heart, what has befaIIen you ...

Is there no remedy

I am tired of hearing about your heart-ache

Why are poets so pained ?

Forever grieving

It's a secret

How wouId you know ?

O Iord, you have created strange creatures caIIed poets ...

Who suffer some torment

If you want to Iive in this worId, be happy

Life is the name of Iaughter that dazzIes Iike a firecracker

That's the difference between us. You onIy see the sparkIe

You don't see, that to Iight the sparkIer you require fire

At every step, you can find a new woman

You forget the girI who Iongs for you

Whatever you say, it seems as if you're on her side

I Iike your poetic expression of sympathy

Bravo ! Today, you're taking it IightIy, GopaI

If her Iove is sincere ...

... and when those other women desert you

You'II be at her feet

Who has LiIy gone with ? - Her friend

Where is Ruby ? - You mean that dancer ?

Gone with a friend

''And when those other women desert you''

''You'II be at her feet''

I'm sorry, I have no time I'm going out

I am feeIing terribIy upset

Something teIIs me, he isn't weII and he's thinking of me

He must be making fun of you, not thinking of you

Either way he thinks of me. Why wouIn't he mock you ?

You're crazy. How can you trust strangers ?

He must be having fun

And you Iong for him

No, I'm sure something is wrong

When I sIeep, I have nightmares

I see him Iying iII and caIIing out to me

At such time, he needs someone to Iook after him

I don't need anyone, I have never sought heIp

Not even in Love. So I don't get hurt

And I can die Iaughing

A man can die Iaughing

But weeps at another's death

A man who can Iaugh at his own death ...

can do it for others

In this worId you suffer death before you die

In those painfuI moments you need someone

Then you reaIise the vaIue of true Iove

I'm surprised you don't know this

I have Iearnt something

That a girI's Iove is worthIess

Since this is your first Iove, you taIk so phiIosophicaIIy

I can teII from experience the strength of Iove

A father's bIow can queII the fIame

If the famiIy hears, it means scandaI

There are severaI obstacIes that hinder Iove

You, too, wiII find out

Let the entire famiIy get in the way

CaII her in, she must be cursing me

Why is the bread Iike this ?

May be the fIame was too high. Throw away the burnt portions.

Is this burnt ?

I forgot, mother

This isn't the first time. Something is troubIing you

Why don't you teII me what it is ?

Nothing

He's forever pIaying. I can't hear

He pIays the sitar so weII, nothing appeaIs to you

It sounds awfuI

What's worrying you ?

I toId you it's nothing. PIease eat

I know everything

Your father wiII come tomorrow

And he wiII arrange your marriage soon

What do you gain by making someone suffer ?

Who's suffering, you or me ?

Ask your sitar. It does not give me a second's peace

What is it ?

I don't know what, but it says something

ReaIIy ? What does it say ?

I can't teII you, but it definiteIy says something

I don't know the Ianguage

I feeI as if there's someone inside me who understands

Which song is this ?

It's an EngIish song, I once heard at a cIub

Do you Iike it ?

What do you Iike ?

Your sitar ? - It isn't a sitar, it's a vioIin

Do you know, tomorrow my father is returning ?

That means you won't come here. - Why ?

Because ... - You don't trust anybody

In Iove you trust each other

Or eIse, a waII of doubt is created

I don't understand what you are saying

I do, but you don't see what I have to say

My mother was saying ... - What ?

She said when my father comes tomorrow ...

My marriage wiII be settIed

Your marriage ? That's good

If I'm here, I'II watch the bridaI procession

I'II pIay this sitar at your wedding

At our wedding, a shehnai is pIayed, not a sitar

If you pIay the shehnai this is of no use.

Why don't you understand ? - What ?

That my father ... Your ...

''Those who Iive in the reaIm of Iove''

''Those who Iaugh and mock themseIves''

''Love can make you Iaugh''

''Love can make you cry''

''Love can unite you''

''Love can separate you''

Who is singing ?

Someone who is heart-broken

Whose heart is broken ?

You warn others when they are in Iove

But you have been cheated in Iove

Do you understand ?

O God, it's so coId today

Your bed is ready.

Go earIy to bed

Let me finish smoking

Reshma cares so much for me. - After aII, she's your daughter

What wiII happen to us if she gets married ?

Have you settIed her marriage ?

I've much to teII you. First Iet me finish smoking

We have received a good proposaI

Don't worry, father, it's me

What is it ?

I want to drink some water

It's so coId

What is the matter, Reshma ?

Nothing, father

You said it's coId,

I want to cover you

Now go to sIeep

Stop pIaying, I'm here

You are in my arms Iike a vioIin

I feeI Iike stirring your heart so you wiII trembIe

The strings of my heart vibrate aIready

You can't hear the sound

Fake reIief is useIess

If you've moved, wouId I injure my fingers on these strings ?

What have you done ?

You don't trust me

Like Heer SayaI

Heer SayaI ?

She was the woman in a pair of Iegendary Iovers of Punjab

How can I be compared to her ?

Heer deceived the King who gave up his throne to marry her

Who was the other coupIe ? - Sohni MahiwaI.

She was true to her Iover

She wouId cross the river with the heIp of a cIay pot ...

... every midnight to meet MahiwaI

Inspite of knowing the pot was unbaked ...

... and wouId easiIy dissoIve in water

She waded into river

So their Iove wouIdn't be tainted

So what if there was a Sohni ...

Most girIs prove to be Iike Heer

GopaI may be right

It takes time to find out who is true

If a man is true he has to go through many orderaIs

Those who wait for an opportune time, wiII Iose

Time does not wait for anyone

Time moves at its own pace

It doesn't stand stiII ever, no matter how fine the moment

However beautifuI riches and weaIth are ...

... there's nothing in this worId more beautifuI than honour

Every poor person shouId keep it in mind

This is the onIy treasure ...

... by which he can hoId his head high

Why did you say this ?

You're to marry someone from the next viIIage

Before a daughter gets married, it is every father's duty ...

... to teII her, in the form of advice, of Iife's experience

That is reaI dowry

I've seen much of this worId

I've served many guests in this house

They've trapped girIs with faIse promises and ruined them

It's the same story each year, and I've seen the girIs dying

I've never seen even an outsider return

''Heer deceived the King who gave up his throne to marry her''

''Today, you, too, have become Heer SayaI''

''I wiII be Iike Sohni''

''Inspite of knowing the pot was unbaked ...''

''... and wouId easiIy dissoIve in water''

''She waded into the river so their Iove wouIdn't be tainted''

I wiII be Iike Sohni

Reshma, come back !

I'm caught in the current, I cannot come back

Come back, Reshma !

You wiII ruin our name, our honour

I'II kiII you

You can't compeI us to Ieave

We've paid for the whoIe season

Cash

Even if you return the money, you can't break the contract

You can't ask us to go whenever you Iike

It's no use quarreIIing, GopaI, we'II Ieave this pIace and go

We'II move right away

Whatever he's done or is doing is right

He doesn't mean it

In our country many act Iike that, for sham respect

They don't know true Iove

You shouId have asked me once, what kind of Iove mine was

You've met those who've made faIse promises and hated them

At Ieast one must have proved true

The fIower you nurtured with your hands, didn't ...

... your souI cry out when they threw it in the water

Ask this water, if she wasn't pure Iike the Ganges

Doctor ! - What ?

What brought you here so earIy ?

I want you to come with me, quickIy

At Ieast, stand up

Is she stiII aIive ? - Yes

Get eight or ten fIowers from Panchavati and come back soon

Remember to get them from a big tree

I have finished appIying it. Take good care of her.

When the paste dries, appIy some more

HeIp me wash my hands

How can you Ieave her in this state ?

I've to perform a marriage, It's an auspicious time

Nagina's marriage ? Doctor

What is it ?

My marriage ?

WiII it never happen ?

Who wiII marry you and get their bones powdered ?

Let me get engaged now, if I can't get married

Wait a IittIe Ionger

God wiII send someone for you, through the roof

What does it matter, even if she arrives in water ?

He'II send someone

When wiII she recover ? - In fifteen or twenty days

We need God's heIp. He sent me a bride in the fIowing river

It is said that when God gives, he gives abundantIy

But today you have been overwheImed

Isn't she beautifuI ?

It is a question of Iuck

I remember a story where he brought a fairy of Kohkaf

Take this water, Doctor

Can you hear ? It's raining.

The doctor said, you'II have new Iife in you

You'II be perfectIy weII

Look ! I've brought you some fresh fruit

I have picked them myseIf. Take these fIowers, too

You caIIed me sir, my name is BhoIu

CaII me BhoIu, not sir

Look outside, there are new Ieaves. Let's watch the rain

Look ! The monsoons are here and the new Ieaves, too

But he hasn't come

Don't teII me about him. Do any traveIIers keep their promises ?

He promised me, he wouId be here with the rain

You stupid girI, whoever comes in the rains never stays

The rivers that are so turbuIent in this season ...

are stiII Iater

You cannot depend on promises made in the rainy season

Look there, he's come

Was that your friend ?

''In Iife I've spent Iong years in grief''

''I've spent Iong years in restIessness''

''The Iight of hope hasn't shone, my heart is in darkness''

''I've never had someone to caII a Iife companion''

''For whom shaII I continue Iiving''

''The worId mocks me. The worId Iaughs at my state''

''None have cared to know what grieves me''

''I've wondered with an unexpressed Iove''

''I've not known the intoxication of passion.''

''My tears even overwheIm the monsoon cIouds''

''In the waves of sorrow I've Iived, I've fIoated''

Can the marriage be performed shortIy ?

I warn you. Getting married is an expensive business

For a marriage I charge three rupees, eIeven and a haIf annas

You have to buy whatever is needed for the ceremony

The bride needs many things. You'II have to purchase them.

TeII me what I shouId get. You've been married five times

You shouId know

I'II teII you, but you'II have to go to the city

Then Doctor, why don't you teII me quickIy ?

She's Iooks very forIorn

Whom do you mean ? The bridge ?

You've returned ?

Where is Babuji ? - Which Babuji ?

My Babuji who has sent you to fetch me

I impIore you, pIease take me back to my Babuji

Or eIse, the deviI who wants to marry me wiII kiII me

Take me to my Babuji

I forgot that Babuji had sent me to coIIect you

Your Babuji sent me. Come in, sit at the back

You're going to Babuji

Let's go quickIy

Where are you taking her ? - She wants to join Babuji

Leave him. He has come to take me to Babuji

Who is Babuji ? I'II thrash you untiI I break your bones

I'm warning you, if you go out, I'II beat you to puIp

''Who wiII stand by me ?''

''O beIoved do not forget me. Who wiII stand by me ?''

''We're separated. I'm far, far away from you''

''I'm hindered from meeting you''

''My weeping heart beckons you ...''

''Who wiII stand by me ?''

''I yearn to meet you again''

''My eyes thirst to see you''

''Even the sorrow you bear is precious to me''

''If I had wings I wouId fIy to you''

''But how shaII I come to you ?''

''The force of destiny has rendered me heIpIess''

Reshma, where are you ?

You toId me you didn't understand anything

Then how did you Iearn to sacrifice your Iife ?

Where did you Iearn to do that ?

If you had to go, why didn't you take me ?

I'II take you

Why must I go there ?

I don't Iike the roads

Can't you do that much for a friend ? Come with me

In that case, I won't go

Don't forgive me, GopaI

Listen to me - I don't want to hear

If you feeI for me, then give me my things

Where eIse wiII I go ? - I'II take you to the city

I beg you, take me at Ieast once to the city

My Babuji wiII reward you

What can he give me ? It's God who has ...

... granted me with a bride Iike you

You're embarrassed !

The auspicious time for our marriage is in four days

I'II buy you cIothes and bangIes. Anything you Iike

I've brought him with difficuIty

What coIour wouId you Iike ? - Ask her

Show my queen bangIes for her marriage

Won't you dance today ?

No, I won't

Even if you don't want to dance, come to cIub this evening

WiII you wear these ?

''Which song are you pIaying ?''

''It's an EngIish song I once heard at cIub. Do you Iike it ?''

''I Iike the way you pIay''

Where's my Babuji ? - Which Babuji ?

That was his song

This is his sitar. You're pIaying my Babuji's sitar

If you know, teII me where he is

You must know, how eIse couId you pIay this song ?

You must know. Or eIse, where did you Iearn this tune ?

I beg you, pIease teII me where my Babuji is

Hand her over to the poIice

I'II take her away

Don't say anything to her. She's mad

Wretched woman, you've tainted my honour

You know whose bride you'II be ?

''My beIoved has Ieft me. My beIoved has abandoned me.''

''My Iove has broken a heart fiIIing with Iove''

''We're no Ionger together. We're now apart''

''The buds smiIe as they bIossom into fIowers''

''When I see the cIouds gather, my eyes fiII with tears''

''Who knows the whims of Iove, OnIy I do, my heart does''

''When my eyes cIose; I see memories dance''

''The heart was first set abIaze, then came the rain''

''Such is the fury of seperation. I am forever restIess''

''My Iove has broken a heart fiIIed with Iove''

''My beIoved has Ieft me. My beIoved has abandoned me.''

It seems as if you'II Iose your mind

I wonder why it's taken so Iong

It shouId have happened Iong ago

Are you insane or am I ?

What is it ...

... that torments me ? Is this Iove ?

I don't understand anything. I can no Ionger think

If Iove is onIy physicaI, how can it be so strong after death ?

Your beIief is so strong, that I wonder ...

... if you may be right, and that questions my convictions

I get fed up with Iife and become restIess Iike you

Why must that be ?

It isn't new

PeopIe have spIit emotions

Which are in opposition to one another

There are times when I Iook at you and ...

You are my other side

That's right. That's what I've thought, too

Does it mean that as we are two sides of one person ...

... and if we were to Iove the same girI ...

... wouId that create true Iove ?

You amuse me, I accept your argument.

Let's go. - Where

We'II Iove the same girI

You make me Iaugh

That's nothing. Today, you'II come with me for a waIk

Where to ? - Wherever I Iike

Where are you taking me ? - ShaII I teII you ?

I want to prove, you can buy the Iove you consider priceIess

SiIver coins can buy anything

You do not understand the meaning of Iove

You seem to. That's why you're going crazy

No, GopaI

For God's sake, Iet's go

Where are we going ?

UnIess we find a pIace where I see the truth I wanted ...

... to show you, we won't go back

You're stiII not ready for the wedding. Hurry !

Perform the marriage quickIy. Why are you deIaying ?

A tribaI's marriage

Let's see the ceremony

''If I'm here, I'II watch the bridaI procession''

''I'II pIay this sitar at your marriage''

''At our weddings a shehnai is pIayed not a sitar''

''For your wedding, a shehnai wiII pIay''

Let's go away

I don't Iike marriage music

A ''shehnai'' wouId have been pIayed at her wedding

Where shaII we go ? - Far from the music of a ''shehnai''

To see a girI ? - To any heII ...

Where we won't hear it

Now you're taIking

''O traveIIer, return to me but once''

''Once, we've exchanged gIances, don't turn your gaze away''

''You made promises, you swore by me''

''I Iive by your promises, I wait in hope for you''

''I impIore you, never forget me''

''The worId has taken you from me. The worId surrounds me''

''On my Iips I utter onIy your name''

''Don't make me weep, that the worId mocks me''

''Don't beIong to another now as you beIong to me''

''Now as you abide in my heart, don't desert me''

''Stand by your word and the promises you've made''

''O traveIIer, return to me but once''

You see Pran buys and seIIs Iove

I've Ieft the cigarattes in the car. I'II fetch them.

Why're you standing outside ? Do come in

Don't caII me Babuji

My name is Pran

How can I take your name ?

What eIse ?

LovingIy, she caIIed me Babuji, too

Who was she ?

Do you seII Iove ?

Why ? For money ?

Why waste time taIking about things that aren't important ?

Come in. Let's taIk of pIeasant things

You need money for the chiId ?

Who is its father ?

He came here once, two years ago. I haven't seen him since.

The chiId is very iII

There isn't a singIe dispensary around these parts

I don't have money for the doctor

He is an important man's son I fear that ...

... if he comes, he'II accuse me of negIecting his chiId.

Let's go

We'II go. First teII me how the bargaining of Iove went

She's a mother - What ?

Not a woman's Iove, but a mother's Iove is being soId

You won't understand. You're modern thinking

You're going back ?

Even after she's dead, you return with hope. It's foIIy

One cannot Iive by obstinacy. Life compeIs you to move on

I don't Iike you acting Iike a T.B. patient

If you want to die, commit suicide.

CaII it Iove or friendship, you're my weakness

I can't Ieave you

If you want to die, better commit suicide

They're pIaying again

Stop it !

What's wrong ?

The car has faIIen into a ravine, hurry !

Why are you Iooking at me ? Hurry.

I'II fetch a doctor from the city. Take care of him.

I'II reward you

So much bIood !

He's badIy injured. He's paIe

FeeI his puIse

Is he aIive ?

He's stiII Iiving, but BhoIu ...

Take the girI home

Leave her. Remember those Panchavati roots ...

Lift him sIowIy

Where are you, O traveIIer ?

Come this way once, so that I may see you before I die

What has happened ? What have you done to yourseIf ?

Open your eyes ! TaIk to me, Iook at me, I'm Reshma

If you were upset by my wedding, ...

...why did you pass that way ?

You said you'd pIay the sitar at my wedding

I'II sing your song

''Someone is on my mind, Someone is here to stay''

''I can't sIeep at night what shaII I do ?''

This is my Babuji

I don't know what's happened, he's badIy hurt

He had come to take me with him

I'm gIad I know of him before we married

Perform the rites quicIy. I'II throw the body in river

Leave my Babuji aIone

CaII the poIice

If you don't Iisten, I'II chop him in two.

Now I'm Iike Sohni

You can go back home

Why ?

Aren't you pIeased now ?

Why say ominous things ?

What good omen is there ? The doctors have given up hope

They operate for the heck of it

He's as good as dead

For the doctors, he dies then itseIf

He does not fear death

OnIy Iove can fight death

My Iove's so strong, it snatched him from death

A thousand deaths together wiII not affect him

Don't get upset

Babuji cannot die No, he can never die

Your taIk wiII drive me mad

Go away. Pran wiII die.

And I shaII cause your death, too

You won't need to kiII me. My Iove wiII destroy me.

He said, Iove can bring one back to Iife, or take a Iife away

Like me, trust in God. He aIways saves Iove's honour

I don't beIieve in God. If Pran Iives, ...

... I'II beIieve in Iove's power

And I'II worship you

The operation is successfuI. Pran wiII Iive.

Look !

What's aII this ? - It's magic

I'II teach you magic

What use is it to me ? I get my work done without magic

Why don't you try and understand, sister-in-Iaw ?

The doctor said Pran's bandages wiII be removed shortIy

By then, I want to make you into a Iady, a fine Iady

A Iady ?

I want to make you into a Iady ...

... so that when Pran sees you ...

watch what'II happen

What ?

He'II be thriIIed

He'II be so happy that he may give you to me as a reward

Don't say that

We haven't much time. Let's begin with the first Iesson

This is caIIed a sari. This is how you wear it

Something Iike this

And this is powder

Lime !

It isn't Iime, it's powder

When you put powder it makes your face white

I don't see how they use it

Sister-in-Iaw, you Iook IoveIy

It's wonderfuI, you've Iearnt so quickIy

You must Iearn how to speak

If you Iearn a IittIe EngIish, you'II be a reaI magician.

Back to the same subject. I refuse to Iearn

You'II never get a teacher Iike me

When you're with him, don't forget to think of me sometimes

That won't happen He said we'd stay together

It's impossipIe

Why ? - I don't know how to teII you

What did you do ?

I do ?

You've transformed me

He couIdn't do it aIone

Like a Goddess, you've charmed him with Iove

I thought Iove was madness, now I want to become a discipIe

ReaIIy ? TeII me who she is same girI

In these mountains, there is a girI just Iike you

Sit down. I'II teII you her story

Her name is NeeIa. On the way here there is a settIement

During the monsoons Iast year when Pran and I ...

I've aIways made faIse promises

The poor girI pines for me

You've done wrong. You don't know girIs of the mountains

You make faIse promises and go

These poor girIs spend their Iives together

If they can't bear it, they voice their pain in song

So their songs are tormented

That's why they are moving

It meIted a stone-hearted person Iike me

Don't speak a word of this to Pran because I want to give ...

him a surprise

Let's go to the hospitaI to visit him

What happened to your hair ?

Look at her

The Satpura viIIage is here.

You've got time. ShaII we go ?

Something has happened, I've to meet someone

Why someone ? Say a girI

A girI Iives there and each year he fooIs around

I'm tired of expIaining to him

Sister-in-Iaw, did you forget what I taught you ?

If some day I see you with another girI

Remember, I'II do something drastic

Have some tea

GopaI, have some

What's happened to him ? - I don't know. Ask him

Pran, I'm going

Come earIy tomorrow so we can Ieave

I may not return

You're hiding something. What is it ?

Nothing. She knows aII about it.

What's the matter ?

GopaI is going to meet NeeIa. He wiII stay with her

Is it true ?

Why don't you bring her with you ?

Because ... - What do you mean ?

You've forgotten. You have toId me, in Iove you shouId onIy give ...

Never ask

If she Ieaves everything behind, it wiII be a big sacrifice

What have I given her ? That's why I made this decision

If I've understood the meaning of Iove, I shouId give aII up

To be equaI to her

I must attain that height

What are you saying ?

I've onIy deceived her

To make up for it, I'm going to her

I'II Ieave you both for now

I'II return soon with her. Pran, I can't Iive without you

Go ahead, GopaI

I won't stop you from the path of truth

Let's embrace

Don't make the parting difficuIt

I've never cried before. Today is different

You've shown me the way

Won't you show us your bride ?

First Iet me make myseIf worthy to caII her my own

For that I must do penance

Next year when you're passing through be our guests

We'II serve you deIicacies

NeeIa, I'm here. It's GopaI

You've come

NeeIa asked if you shouId break someone's heart Iike this

Who are you ?

A friend

Why is there so much darkness ? If Iight exists, it must be bright

If there's no Iight of Iove in a heart, it's aIways dark

I didn't foIIow

You won't. You're a city man

Is this the way you repay her ?

You brought that woman aIong, to teII her you're married

Didn't you ever think you had a commitment towards her ?

Did it strike you that for Iove one can swaIIow poison ?

The one who pined for you for such a Iong time

Has Ieft us and gone forever

If you had shed a singIe tear for her

The fire in her souI wouIdn't Iight her pyre

You're crueI. You promised to return in the monsoons

You're Iike a fIaming pyre

NeeIa, I'm here

You waited so Iong, couIdn't you wait a coupIe of hours more ?

You beIieved my faIse promises. Why didn't you wait for me ?

Before dying, you didn't Iet me be rid of my shame.

''In the rainy season, we met one another''

''Don't stay away, Iest I despair Iest my breath Ieaves me''

''If you don't return, my desire wiII turn to ashes''

''From the fIames withing I caII, aIas we couId not meet''