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Aman, my brother

Aman, so simple, so loving

He always had a smile on his face

Aman was a very hardworking

He would go on and on, till he was satisfied...

sketching, bringing out the lines

He was a bit naughty too

He would make ugly faces to make me laugh

We were so happy, really

Aman, Ammi and I... we were so happy

Your Abba, Allah rest his soul, used to say that...

daughters are born into homes that are blessed by Allah

Meaning that sons are born into homes that aren't blessed by Allah?

Mad girl! Daughters serve. That's why he used to say it

As of now, you're serving the daughter. - Why are you jealous?

Let me pick that nonsense out of your brains

What do you mean nonsense? Ammi, you better tell Apa. Else, I'll get angry

Angry! - Don't you rile my baby

Let him watch the picture

I've seen this picture ten times over. I'm waiting for the news

D'you know what's happening in town? - What's there in the news?

They start fights for out-of-work hooligans

Those leaders instigate simple men to commit murder. Damn them

Here they might get away with whatever they feel like doing

But in kingdom come, just you see how they will be punished

Look! I didn't even realize it's so late in the night

Go on, you two. Go to bed. - Ammi...

See the news tomorrow. - Ammi! One minute!

TV shut

What's this Ammi? - It's very late

What's this "good-night"? Can't you say "Shabba Khair"?

Shabba Khair, Ammi

Come on, go to sleep

Don't tire your eyes. Go to sleep

May Allah keep my family from harm's way

That dog is crying again

Very bad sign

Mercy, Allah

What's up, Firoz? - Aman, they are killing our people

Even burnt down Uncle Sadiq's shop. - What can we do?

Let's go and take a look. - No. We'll get caught in the riots

We won't. Come on

Stop thinking. Come on! - Come

They've gone mad! They're going to kill each other

Lord curse the makers of guns and bullets

Get away from the window!

Go to Aman!

Ammi! Aman isn't there! - Where's Aman?

Run Aman! Run!

Salaam, Mrs. Bhige. Everything all right

Yes, Nishat Bi. Sit

Your son hurt his hand. How is he? - Kids. No matter what, do they care?

Pain, one feels with age. One blow, and the pain stays till the very end

Will you drink tea?

Don't you drink tea either. Here, gram pudding

Cooked with pure milk fat. I wouldn't know, though

He sold it to me saying it's pure. - You look happy. What's up?

Fiza has passed! - B.A. pass? (Graduation)

Good! What does she want to do next? - I don't know. Says she'll do a job

Poor girl, what else can she do? She has to run the household

Her Abba's pension isn't bountiful enough...

to provide for a comfortable living in these times

The same old rented house. The same old way of living

Allah is my Master. The One who helped us all along...

will surely help us live the rest with dignity

Now Nishat Bi, let's talk of what you've been coming here for...

once every week, these six years

No news of your son. So many times on TV he has been announced "Missing"

So much questioning. Result, zero. I don't think there will be any news

There's no news of 160 people. Hindus, also Mussalmans

You aren't the only one. There are so many who are crying

Why should I cry? Let my enemies cry. I'm sure he's alive. And he'll be back

Someday, he will surely come. Salaam aleikum

It's so hot today

Who is it? - No one

Who was it? - I told you. No one

Why were you so tense in the car?

It's nothing at all. - That someone on the way

You saw. And you reacted

It was Ammi. - You should've stopped the car

She wouldn't have liked it

The place she was coming back from she goes there on the sly

On the sly? Where?

I understand

Someday, everything will be all right.

Who knows when that day will come? Come on, hurry

I still don't believe I passed!

I only read your notes

But with you, they were unjust. You should've scored at least 70%

65% is more than enough. I couldn't really study hard

Can't study at home. Had to make do with what I could at the library

You could hardly study in the library. There he was sitting right across

Anirudh. - Gitanjali, I don't fancy idle talk

If you keep raving like this, some day, I'm going to strangle you

Go on, strangle me. But my dying words will be...

Anirudh Roy and Fiza lkramullah

"The Lord grants the believers"

"Here we will be given"

"Seek here with your heart"

“Seek hum Ha“ Ah“

"The Believer"

"The King of the Seas"

"Homage to the King of the Seas"

"Haji Ali, The Seer"

"You are the keeper of the seas"

"You are the keeper of the seas"

"At your door"

"Stand the believers, the seekers"

"Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian are given"

"Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian are given"

"The seas stand guard"

Shehnaz!

Aunt, you?

You've become as rare as the Moon on ldd! Forgotten us?

Not at all

So much work at home...

I'll come. Surely

"Bestow upon us the benediction of Mohammad"

"Bestow upon us the benediction of Mohammad"

"No seeker has gone away empty-handed from here"

"You know the prayer in every heart"

"You are known as The Giver"

"Hear our prayers"

"Answer our prayers"

"All of creation sings in praise of you"

"The ill-fated find respite at your doors"

"Every one is blessed"

"Till my prayer is given..."

"my life will be a misery"

"Whoever has submitted to you The Lord will care for"

Where have you been for so long?

Go in and have the Fatiya recited And give the cookies to the kids

What are you doing, Ammi?

Charity

Stop it now, Ammi

Now I haven't said a word, have I?

Why did you have to splurge money like a queen?

You were handing out tens as if you've won a lottery

So that's why you're grumpy. Darling, if I had my way...

I would've palmed out in hundreds. Your Abba, Allah rest his soul...

I don't want to hear what Abba said. He died, and he left us here to die!

Sacrilege Fiza! Must you speak ill of the dead?

Why shouldn't I? In this house, who's alive? You? I...?

The only question is about... - Enough!

You start running your tongue like scissors!

Get a hold on yourself! Someday, you'll go to another house

This attitude won't do. - First, you get a hold on yourself

It's been six years. You've turned this house into a waiting room

Eyes, staring out of windows; ears, glued to the door...

one knock, and you jump. Day and night, twenty four hours

It's just the same thing. Do you know how much you've changed?

You even turn away from me to hide your red eyes

Why did you fall silent? Take it out

I won't say a thing. Because I'm your mother. I bore you

I don't understand! How long will this go on?

How long are we to live like this? - Not me. Ask that of your fate

Fate, fate, fate! Nice word. But hollow. What will you eat?

Shall I cook turnips? - Yes! He used to love it!

He used to hog it by the potfuls!

One man sent these flowers

Who was it? - Didn't tell me his name

Came in a big car. - Big car?

Yes, he called me and told me to give it to you

All right, go

Who's this Romeo sending flowers to my daughter on the sly?

But he's a miser. - Orchids. Very expensive

Why throw it away? You should keep flowers in their vases

The flowers will bless you

Flowers! Your Abba used to bring baskets full of jasmine!

And I'd distribute them to all the neighbors

And now...?

There's no one left to lay a few flowers on his grave

Flower girl! You look great! How about some flowers this way?

Raspberry! - Let me have the flowers

Come down!

She ran!

One more!

Where are you rushing off with the flowers, like an express train?

Don't call me. It's ominous. I have something important to do

No harm done. A mother's curses turn into blessings

How about a quick bite? - No time!

One minute. - I know your one-minutes too well

Anyway, get back early. Before sundown

I keep worrying. - Your curfew is my command

Any more commands?

It's just to ward off the evil eye

For God's sake, don't talk English

Go with a smile. Come back with a smile

By Allah! What a beauty!

Fiza has become so pretty! The bounty of youth is spilling over!

Shut your mouth, you fool! Must you say whatever comes to your mind...

YOU mad girl? - Mad'? I...'?

The whole world was mad about my voice, my style!

All a matter of time, Nishat Bi. Gone are the connoisseurs...

gone are the times. I'm still the beauty I was...

my voice is still as wonderful! - And still as mad!

Stop keeping up all night for that girl

Else, you'll keep losing like this. - How about another game?

Shoot it!

You come all the way here, to see me!

What's that file about? - I'm going for an interview

Interview? For some small-time job?

Come over to Dad's office tomorrow. I'll fix a job for you

I don't want a job on recommendations

Such vanity?

Listen...

First try at a job? - How did you know?

Job-hunters don't look at watches. I'm an old-timer in this jungle

Relax. Your number won't come up before four or five hours

But in the papers, it was an On the spot interview

On-the-spot means they won't spend two Rupees per postcard to call us

It's just a drama

Don't get nervous. You'll get used to it

You'll stop marking time. You'll even forget asking for months and dates

Want a drink of water?

Bisleri. Municipality water. Boiled it at home

Drink it up

What did I tell you?

Listen, isn't there any other way out of here?

Lots. But I can't leave my auto and walk. Mumbai traffic

Relax. Listen to a song

Hey girl! Can't see? Gone mad? Go somewhere else if you want to die!

Go on. That's all for today

Why are you so late? I'm afraid... if you too leave me...

I'm not going anywhere. Where can I go? Have I any way out?

Why are you getting worked up? I didn't tell you anything

I thought I saw him in an auto. Iran, but there was so much traffic...

I couldn't d9 anything!_ Come on Ammi, glve me mylewelry

Why? - I want to pawn it

What for? Thanks be to Allah, we're eating well enough

I need the money. I want to put an end to the suspense

It doesn't let us die. It won't let us live

I want to look for Aman. For that, I need money

How much will a pair of anklets and earrings fetch?

I'm not selling. I want to pawn it

I won't give!

Because you don't have the guts to find out the truth?

You don't even want to know what happened that night...

what happened to your son! - Yes! I don't want to know!

Old as I am, I have no hopes left, but for one full-blooded son!

I don't have the son. But the hope, I still have

You want to take it away from me?

I have nothing else!

Hiding the ailment won't heal the wound. It festers

I have decided. We aren't going to live in agony

I'm not going to let the wait kill you, kill me

Trust me, Ammi

I'm saying the right thing

I need 25,000. Please let me have it. Don't you trust me?

We had it made from your shop. - What a thing to say, sister

If I didn't trust you, wouldn't I have deducted interest in advance?

Say, do you agree to 18,000?

All right. Let me have it.

May I make a call? - Why not. 3 Rupees for a local call

Here you are. 18,000

The entire amount? - Yes. All of 4,000

Why are you staring like that?

Were I not on duty, I would've downed seven, eight glasses

You were supposed to tell me what happened that night

This is the copy of my deposition in the court

Everything that happened, all I saw is written in there

I have heard your deposition. I was in the court on that day

Then, what more do you want to hear? - That which isn't in that affidavit

The truth. - No melodramas

Did I tell lies in the court? - If you cannot tell me...

give me back my 4,000

What you want to hear, I can tell you

But you're from a decent family. So let me tell you something

Forget whatever happened

Listen...

peel off the scab that covers the wound, and it hurts more

There are so many people in trouble. They killed old Sawanfs son

Sawant is begging. Forget all that. Eat popcorn

Tell me what happened that night

He was running

Sahib! Help me sahib! They are after me!

They're going to kill me! They killed my friend!

We haven't done anything! - You want to live?

Run! Run away to Pakistan!

Burnt my husband alive with a tire around his neck!

Do something! For Allah's sake! Do something!

What are you staring at? Get lost. Move it

Go away

What can we do?

Back out

We're ruined!

You left a half-dead boy lying on the streets?

It wasn't time for sentiments. Had I tried to save that one...

I would've had four more corpses on my hand

Any idea where my brother could've gone?

What can I say?

Even if anyone saw him, who remembers?

You remember nothing at all...?

Maybe... somewhere... something?

It's so old a matter what can I say?

Among them... among the corpses...?

Was my brother there?

Might be

Might not be...?

Might not be

Do you sleep peacefully at nights? - What did you say?

I don't know whom to curse

What... what did you say? Curse...?

Take that. For your beer

Burnt

Is this what I've lived to hear?

Possibly he wasn't in that pile of corpses...?

Even after hearing everything, I still don't believe it

If I knew it in my heart, maybe my eyes wouldn't be dry. He can't die

Tell me what you're going to do. - I don't know what I'll do

I just have a hazy idea in my mind

Don't get into anything dangerous. Promise me

Don't make me promise anything, Ammi. Trust me

Have anything? Give me

May you be happy

Your name is Sawant, isn't it?

Who are you?

Fiza lkramullah

I don't want your money! Take it away! I don't want it!

Inspector Prakash lngle told me about you. Your story is the same as mine

My story? What did he say my story is? What story did that bastard tell you?

Your son... - Yes. Killed my son!

Killed my son! And the bastards want evidence!

Said, get the evidence that your son is dead!

This government wants evidence!

Mussalman, aren't you? Your people kill my son?

Why did your people kill my Chandu? What had he done to harm you?

This isn't a matter of yours and mine. For all of us, it's the same story

A Hindu father has lost his son. A Mussalman sister lost her brother

But the ones responsible for this is neither Hindu nor Mussalman

What their religion is, no one knows

Still, why did they kill my Chandu? He was a laborer

He was to have come home after work from the factory

Must've taken him... in the trucks

I don't even know if he got his last rites. Who lit his pyre?

Might've put him on a pyre for the unidentifieds

They want the evidence because they'll give compensation. 200,000

Price of a live young man. 200,000!

My son's price! Chandu's price! 200,000 pieces of paper!

I don't want their money!

What will I do with the money? If I beg, everyone will give me

When I'm dead, the municipality will cremate me for free. Unidentified!

The way they cremated my Chandu!

I don't want it!

Can I do anything for you?

Yes! Can you get me proof of my Chandu's death?

No one wants to hear Sawant

It's as if humane feelings have gone missing

Like Aman

Not even typed out

Have you ever been published before? - We generally don't accept...

stories from freelancers. - I'm not a freelancer

Nor do I fancy becoming a journalist. I have come to you because...

you have closed this issue. - What's new in this report?

A six-year old dead story. - Dead, yes. Very much dead

Because it contains no spice? Give me my papers

But tell me one thing, Mr. Menon. What would you do if...

a member of your family was missing? Wouldn't you write anything about him?

Would or would you not use the standing of your newspaper?

If it was your sister who came to you, would you throw her out this way?

And it being said of the pen being mightier than the sword...

is this the way...?

I got carried away. But the deeper the pain, the louder the scream

Give me the report. Let me see what I can do?

Have you seen this news? - Moron! I've seen it and read it

Find out who penned this angst. Tell her V.K. Singh wants to see her. Now

Read this and mourn. This is how our community has been persecuted

This is no time to sit passively. We must take notice

Call her, what's her name? Fiza. Tell her Sheikh sahib has called her

I shall give her justice. I shall

Yes, I'm ready

Don't be nervous, Ammi

I looked for him everywhere. But out there, it's pitch dark

It seems as if Aman lost his way in the darkness

My intention isn't only to find out what my brother had been through

I also want to find out why it had to happen

And who gained what?

Fiza lkramullah is raising questions for her country to answer

For how long will this go on in the name of religion?

Who is to answer Fiza lkramullah's questions?

Do you have his photograph? - Yes

Handsome boy

What was he doing? Studying?

Books weren't for him. He never liked studying

But he was very good at drawing, painting... handicrafts

Though he was uneducated, he would've been successful in his life

You mean to say that? - Yes, that is what I mean

How is your family making a living? - Ammi teaches Urdu. And there's...

Abba's pension. The bank deposits he left for us paid for my graduation

So you're looking for your brother so that he comes back...

and starts earning, to take care of the household expenses

I do not mean that at all

Now you're getting angry. I asked because I wanted to know

May we talk business? - Why not?

You're a well known figure now. Were you to tell the people...

that we aren't against any religion or any sect, people would listen

You see, the Mughals invaded us, they dominated us. We forgave them

You people went away and made another country for yourselves

Not that we mind it. - Don't say "you people"

Those who created Pakistan have gone away. And most of those who didn't...

are dead. None of those who created Pakistan are here any longer

We are as much Hindustani as you are

You're getting angry again, Ms Fiza. Look, what I meant to say is...

for someone as educated and open-minded as you are...

it's a must to know more about our party. Whenever you have the time...

get in touch with our Youth Wing. - You want me to become a member?

That'd be nice! You help us, we help you... takes two hands for clapping

So you can put me on a flag and wave me at the world? For Muslim votes?

I thought you're a liberal. - You need say no more

Do something, if you can do it

Listen... - Do remember what your Gita teaches

To perform your duty, without any expectations

Bloody mosquitoes

Thank you

Hail India

Help! Somebody help me!

What's up? why are you screaming? - Kill that!

Kill it! - Scared of a rat?

Yes! Kill it! It's going to chew Ulfat Jaan to bits!

Fool, if it even licks you...

it's going to die of poisoning!

Won't come back, will it? - ll you sing out of tune, it will

You say I sing out of tune? You're out of tune! And your mother!

And your grandmother! All you did was to scare a rat away!

What d'you think you killed? 100 tigers? Get out of my house!

You're such an ingrate, Ulfat! You curse someone who does you a favor?

Curse...? What half-caste is cursing? It's just my style of talking

If you want to show-off your style, go to a brothel

This is a respectable neighborhood. - Have your say! Were my fan here...

he'd clam you shut! - Let's hear who that "fan' is

Aman, my love! I was his soul-mate, his confidante, his trustee

We had such fun! Like children

But I always kept an eye on him. To ward off the evil eye

Caught you! Now pay my ransom

Aman no! For God's sake! Not that. Anything else

No way. Only that

The old men are watching

Aman you're so nice, aren't you? - Not at all. I'm evil!

I'm going to cry. - Why not? Do it fast!

And as soon as you shut your eyes... - Shameless!

Call me names later. First, my ransom

No!

All right, if not that...

a hundred sit-ups, and you catch your ears. Start.

All right

One...

Two...

All right, shut your eyes. - That's more like it

On my lips. - Cheek

All right. On the cheek. - Shut your eyes!

Shehnaz, dear!

Aman

What were you doing? - Nothing!

Nothing?

Bye. - Bye!

What's going on? - Oh that...

we were playing hide-n-seek. - I can see

Romantic hide-n-seek! - No Ulfat Jaan! Nothing like that.

In my days, I played lots of hide-n-seek

But time you know, put a blindfold on my eyes, and forgot all about me

I've been waiting to get caught! - You won't tell Ammi, will you?

Why? - Because I'm the last of your fans!

Prove it

Had I not spurned my fans, I would've had a full-blooded son like you

Get going. Shehnaz ran away. Go after her. Call her back. Go on, give chase!

Tomorrow is going to be another day. Don't miss out today!

"Let me hold your hands to the Sun"

"Let me say a prayer holding your hands..."

"this morning, the henna on your hands looks so bright"

"Come, my love"

"Come, my love"

"Hush, everyone will get to know"

"Say it in my lips. My lips can hear"

"All yesterday, I was pensive"

"Come to me, my love"

"A ray of light dazzled me..."

"when I saw you in the mirror"

"A ray of light dazzled me..."

"when I saw you in the mirror"

"It is also a light that pierces my heart"

"Let me hold your hands to the Sun"

"Let me say a prayer holding your hands..."

"this morning, the henna on your hands looks so bright"

"Come, my love"

"In the red from evening's edge..."

"paint me all over"

"In the red from evening's edge..."

"paint me all over"

"Come, stop the Sun from hiding"

"In the waters, it will lose it's fire"

"Hush, everyone will get to know"

"Say it in my lips. My lips can hear"

"All yesterday, I was pensive"

"Come, my love"

Shehnaz is getting married the day after tomorrow. Do you know?

Why don't you go and tell her to wait for Aman? He'll come back. He will

There are no secrets a mother doesn't know. That's what I wanted too

He'd marry Shehnaz, have babies. Our family would go on

If I had my way, I would've stopped Shehnaz's wedding

But how do I tell Shehnaz to wait any longer?

What a beautiful match!

The band is out of tune! What a bore!

It's the age of senseless tunes

People with a sense of music are sitting quietly

Welcome sahib! We've been waiting for you

Please be seated

Sahib, something chilled you?

Here in a minute!

Who's that? - Ulfat Bi! Hush!

He's Syed sahib. Very big leader

My best wishes. - Thank you, Apa

It's all by dint of your good wishes

Forgive me, Apa. I couldn't wait any longer

Why apologize to me? If you can...

forgive that ill-fated fellow. He has wronged you

Fiza my child... - Yes?

Syed sahib wants to meet you. - All right

Relax, my child

Your late father came to me often. You were very young...

when he died. Heart attack, wasn't it? - Yes

Have an ice cream, my child. - No thanks

I ordered it for you. - No thanks

What are you doing these days? - Trying to find a job

No big deal. I run a small school. You can start tomorrow if you wish

Hazrat Allah Bahari put it aptly. "Mothers, sisters, daughters..."

"the world derives dignity from you." - Thank you. But I won't be able...

to start from tomorrow. - Any particular reason?

I'm busy with something important

Some people think otherwise of your efforts

They say that you're trying to revisit the apocalypse of 1992-93

It could well turn out to be a horrific illusion

You might stand to gain from the quest for your brother

But for the community, it might turn out to be a grave loss

Will you consider that? - You too should consider

Has or hasn't a sister the right to look for her brother?

Does or does not a mother have the right to hope for son?

If misconceptions are worrying you, you should clear their doubts

Disown me

Get a hold on your emotions, my child. Who says, I'm not on your side?

Hear me out. The wounds have healed. Dig up the wound, and blood will flow

Syed sahib, I don't know how I'm supposed to react!

Why are you people afraid of the truth you, the inspector, the editor...

V.K. Singh... everyone is telling me to shut up! But why?

And even if I were to shut up, what'd come out of it?

Even Justice Harikrishna's report has been made public. But what use was it?

We want to make peace! You want to start a fight?

Peace will be Syed sahib, when every one stays within limits

The truth is that the colors green and the saffron...

are but parts of Hindustan's flag. And parts are what they ought to be

None of them must try to color the entire flag. Do you get it?

Salaam

See who's coming. Firecracker! - Hi sparkler!

You've become a TV star? Big TV star? How about doing MTV Grind with us?

Hey, she's showing eyes! - Whom are you giving that stare?

I'll fix you proper!

No, don't! - Leave me!

What are you going to do? Are we scared of you?

Hey, she's getting Technicolor's! Raspberry, what's happening to you?

Hold your tongue! Else... - Else, what will you do?

Help! Abdul! Riyaz! Soora]! Any of you here?

Anyone here? Come on, out!

Go on, get lost

Move back!

Let's get lost

Why are you fellows running now? Weren't you trying to scare women?

If you're men enough, come on, face us!

That was just the trailer. - Wait for the rest of the movie

Rascals! They torment the helpless. - Don't ever say that Ammi

We aren't helpless

Flowers!

He gave flowers

I think I like your flower-boy

Most importantly, there's an honesty and a sympathy in his eyes

Nowadays, he isn't even miserly about flowers

What is it Ammi? You aren't thinking about marrying me off to him, are you?

What use is thinking? But I'm not prejudiced about creed and caste

One must be clean at heart

Why can't the Hindu bosom have a Mussalman heart?

And why not the Mussalman with a Hindu heart?

Your Abba, Allah rest his soul, used to say...

love is the true religion.

Come on. Now... - Read the rest of the book tomorrow?

As you wish!

Any news ofAman?

No. - After the newspaper report...

the media and politicians apart, has no one contacted you?

Who knows? Maybe no one else actually read the report

Nowadays, people only read headlines. - Assuming he's alive...

He is alive. My eyes can't be fooled. I know it at heart

Then, where is he? Why is he hiding? Why doesn't he come back?

Could he have joined some group?

What group? - Don't take this otherwise

I mean, some terrorist group, some extremists...

Show me Aman's photo

What are you doing?

Look at this. I downloaded this from the internet

Compare the eyes

This terrorist was spotted somewhere in the border area

Border area? - I'm coming with you, Fiza

Girls mustn't travel alone. - ll isn't about who's boy, who's girl

I have to do this myself. - Can I do nothing for you, Fiza?

Take care of Ammi

Sister...

Want to take my photo?

You must've seen all of the desert

Thar is the backyard of my house

There isn't a roof over it. But the backyard is vast

You look like a city girl. what are you doing here alone?

I'm looking for someone. - In this sea of sand and dust?

Looking for someone? Tough to find. - Have you seen him somewhere?

I haven't!

Take a look, please. - Don't you get too smart, girl!

I'll carve you!

Sister, please see! - I haven't seen it!

See it properly. For once! - I told you!

What's happening, Bhairav? - Just another day

You weren't up to something yesterday night, were you?

Listen to that! Nowadays, it's an honest living

What would you like? Bread, and rice wine?

Shut up! You know what I'm asking. Where is he?

Reshma is inside. Getting dressed. We're celebrating today

"My love"

"My love"

"Let me drink from your eyes"

"Something aches inside my heart"

"Let me live the ecstasy"

"The ecstasy"

"My love"

"Let me drink from your eyes"

"Something aches inside my heart"

"Let me live the ecstasy"

"The ecstasy"

"The ecstasy"

"Kohl in my eyes Anklets on my feet"

"Worn to woo"

"I pine, my love Tell me when it will rain"

"I have left home all dressed to be your bride"

"My love"

"Let me drink from your eyes"

"Something aches inside my heart"

"Let me live the ecstasy"

"The ecstasy"

"The ecstasy"

"If there's an edge in my eyes..."

"the one I fall for will be the winner"

"Make love to me"

"This moment will pass"

"Take me tonight, who knows what will happen tomorrow?"

"My love"

"Let me drink from your eyes"

"Something aches inside my heart"

"Let me live the ecstasy"

"The ecstasy"

"Ami, I have searched for Aman a lot"

"But I see him only in my dreams"

"I've had enough of this search"

Listen...

Aman, where have you been?

Why did you leave us?

Have we wronged you?

Whatever we've been through is now in the past!

But what have you done to yourself? And in the company of people like...

They aren't that like that

Then what are they like? Tell me

Why don't you say it? Say it! Look at me in the eye, and say it!

What haven't I done to find you! And this is how I find you!

This? My brother...?!

I wanted to be happy to see you alive! This is the happiness you give me?

You want to know?

Want to know?

Then come with me

Jehad

What I'm doing is Jehad

Against whom? - Repression, injustice, apartheid

You fight for spoils and you call it Jehad?

What kind of Jehad involves robbery? - We took only what we had a right to

What about the rights of your mother, your sister?

Have you come to argue with me? - No

But I'm still going to ask you why you did what you did

Water... water

Even if I came back after that, what use would it be?

You'd be happy... everyone would've been happy

But for how long? Someone or the other would've pointed a finger at me, Apa

And you know what the outcome would've been. I knew too

Everyone, even in these remote parts knows what was happening in...

the so-called most modern of cities. How people were being hounded...

how the women and the old were being tormented...

in the name of terrorism laws

I tried a lot to get back to you. I've been to Bombay too

But I couldn't make it to home

I missed you

I remember Ammi...

Then I visualized myself peering through...

the barred window of a police van and you, staring helplessly

I couldn't bear it! Whatever I've done is right. This is my way. I was happy

Because I kept the truth to myself

Were it not for Murad Khan, I don't know what'd happen to me

Who's Murad Khan?

Met him in Bombay

After him!

Don't be afraid

We're fellow travelers

I wanted you and Ammi to give me up for dead

What I had forgotten is how stubborn you can be

When my comrades told me that you had come looking for me...

I prayed. I prayed that you wouldn't find me

But none of my prayers have ever been heard

D'you know what someone who deserts two helpless women is called?

Coward

I've no fancies about becoming a hero. There are heroes only in stories

What happened afterwards?

He brought me here

At first, they laughed at me. Then they kindled an insanity...

they brought out a frustration that was bottled up inside me

I now know that life doesn't have to be lived in helplessness

There is a purpose

These arms, ammunitions... one murder for another...

if this is your purpose in life, what can I say?

You have decided about your life. - I haven't decided anything, Apa

It's life that has sentenced me

If you put up with repression and injustice in silence...

if you can bear to see us denigrated...

if you can watch our mothers and sisters being raped...

then this place isn't for you

If you can put up being denied your roots, your humanity...

then by all means, go back. But remember this much

You won't be able to live with dignity...

you won't be allowed to die with dignity...

in the place you're going back to. The decision is yours

I'll stay here

With you

We want justice!

Down with non-violence!

Kill the dogs!

I owe you this one

A word of advice, Aman. Don't be afraid of the dark

You aren't helpless. You're like the rest of us

Every one of us, at some time or the other...

have lost our dignity, our identities, our homes...

in pointless quarrels and riots. What happened to us...

we won't let happen to anyone else. Be it Mussalman, be it Hindu

As of now, I won't subject you to any more tests...

till such time that you've been forged in steel

I shall not question you. Nor will you question me

From this day, you are Murad Khan's brother

Keep this fire buried in your heart

What about Aman? What about my brother?

He's dead. - No!

This cannot be. You must live, Aman! For my sake, for Ammi's sake

You can't die for these opportunists! You must come with me

No one can stop you, Aman! Come on!

You're getting carried away by emotion. I cannot go

If you won't, then I'm going straight to the police!

I'll expose your entire group. - The police cannot find us

Aman, don't challenge me. Before I set out...

I swore I'd take you home if you were alive

You're coming with me! Now! - Try to understand, Apa

I cannot return

You will come. Now! Let's see who stops me

Come Aman!

Try to understand, Apa. - Come on!

The debt has been repaid. Let him go

Coming

Allah is merciful!

A million thanks be to Allah!

Where have you been?

Didn't you even remember me?

You should've called me over

Forgive me, Ammi

Who would've stopped you from going anywhere?

Forgive me

First, promise never to leave me. Not until Fiza is married

Not until I'm dead and buried, you will go anywhere

I won't

Is that a promise?

You've grown up!

Allah be praised! You've even grown a beard

Son, you didn't even write me a letter!

How could you go to sleep without wishing your Ammi "Shabba Khair"?

You've grown so feeble! Shall I get you something to eat?

Will you eat? - I've kept awake for so long

I want to sleep for a while. - My baby!

Such noise!

Aunt, for me too

Eat the sweets. My son has come back home

Aman, come let's play. - No, not today

Go on play. I'll watch. - Have you grown very big?

What was the need for all this, Ammi? - Need? Today's such a lucky day!

Your Ammi is so happy today!

Aman, come on

Come on Ammi, let's light crackers

Come on!

Your qualifications are fine. But I don't know...

I think I've heard your name somewhere

Are you the same Fiza lkramullah who created that furore...

in newspapers and television about your brother?

You see, our company is world-famous. We don't want any trouble

What trouble...? - You look intelligent and practical

Attractive too

How about meeting this evening? Dinner etc... and then...

I'll send you away happy

Keep your dirty ideas to yourself

It's so peaceful here - Sometimes I think...

wouldn't it be nice if we never grew up?

We'd still be running about scot free. We'd bunk lectures to eat paani puri

We'd still have those confused dreams, those hopes we were unsure of

And the desire to grow up very fast! - Getting too nostalgic?

All these problems begin once you've grown up

Had we never grown up, none of these problems would be

Don't you like Anirudh? - Don't know

I'm scared to ask myself

Take my advice. Marry him. Migrate to some other country

No one will ask what your religion is. Or even if you have religion at all

Everyone in this world needs support; and no greater support than love

"You are the air, the season, you do not belong to this earth"

"If you are the clouds, why do you not rain?"

"Like a free bird you fly"

"Come home to me"

"Like the air, I do not wait"

"Even if I stop, I do not stay"

"On the flight of my wings I travel"

"I have no home"

"From my home on a tree..."

"a gust of wind has carried me..."

"like a dry leaf, the wind carries me everywhere"

"Come"

"Come to me for once"

"Let's rise above land"

"Let's step into the wind"

"Let's fly"

"Let's fly where no roads lead to"

"Where no one lives"

"Only in your eyes will I ever find such a place"

"You are the air, the season, you do not belong to this earth"

"If you are the clouds, why do you not rain?"

"Like a free bird you fly"

"Come home to me"

"Like the air, I do not wait"

"Even if I stop, I do not stay"

"On the flight of my wings I travel"

"I have no home"

I have never been able to tell you everything

I've recorded something for you. You will understand when you hear

Take it. - No

What are you looking at Fiza?

These politicians. They're everywhere

Forget the politicians

You don't even socialize. There are good folks too. You should meet some

There's a big happening party on Saturday. Are you coming?

You go to your parties. - No harm in asking

Anyway, if you're in the mood, come over to the 1800s

Where are you coming from, Apa?

What is it to you?

Haven't I the right to ask as much?

You want to know who he is, what he does?

He is my friend. Anirudh. When you had deserted us...

he was the one who stood by me

You're Aman, aren't you? - You're right

Aman, not to be angry with me. If we get to know each other...

we can be good friends

I haven't come here to learn lessons about making friends

Just tell me why you're seeing Fiza. - My intentions are honorable

I want to marry Fiza. - Does she know it?

No

And you think you're good enough for Fiza?

Somewhat

This isn't a matter of less or more. It's a matter of my sister's life

Tell me something. What do you think would make Fiza the happiest?

For Fiza, you and Ammi are everything. I know that

You surely don't want her happiness to be taken away from her forever?

You will never see Fiza ever again

Understood?

If this is what you want, then so be it

You win

I take back my words

Promise me only so much. You will always keep Fiza happy

You will always stand by my sister and my mother

Always

Aman, what are you up to? - Nothing Ammi

Just some of my old, useless drawings

I'm going to preserve these

I'm so worried for you. You don't even talk to me

Have you forgotten how to smile?

I'll show you how to laugh

Want me to show you how?

Friends, like everyday, we're going to laugh

But it's going be different today. You might've noticed that...

there's something unique about the way every man laughs

And when you see them laugh, the very thought of it...

makes you laugh. As with the watchman in our club who comes from Nepal

We've even named him "Laughing-or-Crying"

"Ho sahib, I want a holiday" That's one type of laughter

One of my friends from Punjab goes like...

Hear him laugh, and you think he's going to war

One Mr. Mehta from Gujarat. When he laughs...

You can visualize the "Garba Dance" of Gujarat from the way he laughs

And this Maharashtrian gentleman does it this way...

He has chewing tobacco in his mouth. But he's also laughing

Busy with his tobacco. But he still laughs

There's my friend Subramanyam from Madras

You got to stuff something in his mouth to stop him from laughing

Sol tell you my friends, laugh your hearts out

Laugh like they do it in Punjab

Like the ones from Madras

Laughing is very profitable

The world has nothing, if not laughter

Keep laughing, and laughing and laughing

This "Ha-Ha Hee-Hee Hoo-Hoo" Club is something special about this city

Go and enjoy yourself, while I shop. - What will I do there alone?

I have to go to the market, son

We don't charge you money to laugh

So I was telling you about people. Take our film stars

Take Shah Rukh Khan

He gives you a miserly laugh

He laughed yesterday. It's coming out now

An“ Kapoor ...

like a toothpaste ad. It's all individual style

Govinda goes...

You can count his teeth, while he's laughing his heart out

There are so many types. Like Amrish Puri

In a jungle, he could send wild animals on a stampede

And babies would refuse to be born unless he stops laughing

The world-famous Bill Clinton laughs!

As if he's doing the world a favor!

Smiley, whom did you ask before setting up shop here?

Get out of here!

Enough of it. Get lost

Stop it! Don't the two of you find anything to do but fight?

You...? Where the hell are you from? - Want to get bashed up?

Please! We're getting out of here. We didn't come here to quarrel

Staring hard, are you? - You live off your sister

And you talk sense into us?

I won't spare you! - We won't!

We know! You killed before you ran away

Run!

The wound is deep. Keep dressing it

Salim this is Aman. I told you about him

The one who used to pester you? Why were you after my wife?

Had I not pestered her, would she have married you? She would've married me

That's the point. But where have you been? You didn't come for the wedding

I... couldn't make it on time

Anyway, nice meeting you

The doctor is calling you

How are you, Shehnaz?

Fine

You didn't even tell before leaving

Had you even indicated...

I could've waited

Forgive me, Shehnaz. I couldn't make your dreams come true

I forgive

Why do you women have such big hearts?

Apa, Ammi, everyone has forgiven me. No one even said anything to me

I did. The day I was engaged, I prayed to Allah

I said, let Aman stand before me, let him see me marrying someone else

And let him ask me to forgive him. Today, my wish has been given

Shehnaz! The doctor has confirmed it! Congratulate me, mister

I'm going to become a father!

Who am I? What am I doing? I haven't anything!

I have nothing to offer to anyone. What aspirations I had...

circumstance has taken from me. I'm a burden on Ammi and Apa. They put up...

with me because they love me. I'm not worthy of their love

I'm living a lie! If Ammi gets to know the truth, what will she go through?

People look away even if I go seeking a small-time job

I have nothing to do with caste, creed and religion

All I care for is that advice Murad Khan gave me

I will not be helpless

The injustice I have suffered, I won't let anyone suffer

Anonymity was a better identity. I'm going back

Salaam aleikum

Who told you I'm here? - No one

I thought like other years, you'd come to Bombay this time too

Why have you come?

I made a mistake, leaving without informing you

The mistake was ours. We took in someone like you. A hero

What do you want?

You were right. Let alone live with dignity...

one can't even die a dignified death here

Really?

What do you want?

L---

I want in again. - Not that mistake again! I won't!

You've made a joke out of this! Is this a game of cricket?

To walk in and out of teams as you please?

Joke!

Why are you still alive? Why? Because you protected Murad Khan

Only because of that. That mistake, again? No!

I'm willing to do anything! I feel stifled here!

I don't know where to go, what to do!

Keep it. Whoever you have at home, your mother, your sister...

give them a security for life

But this time, you aren't going to look back

Go

Gitanjali, listen...

I couldn't refuse Gitanjali. - Did she bully you into this outfit?

I know Gitanjali only too well

I also know that she must be flirting with someone at the entrance

Before she gets back in, let's go and dance!

How long will you go on saying no? I'm fed up! You only care for Aman

But I care for you. As of now, you're uptight

I'm fine the way I am

Can't you even have a little bit of fun like the other girls?

You call this fun?

Very well. If you want to have fun, just watch on

"If I start misbehaving,

"what will happen to you?"

"Your houses are of glass. What if were to I throw a stone?"

"I'll look into eyes"

"I'll set hearts aflutter"

"I'm going to make you swoon"

"So what if you mind it?"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I'll look into eyes"

"I'll set hearts aflutter"

"I'm going to make you swoon"

"So what if you mind it?"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I was held up"

"That's why I'm late"

"But I've brought you a gift, with love"

"I was held up"

"That's why I'm late"

"But I've brought you a gift, with love"

"Hearts are made of glass"

"So what if it's broken?"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"At every step in life..."

"lurks deceit"

"Not on others..."

"I have faith in myself"

"At every step in life..."

"lurks deceit"

"Not on others..."

"I have faith in myself"

"So what if you mind it?"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

So are you happy, Mr. Anirudh?

Fiza is fine the way she is

What do you keep brooding over?

If you want to bide time, take up a job

I'd rather that you completed your education

For nothing, you've wasted all these years

I've wasted nothing. You haven't understood me ever, Apa

Maybe you won't, ever. All I want to say is, I'm not useless

I have something, I have a goal

I understand everything. I know what's in your heart

I won't let you return, Aman

If you want to usher in a revolution, you must know the sorrows of people

Be one with them. - I don't want to argue with you, Apa

Why do you pick on me? - Because in you I want to see...

the Aman who used to be my brother. Have you ever thought...

how much you've changed? - Not I. Circumstance has changed

Remember Apa? We used to play here when we were kids, we used to fight

It was so much fun

Apa, I have only one request. Don't say no

What do you want?

What is this?

Open it. See it

Can a brother not do as much for his sister?

But...

Let the family jewels stay where they should

For the sake of the childhood we spent together...

for the sake of our memories, don't reiuse this

But Aman...

For once, embrace me, Apa

I owe you this explanation

Someday or the other, we have to tell Ammi

What goes on in whispers? - Nothing Ammi

Never mind. Someday or the other, I'll get to know

Keeping secrets is fun!

Shall I let you in on my secret?

Even I'm up to a sly plot or two

Sometimes, I steal Ulfat Jaan's lipstick and powder

To keep myself amused, I let my nose ring switch sides

Sometimes, I cook a sweet for myself on the sly

There you are, idling! Hurry up! Switch the TV on

There's something on cable TV. - God help us! Put it on

You fool! You made me so apprehensive! - Apprehension being, I'd miss the song

You haven't changed a bit

Go on, Ammi

Take him. - What are you doing?

Let me go!

Stop! I say stop! Where are you taking him?

He killed during the riots. Three people

Aman, don't worry. I'll bring a lawyer

Get out!

You act smart with us? You burnt my bike!

Please, let him go! - See? That's how we fix you

Hot-blooded, are you? - Get out!

In there, they'll chill you down. - Get out!

Hey hag! B16 your son goodbye - Go away! '

Shove it. - Hey raspberry

Leave me! - I'm still here for you. Why worry?

Give it to us!

You dare say that to my sister?!

My sister!

You dogs!

Let go Aman!

Aman, let go!

You dare make a pass at my sister?!

Sahib! Save me!

Ammi, eat something. You didn't eat anything last night. You'll fall ill

I've talked to the lawyer. Considering the crime records of the victims...

Aman will not get a heavy sentence. They were hoodlums. Into rioting

I'm the one who should get the biggest punishment

I couldn't do anything for my children

My son, my Aman...

was taken away before my eyes, and I just looked on...

I couldn't do a thing

My child, it's time to part

Cover her face

"Don't take that coffin away yet"

"it's my friend"

"Don't take that coffin away yet"

"it's my friend"

"The soil is still warm"

"The body is still fresh"

"The soil is still warm"

"The body is still fresh"

"Don't take that coffin away yet"

"it's my friend"

"Wake her up"

"Let me bid her goodbye"

"What farewell is this?"

"What parting this is?"

"There is still sorrow left yet to be lived"

"Do not take that coffin away yet"

"it's my friend"

"The soil is still warm"

"She is still fresh"

My dear Apa...

For an eternity, Fiza (The Seasons) has passed, will always pass

But you mustn't change. Ever. This is a vicious world, Apa

It will force you to change. But you mustn't, Apa

Ammi hasn't gone away, Apa. She is with us

She will always be with us. I can still hear her laugh

Knowingly and unknowingly, I have hurt you deeply

If you can, forget me. And start life anew

Don't make digs at me, Mr. Syed. All thanks to you...

my nephew Nathu is the union leader

I'm not making digs at you. I'm just wondering...

here I am, and there you are in five star hotels!

It's a foregone conclusion. We're forming the government

We have the majority. The other parties are also with us

If our Mussalman brothers join us, our secular picture will be complete

Do you know how many Mussalmans I have behind me?

As of now, in this state, you are...

the most influential among Mussalman leaders

One word from you, and 1.5, maybe 2 million would give their lives

You are very wise

Do you know the cost of a support base of 1.5 or 2 million people?

Whatever you say. I'll convince my party

You aren't about to offer me chief ministership

How about Home Ministry? - I've given the Home Ministry...

The opposition is calling me persistently. They say...

I accept

Let's shake hands. - Let's embrace!

We'll organize a grand puja in our temples on ldd day

Allah be praised! - Glory to Lord Ram!

Our alliance might lead to riots. - Much lo our benefit

Why do we change our plan?

Will the elections wait for us?

If the enemy comes to power, all we can do is cry

For us, it's important to deliver the first strike

This alliance in government is a sham!

In this country, there's only truth. This! Only this!

For every government, power flows from the barrel of the gun

When this speaks, everyone hears. - But to do this...

we need permission from headquarters. - Not permission. Orders!

And I give the orders. You have any problems?

Who will do it? - I know

Are you thinking about the boy... - Yes, he's new recruit

He isn't trained for the mission. He hasn't done any big jobs

All he has done are petty jobs

But not everyone has what he has in him

He has a strange madness in him. - It's a big risk!

Get him ready

Now you will be forged in steel. This is your biggest test

What happened to you is about to happen once again

You can stop another riot from happening. Get ready Aman

Else, others like you will become the living dead

Do it Aman. Don't let that terrible thing happen again

Do you understand?

Idd greetings, Apa. - My greetings to you

Apa, I saw Aman

Where? Where is he?

This morning I went to see my doctor in Mahim

I saw him near the Sun Temple. - What are you saying?

I could never be mistaken about seeing him. He was there

Why didn't you talk to him? Why didn't you stop him?

My husband was with me

Take care oi yourself. Please

Who are you?

No one. - What's "no one"?

Everyone has a name, hasn't he?

What's your name? - Uday

Uday, now go home

Not a hope, sir! They died on the spot

Listen... what happened?

One minute...

Over?

Done

Finish him off

Drop the gun, Aman

I did it once

Drop it, Aman - What good will it be?

Someone else will pick it up.

Such hatred, Aman? Forget all this. There's still time

Why this hatred? - This isn't hatred

It's protest against hatred. And in this Jehad martyrs will tall

For Truth's sake, will Jehad be waged

And the truth is that we belong to this country. We always will

Is it said in the Quran Sharief that one must shed blood to prove a point?

And you refuse to accept that? What kind of a Mujahid are you?

Change your ways, Aman. There's still time

In the end, justice will prevail. - What is justice, Apa?

That which happened to me 6 years ago? Was it just?

People like Singh and Syed are they right?

They can change everything for the better. But that they won't do

They have the power. But they use it to set us against each other

So that they can wield their influence and retain their seats of power

If these men are right, I have done no sin

I am pure

I never fancied this weapon

Like the lines of destiny on my palm, it was thrust into my hands by fate

How did all this happen, Aman?

Our happiness has been taken away from us

Or was it the evil eye that saw us laugh together?

Time was when you'd love me even when you scolded me

That love is still there

Yes

Those Sundays, when we'd buy sour berries worth half a buck

You'd massage my head with hair oil

And you wouldn't tell Ammi what mischief I was up to

Else, she would've slapped you hard

APB, go now

Go! ' No!

The police is taking up positions. - I'm not leaving you!

Go on, Apa!

Leave!

Give me the gun

Give me that gun, Aman

Give it to me!

All right. But on one condition

What condition?

Look at me, Apa

Look at your Aman

In a while, the police will shoot me. Or else, it'll be the gallows for me

It's a skit for free. People will enjoy watching me die

Little do they know that in the bylanes of this city...

I died one night, a long time ago

You won't let them take me, Apa

Promise me

I have no pride in my being

At least, let me die in dignity

Take this Apa

I have no way out, Apa

Take the gun, Apa

Take the gun

Take it

Ammi must be so lonely

I want to go to Ammi

I want to lie with my head on her lap

I'm worn out

Bid me goodbye

Bid me goodbye, Apa

"There is no God but Allah"

"Mohammed is The Prophet of Allah"

Unto Allah I commend you, Aman

Children, get home early. I keep worrying

Allah, grant me courage

Any news of my son, madam?

No

Aman, my brother

Aman, so simple, so loving

He always had a smile on his face

Aman was a very hardworking

He would go on and on, till he was satisfied...

sketching, bringing out the lines

He was a bit naughty too

He would make ugly faces to make me laugh

We were so happy, really

Aman, Ammi and I... we were so happy

Your Abba, Allah rest his soul, used to say that...

daughters are born into homes that are blessed by Allah

Meaning that sons are born into homes that aren't blessed by Allah?

Mad girl! Daughters serve. That's why he used to say it

As of now, you're serving the daughter. - Why are you jealous?

Let me pick that nonsense out of your brains

What do you mean nonsense? Ammi, you better tell Apa. Else, I'll get angry

Angry! - Don't you rile my baby

Let him watch the picture

I've seen this picture ten times over. I'm waiting for the news

D'you know what's happening in town? - What's there in the news?

They start fights for out-of-work hooligans

Those leaders instigate simple men to commit murder. Damn them

Here they might get away with whatever they feel like doing

But in kingdom come, just you see how they will be punished

Look! I didn't even realize it's so late in the night

Go on, you two. Go to bed. - Ammi...

See the news tomorrow. - Ammi! One minute!

TV shut

What's this Ammi? - It's very late

What's this "good-night"? Can't you say "Shabba Khair"?

Shabba Khair, Ammi

Come on, go to sleep

Don't tire your eyes. Go to sleep

May Allah keep my family from harm's way

That dog is crying again

Very bad sign

Mercy, Allah

What's up, Firoz? - Aman, they are killing our people

Even burnt down Uncle Sadiq's shop. - What can we do?

Let's go and take a look. - No. We'll get caught in the riots

We won't. Come on

Stop thinking. Come on! - Come

They've gone mad! They're going to kill each other

Lord curse the makers of guns and bullets

Get away from the window!

Go to Aman!

Ammi! Aman isn't there! - Where's Aman?

Run Aman! Run!

Salaam, Mrs. Bhige. Everything all right

Yes, Nishat Bi. Sit

Your son hurt his hand. How is he? - Kids. No matter what, do they care?

Pain, one feels with age. One blow, and the pain stays till the very end

Will you drink tea?

Don't you drink tea either. Here, gram pudding

Cooked with pure milk fat. I wouldn't know, though

He sold it to me saying it's pure. - You look happy. What's up?

Fiza has passed! - B.A. pass? (Graduation)

Good! What does she want to do next? - I don't know. Says she'll do a job

Poor girl, what else can she do? She has to run the household

Her Abba's pension isn't bountiful enough...

to provide for a comfortable living in these times

The same old rented house. The same old way of living

Allah is my Master. The One who helped us all along...

will surely help us live the rest with dignity

Now Nishat Bi, let's talk of what you've been coming here for...

once every week, these six years

No news of your son. So many times on TV he has been announced "Missing"

So much questioning. Result, zero. I don't think there will be any news

There's no news of 160 people. Hindus, also Mussalmans

You aren't the only one. There are so many who are crying

Why should I cry? Let my enemies cry. I'm sure he's alive. And he'll be back

Someday, he will surely come. Salaam aleikum

It's so hot today

Who is it? - No one

Who was it? - I told you. No one

Why were you so tense in the car?

It's nothing at all. - That someone on the way

You saw. And you reacted

It was Ammi. - You should've stopped the car

She wouldn't have liked it

The place she was coming back from she goes there on the sly

On the sly? Where?

I understand

Someday, everything will be all right.

Who knows when that day will come? Come on, hurry

I still don't believe I passed!

I only read your notes

But with you, they were unjust. You should've scored at least 70%

65% is more than enough. I couldn't really study hard

Can't study at home. Had to make do with what I could at the library

You could hardly study in the library. There he was sitting right across

Anirudh. - Gitanjali, I don't fancy idle talk

If you keep raving like this, some day, I'm going to strangle you

Go on, strangle me. But my dying words will be...

Anirudh Roy and Fiza lkramullah

"The Lord grants the believers"

"Here we will be given"

"Seek here with your heart"

“Seek hum Ha“ Ah“

"The Believer"

"The King of the Seas"

"Homage to the King of the Seas"

"Haji Ali, The Seer"

"You are the keeper of the seas"

"You are the keeper of the seas"

"At your door"

"Stand the believers, the seekers"

"Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian are given"

"Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian are given"

"The seas stand guard"

Shehnaz!

Aunt, you?

You've become as rare as the Moon on ldd! Forgotten us?

Not at all

So much work at home...

I'll come. Surely

"Bestow upon us the benediction of Mohammad"

"Bestow upon us the benediction of Mohammad"

"No seeker has gone away empty-handed from here"

"You know the prayer in every heart"

"You are known as The Giver"

"Hear our prayers"

"Answer our prayers"

"All of creation sings in praise of you"

"The ill-fated find respite at your doors"

"Every one is blessed"

"Till my prayer is given..."

"my life will be a misery"

"Whoever has submitted to you The Lord will care for"

Where have you been for so long?

Go in and have the Fatiya recited And give the cookies to the kids

What are you doing, Ammi?

Charity

Stop it now, Ammi

Now I haven't said a word, have I?

Why did you have to splurge money like a queen?

You were handing out tens as if you've won a lottery

So that's why you're grumpy. Darling, if I had my way...

I would've palmed out in hundreds. Your Abba, Allah rest his soul...

I don't want to hear what Abba said. He died, and he left us here to die!

Sacrilege Fiza! Must you speak ill of the dead?

Why shouldn't I? In this house, who's alive? You? I...?

The only question is about... - Enough!

You start running your tongue like scissors!

Get a hold on yourself! Someday, you'll go to another house

This attitude won't do. - First, you get a hold on yourself

It's been six years. You've turned this house into a waiting room

Eyes, staring out of windows; ears, glued to the door...

one knock, and you jump. Day and night, twenty four hours

It's just the same thing. Do you know how much you've changed?

You even turn away from me to hide your red eyes

Why did you fall silent? Take it out

I won't say a thing. Because I'm your mother. I bore you

I don't understand! How long will this go on?

How long are we to live like this? - Not me. Ask that of your fate

Fate, fate, fate! Nice word. But hollow. What will you eat?

Shall I cook turnips? - Yes! He used to love it!

He used to hog it by the potfuls!

One man sent these flowers

Who was it? - Didn't tell me his name

Came in a big car. - Big car?

Yes, he called me and told me to give it to you

All right, go

Who's this Romeo sending flowers to my daughter on the sly?

But he's a miser. - Orchids. Very expensive

Why throw it away? You should keep flowers in their vases

The flowers will bless you

Flowers! Your Abba used to bring baskets full of jasmine!

And I'd distribute them to all the neighbors

And now...?

There's no one left to lay a few flowers on his grave

Flower girl! You look great! How about some flowers this way?

Raspberry! - Let me have the flowers

Come down!

She ran!

One more!

Where are you rushing off with the flowers, like an express train?

Don't call me. It's ominous. I have something important to do

No harm done. A mother's curses turn into blessings

How about a quick bite? - No time!

One minute. - I know your one-minutes too well

Anyway, get back early. Before sundown

I keep worrying. - Your curfew is my command

Any more commands?

It's just to ward off the evil eye

For God's sake, don't talk English

Go with a smile. Come back with a smile

By Allah! What a beauty!

Fiza has become so pretty! The bounty of youth is spilling over!

Shut your mouth, you fool! Must you say whatever comes to your mind...

YOU mad girl? - Mad'? I...'?

The whole world was mad about my voice, my style!

All a matter of time, Nishat Bi. Gone are the connoisseurs...

gone are the times. I'm still the beauty I was...

my voice is still as wonderful! - And still as mad!

Stop keeping up all night for that girl

Else, you'll keep losing like this. - How about another game?

Shoot it!

You come all the way here, to see me!

What's that file about? - I'm going for an interview

Interview? For some small-time job?

Come over to Dad's office tomorrow. I'll fix a job for you

I don't want a job on recommendations

Such vanity?

Listen...

First try at a job? - How did you know?

Job-hunters don't look at watches. I'm an old-timer in this jungle

Relax. Your number won't come up before four or five hours

But in the papers, it was an On the spot interview

On-the-spot means they won't spend two Rupees per postcard to call us

It's just a drama

Don't get nervous. You'll get used to it

You'll stop marking time. You'll even forget asking for months and dates

Want a drink of water?

Bisleri. Municipality water. Boiled it at home

Drink it up

What did I tell you?

Listen, isn't there any other way out of here?

Lots. But I can't leave my auto and walk. Mumbai traffic

Relax. Listen to a song

Hey girl! Can't see? Gone mad? Go somewhere else if you want to die!

Go on. That's all for today

Why are you so late? I'm afraid... if you too leave me...

I'm not going anywhere. Where can I go? Have I any way out?

Why are you getting worked up? I didn't tell you anything

I thought I saw him in an auto. Iran, but there was so much traffic...

I couldn't d9 anything!_ Come on Ammi, glve me mylewelry

Why? - I want to pawn it

What for? Thanks be to Allah, we're eating well enough

I need the money. I want to put an end to the suspense

It doesn't let us die. It won't let us live

I want to look for Aman. For that, I need money

How much will a pair of anklets and earrings fetch?

I'm not selling. I want to pawn it

I won't give!

Because you don't have the guts to find out the truth?

You don't even want to know what happened that night...

what happened to your son! - Yes! I don't want to know!

Old as I am, I have no hopes left, but for one full-blooded son!

I don't have the son. But the hope, I still have

You want to take it away from me?

I have nothing else!

Hiding the ailment won't heal the wound. It festers

I have decided. We aren't going to live in agony

I'm not going to let the wait kill you, kill me

Trust me, Ammi

I'm saying the right thing

I need 25,000. Please let me have it. Don't you trust me?

We had it made from your shop. - What a thing to say, sister

If I didn't trust you, wouldn't I have deducted interest in advance?

Say, do you agree to 18,000?

All right. Let me have it.

May I make a call? - Why not. 3 Rupees for a local call

Here you are. 18,000

The entire amount? - Yes. All of 4,000

Why are you staring like that?

Were I not on duty, I would've downed seven, eight glasses

You were supposed to tell me what happened that night

This is the copy of my deposition in the court

Everything that happened, all I saw is written in there

I have heard your deposition. I was in the court on that day

Then, what more do you want to hear? - That which isn't in that affidavit

The truth. - No melodramas

Did I tell lies in the court? - If you cannot tell me...

give me back my 4,000

What you want to hear, I can tell you

But you're from a decent family. So let me tell you something

Forget whatever happened

Listen...

peel off the scab that covers the wound, and it hurts more

There are so many people in trouble. They killed old Sawanfs son

Sawant is begging. Forget all that. Eat popcorn

Tell me what happened that night

He was running

Sahib! Help me sahib! They are after me!

They're going to kill me! They killed my friend!

We haven't done anything! - You want to live?

Run! Run away to Pakistan!

Burnt my husband alive with a tire around his neck!

Do something! For Allah's sake! Do something!

What are you staring at? Get lost. Move it

Go away

What can we do?

Back out

We're ruined!

You left a half-dead boy lying on the streets?

It wasn't time for sentiments. Had I tried to save that one...

I would've had four more corpses on my hand

Any idea where my brother could've gone?

What can I say?

Even if anyone saw him, who remembers?

You remember nothing at all...?

Maybe... somewhere... something?

It's so old a matter what can I say?

Among them... among the corpses...?

Was my brother there?

Might be

Might not be...?

Might not be

Do you sleep peacefully at nights? - What did you say?

I don't know whom to curse

What... what did you say? Curse...?

Take that. For your beer

Burnt

Is this what I've lived to hear?

Possibly he wasn't in that pile of corpses...?

Even after hearing everything, I still don't believe it

If I knew it in my heart, maybe my eyes wouldn't be dry. He can't die

Tell me what you're going to do. - I don't know what I'll do

I just have a hazy idea in my mind

Don't get into anything dangerous. Promise me

Don't make me promise anything, Ammi. Trust me

Have anything? Give me

May you be happy

Your name is Sawant, isn't it?

Who are you?

Fiza lkramullah

I don't want your money! Take it away! I don't want it!

Inspector Prakash lngle told me about you. Your story is the same as mine

My story? What did he say my story is? What story did that bastard tell you?

Your son... - Yes. Killed my son!

Killed my son! And the bastards want evidence!

Said, get the evidence that your son is dead!

This government wants evidence!

Mussalman, aren't you? Your people kill my son?

Why did your people kill my Chandu? What had he done to harm you?

This isn't a matter of yours and mine. For all of us, it's the same story

A Hindu father has lost his son. A Mussalman sister lost her brother

But the ones responsible for this is neither Hindu nor Mussalman

What their religion is, no one knows

Still, why did they kill my Chandu? He was a laborer

He was to have come home after work from the factory

Must've taken him... in the trucks

I don't even know if he got his last rites. Who lit his pyre?

Might've put him on a pyre for the unidentifieds

They want the evidence because they'll give compensation. 200,000

Price of a live young man. 200,000!

My son's price! Chandu's price! 200,000 pieces of paper!

I don't want their money!

What will I do with the money? If I beg, everyone will give me

When I'm dead, the municipality will cremate me for free. Unidentified!

The way they cremated my Chandu!

I don't want it!

Can I do anything for you?

Yes! Can you get me proof of my Chandu's death?

No one wants to hear Sawant

It's as if humane feelings have gone missing

Like Aman

Not even typed out

Have you ever been published before? - We generally don't accept...

stories from freelancers. - I'm not a freelancer

Nor do I fancy becoming a journalist. I have come to you because...

you have closed this issue. - What's new in this report?

A six-year old dead story. - Dead, yes. Very much dead

Because it contains no spice? Give me my papers

But tell me one thing, Mr. Menon. What would you do if...

a member of your family was missing? Wouldn't you write anything about him?

Would or would you not use the standing of your newspaper?

If it was your sister who came to you, would you throw her out this way?

And it being said of the pen being mightier than the sword...

is this the way...?

I got carried away. But the deeper the pain, the louder the scream

Give me the report. Let me see what I can do?

Have you seen this news? - Moron! I've seen it and read it

Find out who penned this angst. Tell her V.K. Singh wants to see her. Now

Read this and mourn. This is how our community has been persecuted

This is no time to sit passively. We must take notice

Call her, what's her name? Fiza. Tell her Sheikh sahib has called her

I shall give her justice. I shall

Yes, I'm ready

Don't be nervous, Ammi

I looked for him everywhere. But out there, it's pitch dark

It seems as if Aman lost his way in the darkness

My intention isn't only to find out what my brother had been through

I also want to find out why it had to happen

And who gained what?

Fiza lkramullah is raising questions for her country to answer

For how long will this go on in the name of religion?

Who is to answer Fiza lkramullah's questions?

Do you have his photograph? - Yes

Handsome boy

What was he doing? Studying?

Books weren't for him. He never liked studying

But he was very good at drawing, painting... handicrafts

Though he was uneducated, he would've been successful in his life

You mean to say that? - Yes, that is what I mean

How is your family making a living? - Ammi teaches Urdu. And there's...

Abba's pension. The bank deposits he left for us paid for my graduation

So you're looking for your brother so that he comes back...

and starts earning, to take care of the household expenses

I do not mean that at all

Now you're getting angry. I asked because I wanted to know

May we talk business? - Why not?

You're a well known figure now. Were you to tell the people...

that we aren't against any religion or any sect, people would listen

You see, the Mughals invaded us, they dominated us. We forgave them

You people went away and made another country for yourselves

Not that we mind it. - Don't say "you people"

Those who created Pakistan have gone away. And most of those who didn't...

are dead. None of those who created Pakistan are here any longer

We are as much Hindustani as you are

You're getting angry again, Ms Fiza. Look, what I meant to say is...

for someone as educated and open-minded as you are...

it's a must to know more about our party. Whenever you have the time...

get in touch with our Youth Wing. - You want me to become a member?

That'd be nice! You help us, we help you... takes two hands for clapping

So you can put me on a flag and wave me at the world? For Muslim votes?

I thought you're a liberal. - You need say no more

Do something, if you can do it

Listen... - Do remember what your Gita teaches

To perform your duty, without any expectations

Bloody mosquitoes

Thank you

Hail India

Help! Somebody help me!

What's up? why are you screaming? - Kill that!

Kill it! - Scared of a rat?

Yes! Kill it! It's going to chew Ulfat Jaan to bits!

Fool, if it even licks you...

it's going to die of poisoning!

Won't come back, will it? - ll you sing out of tune, it will

You say I sing out of tune? You're out of tune! And your mother!

And your grandmother! All you did was to scare a rat away!

What d'you think you killed? 100 tigers? Get out of my house!

You're such an ingrate, Ulfat! You curse someone who does you a favor?

Curse...? What half-caste is cursing? It's just my style of talking

If you want to show-off your style, go to a brothel

This is a respectable neighborhood. - Have your say! Were my fan here...

he'd clam you shut! - Let's hear who that "fan' is

Aman, my love! I was his soul-mate, his confidante, his trustee

We had such fun! Like children

But I always kept an eye on him. To ward off the evil eye

Caught you! Now pay my ransom

Aman no! For God's sake! Not that. Anything else

No way. Only that

The old men are watching

Aman you're so nice, aren't you? - Not at all. I'm evil!

I'm going to cry. - Why not? Do it fast!

And as soon as you shut your eyes... - Shameless!

Call me names later. First, my ransom

No!

All right, if not that...

a hundred sit-ups, and you catch your ears. Start.

All right

One...

Two...

All right, shut your eyes. - That's more like it

On my lips. - Cheek

All right. On the cheek. - Shut your eyes!

Shehnaz, dear!

Aman

What were you doing? - Nothing!

Nothing?

Bye. - Bye!

What's going on? - Oh that...

we were playing hide-n-seek. - I can see

Romantic hide-n-seek! - No Ulfat Jaan! Nothing like that.

In my days, I played lots of hide-n-seek

But time you know, put a blindfold on my eyes, and forgot all about me

I've been waiting to get caught! - You won't tell Ammi, will you?

Why? - Because I'm the last of your fans!

Prove it

Had I not spurned my fans, I would've had a full-blooded son like you

Get going. Shehnaz ran away. Go after her. Call her back. Go on, give chase!

Tomorrow is going to be another day. Don't miss out today!

"Let me hold your hands to the Sun"

"Let me say a prayer holding your hands..."

"this morning, the henna on your hands looks so bright"

"Come, my love"

"Come, my love"

"Hush, everyone will get to know"

"Say it in my lips. My lips can hear"

"All yesterday, I was pensive"

"Come to me, my love"

"A ray of light dazzled me..."

"when I saw you in the mirror"

"A ray of light dazzled me..."

"when I saw you in the mirror"

"It is also a light that pierces my heart"

"Let me hold your hands to the Sun"

"Let me say a prayer holding your hands..."

"this morning, the henna on your hands looks so bright"

"Come, my love"

"In the red from evening's edge..."

"paint me all over"

"In the red from evening's edge..."

"paint me all over"

"Come, stop the Sun from hiding"

"In the waters, it will lose it's fire"

"Hush, everyone will get to know"

"Say it in my lips. My lips can hear"

"All yesterday, I was pensive"

"Come, my love"

Shehnaz is getting married the day after tomorrow. Do you know?

Why don't you go and tell her to wait for Aman? He'll come back. He will

There are no secrets a mother doesn't know. That's what I wanted too

He'd marry Shehnaz, have babies. Our family would go on

If I had my way, I would've stopped Shehnaz's wedding

But how do I tell Shehnaz to wait any longer?

What a beautiful match!

The band is out of tune! What a bore!

It's the age of senseless tunes

People with a sense of music are sitting quietly

Welcome sahib! We've been waiting for you

Please be seated

Sahib, something chilled you?

Here in a minute!

Who's that? - Ulfat Bi! Hush!

He's Syed sahib. Very big leader

My best wishes. - Thank you, Apa

It's all by dint of your good wishes

Forgive me, Apa. I couldn't wait any longer

Why apologize to me? If you can...

forgive that ill-fated fellow. He has wronged you

Fiza my child... - Yes?

Syed sahib wants to meet you. - All right

Relax, my child

Your late father came to me often. You were very young...

when he died. Heart attack, wasn't it? - Yes

Have an ice cream, my child. - No thanks

I ordered it for you. - No thanks

What are you doing these days? - Trying to find a job

No big deal. I run a small school. You can start tomorrow if you wish

Hazrat Allah Bahari put it aptly. "Mothers, sisters, daughters..."

"the world derives dignity from you." - Thank you. But I won't be able...

to start from tomorrow. - Any particular reason?

I'm busy with something important

Some people think otherwise of your efforts

They say that you're trying to revisit the apocalypse of 1992-93

It could well turn out to be a horrific illusion

You might stand to gain from the quest for your brother

But for the community, it might turn out to be a grave loss

Will you consider that? - You too should consider

Has or hasn't a sister the right to look for her brother?

Does or does not a mother have the right to hope for son?

If misconceptions are worrying you, you should clear their doubts

Disown me

Get a hold on your emotions, my child. Who says, I'm not on your side?

Hear me out. The wounds have healed. Dig up the wound, and blood will flow

Syed sahib, I don't know how I'm supposed to react!

Why are you people afraid of the truth you, the inspector, the editor...

V.K. Singh... everyone is telling me to shut up! But why?

And even if I were to shut up, what'd come out of it?

Even Justice Harikrishna's report has been made public. But what use was it?

We want to make peace! You want to start a fight?

Peace will be Syed sahib, when every one stays within limits

The truth is that the colors green and the saffron...

are but parts of Hindustan's flag. And parts are what they ought to be

None of them must try to color the entire flag. Do you get it?

Salaam

See who's coming. Firecracker! - Hi sparkler!

You've become a TV star? Big TV star? How about doing MTV Grind with us?

Hey, she's showing eyes! - Whom are you giving that stare?

I'll fix you proper!

No, don't! - Leave me!

What are you going to do? Are we scared of you?

Hey, she's getting Technicolor's! Raspberry, what's happening to you?

Hold your tongue! Else... - Else, what will you do?

Help! Abdul! Riyaz! Soora]! Any of you here?

Anyone here? Come on, out!

Go on, get lost

Move back!

Let's get lost

Why are you fellows running now? Weren't you trying to scare women?

If you're men enough, come on, face us!

That was just the trailer. - Wait for the rest of the movie

Rascals! They torment the helpless. - Don't ever say that Ammi

We aren't helpless

Flowers!

He gave flowers

I think I like your flower-boy

Most importantly, there's an honesty and a sympathy in his eyes

Nowadays, he isn't even miserly about flowers

What is it Ammi? You aren't thinking about marrying me off to him, are you?

What use is thinking? But I'm not prejudiced about creed and caste

One must be clean at heart

Why can't the Hindu bosom have a Mussalman heart?

And why not the Mussalman with a Hindu heart?

Your Abba, Allah rest his soul, used to say...

love is the true religion.

Come on. Now... - Read the rest of the book tomorrow?

As you wish!

Any news ofAman?

No. - After the newspaper report...

the media and politicians apart, has no one contacted you?

Who knows? Maybe no one else actually read the report

Nowadays, people only read headlines. - Assuming he's alive...

He is alive. My eyes can't be fooled. I know it at heart

Then, where is he? Why is he hiding? Why doesn't he come back?

Could he have joined some group?

What group? - Don't take this otherwise

I mean, some terrorist group, some extremists...

Show me Aman's photo

What are you doing?

Look at this. I downloaded this from the internet

Compare the eyes

This terrorist was spotted somewhere in the border area

Border area? - I'm coming with you, Fiza

Girls mustn't travel alone. - ll isn't about who's boy, who's girl

I have to do this myself. - Can I do nothing for you, Fiza?

Take care of Ammi

Sister...

Want to take my photo?

You must've seen all of the desert

Thar is the backyard of my house

There isn't a roof over it. But the backyard is vast

You look like a city girl. what are you doing here alone?

I'm looking for someone. - In this sea of sand and dust?

Looking for someone? Tough to find. - Have you seen him somewhere?

I haven't!

Take a look, please. - Don't you get too smart, girl!

I'll carve you!

Sister, please see! - I haven't seen it!

See it properly. For once! - I told you!

What's happening, Bhairav? - Just another day

You weren't up to something yesterday night, were you?

Listen to that! Nowadays, it's an honest living

What would you like? Bread, and rice wine?

Shut up! You know what I'm asking. Where is he?

Reshma is inside. Getting dressed. We're celebrating today

"My love"

"My love"

"Let me drink from your eyes"

"Something aches inside my heart"

"Let me live the ecstasy"

"The ecstasy"

"My love"

"Let me drink from your eyes"

"Something aches inside my heart"

"Let me live the ecstasy"

"The ecstasy"

"The ecstasy"

"Kohl in my eyes Anklets on my feet"

"Worn to woo"

"I pine, my love Tell me when it will rain"

"I have left home all dressed to be your bride"

"My love"

"Let me drink from your eyes"

"Something aches inside my heart"

"Let me live the ecstasy"

"The ecstasy"

"The ecstasy"

"If there's an edge in my eyes..."

"the one I fall for will be the winner"

"Make love to me"

"This moment will pass"

"Take me tonight, who knows what will happen tomorrow?"

"My love"

"Let me drink from your eyes"

"Something aches inside my heart"

"Let me live the ecstasy"

"The ecstasy"

"Ami, I have searched for Aman a lot"

"But I see him only in my dreams"

"I've had enough of this search"

Listen...

Aman, where have you been?

Why did you leave us?

Have we wronged you?

Whatever we've been through is now in the past!

But what have you done to yourself? And in the company of people like...

They aren't that like that

Then what are they like? Tell me

Why don't you say it? Say it! Look at me in the eye, and say it!

What haven't I done to find you! And this is how I find you!

This? My brother...?!

I wanted to be happy to see you alive! This is the happiness you give me?

You want to know?

Want to know?

Then come with me

Jehad

What I'm doing is Jehad

Against whom? - Repression, injustice, apartheid

You fight for spoils and you call it Jehad?

What kind of Jehad involves robbery? - We took only what we had a right to

What about the rights of your mother, your sister?

Have you come to argue with me? - No

But I'm still going to ask you why you did what you did

Water... water

Even if I came back after that, what use would it be?

You'd be happy... everyone would've been happy

But for how long? Someone or the other would've pointed a finger at me, Apa

And you know what the outcome would've been. I knew too

Everyone, even in these remote parts knows what was happening in...

the so-called most modern of cities. How people were being hounded...

how the women and the old were being tormented...

in the name of terrorism laws

I tried a lot to get back to you. I've been to Bombay too

But I couldn't make it to home

I missed you

I remember Ammi...

Then I visualized myself peering through...

the barred window of a police van and you, staring helplessly

I couldn't bear it! Whatever I've done is right. This is my way. I was happy

Because I kept the truth to myself

Were it not for Murad Khan, I don't know what'd happen to me

Who's Murad Khan?

Met him in Bombay

After him!

Don't be afraid

We're fellow travelers

I wanted you and Ammi to give me up for dead

What I had forgotten is how stubborn you can be

When my comrades told me that you had come looking for me...

I prayed. I prayed that you wouldn't find me

But none of my prayers have ever been heard

D'you know what someone who deserts two helpless women is called?

Coward

I've no fancies about becoming a hero. There are heroes only in stories

What happened afterwards?

He brought me here

At first, they laughed at me. Then they kindled an insanity...

they brought out a frustration that was bottled up inside me

I now know that life doesn't have to be lived in helplessness

There is a purpose

These arms, ammunitions... one murder for another...

if this is your purpose in life, what can I say?

You have decided about your life. - I haven't decided anything, Apa

It's life that has sentenced me

If you put up with repression and injustice in silence...

if you can bear to see us denigrated...

if you can watch our mothers and sisters being raped...

then this place isn't for you

If you can put up being denied your roots, your humanity...

then by all means, go back. But remember this much

You won't be able to live with dignity...

you won't be allowed to die with dignity...

in the place you're going back to. The decision is yours

I'll stay here

With you

We want justice!

Down with non-violence!

Kill the dogs!

I owe you this one

A word of advice, Aman. Don't be afraid of the dark

You aren't helpless. You're like the rest of us

Every one of us, at some time or the other...

have lost our dignity, our identities, our homes...

in pointless quarrels and riots. What happened to us...

we won't let happen to anyone else. Be it Mussalman, be it Hindu

As of now, I won't subject you to any more tests...

till such time that you've been forged in steel

I shall not question you. Nor will you question me

From this day, you are Murad Khan's brother

Keep this fire buried in your heart

What about Aman? What about my brother?

He's dead. - No!

This cannot be. You must live, Aman! For my sake, for Ammi's sake

You can't die for these opportunists! You must come with me

No one can stop you, Aman! Come on!

You're getting carried away by emotion. I cannot go

If you won't, then I'm going straight to the police!

I'll expose your entire group. - The police cannot find us

Aman, don't challenge me. Before I set out...

I swore I'd take you home if you were alive

You're coming with me! Now! - Try to understand, Apa

I cannot return

You will come. Now! Let's see who stops me

Come Aman!

Try to understand, Apa. - Come on!

The debt has been repaid. Let him go

Coming

Allah is merciful!

A million thanks be to Allah!

Where have you been?

Didn't you even remember me?

You should've called me over

Forgive me, Ammi

Who would've stopped you from going anywhere?

Forgive me

First, promise never to leave me. Not until Fiza is married

Not until I'm dead and buried, you will go anywhere

I won't

Is that a promise?

You've grown up!

Allah be praised! You've even grown a beard

Son, you didn't even write me a letter!

How could you go to sleep without wishing your Ammi "Shabba Khair"?

You've grown so feeble! Shall I get you something to eat?

Will you eat? - I've kept awake for so long

I want to sleep for a while. - My baby!

Such noise!

Aunt, for me too

Eat the sweets. My son has come back home

Aman, come let's play. - No, not today

Go on play. I'll watch. - Have you grown very big?

What was the need for all this, Ammi? - Need? Today's such a lucky day!

Your Ammi is so happy today!

Aman, come on

Come on Ammi, let's light crackers

Come on!

Your qualifications are fine. But I don't know...

I think I've heard your name somewhere

Are you the same Fiza lkramullah who created that furore...

in newspapers and television about your brother?

You see, our company is world-famous. We don't want any trouble

What trouble...? - You look intelligent and practical

Attractive too

How about meeting this evening? Dinner etc... and then...

I'll send you away happy

Keep your dirty ideas to yourself

It's so peaceful here - Sometimes I think...

wouldn't it be nice if we never grew up?

We'd still be running about scot free. We'd bunk lectures to eat paani puri

We'd still have those confused dreams, those hopes we were unsure of

And the desire to grow up very fast! - Getting too nostalgic?

All these problems begin once you've grown up

Had we never grown up, none of these problems would be

Don't you like Anirudh? - Don't know

I'm scared to ask myself

Take my advice. Marry him. Migrate to some other country

No one will ask what your religion is. Or even if you have religion at all

Everyone in this world needs support; and no greater support than love

"You are the air, the season, you do not belong to this earth"

"If you are the clouds, why do you not rain?"

"Like a free bird you fly"

"Come home to me"

"Like the air, I do not wait"

"Even if I stop, I do not stay"

"On the flight of my wings I travel"

"I have no home"

"From my home on a tree..."

"a gust of wind has carried me..."

"like a dry leaf, the wind carries me everywhere"

"Come"

"Come to me for once"

"Let's rise above land"

"Let's step into the wind"

"Let's fly"

"Let's fly where no roads lead to"

"Where no one lives"

"Only in your eyes will I ever find such a place"

"You are the air, the season, you do not belong to this earth"

"If you are the clouds, why do you not rain?"

"Like a free bird you fly"

"Come home to me"

"Like the air, I do not wait"

"Even if I stop, I do not stay"

"On the flight of my wings I travel"

"I have no home"

I have never been able to tell you everything

I've recorded something for you. You will understand when you hear

Take it. - No

What are you looking at Fiza?

These politicians. They're everywhere

Forget the politicians

You don't even socialize. There are good folks too. You should meet some

There's a big happening party on Saturday. Are you coming?

You go to your parties. - No harm in asking

Anyway, if you're in the mood, come over to the 1800s

Where are you coming from, Apa?

What is it to you?

Haven't I the right to ask as much?

You want to know who he is, what he does?

He is my friend. Anirudh. When you had deserted us...

he was the one who stood by me

You're Aman, aren't you? - You're right

Aman, not to be angry with me. If we get to know each other...

we can be good friends

I haven't come here to learn lessons about making friends

Just tell me why you're seeing Fiza. - My intentions are honorable

I want to marry Fiza. - Does she know it?

No

And you think you're good enough for Fiza?

Somewhat

This isn't a matter of less or more. It's a matter of my sister's life

Tell me something. What do you think would make Fiza the happiest?

For Fiza, you and Ammi are everything. I know that

You surely don't want her happiness to be taken away from her forever?

You will never see Fiza ever again

Understood?

If this is what you want, then so be it

You win

I take back my words

Promise me only so much. You will always keep Fiza happy

You will always stand by my sister and my mother

Always

Aman, what are you up to? - Nothing Ammi

Just some of my old, useless drawings

I'm going to preserve these

I'm so worried for you. You don't even talk to me

Have you forgotten how to smile?

I'll show you how to laugh

Want me to show you how?

Friends, like everyday, we're going to laugh

But it's going be different today. You might've noticed that...

there's something unique about the way every man laughs

And when you see them laugh, the very thought of it...

makes you laugh. As with the watchman in our club who comes from Nepal

We've even named him "Laughing-or-Crying"

"Ho sahib, I want a holiday" That's one type of laughter

One of my friends from Punjab goes like...

Hear him laugh, and you think he's going to war

One Mr. Mehta from Gujarat. When he laughs...

You can visualize the "Garba Dance" of Gujarat from the way he laughs

And this Maharashtrian gentleman does it this way...

He has chewing tobacco in his mouth. But he's also laughing

Busy with his tobacco. But he still laughs

There's my friend Subramanyam from Madras

You got to stuff something in his mouth to stop him from laughing

Sol tell you my friends, laugh your hearts out

Laugh like they do it in Punjab

Like the ones from Madras

Laughing is very profitable

The world has nothing, if not laughter

Keep laughing, and laughing and laughing

This "Ha-Ha Hee-Hee Hoo-Hoo" Club is something special about this city

Go and enjoy yourself, while I shop. - What will I do there alone?

I have to go to the market, son

We don't charge you money to laugh

So I was telling you about people. Take our film stars

Take Shah Rukh Khan

He gives you a miserly laugh

He laughed yesterday. It's coming out now

An“ Kapoor ...

like a toothpaste ad. It's all individual style

Govinda goes...

You can count his teeth, while he's laughing his heart out

There are so many types. Like Amrish Puri

In a jungle, he could send wild animals on a stampede

And babies would refuse to be born unless he stops laughing

The world-famous Bill Clinton laughs!

As if he's doing the world a favor!

Smiley, whom did you ask before setting up shop here?

Get out of here!

Enough of it. Get lost

Stop it! Don't the two of you find anything to do but fight?

You...? Where the hell are you from? - Want to get bashed up?

Please! We're getting out of here. We didn't come here to quarrel

Staring hard, are you? - You live off your sister

And you talk sense into us?

I won't spare you! - We won't!

We know! You killed before you ran away

Run!

The wound is deep. Keep dressing it

Salim this is Aman. I told you about him

The one who used to pester you? Why were you after my wife?

Had I not pestered her, would she have married you? She would've married me

That's the point. But where have you been? You didn't come for the wedding

I... couldn't make it on time

Anyway, nice meeting you

The doctor is calling you

How are you, Shehnaz?

Fine

You didn't even tell before leaving

Had you even indicated...

I could've waited

Forgive me, Shehnaz. I couldn't make your dreams come true

I forgive

Why do you women have such big hearts?

Apa, Ammi, everyone has forgiven me. No one even said anything to me

I did. The day I was engaged, I prayed to Allah

I said, let Aman stand before me, let him see me marrying someone else

And let him ask me to forgive him. Today, my wish has been given

Shehnaz! The doctor has confirmed it! Congratulate me, mister

I'm going to become a father!

Who am I? What am I doing? I haven't anything!

I have nothing to offer to anyone. What aspirations I had...

circumstance has taken from me. I'm a burden on Ammi and Apa. They put up...

with me because they love me. I'm not worthy of their love

I'm living a lie! If Ammi gets to know the truth, what will she go through?

People look away even if I go seeking a small-time job

I have nothing to do with caste, creed and religion

All I care for is that advice Murad Khan gave me

I will not be helpless

The injustice I have suffered, I won't let anyone suffer

Anonymity was a better identity. I'm going back

Salaam aleikum

Who told you I'm here? - No one

I thought like other years, you'd come to Bombay this time too

Why have you come?

I made a mistake, leaving without informing you

The mistake was ours. We took in someone like you. A hero

What do you want?

You were right. Let alone live with dignity...

one can't even die a dignified death here

Really?

What do you want?

L---

I want in again. - Not that mistake again! I won't!

You've made a joke out of this! Is this a game of cricket?

To walk in and out of teams as you please?

Joke!

Why are you still alive? Why? Because you protected Murad Khan

Only because of that. That mistake, again? No!

I'm willing to do anything! I feel stifled here!

I don't know where to go, what to do!

Keep it. Whoever you have at home, your mother, your sister...

give them a security for life

But this time, you aren't going to look back

Go

Gitanjali, listen...

I couldn't refuse Gitanjali. - Did she bully you into this outfit?

I know Gitanjali only too well

I also know that she must be flirting with someone at the entrance

Before she gets back in, let's go and dance!

How long will you go on saying no? I'm fed up! You only care for Aman

But I care for you. As of now, you're uptight

I'm fine the way I am

Can't you even have a little bit of fun like the other girls?

You call this fun?

Very well. If you want to have fun, just watch on

"If I start misbehaving,

"what will happen to you?"

"Your houses are of glass. What if were to I throw a stone?"

"I'll look into eyes"

"I'll set hearts aflutter"

"I'm going to make you swoon"

"So what if you mind it?"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I'll look into eyes"

"I'll set hearts aflutter"

"I'm going to make you swoon"

"So what if you mind it?"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I was held up"

"That's why I'm late"

"But I've brought you a gift, with love"

"I was held up"

"That's why I'm late"

"But I've brought you a gift, with love"

"Hearts are made of glass"

"So what if it's broken?"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"At every step in life..."

"lurks deceit"

"Not on others..."

"I have faith in myself"

"At every step in life..."

"lurks deceit"

"Not on others..."

"I have faith in myself"

"So what if you mind it?"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

"I'm going to dance even if my dancing bells fall off"

So are you happy, Mr. Anirudh?

Fiza is fine the way she is

What do you keep brooding over?

If you want to bide time, take up a job

I'd rather that you completed your education

For nothing, you've wasted all these years

I've wasted nothing. You haven't understood me ever, Apa

Maybe you won't, ever. All I want to say is, I'm not useless

I have something, I have a goal

I understand everything. I know what's in your heart

I won't let you return, Aman

If you want to usher in a revolution, you must know the sorrows of people

Be one with them. - I don't want to argue with you, Apa

Why do you pick on me? - Because in you I want to see...

the Aman who used to be my brother. Have you ever thought...

how much you've changed? - Not I. Circumstance has changed

Remember Apa? We used to play here when we were kids, we used to fight

It was so much fun

Apa, I have only one request. Don't say no

What do you want?

What is this?

Open it. See it

Can a brother not do as much for his sister?

But...

Let the family jewels stay where they should

For the sake of the childhood we spent together...

for the sake of our memories, don't reiuse this

But Aman...

For once, embrace me, Apa

I owe you this explanation

Someday or the other, we have to tell Ammi

What goes on in whispers? - Nothing Ammi

Never mind. Someday or the other, I'll get to know

Keeping secrets is fun!

Shall I let you in on my secret?

Even I'm up to a sly plot or two

Sometimes, I steal Ulfat Jaan's lipstick and powder

To keep myself amused, I let my nose ring switch sides

Sometimes, I cook a sweet for myself on the sly

There you are, idling! Hurry up! Switch the TV on

There's something on cable TV. - God help us! Put it on

You fool! You made me so apprehensive! - Apprehension being, I'd miss the song

You haven't changed a bit

Go on, Ammi

Take him. - What are you doing?

Let me go!

Stop! I say stop! Where are you taking him?

He killed during the riots. Three people

Aman, don't worry. I'll bring a lawyer

Get out!

You act smart with us? You burnt my bike!

Please, let him go! - See? That's how we fix you

Hot-blooded, are you? - Get out!

In there, they'll chill you down. - Get out!

Hey hag! B16 your son goodbye - Go away! '

Shove it. - Hey raspberry

Leave me! - I'm still here for you. Why worry?

Give it to us!

You dare say that to my sister?!

My sister!

You dogs!

Let go Aman!

Aman, let go!

You dare make a pass at my sister?!

Sahib! Save me!

Ammi, eat something. You didn't eat anything last night. You'll fall ill

I've talked to the lawyer. Considering the crime records of the victims...

Aman will not get a heavy sentence. They were hoodlums. Into rioting

I'm the one who should get the biggest punishment

I couldn't do anything for my children

My son, my Aman...

was taken away before my eyes, and I just looked on...

I couldn't do a thing

My child, it's time to part

Cover her face

"Don't take that coffin away yet"

"it's my friend"

"Don't take that coffin away yet"

"it's my friend"

"The soil is still warm"

"The body is still fresh"

"The soil is still warm"

"The body is still fresh"

"Don't take that coffin away yet"

"it's my friend"

"Wake her up"

"Let me bid her goodbye"

"What farewell is this?"

"What parting this is?"

"There is still sorrow left yet to be lived"

"Do not take that coffin away yet"

"it's my friend"

"The soil is still warm"

"She is still fresh"

My dear Apa...

For an eternity, Fiza (The Seasons) has passed, will always pass

But you mustn't change. Ever. This is a vicious world, Apa

It will force you to change. But you mustn't, Apa

Ammi hasn't gone away, Apa. She is with us

She will always be with us. I can still hear her laugh

Knowingly and unknowingly, I have hurt you deeply

If you can, forget me. And start life anew

Don't make digs at me, Mr. Syed. All thanks to you...

my nephew Nathu is the union leader

I'm not making digs at you. I'm just wondering...

here I am, and there you are in five star hotels!

It's a foregone conclusion. We're forming the government

We have the majority. The other parties are also with us

If our Mussalman brothers join us, our secular picture will be complete

Do you know how many Mussalmans I have behind me?

As of now, in this state, you are...

the most influential among Mussalman leaders

One word from you, and 1.5, maybe 2 million would give their lives

You are very wise

Do you know the cost of a support base of 1.5 or 2 million people?

Whatever you say. I'll convince my party

You aren't about to offer me chief ministership

How about Home Ministry? - I've given the Home Ministry...

The opposition is calling me persistently. They say...

I accept

Let's shake hands. - Let's embrace!

We'll organize a grand puja in our temples on ldd day

Allah be praised! - Glory to Lord Ram!

Our alliance might lead to riots. - Much lo our benefit

Why do we change our plan?

Will the elections wait for us?

If the enemy comes to power, all we can do is cry

For us, it's important to deliver the first strike

This alliance in government is a sham!

In this country, there's only truth. This! Only this!

For every government, power flows from the barrel of the gun

When this speaks, everyone hears. - But to do this...

we need permission from headquarters. - Not permission. Orders!

And I give the orders. You have any problems?

Who will do it? - I know

Are you thinking about the boy... - Yes, he's new recruit

He isn't trained for the mission. He hasn't done any big jobs

All he has done are petty jobs

But not everyone has what he has in him

He has a strange madness in him. - It's a big risk!

Get him ready

Now you will be forged in steel. This is your biggest test

What happened to you is about to happen once again

You can stop another riot from happening. Get ready Aman

Else, others like you will become the living dead

Do it Aman. Don't let that terrible thing happen again

Do you understand?

Idd greetings, Apa. - My greetings to you

Apa, I saw Aman

Where? Where is he?

This morning I went to see my doctor in Mahim

I saw him near the Sun Temple. - What are you saying?

I could never be mistaken about seeing him. He was there

Why didn't you talk to him? Why didn't you stop him?

My husband was with me

Take care oi yourself. Please

Who are you?

No one. - What's "no one"?

Everyone has a name, hasn't he?

What's your name? - Uday

Uday, now go home

Not a hope, sir! They died on the spot

Listen... what happened?

One minute...

Over?

Done

Finish him off

Drop the gun, Aman

I did it once

Drop it, Aman - What good will it be?

Someone else will pick it up.

Such hatred, Aman? Forget all this. There's still time

Why this hatred? - This isn't hatred

It's protest against hatred. And in this Jehad martyrs will tall

For Truth's sake, will Jehad be waged

And the truth is that we belong to this country. We always will

Is it said in the Quran Sharief that one must shed blood to prove a point?

And you refuse to accept that? What kind of a Mujahid are you?

Change your ways, Aman. There's still time

In the end, justice will prevail. - What is justice, Apa?

That which happened to me 6 years ago? Was it just?

People like Singh and Syed are they right?

They can change everything for the better. But that they won't do

They have the power. But they use it to set us against each other

So that they can wield their influence and retain their seats of power

If these men are right, I have done no sin

I am pure

I never fancied this weapon

Like the lines of destiny on my palm, it was thrust into my hands by fate

How did all this happen, Aman?

Our happiness has been taken away from us

Or was it the evil eye that saw us laugh together?

Time was when you'd love me even when you scolded me

That love is still there

Yes

Those Sundays, when we'd buy sour berries worth half a buck

You'd massage my head with hair oil

And you wouldn't tell Ammi what mischief I was up to

Else, she would've slapped you hard

APB, go now

Go! ' No!

The police is taking up positions. - I'm not leaving you!

Go on, Apa!

Leave!

Give me the gun

Give me that gun, Aman

Give it to me!

All right. But on one condition

What condition?

Look at me, Apa

Look at your Aman

In a while, the police will shoot me. Or else, it'll be the gallows for me

It's a skit for free. People will enjoy watching me die

Little do they know that in the bylanes of this city...

I died one night, a long time ago

You won't let them take me, Apa

Promise me

I have no pride in my being

At least, let me die in dignity

Take this Apa

I have no way out, Apa

Take the gun, Apa

Take the gun

Take it

Ammi must be so lonely

I want to go to Ammi

I want to lie with my head on her lap

I'm worn out

Bid me goodbye

Bid me goodbye, Apa

"There is no God but Allah"

"Mohammed is The Prophet of Allah"

Unto Allah I commend you, Aman

Children, get home early. I keep worrying

Allah, grant me courage

Any news of my son, madam?

No