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Sorry for the interruption.

Standby for an important broadcast.

INA leader, Subhash Chandra Bose wants to read out a message for you.

[Title Montage]

Dear Emilie,

So many have loved me before you.

But, I've never looked at them.

You got that? Now show me.

Got it? Show me how to do it.

Sister, it is a fish fork.

Kindly, use the fruit fork.

I know the difference between

-a fish and fruit fork. -Hello.

Mother, listen...

[Kalandi] The Prince of Wales is coming to Calcutta.

He has invited a chosen few for tea and snacks.

He's also invited Nandini.

-Congratulations. -[Kalandi] Thank you.

They need Indians only for decorative purposes.

We are Indians who...

Nandini, come on.

[Nandini] Greetings!

[Kalandi] We've sent Nandini to the best finishing school in Britain.

She speaks English like the British.

Subhash, you can take Nandini to the terrace and show her kites.

That's the way, right?

Nandini can see the kites without going upstairs.

How can you send her with a boy...

-It's nothing like that. -Mother...

I trust Subhash completely.

[Kalandi] You guys can go. Go.

1921, Calcutta.

Bose had cleared the Indian Civil Services examination.

The kite season was upon us.

The kids were busy chasing kites

while all mothers wanted to steal the best groom!

I'll be right back.

Subhash was a high-flying kite.

[Subhash] The black kite, the blue and that's the green kite.

Done? Let's go.

Subhash, help me out here, please?

ICS!

Thank you.

You've researched about me before meeting me.

My mother checked you out, not me.

Your mother's research is incomplete.

Why?

I've quit my job.

-Sarat. -Yes, mother.

I get restless when someone comes with their daughter.

I need your help. You should have a classified in your paper.

-I don't like to say it all the time. -What?

That Subhash stood 4th in the Indian Civil Services.

He then quit that job and came back to India.

Print anything you like.

Kids are scared of big cats

and girls from Beni Ghat are scared of me.

You should go downstairs.

If I go downstairs, they'll send me up again.

Why did you quit your job?

Because I am free to do it.

What makes the British so special that they're free in this world?

We are slaves in our homeland.

Some people are slaves, not me.

I am free to play and to do whatever I want.

I can fly kites too.

That's what you think.

Care for a smoke?

No, thank you.

Aren't you free to smoke?

Freedom is only for men, not for women.

Freedom is everyone's right.

But do women want to be free?

Subhash has resigned!

Yes, Kalandi, I just told you.

But, you don't want to believe it.

But, you should have at least told me before.

Did you tell me you were coming with a marriage proposal?

-[Kalandi] Nandini! -Here.

Mother. Thank you.

What did you do to my daughter?

-She wanted to smoke. -And you let her!

-Mom... -Shut up!

Do you smoke?

-Subhash. -Just shut up.

Prince of Wales is coming to Calcutta, I'll see you there.

I will see you there, Subhash.

I will see you, too.

-Let's go. -I will see you there, Subhash.

-Let's go. -Mom, what are you doing?

-Nandini! -Subhash.

[Mr.Janki] How many times will you embarrass us?

Okay, the kite incident.

I don't know, dad.

The women who come with marriage proposals are stubborn, they don't give up!

You think it's a joke?

[Mr.Janki] Do you even realize what you have done?

I probably shattered the dreams of the damsels of Calcutta to become my wife.

It was a prestigious job.

Father, it was slavery! I would've been reduced to a slave.

Really?

So what are you now?

A revolutionary.

There's only one difference between a slave and a revolutionary.

Intentions.

A slave intends to serve, without any purpose.

While a revolutionary intends to be a soldier.

-So what are you? -Revolutionaries!

Darbari Lal, keep an eye out for anything suspicious.

We don't know what Gandhi is planning.

Gandhiji has asked us to boycott foreign products.

Gandhiji was talking something about boycott.

But it's nothing new and it isn't happening for the first time.

This time, we'll not only boycott foreign products,

but we'll also sell our products to the British.

A prince is coming to India.

We shouldn't let him leave empty-handed.

That won't look good.

Go and spread the word.

Stop!

What's in the bale?

Clothes.

Where are you taking it?

Prince of Wales is here. We want to sell him khadi.

Do you think Prince of Wales would wear your clothes?

-What is this? -Bring them here.

Give it to me.

Prince of Wales will trade with you?

-Open and check, both of them. -We are forced to buy what he sells.

If he buys our khadi it won't kill him.

-Open it and check. -We won't charge him much.

He should buy it just to honour the 250 million Indians he rules.

-Prince of Wales, Prince... -Mr. Bose...

[Subhash] It's just Khadi.

You've come to sell khadi?

To the Prince of Wales?

Yes, it's called trade.

Arrest him.

-Take them to the police station. -Prince of Wales...

-Take him. -Prince of Wales...

-Keep moving... -Where?

You've been robbing us for years, buy some of our khadi.

-Nandini. -Subhash.

They didn't let us meet His Royal Highness.

-But you can meet him... -Move it.

-Subhash. -Take them.

-Prince... -Move it.

-Hello, Mrs. Winterbuttle. -Hello.

-I hope you're having a good time. -See you soon.

See you later.

Oh, thank you so much.

-I hope you enjoy your stay. -Thank you.

-Come. -Excuse me.

Hello.

Nice to meet you.

Oh.

That is going to be 50 rupees, Your Highness.

Excuse me.

50 rupees? For what?

That is the price of our khadi.

For all the cloth that you have been dumping on us from England.

Nandini...

-Welcome to India. -Let's go.

-Welcome to India! -[Prince] Excuse me.

-[Man] What is this? -[Prince] This woman misbehaved.

Your daughter won't emulate the British anymore.

You wasted your time on fish forks, fruit forks...

Finishing school.

[Kalandi] Mr. Janki, your son, Subhash...

He's a disease.

My daughter wouldn't have acted so rashly before meeting your son.

-He has brainwashed everyone. -Mother, calm down.

Keep quiet!

Nandini is the only woman in Calcutta

who has shown the courage to sell khadi to the Prince of Wales.

You should be proud of her.

Keep quiet.

This is just the start, Subhash.

[Judge] Silajit Sengupta.

[Judge] Satyajit Ghosh.

Himadri Chakraborty.

-Adhiraj Bandopade... -Bandopadhyay.

Shivprasad Mukopady.

Subhash Chandra Bose.

Having been found guilty by us,

of offences under section 294 and section 268

of the Indian Penal Code

for trying to sell khadi to the Prince of Wales.

are hereby sentenced to six-month imprisonment.

Six months, that's it.

Did we steal a chicken?

[Judge] Order, order in the court.

Are we being punished for stealing a fowl?

Or maybe we should beat up one of your officers

so that you can increase our imprisonment.

[Judge] The accused will maintain decorum in this courtroom.

The police may proceed.

Yes, milord.

Opium?

Cocaine?

No.

Gandhi?

Gandhiji.

People were sent to prison for smuggling cocaine and opium.

Nowadays they go to jail for following Gandhi.

You collaborate with the British and throw your countrymen in prison.

Do you enjoy doing it?

Don't you feel like joining Gandhiji

and contributing to the freedom struggle?

You're a scheming man, Mr. Bose.

Are you implying that Gandhiji's ideas are scheming?

What did Gandhiji do?

He only demanded a boycott,

but you jumped a step ahead to sell khadi.

Right?

Nobody was ready to buy from me.

You serve a bunch of beggars

and yet you slave for them.

Mr. Bose, there are so many prisoners here.

They do time for six months quite peacefully

and outside the prison too.

They get married and fight for the freedom struggle.

But you're obsessed... obsessed with your motherland!

[Stanley] You will be released tomorrow. 12 Noon.

Pack your belongings and be ready.

Darbari, if your boss ever needs khadi, let me know.

We have enough clothes.

Ask him to buy some for the sake of his destitute government.

They've been living off us for quite a while now.

Don't think you'll get away with this, Bose.

I always get away, Mr. Stanley.

[Stanley] Bose got away.

The Japanese press has not one mention of the crash.

A plane crashes and not one mention of it?

Are you quite sure, you're not obsessed with him?

Why would he stage his own death?

Sir, I know him.

I've watched him from close quarters.

He plays everything like a game of chess.

While, you're busy saving your queen,

he's already attacked your king and before you know it, checkmate.

Do not contribute

to the hysteria, which is already out there.

[Man] Checkmate!

"You raised an army in the forest."

"You wrote this incredible tale."

"You designed a rebellion."

"No, no you never died."

"You never lost your resilience."

"You woke and shook the nation."

"You taught us the meaning of the country."

"And vanished into immortality."

"But my blood still boils."

"No, I am not satiated."

"History is cursed."

"Your secret, secret story."

"In a nation that sleeps."

"Is difficult to understand."

"It's difficult to understand Subhash."

"In times like these..."

Mr. Nehru, I have a reliable source

who tells me, he saw Subhash Chandra Bose in Saigon

11 days after his supposed demise.

What do you have to say about that?

I have no comments on that.

No more questions, please.

Bose was alive.

Or it's possible that the faith of thousands of people

kept him alive, making him immortal.

Emilie. Your call.

Operator speaking.

Yes, sir, I'm connecting you to the line two.

Thank you.

Ever since she heard the radio announcement

Emilie would always be lost, thinking about the radio.

She always hoped to hear Bose's voices.

After 165 letters,

nine years and bidding goodbyes eight times,

Emilie was getting used to the life of waiting for Bose.

Who switched off the radio?

Bose's death sparked so many questions

which not only troubled Emilie but also Stanley.

On one hand, there was Bose's ladylove

and on the other, there was a British officer.

Both had one thing in common.

Both of them were convinced that Bose would return.

They were all looking for the link which could help them find Bose.

[Man] They know about you.

You will have to leave this place.

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