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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:23,251 Just look at the hands of these generals. 2 00:00:24,282 --> 00:00:27,268 They might never have actually lifted any real arms themselves... 3 00:00:27,858 --> 00:00:29,941 ...but in what a grand manner they move... 4 00:00:30,025 --> 00:00:33,246 ...forward their troops in this square battlefield. 5 00:00:34,228 --> 00:00:35,961 But even the battle is not real. 6 00:00:36,594 --> 00:00:38,511 Here, neither will there flow rivers of blood... 7 00:00:38,595 --> 00:00:40,352 ...nor will there be the staking of heads or of land... 8 00:00:40,618 --> 00:00:43,103 ...nor will any regime be overturned. 9 00:00:44,823 --> 00:00:49,064 Mirza Sajjad Ali and Mir Roshan Ali are not fighting... 10 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:50,619 ...they are playing. 11 00:00:51,067 --> 00:00:54,297 They prefer to ride, not real, but horses of the minds. 12 00:00:54,924 --> 00:00:58,073 That is why they have made the old and excellent game... 13 00:00:58,441 --> 00:01:00,158 ...of chess, their playground. 14 00:03:25,510 --> 00:03:26,625 Check! 15 00:03:26,710 --> 00:03:28,951 Mirza Sajjad Ali is giving check. 16 00:03:30,199 --> 00:03:34,076 This is the king of the white army and the black queen is... 17 00:03:34,161 --> 00:03:35,947 ...about to launch an attack on him. 18 00:03:36,699 --> 00:03:39,775 Mir Sahib, save your king. 19 00:03:40,777 --> 00:03:43,413 If the king is lost the game is over. 20 00:03:50,395 --> 00:03:51,552 Maqbool Mian. 21 00:03:59,170 --> 00:04:02,766 Poor Maqbool, who knows how many more pipes will... 22 00:04:02,852 --> 00:04:04,153 ...have to be filled today 23 00:04:04,828 --> 00:04:07,616 Because today, there will be a lot many more battles fought... 24 00:04:07,700 --> 00:04:08,854 ...in this battlefield. 25 00:04:09,498 --> 00:04:12,736 This issue of battles is continuing from the day when... 26 00:04:12,822 --> 00:04:15,539 ...these two friends were taken with this game. 27 00:04:16,387 --> 00:04:17,920 And maybe, you might ask... 28 00:04:18,005 --> 00:04:19,870 'Brother, don't they have any other work?' 29 00:04:20,216 --> 00:04:23,947 No, sir. Do fiefs ever have any work to do? 30 00:04:24,305 --> 00:04:26,072 By the grace of god, they are the rich for the past several... 31 00:04:26,158 --> 00:04:28,709 ...generations and that too, from Lucknow. 32 00:04:38,237 --> 00:04:40,446 Since the time the Mughal Sultanate in Delhi became... 33 00:04:40,531 --> 00:04:44,730 ...defunct, Lucknow became the emerald of etiquette. 34 00:04:48,786 --> 00:04:52,101 The fun-loving gentry of Lucknow, believe that... 35 00:04:52,187 --> 00:04:53,620 ...throwing money about, is work. 36 00:05:09,649 --> 00:05:12,798 There was another aspect to this culture... 37 00:05:34,543 --> 00:05:37,132 The king of this fun-loving kingdom is... 38 00:05:37,553 --> 00:05:40,936 ...Nawab Wajid Ali Shah who has a liking for everything... 39 00:05:41,021 --> 00:05:43,344 ...except running his kingdom. 40 00:05:43,848 --> 00:05:46,996 Your highness, congratulations. 41 00:05:47,081 --> 00:05:50,556 Your highness, congratulations. 42 00:05:50,641 --> 00:05:54,387 May you live a long life. 43 00:05:54,471 --> 00:05:57,729 May you live a long life. 44 00:05:57,814 --> 00:06:01,363 I am fortunate to have your glimpse. 45 00:06:01,629 --> 00:06:05,219 Your highness, congratulations. 46 00:06:05,305 --> 00:06:08,723 Your highness, congratulations. 47 00:06:08,807 --> 00:06:12,382 Your highness.. 48 00:06:12,466 --> 00:06:15,903 Your highness.. 49 00:06:55,648 --> 00:06:59,895 Every once in a while Wajid Ali Shah would also hold court. 50 00:07:07,291 --> 00:07:11,122 He might not love to rule his kingdom but he loved... 51 00:07:11,208 --> 00:07:12,694 ...his crown very much. 52 00:07:13,079 --> 00:07:17,353 It was five years ago, that he had sent this crown... 53 00:07:17,437 --> 00:07:19,851 ...with great aplomb to an exhibition in London. 54 00:07:23,547 --> 00:07:26,201 And do you know what an Englishman said... 55 00:07:26,286 --> 00:07:28,353 ...on the subject of this crown? 56 00:07:29,012 --> 00:07:31,740 The wretch at Lucknow who sent his crown to the... 57 00:07:31,826 --> 00:07:34,922 ...exhibition would have done his people and us a great... 58 00:07:35,007 --> 00:07:37,598 ...service if he had sent head in it and he never... 59 00:07:37,682 --> 00:07:38,865 ...would have missed it. 60 00:07:39,264 --> 00:07:42,002 That is the cherry that would drop into our mouth one day. 61 00:07:42,954 --> 00:07:47,040 The head of the king of Avadh, and swallowed like a cherry? 62 00:07:47,749 --> 00:07:50,653 These are the words of India's Governor-General... 63 00:07:50,930 --> 00:07:52,627 ...Lord Dalhousie. 64 00:07:53,612 --> 00:07:57,237 Maybe the cherry is the favorite fruit of Lord Dalhousie. 65 00:07:58,115 --> 00:07:59,528 How many cherries has he swallowed up... 66 00:07:59,613 --> 00:08:00,701 ...in the last ten years? 67 00:08:00,838 --> 00:08:05,358 Punjab, Burma, Nagpur, Satara, Jhansi. 68 00:08:15,903 --> 00:08:19,721 And now, only one cherry remains, Avadh. 69 00:08:20,416 --> 00:08:23,049 Whose friendship with the English goes back... 70 00:08:23,134 --> 00:08:26,694 ...a hundred years to the time of Nawab Shujauddaulah. 71 00:08:27,742 --> 00:08:30,175 And it was Nawab Shujauddaulah's foolishness... 72 00:08:30,261 --> 00:08:32,473 ...that he challenged the strength of the English. 73 00:08:33,052 --> 00:08:34,609 The result was that he had to suffer a terrible defeat. 74 00:08:35,219 --> 00:08:37,433 But look at the generosity of the English government! 75 00:08:37,856 --> 00:08:41,451 They did not take over the kingdom but got him to sign a... 76 00:08:41,535 --> 00:08:44,716 ...friendship treaty and fixed a small sum of... 77 00:08:44,802 --> 00:08:46,662 ...5 million rupees as penalty. 78 00:08:47,567 --> 00:08:50,717 From that day till today, the Nawabs of Avadh have... 79 00:08:50,802 --> 00:08:52,754 ...maintained their friendship with the English and... 80 00:08:55,254 --> 00:08:59,158 ...whenever the English need money for any war... 81 00:08:59,984 --> 00:09:02,215 ...the treasure houses of Avadh are opened. 82 00:09:02,696 --> 00:09:06,407 This is how the debt of friendship is paid off. 83 00:09:06,812 --> 00:09:09,502 In any case, if the English government had... 84 00:09:09,586 --> 00:09:11,937 ...any complaints against a Nawab, then... 85 00:09:25,845 --> 00:09:28,480 The English were so pleased with the generosity of... 86 00:09:28,566 --> 00:09:31,646 ...Nawab Gazziuddin Hyder, that they honored him with... 87 00:09:31,730 --> 00:09:33,049 ...the title of king. 88 00:09:33,822 --> 00:09:36,711 And this is the very crown that Wajid Ali Shah had sent... 89 00:09:36,797 --> 00:09:39,305 ...for the exhibition. 90 00:09:41,778 --> 00:09:45,149 Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, wish you knew what plots... 91 00:09:45,234 --> 00:09:48,137 ...the English Resident, General Outram... 92 00:09:48,682 --> 00:09:50,976 ...was hatching for you. 93 00:09:53,342 --> 00:09:54,562 Come in. 94 00:09:57,318 --> 00:10:00,654 From Cawnpore, sir. General Wheeler. - Yes. 95 00:10:02,607 --> 00:10:04,666 Weston - Sir. 96 00:10:06,326 --> 00:10:10,269 Have you ever seen a pigeon that has one black and... 97 00:10:10,355 --> 00:10:11,706 ...one white wing? 98 00:10:12,909 --> 00:10:14,081 No, sir. 99 00:10:15,298 --> 00:10:20,263 So now, Jalman Khan, the keeper of the royal pigeons... 100 00:10:20,347 --> 00:10:24,505 ...received a Kila, reward, that's what, eh? - Yes, sir. 101 00:10:25,164 --> 00:10:28,469 Of two thousand rupees, for producing a pigeon with one... 102 00:10:28,554 --> 00:10:29,830 ...black wig and one white wing. 103 00:10:29,916 --> 00:10:33,834 I find this a very revealing document, Winston. 104 00:10:35,066 --> 00:10:38,634 It is an hour-by-hour account of the king's activities... 105 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:43,293 ...dated the 24th of January... that's yesterday. 106 00:10:44,375 --> 00:10:48,349 Do you know the king prays five times a day. 107 00:10:49,246 --> 00:10:51,660 Five is the number prescribed by the Koran, sir. 108 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,193 Surely, all Muslims don't pray five times a day. 109 00:10:55,577 --> 00:10:57,456 Well, not all, sir but some do. 110 00:10:57,927 --> 00:10:59,149 The king being one of them. 111 00:10:59,952 --> 00:11:02,100 The king is known to be a very devout man, sir. 112 00:11:04,174 --> 00:11:05,376 I see. 113 00:11:07,283 --> 00:11:11,635 The king listened to a new singer, Mustali Bai... 114 00:11:11,943 --> 00:11:14,314 ...and afterwards he amused himself by... 115 00:11:15,183 --> 00:11:17,740 ...flying kites on the palace roof. 116 00:11:18,264 --> 00:11:22,543 That's at 4 pm, when the king goes to sleep for an hour... 117 00:11:22,628 --> 00:11:25,653 ...but he is up in time for the third prayer at 5 pm... 118 00:11:26,106 --> 00:11:30,622 ...and then, in the evening... where is it... here it is... 119 00:11:30,707 --> 00:11:35,760 ...the king recited a new poem on the loves of the Bulbul? 120 00:11:36,144 --> 00:11:38,706 A bird, sir. The pheasant nightingale. 121 00:11:40,735 --> 00:11:42,987 ...after the mushaira. What's mushaira? 122 00:11:43,198 --> 00:11:46,774 A mushaira is a gathering of poets. They recite the new poems. 123 00:11:47,513 --> 00:11:52,043 I see. Weston, you know the language. 124 00:11:52,129 --> 00:11:56,565 You know the people here. what kind of poet is the king? 125 00:11:56,649 --> 00:11:58,337 Is he any good or is it simply that because he is the king... 126 00:11:58,423 --> 00:11:59,605 ...that they say he's good. 127 00:12:00,307 --> 00:12:01,908 I think he's rather good, sir. 128 00:12:01,994 --> 00:12:03,764 Do you, eh? - Yes, sir. 129 00:12:05,018 --> 00:12:07,774 Do you know any of his stuff? - I know some, sir. 130 00:12:08,291 --> 00:12:10,456 Well, can you recite it, if you know any by heart? 131 00:12:11,672 --> 00:12:12,812 Recite it, sir? 132 00:12:12,898 --> 00:12:16,190 Yes. I'm not a poetry man. I know many soldiers are but... 133 00:12:16,274 --> 00:12:17,730 ...I'm curious to know how it sounds. 134 00:12:17,816 --> 00:12:19,702 I like the sound of Hindustani. 135 00:12:22,975 --> 00:12:26,107 Are they long, these poems? - Not the ones I know, sir. 136 00:12:29,899 --> 00:12:32,643 Go on, man. Out with it. - Sir. 137 00:12:35,397 --> 00:12:41,853 'Wound not my bleeding body throw flowers gently on my grave. ' 138 00:12:42,203 --> 00:12:45,189 '... though mingled with the earth I rose up to the skies. ' 139 00:12:45,552 --> 00:12:48,108 '... people mistook my rising dust for the heavens' 140 00:12:51,567 --> 00:12:53,689 Is that all? - That's all, sir. 141 00:12:57,287 --> 00:12:58,961 Well, it certainly has the virtue of brevity. 142 00:12:59,046 --> 00:13:00,662 What the hell does it mean, if anything? 143 00:13:01,110 --> 00:13:02,985 He's speaking about himself, sir. 144 00:13:03,341 --> 00:13:06,283 What's he saying? There's nothing obscene, I hope. 145 00:13:06,586 --> 00:13:09,801 No, sir. - Well, what's he saying? 146 00:13:10,325 --> 00:13:15,304 'Wound not my bleeding body throw flowers gently on my grave. ' 147 00:13:15,919 --> 00:13:19,548 '... though mingled with the earth I rose up to the skies. ' 148 00:13:19,937 --> 00:13:22,822 '... people mistook my rising dust for the heavens' 149 00:13:24,875 --> 00:13:26,085 That's all, sir. 150 00:13:28,926 --> 00:13:33,350 Doesn't strike me as a great writer of poetry, I'm afraid. 151 00:13:33,948 --> 00:13:36,103 Doesn't translate very well, sir. 152 00:13:37,384 --> 00:13:40,511 But what about his songs? He's something of a composer, I understand. 153 00:13:40,596 --> 00:13:43,903 Are they any good, these songs? - They keep running you ahead, sir. 154 00:13:43,989 --> 00:13:45,576 I find them quite attractive, some of them. 155 00:13:46,442 --> 00:13:47,586 I see. 156 00:13:47,878 --> 00:13:49,353 He's really quite gifted, sir. 157 00:13:51,761 --> 00:13:53,284 He's also fond of dancing, sir. 158 00:13:53,370 --> 00:13:58,557 I so understand. With bells on his feet, like nautch girls. 159 00:13:59,254 --> 00:14:02,393 Also dresses up like a Hindu God, I'm told. 160 00:14:02,477 --> 00:14:05,367 You are right, sir. He also compresses all offers. 161 00:14:06,933 --> 00:14:10,195 Doesn't leave him much time for his concubines... 162 00:14:10,606 --> 00:14:12,809 ...not to speak of the affairs of state. 163 00:14:14,927 --> 00:14:18,221 Goes he really have 400 concubines? 164 00:14:19,058 --> 00:14:20,365 I believe that's the count, sir. 165 00:14:20,917 --> 00:14:26,314 And 29 muta wives. What the hell are muta wives? 166 00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:29,110 Muta wives, sir. That's temporary wives. 167 00:14:29,267 --> 00:14:31,271 Temporary wives. - Yes, sir. 168 00:14:31,508 --> 00:14:35,229 A muta marriage can last for 3 days, 3 months or 3 years. 169 00:14:35,313 --> 00:14:37,684 Muta is an Arabic word. - And it means temporary. 170 00:14:38,221 --> 00:14:39,802 No, sir. - No? 171 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,119 It means, enjoyment, sir. 172 00:14:45,524 --> 00:14:48,802 Oh! Oh, yes. I see. 173 00:14:50,498 --> 00:14:51,838 Most instructive. 174 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:58,962 What kind of a king all this makes him, Weston. 175 00:14:59,048 --> 00:15:00,953 All these various accomplishments. 176 00:15:01,611 --> 00:15:03,923 Rather a special kind, sir, I should think. 177 00:15:06,328 --> 00:15:11,274 Special? I'd have used a stronger word, Weston. 178 00:15:12,500 --> 00:15:14,196 I would've said a bad king. 179 00:15:15,104 --> 00:15:19,523 A verminous, effeminate, irresponsible, worthless king. 180 00:15:19,607 --> 00:15:20,851 He's not the first eccentric in the... 181 00:15:20,937 --> 00:15:23,707 No, I know he's not the first but he certainly deserves to be the last. 182 00:15:23,793 --> 00:15:25,496 We've put up with this nonsense long enough. 183 00:15:26,777 --> 00:15:30,089 Eunuchs, fiddlers, nautch girls, muta wives and... 184 00:15:30,173 --> 00:15:31,552 ...God knows, what else. 185 00:15:31,903 --> 00:15:35,672 He can't rule, he has no wish to rule and therefore... 186 00:15:35,756 --> 00:15:38,361 ...he has no business to rule. 187 00:15:40,019 --> 00:15:41,624 There I would agree with you, sir. 188 00:15:42,537 --> 00:15:45,739 Good, Good. I'm glad to hear that. 189 00:15:46,166 --> 00:15:48,292 I was in mind to recommend you for a higher position... 190 00:15:48,376 --> 00:15:49,534 ...when we take over. 191 00:15:50,761 --> 00:15:51,918 Takeover, sir? 192 00:15:53,418 --> 00:15:54,587 Takeover, Weston. 193 00:15:55,441 --> 00:15:57,843 And any suspicion you hold a brief for the king... 194 00:15:58,379 --> 00:15:59,615 ...would ruin your chances. 195 00:16:02,082 --> 00:16:03,209 You remember that. 196 00:16:53,946 --> 00:16:55,641 Maqbool - Sir. 197 00:16:55,913 --> 00:16:58,322 Bring the betel leaf case - Right, sir. 198 00:17:12,213 --> 00:17:17,506 Mirza, where did you get this, this 'Wasli'. 199 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,509 Oh, consider it a jewel among refuse. That's all. 200 00:17:21,996 --> 00:17:23,551 You know that scrap-dealer at the corner... 201 00:17:23,635 --> 00:17:24,976 ...of the cattle-market? - Yes. 202 00:17:25,176 --> 00:17:27,135 I struck a deal for 50 rupees with him. 203 00:17:27,699 --> 00:17:31,939 Did you like it? - It is good. 204 00:17:32,386 --> 00:17:36,647 Has to be good. It belongs to Munshi Shamsuddin. 205 00:17:38,944 --> 00:17:43,885 If you come to my place, I will show you a better... 206 00:17:43,971 --> 00:17:45,509 ...wasli than this. 207 00:17:46,477 --> 00:17:47,872 It was in the drawing room... 208 00:17:49,663 --> 00:17:54,913 ...now my wife has put it up in her bedroom. 209 00:17:57,182 --> 00:18:02,341 'Your.' 210 00:18:03,242 --> 00:18:09,236 'Where the sun has been.' 211 00:18:09,321 --> 00:18:14,253 Mir, there is an important principle in chess... 212 00:18:14,338 --> 00:18:16,722 ...that is never broken. - What's principle? 213 00:18:17,592 --> 00:18:21,603 If you touch a piece, it is obligatory to move that piece. 214 00:18:21,688 --> 00:18:23,050 That's the limit. I always... 215 00:18:23,134 --> 00:18:25,911 You always pick up a piece, think for a moment and... 216 00:18:25,996 --> 00:18:28,143 ...then move another piece. This is what you always do. 217 00:18:28,228 --> 00:18:30,061 In the last game, you picked up the knight and... 218 00:18:30,145 --> 00:18:32,332 ...then moved the pawn. Then you picked up the rook and... 219 00:18:32,417 --> 00:18:34,463 Oh, let it go. I made a mistake. 220 00:18:34,548 --> 00:18:37,059 I will be careful in future. Why are you getting annoyed? 221 00:18:37,505 --> 00:18:39,427 Come on. Make your move. 222 00:18:41,423 --> 00:18:43,125 Oh God! 223 00:18:45,269 --> 00:18:48,141 Come, my pawn. In the name of god. 224 00:18:50,013 --> 00:18:54,274 Sir, Munshi Nandlal of the Jawai is here. 225 00:18:55,454 --> 00:18:59,140 Oh, oh. Bring him here. 226 00:19:06,242 --> 00:19:08,691 Come, Munshi. Please come. 227 00:19:09,115 --> 00:19:11,747 Greetings. - Greetings. 228 00:19:12,045 --> 00:19:13,855 You have remembered us after a long time. 229 00:19:14,101 --> 00:19:16,244 Munshi, there was a mention of you just a while ago. 230 00:19:16,328 --> 00:19:17,669 You will live a long time. 231 00:19:18,419 --> 00:19:21,430 It is your kindness, sirs. I hope I am not interrupting. 232 00:19:21,832 --> 00:19:24,347 Interrupting? No, not at all. What are you saying? 233 00:19:24,432 --> 00:19:26,516 Now that you are here, we cannot think of anything else. 234 00:19:26,601 --> 00:19:29,292 Please sit down. - You are most kind. 235 00:19:29,376 --> 00:19:30,466 Come. Sit. 236 00:19:30,551 --> 00:19:33,404 Aha! A game was being started. 237 00:19:33,490 --> 00:19:36,870 Yes, actually - Then. I must leave. 238 00:19:36,954 --> 00:19:39,553 Oh, no. There is no need. 239 00:19:39,638 --> 00:19:41,173 Munshi, we have been playing for a long time. 240 00:19:41,259 --> 00:19:42,452 This is the 4th game today. 241 00:19:42,538 --> 00:19:44,701 Is that so? - Please sit down. 242 00:19:44,786 --> 00:19:50,952 Great, great. The game of kings and the king of games. 243 00:19:51,829 --> 00:19:53,156 I feel great pride in the fact that this is a game... 244 00:19:53,241 --> 00:19:54,613 ...invented in India. 245 00:19:54,698 --> 00:19:57,386 Oh, is that so? - This hasn't come from Iran? 246 00:19:57,471 --> 00:19:58,565 No, not at all. 247 00:19:58,650 --> 00:20:02,177 It went from India and reached all foreign lands. 248 00:20:02,613 --> 00:20:04,703 Great. You've are very smart. 249 00:20:05,853 --> 00:20:08,346 You are playing as per Hindustani rules, aren't you? 250 00:20:09,715 --> 00:20:12,294 Are there any other rules? - Yes. The English rules. 251 00:20:12,696 --> 00:20:14,314 Now, this chess has also come under the purview... 252 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:15,744 ...of the Company, has it? 253 00:20:17,529 --> 00:20:18,635 Superb! 254 00:20:18,721 --> 00:20:21,644 I have learn it from Mr. Cullen of La Martiniere School. 255 00:20:22,001 --> 00:20:24,140 I go there to teach him Urdu and Pharisee, you know. 256 00:20:24,226 --> 00:20:28,794 All right. Munshi, what is the difference between the two? 257 00:20:28,971 --> 00:20:30,777 Nawab, there is not much of a difference. 258 00:20:32,128 --> 00:20:38,134 In the English version, the Minister is called the Queen... 259 00:20:38,844 --> 00:20:42,465 ...and both are opposite each other. 260 00:20:42,645 --> 00:20:43,794 Is that so? 261 00:20:44,529 --> 00:20:48,134 And the pawn's first move can be two squares. 262 00:20:48,219 --> 00:20:50,385 Two squares? - Yes two squares. 263 00:20:50,674 --> 00:20:54,184 And if it reaches the opposite end, it becomes a queen. 264 00:20:55,821 --> 00:20:58,142 Oh, these Englishmen do wonderful things. 265 00:20:58,506 --> 00:21:02,908 But what's the use of these changes? - The game gets over faster. 266 00:21:03,353 --> 00:21:06,000 Why? Do they find our game slow? 267 00:21:06,086 --> 00:21:08,682 Yes, they find our transport also so. 268 00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:10,144 That's why we are to have railroads soon. 269 00:21:10,230 --> 00:21:11,546 And wire services. 270 00:21:12,664 --> 00:21:15,541 Wire houses have already come but I don't... 271 00:21:15,626 --> 00:21:17,620 ...like them one bit. - Why? 272 00:21:18,352 --> 00:21:21,493 Bad news travels so fast. - Bad news? 273 00:21:21,817 --> 00:21:23,109 Haven't you heard anything? 274 00:21:23,644 --> 00:21:26,301 We don't hear anything. We only play. 275 00:21:26,898 --> 00:21:31,123 Mir Sahib, laughing it off won't rid you of the problem. 276 00:21:32,170 --> 00:21:36,258 I have heard that the Company is going to take over Avadh. 277 00:21:36,550 --> 00:21:37,752 Oh my god! 278 00:21:38,058 --> 00:21:39,934 I had come here just to communicate this news. 279 00:21:41,469 --> 00:21:46,795 Munshi, you play the game as per English rules but still... 280 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:48,568 ...haven't understood their moves? 281 00:21:51,105 --> 00:21:51,965 Oh, brother. 282 00:21:52,050 --> 00:21:54,726 This battle in Punjab, this battle in Nepal... 283 00:21:54,811 --> 00:21:56,397 ...this battle in Afghanistan. 284 00:21:57,105 --> 00:21:59,715 For all these battles, the need is money and... 285 00:22:00,013 --> 00:22:01,633 ...the Company is broke. 286 00:22:02,094 --> 00:22:03,307 Where will it get the money from? 287 00:22:06,501 --> 00:22:10,263 From the king of Avadh. But how? 288 00:22:11,804 --> 00:22:14,051 It's a simple idea. 289 00:22:14,622 --> 00:22:17,682 Tell the king that the government is not happy with... 290 00:22:18,037 --> 00:22:20,982 ...you pay the penalty or the Company will take over. 291 00:22:21,394 --> 00:22:23,513 The king quietly pays the money... 292 00:22:23,876 --> 00:22:26,741 ...the Company's heard the jingle of the gold coins... 293 00:22:27,281 --> 00:22:31,242 ...the objection gone, the king is free, the Company is happy. 294 00:22:33,636 --> 00:22:36,415 You folks think that this time too the Company wants money? 295 00:22:36,554 --> 00:22:39,405 What else? They are always short of money and... 296 00:22:39,490 --> 00:22:41,358 ...they spend on railroads and wire services. 297 00:22:41,843 --> 00:22:44,115 Your impression could be right. Mir Sahib. 298 00:22:45,044 --> 00:22:48,120 But I suspect the motives of Lord Dalhousie. 299 00:22:48,443 --> 00:22:52,000 I have heard that their armies have reached Kanpur. 300 00:22:52,085 --> 00:22:53,015 Oh my god! 301 00:22:53,099 --> 00:22:54,963 What would happen if, by any chance there were to be a war? 302 00:22:56,355 --> 00:22:58,192 Mir Sahib. - Yes. 303 00:22:59,012 --> 00:23:01,173 Get me that sword. - What!? 304 00:23:01,694 --> 00:23:04,875 Sword. - The sword!? 305 00:23:05,451 --> 00:23:09,192 Go on and bring it here. Show it to Munshi. 306 00:23:18,262 --> 00:23:21,118 Oh, not like that. Take it out of the scabbard. 307 00:23:27,315 --> 00:23:29,397 Do you know to whom this sword belongs? 308 00:23:30,165 --> 00:23:31,277 No, sir. 309 00:23:31,362 --> 00:23:33,950 Mir Sahib, you may tell him. 310 00:23:34,862 --> 00:23:40,242 This sword belongs to Mirza Sahib's grandfather's... 311 00:23:40,326 --> 00:23:42,342 ...great grandfather. 312 00:23:43,894 --> 00:23:47,061 He and my grand father's great grandfather... 313 00:23:47,146 --> 00:23:50,047 ...were together in the army of Nawab Burhan-ul-Mulk. 314 00:23:50,535 --> 00:23:53,325 They were so brave, these two, that the enemies of... 315 00:23:53,410 --> 00:23:56,173 ...Avadh trembled when they heard of them. 316 00:23:57,405 --> 00:24:00,431 The Nawab had awarded them fiefdoms for their... 317 00:24:00,516 --> 00:24:01,992 ...bravery and valor. 318 00:24:03,048 --> 00:24:05,654 And we, their descendants, are enjoying the fruits... 319 00:24:05,740 --> 00:24:07,288 ...of the fiefdoms till this day. 320 00:24:08,583 --> 00:24:12,110 After all, some blood from these illustrious persons must... 321 00:24:12,194 --> 00:24:14,562 ...be running in our veins. What do you say, Mir Sahib. 322 00:24:15,150 --> 00:24:18,586 Be what it may. They cannot stop us from playing chess. 323 00:24:18,940 --> 00:24:21,024 This is ridiculous. 324 00:24:21,356 --> 00:24:25,048 We are talking of war and he is concerned with chess. 325 00:24:25,644 --> 00:24:30,120 Don't worry, Mir Sahib. We might have invented chess... 326 00:24:31,191 --> 00:24:32,614 ...but the English have also made progress. 327 00:24:33,180 --> 00:24:35,711 The pawn moves two squares now. 328 00:24:37,698 --> 00:24:39,743 Nawab, please excuse me. 329 00:24:40,348 --> 00:24:41,532 So soon? 330 00:24:42,729 --> 00:24:44,393 That you let me enter while you were playing... 331 00:24:44,478 --> 00:24:45,642 ...chess was enough. 332 00:24:46,294 --> 00:24:51,056 When Mr. Cullen plays chess, no one dares enter the room. 333 00:24:51,228 --> 00:24:52,817 That's something! - All right. 334 00:24:53,095 --> 00:24:57,990 Munshi, go and tell your Mr. Cullen, it is not enough to... 335 00:24:58,076 --> 00:25:00,140 ...learn the Hindustani language, it is also necessary... 336 00:25:00,224 --> 00:25:02,940 ...to imbibe the Hindustani etiquette. 337 00:25:03,026 --> 00:25:04,413 Definitely. 338 00:25:04,599 --> 00:25:06,426 I present greetings. - Greetings. 339 00:25:06,511 --> 00:25:07,644 Greetings. - Please come. 340 00:25:11,305 --> 00:25:14,620 The grandsons of the officers of Nawab Burhan-ul-Mulk... 341 00:25:14,982 --> 00:25:18,677 ...are preparing to start their game when elsewhere... 342 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,189 ...preparations are afoot for a game of another kind. 343 00:25:22,721 --> 00:25:26,175 Lord Dalhousie, who sits in Calcutta, is sending an... 344 00:25:26,260 --> 00:25:27,723 ...urgent message. 345 00:25:29,721 --> 00:25:31,594 You can make a guess about the importance of the... 346 00:25:31,679 --> 00:25:34,081 ...documents from the speed of the horses of the riders. 347 00:25:41,811 --> 00:25:46,038 After completing the 600-mile distance from Calcutta... 348 00:25:46,123 --> 00:25:50,084 ...within 5 days and after changing horses 30 times... 349 00:25:50,728 --> 00:25:54,843 ...they handed over the orders to General Outram in Elchi... 350 00:25:54,928 --> 00:25:59,597 ...on the evening of 31 January, 1856. 351 00:26:21,259 --> 00:26:22,925 Please bring the wash basin. 352 00:26:31,746 --> 00:26:36,396 Friend, you finished so soon? You've hardly had anything. 353 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,019 Mirza, you know very well that I eat less. 354 00:26:49,169 --> 00:26:51,940 Call Maqbool, okay? - Okay. 355 00:27:12,865 --> 00:27:15,058 What? - The master is calling you. 356 00:27:24,776 --> 00:27:27,387 Hiriya... Hiriya... 357 00:27:34,888 --> 00:27:36,746 Forgive me. That was a mistake. 358 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,819 Here is my move. Check. 359 00:27:46,210 --> 00:27:49,602 Master... Madam is calling you. 360 00:27:56,308 --> 00:27:59,576 Master, Madam has called for you. 361 00:28:00,815 --> 00:28:01,965 What's the matter. 362 00:28:02,049 --> 00:28:03,735 How do I know that, sir? 363 00:28:08,509 --> 00:28:09,657 Master. 364 00:28:11,308 --> 00:28:12,432 Tell her that I'm coming. 365 00:28:17,175 --> 00:28:18,515 Did you like the biriyani? 366 00:28:19,048 --> 00:28:21,913 Is she calling you to ask you that? 367 00:28:25,478 --> 00:28:28,611 Child, the master said that he is coming. 368 00:28:29,660 --> 00:28:30,831 When is he coming? 369 00:28:30,915 --> 00:28:33,168 He did not tell me when he is coming. 370 00:28:36,296 --> 00:28:39,048 Hiriya. - Yes. 371 00:28:40,988 --> 00:28:43,546 Go and tell him that my headaches. Come immediately. 372 00:28:43,951 --> 00:28:48,757 Oh, God! Why did you not tell me. I would have applied sandal wood balm. 373 00:28:48,907 --> 00:28:51,128 Just do what you are told. - Yes. 374 00:29:01,589 --> 00:29:02,716 Check. 375 00:29:06,278 --> 00:29:07,853 She has a headache. 376 00:29:12,852 --> 00:29:14,583 She's said that she has a severe headache. 377 00:29:14,667 --> 00:29:15,795 She's called you immediately. 378 00:29:16,906 --> 00:29:18,262 Oh, go on and see her. 379 00:29:20,077 --> 00:29:21,254 Tell her I'm coming. 380 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:22,653 All right. 381 00:29:24,554 --> 00:29:28,884 If I sit all night at a dance show, she doesn't complain... 382 00:29:29,221 --> 00:29:31,576 ...but if you sit in your own home and play an excellent... 383 00:29:31,661 --> 00:29:34,163 ...game, she pesters you. 384 00:29:35,525 --> 00:29:37,248 Just go and come. 385 00:29:37,653 --> 00:29:40,186 In the meantime, I will think of a reply for this move. 386 00:29:45,289 --> 00:29:46,884 She has a head ache. 387 00:29:48,047 --> 00:29:50,191 And also give her my regards. 388 00:29:52,722 --> 00:29:54,620 And don't change the pieces while I am not here. 389 00:29:54,705 --> 00:29:58,062 Oh my god! Can I ever commit such a vile act? 390 00:30:07,422 --> 00:30:09,864 Hiriya was saying, god forbid that you have a headache. 391 00:30:09,949 --> 00:30:12,533 What is it to you? - What do you mean? 392 00:30:13,021 --> 00:30:15,035 As if you care for my headache. 393 00:30:16,038 --> 00:30:17,064 But I... 394 00:30:17,148 --> 00:30:18,928 If I were to be breathing my last you would not even... 395 00:30:19,013 --> 00:30:20,202 ...pour water in my mouth. 396 00:30:20,441 --> 00:30:25,273 What kind of talk is that, my queen? I have left my game incomplete... 397 00:30:25,357 --> 00:30:26,809 May a fire consume this game. 398 00:30:26,894 --> 00:30:28,321 This accursed game is a game of fools. 399 00:30:29,615 --> 00:30:33,943 Now, my queen, this is such a wonderful game. 400 00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:37,399 Do you know, this is a Hindustani game and... 401 00:30:37,483 --> 00:30:39,048 ...is now played across the world. 402 00:30:39,134 --> 00:30:40,741 The whole world is a fool. 403 00:30:42,388 --> 00:30:45,425 My queen, after I have started playing chess my... 404 00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:48,538 ...understanding has increased by a hundred percent. 405 00:30:48,623 --> 00:30:52,547 I think far ahead now. - Even then you do not think about me. 406 00:30:52,901 --> 00:30:55,689 What do you mean? I came immediately as Hiriya told me... 407 00:30:55,773 --> 00:30:57,635 ...leaving my game halfway. 408 00:30:58,801 --> 00:31:01,293 It was far better when you remained at the apartment... 409 00:31:01,378 --> 00:31:02,779 ...of that witch Daumini. 410 00:31:03,433 --> 00:31:06,318 At least I knew that you are not coming home. 411 00:31:07,789 --> 00:31:10,642 Now you don't meet me even though you are at home. 412 00:31:11,394 --> 00:31:13,439 It is the wife's death on the chess mat. 413 00:31:13,901 --> 00:31:16,019 Day and night, you shift rooks and knights with... 414 00:31:16,104 --> 00:31:21,452 ...lowered heads and here I am praying that god, when will... 415 00:31:21,538 --> 00:31:24,070 ...this game be over and you come to take rest. 416 00:31:24,875 --> 00:31:31,714 God! Your game is never over. I become mad waiting for you. 417 00:31:32,585 --> 00:31:36,153 When I can't do anything else, I listen to stories from Hiriya. 418 00:31:37,164 --> 00:31:39,283 That moron knows only three stories and can tell... 419 00:31:39,368 --> 00:31:40,516 ...only those and no more. 420 00:31:40,602 --> 00:31:42,214 And you, along with that moron, Mir Sahib... 421 00:31:42,298 --> 00:31:45,821 My queen, why do you curse my friend? 422 00:31:46,104 --> 00:31:48,192 You are annoyed with me. Tell me anything. 423 00:31:48,409 --> 00:31:50,854 The accursed fellow plays games all day and has no... 424 00:31:50,939 --> 00:31:52,871 ...idea what games his wife plays at home all day. 425 00:31:52,955 --> 00:31:56,230 Oh, for God's sake! Why do you spread rumors? 426 00:31:56,403 --> 00:31:58,865 Rumors? The whole of Lucknow knows that... 427 00:31:58,951 --> 00:32:00,918 ...Mir Sahib's wife is having an affair with another man. 428 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,442 If there is one who doesn't, it is your useless friend. 429 00:32:05,181 --> 00:32:08,026 Look, you have an ache in your head, don't you? 430 00:32:08,111 --> 00:32:10,758 Let my enemies have a headache. - What!? 431 00:32:12,301 --> 00:32:13,563 There is no pain. 432 00:32:14,923 --> 00:32:18,218 Then why did you call me? 433 00:32:23,563 --> 00:32:26,495 All right then, I'm going. 434 00:32:27,209 --> 00:32:29,489 No. - Hey! 435 00:32:29,574 --> 00:32:33,675 Stay here with me. - What are you doing? 436 00:32:51,386 --> 00:32:52,546 What are you looking at. 437 00:32:53,742 --> 00:32:57,527 Your eyes. - My eyes? 438 00:32:58,308 --> 00:33:01,783 They have become red, looking at those... 439 00:33:01,868 --> 00:33:04,020 ...accursed chess pieces. - Really? 440 00:33:05,435 --> 00:33:09,569 Tonight, I won't let you go back. 441 00:33:12,829 --> 00:33:17,802 That poor Mir Sahib would be waiting... 442 00:33:20,067 --> 00:33:23,791 Forget chess sometimes. For my sake. 443 00:33:31,119 --> 00:33:32,273 What are you doing? 444 00:33:39,242 --> 00:33:40,799 In this cold weather! 445 00:35:29,659 --> 00:35:31,199 Don't be annoyed. 446 00:35:34,914 --> 00:35:37,110 Don't turn away your face like that. 447 00:35:38,501 --> 00:35:40,898 The matter is that... - You don't like me. 448 00:35:54,710 --> 00:35:58,111 I want you, my queen. I will prove it. 449 00:35:59,467 --> 00:36:01,354 I will prove it tomorrow itself. 450 00:36:02,715 --> 00:36:04,796 Today my mind was elsewhere. 451 00:36:05,110 --> 00:36:09,094 Mir Sahib was waiting outside. And the game is unfinished. 452 00:36:09,179 --> 00:36:10,768 You only want your game. 453 00:36:14,833 --> 00:36:16,594 All right. Let's do this. 454 00:36:17,626 --> 00:36:20,650 Tomorrow, I will finish with the game early and have... 455 00:36:20,735 --> 00:36:22,751 ...dinner with you. 456 00:36:24,217 --> 00:36:28,365 You will know tomorrow how much I love you. Agreed? 457 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:30,423 Agreed. 458 00:36:44,489 --> 00:36:47,206 Hiriya! - Why do you call, madam? 459 00:36:48,286 --> 00:36:49,599 Come here and tell me a story. 460 00:36:52,643 --> 00:36:54,385 I have to keep awake all night. 461 00:37:13,844 --> 00:37:18,222 Was the pain severe? - Very much so. 462 00:37:21,164 --> 00:37:23,585 She was beating her arms and legs with pain. 463 00:37:25,389 --> 00:37:27,556 I was afraid I might have to press her head. 464 00:37:34,909 --> 00:37:36,088 Check. 465 00:37:37,909 --> 00:37:40,709 The next morning General Outram summoned... 466 00:37:40,793 --> 00:37:43,193 ...the king of Avadh, to the Residency. 467 00:37:43,586 --> 00:37:47,860 Resident Sahib, it is possible that the Sultan-e-Alam may... 468 00:37:47,945 --> 00:37:49,623 ...lose his senses when he hears about this. 469 00:37:50,958 --> 00:37:53,710 It would never have occurred to him that the Company... 470 00:37:53,795 --> 00:37:55,067 ...would treat him like this. 471 00:37:56,282 --> 00:37:59,321 God alone knows how much indignity and hurt... 472 00:37:59,675 --> 00:38:01,262 ...this decision will bring him. 473 00:38:01,998 --> 00:38:04,143 When His Majesty hears of this new treaty he will be... 474 00:38:04,228 --> 00:38:08,298 Just sum it up, Weston, will you? - Sir. 475 00:38:09,523 --> 00:38:11,439 His Majesty will be shocked to hear this. 476 00:38:14,413 --> 00:38:18,057 Will you tell the Prime Minister that I'd like His Majesty to go... 477 00:38:18,143 --> 00:38:19,581 ...through the treaty and let me know his views... 478 00:38:19,666 --> 00:38:22,717 ...as soon as possible, It is a matter of the utmost urgency. 479 00:38:24,143 --> 00:38:26,180 Will you tell the Prime Minister that I'd like His Majesty to go... 480 00:38:26,266 --> 00:38:29,047 ...through the treaty and let me know his views... 481 00:38:29,132 --> 00:38:32,248 ...as soon as possible, It is a matter of the utmost urgency. 482 00:38:35,489 --> 00:38:39,019 But what is the need for the new treaty, Resident Sahib? 483 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,400 What will happen to the treaty executed 20 years ago. 484 00:38:43,313 --> 00:38:45,578 Reply to him, Mr. Resident. Why the new treaty? 485 00:38:45,822 --> 00:38:46,950 What happened to the old one? 486 00:38:48,481 --> 00:38:50,761 Will you please tell the Prime Minister, that despite... 487 00:38:50,846 --> 00:38:53,268 ...repeated warnings, from our government, His Majesty has... 488 00:38:53,353 --> 00:38:55,860 ...made no efforts whatsoever during the last 10 years... 489 00:38:55,945 --> 00:38:57,646 ...to improve the administration here. 490 00:38:58,351 --> 00:39:00,635 And since this has caused considerable distress... 491 00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:02,771 ...amongst the common people of the province... 492 00:39:03,085 --> 00:39:04,824 ...our government has no alternative except to... 493 00:39:04,909 --> 00:39:06,550 ...take matters into their own hands. 494 00:39:07,934 --> 00:39:09,610 Will you please tell the Prime Minister, that despite... 495 00:39:09,695 --> 00:39:12,087 ...repeated warnings, from our government, His Majesty has... 496 00:39:12,172 --> 00:39:13,767 ...made no efforts whatsoever during the last 10 years... 497 00:39:13,853 --> 00:39:15,286 ...to improve the administration here. 498 00:39:16,019 --> 00:39:17,117 And since this has caused considerable distress... 499 00:39:17,202 --> 00:39:18,293 ...amongst the common people of the province... 500 00:39:18,378 --> 00:39:19,478 ...our government has no alternative except to... 501 00:39:19,563 --> 00:39:20,717 ...take matters into their own hands. 502 00:39:20,864 --> 00:39:23,847 The Prime Minister wishes to know how there can be talk... 503 00:39:24,228 --> 00:39:27,503 ...of misrule when the people are so happy. 504 00:39:28,038 --> 00:39:29,833 The Prime Minister wishes to know how there can be talk... 505 00:39:29,918 --> 00:39:31,876 ...of misrule when the people are so happy. 506 00:39:34,273 --> 00:39:35,576 Just ask the prime minister 507 00:39:35,661 --> 00:39:37,482 Have you read Colonel Sleeman's report, 508 00:39:38,681 --> 00:39:40,522 Have you read Colonel Sleeman's report, 509 00:39:42,923 --> 00:39:44,333 I am aware of this report. 510 00:39:45,206 --> 00:39:46,891 But Colonel Sleeman had gone on a tour of the country... 511 00:39:46,976 --> 00:39:48,289 ...contrary to the king's wishes. 512 00:39:48,739 --> 00:39:50,989 In spite of this we had borne all the atrocities of... 513 00:39:51,074 --> 00:39:52,632 ...Colonel Sleeman and his 1100 men. 514 00:39:52,889 --> 00:39:56,301 We arranged elephants and camels for them and also arranged for their food. 515 00:39:56,710 --> 00:39:58,505 If despite all this Colonel Sleeman has given a... 516 00:39:58,590 --> 00:40:01,567 ...report against us, then it's our ill-fortune. 517 00:40:02,099 --> 00:40:03,482 Had Colonel Sleeman had undertaken a tour of... 518 00:40:03,568 --> 00:40:05,034 ...West Bangal, which is under the control of the Company... 519 00:40:05,119 --> 00:40:08,137 Mr. Khan, it's no use wasting words. 520 00:40:09,547 --> 00:40:11,599 The Governor General's decision is irrevocable. 521 00:40:17,311 --> 00:40:21,156 Unfaithful fellows! Something is lifted from the house... 522 00:40:21,242 --> 00:40:22,427 ...while you sleep? 523 00:40:24,648 --> 00:40:26,842 I will have each one of you put in jail. 524 00:40:27,398 --> 00:40:29,275 Useless fellows. You have been stuffing yourself... 525 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,168 ...for years and have now also started stealing. 526 00:40:31,253 --> 00:40:32,830 Sir... - I don't want excuses! 527 00:40:34,221 --> 00:40:37,416 I present greeting, Mirza Sahib. - Greetings. 528 00:40:39,376 --> 00:40:41,525 Now, why do you stand around with heads down? 529 00:40:41,668 --> 00:40:42,825 Get lost. Go search for it. 530 00:40:47,380 --> 00:40:48,666 Sir, what is the matter? 531 00:40:48,817 --> 00:40:51,900 Matter? Some idiot has stolen my chess pieces. 532 00:40:51,985 --> 00:40:53,133 Oh my god! 533 00:40:55,391 --> 00:41:00,507 Actually, it is my fault. I left them outside. 534 00:41:01,197 --> 00:41:03,349 I should have locked then up in a trunk. 535 00:41:04,112 --> 00:41:06,526 How can you trust anyone in these bad days. 536 00:41:06,826 --> 00:41:09,396 People steal the collyrium from one's eyes. - That's right. 537 00:41:16,958 --> 00:41:18,321 What will happen now? 538 00:41:20,686 --> 00:41:22,661 I don't have them or I would have brought them. 539 00:41:24,802 --> 00:41:27,894 Mirza sahib, why don't we to the market. 540 00:41:27,980 --> 00:41:29,228 We'll buy a set there. 541 00:41:29,313 --> 00:41:30,851 Mir Sahib, today is Friday. 542 00:41:30,936 --> 00:41:32,957 Which shopkeeper would have kept his shop open for you? 543 00:41:33,041 --> 00:41:34,996 Oh, for God's sake! 544 00:41:35,753 --> 00:41:38,306 I had come with some new moves in mind and... 545 00:41:38,746 --> 00:41:40,416 ...the market also had to be closed. 546 00:41:42,652 --> 00:41:44,627 The whole evening was spoilt. 547 00:41:46,538 --> 00:41:49,146 Anyway, the rest of the life would be... 548 00:41:49,231 --> 00:41:53,670 ...gone through somehow. What is the worry that is left? 549 00:42:06,128 --> 00:42:07,993 Mir Sahib. - Yes. 550 00:42:08,324 --> 00:42:12,782 Do you know our advocate? - Mr. Abajani. 551 00:42:14,101 --> 00:42:17,485 Do you remember the left corner of his drawing room? 552 00:42:18,514 --> 00:42:22,605 Left corner... Left... 553 00:42:25,456 --> 00:42:28,193 I certainly remember it. 554 00:42:32,746 --> 00:42:35,519 Please sit down. I will go inside and inform them. 555 00:43:02,128 --> 00:43:04,665 He has had me blow up thousands of rupees... 556 00:43:04,751 --> 00:43:07,552 ...for fighting cases. - But not from me? 557 00:43:10,206 --> 00:43:14,114 He shouldn't refuse, if we ask for a day. 558 00:43:14,829 --> 00:43:16,226 That he shouldn't. 559 00:43:20,286 --> 00:43:22,456 Chuttan Mian, greetings. - Greetings. 560 00:43:24,460 --> 00:43:28,521 Is the advocate at home? - Yes, sir. Yes, sir. 561 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:30,744 He is resting. 562 00:43:33,159 --> 00:43:38,221 He is lying down. Unconscious. 563 00:43:41,512 --> 00:43:44,542 We've called the doctor. Please sit down. 564 00:43:45,175 --> 00:43:46,523 Please sit down. 565 00:43:47,329 --> 00:43:49,171 He was laughing and talking till morning. 566 00:43:50,773 --> 00:43:53,872 If God desires, he will return consciousness very soon. 567 00:43:53,956 --> 00:43:55,420 By the grace of God. 568 00:43:55,505 --> 00:43:59,032 May God ensure that he,, recovers soon. - yes, yes. 569 00:43:59,117 --> 00:44:00,456 Amen, amen 570 00:44:00,847 --> 00:44:06,438 Sir, if you don't mind... - No, no. Please carry on. 571 00:44:30,976 --> 00:44:32,449 Come on, my pawn. 572 00:46:12,952 --> 00:46:16,697 Abajani is conscious now. He is conscious now. 573 00:46:17,106 --> 00:46:21,914 Come, he will be very happy to see you. Come. 574 00:46:46,396 --> 00:46:49,708 Sir, the advocate doesn't seem to be in his senses. 575 00:46:50,525 --> 00:46:55,089 He is conscious. He just spoke to me. Just wait a while. 576 00:46:57,128 --> 00:47:02,009 Mirza Sahib and Mir Sahib have come to... 577 00:47:02,094 --> 00:47:03,887 ...ask dear father 578 00:47:52,862 --> 00:47:59,643 'Kanha, I have lost to you and forsaken everything...' 579 00:47:59,826 --> 00:48:06,367 'Kanha, I have lost to you and forsaken everything...' 580 00:48:06,679 --> 00:48:13,324 'Kanha, I have lost to you and forsaken everything...' 581 00:48:19,385 --> 00:48:26,407 '... Listen to me Hari I will not curse you... 582 00:48:26,492 --> 00:48:33,016 '... Listen to me Hari I will not curse you... 583 00:48:33,101 --> 00:48:39,480 'Kanha, I have lost to you and forsaken everything...' 584 00:48:39,643 --> 00:48:52,519 'Kanha, I have lost to you.. 585 00:48:52,605 --> 00:48:56,650 'Kanha, I have lost to you 586 00:48:58,313 --> 00:49:08,341 'He teases me everyday, he doesn't let me go.' 587 00:50:03,476 --> 00:50:10,240 'He teases me everyday, he doesn't let me go.' 588 00:50:10,326 --> 00:50:16,648 'He teases me everyday, he doesn't let me go.' 589 00:50:16,836 --> 00:50:22,989 'My friends at the shore look at us' 590 00:50:23,237 --> 00:50:29,804 'Leave me do not touch my veil' 591 00:50:29,889 --> 00:50:36,448 'Leave me do not touch my veil' 592 00:50:36,532 --> 00:50:43,824 'Everyone looks at us. 593 00:50:43,909 --> 00:50:50,895 'Kanha, I have lost to you and forsaken everything...' 594 00:50:52,422 --> 00:50:56,889 'Kanha, I have lost to you 595 00:50:56,974 --> 00:50:58,865 'Kanha, I have lost to you.. 596 00:52:01,242 --> 00:52:07,833 'Kanha, I have lost to you 597 00:52:08,510 --> 00:52:13,918 'Kanha, I have lost to you 598 00:52:14,112 --> 00:52:19,698 'Kanha, I have lost to you 599 00:52:48,614 --> 00:52:49,746 What's the matter? 600 00:52:54,047 --> 00:52:57,148 What's this? Control yourself. 601 00:52:59,827 --> 00:53:02,717 Has the Resident recited a poem to you? 602 00:53:04,474 --> 00:53:08,750 Only love and poetry can bring tears to a man's eyes. 603 00:53:12,039 --> 00:53:13,784 What is the matter, after all, Madarruddaulah. 604 00:53:19,521 --> 00:53:20,809 King, 605 00:53:24,275 --> 00:53:29,195 your graceful head will be shorn of its crown. 606 00:53:29,425 --> 00:53:31,136 Bravo, Sohrab, my son. 607 00:53:42,742 --> 00:53:48,390 Play and win. Two for one. Two for one. Great, Sohrab. 608 00:53:48,474 --> 00:53:52,603 Come, place your bets. Place your bets with open hearts. 609 00:53:55,474 --> 00:53:58,136 Which of them is Rustom and which is Sohrab. 610 00:53:58,222 --> 00:54:02,144 The black one is my Sohrab. Sir. Go on, place your bet. 611 00:54:02,228 --> 00:54:03,971 Listen. - Yes, tell me. 612 00:54:04,056 --> 00:54:09,040 Place one rupee on Rustom. - Yes, very well, very well. 613 00:54:09,126 --> 00:54:11,443 Mir Sahib, why are you wasting your money? 614 00:54:11,581 --> 00:54:13,291 It is not for decent people to bet on rams. 615 00:54:13,376 --> 00:54:14,737 What do you say, sir? 616 00:54:17,117 --> 00:54:18,536 Come on, fight! 617 00:54:18,824 --> 00:54:20,173 We won! 618 00:54:26,983 --> 00:54:28,346 Place your bets and win big! 619 00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:44,043 Come along. 620 00:54:47,112 --> 00:54:53,120 The great King, the king of Avadh informs... 621 00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:56,318 ...everyone that the ones who are spreading the rumors... 622 00:54:56,403 --> 00:54:59,481 ...about the imminent take over of the sultanate by the... 623 00:54:59,567 --> 00:55:03,190 ...Company will be arrested by the order of the government... 624 00:55:03,483 --> 00:55:05,931 ...and that they will be proclaimed criminals... 625 00:55:06,016 --> 00:55:07,389 ...and be severely punished. 626 00:55:07,474 --> 00:55:10,824 The public must know that the forces of the Company is not... 627 00:55:10,909 --> 00:55:13,583 ...being amassed in the country with any such motive but... 628 00:55:13,668 --> 00:55:16,610 ...have come for the security of the Rajah of Nepal. 629 00:55:17,257 --> 00:55:18,492 Mirza Sahib, 630 00:55:20,539 --> 00:55:22,966 why do they spread rumors? 631 00:55:25,117 --> 00:55:27,834 Henceforth, if someone even speaks of Company forces... 632 00:55:28,931 --> 00:55:31,592 ...I swear I will pull out his tongue. 633 00:55:33,927 --> 00:55:39,961 What a lovely day... and we are bereft of chess. 634 00:55:41,405 --> 00:55:46,614 Mir Sahib, the solution of every difficulty is there... 635 00:55:49,606 --> 00:55:50,974 ...what is needed is only someone to search it. 636 00:55:52,340 --> 00:55:53,534 Come, let's go to the house. 637 00:55:54,831 --> 00:56:01,458 Drink a little water. Yes. Enough, enough. 638 00:56:15,833 --> 00:56:18,820 Betel. - Maqbool. 639 00:56:18,905 --> 00:56:20,090 Have more water. 640 00:56:20,175 --> 00:56:23,035 Yes, sir. - Bring the betel leaf case. 641 00:56:29,338 --> 00:56:31,360 Great. Wonderful. 642 00:56:32,514 --> 00:56:37,666 Mirza Sahib, sometimes I feel enamored with your brains. 643 00:56:37,900 --> 00:56:39,327 Greetings. 644 00:56:40,653 --> 00:56:45,242 Now, come on. Are the pawn fine? - Yes. 645 00:56:45,429 --> 00:56:47,732 The king and queen are fine? - Yes. 646 00:56:47,818 --> 00:56:52,229 But don't make a mistake between the yellow knight... 647 00:56:52,313 --> 00:56:54,302 ...and the rook. 648 00:56:54,568 --> 00:56:57,851 Listen. The bishop is the tomato. 649 00:56:57,936 --> 00:57:01,280 The lemon the knight and the chilly the rook. 650 00:57:01,574 --> 00:57:04,505 The bishop is the tomato. The lemon the knight and the chilly the rook. 651 00:57:05,989 --> 00:57:07,603 Maqbool. - Yes, madam? 652 00:57:09,117 --> 00:57:11,324 Has Nawab Sahib arrived? - Yes, madam. 653 00:57:13,007 --> 00:57:18,807 Is he alone? - No, madam. Mir Sahib is with him. 654 00:57:19,951 --> 00:57:21,615 I hope they are not playing chess. 655 00:57:21,753 --> 00:57:27,598 They are. But not with pieces but with lime and betel. 656 00:57:28,557 --> 00:57:30,865 Who knows what magic charm there is in chess? 657 00:57:46,481 --> 00:57:50,730 Oh! What are you doing, Mir Sahib. That is the knight. 658 00:57:51,838 --> 00:57:54,731 The lemon is the knight. The tomato is the bishop. 659 00:58:07,193 --> 00:58:08,720 Who has done that? 660 00:58:10,829 --> 00:58:14,518 Maqbool Mian. Oh, Maqbool Mian. 661 00:58:32,163 --> 00:58:33,572 Mir Sahib. - Yes. 662 00:58:34,378 --> 00:58:36,282 If you have no objection... 663 00:58:36,947 --> 00:58:39,118 ...from tomorrow, we will play at your house 664 00:58:39,748 --> 00:58:43,001 That's too much. The house is yours. You are most welcome. 665 00:58:43,909 --> 00:58:45,093 Thank you. 666 00:58:45,610 --> 00:58:46,762 Maqbool. 667 00:58:52,728 --> 00:58:58,894 Present these vegetables to madam on my behalf. 668 00:59:17,224 --> 00:59:19,614 You all have betrayed me. 669 00:59:22,648 --> 00:59:23,938 All of you. 670 00:59:26,146 --> 00:59:29,477 I trusted you more than even my own relatives. 671 00:59:30,871 --> 00:59:32,711 I entrusted to you all the responsibilities of the... 672 00:59:32,795 --> 00:59:37,120 ...administration of the state and what have you done? 673 00:59:38,501 --> 00:59:42,828 Besides filling your own pockets, what have you done? Nothing! 674 00:59:46,829 --> 00:59:53,005 Mr. Sleeman did tell me to be careful of you all but I... 675 00:59:53,090 --> 00:59:59,367 ...used to ignore him. Now I realize he was right. 676 01:00:02,851 --> 01:00:07,784 What he said about was also not wrong, Madaruddaulah. 677 01:00:09,605 --> 01:00:14,170 About me, Sultan-e-Alam? - Yes, about you. 678 01:00:15,032 --> 01:00:16,955 What mistake has been done by this slave? 679 01:00:22,974 --> 01:00:24,947 You are asking me this? 680 01:00:25,811 --> 01:00:27,180 Could you not have throw this piece of paper at the... 681 01:00:27,264 --> 01:00:28,449 ...face of the Resident? 682 01:00:29,269 --> 01:00:32,094 Could you not have asked him what right he had to break... 683 01:00:32,179 --> 01:00:36,295 ...the previous treaty in which it is clearly written that while... 684 01:00:36,380 --> 01:00:38,803 ...the company can take over the administration of the... 685 01:00:38,889 --> 01:00:43,570 ...sultanate but it cannot take my title away? 686 01:00:49,338 --> 01:00:50,622 The mistake, of course, is mine. 687 01:00:56,063 --> 01:00:58,670 It would have been better if I had refused to sit... 688 01:01:00,152 --> 01:01:01,308 ...on the throne. 689 01:01:07,090 --> 01:01:14,018 But it was my boyhood. These diamonds, these jewels... 690 01:01:15,739 --> 01:01:20,478 ...this glamour, this attraction, this royal splendor... 691 01:01:22,032 --> 01:01:25,203 ...tempted my heart. 692 01:01:32,224 --> 01:01:38,134 But when I was enthroned, I did try to be a proper ruler... 693 01:01:39,384 --> 01:01:40,480 ...and to some extent, did succeed in doing... 694 01:01:40,565 --> 01:01:41,659 ...a good job of it. 695 01:01:42,838 --> 01:01:44,449 Am I wrong, Mudaruddaulah? 696 01:01:44,760 --> 01:01:46,733 Absolutely not, King 697 01:01:55,923 --> 01:01:57,873 Do you remember my army, Diwan-e-bahadur? 698 01:01:57,958 --> 01:01:59,921 How can I forget, Sultan-e-Alam? 699 01:02:00,715 --> 01:02:02,958 Do you remember what frolic there used to be every day? 700 01:02:04,954 --> 01:02:07,646 What lovely names I had kept for our platoons. 701 01:02:08,581 --> 01:02:13,532 Banka, Tirchha, Akhtari, Nazreen, Ghangor. 702 01:02:14,376 --> 01:02:15,779 And our ladies army? 703 01:02:16,574 --> 01:02:21,478 Exquisite, lovely, beautifully attired. 704 01:02:22,112 --> 01:02:25,034 Arab stallions, when they trotted past... 705 01:02:25,119 --> 01:02:29,438 ...what a beautiful sight it used to be! How lovely! 706 01:02:31,650 --> 01:02:36,005 But the Resident did not relish all this. 707 01:02:37,039 --> 01:02:43,117 Richmond Sahib. He said what is the need for this army? 708 01:02:44,719 --> 01:02:47,472 The English army is there to protect your borders and... 709 01:02:48,353 --> 01:02:50,128 ...you are paying its salary too. 710 01:02:51,371 --> 01:02:53,615 Then why do you need to take this bother? 711 01:02:58,052 --> 01:03:02,498 Very well, Richmond Sahib. Your wish is my command. 712 01:03:04,025 --> 01:03:05,686 We will remove this bother too. 713 01:03:08,081 --> 01:03:09,324 What should I do now? 714 01:03:10,929 --> 01:03:13,668 You tell me what I could do? 715 01:03:14,509 --> 01:03:16,586 If the king shouldn't be worried about his subjects... 716 01:03:16,672 --> 01:03:17,849 ...what should he do? 717 01:03:17,958 --> 01:03:20,197 If a king does not rule, what does he do? 718 01:03:28,340 --> 01:03:30,271 I have received a reply to this question, too. 719 01:03:31,628 --> 01:03:35,074 Richmond Sahib did not tell me. No one told me. 720 01:03:36,110 --> 01:03:37,422 It came on its own. 721 01:03:38,974 --> 01:03:41,001 Do you remember that song of mine, Madaruddaulah? 722 01:03:41,346 --> 01:03:42,905 Which song, King? 723 01:03:44,902 --> 01:03:51,985 'The night passes away in suffering. ' 724 01:03:53,829 --> 01:03:59,017 '... to which country has gone my soul mate' 725 01:04:03,789 --> 01:04:05,005 Undoubtedly, I remember. 726 01:04:05,610 --> 01:04:08,973 Do you know when and where I had thought up this song? 727 01:04:10,222 --> 01:04:11,336 No, sir. 728 01:04:12,706 --> 01:04:13,878 Here. 729 01:04:17,675 --> 01:04:23,378 Here. On this very throne. During the full court. 730 01:04:25,092 --> 01:04:27,599 The whole scene is before my eyes. 731 01:04:28,346 --> 01:04:33,009 A man is standing before me and his plea is being heard... 732 01:04:33,820 --> 01:04:37,066 ...when suddenly, an unusual thing occurs. 733 01:04:37,789 --> 01:04:41,455 His voice stops reaching my ears and after that... 734 01:04:41,539 --> 01:04:49,094 The night passes away in suffering. 735 01:04:50,036 --> 01:04:57,353 '... to which country has gone my soul mate' 736 01:04:58,757 --> 01:05:06,586 My soulful eyes... 737 01:05:07,056 --> 01:05:10,563 ...are tearful. 738 01:05:11,568 --> 01:05:20,534 They are yearning, and waiting for you. 739 01:05:22,001 --> 01:05:31,561 'When your horses left from my doorway. ' 740 01:05:32,559 --> 01:05:40,429 '... I took leave of my senses, crazy woman that I am...' 741 01:05:41,215 --> 01:05:50,465 'The night passes away in suffering. ' 742 01:05:51,045 --> 01:05:58,621 '... to which country has gone my soul mate' 743 01:05:58,992 --> 01:06:00,697 Bravo! Great! 744 01:06:02,106 --> 01:06:05,751 And this was my reply. This. 745 01:06:09,606 --> 01:06:12,830 No, Madaruddaulah, I wasn't fit to be king. 746 01:06:16,501 --> 01:06:18,639 But had my subjects complained to me? 747 01:06:19,909 --> 01:06:22,952 Had they said, Jaan-e-Alam, leave the throne. 748 01:06:23,498 --> 01:06:26,591 We don't want you. In your rule, we are sorromul... 749 01:06:26,677 --> 01:06:30,951 ...we are upset, then, by God, I would separate myself... 750 01:06:31,036 --> 01:06:32,554 ...from both throne and crown. 751 01:06:33,916 --> 01:06:35,563 But my subjects did not say that. 752 01:06:36,434 --> 01:06:38,257 And do you know why they did not, Madaruddaulah? 753 01:06:44,762 --> 01:06:47,286 They did not say this because I never hid from them... 754 01:06:47,371 --> 01:06:50,932 ...my true nature. They knew what kind of a king I was. 755 01:06:53,001 --> 01:06:56,965 And even so, they loved me. 756 01:06:58,144 --> 01:07:02,338 Today, even after ten years, I see love in their eyes. 757 01:07:02,797 --> 01:07:04,760 They sing my songs in the streets and by lanes. 758 01:07:06,527 --> 01:07:10,639 Madarudaulah, just go and enquire of the Resident... 759 01:07:11,371 --> 01:07:14,269 ...how many kings of England wrote songs... 760 01:07:14,672 --> 01:07:17,768 ...and how many of Queen Victoria's subjects sing their songs? 761 01:07:21,081 --> 01:07:25,568 The government is sending its armies. Why? 762 01:07:26,760 --> 01:07:30,480 They are afraid that the people of Avadh might stand... 763 01:07:30,565 --> 01:07:31,760 ...in their way. 764 01:07:33,840 --> 01:07:36,184 They know that the people of Avadh also know how to fight. 765 01:07:39,365 --> 01:07:41,483 From among our awesome subjects... 766 01:07:42,342 --> 01:07:45,242 ...the Company army's best troops are taken. 767 01:07:47,322 --> 01:07:49,566 Is that not an odd thing, Madruddaulah... 768 01:07:51,177 --> 01:07:53,492 ...it is from our hungry, oppressed, awesome... 769 01:07:53,577 --> 01:07:57,054 ...subjects that the best troops of the Company army... 770 01:07:57,139 --> 01:07:58,413 ...are admitted? 771 01:08:05,347 --> 01:08:08,732 My ancestors have already given you half of Avadh... 772 01:08:12,077 --> 01:08:13,916 ...now you want also the little area that remains. 773 01:08:14,715 --> 01:08:16,162 You want my desire too. 774 01:08:17,625 --> 01:08:18,765 This is my punishment. 775 01:08:19,391 --> 01:08:20,483 This is the punishment for my mismanagement... 776 01:08:20,569 --> 01:08:22,062 ...and mal-administration. 777 01:08:23,185 --> 01:08:28,981 But if my subjects are so oppressed, then why don't... 778 01:08:29,067 --> 01:08:30,322 ...they go and seek asylum in English-controlled areas? 779 01:08:31,198 --> 01:08:34,360 Why don't they go to you and say that you save us from... 780 01:08:34,444 --> 01:08:35,987 ...this useless king. Why? 781 01:09:04,021 --> 01:09:08,109 Madaruddaulah, go and tell the Resident that... 782 01:09:08,797 --> 01:09:11,426 ...I will not give him the throne just for the asking. 783 01:09:26,052 --> 01:09:31,407 He will have to fight me to get it. 784 01:09:44,188 --> 01:09:46,693 I don't like this damned business at all, Ferra. 785 01:09:47,158 --> 01:09:48,322 Not one bit. 786 01:09:49,537 --> 01:09:52,407 And it certainly won't renown to the credit of John Company. 787 01:09:54,225 --> 01:09:57,511 You know my views on Sind. - I do. 788 01:09:57,779 --> 01:10:01,161 We have even worse justification for confiscation... 789 01:10:01,246 --> 01:10:02,690 ...here than we have in Sind. 790 01:10:03,704 --> 01:10:05,912 Mind you. Whatever I wrote in my report. 791 01:10:05,993 --> 01:10:08,016 I fully endorse what Sleeman said. 792 01:10:10,018 --> 01:10:12,600 The administration here is excretory. 793 01:10:14,096 --> 01:10:19,467 I don't like that fat king either, but a treaty is a treaty. 794 01:10:20,895 --> 01:10:24,181 I don't know if they fully realize that the king would be... 795 01:10:24,265 --> 01:10:27,893 ...perfectly justified in insisting on the validity of the... 796 01:10:27,978 --> 01:10:30,882 ...earlier treaty and refusing to sign the new one. 797 01:10:31,613 --> 01:10:35,143 But, wasn't the treaty of '37 abrogated by the... 798 01:10:35,228 --> 01:10:36,926 ...court of directors... - So it was. 799 01:10:37,618 --> 01:10:40,023 But by an inexcusable omission on the part... 800 01:10:40,108 --> 01:10:44,224 ...of our government, the king of Avadh was never informed. 801 01:10:45,389 --> 01:10:46,608 Oh dear! 802 01:10:46,693 --> 01:10:49,451 Therefore, I know we are fully entitled to take over the... 803 01:10:49,536 --> 01:10:54,047 ...administration but we cannot dispense with the king and... 804 01:10:54,132 --> 01:10:56,378 ...we cannot appropriate the revenue. 805 01:10:57,823 --> 01:11:02,914 Nevertheless, I am called upon to do my damnedest to... 806 01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:06,380 ...make him sign an abdication so that we don't lose face... 807 01:11:06,465 --> 01:11:07,791 ...wile regaining the kingdom. 808 01:11:09,298 --> 01:11:13,532 He moves out. We move in or rather march in... 809 01:11:13,747 --> 01:11:16,376 ...the troops are straining at the leash at Cawnpore... 810 01:11:17,283 --> 01:11:18,490 ...and we take over. 811 01:11:19,935 --> 01:11:22,086 But what if he should refuse to abdicate? 812 01:11:25,565 --> 01:11:27,234 We still take over, Ferra. 813 01:11:28,259 --> 01:11:31,301 The annexation of Avadh is a fait accompli. 814 01:11:41,612 --> 01:11:46,469 Our intentional purposes were already standing on British territory and our... 815 01:11:46,554 --> 01:11:50,938 ...gracious Queen already has 5 million more subjects and... 816 01:11:51,023 --> 01:11:53,569 ...over a million pounds a year more in revenue. 817 01:11:55,250 --> 01:11:58,444 No. No, no, no. The question is not whether he will... 818 01:11:58,529 --> 01:12:03,930 ...abdicate but whether we can ensure a peaceful take over... 819 01:12:04,015 --> 01:12:07,639 ...and I am afraid, the answer is no, we cannot. 820 01:12:08,886 --> 01:12:11,180 You know Avadh does not lack fighting men. 821 01:12:11,265 --> 01:12:14,369 Some of the pluckiest lads in our own troops are from here. 822 01:12:15,875 --> 01:12:19,048 The king has his own troops and so do a number of the... 823 01:12:19,134 --> 01:12:22,444 ...feudal barons who stand to lose by our action and if... 824 01:12:22,529 --> 01:12:27,204 ...these people rise in defense of the province, we will have... 825 01:12:27,289 --> 01:12:30,530 ...no choice but to order his own sepoys to fire on... 826 01:12:30,615 --> 01:12:31,900 ...their own brothers. 827 01:12:34,162 --> 01:12:37,557 You see the dilemma. - I do, indeed. 828 01:12:41,908 --> 01:12:49,630 If he... If he decides to abdicate, he loses the throne... 829 01:12:49,715 --> 01:12:51,988 ...of course, but there are compensations. 830 01:12:52,823 --> 01:12:55,307 He has a hundred thousand rupees a month as an... 831 01:12:55,391 --> 01:12:58,670 ...allowance and he will have to give up all pretence of having... 832 01:12:58,755 --> 01:13:02,221 ...to rule but who knows what he's going to do. 833 01:13:03,252 --> 01:13:06,588 Does anyone ever know? Does he know himself? 834 01:13:08,442 --> 01:13:10,609 He's certainly the biggest bundle of contradictions... 835 01:13:10,694 --> 01:13:12,039 ...I have ever come across. 836 01:13:12,672 --> 01:13:15,713 I mean a devout man who prays 5 times a day... 837 01:13:15,798 --> 01:13:19,163 ...never drinks and keeps a harem the size of a regiment. 838 01:13:21,270 --> 01:13:26,064 The king sings, dances, lusts his wives, plays the tomtom... 839 01:13:26,720 --> 01:13:28,735 ...flies kites from the palace roof. 840 01:13:30,314 --> 01:13:33,631 And struts along the stage surrounded by frolicking nautch girls. 841 01:13:33,716 --> 01:13:36,094 My God, Ferra, I have had dealings with antimonies... 842 01:13:36,180 --> 01:13:38,664 ...before but none to hold a candle to this laddie. 843 01:13:39,948 --> 01:13:42,233 I can't make him out. Can you? 844 01:13:42,614 --> 01:13:46,346 Well, he can be obstinate. He is the only king in the entire... 845 01:13:46,431 --> 01:13:49,018 ...Avadh dynasty who has refused to be treated... 846 01:13:49,103 --> 01:13:50,337 ...by an English doctor. 847 01:13:51,149 --> 01:13:52,543 Who does he consult then? 848 01:13:52,795 --> 01:13:55,777 Quacks from what I can gather. - Stubborn fool. 849 01:13:56,801 --> 01:13:58,834 I rather fear is that he's decided to be obstinate. 850 01:13:58,918 --> 01:14:02,132 I sent him the draft treaty two days ago.. 851 01:14:02,217 --> 01:14:06,234 ...I asked for a quick reply and none has yet come and time is running out. 852 01:14:11,349 --> 01:14:16,300 Five days to go and still no word from the king. 853 01:14:16,385 --> 01:14:19,542 You know what that means? I shall have ask for an interview. 854 01:14:19,627 --> 01:14:21,795 I just get the wind up to think of this. 855 01:14:22,447 --> 01:14:24,333 I know you don't like them. - Like them. 856 01:14:24,417 --> 01:14:26,430 The very thought amands me, Ferra. 857 01:14:26,515 --> 01:14:28,067 Can you think of anything more preposterous... 858 01:14:28,152 --> 01:14:29,889 ...than the royal embrace? 859 01:14:30,448 --> 01:14:33,006 And upon my soul, Ferra, what's that extraordinary... 860 01:14:33,091 --> 01:14:34,554 ...perfume he uses? 861 01:14:35,681 --> 01:14:36,804 You mean this? 862 01:14:37,671 --> 01:14:39,418 My God, man. That's it. 863 01:14:40,314 --> 01:14:43,457 Its attar, sir. Everyone uses it here. - Attar? 864 01:14:44,141 --> 01:14:46,840 An extract of rose. The Damask rose, I think. 865 01:14:47,234 --> 01:14:50,500 Damask rose? Do you know my uniform still reeks of it... 866 01:14:50,585 --> 01:14:52,484 ...three months after the interview. 867 01:14:52,980 --> 01:14:55,886 It'd be a damn sight more convenient if he would impart it to his... 868 01:14:55,971 --> 01:14:57,090 ...women folk. 869 01:14:57,279 --> 01:15:00,619 At least one would be spared the extreme proximity. 870 01:15:01,068 --> 01:15:03,212 Have you considered speaking to the Queen Mother? 871 01:15:05,451 --> 01:15:06,918 I have. I have, indeed. 872 01:15:07,694 --> 01:15:09,518 In fact, I am going to see her tomorrow morning. 873 01:15:09,603 --> 01:15:11,631 I understand she is a very sensible woman. 874 01:15:12,122 --> 01:15:13,726 Look, she is known to have given him good advice... 875 01:15:13,810 --> 01:15:16,170 ...in the past. - So I am told. 876 01:15:17,529 --> 01:15:21,318 But I damned if I know what defines good advice... 877 01:15:21,404 --> 01:15:23,040 ...in the present instance, Ferra. 878 01:15:24,283 --> 01:15:27,277 Good for whom? Good for him? Good for us... 879 01:15:27,363 --> 01:15:31,060 ...good for the Company, good for the people? 880 01:15:32,777 --> 01:15:34,724 And why should she intercede on our behalf? 881 01:15:35,197 --> 01:15:36,568 Why shouldn't she take the king's side. 882 01:15:36,653 --> 01:15:39,027 After all, he is her own son and we are throwing him out... 883 01:15:39,112 --> 01:15:40,342 ...are we not? 884 01:15:42,349 --> 01:15:47,603 I don't like it, Ferra. I don't like it at all. 885 01:15:48,189 --> 01:15:52,337 Yet, we have to go through with it. That's the problem. 886 01:15:56,181 --> 01:15:58,081 And that's my complaint, doctor. 887 01:15:59,797 --> 01:16:01,880 There's nothing you can prescribe for it. 888 01:16:04,675 --> 01:16:05,818 Nothing. 889 01:16:28,576 --> 01:16:29,779 Rafique Mian! 890 01:16:31,871 --> 01:16:33,440 Oh, Mir Sahib. - Yes? 891 01:16:33,720 --> 01:16:36,243 This is more comfortable than my own drawing room. 892 01:16:37,426 --> 01:16:41,304 No noise, no uproar. We'll think up good moves. 893 01:16:41,784 --> 01:16:43,318 It is just your affection, sir. 894 01:16:44,350 --> 01:16:45,565 Please fetch something for the guest. 895 01:16:46,538 --> 01:16:49,014 And yes. Please tell my wife that Mirza Sahib will also... 896 01:16:49,099 --> 01:16:51,020 ...be with us for the evening meal. 897 01:16:51,323 --> 01:16:53,116 And Rafique Mian. Betel leaf. 898 01:16:54,167 --> 01:16:55,426 Mir Sahib. - Yes? 899 01:16:55,712 --> 01:16:58,800 Don't forget to show me the wasli that your wife likes so much. 900 01:16:58,886 --> 01:17:01,014 Yes, of course. Please sit down now. 901 01:17:03,822 --> 01:17:06,181 Madam. - What is it? 902 01:17:06,644 --> 01:17:08,250 Master is asking for betel leaf. 903 01:17:10,122 --> 01:17:13,833 Mirza Sahib is with him. He will be here for dinner. 904 01:17:15,158 --> 01:17:16,301 Take the betel leaf. 905 01:17:41,690 --> 01:17:43,054 Have you soothed your wife? 906 01:17:43,903 --> 01:17:46,793 She was very annoyed last night. She was spitting fire. 907 01:17:50,296 --> 01:17:51,849 It is a peculiar problem. 908 01:17:53,426 --> 01:17:55,549 Come on, my pawn. In the name of God. 909 01:17:57,161 --> 01:18:02,738 Mir Sahib, if there is a wife, then every problem is peculiar. 910 01:18:05,215 --> 01:18:06,548 What is your view? 911 01:18:07,229 --> 01:18:09,274 Whatever peculiar problem there might be, friend... 912 01:18:11,331 --> 01:18:12,623 ...there is no problem here. 913 01:18:26,800 --> 01:18:28,373 Something untoward has happened. - What's happened? 914 01:18:28,662 --> 01:18:31,662 He is at home. He's playing in the drawing room. 915 01:18:31,854 --> 01:18:34,130 He's playing. - Chess. 916 01:18:34,484 --> 01:18:36,231 Chess? - Chess! 917 01:18:36,543 --> 01:18:40,059 With Mirza Sahib. He's never played at home before. 918 01:18:40,578 --> 01:18:46,395 God, I'm feeling very upset. Akheel, I hope he is not suspicious. 919 01:18:46,689 --> 01:18:51,145 So, uncle is playing chess. - What if something untoward happened? 920 01:18:52,966 --> 01:18:54,264 It cannot happen. 921 01:18:54,479 --> 01:18:56,052 When there is an open mat before one... 922 01:18:56,137 --> 01:18:58,231 ...you cannot see anything but the pieces. 923 01:18:59,279 --> 01:19:02,449 Yes, of course! That is what he also has been saying. 924 01:19:04,302 --> 01:19:06,605 The elders might have lowered heads, sir... 925 01:19:08,560 --> 01:19:10,670 ...I pride myself on my good fortune. 926 01:19:11,635 --> 01:19:14,828 Even if you take a lamp and look for one, you will not... 927 01:19:14,912 --> 01:19:17,692 ...be able to find a better and more loving wife than my own. 928 01:19:18,662 --> 01:19:20,396 She is gifted with such a nature that she never... 929 01:19:20,480 --> 01:19:21,768 ...gives any cause for complaint. 930 01:19:28,701 --> 01:19:32,958 Four!? Five!? 931 01:19:33,288 --> 01:19:37,230 And she loves chess. - What are you saying? 932 01:19:37,315 --> 01:19:38,608 Oh, yes! 933 01:19:39,079 --> 01:19:42,309 One day I told her how the game is played and... 934 01:19:42,394 --> 01:19:46,659 ...till this day, if I am getting late, she reminds me and... 935 01:19:46,743 --> 01:19:50,797 ...says hurry up, Mirza Sahib must be waiting for you. 936 01:19:51,542 --> 01:19:53,115 Wonderful! 937 01:19:54,248 --> 01:19:58,729 And when I come home late at night, she massages my... 938 01:19:58,814 --> 01:20:01,867 ...head with the oil of almonds so that I might... 939 01:20:01,953 --> 01:20:03,653 ...get sleep quickly. 940 01:20:04,194 --> 01:20:06,386 Oh God! 941 01:20:08,712 --> 01:20:12,207 Oh, where are you going? - To get that wasli... 942 01:20:12,960 --> 01:20:15,060 And give my regards to you wife. 943 01:20:16,345 --> 01:20:19,620 And don't you change the pieces when I am gone. 944 01:20:23,731 --> 01:20:24,929 Oh God! 945 01:20:38,436 --> 01:20:42,162 No, no. Don't come out yet. It is not all right yet. 946 01:20:49,030 --> 01:20:50,890 Tell me, what is the problem? 947 01:20:51,068 --> 01:20:53,197 He is trying to hide. 948 01:20:53,697 --> 01:20:55,960 I can also see that he is trying to hide. But why? 949 01:20:57,454 --> 01:20:58,909 They are after him. 950 01:20:59,065 --> 01:21:01,257 Who is after him? What has he done, the princeling? 951 01:21:01,342 --> 01:21:02,662 Has he beaten somebody? 952 01:21:05,862 --> 01:21:07,082 What is this? 953 01:21:10,533 --> 01:21:15,011 Oh, why don't you speak? Do you have curd in your mouth? 954 01:21:15,189 --> 01:21:17,396 What happened? - Nothing. 955 01:21:19,355 --> 01:21:22,042 Then who is after him? Who is after him? 956 01:21:23,043 --> 01:21:29,110 The army. The army is after me. - The army? Whose army. 957 01:21:29,195 --> 01:21:30,725 Our army. - The king's army. 958 01:21:30,810 --> 01:21:32,927 The king's army. - I see. 959 01:21:33,012 --> 01:21:34,887 Yes, uncle. There are indications of war. 960 01:21:34,972 --> 01:21:36,728 The Company's army has reached Kanpur... 961 01:21:36,813 --> 01:21:38,480 ...and there is forcible drafting into the king's army. 962 01:21:38,564 --> 01:21:40,125 They have a shortage of soldiers. 963 01:21:40,211 --> 01:21:41,757 They have caught lots of people and took them away 964 01:21:42,216 --> 01:21:43,624 But you also know all this? 965 01:21:43,912 --> 01:21:46,431 Brother Akheem just told me. - All right. 966 01:21:46,516 --> 01:21:48,242 The government officers are searching in every house. 967 01:21:48,328 --> 01:21:49,258 They had come to my house, too. 968 01:21:49,342 --> 01:21:50,555 But he jumped out of the window and ran away. 969 01:21:50,640 --> 01:21:51,725 Yes, sir. 970 01:21:51,810 --> 01:21:55,161 Friend, did someone see you running away? 971 01:21:56,296 --> 01:21:59,166 I can't say, uncle. But there was an official rider. 972 01:21:59,251 --> 01:22:00,878 I had also heard the beat of the horse running. 973 01:22:01,101 --> 01:22:03,349 When? - Just before you arrived. 974 01:22:08,359 --> 01:22:09,542 But... 975 01:22:12,134 --> 01:22:13,639 what was the need to hide here? 976 01:22:15,648 --> 01:22:17,144 No one can come into my bedroom. 977 01:22:17,583 --> 01:22:20,561 Sir, I... - Oh, he was afraid. 978 01:22:20,646 --> 01:22:22,896 He behaves like a child. He's got a heart like a little bird. 979 01:22:22,981 --> 01:22:26,059 Look. He's trembling like a leaf, the poor fellow. 980 01:22:29,715 --> 01:22:32,643 Yes. Give the fellow a glass of hot milk. 981 01:22:34,367 --> 01:22:37,592 Anyway, my young friend, you are absolutely safe here. 982 01:22:38,024 --> 01:22:39,192 Absolutely. 983 01:22:43,442 --> 01:22:44,694 Oh God! 984 01:22:50,265 --> 01:22:51,454 Oh my god! 985 01:22:55,788 --> 01:22:57,591 There are searches being done in houses, Mirza Sahib. 986 01:22:57,886 --> 01:23:00,782 There is compulsory drafting into the army. 987 01:23:01,515 --> 01:23:04,286 Oh, Mir Sahib. You have forgotten so soon what... 988 01:23:04,372 --> 01:23:06,037 ...punishment will be meted out to anyone spreading rumors? 989 01:23:06,122 --> 01:23:07,694 Which idiot is spreading rumors? 990 01:23:07,779 --> 01:23:09,626 I have been told by Akheel. - Akheel? 991 01:23:09,711 --> 01:23:13,704 The son of Nawab Ateek-ur-Rehman's who's, my nephew... 992 01:23:13,788 --> 01:23:14,963 When did he tell you? - Just now. 993 01:23:15,167 --> 01:23:18,524 - Just now? - Oh! He's hiding in my bedroom. 994 01:23:19,475 --> 01:23:22,018 He gets subdued like a child. Got a heart like a little bird. 995 01:23:22,729 --> 01:23:24,619 And was trembling with fear. 996 01:23:26,060 --> 01:23:28,521 Mirza Sahib, the king's soldiers haven't got their... 997 01:23:28,606 --> 01:23:31,442 ...pay for the last several months so, they are not likely to fight. 998 01:23:33,484 --> 01:23:35,057 Now, I'll have to do something. 999 01:23:36,462 --> 01:23:39,313 You mean, you are going to fight? 1000 01:23:39,398 --> 01:23:41,118 For God's sake! Why should I fight? 1001 01:23:43,331 --> 01:23:47,239 Oh, Mir Sahib. Come on, make a move. 1002 01:23:47,753 --> 01:23:51,154 Oh! How can I play, Mirza Sahib? Now, even this house is not safe. 1003 01:23:52,948 --> 01:23:55,265 Then what should we do? Do we go back to my house? 1004 01:23:55,350 --> 01:23:58,597 No, no. There is no question of that. - Then, what? 1005 01:23:59,295 --> 01:24:01,377 What we'll do is... 1006 01:24:06,516 --> 01:24:07,796 Oh, they are coming back. 1007 01:24:12,907 --> 01:24:16,832 Why are you getting up? What are you doing? 1008 01:24:18,122 --> 01:24:22,599 Don't look outside, for God's sake. They will see you. 1009 01:24:25,405 --> 01:24:27,756 But they are not looking for anybody. 1010 01:24:31,363 --> 01:24:35,119 You rest assured, Mir Sahib, there is no need to be afraid. 1011 01:24:44,019 --> 01:24:46,845 Why are you looking at me? 1012 01:25:03,780 --> 01:25:05,565 Why are you laughing? 1013 01:25:07,717 --> 01:25:10,547 I am laughing at my friend and Nawab Burhan-ul-mulk's... 1014 01:25:10,632 --> 01:25:15,613 ...platoon-head's descendant, Mir Roshan Ali Mian. 1015 01:25:20,092 --> 01:25:23,462 Mirza Sahib! Mirza Sahib, come back to your senses... 1016 01:25:23,547 --> 01:25:28,461 Yes. Listen to what I have to say. - Yes, tell me. 1017 01:25:29,373 --> 01:25:31,219 Come let's run away from here. 1018 01:25:33,421 --> 01:25:36,940 Run away? And friend, leaving the chess behind? 1019 01:25:37,024 --> 01:25:39,427 No, friend, taking the chess along. 1020 01:25:39,836 --> 01:25:44,176 But we won't play either here or at your house. 1021 01:25:44,300 --> 01:25:45,484 Then where will we play? 1022 01:25:45,845 --> 01:25:47,125 Let's do something. 1023 01:25:47,884 --> 01:25:50,296 Across the Gomti river, there is a small village. 1024 01:25:50,710 --> 01:25:55,516 There is a lonely mosque where no one comes. 1025 01:25:56,113 --> 01:25:59,537 Not even the sparrows come. We'll play there comfortably. 1026 01:26:00,113 --> 01:26:02,293 There will be no trouble. Do you understand? 1027 01:26:02,378 --> 01:26:05,710 - Near the river... - Have you seen that mosque? 1028 01:26:06,003 --> 01:26:09,104 With these very eyes, my dear sir. With these very eyes. 1029 01:26:09,422 --> 01:26:12,474 We will go at sunrise and return when the sun has set... 1030 01:26:13,654 --> 01:26:16,613 ...and no one will recognize us in the dark. 1031 01:26:17,667 --> 01:26:19,777 We will take the mat under our arm along... 1032 01:26:19,863 --> 01:26:22,258 ...with the chess pieces and the betel leaf. 1033 01:26:22,342 --> 01:26:27,192 And food. - And food. We have to eat only once. 1034 01:26:27,408 --> 01:26:31,100 We'll have kebabs and bread from a shop. 1035 01:26:31,724 --> 01:26:36,078 And arms. We will have to keep arms with us. 1036 01:26:36,680 --> 01:26:39,380 Those who roam around unarmed in the kingdom of... 1037 01:26:39,465 --> 01:26:42,291 ...Nawab Wajid Ali Khan, don't come back home. 1038 01:26:43,092 --> 01:26:46,126 Oh! We'll take them. Pistols. 1039 01:26:51,600 --> 01:26:53,326 Begum Saheba has seen the treaty. 1040 01:26:55,358 --> 01:26:58,505 I have come to you, Begum Saheba, because I know... 1041 01:26:58,590 --> 01:27:01,447 ...I can trust you to give your son good counsel... 1042 01:27:01,988 --> 01:27:03,589 ...as you have done in the past. 1043 01:27:04,529 --> 01:27:07,259 I have come to you, Begum Saheba, because I know... 1044 01:27:07,345 --> 01:27:10,096 ...I can trust you to give your son good counsel... 1045 01:27:10,180 --> 01:27:11,852 ...as you have done in the past. 1046 01:27:13,625 --> 01:27:16,372 What if Begum Saheba would advise her son to take on... 1047 01:27:16,457 --> 01:27:17,685 ...the British forces? 1048 01:27:18,956 --> 01:27:22,037 What if Begum Saheba would advise her son to order his troops.. 1049 01:27:22,117 --> 01:27:23,900 ..take arms against British forces! 1050 01:27:26,421 --> 01:27:29,056 That, if I may say so, would be most imprudent. 1051 01:27:30,176 --> 01:27:32,125 That, if I may say so, would be most imprudent. 1052 01:27:32,783 --> 01:27:35,335 I have come here with only one purpose. 1053 01:27:36,573 --> 01:27:38,982 To ensure that His Majesty signs the new treaty and... 1054 01:27:39,068 --> 01:27:41,768 ...I would be greatly beholden to the Begum Saheba... 1055 01:27:42,416 --> 01:27:44,559 ...if she would request His Majesty to do so. 1056 01:27:45,489 --> 01:27:47,853 I have come here with only one purpose. 1057 01:27:48,036 --> 01:27:50,453 To ensure that His Majesty signs the new treaty and... 1058 01:27:51,055 --> 01:27:53,262 ...I would be greatly beholden to the Begum Saheba... 1059 01:27:53,729 --> 01:27:55,403 ...if she would request His Majesty to do so. 1060 01:27:57,470 --> 01:28:02,369 Resident Sahib, how can I tell him to sign a treaty that... 1061 01:28:03,224 --> 01:28:05,917 ...I have myself not understood, 1062 01:28:08,037 --> 01:28:10,314 Wajid Ali Shah was enthroned with the consent... 1063 01:28:10,399 --> 01:28:12,604 ...of your government. 1064 01:28:13,576 --> 01:28:16,193 If he did not turn out to be a good king... 1065 01:28:16,895 --> 01:28:20,777 ...then why was the Company silent? Why he was not helped? 1066 01:28:21,154 --> 01:28:23,737 Why was the administration in the country improved? 1067 01:28:24,862 --> 01:28:29,170 Why was it decided to dethrone him after ten years? 1068 01:28:31,046 --> 01:28:36,310 Has my son ever brought disrepute to your government? 1069 01:28:39,127 --> 01:28:43,619 Resident Sahib, you have forgotten. 1070 01:28:44,815 --> 01:28:47,398 When a year ago, you had come to Lucknow... 1071 01:28:48,340 --> 01:28:51,153 ...your welcome was done so grandly. 1072 01:28:52,423 --> 01:28:56,375 Have you seen in any part of Hindustan, a better... 1073 01:28:56,460 --> 01:28:58,448 ...reception and hospitality? 1074 01:29:03,494 --> 01:29:06,181 Does the Begum Saheba appreciate that His Majesty... 1075 01:29:06,266 --> 01:29:08,719 ...is being offered the most generous compensation... 1076 01:29:09,471 --> 01:29:12,144 ...for the action our government is forced to take against him? 1077 01:29:12,774 --> 01:29:14,431 Does the Begum Saheba appreciate that His Majesty... 1078 01:29:14,515 --> 01:29:16,495 ...is being offered the most generous compensation... 1079 01:29:16,581 --> 01:29:18,372 ...for the action our government is forced to take against him? 1080 01:29:25,304 --> 01:29:28,139 Is the Governor-General a servant to the Company? 1081 01:29:29,332 --> 01:29:31,617 Is the Governor-General a servant to the Company? 1082 01:29:33,461 --> 01:29:36,186 Yes, he is. - Yes, he is. 1083 01:29:37,020 --> 01:29:39,237 Is he also the servant of the Queen of England? 1084 01:29:39,595 --> 01:29:41,596 Is he also the servant of the Queen of England? 1085 01:29:43,182 --> 01:29:45,426 Yes. - Yes. 1086 01:29:46,551 --> 01:29:50,585 Does the Queen of England realize how her servant... 1087 01:29:50,670 --> 01:29:53,431 ...is treating His Majesty who is the servant of the... 1088 01:29:54,207 --> 01:29:56,833 ...Almighty God and nobody else. 1089 01:29:58,354 --> 01:30:00,417 Does the Queen of England realize how her servant... 1090 01:30:00,502 --> 01:30:02,856 ...is treating His Majesty who is the servant of the... 1091 01:30:02,942 --> 01:30:04,417 ...Almighty God and nobody else. 1092 01:30:05,324 --> 01:30:11,063 Resident Sahib, tell the Governor-General that we... 1093 01:30:11,148 --> 01:30:14,822 ...do not want compensation. We want justice. 1094 01:30:17,364 --> 01:30:20,443 If the servants of the Queen cannot give us justice... 1095 01:30:22,270 --> 01:30:25,844 ...we will ourselves to Queen Victoria and make a plea. 1096 01:30:39,021 --> 01:30:40,720 Today the Resident Sahib had gone to visit the... 1097 01:30:40,805 --> 01:30:43,822 ...Queen Mother and she told him that she will herself go... 1098 01:30:43,907 --> 01:30:47,056 ...to London, so that she can make a plea for justice... 1099 01:30:47,141 --> 01:30:48,378 ...to the Queen of England. 1100 01:30:48,890 --> 01:30:50,587 The Queen Mother is convinced that... 1101 01:30:50,672 --> 01:30:53,510 ...Queen Victoria will free the rule of the king of Avadh. 1102 01:30:54,836 --> 01:30:57,685 There is an intimation received from the land lords across... 1103 01:30:57,770 --> 01:31:02,221 ...the land of Avadh. They await your instructions. 1104 01:31:02,759 --> 01:31:06,155 If you say so, they are ready with a hundred thousand... 1105 01:31:06,240 --> 01:31:09,797 ...troops and a thousand cannons to stop the... 1106 01:31:09,882 --> 01:31:12,222 ...speedy advance of the English forces. 1107 01:31:29,106 --> 01:31:35,556 'When we are leaving the city of Lucknow. ' 1108 01:31:41,948 --> 01:31:51,931 '... what should we say what we went through. ' 1109 01:31:52,016 --> 01:31:58,393 'When we are leaving the city of Lucknow. ' 1110 01:32:03,876 --> 01:32:08,123 Company Bahadur, you will take the crown away... 1111 01:32:08,208 --> 01:32:13,193 ...from my head but how will you make me bow it? 1112 01:32:15,832 --> 01:32:18,479 The English government has offered me compensation. 1113 01:32:20,997 --> 01:32:25,201 If not in the capacity of the king of Avadh, but even as... 1114 01:32:25,287 --> 01:32:30,235 ...an ordinary citizen of Avadh, I must thank it. 1115 01:32:33,261 --> 01:32:37,411 The Resident Sahib may be informed that I will consider it... 1116 01:32:37,496 --> 01:32:40,855 ...my extreme good fortune if he would visit me at... 1117 01:32:40,940 --> 01:32:47,456 ...8 am tomorrow morning, but before he comes, all action... 1118 01:32:47,541 --> 01:32:52,372 ...on all fronts be stopped, the cannons be dismounted... 1119 01:32:53,609 --> 01:32:56,043 ...and the arms of the guards be taken away... 1120 01:32:57,780 --> 01:32:59,474 and have it announced that... 1121 01:33:01,877 --> 01:33:06,892 ...when the English forces come into Lucknow... 1122 01:33:09,149 --> 01:33:12,047 ...our subjects must make no effort to resist them. 1123 01:34:29,905 --> 01:34:33,082 Oh, Mir Sahib, Where is your mosque? 1124 01:34:37,287 --> 01:34:40,713 I see the whole scene before my eyes. 1125 01:34:41,689 --> 01:34:44,664 The tamarind tree in the courtyard. 1126 01:34:45,632 --> 01:34:49,188 Is it possible that the English army has killed you mosque? 1127 01:34:50,318 --> 01:34:52,391 May not God so ordain. 1128 01:35:00,615 --> 01:35:03,914 Let us ask this young fellow. 1129 01:35:04,552 --> 01:35:06,813 Hey, you. Come here. 1130 01:35:15,435 --> 01:35:19,900 There used to be a mosque here, in ruins and lonely. 1131 01:35:21,277 --> 01:35:24,528 No? - There is a mosque. Two miles away. 1132 01:35:24,886 --> 01:35:28,171 Is it an old mosque? - That has been recently made. 1133 01:35:30,685 --> 01:35:34,902 Mir Sahib, did you see that mosque in your dreams? 1134 01:35:37,863 --> 01:35:39,041 Say something. 1135 01:35:42,019 --> 01:35:45,414 Mirza Sahib, I made a mistake again. 1136 01:35:46,110 --> 01:35:48,427 That mosque was in Kanpur. 1137 01:35:52,442 --> 01:35:55,149 I had seen it in my childhood that's why the silly mistake. 1138 01:35:55,502 --> 01:35:58,885 What should we do, Mirza Sahib such mistakes do occur. 1139 01:35:58,970 --> 01:36:01,444 Such wonderful words has Ustad Marhoom has spoken... 1140 01:36:01,844 --> 01:36:04,283 'Past civilizations... 1141 01:36:04,368 --> 01:36:08,088 Pour ashes on your poetry. Tell me where should we sit. 1142 01:36:08,363 --> 01:36:09,565 In the middle of this field of sesamum? 1143 01:36:09,886 --> 01:36:12,928 Please sit in our sitting room. It is close by. 1144 01:36:14,546 --> 01:36:18,525 Who else is there? - No one. Everyone has run away. 1145 01:36:19,416 --> 01:36:22,614 Why? To Sitapur. - Why? 1146 01:36:23,101 --> 01:36:26,318 The English army is coming, sir. What if the kill them? 1147 01:36:28,108 --> 01:36:29,264 You didn't run away? 1148 01:36:29,429 --> 01:36:31,783 I wanted to see the English army, sir. 1149 01:36:32,699 --> 01:36:33,979 You are not afraid of them? 1150 01:36:34,222 --> 01:36:38,449 I like their red uniform very much. They are coming today. 1151 01:36:38,648 --> 01:36:40,445 They will be coming down this very road. 1152 01:36:42,610 --> 01:36:45,250 If war breaks out, how shall we return? 1153 01:36:46,585 --> 01:36:48,730 You have come so far and are talking of going back? 1154 01:36:48,815 --> 01:36:50,939 No. Who's talking of returning? 1155 01:36:51,024 --> 01:36:52,605 Then we will wait. - Absolutely. 1156 01:36:52,690 --> 01:36:54,184 We'll play. - Absolutely. 1157 01:36:55,015 --> 01:36:56,615 Let's go to your house. Come along. 1158 01:36:58,483 --> 01:37:00,640 What's your name? - Kallu, sir. 1159 01:37:01,444 --> 01:37:02,829 All right. Kallu? 1160 01:37:11,731 --> 01:37:14,778 Let it be, Kallu. We have a mattress. 1161 01:37:21,989 --> 01:37:24,865 What are you playing - Yes, chess 1162 01:37:25,320 --> 01:37:27,720 Kallu Mian, do you know how to fill a pipe bowl? 1163 01:37:27,805 --> 01:37:28,882 Why not, sir? 1164 01:37:28,966 --> 01:37:31,226 So fill it for us. All the things are here. 1165 01:37:32,074 --> 01:37:35,590 Will I get some reward, Nawab Sahib? - Yes, of course. 1166 01:37:36,586 --> 01:37:39,648 And listen. Will you bring something to eat? - Now? 1167 01:37:39,733 --> 01:37:41,481 No, not now. When we are hungry. 1168 01:37:41,567 --> 01:37:43,729 You get food fit for Nawabs at the crossroads. 1169 01:37:43,814 --> 01:37:46,639 - I'll run and get it. - Bravo! All right. Take this, son. 1170 01:37:49,617 --> 01:37:51,796 Will you fight with the English army, sir? 1171 01:37:54,167 --> 01:37:57,884 Why not? If someone accosts us we are not the sort to shirk. 1172 01:37:59,929 --> 01:38:03,801 What do you say, Mir Sahib. - Yes. 1173 01:39:19,382 --> 01:39:22,171 We are most grateful to His Majesty for granting... 1174 01:39:22,256 --> 01:39:23,451 ...us this interview. 1175 01:39:23,966 --> 01:39:25,556 We are most grateful to His Majesty for granting... 1176 01:39:25,640 --> 01:39:26,777 ...us this interview. 1177 01:39:27,860 --> 01:39:32,453 We also appreciate his gesture in disarming his soldiers. 1178 01:39:33,752 --> 01:39:36,688 We also appreciate his gesture in disarming his soldiers. 1179 01:39:37,207 --> 01:39:42,200 We regard it, we hope rightly, as evidence of his concern... 1180 01:39:42,284 --> 01:39:45,988 ...to negotiate the peaceful conclusion for the treaty. 1181 01:39:46,814 --> 01:39:48,754 We regard it, we hope rightly, as evidence of his concern... 1182 01:39:48,840 --> 01:39:50,976 ...to negotiate the peaceful conclusion for the treaty. 1183 01:39:57,302 --> 01:40:01,016 I would like, if I may, to add a personal request... 1184 01:40:01,101 --> 01:40:02,242 ...to His Majesty... 1185 01:40:03,144 --> 01:40:09,173 ...that he please sign this treaty and formalize his abdication. 1186 01:40:10,154 --> 01:40:11,382 I would like, if I may, to add a personal request... 1187 01:40:11,467 --> 01:40:12,786 ...to His Majesty... 1188 01:40:12,871 --> 01:40:15,713 ...that he please sign this treaty and formalize his abdication. 1189 01:40:18,364 --> 01:40:21,273 His Majesty shall have a maximum of three days... 1190 01:40:21,359 --> 01:40:22,517 ...for deliberation. 1191 01:40:23,314 --> 01:40:26,715 His Majesty shall have a maximum of three days... 1192 01:40:26,801 --> 01:40:28,350 ...for deliberation. 1193 01:40:28,854 --> 01:40:31,221 After which the Company will assume the... 1194 01:40:31,306 --> 01:40:32,878 ...administration of Avadh. 1195 01:40:33,448 --> 01:40:36,594 After which the Company will assume the... 1196 01:40:36,679 --> 01:40:38,163 ...administration of Avadh. 1197 01:40:42,462 --> 01:40:44,779 I hope the king has understood what I have said. 1198 01:40:45,743 --> 01:40:48,908 I hope the king has understood what I have said. 1199 01:41:39,643 --> 01:41:40,849 What is this? 1200 01:41:46,273 --> 01:41:48,755 Will you please tell His Majesty that I have no use for that? 1201 01:41:50,364 --> 01:41:52,172 This is of no use to resident saheb. 1202 01:41:54,658 --> 01:41:57,365 You can take my crown, Resident Sahib... 1203 01:41:59,018 --> 01:42:00,640 ...but not my signature. 1204 01:42:24,149 --> 01:42:25,984 You have thought it out properly, haven't you? 1205 01:42:33,507 --> 01:42:35,157 If you want, you may take back the move. 1206 01:42:37,108 --> 01:42:38,284 Let it be. 1207 01:42:40,625 --> 01:42:41,895 As you wish. 1208 01:42:45,537 --> 01:42:47,620 I am going to win this game, my dear sir. 1209 01:42:47,706 --> 01:42:49,088 Oh, throw ashes on this game. 1210 01:42:49,594 --> 01:42:51,644 These accursed mosquitoes are sucking my blood. 1211 01:42:55,061 --> 01:42:57,896 That's funny. They don't bother me. 1212 01:42:58,420 --> 01:43:02,340 These are special mosquitoes. They want only royal blood. 1213 01:43:05,820 --> 01:43:08,037 So, sir, here is a check. 1214 01:43:17,095 --> 01:43:20,081 Bless me. Where is that idiot boy gone to? 1215 01:43:20,536 --> 01:43:22,639 Kallu! Kallu! 1216 01:43:23,123 --> 01:43:25,300 Oh! You have yourself sent him to get the food. 1217 01:43:32,027 --> 01:43:34,417 Do you know how to fill the pipe bowl? 1218 01:44:00,203 --> 01:44:02,341 I don't know where the idiot has kept the tobacco. 1219 01:44:03,206 --> 01:44:05,819 It's already afternoon and there is no sign of the boy... 1220 01:44:05,904 --> 01:44:07,090 ...or of the kebabs and bread. 1221 01:44:08,859 --> 01:44:12,789 We become so helpless without servants. 1222 01:44:14,585 --> 01:44:16,636 Sir, there is a poem by Marhoom... 1223 01:44:18,036 --> 01:44:19,457 ...and a very good one... 1224 01:44:20,877 --> 01:44:24,367 'Love for you has made me belong nowhere. ' 1225 01:44:24,827 --> 01:44:28,395 '... Neither to the wind, nor to the winds, nor to the earth...' 1226 01:44:29,748 --> 01:44:31,235 Today your mood is very nice. 1227 01:44:32,435 --> 01:44:35,695 Yes, I am feeling wonderful. - That's obvious. 1228 01:44:36,150 --> 01:44:38,280 The General is about to win the war. 1229 01:44:38,997 --> 01:44:40,712 The new moves that I had thought up have... 1230 01:44:40,796 --> 01:44:42,176 ...swept the battlefield. 1231 01:44:48,234 --> 01:44:50,007 What a quiet place this is. 1232 01:44:50,760 --> 01:44:52,759 Here there is neither the fear of the king's army... 1233 01:44:53,313 --> 01:44:55,467 ...nor of the English army. 1234 01:44:59,823 --> 01:45:03,181 Looks like last night the massage with the... 1235 01:45:03,266 --> 01:45:05,568 ...oil of almonds was a long one. 1236 01:45:06,082 --> 01:45:08,591 Oh! Not only last night. It's done every night. 1237 01:45:08,831 --> 01:45:10,449 I get lovely sleep. 1238 01:45:11,734 --> 01:45:14,088 Where was Akheel Mian? - What? 1239 01:45:15,583 --> 01:45:19,103 When the massage was on, where was Akheel Mian? 1240 01:45:19,423 --> 01:45:20,965 Under the bed? 1241 01:45:31,141 --> 01:45:32,779 What do you intend to say by those words? 1242 01:45:34,032 --> 01:45:35,264 Please make your move. 1243 01:45:36,046 --> 01:45:37,571 I never expected anything like this from you. 1244 01:45:38,417 --> 01:45:39,673 You are speaking in this fashion because you are... 1245 01:45:39,759 --> 01:45:40,912 ...losing the game. 1246 01:45:40,997 --> 01:45:43,838 Which idiot is losing? I have already made my move. 1247 01:45:43,923 --> 01:45:45,018 It's your turn. Make your move. 1248 01:45:45,103 --> 01:45:47,076 How many times have you beaten me and there has... 1249 01:45:47,161 --> 01:45:48,469 ...not been a bead of sweat on my brow. 1250 01:45:48,554 --> 01:45:50,097 You make your move, Mir Sahib. 1251 01:45:50,182 --> 01:45:52,220 And here you are getting out of hand. 1252 01:45:52,496 --> 01:45:54,177 These are not the ways of decent people. 1253 01:45:54,262 --> 01:45:55,774 Oh, how am I a decent person? 1254 01:45:55,962 --> 01:45:57,797 Decent are those whose wives call just anybody... 1255 01:45:57,881 --> 01:46:00,014 ...into their bedroom and... 1256 01:46:00,100 --> 01:46:01,231 Mirza! 1257 01:46:01,729 --> 01:46:03,538 You cannot talk to me in this fashion. 1258 01:46:03,623 --> 01:46:06,167 Why can I not? - You are forgetting your standard. 1259 01:46:06,582 --> 01:46:09,092 Your ancestors used to skin the ears and you... 1260 01:46:09,177 --> 01:46:10,854 ...call yourself the son of nawabs. 1261 01:46:10,939 --> 01:46:12,594 And what was your family? 1262 01:46:12,859 --> 01:46:14,655 Only till the other day before they were blowing into the... 1263 01:46:14,739 --> 01:46:16,759 ...stoves in the kitchens of the rich and clean vessels... 1264 01:46:40,010 --> 01:46:41,538 But, Meer.. 1265 01:46:43,265 --> 01:46:44,389 You.. 1266 01:46:46,914 --> 01:46:49,948 Mir Sahib. What are you doing? 1267 01:46:53,181 --> 01:46:55,407 Are you in your senses? 1268 01:46:57,858 --> 01:46:59,132 You've lost your head. 1269 01:46:59,605 --> 01:47:01,739 Remove it. Remove this accursed pistol. 1270 01:47:02,277 --> 01:47:04,569 Once I am afire, I don't look either to left or to right, Mirza. 1271 01:47:06,769 --> 01:47:10,177 All right. Open fire. Kill me. 1272 01:47:10,412 --> 01:47:12,960 But whatever I have said, Mir Sahib, is true. 1273 01:47:13,045 --> 01:47:14,210 It's a lie! 1274 01:47:14,939 --> 01:47:18,985 I'm willing to swear upon it. - I cannot believe it. 1275 01:47:19,686 --> 01:47:23,027 Anyway, one day or the other the matter will be revealed... 1276 01:47:23,301 --> 01:47:25,829 ...then you will rue this day, friend. 1277 01:47:25,914 --> 01:47:28,882 You... you are saying this so that I get upset... 1278 01:47:28,967 --> 01:47:30,128 ...and lose the game? 1279 01:47:31,417 --> 01:47:35,423 Mir Sahib, this is an absolutely mean allegation. 1280 01:47:36,154 --> 01:47:38,057 Can I ever do such a thing? 1281 01:47:38,310 --> 01:47:40,932 Do you think I am such a lowly person? 1282 01:47:41,622 --> 01:47:42,971 How many times have you cheated me? 1283 01:47:43,405 --> 01:47:44,927 How many times you have changed pieces? 1284 01:47:45,012 --> 01:47:46,523 I never said a thing... 1285 01:47:46,608 --> 01:47:47,806 The English army, sir. 1286 01:50:34,483 --> 01:50:36,108 I have brought the food, sir. 1287 01:50:38,672 --> 01:50:40,167 I have brought the food, sir. 1288 01:50:42,270 --> 01:50:44,170 There was a big mob at the crossroads, sir. 1289 01:50:45,442 --> 01:50:48,461 In hundreds of thousands. Some were running here... 1290 01:50:48,979 --> 01:50:54,209 ...and some there. That is why I was late. Take this. 1291 01:50:56,627 --> 01:50:58,179 Keep it there on the mattress. 1292 01:51:04,502 --> 01:51:07,654 This money's left, sir. - Keep it. 1293 01:51:14,444 --> 01:51:17,376 The king has abdicated, sir. 1294 01:51:20,789 --> 01:51:22,630 The white people are our kings now. 1295 01:51:27,574 --> 01:51:31,394 No one is fighting. No one is firing a gun. 1296 01:51:32,006 --> 01:51:33,519 You are right, Kallu. 1297 01:51:34,171 --> 01:51:37,216 There will be no firing and there won't be a war. 1298 01:51:37,679 --> 01:51:39,963 Wajid Ali Shah will fulfill his promise. 1299 01:51:40,766 --> 01:51:46,172 Three days from today, on 7 February, 1856, there will be... 1300 01:51:46,672 --> 01:51:48,805 ...English rule over Avadh. 1301 01:51:49,509 --> 01:51:56,173 Jaan-e-Alam will leave his beloved city for ever... 1302 01:51:57,010 --> 01:51:59,829 ...and Lord Dalhousie would have swallowed... 1303 01:51:59,913 --> 01:52:01,277 ...the last cherry. 1304 01:52:12,978 --> 01:52:15,829 Come, Mir Sahib. The kebabs are getting cold. 1305 01:52:21,390 --> 01:52:24,307 Looks like you have been resting under a tree. 1306 01:52:26,028 --> 01:52:30,087 Yes, crows also consider me vile. 1307 01:52:34,442 --> 01:52:38,694 The English army has captured Avadh and we have... 1308 01:52:38,779 --> 01:52:43,965 ...run away here and are fighting over useless things. 1309 01:52:46,511 --> 01:52:49,277 What could we have done by being in the city, Mir Sahib. 1310 01:52:50,576 --> 01:52:52,796 Those who could not control their wives... 1311 01:52:54,283 --> 01:52:56,870 ...how could they face the English army. 1312 01:52:56,954 --> 01:53:00,068 You are absolutely right. It's no use being upset. 1313 01:53:03,421 --> 01:53:08,634 I am not upset about this. - Then why are you upset? 1314 01:53:16,431 --> 01:53:20,259 That, with whom will I play chess now? 1315 01:53:29,277 --> 01:53:31,623 You have a player here before you and there are... 1316 01:53:32,252 --> 01:53:35,914 ...kebabs and bread. Eat on and play on. 1317 01:53:37,198 --> 01:53:38,926 We'll go back home as soon as it is dark. 1318 01:53:41,800 --> 01:53:44,543 The dark is necessary for hiding the face, Mir Sahib. 1319 01:53:58,514 --> 01:54:01,073 Come, while we are at it, let's have a quick game. 1320 01:54:03,560 --> 01:54:04,891 A quick game? 1321 01:54:07,074 --> 01:54:10,291 Yes, sir. A quick game. 1322 01:54:12,993 --> 01:54:16,360 At a fast speed, like a train. 1323 01:54:18,939 --> 01:54:21,615 Mr. Prime Minister, you get aside. 1324 01:54:23,614 --> 01:54:28,259 Queen Victoria is coming. 101368