Original subtitles

India is our Mother Iand. We are her chiIdren.

In times when the peasant and the Iaborer...

are forced to scavenge forfood...

come times when our own peopIe try to divide the country...

come times when the motherIand cries to be saved...

then there is born from the womb of crime...

revoIution

Adarsh, what's in that bottIe?

A potion. Used in the disappearing act.

- Potion? For disappearing? - Yes.

Yesterday, Ashraf vanished without paying the check at the canteen.

This is for him. It'II pay the biIIs. And it'II fix him.

TeII everyone about this pIan.

Where's Ashraf?

What's that?

Adarsh has found a potion. Drink it, and you vanish!

SimpIy disappear! Just Iike in the movies.

Just think! What couIdn't a man do if he weren't to be seen?

Hundred bucks. Any takers?

Step aside, wiII you?

Those buggers are beggars. Here's a hundred. Give it to me.

- It works, doesn't it? - Try it out.

But why do you want to disappear?

You know about me and SaIma. I've been trying so hard so Iong.

If this potion reaIIy works, at Ieast I'II kiss her.

A kiss? That's aII?

Consider it done, champ.

Drink it.

Hey Ashraf! Where are you? I can't see you.

- Disappeared? ReaIIy? - CompIeteIy vanished.

But yourtracksuit is visibIe. Do something about it.

Stop!

PeopIe couId teII by the tracksuit. Not the underwear. Keep it.

Now go on. Kiss her.

Ashraf! How dare you?!

Hey SaIma! Can you see me?

In your underwear, you're the onIy one who's getting seen!

Adarsh, this is very mean!

What nonsense is this?

Were you not the coIIege champion, I wouId've rusticated you!

Naked! In the Iibrary?

Get dressed!

Look what Adarsh did to me! He fooIed me out of my money.

And now I'm naked!

Run!

How different you are from your brother.

You're oId enough now. And you Iet them taIk you into this?

I want to make an announcement.

Announcement?

I want to procIaim my Iove in pubIic.

Who me?!

You've been dreaming fortwo whoIe years.

Here he comes. Just go ahead and teII him.

No! I'm scared!

Come on Guddi! Your Iove is drying up. Water it some.

Sorry! My Ieg...

Never mind.

Your veiI...

I'm sorry about your veiI, Guddi.

That's a nice fIower.

You know Aniket, this fIower...

it's from my garden.

But we don't have a gardener.

TaIk about yourseIf!

I want to teII you something. - Go on.

Say it!

Your engineering cIass notes...

Yes?

- I'd Iike to read them. - Go on.

- Anything eIse? - No.

When I see him face to face, something happens to me!

I get a Iump in my throat. I can't even breathe.

I can't taIk!

It took you three years to get your hands on a piece of her veiI.

In three years, a man has 300 affairs with 300 girIs.

If you Iike her so much, why don't you teII her?

Because it's a one-way traffic. I'm the one who is head-over-heeIs.

And I know who I am. She's so rich.

You aren't going to remain Iike this forever.

Someday, you're going to be famous.

- Besides, money isn't everything. - Not everything. But it matters.

There are some things that can be appreciated from a distance.

I'm happy the way it is.

Ashraf, I've got a potion that'II make you fIy.

Subhash, your book.

How Iong wiII you go on passing Iove-Ietters hidden in textbooks?

Why don't you get married?

AII in good time. What about you?

Anytime. But I haven't found a girI.

- What happened? - Found!

- What? - The girI.

What a girI! I want to feeI her!

Want to get bashed?

Forthe first time, I think I've found a girI.

What use our Dr PiIIankar If I can't even touch her?

- A report from Dr PiIIankar? - Just a check-up.

AII these new diseases, you know. So the coIIege has made a new ruIe.

Every student has to take a check-up.

Without a check-up, you won't be aIIowed to sit in the cIass room.

Where do I find this doctor?

- Where are you from? - Goa.

- Name? - Anita.

- Parents? - Deceased.

Just a brother. He's an inspector with the poIice.

Inspector? We'II see.

- Which cIass? - FinaI year, graduation. Commerce.

A division.

My cIass.

- What are you doing? - Just a check-up.

Forget that you're a girI.

Take your bIouse off.

- What? - If you don't remove your bIouse...

how wiII I do the check-up? So pIease take the bIouse off.

I'm going to take a cIoser Iook.

What are you doing?

- A moIe! PIaced strategicaIIy! - You're tickIing me.

Me too! But what can be done?

Now get dressed. You can Ieave.

But my report?

You take good care of your figure... I mean your heaIth.

Here, take your report. Give it to the professor.

What report?

Dr PiIIankar's report.

Dr PiIIankar's report?

A beautifuI moIe between the breasts.

What is this?

- Guddi? Sick? What are you saying? - Yes. Everyone went to see her.

You shouId go too.

- He won't come. - He wiII.

Make sure you teII it to him. EIse you'II die a spinster.

Must be him. Lie down.

Not to be afraid. And don't you miss this chance. Or I'II kiII you!

What happened?

You?

AII of a sudden?

Here?

We have a hockey match today.

I've sprained my Ieg. I can't waIk. How am I going to pIay?

That sprain is an excuse to ask Aniket over.

What nonsense! Do I everteII Iies?

It's Aniket!

Why don't you understand? Guddi wants to teII something.

Go on. Hide.

Aniket... you?

Keep Iying.

How are you feeIing?

Not there. It's broken.

Sit here.

What happened?

Oh don't ask me! I don't even sIeep at nights!

AII the time, I'm thinking about someone!

Strange iIIness. What do the doctors say?

The doctors say I'm going to be aII right.

That's if...

If?

Say it!

- If I take medicines in time. - Then take your medicines in time.

Why don't you? Where are the medicines?

In the cupboard.

No... there.

You must be very iII.

Make sure you take your medicines on time. You'II be aII right.

Here... take it.

Didn't you find something eIse in there?

What?

Water!

Water?

You want water?

Aniket, why are you taking aII this troubIe?

No troubIe at aII.

Besides, you're iII.

Where's the tabIe gone?

Which tabIe?

The tabIe on which I kept the medicine!

The medicine is with me.

Water.

Can I Ieave now?

AII right.

Take care.

You take care.

Bash her up!

Anita, why are you crying?

That man snatched my purse!

My term fees were in the purse! What am I going to do?

- Where did he go? - Up there.

Come out you thief!

Come out. Or I'II bash you up.

How dare you waIk into the girI's hosteI?

Athief snatched Anita's purse. I was Iooking forthe thief.

Has your purse been snatched?

My purse is here. With me.

You? Here? In the girIs' hosteI?

Bash him up.

Anita, there's something about you. I'm madIy in Iove with you.

- Are you interested? - Interested? In you?

Adarsh, you made a fooI of me. I settIed the score.

- Now we're quits. - Not quits.

I Iost my heart ever since I set my eyes on you.

- You know where my heart is? - I don't care. I have to go home.

Don't refuse me. I might even turn up at your house.

Let's see if you dare. My brother is a poIiceman. He'II fix you.

Anita, pIease press my uniform.

Sure.

How about breakfast? I have to get to work.

Breakfast is ready. Take a bath first.

You? Why have you come here?

To make a compIaint. Your brother is a poIiceman, isn't he?

- I've Iost my heart. - Just go away quietIy.

Anita, where's the soap?

Must be somewhere in there. Find it.

Yes?

Where's the soap, I asked.

Must be in there.

AII right. I'II find it.

Look Adarsh... where's Adarsh?

What are you doing? That's my brother's breakfast.

Now get up. And get out.

I wiII. Afteryou teII me where my heart is.

Go on. Keep sitting. Just Iet my brother come out.

Why wait for him to come out? I'II go right in.

I haven't had a bath anyway. We might as weII bathe together.

Anita, you forgot the toweI again.

He's finished taking his bath. Now he's going to come out.

- Go away. PIease! - I wiII.

First teII me where my heart is.

I'II teII you tomorrow. Now get out.

Adarsh and Anita have hit it out.

And nothing comes out of your Iove story.

You'II die a spinster. And Aniket wiII remain a bacheIor.

I try to teII him, but he's so thick. He just won't get it.

What couId be more important for a man?

I wouId never have answered that question. But I'II teII you.

Because you're my cIosest friend.

I'm not even reIated to the man I caII my father.

What are you saying, Aniket? Is Adarsh not your brother?

I am the son of a peasant.

AII his Iife the peasant fights the fIood and drought.

And one year, my father Iost the war against fIood.

Our viIIage was washed away.

So my father migrated to the city Iooking for work.

When he wasn't Iooking for work, he used to be sick.

He was aIways very sick. And one day, he just died.

There I was on the streets. Orphaned.

And I starved. A peasant's son is too proud to beg.

Hungry and starved, I fainted one day. On the streets.

In this city miIIions there was at Ieast one kind souI.

An industriaI worker.

Are you feIIows enjoying the scene? The chiId has fainted out of hunger.

What's your name, son?

I'm caIIed Aniket.

What does Aniket mean?

Aniket means one has no bondage. One who doesn't even have a roof.

In name you might be. But from now on...

you wiII Iive with us. You wiII have a roof.

But you wiII have take an education. You'II go to schooI with Adarsh.

There you go again. Education!

And you keep on buying books every month.

Because in these bIack Ietters are etched the wisdom of Iife.

That which the swords of miIIions of soIdiers have faiIed to do...

these books have achieved.

And this is what we who are poor can pass on to our chiIdren.

The onIy weapon to fight the dregs of society.

This is the onIy way they can create a pIace forthemseIves.

But how am I going to study? I haven't any books.

- And no schooIbag. - Use mine.

I take it to the day schooI. You can take it to night schooI.

So we shared the schooIbag. But come the exams...

we found we had one book, and two to study from it.

- Why did you tearthe book? - It isn't the book.

- They're sharing their poverty. - WhiIe Aniket reads one haIf...

I'II read the other haIf. We have exams tomorrow.

Like our books, we shared our sorrows and our joys.

To Adarsh, I was more than a brother.

And they never Iet me feeI that I wasn't one of theirfamiIy.

This is a very big responsibiIity.

I couId serve them aII my Iife and it wouIdn't be enough.

Why haven't you gone to work yet?

We've had the evening cup of tea togetherfor so many years.

It has become a habit. I can't break the habit.

Here you are.

With your books as usuaI.

You better Iet me have the rest of your pay.

EIse you'II end up spending it aII on books.

Here's the pay. And here, three currency notes.

I'II give you one more chance. Choose the one you Iike.

Mummy, when wiII you understand? It isn't the coIorthat matters.

It's the denomination that matters.

Why do you aIways pick the smaIIest?

The one I pick is the biggest.

How come?

That this game has been going on for 20 years now...

is because I aIways pick the smaIIest denomination.

If I pick the Iargest, the game is over.

And I wouIdn't get this.

I won't pick the Iarge one as Iong as the smaII ones keep coming.

For 20 years, I've kept on raking it in.

You're the smartest of us aII!

But this game isn't going on fortoo Iong.

In six months I retire.

That'II be the end of my pays. No more fivers foryou.

Don't worry, Dad. I'm graduating in six months.

I'II find a job afteryou retire. I'II take care of the famiIy.

I'm worried for Aniket.

I want him to get the schoIarship.

That'II heIp him to study engineering.

Let him come back with new ideas.

And Iet him buiId a factory.

One that wiII benefit the Iaborers as weII as the owners.

I work the machines, and I know. It's bIood and toiI out there.

Dad, you've worked Iong enough. Let Aniket go abroad to study.

I'II take up a job.

I'm the son of an industriaI worker. And I promise you Dad...

wherever I work, I'II aIways take care of the rights of the workers.

I've seen you keep watching these sIums. What's so interesting?

There Iies a diamond hidden underthe dirt.

Diamond? I don't understand.

The property is in the heart of the city. And we own it.

Not sIums for workers. There shouId be skyscrapers here. Forthe rich.

TeII Inspector Pathare that I want to see him.

What you say is right, Mr Sabra.

But be very carefuI before you take any step.

That's why I caIIed in DaIvi. He's a poIitician after aII.

He can teII us a way.

WeIcome, DaIvi sahib. Have you considered my probIem?

I'm the Ieader of the opposition in the IegisIature.

I'II get the government to sanction the deveIopment pIans.

As far as the workers in the sIums, don't taIk to them directIy.

Have them evicted.

And that union Ieader of theirs, Dr DayaI...

Bribe him. 50,000 or so. He'II take care of them.

50,000? Do you think I'm begging?

This kind of a job deserves 5 miIIion at Ieast.

Do you reaIize the enormity of your demand?

Yes. And I aIso reaIize that you are afterthe pIot of Iand...

on which they Iive. You want to buiId a grand housing coIony, right?

Go ahead. And I won't object.

But you stand to make miIIions. How about a few for me?

You are exceeding your Iimits.

No point Iosing yourtemper, Mr Sabra.

Everyone eIse but those Iaborers know what a rogue he is.

They think he's their God. But if it profits him, he'II seII them.

Right. But I'm a far Iesser rogue than you are, DaIvi.

I onIy seII my Iaborers. You'II seII the country.

Mr Sabra, Iet me know if 5 miIIion is aII right with you.

I have 50,000 of them with me. I can start a bonfire.

Ratherthan pay him 5 miIIion, try Baba Naik for 500,000.

Baba Naik wouId kiII for it.

But Dr DayaI, Mr Sabra has done nothing against us.

- What are we striking against? - You've been with me for 7 years.

Do I have to teII you how to start a strike?

Baba Naik?

Look, Baba Naik. If anything happens to a union Ieader...

the Iaborers wiII go berserk. I have 50,000 of them with me.

You're dead. I've decided to cIose your account.

The Iaborers are going to run amok.

Let them. I'II take care of them. Why do you worry?

I'm not worried. I'm thinking about using the opportunity.

Incite them. Instigate them to set my factory on fire.

The factory is insured. I won't Iose a penny.

To what end?

When the poIice intervene, your men wiII put up a fight.

The poIice wiII be forced to open fire.

There wiII be severaI casuaIties.

That's a neat pIan. I won't charge you any money.

Just Iet me have a condo in the housing coIony.

Done.

But even after a massacre, they aren't IikeIy to vacate the pIot.

How about a Hindu-MusIim riot as a pretext for gutting the sIum?

That won't be necessary.

We have a nice system. Every famiIy has onIy one breadwinner.

KiII the breadwinners, and the rest of them...

wiII starve to death. Without work, how Iong do you think...

someone can survive in a city as expensive as this?

They wiII tire uItimateIy. Then they wiII go back to their viIIages.

Very weII. I'II personaIIy set yourfactory on fire.

Stop!

Stop I say! EIse, I wiII be forced to issue firing orders.

Go on. Shoot. But you won't be abIe to stop these poor workers.

Their Ieader has been murdered. And the man who got him kiIIed...

is the man who owns this factory. We'II burn this factory down.

We'II drag Sabra out of his paIace. We wiII make him a pauper.

You want to burn the factory which feeds yourfamiIies?

What wiII you get out of it? Is this the revenge you seek?

You won't even be Ieft with the scraps of food that come your way.

Who wants to burn this factory down?

Who are you to ask?

I want to burn it down.

So he's the one who is instigating you?

Do you know who he is?

The whoIe city knows who I am. Baba Naik. The don.

Don I am. To the rich. I have never kiIIed a poor man.

I won't toIerate it if poor peopIe are given a raw deaI.

I am a criminaI. But I have my principIes.

In principIe, a criminaI has no principIes at aII.

So you know who I am? And you stiII taIk to me Iike this? Are you mad?

Forthe first time in my Iife someone has spoken to me Iike this.

Go away, Naik. EIse, for the first time in your Iife...

- you're going to get bashed. - What did you say?

If you try to incite these poor deviIs...

I'm going to bash you right here. I'II make you Iook Iike a fooI.

Make sure you rememberthat you stopped Baba Naik.

Raise your hand again, and I'II break it.

Azad Deshpande?

- What's going on? - I'II teII you sir.

Naik is trying to incite the workers to set the factory on fire.

And Inspector, what have you been doing? Watching?

We were waiting sir...

So that you couId start shooting once the arson has begun?

I want a fuII report of this incident.

Yes, sir.

What's your name?

- Adarsh (Adarsh = the ideaI one) - You've Iived up to your name.

What do you do?

I've just appeared for the graduation examinations.

- I'm waiting forthe resuIts. - I'm sure you'II pass.

Keep an eye on this feIIow. He has the guts. Someday, we couId use him.

Don't bother about the resuIts. You've topped the university Iist.

- ReaIIy? - Yes.

- And Adarsh? - He has passed. I passed too.

Where's Adarsh?

CeIebrating graduation. With Anita.

1 000 appIications for one vacancy. Whom do we give the job, Mr Rohit?

The one who has the biggest references.

- Yes? - This is the boy. Give him the job.

I am obIiged to you, sir.

No Adarsh. I've done you no favor. You deserve the job.

And you saved my factory from the mob.

How can I forget you?

Sign these papers. You can join tomorrow.

Here you are, sir.

- You signed it without reading it? - I have nothing that you might...

take away from me. Besides, my father has worked foryou for 20 years.

I don't expect you to cheat the son of a man who has served you.

- You found a job? - Yes. As a manager.

And guess where? Where Dad works.

- Did you hearthat? - I know. I got to know everything.

I have some good news too. And not just one. Two.

Two?

Aniket has got a schoIarship.

He's going to London. To study engineering.

Here are the papers forthe schoIarship.

But you stiII have to arrange the money forthe passage.

The government is paying for everything eIse.

And now, the surprise. You never expected this one.

Bharti, did you think I have no standing in society?

Go on. Read this Ietter. Sorry, you can't read.

Do you know who wrote this Ietter? The President.

The President of India.

What does he write?

I've been asked to attend the RepubIic Day parade.

I'm going to receive the Labor Award. The goId medaI.

I've been nominated the best worker in the country.

And guess who gives me the medaI? The President himseIf!

- And what eIse do you get? - A certificate.

- And? - And a shawI.

And?

What more do you want?

No money?

I hear it's very coId in DeIhi. You don't even have wooIens.

And DeIhi is so far away. Can you afford the fare to DeIhi?

I'II buy myseIf wooIen jodhpurs out of my superannuation fund.

And I'II traveI to DeIhi in styIe. It's the goId medaI, you know.

Let's give him the good news.

- What's this? - We've eIected your son Adarsh...

as our union Ieader. It was decided unanimousIy.

- We'II abide by his decisions. - Yes!

Give him the paper.

Adarsh, why are you depressed? You just got a job.

Aniket is going away to London. For a whoIe year.

We've never stayed away from each other.

I wonder what Iife is going to be without him?

Won't you be happy when he returns?

Yes. And I pray for his happiness. May aII his dreams come true.

This is what every factory in our country shouId be Iike.

Workers and owners shouId Iive and work together.

Nice modeI. But have you found the money to pay forthe passage?

I've been trying. But I don't think I can put together 1 0,000.

I'd rather rescind the schoIarship. Someone eIse couId go in my pIace.

Yourfather is strange. Now he has decided against going to DeIhi.

Why?

PeopIe teII me that DeIhi winters are severe. I can't bear winters.

So I decided against going to DeIhi. And now this money...

is of no use to me. Keep it.

Now I know why you decided against going to DeIhi aII of a sudden.

I won't take the money.

I know you're very proud. In aII these years...

you have nevertaken a penny from me.

- But don't I have a right overyou? - You have aII the right.

But this is your superannuation fund. Use it to go to DeIhi.

- The goId medaI! - It's for what I did in the past.

But my future... that's what you are.

I won't squanderthe future for what is past.

I have Iived my Iife. Foryou, it's the beginning.

And one must know where rises the Sun on the morrow.

And you are my Sun, my hope, my dreams.

What bigger a goId medaI for a fatherthan to see...

his son make his pIace in Iife. Won't you make my dream come true?

What? Aniket is going to London?

Further studies. For a whoIe year.

What if he comes home with a woman in tow?

- No! Aniket wouId never do that! - He won't. And he wiII... might?

He's isn't Ieaving anyone waiting here for him.

It'd be anotherthing if there was a girI he feII in Iove with.

But Aniket couId neverfaII in Iove. He just doesn't have the guts...

to teII a girI I Iove you.

It'd be anotherthing if the girI takes the first step.

Then it might work. But you can't expect a girI to do that?

Right. How can a girI say it?

She might write a Ietter?

- No way! I couId neverteII her! - I knew it aII aIong.

So I got you pen and paper. Put it down.

Aniket, what are you Iooking at?

At this house. What hasn't this house given me? Here I found Iove.

I was named Aniket, One who is compIeteIy detached.

But you've changed the very meaning of Iife for me.

Had you not picked up this orphan, I'd be Iost somewhere in the crowds.

How can I ever repay your debt?

There are no obIigations between father and son.

But if you think it's a debt, there's one way you can repay.

TeII me, what can I give you?

Give me a funeraI when the time comes.

That's aII.

Don't say that! May The Lord preserve you!

I'II miss you, son.

Come back soon.

Hurry up. It's time forthe fIight.

BIess me, Mother.

- Where's Adarsh gone? - Let me see.

He said he was going to have a cup of tea. He's been gone so Iong.

- Subhash, do you have a cigarette? - Sorry.

Excuse me. I want a smoke.

You watch your smoking. You're an athIete, aren't you?

- Excuse me. I'm going to the toiIet. - AII right.

Hey, you feIIows are deserting me. One by one.

Aniket, try to understand. Let me go.

- Why? - Adarsh is going to bash me up.

- He's waiting outside for me. - What for?

Because he has set you and Guddi up.

There she is. Make sure you say it.

Give Adarsh a good hug for me.

Ljust got to know that you're going away to London tomorrow.

I mean I got to know about it yesterday.

Are you here aIone? No one to see you off?

Everyone is here. But they vanished when they saw you.

You won't forget yourfriends once you're in London, wiII you?

In a foreign Iand, one yearns for home.

FIowers. Foryou.

BeautifuI!

And this book is foryou.

Guddi, I Iove you. I Iove you very much.

I've been in Iove with you for years. But I couId neverteII you.

Lies! Adarsh couId never do something as IowIy!

Whose signature is this? Adarsh's.

He has cut a deaI with Mr Sabra. Workers above 50 are to be sacked.

If this happens, we'II set the factory on fire!

We'II go on a hunger strike in front of Mr Sabra's house.

You're taIking arson and hunger strike?

Go on. Set Adarsh's house on fire.

- Let's taIk to Adarsh. - No use. Let's take on Mr Pradhan.

Did his son consider how we'II feed ourfamiIies...

after we've Iost our jobs? Let's ask him that.

FaIse. That's a faIse aIIegation.

This is a pIoy to make us fight with each other.

If you think you've Iost your jobs because of my son...

- I'II compensate you. - You have nothing at aII.

I wiII give you this Iand, the Iand I have preserved for my sons.

This Iand and this house.

Let's buiId our own factory here.

Where wouId we get the money to set up a factory?

Drops of water make an ocean. Here's a smaII contribution.

- What are you doing? - It's forthe factory.

We must break their unity.

Once they taste power, we're finished.

We won't own factories anymore. They wiII own it.

I'II crush this rebeIIion before it turns into a revoIution.

- Who is this Pradhan - Used to work for me.

You know his son. Adarsh.

Like father Iike son. Raises the ante forthe poor.

Stop worrying. Pathare wiII charge you 1 00,000.

Wait forthe day when they Iay the foundation stone.

What's this? Why are you beating my son?

Remember? You heId this hand.

Don't you touch my son!

So you're the one who owns this factory?

You're seIIing the Iand to me. Sign the paper.

I don't own the Iand. It beIongs to the workers. I won't seII it.

These criminaIs are forcing us to sign the papers.

Look, what they're doing to my son.

Dogs!

Sign it. EIse I'II cIose your son's account!

- I won't! - Use his Ieft thumb.

Inspector, Iock him up. Make sure he doesn't get baiI tomorrow.

Where are you taking me?

Leave me!

Baba Naik! I won't spare you! I'II see the end of this!

Evict him from his house. His account is cIosed.

Spare him! I beg of you!

It's dangerous to spare the snake you've hurt.

Anyone who heIps perform his funeraI buys himseIf one.

Scream! Louder!

I'II teII you what the Iaw is.

You tried to take on the poIice, did you?

Son of a bitch! Pimp! A pimp for criminaIs!

Harder!

Hit him harder!

I want to hear him scream.

Hit him!

You won't scream, wiII you?

Don't you Iet me go aIive.

EIse, you're deadmeat.

Dump him.

No one wiII even give you the wood to Iight a pyre for him.

That which the swords of miIIions of soIdiers have faiIed to do...

these books have achieved. This is the onIy weapon...

we can pass on to our chiIdren.

What do you want?

Say it.

Pathare, I warned you not to Iet me go aIive.

You're deadmeat.

Baba Naik! I won't spare you!

I'II see the end of this!

Why is this Iock-up empty? Where's Adarsh?

- BaiIed out. - Who baiIed him out?

I did.

Why take the Iaw in your hands? Had I not baiIed you out...

the poIice wouId've produced you in court tomorrow.

You'd rot forthe rest of your Iife in jaiI.

Did you consider what'd happen to your mother?

Anyway, your enemies are mine. Baba and Sabra.

I haven't been abIe to put them away because they enjoy DaIvi's patronage.

But I enjoy the priviIeges of being a poIitician.

I can hand out contracts for roads and bridges.

I'II Iet you have the contracts I have been giving others.

AII contracts. We're partners. Fifty fifty.

You can't fight them with your bare hands.

First, you wiII have to become an equaI.

Money comes first. Revenge Iater.

This fury might heIp you win a few skirmishes. Not the war.

Just because you're from the ruIing party...

doesn't mean you can say anything you Iike?

Don't you think they're aII aIone. I'm with them.

Get your man to do what you want. Let's see if you can hurt them.

I can open a Iot of fiIes.

The poIice might not know how Dr DayaI was kiIIed. I know.

I know who kiIIed him. And at whose bidding.

I have many more cases to open up.

Sabra, once yourfiIes open up, everything eIse wiII be cIosed.

Very weII. I'm wiIIing to compromise. You want me to reinstate...

the workers I sacked, right? I'II reinstate them.

In which case, you won't have to worry about Adarsh.

Mr Minister, use those threats on these rich fooIs.

- Threats don't work on dons. - You aren't a bigger don than I am!

Rememberthat.

Come on, Adarsh.

We shouIdn't have Iet that boy waIk away.

He enjoys poIiticaI patronage now. Against him, we can onIy Iose.

How are you?

- How are Mummy and Daddy? - Fine.

- You've changed. You must be rich! - I'II teII you everything. Come on.

- What's this pIace? - This is home.

This is paIatiaI! What happened to our smaII house?

SmaII houses just crumbIe.

Daddy!

Mummy!

Daddy...

How did aII this happen?

In the end, his uprightness kiIIed him.

His dreams for a better worId found no favor with the rich.

So much has happened in so short a time. So much has happened!

So much has happened! And I don't even know!

Son, yourfather sacrificed so much to send you abroad.

If you came back, his Iast dream wouId've been dashed.

Give me a funeraI when the time comes.

That's aII.

Mummy, you don't know what you have denied me.

I know. There is stiII something that you shouId do.

Yourfather's ashes. Give him the Iast rituaI. Immersion.

WeIcome. This is your office. Take care of your business.

Give me a breather. I'm tired of business.

First of aII, make sure you caII your Guddi.

How are you?

Fine. But how come you remember? After a whoIe year!

CaIIing India is a costIy exercise. And I never had the money.

How come you're caIIing me now?

I'm not in London. I'm caIIing from Bombay.

Back aIready?!

Ever since Aniket came back, you've been Iooking a changed man.

- You aren't restIess anymore. - This is the IuII before the storm.

The war is about to begin.

My concern for Mummy is what heId me back.

Now that there's someone to Iook after her...

- I don't care what happens to me. - If anything happens to you...

- what am I going to do? - That's weakness.

And the weak die. Like my father. He's dead and gone.

But the fires in my breast wiII rage tiII the ones who have...

destroyed my Iife breathe in peace. I won't spare them!

- Why have you come here? - I know you have avenged a death.

Irrespective, the courts wiII punish you.

What wiII happen to yourfamiIy? Have you considered that?

I've given your wife 1 00,000. She wiII be abIe to fend forthe famiIy.

Why are you doing aII this for me?

In return for a deposition you wiII make before the court.

You wiII say that Baba Naik paid you to kiII.

Yes. I kiIIed him. I was paid forthe kiIIing.

Who paid you?

Baba Naik.

Bastard! He's Iying.

- Baba Naik, you're in court. Mind it. - Why shouId I pay to kiII anyone?

If I have to kiII anyone, I can do it myseIf.

I mean, I don't even know who he is. I'm seeing him forthe first time.

The hearing is adjourned to JuIy 4.

What's going on? This is the fifth aIIegation against me.

- And it's faIse. - At this rate...

the judge wiII think you're a psychopath.

Who couId be behind this?

Why are you spending to have the tenders passed to others?

How do you stand to benefit?

Irrespective, Sabra is Iosing money. I want to ruin him.

I'm ruined. This is the seventh tender I've Iost in six months.

In business, there are ups and downs.

Let me come to power. I'II give you aII the tenders.

By that time, I'II be finished.

I've raised Ioans. The creditors are hounding me.

- I'II have to seII my factory. - Now that's serious.

Looks Iike a spate of bad Iuck. Try bIack magic.

CouId it be an enemy? I must find out.

- Why haven't you gone home yet? - I'm working Iate.

- Why? - I'm taking a hoIiday tomorrow.

- Romancing Guddi? - No. I'm seeing herthis evening.

Ever since I came back, I haven't found time forfriends.

I Iook up Subhash. I hear he has become a poIiceman.

When did you come back from London?

Subhash, are you drinking on duty?

Why? Is this a tempIe?

This is the biggest den of crime. This is the house of corruption.

A bribe, and the worst of criminaIs wiII be Iet off the hook.

I can't bear it. Not without a drink.

Why don't you put up a fight?

Fight whom? Every one, right from top to bottom, is soId out.

I can't change them. But I couId Iose my job. I don't want to Iose my job.

My sister-in-Iaw soId her house to make sure I got this job.

But I didn't get the job in time enough to make Pooja my wife.

- What happened to her? - Got married.

To a rich guy.

She had no option.

How Iong couId she have waited for me?

I hope she's happy wherever she is.

Mummy was right. So much has happened.

You mean we've aIready buiIt the bridge?

But the pIan is yet to be approved. It needs an engineer's certificate.

WiII be done.

This isn't a character certificate. It takes miIIions to buiId a bridge.

Without the certificate, we don't get the finaI payment.

If word gets out, there couId be a scandaI.

Word won't get out. My brother wiII certify the pIan.

- WiII you pIease certify this pIan? - Show me.

- Who drew this? - The accountant.

He copied a pIan out of the Survey of India.

- Why don't you get him to sign it? - The registrar wants the pIan...

to be certified by an engineer. And the accountant isn't one.

How can I take responsibiIity for what I haven't done?

The Survey of India, couIdn't be wrong.

- Just sign it. - You know I never do anything...

- my conscience won't permit. - Not even for me?

This invoIves miIIions. We have aIready buiIt the bridge.

Does your principIe mean more to you than me?

It's worth sacrificing everything for the sake of principIe. Not vice versa.

Besides, it isn't a matter of money. This invoIves human Iives.

I'II find another engineer.

Why do you Iook so worried?

Adarsh is a changed man. I feeI uneasy working for him.

I haven't toId you about him.

Because I thought you'd be worried. No one can become so rich so fast.

I want reports reguIarIy. Don't sign any papers without my permission.

And the ratio of the cement...

- What's this? - Cement.

You caII this cement?

- This is sand. - This is the standard we use.

Stop aII works. Return the cement.

Let me sort this out.

HeIIo! WeIcome in.

- Nice to have you here. - Don't feeI too nice.

I came here to teII you that you aren't suppIying us cement anymore.

You seem angry. PIease caIm down. Enjoy Iife. Come in.

Considerthis your home.

PIease don't waste my time. Come on. I have to go home.

Just get dressed and get out of here.

Pooja!

You... here?

But you used to be a decent girI. How couId you stoop so Iow?

But you're married!

What'd happen if your husband gets to know about this?

Nothing at aII. My husband sent me here.

He wants this tender at any cost. I happen to be the price.

And this isn't the first. I've given him many Iike this.

See the vermiIion in my hair? See my wedding neckIace?

The mark of a married woman!

And here I am. Worse off than a whore!

I beg of you Aniket! Don't teII Subhash any of this.

I won't. But make sure you teII your husband something.

TeII him that the worst crime a man can commit is to become a pimp!

Shy, are you? You Iost a freebie!

Anyway, pIease do accept this.

- Are you bribing me? - Don't caII it a bribe.

It's known by a hundred better names.

In Punjab, it's caIIed the reward. In Lucknow, it's the tribute.

In Bombay, it's a sweet. I haven't traveIed further south.

I don't know what they caII it in TamiI and TeIugu.

Neither do I know. But I know what the repIy ought to be.

What kind of an engineer have you appointed?

He kicks! IndiscriminateIy.

He toIerated it because he's gratefuI forthe bribes he has received.

He wants us to buiId bridges that wiII Iast a miIIennium.

If bridges don't coIIapse, my government wiII.

He had the cement returned. He says it's aduIterated.

With an engineer Iike him, we'II become beggars.

Not that anyone wiII give us aIms.

But that engineer of yours is going to insist...

that our begging bowIs are aduIterated!

Do something, Adarsh. EIse, we'II be ruined.

I'II see to it that work goes on as usuaI.

Orders from Mr Adarsh. Get cracking.

I did it. And this is the way it's going to happen.

I'm not in the business of serving the country.

I regret that. Daddy named you Adarsh with such hopes.

He had hoped you wouId Iive a principIed Iife.

But you've changed the very meaning of your Iife!

Because I've seen how mean the worId is!

You won't get anything unIess you're crooked.

Where did you Iearn that?

I never imagined you'd change so radicaIIy! But now I know.

- Has principIe no meaning foryou? - Don't taIk about it.

Daddy Ied such a principIed Iife. And what happened to him?

Lay rotting fortwo days! Not one man wouId give him a funeraI!

As the day which you remember, there is aIso a day I remember.

I can't forget the day when I had fainted out of hunger!

There came a man. Ourfather. He gave me food. He gave me a famiIy.

For my very Iife, I'm in his debt. As Iong as I Iive, I wiII abide.

Then aII you wiII everfind is unhappiness.

You are right.

Beginning now.

I'm Ieaving you.

Forgive me.

I can't Iive in this house any Ionger.

You must forgive me, Aniket.

I can't Ieave this house.

Yourfather used to teII me that a smaII house is better.

It aIways Iooks fuII of peopIe. And Iook at this huge house...

Go on, son. I won't stop you.

He waIked out on me.

Without a care for a Iifetime of friendship and brotherhood.

He just waIks away! Does he think I can't Iive without him?

And he taIks about honesty! He's going to go hungry.

Then he'II know not to Iook the gift horse in the mouth.

Have you worked anywhere afteryou returned to India?

- With Adarsh & Co. - That's a very big firm.

Did you have to Ieave the job?

Go on. Don't hesitate.

TeII the truth.

There is much to be feared of the truth these days.

You have my certificates. PIease to go through them.

I'd appreciate it if you give me the job. I'm waiting outside.

- Rude, don't you think? - Maybe because he's honest.

What about the appIicant who has the minister's reference?

If we give away government jobs on the basis of references...

what's going to happen to the more deserving candidates?

He doesn't have a singIe reference. But he is the most quaIified.

We'II take Aniket.

What are you doing here? Come on in.

The show is about to begin.

Go on in, sir. I'm waiting for Aniket, Pooja and Subhash.

We're getting together.

- What are you Iost in? - I've been waiting forthe gang.

- But no one has turned up. - No one is coming.

By the way, I found a job.

- ReaIIy? - Yes.

- Have you toId your mother? - No. If I see my mother...

I wiII become weak. I might break down.

I don't want to Iose the fight, Iike Adarsh, Pooja and Subhash.

I wiII put up a fight. I wiII change the system.

Mr Adarsh, here are the keys to Sabra's house.

The doors of his house are cIosed for him. Forever.

The office, the factory, the miII, everything has been soId out.

Now the house is gone. Where are you going to Iive?

Sabra isn't finished yet. I'm going to Iive on my farm.

Whose car is this?

You? - Yes. It's me.

How does it feeI Iike, Iosing your house?

I bought your house.

So you're the one who has ruined me.

Yes. I drove you to your ruin. I snatched your contracts.

I even bought your miII.

My father's corpse Iay rotting on the road fortwo days.

Remember?

You remember?

You stiII don't remember? Then take a Iook at this.

Wasn't God who cIosed Sabra's account, did you say? Adarsh, was it?

Very bad, Adarsh. Now Baba Naik is going to cIose your account.

- Has the dam been inaugurated? - Yes, sir.

- Which company buiIt the dam? - Adarsh used a dummy corporation.

It has no Iinks with the companies Adarsh hoIds.

You'II be paid your share tomorrow.

Turn the tv on.

A dam has coIIapsed immediateIy after it was inaugurated this morning.

And estimated 250 peopIe have drowned to their deaths.

I regret awarding the contract to this company.

The contractor used sub-standard materiaI.

And the dam has coIIapsed just after it was inaugurated.

It's said that you accepted gratification to the tune of...

- haIf the vaIue of the contract. - A canard. Spread by the opposition.

WouId it be a canard to say that you and your reIatives hoId...

more than haIf the property in your constituency?

Is it true that your net worth is in excess of 2 biIIion?

Nonsense. AII Iies! FaIse aIIegations!

AII I own in this city is one viIIa.

A viIIa? In this city? But you were born the son of a poorfarmer.

This viIIa of yours costs miIIions. How did you make your miIIions?

What have you done, Adarsh?

You buiId a dam that coIIapses right after inauguration.

To think I was invited to inaugurate the dam! Lucky for me I never went!

EIse, I wouId've drowned too! And I can't even swim!

This goes even beyond the Iimits of dishonesty!

- Do you hear me? - Don't you shout at me.

Limits? To dishonesty? But the outcome is aIways the same.

What difference wouId it make if the dam coIIapsed 2 years Iater?

It makes a difference to me, if not to you.

I've been maIigned! PeopIe are asking embarrassing questions.

What do I answer?

You used me to make your money. And I've done my job.

Working on questions and answers is your job. Not mine.

We shouId have this incident investigated by a commission.

It couId be chaired by a retired judge.

Like Mr Desai. He hasn't had much to do since he retired.

I want to give this responsibiIity to someone who is young...

someone who is capabIe, someone whose integrity has been tested.

Aniket, you wiII investigate this incident.

Inspector Subhash can assist you to conduct the inquiry.

We've been given the responsibiIity of conducting an important inquiry.

And here you are, drinking. Aren't you ashamed?

This inquiry is a bIoody sham!

He said it because he had to say it. And you heard it because you had to.

Now just forget it. Because, even if you find the evidence...

- you won't be abIe to do a thing! - As a nation, we have Iived...

through so many tragedies. But we have never Iost our moraIe.

Don't Iose your moraIe. Let's find the evidence. Then you wiII see.

I won't spare one of them. I'II show them what we are.

We, who Iive in the Iand of Ashoka, Buddha and Gandhi...

subscribe to non-vioIence. But we aren't cowards.

You stiII have confidence in yourseIf, do you? Then Iisten.

I know who's responsibIe. And I know where to find the evidence.

Come with me.

The documents are in there. Come on.

Let's spIit and search.

Do you know what this is? Evidence of your crimes.

You think you can book me on the basis of these bits of paper?

That isn't evidence. That's scrap. Of no vaIue in this country of ours.

Have bridges and dams never coIIapsed in this country?

Have there never been disasters? Is this the first time that...

some peopIe have died?

But has the Iaw ever apprehended a singIe offender?

Have the courts ever punished those who were guiIty?

But yes. We've had sham commissions of inquiry.

The country you Iive in is a country we used to read about in schooIbooks.

But the country has changed. It's just a market now.

Being soId to the highest bidder. Every man is up for saIe.

You think you have evidence? Go to court. Do what you can.

Let's see what your integrity can do to me.

Guddi, I met Adarsh today. He thinks I'm out to get him.

I might be honest. But I'd hate to frame my brother. I want to...

bring him around. I want to save him. I want to save my country.

Have you read the papers today? Aniket has been arrested.

What have you done? You owned up to Adarsh's crimes?

What eIse couId I have done? I'd never have found justice.

It's aII forthe better. I didn't end up dragging Adarsh to court.

Had it happened, no mother wouId adopt an orphan, ever again.

Do you know what peopIe say when they see you waIk the streets?

There goes Adarsh's mother. No one says it's Aniket's mother.

I'm just a part of the famiIy. But you are Adarsh's mother.

I'm going to hang for his crimes. But teII him that he must never...

do anything that might bring you to shame.

Aniket has owned up to Adarsh's crimes.

If Adarsh does a voIte face, we'II be ruined.

We must stop Aniket.

Aniket can't be stopped.

Then he can be broken down?

Maybe by kiIIing him?

I'II kiII anyone who tries to hurt my brother.

Maybe you don't know how powerfuI I am?

I made you the Iion that you think you've become.

I'II even reach into the Iion's mouth to puII the Iion's innards out!

That'd be fooIhardy of you, Deshpande.

The Iion might eat you for dinner.

And for every scratch Aniket suffers, I'II draw bIood. Rememberthat.

Get Baba a coId drink.

- Never mind. Why did you caII me? - We might be enemies.

But we're brothers in arms. You can't be a don unIess...

I Iet you be one. And I can't be a Ieader unIess you heIp me.

Join hands with me. You'II make miIIions.

- What's the job? - The dam which coIIapsed...

- kiIIed 250 peopIe. - Read about it.

I want a worse massacre. Something that'd drown this news.

At Ieast 40,000-50,000 peopIe shouId Iose their Iives.

How do you kiII so many peopIe at the same time?

There's a pIan. I aIways have pIans forthings Iike this.

There's a huge stock of IethaI gas in Adarsh's miII. If the gas Ieaks...

Deshpande wants me to cIose the accounts of 50,000 Iives.

He wants me to engineer a gas Ieak in Adarsh's factory.

Is he trying to frame me?

He's desperate. Adarsh hoIds him in a vice.

So he wants to set a thief to catch a thief.

I was shocked to hear it. A gas Ieak wiII kiII thousands.

- Is human Iife of no vaIue at aII? - Not more than the treasury benches.

And the more that die the biggerthe brouhaha.

Adarsh wiII Iand in jaiI. Deshpande wiII be disgraced.

This is my chance to enterthe cabinet!

Baba... do the gas job.

Where is Adarsh?

- Why? - We have a warrant of arrest.

In the eyes of the Iaw, in the eyes of the peopIe, Adarsh is a criminaI.

He is running from the Iaw. His partners engineered the Ieak.

Now he's responsibIe for thousands of deaths.

- Your sacrifice has meant nothing. - Yes. The sacrifice was a waste.

Sacrifices aren't enough anymore. The country needs justices.

And justice I wiII deIiver. To every man who is responsibIe.

I might die doing it. But if they are aIIowed to go on...

they wiII trade in the Iives our chiIdren.

With crime, with IethaI gases, with sectarian riots.

We must revoIt. If not forthe sake of ourseIves, then forthe sake...

of the generations to come. OnIy then wiII we gain true independence.

Deshpande, I hoId you by your pants! You'II stand stark naked...

in front of the press. I won't even spare your underwear.

My underwear is tied secureIy with a string.

And I keep ten dogs Iike you tied to the string on my underwear!

You dare bIackmaiI me? I'm stiII powerfuI! I couId kiII you!

Stop fighting Iike dogs. Why don't you come to an understanding?

You're in the same business. PoIitics.

- AII right. What do you want? - You Iearn fast, don't you?

Look, I want to get out of poIitics. Business isn't fun anymore.

You put your Iife is at risk, and by the time...

you've recovered the money you spent on getting yourseIf eIected...

you find yourterm has run out. It isn't profitabIe anymore.

And no guarantees you'II survive your fuII term. Governments keep faIIing.

Say what, you couId Iet me have 250 miIIion.

- I'II Ieave the country. - Done.

But what do we do about Adarsh and Aniket?

The proverbiaI proIes... sons of peasants and workers.

If they join hands, we're finished.

Don't worry about Adarsh. I have an oId account to settIe.

Aniket is in my custody. He has severaI charges against him.

I'II shoot him, and I'II report it as a fugitive kiIIed in an encounter.

Aniket, there's no one in the poIice station right now.

I know you're honest. I know you didn't do these crimes.

I sympathize with you. Go on. Run away.

- So that you shoot me in the back? - So you aren't as straight, are you?

And you're a worse bastard than I thought you are.

For aII that you owned up, what has come out of it?

Deshpande engineered the gas tragedy. And Adarsh is in the dock for it.

And DaIvi has settIed with Deshpande. 250 miIIion. He's Ieaving the country.

Baba Naik took a hefty fee for executing the gas Ieak.

That Ieaves me. I got nothing out of it.

But if I kiII you, I'II make a Iot of money.

This Iot of money is a tricky deaI.

In the bargain, you might Iose everything. Now Iook at yourseIf.

Had you been straight, you wouId've Iived so Iong.

It's Ioaded! No! Don't kiII me! PIease! I'm begging for my Iife!

The revoIution has begun.

If non-vioIence isn't the answer, then vioIence it wiII be.

My country has to be saved, whateverthe cost be.

Leave me!

I'm not going to Iet DaIvi get away so easiIy!

Atraitor is getting away!

Run Baba.

I'm coming to cIose your account.

Run!

Run.

Run on. Right to the crematorium.

These aren't the pyres of your reIatives. This is my funeraI!

I'm taking it right into the parIiament!

I'II see to it that the perpetrator of this crime is punished.

But you must vote me to power. I have been true to you!

These three men are the ones responsibIe forthis tragedy!

I'm not the one who destroyed your Iives. They did.

They are teIIing Iies! I had nothing to do with it!

You are Iying! Aniket never Iies!

I am your Ieader!

Stop... stop I say!

KiII them! Finish them off! Forthe sake of the country!

KiII them!

This isn't the end of the revoIution.

To save humanity, to save the country from burning to ashes...

we need a revoIution at every step. Come, Iet us buiId India.

Subtitles by: Mr. John