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Call them.. go to their homes.. wake them.

All the newspapers from tomorrow should expose Contractor.

Tell them.. that Contractor's suits..

The word Contractor should become a curse.

This is the Swatantra Samchar.. the lndependent.

This newspaper has driven the British away fearlessly.

lt has fought with ideals and principles.

l was away for a month and you all sold it.

ln a month you've dressed the newspaper in Guru's safari suits.

Who gave you this?

Guru? Remove it.

Throw it in the dustbin.

Editor sir, l hear you've a new car.

Shame on you!

We have to apologize to the country.

Tomorrow's edition will have an apology letter.

The page has already been composed. - Then stop it!

You've made false allegations, so you have to apologize.

And send for Shyam Saxena.

Have you gone deaf? Shyam Saxena.

Ask him and Guru to come.

This ladoo has come specially for you from Junagad.

What's wrong? You look troubled. Can l do something?

You can do anything right?

- Yes.

Nothing is difficult for you.

You just keep throwing your money everywhere.

There are.. are all kinds of people.

And everyone has a price. Right brother?

That's why l carry two kinds of slippers with me.

One made of silver and one of gold.

And which slipper for me?

Khadi.

But you will hit me with a slipper too.

Shyam, What do you think of Gurubhai?

What can l say?

Feel free?.

Gurubhai is the biggest hope of the lndian industry.

A champion businessman.

l am not asking you for an advertisement.

Speak honestly.

He is a disease who should be locked up in jail..

..and the keys thrown away.

Who is this great man who is praising me so much?

And why do you feel this way?

His growth rate is 400%.

But corruption and greed have grown at double that rate thanks to his bribes.

Have you called me to beat me with a stick?

l've not even started.

lf you and l break the law we would be scared.

But he is proud of it.

And he doesn't just break or bend the law..

..he buries it and then builds a beautiful park on it..

..so that people forget his theft.

Nanaji..

lf you want to tell me something just tell me straight.

Shyam, can you strip him in public?

The whole world wears my clothes.

You'll have to strip everyone.

Can you stop this man?

No.

Neither him, this newspaper, you, nor your khadi army.

l'll stop him.

Brother..

This cloth and weight are a result of a lot of hard work.

You have to work hard too to fight me.

lf you want to fight Gurubhai you have to become Gurubhai.

But there is only one Gurubhai.

You look beautiful.

When you give birth to a child you'll know.

Walking around with a huge tummy..

..vomitting and getting kicked all day!

You want my tummy to become like this too?

l look 3-4 months pregnant.

Boy or girl?

lt's not just one.

Twins?

There are 25000 people inside.

What are they saying?

Welcome Shakti family!

For the first time a company has held such a meeting in lndia.

You know why? We are so big that..

..we can't fit into smaller places.

My apologies to our brothers from Gujarat..

..who've skipped their afternoon roll in the bed.

A few years ago Shakti Corp. had debts..

..from the bank, government.

Then l came to you and you emptied your vaults.

Today we are free.

We do business with our money.

Our own investment. Our own profit.

When l first came to Bombay.

l had just two shirts and a coat.

But today the whole of lndia..

..wears our clothes!

Clap.

But l know you aren't happy.

You'll be happy only when we open four more factories.

So what do you say? Shall we open four more?

You want to become lndia's biggest company?

l've grown old. Can't hear you.

How many Shakti shares do you have?

l'm a reporter.

He's a magician.

Write good things about him.

Poverty will disappear if we have ten men like Gurubhai.

Definitely. Read saturday's Swatantra Samachar.

This shouldn't look like lndia.

And make sure the print looks old.

You're faking photos and passing them as truth?

Let your Gurubhai come forward and say it's a lie.

Tear it, so the chalk

powder can be seen.

You've made up the entire story.

lt's written by Gurubhai. l'm just presenting it.

They dumped cartons like this?

Yes. Empty ones. Some with chalk powder.

Sent to fake companies with fake addresses.

Meaning, he showed empty cartons as export..

..and got the polyester import license. 700% profit.

Fantastic! Profits from empty boxes!

But his route was fraudulent.

But even you're lying.

This is the truth. Shakti's

naked truth.

Lies! They've shot it in Bombay..

..and passing it off as Yemen.

l'll stop advertising in nanaji's paper.

Why should they earn from us?

No.

Triple the advertisements.

But Gurubhai..

Print our balance sheets, new profits..

..new companies. Nanaji should wake up to our growth every morning.

Gurubhai.. - What happened?

What happens usually with your company.

Double profit. Twins!

Send a telegram to my father.

My God! There really are two of them.

Name.

Disha. - l only thought of one.

Drishti. Even l had thought of one.

A bonus. By one-get one free.

A pair!

''Shakti's fake strength.''

Gurubhai's new trick.

Shakti new share prices have gone up.

Only the shares are being bought by Gurubhai's men.

You are bent on crucifying him.

Don't you think the more you write the bigger..

..the hero he becomes?

Even l've applied for his new shares.

You..

l've to think of my future. Who else will? You?

What happened?

Go check the power room.

Any news?

Who could be behind this? 3 guesses.

The power failure is

only on our block.

What do you mean?

Go and ensure printing resumes in 15 minutes. - Yes sir.

l think we won't have power till late at night.

l don't care. You?

l don't either.

You know what l want to do?

A cup of ginger tea?

l want to sing.

So sing. lt's your grandfather's press..

l want to dance.

Fast fast then slow then fast, then slow..

l want to live for three days, without pain..

..without multiple sclerosis, medicines, wheelchair.. just three days.

Why are you looking at me like that?

You were going to come to bless them.

l had to come to you.

Good.

They'll be like you.

Make them brave and independent.

Get them used to living without the father.

What if l have to send your father to jail?

How long are you going to fight?

Till l win.

Don't you love him at all?

Don't you think of him as your son?

l asked him the same question..

..and got the same answer.. silence.

What is this fight about? Why are both of you like this?

Where's your husband?

He doesn't know l'm here.

Don't.

Manik Das Gupta here. Don't send your wife to beg.

Why are you hitting the car? Hit me!

l know who sent you! Tell him l'm not scared!

Did you send them?

Who? - You sent them.

What are you talking about?

You know what.

They're after your blood.

So?

Just wanted to scare him. Done with just Rs. 15000.

l don't know what l would've done..

..if it were anyone else who had done this.

He is like a father to me..

..and one never hits their father.

lf someone hurls a stone at us, do we remain quiet?

Don't stay quiet.

Move ahead. Let them write, hurl stones..

..talk about the past. We will talk about tomorrow.

We've come this far together with our hard work.

Four sheets of paper can't bring Shakti down.

We won't rest till we build a plant bigger..

..than Burma Shell. Understood?

Why doesn't it rain the whole year?

Why isn't Bombay cold? Why doesn't it snow?

Will you marry me?

Wouldn't it be fantastic if the whole sea was ice?

Didn't you hear or don't you want to marry me?

l want you to drown and die.

Then how will l marry?

Do you know what this is?

And what is that?

A disease of the central nervous system that has no cure.

You can't live with it.

l can't do anything on my own except for waking up in the morning.

l've had an attack every other month since l was ten.

Nothing is beautiful, everything seems empty.

lf Hamsa is careless, then the bed gets wet..

Can you sleep on a rubber sheet?

When do we marry?

You're making fun of me.

Your Nanaji said the same thing.

l tried explaining but he wouldn't understand.

l'll go very far away in four hundred and nineteen days.. and then?

Then l want every single one of those four hundred and nineteen days.

Marry me..

No..

After six months! The new minister's given us ten minutes!

lf his uncle was still instead of there l would've got a meeting in a minute.

Ten minutes is enough for you.

You can only say no in ten minutes.

l've had it with hearing 'no'.

Just do some magic on this minister.

Or we're in trouble.

How?

Careful. He's an honest man.

You're in the papers everyday.

Your uncle was a very good friend of mine.

His friends need not be mine.

A lot is being written against you..

There's a saying in my village.

When people speak against you..

..then you must be progressing.

l'm interested in the progress of the nation.

Not yours.

Such a big ministry at such a young age. . .

l keep my distance from people like you..

l have seen your petrochemical project file..

l haven't come to talk about the factory..

l've come for your advice.. l've this burden on me.

Your uncle left something with me.

A deposit. l'm a small man sir, l don't know much..

You just tell me what to do with it..

..should l return it to you..

..or have it sent overseas? lt's very heavy.

Anyone would collapse under it.. me, you.. anybody..

Can this land anywhere?

Captain! Land at a good sweet shop.

The minister himself will come for the inaugural function.

l was waiting for you.

l was surprised that a newspaper wanted to write something nice about us.

lt's quite a big factory..

lt took seventeen months and five days to build.

So fast?

Our Gurubhai does everything in a flash.

How long have you known Gurubhai?

From Turkey..

We delivered petrol cans.

And today, l'm the director

of this entire factory.

Where are these machines from?

From Dupont.

Do you know where Dupont is?

ln U.S.A.

No, lt's in America.

What's your output?

Fifty five thousand tonnes.

What are you saying?

Sure? - l'm a director of the company.

But you've government permission..

..to produce only twenty three thousand tonnes

There's no rule that we can't produce more than that right?

Understand. government language is such..

But you have machinery..

..with the capacity of only twenty three thousand tonnes.

How come the double output?

We used the spare parts lying around.

You have permission for six spinning lines..

..but have set up twelve spinnin? lines

Who are you?

You smuggled in six spinning lines as spare parts..

..without paying import duty.

What a hoodwink!

Who are you?

A reporter, but you are a smuggler.

Dog..

Easy.. if this photo's printed..

..just think who will be the dog..

Get out!

Two factories running in the place of one..

..without permission..

..without import duty. Cheating the Excise..

..and export departments.

Tell me, what should l write?

Get out of here before l lose control!

Don't miss the papers tomorrow.

One man is working here..

..and all you bastards are attacking him..

And one day, Ghanshyam uncle said that nobody..

..could swim to the other side. Then what did he say?

Take a bet!

And what was the bet? - Jumpa's dance!

And how was the water? - Cold

Very cold.

So Papa kept swimming,.. and what did he see?

A very big fish.

Which fish?

Phone call..

We're escaping from the shark.. one minute..

lt's Rinku, Ganshyambhai's daughter, from ldhar.

Slit his wrists with a vegetable knife.

No one knew for half an hour..

Take her outside.

l've come to slap you.

Slap you so hard that this pain'll feel like nothing.

Kill me. Here, slit my wrists..

..because after you, it'll be my turn.

You've been with me since Turkey.. and then..

..just like that.. you'll go?

lf anything happens to you.. because of my mistake..

..i couldn't bear it Guru.

You're happy now?

When that headmaster went..

l didn't shed a tear.. step mother died, l didn't cry..

..it's just that you're so ugly..

..that it's making me cry..

Even Jumpa never cried looking at my face..

What?!

Jumpa, the belly dancer, Turkey.

We have many battles to fight..

l can't do it without you big brother..

Come in.. the door is open.

You come out, l want to talk to you.

l can't.

What kind of a man are you?

Do you even know what you're doing?

Seasoning.. will you eat? l cook well..

You're insane. Why are you doing this?

For fame, money? To threaten? What for?

Do you know five foreign companies have invested in Shakti Corporation?

So? - All five are bogus companies.

Can you prove it?

Truth is truth even without proof.

Can you prove it or not?

l can. l can also prove..

..you've joined hands with ministers to convert..

..non-convertible debentures into shares.

Shakti Corp's reach is in every department of the government.

You come to know of new laws before they come into force..

..and use that to play with the public's money.

Do you have a conscience..

..or have you taken a loan against that too?

What is this?

What is it to you?

You got married?

Should l have asked you?

Where is she?

How come you're here?

What to do?

You just weren't leaving Didi..

l was forced to get married.

You didn't invite me?

Not even Nanaji.

He kept his favourite reporter and kicked me out..

..he said that l'd become a little too independent.

You couldn't find anyone else in sixty crore people?

But he's a good guy.. have you come to fight with him?

l wanted to say a few things to

..but you've shut my mouth.

Make sure you love my jalkukdi more than you hate me..

Do you need proof for that as well?

You look very weak.

You've become very fat.

Weak. - Fat.

Nothing is going to change between us.

When you hear my voice..

..be certain that you're doing something wrong.

The louder your voice, the more l'll grow.

l'll leave.

Gurukant Desai salutes the Shakti family!

You're angry. Good.

l'm very angry too.

You've asked me a lot of questions..

..now let me ask you a few.

lf someone flings muck at our family, what do we do?

Do we start fighting amongst ourselves?

Can a family survive like that?

You ask me why the papers are writing articles against us.

Because we are commoners, middle class.

The rich hate it that the middle class..

..is now writing it's own destiny.

What do you say to this?

Answer!

What has happened to our money?

What's happened? Answer!

Next year our turnover will be hundred crores.

You have stolen and made us thieves too.

Who was that? - You're a smuggler!

You steal! Give us back our money!

We will make bigger profits; l will not sink your money.

You wear fancy suits and drive away in a Mercedes.

We'll be out on the streets!

We want accountability!

Death to Gurubhai!

We didn't have money to white-wash the house.

You said the house looks best the way it is. lt looks like a home.

Were you telling the truth or were you trying to pacify me?

Wallet.

You would forget your wallet.

What happened?

l forgot my wallet.

l would climb two steps

at a time to come to you.

And you would stand right here.

l won't give it.

Your brother is waiting downstairs. He will kill me.

You can't die for me?

lf l die, who will you fight with?

Praise me. - What?

Say something nice.

You shine brighter than polyester.

Don't talk like a laundryman. Always talking about polyester.

You're the most beautiful girl in the locality.

So you look at others?

l don't. Now give it.

Forget it tomorrow as well.

As long as you're with me how can l remember anything?

Beast!

How do l look to you?

Your face resembles my husband's.

Do l look like a thief?

Neither a thief nor a weakling.

What if my brother comes?

Always arrives at the wrong time.

Where's everybody?

Poor thing.

Jungleeram!

Mirchi rani!

Me? - Who else?

Ready to fight.

Lies. You used to beat poor old me.

When did l hit you?

Here, like this.

You will lose.

What's happened to you?

Forgotten how to play?

Listen.

l am going down to get an ambulance.

Are you listening? Just keep breathing.

Ok? Don't be scared?

l'll be right back out.

Gurubhai has had a paralytic stroke.

There was a telex from the P.T. l.

That means he can't move the right side at all.

Can't do any work.

He's younger to me by at least 20-25 years.

An attack at this age?

Maybe because of us?

What?

You, me, Swatantra - everybody is at him.

ln fact another article is coming out tomorrow.

Shall l stop it?

ls it the truth?

Then print it. Why fear the truth?

Which hospital?

Are you going to see him?

No. Why should l?

l won't go there.

Checking to see if he's alive?

He is.

ln two months l'll make him fit enough to fight you.

We want to meet Mr. Gurukant Desai?

You are?

We have summons for him.

For what?

Thapar Commission's final hearing..

..against Shakti Corporation on the 16th of October.

But he's asleep..

l have to give it to him.

But visiting hours are over.. please come later.

We have court orders.

You will have to appear before the Thapar Commission..

.. at ten thirty on the 16th of October, 1980. Sign here.

He's asking if you would like some tea?

Only on the copy.

Gurubhai will see you on the 16th.

Please come fully prepared.

Sir, just a minute..

Gurubhai has a request..

..could you please repeat everything that you just said..

..in Hindi?

We're villagers.. our English is weak.

Both my language and l are strong.

Which one would you like to test, Shri Desai?

What test? You can take our lives..

..but whatever you do,

just do it in Hindi.

Will you be answering.. or will he?

The answers are his, only the voice is mine.

ls your wife a Shakti employee?

An officer? Or a director?

lf you aren't, what are you doing here? Please leave..

l am the owner of Shakti..

..initial promoter..

..and 50 percent shareholder in the holding company.

Here are the Memorandum and Articles of Association..

..of the holding company and the annual returns.

This means you'll also have to go to jail with him.

We are 50 percent partners.

Wherever we go, we'll go together.

Your company has given all of them land..

..gifts and money.. why?

He raises his own share prices.

He has a nexus with the brokers.

We have our own broking company.

He has attempted a hostile takeover of two companies.

lmport duty evasion, 12 crores.. for four factories.

He converts non convertible debentures.

He then turns these debentures into shares..

..and clears all his debts.

These conversions should be disallowed.

Many accusations have come up against you today.

Do you have a response?

This hearing is in private Only today.

Tomorrow the press and the public will be here.

You'd better accept

all the charges today.

lf there is anything you would like to say in your defence..

..you may do so now.

Only one thing..

Namaste.

Don't touch me.

l drive a taxi from Wadala to Churchgate.

l've Shakti shares. l've got my three daughters married with that.

That's all l wanted to say.

Thank you.

Don't worry.. because l am with you.

Please be silent.

This commission has heard all the arguments against..

..and in defence of Shakti Corporation.

The commission will declare it's report..

..and recommendations.. after lunch.

Gurubhai requests your permission to say something.

He was given an opportunity yesterday..

..but he just said namaste and left.

We were told that your voice is very weak.

l'm a businessman. l spend everything very carefully..

l saved my voice for today.

Beware of what you say. The public is present..

..what you say could go against? you.

Why fear the public..

..l am the public.. may l speak?

Five minutes.

May l stand, or do l need a license for that too?

You say l'm against the law.

Forty years ago another man was against the law.

Today we call him Gandhiji.

ln his time slavery was the law.. he wrote a new law..

..our freedom.

l'm not Bapu.

All l know is business..

..and to work hard, and poverty.

l came to Bombay with two shirts..

..a wife and a brother-in-law.

l wanted to do business.

But the doors to business opened only for the rich.

Doors made by the government..

..opened either to a bribe or a kick.

l did both.

Where l had to kick, l kicked.

Where you wanted me to salute, l saluted..

..and today you ask why this man kicks so much..

..he salutes too much.

What are you angry about?

My growth, or the speed of my growth?

Or that l've surpassed your expectations..

..of an ordinary villager?

You've made allegations against me..

..excise, custom, income tax, this tax.. that tax.

When l started business..

..l didn't even know the meaning of these words.

l fell many times before l learnt.

To save money l walked 20 kms..

..from Pydhonie carrying huge bales of polyester on my head.

l know the value of money.

lf there was money to be made..

..l made it.. not just for myself..

..but for my 30 lakh shareholders as well.

You have 3 minutes left.

l don't know how to play golf and l don't go to horse races..

..but l'm a solid player in my business.

l know how to make the

best quality polyester..

..fibre..

..chemicals..

..at the cheapest price. ..

ls that my mistake? Should l apologize?

l roamed around carrying cans as a petrol pump assistant..

..just like our country goes to the World Bank begging.

''Give us money - we want to make roads.''

Why can't we change our destiny?

Ours and our country's?

You want me to deliver petrol cans..

..and our country to beg, forever.

Why can't we reach the top?

Why are we called the third world?

We have as much right to be a first world country.. and we can be!

l've lost a lot reaching here..

l lost this hand.

Damn thing hangs uselessly!

And by the time this enquiry ends..

..l don't know what else l will lose..

..my voice, my mind..

..but there is one thing you can never snatch from me..

..my courage. l won't lose that. Because my courage..

..is the common man's courage..

..this country's courage.

All of you want to stop me, don't you?

l'm not alone.. the whole country is moving ahead with me.

And neither you nor your laws..

..have the strength to stop the country.

The doors you want to keep closed, are opening up..

..we have our feet through the doors..

..and our feet are very strong.

Which enquiry can check the progress..

..of this country and stop it? Tell me!

You gave me five minutes.

l've finished in four and a half minutes..

30 seconds profit.

That's business.

lf you want to punish me for that as well..

..go ahead.

Gurukant Desai is not scared of punishment..

Well, he's said a lot.

What do you think? ls he a genius or a thug?

Both.

Whatever it is, we can't hang him, can we?

Out of the 29 allegations levelled against..

..Shakti Corporation, 2 are proved.

Shakti Corporation is fined Rs. 63,96,000 lakhs.

Gurukant Desai salutes the Shakti family.

''Don't dream.''

''Dreams never come true.''

My father would say.

But l dreamt. We all dreamt.

Dreamt of becoming the biggest company in lndia.

Has our dream come true?

Yes.

And, do we stop now?

No.

Or do we dream more?

Yes.

Shall we become the world's biggest company?

Yes.

Shall we tell the world that we are coming?