1 00:03:32,350 --> 00:03:37,140 Your daughter? - Yes, sir. She was missing for 6 months. 2 00:03:37,390 --> 00:03:40,470 May Allah bless- Fine, fine, it's alright. 3 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:45,060 Few men left her here and went off. 4 00:03:46,060 --> 00:03:48,270 They spoke of avenging the Noakhali riots. 5 00:03:50,180 --> 00:03:54,720 What are you doing? Listen to me carefully. 6 00:03:55,810 --> 00:03:59,400 Your daughter is still alive. Be thankful for that. 7 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,440 Come, let's go. 8 00:04:01,850 --> 00:04:08,010 Now let us cheer for our country, and repeat after me thrice - 9 00:04:08,810 --> 00:04:11,060 Long live... - India! 10 00:04:11,430 --> 00:04:13,680 Long live... - India! 11 00:04:14,180 --> 00:04:16,430 Long live... - India! 12 00:04:16,850 --> 00:04:19,100 Long live... - India! 13 00:04:28,310 --> 00:04:29,360 Fatima? 14 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:31,310 Fatima! 15 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,350 Fatima! My dear! 16 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,640 Fatima? It's your father. I am here. Fatima? 17 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:41,720 Fatima? Please say something. 18 00:04:42,180 --> 00:04:43,680 This is your father. 19 00:04:43,850 --> 00:04:47,470 Fatima, my dear. Where were you? 20 00:04:47,980 --> 00:04:51,860 I've been looking for you for months. Oh Fatima? 21 00:04:52,180 --> 00:04:55,050 Fatima? Are you ok? Fatima? 22 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,050 Fatima? Fatima! 23 00:05:02,270 --> 00:05:03,270 Fatima? 24 00:05:03,430 --> 00:05:08,050 Why don't you say something? Your mother is waiting for you. 25 00:05:08,390 --> 00:05:14,350 She hasn't seen you for years. She yearns for you. 26 00:05:14,890 --> 00:05:17,140 Open the windows. 27 00:05:17,430 --> 00:05:19,350 Let's go back home now. 28 00:05:20,230 --> 00:05:23,480 Why do you lie there like a stone? 29 00:05:23,810 --> 00:05:26,060 Didn't you hear me? Come on, open! 30 00:05:27,350 --> 00:05:28,800 My dear? 31 00:05:35,930 --> 00:05:37,800 Come now, let's go. 32 00:05:51,230 --> 00:05:53,270 Oh Allah! 33 00:06:14,980 --> 00:06:18,190 How did this happen? 34 00:07:08,350 --> 00:07:13,350 No Women's Land 35 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:36,940 Good morning, sir. 36 00:07:37,270 --> 00:07:38,270 This way. 37 00:08:05,100 --> 00:08:06,970 Welcome, dear Radcliffe. 38 00:08:08,180 --> 00:08:09,220 Welcome to India. 39 00:08:09,390 --> 00:08:15,350 And then, he stormed in, snatched the bronze lamp and flung it away. 40 00:08:15,770 --> 00:08:21,810 The lamp smashed against a stone, and was shattered to pieces! 41 00:08:22,060 --> 00:08:23,650 And the Sun God's image- 42 00:08:23,850 --> 00:08:25,600 What does the Sun God look like? 43 00:08:25,770 --> 00:08:29,150 Like Lord Shiva? - Oh God! Only questions. 44 00:08:29,980 --> 00:08:32,190 Will you shut up and listen? 45 00:08:33,140 --> 00:08:39,260 So a black stone fell off the wall. 46 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:47,260 Subhaga cried, "You fool! What did you do? Destroyed the Sun Temple and insulted the Gods?" 47 00:08:47,390 --> 00:08:50,930 Gayeb said, "I don't care about the Gods. 48 00:08:51,180 --> 00:08:52,970 Tell me! Whose son am I? Or else- 49 00:08:53,230 --> 00:08:55,110 Whose daughter am I? 50 00:08:55,140 --> 00:08:58,600 Little rascal! Why do you ask so many questions? 51 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:00,550 Can't you shut up and listen? 52 00:09:00,850 --> 00:09:04,970 Let it be. I'll return the book when Professor comes. 53 00:09:05,270 --> 00:09:07,940 You are impossible- Bnuchki! 54 00:09:08,100 --> 00:09:12,140 Go take a bath quickly. Grandma, Begum Jaan is calling us. 55 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,440 I'm in quite a mess, it seems. 56 00:09:15,850 --> 00:09:17,760 Well, I wouldn't disagree. 57 00:09:17,890 --> 00:09:20,890 Which is why I would suggest to you, stay away from the hearings. 58 00:09:21,100 --> 00:09:25,470 But surely my Lord, if I'm chairman of a committee, I would need to preside. 59 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:27,740 There are meetings I've to set up. There are people I've got to meet- 60 00:09:27,770 --> 00:09:30,610 My dear sir. Do you know what this is? 61 00:09:31,350 --> 00:09:33,760 No, my Lord. 62 00:09:35,730 --> 00:09:39,480 It is one list of many prepared by the Separation Council. 63 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:43,690 Of the administrative assets to be divided between India and Pakistan. 64 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:46,850 Let's see. 65 00:09:47,310 --> 00:09:50,110 Durries, table lamps, iron safes... 66 00:09:50,430 --> 00:09:52,180 cash boxes, cycles, 67 00:09:52,390 --> 00:09:54,260 typewriters, electrical heaters, 68 00:09:55,140 --> 00:09:57,760 magnifying glasses and many more. 69 00:09:59,060 --> 00:10:03,230 Now Radcliffe, add to that, government officials, 70 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:05,060 the Army, roads, 71 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:06,860 railway lines, bridges, 72 00:10:07,390 --> 00:10:09,720 trees, rivers... 73 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,310 You could add the damned Himalayas and the Thar desert for all you know. 74 00:10:13,430 --> 00:10:15,350 I don't comprehend, my Lord. 75 00:10:19,930 --> 00:10:23,890 We're about to cut through a 5000 year old civilisation here, Radcliffe. 76 00:10:24,350 --> 00:10:26,470 And the people are going to be very, very angry. 77 00:10:27,230 --> 00:10:30,730 In light of the impending partition of the land we proudly call India... 78 00:10:31,230 --> 00:10:32,730 The All India Congress Committee, 79 00:10:32,890 --> 00:10:33,890 would like to submit... 80 00:10:33,930 --> 00:10:35,530 its modest claims and suggestions... 81 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:37,430 for the facilitation of the same. 82 00:10:37,890 --> 00:10:40,220 As discussed in our recent sessions... 83 00:10:40,350 --> 00:10:42,800 we moot a separate proposal to the Congress scheme... 84 00:10:43,230 --> 00:10:45,440 as previously submitted to your Lordships. 85 00:10:45,850 --> 00:10:47,100 This new proposal... 86 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,100 is to be referred to henceforth as the Congress Plan. 87 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:56,020 And in our view is infinitely fairer to our Muslim brothers. 88 00:10:56,270 --> 00:10:59,520 The largest stake that we claim in a Muslim majority district... 89 00:10:59,810 --> 00:11:02,110 would be that of Murshidabad. 90 00:11:02,730 --> 00:11:07,020 Which we consider to be- Order, order! 91 00:11:10,850 --> 00:11:13,220 Which we... which we- Order, order! 92 00:11:13,310 --> 00:11:17,360 Which we consider to be of vital importance, Your Lordships. 93 00:11:18,770 --> 00:11:22,560 It would be blatantly unfair if... 94 00:11:22,770 --> 00:11:26,860 Khulna, Faridpur and Bakarganj are included as a part of India. 95 00:11:27,140 --> 00:11:30,300 We must also remember that... 96 00:11:30,430 --> 00:11:33,510 all the jute fields will be on our side... 97 00:11:33,730 --> 00:11:35,520 while the mills will be in Calcutta. 98 00:11:35,680 --> 00:11:38,680 That's why we request you... 99 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:43,940 to include Calcutta in Pakistan and- 100 00:11:44,140 --> 00:11:45,930 Order! Order in the court! 101 00:11:48,850 --> 00:11:51,100 What's wrong with you? Bloody whore! 102 00:11:51,270 --> 00:11:53,060 Have you gone mad, you bitch? 103 00:11:56,560 --> 00:12:00,480 The same routine, bloody slut! 104 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:03,190 Why whore if you're insane? 105 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,600 I'll tell Begum Jaan- Take that! 106 00:12:05,930 --> 00:12:09,010 Bloody dickhead! Didn't I tell you not to touch my breasts? 107 00:12:09,230 --> 00:12:12,020 Dare do that again and I'll castrate your tiny tool! 108 00:12:12,100 --> 00:12:14,890 Hey Golap! Why scream this early in the morning? 109 00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:17,260 Begum Jaan beckons. Come fast. 110 00:12:25,980 --> 00:12:28,020 Father or husband? 111 00:12:29,890 --> 00:12:31,350 Or is it the brother? 112 00:12:32,980 --> 00:12:34,810 The father, Begum Jaan. 113 00:12:35,980 --> 00:12:36,980 He deserted her. 114 00:12:37,060 --> 00:12:39,810 Oh my! 115 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:51,150 My dear! Better get this straight. 116 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,730 All men are assholes. 117 00:12:56,730 --> 00:12:59,650 Remember. All men. 118 00:13:00,890 --> 00:13:03,890 So he deserted you, sweetie? 119 00:13:04,140 --> 00:13:05,390 Huh? 120 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,150 What's your name? 121 00:13:37,100 --> 00:13:39,850 Your name is... 122 00:13:42,180 --> 00:13:43,640 Shabnam. 123 00:13:47,850 --> 00:13:49,890 Keep that in mind. 124 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,110 Grandma, take her away. 125 00:13:58,390 --> 00:14:00,550 Give her a bath and get her ready. 126 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:04,350 Sujan! Get some clothes from the town. 127 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:08,680 Jui, Golap, Lata. Train her well. 128 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:10,730 And Mirza, 129 00:14:11,310 --> 00:14:14,400 if any relatives or the police enquire about her, 130 00:14:14,430 --> 00:14:16,470 tell them that Begum Jaan has sheltered her. 131 00:14:16,770 --> 00:14:18,770 So they should stop searching. 132 00:14:18,980 --> 00:14:20,270 Yes, Begum Jaan. 133 00:14:28,270 --> 00:14:30,480 Wait, wait, wait! 134 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:31,980 Come here. 135 00:14:40,890 --> 00:14:42,600 Sit. Sit here. 136 00:14:43,100 --> 00:14:44,140 Sit. 137 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,260 It hurt a lot, didn't it, Shabnam? 138 00:15:06,180 --> 00:15:08,180 Shock, huh? 139 00:15:10,850 --> 00:15:12,600 Isn't it Shabnam? 140 00:15:20,100 --> 00:15:22,140 Everything will be fine. 141 00:15:24,310 --> 00:15:26,440 Everything will be fine. 142 00:16:12,890 --> 00:16:16,300 Yes. That's better. Grandma- 143 00:16:17,430 --> 00:16:19,180 Take her away. 144 00:16:20,140 --> 00:16:22,970 Come along, my dear. 145 00:16:24,350 --> 00:16:28,470 Cry and scream as much as you want sweetie. 146 00:16:29,310 --> 00:16:32,400 It'll be easier for you to come back. 147 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,260 We went to Debiganj Police station as well. 148 00:16:40,310 --> 00:16:43,480 They said it was beyond their jurisdiction. 149 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:47,690 That's why we came to you Sir- We are also helpless. 150 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:52,110 It is beyond the jurisdiction of Haldibari Police station... 151 00:16:52,350 --> 00:16:54,140 outside the town. 152 00:16:54,180 --> 00:16:57,390 The boys are growing up and getting out of control. 153 00:16:57,980 --> 00:17:02,270 The shameless sluts sit there all day. Makes it difficult to pass... 154 00:17:02,310 --> 00:17:04,150 the way they smoke and swear. 155 00:17:08,890 --> 00:17:11,970 What did you expect, Mr.Ghosh? 156 00:17:13,310 --> 00:17:15,440 Hymn-chanting harlots? 157 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,150 No, no, sir, it's not that. 158 00:17:18,850 --> 00:17:24,430 But as you know, forget caste, creed or character... 159 00:17:24,810 --> 00:17:26,980 They spread deadly diseases. 160 00:17:27,350 --> 00:17:30,470 Even laws of the past couldn't prevent it. 161 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:35,860 Mr.Ghosh, last Saturday at around 9:30PM... 162 00:17:36,310 --> 00:17:37,980 where exactly were you? 163 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,300 Well... I mean... 164 00:17:41,270 --> 00:17:45,810 Once a man visited Mullah Naseeruddin. 165 00:17:46,770 --> 00:17:50,400 Said his son is addicted to sugar and needs to be cured. 166 00:17:50,810 --> 00:17:56,060 Mulla asked him to come after some time. 167 00:17:56,310 --> 00:17:59,730 And then- What are you trying to say, Sir? 168 00:17:59,980 --> 00:18:03,060 I am unable to- Comprehend? 169 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:09,140 If you don't practice abstinence, how will you preach it? 170 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:11,400 And what about Khulna? 171 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,140 It has a Hindu majority, right? 172 00:18:14,810 --> 00:18:19,400 Well, yes. But as seen from the Congress proposal... 173 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,020 though they most certainly claim Khulna, 174 00:18:22,140 --> 00:18:25,470 they would happily trade it for the Muslim majority Murshidabad. 175 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:26,650 And in this way... 176 00:18:26,850 --> 00:18:29,720 one can maintain a more or less 70:30 ratio... 177 00:18:29,850 --> 00:18:32,850 between the majority and minority in the 2 countries. 178 00:18:33,180 --> 00:18:36,350 And what about awarding Murshidabad to Pakistan? 179 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,560 That's like awarding Calcutta to Pakistan, my Lord. 180 00:18:39,810 --> 00:18:42,310 Because the river system which feeds this part of Bengal... 181 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,620 would be totally destroyed if the line enters the area- 182 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:46,680 Fine, fine. Got it. 183 00:18:47,060 --> 00:18:49,440 You are leveraging in the other factors bit... 184 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:51,850 in the partition principle. 185 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:55,760 No. 186 00:18:56,180 --> 00:18:57,180 There is no question... 187 00:18:57,310 --> 00:18:59,650 of awarding Calcutta to Pakistan. 188 00:18:59,810 --> 00:19:02,610 Or of refusing Congress, Murshidabad. 189 00:19:09,230 --> 00:19:10,230 Hey! 190 00:19:12,230 --> 00:19:13,860 Don't take another step! 191 00:19:13,930 --> 00:19:17,140 Try hurting them if you have the guts! 192 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:19,970 I, Salim Mirza, promise... 193 00:19:20,060 --> 00:19:22,560 to kill you all, if you try and pass. 194 00:19:23,930 --> 00:19:24,930 Bloody eunuchs! 195 00:19:25,430 --> 00:19:27,640 You call yourselves Muslims? 196 00:19:46,270 --> 00:19:47,270 Stop! 197 00:19:57,020 --> 00:19:58,770 What a fight it was. 198 00:19:58,930 --> 00:20:01,180 Unbelievable! 199 00:20:01,730 --> 00:20:04,860 But our Mirza took them on singlehandedly. 200 00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:06,610 100 people. 201 00:20:06,890 --> 00:20:08,430 Singlehandedly. 202 00:20:08,890 --> 00:20:11,930 He was a braveheart! 203 00:20:12,890 --> 00:20:17,260 Faced 100 Muslims with just a staff in hand. 204 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:18,930 They fled. 205 00:20:20,270 --> 00:20:21,940 All of them. 206 00:20:23,180 --> 00:20:25,220 And our Mirza... 207 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:30,560 only rested after shepherding them to a camp. 208 00:20:32,060 --> 00:20:33,730 What a strange country! 209 00:20:33,930 --> 00:20:35,640 What a strange government! 210 00:20:36,140 --> 00:20:38,640 He got fired for killing Muslims. 211 00:20:39,140 --> 00:20:40,720 What about the Hindus he saved? 212 00:20:40,810 --> 00:20:45,060 Grandma, are killing Hindus and Muslims the same thing? 213 00:20:48,930 --> 00:20:50,100 Frankly my Lord, 214 00:20:50,270 --> 00:20:52,560 I don't have a very good feeling about this. 215 00:20:53,350 --> 00:20:55,890 This is my first visit to this country. 216 00:20:56,060 --> 00:20:57,360 And I have no idea... 217 00:20:57,430 --> 00:20:58,720 about its religions, 218 00:20:58,890 --> 00:21:01,390 customs, polity and people. 219 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,470 I've had barely 5 weeks... 220 00:21:03,850 --> 00:21:05,890 to study the topographical demographics- 221 00:21:05,930 --> 00:21:08,260 What has to be done, has to be done, Radcliffe. 222 00:21:08,350 --> 00:21:10,390 And someone had to do it. 223 00:21:11,390 --> 00:21:14,220 Well then, do we declare the line at the assembly tomorrow? 224 00:21:14,430 --> 00:21:15,680 Or do we call in for a press? 225 00:21:15,730 --> 00:21:16,730 Neither. 226 00:21:16,810 --> 00:21:19,110 But my Lord, weren't we in a hurry? 227 00:21:19,230 --> 00:21:20,980 Nehru called thrice. 228 00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:22,550 And so did Jinnah. 229 00:21:23,020 --> 00:21:26,520 I mean weren't we planning on getting out of here as soon as possible? 230 00:21:27,980 --> 00:21:30,520 Make no mistake, Radcliffe. 231 00:21:30,890 --> 00:21:33,930 We're about to severe the arms of a nation. 232 00:21:34,890 --> 00:21:39,140 And it is going to be one bloody surgery. 233 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,110 We'd want proper anaesthesia, right? 234 00:21:42,230 --> 00:21:43,690 Anaesthesia? 235 00:21:49,390 --> 00:21:52,100 The anaesthesia of Independence. 236 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,810 We will declare it a couple of days after... 237 00:21:56,060 --> 00:21:58,020 the euphoria of 15th August. 238 00:21:58,270 --> 00:21:59,610 (Nehru's Voice) Long years ago... 239 00:21:59,890 --> 00:22:02,550 we made a tryst with destiny, 240 00:22:02,770 --> 00:22:04,980 and now the time comes... 241 00:22:05,060 --> 00:22:07,310 when we shall redeem our pledge, 242 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,060 not wholly or in full measure, 243 00:22:10,310 --> 00:22:12,520 but very substantially. 244 00:22:13,270 --> 00:22:15,650 At the stroke of the midnight hour, 245 00:22:15,730 --> 00:22:17,480 when the world sleeps, 246 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,680 India will awake to life and freedom. 247 00:22:27,730 --> 00:22:29,360 A moment comes, 248 00:22:29,430 --> 00:22:31,800 which comes but rarely in history, 249 00:22:32,140 --> 00:22:35,260 when we step out from the old to the new, 250 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,060 when an age ends, 251 00:22:37,390 --> 00:22:39,430 and when the soul of a nation, 252 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,270 long suppressed, finds utterance. 253 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:44,980 It is fitting that at this solemn moment... 254 00:22:45,180 --> 00:22:47,100 we take the pledge of dedication... 255 00:22:47,270 --> 00:22:50,270 to the service of India and her people... 256 00:22:50,310 --> 00:22:54,020 and to the still larger cause of humanity. 257 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,470 At the dawn of history... 258 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,690 India started on her unending quest, 259 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:04,430 and the trackless centuries which are filled with her striving, 260 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:08,220 and the grandeur of her successes and her failures. 261 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,110 Through good and ill fortunes alike... 262 00:23:11,230 --> 00:23:13,650 she has never lost sight of that quest... 263 00:23:13,810 --> 00:23:17,560 or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength. 264 00:23:17,930 --> 00:23:21,470 We end today a period of ill fortunes... 265 00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:25,680 and India discovers herself again. 266 00:23:37,730 --> 00:23:38,730 Here. 267 00:23:40,810 --> 00:23:42,020 For Bnuchki. 268 00:23:42,270 --> 00:23:44,060 You shouldn't have. 269 00:23:44,230 --> 00:23:46,900 She hasn't even finished the previous book. 270 00:23:47,020 --> 00:23:48,610 'Kings and Queens of Rajasthan' 271 00:23:48,890 --> 00:23:51,100 Then, these sweets and fireworks. 272 00:23:51,390 --> 00:23:52,800 Why spend so much? 273 00:23:53,060 --> 00:23:54,860 Don't worry. 274 00:23:55,390 --> 00:23:56,510 What do you think? 275 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,970 This comes from my tuition fees? 276 00:24:00,980 --> 00:24:03,810 The party has a fund for social work. 277 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:11,560 Begum Jaan... 278 00:24:11,770 --> 00:24:13,480 today our country gained Independence. 279 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,800 Why so glum? 280 00:24:15,890 --> 00:24:18,680 Holidays aren't good for business. 281 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,680 Not a single customer since morning. 282 00:24:24,180 --> 00:24:27,600 Wealthy men spend such days with their families. 283 00:24:27,810 --> 00:24:29,270 Not at brothels. 284 00:24:29,930 --> 00:24:32,430 Only drunk farmers and savages. 285 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,470 They vomit on the beds, fight... 286 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,520 and they leave without paying. 287 00:24:36,850 --> 00:24:39,350 And the police are the worst. 288 00:24:42,020 --> 00:24:44,480 Begum Jaan, Independence! 289 00:24:45,310 --> 00:24:49,150 After 200 years we are independent of British rule. 290 00:24:50,730 --> 00:24:54,360 On such an occassion- All the same for a whore. 291 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:59,060 Fair, dark, brown or yellow, they're all the same in darkness. 292 00:24:59,230 --> 00:25:02,480 Hindu, Muslim, high caste, low caste. 293 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,010 It's all the same here. 294 00:25:05,230 --> 00:25:07,770 This is like a country where- 295 00:25:08,730 --> 00:25:10,520 Hey! Hey! 296 00:25:10,890 --> 00:25:12,680 Hey you crazy bitch! 297 00:25:13,350 --> 00:25:15,300 Why? Why? 298 00:25:15,430 --> 00:25:17,680 Do you want to burn your face? 299 00:25:17,890 --> 00:25:19,010 Tell me! 300 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,110 Who'll take you then? 301 00:25:21,270 --> 00:25:23,060 You'll become a parasite. 302 00:25:23,230 --> 00:25:24,860 I'll throw you out bitch! 303 00:25:25,020 --> 00:25:28,230 Begum, let it be. Don't scold her anymore. 304 00:25:28,430 --> 00:25:31,390 Come with me. - You are spoiling them! 305 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,360 Oh my! 306 00:25:33,930 --> 00:25:35,720 What temper! 307 00:25:35,980 --> 00:25:38,560 Shouldn't we get to have some fun? 308 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,470 Fun doesn't feed. You low caste bitch! 309 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:45,650 Don't talk about castes. I'm of a lower caste then her. 310 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,350 But even I get angry. 311 00:26:05,310 --> 00:26:08,730 You should leave now, Professor. And don't bring gifts anymore. 312 00:26:08,810 --> 00:26:11,560 We don't take favours. We pay back to the last penny. 313 00:26:11,730 --> 00:26:16,310 If not money then our bodies- Why are you saying these things? 314 00:26:16,810 --> 00:26:18,270 I come here... 315 00:26:20,890 --> 00:26:22,140 for the country- 316 00:26:22,180 --> 00:26:24,100 Let the country burn in Hell! 317 00:26:24,180 --> 00:26:26,600 Hindu, Muslim or British, this is a country for men! 318 00:26:26,730 --> 00:26:27,980 How does it matter? 319 00:26:28,060 --> 00:26:31,440 If you have the guts then marry one of these girls. 320 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,220 How did marriage come in to all of this? 321 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:35,560 Begum Jaan! 322 00:26:35,770 --> 00:26:36,860 Begum Jaan? 323 00:26:44,140 --> 00:26:45,140 Go! 324 00:26:45,310 --> 00:26:46,110 Go for it! 325 00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:48,650 Lazy slut! Just look at him. 326 00:26:52,850 --> 00:27:00,300 How amusing it is, my friend 327 00:27:01,810 --> 00:27:07,650 As you accompany Lord Krishna 328 00:27:08,140 --> 00:27:13,430 His love moistens your body 329 00:27:14,350 --> 00:27:22,010 As you accompany Lord Krishna 330 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:27,300 As you accompany Lord Krishna 331 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:31,230 His love moistens your body 332 00:27:31,270 --> 00:27:35,940 How amusing it is, my friend 333 00:27:36,270 --> 00:27:44,270 How amusing it is, my friend 334 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,360 What are you doing? 335 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:49,940 Please don't. 336 00:27:57,770 --> 00:27:59,190 Just go! 337 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:00,680 Get out! 338 00:28:06,310 --> 00:28:07,770 Look, look. 339 00:28:08,890 --> 00:28:10,390 Professor? 340 00:28:10,770 --> 00:28:12,400 Did you understand? 341 00:28:13,230 --> 00:28:16,150 All Begum Jaan is saying is that... 342 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:20,350 our hearts are as valuable as our bodies. 343 00:28:20,850 --> 00:28:22,470 More valuable than... 344 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,430 sweets and fireworks. 345 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:29,110 But I think you can afford it. 346 00:28:31,350 --> 00:28:32,350 Well, gentlemen, 347 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,350 shall we resume? 348 00:28:34,730 --> 00:28:35,730 Yes. 349 00:28:35,770 --> 00:28:36,770 Yes. 350 00:28:37,390 --> 00:28:40,350 Now for the award of the Bengal Boundary Commission. 351 00:28:40,930 --> 00:28:42,180 And we sincerely hope... 352 00:28:42,310 --> 00:28:45,230 we don't have a North-West Frontier Province kind of a situation. 353 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,060 No, sir. 354 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,900 It's far more complicated than that. 355 00:28:50,060 --> 00:28:51,940 It would be much simpler... 356 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:53,810 if we could follow... 357 00:28:54,140 --> 00:28:55,930 the principles of contiguity... 358 00:28:56,350 --> 00:28:58,390 as proposed by our party. 359 00:28:58,520 --> 00:28:59,310 And even simpler... 360 00:28:59,390 --> 00:29:02,430 if we award the entire province of Bengal to Pakistan. 361 00:29:02,930 --> 00:29:05,430 Now, now gentlemen, let's not deviate. 362 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:06,510 The line. 363 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:13,220 Oh Father! 364 00:29:13,430 --> 00:29:19,470 I am having to leave home. 365 00:29:19,890 --> 00:29:23,140 Oh Father! 366 00:29:23,140 --> 00:29:24,850 That is how the line... 367 00:29:25,390 --> 00:29:26,850 after going through Dinajpur... 368 00:29:27,180 --> 00:29:31,050 will pass through the entirely Muslim dominated district of Malda. 369 00:29:31,310 --> 00:29:33,020 The line shall then turn South-East... 370 00:29:33,020 --> 00:29:33,110 The line shall then turn South-East... 371 00:29:33,230 --> 00:29:34,610 down the river Ganges... 372 00:29:34,930 --> 00:29:37,800 along the boundaries between the districts of... 373 00:29:38,020 --> 00:29:40,310 Malda and Murshidabad and... 374 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,360 Rajshahi and Nadia. 375 00:29:42,810 --> 00:29:44,980 To the point in the North-Western corner... 376 00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:46,640 of the district of Nadia... 377 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,930 where the channel of the river Mathabhanga... 378 00:29:50,430 --> 00:29:52,760 takes off from the river Ganges. 379 00:29:52,930 --> 00:29:59,010 Your courtyard is like a mountain, 380 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:05,300 And the threshhold, a foreign country. 381 00:30:06,770 --> 00:30:11,440 Your courtyard is like a mountain, 382 00:30:11,890 --> 00:30:12,800 Sir? 383 00:30:12,890 --> 00:30:14,470 Mr. Ilias is here. 384 00:30:17,730 --> 00:30:19,190 Bring him in. 385 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:29,760 So? 386 00:30:29,930 --> 00:30:31,850 How are you? 387 00:30:32,270 --> 00:30:34,520 Exactly how you all have kept us. 388 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,680 You all? 389 00:30:37,730 --> 00:30:39,150 Oh. 390 00:30:39,770 --> 00:30:41,360 Wow! 391 00:30:43,430 --> 00:30:45,510 What else? 392 00:30:46,020 --> 00:30:49,900 Mr.Suhrawardy's communally inciting speech in August, 393 00:30:50,020 --> 00:30:51,860 still haunts me. 394 00:30:55,390 --> 00:30:57,050 How's your mother? 395 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:58,860 Kusum? - Good. 396 00:30:58,980 --> 00:31:00,480 Both of them. 397 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,180 Both narrowly escaped being raped. 398 00:31:30,270 --> 00:31:31,730 Sorry Ili. 399 00:31:36,140 --> 00:31:38,180 How are you? 400 00:31:40,850 --> 00:31:42,970 Your wife Nazia? 401 00:31:47,350 --> 00:31:49,140 She's not well. 402 00:31:50,770 --> 00:31:53,190 She's dead, actually. 403 00:31:59,180 --> 00:32:01,720 First she was raped. 404 00:32:02,730 --> 00:32:05,310 Then set on fire. 405 00:32:19,350 --> 00:32:21,140 Mom! Oh Mom! 406 00:32:21,350 --> 00:32:22,850 Move! Mom! 407 00:32:23,270 --> 00:32:25,520 Come let's play. 408 00:32:25,980 --> 00:32:28,440 I can't play now. Go play with Banno. 409 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:33,310 No! I want to play with you. 410 00:32:33,390 --> 00:32:34,850 Oh God! 411 00:32:35,060 --> 00:32:36,860 Tantrums during business hours! 412 00:32:37,060 --> 00:32:39,650 Let go! Grandma take care of her. 413 00:32:39,730 --> 00:32:41,770 My darling girl... 414 00:32:41,850 --> 00:32:43,800 We have so many stories to read. 415 00:32:43,850 --> 00:32:46,510 The tales of Hambir, Rana Pratap, Padmini (Kings and Queens)- 416 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,640 I don't want to hear any stories! 417 00:32:48,730 --> 00:32:52,110 I don't like stories where I can't ask questions! 418 00:32:52,140 --> 00:32:54,260 Let's go play. 419 00:32:54,770 --> 00:32:55,520 Hey kid! 420 00:32:55,730 --> 00:32:56,560 Listen up. 421 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,430 Let's go picking wild figs. 422 00:32:58,560 --> 00:32:59,650 Come with me. 423 00:32:59,730 --> 00:33:01,360 Koli, take care of her. 424 00:33:03,430 --> 00:33:06,100 Want to see baby pythons? 425 00:33:06,180 --> 00:33:08,680 I don't want to go anywhere! 426 00:33:08,930 --> 00:33:10,890 Just go. I'll take care of her. 427 00:33:11,890 --> 00:33:13,550 Don't cry... 428 00:33:13,930 --> 00:33:15,470 I think I'll leave. 429 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,430 Could I have my money back? - Wait, don't go. 430 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:18,940 Hey! You son of a bitch! 431 00:33:19,060 --> 00:33:21,230 Can't you see that a mother is talking to her child? 432 00:33:21,310 --> 00:33:23,190 Why're you creating a ruckus? 433 00:33:23,270 --> 00:33:24,690 I was just saying- 434 00:33:24,770 --> 00:33:26,020 What were you saying? 435 00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:29,470 Are you getting late? Come to my room. 436 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,610 Hey! You sleazy slut! 437 00:33:31,810 --> 00:33:34,440 I've warned you not to steal my customers! 438 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,360 Get lost! 439 00:33:36,890 --> 00:33:39,010 Mom... 440 00:33:39,810 --> 00:33:41,110 Listen to me. 441 00:33:41,140 --> 00:33:42,930 Play with Banno now. 442 00:33:43,140 --> 00:33:44,510 I'll join you later. 443 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,890 No! I want to play with you! 444 00:33:47,980 --> 00:33:50,110 Just stop it! 445 00:33:50,180 --> 00:33:52,510 Begum Jaan will be here any moment now! 446 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,510 Why force her? 447 00:33:54,810 --> 00:33:56,400 Hey you bloody bugger! 448 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:58,930 Is this a brothel or a playground? 449 00:33:59,020 --> 00:34:03,150 You won't get a single penny back! Just get lost! 450 00:34:03,270 --> 00:34:04,900 But I didn't even touch her. 451 00:34:05,140 --> 00:34:06,970 What is happening here? 452 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,180 Koli, Duli and Lata... 453 00:34:12,310 --> 00:34:14,310 We have customers from Goalpara. 454 00:34:14,390 --> 00:34:16,140 See what they need. 455 00:34:16,270 --> 00:34:19,020 Banno, Golap should be done by now. 456 00:34:19,310 --> 00:34:21,150 Check if the room is empty. 457 00:34:21,310 --> 00:34:23,440 Rubina, call Sujan. 458 00:34:23,730 --> 00:34:26,060 Ask him to perform his act. 459 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:27,760 And Grandma... 460 00:34:27,810 --> 00:34:30,560 please step inside. 461 00:34:30,770 --> 00:34:35,150 Juthika... Why can't I play with Mom? 462 00:34:35,270 --> 00:34:37,440 More questions! 463 00:34:39,890 --> 00:34:41,760 You see this uncle here? 464 00:34:42,270 --> 00:34:45,860 Your mother has very important business with him now. 465 00:34:46,270 --> 00:34:48,400 And I have promised that... 466 00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:51,390 they shall not be disturbed. 467 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:56,760 If you play now, I shall be proved a liar. 468 00:34:57,060 --> 00:35:01,150 Would you want that? 469 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,550 Rubina! Call Sujan and Shabnam. 470 00:35:30,430 --> 00:35:33,470 All well at office? 471 00:35:34,180 --> 00:35:37,470 I had no idea. 472 00:35:39,180 --> 00:35:41,220 I saw it all. 473 00:35:41,850 --> 00:35:43,720 One by one, they- Betel leaf! 474 00:35:44,060 --> 00:35:47,860 Still spits out betel leaf. 475 00:35:48,230 --> 00:35:51,020 Same old Mr. Shyam- 476 00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:55,140 What about Mr. Johnson? 477 00:35:56,810 --> 00:36:00,900 Sorry, Ili. 478 00:36:06,770 --> 00:36:09,020 You were allergic to gulal (coloured powder). 479 00:36:09,180 --> 00:36:11,510 You'd never play Holi. 480 00:36:13,020 --> 00:36:14,520 But we would. 481 00:36:14,770 --> 00:36:17,690 And you'd sneak in to eat Halim and beef. 482 00:36:17,890 --> 00:36:19,300 Right? 483 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:24,970 That was a long time ago. 484 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:32,980 I don't think our relationship- Fine! 485 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:39,430 No one will know that we were friends or colleagues. 486 00:36:39,770 --> 00:36:42,810 We shall remain 'enemies'. 487 00:36:43,060 --> 00:36:47,650 People would know us as members of... 488 00:36:47,770 --> 00:36:51,770 the Congress and the Muslim League. 489 00:36:52,890 --> 00:36:54,800 We shall do our work. 490 00:36:55,020 --> 00:36:57,610 Then leave. 491 00:36:57,770 --> 00:37:01,020 We'll never meet again. 492 00:37:01,310 --> 00:37:04,270 There's just one problem. 493 00:37:05,230 --> 00:37:07,810 The roots go so deep... 494 00:37:08,100 --> 00:37:11,180 that- Don't worry. 495 00:37:11,310 --> 00:37:13,230 Believe me... 496 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:17,260 it's easy for you to hate me now. 497 00:37:17,430 --> 00:37:20,100 And of course, vice-versa. 498 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:24,900 Just recollect the atrocities. 499 00:37:25,890 --> 00:37:28,390 Have you studied the plan? 500 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:29,770 Yes. 501 00:37:30,770 --> 00:37:32,810 It's a little complicated. 502 00:37:32,930 --> 00:37:37,220 There's a lot of barren land. But that's alright. 503 00:37:38,270 --> 00:37:40,310 I took a preliminary tour. 504 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:42,220 There'll be a jungle. 505 00:37:42,310 --> 00:37:47,230 Let's go. The officers from Haldibari and Debiganj are waiting. 506 00:37:50,430 --> 00:37:52,640 Which side are we on? 507 00:37:53,020 --> 00:37:56,400 India! 508 00:37:56,930 --> 00:38:00,260 According to Mr.Radcliffe's line... 509 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,550 the border check post will be... 510 00:38:03,810 --> 00:38:06,770 in between Haldibari and Debiganj town. 511 00:38:06,810 --> 00:38:09,560 The barbed-wire fence will be put up there. 512 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:11,640 Along the Radcliffe line. 513 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:15,810 That is how the Indo-Pak border will be determined. 514 00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:20,860 We need your help in setting up the fence and check post. 515 00:38:20,980 --> 00:38:27,150 Will there be riots like in Delhi, Amritsar and Lahore? 516 00:38:27,310 --> 00:38:28,610 Possibly. 517 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,760 But the Muslim League won't take that responsibility. 518 00:38:30,810 --> 00:38:33,810 So the townspeople should cross over now. 519 00:38:33,890 --> 00:38:37,010 Because soon they will need a permit. 520 00:38:38,060 --> 00:38:39,980 There'll be riots. 521 00:38:40,310 --> 00:38:42,900 Mass murder of the minority. 522 00:38:43,890 --> 00:38:46,800 Men shall become animals. 523 00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:02,980 Now a monkey. 524 00:39:13,060 --> 00:39:14,860 Now a tiger! 525 00:39:22,430 --> 00:39:24,430 Let's have an elephant. 526 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,060 Like the one here. 527 00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:30,010 Who are you calling an elephant? 528 00:39:30,100 --> 00:39:32,050 Have you seen yourself? 529 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:42,730 According to Mr.Radcliffe's line... 530 00:39:43,230 --> 00:39:47,810 that is where the border will pass. 531 00:39:48,060 --> 00:39:52,560 Through that jungle, Mr.Akhtar. 532 00:39:52,770 --> 00:39:59,860 The fence will bend like a river, Rangpur and this side will be India. 533 00:39:59,930 --> 00:40:02,140 Whose last station will be Haldibari. 534 00:40:02,180 --> 00:40:03,930 And the other side is Pakistan. 535 00:40:04,060 --> 00:40:05,980 First station will be Debiganj. 536 00:40:06,140 --> 00:40:07,890 In the middle... 537 00:40:08,020 --> 00:40:11,440 there will be border check posts... 538 00:40:12,270 --> 00:40:13,650 What's that? 539 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:17,400 See that, Mr.Sen? 540 00:40:23,100 --> 00:40:24,350 What's that Shashi? 541 00:40:24,430 --> 00:40:28,680 You find these establishments around town borders... 542 00:40:28,980 --> 00:40:30,560 A Dargah? 543 00:40:30,810 --> 00:40:32,230 Oh no! 544 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:36,020 It's a brothel. Begum Jaan's brothel. 545 00:40:37,310 --> 00:40:39,900 We'll have to take down the building. 546 00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:43,430 Because Mr.Radcliffe's border will pass through it. 547 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:45,770 And it is very likely that... 548 00:40:46,060 --> 00:40:49,400 check posts will be placed there. 549 00:40:50,020 --> 00:40:55,110 Can't we bypass it? 550 00:40:55,310 --> 00:40:58,020 We have to inspect the place. 551 00:40:58,230 --> 00:41:01,480 But why're you so scared? 552 00:41:01,770 --> 00:41:05,690 Hold on Mr.Akhtar. Let me explain. 553 00:41:05,730 --> 00:41:09,810 Begum Jaan, the woman who runs the place... 554 00:41:10,270 --> 00:41:12,900 is a total terror. 555 00:41:13,060 --> 00:41:16,150 Loud-mouthed and heavy-handed. 556 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,110 She has very influential customers. 557 00:41:19,180 --> 00:41:21,890 Nawabs, sahibs, landlords... 558 00:41:22,020 --> 00:41:25,730 So she doesn't care for the law. 559 00:41:25,810 --> 00:41:28,980 Be careful. Take my hand. 560 00:41:29,390 --> 00:41:32,140 Where is she from? 561 00:41:32,230 --> 00:41:34,440 No one knows her real name. 562 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:39,520 But I've heard that she's a local. 563 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,800 She went to Varanasi after marriage. 564 00:41:41,930 --> 00:41:44,050 But was soon widowed as a child. 565 00:41:44,230 --> 00:41:46,270 And the rest is history. 566 00:41:46,350 --> 00:41:50,100 She was sold to a brothel. 567 00:41:50,180 --> 00:41:53,050 She then escaped to Lucknow. 568 00:41:53,140 --> 00:41:56,390 Where she made it big as a courtesan. 569 00:41:57,270 --> 00:42:02,440 After some years, she returned. 570 00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:06,360 And opened her brothel between the towns. 571 00:42:06,430 --> 00:42:11,010 She is protected by the Nawab of Rangpur. 572 00:42:11,180 --> 00:42:15,050 Hence, could pull this off. 573 00:42:32,430 --> 00:42:40,430 The heart can't accept... 574 00:42:43,770 --> 00:42:51,150 The heart can't accept... 575 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:58,640 The heart can't accept... 576 00:42:59,180 --> 00:43:07,180 The heart can't accept... 577 00:43:09,020 --> 00:43:15,730 The heart can't accept... 578 00:43:35,390 --> 00:43:43,390 Alas! The heart can't accept... 579 00:43:46,770 --> 00:43:54,770 Alas! The heart can't accept... 580 00:43:58,810 --> 00:44:04,400 that when the night is done 581 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:12,640 My beloved doesn't recognize me 582 00:44:16,890 --> 00:44:18,800 Alas! 583 00:44:19,310 --> 00:44:21,270 Alas! 584 00:44:22,060 --> 00:44:25,520 The heart can't accept... 585 00:44:39,730 --> 00:44:44,690 This time when you leave 586 00:44:45,310 --> 00:44:50,980 Do wake me up 587 00:44:51,430 --> 00:44:56,720 So that the empty bed beside me 588 00:44:57,230 --> 00:45:02,310 Doesn't cause me heartburn 589 00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:08,930 Don't want to drape myself with the stole of sorrow 590 00:45:08,980 --> 00:45:12,560 The heart can't accept... 591 00:45:14,850 --> 00:45:20,430 that when the night is done 592 00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:28,680 My beloved doesn't recognize me 593 00:45:32,270 --> 00:45:35,860 The heart can't accept... 594 00:45:37,850 --> 00:45:40,260 Alas! 595 00:45:41,140 --> 00:45:43,100 Alas! 596 00:45:44,180 --> 00:45:47,640 The heart can't accept... 597 00:45:48,730 --> 00:45:51,400 On a silent evening, 598 00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:56,190 Pushpabati could hear the sound of hooves on the mountain. 599 00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:59,230 Sometimes the songs of an old Jat, 600 00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:02,190 And the sweet voice of the shepherd, 601 00:46:02,390 --> 00:46:04,850 would blow in the winds. 602 00:46:04,890 --> 00:46:07,050 Then atop the Vindhya mountains, 603 00:46:07,140 --> 00:46:09,350 at the temple of the Goddess Bhavani, 604 00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:12,400 the puja bell would toll. 605 00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:13,940 Then Pushpabati, 606 00:46:14,140 --> 00:46:17,800 would hide the King's letter in her hair, 607 00:46:18,180 --> 00:46:21,680 wear a saree and worship the Goddess. 608 00:46:21,980 --> 00:46:23,400 In her heart, 609 00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:27,470 she'd pray for the King. 610 00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:29,680 Who's our Goddess? 611 00:46:30,060 --> 00:46:32,690 Who do we pray to? 612 00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:56,600 All my friends have forsaken me 613 00:47:00,310 --> 00:47:08,310 Now my eyes will remain lonely for an eternity 614 00:47:12,020 --> 00:47:20,020 All my friends have forsaken me 615 00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:31,680 Now my eyes will remain lonely for an eternity 616 00:47:35,430 --> 00:47:43,430 Finally have reconciled to the separation from my beloved 617 00:47:47,140 --> 00:47:55,140 Am a stranger to myself, have antagonized the world 618 00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:04,600 At an age when sunshine dims 619 00:48:04,770 --> 00:48:08,230 The heart can't accept... 620 00:48:08,230 --> 00:48:11,360 I have some bad news, Mr.Akhtar. 621 00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:15,720 According to the map the Radcliffe line passes right through this house. 622 00:48:15,850 --> 00:48:17,260 Oh God! 623 00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:21,970 So you're saying that one half of this house is in India, 624 00:48:22,100 --> 00:48:24,010 and the other in Pakistan. 625 00:48:24,180 --> 00:48:27,890 Seems like the British have played tic-tac-toe with the Partition. 626 00:48:28,430 --> 00:48:31,510 I'm sure they thought through it. 627 00:48:31,730 --> 00:48:34,900 So what do we do now? 628 00:48:35,270 --> 00:48:37,310 Evict them. Destroy the house. 629 00:48:37,430 --> 00:48:40,140 Can't put a barbed fence through a courtyard. 630 00:48:40,270 --> 00:48:42,610 Or border check posts beside it. 631 00:48:42,730 --> 00:48:44,770 True. 632 00:48:44,980 --> 00:48:48,440 The military as neighbours would be- 633 00:48:50,930 --> 00:48:52,680 How do we... 634 00:48:52,810 --> 00:48:54,400 Proper paperwork. 635 00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:57,230 Eviction notice, govt. officials... 636 00:48:57,430 --> 00:48:59,300 It can't be a sudden invasion. 637 00:48:59,430 --> 00:49:00,970 Let's call it a day. 638 00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:07,230 We've to return soon. The fence work will start next month. 639 00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:14,110 Will you go or not? 640 00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:16,300 I won't. 641 00:49:18,140 --> 00:49:20,010 Are you sure? 642 00:49:21,100 --> 00:49:23,470 Didn't I say I wouldn't? 643 00:49:25,350 --> 00:49:27,300 Fine. Don't have to. 644 00:49:31,430 --> 00:49:33,140 Hey! 645 00:49:34,060 --> 00:49:36,690 Please let's go. 646 00:49:36,980 --> 00:49:39,610 Where to? 647 00:49:41,270 --> 00:49:43,150 This is our home. 648 00:49:43,270 --> 00:49:45,860 This is all we have. 649 00:49:48,350 --> 00:49:53,220 Don't you want a family, far away from here? 650 00:49:53,310 --> 00:49:55,560 A family? 651 00:49:57,350 --> 00:50:01,970 My family is here. 652 00:50:08,020 --> 00:50:10,230 I don't like it! 653 00:50:11,060 --> 00:50:12,360 What? 654 00:50:13,230 --> 00:50:16,060 Those men who visit you at night. 655 00:50:16,140 --> 00:50:19,050 And then... I hate it! 656 00:50:19,270 --> 00:50:20,860 You bring them to me. 657 00:50:20,890 --> 00:50:23,260 I know! But what can I do? 658 00:50:25,350 --> 00:50:28,010 I owe Begum Jaan too much. 659 00:50:28,310 --> 00:50:30,730 Obligations. 660 00:50:31,020 --> 00:50:33,480 Have to do something... 661 00:50:33,980 --> 00:50:36,860 Can't a pimp fall in love? 662 00:50:37,140 --> 00:50:39,100 What did you say? 663 00:50:39,350 --> 00:50:41,350 What can't happen? 664 00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:42,770 Tell me. 665 00:50:42,850 --> 00:50:43,510 Nothing. 666 00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:45,510 Tell me! 667 00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:48,260 Love. 668 00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:51,260 What is so funny? 669 00:50:53,890 --> 00:50:56,640 Come on, now in English. 670 00:50:56,680 --> 00:50:57,470 Please. 671 00:50:57,560 --> 00:50:58,980 No, I can't. 672 00:50:59,100 --> 00:51:00,890 Please. 673 00:51:01,180 --> 00:51:02,470 Say it. 674 00:51:02,890 --> 00:51:03,970 Say it! 675 00:51:07,270 --> 00:51:09,400 I love you. 676 00:51:37,100 --> 00:51:39,010 Hey Sujan! 677 00:51:39,230 --> 00:51:40,520 What's the matter? 678 00:51:40,730 --> 00:51:44,270 Why are you crying like a little girl? 679 00:51:47,850 --> 00:51:49,470 Let me go! - I won't. 680 00:51:50,020 --> 00:51:51,610 What happened? - Let me go! 681 00:51:51,730 --> 00:51:54,360 What happened? - Let me go, you witch! 682 00:51:54,560 --> 00:51:56,480 Let me go! 683 00:51:56,810 --> 00:52:00,440 Let me go, you bloody bitch! 684 00:52:01,140 --> 00:52:04,640 People come and enjoy my wife every night. 685 00:52:05,980 --> 00:52:11,230 Feel like slaughtering them! 686 00:52:19,310 --> 00:52:20,980 Hey! 687 00:52:26,930 --> 00:52:29,260 Do you know what this is? 688 00:52:31,310 --> 00:52:33,060 Breasts. 689 00:52:33,930 --> 00:52:35,600 Flesh. 690 00:52:35,850 --> 00:52:39,800 With which mothers feed their children. 691 00:52:43,140 --> 00:52:46,180 Do you know what this is? 692 00:52:46,770 --> 00:52:48,610 Vagina. 693 00:52:50,060 --> 00:52:51,860 Like the forehead, 694 00:52:51,930 --> 00:52:55,850 elbow, nose, ear, neck, 695 00:52:56,100 --> 00:52:59,140 just another body part. 696 00:53:01,100 --> 00:53:03,510 It's skin. 697 00:53:05,930 --> 00:53:08,260 Just skin. 698 00:53:10,350 --> 00:53:13,140 Skin of various hues. 699 00:53:31,890 --> 00:53:36,220 And do you know what this is? 700 00:53:40,020 --> 00:53:43,270 This is your Rubina. 701 00:53:47,890 --> 00:53:51,050 Only this. 702 00:53:53,430 --> 00:53:56,260 Everything else is... 703 00:53:58,390 --> 00:54:03,050 Like Grandma says... 704 00:54:04,270 --> 00:54:08,020 written in the Gita, your holy text. 705 00:54:08,350 --> 00:54:11,430 Old clothes. 706 00:54:11,730 --> 00:54:14,980 Which we change everyday. 707 00:54:40,850 --> 00:54:43,260 A storm is brewing. 708 00:54:43,310 --> 00:54:44,810 Let's go. 709 00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:01,010 Let's go. - Not today. 710 00:55:01,180 --> 00:55:02,970 Stomach ache. 711 00:55:03,180 --> 00:55:05,430 Begum Jaan- Hey! 712 00:55:05,680 --> 00:55:07,350 Didn't I say my stomach's aching? 713 00:55:07,390 --> 00:55:09,510 Can't I have an upset tummy? 714 00:55:10,060 --> 00:55:12,860 Drag me and everything comes out. 715 00:55:12,980 --> 00:55:14,810 Golap! 716 00:55:14,930 --> 00:55:18,550 Go inside. Don't be stubborn. 717 00:55:26,230 --> 00:55:29,940 Didn't you hear me? 718 00:55:30,060 --> 00:55:33,520 Move it. I've taken the payment. 719 00:55:34,810 --> 00:55:36,270 Bloody bastard! 720 00:55:36,390 --> 00:55:40,180 I'm very ill. 721 00:55:40,310 --> 00:55:43,940 Please let it be for today. 722 00:55:44,140 --> 00:55:50,140 Feeling feverish. 723 00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:52,560 Same old excuse. 724 00:55:52,980 --> 00:55:55,480 Don't piss me off during business hours! 725 00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:57,900 I know you're lying! 726 00:55:58,060 --> 00:56:01,650 Waiting to flirt with the Professor, when he comes. 727 00:56:01,850 --> 00:56:04,430 Will not tolerate this nonsense here- 728 00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:06,230 Why? 729 00:56:06,980 --> 00:56:09,110 Want to keep Professor for yourself? 730 00:56:10,640 --> 00:56:13,430 Excuse me, Begum Jaan. Some officers are here. 731 00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:16,550 With a government order. 732 00:56:21,890 --> 00:56:23,640 Aunt Rubina! 733 00:56:23,730 --> 00:56:25,520 Aunt Rubina! 734 00:56:26,270 --> 00:56:27,400 What's happened? 735 00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:29,180 Come fast! It's the police! 736 00:56:29,310 --> 00:56:31,020 Greetings, Begum Jaan. 737 00:56:31,100 --> 00:56:33,010 All ok? 738 00:56:35,890 --> 00:56:37,510 Greetings. 739 00:56:37,890 --> 00:56:39,220 All was ok. 740 00:56:39,480 --> 00:56:41,190 Till I saw your face. 741 00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:42,610 I see. 742 00:56:42,730 --> 00:56:47,360 You have more important faces to meet today. 743 00:56:48,520 --> 00:56:51,690 Please take these dogs away, Mirza. 744 00:56:52,060 --> 00:56:54,730 Make sure they don't enter the house. 745 00:56:54,810 --> 00:56:56,810 Sure, Begum Jaan. 746 00:57:02,480 --> 00:57:03,520 So... 747 00:57:03,770 --> 00:57:04,940 What's the issue? 748 00:57:05,020 --> 00:57:07,230 Actually we had come to- 749 00:57:07,270 --> 00:57:12,400 Remember what happened the last time you asked for free service. 750 00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:16,110 Please don't embarass me. 751 00:57:16,180 --> 00:57:18,680 We've come for something else. 752 00:57:18,810 --> 00:57:20,770 Duped new fry, is it? 753 00:57:20,850 --> 00:57:22,800 For heaven's sake! 754 00:57:22,930 --> 00:57:25,720 Mind your language. 755 00:57:25,930 --> 00:57:29,430 These gentlemen are important officers from India and Pakistan. 756 00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:31,180 They have a government order. 757 00:57:31,310 --> 00:57:33,270 Not again! 758 00:57:33,640 --> 00:57:36,800 We won't go to the camps to get examined. 759 00:57:37,140 --> 00:57:39,050 Syphillis is a double-edged sword. 760 00:57:39,140 --> 00:57:41,430 Can't service the sahibs for free. 761 00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:42,980 We... 762 00:57:43,100 --> 00:57:44,930 haven't come for that. 763 00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:50,150 We're here with an eviction notice. 764 00:57:58,390 --> 00:57:59,930 What notice? 765 00:58:00,270 --> 00:58:01,360 Let me explain. 766 00:58:01,480 --> 00:58:03,440 You need to vacate the house. 767 00:58:04,520 --> 00:58:09,270 Border check posts will be built on this land. 768 00:58:09,560 --> 00:58:15,730 And the Indo-Pak border will pass through this house. 769 00:58:37,230 --> 00:58:39,690 Hey girl, open the door. It's the police! 770 00:58:40,140 --> 00:58:41,680 If it's a raid, don't worry. 771 00:58:43,430 --> 00:58:46,970 A handjob to Shashi and things will be ok. 772 00:58:47,520 --> 00:58:48,560 Nothing will happen. 773 00:58:49,020 --> 00:58:51,350 Bitch, just open the door. 774 00:58:51,350 --> 00:58:52,510 Hold on, bitch! Move! 775 00:58:53,310 --> 00:58:55,310 What happened, bitch? 776 00:58:55,390 --> 00:58:59,510 Some assholes are here saying we need to vacate this place. 777 00:58:59,810 --> 00:59:02,400 Is it that easy, huh? 778 00:59:03,020 --> 00:59:04,610 Are you mad? 779 00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:09,390 Come, let's see who does what. We'll hack them to pieces. 780 00:59:09,560 --> 00:59:11,900 We'll kill them all, come. 781 00:59:13,980 --> 00:59:17,360 The two pieces of paper you are seeing... 782 00:59:18,140 --> 00:59:20,010 These are government notices. 783 00:59:20,600 --> 00:59:22,720 One from Karachi and one from Delhi. 784 00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:25,150 Few months ago... 785 00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:28,890 a law was passed called 'Boundary Commission Act'. 786 00:59:29,100 --> 00:59:32,390 As a result of which a border between India and Pakistan- 787 00:59:32,430 --> 00:59:33,850 International. 788 00:59:33,930 --> 00:59:36,260 An International border has been created. 789 00:59:37,140 --> 00:59:38,430 As per which... 790 00:59:38,520 --> 00:59:40,980 we're here to set up the barbed wire fence. 791 00:59:42,350 --> 00:59:44,600 And unfortunately... 792 00:59:44,770 --> 00:59:51,110 the Radcliffe line passes through your house. 793 00:59:51,230 --> 00:59:53,900 So see, if we have to... 794 00:59:53,980 --> 00:59:57,060 set up a barbed wire fence, we will need to destroy this house. 795 00:59:57,270 --> 00:59:58,560 So if you could- 796 00:59:58,730 --> 01:00:00,020 Wait, wait! 797 01:00:00,180 --> 01:00:01,470 What is it? 798 01:00:04,640 --> 01:00:07,260 So what you're saying is... 799 01:00:07,560 --> 01:00:12,770 that those who are standing on that side of the courtyard, 800 01:00:14,810 --> 01:00:17,810 are standing in India. 801 01:00:19,770 --> 01:00:24,940 And those standing on this side, 802 01:00:25,100 --> 01:00:27,680 are standing in Pakistan? 803 01:00:30,770 --> 01:00:32,060 Yes. 804 01:00:32,480 --> 01:00:33,150 Huh? 805 01:00:33,430 --> 01:00:34,430 Yes! 806 01:00:36,350 --> 01:00:38,680 It would be best, if you read the notice yourself. 807 01:00:38,890 --> 01:00:41,300 It's impossible to explain it all. 808 01:00:42,430 --> 01:00:45,100 It's self-explanatory. 809 01:00:49,480 --> 01:00:51,560 Better if you see it for yourself. 810 01:00:51,640 --> 01:00:54,100 Then you'll understand. 811 01:00:54,270 --> 01:00:56,610 Can you read? 812 01:00:57,600 --> 01:01:00,350 Should I read it for you? 813 01:01:02,350 --> 01:01:04,100 Should I? 814 01:01:07,100 --> 01:01:08,720 Unbelievable! 815 01:01:09,180 --> 01:01:11,300 Take a look. 816 01:01:28,930 --> 01:01:31,430 A line through the middle! We're here, they're there! 817 01:01:36,560 --> 01:01:38,730 What's so funny? 818 01:01:47,310 --> 01:01:51,520 Sahib, your Radcliffe seems to be quite a weirdo. 819 01:01:53,390 --> 01:01:56,140 If he had to hack the country like a butcher, 820 01:01:56,270 --> 01:01:59,610 couldn't he have done a better job? 821 01:01:59,680 --> 01:02:01,800 I think we- 822 01:02:03,390 --> 01:02:07,260 Rubina, our butcher Rahim is definitely better. 823 01:02:10,930 --> 01:02:12,530 Ask for the leg, he'll give you just that. 824 01:02:12,560 --> 01:02:16,520 The exact kidney. The precise liver. 825 01:02:21,770 --> 01:02:25,110 Not this amateurish, half-baked division- 826 01:02:25,390 --> 01:02:28,680 I don't think you understand the situation. 827 01:02:28,770 --> 01:02:31,650 Let me explain. 828 01:02:32,350 --> 01:02:36,300 From next week we start work on the... 829 01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:40,440 fence and check posts along the Indo-Pak border. 830 01:02:43,850 --> 01:02:45,470 Should take around 5 months. 831 01:02:45,600 --> 01:02:53,600 And will ask Hindus and Muslims of 2 border towns, Haldibari and Debiganj... 832 01:02:53,930 --> 01:02:57,760 to cross the border because... 833 01:02:58,390 --> 01:03:00,550 after the Partition it is now clear that... 834 01:03:01,230 --> 01:03:05,810 Muslims in India and Hindus in Pakistan... 835 01:03:05,930 --> 01:03:08,970 will be unsafe. 836 01:03:09,270 --> 01:03:15,400 There'll be a migration of men, baggage and cattle. 837 01:03:15,640 --> 01:03:16,930 And... 838 01:03:17,350 --> 01:03:20,180 there'll be Hindu-Muslim riots. 839 01:03:22,020 --> 01:03:23,440 So it's advisable- 840 01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:25,440 Have you paid for her? 841 01:03:25,640 --> 01:03:26,430 What? 842 01:03:26,560 --> 01:03:27,980 Money! 843 01:03:30,230 --> 01:03:33,060 Yes. The entire amount. 844 01:03:33,180 --> 01:03:36,550 Without asking whether she's a Hindu or a Muslim. Why? 845 01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:42,400 No. But what does religion have to do- 846 01:03:42,520 --> 01:03:45,770 And Mr.Half-Naked, what is your caste? 847 01:03:46,100 --> 01:03:49,800 I'm a high caste Brahmin. 848 01:03:49,890 --> 01:03:55,470 Do you know that the woman you fucked is a low caste untouchable? 849 01:03:55,600 --> 01:03:58,390 Don't you fear being ostracized? 850 01:03:58,480 --> 01:03:59,520 No... I mean- 851 01:03:59,600 --> 01:04:01,930 Do you know that... 852 01:04:02,980 --> 01:04:08,520 I didn't ask them about their caste either. 853 01:04:08,810 --> 01:04:15,230 They chose a girl, I set the price. 854 01:04:15,390 --> 01:04:17,680 So, what did you gather? 855 01:04:17,850 --> 01:04:19,430 What is there to gather? 856 01:04:19,600 --> 01:04:23,220 It's the same in all brothels. 857 01:04:26,020 --> 01:04:27,860 My dear sir, 858 01:04:27,980 --> 01:04:30,190 what you are calling a brothel... 859 01:04:31,230 --> 01:04:34,360 and implying a whore house... 860 01:04:35,060 --> 01:04:37,610 is my country. 861 01:04:38,810 --> 01:04:41,190 My homeland. 862 01:04:42,060 --> 01:04:44,150 We don't have Hindu-Muslims here. 863 01:04:44,230 --> 01:04:46,610 No high or low castes. 864 01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:50,140 Here it's our bodies, 865 01:04:50,310 --> 01:04:52,650 so we have the last word. 866 01:04:52,730 --> 01:04:54,730 And our rules stand. 867 01:04:56,180 --> 01:04:59,970 I don't know which India or Pakistan you speak of... 868 01:05:00,230 --> 01:05:03,560 Even the Professor keeps telling me about... 869 01:05:03,810 --> 01:05:05,810 Congress, Muslim League, 870 01:05:05,980 --> 01:05:08,480 Nehru, Jinnah, Karachi, Delhi, 871 01:05:08,600 --> 01:05:11,300 Partition, this, that. 872 01:05:11,520 --> 01:05:16,230 But all that is nothing more then gibberish for me. 873 01:05:16,770 --> 01:05:23,060 Because who decides what in Delhi, is irrelevant to me. 874 01:05:24,270 --> 01:05:27,360 Because I know only one place. 875 01:05:28,060 --> 01:05:30,230 This bathroom, 876 01:05:30,520 --> 01:05:32,400 this courtyard, 877 01:05:32,640 --> 01:05:34,350 this house, 878 01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:38,400 these lanes, these gardens, this country. 879 01:05:39,640 --> 01:05:42,510 Which is there for thousands of years. 880 01:05:43,730 --> 01:05:47,310 And if anyone tries to evict us from here, 881 01:05:47,850 --> 01:05:55,550 the only 'Partition' to happen will be that of their limbs from their bodies. 882 01:05:55,730 --> 01:05:57,110 How dare you, bitch! 883 01:06:00,890 --> 01:06:03,180 Down! Down! 884 01:06:03,520 --> 01:06:04,730 Down. 885 01:06:25,810 --> 01:06:27,520 Salim! 886 01:06:30,640 --> 01:06:32,050 Salim. 887 01:06:33,140 --> 01:06:34,720 They are guests. 888 01:06:36,560 --> 01:06:38,270 Akhtar. 889 01:06:51,230 --> 01:06:55,940 Whatever could be communicated civilly, has been done. 890 01:07:08,310 --> 01:07:10,020 Goodbye, Begum Jaan. 891 01:07:10,100 --> 01:07:13,680 You have one month. 892 01:07:15,270 --> 01:07:16,690 One month! 893 01:08:00,520 --> 01:08:03,360 Independence? I don't want it! 894 01:08:03,480 --> 01:08:05,480 Just imagine their audacity! 895 01:08:05,560 --> 01:08:08,730 They're asking Begum Jaan to vacate her house! 896 01:08:08,890 --> 01:08:10,850 With an ultimatum of one month! 897 01:08:10,930 --> 01:08:11,890 The sheer gall! 898 01:08:11,930 --> 01:08:13,930 Calm down. 899 01:08:14,600 --> 01:08:16,800 No one can do anything about it. 900 01:08:17,520 --> 01:08:19,020 The order has come from high up. 901 01:08:19,100 --> 01:08:21,760 Whatever! How dare they? 902 01:08:21,930 --> 01:08:24,760 Giving me a deadline, huh? 903 01:08:24,930 --> 01:08:27,760 Don't you know people in the Party? 904 01:08:28,730 --> 01:08:31,980 I want those bastards to be transferred within a month! 905 01:08:32,230 --> 01:08:34,690 Do what it takes! 906 01:08:34,810 --> 01:08:39,310 If you need girls, I'll arrange. If necessary, I'll go myself. 907 01:08:39,390 --> 01:08:42,220 That's not the answer to everything! 908 01:08:44,430 --> 01:08:47,260 It's no use getting angry with them. 909 01:08:47,930 --> 01:08:50,760 And one of them belongs to another party. 910 01:08:54,770 --> 01:08:56,480 Anyway... 911 01:08:56,730 --> 01:09:00,770 let me see if I can manage a stay order... 912 01:09:01,180 --> 01:09:03,260 with provisional relocation- 913 01:09:03,350 --> 01:09:05,510 You haven't eaten in a while. 914 01:09:05,680 --> 01:09:08,010 And I don't think you will in some time. 915 01:09:08,140 --> 01:09:09,850 So I was saying... 916 01:09:09,930 --> 01:09:13,260 Why don't you eat a little now? 917 01:09:25,270 --> 01:09:26,980 Send a telegram to Karachi. 918 01:09:28,270 --> 01:09:31,650 The budget needs to increase. 919 01:09:31,770 --> 01:09:37,980 Fencing such a large area as per the map will cost more. 920 01:09:38,100 --> 01:09:44,850 And most importantly, the wood for the border check posts... 921 01:09:46,310 --> 01:09:49,520 Welcome, Mr.Sen. 922 01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:51,100 Thank you. 923 01:09:52,310 --> 01:09:54,980 Sorry Mr.Ilias, I'm a little early. 924 01:09:55,100 --> 01:09:57,300 But not an issue, I'll wait. 925 01:09:57,520 --> 01:09:59,440 Fine. I'm nearly done. 926 01:09:59,600 --> 01:10:06,760 Half the wood for the check posts will be provided by the Indian Government. 927 01:10:06,810 --> 01:10:09,360 Make a note of this and file it. - Yes, sir. 928 01:10:09,430 --> 01:10:12,050 And maintain the accounts. Please come along. 929 01:12:20,480 --> 01:12:22,270 I'll talk to him. 930 01:12:22,680 --> 01:12:24,890 Of course we need to talk. 931 01:12:25,180 --> 01:12:26,970 A government notice isn't enough. 932 01:12:27,100 --> 01:12:29,260 We have to explain. 933 01:12:29,480 --> 01:12:31,270 What's happening with you? 934 01:12:31,390 --> 01:12:33,100 The same. 935 01:12:33,770 --> 01:12:36,190 Funds for construction will come from both sides. 936 01:12:36,310 --> 01:12:38,520 I have informed Delhi. 937 01:12:38,600 --> 01:12:41,930 For now checking lists, allocating workers. 938 01:12:42,390 --> 01:12:45,050 More workers are on their way. 939 01:12:45,180 --> 01:12:47,510 I said things might get violent. 940 01:12:47,600 --> 01:12:50,720 There'll be a huge exodus. And that whore house. 941 01:12:50,850 --> 01:12:55,220 Things will definitely get violent. 942 01:12:57,060 --> 01:12:59,270 Tell me something. 943 01:12:59,390 --> 01:13:03,100 Why will people leave their ancestral homes? 944 01:13:03,680 --> 01:13:08,010 The order is for a border. So why should they leave? 945 01:13:08,730 --> 01:13:10,400 Whether it's... 946 01:13:10,600 --> 01:13:12,300 the Cabinet Mission, 947 01:13:12,480 --> 01:13:14,560 The 3rd June Plan, 948 01:13:14,640 --> 01:13:16,930 or a Border Commission meeting. 949 01:13:17,520 --> 01:13:21,980 Our leaders never imagined this level of migration. 950 01:13:22,600 --> 01:13:29,680 Do you know how many people in Punjab were displaced 3 months back? 951 01:13:30,180 --> 01:13:32,300 8 Million. 952 01:13:32,520 --> 01:13:34,560 Official figures. 953 01:13:34,730 --> 01:13:37,190 8 Million! 954 01:13:37,480 --> 01:13:40,900 Don't forget it. 955 01:13:42,180 --> 01:13:47,890 If you explain the reason for this to the townsfolk, it should suffice. 956 01:13:48,060 --> 01:13:50,690 Will that work? 957 01:13:50,770 --> 01:13:52,270 It most definitely will. 958 01:13:52,560 --> 01:14:00,560 When tales of rioteering Hindus reach the circumcized buggers of Haldibari- 959 01:14:11,140 --> 01:14:13,970 Circumcized buggers. 960 01:14:14,640 --> 01:14:16,720 Islamic zealots. 961 01:14:17,230 --> 01:14:19,270 Muslim fanatics. 962 01:14:20,430 --> 01:14:24,930 Yet a plethora of Tagore-Nazrul concerts. 963 01:14:25,180 --> 01:14:27,720 Bengalis! 964 01:14:30,850 --> 01:14:33,680 Do you remember Uncle Ramen? 965 01:14:33,980 --> 01:14:36,810 Mr.Ghosh's neighbour. 966 01:14:39,680 --> 01:14:44,140 You fell for his daughter. Tutored her. 967 01:14:44,480 --> 01:14:46,810 Kusum. 968 01:14:50,180 --> 01:14:53,510 He had come running to our house. 969 01:14:54,390 --> 01:14:56,930 With his daughter. 970 01:14:58,770 --> 01:15:02,190 I was too afraid to open the door. 971 01:15:03,850 --> 01:15:07,180 He was hacked to pieces. 972 01:15:07,430 --> 01:15:13,260 Kusum was raped by an entire neighbourhood. 973 01:15:15,100 --> 01:15:16,760 Didn't see it. 974 01:15:17,180 --> 01:15:19,260 But heard it. 975 01:15:20,140 --> 01:15:22,550 Sounded nothing like Nazrul's songs. 976 01:15:23,310 --> 01:15:25,730 Was something else. 977 01:15:26,850 --> 01:15:28,890 Smelt it too. 978 01:15:29,230 --> 01:15:32,060 Smelt nothing like halim or biriyani. 979 01:15:32,180 --> 01:15:34,470 Was something else. 980 01:15:41,640 --> 01:15:44,470 I'm not short of stories either. 981 01:15:44,980 --> 01:15:50,560 But when they were stripping that night, never imagined your face. 982 01:15:50,770 --> 01:15:51,900 I still don't. 983 01:15:51,980 --> 01:15:55,230 You should. You need to. 984 01:15:55,560 --> 01:15:58,060 Imagine my face. 985 01:15:59,640 --> 01:16:03,100 If you're short of stories, I'll lend you some. 986 01:16:03,140 --> 01:16:05,970 But stay with hatred. Stay angry. 987 01:16:06,100 --> 01:16:09,430 Else you can't pull it off. 988 01:16:10,060 --> 01:16:13,440 Ok. I'll request people to cross over. 989 01:16:13,640 --> 01:16:17,430 If they don't, will incite them. 990 01:16:18,430 --> 01:16:20,600 That's the last option. 991 01:16:20,640 --> 01:16:25,890 Because dusty, fly-infested bodies of refugees... 992 01:16:26,560 --> 01:16:34,520 are far better then burnt and rotten corpses. 993 01:16:34,730 --> 01:16:38,480 People must move. 994 01:22:29,560 --> 01:22:34,860 Unbelievable, isn't it? They threatened me in my own house. 995 01:22:35,140 --> 01:22:40,260 Threatening me is like threatening Your Highness. 996 01:22:41,020 --> 01:22:43,060 Names? 997 01:22:43,180 --> 01:22:47,260 Some Sen and Ilias. 998 01:22:48,100 --> 01:22:53,390 Also the police from Debiganj and Haldibari. 999 01:22:55,230 --> 01:22:58,360 They're just rats. 1000 01:23:01,350 --> 01:23:05,550 To kill the cats, one must go to Delhi. 1001 01:23:07,100 --> 01:23:09,550 I'll be going this month. 1002 01:23:09,600 --> 01:23:13,350 Don't worry. No one will disturb you. 1003 01:23:13,480 --> 01:23:16,020 Thank you. 1004 01:23:16,350 --> 01:23:21,140 But don't kill them off in anger. 1005 01:23:21,270 --> 01:23:23,860 An ouster from job is enough. 1006 01:23:25,140 --> 01:23:32,100 And you, Your Highness, are royally spoiling the girls with gifts. 1007 01:23:33,180 --> 01:23:36,600 You shut shop for me for two days 1008 01:23:38,810 --> 01:23:42,020 So I also need to do certain things. 1009 01:23:42,310 --> 01:23:44,440 What are you saying? 1010 01:23:44,480 --> 01:23:46,860 This is your house. 1011 01:23:46,930 --> 01:23:51,140 The girls are also your slaves. 1012 01:23:51,890 --> 01:23:55,430 So Your Highness, whom should I send today? 1013 01:23:55,560 --> 01:23:58,400 Should I tell Golap? 1014 01:23:58,600 --> 01:24:01,430 Or Rubina? 1015 01:24:02,270 --> 01:24:05,110 Or would you like Lata? 1016 01:24:07,980 --> 01:24:11,690 Heard there's a new girl. 1017 01:24:12,180 --> 01:24:15,550 But couldn't see her on my way in. 1018 01:24:16,850 --> 01:24:19,010 Are you hiding something? 1019 01:24:19,140 --> 01:24:20,970 No, no. 1020 01:24:21,310 --> 01:24:26,360 Actually... that is Shabnam. 1021 01:24:28,480 --> 01:24:34,020 May be she was playing so you didn't... 1022 01:24:34,730 --> 01:24:38,190 A great tragedy befell her, you know. 1023 01:24:40,020 --> 01:24:48,020 That's why her training is incomplete... She is not ready... uninitiated. 1024 01:24:53,810 --> 01:24:56,860 Begum! Begum. 1025 01:24:57,520 --> 01:25:01,060 No one dares to disturb any of you here. 1026 01:25:01,770 --> 01:25:07,360 Soldiers and Britishers don't stay here for free. I pay your taxes. 1027 01:25:07,730 --> 01:25:12,110 I had only asked for one thing in return. 1028 01:25:14,520 --> 01:25:17,360 Do you remember? 1029 01:25:19,730 --> 01:25:24,190 The Nawab has the first right to a new girl. 1030 01:25:26,680 --> 01:25:29,720 Whether she's ripe or not. 1031 01:25:31,430 --> 01:25:34,260 Get her ready. 1032 01:25:35,020 --> 01:25:37,860 I need to leave early tomorrow. 1033 01:25:38,140 --> 01:25:40,350 And Begum... 1034 01:25:41,020 --> 01:25:47,560 My gramophone is not working. So I couldn't get it. 1035 01:25:50,730 --> 01:25:56,230 You are our guardian, Your Highness. I would still request you... 1036 01:25:58,810 --> 01:26:02,810 - Please don't make me do this... - Don't waste time, Begum. 1037 01:26:03,810 --> 01:26:06,650 My trip to Delhi will be delayed. 1038 01:26:08,310 --> 01:26:10,770 And you know very well... 1039 01:26:12,850 --> 01:26:16,140 Can't get it up without music. 1040 01:26:18,430 --> 01:26:19,800 Go. 1041 01:26:57,060 --> 01:27:05,060 No tender words of love 1042 01:27:06,140 --> 01:27:12,010 Why do the eyes brim over? 1043 01:27:14,930 --> 01:27:22,930 No tender words of love 1044 01:27:24,310 --> 01:27:30,190 Why do the eyes brim over? 1045 01:27:33,230 --> 01:27:41,230 Night hasn't dawned on me for long 1046 01:27:42,230 --> 01:27:49,480 My eyelids get heavy 1047 01:27:53,270 --> 01:28:01,270 Polished myself by embracing you 1048 01:28:02,600 --> 01:28:10,600 Polished myself by embracing you 1049 01:28:11,640 --> 01:28:16,760 And desire would shine forth 1050 01:28:29,430 --> 01:28:37,430 Every breath communicates 1051 01:28:38,520 --> 01:28:46,060 An unheard narrative 1052 01:28:46,060 --> 01:28:47,340 Polished myself by embracing you 1053 01:28:48,850 --> 01:28:54,600 Polished myself by embracing you 1054 01:28:55,480 --> 01:29:00,900 The desire would shine forth 1055 01:29:01,230 --> 01:29:09,230 Every breath communicates 1056 01:29:10,020 --> 01:29:18,020 An unheard narrative 1057 01:29:19,640 --> 01:29:22,550 Any news? 1058 01:29:22,730 --> 01:29:24,690 Bad news. 1059 01:29:24,810 --> 01:29:26,400 We need to talk. 1060 01:29:26,520 --> 01:29:30,690 Go ahead. 1061 01:29:31,020 --> 01:29:33,560 No... Not here. 1062 01:29:33,930 --> 01:29:36,430 It's confidential. 1063 01:29:36,890 --> 01:29:39,640 You are too much. 1064 01:29:39,890 --> 01:29:43,800 I have something to say as well. 1065 01:29:44,060 --> 01:29:46,020 Come, play. 1066 01:29:47,770 --> 01:29:50,610 Let me start. 1067 01:29:52,730 --> 01:29:54,610 What's wrong? 1068 01:29:54,640 --> 01:29:57,550 I spoke to the Party. 1069 01:29:57,600 --> 01:29:59,890 Nothing can be done. 1070 01:29:59,930 --> 01:30:02,760 No influence will work. - What? 1071 01:30:04,890 --> 01:30:07,600 If this reaches the government, 1072 01:30:07,890 --> 01:30:10,720 everything will be in a mess. 1073 01:30:11,020 --> 01:30:13,110 Before that... 1074 01:30:13,850 --> 01:30:18,010 you should vacate this house. 1075 01:30:18,060 --> 01:30:20,190 They have no sympathy. 1076 01:30:20,230 --> 01:30:24,560 They flash a government notice- Which government? 1077 01:30:24,850 --> 01:30:26,640 I govern myself. 1078 01:30:27,180 --> 01:30:31,930 Don't you get it? Your life is at risk. 1079 01:30:35,100 --> 01:30:39,970 This is an opportunity... 1080 01:30:40,020 --> 01:30:43,520 to start afresh. 1081 01:30:46,100 --> 01:30:49,180 Leave it all behind. 1082 01:30:49,230 --> 01:30:53,730 This house, your business... 1083 01:30:53,770 --> 01:30:58,770 We could leave all this- We? 1084 01:31:01,230 --> 01:31:04,020 Err... Actually... 1085 01:31:05,140 --> 01:31:06,970 Begum Jaan... 1086 01:31:07,890 --> 01:31:10,970 From the very beginning, I... 1087 01:32:02,810 --> 01:32:05,980 Standing with doesn't imply sleeping with. 1088 01:32:06,060 --> 01:32:09,730 I've always- Helped a lot. 1089 01:32:09,770 --> 01:32:11,770 Thank you for that. 1090 01:32:11,810 --> 01:32:15,940 But had I known your ulterior motives, would've refused it. 1091 01:32:16,230 --> 01:32:19,810 Begum Jaan is beyond your reach. 1092 01:32:20,430 --> 01:32:21,850 I'm truly... 1093 01:32:21,890 --> 01:32:27,720 You know someone is in love with you! Then why? 1094 01:32:28,520 --> 01:32:31,980 I wanted to tell you- Hush! 1095 01:32:32,140 --> 01:32:35,390 You were there with us in good times. 1096 01:32:35,430 --> 01:32:38,600 Don't want to be the reason for your bad times. 1097 01:32:38,640 --> 01:32:41,390 Don't ever come back. 1098 01:32:42,850 --> 01:32:44,350 Sahib? - Yes. 1099 01:32:44,430 --> 01:32:46,890 Mr.Ilias is here. 1100 01:32:47,680 --> 01:32:49,640 Why so late at night? 1101 01:32:49,730 --> 01:32:53,690 He has brought an injured man along. 1102 01:32:53,980 --> 01:32:56,440 It's confidential. 1103 01:32:57,020 --> 01:32:59,860 You're too much. 1104 01:32:59,980 --> 01:33:04,270 I have something to say as well. 1105 01:33:04,350 --> 01:33:07,180 Come, play. 1106 01:33:07,980 --> 01:33:12,270 Let me start. 1107 01:33:12,890 --> 01:33:14,850 What's wrong? 1108 01:33:14,890 --> 01:33:18,010 I spoke to the Party. 1109 01:33:18,140 --> 01:33:20,140 Nothing can be done. 1110 01:33:20,180 --> 01:33:24,720 No influence will work. - What? 1111 01:33:25,100 --> 01:33:27,970 If this reaches the government, 1112 01:33:28,060 --> 01:33:31,060 everything will be in a mess. 1113 01:33:31,230 --> 01:33:33,810 Before that... 1114 01:33:34,020 --> 01:33:37,610 you should vacate this house. 1115 01:33:38,730 --> 01:33:41,190 They have no sympathy. 1116 01:33:41,230 --> 01:33:45,060 They flash a government notice- So what? 1117 01:33:45,140 --> 01:33:51,470 Won't you save us? 1118 01:33:53,100 --> 01:33:57,760 I can't do anything! 1119 01:33:58,180 --> 01:34:02,800 I'm alone against many. 1120 01:34:03,730 --> 01:34:10,110 What if we escape? - We? 1121 01:34:12,430 --> 01:34:14,760 Begum? 1122 01:34:16,100 --> 01:34:21,470 That's what I wanted to tell you. 1123 01:34:53,980 --> 01:34:59,940 I can't. 1124 01:35:01,810 --> 01:35:07,110 I can't do this to Golap. 1125 01:35:07,230 --> 01:35:10,310 Golap? Unbelievable! 1126 01:35:10,560 --> 01:35:16,440 Don't you know I love you? Then why? 1127 01:35:16,850 --> 01:35:21,100 I never- Hush! 1128 01:35:21,350 --> 01:35:24,720 You were there with us in good times. 1129 01:35:25,060 --> 01:35:29,110 Don't want to be the reason for your bad times. 1130 01:35:29,310 --> 01:35:33,900 Don't ever come back. 1131 01:35:35,930 --> 01:35:41,600 Now do you understand what happened that day? 1132 01:35:42,980 --> 01:35:47,560 I always wanted you all to be happy. 1133 01:35:49,480 --> 01:35:51,940 Especially you. 1134 01:35:54,480 --> 01:35:58,400 I fought for you all... 1135 01:35:58,890 --> 01:36:02,720 against the villagers. 1136 01:36:03,230 --> 01:36:07,190 Against my own Party. 1137 01:36:07,810 --> 01:36:13,480 Maybe that's why... I've been exiled from the house. 1138 01:36:19,270 --> 01:36:25,270 I have to sneak in like a thief... 1139 01:36:25,600 --> 01:36:30,680 to meet you. 1140 01:37:09,310 --> 01:37:14,190 I wasn't allowed in with a government notice. 1141 01:37:14,310 --> 01:37:20,020 I was thrashed when I went with 4 constables. 1142 01:37:20,100 --> 01:37:28,100 The Pathan said, he'd beat both of you black and blue. 1143 01:37:29,980 --> 01:37:37,980 And then bury you in their courtyard. 1144 01:37:44,060 --> 01:37:49,110 Construction will stop if they don't vacate in 10 days. 1145 01:37:49,230 --> 01:37:53,060 I know. My engineers told me. 1146 01:37:53,810 --> 01:37:58,940 The problem is that the government... You may leave. 1147 01:38:02,350 --> 01:38:05,600 The govt. servants are too scared to go. 1148 01:38:05,770 --> 01:38:09,690 And the Nawab of Rangpur protects them. 1149 01:38:09,850 --> 01:38:17,850 The Nawab's army is at her disposal. 1150 01:38:18,890 --> 01:38:26,850 It would be a shame to seek the army's help for this. 1151 01:38:27,640 --> 01:38:29,890 Besides, that's not possible. 1152 01:38:29,980 --> 01:38:34,560 Too many riots and refugees to handle. 1153 01:38:47,640 --> 01:38:49,720 We need to... 1154 01:38:49,810 --> 01:38:54,650 go to Mekhliganj tomorrow. 1155 01:38:54,930 --> 01:38:56,970 Why? 1156 01:38:57,890 --> 01:39:01,300 For the solution to this problem. 1157 01:39:02,180 --> 01:39:07,140 Not everything can be done legally. 1158 01:39:07,310 --> 01:39:13,940 Sometimes you need to go beyond the law. 1159 01:39:17,770 --> 01:39:21,480 Got it, Mr.Ilias? 1160 01:39:21,730 --> 01:39:27,440 For you everything hangs between your legs! Bastard! 1161 01:39:27,600 --> 01:39:29,760 You're assaulting a policeman. 1162 01:39:29,850 --> 01:39:33,760 I came here to help. 1163 01:39:33,850 --> 01:39:37,930 You have to vacate. In case your girls need any shelter- 1164 01:39:38,020 --> 01:39:41,520 And who decides that? Does your mother work here? 1165 01:39:41,600 --> 01:39:43,680 You bloody whore! 1166 01:39:47,930 --> 01:39:51,050 You aren't very smart, I see. 1167 01:39:51,100 --> 01:39:55,720 You can't abuse a whore by calling her one. 1168 01:39:55,850 --> 01:39:59,010 Call her a policeman, and that's an abuse. 1169 01:39:59,060 --> 01:40:01,060 Salim. 1170 01:40:04,180 --> 01:40:05,350 Hey! 1171 01:40:05,850 --> 01:40:10,890 The King protects us. We don't need rats. 1172 01:40:46,350 --> 01:40:48,640 What can I do for you? 1173 01:40:49,020 --> 01:40:50,900 First the introductions. 1174 01:40:50,980 --> 01:40:52,360 This is... 1175 01:40:53,520 --> 01:40:57,480 Md.Ilias, from the Pakistani government. 1176 01:40:57,680 --> 01:41:00,010 This is Kabir. 1177 01:41:00,060 --> 01:41:03,020 How do I describe him? 1178 01:41:03,310 --> 01:41:05,360 He is a... 1179 01:41:05,390 --> 01:41:08,300 I run a gang of goons. 1180 01:41:08,850 --> 01:41:10,550 Name's Kabir. 1181 01:41:10,640 --> 01:41:12,760 Can be both a Hindu or a Muslim name. 1182 01:41:12,850 --> 01:41:16,760 I wear a Brahmin string and am circumsized. 1183 01:41:17,100 --> 01:41:19,720 Have both Hindu scriptures and Muslim skull caps. 1184 01:41:19,810 --> 01:41:23,730 Never know which side I may have to take in the riot. 1185 01:41:23,810 --> 01:41:26,610 Am ready with both. 1186 01:41:27,890 --> 01:41:29,800 I'm secular. 1187 01:41:29,930 --> 01:41:33,100 Pay and use. 1188 01:41:36,270 --> 01:41:38,310 What do you want? 1189 01:41:38,730 --> 01:41:40,730 Don't want a riot. 1190 01:41:41,480 --> 01:41:44,650 There are enough of those anyway. 1191 01:41:44,980 --> 01:41:48,480 Need to vacate a house. 1192 01:41:48,680 --> 01:41:52,300 Between Haldibari and Debiganj. 1193 01:41:52,600 --> 01:41:56,850 The whorehouse? I hope your men are done trying. 1194 01:41:56,980 --> 01:41:59,060 Once my boys get in- 1195 01:41:59,140 --> 01:42:02,390 Don't worry about that. 1196 01:42:02,680 --> 01:42:04,720 Just do your job. 1197 01:42:04,890 --> 01:42:07,930 And the job description? 1198 01:42:08,180 --> 01:42:11,600 Should we scare them? Break bones? 1199 01:42:11,770 --> 01:42:14,020 Rape them? 1200 01:42:14,100 --> 01:42:17,680 Or should we shoot and stab? 1201 01:42:18,020 --> 01:42:21,940 Could also sever breasts, disembowel... 1202 01:42:22,430 --> 01:42:24,350 Impale them with rods- 1203 01:42:24,600 --> 01:42:27,140 The act determines the fee, right? 1204 01:42:27,230 --> 01:42:29,690 What? - No, no. 1205 01:42:29,890 --> 01:42:34,260 Money's not an issue. But don't be brutal. 1206 01:42:34,520 --> 01:42:38,190 Few policemen will accompany you. 1207 01:42:38,520 --> 01:42:40,480 Scare them first. 1208 01:42:40,600 --> 01:42:43,930 If that doesn't work, shoot them. 1209 01:42:54,520 --> 01:42:56,980 We need groceries. 1210 01:42:57,140 --> 01:43:00,430 We're running short on supplies. 1211 01:43:00,640 --> 01:43:03,180 It's Lata and Sujan's turn. 1212 01:43:03,890 --> 01:43:05,890 Can't carry so much alone. 1213 01:43:05,930 --> 01:43:07,970 I need some help. 1214 01:43:08,020 --> 01:43:12,730 I'm a vegetarian. I lack the strength. 1215 01:43:12,890 --> 01:43:18,390 Elephants are vegetarian too. But they're beasts of burden. 1216 01:43:18,520 --> 01:43:21,060 You forgot the important ones. 1217 01:43:21,140 --> 01:43:24,510 Cows, donkeys and oxes. 1218 01:43:24,680 --> 01:43:27,390 But for her, elephant is apt. 1219 01:43:27,520 --> 01:43:33,440 Coming from someone who used to clean toilets, that's rich! 1220 01:43:33,520 --> 01:43:37,110 Can we not discuss toilets while eating? 1221 01:43:37,600 --> 01:43:39,050 Banno! - Yes! 1222 01:43:39,100 --> 01:43:42,140 Get the meat that was sent from the village. 1223 01:43:42,180 --> 01:43:44,390 Here it is. 1224 01:43:44,770 --> 01:43:46,480 I want some gravy. 1225 01:43:46,640 --> 01:43:48,350 Uncle Salim. 1226 01:43:49,100 --> 01:43:51,550 The situation demands... 1227 01:43:52,180 --> 01:43:55,010 that you teach us how to use guns. 1228 01:43:55,140 --> 01:43:58,890 The guns your friends had given you... 1229 01:43:59,020 --> 01:44:02,110 are rotting in the corner. 1230 01:44:02,680 --> 01:44:05,100 Begum Jaan, please tell him. 1231 01:44:05,310 --> 01:44:07,810 The Nawab protects us. 1232 01:44:07,980 --> 01:44:11,150 Why should you take up arms? 1233 01:44:11,770 --> 01:44:12,810 Water? 1234 01:44:12,850 --> 01:44:15,100 You have mail! - Jnui, go get it. 1235 01:44:15,270 --> 01:44:17,190 Ok. - Give me water. 1236 01:44:17,390 --> 01:44:23,010 Why isn't the water coming this way? 1237 01:44:25,520 --> 01:44:28,690 Go to Hell! - You go to Hell! 1238 01:44:34,020 --> 01:44:36,810 Have some more. 1239 01:44:39,480 --> 01:44:41,060 When'll you go shopping? 1240 01:44:41,100 --> 01:44:44,260 Begum? What happened? 1241 01:44:51,640 --> 01:44:53,640 Golap, read it. 1242 01:44:53,810 --> 01:44:54,810 What is it? 1243 01:44:54,850 --> 01:44:56,550 Golap, what's wrong? 1244 01:44:56,810 --> 01:44:59,150 What's wrong? 1245 01:44:59,390 --> 01:45:02,430 Bloody bastards! 1246 01:45:02,520 --> 01:45:04,400 What happened? 1247 01:45:12,140 --> 01:45:14,550 Good morning, Begum Jaan. 1248 01:45:14,680 --> 01:45:17,930 Wasn't the meat good? 1249 01:45:18,680 --> 01:45:22,600 I knew Shekhu, your dog, would taste good. 1250 01:45:22,810 --> 01:45:24,980 Salt and spice fine? 1251 01:45:25,100 --> 01:45:30,890 I prepared it myself. 1252 01:45:31,350 --> 01:45:34,390 I left Bhalu, your other dog, uncooked. 1253 01:45:34,520 --> 01:45:37,480 You can cook and eat him at your leisure. 1254 01:45:37,640 --> 01:45:45,640 P.S.- You will have to vacate the house. Two countries are about to be born. 1255 01:45:47,680 --> 01:45:49,760 Regards, Kabir. 1256 01:45:59,810 --> 01:46:02,560 Uncle Salim! 1257 01:46:03,390 --> 01:46:06,850 Have you gone mad? 1258 01:46:16,520 --> 01:46:22,900 I doubt Kabir will stop at merely scaring them. 1259 01:46:23,390 --> 01:46:26,470 So what? 1260 01:46:27,770 --> 01:46:30,770 Is your heart wrenching? 1261 01:46:30,810 --> 01:46:33,150 Don't talk like a fool! 1262 01:46:33,180 --> 01:46:38,930 I have convinced more people to move then you have. 1263 01:46:39,480 --> 01:46:43,480 Partition and exodus are required. 1264 01:46:43,560 --> 01:46:48,270 With you all around, riots are unavoidable! 1265 01:46:55,560 --> 01:46:58,650 Haven't slept for years. 1266 01:47:01,770 --> 01:47:05,270 I'd wake up in the middle of the night. 1267 01:47:05,640 --> 01:47:08,300 When I'd hear the sound. 1268 01:47:08,350 --> 01:47:11,600 Or remember their faces. 1269 01:47:18,680 --> 01:47:25,760 We could pressurize the Nawab and take the help of the army- 1270 01:47:25,810 --> 01:47:28,900 Not enough time. 1271 01:47:28,980 --> 01:47:33,690 Riots are on the rise. 1272 01:47:35,310 --> 01:47:37,650 Think of it this way... 1273 01:47:37,810 --> 01:47:43,900 we're killing a few, to save many. 1274 01:47:45,680 --> 01:47:49,180 Think of it as Bakr-Id (Festival of sacrifice). 1275 01:47:50,270 --> 01:47:53,400 Bloody cowards! My helpless babies... 1276 01:47:54,140 --> 01:47:57,640 Promise me you'll skin them! 1277 01:47:57,770 --> 01:48:03,270 And whip them with a whip made out of that skin. 1278 01:48:03,850 --> 01:48:10,850 What's wrong with your throat? - Shekhu's fur is in there. 1279 01:48:11,430 --> 01:48:14,600 You're imagining it. 1280 01:48:14,730 --> 01:48:17,230 I'm not. 1281 01:48:17,270 --> 01:48:20,440 It's stuck. 1282 01:48:31,930 --> 01:48:35,140 You will have to leave. 1283 01:48:40,230 --> 01:48:44,190 What? - Times are changing. 1284 01:48:48,770 --> 01:48:51,520 I had gone to Delhi. 1285 01:48:53,730 --> 01:48:56,480 Everything will be over. 1286 01:49:00,520 --> 01:49:04,650 I don't understand what- 1287 01:49:04,770 --> 01:49:07,810 King of Junagarh had come to Delhi too. 1288 01:49:07,980 --> 01:49:10,480 Nizam of Hyderabad had sent a letter. 1289 01:49:10,560 --> 01:49:17,560 Kashmir and Hyderabad have been asked to choose their country. 1290 01:49:18,060 --> 01:49:23,020 So what? Kings will remain kings. 1291 01:49:28,270 --> 01:49:31,440 They won't. 1292 01:49:31,600 --> 01:49:33,430 The Subject will be the King. 1293 01:49:33,810 --> 01:49:39,020 Muslim farmers left a cow's cadaver at the Bhawal palace. 1294 01:49:40,980 --> 01:49:43,810 Delhi and Karachi have the same plan. 1295 01:49:43,930 --> 01:49:48,470 All the land shall be taken over by the government very soon. 1296 01:49:48,560 --> 01:49:51,980 What about you all? 1297 01:49:56,770 --> 01:49:59,190 We'll be reduced to chess pieces. 1298 01:49:59,230 --> 01:50:02,360 The treasury is not in good shape. 1299 01:50:03,390 --> 01:50:07,390 I'm selling everything I can. 1300 01:50:07,640 --> 01:50:12,140 And then you have court cases thanks to relatives. 1301 01:50:16,180 --> 01:50:19,430 Listen to the government. 1302 01:50:19,850 --> 01:50:22,800 Vacate this house. 1303 01:50:26,310 --> 01:50:30,310 Am powerless now. Can't protect you anymore. 1304 01:50:35,730 --> 01:50:38,480 Salim! 1305 01:50:39,350 --> 01:50:41,640 Salim! 1306 01:50:48,020 --> 01:50:52,980 The Nawab is tired. Escort him to his room. 1307 01:50:53,230 --> 01:50:56,440 He needs rest. - Begum! 1308 01:50:58,480 --> 01:51:02,110 He'll be leaving early tomorrow. 1309 01:51:02,350 --> 01:51:07,350 Make the arrangements. - You'll die a gruesome death! 1310 01:51:08,770 --> 01:51:14,610 At least I won't die a beggar. 1311 01:51:15,140 --> 01:51:18,510 I'll die like a queen. - Make sure you die. 1312 01:51:18,680 --> 01:51:24,390 For they will rape you first and then kill you. 1313 01:51:24,560 --> 01:51:32,560 Come what may. I won't need a man to protect us. 1314 01:51:39,770 --> 01:51:42,520 Your enemy stands in front of you. 1315 01:51:42,640 --> 01:51:45,390 Hold it up! 1316 01:51:47,930 --> 01:51:49,800 One eye closed! 1317 01:51:49,890 --> 01:51:53,010 Aim with your right eye! 1318 01:51:59,520 --> 01:52:01,730 What a recoil! 1319 01:52:09,020 --> 01:52:12,730 I've gone deaf! - You're fine. 1320 01:52:31,680 --> 01:52:33,180 Begum Jaan! 1321 01:52:33,270 --> 01:52:35,310 Golap, you serpent! 1322 01:52:39,600 --> 01:52:42,350 Ungrateful bitch! 1323 01:52:42,600 --> 01:52:44,350 Get lost! 1324 01:52:58,180 --> 01:53:03,220 Begum Jaan will kill us if she finds out we got Bnuchki along. 1325 01:53:03,270 --> 01:53:07,150 Why? It was Juthika's idea. 1326 01:53:07,310 --> 01:53:10,440 She's stuck at home all day. 1327 01:53:10,930 --> 01:53:15,350 She really misses Shekhu and Bhalu. 1328 01:54:03,850 --> 01:54:06,600 Bnuchki! - Hurry, Bnuchki! 1329 01:54:10,810 --> 01:54:12,230 This way! 1330 01:54:12,980 --> 01:54:14,980 That way! 1331 01:54:46,640 --> 01:54:53,390 Strange is the bird 1332 01:54:54,680 --> 01:55:00,300 Which flies in and out of the cage 1333 01:55:19,930 --> 01:55:26,390 If I can catch it 1334 01:55:35,390 --> 01:55:40,600 Will chain it with my mind 1335 01:55:44,230 --> 01:55:48,730 How it flies, in and out 1336 01:56:18,810 --> 01:56:24,730 Strange is the bird 1337 01:56:43,350 --> 01:56:47,300 Will they kill us? - Shut up! 1338 01:56:48,270 --> 01:56:50,560 Bastards seem to have gone that way. 1339 01:56:50,730 --> 01:56:56,360 Let's escape through the secret exit. 1340 01:56:56,600 --> 01:56:59,720 No. They're coming this way. 1341 01:57:00,060 --> 01:57:01,980 You all slip out. 1342 01:57:02,270 --> 01:57:04,230 Leaving you here alone? I'd rather die. 1343 01:57:04,350 --> 01:57:06,850 Don't argue. For my sake, flee! 1344 01:57:06,930 --> 01:57:10,050 Didn't want to come- Shut up! 1345 01:57:10,140 --> 01:57:13,510 Now what'll happen? Will they kill us all? 1346 01:57:57,980 --> 01:58:01,310 See! I told you so! Didn't listen to me as I'm a kid! 1347 01:58:01,770 --> 01:58:03,610 Now they'll kill us! 1348 01:58:03,850 --> 01:58:07,260 Please don't kill me! Please! Please! 1349 01:58:09,020 --> 01:58:11,770 I'm a little girl! Please don't kill me! 1350 01:58:12,270 --> 01:58:15,520 For Lord Krishna's sake! Beg of you, don't kill me! 1351 01:58:15,560 --> 01:58:18,440 Believe me! I'm innocent! 1352 01:58:18,480 --> 01:58:21,020 I beg of you... 1353 01:58:30,600 --> 01:58:33,760 I'll really miss you, Sujan. 1354 01:58:37,390 --> 01:58:40,640 But then you won't be there. 1355 01:58:42,520 --> 01:58:45,690 By then you'll be far away. 1356 01:59:51,640 --> 01:59:55,140 Remember that foreigner? 1357 01:59:55,480 --> 01:59:57,810 Margaret White. 1358 01:59:58,680 --> 02:00:03,550 The one who had come to take photographs for a magazine? 1359 02:00:03,730 --> 02:00:09,400 I think I'll ask her to help. 1360 02:00:10,100 --> 02:00:16,760 I want our story in newspapers across the country. 1361 02:00:17,600 --> 02:00:20,510 Will all this happen? 1362 02:00:21,060 --> 02:00:25,560 Not sure. I know only two things- 1363 02:00:25,980 --> 02:00:32,610 I won't leave this house and won't go down without a fight! 1364 02:00:35,770 --> 02:00:39,360 Shashi was saying that... 1365 02:00:39,480 --> 02:00:42,650 the pimp's body was found. 1366 02:00:44,680 --> 02:00:47,140 In four pieces. 1367 02:00:50,230 --> 02:00:55,440 Delhi has asked for a progress report. 1368 02:00:57,180 --> 02:01:04,600 If news of our illegal procedures, 1369 02:01:05,100 --> 02:01:09,140 reach Delhi or Karachi... 1370 02:01:09,390 --> 02:01:11,600 there'll be problems. 1371 02:01:11,730 --> 02:01:13,900 The entire world is watching us. 1372 02:01:13,980 --> 02:01:18,360 The problem will be solved before it's publicized. 1373 02:01:19,890 --> 02:01:23,430 And believe me, it'll make no difference. 1374 02:01:23,560 --> 02:01:28,560 100 years later when kids will study about the Partition... 1375 02:01:28,640 --> 02:01:32,800 they won't read about us or Begum Jaan. 1376 02:01:32,890 --> 02:01:34,470 I know. 1377 02:01:34,640 --> 02:01:38,010 History is about kings, not pawns. 1378 02:01:39,270 --> 02:01:42,440 At most knights and rooks. 1379 02:01:42,560 --> 02:01:47,270 But that's 100 years later. What about now? 1380 02:01:48,640 --> 02:01:53,890 At this moment, I am the King and I am History! 1381 02:01:54,640 --> 02:01:58,640 And I have morals! - For now. 1382 02:01:58,730 --> 02:02:01,440 But it won't last. 1383 02:02:01,810 --> 02:02:03,560 I spoke to Kabir- I can't- 1384 02:02:03,600 --> 02:02:07,180 You don't need to do anything. 1385 02:02:07,310 --> 02:02:12,310 In such violent times, tragedies are common. 1386 02:02:13,560 --> 02:02:15,190 Bring the meat! 1387 02:02:16,850 --> 02:02:22,600 Set up the brothel... and you all came one by one. 1388 02:02:22,770 --> 02:02:27,560 Made a living. Business thrived. 1389 02:02:28,890 --> 02:02:32,140 Lata, remember how you... 1390 02:02:32,230 --> 02:02:35,860 escaped from the Hindu priests? 1391 02:02:35,930 --> 02:02:39,720 How you chased away the Brahmins! 1392 02:02:39,770 --> 02:02:44,190 Banno, you cried while menstruating for the first time. 1393 02:02:44,230 --> 02:02:45,810 You're embarassing me... 1394 02:02:45,850 --> 02:02:50,100 Koli and Duli came when Muslims set their village ablaze. 1395 02:02:50,180 --> 02:02:53,350 It was a stormy night! 1396 02:02:54,140 --> 02:02:57,300 Both had high fever. 1397 02:02:57,390 --> 02:03:00,100 Both were in delirium. 1398 02:03:00,230 --> 02:03:03,730 Well, they're still delirious. 1399 02:03:03,810 --> 02:03:08,480 Shut up bitch! Want me to start? 1400 02:03:08,640 --> 02:03:14,390 Poached Lata's customer for a saree, and I'm delirious? 1401 02:03:14,390 --> 02:03:16,930 Shut up! Lata, say something. 1402 02:03:16,980 --> 02:03:20,440 The land I was born in, 1403 02:03:21,020 --> 02:03:24,690 which I left after marriage, 1404 02:03:24,850 --> 02:03:29,050 where I returned as a courtesan, 1405 02:03:30,980 --> 02:03:36,610 will now be divided into two countries. 1406 02:03:38,640 --> 02:03:43,260 The tree which housed my marbles, 1407 02:03:44,600 --> 02:03:51,470 the earth which houses my torn doll... 1408 02:04:02,810 --> 02:04:10,810 And this shelter, where we live with heads held high... 1409 02:04:13,350 --> 02:04:21,350 must be vacated to ensure independence for two countries. 1410 02:04:28,180 --> 02:04:31,800 You bastards! Fucking swines! 1411 02:04:31,850 --> 02:04:34,800 I will not relent! 1412 02:04:35,770 --> 02:04:38,690 I don't need any help! 1413 02:04:38,770 --> 02:04:44,690 I can protect my home and my memories myself! 1414 02:04:44,770 --> 02:04:45,650 Alone! 1415 02:04:45,680 --> 02:04:48,220 But you all should leave. 1416 02:04:48,350 --> 02:04:50,720 Where'll we go? 1417 02:04:50,980 --> 02:04:52,360 Huh? 1418 02:04:52,600 --> 02:04:53,800 And why? 1419 02:04:53,890 --> 02:04:57,050 Go anywhere! Just leave! 1420 02:04:57,180 --> 02:05:01,680 Those after us are beasts! 1421 02:05:02,810 --> 02:05:07,650 We're prostitutes opposing the government. 1422 02:05:08,390 --> 02:05:13,390 It's not just our lives but our self-respect that- 1423 02:05:18,230 --> 02:05:20,360 Self-respect? 1424 02:05:20,480 --> 02:05:24,060 Whores with self-respect? 1425 02:05:30,850 --> 02:05:33,140 You're a woman, Begum Jaan. 1426 02:05:33,600 --> 02:05:36,550 Don't you know that it doesn't matter... 1427 02:05:36,680 --> 02:05:41,890 whether you're a queen or whore? It's a man's world here! 1428 02:05:42,350 --> 02:05:45,850 Where will we go? 1429 02:05:47,770 --> 02:05:51,230 Will our families take us back? 1430 02:05:51,890 --> 02:05:53,760 They won't. 1431 02:05:53,930 --> 02:06:01,930 The high-caste Brahmins will curse during the day and fuck me at night. 1432 02:06:03,560 --> 02:06:10,310 Why don't you understand? - There's nothing to understand. 1433 02:06:13,930 --> 02:06:19,550 They hacked my Sujan to pieces. 1434 02:06:21,270 --> 02:06:27,690 I won't leave till I have my revenge. 1435 02:06:28,180 --> 02:06:30,510 Neither will we. 1436 02:06:32,810 --> 02:06:38,560 Begum Jaan, this house belongs to us as well. 1437 02:06:38,640 --> 02:06:41,050 We all live here. 1438 02:06:41,230 --> 02:06:44,270 We know what awaits us outside. 1439 02:06:44,350 --> 02:06:48,140 We won't leave! We'll fight to death! 1440 02:06:48,270 --> 02:06:50,860 Please don't make me move. 1441 02:06:50,980 --> 02:06:54,980 Let me wait out my remaining days here. 1442 02:06:55,230 --> 02:06:59,480 Even in the midst of gun fire. 1443 02:07:06,430 --> 02:07:13,970 But somehow, we need to get Bnuchki and Shabnam out of here. 1444 02:07:14,520 --> 02:07:17,980 This is no place for kids. So Jnui- 1445 02:07:18,020 --> 02:07:20,860 No! Please don't say anything. 1446 02:07:21,020 --> 02:07:26,860 Bnuchki isn't only my daughter! All of us have raised her. 1447 02:07:26,930 --> 02:07:30,220 Either everyone flees with her or no one does! 1448 02:07:30,310 --> 02:07:33,480 Why are you so stubborn? 1449 02:07:33,730 --> 02:07:36,520 You... 1450 02:07:37,480 --> 02:07:39,190 Alright. 1451 02:07:39,890 --> 02:07:42,350 Do something... 1452 02:07:45,140 --> 02:07:51,720 Leave them at my uncle's place in Kishenganj for now. 1453 02:07:52,980 --> 02:07:55,810 Salim. - Yes. 1454 02:07:57,270 --> 02:08:01,690 You need to deliver an important letter to the city. 1455 02:08:01,930 --> 02:08:06,300 To Mr.Bipin, in the local court. 1456 02:08:06,390 --> 02:08:09,300 He'll send it to the right place. 1457 02:08:09,390 --> 02:08:16,140 I don't think it's wise to leave the house now. 1458 02:08:16,430 --> 02:08:20,140 They could attack any time. 1459 02:08:22,230 --> 02:08:26,440 You are right. 1460 02:08:26,770 --> 02:08:31,980 But this letter is very important too. 1461 02:08:35,100 --> 02:08:37,260 Alright. 1462 02:08:37,600 --> 02:08:42,800 I'll get the guns out, just in case. 1463 02:08:42,930 --> 02:08:47,140 I'll deliver the letter tomorrow. 1464 02:09:14,230 --> 02:09:18,770 Last minute plans will be executed thus. 1465 02:09:19,980 --> 02:09:25,900 That's not a problem. Just don't forget my plan. 1466 02:09:27,560 --> 02:09:32,980 Keep your end of the bargain, I'll keep mine. 1467 02:09:41,730 --> 02:09:43,940 Greetings, Mr.Shashi. 1468 02:09:44,100 --> 02:09:46,430 Is everything ready? - Yes. 1469 02:09:47,060 --> 02:09:50,270 The police will be on the Debiganj side of the house. 1470 02:09:50,350 --> 02:09:53,510 Spoke to Mr.Akhtar. They'll be there on time. 1471 02:09:53,680 --> 02:09:56,140 Men and weapons are in the car. 1472 02:09:56,230 --> 02:10:02,310 If we rat the whores out of their hole, we feast on them all night? 1473 02:10:39,770 --> 02:10:41,440 You alright? - Yes. 1474 02:10:41,680 --> 02:10:44,350 Written the letter to Begum Jaan as per plan? 1475 02:10:44,520 --> 02:10:47,400 Yes. Written everything. Let's go. 1476 02:10:48,100 --> 02:10:49,760 Come along. 1477 02:10:50,730 --> 02:10:53,020 You left something out! 1478 02:10:54,180 --> 02:10:56,760 Finish it off! 1479 02:11:13,810 --> 02:11:19,730 Only clients and business and oppression 1480 02:11:20,480 --> 02:11:23,980 That's all you've written about. 1481 02:11:26,560 --> 02:11:33,940 No mention of how I nursed you back to life. 1482 02:11:35,810 --> 02:11:38,940 None at all. 1483 02:11:39,430 --> 02:11:47,430 Or how I massaged you all night during pregnancy. 1484 02:11:53,390 --> 02:11:58,010 Countless days of counselling, 1485 02:11:58,600 --> 02:12:05,350 stopping you from commiting suicide... 1486 02:12:09,270 --> 02:12:13,770 Didn't mention a lot of things. 1487 02:12:15,270 --> 02:12:22,190 Fattening a cow for the slaughterhouse is not love. 1488 02:12:22,270 --> 02:12:25,400 Ungrateful bitch! - Salim! 1489 02:12:28,140 --> 02:12:30,350 Salim. 1490 02:12:39,980 --> 02:12:42,860 The kid has grown up. 1491 02:12:46,020 --> 02:12:47,940 Let her go. 1492 02:12:51,810 --> 02:12:53,730 Let's go. 1493 02:13:16,980 --> 02:13:19,310 You can go ahead now. 1494 02:13:42,390 --> 02:13:44,890 Something's not right. 1495 02:13:44,980 --> 02:13:46,650 I feel the same. 1496 02:13:46,730 --> 02:13:48,310 Guns ready? - Yes. 1497 02:13:48,350 --> 02:13:49,850 Cartridges? - Ready. 1498 02:13:49,890 --> 02:13:52,470 Let's get everyone. 1499 02:13:52,680 --> 02:13:54,970 Give it to me. 1500 02:13:56,680 --> 02:13:58,390 Get in. 1501 02:14:03,350 --> 02:14:08,600 Better get going. It'll be a strenuous journey. 1502 02:14:09,890 --> 02:14:11,260 Sorry. 1503 02:14:12,270 --> 02:14:16,060 Wanted to see Begum Jaan die twice. Hence, all this. 1504 02:14:16,230 --> 02:14:21,060 Just saw it once. Will now see it again. 1505 02:14:21,600 --> 02:14:23,100 But... 1506 02:14:23,770 --> 02:14:25,730 marriage? 1507 02:14:28,520 --> 02:14:34,400 Whores don't have husbands. They have clients. 1508 02:15:07,180 --> 02:15:10,720 Grandma, lock your door! - Come with me. 1509 02:15:10,850 --> 02:15:13,850 Jnui, escape with Shabnam and Bnuchki through the backdoor. 1510 02:15:13,930 --> 02:15:17,350 I won't go anywhere! - Why not? Gone mad? 1511 02:15:17,480 --> 02:15:20,310 Can't leave in such dangerous times! 1512 02:15:20,430 --> 02:15:22,800 What about Bnuchki and Shabnam? 1513 02:15:23,020 --> 02:15:25,400 Don't argue! It's been decided! 1514 02:15:25,430 --> 02:15:28,350 It hasn't! I can't leave you all for my kid! 1515 02:15:28,640 --> 02:15:31,390 She's our kid too! 1516 02:15:31,480 --> 02:15:33,980 They can attack at any time! 1517 02:15:34,310 --> 02:15:38,270 Stop arguing and escape! They might- 1518 02:15:40,600 --> 02:15:43,550 Bastards! 1519 02:15:45,730 --> 02:15:46,980 Leave! 1520 02:15:47,180 --> 02:15:48,350 Get out! 1521 02:15:48,430 --> 02:15:50,390 Face me, you bastards! 1522 02:15:59,350 --> 02:16:01,680 Take aim properly! 1523 02:16:07,560 --> 02:16:08,560 Bastards! 1524 02:16:08,810 --> 02:16:12,230 Bastards, will kill you all! 1525 02:16:16,980 --> 02:16:19,270 Can't even hold a gun properly! 1526 02:16:22,270 --> 02:16:23,810 Bloody fuckers! 1527 02:16:35,890 --> 02:16:39,050 You all should switch to their profession. 1528 02:16:52,350 --> 02:16:54,350 Bloody bastards! 1529 02:17:04,600 --> 02:17:06,350 I'll kill you all! 1530 02:17:14,930 --> 02:17:16,510 Scoundrels! 1531 02:17:23,230 --> 02:17:24,610 Fuckers! 1532 02:17:28,770 --> 02:17:31,060 Won't let you escape! 1533 02:17:31,430 --> 02:17:34,010 Where are all these bullets coming from? 1534 02:17:34,060 --> 02:17:35,270 Move forward! 1535 02:17:36,310 --> 02:17:38,110 Kill them all! 1536 02:17:59,180 --> 02:18:02,180 Get more ammunition quick! 1537 02:18:17,270 --> 02:18:20,060 What happened? Koli! - Koli! Koli! Koli! 1538 02:18:20,270 --> 02:18:23,730 Cowards! Attacking us from behind! 1539 02:18:33,980 --> 02:18:36,900 Let her go! Leave her! 1540 02:18:53,020 --> 02:18:56,440 Get back Duli! You'll get shot! 1541 02:18:59,640 --> 02:19:01,350 Begum Jaan! 1542 02:19:02,270 --> 02:19:03,860 Bloody swines! 1543 02:19:19,770 --> 02:19:23,860 What's the hurry, sweetheart? 1544 02:20:15,310 --> 02:20:16,610 Hey! 1545 02:20:22,480 --> 02:20:23,940 Hey! 1546 02:20:31,890 --> 02:20:33,470 Hey! 1547 02:20:39,520 --> 02:20:42,650 Let them go! 1548 02:20:43,020 --> 02:20:45,770 Make sure they're safe. 1549 02:22:21,390 --> 02:22:23,180 Oh Allah! 1550 02:22:42,350 --> 02:22:43,970 Hey! 1551 02:22:48,350 --> 02:22:50,470 Welcome, sir. 1552 02:22:50,600 --> 02:22:54,800 Were playing Holi for so long. Now begins the sacrifice. 1553 02:22:55,810 --> 02:22:57,650 Of the Vestan Virgins. 1554 02:23:14,850 --> 02:23:17,260 There you go. 1555 02:23:17,310 --> 02:23:19,900 The job is done. 1556 02:23:33,560 --> 02:23:35,900 Hey! 1557 02:25:03,060 --> 02:25:05,900 Uncle Salim! 1558 02:25:20,680 --> 02:25:23,640 Uncle Salim! 1559 02:25:32,850 --> 02:25:35,800 Oh Allah! Save me! 1560 02:25:52,810 --> 02:25:55,400 Sir... 1561 02:25:55,810 --> 02:26:00,770 my boys will have some fun with these refugees. 1562 02:26:00,850 --> 02:26:03,430 You mustn't stay. 1563 02:26:03,890 --> 02:26:06,220 Won't be able to tolerate it. 1564 02:26:06,270 --> 02:26:07,940 As in? 1565 02:27:09,020 --> 02:27:10,940 Hey! 1566 02:27:14,600 --> 02:27:17,680 Listen, you bloody whores! 1567 02:27:28,140 --> 02:27:30,720 No patron will save you! 1568 02:27:31,930 --> 02:27:34,510 Where are you going? 1569 02:27:34,640 --> 02:27:38,100 They're all mad! 1570 02:28:25,980 --> 02:28:29,110 Grandma... 1571 02:28:30,890 --> 02:28:35,720 that story... 1572 02:28:38,680 --> 02:28:42,470 read it out to me. 1573 02:28:43,850 --> 02:28:50,800 When the darkest, moonless night engulfed the world, 1574 02:28:50,930 --> 02:28:56,680 When the Sun and Moon vanished from the overhead sky, 1575 02:28:56,730 --> 02:29:04,730 12000 Rajput queens started on their Jauhar (Mass suicide) ceremony. 1576 02:29:05,310 --> 02:29:12,480 To protect their honour from the invaders. 1577 02:29:12,560 --> 02:29:20,560 Standing in front of a dark tunnel, beside the temple in Chittor, 1578 02:29:21,230 --> 02:29:29,020 Queen Padmini started worshipping Agni (Fire God). 1579 02:29:29,430 --> 02:29:32,010 "Oh Fire God! 1580 02:29:32,520 --> 02:29:37,190 The Holy One, with the Bright Golden Body, come! 1581 02:29:39,480 --> 02:29:44,020 Dissipate all darkness with your light! 1582 02:29:44,140 --> 02:29:48,720 Oh Fire God! The Ultimate Power, come! 1583 02:29:49,310 --> 02:29:54,190 You're strength of the weak and support for the strong! 1584 02:29:57,640 --> 02:30:03,850 Oh Terrible One! Dispel our fear! 1585 02:30:04,230 --> 02:30:09,610 Destroy our guilt! Give us refuge! 1586 02:30:09,810 --> 02:30:16,440 The end of shame and misery, in Your flames! 1587 02:30:16,850 --> 02:30:23,050 You're the last Hope! The last Chain of Great Freedom!" 1588 02:30:23,310 --> 02:30:28,230 Incantating thus, Queen Padmini went silent. 1589 02:30:28,270 --> 02:30:35,480 Suddenly, raising a great furore, 1590 02:30:35,480 --> 02:30:43,480 a 1000 happy flames leapt up from within the tunnel! 1591 02:30:45,850 --> 02:30:52,010 The dark night was shattered by the light! 1592 02:30:52,180 --> 02:31:00,180 Queen Padmini plunged into the pyre with 12000 Rajput women! 1593 02:31:03,060 --> 02:31:10,610 The smiling faces and the echoing laughter of Chittor, 1594 02:31:10,850 --> 02:31:18,760 turned into ashes in a matter of seconds. 1595 02:31:18,810 --> 02:31:24,310 And every Rajput heart, cried out aloud, 1596 02:31:24,560 --> 02:31:28,650 "Hail the Pious One! 1597 02:31:28,770 --> 02:31:33,730 Hail the Pious One!" 1598 02:32:13,680 --> 02:32:19,510 Your call is announced continuously 1599 02:32:19,560 --> 02:32:24,900 We heed Your gracious call 1600 02:32:25,060 --> 02:32:30,770 Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, 1601 02:32:31,020 --> 02:32:36,230 Muslims and Christians 1602 02:32:37,100 --> 02:32:42,180 The Orient and the Occident come together 1603 02:32:42,640 --> 02:32:48,140 To the side of Your throne 1604 02:32:48,640 --> 02:32:53,800 And weave the garland of love. 1605 02:32:54,430 --> 02:33:00,010 Oh! You who bring in the unity of the people 1606 02:33:00,350 --> 02:33:05,470 The dispenser of the destiny of India 1607 02:33:29,480 --> 02:33:35,190 The way of life is sombre 1608 02:33:35,270 --> 02:33:40,440 As it moves through ups and downs 1609 02:33:41,100 --> 02:33:46,760 Oh Eternal Charioteer! The wheels of Your chariot 1610 02:33:46,980 --> 02:33:52,150 Echo day and night in the path 1611 02:33:52,810 --> 02:33:58,310 In the midst of fierce revolution 1612 02:33:58,640 --> 02:34:03,970 Your conch shell sounds 1613 02:34:04,430 --> 02:34:09,470 You save us from fear and misery 1614 02:34:10,310 --> 02:34:16,230 Oh! You who guide the people through torturous path 1615 02:34:16,350 --> 02:34:21,260 Victory be to You, the dispenser of the destiny of India 1616 02:34:21,270 --> 02:34:23,860 Victory to You! 1617 02:34:24,230 --> 02:34:26,810 Victory to You! 1618 02:34:27,020 --> 02:34:29,610 Victory to You! 1619 02:34:30,730 --> 02:34:35,770 Victory! Victory! Victory to You! 1620 02:34:59,980 --> 02:35:05,360 During the darkest of nights 1621 02:35:05,730 --> 02:35:11,150 When the whole country was sick and in swoon 1622 02:35:11,480 --> 02:35:17,270 Wakeful remained Your incessant blessings 1623 02:35:17,430 --> 02:35:22,970 Through Your lowered but winkless eyes 1624 02:35:23,270 --> 02:35:28,270 Through nightmares and terror 1625 02:35:29,020 --> 02:35:34,020 You protected us 1626 02:35:34,810 --> 02:35:40,060 Oh affectionate Mother! 1627 02:35:40,680 --> 02:35:46,640 Oh! You who have removed the misery of the people 1628 02:35:46,930 --> 02:35:51,680 The dispenser of the destiny of India 1629 02:35:51,680 --> 02:35:54,260 Victory to You! 1630 02:35:54,640 --> 02:35:57,220 Victory to You! 1631 02:35:57,430 --> 02:36:00,010 Victory to You! 1632 02:36:01,140 --> 02:36:06,180 Victory! Victory! Victory to You! 1633 02:36:07,390 --> 02:36:13,470 The night is over and the sun has risen 1634 02:36:13,600 --> 02:36:18,720 Over the hills of the eastern horizon 1635 02:36:19,180 --> 02:36:24,890 The birds are singing and a gentle, auspicious breeze 1636 02:36:25,140 --> 02:36:30,100 Is pouring the elixir of a new life 1637 02:36:30,930 --> 02:36:36,010 By the halo of Your compassion 1638 02:36:36,810 --> 02:36:41,810 India that was asleep, is now awakening 1639 02:36:42,600 --> 02:36:47,390 We bow down to You! 1640 02:36:48,560 --> 02:36:54,190 Victory! Victory! Victory! To You the Supreme King! 1641 02:36:54,390 --> 02:36:58,890 The dispenser of the destiny of India 1642 02:36:59,430 --> 02:37:02,010 Victory to You! 1643 02:37:02,390 --> 02:37:04,970 Victory to You! 1644 02:37:05,180 --> 02:37:07,760 Victory to You! 1645 02:37:08,890 --> 02:37:16,890 Victory! Victory! Victory to You!