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After 17 years of hearing repeated appeals made by...

ex-Colonel Krishnakant Puri, this court has finally concluded that...

the Army HQ was justified in initiating court martial proceedings...

against Colonel Krishnakant Puri and 10 members of his battalion...

after the failure of Mission China Gate.

Colonel Krishnakant Puri and his men deserted Mission China Gate.

The blackest deeds in the history of the Indian Army!

Let this cashiering be an example for all soldiers.

For the soldier, there is only one motto. Duty.

You have pledged your lives for the nation.

This court hereby refuses to allow any further appeal on this matter.

The court now considers and orders the case closed.

Greetings, Colonel sahab.

Who are you? What do you want?

Can I come in?

I am Sandhya. Sandhya Rajan.

You knew my father. Sundar Rajan. He was a forest ranger.

You were friends. Look at this photograph...

at the time of his marriage... you were there with him.

I've never met you. But Daddy used to tell me stories about you.

Then I saw the papers. About your case in the courts.

What do you want?

Jagira

In Devdurg and surrounding areas, he strikes terror.

Every morning we wake to a day of terror.

What happened?!

What happened to him?!

Poor devil! Jagira cut his tongue off!

- Take him to the dispensary! - Hurry! Careful!

You there, headman! We elected you to head the village council!

You're supposed to take care of us! But you fell for the forest ranger!

- You are trying to fool us! - Jagira has sent us a message.

If we don't give him food and money, heads will roll!

Now look here...

Don't you interfere! This is between us and our village headman!

We have nothing to do with you! And none of your family is dead!

Shut up!

Come to your senses! Who d'you think you're talking to?!

Rajan sahab is a forest ranger. He is not a policeman.

It isn't his duty to arrest Jagira.

Still he is risking his life to capture Jagira.

And that's just because he sympathizes with us.

See what he and his daughter are doing for us!

They put up the dispensary. They started the school.

All for our sake! And you say we've nothing to do with them!

Are you shameless?! For Heaven's sake, shut up!

Our lives are now in danger. But if we want a better future...

we must stand up to him today. For two months we have defied him.

We have refused to pay his ransom. And he's unnerved.

One thing he knows. If it's us today, it will be others tomorrow.

That will be the end of Jagira. That's why he wants to terrorize us.

We mustn't be cowed down. We must stand up to him. As one.

I have a plan to capture him.

God willing, he will be trapped. In twenty four hours.

Yes! Everything will be all right!

Rajan sahab said Jagira would come this way.

But there's no sign of Rajan sahab. Nor Jagira. Where are they?

According to his plan, Jagira should have been here by now.

Let's wait a while.

Jagira will come. All I ever wanted was to slip the handcuffs on him.

There was a police inspector who wanted to do just that.

Jagira cut his hands off and fed him to the vultures.

It's said that vultures roam with Jagira.

"With love you will build the cribs for our sons"

"You will sing bedtime lores to hush the crying children"

" Hush my son. Mummy will sing a song for you"

Ranger! Come out!

Enough of this hide-and-seek game! Come out!

We're playing a new game with the villagers!

Wait!

Show them the sword and they start screaming!

The blood is still warm

You'll scald your tongues

Rajan sahab! What will we do now?

Someone must've tipped him off.

Hey ranger! Come out here!

You think you're smart!

The gun-runner was your spy!

I know the cops are waiting for me over the hill.

You think Jagira will fall in your trap! Like a lamb!

Here's your spy!

Now come out! Else I'll kill the child!

My son! Spare him!

Stop screeching. I haven't done it yet.

I'm just threatening.

The police are waiting for a signal. Now you must help me.

I'll go out by the back door. When Jagira starts chasing me...

you must let the cows out. The herd will block his way.

That'll give me the time I need to call the policemen.

That'll be the end of Jagira.

- But... - Do not be afraid!

Have courage! This is going to be the end of Jagira's terror!

- Are you with me? - Yes! - Sure!

Make sure you drive the herd out as soon as I leave.

- And no delays! - Not at all!

Hurry! Let the cows loose!

- Yes! - Sure!

On the mark! As soon as I leave!

Not to worry!

The ranger! He's getting away!

Get the swine! Kill anyone who gets in the way!

Come on!

That's the last I saw of Daddy.

What do you want from me?

After Daddy died, the villagers have lost all hope.

They are helpless. And they are miserable.

A man like you could change them. They might pick up the courage again.

They might be able to liberate themselves.

If you think I can liberate Devdurg, you are wrong. I'm not that capable.

But you are the only one I know.

What can I achieve alone? Jagira is dangerous.

Three divisions of police are after him.

Yet he goes unscathed. How can I?

Impossible

The greatest of revolutions were sparked by men all on their own.

I came to you with much hope

Excuse me.

Listen

Where is Devdurg?

One! Two! One! Two!

No sleeping on duty!

- One! Two! One! Two! - A letter for you.

Don't you stop! You march till the laziness gets out of your bones!

- Spare them, please. - Shut up!

No more thefts here. Not while I'm in charge of security!

Put the bars down.

Now on your haunches. With your hands under your buts.

What are you staring at? Get on with it!

You got it right.

On the hop!

Might be so, Colonel. But at this rate, they won't stick here.

Since you came on duty, ten guards have quit.

The iron rule won't work here.

What do you mean to say?

Drop the security detail. Maybe you could join me in the office.

You want me to become a clerk?

Why must you take everything in the wrong sense?

That's just why you left your wife and your kids.

I didn't leave them! They deserted me!

And now, I'm kicking your job!

But at this age, where are you going to find a job?

After I left the Army, this is the umpteenth job I've kicked.

Make sure you deliver my pay packet.

- Insufferable. He's a misfit. - Tough for him.

Dear Col Puri: The China Gate battalion is meeting at my place.

March 26. Something has cropped up. Yours: Krishnakant Puri.

Stop singing with the buffalo and get the milk.

Hurry up!

Here you are.

I read this somewhere. Music is used to increase milk production.

You never went to school! You went and joined the Army.

Because you thought it'd be fun! And now he wants to read!

Hello, Mr. Pandey!

- What's happening? - Nothing.

- What's the news? - Couldn't be worse.

The newspapers say the future is dark.

God knows what will happen to this country.

No knowing what the future holds for this country.

The country's future can wait till you've repaired the schoolbag.

I want to run away from these everyday taunts!

Like you ran away from the Army?

- Who told you that? - Mummy.

Hello, Mr. Pandey. A letter for you. For the first time in 17 years.

Your physical condition might not match your willpower.

Makes no difference for me.

But here in the hospital, I feel suffocated.

- Major Gurung, you mustn't forget - I won't. I'll remember.

I wish to live every day God gives me.

To do that, I need challenges. Not a bed in a hospital.

This letter might just be that challenge.

Come on!

Skunk! You ask me for money!

You cheated at the tables! You looted me!

And you still want more!

All you run is this rundown club!

At the biggest of gambling dens they give me credit!

People respect me!

Now where did I keep it?

Look! They write to me from all over the world to take on assignments!

What do you mean?! Do you know who you're talking to?

Mr. Gupta! Please try to understand! This is deadly business.

The men who are out to grab your property is from the underworld.

You surely know that your brothers are hand-in-glove with them.

Sad. All my life I've helped them. And now they are after my blood.

All it takes are a few traitors to bring down the greatest of empires.

Let them have it. At least you'll be spared your life.

Do you know what this is?

What is it?

Not all the riches on earth could buy this for you.

Show it to me.

It's an Army medal. It's given to those who risk their lives.

Do they also give it to soldiers who are cashiered?

Tell them that I'd rather donate my lands for building schools.

But I won't be cowed down! Not by gangsters!

- But Mr. Gupta... - Now get out of here!

A letter for you.

I'm first in queue! Everyone here knows that! No one jumps the queue!

Stand back! Here comes the bus!

I go first! I'm first in queue!

What are you doing?! Leave me!

This is a nuisance! I was first in the queue!

My arm!

I have a letter! It's urgent! Stop the bus! Please!

I was first in the queue! The first man of the day!

Tell me! Wasn't I the first?! Now when did you get here?

- A while ago. - A while ago?

- And you? - A while ago.

- And you? - A while ago.

And I've been waiting all day! And I've missed three buses!

Stand back I say! Back! I go first!

- Who gets on the next bus first? - You!

I go first!

Here comes the bus! Come on!

Not again!

Look! Money on the streets!

Keep looking for the money! Keep looking all your lives!

Ramaiah! How are you?

- Have you met, sir? - Jigar Dasgupta!

To me, he's like a son. He means everything to me.

- How are you? - And you, Krishnakant?

- Fine. - Fit and fine?

You look fit, Colonel.

I lost it all around the waist.

Look at Major Gurung. As good as a new recruit.

He doesn't looks like age has even touched him.

A few days with me, and you'll become fighting fit.

- Please be seated. - Be seated.

Feels nice to get together after all these years.

- Yes. Feels nice. - Right.

- Be seated, Ramaiah. - Sure, sir!

Who are you?

I received the invitation.

Sorry, but I didn't send you any invitation.

How did you come in here without permission?

Out! Out of here! This is a private meeting.

I'm Major Tandon's son.

My son! Come here, son!

God bless you!

What's your name?

Your father was a hero! Took six bullets and kept on fighting!

Why hasn't he come.

He slipped in bathroom, and hit his head on the commode and died.

- On a commode! - A commode?

I have accepted a mission.

I'd like to have you with me on the mission.

Jagira. He is terrorizing Devdurg. He's looting and killing people.

My niece lives in Devdurg. She has asked me for help.

I have accepted. Because as a soldier, it's my duty to protect the weak.

The mission is to capture Jagira. And to liberate Devdurg.

You mean Jagira... the bandit?

He's notorious. Four police divisions haven't been able to nab him.

And you want to catch him!

I want all of us to get together to catch him.

Have you called us here to make fun of us?

We could use this mission to clear our names.

You want us to play hide-n-seek with bandits? At this age?

The stars are favorable. If we start in a day or two...

- we could succeed! - What I want to say...

What have you to say?

Well what...?

Just sit down.

This mission will get us nowhere. People will laugh at us.

Why take all the trouble? What are we going to gain out of it?

You have to be half-crazy to cook up a plot like this.

A mad mission! For madcaps!

Is this you speaking? You, who have fought so many wars?

You are adept at fighting skills. A grenadier. A gunner.

An explosives expert. A tactician. A sharp-shooter.

We were. 17 years ago. Age does catch on.

Look at these men. Rusted to the bones.

Their eyesight is gone. They pant for breath.

The heydays are no more.

See that?

Physically, we might not be as strong. But we have experience. And courage.

Courage and experience we had. But what has it given us?

In one blow, the Army HQ...

We need not discuss all that.

We've been asked to help.

All we must decide is whether we are with him.

Have you any idea what this mission is going to cost?

Where will you find the money?

I thought you'd help us.

What! I'm not running a charitable institution!

And who's going to pay me back?

There's a reward on Jagira. 12,600,000.

- Not the dog! - He's in!

After the costs of the mission, and the interest due to me...

each of us stands to make 1,000,000

1,000,000! Jagira will cut you into as many pieces!

Well done, Krishnakant! What a great idea!

You should sell the idea to some film producer.

He will surely make a film or a television serial out of it.

You might even land yourself a role in the film!

Thanks for the advice.

Mission begins day after tomorrow. 7 am. At the Central Station.

Drop it, will you! Are you out of your mind?

If you're serious about this, then you are surely mad!

And this is a madhouse! Come on! Let's get out of here!

Come on!

Krishnakant, we're going to the United Hotel for dinner.

If you come to your senses, you can join us.

The mission mustn't be aborted. I'm with you.

That makes two of us. The mission will not be aborted.

Not two. Three.

Four.

I'd like to join you.

You should rather stay with your mother.

She is your responsibility.

That can be taken care of.

I'm trained. I've done three years with the cadet corps.

- I can use a rifle! - Kid...

- I can use a pistol! - Kiddo!

We aren't going on a picnic.

I passed the cadet exams. I have a certificate!

Trained for three years? With the cadet corps?

Can you take orders?

Attention!

Right turn!

Quick march!

Eyes ahead!

Didn't you invite Sarfraz?

I did. But I don't know...

He would never refuse an invitation from you.

Maybe he didn't receive the letter. Or maybe he has a problem.

I trusted you! That was the biggest mistake of my life!

And now you've sold my garage! How dare you!

- I can explain! - Can you?

I can! I can!

Explain what?! You stole all my savings! My savings of a lifetime!

My daughter is about to get married!

It would've fetched the money I needed for her marriage!

- And you! - I had to repay a loan!

To the loan shark! Gafoor! The grenade-runner!

The grenade runner

If the papers aren't returned to me by tomorrow...

I'll break all your bones!

Sarfraz! Welcome.

Now Sarfraz, don't you worry about your daughter's marriage.

You have Gafoor's word. I'll give her to one of my boys.

How about you? Want to marry?

Why not?

Well said!

Get the girl.

Not one step ahead! Else, your wife loses her neck.

Don't get riled. If you don't like this one, I'll get you another.

Don't you touch my daughter!

- Else! - What?

What? Are you going to break my arm?

Take that!

I'd like you and your family to live in my house.

The house is large. And not a soul to live here.

You can start your life all over again.

If the mission is successful, we'll get her married in style.

When do we leave?

I'm late! Late!

- Mister... - What?!

Oh! Miss!

- Miss! - What is this?

Sorry! Mister! Which platform leaving for Devdurg?

No platforms leaving for Devdurg.

The time!

- What watch on your time? - Nine to a quarter!

Quarter to nine!

What is it?

- You! Sir! Here? - Going to Devdurg.

I knew! But no trains go to Devdurg!

By train to Jamalpur. And then by bus to Devdurg.

Nice to have you, sir. A twosome being better than one, that is.

Good to see you here. I was all nerves.

I didn't know what I'd tell the others. Just in case...

I have an excuse. I'll tell them I went to the temple to pray.

For all of us, that is. I suggest you cook up something too.

- DK! You! Here! - Ramaiah!

- Where are you headed? - Where are you headed?

- Where else... - Where else!

That's where we're headed too.

A foursome! Better than a twosome! I said so!

Seats for every one of us! You think they will turn up?

Mr. Gupta! Welcome!

- Sarfraz! You too! - How do you do, Mr. Gupta?

I stayed up all last night budgeting the expenses.

- Now it's all gone haywire. - We can work it all over again.

Every one of us signs the contract. First thing when we get there.

- Let me take your luggage. - Not that old, am I?

Still young!

- Weren't about to come, were you? - Of course not! Here we are!

Last night, it was all because of Colonel Puri's bark.

The bark being worse than his bite, we just went along.

- Is everyone here? - Everyone here.

Good of you to have done what I told you to do.

Did we?

Not that I have much faith in your scheme of things, Krishnakant.

But you do fall back on me for advice. So I decided to come along.

So good of you!

Come, Mummy.

Mummy would like to have a word with you.

Mrs. Tandon! My greetings!

Though I never met you, I know how well you cook!

Your husband used to share the cookies with me!

What can I do for you?

I want you to take Udit along with you.

If he stays with you, he will imbibe some of his father's qualities.

And his soul will rest in peace.

Sure! Udit is like a son to me. Krishnakant, Udit is coming with us.

What are you doing here? The audience is waiting!

- Hold your tongue! She's my mother! - Your mother? She's my wife!

- Hush! I'm being paid for this! - You'll get paid at the theatre too!

Udit! Who was that?!

I touched her feet! You made me do it! Scoundrel!

She's an actress. I paid her.

I just wanted to come along. Well, never mind. I'll be on my way.

Oh no! You come along! And I'll teach you a lesson!

Start with the luggage! Start!

Attention!

Take the luggage!

About turn!

Move it!

The scoundrel! To think I touched her feet!

Have you called Sarfraz in too?

Good of you to have joined us!

Krishnakant didn't spare you, I see!

This is like a picnic! The mission is a non-starter.

Is he coming along?

He's going to bore us. Why not drop him?

Right! Drop it! That's what I told him! Drop the mission!

It's doomed! Sarfraz, why don't you try to reason with him?

The time is auspicious, sir. You should name the mission, sir.

- China Gate? Again? - Great!

Good. Great.

Perfect!

- What do you mean? - China Gate, that is.

If you want China Gate, then China Gate it is.

But why doesn't it roll?

Why isn't the train moving? Move it!

Is this the compartment? Oh yes! This is the one!

Here they come.

Why did you bring the dog? I hate dogs! You know that!

- It's either the dog, or I... - The dog!

Who said that?! Who?!

Whoever?

Bandits!

Headman!

Come on out!

Let me go!

What was the clap-trap you told the crowds after I killed the ranger?

So your fight is on! And you'll take revenge!

Were it not for the government dogs...

I would've blown your head off! The very next day!

The bandits have us surrounded! They want you! They might kill us all!

They aren't more than fifty or sixty. We are 150 men! How about a fight?

- But how... - What can we do?!

If you don't come out, I'll start killing the women and the children!

I'm going!

This is my hour of test! We must have courage! Leave me!

Daddy, shall I come with you?

No, son. Take care of your mother.

Make sure my son becomes a soldier.

Wait! You'll have your meal!

Talk to me!

That so?

That so!

Face me! One by one!

No one kills him!

Great! At least there's one man in this village!

Well said! You make me happy!

I am going to enjoy this fight! One to one!

You said it's one to one. Why did you bring your son along?

In your reckless rage, you might pick up the guts to fight me!

But you can never match my treachery!

I will skin you alive!

I was born of a wolf! Remember that!

Don't you dare!

Slowly! Drive slowly! This is bumpy!

Watch your backs!

Had you told me earlier, I would've brought my own bus along!

This piece of junk won't reach the destination.

Even if it does, we won't have much fight left in us!

My bones are rattling! My head is reeling!

I reckon this bus is going to fall off a cliff.

- Don't scare us, sir! - That'll be the end of us.

- And the end of the mission! - He'll bore us all the way.

Let's dump him before it's too late.

Try this bread! Whole wheat and lots of butter!

Have another!

- What are you doing?! - That which you should've done.

Stop the bus! He threw my snack out of the window!

- What am I going to eat?! - A salad and lots of green.

- This! That's meant for cows! - You're as fat as a buffalo.

- I'm leaving! - Not through the window?

- Shut up! - I'll make you healthy again.

- You'll lose all the fat. - Don't do that, sir!

You drunk! Get up!

Sir! He peed his pants in his sleep! Soiled my pants too!

Why can't you pee out of the window?

My booze! He spilled my booze! And he says I peed my pants!

You should get off the booze till the end of the mission.

- My booze! Not your father's! - Don't get personal!

Take this pill. It'll stop the nausea.

No more pills! I'd rather take Jagira's bullets!

- Not your pills! - Why not?

I took the pill for uneasiness and I got this nausea!

No knowing what can happen if I take a pill for nausea.

- No use arguing. He's a drunk. - Don't you call me a drunk!

That Krishnakant, is your team. You know what to expect.

There goes the wheel!

What do you mean to say?!

That wheel will beat us in the race for Devdurg!

Colonel sahab! I'm not supposed to climb high altitudes!

I suffer from blood pressure. Isn't there another road?

God! Why did He make hills? Oh for a world of simple straight lines!

- Move it, Ramaiah. - Coming, up sir.

Friends, we are in the middle of the war. We must stay alert.

No one in the village knows why we are here, or what our mission is.

The element of surprise is the most effective weapon on this mission.

If Jagira attacks this village, we can launch a counter attack.

Why not try to track his movements instead of waiting for him?

Right. And let's try and keep the conflict outside the village.

So that the villagers aren't put to any risk.

We must get to know as much as we can about Jagira from the villagers.

We must know how many men he has, the weaponry he uses...

The villagers are terrorized. They won't tell you anything.

What use a life like this? Shame on them!

They can't protect themselves. And they won't help us to help them!

Jagira is justified in robbing people like these. Cowards!

It's easy to talk tough with a gun in your hand.

And it's easy to call an unarmed man a coward.

They do not carry guns. But they have responsibilities.

Their families. their women, their children. Compulsions.

Compulsions that can break even the best of men.

Cowards they aren't. It takes a lot of courage...

to go on living in these compelling circumstances.

Only a man who has shouldered his own responsibilities...

can empathize with them. These men are persecuted.

And the man who does it deserves to be hacked to pieces.

No swashbuckling sword fight, this. We're planning Jagira's capture.

All you people have on your minds is violence! It's in your genes!

Let him speak. We are used to hearing that.

- Go on, Colonel Puri. - I've nothing to say.

- Say it. - I don't want to say anything.

Say it... there's something oh-so-very-wrong with our genes...

As children, all we learn is violence.

Sons kill their fathers to grab thrones. Brothers kill each other...

- you want to say that, don't you? - I need say nothing.

- History is witness. - May we drop the past?

No more of this. Ever.

According to your plan...

plan number one and plan number two...

Lali! What are you doing here?

Uncle told me that city-folks have come to the village.

He asked me to sell toys.

Jagira killed Lali's parents. She lives with her uncle now.

- Go on, Lali. No one wants toys. - Please take a toy, sir.

- They are very pretty. - We don't want any.

Go away.

Wait.

Now show me some.

- Lovely! - I made them myself!

Really?

- How much for? - Five rupees.

- Five for all? Or just one? - Only one.

Here you are.

Now which do I take?

The elephant. The mightiest!

Really? Thank you.

Jagira uses these three routes to invade the village.

We can block two routes and leave this one open.

Surveillance will become easier.

You will survey the village and outlying areas.

You will work on putting up roadblocks on the two routes.

You will scout the area beyond the hills.

Right.

Join me tomorrow morning for a recce.

And I?

- Take care of the kitchen. - Kitchen! Three years of training!

Have the supper served, will you?

Supper is nearly ready. I'll lay the table as soon as it is ready.

No spices for me, please. I'm not supposed to take spices.

Never mind him. Make it hot and spicy.

Listen... could you please use butter instead of oil?

Ramaiah, make sure I get my green chilies and mint leaves.

We aren't in a hotel. We eat whatever is served.

And no one gives orders. We do our jobs ourselves.

- What? - In this mission, we are equals.

You mean Ramaiah and I are equal?

Yes, Colonel Puri. On this mission, we are equals.

On this mission, we are equals!

All right! Get up everyone! We are all equals!

Fall in for rations.

The orders come from the leader, don't they?

Who said that?

- The circus is here! - The clowns are here!

- Where's the joker? - Where's the joker?

- He's the bear! - Show us some tricks!

We've just arrived! We'll show you the tricks later!

Show what? Just shut up.

Get lost. Go on.

Bijon, didn't I tell you not to bring the dog along?

- He has a name. Jigar. - And you!

In that monkey cap, you look like one!

- Just having fun with the kids. - What do you mean?

Sandhya has told the villagers that we are a circus troupe.

Strange! She could have said something else.

- She's made a circus out of us! - You look like the ringmaster.

You even have a hunter!

- Let's go that way. - No. We're going that way.

- Just as well. - Just the way it is!

Come on.

- How are you, Lali? - Fine, thank you.

- Aren't you playing? - I can't play. I'm keeping shop.

My uncle has told that I must bring home thirty rupees. Every day.

- Doesn't your uncle work? - He does.

You love your children, don't you?

You bought a toy from me once. You want another?

You have the elephant.

Take this horse. It runs very fast.

- Really? - Yes!

- More shopping? - There's lots more.

- We have to go to Raidurg. - Raidurg? Where is that?

- 25 kilometres from here. - 25 kilometres!

Hey! I came here to catch bandits!

- I'm here to catch bandits! - So you aren't coming?

Well, you've got yourself a free porter!

- I don't take you for a porter. - The soldiers do!

See what they've given me? The kitchen department!

- Come with me. Hurry! - It was a good hand.

What are you doing?

Taking a massage.

To hell with your massage! Come here!

Come down!

Not that way, you idiot!

What's up, Gurung? Why are you shouting?

I saw some bandits on the hill.

- Bandits! Here already! - We might nab them alive.

- But we don't have weapons. - What we have is enough. Hurry!

- What a nuisance. - What did you say?

Well, we've just had lunch. In some time...

We haven't time! Hurry!

- Sir! I was saying... - What do you mean to say?!

- Nothing! - Shut up! Move it!

No dogs!

No bandits here.

- How about going back? - Come on!

- The enemy is behind that slope. - Over the top?

Follow me. No noise. We mount a sudden attack.

After I fire the first shot give me covering fire. Thick.

At least one bandit... I repeat. We much catch one of them alive.

Not a sound till the first shot is fired.

- What happened? - Ants! They're biting me!

- So what? - Red ants! Climbing upwards!

Any questions? Any doubts?

None. Go on. Let's do it.

I aimed for the horse. I wanted to get him alive.

Gurung chose the wrong vantage point.

We were firing. But they were out of range. Had it been my plan...

three or four of them would have been here now. All trussed up.

And Jagira would've come here to secure their release.

And we would have caught him! Mission over!

- Isn't that so, sir?! - Correct!

The time this afternoon wasn't auspicious.

Else, they would never have given us the slip. No chance!

Right. They were plain lucky.

They ran as soon as the firing started.

Had Jigar been there, he would've taken one.

Just a bout of good luck.

- They're lying. - Who saw it? Who's that?

They can't even climb a mound. They pant like old women.

I nearly lost my life thanks to their laxity.

Something must be done for this lot, sir.

What do you suggest, Gurung? - The grounds. 6:30 am. Tomorrow.

- Six thirty? - Five thirty!

- What's it, DK? - Tell me something, please!

We have traveled so far for this mission!

Tell me, will I get the chance to take a few shots at Jagira?

Or are you going to drive me till I drop dead?

My lungs are bursting! Water! Please! Give me a drink!

No water!

Now look Major! We know how to use guns. Don't we?

Sure.

And we've had our bit of physical training and terrain exercises.

You think all this training is going to help us to kill Jagira?

No. This might help you survive Jagira.

- High time we left. - Sure.

- I've news of their movements. - Oh?

If we can be there in time, we might nab Jagira.

Down.

Your seat, sir! I'll take the rear seat.

You go right inside.

Make sure my laundry done. And let's have lamb chops for supper.

Been sometime since I ate chops.

Hey Colonel Puri! Come out! Out!

If you've the guts, come out here!

That's for you, Krishnakant. He daren't talk to me like that.

Hey Puri! You baldie! Come out if you got the guts!

Senior Puri! Come on!

Out here! If you've the guts!

You can't even digest barley! And you want lamb chops!

You bully!

Go to the kitchen! Go shopping!

That's what you should be doing at your age! Not at my age!

I'm here to fight!

Why! You're too shocked for words!

Sandhya! You think these men can catch Jagira?

They can't do a thing!

They pop pills to stay alive! And they want to catch Jagira!

They are retired soldiers! And now all they want is money!

But I... I am putting my whole life at stake! For catching Jagira!

I've been taunted all my life. "The son of the coward!"

"The son of the deserter!"

Even my friends used to make fun of me!

And my poor mother! All she used to do was weep!

We moved house... we left the town. I stopped using my father's name!

I wanted to prove myself. I wanted my mother to be proud of me!

But you won't let me do a thing! You've got me sidetracked!

Damn your team! I want none of it!

I'll go and nab Jagira! All by myself!

And your Mission China Gate... it's going to fail!

And now I'm going! To catch Jagira!

What are you looking for?

My luggage.

After last night, they must've dumped me.

Wonder where they might've dumped my luggage.

Please don't throw me out of the village!

Till I can nab Jagira, I'll make do somewhere here.

Even the stables will do. But please don't throw me out!

After last night, I think they understand you better.

And what do you think of me?

Last night, I found a friend.

Friend!

Still on your trip?

Hurry up and get ready. You're on sentry duty with me for the day.

Baldie's revenge! He has me staking it out in the rain.

And he sits under the overhang and eats his bananas.

Make sure you cover all points!

- Where is it gone? - I've seen everywhere.

- It's not here. - Only my medal is missing!

Look again! Udit! Search the other room!

You might have forgotten where you kept it.

Try and remember. It can't get lost.

Yes. Now don't worry. You'll find it.

If there's anything I've earned in all my life, it's that medal.

Found it!

- Where did you find it? - It was lying over there.

Shiva has it.

- Give it back to me, son. - May I keep it? Please.

- I have many more like it. - Medals can't be bought and sold.

For a medal, a soldier has to stake his life for a medal.

Give the medal back.

I want my son to become a soldier. So he can win medals like yours.

- How can he become a soldier? - Send him to the military school.

Colonel Dogra is in charge of the military school.

Col Puri and Col Dogra are friends. A recommendation will work.

Here you are.

- What's this? - The bill. 67.25

- You're asking me for money! - Should I ask the dog?

Don't you act smart with me!

People respect me! I'm assigned work from all corners of the world!

People beg before me! They fall at my feet!

Do you know who killed the seven bandits yesterday?

I didn't do it! I don't know!

I did. I killed them.

We are here to protect you from Jagira. We're here to catch him.

So that is it!

I took her father's head! And the daughter is sheltering my enemies!

Kill the soldiers! And feed them to the vultures!

Bandits!

- Get the gun! Fast! - Crackers! Bullets!

- The guns! - Where are the guns?!

Take your positions!

- Ramaiah! My gun! - No! This is mine!

Move it!

- Careful, Ramaiah! - Bijon! He's fast asleep!

The dog is sleeping too! Like master like dog!

A gun! God! Give me a gun!

Now where are the bandits?!

Surround the villa! Shoot anyone you see!

- Bullets! - Pass the rounds! Hurry!

Get up, you drunk!

We are being attacked!

What's up?! Help!

I thought it was in the dream! But it's real! Real bullets!

If you can't stand straight, go back to sleep!

- All right, sir. - Son of a gun!

Take your position! On the stairs!

The stairs! Take the stairs!

Cover Sarfraz!

Careful! Major Gupta!

DK! Throw me a gun!

Give me a gun! You bloody idiot!

Arjuna has taken a bullet! We're going back! Back!

Hear!

Before Arjuna's wound has healed...

we will tear the soldiers to pieces!

It's dangerous. The police have surrounded Devdurg and Raidurg.

Must be a trap for us.

Is that so?

So they have laid a trap for Jagira!

Time for us to have some fun too!

The night of the next full moon is going to be a dark night.

From day one, I have been saying that we must be always alert.

There was an attack. And people were lazing about, asleep, drunk.

No one knew where the guns were. No coordination.

We were fighting like women. Shame on us. Are we soldiers?

Luckily for us, their leader was shot. That's why they retreated.

A few minutes more, and this place would be strewn with corpses.

I am sorry, sir.

I was paralyzed. I had taken position. But I couldn't fire!

Please don't get me wrong, sir! I tried all I could!

It was the sound of all that firing. I don't know what happened to me.

Please don't throw me out, sir! I'll do anything! Anything else!

There's only thing you can do now. Pack and leave.

Besides, there's no place for cowards like you on this mission.

Enough, Gurung.

Every one of us tried. And we did put up a fight.

Will you shoot this poor fellow just because he failed?

- I'm only asking him to leave. - It was a surprise attack.

It was chaos. Still we fought back. We didn't run away.

Mental blocks are usual for our age. We aren't as agile anymore.

Still, we dug our heels in.

All of you have turned cowards.

No heroes here. We're cowards. All of us. And you're a coward too!

17 years ago, we were branded cowards!

Our names were in the papers!

Might've been. But there's no need to say that again and again!

Yes! It has to be said! The world knows we are deserters! Deserters!

After China Gate we were finished. We became cripples. In body. In mind.

You might not be. But I am! I cannot make a soldier again!

The business was doing fine. I shouldn't have been here.

We must've been out of our minds to have come here!

You're here because of your niece. I needn't have come here at all.

But I thought I'd help you out. That's why I came.

Once again, it was you who made the mistake today.

No one knew what to do.

What couldn't you understand?

- You were told to cover Sarfraz. - I thought Gupta needed cover.

- Gupta was in danger. - Your job is to follow orders.

The lives of my men is my responsibility.

China Gate was also your responsibility.

We had taken your orders. And what became of us?

We were hounded out of the Army! We were disgraced in public!

All because of you!

Enough, Colonel Puri.

No! I've lived with it for 17 years! He is the man who has ruined us!

Have you forgotten that you were the first man to run that night?

What are you saying?! Nonsense! That's a lie!

You raised the alarm. You screamed. " Run for you lives! We're surrounded"

Were it not for your panic we would've stood our ground.

We would've fought. And died. We wouldn't have lived with disgrace.

You were the first to run.

Mind your tongue, Sarfraz!

Do you mean to say that China Gate failed because of me?

A coward, am I?! A deserter?!

The deserters and the back-stabbers are those of your ilk!

Again and again and again...!

We might never meet again. So let me make some things clear.

We fought many battles together. And we won our spurs.

But we lost it at China Gate. Bad luck for us.

Had I been able to ignore humane considerations...

we would have won the day.

The mission was to blow up a house. Terrorists were holed up inside it.

The target was surrounded and wired. Before the blast...

I was taking a final survey. The door of the house opened...

And I saw an old woman feeding the birds; children playing...

and a mother nursing an infant. Now that I had seen it...

how could I give an order to blast? Maybe we had the wrong information.

Maybe we had targeted the wrong house.

I disconnected the fuse before you could detonate.

Had you seen what I saw, you would've done just what I did.

You wouldn't have given the order to detonate. No one here would.

Because we are soldiers. Not assassins.

That's why I gave the order to withdraw. But we were deceived.

Then came the ambush.

The terrorists came out of hiding and attacked us.

The rest of the story we all know.

The court martial held that I was guilty. Which I accepted.

In my deposition I had stated that the decision to withdraw was mine.

I argued that I was the one to be punished. Not any of you.

But they felt I was trying to shield you. And they punished all of us.

After leaving the Army, each of you began your lives afresh. Not I.

For 17 years, I have fought this case in the courts.

So that you could be exonerated.

And when I lost the case, I also lost the desire to live.

I was about to shoot myself when this girl knocked on my door.

Sandhya isn't my niece.

I have never even met her father.

We might have met at the party where that photograph was taken.

I accepted this mission because it gave me a reason to live.

None of you are here for my sake. Nor for the sake of the villagers.

You are here for your own sakes!

You are here to find what you lost in China Gate. Your dignity.

Our uniforms may be gone. But I thought...

we still have the spirit. The spirit of the soldier.

We can still serve the country. We can fight. We can die.

But the guns you held at each other prove that the soldiers are dead.

The only emotion you have is hatred. Hatred for each other.

That is why we cannot work together.

I made a mistake by calling you for this mission.

You may leave. For you, the mission is over.

Please! Let bygones be! Stop them. We came here for a purpose!

- We came here with a mission! - The mission will be accomplished.

We have nothing more to do with the mission.

We won't stay here any longer. We are leaving.

What are you doing Bijon? Hurry up. Get ready.

This is impossible. Ever since Jigar came to know we are leaving...

- he has gone into hiding. - Maybe he doesn't want...

to abandon this mission. You know, he's loyal.

- What do you mean? - Shouldn't we put up a search?

- After all he came here with us... - Shut up. - Sure...

If you aren't ready in five minutes, I'm leaving without you.

How can you do this? If you leave, Mr. Krishnakant will be very hurt.

In which case, he wouldn't be buttering his toast right now.

I think he's rambling, sir. Actually, he respects you. A lot.

Maybe you could tell him? Please.

- Tea? - Thanks.

If you tell him... just once, he will surely stay back.

Says I'm a coward! Useless, am I? Haven't got it in me anymore?

He doesn't even have any respect for his seniors!

I'm old enough to be his father!

And why are you standing there?

Now why are you sitting down? Move it!

- Move... - Come on!

- They're coming, sir! - Have we any transport?

Or, are we to walk it all the way to the station? Udit, get us a cab.

- But sir... - Just do it. We'll miss the train.

Sandhya was telling me that you might feel bad if I left.

What use staying here? I'm not needed.

Krishnakant, after I'm gone, make sure you think well...

- before taking any decision. - Eat a toast.

All right...

if you insist.

He's asking us to. Let's eat.

- Go on. - Permission granted...

Sir, your cab is here.

So what? Ask him to wait. What's his hurry?

Well Krishnakant, do we leave? Or do we stay?

- You must ask the soldiers to leave! - He's right!

- Yes! He's right! - They must leave!

What's the matter, Sandhya?

What's up?

They are saying...

You are soldiers. Death is nothing new for you. But this war...

is between you and Jagira. We don't want to get caught in this.

- We want nothing of this! - No! We don't!

This is not our war! We're fighting for your sake!

We do not want any fighting! In this village, we want peace!

- Yes! We want peace. - At times, you must fight for peace.

We don't want to argue. Tell them that.

We have decided that you must leave.

Who decided that?

We women live in this village too. We want them to stay.

- Yes! - Yes!

The fact is... every child in this village wanted to become a bandit.

But now they have seen you fight back.

And now, our children want to become soldiers.

And we have found hope. We too can live with our heads held high.

Provided Jagira spares your neck!

- He's right! - Now we have to grovel before him!

- Yes! Beg for his mercy! - Just a minute...

You want to grovel in front of Jagira!

The man who loots your village! The one who enslaves your families!

And you still want to live at his mercy!

Do you have a future?

If you care for your children...

you will teach them how to live a life of dignity.

And that can happen only you fight injustice. Starting today.

We are on a mission to capture Jagira. You must help us.

And we will lay down our lives for the villagers. That I promise.

And we aren't that easy to kill.

Inspector Barot is here. I told you about him...

One... 2... 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9... and this is ten.

Ten old men and a dog. Oh, there's a young fellow too.

A full team, is it?

So this is Sandhya's circus.

What tricks they been up to?

No tricks in the circus. Just acts.

Would you like to see a couple of acts?

I'll make sure you do it. And you'll shame the monkeys.

The monkey! We forgot it!

I am Inspector Barot.

- And this area is mine. - I thought it was Jagira's.

- Yes! - Who said that?

The area is his.

Even Jagira has to ask him for permission.

Poking fun at me? Go on!

- Search the house. - Yes, sir.

Search the house! Go on, search.

What is the matter, Inspector?

So you are the ringmaster!

You see, I'm here to arrest all of you.

It's about the mayhem in the village yesterday.

18 died.

After the investigation, we'll get to know...

how many of them were bandits, and how many were villagers.

If I find any weapons you're going to spend...

the rest of your lives in jail. Or what little is left of it.

- What did you find? - Nothing, sir.

- Nothing. - No weapons, sir.

- Nothing, sir. - What do you mean?

Found nothing. That's what he says. I didn't say that.

Don't gloat over your luck. You're doomed.

Had you come with me you'd be in jail. Alive.

If Jagira gets his hands on you, you're dead.

What's going on? What are you doing?

Are you trying to scare me?

Are you trying to scare the police?

Sandhya! Stop them!

What is he trying to do?!

- Asking you to leave. - I'm leaving.

I'll leave...

Get in.

Start it.

I'm leaving today. But I'll be back.

The gear!

The next time I'm here, I'll take you along.

Done?

I'd like to have a circus show organized for the police.

- Why are you crying? - I haven't sold a toy in four days.

And my uncle is coming back from town today.

If I don't take home ten rupees today, he's going to sell me!

Uncle! Get up!

Lazy bones! You're back again! Looks like I have to sell you off!

No! I sold all the toys!

This gentleman has bought it all. He's a very nice man.

You can take the money from him.

Can I play now?

Yes, Lali. Go on.

Hey! I'm playing with you!

The kids take to you easily.

I didn't even watch my daughter grow up.

First it was the Army. Then the struggle for a decent life.

And one day, I found she had become an adult.

What are you staring at? You bought the stuff. Pay up.

You force that kid to work for a living?

What else will she do?

She will go to school. She will play with her friends.

And tomorrow onwards, you get to work.

If I see you lazing around during the day, I'll skin you alive.

Are you threatening me?! You don't know who I am!

I've been in the cop house thrice!

See this knife? Out with the money!

The knife! See it?

Not there. Look here!

What's this?! What is this?!

Bijon... keep a lookout while I carve this one.

Carve? What?

- Say sorry. - Sorry!

- At his feet! - If he lets go of my throat!

- Forgive me! - Grovel!

No! Yes! I will!

Listen.

If you make Lali work again, I'll rip you open.

- Yes?! - Understand?

In the name of The Lord!

Children, a school is going to be built in your village.

As you play, so you must also study.

- You'll attend school, won't you? - Sure. They will.

Give this letter to Colonel Dogra when you reach the school.

- He will explain everything. - All right.

Where is he going to stay? What about his food?

Food? Better fare than he gets at home.

It's just that he's going away from me. For the first time.

He is all I have.

Don't worry. DK will escort you.

Shiva will come back a brave soldier.

- He'll surely win a medal. - Why not?

- It's only for you. - All right, Mummy.

And here are some sweets here. Don't share it with anyone.

- What if someone sees it? - Now how could that happen?

Share it. I like sweets. Can I have a couple?

Help!

Faster!

Help!

Help!

Don't be afraid! Mummy is here with you!

You mustn't be afraid!

Take that road back to the village. And tell the soldiers. Go on!

- No Mummy! I won't leave you! - Do what Mummy says! My brave boy!

You're going to become a soldier! You mustn't cry. Now hurry! Go on!

Go on!

They must be hiding. Find them!

Don't! Not a step forward!

Go back! I'll kill you!

Is that so?

Well said! The spirit I say!

This is the mother! She is going to make her son a soldier!

Lay down your lives for the country, young men!

Not even a month since her husband died. And she wants her son dead.

You won't even get a burial!

No you wouldn't dare to speak to me like that!

The soldiers! They are the ones speaking through you!

And you give them shelter!

That was a wrong thing to do!

Effrontery!

Now it's gone out of your hands. Now you're going to suffer!

Now it's time for the massacre! The massacre!

Mummy!

Shiva! No!

Go away!

Please!

Go away! Run!

- No! - Mummy! Let me go!

Let go!

He touched my Mummy! I'll break his head!

Shameless creatures! Quiet!

A mother is weeping over her only son.

Don't be so greedy.

Mother...

Use this shroud. Cover your soldier.

These ones are worse bastards. They will tear him to pieces!

They will tear you to pieces!

The hand you raised on my son ...may God cut the hand off!

Louder!

A mother curses you!

Louder!

Let the terror of Jagira reign!

Let every mother tell her son about Jagira.

Let them tell their sons never to raise their heads against Jagira!

Lay down your lives for the country, young men!

There!

My son fought. Like a gallant soldier.

He tried to protect his mother's honor.

A hero's death is not mourned.

Here you are, doctor.

Sandhya! What are you doing here? Out of here. Out!

Everything will be all right. Don't worry.

- He is in danger. We need blood. - What's the blood group?

B negative.

It's going to be difficult to find.

B negative... one of us is B negative.

Try to find someone here. Let me see if I can find someone.

Yes! It's Gurung!

Call Gurung! Find him!

- How is DK? - Here you are!

DK needs blood. He's your group. B negative. Hurry! He's in danger!

What are you thinking about?

Doctor, hurry.

I cannot give my blood.

What are you saying?

I do not donate my blood. It's a matter of principle.

Gurung! What are you saying?!

Listen! Listen to me!

If he isn't given blood, DK's going to die!

- What's up? - Gurung refused to give blood!

Never mind. We have a donor.

That was strange of Gurung!

I can't imagine what would happen had we not found a donor.

Don't worry. We have found the blood.

DK is going to be all right.

Please stop the mission. Go home.

That's bad of you. Make sure you don't say that to anyone else.

We have reached the point of no return.

We have lost confidence in Gurung. We can't work with him.

It's either him or us.

He's plain selfish.

- A man as selfish... - Gurung isn't selfish!

Why did he refuse?

Because he doesn't want DK to die!

Gurung is suffering from blood cancer.

He doesn't want anyone to know this.

Have this delivered to the magistrate's office.

Are you sure?

I've thought it over.

Gurung! The quintessential soldier!

We are fighting the demons of our past.

But Gurung's enemy is inside him. In his veins.

And yet he fights!

Gurung is fighting the dread of cancer!

My turn for sentry duty.

Better not go out alone. I'll come with you.

Get this clear.

Kewal Krishan Puri needs no Sarfraz Khan's help.

I never did. And I never will.

To help me, he says!

Sarfraz! Are you all right?!

Sarfraz! Listen to me!

- I don't want to. - Listen, Sarfraz!

- Sarfraz! Listen to me! - I don't want to!

You must! You have to listen!

Do you take me for a madman?

You think I'm trying to victimize you?

I was an eight-year old.

During the 1947 riots. Our suburb was surrounded.

The skies rent with Allah-hi-Akbar!

And Abdul Rehman! The man my father gave everything!

In the eleventh hour, he turned his back on us. At the last moment!

We had thought he would help.

In despair, we knocked on his door. We kept knocking...

I was terrorized. I hid myself behind sacks of coal.

And in front of my eyes...

the butchers hacked them to death! My mother! My father!

It was Abdul Rehman who showed them our house!

The wound has not healed!

It's in my heart! It's painful!

It wasn't I who inflicted this wound.

But he was one of your community!

My commune!

My commune!

What is my community?!

And what right have you to point fingers at my community?!

Proud I am! That I was born of this soil!

Proud I am! That my forefathers lie buried in this soil!

Proud I am! Proud of my community!

Then why have I to hear this time and again?

After what happened to me...

My brother was killed too. In the riots in Meerut.

He was burnt alive.

The only difference between then and now is the cry.

Har Har Mahadev

On either side, people were massacred.

They were slaughtered. On both sides.

You have your scars. I have mine too.

The truth is that our history is scarred.

And we cannot change it.

But do we squander our present? Do we ruin our future for the past?

You are all praise for Gurung. Because he's fighting cancer.

But a disease far worse than cancer courses your veins.

The hatred. The suspicion. That is the disease.

And that is what you have to fight.

That is what you must overcome. Only then can your wounds heal.

Your wounds and mine too.

- Gurung, listen... - No, sir.

For me life has been an uphill climb.

My hill I have always climbed all alone. Without any help.

I do not want your help. I know, you will insist.

You will sympathize with me. But that is not the life I want.

The pains of cancer I can bear. But not the despair of helplessness.

I regret to leave this mission halfway.

Major sahab, you are really very selfish.

You did not give me your blood.

Unfortunately...

The misfortune was mine!

To have been denied the blood of a hero like you!

If the blood in your veins could be mine...

even if it meant that I would live only a day...

I would have lived a full life!

Please do not leave us, sir!

Don't go away!

No, DK.

I will never leave my friends.

Well, this is the end of playing soldiers.

Peg your tents, pack your bags, and come with me.

- What do you mean? - Not again.

I said I'd come back for you.

There's a van. Preference for seats is in accordance with your ranks.

- What for? - Count on.

On the first count for spreading terror.

Second count. Endangering the lives of the villagers.

Third, breaking in and occupying the premises of an honorable woman.

Nonsense. What proof have you?

Proofs you will have.

But first, let's ask the one who lodged the complaint against you.

Sandhya... tell them.

Go on. Tell them.

What kind of a joke is this?

This must have been a practical joke.

We have talked this over.

Yet...

I did not see my father when he was dying.

But I saw Mr. Pandey. And for the first time...

I got to know how horrifying death can be!

Daddy must have been in pain!

In each of you I have seen my father.

I cannot bear to see anyone die!

I can't bear it.

That's why I wrote the letter to the magistrate.

I asked him to take you away.

Move it. Time's up.

Where are we going?

To the magistrate.

It's gone kaput, sir.

The jeep is gone kaput.

That's what the government gives us. And they want us to nab Jagira.

Take them straight to the magistrate's house.

Some men from the magistrate's office.

We're from the magistrate's office.

We are here to pick up the soldiers. Where are they?

So this is it!

Welcome to Jagira's court!

You've kept me waiting!

At long last, I get to see your faces!

Which of you is the leader?

None. Just the bunch of us. And the Colonels Puri.

- He wants to know the leader. - The leader... well...

What do you want to say?

Hardly anything, sir. But if you permit me, there's a question.

At your age, people go on pilgrimages.

Why are you doing here, in this wilderness? To die?

I'm not here to die. I'm here to kill.

And to free the people of Devdurg from your terror.

Hear! Here comes the savior.

You will go hungry. And you will scream.

The savior is here.

If you protect the frogs and rats what will the snake eat?

If you protect the deer and the goat what will the lion hunt?

You cannot change these, soldier. These are the laws of nature.

An animal which turns man-eater is hunted down.

What do you want to say?

Surrender.

It might save your life.

Is that so?

So you want me to surrender?!

I'm amazed!

Either you're a madcap or you take me for one.

I thought they'd be the ones to beg for their lives.

But this turns out to be so different!

They want us to surrender! They want us to bow before them!

Just raise your hands. We will understand that.

Now this one!

He speaks too!

The cur! He speaks to me!

You do what you have to.

Shoot them!

No, sir!

Please don't kill me!

I'm not like them! I'm not a soldier!

I'm only in college!

I just got a letter! And that man over there... he forced me to come!

Said he'd make me a soldier!

See! He's still shouting at me!

I don't want to be with you!

Get that?!

Please! Spare me!

I want to go home!

Please spare me!

Squad! Positions!

Scatter!

Surround them!

We're running out of ammunition!

Let go you bastard!

Leave me!

Getting you was tough.

I'll rip you up apart!

No, Sarfraz!

Tear him into pieces!

No! Don't kill him!

The law wants Jagira. Dead or alive.

Better dead, I say!

- No! - Kill him!

We will hand him over to the police alive!

Don't be foolish, Krishnakant! Let's kill him. Right here.

The mission was to kill Jagira!

Our mission is to erase the fear of Jagira from the minds of people.

That can happen only when the law punishes him. Like a common criminal.

No one moves!

The police have you surrounded!

Drop your weapons and raise your hands!

You were protecting the village. Not the law.

I am the protector of the law.

Like you, Jagira is also a citizen of this country!

Only the law has the right to punish him. Not you.

Move!

Tough catch!

- Mr. Barot, a photo please. - One photograph please!

Hold it a minute.

This angle... take this.

Come on.

How did you like arresting Jagira?

Feels nice.

I would've felt better had I caught him a few years earlier.

A few innocents would've been spared their lives.

But it feels nice.

- We hear some soldiers helped you. - Who said that?!

I was all alone!

The police posse was far behind me. In there, I was all alone.

- So the soldiers didn't help you? - No. They are old.

They are retired. They just laze about in the village.

I was all alone.

So you keep the reward?

Yes... no. No, I mean, yes.

There are these widows of policemen killed in action.

I'll give them some.

And then, my police station needs a coat of paint. And some repairs.

We need two or three fans.

If there's anything left over after all that...

I'll keep it. Surely there's nothing wrong in it?

" Fly my bird, fly away"

Freedom!

I hate to betray my uniform. But I've taken your graft too.

Now make sure get lost. For a long time.

Is that so?!

The right advice at the wrong time! Had you not been on my side...

the vultures would have been playing football with your head!

You're worked up. And rightly so.

But I'm family to you. Take it out on the soldiers.

I'll cut them up into so many little pieces...

that their mothers won't be able to recognize them.

Come on!

No use opposing these types.

No knowing when they might turn politicians.

Are you planning to settle here?

Chatterbox. He can't keep anything to himself.

But what are you going to do here?

I haven't much to look forward to in the city.

At least this place is peaceful. Besides, there's Lali.

I'll see in her what I missed out in my daughter's life.

I'll till the lands. I'll find something to do. But here I stay.

Farming? So I won't have to buy my rations anymore.

Been a long time since we saw a dance! This is going to be fun!

Where have you been?

Take a look around the village. The mood is festive!

The villagers are celebrating Jagira's capture.

The whole village has been decorated. Ask him!

And there's a song-and-dance! A dancing girl has been called in.

- What do you mean to say? - You'll dance, won't you, sir?

Sure! I'll sing! And I'll dance!

Two tickets for you.

- Two? Who's coming with me? - Colonel Puri said...

The day after tomorrow is Id, isn't it?

I'm coming with you. To celebrate Id.

Welcome!

Krishnakant keeps saying that your wife cooks up a good sher-koorma.

Not sher-koorma, Puri sahab.

- It's sheer-khurma. - The same!

- I wonder if I could sample it. - Sure! Why not?!

Who is it?

Lali is gone.

Where?

To town.

She's going to be happy.

And she'll make a lot of money. Look, he gave me money too.

Swine! Where is she?!

- Gone to her maternal uncle's. - Her maternal uncle?

- Have you sold her? - No!

He bought her!

Where?

- At the bus stand. - Which one?

- No sign of Sarfraz. Where is he? - Gone to meet Lali.

News on the radio! Jagira has escaped!

I told you!

Listen!

Your man is going to kill Lali's uncle!

- What?! - Hurry!

- Sarfraz? - Let's go.

- What happened?! - What's happening?

Where is Sarfraz?

- He bashed me up! - Where is Sarfraz?

Gone to fetch Lali.

Why has Lali gone to the bus stop?

Lali is here.

Uncle tied me up!

What happened, sir?!

Hurry! Move it!

Slowly, does it.

Step down from the horse. Slowly, soldier.

Try any tricks, and you'll lose your head.

This is it!

See how he obeys me! Like a dog!

And the other day he said he would rip me! He held a knife at my neck!

He gave me a wound!

What could I do? They were eleven of them.

Miserable creatures! And I was all alone!

No!

I was there all alone! I drubbed your nose in dirt! Remember?

My left hand is enough to give you a drubbing! Cur!

I can still rip you apart! Come down!

Come down, if you have the guts!

Quiet! You miserable creatures!

Screaming as soon as they hear the gun!

You will have your meal!

I have given you policemen. Today, I give you a soldier.

Special meat!

Your God gave you guts.

But he made a mistake.

He left your skull empty.

Had you any brains, you would never have come to fight Jagira.

Now let's see how you give me a drubbing!

No!

Take up your positions.

Greetings.

What's the melodrama all about?

What's this? You've buried him. Who told you to bury him?

Why did you bury him without police permission?

He cannot be buried.

He needs an autopsy. To establish whether...

Jagira killed him. Maybe he killed himself out of fear.

Get the spade. Dig him out.

I'll kill him!

You hit a policeman! I'll fix you!

We're going to fix you. And we'll fix your boss. Jagira.

I'm no Gurung if I don't blow your brains out!

And tell Jagira to start marking time. We're coming!

Shut up!

You shut me up in a lock up. For four and a half days!

It's your turn to deliver! Are you trying to backtrack?

That isn't the case. Actually, the matter is out of my hands.

After all, I'm a government servant. Sometimes I have to do my duty.

I bashed them up. I've done half the job!

I don't want to know what you did. They are my game!

Before the sun rises tomorrow, you will deliver them to me.

Go with him.

If he tries to act smart, blow his brains out.

The vultures will do the rest.

Where the hell is everyone? Who's going to serve me drinks?

I just caught them.

I'll catch Jagira later.

You did the right thing. Just what an elder brother would do.

You've got it off your chest. And my sins are paid for.

Jagira has raided the village.

The women and the children have been herded into the godowns.

He said that he'd burn you alive. And he'll blow up the godowns.

Come what may, we will fight!

We will!

We came here to get you out of here. We are with you.

- We're going to fight! - We will fight!

They are right! We'll fight!

What an eye-opener!

Police and soldiers! Brothers in arms!

We will fight together! Jagira will not escape!

But I get to fire the first shot!

- That won't be necessary. - Why?

Gurung takes the first shot.

I'll enter by the main gate. I'll go alone.

The attention of Jagira and his men will be riveted on me.

Colonel Puri and his detachment takes the road under the cliff.

What is the matter, Gurung?

Last night he vomited blood. He asked me not to tell you.

Major Gupta, take Gurung to the hospital immediately.

I don't want to die in a hospital. I want to die on the battlefield.

That's why I came here.

Major Gurung and Udit. You are to take the road behind the church.

Captain Bijon. D'souza. Take the road behind the villa.

At all costs, we must save the godowns.

The lives of the villagers must not be risked.

Colonel Puri fires the first shot.

You enter the village as soon as the firing begins.

A soldier!

Stay alert!

What happened? Are your friends afraid? Have they deserted you?

Or has Arjuna killed all of them? He is a tough one.

Your brother used to love you.

Soldier!

He didn't want to die.

What are you saying, soldier?

I reasoned with him. I reassured him.

I told him I'd send you after him. He died screaming.

Screams are what you'll hear now! The screams of the villagers!

Blow them up!

Puri still packs a punch! Three at a go!

Tell my grandson! I took the bullet in my chest! Not in the back.

Jigar! I need a gun!

Come on!

- Ghanshyam... - Yes?

The supply of bandits is unending! Kill one, and another crops up!

Never mind. Just keep shooting. The stars favor the mission.

Here comes another.

Ramaiah, go over there!

Hurry! Go over there!

Go on! Get out!

How did this happen? You said the stars favor us!

The stars favor the mission.

But my time just ran out. So I sent you...

So you sent me away! So I would stay alive!

You sent me away so I would be alive!

You are a true soldier!

I'll kill your share of them!

That's mine!

That's for you, Ghanshyam!

Soldier! Where are you hiding?

- Out of bullets? - Out of bullets?

- I said so! - We have no bullets!

- Where are the bullets? - In the store. Get it.

They have run out of ammunition! Charge!

Bastards!

Please take care of Jigar.

Recognize this?

This is the place where you tricked an unarmed man.

My friend. You killed him.

Take a good look.

Remember?

And now!

I'll hack you to pieces. With his dagger.

Quiet!

Ingrates!

This is the hand that fed you!

Wait! You will have it!

The very flesh that fed you!

I'll give him to you! In small pieces!

Patience!

He has yet to die many deaths.

Soldier! Let me go!

You are a wise man!

Turn me over to the law!

The law will punish me.

Swine!

You killed my Sarfraz! You tricked him!

Honorable governor...

we are grateful to you for coming to our small village.

On this occasion we request you to say a few words.

17 years ago, I used to be a brigadier in the army.

It was I who court-martialled Krishnakant Puri and his men.

In those times they might have erred.

Today they have proved that they are no cowards. They are heroes.

They have not only liberated you from the terror of Jagira.

They have awakened this entire village.

Even at their age, they have set an example. Of heroism and sacrifice.

Those who aren't in uniform can serve the country too. This they've proved.

All one needs is the spirit to serve.

It is this spirit I salute.

Step forward, Krishnakant.

I honor you and your men on behalf of the government.

Honorable Governor and friends, this reward and this honor...

come not only to us. The villagers deserve it too.

In this war, they have fought beside us.

My comrades and I would like to see...

the money spent on the development of this village.

Cancer cannot kill a soldier as valiant as Gurung.

You would have made your father proud.

After all, we did win our war.

Whatever the war, whatever the outcome...

the soldier always loses something.