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'You might've forgotten me; but I've never forgotten you'

'One Monday, I'm presenting the last show of my life'

'You must come. Bring David, too'

'Do tell him that even today I say with pride...'

'My name is Joker'

'Do you still remember a little Hindustani?'

'You saw my very first performance.'

'Won't you see my last?'

'I’m sending the ticket'

'You were mine once'

I'm presenting the last show of my life. Can you come to it?

I've called Mr. Kumar, too. You must come

In the history of the circus, tonight will be memorable.

Because after many long years, once again before you...

is your favourite laughing, singing clown, Raju!

I don't know where he was in the last 20 years.

What he has done. What he has lost? And what he has gained?

Only poor Raju and heart knows about it.

But I do know that no matter where he was and whatever condition he was in.

He was happy.. Sad. Joyful. Poor. Sick.

He was spreading happiness among people.

And this is the wealth which when spend more grows even further.

Raju says that this is the last show of his life.

But I say that Raju's show will never end.

Because this is not a show but life.

Ladies and gentleman.

Today a dangerous operation is going to take place. Heart surgery.

This is Dr. Om Prakash. India's greatest heart specialist.

He repairs broken hearts.

This is Dr. Azad. A great surgeon.

He cuts people's limbs and also charges for it.

Ladies and gentlemen. And this is Dr. Rajendranath who pleases everyone.

But please, he doesn't deal in alcohol or wine.

He first chloroforms the patients and then takes out his heart.

Are you a heart or a man?

A man is all heart. A man has a heart. A heart has a man.

You are ailing. You will be operated upon.

- Doctor, what is wrong with me? - You have a terrible illness.

Your heart is big, the world is small.

Then operate on the world. Why remove this poor soul's heart?

Because no one in the world has as big a heart as yours.

Such a big heart?

It's even bigger!

It's grown even bigger.

Has someone seen my heart?

Here it is.

Doctor Saab, my heart's that big?

It's very dangerous to have a large heart. Look after it well.

If it continues to grow, it will engulf the world.

The whole world? Doctor, my heart will engulf the world?

Mr. Mahendra, you must stop him.

If he jumps about like that, he'll die.

Will you risk a man's life for a show?

Shersingh, Raju is not a man. He is a clown, an entertainer.

He'll live here. He'll die here.

He'll die here. He'll live here, too

"Here, I shall live. Here, I shall die"

"There is no other place where I wish to be"

"Here, I shall live. Here, I shall die"

"There is no other place where I wish to be"

"Whenever you want to beckon me..."

"where I was, I shall always be"

"Here, heaven and earth are rolled into one"

"There is no other place where I wish to be"

"My song, my life's melody..."

"...will be sung through time, through eternity"

"My song, my life's melody..."

"...will be sung through time, through eternity"

"To make others laugh..."

"I'll assume a new form"

"Here lies heaven; here lies hell"

"There is no other place where I wish to be"

"Whenever you want to beckon me..."

"where I was, I shall always be"

"Here, heaven and earth are rolled into one"

"There is no other place where I wish to be"

- Listen, new teacher is coming today. - New teacher.

Who knows? I wonder which of our classes she'll take.

The same! Algebra! Geometry!

I wonder what she looks like.

I bet she's an old hag, coughing away!

She'll say, "Go on children... stand on your heads"

- Do I look like this? - No, Madam.

Will you all please sit down?

What is it?

The fatso keeps tripping up.

Children, today we have met one another in laughter.

May you always be happy.

It's easy to laugh at others.

But you must learn to laugh at yourself.

The drill, Raju? What is it?

Madam... it's very difficult.

No, it isn't.

Watch me!

Madam, I've split my pants.

Come along.

The seams have opened.

Who made this?

My mother.

So your mother knows how to sew?

Stitched my uniform, too. She can't pay a tailor. We're poor.

Don't say that again.

You have such a big heart and high ideals.

Who could call you poor?

- What is your mother's name? - Only mother.

Only mother.

Your father works?

He died.

- Before he died what did he do? - I was very young.

I've asked mother often. She won't tell me.

- She won't? - No.

She won't tell you?

Come son.

Try this on.

- I've made a shirt for you. - I don't want it.

Why? What is it?

What did father do?

Have a wash. Freshen up and eat something.

No... What did he do?

You said father's with God.

Before die, what did he do?

Tell me.

Your father!

Father was a clown, too? He made people laugh?

Yes, he did. People said he was the greatest clown in the world.

People went crazy with laughter each day.

The circus was his life. He always used to sing...

"Here I shall live, here I shall die"

The circus was his life. The circus caused his death.

When he fell from the trapeze, people thought it to be...

...the joker's newest act.

He was breathing his last. And the audience applauded.

Mother, I'll be a joker, too.

I'll make them laugh.

What did you say? You'll become a clown, too?

Your father made the others laugh and left me with tears.

Now you? Will you be one, too?

My son.

I've slogged day and night to send you to a good school.

Not to have you be a clown like your father.

So that someday, while they laugh, you...

I want you to study and become a great man.

To be famous and well-respected.

To live in comfort.

You're here?

I thought as you were praying that I'd do the same.

Whenever and wherever I've seen Christ, He always looks so sad.

I've never seen Him smiling. Why is that?

I'll tell you.

He is unhappy because...

His children, the people of the world are sad.

Does my sadness make Him feel sad?

Of course. Because He loves you.

I won't be sad. I'll make Him laugh.

We're off to a holiday camp. Take the musical instruments along.

Now boys, tell me which instruments you play.

Was that you?

Come here.

- Play it again. - But I...

Play that tune again.

Very good!

Please play another tune. - I know only this tune.

Do you want to learn any other tune? - No. - Why?

One tune is enough for me in my life.

Hey. You are so philosophical.

What? I don't understand.

Nothing.

Okay, is there any song set to this tune?

Yes. My father used to sing.

We have to live here. We have to die here. Where can we go besides this place?

This is a sad song. and children should never be sad.

I will teach you a new song.

Hey. Listen.

Don't fight amongst yourselves. Got it?

Hunt but be careful.

Don't become a target yourself.

You wanted to catch pells.

The pell fled and you become one instead.

Madam, pells.

Is it? So many pells.

How many are there?

8.

Look carefully and think before you speak.

"Two partridges ahead; two partridges behind..."

"partridges ahead and partridges behind..."

"...so how many are they?"

"Two partridges ahead; two partridges behind..."

"partridges ahead and partridges behind..."

"...so how many are they?"

"Two partridges ahead; two partridges behind..."

"partridges ahead and partridges behind..."

"...so how many are they?"

2.

5.

7.

3. - Very good.

"Two partridges ahead; two partridges behind..."

"partridges ahead and partridges behind..."

"...so how many are they?"

"Two partridges ahead; two partridges behind..."

"partridges ahead and partridges behind..."

"...so how many are they?"

"The hump of a camel is high. It isn't because its tall"

"It's just the way it is, for one camel and all"

"The hump of a camel is high. It isn't because its tall"

"It's just the way it is, for one camel and all"

"Raju, you sing, too"

"The hump of a camel is high. It isn't because its tall"

"It's just the way it is, for one camel and all"

"Two partridges ahead; two partridges behind..."

"partridges ahead and partridges behind..."

"...so how many are they?"

"Two partridges ahead; two partridges behind..."

"partridges ahead and partridges behind..."

"...so how many are they?"

"Two partridges ahead; two partridges behind..."

"partridges ahead and partridges behind..."

"...so how many are they?"

"Two partridges ahead; two partridges behind..."

"partridges ahead and partridges behind..."

"...so how many are they?"

"Two partridges ahead; two partridges behind..."

"partridges ahead and partridges behind..."

"...so how many are they?"

"Two partridges ahead; two partridges behind..."

"partridges ahead and partridges behind..."

"...so how many are they?"

"Two partridges ahead; two partridges behind..."

He won't take a dip... drag him into it!

No...

Catch him and dip him.

Listen, please! I'm cold.

I'll catch pneumonia.

Listen to me! - Rohan! Remove his pants!

He is joking! Please! Don't! Don't do it!

No! Help!

Help! Help me!

What is going on?

What is it? Someone's drowning?

He isn't drowning. We want him in.

Don't force someone who can't swim to dive in.

But you...

Learn some manners. You're educated. You're not urchins.

Come on. Change your clothes. Come out now.

Get dressed!

You too.

I've committed a sin, a terrible sin.

They say if you confess, your sins are washed away.

I promise, I swear, I won't ever do it again.

What are you doing here? Why aren't you home?

I was confessing to Sir. I have sinned.

Sinned?

Yes.

Children don't sin.

I'm not a child.

Your exams are over. In a few days, your holidays begin.

I know how much children love holidays.

If they could, they'd make Sundays of Monday.

Enjoy the holidays, but don't forget your studies.

Take out your books and note down the homework.

You're not going away, either?

Raju, you're here?

Our compartment?

- Why are you here? - I came to see you off.

What are you hiding?

What is this?

A joker, a clown. it's me.

Keep it safely.

He's very sweet. He's just like you.

This for me, too?

How were the holidays?

They were too long. They wouldn't end.

The holidays were too long?

The others said the contrary.

I don't know. They were no fun.

Why not?

You weren't around. The school was so lonely.

David, meet Raju. He's the smartest in my class.

Raju, this is David.

My name is Joker.

Raju it's you! Come!

Mary, your student is here.

You've come in such a downpour?

I'm delivering the books.

From the library.

Madam, I'll go now.

You're drenched. Have some tea.

I'm in a hurry.

Mother's waiting.

He's a lovable child. He came all this way in the pouring rain.

- Is the class over? - Yes sir.

- Are you waiting for someone? - No.

Nothing!

I'm a little late.

You still haven't gone home?

Well, I was...

Poor Raju.

He's nothing of the sort. He's very mischievous.

He pesters me no end.

He's the pet of the school...

...and the staff.

He may be the pet of the staff.

But for him, only Madam exists.

That's right. He loves you.

He's my student.

It's not the love of the student. It's the love of a 16-year old.

16-year old?

How can you tell?

I've observed him. He looks at you with love.

But this love is very painful for him to live with.

Turning sixteen is the most delicate phase in one's life.

It's like the day rushing to meet the dusk...

...which rushes to meet the night.

And the night rushes to the day.

The turn where the day meets the night is called dawn.

It's part night and part day.

Turning 16 is much the same.

It's being part-child, part-adult.

That's Raju's state.

He's neither a child nor is he an adult.

He is only... sixteen.

On a sixteen year old blank page, he has your name.

- Why? - It's natural.

A climbing plant clings to whatever supports it.

And so a sixteen-year-old belongs to the one he loves.

You can't.

Who can stop a flowing stream?

If it can be stopped, it isn't a stream, nor is it life.

It isn't being 16.

- How do you know all this? - Because I was sixteen once.

And now?

I'm still only sixteen.

- And I love a 20 year-old teacher. - Lies!

- Honestly! - It's a lie.

How do we decide if it's true or not?

Decide?

- How is it? - Very nice.

I mean the ice-cream you've not touched.

- I thought... - That I meant Mary?

Eat it or it'll melt.

I love ice-cream.

- I know. - Who told you?

She also told me you won't be a barrister or doctor some day.

But you’ll be a clown, to make the world laugh.

Why don't you laugh at me, too? Shout like the others: Joker!

Don't be angry. Come with me.

Do you know meaning of Joker?

Dancer and singer.

That's it? I will explain you.

A man is born on earth for a short time.

But he is overcome with sorrow.

Only a clown is happy, no matter what happens.

- Do you know why? - Why?

Because whatever a joker does, he does it for others.

He may cry but he makes others laugh.

He jumps from the heights so that people may applaud him.

He paints his face and wears strange garbs.

He becomes a spectacle.

And while the show is on, he forgets all his own sorrows.

Who is the greatest joker of all?

- Who is? - I mean till now.

God?

He, too, does everything for others, nothing for Himself.

If I call you a joker, will you mind?

No sir. From now, my name is Joker.

Ram Ram to Hindus, Salaams to Muslims..

Good Morning to Christians.

Sat Sri Akal to Sikhs!

Try my wonderful poison... no powder!

Try it out! Use my black kohl for your eyes.

It's the best for one and all! Only one rupee a bottle!

Good people, try one. Buy one. Try it! Be generous...

Only one rupee a bottle!

What is it? Why stop here?

Someone is selling medicine.

Take it, mister. Take it.

- That's Raju. My friend. - Raju?

A class-mate

Take this, mister. Take this.

Hello, Bunny. I'm selling. I may be late for school

Greetings, aunt.

Driver, take this.

Take this, mister. Take this.

Does this boy study in your school?

He's a great fun. We call him Joker.

He's poor, so he has to make do somehow.

We'll have to see to him.

- You haven't paid your fees. - Father, I said I'd pay.

My mother is ill. That's why I'm late. We'll pay up soon.

That's why you go about dressed as a clown?

I like being a clown. My father was one, too.

You'll have to leave.

What?

You can't stay.

Father, Raju is a very intelligent boy.

It isn't a crime to be a joker?

Many children in the West study and work, too.

I must think of the other parents.

I've been expelled. I wanted to make You laugh...

...maybe that's why.

I'm going.

I'm leaving, too.

You're leaving? Because of me?

No, there's another reason.

I'm getting married in a few days.

Getting married? To David?

Yes, in this church. You will come, won't you?

He wants you as best man.

- Didn't you understand? - No.

The dearest friend has to be best man.

You are our dearest friend, aren't you?

You'll come?

Of course, I will.

How can I refuse?

I will come, Madam.

You're the best man. It's your right.

Here.

What is it?

A present.

I should've...

I have your gift.

My gift?

I have taken your teacher away from you.

But this...

What must I do?

Keep it safe.

I'm returning it to you. It's you, for you.

For me?

One day, Raju will become an adult.

Raju, the clown will stay the same.

Innocent and pure.

Think carefully before you give this to anyone.

If anyone does anything for a clown, it's a jest.

"Everyone calls me a joker. A clown, they do declare"

"it's half truth. It's half make-belief"

"Remove those glasses..."

"Look closely!"

"The world may be new but the face is the same"

"Everyone calls me a joker. A clown, they do declare"

"it's half truth. It's half make-belief"

"Everyone calls me a joker."

"At my own expense, I make the world laugh"

"In the guise of a show I entered the fair"

"At my own expense, I make the world laugh"

"In the guise of a show I entered the fair"

"Be you a Hindu or a Muslim from East or West'"

"My religion is laughter, to make others laugh"

"Everyone calls me a joker. A clown, they do declare"

"it's half truth. It's half make-belief"

"Everyone calls me a joker."

"The world is full of bustle. The world is full of movement"

"Though it's a crowded place, my heart is lonely"

"The world is full of bustle. The world is full of movement"

"Though it's a crowded place, my heart is lonely"

"When sorrow plagues, whistle it away"

"Never give your love to a clown"

"Everyone calls me a joker. A clown, they do declare"

"it's half truth. It's half make-belief"

"Remove those glasses..."

"Look closely!"

"The world may be new but the face is the same"

"Everyone calls me a joker."

- Did you hurt yourself? - Don't worry!

Okay. Okay.

You speak Hindustani?!

Wait there, you rascal!

You tricked me and got in here? Out!

What happened?

He fooled me!

Take Miss Marina to the make-up tent.

What happened?

It's nothing. This man has made a mistake.

Khan, is this a way to treat guests?

I've been tricked. I was looking for a rascal...

...who came in with him.

Can't you make out between An Indian and a Russian?

Sir, there isn't much difference.

These people are our guests. Don't blunder again.

I apologise!

Apologise to them.

I'm sorry.

Please don't take any offense.

Please forgive me.

- Hello. - Hello.

- Hello.

Your dog is a real torpedo.

He shot everywhere.

He made me enter places, I shouldn't.

Be thankful I escaped alive.

Listen.

You are amazing at the trapeze. You are just enchanting.

You fly in the air like the fairies.

Even I have dreamt of one such fairy.

Even I will work as a joker in the circus with you.

Remember me. You will be in the sky and I will on the ground.

Don't forget me. My name is joker. Joker.

Joker. I am a Joker. I will work with you.

Yes, Joker.

Mr. Mahendra, I've worked for you for seven years.

I won't tolerate another ring-master in my place.

Why can't you see?

The Russian ring-master is a guest. Give him a chance.

Where is he? None of these artists look like ring-masters.

He's arriving on the next flight.

I tell you, he'll be scared to come.

If he doesn't, then you'll be on.

And if he does?

- Hello. - Hello.

Hello.

Sir, are you the Russian ring-master?

Me?

It's your blue eyes. I can tell you're Russian.

Yes! I'm the ring-master.

You are Hindustani? Where did you learn it?

University, Moscow.

Explain clearly.

Professor Koski at the University said...

Rajovsky, you speak Hindustani like an Indian

- Here. - A love-letter?

Better than that! It's money.

Mr. Mahendra said you will be performing with the lions.

The lions?

Sher Singh, come here! - What?

He's the Russian ring-master... Mister...

And this is our ring-master... Sher Singh

Hello.

He speaks our language very well.

I do and sometimes I don't.

Even if you do, can you understand the language my lions talk?

I'll understand. Get the lions ready!

Bye.

My foot!

Tonight will be a special date in the history of the circus.

Tonight the Ganges and the Volga meet.

Indian and Russian artists together...

...will perform and entertain you.

This is our aim. If the world wants peace, this must be its aim.

I present Soviet Union's incomparable trapeze artist...

...Miss Marina!

Excuse me, sir, please listen...

He speaks our language!

Don't tell anyone. I'm not Russian, I'm Indian.

- Will you do me a favour? - Yes?

There's 200 in this and my mother's address.

If anything happens to me, please deliver it.

I'll be grateful.

And now we present, Soviet Union's renowned ring master...

...Ivan Rajovsky!

That man isn't from our circus. He isn't even a Russian.

Yes, him! He isn't even a lion-trainer.

Sher Singh, hurry!

You speak Hindi.

But you look Russian.

You are light-skinned. Blue eyes and brown hair.

You wear western clothes. Who are you?

Isn't it enough for you that I'm a human-being..

...who has two eyes, two ears, a nose, a stomach and...

...a heart?

If you want, call me Raju, or Rajovsky.

Why did you tell such an enormous lie?

Should I say it in front of all?

Yes, go on and tell us. They're all friends

So listen...

I told a big lie because we're past the age of small lies.

It's the age of big lies.

Women who apply paint and powder are considered beautiful.

People who lie to the public are called leaders.

In business, the bigger the lie you tell, the richer you are.

In this field of big lies, I'm but a small player.

Fool! Don't you realize you risked your life?

The lions would've devoured you.

Yes, I was scared.

But in this world, there's something more scary.

Poverty and hunger.

I had to get money somehow to feed my mother and myself.

For my mother's treatment.

I've wandered from city to city.

My mother has been ill.

I didn't have money to pay the doctor.

No one gave me a job.

They'd say: You call entertaining others, work?

Join a circus

The truth is, even the doors of a circus were closed for me.

To enter I had to tell a big lie.

Tell me...

How do we punish him?

What does the jury says?

You've been found guilty of being humane.

Our court has decided that you shall be kept prisoner...

...in this circus until you wish to leave of your free will.

She says you're a strange man.

Me? Strange?

Thank you!

She wants to know why you're thanking her?

Because at least she considers me a man.

She says, when you were in the lion's cage...

...she was very concerned for your life.

Sorry, I must go.

You were concerned for my life.

You were...

...concerned for...

...for my life?

Da means yes?

What do you say for no?

- Listen! - Tell me, what is the problem?

The problem is that what does desvidanya mean?

It means, we'll meet again.

We'll meet again.

Yes. Yes.

No...

What is the matter? You look very happy.

Did you find a job?

What does da' mean?

Da' means yes'. From now on, everything in life is da'!

Really?

Then bring me a bride.

- A bride? - Yes. Now say da'

If God wills it, yes!

God Thanks a lot. My Raju has got a job.

Once I have a fairy like bride.

This house will become heaven.

Father, even I have reached the circus like you.

Bless me.

You haven't told me what work you have got?

Work?

Job..

Mother, work is work. I mean it's a job.

This is a strange job.

It is a job but still it is not one. It's a game of laughter.

You can find everything to entertain you there.

Is it some shop?

Shop? Yes, just like a shop.

Mother, bye. I will be late. - Why late?

I have got work at night too, mother.

What kind of shop operates both night and day?

Mother, just like a pharmacy.

There are pharmacys which operate day and night.

Remember, that there is medicine in the cupboard.

Don't forget to take it on time. Okay? Bye.

Well done..

One day he become famous Joker.

"Hey, brother, watch where you're going!"

"Look in front, look behind, look left, look right"

"Not just up but also down. Hey brother!"

"Hey, brother, watch where you're going!"

"Look in front, look behind, look left, look right"

"Not just up but also down. Hey brother!"

"This world you're born in, remember..."

"isn't your home, your shelter your village, your abode"

"This world is..."

"...but a circus, friend. And in this circus..."

"The big, the small, the good, the bad, the thin, the fat"

"One and all, must come down and go up again"

"The ring-master holds a whip"

"A whip of hunger"

"A whip of money"

"A whip of fate"

"That makes you dance, that makes you cry, that makes you sing"

"Here, even a hero ends up playing a clown"

"Hey, brother, watch where you're going!"

"Look in front, look behind, look left, look right"

"Not just up but also down. Hey brother!"

"Why do you fear falling? Why do you fear dying?"

"Unless you suffer life's blows unless you suffer some throes"

"You'll never know what life is"

"You came here weeping, you'll leave weeping"

"Hey, brother."

"Hey, brother, watch where you're going!"

"Look in front, look behind, look left, look right"

"Not just up but also down. Hey brother!"

Come here!

Were you just singing?

- Were you singing? - I won't do it again.

Yes, you will!

What? - Yes.

And every night, too.

From now, you'll be a clown who sings and entertains.

In your circus?

Thank you, sir.

No Sir. Call me Mahendra.

Okay, Mahendra sir.

- You called me sir again! - Sir...

For you...

I'll sing. I'll make them laugh.

Greetings to Hindus! Hello to Muslims! Good evening to Catholics!

And hi to Sikhs!

I am asking you, who are you?

You won't listen to me easily. Who are you?

First shake hands, Mr. Ring Master.

What such ill manners? First take off your gloves.

Please help me, sir.

I say, get out of here.

I won't.

Then take this.

Laughing, singing Joker.

- My name is... - Joker.

I will sing a song for the audience. A song!

"Look in front, look behind. Look left, look right!"

"Not just up but also down. Hey brother!"

"Isn't life the strangest thing?"

"Animals are more faithful than men"

"Even if they're whipped or left to go hungry"

"They won't attack their masters"

"But men? They'll bite the hand that feeds them"

"They'll stab the one that inspires love"

What do you think, mister?

"But men? They'll bite the hand that feeds them"

"They'll stab the one that inspires love"

"Look in front, look behind. Look left, look right!"

"Not just up but also down. Hey brother!"

Hello.

How are you?

Please come.

Namaste.

How are you?

I'm fine.

No, remember the gender. How are you, Miss?

I'm fine, Miss.

- Fine. - Fine.

- Sit down. - Thank you.

Sit? Thanks.

You must sit down too.

- Sit! - Yes!

You have started to speak fluent Hindi.

You.

What?

You talk Russian a lot.

I speak Russian a lot.

My problem is that I speak a lot.

Well. Take this.

For you...

Yes.

No. . no..

It's for you. Try it on.

For you... try it on.

Not like that. Tie it round your waist.

Yes. Tie it round your waist.

How do I look?

Remember the gender! 'Main kaisi hoon, not kaisa.'

You look lovely.

Ma will be happy.

My mother. she will be happy to see you.

I haven't a mother, only father.

You don't have a mother?

I don't have a mother.

Well, I don't have a father.

Only mother. Will you meet her?

Yes. I will meet.

My mother will meet the fairy of her dreams.

Mother..

- Look who's here. - Who is it?

The fairy you dreamt of.

Greeting.

Daughter...

Mother.

May you be blessed with a long life, child.

May you be showered with prosperity.

Mother is blessing you. Blessing.

Blessing? - Yes.

Yes, that one.

Thank you.

Marina doesn't speak our language. She isn't an Indian.

- Is she a Bengali? - No, mother.

She's very fair-skinned. She must be Kashmiri.

She's belongs to a place close to there.

Mother, rest. We must return to the shop.

She works there, too.

Whoever she is, I approve. But you must stop her from working.

Shameless fellow! Letting your wife-to-be work.

Don't worry, mother. I thought of that, too.

Dear, I am handing over Raju to you.

Take care of him.

He has no one but me in this world.

Okay mother, we will go now.

Mother said when a guest...

...visits our home, they never leave empty-handed

One moment.

Here you are.

What is this?

It's me.

Keep it with you.

- What is this? - It's me.

Can I come in?

Hello.

For you.

You have been wonderful today.

Did you see the hungry wrestler?

He is a rock. A rock.

What?

I love..

...you.

Love.

I am also love you.

Thank you.

Sir, you called?

I told you not to call me Sir' But Mahendra.

You tell the others... Watch where you're going

You yourself don't watch where you're going.

- I don't get it. - Sit down.

Listen, Raju you're a joker.

You make others laugh at your own expense.

But for your own happiness you can't make others sad.

Whom do you mean?

Marina.

The Russian artists are guests. They're leaving soon.

They're good people.

They are our friends. But they belong to a foreign land.

Their language, culture differ.

Maybe you don't know, every country is separated by a wall.

To come here they need passports, to go there...

...we need passports.

I know all that. I was trying to forget.

My naive mother dreamt of a fairy-like daughter-in-law.

She knows no walls.

Trust in me. I won't forget now.

Your mother is very ill.

She wants to see you and her daughter-in-law.

Daughter-in-law?

Poor Raju.

Laughing, singing, crying joker.

Mother, the doctor says that you will recover soon.

I don't need a doctor.

I just want to see my daughter-in-law once.

What's her name?

Marina.

She is very beautiful.

A fairy.

I feel like looking at her repeatedly.

Mother, once you have recovered you can see her all you want.

Just recover once, mother.

Are you not going to work today?

I have taken a few days leave. I will resume in a few days.

How is Mother?

Mother? She is fine.

Loves you.

She says that she wants to meet her fairy again.

Shall we go to mother?

How can I take you now, Marina?

You are not just a fairy for mother.

Mother wants you to make you her daughter-in-law.

- What? - Daughter-in-law.

What's that mean?

It's a term.

Marina, every mother has two wishes.

One of them is her son and the other is her daughter-in-law.

Got it?

I don't understand.

That is the problem, Marina. How can I explain things to you?

It is better if you understand the meaning of daughter-in-law..

...after you are back in Russia?

Yes. Okay, I will go and Meet Mr. Mahendra.

What have you done?

For the first time ever, you've found a mother

And you will hurt her? She loves you.

You'll reject her?

What shall I do?

What am I to do?

Come in.

Come in. Come, daughter.

My daughter.

Daughter.

How are you?

I was telling Raju only today...

...to bring my fairy.

I'd see her and I'd be fine.

Raju is a very good man.

His heart is...

Dear.

You're crying?

Are you missing your mother?

I will love you like a mother.

Just come into this house once.

Who knows what are you saying?

My heart is crying!

My child...

Hello sir. Madam doesn't have a ticket.

She wants to go inside. She says that she has some important work.

Yes, dear. Please let me go.

My Raju works in this circus.

His show is about to start.

You are Raju's mother? - Yes. - Please come.

That was joker Raju's mother.

Your son is a wonder. He makes everyone roar with laughter.

So he does, does he?

That's what I feared.

Please sit in the front.

'The circus was life for him. The circus meant death for him .'

'When he fell from the trapeze. The audience thought...'

'..here's the clown's latest act.'

'He was breathing his last breath and they applauded .'

Mother!

Now you know the truth.

Don't be annoyed with me; what else could I do?

Where else could I go?

My father's blood...

...runs in my veins and says: Here I shall live and die.

Where else can I go.

Raju's mother.

Raju, you're on.

Raju, you're on next.

The microphone.

Now we present...

...the most unusual clown. The bravest of them all.

Our dearest laughing and singing, Raju!

This is your test, Raju.

Today you must prove to the world how big the heart of a clown is!

Go, Raju.

This was near her when she died.

Mother!

Yes, this is the circus.

And the show lasts for three full hours.

"The first hour is one's childhood"

"The second hour is one's youth"

"The third hour is one's old age"

And after that...

"No mother, no father, no son, no daughter, no you, no me"

What's left...

"Empty chairs, empty tents empty nets, it's all empty"

"with no one to fill them... nothing left"

"Nothing belongs to you or me."

Wear these glasses.

Why?

Because you are a joker.

And one should never see tears in the eyes of a joker.

Are jokers not human?

Don't they have a heart?

Doesn't their heart pain?

Can't he even cry for his deceased mother?

Raju, though jokers are human they are much greater than humans.

Joker hides his own tears.

And he also embraces the grief and pain of the entire world.

Even you don't know what you have done and given..

...in the last 3 months.

You have made several crying children laugh.

You have made several disheartened men hopeful again.

Making other laugh, even while the Joker's heart was in pain.

This is no ordinary feat, Raju.

No, Mr. Mahendra.

I had killed my sad mother by becoming a joker.

I won't work in a circus anymore.

Please give me leave.

But where will you go?

The entire world is outside.

Even this world is a huge circus.

I will enact my show somewhere here.

Raju, I have a premonition that you will return here one day.

I promise you.

I will come to your circus once before I die.

To enact my final show.

You're crying?

We say, we shall meet again.

We'll meet again.

If we never part, how do we meet again?

- I'm not a philosopher. - Every clown is a philosopher.

I love you.

To meet and to part...

To part and to meet, that's life!

If that's life, what's death?

I don't know.

You aren't annoyed, are you?

Are you sad?

Take those glasses off.

May I ask you for something?

Whatever I had, I gave you. My life is all that's left.

I have heard and seen love talk.

But what did she say in Russian before she left?

She reminded me of an old song.

"My gaiety veils my sorrow and I sing a song of joy"

"My heart is filled with pain, but I wear a smile on my face"

"O world! I'm just a victim. A victim of fate"

"I'm a tramp, just a tramp"

"I'm the star in the sky in times of misfortune."

"I'm a tramp, just a tramp"

What are you looking at Mr. Rajendra Kumar?

Someday, my face will be on an even bigger poster.

You thief! Running away with my Moti!

Is Moti your dog? He's really a gem.

A gem or a pearl. He is mine. If you touch him...

Good grief! Are you a boy or a film gangster?

How you wield a tin knife!

Shall I show you how sharp it really is?

Well, kid?

Children don't play with knives. Get it? Here...

You think I was running away with your dog?

I'm not that stupid, I've nothing to eat, how do I feed it?

Was I kidnapping you?

Come, Moti.

- What's your name? - Meenu. What's yours?

Raju. Have you a job?

Sometimes I get this work.

Putting up posters?

And otherwise?

Nothing.

That means we're both in the same business.

Let's try turning tables. Raju and Meenu.

And Moti too. But what can we three do?

Meenu, what can't the three of us do.

Let's shake hands!

Am I not right, Moti? Now you watch what we three will do.

Wow! Well done!

Well done! Wow!

Well done! Clap!

Well done! Well done!

You've seen the great footpath circus performers perform.

Now let us see kind-hearted souls perform.

Put your hands in your pocket.

Take out some money. Be a rupee, or two rupees or a five rupees!

One, two rupees...

Five paise, ten paise, fifteen...

Ten paise, five paise, three paise...

Your smallest coin will be like a million for us.

Give freely, Give generously!

Three Cheers!

Meenu, Moti, Raju... Hurray!

Master, which gutter are you taking me into?

Hey mister, don't you dare call this a gutter.

This leads straight to heaven.

Here's heaven.

It's very nice.

You must have paid at least a 2000 deposit, how did you do it?

I got it for free. The poor man who build it died.

He died?

See that bridge. He came under a train.

Ever since then, people say his ghost haunts the house.

- His ghost? - Yes, that's what people think.

That's why no one dares enter.

Aren't you scared of ghosts?

Me? Raju, in this world I see nothing but ghosts about me.

Why should I fear that poor man's ghost? Aren't I right?

Yes, I'm not scared of ghosts either.

What do you mean?

I mean that from today I'll live here, too!

And the rent?

But... there isn't any rent to pay.

Well, I'll pay half of nothing, too.

How is that possible?

The hut is too small for the three of us.

There's me, Moti and you. And there is only one bed.

So? I'll sleep on the floor. Moti can sleep under the bed.

Suppose you're cold at nights?

We'll squeeze in with you.

Don't you dare do that! I'll smash your head in.

OK! You sleep comfortably on your bed. I'm used to the floor.

I think we should get food organised.

Let's share our earnings. Out with the money!

Yes, of course. Why not? Here, sit down.

Altogether that makes three rupees forty five paise.

So that means you get one rupees and fifteen paise.

One rupee and fifteen paise are mine.

And one rupee fifteen paise for Moti.

- Moti gets a share, too? - Why not? Isn't Moti human?

Well done!

So Meenu, how was our circus?

- First-class! - Partner, let's shake on it.

Meenu Master, your hand is just like girl's hand.

Don't call me a girl!

I'll cut you!

I'll kill you!

What about the food arrangements here?

Wow. You have even started bathing.

But I have got other ideas.

My motto is to have food first and bath later.

That is fine. Glutton.

But something is required before food.

And that is money.

Any ideas for it?

Don't worry about it, Meenu master.

When the drum of the great Indian footpath circus will echo in the Mumbai carnival..

...we will be showered with money.

Bravo! Now clap, Children!

Bravo!

Saw how the African lion jumped through the ring?

Now all of you watch Minno's marvel!

Master Meenu will risk his life. Through a ring...

...of knives sharp as swords he will jump.

Come on Master Meenu, show your wonders!

Be careful. You nearly tore your expensive shirt.

I will explain everything.

Meenu master lied!

Raju, don't leave me alone.

You're back. Where were you all night?

In hell or in heaven... who are you to ask?

I'm your friend, Meenu master.

You're not master but Miss Meenu.

You're no friend. You can't be.

What is it? What sin have I committed that ends friendship?

That sin is called lying.

I can tolerate a lot.

I've lived through a lot...

...unfaithfulness, selfishness and injustice.

But I can't tolerate lies. Your friendship was based on a lie.

It was a lie.

But you were responsible for it.

- Me? - Yes, you!

Not you alone, but all men.

You don't know...

...how many trials a parentless girls has to face.

I arrived in Bombay with high hopes.

I had dreams of becoming an actress, of working in films.

But it is very tough for a girl to live respectably in a city.

Very difficult, Raju.

Everyone eyed me with an evil motive.

I decided that in order to save my honour, I had to die.

The long-haired Meena died. In her place...

...was born a knife-wielding vagabond. Meenu Master.

The lie isn't necessary.

Here...

What is it?

The end of Raju and Meenu.

Take off that old shirt and rags and wear this.

Enter the world as your real self.

After ages I feel the softness of a sari on me.

You may not believe it.

But that tough Meenu master...

...was once a shy young girl.

I used to sing and dance.

Everyone used to say Meena is beautiful!

One day she'll be a famous artist.

She'll be known everywhere. Fame will be hers.

When she went out all dressed up people would forgot their way.

They were right.

People will surely forget their way.

Now I have accepted the truth.

I didn't know that when the truth shone, it would dazzle.

You are going?

Yes Meena, I'm leaving.

- You'll leave me alone? - You've lived alone.

So can you now.

Meenu Master could live alone. Meena cannot live on her own.

You've transformed me from Meenu to Meena. You can't leave.

No, Meena... Don't talk like that.

I've always been hurt in this game.

It's a dangerous game.

Don't consider my love for you to be a game.

"Black clouds. Lonely nights, darling."

"When the lightening strikes, my heart skips a beat, darling."

"Darling, I am alone. I am feeling shy. Please don't go."

"Hold me to close in your arms, O beloved"

"I am all alone"

"I am frightened and lonely"

"Hold me to close in your arms, O beloved"

"My crazy heart will not be controlled"

"Don't let go of my hand... where will you go"

"O beloved only you can console my heart"

"Hold me to close in your arms, O beloved"

"I am all alone"

"I am frightened and lonely"

"Hold me close in your arms"

"Hold me to close in your arms, O beloved"

- Where are you? - Don't come here. I am changing.

Forgive me. I forgot.

Okay change. I will wait outside.

Hey, what happened?

Meenu, this sari has become a barricade between us.

Crazy boy. You think it is a barricade.

There is no barricade now, is it?

No. There is no barricade now, Meenu.

Not Meenu. it's Meena.

It might get stained.

You are right. A fire might get ignited.

"May love not be tainted"

"If you fall in love you must be true to it"

"May love not be tainted"

"Your golden body gleams like a flash of lightning"

"It may set my heart ablaze"

"Step forward after much thought."

"The crazy ones."

"It is not a game to touch fire."

"it is not a game to touch fire. Crazy fly."

"In the arms of the ember. In her arms."

"Don't get into the arms of the embers."

"Why?"

"May love not be tainted"

"I have always borne grief."

"With whomever I had fallen in love with."

"When I started making everyone laugh."

"My eyes filled with tears."

"The one whose heart is burnt."

"The one whose heart is burnt. Don't try to set him on fire."

"Why?"

"It may set my heart ablaze"

"May love not be tainted"

"If you fall in love you must be true to it"

"May love not be tainted"

"Your golden body gleams like a flash of lightning"

"It may set my heart ablaze"

"May love not be tainted"

You've swept the town off its feet with your qawali, your song.

On every one's lips are the names of Meena and Raju.

No, it's first Raju and then Meena.

First the guru then the pupil.

No, Meena; qawali is like love. There's no first or second.

Two voices blend into one.

Isn't it?

Don't believe me?

Ask him.

- What is this? - Don't you know?

This is me, isn't it?

It's a clown.

Yes, a joker. In other words me'.

Hang him upside down. He'll still laugh. Do anything he'll laugh.

And if one embraces him lovingly?

- He'll still laugh. - I'll keep him in my heart.

Is there enough place?

Yes, Raju.

- Where is Moti? - He's been taken to the dog-pound.

Hang him upside down, he'll still laugh.

Do anything, he'll laugh.

What's the matter, Raju?

They've taken Moti away. They'll put an end to his life.

That's the fate of stray dogs.

He's not a stray dog. He's a partner in our circus.

We're finished with the circus. We've got our qawali show now.

- There is no need for Moti. - Need?

Do you love out of need?

When you needed him you fed him, gave him a bone.

No more need, so you destroy him.

Today, it's Moti and...

Raju, forgive me!

I didn't mean anything like that. Don't be angry.

Look, he's imploring you, too, on my behalf.

When a clown's angry, he still laughs just like you.

You're right. Meena. A clown always keeps laughing.

Under any circumstances.

I greet you, the great qawali singer, Raju.

And of course, the great Meena.

- Who are you? - Jannab Kala Narayan Dilgir.

- A wise man, a learned man. - Do sit down.

The late Agha Hashrat was my teacher. Unique in the art of drama.

- Maybe he was. But you? - Kindly listen.

He owns a theatrical company.

How can we help?

If you both perform in our theater, it will come alive.

None will stand a chance.

- I'll be the leading heroine? - Of course!

As soon as I saw your show, I knew you were a born artist.

Did you hear? He said I'm a born artist.

I'll present you on stage in great splendour...

- The world will be in awe. - And why not! You're right.

You are absolutely right, madam.

Do you agree to Rs. 500 per month?

500?

All right. Accept six hundred. But no more qawali.

No more singing? How can that be possible?

Think of this poor man. Who's paid in advance for our show.

What will become of him?

There's no need.

Now we will act on the stage in the theater.

Well said, Miss Meena.

"If I knew it."

"That this is the pain of love."

"Then I would have proclaimed around the city."

"No one should fall in love."

"The night doesn't pass."

"When I look into his eyes."

"The night doesn't pass."

"When I look into his eyes."

"The night doesn't pass."

"Your promises that the one who is a drunkard ."

"The one who swears after getting intoxicated."

"My habit is for you."

"After hurting the youthful nights."

"The lamp which burns from the evening."

"What have you done, crazy girl?"

"The night doesn't pass."

"When I look into his eyes."

"The night doesn't pass."

Why don't you speak?

Raju.

I can see how fast life is moving.

From darkness?

The light of the stage blinds one.

After that one can see everything in the darkness.

I don't understand you.

Thank god.

Otherwise smart people die in this world.

I just know that..

. . I love you. Only you.

Who says so? Wajid Ali Shah's Laila or Zubeida?

Neither Wajid Ali Shah's Laila nor Zubeida.

Your Mina.

Mina. Life is not a play of Romeo and Juliet.

"We ascetics pay homage to you, Heer."

"We have been robbed by you and we have returned to your door."

"You have gone and sat in the bed of flowers."

"And I got the thorns of the way."

"You have made false promises. False loyalty."

"I lost my life in a fraud deal."

"If this is love then tell the world ."

"Than no one should love a statue."

"Give me back my heart."

"The ascetic has come with this only request."

"If I ask for anything then it will be death."

"I have come to you for the last time."

"The ascetic has come with this only request."

Hey, my sweetheart, you betrayed me.

Give me back my heart.

Don't taunt me Ranjha. Your Heer is not to be blamed.

God had united us and God has estranged us.

This is just the game of destiny.

Why are you blaming god?

This is not the game of destiny, but of your motive, Meena.

Raju, don't misunderstand me.

Misunderstand! Didn't I tell you, Meena?

Wise people die in this world. - Raju.

Raju, did you see who came to the show today?

You'll be dizzy if you know.

Meena, kindly garland our chief guest.

Move, please.

Please one photo.

No amount of garlands will suffice.

Your dancing is unique.

- Thank you, Mr. Kumar. - You know me?

Who doesn't?

Everyone knows me. But few recognise who I really am.

I've been your admirer for a long time. What brings you here?

Aren't your studios in Bombay?

I came to Madras to scout for new talent for my next film.

This way... Can I talk to her?

Sure. Sure. Come on, let's go.

How would you like to work with me in my next production?

- Me? - Yes!

I want a new heroine, a new face.

- I'll act opposite you? - And why not?

But first a screen test. Can you come with me tomorrow?

- Tomorrow? - Yes.

Today's flight has left. We'll send the ticket.

Really? Will I really be acting in a film?

But not just one ticket. Two. Raju will accompany me.

Where have you been? I've been looking for you. Where were you?

Right near you. You didn't turn to look.

This is Raju.

He's taught me everything I know.

It's kind of her to say that. How could I be so capable?

On the contrary, she's taught me much.

Raju, did you hear? Mr. Kumar is going to give me a chance to act.

We'll have to go to Bombay tomorrow.

What about the theater?

If I act in films, where's the need of the theater?

Miss Meena, you'll receive two tickets tomorrow.

Remember one thing, I don't believe in compromises.

Work is work. And feelings are feelings.

Come Mr. Bali. Bye. - Come.

Please come from this side.

Very nice. - Come.

Did I make a mistake?

No, Meena. You didn't make any mistake.

What shall I do? Tell me.

Do just as Mr. Kumar says. Work, Meena.

Work is work... and feelings are feelings.

No one can hold you back from flying.

Fly high so that you attain much celebrity status.

Is Madam's make-up kit with you?

Why look at me? Look over there.

From here, too, I see you.

Stop looking at others. Try looking at yourself.

Work is not hide beauty but to accentuate it.

In spite of being such a great artist you even know all this work?

It is important for a film producer to know everything.

Yes.

I want to talk to Mr. Kumar.

The room is very nice, very beautiful and very big.

So big that I am feeling lonelier here.

Mr. Kumar actually I and Raju always stay together.

And he has been given a separate room here.

Look, Ms. Meena. I have already told you.

That love is love and work is work.

Well, time will teach you everything.

And Mr. Raju. I will explain things to him.

Did you call?

Come in, Raju.

Sit down.

You may leave.

Now, we can talk as friends...

...who love the same art.

Miss Meena praises you a lot.

She says you're famous in the circus and on stage. A poet-singer.

But unfortunately I have never seen any of your shows.

You have. But you didn't recognise me.

- I'd like to ask you a question. - Yes?

You love Meena?

What?

You ask if I love Meena?

That isn't the question. It's do I love? '

The answer is 'yes' I do love...

I love the world, children, old people, women...

I love men, flowers, stones...

A flower called Meena?

Yes.

Then I want to tell you this.

Meena is like an uncut diamond.

A song that hasn't been sung.

She can be a great artist.

She can be a big film star.

You mean that you can make her into a big film star.

Yes. But she respects you a lot.

If you stay here than Meena won't get a chance to get better.

She will always get over powered by you.

She will just remain a glowing ember.

But she will never become fire.

Do you want Meena to become a great film star?

It's your call.

My call?

And can I also ask you the same question?

Are you also in love with Meena?

Please call me a playboy. They say I love all my heroines.

Some even say that I only love myself.

What do you have to say?

I am in love but not the way you think it to be.

I have got a wife, kids and my home for that love.

I love my work. My art of making films.

I had emerged all the love, jot and sorrow of my life in this work.

Yes, I am interested in her because I've seen an actress hidden in her.

And if she gets the opportunity, she'll emerge as a super star!

But for that I will have to work very hard.

- And you... - Will have to make a small sacrifice.

You're a famous film star, you can't understand a joker's feelings.

No one can tie down this restless wanderer.

No gold, nor silver... no love can do that.

You're giving Meena a new life.

Remember that giving someone a new life entails responsibility.

You're so right.

At today's press conference, I shall present Meena in public.

You'll be there, too?

Whether I'm there or I'm not there...

Meena will be there on time.

You have forgotten this heaven so soon?

Meenu master's home with no rent.

And here we used to eat nothing and still be happy.

There are so many cobwebs here.

It looks haunted.

Yes, Meena. This cobwebs hides the ghosts of old memories.

What are you saying?

Meena, actually your new journey will start today.

The world you are about to enter..

. . I want you to enter it with a picture of this hut in your mind.

It will be useful.

Sometimes it is good to reminiscence.

So are you not coming with me?

What will I do without your help?

No, Meena. You don't need my help anymore.

Now I will see you on the cinema screen from afar..

And clap hard.

And you?

Don't worry about me, Meenu master.

All other doors of the world are open for me. Right?

Did you see Meenu master? This sari has again become a barricade.

Now hurry up, otherwise you will get late for the press conference.

The journalists and photographers might be yearning to meet you there.

And yes. Don't forget to send me an invite of your film's premiere.

Go.

Won't you come?

No, Meena.

And remember one thing.

Walk straight. Don't look back.

Neither today nor tomorrow.

Who is the person behind your success?

I will answer this question?

There is an unusual wanderer who is responsible for her success.

Even today, he must be perhaps wandering all alone!

"I wonder where those days have gone"

"When you used to say: 'On the path of love... '"

"My eyes will see only you"

"Wherever you may be"

"When you used to say: 'On the path of love... '"

"My eyes will see only you"

"Wherever you may be"

"I will desire you as long as I live"

"I will never be able to forget you"

"Wherever I tread..."

"My path was strewn with your love"

"Tears have welled in my eyes. I've been made to cry..."

"By the spring as it passed me by"

"I wonder where those days have gone"

"When you used to say 'On the path of love..."

"My eyes see only you"

"Wherever you may be"

"I will desire you as long as I live"

"I will never be able to forget you"

"These days, wherever I look"

"I see darkness in the bright sunlight"

"These days, wherever I look"

"I see darkness in the bright sunlight"

"My shadow was my only companion"

"My shadow remains my only companion"

"I wonder where those days have gone"

"When you used to say 'On the path of love..."

"My eyes see only you"

"Wherever you may be"

"I will desire you as long as I live"

"I will never be able to forget you"

"Tomorrow I may no longer be part of the show"

"A star will shine in the sky"

"Tomorrow I may no longer be part of the show"

"A star will shine in the sky"

"You will forget me, she will forget me"

"But I'll remain forever yours"

"I'll leave behind a token of me"

"There is no other place where I wish to be"

"Whenever you want to beckon me..."

"where I was, I shall always be"

"Here, heaven and earth are rolled into one"

"There is no other place where I wish to be"

"Tomorrow I may no longer be part of the show"

"A star will shine in the sky"

"Tomorrow I may no longer be part of the show"

"A star will shine in the sky"

"You will forget me, she will forget me"

"But I'll remain forever yours"

"I'll leave behind a token of me"

"There is no other place where I wish to be"

"Here, I shall live. Here, I shall die"

"There is no other place where I wish to be"

"Here, I shall live. Here, I shall die"

"There is no other place where I wish to be"

Thank you! Thank you very much!

Now we shall have an interval.

Yes, this is an interval.

The interval could last 15 Minutes, 15 hours, 15 months.

But the clown's show will never be over.

The joker's act isn't over.

Don't go! My act isn't over.

Don't go away. Don't leave!

"Where else can I go?"