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Miss Jinnah.
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Doctor.
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Steady flight?
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(Engine splutters)
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- Why have we stopped?
- Engine.
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(In Urdu) We can fix it.
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(Man) It's out of petrol. It was spluttering.
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- No, no, I'm sure it's engine failure.
- Let's use the car.
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No. Absolutely not.
You can't move him.
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- Colonel Knowles, fetch some petrol.
- Get another ambulance.
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(Colonel Knowles) Let's go.
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Doctor, quickly.
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(Gasps)
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(Man) Oh... just put those things
over there... and clear off.
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Look, I'm quite happy with pen and paper.
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I do not want... Oh...
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Jinnah Sahab.
Assalamualaikum.
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- Walaikumasalam.
- (In Urdu) Forgive me.
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I thought you were one of these
wretched computer wallahs.
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They keep sending these
damned machines in from the future.
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- (Phone rings)
- Excuse me.
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Yes?
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No. No, no, no.
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No appeal. Tell him to go to hell.
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You do know where you are...
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I have a vague idea.
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You've stopped here
so we may decide where to send you.
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With all due respect sir, may I know
how you arrive at these decisions?
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(Clicks tongue) Ah...
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Here. We have everything here.
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We've been expecting you.
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What...
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Oh, no.
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They've transferred
every detail of your life
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into these wretched computers.
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No one here knows how to use them.
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And the manuals are written in
God knows what language.
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(Sighs deeply)
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Your file's gone.
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As it is, we're overworked.
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We've had lots of trouble
with your century.
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World wars, revolutions, communism,
capitalism, fascism,
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this ism and that ism.
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Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao Tse-tung.
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Mr Harry Truman and his nuclear bomb.
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Yes...
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We've had a very busy time here.
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And where did you send them?
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I can't even remember.
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The problem you fellows pose
is desperate.
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You create Pakistan...
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and millions die
in the division of what was one country
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into two pieces.
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There was no other way. None.
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Maybe. Maybe.
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Please, follow me, Mr Jinnah.
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(Projector whirrs, indistinct voices)
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(Jinnah) I did everything I could
to stop the slaughter.
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I fought for Pakistan.
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So that 100 million people
could live in safety and dignity.
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(Other man) I've got an hour and a half
to prepare your case.
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What are the charges?
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They accuse you of being ambitious,
arrogant, humourless, stubborn.
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A man without charm, a bully.
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They say you used people.
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I had no ambition. Except for
the safety of the Muslims of India.
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I had no stubbornness or arrogance,
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except that which was required of me,
to face my enemies.
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And I died a million deaths, myself,
for all those who suffered
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through Partition.
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No, Jinnah Sahab, just the facts.
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Facts? What facts?
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You've lost the books.
You don't understand the machines.
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Oh... I see what you mean.
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Well...
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There is, of course,
the eternal shortcut.
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'At Harrow, we got into the habit
of calling everyone 'sir'.
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'I called my father 'sir'.'
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(Chuckles)
I called my mother 'sir'. Everyone.
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It's a great British tradition.
When in doubt, call them 'sir'.
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I'll suggest it to Dickie.
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He only calls you Panditji
to annoy Jinnah.
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(Man chuckles)
It's difficult, isn't it?
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And what do we call Gandhi?
Mahatma. Bapu...
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Gandhiji... Mr Gandhi.
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He has more names than a character
in a Russian novel.
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Perhaps it's best to behave
like a good Indian wife.
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They don't call their husbands anything.
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Just nudge 'em.
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And what do you think
of Western civilisation, Mr Nehru?
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(Nehru) 'Oh, I think it would be
an excellent idea.'
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(Both chuckle)
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That's private!
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You're not happy, are you,
Jawaharlal?
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You want the British... us...
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to go, but you don't want
the bond to be broken.
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What the British have left us
will last a long time.
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- In people like you?
- Oh, I'm proud of it.
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Did Mr Jinnah
go to Oxford or Cambridge?
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No, he didn't.
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Er, but he was called to the bar
in London.
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(Chuckles) And I'm told he even did
a stint as Romeo on a London stage.
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(Chuckles)
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"It was not the lark
but the nightingale
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"who..." (Chuckles)
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"...who..." (Chuckles)
Who forgot the rest.
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Oh, Jawaharlal, you're lying.
He never played Shakespeare.
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(Nehru) No, it's true!
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It's funny. He seemed so proper
when we first met him in Delhi.
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His propriety doesn't bother us.
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His stubbornness, vaingloriousness...
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Wait till the discussions begin.
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Dickie's in for a surprise.
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I know he thinks
he's the Great Persuader.
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Jinnah is the Great Unpersuadable.
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The Great Unpersuadable?
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(Man) Divide the country in two?
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Muslims on one side,
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Hindus on the other?
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Mr Jinnah...
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that is madness.
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Lord Mountbatten...
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It would be equally insane
to leave a Muslim minority
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at the mercy of a Hindu majority,
many of whom hate us.
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- Now, if the English parliament...
- The prime minister...
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has given me full powers.
I decide.
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That's why I'm here.
As representative of the King Emperor.
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Whom we respect.
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And I am here a representative
of a Muslim nation,
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whom you must learn to respect.
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(Distant shouting)
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(Jinnah coughs)
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- (Man) Pakistan!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
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- (Man) Pakistan!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
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- (Man) Pakistan!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
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- (Man) Quaid-e-Azam!
- Zindabad!
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- (Man) Pakistan!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
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- (Man) Quaid-e-Azam!
- Zindabad!
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- (Man) Pakistan!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
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- (Man) Quaid-e-Azam!
- Zindabad!
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Mr Jinnah, what did Lord Mountbatten
think of the Pakistan demand?
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I suggest you ask him.
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I do not speak for the King Emperor.
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Jinnah Sahab.
We were told that you are... humourless.
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Oh, really?
It's that fellow again.
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He's a member of the Congress Party.
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Because I don't laugh at his jokes,
he goes around spreading this rumour.
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(Laughter)
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You call yourself Muslim and you parade
your respected sister in front of crowds,
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shamelessly?
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Islam stands for equality
for men and women, Maulana Sahab.
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And the women in the family of
the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him,
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were active in public life.
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Oh, no. They've followed me here.
Bloody fools!
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Your Ladyship. Mr Nehru, sir.
His Excellency has asked me to...
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Porrit, I said I didn't need...
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His Excellency's orders, milady.
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So...
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- Dickie knows where you are.
- No, Jawaharlal.
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Dickie knows where we are.
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- Goodbye, Mr Nehru.
- Lady Mountbatten.
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- How many were hurt?
- Eight people badly burnt.
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We had a feast prepared for Eid, miss.
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The Hindus rushed in,
with stones and sticks,
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shouting:
"Kill the cow murderers!"
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(Man shouts) The residents
of this settlement
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will move out of this area.
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My orders are from local magistrate.
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(Woman)
These people need your protection.
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And who are you?
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They have sent Hindu policemen.
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- These are illegal squatters.
- We have lived here 20 years.
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Encroached on the land.
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You politicians better get out.
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- Sir, do you know who...?
- It doesn't matter who I am.
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These people are not moving until you
escort them to a proper relief camp.
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Arrest these people.
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My apologies again, Miss Jinnah.
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I assure you we have evacuated
the whole neighbourhood
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to temporary accommodation
in army barracks.
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Yes, thank you.
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My apologies again.
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Arresting Miss Jinnah.
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You damn fool!
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(Imam chants) Allahu Akbar.
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(Men speak in Urdu)
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Nowhere is safe.
It's even worse in the Punjab.
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The Bihar Muslim League is reporting
countless incidents of arson
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and murder,
against Muslim communities.
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And the police here just turn their backs.
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All over the country, Hindu officers
have taken charge of the police forces...
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- (Coughs)
- Are you all right?
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Yes, I think the fever's going.
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That poor girl.
She gave up her life for you.
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Fatima, my little sister?
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She was everything to me.
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She should've been married, and found
happiness with a husband and children.
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In some decent family.
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She was my companion,
my friend,
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and my guide.
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And she believed in Pakistan.
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Were you ever jealous of Nehruji?
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His good looks, his wit, his charm,
his English manners.
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He was my political opponent.
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I respected him,
though I never really trusted him.
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- And Gandhiji?
- Another worthy opponent.
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But he would never lie.
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Though, as a politician,
he would not always tell the truth.
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(Shouting)
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Gandhiji, will you meet with Mr Jinnah
in Simla?
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It is always a pleasure to meet Mr Jinnah.
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Mr Gandhi, Mr Gandhi.
Are we near the end?
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I would prefer to say
close to a new beginning, my son.
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Ah...
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- Gandhiji.
- Viceroy.
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(Gandhi) I feel like the mother in
the "Judgement of Solomon".
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Give the child to the other woman,
but don't cut it in two.
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Together, we must make one last effort
to keep this great nation as one.
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Muslims and Hindus
in one free country.
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Gandhiji, I'm willing to try.
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Years ago, Viceroy,
Mr Jinnah was the greatest advocate
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of Hindu-Muslim unity.
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Was he, indeed?
Well, then, what changed him?
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- Blind ambition.
- (Gandhi) No, no.
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The feeling that Muslims
would have no voice... perhaps.
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Gandhiji, if you were in my position,
what would you say to Jinnah?
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I would say, "Mr Jinnah,
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"India must stay united.
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"You be its first prime minister
and choose your cabinet."
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And tell him that Congress agrees.
They suggested it.
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But, Babu...
what are you saying?
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Our party would never agree.
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Jawaharlal, you mean
you would never agree?
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For the unity of India?
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Well, yes, but...
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Making Jinnah, from
a minority Muslim party, prime minister?
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We would ensure, of course,
that you would be deputy prime minister.
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But our party...
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But if Gandhiji and you
and Sardar Patel declare in favour,
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who is to say no?
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Except, of course, Jinnah.
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You think he'll agree?
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Why would he not?
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All right, Bapuji. What would he say?
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If I told him that Gandhi made the offer?
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(Chuckles)
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He would say: "Wily old Gandhi!"
(Chuckles)
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(Coughing)
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(Coughing continues)
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(Knocking)
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- Letter for Jinnah Sahab.
-Thank you.
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Dinner. Lady Mountbatten. Tomorrow.
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You can't offer it to Jinnah.
The country won't accept it.
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- We've never even put him in jail.
- I could start now.
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Nehru's been in for years,
defying the British.
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Jinnah does it more subtly.
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I'd no idea Gandhiji was so cynical.
It'll never work.
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What you mean is,
what will our Jawaharlal do?
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He has to be prime minister, doesn't' he?
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Yes.
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(Mountbatten) 'He's the great rising star
in our firmament. A man of destiny.
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'But will it make sense
to give it to Jinnah?
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(Edwina) 'Gandhiji didn't mean it.
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Yes, he does. And it's a great plan.
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Give Jinnah the biggest responsibility
in an undivided nation,
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what can he do?
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He has to appoint a majority congress
to a cabinet.
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I've seen it before. Make
the biggest bounder the head prefect.
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The country'll never forgive you.
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You mean,
Jawaharlal will never forgive you.
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Or you.
And you couldn't live with that.
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Dickie, it isn't only me.
You're in love with power.
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And Jawaharlal is the embodiment of it.
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So... what will you do?
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I don't know.
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But I'm tempted.
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If these Indian politicians carry on
like this, I'll foist Jinnah on them.
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It's what they deserve.
A sour, spoilt barrack-room lawyer.
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Gurdip Singh.
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Not very dignified.
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(Mountbatten) 'Of course,
I was in love with India.'
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I saved it from the Japs.
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Edwina will tell you,
we longed to come back.
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You can imagine how I felt.
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The King called me and said:
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"Go to India. Give it all away."
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Can you give away
what never really belonged to you?
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You're right. We don't own it.
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We hold it in trust.
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My predecessor, Wavell,
told me a funny story.
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When he first landed in India,
the crowds greeted him with
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"Pakistan Zindabad! Pakistan Zindabad!"
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He knew even less Urdu than I do.
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So he turned to his aide and said,
"What are they saying?"
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Whereupon, quick as a flash,
the aide translates:
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"Oh, they're saying,
'Pakistan's in the bag!"'
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You see? "Zindabad". "In the bag".
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- Ha-ha-ha.
- (Chuckles)
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With all the tension in the country,
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I don't think we have
a great deal to laugh about.
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(Mountbatten) Perhaps not.
These are, by any measure,
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difficult times,
with difficult decisions ahead.
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May I take this informal occasion
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to make a very serious proposal?
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Dickie... should the ladies withdraw?
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No. Stay.
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Suppose, Mr Jinnah,
I were to say to you,
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let's have a united India,
with a democratic constitution,
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and the first prime minister of India,
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completely free
to choose his own cabinet,
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would be Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
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What would you say?
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The Hindus, the Congress Party,
would never agree.
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Suppose I tell you they have?
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It was, in fact, Gandhi's idea.
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(Chuckles)
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Wily old Gandhi.
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- Well?
- Well, Viceroy, it's a clever ruse.
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- Give a dog a bone...
- No, no.
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Let us say that Mr Jinnah
is the best man for the job.
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And the best choice available.
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Do you expect me to be flattered?
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Perhaps even to accept?
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The brutal truth, Lord Mountbatten,
is that the Hindus
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have three votes to our one.
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You think they will accept that?
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Democracy. One man, one vote,
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without any safeguards,
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will turn the Muslims
into frightened, insecure,
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second-class citizens.
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With our religion, our culture,
our language, our very lives
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under threat.
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We can discuss building in
some safeguards. Assurances.
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What assurances, Lord Mountbatten?
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Why do you want to force
reluctant partners into a marriage?
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Our customs, our food. We can't
even drink out of the same glass.
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You don't yet understand
why we want to create Pakistan.
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Both communities have suffered,
Mr Jinnah.
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Yes, they have.
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And they must be separated.
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Why didn't you accept it?
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Folly of the highest degree.
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You could've saved millions of lives.
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Millions of homes. There would've been
none of this misery.
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You think I took this decision lightly?
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Here I was,
being offered the prime-ministership
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of the largest new free nation on Earth,
and I turned it down.
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Because it wouldn't work.
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You should've stayed in Simla.
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And in bed. You can't
play fast and loose with bronchitis.
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Not even if a country is at stake?
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There will be no country without you,
Jinnah Sahab.
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It's not bronchitis.
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No.
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It's consumption, isn't it?
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Yes.
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Leading to deterioration.
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And death.
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Yes.
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Doctor...
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we must keep this between ourselves.
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Think of the potential consequences.
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I've never lied to him before, Doctor.
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And now I have to pretend
that I don't know.
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You must get him to rest.
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00:26:13,001 --> 00:26:16,171
Fatima, were you jealous of Ruttie?
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No.
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00:26:18,667 --> 00:26:22,127
Of course I wasn't jealous of her.
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That pretty creature.
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So stunningly pretty and young.
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- 'Young enough to be your daughter.'
- (Ruttie giggles)
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But she didn't look after you,
did she?
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She wasn't interested in the same things.
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And she could never look down
the long road of your destiny.
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As I can.
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- I'll race you back.
- You'll lose again.
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A great setting for the beginning of love.
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Yes, it was.
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(Man no. 2) And then love faded away?
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Mine never did.
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00:27:13,542 --> 00:27:18,172
Mm. I can see that you'd run away
from the gates of heaven
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to catch a last glimpse of her.
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(Unidentified man)
'Being neither Hindu nor Muslim,'
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we Parsees can only benefit if
the two main communities stop fighting.
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I agree, sir. And share their culture
and their... Indian-ness.
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(Man) Jinnah, dear boy.
You are young and idealistic.
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The only solution is the closest contact.
Interracial marriage.
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Then the children will be neither
Hindu nor Muslim,
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and these differences will fall away.
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(Jinnah) So, Hindu-Muslim marriage
would be beneficial?
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Most certainly.
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And what, sir, do you think
of intermarriage between a Parsee girl
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and a Muslim man?
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If their status were compatible?
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Mr Jinnah. How dare you, sir!
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You have abused my hospitality.
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I will remind you that my daughter is 16.
A mere child.
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Sir, I deny any such intention.
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But I apologise for any offence
I may have caused...
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and will relieve you
of the feeling...
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00:28:36,792 --> 00:28:39,502
that your generous hospitality...
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has been abused.
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00:28:51,376 --> 00:28:52,786
You may retire.
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00:28:52,917 --> 00:28:56,497
I shall see you in the library,
after dinner.
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00:28:56,626 --> 00:28:59,166
And you will never see that man again!
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00:28:59,292 --> 00:29:02,002
...Muslim, 24 years old, medically fit.
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00:29:02,126 --> 00:29:06,956
More like a Kashmiri to me.
We'll take him anyway.
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00:29:16,542 --> 00:29:20,962
Mr President. Good morning, sir.
I trust you are well.
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We have come to join the British Army.
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Mr Jinnah.
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00:29:28,251 --> 00:29:31,001
I warn you that any interruption, here,
of recruitment,
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will be seen as a riotous disturbance.
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00:29:34,626 --> 00:29:37,376
No need for your threats, sir.
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00:29:37,501 --> 00:29:42,501
As Indians, we simply demand
that we be recruited to the King's service.
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As fully commissioned officers.
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00:29:44,709 --> 00:29:47,079
(Men all speak at once)
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00:29:47,209 --> 00:29:50,419
This form of exhibition
will get you nowhere.
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If Indians are being asked
to shed their blood for the Empire,
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00:29:55,917 --> 00:30:01,127
then why can't we be given the dignity
of joining the army at all levels?
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Or are we just cannon fodder?
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00:30:06,126 --> 00:30:08,576
I declare the proceedings for today
to be over.
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00:30:08,709 --> 00:30:10,539
Your reply, sir!
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(Men all speak at once)
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(Ruttie) Mr Jinnah!
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I'm 18 today.
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00:30:56,042 --> 00:30:58,502
I've left home.
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00:31:18,417 --> 00:31:20,417
(In Urdu) In the name of God,
the Most Gracious, the Most merciful.
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00:31:25,084 --> 00:31:28,504
Repeat the kalma after me.
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00:31:30,459 --> 00:31:33,709
(In Urdu) There is no God but Allah
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and Muhammad is his prophet.
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00:31:38,334 --> 00:31:43,334
There is no God but Allah
and Muhammad is his prophet.
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00:31:49,084 --> 00:31:53,334
Our beloved daughter Rattanbai,
we welcome you
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00:31:53,459 --> 00:31:55,919
to the faith of Islam.
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00:31:56,459 --> 00:31:58,709
Now, daughter,
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00:31:58,834 --> 00:32:02,964
do you accept this man,
Muhammad Ali Jinnah,
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00:32:03,084 --> 00:32:07,504
to be your lawful husband
in the sight of God?
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00:32:08,834 --> 00:32:13,834
I accept, I accept, I accept.
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00:32:20,917 --> 00:32:23,917
Mr and Mrs Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
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00:32:27,876 --> 00:32:31,246
Delighted, Mr Jinnah. Delighted.
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00:32:31,376 --> 00:32:34,036
- Mr Jinnah.
- And Mrs Jinnah.
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00:32:34,167 --> 00:32:36,497
I must confess,
your reputation as Bombay's beauty,
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00:32:36,626 --> 00:32:38,706
is not exaggerated.
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00:32:38,834 --> 00:32:44,334
Yes, indeed. You and Mr Jinnah
deserve to delight in it.
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00:32:44,459 --> 00:32:46,379
Thank you.
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00:32:46,501 --> 00:32:50,001
I'd rather be known as
the strongest nationalist in Bombay.
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00:32:50,126 --> 00:32:54,206
I thought we'd put politics behind us,
this evening, Mrs Jinnah.
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00:32:54,334 --> 00:32:57,334
We are so pleased
you were able to join us.
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00:33:01,292 --> 00:33:05,042
(Woman) You live above us, don't you,
Mr Jinnah? Atop the hill.
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00:33:05,167 --> 00:33:07,627
(Jinnah) Yes.
With a view of the Arabian Sea.
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The same vast expanse
we see from our Karachi house.
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00:33:11,417 --> 00:33:13,457
Oh, how lucky.
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00:33:13,584 --> 00:33:15,794
We've never been to Karachi.
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00:33:17,001 --> 00:33:20,961
And the weather there...
Changeable?
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00:33:21,084 --> 00:33:22,544
I was... saying to Mrs Jinnah,
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00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:25,417
the weather in Bombay
is quite changeable.
456
00:33:25,542 --> 00:33:27,332
Would you bring Mrs Jinnah a shawl?
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00:33:28,376 --> 00:33:31,326
We never think of heating the house.
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00:33:31,459 --> 00:33:33,879
You must be feeling quite chilly, my dear.
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00:33:34,001 --> 00:33:38,921
(Jinnah) When Mrs Jinnah feels the cold,
she will ask for a wrap herself.
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00:33:39,042 --> 00:33:40,502
Spare yourself the trouble.
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00:33:42,542 --> 00:33:44,542
I won't stand in their way.
Let them go.
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00:33:45,792 --> 00:33:49,462
How dare she dress like that
at my table!
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00:33:49,584 --> 00:33:54,134
(Sighs) I don't believe Mr Jinnah
will go very far, with that attitude.
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00:33:54,251 --> 00:33:57,921
We must make two pledges.
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00:33:58,042 --> 00:34:00,792
The first...
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00:34:00,917 --> 00:34:04,037
The first is that we stand united,
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Hindus and Muslims,
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for an India
free from imperial British rule.
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The second is that we must act
in a constitutional way.
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- We place our just...
- (Murmuring)
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We place our just demands.
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00:34:43,917 --> 00:34:45,917
Because only in this way...
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...by treading the path of dignity...
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00:34:51,917 --> 00:34:55,287
...can we take our place as Free India,
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among the civilised and great nations.
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00:35:01,542 --> 00:35:03,082
Ladies and gentlemen,
477
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I move the motion.
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
Mr Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
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I am very happy to be with you today.
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I am even happier to see that you have,
as your chief spokesman,
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of Hindu-Muslim unity,
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the distinguished Mr Jinnah,
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from the Minority Community.
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00:35:56,876 --> 00:35:59,746
I wish to lend my support
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to everything Mr Jinnah says.
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00:36:03,834 --> 00:36:09,004
He said we must act
in a constitutional way.
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00:36:09,126 --> 00:36:12,916
He means we must play by the rules.
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00:36:13,042 --> 00:36:15,792
We can only play by the rules
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00:36:15,917 --> 00:36:18,167
if we are included in the game.
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(Applause)
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I welcome the fact
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that Mr Jinnah speaks of dignity.
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India has an ancient, unshakeable dignity
494
00:36:39,751 --> 00:36:41,751
and an ancient spirit.
495
00:36:41,876 --> 00:36:44,876
A force of spiritual strength
496
00:36:45,001 --> 00:36:47,791
which has been suppressed for too long.
497
00:36:49,126 --> 00:36:51,536
But when it is released,
498
00:36:51,667 --> 00:36:54,957
this shining light of truth
499
00:36:55,084 --> 00:36:58,544
of ahimsa, which is non-violence,
500
00:36:58,667 --> 00:37:00,287
and satyagraha,
501
00:37:00,417 --> 00:37:03,877
which is the ancient path of truth...
502
00:37:04,001 --> 00:37:06,001
no force on Earth,
503
00:37:06,126 --> 00:37:08,536
no constitutional gain,
504
00:37:08,667 --> 00:37:11,327
will be able to suppress it.
505
00:37:11,459 --> 00:37:13,129
(Applause)
506
00:37:33,542 --> 00:37:35,792
- Fine speech, Jin.
-Thank you.
507
00:37:35,917 --> 00:37:38,747
Your Mr Gandhi
is very patronising.
508
00:37:38,876 --> 00:37:40,746
As though you were the newcomer
509
00:37:40,876 --> 00:37:44,706
and he'd worked to build the Congress
Party, instead of the other way round.
510
00:37:44,834 --> 00:37:47,544
Oh, I don't care about that.
511
00:37:47,667 --> 00:37:50,667
There is something about
what Mr Gandhi says...
512
00:37:52,209 --> 00:37:54,379
That makes me a little uneasy.
513
00:38:11,792 --> 00:38:15,042
I wish you'd stay for a few more weeks,
Fatima.
514
00:38:15,167 --> 00:38:17,577
My other brothers need me in Karachi.
515
00:38:17,709 --> 00:38:20,079
But I'll be back soon.
516
00:38:21,667 --> 00:38:24,377
I hope you haven't forgotten anything.
517
00:38:24,501 --> 00:38:28,171
- I don't trust these servants.
- Oh, don't be silly.
518
00:38:28,292 --> 00:38:31,632
Ram has been looking after me
ever since I was a little girl.
519
00:38:35,084 --> 00:38:38,044
Ram, please look after her.
She's so young.
520
00:38:38,167 --> 00:38:40,997
Don't worry, Bibisahiba. Don't' worry.
521
00:38:41,126 --> 00:38:42,416
But...
522
00:38:42,542 --> 00:38:44,792
when you will return from Karachi?
523
00:38:46,417 --> 00:38:48,127
As soon as I'm needed, Ram.
524
00:38:50,834 --> 00:38:52,834
(Dog pants)
525
00:38:54,667 --> 00:38:56,827
Where are you going, Jin?
526
00:38:56,959 --> 00:38:59,959
Just for a stroll, my love.
527
00:39:04,292 --> 00:39:06,502
Do you want me to come?
528
00:39:30,751 --> 00:39:32,421
Good afternoon, young man.
529
00:39:32,542 --> 00:39:36,132
I hope you don't mind me resting,
for a few moments, in your lovely garden.
530
00:39:36,251 --> 00:39:38,671
Oh, no. No, of course not, sir.
531
00:39:39,792 --> 00:39:41,582
Can I ask them to fetch some water?
532
00:39:41,709 --> 00:39:45,709
No, no, no. I'm not unwell. It's just
the climb up the hill is a little tiring.
533
00:39:46,542 --> 00:39:47,922
- You're most welcome.
- Thank you.
534
00:39:51,126 --> 00:39:53,126
Mr Jinnah.
535
00:39:54,167 --> 00:39:56,667
You are right to trust logic,
536
00:39:56,792 --> 00:40:01,832
but isn't there some logic
in Gandhi's non-violence?
537
00:40:02,417 --> 00:40:04,827
What do you mean?
538
00:40:06,459 --> 00:40:08,209
Who are you?
539
00:40:08,334 --> 00:40:10,504
Just a traveller.
540
00:40:10,626 --> 00:40:13,746
Gandhi angers you.
541
00:40:13,876 --> 00:40:17,666
- Because he patronises you?
- No, no.
542
00:40:17,792 --> 00:40:20,212
No, I'm not a child.
543
00:40:21,084 --> 00:40:24,334
Mr Gandhi is an extraordinary man.
A man who believes in his own mission.
544
00:40:24,459 --> 00:40:26,079
But...
545
00:40:27,459 --> 00:40:29,169
...the clothes...
546
00:40:29,292 --> 00:40:34,132
this imitation of the Hindu peasants,
the... the spinning wheels, the fasts,
547
00:40:34,251 --> 00:40:36,751
the bits and pieces
of Sanskrit philosophy.
548
00:40:36,876 --> 00:40:38,416
Ahimsa, satyagraha...
549
00:40:38,542 --> 00:40:41,002
He is calling forth a flood.
550
00:40:41,126 --> 00:40:44,496
Isn't that what the movement needs?
551
00:40:44,626 --> 00:40:47,956
Millions of people demanding
that the British leave India.
552
00:40:48,084 --> 00:40:50,754
Yes. But will it stop there?
553
00:40:50,876 --> 00:40:53,326
What else will they demand?
554
00:40:53,459 --> 00:40:57,829
When you talk of spirit,
you release darker forces.
555
00:40:57,959 --> 00:41:02,249
Powers that can't be questioned.
illogical urges and anger.
556
00:41:02,376 --> 00:41:07,826
If they succeed in kicking out the British
because they have usurped power in India,
557
00:41:07,959 --> 00:41:10,579
won't their attention,
then, turn to the Muslims?
558
00:41:11,376 --> 00:41:12,996
After all,
559
00:41:13,126 --> 00:41:15,706
we Muslims conquered India
long before the British.
560
00:41:15,834 --> 00:41:18,044
Isn't that logical too?
561
00:41:18,167 --> 00:41:21,787
No. Because we are not outsiders.
562
00:41:22,667 --> 00:41:25,667
We are part of this country.
563
00:41:27,417 --> 00:41:30,627
And besides...
564
00:41:30,751 --> 00:41:33,751
we have no England to go back to.
565
00:41:35,167 --> 00:41:36,917
(Ruttie) Jin?
566
00:41:51,001 --> 00:41:54,631
- Talking to yourself, Jin?
- I'm just rehearsing a speech.
567
00:42:04,501 --> 00:42:07,711
Perhaps I should ask
for a postponement of the trial.
568
00:42:09,126 --> 00:42:10,626
Jin...
569
00:42:10,751 --> 00:42:14,001
I don't want you take this amiss...
570
00:42:14,126 --> 00:42:16,456
but I'd like to discuss
something personal with you.
571
00:42:16,584 --> 00:42:21,134
Kanji, I have three cases pending
in the High Court. Can't it wait?
572
00:42:21,251 --> 00:42:23,251
(Shouting outside)
573
00:42:32,292 --> 00:42:36,292
(Men begin to chant)
574
00:43:01,126 --> 00:43:03,126
(Men continue chanting)
575
00:43:23,834 --> 00:43:25,834
Clear the roadway!
576
00:43:38,376 --> 00:43:39,626
Ruttie!
577
00:43:39,751 --> 00:43:42,921
What the hell are you doing?
Why have you brought Dina here?
578
00:43:43,042 --> 00:43:45,542
Jin, stop them.
They're beating helpless people!
579
00:43:45,667 --> 00:43:48,827
They offer themselves to be beaten.
580
00:43:48,959 --> 00:43:51,999
- Gandhi's politics...
- They're breaking their heads!
581
00:43:53,084 --> 00:43:55,464
There is nothing I can do.
582
00:43:55,584 --> 00:43:57,384
They want these histrionics, this theatre.
583
00:43:57,501 --> 00:43:59,881
You can't just stand there and watch.
584
00:44:02,626 --> 00:44:04,036
Kanji, come on.
585
00:44:06,126 --> 00:44:08,126
Ruttie, get the child home.
586
00:44:11,917 --> 00:44:14,827
By whose authority are you using force?
587
00:44:14,959 --> 00:44:16,999
Can I see the magistrate's order?
588
00:44:17,126 --> 00:44:22,166
- My advice, Mr Jinnah, is to go back.
- Stop this slaughter.
589
00:44:22,292 --> 00:44:23,922
Now!
590
00:44:25,667 --> 00:44:27,667
Pull the men back.
591
00:44:30,001 --> 00:44:31,831
Withdraw lathi charge!
592
00:44:39,792 --> 00:44:43,462
(Gandhi)
In this great battle for our freedom,
593
00:44:43,584 --> 00:44:45,834
let it not be said of us
594
00:44:45,959 --> 00:44:49,829
that we are guilty of shedding blood.
595
00:44:49,959 --> 00:44:52,629
But let it be said
596
00:44:52,751 --> 00:44:54,581
that we suffer.
597
00:44:54,709 --> 00:44:57,959
That we shed,
not somebody's blood,
598
00:44:58,084 --> 00:44:59,714
but our own.
599
00:45:06,042 --> 00:45:09,462
So, I put this resolution to congress...
600
00:45:11,334 --> 00:45:17,884
We pledge ourselves to secure
complete independence for India,
601
00:45:18,001 --> 00:45:21,041
through means of non-violence.
602
00:45:21,167 --> 00:45:22,787
(Applause)
603
00:45:33,292 --> 00:45:34,832
Members of Congress...
604
00:45:39,376 --> 00:45:42,996
I beg to oppose this hasty resolution.
605
00:45:43,126 --> 00:45:44,496
(Man shouts in Urdu)
606
00:45:52,251 --> 00:45:55,041
No one's desire for independence
607
00:45:55,167 --> 00:45:57,167
is greater than mine.
608
00:45:58,667 --> 00:46:01,997
Yet I wish to point out
that these methods...
609
00:46:02,126 --> 00:46:05,536
this dragging in of religious symbols,
610
00:46:05,667 --> 00:46:10,077
these radical marches and provocation
are now beginning to split the movement.
611
00:46:11,584 --> 00:46:14,884
The method and goal proposed
by Mr Gandhi's...
612
00:46:15,001 --> 00:46:16,331
(Man) No!
613
00:46:16,459 --> 00:46:17,829
No!
614
00:46:17,959 --> 00:46:21,249
Mahatma Gandhi!
Say 'Mahatma Gandhi'!
615
00:46:21,376 --> 00:46:22,746
(All) Mahatma Gandhi!
616
00:46:28,126 --> 00:46:31,376
Mr Gandhi's resolution...
617
00:46:33,376 --> 00:46:37,536
At this moment, the destiny of our country
is in the hands of two men
618
00:46:37,667 --> 00:46:40,667
and one of them is Gandhi!
619
00:46:42,959 --> 00:46:44,579
Therefore...
620
00:46:44,709 --> 00:46:47,499
standing on this platform...
621
00:46:47,626 --> 00:46:52,246
I appeal to him to pause,
to cry "Halt!"...
622
00:46:58,959 --> 00:47:01,249
...before it is too late.
623
00:47:03,876 --> 00:47:06,876
- No! No! No!
- No! No!
624
00:47:08,459 --> 00:47:11,629
Mr Jinnah is right!
625
00:47:11,751 --> 00:47:14,171
Do not bring religion into politics.
626
00:47:15,167 --> 00:47:18,457
We are all Indians.
627
00:47:18,584 --> 00:47:20,754
If we go down this road,
628
00:47:20,876 --> 00:47:25,456
we will turn Hindu against Muslim,
in the end.
629
00:47:25,584 --> 00:47:27,884
If we do not win our freedom together,
630
00:47:28,001 --> 00:47:31,961
we will turn brother against brother.
631
00:47:33,209 --> 00:47:35,129
The turning point?
632
00:47:35,251 --> 00:47:38,671
I left the Congress Party.
633
00:47:38,792 --> 00:47:40,882
If Congress was going to turn into
a Hindu party,
634
00:47:41,001 --> 00:47:44,331
then somebody had to speak up
for the Muslims.
635
00:47:52,626 --> 00:47:55,246
Why are you dressed like that?
636
00:47:57,417 --> 00:48:00,497
Jin, you are so late. We're late.
637
00:48:00,626 --> 00:48:02,876
The party started at eight o'clock.
638
00:48:03,001 --> 00:48:05,001
The party?
639
00:48:06,126 --> 00:48:09,206
The party at Lady Jeejeebhoy's.
640
00:48:09,334 --> 00:48:14,294
- You said you'd take me.
- Of course. That party.
641
00:48:14,417 --> 00:48:17,037
Well, I have to start for Delhi
on the ten o'clock train.
642
00:48:17,876 --> 00:48:19,876
You go by yourself.
643
00:48:23,709 --> 00:48:25,709
Again.
644
00:48:25,834 --> 00:48:28,544
Ruttie, I have a practice to run.
645
00:48:28,667 --> 00:48:31,667
I don't want to go dancing
with the baronets.
646
00:49:11,167 --> 00:49:14,167
(Slurring) Jin... Jin...
647
00:49:16,751 --> 00:49:18,331
The train...
648
00:49:19,209 --> 00:49:21,959
Ruttie? Are you all right?
649
00:49:22,084 --> 00:49:24,964
It's not your fault.
650
00:49:25,709 --> 00:49:29,539
- No dancing...
- You've been drinking!
651
00:49:30,751 --> 00:49:34,541
- (Jinnah) How dare you!
- Why are you cross with Mummy?
652
00:49:39,334 --> 00:49:41,174
It's all right, darling.
653
00:49:41,292 --> 00:49:43,292
Come and sit down.
654
00:49:44,084 --> 00:49:46,424
I'm not cross with Mummy.
655
00:49:46,542 --> 00:49:48,462
Did Mummy give you a kiss goodnight?
656
00:49:48,584 --> 00:49:52,834
No, silly. Mummy never puts me to bed.
Anita puts me to bed.
657
00:49:52,959 --> 00:49:54,879
Anita, take her back to her room.
658
00:49:55,001 --> 00:49:57,541
I have to go, sweetheart.
659
00:49:57,667 --> 00:50:01,167
- You're always going away.
- I know. I'm sorry.
660
00:50:01,292 --> 00:50:04,292
Go to bed. There's a good girl.
661
00:50:29,292 --> 00:50:32,292
Hello? Dr Patel, please.
662
00:50:33,709 --> 00:50:38,129
Patel? Jinnah.
Can you come immediately?
663
00:50:38,251 --> 00:50:40,171
Thank you.
664
00:50:40,292 --> 00:50:43,292
Sir, Kanji Sahab is here, sir.
665
00:50:45,001 --> 00:50:47,081
- Kanji, thank God.
- Ready to go?
666
00:50:47,209 --> 00:50:49,829
Kanji, I... I found these.
667
00:50:51,167 --> 00:50:53,577
- Where is she?
- She's asleep. I couldn't...
668
00:50:57,167 --> 00:51:00,167
Kanji, you knew about this?
669
00:51:00,292 --> 00:51:02,292
Why didn't you tell me?
670
00:51:04,667 --> 00:51:07,667
She didn't want you to know.
671
00:51:07,792 --> 00:51:10,632
She has cancer.
672
00:51:10,751 --> 00:51:14,131
It's eating up her insides.
That's why they prescribed the morphine.
673
00:51:17,209 --> 00:51:19,209
Oh, God...
674
00:51:26,959 --> 00:51:31,289
(Woman) Ask... what is in your heart.
675
00:51:31,417 --> 00:51:34,747
(Ruttie) I can't. It's too private.
676
00:51:34,876 --> 00:51:38,036
(Woman) Go on, dear.
We can't keep the spirit waiting.
677
00:51:38,167 --> 00:51:39,787
Ruttie.
678
00:51:41,834 --> 00:51:44,084
What are they doing?
679
00:51:44,209 --> 00:51:47,749
(Ruttie) Will my Jinnah
get married again?
680
00:51:47,876 --> 00:51:51,076
- When I die?
- No, Ruttie, no. Never.
681
00:51:56,667 --> 00:52:00,497
The pretty dear wants to know
if her husband still loves her.
682
00:52:00,626 --> 00:52:02,626
Like he used to.
683
00:52:10,501 --> 00:52:14,711
Kanji. Please do something
before Mr Jinnah comes back.
684
00:52:14,834 --> 00:52:17,834
The glass was right.
685
00:52:19,084 --> 00:52:23,384
I did not love her as before.
686
00:52:23,501 --> 00:52:27,501
I loved her and I needed her
much more.
687
00:52:29,751 --> 00:52:33,751
But I never taught myself
to show that love.
688
00:52:34,834 --> 00:52:37,174
If we win, here in Delhi,
689
00:52:37,292 --> 00:52:41,792
the government will be forced to publish
casualty figures for Indians killed in battle.
690
00:52:41,917 --> 00:52:44,747
I shall demand that
the compensation paid for Indian widows
691
00:52:44,876 --> 00:52:46,746
is the same as they pay for Tommies'.
692
00:52:46,876 --> 00:52:50,456
Sir, long-distance call from Bombay.
693
00:52:54,084 --> 00:52:56,384
Thank you.
694
00:52:56,501 --> 00:52:58,541
Muhammad Ali Jinnah speaking.
695
00:52:58,667 --> 00:53:00,287
Yes.
696
00:53:03,834 --> 00:53:05,714
I see.
697
00:53:05,834 --> 00:53:07,834
I'll be on the next train.
698
00:53:10,001 --> 00:53:12,711
My, er... my wife is very ill.
699
00:53:12,834 --> 00:53:14,544
You'll have to carry the case.
700
00:54:32,376 --> 00:54:35,376
(Man chants)
701
00:54:51,084 --> 00:54:54,084
(Chant fades, sobbing becomes audible)
702
00:55:49,584 --> 00:55:53,584
- Do you still cry for her?
- No. Not for her.
703
00:55:55,667 --> 00:55:57,877
Then why?
704
00:55:58,001 --> 00:56:01,541
For love that is irretrievable.
705
00:56:01,667 --> 00:56:03,667
So much love.
706
00:56:04,626 --> 00:56:08,626
And it all melts away.
707
00:56:27,209 --> 00:56:31,669
(Jinnah) 'Mr Birtwhistle has been accused
of subversive publications.'
708
00:56:33,417 --> 00:56:36,827
By 'subversive', they mean
in favour of Indian independence.
709
00:56:38,209 --> 00:56:41,829
He has also been
forcibly removed from India.
710
00:56:42,626 --> 00:56:44,576
My Lord...
711
00:56:44,709 --> 00:56:48,879
Either Mr Birtwhistle is a citizen of Britain
and a subject of the King Emperor,
712
00:56:49,001 --> 00:56:50,831
or he is not.
713
00:56:50,959 --> 00:56:54,539
And either India is part
of the British Empire, or it is not,
714
00:56:54,667 --> 00:56:58,417
and the King Emperor is
its king and emperor, or he is not.
715
00:56:58,542 --> 00:57:01,172
And I would remind the court...
716
00:57:01,667 --> 00:57:07,127
...that it is treason
to pronounce that he is not.
717
00:57:07,251 --> 00:57:09,081
Mr Birtwhistle.
718
00:57:10,376 --> 00:57:13,126
Are you a citizen of Britain
and subject of the King Emperor?
719
00:57:13,251 --> 00:57:16,041
- Indeed I am.
- And were you so one month ago?
720
00:57:16,167 --> 00:57:17,377
Yes, I was.
721
00:57:17,501 --> 00:57:19,331
And were you instructed to leave India?
722
00:57:19,459 --> 00:57:20,829
- Yes.
- By whom?
723
00:57:20,959 --> 00:57:23,959
By the office of the
Secretary of State for India.
724
00:57:24,959 --> 00:57:27,329
(Jinnah) My Lord...
725
00:57:27,459 --> 00:57:31,959
No resident of... Bournemouth,
shall we say,
726
00:57:32,084 --> 00:57:36,384
may be told that he is to repair to Scotland
and Scotland alone.
727
00:57:36,501 --> 00:57:40,631
Since Magna Carta, the right to
free movement throughout the realm
728
00:57:40,751 --> 00:57:42,831
has been established.
729
00:57:42,959 --> 00:57:44,629
(Judge) So it has.
730
00:57:44,751 --> 00:57:47,541
My client has been denied that right
731
00:57:47,667 --> 00:57:50,827
in that part of this realm known as India.
732
00:57:52,292 --> 00:57:54,292
Tell me, Mr Jinnah,
733
00:57:54,417 --> 00:57:59,577
in another place, I have heard you argue
that India is not part of this empire.
734
00:57:59,709 --> 00:58:02,879
That is as it may be, My Lord.
735
00:58:03,001 --> 00:58:05,501
However, I am not in that place now
736
00:58:05,626 --> 00:58:08,996
and I'm conscious
of my humble role of advocacy
737
00:58:09,126 --> 00:58:10,826
in this, your court.
738
00:58:13,001 --> 00:58:14,751
Mr Birtwhistle,
739
00:58:14,876 --> 00:58:17,876
you are a fortunate man.
740
00:58:19,417 --> 00:58:21,417
(Bells peal)
741
00:58:24,251 --> 00:58:28,631
Jinnah Sahab, the Muslims of India
need your leadership.
742
00:58:28,751 --> 00:58:31,581
Iqbal Sahab,
lam flattered by the compliment,
743
00:58:31,709 --> 00:58:34,999
from you,
our great poet and philosopher.
744
00:58:35,126 --> 00:58:37,036
There are many who can provide
that leadership.
745
00:58:37,167 --> 00:58:39,037
No, Jinnah.
746
00:58:39,167 --> 00:58:42,537
We need a Muslim of the modern day.
747
00:58:42,667 --> 00:58:45,287
Such as man has to lead
the struggle for Pakistan
748
00:58:45,417 --> 00:58:49,127
and then be an inspiration to a country,
at its birth.
749
00:58:49,251 --> 00:58:53,001
How can I even dare think
of myself as such a man?
750
00:58:53,126 --> 00:58:55,076
(Iqbal) There is no other.
751
00:58:55,209 --> 00:59:01,539
For 200 years, the Muslims of India
have lost the directions of their destiny.
752
00:59:01,667 --> 00:59:04,287
And now, as the mists clear,
753
00:59:04,417 --> 00:59:06,997
a vision is born,
of a country of...
754
00:59:07,126 --> 00:59:10,326
purity and compassion.
755
00:59:10,459 --> 00:59:13,079
Pakistan.
756
00:59:13,209 --> 00:59:15,209
Dr Iqbal, please.
757
00:59:17,001 --> 00:59:21,211
Jinnah Sahab.
It's my turn to speak, please.
758
00:59:21,334 --> 00:59:24,964
I know I haven't long to live.
759
00:59:25,084 --> 00:59:29,714
Go back to India
and take charge of the League.
760
00:59:35,709 --> 00:59:39,669
Go back to India.
761
00:59:39,792 --> 00:59:41,712
Carve out a country.
762
00:59:43,667 --> 00:59:47,077
(Jinnah) 'How? Where to start?
763
01:00:12,584 --> 01:00:14,334
Jin!
764
01:00:14,459 --> 01:00:17,079
My God, why didn't you write or wire?
765
01:00:17,209 --> 01:00:20,709
I know. I'm sorry to intrude.
766
01:00:20,834 --> 01:00:24,674
- Serious problem?
- Just polishing his teeth.
767
01:00:24,792 --> 01:00:29,002
Sir, I beg your indulgence.
Would you mind coming back tomorrow?
768
01:00:29,126 --> 01:00:30,326
We have urgent business.
769
01:00:31,001 --> 01:00:33,581
What are you saying? I have paid.
770
01:00:33,709 --> 01:00:35,459
Please.
771
01:00:44,459 --> 01:00:46,129
I'm so sorry.
772
01:00:51,834 --> 01:00:54,084
Fati, there's one thing that's been
bothering me.
773
01:00:55,584 --> 01:00:58,044
I've spoken to Aunt Masiji.
774
01:00:59,917 --> 01:01:03,577
- How to say this?
- Well, you're the lawyer.
775
01:01:03,709 --> 01:01:06,169
I want you to contact decent families.
776
01:01:06,292 --> 01:01:08,132
With boys that...
777
01:01:08,251 --> 01:01:09,961
You understand.
778
01:01:10,084 --> 01:01:12,084
Men, of about your age...
779
01:01:12,209 --> 01:01:14,579
Suitable men.
780
01:01:14,709 --> 01:01:17,879
- As head of the family, I...
- (Giggles)
781
01:01:18,001 --> 01:01:20,751
You're going to matchmake for me?
782
01:01:20,876 --> 01:01:22,996
That's so sweet.
783
01:01:23,126 --> 01:01:24,706
For your happiness.
784
01:01:24,834 --> 01:01:27,214
I resolved to give that up long ago.
785
01:01:27,334 --> 01:01:30,544
The marriage, love, children.
786
01:01:30,667 --> 01:01:34,127
I want to be there when we win.
787
01:01:37,251 --> 01:01:39,211
Fati, forgive me.
788
01:01:39,334 --> 01:01:41,964
I know you think I'm very modern.
789
01:01:42,084 --> 01:01:44,254
You're as old-fashioned as they come.
790
01:02:43,709 --> 01:02:45,709
(Cheering, applause)
791
01:02:53,459 --> 01:02:57,209
(Jinnah) We have swept the polls
throughout India.
792
01:03:03,626 --> 01:03:08,626
The will of the people has put Pakistan
within our grasp.
793
01:03:14,917 --> 01:03:18,247
The Muslim League has proved,
794
01:03:18,376 --> 01:03:20,496
in the eyes of the world,
795
01:03:20,626 --> 01:03:26,626
our right to represent
the Muslims of India.
796
01:03:26,751 --> 01:03:30,501
A nation which has found its identity
797
01:03:30,626 --> 01:03:33,456
and has, today, declared its will.
798
01:03:33,584 --> 01:03:36,584
(Cheering, applause)
799
01:03:36,709 --> 01:03:40,419
(Cheering, applause)
800
01:03:40,542 --> 01:03:43,582
(Cheering, applause)
801
01:03:43,709 --> 01:03:46,379
- (Man) Pakistan.
- (Crowd) Zindabad.
802
01:03:46,501 --> 01:03:48,081
- (Man) Pakistan.
- (Crowd) Zindabad.
803
01:03:48,209 --> 01:03:49,669
- (Man) Pakistan.
- (Crowd) Zindabad.
804
01:03:49,792 --> 01:03:51,502
- (Man) Quaid-e-Azam!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
805
01:03:51,626 --> 01:03:53,166
- (Man) Quaid-e-Azam!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
806
01:03:53,292 --> 01:03:54,882
- (Man) Quaid-e-Azam!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
807
01:03:55,001 --> 01:03:56,501
- (Man) Pakistan.
- (Crowd) Zindabad.
808
01:03:56,626 --> 01:03:58,166
- (Man) Pakistan.
- (Crowd) Zindabad.
809
01:03:58,292 --> 01:03:59,882
- (Man) Pakistan.
- (Crowd) Zindabad.
810
01:04:00,001 --> 01:04:01,461
- (Man) Quaid-e-Azam!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
811
01:04:01,584 --> 01:04:03,174
- (Man) Quaid-e-Azam!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
812
01:04:03,292 --> 01:04:04,832
- (Man) 'Quaid-e-Azam!
- (Crowd) 'Zindabad!
813
01:04:04,959 --> 01:04:07,079
- (Man) 'Quaid-e-Azam!
- (Crowd) 'Zindabad!'
814
01:04:09,626 --> 01:04:11,916
Jinnah Sahab.
815
01:04:12,042 --> 01:04:15,462
Men must also be judged
by the love they have shown.
816
01:04:17,376 --> 01:04:19,206
Apart from Ruttie,
817
01:04:19,334 --> 01:04:21,544
who would you say you loved the most?
818
01:04:21,667 --> 01:04:23,707
My sister Fatima.
819
01:04:23,834 --> 01:04:25,544
My daughter Dina.
820
01:04:26,626 --> 01:04:31,036
'And you think you treated them
as well as you could?'
821
01:04:36,042 --> 01:04:38,212
Morning, my dear.
822
01:04:38,334 --> 01:04:42,174
- Papa, I must speak to you.
- Of course. Sit down.
823
01:04:47,751 --> 01:04:49,671
Papa, I want your permission to marry.
824
01:04:57,626 --> 01:04:59,996
Marry?
825
01:05:00,126 --> 01:05:01,456
But...
826
01:05:01,584 --> 01:05:04,674
But you are far too young.
827
01:05:04,792 --> 01:05:06,882
- Who?
- Neville.
828
01:05:07,001 --> 01:05:10,671
Mr Wadia? But he's a Parsee.
829
01:05:10,792 --> 01:05:12,832
Yes...
830
01:05:12,959 --> 01:05:16,959
Dina, there are millions
of young Muslim boys in India.
831
01:05:19,251 --> 01:05:22,581
- You can't do this to me.
- There were millions of Muslim girls.
832
01:05:22,709 --> 01:05:25,169
And you married Mama.
She was a Parsee.
833
01:05:25,292 --> 01:05:28,042
She became a Muslim.
834
01:05:28,167 --> 01:05:31,377
Is Mr Wadia prepared
to embrace our faith?
835
01:05:31,501 --> 01:05:34,041
No. But I will marry him.
836
01:05:37,584 --> 01:05:39,634
Dina, if you do this,
837
01:05:39,751 --> 01:05:42,211
you cannot call yourself my daughter
anymore.
838
01:05:43,751 --> 01:05:46,211
- I forbid it.
- But...
839
01:05:46,334 --> 01:05:47,584
But why?
840
01:05:47,709 --> 01:05:52,289
Because it is against our customs.
Against our tradition.
841
01:05:52,417 --> 01:05:55,997
I have fought for a Muslim State
842
01:05:56,126 --> 01:06:00,126
and my daughter marries
outside the faith.
843
01:06:06,126 --> 01:06:07,786
(Rustles newspaper)
844
01:06:07,917 --> 01:06:11,957
(Fatima)I am very proud that the girls
from our community have qualified
845
01:06:12,084 --> 01:06:14,794
in law, in the sciences,
846
01:06:14,917 --> 01:06:16,537
in English and Urdu,
847
01:06:16,667 --> 01:06:21,327
Sanskrit, and even in Chinese.
Excellent.
848
01:06:21,459 --> 01:06:25,209
The graduates from the Muslim College
will, no doubt, go on
849
01:06:25,334 --> 01:06:30,834
to enrich the lives
of both Pakistan and India.
850
01:06:30,959 --> 01:06:33,999
- Lady Mountbatten.
- (Applause)
851
01:06:42,376 --> 01:06:45,746
It gives me great pleasure
to give the Rattanbai Modi Award
852
01:06:45,876 --> 01:06:50,166
for distinction in history
to Farida Shah.
853
01:06:58,042 --> 01:07:02,752
Miss Jinnah, why have you invited
an Englishwoman to be our guest,
854
01:07:02,876 --> 01:07:05,076
when they have only contempt for us?
855
01:07:05,209 --> 01:07:07,709
Why should we have to shake
the hand of the enemy?
856
01:07:07,834 --> 01:07:10,334
(Applause)
857
01:07:11,959 --> 01:07:14,629
If you object to my presence,
I will willingly...
858
01:07:14,751 --> 01:07:16,421
No, Lady Mountbatten.
859
01:07:18,084 --> 01:07:20,044
My younger sister,
860
01:07:20,167 --> 01:07:24,377
this is not the way we Muslims have
chosen to fight for our independence.
861
01:07:25,417 --> 01:07:28,247
The British are our friends and our rulers.
862
01:07:28,376 --> 01:07:30,576
We don't want them to be our rulers,
863
01:07:30,709 --> 01:07:34,039
but we want them to remain our friends.
864
01:07:35,292 --> 01:07:36,882
Now, sister.
865
01:07:37,001 --> 01:07:39,541
Come and take your prize.
866
01:07:50,667 --> 01:07:52,957
Panditji it is dangerous.
867
01:07:53,084 --> 01:07:56,134
There are demonstrations
against our party by Pathan tribesmen.
868
01:07:56,251 --> 01:07:58,751
Khan Sahab,
I'll speak to them, don't worry.
869
01:08:00,792 --> 01:08:04,042
Muslim League members.
Stop the car, I want to talk to them.
870
01:08:05,417 --> 01:08:07,127
I said stop!
871
01:08:10,459 --> 01:08:13,999
Silence!
My friends and comrades.
872
01:08:14,126 --> 01:08:16,376
My fellow citizens of India.
873
01:08:16,501 --> 01:08:19,041
Throughout my tour
of the North-West Frontier,
874
01:08:19,167 --> 01:08:23,127
I have been dismayed and saddened
by the demonstrations of violence
875
01:08:23,251 --> 01:08:26,081
and opposition
directed against the Congress Party
876
01:08:26,209 --> 01:08:27,959
in this great province.
877
01:08:28,084 --> 01:08:29,584
(Crowd jeers)
878
01:08:29,709 --> 01:08:34,419
Congress... Congress is a party
with no religious boundaries.
879
01:08:34,542 --> 01:08:40,292
It is for Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs,
Christians, without distinction...
880
01:08:40,417 --> 01:08:42,497
of caste or creed.
881
01:08:51,084 --> 01:08:54,504
My dear fellow. I'm so sorry.
882
01:08:54,626 --> 01:08:57,326
Why on Earth are you giving speeches
in the Frontier?
883
01:08:57,459 --> 01:09:00,249
I thought Edwina specifically told you
not to go.
884
01:09:00,376 --> 01:09:04,996
Dickie, I thank you for your concern,
my friend.
885
01:09:05,126 --> 01:09:08,496
- Does Edwina know about the incident?
- Of course.
886
01:09:08,626 --> 01:09:11,496
Nothing stays secret in India.
887
01:09:11,626 --> 01:09:13,246
Well...
888
01:09:13,376 --> 01:09:15,416
Let me tell you both that...
889
01:09:15,542 --> 01:09:19,672
I will never accept that we,
in Congress,
890
01:09:19,792 --> 01:09:22,292
can't represent the Muslims.
891
01:09:22,417 --> 01:09:24,537
And one stone won't stop me.
892
01:09:24,667 --> 01:09:26,207
My dear Jawaharlal,
893
01:09:26,334 --> 01:09:27,674
this is not one stone.
894
01:09:27,792 --> 01:09:29,382
It's an avalanche.
895
01:09:29,501 --> 01:09:32,831
This election is disastrous
for your Congress Party.
896
01:09:32,959 --> 01:09:35,459
The Muslim League
has won the Punjab.
897
01:09:35,584 --> 01:09:38,294
It's won Bengal, it's won the Frontier.
898
01:09:38,417 --> 01:09:41,917
What did you expect?
They have a majority in those provinces.
899
01:09:42,042 --> 01:09:45,002
Yes. Who've given their votes
to Mr Jinnah.
900
01:09:45,126 --> 01:09:47,036
And now he'll demand
that with these provinces,
901
01:09:47,167 --> 01:09:48,707
he has the basis for Pakistan.
902
01:09:48,834 --> 01:09:50,504
He can break away.
903
01:09:50,626 --> 01:09:54,416
Oh, Dickie. This is dangerous nonsense.
904
01:09:54,542 --> 01:09:59,752
Those provinces have minorities
of Sikhs and Hindus. Millions of them.
905
01:09:59,876 --> 01:10:03,496
- So?
- They will never be safe in Pakistan.
906
01:10:03,626 --> 01:10:06,826
That, my dear Jawaharlal,
is precisely what Mr Jinnah says
907
01:10:06,959 --> 01:10:09,829
about the Muslims in India,
under your party's rule.
908
01:10:09,959 --> 01:10:13,169
Yes, I know, I know. But...
but don't you see?
909
01:10:13,292 --> 01:10:16,632
There are Hindu fanatics
in our own party.
910
01:10:16,751 --> 01:10:19,671
And with all this talk
of a Muslim Pakistan,
911
01:10:19,792 --> 01:10:23,542
they are beginning to demand
a Hindu India.
912
01:10:23,667 --> 01:10:25,787
If they split the Congress,
913
01:10:25,917 --> 01:10:29,327
the Muslim League
will be the strongest party in India.
914
01:10:30,751 --> 01:10:34,961
Unless I give Jinnah his Pakistan,
and split the country first.
915
01:10:35,084 --> 01:10:40,174
My friends, this is a historic day.
916
01:10:40,292 --> 01:10:43,292
The Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten,
917
01:10:43,417 --> 01:10:46,537
has conveyed to me
918
01:10:46,667 --> 01:10:50,247
the decision of the British government
919
01:10:50,376 --> 01:10:53,536
to concede, to us,
920
01:10:53,667 --> 01:10:58,497
the creation of the State of Pakistan.
921
01:10:58,626 --> 01:11:00,286
(Cheering)
922
01:11:07,792 --> 01:11:11,002
A partition commission is being set up
923
01:11:11,126 --> 01:11:13,536
under Sir Cyril Radcliffe,
924
01:11:13,667 --> 01:11:17,787
with three Muslim judges
and three Hindus,
925
01:11:17,917 --> 01:11:22,537
to mark out the borders
of Pakistan.
926
01:11:27,792 --> 01:11:31,632
(Man, in Urdu)
Great Leader! Emperor of Pakistan!
927
01:11:31,751 --> 01:11:34,081
(Crowd, in Urdu)
Great Leader! Emperor of Pakistan!
928
01:11:34,209 --> 01:11:35,789
No!
929
01:11:35,917 --> 01:11:38,787
I am nobody's emperor.
930
01:11:38,917 --> 01:11:42,877
Iam a soldier,
in the service of the birthright of Pakistan.
931
01:11:43,001 --> 01:11:45,461
(Applause)
932
01:11:48,584 --> 01:11:50,584
(Shouting)
933
01:12:17,667 --> 01:12:20,457
(Man shouts)
934
01:12:51,251 --> 01:12:52,381
Wait.
935
01:12:54,751 --> 01:12:57,081
Who are you?
And why do you want to kill me?
936
01:12:57,209 --> 01:13:00,789
You're a traitor, Jinnah.
If there is to be a Pakistan,
937
01:13:00,917 --> 01:13:03,127
it must be a Muslim state!
938
01:13:03,251 --> 01:13:08,541
- Pakistan will be a Muslim state.
- Yes. But with you as leader.
939
01:13:08,667 --> 01:13:12,167
You speak of the rights of Christians,
of Hindus.
940
01:13:12,292 --> 01:13:14,582
You talk of the rights of women.
941
01:13:14,709 --> 01:13:18,289
You are an ignorant fool.
942
01:13:18,417 --> 01:13:23,917
I have fought for your mother,
your sister, and your children's children
943
01:13:24,042 --> 01:13:26,082
to live in dignity.
944
01:13:26,209 --> 01:13:29,039
Islam doesn't need fanatics like you.
945
01:13:29,167 --> 01:13:32,127
Islam needs men of vision
who will build the country.
946
01:13:32,251 --> 01:13:34,581
Now, grow up!
947
01:13:34,709 --> 01:13:36,709
And serve Pakistan.
948
01:13:46,709 --> 01:13:48,709
Thank you, Nadeem.
949
01:13:57,126 --> 01:14:00,706
Now, that's one thing
Indians are not good at.
950
01:14:01,959 --> 01:14:04,579
(Chuckles)
I only meant baking cakes.
951
01:14:04,709 --> 01:14:07,919
I must teach the cook.
Lady Wavell absolutely spoilt him.
952
01:14:09,876 --> 01:14:11,126
Jawaharlal...
953
01:14:11,251 --> 01:14:13,251
We're moving ahead.
954
01:14:13,376 --> 01:14:15,876
It's within shooting distance,
independence.
955
01:14:18,167 --> 01:14:22,327
Dickie should insist
on Gandhiji's proposal
956
01:14:22,459 --> 01:14:26,499
and offer him again
the prime-ministership of a united India.
957
01:14:26,626 --> 01:14:28,876
Don't start wavering now.
958
01:14:29,001 --> 01:14:32,291
You must be prime minister of India,
and giving away Pakistan
959
01:14:32,417 --> 01:14:34,747
is the only way.
960
01:14:34,876 --> 01:14:36,876
What are you two discussing?
961
01:14:37,001 --> 01:14:40,961
The impossibility of Indians
baking proper English cakes.
962
01:14:41,084 --> 01:14:43,674
The cake needs the right ingredients.
963
01:14:43,792 --> 01:14:45,542
That's not what's depressing Jawaharlal.
964
01:14:47,126 --> 01:14:50,956
Come on, old boy. Jinnah can have
his truncated little country.
965
01:14:51,792 --> 01:14:54,672
He'll come limping back to you
in a matter of months.
966
01:14:54,792 --> 01:14:57,502
Jinnah will beg for reunification.
967
01:14:57,626 --> 01:15:00,956
And then, it'll be up to you,
Jawaharlal, to be magnanimous.
968
01:15:01,084 --> 01:15:03,084
I'll see to it.
969
01:15:04,667 --> 01:15:07,747
Then you still don't know him.
970
01:15:07,876 --> 01:15:09,876
He'll beg for nothing.
971
01:15:10,001 --> 01:15:12,501
My dear Jawaharlal,
972
01:15:12,626 --> 01:15:15,826
The anniversary of my victory in Burma
falls in August.
973
01:15:15,959 --> 01:15:17,629
Wouldn't it be a great triumph
974
01:15:17,751 --> 01:15:20,711
if it coincided with the date of the
independence of India and Pakistan?
975
01:15:20,834 --> 01:15:24,584
You mean... delay the transfer of power
by four months?
976
01:15:24,709 --> 01:15:28,419
No. I mean,
bring it forward by eight months.
977
01:15:28,542 --> 01:15:32,962
India will gain her independence
on the 15th of August 1947.
978
01:15:33,084 --> 01:15:36,674
Pakistan will have to scramble
to get itself ready.
979
01:15:37,584 --> 01:15:42,384
(Jinnah) 'Mountbatten changed the date
to force Pakistan into failure.
980
01:15:42,501 --> 01:15:45,001
'He would not permit us
to have our own army.'
981
01:15:45,126 --> 01:15:48,916
But when the Muslims threatened
to mutiny,
982
01:15:49,042 --> 01:15:52,042
- He backed down.
- Ah...
983
01:15:52,167 --> 01:15:56,957
So you are not beyond manipulation
and a little bit of blackmail.
984
01:15:57,084 --> 01:16:00,174
I wouldn't put it like that.
985
01:16:00,292 --> 01:16:02,082
Let us just say...
986
01:16:02,209 --> 01:16:04,209
persuasion..
987
01:16:33,667 --> 01:16:35,497
(Horses whinny)
988
01:16:38,209 --> 01:16:39,459
(Screams)
989
01:16:49,834 --> 01:16:53,584
Mama! Mama!
990
01:17:09,584 --> 01:17:11,174
What will you say to Dickie?
991
01:17:11,292 --> 01:17:13,422
(Edwina) I'll say I was with you. Talking.
992
01:17:14,292 --> 01:17:16,542
He wants us to be close.
993
01:17:16,667 --> 01:17:19,537
I feel that too, but... but why?
994
01:17:19,667 --> 01:17:24,037
Well, if there's one person in the world
who can explain something so difficult,
995
01:17:24,167 --> 01:17:25,707
he stands before me.
996
01:17:26,417 --> 01:17:30,747
Really?
The mind of an Anglo-German aristocrat?
997
01:17:30,876 --> 01:17:33,576
- Even that.
- Well.
998
01:17:33,709 --> 01:17:36,419
There's the deep answer
and the shallow answer.
999
01:17:36,542 --> 01:17:39,082
Oh, give me the shallow one first.
1000
01:17:39,209 --> 01:17:43,129
You won't mind if it's indelicate?
1001
01:17:43,251 --> 01:17:45,251
Guide's honour.
1002
01:17:46,667 --> 01:17:49,787
After being married for 20 or more years,
1003
01:17:49,917 --> 01:17:54,247
Dickie doesn't want you anymore,
in that compelling way.
1004
01:17:55,417 --> 01:17:57,417
And the deep reason?
1005
01:17:58,417 --> 01:18:00,457
It's because...
1006
01:18:00,584 --> 01:18:03,464
he understands that friendship is rare
1007
01:18:03,584 --> 01:18:04,884
and that we have found it.
1008
01:18:05,001 --> 01:18:07,581
And he wants to be a part of it.
1009
01:18:07,709 --> 01:18:10,249
He wants it to be the three of us
1010
01:18:10,376 --> 01:18:12,166
and he's willing to...
1011
01:18:12,292 --> 01:18:14,712
This is difficult.
1012
01:18:15,917 --> 01:18:19,707
- It's not a sharing...
- No, no, you're right.
1013
01:18:19,834 --> 01:18:22,674
He has the deepest admiration for you.
1014
01:18:22,792 --> 01:18:26,542
You see,
you have more than he ever had.
1015
01:18:26,667 --> 01:18:28,707
Oh, he has power.
1016
01:18:28,834 --> 01:18:31,584
But you have the love of millions and...
1017
01:18:31,709 --> 01:18:36,129
He wants to feel there's something...
very strong...
1018
01:18:38,209 --> 01:18:42,959
...something very deep,
between you and him, too.
1019
01:18:43,084 --> 01:18:46,044
Only, he can never bring himself to say it.
1020
01:18:46,167 --> 01:18:48,917
I know. He's an Englishman.
1021
01:18:49,042 --> 01:18:51,332
And the only way he knows
is to lend me to you.
1022
01:18:51,459 --> 01:18:52,879
Shh...
1023
01:18:53,959 --> 01:18:56,129
I understand.
1024
01:18:56,251 --> 01:18:58,671
Too well, perhaps.
1025
01:18:58,792 --> 01:19:01,882
Jawaharlal, can I ask you
one small thing?
1026
01:19:02,001 --> 01:19:04,831
- Anything, my dear.
- I know it's the one thing he wants.
1027
01:19:04,959 --> 01:19:08,419
- But he's too proud to ask.
- What? Dickie, proud?
1028
01:19:10,292 --> 01:19:13,542
We know he's Viceroy because he's
the best man on Earth for the job.
1029
01:19:13,667 --> 01:19:16,457
But for him, the doubt still remains that...
1030
01:19:16,584 --> 01:19:19,674
he's the King's cousin,
and that's why he got the job.
1031
01:19:19,792 --> 01:19:24,002
- But if Congress were to invite him...
- Were to invite him...
1032
01:19:24,126 --> 01:19:26,956
to become India's governor-general?
1033
01:19:27,792 --> 01:19:31,252
I think... it would be a great honour for us.
1034
01:19:31,376 --> 01:19:33,826
And it would please Bapu, I know.
1035
01:19:33,959 --> 01:19:35,419
But, Edwina,
1036
01:19:35,542 --> 01:19:37,792
there is one thing
I want you to promise me.
1037
01:19:37,917 --> 01:19:39,457
I promise.
1038
01:19:39,584 --> 01:19:41,884
There are difficult times ahead.
1039
01:19:42,626 --> 01:19:44,666
I want to make a pact with you.
1040
01:19:44,792 --> 01:19:47,132
To keep what is between you and me
1041
01:19:47,251 --> 01:19:50,041
free from any matters of politics.
1042
01:19:53,042 --> 01:19:55,882
I'll never ask the Prime Minister of India
for anything.
1043
01:19:57,542 --> 01:20:01,172
I feel what's between you and me is...
1044
01:20:01,292 --> 01:20:03,672
spiritual.
1045
01:20:05,751 --> 01:20:07,751
Its feet shall not touch the earth.
1046
01:20:36,167 --> 01:20:37,707
Excuse me, sir.
1047
01:20:39,959 --> 01:20:43,379
There is a matter I wish to discuss.
1048
01:20:45,917 --> 01:20:48,667
- What are these?
- Letters.
1049
01:20:48,792 --> 01:20:50,922
From Lady Mountbatten to Nehru, and...
1050
01:20:51,042 --> 01:20:52,712
from him to her.
1051
01:20:52,834 --> 01:20:54,424
Shameful things.
1052
01:20:54,542 --> 01:20:57,422
(Jinnah) More shameful
for us to read them.
1053
01:20:57,542 --> 01:21:00,502
We don't read them, sir.
1054
01:21:00,626 --> 01:21:02,416
It was suggested we use them.
1055
01:21:02,542 --> 01:21:06,172
We do not descend to this level.
1056
01:21:07,459 --> 01:21:09,459
The shame is not theirs, it is ours.
1057
01:21:09,584 --> 01:21:12,924
- Destroy them.
- They are carving up our country!
1058
01:21:13,042 --> 01:21:15,792
Savaging our people.
1059
01:21:18,667 --> 01:21:21,877
Er... I... I'm sorry, sir.
1060
01:21:22,001 --> 01:21:23,381
I'm sorry.
1061
01:21:25,167 --> 01:21:27,247
I too am sorry...
1062
01:21:27,376 --> 01:21:30,916
for the thought that blackened
your generous mind.
1063
01:21:44,334 --> 01:21:46,214
Well, Jinnah Sahab.
1064
01:21:46,334 --> 01:21:49,044
A bit foolish of you.
1065
01:21:49,167 --> 01:21:52,667
You could've changed the
whole course of history with those letters.
1066
01:21:53,917 --> 01:21:57,037
Are you trying to play Satan with me?
1067
01:21:57,167 --> 01:22:01,877
Did I hear you say that I should use
blackmail against my political opponents?
1068
01:22:02,542 --> 01:22:04,292
It would have saved lives.
1069
01:22:04,417 --> 01:22:07,957
History is made by the will and the wants
of millions of people.
1070
01:22:08,084 --> 01:22:11,084
Not by some letters and blackmail.
1071
01:22:12,584 --> 01:22:14,964
(Mountbatten) Top right hand
for my personal ensign.
1072
01:22:15,084 --> 01:22:16,794
Crest instead of the Union Jack.
1073
01:22:16,917 --> 01:22:20,827
It's slightly larger, I think, as the shield
takes in the idea of Great Britain.
1074
01:22:20,959 --> 01:22:23,289
We can check with the School of Heralds.
1075
01:22:23,417 --> 01:22:26,417
Would it be proper to have
both the Union Jack and my own crest?
1076
01:22:28,376 --> 01:22:30,376
Ah, Mr Jinnah.
1077
01:22:31,251 --> 01:22:32,751
Good of you to come.
1078
01:22:32,876 --> 01:22:34,496
Viceroy.
1079
01:22:39,459 --> 01:22:41,669
Let me get straight to the point.
1080
01:22:43,084 --> 01:22:45,634
They've invited me to be
first governor-general of India.
1081
01:22:45,751 --> 01:22:48,581
There's no doubt
that you deserve the honour.
1082
01:22:49,501 --> 01:22:53,211
Mr Jinnah, what, then,
is Pakistan's position?
1083
01:22:53,334 --> 01:22:56,134
Lord Mountbatten, I can't say
I didn't anticipate that question.
1084
01:22:56,251 --> 01:22:57,961
It's quite clear to me
1085
01:22:58,084 --> 01:23:03,044
that one man cannot possibly be
the head of state of both nations.
1086
01:23:03,167 --> 01:23:07,167
Surely, it'll be a great symbol of friendship
between the two countries.
1087
01:23:15,126 --> 01:23:16,746
If we were at war, Lord Mountbatten,
1088
01:23:16,876 --> 01:23:21,076
you couldn't possibly order one side
to attack and the other to defend.
1089
01:23:21,209 --> 01:23:23,459
I see.
1090
01:23:23,584 --> 01:23:25,634
Whose name do you think
the Crown will approve, then?
1091
01:23:25,751 --> 01:23:29,711
The Muslim League has asked me
to submit my own.
1092
01:23:31,792 --> 01:23:34,332
Do you realise, Mr Jinnah,
this will cost you dear?
1093
01:23:34,459 --> 01:23:37,959
A few crores of rupees, perhaps.
1094
01:23:38,084 --> 01:23:40,174
Or a division of the spoils.
1095
01:23:41,292 --> 01:23:43,172
No, Mr Jinnah,
1096
01:23:43,292 --> 01:23:45,502
it will cost you the future of Pakistan.
1097
01:23:45,626 --> 01:23:47,416
Everything.
1098
01:23:47,542 --> 01:23:51,632
You won't have a wooden table or chair
in your office, in your Pakistan.
1099
01:23:51,751 --> 01:23:55,081
Or the money to buy
an olive-green army water bottle.
1100
01:24:26,084 --> 01:24:29,424
(Jinnah) I left something behind me
of great value,
1101
01:24:29,542 --> 01:24:32,332
when I was forced to leave my city.
1102
01:24:32,459 --> 01:24:34,329
Well, Jinnah Sahab,
1103
01:24:34,459 --> 01:24:37,419
the sacrifice of a large house...
1104
01:24:37,542 --> 01:24:41,172
What is it, compared to the death
of millions for your Pakistan?
1105
01:24:42,084 --> 01:24:45,544
I was not referring to my house.
1106
01:24:45,667 --> 01:24:49,327
I was referring to my daughter.
1107
01:25:20,834 --> 01:25:22,714
Papa, we've come to say goodbye.
1108
01:25:24,417 --> 01:25:26,577
I'm sorry you're not coming with us
to Pakistan,
1109
01:25:26,709 --> 01:25:29,289
but... I understand.
1110
01:25:29,417 --> 01:25:31,417
I will visit you, Papa.
1111
01:25:31,542 --> 01:25:35,712
But my home is now in Bombay.
With my husband and my child.
1112
01:25:50,751 --> 01:25:52,711
Bibisahiba, Jinnah Sahab has come back.
1113
01:25:52,834 --> 01:25:54,754
Bring some tea.
1114
01:25:58,459 --> 01:26:01,129
The refugees are pouring into Pakistan.
1115
01:26:01,251 --> 01:26:03,211
There are stories of massacres.
1116
01:26:03,334 --> 01:26:05,334
Well, we'll send our army in to help them.
1117
01:26:05,459 --> 01:26:09,629
You haven't any army.
They've given Firozpur to India.
1118
01:26:09,751 --> 01:26:11,461
It's final.
1119
01:26:11,584 --> 01:26:14,504
But that is Muslim territory.
1120
01:26:14,626 --> 01:26:17,826
- And our major arsenal.
- It's Mountbatten.
1121
01:26:17,959 --> 01:26:20,789
With Nehru whispering in his wife's ear.
1122
01:26:32,709 --> 01:26:36,579
I'm glad you could spare me these
moments before you go, Miss Jinnah.
1123
01:26:36,709 --> 01:26:39,629
I will see you in Karachi, won't I?
1124
01:26:39,751 --> 01:26:41,961
You must be my guest, Your Excellency.
1125
01:26:42,084 --> 01:26:44,674
Oh, do call me Edwina.
1126
01:26:44,792 --> 01:26:49,042
Edwina, I invite you formally,
on behalf of the government,
1127
01:26:49,167 --> 01:26:52,577
and informally, to sneak in
whenever you wish.
1128
01:26:54,876 --> 01:26:57,826
But your heart is really in Hindustan,
isn't it?
1129
01:26:59,001 --> 01:27:00,501
Why do you say that?
1130
01:27:00,626 --> 01:27:04,956
Because I think we should start
by being honest with each other.
1131
01:27:05,084 --> 01:27:07,334
That's very welcome.
1132
01:27:09,584 --> 01:27:11,924
So... what do you mean by India...
1133
01:27:12,042 --> 01:27:14,832
Hindustan being nearer my heart?
1134
01:27:14,959 --> 01:27:18,959
Your friends.
Your particular friendship with...
1135
01:27:19,084 --> 01:27:22,424
- His name is Jawaharlal Nehru.
- Yes.
1136
01:27:22,542 --> 01:27:24,542
Nehru.
1137
01:27:24,667 --> 01:27:29,037
It goes very far, doesn't it?
Your friendship with him.
1138
01:27:29,167 --> 01:27:31,877
And he's a friend of your husband.
1139
01:27:32,001 --> 01:27:34,211
People have been talking, but...
1140
01:27:34,334 --> 01:27:36,924
people do talk.
1141
01:27:37,042 --> 01:27:39,832
- You know what they say about you?
- Me?
1142
01:27:39,959 --> 01:27:42,289
- There's nothing to talk about.
- On the contrary.
1143
01:27:42,417 --> 01:27:46,577
They say that you and your brother...
are obsessive.
1144
01:27:46,709 --> 01:27:49,539
That you're obsessed with this...
Pakistan.
1145
01:27:49,667 --> 01:27:51,287
Yes.
1146
01:27:51,417 --> 01:27:54,787
And that is the ideal
that holds us together.
1147
01:27:56,501 --> 01:27:59,381
Could you accept, as a friend,
someone who didn't share that ideal?
1148
01:27:59,501 --> 01:28:02,291
Who...didn't believe in Pakistan?
1149
01:28:04,501 --> 01:28:05,751
No.
1150
01:28:06,917 --> 01:28:09,377
I thought you might say that.
1151
01:28:09,501 --> 01:28:11,581
But I want you to know, Fatima, that...
1152
01:28:11,709 --> 01:28:15,039
if there can be a one-sided friendship,
1153
01:28:15,167 --> 01:28:18,127
I consider myself your friend.
1154
01:28:27,334 --> 01:28:31,004
Liaquat, I'm appointing you
first prime minister.
1155
01:28:31,126 --> 01:28:33,576
I will announce it
in the assembly tomorrow.
1156
01:28:33,709 --> 01:28:36,129
As for remuneration,
1157
01:28:36,251 --> 01:28:41,251
my salary, as governor-general,
will be one rupee a month.
1158
01:28:41,376 --> 01:28:44,036
We must be the first to set an example.
1159
01:28:44,167 --> 01:28:45,577
(Jinnah coughs)
1160
01:28:50,376 --> 01:28:51,786
Are you feeling all right, sir?
1161
01:28:52,709 --> 01:28:54,329
(Gasps)
1162
01:28:55,459 --> 01:28:57,539
(Military band plays)
1163
01:29:09,751 --> 01:29:11,381
(Cheering)
1164
01:29:26,667 --> 01:29:30,417
(Jinnah) 'If we want to make
this great state of Pakistan
1165
01:29:30,542 --> 01:29:33,042
'happy and prosperous,
1166
01:29:33,167 --> 01:29:36,667
'we must concentrate wholly and solely
1167
01:29:36,792 --> 01:29:40,332
'on the well-being of the people.
1168
01:29:40,459 --> 01:29:44,079
'You are free.
Free to go to your mosques,
1169
01:29:44,209 --> 01:29:45,789
'free to go to your temples,
1170
01:29:45,917 --> 01:29:49,327
'or any other place of worship
in the State of Pakistan.'
1171
01:29:50,542 --> 01:29:53,082
My guiding principle
1172
01:29:53,209 --> 01:29:56,999
will be justice and fair play,
1173
01:29:57,126 --> 01:30:00,286
without any prejudice or ill will,
1174
01:30:00,417 --> 01:30:04,167
without any partiality or favouritism.
1175
01:30:04,292 --> 01:30:09,962
We must root out the poison
of corruption and nepotism.
1176
01:30:10,084 --> 01:30:12,384
Our inspiration
1177
01:30:12,501 --> 01:30:16,041
will be the golden principles
of the Holy Prophet,
1178
01:30:16,167 --> 01:30:17,707
peace be upon him.
1179
01:30:18,376 --> 01:30:19,826
And I know
1180
01:30:19,959 --> 01:30:23,999
that with your support and cooperation,
1181
01:30:24,126 --> 01:30:26,326
I can look forward
1182
01:30:26,459 --> 01:30:29,249
to the day when Pakistan
1183
01:30:29,376 --> 01:30:34,626
becomes one of the greatest nations
of the world.
1184
01:30:34,751 --> 01:30:36,381
(Applause)
1185
01:31:01,792 --> 01:31:05,792
Each family will be given a grant
and some accommodation, sir.
1186
01:31:31,751 --> 01:31:34,171
Something is wrong, sir.
1187
01:31:35,251 --> 01:31:37,461
Open the doors.
1188
01:31:43,959 --> 01:31:46,209
Oh, God!
1189
01:31:48,667 --> 01:31:52,077
No, sir, no. It's not for you, sir.
1190
01:32:21,209 --> 01:32:23,209
(Baby wailing)
1191
01:32:52,209 --> 01:32:53,829
(Chattering)
1192
01:33:04,167 --> 01:33:05,997
(Man cries)
Allahu Akbar!
1193
01:33:43,667 --> 01:33:48,667
Jinnah Sahab, what would've happened
if you had not created Pakistan?
1194
01:33:48,792 --> 01:33:50,582
I don't know.
1195
01:33:50,709 --> 01:33:52,919
I had my fears.
1196
01:33:53,042 --> 01:33:56,922
Look what happened to the Jews
in Germany.
1197
01:33:57,042 --> 01:34:00,002
(Narrator)
And to minorities all over the world.
1198
01:34:00,126 --> 01:34:01,536
India, please.
1199
01:34:03,001 --> 01:34:04,671
(Cheering on screen)
1200
01:34:04,792 --> 01:34:06,332
(British male announcer)
'Tensions had reached a high point
1201
01:34:06,459 --> 01:34:07,959
'around Babri Masjid,
1202
01:34:08,084 --> 01:34:10,504
'the mosque in the northern Indian city
of Ayodhya.
1203
01:34:10,626 --> 01:34:15,326
'Spurred on by powerful Hindu politicians,
a mob mentality would take over.
1204
01:34:15,459 --> 01:34:19,749
'A few would become scores,
then hundreds, thousands.
1205
01:34:19,876 --> 01:34:22,076
'Tired of their leaders' temporising,
1206
01:34:22,209 --> 01:34:25,079
'fired by religious zeal,
they attack.
1207
01:34:25,209 --> 01:34:27,879
'At the end of the assault,
only rubble would be left of...'
1208
01:34:28,001 --> 01:34:31,831
Is this the end result
of Hindu fanaticism?
1209
01:34:35,126 --> 01:34:40,246
These are the people I outlawed
when I was Prime Minister of India.
1210
01:34:40,376 --> 01:34:42,376
I disliked them as much as you.
1211
01:34:43,292 --> 01:34:46,582
(Nehru)
Fortunately, they still remain a minority.
1212
01:34:48,917 --> 01:34:53,917
You realise, of course,
that these are the people who killed me?
1213
01:34:54,042 --> 01:34:57,292
And you know why, Quaid-e-Azam?
1214
01:34:57,417 --> 01:35:01,537
They accused me of giving way
to Pakistan.
1215
01:35:01,667 --> 01:35:04,377
I always thought that one day
1216
01:35:04,501 --> 01:35:08,631
British Raj would become
Ram Raj.
1217
01:35:11,001 --> 01:35:12,631
(Cheering)
1218
01:35:15,084 --> 01:35:17,754
Some of them have come
thousands of miles.
1219
01:35:17,876 --> 01:35:21,626
I don't know what we can do
to help them.
1220
01:35:24,209 --> 01:35:25,999
- Assalamualaikum.
- Walaikumasalam, madam.
1221
01:35:26,126 --> 01:35:28,166
- How do you do, Lady Mountbatten.
- How do you do.
1222
01:35:28,292 --> 01:35:31,712
I am the social worker
in charge of this camp.
1223
01:35:31,834 --> 01:35:34,674
Madam, the conditions here are appalling.
1224
01:35:34,792 --> 01:35:38,462
There are no tents.
The officials are not at all cooperative.
1225
01:35:38,584 --> 01:35:41,584
(Speaks Urdu)
1226
01:35:44,001 --> 01:35:45,881
She's saying that she's lost her son
1227
01:35:46,001 --> 01:35:47,831
and that her husband has died,
1228
01:35:47,959 --> 01:35:50,709
and is this
what they left their homeland for?
1229
01:35:50,834 --> 01:35:52,424
Madam, you gave me an award.
1230
01:35:52,542 --> 01:35:55,172
At Ahmedabad University.
1231
01:35:55,292 --> 01:35:56,712
Lady Mountbatten was there.
1232
01:35:56,834 --> 01:35:59,134
Yes, I remember you clearly.
1233
01:36:00,834 --> 01:36:04,924
They've taken my sister.
My little sister.
1234
01:36:05,042 --> 01:36:07,882
She's gone!
1235
01:36:08,001 --> 01:36:10,381
(Social worker) There are hundreds
like her sister, on both sides.
1236
01:36:10,501 --> 01:36:13,131
Kidnapped, raped, and kept as slaves.
1237
01:36:13,251 --> 01:36:16,501
Too ashamed to identify themselves
or run away.
1238
01:36:16,626 --> 01:36:20,246
(Edwina) And their families wouldn't
accept them back, if they've been raped?
1239
01:36:20,376 --> 01:36:22,996
Would you accept your daughter,
under the same circumstances?
1240
01:36:23,126 --> 01:36:25,916
Of course!
1241
01:36:26,042 --> 01:36:30,462
Why don't you sit down?
I'll just get you some tea.
1242
01:36:35,917 --> 01:36:37,747
What can we do?
1243
01:36:39,334 --> 01:36:41,634
I'll do what I can here.
1244
01:36:41,751 --> 01:36:43,631
Meanwhile, on the other side,
1245
01:36:43,751 --> 01:36:46,251
use your influence with Nehru.
1246
01:36:46,376 --> 01:36:49,996
Get him to send troops
to stop the slaughter and kidnapping.
1247
01:36:50,126 --> 01:36:52,956
Fatima, he's no longer just a friend.
1248
01:36:53,084 --> 01:36:55,584
He's Prime Minister of India.
1249
01:36:55,709 --> 01:36:59,129
And for... all sorts of reasons, I can't.
1250
01:37:00,292 --> 01:37:02,422
I shouldn't.
1251
01:37:04,876 --> 01:37:06,286
I'll talk to him.
1252
01:37:09,084 --> 01:37:14,044
Mountbatten has promised us
complete army support.
1253
01:37:14,167 --> 01:37:18,167
And yet, all British officers
are confined to barracks.
1254
01:37:18,292 --> 01:37:20,132
Sir.
1255
01:37:20,251 --> 01:37:22,751
The Maharaja of Kashmir
1256
01:37:22,876 --> 01:37:25,786
has signed the state over to India!
1257
01:37:25,917 --> 01:37:28,037
That's impossible!
1258
01:37:31,501 --> 01:37:34,791
Kashmir is a Muslim state.
1259
01:37:34,917 --> 01:37:38,667
Kashmir is the jugular vein of Pakistan.
1260
01:37:38,792 --> 01:37:40,632
(Man) Sir, we have reports
1261
01:37:40,751 --> 01:37:44,501
that the Indian army
is already in Kashmir.
1262
01:37:44,626 --> 01:37:48,376
And they're being... personally directed
by Mountbatten.
1263
01:37:48,501 --> 01:37:52,581
(Liaquat) Lord Mountbatten
has deceived us.
1264
01:37:52,709 --> 01:37:55,329
And he still pretends to be our friend.
1265
01:37:56,501 --> 01:38:00,001
He is due here tomorrow,
on a state visit, and...
1266
01:38:00,126 --> 01:38:01,206
I'll snub him!
1267
01:38:04,292 --> 01:38:08,132
We must learn to rise above
these differences, Liaquat.
1268
01:38:10,834 --> 01:38:13,674
He is our guest.
1269
01:38:14,834 --> 01:38:16,334
So, Jinnah Sahab,
1270
01:38:16,459 --> 01:38:19,669
your story is that most of the blame
lies with the Mountbattens.
1271
01:38:19,792 --> 01:38:22,252
Only as much as they are guilty of.
1272
01:38:22,376 --> 01:38:25,576
Of course, you don't know
what happened to Mountbatten.
1273
01:38:25,709 --> 01:38:27,289
No.
1274
01:38:27,417 --> 01:38:31,037
For a while, it was rumoured
that he was a Soviet spy.
1275
01:38:32,334 --> 01:38:34,634
In the end,
1276
01:38:34,751 --> 01:38:37,581
he became a symbolic target
1277
01:38:37,709 --> 01:38:40,379
for the Irish Republican Army.
1278
01:38:40,501 --> 01:38:44,291
(Jinnah) My Lord, may I open,
for the prosecution?
1279
01:38:45,042 --> 01:38:47,792
Your case, Jinnah Sahab.
1280
01:38:47,917 --> 01:38:51,127
Lord Mountbatten stands accused
1281
01:38:51,251 --> 01:38:54,131
of being, from the first,
1282
01:38:54,251 --> 01:38:56,171
an enemy
1283
01:38:56,292 --> 01:38:58,832
of Pakistan.
1284
01:38:58,959 --> 01:39:01,039
Guilty or not guilty?
1285
01:39:01,167 --> 01:39:04,707
- I created the wretched country.
- (Jeering)
1286
01:39:06,917 --> 01:39:08,747
(A gavel is struck)
1287
01:39:08,876 --> 01:39:11,126
Order! Order! Order!
1288
01:39:11,251 --> 01:39:15,671
I submit five pieces of evidence.
1289
01:39:15,792 --> 01:39:17,042
One:
1290
01:39:17,167 --> 01:39:23,207
Lord Mountbatten advanced
the date of partition by eight months,
1291
01:39:23,334 --> 01:39:27,004
hoping that the new country
would be like a regiment of soldiers
1292
01:39:27,126 --> 01:39:31,206
parachuted into enemy territory
without maps.
1293
01:39:31,334 --> 01:39:35,384
Secondly: Lord Mountbatten interfered
in the division of land
1294
01:39:35,501 --> 01:39:38,581
between India and Pakistan,
1295
01:39:38,709 --> 01:39:43,379
giving the whole military arsenal
at Firozpur to India,
1296
01:39:43,501 --> 01:39:47,711
after it had been allocated to Pakistan.
1297
01:39:47,834 --> 01:39:50,924
I now call Sir Cyril Radcliffe,
1298
01:39:51,042 --> 01:39:53,132
who drew up the boundary
1299
01:39:53,251 --> 01:39:56,461
and was then forced to change it.
1300
01:39:59,917 --> 01:40:01,787
Sir Cyril,
1301
01:40:01,917 --> 01:40:06,287
did the Radcliffe Commission
award Firozpur to Pakistan?
1302
01:40:06,417 --> 01:40:08,577
Yes, it did. At first.
1303
01:40:08,709 --> 01:40:11,829
- Why?
- It was a Muslim majority district.
1304
01:40:11,959 --> 01:40:14,789
Sir Cyril, did Lord Mountbatten
1305
01:40:14,917 --> 01:40:16,457
issue any orders to you?
1306
01:40:16,584 --> 01:40:19,294
Oh, yes. He gave me a verbal order.
1307
01:40:19,417 --> 01:40:22,457
You see, the border near Firozpur
became a curve
1308
01:40:22,584 --> 01:40:25,754
and I was instructed
to make it a straight line.
1309
01:40:25,876 --> 01:40:29,786
Thus transferring hundreds of thousands
of people from one country to another
1310
01:40:29,917 --> 01:40:35,127
and leaving Pakistan without
one major army arsenal.
1311
01:40:35,251 --> 01:40:37,461
- That is correct.
- (Jeering)
1312
01:40:37,584 --> 01:40:39,584
Order! Order!
1313
01:40:39,709 --> 01:40:41,289
Thank you, Sir Cyril.
1314
01:40:45,167 --> 01:40:46,747
And lastly,
1315
01:40:46,876 --> 01:40:48,956
this mess over Kashmir.
1316
01:40:49,084 --> 01:40:51,964
My Lord,
there was no mess over Kashmir.
1317
01:40:52,084 --> 01:40:55,334
Even I know that there've been
three wars fought over Kashmir
1318
01:40:55,459 --> 01:40:57,669
since you left it the way you did.
1319
01:40:57,792 --> 01:41:00,502
The mess was not of my making.
1320
01:41:00,626 --> 01:41:03,536
Mr Jinnah hates to lose.
1321
01:41:03,667 --> 01:41:06,207
He signed a document allowing
the Maharaja of Kashmir
1322
01:41:06,334 --> 01:41:08,424
to choose either India or Pakistan.
1323
01:41:08,542 --> 01:41:12,172
- He chose India. Now he cries foul.
- (Jinnah) My Lord...
1324
01:41:12,292 --> 01:41:15,382
I did sign
1325
01:41:15,501 --> 01:41:18,581
and the Maharaja of Kashmir,
being a Hindu,
1326
01:41:18,709 --> 01:41:24,329
with a population 80 per cent Muslim,
should have signed to Pakistan.
1327
01:41:26,084 --> 01:41:27,884
My Lord,
1328
01:41:28,001 --> 01:41:31,381
lam guilty.
1329
01:41:31,501 --> 01:41:34,881
Guilty of trusting Lord Mountbatten
1330
01:41:35,001 --> 01:41:38,541
and the British army officers
who came to command my army
1331
01:41:38,667 --> 01:41:40,997
at my request.
1332
01:41:41,126 --> 01:41:42,876
My Lord, I call General Gracey.
1333
01:41:53,126 --> 01:41:55,036
General Gracey,
1334
01:41:55,167 --> 01:41:57,537
you were the army commander
in Pakistan.
1335
01:41:57,667 --> 01:41:59,077
Yes.
1336
01:41:59,209 --> 01:42:02,629
Did you receive intelligence
that Indian regiments,
1337
01:42:02,751 --> 01:42:07,251
under Lord Mountbatten's command,
had been airlifted into Kashmir
1338
01:42:07,376 --> 01:42:08,916
- Yes.
- Were you ordered,
1339
01:42:09,042 --> 01:42:13,172
by the government of Pakistan,
as its army commander,
1340
01:42:13,292 --> 01:42:16,502
to resist that invasion?
1341
01:42:16,626 --> 01:42:18,326
Yes, I was.
1342
01:42:18,459 --> 01:42:21,499
And did you resist it?
1343
01:42:21,626 --> 01:42:24,416
No, I... I...
1344
01:42:24,542 --> 01:42:27,002
Perhaps you'd be good enough
to explain to the court.
1345
01:42:29,251 --> 01:42:31,381
I'm a British officer.
1346
01:42:31,501 --> 01:42:35,081
The Indian side
was led by British officers.
1347
01:42:35,209 --> 01:42:39,629
I wasn't going into a war with
other officers commissioned by the King.
1348
01:42:40,417 --> 01:42:41,667
I refused.
1349
01:42:41,792 --> 01:42:44,132
But, General Gracey,
1350
01:42:44,251 --> 01:42:45,331
that is mutiny.
1351
01:42:45,459 --> 01:42:51,829
Well, mutiny is a rather large word
for a country like Pakistan to use.
1352
01:42:53,417 --> 01:42:56,577
Thank you, General Gracey.
That will be all.
1353
01:43:01,709 --> 01:43:06,379
And now, a question
to Lord Mountbatten himself.
1354
01:43:07,959 --> 01:43:12,919
Why did you not stop the slaughter?
Why did you not send in your troops?
1355
01:43:13,042 --> 01:43:14,922
As I said to you before, Mr Jinnah,
1356
01:43:15,042 --> 01:43:18,132
British troops could not get involved
in your squabbles.
1357
01:43:18,251 --> 01:43:21,081
Britain had to withdraw. With honour.
1358
01:43:22,417 --> 01:43:28,747
After 200 years of looting, exploitation,
and colonial theft,
1359
01:43:28,876 --> 01:43:31,626
I suppose there is...honour...
1360
01:43:31,751 --> 01:43:34,211
among thieves.
1361
01:43:34,334 --> 01:43:36,384
My Lord, I rest my case.
1362
01:43:37,709 --> 01:43:40,579
Jinnah Sahab, one last question.
1363
01:43:40,709 --> 01:43:42,959
Mind you, I ask all of them this.
1364
01:43:43,084 --> 01:43:45,794
If you had your time again,
1365
01:43:45,917 --> 01:43:48,377
would you do the same thing?
1366
01:43:48,501 --> 01:43:50,131
Yes.
1367
01:43:50,876 --> 01:43:53,706
But I would want others
to behave differently.
1368
01:43:54,709 --> 01:43:58,749
And if you were to ask
one person for forgiveness,
1369
01:43:58,876 --> 01:44:00,166
just one,
1370
01:44:00,292 --> 01:44:02,132
who would you choose?
1371
01:44:03,584 --> 01:44:05,794
The time is past.
1372
01:44:05,917 --> 01:44:08,667
Perhaps it still can be arranged.
1373
01:44:55,001 --> 01:44:57,881
- What's your name?
- Zakia.
1374
01:44:58,001 --> 01:45:00,751
- Where are you from?
- Firozpur.
1375
01:45:00,876 --> 01:45:02,076
And where are you going?
1376
01:45:02,209 --> 01:45:03,919
To Pakistan.
1377
01:45:04,042 --> 01:45:07,002
That's a brave girl.
1378
01:45:07,126 --> 01:45:10,246
Pakistan was made for you.
You're safe now.
1379
01:45:10,376 --> 01:45:12,876
Will my mother meet me in Pakistan?
1380
01:45:13,001 --> 01:45:14,631
Shh...
1381
01:45:16,709 --> 01:45:21,039
I'm sorry, sir. She's distracted.
She lost her mother.
1382
01:45:21,167 --> 01:45:23,077
It has been very hard.
1383
01:45:23,209 --> 01:45:26,629
Abbajan,
maybe the old man has seen Amma.
1384
01:45:27,542 --> 01:45:29,332
Shh...
1385
01:45:29,459 --> 01:45:32,209
Do you know who he is?
1386
01:45:32,334 --> 01:45:36,134
This is the Quaid-e-Azam.
1387
01:45:36,251 --> 01:45:41,631
I'm sorry, sir. We beg your forgiveness
for her not recognising you.
1388
01:45:41,751 --> 01:45:44,131
But... she's only a child.
1389
01:45:44,751 --> 01:45:49,461
It is I who should ask you for forgiveness.
1390
01:45:49,584 --> 01:45:52,384
For any part I have had
in what has happened to you.
1391
01:45:52,501 --> 01:45:57,291
No, no, sir.
I bless you with all my heart.
1392
01:45:57,417 --> 01:45:59,417
Allah blesses you.
1393
01:46:02,167 --> 01:46:05,577
Pakistan Zindabad!
1394
01:46:05,709 --> 01:46:08,379
(Voice breaking) Pakistan Zindabad!
1395
01:46:08,501 --> 01:46:11,251
(Joined by others)
Pakistan Zindabad!
1396
01:46:11,376 --> 01:46:13,126
- Pakistan!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
1397
01:46:13,251 --> 01:46:15,461
- Pakistan!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
1398
01:46:15,584 --> 01:46:16,964
- Quaid-e-Azam!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
1399
01:46:17,084 --> 01:46:19,134
- Pakistan!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
1400
01:46:19,251 --> 01:46:21,081
- Quaid-e-Azam!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
1401
01:46:21,209 --> 01:46:23,169
- Pakistan!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
1402
01:46:23,292 --> 01:46:24,922
- Pakistan!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
1403
01:46:25,042 --> 01:46:26,752
- Pakistan!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
1404
01:46:26,876 --> 01:46:28,326
- Pakistan!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
1405
01:46:28,459 --> 01:46:29,959
- Quaid-e-Azam!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
1406
01:46:30,084 --> 01:46:31,504
- Quaid-e-Azam!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
1407
01:46:31,626 --> 01:46:33,626
- Quaid-e-Azam!
- (Crowd) Zindabad!
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