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[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[PASSING CAR SOUND]

[EMOTIONAL BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[EMOTIONAL BACKGROUND MUSIC]

Take a seat.

Right. Well, I am afraid her hymen, her virginity is broken.

Mom...

Doctor, I have never had any physical relationship with anyone.

I believe you.

But how are you going to convince him?

I mean, your future husband.

Because on the wedding night there are going to be difficult questions.

And you are going to have to provide answers.

So, it is a short 30-minute surgery.

Simple surgery.

And then the rest of your life will be trouble-free.

There will be no questions.

There will be no answers you need to provide.

And your virginity will be restored.

Samira, try to understand what the doctor is saying.

Men's mindset has not yet changed.

Most men still ask the newly wedded girl...

...on their first wedding night, "Is it the first time or..."

For them, we are their property.

And it should be a new property.

So, if the blood does not come out...

...they will think that the girl is used.

Therefore, doctor is correct.

No question. No answer.

Yes.

[EMOTIONAL BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[EMOTIONAL BACKGROUND MUSIC]

We are coming to Kabul tomorrow.

Okay, goodbye. Thank you.

[EMOTIONAL BACKGROUND MUSIC]

Samira.

[WEEPING]

Mom...

'There are different kinds of taboos...'

'...that are carried out in various parts of the world.'

'In which one of them, that we are here to talk about...'

'...is revirginization.'

'Or in simpler words, conducting virginity tests.'

'It is brutal to learn nowadays that the practice of...'

'...revirginization still happens in the UK...'

'...in North America, in Middle East countries, in India.'

'It is a violation of human rights and privacy.'

'In 2019, this issue was taken up seriously in the British Parliament.'

'Soon after, WHO and the United Nations...'

'...acknowledged this issue at an international level...'

'...not only declaring it a violation of human rights...'

'...but also appealed to the whole world to ban it...'

'...as it harms the dignity of a woman.'

'Many countries tried to ban it.'

'But even today, in numerous countries...'

'...including India, this 'Kori malpractice' is being conducted...'

'...under the guise of tradition by many communities.'

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[CONCH SOUND]

[CONCH SOUND]

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[SANSKRIT CHANTS]

[SANSKRIT CHANTS]

[SANSKRIT CHANTS]

[SANSKRIT CHANTS]

[SANSKRIT CHANTS]

[SANSKRIT CHANTS]

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[CONCH SOUND]

[SUSPENSE BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[SUSPENSE BACKGROUND MUSIC]

Unrighteous!

Puran Singh!

Your son's wife has committed the sin...

...of starting her new life immorally.

It's not my fault.

I didn't commit any sin.

Believe me!

Chieftain, I spent a lot of money on Keshav's marriage.

But my daughter-in-law didn't turn out to be chaste.

No. No.

Please do justice.

Father, I am speaking the truth.

The truth.

Why don't you say something?

It's not my fault.

Everybody saw that.

As per our village's custom...

...only a girl who is chaste from her body and heart...

...has the right to be the daughter-in-law of this village.

You have failed in proving your chastity.

You will be given a chance to prove your innocence.

You will have to give a trial by fire.

Goddess Sita also had to give a trial by fire.

You will have to give a trial by fire.

You will have to give a trial by fire.

You will have to give a trial by fire.

You will have to give a trial by fire.

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

To prove your truth and chastity...

...you will have to walk on the burning coals.

If you are chaste, nothing will happen to you.

It's correct.

You are saying you didn't do anything.

So, nothing will happen to you.

[EMOTIONAL BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[SCREAMING]

Satya!

Satya!

Did you see it? She couldn't prove her chastity.

She should be punished.

Yes! She should be punished!

She should be punished.

'Yes! She should be punished!'

Satya!

Satya!

Keshav.

I didn't do anything.

It's not my fault.

Why don't you believe me, chieftain?

I didn't commit any sin.

You will be punished.

If you want to live with Keshav...

...your parents will have to pay Puran Singh...

...the entire money he spent on Keshav's marriage.

And to save the village from Goddess's wrath...

...a massive veneration will be performed.

The entire village will be given offerings.

Your parents will have to pay the village council all the expenses.

This is only possible if Keshav wants to live with you.

No, chieftain. No!

From where will they bring so much money?

Why don't you answer?

What will I tell my parents?

I am impure, still Keshav is ready to accept me.

But you will have to sell your land to pay the compensation.

If we want to live together, we will have to do something, Satya.

We will have to accept the chieftain's decision.

Why don't you understand?

I have three more sisters.

No.

I cannot be unjust to them.

Why don't you understand, Satya?

You..

[ANKLETS SOUND]

Satya!

[SCREAMING]

Satya!

Satya!

[HORN HONKS]

[CAR STOPPED SOUND]

Stay here.

I want to meet the chieftain.

What is your name?

Inspector Vijay Saxena.

- From Balrampur's Dehat police station. - Okay.

Look, chieftain.

My son-in-law is so heartless.

He thrashed her black and blue.

Even the police are not doing anything.

You are our saviour. Please do something, sir.

- Rinku. - Yes.

Call him.

Okay.

Let's teach him a lesson.

How dare he behave like that with our village girl!

The inspector has come from the Dehat police station.

What brings you here?

Chieftain, a newly-wed bride's body has been found...

...near Rabti bridge on the outskirts of the village.

Her injuries reveal that she had to undergo trial by fire.

I found out that a marriage had taken place in your village a few days ago.

So, I thought I should ask you.

As it is, nothing happens here without your permission. So..

That's not true, officer.

Look, you've entered the village, right?

As far as the body is concerned...

...one gets one's comeuppance here.

This is Goddess's will.

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

Look at that!

[LAUGHING]

Greetings, Laddu!

Brother Laddu, you should venerate your mother.

I am telling you.

You got the bike with her blessing.

Otherwise, you would have taken rounds...

...of the showroom all your life.

But you wouldn't have got the bike.

It's just that mother's hands seem bare.

Moreover, the chieftain will scold my mother.

But that's fine. She can do this for her son.

Mother's love and father's scoldings...

...are the gist of Laddu's life. - Yes.

Yes he scolds, but he also loves you.

Why can't you see it?

Your cheeks shrink when you lie.

It's the good deeds of my past life...

...that I got a noble mother like you.

In turn, you should also fulfil my one wish.

Get married.

Mother, don't worry. There will be a queue.

What good is the bike for?

- Hello. - Hello, chieftain.

[CAR PASSING BY]

Laddu!

Learn something from Pratap.

If his father says no, it's a complete no.

That's called an obedient son.

He is younger than you. But he has got married. And you...

You also didn't think it was important to tell me.

You thought that Ram Dev Singh won't buy a motorcycle for his son.

That's what I am also saying.

If a motorcycle gets damaged, it can be repaired.

But not a person. Got that?

You aren't less responsible for this.

If you had not pampered him in his childhood...

...if you had been strict with him this wouldn't have happened today.

Brother, his feet emerged first from the womb.

His mind is bound to be affected.

Guys your age are conducting their child's tonsure ceremony.

And here you are behaving like a child!

Brother, in my opinion, let's get him married.

When he will have to shoulder responsibilities...

...he will come to his senses.

So, she has to sell more of her bangles to buy her make-up items?

- Pratap. - Yes, chieftain.

From tomorrow take him to cold storage.

Teach him business.

Okay.

Oh, man! The chieftain doesn't have any work...

...besides making me do work.

He sent Pratap to my room early morning at 5:30 a.m.

He said, 'Come on, wake up. We have to go to cold storage.'

What is this, brother Laddu?

Will you drag me along with you because of the bike?

Why don't you learn how to ride it?

Why should I learn it?

You are not going abroad.

You are with me all the time.

It's fine as long as we are single.

When you will have a girl, you will have to learn.

Are you mad?

If I ride the bike, what will she do?

She will cling to you. What else?

My name is Laad Singh.

I don't indulge in cheap romance.

Hey!

I will cling to her like this.

And she will ride the bike.

You can live in this delusion.

- But no such thing will happen. - Why not?

No girl in our locality even rides a cycle.

And you want a girl who rides a bike.

That won't happen. No such girl has been born in this world.

Sonny, in that case, she will fall from the sky for me.

It's very hot, brother!

She will start the bike with a single kick.

[ENGINE REVVING]

Hey!

Hey, madam! Madam, it's my motorcycle!

- Brother! - Yes?

My motorcycle!

- Okay. Was it yours? - Yes.

Then it's gone.

- What are you saying? - Yes.

Unless the work is done, she won't return.

Even if it takes the whole day.

Okay. Is it refilled?

I refilled the entire tank today itself.

Worth Rs.1586!

Oh no!

Then it's terrible.

You see unless the fuel gets over...

- ...she won't return. - What are you saying?

Tomorrow, refill another 2 litres. Now go.

My motorcycle!

Take snacks.

Okay.

- My money. - I will pay you later.

Who will pay? But, you bought snacks. My money?!

"Hey, girl!"

- Run! - She stole a bike.

Stop!

- Tempo! Get into it! - Quickly.

"Hey, girl!"

Hey!

Where are Lallan and Ghapoli running to? Seems like someone is chasing them.

- Come on. Let's check. - Lallan!

What happened?

Go away! Move!

"Hey, girl!"

Why? You want to tease a girl?

- No. - Tease me.

No, sister. We were thinking of romancing a bit.

Is that so? So do it. Romance.

- Romance with me. - No. Not at all.

Sister, the girl we were teasing didn't say anything.

- Why are you acting like a chieftain? - Exactly.

The girl didn't speak up because she couldn't.

I am the sole voice of all those who can't speak.

Be their voice.

- Why are you being the bandit queen?! - Quiet!

Listen to me, sister.

Tell me. Will you ever tease a girl again?

- No. - Tell me.

Sister, it's not our fault.

Quiet! Quiet!

Aren't their women in your house?

- But brother, we were just... - Shut up!

Apologize!

Say sorry.

Sorry, brother.

Not me.

Sorry, sister. We made a mistake.

We will consider every girl as our sister. I swear.

- Happy sibling day. - Happy sibling day.

[PHONE RINGING]

Yes, sister?

Where are you, sister?

Mother has turned into a ghost in her fury.

Tell me something new. This is a routine thing.

- Tell her I am coming. - Hurry up! Come fast.

I am on my way.

Amoli!

Coming, mother!

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

Chotu!

Tell the snacks vendor that his customer's bike is here.

He can come and take it.

What happened, mother?

Why are you seething with fury?

Don't get so angry. Your blood pressure will rise.

What is this?

Envelope. What else?

What is inside?

[PAPER RUSTLE]

Mother, this is a good news!

Thank You, God. You passed me on the first attempt.

Dad!

At least you hug your daughter joyfully.

Your daughter has got the job of a driver on roadways.

It's a government job.

Now I will also drive a bus proudly like you.

I wanted to give you a surprise.

But the government revealed the secret.

Is there no womanly job left in the world?

Mother, there is no job that girls cannot do.

- Right, sister? - True.

Absolutely true!

Mother, let's celebrate!

Make pudding. Distribute sweetmeats.

And make fritters along with pudding.

Right, sister?

That's a great idea!

Sabhyata! Just think about it, dear.

Have you seen a female bus driver?

When a girl ventures out of home...

...people start taunting her.

They start gossiping.

If you do a man's job, neither you...

...nor Amoli will be able to marry.

Mother, if we live as per society, we won't be able to survive.

As far as marriage is concerned...

...your daughters are pure gems.

People will come searching for us.

Right, sister?

Absolutely true.

- Absolutely true! - Absolutely true!

[LAUGHING]

Will you simply sit there?

Listen, I am talking to you!

Why don't you say something?

Laxmi, if she had told me before filling out the form...

...I would have stopped her.

Dad...

Dear...

...the job you are about to do, I have done it for 25 years.

This job is meant for 10th and 12th-pass people.

You are a graduate.

As you know, our society's mentality about girls...

The situation is not good, dear.

Dad, situations are not good for girls anywhere!

But don't worry.

Your daughter knows how to improve the situation.

Give it to him.

Here.

Here.

He is gone.

He is done now.

Stop it now.

- You guys laugh the whole day. - What else do we do?

[LAUGHING]

Where did the corn come from?

- Corn? - Do you want to eat it?

Give it. Give it.

- Take it. - Take it.

It's absolutely fresh. Eat it.

Isn't this Chaitulal's?

The day you are caught, he will use his axe on you guys.

- Is that so? - Oh!

[LAUGHING]

Brother...

Come, 400-500 potatoes sacks have arrived.

They have to be arranged properly.

Brother!

Come and see how the cold storage is run.

Learn something.

What is your relationship with me?

Aren't you Laxman?

Where did Laxman come from?

Laxman used to obey everything...

...his elder brother used to say.

And you...

Go. Arrange the sacks.

Don't disturb me. I am busy.

Go.

Go.

Brother is lost in sister-in-law's thoughts.

[LAUGHING]

Silence please!

She spins the bike so beautifully.

The tire marks got imprinted on the road.

And she got imprinted on my heart.

- Puttan! - Yes?

I have decided.

She will be the driver.

Of my life and my bike.

What? Are you mad?

She taught us a lesson when we teased another girl.

And you want to tease her?

Loafers like you tease girls.

I am a lover.

Lallan, find out where the girl who dwells here stays.

'Bus number 1250...'

Ohh, she is the new bus driver?

Look! Now, girls would drive a bus!

So, you will also be a driver like Naanbabu?

Yes.

Wow!

Superiors have proposed your name.

Let it be.

This is your responsibility.

Thank you.

[LAUGHING]

Remember one thing, dear.

Driving a bus is a job that requires you...

...to act responsibly and calmly.

Drive carefully.

I have seen you riding bikes many times.

[LAUGHING]

Don't worry, uncle.

I speed a bike. But I won't speed a bus.

[LAUGHING]

Ramlal!

Yes, sir?

You will be her conductor.

Sir, why are you putting me in trouble?

You know I have small children.

[CHUCKLES]

Don't worry. Nothing will happen.

How can I not worry?

Sir, you know how she rides a bike speedily.

All the best!

- Oh God! - Get to work.

Come on!

- I am coming. - Come on.

- Brother! - Yes?

The girl who chased me yesterday.

Yes. She chases boys like you every day.

Where does she live?

I don't know her address.

But I know one thing.

She is like the wind.

She arrives like a storm. And she leaves like a tornado.

[LAUGHING]

Hey, look!

Now, girls will handle the steering.

And we will cook food at home.

The bus will also saunter like that.

It's enough if it takes only one round in a day.

[LAUGHING]

From where does the government get these new ideas?

Where do they want to take the girls?

You are right.

[LAUGHING]

All of you keep laughing and watching us...

...drive a bus and fly a plane.

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

Sister!

Why? You couldn't stay at house, right?

Dear, when I came to drive the bus for the first time...

...my entire family had come to encourage me.

Today, when my daughter is doing this job...

As such, the entire city should have come.

But I said no. I am enough.

Yes. You started blabbering.

Hey, Storm! Stop it!

Yes.

Brother!

God bless you, dear.

Amazing! She is a bus driver.

Go, dear.

Hold it.

What happened?

Hey!

What is she doing?

What is she doing? Look!

Now go.

- Go, dear. Go. - Okay, dad.

Sitagarh to Bahadurpur.

That means the bus will pass through our village.

It's great!

The bus committee heard my prayers!

Very soon you would also be able to hear it.

Now start.

Yes!

Come on. Sitagarh, Sitagarh, Sitagarh!

Laxmangarh, Laxmangarh!

Take your leg inside. You have spread your legs.

Keep the change ready.

Okay?

There is a shortage of change in the market. Don't complain later.

Those who had to come have come.

Call your driver quickly.

Huh!

Will a girl drive?

Is that so? So, come here and drive yourself.

Come. Come.

Okay whatever.

If you know, then you drive it.

I don't want to travel on your bus.

Brother, if the veggie is salty...

...or if flatbread is burnt, it's still fine.

But if anything goes wrong here, we will lose our life.

Come on. I don't want to travel on this bus.

Hey!

- Hey! - Yes.

- Come on. - Wait.

Wait.

Those who want to die will travel on this bus.

- I don't want to die. - Sister, wait.

Sister!

Where are you going? Listen!

Listen to me!

The bus will take you there quickly.

Hey!

Did you see, madam?

Like yesterday even today all passengers got down.

I told you. No passenger will travel on our bus.

Others might not come.

But I have come.

Because I know that this is the last bus to depart.

You have the option of a window seat.

Later on, you won't even get a place to stand. Come on, Puttan!

Yes. Come on. Let's sit.

Yes. Let's take the window seat. Come on.

- Come on. - Yeah.

What happened, aunt?

I can understand their mentality.

Their male ego has got hurt.

Women who used to follow them are leading them today.

Oh! I see!

Do you also have the same problem?

He is right.

I am coming. All of you also come.

- Yes. Come on. Let's go. - Yes.

- Please come. - Let's go.

- Come on! - Yes. Let's go.

Come, sit.

It's good.

Yes, please come!

Let's go.

We will share the same fate as others. Come on.

Okay. Let's go.

They have also agreed.

Come on.

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

"Neither you know it nor do I..."

"...when the feeling of love started blooming in our hearts."

"I wonder from when love started flourishing..."

"...between you and me."

"What had to happen has happened."

"Now, let's complete the custom."

"I present my love before you on a silver platter."

"Do taste it a bit."

"I present my love before you on a silver platter."

"Do taste it a bit."

"The evening star has descended from dreams."

"There is moonlight too."

"I present my love before you on a silver platter."

"Do taste it a bit."

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

"I have stowed our first meeting in the wallet of love."

"I have stowed our first meeting in the wallet of love."

"Hear this faint sound someday."

"The innumerable words exchanged between our eyes."

"My heart is ready. My heartbeats have turned rebellious."

"It is yearning to have some moments with you."

"Dusk is scarlet."

"Twilight is pleasant."

"Completely filled with love."

"I present my love before you on a silver platter."

"Do taste it a bit."

"I present my love before you on a silver platter."

"Do taste it a bit."

Come on!

Say thanks to uncle. Come on, kids. Come on.

Thank you.

[LAUGHTER]

Life is so strange, isn't it?

Until a month ago I used to think that the world is very big.

Even seven lifetimes won't be enough to see all of it.

But now, a person who's 5'10 tall has become my whole world.

Does something seem different to you too?

Yes. Absolutely!

Look, I used to dream about finding a girl who rides a bike.

But I didn't know I will find a bus driver.

I can even fly a plane for you.

But why do you stay away from me?

Shall I tell you the truth?

I think I am still seeing a dream.

If I came too close, it might break.

What style! What charm!

I feel like tormenting you with a public kiss in broad daylight.

Do you know?

Now your dream is my dream.

I won't let it break.

By the way, how did you become a bus driver?

Just like that.

Since childhood, I have been hearing everybody's blabbering.

You are a girl. Don't do this. Don't do that.

Behave like this. Not like that.

I also said, "To hell with everybody."

"I will do whatever my heart wants."

Look. This is how I am.

By the way, you didn't tell me what you do.

- Me? - Hmm.

I...

I...

I don't do anything.

My family thinks I am good for nothing.

Yes. I am a hero to my mother.

But a zero for my father.

The truth is that I want to do a lot of things.

But I don't understand what to do.

No, Laddu.

Look at me.

Somebody has said it right.

Those who don't do anything, do wonders.

You will also do wonders.

Very soon a day will come...

...when your mother and your father...

...the flowing water...

...the fields, the clouds and the wind...

...everybody will shout and say...

...Laad Singh, you are really amazing!

[SCREAMING] - We are almost there.

- We will reach the hospital in two minutes. - It's paining...

It's okay. Take deep breaths.

[SCREAMING]

- Who is coming from there? - Why did they come now?

Go back. Go back!

It's an emergency. There is a pregnant girl.

Please calm down.

Can't you see such a big bus?

Reverse the bus.

[SCREAMING]

Calm down.

Mr. Ramlal, please go and talk to him. He's driving me crazy!

Hey brother...

We have been telling you for so long. Reverse the car. Reverse it.

Why don't you do that?

- Do you know whose car is it? - Whose car is it?

Oh my!

Chieftain, you?

Okay. We will reverse it.

I cannot tolerate it.

Oh my!

Sabhyata, we will have to reverse the bus.

Are you mad? Can't you see her condition?

I will have to do something.

Madam, you don't go.

What is this? Come on, reverse the jeep.

Don't you understand? I said, 'Reverse the jeep.'

It's the chieftain's jeep.

There is no reverse gear in it.

Oh!

It's the chieftain's jeep!

Greetings, chieftain!

You see, you have enough time for this nonsensical speech.

So do I.

But the pregnant woman on the bus doesn't have time.

Please understand her emergency, chieftain.

Because if anything happens to her...

...you will be there for the next election.

But your leadership won't be there.

I don't care about my leadership, girl.

Sarju!

There is a pregnant woman on the bus.

Reverse the jeep.

Come on!

Don't worry. We will reach the hospital soon.

Madam, you gave him a earful!

He agreed.

That's it. Just two minutes.

Reverse it!

Calm down. We're there.

Why have you come here now, when everything is over?

The police are after me.

They are telling me to speak the truth.

Why don't you tell them?

Speak against the chieftain?

Does anybody have so much courage?

You could have mustered the courage of saving Satya.

That's why we were going to her maternal home.

To talk to her parents.

I loved her.

That's why I accepted her.

But she didn't understand that.

She jumped into the river and committed suicide on the way.

What could I have done?

You should have also jumped after her.

You loved her?!

You would have understood if you had been a girl.

When a girl is accused of being characterless...

...even while being innocent...

...how can she go to her maternal home?

That too for asking compensation?

You should have sent her to me.

She would have been alive.

Like I am.

Even after paying the compensation...

...Sarju didn't accept me.

Do you remember what he said in front of the entire village?

Go to your maternal home.

But I didn't go.

I settled down here, outside the village.

In the hope that when he will see me...

...while passing from here, someday he will realize his mistake.

And he will take me with him.

Or he will accept me the day this evil malpractice ends.

And it will!

For sure.

Just wait and watch.

Someone will definitely come to end this malpractice.

How are you, Keshav?

What is this, Keshav?

You are always preoccupied. Why?

What's done is done. Forget it.

What's done is done?

I lost everything.

Why do you help me?

If you really want to help me...

...then raise your voice against this malpractice.

Against our Goddess?

Pariksha, why do you always say these things to me?

You know everything.

As to what happened with my aunt's daughter-in-law.

Everybody was ruined.

Thereafter, the chieftain became more stern.

Look, Pariksha...

...you can say whatever you want.

But please don't say anything against our traditions.

Seems like Laddu is helping her.

These customs and traditions protect our village.

They protect us.

Do you understand?

Tell me.

It's been 20 years since this incident. Did anything wrong happen here? No.

Come on.

Build the house.

It should be steady before the monsoon.

Do you understand?

[WHISTLING]

Where are you coming from?

I had gone to the city.

To watch a movie with my friends.

Right from there?

Yes.

Lift your head.

Now tell me. Where are you coming from?

I halted at Pariksha's stall to drink tea.

That girl Pariksha...

You meet that girl regularly.

I know about it.

You even help her.

Maybe your mother is also involved in it.

Even today you...

...sold the mangoes and gave her the money.

To build her home.

Is this true?

It's true.

You like to do charity with your father's money.

Today, you have sold mangoes.

Tomorrow, you will sell a piece of the land.

And then you will sell the house too.

What is the need to think about earning your own money?

You are getting everything.

Food, drink, accommodation.

Whatever small wishes you have...

...your wish-fulfilling mother grants it.

If I want...

...I can rip off your skin for this.

But no.

All I will say is that before you do something...

...think about your father's honour.

Otherwise...

Village women have started gossiping.

Why do you go there?

Mom, she is like a sister to me. You know that.

We know each other since our school days.

Jhinku!

Yes, brother?

You are right.

When a bull becomes wild, it should be tied to a stake.

- Go and talk about it. - Okay.

But remember...

...the family should know about the traditions of our village.

And the girl should be cultured.

I understood.

She should be chaste.

Brother named him Laad Pratap Singh.

But even after all the pampering, our Laddu didn't get spoiled.

That's what I am saying.

Today God has sent a sweet girl for our Laddu.

Then the alliance is fixed.

On this note, here. Have some sweets.

You also eat.

I don't understand.

I see. The girl has been finalized.

Who is she? Tell me her name.

Forget it.

What's in a name? Anyway, it's a pathetic name.

Just tell me her name. I will handle the rest.

- If I don't run the bus over her... - Hey! Calm down.

Calm down.

I didn't choose her. The chieftain chose her.

- Do you understand? - I see.

He chose her and you didn't do anything.

Couldn't you have said that you love someone.. - I...

I said it.

I said. How can you choose a girl for me without my consent?

But you see, I was on the terrace.

They couldn't hear my voice below. So..

Were you on a hilltop?

I understood. You won't be able to do it.

- I will have to do what's to be done. - What?

What do you mean? What are you going to do?

What you can't do for the next seven lifetimes.

Come, sit on the bike.

Why on the bike?

Why? You wanted to spend your whole life...

...sitting behind me on the bike.

What happened now? Come on, sit.

Look, you are angry right now.

I will tell him when the time is right.

There cannot be a better time than this.

Come on, sit!

Oh, man!

"Hey, girl."

How can we go like an uninvited guest?

The way you came into my life like an uninvited guest.

We will have to proceed with the matter.

Tell me quickly. Where is your village?

Go straight.

Then left.

No. I think it was behind.

Strange. Today I forgot the way to my village.

Is that so? You cannot fool me.

- Listen, brother! - Yes?

Where is Laxmangarh?

Laxmangarh..

What, Laddu? You forgot the way to your village.

Sister, take a right turn.

Laxmangarh is on the right.

Laddu, you are too much!

Today, I am going to remove the fear of your father.

And you will only be married to me!

‘Bravo, Sabhyata. Please marry brother Laddu.'

‘Then I will see how the practice continues in the village.'

Stop it!

Stop. Where are you going?

Please!

Why did you open it? Are you mad?

Please stop.

Please, Sabhyata. Please listen to me.

- No! - Come.

Please, no!

Fine. You won't agree. Let's do this. Let's go upstairs.

- And then... - Let's go.

Come on.

And then we will go before father at the right time.

- Come. - Laddu!

Come with me.

Will you introduce me to everybody? Or will you simply stand there?

- He is uncle Jhinku. - Greetings, uncle!

Hey!

- Aunt. - Greetings, aunt!

- Mother. And... - Greetings!

Father.

Greetings, father.

All of you must be wondering how I came here and why.

I will tell you.

By the way, we have met before, Mr. chieftain.

Did you remember?

Yes. I remembered.

I remembered that you are an insolent girl.

- I hope my useless son.. - He'd be useless in your opinion, father.

But I love your son with my perspective.

And I am going to marry him.

And you know, I never back off.

Laddu didn't have the courage to talk to you.

That's why I had to come.

I really love your son a lot.

I cannot live without him.

Perhaps he also cannot live without me.

You understand, don't you?

Because you also love your son a lot.

Please cancel the marriage.

Otherwise, I will elope with him and get married.

You are a reputed man, father.

You will be disgraced badly.

As the daughter-in-law of this family...

...I don't want to do that.

Kanak...

Kanak!

Kanak.

What happened?

Nothing.

I couldn't sleep.

We have been married for 30 years.

I can understand that you are worried about Laddu.

It must be the sins of our past life...

...that Goddess has given us such a useless son.

My son is not useless.

Yes, Kanak.

It hurts me to call him useless.

It hurt me when I nurtured him in my womb for nine months.

It hurt me when I was unable to conceive.

I went everywhere to pray.

You must have forgotten.

But I still remember your face when he was born.

You went mad with delight.

Perhaps you have forgotten.

When Laddu was sick, you lifted him above your head...

...as you waddled through neck-deep flood water...

...to take him to the doctor.

[SOBBING]

No, Kanak.

I haven't forgotten anything. I remember it all.

But whatever I am doing is for his well-being.

It's also a father's duty.

One of the duties of a father is to hug his son.

I have always listened to you.

I accepted all of your decisions.

Because it was for my husband's happiness.

It was for his honour, prestige, duty and responsibility.

Let me take just one decision.

Consider it a mother's right...

...or a wife's right.

- Sabhyata, ride fast. - How much faster?

Go faster!

I am riding fast.

Ride so fast that the meter switch breaks.

Great, hero! You seem to be in a good mood today.

Tell me. Where do we have to go?

Glory to Sita's husband, Lord Rama!

Let's go to Siyaram temple.

We will worship together.

Glory to Sita's husband, Lord Rama!

Am I right? Did the chieftain really agree?

You can torment me with your kisses. Now, you have the permission.

Laad Singh, you are gone!

The chieftain has agreed!

Today the meter will break! A record will be made!

Just watch my wonder.

Stop it.

I said torment me, not to kill me!

Don't worry.

Be careful!

Pariksha, bring two more fried snacks.

And today, I want to double the sugar...

...and double the cardamom in tea.

- Here. - Amazing! Wow!

By the way...

...today I have put double the milk.

- So I will also drink tea with you. - Wow! Give me.

It's good that the chieftain agreed.

Brother Laddu, I hope you have told her...

...about the village's customs.

About the 'Kori Pratha'?

Why do you always come back to the same point?

What is there to explain?

She will obviously be a virgin.

Every girl has to follow her in-law's customs.

It's nothing new.

Forget all that.

There are so many wedding arrangements left.

I have to buy new shoes, new clothes.

I am going to start a new life.

‘It's good that he didn't tell Sabhyata.'

'After their marriage, this 'Kori Pratha' will have to end.'

Laxmi!

- Hey, Laxmi. - Yes?

I hope all the arrangements have been made.

Everything has been done.

How many times will you ask me the same thing?

I have gone mad. Where is my darling daughter?

She is inside. Where else will she be?

- Yes. - Go and meet your darling daughter.

Go.

[CHUCKLES]

[LAUGHTER]

Will all of you cling to her? Or shall I also talk to her?

Go.

Dad, look. Sister is looking so beautiful!

You'll see. Today, brother-in-law is going to faint after seeing her.

Okay. But for now, leave.

And help your mother. Otherwise, she will faint.

There is a lot of work left.

After today, you will become the chieftain's daughter-in-law, dear.

Dad, don't worry. I am not going abroad.

Whenever I want, I will come to visit you.

Okay.

Dear, keep your cool.

You are going to be a daughter-in-law.

Don't act like a grandmother.

Dad, you are too much!

It's going to be a difficult examination for you.

Don't worry, dad. I will pass.

My sweet child!

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[CLARINET PLAYS]

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[CLARINET PLAYS]

Carefully, daughter-in-law.

- Shall we go upstairs, mother? - Brother Laddu, are you so excited?

What's the use? You guys are not leaving us.

Yes, sister-in-law. Let him go.

Go and have fun. Go.

Naughty!

Mother, if they have fun now...

...we will get to eat sweetmeats in the morning.

- Tara. - Yes?

Take daughter-in-law to the upstairs room.

I will just come.

Another ritual? Aunt, please hurry up.

Brother Laddu, control yourself.

The night is ours. Control.

Oh my! Amazing!

Brother Laddu, shall I also come?

Why?

I thought you will need a driver today too.

Quiet.

[DOOR OPEN]

- Brother Laddu! - Please leave.

Shall we leave?... [DOOR CLOSE]

[ROMANTIC BACKGROUND MUSIC]

You had served me your love on a silver platter long ago.

It's time to taste it.

Did everybody leave?

Oh God! So many rituals and customs.

- It drove me crazy. - Me too.

Why? You belong to this village.

You must be used to all this.

Hello, madam. I belong to this village. But it's my first marriage.

Yes. It's my 20th.

Don't ruin the night in fights, darling.

[KNOCK ON THE DOOR]

Okay, I'm coming.

I have brought milk for you.

Mother, you know I don't drink milk at night.

But you should drink it today. It's the custom.

Don't throw it away. Otherwise, I will beat you.

Daughter-in-law, see to it that he drinks milk. Okay?

And he doesn't throw it away.

"I will have a beautiful beloved."

"That's what I had imagined."

"Yes. You are just the way I had.."

Now switch off that moon.

So that I can look at my moon.

[KNOCK ON THE DOOR]

- Oh, man! - Who is it now?

What is it?

Sister forgot to give this.

- Leave. - Hey!

- Leave. - Laddu, Listen!

What is this?

Nothing. Another ritual.

Come on, get up. We have to spread it.

What's wrong with this bed sheet?

There is no problem. We have to spread it on top.

Come on, get up. Don't create a scene!

It's not me who's creating a scene.

I had only heard that 'Kukdi Pratha' is followed in this village.

Had I known that you people also follow it...

...I wouldn't have agreed to marry you.

Darling, we have got married. What's the use now?

I am not an object.

It's a question mark on my dignity and character.

Do you even know what you are telling me to do?

Why did you love me? Why did you do this charade?

To use me for a night and then dispose of me.

Why are you talking as if you are not a virgin?

I see. How can you say it with certainty?

How can anyone say it with certainty?

Let's assume it. What if I don't turn out to be a virgin?

What are you doing? I'm celebrating my first nuptial night!

And I celebrate it every day.

Such a big deceit with me!

There is no place for you in this room.

- Get out. - You are doing the wrong thing in your anger.

- Get out. - We have to distribute sweets tomorrow morning.

Get out.

[GROANING]

[KNOCK ON THE DOOR]

[KNOCK ON THE DOOR]

What?

Once your anger abates, wake me up.

- I am outside. - Shut up.

[DOOR CLOSE] - [GROANING]

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

Ask your aunt for sweets.

Greetings, priest!

Bless you!

- Greetings! - It's enough.

Will you have tea or snacks?

I will only eat sweetmeats, sir.

[LAUGHTER]

Laddu!

Laddu!

What happened? Is everything fine?

Why are you sleeping outside?

He must have harassed her a lot. So, she must have kicked him out.

Quiet. Tell me. What happened?

I will tell you, mother.

He might hesitate to tell you.

Kanak!

- Yes. I... - What happened?

It's time for the meeting. People have gathered.

They are eagerly waiting for sweetmeats.

I will tell you what happened, father. Ask me.

Sabhyata, come here. Come here.

What are you doing, daughter-in-law?

You went in front of your father-in-law without covering your head?

There are guests downstairs.

You go. We are coming.

Daughter-in-law, I know you belong to a town.

You don't know all this.

But now, you are a married woman.

You are the daughter-in-law of a reputed family.

You are a wife.

Behave yourself.

Learn to follow decorum, customs and traditions.

What customs?

To check if I am a virgin or not?

I am not a virgin. Now tell me.

I would like to know.

What do reputed people do with...

...a reputed family's daughter-in-law, with a daughter and a woman?

Sabhyata.

Mom, one moment. Sabhyata, come here.

What did she say?

Actually, she was exhausted after all the rituals.

She has a fever. She is a town girl.

So, nothing happened between us.

Do you understand what I am saying?

Don't worry.

I will handle it. I will talk to her.

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[SUSPENSE BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

- Greetings, chieftain! - Greetings!

- How are you? - I am fine.

We have come to see the newly-wed bride.

My wife is inside.

- Give your blessing, aunt. - Absolutely.

Tara, tell Sarju to keep all this upstairs.

- Greetings, aunt. - Greetings!

- How are you? - Greetings!

Rajni, bring cots and chairs for them.

There is no need for that. We will sit like that.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND]

Listen, some village women have come.

For the bride seeing ceremony.

Please. For God's sake don't open your mouth.

For my sake.

I am insolent. But not a fool.

Give me, dear. Better tea if not sweetmeats.

The time of eating sweetmeats has not come yet.

When nothing happened, how will we distribute sweetmeats?

Son, do it soon.

- Yes. - We cannot control ourselves.

How are you able to control it?

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND]

May eternal marital bliss be yours!

May you have many children!

Your daughter-in-law is very beautiful!

Come, daughter-in-law.

We have an old-fashioned kitchen.

It's not like your town.

You will have to adjust.

This...

Fry them.

And make pudding.

The chieftain will eat first. Followed by other family members.

If you want to ask anything, I am outside. Okay?

Yes.

Rajni, she is cooking food today.

What do you think? Will her father-in-law eat?

Why not?

So what? It's our village's custom.

But sister-in-law is not wrong.

Wow!

It's very nice. It's very tasty.

But you didn't even touch it, father.

So how?

[CHUCKLES]

So you do know that it's important to touch something...

...to know how it is.

Very good.

When the daughter-in-law enters the kitchen...

...and cooks food for the first time...

...then as per the tradition, her father-in-law gives her some token.

It's the father-in-law's duty.

I have fulfilled my duty.

[WHISTLING]

[WHISTLING]

Hey!

Why are you upset?

I just sat next to you.

Only this was remaining.

Son returns home drunk.

And his father taunts me.

Father has the right to say something.

I have been hearing it since my childhood.

Not me. I am not used to it without any reason.

If you are not used to it, then get used to it.

I mean…

I mean… Why are you aggravating the matter?

He fulfilled his duty. You fulfil yours.

Everybody did it.

Mother, aunt, sister-in-law...

All village women have been doing it.

It's nothing new for the village.

Why are you so upset?

Fine.

I don't mind.

Really?

But if no such thing happened, I won't undergo any trial.

What then?

The day you find the answer or your father finds it...

...then come to me.

Otherwise...

Otherwise what?

I will leave you and go.

Hey!

[ANKLET CHIMES]

[DOOR CLOSE] - Hey!

[KNOCKS DOOR]

[GROANING]

- Greetings, Jhinku. - Greetings, uncle Nanga.

How are you?

Everything is fine. Tell me. Won't you distribute sweetmeats?

- Why not, uncle? - When?

For two days the entire village is waiting.

For sweetmeats.

We didn't get sweetmeats. And we got tired of waiting.

If there's some problem, do tell me. Don't hide.

Why will we hide it, uncle?

If Goddess wills, everything will be fine in a day or two.

- Don't worry. - Fine, let's see.

It's an age-old custom. Your family is its guardian.

You won't let anything bad happen to the village.

We will control ourselves for a day or two.

It's okay. We will send tamarind along with sweetmeats.

Shall I send tamarind? Is a boy going to be born?

Aren't you crossing your limits, uncle?

Jhinku, explain to him.

Uncle Nanga, please leave. I will see him.

Come, Sarju.

Wants to eat sweetmeats!

'When your time is bad, your mind turns perverse.'

Priest, I cannot undo the wedding.

Please tell me some solution.

What if we donate 11 cows?

The matter is beyond donation, madam.

You have not brought a daughter-in-law but bad omen to your house.

Whatever prestige and honour this family has earned...

...this girl would ruin it all!

Daughter-in-law!

- Daughter-in-law! - Yes?

Where are you going? Wearing such clothes?

To join my duty.

Duty?

You didn't think it was important to ask us.

You shouldn't disgrace someone like that.

Your parents must have taught you that.

Yes, absolutely. That's what I am going to do, mother.

They have made me capable enough of...

Why are you so shocked?

I had told Laddu that I won't quit my job.

What can I do if he didn't tell you or inform you?

But...

What is the need for you to work now?

What do I need, and what do I don't need...

...that will be my decision.

After a girl gets married...

...her husband and her in-laws take all her decisions.

Only the chieftain has the right to take all decisions in this house.

This is my life. This is my freedom.

I have the right to take all decisions.

I am a daughter-in-law, not some slave.

What are you saying, daughter-in-law?

If you cross this threshold...

...you will have to forget that you share a bond with this family.

I didn't elope. Your son got married to me.

It's the outcome of my son's foolishness.

If you go out dressed like that...

...I will forget that you are my daughter-in-law.

Don't you think you people are mistreating me?

We are mistreating you?

And you?!

No manners.

No decorum.

No culture.

Is this the duty of a woman and a wife?

Is this what your parents have taught you?

To destroy the peace of your in-law's house!

Why do you people drag my parents into everything?

If I endure everything, I am cultured. Otherwise...

Otherwise? Otherwise what?

What atrocity are you being subjected to?

We are the ones facing atrocities!

It's become difficult to walk in the village.

People have started gossiping.

Those who wouldn't even open their mouth in front of us...

...have started saying that you are characterless.

- Jhinku! - Brother...

Brother, I am not saying it. The villagers are saying it.

What's the use of scolding me?

She has made a spectacle of our customs and our family.

All this is happening because of Laddu's obstinacy.

Otherwise, your father didn't have the status...

...of entering this house.

We won't even hire girls like you as our servants!

Let me tell you something.

You should venerate these two people...

...who let you stay in their house and who loved you.

Had you not been the daughter-in-law of this family...

...I would have kicked you out.

Great, father-in-law! Great! You can do that too.

Nothing else is left.

You people have done such great favours on me.

You gave me so much respect although I am not worthy of it.

You made me the daughter-in-law of this family.

You made me characterless too.

Do me another favour.

Don't tell Laddu that you compelled me to leave this house.

Because that fool loves you guys a lot.

He will be badly hurt.

Had you been concerned about hurting him...

...the matter wouldn't have aggravated so much.

No, father.

The hurt you are talking about belongs only to you and your village.

Daughter-in-law!

- Stop her. - Let her go!

It's better for us and for the village that she leaves.

- But Laddu... - Enough, Kanak!

You have spoken enough.

I won't hear anything else. Please go inside.

Sarju...

Yes, chieftain?

- Drop her home. - Okay.

Sister-in-law, where is Sabhyata?

Uncle Jhinku...

...where is Sabhyata?

Hey!

Aunt!

Sabhyata?

Mother, will somebody in this house tell me where is Sabhyata?

I will tell you, son.

She has gone home.

She has left this house.

[EMOTIONAL BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[EMOTIONAL BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[PHONE RINGING]

[KNOCKS DOOR]

[KNOCKS DOOR]

Brother-in-law, you? Come in.

Call Sabhyata.

- At least come in... - I said, 'Call Sabhyata.'

Okay.

Sister!

What childishness is this, Sabhyata?

Why did you leave the house? I couldn't sleep the whole night.

So?

So?

So?

What do you mean?

We got married.

It's wrong to come to your maternal home like that, Sabhyata.

I see. This is wrong.

What about your 'Kori Pratha'? Is that right?

Had you told me about it earlier, I wouldn't have married you.

- For a trivial matter... - It must be a trivial matter for you.

Not for me.

Sabhyata...

[EMOTIONAL BACKGROUND MUSIC]

Damn!

I thought you would come to meet me...

...after your daughter's insolence.

But I can understand. You are a father.

You must be feeling embarrassed.

Chieftain, I would have felt embarrassed...

...if my daughter had made a mistake.

She refused to accept the malpractice...

Call it practice, Naanbabu!

Don't disgrace our tradition by calling it malpractice.

We honour our daughter-in-law with this tradition.

It's the protective shield of our village.

For this pious tradition, she will have to prove...

...whether she is worthy or not.

Chieftain, in the modern world...

In the name of modernity, you cannot deprive us of our culture!

This is my duty and my responsibility too.

To keep my village safe.

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[EMOTIONAL BACKGROUND MUSIC]

'I am against this custom.'

'My son's wife refuses to accept the 'Kori Pratha'!'

'And I support her decision completely.'

'If I have to sever my ties with the entire village, I will do it, brother.'

'And brother...'

'...I request you.'

'You also give up this orthodox outlook.'

- 'The world has changed.' - 'Stop your nonsense!'

'Brother-in-law, please explain her!'

'What you consider orthodox are the rules made by our ancestors!'

'Our father has imbibed these values in us.'

'My younger sister...'

'...if not me or the villagers...'

'...at least fear Goddess.'

'No.'

'I am not afraid of Goddess.'

'Because I know, brother.'

'That I am not doing anything wrong.'

[SCREAMING]

'Seema!'

'Save us!' - 'Brother-in-law!'

'What happened?'

[SCREAMING]

'Help!'

'Is anybody there? Help!' - 'Save us!'

'Somebody save us!'

Chief, isn't it true that in the name of custom...

...the village women are being tortured and humiliated?

Hey! Stop your nonsense! And talk respectfully!

Tell us, chieftain.

Isn't it true that you kicked your daughter-in-law out of the house?

Nobody has been kicked out.

You people should understand...

...that today's generation doesn't have any endurance level.

They give emphasis to trivial matters...

...and make it an ego issue.

There must be some misunderstanding between my son and daughter-in-law.

They will resolve it.

Provided you people let them resolve it.

Chief, isn't it true that you kicked your daughter-in-law...

...out of the house because she refused to accept the 'Kori Pratha'?

What are you saying? Shut up!

All of you are interfering in my family matter.

I won't say anything.

But now, don't thrust your camera and mic into our religious matter.

It's become your habit.

To humiliate religious people and prove yourself wise.

If you try to raise your fingers at our ancestors, our religion...

...our customs, then Thakur Ram Dev Singh, and all the villagers...

...are willing to lay down their life for their duty!

Take your cameras and leave.

- Leave! Leave! - We want answers!

- Leave! - All hail Thakur Ram Dev Singh!

- Long live Thakur Ram Dev Singh! - Long live chieftain!

Long live chieftain!

Long live chieftain!

Long live chieftain!

Long live chieftain!

Sabhyata, I want to talk to you.

We will talk later.

Yes, sir.

Tell me.

You didn't do the right thing.

You didn't do the right thing.

You had already decided to humiliate the chieftain...

...and make a spectacle of the custom.

That's why you called the reporter.

To portray yourself as a heroine.

- And portray the chieftain as a... - What are you saying?

I didn't do any such thing.

I wish I had known that you would create such a big scene.

And put us in trouble. I wouldn't have fallen in love with you.

I also wouldn't have.

If I had known about the red and white sheet.

Sabhyata!

Sabhyata, stop!

What has happened to you?

What's the big deal? What's the problem?

You have to just sleep on a sheet.

- It's a big deal, Laad Singh. - It's not a big deal.

Fine, I accept it. Take me to your village.

I am ready to sleep on a white sheet too.

But if I don't turn out to be a virgin, what will you do?

What? What do you mean?

Why won't you be a virgin?

- Answer my question. - Why won't you be a virgin?

You won't be a virgin if you have done something wrong.

What?

I see.

Now I understood.

You are doing a drama because you are afraid...

...that you might get caught.

Before falling in love with me, with somebody else..

What?

Laad Singh, you mean to say that with somebody else...

It's good.

Very good.

Look. Look at Pradeep carefully.

I slept with him first.

And Ramlal. I have slept with him too.

Come, ask Mr. Ramlal.

Ramlal, tell him. How many times have we slept together?

- Tell him.. - What?

And Bhanwari, come.

I have slept with Bhanwari too.

Wonder with how many men I have slept.

I don't even remember their names.

Anyway, what's there in a name?

I just wanted to sleep with men.

So, Laad Singh, I slept with everybody.

Besides you.

- Sabhyata! - Yes?

What happened, dear?

Nothing.

Sister!

Yes.

Sister, drink water. You will be able to sleep well.

I told you so many times. Don't you understand?

I don't want it.

Sister...

‘I wish I had known that you would create such a big scene.'

‘I wouldn't have fallen in love with you.'

‘What?'

‘I see. Now I understood.'

‘You are doing a drama because you are afraid...'

‘...that you might get caught.'

‘Before falling in love with me, with somebody else...'

‘Laad Singh, you mean to say that with somebody else...'

Have a drink.

I don't want to drink.

Drink.

I said, 'I don't want to drink!'

- Why are you forcing me? - Laddu...

Laddu...

Hey!

Where are you going?

Stop him. He doesn't know how to ride a bike.

He will fall down.

Now, he won't sit behind.

- Come on. - Stop.

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- Brother Laddu! - Brother!

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

Carefully.

Be careful.

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

I was such a fool!

I was so wrong.

Yes. What's new?

What's new, brother Laddu?

All of you think the same. All of you are the same.

True.

Absolutely true.

The way Sarju thought about you...

...Keshav thought about Satya...

...I also thought that Sabhyata has done it with somebody...

Damn!

I know that my Sabhyata is not like that.

Not at all.

[MUSIC]

[WATER SLOSHING]

I wanted to talk to Sabhyata.

Who are you?

She knows me.

- Okay. Please, come in. - No.

Please call her. I will wait here.

- Okay, fine. - Yes.

Look, Sabhyata...

...this is not just your battle.

But it's the battle of every girl from this region...

...who is a victim of this malpractice.

Or who is going to be a victim.

You are their only hope.

Because every girl cannot speak.

I have heard that you are the sole voice of all those who can't speak.

Right?

Look, Sabhyata. The other day I saw how you compelled...

...the chieftain's car to go back.

What did Sarju say?

This is the chieftain's car. There is no reverse gear.

But look, whenever something wrong happens in life...

...there is always a reverse gear, Sabhyata.

Yesterday brother Laddu came to my house.

He was quite sad and worried.

Because of what he said about you in his anger.

But honestly speaking, he cannot even dream of such a thing.

I know.

I also said all that in anger.

Both of you love each other so much...

...both of you understand each other so well...

...but this malpractice has separated both of you.

Do you understand what I am saying?

Sabhyata...

...I have come to apologize.

But I don't understand how to apologize.

Just once...

...give me a chance to atone.

Before marriage, you had told me, Laad Singh, do anything.

But don't break my heart.

Laad Singh didn't just break your heart.

But he shattered it into pieces.

Come.

Where?

To remove the filth out of my mind.

Do you know? When the sheet used to be white...

...we used to think that our wife has slept with somebody else...

I couldn't sleep the whole night.

I thought about all those women...

...who screamed, "We are innocent. We didn't do anything."

But nobody heard their voice.

There is an organization called 'Swabhimaan'.

Saloni madam works there.

I found out last night. I even called her.

I asked her many questions too.

If I find the answers to my questions...

...I will put an end to this practice...

...to this malpractice.

[SUSPENSE BACKGROUND MUSIC]

I already know about this.

That's why I told you the other day.

I am ready to sleep on a white sheet.

But what if I don't bleed?

I think you misconstrued it.

The filth is getting removed.

So now, I understand everything.

But madam, you didn't answer my one question.

About your aunt whose house got burnt?

Yes.

Because of your Goddess's wrath?

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He lives in nearby Hanumanpur village.

Greetings!

Take it, son.

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How will I explain all this to the chieftain?

"A mynah sat on a branch."

"A pheasant on the other."

"How confusing was it!"

"It turned out to be a pigeon."

What are you saying? I don't understand anything.

Speak clearly.

Okay. So listen.

"A wise man has said this, carve it on your hearts."

"Change your orthodox thinking."

"Otherwise, you will lag behind."

[MUSIC]

"Remove it from your mind. It's useless."

"Remove it from your mind. It's useless."

"Hey fool, why don't you understand? The hymen is a clay pot."

"Hey fool, why don't you understand? The hymen is a clay pot."

"In this fast-paced life, nothing remains intact."

"In this fast-paced life, nothing remains intact."

"Hey fool, why don't you understand? The hymen is a clay pot."

"Hey fool, why don't you understand? The hymen is a clay pot."

"You will lose the person. You will lose the bond."

"You will lose the person. You will lose the bond."

"You will lag behind. Hey traveller, where are you lost?"

"You will lag behind. Hey traveller, where are you lost?"

"Hey fool, why don't you understand? The hymen is a clay pot."

"Why don't you understand, moron? It's a clay pot."

[MUSIC]

"The whole world exists because of women."

"But she is shackled with customs and traditions."

"The whole world exists because of women."

"But she is shackled with customs and traditions."

"'What will happen with repentance?"

"Stop whining and move on."

'She is not opening the door for a long time.'

'Chitra!'

'Open the door!'

'Sister.'

'Sister, I didn't do anything wrong.'

'You didn't do anything wrong?'

'Why was your sheet white then?'

'Speak up!'

'Don't you understand, Kanak, what Chitra is asking?

'I also gave the trial after marriage.'

'My sheet was not white.'

'Sister, I don't understand how it happened.'

'But you do understand that because of you...'

'...we cannot face anybody in society.'

'If you had an affair with somebody...'

'...why did you get married then?'

'I am speaking the truth. I didn't have an affair.'

'Why the sheet was white? How can I tell you about that?'

"What will happen with repentance?"

"Stop whining and move on."

"Sometimes as Durga and sometimes as Kali..."

"...she alleviates every trouble."

"She never expresses her woes."

"She endures every pain happily."

"Oppressed since centuries."

"She is still miserable."

"Change something. Melt something."

"Society needs to sacrifice something."

"Society needs to sacrifice something."

"Society needs to sacrifice something."

"Society needs to sacrifice something."

The situation has become serious. Let's have some fun.

"Peep within yourself. Why do you disgrace yourself?"

"Peep within yourself. Why do you disgrace yourself?"

"Why do you disgrace yourself?"

"Why are you holding on to something unfounded?"

"Why are you holding on to something unfounded?"

"Hey fool, why don't you understand? The hymen is a clay pot."

"Hey fool, why don't you understand? The hymen is a clay pot."

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Goddess, give me strength.

My entire family has gone against our tradition, our custom.

Goddess, I remember that...

...my sister made a mistake.

But I won't do any such mistake, Goddess.

I won't do any such mistake.

Goddess, please protect us.

- Greetings, chieftain. - Greetings, chieftain.

- Greetings, sir. - Greetings, Bhanu Pratap.

How are you?

Everything is fine with your grace.

Good.

How is Puttan?

I have come to give you the good news, sir.

Here.

The wedding is next week.

You will have to come.

The wedding won't be complete without your blessing.

I will definitely come.

But my family won't be able to come.

- Okay. - Sarju, see Bhanu Pratap to the door.

- Bye. - Come.

[CLARINET PLAYS] - Dance all you want!

[SUSPENSE BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[SUSPENSE BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[SUSPENSE BACKGROUND MUSIC]

Prepare for the trial by fire!

[SOBBING]

I am an innocent, chieftain. I didn't do anything wrong.

Why don't you believe me?

I also won't heed you. I won't go to my maternal home.

And even my parents won't pay any compensation.

Don't worry, Latika.

We are with you!

The burning coals cannot determine your character.

Whether you are innocent or guilty.

Fire knows only one thing.

- To char everything. - Stop right there!

First, you dared to point fingers at our custom.

And now, you are questioning the fire's purity.

If the sheet is white...

...then questioning the girl's chastity...

...is also not right, chieftain.

It's right. Absolutely right!

This is our custom. And this is our ritual.

What's the use of the ritual that breaks a family, chieftain?

[SUSPENSE BACKGROUND MUSIC]

Try to understand a woman's feelings, chieftain.

Until now, I was also supporting this custom.

But not anymore.

Because I know that a girl's hymen can break...

...due to other reasons too.

Don't associate it with her virginity.

Try to understand, chieftain.

And today, raze this custom in the burning coals.

Let's start a new tradition with Latika.

Kanak, you know it very well.

I have faced this situation several times before.

I have taken decisions against myself and my family.

For the village's well-being.

Because the entire village is my family.

That's why Goddess's grace is on us.

Don't forget that our village has always been spared from epidemics.

You have seen the outcome of breaking the custom, Kanak.

Have you forgot?

Goddess had burned my sister's family into ashes.

Don't thrust human's mistake on Goddess, chieftain.

It was not Goddess' wrath.

But it happened due to human carelessness.

Aunt's entire house got burned due to a short circuit.

I am not saying this.

The collector's report says it.

Uncle!

Chieftain...

...uncle was a clerk in the collector's office.

Please go.

This is the truth, chieftain.

People fix lights on bare wires during weddings.

That's what happened on that day.

But out of your fear, I never revealed the report.

But you linked the incident to the custom.

And terrorized the entire village.

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

It's all fake!

How do I believe it?

This custom is our ancestor's culture.

Nobody can tamper with it.

Bhanu Pratap!

Your son's wife will have to give the trial by fire.

That won't happen, chieftain.

Not at all.

Latika won't give the trial by fire.

Throw him out of the meeting.

Beware!

If anybody touches Laddu, I won't spare him.

Sarju, stop!

Yes, chieftain.

Nobody can touch Laddu when I am there.

Laddu is not wrong.

I could never muster the courage to say anything in front of you.

Due to which...

...Pariksha had to suffer a lot.

She was humiliated in front of everybody.

And I watched mutely.

Pariksha, I apologize to you in front of everybody.

Please forgive me.

I want to take you back respectfully...

...and with a grand celebration.

Will you come?

[WEEPING]

Chieftain...

...if you still want to uphold the trial-by-fire ritual...

...then women have had enough.

Now it's the turn of men.

The man who will commence it...

...his name is Laad Singh aka Laddu.

Stop this nonsense.

This ritual is for women.

Why?

We are at the forefront of everything.

And when it's about the trial, we push women ahead.

What happened to our manliness?

I will give trial by fire.

No, Laddu.

I have always been with you.

Today, when it's about the trial, you are leaving me behind.

No.

I will also give a trial by fire.

Latika should know that I am a loyal husband.

We will also give a trial by fire.

We will also give a trial by fire.

We will also give a trial by fire.

We will also give a trial by fire.

We will also give a trial by fire.

We will also give a trial by fire.

Yes! We will also give a trial by fire.

Yes! We will also give a trial by fire.

[SUSPENSE BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[SUSPENSE BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

‘The chieftain not only eliminated the 'Kori pratha''...

'...but also his mentality...'

'...that stopped girls and women from progressing.'

‘The chieftain became a leader of women in the true sense.'

[BACKGROUND MUSIC]

‘The chieftain decided that not only girls from our village...'

'...but girls from all neighbouring villages should get the best education.'

‘He encouraged my sister so much...'

‘...that she has become a national champion in volleyball.'

[MUSIC]

‘And I am in this position all thanks to him.'

‘Sabhyata, who used to drive a bus...'

‘...is flying a plane today.'

‘That too, international flight.'

‘It's the chieftain's blessing.'

[MUSIC]

Many international NGOs honoured you today in London.

A female bus driver has become a pilot today.

What do you want to say today, Mrs. Sabhyata?

It feels good.

Very good.

It was possible not only because of my courage and determination...

...but also because of the chieftain.

And my husband, Mr. Laddu.

And my dad.

Since childhood, he taught us...

...girls are not less than boys.

It would have been difficult to achieve this without their support.

But yes. It's also true that the other person supports you...

...only when you take the first step.

Yes.

Very well said.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yes.

Thank you.

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