Hail to the Goddess!
- How are you, Gobar? - Very well
Long live the Goddess!
Don't worry. I won't come in
Offer flowers to the Goddess from me. My wishes will come true
No Hell for me
Sita was born to destroy Ravan's arrogance
Praise the Goddess. Long live!
When we light the lamp in Your temple...
...our sins are washed away
You shower us with happiness
Hail to Goddess Durga!
Oh God! It's 8 o'clock
The power cut is always on time. That's for sure
You deserve a thank you
So you're thanking me
Something like that
Did you really mean to swallow rat poison?
You're a bit slow. It was an act. To scare mother
When we light the lamp in Your temple...
...our sins are washed away
You shower us with happiness
That's why I'll be the next Indian Idol
The only way a middle-class girl can become somebody from nobody
I want to do something. Be someone
Find myself
I don't want to be the Mrs. of Daddy's chosen boy
Understand?
Enough talking!
You burger species!
My heart...
...was lost to me
Without warning
But my eyes...
...are all-seeing
In the deep silence...
...of your flowing dark hair
Is the place...
...where my heart...
...found itself confused, lost
Mesmerized... how unaware you are
Unsuspectingly, unknowing
Why does my heart quicken?
But my eyes are all-seeing
Pearls over brimming from the lips of oysters
Prose laced with poetry
Sheltered under a sheet of waves...
...the ocean slumbers
My eyes have been opened wide...
...by a flood of drunkenness
How unaware you are
Look! The Taj Mahal!
The Taj Mahal is a symbol to love. Making mockery of the love of the poor
"Beloved, let us meet in some other place"
Nice! Let's go in
Roshan!
Bittu!
Ripping us off. Taking us for tourists? I am a local
We buy them for 95. I sell for 100
I have to earn at least 5 rupees
I can buy it for 20 in Chandni Chowk
Then buy it there, sister
Ok. Let's go
Come back!
Last price. 75. Because you're a local
Take it. And be quiet
What colour?
For you
I said 75! And you give me 50. Pay at least 60!
Madam, don't rob a poor shopkeeper
That's more like it
Roshan's photos of America
Let me see too!
Roshan! In America, you'll soon be Looking at photos of us
The dawn has broken. I wait for you
My eyes are heavy. Where did you spend the night?
How fortunate is the other woman
The dawn has broken. I wait for you
Your words are all I have
Ok
Just ok?
Bittu. Life is full of highs and lows
I've been selected
I don't know
You got what you always wanted. Right?
Her wingsare tied
She can't fly
Masakali is father's favourite. That's why
Shall I free her?
Wasn't one slap from father enough for you?
How dare you question your father!
I don't want to marry
Then what do you want?
I want to be an Indian Idol
What? Indian...
Sister wants to be on TV. The song and dance show
That blasted TV!
They sent me a ticket. I'm going to Mumbai
- Have you lost your mind? - Get her married at once!
Nothing but bad luck
The girls in this family of ours are so ill-fated
You only think of yourself
Oh God! Why?
What else can I do? Spend my life stuck here like you?
I'm sorry, Aunt Rama
The stock market has opened robustly
Sharesare up. There's brisk trading
Their horoscopes don't match
Your shares are up. Do we sell?
She has bad planets
A token of good will
We're giving the boy a Honda
My boy can't be bought for a bike
What are you saying? You thought I meant a motorbike?
I meant a Honda car. You choose the colour
Sell or wait?
And a Singapore honeymoon on us. Sell!
What?
I am Priyanka Sambhav and you're watching "The Last Deal"
Panditji. Name an auspicious day
Joy abounds! A match made in heaven. No better day then Diwali
Is it a done deal?
Done
Congratulations!
Order sweets to celebrate
Bittu's wedding is fixed
- Rajjo, see how lovely she looks - A tip-top princess!
How time flies. Now she's of age to marry and leave home
Keep your father's honour
The Black Monkey has struck again
It has taken 20 kgs. of milk. 12 kgs. of sweets
- How much cottage cheese? - 15 kgs
Move it! What are you doing? It took Hina, the poor goat
- Where were the police? - At the police station!
How did we know it will attack?
What will you do now?
Everything is under control. See for yourself. Talk to Mamdu
Let's talk to the shopkeeper whose shop was attacked
Mamdu, how do you feel?
Let him talk to Mamdu!
The damn Black Monkey is in our area
And the police claim they're controlling the situation
Today it's Hina, the goat. Tomorrow it might our women. There's no telling
Lalaji! Do you think we're twiddling our thumbs?
We'll take action too. Right?
Long live Shani Baba!
Shani Baba will fix everything. Ok?
Side by side? Bad omen
Really?
When?
Then?
I get it!
Shani Baba will fix everything. Ok!
How is it ok?
Look!
Lmages
Listen!
Like songs on the radio. Images on TV
They float in the air
Only one antenna can capture them
In the same way, monkeys' souls float about in the universe
Only Shani Baba can communicate with them
Lord Hanuman has granted this power to Shani Baba!
- Lord Hanuman! - May He live long!
I get it!
What? Is that the truth?
Baba will fix everything. Ok!
Three hundred and seventeen years ago...
...a temple stood here
What are you saying?
Baba will fix everything. Ok?
Acurse! Aterrible curse
Listen...
The Black Monkey is the latest Hindu plot to humiliate us Muslims
The Black Monkey is creating mayhem. It has wounded people
And you call it a plot?
Why does the Black Monkey only appear from Muslim neighbourhoods?
What do you mean, Madangopalji?
Haji Mian! Why are Hindu areas the only ones attacked?
And during the Ram Leela performances?
Hina wasa Muslim goat! I mean she belonged to a Muslim
But everyone knows Mamdu prays to Lord Hanuman
So wouldn't the Black Monkey know?
The Black Monkey can't be a Muslim
We have 100% proof
Has anyone ever seen a circumcised monkey?
I have heard of people behaving like monkeys
But a monkey being Hindu or Muslim?
This is India, my boy! Play
I want a strand of the Black Monkey's hair
The Black Monkey's hair!
The Black Monkey's hair?
You mean pulling it off its body?
Who will do that?
We will!
Shut up!
Bring me its hair! I will destroy it!
End of the menace
End of the menace, ok!
It'll be destroyed!
Destroyed! Ok
Gobar will get the hair
Brave Gobar!
Why Gobar? Because he's an orphan?
Let the fool be of some use
He's smarter than you lot
Miss Know-All
Gobar, come here
Want one ten-rupee note? Or two one-rupee coins?
Why one note? I'll take two coins
That's why he's the local idiot!
The day I take the ten-rupee note, the game is all over
Look at the low caste sniggering at us
So what if I belong to a lower caste?
I'm better than you
When you come to me at night, no problem touching me, eh?
But in the daytime, I am "low caste" again!
Speak up! Is a pacifier blocking your tongue? Bastard!
I'll put a pacifier in your mouth
What did you say?
The monkey makes you pee in your pants. But you can hit a woman. Big man!
Balls of a wimp! Chasing skirt all day long
Get lost!
- Brave Gobar! - May he live long!
To get rid of an ordinary monkey...
...prayers are being offered
Illiteracy may be the reason
We will hang the monkey and burn it
The government does nothing but chase votes
We'll kill it!
Never was there a temple here
Nor will there ever be one
Their ancestors destroyed the temple
They'll have to pay the price
All politics!
Lord Hanuman's name is being disgraced
The monkey is a Muslim terrorist
We'll retaliate
If you're stubborn...
...you'll invite trouble. Right?
How much more can we tolerate?
Great tension in Chandni Chowk
Push rites and rituals aside
Look inside your homes
Perhaps in some dark corner
The Black Monkey lurks
See the life in these lanes
Hiding behind layers and layers
Cloaks concealing cloaks
Somewhere in the folds of the cloak
Pain is veiled. Wounds are hidden
Secrets are trampled under foot
Aware yet how unaware we are
Mad and innocent we are
Who knows the colour we're painted in
In the public bath, we are naked. Exposed
We've no orders from above
Mamdu!
Close the door! Hurry!
Jaigopal! Damn you
Some sweets for you
You used to say: "Mamdu's shop is my shop"
Your shop! Like hell
Jaigopal! You spent half your life at my shop
Jaigopal believed my shop was his
They spent half their lives at my shop
The police are offering a reward. 50,000 to catch the Black Monkey!
Fifty-thousand?
Catch the monkey. And give the money to Lala
- That's how much he paid for me - My angel-face!
I'll come with an army of monkeys for you
Shashi!
The Black Monkey!
Lalalji! Save me
The Black Monkey! Save me
The Black Monkey!
Where is the Black Monkey?
Catch the Black Monkey!
You foreigner!
Is it still 8 foot? Or is it taller now?
Springs under its feet? Vanished, eh?
Into thin air?
Don't glare at me!
Lalaji's wife was almost raped. You understand?
Tell me...
Whenever the Black Monkey attacks, you're right there
What's going on?
- What did he say? - Showing off his English
Look at his arrogance!
I'll sort him out
Bless you, son!
Rama...
Have a laddo. Go on! Bittu is getting married
Rama, sweeten his mouth
They say if you bathe in the Ganges you're blessed once
And a hundred times if you help the family of a girl who is marrying
Why don't you just tell your father?
A father's honour is in his daughter's hands
You're talking about your whole life
Fool? Do I look like a fool to you?
Forget it. You won't understand. But Suresh does
I'm going to Mumbai with him
Yes! But he cares about my dreams
Is this how you'll find yourself?
I thought you'd put up a fight. But you're running away
Am I your concern?
Do whatever you want. You want to run from home?
Bastard! Leading my daughter astray?
Take her downstairs!
His family specializes in eloping with girls
- Following your father's example, eh? - Be quiet!
Mr. Fifty-Fifty!
Go, before I lose my head. Out!
What are you waiting for?
- What's wrong, Roshan? - Nothing
Something has happened
Don't worry, son. Leave everything to God
Which God? Whose God?
Leave it to mother's Allah? Or Dad's Lord Ram?
Paint a stone red and it becomes a god
This plant of yours is a god too
But never solve your problems yourself. Pray five timesa day
Ring a bell in a temple. And leave everything to God
We want to do nothing ourselves
Don't say that. It's our faith
Whatever! But we're going back to America
Then why did you bring me here?
Will you abandon your family in America for these people?
My ashes will leave this place
What's going on, Gran?
I don't understand
Everything will be all right
Don't worry
This is a fight for our rights
A fight for our self-respect
A fight for our honour!
We'll worship Goddess Durga here!
We'll build a temple
Say it loud and clear! We will build a temple here
Fight in the name of God
They're provoking us
We die. Or they die
Sorry, Annapurnaji
He isn't allowed inside the temple
Meaning?
Blood is blood after all
- Let it go - This temple doesn't belong to you
Does it belong to your father? You Muslim!
Anyone who challenges us will be destroyed!
You're better off listening to your elders
This is no party. Too much tension here
Granny! Make him see some sense
He doesn't get it
Have you ever wondered...
...what this good soul...
...whom you call a madman is trying to say?
What can a mad fakir say?
Why don't you go ahead and tell us?
"In every speck shines His divine light
"Look within yourself. He isn't far from you"
He says everyone has God's light within him
A speck of Him
If we look within...
...we will find Him
Have you ever heard that God hates anyone?
I haven't
The boy has acquired a taste for preaching. Listen to him!
Have a look
Look! Madangopalji
God is within us all
Stop this nonsense! Allah is the only God
Look in the mirror, Mamdu
Can you see your God?
Roshan says God is in everyone. In Gobar and this deaf-mute
Garland him! Worship him!
Now watch me! I'm looking into the mirror
So that means I'm god too!
And I created the world. I created the world!
Damn it! The world is broken. Into pieces!
They've turned into animals
The devil is perched on their shoulders. They care for no one
And feel no shame
Why did you...
...visit the temple now?
Why did Roshan behave so stubbornly?
We're unworthy
They showed their true colours
Delhi folk talk of being large-hearted. Ha!
I don't feel like dying here now
Roshan. Take me back to America
I was leaving...
Father, I'm leaving home
I was leaving. Leaving this madness behind me.
I don't know what I want. But I know what I don't want
Away from Bittu
And perhaps away from myself
But I don't know why I wanted to stay
And embrace this madness. Be part of it
Something was stopping me from leaving
First Gran didn't want to go. Now I don't want to go
You don't want to go? Or never want to go?
I never want to go
Despite what happened yesterday?
Because of yesterday
"This is a love that isn't easy. Remember that!"
We lack food. So we get by with love
Our homes are small. So we swear by large-heartedness
A flute sound floats through the tap. Not water
You will regret it. Stay far away
How can I?
These are my people
Their virtues and goodness are mine
Their flaws are mine too
You're over-emotional, Roshan
People are good
My parents never admit it, but they miss their life here
They try to recreate this world in America
But when they open the window, unfamiliar air blows in
Deep thinking!
Can I tell you something?
This house once belonged to Fatima
Your mother grew up here
Before leaving, her family wanted to sell the house. I bought it
Don't tell me
Tell Bittu you love her
Or you'll end up buying empty houses like me
Let your feelings out. Must they burn inside you?
This is Delhi-6. Penal Code 144 has been imposed
This is the shrine where the trouble started
Curfew has been imposed. Is this the lull before the storm?
Weapons were found behind this tree
Risking my own life, Kumar Kulshreshtha, is reporting to you...
Who gave you permission?
Here's the capable officer-in-charge, Ram Vijayji!
Uncle! Get the name right. Thakur Ranvijay!
If we had officers like you in every neighbourhood...
It's my duty
Duty is duty. Duty is first come
Bring me a strand of the Black Monkey's hair
Don't be scared. You are serving all mankind
Do as you are told. Get the Black Monkey's hair!
Don't you understand?
Well done! Keep moving
I wish I had your guts
Here's some money
Go. Your dreams are waiting for you
Roshan, Suresh is at the shrine
You oaf!
- What are you doing here? - I have a lot of work, sir
- Sorry, sir. I'm going home - Move it! Pissing in my ear!
Bittu has left home
Suresh is heading to Dark Souls' Lane
What will happen now?
Let the final battle begin!
Good will win over Evil today
Today is the day of the great battle
Hail Lord Ram!
We call upon the Great Allah
Balls of a wimp! Look up there! The Black Monkey!
Get him! The witch's son
Play cricket later. Catch the monkey!
If you see the Black Monkey, throw water on it
Throw water!
Shani Baba! Go! Or else the Black Monkey will get you
Get the water! Balls of a wimp!
The Black Monkey's hair
No harm in making fools of fools
The Black Monkey is on our roof
I saw its shadow
Bhisham!
Rajjo!
The Black Monkey threw Bhisham off the terrace
Where is he hurt?
Calls himself a father. Can't look after his own son
Left him to the mercy of the Black Monkey
Mother Goddess! Save my nephew
Don't lie. We all have to go to God
Leaving our riches behind
O Lord Hanuman! Keep me safe
O Protector of Lord Ram, save me
Lalaji!
Actually, the Black Monkey...
...is at the heart of the whole problem
You're absolutely right, Haji Mian
One minute. I'll come with you
The Black Monkey isn't far
I told you to throw water on it
Make him see sense!
I warned you!
Everything will be all right
To save face in the community...
...we'll say the Black Monkey kidnapped Bittu
It will shut them up. Right?
Bittu! Where are you?
You sure you have the tickets?
I checked them four times
I landed in trouble. I had to slap the Inspector
Stop bragging! Let's go
What is it? Hurry!
Suresh!
You!
What have you done? Why did you need to do this? I had almost escaped
He ran and left you at the Black Monkey's mercy
You're leaving me too. For America
I'm incomplete without you
I thought you'd never say it
Balls of wimp! You've been messing us around for days
He isn't the Black Monkey
Teach him a lesson!
- Let him go! - Stop!
He's no Black Monkey
I have the monkey's hair
Stop it!
I have the monkey's hair!
Look! The hair
- Father, stop them! - Shut up!
Jaigopal! Beat him to a pulp!
Creating nothing but trouble
The Black Monkey
You can't be the Black Monkey just by wearing a two-penny suit
Destroy it! Shani Baba will fix everything, ok!
The Black Monkey
Roshan
You killed him?
Bravo!
You would've killed each other if he hadn't posed as the Black Monkey
The Black Monkey is laughing at us
It isn't dead
It is sitting inside us
In some dark corner
In every one of us
Laughing at us
The Black Monkey killed Roshan
He pretended to be the monkey out of love for us
Out of love for Bittu
Call an ambulance!
Mamdu is just like his father. Too much sugar in his sweets
Grandad! Why bother how sweet sweets are?
We Delhi folk didn't treat you right
They're good-hearted people, Granddad
The devil is perched on their shoulders
Not the devil. A monkey
My Black Monkey stayed within me
If only I could apologize to your mother
Do it now
Call her!
Cracks blemish the line of my destiny
Repair my fate, O Master
I bow at Your door. My being erased andthen remade
Repair my fate, O Master
Start driving!
What's wrong?
The injection!
He's gone
Help him! Do something
We'll meet again
Roshan has gained consciousness
As poet Zauq says: "Who can ever wish to leave Delhi's lanes?"
Gobar was so right
The Black Monkey or something like it is within all of us
Whenever there is anger and hatred, the monkey becomes more powerful
And we use it to our advantage
But instead of destroying the Black Monkey within us, we kill each other
The Black Monkey turned to ashes like the demon Ravan
As for me, this is home. And mine is a story of home-coming