Whoever said that "man writes his own destiny.."
He was bullshitting
'Attention please.'
'In a short while we will be landing at the Mumbai International Airport.'
'Passengers are requested to return to their seats.'
"Keep the chair upright and fasten your seat belts.'
Are we landing?
'You are requested not to use your laptop or other electronic devises.'
Sorry.
'May I have your attention please? We will begin our descent..'
"Yes, it's a good day for singing a song."
"And it's a good day for moving along."
"Yes, it's a good day, how could anything be wrong."
"A good day, from morning till night."
"It's a good day for shining your shoes."
"And it's a good day for losing the blues."
"Everything to gain, and nothing to lose."
"A good day from morning till night."
"I said to the sun, good morning, sun."
" Rise and shine today."
"You know you got to get going if you got to make a showing.."
"..and you got to ride away."
"For it's a good day for showing your skills."
"And it's a good day for curing your ills."
"So take a deep breath and throw away the pills."
"Because its a good day, from morning till night."
Name?
I've already told you
Repeat it..
Aamir Ali.
What do you do? - I'm a doctor.
Local address?
A-4, 411, Lakhani Complex, Malad west, Mumbai-400..
What is the purpose of your visit?
It's my home.
Is this just a homecoming or is something else the reason?
I don't get you.
Your British visa is not renewed..
Why would they?
It's the doctors and engineers who are making..
..our country proud these days.
All clear.
Check again.
Excuse me, what exactly is the problem?
Sir, my family is waiting for me outside.
Everyone has someone waiting outside.
You've checked my luggage thrice already..
You took my details four times.
You've seen all my papers. Please Sir.
I'm neither a terrorist nor a smuggler.
Nobody walks in here announcing he is a terrorist..
..it's our job to pull them out..
I understand sir, but I'm just a normal human being - Doctor.
Everyone is a normal human being..
..till they do something abnormal or inhuman..
No offence to you sir.. but please let us do our job..
If my name wasn't Aamir but Amar would I still be under suspicion?
Sir, it's all clear.
Would you like to recheck - Next!
Your name?
Amar.
"Good morning, sun. Good morning, sun."
"Rise and shine today."
"You know you got to get going if you got to make a showing."
"And you got to ride away."
"And it's a good day for curing your ills."
"And it's a good day for paying your bills."
"So take a deep breath and throw away the pills."
"Because its a good day, from morning till night."
"A good day from morning till night."
Hey! Hello.
Take the call..
Hello?
Salaam-a le kum
vaalekum-as-salam
Who's this?
Long flight-huh?
I've sent a cab for you - who is this?
The number is 6688.
Take it.
I think you've got the wrong person.
I never talk to the wrong person.
I'm telling you.. - Your luggage is in the boot of the cab..
The driver is slightly psychotic and impatient..
What..
What is this?
Hello! Hello?
Hello!
Hey! Taxi!
My luggage is in that cab!
Taxi!
Someone stop him! My luggage is in it!
Stop!
Hey!
Who the hell are you? How can you put my luggage in your car?
Absolute bloody nonsense.. what do you want?
I'm just following orders. I suggest you do the same. - Why?
Told you he is a psycho.
Look whoever you are..
Brother, in our faith we show respect to our elders.
Look sir..
I'm sorry..
..whoever you are, you've got the wrong guy.
We don't even know each other.
Aamir Ali. Father's name Rashid Ali. Mother, Tarannum Ali.
Your father died three years ago.
Your three sisters..
Nargis, Shabana and Falak and a younger brother Jameel.
You've been practicing medicine in London, last three years..
After the new bill was passed, against the immigrant professionals..
..you decided to return..
You were the captain of your school cricket team.
Want to know more? About your aunt in Kanpur?
Who are you? - I'm not important.. you are
What do you want from me?
Just stay in the cab!
Hello!
Hello?
It's no use. The call won't go through..
Outgoing is barred.. You can't make a call..
Stop the cab, give me my luggage. I want to go home.
I said stop the cab..
Hey! What are you doing?
Hey!
Someone stop him!
Didn't I tell you to stay in the cab?
What do you want?
That psycho has my luggage..
All my papers were in it..
My passport.. my asthma medicines.
Sir, please. It's enough!
I have to go home right now! - You did call home.
No one answered. - What do you mean?
No one's home.
Why..
There's a little home video in your phone..
Where's my family?
In my living..
What are you going to do with them?
It's up to you. You have five hours to save them.
Do as I say and they won't be harmed.
I need you in dongri in an hour.. sharp..
National Restaurant. There's just one. Find it.
Taxi!
Dongri! Quick!
Which dongri?
You don't know dongri?
No, I'm new here.
Why didn't you say so?
I just did!
Stop the cab..
It has not started yet..
Crap.
Taxi!
Dongri, step on it!
"Walking along, to the left and right.."
"..look at life's ups and downs, everything in sight"
"where was I headed and where have I come"
"Spinning that wheel"
"I don't understand it, there is no one to explain"
"Spinning that wheel."
"Spinning.."
"Spinning that wheel."
"Spinning.."
"Spinning that wheel."
Step on it! Hurry up! - Yes, sir.
"He was running low on luck"
"When he tripped, his senses came unstuck"
"He forgets his duties and plays"
Uncle, where's National restaurant? - Don't know.
"He comes to his senses in a daze"
"Life is a vicious circle."
Where is National restaurant?
National Restaurant?
'It's 1pm and time to listen to the Hindi news from..
That is..
Let me think.
What are you saying? - The meter is faulty.
Where is National restaurant? - In my pocket.
Don't even think about it! Right.. that way..
Mister!
4 cups of tea. Take it.
Go on. It's reserved for you.
What do you want, dear? - I want this.
Okay. What do you want? - I want this.
I want a drink. - Okay, I will get it.
Brother, did you get what I asked for?
Yeah.. two for you..
And one each for Shabana and Nargis, don't tell them.
Where are they?
Out for tuitions. Their exams begin next month.
They're very nervous.
And where's our Michael Jackson?
Just back from dance class.
Jameel! It's brother!
We're coming to pick you at the airport.
Get away!
How are you?
Forgot your manners? How are you?
I'm fine. - Do you ever study or are you too busy dancing?
I am studying. Did you get me the new Xbox..
I did.
What time are you arriving day after?
The flight lands at 11. Be there on time.
Of course.
You were thinking?
About my family..
Nothing's going to happen to them.
You will save them from hell..
Just do as I tell you.
If my family or I have harmed you in any way.. I am sorry..
Who's this lovely girl with you..
Photo?
Found it in your suitcase.
Suitcase?
Your luggage!
My luggage is with you?
A friend?
A lover?
Nice.
Is she Muslim?
Christian?
Hindu.
She's Hindu.
Couldn't you find one from our faith..
No. - Water!
How much do you earn in a month?
How much do you want?
3000 pounds.
250,000 rupees.
You want money? How much?
More than you can earn in your lifetime
What do you want?
Have you ever thought about our people? Your people?
Your brothers and sisters, about what the holy book says..
I don't know what you mean.
That's because you haven't thought about it.
Spare a thought.
You'll know what I mean.
Brother..
A glass of water, please..
Sorry..
Are you hungry?
I'm thirsty.
You must be hungry.
I SAID I AM THIRSTY!
Don't shout!
There's a shop across the road.
You can get dry fruits from there..
You deaf?
Here.
What do you want?
How much?
And what do you want?
It's paid for.
Okay.
Chew some and keep the rest for later..
They fuel the mind and the body.
Mughals used to survive on them..
..every time they went to war.
Don't you know your history?
Not eating any?
Take the next left..
..then the second lane look for Gulistan building.
There's a common toilet on the second floor.
There's a number I've left on a piece of paper..
Why don't you tell me once and for all,
Stop making me run around the damn place..
You tell me and I will do it.
Hello?
Which one is Gulistan?
Gulistan? This one here.
Where's the loo?
Loo?
Toilet!
Can't hold it any longer?
Where's it?
At the back.
Want to come in
You saw how our people live.. like scum of this earth..
There's no space to shit. Where will they live?
I want to speak to my family.
Get out of there.
First let me speak to them.
You want to speak to them alive then do what I tell you to..
I don't like people acting deaf.
Didn't you hear?
Sixty years of our independence..
..economy has progressed, so much money floating around..
And our people are right where they used to be.
First we served the British.. now we serve them.
Before the British we ruled them - What did you say?
Who's stopping anyone from doing anything?
No one stopped me.
You did it because you got it all on a bloody platter.
You were very lucky. What about the rest?
Look, sir. You are wrong.
I did what I did because I wanted to do it..
I went to a government school and college.. like everyone else..
Worked hard. I was in every merit list..
I got a scholarship to study in London.
I slogged my arse off.
I did it because I wanted to. I wrote my own destiny.
And not just me. Hundreds, thousands.
Every progressive man has done the same..
Every man writes his own destiny.
Whoever says man writes his own destiny was bullshitting..
Had you gone to our school instead of the English one..
..you wouldn't be sounding like an idiot..
You might think so. I don't.
Really?
So who's writing your destiny right now?
Now don't stand there like a statue..
Get to a railway crossing.
Climb over.
Shabnam Communication Center.
Can you see it?
Aunt Shabnam will be at the counter. Show her the number.
Whoever answers the call, tell him you're calling from Mumbai.
And write down whatever they tell you.
Who will I be calling?
Hello?
Aunt Shabnam?
Son, go watch the shop.
Which city code is this? - Don't you know?
No.
It's ringing. Talk to Karachi.
Don't look there.. Talk. Haven't you ever spoken to Karachi?
Answer the phone. I'm only human, not one of your commandos!
Yes.
Where are you calling from?
From Mumbai.
From Mumbai?
Okay.
Hello. From Mumbai? Take the address down.
What?
Write it down.
Write it here..
Indo-Gulf hotel.
Bhindi Bazaar.
Booked under the name Sahil Sheikh.
Room number 203. Collection number 730730.
God bless.
Keep it safe. You'll need it.
How much?
It's paid for..
Destroy the paper after you remember it.. take the backdoor out.
Why did I call Karachi?
Get out of there..
What did you make me do? - Catch a taxi.
Why was that cop following me?
I won't tell you again, get in and get out..
Free?
Where to?
Tell him. - Bhindi Bazaar.
Why was he chasing me? - you tell me..
What did you do wrong?
You are educated, dress well.. not like us.
..belong to a good family..
look good..
What was your mistake? You called Karachi..
..and he chased you as if you were a bloody terrorist..
Don't twist this whole thing around!
I'm not. I'm telling you.
You are not telling me..
I asked you a question and..
..you think you got an opportunity to manipulate and convert me..
I don't think you love your family.
Get to the hotel. What number did he give you?
You don't know? - No!
Sings like a dream, doesn't he?
It's all under that cap of his.
Cap sales have gone through the roof because of him!
What's wrong? You look tense.
Someone has kidnapped my whole family..
Can you find them.. save them.. no! ..then just drive..
I'm sorry.. I didn't mean it.
That's alright. You were kidding, right?
People talk bad when they are sad..
Just yesterday..
Hey hero!
Need a ride? For the night?
Expert service giving..
Local, 200.
Foreign..
500.
And..
.. if there's anything new you want to try..
..it will cost you extra.
So listen, Rani was 20 years old. And Preeti?
Young, innocent.
Fourteen.
Excuse me.
They were both walking down the street..
And.. the two loafers were waiting for them.
One of them said "Princess..
when can we have the access to your excess'
And then?
Rani was used to hearing it but poor Preeti..
..She started crying.
Excuse me!
Can't you see we're trying to have a conversation.. go on.
Preeti cried all the way back..
And when they reached home, Rani asked her..
Those assholes were teasing me..
..why did you start bawling your eyes out..
Then? - Preeti cried.. and said..
I want to grow breasts like you..
I want to grow like you..
Where is room number 203?
Come.
Take him
Go on.
Here's your bed. Sit on it.
Here's some water.
Weren't you thirsty?
What do you people want from me?
Your phone is ringing.
A guy will come to you. Go with him.
I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what you want from me.
He'll ask for the number. Give it to him.
You remember it, right?
I said I'm not going anywhere until you tell me.. - I'm telling you.
I'm also trying to show and explain to you..
..but you don't want to see or get it..
Then why.. - Your mom is crying for you..
What should I tell her?
She can't wait to see you.
She keeps asking, "When will my Aamir come?"
Should I tell her..
You don't give a damn if she lives or dies..
No!
Please, you can't..
Listen to me..
Go.. where.. he takes you.
Come on!
Are you a cripple or did you get a paralysis attack.
Come on.
Never seen a butcher house.. follow me..
Feroze, how did you forget your way today?
I didn't.. first time I found my way.. fatass!
And you.. you bloody well memorize it for the way back.
Mr. Khan?
Khan sir
I have got the guy, he has the number too.
What's in it?
What do you think?
It's a bomb.
Give it to the man who comes for the suitcase .
Now leave.
Wait in your room.
You'll get a call.
What are you staring at?
Get going.
You remember the way out, right?
It's fresh meat!
"Shattered at every step.."
"..all through his life.."
"Lost.."
"..the man's is lost his identity"
"Lost.."
"undone by his strife"
"Shattered at every step.."
"..all through his life.."
"Lost.."
"The tick tock scares him."
"Lost.."
"It drags him under"
"These dark winds suffocate"
"They tear him asunder."
"With him as their target"
"..these shadows close in for the kill."
"Shattered at every step.."
"..all through his life.."
"Lost.."
"..the man's lost his identity."
"Lost.."
Is it too heavy? Should I lighten the load?
"undone by his strife" - O hero!
You thought..
It really was a bomb?
You like to ask questions, don't you?
Don't you want to know whose money it is.. what it is for?
Want me to shame you..
It's the brotherhood's money.
Our brothers sent it from all over the world for the Holy War.
Have you ever sent anything?
Why are you quiet?
Please, I did what you asked me to.
Now, how long?
I just want to go home.
Just do this last job and then you and your family can live ever after.
But before that "ever after" you need to eat..
You must be hungry.
I am not hungry..
You please.. - After you eat your family eats..
They don't..
There you are. Finish it fast.
Leave all the papers on the table. Just keep the suitcase note.
And the room keys with you.
Hand over the suitcase and your job's done.
He's left.
So hero, going without coming..
You'll regret it.
Keep an eye to your right.
The first narrow by-lane.
Saw it?
Take it.
This lane opens out onto the main junction.
Wait at the bus stop over there. I'll call you again at 4.
And listen.
Don't talk to anyone!
Hit him!
Take it!
Not the bag!
Run!
Not the bag!
Brother!
Run!
Are you blind?
Sir, that man..
Stop him! He took my suitcase!
Where is the thief?
What's wrong with him?
I think he's going to die.
My suitcase.
He won't spare them.
He will kill my family.
Let my son go!
Mother! Sister!
Leave him!
Leave my son!
Let my brother go!
Leave him!
Spare my son!
Jameel!
Falak?
Rascal!
Day dreaming?
Did you see anyone go by with a red suitcase? - What happened?
No, I didn't.
Brother..
Did you see anyone with a red suitcase?
No.
Did you see someone with a red suitcase?
Did you see anyone with a red suitcase? - No!
Did you see anyone go by with a red suitcase? - No!
Did you see anyone pass by with a red suitcase?
No
Did you see anyone pass by with a red suitcase?
Looking for the red suitcase?
It will cost you!
How do you know?
I know this place like the back of my hand.
I know what goes on in every nook and corner.
Where is it? Please!
I said it will cost you.
Yes
Here, take it all.
But please, my life depends on it.
It's a dangerous place. People don't even carry their wallets here..
Hero was wondering with a big suitcase.. that too red.
What was in it?
Don't tell me. What do I care?
What was in it?
Don't tell me then. I don't care.
Was it him?
They'll never learn.
They've just been out on bail..
..and they're at it again.
Where are you going?
Do you want him or the suitcase?
They drink together in that junkyard
How do you know?
I've done a lot of local and foreign in there.
How will you go back home if you give it all to me?
Where do you have to go?
Junction.
Take it..
Your face is so full of dirt. Keep it.
Thank you.
Mention not.
You look like a decent man. Whatever happened to you?
"Life is fleeting."
"Some like a bubble."
"Sometimes high, sometimes low, fighting the storm."
"Have mercy, I beg you Lord."
"Protect me at every step."
"O, Lord."
"This delicate, string of breaths.. - Will burn."
"The life which was preserved. - Will turn."
"Why be vain when this fair body will turn to dust someday."
"No matter how many lamps you light, the light will fade away."
"Have mercy, I beg you, Lord."
"..protect me at every step."
"Protect me at every step."
"O, Lord."
"In the glitter of gold or the tinkle of coins.."
"..you can't be found."
"it's in the grains of dust, that you're found"
"O Lord, can a human's wish dare override yours?"
"You are the master puppeteer and every..
..human's fate is at your finger tip"
"Have mercy, I beg you, Lord."
"..protect me at every step."
"Protect me at every step."
"O, Lord."
Are you there?
Bus number 84. It will arrive in 15 minutes.
Whatever you saw today and whatever
I said, did any of it make any difference to you?
Your name is Aamir, right? Do you know what it means?
The Leader..
The leader who lives and dies for his own people.. What did you do?
I don't want to be a leader. I'm just an ordinary man!
It always begins with an ordinary man..
then it slowly becomes a revolution..
I don't want to spark a revolution.
I just want to lead a simple and peaceful existence..
If everybody thought like you ..
..we would still be living in the dark ages..
if everybody minded their own business..
.. the world would be a better place..
You talk like a foreigner now.
You forgot your people, your faith, your war..
I don't want to fight any war..
This is your war too!
No it's not! - Aren't you a Muslim?
Yes, I am! No, you can't be a Muslim..
you can't be a Muslim..
Who gives you the right to judge that.
Every Muslim has a moral duty towards the holy war.
And who decrees that..
You saw for yourself, in that suitcase..
..how our brothers from all over the world are helping us in this war!
No one is helping anyone..
The only ones who truly help are your own family..
Do you know more than me?
Well, I know what I need to know and you know it too..
You won't understand, forget it.
If you don't get it after seeing what you saw today..
..then you never will..
The bus will be there soon. Get in.
Get off at Andheri station. You'll meet that psycho driver
Hand over the suitcase and you're free.
And my family?
The job gets done and they go home.
Push the suitcase under the seat and get off the bus..
What?
Push the suitcase under the seat and get off the bus!
Are you looking for the red suitcase?
You switched the suitcase!
We have to change the fate of our people.
Now you know the importance of an ordinary man fighting..
He has to take back what was taken away from him.
You knew it all along. - I knew everything, only you did not..
Why me? -Because you did not wait to do it ..
..where you should have.. you ran back home..
from London.. if you don't do it now,
you might have to leave Mumbai too..
This is not right. - This is a retaliatory mission.
Get off. You have three minutes.
And after that you'll be mujahid and your family will be free..
Get off. You have two and half minutes.
You deaf again?
Now you are a leader!
Congratulations! He got out of the bus!
Do not disconnect. I want to hear the sound of Allah's will..
Brother, - What happened?
Brother..
We'd like to tell our viewers we have breaking news.
There has been a blast in the Andheri area.
Yes, you've heard it right.
There has been a blast in Andheri.
Breaking news of a bomb blast in a fully residential area in Mumbai.
A bomb blast in the financial capital of Mumbai.
That too in a residential area.
And one terrorist has been killed in it.
It is still not clear which organization he was related to.
But one terrorist..
These fresh pictures you are seeing only on our channel.
Our representative is present there.
It is not clear..
..why the terrorist ran out of the bus with the suitcase.
But if the blast had taken place in the bus..
..then at least a hundred people would've been killed.
The police have refused to share any information on this..
..Although they claim the suicide bomber..
..might have backed off in fear in the last moment..
Now we have to see if we can.. -Yes Rahul, can you hear us? Rahul!
Maybe we can't reach him!
We want to inform those who have just tuned on their TV sets..
..that there has been a bomb blast in Andheri..
"So many lives fill these skies like stars"
"Yours, mine and so many, just like ours."
"God forbid, one of these ends before its time."
"For a smiling debt for what was not his crime?"
"Why did this bright flame go out, O' Lord?"
"All ask is a cup of joy as pure as dew and sun "
"but are sacrificed in your name, o Lord, sadly one by one"
"God forbid, why should someone die just because he wished for it?"
"Why did it end before enjoying the pleasures of life?"
"Why did this bright flame go out, O' Lord?"