Halt... Open up. Just a minute sir.
This man's in a hurry.
Who's he? Where's he going?
Got to catch the Valley Express. -I'm already late. If you'd hurry...
Open the boot. It's not locked.
Hope there's no bomb in the boot.
You'll find bombs 30 kilometers ahead.
Move on!
-Will we reach the station? If the Lord wishes.
Has the Barrack Valley Express left?
It's running late. -Saved. How late?
8 hours late.
It's terribly cold!
I'll freeze in this cold! There's not a soul around.
Station master! You'll have to cremate me!
Where are you running to?
Matches!
Brother! Hey there!
Uncle!
Do you have a match?
Never mind, if you don't have it.
Glad to know you're alive.
What do you think? Will the train arrive?
If it does come, will it also leave?
I hope the bridges are strong enough.
Not built by a dishonest contractor.
Because if a bridge collapses, we'll be in deep trouble.
You're the limit!
Forgive me.
Taking you for a man, I asked you for a match.
But you're a girl and a beautiful one at that.
Forgive me.
Do you have a match stick?
Don't you ever smile?
I mean, it's good to laugh.
Don't tell me your name. My name is Amarkant Varma.
Only tell me where you were born.
Or a relative's name... tell me your mother's name.
Maybe you have a dog at home?
No dog? Say something... Tell me to shut up.
Can I do something for you?
I mean, get you the stars or the moon? Conquer a fort?
No match stick!
You're all alone. Can I get you something?
A cup of hot tea.
Don't go away. I'll just get it.
There's a bomb in my suitcase.
If you move it will... "boom"!
Uncle.
Make us some special tea.
Closed for the day. No, my future depends on this.
Here's the money.
Make a nice cup. With cream.
I'll take some biscuits as well.
The station master said the train is running 8 hours late.
That's another train.
Hope she's not taking it. What did you say?
Nothing. You make the tea. I'll add the sugar.
"OYE"... This must be the world's shortest love story.
"He who walks in the shadow of love..."
"will have paradise beneth his feet."
"He who walks in the shadow of love..."
"Walk in the shadow..."
"walk in the shadow of love,"
"let your feet walk upon paradise."
"Walk in the shadow..."
"My love is like a sweet fragance,"
"Her words are like Urdu poetry."
"She is my evening, my night, my universe."
"She is my friend, my beloved"
"Walk in the shadow..."
"My love is like a hidden flower, whose perfume draws you near."
"I will wear her like an amulet, she is like a miracle."
"My love is like a hidden flower, whose perfume draws you near."
"- My song... my declaration of faith..." "-My friend is like a priest to me."
"My song... my declaration of faith..."
"she moves like the morning dew; underneath her feet, heaven moves"
"Sometimes through the branches, sometimes amidst the leaves,"
"I search for the traces of her in the air"
"He who walks in the shadow of love..."
"will have heaven beneth his feet."
"walk in the shadow..."
"I am an admirer of her beauty;"
"Flickle, she flits shamelessly from sun to shade,"
"changing the color of her radiance"
"I am a lover of her color and beauty"
"He who walks in the shadow of love..." "will have heaven beneth his feet."
"She is my evening, my night, my universe."
"She is my friend, my beloved"
"He who walks in the shadow of love..."
"will have heaven beneth his feet."
"walk in the shadow..."
"My friend is like a sweet fragance,"
"whose words are like Urdu poetry."
"who is my evening, my night, my resurrection."
"That friend is my beloved!"
"walk in the shadow..."
What's your name?
Where's the boss? -The vegetable market.
You're all cheats!
Not one paise extra!
Am I new to these parts?
Are you from All India Radio? Yes, but after this fight. Cheats!
Do you have change for 50 bucks?
Give me 20 bucks. What? Yes...
No, it's not fair. It's absolutely fair.
Put this away... I owe you 20 bucks.
Couldn't talk to you while arguing, or I'd forget the abuses.
I knew it would be you.
Don't throw the cigarette. India can't bear any kind of wastage.
What do you think of the last 50 years of India's independence?
What progress have we made?
What freedom? We have no freedom.
Village leaders got only more powerful and started fleecing us.
Has free India made any progress?
No. The central government threatens us and keeps us cowed down.
Atrocities are inflicted on the poor and innocent.
And you say we are free! Is this what freedom means?
Louder. No progress at all.
We have progressed. No way!
Do you feel India has progressed? Yes.
India is the best.
Have you ever met these terrorists or their leaders?
I have two children. Don't want to see me happy?
I'm going to meet them. Are you crazy? Why?
For an interview. -You won't return alive.
I already told him that.
We work for the radio, not for the newspapers.
We don't have to sensationalise news.
They are dangerous people.
It's my job to find out after 50 years of independence...
...what is the average Indian's mindset?
For that you need to get into the jungles and meet with them?
They are citizens of our country. And are upset.
We must find out why, and what they think.
It's impossible. You won't find them.
We've spoken to them. The jeep is on its way. Didn't you tell her?
Yes. Have you made all these arrangements?
Actually, last night, he saw some trees...
Since then he's been screaming to see either trees or...
You don't find trees in Delhi.
Hey, hello... I have to give you something.
Remember, a cup of piping hot tea.
Will you have it here or prefer to go to a restaurant?
Or there's a good joint... -Move out of my way.
Maybe you haven't recognised me. We met at the railway station.
I asked you for a match. -Match?
You were covered in a dark shawl. -No, it wasn't me.
Look, I don't know you.
You are mistaken. You must have seen somebody else.
Wasn't that you?.. Then... "OYE"
Not to you.
Can you see anything?
I see the gong of death!
Don't be afraid.
Listen. What is it?
Brother. Yes? Sounds like a female.
What's your name?
I wanted to ask if... you...
What's your age? And since when are you doing this? Sister.
I've 2 wives and 8 kids. I'm fed up. Why do you do this?
Yes. Come soon.
We are. Let me drink the tea. Don't pester me.
Don't be angry now.
This is for the radio.
You won't speak in my tongue.
But I must speak in your language?
First of all I wanted to ask, you look just like us.
Absolutely normal. What did you think?
What's your aim?
Independence.
From whom? Your government. India.
Why? Why?
I mean why? India became free 50 years ago.
Many promises were made to us. Not one was kept.
We have been oppressed.
Yet the nation is yours.
No. You feel Delhi is India.
The states in the far flung area have no meaning for you.
Because they are small, not big.
Delhi cares about places that have vote banks.
Terrorism... We are not terrorists.
Where do you get weapons from?
Where did you get this courage?
Where do you get weapons? Anywhere.
So China and Pakistan help you?
These weapons come here and you... I can't tell you any more.
You've given guns to little kids.
Made them terrorists only for your selfish motives...
That is too much!
He can join us.
The same courage and dedication.
If you lose your job at the radio station, you can come and join us.
It is night at the station... He was waiting...
...for the train, but the rains came.
Playing like a child. Piercing through the sky.
The trees were swaying as if they had lost their senses.
The tin-roofs danced in gay abandon with each other.
Such was the fury of the sky.
As if it would drown the world!
In the midst of this, he saw somebody on the dark platform.
Brother, do you have a match?
A gust of wind blew the cloth off the stranger's head...
A girl.
Dark black, but little eyes.
High cheek bones.
A flat nose as if somebody had pasted it on in a rush.
One look and he decided to save her from the villains and carry her away.
But he had neither horses nor were there any villains.
Forgive me. I thought you were a man and asked you for a match.
Her answer. Nothing.
Her eyes... full of magic.
Not even a smile.
Why doesn't she ask something?
All of a sudden...
As if pearls are falling...
She says... tea.
Today is going to be different.
Meaning? Amar is looking after everything today.
He gets hot tea in a floral glass.
He runs hard.
So as not to spill any.
But a train that would be offended to halt at this little station...
I looked at the train. I didn't know whether it was mine or hers.
The guard showed the red along with the green flag.
I ran towards the train.
The train left.
She too left... "OYE"
Here.
Is a rupee stamp sufficient?
I'm standing here. Just a minute.
Can I talk to him? No local calls.
I know.
The meter is not working. Will this do?
Make the call only if you have the change.
All right.
Twenty rupees. Full rate.
Join politics.
This is wrong. You've met me twice and yet, refuse to recognise me.
Stop following me.
No. -You will have to.
Why? -I don't like it.
I don't believe it. -I.. I...
What's the problem?
Is it your parents, caste, community... religion?
Or the two gangsters in the train?
I can even talk to them.
Even if I have to use my fists... -It's not that.
I don't like it. Leave me alone.
You don't like me?
Hope you won't follow me now.
It's done!
Did you talk? Yes.
Have you eaten? Yes.
"OYE"..... "oye" -Who is it?
Now where are you going? I'll be back.
Go anywhere. As if I care.
Go away from here!
Will you come with me?
I'm not what you think I am.
How do you know what I think?
I've found you with great difficulty. How can I let you go so easily?
Either you tell your family.
Or I'll talk to them. Think it over and tell me.
What do you know about me?
Nothing except that I love you.
With all my heart.
"The sun had come out; the temperature had dropped."
"A whirlwind kicked up just as a cry shot forth from the heart,"
"From the heart!"
"From the heart..."
"After all, a heart is only a heart; it's a sweet hardship."
"Beloved..."
"Life itself..."
"from the heart!"
"Two autumn leaves fell from the tree"
"from the tree banches they fell."
"The seasons passed and those two poor leaves..."
"desiring to grow, passed through every hardship."
"Those leaves were our hearts... They were our hearts..."
"If you have a heart you'll feel pain and if you feel pain then you have a heart."
"The seasons keep passing."
"If you have a heart you'll feel pain and if you feel pain then you have a heart."
"the seasons keep passing through my heart."
"From my heart..."
"After all, a heart is only a heart; it's a sweet hardship."
"Beloved..."
"Life itself..."
"From the heart!"
"There are restrictions within relationships,"
"bound by chains of thorns, doors and walls of stone."
"But even so, the leaves take root, and their buds bloom"
"The characters in the story meet, and their bonds are of the heart,"
"they are of the heart..."
"The heart's misery are fleeting, like bubbles of water..."
"they're extinguished and then they form again,"
"The heart's misery are fleeting, like bubbles of water..."
"they're extinguished and then they form again,"
"from the heart...!"
Surprised? Worried?
Angry?
I don't believe in one-sided love.
There must be something between us.
The only difference being you're not willing to accept the truth.
And I do.
What's the matter? No courage?
The truth... -Leave me alone!
Answer a question of mine.
Then I won't bother you. -You don't know anything.
I've come to find out. -You are very wrong.
-Why don't you understand? You don't tell me anything.
How can I understand? -I am married.
Now you won't follow me?
To whom?
The man with you in the train? -Yes.
One moment.
Nothing.
How can I love a married girl?
Infatuation, not love.
Get in. Your books must be on the table in 5 minutes.
What do I do?
Forget her.
There's no shortage of girls.
I don't mean that.
I must apologise to her.
Then do so. -It's necessary.
I must apologise to her.
She's come.
Is she the one?
Why has she brought this gang?
You wanted to apologise to the girl. So why are the men coming here?
Her husband.
Two husbands? -You have 2 wives.
There's a lot of difference between a husband and a wife.
Listen, we want to talk to you.
Pardon me? We want to talk.
Yes? In privacy.
Talk here.
There's no need to worry. Come on.
Go ahead. I'll tell madam you'll be late.
Why don't you go?
I must tell you some things clearly.
I'm a government servant.
If anything happens to me, the matter goes to the police.
And also to the government.
I also have quite a few terrorist friends.
I know the leader very well.
Don't listen to him. I was a bo xing champ at college.
I can throw a bottle in the air and break it with another.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
What do we do with him? -What do you mean?
So you're a policeman? -I'm not a policeman.
I work for the radio. Look like a policeman!
What do you do?
Why are you talking to him? Drag him out!
Let us talk. What are you doing here?
Why are you asking me so many questions?
Want to get a girl married?
Pull him out!
Don't touch me. Just talk.
And you behave yourself.
Explain to him.
We live in the hills. We have some rules and customs.
It will be better if you leave the girl alone.
What if I don't?
I told you not to touch me!
I didn't know she knows you!
I told you not to touch me!
I didn't know she was married!
In any case, your women have 5 husbands.
Our sisters don't marry outside.
Is she your sister?
And yours?
She's my cousin.
She is not married then?
Did you see him? -Yes, there.
The rascals threw him here.
Stop! Back.
Where? -There!
Got beaten black and blue for her!
Now do you intend to work or not?
What? Says no.
You won't forget that girl.
Yes? -Her...
What's he saying? -Marriage...
-She's not married. She's not married?
She's not married!
She says they've left. They'd come for 2 months.
Where have they gone? I don't know.
When did they leave? Some time ago.
Are you the girl's grandmother?
She says the girl was lovely. I wish I was her grandma.
From where had they come? From where had they come?
From the city.
Doesn't she know where they've gone?
Don't know. She knows nothing.
What's she saying? The girl was good, boys useless.
Don't know what they always talked about.
Only the girl would run around.
Attend to the phone. Why can't you?
Amar? Mother, it's brother on the line.
How are you? Talk to grandma. Give me the line.
Ask him why he hasn't written! I'm growing even more old!
Grandma is growing older! When is he returning?
Come back soon. Give me the line!
We are very worried! The newspapers publish some terrible news everyday.
Take care of yourself. Let me also talk!
Your Dad's friend from the army, Mr Nair...
...is bringing his daughter here.
When should he come?
After 5 years. When are you coming?
May you live long. One minute.
Bring something for me. It's not a local call.
Give it to me!
That girl doesn't come these days.
Do you know the number the girl would dial from here?
I have a record of all the numbers dialled from here.
-Can you tell me? Why not? But Why?
I had a fight with her.
I wanted to talk to her.
I don't give out numbers like this.
It's a government office. -What office?
-Keep this. No!
Yes?
-What code is this? Ladakh
Yes, it's almost over.
I'll assume I'd lost my head for a few days.
But don't tell anyone.
Pay up!
Move aside.
The army shot a running man.
I'm from All India Radio. I want to know what happened.
Hurry up.
Isn't this a violation against human rights?
Human rights! Ask him... He was blowing up school kids with RDX!
"oye"... Recognize me?
Your husband is not to be seen.
Sent him to thrash somebody?
I don't have a husband.
Are you looking for one?
Who are you? Why have you come here?
Come to cover the festival?
And you? -I'm with him.
His wife? Whose kids are these?
Are you my wife?
She's my wife. We've been married for 25 years!
Wife! Let me knew if somebody needs a thrashing.
Give me a hand. Help the kids.
Mother this way.
Where are these people going? -To Kargill.
How long will it take? - 2 days.
The route is long. Let's walk.
Throw carefully!
"OYE".. I'm talking to you.
Oye ... Stop!
-What do you want? Some answers. What's your name
I've been betrayed.
I was beaten up and dumped in an isolated spot.
And today I am your husband???
Don't you think I'd have some questions for you to answer?
By what name do I address you? -Meghna
Real or false? -False
False!! Who were those men? -My brothers.
Just as Rajiv Gandhi is mine? Why did you lie that you were married?
If I hadn't, would you have left me?
No. -That is why.
Don't try to act innocent.
I know you're not as innocent as you look.
Think I will dance to your tunes all my life?
Well, your game is exposed!
Stop!!.. You love to tease boys, don't you?
Know what we call girls like you?
We call them fast.
You really hate me.
Yes; with all my heart.
Look into my eyes and say that.
Here, take some water.
Haven't you ever seen a girl?
Where are you going? Call back your husband, too.
Let's go back. A storm is raging.
There's some innocence still left in you.
Everyone has gone to a cave nearby.
Sometimes, you are lead ahead and sometimes you follow behind.
What's the matter?
What's wrong?
Tell me what happened!
You are in shock. What is it?
Can't you speak?
Has this happened before?
The more you try to hide it, the more it will torment you.
Don't hold your feelings back!
"You, only you, of the many colors..."
"You, only you, of the many-coloreld spirit..."
"The shadow on my heart is your many colors, your many-colored spirit..."
"You're beautiful, Why are you so distant?"
"You are feeling itself, many-colored one. Are you a dream, or a shadow? many colored one"
"Tell me now, when will this wild wind rest?"
"No one has control over love it is a triumphant fire"
"It cannot be started on a whim, and cannot be extinguished if you try"
"No one has control over love it is a triumphant fire"
"Her eyes touched me like so lightly, lightly, and I was infatuated..."
"it filled my heart."
"You, only you, you are all the sweetness of living!"
"You are my longing, longing itself"
"The flame of your body fires my breath; desire urges me onward.
"my pain begins to understand its purpose"
"You, only you... are all the sweetness of living."
"You, only you... are my longing, longing itself!"
"You touched me like a whisper, your eyes softened by silence."
"On the floor I make my prayers, some conscious, some unconscious."
"The shadow on my heart is your many colors, your many-colored spirit..."
"You're beautiful, Why are you so distant? When you are near, you are feeling itself"
"Are you a dream, or a shadow? many colored one"
"I am entangled in your ways, entangled in your embrace."
"Let me disentangled my wits I am snared by your desires!"
"I am entangled in your ways, entangled in your embrace."
"Let me disentangled my wits I am snared by your desires!"
"I am obsessed with life, obsessed with death!"
"Apart from this, there is no peace!"
"I am obsessed with life, obsessed with death..."
"Apart from this, there is no peace."
"You, only you, many-coloreld one!"
"You, only you, of the many-coloreld spirit..."
"No one has control over love it is a triumphant fire"
"It cannot be started on a whim, and cannot be extinguished if you try"
"No one has control over love it is a triumphant fire"
Please move aside.
Come with me.
One minute.
-Do you follow Hindi? Yes, a bit.
I want to marry her.
When? -Right now.
Excuse me, he's mad.
What have I said that's crazy?
Just because I want to marry you?
Will anybody say something stupid in such a holy place?
But you never asked me.
Then I'll ask you now.
Will you marry me?
No. -Why?
I don't have the time.
Don't have the time?
Suppose we do get married.
Not now. Now we don't have time.
Suppose we get married. What do you think...
Will we be happy together?
Lots of love and happiness?
Then we'll fight. Break heads.
But let me make one thing clear. I won't accept defeat.
You'll have to make the first move to make up.
You won't?
Meaning, I'll have to apologise to you?
But once the kids come, no fights.
No, they will be involved, too.
Really? How many kids will we have?
Two? One?
More? Three? Four? -Eight
Eight?
But they have to resemble me.
Look like me. -Then you keep them!
If not me, should they look like you?
Tiny eyes, flat nose! -Flat nose?
Didn't anyone ever tell you only your smile is all right?
Do you know what it means to hit like this?
You like me very much.
Hitting like this...
...means you love me very much.
This means you can't live without me!
-I'll die. Really?
Just like this.
Who is asking you to die?
Say you love me.
Have no time.
Don't desert the old lady.
Why didn't they take them along? Left them with us for nothing!
-They understand Hindi. And the language of the heart?
If they don't leave us alone, when will we romance?
What's wrong? Not sleepy?
I am, but I won't sleep.
Why? Are you scared of me?
My family taught me the one who sleeps in a strange land loses all.
You are scared. -No.
Do you have any idea what fear is?
Now we won't argue or fight.
We'll just talk.
What do you like the best?
Answer quickly. I'll count to 3
- 1, 2... Mother's hands.
Mother's hands. Second?
The pigeons of the village temple.
Third? Poetry.
A local song?
What do you dislike the most?
I don't like you getting close.
That's a lie Your laughter and mischief.
The zest in you.
Wrong. Actually you envy me.
Yes.
You tell me what you like.
First I'll tell you what I don't like.
I hate this distance between us.
All that is hidden within you. And I hate your eyes the most.
However hard I try, I can't read anything in them.
Now I'll tell you what I like.
I like your eyes the most.
Because however hard I try, I read nothing in them.
There's so much hidden in you.
I like that very much.
And I like this distance the best.
Because if not for this distance, I would have no excuse to get closer.
Go to sleep.
Just sleep?
With your mouth shut.
Some people are like names written in the sand.
Just one gust of wind blows them away.
No! No!
No! No! No! No!
This aim of our revolution is the freedom for our country.
For this, we will sacrifice our bodies and our lives.
We also accept our commander and his aim.
We will sacrifice ourselves for the attainment of these goals.
We do solemnly swear.