"Near Lucknow, the capital" of Uttar Pradesh...
in village Siraiya of district Sitapur...
...Lakshmi was born.
"Hey Lakshmi, you!"
"But, what about our clothes?"
You'll get them!
If you promise to come with me to pluck mangoes in the garden nearby.
In the enthusiasm of careless youth...
she was enjoying the sweet-sour mangoes with friends.
She met a rich landlord's son Vijay Singh by chance!
You are hurt! Let me give you a dressing!
I'll get some medicine from the village doctor.
"Even I am a doctor," but an English doctor.
If ointment is not used on this "bruise, it might get infected."
Come!
A meeting turned into acquaintance. Acquaintance turned into love.
"Hearts full of love, began filling" colours in each other's life.
Colour me
"I am fair and have a fair heart," "and, it is the season of many hues"""
"Holi is here, in it's glory" "everyone's intoxicated with joy"""
"Hey, drench everyone in colour"
"When you are near me," "I don't need this world"""
"I want only one hue on me," "It's you, It's you"""
"Only you have touched my heart," "Only you shall touch my form"""
Only you can fill "colours in my dreams"""
"Ages go by, life times go by"
May the colour of "love never diffuse"""
The star of destiny is ascending "everyone has become so endearing"""
"It's all because," "I have found your love"""
- Why are you so quite? - No! I am not.
Are you trying to hide it from me?
"From your own, Vijay?" Tell me what is it?
"You love me a lot, don't you?"
Do you doubt me?
I don't doubt you but am scared!
Silly! Scared of what?
"Your father is a landlord, and I am " a daughter of a petty postmaster.
A man doesn't become rich by money "and property, but by his heart."
As far as it concerns "your heart, I know..."
I know my Laxmi as rich as I am.
Have you lost your mind! You want to marry a postmaster's daughter?
You want to make us a laughing stock.
"People would taunt, you rejected" offers from well known families...
and married a postmaster's daughter.
You call him postmaster as if he is a criminal!
Why don't you consider that even he is a creation of God!
Did you hear that? ls that why you sent him to be a doctor!
"It's not his, but his age's fault!"
"At this age, young men" do commit such mistakes.
"But, remember, an intelligent man" is one who corrects his mistake.
I don't want to hurt you but I have "decided it, after much thought."
- I have given her my word. "- Than hear my word, too!"
If that girl steps into this "house, I would swallow poison."
Only I have to make decision in this house.
God has given us one son and if we can't keep him happy...
then there are no more cruel parent's then us.
I am saying it for "his happiness, only."
"I know, but in this issue, his" happiness should be our happiness.
"Okay! But, marriage will take place" only when he comes from abroad.
"No! Elders have said, one" shouldn't delay good work.
"Why son, Am I right?"
Father!
- I can feel you heart-beats! - Really?
"- Do you know, what they" are saying? - What?
"They say that, when you become" the mother of my child...
then you would love me a lot.
And when you would become mother of my second child...
you would love me even more.
"But, when you would go abroad, how" will I spend moments of separation.
Don't worry! Days would just fly!
Every minute of this night won't let us feel that we are separate.
May you live long! Study hard and add laurels to the family name!
"With your blessings," I'll surely do!
- Take care of yourself? - Take care of Laxmi!
Don't be sad! Time would "pass, you won't even know!"
Keep sending replies to my letters.
"Don't cry, everyone would see it!"
May you live long! May God grant you success!
What is it? Why are you making so much noise?
"You talk about noise, If it were in " "my power, I would fly back home."
- What's so special? "- Buddy, I am going to be a father!"
He is adorable! Looks exactly like Vijay!
- Mother! - What is it?
- Father's telegram has come. Grandpa says he will come tomorrow.
" Really';- ' Yes! I
"I forgot you, completely!"
"You are my darling, puppy!"
Here you go!
Come Son! May you live long! You look fine!
"- Oh mother, my great mother!" - Live long!
Father! Father! What have you brought for me?
I have brought a lot of things for my son!
"Greet him, son!"
- Greetings! "- So, this is junior Vijay!"
"This is my friend, Mohan!" My Mother! Your sister-in-law!
- Mohan will stay with us! - Fine! "Son, consider it your own home."
"Hey, Bansi! Take his luggage" to the guest room!
You two freshen up and relax! There is a party in the evening!
- Party? - Yes! For your excellent results in exams!
People are coming from far and wide for the occasion! Come in son!
I have brought nice toys for my prince.
"Here, I open the bag." How do you like it?
"- You like it, right?" "- Mother, isn't it fine?"
Go and play!
- What do you think of this watch? - It's nice!
Keep this! Mohan has bought it for you!
- For me? - Yes!
"And, what have you brought for me?"
I...have brought for you...
Mohan is a nice guy! He has a son our pappu's age. He's adorable.
"Two of us friends have decided," that if we have a daughter...
we will marry her to his son.
"And, if he gets a daughter, we" would marry our pappu to her.
What if both of you get sons?
"If that happens," we would try again!
Pappu is still here!
Why don't you go and show your toys to grandpa and granny?
- Shall I show them to granny? - Yes. They are such nice toys!
- I'll go right away! - Good boy! That's a good son!
I'll send some hot water for you.
"Right now, I don't need hot" "water, but some hot breath."
"Please, leave me!" What would others think?
What? We have met after a long time and sharing grief and happiness.
What's the hurry? At least let the night fall!
You may shut your eyes and it would be night!
Congratulations! Congratulations!
Vijay has added to village's prestige.
"Not just village," "but the city, too."
Afterall he has passed a medical examination from abroad.
Your daughter-in-law is lucky for you. May everyone get so lucky!
She's is virtually a "goddess, goddess Laxmi."
Meet deputy Collector of the region Mr.Sundar singh!
"We studied, together in London."
Pleased to meet you!
Greetings sir! Greetings younger sir!
How are you?
"- Postmaster sir got ill, suddenly." - What happened to him?
I don't know. I am really scared. I took the first bus and came.
"But, there is a doctor" in your village!
He's gone to the city and wouldn't be back before day after.
That's why I came to call Vijay sir.
Are you crazy? How can he leave the party and go with you?
"Party can carry on, but" I think I should go!
"- What do you say, Mohan? - Yes!" Patients come first for a doctor.
"But, you know the visit would" take at least 4-5 hours.
You don't worry. I'll be back soon.
Would you come with me? Never mind.
I'll come with you. You might need me!
Why did you let him go?
“L tried to stop him. But, a patient's life is at stake.
And the patient is his father-in-law. so he left.
No good work in our house happens unless her family causes a trouble!
Let it be! He has said "he would be back, soon!"
lam sorry son! "I bothered you, today!"
I wanted to be at you party! "But, you can see my condition!"
"I don't know, if I'll ever" "see Laxmi and Pappu, again!"
Don't loose heart! Not all diseases kill a man.
This disease can only become my death.
"Father, death can come" to anybody at any time.
Man should never lose faith in God!
Don't you worry! Nothing is going to happen to you.
Give my love to Laxmi and Pappu.
He would come when the party is over and guests have left.
"It's 11 pm, and people" are getting bored.
Let the musical program begin. They will come by the time it is over.
Then everyone could have food together.
What do you say?
You are right. Let's begin!
What magic! What magic! "It's a wonder of Allah"""
It's raining wonders! "It's a wonder of Allah"""
"There is a moon on the sky," "another one on earth"""
There are two moons "and just one night"""
Twice is the wonder of God
All of these guys are mean
May God forbid "such meanness"""
Their skin is fair "but their heart is dark"""
"They call it love," "they call it amour"""
It's all nothing "but a noose"""
"O, my heart! O, my sweetheart!" "I can sacrifice my self for you"""
You were cast in flowers! "you are the vell of a flower"""
"You have hair like clouds," "a face that is fresh as a garden"""
You have a heart that's "prettier than a bouquet"""
You have a fragrance that's sweet
Don't even look at others' "just be my love"""
You are the only wish of my heart
"You are the only one, I can" "dream of as my bride"""
You are a rogue "You are a man of evil ways"""
"Don't try to be innocent," "when I know you are crooked"""
"Don't sit like this, here!" "Go, laze around somewher else"""
May the place where "you live be blighted"""
Your sincerity is a lie "your determination is a lie"""
This obsession of yours "with me is a lie, too"""
You don't know the fire "that rages in my heart"""
You can't feel the "hurt, that is within"""
They are absolute idiots
The verve you possess is not "to be found even in the spring"""
Not in the heavenly stars "not even in the gardens of eden"""
"Not in red amber," "not even is rapid streams"""
There's no one more "dear to me than you"""
There's none like you "even amongst thousands"""
There's no worse a Vagabond in the "bazaar and in streets, than you"""
"You don't understand the pain," "you are not worth my trust"""
You cherish your "life more than love"""
Even ignorant are less "greedy than you are"""
There's none like "you in thousands"""
Stop it! I say stop it!
Father! Father!
How did it happen?
"To reach here, soon, Vijay was" driving the jeep very fast.
Drive slow! Road is in a bad condition.
Don't worry! I have been driving on these roads since I was a child.
Oh God! This ogress has devoured my young son.
"Why didn't she die," the day she was born.
Why didn't she got sick of "Cholera, when she was growing up."
I didn't want her to step into this house.
"I don't know where was his mind," that he didn't listen to me.
Even her father had to fall sick on the same day.
Why didn't the old man die before sending someone here.
The witch caused her husband's death.
"Devour me, too!" Devour the whole family!
I am not hungry. Take it away! "I told you, take it away!"
How long would keep crying. What had to happen has happened!
"If you punish your self this way," his soul wouldn't rest in peace.
"If not for anyone else, the at least " for Pappu you have to live.
Her husband's died just other day and she's started eying other man.
The women we thought was an angel turned out to be an ogress.
The soul heir to this house died due to this ill-fated woman.
May god save us from the shadow of this ill-fated woman.
Ogress! You are feeding him your leftovers?
"After my son, have you set" your eyes on my grandson?
Mother!
Don't call her mother! She is an ogress! Go from here!
"Madam has said, that from, today" you would do all the washing.
"- See, she comes even here!" - Thakurain is mad!
"Had it been someone else, she would " have sent her to her parents house!
This ill-fated woman should be dragged out of her house.
"What are you thinking," just get lost from here!
Don't be anxious. You are going to be a mother.
Don't know why God has been so cruel to her.
"How's father doing, uncle?" Tell me please!
He's no more!
No!
Oh god! What should I do?
We are going to the temple for prayers.
"Mother, I...Shall I" too...temple...
Wretched woman! You caused your mother's dead when you were born!
You caused your husband's death and now you did it to your father.
I can't desecrate the prayer by taking you to the temple.
Your place isn't in the temple. You deserve to be in hell! Lets go!
She's pregnant! Once again!
- Thakurain's Daughter-in-law! - How is it possible?
After years when her husband "came, he died the very same day."
How can one become pregnant without meeting a husband?
If a woman eyes another man than this has to happen!
"You wretched woman, whose" child are you carrying?
With whom did you indulge in such a sin?
"I swear, it's your" own son's love!
"You are lying! The day my son came, " you devoured him the same night!
Whole village is talking about you! We can't show our face to anyone.
Get out of our house! Get lost!
Your mother is dead! Get aside!
"- Please, don't separate me from my" son! - Don't call him your son!
You are not a mother but a prostitute!
"Neither, your misfortune is new"
"Nor, this worlds behavior"
Thorns on the path didn't change "the world still remains the same"""
You are the women of that Earth "where Sita didn't get happiness"""
The injustice that "became your destiny"""
That injustice is being "practiced for ages"""
Whether she was a maiden "or a pregnant woman"""
Humiliation was her share
Even though she brought "forth incarnations"""
She merely found a place "amongst the downtrodden"""
For centuries every frail woman...
Has spent her life "drenched in tears"""
She was addressed as a Goddess "But woman was always a slave, here"""
She has always craved for a few "words of compassion till the end"""
Endure your suffering
You were not born "to enjoy privileges"""
"There's no parent's home," "There's no In-law's place"""
"Where could you go," "even if you wanted to go"""
Where would you find a sage like "Balmiki on this Earth, now"""
You are a like the "lost doe in the forest"""
And man's eye would "be on a hunt for you"""
"- Move ahead, driver!" "- Please, take the seat, madam!"
Hurry UP!
Chase that horse-cart! Hurry up!
"Hey, stop that cart! Stop it! or" else we will get you arrested.
"For god's sake," don't stop the cart!
This girl has escaped from home.
They are lying! Don't stop the cart!
Faster! Drive faster!
They are rogues! They are chasing me! Hurry up!
- Faster! Catch her! - Hurry up! Faster!
Stop the cart or we will get you arrested.
Hurry UP!
Where do you have to go? The animal can not go far at this speed.
Alright! Drop me here!
- Keep this! - Thanks!
Help me! Save me! Goons are after me!
Come with me!
Get inside!
"Shobha Devi alias Tamancha Bai," hand over that girl to us!
"Otherwise, consequences" won't be good for you!
She's our niece!
They are lying. I have no relation with them!
Don't be afraid! Shut the door and sit in the room!
I'll just came!
Gentlemen! What's bothering you?
"Handover the girl to us, or else..."
Or else?
My child! It's not a toy! It may tear through your hand!
A neck may also get teared!
Goonga! (DUMB)
Oh God! Goonga! Lets run!
Enough! It's enough education for one day!
"Open the door, dear!"
They won't dare to come here again!
I will always be indebted to you!
Where have you come from?
Where were you going to?
I have come through hell in search of a new life.
From hell in search of new happiness?
"Then, you have reached" your destination. Yes!
"Really! I can teach kids, teach" "dance and singing, I know sewing."
lam even ready to clean utensils for a living.
Leave that to me and consider this house your own.
- Is it true? - Yes!
- Here's that pimp! "- Come down, pimp!"
This scoundrel wouldn't come down easily! Call the police!
Yes! This rogue doesn't deserve to live in this block!
"I say, paint his face black, make" him ride an ass in a procession.
"Yes, paint his face black" and make him run naked!
Yes absolutely naked!
I'll save you the trouble and strip on my own!
Abdul! What's this nuisance?
Why do you ask Abdul? We'll tell you about the nuisance.
It's all due to your encouragement!
What's the matter?
I had given him Rupees 50 to get me English liquor.
You are howling for just 50 rupees...
this Romeo's ass has swallowed our 100 rupees. It was hard-earned!
- What did you say! - First you steal then intimidate us!
Silence! I might have taken money but I haven't swallowed it!
"If you didn't, then" where did the money go?
I had lost it in gambling.
There's no need to worry! Everyone would get his money.
That's wonderful!
"But, no one dare give" "him money, again!"
"Don't do this! Ever since, your" parlour has become deserted...
I have been living off this arrangement!
Even deserted parlour make a new beginning sometimes.
"Act without hope of a reward," hope brings only disappointment.
- What do you think of her? - She's an absolute gem!
"I swear by my commission, I'll make" people sell off their homes.
Mother! Where did my mother go?
"- What is it, son?" - I want a kite!
- How much is it for? - 20 paise!
- It's to expensive. - I want it!
"Alright! Take it," I'll send the money!
"- Pappu, my son!" - Mother!
When would my mother come?
"- She would come! - You always say, " "she will come, but she never comes?"
Children should never be given false hope!
"Granny, where has my mother gone?"
- She has gone to God's house. - When would she return?
"One who goes there once," never returns.
"- I'll go to God, too!" "- No, son, no!"
Never say that!
"Now, I am your mother!"
lam like a mother to you. Whatever "I do, I shall do it for your good."
"But, I can't wear these" clothes and jewels.
Why not?
They don't befit me!
Leave it to me!
- If you really consider me your mother! - Mother!
Gentlemen! As in honour of that precious gem...
- I want to recite a couplet! "- Please, go ahead!"
Sir! It goes like this...
- The blemish on the moon... - Bravo!
- ...Is the blemish that adorns the Sun! - Bravo!
What an expression! Both the Sun and the moon have blemishes!
But there's none as spotless as her!
"Come, dear!"
I swear by God!
Her beauty can turn an ascetic into a hedonist.
Where had you hidden this killer of a beauty?
I offer myself to this beauty. "I will pay any price, even my head!"
No!
My apologies! I would invite you again!
Let me go! Leave me! Let me go!
"Once one comes here," one never leaves!
I'll shout and call people!
"Hey, em!"
"Perhaps, you don't know it."
Voices don't get out of these walls!
Use your mind! Listen to me!
- You would live like a princess! - I don't want to be a princess!
Let me go!
"Where are you going," you'll stay here!
Listen to me carefully! I give you 24 hours time!
"And after that," if your answer is no...
I'll leave Goonga with in a room!
"- No! - Remember, Goonga" s an expert at hi job!
Let me go! Open the door!
Now you are like a doe "lost in deep forest"""
And men have set their "eyes on the prey"""
"Where even Sita wasn't happy," "you are a women of such a world"""
Do you think this "girl would do it"""
Her intentions don't seem too promising!
"But, I won't let her" get away at any cost!
"Today, that monster would" be let into this room.
How am I going to defend myself!
How am I...
No!
Let me go! Leave me!
Before anybody touches my "body, I'll commit suicide."
"Yes, suicide!"
Husband! I am coming!
Along with your unborn child!
My unborn child! No!
A suicide would be this child's murder!
It would be a grave sin!
I'll beg at Tamancha bai's feet. "Afterall she is a woman, too."
How could she not relent!
Mother!
Madam wants to know your reply.
- I want to meet her. "- ls your answer, 'yes'?"
- No! "- Then, it's no use meeting her!"
I want to beg at her feet.
You would be wasting not only "your own time but hers, too."
Nobody can touch me till I am alive!
"Very soon, you would be nothing" better than a crushed flower.
"Brother, habbu, protect me!" "Protect me, please!"
- What did you say? "- Protect me, brother!"
Brother? Did you call me a brother?
You called me as a relation?
I don't know who are my parents! I don't know what's my religion!
"As far as I can remember, I have" always been in these parlours!
Everyone has been calling me 'Habbu - the pimp'!
I have longed for someone to call "me a son, a brother, all my life."
"But, today, you have" called me a brother!
I'll save the sanctity of this relationship.
No one would ever touch you till I am alive!
Take me away from this place!
This is beyond me. sister!
You don't know how much "powerful, Tamancha Bai is!"
Many rogues like Goonga are her slaves.
- But there is a way! - What?
- Tamancha bai needs money. You can dance and sing... - No!
- No! It's a sin! - Who says it's a sin?
"If this is sin, then everyone who" "sings at radio, cinema is a sinner."
"Yes, sister!"
Believe me there is no other way out.
- Do as brother Habbu says! - How could I ever do it?
- I... - Who are you? Your identity perished the day your husband died.
"Either be a parlour maid, or live" like a widow outcast by society
What difference does it make?
"Remember, now have to live, not for " "your own sake, but for that child"
Who's going to be born.
You have to make a sacrifice! "By living, not by dying."
What have you decided?
Call the musicians.
Henceforth you'll be called Neelambai.
'It was difficult to fight with circumstances.'
'So a compromise with circumstances is done.'
'The night which has no morning.'
'I've made a relation with that night.'
"'Oh people, amuse yourself" with the marvels of my youth.'
'Says the...'
'Says the tinkling of my ornaments.'
"'Oh people, celebrate the night."'
'I've colored my veil.'
'I've decorated my bindiya.'
'I've again worn all the ornaments.'
'I've...'
'I've decked myself.'
“Quench the thirst of eyes," oh people.'
'Amuse yourself with the marvels "of my beauty, oh people."'
'I'm everyone's maid.'
'I'm a thing lying on the street.'
"'Even he's not mine," who loves me.'
'My beloved has gone...'
'My beloved has gone far away.'
"'Bid as you feel like, oh people."'
'Says the...'
'Says the tinkling of my ornaments.'
“Celebrate the night, oh people."'
'Amuse yourself with the marvels "of my beauty, oh people."'
It's 2 a.m. Who can come so late at night?
Open the door!
"Open the door Tamanchabai, else..."
Please come in Sir.
The fame of your place is far and wide.
And you didn't invite me!
I don't know which jungle you're ruling these days.
Where could I send the message?
"It's okay, I've come myself."
"I swear on the Goddess, it's as if" there's heaven on earth.
She must be in my den tomorrow.
Thakur!
I have a request.
The girl won't go out of this place.
I'm very happy today!
Someone dared to refuse me!
Now say... what were you saying?
That this girl...
Won't go out of this place.
No?
"Thakur, don't shoot him." Remember the police.
Kid... say once more.
See her dancing here as much as you want. But...
Cut me to pieces...
but please accept my request.
Accept the request? You dog!
Thakur...
I beg of you. Please don't insist.
Scoundrel! For the sake of this cheap woman...
Thakur! She's my sister!
Take back your words!
No! Move away!
Habu... I accept my defeat.
I did a big mistake today.
Very big mistake.
I forgot...
even God helps a person who saves a woman's chastity.
Well done!
Brother!
I wish...
a brother like this had come in my life.
- What happened? "- Sister, what happened?"
Nothing.
Whole night she dances. In the morning...
she reads the Bhagwat Gita. She must be tired.
It's not that mother.
Then?
- Congratulations Habu! - What happened?
You're going to be an uncle! I'll just come.
Really?
"Sit here, I'll bring the sweets."
"Brother, can I say something?"
Yes please.
Will you abide by it?
Why not? You gave me a good news.
I'll even bring the stars for you! Tell me!
I want to see Pappu.
Pappu?
But how is it possible now?
I don't know. Just once.
Even if it's from far.
Okay fine. What else do you want?
That's all.
OkﬂY-
The one beside the red shirt boy is my Paapu.
Really?
- Yes. - I'll call him.
Go and hide behind that tree.
Toys... toys! Lovely toys!
For every child a lovely toy!
Come children. See new toys.
- Lets go to that toy man. "- Yes, lets go."
"Come kids, which toy do you want?"
"You want an aeroplane," train or a doll?
This is a monkey and this is a bear who plays a drum.
And this is a train! See how well it runs on the rails.
This a bat and a ball.
Did you enjoy? Yes!
And this is God.
"He's the flute player," Lord Krishna.
"If you offer him flowers," you'll pass in exams.
"If you light incense before him," you'll get what you want.
Will I get what I want?
Yes son.
My mother has gone to his house. "If I ask, will he send her back?"
Please say. Will he send my mother back?
You love your mother very much?
He'll buy an aeroplane for his mother.
Yes. I get pocket money everyday. But I save it.
Why?
"When I have lots of money," I'll buy an aeroplane.
I'll fly in the air and get my mother.
What have you engraved on your hand?
- Mother. - Mother?
The bell has rung!
"Sister, forget the one" you have left behind.
Take care of the one who is coming in this world.
My niece!
Keep quiet. She's my grand daughter. I've named her Geeta.
'Bring the light of day in the darkness.'
Geeta!
What are you doing?
Even I will dance.
No my child!
Brother Habu!
What's the matter?
Why are you so worried?
I adopted this lifestyle for my daughter.
But I don't want her to be influenced by my life.
"Okay, the shadow of your life" won't fall on her.
I'll admit her in such a school at Delhi...
where with the studies she'll be brought up also.
I'm Jyotish Acharya Lingaswamy. I know everything.
Your name has two syllables.
Is your name Hema? Rekha? Sita? Geeta?
"I know, your name has 3 syllables."
Rakesh? Mukesh? Kishan? ls it Kishan?
I knew it!
You like Kishan very much.
I knew it!
You like Geeta very much.
I knew it!
Made for each other.
Where are you going? Give my fees.
Greetings uncle. Mother!
What were you doing?
I was listening to the astrologer.
"- Mother, he's my classmate." - Greetings aunty.
We have heard everything.
- Kishan this is my uncle and my Mother. - Greetings.
- Mother! - No!
No... child when you had first come here...
I thought I'll give you a new life.
But today I've realized...
that you've given me a new life.
Congartulations Ajay!
You play well.
Friends... listen!
"In the celebration of my defeat," I mean Ajay's victory...
I treat everyone to a picnic party next Sunday.
Ajay is a good Badminton player.
He's good in every game!
- And he's a very good student. - Yes!
He's the pride of our college!
"But Sir, the sad thing is..."
his fate is not as good as his abilities.
Why?
The way his father went abroad and studied MBBS...
he too dreamt of going abroad and studying law.
But circumstances are not in his favor.
Why? Isn't he from a landlord's family?
Yes but now only the name is left.
The estate is no more.
- This is a very bad. - Yes.
It's his bad luck.
Brother Habu...
My son will do law from abroad.
Abroad?
But where will the money come from?
How much money is required?
How can an illiterate man like me know this? But I feel...
it'll take at least Rs.40-50 thousand.
OkﬂY-
I'll speak to Moti Seth.
- Greetings. - Okay.
You descry my steps?
No. I know you are punctual.
- Please come. - Greetings.
Your style has made me go crazy for you.
Where are the musicians today?
I've not called them.
I want to make a request to you.
It's an honour.
You at least thought me worthy of privacy.
Please say.
I need Rs.40 thousand urgently.
Is everything fine?
My friend needs to go to Amritsar for treatment.
I want to help her.
I'll repay in 6 months.
You're insulting me.
Why only 40 thousand? Take more.
But please try to understand me.
Moti Seth! You want to take advantage of my helplessness.
Why don't you understand? I don't come here to see your dance.
Then?
I want to come near you and make you mine forever.
Moti Seth!
Listen Neelu...
"if you don't love me," I'll have poison.
If you come here with this intention...
please do me a favor.
Henceforth please don't waste your time and mine.
You're right.
I've wasted a lot of time and money.
But now I won't waste it.
Leave me!
You cheap woman!
How dare you...
Seth!
I'll cut your hand and throw it on the street!
Get out from here!
Get out!
I only asked for a loan.
These rogues are not worth asking for a loan!
To fulfill Pappu's ambition...
"Sister, if God has given the need," he'll fulfill it also.
Don't worry.
"Sir, are you fine?" You seem to be very thirsty.
This thirst...
will be quenched...
the day I take Neelam in my arms and break her ego.
"Sir, when will this servant" come in use?
How much will you pay for this jewellery?
"I'll give Rs.15,000/-"
"Only Rs.15,000?"
The price of gold has fallen.
Okay give Rs.15000/-
I'm Fazumia Farzi.
I'm a trusted servant of Khan Sahab.
And I've come here with his special message.
Please come in and sit.
It's against my principles to sit...
as with great difficulty I've stood up in life.
Please tell the message.
The whole city is raving about Neelambai.
And Khan Sahab wants to conduct a dance at his place.
At his place?
"Fazumia, Neelambai doesn't" dance outside.
Ask Khan Sahab to come here.
Khan Sahab doesn't come to such places.
Then it'll be a problem.
There's a solution.
This is Rs.20000/- advance and the balance Rs.20000/- after the dance.
And the place will be neither here nor Khan Sahab's mansion.
On the banks of Gomti river...
at a nice spot we'll set up Khan Sahab's entourage.
Neelambai won't agree. Dance is done only here.
Brother... the dance will be done at the entourage.
Thank you!
"Tell Nawab Sahab," Neelam will be there.
Thank you very much! Take this. Goodbye.
Goodbye.
But sister... your principles?
For Pappu I can sacrifice even my life.
“Sometimes by giving happiness," sometimes by giving sorrow.'
'Life has taken...'
'Life has taken... many tests.'
"'From the wind, my veil..."'
"'From the wind," why should one save her veil?'
'When her home was destroyed by spring.'
'Life has taken... many tests.'
"'When there is, in this heart..."'
"'When there is," no wish in this heart.'
'It doesn't wait for destiny to favor'
'Life has taken... ma4y tests.'
Nawab Sahab!
Stop!
Habu... that day you wanted to cut my hand and throw it on the street.
Rascal...
Today I'll take out your eyes and throw you in Gomti river.
No!
But not now.
After dealing with your sister!
No! Leave me!
- No! - Come on!
No!
Help!
Save me!
Take him and put him in a sack!
What a joke!
Hey! Look there.
See what's happening in that entourage.
No!
Lets have a look.
No!
- Sir! - What?
Some men are coming towards our entourage.
What are you looking at me? See who they are!
Why are you bothering Sir?
We've come by ourself!
Who are you?
We are your kids.
No need to be friendly. Why have you come here?
"Sir, we saw a woman slapping you" from far...
so we got ready and came here to help you.
Don't try to act smart!
And don't interfere in my personal matter.
Go from here!
We have given you the status of a father.
Until we don't see the woman who dared to hit our father...
we won't go from here.
Why? ls she your aunty?
"Not aunty," but think that she's our mother.
Do you mind?
What are you looking at? Break their bones!
You've invited trouble.
We saw from afar and knew you were in trouble.
So we came here to do our duty.
Is there anything else I can do?
That rogue has put my brother in a sack.
Who are you all?
Thank them brother.
They have saved my life.
But where is that Seth and his men?
We thrashed them and chased them away.
Why? I want to kill that rogue!
Leave me!
Don't take the law in your hands. ls there anything else we can do?
We'll never forget this favor all our life!
"It's not a favor, we've done" our duty as human beings.
We'll leave you to a safe place.
Come on.
This is it.
Control your emotions.
Else you'll see Pappu and start crying.
Don't worry.
Yes?
"Son, can we come in?"
"- Yes, please come in." - Come on.
Please sit.
My name is Abdul and this is my sister Salma.
Greetings.
I'm your father's friend.
How will you know? You were small...
when I left India and went to Dubai for business.
I've returned after 17 years.
I inquired about my friend Vijay.
May God give his soul peace.
I'm such an ill-fated person.
Both my parents left me when I was a kid.
Only God knows His ways.
"Anyway. I'm here to give you this...
Rs.55,000/-"
"What? Rs.55,000/-... to me?"
When I left for Dubai...
I took this loan from your father to start a business.
"God has blessed me now," so I've come to return this.
"- Son, this is yours. Keep it." - But...
Okay I'll take your leave now. I've to meet many people.
Come sister.
But... I... goodbye.
What's this?
"Sister, after doing such a big duty" why are you crying?
They are tears of happiness.
"I've just one wish now. Like Ajay," I want to fulfill Geeta's wish.
I want to get her married.
Mother worries about me nowadays.
Same is with my mother.
She says if I get her a "daughter-in-law, she'll be blessed."
Oh... it's raining.
Lets go else we'll get wet.
It's raining heavily.
Let's go under that tree.
Oh God!
I'm completely wet!
You're looking more beautiful now.
I feel like loving you.
- No Kishan. - Why?
Before marriage such a love is a sin.
You're upset?
Please tell me.
"Geeta, till now I only loved you..."
but now I'll worship you also.
"And to worship this Goddess," let's decide to...
- from today... - and this moment onwards...
take the effortsL
- Greetings mother. - Greetings.
Uncle didn't come?
"Her Grandma is not well," so he's gone to see her in Benaras.
Please come in.
"Mother, see who is here."
Please come in sister.
- Greetings! - Greetings!
- Please sit. - Geeta praises you a lot.
Geeta herself is worthy of praise.
"Kishan, arrange" for something to eat.
I'll just bring it.
Go and help Kishan.
- Go. - Okay.
Sister...
Kishan is my only child. That's the reason I've only one wish.
To see his marriage soon.
Every mother wishes the same.
Then who don't we both fulfill our wishes.
Geeta and Kishan like each other.
I know.
If you permit...
No need for permission sister. It'll be my good fate.
"Mother, please take."
We have decided to get you both married.
"Before having sweets," take your father's blessing.
We both friends have decided if I have a daughter...
I'll marry her with Mohan's son.
"If Mohan has a daughter," I'll marry her with our son Pappu.
"Sister, have the sweets."
In what celebration are you giving her sweets?
"Brother Moti, you've come on a" good occasion.
This is Laxmi Devi and this is her daughter Geeta...
my to be daughter-in-law.
Greetings.
He's like a brother to me. His name is Motil I.
Greetings!
I feel I've seen you before.
What?t.. I...
Do you like music?
I mean singing and dancing.
No... not really.
I feel I've seen in you in a music programme.
Maybe brother. She's from Lucknow where music programmes are common.
Yes. That's the reason I had a feelig.
Please sit.
Not today. I have an important work. I'll come some other day.
- Okay. - I'll leave.
Sister...
I have a friend named Neelam 81th.
"Tell him, I'm staying at" suite no.224-225 of Ashoka Hotel.
"- Ask him to meet me, I have" an important work with him. - Okay.
The door is open.
Come.
"Neelam, I knew you would come."
"It's not Neelam, Sethji."
"Today, a mother has come here."
Yes. I forgot you are the mother of a young and beautiful girl.
Have a seat.
Please sit.
As a mother...
I've come here to tell you something.
“Yes, tell me.“.
How can I help you?
I've taken great pains to make Geeta...
a daughter-in-law of a respectable family.
And today your dream is at my mercy.
"Sethji, I've come here" to beg for your mercy.
Mercy on you?
Did you forget how you slapped me?
This hand which your brother wanted to cut and throw on the street!
Give me the punishment for that.
But don't play with my daughter's life by telling the truth about me!
It's your profession to play games.
I'm a businessman.
We take back the loan with interest!
If you want your daughter's happiness...
you'll have to fulfill my every wish.
Answer me.
"Tell me, are you ready?"
Please yourself!
"Sethji, what's wrong with you?"
"Neelambai, a man's heart" is very strange.
At one time I was crazy for you and today...
Do you want that Geeta should marry in that house?
Yes.
So she'll have to first be mine.
No!
Only for... one night.
"Seth, she's like your daughter!"
"I see a woman not in any relation," but only as a need.
Think over it. It's your decision.
On one hand is a small sacrifice and your daughter's bright future.
"On the other hand," all your dreams will be shattered.
Yes!
Okay!
"The day after tomorrow," come to my place. I'll call Geeta.
Anyone will envy my good fate.
Where is the real hostess?
"It's time for the train to come," she'll be here in sometime.
This sometime will be very difficult for me.
Not when this servant is here.
"If you permit, can I make this" time of waiting a pleasure?
Don't ask for doing a good work.
Please give me this chance to serve you.
Thanks for the favor.
'This evening of drinking will never come again.'
'This evening of drinking will never come again...'
after this evening.'
'The soul will swing after getting intoxicated.'
'The thirst of the heart and body will be quenched...'
after this drink.'
'The sharpness of my eyes...'
is more than an dagger.'
'No alcohol is a match for my lips.'
'What more can you ask for?'
'After this reward.'
"'This heart is not of stone," that it won't be swayed.'
"'You called me in such a way," that I couldn't restrain myself.'
'Whose message should I listen...'
after your message.'
'This evening of drinking will never come again...'
after this evening.'
I feel a burning sensation.
The liquor was fine. I feel you drank a lot.
You wretched woman! What did you give me?
You wanted to destroy the fruit of my life's labor.
"You wanted to meet my daughter," I've set your meeting with death!
Save me!
Poison... I was... Neelu...
Murder... murder!
- What happened? - A murder at Neelambai's place!
What? Oh God!
Did you hear? There's been a murder at Neelambai's place!
The police has come!
You both search inside! You stay here!
Keep the change.
There was a murder at your place!
- What? - Yes Moti Seth got murdered.
No!
Dare you!
Sister?
Seth Motilal wanted to destroy Geeta's life.
I killed him.
You didn't kill him.
You punished a sinner for his evil.
For your case I've retained the biggest lawyer of the city.
You'll have to give me a vow.
You won't admit your crime in the court.
Yes sister.
Swear on me!
Swear on Geeta!
Time is over!
Please abide by this vow.
Your honour I Thakur Ajay Singh...
I'm the prosecution lawyer in this case.
And my colleague...
and my friend Mr.Jagdishchandra Mathur...
is the defence lawyer of the accused.
Do you know? The accused...
is a dancer and earns money by amusing people?
She trapped Seth Motilal in her love.
She looted his wealth!
And when he couldn't fulfill her increasing demands...
she considered him unfaithful...
mixed poison in his drink and took his life!
"I'd like to call my first witness," Inspector Singh in the court.
Did your men find anything meaningful from that place?
"Yes. A jug of liquor, and a glass" with a little alcohol left in it.
- Was Neelambai standing near the dead body? - Yes.
Didn't she say anything to you?
"No. lnfact, when she saw me," she put both her hands forward.
What did you think when she put her hands forward?
"I assumed, she admits to the crime" and is surrendering herself.
How many years have you been in service?
Five years.
In these 5 years you may have handled many murder cases.
Yes I have.
Then tell me on the basis of your experience...
in murder cases," when the killer murders someone.
Does he run from there or stand at the same place?
The killer always tries to run away.
"Please note the point, Your Honour."
You just said in your statement...
that when she forwarded her "hands, you came to a conclusion..."
that the convict is surrendering herself to the law.
Yes!
How did you come to such a conclusion?
L---
"I'm asking you, how did you" come to such a conclusion?
Does my friend want to prove...
the convict put her hands forward to hug the Inspector!
Let my young friend know...
that people in Lucknow are good mannered.
Here even the dancers welcome the guest with open arms.
My next witness is Dr.K.B.Pathak.
Seth Motilal died due to an intake of a poison named Arsenic.
"And he expired on the 16th October," between 10 p.m and 10.30 p.m.
"It seems, before having Arsenic" he drank too much liquor.
The liquor that was in the jug and the glass...
did you examine it?
Yes. It had poison in it.
In what? In the alcohol in the jug or the one in the glass.
The one in the glass.
Please note this point.
Next witness is Chunnibai.
In the night at about 10 p.m. a dance was going on at my place...
when suddenly we heard a man screaming from Neelambai's place.
What happened then?
Seth Motilal was dying. Lather was coming out from his mouth.
"And while dying he said," "poison, I was, Neelu."
"Chunnibai, please repeat the words" Seth Motilal said before dying.
"Poison, I was, Neelu."
"- Poison, I was, Neelu." - Yes.
Thank you.
I'd like the permission to present the accused as a witness.
Permission granted.
How long did you know Seth Motilal?
Since a long time.
Is it true that he spent lacs of rupees on you?
He was my admirer.
He liked you very much?
A dancer is visited by people who like her.
Did you like him?
My profession is to sing and dance and amuse people.
Not to fall in love.
Last question.
"After drinking, didn't Seth Motilal" often threaten...
that if you don't love him," he'll have poison?
Yes.
Thank you.
Neelambai...
How long have you been dancing?
Since the time I can remember.
This must be your family profession.
"With this profession," I run my family.
By family what do you mean? Are you married?
A dancer is not asked such questions.
Answer in 'yes' or 'no'! Are you married?
Yes.
What is your husband's name?
"Neelambai, I'm asking" your husband's name.
"In my family, a girl doesn't" take her husband's name.
But they amuse other women's husbands and brighten their nights!
I have faith in Dr.Pathak's medical report.
The cause of Seth Motilal's death was consumption of Arsenic.
I also agree...
that at Neelambai's place," the Arsenic was consumed.
And while dying he had said just 3 words.
"Poison, I was, Neelu."
I agree all this.
But!
Even after all this I claim in the court...
that the convict," Neelambai is innocent!
Because...
the poison was not given to Seth Motilal.
"In fact, he had the poison himself!"
"So this is not a murder case," but it's a suicide case!
Now the question is...
why did Seth Motilal have the poison?
He knew Neelambai since a long time.
He spent lacs of rupees on her!
He was crazy for Neelambai!
"And in his craziness," he started telling her...
""my dear, if you don't love me," "I'll have poison!"""
"Not only this, to threaten her..."
he kept an arsenic bottle in his pocket!
On the evening of 16th October...
like always Seth Motilal visited Neelambai's place!
"After getting drunk, he again" started saying the same thing.
"My dear, if you don't love me," "I'll have poison!"""
Neelambai got upset and in her ire "she said ""Have it now Sethji!"""
Seth Motilal was shocked.
His ego was hurt badly.
In the fervor of love and intoxication of alcohol...
he mixed the arsenic from his pocket in alcohol and drank it!
This is the reason the poison was in the glass from which he drank...
and not in the jug which was in her hands!
I agree before dying he took her name...
and said poison, I was, Neelu."
But in this regard I'd like to ask the court a question.
Do those three words prove anything to make a strong murder case?
No!
I feel for it's convenience the court...
can't derive any meaning from those 3 words!
Especially when it's the question of a person's life and death!
Now I'd like the court to take note of the following.
First is...
no one saw the accused mixing poison in Seth Motilal's alcohol!
Second is...
If Neelambai was a murderer...
she wouldn't stand there till the police came.
Third is...
"if she had to poison him, would" she poison him at her own place?
Forth point...
If she had to take revenge from the Seth for unfaithfulness...
would she kill the hen that was giving her golden eggs?
The accused is innocent from every angle of the law.
I request the court...
to release her without any charges.
The way my friend...
has tried to prove this murder as a suicide case...
for that I applaud him.
But instead of presenting any strong proof...
I'm very disappointed that by presenting hollow debates...
he has wasted the court's time!
My friend agrees...
that Seth Motilal knew Neelambai since a long time.
And spent a lot of money on her.
"But he says, even after all that..."
he didn't get pleasure from Neelambai for whom he was crazy!
And for that reason he committed suicide!
"Then my friend said, while dying" the words Seth Motilal said...
poison, I was, Neelu," they don't mean anything!
"I'd like to ask the court," if a man is dying...
and has no strength to move his tongue...
can we expect him to give a statement with proper grammar!
No Your Honour!
"Poison, I was, Neelu, if it means" anything is only that...
I was poisoned by Neelu!
My friend also says that...
if she's the culprit," why didn't she run away from there?
I'd like to say that the accused is not an ordinary criminal...
but she's a very clever woman!
She knew if runs from there...
she'll be caught anyway.
But if she stands there and surrenders herself...
later the court will sympathize with her!
This woman whose work is to play with the lives of innocent people...
whose religion is to destroy homes!
"By trading humanity," her sole aim is to earn wealth!
"This woman, who has never felt a" mother's love or husband's care...
she's a stain on a country of women like Sita and Savitri!
Even to call her a woman is insulting the entire woman race!
She's a stain on the entire woman race!
"She's not a woman, she's a snake!"
"She's not a snake, she's a whore!"
Don't call me a whore...
"Give me the death penalty, kill me," but don't call me a whore!
"I'm a murderer but Pappu," don't call me a whore!
Who is this woman to call me with my pet name?
"Who is this woman," who calls me Pappu?
"Due to strain, the accused" has lost her mental balance.
Please don't take note of her admitting the crime.
The court is adjourned till tomorrow.
- Neelambai can't meet anyone. - Jailer I...
She has been given sleeping pills and Doctor has instructed...
she must not be disturbed.
Who is Neelambai?
She is my sister.
She's your sister but in the court she called me by my pet name.
Tell me who is she?
I won't say any more than what I've told you.
You'll have to tell!
Tel me who she is!
Tell else I'll kill you!
Tell me!
I beg of you please tell me who she is!
Have mercy on me!
Please tell me who is she?
"Have mercy on me, I won't be able" to live. Please have mercy.
She's your... mother!
Mother?
- Yes. - But my mother...
Expired long back...
that's what you were told.
But she's alive.
After your father expired...
circumstances brought her here!
But...
But even after staying here she was pure like Ganga...
and gaining courage," she made you study law.
She sent your sister to college.
My sister?
Yes...
You may meet her soon.
Son... Seth Motilal wanted to destroy your sister's life!
"To save your sister's life," she killed that rogue!
Son...
Do you want to meet your mother?
Didn't he want to meet me?
No sister.
He didn't say anything.
"I asked him, if he'd like to meet" his mother.
What did he say? Please tell me what he said!
Nothing!
He just ignored and went away!
No... no!
Sister...
I've telegrammed Geeta," she'll reach today.
Even she must be aware now that her mother is a dancer!
Yes sister... the news is in all the papers.
Will she come?
"Yes, she will come."
Will she refuse to call me mother?
Don't say that!
"Neelambai, it's time" to go to the court!
In the past few hours...
I've come to such facts about this case...
on the basis of which I request the court...
to have leniency towards her.
The court does not permit the prosecutor to defend the accused.
The basic principle of the law is...
even if 10 guilty persons are not convicted...
but an innocent person must not be penalized.
If I'm not permitted to present this case with new facts...
it'll be an injustice to the accused!
It'll stain the name of law!
The law gives a person the right to protect himself!
If someone comes to kill me...
...the law gives me the right to kill him for my protection.
But there are some people in this world...
for whom, the life of someone" is more dear than their own life!
She's one of them.
For this woman...
her daughter's life is more dear than her own life!
"A daughter, who Seth Motilal wanted" to rape and destroy her life!
"And because of her," this woman killed that rogue!
I have a question for the court.
If the law can permit a person to kill a man to protect himself...
then why can't the law permit a person to kill...
inorder to save his dear one's life?
After hearing the discourse of both the lawyers...
the court condemns Neelambai as a murderer.
The aim maybe strong...
but if the means to achieve it are not lawful...
the court, doesn't forgive" anyone.
So this court...
sentences the convict to life imprisonment!
Move behind!
I said move behind!
Sister...
Geeta didn't come.
Even Pappu went away.
Move forward.
Mother!
Geeta... my child!
- Mother! - My child!
Mother...
Why did this happen?
Mother!
You've come... my son!
May God bless you.
I'll take this case to the high court.
You're a big lawyer. He's your brother!
- Brother! - Sister!
I'm only worried for her.
Will the society accept her?
Will anyone marry a dancer's daughter?
Mother...
If you give Geeta's hand in my hand...
I'll consider myself the most lucky man in this world.
Any woman will be proud of you.
- What happened mother? - Mother!
What happened sister?
- Brother... - Sister! - Mother!
Mother!
What's wrong mother?
Nothing... I've completed my duties towards you.
Sister...
Now I'll be with my husband.
Be happy...
- Mother! - Mother!
'Where even Sita couldn't get happiness...'
you are the woman of that country.'s