Gurukant Desai salutes the Shakti family.
''Don't dream.''
''Dreams never come true.''
My father would say.
But l dreamt.
l'll work in Turkey like Ghanshyam Das.
Which fool will give you a job?
Ghanshyam took him to town for an interview - he got the job.
l got my passport too.
Why's this happening behind my back?
The school results are out tomorrow, right?
You checked the results in town?
You've failed?
Trying to cover the shame with a job?
l've a job. How does a pass or fail matter?
l'll skin you. The whole village will laugh that..
..the math teacher's son is a fool. You'll never prosper.
Don't curse. He's going away.
Go to hell. - l can't bear my son failing.
My step son is going abroad.
Fall at my feet, you foolish monkey.
You witch, your stepson is going to ride the moon and go far away.
Look step-mother. l've come from ldhar to lstanbul.
You run away too and come here.
But you'll be scared when you see these huge buildings.
l'm not scared. Know why? There's no school, no father, nor his cane.
l'm so glad to see you..come.
l wear a uniform. lts Red. And a cap too. l look good in it.
l work very hard. l sell petrol cans.
Do you know what they say for namaste here? Salaam Walekum.
You're amazing.
Why are you betting again? You'll lose double of what you win.
Come, this is not for us.
Your luck is incredible.
l'll open it..
You shut his shop. How did you know the red ball was under that glass?
My eyes. Out of the three glasses one was smaller.
l just kept my eyes on that.
This is the spice business. Very big traders come here.
lt's a business for the clever.
The sharper you are, the luckier you are.
From tomorrow there will be a new trader amongst them.. Gurukant Desai
Where's your tie? Take it out.
This?
- Wear it.
There have been some complaints against you..
..but he's very impressed with your work.
You're lucky. He has made you a sales supervisor.
lt took me thirteen years to become a sales supervisor..
..just keep that tie on.
l don't want to wear a tie. Nor do l want this promotion.
Why?
l want to return to my village.
When did this foolish idea occur to you, may l ask?
After wearing the tie.
Why?
You like my work, so does he, then why should..
..l work for that white man? l'll work for myself.
Take it in writing, you'll never succeed.
My destiny is already written.
l'll always remember you.
You're taking all the fun with you.
Now we'll just slog here.
Baapu, l'm leaving.
The country's become free so why not your daughter?
l've found my partner. Please wish for my happiness.
Sujata.
A bearded man left this letter for you.
l don't have the courage to run away and lead a life.
Please forgive me, Sujata.
Yours, Bhanu Patel.
You're spread like a python on the whole berth.
l have a reservation.
Reservation is only for the night.
Look out. lt's still night.
ln many places in the world it's morning.
Can't think beyond the village.
Throw it when the train stops. lt won't fly back.
Oh god, l can't even cry in peace.
Good, you woke me. My station's come.
Girl - Alone? Boarded at the last Station?
Yes.
This bogey, row thirty two. She drenched the whole seat crying.
Where did you go and die, all these days stepson?
l was saving myself from your beatings, you witch.
Guru has become an Englishman.
Come.
Sit. Sit.
Come Ramlal, look who's come.
Guru? l didn't recognize you.
How would you? - you can't see after your marriage.
Has your wife come? Guru give him some money---
Miser. Give him twenty.
Look how big the school has grown.
Must have received ten twenty lakh canings.
And look at the progress you've made!
lf l'd known earlier, l would have hit..
..you till you became the Prime Minister.
For me?
Wonderful!
How many days have you taken off?
As many as l want. - What do you mean?
Meaning, l've left the job.
But your brother said that they've
promoted you and tripled your salary.
Yes. - but l've worked enough for the white man..
l want to do business.
What do you know about business? When i did business..
..l could hardly put food on the table.
Just because you failed, doesn't mean l won't pass.
Keep it. lt'll help you keep track of the bad time.
Return his money.
lf you setup your home, with his money your wife will run away.
Go do business.
Do you remember how we would run up?
Carrying huge tins, bhajiya in one...
..Kachori in the other!
Bastard, you've been selling something or the other since childhood.
Three paise profit for one bhajia...
..and the bhajiya's weren't even hot.
After climbing all these stairs we should..
..at least make half a paise profit..
Bhaji!
Kachori!
Bapu will never agree.. he is a money lender..
King of misers!
l've fifteen thousand. l need another fifteen.
He won't invest. He's saved it for my sister's wedding.
Dowry? - Yes.
How much?
Twenty five thousand.
l'll marry her.
What?
Marry her to me.
She is elder to us by a year.
One, two years is no big deal.
Don't talk without thinking.
Look, all l know is that
l'm ready to marry her.
Then we'll be business partners.
Fifty-fifty.
You will receive a dowry and make me an equal partner?
You'll also be part of the dowry.
How do l tell bapu?
l won't be able to.
l'm marrying, not stealing. - l'll talk to him.
Have you come to talk about marriage? Are you a broker?
We aren't interested .
The last time l saw you.. you were crying yourself hoarse.
l don't even know you. Why would l cry in front of you?
You were crying in front of the whole world on the train..
..reading some bhanu Patel's letter.
Who are you?
Guru, who knows everything.
My leg broke, it still hurts.
Then go to a doctor. What are you here for?
l am here to talk about my marriage.
Don't drag me into this.
Where is Kaka?
Do you recognize me?
No.
You shut down my father's ghee shop - you even took away all the buffaloes.
You're the boy who hit me on my ear..
..with a stick and ran away.
l was eight years old.
You've come to make me deaf in my other ear?
Kantilal - He has no business sense.
Now thanks to me, he is the headmaster You are in Turkey, right?
No, l'm here. l want to do business here with your son Jignesh.
What business?
Many new things are available there.
l'll bring them and sell them here. l'll make good profit.
And what does your father say?
He says l'll be ruined.
Then you will definitely make a profit.
But l've stopped lending money these days.
l've to get my daughter married.
l'll marry her and take good care of her.
l'll become a big man in five years.
My daughter is crazy.
Haven't you heard what those bastard villagers are saying?
Jobless people keep wagging their tongues.
There was a sickly looking youngster, with a red flag and four labourers
She wanted to marry him- have you heard this at least or are you deaf too?
l was on the same train as her that night.
l've seen a bit of the world.
l know right from wrong.
Just give me your blessing and l'll take care of the girl.
l'll take your leave.
You're leaving with your brother in law after marriage?
Where did your wife go?
Don't scream. She's not coming.
Why not? - Let it be.
What catastrophe is keeping her here?
Don't know. Maybe she doesn't like me.
How can she not like you? The witch is mad.
Not all women are sweet like you. .
Come on, bless me.
l know it'snt your wish - but Can't you bless me?
May god give you sense..
Don't go.
What?
What if l die here all alone?
But you said you didn't want to come.
You could have asked me again.
Look, you're not asking me even now.
But you don't even have any luggage?
Can't you buy me four sarees?
And ticket?
Do l need a ticket to sit on your lap?
Come.
Where is the Yarn market? - This way.
Where does all the buying and selling happen? - Upstairs sir.
Why do they shout so much? How will we do business here?
You'll see. When we shout everyone'll shut up.
Mathura Das?
Could be. Why?
l've come from ldhar village in Gujarat.
l want to do yarn business with my own money.
Wherever l go people say that there's a union.
Yes.
You have to be a member.
Your bid's too high. You'll get it much cheaper in Salem.
Quiet. Don't teach me business. lf you want to trade become a member.
So make me a member.
There's a five year waiting period., Don't waste your time.
You're not letting me do business nor are you making me a member.
Don't chew my head. Arzaan Contractor is the president of the union.
You can become a member only with his letter. You won't become a member.
Are you a fortune teller?
Twenty five thousand like you come here everyday.
You'll never make it. G? away.
l'll stand right next to you and do business.
And l'll wipe out twenty five thousand like you.
What do you want?
Your letter. l want to trade in the cloth market.
Come to the office.
l have. For four months.
l know Bhola's entire family history.. your watchman
Do you play golf?
l play, but not this.
Play.
lf this ball goes into that hole you'll get your letter'
l've to put this ball in that hole..
..and you will give me the letter?
Of course.
For sure right, if l do it?
Try it.
What's your name?
You'll give me the letter?
Ok. l'll see.
l've collected money for business with great difficulty.
l'll take care.
ln my village, help is never forgotten.
lt'll happen. lf you don't mind. Yeah?
Thank you sir. You'll see, business will benefit with me.
Let me get the change! What's the hurry?
l've got something.
For me? - Yes.
What?
What have you bought for me?
This?
Don't you like it?
l thought you'll get me lots of saris, jewelery, diamonds, 8-10 big cars.
l have brought it all.
You'll see.
Can you see?
No, but the whole world will see us.
l can see it.. a big house.. a palace
l can see brinjals.. totally burnt. No food tonight.
l see a factory.. very big. Even bigger than Burma Shell.
l see clothes in the wash.. wet..
..you'll have to go in your underwear tomorrow.
l can see you, fat, nau lakha necklace, fat bangles..
..walking with a swagger.. all five hundred pounds
l'll never be fat.
Ok slim one! Wearing nau lakha necklace..
..fat bangles.. walking with a swagger.
Happy.
Very very very happy.
With you.
The brother-in-law is here.
lt's all over.
What? - Our business.
But what happened?
Contractor's rejected our application.
Can't be. He gave me his word.
l'm coming from his office. He tore up our application.
So do we go back to the village now?
lf we don't, we'll be out on the streets.
Who are you?
l live here.
l don't live here, okay?
Then why are you staring at my building?
Why? Do l need a letter even to look now?
The building is on the road, the road is the Government's..
..these eyes are mine.. the country is free.
l can stare at whoever, whenever l want. Don't bug me.
Go watch your dog piss.
Very good.. anger early in the morning is very good. Let's walk
What's your name?
You've turned your city into a club..
..you've to wear a suit and talk in English
They've turned Bombay into a dog..
Good. Being angry with Bombay is very good.
l am angry with one man.. l want to slap him..
He promised me a letter..
..four months ago and then tore up my application.
He doesn't wake up before ten o'clock, how will you slap him?
Do you know him?
Since he was this little.
Can you do something for me?
l don't believe in giving or taking recommendations.
But you look like a big social communist leader.
You should help the poor.
And if l say no?
That's a problem. l can't hear the word no.
Come to my office tomorrow.
Will you get the letter for me?
l'll make sure your voice is heard.
How?
l own a newspaper Swatantra Samachar.
lf you're speaking the truth then..
l will fight your war..
..but if you've lied l'll slap you.
l've just arrived in Bombay, l haven't learnt to lie yet.
Good, come tomorrow.
Trading's big shot Arzan Contractor.. The country is free but..
..when will the trade markets be free from Arzan Contractor?
Mr. Contractor considers himself the undisputed lord of the union..
..and Mr. Gurukant Desai his enemy.
..now nobody can stop Guru from becoming a businessman.
A very big businessman.
Bigger than anybody.. am l talking too big?
A bit.
Here l am, right beside you.
But you won't last - There are a dime a dozen like you..
There's just one person like me here - only Guru.
l didn't know you had so many complaints against me.
You should have talked to me - not the papers.
lt's difficult to meet you.
Today you're in trouble so you've come here..
..or you go only to the club.
lt seems like this trading association doesn't require me.
l am resigning.
No.
Let him go, someone else will come along.
Quiet. You needn't go sir.
He's decided.
Now even God can't make him change his decision, isn't it?
My decision won't change but times will.
Anything could happen tomorrow.. don't come crying to me.
lf we're going to be that scared, how'll we do business?
Don't worry.. we are the fearless.
What was your name again?
Not 'was', it still is.. and will always be..
Where is that villager Guru?
You opened a new office without calling me?
Meenu, what do we do with him..
wring his neck or break his teeth?
l'll do it.
Which tooth?
This one.
My name is Meenakshi.
Jalkukdi.. Meenu. No. - Yes. - No.
She won't accept defeat.
lt's too small a place for you..
That he doesn't have faith in himself and has to depend on God.
He was right.
No. God and l don't get along.
lf you offer it as a sweet l'll eat it.
You'll get both or neither.
She's smarter than you.
Why don't you treat the prasad as a sweet and..
l'll treat the tilak as just colour.
You've to have your way.
Such a struggle for a tiny sweet!
Who is this villager?
My brother-in-law and partner.
What business?
Cotton. - Polyester.
Very good.. a fight on the very first day.
My brother is sleeping outside.
l am not asking you to wake him.
What will you do now?
What do you think?
You beast.. you brought us here like a big leader..
..how are you going to
clothe and feed us?
Polyester.
What's that?
Soft, shiny, naughty just like you.
l made a big mistake marrying you.
l can't understand whether you
love your yarn more or me.
Should l tell you?
Das was saying polyester business's dangerous - Let him.
Are you brainless? The whole world is into cotton and you..
When you see the profit..
..you'll say wow Guru, how intelligent you are!
How much did you invest?
All the money.
Oh God, you'll kill us.
We'll think about that when we get killed.
What happened? - They've shut down the market. - Why?
They say it's gambling.
Gambling?
But the fun of business is predicting which price will rise..
..and fall, where the losses and profits are..
.that shows the acumen of the businessman.
The Government calls that gambling.
Then tell the Government to stop lotteries..
..Mahalaxmi horse races and astrology. All that's gambling too.
You came and ruined everyone.
Not me.
Your friend Contractor has bribed officials to shut it down.
No problem.
Let's do our businesses from here.
What are you doing? You'll go to jail and..
..send everybody else in as well.
This is a Government notice from an l.A.S. officer..
lt's the law now.
lf a law can be made in a day..
..then it can also be changed in a day
K.R. Menon is very strict. We are ruined.
Come.. this way.
Mr. K.R. Menon?
Who are you?
So you stopped the trading? - What are these?
The notice at the trading hall has your signature. Right?
Unni ask him to stop. - Come in
Stop.
All the goods are yours.
What nonsense. Who are you?
My father in law is a moneylender..
..people who borrowed money from him and..
..couldn't pay back left their belongings in his custody.
lf a ghee shop was shut down then he would keep the buffaloes..
l had a polyester shop and..
..you shut it down so now all this is yours.
Top quality polyester. Make clothes for the children.
Gurukant Desai.
Menon saab namaste.
l've been looking for you for four days.
You should have left your address.
Mr. Menon, A very big l.A.S. officer.
Look, my record is impeccable..
..if the higher authorities find out about the..
..polyester, l will lose my job.
What can l do about that sir?
Take it all back, neighbours have begun to talk.
But until the market opens l can't take the goods back.
Are you threatening me?
No sir, but the other traders were..
..also going to come to your house to leave their goods..
How can l re-open the market?
l'm an illiterate villager, l don't know much..
But if you locked the market doors..
..then you must have the keys.
And if l say no?
What?
And if l say no?
l don't understand the word 'no'.
And one more thing, should l give your address to the traders?
Good show.
Guruji has come. He has brought gifts for all.
What have you brought for me?
You forgot the jalkukdi?
Close your eyes.
Now open them.
A wedding sari!
You'll marry me?
For seven lifetimes..
Very nice.
l'll show it to everyone.
So Gurubhai?
Why are you calling me Gurubhai?
l'm like your son.
The name suits you.
Come on, get up.
l know you're not even
going to touch this..
..you look like Gandhiji in this dhoti.
But when you travel abroad..
..and it's very cold you can make a coat like Nehru's and wear it..
..lt'll look very nice.
Are you bribing me throwing Gandhiji and Nehru's names in?
No. l don't know how to shake hands and say thank you in English.
lf you don't like it..
..then break both my neck and teeth. Okay?
This is what l like about you..
..suddenly you speak with honesty and intelligence.
Don't ever let go of this habit.
Whatever happens, l'll never let go of you. l promise.
Finish it in one gulp.
He won't drink, his wife will scream at him.
All wives scold.. if you drink a bit, you'll hear less.
l apologize for being late.
l was doing our trial balance..
..our profits are up by 300% in six months.
And the price of polyester has gone through the roof!
But don't relax, because if we've worked 18 hours till today..
..we will now work 25 hours per day.
Ask why?
Because, the Shakti family will not only trade..
..we will make kela silk. We are opening a factory.
Foreign machines will produce the..
..English named kela silk.. polyester.
Just because you've bought a car doesn't mean..
..that you dream of opening a factory.
Shut up! Unless you dream you'll be stuck to ldhar.. drink..
We've also seen the land. 25 acres right next to your village.
Walk carefully.. don't be in such a hurry..
Who wants to walk? l want to run..
l'm carrying you in my arms, so don't fall.
And the money?
Are you Contractor, that the banks will give you a loan?
To hell with Contractor and banks..
..we will go to the public.. give ten rupees..
..and become the owner.. public issue..
..if the factory earns, so will everyone.
Permission for the public issue will come in one month.
Fantastic! Let's have another one on this!
You didn't ask me..
..you could've at least taken my opinion.
You wouldn't have let us sell polyester, or anything else.
You were about to pack up and go back to the village.
We are partners..
..it's not just you.
You just stay behind me.. and watch the world.
lf you stick your nose in, l'll turn you into polyester..
..and sell you to a foreign lady.
Little prince is upset.. no problem.
l'll pacify him and bring him back..
..but empty the bottle. Understood?
Where are you going? - Station.
Come back. Everyone's watching
l can't get along with him.
This is not a silly game that you get upset and leave.
Come back.. should l fall at your feet?
l'm going to the village.
We'll all go together . and put up a huge board-Shakti factory
l don't want any of this.
People will say that you're jealous of him.
Who will say? - Even l will..
You've gone mad and blind.
Your problem is with me..
..speak properly to your sister.
You're senseless. You've forgotten..
..that he's looked after both of us.. understand him.
He only understands money. Do you know why he married you?
He was a true friend. He married a girl who was eloping.
He would have married you even if you were handicapped.
You know why? Tell her..
You are talking like a child.
He married you for dowry.
Tell him not to lie.
Ask him..
Father had promised a big dowry, 25 thousand..
..he wanted to start his business.
Tell him not to lie..
You're just capital.
He's lying, isn't he?
ls this true?
Fight with the whole world, but not with me.
lf you're with me, l can beat the whole world.
Then why are you stuck to my neck? Come on..
Where?
To beat the world.
You've come?
On time.
How was the Europe and America tour?
Very successful.. only one difficulty..
..l didn't get to eat her cooking. l starved.
You're being called 'the business king of lndia.'
Do you have Shakti shares?
- Yes.
Then you are lndia's business king too.
People are pointing fingers
at your growth.
You're growing too fast.
This is a race. And l run to win, not for pleasure.
Whatever you own is mine. Now tell me, will you marry me?
No. - Hey Jalkukdi..
You look beautiful, just like a bride.
Really? Actually l knew.
That's why this Parsi uncle's been troubling me.
l told him move on, my husband's coming.
So when are you marrying me?
Leave Didi.. let's get into my car and run away.
Can you cook like her?
l'm talking love and you're talking about your stomach..
..how do you live with him?
With great difficulty. Where's Nanaji?
America.. he's back in two weeks
Gurubhai! Namaste bhabhi
Someone's been wanting to meet you.
How many months?
How did you know.. l haven't even told the beast.
You glow.. it's a girl, just like me.
Dad. Gurukant Desai.
So you're Gurubhai.
And you're the senior Mr. Contractor.. pleasure.
l've a present for you..
..that's why l wanted you to come to the wedding.
But l brought a present only for your daughter.. not for you.
A blank cheque. Your math is very good.
So fill it up.. with any number .
Everything has a price.
Where you've reached today on your own, is amazing.
But the path ends here.
Don't put it down. You might not get another opportunity.
Who is it? - Bloody old man.
He wants to buy me.
He is putting a price tag on me?
What he made in 150 years l made in 10 years.
ls it the same? - no.