Make a song...
Smile along...
A stranger in a strange land...
...was your friend all along.
Make a song...
Smile along...
Steal a moment from life...
...It's time to play along.
Make a song.
In a juicy "paan's" medley...
...I was at the Ganges, merrily...
...when a stranger came along...
...and struck my heart temporarily.
To drown in mystic eyes was fated...
Magic, mirage, or was I intoxicated?
Such naughtiness in a foreign land can't be clever...
Behave! Have you no shame what so ever?
Make a song...
Smile along...
Come along...
Steal a few sunny beams...
...from your wild dreams.
Make a song.
It's a tiny happy drop in an eternity...
That's life's ironic ditty.
This is what will stay with you...
...so make it count, make it true!
I was swept away by a rogue wave...
...the colors, the sights, the effects were grave.
See this medley of colors, this incredible fusion...
...a new song, a happy confusion.
Make a song...
Smile along...
A stranger in a strange land...
...was your friend all along.
Make a song.
I'm craving hot ginger tea and 'pakodas'.
Oh, man!
'Kachori', 'samosas', 'jalebi' and 'parathe'...
Croissant, sir?
Oh, no! Yes, please.
Hello? Michelle?
Who?
Excuse me, may I have your pen, please?
Yeah, ok!
Excuse me!
Sir, ma'am says she won't be able to join you.
Enjoy your breakfast and have a nice day.
Ratan: Hello?
Ratan speaking.
Are you dumb or mute?
I'm right here.
Arrived before time.
Bless this swank car!
Your job's truly lucrative.
The chicks back home dance for peanuts.
Don't talk rubbish.
Well, that's the heart of the matter.
Now I know the source of uncle's windfall.
Brother...
Don't call me that.
You didn't come all this way to tell me this.
So I'll come to the point.
If the truth of your 'job' was to come out in Benares...
...your father would be the first to...
What do you want?
Money.
How much? Take it and leave...
Not so fast.
Here's a letter to your bank...
...instructing them to transfer 25 grand to our account every month.
25 thousand?
It's not much.
I know your rate per night.
Now sign.
But no one back home can know anything.
How do I know you will keep your word?
No guarantees there.
But only a fool kills the goose that lays golden eggs.
And I ain't no fool!
Sister!!!
This city doesn't know what's going to hit it.
Now that we're together...
...we're going to paint this town burgundy!
How come... you...?
You're stammering out of excitement, sis!
I've got a job here.
I'm a management trainee at Matrix Advertising!!
But how'd you enter...?
Oh, I had to plead with the watchman.
And ma tried calling you so much.
Anyway...
...Iook at your castle, sis!
You must get me a job like yours in event management.
We're going to have a blast, aren't we?
'Cuz we are like this...
Are you going to be a brat at work too?
Absolutely!
Sis, how did you find a mini Benares here?
This is 'Baan Ganga'!
Reminds me of home! Like it?
Now this is... home!
This is who we are!
I welcome the trainees to their first session.
Lux... this agency's biggest brand.
Here's a sample of their target audience...
Vivaan!
For god sake, wake up, man!
Vivaan's dead. Death by boredom!
So your task is to capture the consumer so tightly in your fist...
...that she doesn't dream of another soap.
Sir! Not in our fist... in our heart!
What's your name?
Shubhavari Sahay!
Continue, please.
We can't win our target audience's heart by not respecting them.
I mean, she's more than a statistic, sir.
We need to understand her dreams and aspirations...
...and make a place for ourselves in her heart.
We're the ones in her fist!
Vivaan!
She's got brilliant insights.
Vivaan can handle the creative.
As a team, they'll rock!
Yeah.
Oh, Shubhavari! Yes, sir!
Meet Vivaan tomorrow morning...
...and get a complete low down on the Lux campaign.
Ok, sir.
Good luck.
Babe, you're lucky!
I've been lusting over Vivaan for 2 years...
...and you're already in.
Oh, God! He's hot!
Y-e-a-h!
What crap!
Looks like he hasn't showered for a month.
And advertises soap!
So you give him a scrub!
This is his last campaign.
He's being posted to Paris after this.
You're so lucky!
He's the lucky one.
He got to work with me!
I floored those Bombayites on day 1.
Weren't you nervous?
And where did you learn all this?
I wasn't flying kites in my MBA course.
Sis, where did you learn such fab make-up?
I wasn't flying kites...
...for so long in this city!!
But, sis... be careful here.
This is not Benares.
That's what's so great!
New city, new life, new people...
...anything can happen!
Exactly! Anything can happen.
So you haven't liked anyone so far?
Be honest!
Not in this city.
Oh!! So where did you like someone?
I'm off, sis!
Come on! I've come and you're going...
You know event management has crazy time lines.
Bye.
Everyone's in a rush, ma.
Like they're in a race...
Oh, Lord!
And the city's full of loony characters!
You got me, dude!
Oh, the Indian woman herself, eh... Shubh...
Shubhavari!
I'll call you Shubhi!
I'm Vivaan!
Hi!
I'm sorry! I don't hug on my first meeting.
So, what's up?
Well...
Hello!
What time?
8? Cool. See ya.
So you know all about the modern Indian woman.
What do you think about her?
Sir...
Vivaan, please!
Vivaan...
...I know as much about her as you do...
...about this lady!
She's modern, but probably not Indian.
And this one's modern?
Yup.
Sunita Jadli - MD Gynaec... runs her own hospital.
She's the modern Indian woman.
And the potential consumer of Lux.
The one you want to capture in your fist.
Not in our fist...
...like you said...
...'In our heart'.
Yeah... In our heart!
So what's the difference between the 2 chicks?
One will spend 5 grand in an evening...
...the other in the entire... - Want some coffee?
2 coffees, kiddo!
Quickly!!
So they're coffee buddies now!
Vivaan is Vivaan!
Your 'Indian woman' definition's warped.
These chicks are merely Indian, not modern.
It's so typical. Just like a man.
You judge a book by it's cover.
If clothes were the parameter then you'd be a complete...
Loser... huh?
Yeah! You should be.
Who can tell that this mayonnaise dripping freak...
...is the creative director of a big agency?
Where are the frikkin' coffees??
Why are you smiling?
I just figured you out...
You figured me out?
You're a male basher. You hate men.
I don't.
You do. You don't know it.
I don't hate men. - Hello!
Today's Tuesday?
I'm in the car, man.
Alrighty, ma'am... gotta go!
May we continue your discourse later?
I hate men...
I told you!
You hate men.
I just love Bombay, ma!
If we were all together, we'd have a blast!
It's beautiful.
No, I haven't been able to see Shahrukh yet!
Yeah, sis and I are going out for dinner.
Sis, look! Call girls!
Nothing, ma! Talk to you later.
Look, sis!
I wonder where my pearl...
Stop it!
They're girls, just like us!
With just different circumstances, compulsions...
Sorry, sis! Nothing justifies this!
Choose anything... but not this.
I don't agree!
How can you disagree? Of course, this is a date.
This is not a date.
So I was joyous for nothing?
I was sure the Indian woman's changed when you asked me out.
What are we doing here?
My assignment!
Of course, your assignment.
I need to show you the real Indian woman.
Though... the Indian male is changing too.
He actually buys a new shirt sometimes...
Nice? - Very!
Nice tags too! - Oh!
I'll do it. - No, I've...
I've got it. - No, I've got it...
Look at her!
Nice! Hot! Sexy! Slim!
And works out like a beast daily!
Obsessed with one thing - dieting... dieting...
Dieting...?
I'm sure it's fat free.
Look at those ladies.
They're hands are in pizzas...
...but their minds are in yummy road-side snacks.
Yummy! Hrithik's yummy, isn't he?
No! John's hotter.
And her? In a tearing rush...
Possibly late for her kid's PTA.
Rubbish!
Excuse me!
Are you in a rush?
Yes. I've a flight to catch.
A vacation?
No! I'm the pilot.
Spicy, snappy and so aggravating...
She hit me like a bolt of lightning!
Spicy, snappy and so aggravating...
It's not working, man!
Come on, guys!
Think out of the box.
One second.
Just let that hair fall... natural.
A little giddy...
A tad silly...
With rare serenity...
Casts her charm on me, this fiery chili!
Hello!
All set?
Shall we see the presentation once?
I don't have a presentation.
What do you mean?
Don't know!
I'm blank. Completely confused.
My first presentation... my job... - Ok... ok... relax!
Look at you! Relax!
Go freshen up! Go!
But there's no...
No presentation. I know.
We'll figure it out.
Get yourself a cup of coffee.
Hi, guys!
The quintessential Indian Woman...
...who and where is she?
We looked for her for days, but in the wrong places.
She's actually right here...
...but we couldn't see her.
Computer and cell phone savvy...
...but she never fails to pray.
On top of things at work...
...but family comes first.
She's groomed and dressed for success...
...but her smile is her biggest asset.
Honestly, she's got it, and she's got the face for it.
The new average Jane is a bombshell with a brain.
Nothing and no one can stop her flight.
And that's the Lux woman we're looking for.
The one we wish to capture in our heart, not our fist!
This daft boy, half crazed...
Has set my heart ablaze!
This daft boy, half crazed...
Has set my heart ablaze!
An occasional stammer...
Sings with such candor...
Such a lying enchanter...
Cast his net on me, silly gander!
Sister, I'm going to Lugano...
...near Italy... yes, on a shoot!
A wizard walked away with my senses...
Stupefied, I dropped my fences.
Chatty, naughty and full of beans...
She'll drive you nuts, she's got the means.
A little giddy...
A tad silly...
A prancing philly...
Cast her charms on me, this fiery chili!
Silly billy!
Spicy, snappy and so aggravating...
She hit me like a bolt of lightning!
This daft boy, half crazed...
Has set my heart ablaze!
An occasional stammer...
Sings with such candor...
Such a lying enchanter...
Cast his net on me, silly gander!
A green chili in a vodka shot...
O' Lord! What a nuisance I've got!
'Cuz we're like this...
This is who we are!
Drinking with him is such a bore...
But he saves me from villains galore.
Usually grounded, he gets high like a bird...
And hides his dimples, this bearded nerd!
A little giddy...
A tad silly...
With rare serenity...
Casts her charm on me, this fiery chili!
Spicy, snappy and so aggravating...
She hit me like a bolt of lightning!
Good show, guys! We have a winner!
Chutki...
Who's bike were you on?
Bike? Vivaan's...!
I told you about him...
You've just stepped into this city...
...and you're already flirting with boys.
Sis...?
What?
What do you know about him?
Who he is and what he's really about?
You don't know this city of wolves.
They'll tear you apart and you'll break into so many pieces...
...you'll never be able to heal.
Like you never existed! Never!
Sis?
This is me... your little sister.
What happened to you?
I'll tell you everything! I'm dying to talk to you about it.
How about some tea and 'Vivaan' post-mortem?
Sis, could you pass me some of that...?
What?
That... dark stuff... - Mustard seeds?
No, that...
Nigella Seeds...?
What's that?? No!!
That brown stuff that turns dark later...
Cumin seeds, sis!
Oh, thank you!
Our tuning's awesome, isn't it?
Cumin in pasta...?
What do the Italians know!
Taste pasta... Vivaan ala mode!
Incredible!
I've never had a more delicious cumin pasta!
So I'm pretty and talented...
...and a pretty talented cook too.
So if the agency kicks you out in Paris...
...you can always start a restaurant.
No, Paris is going to be tough...
...luckily Shubhi will be with me.
He's kidding, sis. He's gone mad.
What do you mean?
Nope, I'm serious.
I was thinking that we could...
...marry and go to Paris together.
With your permission, of course.
Vivaan?
Have you gone loony?
Or...we could live in sin there...
...what say, big sister!!
You know what I mean!
You haven't even asked me yet...
I haven't??
Dear lady, forgive me!
Allow me to propose now.
Shubhi...
...you've turned my whole life upside down.
And I completely love this new life.
And I want to live in it forever.
Ms. Shubhavari Sahay...
...will you please marry me?
Sis...?
Are you nuts? Say 'yes'.
What do I do...?
Yes or no, babe...
...have mercy on my knees at least.
Yes... yes... yes!
Bless you!
First tell me...
...how in God's name did you agree?
Scram...
Hey!!
You sit with me, come.
This is the limit!
I can't believe this oaf has landed such a lovely girl.
Gran, you've only met Dr. Jekyll yet...
...wait till you meet Ms. Hyde!
Vivaan!
If only you knew how many girls pine for me!
My noble heart felt sorry for this poor villager, or else...
...Or she'd leave you too.
Yeah!
Gran!!
Wait!
Welcome to our family, child!
Vibha: Ma, Chutki's got a proposal.
His name's Vivaan.
He works in her office.
With her?
Has a home in Bombay too.
Sabitri: Really?
Ma, his family's coming to Benares.
But they want a quick wedding.
Vivaan is going abroad in 20 days.
No, daughter.
How can we manage this in 20 days?
Vibha: Easily, ma!
Don't you worry!
Chutki and I will manage everything in Benares...
...and in no time.
I've already designed her trousseau.
But we'll buy her saris only in Benares.
It'll be so much fun.
Sabitri: But, daughter...
Yes, ma...
Tongues have started to wag.
They say we've become too rich, too quickly.
You understand, right?
Sabitri: I fear your coming here might...
Sabitri: Daughter...?
You understand, right?
Yes, ma, I do.
You're absolutely right.
I won't come. Don't worry.
I'll handle Chutki.
Daughter...!
Oh! Chutki must take her vows in our traditional sari...
...you know which one, right?
I should go now. Bye, ma.
Sahay: Where are my spectacles?
How do I hide my tainted self?
How do I find my way back home?
I've fallen from grace.
I don't have patience for this wedding stuff.
Let's elope.
In this trolley.
You know what I mean. - I do.
You do? Then listen...
... One last kiss? - 'Last' kiss.
Yeah.
Vivaan, leave.
I'm waiting for sis, remember?
So wait on.
I'll check her in just in case she's late.
Ok, wait...
Really... honestly... come here...
Don't jump again!
I'm gonna miss you.
I'm not gonna miss you.
I told you, you hate men.
I don't hate men. I hate you!
I love you, but...
Bye...
Sis, where are you?
I was just about to call you.
Our flight's been...
What...??
What do you mean 'can't come'...?
Office work... Now?
But your luggage is with me.
Why can't you tell them something?
Come on, sis... hello?
Yeah!
I'll be there in 45 minutes.
No, I don't need a car.
I'll be there.
Sis?
Hurry up.
Your damn door's jammed.
Get the luggage. Sis!!
Take this upstairs, please.
Come on... quick.
Follow the black car.
Pick up the phone, sis!
Drive faster! - There's traffic, ma'am!
But that black car is zipping. - I'm trying to follow.
You're a crappy driver.
Come on!!
Stop here!
Sis...!!
How much...? - Ninety bucks.
Don't have change...
Just keep it.
Ms. Natasha!
Good evening!
Mr. Collins is waiting for you... - Natasha?
Who was that lady?
Ms. Natasha!
Comes here often. She's a permanent guest here.
And meets her friends here often.
Friends...?
Like I said, she meets them here.
Isn't her name Vibhavari?
No! Not at all.
She's Ms. Natasha!
Subha: That's what I call a lottery!
Vibha: ...crazy time lines in event management.
Subha: ...Iook at your castle, sis!
Subha: ...get me a job in event management.
Subha: How did you learn such fab make-up?
Vibha: I wasn't flying kites...
Subha: ...for so long in this city!!
Steward: Ms. Natasha!
Subha: ...'O how sis blushes!
Vibha: You brat!
Subha: Sis...!!
Vibha: Li'l rat!
Stop the car!
Chutki...?
Natasha...?
Sis!
Please listen...
Sis...?
You're disgusted, aren't you?
I know what you must be going through.
But I never thought...
...or wished for you to find out.
Believe me!
Just wished for you and Vivaan to make a life I'd stopped dreaming of.
I didn't want the shadows of my world to fall on you.
That's why I wasn't coming to Benares.
Forgive me, sis.
I've shattered your faith.
I've shamed you.
I'm sorry. Forgive me!
Shut up, sis.
Just shut up!
Don't you dare apologize to anyone...
...to me, mother... or even father.
I ask for your forgiveness...
Don't...
... for all of us.
How could we have become so selfish?
So blind?
How could I not read your eyes?
Why couldn't I feel your pain?
I fight with the whole world...
...but I couldn't save my own sister.
I'm so sorry! Forgive me, sis!
You thought you'd keep sacrificing and we wouldn't find out?
You'd keep selling yourself...
...for the house...
...for dad's medical bills...
...for my education, my wedding?
Did you really think we'd build our dreams on your grave?
Enough, sis! No more.
There will be no wedding without my sister.
No, Chutki...
Yes.
You will come with me.
Come, sis... let's go home!
Sis is here...! Sis is here...!
Ma!
Daughter?
You've become so thin...!
Chutki just wouldn't listen.
She was so adamant...
Just pray that everything goes well...
Ma?
Speak.
Oh, really?
I think Ms. Big Bucks from the big city should speak.
I don't have time for riddles.
Come to the point.
Then listen...
...ask your bloody lawyer to come to an understanding with dad.
Pay us and we'll withdraw the case.
Got it?
We're winning and you want to compromise with those devils?
By paying them?
Exactly!
Why? Explain, sis...
Explain what?
We're away...
...ma and dad are alone in this legal mess.
What if they send goons?
Burn the house?
Who will protect them?
Reminds me of father.
He had the same tone...
...and would toss his plate in anger just like this.
Let's eat...
Is this still necessary, ma?
Sis!
Coming.
Oh, hello!
Our respects!
She's quit everything ever since her patron expired.
Ma'am...?
Oh, the little rats!
Where have you been?
In Bombay...
Lets see...
Just the same.
They couldn't rob that innocence.
But they tried real hard.
It's my sister's wedding.
You must come.
Congratulations!
Is the groom here?
Sabitri!
They are here.
Ma, this is Vivaan.
Hello!
Please meet my grandmother.
Greetings!
Please sit!
Bless you, son!
What a lovely family!
I pray that the Lord keeps the evil eye away from you.
My elder brother, Rohan!
Bro, this is Shubha, her parents...
...and her elder sister!
Our father who art in heaven...
I believe the groom's here.
What the hell are you waiting for?
Savoring the silence before the storm!
Stormy silence, huh!
Sneaking around?
Get inside! - But...
Look at the tall rat I found, ma?
Pining for your bride, weren't you?
Go on... leave!
Scoot!
Here we go now!
Sounds fresh!
That's right...!
Now don't you go plucking buds...
...or the gardener will kick your butts.
Now don't you go plucking buds...
...or the gardener will kick your butts.
Ladies, we beg your pardon...
...we're here for the whole garden!
Ladies, we beg your pardon...
...we're here for the whole garden!
Gardener, your blossoms are too cool...
Row after row, like a flowery spool...
We're hungry bees, so love sick...
...we'll gladly get our butts kicked.
Now don't you go plucking buds...
...the gardener will kick your butts.
Their cheeks are dimpled...
Their ears have bells...
Eyes have a drunken swagger...
...but... but... but...
Eyes have a drunken swagger...
...but lips cuss like a sailor!
You're bulls, not bees...
Your singing makes us flee!
Tie them with a thick yarn...
...take them back to their stinking barn!
Don't go plucking buds...
...the gardener will kick your butts.
Yeah, yeah!
We the cool champions.
Always number one.
Never play with us.
We the son of a gun.
Try so hard to challenge us...
Fall flat on your face... Beware!
I'm young and beautiful...
Stay away!
My eyes are magical.
You'll regret it.
Get away!
Don't scream... Don't shout...
Be gentle with us...
Break it down!
Don't scream... Don't shout...
My delicate arms...
We're on the hook... We're on the line...
You can't sing or rhyme.
Time for some real music...
And real rhyme...
These bees cause upheaval...
We know they're pure evil.
Go gently...
Go gently into that night, young bee...
These bees cause upheaval...
We know they're pure evil.
They try to look so cool...
...with brains in their drool.
Listen up, lovely buds!
If it wasn't for us, you'd be duds.
It's 'cuz we come here often...
...you stay green and not lonesome.
Don't go plucking buds...
...the gardener will kick your butts.
Ladies, we beg your pardon...
...we're here for the whole garden!
Gardener! Your buds are too cool...
Row after row, like a flowery spool.
We're hungry bees, so love sick...
...we'll gladly get our butts kicked.
Sis, the caterer is calling you.
Now what?
I'm coming.
Did you send for me?
No. But Jhurri was looking for you...
Jhurri?
Not Jhurri... I sent for you.
What are you doing, Rohan?
Nothing yet.
I just... wanted to say something.
Not now, Rohan. I should be with sis.
I know...
Look, I'm not good at this.
I'm very unromantic and...
...know nothing but Patents and Trademarks.
I used to laugh at love and mushy stuff...
...but after Zurich...
I don't want to see you in my dreams...
...but by my side.
Rohan, please...
Messed it up!
I can do better. One sec...
I want to hold your hand through every air pocket in life.
Please, Rohan...
...don't even think this.
Why?
I fell in love praying with you that day.
Today at the banks of the holy Ganges...
...I ask for your hand.
Even the logic is perfect.
No, Rohan.
You know nothing.
Absolutely nothing!
Vibha...
...refuse if you wish...
...but I think we're friends enough for you to tell me why.
No.
We're not friends enough for me to tell you the reason.
Has everything reached?
Yes.
And the sweets?
Yes, mother.
What's the matter? Why so worried?
Nothing at all, ma.
Don't you girls have to get dressed?
What is it?
Tell me, child.
Ma, there's a proposal for me.
What... a proposal?
Whose?
Rohan!
No, child... no!
I'd told you!
I knew it.
It's for the main hall, ok?
I feared this very moment.
Why did you come?
Why?
Who were you stopping, ma?
The daughter who saved us all?
Chutki!
Who saved father...
...who saved you from crumbling...
Shut up!
...was responsible for my education!
Who saved everyone...
...but couldn't save herself.
You shut the doors on that daughter, ma?
Don't interfere, Chutki.
I will.
Because you won't utter a word.
Such injustice?
You've carried the entire burden alone, sis.
Try to understand me...
...he's asked for your hand...
...what can you possibly do now?
If you refuse...
...it impacts Chutki.
If you say yes...
...then both your relationships will have...
...a sword dangling over them for life.
No, daughter!
Wait here. I'll do something...
No, mother.
You won't.
Sis, you have to do something...
...for yourself, this time.
Say 'yes'!
Then I'll have to tell him the truth.
So be it.
Don't worry about me.
If a bond can't bear the truth...
...then its best that it breaks.
No...
Yes, sis!
Now go!
Daughter!
I thought...
...Vibha's wedding was not to be...
...thought I'd see you married at least!
I tried so hard...
...but I lost.
Enough, mother.
Enough!
Used to see your tear-soaked pillow every morning...
...but I understand it now.
You'd toughen up for us every morning...
...and crumble every night.
Even met good news with a sombre face.
Share the burden today...
...all the tears...
...Let it all out, ma!
I failed as a mother.
I couldn't save my own daughter.
Mother and father...
...you were both.
I left you alone in the storm...
...you were all alone.
This is all my fault.
All my fault!
You sent for me?
You were right.
I think we're friends enough...
...for me to owe you a reason.
I'm not an event manager.
I'm an escort.
A sophisticated version of a prostitute.
That's it.
I won't insult you with any excuses.
I did what I had to...
...to earn a living.
I don't regret it.
But why should you bear this cross?
Why should you be tainted?
But my sister's purer than the Ganga.
I beg you, Rohan...
...don't let this ruin her happiness.
I beg you.
I used to love you a lot...
...but today...
...I respect you more than that.
You think I didn't guess...
...back in Zurich?
I've seen your boss' new PR managers for years now.
But never one who prayed.
Taint?
Cross to bear...?
What are you talking about?
To me, you are the Ganga herself.
Rohan, you don't know...
I don't know anything...
...except that...
...I dread living without you.
So if you can bear...
...living with someone...
...who doesn't even know his prayers...
...if you can spend your life with me...
...then I think that life should begin right now.
Just say 'yes'.
Sis...
...please say 'yes'!
The dude's not half bad... I assure you.
Say yes, sis!
Stop bleating!
You guys start whipping a drum at the drop of a hat.
This is not a wedding.
It's a shameful event in my grandfather's house.
But you can't hide the truth.
Hear me out...
...then decide if you want to witness this wedding.
Not one, but two weddings!
Hey!!
Dropped your brains somewhere?
No, you have!
She's right!
Let me see who tries to stop us.
And speak with caution.
The women of this house are its pride.
So beware when you utter something...
...you get it, right?
But bro, they're here to celebrate... right?
What say, Bro-in-law?
Shouldn't we shake our booty now?
I often wish to fly away...
...like a bird, free as day...
...and bring back with the night...
...a few grains and some light.
'Cuz we are like this...
This is how we are!