I salute you Mother Ganges.
I am a fortunate man that. I was born in this country.
THE LAND WHERE THE GANGA FLOWS.
"We learnt from all those we met"
"We took aliens into our hearts"
"We learnt from all those we met"
"We took aliens into our hearts"
"Never have we been blinded By greed and covetousness"
"And we proudly proclaim To the whole world"
"That we belong to the country where the Ganga flows"
"My name is Raju And my home without a name"
"The only abode I know is the land where Ganga flows"
"My name is Raju And my home without a name"
"The only abode I know is the land where Ganga flows"
"My name is Raju..."
"I set out To string together new songs"
"And to sing them to the world"
"If I meet no one I shall sing them alone"
"Poets may lose their voice The Taj may crumble to dust"
"Kings might fade out As may their reign"
"All that shall remain Are songs of love"
"Songs that are a treasure unassailable"
"My name is Raju And my home without a name"
"The only abode I know is the land where Ganga flows"
"My name is Raju..."
"A free spirit am I humble but joyous"
"And I set out alone on my journey"
"I am a silent witness to the carnival of life"
"What use is pride? What use vanity?"
"You are but a guest here And must leave someday"
"So raise your voices And your tambourines"
"And join me in this celebration of love"
"My name is Raju And my home without a name"
"The only abode I know is the land where Ganga flows"
"My name is Raju And my home without a name"
"The only abode I know is the land where Ganga flows"
"My name..."
"So raise your voices And your tambourines"
"And join me in this celebration of love"
"My name is Raju And my home without a name"
"My name is Raju..."
A gun!
Take out your weapon if you have one.
The only weapon I have.
Is there any cloth in the bag?
The gun...
Bind it tightly.
May I ask you something? Did you shoot yourself?
Who are you?
Raju. - Raju what?
Just Raju, what else?
Your occupation? - I am a bard.
You may say I am like the Harboles of Bundelkhand.
Help me across to those ruins there.
This water will soothe your throat...
as well as the pain in your soul.
Go on, drink it.
This is no ordinary water. It is from River Ganga.
Eat this. It is turnip.
It invigorates the blood. I eat them a lot.
I have cooked all this myself.
I am a poor man, and have no one to call my own. I am an orphan.
I studied upto Class V without paying any fees.
I was a child volunteer with a social welfare group at the fair at Kumbh.
Now I play this dafli and entertain people.
I understand now. You are being chased by dacoits.
Don't you worry, friend.
Don't worry.
Watch it! I'm a policeman. I'll shoot you.
There's our Sardar.
Take him away.
Policeman.
They always deny if when we catch them.
Admit it!
I swear on the sacred Ganga, I am not.
You invoke the Ganga, but your bones...
won't find a peaceful resting place there.
Tell us what the police knows about us.
I know nothing.
How do I know what the police knows about you? I am not their man.
Are you a soldier then? - Oh, no.
Whose man are you then?
I am a man of God. - A man of God?
Hey, Raka.
Do you plan to kill him without telling the Sardar (Chief)?
Why? What's this man to you?
Who said he had anything to do with me.
You talk to me as though you want to knife me.
Get lost.
If it were Kammo in my place, you had welcome her. Dog!
May the goddess inflict your Kammo with the pox!
Not bad.
I am a pious man. - I see.
Fool! Do you have marbles or eyes.
These flowers are for the Goddess.
My name is not Fool. It is Raju.
Where did you get this animal from? - If you wish I can send him to you...
in a cage, provided I can come to you twice a day to feed him.
Strange place! People hit first and talk later?
It is high time you turned to me instead.
She will slap you every day after breakfast.
And before breakfast?
May I suggest something?
I feel one should brush one's teeth before breakfast.
Hey, Kammo.
Coming Bapu (Father).
Yes Bapu? (Father)
This belongs to the one who saved my life.
He went hungry and gave me food.
I told you I could walk without being shoved.
Can't you walk without falling?
Nor can I talk without being slapped, it seems.
It's my dafli.
He is the man who saved me. - He is a killer, Sardar.
Ask him. He confessed he is a policeman.
But I said I was a man of God. - You lied.
Lied?
Can one lie after swearing on the holy Ganga?
Can anyone?
Ganga is no ordinary river. It flows from Lord Shiva's tresses.
I tell you he is from the police.
Wait Raka, if he is from the police shouldn't he have a weapon?
Yes.
This is the weapon I found in his bag. - This?
Do you kill elephants with it?
Oh, no. The British eat their food with it.
But, he is a policeman. - Don't chew my brains, Raka.
His hands have fed me.
You may go.
From now on you are our guest.
Do you get guests in this place? - Why not? Aren't we human beings?
I mean do guests go back once they come here?
Don't worry, friend. When you tire of our humble hospitality...
I'll escort you myself beyond the line of danger.
May I ask you something else, Sardar? - Sure.
When do we eat breakfast?
Raka, what's your decision?
Decision? About what?
Every man has iust one decision to make.
To love or to hang.
Don't be impatient, Tau (Uncle). We will all hang, by and by.
What do you mean?
Sardar has made that mole from the police his guest.
A policeman as a guest?
Then the jail is as good as our in-law's house...
and the hangman our relative.
Let's all embrace and hang ourselves.
Great! A policeman guest in a robber's den.
You stay here. Call me if you want something.
I will be in that corner.
Wait.
Go on, give me a slap. - But why?
People must slap the one who's slapped them. Tit for Tat.
Maybe. But I don't follow that rule.
As you wish. But don't say I didn't give you the chance.
I shall not say that.
Help!
What's all this? - Tiger!
Don't you know it is improper to cling to a girl?
Was it improper that I clung to you?
Very improper.
I am a terrible man. You fed me, gave such respect...
and, in return, I behaved so badly.
Come.
Remember that rule about tit for tat?
It is your turn to cling to me. You must punish me.
That rule doesn't work in such matters.
Strange rule. It applies to some matters and not to others.
Go away and rest. - I can't rest after doing wrong.
Either punish me or take me to Sardar for justice.
Come on.
He is a good man.
Forgive me, Kammo, but you don't know what justice is.
"What is this that ails me?"
"Why does my heart dance so?"
"Someone seems to lead you to the threshold of love"
"Tell me, who is he?"
"What is this that?"
"Every breath I take seems to sigh with longing"
"As though an arrow has pierced my heart"
"And fills my being with such a sweet fire"
"What a pleasurable pain this is"
"Let not this secret out if you can"
"What is this that ails me?"
"Why does my heart dance so?"
"Someone seems to lead you to the threshold of love"
"Tell me, who is he?"
"What is this"
"The days will be filled with dreams"
"And the nights with a restless longing"
"How much longer can I bear this pain?"
"Oh, what anxiety is this?"
"Someone seems to lead you to the threshold of love"
"Tell me, who is he?"
"What is this"
"What is this that ails me?"
"Why does my heart dance so?"
"What is this"
"Can this ecstasy be contained?"
"Can this river be banked?"
"This fever that ails you goes by the name of Love"
"And never, now, will you be free of it"
"What is this"
"What is this that ails me?"
"Why does my heart dance so?"
"Someone seems to lead you to the threshold of love"
"Tell me, who is he?"
"What is this"
I shot the pigeon. Give it to me.
But, first tell me... can you restore it to life?
Are you mad? Who can give life to the dead?
Then why take away what you cannot give?
I kill it so that I can eat it.
That doesn't answer my question.
Get me a rifle and I'll give you your answer.
Save me!
Save me.
What is this nonsense? - He has my pigeon.
I won't give it to you.
He says he will eat it.
Go away! Or I'll...
It is my pigeon. - I will show you, you!
Hey, can't you see?
You are behaving as if I shot at you. Come here.
Put some ointment on the wound. When it gets well bring it to me.
Kammo, you are very good.
And you are real crook.
I told you not to cling to a girl.
Oh God, let me die.
God can wait. I will shoot you first.
And there will be no one to save you.
Is the world full of rascals like you?
Don't you dare take such liberties again.
Shall I get a skirt and blouse for you?
What is it, Raju?
I asked you to punish me but you wouldn't
Nor would you take me to Sardar.
When I asked God for death. You said you'd shoot me.
My only fault is that I gave your father food.
Cooked turnips, to be exact. And all you people want is my life.
All right. I beg forgiveness.
Come on, smile.
Please.
Smile, will you?
You are just a kid.
Kammo, Sardar wants you.
Coming.
I understand. My name is Raju and I greet you.
Forgive me, but this is the way to return greetings.
Even the greetings of a policeman?
Heavens! But that matter's been cleared up.
I swore on the Ganga, and Sardar and Kammo believed me.
Did you hear, Bhimu?
Yes. This holy man comes from the Ganga.
Then he won't eat before a holy dip. Have a dip, sir.
Mr. Pandey, take this!
Have some food now
All right. I will tell you just who I am.
"Where truth is on every lip And virtue in every heart"
"I come from that land Where the holy Ganga flows"
"Where truth is on every lip And virtue in every heart"
"I come from that land Where the holy Ganga flows"
"Where a guest is considered More precious than life"
"Where greed is abhorred And simplicity's the norm"
"I come from the motherland That nurtures her children"
"I come from the land where the Ganga flow"
"Knowledge is futile If it shows no humanism"
"And a love for human life As we do here in the East"
"To leave in peace an amity That is the only truth"
"In the land I come from The land where Ganga flow"
"Where truth is on every lip And virtue in every heart"
"I come from that land Where the holy Ganga flows"
Play on this dafli and ask your women to dance from today...
this policeman will play the rhythm as we do the dance of death
Look, Raka.
Don't call him policeman or my father will punish you.
I had prefer death at the hands of Sardar to being duped by this fellow.
Don't you dare call him a policeman!
How's that, Raka?
See how he is slipped away. - Only God knows the truth...
but he seems to be a policeman.
The policeman tries new ways to trap us. They sent a leper last year.
This year it is a chameleon.
The father ate his food, and the daughter's repaying the debt.
My name isn't ' Fool'. It's Raju.
Tell me, can anyone lie after swearing on the Ganga? Tell me
The Ganga is no ordinary river.
It flows from Lord Shiva's tresses... like this.
Here, I can't seem to walk without falling, or talk without being hit.
Kammo? You, at this hour?
Can I help you?
I am looking for something I have lost.
What is it? - I forgot what I came here for.
When one is distracted one forgets.
Right.
It is a dangerous condition. You must get yourself cured.
Can this condition be cured?
Certainly. I know all about it.
Come on, sit down.
Now close your eyes.
The mystics say that if the mind wanders...
...you must close your eyes and meditate.
I am meditating.
Now concentrate on any one thing?
Right.
Tell me, what kind of thing is this?
What kind? - Is it dry or wet?
Dry.
Is it fat? - No.
Thin? - No.
Tall? - No.
In what weather is it used? - Every weather.
Something to drink or eat? - Neither.
Is it made of earth?
Not made of earth, but comes from it and goes back to it.
I understand. Is it masculine or feminine?
Is it man or woman?
Who are you?
I am a male, no? The rest is in Lord Shiva's hands.
I am being so serious and you are laughing,
what kind of girl are you?
How do I seem to you?
What?
Yes.
To me, no-one seems bad or alien. All seems my own.
Those who are older are like parents, and those younger like siblings.
And those who are of your age?
Are these things we are discussing related to love?
What if they are? - Then God help us.
Our countrymen will tolerate anything except love.
Better to stay away from love.
"I have loved Is it a crime?"
"Now my eyes see everything In a rosy glow."
"And my heart lurches As if intoxicated."
"Now my eyes see everything In a rosy glow."
"And my heart lurches As if intoxicated."
"I have loved."
"The mind trembles with a delicious fear."
"And the body is slicked with perspiration."
"How do I control this heart?"
How do I remove the arrow that pierces it?
"This longing only seems to grow'
"And my heart lurches As if intoxicated."
"Now my eyes see everything In a rosy glow."
"I have loved."
"The very sight of him fill me with shy delight."
"My heart seems to blossom to fullness."
"What can I do? My senses seem to reel."
"My youth rejoices in the promise of love."
"And my heart lurches As if intoxicated."
"Now my eyes see everything In a rosy glow."
"I have loved."
"What was my crime? Can anyone say?"
"Whose heart did I break? Whose feelings wound?"
"I shall be iudged only By the laws of love."
"For love is without compare."
"And my heart lurches As if intoxicated."
"Now my eyes see everything In a rosy glow."
"I have loved Is it a crime?"
"Now my eyes see everything In a rosy glow."
"And my heart lurches As if intoxicated."
"Now my eyes see everything In a rosy glow."
"And my heart lurches As if intoxicated."
Hail to thee, O Ganga.
You look like one of us in this outfit
A dacoit.
Pardon me? - A dacoit.
Then I will wear only this.
You are shameless. Can't you see me standing here?
So what? I refuse to be dressed like a scoundrel.
What? - Yes.
If you dare say scoundrel again...
I'd fear the gun if it were only a question of life.
But when it is a question of values, I remain fearless.
I repeat. Dacoits are scoundrels.
Give me my clothes. I will tell Sardar and go away from here.
I will shoot you. - That is right.
Dacoits only know the language of guns.
We use guns for the good of the world.
The good of the world? - Yes.
To make the rich and the poor equal.
Make rich and poor equal!
Could you explain that to me? - Sure.
Don't the poor have to struggle and suffer?
Yes, they certainly do.
And the rich suck the blood of these poor. Don't they?
Absolutely. - Then why can't you understand us?
We try to remove the disparity between rich and the poor.
We bring justice to the world.
Are you Socialists? - What?
Socialists. They, too mouth but one motto.
To make rich and poor equal. - Yes.
You dare to call us scoundrels? You are wicked.
Get go, Bye.
Forgive me. I am not wicked. Just a bit foolish.
I didn't understand. You are saints, after all.
Then swear you will never talk of going away.
I will stay here. I swear on the Ganga.
And I will help you in your endeavour. Do forgive me.
All right.
Forgive you.
How lucky I am to have joined such virtuous people.
You will be lucky the day you join the attack on Rajgarh.
Rajgarh.
Go dress Sardar's wound. - I am going.
It's a secret.
Eleven days from now Rajgarh will be attacked at midnight.
But...
Eleven days is a long time. And who knows when death may come
Tell me of some poor nearby whom I can help now.
She stands before you.
No. I am a gentleman and I won't lay hands on you.
But you can make a poor woman richer.
I have less than a rupee It shall be yours.
Shall only the money be mine? - What else do you want?
The person who owns the money?
Forgive me. I am a bit slow at understanding things.
Wow, Well-done.
Well done.
"A fire blazes inside me"
"It's a fire that can vanquish anyone"
"Lucky the moth that burns in a flame"
"For, to die, in love, is no death at all"
"You are here, and so am l"
"We are here face to face"
"Love seems to have unleashed a power."
"We are like the ocean. Unfettered and free"
"And ocean, that is awesome in its power"
"When a shell absorbs a tiny drop..."
"...it gives birth to a priceless pearl"
"You are here, and so am l"
"We are here face to face"
"Love seems to have unleashed a power."
"The fruit of love is sweet and its flower fragrant"
"No one wins or loses in this game of love"
"Love brings the sweetest rewards"
"To be conquered in love is no defeat at all"
"You are here, and so am l"
"We are here face to face"
"Love seems to have unleashed a power."
"The heart is so small and yet so vast"
"No fire can come to life unless stone strikes stone"
"It is the heart that lights up the corners of life"
"Give your heart to someone and the world shall be yours"
"You are here, and so am l"
"We are here face to face"
"Love seems to have unleashed a power."
"You are here, and so am l"
"We are here face to face"
"What is this inexplicable joy?"
"It seems to bring alive ancient memories"
"What is this inexplicable joy?"
"It seems to bring alive ancient memories"
"This evening I have forfeited my heart"
"You are here, and so am l"
"We are here face to face"
"You thought I was a stranger"
"But I knew you were my own"
"You thought I was a stranger"
"But I knew you were my own"
"Dreams have been realised New paths open up"
"You are here, and so am l"
"We are here face to face"
"I am yours for the asking"
"I lose myself in the depths of your eyes"
"I am yours for the asking"
"I lose myself in the depths of your eyes"
"What is this spell you have cast?"
"Love seems to have unleashed a power"
"You are here, and so am l"
"We are here face to face"
O my dashing general! What are you looking around for?
Hold the gun. I will set up the target.
What are you doing?
I was watching you through the binoculars.
Take it.
See? - Amazing.
It has suddenly become a gun. - Give me a bullet.
Now aim there.
What? - Take it!
What about this? - Throw that away.
What is it?
You mustn't throw away something beautiful.
You should put it with another lovely thing.
You will ruin me with such talk.
What?
Take this and learn to shoot.
What?
But, what's the use of this?
You need to bring justice; and to become a Socialist.
I can do that without a gun, if Lord Shiva is with me.
That will never be.
Such big talk! As if all the news of the world reaches you first.
Guns can only kill. If the whole world dies, who will you do good to?
You really do take time to understand things.
Fool...
It's the fear of the gun that makes sinners behave like gentlemen.
Understand?
Really?
I never knew before, that the gun could create gentlemen. - Yes.
What you waiting for? Come on.
Come here and learn to fire a gun.
Oh well, everyone to his own.
All right, I'll learn to shoot.
Okay.
First lift the gun and place it here.
Do.
What is this? - I placed it where you told me to.
Simpleton! Not here, but on your shoulder.
There's something wonky here. - What d'you mean?
You're the teacher. You should know.
Idiot! Let me show you.
Stand straight and put the gun on your shoulder.
Like this.
Now look straight.
Put your hand there. Up not down.
No, straight. Can you see the target?
Close your eye and look through this.
How can I see with eyes closed? - Not both Close one, .
Which one? - The left.
Can you see the target?
All I can see are flowers.
You want me to shoot.
All I want to do is put the flowers in your hair.
My hero, look at the target and pull the trigger.
You are such a novice.
What are you looking at?
Why are you staring?
I just thought of something.
Maybe someday Lord Shiva will bless me...
...with a flower like child and I will call Ganga Prasad.
So?
Will you be the mother of that child?
Don't worry that we will have just one child.
If the lord wishes it, we shall have several.
You seem worried, Raka. What is it?
That man you are so indebted to will send us all to the gallows.
You've become suspicious.
A naive boy who thinks a fork is a weapon.
Does he really threaten you?
Smoke.
Three days from now we are going to attack a wedding
Yes, talk of that. - I am, Sardar.
Apart from other things, the father is to give his daughter...
...a diamond necklace worth 100,000 rupees.
Is the information reliable? - I bring reliable information. Always.
Get me the necklace and I will give you 20,000.
My Kammo will look like a bride in it.
Should I also get the Mangal Sutra (Wedding Chain)
Mangal sutra? I understand. Yes, get it.
No, Raju, I won't marry you.
For one thing, you are slow to understand.
And for another, you cling to me all the time.
Have you thought of what people might say?
They'll say that
the dacoit's daughter will surely wed the holy man's son.
Why're you getting angry?
Kammo, do you know what our problem is? Eager youth.
What else can we think of in this state...
except who he will be, and how he will be.
When we will get married, go our in-law's house and then...
And then..
And then, what? - Then...
Shall I tell you? - Oh God!
I know everything, after marriage.
You know everything, do you? - Yes.
Okay.
And I thought you were hopelessly innocent.
Not in matters concerning marriage. I know everything about it.
So tell us what happens.
When the bride is taken to the groom's house...
...there is much rejoicing and feasting.
God bless you.
A variety of sweets are served.
May I suggest something? Why don't you marry, Kammo?
Marry, whom?
Yes, I will marry a strong and handsome man.
Will you? - Oh yes.
Then so it shall be.
And what'll you do if I get married, my simpleton?
What can I do except play the dafli sing and dance and rejoice?
At my wedding, you fool.
"Abdulla makes merry At another's wedding"
"He is too simple To understand things"
"Abdulla makes merry At another's wedding"
"He is too simple To understand things"
"Abdulla makes merry At another's wedding"
"He is too simple To understand things"
Isn't that so?
"I shall go in a palanquin To become his bride"
"In some distant land I shall dwell in his heart"
"You are but a stranger"
Who knows what brings you here?
"Abdulla makes merry At another's wedding"
"He is too simple To understand things"
"Abdulla makes merry At another's wedding"
"He is too simple To understand things"
Isn't that so?
"I go to him with my swaying gait"
"I sound my anklets To attract him"
"My eyes speak to him I offer him my heart"
But try as I may He understands nothing
"Abdulla makes merry At another's wedding"
"He is too simple To understand things"
"Abdulla makes merry At another's wedding"
"How do you explain to him The matters of the heart?"
Isn't that so?
"Who is one's own? And who a stranger?"
"Ask your own heart Who dwells in it"
"One loses one's heart Upon the instant"
"Be it anyone's wedding My heart will sing in joy"
"Abdulla makes merry At another's wedding"
"How do you explain to him The matters of the heart?"
"Abdulla makes merry At another's wedding"
"How do you explain to him The matters of the heart?"
Isn't that so?
She's a lucky bride! She got huge dowry!
Made from pure butter?
Absolutely pure. Have some
Police!
Sinner! You have killed a child you murderer
Don't move.
Raka, you villain... No!
My child
"There is murder and looting all around"
"And brother is at war with brother"
"There is murder and looting all around"
"And brother is at war with brother"
"How Mother Earth is made to suffer"
"Such things happen even in this land"
"In this land where Ganga flows"
"Such things happen even here"
"Why do such things happen here..."
"In the land where Ganga flows?"
What is the proof that news of your robbery is correct?
I heard it with my own ears, Superintendent
I swear by the Ganga, that Raka and his men will go to Rajgarh
I beg you, save the people of Rajgarh. Or Raka, will kill them like dogs
But how can this be?
He was right. The Thakur's house has been attacked
Take the special force and proceed to Rajgarh at once
Now, if Raka fires one bullet, we will answer with a thousand
If he harms a single person we will wipe out his gang
What are you saying, sir? Killing is for sinners like Raka.
I beg you to protect, not to kill
Let them reach Rajgarh, then you will see
RAJGARH
You? - The police has reached Rajgarh
If you value your lives then go back from here
The police in Rajgarh? How do you know?
It was I who brought them here
Is he bluffing? - No, I swear upon the Ganga
Go ahead and find out for yourselves
No! Don't go there. They have rifles and machine guns
Stop him, Raka. He is a poor man. He will die
He has children
Go
Don't go
Carry him. Let's go back
I warned you so often that he was a police spy, didn't I?
Do you have anything to say?
I have a lot to say
Do you know why I went with Raka for the robbery?
I thought they were going to help the poor
But it was all a lie, Sardar
He killed that poor girl's husband...
then snatched her necklace so that the skin of her neck peeled off
Meanwhile, a small child came from somewhere. And that man...
who is sitting there with his son riddled that child with bullets
Tell me the truth, Sardar
If someone were to kill your daughter's husband...
and snatch her necklace, what would you do?
Control him, Sardar. Or I'll...
Will you shoot me, too? Let me see you shoot your own child
Did you inform the police? - Yes, I did!
Why?
To save the villagers. - Why did you stop us, then?
To save you from the police.
You have children just as those villagers do
It was my duty to save you as I did the villagers
Why couldn't you save my husband then?
God punish me if I lie...
but I asked Raka to stop him
But he never does listen. - If we had come back...
we'd have had to answer Sardar.
You still have to answer him...
when he asks you...
why you sent that man, and didn't go yourself
It was because he loves his own life, and has no regard for other's life
You villain
You have no one to weep for you
You are right, mother. He has no wife nor child
So he turns his anger on me
He who loves his own skin cannot become a Sardar
Oh, no. Only this spy is fit for that, I suppose
He will hang all of us and say it was for our children's good
And he will swear on the Ganga. - Don't you dare abuse the Ganga
Good bye
He will run away, Sardar
Let him be shot if he tries to escape
Where is my dafli?
Don't I look like a bride?
Give me my dafli
Tell me, don't I look like a bride?
You look like a widow
Widow? - Yes
Raka should've also given you the widow's mangal sutra
Good bye
Which widow?
The one whom this necklace belongs to, and whose groom Raka killed
Ask him to get you her mangal sutra
Tell me more
Only when you discard these lies in your heart...
can you help the poor of the world
Listen.
I was afraid to tell you the truth in case you went away
Don't go. Listen to me
There are dangerous ravines up ahead. You will get lost. Don't go
Only they get lost whose minds are dark and lonely
"The winds are wild and frenzied"
"Don't forsake me. Won't someone stop him?"
"The winds are wild and frenzied"
"Don't forsake me. Won't someone stop him?"
"O crazy breeze.."
"I lay like a stone upon a lonely path"
"It was only your love that brought me to life"
"And now you snatch the light from my eyes"
"Don't go. Stop him, someone"
"The winds are wild and frenzied"
"Don't forsake me. Won't someone stop him?"
"O crazy breeze.."
"It was you who taught me that love was everything"
"If I lose in love, it's your defeat too"
"Can you not hear my anklets call you back?"
"Don't go Won't someone stop him?"
"The winds are wild and frenzied"
"Don't forsake me. Won't someone stop him?"
"O crazy breeze.."
I took you as husband before the goddess
Father, I took an oath before the goddess...
that only he would be my husband
A dacoits daughter and a policeman?
Fire, Sardar
I have sworn before the goddess
If you won't shoot, I will...
Raka! She has taken a sacred oath
The marriage cannot be.
The old man wanted Kammo to marry the policeman...
who had have had us hanged someday
We don't need such a chief
But if you still want to die at the hands of the police...
shoot me and make the policeman Sardar
You've killed a man who was like your father
Do me the favour next. Kill me, too
I beg of you, shoot me
It's all my fault. If I hadn't saved Sardar's life...
If Raka hadn't brought me here...
Kammo wouldn't have fallen in love with me
I'm the cause of all this kill me
Yes! I'm a policeman, a soldier kill me
Not so fast
Kammo vowed before the Goddess she'd marry him
I'll marry her before the same Goddess and offer his head in sacrifice
Look what I've got A mangal sutra (wedding chain)
I'll put it round your neck in two days
Will you still hate me then?
Raka should've put the widow's mangal sutra round your neck
Sister-in-law.
Save me I beg you to protect me
Save me. - What's happened?
Save me. - Blood?
Raka tried to assault my honour
I scratched his face
Well done.
At least it will mark his evil face
Kammo came here. Where's she?
I've tied her to the edge of my veil
Here, untie her. - This is no time for jokes
Nor is it the time for drunken arguments
So what if you are the men's Sardar? Get out of here
Get out of here
Will you help both of us?
When you can sacrifice yourself for that virtuous man...
...can't I least help the two of you?
The men here may have lost their honour...
but a mother's love is still alive
Tell me where he is
Raka's tied him to a tree. Can you hear that noise?
That simple boy... tied to a tree?
He says he will sacrifice Raju's head to the Goddess
Oh, does he? Is he the master of the world?
If I don't drown him in that river...
Come.
Go to ruins near the temple. I'll see you there with Raju
Get lost.
Son of a gun!
Where is Kammo?
Wherever she is. she shall be your wife
But what's the hurry? Let's drink together
Listen, my brave dacoits. Hail the new Sardar
Hail!
We looted Surpur
And we looted Nagpur
There were cries of terror everywhere
So sings the poet Kabir
Be careful of this cheat
Mai (Mother)
You know the way, don't you?
Think of the Goddess and leave this hell
Come on Raiu
Come.
What's happened?
Forgive me, Mai I forgot something
Let me touch your feet
Come.
O Goddess, protect them both
That fellow's run away and Kammo is no where
Weren't you keeping watch?
I will burn every village they pass
I will destroy every home that shelters them
Come on!
Let's get out of here fast
Raka will kill if he sees us
Shall I say something?
Go back to Raka
What?
Go back. Or every village we pass will be razed
If you don't want me, push me in the fire
You don't understand
Raka will massacre people. And every death will weigh on our souls
I beg you, go back
Will my going back turn Raka into a saint?
Will they all reform and become pious men?
If that is so, I will go back
But you told me we'd reform them together
Good bye
Wait
Wait, Kammo
You speak the truth
We will work together to reform them
Forgive me. I am slow to understand things
There is a good man who helped save many lives. He'll surely help us
Now, forgive me and smile
But, Superintendent, how is Kammo to blame?
Raka is responsible for the bloodshed
If he has done all this for Kammo, no doubt, he will come here
So Kammo must stay here. And we will guard her night and day
But if Raka and his men come here, they will kill even the children
Then why are you concerned for their children...
when they can murder the children of others?
Because they are blind fools. - The law is blind too...
and says that killers shall hang
Doesn't it say that the blind should get eyes?
What do you mean by eyes? - Let me explain
A room is dark if you shut the windows
The light of the sun cannot come in
Someone must dare to throw open the windows
See who is outside, Constable
What has happened?
What is it? - What was that noise?
Kammo and Raju must reach the Chambal banks before full-moon
If you don't obey my orders, we will kill your wife and kids
That Raka of yours...
Give the blind eyes, eh?
I will hang every one of those assassins
You may go
Don't worry, Indu's mother. I have heard such threats before
"O lifeless souls..."
"wake up, and feel the pain"
"For, all the misery around..."
"how can you stay ignorant?"
"You shall be reborn"
"So, sin not"
"The path you shall tread..."
"make it worth following"
"The path you shall tread..."
"make it worth following"
Raju.
He left at night.
Where?
Where is Kammo?
He has left her.
In inspector's custody.
Hold him.
Come with me, chief.
He was coming to lecture you.
I found him on the way.
He said inspector wants to hang us all.
Come here.
You're going to the city.
Give a letter to the inspector.
What should I write?
Say...
I got it.
This is more like it.
I'll write such a letter to inspector...
...that he'll release Kammo.
Take Bhimu.
Come.
Release him.
How is your inspector?
He's very angry with you.
He says I'll hang everyone.
He send you to make nooses for us.
I came on my own...
...to decide...
...you shouldn't kill their family and he shouldn't hang you.
Very good.
I'll do as you say.
Go where you want to go.
Should we guard him?
No need.
There is guard everywhere.
If he tries to leave, he'll die.
I never saw a fool like you.
You should've got married and settled down.
Why did you come back to die?
My duty brought me back.
My foot!
Get up and fresh up.
I'll call Jaggu and serve you food.
God knows where he wanders.
Jaggu.
Where are you?
Where is Jaggu?
You're climbing tree again! Stop.
Get down.
I'll break your legs.
Get down.
You cough whole night yet you eat berry.
Want more berry?
Stop I say.
I'll break your bones.
No, mother. No.
I won't eat berry now.
Swear by Ganges.
I swear.
Very good.
Your Jaggu is so nice.
My foot!
He bothers his mother.
Come and eat food.
Mother.
You love him very much.
Love?
If he coughs once at night...
...I feel such a pain in my heart.
If this is what happens to you because of his coughing...
...what would happen if he's hanged?
May you rot!
May his enemies get hanged!
Come, Jaggu.
Entire public is his enemy.
Public is never hanged.
Even my son won't get hanged.
Why not?
When my uncle was hanged...
...you said it won't happen.
Why do you want to kill me?
Go and eat your food.
No, mother. Not like this.
First answer me.
Was your brother dacoit too?
Yes.
And he was hanged?
Yes.
Yet you didn't understand...
...the path your brother took...
...will be taken by your son too.
That day will surely come.
Mother, your son will become dacoit when he grows up.
One day... two days... and when his days are over...
...police will nab him.
Do you know they'll take him to gallows.
He'll be hanged.
I'll be hanged.
Your Jaggu has asked a question.
Think.
You went too look for him after making food.
Similarly one day you'll wait for him...
...to return so that you can serve him food.
But mother...
...you'll sit for in vain.
Your Jaggu will be no more.
Serve food. I want to go soon.
Stop your meditation. I've to go to the city.
Are you dead or alive?
Jaggu, what is the matter?
Hanged?
The neck becomes long, father?
You fool! Erase it.
Erase it.
By erasing the picture truth won't be erased.
Truth? What truth?
Even our Jaggu can be like this.
If you say that again, I'll crucify you.
What's that?
It's a horse carriage.
Horse carriage?
I want to be crucified too.
Mother, tell father to crucify me.
Don't worry.
Your father will help you get crucified.
This what the dacoits give to their sons in legacy.
Mother, my father is so nice.
He'll get me crucified.
Don't slap him, but slit his throat.
Let's cry instead of in old age.
When he gets a little fever...
...you wriggle in pain.
What if he becomes a dacoit and gets hanged tomorrow?
Wife...
Tell me honestly...
...what do you think when you wake in the middle of night?
The night you're nabbed, you'll be hanged.
Then neither me nor this son can save you.
Listen.
Let's go fast.
You're going?
Where are you going without telling me?
To arrange for Kammo's return.
Kammo's return.
Silly! Why do you want to ruin someone's life?
Husband, please don't go.
I don't want to lose my husband because of them.
Husband. - Come, Bhim.
Don't go. I beg of you.
I plead to you.
Have mercy on your son.
Have mercy on me! - Move!
"Fall in love or else you'll be hanged!"
"Or else you'll be hanged!"
"Make friends or else you'll die in vain!"
"Make friends..."
Listen.
Mother...
Husband!
"Many won and lost with weapons..."
"Smile with me and win heart with love."
"Think of it or else you'll repent."
"Fall in love or else you'll be hanged!"
"Or else you'll be hanged!"
"Fall in love..."
Mangru.
"Thieves lie always in ambush."
"Your life is like a dark night."
"Reform it."
"Reform it or else you'll be in trouble."
"Fall in love or else you'll be hanged!"
"Or else you'll be hanged!"
"Fall in love..."
"Make friends or else you'll die in vain!"
"Fall in love..."
Who is it?
Stop.
I say stop or I'll shoot.
Brother!
Search him.
Second letter.
Inspector...
...this is your misfortune that Raju is in our custody again.
If you want welfare of your favorite spy...
...send my Kammo to the temple near the river.
Or else we'll present Raju's head on Full Moon Day.
Your Raka.
Ram Singh, take him to police station. I'll be there.
Take him.
Bhagat Singh. You stay here.
Inspector, I beg of you. Let me go.
Let me return.
Or else Raka will be head my Raju.
And he'll come here too.
Have mercy on your family. Let me go.
I should let you go.
Can't you see that because of you they're...
...getting nabbed one by one.
Inspector, have mercy on me. Let me go. - Constable.
Lock her in the room. - Inspector.
Keep a watch on her. - Come.
Take her.
They'll kill my Raju. Have mercy on me.
Offer these flowers to God and pray...
...for your father's long life.
Chief.
Where is his father?
He got nabbed. Chief!
Uncle, brother got nabbed.
Consider him hanged.
Hanged?
Inspector told brother to stop.
When brother turned to fire...
...Inspector fired at him.
And he fell down. Right?
Where is Raka?
You fool! Where is his father?
You send him to bring Kammo back?
You got married to her?
Tell me. Is your family settled?
Hide your booties.
Why do you bury that?
Here... take him.
And take this mud.
Bury my only son.
Why do you stare? Bury him.
Tell me... my family is ruined?
Now won't his father get hanged?
My father will be hanged too?
Yes, son.
Now father will be hanged.
And when you grow up...
...and go with him, you'll be hanged too.
And Bhimu...
...you love him very much.
Remember, the one you get her married to will be hanged too.
And you...
...why do you hold him close to you?
He'll be hanged too one day.
No!
Why do you stare? Take this and fire.
Kill me here. - Mother.
Mother.
No, mother. - Leave.
Take it. - Mother!
If you want to die, why here?
Come with me and sacrifice your life.
Sacrifice?
Will my sacrifice save his father?
I can't say for sure, but I assure...
...your Jaggu will be saved.
Jaggu will be saved.
My husband's only son will be saved.
He didn't think...
...plough yields crops...
...and guns make wives widows.
Come. I'll come with you.
Sister-in-law.
You can dig your graves. I'm leaving this hell!
Come, Raju.
Goddess...
...even dogs fight for their kids.
Take this gun.
And this is the sinful earning.
Tell that demon to take it.
Come, Raju. - Which demon?
The one you love, Bijli.
Take this. Come, son.
This is my weapon.
And my belt.
Come, daughter.
Father, where is Munni going?
I'll tell you.
She's going to study in school.
She'll get education.
She'll get ablution for her father's sin.
You mean people won't prosecute our kids for our sins.
No!
In our country things have changed.
Rules have changed.
So what? The law is the same?
Right.
As per the old law my Raka will be hanged.
Silly, even if he survives getting hanged...
...can't he die in police shooting.
Even if he escapes bullets and gallows...
...won't be die one day?
Wow, teacher.
You've answer to everything.
I'll come too.
You've no family. So why are you going?
Bijli, what if I've no family...
...I've nephews and nieces.
They're mine too.
Take our weapons.
Come.
I too love my children.
But one thing should be made clear.
If we come with me, where will you take us?
What do we've to do there?
God bless you!
I'll take you to Mathura.
You'll get sweets to eat.
Stop kidding us.
We talk of giving lives.
Forgive me.
Those who are willing to die, don't argue.
They ask, will our death bring welfare to nation?
Will our kids get joy?
If the answer is yes...
...then people walk without any question. Got it?
Make a deal with me.
I'll take blame for all your sins and crimes.
I'll get hanged for these kids.
Do you've the guts?
Do you've guts! You play with death!
You're a policeman too...
...and guide to salvation for sinners.
Who are you? Where are you from?
Uncle...
...there is a country in this world...
...where if a man can't give alms to a beggar...
...he begs and says, 'Forgive me.'
A host says to guest...
...you honored us by coming to our house...
...a sinner and murderer changes his path...
...and writes a scriptures and is called sage Valmiki.
I'm from that country...
...where holy Ganges flow.
Why do you stare?
Throw your weapons and come with him.
Wait.
My Raka will join you too.
I'll make him ready.
I'm ready...
If you move, I'll shoot you.
No, Raka. Stop. - No!
I say move aside.
Policeman!
No.
Leave him, sister-in-law.
Or else I'll shoot your Jaggu.
I'm not scared of this gun.
They've got the right path.
Now I don't mind if you kill me.
How dare you!
Come on! You sinner! - Stop!
Stop!
I say stop.
Stop, you fool!
You're not a murderer anymore.
He's a murderer...
...who killed his mother.
Mother!
Raka.
My sister was your mother.
But son...
...this isn't your fault. This is your profession.
Sons are forced...
...to shoot their mothers at times. - Mother.
Raju.
Mother.
Now this orphan is under your shelter.
If you see his father tell him...
...because of some reason...
...I had to leave...
...without seeing him.
Mother!
Mother...
...only fortunate ones get such death!
Look, Kammo. I'm telling you...
...if you want your Raju's welfare...
...then show us the way to reach the dacoits.
Raju and I promised each other...
...that we'll reform them.
If I'll take you there...
...will you spare them?
On seeing the police...
...if they shoot, we'll kill all of them.
Then I won't be able to face Raju.
He'll say...
...after all you turned out to be murderer too.
This won't happen.
If you're stubborn...
...then Raka will behead Raju.
Then again a window will be shattered...
...and your Raju's head will be thrown inside.
No, inspector! Don't say that.
If anything happens to Raju, I'll be dead.
Then don't delay. Tell us, will you show us the way?
Armed police force is ready.
Have mercy on your Raju.
Have mercy on those innocents whom...
...Raka will kill sooner or later.
Come. I'm ready.
Very good.
Tell special force to get ready.
I'll be back.
Hello. Police head quarters.
I'm talking the misled back to their mothers.
Protect my honors!
"Let's return now..."
"Your country beckons you while waiting for you."
"Let's return now..."
"Your country beckons you..."
"...while waiting for you."
"Come!"
"It's easy to tread the simple path."
"Try to evade the complexities."
"If anyone agrees or not..."
"...it's very difficult to get up after stumbling."
"Let's return now..."
"Your country beckons you..."
"...while waiting for you."
"Come!"
"Our eyes are on the destination."
"There is joy in our heart."
"Don't covet others palace..."
"...our home is the best."
"Let's return now..."
"Your country beckons you..."
"...while waiting for you."
"Let's return now..."
Raka.
Surprising! They've women and children with them.
Women and children.
They're unarmed. Come.
Raju.
Surround them.
But don't fire until I say so.
Listen.
You're surrounded from all sides...
...by armed forces.
So I order you...
...to stop and surrender.
If you shoot or try to confront us, we'll be forced to fire.
Inspector, this is Raju.
I brought them.
Very good. You did a good thing.
Fool! Ignorant!
Did you see how he brought us in the jaws of death?
If you want to survive, pick the guns.
Beware.
Remember, if anyone shoots...
...then we'll be forced to fire too.
The result will be...
...that innocent women and kids will be killed too.
Pick up the guns or you'll die.
Come.
Raka!
No! No!
Open the trunk.
No. No.
Hurry up. - I won't let you shoot.
If you shoot, women and kids will be dead.
Come.
No. No.
No.
Hurry up.
Come on.
Lie down.
Jaggu.
Come with me.
Raka.
If you want to shoot, first kill me and Jaggu.
Child, move back.
Wife, get back.
You'll get shot.
Stop.
Get back.
I say move back.
It's better to die than live as a widow.
I say move back. You'll get shot.
Move back.
I won't go back. Before anything happens to you...
...I'll prefer to die, son.
Raka.
Look.
All these women are like your mothers and sisters.
These children are your nephews and nieces.
Listen to them. They're your own.
Stop for them. Drop the gun.
Please drop your guns.
Machine guns are here.
There is only one way to stop them. It's of love.
The path of love.
Throw the gun.
Raka. Drop this gun.
This weapon killed even Mahatma Gandhi. It won't spare you.
Drop your rifle. All of you!
Father.
I never dreamt that I'll see this one day.
Inspector.
Inspector, this is because of my holy Ganges' blessing...
Will you still hang them?
Law will punish them...
...but I'm sure...
...that along with punishment law will give them mercy too.
Today of you they deserve mercy.
Our country...
...won't just give a chance to live...
...to these women and kids, but to prosper too.
Because this is a country...
...where Holy Ganges flow.
"We are proud not just of our past and present..."
"...but we know the course of our future too."
"This flow can't be stopped."
"We are the people of that nation..."
"...where Holy Ganges flow."