**
[Cat yowling]
[Helicopter whirring]
[Siren wails]
He's in the cab. I'm on it.
Got it.
[Camera shutter clicks]
What's your business here?
I sell swimming pools.
Husain.
It's you.
It had to be you.
Everything is set.
They know nothing.
Tariq is your cousin.
Be safe and low-key.
[Car door closes]
[Doorbell rings]
Husain?
[Tires screech]
Man, now, you are seriously a good-luck charm.
You know, tariq called
And told me you were coming to stay with us.
Boom! Next day, I got a promotion.
Is that all you've got? No more bags?
Mr. Mohammed husain, I'm Jessica.
[Indistinct conversations]
Apologies, apologies, but there's the yummy pasta.
Steve! You killing my burgers?
Are you all right? Yeah. You want one?
That smells nice.
Whoa. Enjoy.
Mmm.
There you go.
Um, hey, everybody.
Mohammed husain.
Hi.
He's the cousin of a really close friend,
And he's come straight from Pakistan to America on business.
[Speaking hindi]
[Telephone ringing]
Mm.
[Ringing continues]
[Ringing stops]
[Exhales shakily]
[Gun clicks]
[Band playing]
[Speaking hindi]
Leela.
Leela?
[Door opens]
[Sobbing]
What is wrong?
Papa, I'm scared.
I don't want to get married.
Leela, you agreed, didn't you?
Did I have a choice?
No.
The last 10 times you said no,
Didn't I listen to you?
[Sobbing] I don't want to marry!
The ceremony is next week.
He's rich.
He's successful.
He's about to settle down in America.
I did my best. You'd be happier.
I'm happy here.
Can't I just stay here with you?
You are my pride.
Leela.
Jishnu is waiting.
Now, would you do something with your hair?
[Characters speaking hindi]
[Dialing]
[Cellphone vibrates]
I need to get this.
Chandra, just a minute.
Sorry, I need to get this.
Leela.
What's wrong?
Okay.
Yeah, I'll come. I'll come soon.
You're putting yourself in danger.
[Beeps]
Papa,
Today I'm going to do something I have avoided my whole life.
[Band playing]
[Dog barking]
[Engine turns over]
[Knock on door]
He won't be able to do it, Malik.
Let me.
Let another have the glory, najeeb.
Husain has been chosen. Praise be to Allah.
You have been sleeping for a very long time.
And I can see your desire to perform as Allah's warrior,
But you must understand
That you are doing more by staying out of danger.
We just received the order.
You'll leave for D.C. Before it all starts here tomorrow.
This is a small mission for him.
He'll be done before the evening
And headed out to L.A. before it all ends.
This man is weak.
He is a liar and a cunning politician.
We should not him lie to our own people.
Put him on tape...
And kill him.
Give the tape to najeeb by 3:00 and get out of the city safely.
I have made arrangements for people to help you through this.
We need to send a message to traitors around the world.
[Engine turns over]
There are about 10 shady-looking guys
Who piled into a rental van.
Yeah. How should I know?
You know your job?
It's easy.
Allah has called me here
To capture this coward traitor and...
Mullah.
Not Allah.
Mullah and Malik have called you.
This man is a real scholar, like your father.
[Speaking hindi]
Faiz Ahmed faiz.
Father's favorite.
We are finally close to our dawn,
And we will force our way into it, najeeb.
We are the hands of Allah.
And with the hands of Allah,
You would murder the Muslim who speaks the truth?
Hmm? This will bring your new dawn?
He condemns Allah's will. He condemns Allah's war.
Allah's war?
I've killed too many in the name of Allah
To find truth in this war.
The God that wins is the God with the deepest pockets.
The truth is we live in a world
Ruled by the American wall street,
And the war is to fight against it.
It is a war between people, between right and wrong,
Between the powerful and the powerless.
That's the war.
How the fuck has Allah gotten into this war?
You blaspheme, najeeb.
How far you have lost it.
I've lost you, husain. I've lost in training you.
Father was right.
If anything, he was a true Muslim.
What you're headed for is wrong. It's madness.
Don't become another najeeb. Don't do it.
It's not easy to stay in the war forever.
It's a shame that you have given up.
But there are better soldiers than you are.
That's the place.
[Gun cocks]
This gun is a real work of art.
I want you to have it.
[Panting]
[Woman screaming]
Aah!
[Yells]
No. Not my son. Don't.
You were up late last night.
I got to get going, honey.
Bye. Have a good day.
You want some egg whites?
Wow.
It's a really gorgeous day, huh?
Would you like me to take you out somewhere?
[Speaking hindi]
Yeah.
Yeah, it's in the nature of man to seek comfort.
By making slaves of your own people?
What?
Listen, I do my share.
Do you have any idea how many families in Pakistan
Eat because of my company?
Your company?
How long are you planning on staying?
[Santoor playing]
[Sighs]
Remember, it's a c-sharp and a g-sharp, okay?
[Santoor playing]
Jordan, you better wrap this lesson up.
You've got 10 minutes.
Do I really have to go there?
Jana.
This will not be forever.
Those people out there... They need me.
[Doorbell rings]
How can I help you?
Mr. fareed rahmani?
Yes. Is there a problem?
No problem, sir. Just a precaution.
We don't usually make house calls,
But you seems to have friends upstairs
That are very concerned about you.
Are you participating in a public event later today, sir?
Yes, if I can get my family out in time.
Well, we're here to escort you to that event, sir.
Tell the mayor I appreciate the offer,
But I don't think it's really necessary.
Sir, do you realize there's been a threat on your life?
But you'll be able to protect me?
Would you please consider letting us drive you there, sir?
Yeah, this guy's nuts. He's going into the house.
All right. Got it.
Leela, do you have any idea
What you're getting yourself into?
You're supposed to get married in one week.
Your father's gonna burn the city down looking for you.
I need sakhi.
What?
Sakhi?
Did she call you?
[Scoffs]
Oh, Leela.
What are you doing?
I'm taking you back home.
No. Please don't do this, chandra. Please.
You're the only one who understands me.
[Horns honking]
How many times have we been over this, Leela?
Sakhi is not to be trusted.
- She loves me. - Oh...
She does.
You have some fantasy of her loving you.
Do you just want me to be unhappy, chandra?
[Sighs]
[Doorbell rings]
[Doorbell rings twice]
Sakhi Taylor?
What is this?
You need a doctor...
Who treats [Speaking hindi] patients,
Especially foreigners who comes here to pollute our culture.
Who are you?
And what the fuck is your problem?!
That is the problem.
Okay? You want to fuck girls.
Next, you will fuck your brother.
And very soon, you will want to fuck your father.
Your fuck is the problem.
Madame, forget your pride parade.
This is not your America.
This is India.
Every half hour, a rape in India.
Why do you want to get in trouble, madame?
I'm making a call to all you free lovers
To come out to your family and friends.
Come out in any way,
And record it, and upload it on my site.
Give a speech. Confess. Commit.
Marry. Kiss. Fuck.
It doesn't matter... Gay, lesbian, bi, transsexual...
Record it. [Cheers and applause]
Next Sunday, we'll go to the parade
And come out to the whole nation.
We'll tell the guardians of God and government
To stay out of our bedrooms and our love lives!
[Cheers and applause]
This is hideous.
Look at the texture.
I love it.
Consider it sold.
Papa,
Today I'm going to do something I have avoided my whole life.
Every day, I fight with my soul for you,
For our family, for your honor.
But I can't do this anymore.
I could never gather the courage to tell you this
Because somewhere deep down inside,
I just knew that your answer would be "no,"
And a "no" forever.
It's not like I've had a choice, papa.
The first time I saw a girl,
This electricity ran through me.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hussy, get off my star. Back it up!
I don't see you for a year.
You show up uninvited
To the most important event of my career,
And you humiliate me.
Kissing me is humiliation for you?
You haven't changed a bit.
Private artist sakhi.
Single and always available sakhi.
Just like to fuck behind closed doors in hotel rooms, right?
Don't have the balls to kiss or hold hands in public, right?
Kills your image.
I have never lied to you.
From day one, you always knew who I was.
You ran away, Leela.
You couldn't handle it.
You were confused.
I couldn't handle
That you had to fuck somebody else every other night.
It doesn't hurt less just because I know you're a slut.
So why'd you get involved with me in the first place?
That's the fucking question.
Why?
What do you want?
I want to marry you.
Will you marry me, sakhi Taylor?
Are you on drugs?
This is really romantic.
Leela, this is anand. We're dating.
Will you marry me?
I prayed to Shiva for help.
[Crying] I tried.
I tried liking guys.
I tried.
But I can't do this anymore.
Papa, I'm gay.
Please love me.
[Cellphone clatters]
You were lucky.
If the pain persists, call me.
Can I keep it?
Yeah, this guy's nuts. He's going into the house.
[Grunts]
[Moaning]
Fuck. Holy shit!
What the fuck?! What are you doing?!
[Gunshot]
Husain, go.
Close the door.
Go.
Why are you hiding them, papa?
Go close the door.
I'm hiding them because people want to kill them.
Why?
Because they aren't our... Our religion.
What's their religion?
Dad, what were the police doing to you today?
They were there to give me a ride to the speech.
Why would they want to give you a ride?
Because they want to make me look like a hypocrite.
What's a hypocrite?
A liar. A person with double standards.
Someone who deceives people.
Are you a liar, dad?
I can't do this anymore.
And I can't do this without you.
Then stop putting us in danger.
Choose me.
Choose Jordan.
It's all ready, Dr. fareed.
Jana, this is for Jordan.
Please welcome
Nobel peace prize nominee Dr. fareed rahmani.
[Cheers and applause]
America needs to know
That the osamas and omars do not represent muslims.
Muslims are not the enemy. They are not violent monsters.
We, fighters of peace, represent the true islam.
[Cheers and applause]
We need to understand the logic and motive of violence.
We need to remember Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
We need people who will not give up,
Who will not give in against the most brutal violence.
We should set examples
For our children and our next generations
To become different people than the savages we are today.
It's the choices we make when we are most cornered in life
That defines us.
[Car alarm chirps]
Hey. That went great.
Thank you.
Just one last thing before you go.
I took your advice and signed up for the class in November.
Fine. Fine. That's good. We can do it next spring.
Pardon me, sir.
I was just wondering if you could sign your book.
Of course.
[Gun cocks]
Unlock your doors.
Get in.
Go.
[Engine stops]
Start it.
[Engine turns over]
Where are we going?
Backward or forward?
Don't pretend you're not scared.
Move it.
Turn left at 69th Avenue.
[Gun cocks]
My father has a savings, and he'll pay you.
Let him out.
Fire it.
You know, there are other ways to fight
If you're open to seeing...
If you're open to listening.
[Cellphone clatters]
That gun you have in your hand does nothing to solve anything.
It won't get you anywhere.
You think you'll wag it around
And the world will simply fall into place, fall in line?
It's because of that gun that everyone hates you.
Turn right.
You wanted me to sign the qur'an...
The qur'an that you morons soak with blood.
You know, you'll be remembered
For your petty threats, brutality,
And your self-righteousness.
You call yourselves muslims? You're not even humans.
Go on.
Kill me here.
Just kill us both, because I'm not driving any further.
[Sighs]
[Gunshot] Aah!
- Anand? - [Groaning]
Anand?
[Coughs wetly]
Where's all the fucking blood coming from?!
Sakhi, let's get out of here!
You need to fucking help.
Sakhi, please, drive!
Go! Get a doctor!
Please, sakhi, drive!
[Horns honking]
[Sobbing] I've left my home, sakhi.
I've left my family.
I have nowhere to go, and you don't even want to marry me.
Stop it!
What do you mean, you left?
It's not the end of the world. You can go back.
Papa wants me to get married. He's found me a husband!
- Papa. Papa. - [Groaning, coughing]
Your dad doesn't want you to marry.
It's you. It's you.
You want to get married.
Isn't that what you always wanted?
A home, a family, same fucking hetero, happy, bollywood,
Whatever-the-fuck happy ending?
Sakhi. Sakhi, can you get me home?
I can't give you anything. He's dying.
I'm taking him to the hospital, okay?
- No! - Yes!
- No! - I am.
No! I'll do it! Oh, God!
I'm telling you, I will!
Go! Fuck you.
I will do this, sakhi! I will do this! I will...
Don't get out of the car.
Stop!
[Sobbing]
- Let's go. - Please! Please don't go!
You can't. Please. No!
Go!
[Speaking hindi]
Sir, phone.
[Speaking hindi]
[Dialing]
Hello?
Devraj?
It is personal, vikram.
Residence?
I have my rights.
Sakhi is an international artist.
Leela is her friend.
Anand is the boy sakhi is dating.
Dating.
[Speaking hindi]
Where were you this afternoon?
You received a call from Leela at 2:00 P.M.
You were in some homo party?
In some farmhouse with socialites [Speaking hindi].
Do you know a girl called sakhi?
I don't know what you girls do,
But I know for sure you have helped Leela.
If something happens to Leela,
Nobody will be able to protect you.
[Crying]
I only want you.
If we marry, we won't have to run around like criminals.
I know it will be hard.
I know people will hate us.
I've thought about it. I think about it.
There's just something in my being
That makes me feel that I could withstand it if it's with you.
Maybe... We could.
You're such a dreamer.
That's what I love about you.
Can't we just run away somewhere?
Like where?
Somewhere.
There's nowhere to go.
Don't you want me?
Stop it, Leela.
Why do you do this?
All I'm saying is that we are in love.
And people who love each other live together.
Can you just take me home?
Just once.
Please.
No. Not my son.
[Women screaming]
[Club slamming]
[Women screaming]
[Speaking hindi]
[Woman screaming]
I did the right thing.
I stood up for something more important
Than you, me, and your mother.
[Gun clicks]
[Gunshot]
Fareed rahmani.
Tell our audience that you are a fraud,
A con, a hypocrite, a liar.
Tell them that you are not a Muslim,
That you don't believe in Allah.
Tell them that you speak out against jihads to sell books,
That you enjoy a lavish home, abundance of food, luxury cars.
Tell them that you speak out against America
While feeding off it.
Tell them that you are full of shit,
And I will let you go, let your white boy go,
And we're done with this.
Do you think anyone will believe this?
Then there is no harm in it.
Do it.
[Sighs]
- [Muffled screams] - Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!
[Muffled whimpering]
[Sighs]
Are you ready to confess?
No!
No.
I'll do it.
All greetings, blessings, and good acts are from you,
My lord, Allah.
Surat 27, verse 81.
You cannot guide the blind away from their error.
You will only make hear those who believe qur'an.
For those who believe in you and believe in blood and revenge,
Who will guide them away from their error?
[Muffled screams]
[Groans sharply]
[Muffled, stifled panting]
You don't see the horrors brought on by your lies.
[Screams]
[Whimpering]
This will not get you anywhere.
And what will?
Poetry?
Stories?
Nothing you compose
Will compare to the suffering that I have endured.
[Panting]
[Screaming]
[Whimpering]
You don't know what you're doing.
[Whimpering]
[Gasps]
[Groans loudly]
[Panting raggedly]
[Cellphone rings]
Hello.
[Cellphone rings]
Najeeb.
I have the video.
I'll upload it in an hour.
Everything's in order.
Husain's already left the city.
I'm leaving now.
Stopping in north Philadelphia...
[Gun cocks]
[Cellphone rings]
You think I'm just one of your scumbags
Or a fucking rent-a-cop? Easy, Mitch.
No, no, no, no. You listen to me.
You tell me this is just a small job,
Just one day, "protect this guy from any profiling shit."
- Husain? - "You're a super cop, Mitch."
You know, I've been running around the city.
Husain?
I spotted six other fucking pigs doing the same shit.
This is not a "no big deal, Mitch" situation.
Husain?
I need more money.
[Police radio chatter]
[Volume increases]
Yeah, okay. Somebody else will be on the way.
Don't be mad.
Husain. Look at me.
Gather your senses.
Husain.
[Gunshot]
[Cellphone ringing]
[Ringing stops]
Fuck.
You stupid son of a bitch.
[Engine turns over]
Get the fuck out of the way!
[Horn honking]
[Cellphone rings]
[Speaking hindi]
[Laughs]
[Both laughing]
Cheater.
[Laughs]
Okay, let me help you.
[Both laugh]
[Camera shutter clicks]
[Camera shutter clicking]
[Insects chirping]
We're making porn?
[Chuckles]
On the subject of my artwork, responding to a call for action,
My name is sakhi Taylor.
This here... Is my lover.
And this...
This is our home...
A home without walls,
Just earth...
Water...
Love...
Fire.
It's actually none of your business
To pass judgment and rules and regulations.
So...
We need a ceremony.
In the presence of this most sacred fire...
The fire which has witnessed a love like ours for ages,
We celebrate our union.
[Both breathing heavily]
[Footsteps]
[Singing indistinctly]
[Alarms blaring]
[Groans]
You got to watch that "walk" sign!
[Groans]
[Santoor clanging]
[Breathing heavily] Play.
[Santoor clanging]
Dad?
[Body collapses]
[Struggling]
Please! Stop! Stop!
Stop! Let me go!
Someone, help! Stop!
Please! Someone, help!
[Muffled shouting]
[Muffled pleading]
[Pleading stops]
[Silence]
[Gun clicks]
[Struggling weakly]
Let me go!
Help! Help!
[Yelling]
Fareed!
[Screams]
[Mumbles weakly]
[Exhales sharply]
Jana...
[Sniffles]
[Ring clatters]
[Mumbles weakly]
[Breathing hoarsely]
No.
Jordan, close your eyes.
No.
You will see.
If you close your eyes, I will kill your father.
[Gun thuds]
[Gasps weakly]
Only one of us should live.
Don't make me choose.
[Whimpers]
It's the choice we make
When we are most cornered in life that defines who we are.
I have made mine.
You make yours.
Kill him, fareed.
[Moans weakly]
[Flesh squelches]
Don't.
No, my son, don't.
Don't, my son. No.
[Indistinct chatter, cheering, drums beating]
[Breathing heavily]
[Speaking hindi]
You just did not run away with that slut.
I don't want to know.
No.
Not why, not how, not what.
[Bangs bars] Nothing!
I'm offering forgiveness.
You promise me that you will never see this whore again.
Promise me.
Leela, you are my pride.
Just marry jishnu,
And we will not speak of this ever again.
I've made my choice, papa.
Now you have to make a choice.
Either honor me and honor our love, or dishonor us.
We're married.
Fuck you!
[Leela crying]
Fuck you.
Come on. Come on. What?
[Crying continues]
[Crying] Papa!
[Whimpering]
I have lived in Pakistan.
That doesn't make me a terrorist.
All right. Get in the car, sir.
I have nothing to do with this. I'm not a criminal!
This stained, blemished light.
This day shadowed by night.
This isn't the dawn we had in sight.
Manic heart, those wanting eyes.
The pain of burning souls.
There's no resolve as separation pierces homes.
From where blew that morning breeze?
Where did it go?
What is that we live for? Do we even know?
Heaviness sits deep in this bleak night.
Our eyes cannot see the spirits yet to take flight.
Keep marching on,
For our freedom hasn't arrived.