A battle is raging outside India
and soon it will be fought in India.
You have to fight for your freedom,
nobody gives it to you.
We'll have to shed blood for this freedom struggle.
Our blood.
The cost of our freedom will be our blood.
Every story has a beginning and an end.
If you are born, your death is inevitable.
Except few stories
which don't conclude at all.
The number of people who died...
is still yet to be confirmed.
It's been confirmed that Subhash Chandra Bose...
Chief of the Indian National Army
and also a freedom fighter
has died in the plane crash.
It is a sad day for Japan also
because they've also lost a general in the crash.
We'll be back with more information on the crash as soon as we get it.
This story is about Subhash Chandra Bose
whose death gave birth to countless stories.
It's a telegram.
Bibhavati.
Gandhiji says we shouldn't perform a post-death ritual for Netaji.
Subhash.
Is Subhash alive?
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If Netaji is alive, why doesn't he come out?
Who would want to see his own funeral?
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's childhood friend,
Hemant Sarkar.
He has only one dream.
To kick the British and their government out of India.
So that people like you and me
can breathe in free India.
Do you think it's the first time
that Subhash has disappeared?
Karna accepted Parshuram as his guru
but, Parshuram didn't know that Karna was a kshatriya, not a Brahmin.
I curse you.
-Sire... -During the war,
you won't be able to use your knowledge.
-My dear nephew... -Yes, uncle.
It's our only chance to finish off the Pandavas.
Uncle, your wish shall come true.
Duryodhan!
Grandsire!
You bunked school to watch a play.
God, I've been looking for you since morning.
Now answer me.
Father, I think...
-I shouldn't go to school. -Why not?
From tomorrow, you'll go to school and come back home straight.
You won't step out of the house without my permission.
Understood?
You can leave.
Subhash.
Eat something before you sleep.
All right.
Boys of his age
crave for sweets.
They want to see fairs.
But...
what's with Subhash?
Subhash, why did we run away from home?
Because we are free now.
And what will we do with this freedom?
We'll do whatever we want!
What if we make mistakes?
Only humans are fortunate enough to make mistakes.
Look at those cattle, do they make any mistakes?
No, right?
It's up to you. Do you want to live like humans
or meander like cattle?
Come on.
"This is my destiny."
"To be free! Be free!"
"This is my destiny."
[Sarat] Rein in him now or cry later.
Well, I'm crying now.
[Rahman] Subhash came back home after seven months.
Back then, Subhash was only 14
and yet he stayed hidden from his parents for seven months.
Can't a 48-year-old man stay hidden from the British government?
Bose is alive and...
he'll be back soon.
There's neither a dead body nor a photo.
Why should we believe that Netaji died in the plane crash?
[Speaker] Netaji has tricked the British government.
[Speaker] He's just biding his time to strike the British Raj
[Speaker] and blow it to smithereens.
Long live the revolution!
[Speaker] Free India!
[Stanley] 25th August, 1945.
The world thinks that Bose is dead.
Because Bose wants the world to think that he's dead.
He's alive.
And we should be worried.
He's dead, Stanley! Everyone says he's dead.
You can get over this now!
There's a rumor that says he faked his own death!
What if it's true?
We have guests here and they are waiting for you.
What if it's an error in judgment on my part again?
You can let go of all this.
Bose is dead! Give your obsession a decent burial!
I'll be there in five minutes.
You can cage me, but you cannot suppress my voice!
Mr. Bose is alive and he will be back.
No food or water for him today.
Long live Mr. Bose!
No matter what rumours they spread,
the whole country knows the truth. Netaji is alive.
Netaji has contributed greatly to the Indian freedom struggle
and even our children know that.
Netaji's demise has sent shockwaves throughout India.
Netaji is immortal.
One has to die first to become immortal.
Netaji is alive.
How do you know that?
Just like you know.
Dear...
[Man] God makes everything in pairs.
Like man and woman, cigarettes and matchsticks!
There's another fellow who is as crazy as you are.
Even he believes that Netaji is alive.
[Darbari Lal] I say, the British are playing us. Netaji is alive and will be back soon.
Stop harping about Netaji! When will he be back?
What a wretched man!
He only talks about one thing.
-Look here. -Yes.
I fought with him in Burma.
I know Netaji is alive.
But where is he?
-Have you met him after Burma? -No.
So how do you know he's alive?
Because I know there was no plane crash.
You say there was no plane crash, but people are saying it happened.
There was no plane crash!
Because no plane flew that day.
-I see, the plane didn't take off. -Yes.
Where did you find this moron?
Ram Singh.
Open the door.
For a few more days, I mingled with the prisoners
and tried to find out if Bose was alive or dead.
But I couldn't find out anything.
Perhaps, nobody wanted to tell me anything.
Sir, I'm telling you it's all in your mind.
Were you really convincing with the prisoners?
If they were hiding something, would they have shared it with you?
Everyone spoke their heart out.
I know about their kids, their wives, about their families...
They even shared intimate details about their wives.
But they know nothing about Mr. Bose.
Why do you think Mr. Bose is still alive?
Because I know it.
It has been 27 years
but Stanley continues to be obsessed with Subhash Chandra Bose.
I still remember 1918
when I confronted Mr. Bose for the first time
in Presidency College.
What is that?
Are you cheating?
No, sir. That's Gayatri mantra.
Oh, yes.
We try and we try and we try to rid you of your superstitions.
But we fail, every single time.
Sir, please don't do that.
You're a beastly people with a beastly religion.
And I shall have none of this frigging nonsense in my classroom!
If any of you
is carrying a totem which you mistakenly believe
would call upon some deity in the sky to swoop down
and assist you in passing my examination. I assure you, it'll not.
Take your totem and place it in this box.
Now!
Hurry up!
Please understand there's no real power...
attached to any of these objects.
Except that which you, yourself give it.
Sir...
Yes?
I find your idea quite liberating.
Nice.
So, if I don't attach any power to your position as a professor or teacher...
then I'm free to do something which I wanted to do
since the day I joined your class?
What is that?
"It's difficult to understand Subhash."
"Difficult to understand."
"It's difficult to understand Subhash."
"Weapons is the only answer."
"Conversations don't bring about change!"
"The enemy intimidates with torture."
"But carefree, we shout Long Live India!"
"Bose!"
"Fought for freedom, fought injustice! He looked the British in the eye."
"Bose!"
"A mysterious man, not easily nabbed! A genius, when it comes to results."
"Bose!"
"Killed in a plane crash, says history but his death remains a mystery!"
"Bose!"
"His death remains a mystery."
"The call for freedom from millions of voices."
"Look straight into the eyes of the enemy."
"A story from Tokyo to Rangoon."
"A steadfast mind makes a man get up."
"Get up, stand up."
"Freedom knows the need of now."
"He demands a new time, the keys of independence."
"He is a revolution, he needed a revolt."
"And revolution needs blood."
"In uncertain times, in a nation that's confused"
"It's difficult to understand Subhash."
"Bose!"
"Fought for freedom, fought injustice! He looked the British in the eye."
"Bose!"
This is a very dangerous precedent.
We need to have Subhash arrested.
If we don't take strong action now,
we can have a student rebellion on our hands.
Hold on a minute. What's my fault?
-You attacked a Britisher. -So what?
Is it a sin?
I'll take you to the professor now and your patriotic fervour will die down.
We're equal in the professor's eyes.
Slaves. He won't be able to recognize me.
Move it.
Professor Otton's honor was crushed to bits
and along with it the notion
that an Indian will turn the other cheek if slapped once.
This time the cheek was that of a British!
And the one who slapped was an Indian.
-Cigarettes? -Keep it inside.
But, Stanley, you have to charge him.
Yes, but for that, Professor Otton needs to press charges.
Professor?
I wouldn't like to file a complaint.
I don't want people to talk about it. Do you understand?
Hail Subhash Chandra Bose!
Wait! Put him down.
I'm asking you to put him down!
Sir, you should have been there. Subhash has avenged our insults.
He has been rusticated for his behaviour!
Father, history has taught us that freedom is not given.
-It is taken. -That's right!
Okay, calm down.
Hail Subhash Chandra Bose!
The transformation from Subhash to Bose and from Bose to Netaji
was still years away.
But that day, Stanley saw a glimpse.
A glimpse that struck fear in his heart.
Who are you?
What are you doing in my house?
I don't understand.
These are my personal letters, you can't just come to my house...
When did he send those letters?
Are there any more letters from him?
These letters are sent from Singapore, Burma.
Are there more letters or this is it?
How did you enter my house?
-You are not allowed to... -Are there any more letters from him?
If Bose communicated with anyone, it would be his wife.
Do you know where Bose is?
Did you speak with Bose after the 21st of August?
What?
How dare you ask me that!
Bose passed away on 19th August in a plane crash!
Are you saying that he is alive?
Are there more letters or just these?
Look at you!
Aren't you ashamed to betray your own country?
Tell me, what do you know?
Is he alive? Is he coming back?
Tell me, what do you know?
-Please... -What's wrong, Emilie?
Mom, stay there.
Either you tell me what you know or leave now.
Get out of here!
Emilie, turn the radio on. There is news about Bose.
According to the Japanese government
there is no mention of Subhash Chandra Bose
in the list of those who died in the plane crash.
-Hello. -[Emilie] Hello, this is Emilie.
Emilie, listen, Subhash is safe.
This is not the first time he's just disappeared like this.
In German papers, there is no name on the passengers' list.
So he's definitely alive.
You need to know that he spoke of some people in India
-who wanted to hurt him. -Yes.
I know, I know. I will call you back, Emilie.
Take care.
I think, we have our lead.
It's been three months, Emilie.
You really trust him to come back?
He's done that before. So why not do it again?
They hated you for marrying him.
You know, you're not safe here, Emilie.
You're delusional, he's not coming back.
Sorry for the interruption.
Standby for an important broadcast.
INA leader, Subhash Chandra Bose wants to read out a message for you.
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