[Speaking German]
Rassenschande.
A law imposed by Hitler
barred Germans from maintaining any kind of relations with non-Germans.
[Speaking German]
This woman did not respect our rights!
She must be punished!
A non-German who marries a German!
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Are you okay?
Subhash, I'm pretty scared though.
Don't be.
I'm right here.
I wish I could take you to India with me.
Very soon.
Okay?
Come. Let's go.
Bose was the only man in Germany
who could have his way without fearing anyone.
Bose and Emilie flouted the Rassenschande law
and finally got married.
They had to pay a price for their decision everyday.
Bose was not safe in Berlin
and yet his presence in Berlin
posed a great threat to the British in India.
What is Bose up to?
-In Berlin? -No.
In India.
Is he back in India?
Sir...
-I was about to tell you. -What has he done now?
Come and you can hear for yourself.
I have a message for my fellow Indians.
Don't even think about volunteering for the British Army.
They should leave the job to the revolutionaries.
All these revolutionaries who are wearing a British uniform,
but I'm sure their heart bleeds for India.
When the day of freedom finally dawns upon us,
the revolutionary should remember and be ready to make the right choice.
Bloody hell!
He's preaching treason!
Our men are at the front line.
What if they are betrayed by the Indians?
Azad Hind Radio.
Bose was speaking from Germany to Indians
and every Indian could hear Bose's speech.
The British were petrified when they heard Bose's speech.
The news reached Delhi.
Viceroy was trembling in fear.
In times of war, we must trust our troops.
The British officers depend on the loyalty of these Indian soldiers.
Bose is inciting mutiny. What are you doing about it?
We are working on it, Your Excellency.
Let me enlighten you. You have failed miserably!
The British Secret Service is taking over now.
Extend to them all the help you can.
Of course, Your Excellency!
Where is your younger, mute brother?
He came to attend a close relative's wedding, right?
Peter Fleming.
The most proficient officer of the British Secret Service
was now assigned to catch Bose.
You've been going about this the wrong way.
Watch me.
Bhagat Singh Talvar!
We know you helped Bose to cross to Germany.
Who are you talking about?
Don't lie!
Did you know that Hitler was going to attack Russia?
Germans won't do that!
Seems like your information is outdated.
This is going to happen and it's going to happen soon.
And if you want it to stop, help us!
Why me? I am no traitor!
The Germans have given you a transmitter
through which you provide all information.
Help us stop the fascists!
This is your chance to do something for what you believe in.
They trust you.
And they will believe whatever you tell them.
Fleming was well aware that Rahmat was loyal to Bose.
But Rahmat was more loyal to the communist revolution.
Has Bose met Hitler?
Bose and Hitler were about to meet.
Hail Hitler!
[Emilie] Do not speak to him as an equal.
He's the leader, the Führer!
That means if you take any wrong step it will lead to something really horrible!
Please think again, are you...
really sure what you're doing?
Emilie, I know what he's doing is horrible.
[Subhash] But if he agrees to help us against the Britishers,
I don't mind going on the wrong side.
[Subhash] We need him.
Hail Hitler.
Mr. Bose.
The Führer would see you now.
You should be careful of what you say to him.
Are you ready?
I've had more than four months to get ready.
Mr. Hitler.
So, Mr. Bose,
I have been very curious, how did you know it wasn't me?
A fake Hitler has an image to maintain.
And a real one does not care.
The double seemed really offended that I did not recognize him.
Thank you.
The British are right to worry about you.
How do you intend to bring the empire down?
As all empires have been brought down in history.
By an army.
Where do you intend to get this army?
You have it right here.
Give me the Indian prisoners of war and I will build an army.
How will you take them all the way to India?
My plan is to march across Russia and free India from the British.
And why would they be willing to do this now
when they have never thought of it, until now?
Because until now, they have never realized
they can!
Herr Bose, do you know what Führer means in Hindi?
Yes, I do.
The Hindi word for Führer is Neta.
And Hitler called you Netaji!
Except for these soldiers who flatly refused to do so.
They believe the Germans to be their enemy and consider you to be their spy.
So these British loyalists take me to be a German spy.
Now let's see
if these loyalists can listen to a spy.
Go.
Go and tell Hitler
no matter what he tries, he cannot break us.
No one will betray.
A lot of people have tried.
Mr. Bose, we are soldiers.
Not traitors.
What would that make Mangal Pandey then?
He was also a soldier.
Or was he a traitor?
This is not our battle.
We are akin to weapons. Just like a revolver.
A revolver has neither a mission nor a goal.
It's used by the one who wields it.
What do you mean?
-Do you want us to fight for Hitler? -Not at all!
I want all of you to fight for yourself.
For your freedom.
If we have to bleed for someone, then let's bleed for India.
Let's be martyrs for India and not for the British!
I'm not here to ask for your help.
India is your country just as it is mine.
I'm here to ask for India’s freedom.
If this works, we'll have Bose.
We already have him.
Poor chap just doesn't know it yet.
Hail India, Mr. Bose, Rahmat Khan here.
[Subhash] Hail India, Rahmat.
The British are feeling the heat of your resistance.
What's going on there?
[Subhash] Rahmat, we've built an army here.
[Subhash] We'll be reaching India soon.
How come you found an army in Germany?
[Subhash] The British left them to die, but now they're my soldiers.
[Subhash] The Indian POWs.
Mr. Bose...
This can pose quite the problem for us.
In 1928, on the streets of Calcutta,
Netaji marched with 2000 nominal soldiers.
Today he commanded an army.
Today, if Bose marches his army into India...
we can't stop him.
And neither can Congress.
A person who seeks help from foreign powers to attack India
is not an Indian, but a traitor.
If required,
I will be the person to take the sword to Bose.
-Hail India! -Hail India!
According to Talvar,
soldiers from Northern Africa have also joined Netaji...
-I mean... -That's the name he goes by nowadays?
Netaji!
Attention!
"You rule the minds of the people."
"You are the dispenser of India's destiny."
"Your name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Maratha,"
"Dravid, Orissa and Bengal."
"Your name echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,"
"and it mingles in the music of the Ganga and the Yamuna."
"We praise you, always."
"You give us life, always."
"You give hope to everyone."
"You are the sun to the world"
"and bring fortune to the world."
"Victory to you!"
Hail India!
This battle has begun outside India
and soon it will be fought inside 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.
India's freedom!
Our country's freedom!
Give me blood,
and I shall give you freedom.
Long live free India!
Move!
"Sure."
"He knew what he was gonna do He did what he wanted to."
It was the year 1946. It had been a year since Netaji had disappeared.
Netaji had sparked the mutiny amid the Indian soldiers
and it was spreading like a wildfire.
The mutiny that started with 66 ships and 10,000 sailors
now began to spread all over the nation.
"...and theirs would blot. A dance with futility!"
"Broken down to its utility,"
"Together, how can we be?"
"But our weakness is unity."
After 1945, no one saw Netaji.
Even if Emilie knew, she didn't share the information with anyone.
Emilie...
-do you think Bose is... -Dr. Mathur...
as I said, some people need to stay dead, to stay alive.
Mr. Bose was never seen after that.
Whoever they saw
was he an imposter or real person? The truth is still lost in the dark.
"Right, right, right."
"What I said is right."
"Yes, yes, yes."
"I did what I had to."
"I burnt in a fire of protest I had to."
"I threw stones at the establishment I had to."
"I planted fear in the heart of my enemy I had to - War!"
I've got a telegram from Bose.
"...the war cry from the people I did right."
"Never listened to warning signs"
"Couldn't be a slave to the British"
"Never lost a fight. History will be my story."
-"Bose! -His actions faster than thought."
"Bose."
"They'd look for him where he was not."
"Bose."
"Incapable of being caught."
"Bose."
"His lines were sharp and theirs would blot."
"Bose."
-He's alive. -Who?
Bose.
It looks like he's hiding in Russia.
That's enough, I don't want to hear about Bose anymore.
Done.
You want to talk about Bose? Now?
You do realize there is a mutiny in the Navy.
Our own soldiers are turning against us.
The whole country's up in arms, Stanley.
Exactly why we need to find Bose.
We are leaving this country.
We're finished with Bose.
-But, sir... -It's enough!
Not another word, Stanley!
Bose is dead.
He died in a plane crash.
End of story.
In 1966,
Lal Bahadur Shashtri had to attend the historic Tashkent Peace Accord
in Tashkent, Russia.
"Sure."
"He knew what he was gonna do He did what he wanted to"
"They tried to blame him and couldn't contain him before."
"He took the fight to the top of the line through the door."
"He disappeared..."
Please book a trunk call to India.
"His actions faster than thought."
"They'd look for him where he was not."
"Incapable of being caught."
"His lines were sharp and theirs would blot"
"A dance with futility"
"Broken down to its utility."
"Together, how can we be?"
"When our weakness is unity."
"It's difficult to..."
"It's difficult to understand Subhash."
-Hello. -Sir, Darbari Lal here.
You were right.
Mr. Bose...
He is alive.
He's in Russia.
"Right, right, right. What I said is right."
"Yes, yes, yes. I did what I had to."
"I burnt in a fire of protest I had to."
"I threw stones at the establishment I had to."
"I planted fear in the heart of my enemy..."
After meeting the President of Pakistan, Ayub Khan, in Tashkent
and signing a peace accord that ended the Indo-Pakistan war
on the night of 11th January, 1966,
Lal Bahadur Shastri died under mysterious circumstances.
"Bose!"
"His actions faster than thoughts."
"Bose!"
Some stories don't really have an end.
Netaji's story has an end,
but it's difficult to accept it.
Netaji's story, whenever told
will force the listeners to think hard
but the mystery behind Netaji's death
will always remain a mystery.
"No paranoia of defeat."
"Only sublime strategies of war."
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