Love Sickness (1982) - full transcript

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Wake up, my girl!
The sun is up!

Just look! How far the
day has progressed.

Wake up, my dear! Your Radha
is also waiting for you.

You have disturbed me
for nothing. Where is Radha?

She is downstairs in
the prayer section.

Here! Wear these.

I moved them when
I swept the room.

I don't like it!

Keep my slippers
in their place!



Count them properly.
Or there may be one or two short.

Is it the first time I am
supplying these to this house?

Count them and see. Then you
can tell me if they fall short.

Enough! You start your
blabbering just during the Aarti.

Put them inside.

Chhoti! At least come and stand here
for two minutes during the aarti.

Your make up can
wait until later.

That can happen only if
your brother-in-law allows me.

You are well relieved
of all this...

...he's busy himself with the
affairs of the village.

And ignores you entirely since
brother-in-law has involved.

Come now, Chhoti!
Your daughter has grown up.

She too will learn
these traits from you.

My dear sister-in-law, don't
be angry at least during Puja.



Oh, yes! Anger, lust, temptation
are all housed within me.

I am a storehouse of vices.
- Over there, there!

Give me the keys to
the storehouse. - Here!

Come along with me!

Oh, your dress is very pretty.
How much did it cost?

Yes, Badi maa, this
belongs to Rama.

What? You are not satisfied
with taking away old clothes?

Now you have started
taking away new ones.

No, badi maa, not new.
They have already been worn.

Why are you lying to me, girl?
When were you wearing them?

Didn't I tell you I have
already worn them? It's my wish!

I can give it to whoever I like.
Or throw them away if I so wish.

Come, Radha! - Just look
at that girl's insolence.

Here I am, mother!
Give me the prasad.

Radha! My word!

Are you still angry?
Did I say anything?

My father and mother were
right there? Did they say anything?

Badi Maa is always like that.

I only said it was a good dress.
Did I ask you to give it to me?

My wish! I could give my entire
wardrobe to Radha if I so desire.

How does it concern anyone?
Kishenlal, turn back.

I want to go back and
talk to badi maa right now.

No, Rama. Don't say
anything to her now.

We poor always
bear the taunts.

Radha! O Radha! Look at me.
Here! I am asking you to..

...forgive me on behalf of Badi Maa.
I know she has hurt you.

Enough, Rama! Do you
want to make me cry?

I will make you laugh!
Now laugh! Laugh! No?

Come! Let's go and fetch some
story books from the library.

What's there in the library?
Zilch? But yes,

I am going to get a treasure
house of books today.

My studious elder brother is
coming home today. Deodhar!

Deodhar?
- Yes, my Uncle's son.

Have you forgotten? You used
to pester him the whole day.

Who used to teach
us our lessons.

Who used to get
you oranges, dates..

Oh, yes! He has finished
his studies, has he?

No, he is coming home
on vacation. He will go back.

Which train is he coming by?
- He is reaching today afternoon.

Then I shall definitely go to the
station to meet him. - Rama, you!

He is coming home after
so many years, the simpleton!

Let us see what he is!

The train is just coming in.
- Radha, Deo will recognize you.

There will be no fun then.
Hence, you sit here.

But how will you
recognize him?

Why not? I shall recognize
the simpleton at once.

But it remains to be seen
whether he can recognize me.

Deodhar?

So you are arriving now!

Do you recognize me?
Who am I? - Of course not!

Why would you recognize me?
Staying in the city all these years..

...has made you a city
slicker, hasn't it? - Who, me?

Oh, Rama! This is...!

Didn't I tell you that the city
boy would not recognize me?

Now, do you see?

Kishenlal, keep the gentleman's
luggage in the buggy.

Come along, sir!

So! You are doing your Ph.D.,
are you? You have become a Doctor!

Me? I show samples to Doctors
and take orders for medicines.

What? What? Tell me again!

I..nothing!

Can I ask you something else?

In all these eight years you
didn't remember me even once?

I did. Very often.

Night and day. - But you
couldn't write a single letter.

Why? - Give me your address.
I shall definitely write in future.

Oh, go on! You will write now!

Why didn't you think what face
you would have when you met me?

You were bound to meet
me some place or other.

After all the earth is round.

Oh, no, no! How can
the earth be round?

Won't the people
underneath fall off then?

Kishenlal! Stop the carriage.

Who are you?

Till now I was Fatehchand.
But now I do not know.

Then why did you say you
were Deodhar? - I did not.

You didn't say? - No!
- Then how did you sit in the buggy?

Are you telling lies? - O, why
would the poor fellow tell lies?

When did he say he was Deodhar?
Listen to me!

Lies! Get down right now!
Down! Down!

Take your damn luggage too.

Run away now,
or I shall beat you up.

What is his fault in this?
- Let go of my hand.

Manorama! - Let go!
My foot is stuck here!

You wench! You have been
looking on all this while.

Could you not have told me?

Oho! When did you give her
the opportunity to say anything?

Keep quiet! Let's go, Kishenlal!
I'll see you at the house.

I'll teach you a lesson
you will not forget in a hurry.

I see! So this is what
she is doing here.

You slut! You had set out of
the house to go the temple.

Is this your temple?
And who is this? Your God?

I had only heard rumours
till today. Today I have caught..

...you red-handed, you whore!
You are rubbing my nose in the ground?

Come on home. I shall cut
you in pieces. You slut!

Are you not ashamed?

Maito! What is this nonsense?

I am still here to take a decision
in the matter. Tell me what it is.

She is not satisfied with having
swallowed up her husband.

Now she wants to be a whore
as well with this vegetable seller.

Aren't you ashamed abusing
your daughter like this?

What is her fault if
her husband has died?

The fault lies with this bastard
who has enticed this widow.

I shall punish him for this.
- Back off, Thakur.

You should have confirmed
the facts before laying the blame.

This is not justice!
- Vir Singh!

I shall not permit
any injustice.

Come here, boy!

What is your name?
- Gidhara, sir!

Do you do any work? - I play
instruments at wedding ceremonies.

At other times,
I work in the fields.

Can you look after the girl?
Will you marry her?

I will, sir!

Maito! Give your daughter
in marriage to this boy.

What are you saying, sir!
This society will shun me.

Sir, is there no such thing
as custom, tradition, law?

Customs are made for
man's convenience, Maito.

Is not man who
is made for customs.

My dear sir, I did not recognize you.
Do you live in this village?

How will you? Kings do not
remember the favors made by them.

Sir, this is
my nephew, Deodhar.

It was you who financed
his studies in the city.

He has been under your
care in your house.

He has returned from
the city only yesterday.

Come and meet me at my house.
I would like to talk to you.

Of course, sir!

The rich and mighty
have their own rules.

The poor have no
choice but to agree.

Can I ask you
something, Thakur? - What?

You were ready to flay the
poor man alive the other day..

...for such a small thing.

I wonder if
the widow's beauty..

...had something
to do with it?

Society's unwritten laws and
codes are protected by zamindars..

...and people like me.

And we shut the mouths of
people who talk low like this.

Ha! Shutting my mouth will
not change your character, sir.

You use women for your
pleasure and throw them away..

...like empty liquor bottles.

The only difference
is you pay for..

...your liquor before,
and mine after.

Greetings, sir! - Greetings!

Why, Radha, haven't you
earn to wish people? - Huh!

Deo is already in the living room.
What are you doing here?

So much chilli powder?

Let's have some fun. He is setting
himself up to be a doctor, right?

Let him tell us what
lies inside this kachori.

Greetings, Raja Thakur!
- Welcome, Pujari!

Greetings, Raja Thakur.
Chhote Thakur!

How are you?
- Your blessings, Raja Thakur!

You called for me,
so I came along. - Yes, yes!

What did you say your name was?
- Sir, it is Deodhar.

Deodhar! Do sit down! Not there.
Over here, close to me.

Deodhar! - Yes, sir!

You are a strange fellow!
You are sitting here. Come on up.

Let's go! - Oh, let him sit with
me too for two minutes at least.

Not now, Bade Babu. Later!
After all, I too have been waiting..

...for the last eight years.
Come on! - Go, Deodhar, go!

Meet your aunts as well. - All that
can wait! First he will meet me.

Come, come, dear sir!
Now we shall serve you!

Hot, hot kachoris! Special
breakfast for a special person.

Eat and see! You will
remember it for a life time.

So you are giving your exams
in private! - Yes! In Private!

You eat your kachoris.
- What are your subjects?

Is it necessary to conduct
all your enquiries at this time?

Badi Maa says..

When eating, you should only
concentrate only on the food.

Here, eat!

The aroma is great! Oh, I've
dropped an apple. Please pick it up.

Did you get hurt?
- Please have your breakfast.

I have made these kachoris
with my own two hands.

Especially for you.

It's really quite good.

Why don't you eat too?

It is very good.
You must eat too.

Water! Water!
Aren't you ashamed of yourself?

You fed me with chilies and are
giving me water on top of that?

O, what shall I do?
I am not going to survive this.

You're very wicked!

You're very cruel!
I shall never speak to you again.

Radha! - Coming, Bapu!

I am talking about
Satyanarayan puja.

And you are asking me
what prasad to make?

Greetings, badi maa!
- Hey, don't touch me!

Can't you see I am wearing my
puja clothes. You are a strange man!

How did you get in?
Who are you?

I am Deodhar, badi maa!

When did I say
you were not Deodhar?

But that does not mean you should
push your way into this house?

Go out! This is not the audience
hall of bade Raja or the chhote Raja.

What are you looking at?
Go on!

Hey! Haven't you
gone yet? Watchman!

Watchman! Catch hold of
this boy and throw him out.

Well, well! You have a
wonderful way, badi maa!

Is this the way to treat
a guest of the house?

Do you know he was Deodhar,
the nephew of the priest?

What? He was the
priest's nephew? And drunk?

Did you see him getting drunk?
Why do you talk uselessly?

He was hiccoughing
because he had eaten chillies.

Then why didn't you say so?
He will come back!

You have yourself thrown him out.
Now you say: Call him back.

Oho! So why are you shouting?

Why shouldn't I shout?
She didn't even stop to think.

How much he taught
us in our childhood.

You threw him out without
even knowing the facts? - Enough!

Where will he go? To the Pujari's house?
Go and call him back.

I know where he would have gone.
You don't have to tell me.

Bookmark! So you will remember
which page you were reading.

It is true, Manorama, that
you are rich and mighty.

But that does not mean that we
poor people do not have our dignity.

No, that wasn't good enough!

Anger doesn't come out
well on an empty stomach.

Have your breakfast
and then express it.

It will come out fine. There are
no chilies in this. Honest!

Go on! Eat!

Manorama!
This is a great way.

You pester me yourself
and then you start weeping.

What did I do? You accuse
me of all sorts of things..

...and on top of that, you
will not even let me cry.

What did I tell you?

Then was it I who said you
are great and we are small?

Did I ask the good God to make
me take birth in a Thakur's house.

So that Deodhar could lecture
to me and so too Radha?

And there is badi maa?
She will vent her anger on me.

She asked me to go fetch you.
Otherwise I would never have..

...come here to appease you.

I am hungry myself and am still
telling you to have your breakfast.

And you spilt the
whole thing in the mud.

Oh, so that is the true story.
It was hunger that caused all this.

Oh, all right! Here! Eat it!
- No, I don't want to eat it.

You eat if you want to. Otherwise,
throw this too in the mud.

Are you going to eat,
or shall I force you to.

There isn't a person born who
can force me to. - Is that so?

Here! - Please don't pester me.
Otherwise, I shall bite you.

Oh, big deal! Let's see you
bite me. Bite me if you can.

"Nothing appeals to you"

"when this disease
takes hold of you."

"I am struck with love."

"Do treat me with medicines."

"Go and find me a physician."

"I am struck with love."

"I wonder what this world"

"would be like if
there were no love."

"If there were no
appreciation of the seasons,"

"if there were
no flowers, gardens,"

"anything could have happened,"

"but this world
would not be so."

"Immerse yourself in
these thoughts of mine."

"Go and fetch me a physician."

"I am struck with love."

"That person
is indeed fortunate"

"who is struck with
the disease of love."

"Who has no notion left
of happiness and sadness"

"and who is caught
up in his world"

"he laughs to himself,"

"he cries to himself,"

"even if this disease
is without a cure."

"Do get something done."

"Go and fetch me a physician."

"Treat me for this condition."

"If there is none available,"

"at least call my love."

"Go and fetch my heart-throb."

"I am struck with love."

"Do treat me with medicines."

Oh, this is a serious
problem, Lal Bihari.

Why are you wasting your
knowledge on me, Panditji?

Do tell me something!
- How can I?

Saturn is in a very
inauspicious position.

This year will be
difficult for you.

There must surely be a
remedy for this, Panditji.

Of course. What else am
I sitting here for?

The remedy is
a little difficult.

Do tell us
the remedy, Panditji.

I am willing to give
up my life for his.

Good! That is exactly
what you have to do.

My meaning is we shall have
to cut off some years of your life..

...and put them
into Lal Bihari's.

So do it, Panditji, what
are you thinking about?

What is there to think about?
I just want to ask you.

It's a question of some
four to five hundred rupees.

Four to five hundred?
- Everything will be done at one go.

That is true. Here!
Keep these hundred rupees.

I will give you the rest little
by little. Come, let's go!

Here, keep another twenty rupees.
And since you are adding..

...to my longevity, you may as
well put in another 20-25 years.

After all, what is
it worth to a woman?

Don't worry!
I'll do just that!

Drink your milk! - Panditji!

Think carefully before you transfer
the years of my life Panditji.

What would happen if you
transferred everything over to him

and Saturn were
to grab me instead.

Here's fifty rupees. Keep it!

You need hardly tell
me that, Bhabhiji.

I will transfer the
years in such a way..

That you will pass away a bare
week to ten days before Lal Bihari.

When you yourself are not there
what will he do with an extended life?

Right Panditji, I'll take
my leave of you now.

How much has blind superstition
taken root in our country.

That was great, Mamaji, just great.
How you fooled them.

And that too
in the name of religion!

The pity, dear nephew..

...is that nobody does it out
of religious beliefs.

Everybody does it out of fear.

If I had told him the truth..

...that Lal Bihari, this year
will be just great for you..

...then he would not have given me
so much as a fiver, leave alone 500.

Your uncle wants to marry off
his daughter. And that requires money.

Look, what a great match
we have found for her.

It's hardly likely that
some prince will come

forward to marry
your daughter.

Do be practical, Premvati.

Of course, I have
matched the horoscopes.

Our daughter will dine well.
Meaning, she will rule the roost.

Uncle, he seems
a trifle aged to me.

And it is not even four months
since his first wife died.

This was the only groom left in the
whole wide world for my daughter.

Are you discussing me?

Oh, this fellow is bald.

Oh, Deodhar.
Do come in, my son.

Greetings.

Shouldn't you have told me the
other day that you were Deodhar?

I did tell you, badi maa, but..

...but you didn't recognize
that I was badi maa, right?

My blessings! O chhoti!

Look who is here!
He used to be so small.

He used to wear long,
torn shirt all over the place..

...with nose running.
Our Pujari's sister's son.

See! His parents died leaving
him helpless at a young age.

And your brother-in-law sent
him to the city, educated him..

Enough, Jiji, are you going
to recount the entire story.

My respects to you, auntie.

Long live.

Give this to me. - What has
happened to your hand?

Oh, a cat bit me!

My God! Then you will have to have
14 injections in your stomach.

No, that is only
for dog bites.

Oh, I know that. But some would
treat cat bites in the same way.

Yes, it was
a cat that bit him.

Oh, who told you? - Who else would
you tell? It was I who bit him.

What? You have grown so big.
Aren't you ashamed of biting?

Isn't he ashamed?

He isn't hurt at all and yet
goes about wearing a bandage.

Show me! One should learn
from him how to make excuses.

What a crazy girl.

If you warm and apply the black
ointment it will become all right.

I shall apply it for you.

I don't know when she will learn.
What if the poison had spread?

If you are hurt, it is
bound to give you pain.

Why are you shouting?

I didn't intend to bite you
so hard. But why did you say..

...that I couldn't bite you at all.
That is why I got so angry.

Now what are staring
so fixedly for?

Aren't you going
to say something?

What shall I say?

If you want to scold me, you can.
I will listen quietly.

No, Manorama.
I can't even think that.

Then what else were
you thinking for so long?

I was thinking, Manorama, that
all human beings are the same.

The same two hands,
two, feet, eyes, ears, face..

...everyone has the same parts.
Then why is it that one..

...just one, appears so loveable
that even if one has to give up..

...one's life for that person,
it would be done happily.

O, Deo, does it
really happen that way?

Yes, Manorama, that is
indeed how it happens.

Does that mean I too shall
love someone so dearly?

It will definitely
happen, Manorama.

Who has been able
to escape these bonds?

Neither the maker
of this universe..

...nor those who live in it.
This is a gift of the Gods..

...after finding which, a person
begins to find meaning in life.

Hey, Manorama!

You are coming now?
I have been waiting since so long.

And the great man
walks in so casually.

Are you going to stand there
or are you coming down?

Oho, you seem
to be very angry.

Kishenlal informed me
only just now.

Do you know, I didn't
sleep the whole night.

On top of that I am so troubled.
Won't I get angry?

What is the reason for it?

Your talk of yesterday.
What else?

What talk? - What you said about me
falling in love one day too.

Just one thing I must ask you,
then I shall be satisfied.

Deo, have you ever been
in love with anyone?

Yes, Manorama.
I was, am and will be in love.

I asked you for an answer
and you are giving me a lecture.

I am asking you..listen!
Turn the other way. - Why?

Do whatever I tell you to.
Turn the other way.

But what will happen if I turn
the other way. - Please do it!

I feel shy to tell you
what I have to say.

"Why does the day break?"

"Why does night fall?"

"Where does
this pain rise from?"

"Why do these eyes cry?"

"What is this thing
called love?"

"Do tell me."

"How many musical
notes it has?"

"Let me hear them."

"Till the evening,
there was one bee"

"that was humming
around a flower."

"As soon as night fell,"

"he was enclosed
in a lotus petal."

"When he got out of
captivity the next day"

"I asked him what happened."

"He said nothing,
he said nothing,"

"but kept singing
as if in a trance."

"What is this thing
called love?"

"Do tell me."

"How many musical
notes it has?"

"Let me hear them."

"Why does this breast heave?"

"Why does my breath burn?"

"What kind of fire is this?"

"Why does this flame burn?"

"When the flame is burning.
- The moth too has come to it."

"And surrendered itself
to the flame's embrace."

"I asked it what was there
in the flame lit by another."

"He said nothing,
he said nothing,"

"but kept singing
as if in a trance."

"What is this thing
called love?"

"Do tell me."

"How many musical
notes it has?"

"Let me hear all of them."

"What is this intoxication?"

"How does one stagger around?"

"One can see nothing."

"How is this mischief?"

"One day when I was
passing by a wine shop."

"One drunk
was staggering along,"

"full of spirits."

"I asked him why
he drank all his life."

"He said nothing,
he said nothing,"

"but kept on singing
as if in a trance."

"What is
this thing called love?"

"Do tell me."

"How many musical
notes it has?"

"I would like to hear them."

Let me go! Let me go!

Sit down! - What?
- I said: Sit down.

Look, Radha. I don't have the
habit of beating around the bush.

Hence I shall tell
you straightaway.

Can you come and meet
me at my lakeside bungalow.

What for? - Why do Thakurs call
girls to their lakeside bungalows?

Don't you know?

If someone said the same thing
to Manorama, what will you say?

Huh! I'll shoot him.

But knowing she is the daughter
of a Thakur no one will dare.

And since I am the
daughter of a poor priest..

You can say this to me.

That is true. - Do I look like
a street walker, Vikram babu..

...that you are
offering to buy me?

I am agreeable to this proposal, father.
You may give him your consent.

What are you saying, my dear?

Why are the parents of a
young girl eaten with worry?

This is something
I have understood today.

I like this man.
Get me married to him.

No, Radha.

Are you going
to marry an older man?

It's not likely that
a prince will marry me.

I am a poor priest's daughter.

Perhaps you have forgotten
that you have been brought up..

...as a helpless orphan
by the same poor priest.

What are you trying to say?
Say it outright.

Nothing.

Deo bhaiyya, you must
recognize Manorama's position

and your own status in life.

In this world
we stay in, love..

...is seen in a dirty way.

Dirtiness, my dear Radha,
is in the thoughts of those..

...who peddle hate and
mistrust in place of love..

...and create differences
in terms of position in life.

Love is a disease that
does not strike one easily.

And once it strikes,
it does not leave you.

Manorama is doing you a favour
by talking and laughing with you.

Don't make the mistake
of thinking it to be love.

Otherwise you will get
nothing other than regret.

No, Radha! That is not so!
I have faith in her! I am sure..

...that Manorama loves
me as much as I love her.

Do all girls get married?

Yes, Manorama.

Forgive me if I have said
anything wrong, Dev bhaiyya.

Before I leave, I would like to
say this: Draw a lesson from me.

There can only be union
among people of the same station.

Don't worry, Radha!

I shall go tomorrow to the Thakur
and speak to him in this connection.

There is no need for me to say
anything about Veer Singh's..

...child, Raja Veerendra Pratap Singhji.
You can see for yourself.

Where is Manorama?
Munimji, go call her.

Could you bring along Kunwarji?
I would like to see him myself.

Sure! I'll call him.
- I'll take you with me.

I too have heard a lot
about Kunwarji, Rajrani.

One should not believe
everything one hears..

...until one sees for oneself.

Yes, She would be very lucky,
who engage with Kunwer.

Yes why not?

Brother-in-law!
Would you come here?

Arise Sister! Jiiaji has come.
Take a look at him.

I hope you didn't have
any trouble getting here.

Brother-in-law, this is older mam,
and this is elder mam.

May you live long, my son!

I am sure you have brought
your horoscope with you.

Yes, it is with bhabhi..
- I'll give it to you right now.

All human beings are alike.
Then why is it that there is one..

...person who appears so
loveable that even if one has..

...to give up one's life for him,
one would do it gladly.

My respects to you, Badi maa!
- Now you come! Here!

Look at this horoscope
quickly and tell me how well.

Kunwarji will suit our Rama.

He will suit her fine, badi maa,
particularly as you have chosen him.

Now if I can get Rama's
horoscope, I can match the two.

Come, I'll give it to you.

You wait.

Come with me, Pujari.
Come, come inside.

Sit down.

Now make the horoscope.
- But..

The horoscope is not to
be matched, it is to be made.

Sir, what are you saying?

How is this possible?

After all there is such
a thing as custom and tradition.

Don't teach me custom
and tradition, Pujariji.

I will not let such a good
match go away for the sake..

...of your superstitions.

Here! Make such a
horoscope for Rama..

...that it matches
Kunwarji's in all 32 aspects.

If their Panditji sees
it, he should say:

Wow, how all the planets meet.
What a superb match.

Oh, Deodhar, come!
Come on in!

Never mind, Deodhar! Let it be!
Come on in as you are.

You have come here on a
very auspicious occasion.

My respects to you, bade Raja.

This is our Pujari's nephew.
He studies in the city.

And this is the Raja of Sumergani,
Shri Veerendra Pratap Singhji.

And his younger brother,
Kunwar Narendra Pratap Singhji.

Deodhar, I am very happy today.
When Rama was born..

...I had decided that I would
wed her into a much greater..

...family than mine.

Today my wish is
about to be fulfilled.

Kunwar Narendra has
come to see our Rama.

I am pleased to meet you.
Please sit down.

Oh, you can sit later.

Go and see why Rama
has not come down as yet.

Go and bring her. Go. - Yes.

He is a fine boy.

Rama, you are looking
like a fairy. Come along now.

My respects, chhoti maa.

Dev. Where were you, Dev? I have
been calling you since so long.

He has come, do you know?
He is sitting with bade babuji.

Go and meet him.

I have just met him. - You have seen him?
How did he appear to you?

I liked him very much myself.
He is a very big man, Dev.

His father was the
zamindar of 30 villages.

Even now they have mills
and factories, farms, houses.

And lots of cars.

Do you remember?

You said something the other day
and it has turned out to be true.

What was that?

Didn't you say that all
human beings are alike.

But there is one who appears so
loveable that.. I felt that this is he.

Congratulations, Manorama.
My heartiest congratulations.

Rama! Come down! Quickly.

Dev, you are so good.
Do this work for me.

Take the tea down to the
guests in my place. - Rama!

Dev! - Come, Manorama, they
are waiting for you downstairs.

Bade Raja Thakur!

Come, my dear, come.

Veer Singh! Why don't you
show Raja Saab your garden?

Please come!

Please sit! Come, Deodhar,
come along you too.

Is this how tea is
made in your house?

No, that is not so. Here, let
me make another cup for you.

It's all right! - Drinking black
tea makes you turn black.

That is what badi maa says.

But I am already black.
As for you, you are so fair..

...I do not think
you ever drink tea.

Are you making fun of me
or are you speaking the truth?

I am being absolutely truthful.
- Then it's all right.

Ask me quickly whatever it is
you have to ask me. Then I can go.

I have nothing to ask.
- Manorama! Listen to me!

Let her go!
She is feeling bashful.

Why don't you tell me
something about Ramaji yourself?

Sir, I? - You must know
her quite well. No?

Where did I get to
know her well? But yes,

I can definitely tell you
that she is very innocent.

She is very good.

Pure, clean and delicate.

I have never seen her
feet on the ground.

Keep her safe.

That is all
I can pray of you.

Right, mother. We are going
for an evening walk.

Do whatever you want.
Why ask?

I am not asking you,
I am telling you.

Why are you feeling shy?
Come on. Very good! Good!

Mother! Film star,
Lalita Pawar.

Oh, see the slut's appearance.

Her father goes from
door to door reading kathas,

and the daughter aspires
to be a madam.

Wish you a long life! There is
still time for the train to leave.

Go past the haveli and
bid everyone goodbye.

Okay, babuji.
My respects, auntie.

Go to the haveli.

My respects to you..
Chhoite Raja Thakur.

I was returning to the city.

I thought I should take
my leave of all of you.

Chhote Raja!
Are you still angry with me?

I had begged your
forgiveness the very same day.

No, no, nothing like that.
Which train are you going by?

By the afternoon train.

Bade Raja Thakur is upstairs.
Do go and meet him. - Right, sir!

I am taking
my leave, Manorama.

Go on, then.
Who is stopping you?

Are you angry with me?

Who am I to
get angry with you?

You care only for Radha. And now
that she's gone, why care about me?

God knows that what
understand himself.

Go on, now.
Why aren't you going?

Rama, what is the matter?
What are you saying to him?

He has come to take his leave.

He can't wait till after
the Radha's wedding.

Then he has no work that time.
Now he becomes a great worker.

He says he is leaving
by this afternoon's train.

If he leaves, I shan't get married.
That is the end of it.

She is a very stubborn girl.
Nevertheless, if you can wait..

...for the marriage,
it would be nice.

As you say, bade Raja.

Look, he has agreed to stay.
Compose yourself at least now.

You start sulking
for every small thing.

Would it really affect
your work in the city?

Is it really necessary
for you to go?

No, Manorama. The truth is
that I wasn't quite happy here.

Because Radha has gone away.
But I'm here. Is it not?

I amuse your heart.

It's only a matter of a week.
Then you can go away.

Okay, Manorama. As you wish.

How nice you are.
I do like you.

"These streets and squares."

"Do not come here ever again."

"I have become a stranger."

"You have no one
here of your own."

"Take away colorful memories,
the joy of smiles and tears."

"On my wrists I have
colourful bangles,"

"I have grown to like them."

"How they glitter, these
bangles on our wrists."

"They are like you
these bangles of mine."

"You have seen
my henna-stained hands."

"They look colourful
on my palms."

"Why are there
tears in your eyes?"

"They will spoil your
kohl-stained eyes."

"The monsoon brings clouds."

"I have become
a stranger, now."

"There is no one
here of your own."

"Oh, mother, do embrace me."

"I am off to my in-laws."

"I am leaving my childhood
behind In your courtyard."

"The sun will come out
tomorrow as well."

"The birds will
sing tomorrow, too."

"Everything will be as usual,
but I will not be here."

"Take me into your drape.
Think of me in your dreams."

"I have become
a stranger now."

"There is no one
here of your own."

"Do take a last look at me,"

"I have to go very far."

"My mischievous acts,"

"keep before your eyes."

"When the bells tinkle,
when you feel lonely,"

"do not think I will
be on my palanquin."

"These are just for a few days,
celebrate with me."

"I have become
a stranger now."

"There is no one
here of your own."

"These streets and squares."

"Do not come back here again."

"I have become
a stranger now."

"You have no one
here of your own."

Radha! Darling!

You look foolish indeed.

But where is my darling wife?

She is probably sitting
in some corner. Go find her.

Flowers for you!

Rama is getting married.
I am going to attend her marriage.

If you go, I shall be left alone.
I shall become sad.

I am not going alone.
You are coming with me. Understand?

What? Do I have
to go with you?

Oh, Okay.

Five minutes.

Five minutes?
- Oh, I understand. One minute!

One minute!

Heavens! He's gulping the entire
milk again! Just like his father!

You, Radha? You've come now?
I wrote so many letters to you!

- Slowly, my dear! I'm going
to be a mother. - Really?

Come with me.

How is your husband?
Any problems?

He takes me to the movies...

.. to dinner and in the
evenings we go for walks...

If I say it is day, it is day.
If I say it is night it is night.

Of course, he does pester
me a bit at night. - Pesters you?

When your prince comes into
your life, you will understand.

Tell me clearly, Radha.
What does he do?

What all men do.
- What does he do?

He is a mouse during the day.
But at night, he becomes a tiger.

He gulps a liter of milk, and
then he is all over me, the rascal.

This milk is
a curse to us girls.

Oh! I am so afraid.
What else does he do?

Oho, he picks you up
and close to him. - Then?

Then he beguiles you with
his sweet talk. - Then!

Then he touches you. - Then?

Then this. You have
a child in your stomach.

Oh, God. I shan't
let him touch me.

"From his heart I have
landed in the marked."

"My dilemma is that I have
landed in a big perplexion."

"Those who keep meeting
enter the heart."

"Those, who despite meeting,
never meet, are missed a lot!"

"Was this love?"

"Was this love?
Or something else?"

"Neither do you know
nor do I!"

"Was this just a mistake of
the way to understand things?"

"Neither your mistake
nor mine!"

"May the bed of your happiness
continue to remain bedecked, forever!"

"May the years of my
life be added to yours!"

"I was busy praying for you,
I was busy wishing for you!"

"Neither did you know
nor do I!"

"Bestowing upon you
all the happiness!"

"I depart after
losing everything!"

"This was
the tradition of love!"

"Neither did you know,
nor did I!"

I used to think that the girl
whom my brother in law..

...will marry, will be
very fortunate. But no.

Looking at you I feel that my
brother in law is more fortunate.

Praise her a lot,
and how much you want.

But afterwards you'll
regret it on seeing her fuses.

Don't try to fool me
by your words, brother in law.

First pay the price,
and then enter inside.

I will take such
fat gold bangles.

Oh! Sister you turned
out to be such a fool.

You have asked only
gold bangles! It's enough?

If you had even asked me
a necklace worth Rs.9 lakhs..

I would not refuse
and give it to you.

Well no problem, you can.
You can ask me now also. Ask.

No, brother in law I will not
ask anything from you now.

But I will ask him
Who gives everybody.

May you live a long life.

Sister in law!

Come on in, why are
you standing out?

And one more
thing brother in law.

Tomorrow she has to go to her
house, so let her sleep a little.

One more thing, I have
boiled milk and kept it there.

See that you drink it
before it gets cold.

What happened?

Are you really going
to drink milk?

You had said that by drinking
tea the skin becomes dark.

Does drinking milk
also cause something?

Don't take me to be a fool.

I know after drinking
milk, you will harass me.

Who told you
that I will worry you?

My friend Radha has
told me everything.

Her bald husband drinks
milk and worries her a lot.

But I'm not bald, look.

Don't try to fool me?
First promise me you won't drink milk.

Ok. Alright. - And also
that you won't worry me.

Ok I will not worry you.

Not like this, touch me
and take the promise.

I promise for you're sake.

I was getting scared to touch..

...you as I did not want
your fair body to get stained.

The loss will be
mine and not yours.

What do you mean?
- You will not understand.

Come, rest a little.
You must be tired.

Don't you have trust on me?

I'm finding it hard to
believe in my destiny.

I'm so fortunate that I've
got you as my wife, Rama.

So loving, so beautiful,
so innocent.

I think so I might have done
a lot of good things in my past life.

Don't you think so?

Rama.

I've brought tea brother in law.
If you'll say I'll take it back.

Live Long Life.

I think so you
were awake all night.

Is it so daughter?
Live long daughter.

Has he worried you too much?

As soon as I came
I went to sleep.

If he worried me in
sleep then I don't know.

What would I do,
sister in law?

As soon as she came
she took a promise.

And you only told that
she is a delicate doll.

So I did not want to create
a problem or harm her.

Hail brother in law! How come
you are born in this bad era?

You should have been
born in a better era.

Oh! Sister in law,
what great happened?

My whole life is ahead of me.

You are right, but for now her
brother has come to take her.

He is sitting down.

Come on, daughter, drink
your tea quickly and get ready.

I am putting the
breakfast on the table.

Why did you tell
her about the promise?

Next time, don't let me take
a promise and I won't tell her.

Are you angry? - Then what!

I am coming to take
you day after tomorrow.

Rama!

Slowly! Slowly, now even
I will become a mother.

Has Dev come or not?
I wanted to ask him a nice name.

Dev has gone to the city but
what nonsense are you saying?

Yesterday only you had
gone to your in-laws place.

How do you know so early
that you are carrying a child?

Brother in law.

The truth is that
I do not want to go.

Who can leave such
a beautiful sister in law and go?

The thing is that big
brother married you first..

...otherwise
I would marry you.

When I got married
and came in this house..

...you didn't even know
how to put your pant well.

But now I know.
- What did you say? You scoundrel!

Joking like this with me
who is your mothers age?

Thirteen days have passed,
since her husband has died.

And her in-laws
have not answered yet.

They should have at
least sent a message.

Who have lost their son
just after the bride stepped in..

...must be cursing
their destiny.

God knows in which bad day
they had decided the marriage.

Are you in your senses or not?

You didn't even have any sense,
to cut her hair by now.

I won't let them cut my hair.

You have to let them
cut your hair daughter.

But why?

Oh! Rama, why don't
you come down?

Now you cannot wear
this daughter.

Where is this girl? How much
time does it take to come down?

Mom, I don't want
to cut my hair.

What? You won't cut your hair,
then will you do makeup?

Have all these widows cut
their hair because they are fools?

Have I purposely
become a widow?

See what she is saying?

What bad will happen if
she doesn't cut her hair?

Nothing must have happened
in your parents house.

But if anything bad
happens here..

...you will not be able to
show your face to anybody.

We will do everything according
to our customs and traditions.

What are you saying?
The world has changed now.

I ask, what great problem will
arise if she doesn't cut her hair.

No problem would arise
even at that time.

Then why didn't you
say anything..

...when they had cut
your mother's hair?

That was a case of
age difference, aunty.

But it is not necessary that
because mistakes happen..

...we must repeat them again.

If you do not repeat
customs and traditions..

...you will be
separated from society.

Whatever happens, Rama
will not let her hair be cut.

If you do not want to follow
customs and traditions..

...then why have you called
us here? For a meeting?

Believe it or not,
you are responsible?

Come on everybody they have
called us here for no reason?

And have worried us.

No, no, don't do such
a mistake. Please sit.

On behalf of them
I ask you forgiveness.

Whatever you say we'll follow.

Sit down. Please.

I'll see to it nobody dares to
stop her from cutting her hair?

If you turn your face
away from society..

...then where will you keep
your daughters and sons.

They will remain
unmarried life long.

Now will you sit quietly
or should I force you to sit?

For what are you starring
at me Godavari? Make her sit!

Mummy.

What happened to you now?

Do you want me to fix a
date for you, to do this?

No, no madam.

Big daddy.

Wait a minute.

Oh God! What is
all this happening?

What are you people doing?

How can you agree to
cut such beautiful hair?

Oh madam, what rubbish
are you saying?

She's right; Such beautiful
hair will cause havoc.

I don't believe in all this.
Don't feel bad when I say that..

...Rama is not
your daughter anymore..

...but the daughter
of my family.

This was so the instant
she had got married.

Whatever has to be
done we will do it.

I have come to take her.
I need your permission.

To hell with the world,
what have we got to do?

As you sow,
so shall they reap?

Manorama!
Come, have your breakfast.

What are you waiting for?
Bring it in.

Since when have I told you?
You are bringing it now.

And, Guddu,
drink your milk quickly.

Otherwise your aunt
will be angry

isn't it, Manorama?
Here, drink it.

What do you want
for lunch today?

Oh, I do not know.
Ask your young mistress here.

But, didi, I do not know anything.
Then get to know it.

I have done a lot on my part.
Now give me leave.

And take care of the house.
Here are the keys.

In this bunch, you have
the keys to the storehouse..

...the cupboards, and the safe.
Bholu will explain the rest to you.

No, rani,
you shouldn't do this.

No. I cannot do this. Let me lie
quietly in some corner of the house.

Don't concern
yourself with me.

I am not doing anything, my dear.
I cannot even do anything.

But I will say this. This house is
your own. You are the queen here.

You'll rule here. Control yourself.
You have your whole life before you.

You will have
to live your life.

Control yourself, my dear.

This is a bookmark. So you will
remember what page you were reading.

Please don't pester me.
Otherwise I shall bite you.

Aha! How can you bite?
Show me.

Now why are you staring at me so fixedly?
Why don't you say something?

What should I say?

If you want
to scold me, you can.

I shall listen quietly.

Dev, have you been
in love with anyone?

Yes, Manorama, I was, am
and will always be in love.

I cannot forget you,
Manorama, I cannot!

I know I have no rights over you.
But I am helpless.

I am in love
with you, Manorama.

I can only pray that wherever
you are, you be happy and free.

Guddu, you are cheating?
I'll show you, just wait.

Where will you run?
Here, I've caught you.

I don't like these wedding ceremonies.
But what can I do?

Our relationship with the Chowdharys
is such that I cannot but go.

And look, your brother-in-law
has not yet come.

Otherwise I would have given
him his dinner before going.

I'll give it to him, didi.
You can go ahead without worry.

Okay, Guddu.
Don't pester your auntie.

On the contrary, I take
so much care of auntie.

When there is
no one in the house..

I am the only
male child in the house.

You have started talking too much.
Okay, I shall leave now.

I am getting scared, auntie.
Please sleep here with me.

Don't leave me alone.

Hush! Brave children
don't get scared. Come!

Rairani!

Oh, I was putting Guddu
to sleep and fell asleep myself.

I thought it was my wife.
- Never mind.

She has gone to a wedding at the
Chowdharies. She will be back late.

Shall I give you your dinner,
brother in law? - No, you go!

Did you want
something, Jethjii?

No, no. I simply came here to say:
What if Narendra has died?

I am here, his elder brother,
Thakur Virendra Pratap Singh.

Don't worry at all.

Your hair is beautiful.

You are beautiful too.

Let go of my hair,
Jethji, it hurts.

It will hurt just a little.
But thereafter there is only happiness.

Don't be afraid.
Nobody will say anything.

After all, Narendra
was my younger brother.

What is the difference
between him and me?

If you like, you can look
on me as your husband.

Yes, there is
such a custom too.

Auntie! Auntie!
Where are you?

Auntie, auntie!
Open the door.

Guddu! - Auntie, auntie!
Why don't you say something?

Mother! Auntie, auntie!

Auntie, auntie! What happened to you?
Why were you screaming?

Mother, look what's happened
to auntie. She was screaming.

Manorama! Manorama! - I want
to go back to my house, jiji!

Yes, Manorama, I made a very big
mistake bringing you from there.

From birth, we have been taught
that a husband is God.

Whether he treats her
like a slipper or his property.

If I say a word against him,
my tongue will be slit.

But I will
definitely say this..

That in the middle of
these high roofs and..

...behind the marbled walls of the
Thakurs, there is only suppression.

I have no choice but to
live here and die here.

I do not have the courage
to get out of here.

But you still have your house,
to which you can return.

Go, Manorama.
Go back to your father's house.

Go back!

Who has come, Munimji?

Rama has come, sir.

Rama?

Rama?!

Now I shall never go
there, mother. - Why?

You went away saying you wouldn't
live here. What happened now?

Jiji! - And the rairani who took
you away to rule the house..

...does she not have the decency
to come by and leave you here?

She sent you with a servant!

Is this the way to talk to a daughter
who has just come to her house?

How else does one talk?

It is easy to say. But it is not
easy to take care of a widow.

Didn't she send you back
like a counterfeit coin?

Now where are
you going that way?

Of course, she is
going to her own room.

She no longer has a room upstairs.
She will stay downstairs.

Where your mother stayed
after becoming a widow.

And you go and take care of
your office. There is no need..

...for you to interfere
in women's matters.

Everything will happen
according to custom. Understand?

Maharaj! Bring the keys
and open the room.

Rama! I am feeling afraid!
Tell me the truth. What happened?

Tell me, Rama, tell me!

Rama! Rama! Tell me,
Rama, on my oath.

What can I say, mother?
Last night, my brother-in-law..

...pushed his way into my
room and took me by force..

Enough, my girl, enough!
I suspected this!

Don't ever speak about this
with anyone. Understand? Never speak!

You don't know these Thakurs.
Their noses are held very high.

They will put a bullet into him.
And another into you.

And the rest of the bullets.
No, My dear, no!

There will be corpses
strewn all over the place.

Put a lock on your
lips, my girl. A lock!

O, Dev bhaiyya, you?

You have changed
completely, Radha.

How are you? - I am fine, how are you?
How is brother-in-law?

Everyone is fine! - Good!
This is for you! - Come, come in!

Oh, where is your luggage?

I didn't bring any luggage.
I am going back by the evening train.

That's just too much!
You have come after so long,

and you will not even wait?

Come, sit down.
- Nothing like that, dear!

It's just that I was feeling a vague
fear during the past few days.

When I couldn't bear it any more I
thought I would come and see you.

Dev bhaiyya! - Yes, Radha!
Who else could I ask about Manorama?

It is only you I can ask.

I did the wrong thing,
didn't I, by warning you?

Who knows, perhaps you
too would have come together.

No, Radha. You did well
by warning me well in time.

Manorama is after all the
daughter of a noble family and..

...I, how can I ever give her all that
Kunwar Narendra Singh can give her.

So how is Kunwarii.
Is he all right?

Dev bhaiyya!! - Tell me the truth.
Is Manorama happy with him?

They are both happy,
aren't they?

Radha! - Dev bhaiyya!

Tell me the truth,
Radha, on my oath.

How can I tell?

A cataclysm has befallen
her another will fall on you.

Rama became a widow on
the fourth day after her marriage.

What happened to all your
shoes and slippers, Manorama?

Which ones, Dev?
The ones from Sirikotta?

No, Rama, don't cry!

I received such a lot.
But look, now everything is gone.

Don't say that, Manorama.
Everything will be okay.

Well, tell me about yourself.
How are your studies going on?

Have you become a doctor?

No, Manorama.
The work isn't done yet.

You are probably not
concentrating on your studies.

There is no one there to scold you.
You could have remembered me.

Shall I take
my leave of you now?

I don't eat after sunset.

I haven't had my food either.
Won't you ask me to come along?

Will you come? Then come. It will
be good. I shan't have to eat alone.

Maharaj, Dev will have his food
with me. Send his food here.

Manorama, you haven't
eaten either.

I cook and keep my own dinner
before going to the temple.

Because there is no
time left when I return.

Doesn't Maharaj
cook food for you?

Maharaj has lots of other work.
And I am idle all the time.

Hence, I thought it better
to cook my own food.

At least I can
spend the time. Come!

Where are you going?
Your room is upstairs, Manorama!

No, I have come
to stay here now.

It is easier to come and
go to the temple. Come in!

You stay like this?

Maharaj!

Yes mistress! - Please send
some kheer into the sitting room.

I'll just leave this
tray inside first.

Who has come?
- Deodhar babu has come.

He is sitting
in bitiya's room.

I am keeping the tray here,
bitiya. Take it.

Why didn't the Maharaj
bring the tray inside?

Perhaps he was in
a hurry. Sit down!

Eat! - And you!

I shall eat later.
You go ahead and eat.

How are you, Deodhar?
- My respects, chhoti maa.

Please sit! You eat too!
As it is, you eat only once.

If it is past nightfall,
you won't be able to eat that either.

You eat this food? - Badi maa says
this is the proper food for widows.

This keeps the mind calm and
one does not get evil thoughts.

So you can stay a corpse.
That is why you are given food.

They have prepared kheer today.
Shall I get you some?

No, mother! - Why not? Eat it.
Wonder why they feel bad about it?

Dev, don't get up while eating.
It amounts to contempt for food.

Isn't there contempt felt by living,
breathing human beings?

You are full of pity for me,
aren't you, Dev?

But I have learnt to
put up with everything.

Why did you learn? Why?

You are doing gross injustice
to yourself, Manorama.

And this is a sin. Doing injustice
and putting up with injustice too.

You are committing
a sin, Manorama.

Everyone has become
my enemy, Dev.

You too have left me
with tears in my eyes?

I cannot see you living
like this, Manorama.

I have hurt your feelings
today, Manorama. Forgive me.

But I cannot see someone
dying little by little under the..

...weight of customs
and traditions.

Manorama! - What is it?
- You are very angry, aren't you?

No. - Of course you are.
Can you at least forgive me?

Yes.

No, not like this.

Yesterday, I committed
contempt of food, didn't I?

Today I would like
to make amends. With you.

It is not necessary.

Then it will be a problem.

I had told my auntie that I would
bring Manorama along with me.

She must have
even cooked for you.

You know it, Dev! I only eat
what I cook with my own hands.

Yes, yes, Auntie too has
cooked according to custom.

No, Dev, I only
eat once a day.

But listen, eat now and
don't eat in the evening.

I don't think you
ate even yesterday.

Tell me the truth.

Did you eat? - No. But why
don't you understand, Dev?

Everybody will be
waiting at home for me.

No one will so much
as think of you.

Yes, chhoti maa would probably
be worried, but I have informed her.

Come on!

Dev! You are compelling
me far too much.

Because you have given it up.
Come on.

Yes, brother in law had come.

But he was insisting that he
would have to leave today itself.

I told him several times not
to go, but who listens to me?

I don't eat all this, auntie.

I've only served you
a very simple fare.

Do eat it.
- It's not like that.

There are no chilies in this.
Truly. Look, I'll show you.

Here, now you eat!

Here! - No Dev.

Will you eat quietly
or shall I force you?

Then you can bite me
all you want.

I shall have fourteen injections
in my stomach if necessary.

No, No!

Oho, auntie, do we have
black ointment in the house?

Keep it ready. Manorama will
first bite me, then she will tie..

...a bandage on it.
What do you say?

Manorama. What is this?
You break out crying while laughing.

I had quite forgotten
laughter, Dev.

Why are you making me cry?

You shouldn't
do this, Manorama.

It's as though you have
completely forgotten laughter.

Smile a little. Your smile will
bloom like a hundred flowers.

Just try laughing once. Millions of
flowers will bloom and scatter.

Yes, Manorama, please laugh!

"The bee made
the flower bloom."

"The prince took
the flower away."

"O bee, don't forget
to say flower."

"May you live long."

"The bee made
the flower bloom."

"The prince took
the flower away."

"O bee, don't forget
to say flower."

"The flowers
have all scattered."

"Sad and happy
times come and go."

"There is no hunger
for happiness."

"Nor worry about sadness."

"Where love beckons one."

"Sad and happy
times come and go."

"Meera drank from
the poisoned vessel"

"and turned the poison
into nectar."

"Kabir uttered
the word 'love'"

"and broke into song."

"Sad and happy times
come and go."

"O bee, don't forget
to say flower."

"The past has been
left behind."

"The bee made
the flower bloom."

"The prince took
the flower away."

Oh hell! I had to see a widow's
face early in the morning!

God knows what
will happen now.

In my case, the Thakur asked me
to get my daughter re-married..

Now that his daughter
is flashing eyes at others,

he is silent in the matter.

And that too with whom?
The pujari's son? Are we dead?

What is it? - There!

Dev?

There are no stars
studded in this.

What is this you are doing, Dev?
Please move away.

Everybody is watching.
Let me go.

Wear your slippers,
then you may go.

Go on, wear it, my girl!
Don't break your lover's heart!

He is doing a religious duty.

After all, it is the
pujari's teachings.

Wear your slippers
quickly, Manorama.

Don't exceed your limits, Dev!
Even stubbornness has its limits.

Dev, what is this nonsense?

Enough of this play-acting, Pujariji.
Don't play innocent.

As if you did not know at all what
your nephew from the city was doing.

Make him sit backwards on
a donkey, blacken his face..

...and parade him all
through the village.

That will bring him
to his senses.

You have shown everyone
a very good way.

But will you also tell
us the reason for this?

Oh, how innocent
the poor boy is.

She is a widow.
Don't you know that?

Can one of you tell me what is
a girl's fault in her becoming a widow?

The sun does not deny her light.
Flowers give her their scent.

Nature does not change
its laws for anyone.

Then why do you compel her
to walk with naked feet, eat..

...a spartan diet, and
sleep on a thin mat?

Why can't she laugh like other women,
be happy like others.

Cannot love anyone,
cannot marry anyone..

Yes, why not?
Will the heavens fall?

What nonsense
are you talking, Dev?

Do you know that for a widow..

Even to think of love
and marriage is a sin.

It is unnatural. - And when you
married off your only daughter..

...to a man twice her age,
whose first wife had died..

...not more than
four months before

didn't anyone see any sin, anything
unnatural, any injustice in it?

Wow! What kind of
two-faced logic is this, mamaji?

Different laws for
a man and a woman?

Why don't you speak
for yourself?

Are you marrying her or are
you tying a rakhi on her wrist?

Why?

Isn't there any relationship
apart from marriage or the rakhi?

I would like
to hear what that is!

What relationship did
he have before whom..

...you have come
to make obeisance?

Had he married Radha?
Or did he tie a rakhi?

Are you casting aspersions
on our Gods and Goddesses?

Beat him up! Catch hold
of him and beat him!

Beware if anyone so much as
touches him. I'll break your bones.

Let it go, Kedara. There is
no fault of theirs in this.

People have always
reacted in this fashion..

To those who have loved truly.

How can you expect them to
understand the sacred love of..

...Radha and Krishna when they have
not understood the love of humans?

They only know relationships
that have been made by men.

...Husband, lover, brother,
friend..the language of love..

...is far above these
relationships, my friends.

He is quite right
in what he is saying.

Oh come! It is one thing to
dally all night with a woman..

...but ask him, will
he marry a widow?

Yes, I will. I will
marry Manorama. - Dev!

Yes, Manorama,
I will make you mine.

No, Dev. I shall continue living
as I have lived. I shall endure..

...all the pain, the humiliation,
the taunts of this world..

...but I will not be able
to endure your pity.

I do not pity you,
Manorama. I love you!

Dev!

And will always love you.

When I saw you off in your
bridal palanquin, I loved you then.

When I took the thorn out of
your foot, I loved you then too..

And today as well, now too..

Aren't you ashamed to talk
like this? I trusted you.

You have broken my trust.
Don't ever show me your face again.

Go away from this village.

Listen to me, Manorama!
- Your Manorama is dead!

Our relationship is
over as of today. Over!

Babuii! - Get me a little poison
from somewhere, my dear!

Let me close my eyes, then you
may walk over my dead body..

...and do whatever you wish.
Then I shan't come to stop you.

I have done nothing to be
ashamed of, Babuji! Nothing!

How could you believe
their words, babuji?

I have done nothing,
babuji, nothing.

I have said what I had to say,
my dear. Now it's up to you!

Rama!

Can I ask you something?
Do you not love Dev?

Mother!

Tell me the truth.
Don't you love him?

You too, mother? - I know you
better than you do yourself, Rama.

I am your mother!

The truth is that you love him.
You know it yourself.

But you don't accept it.
Because he is poor, an orphan.

And you are
a Thakur's daughter..

...brought up within the walls
of this palatial house,

...who has been taught
right from birth about..

...religious customs,
traditions rules, society, purity!

And trapped within these
high sounding words..

...you yourself have
come to believe..

...that you have no
right to be happy.

How long will you turn
away from the truth?

I ask you when you think of Dev
every waking moment of your life..

...if this is not love,
what is it?

It is only love,
my dear, only love!

"Perhaps you are
not destined for me."

"Why do I wait for you?"

"I was in love
with you yesterday."

"I love you even now."

"Perhaps I have
understood love today."

"I love you today."

"Yesterday,
you waited for me."

"Today, it is I
who waits for you."

"Perhaps you are
not destined for me."

"I wonder why my eyes"

"wove these dreams around me."

"I had asked you for
but one happiness,"

"you did not give me
even your sorrow,"

"you did not give me
even your sorrow."

"Life has become a
burden for me now,"

"now I am neither dead
nor alive."

"I loved you yesterday too.."

"I love you today as well."

"Perhaps you are not
destined for me."

"May the bonds of
love not break now,"

"may the bonds of
love not break now,"

"I shall take care
of these bonds now."

"You will have pluck the
thorns of unhappiness.."

"..off my feet now as
you did yesterday."

"I hope I shall not come
across these shadows.."

"..of sadness
I am afraid of.."

"Yesterday,
you waited for me.."

"Today it is I who
is waiting for you."

"Today perhaps I have
understood the meaning of love."

"My heart is not
under my control.."

"I shall lose
my life in your love.."

"I am full of desire
to meet you.."

"My world is full of sadness."

"My world is full of sadness."

"Perhaps this is
what they call love."

"I am lost in myself
all the time."

"I remember you day and night."

"I wait for you day and night."

"Perhaps you are
not destined for me."

"Why do I continue
to wait for you?"

"I loved you yesterday too.."

"I love you today as well."

You have no truck with love
and devotion, chhote babu.

But when will you tire
of philandering?

Meaning? - You have the
right to ruin those like me..

But you could spare
at least one!

What do you wish to say?

That boy loves your
daughter very much.

Settle your daughter's
life in happiness.

Get her re-married to him.

Who is that scoundrel? Tell me,
or I shall kill you. Tell me!

Hold your hand!
Hold your hand! Wait a while.

Chhote Thakur! What is this happening?
Will you kill him?

Tell your nephew, Pujari,

that he leave this village
immediately if he values his life.

You have given me your
punishment, chhote Thakur.

Won't you tell me my crime?

Of course, I shall tell you.

So that the whole village
can understand

what happens to someone
who plays with

the honour of
a Thakur's daughter.

You are lying, Thakur.

You have not come here
for your daughter's honour.

You have come here

to simply establish your false
pride and honour before the world.

Deodhar!

When the whole world calls her
a widow and turns away from her..

...you do not lose
your honour then.

But when I desired just a little
honour for her, was your honour hurt?

Do you even know which dark corner
of your house she lies in?

And how she lives?

However she lives, that
is our personal affair.

This is not your
personal affair, Thakur.

Because these inhuman customs
originate from your noble households.

And by becoming established
as custom and tradition..

...they spread like a canker
throughout the society.

Shamsher, tie him to the jeep,
drag him out of the village..

...and throw him out.

Only when he becomes
a cripple will he realize..

The consequences of denigrating
our customs and traditions.

Enough of this, Chhote Thakur.

With what face are you talking
today of customs and traditions?

That day when your daughter,
Rama's horoscope was to be matched..

...then you, for the sake of
your own convenience, broke..

...every custom and tradition..

...to force me to commit the sin
of making out a false horoscope.

Did you make a false
horoscope, Pujari?

He compelled me to
do it, Sarpanchji.

Well, chhote Thakur,
is he telling the truth?

Why don't you speak?

We will decide this
at the Panchayat.

Come, Vikram.

At least now change your rotten
customs and traditions, Thakur.

Times are fast changing.

You can't stop this process of
change with your powerless hands.

You can't stop it.

You slut! I'll cut you into bits if
you so much as step out of this room.

What happened?
What has she done?

What has she done?

She has brought us dishonour
by dallying with this two-bit boy.

I have only flayed him
alive up til now, that Deodhar!

Deodhar! - Deodhar's?

And she is asking me
what she has done.

Today, I had to exchange words with
the lowly for the sake of this fool.

Yes, how can the lowly
lock tongues with you?

You cannot even drink the
water touched by the lowly.

But their women will do for you.
They can share their beds with you.

Stop this nonsense!

Till today, you have not been able
to resist either women or wine.

But when my daughter
seeks a little happiness,

it seems like poison to you?

When she used to cry all night,
the whole village was happy.

The moment she smiled a little,
the whole village is heart-stricken.

If I died today, you will not
even wait until the morrow.

You will wed another
with pomp and ceremony.

You'll throw a party,
have liquor..

Call the nautch-girls
and make them dance.

Because you are a man. The woman's
crime is that she is a woman.

I pray to God that there be..

...no girl born into your Thakur family
for the next seven generations.

Otherwise you will hound
them to death in this manner.

Raja Saab! - You? How is it
you are here so suddenly?

I had called him.
To take away Rama.

May I ask why?

Do you need to ask even now?

Come! Please make
yourself comfortable.

Pack up Rama's things. Raja Saab
has come to take her away.

Please come!

Mother!

Jethji!

She will die, jethji,
she will not survive.

Dev is a good boy.
He loves Rama very much.

Rama loves him too. Why shouldn't
we get them married?

Bahu, you are not
in your senses now.

Please go away.

You are not even mindful
of the fact that you are a..

...daughter-in-law of
the Thakur family.

You are saying this only
because you are the girl's mother.

Yes, I am the unfortunate
girl's mother.

But Jethji,
is she nothing to you?

And Dev has declared
before the whole..

...village that
he will marry Rama.

How dare he?
He has the nerve to do this?

Is there anyone?

Watchman! Watchman!
Call Kishenlal immediately.

I have been holding
a snake to my bosom.

But if I can feed it
I can also crush its head.

Yes, he is weak, he is small
in station. Kill him off.

Because he has tried to breathe
life into the dying embers..

...of my daughter's life.

But I ask you, what are you
going to do about the man..

who has dishonoured
your innocent daughter.

Bahu! - Yes, I am asking you
what you have done to the..

...Veerendra Pratap Singh
who dishonoured your daughter.

You are treating him like an
honoured guest in your house..

...because he is a big man.
You can do him no harm, none!

Send her back to that
butcher, Veerendra Pratap.

Give her into his custody. Even if
he tears her apart piece by piece.

Listen to me..anger
will only induce hatred.

Whatever you do do it after
careful thought and consideration.

Why? Aren't they satisfied
with what they have done?

Do they want to kill him?
Go tell them he will not come. Never!

Wait Kishenlal. I am coming.
- Now where are you off to, Dev?

To meet Bade Thakur.

Oh God!

When darkness falls at the very
utterance of someone's name..

...it is inauspicious to
set foot in his house.

Don't go!
- What are you saying?

Lights go on and off even in
cities nowadays quite often.

And this is a village..

Don't worry.
I'll be back soon.

Come Deodhar.
I am sitting right here.

My respects!

Bade Raja, why are you
sitting in darkness?

I wish to speak to you. It is good
it has become dark on its own.

Sit down!

Is it true whatever I have heard
of between Rama and you?

Yes, I love Manorama.

When you know
that she is a widow?

The first time I returned
to the village from the city..

...I had touched your feet.
Not just because you were elderly.

But because I realized
your greatness.

That day,
you were asking Maito..

...to get his widowed
daughter married off again.

That was another
matter, Deodhar.

We are leading a double life.

One life for others,
another for ourselves.

This is just a pretence.

But in our families,
widows do not re-marry.

Shall I take my leave
of you, then? - Sit down.

I have not finished
what I have to say.

It goes without saying that
we cannot allow Rama to re-marry.

Hence, I will give
you a piece of advice.

Run away with Rama.

Bade Raja Thakur!
- Yes, Deodhar.

I will curse
the innocent girl..

...that she has brought dishonour
to the family and run away

...and thus will be able
to save my own face.

You don't have to worry.

I will make all arrangements
for you to leave.

Just make sure that no
one comes to know of this.

No, Raja Thakur. No one
will come to know of this.

But I will not run
away with Manorama.

Yes, Bade Raja Thakur!

Because this is not just a question
of the life of one Dev or Rama.

This is a battle against
centuries of faulty customs..

...and traditions which has spread
like a canker in our society.

If Rama wears a bridal dress,
it will be with your blessings.

You will see her off yourself
in her bridal palanquin.

Only then will she go.
- Deodhar!

This is a war of
righteousness, Raja Thakur.

There can be
no compromise in this.

Either it will be
a complete defeat..

...or a total success.

I shall take
my leave of you now.

Pray God that
you succeed and I fail!

How can you talk like
this, Chhote Raja Thakur.

How can he dare to play
with the honour of my family.

No, it is not like that.

I fear the entire village is
with that swine Deodhar.

Give up worrying about that.

Leave alone the village, even if
God himself wants to save him..

...he will not be able to
save him from certain death.

I have made all arrangements.

This very night, his body
will be cut into so many bits..

...that even the crows and..

...vultures will not be able
to distinguish between them.

Dev!

Dev!

Manorama! You! At this hour?

Dev, you love me very
much, don't you? Tell me.

Even if I have hurt your
feelings a lot, the truth is that..

...I love you very much.

I love you too, Dev!
I love you very much.

But how unfortunate I am.

When I came to know of
it, it was so late.

I beseech you in the
name of this very love, Dev..

...leave this village
and go away.

What are you saying?

I have heard it with my own ears, Dev!
They will kill you.

Go away from here,
before they reach you.

No, Manorama, I will not leave
you here alone and go away.

Don't worry about me, Dev!
I am already destroyed.

First I got married.
Then I was widowed. You know all this.

But you do not know that
after this, I was dishonoured.

Manu!

One does not offer stale
flowers to the Gods, Dev.

I am no longer worthy of you.

What do you think? That this is
reason enough to kill my love?

Who is asking you
to kill your love?

But heed my words.
Return to the city.

I will return to the city.
But after marrying you. Not before that.

All right! All right!
I accept your stubborn resolve.

Look, I have become a bride.

What have you done, Manorama?

I have accepted
you as my husband.

Now I beg you to safeguard
my status. Return to the city.

Manu!

My heart, body and mind
are all yours, Dev!

Heed my words!
Look, I have become a widow once.

Don't make me
a widow all over again.

Hey, that is Rama bitiya!

Stop it. Hold your hand!
Please stop it.

Take these hired goons away.

And throw them at the
doorstep of the Thakurs.

Let them understand
that the villagers..

...will no longer endure
the atrocities of the Thakurs.

That is all very well.

But friends, you did not do well
in beating up the Thakur's men.

My dear girl, forgive us!
Go back to your house.

It is not right to put the villagers
into trouble on our account.

We will go away from
this village right now.

How many villages and
towns will you change, auntie?

By changing locations, these
rotten customs will not change.

Caste, creed, high, low, these
distinctions will not be erased.

Someone or the other
will have to fight this battle.

Villagers, I have no
personal enmity towards you.

It is only against
this scoundrel.

Who, having lived off
our charity in the city,

has forgotten his own position.

Or this slut, who, despite being
forbidden to set foot outside..

...her room, has come here.

Mind your tongue, chhote Thakur!
Rama is no longer you daughter.

She is my wife.
You have no right to abuse her.

You slut! You have spat on my
face by forging a relationship..

...with this orphan from
a lowly and poor family.

You have spat on my face.
I will kill you first.

Well done, Thakur!
By killing an innocent woman, you..

...are setting yourself up to
be an upholder of moral values.

Go and look
into your own self.

Have you spared any
girl in this village?

You made everyone who took your
fancy shed her clothes before you.

If you had your way, you would
not spare your own daughter.

You murderer!
Stop shedding innocent blood.

Your fight is with me,
isn't it?

Take me and avenge yourself.

Shamsher, take both of them
and set fire to them in the..

...middle of
the village square.

So that the whole
village can see that..

That the Thakur's justice
does not spare even his own kin.

What are you saying,
chhote Thakur?

Even if you do not accept
your daughter as your own..

...she is a daughter-in-law of
our house, she is our honour.

If you have to kill someone,
kill that person who is the cause..

...of this entire battle.

Now it will be exactly
as I have decided.

Chhote Thakur!

Chhote Thakur!

Thakur. My men have
surrounded your hirelings..

...if anything should happen
to our daughter-in-law..

...it will be the death
of you and your men.

You had called me
to take Rama away..

...and I shall take her
away at whatever cost.

Veerendra Pratap!

Abuji!

Shoot these hired
goons of the Thakur.

Let me go!
Don't you dare touch me.

Help me, Dev! Save me!

This is the demon who
dishonoured me.

Shoot this scoundrel!

Villagers! Pounce on these men!
Let no one escape alive.

Babuji!

Babuji!

You scum! Do you dare to raise
your hand on the Thakurs...?

Oh God!

Raja, you?

Veerendra Pratap! Even God
cannot forgive you for your crime..

...of not looking at the elder
daughter-in-law as a mother..

...and the younger
as a sister.

There is no blame attached
to killing such a person.

Deodhar! Deodhar! My son!

I wish my eyes had
opened to reality in time.

Brothers! Deodhar was right!

These stupid and dirty customs
start with our noble houses.

All this is the result of that.

And since I am a part
of all that myself..

...the law will
certainly punish me.

Bade babuji, no!

No, my dear, everything
will be all right.

Come, my son.

Take care of her.

Deodhar, you have won
and I have lost!