Johaar (2020) - full transcript
The film revolves around the story of an ordinary rickshaw driver in Bihar who aspires and dreams of providing a maximum possible quality education to his son by making arrangements for him to study at a private English medium school.
[thunder claps]
[police radio chatter]
Breaking news!
Our CM is no more.
AP Chief Minister, Sri Achutha Ramayya
took his last breath last night.
The people of the state
took it to their hearts.
Taking about his administration
and his character...
People are stating that he's the one
who gave birth to the state politics...
They even said that he can never die,
but will live forever in their hearts.
To fill the shoes of
Sri Achutha Ramayya...
High command is considering
some of their senior leaders.
But with the neck to neck
competition from the young ones...
The state administration
is now in a dilemma.
Within no time, we'll be hearing
the announcement of our new CM.
The entire state is hoping for a
leader who can change their fates.
-Hail!
-Hail Achutha Ramayya!
[people hailing Achutha Ramayya]
Dad did a lot for us all.
As a father, he gave me a
better life than I asked for.
Even the position of a CM,
that you all made me take...
It belongs to my father!
For such a great man...
I wanted to respect him in a way that no
son has ever respected his father in.
We should feel proud to
take our leader's name.
His prestige should touch
the tip of Himalayas!
My father's name...
It should live in our history forever.
But the opposition seems
to have plans to stop us.
They already started bad publicity about
the things dad did when he's in power.
It's not what the enemies scream...
History is something the rulers write.
No corruption that happened in
dad's rule should see light.
Not about the people he beheaded...
But talk about the good he did.
We only remember Shah Jahan
when we hear 'Taj Mahal'.
Not the hands he slashed off.
Dad's name should remain
in history forever.
To fight back the negative
publicity of the enemies...
We need a Taj Mahal!
I promise that I will even
risk my life to achieve that.
[people hailing Achutha Ramayya]
Hail Achutha Ramayya!
JOHAR! (HAIL!)
[religious chants]
Give me your hand.
Chinni?
Chinni... Come here.
Pray to your father.
What happened to father?
The water took him away.
Chinni...
-Chinni.
-I'll take leave then.
-Mom is alone at home.
-At least have something food...
Mom will be waiting for me.
You never listen to me.
At least drink some water.
It's ok. I'll go home and drink.
Hey, Raju.
Raju...
Don't take me wrong. Why stay
here, drinking this dirty water?
Come to our village.
It's not that easy.
Even my villagers look down
on me as my husband is dead.
-Imagine if I come there.
-As you wish.
-Raju?
-Yes.
-Drop her at the school.
-Ok.
-Chinni, come here.
-Coming.
Brother will drop you at the school, OK?
Give me the bag.
Hey... Wait!
Dear...
-Drink only from this. Ok?
-Ok.
Will take leave.
What are you thinking about, Chinni?
Mom said that the water took dad away.
But at my school,
they said that water will give us life.
About that? The one that gives
life can also take one.
Leave about all that and study well. Ok?
♪
Where have you been all this time?
Don't you care about our business?
What are you doing?
What's the kick in having
our tea whenever they want?
The customer will enjoy it
when he has to wait for it.
-Just 5 minutes.
-I have been waiting all day.
Please, give us some more time.
It's been one hour and there's no tea yet.
-Please wait!
-I don't want your tea.
Just two more minutes. It's almost done.
It's 5 already? Murali, it's time.
Fill the tea into this can.
What? Did your love bell ring?
Shut up and work.
Or else I'll ring your bald head.
Did I get late? She might have left!
[humming a love song]
Go go go.
Today I'll talk to her somehow.
Siddu, give me a cup of tea.
And take my service for one hour.
Did I get late? God!
Is she here?
She went off.
Hi!
Will go talk to her.
-Give me a cup of tea.
-Hi, sister. How are you?
-All good?
-Yeah.
Here.
-I'll take leave.
-Ok.
-Tea...
-Bye, mom.
Stop!
-Go inside and offer him tea.
-I am getting late for school.
I am not asking you to sleep with him.
Just go give him the tea.
-Hello?
-Tell me.
-Are you free tonight?
-No no. Another customer is coming.
Please! I'll pay you more.
♪
Come fast, grandpa.
[Hindi]: Give me blood!
[Hindi]: I will give you freedom.
Give me blood!
I will give you freedom.
He made the blood of the
youth boil with patriotism...
Subhash Chandra Bose!
A young boy,
who got influenced by his words...
He wanted to meet Bose and
give his blood for freedom.
1938...
2nd World War!
For our freedom...
Bose shook hands with the enemy
of the British, Hitler!
But for the boy's father,
who believed in Gandhi's ways...
It's traitor-ship...
But for the kid who believed in
Bose and the strength he gave him...
That's bravery!
So he opposed his own father,
and he finally managed to meet Bose.
Azad Hind Fauj!
(Indian National Army)
That boy stood in the very first row.
Do you know who he is?
It's me.
Get in.
The rain doesn't seem to be stopping soon.
And the electricity will be gone for long.
Let's go inside and sleep?
[all]: OK, grandpa.
-Careful!
-OK.
Keep your books there.
-You have the mats there?
-No.
Oh, here they are.
Hey, Ramu...
-Did you take a leak again?
-No.
Grandpa, he took a leak again.
What happened?
-What happened?
-It's not me, grandpa.
Make it fast!
[commotion]
You said we'll get
freedom with blood, right?
What should we give to get new tiles?
Hey! Where did you come
up with all these coins!
Here.
Hey, get up!
Wake up!
Why are you disturbing
me early in the morning?
Did you bring it?
Yeah. Let's go first.
Fool! First I have to drink
and only then I can work.
-Give it to me.
-Wait!
Give!
-Come on, it's getting late.
-Come.
-Move! Hello...
-Come.
-Move!
-You move, old man!
[indistinct chatter]
-Come on girls.
-[all]: Sir!
OK, kids... It's time for the race.
This outer circle lap
distance is 400 meters.
Inner circle 200 meters.
-Which one will you run?
-[all]: 200 meters!
Ok, take your positions.
On your marks.
Get set.
Who are you?
Hey, stop!
Do you know how many
meters you just ran?
That too without shoes!
Where do your parents stay?
Come to the ground tomorrow morning.
With running shoes...
Hey, why did you take this road?
-We have to head that way.
-Hanuman Festival is going on, sir.
That road was blocked.
There are people everywhere
around that statue, sir.
God, I'll never understand
these brainless people.
Praying for Hanuman at home will
do, right?
Why should they create all this mess?
The one thing that keeps humans
going is not just fear of God, sir...
It's the bravery he lends us!
Not many can understand that
God is someone bigger than us...
But a statue will prove that point.
The minute they lay their eyes
on such a huge statue of God...
It will remind them of his greatness...
And also fill them with strength.
And that strength keeps them
going, sir.
That's why millions of people
visit that statue every year.
Do we need this statue now?
Not just a 'need'... It's a 'must'!
For my father's name to be written in
rock... This has to be done at any cost.
But this is too big a decision
to take at this point.
Why don't we introduce some
special packages under his name?
Like groceries for just 10 rupees.
Paying all their hospital
bills at times...
Because packages like these
will never go out of style.
Next government will get them down to 5
rupees and name them after their leaders.
What can we do then?
Let's name a railway station or
an airport after your father.
You have been here
even before I was born.
You should have known how many times
our Hyderabad airport changed names.
I am telling you as I am here
even before you are born...
If we can manage to spend 10% of
that amount during the campaigning...
We will win the elections
with the highest majority.
Liquor and money will buy a single
vote during a single election.
But the image that
their leader is a God...
It will work in every other election.
That is why I have decided
to make my dad a God!
What if you do?
If my dad is a God...
What will his son be?
Got it...
But will they believe him as a
God, with just a statue?
Not just any statue, uncle.
A statue that makes
even the Gods jealous.
The public are just fools, uncle.
One who praises them
are great humans!
And who's no more are stars and Gods!
Why do we have a Hanuman statue
at the border of every village?
To fill the village with bravery.
This statue will do
the same for our party.
Even the opposition members will
look at him, standing tall!
The next generations of students will
read this in their textbooks.
That is why...
I have decided to build my dad a
statue, that no history had ever seen.
Keep a proposal for funds
with the high command.
Are you going to teach
them at least today?
As if there is a deadline for that!
Enough!
Tell me... What you all aspire to be?
I'll be a SI (Sub-inspector).
I'll be a movie star.
Next...
I'll be a scientist.
I'll stop the water from
taking any more lives.
I'll find a way to cleanse the
water that took my father away.
Very good!
From tomorrow onwards,
come to class on time.
I'll teach you Science.
[all]: OK, sir.
That's all for today.
You can go play now. Go.
Hey, Chinni fell unconscious.
-Nurse...
-Sir...
-Take the girl away.
-OK, sir.
Slowly!
Sir... My girl...
What's there to ask? It's obvious!
What's obvious, sir?
Your husband had it...
The entire village has it...
The great Uddanam kidney problem!
Sir, what should I do now?
I feel pity for your innocence.
What we do for all those who
get affected... Dialysis.
It means, pumping out her blood,
cleaning it and injecting it back.
You filled your blood with this poisonous
water, right? It has to be cleaned.
Hey, why did you take my father away?
Who will take me to school now?
Who will buy me my favourite biscuits?
Who will take my mom to the hospital?
As if everything on this beach is yours...
How can you take away all of it?
I won't let you take anyone else!
I'll thrash you...
Terrestrial organisms take-up
oxygen from the atmosphere...
Whereas aquatic animals...
Stop staring like that!
Hit puberty fast and give me some rest.
My body can't take this anymore.
Come on...
What... Is this your first time?
[continues to read]
Take off your clothes...
Make it fast.
Yeah.
Faster!
People think you are so beautiful
and even write poetry on you...
I am sure they have never seen Jyothi.
If they did,
they will never come back to you.
I don't like people
gawking at me all the time.
I don't know when my mom
will understand my pain!
She thinks I have to be
working, just like her.
I don't want this life.
I want to live in a new
and a beautiful world.
But whom should I ask?
Tell her to ask me, just for once...
At least ask her to look at me.
I'll lay my entire life at her feet.
I want to run as far as
possible from this world.
Let her ask me...
And I'll take her to the
edges of this universe.
What if my mom never gets to
know, even when I really hit puberty?
Such a great idea!
Me... And my Jyothi next to me.
Forever... Just we both...
When is it going to happen?
♪
-Good morning, sir.
-Morning.
See Mr. Bose...
Do you know what you have to do,
to make things move in this country?
You want something to happen.
Means... You have a need.
The one who works for
it will also have needs.
Only when you can meet his
needs, your needs will be met.
No no, mine is not a need, sir.
It's about the lives of 100 kids.
I have been trying for 7 years.
You are not releasing the funds
sanctioned for hostel restoration.
The rainwater is dripping in.
The kids are not being able to sleep well.
It seems that you haven't
understood what I said.
It's our need to do all this
on the name of our leader.
But you named your hostel 'Bose'.
Sir, tell me clearly,
what do you want to convey?
Simple! Name your hostel after our
leader and the funds will follow.
It's not as easy as changing the name...
To change oneself!
Remember that.
Grandpa!
Sit down, master...
Drink some water, uncle.
Maybe I shouldn't say so,
but do you need all this?
Listen...
The kids are unable to sleep at night...
Without proper sleep and proper food...
How can they concentrate at school?
That's why...
-I have decided to... Damn!
-Your student is here...
-Rajesh... Come on!
-Grandpa...
-Sit down.
-What happened? Why do you look hurt?
It's nothing.
-How are you?
-I am good.
-How's your health?
-Fine...
-What about studies...
-God, he's talking about studies now...
Now he'll make us sing 'Jana Gana Mana'.
Let's run!
-Hey!
-Run!
Look at them run!
-Rajesh...
-Tell me, grandpa.
You are the first among us,
to get a higher education.
I feel so proud of you.
Very proud!
You...
-Listen...
-Tell me, grandpa.
One day... When I am no more...
-Will you take care of these kids?
-Of course!
Because...
These governing bodies...
I have no belief in them.
Not at all.
-Give me your word.
-I give you my word, grandpa.
I am really happy now!
I am happy.
Subhash Chandra Bose!
600 bucks equal to 9
days of ration and food.
-Uncle...
-Yeah?
Where did you get these from?
I found them in the public dustbin.
I need them so badly, uncle.
I have to run!
Luck may not find a way to us...
But bad luck always finds
a loophole to get to us.
I'll do whatever I can.
Good... Very good!
Sir...
Keep playing girls.
Namasthe, sir.
What's that?
My new shoes, sir.
This is my first time wearing shoes.
Feels so comfortable.
Shut up! How can you run
on the track with these?
Why can't you buy proper shoes?
I can't understand English, sir.
I am asking you to
get a new pair of shoes.
I play circus on the roads, sir.
Even if I collect until the last rupee...
It's just 100 to 150 bucks per day, sir.
With 50 bucks, I have to buy
liquor for my old man every day.
The remaining 100 bucks
are not even enough for...
...my food and to bribe the police.
How can I afford a new
pair of shoes, sir?
Attend practice from tomorrow onwards.
Sharp at 6 AM.
Stop! That's not how you do it.
Jump!
Come on! Go...
♪
Higher... Come on!
Up, up, up, up!
Come on!
What's going on, Bala?
What's with your sloppy practice?
You need the stamina
to succeed in running.
Stamina so high,
that you can run the whole day...
Can you?
-I am already doing the same, sir.
-What?
What 'what'?
To put up a circus in the morning
and run during the evenings...
Imagine how difficult it will be.
Didn't you stop playing
circus on the roads?
Who will feed me if I
stop doing that, sir?
Academy selections are
about to start soon.
I'll prepare you to face it.
You are my responsibility now.
Will you do as I tell you to?
-Yes, sir.
-Good!
The Buddha statue in
China is 153 meters.
Statue of Liberty is 93 meters.
If we can beat the Buddha
statue by 50 meters...
This will be the tallest
statue in the world.
Among all the tallest statues
in the world, 5 are of Buddha.
No wonder, Buddhism is the most
influential religion in the world.
Now is the time to make your father
a God in the eyes of the public.
Look at this book... How heavy it is!
Not just heavy...
This is the biggest constitution
in the entire world.
In a country that has
this huge constitution...
People only look at
things that are humongous.
I want this to be the
tallest statue in the world.
It's time to celebrate your
father's legacy... Cheers!
Cheers, dad!
Mom, why are you crying?
Won't you talk to me?
Are you angry with me, mom?
Why would I be angry with you?
You are my dear baby!
I am just angry with that God.
What for?
As he's making us suffer.
So it's that God who gave us
everything we have and feel?
Umm, yes.
If that's the case, I love him.
He gave me a mother like you, right?
I fear nothing, mom.
The same God who gave me this illness...
He also gave us a fertile
land, right mom?
Chinni, be careful!
Right right!
It's being difficult to
find work these days.
My owner called me to work,
but he never pays me. Stupid!
Of course, he is.
Is that Gangamma?
Where is she coming from?
Who knows!
Why didn't you come to work
today, Gangamma?
I went to the city to run some errands.
What happened?
Is your daughter not feeling well?
No.
The same illness our water
gives everyone here.
They say we can sell our
kidney in the black market.
But God snatched even that from us.
I can't even earn enough for our food.
How can I get her treated now?
That's why I have decided
to take a land on lease.
How can you work alone on that land?
I can do anything for my daughter.
We'll see you again...
No one can change our lives!
Usually, I don't lease lands to women.
But I can't say no to you
in this situation, Gangamma.
Your husband worked for me so selflessly.
OK...
You can have the one acre of land
to the south of the highlands.
Thank you so much, sir.
Come on.
-Gangamma...
-Sir?
No matter if you reap the crop or not...
You have to pay the lease on time. OK?
-OK, sir.
-I won't take that easily.
Take care... Go.
Coach... This is too much!
You seem so out of your mind these days.
Did you even look at her? As if she
can really bring us an Olympic medal!
Sir, test her performance
once and you'll understand.
Vikram...
How can we send every circus
freak to the Olympics?
What do you do?
I play circus on the roads, sir.
So you really brought a circus freak!
What's this Vikram?
Sir... Sir, please try to understand.
She has raw talent ready to be tapped.
Test her if you want to, sir.
Sir, please!
OK, Vikram...
But I have a board meeting today.
It's about to start in
the next ten minutes.
I have forgotten my board
meeting room keys at home.
It takes 20 minutes to take a car.
But we only have 10.
Do you know Rangamma street?
The second line, house no. 172.
Can you make it?
♪
[banging on door]
Where are you headed this
early in the morning?
I have a class at school.
Is that it?
Or you are meeting a guy to bang?
Don't let it cross limits.
You have no idea how
much demand a virgin has.
Go!
Tell me, Laddu. Yeah...
Where are you going?
-Pay me first.
-Right now?
-Yeah, right now.
-God... Here.
500 more...
Move, idiot!
Two more minutes!
-Get lost...
-God!
Give my money back.
Shut up! No refunds here.
[phone rings]
-Hello?
-Hello...
-Tell me, sister.
-Jyothi ran away!
-Go search for her at the school.
-What!
What do you want?
The boy who makes tea...
He's not here.
He went to buy some milk.
He'll be back soon.
You can wait for him here.
No no, I'll wait at the temple.
Please tell him so.
[singing a love song]
Hey, Siddu... The girl in
that building came to see you.
Go meet her.
How many times should I tell
you not to joke about her?
I am not that lucky.
I am not joking.
-It's true. She's here for you.
-No!
She's waiting at the temple for you.
Go meet her.
-At the temple?
-Go!
It's true. Go...
At... At the temple?
You are here to see me?
Can you take me somewhere
far away from here?
What?
Where to?
Have you gone mad?
-What about...
-Please take me away!
What happened?
What happened, Jyothi?
Have you gone mad?
Where can we even go?
-This is not...
-Hey!
Who the hell are they? Come on!
-Stop!
-Run...
[commotion]
-This way, Jyothi!
-Hey...
They are closing in...
We have to run faster, come on Jyothi!
Come on!
Fast!
Bro, start the boat. Fast!
What happened? Where are you going?
Careful, Jyothi!
Move... Fast!
God!
Where should we go to?
I don't care. Anywhere far from here.
Give me your hand.
Come on...
I am ready to follow you anywhere.
But promise me this...
Never leave my hand!
♪
They think I can do 100 things at once.
Damn!
Namasthe, sir.
I want to meet the Collector.
All of them are here for the same thing.
Sir is really busy. Please come later.
Oh...
It's OK, I'll hold it.
As if holding this will
get your work done.
I am holding it for 25 years now
and absolutely nothing happened.
Hey, Ramamurthy...
-Coming, sir.
-Listen...
-Take care of security...
-Give me that.
-Namasthe, sir.
-I am heading out on work. Come later.
-What's this?
-Sorry, sir.
-Get another one.
-OK, sir.
-Let's go, sir.
-Thank you.
It's me who burnt holes in that umbrella.
Are you mad?
I am not mad, sir.
Not at all.
I did that so that I can bring
my problems to your notice.
You have gotten so angry just
for two droplets of rainwater.
Our hostel is way worse than
this, sir.
Without a proper shelter
over their heads...
How can the kids study properly, sir?
They say that God is the
only hope for the hopeless.
I don't believe in God, sir.
If you can help us with this...
You'll be our God, sir.
I'll sanction your funds
as early as possible.
Thank you, sir!
♪
See you, sir.
OK... I'll call you back.
Tell me, uncle.
What do you want to talk about?
The central committee rejected our
proposal for funds to build the statue.
They all respect your father.
But they say that they can't
allot such a huge amount for his sake.
I have read this somewhere, uncle...
'But' is always preceded by a lie.
Truth only comes after that 'But'.
Their respect for my father is a lie.
Not being able to allot
the funds is true.
We made you the CM instead of
Deputy, against their wishes.
This is the ripple effect of that.
They are laughing at us, instead of
realizing how proud the country will be.
Let us answer back all
those who laugh at us, uncle.
The same faces that are laughing today
should fall, witnessing the grandeur.
It feels good to think so.
But...
But what?
It's a fact that we don't
have such a huge amount.
My dad used to tell me this, uncle...
A true leader is not the
one who stops with a 'No'.
One who creates his own way out,
by hook or by crook... A true leader!
I'll get that statue built, even if I have
to sell off this entire state for that.
I'll make them donate
or I'll snatch by force.
I am not going to step back on this.
[indistinct chatter]
Come on...
[counting]
The number you are
calling is not reachable.
Couldn't reach my uncle's phone.
What should we do now?
Sit.
-Where is Raju?
-I have ordered a tea long back.
It's not here yet.
He went off without informing anyone!
-Will he ever come back?
-Who knows... Such a fool!
-Why buy a mobile without answering it?
-My head is aching like hell!
I can't live without tea.
-I want a tea right now!
-Catch this.
-I can't bear this headache anymore.
-Read the paper until he comes back.
Subbu, come here.
-Sister, can I have this vessel?
-Yeah, please take.
What is he doing?
Keep an eye on this...
I'll just be back.
Brother, a milk packet, please.
11 rupees.
Thanks, bro.
Did it come to a boil?
Sugar...
[temple bell rings]
Have some.
Have a sip.
-Is it good?
-Yeah, very good!
Sir, tea.
Thank God! You saved my day.
Jyothi...
-Where are you from?
-Varanasi, sir.
The tea tastes so good.
Such talent! Superb!
Do you want to have a
tea shop of your own?
I don't have any money on me, sir.
I'll take care of all that.
Come meet me tomorrow morning.
-I'll meet you right here, sir.
-OK.
-OK, sir?
-Yeah, OK.
-See you, sir.
-Yeah, take care!
-Such a nice place, right!
-We are here...
-Get down. Careful!
-So beautiful!
-Come on.
-Did you see it?
How beautiful these plants look!
This is good for your health. Have it.
-They loved it. Feed them more.
-OK, grandpa.
Grandpa,
we never have anything this tasty.
Why today? Is there anything special?
What's a special day for us? Huh?
The day our house is
filled with food grains.
The day when we all are happy.
Today is one such special day.
The Collector sanctioned
funds for our hostel.
You all can study without
any disturbance now.
[kids cheering]
For all the other kids like you...
Bose hostel should
become a beacon of hope.
Never lose faith.
And the destiny of India...
No force in this entire world...
...can keep us chained for long.
Even if we die...
Our country has to live on.
I have been patient,
trusting these words of Bose.
And now it's paying off.
Your medical reports are here, Bala.
Your bone weighs a little
less than required.
Calcium deficiency.
I really can't comprehend all these, sir.
The want to run faster
is my only strength, sir.
Just wanting is not enough.
Your body should be fit enough
to let you get to what you want.
Right now,
you need proper nutrition, Bala.
I asked the management to
arrange a special diet.
Your rigorous practice with the
new coach will start from tomorrow.
What, girl...
Haven't you gone to school today?
They won't let me. Today is Sunday.
Such a clever kid! Call your mother once.
Mom...
-Nicely done...
-Morning, sir.
The crop looks healthy.
Yes, sir.
I need some advance,
so that I can get her treated, sir.
That's why I wanted to meet you.
Such bad luck you have... Really!
You can't even feel happy about the crop.
Oh, God!
OK... Here is 20 grand...
-The entire crop is mine.
-OK, sir.
I'll pay you the remaining,
only after the harvest. OK?
-OK, sir.
-Here you go.
-Thank you so much, sir.
-Girl, study well.
Bye.
See... Grandpa paid us.
Shall we go get some medicine for you?
The preliminary estimation
is 30 million, sir.
What? 30 million!
Our state already has 30k crores of debt.
It's impossible to get such
amount of money right now.
We have recently released our
budget, right? That's money too.
Even that budget was
based on more debts.
We can't make ourselves a golden
crown out of debt money, right?
If we make cuts on daily
supplies, the state will burn.
I think you are not following me at all.
We are not making any cuts there.
Let's say our agenda is to feed
a hungry man until he's full.
What if we don't feed him at all?
He'll scream at the government,
unable to take hunger.
But if we feed him half the amount,
he'll adjust with what he gets.
He'll never fight back.
The theory sounds good.
But how can we implement this?
Let's say I know my father
has 100 bucks in his pocket.
If I take it directly...
I'll get caught.
So my plan is that...
I'll take 20 bucks from dad.
20 more from mom.
20 from the worship room
and 20 from my grandpa.
I'll get to the mark of my 100,
taking amounts of 20 from many places.
Even they won't question me back,
as it's just 20 bucks out of 100.
So what shall we do now?
We are not cutting off the entire funds.
We are just making little cuts.
Just - little - cuts!
They'll question us if we don't help
them at all. Not when we do give some.
The middle class will
never think out of the box.
Now you sound like your
father's son. Good!
The meeting is adjourned.
♪
Siddu...
-What's your name?
-Jyothi.
-Which year?
-First-year.
-Aren't you educated?
-No, sir.
For... For self-employment fund...
For my own tea stall.
-Name...
-M. Siddarth, sir.
Today is the last date for the scholarship.
You'll get it in the next ten days.
-OK, sir.
-The scholarship is granted to you.
-Next.
-Thank you, sir.
I am staying in Rajahmundry, sir.
Bommuru center.
Make a thumb impression here.
Let me...
Wow!
Why does doctor madam
look so happy today?
Yeah... I am so happy today.
I gave you that money
to buy some books.
-There's no need for that anymore.
-Huh!
Because I got a scholarship.
-Scholarship?
-Mmm.
-You are not joking, right?
-No!
-I too have a good news.
-What's that?
I won't tell you...
I'll show you. Come on.
Wait!
Come in. This shop is ours now.
The tea shall will be there and here...
shall we have some chairs here?
-You are not joking, right?
-No!
Our owner uncle made all this possible.
Do you know this? He even made me apply for
a loan under a self-employment program.
Lord Shiva paved this way for me,
so that I can get you educated, Jyothi.
Don't take any tension
about my education.
My scholarship money will get it covered.
We can live happily ever after!
That's OK.
What shall we name our stall? Jyothi
tea stall... Or Dr. Jyothi tea stall?
Hi, Lee. I have gone
through the attachment.
Sketches look damn impressive.
Let's just make sure that this
statue is higher than 500 feet.
I want this to be visible from
a satellite far away in space.
This is the pride of our state.
Pride of our country.
And aspirations of billions of people.
Vikram said a lot of
good things about you.
But your performance is so bad.
This is not where you play your circus.
No one is going to clap for your
cheap tricks. This is sports.
You are unfit!
You are the reason!
You failed to provide me proper diet.
When I question about the false
standards of the canteen food...
They said I can walk away without
eating if I feel so bad about it.
Where can we get the energy from,
when you are eating all our funds!
-How can we even win?
-Hey...
What are you talking about?
How dare you hit me!
I'll teach you a lesson.
I'll show you my reach.
I'll make sure that
you'll never run again.
Hey...
How many times should I tell you
not to sit near this wall? Get up!
The light at our place is not working,
grandpa. That's why we sat here to study.
All this is going to end soon.
This is our hostel plan.
It's been 20 years
since I got this made.
See... Right here...
...will be a study room for you all.
This is the kitchen.
-Here...
-Grandpa!
We are facing problem with a
single bathroom for all of us.
Yeah, I know that. Don't worry.
I have planned for many bathrooms.
Look... Are you happy?
Then what is this?
There are dormitory rooms.
There will be bunk beds here.
I'll take the upper bed, grandpa.
Do you want the upper bed? Granted.
Do you like our new hostel plan?
[all]: We like it a lot!
I too liked it a lot.
Is that so?
-Morning, sir.
-Morning. Tell me.
The municipality department
approved our new hostel plan.
You promised us the
funds within ten days.
But it's been months and still...
Didn't my attender give you the news?
About what, sir?
I told him to tell you that
your funds got canceled.
I did what I can do.
But the government is in a lot of debts.
We don't have enough money for all this.
I am sorry.
-Take this medicine.
-[cyclone announcement on radio]
You be here... I have to go to the field.
Mom, I'll come with you.
OK, come.
[cyclone announcement on radio continues]
Careful!
[thunder claps in distance]
Watch you step.
What's with this bloody rain!
God save us.
-Wait here.
-OK, mom.
Careful!
Why are you here?
As you are working alone.
Careful!
Wait. Give me your hand.
[thunder clap continues]
[religious chants]
What happened?
Grandpa!
God!
Grandpa!
Grandpa!
-I am here, boy. Don't worry.
-Grandpa!
Get up. Careful!
Fast, help the remaining.
Did you get everyone?
Nothing is going to happen to you.
Nothing!
You all are going to be safe.
God!
Don't you have a heart at all?
Why did you cheat me in the
name of making everything right!
They say scolding you
make men burn in hell.
Is there even a hell that's
more burning than this?
My mom told me that you'll make
us feel hunger...
And then you'll finally feed us one day.
I believed in her like a fool.
I thought you made me feel hungry
and is about to feed us right.
But... But...
I just realized that you fed me poison!
I thought you are testing me.
But this is just plain damnation.
I failed to see this coming.
God! How can I save my daughter now?
-What's your name?
-Gangamma, sir.
-Is this your field?
-Yes, sir.
-How many acres of land is this?
-Two acres, sir.
-How much do you think you have lost?
-Around 1 lakh, sir.
-Will the government helps us with it, sir?
-Yeah, of course...
Meet us in the office after ten days.
OK, sir.
Ready.
Uncle...
-Hey, boy... How are you?
-I'm good.
-Nice! When did you come here?
-Been a week, uncle.
-Sir, meet my uncle.
-Oh!
I tried to call you many
times, but couldn't reach.
You have no idea how busy I am.
Even God needs to take an appointment.
Come, let's go to the river
bank and have a smoke.
-Uncle, I'll just come.
-OK.
-What else...
-I came here thinking I would meet you.
Sir...
-What?
-Hall-ticket.
You don't know yet? Scholarships
this year has been canceled.
Everyone is paying their
fee for the hall-ticket.
I can't pay that kind of amount, sir.
Please help me out, sir.
How can you even think of all
this without having enough money.
-What's your name?
-Jyothi, sir.
-Which year?
-First-year, biology.
What are you planning on doing now?
You can't attend the exam
without paying the fee.
I know, sir. Please help me out, sir!
I can't pay that kind
of money right now, sir.
Do as I say.
Say that there's a private
class this evening.
-Shall I inform the class, sir?
-Not for the entire class.
It's especially for you.
Think about it...
By the time you come to
my room this evening,
...the hall-ticket
will be on my table.
-So that's how you got here...
-Yes, uncle.
-Where is the girl staying now?
-She's staying with me.
With you? God!
-What's that, uncle?
-This?
You are too young for this.
He helped me set up the shop, uncle.
-He helped me apply for a loan too.
-Got him, sir.
Once I get the loan,
I can support Jyothi's education...
-Got you... Finally!
-Uncle...
-Catch him!
-Sir, what did I do?
[commotion]
Don't think less of me.
Tell him not to act smart!
I'll thrash him... Hold on!
-Can I help you?
-Where is Siddu?
Siddu's uncle is here and they
went to the river bank together.
-Do you want me to give him a message?
-No.
OK... Tell me.
Jyothi, one second.
Siddu got a letter.
Hey, come let's go thrash him.
-Sir, please sir.
-Hey... What about you?
I'm innocent, sir.
They didn't even let
me explain myself, sir.
Are you selling drugs?
Sir, I have no idea
how they even look like.
Sir, please don't hit me. Sir, please sir.
Sir, please sir!
Uncle, tell him, uncle.
-Uncle? Is he your uncle?
-Sir...
Just for namesake, sir. Sir, please sir.
Sir...
Stay put for two more days.
I'll buy some medicine and save you.
Even you are not feeling well, right mom?
It's been two months since the
last time you took any medicine.
I'll take medicine, only after you do.
♪
Gangamma...
The government has sent us a relief fund.
Let's go collect it.
Come fast!
I'll go get the money and
we can visit the doctor.
OK? Be careful until I come back.
Give him the money.
Take it... Next!
-What's your name?
-Yellamma, sir.
Thumb impression, here...
Here you go.
-Here is your 20k.
-Sir, it's 1 lakh.
We can't give anything more than this.
Our budget won't allow us to.
-Sir, please...
-Leave!
-Sir, my daughter is not feeling well...
-Move aside... Next!
What's your name?
Subbayamma, sir.
Stay put for two more days.
I'll buy some medicine and save you.
Such a loss this cyclone has caused!
-Oh... Thank, God!
-Sir... the money!
I have to admit my daughter in
the hospital with that money, sir.
The cyclone affected my business too.
How can I feed my kids,
if I start caring for your daughter.
-Sir, please! I need that money...
-Will see you later.
Sir, do you know why I started to run?
Even my mom used to play
circus on the roads.
We are so poor that we
never even had a full meal.
We used to manage to get food for
only one member of the family.
My mom used to feed her
part of the ration to me.
One day... We failed to make
even that amount of food.
Even that God failed to provide us.
My mom suffered from hiccups all night.
And she died of it!
My mom used to tell me this, sir...
Never think of being the
underdog all the time...
Always dream big, earn big and live big...
Prove yourself!
I... I only know two things in life, sir.
One, playing circus.
Two, running.
Right now, you are not even fit, Bala.
Do you believe that you can win?
Even if the God himself
tries to race with me...
I will beat him too, sir.
That's how much I believe in myself, sir.
[people clapping]
♪
Hey 402... Let that boy go.
That's me...
Jyothi...
I knew you would come...
I have been waiting for you.
Along with your hall-ticket.
No need, sir.
I have come all this way,
just to avoid this life.
I thought only education
can help me out of it.
But even if my educations
asks for the same old life...
Listen...
This is just a basic
need like food and sleep.
Girls like you make a big deal out of it.
I have no idea if you knew this...
Not just education... This is the only way
to get things done anywhere in this world.
Then I don't need this education.
OK...
So you have decided.
No...
Don't take too much tension...
Take it easy!
This is very common.
Let me help you... Hey...
Siddu, listen to me.
Siddu, look at me. Siddu...
Listen to me... Siddu!
Siddu, what you saw is
not what's happening.
He asked me to pay the
fee for the hall-ticket.
At this hour?
Are you here to pay or get paid?
Siddu... Please!
I have gone just a day and you
already opted for someone else.
Why? Can't you wait until I'm back?
Where did I go...
What would have happened to me...
Did you at least think of it?
I thought you are an angel.
I'm a mad fool!
How can an angel be born
in a prostitute's house?
There's no difference
between you and your mom.
Siddu!
Can't you just stop and listen to me?
I have been searching for you all day.
I have no idea where you are...
I have an exam tomorrow.
They won't let me attend
without paying the fee.
I have no one to speak with.
Even you went missing.
And the loan for your
own shop got rejected.
Yes, I have gone to meet the principal...
But only to teach him a lesson!
I have been searching
for you like a fool!
Of course, I AM a fool.
I thought you loved me.
-Now I know what you think of me.
-Hey... Hey!
-Move away.
-Siddu...
I can't even look at you. Get lost!
Go back to him...
♪
Siddu...
-Are you with the patient?
-Yes, sir.
He's in a critical condition.
Don't worry. We'll try our best.
Hello!
One... One of my friends
committed suicide.
He has his life insured
with your company.
Can you help his family?
Sorry, sir. We can't consider
suicide for the claim.
The claim will pass only
if he had died in an accident.
What's your friend's name?
For what we strongly believed in...
It's not a mistake to fight for
it, even with our life.
Doctor... How's Siddu doing?
He can't get back to normal again.
His brain is not responding
to any stimulations.
He has to be in a coma
until his last breath.
-Nurse, do the needful.
-OK, sir.
Siddu...
Get up...
Can you listen to me?
They say that you can
never see me again.
You can't talk to me either.
Seeing you like this...
Not being able to talk to you...
I can't be like this.
I just can't!
Hav... Have some water.
Have some more.
-Mom, it's painful!
-Help!
-Mom, it's paining so much.
-Please try to bear it!
-Mom, I can't take it anymore.
-Wait... Wait, I'll go get help.
-Mom...
-Help!
-Mom!
-Help...
-Gowri, can you lend me some money?
-Sorry... My husband took it all.
Ganga...
-Listen, can you lend me some money?
-Sorry, Ganga!
-Why did she ask?
-May be for her daughter.
Lakshmi, can you please lend me some
money. Chinni is not feeling well.
-I have to take her to the hospital.
-I have no money, sister.
♪
Really painful stories...
Very sad!
Can I ask you why did you
tell me these stories?
Who else should I tell them to?
It's you who killed
each one of them, sir.
Have you gone mad?
As if the CM is accountable to
every single death in the state.
You might not be the reason
for their deaths, sir.
But I'm saying that
you are the one who's...
...accountable to each and
ever life in this state.
I don't want to learn that from you.
It's time to inaugurate the statue...
I have to leave.
The same statue... for which you
have made cuts in the budget, right?
These lives are just mere examples
of the repercussions it created.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
There are thousands
and millions of such lives lost, sir.
Yet another allegation!
How can you prove that there
has been cuts in the budget?
These lost lives are proof!
Their graves are the answers!
Mmm, yeah.
I have made cuts in the
budget, just for that statue.
A state needs its reputation, along
with the will to handle its problems.
Not just poverty can bring
in foreign investments.
We have to put out our
culture and reputation too.
One can see the statue
even from a satellite.
And thus they can see our pride.
As if they can only see the
statue from a satellite, sir...
Can't they see our
poverty from up there?
Leave about them...
Can't YOU see them, sir?
Our needs should come
before our pride.
We have poverty, illness...
...unemployment,
and utter darkness in the villages.
Look at the roads, sir!
There are no proper toilets installed
for our women to lead a respectable life.
A small rain can overflow
our drainage system.
The farmers who feed us...
Keep committing suicides
Swachh Bharat doesn't
mean posing for photos...
...as if getting the roads and
drainages cleaned, sir.
We have to clean poverty
out of our country first.
I have been tolerating you just because
you are a journalist. Mind your tongue!
You have all the power to
control my language, sir.
But you can't control the public...
They have been cursing you, sir!
Not just our people...
Those British people who ran back to their
country... Even they are blaming us, sir.
They say that India take
loans for basic food grains...
But end up building shameless statues.
The opposition is creating all this.
Opposition? Even they belong
to your kind, right sir?
There is a huge surge in the rates.
A polio vaccine that cost 40 bucks
once, now comes for 140 bucks.
You even stopped distributing
it, because of budget cuts.
About 40 million children
are dying of malnutrition.
Aren't they the future of our
nation, Mr. Chief Minister?
For our country to really
be proud of itself...
Instead of spending on these statues,
spend it on sportspersons like Bala.
They'll win medals and
bring in a lot more...
...pride to this country
from the entire world.
Spend it on farmers like Gangamma.
They'll keep our stomachs filled.
Invest in people like Bose, who'll teach
the next generations our real values.
It will build stronger armed forces.
Invest in students like Jyothi, who would
give their everything to get educated.
So all this is just my fault...
Is that what you would say?
That's not just what I would say...
I AM saying it!
You didn't build your father's
statue over his goodwill.
You have built it over
graves of the innocent.
We have no budget for polio drops
or to compensate for a farmer's loss.
But one state builds a
statue with 30 billion...
And another state build one with 40
billions. We have a budget for all this!
What's this, sir? What's happening?
Those lives that have been crushed under
the foundations of these statues...
How in hell can you get them back, sir?
[phone rings]
Hello!
Yeah, I'm on my way.
[people hailing Vijay Varma]
Sir, you have built the statue, even after
the center rejecting the funds to it.
Will you take care of the
people with the same interest?
Sir, is this a political stunt?
Sir, how do you feel, inaugurating
your father's statue?
Sir, people think that you have
looted them for this cause.
How do you react to that?
Will the government helps us with it, sir?
You are the reason!
You failed to provide me proper diet.
These governing bodies...
I have no belief in them.
Not at all.
Don't take any tension
about my education.
My scholarship money will get it covered.
You didn't build your father's
statue over his goodwill.
You have built it over
graves of the innocent.
♪
The coming generations... The future...
The foundations laid on the
dead bodies of their dreams...
...are these statues.
All those people who elect such
leaders and still put up with them...
We hail them all!
[police radio chatter]
Breaking news!
Our CM is no more.
AP Chief Minister, Sri Achutha Ramayya
took his last breath last night.
The people of the state
took it to their hearts.
Taking about his administration
and his character...
People are stating that he's the one
who gave birth to the state politics...
They even said that he can never die,
but will live forever in their hearts.
To fill the shoes of
Sri Achutha Ramayya...
High command is considering
some of their senior leaders.
But with the neck to neck
competition from the young ones...
The state administration
is now in a dilemma.
Within no time, we'll be hearing
the announcement of our new CM.
The entire state is hoping for a
leader who can change their fates.
-Hail!
-Hail Achutha Ramayya!
[people hailing Achutha Ramayya]
Dad did a lot for us all.
As a father, he gave me a
better life than I asked for.
Even the position of a CM,
that you all made me take...
It belongs to my father!
For such a great man...
I wanted to respect him in a way that no
son has ever respected his father in.
We should feel proud to
take our leader's name.
His prestige should touch
the tip of Himalayas!
My father's name...
It should live in our history forever.
But the opposition seems
to have plans to stop us.
They already started bad publicity about
the things dad did when he's in power.
It's not what the enemies scream...
History is something the rulers write.
No corruption that happened in
dad's rule should see light.
Not about the people he beheaded...
But talk about the good he did.
We only remember Shah Jahan
when we hear 'Taj Mahal'.
Not the hands he slashed off.
Dad's name should remain
in history forever.
To fight back the negative
publicity of the enemies...
We need a Taj Mahal!
I promise that I will even
risk my life to achieve that.
[people hailing Achutha Ramayya]
Hail Achutha Ramayya!
JOHAR! (HAIL!)
[religious chants]
Give me your hand.
Chinni?
Chinni... Come here.
Pray to your father.
What happened to father?
The water took him away.
Chinni...
-Chinni.
-I'll take leave then.
-Mom is alone at home.
-At least have something food...
Mom will be waiting for me.
You never listen to me.
At least drink some water.
It's ok. I'll go home and drink.
Hey, Raju.
Raju...
Don't take me wrong. Why stay
here, drinking this dirty water?
Come to our village.
It's not that easy.
Even my villagers look down
on me as my husband is dead.
-Imagine if I come there.
-As you wish.
-Raju?
-Yes.
-Drop her at the school.
-Ok.
-Chinni, come here.
-Coming.
Brother will drop you at the school, OK?
Give me the bag.
Hey... Wait!
Dear...
-Drink only from this. Ok?
-Ok.
Will take leave.
What are you thinking about, Chinni?
Mom said that the water took dad away.
But at my school,
they said that water will give us life.
About that? The one that gives
life can also take one.
Leave about all that and study well. Ok?
♪
Where have you been all this time?
Don't you care about our business?
What are you doing?
What's the kick in having
our tea whenever they want?
The customer will enjoy it
when he has to wait for it.
-Just 5 minutes.
-I have been waiting all day.
Please, give us some more time.
It's been one hour and there's no tea yet.
-Please wait!
-I don't want your tea.
Just two more minutes. It's almost done.
It's 5 already? Murali, it's time.
Fill the tea into this can.
What? Did your love bell ring?
Shut up and work.
Or else I'll ring your bald head.
Did I get late? She might have left!
[humming a love song]
Go go go.
Today I'll talk to her somehow.
Siddu, give me a cup of tea.
And take my service for one hour.
Did I get late? God!
Is she here?
She went off.
Hi!
Will go talk to her.
-Give me a cup of tea.
-Hi, sister. How are you?
-All good?
-Yeah.
Here.
-I'll take leave.
-Ok.
-Tea...
-Bye, mom.
Stop!
-Go inside and offer him tea.
-I am getting late for school.
I am not asking you to sleep with him.
Just go give him the tea.
-Hello?
-Tell me.
-Are you free tonight?
-No no. Another customer is coming.
Please! I'll pay you more.
♪
Come fast, grandpa.
[Hindi]: Give me blood!
[Hindi]: I will give you freedom.
Give me blood!
I will give you freedom.
He made the blood of the
youth boil with patriotism...
Subhash Chandra Bose!
A young boy,
who got influenced by his words...
He wanted to meet Bose and
give his blood for freedom.
1938...
2nd World War!
For our freedom...
Bose shook hands with the enemy
of the British, Hitler!
But for the boy's father,
who believed in Gandhi's ways...
It's traitor-ship...
But for the kid who believed in
Bose and the strength he gave him...
That's bravery!
So he opposed his own father,
and he finally managed to meet Bose.
Azad Hind Fauj!
(Indian National Army)
That boy stood in the very first row.
Do you know who he is?
It's me.
Get in.
The rain doesn't seem to be stopping soon.
And the electricity will be gone for long.
Let's go inside and sleep?
[all]: OK, grandpa.
-Careful!
-OK.
Keep your books there.
-You have the mats there?
-No.
Oh, here they are.
Hey, Ramu...
-Did you take a leak again?
-No.
Grandpa, he took a leak again.
What happened?
-What happened?
-It's not me, grandpa.
Make it fast!
[commotion]
You said we'll get
freedom with blood, right?
What should we give to get new tiles?
Hey! Where did you come
up with all these coins!
Here.
Hey, get up!
Wake up!
Why are you disturbing
me early in the morning?
Did you bring it?
Yeah. Let's go first.
Fool! First I have to drink
and only then I can work.
-Give it to me.
-Wait!
Give!
-Come on, it's getting late.
-Come.
-Move! Hello...
-Come.
-Move!
-You move, old man!
[indistinct chatter]
-Come on girls.
-[all]: Sir!
OK, kids... It's time for the race.
This outer circle lap
distance is 400 meters.
Inner circle 200 meters.
-Which one will you run?
-[all]: 200 meters!
Ok, take your positions.
On your marks.
Get set.
Who are you?
Hey, stop!
Do you know how many
meters you just ran?
That too without shoes!
Where do your parents stay?
Come to the ground tomorrow morning.
With running shoes...
Hey, why did you take this road?
-We have to head that way.
-Hanuman Festival is going on, sir.
That road was blocked.
There are people everywhere
around that statue, sir.
God, I'll never understand
these brainless people.
Praying for Hanuman at home will
do, right?
Why should they create all this mess?
The one thing that keeps humans
going is not just fear of God, sir...
It's the bravery he lends us!
Not many can understand that
God is someone bigger than us...
But a statue will prove that point.
The minute they lay their eyes
on such a huge statue of God...
It will remind them of his greatness...
And also fill them with strength.
And that strength keeps them
going, sir.
That's why millions of people
visit that statue every year.
Do we need this statue now?
Not just a 'need'... It's a 'must'!
For my father's name to be written in
rock... This has to be done at any cost.
But this is too big a decision
to take at this point.
Why don't we introduce some
special packages under his name?
Like groceries for just 10 rupees.
Paying all their hospital
bills at times...
Because packages like these
will never go out of style.
Next government will get them down to 5
rupees and name them after their leaders.
What can we do then?
Let's name a railway station or
an airport after your father.
You have been here
even before I was born.
You should have known how many times
our Hyderabad airport changed names.
I am telling you as I am here
even before you are born...
If we can manage to spend 10% of
that amount during the campaigning...
We will win the elections
with the highest majority.
Liquor and money will buy a single
vote during a single election.
But the image that
their leader is a God...
It will work in every other election.
That is why I have decided
to make my dad a God!
What if you do?
If my dad is a God...
What will his son be?
Got it...
But will they believe him as a
God, with just a statue?
Not just any statue, uncle.
A statue that makes
even the Gods jealous.
The public are just fools, uncle.
One who praises them
are great humans!
And who's no more are stars and Gods!
Why do we have a Hanuman statue
at the border of every village?
To fill the village with bravery.
This statue will do
the same for our party.
Even the opposition members will
look at him, standing tall!
The next generations of students will
read this in their textbooks.
That is why...
I have decided to build my dad a
statue, that no history had ever seen.
Keep a proposal for funds
with the high command.
Are you going to teach
them at least today?
As if there is a deadline for that!
Enough!
Tell me... What you all aspire to be?
I'll be a SI (Sub-inspector).
I'll be a movie star.
Next...
I'll be a scientist.
I'll stop the water from
taking any more lives.
I'll find a way to cleanse the
water that took my father away.
Very good!
From tomorrow onwards,
come to class on time.
I'll teach you Science.
[all]: OK, sir.
That's all for today.
You can go play now. Go.
Hey, Chinni fell unconscious.
-Nurse...
-Sir...
-Take the girl away.
-OK, sir.
Slowly!
Sir... My girl...
What's there to ask? It's obvious!
What's obvious, sir?
Your husband had it...
The entire village has it...
The great Uddanam kidney problem!
Sir, what should I do now?
I feel pity for your innocence.
What we do for all those who
get affected... Dialysis.
It means, pumping out her blood,
cleaning it and injecting it back.
You filled your blood with this poisonous
water, right? It has to be cleaned.
Hey, why did you take my father away?
Who will take me to school now?
Who will buy me my favourite biscuits?
Who will take my mom to the hospital?
As if everything on this beach is yours...
How can you take away all of it?
I won't let you take anyone else!
I'll thrash you...
Terrestrial organisms take-up
oxygen from the atmosphere...
Whereas aquatic animals...
Stop staring like that!
Hit puberty fast and give me some rest.
My body can't take this anymore.
Come on...
What... Is this your first time?
[continues to read]
Take off your clothes...
Make it fast.
Yeah.
Faster!
People think you are so beautiful
and even write poetry on you...
I am sure they have never seen Jyothi.
If they did,
they will never come back to you.
I don't like people
gawking at me all the time.
I don't know when my mom
will understand my pain!
She thinks I have to be
working, just like her.
I don't want this life.
I want to live in a new
and a beautiful world.
But whom should I ask?
Tell her to ask me, just for once...
At least ask her to look at me.
I'll lay my entire life at her feet.
I want to run as far as
possible from this world.
Let her ask me...
And I'll take her to the
edges of this universe.
What if my mom never gets to
know, even when I really hit puberty?
Such a great idea!
Me... And my Jyothi next to me.
Forever... Just we both...
When is it going to happen?
♪
-Good morning, sir.
-Morning.
See Mr. Bose...
Do you know what you have to do,
to make things move in this country?
You want something to happen.
Means... You have a need.
The one who works for
it will also have needs.
Only when you can meet his
needs, your needs will be met.
No no, mine is not a need, sir.
It's about the lives of 100 kids.
I have been trying for 7 years.
You are not releasing the funds
sanctioned for hostel restoration.
The rainwater is dripping in.
The kids are not being able to sleep well.
It seems that you haven't
understood what I said.
It's our need to do all this
on the name of our leader.
But you named your hostel 'Bose'.
Sir, tell me clearly,
what do you want to convey?
Simple! Name your hostel after our
leader and the funds will follow.
It's not as easy as changing the name...
To change oneself!
Remember that.
Grandpa!
Sit down, master...
Drink some water, uncle.
Maybe I shouldn't say so,
but do you need all this?
Listen...
The kids are unable to sleep at night...
Without proper sleep and proper food...
How can they concentrate at school?
That's why...
-I have decided to... Damn!
-Your student is here...
-Rajesh... Come on!
-Grandpa...
-Sit down.
-What happened? Why do you look hurt?
It's nothing.
-How are you?
-I am good.
-How's your health?
-Fine...
-What about studies...
-God, he's talking about studies now...
Now he'll make us sing 'Jana Gana Mana'.
Let's run!
-Hey!
-Run!
Look at them run!
-Rajesh...
-Tell me, grandpa.
You are the first among us,
to get a higher education.
I feel so proud of you.
Very proud!
You...
-Listen...
-Tell me, grandpa.
One day... When I am no more...
-Will you take care of these kids?
-Of course!
Because...
These governing bodies...
I have no belief in them.
Not at all.
-Give me your word.
-I give you my word, grandpa.
I am really happy now!
I am happy.
Subhash Chandra Bose!
600 bucks equal to 9
days of ration and food.
-Uncle...
-Yeah?
Where did you get these from?
I found them in the public dustbin.
I need them so badly, uncle.
I have to run!
Luck may not find a way to us...
But bad luck always finds
a loophole to get to us.
I'll do whatever I can.
Good... Very good!
Sir...
Keep playing girls.
Namasthe, sir.
What's that?
My new shoes, sir.
This is my first time wearing shoes.
Feels so comfortable.
Shut up! How can you run
on the track with these?
Why can't you buy proper shoes?
I can't understand English, sir.
I am asking you to
get a new pair of shoes.
I play circus on the roads, sir.
Even if I collect until the last rupee...
It's just 100 to 150 bucks per day, sir.
With 50 bucks, I have to buy
liquor for my old man every day.
The remaining 100 bucks
are not even enough for...
...my food and to bribe the police.
How can I afford a new
pair of shoes, sir?
Attend practice from tomorrow onwards.
Sharp at 6 AM.
Stop! That's not how you do it.
Jump!
Come on! Go...
♪
Higher... Come on!
Up, up, up, up!
Come on!
What's going on, Bala?
What's with your sloppy practice?
You need the stamina
to succeed in running.
Stamina so high,
that you can run the whole day...
Can you?
-I am already doing the same, sir.
-What?
What 'what'?
To put up a circus in the morning
and run during the evenings...
Imagine how difficult it will be.
Didn't you stop playing
circus on the roads?
Who will feed me if I
stop doing that, sir?
Academy selections are
about to start soon.
I'll prepare you to face it.
You are my responsibility now.
Will you do as I tell you to?
-Yes, sir.
-Good!
The Buddha statue in
China is 153 meters.
Statue of Liberty is 93 meters.
If we can beat the Buddha
statue by 50 meters...
This will be the tallest
statue in the world.
Among all the tallest statues
in the world, 5 are of Buddha.
No wonder, Buddhism is the most
influential religion in the world.
Now is the time to make your father
a God in the eyes of the public.
Look at this book... How heavy it is!
Not just heavy...
This is the biggest constitution
in the entire world.
In a country that has
this huge constitution...
People only look at
things that are humongous.
I want this to be the
tallest statue in the world.
It's time to celebrate your
father's legacy... Cheers!
Cheers, dad!
Mom, why are you crying?
Won't you talk to me?
Are you angry with me, mom?
Why would I be angry with you?
You are my dear baby!
I am just angry with that God.
What for?
As he's making us suffer.
So it's that God who gave us
everything we have and feel?
Umm, yes.
If that's the case, I love him.
He gave me a mother like you, right?
I fear nothing, mom.
The same God who gave me this illness...
He also gave us a fertile
land, right mom?
Chinni, be careful!
Right right!
It's being difficult to
find work these days.
My owner called me to work,
but he never pays me. Stupid!
Of course, he is.
Is that Gangamma?
Where is she coming from?
Who knows!
Why didn't you come to work
today, Gangamma?
I went to the city to run some errands.
What happened?
Is your daughter not feeling well?
No.
The same illness our water
gives everyone here.
They say we can sell our
kidney in the black market.
But God snatched even that from us.
I can't even earn enough for our food.
How can I get her treated now?
That's why I have decided
to take a land on lease.
How can you work alone on that land?
I can do anything for my daughter.
We'll see you again...
No one can change our lives!
Usually, I don't lease lands to women.
But I can't say no to you
in this situation, Gangamma.
Your husband worked for me so selflessly.
OK...
You can have the one acre of land
to the south of the highlands.
Thank you so much, sir.
Come on.
-Gangamma...
-Sir?
No matter if you reap the crop or not...
You have to pay the lease on time. OK?
-OK, sir.
-I won't take that easily.
Take care... Go.
Coach... This is too much!
You seem so out of your mind these days.
Did you even look at her? As if she
can really bring us an Olympic medal!
Sir, test her performance
once and you'll understand.
Vikram...
How can we send every circus
freak to the Olympics?
What do you do?
I play circus on the roads, sir.
So you really brought a circus freak!
What's this Vikram?
Sir... Sir, please try to understand.
She has raw talent ready to be tapped.
Test her if you want to, sir.
Sir, please!
OK, Vikram...
But I have a board meeting today.
It's about to start in
the next ten minutes.
I have forgotten my board
meeting room keys at home.
It takes 20 minutes to take a car.
But we only have 10.
Do you know Rangamma street?
The second line, house no. 172.
Can you make it?
♪
[banging on door]
Where are you headed this
early in the morning?
I have a class at school.
Is that it?
Or you are meeting a guy to bang?
Don't let it cross limits.
You have no idea how
much demand a virgin has.
Go!
Tell me, Laddu. Yeah...
Where are you going?
-Pay me first.
-Right now?
-Yeah, right now.
-God... Here.
500 more...
Move, idiot!
Two more minutes!
-Get lost...
-God!
Give my money back.
Shut up! No refunds here.
[phone rings]
-Hello?
-Hello...
-Tell me, sister.
-Jyothi ran away!
-Go search for her at the school.
-What!
What do you want?
The boy who makes tea...
He's not here.
He went to buy some milk.
He'll be back soon.
You can wait for him here.
No no, I'll wait at the temple.
Please tell him so.
[singing a love song]
Hey, Siddu... The girl in
that building came to see you.
Go meet her.
How many times should I tell
you not to joke about her?
I am not that lucky.
I am not joking.
-It's true. She's here for you.
-No!
She's waiting at the temple for you.
Go meet her.
-At the temple?
-Go!
It's true. Go...
At... At the temple?
You are here to see me?
Can you take me somewhere
far away from here?
What?
Where to?
Have you gone mad?
-What about...
-Please take me away!
What happened?
What happened, Jyothi?
Have you gone mad?
Where can we even go?
-This is not...
-Hey!
Who the hell are they? Come on!
-Stop!
-Run...
[commotion]
-This way, Jyothi!
-Hey...
They are closing in...
We have to run faster, come on Jyothi!
Come on!
Fast!
Bro, start the boat. Fast!
What happened? Where are you going?
Careful, Jyothi!
Move... Fast!
God!
Where should we go to?
I don't care. Anywhere far from here.
Give me your hand.
Come on...
I am ready to follow you anywhere.
But promise me this...
Never leave my hand!
♪
They think I can do 100 things at once.
Damn!
Namasthe, sir.
I want to meet the Collector.
All of them are here for the same thing.
Sir is really busy. Please come later.
Oh...
It's OK, I'll hold it.
As if holding this will
get your work done.
I am holding it for 25 years now
and absolutely nothing happened.
Hey, Ramamurthy...
-Coming, sir.
-Listen...
-Take care of security...
-Give me that.
-Namasthe, sir.
-I am heading out on work. Come later.
-What's this?
-Sorry, sir.
-Get another one.
-OK, sir.
-Let's go, sir.
-Thank you.
It's me who burnt holes in that umbrella.
Are you mad?
I am not mad, sir.
Not at all.
I did that so that I can bring
my problems to your notice.
You have gotten so angry just
for two droplets of rainwater.
Our hostel is way worse than
this, sir.
Without a proper shelter
over their heads...
How can the kids study properly, sir?
They say that God is the
only hope for the hopeless.
I don't believe in God, sir.
If you can help us with this...
You'll be our God, sir.
I'll sanction your funds
as early as possible.
Thank you, sir!
♪
See you, sir.
OK... I'll call you back.
Tell me, uncle.
What do you want to talk about?
The central committee rejected our
proposal for funds to build the statue.
They all respect your father.
But they say that they can't
allot such a huge amount for his sake.
I have read this somewhere, uncle...
'But' is always preceded by a lie.
Truth only comes after that 'But'.
Their respect for my father is a lie.
Not being able to allot
the funds is true.
We made you the CM instead of
Deputy, against their wishes.
This is the ripple effect of that.
They are laughing at us, instead of
realizing how proud the country will be.
Let us answer back all
those who laugh at us, uncle.
The same faces that are laughing today
should fall, witnessing the grandeur.
It feels good to think so.
But...
But what?
It's a fact that we don't
have such a huge amount.
My dad used to tell me this, uncle...
A true leader is not the
one who stops with a 'No'.
One who creates his own way out,
by hook or by crook... A true leader!
I'll get that statue built, even if I have
to sell off this entire state for that.
I'll make them donate
or I'll snatch by force.
I am not going to step back on this.
[indistinct chatter]
Come on...
[counting]
The number you are
calling is not reachable.
Couldn't reach my uncle's phone.
What should we do now?
Sit.
-Where is Raju?
-I have ordered a tea long back.
It's not here yet.
He went off without informing anyone!
-Will he ever come back?
-Who knows... Such a fool!
-Why buy a mobile without answering it?
-My head is aching like hell!
I can't live without tea.
-I want a tea right now!
-Catch this.
-I can't bear this headache anymore.
-Read the paper until he comes back.
Subbu, come here.
-Sister, can I have this vessel?
-Yeah, please take.
What is he doing?
Keep an eye on this...
I'll just be back.
Brother, a milk packet, please.
11 rupees.
Thanks, bro.
Did it come to a boil?
Sugar...
[temple bell rings]
Have some.
Have a sip.
-Is it good?
-Yeah, very good!
Sir, tea.
Thank God! You saved my day.
Jyothi...
-Where are you from?
-Varanasi, sir.
The tea tastes so good.
Such talent! Superb!
Do you want to have a
tea shop of your own?
I don't have any money on me, sir.
I'll take care of all that.
Come meet me tomorrow morning.
-I'll meet you right here, sir.
-OK.
-OK, sir?
-Yeah, OK.
-See you, sir.
-Yeah, take care!
-Such a nice place, right!
-We are here...
-Get down. Careful!
-So beautiful!
-Come on.
-Did you see it?
How beautiful these plants look!
This is good for your health. Have it.
-They loved it. Feed them more.
-OK, grandpa.
Grandpa,
we never have anything this tasty.
Why today? Is there anything special?
What's a special day for us? Huh?
The day our house is
filled with food grains.
The day when we all are happy.
Today is one such special day.
The Collector sanctioned
funds for our hostel.
You all can study without
any disturbance now.
[kids cheering]
For all the other kids like you...
Bose hostel should
become a beacon of hope.
Never lose faith.
And the destiny of India...
No force in this entire world...
...can keep us chained for long.
Even if we die...
Our country has to live on.
I have been patient,
trusting these words of Bose.
And now it's paying off.
Your medical reports are here, Bala.
Your bone weighs a little
less than required.
Calcium deficiency.
I really can't comprehend all these, sir.
The want to run faster
is my only strength, sir.
Just wanting is not enough.
Your body should be fit enough
to let you get to what you want.
Right now,
you need proper nutrition, Bala.
I asked the management to
arrange a special diet.
Your rigorous practice with the
new coach will start from tomorrow.
What, girl...
Haven't you gone to school today?
They won't let me. Today is Sunday.
Such a clever kid! Call your mother once.
Mom...
-Nicely done...
-Morning, sir.
The crop looks healthy.
Yes, sir.
I need some advance,
so that I can get her treated, sir.
That's why I wanted to meet you.
Such bad luck you have... Really!
You can't even feel happy about the crop.
Oh, God!
OK... Here is 20 grand...
-The entire crop is mine.
-OK, sir.
I'll pay you the remaining,
only after the harvest. OK?
-OK, sir.
-Here you go.
-Thank you so much, sir.
-Girl, study well.
Bye.
See... Grandpa paid us.
Shall we go get some medicine for you?
The preliminary estimation
is 30 million, sir.
What? 30 million!
Our state already has 30k crores of debt.
It's impossible to get such
amount of money right now.
We have recently released our
budget, right? That's money too.
Even that budget was
based on more debts.
We can't make ourselves a golden
crown out of debt money, right?
If we make cuts on daily
supplies, the state will burn.
I think you are not following me at all.
We are not making any cuts there.
Let's say our agenda is to feed
a hungry man until he's full.
What if we don't feed him at all?
He'll scream at the government,
unable to take hunger.
But if we feed him half the amount,
he'll adjust with what he gets.
He'll never fight back.
The theory sounds good.
But how can we implement this?
Let's say I know my father
has 100 bucks in his pocket.
If I take it directly...
I'll get caught.
So my plan is that...
I'll take 20 bucks from dad.
20 more from mom.
20 from the worship room
and 20 from my grandpa.
I'll get to the mark of my 100,
taking amounts of 20 from many places.
Even they won't question me back,
as it's just 20 bucks out of 100.
So what shall we do now?
We are not cutting off the entire funds.
We are just making little cuts.
Just - little - cuts!
They'll question us if we don't help
them at all. Not when we do give some.
The middle class will
never think out of the box.
Now you sound like your
father's son. Good!
The meeting is adjourned.
♪
Siddu...
-What's your name?
-Jyothi.
-Which year?
-First-year.
-Aren't you educated?
-No, sir.
For... For self-employment fund...
For my own tea stall.
-Name...
-M. Siddarth, sir.
Today is the last date for the scholarship.
You'll get it in the next ten days.
-OK, sir.
-The scholarship is granted to you.
-Next.
-Thank you, sir.
I am staying in Rajahmundry, sir.
Bommuru center.
Make a thumb impression here.
Let me...
Wow!
Why does doctor madam
look so happy today?
Yeah... I am so happy today.
I gave you that money
to buy some books.
-There's no need for that anymore.
-Huh!
Because I got a scholarship.
-Scholarship?
-Mmm.
-You are not joking, right?
-No!
-I too have a good news.
-What's that?
I won't tell you...
I'll show you. Come on.
Wait!
Come in. This shop is ours now.
The tea shall will be there and here...
shall we have some chairs here?
-You are not joking, right?
-No!
Our owner uncle made all this possible.
Do you know this? He even made me apply for
a loan under a self-employment program.
Lord Shiva paved this way for me,
so that I can get you educated, Jyothi.
Don't take any tension
about my education.
My scholarship money will get it covered.
We can live happily ever after!
That's OK.
What shall we name our stall? Jyothi
tea stall... Or Dr. Jyothi tea stall?
Hi, Lee. I have gone
through the attachment.
Sketches look damn impressive.
Let's just make sure that this
statue is higher than 500 feet.
I want this to be visible from
a satellite far away in space.
This is the pride of our state.
Pride of our country.
And aspirations of billions of people.
Vikram said a lot of
good things about you.
But your performance is so bad.
This is not where you play your circus.
No one is going to clap for your
cheap tricks. This is sports.
You are unfit!
You are the reason!
You failed to provide me proper diet.
When I question about the false
standards of the canteen food...
They said I can walk away without
eating if I feel so bad about it.
Where can we get the energy from,
when you are eating all our funds!
-How can we even win?
-Hey...
What are you talking about?
How dare you hit me!
I'll teach you a lesson.
I'll show you my reach.
I'll make sure that
you'll never run again.
Hey...
How many times should I tell you
not to sit near this wall? Get up!
The light at our place is not working,
grandpa. That's why we sat here to study.
All this is going to end soon.
This is our hostel plan.
It's been 20 years
since I got this made.
See... Right here...
...will be a study room for you all.
This is the kitchen.
-Here...
-Grandpa!
We are facing problem with a
single bathroom for all of us.
Yeah, I know that. Don't worry.
I have planned for many bathrooms.
Look... Are you happy?
Then what is this?
There are dormitory rooms.
There will be bunk beds here.
I'll take the upper bed, grandpa.
Do you want the upper bed? Granted.
Do you like our new hostel plan?
[all]: We like it a lot!
I too liked it a lot.
Is that so?
-Morning, sir.
-Morning. Tell me.
The municipality department
approved our new hostel plan.
You promised us the
funds within ten days.
But it's been months and still...
Didn't my attender give you the news?
About what, sir?
I told him to tell you that
your funds got canceled.
I did what I can do.
But the government is in a lot of debts.
We don't have enough money for all this.
I am sorry.
-Take this medicine.
-[cyclone announcement on radio]
You be here... I have to go to the field.
Mom, I'll come with you.
OK, come.
[cyclone announcement on radio continues]
Careful!
[thunder claps in distance]
Watch you step.
What's with this bloody rain!
God save us.
-Wait here.
-OK, mom.
Careful!
Why are you here?
As you are working alone.
Careful!
Wait. Give me your hand.
[thunder clap continues]
[religious chants]
What happened?
Grandpa!
God!
Grandpa!
Grandpa!
-I am here, boy. Don't worry.
-Grandpa!
Get up. Careful!
Fast, help the remaining.
Did you get everyone?
Nothing is going to happen to you.
Nothing!
You all are going to be safe.
God!
Don't you have a heart at all?
Why did you cheat me in the
name of making everything right!
They say scolding you
make men burn in hell.
Is there even a hell that's
more burning than this?
My mom told me that you'll make
us feel hunger...
And then you'll finally feed us one day.
I believed in her like a fool.
I thought you made me feel hungry
and is about to feed us right.
But... But...
I just realized that you fed me poison!
I thought you are testing me.
But this is just plain damnation.
I failed to see this coming.
God! How can I save my daughter now?
-What's your name?
-Gangamma, sir.
-Is this your field?
-Yes, sir.
-How many acres of land is this?
-Two acres, sir.
-How much do you think you have lost?
-Around 1 lakh, sir.
-Will the government helps us with it, sir?
-Yeah, of course...
Meet us in the office after ten days.
OK, sir.
Ready.
Uncle...
-Hey, boy... How are you?
-I'm good.
-Nice! When did you come here?
-Been a week, uncle.
-Sir, meet my uncle.
-Oh!
I tried to call you many
times, but couldn't reach.
You have no idea how busy I am.
Even God needs to take an appointment.
Come, let's go to the river
bank and have a smoke.
-Uncle, I'll just come.
-OK.
-What else...
-I came here thinking I would meet you.
Sir...
-What?
-Hall-ticket.
You don't know yet? Scholarships
this year has been canceled.
Everyone is paying their
fee for the hall-ticket.
I can't pay that kind of amount, sir.
Please help me out, sir.
How can you even think of all
this without having enough money.
-What's your name?
-Jyothi, sir.
-Which year?
-First-year, biology.
What are you planning on doing now?
You can't attend the exam
without paying the fee.
I know, sir. Please help me out, sir!
I can't pay that kind
of money right now, sir.
Do as I say.
Say that there's a private
class this evening.
-Shall I inform the class, sir?
-Not for the entire class.
It's especially for you.
Think about it...
By the time you come to
my room this evening,
...the hall-ticket
will be on my table.
-So that's how you got here...
-Yes, uncle.
-Where is the girl staying now?
-She's staying with me.
With you? God!
-What's that, uncle?
-This?
You are too young for this.
He helped me set up the shop, uncle.
-He helped me apply for a loan too.
-Got him, sir.
Once I get the loan,
I can support Jyothi's education...
-Got you... Finally!
-Uncle...
-Catch him!
-Sir, what did I do?
[commotion]
Don't think less of me.
Tell him not to act smart!
I'll thrash him... Hold on!
-Can I help you?
-Where is Siddu?
Siddu's uncle is here and they
went to the river bank together.
-Do you want me to give him a message?
-No.
OK... Tell me.
Jyothi, one second.
Siddu got a letter.
Hey, come let's go thrash him.
-Sir, please sir.
-Hey... What about you?
I'm innocent, sir.
They didn't even let
me explain myself, sir.
Are you selling drugs?
Sir, I have no idea
how they even look like.
Sir, please don't hit me. Sir, please sir.
Sir, please sir!
Uncle, tell him, uncle.
-Uncle? Is he your uncle?
-Sir...
Just for namesake, sir. Sir, please sir.
Sir...
Stay put for two more days.
I'll buy some medicine and save you.
Even you are not feeling well, right mom?
It's been two months since the
last time you took any medicine.
I'll take medicine, only after you do.
♪
Gangamma...
The government has sent us a relief fund.
Let's go collect it.
Come fast!
I'll go get the money and
we can visit the doctor.
OK? Be careful until I come back.
Give him the money.
Take it... Next!
-What's your name?
-Yellamma, sir.
Thumb impression, here...
Here you go.
-Here is your 20k.
-Sir, it's 1 lakh.
We can't give anything more than this.
Our budget won't allow us to.
-Sir, please...
-Leave!
-Sir, my daughter is not feeling well...
-Move aside... Next!
What's your name?
Subbayamma, sir.
Stay put for two more days.
I'll buy some medicine and save you.
Such a loss this cyclone has caused!
-Oh... Thank, God!
-Sir... the money!
I have to admit my daughter in
the hospital with that money, sir.
The cyclone affected my business too.
How can I feed my kids,
if I start caring for your daughter.
-Sir, please! I need that money...
-Will see you later.
Sir, do you know why I started to run?
Even my mom used to play
circus on the roads.
We are so poor that we
never even had a full meal.
We used to manage to get food for
only one member of the family.
My mom used to feed her
part of the ration to me.
One day... We failed to make
even that amount of food.
Even that God failed to provide us.
My mom suffered from hiccups all night.
And she died of it!
My mom used to tell me this, sir...
Never think of being the
underdog all the time...
Always dream big, earn big and live big...
Prove yourself!
I... I only know two things in life, sir.
One, playing circus.
Two, running.
Right now, you are not even fit, Bala.
Do you believe that you can win?
Even if the God himself
tries to race with me...
I will beat him too, sir.
That's how much I believe in myself, sir.
[people clapping]
♪
Hey 402... Let that boy go.
That's me...
Jyothi...
I knew you would come...
I have been waiting for you.
Along with your hall-ticket.
No need, sir.
I have come all this way,
just to avoid this life.
I thought only education
can help me out of it.
But even if my educations
asks for the same old life...
Listen...
This is just a basic
need like food and sleep.
Girls like you make a big deal out of it.
I have no idea if you knew this...
Not just education... This is the only way
to get things done anywhere in this world.
Then I don't need this education.
OK...
So you have decided.
No...
Don't take too much tension...
Take it easy!
This is very common.
Let me help you... Hey...
Siddu, listen to me.
Siddu, look at me. Siddu...
Listen to me... Siddu!
Siddu, what you saw is
not what's happening.
He asked me to pay the
fee for the hall-ticket.
At this hour?
Are you here to pay or get paid?
Siddu... Please!
I have gone just a day and you
already opted for someone else.
Why? Can't you wait until I'm back?
Where did I go...
What would have happened to me...
Did you at least think of it?
I thought you are an angel.
I'm a mad fool!
How can an angel be born
in a prostitute's house?
There's no difference
between you and your mom.
Siddu!
Can't you just stop and listen to me?
I have been searching for you all day.
I have no idea where you are...
I have an exam tomorrow.
They won't let me attend
without paying the fee.
I have no one to speak with.
Even you went missing.
And the loan for your
own shop got rejected.
Yes, I have gone to meet the principal...
But only to teach him a lesson!
I have been searching
for you like a fool!
Of course, I AM a fool.
I thought you loved me.
-Now I know what you think of me.
-Hey... Hey!
-Move away.
-Siddu...
I can't even look at you. Get lost!
Go back to him...
♪
Siddu...
-Are you with the patient?
-Yes, sir.
He's in a critical condition.
Don't worry. We'll try our best.
Hello!
One... One of my friends
committed suicide.
He has his life insured
with your company.
Can you help his family?
Sorry, sir. We can't consider
suicide for the claim.
The claim will pass only
if he had died in an accident.
What's your friend's name?
For what we strongly believed in...
It's not a mistake to fight for
it, even with our life.
Doctor... How's Siddu doing?
He can't get back to normal again.
His brain is not responding
to any stimulations.
He has to be in a coma
until his last breath.
-Nurse, do the needful.
-OK, sir.
Siddu...
Get up...
Can you listen to me?
They say that you can
never see me again.
You can't talk to me either.
Seeing you like this...
Not being able to talk to you...
I can't be like this.
I just can't!
Hav... Have some water.
Have some more.
-Mom, it's painful!
-Help!
-Mom, it's paining so much.
-Please try to bear it!
-Mom, I can't take it anymore.
-Wait... Wait, I'll go get help.
-Mom...
-Help!
-Mom!
-Help...
-Gowri, can you lend me some money?
-Sorry... My husband took it all.
Ganga...
-Listen, can you lend me some money?
-Sorry, Ganga!
-Why did she ask?
-May be for her daughter.
Lakshmi, can you please lend me some
money. Chinni is not feeling well.
-I have to take her to the hospital.
-I have no money, sister.
♪
Really painful stories...
Very sad!
Can I ask you why did you
tell me these stories?
Who else should I tell them to?
It's you who killed
each one of them, sir.
Have you gone mad?
As if the CM is accountable to
every single death in the state.
You might not be the reason
for their deaths, sir.
But I'm saying that
you are the one who's...
...accountable to each and
ever life in this state.
I don't want to learn that from you.
It's time to inaugurate the statue...
I have to leave.
The same statue... for which you
have made cuts in the budget, right?
These lives are just mere examples
of the repercussions it created.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
There are thousands
and millions of such lives lost, sir.
Yet another allegation!
How can you prove that there
has been cuts in the budget?
These lost lives are proof!
Their graves are the answers!
Mmm, yeah.
I have made cuts in the
budget, just for that statue.
A state needs its reputation, along
with the will to handle its problems.
Not just poverty can bring
in foreign investments.
We have to put out our
culture and reputation too.
One can see the statue
even from a satellite.
And thus they can see our pride.
As if they can only see the
statue from a satellite, sir...
Can't they see our
poverty from up there?
Leave about them...
Can't YOU see them, sir?
Our needs should come
before our pride.
We have poverty, illness...
...unemployment,
and utter darkness in the villages.
Look at the roads, sir!
There are no proper toilets installed
for our women to lead a respectable life.
A small rain can overflow
our drainage system.
The farmers who feed us...
Keep committing suicides
Swachh Bharat doesn't
mean posing for photos...
...as if getting the roads and
drainages cleaned, sir.
We have to clean poverty
out of our country first.
I have been tolerating you just because
you are a journalist. Mind your tongue!
You have all the power to
control my language, sir.
But you can't control the public...
They have been cursing you, sir!
Not just our people...
Those British people who ran back to their
country... Even they are blaming us, sir.
They say that India take
loans for basic food grains...
But end up building shameless statues.
The opposition is creating all this.
Opposition? Even they belong
to your kind, right sir?
There is a huge surge in the rates.
A polio vaccine that cost 40 bucks
once, now comes for 140 bucks.
You even stopped distributing
it, because of budget cuts.
About 40 million children
are dying of malnutrition.
Aren't they the future of our
nation, Mr. Chief Minister?
For our country to really
be proud of itself...
Instead of spending on these statues,
spend it on sportspersons like Bala.
They'll win medals and
bring in a lot more...
...pride to this country
from the entire world.
Spend it on farmers like Gangamma.
They'll keep our stomachs filled.
Invest in people like Bose, who'll teach
the next generations our real values.
It will build stronger armed forces.
Invest in students like Jyothi, who would
give their everything to get educated.
So all this is just my fault...
Is that what you would say?
That's not just what I would say...
I AM saying it!
You didn't build your father's
statue over his goodwill.
You have built it over
graves of the innocent.
We have no budget for polio drops
or to compensate for a farmer's loss.
But one state builds a
statue with 30 billion...
And another state build one with 40
billions. We have a budget for all this!
What's this, sir? What's happening?
Those lives that have been crushed under
the foundations of these statues...
How in hell can you get them back, sir?
[phone rings]
Hello!
Yeah, I'm on my way.
[people hailing Vijay Varma]
Sir, you have built the statue, even after
the center rejecting the funds to it.
Will you take care of the
people with the same interest?
Sir, is this a political stunt?
Sir, how do you feel, inaugurating
your father's statue?
Sir, people think that you have
looted them for this cause.
How do you react to that?
Will the government helps us with it, sir?
You are the reason!
You failed to provide me proper diet.
These governing bodies...
I have no belief in them.
Not at all.
Don't take any tension
about my education.
My scholarship money will get it covered.
You didn't build your father's
statue over his goodwill.
You have built it over
graves of the innocent.
♪
The coming generations... The future...
The foundations laid on the
dead bodies of their dreams...
...are these statues.
All those people who elect such
leaders and still put up with them...
We hail them all!