Television (2012) - full transcript
As a leader of the local community, Chairman Amin bans every kind of image in his water-locked village in rural Bangladesh. He even goes on to claim that imagination is also sinful since it gives one the license to infiltrate into any prohibited territory. But change is a desperate wind that is difficult to resist by shutting the window. The tension between this traditional window and modern wind grows to such an extent that it starts to leave a ripple effect on the lives of a group of typically colorful, eccentric, and emotional people living in that village. But at the very end of the film, Television, which he hated so much, comes to the rescue and helps Chairman Amin reach a transcendental state where he and his God are unified. A new twist to the story makes him embrace IMAGE and IMAGINATION
Why don't you allow any
images in your village?
Why don't you let the
people watch television?
Should I speak now?
Yes, uncle.
People listen to me out of love.
Television shows lifeless images
which is forbidden in Islam.
So we don’t allow any images
in our village.
I myself have never taken
a photograph either. Only the local Hindus.
Sorry to interrupt.
There is nothing of the sort in Islam.
Many religious leaders appear
on television nowadays.
In fact,
your twin brother Mr. Rajjab himself
hosts a television show.
So why are you
against it?
Yes, speak Uncle.
Yes, speak Uncle.
Two sons were born
in Adam's house too.
One righteous
and one wrong.
Rajjab is derailed,
which is why he lives in town.
But aren’t you depriving people
of democratic rights?
The whole nation
is enjoying technology.
And, you make this village
rot in darkness?
So you are here to protect
democratic rights?
Many western countries have
banned Islamic veils.
Doesn’t that harm
Muslims’ rights?
Why don’t you interview
those presidents?
That is the job of the journalists
of those countries.
We investigate
irregularities in our society.
We don’t say America
or Europe is always right.
But do their actions give you
a license to do wrong?
Who are you to
ban television?
Is this village run by the laws
of the Bangladesh Government?
Jabbar, this lady
is too annoying.
Better not to answer.
Better not reply.
No more interview today.
Amen.
One last question.
Why have you banned
contraceptives in the village?
Life and death are
acts of Allah.
Why would human being
control them?
Mithanupur is a water-logged, strange
country within a country.
Because of Chairman
Amin's doggedness,
the people of this village are living
far behind present times.
The people standing behind me have just
one question: when will they be set free?
You are not allowed to
watch television.
What do you say about this?
We are very happy!
We want all of Bangladesh
to be free of television made by Jews.
Ok. Thank you.
We are done with interviews.
Let’s go, Anis.
Don’t mind, please.
Are you a lady or
a man?
Why are you
wearing pants?
Are you done talking?
Yes,
but did you mind?
Father, when will
you come back?
Coming back from
Malaysia is not easy.
Talk to you later.
Bye.
Bye.
Mother, Let me take
a passport-sized picture.
Brother, I want to
take a picture.
Ok.
Go inside.
Mother, keep an eye
on the bag.
Sit.
My heart is racing.
Why are you so
naughty?
There is no scope for being
naughty in his presence?
You won’t get a chance
even in his absence!
I want to hear
you talk.
Say something.
I want to listen
to you all day long.
Then convince your father.
What has my
father done?
Why doesn’t he allow young people
to use mobile phones?
To save them from
being spoiled.
But old people can
use mobile phones.
Don’t talk rubbish
about my father!
When did I talk rubbish?
You have scolded me—
I’m going to cry!
Kohinoor.
Yes?
Aren’t you done?
All right,
it’s done!
Please give me
the photos soon.
Kohinoor.
What?
I have something private
to tell you.
What is that?
I am your boyfriend's employee,
but... ok, forget it!
What is it?
Mother, I want to go to town
and start my own business.
Where? Town?
What is wrong with his
business here?
Doesn’t he do business here?
Or does he steal?
I look after
dad’s business here.
But I want to stand
on my own feet,
to make my dad proud.
So kind of him!
He needs to go to town
to make me proud.
I will feel proud of him
if he takes care of things here,
instead of dreaming
of moving to town!
People are moving to town
to become successful,
to become exemplary.
What are we doing
here, then?
Are we all cows and
goats in this village?
Ask him to get out
of my sight.
OK, as father doesn’t want it,
I won’t go to town.
In that case, mother,
I want to buy a cell phone for myself.
There he goes,
following that old saying!
Always ask for cannon
if you actually want a pistol.
Going to town is just the bargaining cannon.
He just wants the cell phone.
No young people can use
cell phones in my village.
Please let him.
Do you keep track of what is
going on around the country?
Do you read newspapers?
Young boys and girls in towns
are getting spoiled
by talking all night long.
And there’s a new
book: Facebook!
Students have stopped
reading textbooks.
They are all now reading
this Facebook.
There have been
reports.
Do you want all this
to happen in our village?
I have a business
to run here.
Why will I talk
all night?
I need a cell phone
for business purposes.
Don’t I have a landline phone
in my shop?
Run your business
with that.
All right, Mother.
I don’t need a
cell phone.
Do you know what’s wrong
with senior people?
They think that the young ones are
always on the wrong path.
So they make rules to keep
them on the right path.
As if they have been on
the right track their whole lives.
I think we should instead try to keep
them on the right track.
Old fools!
Hey, stop the bike!
Why, brother?
Do you want to drive?
Take off the helmet.
But you don’t have a
driving license, yet!
I’m getting one.
Son of a bitch.
You insult my
father again,
and I will pull apart
your tongue.
Bring the helmet.
Go.
Why are you giving
the key?
Do I know whether the bike will fall in
the river, if I drive in this mood?
Only God knows!
Are you trying to
blackmail me?
Turning this into
blackmail?
Fine, I’ll drive.
God protect us.
I am a poor assistant.
Hey, what are you doing?
Start it with the key.
Have you taken
your breakfast?
That’s a nice shirt,
by the way.
No need to show
sympathy now!
Why don’t you understand?
He is my father.
Forget it.
You never considered me close.
Anyway, I will show you a way
that we can buy a cell phone.
How?
Just wait and see.
Tell me now.
Just wait!
Go and have a
grand breakfast.
I will give you
50 taka for it later.
Give me your cell phone.
At 8:05 tonight,
call this number.
An elder will answer
the phone.
Just ask for my boss.
Tell the elder that you have
to talk business with him.
Talk to him for just
five minutes.
The call will cost
only 5 Taka.
Here is 20.
Keep the remaining 15 for yourself.
All of you have to do the same thing,
one after another.
What will we talk about?
Anything. Gossip,
song, rhymes.
Who is speaking?
I would like to
talk to Solaiman.
Solaiman.
Call for you.
Hello.
Brother. A... B...
Right, right.
-C... D...
The price has increased.
18,000 Taka now.
E... F...
E... F...
E... F...
Why are you saying
same thing over and over again?
Brother,
what comes after F?
E... F... E... F... E... F...
G... H... I... J... K...
That’s right, brother.
Ok, come to my
shop tomorrow.
I will talk to you then.
Who is this?
-May I speak to
Solaiman?
There is no
Solaiman here!
-Solaiman, answer the phone,
it must be for you.
Hello
-Brother,
I will sing you a song.
“I am a beggar for your love;
give me your love, oooo...”
Ok, Ok! Done.
Please hang up now.
Get yourself a
cell phone tomorrow.
How can I go
against my father?
Your father asked you
to buy one.
But it is him who
forbids me to buy one.
Just go and buy one
because I asked you to.
-Hello, Jabbar. From today, young people
can have cell phones.
-But no camera phones.
-And it is not for girls.
Boss asked you to keep
this cell phone hidden.
Ok.
Ok. I'm going now!
Ok, leave.
What’s wrong?
Why aren’t you going?
I’m going.
But don’t you want to hear
what I wanted to tell you that day?
Speak up.
Wash your hands.
Go.
Yes, speak.
How would it look if I told you
I love you?
What?
I have loved you
since childhood,
but I never dared to express it.
How could I?
You are educated,
and I’m illiterate.
I have no money while your
father earns dollars in Malaysia.
But I love you.
I don’t want anything
in return.
I just wanted to
let you know.
Please don’t tell this
to the Boss.
I’ll lose my job.
Will you tell him?
I beg you not to.
Go away!
Get out of here!
Can you please give me
a job on boat number 8?
Sorry, I have not
heard you correctly.
Can you please give me
a job on boat number 8?
I’ll take you later.
Boss is looking for you.
Did he say
anything about me?
No. Why?
Did you do fuck up?
One tight slap,
bastard.
Where have you been?
Why aren’t you talking?
What have I done?
-Did you collect the bills?
Oh, I’m asking everyone.
But no money yet.
-Are you listening,
brother?
-Yes
-You can go home now.
-I will send money
in the evening. Is that OK?
Make sure that happens.
Otherwise, Uncle will be mad at me.
-Kohinoor
What?
-Boss has sent
a mobile card for you.
Ok. Give it to me,
then.
Jhorna.
Why Jhorna?
I want to have some betel nut.
Can you bring some?
Can’t you see that
she is studying?
What’s wrong, then?
I actually came here
to thank you.
For what?
Because you understood
the ‘private’ nature of our relationship,
and you didn’t say
anything to the boss.
Listen, if you speak this
kind of rubbish again,
I wlll surely
tell your boss.
To hell with your thanks!
Ok. I take back
my thanks.
Instead, I give you
a curse.
Should I call him and tell him
what you have just told me?
You get mad if I say ‘I love you’.
Now, I say ‘I hate you’, and you are still angry.
You should go on your way.
Give me my top-up card back.
-Why?
Boss didn’t buy
the card for you.
I couldn’t find an excuse
to talk to you,
So I bought this card.
I am a poor man.
Give it back.
I’m not going to
return the card.
This is your punishment
for speaking such rubbish.
If someone is happy
to rob a poor chap, so be it.
Take your card.
I might be poor,
but I have a big heart!
Keep the line active, and leave
the phone somewhere inside the house.
I will keep listening
to everything you do.
Walking, talking,
laying on the bed.
The sounds will help me
imagine your surroundings.
Like watching you
live on television.
Your father doesn’t let
anyone watch television.
And you are busy watching a woman’s
personal life through ‘mind television’.
-Man, why do you need
so much hassle?
-Learn how to use a computer,
and buy a small laptop.
-I will buy one, too.
-Internet mobile is so
cheap these days.
We can buy some data
and start video-chatting online.
24 hours online.
Don’t you know I skype with
my father every week?
I know. But I thought it is
complicated and damn expensive.
Okay, I will join an evening
computer course from tomorrow.
I will make this video chat
happen soon.
Now please keep the phone in a corner,
and let me hear and imagine.
Ok.
-I’ll go first.
-Am I not older than you?
-Is the exam schedule out?
-Yes mother. it’s out.
-When does it start?
-The fifteenth of
next month.
-Change your cloths.
-Hey, Kohinoor,
where are you?
Coming, mother.
Just one problem.
Your father hates cell phones.
Why would he allow a computer?
My father has no
idea about computers.
He thinks they are
a kind of typewriter.
Even I thought of them as
a modern type-writer.
It won’t be a problem if you
bring in a computer to the village.
Better we keep it hidden.
Ok. You can go now,
let me sink in your atmosphere.
Boss.
What's happened?
Why are you shouting?
Ok… no...
it’s all right.
I thought I messed
up a calculation.
How many?
113.
How many?
113.
What are you
looking at?
What have I done?
I can’t do all this.
You learn on my behalf.
Can’t do it himself...
Now me...
When you chat with Boss,
open it like this.
Close the window
so that no one will notice.
And when you are done talking,
close it like this.
You don’t have to worry.
I’ll put a curtain around.
Oh, then it’s solved!
I’ll leave now.
Sister, can we watch
television on this?
Be quiet! Make sure no
one gets to know about this.
A call for you.
Who is it?
Solaiman.
Hold it to my ear.
Hello.
-What is it?
Father, if you permit,
I want to stay at the shop tonight.
Why?
-Tonight, there will be a good
catch of fish in the river.
-If I don’t stay here,
the fishermen might lie.
If they lie, Allah will punish them.
Ok, if you think you should stay,
then you can stay.
What?
Why are you so
happy today?
-You know how I feel?
It seems like we are
on the same bed.
I’m on the left and
you are on the right side.
i’m on the right
and you are on the left.
Believe me; I am enjoying
this game so much.
A Computer! What a
gift of God!
Mr. Happy, I was rushing to finish
my domestic duties to come online,
and I ended up burning my hand.
-Seriously?
Where did you burn it?
-Let me see your hand.
Here.
Where are you,
Aslam’s father?
Where are you?
-Hey, Mojnu.
-Hey Mojnu,
-Wake up,
wake up!
What the hell
is going on?
Am I not a human?
Am I not supposed to sleep?
Hey, don’t shout!
I will kill you.
Got disconnected.
Connect me.
Can't connect himself.
Me, the connector.
Fix it. Hurry!
I don’t see anything!
Please be quiet!
Fix it fast!
Here you go.
What have you brought,
Kumar Babu?
A television.
What?
A television.
Don`t you know that
television is a sinful box?
Our religion doesn’t
prohibit this.
Oh, right, it is allowed
in Hindu religion.
Jabbar, take the television
to the school grounds.
I will go to mosque
and think about whether television
should be allowed in this village or not.
Should I come, Mr. Chairman?
No, I don’t need you guys.
Hey, where have you been?
-Been to Sudharamgonj.
There is breaking news.
What?
Kumar sir has brought a television
set to the village.
Is that so?
-Yeah!
-Where is it now?
In the school field.
-Where are you headed?
Sudharamgonj.
On a date?
No. My boyfriend
has gone to town.
-Oh, I see. Hey,
by the way,
can’t you ask your boyfriend
to shave his thorns?
-What does that mean?
His moustache!
I can’t stand boys
with moustache.
Really? But you know
what they say.
"No pain,
no pleasure"?
You naughty!
Let's go.
Kohinoor.
Dear Imam,
why am I being
tested this way?
Allah, please show me
the right path!
These Jews from
the west!
They invent these
sinful devices
and manage to
trap everyone!
Muslims all over the world
have fallen into their trap!
Religious leaders like my brother
host television shows!
May God punish them!
If I throw the television
into the river,
then non-believer’s right to practice
his own religion will be hampered.
On the other hand, if I let the
television remain in the village,
our religious beliefs
will be hampered.
What should I do?
Sir, please don’t think
I am supporting the television.
But I have not found anything
in the Quran or Hadith
that suggests watching
television is forbidden.
You think you know everything?
Was television discovered when the Quran
was bestowed upon humanity?
No.
Do you agree that lifeless
images are forbidden?
Yes, I do.
Do the image shown on
television have life?
No.
Then what do they become?
Haraam or halaal?
In that case, you can tell Kumar Babu
to keep the television in his house.
Only Hindus will be allowed to watch it.
No Muslims can watch.
If he allows any
Muslim to watch it,
he, along with the Muslim,
will be punished,
and the television will be
thrown into the river.
All right, Kumar Babu.
Not a single Muslim should
watch your television.
And if you fail
to ensure this,
then God knows what
punishment will befall you.
Be careful.
Take it inside.
Sir, please turn the television
in our direction.
Please, sir.
Haven’t you heard the Chairman?
I can’t let anyone watch television
But we are Hindus!
We can watch.
-Sir,
please turn the television
in this direction.
We can’t see anything
from this this angle.
Jahangir, haven’t you
heard the Chairman?
I have to ensure that no Muslims
watch the television.
Sir, the Chairman will
never know.
Hey, you people, are you
going to tell him?
No, no!
Sir, no one will tell! And who keeps track
of things that happen at night, anyway?
Can you see?
-To your left.
No, no, a little right.
Is this Ok?
-Yes, now it’s fine.
Father, Elias Sir doesn’t know
how to teach math.
I will definitely fail if I continue
my math tuition with Elias Sir.
Amjad got extraordinary
marks in math last year.
Why did Amjad
do so well?
Because he took private tuition
from Kumar Sir.
Likewise, I need to take
private tuitions from Kumar Sir .
All the kids go to him.
Three zeros after one
is one thousand.
Three zeros after one
is one thousand.
Four zeros after one
is ten thousand.
Four zeros after one
is ten thousand.
Five zeros after one
is one lac.
Five zeros after one
is one lac.
Six zeros after one
is ten lacs.
Six zeros after one
is ten lacs.
Seven zeros after one
is one crore.
Seven zeros after one
is one crore.
Kohinoor, it's Mojnu.
Where did you go?
To Kumar
Sir`s place.
Are you going to ask
anything else?
I will not stand in
your way anymore.
-If you want me
to do anything,
-you simply have
to tell the Boss.
He will convey
your messages to me.
Is there any point in
showing my face to you anymore?
You are never going to
show me your face?
Why are you still
standing here, then?
Gosh, why are you so dramatic?
Hey, Mojnu. come here.
Take Kohinoor to her home.
OK, Boss.
It won’t be right for her
to go alone.
And while returning, please
meet Kumar Babu.
-Why?
He has committed a crime
by bringing a television into the village.
People roam around his house
to watch it.
-What will happen to him
if my father finds out?
So, if he wants
to be safe,
he should invite Kohinoor
into his house to watch television.
OK.
Now go.
Let’s go, sister.
Sorry, sir. I have forgotten what
I am supposed to tell you.
I have remembered...
you have committed a crime
by bringing a television to the village.
People roam around your
house and watch television.
What will happen to you if
Chairman Uncle comes to know?
So, if you want to be safe,
you should let Kohinoor
into your house to watch television.
Got it?
I do not let any Muslim
watch television!
Hey, why do you
talk so much?
Just remember
what I said.
Are you all well?
-How can we be well?
Allow us to
either buy a television
or drink poison.
What do you mean?
I cannot understand you.
We cannot survive without
buying a television.
You cannot live
without television?
Then, go and die.
Better you die.
Wait! You people
talk rubbish!
Don’t take offense, Uncle.
As you know, they are primary
school teachers,
and you know that they
have meager earnings.
Even you help
them sometimes.
They do tuition outside school hours
to earn a little extra.
But ever since Kumar Babu
brought that television,
all students-Hindus and Muslims-
go to his place to study.
They watch
television while studying.
I need proof.
Can you prove it to me?
Sir, you want proof?
Come with us right now.
Let’s go…
Open the door,
Kumar Babu.
Wait there.
Do you let them watch
television?
No. I never let them
watch television.
Do you watch television
while studying?
Hey, you wait.
Aren’t you
Ruhul Amin’s daughter?
Haven’t your parents taught
you any manners?
An elderly is asking
you to stay.
Do you watch
television or not?
Speak the truth
and get 500 taka as a reward.
Uncle, I will.
Yes, speak.
We don't watch TV. They sit in that corner
so they can watch television in the mirror.
They beat us if we
want to sit there,
and say “You don’t need to watch television.
You can only listen.”
So, they watch movies and we listen movies!
Hmm...Jabbar,
give him 500 taka.
All right.
Kumar Babu,
how much did
your TV cost?
8,000 taka.
Hey, Jabbar.
-Yes, Uncle?
You will give him 9,000 taka later.
Yes, Uncle.
Take his television,
and come with me.
From today, there will be
no television in this village.
come here.
Why are you here?
To watch television?
Why don’t you answer?
See, Jabbar, what an
insolent girl!
Hey, reply to his questions!
Go to the yard.
And hold your ears,
and do 3 sit-ups.
It will be a lesson for anyone
who is thinking of being disobedient.
Come with me!
Do the sit-ups here!
Why aren’t you doing?
One,
two,
three.
Why aren’t you stopping?
I asked you to do
it three times.
What happened?
See, Jabbar, what an
insolent girl!
Stop.
Ok, let me talk to
her parents.
Let’s go.
Don’t try to contact
me from today.
I don’t have any
relations with you.
Why are you so upset?
If you can’t live your
life without him,
why not sort out the issue
and continue the relationship?
Mom, I want to,
but my anger is not allowing me.
Then forget him.
Mom, how can I?
I love him
so much.
Stop crying.
It's time for Magrib prayers.
This bloody television
is killing me!
Don’t speak like
a woman.
You are the
Chairman’s son.
You should
sit up straight.
Girls will come
and go like tides.
There will be
more Kohinoors.
What are you saying?
Has she
left me forever?
She is only a little
upset with me!
Why will she leave you?
You will leave her.
I discovered that it’s only
for watching television.
Uncle Sattar
will elaborate.
I worked so hard
to discover
that the reason young people are going
across the river is to watch television.
And you just said that
you found it out?
What a cheat.
Cheat?
-Oh, shut up!
Don’t fight for credit now!
Do one thing, Jabbar. Set up
vigilance in riverside market.
Look for the kids
from our village.
Catch them red-handed,
and punish them.
But there is something
I do not understand.
People used to go to
the riverside market before.
But they were never seen
crazy to watch tv before.
Now what happened
to them?
-Youth of the village!
-You don’t have to risk taking the drubbing for
watching cinema in Sudharam’s television stalls.
-Come to Javed Theater to
watch cinema for free.
-Just bring your coconuts,
and get tickets in exchange.
-Hurry, hurry, hurry!
You advertise
this evil stuff?
Get lost.
We want tickets.
Next show please!
Who will go to hell
if you go to the cinema or watch television?
Me or you?
Don’t I want the betterment
of the village?
Who saved you from the clutches of
NGO’s micro-credit?
Who gave you loans
with no interest?
I have lost connection
with the villagers--
do as you wish.
Jabbar, get them
out my sight.
Uncle, we have
made a mistake.
Please forgive us.
We were good
in the past.
We have become addicted to
movies on Kumar Babu’s television.
We will no longer watch
television or go to the cinema.
Hey, will any of you
watch it again?
No, no. we will not
watch it anymore.
Please forgive us.
Please don’t curse us.
OK. This is your
last chance.
Jabbar, tell them
to go now.
Go. All of you.
It is a shame that my people got
caught at a movie theater!
Uncle, I have an idea.
What idea?
Introduce a visa system
in the village.
What is that?
Jabbar, are you stealing my
credit yet again?
Uncle, this idea
came to me first.
Let’s introduce guards
on our village jetty.
If anyone wishes to cross the river,
the person needs to get a visa.
This system won’t work.
We need to find way
to entertain the villagers.
What kind of entertainment?
Should I okay cinema-
television now?
-If you permit me,
I can make a Halal
television for them.
How can a television be Halal?
-Permit me to make it.
Once I am done,
you can see it for yourself.
If you think it’s Halal,
then we will continue it.
OK. if you can make
it Halal, go ahead.
You taste it first.
Then tell me
how it tastes.
Brother, there is nothing
to be afraid of.
Initially tastes bitter,
but eventually becomes normal.
Mojnu, I’m good for nothing.
I am so pathetic that I can’t
even drink alcohol.
How would I drink
poison if i had to, then?
-Take it, Mojnu.
Drink on my behalf.
Drink for my sorrows.
Let me drink water.
Her memory turns
everything into alcohol.
No matter whether
it’s water or milk.
Boss, I have almost finished
the bottle drinking for your sorrows.
Only a little is left.
Can I drink it for my own sorrows?
What is your sorrow?
Doesn’t everyone have some?
So many secret sorrows!
You have been with me for so long,
and yet I don’t know your sorrows.
Tell me.
Do you know
whom I love, boss?
Who?
I will tell you everything today!
I will confess everything!
Want one?
I love one of my cousins.
We used to play together
in our childhood.
You won’t believe it—
she looked exactly like your Kohinoor.
And, oh God, her name
was also Kohinoor.
Idiot,
-not you
the guy who has
an affair with Kohinoor
If I could catch him,
I would beat him.
Boss, I have drunk for
your sorrows of your Kohinoor,
now can I drink for
my Kohinoor?
Drink!
O Kohinoor!
O Kohinoor!
I love you.
No son of a devil can take
you away from me!
Kohinoor!
Why are you here
at this late hour?
Do you study even
on Eid day?
Good student.
Now, take this
mobile phone.
Settle the issue with
Rahman Bhai.
Which Rahman Bhai?
Oh, Rahman, Solaiman, X, Y, Z.
They are all the same to me now.
Please settle all differences
with Boss Solaiman.
-He has started
drinking for you.
Drinking what?
Alcohol!
He is burning his heart
by drinking Alcohol.
-He will die for you.
Tell him to marry alcohol.
Let him die drinking alcohol.
Fine.
-Listen,
if he wants to marry me,
he will have to do
what I say.
Fine.
-Hey,
did I tell you what he
needs to do?
Why are you leaving
without listening?
Ok. Tell me.
-If he wants to marry me,
he will have to stand
against his father.
He will have to buy a television
and come straight to my house.
Together, we will
watch it.
The entire village
will watch.
Then, I will marry him.
Fine.
Will you tell him
exactly what I told you?
Or will you twist it?
You do not love me.
No problem.
But I can not accept that you
do not trust me.
I am still on my feet only
because I am drunk today.
Otherwise,
I would have fallen flat.
Please fall.
What?
I love you, I love you, I love you.
I have a private television.
I can see you live
on that imaginary television.
And in that television, I do lot
of censored thing with you.
Resist me if you can.
I don’t love you. I don’t love you. I don't love you.
There, I resisted you
Ok. Fine
Drunk.
Can’t you slap him?
Impossible!
Will I point gun at my father?
How can you?
I will leave Kohinoor
from now.
I have no relation with her anymore.
I am relieved.
What else did she say?
She talked a lot of
rubbish about you.
And now you have
just left her.
Why show interest about
what she said?
You are right.
I have no interest.
So should I find
a bride for you then?
Aunty was telling me the
other day to find one.
Dear villagers.
Today, I would like to
make an announcement.
I have decided to
embark on the Hajj this year.
I should have
gone long ago.
But as you know,
I did not go because I am
scared to ride in an airplane.
I realize now that was
the devil’s influence.
I will liberate myself from
the devil’s clutches and make the journey.
Many blessings
for my villagers.
-No one will get a visa
unless it is urgent.
What`s your purpose?
I wish to see
my relatives.
Your visa refused.
Why, Uncle?
-Next, please.
-My aunty has been
in an accident.
-Tell me the truth.
Uncle, I have a feeling
that he is lying.
Tell the truth.
If you are indeed lying,
you won’t be able to stop me
from speaking ill of you.
You have run this system
for a long time.
Change this system now.
Please make your
uncle understand...
Uncle, please...
Who the hell is he
to make me understand?
You talk to me.
Can you I talk to you later?
Uncle, I will arrange
your passport.
Don’t worry.
Talk to the Hajj agent.
Check whether anyone can go
to perform Hajj without a passport.
Uncle, I don’t think you will be able to
go without a passport.
Take a picture.
What’s the big deal?
Uncle hasn’t eaten anything.
Can you please ask him
to have something?
Chairman Saheb. It's afternoon.
Won`t you take lunch?
Did uncle eat anything?
Nope.
How can you
do this, Uncle?
Aunty told me you are
not eating anything.
She also said you are not
sleeping well.
If something happens to you,
where will we go?
What is the deadline for
Hajj visa applications?
The time is
already up.
But they said if we submit the passport
in a week, they can send you.
I have an idea to make a passport
without taking the picture.
What is your idea?
What’s up?
Came to meet you.
Then why are you
standing outside?
Hey, why have you not taken
him inside yet?
I did go in.
Also had tea.
Just came out
to enjoy the wind.
Come, come.
Your proposal is
very good.
My twin brother wants
to go on a pilgrimage.
So he wants to use
my photo in his passport.
I go to hell,
he goes to heaven.
Tell him to take
his own photo
if he wants to go
to heaven.
He needs a
passport-sized photo.
Go inside, please.
Make sure nobody knows
that I took photo.
Please raise
your head a little.
Open your eyes.
Look this way.
Smile a bit.
Open your eyes, please.
Keep your eyes, open.
Smile, please.
Jabbar,
Is that Sattar playing
King Akbar’s character?
Yes.
This will not do.
Why, Uncle?
He is pretending to be Akbar.
He is lying.
And the villagers are
believing this lie.
Both are committing
sin here.
Islam does not allow lying.
That's why novel,
cinema-all are bad.
This is a little
imagination, uncle.
No imagination is allowed.
Imagination is bad.
Young people tend to fantasize things
riding on the horse of imagination.
Tell everyone that the Halal TV
show is canceled.
Go and stop it.
Stop everything.
-I have forgotten you, kohinoor!
And I am happy to forget!
Good job.
You should not keep
her in your mind.
May Allah bless you.
Believe me.
I believe you.
I have forgotten her.
Talking like a man!
-But how can I forget her?
Dear villagers! Dear villagers!
Next Friday, Ms. Kohinoor, daughter
of Ruhul Amin Uncle of this village,
will get married to Solaiman Patowary,
the only son of Amin Patowary, which means me.
All of you are welcome
to the ceremony.
Come and have
beef and mutton for lunch.
Next Friday, Ms. Kohinoor, daughter
of Ruhul Amin Uncle of this village,
will get married to Solaiman Patowary,
the only son of Amin Patowary,
which means me.
Come and have
beef and mutton for lunch.
On the same day, a television
will enter this village.
I and Kohinoor Begum will watch
television in Kohinoor's house.
You are also welcome
to watch.
Hey, stand here.
From now,
a revolution has started.
This village will not run
by anybody’s whim.
Young people will also
have their say.
We will go to college.
We will be modern.
We will be pious.
Where are they?
On the fisheries bridge.
Please have as much
as you want.
Hey, give some to him.
Mojnu, aren’t you eating?
Hey, insolent boy! Leave the mic,
and come down right now.
-Hey, Mr. Amin Chairman.
-I revolt against you today.
Go and catch them.
I will crack your head
open right now.
Bury that Jabbar
into the ground.
The youth has
revolted today.
No one can suppress
the youth any longer.
Give Jabbar's bag back.
Hey, give it back.
Just give the order,
Chairman Saheb.
We will level the young men
to the ground.
-Jomila Begum.
When the boy was young,
-you once suffered
from typhoid.
-I used to stay
awake all night.
-If the boy urinated,
I changed his clothes.
Today, the same boy wants
to beat me. I should die.
-Don't cry, please.
-Don’t cry anymore.
-Please don’t
curse him anymore.
-If you want to curse
someone, curse me.
Allah, please don’t
punish my son.
Please forgive me
if I have committed any sin.
Had I not been a sinner, would I
have been so humiliated by my own son?
I have forgiven him.
Please forgive him,
oh Allah.
Allah, please don’t
punish my son.
-I have killed my father.
Go and sorry to your father.
Rivals are shaking hands.
So what happens
to my injury and insult?
Forget your insult.
It happened in chaos.
Now pray so that they
are united again.
Uncle, I should have
punched on your face.
And see how you still
say these sweet words?
But I am not insolent.
I can't do this.
I have forgiven you.
I do not hold
any grudge.
Listen Solaiman’s mother,
go to Kohinoor's house,
and finalize their marriage.
It is almost time for me
to go to perform Hajj.
I will arrange the ceremony
when I back-
Only if Allah allows me
to get back safely.
What's up?
I have to come
to thank you.
Thanks for marrying
somebody else.
Great news!
Another great news
is awaiting for you.
I am leaving
this village.
That doesn’t mean that
I am setting you free.
I will continue the conjugal
life with you forever.
How?
I told you before-
I have an imaginary television.
I can imagine you
by turning that tv on.
I can do whatever
I wish to-
make love, fight, or pat.
I will be having my conjugal life there.
Every morning I will ask
for three cups of tea.
You will ask-
why three cups?
I will reply- one for you, one for me,
and one for our daughter Fullie.
I am no more a servant.
I am a free man now.
I can tell freely-
I love you Kohinoor.
Good bye.
Hey Mojnu,
hold this and play.
Where are you going?
Come here
Nowhere.
Okay, fine!
I was looking for you.
Go to Riverside market.
Buy 5kg rice, 5kg meat, 2kg sugar,
4kg vermicelli.
Plain vermicelli
or modern one?
Both.
And 4 kg butter.
Paijam or Kalijira rice?
Whatever is the best!
You know this is for
Kohinoor's family. It has to best.
Oh yeah! Of course.
Hey, do I know?
They came here to talk about marriage.
But they made it official.
Hey, hold for
a moment.
Aunty...
What did you
bring here?
Solaiman sent all these.
Can you please check if
the butter is alright or not?
If it is bad,
I will kill the shopkeeper.
Go get married.
Then your father-in-law
can also send these.
Anyway,
there will be a ceremony once my
father-in-law is back from Hajj.
Hold on a second.
Aunty, please check if
the butter is okay or not.
If it is bad,
I will kill the shopkeeper.
How many times
do you have to say this?
Jabbar and Solaiman could have
gone with you to town.
What's the use?
I will go to my
grave alone, anyway.
How have you been?
Am good
Am leaving for Hajj.
Please pray for me.
Jabbar,
go to office everyday.
Now leave.
Father, please
do pray for us.
Please forgive me father.
I have made mistakes.
Do take care
of yourself.
Don't forget to take
medicine regurlarly.
Now leave.
Take care
of your mother.
The boat is
about to depart.
Can you take me?
Where?
Nikunja
-OK.
How much
will you charge?
150 taka.
Can you please take my bags?
Both of them.
How much did
you give them?
I have given 3 lacs taka
to Shukur Ali to perform Hajj.
How many of
you are here?
20 to 25 of us.
15 to 20 of us are together.
We demand the government
sends us for Hajj now.
When was the last time
you spoke to Shukur Ali?
We spoke yesterday.
He told us he will get us the flight.
When we came here,
we found the doors locked.
What can we do now?
We demand the government
send us for Hajj now.
How did you manage
so much money?
My son lives abroad.
He sent me
3 lacs taka for Hajj.
I gave it to Shukur Ali.
And now, Shukur Ali
has cheated me.
So what will you do now?
What can we do?
Now, we cry to Allah.
I see no other
options or hope.
What will I tell my son?
You all live in town.
I came from my village
to go for Hajj.
But I cannot go now.
I never harmed anyone
my entire life.
I always helped People.
If I cannot go to Hajj,
people will think Allah has not
accepted me.
How will I show my face
to my people then?
I will give you any amount.
please help me go for Hajj.
You are like my father.
I feel for you.
But I can do nothing.
Hotel BALAGONJ. Dhaka.
Uncle. Your dinner
Leave the food here,
and close the door.
Why didn't you
have your dinner?
I wasn’t hungry.
Then I am taking dinner back
and leaving the hot lunch.
Uncle, if you don’t eat,
we will be in trouble.
We don’t want a
murder case here.
Hey, you there,
Can you please turn
on the television?
I wish to see the Hajj.
Oh God,
I am present.
Oh Allah, no matter where I live,
in Dhaka or in Mecca,
I have reached You-
I have reached you riding
the horse of imagination.
Oh God,
I am present.
images in your village?
Why don't you let the
people watch television?
Should I speak now?
Yes, uncle.
People listen to me out of love.
Television shows lifeless images
which is forbidden in Islam.
So we don’t allow any images
in our village.
I myself have never taken
a photograph either. Only the local Hindus.
Sorry to interrupt.
There is nothing of the sort in Islam.
Many religious leaders appear
on television nowadays.
In fact,
your twin brother Mr. Rajjab himself
hosts a television show.
So why are you
against it?
Yes, speak Uncle.
Yes, speak Uncle.
Two sons were born
in Adam's house too.
One righteous
and one wrong.
Rajjab is derailed,
which is why he lives in town.
But aren’t you depriving people
of democratic rights?
The whole nation
is enjoying technology.
And, you make this village
rot in darkness?
So you are here to protect
democratic rights?
Many western countries have
banned Islamic veils.
Doesn’t that harm
Muslims’ rights?
Why don’t you interview
those presidents?
That is the job of the journalists
of those countries.
We investigate
irregularities in our society.
We don’t say America
or Europe is always right.
But do their actions give you
a license to do wrong?
Who are you to
ban television?
Is this village run by the laws
of the Bangladesh Government?
Jabbar, this lady
is too annoying.
Better not to answer.
Better not reply.
No more interview today.
Amen.
One last question.
Why have you banned
contraceptives in the village?
Life and death are
acts of Allah.
Why would human being
control them?
Mithanupur is a water-logged, strange
country within a country.
Because of Chairman
Amin's doggedness,
the people of this village are living
far behind present times.
The people standing behind me have just
one question: when will they be set free?
You are not allowed to
watch television.
What do you say about this?
We are very happy!
We want all of Bangladesh
to be free of television made by Jews.
Ok. Thank you.
We are done with interviews.
Let’s go, Anis.
Don’t mind, please.
Are you a lady or
a man?
Why are you
wearing pants?
Are you done talking?
Yes,
but did you mind?
Father, when will
you come back?
Coming back from
Malaysia is not easy.
Talk to you later.
Bye.
Bye.
Mother, Let me take
a passport-sized picture.
Brother, I want to
take a picture.
Ok.
Go inside.
Mother, keep an eye
on the bag.
Sit.
My heart is racing.
Why are you so
naughty?
There is no scope for being
naughty in his presence?
You won’t get a chance
even in his absence!
I want to hear
you talk.
Say something.
I want to listen
to you all day long.
Then convince your father.
What has my
father done?
Why doesn’t he allow young people
to use mobile phones?
To save them from
being spoiled.
But old people can
use mobile phones.
Don’t talk rubbish
about my father!
When did I talk rubbish?
You have scolded me—
I’m going to cry!
Kohinoor.
Yes?
Aren’t you done?
All right,
it’s done!
Please give me
the photos soon.
Kohinoor.
What?
I have something private
to tell you.
What is that?
I am your boyfriend's employee,
but... ok, forget it!
What is it?
Mother, I want to go to town
and start my own business.
Where? Town?
What is wrong with his
business here?
Doesn’t he do business here?
Or does he steal?
I look after
dad’s business here.
But I want to stand
on my own feet,
to make my dad proud.
So kind of him!
He needs to go to town
to make me proud.
I will feel proud of him
if he takes care of things here,
instead of dreaming
of moving to town!
People are moving to town
to become successful,
to become exemplary.
What are we doing
here, then?
Are we all cows and
goats in this village?
Ask him to get out
of my sight.
OK, as father doesn’t want it,
I won’t go to town.
In that case, mother,
I want to buy a cell phone for myself.
There he goes,
following that old saying!
Always ask for cannon
if you actually want a pistol.
Going to town is just the bargaining cannon.
He just wants the cell phone.
No young people can use
cell phones in my village.
Please let him.
Do you keep track of what is
going on around the country?
Do you read newspapers?
Young boys and girls in towns
are getting spoiled
by talking all night long.
And there’s a new
book: Facebook!
Students have stopped
reading textbooks.
They are all now reading
this Facebook.
There have been
reports.
Do you want all this
to happen in our village?
I have a business
to run here.
Why will I talk
all night?
I need a cell phone
for business purposes.
Don’t I have a landline phone
in my shop?
Run your business
with that.
All right, Mother.
I don’t need a
cell phone.
Do you know what’s wrong
with senior people?
They think that the young ones are
always on the wrong path.
So they make rules to keep
them on the right path.
As if they have been on
the right track their whole lives.
I think we should instead try to keep
them on the right track.
Old fools!
Hey, stop the bike!
Why, brother?
Do you want to drive?
Take off the helmet.
But you don’t have a
driving license, yet!
I’m getting one.
Son of a bitch.
You insult my
father again,
and I will pull apart
your tongue.
Bring the helmet.
Go.
Why are you giving
the key?
Do I know whether the bike will fall in
the river, if I drive in this mood?
Only God knows!
Are you trying to
blackmail me?
Turning this into
blackmail?
Fine, I’ll drive.
God protect us.
I am a poor assistant.
Hey, what are you doing?
Start it with the key.
Have you taken
your breakfast?
That’s a nice shirt,
by the way.
No need to show
sympathy now!
Why don’t you understand?
He is my father.
Forget it.
You never considered me close.
Anyway, I will show you a way
that we can buy a cell phone.
How?
Just wait and see.
Tell me now.
Just wait!
Go and have a
grand breakfast.
I will give you
50 taka for it later.
Give me your cell phone.
At 8:05 tonight,
call this number.
An elder will answer
the phone.
Just ask for my boss.
Tell the elder that you have
to talk business with him.
Talk to him for just
five minutes.
The call will cost
only 5 Taka.
Here is 20.
Keep the remaining 15 for yourself.
All of you have to do the same thing,
one after another.
What will we talk about?
Anything. Gossip,
song, rhymes.
Who is speaking?
I would like to
talk to Solaiman.
Solaiman.
Call for you.
Hello.
Brother. A... B...
Right, right.
-C... D...
The price has increased.
18,000 Taka now.
E... F...
E... F...
E... F...
Why are you saying
same thing over and over again?
Brother,
what comes after F?
E... F... E... F... E... F...
G... H... I... J... K...
That’s right, brother.
Ok, come to my
shop tomorrow.
I will talk to you then.
Who is this?
-May I speak to
Solaiman?
There is no
Solaiman here!
-Solaiman, answer the phone,
it must be for you.
Hello
-Brother,
I will sing you a song.
“I am a beggar for your love;
give me your love, oooo...”
Ok, Ok! Done.
Please hang up now.
Get yourself a
cell phone tomorrow.
How can I go
against my father?
Your father asked you
to buy one.
But it is him who
forbids me to buy one.
Just go and buy one
because I asked you to.
-Hello, Jabbar. From today, young people
can have cell phones.
-But no camera phones.
-And it is not for girls.
Boss asked you to keep
this cell phone hidden.
Ok.
Ok. I'm going now!
Ok, leave.
What’s wrong?
Why aren’t you going?
I’m going.
But don’t you want to hear
what I wanted to tell you that day?
Speak up.
Wash your hands.
Go.
Yes, speak.
How would it look if I told you
I love you?
What?
I have loved you
since childhood,
but I never dared to express it.
How could I?
You are educated,
and I’m illiterate.
I have no money while your
father earns dollars in Malaysia.
But I love you.
I don’t want anything
in return.
I just wanted to
let you know.
Please don’t tell this
to the Boss.
I’ll lose my job.
Will you tell him?
I beg you not to.
Go away!
Get out of here!
Can you please give me
a job on boat number 8?
Sorry, I have not
heard you correctly.
Can you please give me
a job on boat number 8?
I’ll take you later.
Boss is looking for you.
Did he say
anything about me?
No. Why?
Did you do fuck up?
One tight slap,
bastard.
Where have you been?
Why aren’t you talking?
What have I done?
-Did you collect the bills?
Oh, I’m asking everyone.
But no money yet.
-Are you listening,
brother?
-Yes
-You can go home now.
-I will send money
in the evening. Is that OK?
Make sure that happens.
Otherwise, Uncle will be mad at me.
-Kohinoor
What?
-Boss has sent
a mobile card for you.
Ok. Give it to me,
then.
Jhorna.
Why Jhorna?
I want to have some betel nut.
Can you bring some?
Can’t you see that
she is studying?
What’s wrong, then?
I actually came here
to thank you.
For what?
Because you understood
the ‘private’ nature of our relationship,
and you didn’t say
anything to the boss.
Listen, if you speak this
kind of rubbish again,
I wlll surely
tell your boss.
To hell with your thanks!
Ok. I take back
my thanks.
Instead, I give you
a curse.
Should I call him and tell him
what you have just told me?
You get mad if I say ‘I love you’.
Now, I say ‘I hate you’, and you are still angry.
You should go on your way.
Give me my top-up card back.
-Why?
Boss didn’t buy
the card for you.
I couldn’t find an excuse
to talk to you,
So I bought this card.
I am a poor man.
Give it back.
I’m not going to
return the card.
This is your punishment
for speaking such rubbish.
If someone is happy
to rob a poor chap, so be it.
Take your card.
I might be poor,
but I have a big heart!
Keep the line active, and leave
the phone somewhere inside the house.
I will keep listening
to everything you do.
Walking, talking,
laying on the bed.
The sounds will help me
imagine your surroundings.
Like watching you
live on television.
Your father doesn’t let
anyone watch television.
And you are busy watching a woman’s
personal life through ‘mind television’.
-Man, why do you need
so much hassle?
-Learn how to use a computer,
and buy a small laptop.
-I will buy one, too.
-Internet mobile is so
cheap these days.
We can buy some data
and start video-chatting online.
24 hours online.
Don’t you know I skype with
my father every week?
I know. But I thought it is
complicated and damn expensive.
Okay, I will join an evening
computer course from tomorrow.
I will make this video chat
happen soon.
Now please keep the phone in a corner,
and let me hear and imagine.
Ok.
-I’ll go first.
-Am I not older than you?
-Is the exam schedule out?
-Yes mother. it’s out.
-When does it start?
-The fifteenth of
next month.
-Change your cloths.
-Hey, Kohinoor,
where are you?
Coming, mother.
Just one problem.
Your father hates cell phones.
Why would he allow a computer?
My father has no
idea about computers.
He thinks they are
a kind of typewriter.
Even I thought of them as
a modern type-writer.
It won’t be a problem if you
bring in a computer to the village.
Better we keep it hidden.
Ok. You can go now,
let me sink in your atmosphere.
Boss.
What's happened?
Why are you shouting?
Ok… no...
it’s all right.
I thought I messed
up a calculation.
How many?
113.
How many?
113.
What are you
looking at?
What have I done?
I can’t do all this.
You learn on my behalf.
Can’t do it himself...
Now me...
When you chat with Boss,
open it like this.
Close the window
so that no one will notice.
And when you are done talking,
close it like this.
You don’t have to worry.
I’ll put a curtain around.
Oh, then it’s solved!
I’ll leave now.
Sister, can we watch
television on this?
Be quiet! Make sure no
one gets to know about this.
A call for you.
Who is it?
Solaiman.
Hold it to my ear.
Hello.
-What is it?
Father, if you permit,
I want to stay at the shop tonight.
Why?
-Tonight, there will be a good
catch of fish in the river.
-If I don’t stay here,
the fishermen might lie.
If they lie, Allah will punish them.
Ok, if you think you should stay,
then you can stay.
What?
Why are you so
happy today?
-You know how I feel?
It seems like we are
on the same bed.
I’m on the left and
you are on the right side.
i’m on the right
and you are on the left.
Believe me; I am enjoying
this game so much.
A Computer! What a
gift of God!
Mr. Happy, I was rushing to finish
my domestic duties to come online,
and I ended up burning my hand.
-Seriously?
Where did you burn it?
-Let me see your hand.
Here.
Where are you,
Aslam’s father?
Where are you?
-Hey, Mojnu.
-Hey Mojnu,
-Wake up,
wake up!
What the hell
is going on?
Am I not a human?
Am I not supposed to sleep?
Hey, don’t shout!
I will kill you.
Got disconnected.
Connect me.
Can't connect himself.
Me, the connector.
Fix it. Hurry!
I don’t see anything!
Please be quiet!
Fix it fast!
Here you go.
What have you brought,
Kumar Babu?
A television.
What?
A television.
Don`t you know that
television is a sinful box?
Our religion doesn’t
prohibit this.
Oh, right, it is allowed
in Hindu religion.
Jabbar, take the television
to the school grounds.
I will go to mosque
and think about whether television
should be allowed in this village or not.
Should I come, Mr. Chairman?
No, I don’t need you guys.
Hey, where have you been?
-Been to Sudharamgonj.
There is breaking news.
What?
Kumar sir has brought a television
set to the village.
Is that so?
-Yeah!
-Where is it now?
In the school field.
-Where are you headed?
Sudharamgonj.
On a date?
No. My boyfriend
has gone to town.
-Oh, I see. Hey,
by the way,
can’t you ask your boyfriend
to shave his thorns?
-What does that mean?
His moustache!
I can’t stand boys
with moustache.
Really? But you know
what they say.
"No pain,
no pleasure"?
You naughty!
Let's go.
Kohinoor.
Dear Imam,
why am I being
tested this way?
Allah, please show me
the right path!
These Jews from
the west!
They invent these
sinful devices
and manage to
trap everyone!
Muslims all over the world
have fallen into their trap!
Religious leaders like my brother
host television shows!
May God punish them!
If I throw the television
into the river,
then non-believer’s right to practice
his own religion will be hampered.
On the other hand, if I let the
television remain in the village,
our religious beliefs
will be hampered.
What should I do?
Sir, please don’t think
I am supporting the television.
But I have not found anything
in the Quran or Hadith
that suggests watching
television is forbidden.
You think you know everything?
Was television discovered when the Quran
was bestowed upon humanity?
No.
Do you agree that lifeless
images are forbidden?
Yes, I do.
Do the image shown on
television have life?
No.
Then what do they become?
Haraam or halaal?
In that case, you can tell Kumar Babu
to keep the television in his house.
Only Hindus will be allowed to watch it.
No Muslims can watch.
If he allows any
Muslim to watch it,
he, along with the Muslim,
will be punished,
and the television will be
thrown into the river.
All right, Kumar Babu.
Not a single Muslim should
watch your television.
And if you fail
to ensure this,
then God knows what
punishment will befall you.
Be careful.
Take it inside.
Sir, please turn the television
in our direction.
Please, sir.
Haven’t you heard the Chairman?
I can’t let anyone watch television
But we are Hindus!
We can watch.
-Sir,
please turn the television
in this direction.
We can’t see anything
from this this angle.
Jahangir, haven’t you
heard the Chairman?
I have to ensure that no Muslims
watch the television.
Sir, the Chairman will
never know.
Hey, you people, are you
going to tell him?
No, no!
Sir, no one will tell! And who keeps track
of things that happen at night, anyway?
Can you see?
-To your left.
No, no, a little right.
Is this Ok?
-Yes, now it’s fine.
Father, Elias Sir doesn’t know
how to teach math.
I will definitely fail if I continue
my math tuition with Elias Sir.
Amjad got extraordinary
marks in math last year.
Why did Amjad
do so well?
Because he took private tuition
from Kumar Sir.
Likewise, I need to take
private tuitions from Kumar Sir .
All the kids go to him.
Three zeros after one
is one thousand.
Three zeros after one
is one thousand.
Four zeros after one
is ten thousand.
Four zeros after one
is ten thousand.
Five zeros after one
is one lac.
Five zeros after one
is one lac.
Six zeros after one
is ten lacs.
Six zeros after one
is ten lacs.
Seven zeros after one
is one crore.
Seven zeros after one
is one crore.
Kohinoor, it's Mojnu.
Where did you go?
To Kumar
Sir`s place.
Are you going to ask
anything else?
I will not stand in
your way anymore.
-If you want me
to do anything,
-you simply have
to tell the Boss.
He will convey
your messages to me.
Is there any point in
showing my face to you anymore?
You are never going to
show me your face?
Why are you still
standing here, then?
Gosh, why are you so dramatic?
Hey, Mojnu. come here.
Take Kohinoor to her home.
OK, Boss.
It won’t be right for her
to go alone.
And while returning, please
meet Kumar Babu.
-Why?
He has committed a crime
by bringing a television into the village.
People roam around his house
to watch it.
-What will happen to him
if my father finds out?
So, if he wants
to be safe,
he should invite Kohinoor
into his house to watch television.
OK.
Now go.
Let’s go, sister.
Sorry, sir. I have forgotten what
I am supposed to tell you.
I have remembered...
you have committed a crime
by bringing a television to the village.
People roam around your
house and watch television.
What will happen to you if
Chairman Uncle comes to know?
So, if you want to be safe,
you should let Kohinoor
into your house to watch television.
Got it?
I do not let any Muslim
watch television!
Hey, why do you
talk so much?
Just remember
what I said.
Are you all well?
-How can we be well?
Allow us to
either buy a television
or drink poison.
What do you mean?
I cannot understand you.
We cannot survive without
buying a television.
You cannot live
without television?
Then, go and die.
Better you die.
Wait! You people
talk rubbish!
Don’t take offense, Uncle.
As you know, they are primary
school teachers,
and you know that they
have meager earnings.
Even you help
them sometimes.
They do tuition outside school hours
to earn a little extra.
But ever since Kumar Babu
brought that television,
all students-Hindus and Muslims-
go to his place to study.
They watch
television while studying.
I need proof.
Can you prove it to me?
Sir, you want proof?
Come with us right now.
Let’s go…
Open the door,
Kumar Babu.
Wait there.
Do you let them watch
television?
No. I never let them
watch television.
Do you watch television
while studying?
Hey, you wait.
Aren’t you
Ruhul Amin’s daughter?
Haven’t your parents taught
you any manners?
An elderly is asking
you to stay.
Do you watch
television or not?
Speak the truth
and get 500 taka as a reward.
Uncle, I will.
Yes, speak.
We don't watch TV. They sit in that corner
so they can watch television in the mirror.
They beat us if we
want to sit there,
and say “You don’t need to watch television.
You can only listen.”
So, they watch movies and we listen movies!
Hmm...Jabbar,
give him 500 taka.
All right.
Kumar Babu,
how much did
your TV cost?
8,000 taka.
Hey, Jabbar.
-Yes, Uncle?
You will give him 9,000 taka later.
Yes, Uncle.
Take his television,
and come with me.
From today, there will be
no television in this village.
come here.
Why are you here?
To watch television?
Why don’t you answer?
See, Jabbar, what an
insolent girl!
Hey, reply to his questions!
Go to the yard.
And hold your ears,
and do 3 sit-ups.
It will be a lesson for anyone
who is thinking of being disobedient.
Come with me!
Do the sit-ups here!
Why aren’t you doing?
One,
two,
three.
Why aren’t you stopping?
I asked you to do
it three times.
What happened?
See, Jabbar, what an
insolent girl!
Stop.
Ok, let me talk to
her parents.
Let’s go.
Don’t try to contact
me from today.
I don’t have any
relations with you.
Why are you so upset?
If you can’t live your
life without him,
why not sort out the issue
and continue the relationship?
Mom, I want to,
but my anger is not allowing me.
Then forget him.
Mom, how can I?
I love him
so much.
Stop crying.
It's time for Magrib prayers.
This bloody television
is killing me!
Don’t speak like
a woman.
You are the
Chairman’s son.
You should
sit up straight.
Girls will come
and go like tides.
There will be
more Kohinoors.
What are you saying?
Has she
left me forever?
She is only a little
upset with me!
Why will she leave you?
You will leave her.
I discovered that it’s only
for watching television.
Uncle Sattar
will elaborate.
I worked so hard
to discover
that the reason young people are going
across the river is to watch television.
And you just said that
you found it out?
What a cheat.
Cheat?
-Oh, shut up!
Don’t fight for credit now!
Do one thing, Jabbar. Set up
vigilance in riverside market.
Look for the kids
from our village.
Catch them red-handed,
and punish them.
But there is something
I do not understand.
People used to go to
the riverside market before.
But they were never seen
crazy to watch tv before.
Now what happened
to them?
-Youth of the village!
-You don’t have to risk taking the drubbing for
watching cinema in Sudharam’s television stalls.
-Come to Javed Theater to
watch cinema for free.
-Just bring your coconuts,
and get tickets in exchange.
-Hurry, hurry, hurry!
You advertise
this evil stuff?
Get lost.
We want tickets.
Next show please!
Who will go to hell
if you go to the cinema or watch television?
Me or you?
Don’t I want the betterment
of the village?
Who saved you from the clutches of
NGO’s micro-credit?
Who gave you loans
with no interest?
I have lost connection
with the villagers--
do as you wish.
Jabbar, get them
out my sight.
Uncle, we have
made a mistake.
Please forgive us.
We were good
in the past.
We have become addicted to
movies on Kumar Babu’s television.
We will no longer watch
television or go to the cinema.
Hey, will any of you
watch it again?
No, no. we will not
watch it anymore.
Please forgive us.
Please don’t curse us.
OK. This is your
last chance.
Jabbar, tell them
to go now.
Go. All of you.
It is a shame that my people got
caught at a movie theater!
Uncle, I have an idea.
What idea?
Introduce a visa system
in the village.
What is that?
Jabbar, are you stealing my
credit yet again?
Uncle, this idea
came to me first.
Let’s introduce guards
on our village jetty.
If anyone wishes to cross the river,
the person needs to get a visa.
This system won’t work.
We need to find way
to entertain the villagers.
What kind of entertainment?
Should I okay cinema-
television now?
-If you permit me,
I can make a Halal
television for them.
How can a television be Halal?
-Permit me to make it.
Once I am done,
you can see it for yourself.
If you think it’s Halal,
then we will continue it.
OK. if you can make
it Halal, go ahead.
You taste it first.
Then tell me
how it tastes.
Brother, there is nothing
to be afraid of.
Initially tastes bitter,
but eventually becomes normal.
Mojnu, I’m good for nothing.
I am so pathetic that I can’t
even drink alcohol.
How would I drink
poison if i had to, then?
-Take it, Mojnu.
Drink on my behalf.
Drink for my sorrows.
Let me drink water.
Her memory turns
everything into alcohol.
No matter whether
it’s water or milk.
Boss, I have almost finished
the bottle drinking for your sorrows.
Only a little is left.
Can I drink it for my own sorrows?
What is your sorrow?
Doesn’t everyone have some?
So many secret sorrows!
You have been with me for so long,
and yet I don’t know your sorrows.
Tell me.
Do you know
whom I love, boss?
Who?
I will tell you everything today!
I will confess everything!
Want one?
I love one of my cousins.
We used to play together
in our childhood.
You won’t believe it—
she looked exactly like your Kohinoor.
And, oh God, her name
was also Kohinoor.
Idiot,
-not you
the guy who has
an affair with Kohinoor
If I could catch him,
I would beat him.
Boss, I have drunk for
your sorrows of your Kohinoor,
now can I drink for
my Kohinoor?
Drink!
O Kohinoor!
O Kohinoor!
I love you.
No son of a devil can take
you away from me!
Kohinoor!
Why are you here
at this late hour?
Do you study even
on Eid day?
Good student.
Now, take this
mobile phone.
Settle the issue with
Rahman Bhai.
Which Rahman Bhai?
Oh, Rahman, Solaiman, X, Y, Z.
They are all the same to me now.
Please settle all differences
with Boss Solaiman.
-He has started
drinking for you.
Drinking what?
Alcohol!
He is burning his heart
by drinking Alcohol.
-He will die for you.
Tell him to marry alcohol.
Let him die drinking alcohol.
Fine.
-Listen,
if he wants to marry me,
he will have to do
what I say.
Fine.
-Hey,
did I tell you what he
needs to do?
Why are you leaving
without listening?
Ok. Tell me.
-If he wants to marry me,
he will have to stand
against his father.
He will have to buy a television
and come straight to my house.
Together, we will
watch it.
The entire village
will watch.
Then, I will marry him.
Fine.
Will you tell him
exactly what I told you?
Or will you twist it?
You do not love me.
No problem.
But I can not accept that you
do not trust me.
I am still on my feet only
because I am drunk today.
Otherwise,
I would have fallen flat.
Please fall.
What?
I love you, I love you, I love you.
I have a private television.
I can see you live
on that imaginary television.
And in that television, I do lot
of censored thing with you.
Resist me if you can.
I don’t love you. I don’t love you. I don't love you.
There, I resisted you
Ok. Fine
Drunk.
Can’t you slap him?
Impossible!
Will I point gun at my father?
How can you?
I will leave Kohinoor
from now.
I have no relation with her anymore.
I am relieved.
What else did she say?
She talked a lot of
rubbish about you.
And now you have
just left her.
Why show interest about
what she said?
You are right.
I have no interest.
So should I find
a bride for you then?
Aunty was telling me the
other day to find one.
Dear villagers.
Today, I would like to
make an announcement.
I have decided to
embark on the Hajj this year.
I should have
gone long ago.
But as you know,
I did not go because I am
scared to ride in an airplane.
I realize now that was
the devil’s influence.
I will liberate myself from
the devil’s clutches and make the journey.
Many blessings
for my villagers.
-No one will get a visa
unless it is urgent.
What`s your purpose?
I wish to see
my relatives.
Your visa refused.
Why, Uncle?
-Next, please.
-My aunty has been
in an accident.
-Tell me the truth.
Uncle, I have a feeling
that he is lying.
Tell the truth.
If you are indeed lying,
you won’t be able to stop me
from speaking ill of you.
You have run this system
for a long time.
Change this system now.
Please make your
uncle understand...
Uncle, please...
Who the hell is he
to make me understand?
You talk to me.
Can you I talk to you later?
Uncle, I will arrange
your passport.
Don’t worry.
Talk to the Hajj agent.
Check whether anyone can go
to perform Hajj without a passport.
Uncle, I don’t think you will be able to
go without a passport.
Take a picture.
What’s the big deal?
Uncle hasn’t eaten anything.
Can you please ask him
to have something?
Chairman Saheb. It's afternoon.
Won`t you take lunch?
Did uncle eat anything?
Nope.
How can you
do this, Uncle?
Aunty told me you are
not eating anything.
She also said you are not
sleeping well.
If something happens to you,
where will we go?
What is the deadline for
Hajj visa applications?
The time is
already up.
But they said if we submit the passport
in a week, they can send you.
I have an idea to make a passport
without taking the picture.
What is your idea?
What’s up?
Came to meet you.
Then why are you
standing outside?
Hey, why have you not taken
him inside yet?
I did go in.
Also had tea.
Just came out
to enjoy the wind.
Come, come.
Your proposal is
very good.
My twin brother wants
to go on a pilgrimage.
So he wants to use
my photo in his passport.
I go to hell,
he goes to heaven.
Tell him to take
his own photo
if he wants to go
to heaven.
He needs a
passport-sized photo.
Go inside, please.
Make sure nobody knows
that I took photo.
Please raise
your head a little.
Open your eyes.
Look this way.
Smile a bit.
Open your eyes, please.
Keep your eyes, open.
Smile, please.
Jabbar,
Is that Sattar playing
King Akbar’s character?
Yes.
This will not do.
Why, Uncle?
He is pretending to be Akbar.
He is lying.
And the villagers are
believing this lie.
Both are committing
sin here.
Islam does not allow lying.
That's why novel,
cinema-all are bad.
This is a little
imagination, uncle.
No imagination is allowed.
Imagination is bad.
Young people tend to fantasize things
riding on the horse of imagination.
Tell everyone that the Halal TV
show is canceled.
Go and stop it.
Stop everything.
-I have forgotten you, kohinoor!
And I am happy to forget!
Good job.
You should not keep
her in your mind.
May Allah bless you.
Believe me.
I believe you.
I have forgotten her.
Talking like a man!
-But how can I forget her?
Dear villagers! Dear villagers!
Next Friday, Ms. Kohinoor, daughter
of Ruhul Amin Uncle of this village,
will get married to Solaiman Patowary,
the only son of Amin Patowary, which means me.
All of you are welcome
to the ceremony.
Come and have
beef and mutton for lunch.
Next Friday, Ms. Kohinoor, daughter
of Ruhul Amin Uncle of this village,
will get married to Solaiman Patowary,
the only son of Amin Patowary,
which means me.
Come and have
beef and mutton for lunch.
On the same day, a television
will enter this village.
I and Kohinoor Begum will watch
television in Kohinoor's house.
You are also welcome
to watch.
Hey, stand here.
From now,
a revolution has started.
This village will not run
by anybody’s whim.
Young people will also
have their say.
We will go to college.
We will be modern.
We will be pious.
Where are they?
On the fisheries bridge.
Please have as much
as you want.
Hey, give some to him.
Mojnu, aren’t you eating?
Hey, insolent boy! Leave the mic,
and come down right now.
-Hey, Mr. Amin Chairman.
-I revolt against you today.
Go and catch them.
I will crack your head
open right now.
Bury that Jabbar
into the ground.
The youth has
revolted today.
No one can suppress
the youth any longer.
Give Jabbar's bag back.
Hey, give it back.
Just give the order,
Chairman Saheb.
We will level the young men
to the ground.
-Jomila Begum.
When the boy was young,
-you once suffered
from typhoid.
-I used to stay
awake all night.
-If the boy urinated,
I changed his clothes.
Today, the same boy wants
to beat me. I should die.
-Don't cry, please.
-Don’t cry anymore.
-Please don’t
curse him anymore.
-If you want to curse
someone, curse me.
Allah, please don’t
punish my son.
Please forgive me
if I have committed any sin.
Had I not been a sinner, would I
have been so humiliated by my own son?
I have forgiven him.
Please forgive him,
oh Allah.
Allah, please don’t
punish my son.
-I have killed my father.
Go and sorry to your father.
Rivals are shaking hands.
So what happens
to my injury and insult?
Forget your insult.
It happened in chaos.
Now pray so that they
are united again.
Uncle, I should have
punched on your face.
And see how you still
say these sweet words?
But I am not insolent.
I can't do this.
I have forgiven you.
I do not hold
any grudge.
Listen Solaiman’s mother,
go to Kohinoor's house,
and finalize their marriage.
It is almost time for me
to go to perform Hajj.
I will arrange the ceremony
when I back-
Only if Allah allows me
to get back safely.
What's up?
I have to come
to thank you.
Thanks for marrying
somebody else.
Great news!
Another great news
is awaiting for you.
I am leaving
this village.
That doesn’t mean that
I am setting you free.
I will continue the conjugal
life with you forever.
How?
I told you before-
I have an imaginary television.
I can imagine you
by turning that tv on.
I can do whatever
I wish to-
make love, fight, or pat.
I will be having my conjugal life there.
Every morning I will ask
for three cups of tea.
You will ask-
why three cups?
I will reply- one for you, one for me,
and one for our daughter Fullie.
I am no more a servant.
I am a free man now.
I can tell freely-
I love you Kohinoor.
Good bye.
Hey Mojnu,
hold this and play.
Where are you going?
Come here
Nowhere.
Okay, fine!
I was looking for you.
Go to Riverside market.
Buy 5kg rice, 5kg meat, 2kg sugar,
4kg vermicelli.
Plain vermicelli
or modern one?
Both.
And 4 kg butter.
Paijam or Kalijira rice?
Whatever is the best!
You know this is for
Kohinoor's family. It has to best.
Oh yeah! Of course.
Hey, do I know?
They came here to talk about marriage.
But they made it official.
Hey, hold for
a moment.
Aunty...
What did you
bring here?
Solaiman sent all these.
Can you please check if
the butter is alright or not?
If it is bad,
I will kill the shopkeeper.
Go get married.
Then your father-in-law
can also send these.
Anyway,
there will be a ceremony once my
father-in-law is back from Hajj.
Hold on a second.
Aunty, please check if
the butter is okay or not.
If it is bad,
I will kill the shopkeeper.
How many times
do you have to say this?
Jabbar and Solaiman could have
gone with you to town.
What's the use?
I will go to my
grave alone, anyway.
How have you been?
Am good
Am leaving for Hajj.
Please pray for me.
Jabbar,
go to office everyday.
Now leave.
Father, please
do pray for us.
Please forgive me father.
I have made mistakes.
Do take care
of yourself.
Don't forget to take
medicine regurlarly.
Now leave.
Take care
of your mother.
The boat is
about to depart.
Can you take me?
Where?
Nikunja
-OK.
How much
will you charge?
150 taka.
Can you please take my bags?
Both of them.
How much did
you give them?
I have given 3 lacs taka
to Shukur Ali to perform Hajj.
How many of
you are here?
20 to 25 of us.
15 to 20 of us are together.
We demand the government
sends us for Hajj now.
When was the last time
you spoke to Shukur Ali?
We spoke yesterday.
He told us he will get us the flight.
When we came here,
we found the doors locked.
What can we do now?
We demand the government
send us for Hajj now.
How did you manage
so much money?
My son lives abroad.
He sent me
3 lacs taka for Hajj.
I gave it to Shukur Ali.
And now, Shukur Ali
has cheated me.
So what will you do now?
What can we do?
Now, we cry to Allah.
I see no other
options or hope.
What will I tell my son?
You all live in town.
I came from my village
to go for Hajj.
But I cannot go now.
I never harmed anyone
my entire life.
I always helped People.
If I cannot go to Hajj,
people will think Allah has not
accepted me.
How will I show my face
to my people then?
I will give you any amount.
please help me go for Hajj.
You are like my father.
I feel for you.
But I can do nothing.
Hotel BALAGONJ. Dhaka.
Uncle. Your dinner
Leave the food here,
and close the door.
Why didn't you
have your dinner?
I wasn’t hungry.
Then I am taking dinner back
and leaving the hot lunch.
Uncle, if you don’t eat,
we will be in trouble.
We don’t want a
murder case here.
Hey, you there,
Can you please turn
on the television?
I wish to see the Hajj.
Oh God,
I am present.
Oh Allah, no matter where I live,
in Dhaka or in Mecca,
I have reached You-
I have reached you riding
the horse of imagination.
Oh God,
I am present.