Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke (1963) - full transcript
Bombay-based Commercial Pilot, Anilkumar Sahni, while being held in a prison cell, reflects on his romance and subsequent marriage with Paris-born Neena - much to the chagrin of his wealthy widower father, Rai Bahadur Gyanchand Sahni. The couple live harmoniously together and become parents of Rita and Pavan. He introduces his wife to his friends, Kewal Kapoor and Ashok Srivastava, and while he is away on a 4 month trip overseas, Ashok and Neena become friendly and have an affair. When he returns, he notices the change, is enraged, borrows a gun from Kewal and goes to confront Ashok. The confrontation results in the latter's death, and Anilkumar's arrest. His father engages the services of Advocate Buom Kesh Mukherjee, while the Public Prosecutor, Ali Khan, is all set to present evidence and argue that the accused be sentenced to death.
It is written
in the Holy Bible that...
one day Jesus Christ was passing
the market place...
He saw some people
stoning a woman.
On asking the reason, they
answered that she had sinned...
and they would kill her.
To this Jesus said it was fine but
the person who has never sinned...
should cast the first stone.
All of them stopped.
Jesus said the greatest punishment
for person who has sinned was...
his repentance and tears of regret.
"If the right was given
to commit sin..."
"let me also have
the right to repent"
"For my actions..."
"let me have the right
to be ashamed"
"What good is spurning someone..."
"who is already spurned?"
"If the right was given
to fall..."
"let me also have the right
to stand up on my feet"
"The soul is destroyed..."
"and the heart is ruined"
"Now that a sin is committed..."
"stop another
from being committed"
"Do not shut the doors..."
"for a sinner"
"If You will..."
"help this miserable world"
"In its own fire..."
"the heart burns
like a lamp"
"Now that a sin is committed..."
"stop another
from being committed"
"O God of the Suns
and the Moons..."
"I beg Thee for light"
"I'm dead"
"I beg Thee for another life"
"Have mercy on me now"
"I've endured enough misery"
"Now that a sin is committed..."
"stop another
from being committed"
"The soul is destroyed..."
"and the heart is ruined"
"Now that a sin is committed..."
"stop another
from being committed"
In a dark cell,
few good moments...
of the past
is the only hope of survival.
And a man can live
reminiscing these moments.
Time brings about
many changes in a person.
Those were very strange days
when I first met Nina.
Bidding farewell to my heart,
we went to Kashmir for a holiday.
"The heart that you clap
your eyes on..."
"is a goner"
"Whatever happens of the killer..."
"God help the victim"
"You enliven..."
"a gathering"
"Should you leave..."
"the gathering disarrays"
"The heart that you clap
your eyes on..."
"is a goner"
"Whatever happens of the killer..."
"God help the victim"
"With a companion like you..."
"who cares for the destination?"
"I love the journey..."
"farewell to the destination"
"The heart that you clap
your eyes on..."
"is a goner"
"Whatever happens of the killer..."
"God help the victim"
"I belong to you now..."
"so does my boat"
"I shall never look back again"
"Goodbye to the shore"
"The heart that you clap
your eyes on..."
"is a goner"
"Whatever happens of the killer..."
"God help the victim"
The love story of Noorjehan and
Jehangir was defined beautifully!
And to repeat this love story
over the ages...
perhaps was the reason
why this Nishad Baug was made.
The lovers can come here...
and kindle themselves
in fire of their love!
I have heard that
the flame burns the moth...
but today I cannot understand...
if the flame is burning
or is it the moth?
If possible, try to understand
who is burning whom?
I am not that fortunate that
the flame will burn me...
every leaf of this garden
can narrate my love story.
Do you know that the Taj Mahal
houses two lifeless bodies of...
Shahjahan and Mumtaz Mahal.
But you can find their spirit roaming
till date, in the Shalimar Gardens.
Someone asked them their names
and their whereabouts.
And what did they answer?
They answered "The ones who are
mortal go to God after death..."
"but we are lovers, we live
in the heart of our lover"
This is Chashm-E-Shahi.
Here Noorjehan asked Jehangir...
whether anybody has seen a pearl
that is half black and half white?
To which Jehangir said that
he had seen it.
Noorjehan must have asked where?
- Yes.
And Jehangir answered that...
the tears from the eyes
of a beautiful maiden...
which is formed while
she is lining it with kohl.
What reply did Noorjehan give?
Noorjehan kissed Jehangir.
Can I come close to you?
O God, please tell Nina
to belong to me!
O God! Please tell Anil that
I wish to belong to him forever!
O God! We hope that you will
shower your blessings on us!
My dear, come close to me.
Please!... What did you say?
Think what this breeze...
and this scenic beauty tell us...
two young hearts kindled with love
are apart from each other?
Both are being consumed
in the fervor of love!
Come closer!
"Look at the breeze
and the lovely sights"
"My beauty pales before theirs"
"My beauty is just an illusion"
"Don't fall for it"
My darling...
my sweetheart...
Let us flow with
the gentle tide of words...
let our breath get intense...
let us whisper sweet nothings
to each other!
Come closer to me!
The mingling of our breath...
will light up our lives!
And our love will bloom, isn't it?
"The fragrance of the breath
and the seducing words..."
"are just conspiracies
of the senses"
"This shower of poetry
and the melodramatic music..."
"will pass with the night"
This silence and
middle of the night...
when the moon is staring
at us with sleepy eyes...
then why shouldn't we go ahead?
Let us walk towards the horizon...
let us sleep
in each others arms...
and let some angel find us
in the wee hours of morning....
seeing our cold corpses...
he showers us with the dew drops...
and cover our body with it.
"In the journey of love,
this is my first step"
"I shall go with you
wherever you take me"
"It's an unknown path for me,
and I don't know my destination"
"I'm oblivious,
lead me"
"I'm oblivious, lead me"
Your father has come to meet you.
Whenever I committed any sin,
I have punished myself severely.
But I never deterred
from the path of truth.
The religion thrives on truth,
law thrives on justice...
but today, a father needs his son!
But father, I did not
commit the murder.
That night around 10 p.m.,
when I left the house in anger...
it was raining and
thundering very heavily.
I've told you many times not to
interfere in my personal matters.
I don't like it.
Ashok, do you think that
I am a statue?
I should listen to all your good and
bad things without uttering a word?
Will you always treat me like this?
If you are destined for this treatment
then what can I do?
It doesn't matter,
who treats you like this!
You had promised to marry me.
People like me consider it very bad
to keep up to promises and loyalty.
Its considered very inauspicious.
I wonder which ill fated moment
was it when you met Nina.
That was a very fortunate moment.
- Aren't you ashamed?
Should you behave like this after
ruining the life of a decent girl?
I don't behave like this
at all with decent girls!
But I don't consider those girls
decent, who before marriage...
Let go!
A wounded tigress
is very dangerous, Ashok!
You cannot escape her wrath!
I know of many tricks, Asha.
Your threats will not work on me!
I will surely take my revenge!
- Please go ahead.
You must have come to meet Mrs Sahni.
But Nina is not here!
Where is Ashok?
- He is drinking in his bedroom.
And he is remembering Nina.
Anil, you go to the police station
immediately, I'll inform your father!
And don't give any statement until
your father reaches with a lawyer.
Okay, go now!
There is nothing to worry, Anil.
I've engaged Mr B.K. Mukherjee,
the leading lawyer in India...
you tell him the truth.
Anil, I will never consider Nina
as my daughter-in-law...
but from today, she will live
in my house as my daughter!
Daddy! How are you, daddy?
It's been so long since
you've come home.
Please tell us,
when will you come home?
Mr Anil Kumar Sahni,
the charges against you are...
that, in Mumbai,
on the 14th of November,...
you killed Mr Ashok Srivastav
in his flat at 10 p.m.
Do you accept you are guilty or not?
I am not guilty!
No criminal accepts
that he has done the crime.
Your Honour and the most honourable
members of the jury...
I request you that
after hearing this case...
you give your valued opinion
that the accused is guilty or not.
I request the honourable members
of the jury to hear this case...
and give a verdict.
I would like to say that
murders are of 2 types.
One, as per the situation, which
the killer does when provoked...
the sentence for this
is not for many years.
And the other is premeditated.
That means, committing
a murder with a proper planning.
And the killer gets
a death penalty for this crime.
Members of the jury...
I represent this case
as the prosecution lawyer...
and will fight the case
against the accused.
And my honourable friend,
Mr Mukherjee...
who has been specially called
from Calcutta for this case...
and he is even known for
releasing the criminals...
will fight the case for the accused
as his defense lawyer.
My friend and I share
a very long and old association...
he tries his best to kill people
and I save them!
Irrespective if the accused is a
criminal or not, you will save him!
Irrespective if the accused is
innocent, you'll surely sentence him!
I beg your pardon.
Honorable members of the jury,
this is a case of murder.
The occurrence is
very clear and simple.
With the occurrence one thing is
proved, the murder surely took place.
And Anil committed this murder.
Anil Sahni is a pilot
of a high grade.
He has also represented India in the
hockey matches at international levels
He was victimized by the
licentious nature of his wife...
and was provoked to kill
his friend, Ashok Srivastav.
Anil went to Ashok's flat at
Carmichael Road at 10 p.m.
And few minutes later, there were
gun shots heard from that place.
And Ashok died!
And the story of revenge and
vengeance which has been repeating...
from the times of Adam and Eve,
was repeated once again!
I would like to present few witnesses.
First witness is Kewal Kapoor...
from whose house
the revolver was stolen.
Mr Kewal Kapoor, the friend of
the accused, Anil Sahni.
Since how many years
do you know the accused?
As far as my memory is concerned...
my mother used to say that
we were born on the same day.
It was during Diwali, he was born
bravely and I came out with fright!
I asked you since how long
do you know Anil Sahni?
I did say that we were born
together, we played together...
we went to college at the same time
and took up the job together.
He was brave, he became a pilot, I
was a coward, I became an assistant.
What do you know of the relations
between Ashok and Anil Sahni's wife?
We all frequented Ashok's house.
We met almost every evening
in the club or at his house.
Did the accused ever speak to you about
his wife and Ashok's relationship?
You really are strange!
Excuse me...
but if my wife or your wife
had relations with late Ashok...
then would we publicize it
amongst our other friends?
Then what would we do?
- We would drown with shame!
And if that was no solution then?
Then we would do the same as Anil!
In the court, a witness is asked for
his statement, not for his opinion.
Okay tell us what transpired on
the night of 14th November?
On night of 14th November, 11 p.m.,
I was dancing in Hotel Natraj.
Anil came to me, he was
very scared and he took me out.
He said that he was perhaps dead.
When I asked him who he said
that the scoundrel Ashok was dead.
What else did Anil say?
- He said that...
in his nervousness, he left
my revolver at his place.
When I was surprised he told me that
he had taken it from my house.
What were you doing
when he took your revolver?
I was exercising at that time.
That means Anil stole your revolver?
Yes, he stole my revolver.
Where did you keep your revolver?
There is a life size picture
of Lord Hanuman in my room...
I used to hide
my revolver behind that.
Behind Lord Hanuman's picture?
- Yes, why is it a sin to do that?
I guess you are a devotee of Hanuman?
- Yes, ask me why?
Why?
- After Lord Ram, only Hanuman had...
the power to destroy Ravan. I think
He can save me from any grave problems
Please tell me, when Lord Hanuman
shot at Ravan...
What are you saying?
There were no bullets then, they used
bow and arrows and swords.
Then as per current laws,
don't you know that...
you must keep a gun in a safe place
and not hide it behind a picture?
I felt that there was no better safe
place than Lord Hanuman's picture.
Because, I have never seen anyone with
the same sense of duty as Hanuman.
You can read the Ramayan.
- I will surely read it.
But when you had entrusted the duty
of the revolver to Lord Hanuman...
then what was the fear, do you
exercise to increase your energy?
Yes, if you read Ramayan you'll know
Hanuman was the master of exercises!
And there is a picture of
Lord Hanuman in all wrestling arenas.
And all the wrestlers exercise
in front of his picture?
Yes, they even scream "Hail
Lord Hanuman, make the enemy weak!"
And that day, were you exercising
in front of Hanuman's picture...
and saying the same things?
Yes, I was exercising and
imploring to Lord Hanuman!
Mr Kewal Kapoor was shouting in
front of Lord Hanuman's picture...
and in front of his eyes,
Mr Anil Sahni stole his revolver...
and he didn't even see it.
Glory to Lord Hanuman!
Mr Ram Singh, the chef
of Ashok Srivastav.
Is your name Ram Singh?
- Yes, sir.
My father's name is G. Singh and
my grandfather's name is Ajit Singh.
That's it! Where do you stay?
Nainital.
What did you do at Mr Ashok's place?
- I cooked.
Okay, now tell everyone what happened
on the night of 14th November?
I was in the kitchen
when my master called me.
He told me to fry few almonds and
cashew nuts. I went inside...
when I suddenly heard
some gun shots.
I ran towards the master's room...
I saw that my master was shot...
and this man
was leaving the place.
You said that every evening your
master asked you to fry nuts for him.
Yes, sir.
- Did he have them with tea or coffee?
He never drank tea or coffee,
he always had whiskey.
Did he drink whiskey alone?
No sir, with women.
Ram Singh, do you know
the names of those women?
I don't know their names but
I know the food they ate.
What food did you cook for them?
- For the Christian women...
I cooked ham and turkey.
And for the Hindu women
I cooked spinach and vegetables.
And I cooked chicken and mutton
for the Muslim girls.
Is Mr Mukherjee defending his client,
or trying to hook a cook for himself?
You can ask the witness only
questions relating to this case.
The relation is Ashok Srivastav's
specific interest, as Ram Singh said...
was with women and this has a
very deep connection with this case.
When your master used to talk with
women, were you always in the kitchen?
Even I have a girlfriend,
she is very nice, sir.
I'm going to marry her.
- That's a very good news, Ram Singh.
If your master also felt the same
then perhaps he wouldn't be murdered.
Aspersions are being cast at the
deceased Ashok Srivastav's character.
Was the same girl with you the night
your boss was killed? Try to remember.
Yes sir, I remember. It was
raining and lightning heavily.
And we both were very scared.
And was someone with your master?
- Madam Asha!
Did you see?
- When I was taking the nuts inside...
they were fighting.
He asked her to get out and
she told him to shut up!
I got scared and
returned to my kitchen.
Then I and my dame had a swill each.
Then I pushed her out
through the back door.
After that?
- After that I heard the gun shots.
You just said that there was
thundering and lightning...
so the noise that you heard was it
the gun shot or the lightning?
There was thundering but
I did hear the gun shots too!
But how could you hear
the gun shots amidst this noise?
I just heard it.
- Perhaps, by then...
the lightning and thundering stopped?
Yes, sir.
So that you could hear
the gun shots clearly?
Yes, sir... no, sir!
It must have been
a coincidence, sir.
Very good. A coincidence.
Your Honour, members of the jury,
it was a coincidence!
Mr Ali Khan, all this
was a coincidence!
Ms Asha.
Where were you on
the night of murder, Ms Asha?
I was in Ashok's flat.
What were you doing there?
- He was my fiance.
We were going to get married.
I used to go to his house often.
And that night too, I went there.
What happened that night?
- When I was returning from there...
Mr Anil entered Ashok's house
in a very angry mood.
He had a revolver in his hand
and when I asked him the reason...
he said that he wanted
to kill Ashok.
I tried to stop him but
he did not listen to me.
And he entered Ashok's bedroom
and closed the door.
After sometime,
I heard few gun shots.
The door opened and
Mr Anil ran out.
And then you went into the room
and saw Ashok's dead body?
Since there was no light
in the flat and the building...
I found Ashok dead after sometime.
And close to him was
Anil's revolver.
Ms Asha, since when do you
know Mr Ashok Srivastav?
Since 3 years.
- How did you meet him the first time?
There was a New Year eve dance
in CCI and even I had been there.
Ashok asked me
for a dance and I agreed.
After the dance, he gave me his card
and asked me to visit him.
And you visited him?
- Yes.
Because, he insisted that
I should visit him.
Ms Asha, do you go so easily
on the first invitation itself?
Of course not!
- Then how come you...
went to Ashok Srivastav's house?
Because I liked him a lot.
- Because, you found him rich.
This is wrong.
- It is true!
Asha, agreed that you did not go
there because he is rich...
but you went there because
you liked that man.
It could be possible that
he really was a good man.
But I don't know how you thought in
one meeting that he was a nice man?
God has bestowed every person
with a little sense of thinking...
by which he can differentiate
between good and bad.
That's exactly what I was thinking
that in 10 minutes flat...
you can analyze
a person's character...
but it's surprising that in 4 months,
you couldn't understand the woman...
who cheated you and snatched away
your fiancee from you?
That's because she was married.
And I always thought that...
she would never have
such intentions for another man.
Why don't you clearly say Nina Sahni
is more beautiful than you?
Beautiful? I have been
honoured Miss Mumbai.
Ashok's nature was such, he would
get enticed by any new woman.
And you, I beg your pardon,
had become quite old for him!
Agreed that she was not
better looking than you...
neither did your charm
wear off from him...
but you yet noticed that Ashok
was attracted to Nina Sahni.
Yes, they would meet clandestinely
without my knowledge.
When I couldn't bear this anymore,
I fought with Ashok.
It had a bad effect, in anger
he threatened to break the engagement.
But I did not agree.
- Why didn't you break the engagement?
What was the reason for which you
could not sever your ties with him?
Jealousy, greed, obsession?
No! I loved Ashok!
I did not want to leave him!
I wanted him to belong only to me
and nobody else!
Mr Mukherjee has no right
to ask questions...
which are not related
with this case.
And to rub salt over the wounds
of a girl jilted in love!
It is a sin for me to rub salt
over someone's wounds then...
but to hang an innocent man is a
very good deed according to my friend!
Anyway Asha, as you just said...
you loved Ashok so much
that you could not leave him.
No wonder you went to his flat every
evening... I mean how was your love?
Was it platonic love,
a clean relationship or...?
My friend should be ashamed
to ask such questions.
I am feeling ashamed, Mr Ali Khan.
"You will feel embarrassed if
I narrate the tales of the night"
You were right, Mr Khan. Forget
whatever happened last night!
But there is one thing. Asha,
you are the last person...
who saw Ashok Srivastav
alive that night.
Can you tell me...
The last person
who saw Ashok alive...
was not me, it was Mr Anil.
I mean, you were the first woman
who saw Ashok's dead body.
No, Mr Anil was the first man
who saw Ashok's dead body.
You came well prepared to the court!
You don't know me very well, I am
always well prepared for anything!
Can I prepare some dinner for you?
That day is not very far
but today, I am not ready.
As you wish!
I have stated that Ashok Srivastav
was shot on his temple...
and he died due to that.
I state that the revolver had
the fingerprints of the accused.
Why did father shoot Ashok uncle?
The boys in my school say that
he loved mother.
But even I love mother
and father approves of it.
Even I love her, isn't it mother?
But father doesn't tell me anything!
How I wish I was also
a child like you both!
Raibahadur Gyanchand Sahni,
the father of the accused.
Raibahadur, is it true that this
marriage was against your wishes?
Yes, but every father is responsible
for his son's good and bad deeds.
That means, a father is trying to
hold himself responsible...
and save his son at any cost?
My dear friend, when you are trying
to hang someone's son on the noose...
then what is the problem if
the father is trying to save his son?
Mrs Nina Sahni,
wife of the accused.
Since how many years
are you married?
7 years.
Was it a love marriage?
- Yes.
In the last 7 years, did your husband
ever give you a reason to complain?
No.
- Did you regret leaving France...
and settling in India?
- No.
My father was an Indian
and I loved my father a lot.
That is why I always prayed that
I should also get an Indian husband.
Mr Sahni, since when
do you know Ashok Srivastav?
Since past one year,
Ashok was Anil's close friend.
He knew Anil since many years and
had gone to America for business.
When he came back
around a year back, I met him.
When did you meet Ashok Srivastav
for the first time?
At Ashok's flat, next day Anil was
leaving the town for 4 months.
And Ashok had thrown a party
in his honour.
As far as I remember, it was the
first time I had liquor in that party.
And that too,
I was forced to do so.
Because, along with Ashok,
Anil was also pressurizing me.
So that his friend
should not feel offended.
This depends on you, if possible,
go ahead and convince her.
Darling, tonight is
a very eventful night.
Tomorrow I am going for four months.
- Four months?
That means, 120 days!
I request you Mrs Sahni...
for his happiness,
I beg you to drink!
"I am fortunate that
I can share these few moments"
"For tomorrow, we do not know
where we are"
Please.
Go on... drink so much that
every sip makes Anil happy!
Ashok, please look after Nina
and the children.
You need not tell me, they won't even
realise how these 4 months passed by.
They will just fly past!
I consider this very unauspicious!
That someone is leaving and
his dear ones are shedding tears.
Love is in the heart,
not in the eyes.
The path of love is very fragile.
One has to carefully tread on it.
Now you will see one more trick.
Even an animal cannot tolerate...
injustice meted out on beauty!
Give me your hand!
The dog will come to save you
when you are in trouble!
Come...
Sit down!
"In these paths of love..."
"tread very carefully"
"What ruins your heart here..."
"is your own unruly passion"
"In these paths of love..."
"tread very carefully"
"One who walks on these paths..."
"never returns"
"If ever he returns..."
"all he brings with him
is despair"
"He shall spend the rest
of his life..."
"like someone with lost identity"
"Such are the paths of love"
"Tread very carefully"
"What I considered..."
"was a lamp of my heart..."
"when I went up close..."
"it turned out to be
a bane to my heart"
"Should you try to be a firefly..."
"you end up getting burnt"
"In these paths of love..."
"tread very carefully"
"What ruins your heart here..."
"is your own unruly passion"
What are you doing tomorrow?
- I am going for shopping tomorrow.
Alone?
- Anil has gone out of town.
It's a sin for a woman to shop alone
and I cannot bear this sin!
I will get my car
but I have a condition.
Tell me.
- You will have to get the kids along.
Who is it?
You?
- Any doubts?
At this hour?
- When the night falls...
it looks even more beautiful!
Sleeping in the wee hours of morning
is considered a crime for men like me!
What do you think?
Why are you so scared? Let me light
my pipe, only then can I talk!
I came here with
some important work.
With me?
- With you?
Yes, I think it is with you.
Sometimes you tend to
forget important things.
In the morning the children insist on
some things, you apologize to them...
and I have to go through the trouble.
You had bought chocolates
for your children...
and you left them
in my car, see this!
Take this too!
I am sorry for the trouble.
- You went through the trouble.
No, this is my good fortune.
I wish that...
I mean, I hope you'll
keep on troubling me this way!
And if you...
A small frown on your forehead
tells me that...
something is troubling you...
and you are missing your husband
who has gone abroad!
Two thoughts are
troubling me today.
Two thoughts? What are they?
One before you came into my life
and one after you left?
It's a lovely poem, I have
forgotten the first stanza.
Sir, the first stanza
goes like this...
"There have been only
two moments in my life..."
"one before you came into my life
and one after you left"
Yes. There are many days left
for Anil to arrive back.
Our wedding anniversary and
Anil's birthday are approaching.
That's great, congratulations!
Please accept my good wishes twice!
You will experience
these good moments often.
But perhaps, I'll never be fortunate
enough to experience this ever!
If you permit me then please let me
organise a grand party in this honour!
But I don't know many people around.
The sad part is that you have
yet not known me very well!
And neither do you know yourself!
Permit me to introduce you
to thousands who know you well!
If a man gets even one moment
of happiness in his life...
then he feels proud of his destiny.
But today, with great luck, two
good moments have come together...
Anil's birthday
and your wedding anniversary!
Please!
After this day, this piano will
surely take pride in its good fortune.
But I have come here
to recommend something.
For this drink, which is dying
to meet with your lips!
What is this, Ashok?
- Don't ask this on an auspicious day.
It's considered as a bad omen.
I'm not offering liquor to a person
who can intoxicate with her looks!
Trust me, I cannot be so audacious!
Please take!
Please!
Drink in such a way that
every sip makes Anil happy!
"Look at my life..."
"tonight it sways in euphoria"
"I wonder where it is taking me"
"I'm not alone in my journey"
"My heart is my companion"
"I..."
"pass by..."
"yet not a path I find"
"Even in dust I find light..."
"that burn me"
"O Life, where are you?"
"Someone is calling me..."
"from afar"
"I step ahead..."
"towards him with pride"
"My heart is ecstatic"
"My eyes too have lit up"
"Though, I don't see
a lamp anywhere"
"My path is strewn with roses"
"Stars twinkle before my eyes"
"Do not call me now..."
"I'm drowning in passion"
"I'm not in my senses"
"Stunned, I ask myself..."
"where I am headed"
"Look at my life..."
"tonight it sways in euphoria"
"I wonder where it is taking me"
Mother.
Mother.
Mother.
Mother.
Postman,
Madam.
"Nina, this night is the most
beautiful night of our lives."
"I wish I was with you..."
"but you aren't away from me,
you live in my heart!"
That night was the most
horrible night of my life!
Who could be a better
trust worthy friend than Ashok?
But I didn't know that nobody was
worth trusting in this dishonest world
You mean that one shouldn't trust
a conniving man like Ashok Srivastav?
For how many years
did you live in Paris?
For 20 years, I was
born and brought up there.
Obviously you completed
your education there.
Yes.
- Mrs Sahni, is it true that...
right from school days
in Paris...
the girls start having affairs and
openly display it in public places?
It is a special place, only
the affluent visit the clubs there...
or the tourist from other countries
frequent that place.
Ordinary people don't go there.
So it's true that their lifestyle
is different from ours?
Yes, and it should be that way.
Sure.
Out there a woman can smoke
and drink with a strange man.
And if she's bored with her husband,
she can enjoy herself with a stranger.
And if she gets bored even with that
then she can divorce her husband.
Such things are not considered
immoral there.
What I mean to say is they don't have
as many restrictions as us. Right?
Yes, there is lot of difference
in the lifestyles of both the places.
Which lifestyle do you like?
You perhaps didn't hear, Mrs Sahni,
I asked which lifestyle do you like?
Your silence says that the woman
who spent 20 years of her life...
in the romantic evenings of Paris...
then how can she lead a happy life
with an Indian husband?
In your statement you have said
that in Anil's absence...
you used to accompany Ashok
to clubs and dances.
I am very sure that...
in the matter of drinking too,
you used to give him company.
Mrs Sahni said in her statement that
she had liquor for the first time.
And that too, because she was
forced by Ashok Srivastav.
Mr Mukherjee, you cannot object to the
questions connected with this case.
Mrs Sahni, are you
trying to say that...
at the wedding anniversary party
that was hosted in your house...
inspite of knowing that
you don't drink...
did Ashok force you to drink?
Yes.
- You mean, he tied you with a rope...
or he compelled you in some other way,
he forcibly opened your mouth...
and pushed it down your throat?
I did not say that.
- Then what do you mean by force?
I mean, I was compelled to drink.
Mrs Sahni, the glass
from which you had the liquor...
whose glass was it?
- Mine!
And whose hands took the glass
to your lips?
Mine!
And who put the liquor
down your throat?
I did!
- Then how was it forced on you?
I mean, he insisted that I drink.
So you think that force and
insisting mean the same?
Can Mr Mukherjee tell me if
these two words mean the same?
You perhaps forget that you are
cross examining her, not me.
If you really want to know then,
I am at your service after the court.
I am warning you both that this is
court and not a public gathering.
Do you consider
drinking alcohol bad?
I think it is very bad
for a woman to drink.
Despite considering alcohol bad...
you had it because Ashok forced
and insisted you to have it.
Yes.
- When on his forcing...
you could do one bad deed, then...?
- What are you trying to say?
I am trying to say that
you encouraged Ashok!
This is a lie! If this was the case
then why would I tell Anil about it?
Because you had
no other alternative.
Anil came back suddenly and you
knew that he had learnt everything...
you created a fictitious story
of your innocence...
you held that man responsible
for all your sins...
whom you called a conspirator!
This is a lie,
I told Anil the truth.
Ashok cheated me!
Could be.
Mrs Sahni, you knew Ashok
since four months.
Isn't it right that you got a chance
to get close to him in this period?
Mrs Sahni, you are an educated
and an intelligent lady...
are you trying to tell the jury that
for 4 months, he forced you and...
you did not realise his intentions?
Mrs Sahni, your lover is dead and
everything is out in open now.
You are trying to prove
that you are a loyal wife...
because there's nobody else besides
your husband to look forward to.
My dear friend is forgetting that
the court is a place of high regard...
and he shouldn't talk such cheap
things and show his true colours.
What is left to prove anyway?
Since how many years
have you been married?
Seven years.
- And how was your domestic life...
in these seven years?
The same as any other decent man.
I was happy with life.
What do you feel
about women's liberation?
I feel that a man and a woman
should have equal freedom.
But that doesn't mean that we take
undue advantage of that freedom.
Sometimes, outdated thoughts
can make life difficult.
And sometimes, extra freedom
can also create complications.
Mr Sahni, does your wife
also share the same views?
Yes. When I met her
for the first time...
and studied her nature...
I learnt that we shared
a lot in common.
The accused's ideas
about his wife are wrong.
Because, she a very liberated woman
who is quite ahead of times.
Like the women in the west.
Mr Khan, how many western girls
have you been in love with?
Mr Mukherjee, you cannot
object such questions.
Mr Mukherjee, to make an omelette,
it is necessary to see that...
whether the egg is good or not.
Nobody looks at the hen.
I don't know what you do
in Bengal...
but to know a woman
it's not necessary to love her.
In this period of 7 years, did you
notice any change in your wife?
Only this time when
I returned back from Europe.
Father is back!
Father is back!
I had everything there,
only you were missing.
Look at this.
Father, there are two men
pursuing one woman?
Yes, child.
- Then with whom will she dance?
The one she likes.
- Yes, the one whom she likes.
This is your pistol?
- Is it a real one, father?
Absolutely real.
- Then on whom shall I use it?
You will not find a better target
than me, come on shoot me.
On you?
- Pawan is scared.
I am not scared.
All my desires
have been fulfilled...
the only desire is that
I should die at your feet.
There was a time when
someone else killed me,...
today the children are repeating
the same performance.
Why are you looking so sad?
If someone has cast an evil eye then
I shall ward off the evil spell.
If someone has smiled at you
then I shall snatch off his smiles.
I've got you a precious gift which
my love will express after 300 years.
Did my queen like it?
My dear, I want an answer.
I'm pleased, my queen but you cannot
be the queen to the whole world.
I swear upon this beautiful Taj,
if anyone dares to look at you...
then either one of us
shall be alive.
You don't seem to be
in a good mood today.
How are you feeling?
- You think of fooling all the time.
I'm speaking to you with respect and
you are forgetting the formalities?
Okay, I deserve that.
Anil, you are acting
like a child today.
Remember Nina, you always said that
there were 3 children in our house.
Keep quiet...
How can a devotee be quiet
in front of his Goddess?
Today is my day.
Today, I will kill myself
with my own hands.
Today, I shall adorn my Goddess
with my own hands.
Anil, you go outside,
I will dress up and come.
I can let you get away with murder.
At the sight of you...
I forget everything but you
I don't know...
if I'm alive or dead
Darling, this telephone is like
my rival. Let's go out somewhere.
Go and start the car,
I'll get the phone.
Shall I shoot you?
Mother, Pawan shot at me.
I am dead now, goodbye.
Mother, look at my house
before you leave.
Your table is there.
- I think you are looking...
for someone else, Jameel.
- I am sorry, sir.
I must have made a mistake.
You are not the same one.
But Nina, how
do you know his name?
I am the famous poet,
Jameel Lucknowi.
I work as a waiter in the day
and write poetry in the night.
Madam had attended
one of my concerts.
I've written a famous poem which is
almost similar as Mirza Ghalib's...
but it gained a lot of recognition.
It goes as...
"This ignorance
is not accidental, Jameel..."
"there is surely something
that is kept under wraps"
How peacefully
they both are sleeping.
They are oblivious of the world...
but once they grow up,
they will understand everything.
At that time, what will I tell them,
what will the world tell them?
And what will they
understand themselves?
Anil, I wish to tell you something.
Don't tell me, Nina. Probably,
I won't be able to bear it.
I shudder with the thought when
I look at your scared expression...
which is in dilemma and is trying
to hide and also tell me everything.
I feel that there is
darkness around me.
And I am standing at the edge
of a deserted cliff.
Anil, please save me,
please don't let me fall.
Save me!
Nina, you are fortunate
that you can at least cry.
Look at me, the tears have been
snatched from my eyes...
and also the smile from my lips.
Promise me that you will never
leave me alone now.
I did not stay without you
even for a moment.
Every moment, you were with me.
Whenever I looked at the blue
clouds while flying the plane...
I could see only you.
Listen, Nina. One day,
a terrible storm hit...
but I told the storm that
nobody can deter me...
because, my Nina
would be waiting for me.
Listen to me, Anil.
Nina, I shudder at the thought that
you are trying to tell me something.
Please tell me that you don't
want to tell me anything.
Anil, I will not be able to sleep
peacefully without telling you.
And I will not be able
to live if I hear it.
I plead to you for one night.
This may perhaps, be the last night
of my good fortune.
Please go to sleep, Nina.
"Your tresses swayed..."
"and made my life"
"Worth watching..."
"was the picture of love
that came through"
"Every time the evening shadows..."
"grew cooler..."
"the glow on your face..."
"would keep me warm"
"Whenever bad times..."
"struck me..."
"those sparkling eyes..."
"would pull me together"
"Should someone ask me..."
"what you mean to me..."
"I'd say, you are..."
"a beautiful prayer of my love"
"What my heart..."
"prayed for..."
"you are the first blessing..."
"of love I received"
"Should someone ask me..."
"what you mean to me..."
"Even music..."
"envies you"
"Such is your melody
that resonates..."
"in the valleys of my heart"
"Should someone ask me..."
"what you mean to me..."
"If my life..."
"is a garden in bloom..."
"my love..."
"you are the easterly breeze"
"Should someone ask me..."
"what you mean to me..."
"I'd say, you are..."
"a beautiful prayer of my love"
"Why is today my life
in a mess?"
"I've seen..."
"many a Taj Mahal break"
"I never imagined..."
"the breeze would kick up a storm"
"I never imagined..."
"her tresses would turn
into serpents"
"Your face doesn't give me
warmth anymore"
"There's no sign of fidelity
in your eyes either"
"Should someone ask me..."
"what you mean to me..."
"I'd say, you are one..."
"who betrayed me,
ruined me in love"
"The song of love that
was never ever composed..."
"you are that affliction"
"What sweetly cheats the eyes..."
"you are that beautiful,
false intoxication"
"Ask your heart at least..."
"who you belong to. Me?"
"Or, are you another's beloved?"
"Should someone ask me..."
"what you mean to me..."
"I'd say, you are one..."
"who betrayed me,
ruined me in love"
"You are infidel"
"You are unfaithful"
No, Anil!
I have been infidel to you.
I have fallen in my own eyes, Anil.
My honour has been disgraced.
Nobody can wipe it.
Nobody can wipe it.
How is Pawan?
- I haven't thought about him.
And Rita?
- My heart sinks at the thought of it.
Nina?
I mean, how is the mother
of your children?
How can you even ask?
- What else do you want me to ask?
Ask me why I did not kill her yet?
- Yes.
I love Nina.
- Then?
I don't know what I should do.
- It's very simple.
If you want to commit a murder then
you can borrow someone's gun.
If not that, then...
- Then what?
I told you not to become a pilot
but you became.
I told you not to get married
to her but you did.
Now, once try listening to me,
for Rita and Pawan's sake...
forgive the mother of your children.
You may get many women but you will
not get a mother to Rita and Pawan.
Daddy is back!
Daddy is back!
Daddy, what is on your face?
- I fell down, child.
You fell down?
- Yes, Pawan.
You daddy has fallen
from a very great height.
Inspite of being so grown up,
how could you fall?
We all keep on falling
all the time, isn't it, father?
I've never seen mother falling.
Mother, you be with father all the
time, when he falls down, help him.
I know that perhaps you will never be
able to live with me again.
Besides, I cannot
even tell you anything.
I don't deserve you anymore.
How can I tell you that
I am Pawan and Rita's mother.
Anil, please tell them that
their mother is dead.
Take care of them and
make them understand.
If they get obstinate then
please don't ever hit them.
I have raised my children
with a lot of love.
After you separate from me...
you may perhaps get married again.
But please don't keep
the children away from you.
You understand and make
the children also understand...
that you are their mother
as well as their father.
Where can I go if I leave Pawan...
Rita and you?
My world is here.
How will I live alone if
I go away from here?
Your fault is, probably you can't
forgive me without committing this sin
And my fault is that I will
never be able to forgive you.
But...
what has Rita done?
Pawan's not at fault either.
For their sake, we will
have to live together...
even if we may be dead
for each other.
Anil, the biggest punishment for
a sin is the weight of that sin.
I wish I could speak to you
about my feelings.
Please forgive me.
It is very easy to ask for
forgiveness, Nina.
But only the person
who forgives knows how it feels.
Will you never forgive me?
Deserted love can be balmed
with two words of sympathy.
A broken heart can be mended
with the tears of remorse.
A man can perhaps get back
to life after his death.
But this fragile bond of love which
is based on trust and beliefs...
can never be joined back again
once it is broken.
Fate has taken me away
from you that...
I may never be able
to get close again.
Even if you get close, those desires
will never come again...
which left with you.
They are dead and buried forever.
I am dead for you and
you are dead for me.
"So tranquil"
"Such privacy"
"The world of love..."
"is so young"
"So tranquil"
"Such privacy"
"The world of love..."
"is so young"
"In this winter..."
"my body shivers"
"Is it snow?
Or a world of marble?"
"Let's create..."
"a paradise right here"
"So tranquil"
"Such privacy"
"The world of love..."
"is so young"
"The arrogant shadows..."
"of these high mountains
boast..."
"that no one dares..."
"to look them in the eye"
"Even the angels..."
"are tongue-tied in awe here"
"Such tranquility"
"Such exclusiveness"
"The world of love..."
"is so young"
"There is no secret..."
"there's no veil between us either"
"At every step..."
"we are tempted"
"And we leave behind..."
"trails"
"So tranquil"
"So exclusive"
"The world of love..."
"is so young"
When I see the tears
in your eyes...
and start thinking that these tears
are the reminder of a sin...
I feel ashamed of myself.
Mrs Singh is expected, I tried to
avoid her but she wouldn't listen.
These tears may be
very valuable for someone else...
but they are absolutely
worthless for me.
I said that there are
guests expected at home.
Why did you do it, Nina?
What was the charisma without
which, you could not survive?
Was that charisma
more attractive than Rita...
more innocent than Pawan
or more sacred than my love?
We must at least behave
properly with our guests.
My enemy would also not behave
with me the way you have, Nina.
He would only kill me.
But you've wounded me in such a way
that it doesn't let me live or die.
When a man dies,
his sins are forgiven.
No Nina, I cannot forgive you.
I can do anything but
I cannot forgive you.
I stayed away from home for 4 months,
any change could have occurred...
you or I could have died...
but my love could have never died.
Do you love him?
Does he love you?
Anil, I don't know anything.
Then you should die.
Then you should die.
Nina, you should die.
Then you should die.
Father, leave her.
Leave my mother or
I shall shoot you.
Please forgive me, son.
After that?
- After that, I thought...
that I should meet Ashok.
Because my Nina started feeling
that she was not fit for me
and I couldn't bear to
see her that way.
But when Nina learnt that
I was going to meet Ashok...
she tried to stop me, she was scared
that I may have a fight with Ashok.
And he would shoot me but
I did not listen to her.
On the way I realised my friend,
Kewal Kapoor's house was nearby.
I went there and
asked for his revolver.
And went to Ashok's place.
Asha opened the door and seeing me,
she said something very cheap...
but I did not answer her back. And I
went straight away to Ashok's room.
He was in the room, and I asked him
what he thinks of my Nina.
He asked me what I thought.
I told him that I love Nina.
That rogue told me that even
he loves Nina a little bit.
I told him that a friend's wife
is like a sister.
But that debauch man gave me
a very cheap answer.
He said that I was not only the one
to have rights on this relationship.
After all its a matter of the heart
and he can fall in love with anyone.
In a rage, I pulled out my revolver.
I forgot to tell you that it was
raining very heavily that night.
It was thundering and lightning...
A major lightning struck,
the electricity went off...
and Ashok tried to grab my revolver.
And thus, a fight broke out
between both of us.
2-3 bullets were fired from my
revolver but it did not injure anyone.
In the course of this fight,
the revolver dropped from my hands.
And in a split moment,
Ashok went away from me.
The lightning struck again
and I saw that...
the revolver was in Ashok's hand,
he was about to shoot me...
when I leaped on him
and caught his hand.
The lightning struck again
and another shot was fired.
There was some more thundering
and he was shot in his head.
And he perhaps died.
Mr Sahni, are you sure that
Ashok Srivastav fired the bullet?
Yes, I am very sure
about that bullet.
When that bullet was shot,
the revolver was in Ashok's grip.
And I was trying to save my life.
Which religion do you follow?
Hinduism.
Then you must have surely
read the Ramayan.
Yes.
- Then you must be knowing that...
when Ravan, kidnaped
Lord Ram's wife, Sita...
and when Lord Ram learnt about it,
he attacked Ravan and killed him.
Yes.
You think what Lord Ram did was right?
- Yes.
According to you, a husband
should kill such a man?
But my intention of going to
Ashok's place was not that.
If your intention was not that
then why did you take a revolver?
To protect myself.
I thought if a man can ruin
a decent woman's honour...
can even shoot at me.
- Great presence of mind.
On one hand, you felt that
you may lose control over yourself.
And on the other hand, you even
took care of your safety?
You can say anything you want.
- Anil, you were taking guarded steps.
You were not scared at all.
This is not true.
In fear, man cannot focus
on more than one thing at a time.
Your statement is a beautiful tale...
which after the murder, was
a brain work of an intelligent mind.
Thank you Mr Khan for appreciating
my intelligent mind.
Mr Sahni, why were you upset?
- For the sake of my honour.
Don't you know that no man can
successfully dishonour a woman...
until and unless a woman
does not participate in it?
I would like to remind my friend that
this case is regarding a murder...
it's not a case of adultery
committed by the accused's wife.
I beg your pardon but I said because,
the court's time shouldn't be wasted...
but there is no doubt that my friend
is himself defaming a woman's honour.
I mean, by levying such accusations.
Your Honour, my friend needs
to be told that sometimes...
he should learn to be patient, which
of course is against his nature.
You went to Ashok's place
to speak with him.
Yes.
In such a stormy weather? Such a
night was very conducive for murder.
This is not true.
- No, it is.
If you were so keen on
speaking with him then...
after you spoke to your wife,
you would have immediately...
gone there and asked him
the reason for all this?
But you did no such thing,
you first thought about it...
planned it out,
managed to get a revolver...
then you went to Ashok's house
and killed that unarmed man.
Mr Sahni, a man who is upset
cannot think of such a plan.
You are a murderer.
- No, I am not!
I have not murdered anybody.
Please understand, in our fight,
the bullets were fired accidentally.
Mr Sahni, we have no such proof
on the basis of which we know that...
the gun fired automatically.
The revolver cannot be shot
until the trigger is not pressed.
And until there is no pressure put
on the trigger, it doesn't work.
and the pressure is not built until
the trigger is not gripped properly.
Mr Sahni, the bullet wasn't fired
with the air pressure.
But in fight, the revolver can be
fired with hand movements.
I understand Mr Sahni that
you are a sharpshooter.
But in a fight of 1 1/2 minute, how
many times can a revolver be fired?
All this means that...
you gruesomely killed your friend,
Ashok in a very professional manner.
I did not kill anyone!
- All killers say the same.
The bullets were fired accidentally.
This is an old story.
- I am not a killer! I'm not!
Why are you shouting so loudly?
That's because, you have killed
Ashok, you are his murderer.
If there is a display of disorder
in the court...
then besides the people
connected with this case...
nobody else will be allowed in the
courtroom. I have tolerated enough.
Don't you also believe
Anil's statement?
I feel Anil is saying the truth.
But nobody knows the truth.
The court asks for evidences.
There is nothing that can
identify truth from deceit.
And the evidences are against Anil.
Do you love Anil a lot?
I can do anything for Anil,
even give up my life.
Then listen to me, I shall ask for
the permission to call you again.
And...
Do you remember,
you stated that...
you met Ashok Srivastav
the first time in his flat?
Yes.
- You had lied.
You met Ashok Srivastav
the first time in Europe.
No.
- I can prove that...
you came to India for him...
and by force of habit,
when he refused to marry you,...
you got married to Anil Sahni,
isn't this is the truth?
Well, I...
You could not forget Ashok
even after your marriage.
And when you saw that he wants
to love you but marry Asha...
you told your husband, Anil
everything to seek your revenge.
Because, you were aware that
no man can tolerate this.
He would lose control
and kill that person.
Isn't this the truth?
I want an answer Mrs Sahni.
Yes, I wanted that Ashok should
belong only to me and nobody else.
I wanted that Ashok should belong
only to me and nobody else!
In order to save me, if you
need to make her say all this...
then your honour, I would like
to say that I have killed Ashok.
What are you doing?
- I am right, I have killed Ashok.
What are you trying to prove?
- I can kill him many more times.
I am trying to save you and...
I told you even before that
you need complete rest.
Any kind of excitement can
prove to be dangerous for you.
You will not go
to the court tomorrow.
At least think about
your children, Mrs Sahni.
This world is
a very strange place, doctor.
Neither does it let you live
nor does it let you die.
I would like Mr Mukherjee to present
the case in the accused's defense.
This accused is amongst the people
for whom their house is a temple...
the wife is the Goddess
of that temple and...
the children are
the lamps of that temple.
And this accused is amongst the
people who love their devotion...
and gain a spiritual satisfaction
with their devotion.
If such a devotee learns that the
woman whom he considers a Goddess...
has been tainted by
a devotee of lust...
then no self-respecting man
can stay silent.
Yes, he acted very patiently...
he gave a chance to his friend
that he can improve himself.
But that man was
not willing to do so.
When there is a bout between deceit
and truth, the truth is overshadowed.
When the weak and strong men fight,
the weak man attacks first.
This is the law of nature and...
this is exactly what transpired
between both of them.
There was a deadly fight between
the good and the bad...
and nature could not be silent.
To end the evil and
to help the good prevail...
the revolver was shot
by the hands of the good...
which in legal language
is called accident.
We may not accept this decision of
nature but to held the accused...
responsible for this accident, will
be a great injustice on our part.
Members of the jury, my dear
friend is trying to prove...
that the accused
planned out the murder.
He is trying to say that
the accused sought...
his revenge by killing
the man who ruined his house.
But when you announce
your decision patiently...
you will realise yourself
that this helpless man...
was just dreaming of saving
his house from destruction.
He was trying to save it
from falling apart.
And to keep his children alive,
he was trying to extinguish...
the fire within him
with his own blood.
Members of the jury, if the law
of this country believes that...
the innocent should be let free...
then to safeguard this law and
to respect the judicial system...
Anil Kumar Sahni,
should be let out free.
If he is punished then
the people who spread evil...
on the basis of power
and wealth will celebrate.
Innocent women will be
victimized by such evil men.
And our pure principals will perish
in that unholy fire.
Members of jury, Anil Kumar Sahni
is not guilty.
He has not committed any offense in
the eyes of the world and law.
If any man who has done an offense,
is his friend Ashok Srivastav...
and his debauch acts.
You just heard the famous lawyer,
Mr Mukherjee present...
a defense case in favour
of the accused.
And See him...
And while the presentation was
being made, I was thinking...
that am I hearing a presentation
of a lawyer in the court...
or am I watching a good actor's
performance on the stage?
But members of the jury, this is not
a hermitage of the saints...
this is not a stage of a theater,
this is a courtroom.
Here the decision is not announced
seeing the accused's character,...
his innocent face,
his grand uniform...
or the status he commands
in the society.
Its made on basis of the evidences
and statements presented in the court.
The basic rule of law is that
no man can kill anyone...
or take the law in his hands.
Members of the jury, we are not
concerned with...
what the accused was and what he is.
We are only concerned with what
the accused did and what he didn't.
My friend even accepts that after
the accused spoke with his wife...
took a revolver and
headed towards Ashok's house.
He even says that only with the
intention of speaking,...
the accused went to Ashok's place.
Members of jury, note this point,
he went with a revolver to speak.
He wants us to believe
that one man...
after hearing about the debauchery
committed by his wife...
went to that man's house only
to speak, that too, with a revolver.
And Anil did not kill
Ashok intentionally.
He himself died
because of his misfortune.
Just due to his misfortune.
My friend accepts that
there was a fight.
But the question that arises
is that if there was a fight...
then whose fingerprints
were on the revolver?
As per the report of
the fingerprint experts...
the revolver had only
the fingerprints of the accused.
After this, there is no scope
for any doubt...
that the revolver was shot by the
accused and that too, intentionally.
Members of the jury, the law
and justice of this country...
and the judicial system of
this country is under scrutiny.
Not only my friend,
Mr Mukherjee and I...
the accused and his relatives...
but every person in this country is
anxiously waiting for the judgment.
Members of the jury, if the accused
is pronounced not guilty...
then the walls of this judicial
system will start cracking.
And instead of expecting law
and justice in this court...
the future generation will
run away from this system.
That's why, it should be remembered,
one who marks this date in history...
should not be ashamed
at the mention of this case.
My friend has said that
the innocent one should be set free.
Even I share the same opinion that
the innocent one should be freed.
But members of the jury, the
person guilty should be punished...
to respect justice and to uphold
the law, the guilty should be punished
And Anil is guilty.
Now you've lost the case, before you
leave, can I invite you for dinner?
I think I'll wait for you
in the library.
Yes, and even I think that
I should accept her invitation.
Go ahead.
Thank you,
but can I know...
after the death of your every
would-be husband...
you invite strangers at home?
Should I assume that this time
it is my turn?
Forget about that old story.
But one thing is incomplete.
If Anil Sahni would understand
my question...
then at least he would be
saved from the noose.
Not all desires are fulfilled,
Mr Mukherjee.
Even Ashok died with the desire
of possessing Nina.
Yes, you said the right thing...
either Ashok should belong to you
or to nobody else.
Do you remember saying this?
- Well... yes.
Like Nina, even you are fond
of digging up old graves.
Individual liking, Ms Asha.
Some like to save lives,
and some like to take lives.
Yes, Mr Ali?
- Still trying to save Anil's life?
Well, that is...
- By tomorrow...
his death sentence will be announced.
- I think the same, but Mr Ali...
I would like to see
the place where Ashok was killed.
But you are having dinner with me?
- We'll have dinner after that...
you can also accompany us.
- But corpses do not speak.
Ali, you know that I like to
make the corpses speak.
Are you scared?
- No.
One day, we all have to die.
come.
I want one more chance to save Anil.
Will you help me?
Help my sworn enemy?
- Yes.
I will.
I want to send my junior
to Ashok Srivastav's house.
I need the permission.
- It will be arranged.
Agreed that you can make
the corpses speak...
but when life is standing here
and calling you...
then why are you interested
in the dead?
Isn't it, Mr Khan? Let's go
for a dance, dinner and then...
Ms Asha...
- I thought you were joking.
Ms Asha, I've taken years to learn
about this trick.
I still believe that
when a man dies suddenly...
his spirit is restless
because his desires are unfulfilled.
You were very close to Ashok
and you loved him...
would you want his soul to wander?
- No.
You've got the keys from
the police then open the door.
Oh! This opened by itself?
Please switch on the lights.
Come, what happened?
Ali, did you feel a whiff of air
breeze across?
I did.
- And you?
Many storms have breezed
in my life...
such whiff of air
has no effect on me.
I really appreciate your courage.
Let's go inside.
Ashok Srivastav,
due to your sudden death...
your soul is not at peace.
If you want that your soul
should rest in peace...
then please appear before us.
Put out that cigarette, Ali.
You please put out the lights soon.
Come back soon.
Sit down.
We are waiting for your reply.
We want to remind you
that Anil killed you.
Three bullets were shot
from his revolver.
Two hit the wall
and one hit your head.
No.
- Then?
The third hit at the painting
at my bedside.
At the painting on your bedside
that means...
What...?
- That means Anil did not kill Ashok.
That's what the spirit says...
but let's check the painting.
Where could the bullet
have hit on this painting?
Ali look here,
the bullet hit here.
That means nobody saw this earlier?
- Nobody could see it.
Now, if Ashok did not die with
Anil's bullet then how did he?
The police has stated that out of
six bullets, Anil fired only three.
That means Ashok died
with the fourth bullet.
But who fired the fourth bullet?
- Let's ask the spirit.
Why do you want to ask
Ashok's spirit, I will tell you.
The fourth bullet was fired from
the same revolver which killed Ashok.
And today, the same revolver will
take you both close to Ashok.
Then you can ask him.
Let go!
Come out Mr Khan, Mr Mukherjee.
Here is the killer.
- Have you caught her?
Yes.
- Thank God we are saved!
Agarwal, how did you come here?
- Somebody had to play the spirit.
And who could have been better
than him? Thanks for saving us.
I sneaked into this flat
and inspected it.
I was hiding in Ashok's cupboard
and acting as his spirit.
This was my plan.
- Now this case has taken a new twist.
I told you that Anil was not
the killer but you did not listen.
I'll report to the police.
- Yes, go. But keep the pillow here.
What do I do with her?
- Hold her properly.
Yes, I was the one who shot Ashok.
And until debauch men like
Ashok Srivastav are alive...
every young girl has
the right to shoot like this.
Do you have to say anything
about Ms Asha's statement?
Your Honour, Ms Asha has
made a confession about her crime.
The circumstances under which she
confessed her crime...
in Ashok's flat,
I was there to witness it.
I have nothing more to say.
But I have to say
something, your honour.
The evidences are
strong against Ms Asha...
but nobody can think that the bullet
extracted from Ashok's body...
does not belong to her revolver
but to some third revolver...
which I accidentally discovered
in the drainpipe.
Your Honour, this is that revolver.
Ballistic reports say that the
bullet from this gun killed Ashok.
And the fingerprint experts say that
this gun has Ashok's fingerprints.
Anil's statement says,
"I and Ashok had a deadly fight"
"2-3 bullets were fired from my
revolver but it did not injure anyone"
"In the course of this fight,
the revolver dropped from my hands"
"And in a split moment,
Ashok went away from me"
"The lightning struck again
and I saw that..."
"the revolver was in Ashok's hand"
It's quite obvious that during this
time Ashok had taken out his revolver.
Your Honour, this is the revolver
with which Ashok died.
This revolver has only
Ashok's fingerprints.
That means, Ashok killed himself.
Your Honour, on the night of murder,
when Anil went to Ashok's flat...
and when a fight broke out
between them...
at that time, Anil had
a revolver in his hand.
They fell on the bed.
Three bullets were fired from
Anil's gun, but no one was injured.
Meanwhile, Anil's revolver
fell on the floor...
Ashok pushed Anil and
sped towards the table.
He took out his revolver from the
drawer which Anil did not notice.
And impulsively,
Anil went for the gun.
And they started fighting again,
Asha was watching everything.
They were yet fighting and meanwhile,
Asha took out her revolver...
she thought that she wouldn't get
a better chance to seek her revenge.
Both were fighting and reached to
a window and Asha shot at Ashok.
At the same time, Ashok's revolver
also fired a bullet...
which hit his head and killed him.
Scared, Anil ran off!
Asha didn't realise that
she missed her aim.
She was sure that
Ashok died of her bullet.
To save herself, the revolver
that had Ashok's fingerprints...
she covered it in a kerchief
and hid it in the drainpipe.
And let Anil's revolver which had
Anil's fingerprints, remain there.
That is why, your honour, members
of the jury, it is proved that...
Ashok Srivastav killed himself.
Anil Kumar Sahni is innocent
and he should be released.
This was a very strange case.
Nature has meted out justice
at the hands of the criminal.
The unanimous decision of
the members of the jury is that...
that Ashok Srivastav
accidentally killed himself.
The court seconds this decision
and releases Anil Sahni.
I am very happy!
To see this day
I had prayed to God.
I told God to keep me alive for this
day and then he can take away my life.
Who can experience this joy
even after laying down his life?
I did not sin, Anil
but please forgive me.
Until then, the fire would have
burned my body and made it pure.
Don't say that, Nina!