Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (2015): Season 1, Episode 12 - Samapti - full transcript
An only son refuses to marry a girl handpicked by his widowed mother and chooses another much to her dismay. The girl soon embraces love and slowly builds a bond in a lonely woman's heart.
Mother, sir has arrived.
What? When?
Tell me!
You are back!
Apoorva..
-Easy, mother. Or you will slip.
-Yes, yes.
So, you have come.
Be happy.
You're all muddy!
Did you fell down?
Are you hurt?
-I told you to take care of him.
-Mother, nothing happened.
-I just slipped and fell.
-Okay, fine.
Bhola, arrange
for some hot water. Go on!
Go and bathe quickly..
-..and change your clothes.
-Okay.
What are you looking at?
Take the box inside.
-Mother.
-Go.
The box is very heavy.
Wait.
I would have given you more money,
if you'd looked after him better.
The road was slippery,
that's how he slipped.
-Come on, go now.
-Thank you, mother.
Eat some more rice.
Enough, mother..
-What's enough?
-My stomach is full.
I hope, you get good
food there.
Mother, the food is very good.
But, I don't have much time.
That is why,
you should get married.
What's wrong with it?
-Married?
-Yes.
Mother, I must study
further and become a barrister.
Who's stopped you?
If you get married,
you will have someone..
..who will take care of
you and your routine.
I can relax..
..that someone is with
you, to look after you.
Listen son, this was your
father's responsibility..
..which has come to me,
now.
He is no more and I have
to fulfill this responsibility.
Once you get married,
my duties are complete.
Fine?
Fine?
Okay, mother.
I will get married.
But, I need a sweet girl
like you.
You don't worry about that.
I have chosen a girl.
It's Mr. Ganguly's daughter.
She is very well brought up
and belongs to a good family.
I will fix it, tomorrow.
Mother, how is this possible?
How can I marry someone,
without knowing her?
That's okay. I know.
Nowadays, boys don't get
married without meeting the girl.
No problem.
You can meet the girl tomorrow.
I am sure, you will like her.
Fine?
Fine?
Okay.
Yes!
Yes. Have some.
-Have some more.
-Enough.
-Hello.
-Please come in.
Why has he come here?
Let's go and see.
Come on, come on.
Please, take some. These
sweets are famous. Right?
Okay.
This is my younger son, Raghav.
Okay.
Don't make any noise.
Father, the sweets you
brought last time were better.
What do you mean
by the last time?
My son, you can go.
Go and get your sister.
It's been too long.
She will come on her own.
Mother is with her, too.
Come on!
-Come on.
-Please, have some.
Please, have some.
What is it?
Please come.
Raghav.
This is my daughter, Krishna.
Okay.
Hello.
Please, sit down.
Come on.
She's very good at
all the household chores.
Yes.
Do you read?
Yes.
That is very nice.
What do you like to read?
Class 1, class 2,
class 3, class 4, class 5.
No.
I did not mean that.
I mean to say, do you read poems,
stories, novels?
She has studied
till the 5th grade.
My dear, recite the table of 5.
5 times 1 is 5, 5 times 2, is 10.
-5 times 3 is 15.
-That is enough.
There is no need for this.
-Come, Raghav.
-No, no.
-Let's go to the fair in the village.
-No.
It is my sister's wedding.
Will it get arranged,
if you stay here? Come on.
No.
Meenu, he will come tomorrow.
Go with your friends, today.
We have a guest.
Don't be scared.
I am not orthodox.
What do you want
to do, in the future?
I want to get married.
So, do you accept the proposal?
Where are my shoes?
Wear my old slippers,
in the meantime.
As soon as I find the shoes,
I will send them back.
You're back!
What happened?
Did you like the girl?
No.
What?
Do you know, she is the most
educated girl in the entire village?
She is so beautiful and
well mannered!
There must be some reason.
Why did you refuse?
She sings well, too.
She can stitch and embroider.
-Mother, I am feeling hungry.
-So?
So, serve me food,
as I am hungry.
There must be some reason.
Why did you refuse?
Just like that.
Just like that?
Yes.
-That's it?
-Enough, mother, enough!
If you force me, I will
return to Kolkata, tomorrow!
Why are you talking
about going to Kolkata?
Come on, I will serve you food.
You are hungry, right?
Come and eat. Come on.
Come on.
Okay! So what, if you did not like
Mr. Ganguly's daughter?
There are so many other girls.
Don't worry.
There's Mr. Ghoshal's daughter.
I have heard that,
she is very beautiful.
And Malti's brother's daughter..
Mother, I liked a girl.
You liked a girl?
Who?
Mrinmayi.
The one who steals mangoes?
That wretched girl?
-Mother.
-How can you like her?
Mother, I like her.
Oh God, oh God.
Oh God, oh God.
Oh God, oh God.
Don't make any noise.
They are on the topmost branch.
Come here.
Meenu.
Mother, that old lady is here.
Don't listen to her.
She is a liar.
Come in, please.
So, how are things with you?
We're carrying on.
We are thinking of building
a brick house, this year.
Mrinmayi's father is
saving money for her.
For her wedding.
I..
Where does Mrinmayi's
father work?
In Krishnanagar.
He comes once in a year.
He is thinking of getting
a job nearby, so that..
I know, you are hesitant.
I understand everything.
Don't say a word.
What?
This girl is really troublesome.
She just doesn't behave
like a girl.
If you have come personally,
she must have done something bad.
Just wait. I will scold
her and bring her to you.
I want to marry Mrinmayi
to my son.
Apoorva is going away
to study, after 3 weeks.
I want him to get
married, before he leaves.
I have set the wedding date.
It's the 25th of October.
Tell Mrinmayi's father.
Okay.
Fine.
You can start preparing
for the wedding.
I don't want the people
of the village..
..to see my daughter-in-law
stealing mangoes..
..or playing with marbles.
It is not too late.
Control your daughter.
Mrinmayi.
Mr. Vishwananth,
there is a telegram for you.
My daughter's marriage
has been fixed.
What happened? Has
the leave been sanctioned?
No.
Mr. Vinod, give me the form
for a telegram.
Why? What happened?
I have to postpone
my daughter's wedding date.
Enough, Shobha!
I have already told you that..
-..Apoorva cannot stay here for long.
-Yes.
He has to go abroad
to study the law.
So, tell Mrinmayi's father..
..the wedding will take place
on the day we've decided.
But..
Fine?
Okay.
Yes.
Come on, let's go
pluck some mangoes.
Come on.
What is happening?
Where are you going?
Go inside. You run
away from here. Go away.
You go inside.
Go inside.
Come on, sit here. Sit here.
Are you a boy?
You are going to get married.
Don't you understand?
I don't want to get married.
I don't want to get married,
it seems!
They have refused.
They won't wait,
until your father comes back.
If father won't be here,
then, I don't want to get married.
How can your father come back?
He has to work!
She just doesn't understand!
She just keeps roaming
with those naughty boys.
-They are my friends.
-"They are my friends!"
Are they your friends?
Are you as old as them?
If you go out with them,
I'll punish you.
Now, help me with
the household chores.
You are going to get married.
I requested them.
-I could not say more than that.
-Married.
I don't want to get married.
Water?
Apoorva.
Mr. Bimal has come.
He could not attend the wedding,
so, he has come to meet you, now.
-Go and meet him.
-Yes.
Why are you
taking off the jewelry?
It hurts.
Does it?
You're married now.
You can't get whatever you want.
Okay?
Come on, wear it, quickly.
The guests are here,
to meet the new daughter-in-law.
Help me, Goddess!
Oh, Goddess.
The bride ran away.
-What?
-Yes.
Sister-in-law.
-Sister-in-law.
-What happened?
Your daughter-in-law ran away.
She ran away?
Yes, it's the truth.
Your daughter-in-law ran away.
She ran away?
This was bound to happen.
Now, go and find her.
Find her!
Did you see that, Usha? What
did my daughter-in-law do?
Now, only Goddess
Kali can save my son.
Where is Dada babu?
Mother!
What happened?
Your wife ran away.
Now, go and find her.
Oh God! Oh God!
Raakhan?
What happened?
I am wondering, which
direction to go in.
Go in the direction, where
you will find Mrinmayi.
Let us talk about the money,
first.
I understand.
What do you want?
An ink pen from Kolkata.
It will be done.
Can we go, now?
Yes.
-Has everyone eaten food?
-Yes.
-Did the daughter-in-law eat?
-She has not eaten.
Eat your food, Mrinmayi.
I don't want to eat.
You are angry with me.
Don't vent your anger on the food.
Venting on the food?
It's food, cooked in your home,
by your mother!
Okay, so you are still
angry about what she said.
Don't do this and that,
after the wedding.
Just sit behind the veil,
after the wedding.
Your mother locked
me up, in this room.
She is a mother.
Don't mind what she says.
My father never stopped
me from doing anything.
Okay, fine!
I will not stop you, either.
But, there are other
people in the house, too.
After the wedding, the girl must
adjust to the new environment.
That is the rule.
All the rules are wrong.
It's all your fault.
My fault?
How come?
The biggest mistake is
that, you married me.
Why did you marry me?
I like you a lot.
What about me?
Did anyone try to
find out, what I like?
You like me and I
should follow all the rules!
So, you do not love me at all?
No.
Not even a bit.
Mrinmayi, it's a letter
from your dad.
"Dear Mrinmayi."
"I cannot believe
that, you have grown up."
"You are going to
start a new life.."
"..and I am not with you."
"My crazy little princess is
the daughter-in-law of the Rai family."
"I will always regret, not
giving you away in marriage."
"My dear, I tried, but I could
not get leave sanctioned."
"Tell my son-in-law that
during the Durga Pooja holidays.."
"..I will surely come
to meet both of you."
"It is the greatest
punishment for me, that.."
"..I could not see
my only daughter as a bride."
"Anyway, I have
been unfair to you."
"If possible, forgive
your poor father."
"I may have been an unsuccessful
father, but, I am sure.."
"..that, you will do your duty
in your in-law's house."
"Take care of yourself."
"Your unfortunate father."
Are you hungry?
No.
Then, what is it?
Father sent me a letter.
I miss him a lot.
Can I go and meet him?
Why do you need permission?
Still, if you are asking,
the answer is no.
What happened, Mrinmayi?
Why are you crying?
Are you missing your father?
Do you want to go
and meet your father?
Come along.
Father!
What? When?
Tell me!
You are back!
Apoorva..
-Easy, mother. Or you will slip.
-Yes, yes.
So, you have come.
Be happy.
You're all muddy!
Did you fell down?
Are you hurt?
-I told you to take care of him.
-Mother, nothing happened.
-I just slipped and fell.
-Okay, fine.
Bhola, arrange
for some hot water. Go on!
Go and bathe quickly..
-..and change your clothes.
-Okay.
What are you looking at?
Take the box inside.
-Mother.
-Go.
The box is very heavy.
Wait.
I would have given you more money,
if you'd looked after him better.
The road was slippery,
that's how he slipped.
-Come on, go now.
-Thank you, mother.
Eat some more rice.
Enough, mother..
-What's enough?
-My stomach is full.
I hope, you get good
food there.
Mother, the food is very good.
But, I don't have much time.
That is why,
you should get married.
What's wrong with it?
-Married?
-Yes.
Mother, I must study
further and become a barrister.
Who's stopped you?
If you get married,
you will have someone..
..who will take care of
you and your routine.
I can relax..
..that someone is with
you, to look after you.
Listen son, this was your
father's responsibility..
..which has come to me,
now.
He is no more and I have
to fulfill this responsibility.
Once you get married,
my duties are complete.
Fine?
Fine?
Okay, mother.
I will get married.
But, I need a sweet girl
like you.
You don't worry about that.
I have chosen a girl.
It's Mr. Ganguly's daughter.
She is very well brought up
and belongs to a good family.
I will fix it, tomorrow.
Mother, how is this possible?
How can I marry someone,
without knowing her?
That's okay. I know.
Nowadays, boys don't get
married without meeting the girl.
No problem.
You can meet the girl tomorrow.
I am sure, you will like her.
Fine?
Fine?
Okay.
Yes!
Yes. Have some.
-Have some more.
-Enough.
-Hello.
-Please come in.
Why has he come here?
Let's go and see.
Come on, come on.
Please, take some. These
sweets are famous. Right?
Okay.
This is my younger son, Raghav.
Okay.
Don't make any noise.
Father, the sweets you
brought last time were better.
What do you mean
by the last time?
My son, you can go.
Go and get your sister.
It's been too long.
She will come on her own.
Mother is with her, too.
Come on!
-Come on.
-Please, have some.
Please, have some.
What is it?
Please come.
Raghav.
This is my daughter, Krishna.
Okay.
Hello.
Please, sit down.
Come on.
She's very good at
all the household chores.
Yes.
Do you read?
Yes.
That is very nice.
What do you like to read?
Class 1, class 2,
class 3, class 4, class 5.
No.
I did not mean that.
I mean to say, do you read poems,
stories, novels?
She has studied
till the 5th grade.
My dear, recite the table of 5.
5 times 1 is 5, 5 times 2, is 10.
-5 times 3 is 15.
-That is enough.
There is no need for this.
-Come, Raghav.
-No, no.
-Let's go to the fair in the village.
-No.
It is my sister's wedding.
Will it get arranged,
if you stay here? Come on.
No.
Meenu, he will come tomorrow.
Go with your friends, today.
We have a guest.
Don't be scared.
I am not orthodox.
What do you want
to do, in the future?
I want to get married.
So, do you accept the proposal?
Where are my shoes?
Wear my old slippers,
in the meantime.
As soon as I find the shoes,
I will send them back.
You're back!
What happened?
Did you like the girl?
No.
What?
Do you know, she is the most
educated girl in the entire village?
She is so beautiful and
well mannered!
There must be some reason.
Why did you refuse?
She sings well, too.
She can stitch and embroider.
-Mother, I am feeling hungry.
-So?
So, serve me food,
as I am hungry.
There must be some reason.
Why did you refuse?
Just like that.
Just like that?
Yes.
-That's it?
-Enough, mother, enough!
If you force me, I will
return to Kolkata, tomorrow!
Why are you talking
about going to Kolkata?
Come on, I will serve you food.
You are hungry, right?
Come and eat. Come on.
Come on.
Okay! So what, if you did not like
Mr. Ganguly's daughter?
There are so many other girls.
Don't worry.
There's Mr. Ghoshal's daughter.
I have heard that,
she is very beautiful.
And Malti's brother's daughter..
Mother, I liked a girl.
You liked a girl?
Who?
Mrinmayi.
The one who steals mangoes?
That wretched girl?
-Mother.
-How can you like her?
Mother, I like her.
Oh God, oh God.
Oh God, oh God.
Oh God, oh God.
Don't make any noise.
They are on the topmost branch.
Come here.
Meenu.
Mother, that old lady is here.
Don't listen to her.
She is a liar.
Come in, please.
So, how are things with you?
We're carrying on.
We are thinking of building
a brick house, this year.
Mrinmayi's father is
saving money for her.
For her wedding.
I..
Where does Mrinmayi's
father work?
In Krishnanagar.
He comes once in a year.
He is thinking of getting
a job nearby, so that..
I know, you are hesitant.
I understand everything.
Don't say a word.
What?
This girl is really troublesome.
She just doesn't behave
like a girl.
If you have come personally,
she must have done something bad.
Just wait. I will scold
her and bring her to you.
I want to marry Mrinmayi
to my son.
Apoorva is going away
to study, after 3 weeks.
I want him to get
married, before he leaves.
I have set the wedding date.
It's the 25th of October.
Tell Mrinmayi's father.
Okay.
Fine.
You can start preparing
for the wedding.
I don't want the people
of the village..
..to see my daughter-in-law
stealing mangoes..
..or playing with marbles.
It is not too late.
Control your daughter.
Mrinmayi.
Mr. Vishwananth,
there is a telegram for you.
My daughter's marriage
has been fixed.
What happened? Has
the leave been sanctioned?
No.
Mr. Vinod, give me the form
for a telegram.
Why? What happened?
I have to postpone
my daughter's wedding date.
Enough, Shobha!
I have already told you that..
-..Apoorva cannot stay here for long.
-Yes.
He has to go abroad
to study the law.
So, tell Mrinmayi's father..
..the wedding will take place
on the day we've decided.
But..
Fine?
Okay.
Yes.
Come on, let's go
pluck some mangoes.
Come on.
What is happening?
Where are you going?
Go inside. You run
away from here. Go away.
You go inside.
Go inside.
Come on, sit here. Sit here.
Are you a boy?
You are going to get married.
Don't you understand?
I don't want to get married.
I don't want to get married,
it seems!
They have refused.
They won't wait,
until your father comes back.
If father won't be here,
then, I don't want to get married.
How can your father come back?
He has to work!
She just doesn't understand!
She just keeps roaming
with those naughty boys.
-They are my friends.
-"They are my friends!"
Are they your friends?
Are you as old as them?
If you go out with them,
I'll punish you.
Now, help me with
the household chores.
You are going to get married.
I requested them.
-I could not say more than that.
-Married.
I don't want to get married.
Water?
Apoorva.
Mr. Bimal has come.
He could not attend the wedding,
so, he has come to meet you, now.
-Go and meet him.
-Yes.
Why are you
taking off the jewelry?
It hurts.
Does it?
You're married now.
You can't get whatever you want.
Okay?
Come on, wear it, quickly.
The guests are here,
to meet the new daughter-in-law.
Help me, Goddess!
Oh, Goddess.
The bride ran away.
-What?
-Yes.
Sister-in-law.
-Sister-in-law.
-What happened?
Your daughter-in-law ran away.
She ran away?
Yes, it's the truth.
Your daughter-in-law ran away.
She ran away?
This was bound to happen.
Now, go and find her.
Find her!
Did you see that, Usha? What
did my daughter-in-law do?
Now, only Goddess
Kali can save my son.
Where is Dada babu?
Mother!
What happened?
Your wife ran away.
Now, go and find her.
Oh God! Oh God!
Raakhan?
What happened?
I am wondering, which
direction to go in.
Go in the direction, where
you will find Mrinmayi.
Let us talk about the money,
first.
I understand.
What do you want?
An ink pen from Kolkata.
It will be done.
Can we go, now?
Yes.
-Has everyone eaten food?
-Yes.
-Did the daughter-in-law eat?
-She has not eaten.
Eat your food, Mrinmayi.
I don't want to eat.
You are angry with me.
Don't vent your anger on the food.
Venting on the food?
It's food, cooked in your home,
by your mother!
Okay, so you are still
angry about what she said.
Don't do this and that,
after the wedding.
Just sit behind the veil,
after the wedding.
Your mother locked
me up, in this room.
She is a mother.
Don't mind what she says.
My father never stopped
me from doing anything.
Okay, fine!
I will not stop you, either.
But, there are other
people in the house, too.
After the wedding, the girl must
adjust to the new environment.
That is the rule.
All the rules are wrong.
It's all your fault.
My fault?
How come?
The biggest mistake is
that, you married me.
Why did you marry me?
I like you a lot.
What about me?
Did anyone try to
find out, what I like?
You like me and I
should follow all the rules!
So, you do not love me at all?
No.
Not even a bit.
Mrinmayi, it's a letter
from your dad.
"Dear Mrinmayi."
"I cannot believe
that, you have grown up."
"You are going to
start a new life.."
"..and I am not with you."
"My crazy little princess is
the daughter-in-law of the Rai family."
"I will always regret, not
giving you away in marriage."
"My dear, I tried, but I could
not get leave sanctioned."
"Tell my son-in-law that
during the Durga Pooja holidays.."
"..I will surely come
to meet both of you."
"It is the greatest
punishment for me, that.."
"..I could not see
my only daughter as a bride."
"Anyway, I have
been unfair to you."
"If possible, forgive
your poor father."
"I may have been an unsuccessful
father, but, I am sure.."
"..that, you will do your duty
in your in-law's house."
"Take care of yourself."
"Your unfortunate father."
Are you hungry?
No.
Then, what is it?
Father sent me a letter.
I miss him a lot.
Can I go and meet him?
Why do you need permission?
Still, if you are asking,
the answer is no.
What happened, Mrinmayi?
Why are you crying?
Are you missing your father?
Do you want to go
and meet your father?
Come along.
Father!