Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (2015): Season 1, Episode 18 - Two Sisters - full transcript

Sister, how many
times have I told you..

..that you are not supposed
to get up from bed?

Has he gone to office?

No, he is about to go.

Did he have his breakfast?

I don't know. I will just check.
You take this medicine.

Hey, he is just like
a five year old kid.

He will go without
having breakfast. You go.

Sister, I shall give breakfast
to your five year old kid. Okay.

You first have this medicine. Take it.

I will not eat this medicine of yours.



It is making me very drowsy.

The entire house is awake
and I am still sleeping.

I should feel ashamed.

Sister, why have I come here?

Why have I come here?

To take care of me.

So let me take care of you. Take this.

Eat this medicine.

Brother Shashaank
is now my responsibility.

Brother Shashaank it
is sister's strict order..

..that you will not go
without having breakfast.

Don't force me like your sister.

I am not going to die
if I do not get breakfast.

It will just take two minutes.



I am already too late. I will
order something to eat in the office.

Come home early today.
Before 7 o'clock.

Why?

Why before 7 o'clock?

You were supposed to
take me to the theatre.

But Urmi today there
is lots of work in the office.

I have a meeting at
6. How can I come by 7?

I will not listen to anything.

As it is I am being
stopped to go to theatre.

When Nirad comes back
again I will not be allowed.

If you will not go
then I will go alone.

Okay, okay fine. I will be back by 7.

Fine.

Sure.

Sure.

Your getting ready will go waste.

Why?

Because he will not return before 9.

He has promised me
so he will surely come.

He has been giving many such
promises.

Once he goes to office, he
is not bothered about anything.

He will not come.

It is better to get
ready once he comes.

I had told you that he will come.

I shall leave.

How are you?

Are you feeling fine?

Did you eat food?
Did you have medicine?

Something amazing happened
in the office today.

The work got over early today
so Bimal uncle asked me to go home..

..and take some rest.

I also felt like
taking some rest today.

There is actually
too much work nowadays.

A leave of one day is always welcome.

I hope you had your medicines.

Doctor has asked you to take
your medicines on time.

Don't be negligent in taking medicine.

Okay. If you want anything
then don't get down.

Call Mahesh. He is downstairs.
I will tell him.

I will be back from
theatre in some time.

Okay. Take care.

Has Urmi come back?

No, sister.

Urmi, a letter has come for you.

Whose is it?

It is your dear doctor.

You read it. I shall be back.

"I hope you are fine."

"I received the money sent by you."

"I am really thankful for that."

"As soon as possible I
shall return you that money."

"It may take some time
for me to come to India."

"I have got admission
in post doctorate."

"It can take five years
to complete my degree."

"Urmi, it would be wrong
if I ask you to wait for me."

"My marriage has been fixed
with a fellow doctor here."

"She is not Indian like us."

"She is a foreigner."

"She studies in my college."

What happened?

"I hope you will understand."

"Take care and if
possible forgive me."

"Nirad."

He is getting engaged.

With a foreigner.

You are smiling.

He is getting engaged to someone else.

You are making me laugh.

I.. I am hurt.

Truly.

I have consulted all
big doctors of the city.

Your blood count
is decreasing quickly.

I cannot understand the reason.

How much time do I have with me doctor?

It can be one month,
one year or maybe one week.

But you will always
have to remain happy.

If you will not remain happy
then your treatment is not possible.

What are you thinking?

I become romantic
in such weather.

No one can then concentrate in work.

I am thinking of not
going to office today.

It is a very good idea.
Don't go to office today.

Come up. I shall make you
eat hot lentil, rice and savories.

What are you thinking now?

Nothing will go wrong if
you don't go to office for one day.

A person who never made a mistake,
never tried anything new.

Mark Twain.

Albert Einstein.

Mark Twain.

No, it is Albert Einstein.

Urmi, call him up.

I have some work with him.

Now you will have to
come, sister is calling you.

So, tell me why you called me.

Since long I had a wish
to see that Baralpur's land.

Now in rainy season
even the lake must be full.

But it doesn't seem
to be possible in this life.

Sharmila, you just say anything.

Don't talk like this.

Once you will be fine
we will go together.

I don't think so.
You take Urmi with you.

Sister, why are you getting so restless?

It is just a matter of few days.

Once you get well then
we all will go together.

Yes, it is just a matter of
few days so that is why I am saying.

If you will go then I shall
see the land through your eyes.

Will you not agree to such
a small request of your sister?

-Tell me, where are we going?
-We have almost reached.

Careful. The road is slanting.

That's it.

-That's it.
-Have we reached?

How did you like it?

Amazing. This entire land is yours?

No, not the entire land.

Can you see that tree?
From that tree till those stones.

Further, I wish to buy
all of it slowly, slowly.

Entire..

Then what will you do of this land?

I will start my business
and make my own house.

Why?

Isn't that house yours?

No, it is. But..

..that house is not
made with my hard work.

I want to make my own world.

Seeing you it doesn't look
that you have so much self-esteem.

Beyond limits.

Beyond limits.

Do you know that your
self-esteem is so vast..

..that it is having its
effect on your married life?

Do you know Urmi..

..that my studies, job..

..my happiness, my existence
whatever I have is not earned by me.

It has always been gifted.

And those gifts are a loan on me.

Whenever I am with Sharmila..

..then I always think
at the back of my mind that..

..she and her father have
done so many favors to me.

She has done so much for me.
She has sacrificed so much for me.

When will I be able to
repay this loan and become free?

But you have already repaid that loan.

That also along with interest.

I have repaid just a part of loan.

A very small part.

It is not a shadow of self-esteem
but that of gratefulness.

It is just like lunar eclipse.

It has started raining.

What are you doing?

Remove your shoes.

We have come so far,
and I want us to explore this place.

Remove your shoes and come on.

Come, come...

Come..

What are you thinking?

Nothing.

Are you repenting?

No.

You.

No.

This is offering of Dakshineshwara.

Yesterday, I had offered
veneration for your good health.

Child, is everyone
taking good care of you?

Urmi has come..

Uncle..

It is fine, child.
Live long.

Have you become a doctor or not?

Not yet.

After sister gets well then
I will go to London for my degree.

Tea?

No, just water.

I will just get it.

When did Urmi come here?

Since last month.

Did you come to tell me something?

Child, I had come to get..

..some important documents signed.

But no problem. First you get well.

I am not that unwell, uncle.
Come on give it to me.

Child, I have come to break..

..the company's partnership
with you and Shashaank.

Why?

What do you mean?

Company is bankrupt.

But I felt everything
was going on well.

Company was running in profit.

Company was in profit till Shashaank
paid attention to company's work.

Does Shashaank know about it?

Child, if he was so concerned then
this condition would not have arisen.

Since the last one month, Shashaank
has no interest in company's work.

I was dependent on him.

Since the last one month, he has
not even checked company's accounts.

If we had come to know
about it earlier, then..

..at least we would have
been a little careful.

He comes late to office
and comes back home at 2.

I know child..

..that the reason is not your illness.

Child, the illness may be big..

..but when you get
love from your near..

..and dear ones, the illness vanishes.

But when near and dear
ones start neglecting..

..you then that
illness gets prolonged.

Look child, you..

..take care of yourself.

Child..

..I shall leave these papers here.

Sign them whenever
you get time and send them.

Uncle, Shashaank was
saying that this month..

..your project of Nepal
is going to start.

That is a very big project.

With that, all losses
will be recovered.

Child, the project is big
that is why it is difficult.

There is no money left
in the company for investment.

Uncle, please don't refuse.

I have a solution.

Urmi..

Urmi..

I came last night also
but you did not open the door.

I slept.

Is everything fine?

I think we should not meet anymore.

Why?

Whenever I look into
my sister's eyes..

..I feel that she knows everything.

Despite knowing everything, she
pretends to be unaware of it.

Do you know your
sister just this much?

She knows everything
from the beginning.

If she had any problem then..

..knowing everything, she would
not pretend to be unaware.

What happened, sister?

Take me downstairs to the temple.

Kaali Goddess is angry with me.

Since last one month
I have not been to temple.

Hold my hand.

If God was so worried about you
then he would made you healthy by now.

Don't be stubborn, take me down.

One minute.

Mahesh! Bimla!

Sister, it is not possible
for me alone to take you down.

I will go alone.

What is happening?
Why are you standing?

She is persisting to go to temple.

Okay, come.

Be careful.

Sharmila, I will get the
temple to the first floor tomorrow.

It is not right for you to
go downstairs in such condition.

Does a devotee go to God
or God comes to the devotee?

That is right but if I bring it up..

Leave it. You will not understand.

Just to get you..

..I had fasted for one
year before marriage.

Goddess Kaali became
happy and I got you.

But Goddess Kaali did
not make me fit for you.

I did what I could do.

I tried a lot..

..and sometimes I overdid it.

I have made many mistakes Shashaank.

Why are you saying like this,
Sharmila? There is nothing like that.

No, you will not say anything.

Till today, Goddess has
never refused anything to me.

I request that even you both
will not refuse me the promise..

..that I am going to take from you.

Don't refuse.

This is my last wish.

If after my death
you both stay together..

..then I will be
able to die peacefully.

Whatever you did not
get from me is there in Urmi.

Urmi will not let you feel my absence.

After my death..

Why are you again and
again talking about death?

This is the truth.

I will not remain alive for many days.

And till I am alive..

..we can stay as we are staying.

But not secretly.

This is true that three
of us love each other very much.

Then why can't we three live together.

What is wrong in it?

So you have not answered me.

If you are not answering
me because of fear of society..

..then I have an option for that also.

Bimal uncle had come.

His Nepal project is going
to start in a week's time.

No one knows us in Nepal.

Three of us can go there..

..and start a new life
without fear of anyone.

So, shall I say yes
to Bimal uncle for Nepal?

-Sir.
-Yes.

The servant has brought books
of accounts from Bimal uncle's house.

He has asked you to look at them once.

I shall recover all
the loss from Nepal project.

So you have made up your
mind for going to Nepal.

That..

It will be good for Sharmila.
It will be a good change for her.

And her treatment.

Urmi is coming with us.
She will help us.

Sharmila had asked
me not to say anything..

..but this is important
for you to know.

We are able to do Nepal
project just because of Sharmila.

Because of Sharmila.. I
did not understand.

Sharmila has mortgaged
all her jewellery and house.

Not for Nepal project
but just for you.

I am making list of the
things that will go to Nepal.

If you want to add
something then let me know.

We are not going to Nepal.

I am just coming from
Bimal uncle's house.

Why did you hide such
a big thing from me?

Just to keep my dignity..

..you have once again put
everything of yours at stake.

Now I understood why
you gave Urmi's hand in my hand.

Because you were scared that
after your death I will be penniless.

You have already spent everything
of yours on this useless fellow.

But Urmi's assets are still remaining.

So to secure my future..

Such a great sacrifice.

It is not sacrifice..

..but love towards both of you.

-And I know that Urmi and you..
-Forgive me Sharmila.

You will not refuse
from going to Nepal.

You had promised me.

I did not give you any promise.

Why are you doing like this?

-I don't have much time.
-You have lots of time.

Nothing will happen to you.

I have brought back all your money..

..and jewelry from
Bimal uncle's house.

I will not go anywhere.
I will stay here in Kolkata.

I shall work hard, day
and night and repay his money.

I shall work hard, day and
night and win your faith again.

You showed faith
on me more than on God.

By talking like this you
make me feel all the more low.

I am not capable to
sit even at your side.

What are you doing?

Just think about Urmi.

She is very soft hearted.

She needs your support
after Nirad left her.

You don't worry about Urmi.
I will make her understand.

Give me one chance, Sharmila.

One chance.

Urmi.

"By the time you get this letter,
I would have gone to Mumbai."

"To fulfill father's dream,
I want to complete my doctor's study."

"That is why I am going to England."

"I thought of putting
a stop to the relationship.."

"..that started between
us knowingly or unknowingly."

"I hope that, with
time, even you will.."

"..forget this illegal relationship."

"Don't worry about me."

"I am taking your
morals along with me."

"And along with that all
your love and respect also."

"Yours Urmi."

"Sister, I will always be the culprit
for the imbalance.."

"..that I brought into your
relationship unknowingly."

"Your dear, Urmi"