The Forgotten Army - Azaadi ke liye (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Harakiri - full transcript
Old Sodhi finds himself in Rangoon that leads to an array of past events - the struggles of the Indian soldiers and the rains that destroyed everything. Under such a situation, the Japanese were ordered to retreat.
Colonel, we must head
straight to our embassy.
Amar, embassy is on
the other end of the city
and the army must have
blocked the roads by now.
Come on, hurry up. Let's not waste time.
Come on, move. Come on, move.
Over there. The train... The train.
Let's board the train, come on.
Come on. Move.
The Second World War directly involved
more than 100 million people
from over 30 countries.
India was still fighting for
her independence from the British Empire.
At the same time,
millions of Indian soldiers were fighting
the Germans and Japanese
under the command of the British Army.
In 1942, after the Japanese defeated
the British Army to capture Singapore,
the Indian prisoners of war,
with the help of the Japanese,
joined the thousands of civilian recruits
to establish the Indian National Army
which also had a female regiment,
the Rani Jhansi regiment.
With the rallying cry of,
"Onwards to Delhi!"
The Indian National Army with its
50,000 soldiers and its women's regiment
set off towards Delhi to free
the nation from the British Empire.
I'll be with you in a minute.
How are you feeling now?
Sorry, I didn't hear what you said.
So you got your hearing back?
-Yeah.
-Wow, this is a miracle!
-Are you on this train as well?
-No.
But I'm on the train right after this one.
Maya.
The train's about to leave. Let's go?
-No, it's okay.
-Sorry.
Sorry.
Come on, get up. Get up!
We are heading towards the Indian border.
The INA units will have to be attached
to the Japanese troops
in the Imphal campaign.
No, that will not happen.
Netaji has very clearly said that INA will
only be commanded by the Indian officers.
We have to lead the assault
on Imphal, Daichi-san.
You think your men will hold their ground
when the first bullet
from the British Army is fired at them?
You think they will be
able to fire at other Indians?
It is from a sacred text, Bhagavad Gita.
It means that in a righteous war,
one should not waver
from his duty as a soldier,
even if it means killing your own kin.
Daichi-san, why should we
live with the dilemma
of shooting an Indian soldier
who is fighting
to keep India in British enslavement?
Let them live with the dilemma
of shooting an Indian soldier
who is fighting to free his motherland.
Hey, bring us a lot of bandages.
Take care of severely wounded ones first.
Today...
this is where
our fight for freedom begins!
And we'll not give up this fight
until we've reached the city of Delhi.
-Onwards to Delhi!
-Onwards to Delhi!
-Onwards to Delhi!
-Onwards to Delhi!
-Onwards to Delhi!
-Onwards to Delhi!
Bastard Tintin...
He's given the army all our descriptions.
They're gonna be looking for us now.
Shit. Shit, I told you
we should've gone to the embassy.
Rangoon is totally shut down.
They've imposed a curfew there.
It's impossible for us to go there now.
Also, you shot a soldier dead.
You do realize
you can get killed for that.
If we follow this river upstream,
we will reach Kalewa.
Right?
Yeah.
And from there,
doesn't the road lead to Tamu?
Why are you asking all this?
Why will we go there?
Because it's not very far
from the Indian border.
It's the only way out now.
We'll have to cross
the border into India.
Who are you?
You have been here before, haven't you?
We have received orders
from our headquarters.
Rani Jhansi Regiment will setup
Advance Base Camp ahead of Maymyo.
And both battalions of Subhas Brigade,
One and Two, will leave for Imphal.
Tomorrow morning, all units will
receive their orders to march onwards.
-Jai Hind!
-Jai Hind!
She clear one field, one day.
With a sickle, remember that.
Shut your mouth.
Sorry...
Sorry.
You play the flute very well.
Thank you! I can teach you.
My grandma used to sing this song.
I learnt it from her.
It sounds like it's about
a very deep love story.
Yes, it is.
It's about one's love
for their motherland.
My grandma used to miss India a lot.
And whenever she thought of India,
she'd sing this folk song.
Listening to it over the years...
made me also fall in love with India.
I've created an image
out of all the stories that I've heard.
I want to see if it's actually true.
Maya, it won't be long
before you finally reach India.
But I can certainly
assure you of one thing.
That the real India
is so much more beautiful than you think.
And you can never
capture India in just one picture.
It has so many different colors, seasons,
different cultures,
different people, different languages...
India is incredibly beautiful.
Very unique.
Why did you click my picture?
Whenever you start talking about India,
there's always such a glow on your face.
And by the way, weren't you the one
who kept a picture of me?
But you tore it up, right?
Doesn't matter, we will take
a picture together in Delhi.
At the Red Fort.
At the Red Fort.
After all these years...
it's happening again.
The same old paths, similar conditions.
Colonel, do you know why I'm called Rani?
My grandma gave me this name.
She was in the INA as well.
What was her name?
Janki. Do you know her?
No.
She actually has a school near Maymyo.
Grandma has been an integral part
of the democracy movement here.
The army put her in jail
so many times, but...
she never backed down.
Hey. Get up quickly. Get up quickly.
Get up quickly. Get up quickly.
Soldiers are coming. Soldiers are coming.
-Let's run. We have to go quickly.
-Come on, move!
Come, come, come. Go.
Sir, I see some movement
on the southeast slope.
Ahmed!
It's right that way.
You okay? Let's go! Come on!
Sergeant! Lead the troops
to check the slopes!
Check the slopes! Check the slopes.
Retreat to the bunkers!
Soldiers!
There is just this one bunker
separating us from India.
On the other side of the bunker
is our home!
Our motherland!
-Onwards to Delhi!
-Onwards to Delhi!
Are these guys mad?
Yeah!
-Good morning, brother.
-Good morning.
We would like to go across the river.
It's not possible.
I have to go and sell the goods.
Please help us. We won't be
the problem for you on the boat.
There are also a lot of
soldiers around this area.
Please help us.
-It's not possible, sister.
-Please help us, brother.
Get out of here. Get out.
It's not possible. It's not possible.
Please. Please help us.
Why should my men dig
trenches, Daichi-san?
We have to move forward!
Those are the orders.
But those are not our orders!
That bloody Willis was right!
They have reduced us to fucking porters!
Dig their trenches, carry their stuff!
You are using us.
The Japanese are using the INA.
We have a bloody battle to fight!
Our order, to stay here.
Japanese Army to surround
the British Army.
Daichi-san, there is the Imphal basin.
We're almost there.
Once we capture the Dimapur railhead,
we will cut off the British supply line.
We have to wait.
This is the right time
to attack, Daichi-san.
That is not your decision, Sodhi-san.
Or mine.
Once the monsoons begin,
your strategy will go to the dogs!
Get back to work.
Tell me something, Colonel.
Did the INA have any chance of winning
against the British
in the battle of Imphal?
That wasn't the reason
we decided to fight.
We had set out to make sacrifices.
And who knows, we might have succeeded.
Hundreds a day. Morning to night.
The British are stocking up
for the monsoon, Captain.
Where are our supplies, Captain?
You said we have to wait for our supplies.
But while the British
are building their supplies,
we're sitting here waiting for nothing!
We hardly have any medicines left,
and soon we are going to
run out of all our food.
Take cover!
Take cover!
Bastards!
Take cover! Take cover!
What is this?
"The Japanese Army will never
treat you with dignity.
"You will always be their slaves.
"You don't need to stay hungry.
You don't need to die of malaria.
"Leave the army of traitors
and come back to your country.
"Your family is waiting
for you to return home.
"Just hold a white flag above your head
and walk across to us, to safety.
"We promise that in a few days,
you will be able to return back home...
"to your family."
Rain.
It rained like the Japanese
had never dreamed of in their lives.
It rained, like we had never seen before.
The heavy incessant rain
washed away all our supply lines.
And all our dreams and plans
got washed away with it.
That rain killed us one by one.
I can't amputate with knives anymore.
There are no medicines left.
Malaria is killing us.
Dysentery is killing us.
They're all dying.
They're all dying in there.
Tokas.
Don't be sad for me, sir.
I've fought my battle.
It's impossible to take the supplies
to Imphal front in this deluge.
But, sir, it's been ages
since we sent the last supplies.
-There's nothing we can do.
-That's not true.
Sir, we've run out of all our supplies.
Maybe a couple of days more, sir.
Sir, the British can hold out
for a long time.
But holding Imphal is impossible, sir.
The conditions are very bad, sir.
Over.
The situation was very bad.
The Indian National Army
had been cut off from all sides.
Those who were sick
and those who were dying
were all sent back one by one.
They all are eating leaves...
They'll all die.
He asked me to give you this flute.
To thank you.
For changing him
into a good human being.
Alpha Company, come in.
Alpha Company, come in.
Alpha Company, come in.
Sodhi-san.
It has been an honor
to fight alongside your men.
I hope your dream
of a free India comes true.
Our orders are to retreat now.
Our orders are to retreat.
Captain...
but how can we retreat like this?
We must march ahead now
and help our comrades.
I have orders to take you girls back home.
Captain, we can't...
just leave them behind to die.
This camp is their very last hope.
What's going on here?
I don't know anything!
straight to our embassy.
Amar, embassy is on
the other end of the city
and the army must have
blocked the roads by now.
Come on, hurry up. Let's not waste time.
Come on, move. Come on, move.
Over there. The train... The train.
Let's board the train, come on.
Come on. Move.
The Second World War directly involved
more than 100 million people
from over 30 countries.
India was still fighting for
her independence from the British Empire.
At the same time,
millions of Indian soldiers were fighting
the Germans and Japanese
under the command of the British Army.
In 1942, after the Japanese defeated
the British Army to capture Singapore,
the Indian prisoners of war,
with the help of the Japanese,
joined the thousands of civilian recruits
to establish the Indian National Army
which also had a female regiment,
the Rani Jhansi regiment.
With the rallying cry of,
"Onwards to Delhi!"
The Indian National Army with its
50,000 soldiers and its women's regiment
set off towards Delhi to free
the nation from the British Empire.
I'll be with you in a minute.
How are you feeling now?
Sorry, I didn't hear what you said.
So you got your hearing back?
-Yeah.
-Wow, this is a miracle!
-Are you on this train as well?
-No.
But I'm on the train right after this one.
Maya.
The train's about to leave. Let's go?
-No, it's okay.
-Sorry.
Sorry.
Come on, get up. Get up!
We are heading towards the Indian border.
The INA units will have to be attached
to the Japanese troops
in the Imphal campaign.
No, that will not happen.
Netaji has very clearly said that INA will
only be commanded by the Indian officers.
We have to lead the assault
on Imphal, Daichi-san.
You think your men will hold their ground
when the first bullet
from the British Army is fired at them?
You think they will be
able to fire at other Indians?
It is from a sacred text, Bhagavad Gita.
It means that in a righteous war,
one should not waver
from his duty as a soldier,
even if it means killing your own kin.
Daichi-san, why should we
live with the dilemma
of shooting an Indian soldier
who is fighting
to keep India in British enslavement?
Let them live with the dilemma
of shooting an Indian soldier
who is fighting to free his motherland.
Hey, bring us a lot of bandages.
Take care of severely wounded ones first.
Today...
this is where
our fight for freedom begins!
And we'll not give up this fight
until we've reached the city of Delhi.
-Onwards to Delhi!
-Onwards to Delhi!
-Onwards to Delhi!
-Onwards to Delhi!
-Onwards to Delhi!
-Onwards to Delhi!
Bastard Tintin...
He's given the army all our descriptions.
They're gonna be looking for us now.
Shit. Shit, I told you
we should've gone to the embassy.
Rangoon is totally shut down.
They've imposed a curfew there.
It's impossible for us to go there now.
Also, you shot a soldier dead.
You do realize
you can get killed for that.
If we follow this river upstream,
we will reach Kalewa.
Right?
Yeah.
And from there,
doesn't the road lead to Tamu?
Why are you asking all this?
Why will we go there?
Because it's not very far
from the Indian border.
It's the only way out now.
We'll have to cross
the border into India.
Who are you?
You have been here before, haven't you?
We have received orders
from our headquarters.
Rani Jhansi Regiment will setup
Advance Base Camp ahead of Maymyo.
And both battalions of Subhas Brigade,
One and Two, will leave for Imphal.
Tomorrow morning, all units will
receive their orders to march onwards.
-Jai Hind!
-Jai Hind!
She clear one field, one day.
With a sickle, remember that.
Shut your mouth.
Sorry...
Sorry.
You play the flute very well.
Thank you! I can teach you.
My grandma used to sing this song.
I learnt it from her.
It sounds like it's about
a very deep love story.
Yes, it is.
It's about one's love
for their motherland.
My grandma used to miss India a lot.
And whenever she thought of India,
she'd sing this folk song.
Listening to it over the years...
made me also fall in love with India.
I've created an image
out of all the stories that I've heard.
I want to see if it's actually true.
Maya, it won't be long
before you finally reach India.
But I can certainly
assure you of one thing.
That the real India
is so much more beautiful than you think.
And you can never
capture India in just one picture.
It has so many different colors, seasons,
different cultures,
different people, different languages...
India is incredibly beautiful.
Very unique.
Why did you click my picture?
Whenever you start talking about India,
there's always such a glow on your face.
And by the way, weren't you the one
who kept a picture of me?
But you tore it up, right?
Doesn't matter, we will take
a picture together in Delhi.
At the Red Fort.
At the Red Fort.
After all these years...
it's happening again.
The same old paths, similar conditions.
Colonel, do you know why I'm called Rani?
My grandma gave me this name.
She was in the INA as well.
What was her name?
Janki. Do you know her?
No.
She actually has a school near Maymyo.
Grandma has been an integral part
of the democracy movement here.
The army put her in jail
so many times, but...
she never backed down.
Hey. Get up quickly. Get up quickly.
Get up quickly. Get up quickly.
Soldiers are coming. Soldiers are coming.
-Let's run. We have to go quickly.
-Come on, move!
Come, come, come. Go.
Sir, I see some movement
on the southeast slope.
Ahmed!
It's right that way.
You okay? Let's go! Come on!
Sergeant! Lead the troops
to check the slopes!
Check the slopes! Check the slopes.
Retreat to the bunkers!
Soldiers!
There is just this one bunker
separating us from India.
On the other side of the bunker
is our home!
Our motherland!
-Onwards to Delhi!
-Onwards to Delhi!
Are these guys mad?
Yeah!
-Good morning, brother.
-Good morning.
We would like to go across the river.
It's not possible.
I have to go and sell the goods.
Please help us. We won't be
the problem for you on the boat.
There are also a lot of
soldiers around this area.
Please help us.
-It's not possible, sister.
-Please help us, brother.
Get out of here. Get out.
It's not possible. It's not possible.
Please. Please help us.
Why should my men dig
trenches, Daichi-san?
We have to move forward!
Those are the orders.
But those are not our orders!
That bloody Willis was right!
They have reduced us to fucking porters!
Dig their trenches, carry their stuff!
You are using us.
The Japanese are using the INA.
We have a bloody battle to fight!
Our order, to stay here.
Japanese Army to surround
the British Army.
Daichi-san, there is the Imphal basin.
We're almost there.
Once we capture the Dimapur railhead,
we will cut off the British supply line.
We have to wait.
This is the right time
to attack, Daichi-san.
That is not your decision, Sodhi-san.
Or mine.
Once the monsoons begin,
your strategy will go to the dogs!
Get back to work.
Tell me something, Colonel.
Did the INA have any chance of winning
against the British
in the battle of Imphal?
That wasn't the reason
we decided to fight.
We had set out to make sacrifices.
And who knows, we might have succeeded.
Hundreds a day. Morning to night.
The British are stocking up
for the monsoon, Captain.
Where are our supplies, Captain?
You said we have to wait for our supplies.
But while the British
are building their supplies,
we're sitting here waiting for nothing!
We hardly have any medicines left,
and soon we are going to
run out of all our food.
Take cover!
Take cover!
Bastards!
Take cover! Take cover!
What is this?
"The Japanese Army will never
treat you with dignity.
"You will always be their slaves.
"You don't need to stay hungry.
You don't need to die of malaria.
"Leave the army of traitors
and come back to your country.
"Your family is waiting
for you to return home.
"Just hold a white flag above your head
and walk across to us, to safety.
"We promise that in a few days,
you will be able to return back home...
"to your family."
Rain.
It rained like the Japanese
had never dreamed of in their lives.
It rained, like we had never seen before.
The heavy incessant rain
washed away all our supply lines.
And all our dreams and plans
got washed away with it.
That rain killed us one by one.
I can't amputate with knives anymore.
There are no medicines left.
Malaria is killing us.
Dysentery is killing us.
They're all dying.
They're all dying in there.
Tokas.
Don't be sad for me, sir.
I've fought my battle.
It's impossible to take the supplies
to Imphal front in this deluge.
But, sir, it's been ages
since we sent the last supplies.
-There's nothing we can do.
-That's not true.
Sir, we've run out of all our supplies.
Maybe a couple of days more, sir.
Sir, the British can hold out
for a long time.
But holding Imphal is impossible, sir.
The conditions are very bad, sir.
Over.
The situation was very bad.
The Indian National Army
had been cut off from all sides.
Those who were sick
and those who were dying
were all sent back one by one.
They all are eating leaves...
They'll all die.
He asked me to give you this flute.
To thank you.
For changing him
into a good human being.
Alpha Company, come in.
Alpha Company, come in.
Alpha Company, come in.
Sodhi-san.
It has been an honor
to fight alongside your men.
I hope your dream
of a free India comes true.
Our orders are to retreat now.
Our orders are to retreat.
Captain...
but how can we retreat like this?
We must march ahead now
and help our comrades.
I have orders to take you girls back home.
Captain, we can't...
just leave them behind to die.
This camp is their very last hope.
What's going on here?
I don't know anything!