amma... amma, where are you? wait, i'm coming. i was tying the cow in the shed. diwali is a long way off.
online movies online, why have you come early? blessings. sit. i'll get you some water. i don't want any water.
i'm going back. going back? so why did you come? just to say hello? to drop sanju off. she's going to stay herefrom now on. stay here? why? mum, i already told you...
..she's going to stay here... ..and help you with thehousework. really? the same way you and your wifehave always helped me? and now she will too? of course. she'll have to. i'm sure you didn't bring her hereto do housework! something fishy's going on! mum, stop questioning me.
when i say she's staying,i mean she's staying! you always have to have your own way. you never listen to anyone else. can we stay a while? you don't even have timefor a glass of water? you're too much of an important doctor,right? why don't you stay tonight? no one's going to diein your absence. your mum wants us too.
can we stay here tonight? shut up! if you're so keen to stay with your daughter,go ahead! oh, yes. no point in staying with your mother,right? come on. it's getting late. you’re family too,aren't you? if you want the water,drink it! otherwise go to hell! return safely
i don't want to come with you bring her quickly. come on, dear. let's go. come on. why does the cool breeze grow noisy when it blows through the leaves? why does my laughter hurt you when it reaches your heart? listen! please! think again!how can she stay here?
don't take her side. she's not as innocent as you think. you just assumed she was guilty. did you ever even ask her if she was? i don't need to. i know the truth. shut up and leave it! why won't you let me live any more? why did you pull me to your heart only to despise me now?
i never wanted to hurt you i always wanted to share your grief stay happily we will miss you too give it to me! give it to me!- no. leave my bag. give me my bag. what's going on?
why are you hurting him,you stupid girl? where are you going now? come to dinner. come on, have dinner. come to dinner now. oh, god! this is horrible. i'm not eating it. shut up! eat it!
i told you... ..i'm not eating this horrible food. you eat it. what are you doing? don't you have any manners? isn't it a bit earlyto start annoying me already? can't you let me sleep? it's already late. you have to get up early here.
who are you shouting at, amma? who didn't wake up? we have a princess here! who? is your granddaughter here? yes, she came yesterday. shamsher dropped her off. ah, right. my husband told mehe saw shamsher yesterday.
but he didn’t even say hello. did they leave her here? yes, for a few days. oh... ok, amma, see you later.going to the shop. stop it! are you brushing your teethor sharpening them? you don't need to brushfor so long. rinse out your mouth!
you too! why were you shouting at him? he was only brushing his teeth! who's he? why are you sticking up for him? can’t he brush his teethat home? no manners! this is his home. this is where he lives.
do you have a problem with that? so, lala-ji, are you backfrom chasing after your son again today? he's hard to catch, you know. the day i catch him... ..i'll beat the shit out of him! i told you before... ..instead of keep chasing himevery day... ..it'd be betterto send him away to work
he's a good-for-nothing lazy bum... ..but at least he's here with us. look at their son. they moved to the city... ..and haven't showntheir faces since. i know,but why should they come back? they have a good life in the city. what would they do here? pass the soap.
they won't even come backto cremate their parents? oh, so you've kept your son herejust to to cremate you! i need to go.i have clothes to wash. put it on pradhan's tab. ok, sure. why does he live here? doesn't he have a homeof his own? no. that's why he lives here. where are his parents?
they're not here either. where are they? his mother abandoned them... ..and his father was lostin the snow. how? he used to take the goatsgrazing in the mountains. last yearhe got stuck in a snowstorm... ..and he's been missingever since. what does that mean?
that he must have been buriedby the snow. no one could find him. now shut up and eat. stop! i'll smash his face in! why are you screamingso early in the morning? how dare he touch my stuff! throw him out! why should i?
i don't like him. why should i care aboutyour likes and dislikes? he lives herebecause i want him to. who the hell are youto throw him out? ..i don't like him. if you've got such a problem with him,why don't you leave? he doesn't have anyone to go to. at leastyour parents are still alive! of course, i'll leave.
i'm not staying here any more. this phone hasn't workedfor years. it used to work, years ago... ..but nowthey've disconnected the wires. nowadays people use mobiles. your dad gave me one. you can use it if you want. come here. why do you keep bothering her?
if you touch her stuff again... ..i'll break your legs! go and apologise to her. mister... ..please forgive me. what kind of a way's thatto say sorry? it's how my teacher taught me. what teacher? you don't even go to school!
no, no... ..i used to but not any more. that's how you'd apologiseto your teacher? yes, then he used to hit our bumswith a stick. you won't hit me, right? no, i won't hit you. get up. what? go!
hey, listen. yes? are there any busesto the city from here? no, not from here... ..but one goes down there. where? down there... ..near the bridge. what's that sound?
drums, in the temple. there's a puja too. a puja? yes, a puja. lots of people are coming. we came to your shrine, deva we bow our heads at your shrine, deva we bow our headsat your shrine, deva oh, my deva
your disciples come from lands afar we pay tribute through celebration please remove our sorrow and spread your happiness deva, nothing is hidden from your eyes i also visited your shrine everyone visited your shrine please make devotees feel your presence
and bless them all with delight oh, my deva, please attend my prayers you are my lord, i am your follower so did you find anything outor did you just wander around? did you find outwho that girl at the puja was? i shouldn't bragbut i'm pretty smart. how smart? very smart, brother. i found everything out.
we know very wellhow smart you are. enough! tell me what you found out. she's from chandigarh,the doctor's daughter. no wonderi've never seen her before. tinku, brother, she's some girl! shut up!she's mine! so give me a bidi to celebrate! sorry, i haven't got any.
dad's been at the shopall morning. i haven't had a chanceto sneak a packet out. look, there's bodhi.he might have some. yes, probably. bodhi, brother! hey, tinku. where are you heading? nowhere. i'm just here.
what are you up to? just killing time. what's your plan for the day? nothing special. same as usual. bodhi, brother,have you got any bidis? bidis? of course! oh, here you go. if you want anything to drink,i've got everything.
no, brother,we're fine with bidis. you enjoy your drink. tinku, brother,your dad's coming. oh, run! run! oi, give me my bidis back! oi, tinku! throw it here. hit him! make it fast!
jibu, come on!move to the side. hurry up! oh, sorry, ji ..hit you by mistake. jonge, give the ball back. arsehole, give the ball back! you're really pissed off, right? come on,let's start the game again. oi, tinku, that's not fair!your team was losing. if we can start again,i'll play. otherwise i'm out.
wait, wait.let's play, tinku, brother. oi, fattu, stop messing around! go back to your position. wake up, princess! how long are you going to sleep for? she never wakes up on time... ..and i wonderwhere that boy goes so early. amma, who are you talking to? sanju.
she sleeps till very late. but i met sanju and jongaon the way here. they've gone to the temple. oh,i thought she was still asleep. maybe then they've left. amma,you must have made a mistake. they were in a rush. i wondered whythey were in such a rush. amma?
sanju is grown up now. haven't you thoughtabout her marriage? marriage?at her age? what do you mean,"at her age"? fitku married his daughter off last year. and she has a baby boy. she's the same age as sanju,isn't she? don't you daremention this in front of her! if shamsher heard about this,he'd kill you!
ok, amma, i won't say anything. let me go and check on the workersor else they'll slack off. yeah, they prefer gossiping to work. where did you get this? thief! you stole my coin! it's not yours. it belongs to god. yes, yes, it belongs to god...
..but i collect the coinsfrom here. come on. give it to me. no. give it to me. no, i won't. - no, i won't.- give it! give it! i won't! i needed that coin.
i want to get out of here. i feel suffocated. you don't get it, idiot! you could only understandif you'd seen the world beyond these mountains. are you angry with me? sorry. everyone keeps scolding me... ..and hurting me. i told you i'm sorry.
please forgive me. oh, jonga,won't you forgive me? yes, yes, i'm jonga! everyone call's me jonga! even you call me jonga! my father was very nice. he used to love me a lot. he never used to hit me. he even used to give me toffees.
but he left me all alone. my grandma loves you a lot too. yes. she loves me too. she is very nice too. but she doesn't give me toffees. do you like toffees that much? ok, wait, i'll be back soon. are you still crying?
come on,give me your hand. - no.- come on. this is my favouritebut you can have it. the big toffee? it isn't toffee. it's chocolate. it's yours now. and here's your coin. ok. just come with me.
sit. wow! so many coins! this is your bank here. now all these are yours. mine? but these are all yours. no, you keep them all. are you sure?
yes, sure.now we'll collect the coins together. sanju... oh, grandma's coming.hide them. hide them. ouch! watch out, you idiot! you hurt your hand. nothing happened. yuk! what are you doing? oh, god... yuk!
let's go. grandma's calling. hello? greetings, amma-ji.how are you? nothing. we were just sitting. how about you? we were about to make dinner. where's shamsher? he's not backfrom the hospital yet. how's sanju, amma-ji?
she's good too. can i speak to her? hold on. oh, sanju! 'your mum's on the phone.' 'she wants to talk.' 'i don't want to talk to anyone.' are you asleep? no, grandma.
ok you've never talked aboutwhat happened in chandigarh. what should i say? what happened there? nothing. so why did they leave you here? they've never left youwith me before. you must have done something. i didn't do anything, grandma.
pain? recovering. don't worry. do a complete check-up. excuse me, sir. could you checkthe profile of saanjh? what happened? please, come with me. i'll come back.
please, come with me sir.- tell me what happened? sir, please check yourself. why are you home so early? papa, why are you...? - what are you doing?- you say! - what did i do?- leave her! - leave her!- why did you do that? - what happened?- ask her! - she's ruined us!- ask her!
please stop. enough! 'papa was very angrywhen he came home.' 'he didn't talk to me... ..and started hitting me.' 'mum asked what was happeningbut he didn't say anything.' 'then i learnt that there was a videoabout me on the internet.' 'when i saw it... ..i was shocked.' 'i didn't know who she was.'
'i just knew it wasn't me.' 'the video went viral.' 'my honour was compromised.' 'next day,when papa went to the hospital... ..everyone's eyes were on him.' 'everyone was staring at him.' 'papa stopped talking to me.' 'my home fell silent.' 'papa was angry all the time.'
'nobody tried to understand me.' 'no-one asked me anything.' 'mum couldn't understandwhat was happening.' she's not leaving the housefrom today onwards. she has to stay indoors? can't you see? are you blind? wherever i go... ..people stare at me now.
life is hell! i'm a joke! you see? but locking her upwon't solve anything. i'll take her to our village. don't talk nonsense! it's the only way. the village? 'you're an idiot!'
couldn't you tell shamsherthe video wasn't of you? he could have asked me. but you could have told him. i didn't want to. why did he slap me? you and your dad... ..you're both the same. both short-tempered. sleep now.
why don't you answer? if i hadn't wasted my time on you... ..i could have hadseven girls by now. i'm the shopkeeper's son. i'm rich enoughto spend ten rupees a day. i'm pretty well off you know. i like you. i fell for you. and you don't get it.
wait, let me finish.listen to me. where were you? what took you so long? what are you hiding? what do you have? show me. oh, my god! where did you get the eggs from? i stole them from papu's house.
someday someone will give youa good beating. you shouldn't get upto such mischief. now what will you dowith these eggs? if grandma sees thisyou'll get a good beating. i'll keep them with meand then i'll have lots of hens. and then? then i'll have eggs every day. wow, this is a good day's haul! give me the rest.
i said give. - jonga, run!- stop, jonga, stop! stop, jonga, stop! oh, cool breeze where am i? it seems i reached heaven the clouds and the beautiful rain have made the earth bloom
all my secret desires please fufill them and my heart's demands please don't refuse them my heart speaks and keeps sending me its vibrant message listen, dear friend smile openly
without tension and vanish come on,or i'll break both your legs! oh, wow... what a day. dad! you can go.i'll look after the shop. i've been calling yousince this morning. i could have finishedmy errands by now. no problem, dad, you can go.i'll manage.
listen, if ridku's daughter comes in,don't give her anything on tick. ji, what do you want? tea. don't you just love tea? stay. i'll make you some tea. how much is it? at least have the tea? how much? ten rupees.
aiming for the queen bee! - but you'll never get her.- right. amma, your son is a renowned doctor, so why do you needa government pension? no matter what my son earns, i'm still entitledto my old-age pension. amma, i've no idea about this. talk to the head councillor.
what should i say to him, and how many timesdo i have to say it? if you've already spoken to him, why are you yelling at me? because you're the elected head councillor,not him. he's just using the titleto rip people off. you shouldn't talkabout him like this. he calls shamsher his brother but goes aheadand steals my pension?
amma, i told you,don't disrespect my husband. how dare youspeak to my grandma like this? now you're chipping in? of course. i'm allowed to speak. you've only been here a few days and you're already bitching... shut up about me!my grandma is telling the truth. yes, even i... amma, i'll deal with you later...
..and you too... sure! get lost! yes, grandma? wake up. it's late. go to the shop. we haven't got any sugar. i suppose you forgot to buyit last time. yes, grandma.
get up. i'll make you some tea. hurry up. - ok.- get up. jonga... get lost! leave me. i said, leave me. get up! who are you?
come on. get up! what the hell? good morning. you're shamsher's daughter,right? could you help metake this guy to the shop? come. oi, bodhi, get up! let's go. get up! let's go. you piss-head!
somedayyou'll die of a snake bite. oi, get up! so tell me, sanju,how long are you here for? a few days. have you looked around the area? which class are you in? eleventh. so you'll be graduatingfrom school next year? study hard
and become a famous doctorlike your dad. right? sit here. oh, you came again? shopkeeper, what happened? what are you shouting about? he frustrates me! every day he comes to the shopasking me to fix his phone. is it faulty? no, it's fine.
oi, uncle, yes,your phone's fine. take it. if it's fine,why don't my kids call? did you buy the sugar? grandma, don’t you miss dad? grandma... don't you miss dad? my mother asks when will you come back?
with my heart wailing my tears have dried up it's been so long since you left me alone along with you your wife has also left i shiver in winter without firewood and when the snow falls
i grow numb with cold how will i celebrate holi alone? tell me how will i celebrate holi alone? you have forgotten diwali and the special delicacies you have also forgotten the taste of our native food what's wrong, grandma?what's wrong with your head? i've got a headache.
have you taken any medicine? you don't get medicinesaround here. just go and make me some kaada. kaada? that's really bitterisn't it, grandma? bitter? go and make it. i don't know how. if i take some kaadai might get better.
otherwise i won't evenbe able to make dinner. don't worry, grandma. i'll cook. learn how to make kaada first. don't worry, grandma. i'll try. my eyes are weak and my feet are sore i can work the fields no longer i eat dry bread with salt
because i have no strength to cook it's been months and years you don't remember any more why do you hide yourself from your mother's heart? it's the twilight of my life now jonga, dinner's ready. wait.
wait, wait! wait, i'll serve. give me more! eat what you have. what kind of bread is this? shut up and eat. this looks like those mountains! do you want food or a beating? food!
so shut up and eat! why does grandmakeep coughing nowadays? because she's not well. grandma, what happened? jonga! wake up! lookwhat's happened to grandma. grandma, what happened?- grandma! what happened to grandma?- grandma! what happened to grandma?
sit here.i'll call the head councillor. don't go anywhere. - don't go anywhere.- grandma! what happened? councillor uncle... please, hurry! grandma's really sick. oh, tannu... come quickly. bring my jacket and cap.
- bring my jacket and cap.- what happened? sanju's grandma is sick. quick! let's go, sanju. come quickly! take this. it'll be evening soonand too late to cremate her. i called him last night.they're on their way. they must arrive soon. don't worry, they'll be here.
shamsher's here. there's time.good, they arrived in time. leave me alone. go away. head councillor,everything's ready. shamsher, brother,it's getting late. we should go. it's evening now the day's end
like life's end the birds return to their nests where should i go? no one can understand the pain of another with whom should i share my grief? we are born alone and die alone cremated and turn to ash alone
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