Turning life into poetry is such a difficult task.
Facing the truth is such a difficult task.
Now that a wall has been erected between us,
it is such a difficult task to save our heads from it.
Listen.
If I have learned anything from Safdar Hashmi's life,
it is that there is power in struggling.
Safdar's life was a kind of poem
inked with a pen dipped in the truth.
He's mugged it well.
Only by hitting our heads against it can this wall
between us and the administration be broken down.
So, everyone join me in saying...
-"Raise your voice!" -"Raise your voice!"
-It is easy to get people to fall in love. -He speaks well.
Love is an agreement.
People look for certain qualities in the opposite sex,
and once those boxes are ticked, it is love.
A fat man starts looking slim, a rich girl comes across as Dimple Kapadia,
while a capitalist boy seems to be a communist.
This is our new comrade.
What a speech you gave on Safdar!
Raise your voice!
Say it. Raise your voice!
-Raise your voice! -That's more like it.
Our voices are echoing only in the university corridors.
If we want change, the party has to be brought to power.
We want the president post this time.
Can you fight for the party for president?
Me?
Of course, no problem!
Red Flag, Red Salute!
President Shontu.
Listen, and speak
From heart to heart The language of love
Listen, and speak
From heart to heart The language of love
Meet, and cherish
The sweetness of these trysts
Listen
Speak
Stumble or steady yourself
Love is the mischief of youth
Don’t get on that boat for safety
I love you, Rasna.
For only those who drown in love Get across
Listen, and speak
From heart to heart The language of love
Give the gun to the priest.
Haven't you ever fired a gun?
This is Dharam Awasthi's dream.
Jobs to everyone with a degree!
This is Dharam Awasthi's dream.
Jobs to everyone with a degree!
-Babbu Bhaiya! -Live long!
-Dharam Awasthi! -Live long!
Brother...
this time the Communist Party
has someone named Shuntoo standing for president.
Shontu.
Sukant Singh.
I know him.
He's not serious.
But you are serious, right?
You are, right?
Budhai...
kidnap the boy.
Take him to Malihabad and beat him up.
If you feel scared, just say my name in your head.
Brother Angad,
you gave me the speech absolutely last-minute.
I wasn't able to memorize it!
Don't I need to do my own studying?
OK, just revise it. Don't be nervous.
Keep the speech. If there is a problem, just glance at it.
But reading out doesn't make a good impression.
Come on, man.
Comrades,
today on the occasion of Lenin Day, we will take part in a debate.
On the one hand, we have Sukant Singh,
our president post candidate...
Your name is Sukant?
...whose speeches we have already heard.
On the other hand, we have Mamta Roy Chaudhary,
who is also the treasurer of the party.
The topic of the debate is "Fundamental Rights."
Ma'am.
Hello.
I would like to begin by saluting Master Lenin.
Mr. Lenin...
greetings.
So, my friends,
the path we are all walking on
has its origins in the road in his country.
I mean,
he built that road.
Read and speak. That path was created based on his ideology.
He built the road. Is he Lenin or the Public Works Department?
The root of this revolution is Russia.
China!
Now, with immense pride--
You idiot! It's "fakr," not "fucker."
My principles dictate that I "tabjo," pay attention to the needs of the common man.
Not "tabjo." The word is "tavajjo"!
-Please let me speak. -He's screwed the whole speech.
Sorry, but your time was over about five minutes ago. Please.
Very well.
Hello, Miss Mamta.
Before my speech,
I would like to ask some questions about your assumptions.
The common man is illiterate,
below the poverty line...
They are not educated enough to know about their rights.
Then how can they be considered empowered?
Miss Mamta, I did not understand your question.
Like the foundation of society,
the common man too is buried underground.
When they have no clue about their rights, how are they supposed to fight for them?
Miss Mamta,
you have asked an out-of-syllabus question.
Sit.
-But I'm speaking. -You sit.
Brother Angad, really...
-I'll speak for him. -And you are?
I'm from his team.
First of all, if we go by the education level of the common man,
the entire country is uneducated.
Precisely.
Then, according to that argument,
we should take away their right to vote.
Because if they are uneducated, how can they choose a capable leader?
No, that's the basic right of democracy.
It's a country of 850 million people.
Where will you get 850 million educated people from?
And until you get them, democracy will shut down?
Not really. People elect their representatives.
-What happened to your "precisely"? -You are latching on to my words.
-And you are ruining my chances. -Keep quiet.
-You were so vehement about it. -What I mean is--
-Please, clarify what you mean. -Let me speak?
-Go ahead. -She's scared. Take a break.
You should not interrupt.
...the limits of the common man to create a democracy.
But as society progresses, the complexity of its fundamental rights will increase.
-And looking down at-- -Excuse me!
I vehemently object to the term you just used, "looking down."
Well, obviously--
Who gave you the right to look down at the common man?
The fault lies here.
You are using education to exploit instead of emancipating.
I don't mean that I am superior--
Then please say what you mean,
Mister... whatever your name is.
Angad Trivedi.
Coming back to--
Miss Mamta, you are being a little hard on Mr. Angad.
I'm sorry, but I had to pay him back in his own coin.
Yeah, now coming back to the debate--
-Boo! -Boo!
Will you people let me speak?
-Boo! -Boo!
Thank you.
Angad, brother...
what happened to you in the last debate?
Her questions could have been answered lightly.
You became all serious.
Shontu, life is a serious thing.
Not everything can be taken lightly.
You are saying this?
But you have such a joking nature. What happened?
Look, Shontu...
I don't joke around with the rights of the common man.
I joke around with rich brats like you because your thinking is laughable.
What crisis do you have in your life?
Wooing a pretty girl.
One minute,
pretty and intelligent.
Please, that Mamta isn't intelligent at all.
Angad, make fun of me as much as you like,
but don't say anything about my Mamta.
And were she not intelligent,
she wouldn't have defeated you so easily.
She didn't defeat me.
OK, whatever happened, happened.
What is the next step?
How do I become more of a communist?
I bought ten of these shirts.
Now what?
You can't become a communist.
It's not a shirt you can just wear.
On your birthday you said, "You can become a communist."
What was that?
I must have been drunk.
Leaving a person midstream is as good as drowning them.
Why even order alcohol?
-Good morning, sir. -Morning.
Sir, I want to issue all the books recently returned
by Mamta Roy Chaudhary, Sociology 2nd Year.
Check in the catalogue.
Those books aren't thick, right?
Check in the catalogue.
Sir, here is my ID card
in the name of Sukant Singh.
Sir, please try to change it to Shontu.
-It can't be done. -No?
OK, sir.
Then, I'll go get the books.
Sir, I want to issue all of these.
You can't issue so many books.
Sir, then...
issue these many.
REGISTRATION OPEN FOR WORKERS' DISTANCE SCHOOL
IF YOU DON'T READ BOOKS, ILLITERACY WILL RETURN
Sir, please issue these two books.
By the way, who has issued The Communist Manifesto?
Sukant Singh.
You remember this orally?
That duffer boy has issued huge, thick books.
Of course I will remember that.
What are you saying? He's a candidate from our party for the post of president.
God knows what he'll do with those books.
Hey, son.
You need to read those books.
Simply sleeping on them won't help you gain knowledge.
Every time I see you, you're using a book as a pillow.
Dad, every time you wake me up, my entire day is ruined.
But good you woke me up today. I was having a terrible dream.
And who's going to read these books? Your father?
I'll have to read them, Dad.
I have to win a girl's heart.
Please, book it for me after he returns it.
After him...
Angad Trivedi has a booking.
-Even he is a duffer. -What?
How could he be a duffer? He's a very clever boy.
Very bright.
Don't you have classes today?
Looks like the hangover hasn't cured yet.
Today is Sunday.
Son, go see if we have green chilies.
We have them, Papa.
I don't want them.
What's the meaning of "we have them"?
If I asked, that means I want it, no?
If only people used their common sense in this house.
Of course, you're the only smart person with common sense.
Everyone else in this house is an idiot.
Papa, the chili.
I'm eating. If you would be so kind as to not make sarcastic comments.
Right.
You keep passing comments about everyone,
but nobody should say a word about you.
Papa, the chili.
I never interfere with your work,
then what "passing comments"?
Of course!
You think you are so above us that even passing comments about us is beneath you.
Papa, the chili.
Are you even listening to yourself, Sarita?
I'm dead if I do and dead if I don't.
I don't have the strength to argue the way you do!
Papa, the chili?
Give it to your mother
so she can spew more fire at me during dinner!
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t keep my eyes on you
Don’t know what their wishes are
Come on, it's closing time.
Sharma Sir... 30 more minutes?
Half an hour, please?
Fine, but be quick. You are always late.
I can’t control them
My eyes have a mind of their own
Hey, shut the cupboard. What's happening here?
Sorry.
Spinach for five rupees!
A bundle for five rupees only!
Do you want a smaller one? Have a smaller one.
Touch it and see, it's unblemished.
Look!
That's 0.55 lbs.
That's 50 paise. Here.
Two rupees.
Mumtaz, I heard the Municipality is going to tear this down.
They want to erect a building.
What are you saying, Uncle? They can't.
Mumtaz, come quick. Kanchan's daughter-in-law has fallen unconscious!
-What? -Kanchan is asking for you.
Come quickly!
Let's go. Uncle, watch over my shop.
What happened?
-She fainted. -What?
She fainted.
She took some kind of pill.
-Did her husband hit her? -Yes.
-And her mother-in-law was just watching? -She wasn't at home.
That Rakesh is a bastard.
Move.
What happened?
I don't know. She took some pill.
Binita.
Hey, Binita! Get a rickshaw, we'll have to take her to the hospital.
How did this happen?
-Binita! -She fought with Rakesh in the morning.
Rakesh hit her.
I was at my sister-in-law's place.
When I came back, I saw her like this.
Sangeeta and Naresh were crying, trying to shake her awake.
Don't worry, sister. She's breathing. Get a rickshaw!
Mumtaz, she is a month pregnant.
Pick her up!
Pick her up! Hurry!
Somebody call for a rickshaw! Let's go. Go!
Take her straight to the emergency ward, OK?
Look after the kids, Mumtaz!
Yes. Come on, leave, all of you!
When do your exams begin?
On the 23rd, man.
Is your preparation complete?
Almost.
Just need to get the last chapter sorted out.
Rashmi, you'll live a hundred years.
I was entering the canteen thinking, "I hope I run into Rashmi Malik,"
and here you are.
Angad, you know Mamta, right?
No. We're meeting for the first time.
I'm Mamta Roy Chaudhary.
Angad Trivedi.
So, first a cat crossed my path. Now, I ran into you.
So, two cats crossed my path. I will have a good day.
Is he usually that cheerful with you?
No. Usually he's much worse.
Where's Dharam?
Now that he's standing for president, we barely meet.
Why?
He hangs around with these horrible goon-type people.
Either he is with his gym buddies
or these rough guys from this Babbu Bhaiya's party.
I've been telling you for so long, "Drop Dharam, date me."
OK.
Let me discuss this with Dharam.
No, we can decide between us -
mutually.
-Why involve him? -Bye.
-Rashmi.
-Bye. -See you!
You ran away before my speech that day.
I'm a little chauvinistic like that.
I don't like losing to girls.
But admitting that you lost to a girl is pretty non-chauvinistic in itself, no?
Are you flirting with me?
No, maybe I have a habit of debating.
Piyush!
Where have you been, man? Come on.
I have a play rehearsal. I need to leave.
You have issued The Communist Manifesto from the library, right?
I need it
for my speech.
I'll give it to Rashmi.
You can give it to me directly.
I keep meeting Rashmi.
She'll find you.
-Two balcony tickets for Vardi. -Show has already started.
Doesn't matter. Give them anyway.
Let's go.
Mummy, I don't want to watch a film.
Keep quiet. Come on.
Deepu?
Sarita?
Where is everyone?
Hello?
Hello, Jai Prakash speaking.
Yes, Jai Prakash?
Mr. Akhtar, take out some time for us.
What happened, mister?
There is so much happening in the country.
I want to sit and discuss politics with you as soon as possible.
Yes, I'll come over right now before the country changes further.
Oh, great. So I'll call some more friends over and we can have a little party.
All right.
I'll be there shortly.
Sarita?
Sarita, I'll be home soon.
It has already started.
Mummy, let's go back. What kind of a film is this?
Papa doesn't even know where we are.
Sit quietly and watch the film.
Traitor.
Brothers and sisters!
No, not brothers and sisters. Comrades!
Because of Mr. Lenin and Mr. Marx,
nobody in Russia takes bribes.
Great. This is great. This...
Comrades!
Because of Mr. Lenin and Mr. Marx--
Who is it?
Wait! Nothing should happen to my speech! I said wait!
Leave my speech alone!
Careful. Who are you? Be careful with my speech!
-Bastard! -Aunty!
Think you're so manly? Your child is in her womb!
-Aunty! -Have you no shame?
Sister.
Sister, tell her I don't like to deal with people like her.
You don't? Take my knife and go kill her then!
Take my knife! Here, take my knife!
Stop!
Let go!
-I'm warning you, Aunty! -Really?
I was the one who changed your nappies
and you are threatening me? Me? Beat him up.
Mr. Mishra, take hold of Mrs. Mishra.
We prayed for you at the shrine,
but you should never have been born!
Mumtaz, come home.
Don't you interfere! He hit Binita! This bastard beat Binita!
She is pregnant! She had some pill!
-How is she? -She's in the hospital.
She's out of danger.
"Out of danger?"
You hit her again, son,
and I'll tell you what danger really is.
You don't know me yet.
Aunty, I've known you since childhood.
I remember what kind of neighborhood you came from.
I was young, but I remember everything.
It's a notorious neighborhood.
You've certainly grown up.
Of course, you'd know about the neighborhood.
But let me explain something to you.
If I were to call on my contacts from that neighborhood,
I'll have all of your nonsense stuffed up your ass.
Don't dare to even look at Binita.
Go on, Aunty. Go on.
I've met many like you.
Here, have some tea.
We've had enough of this arguing and fighting.
Let's leave this neighborhood.
How many neighborhoods am I supposed to change?
A whore will always stay a whore in the eyes of the society.
When I came here, they were all little puppies.
Did you hear them now? Barking like alley dogs. You heard them, right?
We can go to Barabanki.
I'm not going anywhere! Don't even think about it!
I earn an honest living!
I am not leaving! What have I done wrong?
This is my place. I won't leave!
I won't leave!
All right. Here, have some tobacco instead.
I've been waiting for you for the past hour.
Since when have you started waiting up for me?
Say that again?
I came home in the evening to find the house empty...
so I went to meet Jai.
He has been asking to meet since a long time.
You've started drinking too much.
It'll become a habit.
You don't know...
but if you drink using other people's money...
you can't turn into an alcoholic.
Let me go. I'll serve the food.
Sit beside me a while.
I've already eaten.
Shilpi insisted a lot, so I ate at their house.
And I wasn't sure if your anger would have allowed you to serve me dinner.
You don't get two square meals in this house?
Yes, I don't.
I only had half of my lunch today.
I was hungry.
You weren't at home.
I had had some alcohol.
So, when Shilpi insisted, I ate a little.
What right have I snatched from you?
You are always so dramatic!
Now what?
I want to go home.
You have a home apart from this one?
I am missing my parents.
But they stayed over recently.
You don't like my family coming over for even four days.
If I react, it's a problem,
and if I don't react, you say I never listen to you.
This is the same argument from lunchtime.
Heads I lose, tails I lose.
All I do is lose.
Do you understand the meaning of "taiyaan"?
When a coin stands on its edge, it's called "taiyaan."
Your father has been holding on to it for ages.
He barges into my class!
And lectures me on how to lecture!
Why is your nose always turned up?
You only ever think of yourself.
You have no idea of what is happening in the world.
Even in the newspaper,
you only read the news about which films are to be released.
What do I not know?
You don't even know about Safdar Hashmi!
Who said I don't know?
You asked the other day, "Safdar who?" in front of Deepu.
How was I to know you were talking about Safdar Hashmi? Did I dream about it?
And you have about 50 Safdars. Faiz, Firaq, Kumar...
Sarita, you talk like an illiterate person sometimes.
It'll be best if you get a divorce.
I'll get some relief away from your illiteracy.
What?
Get what?
Oh, really?
Now you're pretending?
No?
You've already planned everything with Prabha?
You even want to consult with some divorcee?
So, just get a divorce.
No need to work so hard.
I'm a Muslim. If you want I'll say it three times.
Problem solved!
I'll call father right away!
I'll call your father right now.
Just you watch.
Hello.
Yes, father.
Salutations.
Yes, I'm sorry for calling so late.
This is an urgent matter.
Sarita is asking for a divorce.
This is what I want to talk about.
So, every time you all visit...
she starts complaining about every little thing.
This time, the matter has reached talks of divorce!
So, please, tell me what to do.
But how is my drinking connected to this?
Why wait for tomorrow when we can talk right now?
Hello?
Taiyaan cut the call!
So far, I was confused about getting a divorce.
You have cleared my confusion with your antics.
Thank you.
Come.