Gurukanth Desai salutes the Shakti family.
Don't dream.
"We've been awake for a long time"
"Let us sleep for some time more"
Dreams never come true.
"There's still some night left"
My father used to say so.
"Let the morning rise"
But I dreamt.
"We've been awake for a long time"
"Let us sleep for some time more"
"There's still some night left"
"Let the morning come"
Idhar Village, Gujarat - 1951.
I'll also work in Turkey like Ghanshyam Das.
Which dullard will give a job to a donkey like you?
He went to town for an interview.
Ghanshyam Das had taken him. He has got the job, father.
I got my passport too.
Why is this happening behind my back?
The school results will be out tomorrow, right?
Have you checked the results in town?
Have you failed?
Right.
The shame of failure is now being covered with this job.
I've got a job in Turkey. How does the result matter anymore?
I'll skin you alive. You'll be ridiculed in the village.
They'll say that the math teacher's son has failed. You'll never prosper.
Don't scold him. He's going abroad.
-Oh Divine Mother! -Go. Go to hell.
I can't bear that my son has failed. Go away.
Come on, leave. Come on, move.
Hey, congratulations. We've done it.
My stepson is going abroad!
Your stepson is going abroad!
Fall at my feet, you stupid monkey.
You witch, your stepson is going to ride
the moon and go far away. He is going abroad.
Istanbul. Look, step-mom, I've come from Idhar village to Istanbul.
Now, you also come here.
Yes, but you'll be scared when you see these huge buildings.
I'm not scared. You know why?
Because here, there is neither school nor father and his cane.
Guru! I'm so glad to see you. Come.
Come. Come here.
I wear a uniform. It's red. And a cap too. I look good in it.
I work very hard. I sell petrol cans.
Do you know what they say to greet people here?
Salaam Walekum.
Greetings.
Try your luck and double your money.
See, there's a ball in every glass.
Now, let me twist it around.
Now, which glass has all the three balls.
Your guess is right. You won.
You're amazing.
You want to play again?
Hail divine Mother!
Make the winning bet and make double.
Why are you betting again?
You'll lose double of what you win.
Let it be, I tell you.
Come, this is not for us. Come.
This one.
Wow! You won again.
You are amazing. Hail divine Mother!
Now choose one from these.
Which one? Which one!?
Go on. One minute.
I'll open it.
Hail divine Mother!
I've won!
Brother, you go... or I go?
You shut his shop. Guru, how did you know
the red ball was under that very glass?
My eyesight. Out of the three glasses, one was smaller.
I just kept my eyes on that.
Damn!
Spices are traded here. Big traders come here.
Requires a lot of brains.
The sharper you are, the luckier.
From tomorrow, there will be a new trader amongst them.
Gurukanth Desai.
"You are the blue ocean"
"I am the sandy shore"
"Take me into your arms"
"I've been yearning"
"Since a long time"
"A trade for a night, For a part of the moon"
"If you wish, kiss a portion of the moon"
"A trade for a night, For a part of the moon"
"If you wish, kiss a portion of the moon"
"In a boat of the moon, Come, we have to land ashore"
"You row slowly so that The sea doesn't spill over"
"O dear, collect all the rosy stars"
"O dear, choose those that are hurting Behind the curtains of their bodies"
"O dear, collect all the rosy stars"
"O dear, choose those that are hurting Behind the curtains of their bodies"
"When the blue sea awakens, Taking the shore in its arms"
"It sways and in its trance, It kisses moonlight's face"
"I fill your breaths in my chest"
"Every side I turn, I embrace you And spend the night thus"
"O dear, O dear"
"Smoke emanates from within my chest"
"O dear, O dear"
"What does the smoke write on the wall?"
"Slow, slow, slow moving smoke"
"Now, what is the smoke always saying?"
"O dear, O dear"
-How long have you worked here? -How long have you worked here?
-Seven years. -Seven, sir.
Do you know how to wear a tie?
Where's your tie? Take it out.
-This? -Wear it.
I've heard complaints about you.
But I'm very impressed with your work.
He's heard many complaints
but Robert Sir's happy with you.
I'm promoting you to the post of sales supervisor.
You start work tomorrow. Congratulations.
Say thank you.
Made your day, right? He has made you a sales supervisor.
Look, Robert Sir has signed it himself.
It took me thirteen years to become a sales supervisor!
Just keep wearing that tie.
I don't want to wear a tie. I do not want this promotion either.
Why?
I want to return to my village.
May I ask, when did this foolish idea occur to you?
After wearing this tie.
Why?
If you like my work and that man also feels the same...
then why should I work for that white man? I'll work for myself.
You'll work for yourself?
Take it in writing. You can never do anything for yourself.
Write it.
Chhagan Sir, everything is written.
See you.
I'll miss you.
You're taking all the fun with you.
Now we'll just have to slog it out here.
"No dear, no dear"
"Clouds, please rain"
"It's sweet, it's warm Warm, just like a kiss from the rain"
"Oh, stream of water, keep on flowing"
"No dear"
"Clouds, please rain"
"Wet mud..."
"Wet mud"
"Come on, let's make..."
"Dwellings from the wet mud"
"Together, let's swing from the swings On the green branches of the mango tree"
"Dhan, Baiju and Gaj..."
"Have all ploughed their fields"
"The bells on the cattle rang and Musical beats started filling out"
"I swam across"
"I am going to the opposite shore, O cloud!"
"No dear, no dear"
Father, I'm leaving. You don't like what I wish for.
Now that the country's free, why not your daughter?
I've found my partner. Don't worry. I'll live happily.
Yours, Sujata.
"In the dark nights..."
"The clouds will pour and pass"
"The cloud will search For me in every alley"
"And will return after a thunder"
"Oh, my home, porch, courtyard"
"And stream of water..."
"Don't forget me or else, Everyone will question"
"I move on, floating"
"I move on, telling all, O cloud"
"No dear, no dear"
A bearded man has sent this letter for you.
I don't have the courage to run away and start a fresh life.
Please forgive me, Sujata.
Yours, Bhanu Patel.
Hey, come on. Hurry up!
Look ahead!
Look for her, in that bogie.
Hey!
He is spread like a python on the whole berth.
I have a reservation.
Reservation is only for the night.
Have you looked outside? It's still night.
I can sleep comfortably till tomorrow morning.
It's morning.
It's morning in many places of the world.
Can't think beyond the village.
Throw it when the train stops. It won't fly back.
Oh God! I can't even cry in peace.
Good, you woke me. My station has arrived.
If you cry early in the morning, you'll have to cry the whole day.
Sujata! Sujata!
Sujata!
-Is the girl alone? -Yes.
-From the last station? -Yes.
First bogie, seat number 32. She drenched the whole seat crying.
-Come on. -Thanks, brother.
Sujata! You are here?
How could you leave without telling us?
I looked everywhere for you. You understand nothing.
Come on.
He's here!
Hey, stepson! Where were you rotting all these years?
I was saving myself from your beating, you witch.
My brother has become an Englishman.
Come, Guru.
-Greet them. -Sit. Sit.
Nandyal, I do not want any more complaints. Come.
Ramlal, look who's here.
Guru? I didn't recognize you.
How would you? You've become blind after your marriage.
-Has your wife come home? -Yes.
Guru, give him some money for good omen.
Give him twenty, fool. Miser.
Come.
-Guru! -Take it.
Thank you.
-Look how big the school has grown. -Greetings, sir.
Greetings, sir.
Donkey...
My hand begins to burn just by looking at the cane.
Must have received 10 or 20 lakh canings from you.
And look at the progress you've made!
Had I known this, I'd have hit you
and made you the Prime Minister.
Father.
-Teacher, where did Putlibai take birth? -Porbandar.
For me?
Wonderful, dear!
How many leaves have you got?
-As many as I want. -What do you mean?
I mean, I don't want to do a job.
But your brother said that they promoted you and tripled your salary.
Yes, I got both but...
enough of working for the white boss.
I want to set up my business.
My own business.
What do you know about business?
When I did business, we nearly starved.
-Everyone cannot do business. -Father.
Just because you failed, it doesn't mean I won't pass.
Keep it.
It'll help you keep track of the bad times that come in your life.
-Ramlal, return his money. -What?
Return his money.
If you set up home with his money
your wife will run away. You'll be ruined.
Go. Do business. Business.
-C, D, E... -C, D, E...
-No. no. -Go.
-F, G... -F, G...
-H, I... -H, I...
Guru, what are you doing?
The principal will yell at me! Don't do that! No, Guru!
Hey children, go inside the class.
Go inside your class. Go inside your class.
Do you remember how we would run up on this hill?
Carrying huge tins...
-filled with fried snacks. -In each one of them.
Idiot, you've been selling stuff since childhood.
Move aside.
A profit of three paisa on each fried snack.
And the fried snacks weren't even hot.
After climbing all these stairs...
we should get at least three paisa profit.
Take fried snacks!
Take some snacks!
Father will never agree. He is a money lender.
The God of misers!
I have fifteen thousand. I need another fifteen. That's all.
He won't invest. He has saved it for my sister's wedding.
-Dowry? -Yes.
How much?
Twenty five thousand.
I'll marry her.
-What? -Yes.
Get her married to me.
My sister is a year elder to me
so, she's a year elder to you too.
So what if she's a year older? A few years is no big deal.
Think before you speak.
Look...
all I know is that I'm ready to marry her.
Then we'll be business partners.
Fifty-fifty.
You will receive a dowry and make me an equal partner?
Yes.
You'll also be part of the dowry.
How do I tell father? What will I say?
I won't be able to tell him.
Why are you scared?
I'm marrying, not stealing. I'll talk to him.
"Live your life in love"
Have you come to talk about marriage? Are you a broker?
Go back. We are not interested?
"Live your life..."
The last time I saw you, you were crying yourself hoarse.
I don't even know you. Why would I cry in front of you?
You were crying in front of everyone in the train
-reading some Bhanu Patel's letter. -Who are you?
Guru, who knows everything.
You broke my leg. It still hurts.
Then go to a doctor. What are you here for?
I am not here to take anything. I am here to talk about my marriage.
Hold this.
-Listen, don't drag me into this. -Move.
"You won't understand my pain..."
-Hey, Tulsiben! -Oh God!
Where is Uncle?
Uncle.
Do you recognize me?
-Do you recognize me? -No.
You shut down my father's Ghee shop.
You even took away all the buffaloes.
-Master Kantilal. -Yes.
You're the boy who hit me
in my ear with a stick and ran away, aren't you?
I was eight years old. Shall I sit?
Have you come here to make me deaf from my other ear?
Kantilal! He has no business sense.
Thanks to me, he is the headmaster.
What are you? You are in Turkey, right?
No, I'm here. I want to do business, here with your son, Jignesh.
What business?
Many new things are available abroad.
I'll bring them and sell them here. I'll make good profit.
And what does your father say?
He says I'll be ruined.
Then you will definitely make a profit. Don't worry.
But I've stopped lending money these days.
I've to marry my daughter off.
I'll marry your daughter. I'll take good care of her.
I'll become a famous man in five years.
My daughter is crazy.
Haven't you heard what those idiot villagers are saying?
They've been wagging their tongues.
There is no limit to their nonsense.
There was a sickly looking, bearded boy.
He used to just roam around with a red flag and four laborers.
She used to say she'll marry him.
Have you heard this or are you deaf too, like me?
I was on the same train in which she was fleeing.
I've seen a bit of the world too.
I know what's right and wrong.
Just give me your blessing and I'll take care of the rest.
What?
Just give me your blessings. I'll take care of the girl.
Yes.
I'll take your leave.
Mother.
"Live your life in love"
Why this?
Why are you leaving with your brother-in-law after marriage?
You are crazy. Where is your wife?
Don't scream. She's not coming.
-Why not? -Let it be.
What catastrophe is keeping her here?
I don't know. Maybe she doesn't like it. Maybe she doesn't like me.
How can she not like you? She's crazy.
Not all women can be as sweet as you, right?
Come on, bless me.
-Bless me. -Live long.
I'll take your leave.
Hey, lizard! Elder brother.
-Take care. -Bye.
I know, this isn't what you wish. But still, I need your blessings--
May God give you sense.
What else can I say?
It's time for your train to leave.
Yes, my child.
Don't... don't go.
What?
What if I die here all alone?
You said you didn't want to come with me.
You could have asked me again.
Look, you're not asking me even now.
But you don't even have any luggage.
Can't you buy me four saris?
Guru, come.
And ticket?
Do I need a ticket to sit on your lap?
Come. Hurry up!
-Bye. I'll write a letter. -Come. Come.
"Live your life in love"
"Oh, marvel of love, wake me not"
"Do not let the ground Get in contact with the feet"
"Oh, marvel of love, wake me not"
"Do not let the ground Get in contact with the feet"
-Where is the yarn market? -That way.
Where does all the buying and selling happen?
Upstairs, sir.
Why do they shout so much? How will we do business here?
Jignesh, if you don't shout. You'll be left behind.
And when we shout, everyone else will shut up.
1550! 1550.
Sir, Mathura Das?
-1350 given. Given. -Listen.
-Are you Mathura Das? -Maybe. Why?
I want to do yarn business. I've come from Idhar village.
I'll trade with my own money.
But wherever I go, they talk of a union.
Yes, there is.
Without its permission, you can't do business over here.
You must become a member.
1550! 1550!
Your bid's too high. If you go to Salem market
you'll get it much cheaper.
Quiet! Don't teach me. If you want to trade, become a member.
So, make me a member.
There's a five-year waiting period.
It can't be done. Go. Don't waste my time.
But this is unfair.
You're neither letting me do business nor are you making me a member.
It's not in my hands. Don't irritate me.
Arzaan Contractor is the president of the association.
-Arzaan, who? -Arzaan Contractor.
You can become a member only with his letter.
You won't become a member.
Are you a fortune teller?
I've been doing business here since 20 years.
Twenty five thousand like you, come here every day.
A villager won't do here. Go away.
-1300. 1350. Yes, given. -Mr. Das. Mr. Das.
Yes?
I'll stand right next to you and do business.
And I'll wipe out twenty five thousand like you.
Come.
What price did you quote?
Good shot, sir.
What do you want?
Your letter. I want to trade in the cloth market
but they say unless I get your letter
I can't become a member there.
Come to the office.
I have, sir. Since four weeks.
I know Bhola's entire family history. He' your watchman.
Do you play golf?
I play, but not this.
Take it, play.
This ball should go there. If it does, you'll get the letter.
-Put this ball in that hole? -Yes.
-And you will give me the letter? -Of course.
-For sure, right? -Try it.
Good shot, sir.
-What's your name? -Gurukanth Desai.
You'll give me the letter, right?
Okay. I'll see.
I've collected money for business with great difficulty.
I'll take care of it.
In my village, help is never forgotten.
It will be done. If you don't mind. Yes?
Thank you, sir. You'll see, business will benefit with me.
-Two paisa. -No.
Two paisa is too much for that. Here.
Let me get the change! What's your hurry?
I have something for you.
-For me? -Yes.
-What? -I'll show you.
-What have you got for me? -Come.
Have you got this for me?
Yes. Don't you like it?
I thought you'll get me lots of saris...
jewelry, diamonds, 8-10 big cars.
I have brought it all.
I'll show you.
You'll see it now.
Can you see it?
No. But the whole world will see us.
I can see it... a big house... a palace.
I can see the eggplant. All rotten. No food tonight.
I see a factory. Very big. Even bigger than Burma Shell.
I see clothes in the wash. Lying wet.
You'll have to go in your underwear tomorrow.
"Do not let the ground..."
I can see you, fat, wearing a precious necklace and big bangles
walking with a swagger, all of five hundred pounds.
I'll never be fat.
Okay then, slim! Wearing a precious necklace
fat bangles, walking with a swagger.
Very happy.
Very, very, very, happy.
With you.
-Guru. -The brother-in-law is here.
-It's over. It's all over. -What?
-Our business is over. -What?
But what happened?
That Contractor rejected our application.
Can't be. He gave me his word.
Am I lying to you? I'm coming from his office.
He tore up our application after reading it.
So do we go back to the village now?
If we don't, we'll be on the streets.
I say, let's pack our bags and go to the village.
What's for dinner, sister?
Who are you?
I live here.
I don't live here, okay?
Then why are you staring at my building?
Why? Do I need a letter for that as well?
The building's on a Government road
these eyes are mine. It's a free country.
I can stare at whoever, whenever I want.
Don't bug me early in the morning.
Go watch your dog piss.
Very good. Being angry early in the morning is very good.
-Let's walk. Let's walk. -What's your name?
-Manik Dasgupta. -You've turned Bombay into a club.
He can't come here. That one can't come there.
You just wear a suit and talk in English.
You've turned Bombay into a dog. Dog!
Good. Being angry with Bombay is very good.
Not with Bombay. I am angry with one man.
I want to slap him.
The President of our Traders' Association.
Arzaan Contractor. He promised me four months ago
that he'll give me a letter of membership.
He then tore my application and threw it away.
He doesn't wake up before 10:00 a.m. How will you slap him?
Do you know him?
Since he was this little.
Can you do something for me?
I don't believe in giving or taking recommendations.
But you look like a big social communist leader.
You should help the poor. Against this rich Contractor.
And what if I say "no"?
That's a problem. I can't hear the word "no".
I like it. I like it very much.
Come to my office tomorrow.
Will you get the letter for me?
I'll make sure your voice is heard.
-How? -I own a newspaper. Swatantra Samachar.
If you're speaking the truth, then...
I will fight your war.
But if you've lied, I'll slap you.
I've just arrived in Bombay. I haven't learnt to lie properly yet.
Good, come tomorrow.
Trading big shot, Arzaan Contractor.
The country is free but...
when will the trade markets be free from...
their president, Arzaan Contractor?
Mr. Contractor considers himself the undisputed lord of the union.
And Mr. Gurukanth Desai as his enemy.
Now nobody can stop Guru from becoming a businessman.
A very big businessman.
Bigger than anybody in the country... I am talking too much, right?
A bit.
That's okay.
Mathura Das.
Here I am, right beside you.
You have come. But you won't last.
There are a dime a dozen like you.
Only you know what you have seen.
I only know that there's just one person like me here. Only Guru.
-Greetings. -Greetings.
-Greetings. Move.
Move.
-Greetings. -Greetings.
Greetings.
I didn't know you had so many complaints against me.
You should have spoken to me. Not to the newspapers.
How do we tell you, sir? It's difficult to meet you.
Today, you're here because you're in trouble.
Otherwise you're always at the club.
It seems this Union doesn't require me.
And I don't like staying where I'm not needed.
That is why I am resigning from the presidentship. I am resigning.
-No, Mr. Contractor-- -Hey!
Let him go. Another can be found.
Quiet. You needn't go, Contractor sir.
He has decided, Mr. Das.
Now even God can't make him change his decision, isn't it?
My decision won't change. But, times will.
Anything could happen tomorrow.
And if it does, don't come crying to me.
If we get scared, how will we do business?
Go without worrying. I am the fearless from Idhar village.
What was your name?
Not was, it still is... and will always be. Gurukanth Desai.
Shakti Commercial Group.
Where is that villager, Guru?
Where?
-Grandpa. -Okay.
What is it?
You opened a new office and didn't even call me?
Meenu, what do we do with him?
Wring his neck or break his teeth?
-Both. -Shall I do it?
Which tooth shall I break?
-This one. Jealous girl! -My name is Meenakshi.
-Jealous girl! -Meenu.
-Jealous girl. Yes. -No. No.
She won't accept defeat.
Actually, Grandpa, it's a small place. Not worthy of you.
He's lying. He was afraid you would scold him.
That he doesn't have faith in himself and has to depend on God.
He was right.
No. God and I don't get along.
If you offer it as a sweet, I'll eat it.
You'll get both or neither.
She's smarter than you.
You take the offering thinking it to be a sweet
I'll apply the vermilion as just a color.
You will have your way.
-Such a struggle for a tiny sweet! -Hail divine Mother.
Who is this villager?
My brother-in-law and partner.
What will you do?
-Polyester. -Yarn trade.
A fight on the day of inauguration! Good. Good. Very good.
My brother is sleeping outside.
So, when did I ask you to wake him up?
What will you do now?
What do you think?
You beast. How will you earn a living?
You brought us here like a big leader.
What are you going to clothe and feed us?
Polyester.
What's that?
Cloth... Shiny...
naughty... soft, just like you.
You beast. I made a big mistake marrying you.
I can't understand whether you
love your yarn more or me.
Should I tell you?
Das was saying trading in polyester is dangerous.
Let him.
Are you brainless? The whole world is into cotton and you, Guru--
When you will see the profit
you'll say, "Wow, Guru! You're so intelligent!"
How much did you invest?
All of it.
Oh God! You'll kill us.
They've shut it down. We will be ruined.
When we will really die, we'll see.
Everything was fine till yesterday.
-It's shut down! -Not fair!
-What's the matter? -This won't do.
-What happened? -They've shut down the market.
Why?
They say it's gambling.
-Gambling? -Yes.
But trading's fun is in predicting what will rise
and fall, where the losses and profits are.
That shows the acumen of the businessma--
You think that. For the government, it's gambling.
Gambling?
Then tell the Government to stop lotteries. That is gambling.
The Mahalaxmi race, astrology. All that's gambling too.
You came and destroyed our business.
Not me.
Your friend Contractor did it. And that too, with bribes.
No problem.
We'll start our market here.
-Yes. -Wait! Wait!
-Guru! -What are you doing?
You will go to jail and send us there as well.
Look at this. Do you know what's this?
A Government notice from an I.A.S. officer.
Do you know the meaning of this? It's the law now. Law!
Mr. Das, if a law can be made in a day
then it can change in a day too.
Nothing will be changed. K.R. Menon
the I.A.S. officer is very strict. Doesn't listen to anybody.
Everything is ruined.
-Who are you? -Come in. come in.
Come. Keep the goods there.
-Who is that? -Come.
-Greetings, sir. -Hey, wait!
Are you Mr. K.R. Menon?
-Who are you? -That...
cloth trading stopped because of your order, right?
-What's this? -That notice
has your signature, right? Okay. Come. Come.
-Unni, ask him to stop. -Come in.
Come. Come. Come.
-There. -Stop it.
All the goods are yours.
What nonsense? Who are you?
My father-in-law is a businessman, moneylender.
In my village, if people
borrow money and can't pay back, he mortgages everything.
When a Ghee shop shuts down
they give him buffaloes.
I had a polyester shop that you shut down.
Now all this is yours.
It's top quality polyester, sir. Make clothes for the children.
Wear suits. You'll look good. Greetings.
Come on, everybody.
Gurukanth Desai!
-Just see who it is. -Gurukanth Desai!
Mr. Menon? Greetings.
I've been looking for you for four days.
You should have at least given your name and address.
-Jignesh, come. -Coming.
Mr. Menon, a very big I.A.S. officer.
Look, my record is impeccable.
If the higher authorities find out about the
polyester, I will lose my job.
What can I do about that, sir?
Take it all back. Neighbors have begun to question me.
Sir, I can understand. But until the
market opens, I can't take the goods back.
Are you threatening me?
No, sir. In fact, the other traders were
also going to come to your house to leave their goods.
What nonsense is this? What can I do?
How can I re-open the market?
I'm an illiterate villager. I don't know much.
But you locked the market doors.
So, you must have the keys too.
And what if I say, "no"?
What?
And what if I say, "no"?
I don't understand the word "no".
And one more thing, the traders are asking
for your home address. Shall I give it?
"Brother Guru has arrived! He has created a furore!"
-You pulled off a marvel. -Marvelous.
Brother Guru, you've done a great job.
"Guru has arrived!"
Guru has come. He has brought lots of packets.
-What? -He's given one to Mr. Sharma.
What have you brought for me?
Oh no!
You forgot the lame jealous girl?
Close your eyes.
Hey!
Don't open them. Don't open them.
Now open them.
-A wedding sari! -Of course.
You'll marry me?
For seven lifetimes.
-Grandpa. -Very nice.
I'll show it to everyone.
-Go. -So, Brother Guru?
Why do you call me Brother Guru?
I'm like your son.
Everyone addresses you with this name.
The name suits you.
Grandpa. Come on, get up. Leave that. Come on, get up.
I know it.
You won't even touch this.
You look like Gandhi wearing this dhoti.
But when you travel abroad
it'll be very cold there. So, make a coat like Nehru and wear it.
It'll look very nice.
You are bribing me with Gandhi and Nehru's names.
No, Grandpa. I don't know how to shake hands and
say "Thank you" in English. That's why.
If you don't like it
then break both my neck and teeth. Come on, bless me.
This mischief is what I like about you.
Suddenly, you speak with honesty and intelligence.
Don't ever leave this habit.
Grandpa.
Whatever happens, I'll never leave you.
I promise.
Oh, God!
-"You will have to come..." -Want more?
No, thanks.
Please, I don't want, that...
Gulp it down in one shot.
-Come on, bottoms up! -No. No.
He won't drink, his wife will scream at him.
All wives scold.
Drink a bit, you'll hear less of it.
I apologize for being late.
Forget it, pal.
The work was such. I was doing our trial balance.
Our profits are up by 300% in six months.
Price of polyester has gone beyond the roof!
Very good.
But, don't relax.
Because, if the Shakti family has worked for 18 hours till today
-we will now work 25 hours per day. -25 hours!
-Ask why? -Why?
Because from today, the Shakti family will not only trade
we will manufacture polyester.
We are going to open a factory.
Very good.
Using foreign machines
we will make polyester.
Polyester!
Just because you've bought a car doesn't mean
that you dream of opening a factory.
Shut up! Unless you dream, you'll be stuck in Idhar village. Drink.
-But, Guru-- -We've also seen the land, Jignesh.
Right next to your village. 25 acres.
Walk carefully. Don't be in such a hurry.
Who wants to walk? I want to run. And I am running
carrying you in my arms. Don't move, you'll fall.
And the money?
Are you Contractor? Will the banks give you a loan?
To hell with Contractor and the banks!
We will go to the public and start a factory.
Give ten rupees
and become the owner. Public Issue.
If the factory earns, so will everyone.
Permission for the public issue will come in a month.
Fantastic! Let's have another one on this!
-Have it! Come on. -Guru.
You didn't ask me even once.
You could have consulted me.
My dear dowry dumpling, if I'd have asked you about everything
you wouldn't have let us sell polyester or anything else.
You were about to pack up and go back to the village.
We are partners in trade.
It's not just yours.
You just stay behind me and watch the world.
Don't poke your nose in between.
If you stick your nose in, I'll turn you into polyester
and sell you to a foreign lady.
Jignesh.
Little prince is upset. No problem.
I'll pacify him and bring him back. Empty the bottle by then. Understood?
-Yes, we will empty it. -Yes, we will empty it.
Hey, wait. Where are you going?
Come back. Everyone's watching.
I can't get along with him.
This is not a silly game that you get upset and leave.
Come back. Should I fall at your feet? Come.
I am going to the village.
We'll all go together and put up a huge board, 'Shakti Factory'. Come.
I don't want to do anything with him.
People will say that you're jealous of him.
-Who will say? -Even I will.
You've gone mad and blind.
Hey, Brother Jignesh. Your problem is with me. Fight with me.
Speak properly to your sister. Okay?
You're senseless.
You've forgotten that he has cared for us both.
Learn to read a person.
He only understands money. Do you know why he married you?
He was a true friend. He married a girl who was eloping.
He would have married you even if you were handicapped.
You know why? Tell her.
What are you talking about?
He married you for dowry.
Tell him not to lie.
Ask him.
Brother Guru.
Father had promised a big dowry of 25 thousand.
That's why he married you. To start his business.
Tell him not to lie...
Sister, you're just capital for him.
He's lying, right?
Is this true?
"Don't go as everything feels alien"
"I feel lonely"
"I feel as if day has turned to night"
"I don't feel good"
"Oh, dear, What is living without you?"
"Oh, beloved, without you, The nights seem tasteless"
"The nights are so dry that try as"
"I might, I can't spend them in peace"
"Oh, beloved, without you, The nights seem tasteless"
"Oh, dear, What is living without you?"
"Don't go away giving Work as an excuse"
"Don't go thinking My second wife beckons me"
"When the rain comes..."
"It will question me Don't go"
"Dull and tasteless, these nights"
"Try as I might, I can't spend them"
"In peace without you, my beloved"
"Oh, beloved, without you, The nights seem tasteless"
"Oh, dear, What is living without you?"
"Without you..."
"Without you, the treasure of The moon is fake"
"As if it simply throws off Worthless yellow dust"
"Without you, gold is like mere copper"
"With you, even the common Kikar tree Seems like a sacred Peepal tree"
"Come, as I can't Spend these nights without you"
"Oh, dear, What is living without you?"
"Oh, beloved, without you, The nights seem tasteless"
"The nights are so dry that try as"
"I might, I can't spend them in peace"
"Oh, dear, What is living without you?"
Fight with the whole world but not with me.
If you're with me, I can win the whole world.
Then why are you hanging on to me? Come on.
Where?
To beat the world!
Hey, elder brother. You also touch it.
Hey, Brother Ghanshyam! When did you come?
I've come on time, haven't I?
"Salutations to Mother Earth, May she bestow us with splendor"
Look, they're here.
Shakti Polyester. Unit number 3.
Unit number 5, 6, 7, 8.
Shakti Corporation.
-Brother Guru! Brother Guru! -Yes?
How was the Europe and America tour?
It was a very successful one. There was only one difficulty.
I didn't get to eat food cooked by her. I starved.
Why are you called the business king of India?
-Do you have Shakti shares? -Yes.
So, you are India's business king too.
Brother Guru, Many are pointing fingers at your growth.
You're growing too fast.
This is a race. And I run for victory, not for fitness.
Look, Meenu.
-Whatever you own is mine. -Okay.
-Now tell me, will you marry me? -No.
-Hey, jealous girl! -Brother Guru.
You are so nicely decked up. Just like a bride.
Really? Actually I knew.
That's why this Parsi uncle's been troubling me since long.
I told him, "Move on, my husband's coming."
So when will you marry me?
Leave elder sister. Let's run away in my car.
Can you cook like her?
Hello, Brother Guru.
I'm talking about love and you talk of your stomach?
How do you live with him?
-With great difficulty. -Greetings, Brother Guru.
Where's grandpa?
America. He'll be back in two weeks.
Brother Guru!
-Mr. Contractor! -Greetings.
-Meenu. -Hello.
Someone's waiting to meet you since long. Come.
Sister. Are you expecting?
How did you know? I haven't even told him as yet.
Your face is glowing. And it will be a girl, just like me.
Dad.
Gurukanth Desai.
So you're Brother Guru.
And you're the senior Mr. Contractor. It's a pleasure.
The pleasure is entirely mine.
I've a present for you.
That's why I wanted you to come to the wedding.
But I brought a present only for your daughter. Not for you.
Here's a blank cheque. Your mathematics is excellent.
So fill it up, with any number that you like.
Everything has a price, Brother Guru.
It's amazing where you've reached today.
You've made your own way.
It's wonderful.
But the way ends here.
Don't put it down. Don't put it down. If you keep it down today
you might not get another opportunity tomorrow to pick it up.
Anand Palekar.
Lousy old man!
He wants to buy me.
He says everything has a price.
Will he put a price tag on me too?
150 years. It took me 10 years to make what he made in 150 years.
Is there any match? No.
What's going on?
Cashier...
get hold of all our friends from the press. All of them. Right now.
Call them, go to their homes, wake them up, do what you have to.
From tomorrow, every newspaper in India
should carry an expose on Contractor.
Pushing India back.
Tell them that the Contractor's suits
and cars shine but his machines are useless.
Contractor pushing the country back.
Old, rusted, very cheap.
Cashier.
Contractor's name should become an expletive. An expletive.
"Brother Guru has arrived!"
-"He has created quite a furore!" -Let's go.
"Brother Guru has arrived!"
"Do not mess with him"
"Brother Guru has arrived!"
"He has created quite a furore!"
"Brother Guru has arrived!"
"Do not mess with him"
Contractors pushing India back.
"Brother Guru has arrived!"
"He has created quite a furore!"
"Brother Guru has arrived!"
"Do not mess with him"
"Brother Guru has arrived!"
Contractor pushing the country back.
This is the Swatantra Samachar. The Independent.
This very newspaper has destroyed the British.
It didn't get scared of anybody.
It has fought for ideals and principles. But it never a sell-out.
I was away for a month and you all sold it.
You stabbed me in the back.
In a month you've dressed the newspaper in Guru's safari suits.
-Hey. -Yes?
Who gave you this?
-Guru? -Yes.
Take it off.
I said take it off.
That too.
Now pick it up and throw it in the dustbin.
-Mr. Editor. -Yes?
I hear you bought a new car.
Don't you have shame? Don't you have even a little shame?
We have to apologize to the country.
Tomorrow morning's edition will have an apology letter.
-The page has already been composed. -Then stop it! Stop it!
You've made false allegations.
You have supported the wrong man. So, you have to apologize.
Go. Go! Send in Shyam Saxena.
-Shyam? -Have you gone deaf? Shyam Saxena.
-Send him and tell Guru to come too. -Yes, Sir.
Grandpa!
These sweets have come especially for you from Junagarh.
What's wrong? You look troubled. Can I do something?
-You can do anything, isn't it? -Yes.
Nothing is difficult for you.
You just keep throwing your money everywhere.
Grandpa, there are all kinds of people in the world.
And everyone has a price. What say, brother? Here. Sweetmeat.
That's why I carry two kinds of slippers with me.
One made of silver and one of gold.
I hit them with whichever of the two they want and move ahead.
And which slipper do you have for me?
For you, it's Khadi.
So you will hit me with a slipper too?
-Shyam. -Yes?
What do you think of Brother Guru?
What can I say?
Feel free and say it.
Brother Guru is the biggest hope of the Indian industry.
A champion businessman.
I am not asking you for an advertisement.
Be honest.
Honestly, he is a disease.
Who should be locked up in jail with the keys thrown away in the drain.
Hey, jealous girl. Who is this great man who is praising me so much?
And why do you feel this way?
His growth rate is 400%.
Unbelievable.
But he is breeding corruption and greed
at a rate that is double his growth rate.
With his gold and silver slippers.
You've called me to get hit with a rod, right Grandpa?
I've not even started yet.
Shyam.
If you and I break the law, we would be scared.
But he is proud of breaking the law.
And he doesn't just break or bend the law.
He buries it and then builds a beautiful park on it
the one with flowers and fountains.
And after some time people forget that this place is stolen.
-I think his factory at Veraval-- -Grandpa.
If you want to tell me something, why not just tell me straight?
Shyam, can you strip him before the whole world?
The whole world wears my clothes.
You'll have to strip everyone.
Can you stop this man or not?
No.
Neither him, nor this newspaper, nor you, nor your khadi army.
I'll stop him. I'll stop him.
Brother Shyam.
I've gained this cloth and the weight with a lot of hard work.
You also work hard to fight with me.
If you want to fight Gurukanth, become Gurukanth.
But there is only one Gurukanth.
"Oh, beloved..."
You are looking very pretty.
"Looking pretty!" So easy to say.
Give birth and you'll know.
Walk around with a huge tummy like a bedding roll.
Vomit from morning to night. And on top of that, get kicked!
A child is small but it is so...
Do you want my tummy to be as same as yours?
I look at least 3-4 months pregnant.
What do you think? Boy or girl?
It's not just one.
Then? Twins?
There are 25,000 people inside.
What are they saying?
Shakti.
Brother Guru.
Brother Guru, to the microphone.
Gurukanth Desai salutes the Shakti family.
-How are you? -All good!
For the first time in India, a company meet is being held like this.
You know why?
The Shakti family is so big that it can't fit into any small place.
Welcome, all of you.
My special apologies to our brothers from Gujarat
who've skipped their afternoon siesta.
You know, a few years ago, Shakti family was in debt.
From the bank, government.
Then I came to you with my arms spread. What did you do?
You emptied your vaults.
The result? Today, we are free.
We are trading with our own money.
Our own investment. Our own profit.
When I first came to Bombay, it's been many years since then.
I had come with just two shirts and a coat.
But today the whole of India
wears our clothes!
Hey, clap.
-But I know you aren't happy. -We're happy, Brother Guru.
No. No. You are not happy at all.
Why?
You'll be happy only when we open four more factories.
So, Shakti family, what do you say? Shall we open four more factories?
Do you want to become India's biggest company?
I've grown old. I can't hear you.
-Say it even louder. -Yes!
How many shares do you have?
I'm a reporter.
He's a magician.
Write good things about him.
Poverty will disappear if we have ten men like Brother Guru.
I will definitely write. Make sure you read
next Saturday's Swatantra Samachar.
Fine.
"Come on, gamble. 1, 2, 3, 4..."
-Balu. -Yes?
Take the lighthouse off the frame.
-This shouldn't look like India. -Yes.
And ensure the print looks old.
Shouldn't look recent.
Yes, sir.
You want to click fake photos and pass them as truth?
If it's a lie, let your Brother Guru come forward and say it's a lie.
Just move aside.
Tear it. The powder should be seen.
You come this side. And all of you come out.
-Balu, ready? -Ready.
You've made up the entire story?
Just showing what's done by your Brother Guru. Balu, click.
Shakti Corporation's fake exports.
"Come on, gamble, let it go on The way it is going on"
They dumped cartons like this?
Yes. And all empty ones. There was lime powder in some of them.
Sent to fake companies with fake addresses.
So, he sent empty cartons abroad...
and showed full cartons as export.
And by doing this, he also got the polyester import license. 700% profit.
Kudos to Brother Guru.
He found a way to profit even from empty boxes!
But the way was of lies. All fraud and cheating.
But even you're lying.
This is the truth. Shakti's truth.
Naked truth.
"The Moon and the stars are hiding in This huge expanse of the universe"
"One and one makes two, Two and two makes four"
"One hundred gives another hundred, And the other hundred is debt"
"One and one makes two, Two and two makes four"
"One hundred gives another hundred, And the other hundred is debt"
These are all lies! Fake!
They shot it somewhere here in Bombay and are calling it Yemen.
First of all, I'll stop advertising in Grandpa's paper.
Why should they earn from us?
No.
Increase them in Swatantra Samachar.
If we were giving them 10 advertisements in a month, make it 30.
But, Brother Guru--
Balance sheets, profits, new companies. Publish all of them.
I wish that when Grandpa wakes up every morning
he should know about our progress.
-Brother Guru. -What is it, Doctor?
Same as what happens in your company.
Double profit. Congratulations, they are twins!
-Cashier, sir. -Congratulations.
-Come. -Send a telegram to my father.
-Yes. -Tell him Guru is coming.
My God, Suju! There really are two of them.
Name.
Yes.
Disha. I only thought of one.
Drishti. Even I had thought of one.
A bonus. Buy one, get one free.
It's a pair!
"It's a pair! It's a pair!"
"Buy one, get one free"
"Is it so?"
"It is a pair!"
"Let's see"
"It is a pair!"
"Not one but two"
"It is a pair"
"Not one but two"
"Tell me, Guru"
"Tell me what would have happened?"
"If each item would have come in a pair"
"If there would have been Two pairs of wives at home"
"Tell me, Guru"
"Tell me what would have happened?"
"The chains of the feet Would also be not one, but two"
"The handcuffs also would Be not one, but two"
"Night and day, I would have chanted"
"Tulsiben, not one, but two"
"It is a pair"
"Not one but two"
"It is a pair"
"Not one but two"
"Tell me, Guru"
"Tell me what would have happened?
"Brother Babu, greetings Brother Raju, greetings"
"Sister Kanta, greetings What is your name?"
"The round moon, If there were two moons"
"There would be one for the day And one for the night"
"During load shedding, The moon would have been lit up"
"The people would have asked, How did this happen?"
"I got a kick, the cannabis gave me A high, that's how it happened"
"If each item would have come in a pair"
"If there would have been two wives at home"
"Tell me, Guru Tell what would have happened?"
"Let us see"
"Let us see, dear"
"Let us see, my beloved"
"Not one but two"
"Palanquins will be lifted"
"Not one but two"
"Come on a mare"
"Come on a mare, not one but two"
"You have gone crazy"
"Your face is broken"
"Your imitation is fake"
"Not one but two"
"You have gone crazy"
"Your face is broken"
"Your imitation is fake"
"Not one but two"
"Leave cannabis and After breaking your leg"
"Come and sit at home"
"Not one but two"
"By adding little parts, The world was created"
"I am getting high on the cannabis"
"My doll"
"Guru's doll"
"Stay awake at night and keep chanting"
"Tulsiben, not one, but two"
Shakti's fake strength.
Brother Guru plays a new game of corruption.
Shakti's new shares are selling at high prices
but the shares are being bought by Brother Guru's men.
You are bent on crucifying him.
Don't you think the more you write, the bigger
-hero he will seem? -Really?
Even I've applied for his new shares.
You?
I've to think of my future. Who else will? You?
What happened?
-What is it? -Don't know, sir.
What do you mean?
-Go, check the power room. -Yes, sir.
Shankar, come here.
-Murpani! -Any news?
Who could be responsible for this? 3 guesses.
Gurukanth. Gurukanth. Gurukanth.
Sir, the power failure is only in our press.
What do you mean?
-The power failure is only here? -Yes.
-You go... -Yes.
and ensure the printing resumes in 15 minutes.
Yes, sir.
I think we won't have power till late at night.
I don't care. Do you?
I don't either.
You know what I want to do?
You want to have tea, with ginger.
I want to sing.
So sing. It's your grandfather's press.
"At night..."
I want to dance.
Fast, fast, then slow, then fast, then slow
then fast, then slow, then fast, then slow...
I want to live for three days without the pain.
Without multiple sclerosis, the medicines, the wheelchair. Just three days.
"The morning light..."
Why are you looking at me like that?
"Of the speechless morning, it hums"
"It is the noise of the light"
You were going to come to bless them.
I had to come to you.
Good. It's good that they are girls.
They'll be like just like you.
Make them brave, independent.
Get them used to living without their father.
Perhaps I have to send your father to jail.
How long will you fight?
Till I win.
Don't you love him at all?
Don't you consider him your son?
I asked him the same question and got the same answer.
Silence.
What is this fight about? Why are you both behaving like this?
-Where's your husband? -Office.
Are you calling him up? He doesn't know I'm here.
Don't do that, Grandpa.
Brother Guru.
Manik Dasgupta, here.
Don't send your wife to beg.
-Tell Motwani to check the proof. -Yes.
Are you okay, sir? Are you all right?
Why are you hitting the car? Hit me! Why are you running away?
I know who sent you! Tell him, I'm not scared!
Guru?
Did you send them?
-Whom? -You sent them, didn't you?
What are you talking about?
You know what I'm talking about.
They're after your life.
So?
I just wanted to scare him.
It's been done in just 15,000 rupees.
Just to teach him a--
I don't know what I'd do if you weren't involved.
He is like a father...
and one never hits their father.
So, if someone hurls a stone at us
we shouldn't do anything about it. Should we remain quiet?
Don't stay quiet.
Move ahead. If they write, let them.
If they publish, let them. If they hurl stones, let them.
If they talk about yesterday, let them. We will talk about tomorrow.
We've come this far together with our hard work.
Four sheets of paper can't bring Shakti Corporation down.
Listen, tighten your belt.
Because until we build a bigger petro-chemical company
than Burma Shell, we won't rest. Understood?
Why doesn't it rain the whole year?
Why isn't it cold in Bombay?
Why doesn't it snow?
Will you marry me?
It would be such fun if the whole sea fills up with snow.
Gone deaf or you don't want to marry me?
I want you to drown in the sea and die.
Then how will I marry?
-Do you know what this is? -Multiple Sclerosis.
Do you know what it is?
A disease of the central nervous system that has no cure.
It's one thing to read and another to live with it.
I wake up in the morning.
Apart from waking up in the morning, I can't do anything.
I've had an attack every other month since I was ten.
Nothing remains beautiful, everything seems empty.
If Hamsa doesn't pay attention, the bed gets wet.
Would you be able to sleep on a rubber sheet?
"The sweet smell of the night..."
When do we marry?
"I love silences..."
You're mocking me, aren't you?
Your grandpa had said the same thing.
I tried explaining but he wouldn't understand.
I'll go very far away in four hundred and nineteen days.
And then?
"Brightness..."
Then I want every one of those four hundred and nineteen days.
"Of the speechless morning, it hums..."
Marry me.
"I love the light"
No.
-Please marry me, Meenu. -No.
-Meenu. -No.
"The thrilling moments..."
"The clouds of love..."
"I like the clouds"
"playing with snow"
It's after six months the new minister's given us ten minutes! Ten minutes.
If it was for his uncle, I would've got a meeting like this.
Ten minutes is enough for you, Brother Guru.
No, Cashier. You can only say "no" in ten minutes.
I've had it with hearing a "No".
Why are you saying so, Brother Guru?
Just do some magic on this minister.
Or we'll all be in trouble.
How?
Brother Guru. Careful. He's an honest man.
-Greetings, sir. -You're in the papers every day.
Your uncle was a very good friend of mine.
It isn't necessary that his friends are mine too.
A lot is being written against you.
They say in my village...
"When people speak against you, then you must be progressing."
I'm interested in the progress of the nation.
Not yours.
You are running such a big ministry at such a young age.
Look, I know people like you very well and want to stay away from you.
I saw your petro-chemical project files. It's full of irregularities.
No. I haven't come to talk about the factory.
I've come for your advice.
Actually, I have this burden on me. A very big burden.
Your uncle left something with me.
As a deposit. I'm an ordinary man, sir. I don't know much.
You just tell me what to do with it.
Should I return it to you...
or have it sent overseas? What do I do? It's very heavy, sir.
Anyone would collapse under it. Me... you... anybody.
What happened? What happened?
-Can this helicopter land anywhere? -Yes.
Yes.
Captain! Land at a good sweet shop.
-Why? -The minister himself will
-come for the inaugural function. -Wow! Brother Guru.
Sandeep Mukherjee, Hindustan Times.
Oh, Mr. Mukherjee. Come.
I was waiting for you. I am very pleased.
When you called up, I was surprised.
I was surprised to hear that a newspaper
wanted to write something nice about us.
Unit-1
It's quite a big factory.
Big? It took seventeen months and five days to build.
-So fast? -Yes.
Our Brother Guru does everything in a flash.
How long have you known Brother Guru?
-From Turkey. -Oh.
We delivered petrol cans.
And today, I'm the director of this entire factory.
Where are these machines from?
-From DuPont. -Okay.
-Do you know where DuPont is? -In U.S.A.
No, it's in America.
-Click it. -Yes.
What's your output?
55,000 tonnes.
55,000 tonnes! Sure?
Of course, I'm a director of the company.
But Mr. Ghanshyam, I had heard that you have the government permission
to produce only 23,000 tonnes.
-Take this. -It is not written anywhere that...
we can't produce more than that, right?
Understand. Government language is such.
-Click it. -But you have shown machinery
with the capacity of only 23,000 tonnes.
So how come the output is double?
We are hard working people.
We used the spare parts lying around.
Come on, click.
Which means you have permission for six spinning lines
but have set up... twelve spinning lines.
One minute. Who are you?
Wow, Mr. Ghanshyam! You smuggled in six
spinning lines as spare parts and brought them to India
without paying import duty, and set up the whole factory.
You are the masters of conning.
Who are you?
I am a reporter, but you are a smuggler.
Dog! You lousy breed of a dog!
Careful. If this photo's printed, just imagine who will be the street dog.
Get out! Get out! I said, get out!
In the place of one factory, you are running two.
Without permission, without import duty and without sanction.
You are cheating the excise and export departments.
And you are boasting of running a big company?
Tell me what to write.
Get out of here!
Get out of here before I lose control!
-Thank you, Mr. Ghanshyam Das. -Get out or--
Don't miss the papers tomorrow.
With photo!
One man is working here
and all of you are attacking him!
One day, Ghanshyam uncle said that nobody
could swim to the other side. He said...
-Let's bet! -Let's bet!
-And what was the bet? -Jhumpa's dance!
And dad jumped in the water. And how was the water?
Cold.
-Very cold. -Very cold.
So dad kept swimming and what did he see?
-A very big fish. -A very big fish.
-Which fish was it? -Shark.
Listen. Phone call for you.
We're escaping from the shark. One minute.
It's Rinku, Ghanshyamdas' daughter from the village.
Yes, Rinku. Tell me.
Shakti Polyester shut down.
Shakti Polyester under investigation.
Shakti Polyester shut down.
Shakti shares tumble.
Shakti Polyester under investigation.
Will arrest warrant be issued against Brother Guru?
Brother Guru.
He slit his wrists with a vegetable knife.
He was in the back room.
No one knew for half an hour.
Enough.
Please sit outside.
I've come to slap you.
Slap you so hard that this pain will feel like nothing.
Wants to die!
Do one thing. Kill me. Here, slit my wrists too.
Because, after you, it'll be my turn.
We've been together since Turkey.
Would you go leaving me alone just like that?
If anything happens to you because of my mistake...
I won't be able to bear it, Guru.
Look. Look. Look at me. I'm happy now.
When that headmaster passed away, I didn't shed a tear.
When that witch died, I didn't cry.
It's just that you're so ugly.
Looking at such an ugly face is making me cry.
Guru. Hey, Guru.
Even Jhumpa never cried looking at my face.
What?
Jhumpa, that belly dancer at Turkey.
Even Jhumpa never cried looking at my face.
Das.
Ghanshyam, don't do this.
We have many battles to fight.
I can't do it without you, Brother Ghanshyam.
-Shyam Saxena! -Come in. The door is open.
You come out. I want to talk to you.
I can't. I'm in the kitchen.
Over here.
What kind of a man are you?
Do you even know what you're doing?
Seasoning. Will you eat? I cook well.
You're insane. Why are you doing this?
For fame, money? To threaten? What for?
Do you know five foreign companies have invested in Shakti Corporation?
-Yes, so? -All five are bogus companies.
All are fake ones.
Can you prove it?
Truth is truth even without proof.
Can you prove it or not?
It's good. I can.
I can also prove that you've joined hands with ministers
to convert non-convertible debentures into shares.
Shakti Corporation's reach is in every department of the government.
From the peon to the minister, everyone is part of your family.
You know the rules of the government even before the public knows.
Using that information, you play with the money of the public.
Do you have a conscience or you've mortgaged it?
What is this?
What do you care?
You got married?
Should I have asked you?
Where is she? Meenu!
-Meenu! -Brother Guru!
Coming.
Meenu!
How come you're here?
What to do?
You just weren't leaving sister and coming to me.
I was forced to get married.
You didn't invite me.
No one had come. Not even grandpa.
He kept his favorite reporter and kicked me out.
He said that I'd become a little too independent.
There are 60 crore people in India.
Didn't you get any other fool to get married to?
But he's a good guy. Have you come to fight with him?
Yes. I thought I would say a few things to him.
But on seeing you, my mouth got shut.
-Fix this. -Hey, Shyam.
Make sure you love my jealous girl more than you hate me.
Do you need proof for that as well?
What happened? You look very weak.
You've become very fat.
-Weak. -Fat.
Nothing is going to change between us.
When you hear my voice
be certain that you're doing something wrong.
The louder your voice, the more I'll grow.
I'll leave. Jealous girl!
Give us our money back.
Yes, come on.
Give us our money back.
Gurukanth Desai salutes the Shakti family!
What salute? Answer us!
We don't want a salute. Answer us!
You're angry.
Good.
I'm very angry too.
You've asked me a lot of questions. Now shall I ask you a few questions?
First answer us.
Yes, answer us.
If someone flings muck at our family
throws stones, what do we do? Tell me.
Do we start fighting amongst ourselves?
Can a family survive like that?
You ask me why the papers are writing articles against us. I'll tell you.
Not the newspaper...
Because we are commoners, middle class.
And those who are already rich, don't like this.
We want to write our own destiny.
They hate all this.
That is all right.
But do you have an answer for this?
Answer!
-What happened to our money? -What happened? Answer!
Next year, our turnover will be hundred crores.
You have stolen and made us thieves too.
-Who was that? -You're a smuggler!
Who was that?
You steal! Give us back our money!
We will make bigger profits; I will not let your money drown.
You are a smuggler! You wear fancy suits and drive away in a Mercedes.
We'll be out on the streets!
We want justice!
-Down with Brother Guru! -Down with Brother Guru!
Down with Brother Guru!
Give us our money back.
Down with Brother Guru!
We didn't have money to whitewash the house.
You said the house looks best the way it is.
It looks like a home.
Were you telling the truth or were you trying to pacify me?
Wallet.
You would forget your wallet.
-What happened? -Oh, no.
I forgot my wallet.
I know.
I would climb two steps at a time to come to you.
And you would stand right here.
I won't give it.
Your brother is waiting downstairs. He will kill me.
Can't you die for me?
If I die, who will you fight with?
-Praise me. -What?
Say something nice.
You shine brighter than polyester.
Don't talk like a laundryman. Always talking about polyester.
You're the prettiest girl in the locality.
So you look at others?
I don't. Now give it.
Forget it tomorrow as well.
When you're with me, can I remember anything?
Beast!
How do I look now, Suju?
Your face resembles my husband's.
Do I look like a thief or smuggler?
You're neither a thief nor a weakling.
"Why do you trouble me?"
"You tell what you do"
"The king of liars, tell me"
What if my brother comes?
-Guru. -"Dusk in your eyes"
Always arrives at the wrong time.
"Sometimes dawn in my eyes"
Guru, Guru.
"Tells a story"
Sister? Where's everybody?
Poor guy.
"Oh, marvel of love..."
Beast!
"Wake me not"
Beast!
"Do not let the ground Get in contact with the feet"
Chilly queen!
-Me? -Who else?
Always ready to fight.
Lies. You used to beat me.
When did I hit you?
Here, like this.
Again.
You will lose.
What happened to you?
Forgotten how to play?
What happened, Guru?
Guru. Guru. Guru.
Guru!
I am going down to get an ambulance.
Are you listening? Just keep breathing.
Okay? Don't be scared.
I'll be right back.
Brother Guru has had a paralytic stroke.
There was a telex from the P.T.I.
You know what that means? He can't move the right side at all.
He can neither move his hands, nor legs. He can't do any work.
He's younger to me by at least 20-25 years. At least 20 years.
An attack at this age? How?
Maybe because of us.
What?
You, me, Swatantra, everybody is after him.
In fact, there's another article being published tomorrow.
Shall I stop it?
-Is it the truth? -100 percent.
Then print it. Why fear printing the truth?
Which hospital is he in?
-Bombay Hospital. -Bombay Hospital.
Are you going to see him?
No. Why should I?
I won't go there. Why should I?
I won't go.
Grandpa.
Checking to see if he's alive?
He is.
In two more months, I'll make him fit enough to fight you.
"I have been awake for long"
"Let me sleep for some time"
"There is still some night left"
"Let the morning arise"
"The incomplete dreams that..."
"Couldn't be fulfilled"
"Once again, in my sleep"
"Let those dreams be sowed"
CT scan.
-What is that? -It is a--
-We want to meet Mr. Gurukanth Desai. -You?
Ashok Agarwal, Justice Department. We have summons for him.
For what?
On the 16th of October, there is Thapar Commission's final hearing
against Shakti Corporation.
But he's asleep.
I must give the notice to him.
But the visiting hours are over. Please come later.
We have permission of the High Court.
You will have to appear before the Thapar Commission
at 10:30 on the 16th of October, 1980
for the enquiry, under any condition. You have to sign here.
He's asking if you'd like tea.
-Here. -Only on the copy.
-Take this. -Thank you.
Brother Guru will see you on the 16th.
Please come fully prepared.
Memorial Hall.
Two months later - October 16th.
Mr. Desai. We are here to assess if the charges
against you and your company are true.
-And if-- -Sir.
Just a minute, please. I haven't finished.
And if the charges are found true...
then this Commission will recommend
suitable punitive action to the government.
Yes, you may speak.
Sir, Brother Guru has a request.
Could you please repeat everything that you just said
in Hindi?
We're villagers. Our English is weak.
Both my language and I are right.
Which one would you like to test, Mr. Desai?
What test? You can take our lives.
But whatever you do, just do it in Hindi.
Will you be answering... or will he?
The answers are his, only the voice is mine.
Mr. Gurukanth Desai, is your wife a Shakti employee?
An officer? Or a director?
If you aren't, what are you doing here? Please leave.
Sir, I am the owner of Shakti. Initial promoter
and 50 percent shareholder in the holding company.
Sir, here are the Memorandum and Articles of Association
of the holding company and the annual returns.
Do you know the meaning of this?
You'll also have to go to jail with him.
We are 50 percent partners, sir.
Wherever we go, we'll go together.
"This is a critical matter"
"For the people crazy in love"
"This is a critical matter"
"For the people crazy in love"
"I like the clouds playing..."
"With the snow"
Minister of Industry '68-'72. Ministry of Finance '73-'78
Under-Secretary Industrial Development, Chief Secretary Finance.
Your company has given all land, gifts and money. Why?
-It has not been proved, sir. -It's stock market manipulation, sir.
He raises his own share prices.
He has a nexus with the brokers.
We have our own broking company.
He has attempted a hostile takeover of two companies.
The show cause notice must be given to him, sir.
Import duty evasion, 12 crore, for four factories.
Excise duty evasion from 1974 to 1977.
Total evasion with penalty, 14 crore, 27 lakhs, 4 thousand rupees.
He converts non-convertible debentures.
He then turns them into shares and clears all his debts.
These conversions should be disallowed.
-The matter is sub judice. -Disallowed! Disallowed!
Mr. Desai, many allegations have come up against you today.
Do you have a response?
This hearing is in camera only for today. You get it? In private.
Tomorrow, the press and the public will be here.
It's better that you accept all the charges today itself.
You are being given an opportunity.
If you'd like to say something in your defense, you may do so now.
I have only one thing to say.
Greetings.
"I love the night..."
"I love the..."
"Silence of the night"
"I love the night"
"The brightness in the morning..."
"And the silent night"
"I love the brightness"
Down with Brother Guru!
Hey, let go of me!
I drive a taxi from Wadala to Churchgate.
I have Shakti shares. I've got my three daughters married with that.
I just wanted to say that.
I wanted to thank you.
Don't worry, I am with you.
We are with you.
Please be silent.
This commission has heard all the arguments
against and in defense of Shakti Corporation.
The commission will declare its report
and recommendations after the lunch session.
Brother Guru requests your permission to say something.
He was asked to speak yesterday...
but he just greeted us and left.
We were told that your voice is very weak.
I'm a businessman, sir. I spend everything very carefully.
I saved my voice for today.
Beware of what you say. The public is present.
What you say could go against you.
Why fear the public?
I am the public. May I speak?
Five minutes.
May I stand or do I need a license for that too?
Enough. Enough.
You say I'm against the law.
Forty years ago, another man was against the law.
Today, we call him Bapu.
In his time, slavery was the law. He wrote a new law.
Our freedom.
I'm not Bapu.
All I know is business.
I know hard work, and poverty.
I came to Bombay with two shirts, a wife and a brother-in-law.
I thought I'll do business.
But when I reached here, I saw that all doors for business were closed.
If they opened, it was only for the rich.
Those were the doors made by the government. Your government.
They either opened with a bribe or a kick.
I did both.
I kicked, where I had to.
I saluted, when I was asked to.
And today you ask why this man kicks so much.
He salutes too much.
What are you angry about?
My growth or the speed of my growth?
Or is everybody angry because...
I've surpassed the boundaries of an ordinary villager?
You've made the allegations against me.
Excise, custom, income tax, this tax, that tax.
When I started business...
I didn't even know the meaning of these words.
I fell many times before I learnt.
To save money, I walked 20 kilometers
from Pydhonie carrying huge bales of polyester on my head.
I know the value of money.
If there was money to be made, I made it.
But not just for myself.
For my 3 million shareholders as well.
-Yes! -Yes!
You have about 3 minutes left.
I don't know how to play golf and go to horse races...
but I'm a solid player in my business.
I know how to make polyester...
fiber, chemicals...
of the best quality. At the cheapest price.
Is that my mistake? Should I apologize for that?
I was a petrol pump attendant
I roamed around towing cans.
Just like our country goes to the World Bank begging.
"Give us money. We want to make roads."
Why can't we change destiny?
Ours and our country's?
You want me to always remain a petrol pump attendant.
And that our country to beg, forever.
Why can't we reach the top?
Why are we called the Third World?
We have as much right to be a First World country and we can be!
We can reach there, at the top.
I've lost a lot reaching here.
I lost this hand. Lousy thing, hangs uselessly!
And by the time this enquiry ends
I don't know what else I will lose...
my voice, my mind.
But there is one thing you can never snatch from me.
My courage. I won't lose that.
Because my courage is the common man's courage.
This country's courage.
All of you want to stop me, right?
I'm not alone. The whole country is moving ahead with me.
And neither you nor your laws have the strength to stop the country.
The doors you want to keep closed are opening up.
We have stuck our foot in those doors.
And our feet are very strong.
What enquiry will you conduct on the nation's progress?
And which enquiry will be able to stop us? Tell me!
You gave me five minutes.
I've finished in four and a half minutes.
A profit of 30 seconds.
That's business.
If you want to punish me for that as well, go ahead.
Gurukanth Desai is not scared of punishment.
What do you think? Is he a genius or a thug?
Both.
Whatever it is, we can't hang him, can we?
Out of the 29 allegations levelled against Shakti Corporation, 2 are proved.
Shakti Corporation is fined for 63 lakhs, 96 thousand rupees.
The rest of the allegations are scrapped.
Gurukanth Desai salutes the Shakti family.
Don't dream.
Dreams never come true.
My father used to say so.
But I dreamt. We all dreamt.
Dreamt of becoming the biggest company in India.
-Has our dream come true? -Yes.
-And, do we stop now? -No.
-Or do we see one more dream? -Yes.
Do you want to become the world's biggest company?
Yes.
Shall we tell the world that we are coming?
Yes. we tell the world that we are coming?