1 00:00:28,309 --> 00:00:30,372 [insects buzzing] 2 00:00:30,922 --> 00:00:34,016 [clock ticking] 3 00:00:40,293 --> 00:00:42,220 [coughs] 4 00:00:43,584 --> 00:00:44,817 [metal clangs] 5 00:00:54,338 --> 00:00:55,160 [door opens loudly] 6 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:56,240 Gentlemen! 7 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:58,440 The last official documents 8 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,160 Britain humbly bequeaths to India. 9 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,440 Best you go through them in separate rooms. 10 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:09,400 Please... 11 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:16,360 Thank you. 12 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:23,202 [paper rustles] 13 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,360 -[angrily] What the hell is this, Your Excellency?! -This is unacceptable! 14 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:42,600 -Lahore to Pakistan? Really? -Gurdaspur is Muslim territory! 15 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,640 -Why in God's name has it been awarded to India? -Hindu and Sikhs are the backbone of the city! 16 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,680 Its properties, its commerce, everything is primarily owned by Hindus and Sikhs. 17 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:51,480 Please, allow me to explain...! 18 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,080 Explain Chittagong Hills. 19 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,280 It has a Buddhist majority. It has to be in India. 20 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:01,240 Why stop at the land, why not stake a claim on the air above Pakistan as well?! 21 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,120 Will you ever stop complaining? 22 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,160 Will you ever give us our fair share? 23 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,520 You have received far more than your fair share! 24 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,680 We got a share, Panditji, but it is hardly fair! 25 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:11,878 [shouts] Gentlemen! 26 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,040 Pack it in, the both of you. 27 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:20,680 Jawa. 28 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:23,560 Jawahar, 29 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,240 you wanted half of Punjab and Bengal. 30 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:29,838 You Pakistan. 31 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,520 So you both got what you wanted. 32 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:37,600 So please, 33 00:02:38,930 --> 00:02:40,163 [exhales heavily] 34 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,040 for the love of god, accept. 35 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,120 So we can move forward. 36 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,160 For the love of humanity... 37 00:03:02,615 --> 00:03:03,897 [creaking door] 38 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:19,080 Bapu, 39 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:23,120 borders have been announced... 40 00:03:27,660 --> 00:03:30,367 [music grows tense] 41 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:34,480 Phone Maulana. 42 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:36,640 Yes Bapu. 43 00:03:44,176 --> 00:03:46,519 [rotary dial clicking] 44 00:03:49,135 --> 00:03:50,312 [loud explosion] 45 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:51,600 Bapu! 46 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:53,640 -Bapu! -I am fine! 47 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:55,160 [speaks loudly] Abha, shut the door! 48 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:57,760 And phone the police! 49 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,280 Don't leave Bapu alone! 50 00:04:32,477 --> 00:04:36,555 [opening title music plays] 51 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:54,880 [proclamation] After years of strife and sacrifice, 52 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,320 -we have finally been blessed with Pakistan! -A loafer like you in such a tearing hurry! 53 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,200 Where are you rushing off to? 54 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:02,560 To stay alive! 55 00:06:03,522 --> 00:06:07,200 Your precious Congress has gifted our town to Pakistan! 56 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,760 All of us Hindus will die here, Bauji! 57 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:13,520 [trembling voice] We have to leave this town immediately. 58 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,840 These damn newspapers have poisoned your mind! 59 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,440 -Bauji-! -Get the girls ready for school! 60 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,440 [panicked] Bauji, have you any idea-? 61 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,680 There are riots all across Lahore! Riots! 62 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:26,320 [nervous] Look at this! Read it! 63 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,360 In order to douse the fire on Hindu homes, 64 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:31,800 Muslims threw petrol instead of water! Petrol! 65 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:34,920 Petrol! You think the rioters are all millionaires, do you?! 66 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,680 Petrol it seems! Do you even know how much petrol costs? 67 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:40,960 Talking rubbish all the time! 68 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:42,600 -Bauji... -Send the kids down! 69 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,600 [yelling] Bauji, all I know is if we stay here, 70 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,560 we will be next in line! 71 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,520 [shouting slogans] We won our Pakistan, now we take over Hindustan! 72 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:58,040 We won our Pakistan, now we take over Hindustan! 73 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,600 We won our Pakistan, now we take over Hindustan! 74 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,920 We won our Pakistan, now we take over Hindustan! 75 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:10,560 We won our Pakistan, now we take over Hindustan! 76 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:17,920 Do you hear that? Do you hear what they are saying? 77 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,200 These Muslims will not let us live here anymore! 78 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:22,680 Not let us live here anymore?! 79 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:27,840 This is my ancestral home! I'd like to see who can remove me from here. 80 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,200 As if I can leave with all you deadweights! 81 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:31,520 Bauji, listen! 82 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:34,880 Hey, listen! Listen to me... 83 00:07:36,190 --> 00:07:37,600 [ragged breathing] 84 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,680 I know I am your stepson. 85 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,360 I know you don't care about me. 86 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:44,800 Don't care about me then. 87 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:46,120 But look at them, 88 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,480 you care about them, right? 89 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,640 Convince Bauji to leave tonight! 90 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,520 There is no need to go anywhere! Baba-ji has said everything will be fine. 91 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:57,640 Baba-ji has said...? 92 00:07:58,200 --> 00:07:59,520 Baba-ji has said?! 93 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,640 Did you think there would be a wedding, that you went off to ask Baba-ji?! 94 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:09,280 Bauji, this woman is lying, she'll get you ki- 95 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,760 -Enough! Get out! OUT! -Bauji...bauji! 96 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:18,040 Don't darken my doorstep ever again. Out! Get out! 97 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,000 You are dead to me. I never want to see your face again. 98 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:22,760 Bauji...bauji no... 99 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,640 Punjab is still aflame on both sides of the border with no signs of stopping 100 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,720 but we are receiving reports 101 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:34,840 of a bomb blast in Calcutta, not far from Bapu's residence of Hyderi Manzil. 102 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,520 We don't have all the details of the blast yet, 103 00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:42,920 [over radio] but fortunately, we do know Bapu is safe. 104 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:48,560 Police is on high alert across Calcutta and parts of Bengal 105 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,280 for fear of further rioting. 106 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:54,240 It remains to be seen whether the people of Calcutta 107 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,880 will maintain peace and order in the wake of this incident. 108 00:09:28,635 --> 00:09:32,206 [mourning music continues] 109 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:05,760 Viceroy Mountbatten. 110 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:06,840 Prime Minister. 111 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,720 I'll have you know the UK press is singing your name! 112 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,400 "India's independence has been accompanied 113 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,960 by an outpouring of goodwill and friendship towards Britain." 114 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:19,880 That's very kind, Prime Minister. 115 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,040 But I'll be honest with you... 116 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,920 ...the process hasn't been the most peaceful one, that's for sure. 117 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,680 There's rioting in Punjab and Calcutta. 118 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:30,160 But, hopefully in time, things should subside... 119 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,360 With you at the helm, I have no doubt they will. And, uh, 120 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:38,560 Dickie, expect a case of Pom DeLignon with you shortly. 121 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,240 Courtesy of His Majesty's government. 122 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:43,560 Enjoy! 123 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,640 At least the Prime Minister's got good taste in champagne. 124 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:51,040 Certainly, sir. 125 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:52,560 Got terrible taste in suits. 126 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:53,683 [chuckles] 127 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:54,960 A toast! 128 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:56,960 -To Lord Mountbatten! -Please. 129 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,920 Saviour of Burma and now India! 130 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:01,480 Cheers. 131 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:03,480 Cheers. 132 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,960 Pulling off the greatest administrative operation man has ever known. 133 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:09,003 Agreed. 134 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:10,720 -One moment -Your Excellency? 135 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:12,440 Yes? 136 00:11:14,985 --> 00:11:16,133 [door slams] 137 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:20,320 Everything alright? 138 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:23,680 An exodus has begun. 139 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,960 People, families have started moving across the border 140 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:30,080 from both sides. 141 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:31,400 How many? 142 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:33,120 -3 to 4... -Thousand! 143 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:35,640 Million! 144 00:11:45,229 --> 00:11:48,398 [people yelling and panicking] 145 00:11:58,322 --> 00:12:01,120 [song begins] 146 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:17,000 Speak from the depths of the grave 147 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:23,360 to Waris Shah I say 148 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:28,680 and add a new page 149 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:34,120 of the saga of love today. 150 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:55,000 Once wept a daughter of Punjab, 151 00:12:55,600 --> 00:13:05,640 your pen unleashed a million cries 152 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:15,200 a million daughters weep today, 153 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:26,240 to you Waris Shah they turn their eyes. 154 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,840 [over radio] Both nations have achieved freedom on paper, 155 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,320 but peace and quiet are not yet within reach. 156 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:37,240 Lakhs of Hindus and Muslims have left behind their ancestral homes, villages, towns, 157 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:41,280 to put down roots in the alien lands across the border. 158 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,400 Some lost forever their homes, 159 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,080 some their land, and yet others, their very lives. 160 00:13:48,363 --> 00:13:51,509 [angrily shouting] 161 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,120 Look! It's turned into a fucking madhouse! 162 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,760 [yelling] Get some air conditioning going! 163 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:08,880 8 lakh refugees?! 164 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:10,480 Sir, as per the reports we have... 165 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:14,080 Please alert the local authorities of the towns they are moving towards. 166 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,440 -But sir, what I've been trying to say is... -They must prepare for all possibilities. 167 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,440 This is just the first caravan, sir, more are following. 168 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,760 The number can go up to 20 lakhs... 169 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:25,880 And all of these refugees are on their way to Delhi. 170 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,000 I'll fetch the rest of the reports. 171 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:51,840 Speak from the depths of the grave 172 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:58,920 to Waris Shah I say 173 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:04,840 and add a new page 174 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:10,160 of the saga of love today. 175 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:31,680 Awake, decry your Punjab, 176 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:42,120 O sufferer with those suffering! 177 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:52,640 Corpses entomb the fields today 178 00:15:52,880 --> 00:16:03,360 the Chenab is flowing with blood. 179 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:11,560 Speak from the depths of the grave 180 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:19,280 to Waris Shah I say 181 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:24,440 and add a new page 182 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:30,000 of the saga of love today. 183 00:16:58,831 --> 00:17:01,232 [rapid gunfire continues] 184 00:17:02,994 --> 00:17:06,005 [crowd shouting and panicking] 185 00:17:12,568 --> 00:17:15,501 [breathing heavily] 186 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,080 Don't spare anyone. Finish the job. 187 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:23,920 Shoaib! Bring the cans. 188 00:17:24,466 --> 00:17:26,874 [metal crunching] 189 00:17:37,017 --> 00:17:39,804 [fuel splashes on people] 190 00:17:41,779 --> 00:17:44,533 [music grows tense] 191 00:17:50,496 --> 00:17:53,004 [horrified screaming] 192 00:17:59,933 --> 00:18:02,762 [people shouting in fear] 193 00:18:07,425 --> 00:18:09,300 [screaming loudly] 194 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:52,560 Unacceptable! 195 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,200 Phone every district administration in Punjab 196 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:59,080 on both sides of the border. 197 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,800 The onus of protecting minorities lies with both nations! 198 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:06,160 Right, 199 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,440 but the riots have spread so much, 200 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:12,080 Jawahar, that both administrations 201 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:13,840 are unable to give the minorities protection. 202 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:15,440 What can they give then? 203 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:18,480 Passage! 204 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:23,520 I think both nations should give their minorities safe passage. 205 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,680 Are you suggesting a minority exchange...? 206 00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:29,880 So we should tell the Muslims that they don't belong here?! 207 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,080 And never did?! 208 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,720 This might be Jinnah's ideology, but it is not ours. 209 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,960 The Muslims in India are not a patch sewn onto our fabric, 210 00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:42,240 they are part of the warp and weft! They are a part of India's fabric. 211 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:43,920 [voice raised] But the fabric has been torn! 212 00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:48,280 Open your eyes and see! 213 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,880 The fabric has been ripped into two, it is unsalvageable! 214 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:55,920 Say what you will, Vallabhbhai... 215 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,400 What we need to give them is not a safe passage, but a safe India. 216 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,640 Their own home, where they have lived for generations! 217 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,480 A secular India. 218 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,640 Principally, I agree, 219 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:11,320 but practically, 220 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:14,240 how will we make it work? 221 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,400 Tell me, Jawahar! How can we make it work? 222 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,960 Arrest all of them. Arrest them all! 223 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:33,320 When they go to jail, then Nehru's Akali cronies will realise 224 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:38,360 that in MY Pakistan, there is no space for rioting and violence. 225 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:41,160 Quaid... 226 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:43,920 these rioters are Muslim. 227 00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:45,680 [tone sharpens] What do you mean they are Muslims! 228 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:50,480 Yes, 229 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:54,680 yes, of course... 230 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,040 Must be the traitors Nehru has bribed! 231 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,320 Nehru is organising riots in Pakistan! 232 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:06,000 Your Excellency, Prime Minister Nehru is on the phone from Delhi. 233 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:11,880 Yes? 234 00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:13,800 Have you read the news? 235 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:15,840 It is regrettable... 236 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:21,120 Both states must reassure their minorities that they are safe right where they are. 237 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,640 Let's do everything that we can. 238 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,560 I believe we should both take an official tour of Punjab. 239 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,640 Is this a suggestion or an order? 240 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:34,520 Consider it a request. 241 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,720 If the Prime Minister of Hindustan 242 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:46,360 registers an official request to the Quaid-e-azam of Pakistan as per protocol, 243 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,160 then I might consider it. 244 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:53,000 Bloody hell! 245 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,720 This man's pride is going to cost him the lives of his people... 246 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,160 Before you say anything, Vallabhbhai, 247 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,440 we will not make any decisions based on religion, 248 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,280 we will not stoop to the level of Pakistan! 249 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:12,360 Liaquat, you will take the official tour of Punjab with Nehru. 250 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,400 Quaid, I have important work to see to here! 251 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,840 I decide what is important for you! 252 00:22:42,145 --> 00:22:43,551 [train whistle blows] 253 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,760 Passengers, please note 254 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,920 the direct train from Sialkot to Amritsar will depart imminently 255 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,400 from Platform No. 2... 256 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:54,600 -Money...jewels...? You have everything? -Come on! 257 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:55,800 Stitched it into my petticoat. 258 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:57,560 -Come through here! -It's this one, Harpal, this one! 259 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,440 -No no no, go through there, through there! -Alright, come on! Come on! 260 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,920 Out of the way! Move! 261 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:07,360 Move aside! 262 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:11,360 [shouting angrily] DID YOU JUST PUSH ME?! I AM A SOLDIER! 263 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,000 -Let's go! -Let's go! 264 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,600 -Let's go, Keshav, come on! -Up up up, kid! Let's go, Keshav! 265 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:19,720 -Come on, Keshav! -Come on, kid! 266 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:21,560 Give me your hand, Vaishali! Your hand! 267 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,360 Hand me the bag! 268 00:23:24,986 --> 00:23:26,917 [train whistle blows] 269 00:23:48,470 --> 00:23:50,294 [flames crackling] 270 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,920 [proclamation] Across the border, they ask if we are truly Muslim... 271 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:07,600 And on this side, they ask if we are truly Indian! 272 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,800 But there is only one truth -- 273 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,680 We are Muslims, and Hindustan is our motherland! 274 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:20,472 And we will not leave the soil of our own country! 275 00:24:20,693 --> 00:24:22,493 [smash and blast] 276 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,945 [music intensifies] 277 00:24:38,068 --> 00:24:39,006 [door creaks open] 278 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:43,640 'Churchill denounces Transfer of Power', have you seen this?! 279 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:48,040 'Murder and Arson Reach New Peak. Mountbatten Responsible?' 280 00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:51,080 [in frustration] All of a sudden they think that I've botched this up! 281 00:24:53,327 --> 00:24:55,946 [panting angrily] 282 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,280 People sure are fickle. 283 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,880 How quickly they forget that I pulled this off without 284 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,240 spilling one drop of British blood! 285 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:10,440 And what about all the Indian blood that's been spilled? 286 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,120 It is because you, Dickie, 287 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,440 you decided just to pack up and leave in just under four months. 288 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:32,400 I did everything in consultation with Jinnah, Nehru, and Patel. 289 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,600 They're the ones that wanted power handed over to them 290 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,880 without thinking about the consequences of law and order! 291 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:38,360 [speaking loudly] Who does it matter?! 292 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,240 Who does it matter who you consulted? 293 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,680 Open your eyes, Dickie and just look at the horrors around you! 294 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:45,040 Those women there, 295 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:48,040 They are just the first around here to have their lives 296 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:51,200 uprooted with no sense of what their future holds! 297 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,520 I did my duty. 298 00:25:57,960 --> 00:25:59,680 Duty over lives. 299 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,000 Well done, Dickie. 300 00:26:10,503 --> 00:26:12,289 [papers thrown angrily] 301 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:21,320 Uh... Bapu is awake... 302 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,400 What's the matter, Bapu! 303 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:41,280 Pencil... 304 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,880 I have lost my pencil... 305 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:50,960 You have not slept in two days, Bapu. 306 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:52,480 Please rest for a while. 307 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:53,360 Where is my pencil? 308 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:54,520 Abha, bring a pen! 309 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:59,360 I don't want a pen! I want my pencil! 310 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:02,560 And I know exactly what I am doing. 311 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:05,360 I don't need to be coddled. 312 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,160 Bapu... 313 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:32,360 your pencil. 314 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:34,120 Hmm? 315 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:35,320 Pencil. 316 00:27:58,840 --> 00:27:59,840 Bapu, 317 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,680 we have been very unjust to you, haven't we... 318 00:28:11,635 --> 00:28:14,760 We have thrust this title of Mahatma upon you 319 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,720 and forgotten that you, too, are a man. 320 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,320 I know you are upset. 321 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:37,640 Don't be! 322 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:46,120 The government did not heed your word. 323 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:48,560 But the nation will. 324 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:58,120 When you speak, Bapu, the nation listens. 325 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,960 Please speak... what would you like them to hear? 326 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:21,600 The Calcutta Bureau Office reports: 327 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,040 In order to combat rising violence in the city, 328 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:28,280 78-year-old Gandhiji has announced a fast unto death. 329 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:33,240 All of Bapu's fasts until now have been against the British. 330 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:39,120 For the first time, he is fasting to appeal to his fellow Indians. 331 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,240 [over radio] Bapu's condition is simple. 332 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:47,000 Hindus and Muslims must stop the bloodshed 333 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,160 and coexist in peace and brotherhood once again. 334 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:56,320 Kashmirilal Pahwa! Kashmirilal Pahwa of Montgomery! 335 00:29:56,520 --> 00:30:00,320 Or any member of his family? Kashmirilal Pahwa! 336 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:01,800 Kashmirilal... 337 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,040 How did you all get here?! 338 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:06,040 Hmm? 339 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:07,960 How did you get here? 340 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,600 They had... everything finished... 341 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,000 [tearfully] everyone dead... 342 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:16,800 Bauji? Bauji? Bauji? 343 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:19,800 -Where is Bauji! -N-n-number 16. 344 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,920 [voice shakes] Number 16...number 16... number 16... 345 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,880 Move aside. Where is number 16? Number 16...? 346 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,240 Number 16...number 16! 347 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,160 Number 16! Number 16...? 348 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:56,800 Bauji? 349 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:03,160 Bauji... 350 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:11,800 -Madan... -Yes! Yes, Bauji, 351 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,040 I am here. Bauji, everything will be okay now, 352 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,080 I am here... 353 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,920 There is a refugee camp in Tarn Taran, 354 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,800 they say they have space for us. 355 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,440 Yes Bauji, there is space for every-- 356 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,480 I want to talk to him, will you... 357 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,960 [speaks quietly] They are saying there is space for us four. 358 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,480 We will leave him here. 359 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,120 Say yes to them... say yes... 360 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:08,880 Madan... 361 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,760 Yes Bauji...yes Bauji! 362 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:16,440 We are leaving for Tarn Taran. 363 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:17,480 Okay, Bauji! 364 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:24,200 They are allotting plots of land to refugees over there... 365 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:27,840 I'll be a changed man there, Bauji, 366 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,640 I swear, I will never disappoint you again, Bauji... 367 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:36,840 What will you do over there? 368 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:38,840 What do you mean what will I do? 369 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:40,760 Where else will I go? 370 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:42,680 Delhi. 371 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:45,560 Go to Delhi. 372 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:52,400 I will recommend you for a government job over there. 373 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:54,160 Are you... 374 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:57,960 leaving me behind, Bauji? 375 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,480 You are abandoning me...again! 376 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:05,360 Son, 377 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:11,680 you know, Baba-ji once told me 378 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,760 the name of this son of mine, Madan, 379 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:21,520 would echo around all of Hindustan one day. 380 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,080 All of Hindustan... 381 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,360 Where are you going, son? 382 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,680 The name will not echo all by itself, Bauji. 383 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,000 I will have to do something big. 384 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,360 That is what I am going to do. 385 00:33:50,683 --> 00:33:52,960 Chapter 2, Verse 23: 386 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:58,240 Seeing Arjun's state of mind, Lord Krishna imparted the Geeta's divine wisdom to him. 387 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:04,560 He explained to him that while the body is but temporary, the soul is immortal. 388 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,240 Lord Krishna said: Arjun, no weapon can injure the soul. 389 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:12,680 This way. 390 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:17,680 Bapu, Maulana is here. 391 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:30,480 What is this petulance, Bapu! 392 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,720 You are appealing to mindless, senseless thugs! 393 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:49,840 Senseless and mindless, Maulana. Not heartless. 394 00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:58,160 I want to reach their hearts. 395 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:02,880 If something happens to you... 396 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,080 what will become of us Muslims? 397 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:15,800 If my life is the price 398 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,160 to stop this carnage, 399 00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:27,200 it is a most ordinary price. 400 00:35:27,405 --> 00:35:29,035 [telephone ringing] 401 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,760 -Hello? -Hello, Mani beta? 402 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:38,160 -Hello? -Mani dear, this is Maulana speaking. 403 00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:39,840 Yes, Maulana sahab? 404 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,560 -I have just met with Bapu. -I see. 405 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,920 Bapu's health is not at its best. 406 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:51,000 Vallabhbhai and Panditji should visit now. 407 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,560 Over there, near the bridge. 408 00:36:23,667 --> 00:36:26,116 [car engine approaches] 409 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:27,800 Stop the car. 410 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,080 Sir, it is not safe to stop the car here. 411 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:30,720 -Stop the car. -Sir, where are you going! 412 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:36,800 Please return to your homes! Nobody needs to leave. 413 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:40,800 This country belongs to you just as much as it belongs to your neighbours! 414 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:42,920 Panditji, 415 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,920 who wants to leave behind their own home? 416 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:55,040 The neighbours we treated like family are the ones out for our blood today. 417 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:01,200 Which is your village? 418 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:10,040 Generations-old friendships, all destroyed in the name of a border? 419 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,640 The neighbours you shared a life with, are now your enemies? 420 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,280 Have you all forgotten that they are human beings? 421 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:23,920 If anybody dares commit violence 422 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,760 upon an innocent person because they happen to be Muslim, 423 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,440 I will be compelled to pass an order to shoot rioters at sight. 424 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,600 When it was our people being killed, where was this order, Panditji? 425 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,520 Please don't let this country burn any longer. 426 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:39,680 Please stop this fight! 427 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,160 If it was a fight, perhaps we would have. 428 00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:44,160 This is a war of religion. 429 00:37:44,240 --> 00:37:45,640 [furious] War has no religion. 430 00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:47,360 But victims do! 431 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:52,760 When my people were being killed, you didn't care about religion. 432 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,840 But now that these Muslims are being killed, you talk about religion?! 433 00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:58,560 They may have started it. 434 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,600 But WE will end it. 435 00:38:09,792 --> 00:38:12,045 [steam engine hisses] 436 00:38:13,334 --> 00:38:15,722 [wheels screech] 437 00:38:32,830 --> 00:38:35,524 [indistinct chatter] 438 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,400 -I'll go take a look. -Be careful, bhaiya... 439 00:38:47,273 --> 00:38:49,617 [birds chirping] 440 00:38:56,666 --> 00:38:57,442 [gunshot] 441 00:38:57,713 --> 00:38:59,598 [crowd shouting in fear] 442 00:38:59,740 --> 00:39:01,808 [rapid gunfire] 443 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,640 Harpal! Harpal, open your eyes... 444 00:39:10,650 --> 00:39:13,181 [rapid gunfire continues] 445 00:39:19,741 --> 00:39:23,007 [chaos erupts] 446 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,240 O Maa Bhawani, forgive me... 447 00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:36,200 [gunshot] 448 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:37,320 KESHAV! 449 00:39:37,629 --> 00:39:38,868 [cries out] 450 00:39:46,058 --> 00:39:48,364 [crickets chirping] 451 00:40:14,369 --> 00:40:17,662 [mournful music] 452 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,360 What does it say? 453 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:56,320 Welcome to Hindustan. 454 00:41:04,584 --> 00:41:07,327 [struggling to breathe] 455 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:09,840 [speaks loudly] Ambulance! 456 00:41:14,255 --> 00:41:16,622 [gasping for air] 457 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:20,560 This man is alive! 458 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:28,440 First Calcutta, then Lahore, 459 00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:32,960 and now the transport lines across the country. 460 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:37,240 Any more good news? 461 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,640 And they've got the audacity to blame me. 462 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:52,680 I mean, have they any idea that 463 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,160 we've organised aid for refugees only to 464 00:41:55,240 --> 00:41:58,320 find out that it's been to no avail, because they can't even get to us? 465 00:41:59,240 --> 00:42:03,120 That our border security forces, I mean, there's a joke if you want one! Ha! 466 00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:07,560 Can't even keep peace in their own ranks, let alone elsewhere. 467 00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:10,480 I mean, heaven forbid they actually did their fucking jobs! 468 00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:14,160 The press. 469 00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,120 Oh, they're running me down. 470 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:18,920 Bastards. 471 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:21,720 My wife! 472 00:42:22,231 --> 00:42:23,464 [despairing laugh] 473 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,120 Oh, she thinks I botched it all up. 474 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:28,680 And just to finish it off, 475 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,040 Churchill stabs me in the back. 476 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:39,200 Might as well pack up and go home. 477 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:44,040 Wash our hands of the bloody mess. 478 00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:50,800 I am 479 00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:52,680 sick 480 00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:56,720 of being people's scapegoat. 481 00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,720 Let the Pakistanis, or the Indians, 482 00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:03,600 or whatever the hell they want to call themselves, 483 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:05,080 let them deal with it. 484 00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:06,440 Savages! 485 00:43:24,237 --> 00:43:25,018 [lighter flick] 486 00:43:40,918 --> 00:43:42,723 [insects buzzing] 487 00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:49,800 I'm sorry, Menon... 488 00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:53,400 Emotions got the better of me. 489 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,160 I just don't know what to do anymore. 490 00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:10,960 They've made their bed, and now they must sleep in it. 491 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:25,640 You need to make a call, Your Excellency. 492 00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:31,560 To the Pakistanis or the Indians or 493 00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:35,480 whatever the hell we savages want to call ourselves. 494 00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:45,040 I'll leave this on your desk, sir. 495 00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:48,280 Good night. 496 00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:14,320 Gentlemen. 497 00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:18,640 I will help in the capacity that I can, 498 00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:24,400 but it is in your hands to decide what is best for the people of your countries. 499 00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:30,160 I trust that you will do what is necessary to contain the madness. 500 00:45:32,720 --> 00:45:33,720 Good luck. 501 00:45:42,511 --> 00:45:43,528 [clears throat] 502 00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:55,120 I trust you are aware, Bapu's health is worsening. 503 00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:59,000 And I must be off to Calcutta to be by his side. 504 00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:03,680 So, I will keep it crisp. 505 00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:10,480 The police as well as the boundary force failed miserably 506 00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:14,280 miserably at containing the violence in Punjab. 507 00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:20,120 The state of Pakistan sympathises with its minorities. 508 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:23,800 Jinnah sahab, a highly competent friend once told me; 509 00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:28,280 the people don't want sympathy from the state... 510 00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:31,160 They want protection. 511 00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:38,160 And both countries have heretofore failed to protect their minorities. 512 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:46,760 In such circumstances, there is only one way to curtail the violence in Punjab. 513 00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:50,760 Minority population exchange. 514 00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:54,600 Muslims from India should be able to reach Pakistan safely, 515 00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:59,640 and Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan, India. 516 00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:01,680 Makes sense? 517 00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:04,120 Jawahar? 518 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:12,880 Jinnah sahab? 519 00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:17,360 Hm. 520 00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:21,320 I must have said this a thousand times. 521 00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:26,960 But no matter. Better late than never. 522 00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:30,840 Right, then. Thank you. 523 00:47:35,302 --> 00:47:37,283 [chair scraping] 524 00:48:04,154 --> 00:48:08,364 [stick taps on the ground] 525 00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:16,080 Mr. Nehru... 526 00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:25,040 You must think the worst of me. 527 00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:28,200 But believe me, 528 00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:33,800 what is happening now, it was never my intention. 529 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:41,240 It is most certainly a consequence of your actions, 530 00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:43,160 Mr. Jinnah. 531 00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:47,760 You sowed these seeds of hatred, 532 00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:52,880 but we all must reap your harvest. 533 00:49:00,946 --> 00:49:03,246 [footsteps fade] 534 00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:12,080 Vallabhbhai, Bapu is on his deathbed. 535 00:49:12,160 --> 00:49:13,760 -Have you come to bid him goodbye? -Panditji, panditji! 536 00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:15,800 While your attention has been solely on Punjab, 537 00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:17,400 look what has become of Calcutta and Bapu! 538 00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:21,360 -As Prime Minister, don't you think you must-- -Will this be the first time Bapu's fast is unsuccessful? 539 00:49:38,240 --> 00:49:40,000 There has been no improvement. 540 00:49:40,720 --> 00:49:43,320 Bapu's health is worsening, 541 00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:47,720 but his mind is made up. 542 00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:53,920 Until all violent parties in Calcutta have thrown down their weapons, 543 00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:57,120 Bapu will not touch any food. 544 00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:19,280 [over radio] It is Day 3 of Bapu's fast to curb the violence in Calcutta. 545 00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:23,800 These three days have severely impacted Bapu, 546 00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:26,200 and his pulse is weakening. 547 00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:32,080 But what is astounding is the effect of this upon the people of the city. 548 00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:36,520 Bapu has openly challenged the hatred 549 00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:40,240 [radio continues] flowing through Calcutta by declaring this fast unto death. 550 00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:44,360 The public has taken to the streets with photographs of Bapu. 551 00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:49,800 Maulana Azad, Pandit Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 552 00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:53,720 and others, are appealing to the public for peace. 553 00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:56,280 The streets where only yesterday flowed rivers of blood, today, 554 00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:58,080 are full of peaceful protestors. 555 00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:05,480 Across the city, people are praying for Bapu. 556 00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:11,960 Once again, Bapu's principles have humbled the government. 557 00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:18,720 But a sense of unease pervades this atmosphere of hope. 558 00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:22,880 Each citizen knows - this time, 559 00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:28,200 Bapu is fighting not only the hatred, but also his own advanced age. 560 00:51:30,441 --> 00:51:32,335 [weapons clatter to the ground] 561 00:51:47,080 --> 00:51:48,080 Bapu... 562 00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:55,040 the violence has ceased. 563 00:51:57,960 --> 00:51:59,880 The city is peaceful now. 564 00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:05,360 See for yourself. 565 00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:07,880 Look. 566 00:52:11,640 --> 00:52:13,520 We were told you were no more. 567 00:52:15,720 --> 00:52:20,720 [weakly] My apologies for disappointing you. 568 00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:23,680 I have taken far too many lives. 569 00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:25,960 I can't take any more. 570 00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:30,920 For god's sake, eat! 571 00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:34,240 Eat. 572 00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:37,520 Or else, I will take my own life! 573 00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:40,680 That will be my redemption. 574 00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:46,960 Redemption can only be achieved... 575 00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:55,880 by protecting the same Muslims you pointed your weapons towards. 576 00:52:57,440 --> 00:53:05,400 Stand guard outside their houses. 577 00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:08,160 Outside their houses?! 578 00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:11,520 [angrily] THEY RAPED MY WIFE! 579 00:53:13,720 --> 00:53:15,400 She was eight months pregnant... 580 00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,400 I can still hear her screaming, Bapu! 581 00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:25,040 I can understand your pain. 582 00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:26,920 No, you cannot! 583 00:53:37,360 --> 00:53:39,240 What shall we do, Bapu... 584 00:53:43,240 --> 00:53:44,640 what shall I do? 585 00:53:48,380 --> 00:53:50,806 [weeps silently] 586 00:53:59,440 --> 00:54:04,880 Stop alienating the pain of others. 587 00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:15,280 The tears that flow over your own... 588 00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:22,680 let them flow over the pain of others. 589 00:54:27,640 --> 00:54:32,280 If we want a peaceful India, 590 00:54:34,680 --> 00:54:40,480 we will first need a peaceful Calcutta. 591 00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:50,400 Sardar... 592 00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:52,600 Yes, Bapu. 593 00:54:55,360 --> 00:54:57,400 -A sip of water... -Yes! 594 00:54:58,800 --> 00:54:59,800 Water... 595 00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:01,520 I am very thirsty. 596 00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:15,840 [crowd chanting] Long live Mahatma Gandhi! 597 00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:19,880 Long live Mahatma Gandhi! 598 00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:23,800 Long live Mahatma Gandhi! 599 00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:27,760 Long live Mahatma Gandhi! 600 00:55:27,960 --> 00:55:31,680 Long live Mahatma Gandhi! 601 00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:35,400 What 55,000 soldiers failed to do in Punjab, 602 00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:38,480 a lone man has done in Calcutta. 603 00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:44,120 The Muslims of Calcutta have expressed their gratitude to Gandhiji. 604 00:55:45,560 --> 00:55:51,040 [over radio] If they are alive today, it is because of him. 605 00:55:53,790 --> 00:55:55,568 [coughs] 606 00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:58,040 We are rotting here... 607 00:55:59,200 --> 00:56:01,000 but Bapu only cares about those Muslims. 608 00:56:02,800 --> 00:56:06,320 A father should treat all his children the same... 609 00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:11,200 We deserve 610 00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:15,880 a better father than this. 611 00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:20,720 I deserve better... 612 00:56:24,320 --> 00:56:26,040 And so does Hindustan.