Dylan, Dylan!
The dream world is an amazing place,
in my dreams I can be Messi, Ronaldo, anyone I want.
Neither do I have to go to school nor get scolded by mom-dad.
And in my dreams, I win all the matched.
Dylan?
If only the reality were same as my dreams, it would have been amazing.
Dylan?
Why are you shouting? He will get up.
Dylan?
Hey listen, I can't take this,
what is it, customized cappucino thingy daily, okay?
I can make my own chamomile tea.
Listen, your tea tastes like rat-piss.
And you know, I can't wake up without coffee.
What did you say?
What did you say? Say again.
Yeah, what? What? - Like rat-piss?
Yes, exactly. - Did you have rat-piss?
Who has? Which human has that?
Then why are you saying this rubbish? And when you can't wake up,
you will give a guest appearance in the kitchen, make your own coffee,
as simple as that.
I just can't take this drama of work-from-home.
How would you? You actually have to work.
Going to office was much better than this daily fights.
Ofcourse you would say that,
half of the life is willed away in traffic-jams.
Lockdown is the time for lazy, shirkers like you to enjoy.
First wave, fine. Second wave, fine. I tolerated it.
But now it is going overboard.
I am not a corporate slave like you.
When I am paying,
you will have to come and stay in the office as long as needed.
The days of that mentality are over, okay?
What? What is over? Hey listen, listen?
You can't just say that and walk away, you have no lack of excuses.
Why are you laughing?
Will you please tell me what is your excuse then?
Because today the dishes
were supposed to be washed by you.
I haven't even shaved.
I don't even understand why you have to shave?
All you will do is sit on Zoom call.
You are not going to office, that you need a good face to flirt.
Just stop.
Oh yeah, truth will be stopped. - Oh please.
I can't take this daily fights,
I just shouldn't have committed to wedding and kids at this age.
What did you say? - What did I say?
Say that again, just repeat it.
You want to say that this marriage,
kid meaning Dylan, me, our family, this commitment,
has no value, it is useless?
I don't want to say, I am saying it out-loud.
Believe me, I am saying it, can't you hear it?
I can't believe...
Why are you not believing it?
What are you doing? Just leave me...
Oh, good morning, good morning.
What is the matter with you? Why are you waking up so late?
Just because it is an online class, will you do it in a night-suit?
Go and wear your school-dress, go.
What? - Just end your fight before the class.
Else I have to mute the mic. - Hey listen,
didn't I tell you no joking about your elders.
Go and do your work, you are getting late.
My life is just hell!
'I am Dylan, my age is 12+.'
'My height, 4'11".'
'My life, like the other kids, is pretty boring.'
Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, while reading these, I imagine,
when will I be off on an adventure?
When will I be the superhero?
Dylan? Dylan?
What are you doing for so long? Does it take so long to brush?
You are mumbling in front of the mirror again,
aren't you? Hurry up, I am telling you are going to be late.
Quarantine.
I didn't know the spelling of this word just 2 months ago,
but now I do.
Staying in a jail inside your own house.
Hey, what just happened?
I have no clue if mom-dad's office has walked into our house,
or our house is their office.
After the lockdown,
all 3 of us are home, in the rooms next to each other.
But still, they don't have time for me.
This boy in the flat up above always takes my pictures, who knows why?
The fact remains that I am an amazing football player.
This 12-year old Dalim will grow up someday, and in the future,
will play for Manchester United, he surely will.
My dad's alcohol intake has increased by a lot.
My father, Harihar Santla is a guard in the same flat for last 20 years.
He didn't used to drink day-and-night like this,
but due to the repeated lockdowns,
has messed up everyone's schedule, as if the time is wrong.
Hey, where is your mask?
Hey, put the mask on.
Dad? - Yeah?
Can I go to the club ground to play? I just don't want to stay home.
Just sit and study, you can afford to not play for a month.
You said the same in the 1st lockdown too,
and then we had consecutive lock-downs.
It is just so boring now, I can't take it.
Boring, huh
First study well and be rich. Then buy a good house and do time-pass.
Boring, huh? If this corona comes
to a poor family like us, there would be no saving us.
You will die without treatment.
Yeah, because you care so much about your health.
Dalim, talking back will get you hit, study, study well.
Darn!
When this corona first came into the picture,
it felt like a long vacation,
like summer vacation or Durga Puja leaves,
and it seemed so fun.
But the vacation has slowly become boring.
Like an infinite tiffin break,
which never ends.
As if the vacation loses its charm where there is no fear of its end.
Dad? Hey Dad?
Listen please?
What man?
Can I go to the village to spend the vacation?
You have become too over-smart, you know.
Will they pay me for doing nothing?
But there is no role of guard in lock-down.
Dalim, I will go on leave on your insistence,
and they will get someone else in my place.
You are just worried about your fun, you know.
Spewing this rubbish will just get you hit,
go, go and finish the chores, go.
Staring at the laptop,
I try to imagine the classroom.
But I just can't.
I don't even go to the morning market with dad.
Neither can I play with my friends,
nor fight the section-b boys.
Even if I want to play with friends, it is on that house-party app.
Phone, laptop,
this flat of ours, is like a flap, you know.
Sometimes I feel...
Leaving everything behind, without telling anyone anything.
I will run away.
Yes, I will mail, okay.
Hey listen, I will call you back, okay?
What is the matter? Why are you here and not in your class?
Something is wrong on the laptop, I am not able to join the class.
Come inside.
Let me see.
You know I have so much work during this time.
Can't you do this much on your own?
You know how smart the other guys your age are?
And you? Just engrossed with chocolate, football, phuchka!
I am thinking I won't attend today's class, I have taken the attendance.
I am thinking I will slap you today.
Don't be over-smart, okay.
Not a word.
Hello?
I am really sorry, can we postpone the meeting a bit?
30 minutes, if you are free?
Yeah, yeah, I will send it by EOD.
Thank you so much.
No, no, my son is so naughty.
You know how it is, okay, okay, thank you, bye.
Why does it seem like you logged out intentionally?
Just so you don't have to attend the class?
Definitely Youtube or...
You opened Flix, didn't you?
You are again scolding me!
I didn't do any of it.
Talking back is a habit of yours now.
Just stand here quietly.
Let me see, what is wrong here?
Mom has been scolding me a lot in lock-down,
I even know her next words.
Nothing is happening.
Couldn't you have called your dad even once?
Why do you always just call me?
Actually you and your dad assume my work is not important at all.
Only his work is high-priority.
Dad will yell if I ask him.
That is why... - That is why you came to me, right?
So if someone doesn't yell at you, you don't take them seriously?
Okay, I will do that from now on.
I have asked your dad so many times to buy a better laptop model.
But he doesn't listen to me at all.
I just don't get it man
how can people at such high posts be so miserly?
Wait, I will tell your uncle, when he is a little free,
he knows this well, he will buy you a good laptop.
And I will lose my job doing these.
These rounds of lay-offs have me worried already,
just can't take it man.
Let me check the connection.
Even people have network issues,
we just can't connect with people sometimes.
And sometimes, we develop such a connection,
which is stronger than wifi even.
Dalim is young, like me.
But he plays like adults.
When he runs with the ball on his right foot,
it just feels like Ronaldo from Manchester United
is passing the ball from left wing.
I want me and Dalim to play together one day
We will be great friends.
And our partnership will be a lot like...
Dylan?
You were on the terrace for sure?
No, I mean...
Do you have no shame, do you feel nothing for your mother?
I am doing household chores, office work, fixing your problems,
really man... - Actually, sports...
Just sports, sports and sports, do you really like to play so much?
Do you know you have your boards in a year?
That is a lot of time.
Kids of your age are learning coding now-a-days.
They are preparing for boards,
and you, you are roaming around in the fields?
Just because we don't ask you anything, don't pressurize you,
don't take us for granted.
But I do all the homework diligently.
Yeah, I can see your diligence.
Anyway, connection restored.
Man, rather than learning how to be lazy,
do your classes diligently, okay?
I don't want any excuses.
I am going to the kitchen, I will be back right away. Come on, sit.
And that day,
a hot girl sat on the front seat,
and asks me, brother, put up your mask.
I will complain in the station and get your toto removed.
Hey Sarathi, you never read newspapers in your life,
you have no idea. Do you even know,
if you cough without a mask, corona from your mouth
can enter the passenger's nose.
Do you know that? - See, Vidyut is right.
Man, I made a mask from one of my lungi itself.
Lungi? - Yeah, yeah, that is what I wear in the market.
See buddy, all that mask, sanitizer is useless.
Actual thing is this, All hail Bangla.
This is the real medicine.
Once this gets inside, corona will run away naked.
Oh please, nothing can happen to us.
Dad, please be a little soft.
I am studying, it is creating a huge issue.
So what if the school is closed?
My son is very studious.
Oh okay. - Dear Dalim,
come here.
Yes? - Dalim dear,
what are you studying? - Physics.
Oh, good. But man, what will studying so much gain?
You better something crafty, it will be useful.
So brother Hari, you know what is in our destiny, don't you?
Have we ever amassed anything
other than insult from those living upstairs?
Ever? You better teach him something crafty.
Teach him the job of electrician, mechanic,
he will work, learn, earn and help you.
What do you say? - Absolutely right.
Why, don't you read newspaper?
There was a news just that day,
a toto-puller's girl got admission in IIT.
See Dalim,
where do we even have the time to read paper?
We will rather turn into a container,
and use it to sell veggies.
And anyway dear,
that is very rare, 1 in 10000.
And I will be the one among 10000.
Oh? - Oh, please stop. And Dalim, seriously,
Actually, my son is quite young, that is why he is so enthusiastic.
See dear, once this medicine goes inside,
even we don't lack enthusiasm.
I don't need medicine, uncle Sarathi.
I am a little rowdy,
so I am not afraid to dream.
'The entire India is working'
'to fight 2nd wave of Corona'... - Just omlette won't do, have some.
Eat this. You have to eat something. - 'The new strain of Corona Virus,'
'Omicron is shaking the whole nation up.'
'The infected are raising like anything.' - Please reduce the TV.
Yeah? Hey, listen, I don't get it.
What is the job of this ad agency people?
Roaming around with the same 4 ideas from Adam's age.
And they will claim of changing the world.
See, we are the ones who work,
the marketing people and they will just take the credit.
I hate this ad guys.
Anyway, I will quickly finish my lunch.
And then I will send you the G-meet link, okay?
Bye.
Please don't just sit with your food, Dylan.
Bro, dude,
I am just waiting for the feedback.
These marketing people are just irritating public.
With such dumb ideas, still they will claim the most credit.
Yeah, reply if the mail comes. Yeah, hanging up, bye.
What?
You exactly know what.
No, you would know it better, you started it.
Man, if I complain against any ad agency,
and if that stings you, I have nothing to do.
No, it didn't sting,
you have been taunting me since we got married, I am used to it.
I am still the creative director, and you?
You have been working for so long without any appraisal,
any value, it's natural to feel bad.
Listen. - Yeah?
Don't forget how much of my salary I contribute to the family.
So don't you dare go there.
Hey listen, you pay for Dylan's education,
and you are not doing a favour by spending on your son.
It falls within your duties.
Then what falls under your duties?
You are spoiling the son.
Do you take any responsibility?
You don't understand it, what do you even know of family responsibility?
Oh yeah, I don't know anything about family,
it is just running by magic... - Will you guys please stop?
After the lock-down, you just fight constantly.
Dylan, I have told you many times, don't interfere amongst elders.
Finish your lunch and go to your room.
Don't vent your anger on me.
Hey, I didn't do anything. Dylan, listen to me, eat up.
What kind of a behaviour is this? - He learnt it from you.
Oh really?
One day or the other, I will surely run away.
And my parents
won't find out anything even if they search hell and heaven.
I don't want to eat.
Mom, dad, me, we are so alone.
And being alone in such proximity hurts a lot!
'With the cases on rise again,'
'the entire city is seeing a surge in the cases.'
'As per the CoViD report published by the Health Department,'
'Kolkata has the highest number of cases.'
'In the last 24 hours in the metro city...'
Cappuccino. - '92 new cases has been registered.'
'Next come North 24 Parganas.'
'89 people have been infected in the last 24 hours in this district.'
'Cases are on the rise in Darjeeling as well.'
'50 new cases has been registered.'
'The cases are quite worrying in Nadiya-Huglis as well.'
'In Hugli, over the last 24 hours,'
I am sorry. - '41 new cases have been registered.'
'And 36 in Nadia. As per the Indian Council
I am really sorry.
'Dr Samiran Panda, informed on Monday, in the states, Corona...'
I really fought tooth-to-nail today noon, I shouldn't have done that.
I realized later.
'Rising as the primary symptom.'
'And advancing even further...'
Okay, it is fine.
I too over-reacted, no problem.
'Vaccination recommended for entire family...'
We didn't used to fight so frequently before.
'On the other hand, a lot...'
What is happening?
I am not getting it, something is wrong.
See Debi, we are in a disastrous pandemic.
None knows when the lock-down will be lifted.
Who will live, who will die, we don't know anything.
It is natural to be stressed. - You are right.
And all this anger we have,
we are channelizing it through us.
But we both need to keep cool.
If not for anyone else, but for Dylan.
Just imagine,
he can't go to school, outside, or even meet his friends.
I really feel for him.
What, what do I do?
Can't we plan a surprise for him.
Something little,
you know, he loves surprises.
Surprise?
Perfect!
You know this is why I love you so much.
Are you managing this?
I am complimenting, will you still fight?
I will fight here too.
Then fight, let us start.
Why are you crying?
What happened?
You are seeing it wrong.
Lying to your dad?
I know, you didn't like their words, right?
Really dad, no matter how much I study,
no matter how much I score, but ultimately...
Stop this rubbish.
You surely can.
Just study diligently, you surely can.
The fight you have in you, none else does.
What will that do, dad?
We don't have any money.
Oh man, just understand this,
this storm of corona that we are going through,
who were the one who were most impacted?
Who lost their livelihood?
Poor people like us.
But still, we are surviving, even after fighting so much.
We are the kind who survives.
Can I do it, dad?
I want to be a big man.
You surely can, definitely.
Know this, your mother is seeing you from up above.
And she knows, you are my son.
You will fight and fight. Come on, study a little.
I just don't like the TV and computer anymore.
The window is like my new screen.
Or looking at the outside world from the courtyard,
like a cinema.
When will this stop,
Man, if only you could keep one thing properly...
I don't know, but I won't sort the grocery alone,
you have to help me out.
But where did you keep it?
Really, where did the delivery go? It was here only.
That is what I am saying as well.
Nothing can be found in this house.
With the condition of the house... - Hell.
You have made the house into hell, yeah.
And is it just on me to sort it? Only me?
Everyone has to sort it, everyone.
No, no, I am not denying it.
Yes, I agree. Go.
Yes, go and find it, go, please.
Yeah, that is what I am doing.
Go, go, find it.
Just tall claims. Hey Dylan, where are you going?
Sit, sit, we have something to discuss. Did you find it?
Just look for it rather than this rubbish.
Just come. - Don't shout, man.
You can't keep a single thing properly.
Me? Shouting? - Yeah, yeah, I can't do anything,
you are the ones keeping me alive.
You are the ones managing the family. - Just can't take it.
This is for me? Really?
Yeah, ofcourse.
I promise that me and dad,
won't ask for any share here. - No, I am not promising that.
I can taste one. - Shame, shame!
You have no shame, do you?
Such an easy question, no, I don't.
Oh, mom is the best, dad is waste. - Thank you.
Thank you, this is my favourite.
Here, here, there are 2 terms.
Each cube, i.e. each slice,
you can have 2 slides in 1 day, no more than that.
Agreed?
Agreed.
And I am sorry.
For speaking so rudely the day before.
Me and your mom have decided,
we won't fight. I mean, we will,
but less, and softly.
Yes! - And I know Dylan,
how much our shouting affects you.
Please get a pet now, a puppy or a kitten. - What?
I have been asking for a pet for so long.
Okay, okay, fine.
Let the pandemic be over,
then we will think. - Right.
Okay? - Darn!
This just doesn't want to end,
it's been so long that I haven't stepped out.
You know dear, we all want to get out of the house,
But, this is a huge test.
God is testing the whole world.
And we have to crack this test.
We are in this together.
Right!
Go Mukherjee, go. Go Mukherjee, go.
And then we will go to mall,
go for shopping, eating outside, vacations, everything.
The last few days were as sweet as this chocolate.
But something was missing.
If I had a friend in this flat or society,
that would have been awesome.
'Dalim has a good footwork, a great player.'
Hey, hey?
Yeah aunt?
Don't you know there is CoVid?
And you are dancing around, inviting the corona?
Playing with this is too hot.
Take it light.
Take it light?
What is this language? Take it light?
This Bannerjee aunt is so annoying.
There is a Bengali word mom uses for her,
got it, 'kuchute'(malicious).
And the entire building will be in trouble because you want to play,
that can't happen, dude.
Nothing will happen aunt, you are worrying unnecessarily.
Talking out of your bounds?
One tight slap will fix everything.
Wait, I will fix it, you will see it.
Mr Saha? Come here, listen.
What happened? What is the matter?
Look at him, he was playing without a mask,
and I when I mentioned corona, he is fighting like anything.
A senior lady has been asking you for so long,
but you still don't want to listen?
Every day, this aunt's son comes
to this ground to play badminton without a mask,
what about then?
Dalim seems to tackle well, even outside the world of football.
Oh my, are you seeing that, Mr Saha?
He is even blaming my son now.
Just because he is the old guard's son,
we don't say anything, but see how unhinged he has become!
Really, Harihar doesn't discipline his son at all.
Such an uncontrolled boy! - Sister, please, please.
He is a little boy, he messed up.
Me and my son don't even leave the house.
And does a ghost does your grocery shopping?
No, I have a friend, he sells veggies, he get us everything.
Oh, the ones you have drinking sessions with?
There is a limit to rowdiness.
And what about the drinking sessions in aunt's absence?
Just shutup or I will give you a tight slap.
Did you see that? He is such a misbehaved boy, lying to my face?
Fine, fine, there is Mr Misar. - Wait, wait.
What is this commotion about? What is the problem? Harihar?
Mr Misar, as the flat secretary, deal with Harihar strictly now.
What is the matter?
Actually sir, my boy goes to the society garden to play otherwise,
but as he can't go now, he was playing here,
he just forgot to put on the mask, brother.
He lives in our complex itself,
I have never seen him leaving the complex after the lock-down.
It has been so many years that they have been living here,
that makes them the residents of our complex.
And what is the problem if his son plays here?
Mister, are you anti-masker? Like the college super?
No, I am not anti-masker,
but pro-humanitarian.
And will you take the responsibility
if Dalim spreads corona in the flats?
Ofcourse,
I will. But first stop this superstition of yours,
this is more infectious than CoVid.
Oh my, just a lot of fussing!
Come, our 'Sada Kalo Sonar Sonsar' serial will start.
Oh yeah, the elder daughter-in-law will poison the food today.
Let's go brother.
Poison?
Every person has a lot of poison in them. So sometimes, the people,
become even more dangerous than a Cobra.
Dad, you know Dalim is great at football,
I often see him from the terrace.
What do you do? Can't you learn from him?
You should play football, that is great.
Don't get angry Dalim, we shouldn't get angry.
This is the life, how much more do you need to tolerate?
I won't stay here any longer,
I will leave.
Why are you getting angry? Come here, come.
Come. Come.
How can you just leave?
Where will you go?
Just stupid things you say!
I will go to Memari,
to grandpa and grandma,
I won't study anymore.
Brother Vidyut and all were right,
studying won't do a thing, just a b****.
What did you say?
You haven't tasted a slap for long, right?
Where did you learn this language from?
Mend your language, Dalim. - What will that do?
The flat residents call me a bad boy anyway.
People like us have to listen to this our whole life.
Just listen it from one ear, out the another.
Don't be offended, and where did you say you will go?
Memari? To your grandparents?
Your grandparents are not able to sustain themselves,
I send them money.
And if you go too, will they be able to manage?
I will take care of myself, none needs to do anything.
Too over-smart, huh?
None needs to do anything, you will manage your own, one slap...
Come...
Hey Dalim? Bring it over.
Here. Make a good one.
You know Dalim,
your mom could make a mean puffed rice.
I don't know if you remember,
but when your mom was alive, you just loved puffed rice.
So dad, after mom passed away, why didn't you go back to Memari?
Staying there would have just increased the pain.
And I promised your mom,
no matter how, I will get you in a city school.
So I came.
And I got the guard's job as well.
All these flats you see around,
it was just getting constructed then.
Do you know how old you were then?
How old? - Only 4.
So dad,
it has been so many years, right?
Yeah, that is right.
That is why the people here,
if they say such baseless things,
if they yell,
I don't get angry at all.
I have been here for long.
I am just attached to this place.
My crazy son.
Come on, eat your puffed rice.
Friendship is just like a chocolate.
It can make you happy anytime.
Dalim? Hey Dalim?
Dalim?
Hi, I am Dylan.
I know your name,
you want to talk to dad, right? He is not home, come later.
No, no, I came to give you something.
Do you like chocolates?
This is amazing.
Almond chocolate, my favourite.
I don't need all that.
What? Atleast try it once.
And then you will surely thank me.
We don't have a fridge, it will go bad anyway.
So eat it right now.
Just because you had excess at your home,
you are here doing charity?
I really brought this as a gift.
We are not beggars.
Why are you saying like that?
You are all the same, all!
Your parents will be the one to kick me out,
if they see me playing tomorrow.
And yes, my dad has enough to get me a chocolate.
Hey Dalim?
What happened?
Have you stopped playing totally?
I don't want to play.
What good will it do to mind everyone so much? Just ignore.
Like I am not minding your words.
As soon as I get on the ground, it seems someone is running towards me.
I heard from dad,
Diego Maradona used to play football on the streets of Argentina.
Don't provoke me with such stories, that doesn't happen in our country.
Just tell me what you want?
I want nothing, bro.
I came to give you something.
Chocolate again?
I just told you that day...
Not chocolate, bro.
This is even more magical than that,
wearing this will make you the king of any country.
This is very pricey.
I have one more pair.
This is extra. Doesn't come to any use.
So I thought you...
I don't need it.
Why are you refusing all my attempts at friendship?
I realize very well this lockdown is pushing you to help me.
But as I am angry since that day, don't try and irritate me.
And none living in the flats tries to befriend a guard's son,
I know that well.
Atleast try the shoes once.
Wearing what doesn't suit you makes you look like a joker.
Go, don't just stand here, go to your work.
Where were you?
What is this in your hand?
This? This
is shoe.
What shoes are this? Is it torn?
You wear sandals at home.
Foot... Football shoes.
The ones dad bought you last year?
Where did you go with this?
I am asking you something, answer me.
What were you doing with this? Where did you go?
I didn't think I would be caught like that.
I am sure, mom is quite angry.
I am not angry, you know.
I am worried, just so worried for Dylan.
That boy
is just so lonely.
Debi, I have noticed it before as well,
Dylan is quite fond of Dalim's play.
He is very sensitive.
Have you seen,
he is very simple. He doesn't care that he studies in DPS,
and Dalim studies in a small primary school.
It is us elders who poison the little ones' minds,
Didn't you see then, Dalim was playing downstairs
and the society people just exaggerated it so much,
what was the need?
I really feel that,
Dylan needs
a friend of his own age,
like Dalim.
You know, I
was studying an article released in NewYork Times,
staying cooped up inside in this lockdown,
is impacting kid's mental health quite adversely.
That is quite natural.
I am worried about one more thing.
Just staring at that mobile and laptop screen the whole day,
what if it gets him addicted? - It does get you addicted.
You know,
the gadget and gaming addiction is quite common in kids now-a-days.
Our responsibility has increased a lot at this time.
We will have to seriously wonder
how can we keep our boy mentally fit and healthy?
Don't you worry.
I know exactly what I have to do.
No, I mean, send him to your flat, really?
Yeah, your son will go to our flat, play around, spend his time, talk,
and see your son and mine are of the same age.
They are of same age.
I mean, same age is fine,
but my Dalim is a little...
What? - No, I mean, you know our matter.
What is it? Tell me.
Don't worry about that, Harihar. These worries,
hold no significance.
Just tell me, do you have a problem?
What are you saying, brother?
I am so worried about that mother-less child.
And as he can't play football too, he is just frustrated inside.
No matter if someone understands or not, I am his dad, I do get it.
Listen Harihar,
as Dylan's dad, I can understand
how much stress my boy is going through.
If your son comes to our house,
my son will be able to survive.
He will be so delighted, you know.
What do you say? - Yeah.
Put up the mask.
Come.
Dad, why are you sending me forcibly?
Dear,
what fathers do is for the well-being of everyone. Go now.
Go.
Coming.
Dalim, come, wait, wait.
You have to sanitize.
And there it goes.
No need to wear a mask anymore,
I have sanitized well, go, open your mask, Dylan is waiting.
Oh my!
Dalim? Why are you standing? Sit.
Hey, what kind of boy are you? Up, up, up.
Why are you sitting here? Sit upstairs, come.
Dalim, your school are closed now?
Are there no online classes?
No, as many students of our school don't have internet, so...
Oh. Really.
Have this, Dylan is just coming, then you can play together, okay?
No, no, aunt, I have had rice.
So what? This is very light, like chips.
Have it, you will like it.
Hey Dalim, come inside.
He will, are your classes done?
Yeah.
Okay.
You guys play, I will be back.
No stupidity, nothing should be broken.
I know it might look quite funny.
But I wasn't in the mood to wear trousers today, so...
"Why is my mood off, everyday, all the time?"
"Bereft a friend, even heaven's not great."
"The days, spent in thoughts without meaning,"
"nights, without a friend to be seem."
"Hearts are open, the city is under lock-down."
"That toy in the trunk is all I need."
"Touching skies in this high flat,"
"a friend not in the bounds between."
"O my friend, you bring my evenings,"
"now no stars to be seen."
"O my friend, without you,"
"even the poinciana is lifeless."
"Why does it happen, I look for magic in a stone,"
"the magic in this world is all drained off."
"With this house of cards, and the storm of nor'westers,"
"all I look for is my friend."
"If the life were a river stream,"
"twigs would be my home in between."
"Be it a desert still,"
"yellow roses I plant."
"O my friend, you bring my evenings,"
"now no stars to be seen."
"O my friend, without you,"
"even the poinciana is lifeless."
O man, how is this possible?
Hey, hey, hey...
Wait, wait. - Just give me that.
I am giving it to you, don't hurry.
What will happen now?
There is no chance the purifier guy will be here today.
There is no possibility of that,
police is catching anyone who leaves their home.
Darn, how can I tie like that? - How will you fix it then?
I don't know.
What is wrong, mama?
Our luck is to blame.
I have a meeting now,
and the purifier is leaking, all the water is out.
I am trying, I don't think I can fix it without a mechanic.
Look at that, darn man!
Should I give it a try?
What is he doing?
Who cares?
If he can fix it, I will be so grateful.
There it, absolutely correct.
Oh wow, he fixed it!
You are a genius.
Brilliant Dalim, brilliant. And you, learn something from your friend.
Thank you Dalim.
If it were not fixed, I would have been in a huge trouble, really!
Should I give you some money for sweets?
No aunt. Absolutely not. This is my duty.
Where did you learn this Dalim?
Actually you know what, when pipe or something goes bad in our house,
we have no money to call a guy,
I learnt everything.
Have this.
Absolutely awesome, I mean... - Oh, please.
Where is Dalim?
I can't see Dalim.
He is playing with master Dylan.
Dylan? Is that
brother Misar's son?
Yes.
Woah! Amazing.
You are just raining it in.
Yeah, I have seen, they are good friends.
Friends?
What dude? Too drunk, are you?
No dude, your words can't be taken in.
Tell me something, can oil and water ever mix?
Friendship or...
Yeah Harihar, see,
this seems quite fishy to me too.
Our Dalim is a soft-hearted boy.
He will be in problem later.
Absolutely fishy.
Stop with this habit of finding nooks in everything.
Hey... - They are kids, recently friends,
they are playing together, chatting,
and you are finding problems in that?
Rather than giving me tension, just give it to me straight.
The boy is mine.
See brother Hari, what I am going to say will sound rude.
Go ahead.
These rich men are not reliable.
You know, they will get Dalim
lured in with sweet words and get him to do all household chores.
See, he will be sweeping, mopping,
Yeah, a few days before,
Dalim did fix their pipe.
But he did it of his own volition.
See? What did I just say, how it turned out to be true?
These rich people are fishy.
They can lure you into doing everything.
Hey, stop.
Hey... - Do you have no job but poisoning brother Hari's ears?
No, no, he is absolutely right. -See that?
These rich men, all are...
See, Dalim is a sweet boy.
I know. - Dylan really loves him, believe me.
My tension is rising now.
Are they fooling my mother-less child?
Hey brother Hari, just sit quietly.
Lock-down, there is no work,
they are just cooking up things, don't you worry.
Darn, darn, man!
Dalim, you play, no need to organize those.
Just shutup, let me do it.
This is what happens when you have too much stuff.
It is all so disorganized, so dusty.
When aunt Malti will be back, she will dust it off.
When will the lock-down end,
then aunt Malti will be here. No worries, I am here.
O my! This is so dusty.
Dalim, your dad is here.
Hey, what are you doing? Let's go home.
Just 5 minutes, I will clean it.
Are you a house-help, working for free? Come.
Hey..
Uncle?
Dalim?
Yeah? Tell.
Why did your dad do that?
Actually, what ticks off adults and when,
even they don't know that.
My dad, he is passed out every night,
and I clean the utensils, sweep the house, wash the clothes,
he has nothing to say then.
And just because I was cleaning a few toys in your house...
You know what,
the adults always vent their anger at us.
My parents yell at me, if they are in a bad mood.
Really. They don't get that our heads might be small,
but it can get quite hot.
And if we get angry, we can do anything, anytime.
I too get quite frustrated you know,
mom-dad pressurize me for everything.
Food, studies,
everything is changing now, I don't even go out to play in the evening.
I am not fighting with school-friends,
or chatting with them.
We too have lot of reasons for a bad mood.
You are still well,
you can play as you want, no pressure of studies either.
That seems like that, but only I know the stress I am in.
And after the lock-down,
the financial crisis dad has, you have no idea.
He used to do grocery shopping for few flat-members earlier,
or he used to do few chores, so he got some money from that.
But all that is gone.
People do what, yeah, online order. So he has no extra income.
Well, if uncle Harihar needs money, he can ask dad.
Never.
As my dad has taught me,
you should never ask for alms,
always live with your head held high.
Don't you worry.
Once you grow-up, uncle Harihar would never have to strive.
The clubs will fight for you, you will be celebrity.
Really, if I can ever earn like that,
I would buy a huge flat for dad.
Actually you know what, working as a guard,
dad's eyes have dark patches.
He can't sleep many nights, that is why. Really,
if I can get dad a huge flat, my dad's whole life
can be spent peacefully, relaxing away.
But due to uncle Harihar's anger, we couldn't even play carrom properly.
Don't you worry, we will play carrom tomorrow,
and I will teach you everything. - Dalim?
Hey Dalim? - Dad is calling, I will leave, okay? Tata.
Okay, tata.
Amazing, dude, you will be a champ in 2 days, it seems.
Actually you know what, the carrom just used to catch dust.
There was none to play.
Why, your school-friends?
Darn, they just want to play counter-strike.
But like football, you are amazing in carrom too.
The thing is, when I go to my village,
5-6 rounds of carrom with my grandpa are for sure,
that is how I know it well.
Village? - Memari,
my grandparents stay there.
The village is so beautiful, with so much land to play.
It seems the village is made for playing football,
and as there aren't so many high flats around,
the stars in the night sky are so clear.
The sky is just like cinema.
How amazing!
I have never seen a real village.
There are huge wheat fields on the path to the village.
And everyone knows me there.
So, if any farmer sees me from the wheat fields,
they call me as, 'Hey Dalim bro, you finally remembered us, I see!'
But I have only seen wheat fields in picture, in geography books.
Got it. I will take you to Memari some day.
We will play football,
in the Haldars' grounds, next to the haunted Shiva temple.
That is where I played football the first time.
Come on, your turn now.
Seriously, just open the door.
Hey Harihar, come inside.
Dalim, just give me that.
See, who is here, your dad.
Come Harihar. - Dalim, come.
I won't come in.
You are getting my son to fix your water purifier,
clean your son's toys.
You are getting him to work well for free.
What are you even saying? - I am right.
Next, you will get him to mop the floors,
clean utensils, right? - Harihar, you are drunk,
and that is why you are speaking rubbish.
We take care of Dalim like my own son.
Oh please, like my own son.
Because you don't have house-help in this lockdown,
you are getting my son to work for free.
Harihar! - Dad, why are you saying so?
I was just helping.
Just shut up. Will you come here or should I drag you by your ears?
Harihar, you are getting it wrong.
And you can't talk to us like this.
That is fine. - That is why, I am not saying anything madam,
I am just wishing you farewell.
Don't dupe my son, he has no mother, he is very simple.
Hey, come, come.
Dalim...
Getting him to work... Hey, come soon.
Did you like it?
Did you?
A guard came to our house and yelled at us?
There is a limit to fussing around, Dylan,
I have told you a number of times.
You have put Dalim on a pedestal, did you see the consequences?
Mom, we are friends. - Should I give you a slap?
You rowdy boy, talking back to me. Don't play with your food.
Mom, you just over do everything.
What?
See, where his language is deteriorating.
Dylan, what is this? Is this how you speak to elders?
Dalim, staying with Dalim has done this to his language.
Mom, Dalim didn't do anything.
Please talk to him, Misar.
I am telling you, there is a limit to my patience.
Wait, wait.,
Should I give you a slap?
Mom, Dalim is not to be blamed.
I will give you a slap... - Debi!
Did you see that? He is still arguing with me?
He has no shame, didn't I ask you to not encourage it,
not let him gel with them?
He will go awry. - Okay, okay, calm.
And that is what happened, handle him now. Say something.
Disgusting.
"Why is my mood off, everyday, all the time?"
"Bereft a friend, even heaven's not great."
"The days, spent in thoughts without meaning,"
"nights, without a friend to be seem."
"Hearts are open, the city is under lock-down."
"That toy in the trunk is all I need."
"Touching skies in this high flat,"
"a friend not in the bounds between."
"O my friend, you bring my evenings,"
"now no stars to be seen."
"O my friend, without you,"
"even the poinciana is lifeless."
"Why does it happen, I look for magic in a stone,"
"he magic in this world is all drained off."
"With this house of cards, and the storm of nor'westers,"
"all I look for is my friend."
"If the life were a river stream,"
"twigs would be my home in between."
"Be it a desert still,"
"yellow roses I plant."
"O my friend, you bring my evenings,"
"now no stars to be seen."
"O my friend, without you,"
"even the poinciana is lifeless."
Dad? Dad?
Hey dad? - What?
You are so drunk, you can't even get up.
Will you decide how much I should drink?
My body, my rules.
This lock-down just doesn't want to end.
Who knows how long the job will last?
If I don't get my salary, how will I continue your education?
All these tensions just keep hitting me,
like a tornado.
Only this alcohol calms me down.
Dad, don't worry, there will surely be a way out.
Just such stupid things.
Did you see the result of exaggeration?
The ones who used to love you till now,
they are the ones who kicked you today.
Dad, Dylan is not to be blamed for anything.
Here dad, eat up. Rice and boiled potato, from morning.
Just go, no need to feed you dad. 'Dad, eat up!'
Just Dylan, Dylan and Dylan...
If there really is so much love,
leave your studies and go be their help.
Go!
You are asking me to go, right?
I will go away.
And you won't ever be able to find me then.
Do you know why me and Dalim are such great friends?
As we are the best in class in naughtiness, none can defeat us.
Brother, I am really sorry.
I tried convincing mom-dad a lot.
No need for sorry, bro.
I get it all.
But why are uncle and aunt suddenly doing this?
Everything was fine before.
Actually you know what, with so much happening in the world,
the elders are quite disturbed.
You are absolutely right, brother.
Everyone's inner demon is just roaring to come outside.
Mom-dad are continuously fighting,
yelling, throwing stuff at each other.
I can hear it behind a closed door too.
And they are lashing out at me.
I just can't take it anymore, I will run away.
And my dad is a drunkard.
Just drinking bottles after bottles and cussing around.
Even I have lost my calm, I will run away too.
They are anyway not letting us play together.
We even have to meet in secret.
Come, let us plan and run away someday.
But where will you go?
Why? To your village, Memari.
Your grandparents would surely not send us away.
This is a solid plan, bro.
I too have thought of this multiple times.
If I run, that is where I will go.
We will have to look for a day,
when your parents and mine, are both busy.
How about Sunday?
Dad's friends come over then, they have a party.
Done.
Sunday, mom-dad's college has a huge, online reunion.
They will be quite busy.
Then are you ready to run-away?
Ready!
Then let us have the Operation Memari.
Yes!
Bro, I am leaving, okay? Mom will start searching now.
Go, go, go.
Be careful.
Brother, is everything ready?
I have packed up everything,
and mom-dad are rehearsing since morning.
Once the online event starts, there is no chance of getting caught.
And I saw my dad buying bottles full of alcohol.
It means he will have a great evening
and he will be totally out when we will run.
But we have to leave at a time
when none will know and even if someone does,
they will know after 2-3 hours. - Right.
And my parent's event would be around 9 pm.
And our target would be 9:30 pm.
9:30. - And the lineup I saw,
it would be atleast 11 pm by the time the event ends.
My dad will be out by 10 pm, 100% sure
and he won't be conscious before morning.
And by then, we would have gone a long way.
Exactly.
With the lock-down, the roads are quite empty too.
None will ask us anything either.
And there is no chance of being caught.
But...
What now?
What if the malicious aunt above sees us?
That will be a huge problem.
We will have to evade that, brother.
If we catch that aunt's eyes,
my dad's sleep and your mom's fun will all be gone.
The roads are filled with police, we have to avoid them too.
What are you worrying?
Did the fear of police made you change your plan?
No, I am thinking I would write mom-dad a letter before running away.
What? So you will inform your parents where you are running off to?
So that they can catch us mid-way?
No, no, where we would go is a secret.
Then? - But we would return home,
I will just write that.
I have no scene of a letter or anything,
when I will escape, I will escape.
And when I will return is on me.
But if dad hears of it,
he will be so irked.
Will we be able to do it?
Definitely we will.
As long as Dalim is there, everything will be fine.
Don't you worry.
Your dad shouldn't know anything.
Okay. - Come to the gate by 9:30 pm.
I am going home, okay? Bye. - Tata.
If it were anyone else, I would never have dared to do this.
But I trust Dalim a lot.
And I want to go to Memari to tell my parents,
how suffocating it is for me.
I have just 1 friend, and they won't even let play with him!
It is not a flat, but a jail!
Okay, I am leaving now, I have to escape.
Hey, by the way,
we are trying to sing after a long time, okay?
Damn rusty by the way, don't you laugh.
When I saw Debi in college for the first time,
I thought of her a very foolish girl, arrogant types.
She is arrogant for sure,
but let me tell the whole thing.
Freshers, do you remember you sang at the freshers?
That one song just mesmerized me.
Mesmerized for the whole life.
Let's do it then, let's start.
What is the time man?
My dad is totally passed out,
noway he will remember before tomorrow morning.
My parent's event has time too.
But if we get caught before that?
As long as Dalim is here, you have nothing to fear.
Sometimes I feel, you are my own brother.
Do you want to make me cry, you idiot?
Why did you suddenly become so filmy?
What we are doing, is that less filmy?
A little more fame, and we would be the headlines.
You are something else!
I, my son, am a sly man.
Here, pass.
Here, hold this.
It is quite late, how long will we wait in the alleys with this stuff?
Brother, if I had known earlier, I wouldn't have been ready by 7 pm.
You will always be the idiot villager.
Without brother Ustad's drop location,
where would we take the stuff?
And we have police everywhere, with a check-post.
And the cops are waiting to take bribe from us.
Got it? Once brother Ustad gives the location, we will leave.
You and Ustad?
He sent us a on Kolkata tour last 2 times,
with our tails between our legs.
And what happened? We delivered the stuff, but we got no money.
We will balance it this time, no drop without moolah.
Seeing Ustad will make you piss your pants.
May you live for centuries, brother Ustad.
We were just talking about you.
Everyone is talking about me.
Yeah, we are too.
Which alley are you in?
Hedua, just waiting for you.
Once you give your drop location, we will take the stuff.
But brother Ustad, cops are everywhere.
So?
No, I mean, if they catch us at the check-posts,
There is no cop in Kolkata who will stop brother Ustad's convoy.
And don't try to scare me with check-posts.
Do you have everything I asked? - Yes Ustad, everything.
Then open your whatsapp, I am sending the location, come over.
Okay brother Ustad, okay.
Do you have Mejke? - Yes, I do.
If police stops you, tell them, CoVid patient.
He was lying on road, you are taking him to hospital, got it?
Brother Ustad, if you could clear the payments...
Hello?
He hung up, right? Hung up to your face?
I won't spare him, clear all the dues!
Shutup, get up, the location is here, let us deliver.
And don't you consider yourself to be Ronaldo?
Already gasping for breath?
You have to run for 90 minutes, got it?
You too are so tired.
This is just a short break.
I have a lot of energy.
Slowly, we have a lot to cover.
It is so late,
how will we reach Memari?
We haven't even left Kolkata yet.
Don't worry boss, it is all set.
When Dalim is with you, you have nothing to fear.
Do you know the route? How to reach Memari?
Do you have an idea where we are?
Actually, I am a bit confused.
In my childhood, holding dad's hand,
I used to go to Memari in a bus or train.
And I forgot that there is no bus or train.
And Memari is a long distance to cover on foot.
No plan at all?
What is the point in planning? Which vehicle would you go on?
Police or Ambulance?
Currently, there is no other car on road but those 2.
And listen, the coaches plan.
Me, I play in the fields,
So we are walking uselessly.
I thought you have everything sorted.
It was my fault.
It was my fault to listen to you.
Calm down.
We will surely do something.
And listen, it was your plan to go to Memari.
I just agreed, to take my friend to my village.
What do you mean, be calm? We just walked for so long?
Police will catch us,
and then my mom-dad won't even let me see your face.
I completely forgot you are rich.
You have grown up in luxury.
Your parents tell you who to gel with, who to talk to?
You have no say of your own.
What rubbish?
If I had no say, would I have come on the roads with you?
You have no plan/program of your own,
and you are asking me to run?
It was my fault,
I shouldn't have agreed with you.
And when you didn't know the road,
you could have told me, you won't risk it.
Hey, you weren't less excited either.
You gave me confidence then, and now.
You are a useless boy, you know.
Hey, one more word, and I will give you such a slap,
What will you do? Come to me, you have no daring!
Calm down. Okay. Listen, there is a highway up front, I know that road.
We will surely find something there, come.
We will surely reach, come.
Just come, don't get angry, come.
There it is, come.
Hey, see that.
Was that a dead body?
Why? Don't you watch news?
News keep on blaring, so many people are dying due to Corona.
Nothing will happen to my parents, right?
Dad has a weak heart.
And my dad's liver is museum-worthy.
In such a dangerous time, leaving our parents behind.
Damn, we are not going to Dubai.
We are just going to Memari. Once the lock-down ends,
we will come back, nothing will go wrong.
Oh my! - What?
Oh my, my!
Who are you? - Are you mad?
What are you doing here so late at night? - Why are you jumping?
Run, run.
You were amazing.
You sang so amazingly, none could say you haven't rehearsed for long.
Thank you sir.
As I had my favourite
partner-in-crime with me, that is why!
Oh wow, so much love!
You know,
college memories tug at me a lot now-a-days.
Why are we such bores like oldies?
Not me, I am the same.
Wanna try?
What are you doing? You have forgotten your son is home?
Let him be.
Son will know that his parents are busy.
He won't call.
Hey, really there is no sound of him for quite a while.
Let him sleep.
Let us make good use of the chance.
Let me see, wait.
Just listen, you are becoming boring, let him sleep.
No, no, I will check once.
You know I can't relax. - Debi, please. Really!
Dylan?
Misar?
What happened? Why are you yelling?
What is this?
What did he do?
Hey, did you find them?
No, I can't, come, let us check up-front.
Thank God, we are saved.
Hey! What are you doing here, so late at night?
No. I mean...
What is this we...we... Where is your house?
We... I mean...
We won't go home. - Wont' go home.
Won't go home?
What do you mean, you won't go home?
Hey, wait. - Let's run.
Run, run. - Hey!
Wait, hey!
Run, run.
Honestly, I had no idea Dalim's not here.
How will you? Who can be in senses after drinking so much?
Tell me, where is my son? Where is he?
2 young boys, they left in front of your eyes,
and you couldn't see? What were you doing?
No, I mean, my friends were here, I was having fun, and when did he...
Where did they go? - Answer me straight,
where is my son?
If I can't find my son in an hour, then...
Dalim didn't tell me anything, they must be nearby.
Where is my son?
We can't keep fighting endlessly.
Right, there is curfew.
One minute.
Hey listen, just think calmly, where can they go?
Where does Dalim go to play nearby? Whose house does he go to?
Think it over.
Even my son is missing, do you think my brain is working?
The checkpost is just up ahead.
I will get the stuff.
Call the police immediately.
Instead the police will blame us.
What is wrong with you?
You are worried about that?
Our Dylan doesn't even know the
way around, he doesn't know the city. - Debi, listen...
No, no...
Dalim knows the way around
quite perfectly, there shouldn't be a lot of problems...
Hey nonsense... - Mr Misar, Mr Misar...
Nothing will happen to him, leave him, we have to leave, we have to.
Just come.
Be careful.
Yes sir, I know,
the gang members are roaming around, I will stop anyone suspicious.
Yes, sure, sure.
Okay sir, I will let you know.
I will hang up then, sir.
Where is your mask?
Sir, I need a help.
What help?
Eat it, my kids. These are amazing chips
We are not kids, we are 12 years old.
Wow!
You are still alive, that is more than enough.
We need to check,
why did you jump in our tempo then?
Actually... Someone was chasing us.
That is a very long story.
We are in no hurry to hear the tale of chase.
And anyway, you guys seem to be quite nervous.
Where were you going?
That too is a long tale.
We were going to Memari.
Memari?
Memari...
Memari.
Really?
You guys seem to be very lucky.
God sent us at the right place.
He didn't waste any time. Give it to me
I didn't understand anything.
Our factory,
the chips, snacks and biscuit factory,
that is in Memari. - Really?
This is just like a fairy tale.
So can you, I mean...
Ofcourse we will take you.
From our factory, we will get you chocolates, chips, mixtures,
as a gift too.
But I never knew that there is a factory in Memari.
It is new, not very popular yet.
Uncle, will you please drop us at Memari?
Else we will never be able to reach there.
Surely we will.
When this Puchke has promised once, then Memari,
Malda, Murshidabad, Medinipur,
wherever you ask us, we will take you there.
Your name, I mean your nickname is Puchke?
And his name?
He?
Mejke.
O brother,
there is a check-post up front.
Put the mask on, mask. - Yeah, yeah.
Our luck is rotten.
What can we do now?
Hey, between you two, who can act?
Why? - You have to fake-cough.
Why? - Else we can't reach Memari.
Can I act?
Yes, you can. - You can, you can.
You do it.
Like this, you have to cough as soon as you see the police, okay?
Hey brother, what about the bag?
Hide it below the kids' foot, none will see.
Below the foot? Let me see. - Put it in properly.
Come, come. Cough, cough.
Don't stop, cough. - Do it well.
Everyone is losing their jobs due to CoVid,
and Ustad's drug business is booming.
One minute, whose tempo is this? Let's check it out.
Hey, wait.
What is the matter? Where are you going so late at night?
Actually, my son is quite sick, so hospital...
Yes, I am his brother, I have a chips factory.
So I had to get my vehicle in such a hurry, sir.
Hey, he is coughing a lot.
Yes, sir. - Go, go.
Nothing is wrong, dear. We are just here.
Hey move it, let him go. Yes, please go.
Hey, back to normal. - Okay, sir.
You act so well, really! - Come.
Come, eatery is here. - Hey, get off.
Hold the bag, get down.
How did I do it?
Man, you could have made it in acting too.
The kids of today need to know everything.
Uncle, why did you stop the vehicle here?
Will we reach Memari by next morning?
Sure. We will reach by tomorrow morning.
After all, it is Puchke's promise.
But before that, come, let's eat in that inn.
But, all the eateries are closed due to Corona, that is what I heard.
This is my friend's eatery, there is a lot here other than food.
Come, let us eat.
Should I take the bag there?
Let us have the deal first, then we will surely give it.
Okay.
Hey uncle, what is there in this bag?
This bag? This has mixture,
chocolate, chips, made in our factory.
Yeah. We will give them to you once we reach Memari tomorrow.
Let's go eat. - Hurry up.
Come, come. - Let's go.
There it is.
Come. - What is your relation with these boys?
None, sir. I saw the kids alone on the street,
they have surely escaped from their houses, sir.
If we could do something...
You look like a kidnapper and talking like a saint,
what is the matter?
Actually sir,
I too had a son of their age.
It is been 1 month
that my son passed away due to CoVid.
And from then, during this night curfew,
I distribute medicines on my cycle.
Sir, if we could do something for the kids...
I am quite worried.
Okay, don't worry, nothing will happen.
Today, throughout the city,
a lot of check-posts have been setup, to bust a huge drug-racket.
There are a lot of police in the city,
they will surely be caught at some post. Don't worry, I will see.
What will happen now? - Don't you worry, just wait.
We will find them, where can they even go? They must be around.
Dalim?
Is it clear there? - Yes, sir.
Hey, stop the car.
Hey, wait, wait.
What is the matter? Where are you going?
Officer, I will explain later, my son has run away from the flat.
I have to find him anyhow, please leave me.
Where will you find him so late at night?
Try tomorrow morning, go. - What are you saying?
What if something happens by then?
And you have to register a missing diary in the station,
there is a protocol.
Please try to understand, you are not even listening.
Please. Please let us go, our young sons are missing.
Listen madam, check-posts have been
set up at every corner for busting a gang.
If a kid were found, that would have been reported by now.
Let us look for him, he is our son, please try and understand.
Sir, searching in car for the entire night won't help either,
just go home, we will inform you if we find something.
I beg to you with folded hands, my son can be in trouble.
Please spare me. - I told you, we will tell you if we find him.
Just leave now, go.
Go, go, go. - Come.
Harihar! An idiot!
Hey, what? What is wrong?
I can understand your situation, brother.
But I am a poor man, what will I do? Where will I go?
I have none to turn but you, brother.
Harihar, go home.
It doesn't seem there is any point in looking for them now.
Brother, you have a lot of contacts, sources.
Please see if you can get the boys back, brother.
Brother!
Hey, up, up, go home.
You go home. - Go home, I will see,
if I can put my personal source to use.
Go, go home. Get up in the car, come on.
Hello, check-post 6? - Yes, sir.
2 young boys are missing.
Maybe 10-12 years old.
They might have run-away from home, so if you see my kids, tell me...
Yes sir, 2 kids in a tempo.
Tempo? - And one kid had CoViD sir,
the family was taking them to hospital.
Both of them were sick? Both were coughing?
No sir, only 1 was the coughing.
The other one, no sir, the other one wasn't coughing.
Yes, they would be those 2.
Have you let the tempo go? - Yes sir, I mean...
Alert all the check-posts immediately.
The tempo should be stopped wherever found
and I should be informed. - Okay sir.
Sure sir. - Send me backup force immediately.
Right away, sir. - I am hanging up now.
Will you be able to identify the 2 kids?
Come. - Yes, sir.
Let the cycle be here. Hey, look after the cycle,
keep it to the side. - Yes, sir.
The tempo needs to be caught immediately,
and get the backup force ready, right away.
Puchke and Mejke,
I am quite established in this business.
Whether that is tea,
or kidney or a whole person,
everything is dealt by this brother Ustad, brother Ustad!
But this is the first time, someone brought 2 kids along while delivery.
We are dealing in package, Ustad. 250 ***
30 kg ** and these 2 kids.
Tell me the number, darling, number.
This Ustad knows nothing but numbers.
5 million, Ustad.
Inform in advance before making a joke.
Laughing hurts me in the stomach.
I am not joking, Ustad. We were not paid for the earlier 2 deals either.
If we don't get paid, we won't give a dime.
Oh really? - In total 6 million, Ustad.
Give the money, take the honey. Simple.
Hear a simple thing from me too. There is no chance of getting paid,
but if you speak a lot, I will blast away those heads.
You stay in the forest and you don't know,
you should never enter the lion's den and tread on his tail.
This is the chance brother, let's run.
Come, come.
Hello? - Hello sir, Ghosh speaking.
Yes, speak. - There were shots heard from a eatery near Ramnagar.
Shots? - Yes, sir.
I will come there immediately.
Have you sent the backup force?
Yes sir, I am coming with the backup force. - Yeah, immediately.
Okay.
There is an emergency, okay?
We are going to see the 2 kids, but first, come with me.
Run, run.
What happened? - Let me take the bag.
Take it.
They are running. - Come, come.
I take it. - Give it to me.
Wait, wait.
Oh my, it is brother Ustad, I see. Greetings, greetings.
I had no idea I would meet you here like this.
Come, come.
Quickly.
Come.
Look there, I will see here.
Brother, did you get him? - No.
Come, let's check the upper floor. - Come, come quick.
They are not here, come upstairs.
You wait.
Where will you run? Wait.
This bag is mine.
Hey, who is there? See, quick.
This huge drug-racket of brother Ustad was busted due to me.
No sir, nothing for me, all the credit goes to these kids.
If they hadn't shown this bravery, nothing would have happened.
But they both are so naughty. Just imagine,
they ran away from the flat in the middle of the night. By the way,
your cycle is at the checkpost, take it.
Yes, sir. - And can you drop these 2 kids at their home?
That would be a huge favour.
I am sending a constable with you, wait.
So uncle, this bag belongs to them.
They said it has chocolates, but no, it has some weird things, see.
Sir.
Let me see.
Uncle, this is our house.
Which one? - There.
My quarters are just below that.
Uncle, you are quite cool, just like superheroes.
Your name should be Kulfi-man.
If you were not here, we would have been in the heaven.
Oh please!
What I would have done for my boy,
I did the same for you too.
What you did today,
a huge gang, such a huge drug-lord was busted.
I am so happy.
Oh please, I thought it has ice-cream. Total dupe.
Once I am back home, mom will beat me to heaven.
No worries, come to my house.
Once I return home, my dad will drink 2 more bottles in joy.
Okay, I will leave, be happy.
Tata. - Tata.
Then, would you play tomorrow? - Does that even need a discussion?
Don't cry Debi, everything will be fine, give me some time.
Just some time, please, please. Don't cry, I get it.
Please, don't cry.
Harihar? Harihar?
Harihar?
Brother? - Yes?
Are you looking for Harihar? - Yes.
Where is Harihar?
Just this morning, Harihar quit his job, took his son,
and left for his village. - What?
Yes, as you were tired, he didn't disturb you.
But how we would go to his village?
There is some train, Shramik Special or something, he will get in that.
He will walk to the station,
and then stay there for 2-3 days waiting for the train.
Yeah Debi, listen? Please get the car and take Dylan too.
I will tell you where we are going, just come out.
Just walk, we will surely reach there.
Don't be sad, see how many people are walking.
No worries, your dad is with you.
Didn't you want to go to your grandparents?
It will be so fun, right. - There, there is Harihar.
Hey, hey, wait, wait, where are you going?
Where are you going? See.
What is the matter?
Do you want another round from me, or quietly get up in the car?
No madam, I know, you guys want me to take the job back, right?
I was feeling nostalgic about my village for a few days,
let me go there first and then I will think of coming back.
But how would you go home like this?
Walking for miles with such a small kid in tow, that doesn't happen.
Look at his face, how tired he is from walking this much.
We will go too, no, really,
we will come with you, to where you are going.
Come. - I have taken special permission from police,
for going Memari, Happy?
No uncle, we won't need a car.
We can walk.
Just sit quietly, we will quickly reach there in car.
Then we will have lunch at your grandparents.
We will fish in the pond, bathe in it,
play football in Haldars' grounds.
We have lot to do, come, don't be late.
Come, come. Mask up, we will have luchi, come.
Come, sit, fast, fast.
Luchi and white potato curry, come, sit.
Sit and be comfortable.
Harihar, is everything okay?
I heard government will award us for our bravery.
But my biggest award is getting a friend like Dalim.
Hey, get up, are you planning any other run-away adventure?
I can't believe we did so much in one night?
Your dad mentioned, the news said we would be getting some awards.
Government will award us for our bravery.
Damn, what will that do? We rather practice.
We both will play for India, together.
We will get India to World-cups
You know, dad has said,
he will get you to our school post the lock-down.
Really? That will be so fun.
But you know, everyone in my school is kinda weird.
None is anyone's friend.
Before you, I didn't have any such friend either.
You know we have a football team in our school, Dalim.
Our coach would have been mad had he found you.
Then I would have announced to everyone,
you are my best friend.
I used to think of you as so arrogant, you know.
And because you are so rowdy, I was so scared of you.
You seem to be rowdier than me.
If this were Dui Pradeep, I would have been Dev and you Jeet.
This adventure of ours
should be made into a film, what say?
Yeah, correct. And the name of the film would be 'Flat theke Paliye.'
Everyone will whistle, throw coins at the screen, you see.
Hey come, we are getting late.
Your grandma has cooked red meat for us.
Yeah, right. You are a goat yourself.
So, how was it.
Didn't you get it? - Exactly,
we both would happily spend our days.
We would go to school together, play football.
Why? Won't we run away?
We will, but... Only if we smell a new adventure.