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[train horn blaring]

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[song begins]

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<i>♪ A pinch of night ♪</i>

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<i>♪ A drop of day ♪</i>

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<i>♪ They dissolve into the holy Ganga ♪</i>

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<i>♪ And become Kashi ♪</i>

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<i>♪ This sacred stream flows without end ♪</i>

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<i>♪ And this holy city speaks in whispers ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Kashi, so comforting,
like a beloved at night ♪</i>

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<i>♪ A lonely woman, like a boat ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Floats across Ganga at night ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Was it towards daybreak ♪</i>

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<i>♪ That she disappeared like the moon? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Are you a misty winter sky? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Is she Umadevi
going to Kashi from Kaveri? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ An indelible illution, the Maya? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Who is this like the smile of the Sun,
the red-rayed? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Who is this like the wind of
southern hill ranges? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Who is this, like a village rivulet? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Who are you? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ The wandering,
unshaken lamp's flame from the Aarti? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Or the cloud sent by the Sahya forest? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Are you the boatman of twilight ♪</i>

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<i>♪ To those
who come hoping to cross the river? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ The one who revolves around
the high ghats of dawn and dusk ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Like gentle sunshine? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ O Tathagata? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Are you Shiva,
who reigns upon the white mountain? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Or the one who waters the entire earth? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Who are you? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Who is this,
like the purest form of wisdom? ♪</i>

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[temple bells ringing]

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[ambient background noise]

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'CHINNA CHINNA AASAI'

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[soft music playing]

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[boat engine rumbling]

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Hello, Master ji.

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Hello! Hello!

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Come on. Let me give you a round.

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Not now.

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[melodious flute playing]

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Yes.

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In ten minutes. I'll be there.
I've reached Prabhu Ghat.

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Aren't you near the hotel?
I'll come there.

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Are you done for today?

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Not yet.

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One more round is pending.

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Shall we have tea?

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Why not? Come.

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[humming a tune]

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Two cups of tea.

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So what's up, Master ji?

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Doing good. How about you?

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All good here too.

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[ambient background noise]

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Here's your tea.

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And here's yours.

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Oh, I forgot to tell you.

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That lady sitting there
has been crying for some time now.

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I asked her but she's not answering.

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I think she's from your part of the country.

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Please check on her.

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[soft music playing]

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Please ask her once.

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Hello? What happened?

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Are you a Tamilian?

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What happened?

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Oh-no...

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[soft music playing]

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The folks who travelled in your boat,

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were they Tamilians?

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<i>No.</i>

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I see.

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There's a lady at the Ghat here.

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She got separated from her group.

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<i>Oh, really?</i>

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<i>I'll let you know if I get any info
about her group.</i>

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Alright. Okay.

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Alright, Master ji.

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Bag and phone snatching is
quite common here.

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No use in filing a complaint.

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Don't you even know your own phone number?

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Phone numbers of any of your family members?

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Maybe the address or phone number of
the hotel you're staying in?

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We should be a bit more careful, right?

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Master ji,

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there's a temple nearby.

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Lots of Tamil folks visit that temple.

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Maybe go check there?

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He was talking about
checking at a nearby temple.

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What happened, madam?

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Is the tea not good?

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This is Lord Bholenath's town.

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Somebody gets lost here every day.

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Right, Master ji?

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Have your tea.

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[mellow music playing]

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[temple bells ringing]

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No travel groups visited here today,
he said.

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Don't worry. Let's search for them.

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I mean, look for them.

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- We're hungry. Please help us.
- Go away. Go.

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Please give us something to eat.
We're hungry.

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Three cups of tea.

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I'm taking a biscuit packet.

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Biscuits too?

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For me?

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Take one more.

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[mellow music playing]

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Did you eat anything?

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[ambient street restaurant noise]

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[soft music playing]

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Can I trust you?

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Can I trust you?

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[PA system announcement]

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What happened? You didn't leave?

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There's this Kishen Bhai's restaurant nearby.

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They serve nice south Indian breakfast.

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Are you from Madras?

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All south Indians are 'Madrasis' here.

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Well, where's is your hometown?

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Near Tanjavur.

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I see! Nagavally's hometown!

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Tanjavur dolls!

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I have one in my home.

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I bought it when I visited Tanjavur
back in 1982.

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It's a mesmerizing place.

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Move this side.

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When did you reach Varanasi?

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Today morning.

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Any idea which side your hotel is?

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Or how far it is from here?

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No idea.

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There was a temple nearby that hotel.

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How did you get separated
from your tour package team?

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Never mind. Come.

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[melodious music playing]

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Please come. This is the place.

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Hello, Master!

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Hello, ji!

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- How are you?
- All good.

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You came with your wife today?

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- Oh-no! She's not my wife.
- Not your wife?

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It's okay. Please come.

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Please come.

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Please take a seat.

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Hey kiddo, go take their order.

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Don't get him wrong.
I've come here only with my daughter.

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That's why he asked that.

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What do you wanna eat?

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Is Masala Dosa okay for you?

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Masala Dosa, and two cups of tea.
Masala tea.

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If you have any idea about the places
you were planning to visit,

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we could go there and look for them.

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I understand Malayalam a bit.

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That makes it easier.

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Let me ask you then.

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Do you remember when your return train is?

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It's tomorrow morning's train.

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It's easy then. We can find them easily.

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Well, I mean if we can't find them
even after looking for them here.

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Here's your tea.

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What's your name?

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Leela.

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Leela? Special tea for you.

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Varanasi tea is the real deal.

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I drink minimum five cups every day.

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I don't drink tea.

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What's the big deal if five turns six?

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[melodious music playing]

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Who's there in your family now?

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It's been one and a half years
since he passed.

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Kids?

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I have a son.

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What does he do?

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There's a Tamil association office nearby.

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Let's go there and inform them.

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There's a chance that your group may
go there and enquire about you.

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Have your food.

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[soft music playing]

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There's a significant connection between
Tamil Nadu and Varanasi.

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Do you know that?

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I think it was in the 15th century...

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Parakrama Pandyan, the king of Madurai

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wanted to build
a majestic Shiva temple there--

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Can we leave from here soon?

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Shall we leave?

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We'll waste our time if we keep speaking.
Please eat your food.

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[ambient noise at ghat]

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I have informed them.

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They've received no enquiries yet.

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Let's see how it goes.

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If you're tired,
do you wanna go sit at their office?

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There's a chance that
your group comes there looking for you.

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Ganga Aarti ceremony happens here
in the evening.

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They will definitely come here to see that.

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We can go look for them there.

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It's a bit difficult.

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But it's better than looking for them
without any idea where they are.

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This is the person.

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Hello.

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Do you have any problem
if she waits here?

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As long as she wants!

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I'm not carrying her, right?
It's the earth that'll bear her weight.

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Take your honourable seat!

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I'll go look for them.

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Be seated. Please don't go anywhere.

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Please sit, madam.

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[soft humorous music playing]

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Tanjavur?

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Leela.

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Your father...

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gave you a nice name, isn't it?

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Well, why do you look so glum?

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Your face looks so dull.

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Be enthusiastic.

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You definitely have a backstory.

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You don't have to share it immediately.

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Shall I tell you my backstory
to close the distance?

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At my village, Paravakottai,

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I worked hard all alone,

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and became a big millionaire.

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As I worked hard to earn all my wealth,

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only I know the value of that money.

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So, I'd ask my wife about
how she spends the money I gave her,

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and if my son asks for money,
I'd ask them why he needs it.

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They apparently didn't like it.

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So one day,

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they planned to kill me
while I was asleep.

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That broke my heart,
and I decided to end my life,

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I came to Varanasi,
and jumped into the holy river Ganga.

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Suddenly,

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Lord Kashi Vishwanath held me close,
pulled me out from water, and told me,

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"A woman from your birthplace Tanjavur
will come seeking you,

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I will make you and her unite,

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live the rest of your life with her!"

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You're that woman from Tanjavur
who Lord Kashi Vishwanath mentioned--

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I didn't know about him.

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Did he trouble you a lot?

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Don't mind them.

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Do it like that.

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Do it like that.

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[melodious music playing]

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I heard they eat corpses.

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Is that true?

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I've heard that
they eat half-cremated bodies.

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That guy is a fraud.
It's evident from his looks.

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This place is not like
what I expected it to be.

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What?

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This Varanasi?

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Just look around,
the way you want to see Varanasi.

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Then you will see the true Varanasi.

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Only those who deserve this land
will understand that.

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[soft humming]

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<i>♪ Unleash the rain, O beloved ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Unleash the rain, O beloved ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Unleash the rain, O beloved ♪</i>

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Some people attach coins to the corpses
as a passage fee to the other world.

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Those boys are in search of that.

00:22:16.919 --> 00:22:18.958 align:center
Would God charge for that too?

00:22:20.212 --> 00:22:22.954 align:center
It's okay.
Ultimately the ones who deserve get it.

00:22:23.721 --> 00:22:24.729 align:center
I didn't understand.

00:22:24.730 --> 00:22:26.849 align:center
Uncle, please buy it.

00:22:26.850 --> 00:22:28.997 align:center
- I don't want it.
- Please buy it!

00:22:29.135 --> 00:22:30.454 align:center
Please!

00:22:31.008 --> 00:22:33.047 align:center
Please buy it, uncle!

00:22:33.603 --> 00:22:34.651 align:center
Do you want it?

00:22:34.652 --> 00:22:36.182 align:center
Please buy it!

00:22:37.876 --> 00:22:39.322 align:center
Please buy one!

00:22:39.323 --> 00:22:41.134 align:center
Shall I buy one then?

00:22:47.057 --> 00:22:48.110 align:center
Okay.

00:22:48.111 --> 00:22:50.491 align:center
[mellow music playing]

00:23:01.425 --> 00:23:03.987 align:center
Why are you doing me such favours?

00:23:09.025 --> 00:23:10.798 align:center
You didn't tell me anything about you.

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:13.242 align:center
Well, you never asked me.

00:23:14.611 --> 00:23:15.853 align:center
'You', with respect.

00:23:16.780 --> 00:23:18.710 align:center
Sorry. 'You'.

00:23:21.154 --> 00:23:22.295 align:center
So tell me.

00:23:24.529 --> 00:23:26.412 align:center
I am Madhavan Master.

00:23:26.982 --> 00:23:28.881 align:center
A retired upper primary school teacher.

00:23:29.717 --> 00:23:31.389 align:center
I have a daughter. Janaki.

00:23:31.607 --> 00:23:34.607 align:center
She's doing Kathak masters
at Banaras university.

00:23:35.857 --> 00:23:38.045 align:center
I often come here to meet her.

00:23:39.849 --> 00:23:40.905 align:center
Dance?

00:23:40.906 --> 00:23:42.318 align:center
Yes. Why?

00:23:47.412 --> 00:23:48.811 align:center
How about your wife?

00:23:50.037 --> 00:23:52.061 align:center
She gave me Janaki and left.

00:23:56.365 --> 00:23:57.576 align:center
Manikandan.

00:23:58.115 --> 00:24:00.334 align:center
The son of his first wife.

00:24:02.014 --> 00:24:04.827 align:center
After two years of
Manikandan's mother's demise,

00:24:04.828 --> 00:24:06.670 align:center
his father married me.

00:24:07.607 --> 00:24:09.022 align:center
Do you stay with Manikandan?

00:24:09.023 --> 00:24:10.076 align:center
No.

00:24:11.115 --> 00:24:13.115 align:center
He lives in Delhi with his family.

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.826 align:center
He works as an engineer there.

00:24:18.896 --> 00:24:20.670 align:center
I have a grandson.

00:24:21.311 --> 00:24:22.451 align:center
His name is Rohit.

00:24:22.545 --> 00:24:24.085 align:center
He studies in first standard.

00:24:24.086 --> 00:24:26.612 align:center
[soft music playing]

00:24:29.691 --> 00:24:32.128 align:center
It's been quite long since I met him.

00:24:34.373 --> 00:24:36.303 align:center
Everybody's quite busy, you know?

00:24:40.506 --> 00:24:41.748 align:center
What to say?

00:24:43.014 --> 00:24:44.428 align:center
If you look at it that way,

00:24:44.985 --> 00:24:47.399 align:center
this too gives me peace of mind
in a way.

00:24:50.203 --> 00:24:51.554 align:center
But we can't always

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:54.231 align:center
be in peace, right?

00:25:00.256 --> 00:25:02.248 align:center
You came here for sightseeing, right?

00:25:03.758 --> 00:25:05.203 align:center
I can help you if you want.

00:25:06.890 --> 00:25:08.265 align:center
You're here anyway.

00:25:10.116 --> 00:25:11.804 align:center
We have to look for them,

00:25:11.890 --> 00:25:13.648 align:center
and we have time till Ganga Aarti.

00:25:15.723 --> 00:25:17.489 align:center
You can even pay me a guide's fee.

00:25:17.649 --> 00:25:19.329 align:center
[soft music playing]

00:25:19.533 --> 00:25:22.018 align:center
If it's okay with you,
I shall show you something.

00:25:22.812 --> 00:25:24.562 align:center
You can decide after that.

00:25:29.197 --> 00:25:31.520 align:center
If you don't like it,
you can go sit at the office.

00:25:38.238 --> 00:25:40.113 align:center
[pigeons fluttering]

00:25:40.886 --> 00:25:42.668 align:center
[soothing melody begins]

00:25:52.634 --> 00:26:03.449 align:center
<i>♪ Is there a soul that never soars high? ♪</i>

00:26:03.979 --> 00:26:13.668 align:center
<i>♪ There are answers to
every hardship in life ♪</i>

00:26:14.301 --> 00:26:17.691 align:center
<i>♪ My sky and my earth become one ♪</i>

00:26:17.692 --> 00:26:23.611 align:center
<i>♪ And I rise above, wings unfolding ♪</i>

00:26:24.969 --> 00:26:26.854 align:center
<i>♪ Is this reality, or an illusion? ♪</i>

00:26:26.855 --> 00:26:28.368 align:center
<i>♪ Though this life may be a fleeting lie ♪</i>

00:26:28.369 --> 00:26:32.644 align:center
<i>♪ Your care and affection feel true
And they have shown me who I am ♪</i>

00:26:47.642 --> 00:26:49.049 align:center
[anklets jingling]

00:26:49.635 --> 00:26:51.182 align:center
[footsteps]

00:26:55.478 --> 00:26:57.447 align:center
[indistinct chatter and giggling]

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:03.619 align:center
Didn't we see them there too?

00:27:05.199 --> 00:27:06.206 align:center
Yes.

00:27:08.704 --> 00:27:11.406 align:center
Looks like their whole life
is inside the phone.

00:27:13.472 --> 00:27:15.712 align:center
Don't just blame the phone entirely.

00:27:16.393 --> 00:27:18.013 align:center
It does have its uses.

00:27:24.432 --> 00:27:26.851 align:center
Do you know every place in Varanasi?

00:27:28.257 --> 00:27:29.271 align:center
Yes.

00:27:29.764 --> 00:27:30.771 align:center
Almost.

00:27:32.632 --> 00:27:34.138 align:center
Can I ask you something?

00:27:37.122 --> 00:27:39.735 align:center
Subbu had told me...

00:27:40.118 --> 00:27:44.318 align:center
we get Lassi, Malaiyo, and hot Kachoris here.

00:27:44.708 --> 00:27:46.471 align:center
What brought you here, actually?

00:27:47.049 --> 00:27:48.400 align:center
[gentle music playing]

00:27:51.377 --> 00:27:52.869 align:center
[pigeons fluttering]

00:27:55.472 --> 00:27:57.340 align:center
Am I...

00:27:58.861 --> 00:28:00.167 align:center
...talking too much?

00:28:06.877 --> 00:28:08.314 align:center
[pigeons flapping]

00:28:09.564 --> 00:28:11.439 align:center
[grains scattering]

00:28:15.939 --> 00:28:17.863 align:center
Have you travelled like this before?

00:28:19.752 --> 00:28:23.376 align:center
I've gone to Delhi
a couple of times with him,

00:28:23.484 --> 00:28:24.804 align:center
for his treatment.

00:28:26.426 --> 00:28:27.999 align:center
Where all have you travelled?

00:28:28.846 --> 00:28:30.399 align:center
To a few places here and there.

00:28:33.806 --> 00:28:35.654 align:center
Of all the places you've been,

00:28:35.655 --> 00:28:37.855 align:center
which did you like the most?

00:28:40.239 --> 00:28:42.366 align:center
Last July, I went to Spiti.

00:28:43.739 --> 00:28:45.075 align:center
I loved it.

00:28:47.306 --> 00:28:48.312 align:center
Where is that?

00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:52.041 align:center
It's a village in Himachal.

00:28:53.132 --> 00:28:55.686 align:center
The whole journey there
is so beautiful, you know?

00:28:58.282 --> 00:28:59.562 align:center
Himachal...

00:29:01.506 --> 00:29:03.553 align:center
It must be full of ‘pani' there, right?

00:29:06.159 --> 00:29:07.166 align:center
'Pani'?

00:29:08.499 --> 00:29:09.791 align:center
'Pani' means…

00:29:12.792 --> 00:29:13.799 align:center
Snow.

00:29:13.986 --> 00:29:15.190 align:center
Ah, snow?

00:29:15.377 --> 00:29:16.964 align:center
Not during that time.

00:29:17.191 --> 00:29:18.584 align:center
I'm planning to go this March.

00:29:19.072 --> 00:29:21.152 align:center
My son-in-law is coming from the UK.

00:29:21.266 --> 00:29:23.107 align:center
We're all planning together.

00:29:26.369 --> 00:29:28.189 align:center
[gentle music continues]

00:29:28.912 --> 00:29:29.972 align:center
Will you come along?

00:29:31.135 --> 00:29:32.846 align:center
[motorcycle passing]

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:37.631 align:center
I don't even know where the others went!

00:29:37.632 --> 00:29:38.661 align:center
No idea.

00:29:42.072 --> 00:29:43.134 align:center
[soft laughter]

00:29:43.135 --> 00:29:44.439 align:center
[pigeons flapping]

00:29:46.206 --> 00:29:48.761 align:center
Didn't you say you wanted to have Lassi?

00:29:48.892 --> 00:29:49.899 align:center
Let's go.

00:29:50.199 --> 00:29:51.232 align:center
Okay.

00:29:52.416 --> 00:29:53.877 align:center
[traffic noise]

00:29:56.869 --> 00:29:58.213 align:center
[pleasant music playing]

00:30:08.258 --> 00:30:09.265 align:center
Here you go.

00:30:10.221 --> 00:30:11.296 align:center
[bicycle bell rings]

00:30:11.297 --> 00:30:14.153 align:center
At this age, I worry such things
might cause health issues.

00:30:14.323 --> 00:30:16.639 align:center
Was that meant for me,

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:18.387 align:center
or for you?

00:30:19.474 --> 00:30:21.900 align:center
Don't worry. I have this regularly.

00:30:23.264 --> 00:30:24.708 align:center
But it isn't blue in colour!

00:30:25.221 --> 00:30:27.228 align:center
[background traffic noise]

00:30:36.191 --> 00:30:38.385 align:center
I'm trusting you and drinking this.

00:30:40.502 --> 00:30:42.064 align:center
[playful rhythmic music playing]

00:30:46.398 --> 00:30:47.934 align:center
- How is it?
- Not bad!

00:30:50.926 --> 00:30:53.444 align:center
Still, nothing like Tanjavur Ashoka halwa.

00:30:54.394 --> 00:30:56.204 align:center
That's truly special.

00:30:56.311 --> 00:30:58.738 align:center
My grandmother used to make it so well.

00:30:59.638 --> 00:31:01.901 align:center
Every time I eat it, I'm reminded of her.

00:31:03.825 --> 00:31:06.559 align:center
She lived happily till ninety.

00:31:07.205 --> 00:31:10.064 align:center
And one day, smiling,
she just went to sleep.

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:16.579 align:center
This doesn't come anywhere close
to Ashoka halwa.

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:18.516 align:center
That's all I meant to say.

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:22.817 align:center
You haven't tried Kozhikode halwa,
have you?

00:31:23.478 --> 00:31:24.517 align:center
No.

00:31:24.518 --> 00:31:26.917 align:center
Try it once… it'll sail across your mouth!

00:31:30.525 --> 00:31:31.791 align:center
[vomiting]

00:31:31.792 --> 00:31:33.088 align:center
[Leela chuckles]

00:31:33.557 --> 00:31:34.689 align:center
[Madhavan panting]

00:31:34.822 --> 00:31:35.986 align:center
[vomiting continues]

00:31:38.127 --> 00:31:39.486 align:center
[music continues]

00:31:47.676 --> 00:31:49.748 align:center
Now do you see who's really old?

00:31:51.603 --> 00:31:53.814 align:center
[children chattering and playing]

00:31:59.737 --> 00:32:01.329 align:center
Sister, please buy this lamp.

00:32:01.330 --> 00:32:02.669 align:center
It's only ten rupees.

00:32:02.670 --> 00:32:04.188 align:center
- Ten rupees.
- No, no.

00:32:04.189 --> 00:32:05.747 align:center
Only ten rupees, please buy it.

00:32:05.748 --> 00:32:07.214 align:center
Take two for ten.

00:32:08.108 --> 00:32:09.114 align:center
Come here for a second.

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:13.034 align:center
Hold this, hold this.

00:32:15.914 --> 00:32:17.525 align:center
- Please buy it, sister?
- No, dear.

00:32:18.014 --> 00:32:19.020 align:center
Please, buy it.

00:32:19.847 --> 00:32:20.854 align:center
What is it?

00:32:21.126 --> 00:32:22.133 align:center
Please, buy it.

00:32:22.447 --> 00:32:23.454 align:center
Ask him.

00:32:24.034 --> 00:32:25.738 align:center
- Brother, buy a lamp?
- No, no, not now.

00:32:25.739 --> 00:32:27.093 align:center
After arati, the evening rituals, maybe.

00:32:27.094 --> 00:32:28.796 align:center
- Two for ten!
- Not now, go on.

00:32:28.797 --> 00:32:29.818 align:center
Please, just ten rupees.

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:31.886 align:center
Can you give me a hundred rupees?

00:32:32.427 --> 00:32:34.571 align:center
Two for ten, please buy them.

00:32:36.381 --> 00:32:37.411 align:center
Buy them.

00:32:37.412 --> 00:32:38.413 align:center
Here you go.

00:32:38.414 --> 00:32:39.822 align:center
No, I don't want money.

00:32:39.823 --> 00:32:42.524 align:center
If you want to buy the lamp, buy it.
Otherwise, leave it.

00:32:42.973 --> 00:32:43.980 align:center
Huh?

00:32:47.161 --> 00:32:49.125 align:center
Didn't she just say something really smart?

00:32:49.873 --> 00:32:51.006 align:center
Yes.

00:32:52.914 --> 00:32:55.429 align:center
She must want to study too, right?

00:32:56.314 --> 00:32:57.812 align:center
How far did you study?

00:32:59.774 --> 00:33:01.806 align:center
I didn't even pass tenth grade.

00:33:02.054 --> 00:33:03.061 align:center
Aha!

00:33:03.541 --> 00:33:05.498 align:center
Most kids working here dropped out

00:33:05.499 --> 00:33:07.921 align:center
only because they couldn't afford school.

00:33:09.721 --> 00:33:10.727 align:center
Poor things.

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:13.361 align:center
If only she had someone to support her…

00:33:13.959 --> 00:33:15.745 align:center
Are you thinking of taking her with you?

00:33:16.949 --> 00:33:19.080 align:center
If she's okay, I'm okay.

00:33:19.081 --> 00:33:20.425 align:center
[Madhavan laughs softly]

00:33:21.755 --> 00:33:24.674 align:center
Keep track of everything,
I'll pay you back later.

00:33:27.096 --> 00:33:28.596 align:center
[kite flapping]

00:33:31.007 --> 00:33:32.585 align:center
When does the evening ritual start?

00:33:32.934 --> 00:33:34.527 align:center
At 6 in the evening.

00:33:35.503 --> 00:33:37.292 align:center
[indistinct chatter]

00:33:43.121 --> 00:33:44.368 align:center
My daughter had called.

00:33:44.369 --> 00:33:45.704 align:center
Let me call her back.

00:33:48.214 --> 00:33:49.596 align:center
[footsteps]

00:33:50.909 --> 00:33:52.362 align:center
[gentle classical music playing]

00:34:24.008 --> 00:34:33.590 align:center
<i>♪ You fill every breath of mine ♪</i>

00:34:34.197 --> 00:34:38.684 align:center
<i>♪ Like a gentle fragrance ♪</i>

00:34:39.342 --> 00:34:44.455 align:center
<i>♪ Like the warmth of love ♪</i>

00:34:44.987 --> 00:34:49.987 align:center
<i>♪ O Krishna, eternal guardian of hearts ♪</i>

00:34:50.185 --> 00:34:56.105 align:center
<i>♪ My soul calls out to you, come ♪</i>

00:34:56.941 --> 00:35:02.150 align:center
<i>♪ This is your Radha ♪</i>

00:35:02.151 --> 00:35:07.241 align:center
<i>♪ This is your Meera ♪</i>

00:35:07.242 --> 00:35:12.506 align:center
<i>♪ This is your Gopika ♪</i>

00:35:12.507 --> 00:35:18.862 align:center
<i>♪ This is your Radhika ♪</i>

00:35:39.626 --> 00:35:43.232 align:center
<i>♪ You dwell in my breath ♪</i>

00:35:43.569 --> 00:35:48.009 align:center
<i>♪ You are my body and my soul ♪</i>

00:35:49.288 --> 00:35:53.518 align:center
<i>♪ I am the river that flows beside you ♪</i>

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:58.534 align:center
<i>♪ And you are the rhythm
that moves through me ♪</i>

00:35:58.677 --> 00:36:02.201 align:center
<i>♪ My restless mind ♪</i>

00:36:02.202 --> 00:36:04.770 align:center
<i>♪ My yearning eyes ♪</i>

00:36:04.771 --> 00:36:09.027 align:center
<i>♪ They wander through the night
in search of you ♪</i>

00:36:30.230 --> 00:36:34.794 align:center
<i>♪ I am your Radha ♪</i>

00:36:34.795 --> 00:36:39.908 align:center
<i>♪ You are my Ghanshyam ♪</i>

00:36:39.909 --> 00:36:44.897 align:center
<i>♪ Our names are one ♪</i>

00:36:45.035 --> 00:36:50.322 align:center
<i>♪ Our names are one ♪</i>

00:36:50.916 --> 00:36:55.982 align:center
<i>♪ Come closer,
listen to the yearnings of my soul ♪</i>

00:36:56.178 --> 00:37:02.278 align:center
<i>♪ O Krishna, eternal guardian of hearts ♪</i>

00:37:02.918 --> 00:37:08.176 align:center
<i>♪ This is your Radha ♪</i>

00:37:08.177 --> 00:37:13.254 align:center
<i>♪ This is your Meera ♪</i>

00:37:13.255 --> 00:37:18.521 align:center
<i>♪ This is your Gopika ♪</i>

00:37:18.522 --> 00:37:24.934 align:center
<i>♪ This is your Radhika ♪</i>

00:37:26.397 --> 00:37:28.490 align:center
[child mimics car engine]
[damaru beats]

00:37:29.306 --> 00:37:31.067 align:center
Didn't you say someone came asking?

00:37:31.454 --> 00:37:33.106 align:center
There was one more lady with us, right?

00:37:33.107 --> 00:37:34.548 align:center
Why didn't you go along with her?

00:37:34.936 --> 00:37:36.096 align:center
Ear cleaning...

00:37:36.620 --> 00:37:38.046 align:center
- Sir, you wanna clean your ears?
- What?

00:37:38.047 --> 00:37:39.407 align:center
- Get your ears cleaned once.
- Go away, man!

00:37:39.654 --> 00:37:42.613 align:center
- Always bugging people!
- Why do these folks come to Varanasi?!

00:37:42.934 --> 00:37:45.653 align:center
If you'd kept an eye on that lady,
this wouldn't have happened.

00:37:45.654 --> 00:37:47.737 align:center
Yeah yeah, that's our job, right?

00:37:47.738 --> 00:37:51.368 align:center
Before you leave, at least try
to find out where she went.

00:37:51.472 --> 00:37:53.654 align:center
This is all they do,
sitting around gossiping!

00:37:53.789 --> 00:37:55.916 align:center
Name... Leela.

00:37:56.653 --> 00:37:57.884 align:center
Age?

00:37:57.999 --> 00:37:59.279 align:center
Fifty... fifty-two.

00:37:59.421 --> 00:38:01.073 align:center
Place?

00:38:01.074 --> 00:38:02.918 align:center
Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

00:38:02.919 --> 00:38:04.135 align:center
Tanjavur...

00:38:05.167 --> 00:38:06.374 align:center
Tamil Nadu.

00:38:06.726 --> 00:38:08.253 align:center
That's it, details done.

00:38:09.233 --> 00:38:11.967 align:center
[faint announcements in distance]

00:38:13.295 --> 00:38:14.373 align:center
[microphone tapping]

00:38:14.374 --> 00:38:15.435 align:center
Hello? Hello?

00:38:15.436 --> 00:38:16.995 align:center
Hope they heard that.

00:38:16.996 --> 00:38:18.733 align:center
[over PA]
Mic check, one two three.

00:38:18.734 --> 00:38:20.689 align:center
<i>Attention please, missing person alert.</i>

00:38:20.690 --> 00:38:24.062 align:center
Don't panic. If nothing works out,
we'll check at the station tomorrow.

00:38:24.394 --> 00:38:25.949 align:center
A woman named Leela...

00:38:26.427 --> 00:38:28.170 align:center
52 years old...

00:38:28.513 --> 00:38:30.988 align:center
<i>From Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu,
seems to have lost her way here.</i>

00:38:31.195 --> 00:38:33.905 align:center
<i>If anyone has any information,
please inform the help desk.</i>

00:38:33.906 --> 00:38:35.993 align:center
Do you think they're really looking for me?

00:38:41.113 --> 00:38:43.570 align:center
Did you have other plans for today?

00:38:45.166 --> 00:38:46.646 align:center
Oh!

00:38:50.024 --> 00:38:51.697 align:center
Can you do me a favour?

00:38:52.124 --> 00:38:53.607 align:center
I need to buy a sari for Janaki.

00:38:53.608 --> 00:38:55.124 align:center
It's her birthday tomorrow.

00:38:55.550 --> 00:38:57.076 align:center
But I don't know how to pick one.

00:38:57.631 --> 00:38:59.037 align:center
[chuckles]

00:39:00.077 --> 00:39:01.528 align:center
You're asking me that?

00:39:02.031 --> 00:39:03.434 align:center
I'm from Tanjavur, after all!

00:39:04.644 --> 00:39:05.948 align:center
Subbu always says...

00:39:06.384 --> 00:39:08.457 align:center
My fashion sense is top class.

00:39:09.084 --> 00:39:10.764 align:center
[both chuckle]

00:39:10.997 --> 00:39:12.491 align:center
Who's this Subbu?

00:39:13.064 --> 00:39:14.782 align:center
I must meet her!

00:39:16.621 --> 00:39:18.931 align:center
You won't get to, whenever you want.

00:39:19.371 --> 00:39:22.864 align:center
She comes down from Hyderabad
only once in six months.

00:39:23.211 --> 00:39:24.735 align:center
She's my neighbour's daughter-in-law.

00:39:25.357 --> 00:39:26.896 align:center
But to me,

00:39:28.369 --> 00:39:29.835 align:center
she's more like a little sister.

00:39:30.717 --> 00:39:32.480 align:center
Even this Varanasi trip

00:39:32.481 --> 00:39:34.410 align:center
she's the one who arranged it for me.

00:39:35.016 --> 00:39:36.023 align:center
Okay, okay.

00:39:37.004 --> 00:39:39.317 align:center
The shop is a bit far from here.

00:39:39.564 --> 00:39:40.571 align:center
But we don't have to walk.

00:39:42.356 --> 00:39:44.403 align:center
In that case, I have a small wish...

00:39:45.241 --> 00:39:46.756 align:center
[calm music playing]

00:39:47.717 --> 00:39:49.452 align:center
[cycle rickshaw bell rings]

00:39:54.233 --> 00:39:55.889 align:center
[uplifting music playing]

00:40:23.429 --> 00:40:30.162 align:center
<i>♪ O desire, are you too the river ♪</i>

00:40:31.467 --> 00:40:37.733 align:center
<i>♪ That caresses the shore ♪</i>

00:40:38.791 --> 00:40:48.816 align:center
<i>♪ Without spilling over? ♪</i>

00:40:49.636 --> 00:40:58.138 align:center
<i>♪ You seem like a lonely path,
aching with endless distances ♪</i>

00:40:58.925 --> 00:41:08.505 align:center
<i>♪ Who is the tender cloud
drizzling upon your sorrow ♪</i>

00:41:09.169 --> 00:41:17.108 align:center
<i>♪ Like a dream? ♪</i>

00:41:39.177 --> 00:41:57.491 align:center
<i>♪ Who are you, like the divine form of
Goddess Gowri adorned with new leaves? ♪</i>

00:41:57.492 --> 00:42:01.659 align:center
<i>♪ Who, so near to me ♪</i>

00:42:01.660 --> 00:42:18.736 align:center
<i>♪ Like the starlit sky over Mount Kailash? ♪</i>

00:42:56.735 --> 00:42:58.984 align:center
<i>♪ I do not know... ♪</i>

00:42:58.985 --> 00:43:02.436 align:center
<i>♪ Tell me, without drifting away
like a river ♪</i>

00:43:02.437 --> 00:43:08.181 align:center
<i>♪ Are you the goddess-heart
that bleeds for the whole world? ♪</i>

00:43:08.182 --> 00:43:10.441 align:center
<i>♪ Are you Lalitha (the gentle Goddess)
or Jwalitha (the blazing one)? ♪</i>

00:43:10.442 --> 00:43:15.472 align:center
<i>♪ O, maiden of pure spring waters... ♪</i>

00:43:15.473 --> 00:43:17.773 align:center
You'll wear out your sandals
walking that fast.

00:43:19.049 --> 00:43:21.660 align:center
The saree you picked for Janaki was nice.

00:43:23.391 --> 00:43:25.824 align:center
Look, a call from the Tamil Association.

00:43:27.496 --> 00:43:29.031 align:center
Sorry, I was just…

00:43:29.856 --> 00:43:30.908 align:center
They're just jasmine flowers, right?

00:43:30.909 --> 00:43:32.318 align:center
Not rose or anything.

00:43:33.337 --> 00:43:34.743 align:center
That… sorry, I…

00:43:34.744 --> 00:43:36.111 align:center
I didn't like it.

00:43:36.483 --> 00:43:38.006 align:center
It felt a bit odd.

00:43:38.629 --> 00:43:40.721 align:center
Jasmine suits the saree so well.

00:43:41.094 --> 00:43:42.848 align:center
That's why I…
[Phone rings]

00:43:49.087 --> 00:43:50.768 align:center
One minute, my daughter's calling.

00:43:55.847 --> 00:43:56.854 align:center
Hello?

00:43:57.574 --> 00:43:58.815 align:center
Hello.

00:43:58.816 --> 00:44:00.907 align:center
I was at a dance shoot, missed your call.

00:44:01.001 --> 00:44:02.007 align:center
Where's Dad?

00:44:02.141 --> 00:44:03.470 align:center
I'm at the ghat.

00:44:04.074 --> 00:44:05.565 align:center
Aren't you coming here?

00:44:05.934 --> 00:44:06.941 align:center
No.

00:44:07.401 --> 00:44:08.788 align:center
Then I'll come there.

00:44:09.201 --> 00:44:10.492 align:center
Dad, you didn't eat, right?

00:44:10.613 --> 00:44:11.752 align:center
Let's eat together.

00:44:11.753 --> 00:44:13.789 align:center
I'll be there in 30 minutes.

00:44:15.661 --> 00:44:17.653 align:center
I... I'm here with a friend.

00:44:17.654 --> 00:44:18.868 align:center
<i>Which friend?</i>

00:44:18.976 --> 00:44:20.216 align:center
From our hometown.

00:44:20.421 --> 00:44:21.555 align:center
Which friend back home?

00:44:21.780 --> 00:44:23.381 align:center
You wouldn't know even if I told you.

00:44:24.187 --> 00:44:25.507 align:center
A friend of yours I don't know?

00:44:26.181 --> 00:44:28.314 align:center
That... um...

00:44:29.759 --> 00:44:30.766 align:center
Um… fine.

00:44:31.133 --> 00:44:32.617 align:center
What am I supposed to do now?

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:34.764 align:center
We're going to eat.

00:44:35.181 --> 00:44:36.707 align:center
Then I'll come there.

00:44:37.307 --> 00:44:38.673 align:center
We can eat together.

00:44:39.427 --> 00:44:41.153 align:center
No need. He'll leave in the evening.

00:44:41.154 --> 00:44:42.676 align:center
After that I'll come to the hostel.

00:44:42.961 --> 00:44:44.571 align:center
Um… okay.

00:44:45.734 --> 00:44:47.384 align:center
Don't forget your medicine after food.

00:44:47.813 --> 00:44:48.820 align:center
I'll call you then.

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:51.521 align:center
And did you arrange tomorrow's thing?

00:44:52.380 --> 00:44:54.760 align:center
Oh, I forgot it.

00:44:55.413 --> 00:44:57.662 align:center
Huh?! Really?

00:44:57.663 --> 00:44:59.158 align:center
<i>I'll go soon after this.</i>

00:44:59.705 --> 00:45:01.152 align:center
Uhm… fine.

00:45:01.421 --> 00:45:02.427 align:center
- I'm hanging up.
- Okay.

00:45:11.281 --> 00:45:13.694 align:center
We need to go somewhere. Shall we?

00:45:16.081 --> 00:45:18.380 align:center
It's to arrange something for tomorrow.

00:45:18.526 --> 00:45:20.060 align:center
It was urgent.

00:45:20.340 --> 00:45:21.793 align:center
I completely forgot.

00:45:22.481 --> 00:45:24.667 align:center
Only remembered when my daughter asked.

00:45:25.087 --> 00:45:27.154 align:center
Say sorry to me.

00:45:27.367 --> 00:45:28.374 align:center
Oh?

00:45:29.447 --> 00:45:30.454 align:center
Say “sorry.”

00:45:30.721 --> 00:45:31.727 align:center
Sorry!

00:45:33.921 --> 00:45:34.927 align:center
Shall we go?

00:45:35.274 --> 00:45:36.281 align:center
Let's go.

00:45:37.295 --> 00:45:39.749 align:center
[Islamic call to prayer]

00:45:40.664 --> 00:45:42.141 align:center
O, Lord Murugan...!

00:45:43.387 --> 00:45:45.887 align:center
If you want, we can rest for a while.

00:45:46.584 --> 00:45:48.366 align:center
Yes. I was about to ask you the same.

00:45:48.367 --> 00:45:49.881 align:center
Alright. Let's go sit there.

00:46:05.013 --> 00:46:06.638 align:center
Is your health okay?

00:46:06.810 --> 00:46:07.919 align:center
Yes.

00:46:08.287 --> 00:46:09.740 align:center
I've got a slight blood pressure issue.

00:46:10.512 --> 00:46:11.525 align:center
Why?

00:46:12.412 --> 00:46:13.920 align:center
Nothing. I just asked.

00:46:15.317 --> 00:46:16.136 align:center
[glass shattering, baby crying]

00:46:16.137 --> 00:46:18.271 align:center
You've turned my home to hell!

00:46:18.420 --> 00:46:20.530 align:center
You've ruined my peace of mind!
Always ranting!

00:46:20.531 --> 00:46:22.990 align:center
What am I ranting?
I'm the one who's in stress, right?

00:46:23.107 --> 00:46:24.607 align:center
You neither cook, nor do anything else!

00:46:24.873 --> 00:46:26.435 align:center
- Loser!
- What? Huh?

00:46:26.795 --> 00:46:29.098 align:center
Go to your loser friends now!

00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:30.534 align:center
They'll serve you food!

00:46:30.535 --> 00:46:31.662 align:center
[door shutting]

00:46:31.988 --> 00:46:33.752 align:center
[motorcycle engine revving]

00:46:33.753 --> 00:46:35.375 align:center
[baby crying]

00:46:36.443 --> 00:46:39.756 align:center
Have you and your wife ever had
such serious fights?

00:46:40.857 --> 00:46:42.404 align:center
Well, no.

00:46:43.803 --> 00:46:46.326 align:center
We were together for only a year and a half.

00:46:46.805 --> 00:46:48.270 align:center
[soft humming]

00:46:48.271 --> 00:46:49.670 align:center
To be frank,

00:46:50.537 --> 00:46:51.967 align:center
some six or seven months.

00:46:53.404 --> 00:46:54.826 align:center
But that time,

00:46:55.349 --> 00:46:56.795 align:center
it was full of fun.

00:46:59.482 --> 00:47:00.631 align:center
Then she got pregnant,

00:47:00.632 --> 00:47:01.741 align:center
her parents took her home,

00:47:01.742 --> 00:47:03.557 align:center
she delivered our child,
and all hell broke loose.

00:47:04.101 --> 00:47:05.814 align:center
[humming continues]

00:47:15.248 --> 00:47:17.724 align:center
Me and my husband used to fight
quite often.

00:47:19.482 --> 00:47:21.021 align:center
Even for trivial matters,

00:47:21.256 --> 00:47:22.943 align:center
we used to fight.

00:47:26.201 --> 00:47:27.381 align:center
Even then,

00:47:27.382 --> 00:47:29.138 align:center
I love him a lot.

00:47:29.431 --> 00:47:31.478 align:center
[soft music playing]

00:47:32.428 --> 00:47:36.615 align:center
On the other hand, he never had
any love or affection towards me.

00:47:43.928 --> 00:47:45.646 align:center
Rather than a wife,

00:47:46.248 --> 00:47:49.342 align:center
he needed a maid
who could take care of his son.

00:47:51.763 --> 00:47:53.935 align:center
I was the only one who couldn't realize it.

00:47:58.287 --> 00:48:00.326 align:center
Even when he was at the hospital,

00:48:01.185 --> 00:48:03.990 align:center
he used to tell me that
taking care of him is my duty.

00:48:11.732 --> 00:48:14.482 align:center
What's the point in discussing
all these, right?

00:48:16.263 --> 00:48:18.428 align:center
Your Malayalam is quite good.

00:48:19.521 --> 00:48:23.162 align:center
Keep that 'dam' issue aside,
and we're all one.

00:48:27.787 --> 00:48:30.145 align:center
You said you wanted to go somewhere
urgently, right?

00:48:30.146 --> 00:48:31.256 align:center
- Yes.
- Shall we go?

00:48:31.257 --> 00:48:32.271 align:center
Sure.

00:48:33.188 --> 00:48:34.995 align:center
[soft music playing]

00:48:35.572 --> 00:48:37.182 align:center
Hello, Master ji. How are you?

00:48:37.183 --> 00:48:38.557 align:center
Hello. All good.

00:48:39.275 --> 00:48:41.260 align:center
- I have a guest with me today.
- Who is she?

00:48:41.361 --> 00:48:42.572 align:center
Is she from your village?

00:48:42.713 --> 00:48:43.963 align:center
Hello. Hello.

00:48:45.088 --> 00:48:46.861 align:center
Isn't everything on track for tomorrow?

00:48:47.408 --> 00:48:50.377 align:center
Khalid, aren't the preparations for
tomorrow's veg meals done?

00:48:50.643 --> 00:48:51.893 align:center
Yes.

00:48:53.510 --> 00:48:56.127 align:center
It's already 1 o' clock.
Shall we eat biryani from here?

00:48:56.588 --> 00:48:58.283 align:center
Mutton biryani is so yummy here.

00:48:58.419 --> 00:48:59.732 align:center
Do you eat mutton?

00:49:00.137 --> 00:49:01.730 align:center
[soft music playing]

00:49:08.758 --> 00:49:10.860 align:center
Come on, Papa. Let's play.

00:49:10.861 --> 00:49:12.298 align:center
Not now, dear. I've got lot of work to do.

00:49:12.299 --> 00:49:14.118 align:center
- Please come.
- No dear, I'm working now.

00:49:14.119 --> 00:49:16.462 align:center
Later, okay?
Go play with your brother now.

00:49:16.463 --> 00:49:18.095 align:center
He's not ready to play with me.

00:49:18.096 --> 00:49:19.304 align:center
Here's tomatoes.

00:49:19.305 --> 00:49:20.730 align:center
I'm too tired.

00:49:24.487 --> 00:49:25.909 align:center
One second.

00:49:27.063 --> 00:49:28.188 align:center
Hello?

00:49:28.563 --> 00:49:30.351 align:center
Did you not leave, Dad?
What happened?

00:49:30.352 --> 00:49:34.133 align:center
A lady here got lost from her tour group.

00:49:34.397 --> 00:49:37.001 align:center
I felt bad for her and decided to help her.

00:49:37.196 --> 00:49:38.368 align:center
I'm with her now.

00:49:38.461 --> 00:49:41.211 align:center
I'll come there after helping her
to reach her tour group.

00:49:42.258 --> 00:49:43.939 align:center
My dear Madhavan Master.

00:49:43.940 --> 00:49:45.478 align:center
Why do you need to give me an explanation?

00:49:45.479 --> 00:49:46.766 align:center
Don't I know you?

00:49:47.305 --> 00:49:49.477 align:center
<i>Even if you say that you guys are in love,
I'm okay with that.</i>

00:49:49.649 --> 00:49:51.321 align:center
Stop it, you!

00:49:52.235 --> 00:49:55.633 align:center
I swear. If I find her to be okay,
I shall get you guys married.

00:49:57.219 --> 00:49:59.360 align:center
I'm hanging up, okay?
I called you to tell you this.

00:49:59.361 --> 00:50:00.353 align:center
Don't hang up!

00:50:00.354 --> 00:50:01.438 align:center
What's it?

00:50:01.948 --> 00:50:05.878 align:center
You're not the one who would worry about
what I'd think, and cook up a lie.

00:50:06.735 --> 00:50:08.407 align:center
What's going on? Anything fishy?

00:50:09.790 --> 00:50:11.305 align:center
Stop it, girl!

00:50:11.514 --> 00:50:13.460 align:center
[soft music playing]

00:50:25.855 --> 00:50:27.066 align:center
Wow!

00:50:27.222 --> 00:50:28.495 align:center
Have it.

00:50:29.995 --> 00:50:32.503 align:center
Only if you have someone close to you,

00:50:32.591 --> 00:50:33.950 align:center
the phone will be of some use.

00:50:34.307 --> 00:50:37.082 align:center
There are plenty of folks here
who live like they have nobody,

00:50:37.083 --> 00:50:38.635 align:center
even though they have everybody.

00:50:40.125 --> 00:50:41.883 align:center
We need to go to one more place now.

00:50:42.091 --> 00:50:43.271 align:center
Shall we?

00:50:47.307 --> 00:50:49.727 align:center
[mellow music playing]

00:51:09.998 --> 00:51:10.952 align:center
Hello.

00:51:10.953 --> 00:51:13.967 align:center
Milord! How are you, Madhav ji?

00:51:13.968 --> 00:51:15.451 align:center
First class. And you?

00:51:15.452 --> 00:51:17.279 align:center
I'm also doing fine.

00:51:19.454 --> 00:51:23.103 align:center
She doesn't look old enough
to get an admission here.

00:51:23.104 --> 00:51:24.479 align:center
She's not here for an admission.

00:51:24.647 --> 00:51:26.354 align:center
She's my friend. Leela.

00:51:26.355 --> 00:51:27.381 align:center
I see.

00:51:27.382 --> 00:51:28.976 align:center
She's here for some sightseeing.

00:51:28.977 --> 00:51:30.594 align:center
I see. Please come.

00:51:31.701 --> 00:51:33.006 align:center
Please come.

00:51:33.772 --> 00:51:36.553 align:center
For tomorrow,
aren't the arrangements done for

00:51:36.803 --> 00:51:38.515 align:center
fifty meals?

00:51:38.516 --> 00:51:39.568 align:center
Yes.

00:51:40.502 --> 00:51:44.434 align:center
Did you get any missing enquiries?

00:51:44.809 --> 00:51:47.509 align:center
Missing enquiry? What happened?

00:51:47.835 --> 00:51:50.409 align:center
She had come here with a tour group
from Tanjavur.

00:51:51.323 --> 00:51:52.910 align:center
She lost her way.

00:51:53.564 --> 00:51:56.084 align:center
Please call me if any enquiry comes.

00:51:56.297 --> 00:51:57.664 align:center
Sure.

00:51:58.207 --> 00:52:00.400 align:center
[melancholic music playing]

00:52:07.054 --> 00:52:09.860 align:center
Okay. I shall take your leave then.

00:52:09.861 --> 00:52:11.469 align:center
Something urgent came up.

00:52:11.470 --> 00:52:13.609 align:center
- See you tomorrow then. Goodbye.
- Goodbye.

00:52:17.918 --> 00:52:19.293 align:center
What's going on here?

00:52:19.973 --> 00:52:21.293 align:center
I feel strange.

00:52:21.606 --> 00:52:22.785 align:center
Well...

00:52:23.012 --> 00:52:27.152 align:center
Some people believe that
dying here can help them achieve salvation.

00:52:28.762 --> 00:52:31.254 align:center
Most of these people come here alone
and live here.

00:52:31.691 --> 00:52:33.606 align:center
Or they can have a helper too.

00:52:35.074 --> 00:52:38.700 align:center
If they don't die within 15 days of check-in,
they'll have to check out from here.

00:52:38.701 --> 00:52:40.277 align:center
That's the rule here.

00:52:41.637 --> 00:52:45.848 align:center
And there are some people who donate
all their wealth and stay here till death.

00:52:46.598 --> 00:52:50.262 align:center
Also, there are some people here
who have done their final rites themselves.

00:52:51.457 --> 00:52:52.676 align:center
How's that possible?

00:52:53.029 --> 00:52:55.201 align:center
How can they know the time of their death?

00:52:55.965 --> 00:52:58.121 align:center
Only God knows that, right?

00:52:59.582 --> 00:53:01.285 align:center
Do you know that God?

00:53:03.981 --> 00:53:05.924 align:center
We have so many Gods, don't we?

00:53:05.925 --> 00:53:07.910 align:center
You can ask me about whoever you want.

00:53:11.907 --> 00:53:13.861 align:center
I have only one question.

00:53:15.649 --> 00:53:18.711 align:center
If I see God some day,

00:53:20.117 --> 00:53:23.321 align:center
I want to ask him
why he gave me a life like this.

00:53:24.426 --> 00:53:27.145 align:center
Did I really live a good life?

00:53:29.108 --> 00:53:30.405 align:center
I don't know.

00:53:34.091 --> 00:53:37.693 align:center
I've never opened up like this
with anybody before.

00:53:40.218 --> 00:53:42.929 align:center
We've got time till 'Ganga Aarti' ceremony.
Keep talking.

00:53:46.755 --> 00:53:48.755 align:center
I feel very happy, you know?

00:53:49.878 --> 00:53:52.565 align:center
What makes you really happy?

00:53:54.179 --> 00:53:57.132 align:center
Seeing Janaki dance,

00:53:57.133 --> 00:53:58.608 align:center
makes me really happy.

00:53:59.718 --> 00:54:02.327 align:center
I too feel like meeting Janaki.

00:54:03.057 --> 00:54:05.362 align:center
She's an excellent dancer, isn't she?

00:54:08.152 --> 00:54:10.980 align:center
I too wanted to be a dance teacher once.

00:54:15.846 --> 00:54:18.135 align:center
I've learnt dance during my childhood.

00:54:19.158 --> 00:54:23.048 align:center
Before my marriage, I've danced several times
during temple festivals.

00:54:24.673 --> 00:54:26.658 align:center
But, after marriage...

00:54:27.220 --> 00:54:29.025 align:center
I danced only once.

00:54:29.947 --> 00:54:31.587 align:center
And he didn't like it.

00:54:33.603 --> 00:54:35.080 align:center
So I stopped it right then.

00:54:38.095 --> 00:54:41.236 align:center
Had you told me this earlier,
we could've gone to her institute.

00:54:42.001 --> 00:54:43.384 align:center
That's okay.

00:54:44.816 --> 00:54:46.411 align:center
The moment I saw you, I felt that

00:54:46.412 --> 00:54:48.215 align:center
there's a dancer hiding within you.

00:54:49.054 --> 00:54:50.398 align:center
Please don't say such things.

00:54:50.399 --> 00:54:51.843 align:center
I feel awkward.

00:54:53.135 --> 00:54:54.685 align:center
When will Ganga Aarti ceremony begin?

00:54:54.686 --> 00:54:56.586 align:center
It will take another 3-4 hours.

00:54:57.216 --> 00:54:59.076 align:center
What can we do till then?

00:55:00.317 --> 00:55:02.677 align:center
Subbu had told me that
the boating experience is good here.

00:55:04.691 --> 00:55:06.712 align:center
It's better to do the boating in the morning.

00:55:09.121 --> 00:55:11.588 align:center
Then... What can we do now?

00:55:14.606 --> 00:55:17.118 align:center
There's gonna be a 'Sitar' performance
at Kala Kendra today.

00:55:17.119 --> 00:55:18.165 align:center
It's quite nearby.

00:55:18.166 --> 00:55:19.173 align:center
Shall we go there?

00:55:19.719 --> 00:55:21.046 align:center
Is it? Let's go there then.

00:55:21.178 --> 00:55:23.198 align:center
[mellow music playing]

00:55:30.650 --> 00:55:32.203 align:center
[ambient noise at ghat]

00:55:32.204 --> 00:55:35.064 align:center
This place is peculiar in several ways.
Do you know that?

00:55:36.246 --> 00:55:38.043 align:center
Here, lizards don't chirp,

00:55:38.516 --> 00:55:39.899 align:center
dogs don't bark,

00:55:40.977 --> 00:55:42.547 align:center
crows don't caw,

00:55:43.002 --> 00:55:44.721 align:center
eagles don't circle the sky,

00:55:44.828 --> 00:55:46.469 align:center
all those are--

00:55:46.470 --> 00:55:47.779 align:center
Ouch!

00:55:59.374 --> 00:56:01.594 align:center
[soft, sad music playing]

00:56:31.512 --> 00:56:33.988 align:center
Everybody calls me ill-fated.

00:56:35.199 --> 00:56:38.324 align:center
Please leave me
before something bad happens to you.

00:56:47.194 --> 00:56:48.335 align:center
Please come.

00:56:49.290 --> 00:56:50.970 align:center
[temple bells ringing]

00:57:24.924 --> 00:57:27.862 align:center
She wasn't watching out.

00:57:29.493 --> 00:57:30.649 align:center
It's okay.

00:57:37.031 --> 00:57:38.195 align:center
It's alright.

00:57:47.995 --> 00:57:49.261 align:center
Shall I talk to him?

00:57:52.168 --> 00:57:53.332 align:center
Go ahead.

00:58:09.392 --> 00:58:10.853 align:center
Please forgive me.

00:58:23.478 --> 00:58:26.665 align:center
Isn't it so tough to travel wearing a saree?

00:58:28.984 --> 00:58:30.078 align:center
Isn't it?

00:58:31.492 --> 00:58:33.828 align:center
She hated wearing it.

00:58:39.312 --> 00:58:41.131 align:center
It was for our marriage that
she wore a saree.

00:58:44.968 --> 00:58:46.860 align:center
But it was only for a short while.

00:58:46.861 --> 00:58:48.423 align:center
After that, for our marriage reception,

00:58:48.812 --> 00:58:51.290 align:center
she wore a white and white...
I don't know that attire's name.

00:58:51.929 --> 00:58:53.320 align:center
She wore something like that.

00:58:53.632 --> 00:58:54.789 align:center
She looked so pretty in it.

00:58:58.242 --> 00:58:59.953 align:center
We used to travel a lot.

00:59:00.625 --> 00:59:01.750 align:center
After...

00:59:03.171 --> 00:59:05.390 align:center
After our baby's arrival,
she changed completely.

00:59:09.148 --> 00:59:11.187 align:center
She'd call me back to back.

00:59:11.656 --> 00:59:13.453 align:center
She'd get angry if I ask her about our baby.

00:59:13.943 --> 00:59:15.483 align:center
[soft music playing]

00:59:17.109 --> 00:59:18.546 align:center
As if she doesn't like the baby.

00:59:19.031 --> 00:59:21.346 align:center
She wouldn't let me know
even if our baby is unwell.

00:59:23.119 --> 00:59:26.588 align:center
I was too stressed out due to all this
as well as my work pressure...

00:59:26.674 --> 00:59:27.979 align:center
so one day I lost it.

00:59:28.091 --> 00:59:29.260 align:center
I...

00:59:29.651 --> 00:59:30.908 align:center
snapped at her.

00:59:33.096 --> 00:59:34.877 align:center
But... I didn't expect her to do this.

00:59:40.843 --> 00:59:42.671 align:center
I didn't know that she was unwell.

00:59:45.093 --> 00:59:46.882 align:center
I can't do anything now. I'm helpless.

00:59:50.515 --> 00:59:52.171 align:center
I just can't bear this!

01:00:13.195 --> 01:00:14.203 align:center
Sorry...

01:00:27.637 --> 01:00:29.715 align:center
[religious chanting]

01:00:48.181 --> 01:00:49.908 align:center
Please go and dispose the ashes.

01:00:55.096 --> 01:00:56.752 align:center
Come. This way.

01:00:59.744 --> 01:01:00.861 align:center
Walk down.

01:01:01.298 --> 01:01:03.671 align:center
[sad music playing]

01:02:27.582 --> 01:02:29.749 align:center
[phone ringing]

01:02:41.333 --> 01:02:42.371 align:center
Hello?

01:02:42.372 --> 01:02:45.021 align:center
<i>Leela's tour group was here
asking for her.</i>

01:02:45.022 --> 01:02:46.444 align:center
<i>They're at Gwarighat now.</i>

01:02:46.445 --> 01:02:47.811 align:center
<i>- Please drop her there.</i>
- Okay.

01:02:51.047 --> 01:02:52.915 align:center
Didn't I tell you not to worry?

01:02:52.916 --> 01:02:54.485 align:center
They reached there, looking for you.

01:02:55.277 --> 01:02:58.027 align:center
They're at Gwarighat.
Let's go there via this lane.

01:02:58.317 --> 01:03:00.657 align:center
[soft music playing]

01:03:02.593 --> 01:03:03.773 align:center
Please come.

01:03:04.376 --> 01:03:07.216 align:center
[ambient street noise]

01:04:01.567 --> 01:04:03.278 align:center
It's only a bit further this way.

01:04:08.423 --> 01:04:10.127 align:center
They're all waiting there.

01:04:17.283 --> 01:04:18.884 align:center
What happened?
Don't you feel like going to them?

01:04:20.394 --> 01:04:21.777 align:center
You may leave.

01:04:22.323 --> 01:04:24.143 align:center
I'll go alone from here.

01:04:24.660 --> 01:04:25.822 align:center
No, let's not do that.

01:04:25.823 --> 01:04:27.095 align:center
It's only a few steps away.

01:04:27.096 --> 01:04:28.663 align:center
I'll leave only after dropping you off.

01:04:30.599 --> 01:04:32.333 align:center
If you come with me...

01:04:34.729 --> 01:04:36.596 align:center
they'll misunderstand me.

01:04:37.886 --> 01:04:39.112 align:center
You're right.

01:04:39.387 --> 01:04:40.949 align:center
But, will you be able to go alone?

01:04:45.376 --> 01:04:48.962 align:center
You've helped me a lot.

01:04:50.277 --> 01:04:53.183 align:center
Please keep tabs of
whatever money you spent.

01:04:55.125 --> 01:04:56.656 align:center
Once I reach home,

01:04:57.495 --> 01:04:58.972 align:center
I shall pay you back.

01:05:02.784 --> 01:05:04.917 align:center
Thanks for all the help.

01:05:07.361 --> 01:05:09.334 align:center
[mellow music playing]

01:05:22.327 --> 01:05:24.327 align:center
[ominous music playing]

01:06:01.160 --> 01:06:04.455 align:center
Murugan, my Lord, my aunty got married
and moved to a new house.

01:06:04.547 --> 01:06:06.092 align:center
Please take good care of her.

01:06:06.354 --> 01:06:07.820 align:center
And…

01:06:07.821 --> 01:06:10.221 align:center
The fish my aunty bought for me died.

01:06:10.594 --> 01:06:13.127 align:center
I fed it all the rice, still it died.

01:06:13.507 --> 01:06:15.674 align:center
I want another fish just like it.

01:06:15.841 --> 01:06:18.614 align:center
One with a spot on its head,
just like that one!

01:06:18.807 --> 01:06:19.839 align:center
Please, please…

01:06:19.840 --> 01:06:22.214 align:center
- I really love my aunty and that fish.
- <i>Leelavathi…</i>

01:06:22.215 --> 01:06:24.004 align:center
- <i>Leela…!</i>
- She’s coming, Appa!

01:06:25.534 --> 01:06:26.541 align:center
Tell me, Appa.

01:06:27.945 --> 01:06:30.588 align:center
Haven’t seen you for a while.
Where were you, Leela, my babygirl?

01:06:30.589 --> 01:06:32.477 align:center
I was talking to Murugan, Appa.

01:06:32.478 --> 01:06:33.640 align:center
Oh, is it?

01:06:33.641 --> 01:06:34.747 align:center
So, what did Murugan say?

01:06:34.894 --> 01:06:36.506 align:center
Murugan didn’t say anything, Appa.

01:06:36.507 --> 01:06:38.013 align:center
I told him I want another fish.

01:06:38.014 --> 01:06:39.216 align:center
Is that so, dear?

01:06:39.217 --> 01:06:42.760 align:center
Alright. I’ll go today and
catch another one just like it, okay?

01:06:42.761 --> 01:06:43.767 align:center
Really?

01:06:43.887 --> 01:06:45.360 align:center
When are you going, Appa?

01:06:45.361 --> 01:06:47.026 align:center
I’ll finish some work in ten minutes…

01:06:47.027 --> 01:06:48.446 align:center
After that, I’ll go catch it for you.

01:06:48.447 --> 01:06:50.814 align:center
I won’t go home without a fish today.

01:06:50.987 --> 01:06:51.994 align:center
Okay, my dear.

01:06:55.407 --> 01:06:59.334 align:center
Appa, who’s that man with the tummy?

01:07:00.493 --> 01:07:02.637 align:center
Who? That one? Oh, that’s our--
[Temple bell rings]

01:07:02.802 --> 01:07:04.027 align:center
Wow! Prasadam!

01:07:04.213 --> 01:07:05.986 align:center
[anklets jingling]

01:07:08.049 --> 01:07:09.393 align:center
[laughs]

01:07:11.322 --> 01:07:12.939 align:center
[soothing music playing]

01:07:17.994 --> 01:07:19.463 align:center
[anklets jingling]

01:07:21.187 --> 01:07:24.313 align:center
Appa, when will
all the temple work be finished?

01:07:24.314 --> 01:07:25.320 align:center
Why, dear?

01:07:25.481 --> 01:07:26.487 align:center
Tell me, Appa.

01:07:27.200 --> 01:07:29.529 align:center
It’ll be done in a couple of weeks.

01:07:30.307 --> 01:07:32.501 align:center
When will we go to the big temple, Appa?

01:07:33.243 --> 01:07:35.436 align:center
It’s close by, isn’t it? We can go anytime.

01:07:36.069 --> 01:07:38.847 align:center
Then shall we go, just the two of us?

01:07:39.607 --> 01:07:40.614 align:center
Just you and me?

01:07:41.027 --> 01:07:42.673 align:center
Won’t Amma and elder brother come?

01:07:42.674 --> 01:07:43.681 align:center
No, Appa.

01:07:43.807 --> 01:07:47.181 align:center
Amma keeps finding fault
with everything I do.

01:07:47.552 --> 01:07:49.728 align:center
Let brother stay with Amma.

01:07:49.729 --> 01:07:52.290 align:center
If he comes, he’ll just hit me anyway.

01:07:52.291 --> 01:07:54.846 align:center
But isn’t your grandma’s house right there?

01:07:54.847 --> 01:07:56.310 align:center
How can your mom not come there?

01:07:57.701 --> 01:08:00.453 align:center
Then let’s go to a temple
far, far away, Appa.

01:08:01.586 --> 01:08:03.717 align:center
If it’s far away,
we’ll have to go to Kashi.

01:08:03.718 --> 01:08:04.879 align:center
Where’s that, Appa?

01:08:04.880 --> 01:08:06.800 align:center
It’s very far away, dear.

01:08:06.987 --> 01:08:09.133 align:center
It’ll take two or three days to get there.

01:08:09.134 --> 01:08:10.945 align:center
We’ll need to take a train.

01:08:11.414 --> 01:08:13.341 align:center
Then let’s go there, Appa!

01:08:13.342 --> 01:08:15.865 align:center
I really love travelling by train.

01:08:16.056 --> 01:08:17.351 align:center
It’ll be so much fun, right?

01:08:17.617 --> 01:08:19.440 align:center
But it’ll be very crowded there.

01:08:19.441 --> 01:08:22.154 align:center
If I lose sight of my baby Leela
in that crowd, what will I do?

01:08:22.621 --> 01:08:24.667 align:center
I’ll never leave you, Appa.

01:08:24.874 --> 01:08:26.240 align:center
I’m big Leela now.

01:08:26.333 --> 01:08:27.564 align:center
I can take care of myself.

01:08:28.780 --> 01:08:30.653 align:center
Alright, you’re big Leela now.

01:08:30.654 --> 01:08:32.381 align:center
Then I’ll come with you to Kashi.

01:08:32.534 --> 01:08:33.821 align:center
I’ll take you there, Appa.

01:08:33.981 --> 01:08:34.987 align:center
Okay, dear.

01:08:35.220 --> 01:08:36.466 align:center
Do you still want more?

01:08:36.780 --> 01:08:38.080 align:center
Had enough?

01:08:38.513 --> 01:08:39.746 align:center
Do you want some, Appa?

01:08:39.747 --> 01:08:40.753 align:center
Eat carefully, dear.

01:08:43.574 --> 01:08:44.727 align:center
Hey. Hi.

01:08:45.966 --> 01:08:47.266 align:center
Hello, madam.

01:08:47.947 --> 01:08:49.502 align:center
[temple bell ringing in distance]

01:08:51.047 --> 01:08:52.054 align:center
[in Hindi]
Need any help?

01:08:58.041 --> 01:08:59.047 align:center
[in Tamil]
Are you Tamil?

01:08:59.821 --> 01:09:00.827 align:center
[in Telugu]
Don’t look Telugu…

01:09:02.687 --> 01:09:03.694 align:center
[in Malayalam]
Malayali?

01:09:08.961 --> 01:09:10.127 align:center
[in Tamil]
From my hometown?

01:09:23.643 --> 01:09:25.174 align:center
[whistling]

01:09:26.133 --> 01:09:29.039 align:center
Even as countless thoughts troubled
her mind…

01:09:30.946 --> 01:09:33.479 align:center
the world outside kept moving on.

01:09:34.744 --> 01:09:35.939 align:center
[playful music playing]

01:09:38.931 --> 01:09:39.937 align:center
Tamil, right?

01:09:48.067 --> 01:09:49.074 align:center
Hello?

01:09:49.794 --> 01:09:50.801 align:center
Yes.

01:09:51.867 --> 01:09:52.874 align:center
Green saree?

01:09:53.687 --> 01:09:54.910 align:center
Yes, she's here.

01:09:57.361 --> 01:09:58.367 align:center
Nose ring?

01:09:59.201 --> 01:10:00.221 align:center
That too.

01:10:04.074 --> 01:10:05.339 align:center
But won’t say a word…

01:10:07.407 --> 01:10:08.414 align:center
What?

01:10:10.539 --> 01:10:12.182 align:center
Could she be mute?

01:10:14.881 --> 01:10:15.887 align:center
Hello.

01:10:16.821 --> 01:10:17.827 align:center
Hello.

01:10:21.883 --> 01:10:23.320 align:center
[footsteps]

01:10:28.285 --> 01:10:29.478 align:center
[pensive music playing]

01:10:29.479 --> 01:10:32.234 align:center
Usually, no one who ends up here ever leaves.

01:10:33.107 --> 01:10:35.116 align:center
They all die and vanish here.

01:10:36.807 --> 01:10:38.656 align:center
If you don’t want that,

01:10:39.300 --> 01:10:41.428 align:center
tell me what your problem is.

01:10:46.636 --> 01:10:48.126 align:center
[sobbing]

01:10:48.127 --> 01:10:50.174 align:center
Oh no! Hey, cool! Cool! Cool!

01:10:50.301 --> 01:10:51.307 align:center
I was just kidding!

01:10:52.321 --> 01:10:53.728 align:center
Don’t cry!
[Playful music]

01:10:54.206 --> 01:10:55.356 align:center
Ugh!

01:10:55.357 --> 01:10:56.363 align:center
I’m dead!

01:10:56.921 --> 01:10:58.782 align:center
Please, I can really help you.

01:10:59.651 --> 01:11:01.514 align:center
Just please, don’t cry.
Just don't cry!

01:11:02.581 --> 01:11:03.587 align:center
Ugh!

01:11:07.501 --> 01:11:10.138 align:center
JANAKI [On phone]: <i>Not everyone
can understand everyone else, Dad.</i>

01:11:11.034 --> 01:11:12.823 align:center
Maybe she couldn’t understand you.

01:11:14.981 --> 01:11:15.987 align:center
<i>But…</i>

01:11:16.354 --> 01:11:17.361 align:center
<i>Aunty…</i>

01:11:18.394 --> 01:11:21.107 align:center
Didn’t you ask
why she behaved like that, Dad?

01:11:24.012 --> 01:11:25.200 align:center
Whatever it is, come here.

01:11:25.201 --> 01:11:26.663 align:center
Don’t sit there brooding.

01:11:26.664 --> 01:11:27.504 align:center
Okay.

01:11:27.505 --> 01:11:29.687 align:center
<i>Then come now. Don’t delay it.</i>
[Phone beeps]

01:11:29.982 --> 01:11:31.033 align:center
One sec, dear.

01:11:31.034 --> 01:11:32.041 align:center
<i>Okay.</i>

01:11:33.590 --> 01:11:36.406 align:center
RANJITH [On phone]: <i>Hello, this is Ranjith,
Tamil team’s coordinator.</i>

01:11:36.407 --> 01:11:37.700 align:center
<i>Where are you?</i>

01:11:37.938 --> 01:11:39.590 align:center
<i>We’ve been waiting for you here.</i>

01:11:40.507 --> 01:11:41.937 align:center
<i>Hello sir, can you hear me?</i>

01:11:42.300 --> 01:11:44.027 align:center
- <i>Sir, I’m telling you...
- Where are you?</i>

01:11:44.447 --> 01:11:47.435 align:center
<i>I’m here at Gauri Ghat.
Can you come quickly?</i>

01:11:48.724 --> 01:11:50.263 align:center
[mysterious music playing]

01:11:59.016 --> 01:12:00.477 align:center
Look at her audacity!

01:12:01.282 --> 01:12:03.249 align:center
The moment I saw her, I knew...

01:12:03.250 --> 01:12:05.484 align:center
I don't know where she went missing from.

01:12:05.827 --> 01:12:08.268 align:center
She probably cheated that man too.

01:12:08.269 --> 01:12:09.793 align:center
RANJITH: I very well know
how to manage a tour package.

01:12:09.794 --> 01:12:11.865 align:center
They left us running around
while they went off having fun.

01:12:11.866 --> 01:12:13.864 align:center
RANJITH: <i>Her phone is switched off.
I tried calling her.</i>

01:12:14.100 --> 01:12:17.252 align:center
We came to Kashi looking for peace.

01:12:17.669 --> 01:12:19.756 align:center
Now we've lost what little peace we had.

01:12:19.991 --> 01:12:22.277 align:center
How would I... alone…? Hello?

01:12:22.497 --> 01:12:24.122 align:center
Hello? I can hear you, go on.

01:12:24.476 --> 01:12:25.483 align:center
Hello?

01:12:26.579 --> 01:12:27.912 align:center
This isn’t going to end well.

01:12:28.263 --> 01:12:30.663 align:center
Her sons said not to file a police case.

01:12:30.664 --> 01:12:33.293 align:center
They said it’s fine
even if she never returns.

01:12:33.294 --> 01:12:34.341 align:center
What a family!

01:12:34.476 --> 01:12:36.445 align:center
She’s not her own son.
[Dog barks]

01:12:36.889 --> 01:12:38.935 align:center
She can’t have children.

01:12:39.470 --> 01:12:40.996 align:center
I said it from the begining.

01:12:41.187 --> 01:12:43.713 align:center
Don’t take along someone cursed.

01:12:43.714 --> 01:12:45.034 align:center
And here we are.

01:12:46.114 --> 01:12:47.426 align:center
I’m telling you again,

01:12:47.427 --> 01:12:49.466 align:center
If anything happens to her,
I’m not responsible.

01:12:49.467 --> 01:12:50.913 align:center
You’ll have to deal with it.

01:12:59.687 --> 01:13:00.694 align:center
Thank you.

01:13:02.382 --> 01:13:03.468 align:center
[faint footsteps]

01:13:03.819 --> 01:13:05.288 align:center
[indistinct chatter]

01:13:06.968 --> 01:13:08.327 align:center
[sighs]

01:13:10.702 --> 01:13:12.179 align:center
[vehicle passing]

01:13:18.594 --> 01:13:19.601 align:center
Granny...

01:13:19.999 --> 01:13:21.202 align:center
Hmm?

01:13:21.897 --> 01:13:23.311 align:center
[indistinct chatter]

01:13:24.374 --> 01:13:25.381 align:center
Hey!

01:13:26.014 --> 01:13:27.020 align:center
What happened?

01:13:27.707 --> 01:13:28.714 align:center
Tell me.

01:13:33.257 --> 01:13:34.413 align:center
[slurping]

01:13:35.019 --> 01:13:36.133 align:center
Why am I like this?

01:13:38.566 --> 01:13:40.726 align:center
Honestly, I’m not like this.

01:13:43.841 --> 01:13:44.847 align:center
Or maybe…

01:13:47.407 --> 01:13:48.414 align:center
Maybe this is who I am.

01:13:50.133 --> 01:13:51.227 align:center
And I’ll live like this.

01:13:51.788 --> 01:13:53.235 align:center
Did anyone say don’t?

01:13:55.276 --> 01:13:56.309 align:center
Yes.

01:13:57.609 --> 01:13:58.986 align:center
They did.

01:14:00.914 --> 01:14:03.614 align:center
Everyone said so, except him.

01:14:04.015 --> 01:14:05.429 align:center
[soft melancholic music playing]

01:14:06.667 --> 01:14:09.141 align:center
I don’t know who you are.

01:14:10.594 --> 01:14:12.823 align:center
But the only reason
I’m talking to you this much

01:14:12.824 --> 01:14:14.280 align:center
is because of him.

01:14:19.234 --> 01:14:21.361 align:center
Is it wrong to speak like this?

01:14:21.761 --> 01:14:22.983 align:center
Yes,

01:14:23.115 --> 01:14:24.324 align:center
it is wrong.

01:14:24.714 --> 01:14:27.518 align:center
Who am I to ask you?
Who are you to tell me?

01:14:28.320 --> 01:14:29.803 align:center
Say nothing.
[Pigeons flutter]

01:14:38.333 --> 01:14:39.340 align:center
It's okay, keep going!

01:14:41.480 --> 01:14:42.854 align:center
Tell me, Leela.

01:14:43.914 --> 01:14:45.151 align:center
Who is this “him”?

01:14:45.341 --> 01:14:46.630 align:center
Your husband?

01:14:51.857 --> 01:14:52.864 align:center
Master.

01:14:53.631 --> 01:14:54.932 align:center
Who? Your teacher?

01:14:55.544 --> 01:14:56.551 align:center
Yes.

01:14:56.989 --> 01:14:59.084 align:center
Yes, a teacher.

01:15:00.944 --> 01:15:03.051 align:center
He taught me what life is…

01:15:04.264 --> 01:15:05.905 align:center
But I’m the one

01:15:06.432 --> 01:15:08.365 align:center
who left him halfway.

01:15:08.923 --> 01:15:09.990 align:center
Was it love?

01:15:10.484 --> 01:15:11.517 align:center
No!

01:15:11.744 --> 01:15:13.264 align:center
Nothing like that.

01:15:14.031 --> 01:15:16.006 align:center
I saw him for the first time this morning.

01:15:16.749 --> 01:15:18.467 align:center
[soft melancholic music continues]

01:15:20.964 --> 01:15:22.419 align:center
Last night,

01:15:22.747 --> 01:15:24.453 align:center
I came here with my team.

01:15:25.624 --> 01:15:27.811 align:center
This morning, I got separated from them.

01:15:28.317 --> 01:15:29.324 align:center
Separated?

01:15:29.551 --> 01:15:31.309 align:center
Or did you walk away on purpose?

01:15:31.911 --> 01:15:34.117 align:center
- Yes!
- Huh? Really?!

01:15:34.561 --> 01:15:35.858 align:center
[soft pleasant music playing]

01:15:36.231 --> 01:15:37.629 align:center
Speak straight, Leela.

01:15:38.044 --> 01:15:40.176 align:center
I can’t stand this beating around the bush.

01:15:52.297 --> 01:15:54.227 align:center
There’s a little girl Leela inside me.

01:15:56.051 --> 01:15:58.264 align:center
I often talk to her.

01:15:59.851 --> 01:16:03.917 align:center
No matter what I ask or say,
she keeps crying.

01:16:05.917 --> 01:16:08.097 align:center
I feel like asking why she cries.

01:16:10.824 --> 01:16:14.031 align:center
But I never once asked her.

01:16:18.944 --> 01:16:21.559 align:center
Because I already know her answer.

01:16:22.718 --> 01:16:24.569 align:center
[soft melancholic music playing]

01:16:25.051 --> 01:16:26.837 align:center
Then what could I say to her?

01:16:29.771 --> 01:16:32.391 align:center
“Live the life you always wished for”?

01:16:33.650 --> 01:16:35.205 align:center
Should I say that?

01:16:37.985 --> 01:16:40.311 align:center
Or should I tell her,

01:16:40.897 --> 01:16:42.769 align:center
“This is your life, accept it.”

01:16:44.491 --> 01:16:46.679 align:center
[music swells]

01:16:51.190 --> 01:16:52.870 align:center
I have no one.

01:16:55.097 --> 01:16:56.540 align:center
Only her.

01:17:00.028 --> 01:17:01.517 align:center
Only her!

01:17:04.751 --> 01:17:06.274 align:center
So today, for once,

01:17:07.395 --> 01:17:09.315 align:center
I decided

01:17:10.022 --> 01:17:12.295 align:center
she should live the life she wanted.

01:17:14.817 --> 01:17:15.993 align:center
That’s why

01:17:15.994 --> 01:17:17.867 align:center
I left my team behind.

01:17:25.471 --> 01:17:27.068 align:center
I didn’t know what to do.

01:17:29.410 --> 01:17:31.234 align:center
I lost my bag.

01:17:32.831 --> 01:17:35.502 align:center
I was panicking, clueless.

01:17:36.975 --> 01:17:38.350 align:center
[sighs]

01:17:38.611 --> 01:17:40.403 align:center
That’s when Master came.

01:17:43.634 --> 01:17:45.405 align:center
And I don’t even know why.

01:17:50.237 --> 01:17:51.996 align:center
He probably didn’t come for me.

01:17:53.797 --> 01:17:57.131 align:center
It felt like he came
for that little girl Leela.

01:18:01.077 --> 01:18:02.100 align:center
But...

01:18:02.400 --> 01:18:04.614 align:center
without realising that,

01:18:05.333 --> 01:18:08.119 align:center
he pushed me back to my team again.

01:18:12.657 --> 01:18:14.704 align:center
And that’s why…

01:18:28.757 --> 01:18:29.968 align:center
[bangles jingling softly]

01:18:43.997 --> 01:18:46.071 align:center
Leela, you’re 'adipoli.'

01:18:47.837 --> 01:18:48.903 align:center
What do you mean?

01:18:48.904 --> 01:18:50.416 align:center
I mean, you’re super!

01:18:53.737 --> 01:18:55.157 align:center
What’s this?

01:18:55.444 --> 01:18:56.451 align:center
This?

01:18:56.917 --> 01:18:58.035 align:center
This ressembles my life.

01:18:58.557 --> 01:19:00.389 align:center
Just going around in circles.

01:19:00.390 --> 01:19:02.178 align:center
[pigeons fluttering]
[traffic noise]

01:19:02.944 --> 01:19:04.015 align:center
That’s how it is.

01:19:04.230 --> 01:19:05.470 align:center
It slips and falls in between.

01:19:05.471 --> 01:19:07.764 align:center
I'll take it and spin it again.

01:19:07.991 --> 01:19:10.664 align:center
It’s a loop. You wouldn’t get it.

01:19:12.316 --> 01:19:14.349 align:center
Oh, yeah,
for now, your episode is running, right?

01:19:15.860 --> 01:19:17.732 align:center
Come on, it's almost time for the Aarti.

01:19:18.034 --> 01:19:19.871 align:center
We’ve got to find your master, right?

01:19:20.585 --> 01:19:21.936 align:center
[footsteps]

01:19:25.486 --> 01:19:27.540 align:center
But tell me, this “master”...

01:19:28.520 --> 01:19:30.086 align:center
Does he have any bad habits?

01:19:31.847 --> 01:19:32.913 align:center
Like?

01:19:32.914 --> 01:19:35.261 align:center
Like smoking or drinking?

01:19:35.360 --> 01:19:37.857 align:center
Oh no, I wouldn’t know that.

01:19:38.687 --> 01:19:42.684 align:center
Really? You got so close to him
without knowing anything?

01:19:45.447 --> 01:19:46.948 align:center
That’s why I said,

01:19:47.142 --> 01:19:48.920 align:center
there’s nothing between us.

01:19:48.921 --> 01:19:51.151 align:center
Hey, old-fashioned lady!

01:19:51.634 --> 01:19:52.930 align:center
I'm talking about friendship.

01:19:57.507 --> 01:19:59.253 align:center
[distant devotional music playing]

01:19:59.254 --> 01:20:01.841 align:center
Friendship doesn’t need big things.

01:20:02.467 --> 01:20:04.821 align:center
Just understand the little things,
that's all it takes.

01:20:06.100 --> 01:20:07.582 align:center
Wow, well said!

01:20:10.669 --> 01:20:12.427 align:center
Where are you from?

01:20:13.067 --> 01:20:14.635 align:center
At presenst, this is my home.

01:20:16.999 --> 01:20:18.054 align:center
[traffic noise]

01:20:20.801 --> 01:20:22.410 align:center
And if he’s not there?

01:20:23.240 --> 01:20:24.958 align:center
If he’s not there,

01:20:24.959 --> 01:20:26.900 align:center
he’ll come to see you off at the station.

01:20:26.901 --> 01:20:27.907 align:center
Not a chance.

01:20:29.034 --> 01:20:31.343 align:center
I left him halfway, remember?

01:20:31.773 --> 01:20:33.940 align:center
He must be mad at me.

01:20:36.047 --> 01:20:37.054 align:center
He won’t come.

01:20:38.152 --> 01:20:39.158 align:center
It’ll be fine.

01:20:39.620 --> 01:20:40.954 align:center
I’m here, right?

01:20:44.288 --> 01:20:45.554 align:center
[man humming]

01:20:46.180 --> 01:20:47.186 align:center
HEY!

01:20:47.727 --> 01:20:48.733 align:center
My bag!

01:20:50.452 --> 01:20:51.788 align:center
[tense music playing]

01:20:52.827 --> 01:20:53.952 align:center
[rapid footsteps]

01:21:00.980 --> 01:21:02.224 align:center
- HEY!
- Hey, Leela!

01:21:02.766 --> 01:21:03.773 align:center
Leela...

01:21:06.529 --> 01:21:08.547 align:center
Hey! Hey! Get off!

01:21:09.866 --> 01:21:11.452 align:center
[iron gate creaking]

01:21:14.474 --> 01:21:15.480 align:center
Leela!

01:21:15.734 --> 01:21:16.741 align:center
Hey!

01:21:16.927 --> 01:21:17.934 align:center
Hey!

01:21:21.900 --> 01:21:23.232 align:center
Where did he go?

01:21:23.233 --> 01:21:23.999 align:center
[children chattering]

01:21:24.000 --> 01:21:25.675 align:center
Leela, wait! I’ll come too.

01:21:26.444 --> 01:21:27.960 align:center
[panting]

01:21:36.022 --> 01:21:37.475 align:center
[music fades]

01:21:38.132 --> 01:21:39.538 align:center
[panting]

01:21:43.600 --> 01:21:45.311 align:center
[soothing music playing]

01:21:48.788 --> 01:21:50.186 align:center
[footsteps]
[panting]

01:21:55.826 --> 01:21:57.592 align:center
Where the hell were you?

01:21:57.593 --> 01:21:58.811 align:center
Look at her!

01:21:58.812 --> 01:22:00.320 align:center
They all came after me

01:22:00.321 --> 01:22:02.256 align:center
Yeah, just blame me for bringing you here!

01:22:02.257 --> 01:22:03.865 align:center
Why was your phone off?

01:22:03.866 --> 01:22:04.976 align:center
Where's your phone, madam?

01:22:04.977 --> 01:22:06.286 align:center
Why are you standing there like a statue?

01:22:06.622 --> 01:22:07.943 align:center
[murmuring]

01:22:10.271 --> 01:22:12.654 align:center
Did you come along
just to make our lives miserable?

01:22:12.655 --> 01:22:14.068 align:center
Her damn phone's switched off.

01:22:18.640 --> 01:22:19.647 align:center
Look at her!

01:22:22.925 --> 01:22:24.821 align:center
Isn’t the train tomorrow morning?

01:22:25.321 --> 01:22:26.327 align:center
What?

01:22:26.541 --> 01:22:27.547 align:center
She’ll be there.

01:22:28.138 --> 01:22:29.357 align:center
[bangles jingling]

01:22:29.786 --> 01:22:31.419 align:center
[warm, soothing music playing]

01:22:39.521 --> 01:22:40.896 align:center
[music swells]

01:22:55.005 --> 01:22:56.482 align:center
[music fades]

01:22:57.529 --> 01:22:58.857 align:center
[pigeons fluttering]

01:23:02.587 --> 01:23:04.906 align:center
I didn’t do it intentionally.

01:23:06.847 --> 01:23:07.854 align:center
I know.

01:23:08.921 --> 01:23:10.692 align:center
They won't treat you well.

01:23:14.774 --> 01:23:16.281 align:center
Why did you do all this?

01:23:19.087 --> 01:23:21.160 align:center
Why did you leave me and go?

01:23:23.529 --> 01:23:25.099 align:center
[soft music playing]

01:23:26.443 --> 01:23:27.533 align:center
[footsteps approaching]

01:23:27.534 --> 01:23:29.159 align:center
What's here, a new episode?

01:23:32.801 --> 01:23:33.807 align:center
Master?

01:23:34.727 --> 01:23:35.734 align:center
Hi, Master.

01:23:36.314 --> 01:23:37.320 align:center
I am Shetty.

01:23:41.314 --> 01:23:43.069 align:center
You’re Malayali, right?

01:23:43.287 --> 01:23:44.341 align:center
So, how are you?

01:23:47.020 --> 01:23:48.357 align:center
I’m Leela’s new friend.

01:23:51.460 --> 01:23:53.836 align:center
I had promised Leela

01:23:53.837 --> 01:23:55.619 align:center
I’d track you down and bring you.

01:23:56.387 --> 01:23:57.464 align:center
But no worries.

01:23:59.807 --> 01:24:02.276 align:center
What? Where have you been?

01:24:02.277 --> 01:24:04.225 align:center
I've been looking for you the whole morning!

01:24:04.462 --> 01:24:06.173 align:center
What? What are you doing here?

01:24:06.174 --> 01:24:08.963 align:center
- Sorry, sorry. I’ll explain to you.
- I’m leaving tomorrow. You know that, right?

01:24:08.964 --> 01:24:10.026 align:center
Yes, yes!

01:24:10.027 --> 01:24:12.365 align:center
- I will explain, I will explain.
- No! No excuses.

01:24:13.152 --> 01:24:14.512 align:center
Listen to me. Wait.

01:24:14.513 --> 01:24:16.066 align:center
Listen! Come.

01:24:16.990 --> 01:24:18.216 align:center
[playful music playing]

01:24:18.860 --> 01:24:20.294 align:center
- Wait. Wait a second, okay?
- What?

01:24:25.224 --> 01:24:26.338 align:center
Here’s your phone.

01:24:26.339 --> 01:24:28.777 align:center
It’s short of 200 bucks,
I gave it to that thief.

01:24:29.919 --> 01:24:30.966 align:center
Poor guy has to live too.

01:24:31.052 --> 01:24:32.271 align:center
Okay, Master, I’m off.

01:24:32.272 --> 01:24:33.303 align:center
Bye.

01:24:33.304 --> 01:24:34.520 align:center
Have fun, guys.

01:24:34.857 --> 01:24:36.318 align:center
[rapid footsteps]

01:24:40.419 --> 01:24:41.630 align:center
[pigeons fluttering]

01:24:52.826 --> 01:24:54.167 align:center
I feel a bit tired.

01:24:55.307 --> 01:24:56.998 align:center
I feel like freshening up.

01:24:57.547 --> 01:25:00.331 align:center
If you don't mind, my hotel is nearby.

01:25:01.327 --> 01:25:03.599 align:center
We can freshen up and then go for aarati.

01:25:05.802 --> 01:25:06.935 align:center
[gentle music playing]

01:25:07.787 --> 01:25:08.793 align:center
Okay.

01:25:09.653 --> 01:25:10.707 align:center
Okay.

01:25:15.904 --> 01:25:17.130 align:center
[scooter approaching]

01:25:28.013 --> 01:25:29.286 align:center
[giggles]

01:25:31.809 --> 01:25:33.289 align:center
Something wrong...

01:25:33.958 --> 01:25:35.427 align:center
[scooter engine revving]

01:25:36.607 --> 01:25:38.216 align:center
[dance teacher calling out steps]

01:25:40.341 --> 01:25:41.872 align:center
[door creaks open]

01:25:45.453 --> 01:25:46.460 align:center
Come.

01:25:53.368 --> 01:25:54.374 align:center
You may go freshen up.

01:25:55.954 --> 01:25:58.064 align:center
No, I’ll freshen up later.

01:25:58.347 --> 01:25:59.703 align:center
Can I take a bath then?

01:25:59.806 --> 01:26:00.813 align:center
Okay.

01:26:06.630 --> 01:26:07.896 align:center
[door shutting]

01:26:15.583 --> 01:26:17.279 align:center
[phone ringing]

01:26:23.740 --> 01:26:25.615 align:center
Janaki’s calling.

01:26:26.274 --> 01:26:27.762 align:center
Can you answer it?

01:26:34.862 --> 01:26:36.083 align:center
Hello.

01:26:36.084 --> 01:26:37.080 align:center
<i>Hello.</i>

01:26:37.467 --> 01:26:39.020 align:center
Your dad’s in the shower.

01:26:39.021 --> 01:26:41.137 align:center
Shall I ask him to call back?

01:26:42.446 --> 01:26:43.524 align:center
Hello.

01:26:43.525 --> 01:26:44.585 align:center
Hi aunty.

01:26:44.586 --> 01:26:45.593 align:center
This is Janaki.

01:26:45.743 --> 01:26:46.859 align:center
[soft chuckle]

01:26:46.860 --> 01:26:49.000 align:center
I know, your dad told me.

01:26:49.001 --> 01:26:50.063 align:center
[pleasant music playing]

01:26:50.231 --> 01:26:51.663 align:center
Is dad with you?

01:26:52.204 --> 01:26:53.211 align:center
Yes.

01:26:54.004 --> 01:26:55.570 align:center
Not sure what happened in between.

01:26:55.571 --> 01:26:57.088 align:center
I’ll ask him later.

01:26:58.044 --> 01:27:00.191 align:center
We all were really tensed.

01:27:01.664 --> 01:27:03.166 align:center
I feel relieved now.

01:27:06.597 --> 01:27:07.604 align:center
Aunty.

01:27:07.877 --> 01:27:09.235 align:center
Yes, dear?

01:27:10.306 --> 01:27:12.476 align:center
I want to see you once.

01:27:12.477 --> 01:27:13.484 align:center
Is it possible?

01:27:14.004 --> 01:27:15.340 align:center
Of course, you can.

01:27:18.251 --> 01:27:19.607 align:center
Are you going for aarati?

01:27:22.325 --> 01:27:24.584 align:center
Yes, we’ll leave in half an hour.

01:27:26.384 --> 01:27:28.430 align:center
If you have anything troubling your heart,

01:27:28.431 --> 01:27:29.666 align:center
pray sincerely.

01:27:29.764 --> 01:27:31.072 align:center
It will surely work out.

01:27:32.891 --> 01:27:33.897 align:center
Okay.

01:27:34.844 --> 01:27:36.305 align:center
Then I’ll call back later.

01:27:36.991 --> 01:27:37.997 align:center
Alright, dear.

01:27:38.177 --> 01:27:39.839 align:center
And thank you.

01:27:50.985 --> 01:27:52.423 align:center
[music swells]

01:28:13.397 --> 01:28:14.404 align:center
What did she say?

01:28:16.670 --> 01:28:18.542 align:center
She said she surely wants to see me.

01:28:20.377 --> 01:28:22.019 align:center
Have you thought about

01:28:22.020 --> 01:28:24.195 align:center
what to do
when you meet them tomorrow?

01:28:24.884 --> 01:28:26.508 align:center
No, we’ll see then.

01:28:28.837 --> 01:28:30.310 align:center
Then go freshen up.

01:28:30.511 --> 01:28:31.766 align:center
It’s time for aarati.

01:28:45.196 --> 01:28:47.157 align:center
[bangles jingling]

01:28:49.771 --> 01:28:50.777 align:center
One moment…

01:28:51.324 --> 01:28:52.331 align:center
Huh?

01:28:53.144 --> 01:28:54.151 align:center
I need jasmine flowers.

01:28:56.094 --> 01:28:57.305 align:center
[door creaks open]

01:28:58.602 --> 01:28:59.774 align:center
[door shutting]

01:29:00.675 --> 01:29:02.090 align:center
[soft romantic music playing]

01:29:07.169 --> 01:29:09.275 align:center
[song begins]

01:29:16.927 --> 01:29:26.655 align:center
<i>♪ The dreams I thought were lost
are taking shape again ♪</i>

01:29:26.784 --> 01:29:36.273 align:center
<i>♪ All that I believed had left me return,
like wings unfolding ♪</i>

01:29:37.346 --> 01:29:46.381 align:center
<i>♪ Within these new desires,
life I thought was gone breathes once more ♪</i>

01:29:46.974 --> 01:29:51.241 align:center
<i>♪ This is enough ♪</i>

01:29:51.739 --> 01:29:56.592 align:center
<i>♪ My heart feels complete ♪</i>

01:30:21.285 --> 01:30:31.608 align:center
<i>♪ I searched for myself in silence
and wandered in dark ♪</i>

01:30:32.507 --> 01:30:40.860 align:center
<i>♪ Then you arrived,
and I found a gentle guardian in you ♪</i>

01:30:41.264 --> 01:30:46.128 align:center
<i>♪ Who are you, and who am I, in this space? ♪</i>

01:30:46.129 --> 01:30:50.483 align:center
<i>♪ The bond between us escapes every name ♪</i>

01:30:51.215 --> 01:30:56.124 align:center
<i>♪ An unseen force weaves a secret lock
between us ♪</i>

01:30:56.125 --> 01:31:00.314 align:center
<i>♪ And who holds the key to unfasten it? ♪</i>

01:31:01.219 --> 01:31:10.381 align:center
<i>♪ I sense you in the wind
that brushes against me ♪</i>

01:31:10.542 --> 01:31:20.100 align:center
<i>♪ When you are here, I need no one else ♪</i>

01:31:20.101 --> 01:31:29.235 align:center
<i>♪ I want to journey far with you,
beneath an endless blue sky ♪</i>

01:31:30.128 --> 01:31:34.912 align:center
<i>♪ This is enough ♪</i>

01:31:34.913 --> 01:31:39.226 align:center
<i>♪ My heart feels complete ♪</i>

01:31:39.691 --> 01:31:44.084 align:center
<i>♪ This is enough ♪</i>

01:31:44.486 --> 01:31:49.282 align:center
<i>♪ My heart feels complete ♪</i>

01:32:12.036 --> 01:32:13.982 align:center
[ambient noise at ghat]

01:32:15.503 --> 01:32:17.159 align:center
That wasn't necessary.

01:32:18.322 --> 01:32:19.549 align:center
What do you mean?

01:32:20.581 --> 01:32:21.831 align:center
You paying them.

01:32:22.346 --> 01:32:24.018 align:center
Just consider it as a form of art.

01:32:26.059 --> 01:32:28.606 align:center
Then consider it as a ticket
to see the art.

01:32:34.670 --> 01:32:36.999 align:center
Do you not believe in God?

01:32:38.917 --> 01:32:41.697 align:center
[man singing]

01:32:46.600 --> 01:32:48.232 align:center
Can I ask you something?

01:32:49.116 --> 01:32:51.309 align:center
[mellow music playing]

01:32:53.819 --> 01:32:55.569 align:center
You had a love marriage, I guess?

01:32:55.989 --> 01:32:57.083 align:center
Yes.

01:32:57.344 --> 01:32:59.602 align:center
Four years of love.

01:33:02.516 --> 01:33:05.203 align:center
I've heard that
being in love feels so beautiful.

01:33:06.950 --> 01:33:08.888 align:center
Why? Have you never been in love?

01:33:10.866 --> 01:33:11.975 align:center
Sister...

01:33:13.450 --> 01:33:14.872 align:center
Hey! Come here.

01:33:16.128 --> 01:33:18.494 align:center
- Yes, sister.
- I was looking for you!

01:33:18.726 --> 01:33:20.296 align:center
I want all of this.

01:33:24.617 --> 01:33:28.037 align:center
[soft melodious music playing]

01:33:46.409 --> 01:33:47.644 align:center
Can you please come here?

01:33:50.977 --> 01:33:52.227 align:center
Hold this.

01:33:52.603 --> 01:33:53.962 align:center
Okay.

01:34:19.098 --> 01:34:21.191 align:center
[soft music playing]

01:34:36.711 --> 01:34:39.070 align:center
One should visit this place
during the 'Dev Diwali' festival.

01:34:40.699 --> 01:34:41.902 align:center
What's that?

01:34:42.047 --> 01:34:45.336 align:center
On the fifteenth day of Diwali,
the full-moon night,

01:34:45.649 --> 01:34:49.219 align:center
the whole Varanasi gets lit up
with lamps like this.

01:34:50.351 --> 01:34:52.218 align:center
It's a delight to watch.

01:34:54.057 --> 01:34:56.971 align:center
Please don't awaken my desires
by saying such things.

01:34:58.316 --> 01:35:01.832 align:center
I'll feel bad when I realize that
I won't be able to do it.

01:35:02.186 --> 01:35:04.753 align:center
Why do you have to feel bad?
You just need to come see the festival.

01:35:06.453 --> 01:35:08.274 align:center
How can I come alone?

01:35:17.625 --> 01:35:21.367 align:center
When auntie went missing,
it was like dad got stuck.

01:35:21.539 --> 01:35:23.367 align:center
I've never seen dad like this.

01:35:23.882 --> 01:35:27.093 align:center
I could feel the change in his voice
when I talked to him a moment ago.

01:35:27.445 --> 01:35:29.140 align:center
He's happy with her.

01:35:29.617 --> 01:35:30.710 align:center
<i>Come on, stop it!</i>

01:35:31.015 --> 01:35:33.742 align:center
<i>Are you saying that he's fallen in love
at this age?</i>

01:35:34.497 --> 01:35:37.020 align:center
Why not?
Why can't he fall in love at this age?

01:35:37.187 --> 01:35:38.351 align:center
<i>I didn't mean it.</i>

01:35:38.727 --> 01:35:39.937 align:center
Just think about it.

01:35:39.938 --> 01:35:42.711 align:center
Dad being stubborn about
not coming with us to the U.K.,

01:35:42.875 --> 01:35:44.852 align:center
and now him meeting this auntie,

01:35:45.125 --> 01:35:46.999 align:center
isn't this all a coincidence?

01:35:47.000 --> 01:35:48.704 align:center
<i>Whatever! Coincidence!</i>

01:35:48.963 --> 01:35:50.711 align:center
<i>First, go meet auntie tomorrow.</i>

01:35:51.008 --> 01:35:52.243 align:center
<i>Let's see after that.</i>

01:35:53.141 --> 01:35:54.446 align:center
There's nothing to see here.

01:35:54.766 --> 01:35:56.157 align:center
My mind is telling me that

01:35:56.696 --> 01:35:58.211 align:center
this is something special.

01:36:00.219 --> 01:36:01.337 align:center
Let it be.

01:36:01.338 --> 01:36:02.953 align:center
Aren't you going to see the flat tomorrow?

01:36:02.954 --> 01:36:04.915 align:center
<i>Oh, yes. Please be free tomorrow.</i>

01:36:05.125 --> 01:36:06.422 align:center
<i>I'll facetime you.</i>

01:36:06.586 --> 01:36:07.882 align:center
Okay.

01:36:08.469 --> 01:36:10.085 align:center
<i>Call me after meeting auntie tomorrow.</i>

01:36:10.086 --> 01:36:12.758 align:center
<i>I too wanna know
if Madhavan master is in love.</i>

01:36:13.334 --> 01:36:15.266 align:center
Okay. Good night then.

01:36:15.817 --> 01:36:17.185 align:center
Sorry, good noon.

01:36:17.336 --> 01:36:19.352 align:center
<i>- Okay. Bye.</i>
- Bye.

01:36:32.381 --> 01:36:35.006 align:center
Do you wanna buy anything for anybody?
You won't get time in the morning.

01:36:37.326 --> 01:36:39.357 align:center
Who do I even have?

01:36:40.342 --> 01:36:42.670 align:center
Isn't tomorrow Janaki's birthday?

01:36:42.810 --> 01:36:44.787 align:center
Let's buy something for her.

01:36:46.295 --> 01:36:48.982 align:center
She said she'll come here
tomorrow morning at 8.

01:36:49.092 --> 01:36:51.053 align:center
She said we'll have breakfast together.

01:36:53.217 --> 01:36:54.513 align:center
You want more chutney?

01:36:55.396 --> 01:36:56.482 align:center
Brother...

01:36:57.333 --> 01:36:58.389 align:center
Chutney.

01:36:58.390 --> 01:36:59.717 align:center
Okay. One moment.

01:36:59.928 --> 01:37:01.474 align:center
The chutney isn't that good.

01:37:08.560 --> 01:37:09.982 align:center
It's really not good.

01:37:10.826 --> 01:37:12.185 align:center
Visit Tanjavur sometime.

01:37:12.467 --> 01:37:14.560 align:center
I'll make you nice dosas and chutney.

01:37:16.857 --> 01:37:18.489 align:center
- Tamil?
- Yes!

01:37:18.490 --> 01:37:19.537 align:center
Rajinikanth?

01:37:20.888 --> 01:37:23.014 align:center
Thalaivar? Super, super!

01:37:23.015 --> 01:37:24.279 align:center
Which movie do you like?

01:37:25.138 --> 01:37:26.334 align:center
I don't know much Tamil.

01:37:26.842 --> 01:37:28.412 align:center
Only Rajinikanth.

01:37:31.545 --> 01:37:35.076 align:center
♪ Lungi dance, lungi dance ♪

01:37:35.832 --> 01:37:37.545 align:center
[background applause]

01:37:42.474 --> 01:37:44.334 align:center
When will you go back to your hometown?

01:37:44.920 --> 01:37:46.248 align:center
In a couple of days.

01:37:49.771 --> 01:37:51.279 align:center
Will you come with me?

01:37:54.967 --> 01:37:56.263 align:center
I was just kidding.

01:37:57.553 --> 01:38:00.803 align:center
If my travel group speaks bad about me
tomorrow,

01:38:01.037 --> 01:38:05.045 align:center
I felt it'd be good if there's someone
who I can share it with.

01:38:07.967 --> 01:38:10.849 align:center
Aren't we going back to the hotel
after food? I shall book another room.

01:38:11.888 --> 01:38:13.310 align:center
No need.

01:38:13.922 --> 01:38:16.654 align:center
I wish to stay at the ghat
throughout this night.

01:38:37.987 --> 01:38:39.893 align:center
[pleasant music playing]

01:38:42.632 --> 01:38:45.038 align:center
Never in my wildest dreams did I expect
all these to happen.

01:39:18.370 --> 01:39:20.269 align:center
[flute playing]

01:39:33.236 --> 01:39:35.346 align:center
Thank you. Thank you.

01:39:37.929 --> 01:39:39.773 align:center
I have a small wish.

01:39:42.281 --> 01:39:43.968 align:center
Dance...

01:39:44.468 --> 01:39:46.515 align:center
[audience chattering]

01:39:52.949 --> 01:39:55.175 align:center
[soft music playing]

01:40:11.132 --> 01:40:12.461 align:center
This is Leela,

01:40:12.462 --> 01:40:15.532 align:center
the beautiful dancer from Tamil Nadu.

01:40:16.125 --> 01:40:18.375 align:center
She is gonna dance for us.

01:40:18.868 --> 01:40:20.188 align:center
Leela, come.

01:40:20.312 --> 01:40:21.507 align:center
Please. Come, come.

01:40:22.242 --> 01:40:23.531 align:center
Hey, come on.

01:40:23.820 --> 01:40:25.148 align:center
Just some small movements.

01:40:30.539 --> 01:40:31.750 align:center
Please go ahead.

01:40:42.652 --> 01:40:44.965 align:center
[flute playing]

01:42:18.448 --> 01:42:20.735 align:center
[applause]

01:42:35.173 --> 01:42:36.697 align:center
Thank you.

01:42:37.993 --> 01:42:39.618 align:center
Leela, please come here.

01:42:41.689 --> 01:42:43.142 align:center
Please come here.

01:42:44.945 --> 01:42:46.141 align:center
Come. Come.

01:42:53.173 --> 01:42:55.704 align:center
This is for you. Please.
Take it.

01:42:56.495 --> 01:42:58.188 align:center
[soft music playing]

01:43:06.418 --> 01:43:07.457 align:center
Let's go.

01:43:08.244 --> 01:43:09.514 align:center
- Bye.
- Bye.

01:43:17.832 --> 01:43:19.027 align:center
Thank you.

01:43:24.526 --> 01:43:27.057 align:center
If I give you something,
will you accept it?

01:43:27.699 --> 01:43:29.972 align:center
You've become quite rich, aren't you?

01:43:32.332 --> 01:43:33.457 align:center
It's not like that.

01:43:33.766 --> 01:43:35.266 align:center
This is my first salary.

01:43:37.734 --> 01:43:39.125 align:center
Please keep it.

01:43:40.139 --> 01:43:43.037 align:center
I'd rather prefer you buying me something.

01:43:50.695 --> 01:43:53.180 align:center
I really miss my father today.

01:43:54.664 --> 01:43:57.742 align:center
He was the one
who always supported my dance.

01:43:58.238 --> 01:44:01.585 align:center
[melodious music playing]

01:44:12.594 --> 01:44:14.445 align:center
What's happening there?

01:44:15.875 --> 01:44:17.898 align:center
Oh, that?
It's the dead bodies being cremated.

01:44:19.219 --> 01:44:20.836 align:center
Why didn't we go there?

01:44:22.969 --> 01:44:24.516 align:center
Ever since Latha left me,

01:44:25.008 --> 01:44:27.117 align:center
the sight of pyres burning scares me.

01:44:32.922 --> 01:44:35.133 align:center
What will you do after going back home?

01:44:36.672 --> 01:44:38.172 align:center
Janaki is also coming with me.

01:44:39.086 --> 01:44:40.945 align:center
She must be having some plans.

01:44:41.195 --> 01:44:43.492 align:center
She's planning to travel to the U.K.
after her course.

01:44:44.133 --> 01:44:46.594 align:center
She's planning to launch dance classes there.

01:44:47.242 --> 01:44:50.234 align:center
They're adamant about taking me along.

01:44:50.883 --> 01:44:53.078 align:center
Alex called me and discussed about it
even yesterday.

01:44:55.948 --> 01:44:57.307 align:center
Will you go with them?

01:44:58.297 --> 01:45:00.377 align:center
[soft music playing]

01:45:04.135 --> 01:45:06.198 align:center
It is quite difficult to live all by yourself.

01:45:08.026 --> 01:45:10.159 align:center
It's better for you to go with Janaki.

01:45:10.589 --> 01:45:14.569 align:center
[man singing]
[Man singing a song]

01:45:25.346 --> 01:45:26.456 align:center
Who is this?

01:45:30.331 --> 01:45:31.839 align:center
Master ji...

01:45:32.206 --> 01:45:35.470 align:center
Isn't she the one who was crying at the store
in the morning?

01:45:35.471 --> 01:45:37.292 align:center
Yes, she's the one!

01:45:38.042 --> 01:45:40.003 align:center
And you're smiling now?

01:45:40.518 --> 01:45:43.190 align:center
Something's fishy, Master ji!

01:45:45.518 --> 01:45:46.987 align:center
Don't you wanna go home?

01:45:47.659 --> 01:45:48.760 align:center
Home...

01:45:52.096 --> 01:45:54.456 align:center
Master ji, the tunes of the waves...

01:45:55.909 --> 01:45:57.995 align:center
The calling of the shores...

01:45:59.260 --> 01:46:01.003 align:center
the kick of the booze...

01:46:02.073 --> 01:46:04.487 align:center
and the elegance of the moonlight.

01:46:05.346 --> 01:46:07.135 align:center
This is my home, Master ji.

01:46:07.694 --> 01:46:09.397 align:center
This is all I have.

01:46:09.651 --> 01:46:12.292 align:center
Or, you should have someone

01:46:13.816 --> 01:46:15.480 align:center
who you can call your own.

01:46:15.581 --> 01:46:17.932 align:center
No. She will go back tomorrow morning.

01:46:18.159 --> 01:46:19.191 align:center
Why?

01:46:20.926 --> 01:46:23.667 align:center
Did I say anything wrong, sister?

01:46:26.307 --> 01:46:27.706 align:center
I see!

01:46:27.971 --> 01:46:29.651 align:center
Please have it, sister.

01:46:33.807 --> 01:46:36.331 align:center
I didn't understand anything you said.

01:46:37.229 --> 01:46:38.628 align:center
But today, for this one day,

01:46:38.940 --> 01:46:40.401 align:center
I've been living as myself.

01:46:41.815 --> 01:46:44.151 align:center
He is not the only reason for that.

01:46:44.792 --> 01:46:46.159 align:center
Even you are a reason for that.

01:46:47.721 --> 01:46:49.018 align:center
Thanks a lot.

01:46:50.456 --> 01:46:51.604 align:center
Madam...

01:46:51.956 --> 01:46:53.245 align:center
I don't understand

01:46:53.612 --> 01:46:55.401 align:center
your language.

01:46:56.846 --> 01:46:59.042 align:center
But, there's a story about Varanasi.

01:46:59.823 --> 01:47:02.612 align:center
Whoever comes here, Madam ji...

01:47:03.550 --> 01:47:08.432 align:center
they leave something close to their heart
here in Varanasi.

01:47:09.073 --> 01:47:10.526 align:center
But now, Madam ji...

01:47:10.698 --> 01:47:12.464 align:center
he's doing just the opposite!

01:47:13.893 --> 01:47:15.135 align:center
Master ji...

01:47:16.542 --> 01:47:18.714 align:center
You're extremely lucky.

01:47:22.385 --> 01:47:24.128 align:center
Did you understand what he said?

01:47:25.048 --> 01:47:27.095 align:center
The people who come to Varanasi

01:47:27.525 --> 01:47:30.395 align:center
usually leave behind something
close to their heart.

01:47:30.396 --> 01:47:32.560 align:center
That's the custom here.

01:47:34.139 --> 01:47:35.725 align:center
You have time till tomorrow, right?

01:47:36.223 --> 01:47:37.474 align:center
Roam around more.

01:47:37.475 --> 01:47:38.989 align:center
Go see the whole Varanasi.

01:47:39.512 --> 01:47:40.871 align:center
Enjoy to the fullest!

01:47:42.167 --> 01:47:43.195 align:center
Sure.

01:47:45.504 --> 01:47:47.309 align:center
Praise, Lord Mahadev!

01:47:47.310 --> 01:47:50.257 align:center
[soft music playing]

01:47:53.076 --> 01:47:55.015 align:center
See how happy he is!

01:47:55.016 --> 01:47:56.217 align:center
Yeah.

01:47:57.026 --> 01:47:58.980 align:center
[giant wheel whirring in the background]

01:48:08.618 --> 01:48:09.970 align:center
[playful music playing]

01:48:11.446 --> 01:48:13.040 align:center
[giant wheel creaking]

01:48:18.712 --> 01:48:20.306 align:center
[music swells]

01:48:43.314 --> 01:48:44.509 align:center
[lip smacking]

01:48:46.268 --> 01:48:49.875 align:center
You look just like a pre-school kid.

01:48:50.455 --> 01:48:51.857 align:center
Why are you staring at me?

01:48:52.408 --> 01:48:54.728 align:center
I saw you taking that woman to the lodge.

01:48:57.548 --> 01:48:58.874 align:center
[giant wheel creaks to a stop]

01:48:58.875 --> 01:49:01.008 align:center
Huh?! A new saree!

01:49:02.182 --> 01:49:03.530 align:center
A new sweater too!

01:49:06.082 --> 01:49:07.088 align:center
What’s the plan?

01:49:07.768 --> 01:49:09.297 align:center
Is this train heading

01:49:09.298 --> 01:49:11.346 align:center
to Thanjavur or to Kerala?

01:49:18.265 --> 01:49:19.272 align:center
Give me money.

01:49:19.399 --> 01:49:21.659 align:center
Little bro,
why do you need money?

01:49:22.338 --> 01:49:24.432 align:center
They just bought new clothes.

01:49:24.572 --> 01:49:26.765 align:center
Now they'll need to buy tickets home.

01:49:26.872 --> 01:49:28.139 align:center
He’ll need money again anyway.

01:49:28.251 --> 01:49:29.764 align:center
So, you pay him!

01:49:31.173 --> 01:49:32.689 align:center
[playful music playing]

01:49:37.259 --> 01:49:38.265 align:center
Give me money.

01:49:38.593 --> 01:49:39.617 align:center
Huh?

01:49:39.618 --> 01:49:41.014 align:center
Give me my money.

01:49:42.732 --> 01:49:45.550 align:center
They rode the giant wheel,
why should I pay?

01:49:45.551 --> 01:49:47.658 align:center
You’re the one who sent them! So, you pay.

01:49:47.885 --> 01:49:50.835 align:center
You’re just a kid. Don’t talk too much.

01:49:50.997 --> 01:49:52.025 align:center
Get lost.

01:49:52.145 --> 01:49:53.185 align:center
Scram!

01:49:53.712 --> 01:49:54.742 align:center
Scram!

01:49:54.743 --> 01:49:56.089 align:center
He doesn't even know Hindi!

01:49:56.090 --> 01:49:58.748 align:center
I’m holding my temper here
and he's bugging me for money?

01:50:10.166 --> 01:50:11.892 align:center
I’ve never been

01:50:13.078 --> 01:50:16.478 align:center
important in anyone’s life.

01:50:17.294 --> 01:50:18.743 align:center
[soft, soothing music playing]

01:50:18.972 --> 01:50:20.507 align:center
After all this,

01:50:20.508 --> 01:50:23.697 align:center
didn’t you ever feel angry with the God?

01:50:25.451 --> 01:50:26.804 align:center
I did.

01:50:29.652 --> 01:50:30.659 align:center
Tell me.

01:50:31.172 --> 01:50:33.676 align:center
What did you feel

01:50:33.797 --> 01:50:35.430 align:center
when you first saw me?

01:50:37.592 --> 01:50:40.005 align:center
Didn’t you suddenly cry
when I asked you the issue?

01:50:41.424 --> 01:50:43.492 align:center
That moment, I thought,

01:50:43.493 --> 01:50:45.282 align:center
“Oh, I’m trapped.”

01:50:45.603 --> 01:50:47.704 align:center
[both laugh]

01:50:48.745 --> 01:50:50.691 align:center
Ask me what I felt.

01:50:52.195 --> 01:50:53.192 align:center
Um…

01:50:54.065 --> 01:50:55.219 align:center
Ask me.

01:50:55.359 --> 01:50:56.385 align:center
So, what was it?

01:50:58.152 --> 01:50:59.365 align:center
Nothing at all.

01:51:00.821 --> 01:51:02.306 align:center
[laughs]

01:51:05.532 --> 01:51:06.858 align:center
But...

01:51:07.802 --> 01:51:09.795 align:center
can I tell you what I feel now?

01:51:14.099 --> 01:51:15.715 align:center
I’ve never

01:51:17.076 --> 01:51:19.469 align:center
felt this way before, ever.

01:51:25.505 --> 01:51:26.512 align:center
Truly.

01:51:29.518 --> 01:51:31.349 align:center
It feels different.

01:51:33.017 --> 01:51:34.251 align:center
[music swells]

01:51:42.065 --> 01:51:45.983 align:center
Isn’t this wrong, at our age?

01:51:46.558 --> 01:51:47.565 align:center
What?

01:51:50.901 --> 01:51:53.571 align:center
Lying here stargazing with someone...

01:51:55.893 --> 01:51:57.959 align:center
I just met this morning.

01:52:01.689 --> 01:52:03.321 align:center
[laughs]

01:52:04.755 --> 01:52:07.187 align:center
Do you think my husband, and your Latha,

01:52:07.188 --> 01:52:09.910 align:center
are watching us from above?

01:52:13.309 --> 01:52:18.549 align:center
Maybe smiling, seeing us together.

01:52:26.196 --> 01:52:27.689 align:center
[music continues]

01:52:29.002 --> 01:52:30.835 align:center
After Latha passed,

01:52:30.922 --> 01:52:33.242 align:center
did you never fall in love again?

01:52:35.126 --> 01:52:36.383 align:center
[both laugh]

01:52:36.822 --> 01:52:38.325 align:center
See! That’s what I asked.

01:52:38.326 --> 01:52:39.708 align:center
I thought so!

01:52:42.958 --> 01:52:46.525 align:center
I've been craving for true love
all my life.

01:52:46.946 --> 01:52:48.392 align:center
[soft music playing]

01:52:48.945 --> 01:52:50.005 align:center
It’s okay.

01:52:50.885 --> 01:52:52.157 align:center
I've aged, after all!

01:52:57.619 --> 01:52:59.577 align:center
How were you when you were young?

01:53:01.105 --> 01:53:02.669 align:center
When I was young…

01:53:18.919 --> 01:53:19.925 align:center
You looked good.

01:53:21.056 --> 01:53:22.553 align:center
No, not that good looking.

01:53:24.142 --> 01:53:25.458 align:center
You lacked nothing.

01:53:26.602 --> 01:53:28.948 align:center
Truly, you looked really good, master

01:53:30.488 --> 01:53:31.950 align:center
Let me keep this with me.

01:53:58.435 --> 01:54:00.017 align:center
What did you just pray for?

01:54:01.576 --> 01:54:03.003 align:center
I can’t say that.

01:54:04.255 --> 01:54:06.031 align:center
You’re already 53!

01:54:06.455 --> 01:54:07.462 align:center
No.

01:54:07.994 --> 01:54:09.001 align:center
52.

01:54:09.412 --> 01:54:10.419 align:center
Oh.

01:54:11.232 --> 01:54:14.300 align:center
Then shall I tell a story
to this 52-year-old kid?

01:54:14.391 --> 01:54:15.500 align:center
Um…

01:54:15.865 --> 01:54:19.105 align:center
Weren’t you about to tell me one
during breakfast?

01:54:19.472 --> 01:54:20.479 align:center
Tell me that one.

01:54:20.759 --> 01:54:21.854 align:center
Oh,

01:54:21.855 --> 01:54:24.110 align:center
I felt so embarrassed then.

01:54:25.139 --> 01:54:27.358 align:center
Of course! You had no sense at all.

01:54:27.745 --> 01:54:29.581 align:center
I was so stressed,

01:54:29.681 --> 01:54:31.781 align:center
and you chose that moment to tell me a story.

01:54:32.626 --> 01:54:34.173 align:center
How could I listen?

01:54:35.245 --> 01:54:36.549 align:center
That’s true.

01:54:37.311 --> 01:54:38.318 align:center
So, tell it now.

01:54:41.572 --> 01:54:43.207 align:center
I’m not in the mood.

01:54:43.591 --> 01:54:44.724 align:center
Oh!

01:54:45.204 --> 01:54:46.870 align:center
Is this revenge?

01:54:46.871 --> 01:54:47.925 align:center
Yes, revenge.

01:54:48.134 --> 01:54:49.775 align:center
[both laugh]

01:54:51.859 --> 01:54:52.865 align:center
Come on, tell it.

01:54:53.801 --> 01:54:55.404 align:center
Do you like listening to stories?

01:54:55.572 --> 01:54:57.829 align:center
Um… I’ve loved them since childhood.

01:54:57.830 --> 01:54:58.884 align:center
A lot!

01:54:58.885 --> 01:55:03.892 align:center
Who told you stories as a child?
Your grandmother?

01:55:04.516 --> 01:55:06.658 align:center
You said it right. Yes, my grandmother.

01:55:06.938 --> 01:55:08.749 align:center
She told me so many stories.

01:55:08.750 --> 01:55:11.005 align:center
I grew up listening to them all.

01:55:11.444 --> 01:55:12.451 align:center
Oho!

01:55:12.625 --> 01:55:13.684 align:center
Even now,

01:55:13.685 --> 01:55:16.074 align:center
I remember every single one.

01:55:16.399 --> 01:55:18.643 align:center
That’s how much I love stories.

01:55:18.644 --> 01:55:21.726 align:center
That’s why I ask you for one too.

01:55:21.919 --> 01:55:23.723 align:center
Tell me a story.

01:55:23.724 --> 01:55:24.948 align:center
Alright then,

01:55:24.949 --> 01:55:27.567 align:center
how about the story of two friends,
a mud ball and a dried leaf

01:55:27.568 --> 01:55:29.162 align:center
who travelled to Kashi?

01:55:29.163 --> 01:55:30.214 align:center
What's that story?

01:55:30.215 --> 01:55:34.480 align:center
Well... A mud ball and a dried leaf
once planned to visit Kashi.

01:55:34.481 --> 01:55:36.138 align:center
On their way,

01:55:36.139 --> 01:55:37.713 align:center
a huge storm erupted.

01:55:38.321 --> 01:55:40.571 align:center
[soft music playing]

01:55:47.251 --> 01:55:48.704 align:center
[birds flapping wings]

01:55:53.432 --> 01:55:54.940 align:center
[birds squawking]

01:56:40.361 --> 01:56:41.963 align:center
[soft music playing]

01:56:54.479 --> 01:56:55.768 align:center
[ambient noise]

01:57:01.033 --> 01:57:02.338 align:center
[temple bell ringing]

01:57:07.672 --> 01:57:08.679 align:center
Hello?

01:57:10.099 --> 01:57:12.645 align:center
Aren’t you getting up?
It’s already morning.

01:57:16.052 --> 01:57:17.059 align:center
We should leave, right??

01:57:17.559 --> 01:57:18.565 align:center
Hello?

01:57:19.811 --> 01:57:20.818 align:center
Leela…

01:57:21.545 --> 01:57:22.552 align:center
Hey…

01:57:27.732 --> 01:57:28.739 align:center
Hey, Leela…

01:57:29.845 --> 01:57:30.852 align:center
Hey…

01:57:32.764 --> 01:57:33.771 align:center
Leela…

01:57:37.484 --> 01:57:38.491 align:center
Leela!

01:57:39.839 --> 01:57:40.846 align:center
Leela!

01:57:44.799 --> 01:57:46.416 align:center
[tense ambience builds]

01:58:04.765 --> 01:58:06.197 align:center
Tea! Tea! Tea!

01:58:06.198 --> 01:58:07.218 align:center
Sir, tea?

01:58:07.432 --> 01:58:08.439 align:center
Hot tea!

01:58:08.685 --> 01:58:10.428 align:center
Yes, two cups.

01:58:16.928 --> 01:58:19.004 align:center
- Hey, tea seller.
- I’m coming.

01:58:19.176 --> 01:58:20.292 align:center
Bring us some tea.

01:58:26.760 --> 01:58:28.025 align:center
[soft melancholic music playing]

01:58:38.111 --> 01:58:39.580 align:center
[somber music builds]

01:59:29.854 --> 01:59:31.361 align:center
[indistinct chatter]

01:59:39.455 --> 01:59:41.190 align:center
[music intensifies]

02:01:03.065 --> 02:01:04.565 align:center
[music fades]

02:01:18.494 --> 02:01:19.979 align:center
[somber music playing]

02:01:37.462 --> 02:01:38.955 align:center
[fire crackling]

02:01:39.791 --> 02:01:41.400 align:center
[somber music intensifies]

02:02:22.041 --> 02:02:23.971 align:center
[ambient noise]

02:02:42.950 --> 02:02:52.784 align:center
<i>♪ Like a fading lamp with a mystic glow ♪</i>

02:02:53.220 --> 02:03:03.308 align:center
<i>♪ Like the mist that swallows the morning ♪</i>

02:03:03.654 --> 02:03:13.579 align:center
<i>♪ Like the shadow of
a broken song someone hums ♪</i>

02:03:13.973 --> 02:03:23.314 align:center
<i>♪ Like ripples born from an imagined boat ♪</i>

02:03:24.181 --> 02:03:33.132 align:center
<i>♪ Who are you? Who are you? ♪</i>

02:03:33.625 --> 02:03:39.325 align:center
<i>♪ So near, and yet beyond my reach ♪</i>

02:03:39.615 --> 02:03:43.701 align:center
<i>♪ Who are you? ♪</i>

02:03:49.871 --> 02:03:59.883 align:center
<i>♪ From a branch that touched the sky ♪</i>

02:04:00.246 --> 02:04:09.807 align:center
<i>♪ Where did you fly, radiant little bird? ♪</i>

02:04:10.055 --> 02:04:20.077 align:center
<i>♪ Without lingering a moment longer,
where did you vanish? ♪</i>

02:04:20.636 --> 02:04:30.846 align:center
<i>♪ Like a fading lamp with a mystic glow ♪</i>

02:04:30.977 --> 02:04:40.695 align:center
<i>♪ Like the mist that swallows the morning ♪</i>

02:04:41.317 --> 02:04:51.557 align:center
<i>♪ Like the rhythm of
a doomed song someone hums ♪</i>

02:04:51.558 --> 02:04:56.361 align:center
<i>♪ Like a melody that stumbles in the wind ♪</i>

02:04:56.362 --> 02:05:01.474 align:center
<i>♪ You dissolve into a dream ♪</i>

02:05:01.932 --> 02:05:10.932 align:center
<i>♪ Who are you? ♪</i>

02:05:11.345 --> 02:05:21.774 align:center
<i>♪ You drift, farther and farther away ♪</i>

02:05:22.413 --> 02:05:31.555 align:center
<i>♪ Farther and farther away ♪</i>

