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1960 EACHANARI, COIMBATORE
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Mr. Naidu, are you giving us
a hard time looking for you?
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Do you realize hiding like this
is punishable by law?
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The government's 90-day grace period
for you to pay up ended yesterday.
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To recover your unpaid taxes
and penalties,
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the government will confiscate
80 percent of all your assets.
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Here is the official order.
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- Mohan, please proceed.
- Yes, sir.
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You have to hand over
your title deeds immediately, sir.
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You must provide 52 documents in total.
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Pillai.
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Give them what they want.
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Okay.
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Please wait, I'll be back.
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1984
TAMIL NADU EDUCATION BOARD, MADRAS
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This is unfair, sir.
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Padma is a young girl.
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So what if she doesn't sign?
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Haven't the majority of us signed?
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Our protocol has changed, ma'am.
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Even if one member doesn't sign,
the syllabus won't be approved.
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Oh, God! We've been discussing the same
for two weeks over tea and snacks!
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How much longer
will you drag this, sir?
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What do you want me to do?
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I'm helpless.
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We have to finalize the syllabus
by the 9th and send it to print.
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She still hasn't signed it.
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What can I do? Outrageous!
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Sir, for the salary we earn
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and the snacks we eat here, we should be
at least a little bit fair, right?
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Just to print the same
syllabus every year,
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why do we have this
redundant committee?
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I have only one question.
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Why shouldn't our students learn
about a deserving individual?
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That "deserving individual"
she's talking about…
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He cheated the government
without paying taxes.
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In his old age, he went crazy
and bombed his own building.
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He is a thief, a terrorist and a lunatic.
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We don't have time to discuss
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whether to include such a man
in our syllabus.
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Sir, at least all of that happened
later in his life.
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Leave that aside.
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He didn't even complete Grade Three
in school.
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He threw mud at his teacher's face.
If we make our children learn
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about such a person, it's a shame for us.
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You have a silver tongue, ma'am.
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But shall I share something?
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Whatever the truth is,
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only the writers decide
what gets recorded in history.
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If a lion pens the story of a hunt
without the hunter,
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that history will be warped!
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The meaning of bravery will also change.
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The reason I delayed signing the syllabus
for the past few weeks is this.
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I request all of you
to read this from cover to cover.
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Even after reading it,
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if you are of the opinion
that G.D.N. is a terrorist,
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anti-national and a tax evader,
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you don't have to wait for me.
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I will resign on my own.
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G. D. N.
G. D. NAIDU'S BIOGRAPHY
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1914 KALANGAL, COIMBATORE
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You are the rhythm
My dreams longed to find
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You awakened the music in my heart
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I lived all alone in a town unknown…
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Don't char it too much.
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- Hey, the motorcycle has stopped.
- So what?
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Kathavaraya, take the kerosene
and the cutter.
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- Why?
- Take it.
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My Lord!
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My Lord!
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My Lord!
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- Who are you?
- This is for you!
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- Don't hit me…
- What do you want?
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The kerosene. It's for you.
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When your motorcycle stopped in Sulur
the other day,
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you used kerosene to clean it, right?
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Sulur?
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It happened last year.
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Have you been following me since then?
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No, no, no.
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I didn't follow you.
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I followed the motorcycle.
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- You like motorcycles this much?
- Yes.
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Our cart moves only when
two strong bulls pull it.
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But such a small motor
makes your motorcycle move!
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That really fascinates me.
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Hand me the lamp.
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And remove the spark plug.
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See? Carbon.
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Now clean it using
the kerosene and the knife.
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You see this hook?
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And now…
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Throw that cap back on and you are done.
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- Take this.
- I don't want money.
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What else do you want?
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I like… your motorcycle.
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Will you sell this to me?
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Do you have 250 rupees?
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Yes, I do.
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What?
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250?
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Yes.
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What's your name?
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You are a British "Dorai".
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I am a Tamil Dorai.
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Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu.
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Alright, Doraiswamy.
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Come see me when you have the money.
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I'll come tomorrow.
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- Chellamma.
- Tell me.
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Where are you off to
so early in the morning?
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- I told you about a motorcycle, right?
- Yes.
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That British man agreed to sell it to me.
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I am short by 20 rupees.
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- I'll handle it.
- Wait, dear.
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- Are you also coming to buy it?
- Come on, dear.
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Climb on.
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When I look at you, love is in the air
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A wondrous spell beyond compare
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Without you near, my smiles fade
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My heart is lost in sorrow's shade
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Hey! Shameless fellows!
Step out of the field!
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Hey! Shut your mouth!
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The landlords won't even peep in here.
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Revolt and rot right there.
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Let's continue with our work.
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It seems the lunatics are revolting.
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What is it?
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Everyone has gone
into the fields to work.
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- Sit down.
- It's alright, sir.
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Did the landlords agree to your requests?
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Not at all!
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Even if we work all day,
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the men get paid 3.5 annas
and women get paid only 2.5 annas.
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The yield is very good this time.
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But the landlords refuse
to increase even one anna.
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Look at our menfolk.
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They are shamelessly working
without even heeding our protest.
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Ask them to step out.
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Hey, Vellaya!
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What are you doing there?
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Dorai.
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You listened to her
and you're yelling at me, huh?
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- I'll handle this.
- Hey, Deivanai!
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If you utter one word more,
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- I am warning you…
- Don't worry, Deivanai.
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It's been a week
since they started protesting.
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Not one landlord paid attention to this.
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I don't have a single penny on me.
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What do you want me to do?
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Hey.
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Vella, a protest is like
grabbing a tiger's tail.
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You shouldn't let go
until they raise your wages.
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If we loosen our grip,
that's the end of our story.
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Do you want all our wives
and children to die of starvation?
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- I am prepared to die.
- You go ahead and die!
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- But why do you kill my baby in your womb?
- Hey.
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Here, take this.
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Oh, no!
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- Dorai…
- Take it!
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Why do I need so much money?
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- There's no need.
- Just keep it.
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Dorai, why give us money?
We'll manage.
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Keep quiet, man.
Listen, all of you!
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This amount is for all of you.
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If you don't plant seedlings
for two more crop seasons,
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those landlords will come down
from their high horse.
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How can you give away so much money?
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Don't we have to return it?
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All of you are protesting
for justice and fair pay.
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Don't let go until they agree.
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You can use this money
for your expenses until then, right?
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My husband means well.
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Doraiswamy.
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God bless you, my boy.
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God bless you, Doraiswamy!
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If he gave the entire amount
he had saved to those poor farmers,
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didn't he buy that motorcycle, sir?
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He didn't buy it then.
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"But in order to buy
the motorcycle he desired,
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he moved away from his wife and children
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and went to Coimbatore."
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''There, he worked as a server
in a restaurant for three years.''
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''He toiled day and night
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and saved money
to make his dream come true."
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The amount you specified.
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Good Lord, you managed it.
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Do you know how to ride a motorcycle?
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I can learn if I see it once, sir.
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You lit my mind with love anew
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You made my heart bloom just for you
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My day is filled with dreams
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Flowing like honeyed streams
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As I walked by your side
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My soul rejoiced and bloomed inside
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When our dreams entwine
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The whole world shines divine…
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Listen, my dear.
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Dear!
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Yes?
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Our daughter wants to go
for a ride on your motorcycle.
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Shall we get ready?
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For keeps, for eternity
You are the love that embraces me
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Come what may, even if far apart
You are always close to my heart
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Despite distant shores we see
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You will always be a part of me
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What is this?
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You dismantled it?
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It isn't enough to learn
how to ride it, dear.
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I should learn how it runs.
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That's the reason I bought this bike.
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You could have fulfilled our child's wish
and then done this, right?
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It echoed within me
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As ragas in melody
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In rhythmic rhapsody
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Playful games on love's pathway
Youth bursts forth in glad display
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Now you are here
You stole my heart, dear
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Though silver moonlight fades away
Though dreams are clouded with dismay
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Our hearts heaven-made
Will such a love ever fade?
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Without you, not even a blink
My heart won't sleep a wink
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Knowing you are next to me here
My heart blossoms with cheer
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Your beauty shines bright and true
Even those gods can't resist you
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I will look at God eye to eye
And make them flee and fly
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The whole village stops to stare
You're a beauty beyond compare
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Endless tales of you begin to bloom anew
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All day long, as I walked by your side
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My soul rejoiced and bloomed inside
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When our dreams entwine
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The whole world shines divine
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As I walk with you right here
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My soul rejoices with cheer
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When our hearts and dreams align
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The whole world begins to shine…
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Chellamma.
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Shall we ride the motorcycle?
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I won't come.
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Why?
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Look over there.
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Dorai, your new motorcycle
looks terrific indeed.
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Like it? Take it for a ride.
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I had enough rides last night.
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Then let's go.
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Where?
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I've asked a mill owner I know
to give you a job.
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Who did you ask?
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I'm going to Coimbatore city
to work in a garage.
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It seems your wife doesn't want you
to go to the city.
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Oh!
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My uncle and my wife are ganging up?
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Uncle, I can earn money
only if I go to Coimbatore to work.
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If I had stayed in this village,
could I have bought this motorcycle?
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Dorai.
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Cotton farming is our family occupation.
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Only if you supervise it from here
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will our relatives help you
if there's a problem.
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Listen to me.
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Earn well from the trade you know
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and invest that money in a trade you love.
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Then you'll become
a successful businessman.
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Okay, in which mill
have you got me a job?
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DHANALAKSHMI COTTON MILL
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- Is he your candidate?
- Yes, madam.
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He is the first person to come here
on a motorcycle asking for a job!
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Take off your turban.
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He is so clueless!
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Take it off
and tie it around your waist.
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Madam.
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Will he bend his back and work hard?
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Stand with your hands folded.
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He will go the extra mile.
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I'll hire him because he is your nephew.
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Listen, boy, there are some rules
to be followed if you work here.
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You must report for work early.
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You should not take leaves
without a reason.
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You should not gossip
with your co-workers.
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You will get a monthly salary
of five rupees, understood?
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I also have a few rules, madam.
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Hey!
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I'm here to train as a mill worker.
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I will be here only for two years.
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After learning the ropes of this job,
I intend to start my own mill.
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Are you out of your mind?
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You're being upfront.
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- Ramasamy, how many will be so frank?
- Madam?
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Thavasi, take this boy
and teach him the job.
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- Yes, madam.
- Thank her.
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- Go.
- Come with me.
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Go, dear.
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Rooted deep in their native soil
Countless hands here honor the toil
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Unity is our power so strong
Supporting us lifelong
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For those who toil away
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No loss will come their way
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Just believe you will achieve
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Where work is plentiful all around
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The clever never lose their ground…
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Doraiswamy, go to Vairavan's shop
and buy soap nut powder.
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Pluck some neem leaves on the way back.
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This child has lice all over her head.
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The wisdom that you gain and seek
Will lift you to the highest peak
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Clash with mountains, never yield
Display courage which is your shield
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Let your heart lead the way
Take each step to a brighter day
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Learn the ways of the wise
Change your tactics and rise
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Let your passion rise within
Let your grit and guts kick in
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Madam.
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Can you teach me English too?
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Madam.
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What is this?
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- What is this?
- Eggplant!
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Very good.
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The way you remove the nits
with a lice comb
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the same way, this machine
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separates the cotton fiber from the seeds.
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Good Lord!
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How amazing!
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TWO YEARS LATER
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G. D. GINNING MILL
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- Hey! Remove all the carts from there!
- Dorai!
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All the bigwigs are waiting
for the mill's inauguration.
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- Won't others take care of this?
- Uncle, did you see Chellamma?
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Chellamma? She was right here.
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Chellamma?
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Chellamma?
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Deivanai?
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Did you see Chellamma?
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She felt unwell, so she is taking rest.
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- She is unwell?
- Yes.
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Hey!
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Chellamma!
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- What happened?
- It's nothing.
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- I was feeling tired.
- You are saying you feel tired.
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But you're burning up with a high fever.
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- Lingam?
- Sir?
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- Get the cart ready to go to the doctor.
- Sure, sir.
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We fixed an auspicious date and invited
all the VIPs to inaugurate the mill.
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If you are not here, it won't be right.
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You go there.
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- I can go to the doctor by myself.
- Hey.
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How can today be auspicious
if you are unwell?
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Keep quiet.
Lingam, bring the ox cart!
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Chellamma?
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How are you?
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- Are you feeling better?
- Yes.
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Are you churning buttermilk
so late at night?
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Not buttermilk, Deivanai.
Add those onions to it.
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What is this?
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It has diced the onions so finely.
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My husband made this
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so that my eyes don't tear up
when I cut onions.
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He really bends over backward
to make sure you're happy.
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You are truly blessed.
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That is the problem.
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I am unable to accept it.
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Deivanai, he has such big dreams.
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Many people have to benefit
from his dreams.
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G. D. GINNING MILL
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- Bravo.
- Wow!
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That was great!
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Very good.
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I hear the French are coming
to our aid on the Western Front.
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Led by the British army, of course.
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It's the French who need our help.
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Naturally.
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And soon,
Germany's dominance will be broken.
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I'd like to raise a toast
to victory over Germany.
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And for the Great War to be over soon.
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Stanes?
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I've been toying with the idea
of starting cotton farming.
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Since that's your forte,
I'd like some guidance.
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Yeah, well, actually, I know someone
with far more expertise than I do.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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Mr. and Mrs. Naidu!
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Oh! Speak of the devil!
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Who the hell is this fakir?
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He is one of the most intelligent
and enterprising gentlemen I've ever met.
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Quite simply, he is a genius!
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Oh! Really?
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- Madam?
- No, thank you.
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Excuse me, ladies.
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I'm afraid I have to steal
this gentleman from you.
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- I'm sorry, ladies.
- Of course, Stanes.
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Mr. Stanes, I see the crutches have gone.
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My Siddha medicines
have worked their magic.
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Blimey! Your English has improved
by leaps and bounds.
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Well, I had good teachers.
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Mrs. Stanes and you taught me
with so much affection.
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It's our pleasure.
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Won't you join us at this table?
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- Thank you. Very good evening, gentlemen.
- Good evening.
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Naidu, may I present Winston Smith?
Promising young merchant.
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- Oh! Nice to meet you, Mr. Smith.
- Nice to meet you.
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And this is Henry Adams,
Commissioner of Income Tax.
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Oh! Such an honor
to meet you, Mr. Adams.
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Mr. Smith would love to get
your expert opinion on cotton farming.
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Oh! You're interested?
24:35.605 --> 24:36.688
Yes.
24:37.146 --> 24:40.980
I have cross-bred high-yield cotton plants
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with pest-resistant,
low-cost cotton varieties
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that produce the highest yields
and I've preserved those seeds carefully.
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Oh, my!
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Can I have some of your seeds, please?
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Definitely.
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But I won't give them away for free.
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I'll sell them.
That too, at my price.
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Where did you earn
your degree in botany, Mr. Naidu?
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Mr. Adams.
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My enthusiasm teaches me
many things that education couldn't.
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The audacity of this uneducated man
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to come and sell his seeds to us!
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How are you qualified to sell them to us?
25:28.438 --> 25:30.729
You entered our country as mere traders.
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If you think you're qualified
to rule this country,
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I'm slightly more qualified than you are.
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Naidu.
25:39.938 --> 25:43.063
Are you aware of where
and whom you are talking to?
25:44.688 --> 25:49.730
You will soon understand which country
you're in and whom you're talking to.
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We'll see.
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Naidu, why are you doing this?
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I am worried.
Think about your family.
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My dear Mr. Stanes.
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A shrewd industrialist should know
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whose feet to fall at
and whose ears to tweak!
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Family…
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Do you know where Chellamma is?
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Chell…
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Excuse me.
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- Shanmugam, did you see my wife?
- Sir?
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I offered to drop her
in our horse carriage.
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She said no
and walked back to the cottage.
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Bring my vehicle!
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Chellamma.
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Chellamma, what happened, dear?
27:13.813 --> 27:14.938
Are you unwell?
27:15.563 --> 27:16.605
Nothing of that sort.
27:20.855 --> 27:22.813
When I take you to parties like this,
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it bothers me
that I make you feel uncomfortable.
27:28.438 --> 27:29.938
Will you promise me something?
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Only I will speak now.
27:32.688 --> 27:34.230
You should not interrupt me.
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Okay.
27:43.271 --> 27:46.563
How hard did you work to save money
to buy your dream motorcycle?
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But you gave the entire sum
without batting an eye
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to those protesters in Kalangal.
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You have a heart of gold, dear.
27:54.938 --> 27:57.355
It will not change.
Nor should it change.
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By manufacturing indigenous products
for the people of our land,
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your dream to end British rule
is a really big challenge.
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It will benefit our country
and our people immensely.
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In such a crucial phase in your life…
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"Will my wife be alright with this?"
28:19.355 --> 28:21.479
"Will she settle down happily
if we move here?"
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If you have to worry about me like this,
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I may be keeping people
from benefiting from those advantages.
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Chellamma.
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I don't want
to shoulder that blame, dear.
28:31.730 --> 28:34.438
I know very well
how much you love me.
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If I ask you to follow me
leaving behind your dreams,
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you will agree in the blink of an eye.
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But after that,
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I'd be weeping that you couldn't serve
our nation because of my selfishness.
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You'd be feeling sad
that you couldn't achieve your goals.
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Our life will turn sour.
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I can think of only one way.
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What is it?
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Marry a girl who will stand by your side
sharing your many dreams.
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Chellamma, have you lost your--
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Don't worry about our children.
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I'll raise them well.
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I didn't decide this overnight.
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A calm decision made
after deep deliberation.
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You will eventually realize
that it's better this way.
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Uncle.
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Are you mad or what?
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How can I marry such a young girl?
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Why does it bother you
when she has consented happily?
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How can she think
with clarity at that age?
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If you reject her now at the altar,
her family and life will be ruined.
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She may take drastic measures.
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Dorai, bend and give in right now.
30:32.688 --> 30:35.313
Otherwise, Ranganayaki will
make you bend to her will.
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Are you crying?
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No.
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What happened? Tell me.
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I'm bad luck for you.
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What?
31:20.438 --> 31:23.230
All this happened to you
only after you married me.
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Hey! What misfortune has befallen us?
31:28.188 --> 31:29.938
When you were with your first wife,
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you were the king of the cotton trade.
31:32.688 --> 31:36.438
Just one year after I came into your life,
we've been reduced to this state.
31:36.855 --> 31:39.687
We've sold all our assets
and sunk to this level of poverty…
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You crazy wife of mine!
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If we've been reduced to this state,
it's because of me!
31:45.105 --> 31:48.105
I should have gone to Bombay
and stuck to the cotton trading.
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Listening to some random chap's advice,
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I'm the one who lost everything I earned
in cotton gambling.
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I gambled. I lost all the money.
31:55.063 --> 31:57.813
But did I become a drunkard and rot away?
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Come here.
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Ranganayaki, in Snakes & Ladders
when we cross 90 and keep moving,
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a huge snake will bite us suddenly
and we'll come sliding down.
32:09.188 --> 32:11.396
But even if we slide down
to the rock bottom,
32:11.605 --> 32:13.312
we'll still remain in the game.
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We don't get pushed off the board.
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Listen to me.
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Won't we get another ladder to climb?
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If it doesn't come our way,
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I will make it appear!
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Lovely lunatic!
32:29.105 --> 32:31.313
How can you be silly enough
to cry over this?
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Naidu, Good Lord!
32:51.355 --> 32:52.313
Is that really you?
32:53.438 --> 32:54.480
Mr. Stanes.
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I heard that you're hiring a mechanic
in your garage.
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Can you give me that job?
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Look, I understand you had to swallow
your pride to come and ask me for a job.
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It takes a lot of courage
to do that, Naidu.
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Most men couldn't do it.
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And I'm in awe.
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Mr. Stanes.
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Pride cannot pay my bills.
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True as that may be, my friend,
33:22.230 --> 33:24.605
I cannot take advantage of you
at this time.
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So here's what we are going to do.
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Take one of my buses.
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Run it.
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Start again.
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And I'm sure that in no time,
33:35.688 --> 33:38.480
you will turn that bus
into a whole fleet of buses.
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On that day, you can repay me.
33:50.813 --> 33:51.730
Thank you.
33:52.521 --> 33:53.438
Yes.
33:53.646 --> 33:54.979
Of course, my old friend.
33:54.980 --> 33:56.688
Now, what do you say?
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Shall we go get us a pot of tea?
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Oh! I am dying to.
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- Thank you.
- Yes.
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Your house looks the same.
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Ah, yes.
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Listen, dear.
34:10.730 --> 34:13.520
Your uncle said that he has
arranged for a driver.
34:13.521 --> 34:15.771
- Did you talk to him?
- I did… I did.
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Who did you hire?
34:20.938 --> 34:23.188
COIMBATORE - UDUMALAI - PALANI
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Are you planning to drive it yourself?
34:25.855 --> 34:27.021
Yes.
34:27.313 --> 34:28.313
Proprietress.
34:28.730 --> 34:30.521
How much will you pay this driver?
34:31.730 --> 34:33.980
I can't pay this driver a salary.
34:35.105 --> 34:39.105
This driver knows how to get a salary
from his beloved proprietress!
34:40.146 --> 34:41.354
Doraiswamy.
34:41.355 --> 34:43.938
Your love-bus is on the go.
When will this bus leave?
34:45.980 --> 34:48.312
It will leave shortly.
First, get in.
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- Come on.
- Uncle, he's driving for the first time.
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Ask him to check the auspicious time.
34:52.646 --> 34:54.687
- Okay… fine.
- My proprietress princess.
34:54.688 --> 34:57.354
Should I look for auspicious time
or keep my eyes on the road?
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Sarcastic wit runs in your veins!
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Shall I take my leave?
35:01.230 --> 35:02.271
Shall we go?
35:33.646 --> 35:35.438
G. D. NAIDU BUS STATION
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- Good morning.
- Good morning.
35:48.146 --> 35:53.020
Mr. Hurtis, why did the bus
from Ooty start five minutes late?
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- The bus was only half full.
- No, it doesn't matter.
35:55.271 --> 35:58.020
Even if there's only one passenger,
the bus has to leave on time.
35:58.021 --> 36:00.895
Discipline is more important than profits.
I'm sure you understand.
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- Very good, sir.
- Are we set?
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- Yes, sir.
- Let's go.
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Respected bus owners who honored
our invitation and are here with us,
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on behalf of Mr. G. D. Naidu,
36:09.230 --> 36:13.313
G. D. bus service and its proud employees,
36:13.480 --> 36:15.562
I extend a hearty welcome to one and all.
36:15.563 --> 36:16.438
R. P. BUS SERVICE
36:17.396 --> 36:20.729
The bus service
which we run in South India
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is no less than those in China, Japan
and Russia.
36:25.563 --> 36:27.604
- That is not an exaggeration.
- Definitely.
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He is absolutely right.
36:30.896 --> 36:35.105
Only our G. D. Naidu runs a bus service
that has left the British speechless!
36:35.480 --> 36:36.979
Look at that advertisement.
36:36.980 --> 36:38.605
He is writing his own history!
36:39.271 --> 36:42.271
If a man gets into his bus
clad in crisp white cotton attire,
36:42.480 --> 36:45.646
he can be assured of alighting
without a spot of dirt or crease.
36:45.896 --> 36:48.270
Whether it's advertising boastfully,
36:48.271 --> 36:50.230
or maintaining the buses,
36:50.438 --> 36:51.813
no one can beat Naidu.
36:51.938 --> 36:54.438
Then how can we not appreciate him?
36:56.980 --> 36:58.605
Thank you.
36:59.271 --> 37:01.520
The reason we've all assembled here--
37:01.521 --> 37:02.563
But…
37:02.813 --> 37:05.396
Can we run a bus company
so efficiently like him?
37:05.813 --> 37:08.771
Impossible, because he owns
more than 200 buses.
37:09.271 --> 37:10.730
Money keeps rolling in.
37:11.105 --> 37:15.313
We own one or two buses
and find it hard to make both ends meet.
37:16.188 --> 37:19.187
If we charge two paise for four miles,
37:19.188 --> 37:21.895
you take passengers at half the price
for the same distance.
37:21.896 --> 37:23.437
Then how do we cope?
37:23.438 --> 37:25.020
Sir, we can think of only one solution.
37:25.021 --> 37:28.271
You don't drive on our route
and we won't drive on yours.
37:29.563 --> 37:31.062
BUS OWNERS' CONFERENCE
37:31.063 --> 37:32.021
No.
37:33.105 --> 37:38.271
You cannot dictate which routes I can
drive on, nor can I do the same to you.
37:38.563 --> 37:40.104
Because this is beyond business.
37:40.105 --> 37:41.520
This is about service to the people.
37:41.521 --> 37:44.062
Without competition,
there will be no growth or progress.
37:44.063 --> 37:46.188
But that growth should not stop.
37:46.313 --> 37:48.562
It's growth only if it spreads
in all directions.
37:48.563 --> 37:50.396
Otherwise, it's called swelling.
37:54.396 --> 37:56.813
Sir, you have understood
the problem clearly.
37:57.480 --> 37:59.063
But your solution
37:59.646 --> 38:02.271
resembles the British's scheme
of divide and rule.
38:02.563 --> 38:04.729
It's called a chariot
only if the villagers join hands.
38:04.730 --> 38:06.230
Or else it's just carved wood.
38:08.980 --> 38:10.688
This town should unite in harmony.
38:13.396 --> 38:15.188
I have a fantastic plan.
38:15.688 --> 38:17.229
Lend me your ears with patience.
38:17.230 --> 38:24.021
Our suggestion is for all of us
to start a cooperative bus company.
38:24.855 --> 38:26.646
As far as this company is concerned,
38:26.896 --> 38:28.646
everyone here is the boss.
38:29.105 --> 38:31.479
Does he think all of us are blockheads?
38:31.480 --> 38:34.105
You'll add your bus to our company.
38:34.480 --> 38:37.895
Depending on how many buses you add,
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we can share the profits accordingly.
38:41.396 --> 38:46.521
The name of this bus company
where we unite for profit…
38:48.396 --> 38:50.480
is United Motor Service.
38:50.730 --> 38:53.229
Our UMS, for short.
38:53.230 --> 38:54.895
The customers will be our bosses.
38:54.896 --> 38:57.604
Their comfort is our top priority.
38:57.605 --> 39:00.437
Only then can we survive
and grow in this business.
39:00.438 --> 39:01.562
For that sole reason,
39:01.563 --> 39:04.271
we have planned
some special schemes for our people.
39:04.521 --> 39:08.188
Separate, clean toilets
for men and women.
39:08.438 --> 39:12.688
A rest area for travelers
and a canteen functioning for 14 hours.
39:12.813 --> 39:15.354
If a passenger wants to go
to Nagercoil from Coimbatore,
39:15.355 --> 39:18.980
all he has to do is buy one ticket.
It will be valid for four days.
39:19.105 --> 39:21.187
Even if he stops in any town
along the way,
39:21.188 --> 39:25.688
he can continue his journey
on any other UMS bus.
39:27.063 --> 39:28.854
MADURAI - TIRUNELVELI - NAGERCOIL -
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - TRICHY - THANJAVUR
39:28.855 --> 39:31.188
Spare parts expenses,
profit and loss statements
39:31.313 --> 39:34.480
will be transparent and updated properly.
39:34.646 --> 39:36.396
Anyone can check anytime they want.
39:38.063 --> 39:39.938
Your idea seems very good on paper.
39:40.646 --> 39:43.605
Let's say after we attach
all our buses with UMS,
39:43.771 --> 39:45.521
if any repairs are needed,
39:45.688 --> 39:48.313
should we take care of the expenses?
39:48.730 --> 39:50.271
Or will the company cover them?
39:50.896 --> 39:53.146
Very good question.
That's very pertinent.
39:53.271 --> 40:00.312
Mr. Naidu plans to open a garage
that runs 24/7 at his own expense.
40:00.313 --> 40:02.645
Since we are manufacturing
our own spare parts,
40:02.646 --> 40:05.354
the service costs, breakdown costs,
expenditure on repairs…
40:05.355 --> 40:07.312
You don't have to worry
about any of these expenses.
40:07.313 --> 40:08.605
UMS will take care of it.
40:09.355 --> 40:13.313
But have you ever wondered
why our buses break down frequently?
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Because we drive our buses
on unpaved roads with great difficulty.
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But taxes for roads
that have never been built
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are collected by the British
government without any shame.
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Does it stop there?
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Customs duty, income tax, property tax…
40:34.063 --> 40:36.145
Taxes on the salt
we harvest from our sea…
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And not just on salt.
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If we let this continue,
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they'll even tax the loincloth we wear!
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Scoundrels!
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You are right.
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But can a single person challenge
all these atrocities by the British?
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Not at all.
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But if we stand together as a federation,
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we can grab them by the collar
and boldly demand answers.
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We can refuse to pay taxes
if proper roads aren't built.
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This is how we can change our destiny.
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Now tell me.
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As a cooperative,
shall we start this company?
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United Motor Service.
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Shall we start?
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Sir, congratulations.
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R.P. BUS SERVICE
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- Sundaram.
- Sir?
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Did Ramaiah Pillai add his buses
to the company?
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Not yet.
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- Why?
- He had an emergency.
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The poor guy had to sell
the only bus he owned.
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But it was well maintained.
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That's why we bought it
at the price he quoted.
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- He sold his bus?
- Yes, sir.
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Ask him to come upstairs.
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Greetings, Naidu.
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I do not intend to change my mind.
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The bus I sold you remains sold.
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I plan to use that money
for my daughter's wedding.
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- I'll take your leave.
- Sir… Sir, please come.
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Come here.
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Get your daughter married happily.
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But don't get me wrong
for asking you this.
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Will your life come to a standstill
after your daughter's wedding?
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You sold the only bus you owned.
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What will you do for a living?
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Sir.
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He called you up here
to discuss a job with you.
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What work can you do?
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Tell us your educational qualifications.
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Educ--
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Education?
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Are you trying to be funny?
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I didn't even finish elementary school.
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But…
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My bus has taught me many things
that a school couldn't.
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- Are you skeptical?
- I didn't mean it that way.
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I know you still have doubts.
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Send for your drivers now.
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Just summon them.
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In this bus, there is
no oil in the spring leaf.
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That's the reason for the groaning sound.
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There is no other problem.
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The second cylinder's spark plug is bad.
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That's why it is screaming.
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R. P. BUS SERVICE
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There won't be any problem in this bus.
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Because it is mine.
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R.P. Bus Service.
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But now this bus… belongs to you.
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Our bus.
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Listen, Ramaiah Pillai.
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Let me ask you face to face.
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This organization needs
a well-qualified foreman.
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I'll be extremely happy
if you accept this responsibility.
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Sir, please don't turn me down.
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How can I--
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Come on!
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KOVAI - UDUMALAI - PALANI
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Long live, Father Periyar!
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Mr. Smith, meet Mr. Bhupendra.
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Bhupendra is a leading figure
in north India's steel industry.
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And a prominent business tycoon.
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Glad to meet you, Mr. Smith.
48:36.980 --> 48:38.520
Glad to meet you, Mr. Bhupendra.
48:38.521 --> 48:40.729
The game is about to begin.
I'll see you at Divot Stomp.
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- Right you are.
- Right you are.
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Adams, can I have a word with you?
48:45.730 --> 48:46.730
Certainly.
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What "big tycoon"?
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You gave me your word.
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A foothold in the south.
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And on your request, I brought
Naidu down with that cotton gamble.
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And yet here we are, years on.
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And he's still ahead.
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Now you let this happen.
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And I am not going to be
the one paying the price.
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Believe me, Bhupendra, I tried.
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But his books are clean.
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And he is working within the system.
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What do you mean by the system, Adams?
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You are the system.
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Nothing is going to stand in your way.
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Do you think laws can't be bent
if his books are clean?
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Soil them.
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Ravi! Bring my horse!
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TAX PAYERS
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TAX EVADERS
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Sir, I have changed G. D. Naidu's records
as you instructed.
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Mr. Palanisamy.
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Naidu has stockpiled
tons and tons of steel.
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Sir, he has paid the sales tax
for all that.
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Mr. Collector, he melted
raw materials and made spare parts.
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Shouldn't he pay tax for that?
50:25.105 --> 50:26.229
For example,
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Naidu has paid tax only for the paddy.
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When the grain was harvested
and it was cooked as rice,
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no tax was paid.
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When the name and usage
of a product change,
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he has to pay manufacturing tax.
50:36.896 --> 50:38.020
Sir.
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Only when the cooked rice is sold
in restaurants, he has to pay tax.
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Do we have to pay tax
to just boil and eat it?
50:44.063 --> 50:48.563
Sir, G. D. Naidu is manufacturing
spare parts only for his personal use.
50:49.063 --> 50:50.730
He is not doing business with all this.
50:51.021 --> 50:52.188
Can you prove it?
50:54.646 --> 50:55.521
Sir…
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These clever businessmen will
have multiple books of accounts.
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Actual accounts will be different
from what they show us.
51:05.313 --> 51:06.188
Do you get it?
51:08.688 --> 51:10.313
Do you want to say anything?
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No, sir.
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Thank you, sir.
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Imbecile!
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Yeah, very good.
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Sir.
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Tell me, Killi.
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I know one man who is ready to enforce
all your orders without any fear.
51:33.521 --> 51:34.771
Salem Income Tax Officer.
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His name is Ambalapara Krishnan.
51:40.105 --> 51:41.480
I know this Krishnan.
51:42.855 --> 51:46.146
Do you call him by some nickname?
51:46.396 --> 51:47.355
Yes, sir.
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Lion of Salem!
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Get lost!
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Hey…
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I'll get even with you!
51:57.563 --> 51:59.938
Let's bring that lion to Coimbatore.
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G. D. NAIDU
52:32.938 --> 52:35.562
Sir, you've added Mr. G. D. Naidu
in the tax evaders list.
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Mohan.
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What is ALP?
52:38.021 --> 52:40.396
- Arms-length principle, sir.
- What does it mean?
52:40.730 --> 52:44.770
It's wrong to sell a product at a lower
price to friends and family, sir.
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Why?
52:45.896 --> 52:49.270
If they show less income,
they can pay less tax, sir.
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Naidu has chosen exactly
that fraudulent route!
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For farmers' welfare--
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What do the records say?
It's a clear case.
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Clear evidence of underinvoicing!
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- Am I right?
- Yes, sir.
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He hasn't paid manufacturing tax.
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He has cheated on import duty.
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Follow the paper, Mohan.
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Okay, sir.
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Who is he to decide which taxes
he will pay and which taxes he won't?
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Is he the government?
53:16.480 --> 53:18.021
He's just a trader.
53:19.480 --> 53:21.562
Who was here
before I took up this position?
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Palanisamy, sir.
53:22.855 --> 53:24.229
Why?
53:24.230 --> 53:26.188
He won't take any action against Naidu?
53:26.771 --> 53:28.145
Is he related to Naidu?
53:28.146 --> 53:30.020
No, sir, he has high regard for--
53:30.021 --> 53:32.855
What bloody re-- Respect.
53:33.105 --> 53:35.396
He's making millions via UMS.
53:35.813 --> 53:38.229
He has started many
polytechnic engineering colleges
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and is charging huge fees.
53:41.230 --> 53:43.896
Any industry he starts
is only making profits.
53:44.563 --> 53:48.313
But paying the tax promptly leaves
a bitter taste in his mouth, does it?
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- Perunkilli.
- Yes, sir.
53:50.396 --> 53:53.104
Get the papers ready
to seize his imports and exports.
53:53.105 --> 53:54.062
Okay, sir.
53:54.063 --> 53:55.313
- Sir, but he is--
- Mohan!
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It's an order.
53:56.646 --> 53:58.063
- Go.
- Okay, sir.
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Pillai, not a single machine
will be delivered.
54:15.355 --> 54:16.188
Why so?
54:16.563 --> 54:19.562
An Income Tax Officer has come from Salem,
a real pain in the neck!
54:19.563 --> 54:22.313
He has seized all our shipments
at the harbor.
54:22.688 --> 54:26.438
Not only have they imposed ridiculous
taxes on our various inventions,
54:26.605 --> 54:28.688
they have also piled on false penalties.
54:29.605 --> 54:33.521
Those corrupt bandits
are cooking up ideas to take bribes…
54:33.771 --> 54:35.396
We've never encouraged that.
54:35.855 --> 54:39.063
They can't take even one anna as a bribe
from our company.
54:39.688 --> 54:44.938
Naidu is well aware
of how to treat these buggers.
54:50.146 --> 54:53.020
Arrange a village council meeting
tomorrow evening.
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Okay, sir.
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Passengers to Government Hospital,
Pappampatti Junction, Sulur, get in.
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Get in, sir.
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Get lost!
55:10.646 --> 55:12.771
Why are you being so rude?
55:13.021 --> 55:15.355
- Has everyone got down? Start the bus.
- Go away!
55:34.063 --> 55:35.229
Why are you walking in this rain?
55:35.230 --> 55:37.187
Can't you see?
The bicycle is broken.
55:37.188 --> 55:39.229
- You could've taken the bus.
- Can't do that.
55:39.230 --> 55:41.270
All the buses are owned by UMS.
55:41.271 --> 55:44.020
I won't contribute even a penny
to that tax evader.
55:44.021 --> 55:45.771
I don't like your attitude one bit.
55:46.230 --> 55:48.520
If you don't favor the idea,
you shouldn't go.
55:48.521 --> 55:52.605
If you go to the inauguration of an arts
college and say you want to demolish it,
55:53.105 --> 55:54.271
will anyone keep quiet?
55:55.480 --> 55:56.895
What's wrong with what I said?
55:56.896 --> 55:59.104
Tell them we need
more engineering colleges.
55:59.105 --> 56:01.687
Why would you say that we should
demolish all the arts colleges?
56:01.688 --> 56:03.521
Let us talk a bit practically, Naidu.
56:06.771 --> 56:08.688
I am talking about "practical" too.
56:09.480 --> 56:12.396
What can be taught in four days
with the help of a machine,
56:12.563 --> 56:16.187
your curriculum is like a rubber band
stretched with four years of theory.
56:16.188 --> 56:18.479
Before he passes his exam,
even the technology will change.
56:18.480 --> 56:20.020
You have reduced the polytechnic course
56:20.021 --> 56:21.521
in your college to two years.
56:21.646 --> 56:23.146
Then why this misplaced anger?
56:23.730 --> 56:26.480
Doraiswamy, you tend
to think ahead of your time.
56:27.105 --> 56:28.562
Society will move at its own slow pace.
56:28.563 --> 56:32.146
Like Arthur Hope College,
open more such polytechnic colleges.
56:32.605 --> 56:34.396
Open colleges for women.
56:34.563 --> 56:37.520
Make students of all castes
sit together as equals without bias.
56:37.521 --> 56:40.605
You should be the one to bring about
the change you believe in.
56:41.021 --> 56:44.063
And toss that darn cigarette.
Put an end to this nasty habit.
57:02.313 --> 57:03.521
Why are the cops here?
57:03.771 --> 57:05.938
Hey! Did you take
all the items I mentioned?
57:06.438 --> 57:08.687
- Why is this here? Remove it, quick.
- Okay, sir.
57:08.688 --> 57:10.812
Hey! Why is a car parked there?
57:10.813 --> 57:12.312
- Sir, should that car be removed?
- Yes.
57:12.313 --> 57:14.104
2802, remove that blue car.
57:14.105 --> 57:15.271
Mohan, are you done?
57:15.480 --> 57:17.479
- They're numbering it, Killi.
- Quick, clear it.
57:17.480 --> 57:18.980
Bring all the items here.
57:19.646 --> 57:21.520
- What is happening, sir?
- I tried to stop them.
57:21.521 --> 57:23.687
But they ignored me and started
taking everything out.
57:23.688 --> 57:24.813
Oh, no.
57:26.355 --> 57:27.938
They are taking away everything.
57:29.605 --> 57:30.563
What are you doing?
57:30.688 --> 57:32.145
It was bought for children's education!
57:32.146 --> 57:33.562
- Why are you taking this?
- Hey!
57:33.563 --> 57:35.188
Hey, wait.
57:40.563 --> 57:42.605
If you don't pay your taxes properly,
57:42.771 --> 57:44.813
this is how we will take your stuff away.
57:46.105 --> 57:50.146
Sir, they plan to auction off everything
they seized from your house and college.
57:50.688 --> 57:51.563
Naidu.
57:52.271 --> 57:53.313
Shall I look into it?
57:54.521 --> 57:55.771
Don't get involved, Giri.
57:56.813 --> 58:00.771
People will shamelessly claim that
I befriended you for selfish gains.
58:01.563 --> 58:04.355
No one should taint our friendship
because of this issue.
58:05.063 --> 58:06.313
I can handle this myself.
58:07.021 --> 58:08.770
Ladies and gentlemen.
58:08.771 --> 58:12.313
A once-in-a-lifetime chance
to witness such an auction.
58:12.563 --> 58:16.438
Whoever wins this auction
is the luckiest man on earth.
58:16.771 --> 58:18.395
This is not an ordinary auction.
58:18.396 --> 58:19.604
A very lucky collection.
58:19.605 --> 58:20.605
Look over there.
58:20.980 --> 58:22.855
Rows of fancy cars shining bright.
58:23.188 --> 58:25.980
Exquisitely crafted gold ornaments.
58:26.438 --> 58:28.021
Eye-catching sparkling diamonds.
58:28.313 --> 58:31.271
Imported state-of-the-art machinery.
58:31.730 --> 58:34.480
Machines that cannot be found
anywhere in India.
58:34.980 --> 58:38.146
Once-in-a-generation opportunity.
58:38.355 --> 58:40.812
By bidding and paying the winning price,
58:40.813 --> 58:45.605
who will be fortunate enough
to live like royalty?
58:46.146 --> 58:48.271
Ladies, persuade your husbands.
58:48.646 --> 58:50.938
It's a once in a lifetime opportunity.
58:51.313 --> 58:54.730
Its total value will be
well over several million rupees.
58:55.105 --> 58:57.688
But the opening bid…
58:57.896 --> 58:59.396
Is only one rupee!
59:03.563 --> 59:06.187
Sir, why are you offering items
worth millions for just one rupee?
59:06.188 --> 59:09.020
Don't we have to collect
the tax Naidu owes the government?
59:09.021 --> 59:11.980
Rajangam, if someone
bids for more than 100,000 rupees
59:12.146 --> 59:13.895
Naidu need not even pay the penalty.
59:13.896 --> 59:15.979
But if everyone bids for one rupee,
59:15.980 --> 59:18.105
the balance has to be paid by Naidu.
59:18.438 --> 59:20.520
Why are you humiliating him
like this, sir?
59:20.521 --> 59:21.854
It's the collector's order.
59:21.855 --> 59:25.270
The highest bidder doesn't take home
just this rare collection of riches.
59:25.271 --> 59:27.812
You will be taking Mahalakshmi,
the Goddess of wealth, to your house.
59:27.813 --> 59:29.687
The first man has stood up.
59:29.688 --> 59:30.938
Sir, open the bidding.
59:31.355 --> 59:32.521
I'm going to pee, sir.
59:36.271 --> 59:41.188
Ladies, you can't even dream of all this.
Bid the lowest price for this fancy car.
59:41.355 --> 59:44.730
The time when luck will bless you
is just around the corner.
59:44.855 --> 59:46.730
Do not have second thoughts.
59:53.605 --> 59:54.646
Mohan.
59:55.480 --> 59:57.270
We've been sitting here for three hours.
59:57.271 --> 59:59.105
Not a single person has placed a bid.
59:59.646 --> 01:00:00.480
What?
01:00:00.896 --> 01:00:03.813
Strange, no one here wants to bid?
01:00:06.813 --> 01:00:09.188
Somehow this doesn't seem right to me.
01:00:20.396 --> 01:00:21.230
Sir.
01:00:22.480 --> 01:00:25.270
Not only are they insulting us
by auctioning our possessions,
01:00:25.271 --> 01:00:27.687
but they are selling
all the items for just one rupee.
01:00:27.688 --> 01:00:28.730
But look, sir.
01:00:29.021 --> 01:00:31.145
Not a single person
raised their hand to bid, sir.
01:00:31.146 --> 01:00:32.855
This is your final chance.
01:00:58.480 --> 01:01:00.146
One rupee and three-quarter anna.
01:01:02.313 --> 01:01:04.771
I am bidding
for one rupee and three-quarter anna.
01:01:07.188 --> 01:01:09.980
Sir, owners cannot bid
for their own belongings.
01:01:10.313 --> 01:01:11.562
Don't you know the law?
01:01:11.563 --> 01:01:15.230
The bidder's name is Ramaiah Pillai.
01:01:19.396 --> 01:01:20.313
Yes, sir.
01:01:23.021 --> 01:01:24.688
One rupee and three-quarter anna.
01:01:26.230 --> 01:01:28.312
His bid is
one rupee and three-quarter anna.
01:01:28.313 --> 01:01:29.855
Is anyone else topping his bid?
01:01:30.105 --> 01:01:32.105
- One rupee and three-quarter anna.
- Hey!
01:01:32.480 --> 01:01:34.062
No one here will bid in this auction.
01:01:34.063 --> 01:01:36.479
What your government
could not do for 20 years,
01:01:36.480 --> 01:01:38.812
our Naidu has helped us tenfold!
01:01:38.813 --> 01:01:39.854
She is right.
01:01:39.855 --> 01:01:41.313
Cheap guys disgracing him!
01:01:48.896 --> 01:01:51.063
One rupee and three-quarter anna.
Going once.
01:01:51.188 --> 01:01:52.188
Going twice.
01:01:52.771 --> 01:01:53.813
Going thrice.
01:01:58.938 --> 01:02:00.355
I have two rupees.
01:02:00.938 --> 01:02:04.271
Please return the balance without fail.
01:02:26.730 --> 01:02:30.896
Long live, Mr. Naidu!
01:02:34.563 --> 01:02:37.563
Long live, Mr. Naidu!
01:02:38.146 --> 01:02:40.563
Unbelievable respect
for a tax-dodging fraudster!
01:02:40.730 --> 01:02:44.230
These days, people can't tell
a gentleman from a con artist.
01:02:44.563 --> 01:02:47.770
All those who do business like this
swim in the same murky pond.
01:02:47.771 --> 01:02:49.979
Just to avoid paying tax,
01:02:49.980 --> 01:02:54.354
they give away some money
to the poor in the name of goodwill
01:02:54.355 --> 01:02:57.313
and hide their true and ill intentions.
01:02:57.730 --> 01:02:59.354
"Beloved people of this land!"
01:02:59.355 --> 01:03:03.271
"This Naidu has not paid tax in millions
for many years."
01:03:03.605 --> 01:03:06.771
If we announce it like that,
you think they will believe us?
01:03:07.271 --> 01:03:11.480
Because people do not have
a good opinion of our own department.
01:03:13.730 --> 01:03:18.021
The fact that Naidu is a tax dodger
should come from the press.
01:03:18.646 --> 01:03:20.313
People should read that news.
01:03:20.688 --> 01:03:24.230
People should gradually
lose their respect for him.
01:03:24.980 --> 01:03:26.188
- Mohan.
- Sir?
01:03:26.855 --> 01:03:31.063
Find a journalist today who is honest
01:03:31.271 --> 01:03:32.770
and ask him to start writing
01:03:32.771 --> 01:03:36.354
the truth behind Mr. G. D. Naidu
as a tax dodger.
01:03:36.355 --> 01:03:37.396
Okay, sir.
01:04:12.980 --> 01:04:13.896
Achudhan.
01:04:15.730 --> 01:04:16.730
Achudhan?
01:04:25.855 --> 01:04:27.396
- Mohan?
- Sir.
01:04:28.063 --> 01:04:29.855
Why did Achudhan come to our office?
01:04:30.021 --> 01:04:31.979
He collected the documents of Mr. Bond
01:04:31.980 --> 01:04:34.229
who has paid income tax
for the past three years.
01:04:34.230 --> 01:04:36.854
Hey! Will you hand over whatever
to anyone asks you for?
01:04:36.855 --> 01:04:39.520
I didn't know, sir.
He showed Bond's ID as per protocol.
01:04:39.521 --> 01:04:41.145
- So I gave it, sir.
- That is fine.
01:04:41.146 --> 01:04:45.229
I want to know why Naidu's men
are asking for Bond's documents.
01:04:45.230 --> 01:04:46.313
Sir?
01:04:46.438 --> 01:04:48.520
A man with a dog is here
creating such a ruckus.
01:04:48.521 --> 01:04:50.937
I said dogs are not allowed inside,
but he refuses to listen, sir.
01:04:50.938 --> 01:04:52.520
Pillai, take the dog out.
01:04:52.521 --> 01:04:54.562
The collector is in a meeting.
He'll be mad if he finds out.
01:04:54.563 --> 01:04:55.770
Let the collector come out.
01:04:55.771 --> 01:04:57.271
Sir, shall we?
01:04:57.771 --> 01:04:58.896
No, I'll take care.
01:05:05.146 --> 01:05:06.480
The collector is here.
01:05:06.646 --> 01:05:07.980
Greetings, sir.
01:05:08.105 --> 01:05:09.855
We are meeting frequently nowadays.
01:05:09.980 --> 01:05:14.104
Did someone from your office
collect Mr. Bond's income tax documents?
01:05:14.105 --> 01:05:15.395
Yes, we did.
01:05:15.396 --> 01:05:16.938
Mr. Bond is a minor.
01:05:17.063 --> 01:05:18.188
I am the guardian.
01:05:18.313 --> 01:05:20.937
He has been paying income tax
promptly for the past three years.
01:05:20.938 --> 01:05:22.770
You must have checked the documents.
01:05:22.771 --> 01:05:24.396
If he is a diligent taxpayer,
01:05:24.688 --> 01:05:26.979
why didn't he come and meet me directly
in my office?
01:05:26.980 --> 01:05:28.605
Why send people like you here?
01:05:28.896 --> 01:05:31.020
Exactly, that's my opinion too.
01:05:31.021 --> 01:05:33.313
But they refused
to allow dogs in the office.
01:05:33.646 --> 01:05:37.605
I want to know, is this the respect
you show to perfectly prompt taxpayers?
01:05:45.021 --> 01:05:46.605
What are you trying to say, man?
01:05:47.855 --> 01:05:49.688
This is Mr. Bond!
01:05:53.271 --> 01:05:56.230
Bond, this is a British loyalist.
01:05:56.605 --> 01:05:59.563
An integrity-conscious income tax officer.
01:05:59.688 --> 01:06:03.438
His name is Mr. Ambalapara Krishnan.
01:06:03.896 --> 01:06:06.855
He follows what's on paper to the T.
01:06:07.188 --> 01:06:08.355
Greet him.
01:06:09.646 --> 01:06:10.730
Oh, no! Bond.
01:06:10.980 --> 01:06:12.480
You have a short fuse.
01:06:12.605 --> 01:06:15.187
We have been paying taxes promptly
for the past three years, sir.
01:06:15.188 --> 01:06:18.980
But the department is unaware
if the taxpayer is human or an animal.
01:06:19.105 --> 01:06:21.813
They have this one-track mind
to snatch the tax.
01:06:22.188 --> 01:06:25.187
If you ask, they will justify
it is their rules and protocols on paper.
01:06:25.188 --> 01:06:26.645
What the hell can we do, sir?
01:06:26.646 --> 01:06:27.730
Ramaiah Pillai.
01:06:28.021 --> 01:06:29.688
This is a government office.
01:06:29.938 --> 01:06:32.604
If you create a scene here,
I will be forced to call the police.
01:06:32.605 --> 01:06:35.605
If I ask for justice, will you
accuse me of creating trouble?
01:06:35.938 --> 01:06:39.771
Mr. Naidu started questioning you
only after you began levying unjust taxes.
01:06:40.021 --> 01:06:42.105
Till then, he was a prompt tax payer.
01:06:42.396 --> 01:06:45.521
When he started questioning you,
you piled a penalty on him.
01:06:45.771 --> 01:06:47.979
Then heaped more penalties unjustly.
01:06:47.980 --> 01:06:49.979
Naidu understood that
you had begun to loot.
01:06:49.980 --> 01:06:54.479
That's why he began serving
the nation and its people directly.
01:06:54.480 --> 01:06:56.729
File as many cases as you want
against him.
01:06:56.730 --> 01:06:59.895
Bring in your men to confiscate his assets
as many times as you want.
01:06:59.896 --> 01:07:05.230
But you can't touch Naidu's pet dog,
let alone Naidu himself.
01:07:05.896 --> 01:07:07.146
- Perunkilli.
- Sir?
01:07:07.521 --> 01:07:09.813
If this man utters one more word,
01:07:10.146 --> 01:07:11.520
- call the police.
- Yes, sir.
01:07:11.521 --> 01:07:12.605
Oh, no!
01:07:14.021 --> 01:07:15.896
I won't utter another word, sir.
01:07:16.146 --> 01:07:18.438
But, I will write.
01:07:18.771 --> 01:07:22.771
In whichever paper you intend
to defame Mr. Naidu's reputation,
01:07:23.021 --> 01:07:25.770
in that same newspaper
and the same page…
01:07:25.771 --> 01:07:31.645
"Income tax officials who claim
that Mr. G. D. Naidu is a tax dodger
01:07:31.646 --> 01:07:36.188
are not the least bit concerned about
a dog paying tax for three years.''
01:07:36.355 --> 01:07:39.230
''They have been pocketing
that money happily."
01:07:40.063 --> 01:07:41.230
That's all I will write.
01:07:41.563 --> 01:07:43.604
Let the general public read both the news.
01:07:43.605 --> 01:07:47.146
Then let us see whether
their respect for Naidu increases
01:07:47.480 --> 01:07:53.313
or whatever shred of respect
they have for you vanishes.
01:07:57.105 --> 01:07:59.438
Are you trying to tarnish my integrity?
01:07:59.563 --> 01:08:01.563
Oh! Integrity?
01:08:02.771 --> 01:08:05.771
Your Naidu has to answer to this.
01:08:07.188 --> 01:08:12.020
I will make him apologize to me
for all his wrongdoings.
01:08:12.021 --> 01:08:14.105
I will ensure he pays the tax he dodged.
01:08:14.938 --> 01:08:17.104
I'll tear off the fake mask he wears
01:08:17.105 --> 01:08:20.105
to fool innocent people
into thinking he's a good man.
01:08:20.605 --> 01:08:23.105
Words from a pure heart
will come true, man.
01:08:23.688 --> 01:08:25.188
Mark my words.
01:08:25.355 --> 01:08:30.605
From today, your Naidu
will not get to sleep peacefully.
01:08:45.730 --> 01:08:47.063
Well done, dear Bond.
01:08:57.521 --> 01:08:59.230
A dog was paying tax, it seems.
01:08:59.438 --> 01:09:01.938
Did you accept it with intent
or were you ignorant?
01:09:04.980 --> 01:09:08.312
Sir, we now doubt whether the taxes
you collected from us were justified.
01:09:08.313 --> 01:09:10.313
Sir, I'm asking you.
Please respond, sir.
01:09:23.813 --> 01:09:24.854
What are you gaping at?
01:09:24.855 --> 01:09:28.355
N. S. Krishnan and M. R. Radha
are traveling in G. D. Naidu's car, sir.
01:09:29.188 --> 01:09:30.271
Prototype.
01:09:31.480 --> 01:09:33.062
Can this car be driven on the road?
01:09:33.063 --> 01:09:36.770
Sir, to drive that car, a separate
practice ground has been allocated.
01:09:36.771 --> 01:09:38.271
Driving on this road is wrong.
01:09:39.230 --> 01:09:41.063
Go straight to the police station.
01:09:41.313 --> 01:09:42.146
Okay, sir.
01:09:50.730 --> 01:09:52.855
- What do you think, NSK?
- Spectacular.
01:09:54.188 --> 01:09:58.521
Make a film that teaches students
the importance of education.
01:09:58.938 --> 01:10:00.230
Mr. Naidu.
01:10:00.646 --> 01:10:04.188
Cinema should have
two fight scenes, four songs
01:10:04.313 --> 01:10:07.480
with celestial nymphs like Menaka
and Rambha dancing enticingly.
01:10:07.688 --> 01:10:10.937
Only then the audience will come
to the theaters to be entertained.
01:10:10.938 --> 01:10:14.896
Now that will make the bosses happy,
and we can make some money.
01:10:15.605 --> 01:10:18.604
But you want children
who don't study in school
01:10:18.605 --> 01:10:21.187
to watch a movie
in a theater for education?
01:10:21.188 --> 01:10:23.480
Which age are you living in, Naidu?
01:10:23.688 --> 01:10:26.271
Why do you nod your head
so vehemently, Krishnan?
01:10:33.271 --> 01:10:34.520
- Naidu?
- Huh?
01:10:34.521 --> 01:10:36.688
Isn't that a police car chasing us?
01:10:40.146 --> 01:10:41.355
Oh, yes!
01:10:42.105 --> 01:10:43.687
Naidu, is it a laughing matter?
01:10:43.688 --> 01:10:46.770
Didn't you say we should laugh
when trouble comes chasing us?
01:10:46.771 --> 01:10:48.813
That's the biggest boomerang, I swear!
01:10:49.355 --> 01:10:52.270
The police and us are never
on the same side, Mr. Naidu.
01:10:52.271 --> 01:10:55.313
Got a gun or something on you?
We'll finish them off and flee.
01:10:57.271 --> 01:11:00.062
No need for such drastic measures.
I have a testing permit.
01:11:00.063 --> 01:11:02.313
That's a relief.
Why not show them the permit?
01:11:02.730 --> 01:11:05.438
Let them first catch up with us.
Then we can show them.
01:11:14.688 --> 01:11:15.605
Faster!
01:11:16.480 --> 01:11:18.771
- Go…go, man
- They are catching up, Naidu.
01:11:18.980 --> 01:11:21.105
They are closing in, Naidu.
01:11:21.271 --> 01:11:22.520
They are catching up.
01:11:22.521 --> 01:11:25.105
Naidu, this is rocket speed!
01:11:28.480 --> 01:11:29.646
Go, go, go!
01:11:33.813 --> 01:11:35.771
- Naidu, they are catching up.
- Speed up!
01:11:36.063 --> 01:11:37.437
Speed up!
01:11:37.438 --> 01:11:39.520
We can arrest him
only if we nab him while driving.
01:11:39.521 --> 01:11:40.855
Speed up to catch him.
01:11:42.730 --> 01:11:44.021
Careful…
01:11:47.355 --> 01:11:49.188
Oh, no! Naidu.
01:11:49.813 --> 01:11:51.812
They are hot on our heels, Naidu.
01:11:51.813 --> 01:11:55.062
With your act of defiance, looks like
even your permit won't save us today.
01:11:55.063 --> 01:11:56.688
Worry not, NSK.
01:11:56.980 --> 01:11:59.230
Our prototype is a four-wheel ride.
01:11:59.855 --> 01:12:00.979
They are coming, Naidu.
01:12:00.980 --> 01:12:03.188
They are closing in on us.
Speed up, Naidu!
01:12:15.230 --> 01:12:16.813
- Mr. Naidu.
- Huh?
01:12:17.105 --> 01:12:20.063
Not just the car,
that khaki uniform bit the dust too.
01:12:23.896 --> 01:12:24.855
Mr. Naidu.
01:12:24.980 --> 01:12:27.021
Don't assume the police have given up.
01:12:27.146 --> 01:12:29.520
They will sniff us out like hounds.
01:12:29.521 --> 01:12:30.605
Dirty fellows!
01:12:31.896 --> 01:12:35.105
He brought the comfort of bus travel
to people who used ox carts.
01:12:35.230 --> 01:12:36.771
They created problem then.
01:12:36.980 --> 01:12:40.146
Now Naidu's goal is for
the common folk to travel by car.
01:12:40.396 --> 01:12:42.771
To make cars affordable,
01:12:42.938 --> 01:12:45.105
he has assembled a prototype.
01:12:45.521 --> 01:12:47.729
Those wretched fellows
have landed here too.
01:12:47.730 --> 01:12:49.646
Sir, car means affluence, right?
01:12:50.188 --> 01:12:53.395
How can it be made cheap enough
for the common man to afford it?
01:12:53.396 --> 01:12:55.438
- It is possible.
- Huh?
01:12:55.938 --> 01:12:58.730
You know Hitler from Germany?
01:12:59.230 --> 01:13:02.313
He used this same method
to build low-cost cars.
01:13:02.480 --> 01:13:05.812
There's a rumor going around that he plans
to make it available to the common man.
01:13:05.813 --> 01:13:08.813
The two of us are planning
to go to Germany.
01:13:08.938 --> 01:13:11.895
If we can prove that their
cars can be manufactured
01:13:11.896 --> 01:13:14.438
in our country at a cheaper price,
01:13:14.813 --> 01:13:16.896
they will set up their factories here.
01:13:17.105 --> 01:13:19.437
We will also get to know the techniques.
01:13:19.438 --> 01:13:20.729
Then next step?
01:13:20.730 --> 01:13:23.270
We will also manufacture cars
at an affordable price
01:13:23.271 --> 01:13:25.312
and offer it to our people.
01:13:25.313 --> 01:13:26.605
Mr. Pillai!
01:13:26.730 --> 01:13:28.979
These British fellows don't like Germans.
01:13:28.980 --> 01:13:30.437
Nor do they like our Naidu.
01:13:30.438 --> 01:13:34.313
But you're saying you will join hands
with the Germans and do business?
01:13:34.563 --> 01:13:36.687
He won't let you go out of this country.
01:13:36.688 --> 01:13:39.354
Only God can help you get
the stamp of approval, Mr. Naidu.
01:13:39.355 --> 01:13:41.730
Radha, we have an idea for that.
01:13:42.021 --> 01:13:43.937
You know the razor blade
Naidu has invented?
01:13:43.938 --> 01:13:45.230
UMS blade.
01:13:45.605 --> 01:13:47.562
- What was the name of that place again…
- Leipzig.
01:13:47.563 --> 01:13:48.645
Leipzig.
01:13:48.646 --> 01:13:50.605
We'll attend a trade fair in that city
01:13:50.855 --> 01:13:52.563
to showcase the blade over there.
01:13:52.730 --> 01:13:54.563
We have got the nomination
01:13:54.938 --> 01:13:56.438
and the invitation too.
01:13:56.688 --> 01:13:58.687
We go to display the blade
01:13:58.688 --> 01:14:00.646
and seal the car deal at the same time.
01:14:00.938 --> 01:14:02.230
Remarkable!
01:14:02.355 --> 01:14:04.562
You're doing this
for the good of our people.
01:14:04.563 --> 01:14:05.979
Everything will be for the good.
01:14:05.980 --> 01:14:07.980
Forget the good outcome.
01:14:08.146 --> 01:14:09.979
Look at the trouble
coming right behind you.
01:14:09.980 --> 01:14:11.063
They are here?
01:14:16.396 --> 01:14:20.229
Sir, we saw you driving
a prototype car this morning.
01:14:20.230 --> 01:14:22.229
- It's illegal.
- Car, huh?
01:14:22.230 --> 01:14:24.729
Mr. Naidu, why haven't you
taken us for a drive yet?
01:14:24.730 --> 01:14:27.437
Wouldn't he have taken us for a drive
if such a car existed?
01:14:27.438 --> 01:14:29.020
What are you saying, officer?
01:14:29.021 --> 01:14:30.562
Are you acting funny with me, sir?
01:14:30.563 --> 01:14:34.105
Are we his friends or family
to pull his leg?
01:14:34.438 --> 01:14:35.980
Constables, search!
01:14:36.230 --> 01:14:37.479
Search thoroughly.
01:14:37.480 --> 01:14:41.438
I've been searching for the past two days.
It seems to be playing hide and seek!
01:14:45.105 --> 01:14:47.188
You couldn't find such a big car?
01:14:48.188 --> 01:14:49.188
Sir.
01:14:49.771 --> 01:14:53.105
It took us only one hour to locate him.
01:14:54.188 --> 01:14:57.813
But by then, he had dismantled
the car and removed all traces of it.
01:14:58.230 --> 01:15:00.729
We were unable to catch him
with the car intact, sir.
01:15:00.730 --> 01:15:01.813
Constables.
01:15:03.188 --> 01:15:04.188
Sir, look at this.
01:15:04.730 --> 01:15:07.020
G. D. Naidu's new scheme
to build a house in 24 hours.
01:15:07.021 --> 01:15:09.145
He has invited V. V. Giri
to inaugurate the foundation.
01:15:09.146 --> 01:15:11.604
He built the house in just one day
and even invited V.V. Giri
01:15:11.605 --> 01:15:13.771
to inaugurate it the very same evening.
01:15:14.021 --> 01:15:15.562
He has gone way beyond our grasp.
01:15:15.563 --> 01:15:17.938
Trying to nab him is
becoming tougher by the day.
01:15:22.313 --> 01:15:23.730
- Killi.
- Sir?
01:15:24.271 --> 01:15:26.396
A man is piling up a list of wrongdoings.
01:15:27.063 --> 01:15:28.646
How far can he go?
01:15:29.230 --> 01:15:30.563
Let me wait and watch.
01:15:37.063 --> 01:15:39.688
EN ROUTE GERMANY
01:15:43.813 --> 01:15:46.229
Shall we place
that chassis blueprint on top?
01:15:46.230 --> 01:15:47.105
Yes.
01:15:54.771 --> 01:15:57.313
Mom, it's broken.
01:16:06.480 --> 01:16:08.062
- What, Sundaram?
- Sir?
01:16:08.063 --> 01:16:10.520
Your body is moving forward
but your eyeballs are reversing!
01:16:10.521 --> 01:16:12.687
Sir, we have spent 30 days on this ship.
01:16:12.688 --> 01:16:14.270
My eyes can see only miles of blue sea.
01:16:14.271 --> 01:16:17.020
That was just a simple act
of appreciating beauty, sir.
01:16:17.021 --> 01:16:18.854
Sundaram, please bring that over here.
01:16:18.855 --> 01:16:19.980
What… Oh, this?
01:16:25.105 --> 01:16:26.395
Thank you, madam.
01:16:26.396 --> 01:16:28.895
In broad daylight?
That too in front of our boss?
01:16:28.896 --> 01:16:29.938
That's alright.
01:16:30.313 --> 01:16:31.604
Is that whiskey?
01:16:31.605 --> 01:16:33.355
It is whiskey but not for drinking.
01:16:33.646 --> 01:16:35.146
- Then for what?
- For this nick.
01:16:36.938 --> 01:16:38.063
How did that happen?
01:16:38.313 --> 01:16:39.896
Sir, I used our UMS blade.
01:16:40.063 --> 01:16:42.646
Even after 20 shaves,
it stayed sharp as ever.
01:16:42.896 --> 01:16:45.355
But the rocking of this ship
caused this mild cut.
01:16:45.771 --> 01:16:48.145
When you shave,
there should be no cuts or nicks.
01:16:48.146 --> 01:16:51.020
We need a blade
that glides softly as butter.
01:16:51.021 --> 01:16:52.938
Imagine the satisfaction you will get.
01:16:53.813 --> 01:16:56.604
You should not use a butter knife
to slice a loaf of bread, Louisa.
01:16:56.605 --> 01:16:58.562
Use the knife with serrated edges.
01:16:58.563 --> 01:17:01.063
Only then will it cut smoothly
and perfectly.
01:17:41.896 --> 01:17:45.146
Sir, I told you
only because I nicked my throat.
01:17:45.605 --> 01:17:47.480
You've attached a motor to shave now.
01:17:47.730 --> 01:17:49.854
Now I'll have scars all over
like shovel marks.
01:17:49.855 --> 01:17:51.437
Don't worry.
Nothing will happen.
01:17:51.438 --> 01:17:54.813
This is a small sacrifice to see
if your boss's invention works.
01:17:55.146 --> 01:17:59.312
When new drugs are discovered in the West,
scientists experiment on lab mice.
01:17:59.313 --> 01:18:00.646
This is the same situation.
01:18:00.771 --> 01:18:01.813
Mice?
01:18:02.646 --> 01:18:05.520
He has a better beard than mine.
Why not experiment on him?
01:18:05.521 --> 01:18:07.771
I've taken a vow for Lord Murugan.
01:18:09.021 --> 01:18:10.521
You can't tamper with it.
01:18:11.105 --> 01:18:12.730
Okay, first you try.
01:18:14.063 --> 01:18:15.188
Lord Murugan.
01:18:48.938 --> 01:18:49.813
Sir.
01:18:50.188 --> 01:18:52.063
Not even a single nick on my face.
01:18:52.896 --> 01:18:55.438
Your skin is as soft as a baby's bottom.
01:18:55.855 --> 01:18:58.812
Sir, if Hitler tries to shave
with this razor,
01:18:58.813 --> 01:19:00.854
he will be astounded by your invention.
01:19:00.855 --> 01:19:04.313
Sir, we must definitely send this
to the next trade fair competition.
01:19:06.771 --> 01:19:08.645
Sir, I found out
the meaning of your words.
01:19:08.646 --> 01:19:10.395
Rasant means fast in German.
01:19:10.396 --> 01:19:12.687
- A wonderful name for our razor.
- Yes, Pillai.
01:19:12.688 --> 01:19:14.770
Rasant razor which we will
manufacture and sell
01:19:14.771 --> 01:19:18.270
should be the first cost-effective
vibrating electric shaver in the world.
01:19:18.271 --> 01:19:21.230
Yes, Naidu, we can find
good electric motors in Germany.
01:19:21.355 --> 01:19:23.854
We can buy this handle from Switzerland.
01:19:23.855 --> 01:19:26.812
Then this steel required
to make the blade…
01:19:26.813 --> 01:19:28.645
We can import it from Sweden.
01:19:28.646 --> 01:19:30.229
We can set up a factory in Coimbatore.
01:19:30.230 --> 01:19:31.646
Brilliant idea!
01:19:31.896 --> 01:19:33.313
He's here. He's here.
01:19:38.563 --> 01:19:40.855
- Should we also raise our hands?
- No, no need.
01:19:52.188 --> 01:19:53.270
One second.
01:19:53.271 --> 01:19:54.729
- No…
- Just one photo.
01:19:54.730 --> 01:19:56.187
One photo.
01:19:56.188 --> 01:19:58.520
Hey! Let go.
Where are you taking me?
01:19:58.521 --> 01:19:59.895
Let go of him.
01:19:59.896 --> 01:20:01.105
Sir…
01:20:08.855 --> 01:20:11.521
All of you, go that side, quick.
01:20:18.855 --> 01:20:20.104
What, sir? What is the matter?
01:20:20.105 --> 01:20:21.563
Search and seizure operation.
01:20:21.896 --> 01:20:24.021
- On what basis?
- Based on suspicion.
01:20:24.480 --> 01:20:27.687
The machines Naidu used for counterfeiting
and the fake notes are hoarded here
01:20:27.688 --> 01:20:30.020
according to the information
we have received.
01:20:30.021 --> 01:20:32.605
Do you have any factual evidence
for your assertions?
01:20:33.105 --> 01:20:35.187
You acted on some random tip
and decided to raid us.
01:20:35.188 --> 01:20:38.520
We got word of unaccounted cash
and gold being stashed here.
01:20:38.521 --> 01:20:40.105
- Who the hell said so, man?
- Hey!
01:20:43.105 --> 01:20:44.188
- Mohan.
- Sir.
01:20:44.730 --> 01:20:46.063
Where is the Accounts room?
01:20:46.313 --> 01:20:47.312
No one should move.
01:20:47.313 --> 01:20:48.645
Those of you outside
should not enter.
01:20:48.646 --> 01:20:50.438
Those inside should not exit.
01:20:51.521 --> 01:20:53.937
What's the use of being flustered now?
01:20:53.938 --> 01:20:55.021
Excuse me, madam.
01:20:56.730 --> 01:20:59.020
They want access to our Accounts room.
01:20:59.021 --> 01:21:00.480
How can we do that?
01:21:00.605 --> 01:21:02.604
I can seat them in the meeting hall
and get the docume--
01:21:02.605 --> 01:21:03.730
Mr. Achudhan.
01:21:04.188 --> 01:21:06.605
Just give whichever room
they need access to.
01:21:07.855 --> 01:21:10.396
We should be scared
only if we are hiding something.
01:21:10.855 --> 01:21:12.562
At a time when the boss isn't here…
01:21:12.563 --> 01:21:15.188
Even if he had been here,
he would have done the same.
01:21:15.980 --> 01:21:17.312
POLICE
01:21:17.313 --> 01:21:18.521
What is this city, sir?
01:21:18.771 --> 01:21:20.980
Will they arrest us
just for clicking photos?
01:21:21.271 --> 01:21:22.605
- Sundaram.
- Sir?
01:21:22.771 --> 01:21:25.020
I heard they don't allow
anyone to utter a single word.
01:21:25.021 --> 01:21:27.730
Only their guns do the talking, it seems.
01:21:28.021 --> 01:21:30.355
Our Naidu lets his tongue
run when riled up.
01:21:30.813 --> 01:21:32.813
- Wonder what is happening.
- Sir.
01:21:33.438 --> 01:21:35.730
Why? Let us think positive.
01:21:36.146 --> 01:21:37.271
Wishful thinking.
01:21:37.438 --> 01:21:40.479
Can you arrange
for his release now?
01:21:40.480 --> 01:21:42.521
- Sure.
- Henrick.
01:21:43.105 --> 01:21:44.479
No need to be scared.
01:21:44.480 --> 01:21:45.604
He is right here.
01:21:45.605 --> 01:21:46.813
Come with me.
01:21:49.688 --> 01:21:52.437
They released him.
But he refused to leave.
01:21:52.438 --> 01:21:53.937
What is going on in his mind?
01:21:53.938 --> 01:21:56.396
Whatever wretchedness
only he has to blurt it out.
01:22:18.063 --> 01:22:19.438
Oh, no!
01:22:27.480 --> 01:22:28.605
What is this, Pillai?
01:22:29.146 --> 01:22:31.479
I thought you would take
at least two months to track me down.
01:22:31.480 --> 01:22:33.146
But here you are in two days.
01:22:33.396 --> 01:22:34.729
Sir, what is this?
01:22:34.730 --> 01:22:37.229
Be practical.
It's freezing cold outside.
01:22:37.230 --> 01:22:38.437
If I ask for a vegetarian meal,
01:22:38.438 --> 01:22:41.187
without making a face, they serve
unlimited, piping hot food.
01:22:41.188 --> 01:22:42.230
I have an idea.
01:22:42.605 --> 01:22:44.104
Why don't you both
finish all the work?
01:22:44.105 --> 01:22:45.354
I'll stay here a couple of days.
01:22:45.355 --> 01:22:46.813
Is this your idea of a joke?
01:22:47.188 --> 01:22:50.688
Our blade is being awarded
a prize at the Leipzig Fair.
01:22:51.021 --> 01:22:52.730
How can we receive it without you?
01:22:55.146 --> 01:22:56.771
- Is that true, Pillai?
- Yes.
01:23:01.646 --> 01:23:03.646
Come on. Don't dawdle.
01:23:03.896 --> 01:23:04.980
I'm going.
01:23:06.313 --> 01:23:08.770
Don't eat anything offered to you
by anyone at the raid venue.
01:23:08.771 --> 01:23:10.937
- Everything is arranged by us, Mohan.
- Okay.
01:23:10.938 --> 01:23:13.021
- Mohan.
- Sir, I've checked.
01:23:13.480 --> 01:23:15.730
No black money or gold
is hoarded inside, sir.
01:23:16.021 --> 01:23:17.854
Where were you
all this while, Mr. Mohan?
01:23:17.855 --> 01:23:19.688
Checking the locker room downstairs--
01:23:30.105 --> 01:23:31.355
Hey! Police!
01:23:31.813 --> 01:23:32.980
Call the fire force!
01:23:34.271 --> 01:23:36.563
Sir, I am sure this is their doing.
01:23:46.396 --> 01:23:50.395
Ladies and gentlemen, a huge round
of applause for Mr. G. Doraiswamy Naidu
01:23:50.396 --> 01:23:54.021
for winning the prestigious
third prize at this year's Leipzig Fair.
01:24:00.771 --> 01:24:05.355
LEIPZIG TRADE FAIR
01:24:05.688 --> 01:24:06.771
Pillai.
01:24:07.646 --> 01:24:09.980
This is an air-cooled engine.
I told you, right?
01:24:10.105 --> 01:24:11.979
- So cheap and efficient.
- Sir.
01:24:11.980 --> 01:24:14.395
We have got an appointment
with the Benz authorities.
01:24:14.396 --> 01:24:16.771
- Shall we go?
- Come…
01:24:24.980 --> 01:24:27.438
I've got a new idea
for the valve lock technology.
01:24:30.271 --> 01:24:31.563
I'd like to show--
01:24:31.730 --> 01:24:33.188
Naidu is here.
01:24:33.646 --> 01:24:34.646
Naidu?
01:24:37.313 --> 01:24:39.688
Mr. Naidu.
Congratulations on your award.
01:24:40.271 --> 01:24:42.438
Danke schoen.
01:24:45.355 --> 01:24:49.730
You are manufacturing
foreign spare parts in India.
01:24:49.855 --> 01:24:52.145
Their business is being severely affected.
01:24:52.146 --> 01:24:53.437
How is that possible, sir?
01:24:53.438 --> 01:24:57.312
If car manufacturers don't hike the price
of spare parts for excess profit,
01:24:57.313 --> 01:24:59.730
why would I manufacture them myself?
01:25:03.938 --> 01:25:06.438
Don't get me wrong.
I meant it as a compliment.
01:25:09.855 --> 01:25:11.687
We would like to collaborate with you.
01:25:11.688 --> 01:25:13.521
Why don't you send us a proposal?
01:25:13.855 --> 01:25:16.104
Oh, my God, sir.
I will be delighted to.
01:25:16.105 --> 01:25:17.771
- I didn't expect this.
- Of course.
01:25:18.063 --> 01:25:19.021
Thank you.
01:25:19.146 --> 01:25:21.062
Mr. Rudolph, about this
valve lock technology…
01:25:21.063 --> 01:25:22.187
Later…
01:25:22.188 --> 01:25:23.479
Come for coffee.
01:25:23.480 --> 01:25:24.313
Yes.
01:25:29.771 --> 01:25:33.105
MADRAS HARBOR
01:25:36.230 --> 01:25:37.937
Hello, G. D. Welcome back.
01:25:37.938 --> 01:25:39.396
Hi, Doctor. How are you?
01:25:39.563 --> 01:25:41.813
I am good as always.
Ranganayaki is waiting for you.
01:25:45.688 --> 01:25:46.938
How are you, dear?
01:25:49.355 --> 01:25:50.938
I'm good. How are you?
01:25:51.646 --> 01:25:52.895
I am good too.
01:25:52.896 --> 01:25:54.438
How is everyone at home?
01:25:55.146 --> 01:25:56.355
They are doing well too.
01:26:00.646 --> 01:26:02.605
You jinxed everything.
01:26:03.188 --> 01:26:05.105
Such a downpour on our grove.
01:26:05.855 --> 01:26:07.480
We didn't get a single mango.
01:26:07.980 --> 01:26:09.187
And our house help, Devi,
01:26:09.188 --> 01:26:11.855
has not come to clean the house
for more than a month.
01:26:12.688 --> 01:26:15.770
Hey! Did you bring down the rice fritters
I had dried on the terrace?
01:26:15.771 --> 01:26:17.396
- Yes, I did.
- Your favorite…
01:26:18.813 --> 01:26:20.563
If they burn our documents,
01:26:21.230 --> 01:26:24.105
we cannot prove that they levied
false tax penalties on us.
01:26:24.271 --> 01:26:27.480
They made sure there is
no evidence whatsoever, sir.
01:26:31.021 --> 01:26:32.521
They have set the fire, right?
01:26:34.105 --> 01:26:36.438
No one can extinguish that fire hereafter.
01:26:39.355 --> 01:26:40.271
Come on.
01:26:46.980 --> 01:26:47.980
Greetings, sir.
01:26:49.480 --> 01:26:51.980
Ramaiah Pillai,
say what you want to say and leave.
01:26:52.355 --> 01:26:55.229
What is this, Sundaram?
Aren't the British our enemies?
01:26:55.230 --> 01:26:57.063
We should actually be opposing them.
01:26:57.230 --> 01:26:59.020
But our own people
seem to be our enemies.
01:26:59.021 --> 01:27:00.688
To traitors like you,
01:27:01.521 --> 01:27:03.521
we will appear like enemies, Pillai.
01:27:04.063 --> 01:27:05.271
Your wit is commendable!
01:27:05.605 --> 01:27:08.355
The Industrial Revolution
in our Kongu belt
01:27:08.521 --> 01:27:10.729
will transform into our nation's growth.
01:27:10.730 --> 01:27:13.062
We have been planning
with foresight, you see.
01:27:13.063 --> 01:27:14.605
Yes, we are traitors.
01:27:15.105 --> 01:27:18.188
If diligent taxpayers say this,
we can listen with due respect.
01:27:18.771 --> 01:27:21.938
You are so confident because
the tax documents are burnt, right?
01:27:22.480 --> 01:27:23.938
Hey, my dear boys.
01:27:24.271 --> 01:27:27.855
Bring in all our documents
they assume they have burnt.
01:27:39.771 --> 01:27:41.145
Look at them coming in a line.
01:27:41.146 --> 01:27:42.855
Like a millipede.
01:27:43.188 --> 01:27:45.895
Come at a brisk pace
and put them down in one swift motion.
01:27:45.896 --> 01:27:48.020
Look how they dropped it
stirring a cloud of dust.
01:27:48.021 --> 01:27:49.479
What are you staring at?
01:27:49.480 --> 01:27:51.188
These are our original documents.
01:27:51.813 --> 01:27:53.396
You burnt the copies.
01:27:53.521 --> 01:27:57.980
Our Naidu takes four copies
of every single document.
01:27:58.438 --> 01:28:02.938
Be they documents, office letters,
personal letters, and…
01:28:04.355 --> 01:28:06.271
He takes copies of love letters too.
01:28:07.313 --> 01:28:09.105
All the documents are original, sir.
01:28:10.521 --> 01:28:12.438
Scan the files thoroughly.
01:28:12.813 --> 01:28:14.021
Our boys, sit down.
01:28:14.813 --> 01:28:17.438
Let's see if the documents
burn or float today.
01:28:17.646 --> 01:28:19.854
Sir, please, you are not
permitted to sit like this.
01:28:19.855 --> 01:28:21.313
Then I'll change my position.
01:28:22.396 --> 01:28:23.396
Mohan.
01:28:23.563 --> 01:28:24.563
Let them be.
01:28:25.521 --> 01:28:26.812
These documents.
01:28:26.813 --> 01:28:28.645
Start checking them.
01:28:28.646 --> 01:28:30.396
- Yes, sir.
- Call our entire staff.
01:28:50.938 --> 01:28:51.980
What is this?
01:28:53.105 --> 01:28:55.313
Why are you humiliating me like this?
01:28:56.938 --> 01:29:00.646
Naidu's papers and accounts
are in perfect order.
01:29:01.480 --> 01:29:04.688
Then how are our documents
showing such stark differences?
01:29:06.730 --> 01:29:07.730
What?
01:29:07.855 --> 01:29:09.480
What have you been up to?
01:29:11.271 --> 01:29:13.355
Respected honest officer.
01:29:14.980 --> 01:29:18.271
Will you fight among yourselves
or listen to what we have to say?
01:29:19.480 --> 01:29:20.771
Not just UMS.
01:29:21.063 --> 01:29:23.230
Our factories,
educational institutions,
01:29:23.688 --> 01:29:25.187
all our records will be perfect.
01:29:25.188 --> 01:29:27.438
Open it for inspection
for anyone at any time.
01:29:28.480 --> 01:29:31.980
I chose not to pay the penalty
your government unjustly enforced on me.
01:29:32.938 --> 01:29:36.271
Instead of learning how
to burn records using phosphorus,
01:29:36.730 --> 01:29:40.563
you can learn why your government
is targeting me repeatedly, right?
01:29:41.230 --> 01:29:42.479
Let me repeat your golden words.
01:29:42.480 --> 01:29:44.105
People cannot be trusted.
01:29:44.896 --> 01:29:46.563
Only papers speak the truth.
01:29:47.938 --> 01:29:50.021
Our papers have revealed the truth to you.
01:29:51.688 --> 01:29:53.355
Who will you suspect now?
01:29:58.563 --> 01:29:59.563
I'll take leave.
01:30:02.105 --> 01:30:06.146
Naidu ironed out the alleged creases of
his papers and crumpled Krishnan's policy.
01:30:16.563 --> 01:30:18.270
G. D. NAIDU HONORED IN GERMANY
01:30:18.271 --> 01:30:19.355
Sir?
01:30:20.813 --> 01:30:23.230
- Did you read this news?
- Yes.
01:30:23.896 --> 01:30:24.855
Sir.
01:30:25.021 --> 01:30:27.229
We have applications
for new business ventures.
01:30:27.230 --> 01:30:28.563
Your signature is required.
01:30:28.730 --> 01:30:31.604
Hereafter, if someone
wants to start a business,
01:30:31.605 --> 01:30:33.688
you should tell them
to meet me personally.
01:30:34.396 --> 01:30:37.938
They'd start a business in the names
of their pets and bring me trouble!
01:30:38.355 --> 01:30:39.813
Hey, sit down. Sit and eat.
01:30:42.188 --> 01:30:44.729
Sir, Naidu is claiming
to be a true Gandhian
01:30:44.730 --> 01:30:46.895
and is refusing to pay tax to the British.
01:30:46.896 --> 01:30:50.104
But he has manufactured and sold
a mica capacitor for their Ham radio.
01:30:50.105 --> 01:30:52.688
Is he for or against the British?
I don't understand.
01:30:55.146 --> 01:30:56.396
Sir, I have an idea.
01:30:56.646 --> 01:30:58.854
For selling mica capacitors
to Hitler and the Nazi regime,
01:30:58.855 --> 01:31:01.854
we can file a complaint framing him
and convince the Governor General.
01:31:01.855 --> 01:31:04.604
He will be labeled a national traitor
and jailed. End of story.
01:31:04.605 --> 01:31:06.270
Why should we take the crooked route?
01:31:06.271 --> 01:31:08.604
Because we've been unable
to touch him directly till now.
01:31:08.605 --> 01:31:11.062
He keeps growing,
stacking up his inventions…
01:31:11.063 --> 01:31:12.855
He keeps opening factories, sir!
01:31:23.021 --> 01:31:24.438
EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITION
01:31:52.021 --> 01:31:55.396
INDIA'S FIRST ELECTRIC MOTOR
BUILT IN COIMBATORE
01:31:56.188 --> 01:31:57.188
Ranga.
01:31:57.771 --> 01:31:58.813
Ranganayaki.
01:32:01.188 --> 01:32:02.188
Hey, Doctor.
01:32:02.438 --> 01:32:04.313
What are you doing on my wife's lap?
01:32:04.855 --> 01:32:07.104
Come here!
GD, you have to hear this.
01:32:07.105 --> 01:32:08.271
No.
01:32:08.563 --> 01:32:09.771
You have to see this.
01:32:15.063 --> 01:32:17.105
DAIMLER-BENZ PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
01:32:22.771 --> 01:32:23.812
My dear.
01:32:23.813 --> 01:32:25.104
Congratulations.
01:32:25.105 --> 01:32:26.438
To you too, madam.
01:32:26.938 --> 01:32:28.896
I'm leaving for Germany tomorrow night.
01:32:30.396 --> 01:32:32.646
Hey, I will be back
in just two months, right?
01:32:35.938 --> 01:32:37.229
STUTTGART, GERMANY
01:32:37.230 --> 01:32:41.063
The tender number SMH 0139
01:32:41.355 --> 01:32:45.146
has been awarded
to Mr. G. Doraiswamy Naidu.
01:32:45.480 --> 01:32:48.980
United Motor Service,
Coimbatore, India.
01:32:50.271 --> 01:32:53.188
Bidding for the tender is closed
for the next two years.
01:32:54.563 --> 01:32:56.896
- Thank you.
- Congratulations, Naidu.
01:32:57.521 --> 01:33:00.188
You Madrasis are bagging all the tenders.
01:33:01.063 --> 01:33:02.812
- Mister…
- Bhupendar.
01:33:02.813 --> 01:33:04.063
Bhupendar.
01:33:05.313 --> 01:33:07.438
Next time, bring a solid
airtight proposal.
01:33:07.813 --> 01:33:09.605
I'll withdraw my bid for you.
01:33:10.313 --> 01:33:13.063
Whichever fellow-citizen
gets this order, I'll be happy.
01:33:13.313 --> 01:33:14.355
Shall I take leave?
01:33:15.355 --> 01:33:16.813
We got it as planned.
01:33:30.480 --> 01:33:31.688
Krishnan!
01:33:35.271 --> 01:33:36.105
Look at this.
01:33:37.938 --> 01:33:40.729
This Naidu fellow has dared
to send me an invitation
01:33:40.730 --> 01:33:43.396
to the National Electric Works
Factory inauguration.
01:33:44.521 --> 01:33:48.146
Now, he's in Germany on a business trip.
01:33:48.896 --> 01:33:52.271
This tax defaulter Naidu
is expanding his business everywhere.
01:33:52.896 --> 01:33:54.730
What are we doing here, Krishnan?
01:33:55.730 --> 01:33:57.229
Sir, for the past ten years,
01:33:57.230 --> 01:34:00.396
Mr. Naidu has been
on our income tax red-list.
01:34:00.813 --> 01:34:03.437
So his manufacturing license
can be easily cancel--
01:34:03.438 --> 01:34:05.230
Krishnan, you don't understand.
01:34:06.438 --> 01:34:08.855
How many red-listers
can you take action against?
01:34:09.563 --> 01:34:11.729
We need to write to the Lieutenant General
01:34:11.730 --> 01:34:15.938
stating that Naidu is doing business
with Germany and the Nazis
01:34:16.396 --> 01:34:18.355
against the interests of the Crown.
01:34:22.438 --> 01:34:23.895
This is treason.
01:34:23.896 --> 01:34:24.812
Sir.
01:34:24.813 --> 01:34:28.479
Prepare the necessary documents
to put a hold on his bank accounts.
01:34:28.480 --> 01:34:29.730
- Now!
- Sir.
01:34:32.563 --> 01:34:33.687
Madam.
01:34:33.688 --> 01:34:37.230
That businessman Bhupendra
and Adams are responsible for all this?
01:34:37.563 --> 01:34:40.020
Did they go to such lengths
to hinder someone's progress?
01:34:40.021 --> 01:34:41.063
Yes, sir.
01:34:41.230 --> 01:34:44.813
They branded him a national traitor
and froze all his bank accounts.
01:34:45.188 --> 01:34:47.230
So all his factories had to be shut down.
01:34:47.646 --> 01:34:51.563
World War began in Germany
before Naidu could return to India.
01:34:51.980 --> 01:34:53.188
He was stuck over there.
01:34:53.688 --> 01:34:56.937
In India, Ranganayaki was distraught,
01:34:56.938 --> 01:34:59.230
unable to answer
the families who trusted her.
01:35:03.063 --> 01:35:07.355
The Second World War intensified
in Germany, so he was unable to leave.
01:35:07.480 --> 01:35:11.688
He was penniless and fainted on the road
due to starvation.
01:35:15.605 --> 01:35:16.645
Thanks to his good fortune.
01:35:16.646 --> 01:35:21.146
At that crucial moment,
Gottlieb Stoll and his wife, Berta Stoll
01:35:21.438 --> 01:35:23.520
rescued Naidu from the jaws of death
01:35:23.521 --> 01:35:26.521
and extended all the help possible
to send him back to India.
01:35:27.646 --> 01:35:31.521
Sir, I don't even know
when this World War began.
01:35:32.521 --> 01:35:34.812
When I saw the Industrial Revolution
initiated by Hitler,
01:35:34.813 --> 01:35:37.521
I thought he was developing
Germany to greater heights.
01:35:37.980 --> 01:35:41.813
But I never imagined he would turn
into a bloodthirsty beast like this.
01:35:43.896 --> 01:35:44.896
Mr. Stoll.
01:35:45.563 --> 01:35:47.396
Do me one last favor, please.
01:35:48.688 --> 01:35:50.063
My wife is pregnant.
01:35:51.063 --> 01:35:53.063
I have to get back to India immediately.
01:35:53.605 --> 01:35:55.438
If you can somehow arrange my return…
01:35:57.438 --> 01:36:00.104
Because of the war, there were
no passenger ships to India.
01:36:00.105 --> 01:36:02.270
So he had to travel to Italy from Germany,
01:36:02.271 --> 01:36:05.270
then to America,
and from there to Japan.
01:36:05.271 --> 01:36:09.021
And from Japan to India via Rangoon.
It took him more than a year to return.
01:36:11.271 --> 01:36:13.770
The whole town is sure
that he will not return.
01:36:13.771 --> 01:36:16.396
Turn your heart to stone
and accept the reality, dear.
01:36:16.730 --> 01:36:20.313
You haven't even named your baby.
You are sitting here totally depressed.
01:36:20.771 --> 01:36:23.938
I just can't bear to see you
in such a distressed state.
01:36:24.105 --> 01:36:26.313
Will you please be quiet and go inside?
01:36:36.563 --> 01:36:37.480
Hello?
01:36:38.146 --> 01:36:39.063
R-Ranga.
01:36:44.771 --> 01:36:45.896
How are you, dear?
01:36:46.688 --> 01:36:48.105
How is everyone at home?
01:36:57.021 --> 01:36:59.021
Your son and I…
01:36:59.605 --> 01:37:00.605
We are fine.
01:37:04.188 --> 01:37:05.188
Son?
01:37:08.938 --> 01:37:10.146
What have you named him?
01:37:10.355 --> 01:37:11.395
Who is it?
01:37:11.396 --> 01:37:12.687
My dear. Come here.
01:37:12.688 --> 01:37:16.396
Without you returning,
how will I name him?
01:37:18.521 --> 01:37:19.521
Alright.
01:37:22.688 --> 01:37:24.063
Tell baby Gopal
01:37:24.521 --> 01:37:27.355
that his father will be there soon
to play with him, dear.
01:37:51.771 --> 01:37:53.896
As soon as Naidu returned from Germany,
01:37:54.063 --> 01:37:58.480
he started working at full throttle
to set up the Benz car factory.
01:37:58.896 --> 01:38:03.146
He bought acres of land in Eachanari
and started work there too.
01:38:03.688 --> 01:38:07.438
He was filled with excitement
that his lifelong dream was coming true.
01:38:07.688 --> 01:38:09.687
People were eagerly looking forward
01:38:09.688 --> 01:38:14.063
to the Benz factory in the Kongu belt
as a hallmark of Tamil Nadu.
01:38:17.730 --> 01:38:20.480
I was at peace thinking
that Naidu was dead and gone.
01:38:20.813 --> 01:38:24.355
Now he has bought land
to set up a car factory.
01:38:24.980 --> 01:38:26.771
He has imported raw materials.
01:38:28.105 --> 01:38:29.105
Adams.
01:38:30.396 --> 01:38:31.980
I gave you everything you asked.
01:38:32.438 --> 01:38:34.730
Could you put an end
to Naidu's winning streak?
01:38:35.105 --> 01:38:36.980
I listened to your bloody advice
01:38:37.730 --> 01:38:40.021
and lodged a treason case against him.
01:38:41.230 --> 01:38:43.646
He filed a complaint against me
with the Governor
01:38:44.271 --> 01:38:46.313
and I had to face a lengthy reprimand.
01:38:47.063 --> 01:38:47.980
Listen.
01:38:48.480 --> 01:38:51.063
Mountbatten is here early
to take us back home.
01:38:53.688 --> 01:38:54.896
And it's official.
01:38:55.563 --> 01:38:57.313
India is getting its independence.
01:38:59.855 --> 01:39:01.105
Naidu will rejoice
01:39:01.646 --> 01:39:05.730
imagining that all his troubles
will be over once the British depart.
01:39:07.355 --> 01:39:09.063
He shall be informed, however,
01:39:09.563 --> 01:39:11.854
that he must continue
to bear the penalties
01:39:11.855 --> 01:39:14.188
that have been levied against him
by the British
01:39:15.105 --> 01:39:17.438
even after India attains her independence.
01:39:18.980 --> 01:39:20.396
He will remain pig-headed.
01:39:21.063 --> 01:39:25.355
Arguing that these are unjust penalties
foisted upon him by the British.
01:39:27.021 --> 01:39:28.771
He would demand a justification
01:39:29.355 --> 01:39:31.105
and refuse to pay the penalties
01:39:31.938 --> 01:39:34.313
until he receives a special dispensation.
01:39:36.896 --> 01:39:41.188
This very obstinacy, you see,
will be his undoing.
01:39:45.021 --> 01:39:49.355
I think… I've got the right man
for the job.
01:40:03.771 --> 01:40:05.646
What did you say that man's name was?
01:40:06.730 --> 01:40:07.813
G. D. Naidu.
01:40:08.480 --> 01:40:10.688
If the money reaches the right hands,
01:40:10.896 --> 01:40:12.730
your wish will be fulfilled.
01:40:31.021 --> 01:40:34.437
On the occasion
of India's seventh Independence Day,
01:40:34.438 --> 01:40:39.604
business prodigy G. D. Naidu has organized
a grand agricultural exhibition.
01:40:39.605 --> 01:40:41.479
I welcome all of you
to enjoy this experience.
01:40:41.480 --> 01:40:42.645
What is this, Naidu?
01:40:42.646 --> 01:40:45.020
Started experimenting
with agriculture also?
01:40:45.021 --> 01:40:46.063
Yes, Mr. Raman.
01:40:46.563 --> 01:40:49.604
You studied physics.
So you experiment with physics.
01:40:49.605 --> 01:40:51.354
I didn't even pass Grade Three.
01:40:51.355 --> 01:40:52.979
So I can experiment with anything, right?
01:40:52.980 --> 01:40:54.354
I agree to that, Naidu.
01:40:54.355 --> 01:40:56.770
You are a man in a million.
You can do it.
01:40:56.771 --> 01:40:58.520
Thank you very much, sir.
01:40:58.521 --> 01:40:59.895
See that water tank over there?
01:40:59.896 --> 01:41:02.395
- The land behind it--
- Sir, can I take a photo?
01:41:02.396 --> 01:41:03.230
Yes.
01:41:11.480 --> 01:41:12.605
Get back.
01:41:12.813 --> 01:41:13.855
Stand back!
01:41:14.313 --> 01:41:15.271
Shut this.
01:41:17.063 --> 01:41:18.354
Thank you.
01:41:18.355 --> 01:41:19.395
Mr. Raman.
01:41:19.396 --> 01:41:20.438
He is Kurt Stoll.
01:41:20.730 --> 01:41:23.980
My husband is alive today
thanks to his parents.
01:41:24.146 --> 01:41:25.063
True, sir.
01:41:25.521 --> 01:41:27.355
I am forever indebted to his family.
01:41:27.605 --> 01:41:29.688
You could call it
a rough patch in my life.
01:41:30.396 --> 01:41:32.355
You won't be facing any more hardships.
01:41:32.563 --> 01:41:34.230
The British have left, right?
01:41:34.396 --> 01:41:35.729
In Independent India,
01:41:35.730 --> 01:41:38.270
you will achieve your dreams
and live life like a king.
01:41:38.271 --> 01:41:39.313
Thank you, sir.
01:41:43.188 --> 01:41:45.270
Roll down the shutter.
I'm telling you to move back.
01:41:45.271 --> 01:41:46.729
Everyone, step back.
01:41:46.730 --> 01:41:48.021
Go back, all of you!
01:41:50.480 --> 01:41:51.813
Sir, I need to talk to you.
01:41:52.230 --> 01:41:53.271
I'll be right back.
01:41:53.521 --> 01:41:54.980
- Come.
- What is it, Pillai?
01:41:56.771 --> 01:41:59.687
They have sent a notice
to seal four of our factories.
01:41:59.688 --> 01:42:00.729
Wretched fellows!
01:42:00.730 --> 01:42:02.187
- What?
- Yes.
01:42:02.188 --> 01:42:03.230
Not only that.
01:42:03.480 --> 01:42:06.771
The no-objection certificate
we require to collaborate with Benz…
01:42:06.938 --> 01:42:08.980
The IT Department has refused to give it.
01:42:11.063 --> 01:42:12.105
What is this, Pillai?
01:42:18.521 --> 01:42:20.313
I thought we were in for good times.
01:42:23.188 --> 01:42:26.313
Can't we talk
to the government regarding this?
01:42:26.688 --> 01:42:27.855
To this government?
01:42:29.438 --> 01:42:33.479
I begged them for an Inquiry Commission
to prove
01:42:33.480 --> 01:42:35.480
the tax penalties levied on me are fake.
01:42:36.021 --> 01:42:37.355
But I got no response.
01:42:38.688 --> 01:42:40.854
Now they have forcibly
shut down my factories
01:42:40.855 --> 01:42:41.938
and sealed them.
01:42:42.438 --> 01:42:44.271
What is the point of talking to them?
01:43:02.980 --> 01:43:04.063
Hello?
01:43:04.605 --> 01:43:06.062
- Hello, Mr. Naidu.
- Hello.
01:43:06.063 --> 01:43:08.021
Hello, Mr. Rudolph. How are you?
01:43:10.855 --> 01:43:15.313
The letter you sent explaining
your situation reached us very late, sir.
01:43:16.105 --> 01:43:17.063
We are very sorry.
01:43:19.355 --> 01:43:20.562
Thank you for your--
01:43:20.563 --> 01:43:22.646
Thank you for your concern, Mr. Rudolph.
01:43:23.188 --> 01:43:24.188
Thank you very much.
01:43:25.355 --> 01:43:26.730
- Mr. Naidu.
- Yes?
01:43:27.730 --> 01:43:32.146
Mr. Rudolph expresses his regret
for failing to collaborate with you.
01:43:32.771 --> 01:43:35.230
He is asking this out
of utmost regard for you.
01:43:35.646 --> 01:43:37.980
Now that we are unable
to collaborate with you,
01:43:38.146 --> 01:43:41.855
he's asking which Indian company
you can recommend for this.
01:43:43.896 --> 01:43:46.605
Thank you for the respect
you have for me, Mr. Rudolph.
01:43:47.646 --> 01:43:48.771
Very kind of you.
01:43:51.105 --> 01:43:52.438
According to me,
01:43:53.521 --> 01:43:56.896
the right name to collaborate
with your company…
01:43:58.438 --> 01:44:00.730
Tata Moto--
It's Tata Motors company.
01:44:01.146 --> 01:44:02.188
Tata Motors.
01:44:03.396 --> 01:44:05.145
Thank you very mu--
I wish you all the--
01:44:05.146 --> 01:44:06.855
I wish you all the very best!
01:44:09.105 --> 01:44:09.938
Thank you.
01:44:25.188 --> 01:44:28.605
You know what a big deal it is
to manufacture Benz cars in Coimbatore?
01:44:35.771 --> 01:44:39.813
…has been awarded
to Mr. G. Doraiswamy Naidu.
01:44:40.146 --> 01:44:42.105
DAIMLER-BENZ PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
01:45:22.313 --> 01:45:24.020
Where is this Ambalapara Krishnan?
01:45:24.021 --> 01:45:25.063
Hey, Krishnan!
01:45:25.480 --> 01:45:28.187
True to your word, you've robbed
our Naidu of his sleep.
01:45:28.188 --> 01:45:29.229
Look here.
01:45:29.230 --> 01:45:33.354
Sealing his factory or sneakily
withdrawing the Benz company order
01:45:33.355 --> 01:45:35.020
is not why he lost his precious sleep!
01:45:35.021 --> 01:45:37.479
Thousands of workers lost their jobs.
01:45:37.480 --> 01:45:39.729
You hit them
where it hurt the most, you see.
01:45:39.730 --> 01:45:41.520
That is why he lost his sleep!
01:45:41.521 --> 01:45:45.229
As per the papers, your Naidu
has not paid tax for many years.
01:45:45.230 --> 01:45:46.895
The day he pays up,
01:45:46.896 --> 01:45:49.895
I will decide how to treat your Naidu!
01:45:49.896 --> 01:45:52.145
Why do you keep harping "papers"
all the time?
01:45:52.146 --> 01:45:55.438
The British wipe their butt
with that same paper!
01:45:55.855 --> 01:45:57.813
I want to know.
Aren't you human too?
01:45:57.938 --> 01:46:00.520
Thousands of people
lost their jobs because of you.
01:46:00.521 --> 01:46:02.145
Won't your conscience nag you?
01:46:02.146 --> 01:46:03.437
Won't it prick you?
01:46:03.438 --> 01:46:04.645
I'll wait and watch.
01:46:04.646 --> 01:46:06.271
Let me see how you sleep soundly.
01:46:21.146 --> 01:46:22.896
Sir, don't worry.
01:46:23.146 --> 01:46:25.105
All this time, you were with us.
01:46:25.271 --> 01:46:27.895
No matter what you decide,
we will support you.
01:46:27.896 --> 01:46:28.979
Yes, sir.
01:46:28.980 --> 01:46:30.563
We are with you, sir.
01:46:30.730 --> 01:46:32.271
Greetings to everyone.
01:46:33.521 --> 01:46:35.230
We have done nothing wrong.
01:46:36.646 --> 01:46:39.480
Those who are jealous of us
are trying to topple us down.
01:46:40.105 --> 01:46:41.938
But if they close one door,
01:46:42.521 --> 01:46:44.438
we will open a hundred more doors.
01:46:45.230 --> 01:46:48.770
Those who go in search of opportunities
will feel bad if they don't succeed.
01:46:48.771 --> 01:46:50.688
But to those who create opportunities,
01:46:51.146 --> 01:46:53.105
the word "regret" never exists!
01:46:53.896 --> 01:46:55.980
All of us belong to one family.
01:46:56.771 --> 01:46:58.813
If our family faces a problem,
01:46:59.063 --> 01:47:00.605
will we give in and back down?
01:47:01.105 --> 01:47:04.105
None of you need to worry about anything.
01:47:04.521 --> 01:47:07.188
Until our factories are opened again,
01:47:07.438 --> 01:47:10.188
all of you will be paid your due salary!
01:47:11.855 --> 01:47:13.105
You will have jobs too.
01:47:14.896 --> 01:47:17.355
For the steel factory
to be set up in Podanur
01:47:17.855 --> 01:47:21.145
and the car factory in Eachanari,
our boss has bought land, right?
01:47:21.146 --> 01:47:24.688
We will turn those lands
into agricultural lands.
01:47:25.188 --> 01:47:27.271
We will get knee-deep into farming.
01:47:27.938 --> 01:47:31.605
We will create our own job opportunities.
01:47:31.771 --> 01:47:32.979
- Mr. G. D. Naidu!
- Our pillar of strength!
01:47:32.980 --> 01:47:34.229
- Mr. G. D. Naidu!
- Long live!
01:47:34.230 --> 01:47:35.354
Mr. G. D. Naidu!
01:47:35.355 --> 01:47:36.687
- Mr. G. D. Naidu!
- Our inspiration!
01:47:36.688 --> 01:47:37.812
Mr. G. D. Naidu!
01:47:37.813 --> 01:47:39.437
- Mr. G. D. Naidu!
- Our beacon of light!
01:47:39.438 --> 01:47:41.146
- Mr. G. D. Naidu!
- Long live!
01:47:44.938 --> 01:47:46.146
How unfair, sir!
01:47:47.730 --> 01:47:49.270
In India, for the first time
in Coimbatore,
01:47:49.271 --> 01:47:51.521
Mercedes-Benz factory
should have been set up.
01:47:52.563 --> 01:47:54.146
We lost that golden legacy, sir.
01:47:55.188 --> 01:47:57.355
We missed a glorious chapter in history.
01:47:58.230 --> 01:47:59.980
It would have created a revolution.
01:48:03.230 --> 01:48:06.230
Our own people crushed
Naidu's dream, sir.
01:48:07.688 --> 01:48:08.813
Why feel bad, madam?
01:48:08.938 --> 01:48:11.563
If one business is closed,
he launches a new venture.
01:48:11.896 --> 01:48:13.729
As soon as the Benz contract
slipped from his hand,
01:48:13.730 --> 01:48:15.937
he turned the very same land
into a productive farmland.
01:48:15.938 --> 01:48:17.812
Even the British couldn't do anything.
01:48:17.813 --> 01:48:19.438
How can our politicians stop him?
01:48:19.813 --> 01:48:20.813
But they did.
01:48:22.730 --> 01:48:26.521
After plotting for eight years, they
finally unleashed their ultimate weapon.
01:48:29.313 --> 01:48:32.146
EIGHT YEARS LATER
01:48:33.813 --> 01:48:37.355
All I wanted was to secure
that automobile contract for myself.
01:48:38.105 --> 01:48:40.521
But Naidu gave it on a platter
to someone else.
01:48:41.521 --> 01:48:44.938
The amount of hardship I am
going through because of him…
01:48:46.646 --> 01:48:49.563
He must suffer a thousandfold or more
01:48:51.271 --> 01:48:52.896
and end up on the streets.
01:48:53.896 --> 01:48:55.562
To complete this task,
01:48:55.563 --> 01:48:58.063
Krishnan has been promoted
to a dummy officer.
01:48:58.271 --> 01:49:00.562
I have given you power
that goes with your position.
01:49:00.563 --> 01:49:02.605
I have given the money you wanted too.
01:49:05.021 --> 01:49:06.063
Killi.
01:49:06.563 --> 01:49:08.813
- How many children do you have?
- Three, sir.
01:49:09.688 --> 01:49:11.813
Make sure they do not end up as orphans!
01:49:17.063 --> 01:49:18.021
Sir?
01:49:18.688 --> 01:49:20.105
You have entrusted it to me.
01:49:20.563 --> 01:49:21.980
I will not break your trust.
01:49:24.355 --> 01:49:27.021
Sir. They plan to confiscate
80 percent of his assets?
01:49:27.146 --> 01:49:28.188
Yes.
01:49:29.396 --> 01:49:31.437
Even if they charge
atrocious amounts of interest,
01:49:31.438 --> 01:49:33.855
even if his penalty is genuine,
01:49:35.105 --> 01:49:38.980
we can legally seize
only 13 percent of his assets.
01:49:40.521 --> 01:49:42.396
Sir, how is this fair by any standard?
01:49:43.771 --> 01:49:44.771
Mohan.
01:49:45.230 --> 01:49:47.646
The system I respected
with all my heart…
01:49:48.146 --> 01:49:51.313
The papers I signed with due respect…
01:49:52.438 --> 01:49:54.480
They have tarnished everything totally.
01:49:55.605 --> 01:49:57.813
Tampering with the account documents,
01:49:59.188 --> 01:50:02.520
fabricating a link between
Naidu and the Nazis,
01:50:02.521 --> 01:50:05.313
foisting a false case without
a shred of shame or regret,
01:50:05.605 --> 01:50:08.313
burning all his legal documents
using phosphorus…
01:50:10.146 --> 01:50:13.646
They needed a Perunkilli
to do all their dirty work!
01:50:15.188 --> 01:50:17.812
Sir, because of the atrocities
within our department,
01:50:17.813 --> 01:50:21.396
I don't feel it is right for someone
like Naidu to bear the brunt of it.
01:50:22.688 --> 01:50:24.271
We should take some action, sir.
01:50:26.313 --> 01:50:27.396
Whatever is on paper,
01:50:27.771 --> 01:50:29.980
I am used to executing only those orders.
01:50:30.646 --> 01:50:32.438
My life has become like that.
01:50:33.521 --> 01:50:35.438
Whatever you think is prim and proper,
01:50:35.605 --> 01:50:36.771
please carry it out.
01:50:38.521 --> 01:50:39.605
Sir?
01:50:40.396 --> 01:50:41.521
Mohan.
01:50:41.855 --> 01:50:44.187
Whatever you think is correct…
01:50:44.188 --> 01:50:46.063
Execute it exactly like that.
01:51:46.313 --> 01:51:48.396
They have decided
to destroy me completely.
01:51:49.771 --> 01:51:51.605
First, they snatched
my dream from me.
01:51:52.813 --> 01:51:54.730
Now they are targeting my assets.
01:52:13.563 --> 01:52:14.645
Sir?
01:52:14.646 --> 01:52:18.146
What are you doing, sir? Why are
you planting a bomb in our own office?
01:52:19.438 --> 01:52:21.645
They are coming
to seize the building, right?
01:52:21.646 --> 01:52:23.438
Then they need a building to do so.
01:52:23.688 --> 01:52:24.937
- Sundaram?
- Sir.
01:52:24.938 --> 01:52:26.396
Don't even ask me permission.
01:52:26.771 --> 01:52:29.687
If they come to confiscate my property,
ask our people to evacuate.
01:52:29.688 --> 01:52:31.521
Then press this, understood?
01:52:31.646 --> 01:52:33.355
- Sir?
- Please.
01:52:34.480 --> 01:52:36.187
Don't ask me questions, Sundaram.
01:52:36.188 --> 01:52:37.313
Just do as I say.
01:52:42.271 --> 01:52:44.688
- This is for you.
- Everyone, help yourself.
01:52:44.813 --> 01:52:46.770
Please take it!
01:52:46.771 --> 01:52:48.313
Take it.
01:52:48.438 --> 01:52:51.270
Take this for your daughter's wedding.
01:52:51.271 --> 01:52:52.980
Everyone, help yourself.
01:52:54.355 --> 01:52:55.521
Enjoy, be happy.
01:52:56.313 --> 01:52:59.271
Your daughter is getting married.
Spend this for her.
01:52:59.438 --> 01:53:02.937
Invest this in your daughter's name.
Keep this for your son's education.
01:53:02.938 --> 01:53:04.146
Keep this.
01:53:04.271 --> 01:53:06.730
Sir, why are you giving away
all your title deeds?
01:53:07.021 --> 01:53:08.812
Are you from
the Income Tax department?
01:53:08.813 --> 01:53:09.895
I have paid my tax.
01:53:09.896 --> 01:53:10.938
- Go…
- Sir.
01:53:15.188 --> 01:53:16.979
The revered father of our city.
01:53:16.980 --> 01:53:22.063
Mr. G. D. Naidu plans to smash
and break all his inventions.
01:53:23.355 --> 01:53:25.354
Assemble to witness
this rare event.
01:53:25.355 --> 01:53:27.062
Welcome one and all.
01:53:27.063 --> 01:53:28.187
Entry is free.
01:53:28.188 --> 01:53:29.355
All are welcome.
01:53:52.646 --> 01:53:54.521
Stop… Enough!
01:53:56.563 --> 01:53:57.980
Hope you are all doing good?
01:53:58.646 --> 01:54:00.645
You know how happy I am
to see all of you here?
01:54:00.646 --> 01:54:03.730
The same pictures on your shirt
are on my sari too.
01:54:03.896 --> 01:54:05.813
Hero, heroine, celebrities…
01:54:06.105 --> 01:54:08.938
Cinema news, local gossip,
juicy rumors, everything…
01:54:09.980 --> 01:54:11.105
Looks beautiful, no?
01:54:12.021 --> 01:54:13.645
But when I went to Japan,
01:54:13.646 --> 01:54:18.980
naive, ill-informed students had Physics
and Chemistry formulas on their shirts.
01:54:19.105 --> 01:54:21.354
Periodic table, mechanical drawing,
01:54:21.355 --> 01:54:23.187
the world map too.
Height of aesthetic sense!
01:54:23.188 --> 01:54:24.562
Those Japanese students.
01:54:24.563 --> 01:54:25.646
Look at all of you.
01:54:25.855 --> 01:54:27.646
Actors and dancers on your t-shirts!
01:54:28.646 --> 01:54:30.355
Buzzing with vibrant vibes.
01:54:30.605 --> 01:54:32.688
You are the next generation
of our nation.
01:54:32.855 --> 01:54:34.480
Makes me feel so proud!
01:54:37.646 --> 01:54:40.937
I stupidly thought this would be
a useful item for you and I brought it.
01:54:40.938 --> 01:54:42.188
Shall I break that first?
01:54:42.313 --> 01:54:43.980
Huh? Come… come along.
01:54:54.105 --> 01:54:55.355
Play now!
01:56:01.146 --> 01:56:02.355
Stop the music!
01:56:02.771 --> 01:56:03.896
Dorai!
01:56:04.896 --> 01:56:05.980
Stop it!
01:56:07.396 --> 01:56:09.646
Listen to me! Dorai!
01:56:10.855 --> 01:56:11.980
Stop it, Dorai!
01:56:50.355 --> 01:56:51.188
Mom.
01:56:58.771 --> 01:56:59.646
Mom.
01:57:00.063 --> 01:57:01.980
He has given away everything he owned.
01:57:04.313 --> 01:57:07.146
He has given away the buses
to drivers and conductors.
01:57:08.480 --> 01:57:11.188
He has given all the title deeds
to passers-by, Mom.
01:57:13.688 --> 01:57:16.480
People are saying
that he has lost his mind.
01:57:17.605 --> 01:57:18.771
I feel terrible.
01:57:35.355 --> 01:57:38.688
You know that my dream is to build
a 5-star hotel in Madras.
01:57:39.771 --> 01:57:41.895
I went to Delhi and met
the concerned architect.
01:57:41.896 --> 01:57:44.812
I have even got the license
to import the fixtures for the hotel.
01:57:44.813 --> 01:57:48.313
But you gave away the land to others
without even telling me.
01:57:50.938 --> 01:57:55.645
Your father gave his word to Periyar that
he'd give that land to Adithanar, Gopal.
01:57:55.646 --> 01:57:57.020
What about his word to me?
01:57:57.021 --> 01:57:58.563
Mr. Gopal, forgive me.
01:57:59.396 --> 01:58:01.230
I didn't know it was your land!
01:58:04.313 --> 01:58:05.230
Hey!
01:58:05.855 --> 01:58:08.146
You have no right
to ask me such questions.
01:58:11.313 --> 01:58:15.396
That land was bought by my hard work
and my earnings.
01:58:15.813 --> 01:58:18.438
I will give it whenever
and to whomever I please.
01:58:18.563 --> 01:58:19.771
Understand?
01:58:23.355 --> 01:58:24.395
True.
01:58:24.396 --> 01:58:26.021
He did everything.
01:58:26.396 --> 01:58:27.730
We did not help in any way.
01:58:29.396 --> 01:58:32.355
As far as you are concerned,
this world revolves around you.
01:58:32.688 --> 01:58:38.105
Do you know how selfish it is to expect
everyone to follow your whims and wishes?
01:58:38.563 --> 01:58:42.688
Didn't we put up with all the mad deeds
you carried out in front of everyone?
01:58:43.980 --> 01:58:44.980
Why, may I ask?
01:58:45.105 --> 01:58:48.438
Can't your near and dear ones
have their own dreams or aims in life?
01:58:49.230 --> 01:58:52.395
Our son curses himself daily
for being born in a family like this.
01:58:52.396 --> 01:58:53.521
You behave so badly.
01:58:53.980 --> 01:58:55.730
- Mom…
- Hey! Shut up.
01:59:00.480 --> 01:59:02.813
Gopal has the right to dream too.
01:59:04.605 --> 01:59:05.937
Knowing your true nature,
01:59:05.938 --> 01:59:09.188
your first wife, Chellamma, left you
thanking God for her freedom.
01:59:10.230 --> 01:59:12.230
Harsh reality is dawning on me only now.
01:59:18.271 --> 01:59:21.480
I do not wish to live with you any longer.
01:59:25.188 --> 01:59:26.521
I want a divorce.
01:59:34.313 --> 01:59:37.980
If you are able to, make the necessary
arrangements for my divorce.
01:59:40.771 --> 01:59:42.271
Otherwise I can handle it.
02:00:22.688 --> 02:00:24.854
"For more than 30 years,
02:00:24.855 --> 02:00:29.980
Mr. G. Doraiswamy Naidu has not remitted
the tax payable to the Government."
02:00:30.230 --> 02:00:34.187
"The outstanding tax amount, along
with the applicable interest and penalties
02:00:34.188 --> 02:00:38.313
should be paid within 60 days
from the date of this notice."
02:00:38.605 --> 02:00:41.479
"Non-compliance
within the stipulated period
02:00:41.480 --> 02:00:44.437
will lead to the confiscation
of 80 percent of his assets
02:00:44.438 --> 02:00:49.687
on the 90th day from the date
of this notice--"
02:00:49.688 --> 02:00:51.521
- Sir?
- Mohan.
02:00:51.938 --> 02:00:53.146
Continue to type.
02:00:53.396 --> 02:00:55.104
This is an order from the higher ups.
02:00:55.105 --> 02:00:57.855
Type fast, Mohan.
I need to get home soon.
02:00:58.646 --> 02:01:02.730
"Action will be taken
to confiscate 80 percent of his assets."
02:01:02.938 --> 02:01:06.563
"We hereby give you a final warning
through this notice."
02:01:07.521 --> 02:01:08.730
Type his name.
02:01:09.021 --> 02:01:10.313
Don't forget the seal.
02:01:10.646 --> 02:01:12.271
Sir, sign the order.
02:01:31.980 --> 02:01:36.020
To compensate for all your unpaid taxes
and penalties,
02:01:36.021 --> 02:01:38.645
the government will confiscate
80 percent of all your assets.
02:01:38.646 --> 02:01:39.938
Here's the official order.
02:01:40.188 --> 02:01:42.437
Hand over all your title deeds
and documents, sir.
02:01:42.438 --> 02:01:44.313
52 documents in total.
02:01:45.063 --> 02:01:46.063
Pillai.
02:01:46.896 --> 02:01:48.563
Give them what they want.
02:01:49.271 --> 02:01:50.146
Okay.
02:01:50.938 --> 02:01:52.188
Wait, I'll be back.
02:02:08.146 --> 02:02:10.563
Only two documents are here.
What about the rest?
02:02:11.271 --> 02:02:15.646
As the years sped by,
Mrs. Naidu got mad at his mad doings
02:02:16.646 --> 02:02:18.021
and filed for divorce.
02:02:21.521 --> 02:02:23.604
Your wife has filed a petition
for divorce.
02:02:23.605 --> 02:02:24.938
Do you accept it?
02:02:26.146 --> 02:02:28.063
- I do.
- Your wife
02:02:28.313 --> 02:02:31.521
has asked for 98 percent
of your assets as alimony.
02:02:31.938 --> 02:02:33.355
Are you willing to give it?
02:02:35.063 --> 02:02:36.146
I agree.
02:02:36.896 --> 02:02:39.271
Doesn't matter if she filed for a divorce.
02:02:39.480 --> 02:02:44.313
She claimed an alimony amounting
to 98 percent of Naidu's assets.
02:02:55.938 --> 02:02:59.480
You are answering clearly after
understanding everything I asked, right?
02:03:00.980 --> 02:03:01.855
Yes.
02:03:02.813 --> 02:03:05.063
Divorce granted.
02:03:05.438 --> 02:03:06.980
Alimony settled.
02:03:07.771 --> 02:03:09.063
Case closed.
02:03:13.313 --> 02:03:15.063
We had no other place to live, sir.
02:03:15.605 --> 02:03:18.021
This forest land of 30 acres
was all we had left.
02:03:18.355 --> 02:03:19.688
And this thatched hut.
02:03:20.271 --> 02:03:23.230
You have come to seize 80 percent of this.
02:03:24.230 --> 02:03:25.896
Take the wood land around us.
02:03:26.146 --> 02:03:27.854
If you leave the hut for us to survive,
02:03:27.855 --> 02:03:31.646
it will be useful for both of us to relax
stretching our feet in our old age.
02:03:34.688 --> 02:03:37.063
This is the divorce document.
02:03:38.105 --> 02:03:40.730
This is the partition deed.
02:03:55.271 --> 02:03:56.271
Killi.
02:03:57.105 --> 02:03:58.313
You got what you wanted.
02:03:58.980 --> 02:03:59.896
Let's head back.
02:04:09.188 --> 02:04:10.188
One minute.
02:04:12.730 --> 02:04:14.812
After we sent you the income tax notice,
02:04:14.813 --> 02:04:17.480
you can't divide your assets
even if you get divorced.
02:04:17.688 --> 02:04:18.980
It is against the law.
02:04:27.688 --> 02:04:30.480
Your mad antics made us
the laughing stock of everyone.
02:04:30.980 --> 02:04:32.521
We have teenagers at home.
02:04:32.730 --> 02:04:34.438
How can we face our society?
02:04:35.563 --> 02:04:37.145
You already have grandchildren.
02:04:37.146 --> 02:04:39.188
At this age, you have
divorced each other.
02:04:39.730 --> 02:04:42.646
If you can't see eye to eye,
adjust within these four walls.
02:05:04.480 --> 02:05:05.480
Proprietress.
02:05:07.771 --> 02:05:09.688
After sharing my life all these years,
02:05:10.521 --> 02:05:13.563
if you abandon me on the streets,
where can I go?
02:05:21.188 --> 02:05:22.313
We are leaving.
02:05:22.938 --> 02:05:26.146
At this age, we do not have to go
through this kind of heartache.
02:05:27.105 --> 02:05:29.020
Lost all your assets
out of sheer stubbornness.
02:05:29.021 --> 02:05:30.729
Committed high-handed outrageous acts.
02:05:30.730 --> 02:05:32.855
Also got labeled as a lunatic by everyone.
02:05:32.980 --> 02:05:36.104
You divorced Ranganayaki and now why
come and stand pathetically here?
02:05:36.105 --> 02:05:39.146
Did you ever once spare a thought
for your family, Doraiswamy?
02:05:42.355 --> 02:05:43.854
Why are you upset, dear?
02:05:43.855 --> 02:05:44.813
Don't cry.
02:05:57.896 --> 02:05:59.020
What is happening here?
02:05:59.021 --> 02:06:01.688
Is his madness infectious?
You are as mad as he is now.
02:06:02.480 --> 02:06:03.896
I can't contain myself.
02:06:04.396 --> 02:06:05.813
You tell them, dear.
02:06:07.021 --> 02:06:10.355
You could have held back your laughter
a little while longer, right?
02:06:12.605 --> 02:06:14.563
You burst into a cackle too soon.
02:06:16.521 --> 02:06:18.730
Only you can act this well.
02:06:18.855 --> 02:06:20.563
I can't compete with you, dear.
02:06:26.646 --> 02:06:28.355
Dad, what is all this drama?
02:06:32.063 --> 02:06:33.021
Hey!
02:06:33.563 --> 02:06:35.230
What did you think of your father?
02:07:08.355 --> 02:07:09.480
I want a divorce.
02:07:10.063 --> 02:07:12.063
Divorce… granted.
02:07:12.730 --> 02:07:14.271
Alimony… settled.
02:07:22.438 --> 02:07:24.480
Listen, I think I'll go crazy!
02:07:26.271 --> 02:07:27.313
My dear uncle.
02:07:28.021 --> 02:07:32.313
The government issued a notice to seize
80 percent of my hard-earned money.
02:07:32.855 --> 02:07:38.980
In return, I gave them a notice
that Ranganayaki and I got divorced.
02:07:40.188 --> 02:07:43.396
This notice also holds legally, right?
02:07:45.396 --> 02:07:49.146
They tried to destroy me
with mere paperwork.
02:07:49.688 --> 02:07:53.438
In response, I turned the same paper
into my weapon
02:07:53.896 --> 02:07:55.938
and razed their conspiracy to the ground.
02:07:58.230 --> 02:08:00.105
Sir, I checked the documents.
02:08:00.396 --> 02:08:04.021
They got divorced
one week before we served the notice.
02:08:05.230 --> 02:08:06.355
How is that possible?
02:08:14.063 --> 02:08:14.980
Killi.
02:08:16.188 --> 02:08:17.396
Can we leave now?
02:08:20.355 --> 02:08:21.230
Come on.
02:08:28.980 --> 02:08:30.021
Dumbo.
02:08:30.355 --> 02:08:31.396
Huh?
02:08:31.896 --> 02:08:33.312
How dare you call me a dumbo?
02:08:33.313 --> 02:08:35.729
For calling a government officer a fool,
I can file a case against--
02:08:35.730 --> 02:08:37.313
Sir… Sir, hold on.
02:08:37.563 --> 02:08:39.021
He didn't mean you.
02:08:39.230 --> 02:08:41.437
His favorite pet dog.
02:08:41.438 --> 02:08:42.730
We call him Dumbo.
02:08:44.021 --> 02:08:45.271
Dumbo, come here.
02:08:46.438 --> 02:08:47.396
You can leave.
02:08:47.730 --> 02:08:48.646
Dumbo?
02:08:52.230 --> 02:08:53.313
Hey!
02:08:54.146 --> 02:08:57.938
Did you think you had a bone
in your mouth?
02:08:59.396 --> 02:09:01.355
That is just an ordinary stick.
02:09:08.730 --> 02:09:09.896
Come, Pillai.
02:09:14.646 --> 02:09:16.521
What? Don't you understand?
02:09:17.646 --> 02:09:18.646
Simple.
02:09:19.021 --> 02:09:25.021
Which law stipulates a divorced couple
cannot live under the same roof?
02:09:31.896 --> 02:09:35.230
The assets I earned by shedding
my blood, sweat and tears…
02:09:36.396 --> 02:09:39.313
The tender love and care
of my family and bloodline…
02:09:40.313 --> 02:09:44.105
Neither paper nor any man can negate
or invalidate it!
02:09:45.355 --> 02:09:46.562
My dear son, Dorai.
02:09:46.563 --> 02:09:47.979
You are not G. D. Naidu.
02:09:47.980 --> 02:09:49.230
You are Genius Naidu!
02:09:51.521 --> 02:09:54.188
Naidu, all of you smile.
02:10:00.855 --> 02:10:03.021
A FEW YEARS LATER
02:10:11.188 --> 02:10:12.105
Sir.
02:10:12.980 --> 02:10:14.105
Sir.
02:10:14.230 --> 02:10:15.563
Here's the sacred offering.
02:10:16.396 --> 02:10:17.520
Priest.
02:10:17.521 --> 02:10:19.938
Pack that offering in a paper for him.
02:10:20.480 --> 02:10:23.188
Whatever it is,
he likes to see it on paper!
02:10:25.563 --> 02:10:26.438
Oh, God...
02:10:27.313 --> 02:10:28.396
Thank you, sir.
02:10:28.855 --> 02:10:29.771
Gayathri.
02:10:38.355 --> 02:10:41.521
You have never liked me, right?
02:10:44.188 --> 02:10:46.396
As Income Tax officer Krishnan,
02:10:47.105 --> 02:10:50.063
I have never neglected my duty
in my entire career.
02:10:51.146 --> 02:10:53.480
The same holds true in your case too,
Mr. Naidu.
02:10:54.605 --> 02:10:57.521
What I couldn't tell you
as an Income Tax officer,
02:10:58.021 --> 02:10:59.313
I would like to share now.
02:11:01.021 --> 02:11:05.146
I am and will always be your ardent fan
02:11:06.105 --> 02:11:09.771
for all your ingenious inventions
and the way you respect your profession.
02:11:12.188 --> 02:11:13.313
I have retired now.
02:11:14.521 --> 02:11:16.980
Happily retired
with a sense of total fulfillment.
02:11:18.730 --> 02:11:20.438
Can I ask you something now?
02:11:21.105 --> 02:11:23.396
That penalty is a pittance to you.
02:11:23.646 --> 02:11:26.730
If only you had paid it promptly
and been done with it,
02:11:27.480 --> 02:11:31.145
you would have reached greater heights
in your business than you have now.
02:11:31.146 --> 02:11:32.270
How many people…
02:11:32.271 --> 02:11:34.145
How many people would have benefited?
02:11:34.146 --> 02:11:38.271
You could have done much more
than your current service to the nation.
02:11:38.438 --> 02:11:39.771
Am I right, Mr. Naidu?
02:11:41.688 --> 02:11:42.896
Mr. Krishnan.
02:11:43.480 --> 02:11:47.063
Personally, you hold me
in such high regard.
02:11:47.563 --> 02:11:51.896
I am fully aware of the extra efforts
you took to save me in my times of crisis.
02:11:54.438 --> 02:11:56.021
What you told me just now…
02:11:56.855 --> 02:11:58.730
Even if your action was justified,
02:11:59.188 --> 02:12:01.271
the ethics are debatable.
02:12:02.688 --> 02:12:03.771
Shall I elaborate?
02:12:05.230 --> 02:12:06.729
At one time, in our motherland,
02:12:06.730 --> 02:12:10.813
art, culture, science, medicine,
trade and commerce,
02:12:11.230 --> 02:12:13.396
astrology, astronomy, philosophy…
02:12:14.021 --> 02:12:15.479
Peaceful life…
02:12:15.480 --> 02:12:18.355
Flourished as examples
for the entire world.
02:12:19.771 --> 02:12:21.980
Foreigners invaded our land
with their armies
02:12:22.438 --> 02:12:23.605
and when they left,
02:12:23.980 --> 02:12:26.313
they did not loot only our riches
and resources.
02:12:27.896 --> 02:12:29.521
But also our cultural heritage,
02:12:30.271 --> 02:12:31.521
system of education,
02:12:31.938 --> 02:12:33.230
our identity…
02:12:33.771 --> 02:12:35.313
They made us forget everything.
02:12:38.563 --> 02:12:40.813
But they did something
even more atrocious.
02:12:42.771 --> 02:12:46.480
The feeling of solidarity
as inhabitants of the same soil…
02:12:47.146 --> 02:12:48.646
They eradicated it completely.
02:12:49.938 --> 02:12:52.521
Religion, language,
caste discrimination…
02:12:52.730 --> 02:12:55.354
They planted these poisonous seeds
deep into our soil and left.
02:12:55.355 --> 02:12:57.771
That has grown into a dense forest today.
02:12:59.355 --> 02:13:01.688
How to raze that forest to the ground?
02:13:02.146 --> 02:13:05.355
That will be the biggest challenge
for the now-independent India.
02:13:07.271 --> 02:13:09.605
But let me tell you
something now, Mr. Krishnan.
02:13:12.063 --> 02:13:16.605
A sudden generation will rise
to destroy that forest.
02:13:17.605 --> 02:13:20.938
They will be a force to reckon with
in ways beyond our expectations.
02:13:22.396 --> 02:13:24.479
To that breed of enlightened young minds,
02:13:24.480 --> 02:13:27.730
religion, language, caste, color
will hold no significance at all.
02:13:29.438 --> 02:13:33.438
This world will look up
to the changes that they bring.
02:13:34.855 --> 02:13:37.646
The world will applaud
with absolute awe and affection.
02:13:41.271 --> 02:13:42.855
To that progressive generation,
02:13:43.271 --> 02:13:44.688
on hindsight,
02:13:45.855 --> 02:13:48.896
how can I set a bad example
to them, Krishnan?
02:13:51.021 --> 02:13:53.605
Just for my personal efforts
and selfish gains,
02:13:54.271 --> 02:14:00.021
if I had paid up the wrong tax
imposed by those wretched Britishers,
02:14:01.105 --> 02:14:02.645
it would mean
that I had compromised my principles
02:14:02.646 --> 02:14:04.438
and given in to their unfair policy.
02:14:07.563 --> 02:14:11.896
You would have retired as an officer
with clean hands and integrity intact.
02:14:13.480 --> 02:14:17.021
But the palm of my hand
would have been stained!
02:14:18.438 --> 02:14:20.521
In what way is that
fair or just, Krishnan?
02:14:21.938 --> 02:14:24.021
I don't want that story
as part of history.
02:14:24.813 --> 02:14:27.855
The way you are retiring
with total fulfillment,
02:14:29.021 --> 02:14:30.937
my heart is filled
with the same contentment.
02:14:30.938 --> 02:14:34.438
With my head held high and a strong
sense of pride, I stand before you.
02:14:37.521 --> 02:14:38.980
Tell me now, Mr. Krishnan.
02:14:40.980 --> 02:14:42.021
Am I right?
02:14:48.521 --> 02:14:49.980
Oh, no! Not my feet!
02:14:50.855 --> 02:14:52.021
Come here.
02:15:25.730 --> 02:15:26.854
Sir.
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Do our nation's politicians
lack complete foresight?
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No aspirations for our country
to progress and prosper, sir?
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G. D. Naidu was a visionary
in every aspect, sir.
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The first electric motor in India
was invented by him.
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He founded the first polytechnic college.
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He pioneered a revolution
in agricultural yields.
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He introduced people to the healing power
of Siddha medicine.
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A practical engineering curriculum
can be completed in just two years.
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He proved it and recommended its adoption.
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But we overlooked his major contributions
to humanity
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and painted him to be a villain
in the eyes of the world, sir.
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They have branded
such a noble man as a traitor?
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If that is the case,
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Mr. Gandhi, Mr. Ambedkar,
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eminent political leaders,
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renowned scientists,
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celebrated thinkers,
revered religious leaders…
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Would they have visited his house
as guests if he had been a traitor, sir?
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All these years, we've been living
in a state of blissful ignorance.
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We have been reading
distorted versions of history, sir.
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I feel ashamed, sir.
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Humiliated.
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Even after knowing all this,
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if we don't include the history
of G. D. Naidu in our syllabus,
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history will never forgive us.
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Ms. Padmavathi.
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Please pardon us.
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DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION
GOVERNMENT OF TAMILNADU
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I'll take leave, sir.
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Excuse me.
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Are you related to G. D. Naidu?
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No, sir.
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My father is a retired Income Tax Officer.
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His name is…
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Ambalapara Krishnan.