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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
00:15:52.730 --> 00:15:54.520 align:center
and invest that money in a trade you love.
00:15:54.521 --> 00:15:56.646 align:center
Then you'll become
a successful businessman.
00:16:00.188 --> 00:16:02.396 align:center
Okay, in which mill
have you got me a job?
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DHANALAKSHMI COTTON MILL
00:16:07.355 --> 00:16:08.895 align:center
- Is he your candidate?
- Yes, madam.
00:16:08.896 --> 00:16:12.104 align:center
He is the first person to come here
on a motorcycle asking for a job!
00:16:12.105 --> 00:16:13.813 align:center
Take off your turban.
00:16:14.896 --> 00:16:16.437 align:center
He is so clueless!
00:16:16.438 --> 00:16:18.688 align:center
Take it off
and tie it around your waist.
00:16:20.563 --> 00:16:21.563 align:center
Madam.
00:16:22.896 --> 00:16:24.688 align:center
Will he bend his back and work hard?
00:16:25.188 --> 00:16:26.312 align:center
Stand with your hands folded.
00:16:26.313 --> 00:16:27.605 align:center
He will go the extra mile.
00:16:28.355 --> 00:16:30.229 align:center
I'll hire him because he is your nephew.
00:16:30.230 --> 00:16:33.437 align:center
Listen, boy, there are some rules
to be followed if you work here.
00:16:33.438 --> 00:16:35.104 align:center
You must report for work early.
00:16:35.105 --> 00:16:36.979 align:center
You should not take leaves
without a reason.
00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:39.062 align:center
You should not gossip
with your co-workers.
00:16:39.063 --> 00:16:41.520 align:center
You will get a monthly salary
of five rupees, understood?
00:16:41.521 --> 00:16:43.354 align:center
I also have a few rules, madam.
00:16:43.355 --> 00:16:44.271 align:center
Hey!
00:16:45.730 --> 00:16:47.812 align:center
I'm here to train as a mill worker.
00:16:47.813 --> 00:16:49.479 align:center
I will be here only for two years.
00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:53.562 align:center
After learning the ropes of this job,
I intend to start my own mill.
00:16:53.563 --> 00:16:54.813 align:center
Are you out of your mind?
00:16:56.146 --> 00:16:58.063 align:center
You're being upfront.
00:16:58.521 --> 00:17:01.188 align:center
- Ramasamy, how many will be so frank?
- Madam?
00:17:04.188 --> 00:17:06.480 align:center
Thavasi, take this boy
and teach him the job.
00:17:06.605 --> 00:17:07.645 align:center
- Yes, madam.
- Thank her.
00:17:07.646 --> 00:17:09.354 align:center
- Go.
- Come with me.
00:17:09.355 --> 00:17:10.520 align:center
Go, dear.
00:17:10.521 --> 00:17:15.020 align:center
Rooted deep in their native soil
Countless hands here honor the toil
00:17:15.021 --> 00:17:19.646 align:center
Unity is our power so strong
Supporting us lifelong
00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:30.063 align:center
For those who toil away
00:17:30.271 --> 00:17:34.021 align:center
No loss will come their way
00:17:34.563 --> 00:17:38.646 align:center
Just believe you will achieve
00:17:38.896 --> 00:17:43.062 align:center
Where work is plentiful all around
00:17:43.063 --> 00:17:46.895 align:center
The clever never lose their ground…
00:17:46.896 --> 00:17:49.812 align:center
Doraiswamy, go to Vairavan's shop
and buy soap nut powder.
00:17:49.813 --> 00:17:51.895 align:center
Pluck some neem leaves on the way back.
00:17:51.896 --> 00:17:53.938 align:center
This child has lice all over her head.
00:17:54.646 --> 00:18:00.688 align:center
The wisdom that you gain and seek
Will lift you to the highest peak
00:18:08.313 --> 00:18:12.563 align:center
Clash with mountains, never yield
Display courage which is your shield
00:18:12.688 --> 00:18:16.979 align:center
Let your heart lead the way
Take each step to a brighter day
00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:21.313 align:center
Learn the ways of the wise
Change your tactics and rise
00:18:21.605 --> 00:18:25.480 align:center
Let your passion rise within
Let your grit and guts kick in
00:18:31.896 --> 00:18:32.938 align:center
Madam.
00:18:33.563 --> 00:18:35.146 align:center
Can you teach me English too?
00:18:40.563 --> 00:18:41.480 align:center
Madam.
00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.980 align:center
What is this?
00:18:55.563 --> 00:18:57.605 align:center
- What is this?
- Eggplant!
00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:02.521 align:center
Very good.
00:19:03.896 --> 00:19:07.563 align:center
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.
00:19:12.146 --> 00:19:13.396 align:center
Good Lord!
00:19:13.730 --> 00:19:14.980 align:center
How amazing!
00:19:26.813 --> 00:19:29.313 align:center
TWO YEARS LATER
00:19:33.105 --> 00:19:36.521 align:center
G. D. GINNING MILL
00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:47.146 align:center
- Hey! Remove all the carts from there!
- Dorai!
00:19:47.896 --> 00:19:50.062 align:center
All the bigwigs are waiting
for the mill's inauguration.
00:19:50.063 --> 00:19:52.812 align:center
- Won't others take care of this?
- Uncle, did you see Chellamma?
00:19:52.813 --> 00:19:54.563 align:center
Chellamma? She was right here.
00:19:55.021 --> 00:19:55.855 align:center
Chellamma?
00:19:56.396 --> 00:19:57.230 align:center
Chellamma?
00:19:58.188 --> 00:19:59.188 align:center
Deivanai?
00:19:59.813 --> 00:20:00.896 align:center
Did you see Chellamma?
00:20:01.146 --> 00:20:03.855 align:center
She felt unwell, so she is taking rest.
00:20:04.688 --> 00:20:06.021 align:center
- She is unwell?
- Yes.
00:20:12.813 --> 00:20:13.646 align:center
Hey!
00:20:14.313 --> 00:20:15.437 align:center
Chellamma!
00:20:15.438 --> 00:20:17.355 align:center
- What happened?
- It's nothing.
00:20:17.896 --> 00:20:20.480 align:center
- I was feeling tired.
- You are saying you feel tired.
00:20:20.730 --> 00:20:22.437 align:center
But you're burning up with a high fever.
00:20:22.438 --> 00:20:23.812 align:center
- Lingam?
- Sir?
00:20:23.813 --> 00:20:25.395 align:center
- Get the cart ready to go to the doctor.
- Sure, sir.
00:20:25.396 --> 00:20:29.770 align:center
We fixed an auspicious date and invited
all the VIPs to inaugurate the mill.
00:20:29.771 --> 00:20:31.520 align:center
If you are not here, it won't be right.
00:20:31.521 --> 00:20:32.438 align:center
You go there.
00:20:32.688 --> 00:20:34.646 align:center
- I can go to the doctor by myself.
- Hey.
00:20:35.438 --> 00:20:37.688 align:center
How can today be auspicious
if you are unwell?
00:20:38.938 --> 00:20:41.938 align:center
Keep quiet.
Lingam, bring the ox cart!
00:20:45.938 --> 00:20:46.980 align:center
Chellamma?
00:20:47.396 --> 00:20:48.313 align:center
How are you?
00:20:49.563 --> 00:20:51.105 align:center
- Are you feeling better?
- Yes.
00:20:51.771 --> 00:20:54.063 align:center
Are you churning buttermilk
so late at night?
00:20:54.938 --> 00:20:57.730 align:center
Not buttermilk, Deivanai.
Add those onions to it.
00:21:04.063 --> 00:21:05.271 align:center
What is this?
00:21:05.396 --> 00:21:07.188 align:center
It has diced the onions so finely.
00:21:07.730 --> 00:21:09.271 align:center
My husband made this
00:21:09.646 --> 00:21:11.980 align:center
so that my eyes don't tear up
when I cut onions.
00:21:12.855 --> 00:21:15.605 align:center
He really bends over backward
to make sure you're happy.
00:21:15.855 --> 00:21:17.480 align:center
You are truly blessed.
00:21:19.771 --> 00:21:20.938 align:center
That is the problem.
00:21:22.146 --> 00:21:23.813 align:center
I am unable to accept it.
00:21:25.813 --> 00:21:28.563 align:center
Deivanai, he has such big dreams.
00:21:30.021 --> 00:21:32.230 align:center
Many people have to benefit
from his dreams.
00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:37.521 align:center
G. D. GINNING MILL
00:22:14.813 --> 00:22:16.187 align:center
- Bravo.
- Wow!
00:22:16.188 --> 00:22:17.395 align:center
That was great!
00:22:17.396 --> 00:22:18.396 align:center
Very good.
00:22:21.438 --> 00:22:23.895 align:center
I hear the French are coming
to our aid on the Western Front.
00:22:23.896 --> 00:22:25.688 align:center
Led by the British army, of course.
00:22:26.355 --> 00:22:28.187 align:center
It's the French who need our help.
00:22:28.188 --> 00:22:29.229 align:center
Naturally.
00:22:29.230 --> 00:22:31.771 align:center
And soon,
Germany's dominance will be broken.
00:22:32.021 --> 00:22:35.063 align:center
I'd like to raise a toast
to victory over Germany.
00:22:35.563 --> 00:22:38.146 align:center
And for the Great War to be over soon.
00:22:48.271 --> 00:22:49.271 align:center
Stanes?
00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:52.604 align:center
I've been toying with the idea
of starting cotton farming.
00:22:52.605 --> 00:22:55.063 align:center
Since that's your forte,
I'd like some guidance.
00:22:56.980 --> 00:23:00.730 align:center
Yeah, well, actually, I know someone
with far more expertise than I do.
00:23:01.021 --> 00:23:02.438 align:center
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:23:02.896 --> 00:23:05.730 align:center
Mr. and Mrs. Naidu!
00:23:06.355 --> 00:23:08.063 align:center
Oh! Speak of the devil!
00:23:31.230 --> 00:23:32.855 align:center
Who the hell is this fakir?
00:23:33.771 --> 00:23:37.771 align:center
He is one of the most intelligent
and enterprising gentlemen I've ever met.
00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:40.146 align:center
Quite simply, he is a genius!
00:23:40.521 --> 00:23:41.605 align:center
Oh! Really?
00:23:46.563 --> 00:23:48.271 align:center
- Madam?
- No, thank you.
00:23:49.605 --> 00:23:50.979 align:center
Excuse me, ladies.
00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:53.480 align:center
I'm afraid I have to steal
this gentleman from you.
00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:55.896 align:center
- I'm sorry, ladies.
- Of course, Stanes.
00:23:56.230 --> 00:23:58.355 align:center
Mr. Stanes, I see the crutches have gone.
00:23:58.730 --> 00:24:00.938 align:center
My Siddha medicines
have worked their magic.
00:24:01.146 --> 00:24:04.313 align:center
Blimey! Your English has improved
by leaps and bounds.
00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:06.396 align:center
Well, I had good teachers.
00:24:06.855 --> 00:24:09.437 align:center
Mrs. Stanes and you taught me
with so much affection.
00:24:09.438 --> 00:24:10.520 align:center
It's our pleasure.
00:24:10.521 --> 00:24:12.188 align:center
Won't you join us at this table?
00:24:12.563 --> 00:24:15.313 align:center
- Thank you. Very good evening, gentlemen.
- Good evening.
00:24:17.396 --> 00:24:20.770 align:center
Naidu, may I present Winston Smith?
Promising young merchant.
00:24:20.771 --> 00:24:23.145 align:center
- Oh! Nice to meet you, Mr. Smith.
- Nice to meet you.
00:24:23.146 --> 00:24:25.979 align:center
And this is Henry Adams,
Commissioner of Income Tax.
00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:28.688 align:center
Oh! Such an honor
to meet you, Mr. Adams.
00:24:29.688 --> 00:24:33.521 align:center
Mr. Smith would love to get
your expert opinion on cotton farming.
00:24:33.771 --> 00:24:35.604 align:center
Oh! You're interested?
00:24:35.605 --> 00:24:36.688 align:center
Yes.
00:24:37.146 --> 00:24:40.980 align:center
I have cross-bred high-yield cotton plants
00:24:41.313 --> 00:24:44.271 align:center
with pest-resistant,
low-cost cotton varieties
00:24:44.521 --> 00:24:48.813 align:center
that produce the highest yields
and I've preserved those seeds carefully.
00:24:50.771 --> 00:24:51.812 align:center
Oh, my!
00:24:51.813 --> 00:24:53.562 align:center
Can I have some of your seeds, please?
00:24:53.563 --> 00:24:54.563 align:center
Definitely.
00:24:55.021 --> 00:24:56.813 align:center
But I won't give them away for free.
00:24:57.271 --> 00:24:59.230 align:center
I'll sell them.
That too, at my price.
00:25:02.188 --> 00:25:05.313 align:center
Where did you earn
your degree in botany, Mr. Naidu?
00:25:05.813 --> 00:25:06.938 align:center
Mr. Adams.
00:25:07.355 --> 00:25:11.146 align:center
My enthusiasm teaches me
many things that education couldn't.
00:25:13.938 --> 00:25:16.271 align:center
The audacity of this uneducated man
00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:18.646 align:center
to come and sell his seeds to us!
00:25:22.938 --> 00:25:25.938 align:center
How are you qualified to sell them to us?
00:25:28.438 --> 00:25:30.729 align:center
You entered our country as mere traders.
00:25:30.730 --> 00:25:33.229 align:center
If you think you're qualified
to rule this country,
00:25:33.230 --> 00:25:35.438 align:center
I'm slightly more qualified than you are.
00:25:38.563 --> 00:25:39.521 align:center
Naidu.
00:25:39.938 --> 00:25:43.063 align:center
Are you aware of where
and whom you are talking to?
00:25:44.688 --> 00:25:49.730 align:center
You will soon understand which country
you're in and whom you're talking to.
00:26:00.063 --> 00:26:00.938 align:center
We'll see.
00:26:06.271 --> 00:26:08.188 align:center
Naidu, why are you doing this?
00:26:08.688 --> 00:26:10.688 align:center
I am worried.
Think about your family.
00:26:10.896 --> 00:26:12.021 align:center
My dear Mr. Stanes.
00:26:12.271 --> 00:26:14.021 align:center
A shrewd industrialist should know
00:26:14.146 --> 00:26:17.813 align:center
whose feet to fall at
and whose ears to tweak!
00:26:19.563 --> 00:26:20.521 align:center
Family…
00:26:21.563 --> 00:26:23.105 align:center
Do you know where Chellamma is?
00:26:24.271 --> 00:26:25.105 align:center
Chell…
00:26:26.355 --> 00:26:27.521 align:center
Excuse me.
00:26:31.771 --> 00:26:33.604 align:center
- Shanmugam, did you see my wife?
- Sir?
00:26:33.605 --> 00:26:35.729 align:center
I offered to drop her
in our horse carriage.
00:26:35.730 --> 00:26:38.188 align:center
She said no
and walked back to the cottage.
00:26:40.521 --> 00:26:41.563 align:center
Bring my vehicle!
00:27:10.146 --> 00:27:11.105 align:center
Chellamma.
00:27:11.938 --> 00:27:13.480 align:center
Chellamma, what happened, dear?
00:27:13.813 --> 00:27:14.938 align:center
Are you unwell?
00:27:15.563 --> 00:27:16.605 align:center
Nothing of that sort.
00:27:20.855 --> 00:27:22.813 align:center
When I take you to parties like this,
00:27:23.605 --> 00:27:26.563 align:center
it bothers me
that I make you feel uncomfortable.
00:27:28.438 --> 00:27:29.938 align:center
Will you promise me something?
00:27:31.105 --> 00:27:32.687 align:center
Only I will speak now.
00:27:32.688 --> 00:27:34.230 align:center
You should not interrupt me.
00:27:36.938 --> 00:27:37.813 align:center
Okay.
00:27:43.271 --> 00:27:46.563 align:center
How hard did you work to save money
to buy your dream motorcycle?
00:27:47.730 --> 00:27:49.770 align:center
But you gave the entire sum
without batting an eye
00:27:49.771 --> 00:27:51.438 align:center
to those protesters in Kalangal.
00:27:52.438 --> 00:27:53.980 align:center
You have a heart of gold, dear.
00:27:54.938 --> 00:27:57.355 align:center
It will not change.
Nor should it change.
00:28:01.230 --> 00:28:03.895 align:center
By manufacturing indigenous products
for the people of our land,
00:28:03.896 --> 00:28:07.813 align:center
your dream to end British rule
is a really big challenge.
00:28:10.396 --> 00:28:14.021 align:center
It will benefit our country
and our people immensely.
00:28:15.896 --> 00:28:17.729 align:center
In such a crucial phase in your life…
00:28:17.730 --> 00:28:19.354 align:center
"Will my wife be alright with this?"
00:28:19.355 --> 00:28:21.479 align:center
"Will she settle down happily
if we move here?"
00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:23.145 align:center
If you have to worry about me like this,
00:28:23.146 --> 00:28:26.188 align:center
I may be keeping people
from benefiting from those advantages.
00:28:27.271 --> 00:28:28.230 align:center
Chellamma.
00:28:28.771 --> 00:28:30.813 align:center
I don't want
to shoulder that blame, dear.
00:28:31.730 --> 00:28:34.438 align:center
I know very well
how much you love me.
00:28:35.688 --> 00:28:38.104 align:center
If I ask you to follow me
leaving behind your dreams,
00:28:38.105 --> 00:28:40.021 align:center
you will agree in the blink of an eye.
00:28:41.146 --> 00:28:42.396 align:center
But after that,
00:28:43.146 --> 00:28:46.896 align:center
I'd be weeping that you couldn't serve
our nation because of my selfishness.
00:28:47.105 --> 00:28:49.938 align:center
You'd be feeling sad
that you couldn't achieve your goals.
00:28:53.396 --> 00:28:55.021 align:center
Our life will turn sour.
00:28:56.730 --> 00:28:58.146 align:center
I can think of only one way.
00:29:00.605 --> 00:29:01.605 align:center
What is it?
00:29:06.521 --> 00:29:12.063 align:center
Marry a girl who will stand by your side
sharing your many dreams.
00:29:12.521 --> 00:29:14.063 align:center
Chellamma, have you lost your--
00:29:15.896 --> 00:29:17.771 align:center
Don't worry about our children.
00:29:19.730 --> 00:29:21.021 align:center
I'll raise them well.
00:29:33.271 --> 00:29:34.813 align:center
I didn't decide this overnight.
00:29:35.438 --> 00:29:37.646 align:center
A calm decision made
after deep deliberation.
00:29:39.771 --> 00:29:42.438 align:center
You will eventually realize
that it's better this way.
00:30:02.771 --> 00:30:03.730 align:center
Uncle.
00:30:03.896 --> 00:30:05.312 align:center
Are you mad or what?
00:30:05.313 --> 00:30:07.188 align:center
How can I marry such a young girl?
00:30:07.313 --> 00:30:09.980 align:center
Why does it bother you
when she has consented happily?
00:30:11.813 --> 00:30:13.896 align:center
How can she think
with clarity at that age?
00:30:14.188 --> 00:30:18.395 align:center
If you reject her now at the altar,
her family and life will be ruined.
00:30:18.396 --> 00:30:19.896 align:center
She may take drastic measures.
00:30:30.813 --> 00:30:32.687 align:center
Dorai, bend and give in right now.
00:30:32.688 --> 00:30:35.313 align:center
Otherwise, Ranganayaki will
make you bend to her will.
00:31:06.896 --> 00:31:07.813 align:center
Are you crying?
00:31:10.438 --> 00:31:11.396 align:center
No.
00:31:13.563 --> 00:31:14.730 align:center
What happened? Tell me.
00:31:16.021 --> 00:31:17.313 align:center
I'm bad luck for you.
00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.355 align:center
What?
00:31:20.438 --> 00:31:23.230 align:center
All this happened to you
only after you married me.
00:31:24.063 --> 00:31:26.396 align:center
Hey! What misfortune has befallen us?
00:31:28.188 --> 00:31:29.938 align:center
When you were with your first wife,
00:31:30.063 --> 00:31:32.063 align:center
you were the king of the cotton trade.
00:31:32.688 --> 00:31:36.438 align:center
Just one year after I came into your life,
we've been reduced to this state.
00:31:36.855 --> 00:31:39.687 align:center
We've sold all our assets
and sunk to this level of poverty…
00:31:39.688 --> 00:31:41.021 align:center
You crazy wife of mine!
00:31:41.688 --> 00:31:44.438 align:center
If we've been reduced to this state,
it's because of me!
00:31:45.105 --> 00:31:48.105 align:center
I should have gone to Bombay
and stuck to the cotton trading.
00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:50.354 align:center
Listening to some random chap's advice,
00:31:50.355 --> 00:31:53.187 align:center
I'm the one who lost everything I earned
in cotton gambling.
00:31:53.188 --> 00:31:54.771 align:center
I gambled. I lost all the money.
00:31:55.063 --> 00:31:57.813 align:center
But did I become a drunkard and rot away?
00:31:58.146 --> 00:31:59.063 align:center
Come here.
00:32:02.605 --> 00:32:05.855 align:center
Ranganayaki, in Snakes & Ladders
when we cross 90 and keep moving,
00:32:06.021 --> 00:32:09.187 align:center
a huge snake will bite us suddenly
and we'll come sliding down.
00:32:09.188 --> 00:32:11.396 align:center
But even if we slide down
to the rock bottom,
00:32:11.605 --> 00:32:13.312 align:center
we'll still remain in the game.
00:32:13.313 --> 00:32:15.021 align:center
We don't get pushed off the board.
00:32:15.938 --> 00:32:16.855 align:center
Listen to me.
00:32:18.105 --> 00:32:19.938 align:center
Won't we get another ladder to climb?
00:32:22.396 --> 00:32:23.730 align:center
If it doesn't come our way,
00:32:24.105 --> 00:32:25.605 align:center
I will make it appear!
00:32:27.938 --> 00:32:28.980 align:center
Lovely lunatic!
00:32:29.105 --> 00:32:31.313 align:center
How can you be silly enough
to cry over this?
00:32:49.605 --> 00:32:51.063 align:center
Naidu, Good Lord!
00:32:51.355 --> 00:32:52.313 align:center
Is that really you?
00:32:53.438 --> 00:32:54.480 align:center
Mr. Stanes.
00:32:55.355 --> 00:32:57.938 align:center
I heard that you're hiring a mechanic
in your garage.
00:32:59.605 --> 00:33:00.938 align:center
Can you give me that job?
00:33:02.146 --> 00:33:07.146 align:center
Look, I understand you had to swallow
your pride to come and ask me for a job.
00:33:08.105 --> 00:33:10.270 align:center
It takes a lot of courage
to do that, Naidu.
00:33:10.271 --> 00:33:11.688 align:center
Most men couldn't do it.
00:33:12.021 --> 00:33:13.188 align:center
And I'm in awe.
00:33:15.355 --> 00:33:16.563 align:center
Mr. Stanes.
00:33:17.855 --> 00:33:19.396 align:center
Pride cannot pay my bills.
00:33:20.563 --> 00:33:22.229 align:center
True as that may be, my friend,
00:33:22.230 --> 00:33:24.605 align:center
I cannot take advantage of you
at this time.
00:33:26.105 --> 00:33:27.813 align:center
So here's what we are going to do.
00:33:28.771 --> 00:33:30.105 align:center
Take one of my buses.
00:33:31.105 --> 00:33:31.938 align:center
Run it.
00:33:32.396 --> 00:33:33.313 align:center
Start again.
00:33:34.021 --> 00:33:35.687 align:center
And I'm sure that in no time,
00:33:35.688 --> 00:33:38.480 align:center
you will turn that bus
into a whole fleet of buses.
00:33:39.563 --> 00:33:41.938 align:center
On that day, you can repay me.
00:33:50.813 --> 00:33:51.730 align:center
Thank you.
00:33:52.521 --> 00:33:53.438 align:center
Yes.
00:33:53.646 --> 00:33:54.979 align:center
Of course, my old friend.
00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:56.688 align:center
Now, what do you say?
00:33:57.021 --> 00:33:58.646 align:center
Shall we go get us a pot of tea?
00:33:58.813 --> 00:34:00.230 align:center
Oh! I am dying to.
00:34:00.646 --> 00:34:01.813 align:center
- Thank you.
- Yes.
00:34:02.313 --> 00:34:03.562 align:center
Your house looks the same.
00:34:03.563 --> 00:34:04.646 align:center
Ah, yes.
00:34:09.688 --> 00:34:10.729 align:center
Listen, dear.
00:34:10.730 --> 00:34:13.520 align:center
Your uncle said that he has
arranged for a driver.
00:34:13.521 --> 00:34:15.771 align:center
- Did you talk to him?
- I did… I did.
00:34:16.688 --> 00:34:17.980 align:center
Who did you hire?
00:34:20.938 --> 00:34:23.188 align:center
COIMBATORE - UDUMALAI - PALANI
00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:25.854 align:center
Are you planning to drive it yourself?
00:34:25.855 --> 00:34:27.021 align:center
Yes.
00:34:27.313 --> 00:34:28.313 align:center
Proprietress.
00:34:28.730 --> 00:34:30.521 align:center
How much will you pay this driver?
00:34:31.730 --> 00:34:33.980 align:center
I can't pay this driver a salary.
00:34:35.105 --> 00:34:39.105 align:center
This driver knows how to get a salary
from his beloved proprietress!
00:34:40.146 --> 00:34:41.354 align:center
Doraiswamy.
00:34:41.355 --> 00:34:43.938 align:center
Your love-bus is on the go.
When will this bus leave?
00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:48.312 align:center
It will leave shortly.
First, get in.
00:34:48.313 --> 00:34:51.063 align:center
- Come on.
- Uncle, he's driving for the first time.
00:34:51.188 --> 00:34:52.645 align:center
Ask him to check the auspicious time.
00:34:52.646 --> 00:34:54.687 align:center
- Okay… fine.
- My proprietress princess.
00:34:54.688 --> 00:34:57.354 align:center
Should I look for auspicious time
or keep my eyes on the road?
00:34:57.355 --> 00:34:59.105 align:center
Sarcastic wit runs in your veins!
00:35:00.105 --> 00:35:01.229 align:center
Shall I take my leave?
00:35:01.230 --> 00:35:02.271 align:center
Shall we go?
00:35:33.646 --> 00:35:35.438 align:center
G. D. NAIDU BUS STATION
00:35:46.396 --> 00:35:47.813 align:center
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
00:35:48.146 --> 00:35:53.020 align:center
Mr. Hurtis, why did the bus
from Ooty start five minutes late?
00:35:53.021 --> 00:35:55.270 align:center
- The bus was only half full.
- No, it doesn't matter.
00:35:55.271 --> 00:35:58.020 align:center
Even if there's only one passenger,
the bus has to leave on time.
00:35:58.021 --> 00:36:00.895 align:center
Discipline is more important than profits.
I'm sure you understand.
00:36:00.896 --> 00:36:02.187 align:center
- Very good, sir.
- Are we set?
00:36:02.188 --> 00:36:03.229 align:center
- Yes, sir.
- Let's go.
00:36:03.230 --> 00:36:06.645 align:center
Respected bus owners who honored
our invitation and are here with us,
00:36:06.646 --> 00:36:08.896 align:center
on behalf of Mr. G. D. Naidu,
00:36:09.230 --> 00:36:13.313 align:center
G. D. bus service and its proud employees,
00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:15.562 align:center
I extend a hearty welcome to one and all.
00:36:15.563 --> 00:36:16.438 align:center
R. P. BUS SERVICE
00:36:17.396 --> 00:36:20.729 align:center
The bus service
which we run in South India
00:36:20.730 --> 00:36:25.562 align:center
is no less than those in China, Japan
and Russia.
00:36:25.563 --> 00:36:27.604 align:center
- That is not an exaggeration.
- Definitely.
00:36:27.605 --> 00:36:29.438 align:center
He is absolutely right.
00:36:30.896 --> 00:36:35.105 align:center
Only our G. D. Naidu runs a bus service
that has left the British speechless!
00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.979 align:center
Look at that advertisement.
00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:38.605 align:center
He is writing his own history!
00:36:39.271 --> 00:36:42.271 align:center
If a man gets into his bus
clad in crisp white cotton attire,
00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:45.646 align:center
he can be assured of alighting
without a spot of dirt or crease.
00:36:45.896 --> 00:36:48.270 align:center
Whether it's advertising boastfully,
00:36:48.271 --> 00:36:50.230 align:center
or maintaining the buses,
00:36:50.438 --> 00:36:51.813 align:center
no one can beat Naidu.
00:36:51.938 --> 00:36:54.438 align:center
Then how can we not appreciate him?
00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:58.605 align:center
Thank you.
00:36:59.271 --> 00:37:01.520 align:center
The reason we've all assembled here--
00:37:01.521 --> 00:37:02.563 align:center
But…
00:37:02.813 --> 00:37:05.396 align:center
Can we run a bus company
so efficiently like him?
00:37:05.813 --> 00:37:08.771 align:center
Impossible, because he owns
more than 200 buses.
00:37:09.271 --> 00:37:10.730 align:center
Money keeps rolling in.
00:37:11.105 --> 00:37:15.313 align:center
We own one or two buses
and find it hard to make both ends meet.
00:37:16.188 --> 00:37:19.187 align:center
If we charge two paise for four miles,
00:37:19.188 --> 00:37:21.895 align:center
you take passengers at half the price
for the same distance.
00:37:21.896 --> 00:37:23.437 align:center
Then how do we cope?
00:37:23.438 --> 00:37:25.020 align:center
Sir, we can think of only one solution.
00:37:25.021 --> 00:37:28.271 align:center
You don't drive on our route
and we won't drive on yours.
00:37:29.563 --> 00:37:31.062 align:center
BUS OWNERS' CONFERENCE
00:37:31.063 --> 00:37:32.021 align:center
No.
00:37:33.105 --> 00:37:38.271 align:center
You cannot dictate which routes I can
drive on, nor can I do the same to you.
00:37:38.563 --> 00:37:40.104 align:center
Because this is beyond business.
00:37:40.105 --> 00:37:41.520 align:center
This is about service to the people.
00:37:41.521 --> 00:37:44.062 align:center
Without competition,
there will be no growth or progress.
00:37:44.063 --> 00:37:46.188 align:center
But that growth should not stop.
00:37:46.313 --> 00:37:48.562 align:center
It's growth only if it spreads
in all directions.
00:37:48.563 --> 00:37:50.396 align:center
Otherwise, it's called swelling.
00:37:54.396 --> 00:37:56.813 align:center
Sir, you have understood
the problem clearly.
00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:59.063 align:center
But your solution
00:37:59.646 --> 00:38:02.271 align:center
resembles the British's scheme
of divide and rule.
00:38:02.563 --> 00:38:04.729 align:center
It's called a chariot
only if the villagers join hands.
00:38:04.730 --> 00:38:06.230 align:center
Or else it's just carved wood.
00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:10.688 align:center
This town should unite in harmony.
00:38:13.396 --> 00:38:15.188 align:center
I have a fantastic plan.
00:38:15.688 --> 00:38:17.229 align:center
Lend me your ears with patience.
00:38:17.230 --> 00:38:24.021 align:center
Our suggestion is for all of us
to start a cooperative bus company.
00:38:24.855 --> 00:38:26.646 align:center
As far as this company is concerned,
00:38:26.896 --> 00:38:28.646 align:center
everyone here is the boss.
00:38:29.105 --> 00:38:31.479 align:center
Does he think all of us are blockheads?
00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:34.105 align:center
You'll add your bus to our company.
00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:37.895 align:center
Depending on how many buses you add,
00:38:37.896 --> 00:38:40.396 align:center
we can share the profits accordingly.
00:38:41.396 --> 00:38:46.521 align:center
The name of this bus company
where we unite for profit…
00:38:48.396 --> 00:38:50.480 align:center
is United Motor Service.
00:38:50.730 --> 00:38:53.229 align:center
Our UMS, for short.
00:38:53.230 --> 00:38:54.895 align:center
The customers will be our bosses.
00:38:54.896 --> 00:38:57.604 align:center
Their comfort is our top priority.
00:38:57.605 --> 00:39:00.437 align:center
Only then can we survive
and grow in this business.
00:39:00.438 --> 00:39:01.562 align:center
For that sole reason,
00:39:01.563 --> 00:39:04.271 align:center
we have planned
some special schemes for our people.
00:39:04.521 --> 00:39:08.188 align:center
Separate, clean toilets
for men and women.
00:39:08.438 --> 00:39:12.688 align:center
A rest area for travelers
and a canteen functioning for 14 hours.
00:39:12.813 --> 00:39:15.354 align:center
If a passenger wants to go
to Nagercoil from Coimbatore,
00:39:15.355 --> 00:39:18.980 align:center
all he has to do is buy one ticket.
It will be valid for four days.
00:39:19.105 --> 00:39:21.187 align:center
Even if he stops in any town
along the way,
00:39:21.188 --> 00:39:25.688 align:center
he can continue his journey
on any other UMS bus.
00:39:27.063 --> 00:39:28.854 align:center
MADURAI - TIRUNELVELI - NAGERCOIL -
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - TRICHY - THANJAVUR
00:39:28.855 --> 00:39:31.188 align:center
Spare parts expenses,
profit and loss statements
00:39:31.313 --> 00:39:34.480 align:center
will be transparent and updated properly.
00:39:34.646 --> 00:39:36.396 align:center
Anyone can check anytime they want.
00:39:38.063 --> 00:39:39.938 align:center
Your idea seems very good on paper.
00:39:40.646 --> 00:39:43.605 align:center
Let's say after we attach
all our buses with UMS,
00:39:43.771 --> 00:39:45.521 align:center
if any repairs are needed,
00:39:45.688 --> 00:39:48.313 align:center
should we take care of the expenses?
00:39:48.730 --> 00:39:50.271 align:center
Or will the company cover them?
00:39:50.896 --> 00:39:53.146 align:center
Very good question.
That's very pertinent.
00:39:53.271 --> 00:40:00.312 align:center
Mr. Naidu plans to open a garage
that runs 24/7 at his own expense.
00:40:00.313 --> 00:40:02.645 align:center
Since we are manufacturing
our own spare parts,
00:40:02.646 --> 00:40:05.354 align:center
the service costs, breakdown costs,
expenditure on repairs…
00:40:05.355 --> 00:40:07.312 align:center
You don't have to worry
about any of these expenses.
00:40:07.313 --> 00:40:08.605 align:center
UMS will take care of it.
00:40:09.355 --> 00:40:13.313 align:center
But have you ever wondered
why our buses break down frequently?
00:40:15.188 --> 00:40:20.188 align:center
Because we drive our buses
on unpaved roads with great difficulty.
00:40:21.396 --> 00:40:24.271 align:center
But taxes for roads
that have never been built
00:40:24.855 --> 00:40:28.105 align:center
are collected by the British
government without any shame.
00:40:28.646 --> 00:40:29.688 align:center
Does it stop there?
00:40:30.271 --> 00:40:32.980 align:center
Customs duty, income tax, property tax…
00:40:34.063 --> 00:40:36.145 align:center
Taxes on the salt
we harvest from our sea…
00:40:36.146 --> 00:40:37.271 align:center
And not just on salt.
00:40:37.730 --> 00:40:39.313 align:center
If we let this continue,
00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:42.188 align:center
they'll even tax the loincloth we wear!
00:40:42.355 --> 00:40:43.980 align:center
Scoundrels!
00:40:45.063 --> 00:40:46.105 align:center
You are right.
00:40:48.938 --> 00:40:54.230 align:center
But can a single person challenge
all these atrocities by the British?
00:40:56.230 --> 00:40:57.063 align:center
Not at all.
00:41:02.646 --> 00:41:04.688 align:center
But if we stand together as a federation,
00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:10.021 align:center
we can grab them by the collar
and boldly demand answers.
00:41:11.771 --> 00:41:15.230 align:center
We can refuse to pay taxes
if proper roads aren't built.
00:41:18.230 --> 00:41:21.980 align:center
This is how we can change our destiny.
00:41:25.438 --> 00:41:26.480 align:center
Now tell me.
00:41:27.646 --> 00:41:31.355 align:center
As a cooperative,
shall we start this company?
00:41:33.646 --> 00:41:35.396 align:center
United Motor Service.
00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:37.563 align:center
Shall we start?
00:42:09.438 --> 00:42:10.563 align:center
Sir, congratulations.
00:42:41.063 --> 00:42:43.396 align:center
R.P. BUS SERVICE
00:42:59.230 --> 00:43:00.396 align:center
- Sundaram.
- Sir?
00:43:00.771 --> 00:43:03.188 align:center
Did Ramaiah Pillai add his buses
to the company?
00:43:03.646 --> 00:43:04.688 align:center
Not yet.
00:43:06.646 --> 00:43:09.146 align:center
- Why?
- He had an emergency.
00:43:09.355 --> 00:43:11.938 align:center
The poor guy had to sell
the only bus he owned.
00:43:12.230 --> 00:43:13.646 align:center
But it was well maintained.
00:43:13.938 --> 00:43:16.230 align:center
That's why we bought it
at the price he quoted.
00:43:17.646 --> 00:43:19.605 align:center
- He sold his bus?
- Yes, sir.
00:43:22.688 --> 00:43:23.771 align:center
Ask him to come upstairs.
00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:28.480 align:center
Greetings, Naidu.
00:43:28.688 --> 00:43:30.563 align:center
I do not intend to change my mind.
00:43:30.938 --> 00:43:33.063 align:center
The bus I sold you remains sold.
00:43:33.271 --> 00:43:36.063 align:center
I plan to use that money
for my daughter's wedding.
00:43:36.271 --> 00:43:38.521 align:center
- I'll take your leave.
- Sir… Sir, please come.
00:43:39.230 --> 00:43:40.063 align:center
Come here.
00:43:43.396 --> 00:43:45.646 align:center
Get your daughter married happily.
00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:48.605 align:center
But don't get me wrong
for asking you this.
00:43:49.355 --> 00:43:52.605 align:center
Will your life come to a standstill
after your daughter's wedding?
00:43:54.521 --> 00:43:56.146 align:center
You sold the only bus you owned.
00:43:56.771 --> 00:43:58.271 align:center
What will you do for a living?
00:44:01.813 --> 00:44:02.730 align:center
Sir.
00:44:03.105 --> 00:44:05.980 align:center
He called you up here
to discuss a job with you.
00:44:06.605 --> 00:44:08.063 align:center
What work can you do?
00:44:08.521 --> 00:44:10.145 align:center
Tell us your educational qualifications.
00:44:10.146 --> 00:44:11.230 align:center
Educ--
00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:12.480 align:center
Education?
00:44:12.813 --> 00:44:14.230 align:center
Are you trying to be funny?
00:44:14.855 --> 00:44:16.980 align:center
I didn't even finish elementary school.
00:44:17.355 --> 00:44:18.562 align:center
But…
00:44:18.563 --> 00:44:22.896 align:center
My bus has taught me many things
that a school couldn't.
00:44:28.396 --> 00:44:30.354 align:center
- Are you skeptical?
- I didn't mean it that way.
00:44:30.355 --> 00:44:32.145 align:center
I know you still have doubts.
00:44:32.146 --> 00:44:33.771 align:center
Send for your drivers now.
00:44:34.188 --> 00:44:35.688 align:center
Just summon them.
00:44:59.896 --> 00:45:02.313 align:center
In this bus, there is
no oil in the spring leaf.
00:45:02.813 --> 00:45:04.896 align:center
That's the reason for the groaning sound.
00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:06.855 align:center
There is no other problem.
00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:28.355 align:center
The second cylinder's spark plug is bad.
00:45:28.646 --> 00:45:30.021 align:center
That's why it is screaming.
00:45:44.646 --> 00:45:47.355 align:center
R. P. BUS SERVICE
00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:57.438 align:center
There won't be any problem in this bus.
00:45:57.855 --> 00:45:58.980 align:center
Because it is mine.
00:45:59.521 --> 00:46:01.063 align:center
R.P. Bus Service.
00:46:02.480 --> 00:46:05.521 align:center
But now this bus… belongs to you.
00:46:26.730 --> 00:46:27.646 align:center
Our bus.
00:46:29.063 --> 00:46:30.396 align:center
Listen, Ramaiah Pillai.
00:46:30.896 --> 00:46:32.355 align:center
Let me ask you face to face.
00:46:33.146 --> 00:46:36.313 align:center
This organization needs
a well-qualified foreman.
00:46:38.313 --> 00:46:41.146 align:center
I'll be extremely happy
if you accept this responsibility.
00:46:44.896 --> 00:46:47.146 align:center
Sir, please don't turn me down.
00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:51.146 align:center
How can I--
00:46:54.896 --> 00:46:55.813 align:center
Come on!
00:47:18.813 --> 00:47:20.688 align:center
KOVAI - UDUMALAI - PALANI
00:47:31.938 --> 00:47:35.396 align:center
Long live, Father Periyar!
00:48:27.563 --> 00:48:29.730 align:center
Mr. Smith, meet Mr. Bhupendra.
00:48:30.521 --> 00:48:33.771 align:center
Bhupendra is a leading figure
in north India's steel industry.
00:48:33.938 --> 00:48:35.729 align:center
And a prominent business tycoon.
00:48:35.730 --> 00:48:36.979 align:center
Glad to meet you, Mr. Smith.
00:48:36.980 --> 00:48:38.520 align:center
Glad to meet you, Mr. Bhupendra.
00:48:38.521 --> 00:48:40.729 align:center
The game is about to begin.
I'll see you at Divot Stomp.
00:48:40.730 --> 00:48:42.355 align:center
- Right you are.
- Right you are.
00:48:43.730 --> 00:48:45.729 align:center
Adams, can I have a word with you?
00:48:45.730 --> 00:48:46.730 align:center
Certainly.
00:48:47.938 --> 00:48:49.396 align:center
What "big tycoon"?
00:48:50.355 --> 00:48:51.562 align:center
You gave me your word.
00:48:51.563 --> 00:48:52.771 align:center
A foothold in the south.
00:48:53.271 --> 00:48:56.270 align:center
And on your request, I brought
Naidu down with that cotton gamble.
00:48:56.271 --> 00:48:58.646 align:center
And yet here we are, years on.
00:48:59.646 --> 00:49:01.438 align:center
And he's still ahead.
00:49:01.771 --> 00:49:03.146 align:center
Now you let this happen.
00:49:03.855 --> 00:49:06.271 align:center
And I am not going to be
the one paying the price.
00:49:06.521 --> 00:49:08.980 align:center
Believe me, Bhupendra, I tried.
00:49:09.938 --> 00:49:11.396 align:center
But his books are clean.
00:49:13.313 --> 00:49:15.146 align:center
And he is working within the system.
00:49:17.480 --> 00:49:19.605 align:center
What do you mean by the system, Adams?
00:49:20.271 --> 00:49:21.521 align:center
You are the system.
00:49:22.480 --> 00:49:24.396 align:center
Nothing is going to stand in your way.
00:49:24.521 --> 00:49:27.938 align:center
Do you think laws can't be bent
if his books are clean?
00:49:28.771 --> 00:49:29.646 align:center
Soil them.
00:49:30.605 --> 00:49:32.730 align:center
Ravi! Bring my horse!
00:49:38.521 --> 00:49:40.188 align:center
TAX PAYERS
00:50:02.521 --> 00:50:06.605 align:center
TAX EVADERS
00:50:07.688 --> 00:50:11.021 align:center
Sir, I have changed G. D. Naidu's records
as you instructed.
00:50:11.313 --> 00:50:12.230 align:center
Mr. Palanisamy.
00:50:13.688 --> 00:50:16.063 align:center
Naidu has stockpiled
tons and tons of steel.
00:50:16.605 --> 00:50:19.312 align:center
Sir, he has paid the sales tax
for all that.
00:50:19.313 --> 00:50:22.605 align:center
Mr. Collector, he melted
raw materials and made spare parts.
00:50:23.521 --> 00:50:25.104 align:center
Shouldn't he pay tax for that?
00:50:25.105 --> 00:50:26.229 align:center
For example,
00:50:26.230 --> 00:50:28.480 align:center
Naidu has paid tax only for the paddy.
00:50:28.646 --> 00:50:31.562 align:center
When the grain was harvested
and it was cooked as rice,
00:50:31.563 --> 00:50:32.729 align:center
no tax was paid.
00:50:32.730 --> 00:50:35.063 align:center
When the name and usage
of a product change,
00:50:35.188 --> 00:50:36.895 align:center
he has to pay manufacturing tax.
00:50:36.896 --> 00:50:38.020 align:center
Sir.
00:50:38.021 --> 00:50:40.854 align:center
Only when the cooked rice is sold
in restaurants, he has to pay tax.
00:50:40.855 --> 00:50:43.105 align:center
Do we have to pay tax
to just boil and eat it?
00:50:44.063 --> 00:50:48.563 align:center
Sir, G. D. Naidu is manufacturing
spare parts only for his personal use.
00:50:49.063 --> 00:50:50.730 align:center
He is not doing business with all this.
00:50:51.021 --> 00:50:52.188 align:center
Can you prove it?
00:50:54.646 --> 00:50:55.521 align:center
Sir…
00:50:56.938 --> 00:50:59.980 align:center
These clever businessmen will
have multiple books of accounts.
00:51:00.896 --> 00:51:04.605 align:center
Actual accounts will be different
from what they show us.
00:51:05.313 --> 00:51:06.188 align:center
Do you get it?
00:51:08.688 --> 00:51:10.313 align:center
Do you want to say anything?
00:51:11.021 --> 00:51:11.896 align:center
No, sir.
00:51:12.771 --> 00:51:13.813 align:center
Thank you, sir.
00:51:15.980 --> 00:51:17.105 align:center
Imbecile!
00:51:23.688 --> 00:51:25.063 align:center
Yeah, very good.
00:51:26.230 --> 00:51:27.105 align:center
Sir.
00:51:27.396 --> 00:51:28.230 align:center
Tell me, Killi.
00:51:29.063 --> 00:51:33.063 align:center
I know one man who is ready to enforce
all your orders without any fear.
00:51:33.521 --> 00:51:34.771 align:center
Salem Income Tax Officer.
00:51:35.063 --> 00:51:37.146 align:center
His name is Ambalapara Krishnan.
00:51:40.105 --> 00:51:41.480 align:center
I know this Krishnan.
00:51:42.855 --> 00:51:46.146 align:center
Do you call him by some nickname?
00:51:46.396 --> 00:51:47.355 align:center
Yes, sir.
00:51:48.688 --> 00:51:49.855 align:center
Lion of Salem!
00:51:49.980 --> 00:51:51.230 align:center
Get lost!
00:51:51.688 --> 00:51:52.730 align:center
Hey…
00:51:55.021 --> 00:51:57.146 align:center
I'll get even with you!
00:51:57.563 --> 00:51:59.938 align:center
Let's bring that lion to Coimbatore.
00:52:30.688 --> 00:52:32.105 align:center
G. D. NAIDU
00:52:32.938 --> 00:52:35.562 align:center
Sir, you've added Mr. G. D. Naidu
in the tax evaders list.
00:52:35.563 --> 00:52:36.604 align:center
Mohan.
00:52:36.605 --> 00:52:37.605 align:center
What is ALP?
00:52:38.021 --> 00:52:40.396 align:center
- Arms-length principle, sir.
- What does it mean?
00:52:40.730 --> 00:52:44.770 align:center
It's wrong to sell a product at a lower
price to friends and family, sir.
00:52:44.771 --> 00:52:45.771 align:center
Why?
00:52:45.896 --> 00:52:49.270 align:center
If they show less income,
they can pay less tax, sir.
00:52:49.271 --> 00:52:51.770 align:center
Naidu has chosen exactly
that fraudulent route!
00:52:51.771 --> 00:52:52.854 align:center
For farmers' welfare--
00:52:52.855 --> 00:52:55.563 align:center
What do the records say?
It's a clear case.
00:52:55.730 --> 00:52:58.271 align:center
Clear evidence of underinvoicing!
00:52:58.396 --> 00:52:59.688 align:center
- Am I right?
- Yes, sir.
00:52:59.813 --> 00:53:01.770 align:center
He hasn't paid manufacturing tax.
00:53:01.771 --> 00:53:03.938 align:center
He has cheated on import duty.
00:53:04.480 --> 00:53:06.770 align:center
Follow the paper, Mohan.
00:53:06.771 --> 00:53:07.687 align:center
Okay, sir.
00:53:07.688 --> 00:53:13.355 align:center
Who is he to decide which taxes
he will pay and which taxes he won't?
00:53:13.896 --> 00:53:14.980 align:center
Is he the government?
00:53:16.480 --> 00:53:18.021 align:center
He's just a trader.
00:53:19.480 --> 00:53:21.562 align:center
Who was here
before I took up this position?
00:53:21.563 --> 00:53:22.854 align:center
Palanisamy, sir.
00:53:22.855 --> 00:53:24.229 align:center
Why?
00:53:24.230 --> 00:53:26.188 align:center
He won't take any action against Naidu?
00:53:26.771 --> 00:53:28.145 align:center
Is he related to Naidu?
00:53:28.146 --> 00:53:30.020 align:center
No, sir, he has high regard for--
00:53:30.021 --> 00:53:32.855 align:center
What bloody re-- Respect.
00:53:33.105 --> 00:53:35.396 align:center
He's making millions via UMS.
00:53:35.813 --> 00:53:38.229 align:center
He has started many
polytechnic engineering colleges
00:53:38.230 --> 00:53:40.188 align:center
and is charging huge fees.
00:53:41.230 --> 00:53:43.896 align:center
Any industry he starts
is only making profits.
00:53:44.563 --> 00:53:48.313 align:center
But paying the tax promptly leaves
a bitter taste in his mouth, does it?
00:53:49.188 --> 00:53:50.395 align:center
- Perunkilli.
- Yes, sir.
00:53:50.396 --> 00:53:53.104 align:center
Get the papers ready
to seize his imports and exports.
00:53:53.105 --> 00:53:54.062 align:center
Okay, sir.
00:53:54.063 --> 00:53:55.313 align:center
- Sir, but he is--
- Mohan!
00:53:55.480 --> 00:53:56.645 align:center
It's an order.
00:53:56.646 --> 00:53:58.063 align:center
- Go.
- Okay, sir.
00:54:13.230 --> 00:54:15.354 align:center
Pillai, not a single machine
will be delivered.
00:54:15.355 --> 00:54:16.188 align:center
Why so?
00:54:16.563 --> 00:54:19.562 align:center
An Income Tax Officer has come from Salem,
a real pain in the neck!
00:54:19.563 --> 00:54:22.313 align:center
He has seized all our shipments
at the harbor.
00:54:22.688 --> 00:54:26.438 align:center
Not only have they imposed ridiculous
taxes on our various inventions,
00:54:26.605 --> 00:54:28.688 align:center
they have also piled on false penalties.
00:54:29.605 --> 00:54:33.521 align:center
Those corrupt bandits
are cooking up ideas to take bribes…
00:54:33.771 --> 00:54:35.396 align:center
We've never encouraged that.
00:54:35.855 --> 00:54:39.063 align:center
They can't take even one anna as a bribe
from our company.
00:54:39.688 --> 00:54:44.938 align:center
Naidu is well aware
of how to treat these buggers.
00:54:50.146 --> 00:54:53.020 align:center
Arrange a village council meeting
tomorrow evening.
00:54:53.021 --> 00:54:54.063 align:center
Okay, sir.
00:55:04.646 --> 00:55:07.854 align:center
Passengers to Government Hospital,
Pappampatti Junction, Sulur, get in.
00:55:07.855 --> 00:55:09.021 align:center
Get in, sir.
00:55:09.313 --> 00:55:10.271 align:center
Get lost!
00:55:10.646 --> 00:55:12.771 align:center
Why are you being so rude?
00:55:13.021 --> 00:55:15.355 align:center
- Has everyone got down? Start the bus.
- Go away!
00:55:34.063 --> 00:55:35.229 align:center
Why are you walking in this rain?
00:55:35.230 --> 00:55:37.187 align:center
Can't you see?
The bicycle is broken.
00:55:37.188 --> 00:55:39.229 align:center
- You could've taken the bus.
- Can't do that.
00:55:39.230 --> 00:55:41.270 align:center
All the buses are owned by UMS.
00:55:41.271 --> 00:55:44.020 align:center
I won't contribute even a penny
to that tax evader.
00:55:44.021 --> 00:55:45.771 align:center
I don't like your attitude one bit.
00:55:46.230 --> 00:55:48.520 align:center
If you don't favor the idea,
you shouldn't go.
00:55:48.521 --> 00:55:52.605 align:center
If you go to the inauguration of an arts
college and say you want to demolish it,
00:55:53.105 --> 00:55:54.271 align:center
will anyone keep quiet?
00:55:55.480 --> 00:55:56.895 align:center
What's wrong with what I said?
00:55:56.896 --> 00:55:59.104 align:center
Tell them we need
more engineering colleges.
00:55:59.105 --> 00:56:01.687 align:center
Why would you say that we should
demolish all the arts colleges?
00:56:01.688 --> 00:56:03.521 align:center
Let us talk a bit practically, Naidu.
00:56:06.771 --> 00:56:08.688 align:center
I am talking about "practical" too.
00:56:09.480 --> 00:56:12.396 align:center
What can be taught in four days
with the help of a machine,
00:56:12.563 --> 00:56:16.187 align:center
your curriculum is like a rubber band
stretched with four years of theory.
00:56:16.188 --> 00:56:18.479 align:center
Before he passes his exam,
even the technology will change.
00:56:18.480 --> 00:56:20.020 align:center
You have reduced the polytechnic course
00:56:20.021 --> 00:56:21.521 align:center
in your college to two years.
00:56:21.646 --> 00:56:23.146 align:center
Then why this misplaced anger?
00:56:23.730 --> 00:56:26.480 align:center
Doraiswamy, you tend
to think ahead of your time.
00:56:27.105 --> 00:56:28.562 align:center
Society will move at its own slow pace.
00:56:28.563 --> 00:56:32.146 align:center
Like Arthur Hope College,
open more such polytechnic colleges.
00:56:32.605 --> 00:56:34.396 align:center
Open colleges for women.
00:56:34.563 --> 00:56:37.520 align:center
Make students of all castes
sit together as equals without bias.
00:56:37.521 --> 00:56:40.605 align:center
You should be the one to bring about
the change you believe in.
00:56:41.021 --> 00:56:44.063 align:center
And toss that darn cigarette.
Put an end to this nasty habit.
00:57:02.313 --> 00:57:03.521 align:center
Why are the cops here?
00:57:03.771 --> 00:57:05.938 align:center
Hey! Did you take
all the items I mentioned?
00:57:06.438 --> 00:57:08.687 align:center
- Why is this here? Remove it, quick.
- Okay, sir.
00:57:08.688 --> 00:57:10.812 align:center
Hey! Why is a car parked there?
00:57:10.813 --> 00:57:12.312 align:center
- Sir, should that car be removed?
- Yes.
00:57:12.313 --> 00:57:14.104 align:center
2802, remove that blue car.
00:57:14.105 --> 00:57:15.271 align:center
Mohan, are you done?
00:57:15.480 --> 00:57:17.479 align:center
- They're numbering it, Killi.
- Quick, clear it.
00:57:17.480 --> 00:57:18.980 align:center
Bring all the items here.
00:57:19.646 --> 00:57:21.520 align:center
- What is happening, sir?
- I tried to stop them.
00:57:21.521 --> 00:57:23.687 align:center
But they ignored me and started
taking everything out.
00:57:23.688 --> 00:57:24.813 align:center
Oh, no.
00:57:26.355 --> 00:57:27.938 align:center
They are taking away everything.
00:57:29.605 --> 00:57:30.563 align:center
What are you doing?
00:57:30.688 --> 00:57:32.145 align:center
It was bought for children's education!
00:57:32.146 --> 00:57:33.562 align:center
- Why are you taking this?
- Hey!
00:57:33.563 --> 00:57:35.188 align:center
Hey, wait.
00:57:40.563 --> 00:57:42.605 align:center
If you don't pay your taxes properly,
00:57:42.771 --> 00:57:44.813 align:center
this is how we will take your stuff away.
00:57:46.105 --> 00:57:50.146 align:center
Sir, they plan to auction off everything
they seized from your house and college.
00:57:50.688 --> 00:57:51.563 align:center
Naidu.
00:57:52.271 --> 00:57:53.313 align:center
Shall I look into it?
00:57:54.521 --> 00:57:55.771 align:center
Don't get involved, Giri.
00:57:56.813 --> 00:58:00.771 align:center
People will shamelessly claim that
I befriended you for selfish gains.
00:58:01.563 --> 00:58:04.355 align:center
No one should taint our friendship
because of this issue.
00:58:05.063 --> 00:58:06.313 align:center
I can handle this myself.
00:58:07.021 --> 00:58:08.770 align:center
Ladies and gentlemen.
00:58:08.771 --> 00:58:12.313 align:center
A once-in-a-lifetime chance
to witness such an auction.
00:58:12.563 --> 00:58:16.438 align:center
Whoever wins this auction
is the luckiest man on earth.
00:58:16.771 --> 00:58:18.395 align:center
This is not an ordinary auction.
00:58:18.396 --> 00:58:19.604 align:center
A very lucky collection.
00:58:19.605 --> 00:58:20.605 align:center
Look over there.
00:58:20.980 --> 00:58:22.855 align:center
Rows of fancy cars shining bright.
00:58:23.188 --> 00:58:25.980 align:center
Exquisitely crafted gold ornaments.
00:58:26.438 --> 00:58:28.021 align:center
Eye-catching sparkling diamonds.
00:58:28.313 --> 00:58:31.271 align:center
Imported state-of-the-art machinery.
00:58:31.730 --> 00:58:34.480 align:center
Machines that cannot be found
anywhere in India.
00:58:34.980 --> 00:58:38.146 align:center
Once-in-a-generation opportunity.
00:58:38.355 --> 00:58:40.812 align:center
By bidding and paying the winning price,
00:58:40.813 --> 00:58:45.605 align:center
who will be fortunate enough
to live like royalty?
00:58:46.146 --> 00:58:48.271 align:center
Ladies, persuade your husbands.
00:58:48.646 --> 00:58:50.938 align:center
It's a once in a lifetime opportunity.
00:58:51.313 --> 00:58:54.730 align:center
Its total value will be
well over several million rupees.
00:58:55.105 --> 00:58:57.688 align:center
But the opening bid…
00:58:57.896 --> 00:58:59.396 align:center
Is only one rupee!
00:59:03.563 --> 00:59:06.187 align:center
Sir, why are you offering items
worth millions for just one rupee?
00:59:06.188 --> 00:59:09.020 align:center
Don't we have to collect
the tax Naidu owes the government?
00:59:09.021 --> 00:59:11.980 align:center
Rajangam, if someone
bids for more than 100,000 rupees
00:59:12.146 --> 00:59:13.895 align:center
Naidu need not even pay the penalty.
00:59:13.896 --> 00:59:15.979 align:center
But if everyone bids for one rupee,
00:59:15.980 --> 00:59:18.105 align:center
the balance has to be paid by Naidu.
00:59:18.438 --> 00:59:20.520 align:center
Why are you humiliating him
like this, sir?
00:59:20.521 --> 00:59:21.854 align:center
It's the collector's order.
00:59:21.855 --> 00:59:25.270 align:center
The highest bidder doesn't take home
just this rare collection of riches.
00:59:25.271 --> 00:59:27.812 align:center
You will be taking Mahalakshmi,
the Goddess of wealth, to your house.
00:59:27.813 --> 00:59:29.687 align:center
The first man has stood up.
00:59:29.688 --> 00:59:30.938 align:center
Sir, open the bidding.
00:59:31.355 --> 00:59:32.521 align:center
I'm going to pee, sir.
00:59:36.271 --> 00:59:41.188 align:center
Ladies, you can't even dream of all this.
Bid the lowest price for this fancy car.
00:59:41.355 --> 00:59:44.730 align:center
The time when luck will bless you
is just around the corner.
00:59:44.855 --> 00:59:46.730 align:center
Do not have second thoughts.
00:59:53.605 --> 00:59:54.646 align:center
Mohan.
00:59:55.480 --> 00:59:57.270 align:center
We've been sitting here for three hours.
00:59:57.271 --> 00:59:59.105 align:center
Not a single person has placed a bid.
00:59:59.646 --> 01:00:00.480 align:center
What?
01:00:00.896 --> 01:00:03.813 align:center
Strange, no one here wants to bid?
01:00:06.813 --> 01:00:09.188 align:center
Somehow this doesn't seem right to me.
01:00:20.396 --> 01:00:21.230 align:center
Sir.
01:00:22.480 --> 01:00:25.270 align:center
Not only are they insulting us
by auctioning our possessions,
01:00:25.271 --> 01:00:27.687 align:center
but they are selling
all the items for just one rupee.
01:00:27.688 --> 01:00:28.730 align:center
But look, sir.
01:00:29.021 --> 01:00:31.145 align:center
Not a single person
raised their hand to bid, sir.
01:00:31.146 --> 01:00:32.855 align:center
This is your final chance.
01:00:58.480 --> 01:01:00.146 align:center
One rupee and three-quarter anna.
01:01:02.313 --> 01:01:04.771 align:center
I am bidding
for one rupee and three-quarter anna.
01:01:07.188 --> 01:01:09.980 align:center
Sir, owners cannot bid
for their own belongings.
01:01:10.313 --> 01:01:11.562 align:center
Don't you know the law?
01:01:11.563 --> 01:01:15.230 align:center
The bidder's name is Ramaiah Pillai.
01:01:19.396 --> 01:01:20.313 align:center
Yes, sir.
01:01:23.021 --> 01:01:24.688 align:center
One rupee and three-quarter anna.
01:01:26.230 --> 01:01:28.312 align:center
His bid is
one rupee and three-quarter anna.
01:01:28.313 --> 01:01:29.855 align:center
Is anyone else topping his bid?
01:01:30.105 --> 01:01:32.105 align:center
- One rupee and three-quarter anna.
- Hey!
01:01:32.480 --> 01:01:34.062 align:center
No one here will bid in this auction.
01:01:34.063 --> 01:01:36.479 align:center
What your government
could not do for 20 years,
01:01:36.480 --> 01:01:38.812 align:center
our Naidu has helped us tenfold!
01:01:38.813 --> 01:01:39.854 align:center
She is right.
01:01:39.855 --> 01:01:41.313 align:center
Cheap guys disgracing him!
01:01:48.896 --> 01:01:51.063 align:center
One rupee and three-quarter anna.
Going once.
01:01:51.188 --> 01:01:52.188 align:center
Going twice.
01:01:52.771 --> 01:01:53.813 align:center
Going thrice.
01:01:58.938 --> 01:02:00.355 align:center
I have two rupees.
01:02:00.938 --> 01:02:04.271 align:center
Please return the balance without fail.
01:02:26.730 --> 01:02:30.896 align:center
Long live, Mr. Naidu!
01:02:34.563 --> 01:02:37.563 align:center
Long live, Mr. Naidu!
01:02:38.146 --> 01:02:40.563 align:center
Unbelievable respect
for a tax-dodging fraudster!
01:02:40.730 --> 01:02:44.230 align:center
These days, people can't tell
a gentleman from a con artist.
01:02:44.563 --> 01:02:47.770 align:center
All those who do business like this
swim in the same murky pond.
01:02:47.771 --> 01:02:49.979 align:center
Just to avoid paying tax,
01:02:49.980 --> 01:02:54.354 align:center
they give away some money
to the poor in the name of goodwill
01:02:54.355 --> 01:02:57.313 align:center
and hide their true and ill intentions.
01:02:57.730 --> 01:02:59.354 align:center
"Beloved people of this land!"
01:02:59.355 --> 01:03:03.271 align:center
"This Naidu has not paid tax in millions
for many years."
01:03:03.605 --> 01:03:06.771 align:center
If we announce it like that,
you think they will believe us?
01:03:07.271 --> 01:03:11.480 align:center
Because people do not have
a good opinion of our own department.
01:03:13.730 --> 01:03:18.021 align:center
The fact that Naidu is a tax dodger
should come from the press.
01:03:18.646 --> 01:03:20.313 align:center
People should read that news.
01:03:20.688 --> 01:03:24.230 align:center
People should gradually
lose their respect for him.
01:03:24.980 --> 01:03:26.188 align:center
- Mohan.
- Sir?
01:03:26.855 --> 01:03:31.063 align:center
Find a journalist today who is honest
01:03:31.271 --> 01:03:32.770 align:center
and ask him to start writing
01:03:32.771 --> 01:03:36.354 align:center
the truth behind Mr. G. D. Naidu
as a tax dodger.
01:03:36.355 --> 01:03:37.396 align:center
Okay, sir.
01:04:12.980 --> 01:04:13.896 align:center
Achudhan.
01:04:15.730 --> 01:04:16.730 align:center
Achudhan?
01:04:25.855 --> 01:04:27.396 align:center
- Mohan?
- Sir.
01:04:28.063 --> 01:04:29.855 align:center
Why did Achudhan come to our office?
01:04:30.021 --> 01:04:31.979 align:center
He collected the documents of Mr. Bond
01:04:31.980 --> 01:04:34.229 align:center
who has paid income tax
for the past three years.
01:04:34.230 --> 01:04:36.854 align:center
Hey! Will you hand over whatever
to anyone asks you for?
01:04:36.855 --> 01:04:39.520 align:center
I didn't know, sir.
He showed Bond's ID as per protocol.
01:04:39.521 --> 01:04:41.145 align:center
- So I gave it, sir.
- That is fine.
01:04:41.146 --> 01:04:45.229 align:center
I want to know why Naidu's men
are asking for Bond's documents.
01:04:45.230 --> 01:04:46.313 align:center
Sir?
01:04:46.438 --> 01:04:48.520 align:center
A man with a dog is here
creating such a ruckus.
01:04:48.521 --> 01:04:50.937 align:center
I said dogs are not allowed inside,
but he refuses to listen, sir.
01:04:50.938 --> 01:04:52.520 align:center
Pillai, take the dog out.
01:04:52.521 --> 01:04:54.562 align:center
The collector is in a meeting.
He'll be mad if he finds out.
01:04:54.563 --> 01:04:55.770 align:center
Let the collector come out.
01:04:55.771 --> 01:04:57.271 align:center
Sir, shall we?
01:04:57.771 --> 01:04:58.896 align:center
No, I'll take care.
01:05:05.146 --> 01:05:06.480 align:center
The collector is here.
01:05:06.646 --> 01:05:07.980 align:center
Greetings, sir.
01:05:08.105 --> 01:05:09.855 align:center
We are meeting frequently nowadays.
01:05:09.980 --> 01:05:14.104 align:center
Did someone from your office
collect Mr. Bond's income tax documents?
01:05:14.105 --> 01:05:15.395 align:center
Yes, we did.
01:05:15.396 --> 01:05:16.938 align:center
Mr. Bond is a minor.
01:05:17.063 --> 01:05:18.188 align:center
I am the guardian.
01:05:18.313 --> 01:05:20.937 align:center
He has been paying income tax
promptly for the past three years.
01:05:20.938 --> 01:05:22.770 align:center
You must have checked the documents.
01:05:22.771 --> 01:05:24.396 align:center
If he is a diligent taxpayer,
01:05:24.688 --> 01:05:26.979 align:center
why didn't he come and meet me directly
in my office?
01:05:26.980 --> 01:05:28.605 align:center
Why send people like you here?
01:05:28.896 --> 01:05:31.020 align:center
Exactly, that's my opinion too.
01:05:31.021 --> 01:05:33.313 align:center
But they refused
to allow dogs in the office.
01:05:33.646 --> 01:05:37.605 align:center
I want to know, is this the respect
you show to perfectly prompt taxpayers?
01:05:45.021 --> 01:05:46.605 align:center
What are you trying to say, man?
01:05:47.855 --> 01:05:49.688 align:center
This is Mr. Bond!
01:05:53.271 --> 01:05:56.230 align:center
Bond, this is a British loyalist.
01:05:56.605 --> 01:05:59.563 align:center
An integrity-conscious income tax officer.
01:05:59.688 --> 01:06:03.438 align:center
His name is Mr. Ambalapara Krishnan.
01:06:03.896 --> 01:06:06.855 align:center
He follows what's on paper to the T.
01:06:07.188 --> 01:06:08.355 align:center
Greet him.
01:06:09.646 --> 01:06:10.730 align:center
Oh, no! Bond.
01:06:10.980 --> 01:06:12.480 align:center
You have a short fuse.
01:06:12.605 --> 01:06:15.187 align:center
We have been paying taxes promptly
for the past three years, sir.
01:06:15.188 --> 01:06:18.980 align:center
But the department is unaware
if the taxpayer is human or an animal.
01:06:19.105 --> 01:06:21.813 align:center
They have this one-track mind
to snatch the tax.
01:06:22.188 --> 01:06:25.187 align:center
If you ask, they will justify
it is their rules and protocols on paper.
01:06:25.188 --> 01:06:26.645 align:center
What the hell can we do, sir?
01:06:26.646 --> 01:06:27.730 align:center
Ramaiah Pillai.
01:06:28.021 --> 01:06:29.688 align:center
This is a government office.
01:06:29.938 --> 01:06:32.604 align:center
If you create a scene here,
I will be forced to call the police.
01:06:32.605 --> 01:06:35.605 align:center
If I ask for justice, will you
accuse me of creating trouble?
01:06:35.938 --> 01:06:39.771 align:center
Mr. Naidu started questioning you
only after you began levying unjust taxes.
01:06:40.021 --> 01:06:42.105 align:center
Till then, he was a prompt tax payer.
01:06:42.396 --> 01:06:45.521 align:center
When he started questioning you,
you piled a penalty on him.
01:06:45.771 --> 01:06:47.979 align:center
Then heaped more penalties unjustly.
01:06:47.980 --> 01:06:49.979 align:center
Naidu understood that
you had begun to loot.
01:06:49.980 --> 01:06:54.479 align:center
That's why he began serving
the nation and its people directly.
01:06:54.480 --> 01:06:56.729 align:center
File as many cases as you want
against him.
01:06:56.730 --> 01:06:59.895 align:center
Bring in your men to confiscate his assets
as many times as you want.
01:06:59.896 --> 01:07:05.230 align:center
But you can't touch Naidu's pet dog,
let alone Naidu himself.
01:07:05.896 --> 01:07:07.146 align:center
- Perunkilli.
- Sir?
01:07:07.521 --> 01:07:09.813 align:center
If this man utters one more word,
01:07:10.146 --> 01:07:11.520 align:center
- call the police.
- Yes, sir.
01:07:11.521 --> 01:07:12.605 align:center
Oh, no!
01:07:14.021 --> 01:07:15.896 align:center
I won't utter another word, sir.
01:07:16.146 --> 01:07:18.438 align:center
But, I will write.
01:07:18.771 --> 01:07:22.771 align:center
In whichever paper you intend
to defame Mr. Naidu's reputation,
01:07:23.021 --> 01:07:25.770 align:center
in that same newspaper
and the same page…
01:07:25.771 --> 01:07:31.645 align:center
"Income tax officials who claim
that Mr. G. D. Naidu is a tax dodger
01:07:31.646 --> 01:07:36.188 align:center
are not the least bit concerned about
a dog paying tax for three years.''
01:07:36.355 --> 01:07:39.230 align:center
''They have been pocketing
that money happily."
01:07:40.063 --> 01:07:41.230 align:center
That's all I will write.
01:07:41.563 --> 01:07:43.604 align:center
Let the general public read both the news.
01:07:43.605 --> 01:07:47.146 align:center
Then let us see whether
their respect for Naidu increases
01:07:47.480 --> 01:07:53.313 align:center
or whatever shred of respect
they have for you vanishes.
01:07:57.105 --> 01:07:59.438 align:center
Are you trying to tarnish my integrity?
01:07:59.563 --> 01:08:01.563 align:center
Oh! Integrity?
01:08:02.771 --> 01:08:05.771 align:center
Your Naidu has to answer to this.
01:08:07.188 --> 01:08:12.020 align:center
I will make him apologize to me
for all his wrongdoings.
01:08:12.021 --> 01:08:14.105 align:center
I will ensure he pays the tax he dodged.
01:08:14.938 --> 01:08:17.104 align:center
I'll tear off the fake mask he wears
01:08:17.105 --> 01:08:20.105 align:center
to fool innocent people
into thinking he's a good man.
01:08:20.605 --> 01:08:23.105 align:center
Words from a pure heart
will come true, man.
01:08:23.688 --> 01:08:25.188 align:center
Mark my words.
01:08:25.355 --> 01:08:30.605 align:center
From today, your Naidu
will not get to sleep peacefully.
01:08:45.730 --> 01:08:47.063 align:center
Well done, dear Bond.
01:08:57.521 --> 01:08:59.230 align:center
A dog was paying tax, it seems.
01:08:59.438 --> 01:09:01.938 align:center
Did you accept it with intent
or were you ignorant?
01:09:04.980 --> 01:09:08.312 align:center
Sir, we now doubt whether the taxes
you collected from us were justified.
01:09:08.313 --> 01:09:10.313 align:center
Sir, I'm asking you.
Please respond, sir.
01:09:23.813 --> 01:09:24.854 align:center
What are you gaping at?
01:09:24.855 --> 01:09:28.355 align:center
N. S. Krishnan and M. R. Radha
are traveling in G. D. Naidu's car, sir.
01:09:29.188 --> 01:09:30.271 align:center
Prototype.
01:09:31.480 --> 01:09:33.062 align:center
Can this car be driven on the road?
01:09:33.063 --> 01:09:36.770 align:center
Sir, to drive that car, a separate
practice ground has been allocated.
01:09:36.771 --> 01:09:38.271 align:center
Driving on this road is wrong.
01:09:39.230 --> 01:09:41.063 align:center
Go straight to the police station.
01:09:41.313 --> 01:09:42.146 align:center
Okay, sir.
01:09:50.730 --> 01:09:52.855 align:center
- What do you think, NSK?
- Spectacular.
01:09:54.188 --> 01:09:58.521 align:center
Make a film that teaches students
the importance of education.
01:09:58.938 --> 01:10:00.230 align:center
Mr. Naidu.
01:10:00.646 --> 01:10:04.188 align:center
Cinema should have
two fight scenes, four songs
01:10:04.313 --> 01:10:07.480 align:center
with celestial nymphs like Menaka
and Rambha dancing enticingly.
01:10:07.688 --> 01:10:10.937 align:center
Only then the audience will come
to the theaters to be entertained.
01:10:10.938 --> 01:10:14.896 align:center
Now that will make the bosses happy,
and we can make some money.
01:10:15.605 --> 01:10:18.604 align:center
But you want children
who don't study in school
01:10:18.605 --> 01:10:21.187 align:center
to watch a movie
in a theater for education?
01:10:21.188 --> 01:10:23.480 align:center
Which age are you living in, Naidu?
01:10:23.688 --> 01:10:26.271 align:center
Why do you nod your head
so vehemently, Krishnan?
01:10:33.271 --> 01:10:34.520 align:center
- Naidu?
- Huh?
01:10:34.521 --> 01:10:36.688 align:center
Isn't that a police car chasing us?
01:10:40.146 --> 01:10:41.355 align:center
Oh, yes!
01:10:42.105 --> 01:10:43.687 align:center
Naidu, is it a laughing matter?
01:10:43.688 --> 01:10:46.770 align:center
Didn't you say we should laugh
when trouble comes chasing us?
01:10:46.771 --> 01:10:48.813 align:center
That's the biggest boomerang, I swear!
01:10:49.355 --> 01:10:52.270 align:center
The police and us are never
on the same side, Mr. Naidu.
01:10:52.271 --> 01:10:55.313 align:center
Got a gun or something on you?
We'll finish them off and flee.
01:10:57.271 --> 01:11:00.062 align:center
No need for such drastic measures.
I have a testing permit.
01:11:00.063 --> 01:11:02.313 align:center
That's a relief.
Why not show them the permit?
01:11:02.730 --> 01:11:05.438 align:center
Let them first catch up with us.
Then we can show them.
01:11:14.688 --> 01:11:15.605 align:center
Faster!
01:11:16.480 --> 01:11:18.771 align:center
- Go…go, man
- They are catching up, Naidu.
01:11:18.980 --> 01:11:21.105 align:center
They are closing in, Naidu.
01:11:21.271 --> 01:11:22.520 align:center
They are catching up.
01:11:22.521 --> 01:11:25.105 align:center
Naidu, this is rocket speed!
01:11:28.480 --> 01:11:29.646 align:center
Go, go, go!
01:11:33.813 --> 01:11:35.771 align:center
- Naidu, they are catching up.
- Speed up!
01:11:36.063 --> 01:11:37.437 align:center
Speed up!
01:11:37.438 --> 01:11:39.520 align:center
We can arrest him
only if we nab him while driving.
01:11:39.521 --> 01:11:40.855 align:center
Speed up to catch him.
01:11:42.730 --> 01:11:44.021 align:center
Careful…
01:11:47.355 --> 01:11:49.188 align:center
Oh, no! Naidu.
01:11:49.813 --> 01:11:51.812 align:center
They are hot on our heels, Naidu.
01:11:51.813 --> 01:11:55.062 align:center
With your act of defiance, looks like
even your permit won't save us today.
01:11:55.063 --> 01:11:56.688 align:center
Worry not, NSK.
01:11:56.980 --> 01:11:59.230 align:center
Our prototype is a four-wheel ride.
01:11:59.855 --> 01:12:00.979 align:center
They are coming, Naidu.
01:12:00.980 --> 01:12:03.188 align:center
They are closing in on us.
Speed up, Naidu!
01:12:15.230 --> 01:12:16.813 align:center
- Mr. Naidu.
- Huh?
01:12:17.105 --> 01:12:20.063 align:center
Not just the car,
that khaki uniform bit the dust too.
01:12:23.896 --> 01:12:24.855 align:center
Mr. Naidu.
01:12:24.980 --> 01:12:27.021 align:center
Don't assume the police have given up.
01:12:27.146 --> 01:12:29.520 align:center
They will sniff us out like hounds.
01:12:29.521 --> 01:12:30.605 align:center
Dirty fellows!
01:12:31.896 --> 01:12:35.105 align:center
He brought the comfort of bus travel
to people who used ox carts.
01:12:35.230 --> 01:12:36.771 align:center
They created problem then.
01:12:36.980 --> 01:12:40.146 align:center
Now Naidu's goal is for
the common folk to travel by car.
01:12:40.396 --> 01:12:42.771 align:center
To make cars affordable,
01:12:42.938 --> 01:12:45.105 align:center
he has assembled a prototype.
01:12:45.521 --> 01:12:47.729 align:center
Those wretched fellows
have landed here too.
01:12:47.730 --> 01:12:49.646 align:center
Sir, car means affluence, right?
01:12:50.188 --> 01:12:53.395 align:center
How can it be made cheap enough
for the common man to afford it?
01:12:53.396 --> 01:12:55.438 align:center
- It is possible.
- Huh?
01:12:55.938 --> 01:12:58.730 align:center
You know Hitler from Germany?
01:12:59.230 --> 01:13:02.313 align:center
He used this same method
to build low-cost cars.
01:13:02.480 --> 01:13:05.812 align:center
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 align:center
The two of us are planning
to go to Germany.
01:13:08.938 --> 01:13:11.895 align:center
If we can prove that their
cars can be manufactured
01:13:11.896 --> 01:13:14.438 align:center
in our country at a cheaper price,
01:13:14.813 --> 01:13:16.896 align:center
they will set up their factories here.
01:13:17.105 --> 01:13:19.437 align:center
We will also get to know the techniques.
01:13:19.438 --> 01:13:20.729 align:center
Then next step?
01:13:20.730 --> 01:13:23.270 align:center
We will also manufacture cars
at an affordable price
01:13:23.271 --> 01:13:25.312 align:center
and offer it to our people.
01:13:25.313 --> 01:13:26.605 align:center
Mr. Pillai!
01:13:26.730 --> 01:13:28.979 align:center
These British fellows don't like Germans.
01:13:28.980 --> 01:13:30.437 align:center
Nor do they like our Naidu.
01:13:30.438 --> 01:13:34.313 align:center
But you're saying you will join hands
with the Germans and do business?
01:13:34.563 --> 01:13:36.687 align:center
He won't let you go out of this country.
01:13:36.688 --> 01:13:39.354 align:center
Only God can help you get
the stamp of approval, Mr. Naidu.
01:13:39.355 --> 01:13:41.730 align:center
Radha, we have an idea for that.
01:13:42.021 --> 01:13:43.937 align:center
You know the razor blade
Naidu has invented?
01:13:43.938 --> 01:13:45.230 align:center
UMS blade.
01:13:45.605 --> 01:13:47.562 align:center
- What was the name of that place again…
- Leipzig.
01:13:47.563 --> 01:13:48.645 align:center
Leipzig.
01:13:48.646 --> 01:13:50.605 align:center
We'll attend a trade fair in that city
01:13:50.855 --> 01:13:52.563 align:center
to showcase the blade over there.
01:13:52.730 --> 01:13:54.563 align:center
We have got the nomination
01:13:54.938 --> 01:13:56.438 align:center
and the invitation too.
01:13:56.688 --> 01:13:58.687 align:center
We go to display the blade
01:13:58.688 --> 01:14:00.646 align:center
and seal the car deal at the same time.
01:14:00.938 --> 01:14:02.230 align:center
Remarkable!
01:14:02.355 --> 01:14:04.562 align:center
You're doing this
for the good of our people.
01:14:04.563 --> 01:14:05.979 align:center
Everything will be for the good.
01:14:05.980 --> 01:14:07.980 align:center
Forget the good outcome.
01:14:08.146 --> 01:14:09.979 align:center
Look at the trouble
coming right behind you.
01:14:09.980 --> 01:14:11.063 align:center
They are here?
01:14:16.396 --> 01:14:20.229 align:center
Sir, we saw you driving
a prototype car this morning.
01:14:20.230 --> 01:14:22.229 align:center
- It's illegal.
- Car, huh?
01:14:22.230 --> 01:14:24.729 align:center
Mr. Naidu, why haven't you
taken us for a drive yet?
01:14:24.730 --> 01:14:27.437 align:center
Wouldn't he have taken us for a drive
if such a car existed?
01:14:27.438 --> 01:14:29.020 align:center
What are you saying, officer?
01:14:29.021 --> 01:14:30.562 align:center
Are you acting funny with me, sir?
01:14:30.563 --> 01:14:34.105 align:center
Are we his friends or family
to pull his leg?
01:14:34.438 --> 01:14:35.980 align:center
Constables, search!
01:14:36.230 --> 01:14:37.479 align:center
Search thoroughly.
01:14:37.480 --> 01:14:41.438 align:center
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 align:center
You couldn't find such a big car?
01:14:48.188 --> 01:14:49.188 align:center
Sir.
01:14:49.771 --> 01:14:53.105 align:center
It took us only one hour to locate him.
01:14:54.188 --> 01:14:57.813 align:center
But by then, he had dismantled
the car and removed all traces of it.
01:14:58.230 --> 01:15:00.729 align:center
We were unable to catch him
with the car intact, sir.
01:15:00.730 --> 01:15:01.813 align:center
Constables.
01:15:03.188 --> 01:15:04.188 align:center
Sir, look at this.
01:15:04.730 --> 01:15:07.020 align:center
G. D. Naidu's new scheme
to build a house in 24 hours.
01:15:07.021 --> 01:15:09.145 align:center
He has invited V. V. Giri
to inaugurate the foundation.
01:15:09.146 --> 01:15:11.604 align:center
He built the house in just one day
and even invited V.V. Giri
01:15:11.605 --> 01:15:13.771 align:center
to inaugurate it the very same evening.
01:15:14.021 --> 01:15:15.562 align:center
He has gone way beyond our grasp.
01:15:15.563 --> 01:15:17.938 align:center
Trying to nab him is
becoming tougher by the day.
01:15:22.313 --> 01:15:23.730 align:center
- Killi.
- Sir?
01:15:24.271 --> 01:15:26.396 align:center
A man is piling up a list of wrongdoings.
01:15:27.063 --> 01:15:28.646 align:center
How far can he go?
01:15:29.230 --> 01:15:30.563 align:center
Let me wait and watch.
01:15:37.063 --> 01:15:39.688 align:center
EN ROUTE GERMANY
01:15:43.813 --> 01:15:46.229 align:center
Shall we place
that chassis blueprint on top?
01:15:46.230 --> 01:15:47.105 align:center
Yes.
01:15:54.771 --> 01:15:57.313 align:center
Mom, it's broken.
01:16:06.480 --> 01:16:08.062 align:center
- What, Sundaram?
- Sir?
01:16:08.063 --> 01:16:10.520 align:center
Your body is moving forward
but your eyeballs are reversing!
01:16:10.521 --> 01:16:12.687 align:center
Sir, we have spent 30 days on this ship.
01:16:12.688 --> 01:16:14.270 align:center
My eyes can see only miles of blue sea.
01:16:14.271 --> 01:16:17.020 align:center
That was just a simple act
of appreciating beauty, sir.
01:16:17.021 --> 01:16:18.854 align:center
Sundaram, please bring that over here.
01:16:18.855 --> 01:16:19.980 align:center
What… Oh, this?
01:16:25.105 --> 01:16:26.395 align:center
Thank you, madam.
01:16:26.396 --> 01:16:28.895 align:center
In broad daylight?
That too in front of our boss?
01:16:28.896 --> 01:16:29.938 align:center
That's alright.
01:16:30.313 --> 01:16:31.604 align:center
Is that whiskey?
01:16:31.605 --> 01:16:33.355 align:center
It is whiskey but not for drinking.
01:16:33.646 --> 01:16:35.146 align:center
- Then for what?
- For this nick.
01:16:36.938 --> 01:16:38.063 align:center
How did that happen?
01:16:38.313 --> 01:16:39.896 align:center
Sir, I used our UMS blade.
01:16:40.063 --> 01:16:42.646 align:center
Even after 20 shaves,
it stayed sharp as ever.
01:16:42.896 --> 01:16:45.355 align:center
But the rocking of this ship
caused this mild cut.
01:16:45.771 --> 01:16:48.145 align:center
When you shave,
there should be no cuts or nicks.
01:16:48.146 --> 01:16:51.020 align:center
We need a blade
that glides softly as butter.
01:16:51.021 --> 01:16:52.938 align:center
Imagine the satisfaction you will get.
01:16:53.813 --> 01:16:56.604 align:center
You should not use a butter knife
to slice a loaf of bread, Louisa.
01:16:56.605 --> 01:16:58.562 align:center
Use the knife with serrated edges.
01:16:58.563 --> 01:17:01.063 align:center
Only then will it cut smoothly
and perfectly.
01:17:41.896 --> 01:17:45.146 align:center
Sir, I told you
only because I nicked my throat.
01:17:45.605 --> 01:17:47.480 align:center
You've attached a motor to shave now.
01:17:47.730 --> 01:17:49.854 align:center
Now I'll have scars all over
like shovel marks.
01:17:49.855 --> 01:17:51.437 align:center
Don't worry.
Nothing will happen.
01:17:51.438 --> 01:17:54.813 align:center
This is a small sacrifice to see
if your boss's invention works.
01:17:55.146 --> 01:17:59.312 align:center
When new drugs are discovered in the West,
scientists experiment on lab mice.
01:17:59.313 --> 01:18:00.646 align:center
This is the same situation.
01:18:00.771 --> 01:18:01.813 align:center
Mice?
01:18:02.646 --> 01:18:05.520 align:center
He has a better beard than mine.
Why not experiment on him?
01:18:05.521 --> 01:18:07.771 align:center
I've taken a vow for Lord Murugan.
01:18:09.021 --> 01:18:10.521 align:center
You can't tamper with it.
01:18:11.105 --> 01:18:12.730 align:center
Okay, first you try.
01:18:14.063 --> 01:18:15.188 align:center
Lord Murugan.
01:18:48.938 --> 01:18:49.813 align:center
Sir.
01:18:50.188 --> 01:18:52.063 align:center
Not even a single nick on my face.
01:18:52.896 --> 01:18:55.438 align:center
Your skin is as soft as a baby's bottom.
01:18:55.855 --> 01:18:58.812 align:center
Sir, if Hitler tries to shave
with this razor,
01:18:58.813 --> 01:19:00.854 align:center
he will be astounded by your invention.
01:19:00.855 --> 01:19:04.313 align:center
Sir, we must definitely send this
to the next trade fair competition.
01:19:06.771 --> 01:19:08.645 align:center
Sir, I found out
the meaning of your words.
01:19:08.646 --> 01:19:10.395 align:center
Rasant means fast in German.
01:19:10.396 --> 01:19:12.687 align:center
- A wonderful name for our razor.
- Yes, Pillai.
01:19:12.688 --> 01:19:14.770 align:center
Rasant razor which we will
manufacture and sell
01:19:14.771 --> 01:19:18.270 align:center
should be the first cost-effective
vibrating electric shaver in the world.
01:19:18.271 --> 01:19:21.230 align:center
Yes, Naidu, we can find
good electric motors in Germany.
01:19:21.355 --> 01:19:23.854 align:center
We can buy this handle from Switzerland.
01:19:23.855 --> 01:19:26.812 align:center
Then this steel required
to make the blade…
01:19:26.813 --> 01:19:28.645 align:center
We can import it from Sweden.
01:19:28.646 --> 01:19:30.229 align:center
We can set up a factory in Coimbatore.
01:19:30.230 --> 01:19:31.646 align:center
Brilliant idea!
01:19:31.896 --> 01:19:33.313 align:center
He's here. He's here.
01:19:38.563 --> 01:19:40.855 align:center
- Should we also raise our hands?
- No, no need.
01:19:52.188 --> 01:19:53.270 align:center
One second.
01:19:53.271 --> 01:19:54.729 align:center
- No…
- Just one photo.
01:19:54.730 --> 01:19:56.187 align:center
One photo.
01:19:56.188 --> 01:19:58.520 align:center
Hey! Let go.
Where are you taking me?
01:19:58.521 --> 01:19:59.895 align:center
Let go of him.
01:19:59.896 --> 01:20:01.105 align:center
Sir…
01:20:08.855 --> 01:20:11.521 align:center
All of you, go that side, quick.
01:20:18.855 --> 01:20:20.104 align:center
What, sir? What is the matter?
01:20:20.105 --> 01:20:21.563 align:center
Search and seizure operation.
01:20:21.896 --> 01:20:24.021 align:center
- On what basis?
- Based on suspicion.
01:20:24.480 --> 01:20:27.687 align:center
The machines Naidu used for counterfeiting
and the fake notes are hoarded here
01:20:27.688 --> 01:20:30.020 align:center
according to the information
we have received.
01:20:30.021 --> 01:20:32.605 align:center
Do you have any factual evidence
for your assertions?
01:20:33.105 --> 01:20:35.187 align:center
You acted on some random tip
and decided to raid us.
01:20:35.188 --> 01:20:38.520 align:center
We got word of unaccounted cash
and gold being stashed here.
01:20:38.521 --> 01:20:40.105 align:center
- Who the hell said so, man?
- Hey!
01:20:43.105 --> 01:20:44.188 align:center
- Mohan.
- Sir.
01:20:44.730 --> 01:20:46.063 align:center
Where is the Accounts room?
01:20:46.313 --> 01:20:47.312 align:center
No one should move.
01:20:47.313 --> 01:20:48.645 align:center
Those of you outside
should not enter.
01:20:48.646 --> 01:20:50.438 align:center
Those inside should not exit.
01:20:51.521 --> 01:20:53.937 align:center
What's the use of being flustered now?
01:20:53.938 --> 01:20:55.021 align:center
Excuse me, madam.
01:20:56.730 --> 01:20:59.020 align:center
They want access to our Accounts room.
01:20:59.021 --> 01:21:00.480 align:center
How can we do that?
01:21:00.605 --> 01:21:02.604 align:center
I can seat them in the meeting hall
and get the docume--
01:21:02.605 --> 01:21:03.730 align:center
Mr. Achudhan.
01:21:04.188 --> 01:21:06.605 align:center
Just give whichever room
they need access to.
01:21:07.855 --> 01:21:10.396 align:center
We should be scared
only if we are hiding something.
01:21:10.855 --> 01:21:12.562 align:center
At a time when the boss isn't here…
01:21:12.563 --> 01:21:15.188 align:center
Even if he had been here,
he would have done the same.
01:21:15.980 --> 01:21:17.312 align:center
POLICE
01:21:17.313 --> 01:21:18.521 align:center
What is this city, sir?
01:21:18.771 --> 01:21:20.980 align:center
Will they arrest us
just for clicking photos?
01:21:21.271 --> 01:21:22.605 align:center
- Sundaram.
- Sir?
01:21:22.771 --> 01:21:25.020 align:center
I heard they don't allow
anyone to utter a single word.
01:21:25.021 --> 01:21:27.730 align:center
Only their guns do the talking, it seems.
01:21:28.021 --> 01:21:30.355 align:center
Our Naidu lets his tongue
run when riled up.
01:21:30.813 --> 01:21:32.813 align:center
- Wonder what is happening.
- Sir.
01:21:33.438 --> 01:21:35.730 align:center
Why? Let us think positive.
01:21:36.146 --> 01:21:37.271 align:center
Wishful thinking.
01:21:37.438 --> 01:21:40.479 align:center
Can you arrange
for his release now?
01:21:40.480 --> 01:21:42.521 align:center
- Sure.
- Henrick.
01:21:43.105 --> 01:21:44.479 align:center
No need to be scared.
01:21:44.480 --> 01:21:45.604 align:center
He is right here.
01:21:45.605 --> 01:21:46.813 align:center
Come with me.
01:21:49.688 --> 01:21:52.437 align:center
They released him.
But he refused to leave.
01:21:52.438 --> 01:21:53.937 align:center
What is going on in his mind?
01:21:53.938 --> 01:21:56.396 align:center
Whatever wretchedness
only he has to blurt it out.
01:22:18.063 --> 01:22:19.438 align:center
Oh, no!
01:22:27.480 --> 01:22:28.605 align:center
What is this, Pillai?
01:22:29.146 --> 01:22:31.479 align:center
I thought you would take
at least two months to track me down.
01:22:31.480 --> 01:22:33.146 align:center
But here you are in two days.
01:22:33.396 --> 01:22:34.729 align:center
Sir, what is this?
01:22:34.730 --> 01:22:37.229 align:center
Be practical.
It's freezing cold outside.
01:22:37.230 --> 01:22:38.437 align:center
If I ask for a vegetarian meal,
01:22:38.438 --> 01:22:41.187 align:center
without making a face, they serve
unlimited, piping hot food.
01:22:41.188 --> 01:22:42.230 align:center
I have an idea.
01:22:42.605 --> 01:22:44.104 align:center
Why don't you both
finish all the work?
01:22:44.105 --> 01:22:45.354 align:center
I'll stay here a couple of days.
01:22:45.355 --> 01:22:46.813 align:center
Is this your idea of a joke?
01:22:47.188 --> 01:22:50.688 align:center
Our blade is being awarded
a prize at the Leipzig Fair.
01:22:51.021 --> 01:22:52.730 align:center
How can we receive it without you?
01:22:55.146 --> 01:22:56.771 align:center
- Is that true, Pillai?
- Yes.
01:23:01.646 --> 01:23:03.646 align:center
Come on. Don't dawdle.
01:23:03.896 --> 01:23:04.980 align:center
I'm going.
01:23:06.313 --> 01:23:08.770 align:center
Don't eat anything offered to you
by anyone at the raid venue.
01:23:08.771 --> 01:23:10.937 align:center
- Everything is arranged by us, Mohan.
- Okay.
01:23:10.938 --> 01:23:13.021 align:center
- Mohan.
- Sir, I've checked.
01:23:13.480 --> 01:23:15.730 align:center
No black money or gold
is hoarded inside, sir.
01:23:16.021 --> 01:23:17.854 align:center
Where were you
all this while, Mr. Mohan?
01:23:17.855 --> 01:23:19.688 align:center
Checking the locker room downstairs--
01:23:30.105 --> 01:23:31.355 align:center
Hey! Police!
01:23:31.813 --> 01:23:32.980 align:center
Call the fire force!
01:23:34.271 --> 01:23:36.563 align:center
Sir, I am sure this is their doing.
01:23:46.396 --> 01:23:50.395 align:center
Ladies and gentlemen, a huge round
of applause for Mr. G. Doraiswamy Naidu
01:23:50.396 --> 01:23:54.021 align:center
for winning the prestigious
third prize at this year's Leipzig Fair.
01:24:00.771 --> 01:24:05.355 align:center
LEIPZIG TRADE FAIR
01:24:05.688 --> 01:24:06.771 align:center
Pillai.
01:24:07.646 --> 01:24:09.980 align:center
This is an air-cooled engine.
I told you, right?
01:24:10.105 --> 01:24:11.979 align:center
- So cheap and efficient.
- Sir.
01:24:11.980 --> 01:24:14.395 align:center
We have got an appointment
with the Benz authorities.
01:24:14.396 --> 01:24:16.771 align:center
- Shall we go?
- Come…
01:24:24.980 --> 01:24:27.438 align:center
I've got a new idea
for the valve lock technology.
01:24:30.271 --> 01:24:31.563 align:center
I'd like to show--
01:24:31.730 --> 01:24:33.188 align:center
Naidu is here.
01:24:33.646 --> 01:24:34.646 align:center
Naidu?
01:24:37.313 --> 01:24:39.688 align:center
Mr. Naidu.
Congratulations on your award.
01:24:40.271 --> 01:24:42.438 align:center
Danke schoen.
01:24:45.355 --> 01:24:49.730 align:center
You are manufacturing
foreign spare parts in India.
01:24:49.855 --> 01:24:52.145 align:center
Their business is being severely affected.
01:24:52.146 --> 01:24:53.437 align:center
How is that possible, sir?
01:24:53.438 --> 01:24:57.312 align:center
If car manufacturers don't hike the price
of spare parts for excess profit,
01:24:57.313 --> 01:24:59.730 align:center
why would I manufacture them myself?
01:25:03.938 --> 01:25:06.438 align:center
Don't get me wrong.
I meant it as a compliment.
01:25:09.855 --> 01:25:11.687 align:center
We would like to collaborate with you.
01:25:11.688 --> 01:25:13.521 align:center
Why don't you send us a proposal?
01:25:13.855 --> 01:25:16.104 align:center
Oh, my God, sir.
I will be delighted to.
01:25:16.105 --> 01:25:17.771 align:center
- I didn't expect this.
- Of course.
01:25:18.063 --> 01:25:19.021 align:center
Thank you.
01:25:19.146 --> 01:25:21.062 align:center
Mr. Rudolph, about this
valve lock technology…
01:25:21.063 --> 01:25:22.187 align:center
Later…
01:25:22.188 --> 01:25:23.479 align:center
Come for coffee.
01:25:23.480 --> 01:25:24.313 align:center
Yes.
01:25:29.771 --> 01:25:33.105 align:center
MADRAS HARBOR
01:25:36.230 --> 01:25:37.937 align:center
Hello, G. D. Welcome back.
01:25:37.938 --> 01:25:39.396 align:center
Hi, Doctor. How are you?
01:25:39.563 --> 01:25:41.813 align:center
I am good as always.
Ranganayaki is waiting for you.
01:25:45.688 --> 01:25:46.938 align:center
How are you, dear?
01:25:49.355 --> 01:25:50.938 align:center
I'm good. How are you?
01:25:51.646 --> 01:25:52.895 align:center
I am good too.
01:25:52.896 --> 01:25:54.438 align:center
How is everyone at home?
01:25:55.146 --> 01:25:56.355 align:center
They are doing well too.
01:26:00.646 --> 01:26:02.605 align:center
You jinxed everything.
01:26:03.188 --> 01:26:05.105 align:center
Such a downpour on our grove.
01:26:05.855 --> 01:26:07.480 align:center
We didn't get a single mango.
01:26:07.980 --> 01:26:09.187 align:center
And our house help, Devi,
01:26:09.188 --> 01:26:11.855 align:center
has not come to clean the house
for more than a month.
01:26:12.688 --> 01:26:15.770 align:center
Hey! Did you bring down the rice fritters
I had dried on the terrace?
01:26:15.771 --> 01:26:17.396 align:center
- Yes, I did.
- Your favorite…
01:26:18.813 --> 01:26:20.563 align:center
If they burn our documents,
01:26:21.230 --> 01:26:24.105 align:center
we cannot prove that they levied
false tax penalties on us.
01:26:24.271 --> 01:26:27.480 align:center
They made sure there is
no evidence whatsoever, sir.
01:26:31.021 --> 01:26:32.521 align:center
They have set the fire, right?
01:26:34.105 --> 01:26:36.438 align:center
No one can extinguish that fire hereafter.
01:26:39.355 --> 01:26:40.271 align:center
Come on.
01:26:46.980 --> 01:26:47.980 align:center
Greetings, sir.
01:26:49.480 --> 01:26:51.980 align:center
Ramaiah Pillai,
say what you want to say and leave.
01:26:52.355 --> 01:26:55.229 align:center
What is this, Sundaram?
Aren't the British our enemies?
01:26:55.230 --> 01:26:57.063 align:center
We should actually be opposing them.
01:26:57.230 --> 01:26:59.020 align:center
But our own people
seem to be our enemies.
01:26:59.021 --> 01:27:00.688 align:center
To traitors like you,
01:27:01.521 --> 01:27:03.521 align:center
we will appear like enemies, Pillai.
01:27:04.063 --> 01:27:05.271 align:center
Your wit is commendable!
01:27:05.605 --> 01:27:08.355 align:center
The Industrial Revolution
in our Kongu belt
01:27:08.521 --> 01:27:10.729 align:center
will transform into our nation's growth.
01:27:10.730 --> 01:27:13.062 align:center
We have been planning
with foresight, you see.
01:27:13.063 --> 01:27:14.605 align:center
Yes, we are traitors.
01:27:15.105 --> 01:27:18.188 align:center
If diligent taxpayers say this,
we can listen with due respect.
01:27:18.771 --> 01:27:21.938 align:center
You are so confident because
the tax documents are burnt, right?
01:27:22.480 --> 01:27:23.938 align:center
Hey, my dear boys.
01:27:24.271 --> 01:27:27.855 align:center
Bring in all our documents
they assume they have burnt.
01:27:39.771 --> 01:27:41.145 align:center
Look at them coming in a line.
01:27:41.146 --> 01:27:42.855 align:center
Like a millipede.
01:27:43.188 --> 01:27:45.895 align:center
Come at a brisk pace
and put them down in one swift motion.
01:27:45.896 --> 01:27:48.020 align:center
Look how they dropped it
stirring a cloud of dust.
01:27:48.021 --> 01:27:49.479 align:center
What are you staring at?
01:27:49.480 --> 01:27:51.188 align:center
These are our original documents.
01:27:51.813 --> 01:27:53.396 align:center
You burnt the copies.
01:27:53.521 --> 01:27:57.980 align:center
Our Naidu takes four copies
of every single document.
01:27:58.438 --> 01:28:02.938 align:center
Be they documents, office letters,
personal letters, and…
01:28:04.355 --> 01:28:06.271 align:center
He takes copies of love letters too.
01:28:07.313 --> 01:28:09.105 align:center
All the documents are original, sir.
01:28:10.521 --> 01:28:12.438 align:center
Scan the files thoroughly.
01:28:12.813 --> 01:28:14.021 align:center
Our boys, sit down.
01:28:14.813 --> 01:28:17.438 align:center
Let's see if the documents
burn or float today.
01:28:17.646 --> 01:28:19.854 align:center
Sir, please, you are not
permitted to sit like this.
01:28:19.855 --> 01:28:21.313 align:center
Then I'll change my position.
01:28:22.396 --> 01:28:23.396 align:center
Mohan.
01:28:23.563 --> 01:28:24.563 align:center
Let them be.
01:28:25.521 --> 01:28:26.812 align:center
These documents.
01:28:26.813 --> 01:28:28.645 align:center
Start checking them.
01:28:28.646 --> 01:28:30.396 align:center
- Yes, sir.
- Call our entire staff.
01:28:50.938 --> 01:28:51.980 align:center
What is this?
01:28:53.105 --> 01:28:55.313 align:center
Why are you humiliating me like this?
01:28:56.938 --> 01:29:00.646 align:center
Naidu's papers and accounts
are in perfect order.
01:29:01.480 --> 01:29:04.688 align:center
Then how are our documents
showing such stark differences?
01:29:06.730 --> 01:29:07.730 align:center
What?
01:29:07.855 --> 01:29:09.480 align:center
What have you been up to?
01:29:11.271 --> 01:29:13.355 align:center
Respected honest officer.
01:29:14.980 --> 01:29:18.271 align:center
Will you fight among yourselves
or listen to what we have to say?
01:29:19.480 --> 01:29:20.771 align:center
Not just UMS.
01:29:21.063 --> 01:29:23.230 align:center
Our factories,
educational institutions,
01:29:23.688 --> 01:29:25.187 align:center
all our records will be perfect.
01:29:25.188 --> 01:29:27.438 align:center
Open it for inspection
for anyone at any time.
01:29:28.480 --> 01:29:31.980 align:center
I chose not to pay the penalty
your government unjustly enforced on me.
01:29:32.938 --> 01:29:36.271 align:center
Instead of learning how
to burn records using phosphorus,
01:29:36.730 --> 01:29:40.563 align:center
you can learn why your government
is targeting me repeatedly, right?
01:29:41.230 --> 01:29:42.479 align:center
Let me repeat your golden words.
01:29:42.480 --> 01:29:44.105 align:center
People cannot be trusted.
01:29:44.896 --> 01:29:46.563 align:center
Only papers speak the truth.
01:29:47.938 --> 01:29:50.021 align:center
Our papers have revealed the truth to you.
01:29:51.688 --> 01:29:53.355 align:center
Who will you suspect now?
01:29:58.563 --> 01:29:59.563 align:center
I'll take leave.
01:30:02.105 --> 01:30:06.146 align:center
Naidu ironed out the alleged creases of
his papers and crumpled Krishnan's policy.
01:30:16.563 --> 01:30:18.270 align:center
G. D. NAIDU HONORED IN GERMANY
01:30:18.271 --> 01:30:19.355 align:center
Sir?
01:30:20.813 --> 01:30:23.230 align:center
- Did you read this news?
- Yes.
01:30:23.896 --> 01:30:24.855 align:center
Sir.
01:30:25.021 --> 01:30:27.229 align:center
We have applications
for new business ventures.
01:30:27.230 --> 01:30:28.563 align:center
Your signature is required.
01:30:28.730 --> 01:30:31.604 align:center
Hereafter, if someone
wants to start a business,
01:30:31.605 --> 01:30:33.688 align:center
you should tell them
to meet me personally.
01:30:34.396 --> 01:30:37.938 align:center
They'd start a business in the names
of their pets and bring me trouble!
01:30:38.355 --> 01:30:39.813 align:center
Hey, sit down. Sit and eat.
01:30:42.188 --> 01:30:44.729 align:center
Sir, Naidu is claiming
to be a true Gandhian
01:30:44.730 --> 01:30:46.895 align:center
and is refusing to pay tax to the British.
01:30:46.896 --> 01:30:50.104 align:center
But he has manufactured and sold
a mica capacitor for their Ham radio.
01:30:50.105 --> 01:30:52.688 align:center
Is he for or against the British?
I don't understand.
01:30:55.146 --> 01:30:56.396 align:center
Sir, I have an idea.
01:30:56.646 --> 01:30:58.854 align:center
For selling mica capacitors
to Hitler and the Nazi regime,
01:30:58.855 --> 01:31:01.854 align:center
we can file a complaint framing him
and convince the Governor General.
01:31:01.855 --> 01:31:04.604 align:center
He will be labeled a national traitor
and jailed. End of story.
01:31:04.605 --> 01:31:06.270 align:center
Why should we take the crooked route?
01:31:06.271 --> 01:31:08.604 align:center
Because we've been unable
to touch him directly till now.
01:31:08.605 --> 01:31:11.062 align:center
He keeps growing,
stacking up his inventions…
01:31:11.063 --> 01:31:12.855 align:center
He keeps opening factories, sir!
01:31:23.021 --> 01:31:24.438 align:center
EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITION
01:31:52.021 --> 01:31:55.396 align:center
INDIA'S FIRST ELECTRIC MOTOR
BUILT IN COIMBATORE
01:31:56.188 --> 01:31:57.188 align:center
Ranga.
01:31:57.771 --> 01:31:58.813 align:center
Ranganayaki.
01:32:01.188 --> 01:32:02.188 align:center
Hey, Doctor.
01:32:02.438 --> 01:32:04.313 align:center
What are you doing on my wife's lap?
01:32:04.855 --> 01:32:07.104 align:center
Come here!
GD, you have to hear this.
01:32:07.105 --> 01:32:08.271 align:center
No.
01:32:08.563 --> 01:32:09.771 align:center
You have to see this.
01:32:15.063 --> 01:32:17.105 align:center
DAIMLER-BENZ PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
01:32:22.771 --> 01:32:23.812 align:center
My dear.
01:32:23.813 --> 01:32:25.104 align:center
Congratulations.
01:32:25.105 --> 01:32:26.438 align:center
To you too, madam.
01:32:26.938 --> 01:32:28.896 align:center
I'm leaving for Germany tomorrow night.
01:32:30.396 --> 01:32:32.646 align:center
Hey, I will be back
in just two months, right?
01:32:35.938 --> 01:32:37.229 align:center
STUTTGART, GERMANY
01:32:37.230 --> 01:32:41.063 align:center
The tender number SMH 0139
01:32:41.355 --> 01:32:45.146 align:center
has been awarded
to Mr. G. Doraiswamy Naidu.
01:32:45.480 --> 01:32:48.980 align:center
United Motor Service,
Coimbatore, India.
01:32:50.271 --> 01:32:53.188 align:center
Bidding for the tender is closed
for the next two years.
01:32:54.563 --> 01:32:56.896 align:center
- Thank you.
- Congratulations, Naidu.
01:32:57.521 --> 01:33:00.188 align:center
You Madrasis are bagging all the tenders.
01:33:01.063 --> 01:33:02.812 align:center
- Mister…
- Bhupendar.
01:33:02.813 --> 01:33:04.063 align:center
Bhupendar.
01:33:05.313 --> 01:33:07.438 align:center
Next time, bring a solid
airtight proposal.
01:33:07.813 --> 01:33:09.605 align:center
I'll withdraw my bid for you.
01:33:10.313 --> 01:33:13.063 align:center
Whichever fellow-citizen
gets this order, I'll be happy.
01:33:13.313 --> 01:33:14.355 align:center
Shall I take leave?
01:33:15.355 --> 01:33:16.813 align:center
We got it as planned.
01:33:30.480 --> 01:33:31.688 align:center
Krishnan!
01:33:35.271 --> 01:33:36.105 align:center
Look at this.
01:33:37.938 --> 01:33:40.729 align:center
This Naidu fellow has dared
to send me an invitation
01:33:40.730 --> 01:33:43.396 align:center
to the National Electric Works
Factory inauguration.
01:33:44.521 --> 01:33:48.146 align:center
Now, he's in Germany on a business trip.
01:33:48.896 --> 01:33:52.271 align:center
This tax defaulter Naidu
is expanding his business everywhere.
01:33:52.896 --> 01:33:54.730 align:center
What are we doing here, Krishnan?
01:33:55.730 --> 01:33:57.229 align:center
Sir, for the past ten years,
01:33:57.230 --> 01:34:00.396 align:center
Mr. Naidu has been
on our income tax red-list.
01:34:00.813 --> 01:34:03.437 align:center
So his manufacturing license
can be easily cancel--
01:34:03.438 --> 01:34:05.230 align:center
Krishnan, you don't understand.
01:34:06.438 --> 01:34:08.855 align:center
How many red-listers
can you take action against?
01:34:09.563 --> 01:34:11.729 align:center
We need to write to the Lieutenant General
01:34:11.730 --> 01:34:15.938 align:center
stating that Naidu is doing business
with Germany and the Nazis
01:34:16.396 --> 01:34:18.355 align:center
against the interests of the Crown.
01:34:22.438 --> 01:34:23.895 align:center
This is treason.
01:34:23.896 --> 01:34:24.812 align:center
Sir.
01:34:24.813 --> 01:34:28.479 align:center
Prepare the necessary documents
to put a hold on his bank accounts.
01:34:28.480 --> 01:34:29.730 align:center
- Now!
- Sir.
01:34:32.563 --> 01:34:33.687 align:center
Madam.
01:34:33.688 --> 01:34:37.230 align:center
That businessman Bhupendra
and Adams are responsible for all this?
01:34:37.563 --> 01:34:40.020 align:center
Did they go to such lengths
to hinder someone's progress?
01:34:40.021 --> 01:34:41.063 align:center
Yes, sir.
01:34:41.230 --> 01:34:44.813 align:center
They branded him a national traitor
and froze all his bank accounts.
01:34:45.188 --> 01:34:47.230 align:center
So all his factories had to be shut down.
01:34:47.646 --> 01:34:51.563 align:center
World War began in Germany
before Naidu could return to India.
01:34:51.980 --> 01:34:53.188 align:center
He was stuck over there.
01:34:53.688 --> 01:34:56.937 align:center
In India, Ranganayaki was distraught,
01:34:56.938 --> 01:34:59.230 align:center
unable to answer
the families who trusted her.
01:35:03.063 --> 01:35:07.355 align:center
The Second World War intensified
in Germany, so he was unable to leave.
01:35:07.480 --> 01:35:11.688 align:center
He was penniless and fainted on the road
due to starvation.
01:35:15.605 --> 01:35:16.645 align:center
Thanks to his good fortune.
01:35:16.646 --> 01:35:21.146 align:center
At that crucial moment,
Gottlieb Stoll and his wife, Berta Stoll
01:35:21.438 --> 01:35:23.520 align:center
rescued Naidu from the jaws of death
01:35:23.521 --> 01:35:26.521 align:center
and extended all the help possible
to send him back to India.
01:35:27.646 --> 01:35:31.521 align:center
Sir, I don't even know
when this World War began.
01:35:32.521 --> 01:35:34.812 align:center
When I saw the Industrial Revolution
initiated by Hitler,
01:35:34.813 --> 01:35:37.521 align:center
I thought he was developing
Germany to greater heights.
01:35:37.980 --> 01:35:41.813 align:center
But I never imagined he would turn
into a bloodthirsty beast like this.
01:35:43.896 --> 01:35:44.896 align:center
Mr. Stoll.
01:35:45.563 --> 01:35:47.396 align:center
Do me one last favor, please.
01:35:48.688 --> 01:35:50.063 align:center
My wife is pregnant.
01:35:51.063 --> 01:35:53.063 align:center
I have to get back to India immediately.
01:35:53.605 --> 01:35:55.438 align:center
If you can somehow arrange my return…
01:35:57.438 --> 01:36:00.104 align:center
Because of the war, there were
no passenger ships to India.
01:36:00.105 --> 01:36:02.270 align:center
So he had to travel to Italy from Germany,
01:36:02.271 --> 01:36:05.270 align:center
then to America,
and from there to Japan.
01:36:05.271 --> 01:36:09.021 align:center
And from Japan to India via Rangoon.
It took him more than a year to return.
01:36:11.271 --> 01:36:13.770 align:center
The whole town is sure
that he will not return.
01:36:13.771 --> 01:36:16.396 align:center
Turn your heart to stone
and accept the reality, dear.
01:36:16.730 --> 01:36:20.313 align:center
You haven't even named your baby.
You are sitting here totally depressed.
01:36:20.771 --> 01:36:23.938 align:center
I just can't bear to see you
in such a distressed state.
01:36:24.105 --> 01:36:26.313 align:center
Will you please be quiet and go inside?
01:36:36.563 --> 01:36:37.480 align:center
Hello?
01:36:38.146 --> 01:36:39.063 align:center
R-Ranga.
01:36:44.771 --> 01:36:45.896 align:center
How are you, dear?
01:36:46.688 --> 01:36:48.105 align:center
How is everyone at home?
01:36:57.021 --> 01:36:59.021 align:center
Your son and I…
01:36:59.605 --> 01:37:00.605 align:center
We are fine.
01:37:04.188 --> 01:37:05.188 align:center
Son?
01:37:08.938 --> 01:37:10.146 align:center
What have you named him?
01:37:10.355 --> 01:37:11.395 align:center
Who is it?
01:37:11.396 --> 01:37:12.687 align:center
My dear. Come here.
01:37:12.688 --> 01:37:16.396 align:center
Without you returning,
how will I name him?
01:37:18.521 --> 01:37:19.521 align:center
Alright.
01:37:22.688 --> 01:37:24.063 align:center
Tell baby Gopal
01:37:24.521 --> 01:37:27.355 align:center
that his father will be there soon
to play with him, dear.
01:37:51.771 --> 01:37:53.896 align:center
As soon as Naidu returned from Germany,
01:37:54.063 --> 01:37:58.480 align:center
he started working at full throttle
to set up the Benz car factory.
01:37:58.896 --> 01:38:03.146 align:center
He bought acres of land in Eachanari
and started work there too.
01:38:03.688 --> 01:38:07.438 align:center
He was filled with excitement
that his lifelong dream was coming true.
01:38:07.688 --> 01:38:09.687 align:center
People were eagerly looking forward
01:38:09.688 --> 01:38:14.063 align:center
to the Benz factory in the Kongu belt
as a hallmark of Tamil Nadu.
01:38:17.730 --> 01:38:20.480 align:center
I was at peace thinking
that Naidu was dead and gone.
01:38:20.813 --> 01:38:24.355 align:center
Now he has bought land
to set up a car factory.
01:38:24.980 --> 01:38:26.771 align:center
He has imported raw materials.
01:38:28.105 --> 01:38:29.105 align:center
Adams.
01:38:30.396 --> 01:38:31.980 align:center
I gave you everything you asked.
01:38:32.438 --> 01:38:34.730 align:center
Could you put an end
to Naidu's winning streak?
01:38:35.105 --> 01:38:36.980 align:center
I listened to your bloody advice
01:38:37.730 --> 01:38:40.021 align:center
and lodged a treason case against him.
01:38:41.230 --> 01:38:43.646 align:center
He filed a complaint against me
with the Governor
01:38:44.271 --> 01:38:46.313 align:center
and I had to face a lengthy reprimand.
01:38:47.063 --> 01:38:47.980 align:center
Listen.
01:38:48.480 --> 01:38:51.063 align:center
Mountbatten is here early
to take us back home.
01:38:53.688 --> 01:38:54.896 align:center
And it's official.
01:38:55.563 --> 01:38:57.313 align:center
India is getting its independence.
01:38:59.855 --> 01:39:01.105 align:center
Naidu will rejoice
01:39:01.646 --> 01:39:05.730 align:center
imagining that all his troubles
will be over once the British depart.
01:39:07.355 --> 01:39:09.063 align:center
He shall be informed, however,
01:39:09.563 --> 01:39:11.854 align:center
that he must continue
to bear the penalties
01:39:11.855 --> 01:39:14.188 align:center
that have been levied against him
by the British
01:39:15.105 --> 01:39:17.438 align:center
even after India attains her independence.
01:39:18.980 --> 01:39:20.396 align:center
He will remain pig-headed.
01:39:21.063 --> 01:39:25.355 align:center
Arguing that these are unjust penalties
foisted upon him by the British.
01:39:27.021 --> 01:39:28.771 align:center
He would demand a justification
01:39:29.355 --> 01:39:31.105 align:center
and refuse to pay the penalties
01:39:31.938 --> 01:39:34.313 align:center
until he receives a special dispensation.
01:39:36.896 --> 01:39:41.188 align:center
This very obstinacy, you see,
will be his undoing.
01:39:45.021 --> 01:39:49.355 align:center
I think… I've got the right man
for the job.
01:40:03.771 --> 01:40:05.646 align:center
What did you say that man's name was?
01:40:06.730 --> 01:40:07.813 align:center
G. D. Naidu.
01:40:08.480 --> 01:40:10.688 align:center
If the money reaches the right hands,
01:40:10.896 --> 01:40:12.730 align:center
your wish will be fulfilled.
01:40:31.021 --> 01:40:34.437 align:center
On the occasion
of India's seventh Independence Day,
01:40:34.438 --> 01:40:39.604 align:center
business prodigy G. D. Naidu has organized
a grand agricultural exhibition.
01:40:39.605 --> 01:40:41.479 align:center
I welcome all of you
to enjoy this experience.
01:40:41.480 --> 01:40:42.645 align:center
What is this, Naidu?
01:40:42.646 --> 01:40:45.020 align:center
Started experimenting
with agriculture also?
01:40:45.021 --> 01:40:46.063 align:center
Yes, Mr. Raman.
01:40:46.563 --> 01:40:49.604 align:center
You studied physics.
So you experiment with physics.
01:40:49.605 --> 01:40:51.354 align:center
I didn't even pass Grade Three.
01:40:51.355 --> 01:40:52.979 align:center
So I can experiment with anything, right?
01:40:52.980 --> 01:40:54.354 align:center
I agree to that, Naidu.
01:40:54.355 --> 01:40:56.770 align:center
You are a man in a million.
You can do it.
01:40:56.771 --> 01:40:58.520 align:center
Thank you very much, sir.
01:40:58.521 --> 01:40:59.895 align:center
See that water tank over there?
01:40:59.896 --> 01:41:02.395 align:center
- The land behind it--
- Sir, can I take a photo?
01:41:02.396 --> 01:41:03.230 align:center
Yes.
01:41:11.480 --> 01:41:12.605 align:center
Get back.
01:41:12.813 --> 01:41:13.855 align:center
Stand back!
01:41:14.313 --> 01:41:15.271 align:center
Shut this.
01:41:17.063 --> 01:41:18.354 align:center
Thank you.
01:41:18.355 --> 01:41:19.395 align:center
Mr. Raman.
01:41:19.396 --> 01:41:20.438 align:center
He is Kurt Stoll.
01:41:20.730 --> 01:41:23.980 align:center
My husband is alive today
thanks to his parents.
01:41:24.146 --> 01:41:25.063 align:center
True, sir.
01:41:25.521 --> 01:41:27.355 align:center
I am forever indebted to his family.
01:41:27.605 --> 01:41:29.688 align:center
You could call it
a rough patch in my life.
01:41:30.396 --> 01:41:32.355 align:center
You won't be facing any more hardships.
01:41:32.563 --> 01:41:34.230 align:center
The British have left, right?
01:41:34.396 --> 01:41:35.729 align:center
In Independent India,
01:41:35.730 --> 01:41:38.270 align:center
you will achieve your dreams
and live life like a king.
01:41:38.271 --> 01:41:39.313 align:center
Thank you, sir.
01:41:43.188 --> 01:41:45.270 align:center
Roll down the shutter.
I'm telling you to move back.
01:41:45.271 --> 01:41:46.729 align:center
Everyone, step back.
01:41:46.730 --> 01:41:48.021 align:center
Go back, all of you!
01:41:50.480 --> 01:41:51.813 align:center
Sir, I need to talk to you.
01:41:52.230 --> 01:41:53.271 align:center
I'll be right back.
01:41:53.521 --> 01:41:54.980 align:center
- Come.
- What is it, Pillai?
01:41:56.771 --> 01:41:59.687 align:center
They have sent a notice
to seal four of our factories.
01:41:59.688 --> 01:42:00.729 align:center
Wretched fellows!
01:42:00.730 --> 01:42:02.187 align:center
- What?
- Yes.
01:42:02.188 --> 01:42:03.230 align:center
Not only that.
01:42:03.480 --> 01:42:06.771 align:center
The no-objection certificate
we require to collaborate with Benz…
01:42:06.938 --> 01:42:08.980 align:center
The IT Department has refused to give it.
01:42:11.063 --> 01:42:12.105 align:center
What is this, Pillai?
01:42:18.521 --> 01:42:20.313 align:center
I thought we were in for good times.
01:42:23.188 --> 01:42:26.313 align:center
Can't we talk
to the government regarding this?
01:42:26.688 --> 01:42:27.855 align:center
To this government?
01:42:29.438 --> 01:42:33.479 align:center
I begged them for an Inquiry Commission
to prove
01:42:33.480 --> 01:42:35.480 align:center
the tax penalties levied on me are fake.
01:42:36.021 --> 01:42:37.355 align:center
But I got no response.
01:42:38.688 --> 01:42:40.854 align:center
Now they have forcibly
shut down my factories
01:42:40.855 --> 01:42:41.938 align:center
and sealed them.
01:42:42.438 --> 01:42:44.271 align:center
What is the point of talking to them?
01:43:02.980 --> 01:43:04.063 align:center
Hello?
01:43:04.605 --> 01:43:06.062 align:center
- Hello, Mr. Naidu.
- Hello.
01:43:06.063 --> 01:43:08.021 align:center
Hello, Mr. Rudolph. How are you?
01:43:10.855 --> 01:43:15.313 align:center
The letter you sent explaining
your situation reached us very late, sir.
01:43:16.105 --> 01:43:17.063 align:center
We are very sorry.
01:43:19.355 --> 01:43:20.562 align:center
Thank you for your--
01:43:20.563 --> 01:43:22.646 align:center
Thank you for your concern, Mr. Rudolph.
01:43:23.188 --> 01:43:24.188 align:center
Thank you very much.
01:43:25.355 --> 01:43:26.730 align:center
- Mr. Naidu.
- Yes?
01:43:27.730 --> 01:43:32.146 align:center
Mr. Rudolph expresses his regret
for failing to collaborate with you.
01:43:32.771 --> 01:43:35.230 align:center
He is asking this out
of utmost regard for you.
01:43:35.646 --> 01:43:37.980 align:center
Now that we are unable
to collaborate with you,
01:43:38.146 --> 01:43:41.855 align:center
he's asking which Indian company
you can recommend for this.
01:43:43.896 --> 01:43:46.605 align:center
Thank you for the respect
you have for me, Mr. Rudolph.
01:43:47.646 --> 01:43:48.771 align:center
Very kind of you.
01:43:51.105 --> 01:43:52.438 align:center
According to me,
01:43:53.521 --> 01:43:56.896 align:center
the right name to collaborate
with your company…
01:43:58.438 --> 01:44:00.730 align:center
Tata Moto--
It's Tata Motors company.
01:44:01.146 --> 01:44:02.188 align:center
Tata Motors.
01:44:03.396 --> 01:44:05.145 align:center
Thank you very mu--
I wish you all the--
01:44:05.146 --> 01:44:06.855 align:center
I wish you all the very best!
01:44:09.105 --> 01:44:09.938 align:center
Thank you.
01:44:25.188 --> 01:44:28.605 align:center
You know what a big deal it is
to manufacture Benz cars in Coimbatore?
01:44:35.771 --> 01:44:39.813 align:center
…has been awarded
to Mr. G. Doraiswamy Naidu.
01:44:40.146 --> 01:44:42.105 align:center
DAIMLER-BENZ PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
01:45:22.313 --> 01:45:24.020 align:center
Where is this Ambalapara Krishnan?
01:45:24.021 --> 01:45:25.063 align:center
Hey, Krishnan!
01:45:25.480 --> 01:45:28.187 align:center
True to your word, you've robbed
our Naidu of his sleep.
01:45:28.188 --> 01:45:29.229 align:center
Look here.
01:45:29.230 --> 01:45:33.354 align:center
Sealing his factory or sneakily
withdrawing the Benz company order
01:45:33.355 --> 01:45:35.020 align:center
is not why he lost his precious sleep!
01:45:35.021 --> 01:45:37.479 align:center
Thousands of workers lost their jobs.
01:45:37.480 --> 01:45:39.729 align:center
You hit them
where it hurt the most, you see.
01:45:39.730 --> 01:45:41.520 align:center
That is why he lost his sleep!
01:45:41.521 --> 01:45:45.229 align:center
As per the papers, your Naidu
has not paid tax for many years.
01:45:45.230 --> 01:45:46.895 align:center
The day he pays up,
01:45:46.896 --> 01:45:49.895 align:center
I will decide how to treat your Naidu!
01:45:49.896 --> 01:45:52.145 align:center
Why do you keep harping "papers"
all the time?
01:45:52.146 --> 01:45:55.438 align:center
The British wipe their butt
with that same paper!
01:45:55.855 --> 01:45:57.813 align:center
I want to know.
Aren't you human too?
01:45:57.938 --> 01:46:00.520 align:center
Thousands of people
lost their jobs because of you.
01:46:00.521 --> 01:46:02.145 align:center
Won't your conscience nag you?
01:46:02.146 --> 01:46:03.437 align:center
Won't it prick you?
01:46:03.438 --> 01:46:04.645 align:center
I'll wait and watch.
01:46:04.646 --> 01:46:06.271 align:center
Let me see how you sleep soundly.
01:46:21.146 --> 01:46:22.896 align:center
Sir, don't worry.
01:46:23.146 --> 01:46:25.105 align:center
All this time, you were with us.
01:46:25.271 --> 01:46:27.895 align:center
No matter what you decide,
we will support you.
01:46:27.896 --> 01:46:28.979 align:center
Yes, sir.
01:46:28.980 --> 01:46:30.563 align:center
We are with you, sir.
01:46:30.730 --> 01:46:32.271 align:center
Greetings to everyone.
01:46:33.521 --> 01:46:35.230 align:center
We have done nothing wrong.
01:46:36.646 --> 01:46:39.480 align:center
Those who are jealous of us
are trying to topple us down.
01:46:40.105 --> 01:46:41.938 align:center
But if they close one door,
01:46:42.521 --> 01:46:44.438 align:center
we will open a hundred more doors.
01:46:45.230 --> 01:46:48.770 align:center
Those who go in search of opportunities
will feel bad if they don't succeed.
01:46:48.771 --> 01:46:50.688 align:center
But to those who create opportunities,
01:46:51.146 --> 01:46:53.105 align:center
the word "regret" never exists!
01:46:53.896 --> 01:46:55.980 align:center
All of us belong to one family.
01:46:56.771 --> 01:46:58.813 align:center
If our family faces a problem,
01:46:59.063 --> 01:47:00.605 align:center
will we give in and back down?
01:47:01.105 --> 01:47:04.105 align:center
None of you need to worry about anything.
01:47:04.521 --> 01:47:07.188 align:center
Until our factories are opened again,
01:47:07.438 --> 01:47:10.188 align:center
all of you will be paid your due salary!
01:47:11.855 --> 01:47:13.105 align:center
You will have jobs too.
01:47:14.896 --> 01:47:17.355 align:center
For the steel factory
to be set up in Podanur
01:47:17.855 --> 01:47:21.145 align:center
and the car factory in Eachanari,
our boss has bought land, right?
01:47:21.146 --> 01:47:24.688 align:center
We will turn those lands
into agricultural lands.
01:47:25.188 --> 01:47:27.271 align:center
We will get knee-deep into farming.
01:47:27.938 --> 01:47:31.605 align:center
We will create our own job opportunities.
01:47:31.771 --> 01:47:32.979 align:center
- Mr. G. D. Naidu!
- Our pillar of strength!
01:47:32.980 --> 01:47:34.229 align:center
- Mr. G. D. Naidu!
- Long live!
01:47:34.230 --> 01:47:35.354 align:center
Mr. G. D. Naidu!
01:47:35.355 --> 01:47:36.687 align:center
- Mr. G. D. Naidu!
- Our inspiration!
01:47:36.688 --> 01:47:37.812 align:center
Mr. G. D. Naidu!
01:47:37.813 --> 01:47:39.437 align:center
- Mr. G. D. Naidu!
- Our beacon of light!
01:47:39.438 --> 01:47:41.146 align:center
- Mr. G. D. Naidu!
- Long live!
01:47:44.938 --> 01:47:46.146 align:center
How unfair, sir!
01:47:47.730 --> 01:47:49.270 align:center
In India, for the first time
in Coimbatore,
01:47:49.271 --> 01:47:51.521 align:center
Mercedes-Benz factory
should have been set up.
01:47:52.563 --> 01:47:54.146 align:center
We lost that golden legacy, sir.
01:47:55.188 --> 01:47:57.355 align:center
We missed a glorious chapter in history.
01:47:58.230 --> 01:47:59.980 align:center
It would have created a revolution.
01:48:03.230 --> 01:48:06.230 align:center
Our own people crushed
Naidu's dream, sir.
01:48:07.688 --> 01:48:08.813 align:center
Why feel bad, madam?
01:48:08.938 --> 01:48:11.563 align:center
If one business is closed,
he launches a new venture.
01:48:11.896 --> 01:48:13.729 align:center
As soon as the Benz contract
slipped from his hand,
01:48:13.730 --> 01:48:15.937 align:center
he turned the very same land
into a productive farmland.
01:48:15.938 --> 01:48:17.812 align:center
Even the British couldn't do anything.
01:48:17.813 --> 01:48:19.438 align:center
How can our politicians stop him?
01:48:19.813 --> 01:48:20.813 align:center
But they did.
01:48:22.730 --> 01:48:26.521 align:center
After plotting for eight years, they
finally unleashed their ultimate weapon.
01:48:29.313 --> 01:48:32.146 align:center
EIGHT YEARS LATER
01:48:33.813 --> 01:48:37.355 align:center
All I wanted was to secure
that automobile contract for myself.
01:48:38.105 --> 01:48:40.521 align:center
But Naidu gave it on a platter
to someone else.
01:48:41.521 --> 01:48:44.938 align:center
The amount of hardship I am
going through because of him…
01:48:46.646 --> 01:48:49.563 align:center
He must suffer a thousandfold or more
01:48:51.271 --> 01:48:52.896 align:center
and end up on the streets.
01:48:53.896 --> 01:48:55.562 align:center
To complete this task,
01:48:55.563 --> 01:48:58.063 align:center
Krishnan has been promoted
to a dummy officer.
01:48:58.271 --> 01:49:00.562 align:center
I have given you power
that goes with your position.
01:49:00.563 --> 01:49:02.605 align:center
I have given the money you wanted too.
01:49:05.021 --> 01:49:06.063 align:center
Killi.
01:49:06.563 --> 01:49:08.813 align:center
- How many children do you have?
- Three, sir.
01:49:09.688 --> 01:49:11.813 align:center
Make sure they do not end up as orphans!
01:49:17.063 --> 01:49:18.021 align:center
Sir?
01:49:18.688 --> 01:49:20.105 align:center
You have entrusted it to me.
01:49:20.563 --> 01:49:21.980 align:center
I will not break your trust.
01:49:24.355 --> 01:49:27.021 align:center
Sir. They plan to confiscate
80 percent of his assets?
01:49:27.146 --> 01:49:28.188 align:center
Yes.
01:49:29.396 --> 01:49:31.437 align:center
Even if they charge
atrocious amounts of interest,
01:49:31.438 --> 01:49:33.855 align:center
even if his penalty is genuine,
01:49:35.105 --> 01:49:38.980 align:center
we can legally seize
only 13 percent of his assets.
01:49:40.521 --> 01:49:42.396 align:center
Sir, how is this fair by any standard?
01:49:43.771 --> 01:49:44.771 align:center
Mohan.
01:49:45.230 --> 01:49:47.646 align:center
The system I respected
with all my heart…
01:49:48.146 --> 01:49:51.313 align:center
The papers I signed with due respect…
01:49:52.438 --> 01:49:54.480 align:center
They have tarnished everything totally.
01:49:55.605 --> 01:49:57.813 align:center
Tampering with the account documents,
01:49:59.188 --> 01:50:02.520 align:center
fabricating a link between
Naidu and the Nazis,
01:50:02.521 --> 01:50:05.313 align:center
foisting a false case without
a shred of shame or regret,
01:50:05.605 --> 01:50:08.313 align:center
burning all his legal documents
using phosphorus…
01:50:10.146 --> 01:50:13.646 align:center
They needed a Perunkilli
to do all their dirty work!
01:50:15.188 --> 01:50:17.812 align:center
Sir, because of the atrocities
within our department,
01:50:17.813 --> 01:50:21.396 align:center
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 align:center
We should take some action, sir.
01:50:26.313 --> 01:50:27.396 align:center
Whatever is on paper,
01:50:27.771 --> 01:50:29.980 align:center
I am used to executing only those orders.
01:50:30.646 --> 01:50:32.438 align:center
My life has become like that.
01:50:33.521 --> 01:50:35.438 align:center
Whatever you think is prim and proper,
01:50:35.605 --> 01:50:36.771 align:center
please carry it out.
01:50:38.521 --> 01:50:39.605 align:center
Sir?
01:50:40.396 --> 01:50:41.521 align:center
Mohan.
01:50:41.855 --> 01:50:44.187 align:center
Whatever you think is correct…
01:50:44.188 --> 01:50:46.063 align:center
Execute it exactly like that.
01:51:46.313 --> 01:51:48.396 align:center
They have decided
to destroy me completely.
01:51:49.771 --> 01:51:51.605 align:center
First, they snatched
my dream from me.
01:51:52.813 --> 01:51:54.730 align:center
Now they are targeting my assets.
01:52:13.563 --> 01:52:14.645 align:center
Sir?
01:52:14.646 --> 01:52:18.146 align:center
What are you doing, sir? Why are
you planting a bomb in our own office?
01:52:19.438 --> 01:52:21.645 align:center
They are coming
to seize the building, right?
01:52:21.646 --> 01:52:23.438 align:center
Then they need a building to do so.
01:52:23.688 --> 01:52:24.937 align:center
- Sundaram?
- Sir.
01:52:24.938 --> 01:52:26.396 align:center
Don't even ask me permission.
01:52:26.771 --> 01:52:29.687 align:center
If they come to confiscate my property,
ask our people to evacuate.
01:52:29.688 --> 01:52:31.521 align:center
Then press this, understood?
01:52:31.646 --> 01:52:33.355 align:center
- Sir?
- Please.
01:52:34.480 --> 01:52:36.187 align:center
Don't ask me questions, Sundaram.
01:52:36.188 --> 01:52:37.313 align:center
Just do as I say.
01:52:42.271 --> 01:52:44.688 align:center
- This is for you.
- Everyone, help yourself.
01:52:44.813 --> 01:52:46.770 align:center
Please take it!
01:52:46.771 --> 01:52:48.313 align:center
Take it.
01:52:48.438 --> 01:52:51.270 align:center
Take this for your daughter's wedding.
01:52:51.271 --> 01:52:52.980 align:center
Everyone, help yourself.
01:52:54.355 --> 01:52:55.521 align:center
Enjoy, be happy.
01:52:56.313 --> 01:52:59.271 align:center
Your daughter is getting married.
Spend this for her.
01:52:59.438 --> 01:53:02.937 align:center
Invest this in your daughter's name.
Keep this for your son's education.
01:53:02.938 --> 01:53:04.146 align:center
Keep this.
01:53:04.271 --> 01:53:06.730 align:center
Sir, why are you giving away
all your title deeds?
01:53:07.021 --> 01:53:08.812 align:center
Are you from
the Income Tax department?
01:53:08.813 --> 01:53:09.895 align:center
I have paid my tax.
01:53:09.896 --> 01:53:10.938 align:center
- Go…
- Sir.
01:53:15.188 --> 01:53:16.979 align:center
The revered father of our city.
01:53:16.980 --> 01:53:22.063 align:center
Mr. G. D. Naidu plans to smash
and break all his inventions.
01:53:23.355 --> 01:53:25.354 align:center
Assemble to witness
this rare event.
01:53:25.355 --> 01:53:27.062 align:center
Welcome one and all.
01:53:27.063 --> 01:53:28.187 align:center
Entry is free.
01:53:28.188 --> 01:53:29.355 align:center
All are welcome.
01:53:52.646 --> 01:53:54.521 align:center
Stop… Enough!
01:53:56.563 --> 01:53:57.980 align:center
Hope you are all doing good?
01:53:58.646 --> 01:54:00.645 align:center
You know how happy I am
to see all of you here?
01:54:00.646 --> 01:54:03.730 align:center
The same pictures on your shirt
are on my sari too.
01:54:03.896 --> 01:54:05.813 align:center
Hero, heroine, celebrities…
01:54:06.105 --> 01:54:08.938 align:center
Cinema news, local gossip,
juicy rumors, everything…
01:54:09.980 --> 01:54:11.105 align:center
Looks beautiful, no?
01:54:12.021 --> 01:54:13.645 align:center
But when I went to Japan,
01:54:13.646 --> 01:54:18.980 align:center
naive, ill-informed students had Physics
and Chemistry formulas on their shirts.
01:54:19.105 --> 01:54:21.354 align:center
Periodic table, mechanical drawing,
01:54:21.355 --> 01:54:23.187 align:center
the world map too.
Height of aesthetic sense!
01:54:23.188 --> 01:54:24.562 align:center
Those Japanese students.
01:54:24.563 --> 01:54:25.646 align:center
Look at all of you.
01:54:25.855 --> 01:54:27.646 align:center
Actors and dancers on your t-shirts!
01:54:28.646 --> 01:54:30.355 align:center
Buzzing with vibrant vibes.
01:54:30.605 --> 01:54:32.688 align:center
You are the next generation
of our nation.
01:54:32.855 --> 01:54:34.480 align:center
Makes me feel so proud!
01:54:37.646 --> 01:54:40.937 align:center
I stupidly thought this would be
a useful item for you and I brought it.
01:54:40.938 --> 01:54:42.188 align:center
Shall I break that first?
01:54:42.313 --> 01:54:43.980 align:center
Huh? Come… come along.
01:54:54.105 --> 01:54:55.355 align:center
Play now!
01:56:01.146 --> 01:56:02.355 align:center
Stop the music!
01:56:02.771 --> 01:56:03.896 align:center
Dorai!
01:56:04.896 --> 01:56:05.980 align:center
Stop it!
01:56:07.396 --> 01:56:09.646 align:center
Listen to me! Dorai!
01:56:10.855 --> 01:56:11.980 align:center
Stop it, Dorai!
01:56:50.355 --> 01:56:51.188 align:center
Mom.
01:56:58.771 --> 01:56:59.646 align:center
Mom.
01:57:00.063 --> 01:57:01.980 align:center
He has given away everything he owned.
01:57:04.313 --> 01:57:07.146 align:center
He has given away the buses
to drivers and conductors.
01:57:08.480 --> 01:57:11.188 align:center
He has given all the title deeds
to passers-by, Mom.
01:57:13.688 --> 01:57:16.480 align:center
People are saying
that he has lost his mind.
01:57:17.605 --> 01:57:18.771 align:center
I feel terrible.
01:57:35.355 --> 01:57:38.688 align:center
You know that my dream is to build
a 5-star hotel in Madras.
01:57:39.771 --> 01:57:41.895 align:center
I went to Delhi and met
the concerned architect.
01:57:41.896 --> 01:57:44.812 align:center
I have even got the license
to import the fixtures for the hotel.
01:57:44.813 --> 01:57:48.313 align:center
But you gave away the land to others
without even telling me.
01:57:50.938 --> 01:57:55.645 align:center
Your father gave his word to Periyar that
he'd give that land to Adithanar, Gopal.
01:57:55.646 --> 01:57:57.020 align:center
What about his word to me?
01:57:57.021 --> 01:57:58.563 align:center
Mr. Gopal, forgive me.
01:57:59.396 --> 01:58:01.230 align:center
I didn't know it was your land!
01:58:04.313 --> 01:58:05.230 align:center
Hey!
01:58:05.855 --> 01:58:08.146 align:center
You have no right
to ask me such questions.
01:58:11.313 --> 01:58:15.396 align:center
That land was bought by my hard work
and my earnings.
01:58:15.813 --> 01:58:18.438 align:center
I will give it whenever
and to whomever I please.
01:58:18.563 --> 01:58:19.771 align:center
Understand?
01:58:23.355 --> 01:58:24.395 align:center
True.
01:58:24.396 --> 01:58:26.021 align:center
He did everything.
01:58:26.396 --> 01:58:27.730 align:center
We did not help in any way.
01:58:29.396 --> 01:58:32.355 align:center
As far as you are concerned,
this world revolves around you.
01:58:32.688 --> 01:58:38.105 align:center
Do you know how selfish it is to expect
everyone to follow your whims and wishes?
01:58:38.563 --> 01:58:42.688 align:center
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 align:center
Why, may I ask?
01:58:45.105 --> 01:58:48.438 align:center
Can't your near and dear ones
have their own dreams or aims in life?
01:58:49.230 --> 01:58:52.395 align:center
Our son curses himself daily
for being born in a family like this.
01:58:52.396 --> 01:58:53.521 align:center
You behave so badly.
01:58:53.980 --> 01:58:55.730 align:center
- Mom…
- Hey! Shut up.
01:59:00.480 --> 01:59:02.813 align:center
Gopal has the right to dream too.
01:59:04.605 --> 01:59:05.937 align:center
Knowing your true nature,
01:59:05.938 --> 01:59:09.188 align:center
your first wife, Chellamma, left you
thanking God for her freedom.
01:59:10.230 --> 01:59:12.230 align:center
Harsh reality is dawning on me only now.
01:59:18.271 --> 01:59:21.480 align:center
I do not wish to live with you any longer.
01:59:25.188 --> 01:59:26.521 align:center
I want a divorce.
01:59:34.313 --> 01:59:37.980 align:center
If you are able to, make the necessary
arrangements for my divorce.
01:59:40.771 --> 01:59:42.271 align:center
Otherwise I can handle it.
02:00:22.688 --> 02:00:24.854 align:center
"For more than 30 years,
02:00:24.855 --> 02:00:29.980 align:center
Mr. G. Doraiswamy Naidu has not remitted
the tax payable to the Government."
02:00:30.230 --> 02:00:34.187 align:center
"The outstanding tax amount, along
with the applicable interest and penalties
02:00:34.188 --> 02:00:38.313 align:center
should be paid within 60 days
from the date of this notice."
02:00:38.605 --> 02:00:41.479 align:center
"Non-compliance
within the stipulated period
02:00:41.480 --> 02:00:44.437 align:center
will lead to the confiscation
of 80 percent of his assets
02:00:44.438 --> 02:00:49.687 align:center
on the 90th day from the date
of this notice--"
02:00:49.688 --> 02:00:51.521 align:center
- Sir?
- Mohan.
02:00:51.938 --> 02:00:53.146 align:center
Continue to type.
02:00:53.396 --> 02:00:55.104 align:center
This is an order from the higher ups.
02:00:55.105 --> 02:00:57.855 align:center
Type fast, Mohan.
I need to get home soon.
02:00:58.646 --> 02:01:02.730 align:center
"Action will be taken
to confiscate 80 percent of his assets."
02:01:02.938 --> 02:01:06.563 align:center
"We hereby give you a final warning
through this notice."
02:01:07.521 --> 02:01:08.730 align:center
Type his name.
02:01:09.021 --> 02:01:10.313 align:center
Don't forget the seal.
02:01:10.646 --> 02:01:12.271 align:center
Sir, sign the order.
02:01:31.980 --> 02:01:36.020 align:center
To compensate for all your unpaid taxes
and penalties,
02:01:36.021 --> 02:01:38.645 align:center
the government will confiscate
80 percent of all your assets.
02:01:38.646 --> 02:01:39.938 align:center
Here's the official order.
02:01:40.188 --> 02:01:42.437 align:center
Hand over all your title deeds
and documents, sir.
02:01:42.438 --> 02:01:44.313 align:center
52 documents in total.
02:01:45.063 --> 02:01:46.063 align:center
Pillai.
02:01:46.896 --> 02:01:48.563 align:center
Give them what they want.
02:01:49.271 --> 02:01:50.146 align:center
Okay.
02:01:50.938 --> 02:01:52.188 align:center
Wait, I'll be back.
02:02:08.146 --> 02:02:10.563 align:center
Only two documents are here.
What about the rest?
02:02:11.271 --> 02:02:15.646 align:center
As the years sped by,
Mrs. Naidu got mad at his mad doings
02:02:16.646 --> 02:02:18.021 align:center
and filed for divorce.
02:02:21.521 --> 02:02:23.604 align:center
Your wife has filed a petition
for divorce.
02:02:23.605 --> 02:02:24.938 align:center
Do you accept it?
02:02:26.146 --> 02:02:28.063 align:center
- I do.
- Your wife
02:02:28.313 --> 02:02:31.521 align:center
has asked for 98 percent
of your assets as alimony.
02:02:31.938 --> 02:02:33.355 align:center
Are you willing to give it?
02:02:35.063 --> 02:02:36.146 align:center
I agree.
02:02:36.896 --> 02:02:39.271 align:center
Doesn't matter if she filed for a divorce.
02:02:39.480 --> 02:02:44.313 align:center
She claimed an alimony amounting
to 98 percent of Naidu's assets.
02:02:55.938 --> 02:02:59.480 align:center
You are answering clearly after
understanding everything I asked, right?
02:03:00.980 --> 02:03:01.855 align:center
Yes.
02:03:02.813 --> 02:03:05.063 align:center
Divorce granted.
02:03:05.438 --> 02:03:06.980 align:center
Alimony settled.
02:03:07.771 --> 02:03:09.063 align:center
Case closed.
02:03:13.313 --> 02:03:15.063 align:center
We had no other place to live, sir.
02:03:15.605 --> 02:03:18.021 align:center
This forest land of 30 acres
was all we had left.
02:03:18.355 --> 02:03:19.688 align:center
And this thatched hut.
02:03:20.271 --> 02:03:23.230 align:center
You have come to seize 80 percent of this.
02:03:24.230 --> 02:03:25.896 align:center
Take the wood land around us.
02:03:26.146 --> 02:03:27.854 align:center
If you leave the hut for us to survive,
02:03:27.855 --> 02:03:31.646 align:center
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 align:center
This is the divorce document.
02:03:38.105 --> 02:03:40.730 align:center
This is the partition deed.
02:03:55.271 --> 02:03:56.271 align:center
Killi.
02:03:57.105 --> 02:03:58.313 align:center
You got what you wanted.
02:03:58.980 --> 02:03:59.896 align:center
Let's head back.
02:04:09.188 --> 02:04:10.188 align:center
One minute.
02:04:12.730 --> 02:04:14.812 align:center
After we sent you the income tax notice,
02:04:14.813 --> 02:04:17.480 align:center
you can't divide your assets
even if you get divorced.
02:04:17.688 --> 02:04:18.980 align:center
It is against the law.
02:04:27.688 --> 02:04:30.480 align:center
Your mad antics made us
the laughing stock of everyone.
02:04:30.980 --> 02:04:32.521 align:center
We have teenagers at home.
02:04:32.730 --> 02:04:34.438 align:center
How can we face our society?
02:04:35.563 --> 02:04:37.145 align:center
You already have grandchildren.
02:04:37.146 --> 02:04:39.188 align:center
At this age, you have
divorced each other.
02:04:39.730 --> 02:04:42.646 align:center
If you can't see eye to eye,
adjust within these four walls.
02:05:04.480 --> 02:05:05.480 align:center
Proprietress.
02:05:07.771 --> 02:05:09.688 align:center
After sharing my life all these years,
02:05:10.521 --> 02:05:13.563 align:center
if you abandon me on the streets,
where can I go?
02:05:21.188 --> 02:05:22.313 align:center
We are leaving.
02:05:22.938 --> 02:05:26.146 align:center
At this age, we do not have to go
through this kind of heartache.
02:05:27.105 --> 02:05:29.020 align:center
Lost all your assets
out of sheer stubbornness.
02:05:29.021 --> 02:05:30.729 align:center
Committed high-handed outrageous acts.
02:05:30.730 --> 02:05:32.855 align:center
Also got labeled as a lunatic by everyone.
02:05:32.980 --> 02:05:36.104 align:center
You divorced Ranganayaki and now why
come and stand pathetically here?
02:05:36.105 --> 02:05:39.146 align:center
Did you ever once spare a thought
for your family, Doraiswamy?
02:05:42.355 --> 02:05:43.854 align:center
Why are you upset, dear?
02:05:43.855 --> 02:05:44.813 align:center
Don't cry.
02:05:57.896 --> 02:05:59.020 align:center
What is happening here?
02:05:59.021 --> 02:06:01.688 align:center
Is his madness infectious?
You are as mad as he is now.
02:06:02.480 --> 02:06:03.896 align:center
I can't contain myself.
02:06:04.396 --> 02:06:05.813 align:center
You tell them, dear.
02:06:07.021 --> 02:06:10.355 align:center
You could have held back your laughter
a little while longer, right?
02:06:12.605 --> 02:06:14.563 align:center
You burst into a cackle too soon.
02:06:16.521 --> 02:06:18.730 align:center
Only you can act this well.
02:06:18.855 --> 02:06:20.563 align:center
I can't compete with you, dear.
02:06:26.646 --> 02:06:28.355 align:center
Dad, what is all this drama?
02:06:32.063 --> 02:06:33.021 align:center
Hey!
02:06:33.563 --> 02:06:35.230 align:center
What did you think of your father?
02:07:08.355 --> 02:07:09.480 align:center
I want a divorce.
02:07:10.063 --> 02:07:12.063 align:center
Divorce… granted.
02:07:12.730 --> 02:07:14.271 align:center
Alimony… settled.
02:07:22.438 --> 02:07:24.480 align:center
Listen, I think I'll go crazy!
02:07:26.271 --> 02:07:27.313 align:center
My dear uncle.
02:07:28.021 --> 02:07:32.313 align:center
The government issued a notice to seize
80 percent of my hard-earned money.
02:07:32.855 --> 02:07:38.980 align:center
In return, I gave them a notice
that Ranganayaki and I got divorced.
02:07:40.188 --> 02:07:43.396 align:center
This notice also holds legally, right?
02:07:45.396 --> 02:07:49.146 align:center
They tried to destroy me
with mere paperwork.
02:07:49.688 --> 02:07:53.438 align:center
In response, I turned the same paper
into my weapon
02:07:53.896 --> 02:07:55.938 align:center
and razed their conspiracy to the ground.
02:07:58.230 --> 02:08:00.105 align:center
Sir, I checked the documents.
02:08:00.396 --> 02:08:04.021 align:center
They got divorced
one week before we served the notice.
02:08:05.230 --> 02:08:06.355 align:center
How is that possible?
02:08:14.063 --> 02:08:14.980 align:center
Killi.
02:08:16.188 --> 02:08:17.396 align:center
Can we leave now?
02:08:20.355 --> 02:08:21.230 align:center
Come on.
02:08:28.980 --> 02:08:30.021 align:center
Dumbo.
02:08:30.355 --> 02:08:31.396 align:center
Huh?
02:08:31.896 --> 02:08:33.312 align:center
How dare you call me a dumbo?
02:08:33.313 --> 02:08:35.729 align:center
For calling a government officer a fool,
I can file a case against--
02:08:35.730 --> 02:08:37.313 align:center
Sir… Sir, hold on.
02:08:37.563 --> 02:08:39.021 align:center
He didn't mean you.
02:08:39.230 --> 02:08:41.437 align:center
His favorite pet dog.
02:08:41.438 --> 02:08:42.730 align:center
We call him Dumbo.
02:08:44.021 --> 02:08:45.271 align:center
Dumbo, come here.
02:08:46.438 --> 02:08:47.396 align:center
You can leave.
02:08:47.730 --> 02:08:48.646 align:center
Dumbo?
02:08:52.230 --> 02:08:53.313 align:center
Hey!
02:08:54.146 --> 02:08:57.938 align:center
Did you think you had a bone
in your mouth?
02:08:59.396 --> 02:09:01.355 align:center
That is just an ordinary stick.
02:09:08.730 --> 02:09:09.896 align:center
Come, Pillai.
02:09:14.646 --> 02:09:16.521 align:center
What? Don't you understand?
02:09:17.646 --> 02:09:18.646 align:center
Simple.
02:09:19.021 --> 02:09:25.021 align:center
Which law stipulates a divorced couple
cannot live under the same roof?
02:09:31.896 --> 02:09:35.230 align:center
The assets I earned by shedding
my blood, sweat and tears…
02:09:36.396 --> 02:09:39.313 align:center
The tender love and care
of my family and bloodline…
02:09:40.313 --> 02:09:44.105 align:center
Neither paper nor any man can negate
or invalidate it!
02:09:45.355 --> 02:09:46.562 align:center
My dear son, Dorai.
02:09:46.563 --> 02:09:47.979 align:center
You are not G. D. Naidu.
02:09:47.980 --> 02:09:49.230 align:center
You are Genius Naidu!
02:09:51.521 --> 02:09:54.188 align:center
Naidu, all of you smile.
02:10:00.855 --> 02:10:03.021 align:center
A FEW YEARS LATER
02:10:11.188 --> 02:10:12.105 align:center
Sir.
02:10:12.980 --> 02:10:14.105 align:center
Sir.
02:10:14.230 --> 02:10:15.563 align:center
Here's the sacred offering.
02:10:16.396 --> 02:10:17.520 align:center
Priest.
02:10:17.521 --> 02:10:19.938 align:center
Pack that offering in a paper for him.
02:10:20.480 --> 02:10:23.188 align:center
Whatever it is,
he likes to see it on paper!
02:10:25.563 --> 02:10:26.438 align:center
Oh, God...
02:10:27.313 --> 02:10:28.396 align:center
Thank you, sir.
02:10:28.855 --> 02:10:29.771 align:center
Gayathri.
02:10:38.355 --> 02:10:41.521 align:center
You have never liked me, right?
02:10:44.188 --> 02:10:46.396 align:center
As Income Tax officer Krishnan,
02:10:47.105 --> 02:10:50.063 align:center
I have never neglected my duty
in my entire career.
02:10:51.146 --> 02:10:53.480 align:center
The same holds true in your case too,
Mr. Naidu.
02:10:54.605 --> 02:10:57.521 align:center
What I couldn't tell you
as an Income Tax officer,
02:10:58.021 --> 02:10:59.313 align:center
I would like to share now.
02:11:01.021 --> 02:11:05.146 align:center
I am and will always be your ardent fan
02:11:06.105 --> 02:11:09.771 align:center
for all your ingenious inventions
and the way you respect your profession.
02:11:12.188 --> 02:11:13.313 align:center
I have retired now.
02:11:14.521 --> 02:11:16.980 align:center
Happily retired
with a sense of total fulfillment.
02:11:18.730 --> 02:11:20.438 align:center
Can I ask you something now?
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That penalty is a pittance to you.
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If only you had paid it promptly
and been done with it,
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you would have reached greater heights
in your business than you have now.
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How many people…
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How many people would have benefited?
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You could have done much more
than your current service to the nation.
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Am I right, Mr. Naidu?
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Mr. Krishnan.
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Personally, you hold me
in such high regard.
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I am fully aware of the extra efforts
you took to save me in my times of crisis.
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What you told me just now…
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Even if your action was justified,
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the ethics are debatable.
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Shall I elaborate?
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At one time, in our motherland,
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art, culture, science, medicine,
trade and commerce,
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astrology, astronomy, philosophy…
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Peaceful life…
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Flourished as examples
for the entire world.
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Foreigners invaded our land
with their armies
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and when they left,
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they did not loot only our riches
and resources.
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But also our cultural heritage,
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system of education,
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our identity…
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They made us forget everything.
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But they did something
even more atrocious.
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The feeling of solidarity
as inhabitants of the same soil…
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They eradicated it completely.
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Religion, language,
caste discrimination…
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They planted these poisonous seeds
deep into our soil and left.
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That has grown into a dense forest today.
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How to raze that forest to the ground?
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That will be the biggest challenge
for the now-independent India.
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But let me tell you
something now, Mr. Krishnan.
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A sudden generation will rise
to destroy that forest.
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They will be a force to reckon with
in ways beyond our expectations.
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To that breed of enlightened young minds,
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religion, language, caste, color
will hold no significance at all.
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This world will look up
to the changes that they bring.
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The world will applaud
with absolute awe and affection.
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To that progressive generation,
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on hindsight,
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how can I set a bad example
to them, Krishnan?
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Just for my personal efforts
and selfish gains,
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if I had paid up the wrong tax
imposed by those wretched Britishers,
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it would mean
that I had compromised my principles
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and given in to their unfair policy.
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You would have retired as an officer
with clean hands and integrity intact.
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But the palm of my hand
would have been stained!
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In what way is that
fair or just, Krishnan?
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I don't want that story
as part of history.
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The way you are retiring
with total fulfillment,
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my heart is filled
with the same contentment.
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With my head held high and a strong
sense of pride, I stand before you.
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Tell me now, Mr. Krishnan.
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Am I right?
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Oh, no! Not my feet!
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Come here.
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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.
02:15:41.271 --> 02:15:43.563 align:center
He founded the first polytechnic college.
02:15:44.063 --> 02:15:46.646 align:center
He pioneered a revolution
in agricultural yields.
02:15:47.188 --> 02:15:50.188 align:center
He introduced people to the healing power
of Siddha medicine.
02:15:50.563 --> 02:15:55.396 align:center
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.