Stay back.
My son.
Shoot her!
Cover your face.
Cover your face, everyone.
After today, no one will come near me.
Not even my dead body.
Even if I cry, scream, shout or go berserk,
everyone will stay away.
-Father. -Stop.
Stay away.
Babarao, they are your children now.
You'll gain nothing from this revolution, Vinayak.
The British are too powerful.
I am very concerned about you, son.
They are your responsibility now.
Give me a hug, son.
Son, give me water.
Water...
Come on. Out.
Come on.
All those infected by the plague will be thrown into the pit.
Come on. Out.
Hey, come.
Gondya has come.
Get on with it.
Is it wrong to fight for our people, Mother?
The Chapekar Brothers were hanged?
But I pledge before you, Mother:
I will start an armed revolution like Shivaji Maharaj,
and chase the enemy away.
Or die fighting like the Chapekar brothers.
One who dies killing his enemies, is a warrior.
Long live...Revolution!
Bhagat, where did it all begin?
I read a book.
Book?
'The Independence Struggle of 1857.'
By whom?
Who wrote the book?
Vinayak...
Damodar...
Savarkar.
They are not our role models.
He is our role model.
"He who utters His name..."
Like him, we must arm ourselves, to fight the British.
"Is triumphant!"
You are here to join the 'Mitra Mela', right?
Starting today, you will all be trained in self-defence.
Joining the 'Mitra Mela' includes a ritual.
Are you aware?
Anyone carrying a weapon,
will keep it here.
Bravo.
Now these Britishers are going to die.
He's doing it again. Will he go or not?
Now you don't start.
What were you doing for so long inside?
We've to be back by evening.
Grieving the death of my queen.
Don't utter any of this in front of him.
And don't interrupt your elders.
You are not that old yet.
Keep this inside.
Let's go.
You and your obsession about going to London...
Thank God we found someone like Chiplunkarji.
Willing to bear your educational expenses.
Otherwise you would be a bachelor for the rest of life.
You promise to come back?
And not fall for some British girl there.
Absolutely not. My brother isn't like that.
He's completely focused on his studies.
I am aware.
I am blessed with wealth
It's the knowledge that I seek.
But I seek wealth...
The wealth that even you don't have.
No one in this country has.
Independence.
It is the sole objective of my life.
And that's why,
I want to travel to London, and study British Law.
God bless.
Shall we ask the priest for an auspicious date--
Wait.
I have a condition.
Your daughter should be aware of my objective.
If I don't have her approval,
then I will not marry her.
'Kheer'
Good thing you made 'kheer' today.
I have some good news.
Didn't I say I'll give them the news?
Full scholarship?
It's a matter of pride.
It is a matter of pride for Ferguson College.
Tatya will be studying in an English school.
Brother, you won't have to pay a single penny?
Yes.
Learn from him.
Tell him.
Three years in Ferguson.
And then London.
Go on.
I never disrespect food.
And I'll have this 'kheer' first.
I'm only going to Poona.
What is wrong?
I can't even see you going to Poona.
I'll die when you go to London.
Can you imagine how much I'll miss you?
So will I.
But look at it from a different point of view.
Ferguson College. Full scholarship!
Won't have to pay a single penny.
Isn't that a matter of joy?
It is a matter of joy.
I won't have to listen to Mazzini anymore.
The Italian revolutionary Mazzini,
united all the different factions, and freed Italy.
Similarly, together, we shall fight for India's independence.
But Syed Ahmad Khan sir said "We can never be one".
Why not?
He said, "We are two separate countries".
"Hindus and Muslims."
"Muslims are king and Hindus are the subjects."
Wrong.
The sword (rule) of India shall spread till London (British Empire)
so said Bahadur Shah Zafar.
In the 1857 war, Hindus and Muslims fought together.
Because the nation is above all religion.
Mazzini united Italy.
We'll create undivided India!
Ferguson College is an ideal college, known for its ideal students.
So stop provoking my students.
You were given admission as a student, not an activist.
What is the definition of a student, sir?
What do you mean?
A student is one who seeks the real meaning of knowledge.
Understands the truth.
That's exactly what I am doing, sir.
And I am describing it to others the way I see it.
Along with scoring good marks in exams.
I thought... you'll call me an ideal student.
An ideal student attends class, Vinayak.
Two days ago, when the professor of Indian History, told you to attend class--
It was the truth.
Because he was narrating His story (the history of the British king),
and not Her story (of my motherland).
Vinayak Savarkar.
You are expelled from the hostel.
And you will pay a fine of 10 rupees.
This is your punishment.
Now get out.
I said out!
We can no longer meet in college in large groups.
Like the secret societies of Europe, we must form our own secret society.
Abhinav Bharat.
Every society will have five members.
And these members will have no information, about the other members.
We've established connections with the secret societies of Punjab and Bengal.
Come, let's take an oath of an armed revolution.
Vande Mataram: Salute to you, O motherland!
In the name of all the martyrs that have shed their blood for Bharat Mata,
By the love innate in all men and women,
That I bear to the land of my birth,
Wherein lie the sacred ashes of my forefathers,
and which is the cradle of my children.
By the tears of the countless mothers for their children
the foreigners have enslaved, tortured and killed,
convinced that without Absolute Political Independence
or Swarajya my country can never
rise to the exalted position among the nations of the earth which is Her due,
And convinced also
that Swarajya can never be attained
except by the waging of a bloody and relentless war against the Foreign rule,
I shall from this moment do everything in my power to fight for Independence
and place the Lotus Crown of Swaraj (home rule) on the head of my Mother.
And with this object, I join the Abhinav Bharat,
and pledge to be loyal and honest towards the organisation.
If I betray the whole or any part of this solemn oath,
or betray the organization or anyone working in its favour
may I be doomed to the fate of a perjurer.
Long live... Mother India!
Don't spare a single one, kill them all.
Hail Goddess Kali!
Allah is the supreme.
We have to do something, sir.
This division of Bengal is causing a lot of violence.
We are trying to police them.
But it is just not possible.
So don't police them then.
Let the dogs kill each other.
Save us the trouble of doing it.
Hey! What are you doing?
Get out.
Divide and rule, my friend.
Divide and rule.
And it seems religion is the best tool to do it.
Religion, caste,
and personal interests...
We must rise above all and together think about the nation.
Today I announce the 'Swadeshi Abhiyaan': revolution of goods made in India.
Come,
let's together boycott all foreign goods.
Only then...
Only then, can we make these Britishers aware of our demand for 'Swarajya' (self rule).
Swarajya is my birthright and I shall have it!
-Vande... -Mataram!
Brother Tilak, our demand was for constitutional reforms.
You are talking about rebellion.
We've been talking about constitutional reforms for 20 years.
What did we gain?
Gokhale sir, for the reforms we must maintain fear.
You will do this?
No. Abhinav Bharat.
Think about it.
The clothes you want to burn,
are of high value.
So was the golden Lanka,
But when someone's freedom is at stake,
then be it Raavan's raj or the British raj,
It will eventually be burnt to the ground.
I will give Abhinav Bharat this task,
only when you can assure me,
setting foreign goods on fire isn't just for namesake
but to actually strike fear in the hearts of these British.
Why assurance? I give my word.
This fire will shock the British empire,
and this will be a mark of our victory.
Long live... Mother India!
Greetings, Tilak ji.
Truly... this fire you started will strike fire in their hearts.
You must maintain this fear now onwards.
-Long live... -Lokmanya Tilak!
Along with your studies keep visiting Kesari Wadi too.
And yes, I shall pay your fine of ten rupees.
There is no need for that.
I'm going to London to study law.
I want to learn from those revolutionaries.
Can you help me to establish contact with them?
You must be extra careful now.
All eyes are on you, good and bad.
The clothes were gathered by a secret society,
called Abhinav Bharat.
And it was set on fire by them, sir.
Who is their ring leader?
Vinayak Savarkar, sir.
I fined him 10 rupees and threw him out of the hostel.
Just throw him out of the college.
But on what grounds?
He's our top student and he's graduating next month.
He's going to London to study law.
Is he now?
Potato curry and wheat bread.
God knows what kind of food you'll get there.
-This will last you a couple of days. -Will it last three years?
Take care of Prabhakar and yourself.
Get him his smallpox shot.
I am telling you again.
Injections are not against our religion.
You take care too.
I am telling you again.
Crossing the sea can bring bad luck.
I am scared.
This sea washes the feet of Mother India.
It will take me across the world and bring me back to you.
There is no need for this.
Tilak sir has paid my first-year fee, and also made boarding arrangements.
God bless you!
-It's time. -Yes.
Take care yourself.
You too.
I am entrusting Abhinav Bharat in your hands now, brother.
Don't worry.
Soon we'll have a branch in every city.
And if anyone diverges from his pledge,
then he will be dealt with the Abhinav Bharat way.
Study hard.
Okay, Brother
Our nation needs doctors.
Come.
Tatya (younger brother)
At least, give me a hug.
Where is your ticket?
Let me see.
Why didn't you see the sign?
It's written in King's English.
I just look.
You just look.
Bugger off and look somewhere else, you Indian.
Get your hands off me.
We paid the same fare as you.
In international water, we're equal.
Sir, please.
You've learned some English, huh.
-Sir. -You Indian dog!
Let's go. let's go. Come with me, brother.
Sorry. Sorry for the inconvenience. Travel peace.
-Let's go. Let's go. -Leave me.
You want to eat?
Let's go.
Going to England like this?
Look... you should think.
Learn to mix. I mean...
Do you get my point?
You have to change.
'Kesh, Kangha, Kada, Kachera, Kirpan' (Hair, comb, bracelet, inners, dagger).
That's the identity of a Khalsa.
It's a part of Sikh. Part of our culture.
It's high time they stop making fun of our culture.
Don't mind.
But, are you sure?
Will you continue wearing this cultural loin cloth in England?
You are confusing two concepts, Mr. Iyer.
Culture and civility.
Our culture is who we are, and civility is of the country we live in.
We should adopt the way they dress, eat.
But without forgetting our own culture.
So as long as our culture is in our heart,
our civility is in our hands.
Vande Mataram!
Lala Lajpat Rai, Dadabhai Navroji, DS Rana,
Madam Cama,
are associated with Shyamji Verma's India House.
Can we really stay here?
This is a haven for Indians
in London among foreigners.
I am Shyamji Krishna Verma.
Welcome to the home of revolution, Vinayak.
Please...
Tilak was all praises about you.
Come in.
I have some friends from Abhinav Bharat...
Every Indian is welcome in India House.
Everybody...
This is Vinayak Savarkar.
The one we've been eagerly waiting for.
Stop being so formal, Shyamji.
You are intimidating the lad.
I am Bikaji Kama.
You can call me the Maitre D of this place.
How was your journey?
It was nice.
Let me introduce you. That's SR Rana.
Hello.
And that's Hardayal--
Greetings, Vinayak.
Padurang Mahadev Bapat.
That's Parmanand.
Hello. Parmanand.
MPT Acharya.
I've heard a lot about your Abhinav Bharat.
Are you going to...
Let him settle first, Acharya.
Sorry.
We all have high expectations from you.
Bringer of hope or the bringer of doom?
Meet our flamboyant revolutionary.
Madanlal Dhingra.
You should keep your distance from him.
We'll have to keep our distance.
Because with his arrival, the Secret Service has come dangerously closer.
So where is this Tilak prodigy residing?
65 Cromwell Avenue.
High Gate, North London, sir.
What place is that?
It's a hostel for Indian students, sir.
Run by that chap Shyamji Verma.
Keep a close eye on this Savarkar,
while we decide what to do with that Tilak.
And his hard-liners.
Right, sir.
This inverted comma is the answer to all your answers.
Yes!
He's emerged out of his cave.
What chapter did you write today, my friend?
Come on, start class.
Now you have come to the right room.
There are other important things in life as well... Mr. Savarkar.
Welcome to the house of evolution.
Cheers!
You left so early last night!
Weren't you having fun?
I was having too much fun.
That's why I left.
Why are you so allergic to fun, Savarkar?
Fun has its own place, and so does revolution.
You are in London, man.
My goal to come to London was never a celebration.
They are celebrating the golden jubilee of the 1857 mutiny.
It is time,
to change their point of view
Meaning.
1857 was not a mutiny, it was India's first freedom struggle!
What? He's writing a bloody book?
Yes, sir.
What about specifically?
He's giving the mutiny of 1857 an Indian twist, sir.
And call it the Revolution of 1857.
Vande Mataram!
Let me know when he is done.
Yes, sir.
Come on. This is my house darling.
What are you doing? What's going on?
We must show you the greatness of this man,
who is showing you such a great time.
We should break his face.
No. Such traitors should be killed.
But we cannot do that here.
We will pay you five pounds every month, twice.
But just tell me,
for 5 pounds, you sold your mother?
What are you saying? What is going on here?
He sold his motherland for five pounds a month.
Shut up.
I will never do that to my country you little piece of skunk.
Do you all have to leave so soon?
The British government has been watching me.
If I stay here, we can all be in danger.
My people in Paris will take care of you.
I am going to Germany.
It's time we bring the fire of our revolution to a global level.
And you shall be the torchbearer.
Vinayak, you completed it.
Only with guidance from you and Shyamji.
What... is this?
The first flag of independent India.
Free India.
Undivided India!
The green of Islam.
And yellow of Hindus.
Red of Buddha.
Eight lotuses on top.
The eight provinces.
The Islamic moon below.
And the Sanatan (Eternal- a term used for the Hindu way of life) Sun.
And in the middle...
Salutations to the motherland.
Vande Mataram!
The car is waiting outside.
We must leave immediately.
Vande Mataram!
Barrister Gandhi wants to meet you.
The guy from the train incident in Africa.
I don't want to meet him.
Why? He's a revolutionary as well.
In his own way.
When the Zulu people were fighting for their independence,
he sided with the British.
All those in the world fighting for independence,
are our brothers.
Wait. Wait just a minute.
What Muslim League are Syed Ali and Mr. Khan ranting about?
Even we are Muslims,
but none of us is interested in joining the Muslim League Party.
Absolutely. We are Indians.
Even if they make one, how will it matter?
You guys don't get it.
If they succeed in forming a separate Muslim party,
it can lead to several problems.
Only time will tell.
Where can I find Vinayak Savarkar?
He's cooking his favourite dish today.
-Where? -Over there in the kitchen.
Mr. Savarkar.
Myself, MK Gandhi.
Hello.
You need no introduction, Barrister sir.
Please.
And everyone's read your revolutionary ideology.
Have you?
That's why I wanted us to meet.
So we can discuss how we can join hands together.
Did you actually read my work?
I absolutely did.
You write pretty well.
And as the older one, I have some advice for you, Vinayak.
Violence can lead to revolution, but not the correct solution.
Even you believe in Gautam Buddha.
This is his path.
Non-violence is the greatest virtue.
I believe in Buddha,
but I don't agree with him.
You may have not raised your hand,
but forming the medical auxiliary force against the Zulu people,
and supporting the British isn't exactly non-violence.
True.
But the Zulu's started the violence.
The British government was being treated unfairly.
I always side with truth and justice--
You mean to say,
if violence is done for the right purpose, then it's justified.
Maybe you don't understand what I am saying.
What about self-defence?
Anyway... let's discuss this over lunch. I don't want to ruin my dish.
I am a pure vegetarian.
And I am looking for people,
who can rip the hearts out of these Britishers and eat them alive.
If you can't even eat with us, how will you fight with us?
Madam Cama has announced war.
The time for meetings and discussions is over.
It's now a call to action.
This 'call to action' will have three objectives.
One, we have to smuggle guns to India.
So we can kill these Britishers one by one.
They should be terrified by the thought
that they can be killed by anyone, anywhere.
Two...
We must write to our Sikh brothers in British forces,
so they can be prepared for an uprising.
And write to the princely states,
that if they don't join our revolution,
they can't even imagine what the people of India will do to them.
Three...
We must learn how to make bombs.
Can you sign this book for me, Mr. Lenin?
I am sorry about what happened to the armed revolution in your country.
Some say it was a failure but,
I believe 1905 was just a dress rehearsal.
Do you understand what I say?
Yes.
Ours was 1857.
Right.
How can I be of help?
We need to learn how to make bombs.
I can get you manuals.
Not here.
But in Paris.
Thank you.
Long live the armed revolution!
Let's blow up the parliament here.
That is our aim.
But if we make an explosion now,
we won't be able to send these manuals to India.
First, we must send these manuals to India.
Every village should have a bomb-making factory.
If we succeed,
we'll kill enough British by 1912 to drive them out of India
Or die trying.
I will wage war against the enemy and slay them till my last breath.
Vande Mataram.
Go down. Come on.
Move.
Stay back.
Move. You Indian dog.
They exiled our leader, and locked him up in Burma.
How can this be justice?
And why him?
The death of those two women,
made things worse.
But the judge survived.
We cannot afford to miss, Vinayak.
A revolutionary's sacrifice has gone in vain.
And one so young.
His sacrifice won't be in vain.
I shall raise many more Khudiram Bose.
Where did you get this book from?
Where did you get this book?
Don't give me in the hands of a fool
Thus says a book
They don't call me Pandit Jackson for nothing.
Speaking God's language doesn't make you God.
So you are the leader of Abhinav Bharat, right.
Abhinav Bharat?
I know no such thing.
But you are quite a printer, aren't you?
If you tell me who else is involved,
this will stop.
You don't know us brothers yet.
Do you want this for yourself?
Anyone else wants to be a rebel?
Get up.
This... is what happens,
when you rage a battle against the crown.
He's being sent to rot in Kaala Pani (Cellular Jail).
No one...
comes out from Kaala Pani.
So nothing out of the ordinary, then?
No, sir.
He's studying for his final bar exam.
Day and night, sir.
Very hard working, sir.
Sir...
He will make a good lawyer.
What about that damn book he was writing?
He... stopped, sir.
The time has come for the next stage of revolution, Madan.
We're going to attempt something
on this land of Britain that has never happened before
Political murder
This one man destroyed thousands of Indian family
The secret service head of London
It's time to offer Lord Curzon Willey's head
at mother India's feet.
I wish it was me instead.
I would never give this opportunity to anyone in 100 lifetimes.
And certainly not you.
Who will keep the revolution alive after you?
And anyway, I'm better looking than you.
Madanlal Dhingra.
If you miss,
I will never see your face again.
Vande Mataram.
Hey Wylie.
Drop your gun.
Drop.
Silence!
You admit your guilt?
I have no guilt of killing Curzon Wylie.
But I am guilty of killing the Parsi gentleman.
I apologise to his family.
That said, we're being joined by Madanlal Dhingra's family.
And I will let them speak before we take the vote.
We... We denounce and disown my brother, Madanlal Dhingra.
As not a part of our family.
He is a traitor.
Thank you, Mr. Dhingra.
And now I would like to bring forward
a motion to vote in front of this gathering.
For a unanimous decision to condemn.
I oppose.
Hence this is not a unanimous decision.
He's still under trial.
You are guilty by law.
I do not recognise your law,
just like you don't recognise the sovereignty of my country.
If this is a democracy, then why are my people still slaves?
And not free to choose their own destiny.
Stop that. Stop.
Calm down. Stop.
Any last words?
A question, my lord.
If you were occupied by the Germans,
and one of your countrymen killed a German officer,
what would you call him?
That's who I am.
Vande Mataram.
Non-violence is the greatest virtue.
I am not here to talk about politics.
I came here to express my views
about the Hindu festival 'Vijaya Dashmi'.
'Vijaya Dashmi'
marks the victory of good over evil.
The establishment of 'Ram-Rajya' (Lord Ram's reign)
'Ram-Rajya' was attained through sacrifice and fasting.
By the sacrifices of Lord Ram.
The sacrifices of Lakshman.
And the sacrifices of Mother Sita.
Sacrifice is the only means of attaining 'Ram-Rajya'.
Here's wishing all of you a happy Vijaya Dashmi.
And now I don't want to keep you any longer from your favourite star speaker.
I welcome the great patriot...
VD Savarkar.
In that case, Raavan was killed unnecessarily.
Thank you for the great introduction...
Barrister MK Gandhi... sir.
It's not about politics.
It's about point of view.
And from my point of view, of 'Vijaya Dashmi',
'Ram-Rajya' wasn't attained through fasting.
It was achieved by slaying Raavan, his brothers and his army.
Rulers far and wide knew,
if you wrong king Ram,
you'll face the same consequence as the great Raavan.
Was killing Raavan unfair?
And if you call that unfair...
Then...
"Take me back to my Motherland"
"O Ocean... my soul is tormented"
"Restless is my soul... O Ocean"
"In the form of foam you laugh at me ruthlessly"
"Why did you break your promise (of taking me back to my mother) this way?"
"You fool yourself by calling my Mother weak"
"Why put me and Her through this pain!"
"You are in fact the one"
"who is scared of the British rule"
"Fearsome though England may be, O"
"My Mother is not weak, helpless nor a coward"
"Let me remind you, Agastya (one of Her sons)
In an instant had swallowed you
"O Ocean... my soul is tormented..."
"Restless"
"O Ocean..."
Vande Mataram.
"My soul is tormented..."
Vande Mataram!
I know how it feels to lose someone so close.
Kanhare was someone's son too.
I don't know what to do.
Should I go back and share my wife's grief?
Or should I stay here, and make sure that,
Kanhare, Madan and Khudiram's sacrifice doesn't go in vain.
It won't be in vain.
They made a point.
What point?
Newspapers?
They either print Gandhi's words or follow Congress.
They call us
cowards and traitors.
The freedom struggle of 1857 had failed just like this.
Vinayak, we are not prepared.
We are getting prepared.
By 1912 we'll have enough strategies and ammunition,
to come together and fight for freedom like in 1857.
But for that, we must make the headlines.
I am going back to London.
No, you can't.
You have a warrant against you
for waging a war against the crown.
Yes, for sedition.
If you go back, you will be arrested.
Savarkar.
Mr. Savarkar.
And then what?
I'll be sentenced to three years of jail,
according to the law of London.
Savarkar.
Mr. Savarkar.
Then they will have to print our statements from the court.
The entire world will be aware of our struggle.
I want them to discuss
our independence in their parliament.
Here I am.
I am VD Savarkar.
In the Crown Vs. Savarkar,
on behalf of the crown, the prosecution demands
that the accused
be deported to India, with immediate effect.
I demand to be tried here in London.
My lord, you know the law as well as I do.
You cannot deport me to India,
unless you prove me guilty here.
He's right.
He should be tried here in London.
But he's a threat to the crown, sir.
We need him in India,
Where he won't be afforded the rights.
one enjoys in this great country.
There he'll be tried as a native.
But it's not justice.
Consider it poetic justice.
Your honour.
I've to go to the lavatory.
Hurry up.
[speaking in French]
Arrest me. Arrest me now.
I'm a political fugitive.
Arrest me.
-He is a thief. -I am a political prisoner.
[speaking in foreign language]
I need political asylum. Arrest me.
French police.
[speaking in French]
Stop them. You can arrest me.
[speaking in French]
And funnily enough,
they harbour the world's biggest thieves and robbers,
without having any extradition treaties.
These very British, in their hypocrisy,
arrest a man seeking political asylum on French soil.
And persecuting him for those very things,
that he's seeking asylum for.
Mr. Savarkar should be handed back to the French,
as a political asylum case.
Free Savarkar.
This is wrong. We need justice.
Justice for Savarkar.
We are getting international pressure,
for this one little native.
Throw him to the French, for I care.
And put an end to this damn circus.
But, Mr. Churchill,
before you make a decision,
let me brief you on this man.
This Savarkar.
He and his revolutionary friends,
at India House planned to bomb the British Parliament.
They smuggled bomb manuals and guns
that were used against the king's soldiers.
If we don't prosecute him now,
when shall we?
When he bombs Buckingham Palace?
Or kills the king himself, sir?
My lord, the Fugitive Offender's Act of 1881,
is only applicable in the case of a fugitive.
Whereas I was a student,
studying law at the prestigious Gray's Inn in London.
Shut up!
Why is he speaking?
Let the lawyer speak.
I myself am a barrister, my lord.
That is why I had gone there to study this law.
And you are talking about a trial, where is the jury?
There is nobody here.
The court find the accused guilty
of waging a war by instigation.
By the circulation of printed matters inciting to war
and providing arms and distribution
of instructions for the manufacture of explosives.
Under the section 121A of the Indian Penal Code,
there will be immediate forfeitures of all your property and your family member's .
Now these glasses too are government property.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
Sentence of the court upon you is two transportations for life
to be served one after the other.
Hey... Stay back.
No touching.
My only crime was against you.
No.
Not at all.
You had asked for my approval.
And I had said yes.
But...
I never imagined...
I'll see this day.
Maybe this is what revolution is.
Maybe we've to set our own homes aflame,
to keep the flames of independence alit in millions of homes
Maybe.
This...
This is the
year I will be set free.
This is injustice, Brother.
No one's ever been sentenced to life twice till now.
God gave me one life,
but the judge gave me two.
What are the people saying outside?
Much has happened on foreign lands.
But there is silence here.
After sentencing Tilakji to jail,
Congress has gone back to being the 'proposal' Congress.
Due to the efforts of Madam Cama and Shyamji,
America, France, Germany and England, formed a commission in Hague.
But they made a deal among themselves.
Why didn't our sister-in-law, Yeshu, come?
She wanted to come.
But ever since Brother got arrested,
she has been keeping ill. That's why she didn't come.
You take good care of yourself.
-Come on, leave. Time up. -It wasn't easy getting this permission.
-Leave. Leave. -Time up. Leave.
Don't worry about me.
Leave.
Brother is there to look after me.
He must have made arrangements.
Narayan Rao, focus on your medical studies.
Don't digress from it.
We need at least one Savarkar.
Make yourself sturdy enough so that,
come what may, but they cannot break us!
Sir. Your glasses.
We chipped in to buy these glasses.
Leave.
Move ahead. Move.
Move. Hurry up.
Walk in a line.
Quiet. Everyone stand in a line.
Take the shackles off.
Hurry up.
Now strip.
Come on.
Strip.
Bend over.
-Now cough. -Come on.
Harder.
Open your mouth.
Bathe.
What is this?
You are doing this wrong.
I am not some goon or thug.
I am a political prisoner.
A political prisoner has rights.
We will not bathe in this salty seawater.
Rascal...
Do you want me to get the water of Holy Ganges for you Hindus?
Is there a problem?
I'm Political prisoner.
I have rights...
By law.
Indeed, Mr. Savarkar.
You are special.
It says
you'll be our first to live your life in here.
Twice over.
That's a long-long time.
We must learn to understand each other.
And that requires introspection.
Solitary indefinitely.
Does anybody else have a problem?
Do you see the walls around?
Do you know why they are so low?
It is impossible to escape from this place.
The sea surrounds us for a distance of miles.
And in the forest, there are savages.
If they happen to see any man,
they do not hesitate to pierce right through you,
with their sharp arrows and then eat you.
Disobey me,
and may God have mercy on your souls
But then again,
God does not come
within three miles of Port Blair.
I am God.
My name is David Barry.
Welcome to hell.
Welcome to the home of revolution, Vinayak.
Water.
Which ward is Baba Savarkar?
Where are you, Vinayak?
Are you alright?
Revolution will lead to nowhere, Vinayak.
The British are too powerful.
I am very worried for you.
If you go back, you will be arrested.
Doesn't matter.
I'll be sent to jail for three years according to London law.
Stop thinking.
It is sometimes unlucky to go across the ocean. I feel really uneasy.
Baba Rao...
Open the door!
What is this mess? Beat him!
No water, we'll make you drink urine.
Move faster.
And Rascals want to be revolutionaries.
[Prayer call]
Quote...
La Ilaha Illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah.
Give him food.
Quote.
La Ilaha Illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah.
Give him food.
-La Ilaha Illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah. -With your hands raised up.
La Ilaha Illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah.
Properly.
La Ilaha Illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah.
Give him food.
Brother.
Tatya?
What are you doing here?
Keep moving.
You hit my brother.
-Dog of the British. -Leave my Brother.
Leave me.
Leave me. Tatya.
Leave him.
Take them away! Take them away!
I thought the next time when I see you,
it will be in a barrister's coat-tail.
I was enduring my imprisonment
because you were outside.
To continue doing our work.
How were you arrested?
Weren't you in Paris?
Narayan is still too young.
Who will look after our families now?
Those trapped in jail are as crucial for the freedom struggle
as the freedom fighters who are fighting outside
Before coming here, I met Narayan.
He is a grownup now. Don't worry about him.
I only want to hug you once, Brother.
You don't know.
But I keep reminiscing about the moment I saw you.
I wish I had hugged you instead of being surprised.
Knowing that you are so close,
and I can't even see you.
Every day feels like a burden.
I eagerly await your letters.
Soon, everything will change, Brother.
There are many others like us here.
I've reached out to all of them.
Let's make a plan to get out of here soon.
No need to write such things in the letter.
Barry has his spies among prisoners.
All I am saying is... unified
"Bharat. Only One Motherland".
BOOM
Hey, stand in a straight line.
Stand in a line.
Rascal!
What is going on here?
Rascal!
Sir.
Rascal!
Scoundrel!
Give him back his glasses, so he can see the real truth.
You think you're a revolutionary.
I'll show you a revolution.
Vande Mataram!
"What miracle is this, that flowers bloomed from my wounds?"
"Why does the crack of the whip sound like a melody?"
"The blood oozing from me narrates a story."
"Whether we exist or not, the country must continue to exist."
"O Motherland."
"I salute thee..."
"Vande Mataram." (Salute to you, O motherland)
"Vande Mataram."
"Even after I perish, this is where I want to return."
"Such is my love for this nation."
"For your sake, I would die with a smile."
"Vande Mataram."
"I salute thee..."
"Vande Mataram."
Everyone in ward three has stopped fasting.
A boy named Nani Gopal hasn't eaten yet.
When will Bharat become only one motherland? (Boom)
Six days.
Son...
By not eating food
and giving up your life,
isn't just betrayal to your life,
but also to our revolution.
By any means,
take everything you get from them.
It is our Dharma (duty) to get out of this hell
and contribute to the nation.
Not to die here of starvation.
It benefits no one, son.
Neither to you,
nor the country.
Give him food.
Who else was with you?
Where it is come from?
Give me the names, and the punishment will stop.
Tell us the truth, or even God can't save you.
Vande Mataram!
Put him back in the cell.
Put the body in the sea.
Write the report...
Suicide.
Mirza.
Sir... they refuse to work.
Stop the bloody strike.
Not until...
you stop your atrocities.
Good morning, sir.
What the hell is going on over there?
Good ol' Barry, Sir Craddock.
He's making an example of these "bomb gola walas".
Example is one thing.
It going to press.
It's bad imaging.
Here we are, throwing crumbs of constitutional reforms
to keep the moderates engaged in talks.
And Barry is creating sympathy for the hard-liners.
We are at the brink of bloody war, for God's sake.
We've to keep these Indians on our side.
Barry runs it like his own kingdom, sir.
Does he now?
Has he forgotten he works for the Crown,
like everyone else?
Sir Craddock.
I wish I'd known you were coming, Sir Craddock.
I wish I had known.
Well,
now the whole world seems to know, Barry,
what's going on in here.
I want these atrocities to stop immediately.
But, sir, I am just following the diktat
to break the bomb gola walas.
It's one thing to break them,
it's another thing to make a spectacle out of them.
The... spectacle.
Here's a spectacle I saved from happening.
What's this? A grocery list?
No, sir. It's a list of ingredients to make a bomb.
A bomb?
Yes, sir.
They were planning to blow up the jail.
Who?
Are these really necessary?
Absolutely, sir.
Have a seat.
I would advise against that.
You may leave, Barry.
But, sir?
You go too.
Sit.
Have some cake.
No, thank you, sir.
I hear you're building a bomb to blow up this jail.
We do not get enough to eat to survive, sir.
We're made to work like animals.
Where will I make a bomb from?
It's not what I've heard.
Can I be honest with you, sir?
Of course.
If I had a bomb,
I'd blow up this jail.
But I don't have a bomb.
And that's my honest answer.
Can I ask you a personal question, sir?
Of course.
If Germany were to occupy England
and your mothers and sisters were raped.
Your brothers were put in jail or hanged
All your riches looted.
What would you do?
Would you not do everything in your power to stop it?
Perhaps...
Perhaps.
How can I help you?
I am, after all, a political prisoner, sir.
And I am entitled to books.
Pen and paper.
In fact, can I have one now?
Thank you, sir.
Nice pen. I like pens.
I like writing.
Petition from V.D. Savarkar.
Convict number 32778
to Reginald Craddock.
Home Secretary, Government of India.
Dated November 14th, 1913.
Dear, sir...
"Dear, sir."
I beg to submit
the following points, for your kind consideration.
I am not asking for any preferential treatment,
though I believe as a political prisoner,
even that could have been expected,
in any civilised administration
in the independent nations of the world.
But only for the concessions and favours that are shown
even to the most depraved of convicts
and habitual criminals.
For those who are termed convicts,
the thing is different.
But, sir,
I have fifty years staring me in the face.
The world war is at its peak.
And the British have their entire focus on Europe,
and this is our chance,
to totally throw out the British from our land.
Without the Indian army, Indian treasury and food,
they will lose the war.
Gokhale sir, the day isn't far,
when we will achieve total independence.
Tilakji, there is one more opinion...
during this tough time, we should help the British.
If we fight the world war on their side,
even they will help us in the future.
If the government, in their manifold beneficence
-and mercy were to release me -Come on. Move ahead.
I for one cannot but be the staunchest advocate,
of constitutional progress and loyalty to the English government.
Savarkar ji, do you know how I became a revolutionary.
I saw one of your cartoons.
On Kolhu.
In the newspaper.
I didn't know I would be Kolhu.
Bole So Nihaal.
Satsriakaal.
If we be released,
the people will instinctively raise,
a shout of joy and gratitude to the government.
Who knows, how to forgive and correct
more than how to chastise and avenge.
Now, if a constitution exists,
and home rule is decidedly such,
then so much political,
social, economical and educational work is to be done.
And could be constitutionally done,
that the government may securely rest satisfied,
that none of the present political prisoners
who choose to face untold suffering,
by resorting to underground methods, for sheer amusement.
We should free all political prisoners,
so we can build a nation together.
If clubbing my release with other political prisoners is stopping you,
from this generosity and a gesture of goodwill.
I may be exempted from it.
Bade Babu.
That's what they are calling you now, Bomb Gola Wala.
I got a good news for you, and a good news for me.
114 prisoners were released.
Good news for me.
You are not one of them again.
I am just happy for the 114 revolutionary.
That will carry out the revolution.
Look at me when I talk to you.
You listen with your ears, Barry, not your eyes.
I think your cell needs a new coat of paint.
You can erase it from there, Barry.
How will you erase it from here?
Solitary
History shows,
that the fault of India, if a fault it was,
had been not that she was less.
But that she was too generous and too confiding.
To his honour,
the secretary to the government of India, Home Department.
Your Honour,
now that we have a constitution,
my conversion to the constitutional line could bring back,
all those misled young men
in India and abroad
who were once looking up to me as their guide.
I am ready to serve the government
in any capacity they like,
For as my conversion is conscientious,
so I hope my future conduct would be.
By keeping me in jail,
nothing can be got in comparison to what would be otherwise.
The mighty alone can afford to be merciful.
And therefore where else can the prodigal son return,
but the parental doors of the government.
Your humble servant, V.D. Savarkar.
This is his fifth petition, right.
You met him once.
So what do you say, Sir Craddock.
This man should be shown no concession.
If you let him out on the mainland, he will escape.
If you let him out, even on an island,
he'll turn the cannibals
into a force of rebellion.
And attack the mainland.
Or
maybe a boat
will pick him up with his Abhinav Bharat people.
He cannot be said to express any regret or repentance.
Quite frankly, sir, he's the most dangerous man I've ever met.
Now...
Isn't that a rather tall description?
And how do you come about this?
Because in just one meeting,
he almost had me convinced
that we are in the wrong...
sir.
Stand up, you lazy bones.
What's the problem?
He's not working, sir.
Jesus!
This man cannot die.
He'll be a martyr and I'll be damned.
Doctor.
Get this one he does not die.
The British listen to you.
And the conference of all states has passed a resolution to free my brothers.
He is very ill.
Gandhiji, the British will definitely listen to you.
I...
Met Vinayak in London.
He is a very intelligent,
intellectual and a man with great organisational skills.
Vinayak had seen the traits in the British rule long ago.
Our paths are separate.
But I respect his revolutionary ideas.
If he comes out,
it will certainly help the new provisional government.
Come.
I'll show you
how to write a mercy petition.
Why do you hate the British so much?
I don't hate the British.
I hate slavery.
If the British leave,
we can be friends.
In fact,
if their independence was ever attacked,
we could fight with them.
The might of the British Empire
lies in patriots like me.
Men
who will do anything for the king and country.
I was once... a young,
romantic,
Irish revolutionary.
Not a terrorist like you.
One man's terrorist is another man's revolutionary,
Mr. Barry.
I've enjoyed our conversations.
Conversations happen between two free men, Mr. Barry.
Not when one is chained.
I am going to retire tomorrow.
I outlasted you, Barry.
Upstairs.
Let them meet.
Yeshu?
Brother, I met Gandhiji.
He will personally write about you.
And if he does, your petition will definitely be accepted.
Gandhi?
Has he become such a big name?
Yes.
After the death of Tilakji,
Gandhiji is the new leader of the country.
I've become an orphan.
The entire country has been orphaned.
Forgive me, Bapu.
But you supporting the Caliphate revolution is wrong.
Ambedkar sir, it's Khilafat.
It's a revolution of our Muslim brothers.
And the Hindus should join them
and show our unity to the British.
So they cannot raise this as an issue between us and our independence.
This is happening in Turkistan.
Why are we joining it?
You are doing this to support them, Bapu.
Jinnah sir,
don't feel insecure from the Ali brothers.
They fear they are minorities.
And the Congress demands democracy.
And in a democracy, the majority always wins.
To include the Muslims in the freedom struggle,
we must support them.
Bapu,
you don't know Muslims like the Ali brothers.
They don't want democracy,
but sultanate.
I agree with Jinnah sir.
This revolution is not India's revolution.
Caliphate
Khilafat
Khilafat means opposition.
This is enough for the common people.
One day I ate their food
And I committed sacrilege (no longer a Hindu)
I cannot even worship my God now.
I've been converted to Muslim.
I don't know what to do.
Eating someone's food doesn't change your religion.
Tomorrow if some Muslim eats your food, will he become Hindu?
Forget a Muslim's food,
even if you ate an entire Muslim you still wouldn't become a Muslim.
Get up.
Say Aah... (open wide).
(Chanting the Gayatri Mantra for purification)
Okay, now you're a Hindu.
I am Hindu again.
Say Aah... (open wide).
[Gayatri Mantra]
What are you doing?
Same thing that you do.
Bloody infidel!
Get up. I will show you.
What kind of a Muslim are you who couldn't be loyal to his country.
These British are using you to break our country
If you want to be someone be like Bahadur Shah Zafar's son.
Who worshipped his country higher than religion.
The Indian sword will reach right up to the throne of London (British rule)
They are dividing the country.
Don't let them use you.
The Indian sword will reach right up to the throne of London (British rule)
Don't look so happy.
You are getting out of Kaala Pani, not jail.
You will still serve your full sentence.
Neither the might of the white British
nor the walls of Kaala (black) Paani can stop me.
Allahu Akbar!(God is great!)
Mr. Savarkar.
We're moving all Hindus to a separate Hindu Wing.
Now.
Salim.
Which place will you become the Nawab (king) of?
Our brethren are coming.
A telegram was sent,
to the Amir of Afghanistan from the Ali brothers.
"Please come invade the country. British weak."
"Make it a sultanate."
On the North-west border frontier,
the British forces consist mostly of Muslims.
If there is an attack in the name of Jihad,
will they fight them?
Or join them
The bloodshed and violence isn't stopping, Bapu.
Thousands of Hindus were massacred in Moplah.
And you are quiet.
The least you can do is criticise them.
If I criticise one community,
the British will doubt our unity.
You are concerned about the British,
but this was totally unfair.
Irrespective of who did it.
I can't let the British succeed in breaking the Hindu-Muslim unity.
What Hindu-Muslim unity do you speak of, Bapu?
I never wanted this violence.
To control the situation, something has to be done.
They are dividing the country.
From the river of Sindhu to the vast oceans,
we are all one.
Doesn't matter what community, religion or society we come from.
To achieve freedom, we should have only one political ideology.
'Hindutva.'
You mean Hindu religion.
No!
'Hindutva' is not Hindu religion.
Even the Sanatan religion is a part of the Hindu religion.
It consists of Lingayat Arya Samaj and many more.
Even Sikhs.
How could Sikhs be Hindus?
Sikhs are the biggest Hindus,
who have been defending Hind like an impenetrable shield.
Confused?
Maybe before explaining Hindutva,
I must first explain who Hindus are.
[Sanskrit chant]
Meaning,
from the river Sindhu to the ocean,
those who treat this vast land that is Bharat as their ancestral land,
and as their motherland,
meaning, accepts it's culture, tradition, food and celebrations,
is a Hindu.
But how would we know?
From Sindhu (river) to Sindhu (ocean)
if you give anyone a book of Rabindranath Tagore,
and of William Shakespeare.
Then people in every state will say, that Ravidranath Tagore's book is ours.
And...
since the North-West frontier province could be attacked
in the name of Jihad...
This land will also be his sacred land.
Anyone who accepts these is a Hindu.
And Buddhists?
Hindus.
Jains?
Hindus.
And... Muslims?
If they regard a mosque or shrine in this land as their holy land
then why not?
Hindutva is a political, geographical and cultural history.
Not connected to any religion.
The one who accepts Hind as his own
Is a Hindu.
This is the BBC
Ramsay McDonald of the British Labour Party
considers Russia as the biggest free country on earth.
United Soviet Union.
This could have been our country had Vinayak not been jailed.
But that time has come, Shyamji.
Savarkar is finally free.
Now he'll show them.
What will he show?
There are two conditions for his release.
He cannot leave Ratnagiri.
And second,
he cannot work for any political or religious organisation.
If he does,
he will be sent back to Kaala Paani for fifty years.
But Shyamji,
the whole country will rally behind him.
I am sure they will welcome him in a grand way.
Glory to Vinayak Savarkar!
Forgot to wash my hands.
The Bombay University has revoked my degrees.
London never gave me my barrister degree.
Books are banned for me.
Can't ask my father-in-law for help.
The British stripped him too of everything.
What now?
How is your clinic doing?
I am a Savarkar after all.
What to do?
Very few patients visit it.
Then I can't ask for your help either.
They took everything from me.
They must compensate for it.
I will apply for a allowance.
Every Kaala Paani inmate has a right to allowance.
I know of a printing press.
If we work at night, we won't have to pay the rent.
Down train was... to Lucknow.
When it passed Kakori however, it was attacked by some men.
It is believed that they looted that specific train
because it was carrying the money bags
that were being transferred to the British government treasury.
Glory to Gandhiji.
Calm down...
Do pranam (pay respect) my child
He is a big man.
How are you, friend?
Like a lion in a cage.
-Greetings. -Greetings.
How are you?
I am absolutely fine. I've heard so much about you.
I can't tell you how much...
Please, come inside.
Please.
I am sorry Vinayak for not coming earlier to meet you.
I was in Ratnagiri for a meeting.
And thought I should pay you a visit too.
The articles you wrote for Babarao and me, and helped us...
I...
We all are grateful to you.
I still side with justice and truth.
Vinayak, if an intelligent revolutionary
becomes part of the provisional government,
it will benefit the country.
I have questions for you about this very provisional government.
And since you are here...
Separate electorate for Muslims?
You means 25% of Muslims get 36% reservations.
One Muslim vote will equal to three Hindu votes?
This is their right.
Why?
Because before Christians, the Muslims were our rulers?
Don't you understand the fears felt by minorities?
Do you not understand the pain felt by the majority
who have been slaves for 800 years?
Vinayak, when a mother has several children,
She loves the weak child more.
In that case, Sikhs, Parsis and Anglo-Indians should be loved more, right?
True that.
Today I am here to discuss a separate issue with you.
About the Harijan (Gandhian term for people belonging to lower castes).
Harijan who?
Are we not Jan (the children) of the same Hari (God)?
We should not divide Hindus by caste and creed.
That was my question.
What is your opinion?
Start inter-caste marriages.
In four generations, everyone will forget about caste and creed.
And they will be only Hindus in the end.
The caste-based system is a part of our culture.
We should not fiddle with it.
Then let's do Shuddhi (purify) & reconvert.
I am against religious conversion.
So am I.
Bapu. Let's go.
We are getting late for the next meeting.
I bow before you for living with a man like Vinayak Savarkar.
I couldn't spend even an hour with him.
We'll meet again, my revolutionary friend.
Non-violence is the greatest virtue
Why do you want to publish my book into English?
This book is an inspiration to us.
By publishing this great book in English,
I want this to reach the new generation
Because anyone who hasn't read this book cannot join HSRA.
-HSRA... it's- -I know.
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
I have the highest respect for them.
Chandrashekhar Azad is a great revolutionary.
He's doing so much for the country.
What did you do?
I killed Saunders.
Point blank.
Just like...
oCmrade Madanlal Dhingra.
Those cowards will never know the true worth of tears
shed by the ones who laid their lives for the motherland.
Why can't the Dalit enter the temple?
Savarkarji, you know very well.
This will tarnish the honour and dignity of the temple.
This is the tradition. Being followed for many years.
I will build a separate temple for them.
A 'Patit Pawan' temple.
Let's go.
I will arrange for an inter-caste feast in front of this temple.
You must all attend with your family.
Brother
Bhagat Singh has been arrested.
I know.
My jail sentence has been increased by five years.
Long live...
Revolution.
You did it!
Built a temple...
for everyone.
Now the same has to be done all over the country.
Glory to Vinayak Savarkar!
Savarkarji, which party will you join?
Or make your own.
Have you ever thought
why no member of Congress was ever sentenced to Kaala Paani?
So you won't join Congress.
Glory to Vinayak Savarkar!
If the Congress is siding with Muslims,
then who will side with us Hindus?
And unlike the Muslim League,
we don't want special rights for Hindus.
Glory to Vinayak Savarkar!
Our only demand is total equality.
All those who love Hind are Hindus.
Glory to Vinayak Savarkar!
-Tatya... -Savakarji, let's go.
Please, let's go, Savarkarji.
To raise this issue and in the interest of Hindustan
I joined the Hindu Mahasabha.
Long Live Undivided India
This program is for an important announcement
from the British Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlin.
This is the prime minister Neville Chamberlin.
Germany has invaded Poland two days ago on September the 1st.
This morning, the British ambassador in Berlin
handed the German government a final note
stating unless we heard from them by 11 o'clock,
that they were prepared at once to be withdrawn from Poland.
A state of war would exist between us.
I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received.
And that consequently this country is at war with Germany.
Yes, we are at war.
Even if we cover the entire earth with proposals, our voices will not be heard.
Only proposal advocated by those carrying a gun will be accepted.
I want to appeal to students and artists.
In times like these,
the pen is not mightier than the sword.
Get rid of your pen and arm yourselves.
Back in our days, if anyone was found carrying a gun,
he would be sent to Kaala Paani.
But now the British themselves want to arm us with guns, cannons and tanks.
Join the military in large numbers.
Get trained.
Become a mechanic, become a commander.
And time will tell in which direction will you point the barrel in.
Allah is Great!
Islam is a nation unto itself.
It doesn't depend on boundaries.
Despite this, today is a historic day.
Not only the resolution for a separate Islamic nation has been passed.
But today also guarantees the safety,
progress and happiness of our entire community.
Ambedkar sir is right.
Compared to Hindus, the number of Muslims in the British army is much bigger.
If there is an attack in the name of their religion,
will they fight for the country or their religion.
Hindus too must join the army in large numbers.
After the British leave,
If they conspire to turn India into a empire again,
then we won't let the Mughals rule over us again.
The Muslim League is a Muslim party.
The Congress want to support the Hindus,
but they hesitate to call themselves Hindu.
The Congress doesn't represent Hindus.
If you want to discuss the Hindus, then talk to Savarkarji.
Even though
our ideologies don't match,
But at least he doesn't hesitate to call himself a Hindu.
Jinnah sir says I should talk about Hindus to you.
You could have spoken to Jinnah sir as well.
He himself is a new Muslim
Tell Jinnah sir, the day he shuts down the Muslim League,
we will shut down Hindu Mahasabha.
You always promote Undivided India.
This country cannot be divided into Hindus and Muslims.
Undivided India should remain undivided.
Your plans of burning effigies and getting arrested,
what will you achieve from it?
It will inspire people to unite
They will unite against the British.
By going to jail?
Revolutionaries don't belong in jail, Subhash.
I know...
Even you are upset with the Congress.
There is another way.
Contact Ras Bihari Bose.
According to this, Japan will soon join in the world war.
With the help of Ras Bihari Bose,
go to Germany and establish your own government.
With the modern weapons of Germany and Japan,
attack the British
I know, Subhash,
only you can make this possible.
The Viceroy has called for an all-party meeting.
He's invited me as well.
After years of struggle,
the day has come when we will speak face to face.
I will show them today.
We've come here to discuss the terms and conditions
of giving India a dominion status.
If... India agrees to support us in the war.
We need all parties to come to a consensus.
We are ready to help,
provided you give us dominion status immediately.
Only if we get a separate state for Muslims.
Undivided India
You just leave.
It's our matter. We will sort it out.
In these dark times,
it would be low of India
to not support Britain in the war.
Remove Marshal race criterion from induction into the army.
Make military service compulsory, like in England.
Train Indians as officers.
Enable our industrialists to make war equipment.
So we are armed when we are free.
England should not respond to violence with violence.
It should rely on its moral strength.
Pakistan.
Quit India.
-Vande Mataram! -Stay back.
Vande Mataram!
This isn't Quit India, it's Split India.
All the members of India's largest political party,
have surrendered and are locked in jail.
What politics is this?
This will only strengthen the Muslim League,
and succeed in splitting Undivided India.
When negotiations had reached an advanced stage,
we should have supported them and taken our freedom.
Our army is fighting from both sides anyway.
Brothers are thirsty for each other's blood.
Subhash's Azad Hind Army has declared their government.
For the first time in Kaala Pani, on the land of India,
the flag of independent India is flying high.
Savarkar.
We could have said that we would support them,
and later we would have turned their guns on them.
Veer Savarkar.
Another thing.
Due...
to my health,
I resign from the post of President of Hindu Mahasabha.
The time has come to hand over the reins to the new generation.
This is totally Gandhi's fault.
Who doesn't make mistakes?
I made mistakes too.
Why?
Nathuram is not wrong.
Even you hate Gandhi.
I don't hate Gandhi,
I hate non-violence.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose has tragically died in a plane crash.
He was 48 years old.
Expressing grief, Mahatma Gandhi said,
Subhash Chandra Bose has died well.
He was undoubtedly a patriot, though misguided.
Violence...
but how much violence.
The objective of our violence was freedom
not destruction.
Today, you have left this world.
Tomorrow, it will be me.
I wonder if anyone will even remember us.
Only time will tell...
Whether you were right,
or was I?
Or Gandhi.
Go without any worries, my revolutionary Brother
Ganesh Damodar Savarkar.
The fire of revolution that we lit cannot die.
Mayday! Mayday! This is an emergency.
Seventy-eight ships have been taken.
This is a mu--
Prime Minister, Mr. Atlee, Your Majesty.
What's so urgent, Prime Minister.
It's about India, Your Majesty.
And I am afraid it's not good news.
We are already under pressure from the Azad Hind Fauj.
And the unwillingness of more and more soldiers,
returning from the Second World War,
to accept British rule,
has resulted in mass defection to the rebel army.
And finally, as reported yesterday,
there has been a mutiny of over 20,000 Royal Indian Navy, Air Force
and Police personnel at the Bombay Dock.
They are now an armed nation, Your Majesty.
And we,
cannot keep them engaged in talks anymore.
We simply cannot face an armed revolution like in 1857.
Therefore, the labour government and I feel
that India is just not worth it anymore.
What are you... trying to suggest?
All I am saying is...
that Your Majesty, won't for much longer,
be the Emperor of India.
What... do we do now?
We sent in Sir Radcliff to split it to our advantage.
Is he well versed in the matters of my Indian subjects?
No, Your Majesty.
That is precisely why.
You see, Your Majesty, Winston had drawn out a plan,
for this division in 1945.
Keeping in mind, the future strategic advantages vis-a-vis Russia.
Good old Winston.
There is something that the government would
wish to request from you, Your Majesty.
What can...
I do?
Ask Lord Mountbatten to front it.
The plan would be better accepted if it was the Mountbatten plan.
After all,
he is the liberator of Burma.
My job is to hand over the reins of India,
with peace and dignity.
Keeping in mind,
the interest and safety of all parties involved.
You have to decide among yourselves,
who will lead free India.
Jawahar,
listen to me,
agree to make Jinnah
the first Prime Minister of India.
Gandhiji...
not the Prime Minister,
I will become someone bigger.
But that of a Muslim Pakistan.
Bapu.
Before our nation is divided into thousands of pieces,
we should accept the division.
Over my dead body!
He isn't even listening to Gandhi!
Savarkar ji.
-What happened? -Savarkar ji.
What happened?
Someone call the doctor.
Hey Ram! Get aside.
What happened?
Move.
Long years ago,
we made a tryst with destiny.
Now the time has come when we shall redeem our pledge -
not wholly or in full measure but very substantially.
At the stroke of the midnight hour,
when the world sleeps,
India will awake to life and freedom.
A moment comes,
which come but rarely in history,
when we step out from the old to the new,
when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation,
long suppressed, finds utterance.
It is fitting that at this solemn moment,
we take the pledge of dedication,
to the service of India and her people
and to the still larger cause of humanity.
The plans to blow up Pakistan's Parliament failed.
Now?
But Savarkar sir said
we should do nothing till the 1952 elections.
To fulfil the promise of giving 550 million to Pakistan,
and build the road from Lahore to Dhaka to unite the Muslim brothers,
Mahatma Gandhi is fasting until death.
Hey Ram!
Godse should not have done this.
This is bad for the country.
He shot Bapu in everyone's presence.
They were all helpless.
There was no security.
But why was there no security?
He was attacked on the 20th as well.
There should have been security all around him.
As you always said...
He thought everyone would walk the path of non-violence as he did.
Maybe he refused security.
Maybe.
But so what if he did.
He even talked about dissolving Congress.
Did they?
His security was the responsibility of Congress.
First, they addressed
Gandhi as Bapu
Made him the Father of the Nation.
And when the white Lords have left, and our own brown Lords have come into power,
they had no use left for the Father of the Nation.
Maybe that was all the Congress needed him for.
To strip him of what little sympathy he had.
How can anyone take a gun and--
The police are outside. To arrest you.
Why?
In connection with Bapu's murder.
This is why security was not increased.
Due to the lack of evidence,
and in the light of the statements from the witnesses,
this court acquits Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
in the case of Bapu's murder.
You are under arrest, sir.
Why?
Under the Prevention Act.
Rowlett Act.
The British left us
but left their laws behind.
Direct order from the elected Prime Minister of India, sir.
Selected!
Selected Prime Minister.
Selected Prime Minister of India, sir.
No concern for the country's security, playing hopscotch with neighbours
Wait.
See...
Even now Nehru is so scared of me!
It's a good thing you arrested me.
Otherwise, I would've blown up the car of Pakistan's Prime Minister with a bomb.
"Brave freedom fighter Savarkar"
"Son of the soil, a diamond in the rough Beware"
"Turn back traitors"
"or my fierce gaze will go through the mountain"
"this armed rebellion"
"I respond to weapons with weapons"
"I bring the violence You are cowards"
"My image on the pages of history"
"I rebel against the enemy with guerilla moves and make friends"
"I put the British out for good"
"When I open the third eye forget about the slavery now"
"We rebels have burnt slavery"
"mighty salutes to the brave warriors of undivided Bharat"
"Sacrificed life for the revolution of the land"
"with pride we face bullets and cannon fire on these brave manly chests"
"I have lived with patriotism and done my revolutionary duty"
"My resolve is stormy can't be stopped by the white man or the dark water"
"27 years, I am unharmed"
"This son of a brave mother will break but never bow"
"Prison has failed, dogs pee when a tiger walks in state"
"Youths read my books and play games of blood"
"Getting the country is worth umpteen treasures"
"Debt to the land and the duty of a son"
"I am not wearing fake Khadi, I am not communal neither are my mates"
"temples, mosques, gurudwaras and churches are the same"
"And yet I get a bad name and they make up slander about me"
"Savarkar brought about an era of revolution"
"Think hard and pay attention now"
"Every new step I take goes towards freedom ."