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[prayer conch playing]

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-[baby crying]
-[woman] Okay.

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[makes assuaging sounds] Okay.

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-Okay, okay, okay.
-[baby continues crying]

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[male narrator] 1832,
Vadaal, a village in Gujarat,

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a son was born in Mulji Jivraj's
orthodox Vaishnav family.

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-[baby continues crying]
-[man makes soothing sounds]

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Just look at him.
He looks exactly like his grandfather.

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So let us name him after his grandfather.

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Karsan. Karsan Das.

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[narrator] Since childhood,
Karsan didn't like being called "Das"

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meaning servant
and he made his displeasure evident.

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[scoffs] There he goes again.

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Your son can't stay still
even for ten minutes.

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My Karsan can't be bound by anything.

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[in Gujarati] Is that so, child?

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[narrator in English] As Karsan
grew older, his curiosity and questions

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grew by leaps and bounds.

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Why did you put grains into the fire?

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To send it to God.

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Does that mean
the fire knows where God lives?

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Yes, this one.

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-Ba?
-Yes?

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Why do we go to the mandir every day?

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Not mandir. It's called Haveli.
I've told you, right? [chuckles]

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-[devotional song playing]
-[temple bell rings]

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[song continues in background]

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Bhabhu, tell me,
who is that next to Shriji Baba?

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Vallabhacharya,

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the founder of our religious sect.

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And that is Yamuna Maharaniji,
Shrinathji's sister.

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If you have so many questions,
how will you ever pray?

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Come on, join your hands.

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[in Gujarati] Oh, Shriji Baba,
take good care of my Karsan.

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[in English] Does Shriji Baba know
how to speak Gujarati?

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Is He from our village?

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-Please tell me, Ma.
-Karsan, join your hands now!

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[Karsan] Bapuji? Why do Ba
and Bhabhu cover their face?

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[Jivraj] So she can be protected
from negative energy. Careful!

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-[Bhabhu] Be careful.
-[Jivraj in Gujarati] Careful.

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[in English] Bapuji, what's the point
of them covering their face

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if they can't see properly?

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[narrator] This curious
and outspoken Karsan

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had to grow up ahead of his time,

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when he lost his mother
at the tender age of ten.

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[priests chanting hymns in Sanskrit]

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[somber music playing]

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After this, his father remarried.

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Karsan's maternal uncle, or Mamaji

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uprooted this young sapling
and brought him to the city.

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Bombay,

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the city of seven islands,
gifted in dowry to an English king.

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The king rented it
to the East India Company

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for the amount of ten pounds per year.

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Even then, Bombay was less a city
and more of an idea,

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a busy port,

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that became the hub of the cotton traders
of the Gujarati Vaishnav sect.

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Back then, the Vaishnavs
had seven Havelis in Bombay.

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In the heart of Kalbadevi,
stood the most significant Haveli.

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The British were the rulers then,
but people revered only JJ.

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JJ - the Haveli's head maharaj.

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Close to this big Haveli
was Karsan's mamaji's house,

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where he took root again.

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[in Gujarati] Bhabhu!

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[narrator in English] Amidst Bhabhu's love
and the strictures of Vaishnav traditions,

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Karsan grew up.

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Soon enough,
Karsan became a part of Bombay,

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and Bombay, a part of Karsan.

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[inspirational music playing]

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I'm an untouchable! Move away!

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I'm an untouchable! Move away!

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I'm an untouchable! Move away!

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Bhai, give me some chutney.

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[gasps] Huh?

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It's very crowded there.
Can you give me some?

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You'll be cursed for life.
I'm an untouchable.

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I asked for chutney,
you're telling me about your caste.

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[narrator]
Karsan's revolutionary thinking

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was inspired
by reformers like Dadabhai Naoroji.

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-Ah, Karsan, my boy, come in.
-Sir. Good morning. Thank you!

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[narrator] Karsan often wrote articles
for his newspaper, Rast Goftar.

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THE RAST GOFTAR

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People were introduced
to a new way of thinking

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and radical ideas
that questioned social evils.

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It wasn't just the common man,

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but also the famous social activists
fighting for freedom, progress and reform,

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Seth Gokuldas Tejpal and Sohrabji Ardeshir

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who began reading his articles.

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Being a widow is not a crime.

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WIDOW REMARRIAGE

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Nor is it a disease
that we exclude them from the community.

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Isn't it already tragic enough
that someone lost their life partner…

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[narrator] People began attending
Karsan's meetings.

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So did Tejpal and Ardeshir.

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[Karsan] Bhabhu!

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[footsteps approaching]

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Bhabhu.

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Hey! What's this?

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Happy Holi to you, Bhabhu.

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[in Gujarati] Bless you.
[in English] Happy Holi.

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If I had my way, I'd cover you in color.

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But you can't have your way, can you?

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Someday I will.

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One day everything will change.

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-One day, every widow--
-[Bhabhu] Shh!

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You and your reforms.

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Now go and play Holi with the one
for whom you've got this color.

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You've waited for many years
since the engagement and so has she.

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You'll be married soon.

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Everything will change after that.

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Why will everything change after marriage?

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These young and carefree thoughts
are often tamed by the veil, beta.

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Forget it. Now go! Go, go!

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-Tell me how do I look?
-Very handsome.

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Bhabhu?

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Hey! Karsan!

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[somber music playing]

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[loud festive music playing]

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[temple bell rings]

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[prayer conch blowing]

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[upbeat music playing]

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-Jai Shri Krishna, Mukhiyaji!
-Jai Shri Krishna.

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No color on you today?

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Oh, let Lalla play first.
After that I'll play Holi with you all.

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-[girl mumbles]
-What?

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[girl mumbles] What is wrong with you?

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-I can't understand.
-[scoffs]

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Take your hand off my mouth.
Then you'll understand.

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No!

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We can't play Holi
till JJ puts color on Lalla

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and celebrates Holi before all of us.

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And where does it say so?

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Why do you always want proof?
If you had your way,

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you'd be looking for Sri Krishna's
signature in the Bhagvad Gita.

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-Your devotion itself is flawed.
-And so is your love.

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I am your fiancé.

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I have the right
to put color on you before anyone else.

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[in Hindi] Arey! [tsks]
[in English] Didn't I tell you not to?

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Maharaj comes before the fiancé.

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and religion before love.

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It'll be a big sin.

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And what if I can't see colors
in my next life?

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Do you think that can happen?

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I do. JJ said so in a sermon.

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JJ can't be wrong.

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Whatever JJ says is right, uh?

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His words are set in stone.

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Maharaj is Lord Krishna's descendant.
That's why he is called JJ.

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He can never lie to devotees.

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One can reach God directly, Kishori.

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There's no need for a JJ in between.

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If you obsess about the means,
you'll lose sight of the target.

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Won't you?

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Be direct. Don't talk in riddles again.

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[Karsan] Okay, fine.

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I will not question
your devotion ever again,

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and you don't question my beliefs. Okay?

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Happy?

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Hmm.

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We're getting married in a few days.

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Surely I have the right now.

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-[woman] Kishori!
-Maasi.

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-[woman] JJ is arriving.
-[gasps] JJ is here.

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[children rejoicing]

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[in Gujarati] Kishori! Hey, be careful!

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[Indian clarinet playing]

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[prayer conchs playing]

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["Shri Krishnashtakam -
Bhaje Vrajaika Mandanam" playing]

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-[man in Hindi] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-[devotees] Hail!

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[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!

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[devotees] Hail!

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-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-[devotees] Hail!

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-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-Hail!

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-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-Hail!

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-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-[devotees] Hail!

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-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-Hail!

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-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-[devotees] Hail!

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-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-[devotees] Hail!

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-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-[devotees] Hail!

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-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-Hail!

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[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!

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[devotees] Hail!

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[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!

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["Adharam Madhuram" playing]

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[song fades]

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-[man] All hail Giriraj Dharan!
-Hail!

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-[man] All hail Vallabhadhish!
-Hail!

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[upbeat music playing]

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[man] All hail Giriraj Dharan!

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Hail!

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[man] All hail Ladle Lal!

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Hail!

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["Oh, Re, Piya," playing]

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[song fades]

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[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!

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[devotees] Hail!

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All hail Vallabhadhish!

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Hail!

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-All hail Giriraj Dharan!
-Hail!

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-[man] All hail Ladle Lal!
-Hail!

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[in English] Amongst all the girls, you've
been chosen to do charan seva this Holi.

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I feel I've already attained moksh, Masi.

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Please tell Ma,
she must make laapsi to celebrate.

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Sure.

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-[in Gujarati] Ah, Jai Shri Krishna..
-Jai Shri Krishna.

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-Go on, child.
-[door opens]

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-Hail Giriraj Dharan.
-Hail.

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Hail.

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[in English] Hey, have you seen Kishori?

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[girls chuckling]

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Huh?

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Where has she gone?

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[suspenseful music playing]

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[flute playing]

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[footsteps approaching]

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You do not touch the feet
before charan seva.

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So what is your name?

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[Karsan] Kishori!

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Kishori!

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Jai Shri Krishna.

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Devi, where's your moti behen?

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Karsan Bhai, you don't know about it?

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JJ has chosen Moti Behen for charan seva.

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We will make laapsi at home today.

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[ominous music playing]

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-Giridhar Khawas?
-Hmm?

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Can we watch the charan seva?

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-That will be 11 rupees.
-[man] Hmm.

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Here you go.

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Hmm.

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Watch quietly through the window. Hmm?

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And be careful.

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The boy has only just hit puberty.

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Make sure
he doesn't scream while he learns.

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[in Gujarati] Yes, I know.

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-[in English] Come on, hurry up.
-[Khawas chuckles]

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[ominous music playing]

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[Kishori shuddering]

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00:19:37,750 --> 00:19:39,791
[music intensifies]

242
00:19:53,916 --> 00:19:55,458
[music crescendos]

243
00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,750
[music mellows and stops]

244
00:19:57,833 --> 00:19:59,291
Uh, uh, uh, uh, hold on, mister.

245
00:19:59,791 --> 00:20:01,958
You can't go in, charan seva is on.
Now leave!

246
00:20:02,041 --> 00:20:03,791
But my fiancée is inside.

247
00:20:04,791 --> 00:20:06,958
Your fiancée? I'm so sorry.

248
00:20:07,500 --> 00:20:09,041
Then you should definitely watch.

249
00:20:09,125 --> 00:20:11,916
Upstairs, from the window. Go ahead.

250
00:20:15,583 --> 00:20:16,833
Yes, straight ahead.

251
00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:23,500
[tense music playing]

252
00:20:48,666 --> 00:20:50,666
[music intensifies]

253
00:21:01,458 --> 00:21:02,291
Kishori!

254
00:21:04,250 --> 00:21:05,083
Karsan?

255
00:21:14,083 --> 00:21:15,625
-[Khawas laughing] Hey!
-[Karsan] Move!

256
00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:17,000
Kishori!

257
00:21:17,708 --> 00:21:20,083
You disrupted the charan seva.
You'll be cursed!

258
00:21:20,166 --> 00:21:22,458
[man] You'll be born a dog
in your next life.

259
00:21:22,541 --> 00:21:24,333
The ritual has been disrupted
because of you!

260
00:21:24,416 --> 00:21:27,125
Get away from here! Right now! Get out!

261
00:21:38,666 --> 00:21:41,583
What were you doing
in the name of charan seva, Kishori?

262
00:21:44,708 --> 00:21:46,250
I didn't expect this of you.

263
00:21:50,291 --> 00:21:51,375
Let's go home.

264
00:21:54,708 --> 00:21:57,041
[loudly] Kishori, let's leave!

265
00:21:57,125 --> 00:21:58,208
[JJ] Shh.

266
00:22:02,791 --> 00:22:04,166
[softly] Keep your voice down.

267
00:22:07,375 --> 00:22:09,708
This is both service and tradition.

268
00:22:11,333 --> 00:22:14,250
You are confusing devotion
with physical desires and lust.

269
00:22:19,958 --> 00:22:21,041
Never mind.

270
00:22:22,500 --> 00:22:23,541
Kishori…

271
00:22:25,458 --> 00:22:27,541
You can leave if you wish to.

272
00:22:33,791 --> 00:22:36,500
You go ahead. I'll come later.

273
00:22:44,833 --> 00:22:46,041
[JJ] You heard her?

274
00:22:46,125 --> 00:22:48,125
She'll be home soon. Don't worry.

275
00:22:51,083 --> 00:22:52,583
Anyway, leftovers…

276
00:22:53,541 --> 00:22:55,875
are blessings from the Haveli
and blessings…

277
00:22:57,041 --> 00:22:57,958
are not kept.

278
00:23:03,666 --> 00:23:04,791
They're given away.

279
00:23:09,208 --> 00:23:10,333
Want some?

280
00:23:14,208 --> 00:23:16,166
I can't digest leftovers.

281
00:23:19,208 --> 00:23:20,416
Neither of food…

282
00:23:22,750 --> 00:23:23,916
nor of honor.

283
00:23:27,041 --> 00:23:29,041
[tense music playing]

284
00:23:35,208 --> 00:23:37,208
[music intensifies]

285
00:24:00,666 --> 00:24:01,666
[Bhabhu] Karsan?

286
00:24:07,208 --> 00:24:09,208
[slow, melancholic music playing]

287
00:24:16,875 --> 00:24:17,833
Karsan?

288
00:24:18,458 --> 00:24:19,625
Hey, Karsan!

289
00:24:28,041 --> 00:24:29,208
[sobbing]

290
00:24:32,291 --> 00:24:33,125
[Bhabhu] Karsan!

291
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:02,916
[Kishori] Karsan.

292
00:25:06,458 --> 00:25:08,875
Why didn't you come
for the morning prayers today?

293
00:25:10,125 --> 00:25:11,375
Please talk to me.

294
00:25:13,083 --> 00:25:14,958
I just performed seva at the Haveli.

295
00:25:15,041 --> 00:25:17,250
Few have the good fortune to serve.

296
00:25:19,958 --> 00:25:21,500
Your unspoken words are hurting me.

297
00:25:21,583 --> 00:25:23,916
-Why won't you say--
-What do you want me to say?

298
00:25:25,416 --> 00:25:27,666
Can I say
that impostor was exploiting you?

299
00:25:30,208 --> 00:25:33,125
You don't need any kind of religion
to know right from wrong.

300
00:25:33,666 --> 00:25:36,250
You need wisdom
to know the difference, Kishori.

301
00:25:36,333 --> 00:25:38,541
And yesterday you proved
you don't have it.

302
00:25:40,166 --> 00:25:42,875
I waited four years
for you to complete your studies,

303
00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:45,041
become capable.

304
00:25:46,541 --> 00:25:48,000
This is what you learned?

305
00:25:48,083 --> 00:25:50,291
This is what you call devotion?
This is service?

306
00:25:50,375 --> 00:25:54,166
-You said you wouldn't question my--
-I can question blind devotion, can't I?

307
00:25:54,250 --> 00:25:56,875
You went to school
but you learned nothing.

308
00:25:58,791 --> 00:26:00,291
Why didn't you refuse your masi?

309
00:26:00,916 --> 00:26:02,625
Why did you let JJ touch you?

310
00:26:03,541 --> 00:26:04,916
He called you his leftovers.

311
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,375
How can you feel
any pride in this, Kishori?

312
00:26:10,333 --> 00:26:13,458
You would hesitate to hold my hand,
in spite of me being your fiancé.

313
00:26:13,541 --> 00:26:14,541
But with that man--

314
00:26:14,625 --> 00:26:16,666
-I had no choice.
-You did have a choice!

315
00:26:16,750 --> 00:26:19,000
You went to him willingly. By yourself.

316
00:26:21,083 --> 00:26:23,500
If a door is locked from within
and you hold the key,

317
00:26:23,583 --> 00:26:25,208
yet you decide to remain locked up,

318
00:26:25,291 --> 00:26:27,083
then you've chosen to be a prisoner.

319
00:26:27,583 --> 00:26:29,083
It's not your compulsion.

320
00:26:31,250 --> 00:26:33,583
You were following traditions,
not religion.

321
00:26:34,375 --> 00:26:36,416
[in Gujarati] Why are you so angry? Huh?

322
00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:38,458
[in English] What did I do
that was so wrong?

323
00:26:38,541 --> 00:26:40,208
There have been many more girls like me.

324
00:26:40,291 --> 00:26:43,208
If your mother had been alive,
she would have sent your sister to--

325
00:26:43,291 --> 00:26:44,291
Kishori!

326
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,500
[gasps]

327
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,041
Bapuji will pay the fine to the panch
and break this engagement.

328
00:26:59,208 --> 00:27:00,916
I'm sorry but we are over.

329
00:27:01,708 --> 00:27:03,708
[melancholic music playing]

330
00:27:16,375 --> 00:27:18,625
[Kishori] He broke off the engagement, JJ.

331
00:27:18,708 --> 00:27:20,166
[sniffling]

332
00:27:22,458 --> 00:27:24,708
Ignorant fools, all of them.

333
00:27:25,208 --> 00:27:27,916
[Kishori sobbing]

334
00:27:33,750 --> 00:27:38,041
Whatever happens, happens for the best.

335
00:27:41,250 --> 00:27:43,125
It happens as per God's will.

336
00:27:46,541 --> 00:27:50,333
These tears have made your virtues
shine even brighter.

337
00:27:53,291 --> 00:27:55,375
You're special to me from today.

338
00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:02,625
Do you want to be JJ's special girl?

339
00:28:04,625 --> 00:28:05,583
Hmm?

340
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:18,791
[prayer conch blowing]

341
00:28:18,875 --> 00:28:21,875
[men chanting hymns]

342
00:28:36,375 --> 00:28:37,500
Where is JJ?

343
00:28:37,583 --> 00:28:39,875
He has gone for evening aarthi.

344
00:28:47,541 --> 00:28:49,541
[soft music playing]

345
00:29:08,791 --> 00:29:10,291
"JJ's special girl."

346
00:29:33,625 --> 00:29:35,583
[JJ] There are three types of seva.

347
00:29:37,041 --> 00:29:38,875
Surrendering your mind to God,

348
00:29:40,166 --> 00:29:41,791
meaning Manasi Seva.

349
00:29:43,375 --> 00:29:45,583
Offering financial support in service,

350
00:29:46,250 --> 00:29:47,791
meaning Vitaja Seva.

351
00:29:49,208 --> 00:29:51,458
And surrendering
your physical self to God,

352
00:29:53,208 --> 00:29:54,833
meaning Tanuja Seva.

353
00:29:57,500 --> 00:29:59,333
Do you want to be JJ's special girl?

354
00:30:06,166 --> 00:30:08,791
[diabolic music playing]

355
00:30:14,583 --> 00:30:16,791
Devi! What are you doing here!

356
00:30:16,875 --> 00:30:17,875
[in Gujarati] Get out!

357
00:30:17,958 --> 00:30:19,916
-Moti Behen--
-[in English] I said get out!

358
00:30:28,750 --> 00:30:30,000
She's my sister.

359
00:30:32,708 --> 00:30:36,583
[voice shaking] You exploit girls
in the name of seva, JJ.

360
00:30:38,291 --> 00:30:41,666
You make us feel special for a few moments

361
00:30:41,750 --> 00:30:43,791
and just exploit our devotion.

362
00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:49,500
You just use us
and there's nothing more to this.

363
00:30:51,166 --> 00:30:53,333
I considered you as God.

364
00:30:55,375 --> 00:30:57,250
You're just an ordinary man.

365
00:30:58,083 --> 00:30:59,875
A cheat, corrupt.

366
00:31:02,333 --> 00:31:03,625
Not my heart,

367
00:31:04,750 --> 00:31:06,750
it's my trust that you've broken.

368
00:31:09,250 --> 00:31:11,500
[sobbing] I've lost all respect, JJ.

369
00:31:13,375 --> 00:31:14,416
For you

370
00:31:15,333 --> 00:31:17,500
and for myself as well.

371
00:31:21,583 --> 00:31:23,583
[receding footsteps]

372
00:31:24,166 --> 00:31:28,916
["Gurujanani Mein
Dekhi Thaghayi Re" playing]

373
00:32:19,916 --> 00:32:22,708
If l see you at the backside
of the Haveli, I'll break your legs!

374
00:32:22,791 --> 00:32:23,958
Why are you so angry?

375
00:32:24,041 --> 00:32:27,666
Yesterday we were celebrating,
why are you sad today?

376
00:32:29,041 --> 00:32:30,166
Are you jealous of me?

377
00:32:36,750 --> 00:32:39,000
Moti Behen, what's wrong?

378
00:32:45,666 --> 00:32:47,625
I've made a terrible mistake.

379
00:32:51,166 --> 00:32:52,791
I gave JJ something

380
00:32:54,333 --> 00:32:56,250
that was only meant for Karsan.

381
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,000
I hoped for…

382
00:33:02,125 --> 00:33:05,666
I hoped for heaven when die,
but I chose a living hell.

383
00:33:05,750 --> 00:33:08,416
What have I done, Devi?
What have I done with my life?

384
00:33:13,791 --> 00:33:15,625
[melancholic music playing]

385
00:33:15,708 --> 00:33:18,083
Karsan broke off our engagement today.

386
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,041
What?

387
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,208
Ba, Babuji know about it?

388
00:33:28,291 --> 00:33:30,750
[Devi] Then please convince him
to change his mind.

389
00:33:33,208 --> 00:33:34,916
But how do I face him?

390
00:33:38,625 --> 00:33:41,458
The eyes that were filled
with love for me,

391
00:33:42,958 --> 00:33:45,458
are now filled with disgust.

392
00:33:49,375 --> 00:33:54,041
No matter what I do,
his principles will outdo my apologies.

393
00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:58,166
I have lost Karsan forever.

394
00:33:59,208 --> 00:34:00,916
He's gone, he'll never come back.

395
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,291
I know he won't.

396
00:34:14,666 --> 00:34:18,541
Ba ties a knot in her dupatta and prays
to get back all the things she has lost.

397
00:34:19,250 --> 00:34:22,375
Until Karsan Bhai doesn't forgive you
and come back to you,

398
00:34:22,875 --> 00:34:25,875
we won't open this knot. Okay?

399
00:34:35,333 --> 00:34:38,750
Are you the only wise one here, Karsan?
Are the rest of us crazy?

400
00:34:38,833 --> 00:34:42,958
You portray yourself
as some great social reformer.

401
00:34:43,041 --> 00:34:46,625
But do you ever think what our family
has to go through because of you?

402
00:34:47,625 --> 00:34:51,958
That girl, Kishori and her father
Pran Jeevan Bhai…

403
00:34:52,041 --> 00:34:54,083
They won't be able to face the community.

404
00:34:54,625 --> 00:34:56,333
And what crime did she commit, huh?

405
00:34:57,208 --> 00:35:00,166
Many girls perform seva at the Haveli.
Even your mami did it.

406
00:35:02,958 --> 00:35:04,875
You shouldn't be proud saying this.

407
00:35:05,416 --> 00:35:07,541
You should be ashamed, Mama.

408
00:35:07,625 --> 00:35:09,250
Don't use your mistake as an example.

409
00:35:09,833 --> 00:35:13,041
I should be ashamed? Huh?
I should be ashamed?

410
00:35:15,083 --> 00:35:19,708
Women's education
and banning the veil, widow remarriage.

411
00:35:21,208 --> 00:35:24,416
I'm really amazed that you can think
of such crass and disgusting ideas.

412
00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:27,416
And I'm really amazed
why you don't get such ideas at all, Mama.

413
00:35:30,458 --> 00:35:34,041
The world of thinkers is clearly different
from the way the world thinks.

414
00:35:35,750 --> 00:35:38,166
Bhabhu has lived in this house for years…

415
00:35:38,250 --> 00:35:39,958
in this plain white garb.

416
00:35:41,208 --> 00:35:43,083
Can't you see how colorless her life is?

417
00:35:44,416 --> 00:35:48,416
Divaso, Vat Savitri, Holi, Kevda Trij -
why don't you get disturbed

418
00:35:48,500 --> 00:35:50,625
by her unspoken sorrow
during these festivals?

419
00:35:50,708 --> 00:35:51,625
[softly] Karsan.

420
00:35:52,250 --> 00:35:55,375
Have you thought about her needs,
her wants and her bodily desires?

421
00:35:55,458 --> 00:35:58,541
-If you had got her remarried years ago--
-That's enough, Karsan!

422
00:35:59,208 --> 00:36:00,416
That's enough!

423
00:36:03,166 --> 00:36:04,000
Enough.

424
00:36:04,083 --> 00:36:06,041
Do not argue and just marry Kishori.

425
00:36:10,583 --> 00:36:12,208
I'll definitely not marry her now.

426
00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:18,666
-What!
-Karsan, leave this house immediately.

427
00:36:22,750 --> 00:36:24,166
Get out of this house.

428
00:36:25,416 --> 00:36:26,458
Please leave.

429
00:36:39,416 --> 00:36:40,250
[door closes]

430
00:36:49,291 --> 00:36:50,583
[somber music playing]

431
00:37:07,291 --> 00:37:10,625
[Tejpal] Such a great reformer,
orator, and scholar, and he's lying here?

432
00:37:10,708 --> 00:37:15,541
Such a great reformer, orator,
and scholar, that is why he is lying here.

433
00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:18,875
[Tejpal and Ardeshir laughing]

434
00:37:20,291 --> 00:37:22,791
Karsan Das, tell me, why are you here?

435
00:37:23,583 --> 00:37:26,750
Because there is no place
for my thoughts in my own home.

436
00:37:28,791 --> 00:37:31,250
Is there a place for those
who have nowhere to go?

437
00:37:35,208 --> 00:37:36,041
Hmm.

438
00:37:47,958 --> 00:37:48,875
Who…

439
00:37:51,583 --> 00:37:53,333
Who's this Karsan Das?

440
00:37:53,416 --> 00:37:55,416
[tense music playing]

441
00:37:56,916 --> 00:38:01,666
There is a lot of talk…
about him in the Haveli.

442
00:38:02,708 --> 00:38:04,125
He's an atheist.

443
00:38:07,791 --> 00:38:10,125
His faith must have been badly shaken.

444
00:38:13,833 --> 00:38:15,583
Or why would anyone be an atheist?

445
00:38:15,666 --> 00:38:17,166
[man] I need to meet JJ.

446
00:38:17,250 --> 00:38:19,250
-Let me go. Just let me go!
-[door opens]

447
00:38:19,333 --> 00:38:22,291
[shouting] JJ! JJ!

448
00:38:23,541 --> 00:38:25,125
What's all this noise?

449
00:38:26,666 --> 00:38:30,333
That Shaamji and his sister…
Leelavati are here, JJ.

450
00:38:32,791 --> 00:38:34,333
Who, who Shaamji?

451
00:38:34,958 --> 00:38:36,250
The Dwarka tour's charan…

452
00:38:36,333 --> 00:38:37,416
[tense music playing]

453
00:38:45,250 --> 00:38:46,666
[door opens]

454
00:38:53,333 --> 00:38:55,250
[door creaks and closes]

455
00:38:56,791 --> 00:38:58,250
[Shaamji] JJ… [sniffling]

456
00:38:59,166 --> 00:39:00,833
We are ruined, JJ.

457
00:39:02,416 --> 00:39:04,541
What you did to my sister in Dwarka…

458
00:39:08,166 --> 00:39:10,291
[sniffling] My sister is pregnant.

459
00:39:11,250 --> 00:39:13,750
She's pregnant with your child, JJ.

460
00:39:15,833 --> 00:39:18,333
Please save my sister's honor, JJ.

461
00:39:19,208 --> 00:39:21,208
Please save my sister's honor.

462
00:39:21,750 --> 00:39:22,625
Calm down.

463
00:39:24,041 --> 00:39:24,916
Quiet.

464
00:39:25,416 --> 00:39:27,791
I know a few doctors at a hospital.

465
00:39:29,208 --> 00:39:31,041
Take Leelavati there immediately.

466
00:39:32,458 --> 00:39:33,708
They'll abort the child.

467
00:39:33,791 --> 00:39:35,500
[sinister music playing]

468
00:39:35,583 --> 00:39:37,125
Hey, where are you going?

469
00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:39,666
[Shaamji] Stop! Stop, JJ!

470
00:39:39,750 --> 00:39:41,541
Why are you aborting my sister's child?

471
00:39:41,625 --> 00:39:42,916
[Leelavati] Bhaiya!

472
00:39:43,708 --> 00:39:47,541
[Shaamji] Tell me,
why did you do this to my sister, JJ?

473
00:39:47,625 --> 00:39:50,041
No, Leelavati,
why are you begging to this man?!

474
00:39:50,125 --> 00:39:54,541
-Don't do this!
-Forgive us, JJ. Please forgive us.

475
00:40:01,541 --> 00:40:03,333
[sniffling] This is your child, JJ.

476
00:40:05,041 --> 00:40:06,375
I don't wont to abort it.

477
00:40:08,791 --> 00:40:11,833
-I told you, I'm here for you.
-[Leelavati sniffling]

478
00:40:11,916 --> 00:40:13,333
I'll handle everything.

479
00:40:18,291 --> 00:40:22,708
[sinister music playing]

480
00:40:23,375 --> 00:40:25,416
-Oh no, no! No, no!
-[in Hindi] Eat.

481
00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:27,583
[Shaamji in English]
Don't have it, Leelavati!

482
00:40:27,666 --> 00:40:31,125
No! No! [sobbing]
Don't have it, Leelavati.

483
00:40:31,666 --> 00:40:33,041
No! [sobbing profusely]

484
00:40:33,125 --> 00:40:35,500
[Shaamji whimpering]

485
00:40:38,458 --> 00:40:39,375
[in Hindi] Eat it.

486
00:40:40,166 --> 00:40:44,041
[Shaamji in English] Leelavati,
why did you have it? [sobbing]

487
00:40:46,833 --> 00:40:51,250
Why did you have it, Leelavati? [sobbing]

488
00:40:53,708 --> 00:40:55,708
[thunder rumbling]

489
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,916
[Shaamji] Someone please help us.
Come out and help, please!

490
00:41:03,916 --> 00:41:05,958
Hey, bhai! Bhai, bhai, bhai!

491
00:41:06,041 --> 00:41:07,333
What happened? Who are you?

492
00:41:07,416 --> 00:41:09,958
Bhai, this is my sister.

493
00:41:10,458 --> 00:41:12,291
She's pregnant. [voice shakes] JJ…

494
00:41:12,916 --> 00:41:15,708
JJ fed her a laddoo as prasad.

495
00:41:15,791 --> 00:41:16,916
Hey, Leelavati.

496
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:18,291
Bhai, please save us from JJ.

497
00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:20,666
[spluttering] I…
I'll take her to a hospital.

498
00:41:21,250 --> 00:41:23,541
-I'll be right back!
-You'll be fine, okay?

499
00:41:24,375 --> 00:41:25,625
[grunts]

500
00:41:44,083 --> 00:41:45,458
Open the door!

501
00:41:45,958 --> 00:41:47,791
I said, open the door!

502
00:41:49,625 --> 00:41:51,625
[suspenseful music playing]

503
00:41:55,125 --> 00:41:58,291
Lalvanji Maharaj,
I-I just saw these two people outside.

504
00:41:58,375 --> 00:42:00,541
Have you seen them?
They were at the back of the Haveli.

505
00:42:00,625 --> 00:42:03,083
-They were really hurt--
-There are many such people

506
00:42:03,166 --> 00:42:05,541
that the Haveli
has swallowed up, Karsan Das.

507
00:42:07,875 --> 00:42:09,708
It has become a man-eater.

508
00:42:10,208 --> 00:42:13,916
It preys on the ones
it should be protecting.

509
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:17,500
If you know this, then why don't you
and the other Maharajs do something?

510
00:42:18,791 --> 00:42:21,291
Yadunath Maharaj's aura.

511
00:42:22,583 --> 00:42:25,458
Thanks to him, the Haveli has seen wealth.

512
00:42:26,041 --> 00:42:29,083
Our sect has flourished
all over the country.

513
00:42:29,166 --> 00:42:32,500
Millions walk the same path with us now.

514
00:42:34,666 --> 00:42:37,000
He has become the face of the Haveli.

515
00:42:37,625 --> 00:42:41,791
And now his power
is so great and far-reaching

516
00:42:42,916 --> 00:42:46,583
that we have no choice
but to stay silent about everything.

517
00:42:49,083 --> 00:42:51,750
What we can't do from within the Haveli,

518
00:42:54,791 --> 00:42:57,291
you do from the outside, Karsan Das.

519
00:42:58,666 --> 00:43:01,875
You write about social issues already.

520
00:43:03,083 --> 00:43:04,750
Why not write about this too?

521
00:43:06,375 --> 00:43:08,791
I'm an ordinary devotee, Lalvanji Maharaj.

522
00:43:10,083 --> 00:43:12,833
If you aren't able
to raise any questions, how can I?

523
00:43:12,916 --> 00:43:15,833
If you don't question,
you're not a true devotee.

524
00:43:16,416 --> 00:43:19,166
And without answers, it's not true dharma.

525
00:43:20,375 --> 00:43:24,750
If you are denied your rights,
then fight for it.

526
00:43:25,333 --> 00:43:26,333
Fight for it?

527
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:29,166
But I'm not a Kshatriya.

528
00:43:30,833 --> 00:43:32,416
If not by birth,

529
00:43:32,916 --> 00:43:35,083
let your karma make you one.

530
00:43:35,166 --> 00:43:38,958
No fight is more violent
than the one fought for dharma.

531
00:43:41,750 --> 00:43:43,958
[in Hindi] Hail Vallabhadhish!

532
00:43:44,791 --> 00:43:47,000
Hail Vallabhadhish!

533
00:43:55,208 --> 00:43:58,083
[in English] People need to be made aware
of all this, Naoroji Bhai.

534
00:43:58,166 --> 00:44:00,500
What's happening in the Haveli is illegal.

535
00:44:00,583 --> 00:44:03,125
It's not that easy, Karsan.

536
00:44:03,208 --> 00:44:07,125
If Lalvanji Maharaj
can't raise objections,

537
00:44:07,208 --> 00:44:11,250
then me or you won't be able
to stand up against him or his ways.

538
00:44:11,333 --> 00:44:14,041
Don't waste time on petty issues.

539
00:44:14,750 --> 00:44:17,583
Our job is to clean up the country's mess.

540
00:44:17,666 --> 00:44:18,875
Keep your focus on that.

541
00:44:18,958 --> 00:44:22,291
If everyone starts cleaning the country,
who's staying back to clean the home?

542
00:44:23,833 --> 00:44:25,750
The home? Hmm.

543
00:44:30,500 --> 00:44:33,166
All right, let's start with that.

544
00:44:34,750 --> 00:44:36,208
Kishori had come here.

545
00:44:38,541 --> 00:44:40,166
You called off the engagement?

546
00:44:42,708 --> 00:44:44,208
She told me the reason.

547
00:44:44,791 --> 00:44:47,833
What you did was right and even wrong.

548
00:44:49,500 --> 00:44:52,500
Karsan, there are three steps
to social reform.

549
00:44:53,541 --> 00:44:56,791
The first is to make a person
aware of his mistake.

550
00:44:57,291 --> 00:44:58,625
Realization.

551
00:44:58,708 --> 00:45:01,083
The second is to correct the mistake.

552
00:45:01,583 --> 00:45:02,541
Reformation.

553
00:45:03,041 --> 00:45:06,375
And the third is
to bring the person back into society.

554
00:45:06,458 --> 00:45:08,041
Rehabilitation.

555
00:45:09,333 --> 00:45:11,791
You did make Kishori aware of her mistake.

556
00:45:12,541 --> 00:45:15,125
But didn't give her
the chance to correct it.

557
00:45:16,208 --> 00:45:19,333
This reformation
should have begun with you, Karsan.

558
00:45:28,458 --> 00:45:30,583
What you're saying is right, Naoroji Bhai.

559
00:45:31,666 --> 00:45:34,500
-I'll go to Kishori today itself--
-Karsan! Hurry up!

560
00:45:36,708 --> 00:45:38,708
[tense music playing]

561
00:45:49,541 --> 00:45:51,875
-[iron rings clanking]
-[rope creaking]

562
00:46:18,333 --> 00:46:20,750
-[women chanting]
-[women sobbing]

563
00:46:20,833 --> 00:46:22,833
[melancholic music playing]

564
00:46:24,375 --> 00:46:26,166
[Kishori] Karsan, don't irritate me.

565
00:46:26,250 --> 00:46:27,416
[clicks tongue]

566
00:46:28,250 --> 00:46:30,583
Please let me study.
I have an exam tomorrow.

567
00:46:30,666 --> 00:46:33,375
You keep doing your work,
and I'll keep doing mine.

568
00:46:35,166 --> 00:46:37,375
I'm stuck with studies, all thanks to you.

569
00:46:37,458 --> 00:46:40,708
Just complete your studies soon
so we can get married soon.

570
00:46:40,791 --> 00:46:42,291
I can't wait any longer.

571
00:46:43,625 --> 00:46:45,291
Why are you being so impatient?

572
00:46:45,375 --> 00:46:48,541
You're the only person in my life
whom I can call my own, Kishori.

573
00:46:49,041 --> 00:46:52,791
You are my friend,
you're my lover, and you're my family.

574
00:46:52,875 --> 00:46:54,541
My God!

575
00:46:54,625 --> 00:46:57,500
If I disappear, your world
will come crashing down in a second.

576
00:46:57,583 --> 00:46:59,125
Where do you think you can disappear?

577
00:47:00,125 --> 00:47:01,875
[in Gujarati] I'll break your legs.

578
00:47:03,625 --> 00:47:06,333
-[in English] Love me so much?
-More than you'll ever know.

579
00:47:08,375 --> 00:47:09,833
If I were to lose you,

580
00:47:11,541 --> 00:47:13,541
this Karsan would lose himself too.

581
00:47:24,458 --> 00:47:27,125
[women chanting]
♪ I'm taking refuge in Lord Krishna ♪

582
00:47:35,250 --> 00:47:38,666
[women chanting]
♪ I'm taking refuge in Lord Krishna ♪

583
00:47:40,625 --> 00:47:43,208
I had never imagined that this is how…

584
00:47:44,375 --> 00:47:46,791
I would send my daughter away, Mulji Bhai.

585
00:47:50,125 --> 00:47:52,125
[somber music playing]

586
00:48:03,083 --> 00:48:03,958
[Devi] Karsan Bhai.

587
00:48:05,416 --> 00:48:06,250
[Devi sniffling]

588
00:48:12,333 --> 00:48:13,958
I found this in Moti Behen's cupboard.

589
00:48:18,833 --> 00:48:21,583
[pensive music playing]

590
00:48:25,750 --> 00:48:26,750
[paper rustling]

591
00:48:27,333 --> 00:48:29,500
[Kishori, voice shaking]
I was completely blind,

592
00:48:30,666 --> 00:48:32,083
to such an extent

593
00:48:33,125 --> 00:48:36,666
that I could not tell the difference
between a human being and God.

594
00:48:38,291 --> 00:48:40,041
Now that I can see clearly,

595
00:48:41,500 --> 00:48:43,708
I just cannot look you in the eye.

596
00:48:44,916 --> 00:48:49,250
I gave no proof of my remorse while alive.

597
00:48:49,333 --> 00:48:51,125
I give it with my death.

598
00:48:52,333 --> 00:48:56,875
Maybe now you will believe
how ashamed I was.

599
00:48:57,833 --> 00:49:00,083
I could not be your companion

600
00:49:00,666 --> 00:49:03,083
but do make me the cause for your fight.

601
00:49:04,583 --> 00:49:09,166
Expose JJ's truth to the world, Karsan.

602
00:49:10,750 --> 00:49:12,541
That will be my moksh.

603
00:49:14,500 --> 00:49:16,500
[melancholic music playing]

604
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,041
[tense music playing]

605
00:50:01,500 --> 00:50:03,250
Maharaj!

606
00:50:05,291 --> 00:50:07,083
Yadunath Maharaj!

607
00:50:09,833 --> 00:50:11,375
[rain pattering heavily]

608
00:50:20,416 --> 00:50:22,041
Congratulations, JJ!

609
00:50:22,750 --> 00:50:25,458
One more person
has been sacrificed for the Haveli today.

610
00:50:25,541 --> 00:50:27,916
I'm really saddened by Kishori's death.

611
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:31,250
Kishori's death is not suicide.
It's murder!

612
00:50:32,208 --> 00:50:33,625
And you are her murderer!

613
00:50:35,500 --> 00:50:39,708
How would you feel if your daughter
or Vahuji were called to another Haveli

614
00:50:39,791 --> 00:50:40,791
to perform charan seva?

615
00:50:40,875 --> 00:50:41,791
[loudly] Karsan Das!

616
00:50:41,875 --> 00:50:43,333
[thunder rumbling]

617
00:50:46,583 --> 00:50:47,791
[rumbling continues]

618
00:50:48,791 --> 00:50:52,416
[voice low and tight] How dare you speak
of my wife and daughter in this manner?

619
00:50:52,500 --> 00:50:56,416
Why? Why did you get angry
when I mentioned their names?

620
00:50:57,625 --> 00:50:59,708
Why don't the same thoughts occur to you

621
00:50:59,791 --> 00:51:01,875
when you dishonor
others' wives and daughters?

622
00:51:04,583 --> 00:51:07,083
God cleanses sins,
he doesn't create them, JJ.

623
00:51:07,750 --> 00:51:10,125
No one else may do it,
but now I will speak,

624
00:51:10,208 --> 00:51:13,458
I will raise questions,
and I will publish articles against you.

625
00:51:13,541 --> 00:51:16,958
Today's papers
are tomorrow's scrap, Karsan Das.

626
00:51:18,166 --> 00:51:20,041
Only dharm stands the course of time.

627
00:51:20,125 --> 00:51:22,416
You don't realize the power
words can hold.

628
00:51:22,500 --> 00:51:24,291
And you don't realize the power of dharm.

629
00:51:24,375 --> 00:51:26,666
Have you ever thought about
what would happen

630
00:51:26,750 --> 00:51:30,458
when it dawns on all the devotees
that God had left the Haveli long ago?

631
00:51:30,541 --> 00:51:32,791
So I am here instead of God.

632
00:51:33,416 --> 00:51:35,958
Maharaj Yadunath.

633
00:51:36,541 --> 00:51:38,166
Lord of the Yadus.

634
00:51:38,250 --> 00:51:39,083
And you?

635
00:51:39,166 --> 00:51:40,750
You are Karsan "Das."

636
00:51:42,208 --> 00:51:44,166
Krishna's servant.

637
00:51:45,375 --> 00:51:47,791
Our names hold the nature of our karma.

638
00:51:47,875 --> 00:51:50,333
These names are merely titles, JJ.

639
00:51:51,083 --> 00:51:53,291
Parents and society give these to us.

640
00:51:54,166 --> 00:51:58,166
It is not our names,
it's our karma that we're known for.

641
00:51:58,666 --> 00:52:01,791
This servant of Krishna
will now fight the Haveli.

642
00:52:01,875 --> 00:52:03,416
For the sake of the Haveli.

643
00:52:03,500 --> 00:52:06,541
Not against dharm,
but against the gatekeepers of dharm!

644
00:52:06,625 --> 00:52:08,791
[scoffs] Utter fool.

645
00:52:09,791 --> 00:52:12,166
Remember how different the two of us are.

646
00:52:12,958 --> 00:52:16,750
No ordinary Karsan can come
anywhere close to a man of my stature.

647
00:52:16,833 --> 00:52:20,291
I will stand on the shoulders
of your devotees to reach you.

648
00:52:20,375 --> 00:52:21,291
I promise you.

649
00:52:22,583 --> 00:52:23,708
Now I'll write.

650
00:52:24,833 --> 00:52:26,333
I will write without fear,

651
00:52:26,416 --> 00:52:29,541
mentioning you by name,
revealing your truth for all to read!

652
00:52:31,250 --> 00:52:34,166
I have already lost what was dear to me.

653
00:52:35,958 --> 00:52:40,166
Now what will be dragged through the mud
will be you and your name.

654
00:52:42,041 --> 00:52:44,041
Even if I fall, JJ,

655
00:52:45,333 --> 00:52:47,250
I'll make sure to take you down with me.

656
00:52:48,833 --> 00:52:50,291
[triumphant music playing]

657
00:53:01,458 --> 00:53:03,666
This can't be printed
in Rast Goftar, Karsan.

658
00:53:04,666 --> 00:53:07,041
It's a direct attack
on the Haveli and JJ.

659
00:53:07,125 --> 00:53:10,416
Rast Goftar has a wide circulation
among the Vaishnav community.

660
00:53:10,916 --> 00:53:13,875
They won't tolerate
such an accusation against the Maharaj.

661
00:53:14,375 --> 00:53:17,833
Why encourage me to write, when you
don't have the courage to publish?

662
00:53:17,916 --> 00:53:20,750
We have printed
so many of your articles, Karsan.

663
00:53:20,833 --> 00:53:23,958
Write against the practice.
But write without taking names.

664
00:53:24,041 --> 00:53:25,166
Who's stopping you?

665
00:53:25,250 --> 00:53:27,458
Yes, it's important that I write,

666
00:53:27,541 --> 00:53:29,833
but it's more important
that people read this.

667
00:53:32,791 --> 00:53:35,500
Maybe this is the right time
to start my own newspaper.

668
00:53:37,750 --> 00:53:39,125
It's a very good idea.

669
00:53:40,500 --> 00:53:41,625
Huh?

670
00:53:42,208 --> 00:53:43,083
Yes.

671
00:53:56,625 --> 00:53:58,916
[Bhabhu] "Never hesitate to ask questions.

672
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:00,791
[in Gujarati] Aashirwad, Bhabhu."

673
00:54:03,875 --> 00:54:05,833
[inspirational music playing]

674
00:54:13,375 --> 00:54:15,291
SATYA PRAKASH

675
00:54:23,916 --> 00:54:26,541
SATYA PRAKASH

676
00:54:28,750 --> 00:54:31,500
Devi, once this is printed
for people to read,

677
00:54:32,583 --> 00:54:34,875
JJ's reality will be exposed.

678
00:54:37,333 --> 00:54:38,791
One moment, I'll be back.

679
00:54:38,875 --> 00:54:41,875
[receding footsteps]

680
00:54:50,041 --> 00:54:52,708
I had promised Moti Behen
I won't open this knot

681
00:54:52,791 --> 00:54:55,333
until you truly forgive her
for what she had done.

682
00:54:58,000 --> 00:54:59,500
Don't open it yet.

683
00:55:01,750 --> 00:55:03,250
The fight has only just begun.

684
00:55:06,916 --> 00:55:09,708
The day JJ is punished
for all his misdeeds

685
00:55:11,666 --> 00:55:14,000
will be the day
Kishori's death gets its justice.

686
00:55:14,083 --> 00:55:16,083
[somber music playing]

687
00:55:20,958 --> 00:55:21,875
Keep this.

688
00:55:34,791 --> 00:55:36,458
[man] We should be very careful.

689
00:55:37,125 --> 00:55:38,041
Here you go.

690
00:55:38,125 --> 00:55:39,375
[indistinct chatter]

691
00:55:39,458 --> 00:55:41,666
Nanu Bhai, be careful.

692
00:55:41,750 --> 00:55:44,458
Don't worry at all, Karsan Bhai.

693
00:55:44,541 --> 00:55:47,708
I know Nanu means short,
but I'm only short in size.

694
00:55:47,791 --> 00:55:51,375
Actually, I've always shot my arrows
at big targets.

695
00:55:51,458 --> 00:55:54,458
So what I'll do is,
I'll take a secret route.

696
00:55:54,541 --> 00:55:56,333
Nobody will find out!

697
00:55:56,416 --> 00:55:57,375
[in Hindi] Let's go!

698
00:55:57,458 --> 00:56:00,458
[in English] You see
the narrow gully ahead, go that way. Yeah.

699
00:56:02,125 --> 00:56:04,041
[wheels rattling]

700
00:56:04,583 --> 00:56:07,500
[whispering] Yeah, yeah,
this way, this way. Turn.

701
00:56:07,583 --> 00:56:08,541
[horse neighs]

702
00:56:10,291 --> 00:56:11,375
Slow down, slow down.

703
00:56:12,250 --> 00:56:14,541
-[horse neighs shrilly]
-Quietly, quietly.

704
00:56:16,208 --> 00:56:17,791
Don't make so much noise.

705
00:56:20,500 --> 00:56:22,500
[tense music playing]

706
00:56:35,541 --> 00:56:37,125
SATYA PRAKASH

707
00:56:37,833 --> 00:56:42,000
By morning, there won't be a single copy
left in the bazaar to distribute, JJ.

708
00:56:43,083 --> 00:56:45,625
What is going on here, Yadunathji?

709
00:56:46,500 --> 00:56:47,333
Hmm?

710
00:56:49,958 --> 00:56:54,000
"True Hinduism
and Current Fraudulent Practices.

711
00:56:54,625 --> 00:56:56,958
The Truth Behind Yadunath Maharaj."

712
00:56:58,458 --> 00:57:02,208
You can burn the newspaper,
but not the truth.

713
00:57:02,291 --> 00:57:05,708
You need to apologize,
before things get out of hand.

714
00:57:06,375 --> 00:57:10,291
Otherwise, those who worship you today,
will question you tomorrow.

715
00:57:10,375 --> 00:57:12,375
[flames crackling]

716
00:57:20,083 --> 00:57:21,250
Mukhiyaji…

717
00:57:28,208 --> 00:57:32,750
The doors of the Haveli will remain closed
for everyone for all the prayers today,

718
00:57:33,916 --> 00:57:35,583
starting from dawn till dusk.

719
00:57:39,208 --> 00:57:43,583
Khawas, send word to each
and every Haveli in the city, right away.

720
00:57:43,666 --> 00:57:45,541
[tense music playing]

721
00:57:47,958 --> 00:57:49,125
Sure.

722
00:57:49,208 --> 00:57:52,625
Devotees don't break their fast
till they've attended the morning prayers.

723
00:57:52,708 --> 00:57:54,125
You know this very well.

724
00:57:56,583 --> 00:57:57,916
Yes, that's exactly why.

725
00:58:00,333 --> 00:58:04,583
The hunger of the devotees
will compel him to apologize.

726
00:58:04,666 --> 00:58:05,708
HEERABAGH HAVELI, 1838

727
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:11,958
Once he has bowed before me
and begged for forgiveness,

728
00:58:13,625 --> 00:58:14,958
the doors will be reopened.

729
00:58:18,041 --> 00:58:21,958
And until that happens,
our Shriji Baba will sit in protest.

730
00:58:23,791 --> 00:58:26,208
And the Haveli will be on strike.

731
00:58:35,083 --> 00:58:37,000
[indistinct chatter]

732
00:58:37,500 --> 00:58:39,541
[man 1] "Attention, Vaishnav Community!

733
00:58:39,625 --> 00:58:45,458
Until Karsan Das Mulji apologizes
for insulting the Haveli and our sect,

734
00:58:45,541 --> 00:58:47,666
no one is allowed to enter the Haveli."

735
00:58:47,750 --> 00:58:48,875
[men together] What?

736
00:58:48,958 --> 00:58:50,958
"There will be no darshan and no aarti!"

737
00:58:51,041 --> 00:58:52,958
[man 2] Arre bhai, somebody open the door!

738
00:58:53,041 --> 00:58:55,208
[devotees clamoring] Open the door!

739
00:58:55,291 --> 00:58:57,500
Someone go and call Karsan Das!

740
00:58:57,583 --> 00:59:00,333
[devotees clamoring] Open the door!

741
00:59:00,416 --> 00:59:03,500
Look there!
Speak of the devil and there he is!

742
00:59:03,583 --> 00:59:05,416
-[devotees clamoring]
-[man 3] Apologize!

743
00:59:05,500 --> 00:59:07,041
He's behind all this.

744
00:59:07,916 --> 00:59:09,041
Karsan Das, apologize!

745
00:59:09,125 --> 00:59:11,750
-Apologize!
-Karsan Das, apologize!

746
00:59:11,833 --> 00:59:13,166
Karsan Das, apologize!

747
00:59:13,250 --> 00:59:14,708
What have you done?

748
00:59:15,250 --> 00:59:17,541
-[man 4] Karsan Das, apologize!
-[man 5] Apologize.

749
00:59:20,708 --> 00:59:23,083
-Karsan Das!
-[man 6] Apologize, Karsan Das!

750
00:59:24,083 --> 00:59:26,500
[devotees clamoring]

751
00:59:31,166 --> 00:59:33,416
[man 5] Apologize!
What are you standing there for?

752
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:35,791
[devotees continue clamoring]

753
00:59:35,875 --> 00:59:38,250
-Apologize, Karsan Das!
-You will have to apologize!

754
00:59:38,333 --> 00:59:40,083
What will you achieve with my apology?

755
00:59:40,166 --> 00:59:42,250
[silence]

756
00:59:42,333 --> 00:59:44,166
Will the doors be reopened?

757
00:59:45,375 --> 00:59:49,291
Once he knows he can have his way,
he'll close the doors time and again.

758
00:59:52,333 --> 00:59:55,041
Will we beg him
to open the doors every single time?

759
00:59:57,791 --> 01:00:00,250
Amongst children,
this is called stubbornness,

760
01:00:00,333 --> 01:00:03,458
and amongst the British,
it's called blackmail. Do you understand?

761
01:00:05,458 --> 01:00:07,541
If you lose your way
while you're travelling,

762
01:00:07,625 --> 01:00:10,000
or you can't go to the Haveli
for a few days,

763
01:00:10,083 --> 01:00:11,208
do you starve yourselves?

764
01:00:13,625 --> 01:00:15,708
You pray to God
and eat your food, don't you?

765
01:00:16,791 --> 01:00:20,250
So, why are you letting him use something
as basic as hunger against you?

766
01:00:21,208 --> 01:00:23,333
See, JJ has a problem with my article.

767
01:00:23,416 --> 01:00:26,708
So, before the copies reached the bazaar,
he destroyed all of them.

768
01:00:29,125 --> 01:00:30,791
If I'm the problem, deal with me.

769
01:00:30,875 --> 01:00:32,333
Ban me from entering the Haveli.

770
01:00:32,416 --> 01:00:34,500
[in Gujarati] Why punish all of you then?

771
01:00:35,833 --> 01:00:38,833
[in English] What's the point
of penalizing all of you in this fight?

772
01:00:39,916 --> 01:00:41,000
Remember this.

773
01:00:41,083 --> 01:00:45,125
The Haveli always needed
and still needs its followers far more

774
01:00:45,208 --> 01:00:46,791
than what we may need the Haveli.

775
01:00:46,875 --> 01:00:49,541
Our donations and devotion
keep this factory running.

776
01:00:51,875 --> 01:00:53,750
And workers can go on strike.

777
01:00:54,625 --> 01:00:55,958
But God cannot.

778
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:01,916
He himself has taught us, right?
That God is everywhere.

779
01:01:03,416 --> 01:01:05,208
Then isn't this also Shriji?

780
01:01:06,833 --> 01:01:09,041
Why can't we just pray to Him
and break our fast?

781
01:01:10,541 --> 01:01:11,541
Why can't we?

782
01:01:24,666 --> 01:01:26,750
[in Gujarati] Has the cat got your tongue?

783
01:01:26,833 --> 01:01:29,750
[in English] Someone has spoken sense
for the first time. Clap for him!

784
01:01:35,291 --> 01:01:36,625
I'm feeling very hungry.

785
01:01:36,708 --> 01:01:39,000
I will pray to this Shriji
to break my fast. Okay?

786
01:01:39,083 --> 01:01:41,041
Get in line if you also want to. Come on!

787
01:01:42,875 --> 01:01:43,875
[in Hindi] Come on.

788
01:01:43,958 --> 01:01:47,416
[Lalvanji in English] The morning aarti
will also be held here today.

789
01:01:47,500 --> 01:01:49,208
Now who is this brave man?

790
01:01:51,208 --> 01:01:52,791
[girl mouths in Hindi] Oops!

791
01:01:54,666 --> 01:01:56,208
[in Gujarati] Jai Shri Krishna!

792
01:02:00,125 --> 01:02:03,416
[in English] You cannot go to Him,
but He can come to you.

793
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:05,875
You will perform today's aarti.

794
01:02:08,541 --> 01:02:11,750
How can I do that
when you're here, Lalvanji Maharaj?

795
01:02:11,833 --> 01:02:15,250
True, heartfelt devotion,
is all that is needed.

796
01:02:15,333 --> 01:02:16,625
So anyone can lead.

797
01:02:16,708 --> 01:02:19,125
Doesn't matter to God in the least.

798
01:02:19,666 --> 01:02:21,208
A few people have forgotten

799
01:02:21,291 --> 01:02:23,791
that we are the Haveli's servants, Karsan,

800
01:02:23,875 --> 01:02:24,916
not masters.

801
01:02:29,916 --> 01:02:32,833
-[in Hindi] All hail Giriraj Dharan!
-Hail!

802
01:02:32,916 --> 01:02:34,500
All hail this day's joy!

803
01:02:34,583 --> 01:02:35,708
Hail!

804
01:02:35,791 --> 01:02:37,791
[inspirational music playing]

805
01:02:44,875 --> 01:02:46,875
[tense music playing]

806
01:03:25,916 --> 01:03:30,958
Poona Observer, Deccan Herald,
Rast Goftar, Mumbai News.

807
01:03:31,041 --> 01:03:33,083
You've been featured in every newspaper.

808
01:03:33,791 --> 01:03:36,375
Everyone is talking about
Shriji Baba's prayers at the square.

809
01:03:37,083 --> 01:03:41,916
Now all that's remaining is the reprint
of the first edition of Satya Prakash.

810
01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:42,833
Right, Nanu Bhai?

811
01:03:42,916 --> 01:03:44,750
If it hadn't been stolen,

812
01:03:44,833 --> 01:03:47,958
people would have read
the newspaper edition by now.

813
01:03:48,583 --> 01:03:49,416
Such bad luck.

814
01:03:50,041 --> 01:03:53,083
They were five of them,
and me all by myself.

815
01:03:53,166 --> 01:03:55,375
I even told them,
if they wanted, they could have…

816
01:03:55,458 --> 01:03:57,791
Nanu Bhai, focus on the proofs.

817
01:03:58,791 --> 01:04:00,125
It's been going on all day.

818
01:04:00,708 --> 01:04:04,833
Sohrabji Bhai, I shouldn't have gone
into that gully in the first place.

819
01:04:04,916 --> 01:04:07,291
Those rogues took everything.

820
01:04:09,208 --> 01:04:12,666
"All the devotees
were mesmerized by the morning."

821
01:04:13,166 --> 01:04:15,416
Arre, not by the morning.
By the morning aarti.

822
01:04:15,500 --> 01:04:16,875
Now, who'll write aarti, my kaku?

823
01:04:16,958 --> 01:04:19,583
And Haveli is also spelled incorrectly.

824
01:04:19,666 --> 01:04:21,375
[in Gujarati] He doesn't know a thing.

825
01:04:22,041 --> 01:04:23,041
Jai Shri Krishna.

826
01:04:23,125 --> 01:04:24,500
[in English] My name is Viraaj.

827
01:04:25,708 --> 01:04:27,541
We met the other day. At the Haveli.

828
01:04:27,625 --> 01:04:28,625
Yes, yes.

829
01:04:28,708 --> 01:04:29,541
Hmm.

830
01:04:29,625 --> 01:04:32,458
I cheered for you.
I'm here to apply for a job.

831
01:04:36,500 --> 01:04:39,458
-So, can you read and write?
-What do you mean by that?

832
01:04:39,541 --> 01:04:41,791
Didn't I just spot two mistakes
in the proof right now?

833
01:04:41,875 --> 01:04:43,125
I'm very saarp.

834
01:04:43,208 --> 01:04:44,458
"Sh." Sharp.

835
01:04:44,541 --> 01:04:46,500
Saarp. That's what I said.

836
01:04:46,583 --> 01:04:49,083
Saarp, sharp.
Both are cut from the same cloth.

837
01:04:49,166 --> 01:04:50,166
10th grade expert.

838
01:04:50,250 --> 01:04:51,958
I studied thrice in the 10th grade.

839
01:04:53,333 --> 01:04:54,791
Well, actually, I failed earlier.

840
01:04:54,875 --> 01:04:57,166
But pass or fail,
both are cut from the same cloth.

841
01:04:57,250 --> 01:04:59,583
Never mind all that.
Let's talk about work now.

842
01:05:00,083 --> 01:05:01,208
Can I join you?

843
01:05:01,291 --> 01:05:03,291
Please don't fire me, Karsan Seth.

844
01:05:03,375 --> 01:05:05,333
There were five of them.

845
01:05:05,416 --> 01:05:08,375
-I told them, "You can take me--"
-[in Gujarati] Nanu Bhai, enough.

846
01:05:11,500 --> 01:05:13,875
[in English] You can work here,
but I can't pay you.

847
01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:17,625
[Viraaj in Gujarati] Okay.

848
01:05:17,708 --> 01:05:21,625
[in English] Now, being poor
is the true sign of a reformer, isn't it?

849
01:05:22,333 --> 01:05:24,625
I'll do whatever you say, with full pasun.

850
01:05:24,708 --> 01:05:25,916
'"Sh" - Passion.

851
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:28,625
Yes, pasunn-pasun.
Both are cut from the same cloth.

852
01:05:28,708 --> 01:05:30,833
Focus on the feeling, not my mistakes.

853
01:05:32,333 --> 01:05:34,416
Hey Nanu Kaka…

854
01:05:34,500 --> 01:05:36,833
-This is my place now, move it!
-[Nanu Kaka scoffs]

855
01:05:36,916 --> 01:05:38,750
No need to stare at me like this.

856
01:05:38,833 --> 01:05:42,000
You're burning me down with that look.
I have no time to washte.

857
01:05:42,083 --> 01:05:44,833
That's a "s," not a "sh" sound. "Waste."

858
01:05:46,166 --> 01:05:48,083
He's quite weird, don't you think so?

859
01:05:53,041 --> 01:05:56,125
JJ, should I open the Haveli doors?

860
01:05:57,375 --> 01:06:01,583
For… For the last two days, the aarti
and darshan are being done outside.

861
01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:05,208
Let's hope the followers
don't start thinking

862
01:06:05,291 --> 01:06:07,208
the old peepal tree is a temple.

863
01:06:09,000 --> 01:06:12,750
The Haveli's doors will be reopened
only when that lowly man falls at my feet

864
01:06:12,833 --> 01:06:13,791
and apologizes.

865
01:06:17,500 --> 01:06:18,708
And what if he doesn't?

866
01:06:23,458 --> 01:06:25,458
[sinister music playing]

867
01:06:27,791 --> 01:06:29,958
I'm going to make sure that he does.

868
01:06:32,833 --> 01:06:34,625
You live far away in Vadaal,

869
01:06:34,708 --> 01:06:38,000
perhaps that's why Satya Prakash
hasn't reached you yet.

870
01:06:38,916 --> 01:06:42,416
Well, your son is in the news
for the wrong reasons.

871
01:06:42,500 --> 01:06:43,500
My son?

872
01:06:43,583 --> 01:06:46,708
I'm responsible
for maintaining balance in society.

873
01:06:48,208 --> 01:06:50,291
If someone disrupts it,
they need to be punished.

874
01:06:52,708 --> 01:06:54,541
[JJ breathes deeply]

875
01:06:54,625 --> 01:06:57,750
Else every other person
will use the Haveli as their spittoon

876
01:06:57,833 --> 01:06:59,208
and spit at it.

877
01:07:03,708 --> 01:07:06,541
I have compassion for every life, but…

878
01:07:07,125 --> 01:07:08,541
when the plague is upon us,

879
01:07:08,625 --> 01:07:11,083
then killing of rats
becomes an act of virtue.

880
01:07:11,166 --> 01:07:13,166
[soft diabolic music playing]

881
01:07:21,500 --> 01:07:23,500
[music crescendos]

882
01:07:26,333 --> 01:07:27,750
I am your well-wisher.

883
01:07:28,583 --> 01:07:29,958
I hope you have understood.

884
01:07:31,000 --> 01:07:31,958
[murmurs] Yes.

885
01:07:34,708 --> 01:07:36,125
Be fearless.

886
01:07:46,333 --> 01:07:48,208
[music fades]

887
01:07:48,291 --> 01:07:51,625
So, I've noticed,
you're confused between "s" and "sh."

888
01:07:52,333 --> 01:07:53,208
It is…

889
01:07:54,333 --> 01:07:55,375
"s,"

890
01:07:56,166 --> 01:07:57,125
and "shh."

891
01:07:57,750 --> 01:08:01,333
I know all this. 'S' and 's,' right?
That's what I'm saying.

892
01:08:01,416 --> 01:08:03,041
[Mulji Jivraj] I want this printed.

893
01:08:04,583 --> 01:08:06,041
Bapuji, what a surprise?

894
01:08:06,958 --> 01:08:08,125
Bapuji, what a surprise?

895
01:08:10,500 --> 01:08:12,000
When did you come from Vadaal?

896
01:08:13,250 --> 01:08:15,333
I want this printed in Satya Prakash.

897
01:08:19,541 --> 01:08:20,875
"I, Mulji Jivraj,

898
01:08:20,958 --> 01:08:24,833
hereby sever all ties with my son,
Karsan Mulji forever.

899
01:08:27,875 --> 01:08:29,875
He shall have no right to my name,

900
01:08:29,958 --> 01:08:33,125
my property
or be able to perform my last rites.

901
01:08:35,375 --> 01:08:38,416
I did not, do not
and will not have any connection

902
01:08:38,500 --> 01:08:40,625
with his actions and writings."

903
01:08:44,250 --> 01:08:45,541
This is your handwriting.

904
01:08:47,500 --> 01:08:49,708
But the words seem to echo
Yadunath Maharaj.

905
01:08:49,791 --> 01:08:50,791
[sighs]

906
01:08:51,791 --> 01:08:53,750
You've been thrown out of the house,

907
01:08:54,708 --> 01:08:57,000
and now your sect will also disown you.

908
01:08:57,083 --> 01:08:58,333
There is still time.

909
01:08:59,708 --> 01:09:00,958
Come to your senses.

910
01:09:02,208 --> 01:09:03,875
Go and ask for forgiveness.

911
01:09:05,166 --> 01:09:08,958
If your community disowns you,
you'll be all alone.

912
01:09:10,458 --> 01:09:13,333
What use is a community
that robs you of your courage?

913
01:09:15,958 --> 01:09:17,958
[pensive music playing]

914
01:09:21,166 --> 01:09:22,166
Viraaj…

915
01:09:24,958 --> 01:09:27,458
Make sure you get this printed
in the next issue.

916
01:09:52,541 --> 01:09:53,916
What are you thinking about?

917
01:09:59,916 --> 01:10:02,083
That I'm not good
at handling relationships.

918
01:10:03,833 --> 01:10:06,583
Kishori, mama, mami,

919
01:10:07,750 --> 01:10:10,625
Bhabhu… Bapuji.

920
01:10:12,791 --> 01:10:14,875
One after another
I have lost all of them.

921
01:10:17,458 --> 01:10:19,375
I was let down by my own people.

922
01:10:20,375 --> 01:10:22,208
It's your own teeth that bite your tongue.

923
01:10:23,333 --> 01:10:25,083
If your loved ones have let you down,

924
01:10:25,166 --> 01:10:27,250
then make those your own
in whom you see hope.

925
01:10:28,250 --> 01:10:30,000
The moment I heard your first speech,

926
01:10:30,083 --> 01:10:32,500
I knew I'll only marry you.

927
01:10:34,375 --> 01:10:37,666
-Viraaj, me and Kishori--
-Listen, I know everything about Kisori.

928
01:10:38,166 --> 01:10:39,708
My family discouraged me.

929
01:10:39,791 --> 01:10:42,166
My father gave me
two tight slaps on my face.

930
01:10:42,666 --> 01:10:44,416
But I'm pretty stubborn, you see.

931
01:10:44,958 --> 01:10:47,291
-I can see that.
-Do I have any choice?

932
01:10:47,375 --> 01:10:49,666
I have to be stubborn to get close to you.

933
01:10:50,791 --> 01:10:51,833
I can cook very well,

934
01:10:51,916 --> 01:10:55,000
I can embroider birds on clothes,
I can even iron using a hot pot.

935
01:10:55,083 --> 01:10:57,958
I've studied up to the tenth grade
and I'm the eldest sibling.

936
01:10:58,041 --> 01:10:59,375
I may not be that pretty,

937
01:10:59,458 --> 01:11:02,333
but for a second proposal,
you won't find someone better than me.

938
01:11:03,333 --> 01:11:06,916
No, I mean… I'm outspoken,
but I'm good at heart.

939
01:11:07,000 --> 01:11:09,583
To cut a long story short,
you won't find someone else,

940
01:11:09,666 --> 01:11:11,416
and only someone crazy would marry me.

941
01:11:11,500 --> 01:11:13,833
And my father told me,
"No matter how much you look around,

942
01:11:13,916 --> 01:11:16,625
you won't find anyone crazier
than Karsan Das in our community."

943
01:11:16,708 --> 01:11:17,791
[Karsan scoffs]

944
01:11:17,875 --> 01:11:20,625
And, I really can't ask God
for anything more.

945
01:11:20,708 --> 01:11:22,708
Will you be my hushband?

946
01:11:23,416 --> 01:11:24,625
"Husband."

947
01:11:24,708 --> 01:11:27,583
Yes, yes, "hushband" "hushband."
Cut from the same cloth.

948
01:11:27,666 --> 01:11:30,458
Okay fine.
If I say husband and not hushband,

949
01:11:30,541 --> 01:11:31,541
will you marry me?

950
01:11:31,625 --> 01:11:33,041
Options are yes and yes.

951
01:11:38,041 --> 01:11:38,875
No.

952
01:11:39,833 --> 01:11:43,166
No? [in Gujarati] Oh, bhai, maara!
[in English] No was not even an option.

953
01:11:43,750 --> 01:11:46,458
Okay, but, at least tell me
why you're saying no.

954
01:11:48,541 --> 01:11:49,375
Viraaj,

955
01:11:49,458 --> 01:11:52,291
-I don't want to stray from my objective.
-But--

956
01:11:52,375 --> 01:11:54,583
And it's entirely in your power
to do that.

957
01:11:58,416 --> 01:12:00,875
Was that a compliment or an insult?

958
01:12:01,958 --> 01:12:04,125
Accha, lishen, I'll wait for you!

959
01:12:04,208 --> 01:12:06,541
"Listen," "s" with an "s."

960
01:12:06,625 --> 01:12:07,958
Yes, yes, that's what I said.

961
01:12:08,541 --> 01:12:10,583
This "s," "sh" issue is going to kill me.

962
01:12:11,916 --> 01:12:14,916
[Viraaj hums a melody]

963
01:12:28,666 --> 01:12:34,083
["Ek, Ek Kare, Kyu Taare Gine" playing]

964
01:13:25,333 --> 01:13:26,416
[in Hindi] YES OR YES

965
01:13:26,500 --> 01:13:28,625
[song continues]

966
01:13:51,375 --> 01:13:53,291
[in English] Hey, buggy vaala!
Come on, let's go!

967
01:14:06,208 --> 01:14:07,125
[song fades]

968
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:13,000
[tense music playing]

969
01:14:24,583 --> 01:14:25,708
[horse neighs]

970
01:14:29,833 --> 01:14:31,833
[diabolic music playing]

971
01:14:41,833 --> 01:14:43,833
[suspenseful music playing]

972
01:15:02,541 --> 01:15:05,125
SATYA PRAKASH

973
01:15:05,208 --> 01:15:06,708
[dialog muted]

974
01:15:09,416 --> 01:15:11,583
[dialog muted]

975
01:15:13,875 --> 01:15:15,875
[triumphant music playing]

976
01:15:18,541 --> 01:15:21,375
[Khawas] The article was reprinted
and people have read it, JJ.

977
01:15:24,166 --> 01:15:26,125
[in Gujarati] Karsan has lost his mind.

978
01:15:26,208 --> 01:15:28,458
People are asking all sorts of questions.

979
01:15:30,791 --> 01:15:31,625
Vahuji.

980
01:15:32,708 --> 01:15:36,625
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad is here… with medicine.

981
01:15:40,208 --> 01:15:41,541
He says…

982
01:15:43,166 --> 01:15:44,250
it's urgent.

983
01:16:13,916 --> 01:16:14,916
-JJ.
-JJ.

984
01:16:15,000 --> 01:16:16,333
-JJ, pranaam.
-JJ, pranaam.

985
01:16:22,833 --> 01:16:24,833
[sinister music playing]

986
01:16:28,875 --> 01:16:30,625
Please forgive us, JJ.

987
01:16:31,250 --> 01:16:34,416
She isn't… feeling too well today.

988
01:16:41,333 --> 01:16:42,250
Come.

989
01:16:48,500 --> 01:16:50,291
JJ, pranam.

990
01:16:51,208 --> 01:16:52,458
[Khawas] Make way, move.

991
01:16:55,750 --> 01:16:57,833
They've probably read the Satya Prakash.

992
01:17:00,000 --> 01:17:02,916
One Karsan is more than enough
to wake up everyone.

993
01:17:04,541 --> 01:17:08,125
Next time you feel
like pressing the fingers of young women,

994
01:17:08,208 --> 01:17:09,625
stop and think…

995
01:17:09,708 --> 01:17:12,250
People might just stop worshiping
the toes on your feet.

996
01:17:12,333 --> 01:17:13,333
Do remember that.

997
01:17:14,250 --> 01:17:15,208
JJ.

998
01:17:23,875 --> 01:17:26,166
That article has caused
a lot of damage, JJ.

999
01:17:27,333 --> 01:17:29,166
We're getting fewer gifts and donations.

1000
01:17:29,750 --> 01:17:33,208
It's a good thing
that you have reopened the Haveli doors.

1001
01:17:34,500 --> 01:17:36,500
Or we would have suffered, immensely.

1002
01:17:37,791 --> 01:17:39,833
Your silence is your weakness.

1003
01:17:42,333 --> 01:17:45,333
That's what… the devotees are saying.

1004
01:17:45,416 --> 01:17:46,541
[hesitates] Everyone.

1005
01:17:48,666 --> 01:17:50,916
[inhales deeply and exhales]

1006
01:17:51,750 --> 01:17:54,083
JJ, should I get rid of Karsan
tonight itself?

1007
01:17:56,250 --> 01:17:57,250
[scoffs]

1008
01:18:00,458 --> 01:18:05,500
If anything happens to Karsan now,
then everyone will point fingers at me.

1009
01:18:06,291 --> 01:18:11,583
If dharm couldn't silence him,
the courts will shut him up now.

1010
01:18:13,625 --> 01:18:16,291
Send word to Bailey
that I wish to meet him right away.

1011
01:18:20,208 --> 01:18:22,958
[Ardeshir] A defamation suit
claiming 50,000 rupees!

1012
01:18:24,000 --> 01:18:24,875
[scoffs]

1013
01:18:25,583 --> 01:18:28,958
I had never thought the Haveli
would knock on the doors of the court.

1014
01:18:29,708 --> 01:18:31,625
It's time to tread with caution, Karsan.

1015
01:18:32,125 --> 01:18:34,166
I'm a school headmaster.

1016
01:18:35,250 --> 01:18:36,625
My salary is 60 rupees.

1017
01:18:38,791 --> 01:18:41,666
Even if I sell my land,
my house, my village home,

1018
01:18:41,750 --> 01:18:43,958
I would still have less than 5,000 rupees.

1019
01:18:44,458 --> 01:18:47,208
If I have nothing to lose,
then I have nothing to fear.

1020
01:18:48,750 --> 01:18:50,500
What's the worst that could happen?

1021
01:18:52,250 --> 01:18:53,083
Jail.

1022
01:18:53,166 --> 01:18:56,625
So be it. I will continue writing in jail.

1023
01:18:57,208 --> 01:18:59,875
The problem now is
that we have to go to court.

1024
01:19:01,500 --> 01:19:03,916
And the court always asks for proof,

1025
01:19:04,541 --> 01:19:07,041
which we don't have
and I don't think we ever will.

1026
01:19:07,750 --> 01:19:10,666
Who would allow a wife or a daughter
to even walk into a court

1027
01:19:10,750 --> 01:19:13,333
to testify
that the Maharaj exploited them?

1028
01:19:14,583 --> 01:19:17,916
Where will we find witnesses
who can take the stand against JJ?

1029
01:19:24,166 --> 01:19:26,625
As soon as I heard about
the notice from Maharaj,

1030
01:19:27,500 --> 01:19:29,500
I called for a meeting with the Bhatias.

1031
01:19:30,166 --> 01:19:31,625
Please meet them, Karsan Das

1032
01:19:32,583 --> 01:19:34,583
They'll testify in court against JJ.

1033
01:19:35,208 --> 01:19:37,208
[upbeat music playing]

1034
01:19:44,458 --> 01:19:47,541
-[in Hindi] All hail Giriraj Dharan!
-Hail!

1035
01:19:47,625 --> 01:19:50,083
-All hail Ladle Lal!
-Hail!

1036
01:19:50,166 --> 01:19:52,875
-All hail Vallabhadhish!
-Hail!

1037
01:19:52,958 --> 01:19:56,291
-[man] All hail Ladle Lal!
-[devotees] Hail!

1038
01:19:56,375 --> 01:19:59,791
-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-[devotees] Hail!

1039
01:19:59,875 --> 01:20:03,375
-[man] All hail Vallabhadhish!
-[devotees] Hail!

1040
01:20:03,458 --> 01:20:06,708
-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-[devotees] Hail!

1041
01:20:08,458 --> 01:20:11,208
[in English] I want you to prepare
a pitcher of gold, Khawas.

1042
01:20:12,083 --> 01:20:16,750
The great Karsan Das is here
to wash my feet and beg forgiveness.

1043
01:20:24,583 --> 01:20:26,750
"The newly married bride
must come to the Haveli

1044
01:20:26,833 --> 01:20:28,791
to receive blessings
on her wedding night."

1045
01:20:28,875 --> 01:20:29,791
This was the order.

1046
01:20:35,083 --> 01:20:37,875
Shyamlal Seth's third son
is actually JJ's child.

1047
01:20:38,375 --> 01:20:39,833
He's raising him as his own.

1048
01:20:44,500 --> 01:20:50,041
Kapol, Das, Goswami, Shrinivas,
and many more such stories.

1049
01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:52,500
We will testify in court.

1050
01:20:53,166 --> 01:20:54,541
You lead the way, Karsan Das.

1051
01:20:56,000 --> 01:20:58,000
[suspenseful music playing]

1052
01:21:09,000 --> 01:21:12,958
-[in Hindi] All hail Giriraj Dharan!
-Hail!

1053
01:21:13,041 --> 01:21:17,083
-All hail Ladle Lal!
-Hail!

1054
01:21:18,083 --> 01:21:21,333
[in English] Welcome, Karsan Das.
I've been waiting for you.

1055
01:21:21,958 --> 01:21:25,750
I believe if the prodigal one returns,
then all is forgiven and forgotten.

1056
01:21:31,458 --> 01:21:34,708
Wash his feet and apologize.
End of story.

1057
01:21:34,791 --> 01:21:35,958
What's going on, Khawas?

1058
01:22:07,583 --> 01:22:12,083
The revered Yadunath Maharaj has filed
a defamation case of 50,000 against me.

1059
01:22:13,791 --> 01:22:15,541
I've come to respond to his notice.

1060
01:22:18,750 --> 01:22:20,625
Mr. Arnsty, my lawyer.

1061
01:22:26,541 --> 01:22:27,500
[scoffs]

1062
01:22:27,583 --> 01:22:30,833
This child will fight a case
against me? huh?

1063
01:22:32,250 --> 01:22:34,166
I doubt he's even hit puberty yet.

1064
01:22:34,833 --> 01:22:36,875
So you should definitely watch out, JJ

1065
01:22:38,083 --> 01:22:40,666
Anyway, you have a thing
for younger people, don't you?

1066
01:22:42,333 --> 01:22:43,583
See you in court.

1067
01:22:46,875 --> 01:22:48,541
[in Hindi] Hail Vallabhadhish!

1068
01:23:04,125 --> 01:23:05,541
No maharaj of our sect

1069
01:23:05,625 --> 01:23:09,416
has gone through the doors
of a courtroom till today.

1070
01:23:10,000 --> 01:23:11,375
You shouldn't either.

1071
01:23:11,458 --> 01:23:13,333
This is a request from all of us.

1072
01:23:13,416 --> 01:23:14,666
Hmm.

1073
01:23:15,375 --> 01:23:18,875
So… what is it that
you all want me to do now?

1074
01:23:19,583 --> 01:23:21,625
Apologize to that Karsan Das?

1075
01:23:22,625 --> 01:23:25,166
Withdraw the defamation case
and openly accept

1076
01:23:25,250 --> 01:23:29,541
that the Haveli has been exploiting
its devotees all these years?

1077
01:23:30,125 --> 01:23:32,541
It's only a coward
who wants to keep his actions secret.

1078
01:23:33,791 --> 01:23:36,291
But I do no fear anything
or anyone whatsoever.

1079
01:23:38,083 --> 01:23:40,250
It's necessary
to keep the devotees in control

1080
01:23:40,333 --> 01:23:42,833
as fear keeps them on the path of Dharm.

1081
01:23:43,916 --> 01:23:47,125
I cannot afford to let
the centuries-old penance of our ancestors

1082
01:23:47,208 --> 01:23:48,583
go in vain for this now.

1083
01:23:52,166 --> 01:23:57,625
I, Maharaj Yadunath,
am the face of this sect.

1084
01:23:57,708 --> 01:24:00,416
I have brought immense wealth
to this Haveli.

1085
01:24:00,500 --> 01:24:02,208
I will go to court

1086
01:24:04,416 --> 01:24:06,416
and I will teach that Das such a lesson

1087
01:24:08,291 --> 01:24:12,625
that no other man will dare to question
the practices of the Haveli again.

1088
01:24:22,666 --> 01:24:25,750
Karsan Das, the Bhatias
have sent a message.

1089
01:24:26,458 --> 01:24:28,458
They said
they don't want to testify in court.

1090
01:24:30,625 --> 01:24:32,708
Varjivan Bhatia is
missing since afternoon.

1091
01:24:32,791 --> 01:24:35,916
And the other Bhatias,
they are being threatened with banishment.

1092
01:24:36,916 --> 01:24:40,333
And because of JJ, the entire fraternity
has turned against them.

1093
01:24:40,416 --> 01:24:41,750
Everyone is extremely scared.

1094
01:24:42,791 --> 01:24:45,416
Unbelievable. What can we do now?

1095
01:24:45,500 --> 01:24:46,958
Those men were all we had.

1096
01:24:47,041 --> 01:24:49,583
If you like, we can file
a conspiracy case against them.

1097
01:24:49,666 --> 01:24:53,125
That way,
once the summons have been issued,

1098
01:24:53,208 --> 01:24:55,541
-they'll have to come to court to testify.
-Hmm.

1099
01:24:55,625 --> 01:24:57,500
They're already in a fix, Mr. Arnsty.

1100
01:24:58,208 --> 01:24:59,708
Let's not pressure them more.

1101
01:25:02,416 --> 01:25:04,208
-Where are you going?
-To the press.

1102
01:25:04,791 --> 01:25:07,958
It's important that everyone knows
how low Maharaj can stoop.

1103
01:25:08,041 --> 01:25:10,958
-But--
-Tejpal, calm down.

1104
01:25:12,416 --> 01:25:13,666
[Viraaj] Karsan, listen…

1105
01:25:15,083 --> 01:25:16,166
Come with me.

1106
01:25:17,083 --> 01:25:19,625
-[girl in Gujarati] How did it catch fire?
-[people clamoring]

1107
01:25:21,041 --> 01:25:23,041
[tense music playing]

1108
01:25:46,291 --> 01:25:49,083
[Karsan] Tejpal Seth's press
was burned down because of me.

1109
01:25:51,625 --> 01:25:52,875
Bapuji was right.

1110
01:25:54,708 --> 01:25:58,625
You should always choose your friends
and enemies according to your own status.

1111
01:26:00,250 --> 01:26:01,625
[flames crackling]

1112
01:26:02,250 --> 01:26:05,000
The very people I'm fighting for
have turned against me.

1113
01:26:07,416 --> 01:26:10,125
-Whom do I fight for now?
-Fight for your goal.

1114
01:26:11,583 --> 01:26:13,833
For each and every woman

1115
01:26:13,916 --> 01:26:16,375
who has been wronged
and is screaming from within.

1116
01:26:17,041 --> 01:26:19,791
Imagine what those women
must be going through

1117
01:26:20,666 --> 01:26:23,125
when their own husbands
send them to JJ willingly.

1118
01:26:25,541 --> 01:26:27,166
I was just 16…

1119
01:26:30,250 --> 01:26:32,708
when Ba and Babuji took me to the Haveli…

1120
01:26:38,666 --> 01:26:39,791
to perform charan seva.

1121
01:26:39,875 --> 01:26:43,125
[melancholic music playing]

1122
01:26:49,000 --> 01:26:51,000
I was only a child back then.

1123
01:26:52,208 --> 01:26:53,666
So innocent.

1124
01:26:55,916 --> 01:26:57,291
But I could understand that

1125
01:26:58,291 --> 01:27:02,125
what was happening
was so creepy, so dirty.

1126
01:27:03,583 --> 01:27:06,458
I cried, I yelled
and somehow ran away from there

1127
01:27:06,541 --> 01:27:09,708
and then never set foot
in the back door of the Haveli again.

1128
01:27:12,208 --> 01:27:16,750
Perhaps every girl may not understand
in time like I did, Karsan.

1129
01:27:20,875 --> 01:27:24,250
If she can't become a Viraaj,
she shouldn't be a Kisori either.

1130
01:27:24,333 --> 01:27:26,000
That's your responsibility.

1131
01:27:30,500 --> 01:27:33,208
People like JJ
are the enemies of change and reform.

1132
01:27:34,708 --> 01:27:38,083
And now even if you lose,
your ideologies would still have won.

1133
01:27:39,958 --> 01:27:42,708
This case is merely a part
of a major fight.

1134
01:27:42,791 --> 01:27:45,458
Our fight is so much bigger than this.

1135
01:27:45,541 --> 01:27:47,000
So why this deshpair?

1136
01:27:52,333 --> 01:27:53,791
It's "despair."

1137
01:27:55,541 --> 01:27:56,625
[scoffs]

1138
01:27:56,708 --> 01:27:58,333
Cut from the same cloth.

1139
01:28:00,416 --> 01:28:03,083
Okay, if I say "despair"
instead of "deshpair,"

1140
01:28:03,166 --> 01:28:04,625
will you continue your fight?

1141
01:28:05,875 --> 01:28:08,375
Options are… yes and yes.

1142
01:28:08,875 --> 01:28:10,875
[horse cart approaching]

1143
01:28:11,416 --> 01:28:13,416
[exhales]

1144
01:28:19,708 --> 01:28:23,208
Karsan Bhai,
Tejpal Seth has called you right away.

1145
01:28:23,291 --> 01:28:24,791
JJ's Vahuji has come to his house.

1146
01:28:25,833 --> 01:28:27,000
Vahuji?

1147
01:28:36,875 --> 01:28:40,958
I heard what has happened
to the… to the Bhatias.

1148
01:28:43,708 --> 01:28:45,041
Heard about the press too.

1149
01:28:48,208 --> 01:28:49,291
Please go to this address.

1150
01:28:54,791 --> 01:28:57,125
You will find a witness
over there for your case.

1151
01:28:58,541 --> 01:29:00,000
Vahuji, what are you doing here?

1152
01:29:02,833 --> 01:29:05,958
I'm split between my family
and my principles as I help you.

1153
01:29:07,208 --> 01:29:09,208
I just don't have the courage…

1154
01:29:11,750 --> 01:29:13,041
to choose one of them.

1155
01:29:18,250 --> 01:29:20,833
-[in Gujarati] Hail Vallabhadhish.
-Jai Shri Krishna.

1156
01:29:20,916 --> 01:29:22,291
[Tejpal] Jai Shri Krishna.

1157
01:29:29,500 --> 01:29:31,791
I just don't have the courage…

1158
01:29:34,583 --> 01:29:38,125
PRAKASH CHAMARIA, NEAR KATHIARA'S SHOP
SECOND HOUSE FROM JATEH, KUMBHARWADI

1159
01:29:40,500 --> 01:29:41,500
[pig squeals]

1160
01:29:42,166 --> 01:29:43,500
[donkey brays]

1161
01:29:44,166 --> 01:29:46,333
[in English] I'm an untouchable.
Move away.

1162
01:29:50,333 --> 01:29:53,375
-[cholic baby crying]
-[old man coughing]

1163
01:30:03,541 --> 01:30:06,625
I knew for sure
that you would find me someday.

1164
01:30:07,208 --> 01:30:08,833
Aren't you the…?

1165
01:30:09,416 --> 01:30:11,833
Come inside. Come quick.

1166
01:30:16,750 --> 01:30:19,166
Leelavati. Leelavati!

1167
01:30:22,375 --> 01:30:23,916
Karsan Das Mulji is here.

1168
01:30:31,375 --> 01:30:34,166
Namaste. I am Shaamji Damodar

1169
01:30:35,541 --> 01:30:37,458
This is my sister, Leelavati.

1170
01:30:39,333 --> 01:30:41,916
That night I came with a handcart
to get the both of you.

1171
01:30:42,541 --> 01:30:45,291
-But by the time I reached--
-Before you could come back,

1172
01:30:45,875 --> 01:30:47,875
two men came
and dragged us into the Haveli.

1173
01:30:49,166 --> 01:30:52,708
And then we saw
that Vahuji was waiting for us.

1174
01:30:52,791 --> 01:30:56,208
JJ had fed her a laddoo
with dhatura seeds to induce an abortion.

1175
01:30:56,791 --> 01:30:59,500
But Vahuji gave her salt water
to drink, so she could throw up.

1176
01:31:01,708 --> 01:31:04,375
If she's sent you here,
this could only mean one thing.

1177
01:31:05,750 --> 01:31:07,458
That Vahuji now wants us to…

1178
01:31:10,041 --> 01:31:11,958
to testify against JJ in court.

1179
01:31:14,666 --> 01:31:16,666
And we will surely do that.

1180
01:31:18,833 --> 01:31:20,666
The hearing is in 15 days.

1181
01:31:21,500 --> 01:31:23,958
If JJ gets to know,
he'll try his tricks again.

1182
01:31:25,750 --> 01:31:26,708
What do we do?

1183
01:31:27,625 --> 01:31:30,500
Let's hide them…
in Tejpal Seth's Mamleshwar bungalow

1184
01:31:30,583 --> 01:31:32,000
till the hearing happens.

1185
01:31:33,041 --> 01:31:33,875
Okay.

1186
01:31:34,500 --> 01:31:36,083
[Karsan] Please don't worry.

1187
01:31:37,000 --> 01:31:38,916
I'll be responsible for your safety.

1188
01:31:41,166 --> 01:31:43,416
["Mukundashktakam" playing]

1189
01:32:20,375 --> 01:32:21,583
[song fades]

1190
01:32:31,958 --> 01:32:36,750
["Achutam Keshavam
Krishna Damodaram" playing]

1191
01:33:21,000 --> 01:33:22,875
[song continues in background]

1192
01:33:22,958 --> 01:33:26,166
They can burn down the press,
but can't destroy your passion.

1193
01:33:27,416 --> 01:33:30,041
From now,
Satya Prakash will be printed here.

1194
01:33:31,958 --> 01:33:33,791
[song continues]

1195
01:33:41,958 --> 01:33:43,958
-[song continues]
-[dialog muted]

1196
01:33:47,000 --> 01:33:49,000
-[song continues]
-[dialog muted]

1197
01:33:51,958 --> 01:33:53,625
-[song continues]
-[dialog muted]

1198
01:34:05,333 --> 01:34:07,291
-[song continues]
-[dialog muted]

1199
01:34:11,583 --> 01:34:12,625
[song fades]

1200
01:34:12,708 --> 01:34:16,083
[upbeat music playing]

1201
01:34:24,333 --> 01:34:28,916
["Govind Bholo
Hari Gopal bolo" playing]

1202
01:34:52,250 --> 01:34:53,958
[song continues in the background]

1203
01:34:55,333 --> 01:34:56,333
[Arnsty] Karsan!

1204
01:34:58,583 --> 01:34:59,625
Who sent this letter?

1205
01:34:59,708 --> 01:35:03,625
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad sent it,
Yadunath Maharaj's personal physician.

1206
01:35:03,708 --> 01:35:05,625
[song continues playing]

1207
01:35:13,375 --> 01:35:15,250
[song fades]

1208
01:35:15,333 --> 01:35:18,708
-[man in Hindi] All hail Vallabhadhish!
-Hail!

1209
01:35:18,791 --> 01:35:20,458
-[man] All hail Ladle Lal!
-Hail!

1210
01:35:22,458 --> 01:35:25,708
-[man] All hail Vallabhadhish!
-Hail!

1211
01:35:25,791 --> 01:35:28,500
-[man] All hail Ladle Lal!
-Hail!

1212
01:35:28,583 --> 01:35:30,583
[song fades]

1213
01:35:39,083 --> 01:35:42,416
Welcome, Karsan… Das.

1214
01:35:45,041 --> 01:35:46,791
Before we face each other in court,

1215
01:35:46,875 --> 01:35:49,541
I'm willing to give you
one last chance but…

1216
01:35:51,875 --> 01:35:53,541
I have three conditions.

1217
01:35:56,500 --> 01:36:00,125
One, apologize to me.

1218
01:36:02,041 --> 01:36:02,916
Two,

1219
01:36:03,708 --> 01:36:05,083
apologize to me.

1220
01:36:05,166 --> 01:36:06,375
And three,

1221
01:36:08,291 --> 01:36:09,375
apologize to me…

1222
01:36:11,833 --> 01:36:13,208
in private,

1223
01:36:14,166 --> 01:36:15,416
in the Haveli,

1224
01:36:16,958 --> 01:36:18,000
and in court

1225
01:36:20,666 --> 01:36:22,833
and I will withdraw the case.

1226
01:36:23,416 --> 01:36:25,708
An apology will be sought
just once, Yadunath Maharaj.

1227
01:36:27,791 --> 01:36:28,708
In the court.

1228
01:36:30,125 --> 01:36:32,208
As to who'll apologize to whom…

1229
01:36:33,375 --> 01:36:34,916
the court will decide that.

1230
01:36:35,000 --> 01:36:39,000
I just wanted to [chuckles]
give you one last chance.

1231
01:36:40,000 --> 01:36:43,291
Chances are usually given
to the less privileged, you see.

1232
01:36:44,625 --> 01:36:46,250
Or the less intelligent.

1233
01:36:48,083 --> 01:36:50,375
So I should be the one
giving you a chance, JJ.

1234
01:36:53,166 --> 01:36:55,541
But the difference is
that now even if you apologize,

1235
01:36:55,625 --> 01:36:57,791
I'll see to it
that the case is not dismissed.

1236
01:36:59,875 --> 01:37:00,958
May I leave?

1237
01:37:03,208 --> 01:37:05,708
Take some prasad before you leave, Karsan.

1238
01:37:10,291 --> 01:37:11,458
Leelavati.

1239
01:37:13,208 --> 01:37:15,208
[dramatic music playing]

1240
01:37:24,000 --> 01:37:27,750
This is… Leelavati, Karsan.

1241
01:37:28,416 --> 01:37:30,458
Early this morning before dawn,

1242
01:37:30,958 --> 01:37:33,958
I got both Leelavati
and Giridhar Khawas married.

1243
01:37:35,333 --> 01:37:38,833
The poor thing has two younger sisters,
elderly parents,

1244
01:37:38,916 --> 01:37:42,458
and well, a child needs a father's name.

1245
01:37:42,541 --> 01:37:44,333
Where is Shaamji Damodar?

1246
01:37:44,958 --> 01:37:47,125
Who? Shaamji? Who? Damodar who?

1247
01:37:47,708 --> 01:37:49,000
[Khawas] Her brother.

1248
01:37:49,083 --> 01:37:51,458
[JJ] Ah, yes. [chuckles]

1249
01:37:52,166 --> 01:37:54,833
Now, where Shaamji is…

1250
01:37:57,500 --> 01:37:59,041
Lord Shyamji knows.

1251
01:38:01,041 --> 01:38:02,083
Karsan…

1252
01:38:03,458 --> 01:38:05,083
Did you really think that…

1253
01:38:07,041 --> 01:38:09,041
I wouldn't keep an eye on you?

1254
01:38:11,083 --> 01:38:14,291
I clearly told you to apologize,
but you… [sighs]

1255
01:38:15,208 --> 01:38:16,166
[scoffs]

1256
01:38:18,083 --> 01:38:19,708
proved you are a Das.

1257
01:38:25,000 --> 01:38:26,125
Never mind.

1258
01:38:27,125 --> 01:38:29,125
As Shriji wishes,

1259
01:38:30,291 --> 01:38:31,666
Ask for it in court…

1260
01:38:33,333 --> 01:38:34,208
the apology

1261
01:38:36,958 --> 01:38:41,250
after paying 50,000 rupees.

1262
01:38:41,333 --> 01:38:43,125
[sinister music playing]

1263
01:38:44,041 --> 01:38:45,291
[in Hindi] Hail Vallabhadhish!

1264
01:39:07,166 --> 01:39:08,916
[upbeat music with drums playing]

1265
01:39:21,125 --> 01:39:22,625
[in English] JJ is here.

1266
01:39:23,291 --> 01:39:26,125
-[man in Hindi] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-[devotees] Hail!

1267
01:39:26,208 --> 01:39:29,000
-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-Hail!

1268
01:39:29,083 --> 01:39:31,583
-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-[devotees] Hail!

1269
01:39:31,666 --> 01:39:33,791
-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-[devotees] Hail!

1270
01:39:33,875 --> 01:39:36,125
-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-[devotees] Hail!

1271
01:39:38,375 --> 01:39:41,041
[in English] I have given verdicts
in over 200 cases, Joseph.

1272
01:39:41,125 --> 01:39:44,708
I've never seen people
so involved in a case before.

1273
01:39:45,666 --> 01:39:50,500
It's their religion
which keeps them united, I say.

1274
01:39:51,458 --> 01:39:53,000
It also divides them.

1275
01:39:53,791 --> 01:39:56,083
How else have we ruled over them
for so long?

1276
01:40:03,000 --> 01:40:05,708
[upbeat music continues]

1277
01:40:19,125 --> 01:40:22,166
You see, he could have had
his chariot pulled till the court.

1278
01:40:23,416 --> 01:40:24,625
But he did not.

1279
01:40:25,791 --> 01:40:27,333
A show of strength.

1280
01:40:28,375 --> 01:40:31,291
An empty barrel
always makes the loudest noise.

1281
01:40:34,375 --> 01:40:36,500
[upbeat music playing]

1282
01:41:03,500 --> 01:41:06,208
[music crescendos and fades]

1283
01:41:07,000 --> 01:41:09,583
-[man in Hindi] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-[devotees] Hail!

1284
01:41:09,666 --> 01:41:12,041
-[man] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-[devotees] Hail!

1285
01:41:12,666 --> 01:41:16,375
[in English] We've heard the opening
statements of Maharaj Libel Case 12047.

1286
01:41:17,708 --> 01:41:20,125
Shall we continue
with the proceedings, gentlemen?

1287
01:41:21,083 --> 01:41:22,333
I'd like to call

1288
01:41:22,416 --> 01:41:26,583
Yadunath Brijratanji Maharaj
to the witness box to begin with.

1289
01:41:29,833 --> 01:41:31,250
Where am I running away?

1290
01:41:33,625 --> 01:41:34,958
I'm sitting right here.

1291
01:41:35,458 --> 01:41:38,833
Ask whatever you need to,
I will answer from here.

1292
01:41:39,416 --> 01:41:42,083
Objection, my lord.
The plaintiff must obey protocol.

1293
01:41:42,166 --> 01:41:43,166
[Sir Mathew] Overruled.

1294
01:41:43,250 --> 01:41:47,291
As you can see, the plaintiff
is in a league of his own, Mr. Arnsty.

1295
01:41:48,666 --> 01:41:50,166
Let's humor him for a bit, shall we?

1296
01:41:56,041 --> 01:41:58,708
You're in the habit
of accepting gifts, JJ.

1297
01:41:58,791 --> 01:42:01,000
That's not a gift, it's the Gita.

1298
01:42:01,625 --> 01:42:04,083
Place your hand on the Gita and swear

1299
01:42:04,166 --> 01:42:07,583
that whatever you say in court will be
the truth, and nothing but the truth.

1300
01:42:08,916 --> 01:42:12,166
The Maharaj doesn't need to take an oath.

1301
01:42:13,750 --> 01:42:15,291
People take oaths
in the name of the Maharaj.

1302
01:42:17,125 --> 01:42:19,458
The Maharaj does not speak the truth.

1303
01:42:19,958 --> 01:42:21,375
What he says

1304
01:42:22,625 --> 01:42:23,791
is the only truth.

1305
01:42:24,458 --> 01:42:27,083
-[in Hindi] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-Hail!

1306
01:42:27,166 --> 01:42:29,750
-[Khawas] All hail Vallabhadhish!
-Hail!

1307
01:42:30,791 --> 01:42:32,208
[in English] Take this man outside.

1308
01:42:32,291 --> 01:42:35,041
-[in Hindi] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-Hail!

1309
01:42:35,916 --> 01:42:40,416
[in English] And Maharaj, the court
will not allow you any more concessions.

1310
01:42:40,500 --> 01:42:42,833
Mr. Bailey,
will you please make things clear

1311
01:42:42,916 --> 01:42:45,208
before your client gets on my nerves?

1312
01:42:45,791 --> 01:42:47,041
[in English] And Maharaj, the court
will not allow you any more concessions.

1313
01:42:48,250 --> 01:42:51,041
[JJ] No problem.
It is only an oath by the Gita.

1314
01:42:52,500 --> 01:42:55,833
I swear that I will
speak the truth and nothing else.

1315
01:43:00,083 --> 01:43:01,208
Happy?

1316
01:43:04,416 --> 01:43:06,541
For his article printed in Satya Prakash,

1317
01:43:06,625 --> 01:43:09,375
you have filed a case
against my CL Mr. Karsan Das

1318
01:43:09,458 --> 01:43:14,000
with badnakshi, meaning slander
or defamation as the charge.

1319
01:43:15,250 --> 01:43:16,250
Yes.

1320
01:43:17,458 --> 01:43:20,666
Whatever's printed in the article
naming him is all factual.

1321
01:43:21,333 --> 01:43:22,541
And in order to prove this,

1322
01:43:22,625 --> 01:43:25,083
I'd like to call
Dr. Ramkrishna Vitthal Lad

1323
01:43:25,166 --> 01:43:26,250
to the witness box.

1324
01:43:26,333 --> 01:43:30,666
[in Hindi] Calling
Dr. Ramkrishna Vitthal Lad.

1325
01:43:32,000 --> 01:43:33,666
[in English] Dr. Bhau Daji Lad,

1326
01:43:33,750 --> 01:43:36,541
I believe that's how people
address you fondly.

1327
01:43:36,625 --> 01:43:37,458
Yes.

1328
01:43:37,541 --> 01:43:39,458
Please tell us a bit about yourself.

1329
01:43:40,708 --> 01:43:45,000
My lord, I am a qualified doctor
graduated from the first batch

1330
01:43:45,083 --> 01:43:47,875
of the Grant Medical College
in Bombay 1850.

1331
01:43:47,958 --> 01:43:51,958
I'm an employee of the British Government,
and also personal physician

1332
01:43:52,041 --> 01:43:55,458
to the priests of the various Havelis
of Bombay and their families too.

1333
01:43:55,541 --> 01:43:58,041
So if I were to say
you have treated Yadunath Maharaj,

1334
01:43:58,791 --> 01:44:00,250
would that be accurate?

1335
01:44:01,666 --> 01:44:02,541
That's right.

1336
01:44:03,833 --> 01:44:07,125
-Chandi ka rog. I treated him for that.
-[attendees murmuring indistinctly]

1337
01:44:07,208 --> 01:44:08,833
[man] He has chandi ka rog.

1338
01:44:10,041 --> 01:44:11,625
My lord, it's a venereal disease,

1339
01:44:12,750 --> 01:44:14,916
a sexually transmitted disease.

1340
01:44:15,666 --> 01:44:17,916
It is also known as syphilis, my lord.

1341
01:44:19,208 --> 01:44:21,750
-[tense music playing]
-[attendees murmuring indistinctly]

1342
01:44:22,791 --> 01:44:25,083
[Sir Sausse raps the gavel]
Order in the court, please.

1343
01:44:26,625 --> 01:44:31,375
Doctor Saheb has testified in court
that respected JJ has chandi ka rog!

1344
01:44:31,458 --> 01:44:33,000
[devotees murmuring indistinctly]

1345
01:44:34,833 --> 01:44:37,333
[Arnsty] Dr. Lad,
how does one contract chandi ka rog?

1346
01:44:37,416 --> 01:44:42,166
A person usually contracts this infection
on having sexual intercourse repeatedly,

1347
01:44:42,833 --> 01:44:44,333
with multiple partners.

1348
01:44:44,416 --> 01:44:45,541
Along with medication,

1349
01:44:45,625 --> 01:44:49,500
I also advised him to abstain from
sexual intercourse with multiple women.

1350
01:44:49,583 --> 01:44:50,541
One more point.

1351
01:44:50,625 --> 01:44:53,833
JJ asked about medicines
used to induce an abortion.

1352
01:44:54,416 --> 01:44:57,291
Because old remedies
like mixing dhatura seeds in ladoos

1353
01:44:57,375 --> 01:44:58,875
don't always work.

1354
01:44:58,958 --> 01:45:01,583
He also sent pregnant women to me with…

1355
01:45:01,708 --> 01:45:04,291
a letter bearing his name
on a few occasions.

1356
01:45:04,375 --> 01:45:06,125
I sent them away immediately.

1357
01:45:06,666 --> 01:45:09,375
Which in fact also strained
my relationship with JJ.

1358
01:45:10,291 --> 01:45:14,541
Thank you for your statement, Dr. Lad.
No more questions. Your witness, please.

1359
01:45:15,458 --> 01:45:16,791
Dr. Lad,

1360
01:45:17,958 --> 01:45:19,416
please tell me something.

1361
01:45:19,500 --> 01:45:23,041
Did you examine
the Maharaj personally for syphilis?

1362
01:45:25,625 --> 01:45:28,000
-I didn't.
-[JJ] There was no need to.

1363
01:45:28,083 --> 01:45:29,500
[tense music playing]

1364
01:45:30,375 --> 01:45:33,083
Dr. Lad is hard of hearing, I think.

1365
01:45:35,166 --> 01:45:38,000
Not chandi ka rog, I had chanda ka rog.

1366
01:45:39,916 --> 01:45:41,833
It's also known as chaatha.

1367
01:45:43,083 --> 01:45:44,208
Chaatha means…

1368
01:45:44,291 --> 01:45:47,708
He means he had boils
on his private parts.

1369
01:45:48,375 --> 01:45:51,541
Last month I had gone to Tailanga.

1370
01:45:52,833 --> 01:45:58,416
I had too much ginger,
black pepper and other spices there, so…

1371
01:46:00,333 --> 01:46:01,833
I broke out in blisters.

1372
01:46:03,333 --> 01:46:05,875
I consulted Dr. Lad.

1373
01:46:07,041 --> 01:46:10,708
I said chanda, he heard chandi, and…

1374
01:46:11,291 --> 01:46:13,416
it all got lost in translation.

1375
01:46:13,500 --> 01:46:16,416
[Bailey] Exactly. Without examination,

1376
01:46:16,500 --> 01:46:21,708
it is obviously difficult to say
whether it was syphilis or blisters.

1377
01:46:21,791 --> 01:46:25,083
It's inconclusive evidence, your lordship,

1378
01:46:25,166 --> 01:46:28,291
with a most certain probability
of a wrong diagnosis.

1379
01:46:29,125 --> 01:46:32,416
Now, the point of abortions.

1380
01:46:33,375 --> 01:46:34,791
The ladies who came to you,

1381
01:46:34,875 --> 01:46:37,666
did they ever name JJ
or complain about him?

1382
01:46:38,291 --> 01:46:40,875
Did they say that the child was JJ's?

1383
01:46:40,958 --> 01:46:43,041
Did they say they were raped?

1384
01:46:43,541 --> 01:46:46,000
Did anyone ever claim the child was his?

1385
01:46:46,083 --> 01:46:48,666
If it's his name on the letter,
then it means that he--

1386
01:46:48,750 --> 01:46:50,000
No, no, no, doctor. I'm sorry.

1387
01:46:50,083 --> 01:46:52,791
The letter was from the Maharaj
but that does not prove

1388
01:46:52,875 --> 01:46:54,125
that the child was also his.

1389
01:46:54,708 --> 01:46:57,666
My lord, Dr. Lad is making assumptions.

1390
01:46:57,750 --> 01:46:59,916
He has no proof to back his claims.

1391
01:47:00,000 --> 01:47:03,000
My lord, ask any doctor
for an independent opinion on this.

1392
01:47:03,083 --> 01:47:05,875
If he says Maharaj doesn't have
secondary symptoms of syphilis,

1393
01:47:05,958 --> 01:47:08,708
-I'll quit my profession.
-The defense immediately requests

1394
01:47:08,791 --> 01:47:10,458
-a medical verification.
-Granted.

1395
01:47:10,541 --> 01:47:11,916
Don't… my lord!

1396
01:47:12,000 --> 01:47:16,083
Do you have any more questions
for the doctor, Mr. Bailey?

1397
01:47:18,166 --> 01:47:20,458
[court attendees murmuring indistinctly]

1398
01:47:21,583 --> 01:47:23,375
No more questions, my lord.

1399
01:47:25,583 --> 01:47:27,833
I now request the court
to allow me to question

1400
01:47:27,916 --> 01:47:30,416
JJ's manservant, Giridhar Khawas.

1401
01:47:38,833 --> 01:47:42,375
We heard you were married off
to a girl named Leelavati last night.

1402
01:47:42,458 --> 01:47:44,541
And you obeyed the order quietly.

1403
01:47:45,375 --> 01:47:46,458
Not true.

1404
01:47:46,541 --> 01:47:50,041
Leelavati and I got married
around eight months ago

1405
01:47:50,708 --> 01:47:54,125
when I had gone on a tour
to Dwarka with JJ.

1406
01:47:54,625 --> 01:47:57,208
She is seven months pregnant
with my child.

1407
01:47:57,291 --> 01:47:58,625
I am the child's father.

1408
01:48:01,875 --> 01:48:02,708
I swear it.

1409
01:48:02,791 --> 01:48:05,666
"It's my child
and I am the child's father."

1410
01:48:05,750 --> 01:48:08,916
So why are you insisting repeatedly
that the child is yours?

1411
01:48:09,458 --> 01:48:10,458
Any doubts about it?

1412
01:48:11,541 --> 01:48:14,916
No… it is what it is. I'm not insisting.

1413
01:48:15,000 --> 01:48:18,833
It's my child so I'll call it mine,
not yours… obviously.

1414
01:48:18,916 --> 01:48:21,750
You are stressing this point repeatedly
simply because

1415
01:48:21,833 --> 01:48:24,041
the child is not yours, but JJ's!

1416
01:48:24,125 --> 01:48:26,708
It's his leftovers
that you're accepting as prasad.

1417
01:48:26,791 --> 01:48:29,208
-[Bailey] Objection!
-My lord, Leelavati was raped.

1418
01:48:29,791 --> 01:48:33,125
She was fed ladoos poisoned
with dhatura seeds to abort her child.

1419
01:48:33,208 --> 01:48:35,833
Karsan Das put them
in a safe house in Mamleshwar,

1420
01:48:35,916 --> 01:48:37,750
but they were abducted from there.

1421
01:48:37,833 --> 01:48:39,416
Shaamji was made to disappear,

1422
01:48:39,500 --> 01:48:42,291
and Leelavati was forcibly married off
to Khawas overnight.

1423
01:48:42,375 --> 01:48:44,541
So that neither of them
would be able to testify.

1424
01:48:44,625 --> 01:48:46,375
To hell with defamation, my lord.

1425
01:48:46,458 --> 01:48:47,666
We are dealing with rape,

1426
01:48:47,750 --> 01:48:50,083
attempt to murder,
and tampering of witnesses!

1427
01:48:50,166 --> 01:48:51,458
[JJ] Arnsty.

1428
01:48:55,208 --> 01:48:57,208
[diabolic music playing]

1429
01:48:57,916 --> 01:49:00,416
This crowd is quiet because of me.

1430
01:49:02,375 --> 01:49:04,541
The crowds outside the court
and on the roads

1431
01:49:04,625 --> 01:49:06,958
are 10-20 times more than those here.

1432
01:49:09,041 --> 01:49:10,750
Passionate devotees.

1433
01:49:12,375 --> 01:49:14,916
They won't tolerate the insults
after a point.

1434
01:49:21,083 --> 01:49:26,041
So if rage leads to riots or bloodshed,
I won't be responsible for it, my lord.

1435
01:49:28,250 --> 01:49:31,541
Mr. Arnsty, any more questions
for Giridhar Khawas?

1436
01:49:31,625 --> 01:49:34,333
[Arnsty] No, my lord.
The witness is dismissed.

1437
01:49:35,958 --> 01:49:39,458
I would now like to call my client
Karsan Das Mulji to the witness box.

1438
01:49:47,500 --> 01:49:50,958
[man] Karsan Das Mulji
has been summoned to testify against JJ.

1439
01:49:51,041 --> 01:49:53,041
[people murmuring indistinctly]

1440
01:49:54,333 --> 01:49:57,458
What exactly is this
"charan seva ke darshan," Karsan Das?

1441
01:49:59,166 --> 01:50:01,625
Watching the Maharaj
have a physical relationship

1442
01:50:01,708 --> 01:50:03,125
with a female devotee.

1443
01:50:03,208 --> 01:50:05,250
You mean intercourse?

1444
01:50:05,333 --> 01:50:07,708
-Inside the Haveli?
Yes.

1445
01:50:08,541 --> 01:50:11,375
Devotees have the privilege of watching
this indecency by paying money.

1446
01:50:11,458 --> 01:50:14,833
[in Hindi] Oh Vallabhadhish!
Oh Giriraj Dharan!

1447
01:50:17,208 --> 01:50:20,708
[in English] Show him mercy, Prabhu,
as he does not know what he is saying.

1448
01:50:21,541 --> 01:50:23,625
Showing devotees the charan seva,

1449
01:50:23,708 --> 01:50:27,666
so they experience moksh is my duty,
my utmost privilege.

1450
01:50:29,041 --> 01:50:30,750
It is an age-old practice.

1451
01:50:30,833 --> 01:50:33,416
It's important for a practice
to be right, not old, JJ.

1452
01:50:33,500 --> 01:50:36,833
If it was wrong, they wouldn't
be singing its praises in the Haveli.

1453
01:50:36,916 --> 01:50:39,750
-[in Hindi] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-Hail!

1454
01:50:39,833 --> 01:50:41,166
All hail Ladle Lal!

1455
01:50:41,250 --> 01:50:42,166
[in English] Out!

1456
01:50:42,250 --> 01:50:45,291
-[Khawas in Hindi] All hail Vallabhadhish!
-Hail!

1457
01:50:45,375 --> 01:50:47,833
--[Khawas] All hail Yadunath Maharaj!
-Hail!

1458
01:50:54,583 --> 01:50:56,375
[in English] Mr. Karsan Das,

1459
01:50:57,250 --> 01:51:02,333
Have you watched the charan seva
at the… Haveli with your own eyes?

1460
01:51:03,291 --> 01:51:04,416
Yes.

1461
01:51:06,291 --> 01:51:07,875
Between my fiancée Kishori and JJ.

1462
01:51:07,958 --> 01:51:11,625
Did Kishori have any objection to the act?

1463
01:51:11,708 --> 01:51:14,750
I mean was the seva
forced upon her in any way?

1464
01:51:16,166 --> 01:51:17,291
No.

1465
01:51:17,875 --> 01:51:19,708
I'm sorry, could you repeat that?

1466
01:51:21,583 --> 01:51:23,708
-No.
-No!

1467
01:51:25,375 --> 01:51:28,333
A consensual participant, my lord.

1468
01:51:28,416 --> 01:51:31,958
But you ended
the engagement [clears throat]

1469
01:51:32,041 --> 01:51:35,541
-for this very reason, right?
-Yes.

1470
01:51:35,625 --> 01:51:38,833
And because of that, uh,
you were thrown out of your house?

1471
01:51:39,500 --> 01:51:41,916
-Yes.
-So, naturally,

1472
01:51:42,000 --> 01:51:46,750
even your very own family was convinced
what happened was completely--

1473
01:51:46,833 --> 01:51:48,958
My lord,
what are these questions leading to?

1474
01:51:49,041 --> 01:51:51,125
To the motive, Mr. Arnsty!

1475
01:51:51,750 --> 01:51:53,333
Kishori's suicide!

1476
01:51:54,666 --> 01:51:56,125
Banished from his home!

1477
01:51:57,083 --> 01:52:00,166
His own father cutting all ties with him.

1478
01:52:00,250 --> 01:52:02,583
For all these personal tragedies,

1479
01:52:02,666 --> 01:52:06,166
he holds JJ responsible.

1480
01:52:06,750 --> 01:52:09,916
He poured all his anger
and bitterness for the Maharaj

1481
01:52:10,000 --> 01:52:12,583
into the articles
he wrote about him in his newspaper.

1482
01:52:12,666 --> 01:52:17,333
He made a public spectacle
of his personal grudges!

1483
01:52:17,416 --> 01:52:20,625
And for what? For what?

1484
01:52:21,541 --> 01:52:23,583
Revenge? Is that it?

1485
01:52:25,041 --> 01:52:26,333
Or for attention?

1486
01:52:27,458 --> 01:52:29,500
Or to earn some fame and money?

1487
01:52:29,583 --> 01:52:32,666
That only he can tell!

1488
01:52:34,458 --> 01:52:36,458
[silence]

1489
01:52:38,916 --> 01:52:42,166
I'm neither hungry for wealth
nor thirsty for fame.

1490
01:52:44,041 --> 01:52:45,541
I am a Vaishnav by birth,

1491
01:52:46,333 --> 01:52:47,750
a Brahmin by karma.

1492
01:52:48,833 --> 01:52:50,625
I'm Kshatriya by spirit.

1493
01:52:50,708 --> 01:52:52,708
and I aim to have a Shudra's humility.

1494
01:52:55,250 --> 01:52:58,291
That is exactly why I start cleaning up
any filth that I come across.

1495
01:53:01,541 --> 01:53:05,125
You think about it.
What will I achieve by fighting this case?

1496
01:53:05,208 --> 01:53:07,208
Or by writing these articles,
Vakeel Sahab?

1497
01:53:08,416 --> 01:53:11,291
I've never had 50,000 rupees,
and I don't think I ever will.

1498
01:53:13,750 --> 01:53:17,208
My lord, of late I've been reading
a lot of books on religion.

1499
01:53:18,416 --> 01:53:19,916
I'm attending satsangs.

1500
01:53:21,000 --> 01:53:26,166
The respect that I had for my religion
and my sect has increased greatly.

1501
01:53:27,166 --> 01:53:29,416
And there's lot of anger
towards every person,

1502
01:53:29,500 --> 01:53:33,166
who distorts its lofty ideals
and purity for vested interest.

1503
01:53:34,833 --> 01:53:37,958
The shlok chanted
while taking the Brahmsambandh vow is…

1504
01:53:38,458 --> 01:53:40,833
[chanting the Brahmsambandh vow
in Sanskrit]

1505
01:54:01,291 --> 01:54:02,416
This translates as,

1506
01:54:03,000 --> 01:54:05,000
"Sri Krishna, you are my only protector.

1507
01:54:05,541 --> 01:54:09,125
I humbly offer my body, my mind,
my wealth, and my entire world to you.

1508
01:54:10,083 --> 01:54:12,166
Krishna, I am your das."
Isn't that right, Maharaj?

1509
01:54:15,125 --> 01:54:17,833
What's the meaning of this shlok
that's taught in the Haveli?

1510
01:54:19,333 --> 01:54:20,625
Please tell us.

1511
01:54:21,125 --> 01:54:23,291
Before one can touch his bride…

1512
01:54:24,375 --> 01:54:25,791
she needs to be…

1513
01:54:28,583 --> 01:54:30,041
sent to the Maharaj.

1514
01:54:30,875 --> 01:54:33,250
Which word from the entire shlok
did he focus on

1515
01:54:33,333 --> 01:54:35,375
instead of mind, body, wealth, and world?

1516
01:54:36,583 --> 01:54:38,958
"Bharya." Woman.

1517
01:54:39,458 --> 01:54:42,666
Tell me, in which ved, or which puran,
or in which shaastra does it state

1518
01:54:42,750 --> 01:54:45,416
that the Maharaj
will touch the woman before her husband?

1519
01:54:45,875 --> 01:54:50,416
There are so many more such examples
of incorrect interpretations.

1520
01:54:51,750 --> 01:54:54,833
The veds, and purans are in Sanskrit,
not everyone can read them.

1521
01:54:54,916 --> 01:54:58,500
So why not translate them directly?
What's the need to transcreate them?

1522
01:54:59,666 --> 01:55:02,583
Duplicity can be expected from a commoner,
but not from a leader.

1523
01:55:02,666 --> 01:55:05,083
To reinterpret changes in meaning
across the ages

1524
01:55:05,166 --> 01:55:07,375
is the responsibility
of the Maharaj, my lord.

1525
01:55:07,458 --> 01:55:09,500
Who decides
whether you're even worthy or not?

1526
01:55:09,583 --> 01:55:12,250
-Who gives you the power?
-My devotees give me this power!

1527
01:55:16,125 --> 01:55:18,625
The devotees give us donations,
ask for sermons

1528
01:55:18,708 --> 01:55:20,750
and the women
come to me willingly for seva.

1529
01:55:20,833 --> 01:55:22,250
[Karsan] So what?

1530
01:55:22,833 --> 01:55:24,833
So what if they come willingly?

1531
01:55:25,458 --> 01:55:27,541
They may be uneducated,
but you are learned.

1532
01:55:29,416 --> 01:55:30,833
You are their guru.

1533
01:55:31,916 --> 01:55:35,041
You could have simply said no to them,
but you did not do that.

1534
01:55:36,250 --> 01:55:37,833
Because they fulfilled your lust.

1535
01:55:40,958 --> 01:55:43,208
A guru guides the lost
along the right path.

1536
01:55:45,708 --> 01:55:47,500
But what if the guru goes astray?

1537
01:55:49,875 --> 01:55:52,083
Exploitation follows power.

1538
01:55:52,166 --> 01:55:55,250
If he goes, another maharaj will come,
and he'll make new rules.

1539
01:55:55,916 --> 01:55:58,958
Whether they get it or not,
I still need to guide the lost.

1540
01:55:59,583 --> 01:56:01,166
I've been saying this from the beginning

1541
01:56:01,250 --> 01:56:05,250
that my fight is neither against
the Haveli nor any sect.

1542
01:56:06,250 --> 01:56:09,333
Yes, I still bow with full devotion
at the Haveli's entrance.

1543
01:56:11,000 --> 01:56:12,666
I take pride in being a Vaishnav.

1544
01:56:12,750 --> 01:56:15,500
I continue to be a proud
and devout Vaishnav, my lord.

1545
01:56:17,583 --> 01:56:20,333
I don't have any personal issues
or grudge against JJ.

1546
01:56:21,708 --> 01:56:25,291
The wrongdoing should end
not the wrongdoer.

1547
01:56:27,583 --> 01:56:30,625
These are the wrongdoings
that we devotees are a part of.

1548
01:56:31,541 --> 01:56:33,708
You can't clap with one hand, my lord.

1549
01:56:35,416 --> 01:56:38,583
The Maharajs have got away with this
because we have let them.

1550
01:56:40,125 --> 01:56:43,666
You don't allow your daughters to go out,
your daughters-in-law to drop their veils.

1551
01:56:43,750 --> 01:56:46,750
Can any man even dare
to enjoy charan seva with them?

1552
01:56:46,833 --> 01:56:47,833
And let others watch?

1553
01:56:48,875 --> 01:56:51,166
They want charan seva,
that's their perversity.

1554
01:56:53,083 --> 01:56:55,416
But why do you celebrate that day
with laapsi?

1555
01:56:58,541 --> 01:57:02,416
If we don't stop what's been happening
for hundreds of years, it will continue.

1556
01:57:05,041 --> 01:57:07,291
Only the names
of the dharm gurus will change.

1557
01:57:09,125 --> 01:57:10,208
The stories will repeat.

1558
01:57:10,291 --> 01:57:12,291
[melancholic music playing]

1559
01:57:15,208 --> 01:57:19,875
Religious beliefs are intensely private,
personal, and sacred.

1560
01:57:22,208 --> 01:57:26,041
They are not bound by any place
nor any form.

1561
01:57:27,208 --> 01:57:30,583
Dharma is followed from one's heart,
not in public places.

1562
01:57:33,000 --> 01:57:35,000
God walks with us all the time.

1563
01:57:35,916 --> 01:57:38,291
We don't need any sort of bridge
to reach or meet Him.

1564
01:57:41,291 --> 01:57:46,041
No JJ, no seva, no practice
will get you a direct ticket to heaven.

1565
01:57:46,125 --> 01:57:49,000
It is always only your karma
that will get you there.

1566
01:57:50,500 --> 01:57:52,500
[pensive music playing]

1567
01:57:58,000 --> 01:58:02,000
My lord, no matter what the verdict
of this case is but it has taught me this…

1568
01:58:02,791 --> 01:58:04,750
Speak the truth only if you have proof.

1569
01:58:08,041 --> 01:58:09,791
Doesn't matter if a wound hurts.

1570
01:58:11,041 --> 01:58:12,875
It must leave a scar to be noticed.

1571
01:58:17,166 --> 01:58:19,041
And even from behind bars

1572
01:58:20,750 --> 01:58:22,833
I'll continue to ask questions,

1573
01:58:24,875 --> 01:58:26,375
hold people accountable.

1574
01:58:27,083 --> 01:58:29,333
The battlefield may change
but my war won't.

1575
01:58:35,125 --> 01:58:37,333
You're free to stand by me,
or I'll do this alone.

1576
01:58:49,541 --> 01:58:50,833
[woman] I will stand by you.

1577
01:58:52,333 --> 01:58:55,083
[attendees murmuring indistinctly]

1578
01:59:02,500 --> 01:59:04,583
I am ready to testify against JJ.

1579
01:59:05,625 --> 01:59:07,625
[triumphant music playing]

1580
01:59:14,958 --> 01:59:16,958
[indistinct chatter]

1581
01:59:20,333 --> 01:59:21,250
So will I.

1582
01:59:23,041 --> 01:59:24,083
[woman 2] And I.

1583
01:59:26,416 --> 01:59:27,500
[woman 3] And I.

1584
01:59:28,416 --> 01:59:29,791
[woman 4] And I.

1585
01:59:43,583 --> 01:59:47,291
[narrator] Over the next 7 days, around
32 people came forward and testified.

1586
01:59:49,083 --> 01:59:51,208
Women spoke up fearlessly for themselves.

1587
01:59:54,125 --> 01:59:57,500
Men spoke for their wives,
sisters, and daughters.

1588
01:59:59,250 --> 02:00:02,041
The Maharaj faced defamation
not because of Karsan Das,

1589
02:00:02,125 --> 02:00:03,958
but because of his own misdeeds.

1590
02:00:04,041 --> 02:00:06,166
The court of Sir Mathew Richard Sausse

1591
02:00:06,250 --> 02:00:09,666
gave this landmark verdict
on 22nd April 1862

1592
02:00:09,750 --> 02:00:12,791
and acquitted Karsan Das
of the charge of defamation

1593
02:00:12,875 --> 02:00:14,208
…defendant not guilty.

1594
02:00:15,916 --> 02:00:18,125
[attendees applauding]

1595
02:00:18,208 --> 02:00:20,791
[narrator] While delivering the verdict,
Sir Sausse advised

1596
02:00:20,875 --> 02:00:24,041
that criminal charges
be brought against Yadunath Maharaj.

1597
02:00:32,416 --> 02:00:34,416
[silence]

1598
02:00:40,375 --> 02:00:42,375
[tense music playing]

1599
02:01:06,250 --> 02:01:07,125
[Khawas] Move aside.

1600
02:01:07,208 --> 02:01:11,708
[narrator] The Maharaj Libel Case led
to the end of practices like charan seva,

1601
02:01:12,458 --> 02:01:17,833
setting an example for people
that even JJ was not above the law.

1602
02:01:21,333 --> 02:01:23,416
[triumphant music playing]

1603
02:01:26,333 --> 02:01:28,333
The society that we live in today

1604
02:01:29,208 --> 02:01:32,666
is the gift of great reformers
like Karsan Das Mulji,

1605
02:01:33,583 --> 02:01:38,791
who taught people that no intermediary
is needed to have a connection with God.

1606
02:01:39,625 --> 02:01:43,166
Dharma does not make one a god

1607
02:01:43,250 --> 02:01:46,000
but is a means to becoming
a good human being.

1608
02:01:50,666 --> 02:01:52,666
[nostalgic music playing]

1609
02:02:34,333 --> 02:02:38,250
A sect is far more important
than any individual or incident.

1610
02:02:38,333 --> 02:02:40,333
Treating this incident as an exception,

1611
02:02:40,416 --> 02:02:43,125
the Vaishnao sect
continued on the path of religion.

1612
02:02:43,625 --> 02:02:47,041
The Vaishnao sect and its followers
continue to grow and remain

1613
02:02:47,125 --> 02:02:50,791
a proud and integral part
of the social, cultural,

1614
02:02:50,875 --> 02:02:52,833
and religious fabric of India.



