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Sub By Siddhant Sahani
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Sarita!
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Hurry! Kishori is waiting.
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Come now.
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They've come in a car.
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They've been waiting for so long.
Careful!
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Quickly send the girl.
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I'll fix the fan later.
I'm waiting outside.
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Hurry!
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Ma, Shanta is old enough now.
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Send her along.
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Okay. I'll ask her mother and send her
with you someday.
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Look at me.
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You jump around all day.
Hurry up!
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Sarita, going out again?
I'll be back soon.
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Don't trouble the clients.
I won't. What color is the car?
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You'll see.
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The pimp is here.
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She's too young.
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Hello. Sorry, we're late.
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It's okay.
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I hope she won't make a fuss.
No, trust me.
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Get in.
At the back.
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Oh, there?
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Come in.
Careful.
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They've paid good money.
Don't trouble them, okay?
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Bye.
Here you go.
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Thank you, sir.
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What's your name?
My name is Kifaayat.
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Like a bird in the forest
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I will sing...
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Here. Taste it.
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She is not a girl,
she's a firecracker.
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Come on!
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Catch her!
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Grab her!
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Stop running away!
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Splash some on him!
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Come here, my firecracker!
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Let's go to the car.
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I have no reason to take this money.
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He looked back and saw...
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Shahab and Anwar lay slumped
just like the ten rupee note.
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Look how he stares.
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Do you fear those eyes too?
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Father's.
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Not as much as your stories.
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Nighi, my baby!
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My darling...
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come here.
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Baby, you're awake?
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Why do you buy so many pens
when you don't even use them?
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Father's pens...
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SAADAT HASAN MANTO
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How are you, Das?
I'm fine.
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What are you doing?
Go away.
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Good morning.
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Now get up, slowly.
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Oh, sage!
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Why is life's journey so difficult?
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Because God tests us at every step.
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So how do we pass the test of life?
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Child, by sowing the seeds of love.
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What's this rubbish?
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What is this?
Mr. Manto?
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"Sow the seeds of love!"
What the hell?
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Ask him to stop tossing flowers.
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Take it off.
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Why did you change my lines?
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Back from Lahore?
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I hear the court acquitted you again.
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Take it off.
It's a challenging role.
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Mr. Manto...
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your luck will make our film
a super hit.
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Some tea?
2800 rupees.
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I can't pay that much right now.
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Let's settle for 1800, shall we?
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Okay, give me what you have.
The rest, next week.
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Deposit the cheque after Monday.
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Meaning? I need the money now.
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Then I can give you only 1200.
What nonsense!
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Aftaab...
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the dark one is attractive, but...
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Take the fair one.
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Manto, the choice is yours.
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1200 in cash now,
or 1800 on Monday.
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You decide.
Fine.
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Ismat and Manto,
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in honor of both your acquittals.
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Cheers!
Cheers!
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What are you doing?
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Not now, boy.
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Promise, I'll make sure
you remove it.
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Get down!
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This was my first and last trial.
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I've no desire to be a regular
in court like Manto.
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Listen to this.
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"It's disgraceful that Saadat Hasan Manto
was acquitted for the third time.
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He and his obscene story, The Smell
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should've been banned.
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But, sadly"
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You should instead worry about the
anonymous hate letters
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that I get.
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You too, Ismat?
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Imagine a woman writing
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that too about two women
in a relationship?
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God forbid!
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I loved the story, so different.
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It could make some uncomfortable but
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Making such people uncomfortable
is comforting.
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The Quilt is the best story
you've written.
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Except for that silly last line.
Why?
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What's wrong with it?
Utterly useless.
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"When the quilt was lifted,
what I saw...
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I would not reveal
for a million rupees!"
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The line's good enough for you
to remember it.
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Stop, you two.
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Safia...
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these endless court cases
must trouble you a lot.
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He won't admit it,
but it troubles him too.
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I told you to join the
Progressive Writers' Association but
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Is a writer only progressive
if he joins the Association?
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When did I say so? I meant
Mr. Krishan Chander, M.A.,
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I hear people refer to progressive
literature as Saadat Hasan Manto,
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and those who don't like harsh
words, call it Ismat Chughtai!
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Bravo.
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I think you overdo it.
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What's the point of provoking
people all the time?
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If you cannot bear my stories...
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it is because we live
in unbearable times.
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So focus on the struggle
of the mill workers,
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or the atrocities of the British.
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But you? Even in such times,
you worry about prostitutes.
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Shahid?
Am I wrong?
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I was 22 when I came here.
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From the window of my room
at Faras Road,
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I saw women vanishing into
their pigeonholes with vile men.
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Why mustn't I write about them?
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Are they not part of our society?
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They are.
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After all, men don't go to
prostitutes to pray.
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When they can go there freely,
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why can't we write about them?
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How could you see what was going on
behind those closed doors
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from your window?
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Don't believe me?
Come, see for yourself.
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Ismat is just teasing you.
Don't get upset.
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Anybody coming along or should I go?
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Manto, sit.
It was just a joke.
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Don't worry, Safia.
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He'll go to Clare Road,
smoke a cigarette,
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and return with another story
in his pocket.
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Hey!
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You coming up or should I come down?
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Looking for something?
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A girl?
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Got one upstairs.
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Get up!
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I've brought a client.
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Let me sleep.
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He's the last one.
You can sleep later.
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Leave me alone.
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Get up, my love. Don't fuss.
How else will we eat?
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Then let me starve to death.
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But I don't want to.
Get up, you bloody whore!
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Get up!
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I beg you.
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I haven't slept for days.
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For God's sake, have pity on me.
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Let go!
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Do as I say.
I am not asking you!
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Can't you get it in your thick skull?
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Get lost! Let me sleep.
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I'll kill you.
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"Those who want the British to go
are insane.
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Thanks to them, we have progressed.
Corpses were buried before
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but now every grave is numbered,
so it's easy."
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You can note it down
with your other numbers.
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For instance, shoe size: 5.
Telephone: 44457.
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Insurance policy: 225689.
Mother's grave: 4817."
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Here.
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Mother wanted to be buried
next to father.
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Let's pray for both.
No.
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Only for our mother.
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You pray nowhere else.
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Keep God close to you, Saadat.
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I always begin my writing
with the holy number, 786.
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Because our mother made
you swear that you would.
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Here lies Saadat Hasan Manto...
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buried with the mysteries
of shortstory writing.
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Saadat!
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Under the earth, he wonders
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if he's the greater storyteller,
or God.
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God! You talk rubbish.
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Have you accepted the job in Lahore?
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No way.
What?
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Who'll pay you 1000 rupees a month here?
No one. But I'll only live here.
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We'll be safer there.
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Live on the streets or in a mansion,
this city asks no questions.
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But if Bombay decides to go there,
I might go with it!
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Be serious sometimes.
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Few more days of grief,
Few more days of torture
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These days, too shall pass
As they have before
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Some day the spring will return
To our garden
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If there is a heaven,
Bring it down to earth
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Two for Byculla.
V.T. station.
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You didn't bring your camera?
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You never take my photo.
I will.
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Don't I look like a star?
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For sure, Shyam Chaddha.
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It's hot. Take that off.
Stars don't feel hot.
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The bloody English will finally
have to leave.
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Look at this batsman's name.
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Hiptulla.
Hiptulla?
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Hiptulla!
That's an odd name.
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You're a star, Shyam Chaddha.
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Don't smoke those.
They're for petty clerks.
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You're doing well!
Just a little.
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They are impossible to find.
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Freeloader!
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One more please?
For my return journey.
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"Hiptulla!"
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Stop "Hiptullifying!"
The train's not running away.
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Long live the Revolution!
Long live "Hiptulla!"
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Arif would've been his age.
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Five years, three months.
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Our son is still with us, Safia.
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He'll leave this world
only when we do.
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Look at her.
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Like a thick whip, her braid
is slapping her back.
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She has a beard and a mustache.
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So you find facial hair
on women repulsive?
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Not at all.
Neither does Hameeda.
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Her name is Hameeda?
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Do you shave too?
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No. I use Baby Touch.
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When I rub it here, it makes me sneeze.
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But the mustache is back in a week.
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Hameeda must use Baby Touch too.
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No, she uses a razor.
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I see.
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And?
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And what?
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You're the writer.
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But anyone can weave a story.
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That's true.
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There was a boy in Hameeda's college,
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Rasheed.
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Decent and kind.
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Just like you.
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He wanted to befriend Hameeda.
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But never had the courage.
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Then...
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Your turn.
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One day he saw some boys teasing her.
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"Mr. Hameeda!
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"You get two for one ticket!
A man and a woman."
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Rasheed wanted to say something,
but stayed quiet.
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He stayed quiet?
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A few days later, Hameeda fell ill.
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She wrote to Rasheed
and he came running.
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00:23:43,416 --> 00:23:47,500
He saw Hameeda's face,
covered in thick hair.
263
00:23:47,750 --> 00:23:49,958
He quickly boiled some water.
264
00:23:50,666 --> 00:23:53,208
Made foam from soap,
softened her beard
265
00:23:53,291 --> 00:23:56,083
and gently shaved her.
266
00:23:56,625 --> 00:24:01,708
Now Rasheed shaves not
one, but two faces.
267
00:24:17,041 --> 00:24:18,916
Aren't sandals more comfortable?
268
00:24:22,875 --> 00:24:25,083
Jinnah says we're safer there
269
00:24:25,166 --> 00:24:27,875
Jinnah? Nehru? Who are they to me?
270
00:24:29,208 --> 00:24:31,000
Bhendi Bazaar is my country.
271
00:24:31,083 --> 00:24:34,375
I wouldn't move to Grant Road,
and you're sending me to Karachi?
272
00:24:37,666 --> 00:24:39,708
This is their country.
273
00:24:40,333 --> 00:24:42,583
It's just a slogan:
"HinduMuslim, brotherbrother."
274
00:24:42,958 --> 00:24:46,416
They'll kill us, burn our homes.
It's the same there.
275
00:24:46,708 --> 00:24:50,041
No river of peace is flowing there.
Listen.
276
00:24:51,333 --> 00:24:55,291
Our ancestors are buried here.
And so will I be.
277
00:24:56,125 --> 00:24:57,291
Got it?
278
00:24:58,458 --> 00:25:01,333
As you wish. But I'm going.
279
00:25:09,416 --> 00:25:13,291
You're Mr. Manto, right?
So happy to meet you.
280
00:25:13,916 --> 00:25:17,208
We just met and you're already happy?
281
00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:20,500
I buy the Mussavar magazine only for you.
282
00:25:21,458 --> 00:25:23,541
But no column last Friday?
283
00:25:23,958 --> 00:25:26,333
Maybe politics took preference.
284
00:25:31,291 --> 00:25:32,583
What happened?
285
00:25:33,208 --> 00:25:36,166
Some admirer caught you?
286
00:25:39,791 --> 00:25:43,416
When I look at my ugly feet,
I feel like mourning.
287
00:25:44,333 --> 00:25:46,000
My feet are worse.
288
00:25:46,416 --> 00:25:48,000
Too feminine!
289
00:25:48,458 --> 00:25:51,583
So what?
You have a keen interest in women.
290
00:25:51,666 --> 00:25:54,166
Doesn't mean I want
to become one.
291
00:26:00,333 --> 00:26:05,041
We'll kill you Muslims!
We'll burn your shops!
292
00:26:05,375 --> 00:26:08,375
Don't worry. I'll get you out
through the back door.
293
00:26:08,458 --> 00:26:11,291
Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan!
Muslims go to Pakistan!
294
00:26:11,416 --> 00:26:13,083
We'll kill you all!
295
00:26:14,250 --> 00:26:15,875
Come on.
Manto!
296
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,125
Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan!
Muslims go to Pakistan!
297
00:26:23,041 --> 00:26:24,208
Safia?
298
00:26:36,708 --> 00:26:37,791
Safia!
299
00:26:38,458 --> 00:26:39,958
Safia, wake up.
300
00:26:40,833 --> 00:26:41,750
Sorry, my love.
301
00:26:41,833 --> 00:26:44,666
But we must celebrate
this day together. Come.
302
00:26:50,166 --> 00:26:51,291
Look, Nighi!
303
00:26:52,583 --> 00:26:53,666
Come.
304
00:26:55,416 --> 00:26:57,083
Look at the sky.
305
00:27:00,625 --> 00:27:01,708
Look!
306
00:27:06,208 --> 00:27:10,875
Long live India!
307
00:27:15,416 --> 00:27:17,416
Victory to India!
308
00:27:23,958 --> 00:27:26,541
You'll be born in a free India.
309
00:27:43,833 --> 00:27:47,541
Mr. Ashok, what about my shooting dates?
Soon.
310
00:27:49,208 --> 00:27:50,833
Ismat, I read your story.
311
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,500
Mr. Naushad!
312
00:27:52,791 --> 00:27:55,041
My friend.
Shyam!
313
00:27:56,041 --> 00:27:58,875
What are you drinking?
Whiskey.
314
00:27:59,250 --> 00:28:00,458
I'll go get one.
315
00:28:11,250 --> 00:28:13,833
What happened?
Still didn't meet him?
316
00:28:14,083 --> 00:28:16,083
No, I was just
Come on.
317
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:24,833
Ashok, you've met Safia?
What are you saying?
318
00:28:25,041 --> 00:28:27,333
How could I forget her
delicious Keema Parathas?
319
00:28:27,500 --> 00:28:29,625
Then why be shy?
Shake her hand.
320
00:28:31,750 --> 00:28:34,291
Here, let's shake hands!
Not drinking?
321
00:28:34,541 --> 00:28:36,875
Himanshu! Excuse me.
322
00:28:36,958 --> 00:28:40,000
Mr. Manto, did you read my script?
323
00:28:41,250 --> 00:28:42,583
How was it?
324
00:28:42,833 --> 00:28:46,791
Asif, these days I charge a fee
for my opinion.
325
00:28:47,958 --> 00:28:50,208
Wait.
I was kidding.
326
00:28:50,625 --> 00:28:53,083
Salaam.
Salaam.
327
00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:54,708
How are you?
328
00:28:54,791 --> 00:28:57,291
Sorry, Jaddan Bai.
One minute.
329
00:28:57,458 --> 00:29:00,541
Here's your fees.
So, how was the script?
330
00:29:01,250 --> 00:29:02,375
Utter rubbish.
331
00:29:04,625 --> 00:29:08,000
You're so cruel.
No, Jaddan Bai, he's right.
332
00:29:08,166 --> 00:29:11,041
That's why I've decided to make
MughaleAzam.
333
00:29:11,125 --> 00:29:14,083
And that's a script you
won't need to read.
334
00:29:14,291 --> 00:29:17,291
Here, have another!
335
00:29:18,291 --> 00:29:20,291
Naushad!
336
00:29:21,208 --> 00:29:24,625
Aren't you going to Lahore
for your sister's wedding?
337
00:29:24,750 --> 00:29:26,583
Yes, but without him.
338
00:29:26,875 --> 00:29:28,875
He refuses to come.
Why, Manto?
339
00:29:29,333 --> 00:29:32,000
Isn't everyone suggesting
you go to Pakistan?
340
00:29:32,291 --> 00:29:33,333
We're fine here.
341
00:29:35,416 --> 00:29:36,416
Just a minute.
342
00:29:36,708 --> 00:29:39,875
Ashok, you got a fourth letter.
What letter?
343
00:29:40,125 --> 00:29:41,916
Nothing, it's just...
344
00:29:42,458 --> 00:29:45,416
They accuse Bombay Talkies
of hiring too many Muslims.
345
00:29:45,625 --> 00:29:47,208
Who's "they?"
346
00:29:47,750 --> 00:29:50,583
Some cowards, writing anonymously.
347
00:29:51,708 --> 00:29:53,125
They aren't wrong.
348
00:29:53,791 --> 00:29:56,125
Sagar and Filmistan Studios have fewer.
349
00:29:56,458 --> 00:29:58,166
Me, Ismat, Shahid, Kamall...
350
00:29:58,250 --> 00:30:03,916
It's nobody's business who we hire.
Fire me. You'll have one less.
351
00:30:04,750 --> 00:30:06,458
No need to be a martyr.
352
00:30:06,541 --> 00:30:08,291
It's not about
Forget it.
353
00:30:08,750 --> 00:30:09,666
Tell me.
354
00:30:09,750 --> 00:30:13,041
Why did you say my script
had less "Hiptulla"?
355
00:30:13,208 --> 00:30:15,083
Because it did.
What do you mean?
356
00:30:26,083 --> 00:30:27,625
Ladies and gentlemen...
357
00:30:30,333 --> 00:30:33,291
I can't believe our country
is finally free.
358
00:30:34,125 --> 00:30:37,708
But we played no role in it.
We shed no blood, no sweat.
359
00:30:38,666 --> 00:30:40,666
Now the time has come...
360
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,875
for us to play a responsible role.
361
00:30:44,750 --> 00:30:46,083
But...
362
00:30:46,416 --> 00:30:49,208
today's celebration will only be complete
363
00:30:50,125 --> 00:30:53,500
if Jaddan Bai sings.
What do you say?
364
00:31:03,666 --> 00:31:06,500
What do I say?
365
00:31:07,916 --> 00:31:12,708
What meeting you
366
00:31:12,791 --> 00:31:15,083
Has meant to me
367
00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:21,250
I understood the meaning of suffering
368
00:31:21,958 --> 00:31:26,333
I found my heart
369
00:31:27,291 --> 00:31:30,500
What do I say?
370
00:31:32,625 --> 00:31:34,541
What do I say?
371
00:31:34,625 --> 00:31:38,500
What meeting you has meant to me
372
00:31:38,666 --> 00:31:41,541
I discovered the meaning of suffering
373
00:31:41,625 --> 00:31:44,416
I found my heart
374
00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:46,541
What do I say?
375
00:31:56,000 --> 00:32:01,416
Tear away my wounded heart
376
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:07,625
Tear away my wounded heart
377
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:13,666
Or believe in my loyalty to you
378
00:32:14,125 --> 00:32:16,708
I discovered the meaning of suffering
379
00:32:17,166 --> 00:32:19,916
I found my heart
380
00:32:20,083 --> 00:32:22,791
What do I say?
381
00:32:33,625 --> 00:32:35,666
That letter came three months ago.
382
00:32:35,958 --> 00:32:37,250
Has anything happened yet?
383
00:32:37,333 --> 00:32:39,500
You're not the only Muslim at the studio.
384
00:32:39,666 --> 00:32:42,583
But now they're threatening to burn
down the studio.
385
00:32:42,958 --> 00:32:45,541
I don't want you to
Relax, Manto.
386
00:32:45,958 --> 00:32:48,291
It's nothing but madness. It'll pass.
387
00:32:50,666 --> 00:32:51,916
Maybe.
388
00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:58,666
Why did you take this turn?
It's a shortcut. I know the way.
389
00:32:58,833 --> 00:33:00,750
But it is a Muslim area.
390
00:33:02,416 --> 00:33:04,500
What's this?
Since when?
391
00:33:04,958 --> 00:33:05,958
What are you doing?
392
00:33:06,083 --> 00:33:08,208
What if they recognize you?
They know you're a Hindu.
393
00:33:08,458 --> 00:33:10,500
Put it on, please!
Are you crazy?
394
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,208
Ashok Kumar?
395
00:33:24,708 --> 00:33:28,250
It's Ashok Kumar!
The star!
396
00:33:28,333 --> 00:33:29,708
Ashok Kumar!
397
00:33:30,750 --> 00:33:34,958
Ashok sir, the road ahead is blocked.
Take the side street.
398
00:33:35,333 --> 00:33:37,666
Let them pass. Move.
399
00:33:38,208 --> 00:33:39,458
Go on.
Drive.
400
00:33:39,541 --> 00:33:41,041
Goodbye, Mr. Ashok.
401
00:33:41,125 --> 00:33:43,083
You got scared for no reason.
402
00:33:43,833 --> 00:33:46,125
What's wrong with you, Manto?
403
00:33:50,333 --> 00:33:52,500
You had a valid reason.
404
00:33:52,583 --> 00:33:55,625
You were right to be scared.
How was I right?
405
00:33:56,541 --> 00:34:00,541
Haven't I seen crowds before?
Or wedding processions?
406
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,416
But you haven't seen
times like these either.
407
00:34:04,875 --> 00:34:08,833
That's why caps have to be bought.
Caps?
408
00:34:09,291 --> 00:34:12,208
A Hindu cap and a Muslim cap.
409
00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:18,791
What to do? When religion leaps
from the heart to the head,
410
00:34:19,291 --> 00:34:21,250
you need to wear caps.
411
00:34:24,291 --> 00:34:27,166
Thanks to father, Saadat is fearful.
412
00:34:27,333 --> 00:34:28,833
But he
413
00:34:37,541 --> 00:34:39,458
I'm glad you and Nighi are going.
414
00:34:39,750 --> 00:34:42,791
By the time you'll be back,
things will get better.
415
00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:47,333
I'm putting this in.
416
00:34:49,166 --> 00:34:50,916
It feels strange going alone.
417
00:34:51,958 --> 00:34:54,166
Why? Little Nighi will be with you.
418
00:34:55,916 --> 00:34:57,875
Don't worry. My sister is going too.
419
00:34:58,875 --> 00:35:00,750
I'm more worried about you.
420
00:35:03,291 --> 00:35:06,291
Oh, I forgot to tell you.
421
00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:08,750
Shyam is moving in for a few days.
422
00:35:10,083 --> 00:35:13,750
His shoe size is 9, right?
Yes.
423
00:35:14,041 --> 00:35:16,416
I'll bring him a pair.
424
00:35:17,875 --> 00:35:19,875
You had forgotten the last time.
425
00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:27,458
I am your moon, you are my moonlight
426
00:35:30,833 --> 00:35:35,333
My love is not a passing romance
427
00:35:38,750 --> 00:35:43,958
I am your song, you are my melody
428
00:35:45,083 --> 00:35:49,916
I am your song, you are my melody
429
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,291
You don't seem to be in the mood, Shyam.
430
00:35:52,875 --> 00:35:54,500
Let's stop the rehearsals now.
431
00:35:54,583 --> 00:35:56,458
Please let me try, Mr. Naushad.
432
00:35:56,541 --> 00:35:58,916
It'll be fine tomorrow.
See you at 9:00, at the studio.
433
00:36:00,208 --> 00:36:01,166
Sure.
434
00:36:04,250 --> 00:36:05,666
What's the matter, my star?
435
00:36:05,916 --> 00:36:08,083
Your heart wasn't in it.
436
00:36:13,375 --> 00:36:16,291
My uncle from Rawalpindi is here.
Come with me.
437
00:36:16,458 --> 00:36:19,125
Why? All okay?
438
00:36:28,166 --> 00:36:29,375
Manjeet.
439
00:36:29,875 --> 00:36:30,958
Manjeet...
440
00:36:34,041 --> 00:36:35,458
Manjeet.
441
00:36:47,625 --> 00:36:51,375
Then the mob came closer,
shouting, "kill them!"
442
00:36:52,958 --> 00:36:55,666
I told everyone to hide in the storeroom.
443
00:36:56,250 --> 00:36:57,500
But, Manjeet...
444
00:37:00,458 --> 00:37:03,583
My eldest son.
445
00:37:10,041 --> 00:37:11,333
I told him,
446
00:37:12,833 --> 00:37:14,916
"Let me stand guard with you."
447
00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:17,333
But he wouldn't let me.
448
00:37:18,333 --> 00:37:19,833
And before I knew it
449
00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:23,958
they smashed the door
and the windows.
450
00:37:25,458 --> 00:37:28,583
We ran to the rooftop.
451
00:37:29,916 --> 00:37:31,541
And we somehow, got to the station.
452
00:37:33,125 --> 00:37:35,333
I wanted to go back to find him.
453
00:37:36,458 --> 00:37:38,166
But how could I?
454
00:37:38,875 --> 00:37:41,250
How could I leave mother?
455
00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:44,041
Or my daughters.
456
00:37:44,666 --> 00:37:45,875
Look at them.
457
00:37:46,916 --> 00:37:48,958
Still cowering with fear.
458
00:37:50,291 --> 00:37:51,750
And my wife...
459
00:37:53,291 --> 00:37:56,875
she has not said a word since then.
460
00:38:01,875 --> 00:38:07,541
"Where will the bones be burnt or buried
once the religious flesh is peeled away?"
461
00:38:07,625 --> 00:38:11,666
For God's sake!
Stop giving everything a literary spin.
462
00:38:15,125 --> 00:38:18,333
They are not characters from your stories.
463
00:38:18,708 --> 00:38:20,791
They are my people.
464
00:38:21,416 --> 00:38:23,916
Living, breathing. Real people.
465
00:38:24,375 --> 00:38:27,041
Either everybody's lives matter,
466
00:38:27,500 --> 00:38:28,875
or nobody's.
467
00:38:31,958 --> 00:38:36,541
All this is easy for you to say...
468
00:38:37,875 --> 00:38:39,333
or write?
469
00:38:40,708 --> 00:38:41,833
No.
470
00:38:43,625 --> 00:38:44,875
It's not.
471
00:38:50,333 --> 00:38:52,375
Those bloody Muslims!
472
00:39:00,333 --> 00:39:02,250
I am a Muslim too, Shyam.
473
00:39:03,708 --> 00:39:06,666
If there were a riot here,
it's possible you'd kill me!
474
00:39:06,958 --> 00:39:09,083
Yes, it's possible I'd kill you.
475
00:39:27,458 --> 00:39:29,250
786.
476
00:40:00,500 --> 00:40:02,083
What are you doing?
477
00:40:11,083 --> 00:40:12,583
Have you gone crazy?
478
00:40:23,833 --> 00:40:26,875
Not all Muslims are running to Pakistan.
479
00:40:30,666 --> 00:40:32,583
And you, of all people?
480
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:35,166
My friend...
481
00:40:40,583 --> 00:40:43,125
Look, you can't leave.
482
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,375
I won't let you.
483
00:40:50,583 --> 00:40:52,958
You're hardly a Muslim anyway.
484
00:40:54,541 --> 00:40:57,000
Enough to be killed.
485
00:41:13,541 --> 00:41:16,458
I should have visited
my mother's grave.
486
00:41:18,708 --> 00:41:19,875
My friend...
487
00:41:22,958 --> 00:41:27,000
I so regret what I said.
Never mind, Shyam.
488
00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:33,083
You would've regretted it more
had you killed me.
489
00:41:36,958 --> 00:41:39,500
Remember Govind once gave us
a paan?
490
00:41:39,666 --> 00:41:42,083
We didn't have any money to pay him.
491
00:41:43,375 --> 00:41:45,625
I still owe him a rupee.
492
00:41:47,041 --> 00:41:48,583
I'll pay him.
493
00:41:48,875 --> 00:41:50,083
No.
494
00:41:51,250 --> 00:41:54,916
I want to stay indebted
to this city forever.
495
00:42:54,166 --> 00:42:55,458
Bloody pig.
496
00:43:01,416 --> 00:43:02,833
Pakistani pig.
497
00:43:05,208 --> 00:43:06,708
Long live Pakistan!
498
00:43:07,125 --> 00:43:08,875
Long live India!
499
00:43:15,208 --> 00:43:17,041
"Hiptulla!"
"Hiptulla!"
500
00:45:08,375 --> 00:45:11,416
Wasn't there a shoe store here?
501
00:45:11,500 --> 00:45:14,083
Still is. After 9:00.
502
00:45:14,666 --> 00:45:15,958
How many?
503
00:45:19,083 --> 00:45:20,375
Worth this much.
504
00:45:22,500 --> 00:45:24,833
Uncle, did you hear?
505
00:45:25,250 --> 00:45:26,291
Gandhi has been killed.
506
00:45:26,375 --> 00:45:28,000
What?
Yes.
507
00:45:28,458 --> 00:45:29,541
What?
508
00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:33,500
Who did it?
Some Hindu.
509
00:45:33,833 --> 00:45:36,500
Three bullets in the chest.
510
00:45:37,250 --> 00:45:38,125
Oh God!
511
00:45:38,625 --> 00:45:39,916
You insolent man!
512
00:45:40,500 --> 00:45:43,750
You don't even know how
to give bad news. Get lost!
513
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:46,166
Imran!
514
00:46:27,291 --> 00:46:30,375
Here, child, eat this.
515
00:46:30,500 --> 00:46:31,833
Found Sakina?
516
00:46:34,416 --> 00:46:35,583
Any news?
517
00:46:36,083 --> 00:46:38,625
Have you found my Sakina?
Don't worry. You'll find her.
518
00:46:38,708 --> 00:46:40,708
You've been saying that for four days.
519
00:46:41,833 --> 00:46:45,125
Now tell me, what did your
Sakina look like?
520
00:46:45,333 --> 00:46:46,791
I've already told you.
521
00:46:48,375 --> 00:46:50,375
She's barely seventeen.
522
00:46:51,083 --> 00:46:55,333
Very beautiful.
Big eyes, hair this long.
523
00:46:56,458 --> 00:46:58,208
A mole on her cheek.
524
00:46:59,375 --> 00:47:02,750
I promise she'll be found today.
525
00:47:03,041 --> 00:47:06,166
When will you find her?
526
00:47:06,333 --> 00:47:07,583
That's what you keep saying.
527
00:47:25,125 --> 00:47:26,125
Brothers...
528
00:47:26,666 --> 00:47:28,500
has anybody seen my Sakina?
529
00:47:28,791 --> 00:47:31,375
Big eyes, long black hair.
530
00:47:32,041 --> 00:47:33,083
A mole...
531
00:47:53,333 --> 00:47:55,333
Sakina!
What is it?
532
00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:58,333
I am her father.
533
00:48:11,500 --> 00:48:12,500
Open.
534
00:48:15,750 --> 00:48:16,791
Open it!
535
00:48:20,916 --> 00:48:22,916
The dead body moved.
536
00:48:23,750 --> 00:48:27,666
Her lifeless hand untied the drawstring
and she pulled her trousers down.
537
00:48:28,250 --> 00:48:33,833
Old Sirajuddin screamed with joy!
"She's alive! My daughter is alive!"
538
00:48:35,500 --> 00:48:39,708
The doctor broke into a cold sweat.
539
00:48:41,625 --> 00:48:43,208
Open it.
540
00:48:45,208 --> 00:48:46,541
Amazing!
541
00:48:49,666 --> 00:48:51,541
I'll print it, Mr. Manto.
542
00:48:54,708 --> 00:48:56,750
How do you think of such stories?
543
00:48:57,458 --> 00:48:59,500
It'll haunt me for days.
544
00:49:00,500 --> 00:49:03,333
And the story Cold Meat?
545
00:49:12,250 --> 00:49:18,041
It's too hot to handle for my magazine.
546
00:49:22,875 --> 00:49:24,333
Please sit.
547
00:49:27,750 --> 00:49:28,833
Nowadays...
548
00:49:31,291 --> 00:49:32,833
you don't use a typewriter?
549
00:49:33,958 --> 00:49:37,500
The noise makes my thoughts
fly away like butterflies.
550
00:49:38,541 --> 00:49:39,916
A pencil is enough for me.
551
00:49:40,916 --> 00:49:43,791
What about your expensive
Sheaffers and Parkers?
552
00:49:44,541 --> 00:49:47,333
They're somewhere in a drawer.
553
00:49:48,958 --> 00:49:52,875
But don't assume that because it's written
with a pencil, it can be erased.
554
00:49:53,083 --> 00:49:57,416
When you never erase your own words,
how can anyone else dare to?
555
00:49:57,958 --> 00:49:59,125
One minute.
556
00:50:13,125 --> 00:50:15,666
Here's your ghee.
Thank you, Nadeem.
557
00:50:16,541 --> 00:50:19,250
Now I won't need to send it
all the way to Bombay.
558
00:50:19,708 --> 00:50:23,708
I can't believe you moved here.
Well, Bombay lives within me.
559
00:50:24,666 --> 00:50:26,375
Who wrote this poem?
560
00:50:26,916 --> 00:50:28,250
Faiz.
561
00:50:29,958 --> 00:50:31,541
The Dawn of Freedom.
562
00:50:32,333 --> 00:50:33,791
Every time I read it...
563
00:50:34,125 --> 00:50:35,500
"This mottled light,
564
00:50:35,708 --> 00:50:37,708
This nightstained dawn,
565
00:50:37,958 --> 00:50:41,375
This is not the dawn we had waited for.
566
00:50:41,791 --> 00:50:44,458
This is not the dawn we longed for,
567
00:50:44,541 --> 00:50:47,708
as we set out to find
568
00:50:48,208 --> 00:50:51,541
the final destination of the
stars in the sky's wilderness.
569
00:50:51,791 --> 00:50:55,208
Somewhere, the nightweary waves
will find their shore.
570
00:50:56,416 --> 00:50:59,916
Somewhere our griefladen ship
will find its anchor."
571
00:51:00,291 --> 00:51:01,291
Give it here.
572
00:51:02,458 --> 00:51:04,833
Are you going to empty
your entire house?
573
00:51:05,166 --> 00:51:08,666
Uncle's books are scattered.
At least they'll be put in order.
574
00:51:09,250 --> 00:51:12,458
Nuzhi took all my toys.
575
00:51:12,625 --> 00:51:15,333
And what did you do?
I came to you.
576
00:51:15,416 --> 00:51:17,583
Then sit here.
577
00:51:18,250 --> 00:51:21,166
Let me tell you a story. Okay?
578
00:51:23,500 --> 00:51:25,833
Once, there was Nani,
her sister was called Nahani.
579
00:51:26,250 --> 00:51:27,833
And her brother was Bisaula.
580
00:51:28,250 --> 00:51:30,125
She built three villages.
581
00:51:30,291 --> 00:51:32,416
Two with people. One without.
582
00:51:33,208 --> 00:51:35,166
Then came three guests.
583
00:51:35,583 --> 00:51:37,916
Two sulked, one wasn't pleased.
584
00:51:38,250 --> 00:51:40,916
The one that wasn't pleased
got three kisses.
585
00:51:41,083 --> 00:51:43,333
One, here. One, there.
586
00:51:43,416 --> 00:51:45,541
And one got left out!
587
00:51:45,875 --> 00:51:47,916
Uncle, please come.
588
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:54,250
The food is getting cold.
589
00:52:01,875 --> 00:52:02,708
Uncle...
590
00:52:03,541 --> 00:52:06,041
have you thought of getting a job?
591
00:52:06,500 --> 00:52:07,416
No.
592
00:52:08,666 --> 00:52:11,000
But if you say, I can become a
government servant.
593
00:52:11,666 --> 00:52:15,166
Or sell potions like
that quack Ghulam Ahmad.
594
00:52:16,208 --> 00:52:18,458
Besides, I'm finding it
difficult to write.
595
00:52:19,416 --> 00:52:21,375
Why? Why is that?
596
00:52:21,916 --> 00:52:23,250
What do I write?
597
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:27,458
This morning, six brutes kidnapped
a woman from a bus terminus.
598
00:52:27,708 --> 00:52:31,083
After ravaging her, they left her
naked on a chilly night.
599
00:52:31,666 --> 00:52:33,875
She ran with her child
who died in her arms.
600
00:52:33,958 --> 00:52:36,541
Must I write all this?
601
00:52:38,208 --> 00:52:39,333
Father.
602
00:52:43,333 --> 00:52:44,458
My third kiss?
603
00:52:44,958 --> 00:52:46,208
I won't give it.
604
00:52:49,791 --> 00:52:53,333
Don't worry. I'll write enough
so you'll never starve.
605
00:52:54,333 --> 00:52:55,625
That's my worry.
606
00:52:55,750 --> 00:52:58,333
It's because of your writing
that we'll starve.
607
00:53:47,708 --> 00:53:50,166
I hope the article
isn't too serious this time.
608
00:53:50,333 --> 00:53:52,083
Something lighter, perhaps?
609
00:53:54,041 --> 00:53:56,333
It's about cigarette freeloaders.
610
00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,458
What's lighter than smoke?
611
00:53:59,875 --> 00:54:00,833
Wow!
612
00:54:01,208 --> 00:54:02,750
Well said!
613
00:54:03,750 --> 00:54:04,750
Excuse me.
614
00:54:10,833 --> 00:54:12,166
Mr. Manto.
615
00:54:12,958 --> 00:54:18,000
Your stories always show a
special empathy towards women.
616
00:54:18,083 --> 00:54:19,875
Why so?
Not for all women.
617
00:54:20,833 --> 00:54:25,000
Some for the one who isn't selling
herself, but is still being bought.
618
00:54:25,375 --> 00:54:28,250
And some for the one
who works all night...
619
00:54:28,708 --> 00:54:31,791
and sleeps in the day,
waking up terrified
620
00:54:32,166 --> 00:54:35,083
every time she dreams of old age
knocking at her door.
621
00:54:35,916 --> 00:54:37,750
That whore could be my heroine.
622
00:54:37,833 --> 00:54:39,958
So shall we discuss the payment?
623
00:54:40,375 --> 00:54:43,291
What's there to discuss?
The usual, 50 rupees.
624
00:54:44,708 --> 00:54:47,375
You must be joking.
About what?
625
00:54:47,708 --> 00:54:49,500
Can't pay more than 20.
626
00:54:50,791 --> 00:54:52,166
Now you're joking.
627
00:54:53,458 --> 00:54:56,041
Trust me, it's impossible.
628
00:55:00,958 --> 00:55:03,125
You can finish it at home
and bring it tomorrow.
629
00:55:03,208 --> 00:55:06,083
For 20 rupees, you want me
to come here twice?
630
00:55:22,916 --> 00:55:24,708
Long live India!
631
00:55:25,208 --> 00:55:26,958
Long live Pakistan!
632
00:55:27,541 --> 00:55:31,125
Amidst these slogans,
many questions were raised.
633
00:55:33,125 --> 00:55:35,958
When we were enslaved,
we dreamt of freedom.
634
00:55:36,208 --> 00:55:39,000
Now that we are free,
what do we dream of?
635
00:55:39,833 --> 00:55:42,791
"Which country is mine?
Why are people being butchered?"
636
00:55:42,958 --> 00:55:45,125
All these questions
have different answers.
637
00:55:46,166 --> 00:55:49,291
An Indian answer and a Pakistani answer.
638
00:55:49,791 --> 00:55:52,291
A Hindu answer and a Muslim answer.
639
00:55:53,041 --> 00:55:57,041
Some look for answers
in the debris of the 1857 uprising.
640
00:55:57,166 --> 00:55:59,416
Some hold the East India Company
responsible.
641
00:55:59,708 --> 00:56:04,375
And others rummage through
the remains of the Mughal Empire.
642
00:56:04,708 --> 00:56:06,208
They all look into the past.
643
00:56:06,541 --> 00:56:10,791
While the murderers today,
write history with blood and arms.
644
00:56:14,416 --> 00:56:17,291
Listening to these words
if you were to hit me,
645
00:56:17,375 --> 00:56:19,083
I wouldn't let out a sigh.
646
00:56:20,291 --> 00:56:23,875
But in a HinduMuslim riot,
if someone were to kill me,
647
00:56:24,041 --> 00:56:26,458
every drop of my blood
would weep.
648
00:56:26,750 --> 00:56:28,041
I am an artist.
649
00:56:29,916 --> 00:56:33,125
I don't like petty wounds
and pointless bruises.
650
00:56:40,708 --> 00:56:43,625
When I plunged into
the sea of blood...
651
00:56:44,291 --> 00:56:46,833
that men shed of men,
652
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:53,416
I found a few pearls;
of tears, regret and shame.
653
00:56:53,875 --> 00:56:58,000
They're in my new book.
654
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:02,708
Black Margins.
I'll read you three stories.
655
00:57:04,333 --> 00:57:05,708
Doublecrossed.
656
00:57:07,958 --> 00:57:10,208
"You sold me petrol
at black market prices,
657
00:57:10,291 --> 00:57:14,000
but it was so impure that
it did not burn a single shop."
658
00:57:16,041 --> 00:57:17,041
Sorry.
659
00:57:18,708 --> 00:57:22,083
"Ripping the belly,
the knife slid down
660
00:57:22,166 --> 00:57:24,666
slashing the pajamas.
661
00:57:24,916 --> 00:57:28,500
The killer let out a prayer
looking at the naked man.
662
00:57:29,333 --> 00:57:32,583
Forgive me, Allah,
I made a mistake."
663
00:57:35,333 --> 00:57:36,666
And the last story.
664
00:57:37,125 --> 00:57:40,333
It's called The Need for Rest.
665
00:57:41,833 --> 00:57:45,000
"He is not dead.
There is some life left.
666
00:57:46,166 --> 00:57:49,250
Forget it, my friend.
I'm tired."
667
00:58:08,041 --> 00:58:11,958
I wish all our meetings were as packed.
668
00:58:13,625 --> 00:58:14,791
Anyway...
669
00:58:15,458 --> 00:58:19,375
as per the custom,
the writer is present here.
670
00:58:19,916 --> 00:58:25,458
If you have any valuable comments,
please offer them now.
671
00:58:31,500 --> 00:58:33,166
So let's wrap up
Sir.
672
00:58:34,291 --> 00:58:36,291
I am Ansaar Shabnam Dil.
673
00:58:37,041 --> 00:58:38,125
Forgive me.
674
00:58:38,291 --> 00:58:43,958
I find your stories
depressing and nihilistic.
675
00:58:44,125 --> 00:58:46,166
Reading them, one would want
to kill themselves.
676
00:58:46,333 --> 00:58:50,291
If his name were as flowery as yours,
then he'd want to.
677
00:58:55,458 --> 00:59:00,708
Young man,
you cannot know how others feel.
678
00:59:02,375 --> 00:59:04,625
So speak for yourself.
679
00:59:06,458 --> 00:59:07,583
Mr. Manto,
680
00:59:07,875 --> 00:59:12,750
you're aware that the speaker isn't
allowed to respond to comments.
681
00:59:12,833 --> 00:59:13,750
Mr. Manto!
682
00:59:15,458 --> 00:59:16,875
Mr. Manto!
683
00:59:17,041 --> 00:59:21,666
Incredible! What a speech.
I had goose bumps.
684
00:59:22,166 --> 00:59:23,416
Shall we?
685
00:59:23,958 --> 00:59:28,333
No, Shaad, I'm going home today.
Clifton Bar will miss you.
686
00:59:29,166 --> 00:59:31,041
At least a sip?
687
00:59:39,250 --> 00:59:40,833
It's my last bottle.
688
00:59:46,291 --> 00:59:47,375
Mr. Manto...
689
00:59:49,041 --> 00:59:52,041
I'm sorry,
I didn't mean to offend you.
690
00:59:52,458 --> 00:59:53,916
Well, you can't.
691
00:59:54,333 --> 00:59:58,333
Your stories are so disturbing.
692
00:59:58,416 --> 01:00:00,416
Cold Meat left me sleepless.
693
01:00:00,583 --> 01:00:03,625
That's good.
Yes, but...
694
01:00:04,041 --> 01:00:07,333
So, even in such times,
just like the socalled "Progressives,"
695
01:00:07,458 --> 01:00:10,125
you choose to be optimistic as well?
696
01:00:14,291 --> 01:00:16,541
Always looking for a silver lining!
Hey!
697
01:00:17,333 --> 01:00:18,875
Give me.
698
01:00:26,166 --> 01:00:29,750
I'm the secretary of the
Literary Society at Government College.
699
01:00:30,041 --> 01:00:35,041
If you could please address the students.
700
01:00:42,958 --> 01:00:45,041
First ask your Principal...
701
01:00:46,916 --> 01:00:48,250
if I can come drunk.
702
01:00:48,333 --> 01:00:50,000
Sorry?
Yes.
703
01:00:50,666 --> 01:00:51,958
I'll ask.
704
01:00:56,750 --> 01:00:57,791
Listen.
705
01:00:58,791 --> 01:01:01,000
Do you know him?
He owes me money.
706
01:01:01,083 --> 01:01:01,916
I see.
707
01:01:02,708 --> 01:01:04,958
When he sees me,
he gets embarrassed.
708
01:01:05,625 --> 01:01:08,125
He's a good man.
He'll pay when he can.
709
01:01:16,958 --> 01:01:20,750
This is the Lakshmi Mansion.
Hindus have lived here for years.
710
01:01:22,375 --> 01:01:26,083
Some were butchered.
Others were thrown out.
711
01:01:26,583 --> 01:01:28,041
Now we live here.
712
01:01:29,416 --> 01:01:33,500
Tell me, what's there
to be hopeful about?
713
01:01:34,041 --> 01:01:35,125
Manto!
714
01:01:35,666 --> 01:01:37,041
Everyone's looking for you.
715
01:01:40,625 --> 01:01:42,458
Thanks to these Parsis...
716
01:01:43,708 --> 01:01:45,625
it feels a bit like Bombay.
717
01:01:49,041 --> 01:01:52,250
If the students could
Talk to your Principal.
718
01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:57,166
What happened?
719
01:01:58,791 --> 01:02:00,041
He never said...
720
01:02:00,166 --> 01:02:03,041
There he is.
I told you he wasn't home.
721
01:02:10,166 --> 01:02:12,541
What's going on?
They're searching
722
01:02:13,791 --> 01:02:15,125
Mr. Manto.
723
01:02:15,375 --> 01:02:19,125
You've been charged with obscenity
for your story Cold Meat.
724
01:02:20,916 --> 01:02:21,958
The search warrant.
725
01:02:22,125 --> 01:02:25,750
Please speak softly.
The children are sleeping.
726
01:02:28,333 --> 01:02:31,958
I hear you write a lot.
Where is it all?
727
01:02:43,291 --> 01:02:45,791
Only some papers and a bottle was found.
728
01:02:48,583 --> 01:02:49,666
Check the bathroom.
729
01:03:08,791 --> 01:03:11,583
What is this?
Are you kidding?
730
01:03:12,375 --> 01:03:14,041
It's a Bombay address.
731
01:03:14,750 --> 01:03:16,583
All my belongings are there.
732
01:03:17,083 --> 01:03:18,208
Sir...
733
01:03:19,458 --> 01:03:21,833
This is all we found.
Throw it out.
734
01:03:33,041 --> 01:03:34,000
Listen.
735
01:03:34,208 --> 01:03:37,375
The traveler goes
From place to place
736
01:03:37,583 --> 01:03:41,041
Forgetting his way home
737
01:03:47,083 --> 01:03:48,625
Didn't Shyam used to sing this song?
738
01:03:48,833 --> 01:03:52,875
He does not know
What belongs to you, or to me
739
01:03:53,208 --> 01:03:56,333
Forgetting who he can call his own
740
01:03:57,208 --> 01:03:58,333
Fine then.
741
01:04:02,208 --> 01:04:03,458
See you in court.
742
01:04:06,750 --> 01:04:09,041
Let's go.
Sir, one minute.
743
01:04:11,500 --> 01:04:14,208
Are you okay?
What song are you talking about?
744
01:04:20,458 --> 01:04:21,583
Manto?
745
01:04:33,416 --> 01:04:36,958
What has been forgotten?
How was it forgotten?
746
01:04:37,041 --> 01:04:40,916
Why do you ask?
747
01:04:41,583 --> 01:04:45,291
Just accept that he is not to blame
748
01:04:45,500 --> 01:04:48,625
The simple man just simply forgot
749
01:04:48,916 --> 01:04:53,041
The traveler goes
From place to place
750
01:04:53,125 --> 01:04:57,166
Forgetting his way home
751
01:05:12,750 --> 01:05:16,041
Saadat Hasan Manto
for writing Cold Meat,
752
01:05:16,458 --> 01:05:20,375
and publisher Anwar,
and editor Mateen, for printing it
753
01:05:20,500 --> 01:05:23,916
are charged for obscenity.
754
01:05:24,041 --> 01:05:27,625
This is a crime under Section 292
of the Penal Code.
755
01:05:38,500 --> 01:05:40,666
Where have you been
in the last few days?
756
01:05:43,916 --> 01:05:45,166
I don't know.
757
01:05:51,958 --> 01:05:54,166
What sort of an answer is that?
758
01:06:02,875 --> 01:06:04,375
What's wrong, my love?
759
01:06:08,750 --> 01:06:10,000
Kulwant.
760
01:06:10,500 --> 01:06:11,625
Yes?
761
01:06:19,500 --> 01:06:21,333
Where were you?
762
01:06:37,375 --> 01:06:39,166
Let's play a game of cards.
763
01:06:39,500 --> 01:06:40,916
Get off.
764
01:06:50,416 --> 01:06:53,791
Stop playing, Ishar!
Throw your trump card.
765
01:06:55,083 --> 01:06:57,416
Ishar Singh, throw your trump.
766
01:06:57,875 --> 01:06:59,875
Throw your trump!
767
01:07:19,541 --> 01:07:21,916
Who's that bitch
who squeezed you dry?
768
01:07:28,666 --> 01:07:29,958
Who is she?
769
01:07:32,333 --> 01:07:33,458
No one, Kulwant.
770
01:07:33,916 --> 01:07:34,791
No one.
771
01:07:34,875 --> 01:07:38,791
Swear to God that there's
no woman involved.
772
01:07:46,916 --> 01:07:47,750
Kulwant.
773
01:07:48,041 --> 01:07:48,875
Kulwant!
774
01:07:49,958 --> 01:07:52,041
I asked you who is that bitch?
775
01:07:58,416 --> 01:08:00,000
Who is she?
776
01:08:00,625 --> 01:08:02,916
Men are motherfucking creatures!
777
01:08:03,875 --> 01:08:06,125
Get to the point!
778
01:08:06,375 --> 01:08:08,416
You fucking slit my throat!
779
01:08:09,958 --> 01:08:12,000
Don't expect me to speak faster.
780
01:08:19,458 --> 01:08:21,500
The house I broke into...
781
01:08:23,458 --> 01:08:25,125
had seven people.
782
01:08:28,458 --> 01:08:30,333
I killed six of them.
783
01:08:32,583 --> 01:08:35,000
With the same dagger that you...
784
01:08:35,458 --> 01:08:37,875
Let it go!
785
01:08:39,250 --> 01:08:40,125
Listen...
786
01:08:42,083 --> 01:08:43,458
there was a girl.
787
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:46,208
Very beautiful.
788
01:08:48,500 --> 01:08:52,416
I carried her on my shoulders.
789
01:08:54,958 --> 01:08:56,125
On the way...
790
01:08:57,250 --> 01:08:59,625
I laid her down on the grass.
791
01:09:01,041 --> 01:09:02,416
First I thought...
792
01:09:04,208 --> 01:09:05,416
I'd only play.
793
01:09:06,291 --> 01:09:07,291
Then?
794
01:09:09,416 --> 01:09:11,083
I threw my trump card.
795
01:09:12,041 --> 01:09:15,000
But...
But, what?
796
01:09:16,666 --> 01:09:18,791
She was dead.
797
01:09:23,083 --> 01:09:25,000
She was a corpse.
798
01:09:26,875 --> 01:09:27,916
Just like...
799
01:09:28,916 --> 01:09:30,375
cold meat.
800
01:09:39,375 --> 01:09:40,625
My love.
801
01:09:43,458 --> 01:09:44,875
Give me your hand.
802
01:10:03,666 --> 01:10:05,791
What do you think of this story?
803
01:10:06,375 --> 01:10:10,375
It's sick and perverse.
Filled with sexual overtones.
804
01:10:10,708 --> 01:10:14,125
The characters shamelessly
use filthy language.
805
01:10:14,208 --> 01:10:17,041
Such stories corrupt the
morality of our youth.
806
01:10:17,333 --> 01:10:19,166
Please elaborate.
807
01:10:19,916 --> 01:10:23,291
As writers, it's our responsibility
to tell the youth
808
01:10:23,500 --> 01:10:26,875
about our sacrifices
and victories.
809
01:10:27,458 --> 01:10:30,000
Write about bravery and hope. Not
810
01:10:30,083 --> 01:10:33,041
Yes! The truth must never be told.
811
01:10:33,916 --> 01:10:36,375
Tear up the pages you don't like.
812
01:10:37,750 --> 01:10:39,833
It's not about what's true or false.
813
01:10:40,041 --> 01:10:44,625
All I'm saying is that if you want
the freedom to write,
814
01:10:45,083 --> 01:10:48,916
then you must also know
a writer's responsibilities.
815
01:10:49,250 --> 01:10:51,041
That's all, Your Honor.
816
01:10:53,083 --> 01:10:55,333
I warned you not to write
to all the writers.
817
01:10:56,041 --> 01:10:58,916
You've given the prosecutor
a witness on a platter.
818
01:10:59,125 --> 01:11:03,041
Never mind, Mr. Khalid.
For every Zaidi, there's a Faiz.
819
01:11:03,291 --> 01:11:07,291
In this country, writers should know
what's obscene and what's not.
820
01:11:07,416 --> 01:11:10,125
This is not a literary battle,
it's a court case.
821
01:11:10,375 --> 01:11:12,833
Do you realize how serious
the charges are?
822
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:14,000
Mr. Khalid,
823
01:11:14,375 --> 01:11:16,625
the defense may call their
next witness.
824
01:11:17,208 --> 01:11:21,125
I request the famous Urdu poet
and Chief Editor of Pakistan Times,
825
01:11:21,250 --> 01:11:24,958
Faiz Ahmad Faiz to take the stand.
826
01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:33,666
Mr. Faiz, as the convener
of the Press Branch,
827
01:11:34,041 --> 01:11:37,250
do you confirm it filed charges
of obscenity against Cold Meat?
828
01:11:37,750 --> 01:11:40,916
Yes. But I was totally against it.
829
01:11:43,041 --> 01:11:46,666
I said it then and I still believe
830
01:11:47,166 --> 01:11:50,208
that this story is not obscene.
And its language?
831
01:11:51,208 --> 01:11:53,375
It's not parliamentary,
832
01:11:53,583 --> 01:11:56,416
but from a literary standpoint,
it's not obscene either.
833
01:11:57,291 --> 01:12:02,375
Though the story does not measure up
to the high standards of literature.
834
01:12:03,083 --> 01:12:05,250
But it's not at all obscene.
835
01:12:08,625 --> 01:12:10,625
That's all for today.
836
01:12:29,041 --> 01:12:30,541
Mr. Manto?
Manto!
837
01:12:31,750 --> 01:12:33,125
Manto!
838
01:12:34,500 --> 01:12:35,625
Ismat!
839
01:12:38,041 --> 01:12:40,000
Call me back to Bombay.
What?
840
01:12:40,125 --> 01:12:42,375
Mr. Manto, come with me.
841
01:12:42,750 --> 01:12:44,333
Mr. Manto, come on.
842
01:12:45,000 --> 01:12:47,625
What were you saying to that woman?
Let's go!
843
01:12:50,041 --> 01:12:51,208
What are you doing?
844
01:12:52,291 --> 01:12:53,583
Let's go.
845
01:13:15,041 --> 01:13:16,375
Open them.
846
01:13:20,250 --> 01:13:23,250
They all write to you
but you never...
847
01:13:24,916 --> 01:13:27,333
That was another world.
848
01:13:29,125 --> 01:13:30,625
The one you chose to leave.
849
01:13:32,375 --> 01:13:34,083
I don't understand.
850
01:13:34,625 --> 01:13:37,416
People say things they don't
mean in a fit of anger.
851
01:13:37,916 --> 01:13:40,375
It's not what Shyam said.
852
01:13:42,166 --> 01:13:46,291
Maybe, someday I too
could've thought of the same.
853
01:13:50,750 --> 01:13:53,083
We are not so different.
854
01:14:04,500 --> 01:14:05,416
No.
855
01:14:06,125 --> 01:14:08,083
Open it.
Leave it.
856
01:14:12,458 --> 01:14:13,958
Open it.
857
01:14:15,916 --> 01:14:18,125
At least read Ismat's letter.
858
01:14:31,083 --> 01:14:33,208
"Manto, my friend, my enemy.
859
01:14:34,208 --> 01:14:36,208
I've been thinking of you today.
860
01:14:37,166 --> 01:14:39,791
Remember when we first met?
861
01:14:42,833 --> 01:14:49,708
I was as nervous
as someone before a school exam.
862
01:14:53,125 --> 01:14:56,583
I had heard your tongue
has a poisonous sting.
863
01:14:58,041 --> 01:15:04,958
But from the first moment,
we were informal and open.
864
01:15:05,125 --> 01:15:08,333
It seemed as though we were
making up for lost time.
865
01:15:10,833 --> 01:15:15,000
My letters may not have the strength
to bring you back
866
01:15:16,250 --> 01:15:19,625
but you can at least answer them."
867
01:15:33,250 --> 01:15:39,250
"Manto is a humane writer who has
seen the filth of the society.
868
01:15:39,958 --> 01:15:45,250
Yet, he has now chosen
the path of sensationalism.
869
01:15:45,750 --> 01:15:49,541
In his stories in Black Margins,
he seems to be
870
01:15:49,833 --> 01:15:56,041
stealing cigarette butts
and rings from corpses.
871
01:15:56,833 --> 01:16:01,583
Manto, the Progressives are
imploring you
872
01:16:01,833 --> 01:16:05,875
to elevate your writing and bring
emotional intensity to it."
873
01:16:25,333 --> 01:16:27,333
I'll be right back.
874
01:16:45,083 --> 01:16:46,708
May I sit here?
875
01:16:47,500 --> 01:16:50,208
It's a public place. Sit anywhere.
876
01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:04,208
You...
877
01:17:06,125 --> 01:17:08,125
You could've told me in person.
878
01:17:09,250 --> 01:17:11,583
You are hard to find these days.
879
01:17:13,791 --> 01:17:18,916
Sorry, Mr. Manto but
I don't come to such places.
880
01:17:23,916 --> 01:17:26,166
The government is after our friends.
881
01:17:26,750 --> 01:17:28,666
Our comrades are being jailed.
882
01:17:29,583 --> 01:17:31,875
And you refuse to even
recognize your enemies?
883
01:17:32,208 --> 01:17:33,916
People like Shaad
884
01:17:34,000 --> 01:17:38,583
Don't worry about when, where
and who I am with.
885
01:17:41,083 --> 01:17:43,041
And which friends are you talking about?
886
01:17:43,666 --> 01:17:46,583
The comrades who passed
resolutions against me?
887
01:17:47,750 --> 01:17:50,916
Or those who write open letters?
888
01:17:51,666 --> 01:17:53,000
I worry.
889
01:17:53,375 --> 01:17:56,375
That's why I wrote.
That's why I am here.
890
01:17:57,666 --> 01:17:58,500
And...
891
01:17:59,333 --> 01:18:01,208
what have you done to yourself?
892
01:18:02,708 --> 01:18:06,041
Those scroungers have poisoned you
You needn't worry about me.
893
01:18:06,166 --> 01:18:07,416
I'm just trying to
Nadeem!
894
01:18:09,750 --> 01:18:11,708
I made you my friend...
895
01:18:13,875 --> 01:18:16,791
not the priest of my conscience.
896
01:18:47,416 --> 01:18:49,958
Our lawyer had to go to Karachi
for personal reasons.
897
01:18:50,041 --> 01:18:52,750
We request you to postpone the hearing.
898
01:18:53,875 --> 01:18:57,833
Impossible.
Arrange for another lawyer.
899
01:18:58,791 --> 01:19:01,375
If you permit,
I'd like to represent myself.
900
01:19:02,541 --> 01:19:03,916
Very well.
901
01:19:04,416 --> 01:19:07,500
You may crossexamine the witness.
902
01:19:07,750 --> 01:19:08,791
Thank you.
903
01:19:09,916 --> 01:19:12,791
Maulana, please come.
904
01:19:23,583 --> 01:19:24,916
Maulana Tahir.
905
01:19:26,541 --> 01:19:30,666
You said, "People should be spared
from reading Cold Meat."
906
01:19:30,791 --> 01:19:31,750
Absolutely!
907
01:19:31,958 --> 01:19:38,083
If anyone dares to read it in public,
people would spit on his face.
908
01:19:39,125 --> 01:19:43,541
And if read in private, it'll make
their conscience impure.
909
01:19:44,083 --> 01:19:46,000
Reading the end of the story, did you
910
01:19:46,125 --> 01:19:48,708
The first part itself was
so disgusting that...
911
01:19:49,375 --> 01:19:51,041
God Almighty!
912
01:19:53,958 --> 01:19:59,291
"Your mouth locked on mine.
Your tongue entwined with mine.
913
01:19:59,625 --> 01:20:03,458
Your love engulfing me,
your embrace squeezing me."
914
01:20:05,333 --> 01:20:08,041
Respect the court,
and stick to the case.
915
01:20:08,250 --> 01:20:10,250
That's what I'm doing, Your Honor.
916
01:20:11,041 --> 01:20:13,166
What's your opinion on this verse?
917
01:20:13,416 --> 01:20:16,250
Where did you find this filth?
918
01:20:16,333 --> 01:20:19,750
Then the poem must be obscene too?
Most certainly.
919
01:20:19,833 --> 01:20:22,750
So the poet must be obscene too?
Of course.
920
01:20:22,916 --> 01:20:26,875
But what are you trying
to get me to say?
921
01:20:27,208 --> 01:20:31,375
That, to understand a literary work,
we must know the context.
922
01:20:32,125 --> 01:20:36,083
A writer must not be judged
by a word or a line
923
01:20:36,166 --> 01:20:38,125
but by his body of work.
924
01:20:38,541 --> 01:20:42,791
As times change, it is important
that literature changes too.
925
01:20:43,583 --> 01:20:48,708
For your information, the verse
was by Khwaja Mir Dard.
926
01:20:49,000 --> 01:20:49,958
Impossible!
927
01:20:50,208 --> 01:20:52,291
I thought you'd know.
That's enough.
928
01:20:53,000 --> 01:20:54,750
Maulana, you may go.
929
01:20:58,875 --> 01:21:01,208
The defense may now call his witness.
930
01:21:01,375 --> 01:21:03,708
I'd like to call the
Principal of Dayal Singh College.
931
01:21:03,791 --> 01:21:06,375
Abid Ali Abid, MA LLB.
932
01:21:13,625 --> 01:21:17,791
Mr. Abid, would you say that
Cold Meat is obscene?
933
01:21:18,500 --> 01:21:24,041
Before I answer this question,
we need to decide what's "obscene"?
934
01:21:24,666 --> 01:21:28,416
Many books are considered obscene
not only by the readers
935
01:21:28,708 --> 01:21:31,416
but by their writers
and publishers too.
936
01:21:31,583 --> 01:21:36,291
So they're published under false names.
937
01:21:36,875 --> 01:21:39,583
The purpose of these writers
938
01:21:39,666 --> 01:21:44,625
is to arouse cheap sexual fantasies.
939
01:21:44,708 --> 01:21:48,208
Does Cold Meat do that too?
Not at all.
940
01:21:48,708 --> 01:21:50,041
In fact...
941
01:21:50,125 --> 01:21:53,500
even your character's conscience
942
01:21:53,916 --> 01:21:58,750
is badly shaken by the incident.
943
01:22:00,166 --> 01:22:04,416
My daughter and I have read
this story.
944
01:22:04,875 --> 01:22:09,958
And we both believe it is
one of Manto's finest works.
945
01:22:10,250 --> 01:22:11,666
Thank you, Mr. Abid.
946
01:22:11,875 --> 01:22:13,625
So then does
Sir.
947
01:22:13,833 --> 01:22:15,916
You made your point. You may go.
948
01:22:18,583 --> 01:22:20,458
That's all for today.
949
01:22:24,916 --> 01:22:27,291
This is a courtroom, not your home,
Mr. Manto.
950
01:22:27,833 --> 01:22:29,708
Smoking is forbidden.
951
01:22:29,958 --> 01:22:32,083
But I wasn't going to, Your Honor.
952
01:23:01,291 --> 01:23:02,458
Greetings.
953
01:23:05,875 --> 01:23:07,083
Sir.
954
01:23:28,291 --> 01:23:30,458
"Dear Uncle, greetings.
955
01:23:34,916 --> 01:23:39,500
This letter is from
your Pakistani nephew,
956
01:23:40,583 --> 01:23:45,583
whom no one knows in
your land of seven freedoms.
957
01:23:46,166 --> 01:23:48,708
You are my favourite uncle.
958
01:23:49,333 --> 01:23:51,833
So, I request you to give me,
959
01:23:52,000 --> 01:23:54,791
for a good cause,
960
01:23:55,291 --> 01:23:58,250
a teenyweeny...
961
01:23:59,333 --> 01:24:01,083
atom bomb!
962
01:24:03,750 --> 01:24:06,916
You, have done many noble deeds.
963
01:24:07,375 --> 01:24:10,791
Like decimating Hiroshima
and Nagasaki.
964
01:24:10,958 --> 01:24:14,125
Thanks to you, many American
children were born in Japan."
965
01:24:14,625 --> 01:24:16,041
So true!
966
01:24:16,708 --> 01:24:20,500
"Here, many pious people,
967
01:24:20,833 --> 01:24:25,041
after urinating on the street,
wipe themselves...
968
01:24:25,666 --> 01:24:27,333
with a lump of clay.
969
01:24:27,875 --> 01:24:31,958
They shove it into their pajamas
to dry clean themselves.
970
01:24:35,083 --> 01:24:39,666
Whenever I see such a man
971
01:24:40,083 --> 01:24:44,583
I want to throw
that miniature atom bomb at him,
972
01:24:45,000 --> 01:24:48,541
so he goes up in smoke
with his lump of clay!"
973
01:24:49,125 --> 01:24:52,375
Manto should send
his Letters to Uncle Sam to the US.
974
01:24:52,500 --> 01:24:55,041
Now listen.
Cigarette?
975
01:25:00,791 --> 01:25:02,041
He says...
976
01:25:04,166 --> 01:25:09,625
"I was born in a place
that is now in India.
977
01:25:10,541 --> 01:25:16,041
My mother is buried there
and so is my father.
978
01:25:17,291 --> 01:25:21,875
My first born child, Arif,
is also buried there.
979
01:25:24,291 --> 01:25:28,625
But that is no longer my country.
Now my country is Pakistan.
980
01:25:29,333 --> 01:25:32,666
Like my country, I was divided
for the sake of freedom.
981
01:25:33,916 --> 01:25:40,333
You can imagine what freedom is
for a bird with clipped wings."
982
01:25:54,958 --> 01:25:56,083
Mr. Manto!
983
01:25:57,916 --> 01:25:59,333
You're here!
984
01:26:11,166 --> 01:26:12,625
Why didn't you come for the film?
985
01:26:14,208 --> 01:26:18,166
If you hadn't come here,
I would've kidnapped you.
986
01:26:20,833 --> 01:26:23,000
First tell me, how are you?
987
01:26:24,750 --> 01:26:25,750
How do I look?
988
01:26:32,708 --> 01:26:35,041
And my Bombay?
Must be fine.
989
01:26:35,291 --> 01:26:37,208
I was in Amritsar for a week.
990
01:26:38,083 --> 01:26:43,125
Strange! An hour's distance
and a completely different country.
991
01:26:45,166 --> 01:26:46,458
No, wait.
992
01:26:59,208 --> 01:27:00,416
Now tell me.
993
01:27:01,083 --> 01:27:02,916
Why don't you answer my letters?
994
01:27:04,041 --> 01:27:05,458
Ismat is angry,
995
01:27:06,083 --> 01:27:09,750
Ashok is worried, and I am upset with you.
996
01:27:11,625 --> 01:27:13,875
Nothing left to say, Shyam.
997
01:27:15,250 --> 01:27:19,791
So come back!
Bombay awaits you with open arms.
998
01:27:22,958 --> 01:27:24,000
"Hiptulla!"
999
01:27:25,125 --> 01:27:26,208
"Hiptulla."
1000
01:27:33,833 --> 01:27:35,083
What's wrong?
1001
01:27:37,125 --> 01:27:39,125
Aren't you writing for films?
1002
01:27:39,833 --> 01:27:43,666
I know the owner of Tehseen Pictures.
Should I talk to him?
1003
01:27:44,250 --> 01:27:47,625
I tried. I did try
Mr. Shyam!
1004
01:27:47,791 --> 01:27:50,250
You may talk to us as well.
1005
01:27:55,375 --> 01:27:56,833
Friends,
1006
01:27:56,958 --> 01:28:01,375
I am thrilled to be back
in my beloved city of Lahore.
1007
01:28:02,541 --> 01:28:04,791
This is where I learnt
the art of romance.
1008
01:28:04,875 --> 01:28:06,250
Bravo!
Bravo!
1009
01:28:06,375 --> 01:28:09,750
Wine and seduction go well together.
1010
01:28:09,958 --> 01:28:11,541
We'll go. What's the hurry?
1011
01:28:11,791 --> 01:28:14,958
Stop smoking that rubbish!
1012
01:28:15,083 --> 01:28:19,083
They are for petty clerks,
not for writers like you.
1013
01:28:26,791 --> 01:28:29,208
Here, keep it.
1014
01:28:29,541 --> 01:28:31,291
Keep it.
No.
1015
01:28:35,375 --> 01:28:36,833
Give it to me.
1016
01:28:54,041 --> 01:28:55,375
When's the final hearing?
1017
01:28:56,333 --> 01:28:57,833
Sometime later this year.
1018
01:28:57,958 --> 01:29:02,041
Or maybe next year, or the year after...
1019
01:29:03,750 --> 01:29:04,791
or the year after that.
1020
01:29:06,291 --> 01:29:07,875
Come on, get up!
1021
01:29:08,083 --> 01:29:13,541
Lahore is your city now.
No. Safia is alone with the girls.
1022
01:29:24,750 --> 01:29:28,125
No, no.
Stop "Hiptullifying!" Keep it.
1023
01:29:28,708 --> 01:29:29,708
No.
1024
01:29:34,500 --> 01:29:37,541
Let's go, Mr. Shyam.
1025
01:29:37,916 --> 01:29:39,208
Don't delay.
1026
01:29:39,375 --> 01:29:42,375
Even the dance show would be over by now.
1027
01:29:43,458 --> 01:29:46,541
Don't move. I'll be right back.
1028
01:29:46,958 --> 01:29:48,208
Stay put.
1029
01:30:17,500 --> 01:30:19,541
Let's get on the swing.
Nuzhi, careful!
1030
01:30:22,541 --> 01:30:25,625
I would've preferred it
if Faiz had called my story obscene,
1031
01:30:25,958 --> 01:30:29,916
And not that "it does not measure up
to the high standards of literature."
1032
01:30:31,375 --> 01:30:33,625
You're still thinking about that?
1033
01:30:35,333 --> 01:30:38,625
Here I'm panicking about
the judge's verdict.
1034
01:30:45,750 --> 01:30:48,375
Father, look what happened to my snake.
1035
01:30:48,458 --> 01:30:50,291
Oh! Let's fix it.
1036
01:30:53,708 --> 01:30:56,500
You want me to straighten the tail?
1037
01:30:57,500 --> 01:30:58,458
Done!
1038
01:31:00,375 --> 01:31:01,291
Okay?
1039
01:31:03,250 --> 01:31:06,375
Father, your mouth smells bad.
1040
01:31:08,208 --> 01:31:10,500
Nuzhi, look father fixed my snake.
1041
01:31:15,041 --> 01:31:16,916
I'm helpless, Safia.
1042
01:31:17,875 --> 01:31:22,583
"I am not a song or a melody.
I am the voice of my defeat."
1043
01:31:22,833 --> 01:31:25,458
Quoting Ghalib won't
solve your problems.
1044
01:31:26,333 --> 01:31:27,875
If you keep writing and
drinking like this
1045
01:31:27,958 --> 01:31:29,916
It keeps me alive.
1046
01:31:30,500 --> 01:31:33,666
What about those who are alive
and in your life?
1047
01:31:34,125 --> 01:31:36,583
All your empathy is for
your characters.
1048
01:31:36,750 --> 01:31:40,250
In the end, all that remains
are stories and their characters.
1049
01:31:40,875 --> 01:31:45,083
I just want the man I married.
But I drank even then.
1050
01:31:46,083 --> 01:31:48,958
And I told this to your father
when I first met him.
1051
01:31:49,125 --> 01:31:52,958
You used to drink but not like this.
Now you've started even in the day.
1052
01:31:54,791 --> 01:31:57,833
How did this happen?
Never mind.
1053
01:31:58,625 --> 01:32:01,916
Someone who does not care for himself,
how can he care for others?
1054
01:32:07,166 --> 01:32:09,750
If you think I'm so terrible,
leave me.
1055
01:32:19,208 --> 01:32:20,458
All right.
1056
01:32:24,875 --> 01:32:27,166
If that's what you want.
1057
01:32:29,166 --> 01:32:31,291
I'll leave after the trial.
1058
01:32:33,958 --> 01:32:35,000
Mother.
1059
01:32:37,416 --> 01:32:39,458
Mother, push me.
1060
01:32:44,833 --> 01:32:48,916
I admit that Cold Meat
is written by me.
1061
01:32:51,500 --> 01:32:54,375
But from no angle, is it obscene.
1062
01:32:55,500 --> 01:32:58,625
You can decide if you
like my story or not.
1063
01:32:58,958 --> 01:33:03,166
Literary critics can debate if it
meets their standards or not.
1064
01:33:03,416 --> 01:33:05,458
But my story is literature
1065
01:33:05,625 --> 01:33:09,000
and literature can never be obscene.
1066
01:33:10,916 --> 01:33:15,958
The prosecutor has focused
on Ishar Singh's foul language.
1067
01:33:17,208 --> 01:33:22,541
In their daily lives, thousands use
the words that my character speaks.
1068
01:33:24,416 --> 01:33:26,750
For instance, if I said...
1069
01:33:27,500 --> 01:33:32,083
"You're a fucker, I'm here
and you're looking for me there!"
1070
01:33:32,458 --> 01:33:33,875
Or if I said...
1071
01:33:34,166 --> 01:33:38,583
"This bloody judge is not a bad man."
Am I cussing at him?
1072
01:33:39,500 --> 01:33:41,791
Don't people use such language?
1073
01:33:42,791 --> 01:33:46,750
Why can't reality be shown as it is?
1074
01:33:49,416 --> 01:33:52,208
I write what I know and I see.
1075
01:33:57,375 --> 01:34:00,583
Will denying reality make
us better human beings?
1076
01:34:03,083 --> 01:34:07,375
Ishar Singh's language maybe filthy,
the context maybe heinous,
1077
01:34:07,583 --> 01:34:11,625
but the story shows that
despite his beastly nature
1078
01:34:11,916 --> 01:34:14,208
Ishar Singh is not bereft
of humanity.
1079
01:34:14,458 --> 01:34:18,958
And nor is the writer
Saadat Hasan Manto lacking humanity.
1080
01:34:19,375 --> 01:34:23,375
Instead of understanding this,
putting me on trial is a joke.
1081
01:34:24,041 --> 01:34:28,916
The French novelist Gustave Flaubert
for his Madame Bovary,
1082
01:34:29,250 --> 01:34:33,250
and Ireland's James Joyce for his
Ulysses, faced similar charges.
1083
01:34:34,291 --> 01:34:38,750
My stories are the mirrors for
society to see itself.
1084
01:34:39,708 --> 01:34:43,291
If someone has a problem
with what they see,
1085
01:34:43,541 --> 01:34:45,250
how am I to blame?
1086
01:34:46,333 --> 01:34:50,000
Neem leaves are bitter
but they purify the blood.
1087
01:34:51,375 --> 01:34:53,291
That's all I have to say.
1088
01:35:00,416 --> 01:35:02,625
You've wasted our time.
1089
01:35:03,041 --> 01:35:05,875
Your speech is enough
to sentence you.
1090
01:35:09,708 --> 01:35:10,958
The accused may rise.
1091
01:35:15,958 --> 01:35:17,708
Hearing all the arguments,
1092
01:35:17,958 --> 01:35:22,875
I concede that this story deserves
to be called literature.
1093
01:35:24,625 --> 01:35:29,208
But it is against the moral standards
of this country.
1094
01:35:30,291 --> 01:35:33,125
Obscene literature ought
to be called obscene.
1095
01:35:33,583 --> 01:35:38,708
So, under Section 292
of the Pakistan Penal Code,
1096
01:35:39,250 --> 01:35:40,958
Saadat Hasan Manto,
1097
01:35:41,125 --> 01:35:44,291
Naseer Anwar
and Arif Abdul Mateen,
1098
01:35:44,625 --> 01:35:47,208
are fined 300 rupees each,
1099
01:35:47,500 --> 01:35:51,458
failing which, they will serve
three months of imprisonment.
1100
01:36:07,583 --> 01:36:09,291
I don't want to die in jail.
1101
01:36:10,041 --> 01:36:12,416
I don't want to die in jail.
I don't...
1102
01:36:12,666 --> 01:36:15,125
What happened?
1103
01:36:16,375 --> 01:36:18,958
I don't want to die in jail.
1104
01:36:20,916 --> 01:36:23,541
You must have had a nightmare.
1105
01:36:26,833 --> 01:36:28,875
You managed to pay the fine.
1106
01:36:29,791 --> 01:36:31,416
We will appeal.
1107
01:36:32,708 --> 01:36:35,500
Don't worry.
1108
01:36:53,208 --> 01:36:56,333
This house, given by Hamid,
1109
01:36:57,000 --> 01:36:58,958
Mr. Chaudhary's loan...
1110
01:36:59,250 --> 01:37:01,916
Living off of the few wellwishers.
1111
01:37:02,333 --> 01:37:04,791
I can't take it anymore.
1112
01:37:12,833 --> 01:37:14,500
I am sorry.
1113
01:37:15,916 --> 01:37:17,416
I am sorry.
1114
01:37:21,916 --> 01:37:23,333
I am sorry.
1115
01:37:25,666 --> 01:37:27,750
I'm sorry, my little angels.
1116
01:37:55,791 --> 01:37:57,375
Are you all right?
1117
01:37:59,000 --> 01:38:00,416
Sir?
1118
01:38:07,708 --> 01:38:10,500
Tell Jamal Hussain that he owes me
for the last column as well.
1119
01:38:10,708 --> 01:38:12,791
Okay. I'll be right back.
1120
01:38:25,583 --> 01:38:28,791
He says he doesn't have
the money now.
1121
01:38:29,083 --> 01:38:31,583
He'll pay next week
for both the columns.
1122
01:38:37,541 --> 01:38:38,833
Jamal Hussain!
1123
01:38:39,708 --> 01:38:40,958
Now what?
1124
01:38:44,833 --> 01:38:47,291
Please sit down.
No, thank you.
1125
01:38:47,708 --> 01:38:49,875
Go. I'll call you.
Wait.
1126
01:38:50,083 --> 01:38:52,875
Better if we talk about money
in front of everyone.
1127
01:38:53,000 --> 01:38:56,083
I've already explained
everything to your friend. Ask him.
1128
01:38:56,166 --> 01:38:57,958
Give me my column back.
1129
01:38:58,416 --> 01:39:01,416
There's no reason to get mad.
Give it back now.
1130
01:39:03,625 --> 01:39:05,791
As you wish.
1131
01:39:07,000 --> 01:39:08,125
Who has it?
1132
01:39:11,666 --> 01:39:12,833
Here.
1133
01:39:40,791 --> 01:39:42,500
Where's the doctor's prescription?
1134
01:40:22,125 --> 01:40:25,291
Put them back.
Label the other cans.
1135
01:40:25,625 --> 01:40:28,333
How can you stack them
without labels?
1136
01:40:29,791 --> 01:40:30,833
Meraj?
1137
01:40:36,666 --> 01:40:38,000
Salaam!
1138
01:40:38,666 --> 01:40:41,416
Shaad Amritsari said Mr. Yunus
wanted to see me.
1139
01:40:41,541 --> 01:40:45,833
Yes, I'm glad you came.
Please sit.
1140
01:40:46,041 --> 01:40:47,916
I'll just check with him.
1141
01:40:56,250 --> 01:40:58,041
I haven't written a
script in three years.
1142
01:40:58,125 --> 01:41:01,416
But the times have sharpened my pen.
1143
01:41:01,500 --> 01:41:05,000
Please come this way.
Mr. Yunus is busy right now.
1144
01:41:14,958 --> 01:41:18,916
I've been trying to reach you for days.
1145
01:41:20,958 --> 01:41:23,375
I was going to write to Mr. Shyam.
1146
01:41:23,750 --> 01:41:27,458
Shyam?
Yes. Didn't Shaad tell you?
1147
01:41:28,250 --> 01:41:32,750
Mr. Shyam keeps sending telegrams.
Look.
1148
01:41:36,833 --> 01:41:39,583
Please give 500 rupees
from my payment to Manto.
1149
01:41:48,583 --> 01:41:50,583
Just tell him "Hiptulla."
1150
01:41:54,916 --> 01:41:57,541
May I keep them?
1151
01:41:57,708 --> 01:41:59,750
Yes. What would I do with them?
1152
01:42:06,291 --> 01:42:07,708
God be with you.
1153
01:42:38,291 --> 01:42:41,041
Pak Tea House should sell liquor.
1154
01:42:44,666 --> 01:42:48,208
Sir, why do people drink so much?
1155
01:42:51,541 --> 01:42:54,125
Some drink to endure pain.
1156
01:42:54,958 --> 01:42:56,250
And others,
1157
01:42:56,958 --> 01:42:59,125
to silence their conscience.
1158
01:43:02,541 --> 01:43:05,458
But it doesn't seem to work for you.
Why?
1159
01:43:09,458 --> 01:43:11,875
At least it keeps my body warm.
1160
01:43:13,958 --> 01:43:17,291
"Neem leaves are bitter
but they purify the blood."
1161
01:43:17,916 --> 01:43:20,958
Alcohol smells bitter,
but it keeps the body warm!
1162
01:43:21,083 --> 01:43:22,166
Bravo, Mr. Manto!
1163
01:43:25,000 --> 01:43:26,458
Sir!
1164
01:43:28,833 --> 01:43:30,250
I think he's here.
1165
01:43:38,208 --> 01:43:41,166
How much longer did you want her
to wait for the medicines?
1166
01:43:59,166 --> 01:44:01,708
What if something would've
happened to Nighi?
1167
01:44:18,750 --> 01:44:20,541
Get up, uncle.
1168
01:44:23,083 --> 01:44:24,041
Come on.
1169
01:44:32,208 --> 01:44:35,458
Take me to the hospital.
Yes.
1170
01:44:35,541 --> 01:44:37,000
Take me to the hospital.
1171
01:44:37,208 --> 01:44:39,916
Alright.
I want to go to the hospital.
1172
01:44:41,583 --> 01:44:43,208
I'll stop drinking.
1173
01:44:45,208 --> 01:44:46,625
I'll stop drinking.
1174
01:44:47,833 --> 01:44:51,750
My top?
Where is it? It was right here.
1175
01:44:51,833 --> 01:44:54,500
You took it,
Girls, don't fight.
1176
01:44:55,750 --> 01:44:58,833
Uncle, hurry up.
The bus will be here soon.
1177
01:45:09,166 --> 01:45:11,500
Can't I hug them one last time?
1178
01:45:14,166 --> 01:45:16,500
Your bitter breath will soon go away.
1179
01:45:18,916 --> 01:45:23,833
I know you want to get better.
At least for your daughters' sake.
1180
01:45:25,125 --> 01:45:26,333
For you.
1181
01:45:27,041 --> 01:45:28,708
Most of all for you.
1182
01:45:34,375 --> 01:45:35,750
Uncle!
1183
01:45:39,458 --> 01:45:42,791
Shall we?
Bus number four is arriving.
1184
01:45:48,041 --> 01:45:53,083
Then came three guests
two sulked, one wasn't pleased.
1185
01:45:53,291 --> 01:45:57,125
The one that wasn't pleased
got three kisses.
1186
01:45:57,458 --> 01:46:00,375
One here, one there,
1187
01:46:00,458 --> 01:46:02,541
and another...
Here?
1188
01:46:06,625 --> 01:46:09,958
Stop.
Stop right there.
1189
01:46:27,666 --> 01:46:30,250
FILM ACTOR SHYAM CHADDHA PASSES AWAY.
1190
01:46:30,375 --> 01:46:33,333
FALLS FROM HORSE
WHILE SHOOTING FOR A FILM.
1191
01:46:33,916 --> 01:46:35,333
Bloody fraud!
1192
01:46:36,916 --> 01:46:39,666
Now who will I "Hiptullify" with?
1193
01:46:40,333 --> 01:46:41,541
Let's go.
1194
01:46:42,708 --> 01:46:44,833
The doctor is calling you.
1195
01:46:47,875 --> 01:46:50,458
What is Pakistan?
1196
01:46:50,708 --> 01:46:54,916
It's a place in India
where razors are made.
1197
01:46:55,041 --> 01:47:00,000
Oopad di gudgud di annexe di bedhyan
moong di dal di laalten.
1198
01:47:01,666 --> 01:47:03,958
If we are in India...
1199
01:47:04,750 --> 01:47:06,291
then where is Pakistan?
1200
01:47:06,625 --> 01:47:09,291
And if we're in Pakistan,
then how is it possible
1201
01:47:09,375 --> 01:47:12,125
that we were in India
just a while ago?
1202
01:47:12,625 --> 01:47:15,291
Do you know where Toba Tek Singh is?
1203
01:47:15,750 --> 01:47:19,458
Neither in Pakistan nor in India.
1204
01:47:19,916 --> 01:47:22,416
Because I haven't ordered it.
1205
01:47:22,833 --> 01:47:25,333
Then please do.
1206
01:47:26,500 --> 01:47:27,583
Look!
1207
01:47:27,833 --> 01:47:29,958
Look, they've come to get us.
1208
01:47:41,333 --> 01:47:45,375
Oopad di Pakistan's and
India's government.
1209
01:47:46,000 --> 01:47:48,000
Oopad di gudgud di annexe di bedhyan...
1210
01:47:48,833 --> 01:47:49,916
Come, brother.
1211
01:47:50,458 --> 01:47:52,208
No, no.
Come on.
1212
01:47:52,458 --> 01:47:56,833
I want to go to Toba Tek Singh.
That's where we're going.
1213
01:47:57,083 --> 01:48:00,750
We're going to Toba Tek Singh?
Yes, let's go.
1214
01:48:01,375 --> 01:48:02,625
Toba Tek Singh.
1215
01:48:06,750 --> 01:48:08,291
His legs don't bend.
1216
01:48:14,208 --> 01:48:16,083
Two or three years after the Partition,
1217
01:48:16,291 --> 01:48:19,458
it occurred to the Pakistan
and Indian governments
1218
01:48:19,791 --> 01:48:22,875
to exchange their lunatics just as
they exchanged their criminals.
1219
01:48:23,708 --> 01:48:28,666
The Muslim ones in India,
were sent to Pakistan.
1220
01:48:29,000 --> 01:48:32,958
And the Hindu and Sikh lunatics
in Pakistan
1221
01:48:33,250 --> 01:48:35,458
were handed over to India.
1222
01:48:37,250 --> 01:48:39,833
Is Toba Tek Singh here?
It's in Pakistan.
1223
01:48:39,958 --> 01:48:41,125
Keep moving.
1224
01:48:41,833 --> 01:48:43,416
It's in Pakistan?
1225
01:48:44,458 --> 01:48:45,750
Keep moving!
1226
01:48:47,750 --> 01:48:49,250
Come on. Move it.
1227
01:48:50,083 --> 01:48:51,791
Pakistan?
Hey!
1228
01:48:52,125 --> 01:48:56,833
Wait, where are you going?
Pakistan!
1229
01:48:56,958 --> 01:48:59,833
Why are you back?
I told you to go to India. Go!
1230
01:49:02,375 --> 01:49:08,333
Toba Tek Singh is in India?
Or in Pakistan?
1231
01:49:08,625 --> 01:49:12,750
Toba Tek Singh is in India?
Or in Pakistan?
1232
01:49:14,458 --> 01:49:20,250
Oopad di gudgud di annexe di bedhyan
moong di dal!
1233
01:49:20,416 --> 01:49:24,250
Pakistan! India!
Go to hell!
1234
01:49:25,291 --> 01:49:29,666
The man who stood on his legs
for 15 years
1235
01:49:30,083 --> 01:49:33,458
now lay on the ground.
1236
01:49:33,833 --> 01:49:37,083
There, behind the barbed wire was India.
1237
01:49:37,833 --> 01:49:41,375
Here, behind the barbed
wire was Pakistan.
1238
01:49:44,500 --> 01:49:48,875
In between, on a piece of land,
with no name...
1239
01:49:51,958 --> 01:49:54,041
lay Toba Tek Singh.
1240
01:50:01,125 --> 01:50:06,583
Oopad di gudgud di annexe di
bedhyan di moong di dal
1241
01:50:06,666 --> 01:50:10,208
of the Pakistan and India and...
1242
01:50:10,541 --> 01:50:11,666
Manto.
1243
01:50:11,750 --> 01:50:13,500
Sub By Siddhant Sahani