1 00:04:21,990 --> 00:04:24,380 This Kanhaiya is also a strange creature. 2 00:04:25,830 --> 00:04:31,320 Look, he's piled clothes and jewelry on my bed as if there's no other place. 3 00:04:33,860 --> 00:04:40,870 Oh, the bundle has started moving. Oh, it is you there! 4 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,980 Sudha, what a lovely name. 5 00:04:48,670 --> 00:04:51,360 Do you know the meaning of Sudha? 'Nectar'. 6 00:04:54,240 --> 00:05:00,730 And you are the goddess of nectar. Nectar shouldn't be covered in a veil. 7 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:04,200 lt should be admired by the eyes. 8 00:05:08,370 --> 00:05:10,700 lt seems you do not like the lights on. 9 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:20,490 Someone has rightly said, on the night of union, extinguish bright lights. 10 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,880 On such a happy night, there's no place for anything that burns. 11 00:05:28,290 --> 00:05:31,930 This is funny. The nearer l want to be to you... 12 00:05:32,970 --> 00:05:34,650 the length of your veil increases. 13 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:41,870 Now l've sworn that either l stay or this veil does. 14 00:06:15,340 --> 00:06:17,480 Finally, what l feared has come to pass. 15 00:06:19,950 --> 00:06:24,180 That which l hoped wouldn't happen, but also knew it would. 16 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,380 Why does a person like to live in a world of dreams? 17 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:37,550 And the reality of these dreams? Bubbles of water... 18 00:06:38,910 --> 00:06:41,370 that break at the slightest obstacle? 19 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:47,150 lt was a dream, wasn't it, that a beautiful girl like you... 20 00:06:48,340 --> 00:06:53,760 would be happy with an ugly man like me? l'd told... 21 00:06:55,360 --> 00:07:01,190 your father, my mother, but they ignored me. 22 00:07:02,090 --> 00:07:04,490 They said character is better than a pretty face. 23 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:16,130 But what is my character? Just something that reflects my ugliness. 24 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,430 But l was not always so ugly. 25 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:25,750 People didn't scream in horror when they saw me. 26 00:07:29,980 --> 00:07:32,110 Alas! lf only l had been born ugly. 27 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:39,340 Then today's incident would never have occurred. And if it didn't... 28 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:41,940 it would have been for the better. 29 00:07:45,210 --> 00:07:51,310 lf only l didn't have three qualities: if l hadn't been as handsome... 30 00:07:52,890 --> 00:07:59,350 as l once was, if l hadn't been so easily attracted to girls... 31 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:09,350 as l always was, if only l didn't have a passion for the stage... 32 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:16,000 as l did. When l was ten years old... 33 00:08:18,010 --> 00:08:19,410 just ten years old... 34 00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:24,670 What's this, mother? 35 00:08:25,110 --> 00:08:28,070 No evil eye should be cast on my dear son. 36 00:08:30,020 --> 00:08:31,320 Are you listening! 37 00:08:32,290 --> 00:08:35,120 - lf you could iron this tie. - l'll just do it. 38 00:08:35,950 --> 00:08:37,550 Let me send Kewal to school. 39 00:08:37,590 --> 00:08:42,420 Let Kewal go to school! As if my going to court is not at all necessary! 40 00:08:48,890 --> 00:08:54,490 Look son, go straight to school. And when the school ends... 41 00:08:54,870 --> 00:08:59,590 come straight home. Don't halt anywhere on the way back. 42 00:09:00,150 --> 00:09:01,650 Don't even talk to anyone. 43 00:09:02,810 --> 00:09:08,690 Good children go straight to school, and come straight home. Understand? 44 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:11,960 Okay, but my money? 45 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:22,420 Listen once again. Go straight to school, come straight home. 46 00:09:22,650 --> 00:09:24,650 - On the way... - Don't stop anywhere... 47 00:09:25,010 --> 00:09:29,010 Don't halt anywhere, and what's more don't even talk to anyone! 48 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:38,190 On the way, don't stop anywhere, don't halt, don't talk to anyone. 49 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:47,040 On the way, don't stop anywhere, don't halt, don't even talk to anyone. 50 00:09:47,090 --> 00:09:51,160 Kewal! Wait, l'm also coming to school. 51 00:10:21,300 --> 00:10:27,260 Gentlemen... Gentlemen... Tonight, at 10 O'clock... 52 00:10:27,490 --> 00:10:31,570 at Mangaldas Park, New Edward Theatrical Company... 53 00:10:31,900 --> 00:10:35,530 will present their famous drama, 'Bilwa Mangal'... 54 00:10:35,870 --> 00:10:41,730 in which lndia's famous actors, Master Shankar and Miss Zarina act. 55 00:10:41,990 --> 00:10:47,500 And remember, gentlemen, today is the last show. 56 00:10:47,740 --> 00:10:55,530 Tickets are only Rs.10, 5, 2, Re.1 and 8 annas. Just 8 annas. 57 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,920 Only 8 annas, come, gentlemen. 58 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:04,100 - Give me one, too! - No, it's not for kids. 59 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,650 - What about me? - Yes, you're different. 60 00:11:18,890 --> 00:11:26,400 When Alexander attacked lndia, Ambi, the king of Takshila... 61 00:11:27,050 --> 00:11:33,040 and King Puru, across River Jhelum, were battling each other. 62 00:11:34,150 --> 00:11:37,130 lf these battles weren't taking place, the Greeks... 63 00:11:37,290 --> 00:11:40,080 wouldn't have stormed lndia. 64 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:46,890 Our country wouldn't have accepted defeat so easily. 65 00:11:48,130 --> 00:11:52,090 This infighting enslaved us not just once... 66 00:11:52,510 --> 00:11:53,910 but many times thence. 67 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,290 This is why we were shackled by the chains of dependency. 68 00:11:57,150 --> 00:12:03,930 When the Greek army faced lndian soldiers for the first time... 69 00:12:04,430 --> 00:12:10,230 their steps faltered. The brave lndians fought with such courage... 70 00:12:11,020 --> 00:12:12,890 that the enemy forces were soon in disorder. 71 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,680 lf, at that moment, Alexander hadn't thought of a brilliant strategy... 72 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,080 the Greeks would have been defeated. 73 00:12:20,370 --> 00:12:24,110 He thought that if, at night... 74 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:29,110 when the lndian forces were relaxing... 75 00:12:29,550 --> 00:12:35,240 his army attacked, there would be chaos in the lndian camp. 76 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,670 -That same night... - Tonight, at 10 O' Clock... 77 00:12:40,220 --> 00:12:44,950 in Mangaldas Park, New Edward Company's famous drama... 78 00:12:45,670 --> 00:12:50,340 'Bilwa Mangal', a new play, new sets... 79 00:12:50,690 --> 00:12:55,080 new dances, new songs. Tickets are only Rs5/- 80 00:12:55,470 --> 00:13:00,650 Tickets are only Rs.5, 2, Re. 1 and 8 annas. 81 00:13:01,180 --> 00:13:05,850 Remember patrons, this is our company's last show in this town. 82 00:13:06,290 --> 00:13:12,290 'Bilwa Mangal', 'Bilwa Mangal'... Tickets only 8 annas. 83 00:13:14,690 --> 00:13:17,080 - Kewal! - Yes, sir! 84 00:13:18,420 --> 00:13:22,120 - Repeat what l said. - Sir? 85 00:13:23,030 --> 00:13:25,350 Didn't you hear what l said? Repeat what l just said. 86 00:13:28,860 --> 00:13:36,360 You were saying, 'Mangaldas Park, Bilwa Mangal, tonight... 87 00:13:36,780 --> 00:13:41,840 at 10 O'Clock, new songs, new dances, new sets... 88 00:13:42,130 --> 00:13:45,850 - tickets only 8 annas.' - Silence! 89 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:57,820 So l was saying 'Mangaldas Park, 90 00:13:57,820 --> 00:14:01,770 Bilwa Mangal, tonight at 10 O'Clock'? 91 00:14:02,950 --> 00:14:05,510 Hmm, l'll show you! 92 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,890 lf l don't show you the whole play right away, l'll change my name! 93 00:15:07,580 --> 00:15:10,190 Oh, l forgot the book. 94 00:15:24,510 --> 00:15:27,310 - Are you going to continue sitting here? - Let me just sew this button. 95 00:15:30,070 --> 00:15:31,270 lt's done! 96 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:39,380 Now leave it. Let's go. 97 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,870 - l've heard there's a theater company in town. - Theater? Hmph! 98 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,910 lt is the devil's workshop. lt's not for decent folk. 99 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:08,840 - What is Kewal doing? - He must be sleeping. 100 00:16:10,250 --> 00:16:12,280 Why does he sleep with the lights on? 101 00:16:12,620 --> 00:16:15,400 He learned the habit from you. lsn't he your son? 102 00:16:28,110 --> 00:16:30,510 Kewal! Kewal! 103 00:16:36,620 --> 00:16:40,500 - He is sleeping, my dear. - Sleeping? But he said... 104 00:16:41,530 --> 00:16:47,740 Nimmi, is this any time to come? Go back home, my dear. Good girl! 105 00:17:29,970 --> 00:17:32,070 See yourself through my eyes... 106 00:17:32,410 --> 00:17:35,390 A thousand moons pale before your beauty. 107 00:17:35,820 --> 00:17:37,520 Why didn't you knock at the door? 108 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,020 Where was the need? You had hung a rope. 109 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,800 - Hung a rope? Me? Where? - Look here. 110 00:17:44,290 --> 00:17:47,320 - This looks like a rope to you? lt's a snake. - Snake? 111 00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:50,270 You don't know the difference between a rope and a snake? 112 00:17:50,790 --> 00:17:52,480 l hope you haven't become blind, Bilwa Mangal. 113 00:17:52,730 --> 00:17:57,090 Perhaps. Too much radiance can sometimes turn a man blind. 114 00:18:08,470 --> 00:18:13,950 Nimmi, when l grow up and build a theater, you will work in it, won't you? 115 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:15,600 Of course. 116 00:18:15,620 --> 00:18:20,020 - l will become Bilwa Mangal, and you? - Chintamani. 117 00:18:45,870 --> 00:18:50,690 - How is the house doing? - The house is empty. 118 00:18:53,270 --> 00:18:56,110 Sir, give me a ticket for 1 paisa. 119 00:19:11,620 --> 00:19:18,870 Listen gentlemen, now we'll present Kewal Theatrical Company's... 120 00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:26,130 famous play, 'Bilwa Mangal'... new sets, new dances, new songs... 121 00:19:26,980 --> 00:19:32,640 in which famous actress, Nimmi... Miss Nirmala and Master Kewal... 122 00:19:32,870 --> 00:19:38,340 meaning yours truly, are acting. New sets, new dances, new songs. 123 00:19:39,110 --> 00:19:44,540 Tickets only 1 anna, 2 paise and 1 paisa. There's the booking office. 124 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:57,150 - You sell the tickets, l'll change my clothes. - Okay. 125 00:19:59,150 --> 00:20:00,850 Give me a ticket. l've already paid. 126 00:20:01,220 --> 00:20:02,620 Give me a ticket! 127 00:20:07,670 --> 00:20:11,940 Kewal Theatrical Company! Thoo! 128 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:16,740 Give me 2 paise tickets. 129 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:48,800 - Hey it is time, start the play. - Start the play! 130 00:20:52,740 --> 00:20:55,760 - Has Nimmi come? - No. - No? 131 00:21:08,340 --> 00:21:11,150 - Raise the curtain, and go sing a song! - Sing? 132 00:21:11,460 --> 00:21:12,660 Yes, sing! 133 00:21:34,380 --> 00:21:51,720 You taught me to love... Sleeping... You taught me to love... 134 00:22:04,380 --> 00:22:07,230 - Any news of Nimmi? - No. 135 00:22:08,140 --> 00:22:10,910 - Do you know anything else? - No. 136 00:22:11,590 --> 00:22:14,010 We don't want songs, we want Bilwa Mangal. 137 00:22:23,180 --> 00:22:25,390 - What happened? - Nimmi has gone away. - What? 138 00:22:25,430 --> 00:22:30,150 Nimmi left. l saw her go with her mother towards the bus stop. 139 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:35,060 When l asked, she said she was going to her uncle's house forever. 140 00:22:35,450 --> 00:22:38,140 - Nimmi was weeping. - Nimmi has gone away? 141 00:22:38,810 --> 00:22:41,290 She was crying a lot. She wanted to meet you. 142 00:22:41,690 --> 00:22:44,880 She must have already left. They were going on the 1 O'Clock bus. 143 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:48,050 - What's the time now? - There's five minutes left to 1 O'Clock! 144 00:22:51,550 --> 00:22:53,250 What will happen to the play now? 145 00:22:53,670 --> 00:22:57,610 How can we stage Bilwa Mangal without Chintamani? 146 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:02,200 Stop it. Tell them there will be no play! Tell them there will never be a play! 147 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:25,260 Nimmi, Nimmi, Nimmi... But Nimmi went away. 148 00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:29,530 l watched my dreams self-destruct in front of my eyes... 149 00:23:30,670 --> 00:23:34,730 and l could do nothing! l felt so helpless. 150 00:23:36,170 --> 00:23:40,270 Man is so helpless. l stood there... 151 00:23:41,140 --> 00:23:43,400 and my life was fleeing from me. 152 00:23:45,430 --> 00:23:52,470 Life seemed like a long, dark, desolate and lonely path. 153 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:58,760 Several years later, when we left Lakshmanpur with my father... 154 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:05,760 and l started college in Bombay, this is what happened. 155 00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:29,910 This is Miss Nirmala Devi. She has joined us from Jaipur College. 156 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:34,750 Miss Nirmala, we will have to make a place for you. 157 00:24:39,510 --> 00:24:41,010 For the moment, sit there. 158 00:25:16,470 --> 00:25:22,420 - Reddy, is this our class? - Yes, it is. 159 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:28,140 - Look! There's no girl in our class, is there? - Not even one. 160 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,150 - Can you see a girl? - Girl? Where? 161 00:25:33,030 --> 00:25:35,290 Kewal Khanna... Kewal Khanna! 162 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,020 - Sriram... - Kewal Khanna present, sir! Kewal Khanna present, sir! 163 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,140 Were you sleeping? 164 00:25:43,310 --> 00:25:47,530 No, sir. l'd lost something. l was looking for it. 165 00:25:47,860 --> 00:25:50,730 What did you lose? Silence! 166 00:26:16,330 --> 00:26:17,630 Page 144. 167 00:26:18,410 --> 00:26:21,280 You are Miss Nirmala? 168 00:26:22,270 --> 00:26:25,890 - Yes. Why? - No reason. 169 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:35,120 lt's a lovely name. Did they call you 'Nimmi' when you were young? 170 00:26:36,250 --> 00:26:39,790 No. My childhood name is 'Munni'. 171 00:26:44,310 --> 00:26:48,450 - Are you from Lakshmanpur? - No. l'm from Jaipur. 172 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:55,950 Kewal Khanna! You are fined Rs.2! 173 00:26:58,850 --> 00:27:02,970 - But why? - Not Rs.2 but Rs.4. Get out of the class. 174 00:27:07,010 --> 00:27:09,320 But why, Professor? 175 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:13,160 Your fines will keep increasing with every repetition of that question. 176 00:27:13,430 --> 00:27:18,480 Pardon me, but l will keep asking. Why? 177 00:27:18,810 --> 00:27:22,410 - Rs.8! - Rs.16! But why? 178 00:27:23,670 --> 00:27:24,970 You were talking. 179 00:27:28,030 --> 00:27:32,050 Thank you. Now at least l know why. 180 00:27:58,450 --> 00:27:59,650 Kewal Khanna... 181 00:28:03,890 --> 00:28:09,610 - Kewal Khanna, l want to apologise. - Apology? What apology? 182 00:28:10,830 --> 00:28:12,430 You were fined because of me. 183 00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:18,620 - Fined because of you? - You were fined for talking to me. 184 00:28:22,020 --> 00:28:26,910 l keep getting fined. lt's good that l was fined for talking to you. 185 00:28:29,490 --> 00:28:32,320 - May l ask you something? - Please do. 186 00:28:33,870 --> 00:28:36,410 Why did you ask me my childhood name in class? 187 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:43,750 l knew a Nirmala when l was a boy. They called her 'Nimmi'. 188 00:28:46,220 --> 00:28:49,610 She was a very sweet girl. l really... 189 00:28:50,030 --> 00:28:53,710 - When was this? - Some 100 years ago... 190 00:28:55,750 --> 00:28:58,410 - when l was 10 years old. - Where is she now? 191 00:29:00,090 --> 00:29:03,600 Who knows? She went away then. 192 00:29:05,350 --> 00:29:09,040 l wrote her many letters but didn't get a single reply. 193 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:14,560 l learned that her uncle moved away and she moved with him. 194 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:18,580 Now 11 years have passed. 195 00:29:20,070 --> 00:29:21,570 You still haven't forgotten her? 196 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,830 Does anyone forget their first wonderful dream? 197 00:29:28,410 --> 00:29:32,790 - What did you say your Nirmala was called? - Nimmi. 198 00:29:35,060 --> 00:29:37,350 You can call me 'Nimmi' if you wish. 199 00:29:42,350 --> 00:29:46,320 Nimmi, Nimmi was just like you. 200 00:31:50,380 --> 00:31:54,710 Two strangers from different places... 201 00:31:57,750 --> 00:32:00,510 have become life companions today 202 00:32:00,670 --> 00:32:06,440 The moon is witness. Oh traveler, look at the moon 203 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:18,210 Look at the moon, oh traveler, look at the moon 204 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:55,200 Look at the rain clouds, oh traveler, look at the rain clouds 205 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:06,660 Look at how the clouds are playing, casting their veil over the moon 206 00:33:06,950 --> 00:33:14,850 They hide their faces in their veils. Oh, do watch how they play 207 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:26,490 Watch how teasing turns into love. Oh traveler, oh, look at the moon 208 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:34,720 Look at the moon, oh traveler, look at the moon 209 00:34:05,970 --> 00:34:15,950 Look towards the waves, oh traveler, look towards the waves 210 00:34:19,150 --> 00:34:26,640 Seeing the moon they rose, trembling, unable to hide their love 211 00:34:27,180 --> 00:34:34,970 When the moon became one with the tides, the music rose to a crescendo 212 00:34:43,470 --> 00:34:48,560 This is how the moon unites with the chakor (Chukor Partridge) 213 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:59,590 Look at the moon, oh traveler, look at the moon 214 00:35:49,930 --> 00:35:52,210 Mother, l'm going. Greetings, father. 215 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,100 Where are you going, Kewal? 216 00:35:54,690 --> 00:35:59,130 Today's the Dramatics Competition. We're staging 'Shakuntala'. 217 00:35:59,630 --> 00:36:03,260 - Hoping to win? - Of course. The world lives on Hope. 218 00:36:04,050 --> 00:36:05,570 And when are your exams? 219 00:36:08,590 --> 00:36:12,080 - On the 10th. - Only three days left, isn't it? 220 00:36:14,300 --> 00:36:15,400 Yes. 221 00:36:15,670 --> 00:36:18,960 You were right. The world does live on Hope. 222 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,120 Occasional education... 223 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:51,930 Nirmala, Nirmala... 224 00:36:55,590 --> 00:36:56,690 Nirmala... 225 00:37:28,550 --> 00:37:29,650 Kewal... 226 00:37:38,650 --> 00:37:39,750 Nirmala... 227 00:37:45,940 --> 00:37:47,040 Nirmala... 228 00:37:48,020 --> 00:37:49,820 how long have l been waiting for you? 229 00:37:50,350 --> 00:37:52,640 Don't you know the drama starts at 9 O'Clock sharp? 230 00:37:55,770 --> 00:37:56,870 Kewal... 231 00:37:59,810 --> 00:38:03,540 l know, but... 232 00:38:04,740 --> 00:38:05,940 But what? 233 00:38:08,130 --> 00:38:09,630 l won't be able to come. 234 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:21,270 - l can't come. - Can't come? Why? 235 00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:25,590 How can we stage 'Shakuntala' without you? 236 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:28,220 Hundreds of people would have gathered there. 237 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,910 - l don't have a choice, Kewal. - What sort of joke is this, Nirmala? 238 00:38:35,590 --> 00:38:37,190 This is no time to joke! 239 00:38:37,930 --> 00:38:42,080 This is not a joke, Kewal. l'm speaking the truth. 240 00:38:44,780 --> 00:38:46,840 l can't play Shakuntala today. 241 00:38:47,890 --> 00:38:50,740 But why? You could have told me two days ago. 242 00:38:51,530 --> 00:38:53,030 How could l tell you? 243 00:38:55,470 --> 00:38:56,970 What did l myself know? 244 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,760 But what happened? At least, tell me. 245 00:39:01,790 --> 00:39:08,510 You see this henna on my hands? l am engaged. 246 00:39:10,670 --> 00:39:12,270 The wedding is day after tomorrow. 247 00:39:14,980 --> 00:39:17,810 Your engagement? When? 248 00:39:20,090 --> 00:39:23,990 Today. Even l didn't know. 249 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:30,960 But mother and father forced me into it. 250 00:39:33,620 --> 00:39:35,330 He's going to England this week. 251 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:42,440 Who? Your fiance? 252 00:39:47,850 --> 00:39:52,730 Yes. He wants to take me with him. 253 00:39:56,430 --> 00:40:01,770 But what could l do, Kewal? l was helpless. 254 00:40:04,370 --> 00:40:10,840 My hands were tied. My lips were sealed. 255 00:40:15,930 --> 00:40:19,480 Kewal, are you angry with me? 256 00:40:20,910 --> 00:40:23,020 What will l gain by being angry with you, Nirmala? 257 00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:26,730 lt's my fate. 258 00:40:30,180 --> 00:40:32,510 l had but a few straws to grasp. 259 00:40:34,220 --> 00:40:36,290 The storms have wreaked havoc in my garden. 260 00:40:38,270 --> 00:40:42,960 Kewal, may l ask for a favor before l go? 261 00:40:44,070 --> 00:40:47,200 - Tell me... - Would you do it? 262 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:49,740 Tell me, Nirmala. 263 00:41:01,060 --> 00:41:05,470 Call me Nimmi once. Just once. 264 00:41:10,900 --> 00:41:17,220 Nimmi, Nimmi, may you always be happy. 265 00:41:20,030 --> 00:41:25,340 May your life be filled with laughter and song. 266 00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:30,910 May the shadow of unhappiness never fall upon your world. 267 00:41:33,930 --> 00:41:37,180 Wherever you live, be happy. 268 00:41:40,110 --> 00:41:45,120 May every night be as bright as a full-moon night. 269 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,190 May you never know the darkness of a new moon day. 270 00:41:52,820 --> 00:41:57,560 May you always be happy, Nimmi. Nimmi... 271 00:42:00,070 --> 00:42:01,170 Nimmi... 272 00:43:23,290 --> 00:43:30,950 l live as though l know not life's sorrows 273 00:43:31,630 --> 00:43:38,960 l am aflame yet still live in darkness 274 00:44:14,330 --> 00:44:21,930 An age has passed since our parting 275 00:44:31,030 --> 00:44:38,780 But the fires of separation haven't dimmed yet 276 00:44:39,770 --> 00:44:43,610 l am alive as though sorrow... 277 00:44:47,890 --> 00:44:55,420 Though the shore had come into sight 278 00:45:04,100 --> 00:45:11,310 My boat wouldn't go near the harbor 279 00:45:12,870 --> 00:45:16,370 l am alive as though sorrow... 280 00:45:20,720 --> 00:45:28,020 How dare a smile hover near my lips? 281 00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:44,330 These are affairs of the heart not mere flirtations 282 00:45:45,490 --> 00:45:49,060 l am alive as though sorrow... 283 00:45:53,040 --> 00:46:00,500 The moon, the breeze, everything seems lifeless 284 00:46:09,460 --> 00:46:16,580 Without you, they hold no charm for me 285 00:46:17,990 --> 00:46:25,670 l live as though l know not life's sorrows 286 00:46:25,980 --> 00:46:33,000 l am aflame yet still live in darkness 287 00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:42,250 l live as though l know not life's sorrows 288 00:48:07,790 --> 00:48:09,500 Look up my roll number also. 289 00:48:10,350 --> 00:48:11,260 What's your number? 290 00:48:13,510 --> 00:48:14,450 425. 291 00:48:17,690 --> 00:48:26,890 419, 420,421, 422... 292 00:48:28,620 --> 00:48:29,720 423... 293 00:48:34,310 --> 00:48:35,810 What happened to my number? 294 00:48:37,270 --> 00:48:40,220 - 426... - What happened? 295 00:48:44,100 --> 00:48:47,250 - Why don't you say something? - What do l say? 296 00:48:51,980 --> 00:48:56,110 Kewal, l have passed, but you... 297 00:49:06,370 --> 00:49:14,090 - 420, 421... - 422, 423, 424... 298 00:49:23,180 --> 00:49:25,310 l'm telling you, there has to be some mistake. 299 00:49:25,790 --> 00:49:28,820 What l'm asking is, can't your son fail, even by mistake? 300 00:49:30,270 --> 00:49:33,630 l knew from the start, Kewal was not very serious. 301 00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:37,010 Three days before the test, our 'Lord' was staging a play! 302 00:49:38,380 --> 00:49:40,080 This is also my fault, isn't it? 303 00:49:40,340 --> 00:49:42,380 Not yours, but the fault of your love. 304 00:49:43,090 --> 00:49:46,640 Whenever l wanted to discipline Kewal, you forced me to hold my tongue. 305 00:49:46,950 --> 00:49:51,090 - And the result? - Kewal failed his exams, right? 306 00:49:52,810 --> 00:49:56,270 l'm the bad person. l'm to blame for everything. 307 00:49:57,390 --> 00:49:59,380 What? What have l said? 308 00:49:59,690 --> 00:50:01,590 What do you know other than to apportion blame? 309 00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:05,900 Kewal left home at 7 in the morning. He hasn't returned yet. 310 00:50:07,180 --> 00:50:08,580 And by now, Kewal... 311 00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:22,910 Nimmi, when l grow up and build a theater, you will work in it, won't you? 312 00:50:23,460 --> 00:50:27,090 - Of course! - l will be Bilwa Mangal. And you? 313 00:50:27,950 --> 00:50:29,050 Chintamani... 314 00:51:46,260 --> 00:51:49,580 Please, sit down. l'll open the door. 315 00:51:52,420 --> 00:51:56,930 And look, l beg of you. Please don't say anything to Kewal. 316 00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:11,660 Kewal! 317 00:52:14,020 --> 00:52:15,320 You've come home. 318 00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:21,420 Son, when you go out, don't you think of home at all? 319 00:52:22,240 --> 00:52:23,740 You even forget your mother? 320 00:52:43,940 --> 00:52:45,040 Son! 321 00:52:46,720 --> 00:52:51,910 lf everyone passes the exams, then they'll stop holding them. 322 00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:55,580 lt's man's duty to work hard... 323 00:52:56,650 --> 00:53:00,580 and it's not as if you left any stone unturned. 324 00:53:02,870 --> 00:53:06,720 lt's a different matter that from your great-grandfather onwards... 325 00:53:09,550 --> 00:53:11,620 no one has ever failed any examination. 326 00:53:13,690 --> 00:53:17,770 Your mother says where there is a will there is a way. 327 00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:20,840 Exams are held every year. 328 00:53:21,890 --> 00:53:24,170 lf not this year, you will definitely pass next year. 329 00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:27,140 As the saying goes... 330 00:53:28,050 --> 00:53:30,530 "'Tis only valiant knights riding to battle that fall. 331 00:53:31,210 --> 00:53:34,070 How can a cripple fall who merely crawls?" 332 00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:39,680 You, too, are a fighter, Kewal. 333 00:53:40,870 --> 00:53:42,890 When college reopens you can re-join. 334 00:53:44,170 --> 00:53:46,910 You may have heard the story of the ant. 335 00:53:47,850 --> 00:53:49,150 Yes, l have... 336 00:53:50,510 --> 00:53:51,610 but... 337 00:53:52,410 --> 00:53:54,640 - l don't want to return to college. - What do you mean? 338 00:53:55,130 --> 00:53:56,630 l don't want to study. 339 00:53:56,650 --> 00:53:59,600 - What did you say? - l don't want to study. 340 00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:03,610 - Why? - Because l'm not interested in studies. 341 00:54:03,980 --> 00:54:06,470 lf you don't study, how will you become a public prosecutor? 342 00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:10,020 - How will you achieve that position... - which my great-grandfather... 343 00:54:11,240 --> 00:54:14,120 my grandfather and now, you, achieved? 344 00:54:15,450 --> 00:54:17,290 - l don't want that position either. - Kewal! 345 00:54:17,590 --> 00:54:20,530 Yes, mother, l can't resume my studies. 346 00:54:21,720 --> 00:54:23,320 And what are they teaching today? 347 00:54:25,360 --> 00:54:27,180 Henry Vlll had eight wives... 348 00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:31,970 Demand and supply are inter-related; other than that... 349 00:54:33,180 --> 00:54:36,790 some English, a little Sanskrit and Hindi for 50 marks? 350 00:54:38,310 --> 00:54:41,900 lf Henry had married 10 times instead of 8, would it have mattered? 351 00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:45,900 And l ask you, if you study for one more year, where's the harm? 352 00:54:46,920 --> 00:54:51,750 lt makes a difference, father. lt'll waste one more year of my life. 353 00:54:52,100 --> 00:54:54,550 What important job are you going to get... 354 00:54:54,860 --> 00:54:56,890 that going to college will waste one year of your life? 355 00:54:57,630 --> 00:54:59,500 An important office is not the only thing in life... 356 00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:02,580 Secondly... 357 00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:06,120 l don't want to work in an office. 358 00:55:06,220 --> 00:55:09,470 Don't want to work? Then you want to loaf around on the streets? 359 00:55:10,510 --> 00:55:11,910 You may say that. 360 00:55:13,650 --> 00:55:14,950 l want to... 361 00:55:16,560 --> 00:55:17,960 build my own theatre. 362 00:55:19,080 --> 00:55:21,150 - You want to what? - Yes. 363 00:55:23,490 --> 00:55:26,340 - l want to build my own theater. - Kewal! 364 00:55:28,350 --> 00:55:30,830 What are you saying? What has happened to you? 365 00:55:34,560 --> 00:55:38,230 For the first time, l've tried to see the world through my own eyes... 366 00:55:39,180 --> 00:55:41,090 and to understand it on my own. 367 00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:45,040 l want to make my own life. 368 00:55:46,230 --> 00:55:48,080 l want to carve out my own destiny. 369 00:55:48,600 --> 00:55:51,170 And if you lose yourself on the way? Then? 370 00:55:53,290 --> 00:55:56,620 - l will try to find my way again. - Kewal! 371 00:55:58,090 --> 00:56:00,740 You can't live here and do as you wish. 372 00:56:12,110 --> 00:56:17,700 Thank you, father. You have removed the biggest obstacle in my path. 373 00:56:30,110 --> 00:56:31,510 Give me your blessings? 374 00:56:39,430 --> 00:56:40,630 l'm leaving. 375 00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:44,540 Think carefully, Kewal! 376 00:56:45,610 --> 00:56:47,750 lt's not so easy to make your own way. 377 00:56:48,170 --> 00:56:49,570 l know that, father. 378 00:56:50,820 --> 00:56:53,140 But what if l want to choose the more difficult path? 379 00:56:54,490 --> 00:56:56,190 l don't like easy paths. 380 00:56:57,280 --> 00:56:59,620 l like tortuous paths strewn with thorns. 381 00:57:04,220 --> 00:57:05,720 Give me your blessings, Mother. 382 00:57:06,420 --> 00:57:07,960 You cannot leave me, Kewal. 383 00:57:07,980 --> 00:57:09,680 - l don't have a choice, mother! - Kewal! 384 00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:12,300 Kewal, l beg of you. 385 00:57:12,970 --> 00:57:14,950 Your mother is pleading with you. 386 00:57:17,180 --> 00:57:19,910 Your affection is creating obstacles on my path, mother. 387 00:57:20,150 --> 00:57:23,020 l'll remove the obstacles one by one, my child. 388 00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:24,640 - You... - Mother! 389 00:57:27,430 --> 00:57:29,030 l don't have a choice, mother! 390 00:57:30,770 --> 00:57:32,570 Please don't make it more difficult for me. 391 00:57:36,340 --> 00:57:37,740 Why are you silent? 392 00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:39,260 Why don't you stop Kewal? 393 00:57:40,480 --> 00:57:42,650 l have heard many such empty threats before. 394 00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:44,960 l've seen many such farewells. 395 00:57:46,470 --> 00:57:48,290 Thunder and lighting don't always bring the rains. 396 00:57:49,050 --> 00:57:51,350 Just wait. Kewal will return tomorrow. 397 00:57:52,190 --> 00:57:53,490 l know Kewal. 398 00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:57,780 l'm his mother. l know he won't return. 399 00:57:58,940 --> 00:58:02,170 Kewal won't come back! l know Kewal won't come back! 400 00:58:13,550 --> 00:58:15,140 l had told father... 401 00:58:16,250 --> 00:58:18,360 l want to find my own way. 402 00:58:20,010 --> 00:58:21,360 Now l was on that path... 403 00:58:23,220 --> 00:58:25,150 and misfortunes overwhelmed me. 404 00:58:26,440 --> 00:58:27,710 Failures beset me. 405 00:58:29,640 --> 00:58:31,440 lt has been two days since l left home. 406 00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:36,440 My pockets were empty, so was my stomach... 407 00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:40,450 but my heart was filled with fervor. 408 00:58:42,420 --> 00:58:43,350 l was tired. 409 00:58:44,560 --> 00:58:46,260 l even rested because l was tired. 410 00:58:47,220 --> 00:58:49,620 But, but l raised myself up again... 411 00:58:50,350 --> 00:58:53,120 to walk the path l'd chosen myself. 412 00:58:54,070 --> 00:58:55,570 The path towards my destiny! 413 00:58:57,360 --> 00:58:58,460 Theater... 414 00:59:00,010 --> 00:59:01,110 Theater! 415 00:59:02,240 --> 00:59:03,740 The theater was my destiny. 416 00:59:05,210 --> 00:59:07,250 l had come so close to attaining it... 417 00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:10,080 so close. 418 00:59:12,050 --> 00:59:15,400 Yet, yet, my destination seemed so far away. 419 00:59:17,660 --> 00:59:18,860 So far... 420 00:59:20,940 --> 00:59:22,240 so, so far. 421 01:00:49,520 --> 01:00:52,650 lf you lose yourself on the way? Then? 422 01:00:54,470 --> 01:00:58,080 - l'll try and find my way again. - Kewal! 423 01:00:58,590 --> 01:01:01,230 You can't live at home and do as you wish! 424 01:01:01,860 --> 01:01:03,160 Thank you, father. 425 01:01:06,110 --> 01:01:08,870 You've removed the biggest obstacle on my path. 426 01:01:12,210 --> 01:01:13,880 Kewal, l beg of you. 427 01:01:14,660 --> 01:01:16,920 Your mother is pleading with you 428 01:01:18,030 --> 01:01:19,130 Mother! 429 01:01:24,100 --> 01:01:25,700 l don't have a choice, mother. 430 01:01:27,400 --> 01:01:29,200 Please don't make it more difficult for me. 431 01:01:29,460 --> 01:01:31,030 Think carefully, Kewal! 432 01:01:32,390 --> 01:01:34,910 lt's not easy to make your own way. 433 01:01:38,430 --> 01:01:39,830 l know that, father. 434 01:01:41,910 --> 01:01:45,520 l know that, but what if... 435 01:01:46,780 --> 01:01:48,580 l want to choose the more difficult path? 436 01:01:50,070 --> 01:01:51,710 l don't like easy paths. 437 01:01:53,830 --> 01:01:55,980 l like tortuous paths strewn with thorns. 438 01:02:15,840 --> 01:02:17,420 This is not only my story. 439 01:02:19,440 --> 01:02:24,440 Every youngster everywhere faces the same question... 440 01:02:26,110 --> 01:02:29,700 lt's their life, but they don't have a choice in how to live it. 441 01:02:31,600 --> 01:02:33,000 They are but fistsful of clay... 442 01:02:33,470 --> 01:02:36,410 that parents, if they wish may shape into a beautiful idol 443 01:02:36,560 --> 01:02:38,810 or else, into a headless toy. 444 01:02:39,480 --> 01:02:42,230 l ask you, why shouldn't we live our own lives? 445 01:02:44,220 --> 01:02:45,760 My father is angry with me... 446 01:02:47,890 --> 01:02:50,150 Our family is a family of lawyers. 447 01:02:51,310 --> 01:02:53,610 When the British opened the first court in lndia... 448 01:02:53,740 --> 01:02:56,630 my great-grandfather appeared in court as a lawyer. 449 01:02:57,400 --> 01:03:00,410 How can someone from this family build a theater company? 450 01:03:03,290 --> 01:03:04,810 How can he build a theater? 451 01:03:09,280 --> 01:03:11,180 l've made my mother very unhappy. 452 01:03:12,980 --> 01:03:14,960 Mother loves me a lot. 453 01:03:16,640 --> 01:03:19,220 My home was filled with the world's comforts and luxuries. 454 01:03:19,550 --> 01:03:21,140 l still left home. 455 01:03:22,640 --> 01:03:27,020 Mother, Mother, how do l make you understand that l was helpless? 456 01:03:29,090 --> 01:03:31,550 l can never repay your love. 457 01:03:34,410 --> 01:03:38,830 l remember those days when l used to fall ill... 458 01:03:39,840 --> 01:03:41,570 and you felt sick. 459 01:03:43,720 --> 01:03:46,570 When the whole world slept peacefully at night... 460 01:03:47,890 --> 01:03:53,080 you would sit near me, your voice trembling with pain... 461 01:03:53,910 --> 01:03:56,370 begging God to spare my life. 462 01:03:58,770 --> 01:04:00,270 But mother, l am helpless. 463 01:04:01,890 --> 01:04:04,240 l am tired of fighting with myself. 464 01:04:06,350 --> 01:04:08,290 l haven't rejected your love. 465 01:04:09,730 --> 01:04:14,280 l've only left that stone house which couldn't hear the screams of my heart. 466 01:04:17,480 --> 01:04:18,780 Still, forgive me... 467 01:04:20,340 --> 01:04:24,950 and tell father that l will not bring disgrace to his name. 468 01:04:26,570 --> 01:04:28,620 l'll raise the theater to such heights... 469 01:04:29,710 --> 01:04:31,530 that people will regard it with respect. 470 01:04:32,760 --> 01:04:34,260 They will not mock it... 471 01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:37,180 they will not mock it. 472 01:05:10,480 --> 01:05:13,460 Great! Well done! 473 01:05:15,550 --> 01:05:19,290 Great job! You speak well. 474 01:05:22,270 --> 01:05:23,570 Who are you? 475 01:05:24,150 --> 01:05:25,950 When you were speaking, l felt as if... 476 01:05:27,140 --> 01:05:30,540 the sculptures of Ajanta were given a voice. Great! 477 01:05:32,340 --> 01:05:35,090 - Who are you? - What an effect your voice has! 478 01:05:35,940 --> 01:05:39,560 And your face? The very picture of woe... 479 01:05:40,460 --> 01:05:46,120 - Tell me. Who are you? - Me? l'm an artist. l paint pictures. 480 01:05:47,070 --> 01:05:49,410 Forgive me, but l don't want you to paint any pictures for me. 481 01:05:49,640 --> 01:05:51,050 l also own this theater. 482 01:05:55,900 --> 01:06:00,200 - You, this theater? - Yes, l am the owner of this theater. 483 01:06:01,500 --> 01:06:05,010 - Are you fond of dramatics? - Yes. 484 01:06:05,900 --> 01:06:07,500 Have you ever worked on stage? 485 01:06:09,000 --> 01:06:10,200 - Yes. - When? 486 01:06:12,470 --> 01:06:13,870 Some 100 years ago... 487 01:06:15,250 --> 01:06:16,850 when l was ten years old. 488 01:06:17,190 --> 01:06:21,980 - Some hundred years ago? How old are you now? - 20 years old. 489 01:06:22,670 --> 01:06:25,980 Ah, understood! You seem to have suffered much. 490 01:06:27,530 --> 01:06:29,600 That's why your speech was so full of emotion! 491 01:06:31,300 --> 01:06:32,600 Consider it so. 492 01:06:33,190 --> 01:06:34,790 - Who was she? - Who was she? 493 01:06:38,420 --> 01:06:41,240 Who knows? l don't even know her name. 494 01:06:42,940 --> 01:06:45,610 l knew only that when she danced... 495 01:06:46,440 --> 01:06:50,610 it appeared as though moonlight was rippling over a stream. 496 01:06:51,890 --> 01:06:56,680 My heart tells me you will meet that girl again. 497 01:06:59,600 --> 01:07:01,680 Your devotion cannot go unblessed. 498 01:07:02,770 --> 01:07:05,880 And your devotion? Your Nimmi? 499 01:07:10,170 --> 01:07:14,590 My case is different. lt's my fate. 500 01:07:17,550 --> 01:07:19,850 And now, l've become used to it. 501 01:07:22,580 --> 01:07:26,810 The bleeding of my heart has sustained my life for an age. 502 01:07:30,730 --> 01:07:34,860 - Namaste. l will go now. - But where will you go? 503 01:07:37,420 --> 01:07:39,270 - Where my fate takes me. - Then, stay here. 504 01:07:42,490 --> 01:07:46,790 - What will l do here? - Stay here and stage plays. 505 01:07:49,040 --> 01:07:50,540 Make your dreams come true. 506 01:07:53,090 --> 01:07:54,680 - Really? - Why not? 507 01:07:55,680 --> 01:07:57,400 This theater has been lying unused for many years. 508 01:07:58,630 --> 01:08:02,120 Many people have asked to use it but l never said 'yes'. 509 01:08:03,360 --> 01:08:05,700 No one seemed capable enough. 510 01:08:07,040 --> 01:08:11,020 - But, but what am l capable of? - What are you capable of? 511 01:08:13,610 --> 01:08:16,840 Your passion is so intense that l am embarrassed. 512 01:08:18,450 --> 01:08:20,020 The theater seems unworthy of you. 513 01:08:21,890 --> 01:08:27,540 - Will you stage plays here? - Yes, yes, definitely. 514 01:08:30,200 --> 01:08:31,520 - But... - But what? 515 01:08:33,380 --> 01:08:34,790 l will not be an employee. 516 01:08:37,470 --> 01:08:41,550 The theater will be yours. Give me whatever work you think l can do. 517 01:08:42,100 --> 01:08:46,870 - Agreed? - Yes, l agree. l agree. 518 01:08:49,110 --> 01:08:51,890 - What's your name? - l didn't tell you my name? 519 01:08:52,640 --> 01:08:55,330 - No. - lt's Rajan. And yours? 520 01:08:56,280 --> 01:09:01,360 - l didn't tell you my name either? - No. - lt's Kewal. 521 01:09:03,390 --> 01:09:05,090 This means both of us are alike. 522 01:09:05,780 --> 01:09:08,470 Time will pass faster when two lovelorn youth meet. 523 01:09:08,680 --> 01:09:12,000 - Yes, it will. - l'll lavish all my wealth on this theater. 524 01:09:13,800 --> 01:09:15,870 - All your wealth? - Yes, all my wealth. 525 01:09:16,740 --> 01:09:18,140 Don't you believe me? 526 01:09:20,080 --> 01:09:23,190 l do believe you. But... 527 01:09:23,470 --> 01:09:27,340 - But what? - Do you have 4 annas? 528 01:09:28,290 --> 01:09:33,650 - 4 annas? Why? - l... 529 01:09:35,780 --> 01:09:37,280 l haven't eaten for two days. 530 01:09:48,440 --> 01:09:52,470 From today, we are friends and partners. 531 01:10:56,240 --> 01:11:01,110 - Let go. Let go of my collar. - Go away, this isn't a charitable home! 532 01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:04,730 This is a theater company. Go, go. 533 01:11:05,310 --> 01:11:08,910 - But l want to meet Kewal babu. - Everyone wants to meet him. Go. 534 01:11:09,420 --> 01:11:13,170 - Fatty! - Kewal, Kewal! 535 01:11:16,240 --> 01:11:18,420 Fatty, we're meeting after such a long time. Come, sit. 536 01:11:19,610 --> 01:11:21,690 How are you, Fatty? We are only meeting now. 537 01:11:21,890 --> 01:11:24,890 - l'm okay, Kewal. - Are you working? 538 01:11:26,030 --> 01:11:29,230 - Yes, Kewal, my job's very important. - Really? What do you do? 539 01:11:29,420 --> 01:11:32,090 Measuring road-lengths, roaming around for a job. 540 01:11:33,270 --> 01:11:35,990 - You haven't found a job yet? - No, Kewal. 541 01:11:37,140 --> 01:11:40,640 Will you work for me? Just for me. A small job. 542 01:11:41,450 --> 01:11:43,360 - What work? - To dance. 543 01:11:43,480 --> 01:11:45,110 - To dance? - To sing. - To sing? 544 01:11:45,130 --> 01:11:48,100 - l'll make you an actor. - Me? An actor? Kewal, listen... 545 01:12:18,860 --> 01:12:24,130 At night, when the stars twinkle at night... 546 01:12:28,180 --> 01:12:33,480 my lover winks at me, and l swoon. 547 01:12:36,480 --> 01:12:41,720 At night, when the stars twinkle at night... 548 01:12:42,020 --> 01:12:47,370 My heart starts to wander. Oh, what shall l do? 549 01:12:50,310 --> 01:12:55,470 At night, when the hawk cuckoo trills at night... 550 01:12:55,870 --> 01:12:59,450 see, my beloved, how my heart trembles 551 01:13:02,590 --> 01:13:04,900 Oh, what shall l do? 552 01:13:07,930 --> 01:13:13,110 At night, when the hawk cuckoo trills at night... 553 01:13:13,440 --> 01:13:16,930 secrets will be discovered, yours and mine, mine and yours 554 01:13:20,020 --> 01:13:22,460 Oh, what shall l do? 555 01:13:25,490 --> 01:13:30,660 At night when the moon shines at night... 556 01:13:30,920 --> 01:13:36,190 like your love, my beloved, what shall l do? 557 01:13:39,220 --> 01:13:44,550 At night, when the moon shines at night... 558 01:13:44,780 --> 01:13:50,000 l can't live without you, oh, what shall l do? 559 01:13:52,950 --> 01:13:58,270 At night when the clouds roam at night... 560 01:13:58,510 --> 01:14:03,810 let go of my veil, my beloved oh, what shall l do? 561 01:14:06,880 --> 01:14:12,180 At night when the clouds roam at night... 562 01:14:12,380 --> 01:14:17,760 come run away with me, my beloved. Oh, what shall l do? 563 01:14:43,140 --> 01:14:48,510 lt's coming, it's coming. Kewal Theater's famous play. - Aag, Aag, Aag! 564 01:14:51,780 --> 01:14:55,230 But where is the girl? We don't have a girl... 565 01:14:55,850 --> 01:14:57,350 and opening night is approaching. 566 01:14:58,600 --> 01:15:00,000 - Fatty! - What's it, Kewal? 567 01:15:00,090 --> 01:15:02,020 - Who gave this advertisement? - l did. 568 01:15:03,930 --> 01:15:05,430 - You gave it? - Yes, why? 569 01:15:07,230 --> 01:15:10,070 But where is the girl? Without her, how will we stage the play? 570 01:15:10,510 --> 01:15:13,270 There's plenty of time. What are you doing right now? 571 01:15:14,820 --> 01:15:16,520 Worrying about the lack of a heroine. 572 01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:18,730 - Why, what's the matter? - Come with me. 573 01:15:19,070 --> 01:15:20,740 - But where? - Just come. 574 01:15:20,930 --> 01:15:22,430 You ask too many questions. 575 01:15:28,620 --> 01:15:30,450 But, what is this? Why don't you tell me? 576 01:15:30,910 --> 01:15:33,390 Don't worry. They say the fruits of patience are sweet. 577 01:15:36,610 --> 01:15:39,060 - Cigarette? - Thank you. 578 01:15:48,010 --> 01:15:49,110 Look. 579 01:15:53,260 --> 01:15:54,560 How about her? 580 01:15:57,400 --> 01:15:58,600 For what? 581 01:15:59,470 --> 01:16:00,870 For the role of heroine. 582 01:16:04,240 --> 01:16:05,340 Why? 583 01:16:17,820 --> 01:16:21,100 Rajan babu, you cannot get a heroine in this manner. 584 01:16:22,820 --> 01:16:24,420 Then how will we find her? 585 01:16:26,380 --> 01:16:27,780 That, l don't know. 586 01:16:28,890 --> 01:16:31,840 But there's not one girl here who's worthy of being our heroine. 587 01:16:33,730 --> 01:16:36,970 There are so many girls still waiting. At least take a look, Kewal. 588 01:16:38,070 --> 01:16:42,210 - lt's no use. - At least tell us what you're looking for! 589 01:16:44,420 --> 01:16:45,620 My heroine? 590 01:16:48,640 --> 01:16:53,780 A girl, as innocent as a dewdrop... 591 01:16:56,750 --> 01:16:58,470 as playful as an overflowing stream... 592 01:17:00,880 --> 01:17:04,650 who, if she cries, will make the ocean swell in despair. 593 01:17:06,790 --> 01:17:10,230 lf she laughs, will make the world laugh with her. 594 01:17:12,230 --> 01:17:16,360 A girl, whose eyes are intoxicating... 595 01:17:18,500 --> 01:17:19,900 whose voice is musical... 596 01:17:21,550 --> 01:17:23,050 and whose walk is magic! 597 01:17:25,300 --> 01:17:28,610 - What about this one? - No! 598 01:17:30,040 --> 01:17:31,140 She? 599 01:17:35,880 --> 01:17:37,480 What do you think of her? 600 01:17:37,670 --> 01:17:38,770 - Rubbish! 601 01:17:39,650 --> 01:17:42,160 - And she? - No! 602 01:17:44,420 --> 01:17:45,720 - And she? - No. 603 01:17:49,610 --> 01:17:51,090 - This one? - No! 604 01:17:55,320 --> 01:17:58,390 - How will she do? - No! 605 01:18:00,020 --> 01:18:01,880 - This one? - No, no, no! 606 01:18:01,990 --> 01:18:05,830 Rajan babu, l told you, there's not one girl here who can be our heroine. 607 01:18:06,210 --> 01:18:08,600 - Look some more. - lt's no use, Rajan babu. 608 01:18:08,800 --> 01:18:11,240 - Kewal babu, a girl has come. - Tell her we've seen many girls. 609 01:18:11,270 --> 01:18:12,870 We don't want any girl here. 610 01:18:12,980 --> 01:18:16,150 Kewal babu! l wish you would take a look! 611 01:18:16,530 --> 01:18:18,330 l've worked in theater for 30 years. 612 01:18:18,910 --> 01:18:22,850 The fact is, sir, l don't want to depend on your experience. 613 01:18:23,430 --> 01:18:27,160 - l want to learn my own lessons. - Kewal babu! Kewal babu! 614 01:19:08,110 --> 01:19:11,170 l heard there is a job here. 615 01:19:12,950 --> 01:19:15,640 Yes, there is. What is your name? 616 01:19:22,850 --> 01:19:24,250 l have no name. 617 01:19:28,140 --> 01:19:31,620 - No name? How can that be? - l told you! l have no name! 618 01:19:42,920 --> 01:19:46,700 Where are you from? Where is your house? 619 01:19:48,680 --> 01:19:50,080 l have no home. 620 01:19:57,710 --> 01:20:00,170 lf you have no home, where did you come from? 621 01:20:02,330 --> 01:20:04,060 - From hell. - From hell? 622 01:20:04,090 --> 01:20:07,630 Yes, from hell! lf Punjab isn't hell these days, then what is it? 623 01:20:08,510 --> 01:20:10,290 Wherever you look, it is burning. 624 01:20:11,360 --> 01:20:12,960 That fire burned my parents alive. 625 01:20:13,860 --> 01:20:16,820 That same fire consumed my three brothers and two innocent sisters. 626 01:20:17,710 --> 01:20:21,540 My home, my name burnt in that fire. Do you want to know anything more? 627 01:20:24,470 --> 01:20:25,570 Come. 628 01:22:40,070 --> 01:22:49,770 Why is the koel making a noise reminding me of someone l love? 629 01:23:02,280 --> 01:23:11,700 Why did he turn away from me? Won't someone explain matters to him? 630 01:23:17,790 --> 01:23:27,290 A sigh escapes my heart. Tell me, someone, what's my fault? 631 01:23:39,880 --> 01:23:49,410 Tell the koel not to sing. lt reminds me of my beloved 632 01:23:55,560 --> 01:24:05,000 My eyes brim with tears as l remember those days past 633 01:24:17,250 --> 01:24:26,640 My heart is burning. Oh, somebody douse these flames 634 01:24:32,460 --> 01:24:41,890 My life is ebbing slowly away. How long can l live in hope? 635 01:24:54,180 --> 01:25:03,890 Will someone tell him to come before Death arrives? 636 01:25:20,990 --> 01:25:26,840 Wow! What a good job! There's magic in your voice! 637 01:25:27,850 --> 01:25:29,250 How well you sing! 638 01:25:30,050 --> 01:25:34,070 For a moment, it felt as if the world had stopped turning. 639 01:25:35,550 --> 01:25:39,240 Like a celestial nymph in the Heavens... 640 01:25:40,240 --> 01:25:42,770 singing a song of separation to the moon and the clouds. 641 01:25:44,840 --> 01:25:46,710 One should learn how to flatter from you. 642 01:25:47,560 --> 01:25:50,840 Your song held tears and laughter. 643 01:25:51,760 --> 01:25:54,500 lt had the colors of flowers in them, and the warmth of your sighs. 644 01:25:55,890 --> 01:25:58,230 lt was not a song. lt was magic! 645 01:25:58,740 --> 01:26:00,530 lf you don't believe me, ask Kewal! 646 01:26:01,700 --> 01:26:03,200 Kewal, what do you think? 647 01:26:04,470 --> 01:26:05,670 Kewal babu! 648 01:26:10,270 --> 01:26:14,800 Kewal babu, Kewal babu, Kewal babu! 649 01:26:29,720 --> 01:26:31,420 Why did you come away like this? 650 01:26:37,930 --> 01:26:39,130 No reason. 651 01:26:41,910 --> 01:26:43,410 You could have said something. 652 01:26:47,270 --> 01:26:52,870 Said what? That your song had tears? 653 01:26:54,680 --> 01:26:55,980 lt had smiles? 654 01:26:57,890 --> 01:27:00,090 The colors of flowers in them, and the warmth of your sighs? 655 01:27:00,730 --> 01:27:02,330 You could have said something else. 656 01:27:05,690 --> 01:27:07,190 Shall l say it now? 657 01:27:10,570 --> 01:27:13,760 Your song had neither the warmth of sighs nor the dew of tears... 658 01:27:14,500 --> 01:27:16,410 no colorful flowers, nor the ripple of your laughter. 659 01:27:17,910 --> 01:27:20,410 The rise and fall of your voice is not music. 660 01:27:22,300 --> 01:27:26,130 Music has to come from the heart, not the throat! 661 01:27:26,210 --> 01:27:29,490 - But Rajan babu was praising me... - That's the difference between us. 662 01:27:31,650 --> 01:27:36,270 Rajan babu is an artist. He knows how to paint pictures. 663 01:27:37,890 --> 01:27:39,790 He doesn't know how to make them come alive. 664 01:27:41,400 --> 01:27:43,750 He gets distracted by a beautiful face. 665 01:27:45,410 --> 01:27:47,210 l want to delve deep into the soul. 666 01:27:48,570 --> 01:27:51,360 He halts when he spots blue eyes as deep as the sea. 667 01:27:52,950 --> 01:27:55,400 And l wish to dive into their depths... 668 01:27:56,520 --> 01:27:58,760 to touch the moon and search for pearls. 669 01:28:00,850 --> 01:28:03,440 There's a world of difference between Rajan babu and me. 670 01:28:05,290 --> 01:28:08,920 He worships the body. l worship the soul. 671 01:28:10,240 --> 01:28:12,870 l want to see a glimpse of your soul in your eyes. 672 01:28:13,620 --> 01:28:15,890 Your eyes should shed tears of blood. 673 01:28:16,970 --> 01:28:22,700 Your smiles should reflect the sun's radiance and lightning's fire! 674 01:28:24,600 --> 01:28:29,310 Your music should come from the heart and touch hearts as well. 675 01:28:31,620 --> 01:28:35,700 l'll try, Kewal babu, l will try. 676 01:28:39,600 --> 01:28:41,550 l do not wish that, like this flower... 677 01:28:43,220 --> 01:28:44,810 you wither before you bloom. 678 01:28:53,430 --> 01:28:56,800 l want to see you scale the peaks of fame. 679 01:29:00,800 --> 01:29:04,630 Kewal babu, l will try, l promise! 680 01:29:05,630 --> 01:29:08,430 l swear l'll try, Kewal babu! 681 01:29:31,710 --> 01:29:37,540 No tears in my eyes 682 01:29:39,420 --> 01:29:45,420 Nor sighs on my lips 683 01:30:20,750 --> 01:30:27,750 No tears in my eyes nor sighs on my lips 684 01:30:28,020 --> 01:30:34,640 But it's been an age since l've smiled 685 01:31:02,870 --> 01:31:09,810 l hope the tear that filled my eyes... 686 01:31:26,800 --> 01:31:33,270 does not fall, slipping through my fingers 687 01:31:54,020 --> 01:32:00,750 l have no peace even after l'm ruined 688 01:32:17,490 --> 01:32:23,840 How can a burning heart achieve peace? 689 01:32:43,930 --> 01:32:50,380 The darkness of my life safely remained 690 01:33:07,240 --> 01:33:13,580 How can a heart whose fire is extinguished, sparkle again? 691 01:33:34,290 --> 01:33:39,560 - Look at this painting, Kewal. l've just completed it. - lt's very good. 692 01:33:45,470 --> 01:33:50,080 First, look at her, then at this. Then tell me, how is it? 693 01:33:58,360 --> 01:34:02,420 Rajan, she is substance. This is a mere shadow. 694 01:34:05,840 --> 01:34:07,140 Yet, it's beautiful! 695 01:34:07,820 --> 01:34:11,800 l don't know what it is about this painting that reminds me of Nimmi. 696 01:34:18,990 --> 01:34:20,690 And that what's missing in this painting... 697 01:34:23,700 --> 01:34:25,200 is also in that girl. 698 01:34:29,950 --> 01:34:31,050 Nimmi! 699 01:35:47,610 --> 01:35:49,840 l'd made you as delicate as a flower. 700 01:35:51,950 --> 01:35:54,310 Who made you so stone-hearted? 701 01:35:55,760 --> 01:35:58,080 Rajan babu, Rajan babu! 702 01:35:58,780 --> 01:36:00,380 Rajan babu, l'm very happy today! 703 01:36:01,760 --> 01:36:03,840 l've touched the skies today, Rajan babu! 704 01:36:04,990 --> 01:36:07,250 Today, he called me 'Nimmi'! 705 01:36:07,840 --> 01:36:09,980 He says he likes this name very much! 706 01:36:10,520 --> 01:36:11,720 Rajan ba... 707 01:36:15,090 --> 01:36:16,290 Rajan babu... 708 01:36:20,540 --> 01:36:22,040 Why don't you say something? 709 01:36:22,420 --> 01:36:23,720 You were speaking... 710 01:36:25,040 --> 01:36:26,940 so where was the need for me to speak? 711 01:36:27,450 --> 01:36:28,950 You don't like this name? 712 01:36:29,790 --> 01:36:32,990 Nimmi, 'Nimmi' is a very lovely name. 713 01:36:35,060 --> 01:36:38,190 Then, why aren't you happy? Why do you look so sad? 714 01:36:38,590 --> 01:36:40,680 l'm sad? Not at all! 715 01:36:41,970 --> 01:36:43,370 Where am l sad? 716 01:36:45,740 --> 01:36:49,220 l'm very happy today, very happy! 717 01:36:51,790 --> 01:36:53,670 Kewal has called you Nimmi. 718 01:36:55,490 --> 01:36:59,270 Kewal only calls someone 'Nimmi' if he likes them... 719 01:37:00,640 --> 01:37:01,840 loves them. 720 01:37:06,330 --> 01:37:07,430 Nimmi... 721 01:37:11,080 --> 01:37:13,220 Nimmi, you've really touched the skies today. 722 01:37:17,210 --> 01:37:20,550 l'm truly very happy today, very happy. 723 01:37:23,770 --> 01:37:25,590 l've never been so happy in my life! 724 01:37:37,900 --> 01:37:43,370 - But you're crying. - No, when happiness crosses... 725 01:37:44,190 --> 01:37:47,840 limits, it turns into tears. Look carefully. 726 01:37:48,730 --> 01:37:51,280 ln my tears you will see my smiles. 727 01:41:04,570 --> 01:41:09,510 Go and rest. We have to stage the play in the evening. 728 01:41:11,090 --> 01:41:12,490 How was the dance? 729 01:41:17,670 --> 01:41:19,900 - lt was good. - Only 'good'? 730 01:41:24,110 --> 01:41:28,990 lt was only 'good'. lf you could work on your flexibility... 731 01:41:30,290 --> 01:41:31,690 you could be better. 732 01:41:33,800 --> 01:41:38,930 l'll only concede when each of your limbs... 733 01:41:41,450 --> 01:41:43,140 displays the wounds of your soul. 734 01:41:48,130 --> 01:41:49,330 Blue eyes. 735 01:42:02,300 --> 01:42:04,680 - The taxi has come, Kewal. - Okay. 736 01:42:09,050 --> 01:42:11,040 l'm going home after one full year. 737 01:42:12,020 --> 01:42:15,840 - l'll ask my parents to come watch the play. - Will they come? 738 01:42:16,950 --> 01:42:21,370 l am not sure about father, but mother will definitely come. 739 01:42:23,790 --> 01:42:28,210 She can never refuse. She'll be very happy meeting you. 740 01:42:29,360 --> 01:42:30,960 She loved Nimmi very much, too. 741 01:42:31,630 --> 01:42:34,960 Kewal, the taxi is waiting. 742 01:42:39,660 --> 01:42:42,290 Okay, Nimmi, let me leave. We'll meet in the evening. 743 01:42:43,670 --> 01:42:47,670 - l'll tell you some good news. - What good news? 744 01:42:48,900 --> 01:42:54,910 That l'll only say in the evening. You'll dance for joy when you hear it. 745 01:42:56,920 --> 01:42:58,540 You'll be in seventh heaven. 746 01:43:02,540 --> 01:43:03,840 Please tell me? 747 01:43:05,560 --> 01:43:08,460 No. l'll tell you in the evening. 748 01:43:19,340 --> 01:43:21,590 - So that's it! - What is? 749 01:43:22,030 --> 01:43:24,980 - l knew right from the beginning. - What did you know? 750 01:43:26,520 --> 01:43:28,120 "l'll tell you in the evening." 751 01:43:29,060 --> 01:43:32,220 - "You'll dance with joy when you hear it." - Have you gone mad, Fatty? 752 01:43:33,130 --> 01:43:36,330 Me? Mad? Just wipe the sweat from your brow, Kewal babu. 753 01:43:36,430 --> 01:43:39,170 - You son of a... - Come, taxi. Come. 754 01:43:41,810 --> 01:43:45,970 - Kewal babu! - Lachmi, where is mother, Lachmi? - Upstairs. 755 01:43:46,120 --> 01:43:48,820 Madam, madam, the young master has come! 756 01:43:50,210 --> 01:43:54,810 Kewal! My son! 757 01:43:57,310 --> 01:44:01,970 - My son! - Ma! - Kewal, Kewal, my son! 758 01:44:06,070 --> 01:44:07,670 You only rememembered your mother today? 759 01:44:09,430 --> 01:44:11,210 You didn't have time for an entire year? 760 01:44:12,190 --> 01:44:14,770 Let me take a look at you. 761 01:44:17,760 --> 01:44:21,440 Come, my son. Sit. 762 01:44:23,710 --> 01:44:27,000 Mother, l have to leave soon. 763 01:44:27,410 --> 01:44:30,070 Leave? Where to, my son? You've just come home. 764 01:44:31,160 --> 01:44:35,450 Mother, l am staging a play today. l came to invite you. 765 01:44:37,530 --> 01:44:41,040 - Where is father? - He's gone to court. Wait till he returns. 766 01:44:41,710 --> 01:44:44,010 Another time, mother. But tell me, will you come to watch the play? 767 01:44:46,160 --> 01:44:50,210 Do come and see what your useless son has achieved. 768 01:44:51,130 --> 01:44:52,830 - You'll come, won't you? - Of course l will. 769 01:44:53,860 --> 01:44:55,460 - And father? - l will try. 770 01:44:56,470 --> 01:44:59,310 Please come, mother. l'll be waiting. 771 01:46:39,020 --> 01:46:40,320 Sixteen years old 772 01:46:43,620 --> 01:46:45,780 That innocent age of sweet sixteen 773 01:46:51,560 --> 01:46:53,950 Those anklets on her fair feet... 774 01:46:58,420 --> 01:47:00,050 lead our steps astray 775 01:47:16,640 --> 01:47:19,030 Her sandalwood-colored arms are graceful 776 01:47:23,590 --> 01:47:25,360 Who would not lose their heart? 777 01:47:39,730 --> 01:47:43,710 Looking at that moonlike face, everyone exclaims, 'Oh, God!' 778 01:47:51,220 --> 01:47:55,600 Everyone's gaze was drawn to her. That innocent girl of sweet sixteen 779 01:48:19,000 --> 01:48:26,000 Desperation tells its own story, so why does anyone sigh? 780 01:48:33,760 --> 01:48:40,640 Why should anyone lust after someone's intoxicating youth? 781 01:48:48,420 --> 01:48:52,700 Looking at someone's beautiful face... 782 01:48:57,160 --> 01:48:58,810 why should anyone lose themselves? 783 01:49:09,590 --> 01:49:12,060 Someone take care of me 784 01:49:16,450 --> 01:49:18,620 She is sweet sixteen 785 01:49:40,820 --> 01:49:43,360 - How was it? - lt was okay. 786 01:49:44,100 --> 01:49:47,880 When you're on stage, try to forget yourself. 787 01:49:47,970 --> 01:49:50,930 Forget all that. What's the good news? 788 01:49:51,740 --> 01:49:54,960 Should l tell you? After today, when l stage this play... 789 01:49:55,690 --> 01:49:59,460 - it'll be called 'Nimmi'. - But what's the good news? 790 01:50:00,020 --> 01:50:01,420 lsn't this good news? 791 01:50:01,670 --> 01:50:04,760 - l'd hoped it was something else. - What did you hope it was? 792 01:50:08,690 --> 01:50:10,090 l'll tell you later. 793 01:50:19,670 --> 01:50:23,100 - Mother! - Bless you, my son. 794 01:50:26,780 --> 01:50:28,380 May you live long, my son. 795 01:50:29,760 --> 01:50:32,280 You've made me cry a lot today. 796 01:50:33,430 --> 01:50:38,040 See? My tears haven't dried yet. 797 01:50:38,910 --> 01:50:42,020 Mother, today this theater's fortunes have risen again. 798 01:50:43,000 --> 01:50:46,890 Why do you change the subject, son? My tears will not dry. 799 01:50:48,270 --> 01:50:50,490 My eyes will remain wet with tears forever. 800 01:50:51,750 --> 01:50:55,280 You are talking in riddles, mother. 801 01:50:55,490 --> 01:50:58,630 - Kewal, may l beg a favor of you? - Mother? 802 01:50:59,510 --> 01:51:02,930 l'd begged this of you once before. Do you remember when? 803 01:51:03,450 --> 01:51:05,850 - When, mother? - When you were leaving the house. 804 01:51:06,930 --> 01:51:09,050 At the time, you brushed me aside and left. 805 01:51:09,530 --> 01:51:11,130 Tell me what you want, mother. 806 01:51:11,690 --> 01:51:14,470 - Kewal, l want a daughter-in-law, your bride! - Mother! 807 01:51:22,530 --> 01:51:23,930 Have you seen Rajan babu? 808 01:52:46,950 --> 01:52:51,770 l have made you. l can destroy you, too. 809 01:52:53,360 --> 01:52:57,310 l've given you life. l can also send you into deathly sleep. 810 01:53:01,320 --> 01:53:05,410 Nimmi, now call your Kewal! And ask him to revive you. 811 01:53:25,740 --> 01:53:27,340 Have you come to meet Nimmi? 812 01:53:32,540 --> 01:53:34,100 Nimmi is dead, Kewal. 813 01:53:39,370 --> 01:53:42,200 Look! My hands are red with her blood. 814 01:53:42,990 --> 01:53:44,890 l've shed her blood with these very hands. 815 01:53:47,280 --> 01:53:48,880 What have you done, Rajan babu? 816 01:53:52,400 --> 01:53:53,800 What have l done? 817 01:53:54,560 --> 01:53:57,970 These paintings were my life, my soul. 818 01:54:00,230 --> 01:54:03,390 Know this, Kewal; l've tried to commit suicide. 819 01:54:05,340 --> 01:54:08,560 - But why? - Why? As if you don't know. 820 01:54:11,580 --> 01:54:15,360 - But l don't know anything. - Really? You don't know anything? 821 01:54:16,190 --> 01:54:20,170 You don't know that Nimmi is the girl whom l'd seen but once? 822 01:54:20,560 --> 01:54:22,970 But, that one glimpse lit my life up with the radiance of a thousand lamps? 823 01:54:23,720 --> 01:54:26,520 You don't know that Nimmi is the girl whose likeness l painted? 824 01:54:26,780 --> 01:54:30,200 - That l've never painted anyone but her? - No, no... 825 01:54:30,790 --> 01:54:34,560 - No! - You don't even know that my life is incomplete without Nimmi? 826 01:54:34,810 --> 01:54:36,410 That without her, my music is silent? 827 01:54:36,430 --> 01:54:38,510 - And she desires you! She loves you! - No! 828 01:54:39,280 --> 01:54:40,680 - No! - You are lying! 829 01:54:47,040 --> 01:54:48,440 l'm not lying, Rajan babu. 830 01:54:52,070 --> 01:54:53,370 l'm not lying. 831 01:55:11,520 --> 01:55:14,270 Tell me, Kewal babu, what's that good news? 832 01:55:14,700 --> 01:55:16,470 - ls it true, Nimmi? - What? 833 01:55:17,120 --> 01:55:19,530 That you're in love with me? That you like me? 834 01:55:22,600 --> 01:55:26,090 - Ask your heart, Kewal babu. - l've asked my heart. 835 01:55:28,880 --> 01:55:31,610 - What does it say? - lt says l don't love you. 836 01:55:31,960 --> 01:55:33,450 - lt says Rajan babu... - Rajan babu? 837 01:55:34,250 --> 01:55:36,950 Yes, Nimmi. His life is incomplete without you. 838 01:55:37,430 --> 01:55:39,860 - His music is desolate without you. - But... 839 01:55:41,270 --> 01:55:44,800 but, do you know how desolate my melodies are? 840 01:55:46,730 --> 01:55:50,250 How incomplete my life, what do you know of that? 841 01:55:51,250 --> 01:55:53,970 Rajan babu is my friend. l know him very well. 842 01:55:54,690 --> 01:55:57,620 Nimmi, Nimmi, what's there in me that Rajan babu doesn't have? 843 01:55:58,430 --> 01:56:00,230 l don't know what it is about you. 844 01:56:03,430 --> 01:56:08,110 l can only tell you, he doesn't possess such a handsome face... 845 01:56:09,760 --> 01:56:13,360 such blue eyes, such golden hair. 846 01:56:14,160 --> 01:56:17,690 - Such blue eyes, such golden hair! - Nimmi! 847 01:56:18,560 --> 01:56:20,180 Nimmi, he has a generous soul. 848 01:56:22,290 --> 01:56:25,970 Soul? A generous soul? 849 01:56:27,490 --> 01:56:30,160 l thought you said Rajan babu is attracted to physical beauty? 850 01:56:30,920 --> 01:56:32,820 And that you wished to delve into the soul? 851 01:56:34,470 --> 01:56:35,670 Kewal babu! 852 01:56:36,540 --> 01:56:39,240 Alas! Had you but once glanced into my soul... 853 01:56:40,450 --> 01:56:44,910 you would have seen how many hopes, how many dreams... 854 01:56:45,570 --> 01:56:49,070 how many desires sigh for you, yearn for you. 855 01:56:50,750 --> 01:56:55,200 - And, my tears. You don't see them shed blood. - That's a lie! 856 01:56:55,300 --> 01:56:59,600 A lie? lf that were so, why would l dream of you every night? 857 01:57:01,260 --> 01:57:02,760 Dreams play us false, Nimmi. 858 01:57:06,590 --> 01:57:09,270 So? This was only a dream? 859 01:57:12,120 --> 01:57:15,370 Nimmi, Nimmi, l am helpless. 860 01:57:16,470 --> 01:57:18,220 l'm helpless too, Kewal babu. 861 01:57:19,160 --> 01:57:23,100 Nimmi. Nimmi, Rajan babu loves you very much. 862 01:57:24,320 --> 01:57:25,920 His heart beats at your feet. 863 01:57:27,800 --> 01:57:30,020 A troubled heart lies at your feet, too. 864 01:57:31,370 --> 01:57:32,930 - Nimmi! - Kewal babu. 865 01:57:34,350 --> 01:57:35,450 Nimmi. 866 01:57:36,980 --> 01:57:38,680 Excuse me, it's time for your scene. 867 01:57:43,410 --> 01:57:45,110 So what do l tell Rajan babu? 868 01:57:47,530 --> 01:57:49,110 Tell him Nimmi is dead. 869 01:57:50,710 --> 01:57:52,950 That you throttled her with your own hands. 870 01:58:02,760 --> 01:58:05,890 Your marriage is tomorrow. But a man's duty... 871 01:58:06,560 --> 01:58:10,500 No, no. As a man, you should do your duty first. 872 01:58:11,210 --> 01:58:14,840 Go, my son. Risk your life if you must, but save her. 873 01:58:34,910 --> 01:58:38,070 - You cannot go. - Don't stop me. l have to leave. 874 01:58:38,860 --> 01:58:41,520 My country is calling me. My country needs me. 875 01:58:41,760 --> 01:58:43,560 lt's a question of my country's life or death. 876 01:58:44,280 --> 01:58:46,910 - lt's a question of my life and death too. - l don't have a choice. 877 01:58:47,700 --> 01:58:50,860 - l too am helpless. - Please don't make it more difficult. 878 01:58:52,560 --> 01:58:54,840 - But my love? - End it. 879 01:58:55,320 --> 01:58:57,020 Tell it to not impede my path. 880 01:59:20,600 --> 01:59:25,720 My heart is broken, my life is lost 881 01:59:25,960 --> 01:59:31,090 Fate has left me shattered 882 01:59:42,430 --> 01:59:47,780 l have no tears left to cry 883 01:59:47,820 --> 01:59:53,020 Fate has left me forlorn 884 02:00:12,360 --> 02:00:23,210 The world of my hopes, my love has been disgraced 885 02:00:39,970 --> 02:00:45,000 My love has been disgraced 886 02:00:45,200 --> 02:00:55,890 Why did you make me your own? And then, having done so, reject me? 887 02:01:25,970 --> 02:01:31,150 My heart is tormented by desires 888 02:01:31,530 --> 02:01:36,790 My heart continues to smolder 889 02:01:55,660 --> 02:02:06,110 You started the fire, and have left me to burn 890 02:02:25,170 --> 02:02:35,990 May you bloom and grow, may you be prosperous and joyous 891 02:02:51,760 --> 02:03:02,040 You have left me a mere tale to be told 892 02:03:13,060 --> 02:03:18,290 My heart is broken, my life is lost 893 02:03:18,600 --> 02:03:22,820 - Fate has... - The theater is on fire! - Fire! Fire! 894 02:05:08,750 --> 02:05:10,660 - Have you seen Kewal babu? - No, madam. 895 02:05:12,210 --> 02:05:13,710 Rajan babu has gone to look. 896 02:06:10,030 --> 02:06:15,510 Nimmi. Nimmi, come to me, Nimmi. 897 02:06:17,120 --> 02:06:20,730 - No. - Why are you hestitating? 898 02:06:23,210 --> 02:06:25,220 Look into these blue eyes. 899 02:06:26,890 --> 02:06:28,710 You liked them very much, didn't you? 900 02:06:30,830 --> 02:06:34,460 And this golden hair? Why don't you touch it? 901 02:06:36,640 --> 02:06:39,710 You're frightened? Of me? 902 02:06:42,200 --> 02:06:43,600 Of this beautiful face? 903 02:06:45,560 --> 02:06:48,090 - You used to dream of me every night, didn't you? - No! 904 02:06:49,330 --> 02:06:51,230 And now you're running away from those very dreams? 905 02:06:53,850 --> 02:06:58,680 Nimmi, Nimmi, a handsome face is not everything in this world. 906 02:07:00,110 --> 02:07:04,760 Blue eyes and golden hair don't support you when life becomes difficult. 907 02:07:06,050 --> 02:07:11,360 The golden world of dreams melts like wax at the first sign of trouble. 908 02:07:21,300 --> 02:07:22,900 Someone has come to meet you. 909 02:07:25,190 --> 02:07:27,890 - Let them come. - Come. 910 02:07:37,130 --> 02:07:43,000 Who? Who is it? 911 02:07:45,750 --> 02:07:47,700 - lt is me. - Nimmi? 912 02:07:50,810 --> 02:07:52,690 Nimmi, sit down. 913 02:07:54,070 --> 02:07:56,530 Sit. How are you? 914 02:07:58,000 --> 02:08:00,150 - You have come alone? - Yes. 915 02:08:03,180 --> 02:08:08,460 - How are you? - l'm alright. 916 02:08:15,780 --> 02:08:21,500 You brought flowers? This ring? 917 02:08:25,440 --> 02:08:28,630 - He gave it to me. - Who? 918 02:08:30,190 --> 02:08:32,490 - Rajan? - Yes. 919 02:08:36,600 --> 02:08:40,960 - When is the marriage? - The day you are well. 920 02:08:45,800 --> 02:08:47,860 l will pray for both of you. 921 02:08:50,320 --> 02:08:52,780 l'd prayed like this for someone, once before. 922 02:08:55,920 --> 02:09:00,390 Nimmi, Nimmi, may you always be happy. 923 02:09:03,050 --> 02:09:08,120 May your life be filled with laughter and music. 924 02:09:10,890 --> 02:09:14,100 May the shadows of unhappiness not fall upon your world. 925 02:09:16,810 --> 02:09:21,740 May every night be as bright as a full-moon night. 926 02:09:23,660 --> 02:09:26,030 May you never know the darkness of a new-moon night. 927 02:09:28,690 --> 02:09:30,090 Always remain happy, Nimmi. 928 02:09:32,600 --> 02:09:33,800 Be happy. 929 02:09:45,170 --> 02:09:49,130 - Nimmi! - So she also disappeared from your life? 930 02:09:50,850 --> 02:09:54,250 Yes. She went away. 931 02:09:56,690 --> 02:09:59,360 She lost herself in the depths of my blue eyes. 932 02:10:00,980 --> 02:10:05,390 She never had the time to look into my soul... 933 02:10:06,950 --> 02:10:08,350 to reach my heart. 934 02:10:08,980 --> 02:10:12,310 - Has anyone ever reached your heart? - Yes. 935 02:10:13,860 --> 02:10:17,640 - Who? - Nimmi. 936 02:10:20,120 --> 02:10:26,280 She loved me, not my blue eyes or handsome face. 937 02:10:27,010 --> 02:10:30,030 - When was this? - Some hundred years ago... 938 02:10:31,330 --> 02:10:36,090 when l was 10 years old. We studied together. 939 02:10:37,460 --> 02:10:41,760 We played together, and dreamed our dreams together. 940 02:10:44,310 --> 02:10:46,680 Now she, too, seems like a dream. 941 02:10:48,000 --> 02:10:50,030 But you haven't forgotten that dream yet? 942 02:10:52,360 --> 02:10:53,780 How can one forget? 943 02:10:55,620 --> 02:10:58,040 Nimmi's memories live on in every corner of my heart... 944 02:11:00,160 --> 02:11:02,090 like the fragrance of these flowers. 945 02:11:05,120 --> 02:11:07,470 But now, even if Nimmi passes in front of you... 946 02:11:08,270 --> 02:11:09,670 you won't recognise her. 947 02:11:12,010 --> 02:11:13,610 l will fail to recognise Nimmi? 948 02:11:15,230 --> 02:11:19,460 l'll recognise her in a crowd. She's one in a million! 949 02:11:20,300 --> 02:11:25,010 False! Forget a crowd, if Nimmi were sitting in front of you... 950 02:11:25,500 --> 02:11:27,110 you wouldn't recognise her. 951 02:11:30,280 --> 02:11:31,680 Have you recognised me? 952 02:12:05,930 --> 02:12:07,350 - Nimmi? - Kewal. 953 02:12:08,990 --> 02:12:11,710 Nimmi! Nimmi! 954 02:12:20,230 --> 02:12:25,230 Sudha? Nimmi? l don't understand anything. 955 02:12:26,680 --> 02:12:30,770 You gave my name to others so l changed mine to Sudha. 956 02:12:32,510 --> 02:12:37,600 - Nimmi, may l ask you something, Nimmi? - Please do. 957 02:12:38,500 --> 02:12:43,180 - l will once again build a theater. Will you act in it? - Of course. 958 02:12:45,220 --> 02:12:49,850 - l will become Bilwa Mangal, and you? - Chintamani.