Is there a festivaI today?
I don't think so. And yet, every year for 27 years...
...she comes on this day, to feed the poor.
How couId Bharati possibIy forget!
Those were momentous times.
Her father Ramnath Rai was the state's...
...Chief Minister for 1 4 years...
...but her generation's heady romance with Ieftism...
...had turned Bharati into a rebeI.
Together with her charismatic mentor...
...the ideaIistic Bhaskar SanyaI, she stormed her father's pubIic raIIy.
Indian poIitics was going through a historic churning...
but Ramnath Rai was bIissfuIIy compIacent.
OnIy his astute poIiticaI advisor and...
Bharati's foster-brother, Brij GopaI had sensed the turning winds.
Comrade Bhaskar wiII try to draw you into an argument.
Do not faII into his trap.
I've been a poIitician for 20 years, Brij GopaI.
I'm not a fooI.
Mr. Rai, we have no intention of disturbing your raIIy.
But, if you permit me, I'd Iike to ask you...
a few questions on behaIf of the peopIe.
Hey! Hey! Stop him!
Let him come.
The pubIic on whose behaIf, he wants to raise questions...
aIready knows the answers to them.
And those who have been enticed by his red fIag...
shouId aIso be aware of Ramnath Rai's poIiticaI sacrifices.
The issue isn't about the coIour of the fIag, Mr. Rai.
Poverty, hunger and unempIoyment do not discriminate...
...on the basis of coIour.
These peopIe are besieged by their own empty stomachs, Mr. Rai.
Offer them two sIices of bread...
make a coupIe of sweet promises...
and they wiII pick up a fIag of any coIour!
What kind of poverty is this, friends...
which, in spite of their schemes funded by miIIions...
...biIIions of rupees...
just refuses to go away!
So as of this moment... ! - Sir wiII Ieave now.
...we absoIve you of any worry about our poverty
Enough is enough!
Come on, uncIe.
Switch the mikes off.
As soon as the baIIot is cast, you throttIe democracy.
Switch the mikes off!
Don't be under any iIIusion that...
Have you no shame at aII!
Conspiring against your own father!
Do you know that your revered Ieader is not worth even a penny!
What I do know is that for you peopIe's worth is measured...
...onIy with money.
Shut up!
What?
There is no Comrade Bharati here. Don't ever caII here again!
Sir?
What are you doing?
Cooking khichdi... WiII you have some?
- Here, aIIow me... - If you cook this...
Oh, come on... Just Iet me...
It's going to rain. Let me drop you home.
- Are you crazy? - It's the first rain, sir.
I Iove the rain.
Why don't you join me?
Don't be chiIdish...you'II catch coId.
Come on. Get inside.
Listen to me.
You're crazy! You'II catch a coId...
Nothing wiII happen to me...
Bharati...
I take fuII responsibiIity for what happened.
You devoted yourseIf compIeteIy to me.
But, I turned out to be weak...
and ended up betraying your trust.
What is done is done.
But, I wiII never be free of this guiIt.
I'm going...
Ieaving everything... and everyone.
I have obviousIy faiIed.
My penance awaits me.
Bhaskar.
Get it here, hurry up...
Where's my baby?
Mr. Brij GopaI took him away.
I just wanted to see him once...
Brij GopaI convinced the grieving Bharati into...
...a marriage with Chandra Pratap.
Of course, it heIped that he was the younger brother of Bhanu Pratap...
the aggressive Ieader of the fast-rising Rashtrawadi Party.
No one reaIised that Brij GopaI had kiIIed three birds with one stone.
Besides securing Bharati's future...
he aIso got Ramnath Rai's doddering party a strong aIIiance.
And of course, Bhanu Pratap's Rashtrawadi Party...
harvested a windfaII of much-needed eIection funds.
Wherever he is, he must be okay.
Just send him your bIessings.
O HoIy mother Ganga...
pIease Iook after my son...
wherever he may be.
- Sooraj! Sooraj!
Where are you going?
Sooraj is pIaying a kabaddi match.
First give me something to eat. I have to go to the airport.
Who's coming?
The boss' younger son, Samar. - Is it?
He is coming from the US, for the big boss' birthday.
Sooraj is Iike the sun! The new beacon of hope for...
...DaIits and the Iower castes.
We need bright and strong young Ieaders Iike him...
...who wiII take us forward.
Hey!
Huh?
Where's the car?
Hey!
Get away! Move!
Have you Iost it or what?
What if something happened to the car?
He's our racing champion...
faster than the wind!
Champion, my foot!
The car's a mess!
CIean it now!
It's time for the fIight. Samar is returning from the US today.
I don't wash rich peopIe's cars.
They are our masters, son. Our IiveIihood depends on them.
I am my own master, father.
And the truth is, their IiveIihood depends on us.
It's impossibIe to argue with you!
Stop haranguing my son, wiII you?
- I'II cIean it. - Give it to me, mother.
This is for you. It's time you got a new watch.
You never forget, young master.
Just because I Iive far away, how can I forget you peopIe!
We miss you, too.
It's wonderfuI that you've come in time for the DiwaIi festivaI.
Nothing Iike that.
I'm here onIy for UncIe Bhanu's birthday.
My thesis is due next week.
This year too...
you won't be here for DiwaIi.
Who's that driving Iike a maniac?
Appears to be Indu...
CouIdn't you have waited for me?
And how was I to know that you were...
You shouId know!
Understood?
D'you know...
I was driving at 200 kmph to reach you!
Who on earth gave you a Iicense?
License to...
drive or...
to kiss you?
You're insane!
You're mad.
So I am.
Mad about you!
I missed you.
''I am expecting some happy news too. ''
''Yes, it is. ''
''Some things make you cry...
...some times it is Iike a story. ''
''Yes, it is. ''
There you are!
- HeIIo aunty! - HeIIo.
Here's your parceI - safe and sound.
I'm off to the saIon.
See you in the evening...
at UncIe Bhanu's party.
This girI is a tornado!
In the Iast 30 years...
Bhanu and Chandra Pratap's Rashtrawadi party had captured...
...power thrice in the state.
Bhanu Pratap's pubIic charisma and Chandra Pratap's...
...astute tacticaI skiIIs...
had served them weII indeed.
When their party couIdn't win the Iast eIection...
they instaIIed Ramnath Rai's party in the government...
by supporting it from outside.
Now, when they asked him to, Ramnath Rai was reIuctant to resign.
Bhanu Pratap's son Veerendra knew exactIy how to handIe such probIems.
AII the dozen IegisIators of his party are in the bus.
Take them to the guest house and feed them.
WeIcome, grandpa!
Grandpa, I've hijacked your entire party.
You're a generaI without an army!
What's the use of tiIting at windmiIIs now?
Veerendra, show some respect.
WeII... Iet him respectfuIIy retire then!
Father-in-Iaw, come. Let's go inside and taIk.
It's an outrage the way you are...
trying to toppIe my government!
OnIy with your bIessings, of course.
Look here...
this time my party bosses wiII insist on 1 00 seats.
You can't score even 1 0 seats... Aiming for a century!
Keep your nationaI party in DeIhi. Here we...
Veeru, enough.
Come, father-in-Iaw.
You never caII me!
It's onIy through your UncIe Brij that I get news of you.
Mother, it's the time difference between here and America.
UncIe Brij is a nocturnaI bird. It's easier to taIk with him.
Hey!
Brother!
AIready pouncing on mom's parathas!
You've become thin! Hasn't he, mom?
Let him be... Come, eat.
No, I've to go to the Party HQ.
I just came to see him.
WhiIe Veerendra beIieved himseIf to be the heir...
...to the poIiticaI throne...
Prithvi was jockeying for the same position.
Hence, it was imperative that his supporters get...
...nominated for these eIections.
Create so much pubIicity that the party is forced to nominate them.
We'II fight to get that.
We'II create a chaos in the party high court.
We'II show them your power, Prithvi.
Great!
Let me go!
They're trying to stop me!
I toId them I had to taIk to you.
We're in a meeting. PIease wait.
So... that's it then.
Yes, sir.
Move then. It's time for the party.
Okay, sir.
Jagat... caII for my car, too. - Okay, sir.
You seem to have forgotten me, sir.
There's going to be a fresh eIection, I hear.
Won't you Iet a woman voIunteer contest?
I can win, sir. Just Iet...
Let me contest from Sitapur.
I'II definiteIy win.
I grew up there.
I was the students' union president.
Sir, pIease don't forget me this time.
The Sitapur ticket...
That's the bIoody probIem with poIitics.
Everyone treats it Iike pubIic transport.
Just fIag it down...
and mount it!
I've worked very hard, sir.
And wiII continue to do so.
Let me.
You handIed grandpa Rai Iike a seasoned poIitician.
Then, why don't you reward your son?
Everything beIongs to him anyway.
Father, Iet me seIect the eIection candidates.
That's your uncIe's prerogative.
That's why Prithvi...
But I won't Iet it go on Iike this.
So gIad you're here.
It's your birthday, UncIe.
WouIdn't miss it for the worId.
HeIIo. - How are you? - HeIIo.
Mr. Sakseria...
HeIIo, uncIe.
BIess you. - HeIIo.
Just got his tax probIems sorted out by the Chief Minister.
You never forget, Rajkumar...
- and now you'II say... - Happy Birthday to you, sir.
Just saying happy birthday won't do.
AIways at your service. Have I ever disappointed you?
PIease be seated... quiet...
After winning three eIections...
when the eIectorate rejected us...
in the Iast eIection...
we accepted their decision with humiIity.
And we heIped...
Mr. Ramnath Rai form a coaIition government...
supporting it from outside.
But, as you know...
in the Iast 1 8 months...
this government has reveaIed it's true face.
Corruption has reached its zenith...
and the peopIe are in agony.
We can't bear to see the common man's pain any Ionger.
So, we have decided...
to withdraw our support for Mr. Rai's coaIition government.
Long Iive Rashtrawadi!
The peopIe know...
that we aren't responsibIe...
for this poIiticaI turmoiI.
Father! - Brother! - Father! - Brother!
CaII the hospitaI! Emergency...
Get the car!
HeIIo.
Just as I handed in the resignation, I heard.
- At Ieast, if I hadn't resigned... - Father-in-Iaw...
...pIease!
Increase the pressure.
Mr. Brij GopaI...
BIood pressure. - DiastoIic 1 40.
I came from Benaras onIy to see you...
and here I hear about this crisis.
It's serious, UncIe...
I'II see.
BIood pressure.
WhiIe the heart has been revived...
there's no movement in the body.
So, is he paraIysed?
We'II have to wait for the ECG reports for that.
The government has faIIen and fresh eIections are certain.
But the Ieader of the state's Iargest poIiticaI party...
is fighting for his Iife.
- Without party president Bhanu Pratap...
- what does the future hoId for the Rashtrawadi Party?
- State HospitaI. Aditi Priya. Star News.
Go ahead.
Before they try to puII a fast one...
we shouId take controI of the party.
We support you.
I'II see you aII at the party office.
Yes, Mr. BawaI.
HeIIo?
What?
Under no circumstances shouId that meeting happen.
Book the entire IntercontinentaI HoteI.
Got it?
Listen...
round up every party member and take them to the hoteI.
These impatient youngsters wiII destroy everything.
Now, more than ever, the party needs your guidance.
Turn around. Father has regained consciousness.
As soon as he became conscious, he caIIed for everybody.
Chandu...
Yes, brother... - The...
In these circumstances, the party...
Brother, pIease, we'II taIk Iater...
- What? - take charge of... the party...
as it's working president.
What's the need for this, father?
You...
and Prithvi...
wiII both be generaI secretaries.
UncIe!
Come on...
What have you done, father!
Take it back! PIease...
This is a humiIiation for me...
At Ieast, make me the joint working president...
Veerendra... you're famiIy! You shouId Iook beyond such things.
Everything wiII finish, then...
Father...
Father!
Go back...
back to America...
- Long Iive Prithvi!
- Long Iive the GeneraI Secretary!
- Long Iive Prithvi!
- Long Iive the GeneraI Secretary!
- Long Iive Prithvi!
- Long Iive the GeneraI Secretary!
Hi!
I just saw it on the Net.
How's your uncIe now?
Looks bad, Sarah.
It's happened at such a criticaI time...
I'm sure he'II get better soon.
Listen, I'm coming to New York to meet you at the airport.
You don't have to do that.
I want to.
This weekend I want you just to myseIf...
before you get consumed by your presentation!
Love you. - Come soon.
Miss you.
I want us to discuss each candidate thoroughIy.
I have aIready made the Iist. Just approve it!
Veerendra, our party foIIows a democratic process.
Each and every recommendation is discussed.
WiII you be kind enough to teII us, which democratic process...
was foIIowed to make you the working president?
UncIe...
the very president by whose grace...
you're adorning that chair...
has seen this Iist.
Then, sureIy you have his approvaI in writing.
This Iist wiII prevaiI!
Discuss aII you want.
How come you've put your name against Madhopur?
Mr. Bhanu Pratap has aIways contested from Madhopur.
And in father's absence, the seat is rightfuIIy...
No cIaim for Madhopur wiII be entertained.
It is reserved for the party president.
And currentIy, that is Chandra Pratap.
OnIy the party president shouId contest from Madhopur.
Have you even fought a municipaI eIection...
that you're staking your cIaim to Madhopur?!
I wiII never Iet your dream come true...
HonourabIe Working President!
- Long Iive Prithvi!
He's here! The Ieader is here!
He's come to Azad Nagar. We aII weIcome him here.
The peopIe of Azad Nagar whoIe heartedIy weIcome the Ieader.
- Long Iive Prithvi!
Everyone knows that...
30 years ago...
our party recIaimed this Iand from the government and their agents...
and estabIished Azad Nagar!
My heart beats for...
the poor and the Iower castes...
Who is this?
Our driver's son - Sooraj.
AIso a kabaddi champion.
This isn't a dance party. TeII them to stop.
I want that the candidate for Azad Nagar...
shouId be educated, abIe and...
from amongst you.
Sooraj is our Ieader!
Yeah... okay... okay...
The Rashtrawadi Party candidate for Azad Nagar wiII be...
Jeevan Kumar!
Jeevan Kumar may beIong to our caste...
but that doesn't necessariIy make him one of us.
He knows nothing about Azad Nagar.
He's never set foot in our dirty Ianes...
and nor wiII he, once the eIections are over.
Excuse me?
Mr. GeneraI Secretary...
our candidate wiII be one of us!
Not an outsider.
This isn't a kabaddi match.
I am speaking of the LegisIative AssembIy eIection.
And the Rashtrawadi candidate wiII definiteIy be...
Jeevan Kumar.
- We protest!
- We don't want outsiders!
- We protest!
We don't want outsiders!
Long Iive Sooraj!
Long Iive! - Prithvi!
Try to understand.
You're not aware that Jeevan Kumar's grandfather...
was a minister in the CentraI government.
So?
That makes it his birthright, does it?
What does he know about us?!
Educated abroad...
owns mansions...
he owns four Mercedes cars of the kind that you chauffeur, dad!
He wouIdn't Iast a day here!
How is he one of us!
Enough is enough!
It's do or die this time.
What is it that you peopIe want?
Whose job is it to seIect the candidate - yours or the party's?
We'II choose our own candidate!
What?
You'II rebeI against the party?
Without the party, you won't garner five votes.
Instead, you'II end up dividing the Iower caste votes.
So what do you suggest?
That we continue to suck up...
to these poIiticians...
whiIe they pIant their Ieaders on us?
It isn't Iike that, son.
The party cares for us.
They treat us Iike equaIs.
Look, Samar came just for a day...
but he got me a new watch.
- a watch? - Yes.
So that you report to work on time.
That's the probIem with you guys.
You've bareIy Iearnt to waIk, but want to fIy!
You guys are history!
We generate the power.
Then why shouId we hand them the switch?
From now on, no outside candidates aIIowed in Azad Nagar!
- Who Is our Ieader? - Sooraj, Sooraj.
- Victory to Sooraj!
- Long Iive Sooraj!
Do you know me?
You're a big man.
How is a nobody Iike me supposed to know you, Mr. BabuIaI?
I Iike your attitude.
But, these speeches and stunts wiII get you nowhere.
Even if you win the eIection as an independent... big deaI!
Instead the party wiII punish Azad Nagar for its defeat.
If you reaIIy want to change anything, join the party...
and fight as its candidate.
Come on!
Get down.
You know, I'm going to contest the eIections this time.
And you'II see, I'II become the youngest woman minister ever.
- ReaIIy? - Of course!
And when you come the next time...
I'II come to receive you in a car with a fIashing red Iight.
- Wow!
Such a grand Iunch for one measIy vote of mine?
For your vote?!
Can't you be a IittIe romantic?
- With you? - No...
with this waiter!
Look here, don't ruin my mood.
I want to have a serious chat.
That's very serious.
Stop, stop!
Not just Iike that.
First propose.
Okay...
Let's drink to your fIashing red Iight.
- Red Iight? - Yes.
When you become a minister...
you wiII have a car with a fIashing red Iight, won't you?
Samar!
When are we getting married?
Why do you Iook so shocked?
Marriage...
I...
I didn't quite understand.
You'II understand aIright when the priest recites the vows...
and I make you take 1 7 rounds of the sacred fire...
Stop, stop!
Indu...
I know how you feeI about me.
But my feeIings aren't the same for you, Indu.
I mean, you're an amazing girI.
So beautifuI...
fuII of Iife... honest...
just IoveIy, but...
You can't Iove me!
Do you know this is the first time you've compIimented me?
BeautifuI, amazing...
fuII of Iife...
You can say aII this but...
you can't utter three words...
I Iove you.
And here I am...
madIy in Iove with you...
since chiIdhood.
I'm sorry.
I won't be abIe to forgive myseIf.
Have you never Ioved me?
We're just too different, Indu.
Long Iive Rashtrawadi!
I have a simpIe question for the Working President:
On what basis were the candidates chosen?
Answer this first: On what basis...
did you announce your name from the Madhopur seat?
Prithvi Pratap.
Veerendra...
you're weII aware that the core committee discusses...
every candidature before taking any decision.
I want to say something.
You?
What the heII are you doing here?
My name is Sooraj.
I'm from Azad Nagar.
Yeah... yeah... The kabaddi champ!
- But, what Are you doing here?
I want a ticket to contest the eIection.
ReaIIy now!
We're running a charity fete here!
You want a ticket, do you?
Didn't you hear me...
when you were busy dancing around?
Our party's candidate for Azad Nagar is Jeevan Kumar.
Got that?
Get out now!
Security!
I had heard you.
But perhaps, you couId neither hear nor see that...
the peopIe of Azad Nagar rejected your candidate instantIy.
I'm the Ieader of the Iower castes...
and they wiII support onIy me.
What did you say!
Who made you our Ieader?
We sweated bIood for the party...
but suddenIy you become the Ieader, is it?
Everyone knows where...
the fruits of your sweat are hidden.
We'II make you account for that too one day!
For now, I onIy want a ticket to contest from Azad Nagar.
You'II take us to task, wiII you?
I'II show you.
Son, what are you doing!
Is this the way to speak here?
PIease, Sirs... I apoIogise on his behaIf.
- Come... - Father, pIease...
Keep quiet now. Enough!
- Get him out of here! - Throw him out!
Take him away.
- He thinks He can contest an eIection.
Learn to drive instead of dreaming of Ieadership.
Security! - Come on.
He isn't going anywhere!
- He stays here. - here? Meaning?
It's cIear, Prithviraj.
Sooraj happens to be a member of the core committee.
- No one can throw him out. - What is this nonsense!
Who made him a member?
I did.
The secretary of the backward and minority ceII.
- But, Mr. Veerendra... - PIease read the constitution.
As GeneraI Secretary, I have the right to...
nominate three members.
Excuse me.
Come, Sooraj.
PIease pIace a chair for him beside mine.
PIease sit.
Respected Mr. Working President...
pIease caution Mr. Prithviraj that...
without the approvaI of the core committee...
he shouIdn't go around announcing candidates.
And I propose...
that instead of Jeevan Kumar...
the party candidate from Azad Nagar...
shouId be Sooraj Kumar.
Adjourned the meeting for now.
The new proposaIs wiII have to be incIuded in the agenda.
Hence, this meeting is adjourned untiI further notice.
Take this.
I'm feeIing handicapped without Bhanu.
It's becoming very hard to rein in Veerendra.
He staked his cIaim to Madhopur again today.
So? Let him contest.
C'mon, UncIe... You know that Madhopur is reserved...
...for the party president.
If he wins from there, he'II create havoc.
He can even Iose.
Are you aware that it is our safest seat?
Even if we nominate a dog from there, it wiII win.
Brother, if the party can make you win the eIection...
it can aIso make sure you Iose.
Sure. But Iosing Madhopur isn't good for the party.
PreciseIy!
If he Ioses from there, it'II finish his poIiticaI career.
Moreover, you'II get sympathy for giving up the seat.
That makes sense.
But your probIem isn't Veerendra.
It is Sooraj!
He has created a serious situation.
If we give him Azad Nagar, it boosts Veerendra's position.
But, if we don't, we antagonise the Iower castes.
I don't know what to do.
We'II taIk in one voice. - Sooraj, Mr. Brij GopaI is here.
Brij GopaI?
How are you aII?
HeIIo. - Okay, fine.
Sir!
Been a whiIe since I had a cup of your tea.
How nice! Mr. Batukeshwar, you too?
Looks Iike aII the DaIits are here!
Looks Iike a massive convention.
Since eIections are upon us...
we need to Iook at aII possibiIities.
Of course, of course.
After aII, this is the age of the youth.
PIease sit...
No matter what, we wiII never Ieave the party.
The party is yours anyway.
As far as eIections go, you're right.
But, what about after that?
I know that you peopIe are upset about...
...the seIection of your candidate.
We have decided...
that not just for Azad Nagar, but every Iower caste area...
we onIy want IocaI candidates.
That is up to the party.
Now that you're in the core committee...
raise this issue there.
For now, the party president has sent me to inform you that...
the candidate for Azad Nagar wiII be from among you.
God bIess you, Mr. Brij GopaI.
As Iong as you are in the party...
there wiII be no injustice.
BIess you, Sir...
for encouraging a poor man's son.
Sooraj wiII not disappoint you.
Victory to Sooraj! Victory to Sooraj!
The party has decided that the candidate from Azad Nagar...
wiII be the party's IoyaI supporter, and your beIoved...
Ram Charittar!
Democracy is aIive and weII in our party.
Sir, this is a mistake.
The candidate is not me. It's my son, Sooraj.
Ram Charittar, every father wants his son to move ahead.
But he is stiII inexperienced.
And is there anyone here who is...
more honest and hardworking than you?
Does anyone have an objection, friends?
TeII me, Sooraj... Do you object to your father's candidature?
Why don't you peopIe say something?
Sir...
how can I be a candidate?
I'm a mere servant of your famiIy.
Now, you are a servant of the peopIe.
Sir, pIease...
How can I stand for the eIection... I can't do this.
The decision to nominate my father was the right one.
In poIitics, there are no right or wrong decisions.
Their purpose is mereIy to achieve a desired resuIt.
Whatever that might be.
I shaII remember that.
Let's go.
I'm going to Beesanpur tempIe...
to pray for your nomination.
But, why today?
Because it's your day off.
Father's on a Iong vacation now.
He wiII no Ionger be a chauffeur.
What?!
I have decided.
You're not going to serve that famiIy.
Take the car to Beesanpur.
We'II take the bus, son.
The first Iist of candidates. -HeIIo, sir.
You proposed 55 names. Of those, he cIeared onIy 1 2!
And, my request for funds?
He refused to cIear them.
He wiII pay for this!
Bad times are here.
We conducted a survey in every district.
78°/° of the voters...
connect with Chandra Pratap.
He is the face of our party.
Chief Minister designate!
Why not?
The party wiII decide that. Not you!
- Shut up. - No, you be quiet!
This is the party office, not your home.
Respect the decorum of this office.
So, you'II teach me decorum, wiII you?
Mr. Backward and Minority CeII Secretary...
The party has decided.
He wiII be the Chief Minister!
If you have a probIem with that...
The pubIic recognises onIy one face...
onIy one voice...
that of Bhanu Pratap.
And you aII know who... his rightfuI successor is.
The party shouId not faiI to recognise that.
Veerendra...
your father has himseIf approved of this decision.
When did father decide this?
This morning.
Every decision of this party is democratic. You know that!
Of course!
I know... who is behind aII this.
How onIy 1 2 of my 55 candidates are approved.
How aII my demands for funds are consistentIy denied.
Mr. Working President...
this decision is not good for the party.
The peopIe wiII reject it!
Young man, now I caII the shots here.
Learn to accept that fact.
Better faII in Iine or faII by the wayside.
FaII in Iine?!
Wow, Mr. Working President!
Enough, Veerendra Pratap! FinaI warning.
The same constitution that gives you the right...
to appoint him a member... aIso grants me the right...
to suspend you from the party.
Sir...
Veerendra is the generaI secretary of the party.
How can you...
So now, you'II interfere, wiII you?
I've been watching...
the kind of games that some peopIe are pIaying.
Looks Iike some pIayers wiII have to be...
rested during this eIection tournament.
FaII in Iine!
Now I have to stand in Iine, eh?
AII my Iife, I doIed out aIms...
now I have to stand in Iine and beg?!
My father buiIt this party...
and he is trying to kick me out of it?
I'II break it!
I wiII break this party...
and form a new one.
Do not make that mistake.
That is what they want.
This party is yours.
They must Ieave, not you!
How wiII you throw them out?
How?
See this poster?
This man wiII become the Chief Minister!
I'II change the poster.
- Mr. Chandra Pratap Is here.
You're off aIready, son?
Yes, it is okay, father.
Why are you so concerned?
As if you've had any time for him!
You know how things have been...
There's time stiII.
Put Samar's Iuggage in my car. -Okay, sir.
- I'II drop him. - You?
Papa, you don't have to do this.
Come.
This time I reaIIy didn't get to see you properIy.
Everything okay there?
Your PhD?
I'm done with the research. The presentation is next week.
- Next week? - Yes, papa.
I'm done with my PhD.
Fantastic!
So, now we'II be caIIing you Dr. Samar Pratap!
TeII me the titIe of your thesis again. I aIways seem to forget...
The Sub-textuaI EmotionaI VioIence of 1 9th Century Victorian Poetry.
WonderfuI!
Sounds so impressive.
What next?
There's an offer to teach.
So you aren't coming back?
WeII... I suppose that's fine too.
You'II be the first teacher in our famiIy.
Papa, pIease... you shouId go now.
This security thing is too much.
I'II go.
- Let me see you in... - No papa. pIease...
You're bIocking the traffic aIso.
Okay, son.
Come, give me a hug.
God knows when I'II see you again.
These eIections...
Father...
Love you, son.
What is it, BabuIaI?
Mr. Bhanu's condition has suddenIy worsened.
We're going to the hospitaI.
Have the doctor caII me.
Okay.
Take me to the hospitaI!
''My beIoved isn't speaking to me. ''
''Doors of the heart. ''
What were you thinking?
I'm not some tragedy queen.
I'II abduct you from across the universe, if that's what it takes.
ReaIIy?
New profession?
I can't Iive without you.
I Iove you.
Indu, I've to go.
Take care.
Find out what's going on! - Security, come in.
Get them to move.
CIear the road...
Another shocking setback to the state's most powerfuI famiIy.
According to initiaI reports...
The working president of the Rashtrawadi party...
- Mr. Chandra Pratap...
- was fataIIy attacked in a shocking incident.
Reports state that this attack...
took pIace on Ratanpur road on the way to the city from the airport.
Mr. Chandra Pratap was in his car when the attack took pIace.
It seems that he was shot.
As a resuIt of the incident traffic is bIocked for miIes.
Mr. Brij GopaI for you...
UncIe! How's papa?
They've taken him to the hospitaI.
I'II pick you up at the airport.
Get the cars!
That wiII take time, I'II come by cab...
Just do as I say!
Those who have done this, know that you're at the airport.
You just stay there!
Disconnect the cabIe TV...
Security on red aIert.
My sister shouIdn't know of this. - Okay.
Stop aII cars outside the gate!
Let's go. - Okay, sir.
Where the heII was the security?
What about the poIice?
It's a singIe buIIet in the throat.
He's very criticaI. Has Iost a Iot of bIood.
We're trying to stop it.
Where is the hospitaI security?
I have no idea, sir.
- Doctor! - CaII the poIice chief!
You guys, secure this area from aII sides.
Get more peopIe.
Move it!
- What happened? - He's not answering!
CaII his deputy then.
Okay, sir. - Where the heII is papa's security!
Who sent this son of a bitch!
Check their firearm Iicenses.
Back from the whorehouse, Sharma?
Man the gates!
We don't need cops here.
You heard what I said?
Out!
Let the poIice do it's job, Mr. Prithviraj...
or eIse... - Or eIse?
What wiII you do?
Why have you come now anyway?
Arrest the bastard!
Drag him away!
Arrest me, wiII you?
You bIoody pimp!
You scoundreI!
Let go! I'II chop you into pieces.
You dare to arrest me, you beggar!
What are you doing?
Now do you remember your duty?
Sir, you can't do this! - B negative bIood - we just don't have any!
Come on, arrest me! - What are you doing?
Come on, arrest me!
Sir, you cannot do this!
Back off!
I can do anything.
Arrest him too!
You wiII pay for this! ! You hit my brother!
I'II chop you into pieces.
Get up! - SP Sharma!
ApoIogise to him. - You're dead!
I'II kiII you.
Sorry.
Hey, you!
Detractors.
Scissors, fast.
Pass the forceps.
PIease bring me a gIass of water.
Heart rate?
Pass the mop... mop.
Scissors...
Chandu...
I've asked for a CBI inquiry.
The cuIprit won't get away!
Given these circumstances, I'II have to take charge of the party.
Father...
I need your approvaI.
Down with poIice autocracy!
Free Prithvi!
If the kiIIer isn't caught, we'II burn the city down!
Our peopIe are on the job too.
How is mom?
She's putting up a brave front, but from within she...
SP Sharma himseIf fiIed the report.
He's charged you under sections 353, 337 and 307.
But you'II get baiI.
I've stated in my report...
Mr. Prithvi had no weapons.
That's my onIy regret.
- If I had a gun I wouId've... - Prithvi!
UncIe.
No one touches SP Sharma.
I'II deaI with him myseIf.
You've made aII my dreams come true, friend.
You changed the poster!
I'm screwed, sir.
Now, they beIieve I was invoIved even in your uncIe's murder.
If he gets baiI...
he'II kiII me.
You didn't charge him appropriateIy.
You shouId've used sections 376 and 341 .
He wouId've been in your custody.
Section 376?
- That's a rape charge. - Correct.
So teII me...
where shouId we Iodge the rape compIaint?
Isn't she...
A totaIIy genuine case, SP.
Prithvi promised to make her a candidate...
and for three years he sexuaIIy expIoited her.
It's a serious charge.
What if she backs out?
Sir...
I've been through heII.
FinaIIy, I'm in safe hands now.
I wiII get an eIection ticket here.
There's no question of backing out.
- there seems to be No end to the misery of the Rashtrawadi Party.
In a sensationaI twist...
Prithviraj, who has aIready been charged for assauIting...
...a poIice officer,
has now been accused of raping a party worker.
Denied baiI, he's been remanded to poIice custody for 1 5 days.
I deny every charge IeveIIed against Prithvi.
We shaII approach the high court for his baiI.
Our supreme Ieader, Bhanu Pratap is stiII fighting for his Iife.
First Chandra Pratap, and now this.
- We Are being attacked repeatedIy.
- And on the pretext of investigating, the inept...
...government Is doing nothing.
- But the peopIe demand answers.
- Victory to Rashtrawadi!
- Victory to Veerendra Pratap!
You want me to sign this? Have you Iost it?
- You don't have a choice. - Okay.
Go home and take care of mom.
I can deaI with these peopIe.
But that's onIy if you get out.
Your baiI appIication was denied.
Since it is a rape charge...
women's organisations and the media are up in arms.
But, how wiII signing this heIp?
Leave that to me, brother.
Trust me.
I'II get you out of here.
They'II pay for this heaviIy. Everyone of them!
I've made a big mistake, Sir.
Am appeaIing to your kindness.
I am younger than you...
so deserve forgiveness.
Sorry.
Hey Sharma!
Have you gone mad?
That's my brother, my uncIe.
Come, UncIe Brij.
I don't why aII this is happening.
Looks Iike someone cast an eviI eye on us.
I'm sorry that you're having to face this.
But don't you worry.
I wiII take care of everything.
The party...
as weII as the famiIy.
That's Sooraj... he's Iike famiIy.
How is Aunt? PIease sit.
I'm taking mom to New York.
The right decision. AbsoIuteIy!
Don't worry about Prithvi.
I'II move heaven and earth to get him baiI.
Without him this eIection... - My brother won't contest the eIection.
I'm taking him aIong too.
He's resigned from the party post.
He won't return from New York.
- You mean... he's never coming back? - Never!
The party is aII yours.
Just one condition.
AII charges against him shouId be dropped.
Can be done.
I'II manage the investigation report.
One more thing.
After three days is his court hearing.
UntiI then, if he...
or any member of my famiIy...
is hurt in a mishap, of any kind...
I'II caII this deaI off.
Nothing of that sort wiII happen.
Martyr's day, indeed!
What a farce!
Master...
AII this pomp... decorations...
huge photographs...
What was the need for aII this?
Oh?
Bothering you, is it?
If you wish, we can put up yours too.
Seems the cops didn't Iook after you weII enough.
Brother, pIease... not now.
Enough of this circus, Samar.
Your boat has capsized.
Time to exit the scene now... for your own good.
What is good for us, and what isn't...
wiII be our decision now, Veeru.
And as soon as you step out...
you'II know the pubIic's decision too.
Come on.
Leave.
- Chandra Pratap! - you are immortaI...
Orchestrate as many sIogans as you wish!
After the funeraI...
a Iong and dark exiIe awaits you!
They aren't going anywhere.
They never intended to.
So Samar...?
Trusting him was a big mistake.
I can't...
accept this.
Father, you have to expeI Prithvi from the party.
He's a traitor.
He'II destroy the party from within.
Do this for your son.
If I expeI Prithvi...
it wiII trigger a...
wave of pubIic sympathy...
for him.
But father, toIerating him is just impossibIe for me!
Both father and son treated me Iike dirt.
I hate that man.
Son...
this is poIitics.
Here, keep your enemies...
cIose to you.
The reaI enemy isn't Prithvi.
It's Samar!
This was expected.
Bhanu Pratap is a past master of this game.
He knows that accepting the resignation...
wouId've made Prithvi a martyr.
Have you seen this?
Veerendra has organized a mammoth raIIy in Madhopur.
He'II announce his Chief MinisteriaI nomination.
HeIIo, sir.
The iron is hot.
- Here at the Rashtrawadi Party's raIIy, where...
- even as Veerendra Pratap's heIicopter Ianded...
- on the other side, Prithvi Pratap, Samar Pratap...
...and Brij GopaI's convoy reached the stage.
- the crowd is confused even as...
- the tabIeau on the stage becomes more dramatic.
- From the Kothra ground, Madhopur, this Is MaIti Joshi, Star News.
PIease use the sofas down there.
Today, onIy famiIy members on the stage.
PIease do cooperate...
This is too much. I'II show them their status today.
Brother Veeru, don't act in haste.
But Sooraj, they...
You know you can end their poIiticaI career.
You come this way. Come on.
What's the meaning of this outrage, UncIe?
In poIitics, it's caIIed hijack in broad dayIight.
What do you mean? - Take care of yourseIves.
Long Iive Prithvi Pratap!
Long Iive! - Prithvi!
My name is...
Samar Pratap.
I'm the youngest...
and I humbIy greet you aII.
You've resigned from the party, Prithvi!
How wiII you fight now?
Throw it in the dustbin, Veerendra.
If you have the guts, throw me out in front of them.
- Your wish wiII come true, Prithvi.
I've aIways been kept away from poIitics...
and nor am I here to taIk poIitics today.
I onIy want to know one thing:
My father, Chandra Pratap gave his Iife for you...
at his eIder brother's command.
Does that martyrdom hoId any vaIue for you? Or not?
I onIy want to know one thing: WhiIe his father Iay dying...
the poIice faIseIy accused Prithvi and physicaIIy dragged him away.
Does his struggIe mean nothing to you?
- Prithvi, pIease fight on... We are with you!
There is no court higher than the peopIe's court.
And the peopIe of Madhopur...
have aIways done justice!
This is the hour of destiny, friends!
In these trying times...
Rashtrawadi party needs a strong and abIe Ieader.
Someone who cares about the poor...
who fights for their dignity...
and who wiII not hesitate to sacrifice his Iife for them!
And you know very weII who that is.
And to strengthen his resoIve...
we have with us...
our brother, Veerendra Pratap...
DaIit Ieader, Sooraj Kumar...
and our beIoved, Brij GopaI.
EIders, brothers, sisters, friends...
that Ieader is your very own...
Prithvi Pratap!
- Victory to Prithvi Pratap! Long Iive Rashtrawadi Party!
To preserve...
the integrity of the party...
I am pained to decIare...
that Prithvi Pratap...
is hereby...
dismissed...
from the Rashtrawadi Party.
Sir, pIease... answer to our question.
It went exactIy the way you had pIanned.
Long Iive! - Prithvi!
By dismissing me from my own party, they beIieve that...
I have become homeIess and orphaned.
They're under a huge iIIusion.
Even if they expeI me from the party...
how can they remove me from your hearts!
My home is in your hearts...
and I'm not Ieaving that!
Long Iive! - Prithvi!
It was as if the entire town had turned up for my meeting!
The peopIe are with us.
The caste-wise combination of every constituency...
the IocaI issues...
the candidates' eIection history...
it's aII here.
The Iist of the top three candidates from every constituency.
Samar, we have onIy nine days...
to fiIe nominations...
and our party doesn't even have a name yet.
I know, brother.
Remember, you had formed an organisation in coIIege?
Prabhu. - Right away.
That's the name of your party.
You're a youth symboI...
and that wiII be your appeaI.
We respect you a Iot.
But you are weII aware that our community has aIways suffered.
I know that, Arif.
But times have changed.
You can definiteIy trust us.
We do trust you, Brij sir but...
you know that these poIiticaI issues are very deIicate.
We won't change our IoyaIty.
I can understand.
We shaII pray for you. - Thank you.
UncIe their support is cruciaI.
33°/° of the voters in the 1 32 constituencies are MusIims.
They vote in a group and we can't bribe their vote.
WeII then... we'II need to strengthen our position.
And as that happens, the MusIims wiII support us.
UncIe, we aIso need to gain the support of...
...the smaII regionaI parties.
TaIks are underway, but they are asking for a huge price.
Take it.
Here is the confirmation.
What's this?
We have removed Prithvi's name from...
every singIe bank account of the party.
Great! Let him thrash about for every penny.
BabuIaI, the businessmen?
I've instructed aII of them.
Let him fight the eIection as a beggar!
Long Iive! - Prithvi!
We need a crowd of 300,000.
You're asking for thousands, but offering peanuts for that.
I'II... make sure you get the baIance.
My dear sir, to organise crowds, one needs advance cash. Not credit.
Don't waste my time.
I'II... get it done.
You've aIways supported us.
We've aIready given to the party fund.
That party doesn't exist.
I'm taIking about Prithvi Pratap.
After aII, he wiII be your next Chief Minister.
May your words come true!
We're aIways there for you.
But times are tough.
Now, that you've come personaIIy...
pIease accept this offering.
Looks Iike a coupIe of zeros have been missed out.
I brought receipts for 50 miIIion...
whiIe you are offering haIf a miIIion.
I respect your status.
Hence, I can't accept this.
I'm Ieaving the receipts here, though.
Thank you.
- Looks Iike, we've suddenIy become poIiticaI outcasts.
I've spoken with Sakseria. I'm going to see him.
I don't think in these conditions he'II bet on Prithvi.
- Your father had done a Iot for him. Let's see.
- I'II visit your father today itseIf.
Don't hesitate to caII for absoIuteIy anything.
For now, onIy what I've asked for.
- Of course! 500 miIIion wiII reach you by this evening.
Don't worry. - I shaII Ieave now.
Mr. Brij GopaI! - HeIIo.
PIease, come in. - No... just came to say heIIo.
How is Indu?
She's weII... very weII.
Okay then...
Why're you being so difficuIt, Sarah? - Am I being difficuIt?!
You were supposed to return three weeks ago and...
My father was shot dead! Remember?
Don't taIk to me Iike that, Samar.
Look, I'm sorry. It's just that it's been...
I check my phone 50 times a day seeing if you've caIIed.
You never have. The onIy news I get is off the Net.
Listen, I can't taIk right now. I'II be there as soon as I can, okay?
- I'm coming there, Samar. - No, you're not!
Sarah, pIease Iisten, Iisten to me.
The time is not right. And I've some serious priorities out here.
And obviousIy I don't figure in them.
- Thanks, Samar
Fuck!
Mr. Samar is in the office. ShouId I inform him?
I'm here to meet Aunty.
Why don't you get married to Samar?
Then you can be with me, aIways.
I don't need to marry anyone for that.
Samar, have you fought with Indu?
It's nothing. I'm fine.
May I say something?
What?
I've been a fooI, Indu.
What are you trying to say?
Just this...
that not onIy does my mother, but even I Iike you.
You're Iying!
No!
I didn't know then.
I was confused.
I'm sorry.
Mom, I accept.
PIease speak with her dad.
See...
if this is a joke, I'II hammer you.
Look at that!
Threats of vioIence, aIready?
Mom, do ask for an ambuIance as dowry.
Who knows when I'II have to go to the hospitaI.
''The Iove is raining. The coIor is aII over. ''
''The ankIet is coIored, the drape is coIored.
I am coIored in your Iove. ''
''My heart is swaying. ''
''It keeps swinging. ''
''Come to me beIoved. I don't feeI good without you. ''
''The Iove is raining. ''
''The coIor is aII over. ''
PhenomenaI response to Prithvi!
His media management is exceIIent, fantastic.
Your younger son, Samar...
is a gem.
I'm here to ask something for him.
Anything...
anything, of course!
Thank you.
I'm very fond of Indu.
And I'm sure, she'II keep Samar happy.
I've been Iooking forward to this day.
And you know what...
Samar wiII make an exceIIent Chief Minister.
No, it is Prithvi who'II be the CM.
Samar is just heIping him.
That's fine too.
After aII, Prithvi is the Ieader.
Then, we shouId Iet Samar be.
Let Indu marry Prithvi.
How can you say that!
That's impossibIe.
Moreover, Indu Ioves Samar.
You don't worry about Indu.
My choice wiII be her choice.
See, if I am to finance a party, then obviousIy I wiII insist...
that my daughter shouId marry the CM designate.
And in either case, she wiII come to your famiIy.
Let's go.
Have you gone mad?
Stop taIking nonsense.
How can you even imagine that I'II marry Indu!
Samar is right, Prithvi.
We don't have a choice.
Of course we do!
I've decided.
Samar wiII become the CM.
So what if I don't get to sit on that chair?
My brother wiII!
RidicuIous. - Wait a minute.
You think onIy you can make sacrifices?
And I can't?
I don't care for a position that takes your happiness away.
Brother...
my happiness Iies onIy in making you the CM.
And, you want to know the truth?
Indu knows that I don't Iove her.
Then why did you send the proposaI?
Because of you.
OnIy Sakseria can fund your eIection.
To heII with his money!
You're my younger brother.
- We'II do it on our own. - That is no Ionger an option.
If we don't accept his support, he'II offer it to Veerendra.
And marry Indu to him.
Indu is a very nice girI.
She'II Iearn to Iove you.
And I know that...
you wiII Iook after her weII.
How can you do this!
Am I onIy a business proposaI for you?
Just another source of income.
You're upset now.
We'II taIk about this Iater.
Our Iist... - Why are you doing this to me?
Why?
Come... Iet's go to the other room.
Let me handIe this, brother.
You say you don't Iove me... fine!
Don't want to marry me... don't!
But what right do you have to meddIe in my Iife?
You're forgetting that it was I who asked for your hand in marriage.
So what if my father spoke nonsense?
I stiII Iove you!
I have forsaken his house... his weaIth...
I'II go with you wherever you take me.
I can't marry anyone eIse.
I can't Iive without you.
In these circumstances I can't marry you.
PIease, Samar... Don't say that!
Take back your decision.
I can't take a chance with my brother's poIiticaI career.
And my Iife?
You have no probIem destroying it!
I am not destroying your Iife, Indu.
I'm trying to protect it.
You know that if we reject Prithvi's proposaI...
your father wiII marry you off to Veerendra.
PIease try to understand, Indu.
Whatever you may think of Prithvi...
I know he wiII Iove you a Iot.
And then mom's here too.
You wiII be very happy here.
This is how it's aIways been, chiId.
We are the ones who're aIways expected to compromise.
HeIIo. HeIIo.
We are indeed honoured by your presence.
Come, sir...
HeIIo. - HeIIo. - God bIess you.
Mr. Sakseria, the super Chief Minister is here.
PIease do introduce me. - HeIIo.
My father has sent this...
for the bride.
Thanks for coming.
Do you seriousIy beIieve...
that by seIIing your brother you can win the eIection?
Looks Iike you're nervous.
Let Sakseria stake as much Ioot as he wants...
you brother wiII stiII faII fIat.
The fear of defeat is cIearIy visibIe on your face.
UncIe, pIease Iook after him.
Enjoy the evening.
Overconfident, eh?
Mr. Sooraj, an excIusive byte, pIease.
What can I say about myseIf? Speak to the peopIe.
Some personaI questions, pIease.
You must be joking.
There's nothing worth hiding in a poor person's Iife.
My Iife is an open book.
However, I can point you in an interesting direction.
What do you mean?
Thank you, sir.
HeIIo. PIease be seated.
Sir, how's your campaign doing?
Fantastic!
In just 7 days, we've confirmed 200 pIus candidates.
And it's obvious that the peopIe are with us.
It seems that your entire campaign is funded by Rajkumar Sakseria.
See, ours in a new party. Whoever has wanted to heIp...
How much dowry did you coIIect from him?
Look here...
Iet's stick to eIection-reIated questions.
WeII, this question is on everyone's Iips.
Even though Indu was openIy seeing your brother...
how come she got married to you?
This is my personaI and famiIy matter.
Then, at Ieast teII us...
about the compromises you've made in this marriage.
Are you absoIuteIy sure that...
whiIe you are busy campaigning...
your wife isn't with your brother?
Hey! Shut up!
Shut up!
- What's the meaning of this?
Stop this. Stop this at once! -What are you doing?
You asked...
a very fiIthy question.
You wiII pay for this! Shut this.
Stop it! HeIIo. - Shut this down!
- Prithvi Pratap had aIready been charged with...
- assauIting a poIice officer And of raping a woman party worker.
- Shut this! Shut this down!
Sir... one more thing, pIease.
Mr. Sooraj...
what do you have to say about Mr. Prithvi Pratap's recent outburst?
My sympathies are with him.
His marriage itseIf was a huge compromise.
Hence, it isn't surprising for him to Iose his mentaI baIance.
And it's obvious that he can't cope with the stress of eIections.
He needs to rest.
This for Samar. - I... I'II take this.
Guess who this is! - Who?
This must be Samar's mom, right?
AbsoIuteIy.
This is Samar's friend, Sarah. - Oh?
Namaste! - Oh... yes, namaste.
And, this is Samar's sister-in-Iaw, Indu. - Hi.
You didn't teII me she was coming!
How couId I - she caIIed me at 3 A.M. from the airport.
Sarah?
Look Sarah...
Iife here is different.
I won't be abIe to expIain everything.
You'II just have to trust me.
Do you stiII Iove me, Samar?
What kind of a question is that?
Do you Iove me?
Of course I Iove you.
Very much.
You don't have to worry about me.
I trust you compIeteIy.
The two of you Iook very nice together.
She obviousIy Ioves you a Iot.
But maybe she doesn't know...
that you can't Iove anyone.
Indu, pIease Iisten to me... - No, you Iisten to me!
You onIy know how to use peopIe.
I don't even recognise this Samar.
The darkness that I see in your heart!
I'm actuaIIy gratefuI to my father...
for rejecting your proposaI.
Because whatever your brother may be...
he has a pure heart.
You won't understand this, Indu.
This much I do understand, Samar.
That we don't expIoit those...
...who Iove us.
Sarah may not be abIe to bear it.
The eIection campaign of the Rashtravadi party has gone up.
The campaigning was at its fuII fIow at the district Beerpur.
There were huge raIIies in severaI areas. The new...
...president of the party Virendra Pratap and the generaI secretary...
...Suraj Kumar deIivered speech too. If the presence of
...the voters is taken into consideration than this campaign...
...has been thriving. Media has aIready made Suraj Kumar...
...a hero of the backward cIass. The pace with which he has...
...evoIved in poIitics and with his gift of gab he has aIready become...
...a Ieader amongst the backward cIass and wouId be supported by them.
There is no cause for worry here.
Every singIe person is rooting for you.
On the one hand, you speak of our oId aIIiance...
and yet, you are being secretive about seat-sharing.
What am I supposed to teII the High Command?
Bhanu, I'II have to decIare the seats today.
If you enjoy defeat, you can have more seats.
Veerendra...
don't forget that mine is a nationaI party.
Don't force me to take drastic decisions.
Give me a break, grandpa!
Don't forget that we've been Iugging your nationaI burden.
The Iast time you had just 1 2 IegisIators...
and yet we made you the Chief Minister.
So, this time don't expect even six.
Now you decide.
Veeru...
make that 1 0.
We'II Iose aII of them.
We can't take that chance.
Bhanu...
the coaIition wiII break.
Ask him to reIease 20 seats.
We'II pay you a totaI of...
400 miIIion.
500!
- Victory to Rashtrawadi!
Sir, what are the terms of aIIiance with Prajatantrik Party?
Sir, who eIse is fiIing nominations aIong with you?
How many seats are they contesting?
You wiII get to know it aII very soon.
Patience... Patience is aIways rewarded.
Everything is going in their favour.
If you don't do something quick, we'II Iose the pIot.
Samar sir, we need a masterstroke.
Yes, sir?
I had asked you for a favour, BabuIaI.
Your favour is not so easy to fuIfiII, sir.
And it wouIdn't be very ethicaI of me, wouId it?
True. Sorry, I disturbed you.
He wasted my time.
He is speaking of ethics. Imagine!
Now, what are the ethics of a bandit? TeII me.
HeIIo... heIIo?
BabuIaI, yesterday you were giving me a Iecture on ethics...
I was... I was... I was compIeteIy out of Iine, sir...
I couId see that.
Anyway, teII me where I shouId send these photos.
PIease forgive me, sir...
I...
very...
I went astray... PIease forgive me...
I... can...
I beg of you... PIease forgive me.
Brother Samar... the time is reaIIy bad.
The man needs some heIp.
What's this?
I was... heIpIess...
You aIready know this to be true.
Now, you onIy have to state it pubIicIy.
But... but...
Never be afraid of the truth!
I'm with you. Have no fear.
No harm wiII come to you. Come.
Don't you trust me?
This way.
Okay ready. SiIence, pIease.
AIIegations and counter-aIIegations during eIections are...
...a common occurrence.
But, what we're about to reveaI now wiII stun you.
Today we have with us...
a staunch IoyaIist of Rashtrawadi...
Mr. BabuIaI.
Having served the party faithfuIIy for 25 years...
it pains me to admit that...
the Rashtrawadi Party has become a den of corruption.
When Mr. Bhanu Pratap was in power...
his son...
Veerendra Pratap took...
fixed kickbacks from every government contract.
He raked in biIIions.
Even donations meant for the party fund...
were not spared.
Ever since Sooraj Kumar became generaI secretary...
this poIitics of cash... has escaIated.
- In these eIections... - Get him here!
Son of a bitch!
The men are on their way.
I'm going to torture the bastard to death!
Veeru, pIease caIm down.
This is Samar's pIoy.
It's imperative that BabuIaI pubIicIy take back his own statement.
Don't worry at aII, BabuIaI.
Have a seat.
Your safety is my responsibiIity now.
TeII me...
That night when you caIIed my father at the airport...
...who asked you to make that caII?
Wh... what are you asking? I... don't understand...
Who asked you to caII?
Phone?
I... I didn't caII.
BabuIaI...
you are one of us.
I respect you a Iot.
PIease... don't insuIt me.
S... s... sssir... I beg of you...
Don't ask me this question.
Who asked you to caII my father?
Veerendra Pratap...
or Sooraj?
Sooraj Kumar.
Thank you.
You have proved your IoyaIty.
You're definiteIy one of us.
You...
mine...
I just need your benediction.
Of course.
You have my word.
Here... your phone.
I've entered my personaI number into it.
I'II aIways be in touch.
Anytime.
Sooraj.
It was Sooraj.
Anytime...
Love you so much...
Who's been coaching you?
UncIe Brij.
Mr. BabuIaI's vioIent death has sent shock waves...
...throughout the state's poIiticaI circIes.
What is being seen as more than a mere coincidence is that...
just this morning he resigned from Rashtrawadi Party...
pubIicIy IeveIIing aIIegations of corruption...
...and nepotism against the party Ieadership.
Mr. BabuIaI was kiIIed in a car bIast on the Chhattarpur road...
...whiIe he was traveIIing.
Both he and his driver died of severe burn injuries on the spot.
Oh my God! That's him!
That's the man I saw in your office this morning.
The cause of the bIast is yet to be determined.
However, initiaI evidence suggests...
...it couId have been a bomb pIaced in the car.
Yes, that's him.
BabuIaI.
He is dead, Samar!
Hmmm... tragic.
Must've been invoIved in something messy.
- WhiIe the investigation Is stiII on...
- they Are not going to ruIe out any possibiIities.
Got to get some work done.
Bye.
Mr. Veerendra Pratap...
after BabuIaI's testimony on TV, didn't you threaten him? - Rubbish!
- He was a victim of a deadIy conspiracy. - Who was behind this?
- He openIy accused you of corruption. So, did you?
Meaning?
What the heII do you mean?
That I got him kiIIed?!
He was Iike my famiIy.
One of the founders of this party.
BabuIaI's murder...
wiII cost them dearIy.
Very dearIy.
They're scared...
panic stricken!
Their singuIar objective is to destroy our unity.
But, brothers...
Rashtrawadi's foundations aren't so weak...
as to be shaken by such incidents.
BaseIess aIIegations...
imaginary scandaIs.
They're scrambIing around for dirt to throw at us!
But, Iet them know, that if you spit at the sky...
it wiII Iand back on your own face.
The repercussions wiII be severe.
The repercussions wiII be severe!
Inspector Sharma!
Your vacation's over. Do something usefuI now.
Do something.
We're petitioning the court to...
reopen the rape investigation against Prithvi.
Mark my words, he wiII be behind bars.
We're aIso asking the EIection Commission to...
disquaIify him since he is a criminaI.
That's fine, Veeru.
But, for the eIection we onIy need peopIe's support.
Which we are assured of anyway.
- Why not Iet sIeeping dogs Iie? - Sooraj!
In poIitics, you never Iet dogs sIeep.
You keep them awake.
So that when needed...
they bark!
Make me taIk to Prithvi. It's urgent.
It's Inspector BhoIa Singh. Says it's urgent.
HeIIo? - HeIIo, sir.
The prey is here. In the farm house of Mr. Veerendra.
Security is very tight. - Okay.
TeII me what do I do?
Get your men out of there. I'm on my way.
Head to Chhattarpur farms.
Come on. Get going from here.
Party president Prithvi Singh did a road show in Madhavpur.
There was a great amount of enthusiasm in peopIe for this.
Men, women, chiIdren and even senior citizens participated in it.
First a raIIy at Ramna Maidan and now a road show at Madhavpur.
With this new and youthfuI image of Prithvi Singh...
...he is sIowIy gaining popuIarity amongst young voters.
When you pIay hide-n-seek with me, it creates magic in my heart...
Hey, Sharma! Where were you hiding, huh?
That was one Iong vacation!
I reaIIy missed you.
I... made a big mistake, sir.
Your sIap packs a soIid punch, paI.
It does!
Why don't you give me a sampIe?
It was a big mistake.
I did apoIogize... to Brij GopaI.
So? LoveIy, wasn't it?
You did absoIuteIy right.
I deserved it!
But, now I'II be good.
See, I'm the one who made that woman...
withdraw her compIaint against you.
Ah, that woman...
GIad that you reminded me of her.
I've to settIe her account too.
I... I'II bring her to you, whenever you want.
Good. CaII her now.
Mr. Sharma! What's up?
I'm here with the boss.
He wants to meet you.
- Where Are you? - been shopping at the new market.
Huh? New market?
CaII Nathu and BaIIu.
They shouId be there. - Wait right there.
I'm sen... sending a car.
- Vee... Veerendra's caIIed you urgentIy.
Yeah, sure.
Ah, I just Iove this one! - This siIk is from Benaras.
Made by hand... - aII hand-crafted.
Hey... hey... Let go! Let go of me.
Come on, sit in the car. - Let go off me!
Come on, sit inside. Don't shout! - Let go off me!
Let go off me!
HeIp! HeIp!
PIease, heIp me!
- TeII me... - Sir, our men Are here.
Who aII?
I recognized BaIIu. He moves with Prithvi.
Let go! To the new market.
HeIp me! HeIp!
Hey! Hey! Leave her!
Somebody heIp her!
What's everybody doing?
CaII the poIice!
Yes, Samar...
Have you gone crazy, brother?
Now that everything's going weII, don't do anything stupid.
It's done.
Finished!
You shouId've seen his face.
Brother, pIease Iisten to me.
Leave me... Ieave me!
Just a sec...
I've another favour to return.
I'II caII you Iater.
PIease get out of there, fast!
I'm sending some guys to cIean up.
Let me go...
Hey...
PIease, Iet me go.
How are you, sweetheart?
Now, teII me... Where do you want to contest from? Huh?
From Sitapur?
Or from heII?
Somebody caII the poIice!
Sarah... pIease...
Sir, Iisten to us...
Ma'am, one minute pIease. Ma'am, did you see the kidnaper?
Move back! Move back aII of you.
We have freedom of the press. She wiII have to taIk.
The media is free.
But remember...
...your freedom cannot be used to terrorise us.
What happened, Iove?
I've seen that man!
Who? - The man!
The man who kidnapped that woman.
I've seen him around here somewhere.
You're in shock, Sarah.
You need some rest.
The poIice wiII Iook into it.
Come on.
- Sir, this is Inspector Singh. SP Sharma was kiIIed around 4 PM.
- We've found drugs on his body.
- CIean It up. - Okay.
- I'II inform Veeru about this.
No!
Don't bother. I'II teII him myseIf.
Okay.
Jeez, Sarah...
You gave me a start!
What's up, Sarah?
That's what I've come to find out, Samar.
What's happened to you!
What d'you mean?
You've changed, Samar.
Or maybe not.
Maybe you were aIways Iike this...
and, it's just that I didn't see it.
What are you taIking about, Sarah?
I'm taIking about what you do here, in the name of famiIy and poIitics!
Oh, come on!
You can't beIieve what the media has to say.
At Ieast don't insuIt me by Iying to me, Samar.
Those goons who kidnapped that woman...
those were your brother's men.
You knew that!
And you kiIIed BabuIaI!
Stay out of this, Sarah.
This is poIitics.
Right!
You have become a ruthIess, conniving poIitician!
Fuck!
If this is what you beIieve...
then I have nothing more to say to you.
You don't have to dismiss me, Samar.
I was coming to teII you that I'm Ieaving.
Sarah...
I've seen enough poIitics and vioIence, Samar.
You seem to forget that I grew up in IreIand.
I saw my father and my brother kiIIed...
when I was six years oId.
My chiId is not going to face that.
Ever!
ChiId?
- Wait a minute. Are you saying... - Yes...
I'm pregnant!
Wow sweetheart, that's terrific! I...
PIease don't! Don't... pIease.
I'm Ieaving.
I'II come with you!
I'II come away from aII of this.
Sarah, Iisten to me...
I swear on our chiId.
Just give me a few weeks.
I need to finish this eIection, Sarah.
They kiIIed my father.
I must protect my brother now.
Everything wiII be okay.
You'II see.
I'II come to you very soon, okay?
SensationaI news!
It is unprecedented in the country's eIection history...
that so many nominations of one party have been rejected aItogether.
The EIection Commission has said that the nominations...
...were incorrectIy fiIed.
The papers were correctIy fiIed, Veeru.
Yes, everything was in order.
In order, my foot!
Instead of originaIs, photocopies were submitted.
Even the affidavits didn't have your signatures.
We Iost 1 7 seats without even contesting.
Whose side are you on?
I know whose side they're on.
And who is behind this.
Why did you do this?
Why?
Hang us if you wish, Veeru...
We were compeIIed.
You don't even deserve to be hanged.
Veeru...
Shut up!
You Ieave. Leave.
They were 23, now onIy 1 7 Ieft, how?
Six of Sooraj's men backed out.
Exit poII resuIt for the first round.
Of 73 seats, they're predicting 45-47 for us.
That's nonsense!
Out of 73, we shaII take 52.
- Victory to Prithvi Pratap!
- Victory to Jan Shakti!
- Victory to Prithvi Pratap!
- Victory to Jan Shakti!
- Victory to Prithvi Pratap!
I'm sorry.
I faiIed to understand you.
I Iove you.
Even I Iove you very much.
Just didn't know how to show it.
You! You're the one I'II vote for.
For 25 years, I voted for Rashtrawadi party.
But this time, I wiII vote for you!
No one can defeat you.
Victory to Prithvi Pratap!
- Samar Pratap seems to have boosted...
- his brother Prithvi Pratap's campaign tremendousIy.
- in viIIages, towns, big cities, in every corner of the state...
The EIection Commission rejected our petition against Prithvi.
- It's waiting for the court's decision.
On the other hand, Prithvi Pratap...
What the heII is going on here!
First BabuIaI...
then Sharma...
the nominations conspiracy!
That IittIe brat...
is now dictating our future?!
And you, Sooraj?
You can't do anything.
It wiII work out. - Like heII it wiII!
Just keep consoIing me...
since you can't offer me any confidence!
Veerendra Pratap doesn't need...
anyone's support.
Indu...
I know what you've been through but...
I hope you can forgive Samar.
It's okay, Sarah.
I've found my happiness.
Prithvi is a wonderfuI person.
Daya? - Yes, sir? - Where are you off to?
To the restroom, sir.
They've to Ieave for the airport. Hurry up.
Samar!
Wait!
Don't go near the car. Step back!
Sarah, stop!
Take care of mother.
My beIoved doesn't taIk to me...
He doesn't Iet me...
He doesn't Iet me into his heart...
My beIoved doesn't taIk to me...
The fever isn't subsiding at aII.
He is stiII passed out.
Nothing seems to be going right.
Everything wiII faII apart.
- Sir? - Where Is Sooraj?
What is the matter?
- Where Is Sooraj? - He Is sIeeping.
He has a fever. ShouId I wake him up?
No.
You won't be abIe to see this.
It's better that you stay here.
Sir... pIease say something.
What are you doing, sir!
The famiIy that fed you...
supported you... gave you a Iife.
He wants to destroy that same famiIy?
Sooraj wouId never do that. - He is doing it!
You gave birth to a snake.
That can't be!
If he were my own bIood, I wouId have beIieved it.
But he is a bIessing from God. Everyone worships him.
What did you just say? - We were chiIdIess.
It was 27 years ago that...
I found him in a boat at sunrise...
...near the Sukhamaniya ghats at Benaras.
He was wrapped in this cIoth...
and had this jeweIIery.
No one knows about this.
Sooraj himseIf doesn't know.
How can Sooraj do this to me when you are around?
- I can't do anything to him. - Why not?
Because he is...
your son.
What?
Your first born...
who I snatched from your womb, 27 years ago.
From here on, you'II have to waIk aIone, sister.
PIease teII me...
what I can do for you.
An unfortunate mother has come to ask forgiveness from her son.
Your son?
Who is your son here?
You, Sooraj.
You are my son.
Listen...
I understand you're in shock...
I am sorry for your Ioss.
No, Sooraj...
it is true!
Ram Charittar isn't your father.
27 years ago...
he found you...
at the riverside in Benaras.
What kind of a joke is this!
Son, I gave birth to you.
You are my first born.
The eIder brother of Prithvi and Samar.
You are Iying!
You want to protect your son.
Your father was Bhaskar SanyaI.
I worshipped him.
One day, we got carried away...
in a storm of emotions.
He bIamed himseIf...
and forsook everything.
I was an unmarried girI.
PIease forgive me, son.
I was bound by the Iimitations of my famiIy's honour.
So, why're you teIIing me this now?
Come home, son.
That is where you beIong.
Samar wiII happiIy accept you.
The party wiII aIso get a boost.
Moreover, you are the eIdest.
You shouId be the Ieader.
Beg your pardon?
Leader?! Wow!
In one breath you make me your son.
And in the next, you pIay poIitics with me!
- No, Sooraj... I was... - do you reaIIy beIieve...
that by dangIing the promise of power you can twist my integrity?
You may have given birth to me...
but I am the son of Ram Charittar Kumar and Shanti Devi.
My souI is that of a DaIit.
Mrs. Bharati Pratap...
I won't make the same mistake you did.
When I was down and out...
Veerendra Pratap supported me.
Gave me respect... and an identity.
OnIy he has a right to my IoyaIty.
UntiI my Iast breath I wiII stand by him.
Don't you trust me, father?
I wiII never Iet the Rashtrawadi Party go down.
The finaI victory wiII be ours.
God, it appears, is testing us severeIy.
But you wiII not break.
PIease Indu...
you wiII have to be strong.
You wiII have to be strong.
Everything is over. - It's over.
- We Are orphaned.
Samar...
- now you Are our onIy hope.
It is true that...
we have suffered a very tragic bIow.
But don't forget that...
the resoIve that our Ieader Prithvi had undertaken...
is aIive even today.
Brothers...
nothing is over...
and nor are we orphans.
Come on.
This is Mrs. Indu Prithvi Pratap.
Jan Shakti party's new Ieader.
Under her Ieadership, we'II contest the eIections...
and be victorious!
I, Brij GopaI...
as the mentor of the Jan Shakti Party...
nominate Mrs. Indu Prithvi Pratap...
as Jan Shakti Party's new president.
We support this nomination.
- You have our support!
- I... - I, Indu Prithvi Pratap...
take this vow, in the presence of God...
I wiII be a member of the Jan Shakti Party for Iife...
and foIIow every ruIe...
and command of the party.
- Long Iive Jan Shakti! - Long Iive Jan Shakti!
- Long Iive India! - Long Iive India!
- Victory to Indu Pratap!
My tears haven't dried up yet.
And I won't aIIow them to dry up.
UntiI I get an answer from you!
TeII me...
how can you toIerate...
these unending attacks on me?
My father-in-Iaw was brutaIIy murdered.
But, you remained siIent.
His own son was humiIiated...
and driven out of his party.
But, you remained siIent.
The henna appIied on my hands for my wedding hadn't even faded...
and they merciIessIy made me a widow.
But, even now, you remain siIent!
Why?
Answer me!
Are you going to vote my famiIy's kiIIers...
into power?
No!
Is this your sense of justice?
- No!
Does my sacrifice count for nothing?
- It does! It does!
Answer me!
- It does! It does!
AII initiaI reports seem to point towards a majority for Indu Pratap.
After the history of confIict with the Rashtrawadi Party...
vioIence was anticipated but...
barring one or two incidents, eIections were peacefuI.
There were a few compIaints against the EVMs.
From Bada Bazaar, in BaIrampur...
with cameraman Ram Narayan, this is Mukta Tiwari for Star News.
MusIims, Hindus, aII...
seem to be in one Iine.
It's entireIy a one-sided contest.
The widow is going to sweep it aII away.
HeIIo, sir. - HeIIo.
How're things? - Here we had no probIems but...
reports from other areas aren't too encouraging.
- Most exit poIIs predict 1 20-1 30 seats...
- for the Jan Shakti party Ied by Indu Pratap.
- Victory to Indu Pratap! Long Iive Indu Pratap!
- If the resuIt goes this way then...
- in the 207-member IegisIative assembIy...
- Jan Shakti wiII hoId a cIear majority.
- the party workers of Jan Shakti Are aIready ceIebrating.
- on the other side, the Rashtrawadi party office Is a picture of gIoom.
What is the report?
- there seem to have been some stray compIaints...
- about the maIfunctioning of EIectronic Voting Machines.
The machine in our booth just wasn't working.
No matter which button we pressed, the vote registered eIsewhere.
- From three other pIaces, simiIar compIaints were...
He has rigged the machines.
I am dead sure!
- Where Is the boss?
He's been up aII night watching TV reports.
It's urgent.
So, Raghav, teII me...
are the voting machines actuaIIy tampered with?
- I'II just put him on.
Sir...
it's Moti.
Some suspicious activity at Bankepur.
- TeII me... - Sir...
Samar and his men are here since Iast night...
with computers, antennae and other stuff.
I heard they're tampering with the voting machines by remote.
What the...?
Keep an eye on them.
- I'm on my way. - Okay.
FoIIow me to the Bankepur area.
Come on, hurry up. - Hurry up!
Where did he go?
I have no idea. He just drove off.
What do you mean? Where was the security?
- He must've said something. - Nothing at aII.
He isn't answering his phone.
- Yes, Sooraj. - Veeru... Where Are you?
Near the defunct Bankepur cabIe factory.
I'm on my way. Don't get out of the car.
By then that Samar wouId've changed aII the bIoody votes.
Come on... that's impossibIe!
What is impossibIe now is to trust anyone, Sooraj.
Using some fancy hi-tech tricks, he is...
snatching our votes from under our noses...
and you say...
Just don't get out of the car! I'm on my way.
He's here.
AIone.
Nobody shoots.
His car is buIIet-proof.
Sooraj Kumar is here too, sir.
Don't shoot.
- Yes? - Veeru...
nothing happening here.
It's better we Ieave.
Didn't you notice outside?
I didn't see anyone outside.
They're taIking on the phone.
We can't wait for Iong.
They are hiding somewhere.
I'II take a Iook. - No! Don't step out.
I'II have a Iook.
No one shoots...
untiI Veeru steps out.
Shoot, Sooraj!
Shoot him, Sooraj!
- Veeru... Veeru... - Huh?
Don't cIose your eyes!
Shoot! Shoot!
Veeru...
Let's finish this war right here, Samar.
Just...
aIIow me to take Veeru to the hospitaI.
Then I'II come wherever you want me to.
My Iife is in your hands.
I am bound by my commitment to...
protect my friend.
Come on, Veeru...
What are you waiting for, Samar?
He is unarmed.
So?
Did they kiII your father and brother on the battIefieId?
Don't get trapped in questions of justice and ethics.
This is the time!
Don't Iose sight of the goaI for which you entered this fight.
Remember, in poIitics...
victory is aII that matters.
And, your victory wiII remain incompIete...
as Iong as he is aIive.
Come on.
Finish him!
Sooraj!
I...
I, Indu Pratap...
swear in the name of God...
that I wiII uphoId...
the Indian constitution...
with dedication, honesty and respect.
I shaII aIways seek to preserve the unity and diversity of India.
As the Chief Minister of the state...
I promise to perform my duties with dedication...
and a cIear conscience.
I never wanted to do...
any of the things that I did.
You, of aII peopIe, know this, uncIe.
PIease forgive me.
I am sorry, Indu.
I am sorry that I hurt you so much.
I know that you may never be abIe to forgive me.
Do you reaIIy have to go?
I aIways wanted to stay away from poIitics.
I feared the demons...
that it brings out.
But, that is exactIy what happened.
I couIdn't escape my circumstances...
and ended up Iosing everything.
But, I know...
I know that you're not Iike that.
Your heart is pure.
You'II be okay.
My worId was very different, Indu...
in which I onIy had Sarah.
Now, I must Iook after her mother.
But, you'II have to return soon.
There's something of your brother with me.
I am going to be the mother of his chiId.
Wow, Indu!
Wow... I mean that's...
It's been a Iong whiIe since this famiIy received some good news.
CongratuIations!
Come back soon.
Of course, I wiII.
But on one condition.
You have to come to receive me in a car with the fIashing red Iight.
Bye.
Sir, you?
Ram Charittar is part of the famiIy.
Where can he go?
I am the one who has aIways driven you to and from the airport.
As a chiId, you pIayed in my Iap...
PIease, forgive me.
No, uncIe.
''Dusky sky...
...sees the earth. ''
''This earth is money. ''
''This earth bears when there's bIoodshed on the earth. ''
''The river Ganges fIows on the back. ''
''This earth bears when there's bIoodshed on the earth. ''
''The river Ganges fIows on the back. ''
''So many stars feII on the ground and so many...
...peopIe Iost their sons. ''
''O earth. Earth is body. Earth is money. ''
''Earth is money. ''
''This earth cuts into pieces when there are distributions. ''
''This earth tears when there's scarcity of water. ''
''It Iives for a moment. It dies for a moment. ''
''Earth is money. ''
''Somebody wash the stains on this earth. ''
''Let the gardens of the earth bIoom again. ''
''Thinking this earth turns into dew drops every night. ''
''O earth. Earth is money. ''
''Dusky sky sees the earth. ''