1. Presented by
R. D. BANSALCopy !req
2. BHARATI DEVI, BIRESWAR SENCopy !req
3. SUBRATA SEN, JAMUNA SINHACopy !req
4. SOMEN BOSE, NIRMAL GHOSHCopy !req
5. RANJIT SEN, LALI CHOWDHURYCopy !req
6. Cinematography by SUBRATA MITRA
Art Direction by BANSI CHANDRAGUPTACopy !req
7. Edited byCopy !req
8. Sound byCopy !req
9. Production ChiefCopy !req
10. Produced by R. D. BANSAL
and SHARANKUMARI BANSALCopy !req
11. Story, Screenplay, Music, and DirectionCopy !req
12. So you're going?Copy !req
13. Good. I'm glad
you changed your mind.Copy !req
14. After all, it's an official prize.
There's prestige attached.Copy !req
15. I don't give a damn
about the prize.Copy !req
16. I just want to escape problems
for one full day.Copy !req
17. In a way, it's good
I couldn't get a flight.Copy !req
18. If you'd decided sooner, you could've
had your own compartment.Copy !req
19. - Now you'll have to share.
- Makes no difference.Copy !req
20. I'll take some pills
and sleep the whole way.Copy !req
21. I don't give a damn
if anyone else is around.Copy !req
22. Should I cable Delhi
so they meet you at the station?Copy !req
23. It won't make it in time.
You better phone.Copy !req
24. And call Sunil too. 22464.Copy !req
25. Damn! The line's busy.Copy !req
26. What's the word on the movie?Copy !req
27. - It's only the second week.
- It ought to be clear by now.Copy !req
28. It's the end of the month.
People are short on cash.Copy !req
29. Never heard that one before.
Why this time?Copy !req
30. Well, what's it got to bring them in -
except you?Copy !req
31. I'm in it.
Isn't that enough?Copy !req
32. Not enough, my friend.Copy !req
33. Times have changed.Copy !req
34. Nonsense.Copy !req
35. Damned public! So fickle.Copy !req
36. Wipe 'em all out, I say.Copy !req
37. Great!
And then what would you eat?Copy !req
38. - Boiled fish and rice.
- It's not that easy, my friend.Copy !req
39. Even I need the best Darjeeling tea
with my breakfast.Copy !req
40. And I'm just an assistant.Copy !req
41. Read the last column
near the bottom.Copy !req
42. How did this...?Copy !req
43. - Have I kept you waiting?
- Just five minutes.Copy !req
44. Come inside.Copy !req
45. So you're going to Delhi?Copy !req
46. Looks like it.Copy !req
47. I'm very lucky.
I might have missed you.Copy !req
48. Anything besides tea for you?Copy !req
49. - Banana?
- Only tea.Copy !req
50. Chakraborty's behind this.
He's gone too far!Copy !req
51. Call Phani and tell him I'm sorry.
I have to go away.Copy !req
52. I'll be free on the 16th.Copy !req
53. - And Fortune Films?
- To hell with them.Copy !req
54. I'll still have
to deal with them.Copy !req
55. Let's just finish my business.Copy !req
56. A contract?Copy !req
57. Does the almanac say
it's a good day?Copy !req
58. Most auspicious!Copy !req
59. My almanac says the opposite,
Mr. Hiralal.Copy !req
60. The opposite?
What almanac is that?Copy !req
61. It says, "Good for travel...Copy !req
62. but no contracts".Copy !req
63. You're joking.Copy !req
64. - You read the papers?
- The papers?Copy !req
65. Besides the financial page?Copy !req
66. Not today's yet.Copy !req
67. - Then you don't know the news.
- What news?Copy !req
68. The night before last...Copy !req
69. at a certain club...Copy !req
70. in a state of slight inebriation...Copy !req
71. I administered correction
to a certain gentleman.Copy !req
72. Correction?Copy !req
73. The old one-two.Copy !req
74. One-two?Copy !req
75. I beat him up.Copy !req
76. Oh, you beat him up!Copy !req
77. The gentleman started
getting aggressive with me.Copy !req
78. Aggressive?Copy !req
79. And he did this...Copy !req
80. in front of some ladies.Copy !req
81. Would it be right
to take that without a word?Copy !req
82. Of course not!Copy !req
83. The gentleman was unawareCopy !req
84. that there's one particular roleCopy !req
85. that I excel at:Copy !req
86. the pugilist.Copy !req
87. Pugi...?Copy !req
88. I gave him a left jab.Copy !req
89. My aim wasn't too good
in view of my condition,Copy !req
90. but the gentleman
didn't dare try it again.Copy !req
91. Well done!Copy !req
92. You did the right thing.Copy !req
93. Yes, you did the right thing.Copy !req
94. However...Copy !req
95. despite our efforts
to hush it up...Copy !req
96. it was in two papers today.Copy !req
97. What does that matter,
Mr. Arindam?Copy !req
98. It doesn't, Mr. Hiralal.Copy !req
99. Except for the fact...Copy !req
100. that I don't feel
like signing contracts today.Copy !req
101. - But you said -
- Not in the mood. Let it wait.Copy !req
102. I brought an advance!Copy !req
103. I'll be back Thursday.
We'll discuss it then.Copy !req
104. Please hold on.
He's coming.Copy !req
105. - Who is it?
- Your leading lady.Copy !req
106. Yeah?Copy !req
107. - You're going to Delhi?
- Yeah.Copy !req
108. - By train?
- Yeah.Copy !req
109. Shall I come to the station?Copy !req
110. I'd rather you didn't.Copy !req
111. - You've got me all wrong, Arindam.
- I doubt it.Copy !req
112. I can explain everything.Copy !req
113. That's not necessary.Copy !req
114. Why are you acting
this way?Copy !req
115. - I have my reasons.
- What reasons?Copy !req
116. Please tell me, Arindam.Copy !req
117. We can't go into it now.
I have to go.Copy !req
118. Good-bye.Copy !req
119. Anything special
you need for her?Copy !req
120. If you could arrange
for some chicken stew.Copy !req
121. Daddy, can you get
my book from your bag?Copy !req
122. You want to read?
Sure it won't strain your eyes?Copy !req
123. Will you eat lunch here, sir?Copy !req
124. No, they'll eat here.
I'd prefer to have it in the dining car.Copy !req
125. I'll eat in the dining car.Copy !req
126. Is Mr. Bose traveling
on this train?Copy !req
127. - Mr. Bose...
- Haren Bose.Copy !req
128. He's in compartment D
with his family.Copy !req
129. - Are you still doubtful?
- You never know.Copy !req
130. He might have changed plans.
He's such a busy man.Copy !req
131. I wish he had.Copy !req
132. I don't like work
intruding on our vacation.Copy !req
133. You know how much
they spend on advertising?Copy !req
134. Sorry. So sorry.Copy !req
135. Five million a year!Copy !req
136. If I rope him in,
then my office -Copy !req
137. Arindam Mukherjee!Copy !req
138. If there's any problem
with your double,Copy !req
139. there's room
in a four-bed compartment.Copy !req
140. Why should there be a problem?Copy !req
141. Mr. Aghore Chatterjee
is traveling with you.Copy !req
142. Good God! He'd like to abolish
the entire film industry!Copy !req
143. He writes those letters
to The Statesman?Copy !req
144. Yes, sir. Upon hearing
your name, he was a bit -Copy !req
145. Let's go see this character.Copy !req
146. This is Mr. Chatterjee.Copy !req
147. Hello!Copy !req
148. - So you act in the talkies?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
149. I'm opposed to the talkies
on principle.Copy !req
150. But yielding to a friend's
request once in 1942,Copy !req
151. I saw
How Green Was My Valley.Copy !req
152. That's a good movie!Copy !req
153. But as a rule, films are bad.Copy !req
154. But why blame us poor actors?Copy !req
155. Do you drink?Copy !req
156. Well... a bit.Copy !req
157. Film actors drink as a rule.Copy !req
158. That's because -Copy !req
159. It shows a lack of restraint
and lack of discipline.Copy !req
160. Will you be drinking
on this trip?Copy !req
161. Well, it's like
second nature to me.Copy !req
162. Then I'm obliged to tell youCopy !req
163. that the smell of alcohol
makes me nauseous.Copy !req
164. I am 79...Copy !req
165. and as such I expect
some considerationCopy !req
166. from my fellow passengers.Copy !req
167. Don't worry, sir.
I'm in a different compartment.Copy !req
168. I've read your letters.
I just came to say hello.Copy !req
169. Good-bye, now.Copy !req
170. You have a lower berth.
I hope it's not a problem.Copy !req
171. No, this is fine.Copy !req
172. My, my! Brand-new!Copy !req
173. 100.4Copy !req
174. They have no sense!
You see who's traveling with us?Copy !req
175. - What's wrong with it?
- Didn't you read the paper today?Copy !req
176. He's receiving an award in Delhi.
Does that mean nothing?Copy !req
177. Scandal is scandal.Copy !req
178. Open this, would you?Copy !req
179. In Delhi I'll take you
to see the Jama Masjid...Copy !req
180. and the Qutub Minar.Copy !req
181. Thank you.Copy !req
182. Hello.Copy !req
183. Damn it!Copy !req
184. Disgusting!Copy !req
185. Couldn't you call
an attendant to open it?Copy !req
186. What is it? A screw cap?Copy !req
187. Why are these things...?Copy !req
188. Shall I try?Copy !req
189. All right, but it's a bit -Copy !req
190. Thanks.Copy !req
191. It's hard
if your hands are sweaty.Copy !req
192. Yes, perspiration, of course.Copy !req
193. Congratulations.Copy !req
194. Me? For opening the bottle?Copy !req
195. No, for the award
you're to receive in Delhi.Copy !req
196. I see.Copy !req
197. - What's wrong with her?
- She's had a fever for a month.Copy !req
198. - She's a great fan of yours.
- Is that so?Copy !req
199. We haven't seen
your latest film yet.Copy !req
200. Just as well.Copy !req
201. Don't say that.
We never miss any of your films.Copy !req
202. She got sickCopy !req
203. just when
your latest film opened.Copy !req
204. Do you have import-export problems
in your line of work too?Copy !req
205. Yes, like any other business.Copy !req
206. In Japan I observed that the film
industry was growing rapidly.Copy !req
207. America, of course,
has always been well ahead,Copy !req
208. but on my last trip
I noticed a slump there.Copy !req
209. The studios were idle...Copy !req
210. or else turning out films for TV.Copy !req
211. It made me sad.Copy !req
212. After all, there is nothing
to beat American movies.Copy !req
213. Very true. We learned
all about acting from them.Copy !req
214. No offense...Copy !req
215. but we've never learned
to care about quality.Copy !req
216. Our motto seems to be
"Produce more and produce rubbish".Copy !req
217. Yes.Copy !req
218. That's why family planning
has become so important.Copy !req
219. My, my!
You publish this all by yourself?Copy !req
220. Not exactly. There are
two others helping me.Copy !req
221. But the initiative
is mostly mine.Copy !req
222. All written by women?Copy !req
223. Look here.Copy !req
224. Reading, proofing -
there's no shortage of material.Copy !req
225. Do you make a profit?Copy !req
226. We could with a few more ads.Copy !req
227. You know lots of people.
You could put in a good word.Copy !req
228. Buying a subscription for your wife
would be a big help.Copy !req
229. - Gladly. What's the damage?
- Ten rupees.Copy !req
230. In these matters
I'm quite shameless.Copy !req
231. Look at that!Copy !req
232. - And the name?
- Shefalika Devi.Copy !req
233. You should sell subscriptions
door-to-door.Copy !req
234. Plenty of husbands like mineCopy !req
235. will take one look at you
and fork over 10 rupees.Copy !req
236. I'm going to Delhi
to see about a grant.Copy !req
237. My uncle is
in the Education Ministry.Copy !req
238. I hope you don't mind
my being so familiar with you.Copy !req
239. Looks like
this is your lucky day.Copy !req
240. It's about time.Copy !req
241. Arindam Mukherjee, right?Copy !req
242. - Don't you think he's wonderful?
- I haven't seen many of his films,Copy !req
243. but he's not a bad actor.Copy !req
244. There's something
in today's paper about him.Copy !req
245. He got in a brawl!Copy !req
246. Speak up a bit
and he might hear you.Copy !req
247. I'll get an autograph for Mithu.Copy !req
248. Excuse me. An autograph.Copy !req
249. Oh, yes. Certainly.Copy !req
250. It's for a cousin.Copy !req
251. Yes, of course.Copy !req
252. I didn't think
you were the autograph type.Copy !req
253. I don't suppose
you see many Bengali films.Copy !req
254. Not many.Copy !req
255. - You probably don't approve.
- Too unrealistic.Copy !req
256. You're right.Copy !req
257. Educated young ladies...Copy !req
258. shouldn't burst into song
about the pain of separation.Copy !req
259. And leading men
shouldn't be so godlike.Copy !req
260. Thank you.Copy !req
261. - God knows what he thought of me!
- Why?Copy !req
262. - I always blurt out the truth.
- What truth?Copy !req
263. Have you seen
Victory and Defeat?Copy !req
264. Where he's a tennis player?Copy !req
265. Not just a player. A champion.Copy !req
266. Tennis champion,
swimming champion,Copy !req
267. dancer, singer,
leading progressive,Copy !req
268. top of his class, great lover.Copy !req
269. Is that realistic?Copy !req
270. - She thinks so.
- I don't care what you say.Copy !req
271. I don't mind at all
while I'm watching.Copy !req
272. You know what he is?
A modern-day Krishna.Copy !req
273. And all these ladies
are his secret devotees.Copy !req
274. - Waiter.
- It's on me.Copy !req
275. No, you already -Copy !req
276. He's gone to the dining car.
I'm going too.Copy !req
277. What about me?Copy !req
278. You come too, but later.
It takes time to hook a big fish.Copy !req
279. Fine.Copy !req
280. Are you angry?Copy !req
281. I said fine.Copy !req
282. Listen, if this works,
for your next birthday you'll get a -Copy !req
283. Pearl necklace.Copy !req
284. Done!Copy !req
285. Darjeeling's right next door,
and you don't serve tea?Copy !req
286. There'll be tea at tea time, sir.Copy !req
287. - Only cold drinks now.
- Can I have a beer?Copy !req
288. Alcohol is...Copy !req
289. Can I have a Coke then?Copy !req
290. Coke...?Copy !req
291. Cola-Cola.Copy !req
292. One for me too.Copy !req
293. May I join you, sir?Copy !req
294. Please.
But I don't believe I -Copy !req
295. But I know you.
Mr. Bose, right?Copy !req
296. Good heavens!
I'm not a film star.Copy !req
297. I'm more likely to know of you
than of any film star.Copy !req
298. Really?Copy !req
299. "Pritish..."Copy !req
300. Rhymes with "British".Copy !req
301. "Spectrum Publicity".Copy !req
302. Why Spectrum?Copy !req
303. To convey the wide range
of our interests.Copy !req
304. That may be...Copy !req
305. but it should be related
to your business.Copy !req
306. You know Mr. Nandi, don't you?
Of Bengal Biscuits?Copy !req
307. Jitesh?Copy !req
308. He was a classmate.Copy !req
309. He's a client of ours.Copy !req
310. You can ask him about us.Copy !req
311. Jitesh was
a very good hockey player.Copy !req
312. I can show you samples of our work.
Very modern and effective.Copy !req
313. You've seen
what's being done abroad.Copy !req
314. You've been all over the world.Copy !req
315. By the grace of God, yes.Copy !req
316. Not just God.
Thanks to your abilities too.Copy !req
317. I know.
That's the wisdom of our times.Copy !req
318. God does nothing.
Man does everything.Copy !req
319. Only extreme leftists
believe that.Copy !req
320. You keep to the right,
I presume.Copy !req
321. Not exactly.Copy !req
322. Every young man leans
a bit to the left these days.Copy !req
323. I don't care
for extreme conservatism.Copy !req
324. Certainly not.Copy !req
325. But I currently stand solely
on private enterprise.Copy !req
326. These trains are nicely done.
Something to be proud of.Copy !req
327. Yes, sir.Copy !req
328. Did you read it?Copy !req
329. It doesn't appear
he had to struggle much.Copy !req
330. He does now.
What to do with all that money?Copy !req
331. Just thinking about it
is a struggle.Copy !req
332. I suppose
it's mostly a matter of luck.Copy !req
333. Eighty percent.Copy !req
334. I tell you what:Copy !req
335. Go ask him some questions,
take notes,Copy !req
336. and publish it in your magazine.Copy !req
337. That will really sell.Copy !req
338. Why not just admit
you want to knowCopy !req
339. what's behind
that story in the papers?Copy !req
340. Oh, you!Copy !req
341. What do you think?
Am I right or wrong?Copy !req
342. I thought I'd avoid talking
about movies in my magazine.Copy !req
343. That's going too far.Copy !req
344. You can't make it these days
without covering movies.Copy !req
345. So I gather
from readers' letters.Copy !req
346. Then go on.Copy !req
347. Go on.Copy !req
348. Wait. I'll flip a coin.Copy !req
349. Here.Copy !req
350. You flip it. Heads, I go.Copy !req
351. What is it now?
Another cousin?Copy !req
352. I wonder if I might
bother you once more.Copy !req
353. Bother me?Copy !req
354. Of course, if you object,
you can refuse.Copy !req
355. Object to being bothered?Copy !req
356. I just wanted to ask youCopy !req
357. a few questions.Copy !req
358. - You're not a journalist, are you?
- No.Copy !req
359. I edit a women's magazine.Copy !req
360. Modern Woman.
Sit down.Copy !req
361. Nothing about movies in here,
I suppose.Copy !req
362. I hoped to fill that gap
by interviewing you,Copy !req
363. - now that I've got you here.
- Got me?Copy !req
364. I mean, considering
you're right here...Copy !req
365. and given that in terms of popularity,
you're at the very top.Copy !req
366. My life story has come outCopy !req
367. so many times
in so many papersCopy !req
368. that apart from
a few exceptions like you...Copy !req
369. everyone knows all about it.Copy !req
370. I suspect I probably know
what everyone knows.Copy !req
371. Really?Copy !req
372. You lost your parents
very young.Copy !req
373. You were raised by your uncle.Copy !req
374. You went to Bangabasi CollegeCopy !req
375. and then worked
in an office a while.Copy !req
376. Then, at 27,
you made your first filmCopy !req
377. and catapulted to fame
and riches, but -Copy !req
378. - But?
- You've never married.Copy !req
379. Neither have you, right?Copy !req
380. Or are you so modern
that you don't put red in your hair?Copy !req
381. No, I'm not married.Copy !req
382. The thing is, what they've been
writing about you...Copy !req
383. isn't very interesting.Copy !req
384. Is that so?Copy !req
385. In your opinion,
what would be interesting?Copy !req
386. For instance,
what I'd most like to know is...Copy !req
387. how does it really feel
to be so famous?Copy !req
388. Just great. Why?Copy !req
389. I mean, in the midst
of all that excess,Copy !req
390. don't you feel
there's something missing?Copy !req
391. A certain emptiness...Copy !req
392. or sense of regret?Copy !req
393. What's the point
in knowing all that?Copy !req
394. Suppose I tell you
and it hurts my box office?Copy !req
395. You see, Miss Sengupta...Copy !req
396. people like me
shouldn't talk too much.Copy !req
397. We're creatures
of light and shadow.Copy !req
398. It's best not to exposeCopy !req
399. these bodies of flesh and blood
too clearly to the public eye.Copy !req
400. You understand?
I can see you don't.Copy !req
401. - Perhaps I do see.
- What do you see?Copy !req
402. That you want to remain
larger than lifeCopy !req
403. in the eyes of the public.Copy !req
404. Exactly.Copy !req
405. - So then...
- So then nothing.Copy !req
406. Wait. Let me offer you
a cold drink,Copy !req
407. or you'll tell your readers
I have no manners.Copy !req
408. And that might hurt
your box office?Copy !req
409. Of course. You know
so little about our business.Copy !req
410. You watch a movie in air-conditioned
comfort and then say...Copy !req
411. - "Rubbish!"
- True.Copy !req
412. But I never realized
your box office was so fragile,Copy !req
413. or I'd never have bothered you.Copy !req
414. Miss Sengupta...Copy !req
415. you'll go a long way.Copy !req
416. I hope so...Copy !req
417. but people like me
have to work very hard.Copy !req
418. While we just put our feet up
and coast to the top?Copy !req
419. - Is that it?
- Perhaps.Copy !req
420. Sure you won't have
that cold drink?Copy !req
421. No, thank you.Copy !req
422. - Well? Did he tell you anything?
- No.Copy !req
423. What happened?Copy !req
424. You know those hothouse plantsCopy !req
425. that die if exposed
to too much sunlight and air?Copy !req
426. That's what they're like.Copy !req
427. Satisfied?Copy !req
428. What's your name?Copy !req
429. - Rita.
- Really?Copy !req
430. And yours?Copy !req
431. My name is Arindam Mukherjee.Copy !req
432. Sir!Copy !req
433. Mr. Chatterjee
would like a word with you.Copy !req
434. Again?Copy !req
435. Regarding some news
about you in today's paper.Copy !req
436. What news?Copy !req
437. That you're going to Delhi.Copy !req
438. If you wouldn't mind.Copy !req
439. You wanted to see me?Copy !req
440. So you're going to receive
an award in Delhi?Copy !req
441. Only because they don't know
the truth about actors like you do.Copy !req
442. Come inside, sir.Copy !req
443. - Come inside?
- Sit down.Copy !req
444. - I'm afraid.
- Why?Copy !req
445. People like us have
all kinds of vices.Copy !req
446. What if you catch
an infection or something?Copy !req
447. What vices?Copy !req
448. It is never too late to reform.Copy !req
449. - Breath mint?
- No, thanks.Copy !req
450. - Do you have a family?
- No.Copy !req
451. You're not married?Copy !req
452. You mean legal marriage?Copy !req
453. What other kind of marriage
is there in a civilized society?Copy !req
454. No, sir, then I'm a bachelor.Copy !req
455. And why do you have
to take to drink?Copy !req
456. What do you get out of it?Copy !req
457. If you've never tried it,
how can I explain?Copy !req
458. I'm no good at words...Copy !req
459. but I could act it out.Copy !req
460. Look here, young man!Copy !req
461. No nation can become great
without a moral sense.Copy !req
462. Especially today, in India...Copy !req
463. we have to be strict
about such things.Copy !req
464. Lord save us! I'm going.Copy !req
465. I have to see
about an injection.Copy !req
466. Injection?Copy !req
467. - Cocaine.
- Hopeless!Copy !req
468. - Drink this.
- Not now, Mom.Copy !req
469. Be a good girl.Copy !req
470. Drink it.Copy !req
471. I never imagined
I'd see you this close up.Copy !req
472. I saw you in the New Market
the other day.Copy !req
473. You were buying clothes.Copy !req
474. Quite possibly.Copy !req
475. It must be very hard for youCopy !req
476. to move around in public.Copy !req
477. True enough.Copy !req
478. What can you do here?
Where's the imagination?Copy !req
479. In England one can spend hours
in front of shop windows.Copy !req
480. What superb displays!Copy !req
481. It's not that we can't do it,Copy !req
482. but how many people here
appreciate fine things?Copy !req
483. But with a client like you,
we'd do great things!Copy !req
484. No, Mr. Sarkar.
I just won't be convinced.Copy !req
485. I am very fussy -Copy !req
486. My wife.Copy !req
487. - Mr. Bose.
- Please.Copy !req
488. What will you have?Copy !req
489. Waiter.Copy !req
490. Do you help your husband
in his work?Copy !req
491. She's the perfect housewife.Copy !req
492. I see.Copy !req
493. Young ladies are doing
all kinds of things these days.Copy !req
494. I think it's a good idea.Copy !req
495. Besides, women have
a natural instinct for beauty...Copy !req
496. which could be very useful
in the advertising profession.Copy !req
497. Have you ever thought of that,
Mr. Sarkar?Copy !req
498. Not exactly.Copy !req
499. Wouldn't you like to work?Copy !req
500. - You would, wouldn't you?
- Yes.Copy !req
501. But you're afraid
to tell your husband, right?Copy !req
502. Bengali girls nowadays
hunt tigers, fly airplanes...Copy !req
503. climb mountains,
and become lawyers...Copy !req
504. and you hesitate about a simple job
in an advertising office?Copy !req
505. Is that really acceptable?Copy !req
506. What do you say, Mrs. Sarkar?Copy !req
507. Shankarda!Copy !req
508. Shankarda, help! Save me!Copy !req
509. Is anything wrong?Copy !req
510. Excuse me.Copy !req
511. I'm sorry, madam.Copy !req
512. Why did you leave like that?Copy !req
513. I felt like it.Copy !req
514. Felt like it?
Without a word of explanation?Copy !req
515. - You really don't know why?
- Why?Copy !req
516. You didn't notice the way
he was staring at me?Copy !req
517. Is that all?Copy !req
518. He likes you.
Something wrong with that?Copy !req
519. Molly, it's almost in the bag.
I just need a little help from you.Copy !req
520. - Help?
- Weren't you listening?Copy !req
521. He gave us his address in Delhi,
invited us to tea.Copy !req
522. - What about it?
- Don't you understand?Copy !req
523. No. You tell me.Copy !req
524. Molly, you used to love
amateur dramatics.Copy !req
525. - This calls for some acting in real life.
- Acting?Copy !req
526. All you have to be
is a little nice to him.Copy !req
527. Sit close to him, smile sweetly.
You understand.Copy !req
528. Yes, I do.Copy !req
529. Can't you do that much
for your husband?Copy !req
530. Don't misunderstand me,
for heaven's sake.Copy !req
531. I understand perfectly.Copy !req
532. Why take it so seriously?Copy !req
533. It's just a game, a strategy.Copy !req
534. I understand perfectly.Copy !req
535. What is it?
Where are you going?Copy !req
536. Molly!Copy !req
537. Hot tea!Copy !req
538. Over here.Copy !req
539. I'll be safe if I sit with you.Copy !req
540. You have no interest
in my line of work.Copy !req
541. Tell me...Copy !req
542. do you know anything
about dreams?Copy !req
543. Dreams?Copy !req
544. Just the usual stuff
everyone knows.Copy !req
545. Like what?Copy !req
546. Whatever is in
one's subconscious mind...Copy !req
547. one's beliefs and fears...Copy !req
548. often turns up in one's dreams.Copy !req
549. Did you have a dream?Copy !req
550. Yes.Copy !req
551. I dreamed I was sinking
in quicksand made of cash.Copy !req
552. Shankarda could have
pulled me out...Copy !req
553. but he wouldn't do it...Copy !req
554. and I...Copy !req
555. It was awful.Copy !req
556. Who is Shankarda?Copy !req
557. A relative?Copy !req
558. No, a friend I looked up to.Copy !req
559. He used to say,
"Do anything you like...Copy !req
560. but don't work in the movies".Copy !req
561. A traditionalist?Copy !req
562. Only about the movies.Copy !req
563. But then,
he had a selfish motive.Copy !req
564. We had a theater group
that put on plays.Copy !req
565. Shankarda was our leader,
a sort of Hitler.Copy !req
566. But I always played the hero.Copy !req
567. And you secretly planned
to get into films?Copy !req
568. I was egged on.Copy !req
569. There was this guy, Jyoti.
He's my manager now.Copy !req
570. He had connections
with film people.Copy !req
571. One day he came to me
with a good offer.Copy !req
572. The film was
Devi Chowdhurani,Copy !req
573. with Mukunda Lahiri as the father-
that's what attracted me.Copy !req
574. The Durga Festival was nearing.
We were rehearsing like mad.Copy !req
575. That's when someone leaked
my plans to Shankarda.Copy !req
576. No! I want the truth!Copy !req
577. Have you been playing me
for a fool?Copy !req
578. Get out, all of you!Copy !req
579. Well?Copy !req
580. Are you trying
to sabotage my play?Copy !req
581. Just what are you planning?Copy !req
582. There's no reason
to lose your temper.Copy !req
583. I'll be the judge of that.Copy !req
584. So you want to be a movie star?
A comet with a tail?Copy !req
585. - You seem to know all about it.
- I want it from you!Copy !req
586. Jyoti brought me an offer
for a film.Copy !req
587. What film?Copy !req
588. - Devi Chowdhurani.
- What part?Copy !req
589. The lead.Copy !req
590. Brojeshwar? That non-entity!Copy !req
591. Nothing's set yet.
They want me to do a screen test.Copy !req
592. - What did you tell them?
- Nothing yet.Copy !req
593. I'm telling you.Copy !req
594. It's not going to happen.Copy !req
595. Of course it won't
if you say so,Copy !req
596. but I wasn't about to drop
the play to do the film.Copy !req
597. Listen, Arindam.Copy !req
598. I know there's glamour
in films,Copy !req
599. but they have
nothing to do with art.Copy !req
600. An actor can't create
a sustained part in a film.Copy !req
601. Impossible!Copy !req
602. I know that for certain.
I've done a detailed study.Copy !req
603. A film actor is nothing
but a puppet!Copy !req
604. A doll!Copy !req
605. A puppet in the hands
of the director...Copy !req
606. of the cameraman...Copy !req
607. of the sound recordist...Copy !req
608. of the fellow
who cuts it all upCopy !req
609. and sticks the pieces
back together.Copy !req
610. Another thing:Copy !req
611. A stage actor's real source
of inspiration is the audience.Copy !req
612. All those dark heads you see
beyond the footlightsCopy !req
613. is where your energy
comes from.Copy !req
614. Take them away
and what happens?Copy !req
615. Where's the thrill then?Copy !req
616. How can film give you that?Copy !req
617. What are you after? Money?Copy !req
618. I'm not saying
you couldn't be a success.Copy !req
619. You have the looks
and the voice.Copy !req
620. You could well be a success.Copy !req
621. But you have to know one thing.Copy !req
622. There's a nasty side to films -Copy !req
623. the business side.Copy !req
624. It's nothing but
supply and demand.Copy !req
625. Two hits in a rowCopy !req
626. and you'll shoot to the top.Copy !req
627. But when number three flops,
and number four flops...Copy !req
628. you'll find that the ladder
you climbed upCopy !req
629. has been yanked away.Copy !req
630. Then someone gives you a push,
and you fall flat on your face,Copy !req
631. and you don't get up again.Copy !req
632. You're finished for all time.
Understand?Copy !req
633. That's who Shankarda was.Copy !req
634. And he wasn't
entirely wrong either.Copy !req
635. But it doesn't apply
in your case, does it?Copy !req
636. On the main day of the festival,
we put on our play.Copy !req
637. Two days later
we were to immerseCopy !req
638. the image of the goddess
in the river.Copy !req
639. Our image was
in the traditional style.Copy !req
640. Shankarda said that
without all the carvingCopy !req
641. and tinsel and big eyes,
you didn't get the right feeling.Copy !req
642. - To the Goddess Durga!
- Victory!Copy !req
643. Let me through!Copy !req
644. Shankarda!Copy !req
645. No point calling him.
He's gone.Copy !req
646. Such a big, strong fellow...Copy !req
647. suddenly dead
right before my eyes.Copy !req
648. Thrombosis.Copy !req
649. I'd seen both my parents die
when I was a childCopy !req
650. and carried so many relatives
and others to the burning ghatsCopy !req
651. that I'd developed a rather
callous attitude toward death.Copy !req
652. Yet I couldn't believe
that Shankarda was really dead.Copy !req
653. He'd been so full of life.Copy !req
654. How could all that vitality
suddenly disappear?Copy !req
655. But the strange thing is that
at the burning ghat...Copy !req
656. while the pyre was blazing,Copy !req
657. I could feel a change
taking place inside me.Copy !req
658. Jyoti.Copy !req
659. Yes?Copy !req
660. Sit down.Copy !req
661. What?Copy !req
662. - Do you believe in rebirth?
- Whose rebirth?Copy !req
663. Human rebirth.
Yours, for instance.Copy !req
664. If I were reborn,
how would I know it was me?Copy !req
665. I wouldn't be reborn again
as Jyoti Banerjee.Copy !req
666. Not many can remember
their previous lives anyway.Copy !req
667. So what's it matter
if you believe or not?Copy !req
668. Exactly.Copy !req
669. This is the age
of Marx and Freud.Copy !req
670. No rebirth, no providence.Copy !req
671. I know.Copy !req
672. One lifetime, one chance.Copy !req
673. So what's on your mind?Copy !req
674. What are you thinking?Copy !req
675. Do you also believe
that film actors are all puppets?Copy !req
676. Brando, Bogart, Paul Muni -
are they all puppets?Copy !req
677. As a man,
you earn 333 rupees a month,Copy !req
678. with an annual raise
of 10 rupees...Copy !req
679. while as a successful puppetCopy !req
680. you could easily make
30,000 rupees per film.Copy !req
681. Two fellows did screen tests,
but neither was chosen.Copy !req
682. No, Shankarda must be wrong.Copy !req
683. Must be wrong.Copy !req
684. If you say yes,
you'll help me save face.Copy !req
685. If this were ancient times,
I'd be afraid.Copy !req
686. Of what?Copy !req
687. Shankarda's curse.Copy !req
688. I decided on the spot.Copy !req
689. My!Copy !req
690. You look nice
without your glasses.Copy !req
691. - I probably surprised you.
- Why?Copy !req
692. The fact that so quickly
after his death I -Copy !req
693. That's real life.Copy !req
694. Which you said
was lacking in Bengali films.Copy !req
695. Bardhaman.Copy !req
696. Perhaps I shouldn't stay here.Copy !req
697. Why not?Copy !req
698. We're pulling into a station.
Now they've recognized you!Copy !req
699. Is that so strange?Copy !req
700. Look! Oh God!Copy !req
701. This is a red-letter day
for them.Copy !req
702. I know,
but I'm not used to all this.Copy !req
703. You know
what they're thinking?Copy !req
704. That I'm shooting a film
and you're my heroine.Copy !req
705. Utter nonsense!Copy !req
706. Are you ashamed
to be seen in my company?Copy !req
707. Of course not.Copy !req
708. Don't cover your face,
or they'll stare even more.Copy !req
709. Relax. Act normal.
Just talk normally.Copy !req
710. Impossible.Copy !req
711. - Shall I talk, then?
- Yes.Copy !req
712. Why aren't you married?Copy !req
713. Have you ever done any acting?Copy !req
714. Would you like to go into films?Copy !req
715. Stop it.
I'd sooner ask more questions.Copy !req
716. Go ahead.Copy !req
717. Do you remember
your first day of shooting?Copy !req
718. Who can ever forget
something like that?Copy !req
719. Most of all
I remember Mukunda Lahiri.Copy !req
720. Who's that back there?Copy !req
721. My name is
Arindam Mukherjee, sir.Copy !req
722. Ah... Brojeshwar?Copy !req
723. Yes, sir.Copy !req
724. Is this your first film?Copy !req
725. Yes, sir.Copy !req
726. You don't mind
if I call you Brojeshwar?Copy !req
727. No, sir.Copy !req
728. It's my custom
to call my fellow actorsCopy !req
729. by their names in the film.Copy !req
730. I think you'll find it helpful...Copy !req
731. because when I call
your name in a scene...Copy !req
732. you'll react more naturally.Copy !req
733. I understand.Copy !req
734. But don't you call me "Father".Copy !req
735. That would be a bit much.
Careful!Copy !req
736. And don't smoke in my -Copy !req
737. Idiot! Do that again...Copy !req
738. and I'll tear off
your real mustache!Copy !req
739. - What's wrong?
- Stiff neck.Copy !req
740. I told them to put
my pillows in the sun.Copy !req
741. - Would you like a massage?
- Massage?Copy !req
742. It'll get rid of your pain.Copy !req
743. Ah, a jack-of-all-trades!Copy !req
744. Not all, but at least this one.Copy !req
745. - How long will it take?
- Not long.Copy !req
746. Step aside.Copy !req
747. Go ahead.Copy !req
748. Shankarda taught me that too.Copy !req
749. It never failed.Copy !req
750. On the set I became aware
of his dominating personality.Copy !req
751. Everyone from the director down
was on edge.Copy !req
752. Why's it so hot?
Who's blocking the fan?Copy !req
753. Remember...Copy !req
754. that only the actor
is indispensable.Copy !req
755. Without him,
the film doesn't happen.Copy !req
756. No assistant can step in
for him.Copy !req
757. Where's Brojeshwar?Copy !req
758. Here, sir.Copy !req
759. These days...Copy !req
760. I don't have the patience
to memorize my lines.Copy !req
761. Sometimes I improvise, as long
as the sense remains the same.Copy !req
762. - Just be alert for your cues.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
763. Just a minute, sir.Copy !req
764. This is your first position.Copy !req
765. When I call "action",
you step forward and say "Father",Copy !req
766. and he reacts.Copy !req
767. You come to this chalk mark
and pay your respects.Copy !req
768. - Then the dialogue. Clear?
- Yes.Copy !req
769. Action! Monitor!Copy !req
770. Silence!Copy !req
771. Ready, sir.Copy !req
772. Action!Copy !req
773. Father?Copy !req
774. Come closer.Copy !req
775. Your delay caused me
great anxiety, my son.Copy !req
776. I hardly thought
that in my old ageCopy !req
777. I would have to suffer
such tribulations, Brojeshwar.Copy !req
778. But I can find no fault
with my own actions.Copy !req
779. I've pondered the matter
at length,Copy !req
780. but I can find nothing wrong
in what I've done.Copy !req
781. So how else can I explain it
but as the whims of fate?Copy !req
782. I suppose you know that,
thanks to Devi Singh,Copy !req
783. a warrant for my arrest
has been issued.Copy !req
784. Yes, I know.Copy !req
785. You realize, of course,
that money is nowCopy !req
786. the most pressing need.Copy !req
787. Have you done anything about it?Copy !req
788. Father-in-law
won't give anything...Copy !req
789. but I've found another way.Copy !req
790. Is that an aside, or what?
Or is it Hollywood style?Copy !req
791. Why are you mumbling?Copy !req
792. Doesn't the situation
call for a low voice?Copy !req
793. A low voice?Copy !req
794. Bankim wrote that
young men in those daysCopy !req
795. didn't raise their voices
in front of their fathers.Copy !req
796. That may be...Copy !req
797. but you can't speak one way
when I speak another.Copy !req
798. Voice quality
must not be taken lightly.Copy !req
799. You've acted on the stage...Copy !req
800. He didn't think twice
about insulting meCopy !req
801. before that entire
roomful of people.Copy !req
802. But due to his age and renown,
I held my tongue,Copy !req
803. though I knew that
his style of acting was all wrong.Copy !req
804. It was old-fashioned
and out of place in today's cinema.Copy !req
805. My! You had
such self-confidence even then?Copy !req
806. I did.Copy !req
807. But just before the film opened,
I had a kind of crisis.Copy !req
808. Crisis?Copy !req
809. You see...Copy !req
810. I hadn't had
any bad habits up till then.Copy !req
811. But that day...Copy !req
812. Here.Copy !req
813. Drink this.
It'll steady your nerves.Copy !req
814. - Actually, you know what?
- What?Copy !req
815. There's a reason
for my nervousness.Copy !req
816. Don't I know it!Copy !req
817. Your film opens tomorrow.Copy !req
818. Then what is it?Copy !req
819. My acting wasn't good.Copy !req
820. Wasn't good?Copy !req
821. Too many things went wrong.Copy !req
822. Like I haven't seen the film
and my opinion doesn't count?Copy !req
823. Not one bit.Copy !req
824. It makes zero difference.Copy !req
825. You people understand nothing.
You know nothing.Copy !req
826. No one knows but me.Copy !req
827. An actor knows.Copy !req
828. He knows when things
are going wrong in a scene.Copy !req
829. The fault wasn't mine...Copy !req
830. but it's there all the same.Copy !req
831. None of you understand.
You're all blind.Copy !req
832. All my scenes
with Mukunda Lahiri were ruined.Copy !req
833. It's only four scenes.Copy !req
834. Four scenes in the whole film!Copy !req
835. But why even that many?
Why?Copy !req
836. I could have triumphed
right out of the gate.Copy !req
837. But he had
to trip me up like that.Copy !req
838. You're exaggerating.Copy !req
839. You know why he did it?Copy !req
840. Otherwise
he'd have been exposed.Copy !req
841. He could see I'd thought
my part out carefully...Copy !req
842. and he just couldn't bear that.Copy !req
843. His kind doesn't care
about the role.Copy !req
844. Give him any role and he'll churn out
the same old character.Copy !req
845. Same voice, same acting,
same mannerisms.Copy !req
846. And the public eats it up.Copy !req
847. "Mukunda Lahiri!
What acting! What a voice!"Copy !req
848. Damn it!Copy !req
849. That's not film acting.
You mustn't overact.Copy !req
850. The camera magnifies it tenfold.Copy !req
851. But what I was attempting
posed a danger to him.Copy !req
852. He could see that.Copy !req
853. And because I was new,Copy !req
854. he browbeat me into submission.Copy !req
855. Arindam, your being
so fastidious is a very good sign.Copy !req
856. It means you'll go far.Copy !req
857. I will.Copy !req
858. I'll make sure of that.Copy !req
859. I will go to the top!Copy !req
860. I went to the first screening,Copy !req
861. and you know what?Copy !req
862. I couldn't sit through
more than half of it.Copy !req
863. But you know how many autographs
I signed afterwards?Copy !req
864. - And it felt great, right?
- Fantastic.Copy !req
865. But tell me...Copy !req
866. have any of your films so far...Copy !req
867. Flopped?
Is that the question?Copy !req
868. Yes.Copy !req
869. No, not yet.Copy !req
870. Then what was that sigh about?Copy !req
871. I've seen what can happen
if three films flop in a row.Copy !req
872. Who are you referring to?Copy !req
873. Three or four years ago,Copy !req
874. when I'd become famous
and had moved into my new house,Copy !req
875. I'd retired one night at 11:00
for a shoot the next dayCopy !req
876. when my housekeeper
suddenly came and saidCopy !req
877. that a man wanted
to see me quite urgently...Copy !req
878. so I went.Copy !req
879. You remember me?Copy !req
880. How could I forget you, sir?Copy !req
881. A good many have.Copy !req
882. How can I help you?Copy !req
883. Would you have a little...?Copy !req
884. Ramsharan!Copy !req
885. Yes, sir?Copy !req
886. What will you have?Copy !req
887. It's not for me.Copy !req
888. It's for my soul.Copy !req
889. What will your soul have?
Whiskey?Copy !req
890. Nothing for you?Copy !req
891. I have a shooting tomorrow.Copy !req
892. Shooting...Copy !req
893. The word has...Copy !req
894. a familiar ring.Copy !req
895. 1923.Copy !req
896. My first picture...Copy !req
897. Kapalkundala.Copy !req
898. At first I couldn't quite
get my grip.Copy !req
899. Then the talkies came along.Copy !req
900. Voice.Copy !req
901. I went to the summit.Copy !req
902. Twenty years.Copy !req
903. Then one day I felt myself...Copy !req
904. slipping.Copy !req
905. Slipping.Copy !req
906. I could never quite make out
how it happened.Copy !req
907. But I could see...Copy !req
908. "The throne is there.Copy !req
909. I have been overthrown".Copy !req
910. What are you filming now?Copy !req
911. The usual stuff.Copy !req
912. Good whiskey.Copy !req
913. Are all the parts cast?Copy !req
914. I'm not really sure.Copy !req
915. Your word carries
some weight these days.Copy !req
916. Couldn't you find me something?Copy !req
917. Anything?Copy !req
918. Even a watchman.Copy !req
919. Such stagnation.Copy !req
920. Four years, no work.Copy !req
921. I had two insurance policies.Copy !req
922. Both lapsed.Copy !req
923. You sure you feel up to working?Copy !req
924. You don't look too well.Copy !req
925. Voice...Copy !req
926. You need more than just a voice.Copy !req
927. So I guess old actors like me...Copy !req
928. just get put out to pasture...Copy !req
929. "You seem to have struck gold.Copy !req
930. Ask him
about that newspaper story".Copy !req
931. Did you give him a part?Copy !req
932. What good would it have done?Copy !req
933. How could he act,
taking morphine all the time?Copy !req
934. So you got
your revenge after all?Copy !req
935. You hadn't forgotten how
he'd behaved that first day, right?Copy !req
936. My, my!Copy !req
937. You're a dangerous young woman.Copy !req
938. The countryside changes
as you leave Bengal.Copy !req
939. Here it's all hard and dry.Copy !req
940. Just like you.Copy !req
941. Like me?Copy !req
942. Aren't you hard too?
Hard and ruthless?Copy !req
943. Didn't you sweep aside
everything that got in your way?Copy !req
944. You know...Copy !req
945. the voice of conscience
in village plays?Copy !req
946. You could play
that part to perfection.Copy !req
947. Is conscience
such a bad thing?Copy !req
948. No, but it can be deadly.Copy !req
949. - I'd like to sweep that away too...
- What?Copy !req
950. Isn't it the one thing
that keeps you human?Copy !req
951. Yes, but...Copy !req
952. you know what hurts the most?Copy !req
953. When someone who was once
very close to you...Copy !req
954. like Biresh...Copy !req
955. Biresh and I were classmates
for 10 years.Copy !req
956. Same school, same college.Copy !req
957. He got into politics,
and having no job, I tagged along.Copy !req
958. This company
is exploiting workers...Copy !req
959. He'd make speeches
outside factory gatesCopy !req
960. while, off at a distance,Copy !req
961. I'd rehearse lines
from my next play.Copy !req
962. Those were happy days.Copy !req
963. You know why I bring you here?Copy !req
964. Bring me?
I come because I want to.Copy !req
965. Fine.
But just coming isn't enough.Copy !req
966. I'd like to see you get
a bit more involved.Copy !req
967. The trouble with you is
all these plays and suchCopy !req
968. keep you living
in a world of make-believe.Copy !req
969. You never get a chance
to know the real world.Copy !req
970. - Is that so?
- Yes.Copy !req
971. It would be good if you could
feel these things more.Copy !req
972. "Good" meaning...?Copy !req
973. With your voice and charisma,Copy !req
974. if you stood up boldly and spoke...Copy !req
975. In front of the factory gate?Copy !req
976. And you'd play a labor leader
in the theater, I suppose?Copy !req
977. The play would be a disaster!Copy !req
978. The company
has fired workers illegally.Copy !req
979. Until they are reinstated...Copy !req
980. Once, at a rally
of striking workers,Copy !req
981. Biresh was
holding forth as usualCopy !req
982. while I walked around
at a distance.Copy !req
983. Long live the workers' strike!Copy !req
984. Long live the revolution!Copy !req
985. I heard a commotion
and turned to see a group of men,Copy !req
986. obviously hired goons,
approaching the rally,Copy !req
987. with a police van
close behind.Copy !req
988. I realized
there would be trouble.Copy !req
989. I usually don't like
any sort of trouble.Copy !req
990. "Catch fish but don't get
your hands wet'is my motto.Copy !req
991. But something
came over me that day.Copy !req
992. Perhaps sensing
that Biresh was in danger,Copy !req
993. I rushed headlong
into the crowd.Copy !req
994. I was hit in the head
by a brick...Copy !req
995. and that was it.
I blacked out.Copy !req
996. I later learned that Biresh
had been arrested.Copy !req
997. I had no word from him
for five years.Copy !req
998. I made my movies,
made a name for myself,Copy !req
999. and got an apartment
in Ballygunge.Copy !req
1000. Then, one Sunday morning,Copy !req
1001. I was being measured
for costumes for a new film.Copy !req
1002. - When will they be ready?
- Wednesday, sir.Copy !req
1003. Can't you make it...Copy !req
1004. Who's there?Copy !req
1005. Good heavens!Copy !req
1006. - Come in.
- You busy?Copy !req
1007. Not at all. Come in.Copy !req
1008. Have a seat.
Just one minute.Copy !req
1009. - Well?
- Make it Monday.Copy !req
1010. If they don't fit right,
my acting really suffers.Copy !req
1011. - They'll fit fine.
- It isn't for a Hindi film!Copy !req
1012. Could you guys wait
in the other room a minute?Copy !req
1013. More pictures?Copy !req
1014. Just one more by the window.Copy !req
1015. All right.
Make it quick.Copy !req
1016. Give me a profile.Copy !req
1017. All done? Now beat it.Copy !req
1018. That's all right. Go now.Copy !req
1019. Jyoti, send in
another cup of tea.Copy !req
1020. Come sit down.Copy !req
1021. - Are all those pictures for your fans?
- Who else?Copy !req
1022. I mustn't displease them.
They're my public, after all.Copy !req
1023. So tell me:
How have you been?Copy !req
1024. Have one.Copy !req
1025. How long has it been?Copy !req
1026. Almost five years, right?Copy !req
1027. What?Copy !req
1028. You have a glow about you now.Copy !req
1029. - The glow of success.
- Who doesn't want success?Copy !req
1030. - I haven't seen any of your films.
- Smart move.Copy !req
1031. - You seem to be doing well.
- How about you?Copy !req
1032. - Same as usual.
- No change?Copy !req
1033. - But you seem...
- Changed?Copy !req
1034. Yes.Copy !req
1035. That's the way of the world.
Dialectics.Copy !req
1036. Right?Copy !req
1037. I just wonder
if it's for the better.Copy !req
1038. Who can say?Copy !req
1039. Have some tea.Copy !req
1040. You have a car now?Copy !req
1041. Yes.
A small car, not big.Copy !req
1042. Why?Copy !req
1043. - Can you give me a lift?
- Where to?Copy !req
1044. You never used to ask before.Copy !req
1045. Fine. Let's go.Copy !req
1046. Even in the car, Biresh wouldn't
say where we were going,Copy !req
1047. and I didn't ask.Copy !req
1048. But after a mile or so,
I began to have my suspicions.Copy !req
1049. It wasn't long
before they were confirmed.Copy !req
1050. Long live the revolution!Copy !req
1051. Come on. What's wrong?Copy !req
1052. - What's all this about?
- Nothing.Copy !req
1053. Just get up there
and say a few words.Copy !req
1054. Why?Copy !req
1055. It'll lift their spirits
to see you.Copy !req
1056. They've been on strike for 24 days.
I told them they could expect you.Copy !req
1057. They're your public too.Copy !req
1058. - Impossible!
- It's not! Come on!Copy !req
1059. I can't get mixed up in this.Copy !req
1060. It's risky!
You don't understand my situation.Copy !req
1061. Nonsense!
What are you so afraid of?Copy !req
1062. If you want money, fine - any amount.
But this is impossible.Copy !req
1063. Can't you see
I'm not who I used to be?Copy !req
1064. - That's why I brought you here.
- I just can't!Copy !req
1065. Have you no feelings
for these people?Copy !req
1066. What have feelings
got to do with it?Copy !req
1067. I told you: If you want money,
you can have it.Copy !req
1068. - Under an assumed name?
- And why not?Copy !req
1069. I know you have money to spare.Copy !req
1070. If I need it,
I'll come see you.Copy !req
1071. I'm leaving.Copy !req
1072. I couldn't do
what Biresh was asking.Copy !req
1073. It was hard to say
just what I was afraid of.Copy !req
1074. But I knew I'd sunk low
in his estimation.Copy !req
1075. You know what I feel sometimes?Copy !req
1076. Perhaps it would
have been betterCopy !req
1077. if I hadn't changed so much.Copy !req
1078. Why do you say that?Copy !req
1079. You bring pleasure
to so many people.Copy !req
1080. That's significant
and worthwhile work, isn't it?Copy !req
1081. You couldn't have
done that before.Copy !req
1082. And I'm sure the work
gives you pleasure too.Copy !req
1083. Yes, it does.Copy !req
1084. This isn't just a profession.Copy !req
1085. It's an addiction.Copy !req
1086. So that's it, then.Copy !req
1087. As long as the work goes all right,
you have nothing to worry about.Copy !req
1088. What makes you think
I'm worried?Copy !req
1089. Haven't you been worrying
about your box officeCopy !req
1090. since we met this morning?Copy !req
1091. That's just
an obsession with us.Copy !req
1092. You know what the trouble is?Copy !req
1093. The public is
dangerously unpredictable.Copy !req
1094. Yet they made you
what you are.Copy !req
1095. I'm no match arguing with you.Copy !req
1096. Because I'm not reading
from a script.Copy !req
1097. I'll let you get on
with your work.Copy !req
1098. Toffee?Copy !req
1099. Excuse me.Copy !req
1100. You're not asleep?Copy !req
1101. Your fever has come down.Copy !req
1102. Does your mother know?Copy !req
1103. - Are you sick too?
- No.Copy !req
1104. Sleeping pills.Copy !req
1105. You already slept.Copy !req
1106. I want to sleep again.Copy !req
1107. Can't you fall asleep
without them?Copy !req
1108. What if I don't?Copy !req
1109. I'm not taking that risk.Copy !req
1110. I want to act in films.Copy !req
1111. I see.Copy !req
1112. My coming here like this
tells youCopy !req
1113. how important it is to me.Copy !req
1114. Maybe.Copy !req
1115. You're making Soul Mate,
aren't you?Copy !req
1116. That's the plan.Copy !req
1117. Couldn't I play
the female lead?Copy !req
1118. We already have someone.Copy !req
1119. I know.Copy !req
1120. Well, then?Copy !req
1121. Wouldn't I do?Copy !req
1122. Isn't that a moot question?Copy !req
1123. Don't you have any say?Copy !req
1124. I've already -
Won't you sit down?Copy !req
1125. No, thanks.Copy !req
1126. I've already had my say.Copy !req
1127. - Couldn't you just try?
- Why should I?Copy !req
1128. There'd have to be
a good reason.Copy !req
1129. And since the part
has already been cast -Copy !req
1130. I have talent and ambition.Copy !req
1131. You know how hard it is
for a newcomerCopy !req
1132. to get a break.Copy !req
1133. - That's why you've come?
- Yes.Copy !req
1134. Are you deciding if I'd do?Copy !req
1135. Are you married?Copy !req
1136. What's wrong?
Why are you crying?Copy !req
1137. What's this?Copy !req
1138. Acting!Copy !req
1139. No need for glycerin.Copy !req
1140. I've read the story.Copy !req
1141. I think I'd be much better
in the part than Mandira.Copy !req
1142. I'm sure you can see that too.Copy !req
1143. May I ask your name?Copy !req
1144. Just my name? Here's my address
and phone number.Copy !req
1145. - That's not necessary.
- Why?Copy !req
1146. Just your name. I'm curious.Copy !req
1147. I'd like to include this incident
in my autobiography.Copy !req
1148. - Promila.
- Promila what?Copy !req
1149. Chatterjee. Miss.Copy !req
1150. Pleased to meet you.Copy !req
1151. But you should go now.Copy !req
1152. What now?Copy !req
1153. After all your love scenes
with so many leading ladies,Copy !req
1154. why so nervous when an unknown
woman appears at your door?Copy !req
1155. - Nervous?
- That's right.Copy !req
1156. Self-controlled. Well-bred.Copy !req
1157. Polite.Copy !req
1158. I like you much better offscreen.Copy !req
1159. Perhaps it's too much makeup.Copy !req
1160. Miss Chatterjee,
I don't usually stay up till midnight.Copy !req
1161. I do.Copy !req
1162. Is there some reason
I should cater to your whims?Copy !req
1163. Why don't you
come back tomorrow?Copy !req
1164. Tomorrow night?Copy !req
1165. My, my!
You're a terrific player, Mr. Bose.Copy !req
1166. I used to be quite good.Copy !req
1167. I would study master games
and all that.Copy !req
1168. I'm out of practice now.Copy !req
1169. If you call this
being out of practice...Copy !req
1170. what must you think of me?Copy !req
1171. I'm sure you know
the game was invented in India.Copy !req
1172. So you must admit
that India does have some...Copy !req
1173. Not anymore.Copy !req
1174. Nothing.Copy !req
1175. But you have a charming wife.Copy !req
1176. - Where did she go?
- Who? Molly?Copy !req
1177. Molly, jolly, folly, golly.Copy !req
1178. By golly you're lucky,
Mr. Burman.Copy !req
1179. The name's Sarkar.Copy !req
1180. Right... Sarkar.
You are lucky.Copy !req
1181. That's why I'm losing.Copy !req
1182. Yes, sir,
Mr. Spectrum Advertising!Copy !req
1183. No, not that one.
It would be mate.Copy !req
1184. Mate?Copy !req
1185. Your mate is great!Copy !req
1186. Where's Brojeshwar?Copy !req
1187. Action!Copy !req
1188. Long live the revolution!Copy !req
1189. Arindam!Copy !req
1190. Promila?Copy !req
1191. Looking for my wife?Copy !req
1192. Your wife?Copy !req
1193. You didn't know?
Don't act so innocent, you scoundrel!Copy !req
1194. Cut!Copy !req
1195. Anything wrong?
Are you feeling ill?Copy !req
1196. Dinner, sir?Copy !req
1197. Mr. Mukherjee.Copy !req
1198. I have a request to make.Copy !req
1199. Yes?Copy !req
1200. I want to get into movies.
Could you help me?Copy !req
1201. I performed in school plays.
I can sing and dance too.Copy !req
1202. Isn't your husband
traveling with you?Copy !req
1203. - Isn't he?
- Yes.Copy !req
1204. Ask him to talk to me,
and we'll see.Copy !req
1205. All right?Copy !req
1206. Where have you been
all this time?Copy !req
1207. I was just...Copy !req
1208. I was telling your husbandCopy !req
1209. you must come see us
for tea in Delhi.Copy !req
1210. You ought to mix more with people,
don't you think?Copy !req
1211. Perhaps. Excuse me.Copy !req
1212. Sir?Copy !req
1213. I'll think about your proposal,Copy !req
1214. but I can't make
a commitment right now.Copy !req
1215. I'll let you know.Copy !req
1216. Very well, sir.Copy !req
1217. Aren't you having dinner, dear?Copy !req
1218. - Shall I call for your dinner?
- No.Copy !req
1219. You've got me all wrong.Copy !req
1220. I want to make
an arrangement with you.Copy !req
1221. What arrangement?Copy !req
1222. I'll do what you want.
I'll be nice to him.Copy !req
1223. Perhaps that will help
your work.Copy !req
1224. But you must grant
a request of mine too.Copy !req
1225. What is it?Copy !req
1226. You must tell
Arindam MukherjeeCopy !req
1227. you have no objection
to my going into films.Copy !req
1228. You'll have your office,
and I'll have my work too.Copy !req
1229. You want to be in films?Copy !req
1230. That's right.Copy !req
1231. Impossible!Copy !req
1232. Impossible!Copy !req
1233. Hello there!Copy !req
1234. You called, sir?Copy !req
1235. What do you call that car?
The sitting...?Copy !req
1236. - The chair car, sir?
- Yes, the chair car.Copy !req
1237. Miss Sengupta.Copy !req
1238. Fair complexion, glasses...Copy !req
1239. and a fountain pen
tucked in her blouse here.Copy !req
1240. Understand?Copy !req
1241. What do you understand?Copy !req
1242. Miss Sengupta,
fair complexion...Copy !req
1243. glasses...Copy !req
1244. and a fountain pen.Copy !req
1245. Where?Copy !req
1246. In her blouse here.Copy !req
1247. Good, good.Copy !req
1248. - Tell her I want to see her.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
1249. Hey there, pops.Copy !req
1250. If my belovedCopy !req
1251. Won't show herself to meCopy !req
1252. Sir?Copy !req
1253. Miss Sengupta.Copy !req
1254. Oh. Okay.Copy !req
1255. Listen...Copy !req
1256. I'm drunk.Copy !req
1257. I want to ask you
a few questions.Copy !req
1258. Go ahead.Copy !req
1259. There was something about me
in the papers today.Copy !req
1260. You know that?Copy !req
1261. Yes.Copy !req
1262. You know what was behind it?Copy !req
1263. No.Copy !req
1264. - Don't you want to know?
- What would be the point?Copy !req
1265. Your interview wouldn't be
complete without it.Copy !req
1266. It doesn't matter.Copy !req
1267. But I...Copy !req
1268. I must!Copy !req
1269. I must!Copy !req
1270. You see, there was
this married woman -Copy !req
1271. I don't need to know.Copy !req
1272. I need to tell you!Copy !req
1273. Why?Copy !req
1274. It's all piled up...Copy !req
1275. in here.Copy !req
1276. There's no one I can talk to.Copy !req
1277. All those
who flock around me now...Copy !req
1278. if I ever start slipping,
those bastards will -Copy !req
1279. Let's just say
you told me the whole story.Copy !req
1280. I know all there is to know.Copy !req
1281. How could you know?Copy !req
1282. I can guess.Copy !req
1283. So you can guess things now?Copy !req
1284. Why not?Copy !req
1285. Can you guess
why my new pictureCopy !req
1286. is going to flop?Copy !req
1287. Maybe.Copy !req
1288. Then tell me why.Copy !req
1289. Your heart wasn't in it,
so it wasn't your best work.Copy !req
1290. Isn't that why?Copy !req
1291. My, my.Copy !req
1292. You're really something.Copy !req
1293. Well, have you seen enough
of your godlike hero now?Copy !req
1294. Yes.Copy !req
1295. That's it, then.Copy !req
1296. - You can go now.
- What about you?Copy !req
1297. First go back
to your compartment.Copy !req
1298. And you can write...Copy !req
1299. whatever you like.Copy !req
1300. Anything. I don't care.Copy !req
1301. Understand,
Miss Modern Woman?Copy !req
1302. Please...Copy !req
1303. excuse me.Copy !req
1304. I don't feel well.Copy !req
1305. - Good morning.
- Good morning.Copy !req
1306. - Aligarh?
- Nearly there.Copy !req
1307. A big headache, hmm?Copy !req
1308. You're in advertising, right?Copy !req
1309. I have been up till now.Copy !req
1310. Do you take on
religious organizations?Copy !req
1311. Religious organizations?Copy !req
1312. - You mean do advertising?
- Yes.Copy !req
1313. Have you ever heard of
W.W.W.W.?Copy !req
1314. W.W...?
What are all those Ws?Copy !req
1315. It's not that many. Just four.Copy !req
1316. World Wide Will Workers.Copy !req
1317. - What workers?
- Will!Copy !req
1318. "Will force". Understand?Copy !req
1319. Humph.Copy !req
1320. Here. Have a look.Copy !req
1321. I don't have my glasses.
I'll read it later.Copy !req
1322. Where there is a will,
there is a wayCopy !req
1323. to prognosticate and prevent
all calamities and catastrophes -Copy !req
1324. What's that?Copy !req
1325. I'm sorry.Copy !req
1326. We believe that if
a sufficient number of peopleCopy !req
1327. come together
as one unified will,Copy !req
1328. whatever they will to happen
is sure to pass.Copy !req
1329. Wars, epidemics, famines -Copy !req
1330. anything can be
prognosticated and prevented.Copy !req
1331. We have branches
in all the major cities of India.Copy !req
1332. Our plan now is
to further explore and expand.Copy !req
1333. But before that,
we want some publicity.Copy !req
1334. And an emblem: W.W.W.W.Copy !req
1335. Have you drawn up a budget?Copy !req
1336. Yes.Copy !req
1337. Thirty thousand.Copy !req
1338. I'd like to discuss that
with you.Copy !req
1339. You're going to Delhi, right?Copy !req
1340. You're going to Delhi?Copy !req
1341. Give me your address.Copy !req
1342. Let me get down first.
My head's still -Copy !req
1343. Certainly.Copy !req
1344. Good morning.Copy !req
1345. Good morning.Copy !req
1346. Good morning.Copy !req
1347. God, it's late!Copy !req
1348. I was just thinking
of waking you up.Copy !req
1349. Yes, I slept like a log -Copy !req
1350. Did you hurt yourself?Copy !req
1351. - Are you hurt?
- No.Copy !req
1352. How's she doing?Copy !req
1353. Her fever's down this morning.Copy !req
1354. She claims
it's all because of you.Copy !req
1355. Good Lord! I didn't know
I had such healing powers.Copy !req
1356. She has her heart
set on something.Copy !req
1357. What?Copy !req
1358. Your autograph.Copy !req
1359. You have an autograph book?Copy !req
1360. No?Copy !req
1361. Just a minute.Copy !req
1362. May I borrow your pen?Copy !req
1363. Thank you.Copy !req
1364. What's the name?Copy !req
1365. Sairindhri.Copy !req
1366. Bulbul.Copy !req
1367. How are you?Copy !req
1368. You know everything.
You tell me.Copy !req
1369. You're fine.Copy !req
1370. Why not?Copy !req
1371. It's like I feel...Copy !req
1372. there's something missing...Copy !req
1373. a certain emptiness.Copy !req
1374. Come now. Why?Copy !req
1375. I don't suppose
we'll meet again.Copy !req
1376. And you're not likely
to get into films.Copy !req
1377. No, you live
in a different world.Copy !req
1378. People like me
fill the streets and buses.Copy !req
1379. If three of my films in a row flop,
I might return to that world.Copy !req
1380. Don't say that.Copy !req
1381. I'm sure you'll stay
right where you areCopy !req
1382. for a long time.Copy !req
1383. Your box office
will remain strong.Copy !req
1384. Your interview.Copy !req
1385. Why are you tearing it up?Copy !req
1386. Will you write it from memory?Copy !req
1387. I'll keep it safe in my memory.Copy !req
1388. I'll be going.Copy !req
1389. Good-bye.Copy !req
1390. THE ENDCopy !req