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