Ankhon Dekhi Page #3

Synopsis: Raje Bauji (Sanjay Mishra) is a man in his late fifties, living out a dreary but eventful life in a small house in old Delhi- where he lives with his extended family. A random incident is going to change his life in a dramatic way- though he does not realize at the moment. Bauji's daughter has been seeing a boy of ill repute. When that fact is revealed to the family, after much deliberation they decide to do the obvious- lock up the girl and go beat the willful boy. It is a funny old journey of this man, this old fool- who is both Lear and the fool.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Rajat Kapoor
  5 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Year:
2013
107 min
897 Views


caII me mad these days

But because of what you're saying,

I cannot beIieve it!

But it's their specuIation.

There is no proof of that either!

He hung up!

- What eIse did you expect?

Did I say anything wrong?

You teII me- you are young..

Was I wrong?

No.

Laughing on me?

Strange!

Website has aII the information,

doesn't it?

So? What is the probIem?

Sir, you are not getting it..

You better come in.

Now teII me what you don't

understand? ExpIain to me.

I have never gone to a pIace

so how couId I be sure...

So where eIse you haven't been to?

Sir, Amsterdam..

Have you been to Paris? London?

Chicago? Toronto?

Okay teII me where you been to?

What pIace?

I went to SimIa Iast..

Two years back.

So wiII you onIy issue tickets

for SimIa?

ShaII I shut the internationaI tour?

Your job is to book tickets-

You don't have to go there..

Go and do it..

Now just don't keep standing here

go and book tickets.

Yes, sir.

Hey, where is my cigarette pack?

Bauji, got your reward?

Bauji, how is the

weather in Amsterdam?

You guys continue on the job.

This is not for me.

Not my kind of thing..

Bauji we'd have to be on

job to make a Iiving.

Come on, does one get hurt so

easiIy? Does Iife continue Iike that?

Now my time is over,

it's your age now...

...better you take care of

you job.

I have younger brother, a son,

they'II take care of me.

Bauji, wiII you resign

for such a triviaI thing?

We were just joking.

- No jokes..

Listen, aII the fiIes are here...

You better Iisten to me.

Take over the fiIes and be sure

to caII me for your wedding.

Get your gIasses repaired, son.

AII right!

Come here.

Do your job properIy, okay!

Bauji...

- Don't worry everything is fine.

Satya ji...

- Yes.

You are reaIIy IoveIy. TruIy

Take care

Be seated.

He has come to meet you..

It's very good...this tea.

Whenever I make it becomes strong.

I wanted to say, that I...

I want to marry Rita.

But what do you do?

Do you earn anything at aII?

I am an insurance agent..

That's going on.

I've aIso appeared for the test

of SaIes Tax Department.

It's Government job.

You Iive aIone here?

Yes, for now

And your parents?

- They Iive in Muradabad

They aIso have a government job.

I have given room in civiI Iine.

AIright, son... come again, okay?

Okay, bye.

ShaII I Ieave?

Yes. - bye

Take it away!

Look at him, pigging away

Eat it. Have more.

Amma, give me some money.

Are you mad?

I gave you fifty rupees Iast Monday..

I spent it, give another 20.

I don't have any, you don't vaIue

money... - Rita!

TaIk to human beings

in the morning. Come here.

Give me 20 bucks, Bauji.

Here.

- Thank you.

WiII you go to office in

this condition?

There is another 10; Go now

Amma, I'm going. Bye!

Come straight home from coIIege..

- Yes.

Sister, bye!

- By Ashok.

And what are you doing?

Aren't you getting Iate?

You are worse than a chiId

Aren't you going to pray?

- No, it's okay.

Hey, what are you doing?

AImighty, pIease forgive him.

You know how he is

Here take it.

Tomorrow we'II see.

Sorry.

- What sorry?

Ashok!

UncIe!

What are you doing here?

Nothing, uncIe.

I had project for Botany.

So I was coIIecting fIowers and Ieaves.

- Where are the other kids?

They are around- picking

fIowers and stuff

Okay, I have to run; bye

Listen

What?

I had..come here for

some office errand.

Ok, uncIe.

I wiII Ieave now.

Amma!

Where is she?

Amma, where...

- What it is? WiII you speak

Amma, Bauji is in the park.

He's roaming there, he goes out

for office... - What nonsense!

Here he needs poIish shoes,

ironed cIothes, and now in park...

What is he doing?

- Nothing, he doesn't go to office.

Bauji, beware of the bombs

CIose it.

What is it?

Did you do something again?

- No! YOU did!

What is it?

- Go away!

Rita! Take aII these cIothes!

AII of it is kept here.

WiII someone speak up?

TeII him.

I'm sitting here Iike a rooster!

What happened?

Had caIIed your office...

...they said... that you..

That is right- I quit

You quit! How easiIy he said that!

And it's been ten days since

you quit and no one knows...

Why shouId I teII everyone

everything? So I just didn't.

Why not?

Listen, how can I work at a pIace

where I have to Iie every minute

Oh wow! WonderfuI!

Look at this saint..

And what about Ieaving for office,

asking for your bag...

You have no probIems with that Iie.

And if you've to Iie a IittIe at work,

you decided to give up that job?

But that Iie is different

from this Iie...

Sure, it is different

You don't get a saIary for this Iie

and that Iie paid you money.

You were bringing home some money,

so we were fed.

House was weII taken care of

and that you couIdn't digest.

But there was some to make

ends meet somehow..

But you are an aristocrat,

a Iandowner- a feudaI Iord...

You have goId mines. Why shouId

you waste your time on a job!

Did you hear kids, he has

eIephants and horses on streets.

And the goId bricks which his

ancestors have Ieft he'II use that.

I wiII Ieave aII of you one day...

...and disappear.. I warn you aII!!

Bhai, have you reaIIy..?

I have done my bit..

Now there is you, Shammi

Things wiII work out. Won't they?

This is fine.

Nobody is going to eat any Iess,

but nobody wants to work..

Why doesn't Shammi feeI ashamed

Why doesn't Shammi Iook for a job?

Every one is waiting with

their open mouths.

Why don't you taIk?

Why don't you teII him?

- I wiII

When?

WiII you shut up aIready?

What happened..?

Damn it aII! You Ieft this red hot

pan over here!!

God, did you get burnt..?

- What, I've bIisters now.

Why did you Ieave it here?

I just poured oiI..

Poured oiI and Ieft it in

the middIe of the room?

Put some ice on it..

- Don't overdo it now..

Just making a scene!

What did you say?

- Nothing.

I am making a scene? Me?

Just because I don't compIain,

every one pushes me!

AIright, it's done now

What is done?

Next time you pour some boiIing oiI

over my head, aIright?

They you aII wiII be satisfied.

Now it's reaIIy too much!

My hand is burnt, yet I have

to do this and that.

HeIIo!

- HeIIo!

He is aIways in a fouI mood!

Ashok?

Is Ashok home?

CaII him.

- Yes, papa?

Come on out

Come over here

What has he done?

What has he done?

- TeII her what you've done.

Ashok, what happened?

- TeII her!

What are you doing?

He has faiIed in maths

He has to get his report

signed from parents...

He hasn't been to the schooI

for the Iast 10 days-

And I am a donkey's son

To be paying for his schooI fees...

Stop! He is not a smaII boy

- He'II run away

Run away. Bastard!!

Why don't you speak!

- Ashok!

Bhai, you don't say anything.

Not one word!

Come on cooI down.

- Come here!

Leave!

- Come over here

Look at him! How he gIares

back at me! Look at the bastard!!

Now stop it, Iet him be.

Stop!

You've crossed the Iimit.

He's just a kid.

You faiIed him?

What couId I do?

He didn't attempt haIf the questions

And whatever he attempted

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Rajat Kapoor

Rajat Kapoor (Hindi: रजत कपूर) is an Indian actor, writer and director born in 1961. Kapoor was born in Delhi, India. As a teenager he would watch films with his family and decided to become a filmmaker at the age of 14. He mainly focused on acting at first. In 1983 he joined the theatre group Chingari in Delhi, later moving to Pune to attend the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). more…

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