Ghatak: Lethal

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we're told that names of your party

members figure in the Jain diaries.

So what's new?

Let the other diary be opened...

and see the names popping out.

what?! Are we going to have

another scandalous diary?

lt's not the diary. lt's politics;

Politicians have all been exposed.

All politicians will be imprisoned

now for the bribes they've taken.

Then what are we to do about it?

Let's form a Corporation;

Everybody else is doing it, too.

That will even help your unaccounted

money be effectively invested.

Let's make movies and TV-serials...

we can always find good stories.

Never mind that... Let's wrap up

this story first, Godbole.

l'm prepared, Sir... l'm only

waiting for the violence to begin.

we will not given in...

we will have our land!

- what is your name?

- Sachdev...

l've met you 1 3 times

in the last 3 months!

And you have asked me my name

each of those times!

You always managed to remember my

name during your election campaigns.

You have forgotten everything now...

including our problems!

l remember your problem. You want

possession of a land somewhere that...

Not a land ''somewhere'' , Mr. Patel...

l'm only talking of Gol Chowk!

The place where we have earned our

livelihood for the last 1 0 years.

lt feeds no less than a hundred

and fifty families!

And what was the place earlier?

Dumping ground of the city's refuse!

where snakes and scorpions bred!

People were even scared

to venture out there.

we have toiled to give it the

respectability of a marketplace.

we have ourselves cleaned the

place of the dirt and refuse!

- He's right!

- And now...

...we're being uprooted from there

and driven out!

Only because Katiya can make a

huge shopping-complex there?!

why can't you understand

the problem?

The Government will have do make

inquiries. So what's wrong?

And what do you wish to

inquire about?!

lf you're really so keen...

...go and take a look in our homes;

we haven't cooked for days!

we survive on our daily-earnings,

Mr. Patel.

And our shops have been closed

for 20 days now!

Katiya's thugs flex their

muscles in broad-daylight...

...making it difficult for our kids

and womenfolk to move about freely!

Had we helped you win the elections

and voted you to power...

...only to face the police's caning,

without even being heard?

Do you want us to remain silent

when your people pelt stones...

lt was your goons, and not our people

who pelted the stones! Understand?!

Now wait... calm down!

They're all with Katiya!

They have a share in the shopping

mall Katiya will build there!

- Come to your senses...

- lt's you...

...who has to be brought

to your senses, lnspector!

Listen carefully, Mr. Patel...

we have our roots

deep in that place.

You just can't evict us

from Gol Chowk!

ln your very presence, we shall

go on a hunger-strike...

...with our wives and children.

lf death is what we're destined to

get, we will choose how we die!

The rest is for the

Lord to decide.

we have a problem indeed.

we must meet Katiya soon.

who the hell is Katiya

to decide our destiny?

we own the shops, the land,...

and slog on them!

Then why must we

grovel before anyone?

where's the question of groveling?

You simply don't understand this!

l suggest we settle this without

a fight, if that's possible.

lt's because of your attitude

that we've reached this stage!

when Katiya's brother first came

here to collect protection money...

...l was against it even then!

l had strongly advised them

against paying up.

But they said then, that it was

a question of only two Rupees...

...and it was better

to settle it peacefully.

But it wasn't just

a question of 2 Rupees.

lt had to do with acknowledging

Katiya's authority!

we were bowing to his might...and

that is what eventually happened!

Their demands for money continued

to increase. So much so...

...that he now wants to uproot us

from our dwellings!

But, do you think a hunger-strike

will serve the purpose?

we're not political leaders...

...who'll be offered lime-juice

to end the agitation.

- He's right!

- we'll only rot here...

- ...and eventually die.

- So, go ahead and die!

we must prove to them that

we are prepared to die!

That they cannot scare us with

threats of impending death!

we will not vacate this place,

come what may!

l think we must..

That's a special ''soldier''

from Katiya's force.

Stopping getting scared... it's here

only to escort us to Katiya.

The man's fond of many such things.

How can l tell you of everything?

This way... there's a special

program underway in there.

lls it a cabaret? Or is it

a notch-girl's dance?

You're lucky, the soldier didn't

hear that. Or he'd have mauled you.

The fights and thrills of movies

and videos just don't excite Katiya.

Then what does?

He gets a kick out of seeing death...

from handing it out to a live person!

He sets man against man;

animal against animal...

And sometimes, an animal

against man, too!

He gets a kick out of

seeing blood being shed.

He rewards those who

emerge victorious...

...and enrolls them in his gang.

what about the ones

who lose?

This thug of yours has

lost to me, Katiya!

Do you still have someone

strong enough to challenge me?

Hold it!

Haven't l often told you...

...not to use these

weapons of the cowards...

...to call yourself lion-hearted.

Have you seen for yourself

the might of my brothers?

They're lions... all my

six brothers are lions!

You have dared to challenge me

in my den and lose a duel.

Have him thrown in

the panther's cage.

As for you...

You have surrendered to the enemy

inspite of being my own man.

You have considered your life to be

more precious than my honor.

And l have no use for

such a meaningless life.

lt'd be terribly difficult, should

they really go on a hunger-strike.

They've always stayed

there, Mr. Katiya.

But if l am pressurized any further,

l'll be helpless, too.

we have used threats

and intimidation...

...but Sachdev doesn't seem

to buckle under the pressure.

You've had a stroke of paralysis,

brother-in-law.

- what nonsense are you talking?!

- That's not nonsense! lt's true...

The Law and the politicians have

always been his strong-arms.

when they both refuse to work,

doesn't it mean he's paralyzed...

Stop him, please! what's the

rot he's wishing for?!

He stays with us, for one.

And then acts smart, too.

Had we the good sense to throw

you out when your sister died...

...we wouldn't have had to

put up with your nonsense!

l'll kick him out this very moment

and throw a party to celebrate it!

Brother-in-law! l won't leave

my brother-in-law alone...

My sister told me before she died,

to always serve my brother-in-law...

...and to find

my place at his feet.

- won't you get lost then?!

- Stop it... that's enough.

what did you say his name is?

why must you alone take

the lead in this matter?

what's wrong now?

we'll face the same fate

as others do.

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