Ghatak: Lethal Page #8

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and you will long for death!

when you've had enough,

come to my doorstep...

Should l feel charitable then,

l'll grant you death, too!

Go on, you filthy dog...

Go to your puppy!

- Father...

- My son!

Father!

How's your father now?

- Look, Kashi...

- what's going on over here?!

what are you both doing here,

so late in the night?

Nothing; we were only sitting here.

Let's go, Kashi...

How can you do this?

Don't you respect the law?

we stay in the neighborhood

and so...

This girl? She's the one who

dances in the seedy joint.

Dances, eh? Lock her up then...

Don't! Please, don't!

Please don't hit me!

Stop it, Kashi...! Let him go!

Leave him alone, Kashi! Please!

And what will these guys do?

Kill me, eh?!

They can only hang me, isn't it?

l'm rather die...but l can't

live the life of a coward!

l can't be impotent!

How can l tolerate anyone

touching you in my presence?

l'd hack them to pieces!

where were they, when those swines

made a dog out of my father?!

ls it a sin to wish to live

with honor and dignity?

All we want is to lead

a life of respect!

we had only come here to

have my father treated.

And they made a dog out of him!

They revere him, back there

in Benaras; they salute him!

And what happens here?

Out here,...

No, Kashi... Don't cry.

He's a very nice man, lnspector...

Please let him go.

Let him go is not the problem.

The problem is that when

you're in love with him...

...why didn't you drill

some sense into him?

why did he have to

mess with Katiya at all?

This is what he gets out of

messing with Katiya, right?

Had he worked for Katiya, he could

have quietly enjoyed himself.

Quietly? Like you, isn't it?

Shedding all his shame

in the process, right?

Great! You dance in a seedy joint...

and talk of respect?!

Of course l dance... that too,

in a club.

l earn my money with

sheer hard work...

...and don't earn my livelihood

from sin, like you do!

You earn your bread and butter

from the Government...

...but you're a slave to Katiya!

Just you wait...!

Now where is my register?

Once l file charges against him,

he'll be thrown in for 7 years!

Very well then... go ahead

and file the charges!

Just you open that register

and start writing. Go on!

The constables attached to

your station, held my held!

Your constables got drunk

and misbehaved with me!

They not only grabbed my hand...

they even tore my clothes! Look!

They even ripped

open my clothes!

write that! Open your register

and record my statement!

You will record it...

You certainly will!

l'll assemble some women here

who will stand witness!

File the charges...! Go on!

what are you staring at me for?!

There's no problem there...

l'm the one with problems.

Hey... let him go.

we've even tamed that muscleman

you got from Benaras.

we publicly made a dog out

of this chap's father!

lnspite of all this, your shops are

still open and business goes on!

- But the Courts...

- what Katiya says is the law!

My brother had his special man's

finger cut, all because of you.

Could you still dare do this?

lt's not a question of daring;

it's our necessity...

Cut the dialogue!

- Tell us your name.

- Ambikaprasad Satyanarayan Tiwari.

- How much does your shop measure?

- lt's 1 0 feet by 1 2.

- Pay him 50,000.

- But it has stuff worth 1 ,50,000!

lt's 40,000 then.

Quietly take whatever Katiya is

giving you and just get lost!

Don't worry, boss...

l'm keeping a watch on them.

Anyone who opens the shutters

of his shop...

...will have to lose his life!

You don't wish to be

a dog at my feet!

But look; your father is

very much a dog for me!

He's even licking my boots!

Your father is a dog for me!

Your father's a dog for me!

He's licking my feet!

Your father's wagging his tail

before me! He's licking my feet!

Learn to contain your

temper, my son.

You came to see whether

l was still alive, right?

So that, after l'm dead...

...you can finish Katiya

and go to prison.

But you must learn to

nurture your temper.

when Gandhi was thrown out of

a train in South Africa...

...he didn't waste his fury

on the Ticket Collector.

ln fact, he preserved

all his rage...

...and turned into the foundation

of his struggle for lndia's freedom.

He eventually won lndependence

for his nation.

That is exactly what you

will have to do, Kashi.

Killing Katiya is not the

solution to our problems.

Because Katiya is not

our enemy.

lt is actually the terror he

strikes in people's hearts...

...which is even more lethal than

the cancer that has struck me.

lt is fear that has

stifled all voices.

lt's rendered them hollow!

You will have to instill

confidence in the people...

...and make them so brave...

...that even a child may take on

Katiya, when the need arises!

Katiya will die on his own...

...and we'll never have

another bully again.

Just learn to contain

your anger, my son...

what are you doing here

at this hour?

Are you drunk?

Lock the shutters.

- Have you had liquor, brother?

- Sure! l've had liquor indeed!

After ages, l've done something

l felt like doing

l've made up my mind, Kashi.

l'll give up everything here

and return to Benaras.

Give up everything? This shop...

this land of yours? Everything?

Do you still think everything

here belongs to me?

lt's gone... l've lost

everything, brother.

lt's all over for me.

l'll now manage in the piece

of land l have in Benaras.

Land? You have no land there.

we have fields in

Benaras, don't we?

A coward can't ever own

any land, brother.

what nonsense are you talking?

You're running away from this

land because of Katiya today.

There'll be another bully tomorrow.

How will you protect your land?

Stop lecturing me!

You're preaching to me, eh?!

l've personally seen terror

in that square there!

l have even borne it!

Okay... l can't indulge

in hooliganism like you do!

Fighting for one's rights

is not hooliganism!

Rights, my foot! which rights

are you talking about?!

Even our documents have

begun to gather dust!

lt's sheer nonsense!

All that talk about rights and

justice is nothing but nonsense!

There's only one law that prevails

out here... might is right!

That's it! '' Might is Right'' !

You're lucky that Katiya should

have had his eye on your shop.

Had he eyed your wife,

you'd have deserted her, too.

Aren't you ashamed to

talk like that?

She's my wife...!

The honor of our home...

- She's your sister-in-law!

- And this land is our Mother!

will you abandon the land that

gave you your bread and better?

The land, because of which

you got married...

...and which helped you

bring up your son...

...could you ever desert

such a piece of land?!

lt's not a piece of mere land...

lt's your honor itself!

lt's your self-respect, brother!

And there's nothing more precious

Nothing!

l've made a vow.

l'll die, but l won't leave my shop!

But no one has taken your shop.

lf you open your shop, all the...

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