Haider Page #5

Synopsis: Vishal Bhardwaj's adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', Haider - a young man returns home to Kashmir on receiving news of his father's disappearance. Not only does he learn that security forces have detained his father for harboring militants, but that his mother is in a relationship with his very own uncle. Intense drama follows between mother and son as both struggle to come to terms with news of his father's death. Soon Haider learns that his uncle is responsible for the gruesome murder, what follows is his journey to avenge his father's death.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Vishal Bhardwaj
Production: UTV Communications
  14 wins & 32 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
NOT RATED
Year:
2014
160 min
2,948 Views


But I have found his killer.

He shared his cell at MAMA-2.

He goes by the name Roohdaar...

No one knows his real name.

Even] identity of

his is a ghost identity.

He came from Pakistan in 1990.

An ISI agent.

Two years back, he was

arrested in Baramulla.

He cut a deal with the Indian army...

He penetrated Zahoor's group...

A double agent...

My brother got to know that.

Which is why he negotiated...

his release as well.

On the way out...

he...

He... killed him...

and pushed him into

the Jhelum river...

These people have killed my brother.

Until I avenge his death...

I will not rest...

I promise you...

Haider...

Haider...

Come in, little princess...

Hello.

Hello.

What an imbecile you are!

You disappear for days!

You don't even tell

me when you are back.

I worn] for you in vain.

You are so haggard...

Why don't you find me a cure!

Everyone doubts you are going mad.

I trust my doubts but...

doubt my trusts.

What do you mean?

I mean...

Is Roohdaar the brave,

beloved witness?

Is Khurram the master of falsehood?

Whose tells a conceited tale?

Whose bears the cross of truth?

To believe or not to believe.

That is the question...

The answer hides

in yet another question.

What is that?

To trust the surging

beats of the head...

Or to heed the caution

of sober mind...

To kill or to die..

To be or not to be.

Where did you get this?

Give it back...

Haider...

You will do no such thing.

Whether it's the truth or a lie...

Swear upon me.

I have Iovvedd you more than my life.

Not Iovvedd, it's loved...

The V and D softly.

Say it... loved.

Lovve-d.

Say.. Kicked.

Kick-ked.

Plucked.

- Pluck-ked.

Sucked...

Suck-ked...

Fwwf.

Fu...

'Baster-ed'...

- 'Baster-ed'...

Thank you for being with us

in this time of grief.

Somehow I have gathered myself

to bear this bitter loss but...

the thought of seeing my beloved

sister-in-law live a widow's life...

and my dearest Haider as an orphan...

How do I find the courage

to bear that?

And thus facing these facts,

I seek your permission...

My elders and friends

present here, allow me...

to marry my sister-in-law

Ghazala Meer...

God bless!

- God bless!

Father...

My father-to-be...

Go on.. feed this fellow.

Mother...

- My angel...

What is this?

When will you grow up?

- Never...

What is this?

Remember what you would say

when you were a child?

What?

"When I grow up I'm going

to marn/ my mommy."

You would snuggle between

your father and me.

Even if he touched me,

you would fight with him.

And now his brother touches you...

What should I do now?

Who would want to share

you with the world?

Your beauty is venomous.

They have given him a pistol...

to kill uncle Khurram...

- Ghazala Akhtar...

Do you accept Khurram Hussain Meer

as your lawfully married husband?

I do.

- Do you accept?

I do.

- Do you accept?

I do.

- Khurram Hussain Meer...

do you accept Ghazala Akhtar

as your lawfully married wife?

I do.

O nightingale's head,

O wounded bird

Stay away, stay away,

don't meet the flower

O nightingale's head,

O wounded bird

Stay away, stay away,

don't meet the flower

A head in conflict is in

difficulty indeed

If the head is pounding,

the head is pounding

If the head is pounding,

the head is pounding

Then a pounding head

can be wicked too

The flower's scent

is filled with poison

Stay away, stay away,

don't meet the flower

O nightingale's head

Stay away, stay away,

don't meet the flower

O nightingale's head

Listen, O world,

I want to speak

Your story again

I wish to repeat

O nightingale's head,

O wounded bird

There was a pair of birds,

A male and female

The female was innocent,

The male was simple

There was a pair of birds,

A male and female

The female was innocent,

The male was simple

When the mountains

Were covered with snow

A falcon of bad intention

A falcon of bad intention

Flew above the trees and forest

Death lurked within its folded wings

Searching to find

A palace's destination

Searching to find

A palace's destination

It found a home in

the nightingale's dreams

And stung them with lethal venom

Put poison in the scented flowers

Send to the nightingale in question.

And stung them with lethal venom

It found a home in

the nightingale's dreams

Send to the nightingale in question.

And stung them with lethal venom

He sprinkled gun powder in the valley

Below the lake put snares in sway

Dangling daggers against the male

Dangling daggers against the male

Cut the bird's wings away

O heart, my heart, my heart,

Only cowards lie

O nightingale's head,

O wounded bird

O nightingale's head,

O wounded bird

He had the injured man imprisoned

And tied him up like a slave

Took him to the Jhelum bridge

And threw him to a watery grave

Jhelum, Jhelum...

Red, your colour is red

Jhelum, Jhelum...

Red, your colour is red

But the river's of Kashmir

Have their unique essence

The chains broke,

As did destiny's tide

He's alive, he will be living

The criminal now cannot hide

He's alive, he will be living

The criminal now cannot hide

Come to your senses,

lover's nightingale

The flower's scent

is filled with poison

Come to your senses,

lover's nightingale

Come to your senses,

lover's nightingale

Such a brilliant stow!

- Who wrote This play?

Zahoor Hussain?

Or was it Roohdaar?

Didn't they give you a gun too?

To kill me?

What shall we do Ghazala?

Die by his bullet?

Or have him treated?

In an asylum.

Don't let him get away...

- Haider...

Catch him...

- Haider...

- Follow him... come on...

It's Post Traumatic

Stress Disorder...

- PTSD.

He needs psychiatric care.

I've had a word at the hospital.

We'll admit him in the

morning after curfew.

If he wakes up,

he'll make a run for it.

I have sedated him well.

He won't wake up for hours.

There's a curfew out there,

I'll drop you in my car.

Okay, thank you.

- Come on.

Arshee...

Arshee...

Open the door...

You misunderstand me.

No!

You have betrayed me.

You took advantage of my trust.

You used me...

You don't care for Haider's life...

You want to use him to

catch those people...

who exposed Khurram.

You don't care if Haider has to die.

Open the door and let me explain...

Try to see my point

I don't want to get your point.

I don't want to see you... ever!

Haider...

Avenge me...

of my brother.

Aim bullets at those

cunning, deceiving eyes...

that entrapped your mother...

Don't forget...

My Lord...

my crime, my sin stinks...

- I'm drowning in guilt.

- My soul reeks of my brother's blood...

Wash me clean...

with the rain of your mercy, My Lord!

Bereave me of all you bestowed...

All the wealth, all the power,

all the fame...

Everything ...

- Let The rain of your mercy...

cleanse me, my Lord!

Haider...

What are you doing?

- Haider...

Give me the pistol...

Do as I say...

Give me the pistol...

- Haider...

Grab him...

Hold his hands...

Show me your hands...

What are you doing?

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Basharat Peer

Basharat Peer (born 1977) is a Kashmiri journalist, script writer, author, political commentator, and separatist, hailing from Kashmir and currently based in New York City. He is currently an Opinion editor at The New York Times (International).Peer is a fellow of the Open Society Institute in New York, a George Soros initiative. He maintains that both India and Pakistan are occupying forces in Kashmir and often calls the Indian-administered part of Jammu and Kashmir as Indian-occupied Kashmir. more…

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