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Lucky Sir...

Which category will

your Flying Wheels skate in ?

Don't worry Mrs. Malhotm.

He is not in your son's category.

Madam ?

Can I come late to work tomorrow ?

Why ? What happened ?

It's my Arjun's skating race.

Your son skates ?

District level.

- Wow !

Hey Bro...

The district championship

is tomorrow

and you know what ?

My Arjun Harishchandm

Waghmare is ready.

You remember, in our time ?

There was a boy from Jalgaon...

P rateek Pat .

No proper skates. No coach. Nothing.

He would walk in

and claim the 5km gold...

...year after year.

Sheer grit and spirit.

My Arjun...he is cut

from the same cloth.

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen,

to the Mumbai district

championship 2013.

All contenders please head

to the registration desk

to collect their numbers

and fill up the forms.

Buys age group 6 - 8

please report to the registration

desk at the starting line.

Hi Lucky.

Isaid 'Hi..'

Oh ! Hi Pmgya...

What's the matter ? Something wrong ?

One of my boys hasn't turned up.

So call him.

No Pmgya. He doesn't have a phone.

I don't know what to do.

Sir ! 12 - 14 age group...

Flying Wheels is not here.

Pmgya I'll see you...

Bhatt where's Arjun vanished ?

Wasn't his race today ?

He didn't show up.

Don't know where he's disappeared...

He mustn't not have found

the address..

He must be wandering

looking for the place...

No no...

I had explained it to him.

His mother was supposed

to come with him.

He hasn't come here.

Then where has he gone Bhatt ? !

I don't know, Sir.

These kids come in for 3-4 months...

then they find better pay

and leave...

But how can he leave like that ?

It was his District Championship !

He can't disappear like that !

It's ridiculous !

What ?

Nothing... Do me a favour.

Take my number,

and call me as soon as he comes...

- Yes Sir...

Don't nod, write it down !

- Yes Sir

9920...

9920...

981970 !

9 ?

- 981970 !

Do you know where he lives ?

Not really.

Somewhere in Dharavi slums...

his aunt has a shanty near

the putters' quarters...

Yes Bhatt...

Sir his friend is here

to collect his dues.

Who is it ? Let me speak to him...

Yeah ?

- Who is this ?

Sir. Gochi. Arjun's friend.

Where is he ? !

- In the hospital.

What ? ! Which hospital ?

Bandra General.

Sir ! Sir ! Sir !

Not there.

Here... on the ?oor.

Arjun.

What happened to him ? !

He was blabbering deliriously

with high fever...

Now even that has stopped...

When did you get him here ?

- It's been a couple of hours...

I dropped him off here

and rushed to collect his money.

Has a doctor seen him ?

The one who could've filled

the form has only passed out.

Gochi go stop a cab !

Arjun..

Arjun...

You are the mother ?

What do you people do ?

How could

you let it come to this ?

Severe hepatitis...

He's got hepatitis.

How many days since he's eaten ?

What have I done ?

All day on his feet...

coming late and passing out...

refusing to wake up...

I thought it must be fatigue.

God !

These people just don't understand.

He's crushed with exhaustion !

The child isn't eating...

He's passing out hungry...

and you didn't think

he needed a doctor ?

What were you waiting for ?

Him passing out ? !

This one mistake can

cost you his life.

Why do you make him work ?

Is it the age to work ?

Doctor, please save him.

What do you think I am doing here ?

No, no... I mean...

please don't spare any costs.

Granny will just light this lamp

and be with you.

Brother Arjun is very ill...

I have to complain to the Almighty.

Lucky...

Here.

Look at our champ.

Because of Sir, he's alive at least.

Otherwise he would've kicked it.

There is no difference

between garbage and us.

We come close,

and the window slides shut.

Damn it ! Clutch it like this...

push it down !

Shout straight into the face !

'Look there !'

'That's a gutsy fellow !'

'The day he gets a chance,

he'll wrench it !'

'He'll beat you hollow !'

He's our Eklava ! You got it ? !

What did you say ? 'Eklava' ?

He winked !

Arjun open your eyes.

Wake up, Arjun !

What happened ?

- He opened his eyes aunty !

Arjun ! Arjun !

What's happening here ? !

I saw him wink !

- Out ! Out ! Come on !

Out !

What happened ?

- No clue Sir.

He's been crying since

he regained consciousness.

Forgive me Sir...

Wha... What happened ?

I lost Sir.

Race is over...

What are you saying child ?

I lost...

Stop this nonsense...

Stop it I tell you !

I lost, didn't I ?

Grandly I set out to feed him cake

on a golden platter...

slipped and fell face down

into the cake.

Skating, skating, skating !

Am I blind or what ?

My champ is sinking... and me ?

Who is this

Arjun Harishchandm Waghmare ?

Where does he live ?

What does he eat ?

Does he eat at all ?

I don't know.

And yet, I'm teaching him skating...

making him a champion.

One more gold medal...

one more feather in my cap.

As for Arjun...

With a medal dangling,

he'll be back to sewing tea.

And I ?

I'll pay my taxes,

stop at red,

move at green

and feel very good.

V9 FY, Very good.

What's on your mind Sir ?

Your plate is empty.

Why so lost ?

Just thinking...

So deePW ?

When you see children

going to school...

parents picking them up,

dropping them...

What do you think ?

A burden worthy of a pack-mule,

lunches double their capacity.

Poor guys are tapped.

And you all are free ?

No meals...

no school.

We didn't ask for it.

From where the Lord ?ung us,

we rose and marched on.

And destination ?

- Destination meaning ?

Who doesn't dream in this world ?

Doesn't want

to fulfill those dreams ?

Surely you've got dreams too.

What strange dream

did you see last night...

that has gotten you in this mood ?

Do you really want to know ?

Isee...

that all of you are in school.

Instead of red and gold threads,

Abdul has a nice pen in his hands.

Instead of garbage,

Murugan is picking up a book.

Gochi is painting on

a canvas with a colourful brush.

Bhum is reciting a poem...

And our Eklava- Arjun-

is marching back with the gold.

One dream at a time...

Let's fulfill that first...

right Sir ?

But that race is over.

What about the dream ?

We all dreamt it together.

It's shattered, isn't it ?

It's not the kind that

shatters when you wake...

Let our champion recover.

Then we'll set him up right ?

Of course...

But where ?

In the State Competition.

But Mumbai District competition...

is over, right Sir ?

There are 35 districts in

Maharashtra...

and on our champion Arjun

Harishchandm Waghmare's form,

it shall be written...

Kolzhari Village,

Yavatmal district, Maharashtra...

From where nobody has ever competed.

I had set out to teach Eklavya...

and I landed with 5 Pandavas !

At first I thought

I was changing their lives...

now I've understood that

they've changed me forever...

Such small children...

and such big hearts !

I've hit jackpot Brother.

North-South-East-West-

Arjun Waghmare is the best !

Food for the entire ward ?

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