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but so long as

Shekhar loves that girl...

this wedding will not take place.

- We will be ruined by then.

Our creditors will not wait!

We will be imprisoned.

If we could somehow make Shekhar

hate that girl...

our task would be easy.

- What?

Hate that girl?

That's just what I wanted.

Let's go.

- Where are the two of you going?

To improve my lot.

And others' too. Let's go.

I have telephoned Shekhar.

Come with me.

I gain nothing. I'm suggesting this

only for your own welfare.

But it isn't my daughter's baby!

How can we say it is?

Or I'll be compelled to tell them

whose baby it is.

Whose is it?

- The one who bore it. Mala.

What will you gain by defaming

a decent girl?

Not much gain. But I'll get to see

a couple of murders.

The old lady will be enraged.

She will kill Mala.

She will kill the baby

and maybe Shekhar too...

No! That will never happen!

You can't do such a thing!

I'm capable of doing such a thing.

I sure am.

You're a mean and despicable man!

No. I'm only mean and despicable.

But I'm no man.

Looks like the old lady has arrived.

Remember... it's your baby!

Only yours!

Yes?

Tell me the truth.

Whose child is that?

What do you think?

- Rajkumar says...

it's your daughter's child.

- And you believe that child...

belongs to this innocent girl?

- That's what I'm here to ask.

What brings you to Bombay?

And what does the child mean to you?

- It means a lot...

what I regret is that

I can't answer you.

So you agree that it's

your daughter's child?

Why don't you give us an answer?

You cannot!

You must concede that you tried to

ensnare my son for our riches!

But God and the principles

of my family have saved us!

Or else, this loose-morale girl

could've been my daughter-in-law!

Our family would've been

wiped out!

By God! I can't remain

silent any longer!

No, father... don't.

I'll give her an answer.

Yes, this is my child.

Hear that, Mother?

I already knew it's your child.

And now I realize what

brought you here!

Wealth! Your lust for money!

Here's a hundred thousand rupees.

Take it, and get lost!

Mom...

Look at this girl, Shekhar!

She's the one you were

leaving your mother for.

The one you were severing your

relations with the family for!

She's the one who was seducing you

for a fistful of gold!

This immoral girl is

the mother of a child!

Lmpossible! It can't be true, Mom!

- She has already admitted it, Shekhar.

Ask her if you wish to.

I've already said it.

This is my child.

No, Raj. You're hiding

something from me.

Tell me the truth, Raj!

Why can't you believe it, Shekhar?

I believe more in Raj than

I believe in myself, Mom.

No, this can't be Raj's baby.

- This is my baby, Shekhar.

Really?

Take my hand and swear it on me!

Is it really your baby?

Why don't you speak?

Why are you quiet?

Why don't you look at me?

Speak!

Don't do it, Raj. No false oaths

on the one you love.

Tell them whose baby it is.

How will a decent girl like you

say anything ill for anyone?

Mother, this is my baby.

What? Your baby?

- Yes.

It was born of your false pride...

of your misplaced notions

of inequality and status!

Which means you have brought

disgrace to the family name!

Without even marrying,

you bore this bundle of sin!

It isn't born of sin. The two of us

were secretly married.

We kept it a secret because

we were scared of you.

But we have to tell you today that

it is our child. I'm the father.

You're lying!

- I'm not. I'm speaking the truth.

Take a look at this marriage

certificate, if you can't believe me.

We were married two years ago.

Mala, you got married secretly!

That too, to such a

poor and lowly man!

There are decent people

even among the poor, mom.

They are human too.

They have dreams and aspirations.

Had you not weighed decency in the

scales of wealth and status...

Mala would have had a grand wedding

in our very house.

There would have been

a band playing, Mom!

Amidst the music, the principles of

the family would have been killed.

Our reputation would be

rendered to dust!

I will never forgive Mala

for what she has done!

She has made no mistake, Mom.

You have!

You were blind! All your life, you

spoke only about your principles!

You gave the misplaced rules

of the family...

a more exalted place

than even the Holy Texts!

You must have realized today that it

isn't your family that is principled!

It's these poor folks! To save

your family honor...

they were sacrificing

their own happiness!

And look at this girl!

She knows I don't want to marry her.

She knows I hate the sight of her.

But for money...

only for the sake of money,

she's ruining our lives!

Nobody moves.

Else, you'll regret it.

You were right, Shekhar.

Everything we did was for the money.

This one hundred thousand is the

compensation for breaking the marriage.

You will pay us so much more

for our broken dreams.

Should you not have the cash now...

you may sign this document.

Hold it. It's not our policy

to owe people money.

Here it is. Give it to him.

No.

It's against our principles.

Get him!

Raj, go and bring Shekhar.

Tell him that I have called him.

Give me the baby.

What happened to you?

Get up!

"Call me a beast, if you will"

"Call me what you will"

"I'm caught in the storm of love"

"What can I do?"

"Call me a beast, if you will"

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