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Synopsis: The year is 1953. A visiting archaeologist called Varun Shrivastav comes to the village of Manikpur in West Bengal to excavate the temple grounds of the local Zamindar. With knowledge and experience beyond his young demeanour, Varun greatly impresses the Zamindar and his family. Especially Pakhi, the Zamindar's feisty and only daughter, who finds herself irrevocably drawn towards him. But Varun isn't all he seems on the surface. And as the simmering attraction between him and Pakhi leads to a tender and deep love, he is forced to choose between her and his past. Making his choice, Varun disappears. Pakhi struggles to move on with her life, determined to forget him and their relationship. Until one day, when he returns under the most extraordinary circumstances. Inspired from O. Henry's "The Last Leaf", Lootera is the uplifting story of two lovers. Of heartbreak, betrayal... and ultimate redemption.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Production: Eros
  4 wins & 21 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
136 min
$581,813
766 Views


Come with me

Get up! Follow him

Stop or else l'll shoot you Varun

Shoot

Have you given him any medicine yet?

Not yet Doctor

How far is it from here?

Five minutes

ls he breathing okay?

Mr. Singh?

He's been shot

Won't be able to get very far

He's in town and he's wounded

Spread the word

Put up his sketch everywhere

Yes, sir!

l want this man

Keep looking till you find him

Dead or Alive?

You told the police!!

My friend died because of you

l won't let you die so easy

l didn't think you

had any emotion in you

You still don't know a lot, Pakhi.

Please leave, Varun

l need a place to hide

You wont get it here

Leave or l'll call the police

You won't

Close the door, Shyama

Are you mad, Varun?

Close the door, Shyama

Did the police stop you?

Did they ask you any questions?

About me? - No

Don't try to fool me, Shyama

Your sketch is up everywhere

They're looking for you

You've been accused of

killing a police constable

And they say that

you killed your friend

You killed Deb?

There are shoot-at-sight

orders for you.

Who are you?

He is an avatar of

Lord Vishnu, Shyama?

With ten names and faces.

l didn't kill Deb on purpose

He was my friend, like my brother

And the police constable?

They were firing at me,

So l fired back. lt was a mistake.

l don't believe you

lt's the truth

You should have said the truth then,

a lot would have been saved

l couldn't betray

Deb and Bajpai Uncle

He raised us,

when we were this little.

l couldn'tjust abandon them

But you could abandon me

You could betray my trust

You wouldn't understand

You've seen nothing

You've lived in luxury all your life.

You wouldn't understand anything.

Keep it

Use it in the kitchen

Should l call the police?

No.

Why are you trying to save him?

Hello.

Hello. - Chaubey...?

lt's Nandu

l will leave tomorrow morning

l'll have to spend the night here

You can call the police, if you want

Zamindar Babu...?

ls dead.

How?

You killed him

Like you killed Deb

lt wasn't your fault

l am going home

l won't tell the police anything

l came here to run away from my past

To forget everything

Why did you come back to my life?

Why did l allow you to?

Why don't l just kill you,

when you are asleep?

lt must give you so

much joy to see me like this

You see that tree?

l stare at it, day and night.

As if its that Bheel Raja's parrot...

...with my life inside it.

l stare at its leaves that fall.

The day the last leaf falls...

...is the day l will breathe my last.

This is where you have brought me to

l hope you are ashamed

of living like this.

But l know you don't care

As always, all you will do is hide

''The complaints are fading away.''

''The dawn's untainted.''

''lt's melting the snow.''

''There's a fire burning somewhere.''

''l didn't want to fly this time.''

''Even the birds agreed.''

''With the darkness

tucked in the arms.''

''The light's here to stay.''

''lt has returned that

thing stolen from me.''

''The complaints are fading away.''

''You're my victory.

While l am the defeat.''

''l am the bond that connects us.''

''You're my victory.

While l am the defeat.''

''Tell me my mistakes.''

''The stars can decide my fate.''

''Turn the looters into protectors.''

''lt's all about fate.''

''lt's a story of earth.''

''This is austerity.''

''The complaints are fading away.''

''l didn't want to fly this time.''

''Even the birds agreed.''

''With the darkness

tucked in the arms.''

''The light's here to stay.''

''lt has returned that

thing stolen from me.''

Nandu!

''The complaints are fading away.''

''The dawn's untainted.''

''The dawn's untainted.''

lts still unsafe outside

l will have to stay

here for a few more days

l don't want

What are you trying to prove?

Nothing

When you should have done...

- l went away, l know.

You were surrounded by people.

l know what you want.

ls it? What?

Once wasn't enough for you.

Of course, since you're

looking beautiful these days

l am notjoking

l don't know how to make jokes

Why don't you eat something,

then we can...

Just leave

Pakhi

Don't say my name!

Don't shout,

you'll get another attack

See, l told you

Why are you... - Shut up

Sometimes l feel like murdering you.

l hate you so much.

But l don't have the strength anymore

l just want to release Varun

from you,

from myself,

from this life

''The springs came and went.''

''But l didn't experience

a single one.''

''My heart was drenched this time.''

''l wonder what you did?''

''The heart's...feeling

intimate again..''

''O tormentor.''

''My stubbornness..''

''Persuaded my innocent heart..''

''O tormentor.''

''Tosses the heart...around

like a coin.''

''O tormentor.''

''My stubbornness..

persuaded my innocent heart.''

''O tormentor.''

''Mannerless, but unique.''

''O tormentor.''

''l lost my conscious.''

''But, still in my

senses.'' ''O tormentor.''

''My stubbornness..

persuaded my innocent heart.''

''O tormentor.''

May l come in?

l tried calling, quite a few times

No one answered

ls everything ok?

Just a little cough

Did you see him or meet him?

Who?

Varun

Why would l meet him?

You said he might come

The guesthouse is still empty

The 'For Rent' board is still there

Yes

Can l look inside?

Do you have a warrant?

Sorry?

Do you have a warrant?

l don't have one right now,

but l can get one tomorrow

Then please come tomorrow

Why are you trying to protect him?

l am not protecting anyone

He's responsible

for your father's death,

and he shot one of my men

He will spend the

rest of his life in jail

He might even hang

l'll be back tomorrow

with the warrant

l'll have ten policemen

with me who l am leaving outside

lf he tries to escape at night,

they will shoot him

lf not, then tomorrow

l will shoot him

l already shot him once,

He's badly injured but he got away

Not this time

Do you know my real name?

What?

Atmanand Tripathi

You look beautiful when you smile

K N Singh is going to kill you

You know what Deb

would have said to that?

What?

There isn't a KN Singh or Rahman

alive who can ruin Dev Anand's hair

You are not a hero

He won't be able to touch me

l have escaped from much worse

He'll bring the warrant tomorrow

l'll leave tonight

Don't look away Pakhi

Look at me

Listen

Listen

l know you don't

believe a word l say,

But today l'm not lying

l cannot forgive myself

for what l did to you

Only you have the right to do that

But l hate myself

and l will keep hating

myself as long as l live

Did you ever love me Varun?

l did

l still do

You were my only chance

to lead a better life

And l threw it away

Everyone in my life used me

Only you loved me

And l couldn't love you back

This isn't the life

you should be living

Depending on that

last leaf isn't right

lt isn't your parrot

And if it falls?

lt won't

That's my promise.

''Let me be.''

''Let me be.''

''l am alive, that's all l need.''

''l am alive, that's all l need.''

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Bhavani Iyer

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