Manjhi: The Mountain Man Page #4

Synopsis: Dashrath Manjhi was a poor man from the lowest of the low castes, living in a remote village cut off from the world by a rocky mountain range. Life for him was a daily struggle for survival. He loved his wife, Phaguniya, beyond belief. One day, while climbing the mountain to bring him food, his wife slipped, fell and died. Overwhelmed by grief, Dashrath decided to carve out a path through the mountain, so that no one else would suffer his fate. For 22 years, all by himself, with just a hammer and a chisel, he hammered away at the rocks, till the path was carved out from the mountain.
 
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8.0
TV-14
Year:
2015
120 min
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I will take care of my kids!

I Will!

Do it then!

I'm off!

You don't need to go crazy.

Come Bhagirath,

See I am nursing them! Happily!

Stop... Stop...

mountain cutter.

Why are you blocking

my path like a rock?

Move aside

I can make you profit.

Profit?

Yes.

Takes you 4 days to lug

goods from the market?

Yes.

In a bumpy Bullock cart ride?

Yes.

And additional expenses?

Yes so?

I'll get them across in a day.

Really? How?

The mountain is my friend.

"The earth is his seat."

"And sky, the tent."

"He is covered with dust."

"And still remains pure."

Little more.

Babe.

Why does everyone call you mad?

Those who do can't see.

What babe?

Magic.

Want to see?

Yes!

Then close your eyes.

"Abraca dabra"

Show magic to my kids,

Show them a path

through that mountain!

See it?

Yes!

See the Bullock cart racing!

Yesl!

What else do you see?

Cycle...

Motor car! ! Bike!

"God is great! God is great!"

"God is great! God is great!"

Babe, what was mother like'?

Exactly like you.

When will mother come back?

When the road is ready.

Mother will be back too.

L-low are you brother'?

Great! Fantastic! Alive!

Tell me one something.

Yes.

There are so many

jobs in the world.

You found nothing better than

breaking the mountain?

Every one has their own skills.

You read and write

I break mountain.

L-low do you get so much strength'?

It's love.

First for my wife.

...Now for this mountain.

Such a deep thought

and you put it so simply.

Look at me,

I wanted to be

an honest journalist.

But became a pimp

of the politicians

I hate myself.

Why not start

your ovvn newspaper?

You think it's easy?

ls it more difficult than

breaking a mountain?

Long live the saint in the sack!

Let the earth split...

the sky fall... the floods come.

But the saint in the sack

...remains unaffected!

Great is the saint in sack.

Let me fall at your feet!

What are you doing baba?

You fool.

There is a drought you !

All the villagers are leaving.

There is no water

and you are still digging!

Come to the city.

You won't remain alive here!

I can't leave the mountain.

What?

I can't leave the mountain.

Are you completely crazy?

Trying to be a hero?

In this scorching heat,

you want to break a mountain'?

What Will

you eat? Whafll you drink?

Fool! You'll burn to death!

So you go!

Go..

Here's some money...

Don't give them any grief

I will stay here

and break the mountain.

Then break it you idiot! I'm off!

Don't know what treasure

he'll find here.

A path...

I will find the path.

Come on kids! Let this fool die.

Tinkle... tinkle...

Tinkle... tinkle...

Tinkle... tinkle...

Tinkle...

I had only one dream.

To buy the second anklet

for your other foot.

Don't have food to eat and...

dream of ornaments!

With the tinkle of your anklet...

I've spent my vvhole life...

Tinkle... tinkle...

You saved my life!

Now you've become a true friend.

Come... let me give you some love.

"Phaguniya..."

"You fair maiden of Geh|ore."

"Will you come with me?"

"For you I made this path."

"Which goes to Wazirganj."

O my God... wonder of wonders.

The power of passion.

Cutting through hard rock.

Great my son -

You have shown the world.

We were blind.

Couldn't see the road

hidden in the mountain.

Babe!

For you.

Saved it for you hammer

& chisel.

Thank you my child...

Long live!

Long live!

Shut the door! Hurry!

Babe! The Naxalites

are here!

Go to your posts.

We are attacked.

The damned Leftists are here.

Shut up! As if you didn't

have your fun...

Come inside!

Leave none of them.

So what did you think?

That I ran away?

See ! I'm back.

To fix you.

This is a revolution.

It's spread like

fire in the country.

Now everything will change.

No more rich! Or poor!

No high... No low.

All equal!

Think!

We do the slogging...

...and he has the fun?

We sweat and cry...

...and he makes the money.

No more!

Today you will decide.

Speak up.

Anyone wants to say anything about

this 'landlord Nirbhay Singh'?

This village head

gobbled up my land!

He killed my father and burnt him.

His son Ruab kidnapped

my daughter.

You have anything to say?

Forgive me.

Appeal rejected.

The people's court

sentences the accused to death!

Long live... revolution.

- This is wrong!

This is wrong.

Dash rath.

Stop right there

or I'll forget everything

is a blood sucker!

Killed my Lauki!

Ruined our lives

I'm not going to spare him.

Gun gives one power, does it?

" Power flows from

the barrel of a gun."

If I can break the mountain

I can break your head too.

Leave the Ivlukhiya.

The time to talk is over.

Now it's time to act.

Hang him.

Long live revolution!

They hanged my father.

Dashrath... brother.

What happened?

Great, Fantastic, Alive. ..?

Got scared of the guns?

I came to report

...about yesterday's incident.

But no one is saying anything.

Tell me one thing.

Whatever happened...

was it right or wrong?

Hey! Dashrath brother!

I'm a mad man.

Why ask me about right or wrong.

Am I responsible for all

the filth in the world?

I don't even know

what I am doing here

masking me about

right and wrong...

Go mind your own business.

You asked me.

Why I don't start

my ovvn newspaper?

I've published my own

news paper.

"The New Dawn."

Alok babu.

Great! Fantastic! Alive!

Can I take a photo?

Sure... how do you want it'?

This way?

- Yes...

Long Live! Long Live!

He said if I ask "Madam",

the road will be made.

Fool-see all the cops here?

They'll put you in jail!

Long Live! Indira Gandhi!

Long Live Mother India!

Long Live! Indira Gandhi!

I've come here to you,

To fulfill the dreams of

Mahatma Gandhi and Panclit Nehru...

It's a tragedy that even after

25 years of independence.

People

are fighting for basics like

food, clothing and housing.

Whenever I say "Remove Poverty."

The opposition says

"Remove Indira"

I want to know from you,

What do you want?

Help! Hurry!

Lend a shoulder... its falling.

This hand is your hand.

A symbol of your strength &

your labour.

This is the hand that will

bring about change.

This hand will write the

golden future of India.

This very hand

will eradicate poverty.

Today...

the entire nation is screaming -

Remove poverty!

Indira Gandhi...

Long Live!!!

Mother India...

Long Live!!!

Long live Indira Gandhi.

Long live Mother India.

Long live Indira Gandhi.

Madam, I'm breaking a mountain...

please make a road there.

Madam, he is Dashrath Ivlanjhi.

He's been breaking

a mountain for 12 years.

Alone...

for the well being of people.

If you can help him...

Move... Move away.

Dashrath... brother!

Come here.

See this.

You have become famous

my friend.

See this...

Your photo in the paper.

You have aged.

Sit. Sit down. Relax.

Now you need government help

I will help you.

There's an officer -

very big - the BDO

I've spoken to him.

You'll get a government grant

to break the Mountain.

The Government will help?

Yes.

For making the road?

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