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but the essence will remain.

You have to carefully take the cue.

Ok sir.

- Come on...

...take it now.

- One minute sir.

This is your position.

When I say action

you come forward and say 'Papa'.

Then wait for his reaction.

Then come to the stop mark

and give your salutations.

Then you say your dialogue. Is it ok?

- Yes.

Action.

- Monitor.

Start.

Ready Mukund Sir.

Action.

Papa.

Come.

I was very disturbed by your delay.

That in my old age

I have to face

so much agony.

I had never thought so,

Brajeshwar.

I however

find no deficiency in my behaviour.

I have given this enough thought.

I don't remember having

made any mistake knowingly.

Hence, I can only

take it as my fate.

What else can I say?

By the grace of Devi Singh

an arrest warrant has been issued

in my name, which

you probably know.

Yes, I know.

Hence, most needed is money now

which probably you must

have understood by now.

Have you been able to make

any arrangements for that?

My father-in-law has

refused to provide.

But another arrangement

has been made.

Is this your own style

or Hollywood style?

Why are you murmuring?

Sir

they wanted it soft here.

They wanted it soft?

Bankim has said that in those days

children never used to speak

loudly before their father.

You need not speak loud. But I'll

say water and you'll say oil.

How will both mix?

It is not necessary to

underplay your voice.

Moreover, you've

acted in stage plays.

Don't you use your voice...

He was not even bothered

a bit for insulting me

before a packed

room full of people.

He was a stalwart in

acting and hence

I digested his insults,

though I knew that

his style of acting is all wrong.

Because it is outdated

and these days it's not accepted.

Oh god! You had so much confidence

at that early stage?

Yes, I had but before the release of the

movie I wasn't comfortable.

Not comfortable?

You see, I did not have the

habit of drinking till then.

But that day...

Take it. Drink it.

It will make you steady.

Do you know the truth?

- What?

This nervousness has a reason.

Is it because your movie is

getting released tomorrow?

Then what?

My work in the movie

is not up to the mark.

Not up to the mark?

Something is wrong. Yes, wrong.

Have I not seen the movie?

Is my opinion of no value?

No. Not at all.

A complete zero.

- Zero?

Zero.

You all don't understand,

neither do you know.

None other than me knows.

An actor knows.

While acting I could make

out something was wrong.

However, it is not my mistake.

But there is a mistake.

It has remained.

You will not understand it.

You are all blind.

Every scene with Mukund

Lahiri is messed up.

Oh god, that's only four scenes.

Four scenes in the whole movie.

Why even those scenes?

Why should it be?

I would have won the

game in the first move

but that man tripped me up.

You are

exaggerating the whole thing.

Do you know why he did that?

He would have been affected.

He would have been exposed.

That I had given that

role a thorough study,

he had understood

and he could not tolerate it.

These people have nothing

to do with the character.

Whatever role you give them

they will do it all the same.

The same vocal, the same

acting and the same mannerisms.

The public are also

like that. Mukund Lahiri...

he's great, a great voice,

a great actor and all that.

This is not acting in movies.

If you overact a little

in front of the camera

then it will magnify tenfold.

What I wanted to do would

have been dangerous for him

and he had understood that.

Having understood that

he found me fresher, and bullied me and

shouted at me and...

Let it be.

Arindam, this irritation,

this is a good sign.

You will prosper.

I will.

Yes, I will positively.

I will go to the top. The top.

I went to see the

movie at its first showing.

Do you know

that I could not sit and watch

even half the movie?

But do you know how many

autographs I gave after the show?

You must have felt great?

Of course.

Have any of...

...your movies. I mean...

You mean, have any flopped?

Yes.

No. Not yet.

Then what is bothering you?

I have seen what happens when

three consecutive movies flop.

Who are you referring to?

It was about three years back.

I'd become successful

and also built my own home.

It was about eleven

and I had retired for the night

since I had a shooting

scheduled for the morning.

Suddenly my servant told me

that someone had come to meet me.

He had said that it was important.

I decided to meet him.

Do you recognize me?

What are you saying, Mukund Sir?

I thought...

...that you might have forgotten.

Tell me.

Do you have something

here at the house?

Who's there?

Yes sir.

What will you have?

I don't want it.

It's for my friend.

What does your friend want?

Whisky?

Whisky.

Won't you have one?

I have a shooting

scheduled for tomorrow.

Shooting.

That term appears...

...to be familiar.

1922...

...that was my first movie.

Kapalakundala.

In the beginning...

...I did not have a grip on it.

Then I talked it over...

...I mean my voice.

I went to the summit.

Twenty years.

Then one day I saw...

...saw that everything had changed.

Where I was I could not understand...

...but I saw that

the throne is there.

I have been overthrown.

What movies are you working on?

Today's movie?

Good whisky.

Is the casting over?

I don't know.

How much is your

influence in the matter?

Some role, anything

probably a watchman.

This stagnation.

Four years no work.

I had two insurance policies.

They have lapsed.

Will you be able to work?

I'm not liking

the way you look now.

Voice.

My voice.

Is only voice enough? You know it.

The proverb of the dead elephant...

...is it all false?

Did you give him a role?

How could I give it to him?

Who will I help?

He was drunk always.

How could he act?

Then your revenge was

taken very well, wasn't it?

Had you forgotten the way he

behaved with you on the first day?

Oh god. You are a dangerous person.

The moment it crosses

Bengal the scenery changes.

It is all very dry on this side.

Exactly like you.

Like me? Are you not dry?

Have you never been speechless?

Was it not necessary for

you to overcome

obstacles in your career growth?

Listen...

You can do the role of wisdom.

...very well.

Is wisdom bad?

Not bad,

but very dangerous and...

What are you saying?

As long as it is there

the human side

of mankind is alive.

Yes, but do you know

what is not acceptable

is when people very close to you

say for example, Biresh.

Me and Biresh studied

together for 10 years.

Same school and same college.

He was involved in

politics and I was idle.

So I used to go along with him.

Today the company is causing

oppression for its employees...

Biresh used to speak in

public meetings and I used to

stand away from the crowd in a corner

and memorise the lines

for my next play.

Two friends used to spend

time like this together.

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