Newton

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Long Live Mangal Netam!

I am not here to seek votes

Don't vote for me

I want development for you all

My dream is to see every child

with a laptop in their right hand

And a cell-phone in their left

But they stand like thorns

in my path

I won't allow it as long as I live

The Commies quote parables,

and I perform miracles

If they shoot arrows,

I fire cannons

Long Live Mangal Netam!

We'll have dinner together

Don't worry. We're nearly there

Sir!

Turn the car around!

Get down!

The third incident in two weeks

The Maoists have struck again

The government has promised

stern action

Additional reinforcements

will be deployed

Oh no!

The power has gone again

Nutan

- I'm checking

- Son, go and see

The others have power

- I'll check the fuse

- Is it just us?

Must have tripped

Chanchal has left. His workshop

is so successful

He has opened a showroom too

His wife works with him

- The fuse gone again?

- Yes

Everyone is getting married

but our son

You seem to know everything

I worry about my son

- Is the power back?

- Yes, son

- Attending tomorrow's workshop?

- Yes

The Indian election...

The elections will cost

five billion dollars

814 million voters

9 million polling booths

We break our own records

with every new election

We've proved it

Although some rogues get elected

to parliament...

...we will not allow gangster tactics

in the elections

How?

Because we, the election volunteers,

will not let it happen

Very well

That's if we aren't bumped off

Who said that?

Stand up! You won't be punished

It's natural to be afraid after

what happened yesterday

Only human nature

The Maoists have made it clear

they'll boycott the elections

There is only one weapon

to stop them and that is...

...our voting machine

Remember we have only

one aim...

...to hold free and fair elections

What if the Maoists attack our

polling booth? What do we do?

Don't play the hero.

Do as they ask

They want the voting machine,

hand it over

We'll cancel the votes and

re-election will be organized

Anyone else?

And if they attack on re-election

day?

Then we'll have another

re-election

What if they attack on the

"re-re" election day?

What's your name?

Newton

Newton?

"Apple" Newton?

Newton, what comes after two?

- Three

- After three?

- Four

- After four?

Good boy, sit down

You explained things so well, sir

My respects to you, sir

Never mind

Sir, you made light of

my simple doubt

My answer only matched

your question

- Sir, I genuinely wanted...

- Of course, sit down

Newton

Tell me who named you?

Was your father a physics teacher?

Your mother's whim?

- Who named you?

- I named myself

Meaning?

But why?

My parents named me Nutan (new)

Kumar. Made the school kids laugh

Just like you

Nutan Kumar!

So what did you do?

On the class 10 form, I changed "Nu"

to "New," and "tan" to "ton"

Changed "Nu" to "New" and "tan"

to "ton"

You gave yourself a big name

to live up to

Like you're blowing your

own trumpet

- Testing me again?

- Who am I to test anyone?

Tell me

Do you know how Newton

changed the world?

Gravity. Optics

For years you've lived as Newton...

...but forgotten the essential

He leveled all differences.

Ask me how

How?

Before Newton, people thought

there were different laws...

...for heaven and earth

For church and temple

Different laws for kings

and commoners like us

But at a single stroke,

Newton proved us wrong

Nature treats everyone equally

Tycoon Ambani and a tea-seller

jump off a cliff simultaneously

They'll land together

at the same time

Newton proved - for Nature

we're all the same

King or beggar

- Which department are you in?

- Not assigned yet. Still on probation

Why are you on election duty?

I'm a Reserve

Good. Reserves are useful

There's always a 12th player

in cricket and football too

This place must seem a small town

next to Bhopal

Wherever our son is happy

is fine by us

You're so right

Retirement is better spent with

one's children

You don't look over 60

60? I'm just 57

My son forced me to take early

retirement when he got a job

If only all sons were like Nutan

It's Newton

Our daughter Ankita made this

She has always loved to embroider

You won't lose your handkerchiefs

again

Our daughter will embroider

your initials on them

He keeps losing them

Here she is

How are you?

We're fine. I hope you're well too

Eat something with the chai

- Did Ankita cook them?

- Yes

Please sit

Nutan, have a pakora

Newton

My English is very poor

Drink up before a fly falls into it

If you want to ask her something,

go ahead

Saving it for after the wedding?

Seen her embroidery,

had pakoras and tea

Nothing left to ask

Let him ask. He has a Masters

in physics

Ask her something, son

- Have you any hobbies?

- I love watching movies

- What's your favorite movie?

- "Sweety goes to her in-laws"

Which college did you attend?

I didn't go to college

I'd never send her to

that den of rascals

Studying is a ruse for wasting time

And after high school?

I left in Class 9

- When was that?

- Three years ago

How old are you?

Sixteen and a half

She's a minor

Nutan, better that she grows up

at her in-laws

- Sit down

- She's underage

Please sit

She's underage

Not for long. Marry her later

Her father is a contractor

You're a government officer.

A life of ease

- Sorry, not interested

- Son, don't say no

The dowry is 1 million rupees

cash and a motorcycle

Don't want any of it

Who's giving it to you? I'll take it

Talking back to your father

Calm down

I will marry a graduate

Chewing your own degree isn't enough?

Must she have one too?

What's wrong with a college graduate?

Will she massage your

mother's feet?

The job has made you deluded

Next you'll want to marry a

high caste girl

Too big for your boots

Calm down

I will never marry. Happy?

Try these Bollywood lines

on your office intern

I am your father.

You good-for-nothing

- Calm down

- Why?

You've spoilt him rotten

The office atmosphere is peculiar

People play cards, trim their nails

They just pass time

No file moves without a bribe

Everyone thinks like you at first.

Soon you'll be like them

I'm not there to make money.

A call centre would pay more

I want to make a difference

Newton, you know your problem?

My honesty?

No

Your arrogance about your honesty

Newton, your honesty is not doing

the world a favor

It is expected of you

Honesty makes the heart lighter,

less burdened

The office is closing

Keep working with your

honesty intact

The country will progress alongside

Kamal, here's the ink

...the strip seal, stamp...

...chalk, wax and carbon

Here. It's all on this list

- Sir, you've forgotten the green seal

- Sorry. Here

- The rule book

- No need. I know it by heart

He's bright. Don't need to

tell him anything

Kamal Kishore, you look smart

Know how to work it?

We keep the control unit.

The balloting unit is...

...is used by the voters

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