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And worship is love

This is madness;

so is that

This is love; so is that

What's gotten into me?

Everyone is worried

l've fallen in love

l shouldn't have...

l shouldn't have...

but l have fallen in love

People in the world

do not know

And the heart does not

heed the world

lf there is anything

that does, it's love...

that recognises the

feelings of a lover

Stop right there.

And go back home.

l will. But tell me just once...

- ...that you don't love me.

- No.

- l don't love you.

- But you do!

- This is not proper.

- Then say that.

Why do you say

you don't love me?

No! l don't love you at all.

Understand?

Now go back home. Go!

The time to decide

is now at hand

What am l to decide...

this is what my heart says

Be prepared to live and die

For, l have fallen in love

l've gone and done what

l shouldn't have...

l've fallen in love

l've returned to my father

the bridal fineries

l wear love now...

for love protects me

l've cast aside the ring

of fake customs

l've broken every shackle...

l am now free of them

Fearless, l march on now...

l head for my beloved's house

with the world on my trail

l have but one prayer

May l unite with the lover

l have been separated from

My love, my worship...

may it be restored to me

This veil on my body l have

coloured with my blood

May this Ganga now

flow into the oceans

Why did you bring him here?

The bullet which will leave the

pistol l have in my pocket...

...will either target you, or me.

l trusted you.

...gave you everything.

Tell me the truth now.

What is the truth? Tell me.

Truth? You don't want

to know the truth.

Because those who want to know it,

don't carry a pistol...

...in their pocket, and,

hatred in their hearts.

lt takes a big heart.

One needs a big heart...

...to hear the truth.

And the truth is...

When a man gains status

with wealth and power...

...he distances himself

from truth and moral.

He thinks, whatever he

thinks is the truth.

Whatever he did, was right.

And that's what has happened

with you too, sir.

You made it big alright, but

remained small in personal matters.

Because the truth is, that

you lied to yourself.

You lied that an lndian girl can

be a wife to a foreigner like him.

And to turn this lie into truth,

you made me lie too.

And l, suppressed under your

obligations, lied through my teeth.

Lied that Rajiv is very nice.

A very nice boy without

any vices whatsoever.

He's a son of a great,

millionaire lndian.

A son of a wealthy man.

A son... yes!

A son, sir. But not an lndian.

And the truth is,

l always lied to Ganga.

What is your relationship

with Ganga?

Trust.

Respect, reverence, and... Love.

lf protecting her, adds

up to love, then, yes!

Yes! Yes! l love her.

And l always will. But l never

tried to woo her for myself.

And neither will l do it now.

Because Ganga is yours.

Her father's.

Mother's.

l'll go now, sir.

And l'll never come back.

You heard the truth from Arjun.

Now hear me also.

Want to see, Daddy, what

your son wanted to do...

...in a drunken state,

at the Las Vegas hotel...

...behind bolted doors with me?

Then see this.

See the scars and wounds

due to his lust.

l ask you, what kind of

a culture is this...

...where a would-be husband,

behaves like this with his fiancee?

Even then, if you ask me

to throw myself in this fire...

...then l'll do it, Papa.

Because you are my father.

Decider of my fate. lf you

ask me to take poison...

- ...l'll take it!

- Why should you?

For centuries now, we women

have been taking poison only.

First we listen to our parents,

then the husband, and finally, kids!

- You'll not take any poison!

- Don't interfere, mother.

Keep quiet! You've lost your senses!

You've humiliated this poor girl.

Didn't you sing, lndia is my

country and religion?

You wished to nestle an lndian

girl, lndia itself,... in America?

ls this what you achieved?

Wonderful!

l ask you, if a girl from here

goes to another land...

...where she has nothing in common,

why should she go there?

- Ganga will go abroad!

- You're still saying that?

Yes! l'm still saying it.

Remember me saying, One day,

l'd make her my son's wife?

From this house, to that one?

By asking you for her hand...

With folded hands?

She'll become my daughter-in-law.

Alright. But as the wife of...

...not Rajiv, but Arjun.

Yes, she'll marry Arjun!

Your mother is right.

lf a girl from here...

- goes to another land...

- What are you doing, Dad?

Get lost from here.

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