Rangoon Page #3

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Want some?

I'm fine the way I am.

It's because you're a man.

Had you been a woman,

you'd have known

what it means to be

dark-skinned in this country.

Yes. No wonder we are

slaves to the Whites.

Miss Julia! C'mon here.

Miss Julia! C'mon quick.

Someone save my luggage!

Hey!

It was a disaster I'm afraid, sir.

I personally tried to

save as many as I could but

I'm afraid, there are 27 dead.

A few locals, 13 of our men.

And there are four unaccounted for.

Including..

That's OK. Keep moving.

Including?

Zulfi!

Ahuja!

Rusi!

Hello!

Julie.

Miss Julia.

I do action..

Action dance

'Daughter of the storm'..

"My lover went to England.."

"he mustn't startle Hitler.."

"My lover went to England.."

"to teach them a lesson.."

What's your name?

- Name?

- Hiromichi.

What?

Hiromichi.

Hiro? I'm a heroine.

We go to India.

Tell..

Tell us the way.

Tell or else

Or else he he'll kill you.

He'll kill you.

What?

- What do you mean?

- Overacting!

Very funny, eh!

Why don't you try?

How do you know Japanese?

I was a POW.

- Where?

- First in Rangoon, then Singapore.

- For how long?

- Eight months.

- How did you get out?

- I escaped.

Escaped? How?

What will it take

to get you to shut up?

Women!

Women!

Lucky throw!

We'll take turns keeping an eye on him.

You can sleep first.

I can't. I'm too hungry.

Hey!

That's enough.

Get back!

You would have done the

same if you were in his place.

If he'd rung that bell,

you'd be on that crucifix,

snoring away to glory.

And who'd be responsible for that?

You and your useless army.

'I'm in charge of

your personal security,

Sergeant Nawab Malik!'

And that dog, Major General Harding!

'Miss Julia, we will provide you

with better security

than the King of England.'

I'm going to take a nap.

If you get sleepy, shoot yourself in

the head, you'll wake up. Bloody hell!

Why did you flee?

When will it stop raining?

37 minutes past 4.

How do you know?

Because I'm God.

As I know everything.

I know when the sun will set,

when the moon will rise,

when the wind will blow,

when the rain will stop

and when you will stop talking.

Why does God make

beautiful women so foolish?

What if it rains for days?

Will we just wait around?

Yes.

That's too much for me.

Explaining something to you is as tough

as making an elephant wear undies.

Let's go.

Come on, Hiro. We're leaving.

Both of you can rot here.

I'll find my way.

I won't stop.

I'm still going.

I've been performing

dangerous stunts since I was a kid.

Tightrope walking,

knife acts, fire-breathing.

At the beach,

I was paid a penny every week.

I was 14..

When Rusi first saw me perform,

at the beach.

He immediately bought me off

my mother for a thousand rupees.

Have you even seen a thousand rupees?

I swear!

Rusi educated me,

raised me and made me a star.

I am what I am because of him.

What's so funny about that?

It's the truth.

He'll do anything for me.

Hey, wait!

Once you dive into that dimple,

deeper and deeper you

fall into the mystery.

Dance away to the chime of the anklets,

I can't dance.

You can march, can't you?

Left, right, left.

Hold my waist.

Why so shy, Sergeant?

You've seen me naked.

Stark naked.

Tell me something.

Something that..

You have never told anyone else.

I'm afraid.

Afraid? Being a soldier?

Of what? Death?

No, of love.

Your turn.

I'm..

An untouchable.

That scar on your back?

It's beautiful.

How did you get it?

It's a heart wrenching story.

You won't tell anyone, will you?

Actually

it's a birthmark.

Do you know why God makes

beautiful girls so foolish?

Why?

He makes them beautiful

so that men like you

can fall in love with them.

And foolish?

So they can fall in

love with men like you.

Hey!

I submit!

I submit!

- Submit!

- Yes

Aye!

Hey!

Nawab!

Hiro..

What are you doing?

I thought we were friends.

Farewell!

Kiddo!

It's Julia!

Farewell it is, surely not goodbye

The body is surely

not bereft of the soul

You who flow through the soul

You who flow through the soul

You are not God, are you

Farewell it is, surely not goodbye

Take him to the jeep.

- How is she? Any serious injuries?

- No, sir.

- She's fine.

- Thank god.

- Sergeant Malik.

- Sir!

Well done, soldier.

Ms. Julia told me all

about your heroic actions.

- Thank you so much, sir.

- Please come and have some tea.

Oye Nawab, you dog.. You're alive?

It'll take a lot more to kill me!

Hello everybody! Ahuja!

Poor girl!

Why haven't you informed your family

you survived Rangoon?

Your mother thinks

the Japanese killed you.

They're preparing for

your death anniversary, inform them.

Yes, I'll write to her.

Not a letter, send a telegram.

Come along.

- My stomach's growling.

- Come, I'll get you fed.

When you went missing, I realised

that I don't love you.

Had you told me earlier,

I wouldn't have come back.

Love is too small a word.

Without you,

I have no reason to live.

What an ugly scan.

I hate it.

There's a new English Doctor in Bombay.

A cosmetic surgeon.

He can remove it.

How's grandpa?

- He must be fine.

- What about the stroke?

It was a lie.

To keep me away from you.

Huh?

You can't plan love.

It just happens.

I've put in my divorce papers.

I am starting my new studio.

And a new life.

Oh, it's a wound.

Wear it once this heals.

It won't heal anytime soon.

Are you mad? It'll hurt you.

It should hurt.

How else will I know

this is not a dream?

Safety, utmost importance! Please!

Rusi, General Slim has deployed

five anti-aircraft guns,

especially for Miss Julia.

Every road that leads to Burma

now has a British post.

Not even a bird

could fly over to this side now.

Ah Sergeant Malik!

At ease.

Mr. Billimoria wanted to see you.

- Thank you, Sergeant.

- It was my duty, sir.

You saved not one but two lives.

- Anything I can do to return the favour?

- Thank you, sir.

- Anything?

- It's really not necessary.

Sergeant Malik,

on Miss Julia's personal request,

I'm recommending you

for the Victoria Cross.

Thank you, Miss Julia.

You deserve it, Nawab.

That will be all, Sergeant.

Wait, here.

Have some opium.

'Akbari Afeem'.

Be careful, David.

Why? What happened?

An epidemic.

There's a disease spreading.

Malaria? Drink a tea

made of cloves and cinnamon.

You can escape malaria, David.

But there's no

escaping a case of Julia.

What?

Poor Sergeant Malik. He's dead!

And so am I!

What a bad joke, Rusi!

And David, you seem just fine.

'On seeing her, my face brightens.'

Ms. Julia..

'On seeing her, my face brightens

and shrouds my illness.'

- Very good, David!

- Thank you.

This fellow here..

he's very good at heart.

I'll never forgive god

for playing this joke on me!

He made the poor fellow mute.

When I was born

And him..

Zulfi, costumes! Zulfi?

Where is Zulfi?

He hasn't come by all day!

Is he dead or what?

- Maybe.

- What?

Don't be naive.

Everybody knows that

he was swept away in the river

trying to save your precious costumes.

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