The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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Well, I prefer movies
that make me forget
about the problems
with the world.
Come on, Yaar.
I mean, "Bol" is a brave movie.
It had to be made.
And you know all the students
in the union
Bravo, son!
Uncle, your medicine.
Damn good bootlegger, yeah?
This divine music...
Sweetens the sting of death.
How many people are there?
What are you doing?
Get off me!
Don't hurt him!
Please, don't go.
- All okay, son?
- Absolutely.
Jamal, salaam.
Hello, Mr. Bobby.
Alissa?
It's Bobby calling from Dehli.
Listen...
Something's happened.
Cooper...
We've got something.
We have sound?
I'm a professor.
I'm a professor.
I didn't do anything.
Please...
Please, don't kill me.
Please, don't kill me.
I didn't do anything.
This won't help you.
Please, don't...
That's all.
Let's do our own checking
at the university.
Get CTC on the line, please.
They sent a tape.
This place has the best tea
in Lahore.
And do you take sugar, Bobby?
No, thank you.
Well, you have waited
a very long time
for this interview,
and for that,
I must apologize.
Oh, I'm just glad we
could finally do it.
I finally felt the time was right.
Do you mind if I record?
Let's enjoy our tea for
a moment, please.
Your book on Massoud
fighting the Taliban...
great stuff.
I'm still trying to figure out
Oh, thank you.
I'm flattered that you read them.
Nobody move!
Stay calm.
- What's this?
- Shall we take them in?
Sir, the police are here.
Get up!
Search him.
Enough.
Catch that boy!
They seem a little edgy.
Our police become
very animated
when it's an American
that's been kidnapped.
You teach at the same
university as Anse Rainier.
I do.
Don't you think he's
worth looking for?
had nothing to do with it?
I've heard the group
taking responsibility
recruits here.
What makes you so sure
they had nothing to do with it?
They're my students.
And they're innocent
until proven otherwise.
I learned that from CSI: Miami.
Yeah.
Hmm.
Do you think he's still alive?
So tell me, Bobby,
what exactly is the article about?
Well, I'm still working on it,
but so far the logline is,
"Pakistan's New Militant Academia. "
Am I part of the new
militant academia?
I don't know.
Are you?
You know, the answer
to that question
may challenge some of
your preconceived notions.
Changez, I'm a journalist.
Generally, we try to avoid
preconceived notions.
But of course.
- You mind if I...
- Yes.
I only ask one thing.
That you please listen
to the whole story
from the very beginning,
not just bits and pieces.
Do I have your word?
You do.
Looks can be deceiving.
I am a lover of America.
Although I was raised to feel
very Indian.
After all, the blood of princes
runs in my veins.
Perhaps that's an exaggeration.
Let's say the princes and I
moved in the same circles.
We attended the same schools...
Lived in the same neighborhoods.
But all of a sudden,
there were new princes in town.
Hey, Chingu!
Buy a new car.
Time to junk your oxcart.
Yes, we still had the prestige
of a Punjab Club membership...
Abu, we need a new car.
But our bank account was empty.
And retire this magnificent chariot?
Nonsense.
These new-money scoundrels
are ruining the place.
Your Bina madam's waiting.
Bond!
What vulgar clothes.
No one will marry you.
Ammi, please.
I'm the Bond girl.
It's no joke.
They're lining up.
Go, work in India.
There, anything goes.
"Though memories fade,
from my love. "
Changez, remember,
your father's a poet.
Sing for us.
Mm-mm.
He doesn't want to sing
those songs anymore, Ajju.
He's an American now.
Va, va, va, va...
Listen, son.
He fusses over you
because he loves you.
You know that, right?
Cigarette?
Poems don't buy generators.
Somebody has to be
where the money is.
Hey, Chingu,
take me to New York with you.
I could be the dazzling
new ethnic friend
on Sex and the City
or something.
But, Chan, what about
your Mr. Bond?
Oh, please.
Bond?
I'd drop him in a second
for Mr. Big.
All I want is a loft in SoHo,
weekend in the Hamptons,
and a pair of big,
fake American b*obs.
What? Is that too much to ask?
Not at all.
God bless America.
God bless America, indeed.
God bless its level playing fields.
God bless winning.
See you next Friday.
Changes, take a seat.
You have 20 minutes
to convince me
that you belong
at Underwood Samson.
in my entire life.
Touch wood.
And I'm about to graduate
summa cum laude.
Good... although I've heard
that line several times today.
What else?
Well, I also played
varsity soccer
four years straight.
I'm glad you got some exercise.
Changes, a position at our firm
as a financial analyst
is one the most sought-after
jobs in the entire world.
Lift up the hood.
Show me what makes you run.
Where are you from?
Lahore in Pakistan.
Are you on financial aid?
Yes, I am.
It's more difficult for
an international student
to be accepted at an
Ivy League school
if they apply for aid.
You must have really needed
the money.
Yeah, I did.
The accent's great.
Makes you sound like royalty.
How did your rich-kid friends
at Princeton
react to your Horatio Alger story?
Most of them don't even know
where their bootstraps are.
You know what, Jim?
I know you're seeing
a lot of people today, so...
Wait.
Your friends here
don't even know, do they?
That's interesting.
That's lifting up the hood.
So tell me, Changes,
why did you want to come
to America?
For future reference, Jim,
it's "Changez. "
In America,
And whether or not
you hire me, Jim,
I am going to win.
Good f***ing answer.
Thank you, God!
I was a soldier
in your economic army.
I worshiped in those
magnificent temples
of money and steel
where men in tailored suits
control the fate
of billion-dollar corporations...
men like me.
You got skylines like that
back home?
You're all smart.
The game changer at
this stage is will.
Do you want excellence
more than the person
sitting next to you?
At Underwood Samson,
we do not get paid for hunches.
The reason why our fees
are higher than any other firm
is because of our unparalleled ability
to not only assess value
but to create it in our
clients' businesses.
We do that by focusing
on the fundamentals.
This is a hypothetical business.
Thanks to groundbreaking research,
BNUS Transportation,
using 11-foot-tall cylinders,
can teleport travelers
to any destination
in the world instantly.
Buenos Aires to Cairo
in a second and a half.
I want you to tell me
what the company is worth.
Information is in your binders.
You have one hour.
Okay.
Is he serious?
So that's as per the third quarter.
Please, continue.
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