Welcome to Sajjanpur Page #8

- Here.

May I ask you something personal?

Ask away.

Brother, you should learn

to read and write.

Tomorrow you may become a legislator...

...a minister or sit in the opposition.

It would be very useful.

What have you gained by

getting educated?

Tell me what great

success have you had.

Look, education is for donkeys.

Donkeys! Only donkeys!

And I can give you 10 names

who haven't passed 4th class and...

...they are chief ministers and MP's.

What? Who?

Pathparia's Buddhimaan Singh!

- Yes.

He is illiterate. Isn't he an MLA?

But he's a graduate!

- Graduate, my foot!

A fake certificate.

My uncle got it for him for Rs.300.

From Chaubey College!

Chaubey College?

- Yes!

Now look at your Jhankar Beat.

Who? - What's her name?

Damn it! What's her name?

Sister-in-law? Shut up!

Munnibai!

And listen, post the letter right away!

Lmmediately! - I'll post it.

Mr. Yadav!

Yes, sir.

The former village head of Sajjanpur...

...uses such obscene

language in his letters.

Go and caution him to restrain himself.

Yes, sir.

For the first time I have seen

love for me in my beloved's eyes.

Munnibai! So late!

I want to speak to you urgently.

Can I come in?

Yes, come in.

What? What is it?

Ram Singh is threatening me.

This afternoon he came with his

two uncles and destroyed my hut.

Please write a letter to the Collector.

Plead with him and get me protection.

Write it right away.

You'll get a beautiful wife.

You'll have a wonderful son.

I'll get the pen and paper.

One minute.

Tell me.

Write.

Respected Mr. Collector.

It is time for us in India to

realize that Eunuchs are also

human beings, and not

grotesque monsters.

Dig into history books.

We have worked hard and

earned our status in the society.

But today under your administration...

...we have been subjected to atrocities.

You know that I am contesting

elections from Sajjanpur.

But Ram Singh and his uncles

Ramkhilavan and Ramsakha...

...are threatening me.

As if I am a demon.

They say I am a eunuch by birth and...

...I have no right to contest.

But why?

Does not my heart beat?

Don't I feel sad?

Don't I have tears in my eyes?

Then why do they hate me so much?

God has created me

like everybody else.

Please make arrangements

for my protection immediately

so that the election process is smooth.

Yours and everybody's,

Munnibai Mukhanni.

Give it to me. Let me sign it.

Mother, I'm leaving.

Kamla! So you have got a reply.

Let's go in and read it. Come.

He has sent money in

the envelope, idiot.

Tell me what he has written.

Yes, of course.

Kamla, your letter really baffled me.

But why did you write you

don't want to come to Mumbai?

Why did you address me

as dishonorable husband Bansiram?

And what's this about the Holi festival?

I have good news.

Next month I'll have Rs. 50,000.

I will buy a house and call you there.

Your letters have solved

all my problems, Mahadev.

He is calling me there.

Don't be so eager.

I feel something is wrong.

Why?

- What do you mean why?

In his last letter he had said he's

a contract labourer, he has no money.

So how did he get so

much money so suddenly?

Has your Bansi started

doing some illegal things?

What do you mean?

- I mean, he works at the docks.

The docks is rampant with smuggling.

Has he joined some gang?

Bangkok, Hong Kong,

drugs, RDX, bombs!

What are you saying? - What if you go to

Mumbai and he ends up in jail?

What if he gets killed by the police?

God forbid but what if he does?

What will you do?

Where will you go?

You'll be wandering

the streets of Mumbai.

Someone will put you in a brothel.

And turn you into a prostitute.

What then?

What should I do?

Let's write a letter and ask him

where he got so much money from?

Look, I'll only let you go there

after I'm totally convinced.

I'm so confused.

Write what you think is right.

Don't worry. I'm here.

I'll write a letter right away.

Liar! Cunning reptile with

the heart of a demon.

Why did you marry if you

couldn't take on the responsibility?

Why did you make me

a widow while you're still alive?

Inform me immediately from

where you are getting Rs. 50,000?

Are you involved in smuggling or robbery?

If you don't tell me the truth,

I will commit suicide.

Kamla.

Now water will be water,

and milk will be milk.

You have nothing to worry

as long as I am here.

I'm there for you.

That's true Mahadev.

If you were not there I would've...

...probably killed myself by

jumping into a well.

Don't say such terrible things

I'll post this letter myself.

When you get a reply,

bring it to me immediately.

Come to me even if you don't get a reply.

Why are you looking at me like this?

I'm saying this because

there is something wrong here.

I'll drop it in the postbox myself.

Mr. Yadav!

Yes, sir.

Provide police protection

to Munnibai immediately!

Yes, sir.

Ask the SP to send a police

force to Sajjanpur. - Yes, sir.

It is the order of the Collector

that whoever threatens Munnibai...

...will be punished severely

Listen carefully!

It is the order of the Collector

that whoever threatens Munnibai...

...will be punished severely

People are free.

The country is free.

There are no more kings and queens.

We have a democracy.

It's a government for the people,

of the people, by the people.

We are proud of our Democracy

A vote may seem small

but its power is infinite.

We have a democracy.

people are free.

The country is free.

Flowers are blooming everywhere.

Their fragrance spreads to every street

But you turned into

a snake and I your prey.

You believe that the powerful will win.

You buy votes with money.

You want to prove that

the powerful always win.

Party funds, superstitions,

rituals and business scams.

We have a democracy.

people are free.

The country is independent.

Kings and Queens have gone.

We now have a democracy.

people are free.

The country is free.

In the elections for

the post of village head...

...Munnibai Mukhanni is

declared the winner...

...against her closest rival

Jamnabai with 327 votes.

people are free.

The country is independent.

We have a democracy.

It's been just three days

since I sent the letter...

...how can you get a reply so quickly?

I've not come for that.

Then why?

Didn't you ask me to come

even if I don't get a reply?

Oh yes! You did the right

thing by coming to me.

Who knows what problems may arise?

It is important to take advice.

We shouldn't start digging

for water only when there is a fire.

Please move!

- Aunt, what are you doing?

Here's your half a rupee.

Bindya's uncle has sent a reply.

Read it and tell me what he has written.

My child, are you the letter in his envelope?

I mean, I say something

and mean something else.

Are you always here?

- Aunt, should I read this letter?

Yes read it.

- Listen.

Uncle Rampyare's greetings

to Bindya's mother.

The news is I have talked

to the witch-doctor.

He says marrying a dog is important.

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