Zanjeer

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The Inspector has sent for you.

Come, Ranjeet. The period

of your remand is over.

Despite knowing the truth,

we have no evidence against you...

nor do we have any witnesses.

So...

Here are your clothes.

And... here's your purse.

Check it out.

May I leave, Inspector?

- Legally, I can't stop you.

But you've spent so many days here.

A few more moments won't hurt.

Do you still have something

to ask me, Inspector?

What's the point in asking?

You'll give me the same answer.

I have nothing to ask you today.

I have something to tell you.

See this adulterated injection?

Isn't this the stuff the

people you work for, make?

It bears a label of calcium.

But inside the bottle...

Give it a thought. Who mustn't the

shop-keepers be selling the poison to?

One bottle like this can snatch

a child away from his mother.

It can orphan a child.

It can render a married woman...

Why are you telling me all this?

I've told you so many times!

I know nothing about the people

who make fake medicines! Nothing!

I sometimes feel like congratulating

you for your loyalty.

And I also feel sad that you're

loyal to such wrong people.

You haven't told us their names

despite asking you so many times.

You have sealed your lips.

But remember this much, Ranjeet.

The hand that hides the fire...

gets burnt in the process.

You will regret this someday.

3 plus one?

- 4.

4 plus one?

- 5.

5 plus one?

- Sumitra...

You?

You are back?

- Yes, Sumitra.

Why are you crying?

I'm back.

They have no evidence against me.

They can do no harm to me.

Don't cry...

- Father!

Vijay! My darling son!

Your mother's crying.

You won't cry, will you?

That's like a good boy!

You are my brave son!

Where's Munni? She wept so much

when they took me away.

I missed her so much.

- Munni's dead, father.

Dead?

How did it happen, Sumitra?

Didn't you have her treated?

- I did.

Little did I know that I was buying

death for her, instead of medicine.

I bought an injection for her. Later,

I got to know that it was a fake.

So what's new?

It's children who pay

for their father's sins.

The hand that conceals the fire...

gets burnt in the process.

I can't really thank you enough,

Mr Patil...

You are embarrassing me, Mr Mehta.

I consider it my prime duty to

give a donation for the orphanage.

It's a noble deed.

Besides...

You're back, Ranjeet?

I'm very happy with you.

See, Teja? The police couldn't

get Ranjeet to say a word.

A man of iron indeed!

Have a drink. Go on.

- No thank you.

You need to take some rest, Ranjeet.

Kashmir, Darjeeling...

go anywhere you want to.

I'll foot the bill.

Get back to work when you return.

I won't be doing this work anymore.

- What do you mean?

I wish to give up this business.

- You are tired, Ranjeet. I told you.

You are right, sir. I'm tired of

this life of crime and sin.

I have been punished

for what I have done.

I now want to lead an honest life.

And that's what I've come to tell you.

Hear that?

- Sure.

I wondered if Ranjeet

turned an approver...

for how many years would

they send us away to jail?

He has gone mad!

When your dog goes mad,

you ought to shoot it.

Go and burst these crackers, son.

- Come with me, father.

All right. We'll go out

after dinner then.

There are 1100 workers in the factory.

- 1100?

May I go and hide, father?

- Sure... Must I shut my eyes?

My foreman is happy with me. He said

he'd put in a word to the manager.

Why don't you invite him

for lunch some day?

You're hiding behind your mother!

Caught you!

You saw me hiding there.

- No, I really didn't.

All right. Let's do it again.

I'll close my eyes.

Go and hide now.

I think we must send him

to school next year.

What's the hurry?

- Why not?

He'll study and grow up soon

and look after us.

Guess where I am, father?

- Where are you?

May I lay the table?

- Yes, go ahead.

Mother!

Keep an eye upstairs, Ram Singh.

Go with him, constable.

Anil...

- Yes, daddy?

Come here, my son.

- Coming, daddy.

This is Vijay.

He's going to stay with you.

You will take him out to the garden

every evening to play with him.

Also to school?

- Yes. He'll also go to school.

Mother!

What happened?

What happened, son?

Scared, are you?

Did you have a nightmare?

It's okay... go to sleep.

- What happened, mummy?

Nothing. Go to sleep.

What happened, Trishna?

- Vijay had a nightmare.

Have you put him to sleep?

- Yes. I feel so sorry for him.

Never ever tell him that

his parents were murdered.

When he grows up, we'll

make some story and...

I don't want him to know

that his father was a...

I understand. But d'you think he will

forget what he has himself witnessed?

He's still a child.

He'll forget it gradually.

Have your glasses of milk

and go to sleep.

You've been in the force for 5 years.

And in these 5 yrs, you've been

transferred eleven times.

You didn't serve any police

station for more than 6 months!

Any special reason?

- Maybe they dislike my modus operandi

I'm told that you're an honest

and a hard working officer...

But, you've your minus points too.

You take every criminal to be your

personal foe and to keep law...

you even go beyond

the law sometimes.

I think it my duty to fight

every crime, as a police officer.

Okay, but just as you have some

freedom as a police officer...

you have some restrictions too.

And I'm sure you won't forget them.

Join from tomorrow.

"Get your knives sharpened"

"Get your knives sharpened"

"The way I sharpen your knives,

you could use them like swords..."

"so bring your knives to me

lest you regret it"

"You will have the world

saluting to you"

"Get your knives sharpened"

"However a knife is..."

"I leave it gleaming"

"It glitter like silver..."

"and all I take as my wages

is 10 paisa"

"Like life without the beloved,

like a heart bereft without love..."

"there's nothing if

a knife isn't sharp enough"

"He who has a sharp knife,

keeps thieves away..."

"save the house that does

not have a sharp knife"

"Get your knives sharpened"

"Should you encounter

a thug on the streets..."

"or someone who swears at you

in a state of drunkenness..."

"the sharp knife will be your saviour"

"Let's have a round of

applause for that, children"

"This chap I ran into yesterday,

praised my long hair..."

"he said I have pierced his heart

with my eyes"

"I brandished the knife..."

"and he called me sister

immediately"

"Have your knives sharpened"

Hey, watch it!

- Sharpen this too.

Then say so! You nearly injured my eye!

- Oh come on...

I swear! I'll be a gain to you.

- Nonsense!

Look, you know very well that

nobody can talk to me like this.

But you always...

- Here you are!

Wow!

Take this

Give me change.

It's scarce these days.

Keep this Rs. 10 note.

We'll settle the score later.

Why, is it a special day

for you or something?

I don't want it!

- You slut! With this note...

I'll get 10 girls like you!

- You rascal!

He said vile things to me,

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