This Kanhaiya is a
strange one in our house.
See the pile of clothes on
my bed as if there is no other place
Oh, the bundle has started moving.
Oh, It is you there!
Sudha, what a lovely name.
You know the meaning of Sudha.
It is nectar.
And you are the lady of nectar.
Nectar shouldn't be kept covered
It should be admired by the eyes.
It appears,
you do not like electric light.
Somebody has said, Light is not
good for such occasions.
In the hour of happiness, where
is the place for anything that burns.
This is funny, the more I
want to come close...
...the length of
your veil increases.
I have also sworn,
either I stay or this veil.
In the end,
what I dreaded has happened.
That what I didn't want to happen,
has happened.
Why does a person want
to live in a world of dreams.
And what is the reality of
these dreams. Like drops of water.
Which on slightest hindrance,
break into droplets.
Wasn't it a dream that
a beautiful girl like you,...
would be able to stay with
a ugly man like me and be happy.
I had told my father,
& your mother, but they ignored me.
They said,
character is greater than a face.
But what is my character?
It reflects the ugliness of my face.
But I was not ugly like
this from the beginning.
Looking at me,
people did not scream.
Alas. If I was ugly
from the beginning...
What has happened today
wouldn't have happened.
If it hadn't happened,
it would have been so good.
Alas, if you hadn't been so
beautiful. Alas, if I hadn't been...
...so handsome as I was. Alas,
if I hadn't been so attracted...
...to beautiful girls as I was.
Alas, if I hadn't been so fond...
...of dramatics as I was.
When I was ten years old...
What is this, mother?
No evil eye should
be cast on my dear son.
Are you listening!
If you could press this tie.
I will just do it.
Let Kewal go first to school.
So that Kewal can go to school!
As if my going to
court is not important.
Look son, go straight to school.
And when the school closes...
...come straight home.
Don't stop anywhere, don't halt...
...don't even talk to anybody.
Good boys go straight to school,
come straight home.
Got it?
- OK, but my money!
Listen once again. Go straight
to school, come straight home.
Don't stop anywhere, don't halt
anywhere, & don't talk to anyone.
Don't stop anywhere.
And don't talk to anyone.
Don't halt anywhere, don't
wait anywhere, don't talk to anyone.
Wait, I am also coming to school
Gentlemen.. Gentlemen...
Tonight, at 10 O'clock,...
...Mangaldas Market, New Edward
Theatrical Company will hold...
..the famous drama Bilwa Mangal
in which India's famous actor...
Master Shankar & Zarina work.
Today's is the last show.
Tickets are only 10, 5 & 2 Rs.
1 and 8 Annas. Only 8 Annas.
...only 8 Annas. Come Gentlemen.
Give me one. -No, not for kids.
And me?
-Yes, its different with you.
When Alexander attacked India,
Taxila's King Amthi & ...
...Trans Jhelum King
were fighting with each other.
If the war was not there..
the Greeks would not have
come like a storm into India.
Our country wouldn't have
accepted defeat so easily.
These household fights have...
...made us slaves not
once but several times.
And that is why we have
the fetters of primitivity on us.
When for the first time the Greek
armies came in front of Indian army...
...their steps hesitated.
Indian Braves fought so bravely...
...that the enemy was left trembling.
If at that time Alexandra didn't think
of a brilliant move, Greeks had lost.
He thought that at night
when the Indian Army was sleeping...
...pounce on them.
There would be chaos. That night...
Tonight at 10 O clock,
in Mangaldas Park, the famous play
...of Edward Company,
Bilwa Mangal, new play, new stage,
...new dances, new songs.
Tickets only at 5, 2, 1 Rs & 8 annas
Remember Gentlemen, this
is the last play in this city....
....Bilwa Mangal, Bilwa Mangal.
Only at 8 annas.
Kewal. -Yes Master.
Repeat what I said. -Sir?
Didn't you hear what I said?
Repeat what I said.
You were saying, Mangaldas Park,
Bilwa Mangal tonight at..
...10 O'clock.
New dances, new songs, new scenery....
...Tickets at only 8 annas.
Quiet!
I was saying Mangaldas Park,
Bilwa Mangal at 10 O'clock tonight.
I will show you.
I will show you the complete play.
Oh, I forgot the book.
Will you sit here only?
-Let me fix this button.
Ok, come. Leave it.
Please leave it.
Let us go.
I heard there is a new
theatre company in the city.
Theater?
It is a devil's workshop.
It is not for decent folk.
What is Kewal doing?
-He must be sleeping.
But why with lights?
He has your habits.
He is your son only.
Kewal! Kewal!
He is sleeping.
-Sleeping! But he said...
But Nimmi. Is this the time?
Go back home, go. Good girl.
See yourself with my eyes.
In front of your beauty...
...thousand moons look pale.
Why didn't you knock at the door?
Where was the necessity?
You had placed a rope.
Placed a rope, where? -See here.
This looks a rope to you?
It is a snake. -Snake!
You don't know the difference
between a rope and a snake?
I hope you haven't become blind,
Bilwa Mangal.
May be. Too much of light
makes a man at times blind.
When I become big and make a theatre,
you will work in it?
Of course.
I will become Bilwa Mangal, and you?
-Chintamani.
How is the house?
-Friend, it is empty.
Clerk, give me a
ticket worth 1 paisa.
Listen Gentlemen. We are going
to stage for you Kewal Theatre...
...Company famous Play, Bilwa Mangal.
New dances, new songs...
...and in it famous actress Nimmi
Miss Nirmala, and Master Kewal..
...are working.
New dance, new songs and new scenery.
Tickets only 1 anna,
2 paise and 1 paisa. Booking there.
Give me the tickets.
You give the tickets,
I will put on the clothes.
Give me the tickets. Here is 10 paise.
Give me the tickets.
- Move.
Kewal Theatre Company?
Give me tickets worth 2 paise.
Be careful.
Hey it is time, start the play.
Has Nimmi come? -No.
Start lifting the curtain.
Song?
- Yes, song.
"You have only taught me love."
"You have only taught me love."
"You have only.."
Oh my nose!
Has Nimmi come? -No.
Do you know anything else. -No.
We don't want songs,
we want Bilwa Mangal.
What happened? -Nimmi has gone.
What?-Nimmi has gone.
With her mother, I saw her go.
She said she is going
to her uncle's place forever.
She was crying a lot.
Nimmi has gone? -She was crying a lot.
She must have gone by now.
They were going by
the 1 O' clock bus.
What is the time now?
It is still five
minutes to 1 O'clock.
What will happen to the play?
Without Chintamani,
can Bilwa Mangal play ?
Close it. The play will not run.
Nimmi! Nimmi! Nimmi!
But Nimmi left.
The lights of my dreams
were switched off.
I couldn't do anything.
I was so frustrated.
Man is so helpless.
I was standing there.
And my life was going away from me.
Life appeared like the road,
long, dark, sad and desolate.
After several years when, with father,
we left Reshampur for Bombay...
..and from school I went to college,
then...
This is Miss Nirmala Devi.
She has migrated from Jaipur College
Miss Nirmala,
we will have to make a place for you.
For the moment you sit down there.
Taligram.
- Sir.
William.
- Yes, sir.
Biharilal.
- Yes, sir.
Harkishenlal.
- Yes, sir.
Jai Kishen.
Jai Kishen.
Mohammed Ajmail.
- Yes, sir.
Kishenlal.
- Present sir.
Mukanlal.
- Yes, sir.
Ramcharan.
- Yes, sir.
Kalicharan.
- Yes, sir.
Ramrao.
- Yes, sir.
Janardhan Sharma.
- Yes, sir.
Paddy.
- Yes.
Is this our class?
-Yes it is.
We don't have a girl in our class. - No.
- Then who is she?
Girl? Where?
Kewal Khanna. Kewal Khanna. Absent.
Shri Ram.
- Kewal Khanna present sir.
Kewal Khanna present sir.
Were you sleeping?
I had lost something.
I was looking for it.
What did you lose?
Silence.
Brajan Lal.
- Yes, sir.
Durga Prasad.
- Yes, sir.
Miss Nirmala.
- Yes, sir.
Page 144.
You are Miss Nirmala?
Yes, why?
-Just like that.
It is a very sweet name.
Were you called Nimmi
in your young age?
No, my childhood name is Munni.
Are you from Reshampur?
-No, sir. From Jaipur.
Kewal Khanna.
You are fined 2 Rs.
But why? - Not 2 but 4 Rs.
Get out of the class.
But why? -Every time you
ask your fine will increase.
Pardon me,
but I will keep asking, why?
8 Rs -16 Rs, But why?
You were talking.
Thank you, at least I know why.
The minister of the state was
unaware of the state's condition.
Kewal Khanna.
- Yes.
I wish to apologise.
-Apology? What apology?
Because of me you were fined.
Fined due to you?
-Talking to me you were fined.
I've been fined. The good part
is I was fined for talking to you.
May I ask you something?
-Please do.
Why did you ask me my childhood name?
In childhood I too knew one Nirmala.
People called her Nimmi
She was very sweet. Really sweet.
When was this?
-Some 100 years back.
When I was 10 years old.
-Where is she now?
Who knows? She went then only.
I wrote several letters.
But didn't get a
reply to a single one.
I came to know she went with
her uncle. Now 11 years have passed.
You haven't forgotten her?
Can one forget life's
first wonderful dream?
What did you say your
Nirmala was called? -Nimmi.
If you want, you can call me Nimmi.
Nimmi was just like you.
The lamp from one place...
The wick from another.
Today they are life companions.
The moon is the witness.
Traveller, look at the moon.
Traveller, look at the moon.
Traveller, look at the overcast
skies, look at the skies.
Clouds cast a veil on the moon,
it is playing its game.
Oh, see the game of the clouds.
Traveller, see how the clouds
leave the moon in this game.
Look towards the moon,
oh traveller, look.
Look towards the waves,
Traveller, look at the coast.
She couldn't hide the tide
of emotions, looking at the moon.
When the tides met the moon,
the music rose to a crescendo.
The music rose to a crescendo.
See how the moon meets
the shore & look at that.
Traveller, look at the moon.
Prakash, when is the poetry exam? 
In the first meeting, pal.
In the first meeting!
Give it to me first.
-Oh man, I was about to ask you.
Only you're left now.
- 10th pass. Oh my god!
I copied all the notes except economics.
You have it? We're all set now. 
Hey man, let me read the poem.
Check which meeting he is in.
- First meeting.
Mother, I am going.
Greetings father.
Where are you going, Kewal?
Today is University Dramatics
We're playing Shakuntala.
Hoping for an award?
-World lives on hope.
And when is your examination?
On the 10th.
-Only three days left, isn't it?
Yes. -You said correctly,
world lives on hopes.
Vocational education..
Greetings father.
Nirmala!
Nirmala!
Nirmala!
Nirmala!
Nirmala!
Nirmala!
Nirmala!
Kewal.
Nirmala!
Nirmala!
Since long I have
been waiting for you.
You know the drama starts
sharp at 9 'O' clock.
Kewal.
I know, but....
But what?
I will not be able to come.
I can't say. -Cant say, why?
Without you,
how will Shakuntala be played.
Hundreds of people
would have gathered there.
I am helpless. -What joke is this?
This is not the time to joke.
This is not a joke.
I can't play Shakuntala from today.
But why, you could have
told me two days before.
How could I tell you?
How did I know?
Let us know what you didn't know
You see this Henna on my hands.
I have been engaged.
I am going to get married
the day after tomorrow.
Your engagement?
When? -Today only, I didn't know.
But Mother & Father forced it on me.
He is going to England...
Who, your fiancee?
Yes. He wants to
take me along with me.
But what could I do, Kewal?
I was helpless, my hands were tied.
My lips are sealed.
Kewal, you are angry with me?
What will I do getting angry with you?
It was in my destiny.
I had only few days in my paradise.
Everything of mine has been looted.
Kewal.
Before going may I ask you something.
Tell
-Is it acceptable to you?
Tell me, Nirmala.
Call me Nimmi once. Only once.
Nimmi, may you always remain happy.
May your life be filled
with smiles and song.
Let not the shadow of
unhappiness ever fall on you.
Wherever you stay, stay happy.
Let each night be full moon night'
May you never see
the darkness of no moon.
May you always remain happy, Nimmi.
I am alive, but there is no life.
I am a burning lamp but ...
...there is no light.
I am alive, but there is no life.
I am a burning lamp but ...
...there is no light.
Some moments have passed,
parting with somebody.
Some moments have passed,
parting with somebody.
Till today this fire in
my heart is still not subsided.
I am alive but there is no life....
I had only tears and
anger in front of me.
I had only tears and
anger in front of me.
The shore was in sight but
somehow my boat did not reach.
I am alive....
A smile coming to the lips, it
is not possible. It is an affair...
...of the heart and
not just a romance.
I am alive....
The moon, the breeze,
the clouds are all mute witnesses.
The moon, the breeze,
the clouds are all mute witnesses.
When you are not there,
there is also no charm in them.
I exist as if there is no life.
I am a burning lamp,
but there is no light.
I am alive but there is no life.
My number 220
Come on fast.
I have passed.
I have passed. My number is there.
See my roll number also.
What is it your number?
No. 425
I will look for 425.
419, 420...
421 , 422.'
423,..
Bilayti
What happened to my number?
424.
What happened?
Why aren't you speaking?
What to tell.
Our company was only till here.
I have passed and you ....
420, 421 ,... -422. 423,424...
I am telling you there
must be some mistake.
Listen, can't your
son fail by mistake also?
I knew from beginning.
Kewal's attitude was like that only.
Three days before the test,
Lord was playing Shakantula.
This also is my fault, isn't it?
Not yours, your love's.
Whenever I wanted to say
something to Kewal, you held me.
The result is that..
- Kewal failed. Isn't it.
I am only bad. Only I am to be blamed.
What have I said?
Besides saying what else you know.
Kewal left at 7 O'clock
in the morning and hasn't returned.
And he hasn't .....
When I grow up and make a company,
you will work in it?
Sure.
I will become Bilwa Mangal, and you?
-Chintamani.
You please sit down. I will open.
And I plead with you
don't say anything to Kewal.
Kewal.
You have come.
Son, you aren't worried
when you go out.
You aren't even bothered about mother?
These hands heal a few wounds too.
If everybody starts passing
exam then exams will cease.
It is the duty of each
human being to work hard.
And you left no stone unturned!
Yes, it is a fact that from your great
grand father downwards passing has ...
...had never been a problem.
Your mother says where
there is a will there is a way.
Exams are held each year.
If not this year,
you will pass in next.
They say a falling rider,
can mount & ride again
You are also the same, Kewal.
When the colleges open,
you can join again.
You must have heard
the story of the ant.
Yes. but now I don't want
to join college.
What? -I don't want to study.
What did you say?
-I don't want to study.
Why?
I don't feel like studying.
If you don't study, how will
you become a government lawyer?
How will you sit in chair
That chair on which
sat my great grand father..
..my grand father and you.
I don't want that chair.
- Kewal.
Mother, I can't resume studies.
And what are studies today.
Henry the 8th had 8 wives.
There is relation
in demand and supply.
A little bit of Sanskrit a little
of English and 50 marks for Hindi.
Is it all important?
I say if you spend one more
year in college, what harm is there?
It makes a difference.
One year of my life will be wasted.
What job are you getting
in a Lord's office?
Another year of your
life will be deducted.
A lord's office is
not everything in life.
Secondly I don't want to work also.
Then you will roam around
like a loafer on the streets?
You may say that.
I want to make my theatre.
Theatre? -Yes I want
to make my own theatre.
Kewal.
What are you saying?
What has happened to you.
For the first time I have tried
to understand the world with my eyes.
I want to seek my own destiny.
And if you get lost
seeking your destiny, then?
I will try and search my road again.
Kewal.
Remaining in my house,
you can't search your own path.
Thank you father
You have removed the
biggest boulder from my path.
Give me your blessings.
I am going.
Think again, Kewal.
It is not easy to make your own path.
I know that. I myself
want to fall into difficulties.
I don't like easy routes.
I like twisted routes with thorns.
Give me your blessings, Mother.
You cannot leave me Kewal.
I am helpless.
- Kewal.
Kewal, I touch your feet.
I plead to you.
Your love is spreading
thorns along my way, mother.
I will remove the thorns son....
- Mother.
Mother, I am helpless.
Don't increase my difficulties.
Why don't you stop Kewal.
I have heard many such threats.
Skies which thunder don't rain.
You will see,
Kewal will return tomorrow.
I know very well to Kewal.
He will not come.
I am his mother. He will not come.
I had said I want to find my own path.
I walked that way.
I faced problems on the way.
Failures stopped me.
I have been two days on this road
facing problems. There is no money.
Stomach was empty.
But there was disquiet within.
I got tired, sat down, but
got up again, to walk on the road...
...which I had chosen myself.
Which was the path of my life.
Theatre.
Theatre.
Theatre is my destination.
Till I reached my destination.
But still the destination
appeared so far.
So far. So far.
And if searching for your
destiny you get lost, then?
I will try again to find
my path, father.
Kewal, staying in my house
you cannot search your own roads.
Thank you, father.
Father, you have removed
the biggest stone along my path.
Kewal I touch your feet.
Kewal, your mother pleads to you.
Mother.
Mother, I am helpless.
Don't increase my difficulties.
Think again Kewal.
Making one's own road is not easy.
I know father. I want to
myself get into difficulties.
I don't like easy routes.
I seek twisted thorn filled paths.
This is not my story.
In all cities, in all houses,
this is what confronts all the youth.
This life is his,
but to make it is not in his hands.
A fistful of earth, if the parents
want make it into a lovely idol,
or make a plaything
without hands or legs.
I ask why we shouldn't
make our own lives.
My father is angry with me.
Our family is a family of lawyers.
When the first court
in India was opened..
my great grand father
was a lawyer in it.
How can a man of this
family make a theatre company.
How can he make a theatre.
My mother is also very unhappy.
Mother loves me a lot. All
the comforts of the world are there.
Still I left home. Mother,
how can I tell how helpless I am.
I can never repay your love.
I remember those days when...
I used to fall sick, you would
cry and pray to God for my life.
But mother I am helpless.
I am tired and defeated.
I didn't scorn your love.
I just left the house which
couldn't hear the screams of my heart.
Please forgive me,
and tell father....
...I will not disgrace him.
I will take theatre to such heights...
...that they respect it and
not make fun of it. Or laugh at it.
Mother..
Great. Really great.
Very good! You speak nicely.
May I know whom I am addressing.
When you spoke it appeared
the sculpture of Ajanta was speaking
Really great.
Who are you? -Your voice has magic.
And your face, wonderfully sad.
Tell me, Who are you?
-I am an artist, I make pictures.
Pardon me,
I don't want to make any pictures.
I am also the owner of this theatre.
You are in this theatre?
-Yes, I am the owner of this theatre.
Are you fond of dramatics? -Yes.
Have you worked on the stage? - Yes.
- When?
Yes. About 100 years
back when I was 10 years old.
100 years back?
How old are you now? -20 years old.
Oh, you seem to have suffered.
That is how it hurts you.
Yes you can say it like that.
-Who was she?
Who was she?
She was one.
I don't even know her name.
I only know that..
when she danced, it appeared
as if the sun was dancing...
...in the ripples of the stream.
That girl you will meet again.
Your devotion will not go waste.
And your penance.
And your Nimmi?
It's different about me.
My fate is like that.
I am somehow getting used to my fate.
Every moment of life
is burning my soul.
Ok, I will go now.
-Where will you go?
Wherever my feet take me.
-Why don't you stay here?
What will I do here?
-Do dramatics. Fulfill your desires.
Really? -Why not?
Since ages this theatre is empty.
Many people have asked,
but I have never said yes.
Nobody capable has ever asked me.
But what is my capability?
-Your capability?
Your desires are so strong,
I am feeling embarrassed.
Perhaps theatre is
not up to your capability.
Will you take on dramatics?
Yes, definitely. But... -But what?
I will not work on salary.
Theatre will be yours, whatever
work you want to give me, give.
Agreed? -Yes, I agree.
What is your name?
-Nobody told you my name?-No.
It is Rajan. And yours?
-I too didn't tell you my name?...
...No.
-It is Kewal.
It means we two are alike.
The time will pass well
when two love stricken meet.
Certainly.
I will put all my
wealth on this theatre.
All your wealth?
-Yes, all my wealth.
Why don't you believe me?
-Yes, I do believe. But....
But what?
-Do you have four annas?
Yes, but why?
-I have not eaten for last 2 days.
From today we are
friends and partners.
Leave me. Leave my neck.
Go, this is not a public shelter.
This is a theatre company. Go, Go.
I want to meet Mr. Kewal.
 Many like you come to meet Mr. Kewal.
Get out of here. 
Bilayati.
- Kewal!
Kewal! Kewal!
We are meeting after a long time.
How are you?
We are meeting after college.
I am all right.
Do you do any work?
Yes I do Kewal. -What work?
Measuring roads, hunting for a job.
Tell me the truth.
You haven't found work?
No, Kewal.
-Will you work with me?
A small work. What work?
To Dance.
-To Dance?
To sing.
-To sing?
I will make you an actor.
-Me an actor?
At night the stars shine.
At night when the stars shine...
...my lover winks, and I die.
At night the stars shine, My heart
spreads its legs in your apron.
What should I do, God?
At night when the cuckoo sings..
..my heart sways. And I die, God.
At night when the cuckoo sings,
he discloses our secrets.
What should I do God?
At night when the moon shines,
Give me my heart slave.
And I will die, God.
At night when the moon shines,
this heart can't live without you.
What should I do God.
At night when the clouds roam,
leave me my apron, or I will die.
At night when the clouds fly,
my heart also flies,
What should I do God.
Coming, Coming, Kewal Theatre
famous play coming Aag!
But where is the girl? There
is no girl and the drama is coming.
Listen. - Yes Kewal.
- Who has given the advertisement?
I have given.
You have given?
-Yes, why?
But where is the girl? Without her,
how will we run the drama?
There is still plenty of time.
You are worrying unnecessarily.
I was worrying about it only.
But what is the matter.
Come with me -But where?
Come on.
You ask too many questions.
But what is this?
Why don't you tell me?
The fruit of patience is always sweet.
Cigarette?
Thank you.
Tell.
See there!
How will she be?
For which work?
For the work of heroine, why?
No.
Rajanbabu,
this way you cannot get a heroine.
Then how will we?
That I don't know.
But in them there is no
girl worth becoming our heroine.
There is more to see.
Atleast you should see all.
It is no use.
Atleast let us know what
is your requirement of a heroine?
My choice,
a girl as innocent as a drop of dew.
As vibrant as a mountain stream.
Who, if she cries,
the oceans also scream.
If she smiles,
she will make the world smile.
Such a girl in whose eyes is wine,
whose voice has song,...
...and whose walk has magic.
How is she?
No! And this one?
What do you think of this one?
No.
And this one?
- No!
And this one?
- No!
And how will she be?
No.
And this one? No, no, no!
There is no girl,
who can be our heroine.
See some more
-It is no use.
Kewal sir,
there is a girl who has come.
Tell them we have seen enough.
We don't want to see any more.
Kewal sir.
At least see her once. I have
also worked for 30 years in theatre.
Fact is sir, I don't want
to work through your experience.
I want to learn my lessons myself.
Kewal sir. Kewal sir.
I heard there is a job here.
Yes, there is. What is your name?
I have no name.
You have no name?
How can that be.
-I told you I have no name.
Where do you come from?
Where is your house?
I have no house.
I have no house.
You have no house.
Then where have you come from?
From hell.
-From hell?
Yes, from hell.
Today there is fire every where.
If Punjab isn't hell then what is it.
In this hell my parents..
..my three brothers, and my two sisters,
have been consumed. In this fire.
...I lost my house, and my name.
You want to ask anything else?
Come.
Why does cuckoo make noise?
It brings to mind one's near one.
Why does cuckoo make noise?
It brings to mind one's near one.
It makes one's eyes wet,
can somebody explain to her.
My heart lets out a sigh,
tell me what is my fault.
My heart lets out a sigh,
tell me what is my fault.
Tell the cuckoo not to sing,
one remembers one's dear one.
My eyes get wet,
remembering those old days.
My eyes get wet,
remembering those old days.
My heart gets on fire,
Oh, somebody douse these flames.
My life goes on slowly,
and these memories put me on fire.
My life goes on,
and these memories consume me.
Please somebody explain to her.
My death will come before its time.
Wah, what acting.
What magic in your voice.
You sing so well.
It looked as if for a
moment the world had stopped.
It was as if an angel was
singing for the stars & the moon.
One should learn deceitful
praise only from you.
Your song had tears,
smiles, and the colors of flowers.
This was not a song it was magic.
If you don't believe what
I say why don't you ask Kewal?
Kewal, what do you think?
Kewal sir.
Kewal sir.
Kewal sir.
Why did you come away like that?
Oh just like that.
You should have said something.
Said what?
That your song had tears, laughter.
the color of flowers,
and your sighs carried warmth?
You should have said something.
What is the difference
if I tell it now?
Your songs neither had tears,
nor laughter, nor the color of...
...flowers,
nor your sighs carried any warmth.
Any noise is not a song.
Songs are sung from the heart,
and not from the throat.
But Rajan was praising me
to the skies -That is the difference.
Rajanbabu is an artist.
He can make pictures.
He doesn't know how
to put life into them.
He gets carried away
by the beauty of the face,
I want to peep into the soul.
His eyes stop at the skin,
whereas I wish to dive into...
...the depths of the oceans
and search for the pearls.
There is a lot of difference
between Rajanbabu and me.
He is a worshipper of the body,
and I of the soul.
I want to see the hint
of your soul in your eyes.
In your tears should be visible your,
drops of blood.
Your hands should have....
...the rays of the
sun and its fire too.
Your songs should be such which
should touch the hearts.
I will try, ... I will try.
I do not want that
you wilt before you flower.
I want you to see at the
highest peak of success.
Kewalbabu, I will try.
I swear that I will try.
No tears in my eyes,
no sigh on my lips.
No tears in my eyes,
no sigh on my lips.
It has been quite a
time that I have smiled.
No tears in my eyes,
no sigh on my lips.
It has been quite a
time that I have smiled.
I have tear drops which
are formed in my eyes, ...
I have tear drops which
are formed in my eyes, ...
...will they too slip away
from me and leave me bereft.
...will they too slip away
from me and leave me bereft.
I have no peace even after
getting destroyed...
I have no peace even after
getting destroyed...
The heart which is on fire,
what peace can it have.
The heart which is on fire,
what peace can it have.
Only the darkness of life
has remained steady with me.
Only the darkness of life
has remained steady with me.
The heart which is extinguished,
how can it sparkle.
The heart which is extinguished,
how can it sparkle.
See this painting, Kewal,
I have just finished it. -It is good.
First see her, then see this.
How is it?
That is beauty. This is
just the silhouette, the shadow.
What is it in this picture, that
it reminds me of Nimmi repeatedly,
What is in this picture,
I see in this girl also.
Nimmi.
I had made you as delicate
as the flowers, but...
...who has placed a stone
in place of your heart.
Rajanbabu, I am very happy today.
Today I have touched the skies.
He called me Nimmi and said ...
...he likes the name very much.
Rajanbabu...
Rajanbabu..
You are not saying anything.
You are saying, so what
is the need for me to say anything?
You didn't like the name?
-No, it is a very nice name.
Then why aren't you happy,
you look sad?
I look sad? No, where am l sad.
Today I am very happy. Very happy.
He called you Nimmi.
He calls you thus since he loves you.
Nimmi, today you have
truly touched the skies.
Today I am very happy,
truly very happy.
I have never been so
happy my entire life.
But you are crying.
No, when happiness crosses limits..
..it turns into tears.
Look carefully in my
tears you will see my smile.
Now go and rest,
We have a play in the evening.
How was the dance?
It was good.
-Only good?
It was good. If you bring
in more flexibility in your body...
...it will be better.
I will only accept when each
of your steps reveals the soul.
My eyes.
Taxi has come.
All right.
I am going home after a full one year.
I will ask my mother and father
to see the play. -Will they come?
I can't say about father,
but mother will definitely come.
She cannot refuse.
She will be happy seeing you.
She loved Nimmi also very much.
Taxi is waiting.
Ok I will take leave.
We will meet in the evening.
I will give you one good news.
-What good news?
I will tell in the evening.
If you hear, you will dance.
Your heart will touch
the skies -Tell me now.
No, I will tell in the evening.
So that is the story.
-What is it?
I knew it from the beginning?
-What did you know?
I will tell in the evening.
If you hear, you will dance.
Have you gone mad?
Me mad? Just wipe the
sweat off your forehead.
You son of a ....
-Come, come.
Kewal.
- Laxmi..
Where is mother?
-She is upstairs, MOTHER!
Mother, Junior sir has come.
My son, my Kewal.
You remembered your Mother today.
I missed you so much.
Let me see how you are?
Come sit down, yes.
Mother, I have to go soon.
-Where son? You have just come.
Mother, I am doing a play today.
I came to call you.
Where is father? -He has
gone to court. Wait till he comes.
Some other time.
Say, will you come to see the play?
Come and see what your
worthless son has done.
Will you come?
Certainly I'll come. -And father?
I will try. -Mother,
you should come, I will be waiting.
She is a sixteen years old girl..
She is a sixteen years old girl..
Has fair legs and
there are anklets on them.
Has fair legs and
there are anklets on them.
They make our steps wayward.
With sandal paste applied on hands,
who will not lose heart?
Who will not lose heart?
And seeing the moonlike face,
who would not say, Oh God!
Everybody's gaze was on her,
She was sixteen years old.
The moon tells its own story,
So why does anybody sigh.
Why does anybody sigh?
Seeing somebody's youth,
Why should anybody get tempted
Why should anybody get tempted?
Seeing anyone's beautiful face,
why should anyone get lost?
Why should anyone get lost?
Is anybody keeping track?
-it's a sixteen year old.
She is now sixteen years old!
How was it? -It was nice.
Try to forget yourself
when you are on the stage.
Forget all these for the moment.
Tell me what is the good news.
Should I tell?
-Yes.
After today, the drama
I will do will be called Nimmi.
But what is the good news?
What, isn't it good news?
I thought it was some thing else.
What did you think?
Ok, we will talk later.
Mother.
- Kewal, my child.
Son, may you live for 100 years.
Today you have made me cry.
See my tears have yet to dry.
Mother, the fortunes of
this theatre have been kindled.
Yes, but these tears will remain.
My eyes will always be wet.
You are talking in riddles, mother.
Should I ask you something?
Once I had asked you once.
Do you know when?
When mother?-When you
were leaving the house...
That time you didn't listen to me.
-Then tell me what do you want.
Kewal, I want a daughter-in -law.
Your bride.
Mother.
- Kewal.
Kewal. My child.
Have you seen Rajan?
- No.
Mr. Rajan!
Mr. Rajan! Mr. Rajan!
Mr. Rajan!
Mr. Rajan!
Mr. Rajan!
Mr. Rajan!
Mr. Rajan!
I have made you,
I can destroy you also.
I have given you birth,
I will now put you
to the sleep of death.
Call your Kewal and
tell him to revive you.
Mr. Rajan!
You came to meet Nimmi?
She is dead.
See? My hands are red with her blood.
These hands have killed her.
What have you done?
-What have I done?
These paintings were my life.
Consider as if I had
tried to kill myself.
But why?
-As if you don't know.
Yes, I don't know anything.
-You don't know anything?
You don't know that this is Nimmi,
whom I had seen only once.
And I destroyed my peace for life.
You don't' know she is the
one girl whose pictures I made ...
and of no one else?
-No!
You don't even know that
my life is incomplete without her?
And she desires you?
She desires you. -No, No!
You are lying.
I am not lying, not lying.
I am not lying, not lying.
Tell me, what is the good news?
Is this true, Nimmi?
-What?
That you love me
and that you desire me?
Ask your heart, Kewalbabu.
-I have asked.
What does it say?
-It says it does not.
It says Rajan.
- Rajanbabu?
Yes, Rajanbabu,
his life is incomplete without you
..his songs are lifeless
without you.
But what about me?
How incomplete is my life,
what do you know.
Rajanbabu is my friend.
I know him very well.
Nimmi, what is there
in me that you desire me?
What is there in you?
You want to know.
He does not have such a face..
and he does not have your blue eyes.
He does not have golden hair.
Such blue eyes, such golden hair....
Nimmi, he has his golden soul.
Soul? You had said Rajanbabu
worshipped the body, ...
...and you sought
to peep into the soul.
Alas, I wish you
had peeped into my soul.
You should have seen..
How many hopes,
how many dreams, I had for you.
And these tears speak for themselves.
All this is untrue
-Untrue?
If that was so why did you
come every night into my dreams
Dreams are all false, Nimmi.
Then was all this just a dream?
Nimmi. I am helpless.
-But I too am helpless.
Rajanbabu loves you a lot.
His heart lies tormented at your feet.
At your feet also
a heart lies tormented.
Nimmi.
- Mr. Kewal.
Nimmi.
Excuse me, your scene has come.
What should I tell Rajanbabu?
Tell her Nimmi is dead. Tell
him you have throttled her yourself.
Your marriage?
No, no. As a human you
have to fulfil your duties first.
Put your life at risk
and save the community.
You cannot go! -Don't try and stop me.
The fate of the country.
...is at stake.
My country is calling me.
It is a question of life
and death for me. -I am helpless.
I too am helpless.
-Don't increase my problems.
But my love? -Tell it to stop.
and get away from my path.
Heart is broken.
Fate took it & broke it again.
Heart is broken.
Fate took it & broke it again.
There are no tears left in the eyes.
My heart is broken.
There are no tears left in the eyes.
My heart is broken.
In the world of aspirations,
love gets a bad name.
In this broken life of mine,
love gets a bad name.
Love gets a bad name.
You made me yours,
and now after that you have left me.
You made me yours,
and now after that you have left me.
Desires torment the heart.
And the heart keeps burning.
Desires torment the heart.
And the heart keeps burning.
After putting me on fire,
you have left me to burn.
After putting me on fire,
you have left me to burn.
Prosper and may you have plenty.
May all your wishes be fulfilled
Prosper and may you have plenty.
May all your wishes be fulfilled
By leaving me in the world,
you've made me a tale of woe.
By leaving me in the world,
you've made me a tale of woe.
The heart is broken, fate has....
Fire!
- Fire!
Have you seen Kewalbabu? -No madam.
Mr. Rajan is searching for him.
Nimmi, come near me.
No.
Why are you inching back?
Look into these blue eyes.
These eyes you liked them very much,
didn't you?
And these golden hair,
just touch them and see.
Scared of me?
From this beautiful face?
I used to come in your dreams,
is it not? - No.
Then why are you....
Nimmi, face isn't everything.
Golden hair does not
give company for long in life.
A dream, just with a small jolt,
melts away like wax.
Mr. Kewal.
Kewal.
Somebody has come to see you.
Let them come. -Come.
Who?
Who is it?
It is me.
Nimmi.
Nimmi, sit down. How are you?
You have come alone?
-Yes, how are you?
I am alright.
You brought flowers?
This ring?
He has given.
Who?
Rajan? -Yes.
When is the marriage?
-When you become alright.
I will pray for you both.
Once before I had prayed like this.
Nimmi, may you always remain happy.
May you always smile.
Let not even the shadow
of sorrow fall on you.
Let every night of yours be
of full moon. Let total dark moon...
...never befall you.
Always remain happy.
Always remain happy.
Always remain happy.
Always remain happy. Nimmi.
Did she also disappear from your life?
Yes, she just got
lost only in my blue eyes.
She never got time to see
into my soul, reach my heart.
Has anyone reached your heart?
-Yes, - Who? - Nimmi.
She wanted me.
Not my blue eyes or my beautiful face.
When was this?
-Some 100 years back...
When I was 10 years old.
We used to study & play together.
We used to dream together.
Now it looks a dream.
But you haven't forgotten her?
How can one forget.
Nimmi's memories are settled
permanently in all corners of my heart.
Just like the smell of these flowers.
But even if she comes
in front of you, ...
...you will not recognise her.
I will not recognise her?
I will recognise her amongst a lakh.
And she is one in a lakh. -All lies.
Even If she is sitting in front
of you, you will not recognise her.
Have you recognised me?
Recognised?
Nimmi.
- Kewal.
Nimmi.
Nimmi.
Sudha, Nimmi.
I am not understanding anything.
Since you gave my name to others,...
...I started calling myself Sudha.
Nimmi.
May I ask one thing, Nimmi. -Ask.
I will once again make a theatre?
Will you work in it?
Sure.
I will become Bilwa Mangal, and you?
Chintamani.
