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Let me go, fuckers!
Why have you kept me here?

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[exasperated] You have locked me up!
They are very dangerous.

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They won't let anyone go.
Somebody stop them.

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Somebody stop them!

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Let me go, you fuckers!
They will kill everyone, everyone!

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[train whistle blows]

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[engine chuffs]

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[telephone rings]

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[muffled yelling]

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The train bound for Patiala Junction
has departed at 4 pm as scheduled.

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It will reach you in 20 minutes.

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[whistles]

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They have guns.
They have very big guns.

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They will blow up all the trains!

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Somebody stop them!
Somebody stop them.

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[heavy wheel clatter]

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[train whistle blows]

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[angrily] Let me go, bastards!

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They will kill Jinnah. They will kill him!

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They are very dangerous people,

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They will have no mercy!
They will kill everyone.

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What are you on about?!

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Someone stop them...

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[tracks thunder]

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[heavy explosion]

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They will kill Jinnah.
They will kill Jinnah!

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[opening title music plays]

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Quaid, Mr. Prime Minister is here.

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Careful of the--

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Sir-

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Unbelievable!

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I am alright.

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I was talking about the architecture.

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What is it?

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There is a message from the Viceroy.

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His sources suggest that

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on Independence Day, a group of Hindus

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is conspiring to assassinate you.

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What?!

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Lord Mountbatten thinks

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it would be best that any Independence Day
celebration or procession be cancelled.

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As expected.

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As expected!

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Not Lord Mountbatten!

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Lord Nehru thinks it best that

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on our Independence Day itself,
Pakistan be humiliated!

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[telephone rings]

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Mr. Jinnah, my sources are seldom wrong
and yet you are refusing to heed them.

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Cancelling any ceremony
now would be an act of cowardice,

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demeaning the birth of Pakistan.

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I cannot agree to this.

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I would urge you to reconsider.

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The size, and therefore the significance
of the occasion merit the utmost caution.

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Is the Governor-General of India

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asking the Governor-General
of Pakistan to scale down celebrations?

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No!

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[in frustration] I don't think you quite
understand what I am saying!

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Oh, I understand it perfectly well.

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You cannot get over the fact

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that I didn't let you become
Pakistan's Governor-General.

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No, that is not the case!

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I am trying to stop your parade
from turning into a funeral march.

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Appreciate your concern,

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but I am not afraid of death.

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[angrily] But the consequences of your
actions will be a thousand deaths!

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Mr. Jinnah! Mr.-- Mr. Jinnah!

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[telephone slams]

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The Pakistan Special
train has been attacked.

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That means the threat on
Mr. Jinnah's life is real!

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Somebody needs to tell Jinnah
that these are not empty threats!

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Excuse me, sir.

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Is that so?

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Hello? Operator?

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Please connect me with
Mr. Nehru's Pakistani friend.

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Yes!

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It seems he is extremely
worried about Jinnah sahab.

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-Vallabhbhai, this is not a joking matter!
-And I am not joking!

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Have we taken anything from Pakistan?

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Their land? Their share of the army?

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If we didn't take anything of theirs,
why should we take care of them?!

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Let them take care of their Quaid-e-Azam!

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I am not worried about Jinnah!

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A border is a bureaucratic divide.

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Tomorrow, if Jinnah gets assassinated,
it will create havoc in both the nations.

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My dear man!

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In our nation, in Punjab,
the police force has collapsed!

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We should focus on that, and instead--!

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Menon sahab, tell him!

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Panditji, you are well aware that the
Punjab police is no longer a neutral party.

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Due to this, the Governor-General
has proposed a Boundary Force.

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-Boundary Force?
-Yes, sir.

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It will comprise soldiers from
several regiments across the nation.

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-How many soldiers?
-Around 55,000.

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That's ridiculous.

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Doesn't make sense.

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If 55,000 soldiers are in Punjab,
what will become of Bengal?!

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The Home Ministry has intelligence

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that the Hindus of Calcutta
want revenge for Direct Action Day.

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And why are we still discussing this?!

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Can someone let the Governor-General know

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that if we assign all the
units to Punjab there will be none left

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[angrily] to stop this bloodbath in Bengal!

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What makes you think he doesn't know?

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The streets of Calcutta are
very different to the fields of Punjab.

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I would have thought
I shouldn't have to tell you that.

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If violence breaks out, the number
of troops we have will not matter.

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No force will be able to contain it.

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Trust me.

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We have to use a softer hand.

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You are not hurt, see?
Here is the medicine.

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And here is the bandage.

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You will be absolutely fine.

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[laughs]

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-This way, please.
-Yes.

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[birds chirping]

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I see, the mountain has come to Mohandas!

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Must be a big ask.

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[goat bleats]

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Trains are blowing up
all around us, Mr. Gandhi.

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The country needs your help.

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I need your help.

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To administer the correct treatment,

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one has to be familiar
with the anatomy of the patient.

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Don't you agree?

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Ointment.

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The treatment is a Boundary Force,
with which I can hold down the Punjab.

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But if in the meantime, if
Calcutta goes up in flames,

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there's nothing I'll be able to do.

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This, Lord Louis, is the inevitable
fruit of your partition plan.

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Bandage.

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[cow moos]

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I understand.

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But it doesn't have to end in tragedy.

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If you choose to help.

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Here you go...

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I implore you to issue a statement
appealing to the Hindus of Calcutta

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to help save the city's
Muslims from genocide.

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I won't make an announcement.

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Mr. Gandhi,

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consider it a personal favour.

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For me?

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I said, I won't make an announcement.

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Not that I wouldn't help at all.

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You see, Lord Louis...

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One can never nurse
open wounds from afar.

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I will go to Calcutta myself.

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I hope you will take care of Punjab.

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[distant rooster crows]

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Very good, catch with both hands.

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Keshav.

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Can I play too?

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Go play over there.

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Just listen, Harpal!

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Fine.

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Harpal, the country
is being divided, not us.

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What has our friendship
got to do with these politics?

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You know our promotions to Colonel would
have put us in different regiments anyway...

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It's just happening a little
sooner than expected, that's all!

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Okay, let's say you're right.

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You want to leave me behind
even before becoming a Colonel!

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I am not leaving you behind, my brother,

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you are right here with me

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Oh please,
now you belong to the other side.

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That's where you will get married
and that's where you will have kids.

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So what!

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I'll bring them here
every single year to visit their uncle.

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Stop it.

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Oh Harpal,

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my darling,

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my brother.

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You want to spend the little
time we have left sulking?

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Look at me.

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Don't.

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I love you more than life itself!

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I know who they are.
Tell the Secretary not to let them in.

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-You may go.
-Yes sir.

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[door creaks & open]

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Sir.

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What is it?

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Punjab, anything...?

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No, sir. We are monitoring the situation.

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Any news of Bapu?

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No sir, there is nothing to worry about.
I'm only here to collect your speech.

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Well, right now,
all I have is a blank page...

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I can't seem to find the right words.

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You'll find them, sir. No one else finds
the right words quite as well as you.

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Alright, how does this sound:

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"Long years ago,
we made a pact with destiny."

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No, not a pact...

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Sir! Sir, you don't have an
appointment, sir.

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-You cannot enter, sir!
-Who are these people?

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Sir, you cannot enter, sir!

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[shouts] Out of the way!

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Sir, you cannot enter, sir!
Prime Minister sahab is busy, sir!

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Nobody, sir... they've been
trying to meet you for a few weeks.

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Don't worry about it.

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Let them in!

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What have you done?!

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Pardon me, I'm not sure I understand.

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You have destroyed
the future of this nation!

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Why don t we have a seat...

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On 15th August,
India will be born under Capricorn.

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A day under the influence of Saturn,
dominated by the devil,

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in the most cursed site of the heavens,
the ninth house of action and planning!

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That makes it a day so inauspicious
that India may well have ill luck forever!

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Ill fortune doesn t only
affect people...

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It affects nations just the same.

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That's right.

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We are aware you
don't believe in astrology.

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But 33 crore Indians do.

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The Viceroy has chosen this date,
not the Prime Minister.

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But it is the Prime Minister
who can save us from ill fortune.

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As an individual,
you are free to believe what you like.

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But you are not an individual anymore.

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You represent the
hope of 33 crore Indians.

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They are counting on you.

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Don't let them down, Panditji.

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That's all the time Panditji had today.

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-Maharaj, why don't you--
-What if we take the middle course?

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What if India becomes independent
at midnight on 14th August?

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As per the Hindu lunar calendar,
a new day begins at dawn.

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At midnight,
it will be neither the 14th nor the 15th

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We thought you were
solely a man of science,

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but it seems you are
a man of faith as well.

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My idea of faith is different.

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I don't believe in astrology,
but crores of Indians do.

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I like to keep a finger
on the pulse of my people.

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Namaste.

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Uh-- May you prosper.

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Sir, there s a telegram.

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[car engine starts]

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When did Bapu go to Calcutta?

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I don't know.

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Why didn't Pyarelal mention it?!

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-Sir-
-Phone Vallabhbhai right away.

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Yes, sir!

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-Ask him to arrange for security!
-Sure, sir.

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Does he even know how
dangerous the situation is in Calcutta?!

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[fire crackling]

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[engine idles]

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[glass shatters]

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-Bapu!
-Bapu! Gandhi, you traitor!

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[shouts angrily] Go to Pakistan!

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[tense music]

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Bapu! Are you alright?

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-Bapu! Keep your head down, Bapu!
-GANDHI IS AGAINST HINDUS!

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-Bapu, keep your head down!
-GANDHI IS AGAINST HINDUS!

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[shouts angrily] GANDHI IS AGAINST HINDUS!

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Be careful, Bapu! Head down!

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[clattering stones]

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-Let us come in sir!
-Who did this? Hindus or Muslims?

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We have questions for you!

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It's like flogging a dead horse, Vallabhbhai!
You know how stubborn he can be.

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He keeps saying he doesn't need security.

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No, Vallabhbhai, he is not
willing to come to the phone either.

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It was about 7 o'clock.
On Beliaghata Road.

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We were in the car and suddenly,
the stone pelting began.

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How many people?

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00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,280
I have no idea.

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There was so much pelting
and we were so afraid, I have no idea.

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Okay. We will keep investigating.

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Manu, go to Bapu. I'll go take a look.

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[crowd yells] In Kolkata, houses are being burnt down!
The streets are all filled with dead bodies!

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What non-violence?! There are
rivers of blood in our streets.

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[protesters shouting]

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How will we stop this bloodbath?

267
00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,080
In non-violence still the answer?

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The nation wants to know!
Answer us!

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[furious yelling] Corpses and
blood everywhere!

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Calcutta is burning, Bapu!
Far too many have died!

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-Bapu, where are you going!
-To meet the reporters.

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Bapu

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[crowd shouting]

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Let them enter.

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Bapu! Bapu! Are you injured, Bapu?

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00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,320
Bapu, is there still hope for Calcutta?

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00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,400
Do you think our people
can unlearn this hatred?

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If a mere moment of prayer
can turn scraps into sacrament...

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think what it can do to a man.

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00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:28,920
It is time we all

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come together and pray.

282
00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:39,840
[radio news] The attack on Bapu today in Calcutta
has sent shockwaves through the nation.

283
00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:43,920
It is this anxiety amid
which we approach a brand new era.

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00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:50,400
Namaskar. This is All India
Radio and I am Zakir Qamar Raza.

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00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:55,080
[radio news continues] Pakistan is busy preparing
to celebrate their own independence.

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Karachi is being adorned,

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and brand new flags are being hoisted.

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The people are swarming the streets

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and Muhammad Ali Jinnah
is inches away from his goal,

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which at a time was a distant dream.

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[radio news]However, big dreams like Mr. Jinnah's
are often victims of the evil eye.

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He can only hope that this
dream of his remains protected.

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By the grace of God, Pakistan
celebrates her day of independence today!

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[music intensifies]

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00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,760
Next, the inauguration of Mr. Jinnah
as Governor-General.

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He takes the oath of allegiance to
King George VI as Head of Pakistan.

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00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:12,360
Many are dissatisfied with partition,

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00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:18,160
but a united India
would never have worked.

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00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:24,680
Keeping that aside,
you are all now free.

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00:23:25,728 --> 00:23:28,531
[cheering and clapping]

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00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,520
Free to go to your temples,

302
00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,520
free to go to your mosques

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00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:45,080
or to any other place
of worship in Pakistan.

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00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,360
And you may belong to any religion

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00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:51,160
or caste or creed,

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00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,760
and that has nothing to do

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00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,840
with the business of the state.

308
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,880
What is wrong with Quaid?
Has he gone senile?

309
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:07,120
Has Pakistan been created for
Muslims or for traitors?

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00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,600
[crowd cheering and chanting] Long live Pakistan!

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00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,320
Long live Pakistan!

312
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:21,040
Long live Pakistan!

313
00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:25,798
Long live Pakistan!

314
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,400
What in God's name is Jinnah playing at?!

315
00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,520
He's serving us up on a plate.

316
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,480
I requested a bulletproof car, sir...

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00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,640
But he insisted.

318
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,280
On what? On us being
gunned down in the street?

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00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:42,760
Look at the thing.

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00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,120
We're sitting ducks in it!

321
00:24:47,334 --> 00:24:50,756
[crowd cheering and chanting]

322
00:24:51,804 --> 00:24:53,240
-Your Excellency.
-Thank you-

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00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,600
The Governor-General of
Pakistan will sit in front, sir.

324
00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,240
-I'm sorry, have you any idea-?!
-It's alright, Abell.

325
00:25:00,839 --> 00:25:02,160
I beg your pardon?

326
00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:06,040
As per our new roles, protocol dictates
that the Governor-General of Pakistan

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gets precedence over the head
of a neighbouring state.

328
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,840
The protocol-?!

329
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,280
Abell, please.

330
00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,240
Until midnight,
there is no "neighbouring state".

331
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:19,400
So tell your Governor-General,
until then he is not the Governor-General.

332
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,320
However, I am still the Viceroy!

333
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,120
It's alright. We will both
sit in the back seat, together.

334
00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,000
That way!

335
00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:39,400
Unbelievable.

336
00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:48,080
Faith! Unity! Sacrifice!

337
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:53,000
Faith! Unity! Sacrifice!

338
00:26:02,485 --> 00:26:05,659
[patriotic music]

339
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:22,880
So much pomp and glory,
is it worth dying for?

340
00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:25,560
No,

341
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:28,880
but Pakistan is.

342
00:26:41,874 --> 00:26:43,871
[bike roars by]

343
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,200
Long live, Quaid-e-Azam!

344
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:07,720
Long live, Quaid-e-Azam!

345
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,720
What are you doing here?
Go back to your posts!

346
00:27:29,169 --> 00:27:32,228
[cheers and chants]

347
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:42,320
Faith! Unity! Sacrifice!

348
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:46,480
Faith! Unity! Sacrifice!

349
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:50,800
Faith! Unity! Sacrifice!

350
00:27:52,468 --> 00:27:55,022
[loud chants and cheers]

351
00:28:00,659 --> 00:28:03,502
[music builds tension]

352
00:28:26,698 --> 00:28:28,001
[rifle clicks]

353
00:28:43,074 --> 00:28:43,627
[gunfire]

354
00:28:43,707 --> 00:28:44,476
Fire!

355
00:28:47,551 --> 00:28:52,832
[honor guard fires salute]

356
00:28:55,009 --> 00:28:56,777
[rifle fires]

357
00:29:00,861 --> 00:29:03,078
[rifle clicks repeatedly]

358
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:08,840
Motherfucker!

359
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:10,840
Long live, Pakistan!

360
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,000
Our wish has been fulfilled!

361
00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:18,960
Today, the Quaid-e-Azam's dream
has materialised before our very eyes.

362
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,160
Thank god!

363
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,840
Don't thank him,
I have brought you back alive.

364
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:37,760
Long live, Pakistan! Long live, Pakistan!

365
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:42,000
Long live, Pakistan! Long live, Pakistan!

366
00:29:50,358 --> 00:29:53,274
[clock ticking rapidly]

367
00:30:06,104 --> 00:30:08,347
[faint birds chirping]

368
00:30:12,132 --> 00:30:14,060
[crow caws]

369
00:30:30,718 --> 00:30:33,741
[sorrowful music]

370
00:30:48,607 --> 00:30:50,539
[cycle bell rings]

371
00:30:50,889 --> 00:30:52,470
[metal gate creaks open]

372
00:31:20,887 --> 00:31:23,594
[religious chanting]

373
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:57,760
Tomorrow,

374
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,560
India will be independent...

375
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,640
and divided.

376
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,800
Our straits are akin to the man who,

377
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:25,360
in order to better light
his home, lit it on fire.

378
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:34,440
Now we must put out the
fire we ourselves have lit.

379
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:44,680
To every Hindu, I beseech you to

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00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:51,600
protect and safeguard your
Muslim brothers.

381
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:54,080
In return,

382
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:58,960
our Muslim brothers in Noakhali

383
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:04,480
will protect and safeguard
their Hindu neighbours.

384
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,320
To assure us of this,

385
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,920
our brother Suhrawardy is here today.

386
00:33:19,439 --> 00:33:22,654
[crowd murmurs]

387
00:33:32,103 --> 00:33:34,882
[indistinct chatter]

388
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:19,120
The Mahatma inside you
awakens only in service of THEM,

389
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:21,960
not us!

390
00:34:25,889 --> 00:34:26,760
[spits]

391
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:32,720
Let's go.

392
00:34:41,731 --> 00:34:43,898
[wistful music]

393
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,840
What were the police doing?!

394
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:09,589
I want the situation under
control in 24 hours, no matter what!

395
00:35:10,966 --> 00:35:12,448
[phone slammed down]

396
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:16,680
What is it now, Papa?

397
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,520
Lahore is in flames...

398
00:35:26,041 --> 00:35:29,267
[sword whooshes]

399
00:35:33,974 --> 00:35:35,555
[car bursts into flame]

400
00:35:40,338 --> 00:35:42,491
[shouts and screams]

401
00:35:43,446 --> 00:35:45,499
[cries for help]

402
00:35:50,004 --> 00:35:52,262
[panic and shouting]

403
00:35:55,307 --> 00:35:56,447
[gunfire]

404
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:02,920
Harpreet, take your mother and run!

405
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,320
Run away now!

406
00:36:10,380 --> 00:36:12,839
[woman yells in pain]

407
00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:16,840
Bebe!

408
00:36:27,681 --> 00:36:30,567
[woman cries out loudly]

409
00:36:33,651 --> 00:36:38,395
[Sanskrit hymn plays]

410
00:37:55,613 --> 00:37:56,909
[door opens]

411
00:38:55,783 --> 00:38:57,279
[flashbulb flashes]

412
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,200
Long years ago...

413
00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:29,720
we made a tryst with destiny.

414
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,360
And now the time comes

415
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:36,960
when we shall redeem our pledge...

416
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:43,520
Not wholly or in full measure,

417
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,640
but very substantially.

418
00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:49,680
At the stroke of the midnight hour,

419
00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:51,920
when the world sleeps,

420
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,320
India will awake to life and freedom.

421
00:39:55,723 --> 00:39:58,529
[loud thumping on desks]

422
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:23,800
A moment comes,
which comes but rarely in history,

423
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,880
when we step out from
the old to the new,

424
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:32,360
when an age ends,
and when the soul of a nation,

425
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,880
long suppressed, finds utterance.

426
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:42,200
It is fitting that at this solemn moment
we take the pledge of dedication

427
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:45,120
to the service of India and her people,

428
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,560
and to the still larger
cause of humanity.

429
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:52,880
The greater triumphs and
achievements that await us.

430
00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:56,240
Are we brave enough and wise enough

431
00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:01,680
to grasp this opportunity and
accept the challenge of the future?

432
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,705
Freedom and power bring responsibility.

433
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:09,200
That responsibility
rests upon this Assembly,

434
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:14,155
a sovereign body representing
the sovereign people of India.

435
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,600
Before the birth of freedom,

436
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:20,000
we have endured all the pains of labour

437
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:24,025
and our hearts are heavy
with the memory of this sorrow.

438
00:41:24,302 --> 00:41:27,602
Some of those pains continue even now.

439
00:41:27,799 --> 00:41:29,520
[firecrackers crackling]

440
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:32,001
Nevertheless, the past is over

441
00:41:32,207 --> 00:41:35,360
and it is the future
that beckons to us now.

442
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:40,720
The appointed day has come
when India stands forth again

443
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:43,400
after a long slumber and struggle.

444
00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:47,680
Awake, vital, free, and independent.

445
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:52,560
It is a fateful moment
for us all in India,

446
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,280
for all Asia and for the world.

447
00:41:56,360 --> 00:42:01,360
A new star rises,
the star of freedom in the East,

448
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,880
a new hope comes into being.

449
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:10,960
May the star never set
and that hope never be betrayed!

450
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:18,200
Jai Hind.

451
00:42:19,311 --> 00:42:21,759
[audience cheering and clapping]

452
00:42:22,967 --> 00:42:25,985
[clock ticks loudly]

453
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:31,485
[conch blows]

454
00:42:34,372 --> 00:42:38,184
[crowd cheers and applauds]

455
00:43:06,801 --> 00:43:10,007
[joyful music]

456
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:34,680
[crowd chanting] Long live Pandit Nehru!

457
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:39,120
Long live Pandit Nehru!

458
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:44,760
Long live Pandit Nehru!

459
00:43:56,111 --> 00:43:59,320
[firecrackers bursting]

460
00:44:21,259 --> 00:44:26,203
[melancholic music rises]