[bomb explosion & people screaming]
[man scream]
[car door closes]
Sir, how is Bapu doing?
D.I.G.?
With the Home Minister.
[door opens]
I have just been to Birla House.
It is our sheer luck that there have been no casualties so far.
[sneezes]
Sorry, sir.
Were you all asleep?
How did a bomb enter the premises?
It was a mistake, sir.
I take full responsibility for the lapse in security.
We will be more cautious moving forward.
Iyengar, please tell the Home Minister
that there can be no mistakes in Bapu's security arrangements.
Sir...There can be...
Iyengar...
please tell the Prime Minister
that Bapu's safety is as important for me as it is for him.
Any new leads?
[water cannon spraying]
[scream]
[shivering]
Name?
More.
...the man that threw the bomb is a Punjabi refugee.
Don't you think if you had taken stricter action
against the propagandists spewing rubbish against Bapu,
that perhaps this attack could have been avoided?
Are you implying that I was lax about Bapu's security?
You said it, Vallabhbhai.
You were right the other day, Jawahar.
There seems to be no reason for us to work together anymore.
[grim music]
[opening title music plays]
[footfalls]
[man in pain]
[sneezes]
[electricity crackling]
Tell me the names of your partners!
Who all were with you?
Your father!
[chuckles]
Forget about my father!
Tell me about yours.
[electricity crackling & man screaming]
Can you see his face now?
[electricity crackling & man screaming]
Can you?!
Speak up, can you see him?
Who is your father?
THAT'S WHO I WANT TO FORGET...!
That's who I want to forget...
I don't want to hear excuses, Mehra sahab.
You and I are well aware that this was
an immense lapse in Bapu's security arrangements.
Yes, sir.
Birla House must be under police surveillance 24 hours a day.
Not even a breeze can enter without our knowledge.
Understand?
Yes, sir.
[sneezes]
Pyarelal-ji, we deeply regret what happened at the ashram yesterday.
We are under strict instructions from the Home Minister...
that Bapu's ashram must be under 24-hour police surveillance.
[indistinct chatter]
Bapu!
Bapu... careful...
[door creaking]
[indistinct chatter]
Pyarelal-ji, Vallabhbhai has sent policemen.
To frisk the attendees.
Is the Home Ministry frisking devotees outside
temples, mosques, and gurudwaras too?
Of course not, Bapu. The lives of idols in a temple are not in danger...
But yours is.
The government will not commit blasphemy by frisking the devotees
who wish to attend the prayer meet.
You are absolutely right, Bapu.
But if anything happens to you,
the people will never forgive me.
Forget people...
I will never forgive myself.
And if the police don't stop frisking the devotees,
I will leave Delhi and go away.
And I will tell the people, I am leaving because of the Home Ministry!
Okay-- okay, Bapu. As you wish.
I hope you will also be here this evening?
Also? Who else is coming?
Jawahar.
My apologies, Bapu...
We are preparing papers for the accession of Kathiawad into India, so...
It is important that you come, Sardar.
Yes.
I have plenty to talk with you about.
I will come with plenty of time to spare.
To talk with you privately.
[phone clatter]
[tense music playing]
[grim music]
Bapu may take his own security lightly.
But we must be constantly vigilant.
Have police jeeps stationed all around Birla House.
And you. You will follow him like a shadow.
Let the policemen wear plain clothes and blend in with the prayer meet crowd.
-Is that clear? -Yes, sir.
Stand back!
I am not on duty!
I have just come to pray with you.
Come with me.
[mellow music playing]
[manjeera chiming]
[sweeping sounds]
Run along with mum!
Namaste.
Bapu!
Rajeev!
Namaste, Bapu.
Namaste... namaste!
[laughs]
It has been many days since you visited me!
Mum doesn't let me take off from school...
Rajeev! Rajeev, come here.
Let's make a necklace with these flowers!
How are you feeling?
You look better than before.
Yes.
Vallabhbhai isn't here?
He refused to come.
Bapu, I brought flowers for you!
Rajeev, you don't place flowers on someone's feet.
Flowers are placed on one's feet after they have died.
Wait just a little, Rajeev!
[laughing]
Rajeev, come on.
Death is hardly a thing to fear, Jawahar.
I will have gone,
but my ideas and principles will live on.
In you.
Your hunger strike has improved matters.
Muslims are able to take courage and enter their homes.
Thank you, Bapu.
I haven't done anything.
It is all God's will.
[chuckles]
I have achieved my objective in Delhi.
Now I must go to Pakistan.
Maulana sahab, please tell him!
We have tried and tried.
If it were up to you, you wouldn't let me out of this room!
[laughing]
Bapu, this is not a joke.
So much has happened. And you still want to go to Pakistan?
Maulana,
if I can change the minds of Hindu and Sikh refugees about Pakistanis,
I can certainly convince Pakistanis to care about the Hindus and Sikhs.
Then make a speech,
or write an article for the newspapers!
Bapu, please don't put your life in danger!
If the price of peace is my life,
it is a perfectly good deal,
don't you think, Maulana?
[typing machine clanking]
Name?
Madanlal. Madanlal Pahwa.
Place of birth?
Pakpattan, Montgomery.
Pakistan.
Name your accomplices.
I don't know their names.
I don't know! I can tell you where
they are staying in Delhi...! I can tell you where they are staying in Delhi!
Who introduced you to them?
A guesthouse owner I know.
Name of the guesthouse owner?
He had a very strange name, sir-ji...
Kirkire...or something, I can't say it--
-Should I- -No no no!
You--
Please believe me...
Believe me, sir-ji!
I don't know their names.
All I know is that they run a newspaper.
What is the newspaper called?
Speak!
I don't know, sir-ji, I don't know the name.
[guns cocking]
[gunshot]
[horse carriage approaching]
Hello...I am very ill. You please handle it today. Yes...
[door opens]
Bapu? Vallabhbhai is here to see you.
[door creaking]
[vehicle halts]
[clock ticking]
How are you, Vallabhbhai?
-I am okay... -Cup of tea?
No no...
Abha...I'll come with you.
Come.
A man's own two feet don't walk together...
And you are two different people.
Vallabhbhai,
it would be impossible for you both to always be in step with one another.
It is not just that we disagree, Bapu...
We seem to be going in entirely opposite directions.
[horse carriage approaching]
We need a solution for this.
Bapu, I don't want to be the reason any official work is hindered.
It will be best if I resign from my position.
Vallabhbhai!
How can you say that!
If Jawahar is the left arm of Hindustan, you are the right arm!
And the nation needs both her arms!
What are they talking about in there?
Must be some very serious matter. You go in if you want. I'm not going.
Don't worry, Bapu,
I will never speak about my resignation in public. Never.
Nor will I leave the Congress and form a rival party.
But this government... is not the place for me.
I am a heart patient.
Honestly, I am tired.
It is best for the country if I resign.
Vallabhbhai.
The men that rid the country of slavery,
can certainly get rid of one misunderstanding.
I know
the love you both have for this country
is greater than this discord.
Where is Bapu?
-It is a quarter to five... -I know...
Us three; you, Jawahar, and I,
have spent more time with each other
than we have with our own families.
If we all sit down together, I know we will be able to find a solution.
It is time, Vallabhbhai.
Please think about what I said.
Please take a seat! Bapu is on his way.
Did Bapu accept your resignation?
Please stand back! Bapu is coming.
You should have told me sooner that it was time.
[vehicle halts]
[car door opens]
[mournful music]
[gun fire]
[child laughing]
[phone ringing]
[phone clatter]
[gun fire]
[phone ringing]
[door opens]
[gun fire]
[sobbing]
[mournful music]
Vallabhbhai, the men that rid the country of slavery,
can certainly get rid of one misunderstanding.
I will have gone,
but my ideas and principles will live on.
In you.
Christ...
[sobbing]
What do we know about the assassin?
Your Excellency... it was not a Muslim.
Thank god.
I want that made publicly known. Understand?
I want the police stepped up, full presence across the country.
Bring in the bloody army if need be, whatever it takes, you understand?
Because I do not want to see this man's death become the cause of further unrest.
Vallabhbhai should be held responsible for Bapu's death!
I agree. He has failed to carry out his duty.
If there is anybody that values Bapu more than I, it is Vallabhbhai.
If I hear anybody try to accuse him--
A word? Please?
Please?
Mr. Menon.
Mr. Patel... Mr. Patel.
A word, if I may...
Understandably, we are all in a state of shock.
But we must not let it breed inaction.
Confusion about the situation abounds and uncertainty could be dangerous.
Someone needs to address the nation. And soon.
I believe it should be both of you, together.
A united front is what is required at this delicate time.
I... I will-- not be... I cannot...
[vehicle halts]
Come in, sir.
Come in, sir. Sir, we have kept our regular progamming on air,
so that you can...
Please. Here.
This way, sir.
[door opens]
-I hope you're fine, sir. -Yes, thank you.
[door closes]
Namaskar. Apologies for the interruption in our regular programming.
The Prime Minister Shri Jawaharlal Nehru has an important message for the nation.
[inhale]
Friends and comrades,
the light has gone out of our lives...
And there is darkness everywhere...
I don't know how to tell you this,
or what to say.
But our beloved leader,
Bapu, as... as we called him,
the Father of this Nation,
is no more.
We will never see him now as we have for these many years.
We will never run to him for advice, or...
or seek solace from him,
and that is a terrible blow not to me only,
but to millions and millions in this country.
And it is a little difficult to soften the blow
by any advice that I or anyone else can give you.
The light has gone out I said, and yet I was wrong.
For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light.
The light that has illumined this country for these many years,
will illumine this country for many more years and a thousand years later,
that light will still be seen in this country and the world will see it...
and it will give solace to innumerable hearts.
And not madly or badly,
but in the way that our beloved teacher taught us to face them.
We must hold together
and all our petty troubles and conflicts must end
in the face of this great disaster.
In his death, Bapu showed us the big things in life,
the living truth, and if we just remember that,
it will be well with India.
Quaid, we should release an official statement.
The news of Mr. Gandhi's death has deeply saddened us.
No matter our political differences...
That doesn't change the fact that Mr. Gandhi
was the greatest leader of the Hindu community.
Jinn...
Gandhi was much more than that.
No.
For us, he was no more than a Hindu leader.
That's it.
We must all fight against this deluge of hatred and revenge.
We must remember...
an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.
A scene of profound grief is before me.
At this time, Panditji and Vallabhbhai, both with flowers in their hands,
are walking in prayer around Bapu's funeral pyre.
[fire crackling]
From South Africa to India,
Bapu has set an eternal precedent by devoting his life
to his ideals of truth and non-violence.
The objective Bapu devoted his life to,
is the same one he gave up his life for.
Like Jesus Christ, at the very end, Bapu's life was taken by one of his own.
Bapu's departure has left not only the people of India
but also the people of the world, in deep sorrow.
Letters of condolence are pouring in from across the world.
Famous scientist Albert Einstein has said:
"Generations to come, it may well be,
will scarce believe that such a man as this one
ever in flesh and blood walked upon this Earth."
American Nobel laureate Pearl S. Buck urged us to maintain peace, saying:
"Of violence the world is sick.
Oh, India, dare to be worthy of your Gandhi."
King George V of England sends this message:
"The Queen and I are deeply shocked by the death of Mr. Gandhi.
We convey to the people of India our sincere sympathy
in the irreparable loss which they, and indeed mankind, have suffered."
This is not the end we had in mind.
Try not to leave anything behind.
That's not possible.
Connect me to the Home Ministry!
The organisations that have been spewing poison about Bapu
are the reason he was killed!
Make a detailed list of every single one, and--
[paper tearing]
When one loses a father figure,
the support of an elder brother becomes even more important...
I have always needed your support.
I have too.
This nation needs us to support each other.
[paper tearing]
[chuckles]
Stand up straighter...
Learn about politics, keep your head on your shoulders...
...make time to look up at the stars...
[laughing]
We, the people of India,
having solemnly resolved to constitute
India into a sovereign democratic republic
and to secure to all its citizens;
justice, social, economic and political;
liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
equality of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all
fraternity assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity of the Nation;
in our Constituent Assembly this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949,
do hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves this Constitution.