'My beloved Bengal'.
Indeed, the people and oldies here are like gold.
When I came here 21 years ago,...
...I'd never imagined...
...I'd become the father of all these oldies!
Now that I'm getting old,...
...why couldn't I be a father to my son?
Meanwhile, Calcutta got renamed as Kolkata.
'Rosogolla', 'Sandesh', 'Mishti Doi'...
This city has brought sweets into my life...
...but snatched my mother away.
Why do some mothers die so young?
And fathers live!
But then why doesn't my father seem...
...endearing like one?
College kids learn philosophy from me.
But they are clueless,...
...that there's more chaos within me...
...than the whole of Kolkata.
Good morning, sir.
"Hey, buddy!"
"Let's play a little."
"Let's fight a little."
"Hey, buddy! Let's play a little."
"Let's fight a little."
"Now, there's no tension."
"Life is a pension."
"Now dreams rake up no more bills."
"Take a chill pill."
"When we had the ability to enjoy,..."
..."there were no joys."
"We saw our lives pass like scarecrows in a field."
"Time flew by while we settled accounts."
"Now is the time buddy to dance to your inner tune."
"Hey, buddy!"
"Let's play a little."
"Let's fight a little too."
"There's no tension."
"Life is a pension."
"Now Dreams rake up no more bills."
"Take a chill pill."
This brilliant dance performance...
...was my choreography.
What I really wanted...
What I really wanted,...
...not even close...
It was nothing like I wanted.
Actually, I was to perform all alone.
But they pestered me.
I didn't want to refuse them as it was the diamond jubilee...
But to manage such off beat and pathetic dance...
...requires some shamelessness...
...and confidence.
Moreover, to perform like that before the chief guest...
...requires one to be thick skinned!
Which we've acquired in all these years.
I'm sure you've noticed that.
Thank you.
Drawing inspiration from us,...
...our chief guest...
...is walking up on the stage uninvited!
Please come.
Welcome.
Really nice to meet you, sir.
Sir, this is for you.
Oh...
Congratulations on Nirupama's diamond jubilee.
I know, such undertaking isn't possible with just money.
It requires love,...
...determination and compassion...
... which is plentiful in Nirupama.
Because Nirupama has Madhu Da!
Madhu Da, please!
Without this man,...
...Nirupama would've functioned simply...
...as an old age home.
I'm not sure how many of you know, Madhusudan...
...was an orphan abandoned on the streets...
...without a name.
He learnt and survived in the world.
Hence, the moment he got the chance,...
...he took up this job,...
...and came here from Alibaug...
...with his wife and small child.
He offered his entire life...
...in service of Nirupama.
Soldiers, policemen, fire brigade officers...
His job is as important as theirs.
Once he happened to mention...
...ever since my wife, Bhakti, passed away,...
...Nirupama is my wife.
DEAR TOPU FROM YOUR BABA
And what about Bengali language?
How nice!
You'll make efforts to learn English...
...but not Bengali.
"On the swing of memories"
... My heart sways in it."
My heart sways in it "
"It finds itself in the comfort of a shade at some time"
"And at times it finds a scalding sun"
Topu!
"For one more time my dear friend"
"come back deep into my heart"
"we'll speak of joys and sorrows"
"to our hearts content for one last time"
Sorry, I didn't see...
- I was just... - No, I'm sorry.
It was my mistake.
It was mine too.
Just a moment please.
Yes, dad. Can I call you back? I've caused a problem here.
I'll call back. Bye.
Marathi?
- Me too. - Oh, how nice!
I'm so sorry.
This is no good now.
How much will this cost?
- It's okay. - No, please...
I mean, bumping on the door was your mistake...
...but stamping on the glasses was my mistake.
Yes, but if I...
...hadn't bumped on the door...
...you wouldn't have stamped the glasses, right?
Yes, but in that case...
...if we weren't born at all...
Please tell me, how much will it cost?
- No, it's okay. - Wow!
I'm speaking to someone other than dad in Marathi,...
...face to face after a long time.
Me too.
Nice meeting.
- Ashima. - Tapan.
If you don't mind,...
...can we chat a while longer?
- I'm already late. - Oh...
- And I have a lecture. - Of course!
- Professor? - Lecturer.
Oh, nice.
What about this?
Dustbin.
Sorry.
You're able to see, right?
- Yes. - Okay.
- Bye. - Bye.
Sorry.
Hey, Madhu!
Madhu, stop!
- What? - Stop.
- Shut your eyes. - What?
Shut your eyes.
I have work to do. What's this rubbish?
Do it or do I blindfold you?
What?
- Hurry up. - Wait a minute.
Open them now.
Take.
Hey...
Why get angry with the pen?
Give this and put that in the dustbin.
I will. Why does he gift pens every year?
Does he plan to open a pen shop?
Wait a minute. I threw that.
But Topu needs to be trashed.
You better admit that.
Madhu, forget about Topu.
Will you at least get a cake?
All the oldies can have some.
- You will, right? - Good morning, Madhu da.
Good morning.
- Aniket... - Yes?
Besides you and me,...
...nobody else should be here. There's lots to be done.
Okay?
Got it?
Yes.
Das Babu, please leave. There's lots to be done.
I'm going. You were making weird gestures...
...so I waited!
Don't try build Howrah Bridge between us.
Pay attention to your work.
- Done with the accounts? - Yes.
These bills won't do.
I've told them.
They'll give proper bills in a day or two.
Make sure they provide legitimate bills every time.
Yes.
I will live here after retirement.
These oldies don't understand anything.
I will find faults in everything you do.
Will you have tea?
Yes.
Dada...
Did Tapan like it?
- What? - Pen.
Yes, he did.
I was worried whether I made a wrong choice.
Hmm.
'We have written so far as if our moral judgements'...
...'were always judgements on vocabulary actions.'
- Okay, good. Sit. - Thank you, sir.
- So,... - Sir, give us a leave today.
You can read with the glasses tomorrow.
- Who was that? - Sir, Partho.
Partho! Come.
Come.
Now Partho will read the next three paragraphs.
From here. Start.
'There is nothing in the world or even out of it'...
...'that can be called good without qualification...'
Sir, madam is here.
- Huh? - Madam.
- Just a minute. - Okay, sir.
- You? - Hi. Sorry.
What happened?
- I had something to say. - What?
What time does your lecture end?
In 15 minutes.
- Can I wait here? - No...
Okay.
Wait in the canteen.
Okay.
Brother, which way is the canteen?
That way.
- Who's that lady, sir? - Durga!
'Knowledge which may appear to be good'...
'The earth was scorched and cracked.'
'The dried up trunk melted into the soil.'
'There was no sign of rain in months.'
'Skeletons of cattle were lying around'...
...'yet the cactus at the fence and I survived somehow.'
'There was just one difference between us.'
'The cactus could go nowhere looking for water.'
'But I had a choice,'...
...'stay there like the cactus waiting'...
...'or keep walking until my last breath.'
'Whose chances of survival were more?'
'Mine or the cactus?'
I won't give it. This is my book!
- I won't give it. - Brother Sunil!
Brother Sunil!
He always...
He disrobes me by narrating my story to all.
- Brother Sunil... - What?
- No, Brother Sunil! - This is my story.
This is exactly what happened.
- Exactly like this. - Okay.
What could a man do?
He's bound to run!
- What else could he do? - It's okay.
It's okay.
I'll throw this book right away.
Don't hold it. You want to throw it, right?
- Yes. - Throw it here.
Good.
Ask them all to leave.
They keep laughing at me.
I'll tell them.
Yes, go.
Please go.
They're leaving.
Going.
Have you come here for the first time?
No, many students are here.
What are you looking at?
Oh right! You can't see.
- No... - Wait!
What's that?
Sorry, you can't see this either.
Sorry, wait.
But will this suit me?
Will that suit you?
Do you know whom you're asking this to?
Ashima, right?
Yes.
- Ashima Manohar, Fashion Stylist. - Yes.
Smile.
See.
You're laughing?
Are you saying that, this doesn't look good on you?
- No... - Okay...
...we can ask anyone around?
No...
I'm not used to seeing myself like this.
I like it.
Listen, can we please eat?
Actually, I was waiting for you and I'm starving.
Yes.
Oh! I'll eat both.
By the way, since when are you in Kolkata?
To be precise, for 21 years and 3 months.
Oh!
And you don't look like a professor at all.
I teach philosophy.
- Nice. - I made this.
Really?
Can I taste it?
Professor, not bad.
Brother Sunil...
I picked that up.
It's okay, I did...
Brother Sunil!
Want some jaggery?
Yes.
He had cane fields.
Sugar cane fields.
Bengalis eat jaggery made from dates.
Have it.
There's...
...Ram Krishna Mission...
We'll sit there and meditate.
Saw that?
Don't read such books to them.
- But... - No,...
...it's not your fault.
What will rekindle their memories...
...is hard to tell.
Hmmm.
Look at it angrily, they're all bothersome.
Look with compassion, they're gems.
I'll tell you something.
Chat with them and listen to them.
While reading this book,...
...I'm sure Sunil was staring at the ground. Right?
They have nothing to do with reality.
They have experienced all in the past.
So, if you want to tell them anything,...
...say something encouraging...
...even if it's a lie.
The world is beautiful.
Nature's beautiful.
'Salutations to the sacred light'...
...''that brings good health and prosperity.'
'It destroys enmity'.
'We bow to such light.'
'Om'.
Hot tea also cools down.
Don't ever forget this truth.
Put the glass down.
What?
Topu goes to school and teaches kids in difficult words.
This is Philosophy is in simple words.
Try speaking in simple words sometimes.
Try listening to the unasked questions sometimes.
This will do no good.
The boy who doesn't even look at his dad's gift...
...let alone touch it,...
That is exactly why...
- ...you should write a message. - Don't teach me.
He's my son and I know him well.
Look, how cricket should be played...
...is better known to the audience than the players.
Why waste papers?
There are anyway fewer trees left.
Let's plant a tree.
Sit down.
Trees must be asleep.
When trees age,...
...do you think they also sleep less?
- Here? - Yes.
That's it.
All right then, professor.
Bye, good night.
Thank you.
- No problem. - Bye.
TOPU....LET'S TALK SOMETHING NICE, BABA
Dad!
I'll go freshen up.
What?
Okay, I'm coming.
We'll talk later.
Talk later.
Topu!
- Where did you find him? - Thakurpukur bus stand.
Have some water.
Please Drink.
Want more?
Open your mouth.
Aniket, arrange for hot water for his bath.
Did you find anything on him?
I thought he was a beggar.
When he spoke in Tamil,...
...I sensed something is wrong.
I found a train ticket from Chennai to Kolkata.
It seems his family...
...has abandoned him.
Please manage this, Madhu da.
Thank you, Inspector.
Thank you.
Get up.
Come.
- Hello? - Hello.
- Tapan, come downstairs. - What?
Come down.
If you don't come down, I'll come upstairs.
No, don't. I'll come down.
Oh man!
- Hi. - What are you doing here?
First get in.
Come.
- What's this? - Happy birthday.
Thanks.
Oh my god!
You're the 'I don't like to celebrate my birthday' type of man.
Yes, kind of.
No wonder, we were together for so long today...
...and you didn't get a single call for birthday wish.
- What's so funny about it? - Sorry, nothing at all.
But now I'm here.
Now let's celebrate your birthday, okay?
Ashima, I'm really not interested.
Frankly, we don't even know each other well.
Wait a minute.
By any chance are you wondering what kind of a girl I am?
We met today and she's below my house.
What's her character is like?
- No! - Right? Let me be very clear, okay?
I'm a very selfish person...
...and an extremely bored person as well, okay?
All my friends are married so, I can't hang out with them.
And I felt...
...we met today and had coffee.
I broke your glasses and we're both Maharashtrians.
I don't know what I was thinking.
So, happy birthday to you and good night.
No, Ashima...
Please don't misunderstand.
I have a lecture at 7.30 am tomorrow.
- Seriously? - Yes, seriously.
Seriously, this is the reason?
Yes.
Great, sorted.
- What? - Put on the seat belt.
Hmm...
Eat.
- Ashima... - Tapan...
Where are we going?
Fabulous!
What a philosophical question!
Where are we going?
Wow!
Why? Are these questions out of fashion?
But seriously,...
...where are we going...
...in life.
I usually know.
What? I don't?
Why?
Nobody knows because you don't?
Nobody knows.
We just think we know.
True.
We can simply watch...
...whatever's happening.
So you just watch what's happening?
Sometimes I manage.
Then I lose control.
Then the same woes, troubles, issues resume.
And any more such words, right?
Thank you.
C'mon!
I have one.
Happy birthday, Tapan.
Do you have tissue paper?
Why? Wipe on your pants.
May I?
- Good morning, Madhu da. - Good morning.
Please wait and listen to what I have to say
No point saying one thing over and over again.
Madhuda, wait up.
Just see what's in this.
Just see what I have.
Just open and check what you'll get.
Saw that? 1.5 million!
Everyone got the same amount. Ask him if you like.
Oh no!
Don't drag me in this.
I've been telling since long,...
...sue the ones not complying.
We're stuck because of them.
Who are they?
Heard that? If you get sued, you won't get a single penny.
Bear that in mind.
- Good morning, Tapan sir. - Come in.
How are you?
That's okay.
Talk to him.
- Please do. - Who?
- Your dad. - Yes.
You just keep saying yes. Listen up.
Talk to dad. Those people are also leaving.
The sooner this gets vacated,...
...the sooner a tower will be built, sir.
- Okay? - Yes.
- At least try. - Want some tea?
No tea for me. Just do what I am asking you.
Take care.
Dada...
Have you checked the total?
Yes, it's correct.
There was no water on the 27th-28th last month.
What did we do then?
We ordered two tankers of water.
Where's that bill?
Don't do that.
Ask him for a bill.
- Okay? - Yes.
Where are we going today?
This is the one?
Yes.
Excuse me,...
...Madhusudan from Nirupama.
Please come.
Come.
What will you have? Tea or coffee?
Ram, get water.
No, please show us the room.
Please sit, sir.
No, sir. We're in a hurry.
Please show us the room.
Okay, go.
Bear in mind,...
...he's violent since morning.
He has been slapped 4-5 times since morning.
No, we're used to it. No problem.
You will face it, not me.
I haven't gone near him since 5 days.
- Let's go. - Go ahead.
Bhaskarda.
Bhaskarda!
Bakul!
You came late to play.
Mom wouldn't let me come.
Don't talk to me.
No, don't do that.
Bhaskar, I'll explain.
Sit down.
Sit, carefully.
Sit down.
What are you forwarding?
Tell me, have you seen his father?
No.
He's a gem of a person. Not useless like him!
Keeps forwarding rubbish!
You know, he was also a professor.
But, you know, end of the day,...
...he leads a decent family life.
I have a lot of money,...
...and class too...
...but no father.
I neither have class...
...nor father nor family.
- Let's do this. - What?
Let's go some place far.
Let's shift abroad.
You don't get along with your father while I don't have one.
We'll go far and start life anew.
Bhaskarda,...
...hope you won't get angry.
You won't slap me, right?
No, dear!
How can I get angry with you?
Yes.
Hold there.
Come.
- Let's go play. - Yes.
Get up.
Carefully.
There's one thing though.
Will I get food there?
Nobody gives me food here.
You'll get lots to eat.
- Yes. - Let's go.
Taxi!
- Dad! - Ashima, stop!
Oh okay.
- Ashima, my dad. - Dad, Ashima.
Hello.
Why did you stop? We'll take a taxi.
No, I'll drop you.
No, you carry on...
- We'll drop you. - Why bother...
Dad, we have a car. Please sit.
Come.
Carefully.
Where to?
Nirupama.
That's it.
Come.
Careful.
Okay.
They don't give food.
Bakul!
Give food.
Bakul!
Come.
Don't be scared. Come.
We'll play ball, okay?
- Bakul, ball? - Come.
Come.
My house!
Bakul!
I'll sleep a while. May I?
This is your house.
- Sleep. - I'll sleep.
I'll sleep.
Das!
Tell me.
Why call out when I'm right here?
Aren't you ashamed to watch these videos?
You also see.
Shut that video.
Stop it.
This is the reason Topu went astray.
Earlier, he'd drink 8-10 times...
...in a year.
Now he drinks every Saturday.
Midnight and...
I know that.
Did Aniket tell you?
Old age dims the eyesight...
...does not make one blind!
I also keep a watch at the main gate.
Everyone here says...
...Madhuda's future daughter-in-law is sweet.
Isn't she sweet?
Everyone's a fool?
The moment I saw her...
Rich,...
...wealthy...
She's modern.
Isn't your mobile phone modern?
Shut up.
- Topu... - Yes?
I wanted to talk to you.
Yes.
- You know Mr. Bawdekar... - Who?
The one from Maharashtra Mandal...
You're of marriageable age so, he asked me to show you this.
What happened?
You met Ashima, right?
Then why show me these photos?
Meaning?
It means, we plan to get married, dad.
I thought, she's just a friend.
She collected gold and made these bangles...
...for her daughter-in-law.
Roll up your sleeves.
Tuck it in.
Okay, next.
Open the button.
Wait.
Done?
- Respond to your inner voice..." - Try it.
"Wear this new hue."
- One moment. - Okay.
- "Respond to your inner voice..." - Brother, these three...
"Wear this new hue..."
"Respond to your inner voice..."
"Wear this new hue..."
"Respond to your inner voice..."
"Wear this new hue..."
Which is your favourite sport?
Basketball and chess.
- Yours? - Chess?
Rugby and wrestling.
You? Rugby and wrestling?
Why?
I watch, I don't play.
Be astonished...
...and look at the world.
See the wonders all around.
Life goes by in bits and pieces...
A little sulking here, a little merry there
There's only one problem.
- I can't cook. - I can!
- That's my responsibility. - Okay done.
"Respond to your inner voice..."
"Wear this new hue..."
"Respond to your inner voice..."
"Wear this new hue..."
Do you believe in God?
I believe in humans.
What?
I can believe in God for once...
...but not humans!
Oh dear!
We lived together.
Not a single day was memorable.
Let alone romance, we didn't even fight!
Everyone thought we were doing great.
But I was always feeling miserable.
One day I suddenly told him...
...we'll get a divorce.
He agreed as if he was waiting for me to say so.
I guess, he too was feeling that way.
Mutual divorce is good.
Sign the papers...
...and part ways calmly.
End of matter.
But the ones who are with you from the start...
You can't do this with them.
"Moments'...
...pass quickly
"Old wounds heal in time."
The overcast sky will clear for a brighter morning
"The difficult road will be easy to travel."
"Respond to your inner voice..."
"Wear this new hue..."
"Respond to your inner voice..."
"Wear this new hue..."
"Respond to your inner voice..."
"Wear this new hue..."
When the people closest to you...
...don't know what's going on in your mind,...
...you can't do anything.
My father is actually a saint.
But my mother died because of him.
Maybe that's how I perceived it in childhood.
But I can't get over it.
Since then, I feel like I've divorced everyone.
I've...
I've built an invisible wall.
I don't let anyone inside...
...not even dad.
Am I out as well?
You want to get close to man who kept everyone out for years?
Ashima,...
...I'm scared of getting close to people.
I too get scared...
...starting all over...
Some Marathi words aren't used in Kolkata.
For example?
'Sumdit'.
Oh yes! 'Sumdit' (secretly)!
Use it in a sentence.
We'd smoke secretly in school.
- Nice. - Your turn.
You came into my life secretly.
Mom?
Is this your room?
Kolkata never felt close to my heart.
After my mom died, I wanted to run away to Pune.
And now?
Not anymore.
I really love you house.
How do we plan this marriage? What's in your mind.
I think, we oldies needn't fall into this.
Let them decide.
Well, I mean,...
...these are our only children. Things should be done well.
If you want to marry...
...with all rituals again...
I think that's for Ashima to decide.
Her previous marriage was done as per rituals but it failed.
So now, I don't feel like following the rituals.
I'll tell you.
I don't mind even if they just go for live-in!
We needn't decide that now.
Yes, actually. These are just formalities.
Yes.
Why have tea then? Let's have a drink.
Yes.
Wait, I remembered something urgent...
I have to go to Nirupama urgently.
Dad...
I've heard a lot about Nirupama.
Let me know if you need any help.
I know a lot of people there.
See you.
- Dad, stop... - Come.
- See you. - Come.
If you didn't want to give the bangles,...
...why did you display them?
Dad, I'm talking to you.
Tapan, we'll find another girl.
You're old enough to find a wife.
I know time have changed but...
...she's a divorcee.
It makes no difference to me, dad!
Look, what I say...
You already labelled her as a divorcee!
Did you ask me what she went through?
You just walked out!
You have no faith in me at all?
Why didn't you give her the bangles?
- Stop the taxi. - What happened?
- I said stop. - Let me find a spot.
Be careful.
I heard both of you are going to Kolkata?
Tapan, only the two of us will go to Kolkata.
We won't take dad.
Okay?
Please drive.
Hold your waist and move slowly.
Slowly.
Okay?
Relax.
Raise your hands again.
Bend and touch your toes.
Chandi babu, no non-sense. Bend down.
Touch your toes.
What's with the sullen face?
Topu...
...got married without my permission.
You're still thinking of that?
It's been 6 months now.
5 not 6.
You're counting!
How will that help?
Will Topu get divorced?
No. Ashima is your daughter-in-law.
End of matter.
Entire life has been spent struggling.
Have some patience in your remaining days.
That feeling when your son...
...behaves like you don't exist...
...is something you won't understand.
Why? Am I not managing without my son Debjyoti?
You should learn from me.
I'd have managed if Topu was living in America.
Oh yes.
And stop behaving as if you understand everything!
What do we do then? Should we both weep?
Fine, let's cry.
You...
People are looking!
Have tea and stop this drama.
You also have.
- Oh dear! - Careful.
Don't rest your foot. Careful.
- Come. Sit here. - Oh dear!
Sit.
What happened?
Nothing, you don't bother.
- Careful. - Dad, I slipped from the stairs.
I got bruised and sprained my ankle.
People downstairs are foolish.
The doctor said it will take 2-3 days.
I'll apply for leave tomorrow.
Oh professor! Are you mad?
You've a seminar tomorrow. I'll manage.
But who will dress your wounds?
Dad, nothing much.
This is my first injury after marriage so he's panicking!
I'll take leave tomorrow.
No.
Yes, dad is here.
We'll manage.
He was here for me too.
Jailer Madhu won't come today.
Let him be home.
We prisoners will be free today...
...to party!
Brother, which way is the Canadian embassy?
- Go ahead and turn right. - Thank you.
Done.
Thank you, dad.
Tapan also looks like that when he's thanked.
He has taken after you.
Hmm.
But he has changed a lot in your company.
Hmm.
You were alone earlier.
Now I'm here too.
Dad, you're still mad at us, right?
Just a minute.
When I came to your place for the first time with Tapan,...
...I was to give you these bangles.
They're Tapan's mother's.
She made for her daughter-in-law.
Thank you.
Tapan told me about his mother.
Now you tell me...
...about your wife.
A man like me had such a...
...beautiful wife...
She kept adjusting for my sake.
She accepted everything.
She gave me a son like Tapan.
Dad, Tapan loves you a lot.
I know he keeps arguing.
But he thinks of you all the time.
- Indeed. - How have I wronged him?
Did he tell you anything?
- I mean, he did... - What did he say?
No, dad...
I can't tell you. You and your son...
No, you'll have to tell me.
The phone's ringing.
What happened, dad?
I've to go to Nirupama urgently.
Oh!
Okay, no problem. My wounds are dressed. You may go.
- Sure? - Yes.
What happened?
- Why did you come? - The doctor isn't here yet?
Nothing's wrong with me.
I'm just tired. These people created havoc.
Look who's talking!
He was in bad shape!
I gave him sugar water then he felt better.
- Yes. - He told me,...
...if we call the doctor, he'll commit suicide.
Stop joking about everything.
This is an old age. Youth is gone.
All of you go.
Please go.
Take care of yourself, Das babu.
Look,...
- ...we've to go to... - Aniket,...
...the doctor in the morning.
...drop him home urgently on your bike.
Yes, I'll get the bike.
We'll go to the doctor in the morning.
Why did you leave her alone and come here?
You behave like an idiot and...
- But... - I will die after you.
That's right but you're restless now...
Go home. If Topu reaches before you...
...it will be a very bad situation again. Leave now, Go home.
Hi.
- Feeling better? - Yes.
Where's dad?
Listen to me first.
Nirupama?
Listen Tapan...
- ...he... - Hurry up.
- Let's go. - Yes.
It's only been 5 months since you met dad.
Yes, but we spoke more today...
...than you did in 20 years.
I don't want to raise my children in this house.
We've to start anew.
And that's not possible in this house.
There are nice schools, colleges and universities.
Tapan will get good education.
Everything we do now onwards...
...will be for Tapan.
How long do you want to live here?
Do you plan to die in this building? Leave it!
We're all stuck because of you.
Call the promoter today.
Good shot. C'mon, keep it up.
More power.
Yes, that will be done.
Yes.
Okay.
Tapan,...
...you'll have to look for an alternate place.
Yes.
- I'll start looking. - Do one thing...
Until the tower is built, why don't you all shift in my flat?
We would've but...
Okay, I understand.
I have a flat in Rajarhat.
It's empty. All of you shift there.
What's wrong?
See Tapan, I'm a businessman.
Even if you're my son-in-law,...
...you'll have to pay rent.
I would prefer it that way.
Good. Done then.
Hemant Ji,...
...you made an offer of 1.5 million.
Yes, sir.
What do you say now?
What can I say, sir?
Things will be done as you say.
- Did you get the cheque? - Yes.
2.5 million.
But you have to vacate the house within 8 days.
Yes.
My kids behaved shamelessly in the court.
Looking after their parents...
...is apparently not their responsibility.
They got married and had fun...
- ...thus we were born. - Is that wrong?
You did have fun.
The mistake you made was that...
...you raised them.
Had you left them on the streets like dogs, they'd know.
You're very fortunate, Madhu Da.
You have a son like Tapan.
My son is in the army.
He left.
No, he hasn't left.
He will come.
When I'd play with my kids,...
...I used to lose to make them happy.
So, you're playing defeat since their childhood!
Now the kids should get defeated.
You should win the case so the irresponsible kids will lose.
Thus, you'll set an example for the world.
You'll get blessings from all oldies!
That calls for an applause!
- You'll win. - Nice, sister.
"The memories of the good old days"
"How can we forget those olden days, alas"
"the gaze of the eyes,"
"the heart to heart chats"
"how can we let it pass."
"The memories of the good old days"
"How can we forget those olden days, alas"
"the gaze of the eyes,"
"the heart to heart chats"
"how can we let it pass."
''On the swing...''
...'' of memories''...
...''my heart
'' sways in it.''
"It finds itself in the comfort of a shade at some time"
"And at times it finds a scalding sun"
- "For one more time my dear friend" - There's a swimming pool there.
"come back deep into my heart"
"we'll speak of joys and sorrows"
"to our hearts content for one last time"
That's our bedroom.
Okay.
Dad,...
...your bedroom is here.
It has an attached toilet.
The balcony's here.
Do you want water?
Sit.
Happy?
Thank you.
"Time changes its countenance"
"On life's road in so many different ways."
Finally our own shadow bids adieu and leaves
"For one more time my dear friend"
"come back deep into my heart"
"we'll speak of joys and sorrows"
"to our hearts content for one last time"
"The memories of the good old days"
"How can we forget those olden days, alas"
"the gaze of the eyes,"
"the heart to heart chats"
"how can we let it pass."
Hey... Ashima!
Yes, dad?
Ashima, this tap...
Dad, got it...
Okay, look.
Turn this side for hot water.
Turn that side for cold water.
Press it down for tap and up for shower.
Got it?
Okay?
Dad!
Dad, please come here for a minute.
- What? - I've ordered for breakfast.
The kitchen has not been set up yet. Please have it.
These are your set of house keys.
Keep these with you.
Can we leave together?
Dad, I'm already late and dad set up the meeting...
...so I can't cancel it now.
- Fine. - Okay? I'm leaving.
Bye.
Where are you going?
I left my mobile home.
- Which flat? - 9th, 99...
11th...
You don't remember your flat number?
I came here yesterday.
A man like you came here last month too.
He was a thief.
Please go.
You won't let me enter my house?
- Go away. - I left my phone.
I said go. You can come later.
Go!
How are things from the 22nd floor?
Did you wash you bum yourself...
...or used the jet?
How does it feel spraying cold water on your bum?
I don't understand what to feel.
I'd rather die than live like this.
Ah! Seniority counts.
I'm senior, I'm first.
I'll go today itself.
Shut your mouth.
Send the letter I wrote to Debjyoti.
Hope you remember the password.
You'll die after I do.
I know you're smart.
Oh!
I'll be your senior in this matter, mark my words.
Between you and me,...
...there's something common.
Tell me what?
We both have only one sons.
Both couldn't handle them.
Losers...
You're a senior loser...
...and I'm junior loser.
But you're the senior in this matter too.
Give me five!
Enough jokes!
Das!
Aniket!
There's a mail in the draft. Send it.
Dear Debjyoti,
Though you've received this letter from my email I'm not alive.
You're not with me, so what?
Madhusudan was with me all the time.
He calls me "a converted Marathi man"!
Here in Nirupama, this unique man became my brother, sister, son, everything.
So I never missed you.
Remember this all your life ...
I couldn't see my grandchildren.
That really makes me sad.
But you can bless people without seeing them!
Many a times grandchildren become like their grandparents.
If that happens they will lovingly take care of you,
otherwise you too will become Mithin Das my son!
But don't worry,
now I totally believe that for every abandoned
old person there's one Madhusudan in this world.
He takes care of everything.
Now he will properly perform my last rites too.
When your mother died you didn't come to light her pyre.
That's how it is with foreign countries.
When you leave your homeland to reach there, it seems so close.
But when it is time to come back, homeland seems so far away
The doctor had told me, I can die suddenly with this disease.
My friends here were forcing me to get treated in America...
...but I didn't request you.
What if, I would've died there during treatment.
I didn't want my pyre to be lit by your hands.
My pyre would be burning in sometime.
The ashes will fly and at least a few specks
will surely enter inside you as you breathe.
A dead old man,
Mithin Das!
Dad!
What happened?
Das is no more.
Das...
He was my closest friend,...
...as if I knew him since last birth.
After Bhakti's demise, I survived only because of Das.
I could raise Topu because Das was by my side.
I was able to live because Das was with me.
- Hello. - Yes, is Madhu da there?
Yes, I'm his daughter-in-law.
Please send him to Nirupama urgently.
Sunil has become violent.
- Okay, I'll tell him. - Thank you.
Dad, that was a call from Nirupama.
Brother Sunil has become violent.
Dad, don't go alone in this state.
I'll drop you.
- Come. - Sunil, careful.
Move back all of you.
All of you get lost!!!
Brother Sunil!
Brother Sunil, what happened?
It hasn't happened, It will happen now.
Careful.
One minute.
Go Inside.
Come.
Carefully.
Ashima! You're Madhu's daughter-in-law, right?
- Yes. - Come.
Sit.
This is my husband.
Hello.
What do you do, dear?
I'm a fashion stylist.
- Oh! - I had retired.
But my son's education was done by then.
He got a nice job in a bank.
He rented a house and we stayed there.
He met with an accident after a month.
He was in coma for 3 months.
We spent all our savings in his treatment but...
Don't cry.
My daughter wanted to get married to a boy
But the boy was very bad
I didn't like all this
I even told her
She also said ok
She suggested a pilgrimage To Kedarnath
We sat in the train
We got down at Howrah station to have some tea
And she abandoned me and ran away
Mobile phone was also switched off
I was scared.
The police brought me here.
Then I got to know...
...my daughter married the same guy.
I'm here since then.
Madhu da's old age home is my home.
Hello, uncle.
How are you?
Hello, Who are you?
Hello, I'm Ashima.
Hello Ashima
I like your smile.
Thank you, uncle.
Sit somewhere.
- I'll get a chair. - Yes.
No one comes here
Aniket was just telling me...
...that you were in the army.
Yes, I was in the army
I was kind of war hero
Fought like a lion
You know what a lion is? Roar!!!
- I like it when you smile. - Thank you.
I have my medals
My gallantry awards
- I must show it to you. - Of course.
Sorry, uncle, just one minute.
Hello.
Where are you? I've been calling since long.
There was an emergency in Nirupama. I escorted dad.
- What? - Listen Tapan...
Sorry, uncle. You were telling me about the army.
Have we met before?
I'm Ashima.
Oh yes, Ashima.
Sorry, I...
...tend to forget names, you know.
But I can't forget the war
The War
It's stuck in my head,
In the night, I hear these guns booming and the bombardments
And the hail of bullets,
they are crashing in my brains,
I can't sleep at night
Uncle, are you okay?
Who are you?
Madhu da is everything to us.
Mom, dad, son, everything...
Madhu da's old age home...
...is my home.
I called you 8 times. Couldn't you call back?
You cut the call. What could I do?
Why did you go to Nirupama without asking me?
What?
Am I to take your permission and do things?
Ashima, you know what I'm talking about.
No, I don't know.
We have one Nirupama fan here already.
I know what all I had to bear because of that.
I don't want another Nirupama fan in this family.
Tapan, what are you saying?
Have you ever gone there and seen things there?
I know very well what Nirupama is.
It's been in my life since I was 8 years old.
That place snatched away my childhood.
If you don't want to understand, Ashima,...
- ...we mustn't... - What? Say it.
Good morning.
This is why I was calling yesterday.
I'm sorry.
Congratulations!
Sit.
When did you apply? You never even mentioned it.
I applied immediately after we got married.
I just received this mail.
I wanted to get out of there.
That house and ambience... I used to hate it.
Dad, the university has invited him.
This is such a big honour.
It's good for our future also.
Of course.
Congratulations.
Thanks.
When are you leaving?
I don't think I'll go, dad.
- Why? - You're asking that?
I don't understand.
- Dad... - Tapan, we'll decide that later.
Yes.
This is big news.
Let's celebrate.
Silence please.
Silence.
Please listen.
Tapan...
He was born and raised...
...in a simple family from Alibaug.
He lost his mother in his childhood.
He came to Kolkata, an unknown city.
Despite not knowing the language and culture here,...
...he worked hard, studied and become a good teacher.
He has received an invitation from Canada...
...to teach there.
So, to celebrate this...
...precious occasion,
...I'll give you a precious gift.
- Please... - What?
This...
...21-year-old whiskey.
Right from the Scottish Highlands.
- Here. - Thank you.
...why do you drink so much?
There was a celebration for me, dad.
You didn't even come there.
Don't drink so much.
Why?
Let's go to sleep.
It's okay, dad.
This is 21-year-old whiskey!
How many years ago did mom die?
Same.
22.
Whiskey, 21.
And mom 22.
Missed it slightly.
What a coincidence, right?
21 years ago, in Scotland...
...this whiskey was getting made.
And here I was sitting, holding my dead mother's hand in Kolkata.
Alone.
Dad!
Dad, look at me.
You never met your parents.
At least look at me now.
You didn't know...
...who your parents were. You were an orphan.
And I'm an orphan Even when my father's alive.
Ha...
Shall we speak downstairs?
Do we speak in Marathi or in Bengali?
Kids used to bully me as I didn't know Bengali.
The kids in the area used to beat and harass me.
Where were you then?
You bought me a cycle but didn't teach me to ride it.
- Come. - What?
You will teach me now?
I can ride now.
I learnt it all by myself.
I am standing and just watching
...'the flowing river'...
...'in my mind.'
What is it?
Dad, it's a poem.
I wrote it.
You don't even know your son writes poems...
...because I'm not an old person from Nirupama.
But I'll tell you something today, dad.
I didn't say it for many years.
But I love you.
No matter how you are,...
...I love you.
This is a 22-year-old story.
I'm saying all of it now because...
...I'm drunk because of the
21 years old whiskey in my system
Good night.
Bhakti, are you feeling better?
Hello.
Come fast, Mrs. Leela is terribly unwell.
I'll come.
Bhakti,...
...that was a call from Nirupama.
I'll have to go.
No, dad. Don't go. What if something happens to mom?
I'll be back soon.
You won't be scared, Topu?
Don't go, dad.
Topu...
Topu!
Mom!
Mom, get up.
- Mom... - Topu!
Topu!
Topu! Hey, Topu. Topu. What is it..
Bhakti!
Topu!
Mom.
Topu! Topu!
Topu!
What's it, Topu?
What happened?
Don't come with us, dad.
We shifted here just few months ago.
You couldn't settle yourself here.
And now it will be foreign country.
You will be left alone over there.
I won't be able to see you that way.
She passed away very early.
After her death..
..I had engrossed my life in raising you.
After her death everything..
..was messed up still..
I tried to gather my life.
And I tried very hard and it was difficult for me.
The road in front of our house, Nirupama,
Beadon street, Chitpur, Hedwa..
Baghbazar, Shobhabazar.
Along with all these things..
..I had woven my world around you.
You're my world.
I live in you.
I can't live without you.
I will come. I will come with you.
Alright then.
Wow.
How do I wear this?
Wow, Canada time already!
After I'm gone,...
...don't trouble him at all.
He's a simple man.
I'd written what I wanted to say...
...but I forgot it all.
Perhaps you thought I took care of you all.
But no, you all...
...took care of me.
I will miss you all dearly.
Please take good care of yourselves.
I don't want to raise my kids in this house.
We've to start anew.
And that's not possible in this house.
There are nice schools, colleges and universities.
Tapan will get good education.
Everything we do now onwards...
...will be for Tapan.
Dad, you don't come with us.
Stop the car.
Yes, sir.
Dad, what's going on?
You were right.
What do you mean, dad?
Dad...
The first ball I got you when you were 3 years old.
With this pencil...
...you wrote your first letter.
I got rid of the problem between us Mithin.
I solved the puzzle.
He spoke to me.
We became friends, Mithin
We became friends.
This is work I love.
But don't you think the salary is less?
Kolkata is cheaper. Meals are available for 10 bucks.
We'll be able to save money.
There are nice schools, colleges and universities.
Tapan will get good education.
Everything we do now onwards...
...will be for Tapan.
Oh yes! What about Bengali language?
You'll make efforts to learn English...
...not for Bengali!
I heard both of you are going to Kolkata.
Tapan, only the two of us will go to Kolkata. We won't take dad.
Will do?
No, I'll never leave you alone, dad.
I will also never leave you son