Are you guys done with the photos? Come on Let's go!
It's getting late! Bless me Dad, and please travel safe... Yes son...
Come on, go in now. Immigration will take time too. Thank you!
Okay... Come on kids, you guys leave too, don't wait up.
Go now! Come let's go inside.
Enough now! Bye! Happy Journey! Yes bye, bye!
Come on... Madhu!
Madhu!!!
MADHU!!!
Madhu?
MADHU...
Somebody call for an ambulance!
Madhu?
I went back there today as well
Back there among those walls and hose doors.
Where we spent our time so often.
You used to hide,
But I would always find you.
Something similar happened today as well.
But...
Sister?
Sister... my wife
Sir, did you get the medicines we prescribed?
Didn't you get the medicines?
Umm dad...
You need to sign the DNR.
DNR?
DNR means...
The doctors can explain that better.
Based on that... please take the decision tonight.
Decision?
What do you mean by that?
DNR means...
The patient's relative signs a form saying,
That the patient shouldn't be
Attached to any electronic devices,
that provide life saving support.
I mean like the ventilator...
The patient does not need any artificial treatments
And hence, no further treament should be given by the hospital.
Continue treatment only with the medicines that have been prescribed till now.
And if, the patient's condition worsens...
Even in the case of a life threatining emergency, treatment should not be provided.
You mean... there is no hope at all?
No no... Please don't misunderstand. We are doing everything in our power.
Yes, yes...
But the patient being alive,
And the patient recovering to normal
Are two different things.
Doctor...
Please just for the sake of it say this,
That we are trying our level best...
Only a miracle can save Madhu now...
That is sufficient for me!
Because..
Personally,
I don't believe in miracles and stuff.
I only...
Belive in doctor's like you. I trust you!
But, I am not the one saying all this
Your son said he is ready to sign the DNR!
But my son has no authority to interfere between me and my wife!
He is nobody!
You will need... Technically,
And legally, you will need my signature!
Look, this is your personal matter.
And its your decision.
So, suppose if I...
Sign the DNR then you,
You... You will turn off Madhu's ventilator?
Yes...
If you didn't want to buy the medicines, then why did you take the prescription from me?
Dad, Nalu is bringing the medicines. I am waiting for her.
Why did you have to send her?
Because she was as it is going to get you lunch!
One more coffee please.
Nalini, where are you?
The medicines...
Okay fine
Get the medicines to the canteen,
I'll wait here.
Near the counter.
What's the matter, dad?
I just told you, Nalu is on the way!
Don't you trust me?
Why would I lie?
Here...
Please sit, I want to talk to you.
Go on!
Please sit down.
Please
What is it?
We have spent over four and a half lakh rupees in the past nine days!
And how does that concern you?
Did I ask you for that money?
Why are you getting angry?
What do you want then?
What do you want from me?
And why did you sign those papers that the doctor gave you?
Isn't she my mother as well?
We spent one lakh rupees on the first day itself!
All these expensive injections....
I know what they cost! Did I ask you for the bills?
You had six lakh rupees in your account
And you spent almost all of it!
Let it be! I am still here aren't i?
Why are you shouting? Please talk softly...
Why are you so scared all of a sudden?
Because this IS scary!
You don't have any money left!
And neither do I!
I am trying to make ends meet with my meagre salary...
I need to plan for my kid's future as well!
Can't you see how Nalu is being treated because of all this?
What do you mean by all this?
Should I just leave her here?
In the state that she is?
Look, even I am worried
I am going mad, here!
My leaves aren't being approved
But still, I am here! Am I not?
But is this the time to discuss all your problems?
Should I just kill her?
Should I abandon her here to die alone?
And what are all these problems of yours?
We too faced so many problems while raising you!
Did we ask anything in return for all of those?
I don't need anything from you apart from your support!
Just, stand along with me! That's all!
Nalu's brother is lending twenty-five thousand
And even a few of my friends are ready to help financially.
We can arrange for some money.
But that's today!
What about tomorrow?
And the day after?
Be practical...
And even then, is there any garuantee?
Shut up! SHUT UP!
Just do this much for me,
Get out from here!
Just go away! Go to Knapur!
I can handle all of this alone! Go on... Go... GO!!
Why are you being so difficult?
I don't want to listen to anything!
I don't want to make any compromises!
Our generation believes in never running away from our responsibilities!
We are from that old generation!
We don't understand all this practical nonsense!
And neither do I want to try and understand them!
I don't want any moey from you!
All I am asking for is my son's emotional support
But...
It's alright if you can't do that!
You want to leave your mother here?
So that she may just die one day...
And you don't want to participate in anything that I want to do? That I am going through?
Your mother is on life...support right now!
And I am trying my level best to extend her life! You should also be doing that!
It is not about love it is about "Hope"!
(indian classical dance beats)
Then I got married to your mother.
The Library gave a small quarter to live in.
And from here began,
Our journey together.
One...
One matteress,
A wrought iron bed,
A trunk with our stuff,
And a few other things...
Bare essentials
Those days my salary was quite less.
That's where we started our journey.
Then you were born
Our house was filled with joy and happiness!
Then Nanda was born,
From then we started progressing.
I mean our days of poverty,
Ended with your arrival.
What I mean to say is,
Now we have everything
A daughter, a son-in-law, grandchildren, everyone is here!
And that's why all of us are happy, right?
And now that we have evrything and everyone,
She too should be here with us, right?
Now we will have to make her stay!
We will have to make her understand all this, we must hold her back.
She can't just leave us all of a sudden, can she?
Don't worry dad...
She will recover soon.
Yes, she will recover! After all we are trying so hard.
Then, what's the matter dad?
I don't the money, my child.
My savings aren't sufficient
Anu, according to our tradtion, a father never asks his daughter for anything!
Especially money!
But...
Here I am begging for money at my daughter's doorstep! Please give me some money
I am in dire need of money for your mother's treatment.
I'll return every dime to you!
I would never let you feel ashamed in front of your husband
Trust me, please.
But, I am helpless now... hmm?
I'll take to my husband dad.
I'm sorry, my child.
Anju? I'm home...
Where are the kids?
I'll just come...
Dad, please don't misunderstand
To an outsider all of this seems too big
This property, the bungalow, the car...
But all my money is stuck in some deal or the other.
I just finalized the deal for a new plot today.
And I invested all my surplus funds in that.
But there is one option.
Anju's dance classes are in full swing these days.
She must have saved a lakh or two by now.
She could lend you some money.
Am I right, Anju?
Yes...
I too will try my level best to manage some more.
If I could help you in such dire times,
I would consider myself blessed
Come, let's have dinner.
Come on kids, let's eat.
Have this.
Dad...
I love teaching dance to these kids.
And that's why i started these classes.
But I lied to my husband...
I don't earn anything from these classes.
As it is, who pays for Classical Dance tutions?
All I have is fifty thousand rupees
Thank you, my child.
However and whatever you can manage in this time,
Every penny is equally important for me.
How much ever I get from you right now, is priceless for me.
Thank you!
No my child, I could never take your jewellery.
Nothing is more precious than mom.
Please, take them.
Please have some rest now, goodnight.
Here is your prescription, sir.
So many medicines?
Are these for the entire hospital?
No sir, these are for your patient.
All of them?
Sir, if you have any issues with the prescription, then please take it up with the doctor!
You come here with me...
Sir!! Mister!!!
Hello? Mister...
It's an amazing comedy!
Do watch it.
Can I have a moment?
Just a minute.
It's a full family entertainer!
Doctor, this is important.
Please wait in my cabin.
No! I want to talk here itself!
Right here, right now!
What's the matter?
What is all this, doctor?
So many medicines just for one single patient?
They must be prescribed, becasue they are necessary, right?
We have been in the hospital for so many days...
And we never questioned your judgment.
My wife has been seeing all this...
The credit card bills kept piling up,
We trusted you blindly and signed every form you asked us to!
But last night when we checked the prescriptions,
It was then that we came to know that you aren't ordering medicines for a single patient,
But for an entire army! Come with me...
No! NO! Please come inside...
No! I won't come inside. Everyone needs to hear about this!
What is all this?
How can a single patient need fifteen masks a day!
Please explain this to me...
This very same mask,
That is available for fifty paise outside, I have to buy it for fifteen or twnety rupees here!
Why?
Just because you write emergency on the prescription?
Isn't that right?
And why is that?
Just because we are facing these problems?
We don't have any other choice, is that why you are blackmailing us?
That's your scam, right?
Ten catheter tubes, blood sugar monitors, and what not!
And to test for what you have drawn blood for atlest a million times?
I agree you can't reuse the same needle twice,
But is it really necessary to pirece the patient with so many needles?
Please don't misunderstand...
Its just that,
Every hospital has its policies and its rules.
Okay?
It is possible that someone wrote something by mistake.
I agree... If you agree then why don't you take any action against them?
What rules are you talking about?
Yesterday, one of your wardboys gave me some other patients prescription!
If I hadn't read it then I would have had to buy those medicines as well!
Doctor, my son is in a coma!
And your people are telling me that his head moved during an MRI,
And that's why we need to do it again!
And that I will have to pay for it once again!
Is this your policy?
Please don't take this the wrong way. Look I am just a doctor,
Every hospital has a management and an administration
Do one thing...
If you have any complaints, write them down and put them in the complaint box.
The one that is overflowing already?
No one gives a damn about that box!
Not one person!
This isn't just my complaint! Look he is here with me too!
And many others like us! Please come inside with me...
Nothing is going to change even if we go inside! Trust me it will.
The shows over, go on... get back to work please.
Please, go now...
The hospital authorites should be humane as well doctor!
Won't you say anything?
Won't you question them?
Everyone is a coward!
You'll keep paying the bills all your life!
And in return these people will hand over your relative's bodies in a plastic bag!
You will have to pay for that plastic bag as well!
Today I am stuck here
But tomorrow all of you will be in my place!
Mr. Pathak?
Your wife is responding well to the medicines. Yes, yes...
And I haven't given up hope yet. Thanks.
But the decision is all yours.
Please don't get influenced by these people!
All of this is just drama... No, no, I am not with him.
Thank you very much doctor, thank you... thank you! Don't worry.
Take care.
That's their personal matter, I'm not... Yeah
That's their personal matter.
Grandpa! Come, my child!
Come, child.
Nanda didn't come?
No, he went to Kanpur.
He couldn't get a leave today.
So I opted to stay back.
Sit...
No thanks, I'm good.
Sit, sit...
Nanda is angry at me, right?
Not at all.
I always told him,
Study hard...
If would have listened to me then...
He would have had a better job today.
But he didn't study.
All this business stuff,
Isn't our cup of tea. We are middle class citizens.
We can't dream big.
You spent so much on your daughter's wedding,
But you didn't help your son set up his workshop
And he still holds a grudge about that?
Not a grudge but... sometimes he says stuff when he is angry.
It is the parent's duty to marry their daughter
To their best of abilities.
Parent's also expect their son to be a miracle!
But...
That was my mistake.
It was my mistake!
Dad... Where are you going?
Back to our village.
But you just got back from Anju's place.
And now you are, going back again?
All this running around isn't good for your health.
If I don't run around now, then I'll repent later.
Here's some money.
Give it to them if needed.
And...
Please take care of Madhu!
Keep the money safe, its for her treament.
Dad? Dad...
Take these garlic fritters, have some before you leave.
(Even though, I reached home, my journey isn't over yet.)
(Why don't these roads clinging to my feet ever feel tired?)
(Even though I reached home, my journey isn't over yet.)
(Why don't these roads clinging to my feet ever feel tired?)
(Even though I reached home...)
(If I never cared about what I had,)
(Then why am I scared to lose it?)
(All those silent conversations we had,)
(Why should they matter so much?)
(Come let us meet once again,)
(Just like we used to meet each other back then)
(Let us struggle once again)
(Just like our younger days)
(Why don't these memories,)
(Just fade away in the distance?) This is the best thing you have done in the past 35 years!
Coming to stay here post your retirement!
(Why don't these roads clinging to my feet) Is it? Was it my decision to come and live here?
Of course!
(Ever feel tired) I wanted to settle in my village beside my brother's house.
(Even though I reached home) That's always been your stratergy... Whatever you want to do,
(My journey isn't over yet) You manipulate me into doing it so that you can blame me for it!
Go on! Laugh now!
I still managed to keep you happy for these 35 years, didn't I?
Most definitely, I have no doubts in that!
But why do you keep repeating 35 years again and again?
Becaus today we have completed 35 years of our married life!
Its our anniversary!
Today? Yes!!!
Oh, so that's what all this is about!
Madhu, my love! Happy Anniversary!
May we have many more!
If we have had 35 then we will definitely have many more!
We spoke too soon Madhu!
Be careful Madhu!
When did you become so feeble! Let go, I'll manage myself!
Just relax and don't interfere!
Listen... Yes?
Our visa stamping date has been allocated.
When is it?
The 20th of this month.
I've already informed Nanda.
He said its a travel visa, it'll get approved easily.
When did you do all of this? What do you mean? Everything is ready!
All our life we were surrounded by responsibilities, now its our time to have fun!
We will travel everywhere, okay!
Europe! I've always wanted to see Europe!
Let's go and see for ourselves if it is really that beautiful! Europe?
I have found a great holiday package!
Why aren't you ever excited about anything?
Careful! Do you want to cut off my finger along with the nails?
Of course not!
If only we were that young!
(Laughs)
O Great Jungle!
If you can't feed your animals anymore,
Then come...
Come and devour these cities as well!
Man has been devouring your land for ages.
My diary is filled with poems,
Will I ever get to publish them?
How does it matter if they get published or not?
May be not to you,
But I'll try my best to get them published.
I'll launch my anthology within a year!
You'll see!
Let it go...
God knows how many years we have left now.
Why!
I am in no hurry to die...
I want to live for atleast a hundered years!
Is it?
And mind well,
You will have to go before me!
And why is that?
If I die first, then who'll take care of you?
Or should I keep worrying about you even in the heavens?
Will you be able to handle my death?
Once you are gone, I'll settle all my dues, my responsibilities and then come to join you!
(Why don't these memories, just fade away into the distance?)
(Why don't these roads clinging to my feet)
(Ever feel tired?) I don't know about a hundered years, Madhu...
But I won't let you right now!
(Even though I reached home...)
Hello, Prabhu?
I'm back in Maliabad
Your sister-in-law has sent this tiffin
So you... Really need to sell off the house too?
Who'll buy such a lavish house?
Someone might... No, no, nobody from here can afford it.
Maybe someone from the bigger cities like Delhi or Mumbai
But the issue is that you need the money,
As soon as possible!
Preferably today itself!
Even if I get half the money now that will be enough... No one here can even afford half the money!
Not even ten, seven or even five lakhs?
Listen to me...
Nobody has that kind of money lying around in the house.
It'll take alteast a week to make arrangements.
I can manage for a week with the advance that one gives!
If that's the deal then why don't I buy the house?
Then why don't you? Please!
If I had that much money...
I would have never let you sell the house!
I would have taken care of it
Don't sell the house.
I have no choice left.
The doctor said that,
As long as the machines stay on,
Madhu stays alive.
And to keep the machine running, I need to pay the operating cost!
I cannot live without Madhu! I am helpless, I must sell the house!
Fine... Fine.
Don't worry, I'll try and look for a someone who might be interested.
You ask Nanda to come here.
What does Nanda have to do with this?
This property is registered under a joint ownership.
He too will have to sign the papers.
Oh! Okay... I'll call him.
He cut my call...
Did you see that?
This right here, is a sign!
Their lives are so easy!
No house, no properties, no work, no worries
No attachments towards anything!
No attachments, means no lust for money!
No lust for money, means no responsibilities!
And with no responsibilities,
The chances of being depressed are down to minimal!
Arvind my brother, this is how it was supposed to be and this is how it would have been,
If some idiot would been satisfied with what he had!
And because of his search we still doubt the course of our actions!
You ask Nanda to come here, I'll see if anyone is interested in buying the house.
Hello
Hello?
Yes, Dad?
You had called?
Yes... Ummm....
Do one thing...
You come home please... Maliabad.
Why?
Ummm...
I'm sellling off the house.
What!
I'll be needing your signature
But why? What happened?
Is everything alright?
I need the money.
Nanda...
I must save Madhu's life!
Dad, have you lost your mind?
I am not going to sign any papers!
What is this craziness!
Craziness? You call this craziness?
Listen to me dad! I am not letting you sell the house!
But... What...
What do you mean to say!
Hello?
NANDA!
You don't come home anymore.
This faint dusky sunlight,
Cheats me everyday!
As it leaves the house
It sends back a dark evening towards me.
The darkness lingers all around the house.
Just like that old lady who barters utensils for old clothes
This dark evening keeps hovering around me
But when you used to be home
The afternoons used to transform into mornings
You never even let the windows notice the dark evenings surrounding them!
You don't come home anymore...
Shall we go?
Come...
SHe is your mother, after all!
Let's go...
So now, you'll forge your own son's signature!
What an idea, Sir!
Luckily both your initails are same, A. A. Pathak!
It'll be easy for forge, right?
So what if it is a case of cheating! Getting the signature is important, right?
You'll sell the house...
Get the money...
Your wife recovers!
After that?
Listen!
The house loan is in Nanda's name,
And yet you forged the signature! That right there is a criminal case of cheating!
You might even have to go to jail.
And that's every old man's dream home, right?
And once you get caught, your son might have to go to jail too!
He'll lose his job, his wife and kids will starve...
Did you think about all this? What an idea, Sir!!
And you!
You, who has never even been able to tell someone a white lie,
You read books,
Acquired all the knowledge,
And educated others with that knowledge!
In all these years,
You kept your charachter as clean as a shining armor!
Once your wife recovers and comes to know about this...
She will worship you for this scam, my brother!!
How the hell did you even imagine, I would ever agree to be a part of this?
Sorry, but I... Shhh!!!
Do you have any property back in your village? Any ancestral assets?
We do have a shop that my brother looks after.
There is a house behind that, but I can't say for sure.
Then go there! Find out about all this and ask for your share!
If you want, I'll come along with you. No, that's okay!
I've had enough of you already!
I'll manage... But will you be able to drop the nobility and say all this?
Will your self-respect let you ask for anything?
The sitaution that made me think of forging my son's signature,
Do you still think I have any self-respect left inside me?
Excuse me, the Pathak's used to live here right? They had a shop as well.
Pathak? Oh! The ones who owned the general store?
They are right here in this lane... Just ahead...
There used to be a...
A door facing the road, and the shop?
We lost all of that during the widening of the roads
We lost the case.
We lost the case!!
We have nothing left anymore!
We have nothing apart from this ruin with just the two rooms!
You want a share in that too?
I would never have come.
Never!
We had everything!
But...
I have to save Madhu's life.
Please give me whatever you can...
I am not here for...
I am not here for my share... I just...
I just need some financial help...
And even if you do ask for your share,
Do you think we can afford to give that to you now?
Are there any buried treasures over here?
We barely manage to live here with what's left,
Only God knows how we make ends meet.
Enough... Go inside.
Brother...
You have had a long journey.
You must be tired
Have some food first.
We'll try to find some solution.
Why are you fighting a lost battle, brother?
Death is the reality of every mortal!
Can you change that?
Tell me, how can anyone change this face? You can't buy a life with money, borther!
Brother...
Here's one lakh rupees
Keep it.
It saddens me deeply that I couldn't help you with more.
Now this city has...
Nothing left to offer you.
Apart from me.
Please do keep visiting.
I like it when you come home
Nalini?
Is everything alright?
Why did you come back so late?
Why?
What happened?
Her condition started to worsen all of a sudden.
But... She is stable now.
Since the morning
Then, why did you say I got late!
Its just that, they were asking for money, so I gave them the money you had left with me.
And now...
They have asked for these medicines
Fine... You sit with her
Sit sit...
Uncle?
Uncle...?
Could you please buy me these medicines?
I'll be forever grateful
My child isn't well
Please buy these medicines for me... I don't have any money left.
There you are! Arvind?
I came to visit sister. Met Nalini upstairs.
She told me, you might be here.
How much did you get?
One lakh rupees.
One Lakh!
So you just became richer than Bill Gates right?
Just one lakh, that too for an ancestral property!
My brother told me that, he lost everything during the widening of the roads.
Wow! That's some miracle you just manifested!
I told you that you will be ashamed to ask for money, and that's exactly what happened!
Come... Let's go back... I'll come with you!
I'll talk to your brother... About what?
They don't have anything left.
Nothing... Nothing at all...
They city where I spent my childhood
Has nothing left to offer me.
Don't give me all these philosophies! Come! Let's go back!
No, Prabhu...
Sometimes alongwith the people
The relations can fall ill too.
If you don't treat them in time...
Then they too can die.
I was never there for them, was I?
Look, I just got a message.
There was this kid who had some heart problems. His parents approached a newspaper.
The newspaper appealed to the citizens.
The people sent them money and the kid's operation was a success!
Why don't we do the same?
Okay... I'll look into it.
Uncle, that case was completely different.
That kid was an infant...
He needed to get a heart surgery done.
So we appealed to the people, and the people sent us money.
I know that the kid was just an infant and...
my wife Madhu is quite old
But, do you mean to say,
That the society has no amenibility towards its elders?
What does that word mean? Responsibility
How can you say that Mr. Pathak? Of course they do
What we meant was...
The kid had years of life experiences ahead of him!
Now, he can do something for the society!
A young man is almost like a national treasure.
And my wife?
Madhu?
Isn't she a national treasure anymore?
All that she did till date was a waste?
Just for my knowledge... How did she contribute to the society?
What sort of social work was she into? If you could elaborate we might be able to help!
What sort of a counter balance is this?
Why does she have to support some social cause?
In order to help the future generations study,
She toiled at the household of a Librarian like me!
She has raised two kids to become ideal citizens!
Is that not enough to,
Balance your scales of social work?
But that's her personal life!
But isn't the society made up of people and their personal lives?
Isn't that what defines a society?
And for a person who is a part of this society
Am I wrong in asking help from the society?
You are willing to help the youngsters...
What about the elders!
No one is interested in helping them!
You will help those who can return the favour,
But you don't want to help anyone you might think can't repay you back!
Why? Only because us, as in the elderly can't physically repay you?
He's talking like my father!
Even he argues with me about not understanding his perspective
Its not about the generation gap. We just work here and these things are not in our hands... One second
Uncle, I'm sorry...
But we... We really can't help you.
I have a small request...
The young kid for whose treatment you collected the funds, he has recovered now, right?
He got discharged from the hospital.
So you might have some funds left over from that grant
Could you give me that money, so that I can help my wife, because its very important!
She needs to live, and the problem between me and her is the money!
I've sold everything! I've sold everything!!! Uncle! Uncle, relax... Relax...
Is there anything we can do for him?
Umm... Medical policy?
Do you have any medical policies?
A mediclaim or a life insurance?
I don't know, she always handled all of that.
I never thought I would have to deal with any of it.
I'll check... Can I make a call please? Yes Sir...
Yes Arvind?
No, I just got back to the village.
Listen carefully,
Go to my house
If you don't have the spare keys, break the lock.
Break the lock?
Go inside and check in Madhu's trunk
There are some old files in it... One of them might...
Might be a mecial policy or an insurance policy of some sorts.
Just let me know if you find something, I'll call you back.
Okay... No no don't worry... Bye.
I'm sorry I got emotional in between and I...
Must have said some things which you do not agree with but... I'm.. I'm sorry...
Open it
Arvind...
I've opened the lock.
Opened it, not broken it!
I got a key maker to make a spare key
Please wake up Madhu!
I've got so much to talk about... please wake up!
We spent our entire lives together and yet there are so many unfinished conversations!
I have so many things that I need to tell you!
I want to listen to what you to say, Madhu!
Come on... wake up...
Dad, I have to go back to Kanpur.
I need to take care of the household as well, right?
And he'll be coming back by Saturday.
Till then if you need any help you can always call my brother.
Can I go, Dad?
Of course... Come I'll accompany you downstairs
Sure...
I'll be back soon
I found this file.
And there was this letter for you as well
This is from Ambu!
Ambu?
She used to be my assitant when I just started work as a Librarian.
Ambika...
She was a good friend of mine too
If you don't mind, read the letter later, look at the file first.
Look... this right here
Is an insurance policy... Mediclaim Insurance Policy!
It has a cover of upto two lakh rupees.
And from what I know, that amount was spent in the first two days of hospitalization itself!
Don't get me wrong, but when you took the policy,
You must've thought why do I need a mediclaim policy?
It's just a waste of money that won't fetch us anything!
She kept insisting, but I always refused
But now that we have this, let's go to this agent. I'm coming with you!
Uncle, you'll recieve this money when the policy holder dies
But mister, I need the money to keep my wife alive!
Why would I need the money once is dead!
You keep this file with you, and please give me whatever money you can through this. I really need the money!
You aren't getting my point, Uncle! I can't do that!
The policy clearly states that once the policy holder dies the nominee will recieve this money!
Prabhu?
What kind of a twisted woman is my wife!
Why does she always have to prioritize me!
Always thinking about me!
She made this policy!
On my name, so that when she dies, I might benefit with that!
What use is this policy to me!
Just a second... Can we get a loan on this policy?
The thing is that this is a quite old policy and...
And what!!!
What is the use of this file?
What is the use of this money!
And what's the use of those premiums we paid?
Do you want me to just wait for my wife to die,
So that I get some money out of it!
Or should I just commit suicide?
Please explain this to him! Even if you commit suicide you won't get the money!
Please mister....
I am begging you!
I'll even touch your feet!
Please help me get some money through all this!
I'll make you the nominee of this policy...
I'll sign it right away!
Whatever you get out of it, please keep it. But give me the money right now, I really need it!
I'm sorry but that won't be possible.
That is against the rules!
The kind of policy you are talking about does exist but this one isn't the same!
And considering his age....
You mean...
You mean... we are old!
And by old you mean...
Useless!!!
Futile!!!
Purposeless!!!
Just like any other piece of old furniture lying in your living room!
Isn't it?
Mark my words, one day, old age will creep on to you as well!
Your parents are already old but your wife and kids will grow old too!
Everyone has to grow old! Even this office will be old someday!
Calm down... Please calm down...
How can you expect me to calm down!
We have grown old now! Please listen to me...
We have become completely useless to this society!
You have grown old but aren't useless! No, you don't get it!
Come with me...
Arvind? Arvind!
Arvind!! My friend!
Calm down, please calm down.
i'll keep this file safe with me.
And I'll try to figure something out, don't worry.
You don't worry... Here take this
Get back to the hospital I'll meet you there! Don't you worry at all!
I'll be back soon... Don't be afraid!
Go now! Please!!
Why do I keep track of time anymore?
Why is this time so brutal!
Why is it making me count every breath I take!
And why is my count so weak?
Why are you in such a hurry?
Where do you want to go?
If my dream itself is dying,
Then why am I afraid of death?
The full moon shined brightly all night yesterday
As morning came, so did the songbirds
The river still flows...
Then why does this mind, body and soul
Feel so restless!
Why is everything so superficial?
If my soul runs deep then...
Why can't I dive in?
Deep, even deeper into the abyss of this soul
Why is there so much pain?
O Madhu!
Come with me please.
If you have any issues here,
You can move the patient to any other hospital in the city.
We have a limited number of ventilators
And there are many who need them
We too need it, that's why we are here doctor!
Look here... You have financial issues as well
But...
I am paying the bills, right?
Have I missed even one installment?
Mr. Pathak that's why I gave you this advice.
That you can move the patient to a cheaper hospital.
Will those cheaper hospitals have the same facilities as you do?
How would I know that?
Facilities are subject to resources.
Its a relative term!
So you mean to say...
The hospitals will only keep those alive who can...
Afford to pay the bills.
Even they aren't being able to survive, are they?
The money, is a fee for the facilities.
Survival and death...
That depends on your own fortune.
You are saying all this despite being a doctor!
Mr. Pathak...
I should not be saying this
One needs to invest a lot of time and money
To make this porduct
That you guys can call a "Doctor"
I'm a doctor,
And a quite practical one too.
The rest is upto you
and your financial capicity!
Take care...
Do you know what the doctor just told me?
He was talking about my capacities
How many more breaths can I buy for you?
If you wanted to die Madhu, then why didn't you die earlier!!
Why couldn't you have died twelve days earlier!
Why did you give false hopes to everyone?
I just know it!
You won't die unless I...
Sign that DNR form!
You want me to sign it!
You want my permission to die!!
And then...
You will leave me alone
And vanish forever!
Why must I take this responsibility Madhu?
Why do I have to decide whether you live or die!
And if I am responsible for that decision then why can't I take the decision I want to!
All the tides have turned against me!
And you!
You are forcing my hand!
To take this decision, by myself!
Madhu!
You must get well now.
Please get well now...
Right now!Just get well right now!!!
MADHU!!!!
Hello... Hello
Just a second...
How much can I get for this?
Do you have the bill?
I don't have it here with me
Around 35 thousand?
Just 35 thousand?
That's what the gold is worth, and you don't even have the bill.
That is all I can afford to pay for this.
No its fine... 35 thousand is okay....
Sleeping isn't allowed in the Library
Please don't do this.
I wasn't....
I wasn't sleeping...
I was praying
Praying to whom?
To anyone who might listen to me...
I've spent my entire life in this library among these books
This library is my temple
If no one listens to my prayers here, then I have nowhere else to go.
Someone will definitely listen...
Everything will be alright.
(So many generations went by, leaving behind just their words)
(Life just slipped away between all the sunrises and the sunsets)
(So many generations went by, leaving behind just their words)
(Life just slipped away between all the sunrises and the sunsets)
(If we hold grudges against sleep)
(Then we miss out on the dreams as well)
(If the pages are strewn then)
(Then the books are lost too)
(Why won't this dar abyss of a night leave me alone)
(Why don't these roads clinging to my feet ever get tired)
(Even though I reached home, my journey isn't over yet)
Arvind?
Arvind??
How have you been!
Ambu!!!
Why are you looking like this?
What do you mean?
I mean, you have grown a beard, your hair is all unkept. All okay?
Of course everything is okay!
Did you get my letter?
Yeah I got it, but couldn't find time to read it.
How long have you been here?
I don't remember
Come in...
How long has it been since we last met, Arvind?
I mean... its been years!
I think it was your daughter's wedding
That's when we last met, isn't it? Hmm...
How many years ago was that? Ten?
Twelve years!
Are you serious?
Its been twelve years??
My God, are we really meeting after twelve years?
I mean, we weren't here as it is.
We had moved to Delhi.
Then my son went to America
Then we settled in Delhi itself
And then two years ago...
My husband...
I know... I had come...
You had come there?
Of course!
I rushed there as soon as I came to know
And not just me...
The entire group had come along!
Is it? Then why didn't you meet me?
No one even told me about this!
I asked them not to tell you
But why?
Why indeed!
I don't know...
I couldn't bear the sight of you
You had been crying all the time, your hair was all astray...
You weren't in your senses
When I saw you like that...
I couldn't even look at you...
Meeting you was definitely out of question.
So...
I couldn't muster the courage...
Have a seat...
Your...
Your son didn't seem to be around that day
Was he there?
At that time?
No...
But this was pre-decided
He was unwell for almost two years.
Shailendra... My husband
Yes...
So...
My son, had just visited a few days prior
He too had his own struggles, new job...
New country!
I only asked him not to come.
What was done was done, now...
He was gone,
What difference would it make now?
But why are we... talking about all this?
I'll make some coffee!
Let's have coffee... and then?
Then let's have some nice lunch!
I'll cook something... Your favourite!
Do you still remember my likes and dislikes?
Who forgets such things, Arvind?
And if in all these years, your likes have changed then...
That's a different thing altogether
What's this?
Wine!
But... I don't drink!
Have one to celebrate our reunion!
Cheers!
What are you looking at?
I've put too much make-up, right?
No no, nothing like that...
To hide somethings on the inside,
One must overdo somethings on the outside
What do you have to hide?
Nothing at all!
A lot of happiness may be!
My son is happy!
My daughter-in-law is happy, both of them are very hardworking!
I am a grandmother now!
Can you imagine? Me!
A Grandmother!
I don't look like one do I?
I bought this house after Shailendra's demise.
I have some savings as well
Its all good!
I'm at peace...
I'm satisfied with life.
This is how it should end, right?
I mean just like any device switches off at the press of a button,
Just like that...
Our exit must also be that easy!
Nobody suffers, neither us, nor our family.
Right?
Why do we keep circling back to the same topic!
Beacuse...
Each and every by-roads of life
Finally,
Have the same destination!
You'll be staying for a day or two right?
Or do you have to get back to Maliabad?
No... I am here for a few days
Oh you mean...
Here? At your place?
Of course!
No... I can't....
I would be more than happy to host you!
Remember how you always made up excuses to stay back at my place!
I got stuck in the rains today... There is an exam tomorrow... I missed my train today!
But you weren't married back then, Ambu!
Who knows, I still might get married.
You wanted to marry me, am I right?
It seems you...
Are high in just one sip!
Cheers! Cheers...
Are you travelling to Lucknow for some work?
What happened?
Nothing...
Then why do you seem so tired?
Why don't you freshen up?
The bathroom is right here
That's okay... I am fine...
Atleast wash your face, you'll feel better.
Hello?
Yes, Ambika here
That's fine, my maid will get those
Thank you
Arvind?
Yes?
Why does your bag smell so bad!
Just let it be...
Keep it on the side.
But why does it smell so bad? When did you last wash this!
It smells like old medicines
I am so happy to have finally met you!
Seriously!
You'll stay for a couple of days right?
Let's plan a reunion!
I was thinking...
Let's get the old gang back together!
Let's call everyone, our entire group!
We should do this now,
While everyone is still alive!
And then...
We'll listen to your poetry!
You still write, don't you?
Yeah... sometimes
You asked so much about my son, but I didn't ask about your kids even once! How are they?
Anand?
Anand and Anju, correct?
You remember their names? How are they?
They're good!
Good to know!
I heard you...
Went back to your village and...
Got a cozy house for yourself!
Madhu always insisted that,
She wanted a place with a front-yard!
Is it!
She spent her entire life...
In those small cooped up pigeon box-like houses
Then she finally got what she wanted...
A house with a front-yard!
From where once can see the moon!
How is she? Why didn't you bring her along?
She's in the hospital Ambu...
What happened?
She'll recover soon...
She's already halfway there
The doctor has said she'll make a full recovery...
After I retired,
I bought the house in Maliabad
We had some
Fixed deposits
Few years later that matured so we got some surplus money
Then Madhu said that she...
Wants to travel to Europe with me.
She never asked me for anything for herself!
Never!
Then...
She always wore a saree, but the day we went to the airport...
She wore a jeans and a T-shirt for the first time ever!
So cute!
She must be looking beautiful!
Extremely beautiful!
She was looking gorgeous!
The entire family came to drop us to the airport!
Our son, daughter-in-law, our son-in-law, daughter, their kids...
Everyone was so happy!
And then when we...
Were standing in the line for checking-in
All of a sudden... she fainted and...
The doctors said that...
It was a brain hemmorhage...
How is she now?
She is in the hospital
She's recovering...
She'll definitely recover...
She will...
In fact the... Travel agent had told us...
Mr. Pathak...
As and when Mrs. Pathak recovers, we won't cancel your ticket. you can travel later.
To Europe.... as per your wife's wishes...
Soon...
We'll be going soon
Once she gets better, we will be going to Europe!
She is recovering...
She is...
In the hospital as of now...
I'm sure she'll recover
The medicines have advanced quite a lot nowadays
SHe'll be fine...
Would you please sing a song for me?
Me? Hmm...
You were always the singer... No no, you used to sing so well!
You daughter used to sing!
Umm no... She used to learn dance! Dance yes...
You had... become quite emotional during my wedding and had...
Sung quite a filmy song!
You were quite the filmy character.... We all were i guess!
Life was so simple and peaceful!
Those days when we...
Used to write poems in our letters!
You take some rest... I'll just get the food done.
Arvind? I am off to bed... Do you need anything else?
Arvind?
Do you need anything?
What are you looking at?
Even I have been through what you have.
They are just phases of life.
I had to go through Chemotherapy
But I'm fine now
This is the last phase of life!
Its alright... Such is life!
The best part is...
I'm happy... Turst me...
I travel, I read, I listen to songs...
I go to the movies!
One day the button will switch off...
But till then we must shine bright, correct?
You have to stay strong
That's life!
I've made your bed
Let me know if you need anything
Goodnight!
(The sky is fills up with dark clouds)
(But not a shelter in sight)
(The sky is fills up with dark clouds)
(But not a shelter in sight)
(The cold rain falls over me)
(And burns my soul)
(What is the cure pray tell)
(The sky is fills up with dark clouds)
(My life yearns for my beloved)
(As she calls me to the other end)
(My life yearns for my beloved)
(As she calls me to the other end)
(All my friends and fellows are on their way back)
(Who will stay back here with me, pray tell)
(The sky is fills up with dark clouds)
(What is this strange connection that binds to my heart)
(My mind is restless and my body unfortunate)
(My body is unfortunate)
(I keep living on, as my hope keeps dying by the second)
(My hope keeps dying by the second)
Madhu, I...
Just visited Ambu...
We met each other after so many years!
She was very happy to see me...
She has cancer
Madhu?
You have gripped my heart like a pincer
And you just won't let go!
I'm defeated now...
I'm tired...
I'm tired
It was never my decision,
But you haven't left me any choice!
Your passing isn't what saddens me...
Everyone who is born has to pass on...
But...
I am the one responsible for... your passing,
How do I deal with this unfortunate sadness!
How do I deal with this misfortune?
Madhu....
(Will you be able to face my death?)
(Once your are gone, I'll settle all my dues, lockup the household and then follow you!)
(No my child I can't take your jewelry!)
(This is worth nothing as compared to mom's treatment)
(Don't sell this house)
(Today its my turn)
(But tomorrow all of you will face this, mark my words!)
(You can't buy a life even with all the money in this world, my brother!)
(Pay no attention to these people, all of this is just drama!)
(The decision is all yours)
(It is extremely painful to lose a loved one)
(But even scaried and worse is)
(The fear of losing someone)
(You lied to me, when you were about to leave)
(You lied to me that we will meet again)
(Now)
(I am forced to face the truth)
(The truth is that...)
(We will never be meeting again)
(Torn pages can't make up a book, Madhu!)
(This pen won't spout ink anymore)
I want to deposit ten lakhs for the bills of the patient Madhavi Pathak
And hence forth, please call me for the bills.
I am writing down my phone number and email id, please update it in your system.
Thank you.
Which one is number forty?
That one.
Thank you
Sister? Yes?
I think she's responding!
Sister, I think the patient... the patient is responding
I'll just check She just moved her fingers!
Please call up her family members. Yes..
Fast! Yes, I'll just...
Sir, please deposit this on the behlaf of Mrs. Madhavi Pathak
Arvind?
Arvind...
I just saw Madhu...
She's responding!
I've been calling you, why weren't you answering?
I told the nurses. I am so happy now, don't worry!
I've got this hot pudding for you.
Go on.. have some.
I'll just get some tea.
Arvind!!!
Sister-in-law is recovering, my brother!
She's recovering!
Hey... Hey!!! DId you hear me?
Sister-in-law is recovering, my brother!
Hey... Arvind?
My brother!
Brother!
My friend!!!
Come on!!!
Wake up...
(We'll meet once again, when the rains come back)
(We'll walk together once again, behind the curtains of those droplets)
(We'll meet once again, when the rains come back)
(We'll walk together once again, behind the curtains of those droplets)
(I have grown a bit old, and so have you, my love)
(And yet our story will still remain young)
(We will once again write our names on the surface of that water)
(Even though I reached home, my journey isn't over yet)