Dhadak 2 (2025) Movie Script
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Looks like you.
Look at this reel.
No, if I'm late again,
mom will check my phone.
Anyway we're meeting tonight
for the movie.
But everyone else will be there too.
It's okay, I'll come back tomorrow.
- Listen, I love you.
- I love you one, two, three, four, five.
- I miss you.
- Miss you too.
See you soon.
Sorry, sir, my bike got punctured.
I didn't order any food.
Well, this is the address on it.
Maybe my girlfriend ordered it.
How much should I pay?
Here's the bill.
JAI BHIM
No, keep the change.
It's a tip.
Thank you.
In Ambedkar Nagar,
Sector 11, a polytechnic student
fell to his death from the third storey
of his building.
Sources suggest the student
was drunk and slipped.
Buddy...
Apparently, they found beer bottles
and even condoms at his place.
Rubbish!
I am sure the girl's family
got him killed,
and they claim it was
due to the pressure of exams.
If you guys are done investigating,
call Bhim.
Call him.
Ask him if everyone's reached.
Dude, our boys have reached,
and the drums as well.
Hurry up then!
They'll screw us if we're late.
- How?
- How?
BHIM BAJA DHOL BOYS
- Did you notice?
- She is looking at you.
Why is she looking at me?
Your shirt is inside out.
Buddy, she is walking towards us!
Are we playing it wrong?
Neelesh, what did you do?
Listen...
Come here.
- I?
- Yes, you. Come here.
Yes, madam.
Can I have your number?
What number?
Phone? Ration? Social security?
Electricity? Or Gas?
Your phone number.
Ninety-three, twenty-one,
five sixty-five, nine sixty-two.
Dude, your mobile number.
Ninety-three, twenty-one,
five sixty-five, nine sixty-two.
Who gives number like that?
Well, the number's right here.
You can take a picture.
Bhim Baja Dhol Boys.
BBDB.
BBDB.
My sister's getting married soon.
You have to come.
I'll call you.
I'll definitely be there.
You play drums really well.
That's why I'm booking you
in advance.
Well, a special discount only for you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
A heartbeat is all I want
A heartbeat is all I want
- All the best.
- Have you seen Sachin?
Where's Sachin?
How will I reach on time?
Neelesh!
Who asked you to get water?
Put it down.
- Mom, what are you doing?
- Just one spoon, for luck.
- Where are the shoes?
- With Sachin.
- Where is Sachin?
- With the shoes.
Stop fooling around.
- Neelesh!
- Buddy!
Hurry up! You're getting late!
How do I leave in my slippers?
Sorry, I was down with acidity, so...
If he's late today,
I'll break all your legs.
Start with him.
Hold this.
Neelesh, don't be scared.
Listen with your mind,
but speak from your heart.
My name is Neelesh.
I've come...
For... for admission.
For... for admission.
My name is Neelesh.
I've come for admission.
We will fight for it!
Fellowship is our right...
Neelesh... Come!
Sir, my name is Neelesh.
I have come for admission.
This is my mark sheet,
and caste certificate.
Neelesh Ahir... war.
- Ahirwar.
- Yes, sir.
Reservation seat?
Yes sir.
In Hindi, 79... English...
Your marks are pretty good.
Yes, sir.
But you won't be able to
cheat here.
No, sir. I don't cheat.
That's what Mallya said too.
Son of Nandkumar...
What does your father do?
He's a rickshaw driver.
And what do you do?
Are you part of some group?
No, sir.
Sure?
Well, if you aren't part of one,
you'll get into one here. Right?
For the first two years,
you'll spend most of your time
in the canteen.
The next two years,
you'll protest.
And in the final year,
you'll become a politician.
Why should I waste a seat on you?
I am not interested in politics.
That's what Kejriwal said too.
Sir, to become a politician,
one has to fight.
I can't do that.
But to become a lawyer,
one has to study hard.
And that's what I want.
Good answer.
Stay away from any kind of petitions,
protests and campus politics.
Yes, sir.
What you need to understand is,
if caste-based reservation is a problem,
abolish the caste-system.
Reservation exists because of casteism,
not the other way around.
Jai Jai Jai Jai... Jai Bhim!
Jai Bhim!
Jai Jai Jai Jai... Jai Bhim!
Jai Bhim!
Jai Bhim!
Jai Bhim!
Jai Bhim!
Jai Bhim!
Mom, I'm going out.
He isn't even a lawyer yet
and already celebrating.
Stop being so tough on him.
Everyone wants to celebrate.
He didn't care when
I was whiling away my time.
Now when I've got admission in a big
university, he's discouraging me?
What's your problem if I study?
I? It's you who's going
to have problems.
- They won't let you study!
- Nonsense.
It's a reputed college, a safe space.
A reputed college also charges big money.
Where will you get it from?
He's got a reserved seat.
The fee is less.
And we are not taking your money.
At least let me try.
Anyway, you don't live with us.
So why are you concerned?
Grandpa, convince him.
He wants to study.
Don't discourage him.
Do as you please.
Anyway nobody listens to me.
Let's go, guys.
- What is this?
- A banana!
That's what you're saying.
How do we believe you?
How will you prove it?
How do I prove a banana is a banana?
Welcome to law!
Legal! Illegal!
Legal! Illegal!
I'm your professor, Amitabh Tripathi.
And she's your lecturer, Richa Wilson.
Good morning, everyone!
- What the hell!
- Hey, you!
Are you trying to get killed?
Are you hurt?
No, I'm fine.
Do you remember me?
The other day...
I was playing the drums...
Band Baaja Baarat!
No. Bhim Baja Dhol Boys.
Yes! BBDB.
- Now, BA LLB.
- Oh, really? Me too!
- Looking for a seat?
- Thank you.
Then go sit behind, piss off!
Come sit here.
Ma'am, I'm Vidisha Bhardwaj.
The way people are taking of fence
these days
and filing cases against each other,
I think legal is a very
profitable profession.
Good evening, ma'am.
Good evening, sir.
I want to become a lawyer, because...
I don't want to cook
in the kitchen.
I didn't choose the law.
The law chose me.
Vasudev Singh.
My father's a contractor.
Sir, the road in front
of the college was built by
my father.
It's not built well.
Get yourself a car first.
Silence!
I love to argue.
Being a lawyer isn't about arguing.
Reservation seat?
Paid seat?
- Are you weak?
- Come on!
Where to?
Do a few squats, then you can go.
My name is Raunaq Bhardwaj.
My father and uncle are both lawyers.
And, Vidisha is my cousin.
Bhardwaj-Bhardwaj.
Sriram Kashyap.
Hitesh Agarwal.
Anjana Verma.
Akhil Rajput.
Palak Pandya.
Tanmay Rastogi.
Pooja Gupta.
Piyush Dixit.
Praveen Verma.
Saurabh Kumar.
Saba Pathan.
Roshan Kumar.
Shivam Upadhyay.
And you! Backbencher!
Do you need special invitation?
Stand up!
- Neelesh, sir!
- Is 'sir' your family name?
- No, sir.
- Then?
What's your full name?
Neelesh.
Neelesh what?
What's your family name?
Neelesh BA LLB.
Did you get the degree from home?
Complete your studies first,
then call yourself BA LLB.
Sit down.
Silence!
Silence!
Another lamb for slaughter!
Neelesh BA LLB!
Let's get you married.
- Let's find you a bride!
- That's enough.
Vijay bhai, looks like you want to
start your own matrimonial!
If you'd like, I could get you
married off as well.
Great idea!
Anyway he doesn't have time for it.
Let's go, the food is getting cold.
The food's getting cold.
- Let's go.
- I heard her.
Shekhar bhai,
will the ragging happen every day?
- Let's go find out? Vijay...
- Hey...
Have you studied ethology?
The study of animal behaviour,
or animal psychology.
In the jungle, why do animals
live in groups with their own kind?
So predators don't hunt them easily.
Correct!
Out there, the fight is for hunger.
But here, it is for rights.
And, if you want to survive
in this jungle,
you have to find your own group.
- I don't want to get involved in politics.
- Come on!
You got into politics
the day you were born.
Understood?
I'm getting late for class.
Listen... if you need anything,
you can find me behind
the auditorium. Okay?
Jai Bhim!
Please have samosa...
It's from Raju's cafe.
Try the chutney.
Is everyone in your family a lawyer?
Yes, my grandfather was a barrister.
My father was an advocate.
And we are also continuing
the family business.
Dad wanted Vidhi and I
to be lawyers too.
Wow! Women empowerment.
We allow our girls to study.
The world is getting modern now,
Mahesh.
If we don't become modern,
we'll be left behind.
All this modernity is good,
but girls these days become engineers
and can't cook anything
other than instant noodles.
What are your hobbies?
Reels! Everyone's into reels these days.
And you?
Mine... is to question things.
I love to ask questions.
Let's play Five Questions.
Five Questions?
It's a game, like a rapid fire.
- Shall we play?
- Vidhi!
No, it's all right.
We can kill time while
the horoscopes are being matched.
- Let's go!
- That's the spirit!
So, here's the first question!
What qualities should an
"ideal" girl have?
She must be pretty.
She must value traditions.
She must take care of her family
and relatives, obviously.
- Yes!
- Well said!
What about taking care of herself?
That happens anyway.
No big deal.
That's also true.
What qualities should an
"ideal" boy have?
Well, being born as a male
in itself is most ideal!
- Correct!
- Isn't it?
Yes.
What's the most important thing
for a marriage?
Caste, what else?
Caste? What about love?
Love...
What a wonderful game!
- She's funny.
- Absolutely.
This is my younger brother, Prakash.
- Nice to meet you.
- Keep this inside.
- Hello!
- Hello!
Let's discuss important things.
We have no expectations.
I mean, we're meat eaters.
But we are not.
Aren't you guys Maithil?
We are Narmadiya.
There's been a confusion.
The bio got mixed up
with another family.
Maithil, Narmadiya... Doesn't matter.
As long as we are
all upper-caste Brahmins,
our hearts are bound to meet.
Well said!
Let the meat be. Just eat the curry!
Really?
Jurisprudence.
It is the philosophy of law.
So let us...
Yes?
Sister, can you please...
explain it in Hindi?
Mr. BA LLB, of course I can.
But you can call me "ma'am".
Okay?
Please sit.
Let's start with a story.
Five explorers get stuck in a cave.
After about twenty days,
news gets through
on the wireless radios
that they're running out of food.
And it'll take another ten days
for any kind of help to reach them.
Doctors analyse the situation.
That it'll be impossible for
the explorers
to survive for ten days without food
and water.
Then suddenly,
one of the explorers asks...
"What if we eat someone?"
The guy who asked this question
takes out a dice.
He suggests rolling the dice.
The one who loses, dies.
Reluctantly, the other explorers agree.
They each take turns to roll the dice.
The explorer who suggested this, loses,
and he gets eaten.
Now, here is the case for you.
All four survivors
were accused of cannibalism
and murder.
And your assignment is that
in the context of law and morality,
examine whether the explorers were
right or wrong.
Vidisha!
Vidisha, it's me Neelesh.
- It's Vidhi.
- Vidhi.
- Can I ask you something?
- Yes?
Can we do the assignment in Hindi?
Of course.
Are you from a Hindi school?
Yes, but I can speak a little English.
Oh, good! If you learn some more,
then you'll be able to practice
at the High Court,
and at the Supreme Court as well.
But I want to be
a District Court lawyer.
What?
You don't become a
lawyer of a specific court.
You can practice anywhere,
if you can speak in English.
Understood?
Well...
I was just wondering
why the courts are divided
on the basis of language.
If you say something in English,
and I say it in Hindi,
it means the same thing.
Then why is English celebrated like
a superior language?
Yes, but people
are to be blamed for it.
English is also just a language.
To think of it,
before language,
there must have been a time
when people could express themselves.
There must have been some way.
Sign language,
or maybe telepathy.
Telepathy!!
- Superstar Thalapathy!
- No, telepathy.
Telepathy means to understand someone
else's feelings,
without saying a word.
- How?
- Like...
For instance, if I'm thinking of you,
and then you call me,
at that very moment.
Oh, that's Vichar Sankraman.
Vichar... what?
Telepathy is Vichar Sankraman in Hindi.
Vichar Sankraman.
Vichar Sankraman.
Vichar Sankraman.
But for that, the bond
needs to be really strong.
and then the guy who owned
the dice got killed and eaten.
What the hell!
They ate a person?
Didn't even spare his bones.
Was he a Dalit?
He would have survived then.
They wouldn't touch him.
What about the other caste?
Would they spare a tribal?
What if all five were
from our community?
What then?
Mom, what do you think?
What if all five were
from our community?
What happens when a person is hungry?
The brain shrinks.
Blood pressure drops.
The heart rate slows down.
And gradually,
the ability to think withers away.
This sounds like being in love.
So, hunger makes
people do extreme things.
The law of the jungle is,
kill or be killed.
You guys go ahead.
What's up, buddy?
Not getting ragged, right?
No, it's all good.
Have a laddu then.
They were made at home.
Take one... the other one is for Richa.
Are you and Richa didi friends?
A great poet once said...
My pen understands the depth of
my emotions so well that...
My pen understands the depth of
my emotions so well that...
even if I want to write "love",
I end up writing "revolution".
- Understood?
- Wow! No, not really.
Let's go to the canteen.
I'll show you.
Do you know where the money
for fellowships comes from?
From the taxpayers.
Vijay, did your grandfather ever go
to college?
Yes he did.
- Your father?
- So?
He did.
And you are present here too.
Friends, this is how you resolve
fights in a law college.
So debate, don't hate.
You'll know the world better.
What the hell are you trying to say?
That... in my entire family,
I am the first to step inside a college.
Because we were not allowed to study.
And today, I am here,
debating with you.
Because reservation has put us
on equal grounds.
Well said, Shekhar bhai!
Is Shekhar bhai always in a
rebellious mode?
It's necessary.
When injustice becomes law,
resistance becomes duty.
Eh?
For as long as society is unequal,
affirmative actions are necessary.
This is why we need fellowships
on the basis of caste.
Bravo, Shekhar bhai!
Aren't you guys eating anything?
Listen, don't get stuck
in a cave with her.
Hey!
If some good had to come
from fellowship or reservation,
it would have happened
in the last seventy years?
But you guys want to stretch it
for another 500 years!
There is a backlog of
centuries-old discrimination.
Seventy years is not enough, got it?
Have you finished your assignment?
Sorry.
Samosa?
Eat it, a healthy debate
doesn't fill the stomach.
Miss Pilot, where are we going?
Next question?
What's your favourite place?
Sanchi.
As a kid, we would always go
there on a holiday.
After dinner, we'd go sit on the terrace.
It was so much fun!
The deep dark sky,
full of shimmering stars.
Back then, I would look at the stars
and think life is beautiful.
The city scares the stars too.
Deep!
Pollution eats up the stars.
- Correct.
- Next question.
How do you make a cream roll?
What a random question!
Ask me something deeper, Neelu!
Tell me something about yourself
that nobody else knows.
Come on, you wanted a deep one!
What?
- Are you really innocent or a smart ass?
- Hey...
You were supposed to catch me.
Are you okay?
Did you hurt yourself?
And what if I had?
I had no idea there was such
a beautiful place
right in the middle of the city.
This is my favourite place.
I used to come here during holidays...
With Birju.
Who is Birju?
I'll tell you some other time.
This way.
This way?
Why can't you tell me now?
Trying to be mysterious, huh?
If you don't tell me your secrets,
how will we get to know each other?
Do you always ask so many questions?
Why?
Do you have a problem with that?
- No.
- Many people do, actually.
Well, I like... talking to you.
Vidhi!
Neelu!
- Vidhi!
- Shut up!
Some couples are so weird,
aren't they?
Yes, they just start anywhere...
Are you also a "couple"?
I was, but we broke up.
I see. Why?
Because he suffered
from that male illness.
Which one?
Toxic masculinity.
Toxic... Meaning?
Did he try to control you?
How do I explain this?
In Hindi, you'd call it
Vishaili Mardangi.
Don't worry.
You don't suffer from it.
You already know me so well?
A little bit.
- Telepathy!
- Telepathy!
This is my first step to love
The earth and the sky are what I want
The kind that keep me from sleeping
Those sweet yearnings I seek
The one that will stay with me forever
A heartbeat is all I want
A heartbeat is all I want
A heartbeat is all I want
Come in.
- What happened?
- Let's talk inside.
We were just trying
to explain to her
that she has to break up with that boy.
She didn't listen to her brother.
They had a heated argument,
and he pushed her a little.
Her head hit the wall,
and... Shaalu...
Shaalu!
My sister was just as shameless.
We have to do the right thing.
That's enough.
Stop crying like a girl.
Brother! No...
- Scream louder.
- Shaalu!
Oh, no! What the hell did Shaalu do!
Why did she do this!
- Shaalu!
- Louder...
Another student died by suicide
due to rising academic pressure.
Shalini from Ashanagar
was just 19 years old.
Family members are devastated.
What are you doing?
Dad, I had sown melon seeds in it,
but it's not growing.
My dear, if you plant melon in it,
the plant will die.
Every plant has its own place.
If you mix one with another, they'll die.
- So, what did we learn?
- The melon will die.
Hello, sir.
Today, you teach us.
Dura lex sed lex comes from
the Latin saying
dura ley pero lo... pere ley.
In Hindi, this translates as
"the law is harsh,
but the law it is", and...
You've understood it, right?
Now may I teach the other students?
In English!
Good.
It has consistently been held that
inconvenience is not a decisive factor
to be considered
while interpreting a case.
The legal maxim dura lex sed lex means,
- "the law is harsh, but the law it is".
- What the hell are you doing?
You should also pretend to write,
else Tripathi will take your case.
The legal maxim, dura lex sed lex means,
"the law is harsh".
Diligently taking notes, Mr. BA LLB?
Let me take a look.
Hand it over.
Sir, please let it go.
He's understood it.
Is that right?
Then you read it.
Sir...
How do I read this?
Let me show you.
Give it to me.
Egg egg, eggy-egg, egg!
Egg egg, eggy-egg, egg!
Like that.
Eggy egg... Sir, this is wrong.
Why are you ridiculing him?
I know the difference
between right and wrong.
Sit down.
Let me tell you what's wrong.
Millions of students write
the entrance exams every year,
which a few thousand manage to qualify.
For the few seats out of which
you're sitting on one, for free!
Sir!
- What are you doing?
- Just a second, sir.
What are you doing?
Have you gone mad? Sit down!
- Go back to your seat!
- Take a look, sir!
- I don't want to see!
- Sir, it's not just me.
- Get out of here!
- Nobody understands.
- Just get the hell out!
- Sir, please read this.
Get the hell out of here!
Get the hell out! Out!
Get out!
I looked for you everywhere
in college.
Should have guessed, you'd be here.
The sun's quite harsh.
Can we go to some other place?
Wherever I go in life,
people remind me
it's not my place.
I don't know where I belong.
You'd asked me who Birju was.
Your name Birju.
My name Neelesh.
Your name Birju Ahirwar.
My name Neelesh Ahirwar.
Bro, take our name as well... in English.
His name...
Bala!
- Bala!
- Bala!
Don't feel like bathing?
No shower for you.
Your name Birju.
My name Neelesh.
- Is he in a bad mood?
- Yes, he's a bit off.
- Why?
- Mom scolded him.
Oh,
so he got offended?
Don't go too far!
The land near the tracks belongs to them.
Does that mean the water belongs
to them too?
- Let's get out of here.
- No, wait.
- Just sit down.
- Why are you such a coward?
I'm not!
These everyday brawls are pointless.
They behave stupid...
and so do you all.
You're blaming us?
Motherfucker! He's taking a piss!
- Give me a stone.
- Bala, let it go.
- Let's go!
- Take this!
Come on, let's just get out of here.
This endless cat-and-mouse game
is wasting away our whole life.
Who's the mouse here,
and who's the cat?
- Where's Birju?
- Birju!
Where is he?
- Birju!
- Birju!
Birju!
Birju!
Neelesh, I hope those boys
haven't done something...
Birju!
Birju!
Birju!
Birju!
Birju!
Why are you taking them?
It is our dog who was killed.
Birju was like a son to us.
Whose son? What dog?
- These boys were stealing water.
- Don't lie, sir!
That's a false accusation, sir.
Who the hell are you?
Are you their lawyer?
I'm Neelesh's mother.
Oh! A big-shot then?
She's a leader of their ghetto,
sir.
So what should I do?
Should I vote for her?
Sir, do you have any proof?
They didn't steal, sir.
Proof?
I'll give her proof.
How dare you hit her!
Get in!
Mom...
Sir! Please don't... please...
Excuse me.
What charges do you have them under?
There are multiple charges
against them, madam.
Show me a copy of the F.I.R.
You know this is custodial violence,
right?
Have you taken down all the cameras
in the station?
Ma'am, let's sort this out?
Please calm down.
Who was that lawyer?
The NGO sent her.
Mom, what are you saying?
You think it's easy to become a lawyer?
Do you know
how expensive law schools are?
I am going to the polytechnic college.
I'll find a job,
and earn a living.
Nobody will lay a finger on you then.
We've fallen so far down,
we've forgotten to
stand up for ourselves.
You think getting a job,
making money will stop
them from harassing us?
This isn't about a job.
This is about power.
Nobody could mess with Babasaheb.
Why?
Nothing can stop me
from becoming a lawyer.
I owe it to my mother,
to my friends,
to Birju, and to myself.
No matter how difficult
they make it for me.
I thought all this
happened years ago,
in villages.
That's just how it seems to those who
don't experience it, Vidhi.
When Ansari sir gave me admission,
I felt like my life was
on the right track.
But after what happened
in class today...
But it was Tripathi sir's fault,
Neelesh.
You know he mistreats everyone.
Not everyone.
He told me I've got the seat for free.
People have no clue of the price
we pay for this "free" seat.
I haven't got anything in life for free.
Listen...
I can teach you English and Latin, okay?
I inherited Latin.
What do you mean?
My father is a lawyer.
Oh.
So let's put my privilege
to some good use.
Let's study together,
Neelesh BA LLB?
Okay, Vidhi BA LLB.
The day I don't see you,
I am unable to breathe
Now that I'm falling in love with you
I'm up all night, I just can't sleep
Now that I'm falling in love with you
Always stay close to my heart
Things only seem right
When we aren't apart
Our love is fine, like good wine
Like a boat by the shore
With you I feel secure
Now that I'm falling in love with you
Lean on me some more
Consider me yours
Now that I'm falling in love with you
Sometimes it's quiet
Sometimes it's loud
Like the moon, floating on a cloud
Sometimes it's quiet
Sometimes it's loud
Like the moon, floating on a cloud
My heart can't handle this thrill
But when you're around, I feel still
You live in every beat of my heart
Now that I'm falling in love with you
My breath grows heavy
My head's in a spin
Now that I'm falling in love with you
When you aren't near
My mind isn't clear
I only think of you
Oh my, what will I do?
I don't want to be alone
Our love has really grown
My days start and end with you
Now that I'm falling in love with you
I'm up all night, I just can't sleep
Now that I'm falling in love with you
I'm falling in love with you
I'm falling in love with you
I'm falling in love with you
I'm falling in love with you
No, no, that one's too fast.
That's the best part about it.
No way I am going on it.
- Hey! Love birds.
- Will you hold my hand?
- D or T?
- It's T.
- What the hell are you doing?
- Leave!
- Let go.
- No, you let go.
Ronnie, let go of it!
Focus on the work!
When will your wedding shopping finish?
Ask didi.
She is always busy
with her calls.
Give back the cards, we'll fall short.
Dad, tell him to stop it.
I want to invite my friends.
What friends?
Haven't you invited them all?
They are my college friends,
Vasu and Neelesh.
Give me their full names.
Vasudev Singh, and Neelesh BA LLB.
Are you aware of Neelesh
BA LLB's full name?
Yes. Neelesh Ahirwar.
Why?
I'll be back.
Dad has asked to keep this
in front of mom's photo.
Go ahead.
So, who is this BA LLB?
He's a friend.
We're in the same class.
Listen...
How did you decide to marry Ravi?
You've only met him a few times.
Sure, but everyone's got
to marry someone.
Yes, but it's such an
important life decision.
Aren't you scared?
Scared of what?
Ravi's such a nice guy.
He speaks lovingly.
Comes from a good family.
He has his own business,
and a fancy SUV car!
On top of that, he is from our caste.
What else could one ask for, Vidhi?
- What are you saying, ?
- Her questions never seem to end.
Nobody's talking to you.
Get a grip on yourself.
It's a good thing your mother
isn't here to see your antics.
- Ronnie!
- Vidhi!
Ronnie, get out.
Me? And you won't say a word to her?
No, I won't. Just leave!
Sure, just tell me off.
But never call out her bullshit.
What's the matter?
You look upset.
Nothing.
There's a wedding in the house.
Something keeps happening everyday.
You look pretty today.
Just... today?
You have to come to the wedding.
No excuses.
"An auspicious wedding!"
Exclamation point!
"We request the honour
of your presence
for the wedding ceremony of
comma, Nimisha Bhardwaj,
daughter of Arvind Bhardwaj,
and late Sumitra Bhar... "
Late?
I was in the eighth grade.
At the time, I didn't understand
what cancer was.
Since then, dad played
a double role in our lives.
He used to say,
"You can't spell father"
without "her"."
My father is my hero.
You know, as a kid,
I'd fall asleep holding
my mother's hand.
And on her last day,
at the hospital, mummy said...
"Keep holding my hand,
I'll never leave you."
A heartbeat is all I want
A heartbeat is all I want
We're just getting started!
It's a long fight ahead!
We're just getting started!
It's a long fight!
We're just getting started!
It's a long fight ahead!
We're just getting started!
It's a long fight ahead!
Wow!
You are fitting right in...
This completes the look!
Sign the petition.
What are you thinking?
Sign it then.
Shekhar bhai, I told you,
I'm here to study, not to fight.
What do you mean?
You came here to
become a lawyer, right?
Sign the petition, Neelesh.
This fight is yours too...
Tomorrow, you could be in my place.
Shekhar, this has to be his decision,
don't force him. You go.
Richa, I'm not forcing him.
Trying to explain to him the right thing,
but he just doesn't get it.
Brother,
just because you think you're right,
it doesn't mean that I'm wrong.
Neelesh.
You see this pen.
This small cap is just a tiny part
of the whole pen.
And the rest of it is us.
Yet, it rules us. Why?
Shekhar bhai, I don't understand all this.
To me, a pen is just a pen, not a sword.
- Okay?
- Let us go, Shekhar bhai.
There aren't enough marigold flowers
on top, add a few more.
Okay.
DON'T BE LATE
I'll INTRODUCE YOU TO DAD
Bhim Nagar's mobile mall at your service!
Talk softly.
If a builder hears you,
Bhim Nagar will be replaced by a mall.
Okay.
Looking sharp!
What a stud!
You look like a fool.
Are you planning to wear this?
Why? What's wrong with this?
Isn't wearing black inauspicious
at their weddings?
Since when do you believe
in such superstitions?
By the way, whose wedding is it?
You are so friendly that
they invited you to a family wedding?
We're just friends. She is in my class.
- "Just friends".
- "Just friends".
So why are you going alone?
Take these idiots with you.
You want me to take
the entire neighborhood too?
Let it go, ma'am.
He doesn't want us to feast.
- Hope you get indigestion.
- Really!
Listen.
Keep a distance from their girls.
Right.
Their girls are waiting for him.
Save him from their prying eyes.
We're just friends, Mom.
We study together.
She helps me out.
Don't overthink it.
Hey...
Can I get a look like that?
Of course!
Stop here.
- I'll pay you tomorrow.
- Okay.
- Are you nervous?
- No, it isn't my wedding!
My life was colourless
You coloured it
When I found your companionship, my love
I float around
In the breeze you bring in
I'll go where you take me
Given the state I'm in
When you're not around
My anklets no longer ring
I won't hold back as I dance
All of me, belongs to all of you
You're the music that makes me prance
I've lost myself in you
I won't hold back as I dance
All of me, belongs to all of you
You're the music that makes me prance
I've lost myself in you
I've lost myself in you
I've lost myself in you
I've lost myself in you
I'm lost...
I'm lost...
Completely lost...
I find myself lost
Even when I'm with friends
You're always on my mind
Let's take a trip to the stars
Don't say a word to anyone
The world's crazy
They'll never understand
When we first met
I knew I was yours
I float around
In the breeze you bring in
I'll go where you take me
Given the state I'm in
When you're not around
My anklets no longer ring
I won't hold back as I dance
All of me belongs to all of you
You're the music that makes me prance
I've lost myself in you
I won't hold back as I dance
All of me, belongs to all of you
You're the music that makes me prance
I've lost myself in you
I've lost myself
I'm heading your way
The love you give me
Will make me stay
My heart thumps to your beat
And the sound of anklets
Fills the air
I've lost myself
I'm heading your way
The love you give me
Will make me stay
My heart thumps to your beat
And the sound of anklets
Fills the air
I won't hold back as I dance
All of me, belongs to all of you
You're the music that makes me prance
I've lost myself in you
Let's get something to eat.
- What?
- Let's eat.
You drink so much.
You've gotten all skinny.
Go eat something. Go!
- Hey, Prashant!
- Neelesh, what are you doing here?
The bride is my friend's sister.
So cool!
You've become a big shot!
- Here, take this.
- How have you been?
I'm doing well.
You enjoy the food.
- Pickle?
- Yes.
Neelesh,
I'm Vidhi's father.
- Hello.
- Hello.
Can we talk for a minute?
I'll be back...
Where do you live?
Shivaji Nagar.
Shivaji Nagar?
Where in Shivaji Nagar?
Bhim... Bhim Nagar.
What does your father do?
He's a farmer... in the village.
Vidhi and you are good friends?
I, Vidhi, Vasu, Shekhar...
All of us are good friends.
And you like Vidhi?
Beat the shit out of him!
What do you think you're doing?
Get the hell out of the way!
- Get out of the way!
- Have you gone mad!
- Ronnie.
- You stay out of this!
Why are you beating him up!
Uncle, stand aside!
What are you guys doing?
Have you gone crazy!
Just get out of the way!
Will you kill him or what?
Have you completely lost your mind!
- Who asked you to do this!
- Let's see you dance now!
You scum!
You've forgotten your place!
Sorry, son.
Are you okay?
Please stay away from Vidhi,
else they'll kill you,
and her as well.
Just because you are studying
in the same college,
doesn't mean you both
are equal, right?
Our family will be ostracized by society.
If nothing else,
please think about Vidhi.
Hey, Vasu.
Vasu!
Have you seen Neelesh?
Good for nothing.
The number you are trying
to call is not reachable.
Why haven't you been going
to college?
Tell me.
- Sir!
- I have that file with me.
- Sir, why have you suspended me?
- Hold please.
There's nothing I can do.
You know our future, research work,
family expenses,
everything is dependent on the fellowship.
How can you do this?
My whole life will be screwed!
It's not my decision.
The Vice Chancellor feels
that you're using
University funds to fuel
your political campaign.
And this is how you think?
It doesn't matter what I think!
This country has a deficit
of three million lawyers.
How many?
Three million!
And what are you doing?
Stop it.
Let the students attend their classes.
Let them study.
- I am sorry.
- Then I'll see what I can do about it.
- Sir... I won't be...
- No, I have that file...
Hurry up!
Ansari sir, please rethink...
NEELESH
BA LLB
Neelesh?
Where have you been?
And why aren't you taking my calls?
- What are you doing here?
- Why aren't you coming to college?
Let's talk outside.
This way.
I'll be right back.
You shouldn't have come here.
We could've spoken at college.
First of all, you disappeared
from the wedding.
Then your phone's been off...
You haven't been attending classes.
And now you are asking me to leave?
- What's the matter?
- Nothing!
Nothing?
I called you so many times.
How much time does it take
to call and say
you are stuck somewhere?
- You could've texted.
- My phone's dead.
Is that right?
Show me your phone!
What the hell are you doing?
I get it.
You are avoiding me, right?
You feel it too, don't you?
Feel what?
What are you saying?
We kissed.
- You kissed me.
- You kissed me as well!
Neelesh, I'm sorry.
What's wrong?
Did I say something to offend you?
Did I make a mistake?
Say something.
Please tell me, Neelesh...
Neelesh what!
We're friends,
but not close enough
for me to tell you everything.
Yes, I left the wedding
and didn't call you.
Why should I?
Who are you?
Who am I?
Are you hurting me on purpose?
Vidhi, look around.
Look at where we are.
You don't get it?
Let me show you.
Over there...
That's Aunt Gauri.
She cleans homes
in high-society buildings.
That's Uncle Vilas.
He collects garbage
for the municipal council.
That's Sangeeta.
Her father used to clean
the gutters.
That's where his body was found!
He died last year, but they
haven't received compensation yet.
Why are you telling me all this?
Can't you see how different we are!
Your neighbourhood has doctors,
engineers and lawyers.
Your father, your sister,
your uncle, everyone's a lawyer!
- You will become one too!
- So?
Is that my fault?
Our worlds are different.
Do you know what we do?
We work with animal leather.
We make drums with it.
Neelesh...
I understand what you're saying.
But all this doesn't matter to me!
We belong to different castes,
so we can't be together?
Vidhi, you're delusional.
I don't belong
in the world
you are dreaming of.
The sooner you understand this...
Then tell me,
what should I do about these feelings?
Vidhi...
The drowning heart
Oh, the drowning heart
Can't find the shore
When the hands part
They don't meet again
When the hands part
They don't meet again
The nights are filled with separation
Even when united, feels separate
When we meet, it feels incomplete
The grievance will remain
The heart breaks, eyes fill up
Rivers overflow
I live moment to moment
Yes, without you
What kind of love is this?
What kind of love is this
That clings to the chest
Yet doesn't listen to the heart's call?
Set my soul free
Or tell me
How will I endure this punishment?
Seven seas of pain
All are within the heart
Which way should I go?
Seven seas of pain
All are within the heart
Which way should I go?
You are my pilgrimage, my prayers
The voice of the divine
Then why should I go
To mosques or temples?
Oh, seven seas of pain
All are within the heart
Which way should I go?
Your shadow, your presence
Appear in the stars
How can my eyes find sleep again?
Without you
Who will erase
The tears sitting on my eyelids
What kind of love is this
That clings to the chest
Yet doesn't listen to the heart's call?
Set my soul free
Or tell me
How will I endure this punishment?
Even when united, feels separate
When we meet, it feels incomplete
The grievance will remain
The heart breaks, eyes fill up
Rivers overflow
I live moment to moment
Yes, without you
What kind of love is this?
Seven seas of pain
All are within the heart
Which way should I go?
What kind of love is this?
Seven seas of pain
All are within the heart
Which way should I go?
What kind of love is this?
You are my pilgrimage My prayers
The voice of the divine
Then why should I go
To mosques or temples?
What kind of love is this?
Oh, seven seas of pain
Seven seas of pain
Seven seas of pain
My Lord, as soon as
Mrs. Bajpai left the house,
my client filed a missing complaint.
This shows that my client...
My client...
It's okay, Vidhi.
Pick it up from the last line.
This shows my client's good intention.
FIR and statement have been submitted,
but he is willing
to resolve the matter.
My Lord, my client
has been through a lot
and has finally decided to separate.
There is no question of
reconciliation with Mr. Bajpai.
My Lord, to reconcile,
it is very important
to talk to each other.
And according to me,
there is no problem at all.
Objection, My Lord!
Overruled.
Raunaq, this should be sustained.
Vidhi, leave your personal
biases out of the argument.
Please tell your client that it takes
a lot of time to build a relationship.
Not to break it off so easily!
My client has made up her mind.
When there is no love, what's the point
in saving the relationship?
- Objection, My Lord!
- Sustained.
Don't talk rubbish!
Now you have a problem
with me talking as well?
Shut up.
This is contempt of court.
Ah, so when you do something,
it's "the law of the land".
And when I do the same,
it's "contempt of court".
- Trying to teach a judge his job?
- Raunaq!
Sit your ass down.
Freeloading scum!
Raunaq!
- Neelesh!
- Neelesh!
Sir, it won't happen again.
Please listen to me.
What should I listen to?
Really, what?
What the hell are you doing?
You'd be better off joining
a political group.
At least then you'd be raising
students' issues,
not hitting them!
Sir... he...
Ronnie...
He provoked me!
Right, so your solution was
to hit the judge in the moot court?
And in a real court of law,
the judge will worship you?
No, sir.
Didn't think so!
What are you all looking at?
Go to your class!
Sir, give me one more chance.
- What chance?
- It'll never happen again.
Is that right?
Here's what you need to do.
Get your father.
No, sir. Please.
Else, forget about the court rehearsals.
And...
Consider your admission cancelled!
Sir, please.
Sir, please let him go.
He's a sincere student.
Sir, please!
It's the first time he's messed up.
He won't do it again.
- Sincere student?
- Yes.
Despite being a law student,
he's breaking the law.
If I don't take action,
people will think I'm favouring him.
Is the blood flow
giving you a good high?
Cat got your tongue?
I can't get my father to college.
Why? Are all the characters
in your life fictitious?
Something like that.
They'll cancel my seat...
Expel me from college.
It's all over.
Yes, Mister!
Hello, Shankar bhai!
This is Shankar bhai.
He's built all our...
House furniture!
He's quite good with his hands.
So he's... my father?
No! He's a simple man...
Makes good chairs and tables.
We need someone who can fool people.
Why are you fucking around
during business hours?
Babu bhaiya!
Well, what has he done?
He beat the shit out of a judge.
In a class.
Oh, you think you're a badass?
Violence?
A lawyer's job is to fight with words.
And he's getting violent in class.
Violence?
If he continues like this,
he'll need a lawyer
rather than becoming one.
He got violent in the classroom?
- You think you're a tough guy?
- Dad, I...
Hey!
No!
Stop!
You can't do that!
Cut it out!
- Sir! Help me!
- That's enough!
Do you want to be a hooligan?
- Help me, sir!
- What's the matter with you!
Please help me, sir!
That's enough!
Put that down!
Have you lost it?
That's not a hammer.
Why are you hitting him?
Do whatever you want.
Hand him over to the cops.
Suspend him.
You are not my son anymore.
Please make him understand.
A college is not the place for violence.
I hate violence.
Yes, I can see that.
Please leave,
I'll handle it from here.
Carry on.
Leave... Leave me alone.
Carry on, sorry!
Cheers!
You're drinking too much!
I'm not drinking.
I'm living.
You're so naive!
Listen...
You're sitting here like Romeo,
and your Juliet was crying in the library.
Why are you both fighting?
Neelesh...
Hello? Neelesh?
Please say something.
How's that for a fellowship?
RELEASE FELLOWSHIP
How's daddy's little angel today?
More like daddy's little bitch.
Hey!
That's Ronnie's seat!
Really? Has he got his name on it?
NEELESH
Why are you sitting here?
Have you forgotten your place?
Should I put you in your place?
Let's get back to our seat.
Take him away!
Leave him, guys!
- Hey, Vicky!
- It's Ronnie's seat...
Let go, let go!
Get his fingers...
We'll make you leave.
He'll get hurt. Stop it!
Hold him, get him off!
Did you forget the warm
golden shower at the wedding!
Neelesh!
Leave him!
Ronnie!
Let him go!
Ronnie!
Leave it, guys!
Neelesh, let's go!
I shouldn't have spared you
at the wedding!
See what I do now!
What happened at the wedding?
What's the matter with you?
What's going on?
Why are you fighting with him?
Go and ask him!
He belongs to the same caste as you!
What?
Bro, since when did caste become
a thing between us?
Since when?
Since forever!
You are privileged to not see it.
- You've gone crazy... talking shit!
- Neelesh!
What happened at the wedding?
Can you stop it?
Why did you invite me to the wedding?
So, I made a mistake by inviting you?
Yes, absolutely!
Don't you understand what's going on?
What's going on?
You think our worlds are different,
and that's a good reason
to end everything?
Yes.
What are you guys saying?
Stop it!
Stop it, you people.
- "You people?"
- That's right, "you people".
The ones who can't see anything.
Because you don't want to see anything.
Vidhi, drink some water.
Vidhi!
You know your antics
will ruin dad's reputation.
What do you mean?
Stop seeing that boy.
So that's why Ronnie's here.
Don't twist my words.
Just answer my question.
But your question is wrong.
Tell me what Ronnie did to Neelesh.
- What did he do?
- Ask him!
Vidhi!
Vidhi!
- Ronnie!
- Vidhi, please.
Didi is calling you.
Get inside.
Don't create a scene here.
Why are you shouting?
You've lost your manners?
We're guests here.
What did you do to Neelesh?
Don't take his name here.
Why?
Neelesh.
- Neelesh! Neelesh.
- Vidhi!
- Stop it or I'll break your face!
- Oh, let me see you do that!
Let me handle this.
Have you gone mad?
You are in my home, Vidhi!
Tell me what happened
at the wedding!
- I know he did something at the wedding!
- Look how shameless she's become!
Enough!
Dad's given you too much freedom.
Is everything okay?
The poor is are over.
I'll get it.
Brother! Wait a minute.
Where are you going?
Where do you think you're going?
- Not so fast!
- You're coming with us.
You guys are floating on the clouds?
Let's bring you down to earth!
You think you can get on with our girls
because you study in college!
Fool around with them?
You came from the filth...
let's send you back in it.
- Shoot a video!
- Let's make you viral!
You want to date our girls
and beat our guys?
Don't let him go!
Let's put the rat in his place!
Why were they hitting you?
Got into a fight in college.
Do people fight in colleges too?
You are Vasudev's friend?
You live close by?
Bhim Nagar.
Let's head back to our seats.
From now on, we'll sit here.
The moot court venue
is B.B.D. College.
Participants, collect your ID cards
from the administration office.
Those who don't have ID cards
will need
an acknowledgement letter signed
by the principal.
Carry a proof of address along
with the ID card.
Report at B.B.D. College
an hour in advance.
Session starts at nine,
so be there by eight.
Okay?
Did you see it?
It was you, right?
- Are you mad?
- I'll talk to whoever I want.
- I'm not your property!
- Lower your voice!
Stay away from him,
or I'll go to the cops.
I won't even bother with the cops.
I'll flatten you into the road!
My father is a contractor!
Which one?
Raunaq! Neelesh!
Stop it.
Neelesh!
Listen to me.
Does he want to see your father again?
- Should we ask Babu?
- No!
I want my father now!
Whether someone steals it or not
We sure will
The locks that were never picked
Are sure to be broken tonight
We do what we do, out in the open
Without any shame
But we don't know why
The world always points fingers at us
We do what we do, out in the open
Without any shame
But we don't know why
The world always points fingers at us
We do what we do, out in the open
Without any shame
But we don't know why
The world always points fingers at us
The sage once said out aloud
Always shoot the arrow
Which seems small to the eyes
But cuts deep wounds
Oh, such a deep wound!
Neelesh,
I don't like going to such places.
Take your mother instead.
But they've asked to meet you.
Isn't it a father's duty to earn,
provide for his family,
educate his kids?
And you're busy doing... this.
Who's told you what a father's duty is
or what a mother is supposed to do?
Help me get this off.
Suspended.
I get a suspension,
and this Ahirwar gets nothing?
Sir, it's pretty clear to me
you're favouring your people.
This isn't right.
If 15 aren't enough,
I can suspend you for 30 days.
Get out.
And what about you?
Sir, this is my father.
Are you sure?
Yes, sir.
I had warned him,
college wouldn't be easy.
He thinks he can transform
our lives by becoming a lawyer.
But I know, if he's saying it,
he'll do it.
Please give him one more chance.
Okay, let me see what I can do.
Thank you.
See you outside.
Are you ashamed of your father?
Hello, sir.
Should we call him "sir" or "ma'am"?
Why don't we take a look?
I'm not ashamed of my father,
but of his work.
No, no.
I think you're ashamed of your identity.
Let's see a dance, eh?
- You want to see a dance?
- Go ahead, ma'am, give us a jig.
How about a twirl!
It's really tough
living with this identity.
We are reminded every day
that we are not humans.
- Clap and dance!
- Don't be shy!
- Take it easy now!
- Don't get too feisty, sir!
I'm only asking you
to do what you do.
Dance for me!
I know it isn't easy.
It wasn't for me either.
- Nice sweater, right?
- Do you fancy it?
- I do, actually.
- Let's get it off then!
- We shouldn't, it's a college.
- To hell with that!
How beautiful...
Those who attacked me with all kinds
of casteist slurs
now bow their heads to me,
asking for their kids' admission.
Neelesh?
- Grab him!
- Let's take it out!
I told you not to get into politics.
But if surrender means death,
then fight.
How dare you!
- Vidhi, that's enough.
- How dare you!
Talk to that rat,
I'll do it again!
You'll hit him again, will you?
Go ahead, hit me,
just like she did!
- What's the matter?
- Why don't you ask him?
He wreaked havoc in college!
He's been suspended!
Neelesh isn't doing a thing,
and he keeps harassing him!
I didn't do anything, Dad.
And she slapped me
in front of the whole college!
If he files an Atrocities Act case
against you, you'll rot in jail!
Not done anything?
I'm only protecting this family's honour.
She is always running after him
in college, like a bitch!
- What? What did you say to me!
- Vidhi, stop!
- What did you say to me!
- I speak the truth!
Vidhi, that's enough.
The rumours are in college now,
soon it will be the whole town.
She'll elope with him!
But we have to live here!
Our family's honour is at stake,
because of her!
Because of me?
Who else? Me?
Aunt, wait a minute.
Why does the family's honour
depend on me? Huh?
Did anyone ask me?
Why is the family honour not
affected by his shameful behaviour?
Is there honour in the way
I have dressed up?
Oh, sorry!
I forgot my scarf inside!
Let me cover myself up.
How about my hair?
Should I tie it up?
You shouldn't lose your honour, right?
Don't stop me, Dad.
I won't wear clothes of
my choice anymore!
Neither will I go out to eat!
Nor will I laugh loud!
Oh, and screw this phone.
I won't talk to anyone anymore,
especially boys.
I'll just sit at home.
That'll make you happy, right?
What?
What the hell is this "honour"?
Does anyone even know?
You don't know, right?
Then do one thing...
Take it away and give me a break.
I don't want this burden on me.
Let it go, Vidhi.
Don't talk back to elders.
Aunt, if you had shown some courage
and spoken up,
there was no need for me to talk back.
Go inside.
I had warned you, Brother.
You can't let a girl be this independent.
Now we'll lose our family's honour.
No one will marry our daughter
or give us theirs.
Ronnie, get the car.
The problem is with our daughter.
But we can't kill her.
She may be stubborn and stupid,
but she's still ours.
However, that boy isn't.
What do you mean?
He had our warning.
Now comes the reckoning.
- What's this?
- Let me go!
Is this why you wanted to study?
To become a goon?
Should I let it go?
Look at what he did to dad!
Is this happening to him
for the first time?
Why are you so angry today?
Let go of it.
Sit.
Sit down.
Sit the hell down!
Do you want to become
a murderer now?
- You don't know anything!
- Sure!
Yes, she knows nothing.
And you know it all.
Do you know why babies cry?
Because they want something.
If they don't get it, they fight.
They get restless.
But as they get older,
they stop fighting.
Why?
Because they're told
that it's wrong to fight.
They fear
taking a stand
to fight back.
Then why did you stop me?
I was going to fight.
To break someone's head
isn't fighting back.
You're ashamed of my dancing,
aren't you?
Even our people ridiculed me.
But I love to dance.
So I fought for it.
What are you fighting for?
Have you seen Shekhar bhai?
Know where Shekhar bhai is?
No idea.
Haven't seen him since morning.
Shekhar bhai?
Shekhar bhai...
Shekhar bhai...
Help! Someone help!
Anyone out there?
In the clouds of sorrow,
a star shines bright.
Today may not be ours,
but tomorrow we will rise.
We don't seek strangers,
we have our own who care.
Today may not be ours,
but tomorrow we will rise.
O you who sits defeated
by the storms outside.
Do you even know,
our feet too bear wounds we hide?
Yet we do not stop,
for the destination calls our name.
Today may not be ours,
but tomorrow we will rise.
These are steps that bridge
even the mightiest seas.
Currents so fierce, they can carve
through mountains with ease.
Those very hands have brought
heaven down to this ground.
Today may not be ours,
but tomorrow we will rise.
Shekhar!
Shekhar!
It's true,
the heart feels sunk
while darkness prevails.
But beyond this night, a dawn awaits.
Every ocean has a shore.
Today may not be ours,
but tomorrow we will rise.
Vidhi...
Yes.
I couldn't save Birju.
I couldn't save Shekhar bhai.
I won't be able to save myself and,
I won't be able to save you either.
Neelesh, what are you saying?
Do you love me?
Then stay away from me.
But why?
Even at a time like this,
you're pushing me away?
But we...
We must separate.
We must go our own ways.
Do you really think
Shekhar bhai killed himself?
That wasn't suicide.
It was murder.
They killed him.
What are you even saying? Murder?
Saving yourself? Saving me?
- I'm really scared.
- Me too!
But you're lucky, Vidhi.
You can say what you think,
what you feel.
I die a hundred deaths before
I think or feel anything.
Being together isn't as easy
as you think.
It isn't as hard as
you think it is.
All we need is love.
You're doing this because of Ronnie?
Don't worry, I'll talk to dad.
- You just...
- Your father...
You want to know what happened
at the wedding, right?
Go, ask your father.
What does dad know?
Neelesh, tell me.
What does he know?
Nothing.
Neelesh...
He doesn't know anything.
All right.
Don't tell me.
I'll ask him myself.
Vidhi, just let it go.
Vidhi, listen to me!
Vidhi!
Help us get the bike up, please.
Oh, Shankar bhai!
Are you okay?
It's not too bad.
I was going home.
I'll take you there.
Stop, stop.
Just over here.
What is it?
He's bothering my sister.
He'll elope with her.
Please do something.
Did you try to make him understand?
As if these guys will understand.
All they want is,
to marry our daughters, eat with us.
There won't be any problems, right?
There never has been.
Else, you wouldn't come here.
And if there would be,
then I'd rather be dead.
This is for you.
I'm not a criminal.
I'm cleaning up the society.
It's my divine calling.
Where's Birju?
Where is he?
Birju!
Why are you doing this?
It's our dog who was killed!
They won't let you study!
This fight is yours too.
Tomorrow, you could be in my place.
Get out of here!
If surrender means death,
then fight back.
What are you fighting for?
So what if our caste is different?
Can't we be together?
Law of the jungle, kill,
or be killed.
Ronnie!
Dad!
Dad!
Neelesh!
Dad!
Dad!
You! Stop it!
How dare you enter this house!
Let go of him!
- Let him go!
- Dad!
Neelesh!
Ronnie!
Neelesh.
Neelesh!
Let him go!
Brother! Please don't!
Please, Neelesh,
what are you doing?
I'm just talking.
Did you speak to your father?
- Neelesh, please.
- Did you ask him about the wedding?
- Sir, will you tell her, or should I?
- Let's talk inside.
You head inside,
let me handle this boy.
Don't be scared.
I won't hit anyone.
I'm just here to fight my case.
Today, I'm the lawyer,
and I'm also the judge.
The court will be in session here,
and justice will be served,
right here... in front of everyone!
- Let's head inside...
- Order! Order! Order!
Case number blah-blah-blah.
Ahirwar versus Bhardwaj.
- Don't speak to dad like that!
- Objection, My Lord!
Sustained!
Listen, I came to the wedding
because I was invited.
And you treated me
like a special guest!
I was beaten! I was kicked!
I was even pissed on!
And then I was thrown
out of the wedding!
And like you asked,
I stayed away from your daughter.
But that wasn't enough.
You got me beaten up by goons.
You threw muck on me.
You stripped my father's clothes
in the campus!
And today, you tried to kill me.
Sir, I was born in a village.
The roads weren't ours.
The land wasn't ours.
Even the water didn't belong to us.
In fact, even our lives weren't ours.
So, to stay alive,
we moved to the big city.
We thought things would be different.
But nothing changed.
Here, the roads are wider
and the buildings are taller.
But people are just as small-minded.
We had forgotten that we can
change our circumstances,
but not our caste.
Then I understood this isn't about money.
It's about power.
So, I studied hard,
and got into college.
I wanted to be a lawyer.
Neelesh BA LLB.
I had started to fly...
But you took away my piece of the sky.
So, Mr. Lawyer...
What sections
should we book you under?
Neelesh...
You think we're filthy,
and you're pure?
But actually, you are dirty,
you don't treat all humans as equals.
I rest my case.
I rest my case.
- Vidhi...
- Dad, don't.
Out of the way, Brother!
- Prakash! Stop!
- Dad, don't!
- That's enough!
- Dad, don't do this!
- Let it go, Prakash!
- Why are we doing this?
Dad, don't!
- Let it go, Prakash!
- Dad, don't!
Prakash, hear me out!
Prakash, throw this away...
Leave it!
15 minutes to go...
finish your sheets.
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Looks like you.
Look at this reel.
No, if I'm late again,
mom will check my phone.
Anyway we're meeting tonight
for the movie.
But everyone else will be there too.
It's okay, I'll come back tomorrow.
- Listen, I love you.
- I love you one, two, three, four, five.
- I miss you.
- Miss you too.
See you soon.
Sorry, sir, my bike got punctured.
I didn't order any food.
Well, this is the address on it.
Maybe my girlfriend ordered it.
How much should I pay?
Here's the bill.
JAI BHIM
No, keep the change.
It's a tip.
Thank you.
In Ambedkar Nagar,
Sector 11, a polytechnic student
fell to his death from the third storey
of his building.
Sources suggest the student
was drunk and slipped.
Buddy...
Apparently, they found beer bottles
and even condoms at his place.
Rubbish!
I am sure the girl's family
got him killed,
and they claim it was
due to the pressure of exams.
If you guys are done investigating,
call Bhim.
Call him.
Ask him if everyone's reached.
Dude, our boys have reached,
and the drums as well.
Hurry up then!
They'll screw us if we're late.
- How?
- How?
BHIM BAJA DHOL BOYS
- Did you notice?
- She is looking at you.
Why is she looking at me?
Your shirt is inside out.
Buddy, she is walking towards us!
Are we playing it wrong?
Neelesh, what did you do?
Listen...
Come here.
- I?
- Yes, you. Come here.
Yes, madam.
Can I have your number?
What number?
Phone? Ration? Social security?
Electricity? Or Gas?
Your phone number.
Ninety-three, twenty-one,
five sixty-five, nine sixty-two.
Dude, your mobile number.
Ninety-three, twenty-one,
five sixty-five, nine sixty-two.
Who gives number like that?
Well, the number's right here.
You can take a picture.
Bhim Baja Dhol Boys.
BBDB.
BBDB.
My sister's getting married soon.
You have to come.
I'll call you.
I'll definitely be there.
You play drums really well.
That's why I'm booking you
in advance.
Well, a special discount only for you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
A heartbeat is all I want
A heartbeat is all I want
- All the best.
- Have you seen Sachin?
Where's Sachin?
How will I reach on time?
Neelesh!
Who asked you to get water?
Put it down.
- Mom, what are you doing?
- Just one spoon, for luck.
- Where are the shoes?
- With Sachin.
- Where is Sachin?
- With the shoes.
Stop fooling around.
- Neelesh!
- Buddy!
Hurry up! You're getting late!
How do I leave in my slippers?
Sorry, I was down with acidity, so...
If he's late today,
I'll break all your legs.
Start with him.
Hold this.
Neelesh, don't be scared.
Listen with your mind,
but speak from your heart.
My name is Neelesh.
I've come...
For... for admission.
For... for admission.
My name is Neelesh.
I've come for admission.
We will fight for it!
Fellowship is our right...
Neelesh... Come!
Sir, my name is Neelesh.
I have come for admission.
This is my mark sheet,
and caste certificate.
Neelesh Ahir... war.
- Ahirwar.
- Yes, sir.
Reservation seat?
Yes sir.
In Hindi, 79... English...
Your marks are pretty good.
Yes, sir.
But you won't be able to
cheat here.
No, sir. I don't cheat.
That's what Mallya said too.
Son of Nandkumar...
What does your father do?
He's a rickshaw driver.
And what do you do?
Are you part of some group?
No, sir.
Sure?
Well, if you aren't part of one,
you'll get into one here. Right?
For the first two years,
you'll spend most of your time
in the canteen.
The next two years,
you'll protest.
And in the final year,
you'll become a politician.
Why should I waste a seat on you?
I am not interested in politics.
That's what Kejriwal said too.
Sir, to become a politician,
one has to fight.
I can't do that.
But to become a lawyer,
one has to study hard.
And that's what I want.
Good answer.
Stay away from any kind of petitions,
protests and campus politics.
Yes, sir.
What you need to understand is,
if caste-based reservation is a problem,
abolish the caste-system.
Reservation exists because of casteism,
not the other way around.
Jai Jai Jai Jai... Jai Bhim!
Jai Bhim!
Jai Jai Jai Jai... Jai Bhim!
Jai Bhim!
Jai Bhim!
Jai Bhim!
Jai Bhim!
Jai Bhim!
Mom, I'm going out.
He isn't even a lawyer yet
and already celebrating.
Stop being so tough on him.
Everyone wants to celebrate.
He didn't care when
I was whiling away my time.
Now when I've got admission in a big
university, he's discouraging me?
What's your problem if I study?
I? It's you who's going
to have problems.
- They won't let you study!
- Nonsense.
It's a reputed college, a safe space.
A reputed college also charges big money.
Where will you get it from?
He's got a reserved seat.
The fee is less.
And we are not taking your money.
At least let me try.
Anyway, you don't live with us.
So why are you concerned?
Grandpa, convince him.
He wants to study.
Don't discourage him.
Do as you please.
Anyway nobody listens to me.
Let's go, guys.
- What is this?
- A banana!
That's what you're saying.
How do we believe you?
How will you prove it?
How do I prove a banana is a banana?
Welcome to law!
Legal! Illegal!
Legal! Illegal!
I'm your professor, Amitabh Tripathi.
And she's your lecturer, Richa Wilson.
Good morning, everyone!
- What the hell!
- Hey, you!
Are you trying to get killed?
Are you hurt?
No, I'm fine.
Do you remember me?
The other day...
I was playing the drums...
Band Baaja Baarat!
No. Bhim Baja Dhol Boys.
Yes! BBDB.
- Now, BA LLB.
- Oh, really? Me too!
- Looking for a seat?
- Thank you.
Then go sit behind, piss off!
Come sit here.
Ma'am, I'm Vidisha Bhardwaj.
The way people are taking of fence
these days
and filing cases against each other,
I think legal is a very
profitable profession.
Good evening, ma'am.
Good evening, sir.
I want to become a lawyer, because...
I don't want to cook
in the kitchen.
I didn't choose the law.
The law chose me.
Vasudev Singh.
My father's a contractor.
Sir, the road in front
of the college was built by
my father.
It's not built well.
Get yourself a car first.
Silence!
I love to argue.
Being a lawyer isn't about arguing.
Reservation seat?
Paid seat?
- Are you weak?
- Come on!
Where to?
Do a few squats, then you can go.
My name is Raunaq Bhardwaj.
My father and uncle are both lawyers.
And, Vidisha is my cousin.
Bhardwaj-Bhardwaj.
Sriram Kashyap.
Hitesh Agarwal.
Anjana Verma.
Akhil Rajput.
Palak Pandya.
Tanmay Rastogi.
Pooja Gupta.
Piyush Dixit.
Praveen Verma.
Saurabh Kumar.
Saba Pathan.
Roshan Kumar.
Shivam Upadhyay.
And you! Backbencher!
Do you need special invitation?
Stand up!
- Neelesh, sir!
- Is 'sir' your family name?
- No, sir.
- Then?
What's your full name?
Neelesh.
Neelesh what?
What's your family name?
Neelesh BA LLB.
Did you get the degree from home?
Complete your studies first,
then call yourself BA LLB.
Sit down.
Silence!
Silence!
Another lamb for slaughter!
Neelesh BA LLB!
Let's get you married.
- Let's find you a bride!
- That's enough.
Vijay bhai, looks like you want to
start your own matrimonial!
If you'd like, I could get you
married off as well.
Great idea!
Anyway he doesn't have time for it.
Let's go, the food is getting cold.
The food's getting cold.
- Let's go.
- I heard her.
Shekhar bhai,
will the ragging happen every day?
- Let's go find out? Vijay...
- Hey...
Have you studied ethology?
The study of animal behaviour,
or animal psychology.
In the jungle, why do animals
live in groups with their own kind?
So predators don't hunt them easily.
Correct!
Out there, the fight is for hunger.
But here, it is for rights.
And, if you want to survive
in this jungle,
you have to find your own group.
- I don't want to get involved in politics.
- Come on!
You got into politics
the day you were born.
Understood?
I'm getting late for class.
Listen... if you need anything,
you can find me behind
the auditorium. Okay?
Jai Bhim!
Please have samosa...
It's from Raju's cafe.
Try the chutney.
Is everyone in your family a lawyer?
Yes, my grandfather was a barrister.
My father was an advocate.
And we are also continuing
the family business.
Dad wanted Vidhi and I
to be lawyers too.
Wow! Women empowerment.
We allow our girls to study.
The world is getting modern now,
Mahesh.
If we don't become modern,
we'll be left behind.
All this modernity is good,
but girls these days become engineers
and can't cook anything
other than instant noodles.
What are your hobbies?
Reels! Everyone's into reels these days.
And you?
Mine... is to question things.
I love to ask questions.
Let's play Five Questions.
Five Questions?
It's a game, like a rapid fire.
- Shall we play?
- Vidhi!
No, it's all right.
We can kill time while
the horoscopes are being matched.
- Let's go!
- That's the spirit!
So, here's the first question!
What qualities should an
"ideal" girl have?
She must be pretty.
She must value traditions.
She must take care of her family
and relatives, obviously.
- Yes!
- Well said!
What about taking care of herself?
That happens anyway.
No big deal.
That's also true.
What qualities should an
"ideal" boy have?
Well, being born as a male
in itself is most ideal!
- Correct!
- Isn't it?
Yes.
What's the most important thing
for a marriage?
Caste, what else?
Caste? What about love?
Love...
What a wonderful game!
- She's funny.
- Absolutely.
This is my younger brother, Prakash.
- Nice to meet you.
- Keep this inside.
- Hello!
- Hello!
Let's discuss important things.
We have no expectations.
I mean, we're meat eaters.
But we are not.
Aren't you guys Maithil?
We are Narmadiya.
There's been a confusion.
The bio got mixed up
with another family.
Maithil, Narmadiya... Doesn't matter.
As long as we are
all upper-caste Brahmins,
our hearts are bound to meet.
Well said!
Let the meat be. Just eat the curry!
Really?
Jurisprudence.
It is the philosophy of law.
So let us...
Yes?
Sister, can you please...
explain it in Hindi?
Mr. BA LLB, of course I can.
But you can call me "ma'am".
Okay?
Please sit.
Let's start with a story.
Five explorers get stuck in a cave.
After about twenty days,
news gets through
on the wireless radios
that they're running out of food.
And it'll take another ten days
for any kind of help to reach them.
Doctors analyse the situation.
That it'll be impossible for
the explorers
to survive for ten days without food
and water.
Then suddenly,
one of the explorers asks...
"What if we eat someone?"
The guy who asked this question
takes out a dice.
He suggests rolling the dice.
The one who loses, dies.
Reluctantly, the other explorers agree.
They each take turns to roll the dice.
The explorer who suggested this, loses,
and he gets eaten.
Now, here is the case for you.
All four survivors
were accused of cannibalism
and murder.
And your assignment is that
in the context of law and morality,
examine whether the explorers were
right or wrong.
Vidisha!
Vidisha, it's me Neelesh.
- It's Vidhi.
- Vidhi.
- Can I ask you something?
- Yes?
Can we do the assignment in Hindi?
Of course.
Are you from a Hindi school?
Yes, but I can speak a little English.
Oh, good! If you learn some more,
then you'll be able to practice
at the High Court,
and at the Supreme Court as well.
But I want to be
a District Court lawyer.
What?
You don't become a
lawyer of a specific court.
You can practice anywhere,
if you can speak in English.
Understood?
Well...
I was just wondering
why the courts are divided
on the basis of language.
If you say something in English,
and I say it in Hindi,
it means the same thing.
Then why is English celebrated like
a superior language?
Yes, but people
are to be blamed for it.
English is also just a language.
To think of it,
before language,
there must have been a time
when people could express themselves.
There must have been some way.
Sign language,
or maybe telepathy.
Telepathy!!
- Superstar Thalapathy!
- No, telepathy.
Telepathy means to understand someone
else's feelings,
without saying a word.
- How?
- Like...
For instance, if I'm thinking of you,
and then you call me,
at that very moment.
Oh, that's Vichar Sankraman.
Vichar... what?
Telepathy is Vichar Sankraman in Hindi.
Vichar Sankraman.
Vichar Sankraman.
Vichar Sankraman.
But for that, the bond
needs to be really strong.
and then the guy who owned
the dice got killed and eaten.
What the hell!
They ate a person?
Didn't even spare his bones.
Was he a Dalit?
He would have survived then.
They wouldn't touch him.
What about the other caste?
Would they spare a tribal?
What if all five were
from our community?
What then?
Mom, what do you think?
What if all five were
from our community?
What happens when a person is hungry?
The brain shrinks.
Blood pressure drops.
The heart rate slows down.
And gradually,
the ability to think withers away.
This sounds like being in love.
So, hunger makes
people do extreme things.
The law of the jungle is,
kill or be killed.
You guys go ahead.
What's up, buddy?
Not getting ragged, right?
No, it's all good.
Have a laddu then.
They were made at home.
Take one... the other one is for Richa.
Are you and Richa didi friends?
A great poet once said...
My pen understands the depth of
my emotions so well that...
My pen understands the depth of
my emotions so well that...
even if I want to write "love",
I end up writing "revolution".
- Understood?
- Wow! No, not really.
Let's go to the canteen.
I'll show you.
Do you know where the money
for fellowships comes from?
From the taxpayers.
Vijay, did your grandfather ever go
to college?
Yes he did.
- Your father?
- So?
He did.
And you are present here too.
Friends, this is how you resolve
fights in a law college.
So debate, don't hate.
You'll know the world better.
What the hell are you trying to say?
That... in my entire family,
I am the first to step inside a college.
Because we were not allowed to study.
And today, I am here,
debating with you.
Because reservation has put us
on equal grounds.
Well said, Shekhar bhai!
Is Shekhar bhai always in a
rebellious mode?
It's necessary.
When injustice becomes law,
resistance becomes duty.
Eh?
For as long as society is unequal,
affirmative actions are necessary.
This is why we need fellowships
on the basis of caste.
Bravo, Shekhar bhai!
Aren't you guys eating anything?
Listen, don't get stuck
in a cave with her.
Hey!
If some good had to come
from fellowship or reservation,
it would have happened
in the last seventy years?
But you guys want to stretch it
for another 500 years!
There is a backlog of
centuries-old discrimination.
Seventy years is not enough, got it?
Have you finished your assignment?
Sorry.
Samosa?
Eat it, a healthy debate
doesn't fill the stomach.
Miss Pilot, where are we going?
Next question?
What's your favourite place?
Sanchi.
As a kid, we would always go
there on a holiday.
After dinner, we'd go sit on the terrace.
It was so much fun!
The deep dark sky,
full of shimmering stars.
Back then, I would look at the stars
and think life is beautiful.
The city scares the stars too.
Deep!
Pollution eats up the stars.
- Correct.
- Next question.
How do you make a cream roll?
What a random question!
Ask me something deeper, Neelu!
Tell me something about yourself
that nobody else knows.
Come on, you wanted a deep one!
What?
- Are you really innocent or a smart ass?
- Hey...
You were supposed to catch me.
Are you okay?
Did you hurt yourself?
And what if I had?
I had no idea there was such
a beautiful place
right in the middle of the city.
This is my favourite place.
I used to come here during holidays...
With Birju.
Who is Birju?
I'll tell you some other time.
This way.
This way?
Why can't you tell me now?
Trying to be mysterious, huh?
If you don't tell me your secrets,
how will we get to know each other?
Do you always ask so many questions?
Why?
Do you have a problem with that?
- No.
- Many people do, actually.
Well, I like... talking to you.
Vidhi!
Neelu!
- Vidhi!
- Shut up!
Some couples are so weird,
aren't they?
Yes, they just start anywhere...
Are you also a "couple"?
I was, but we broke up.
I see. Why?
Because he suffered
from that male illness.
Which one?
Toxic masculinity.
Toxic... Meaning?
Did he try to control you?
How do I explain this?
In Hindi, you'd call it
Vishaili Mardangi.
Don't worry.
You don't suffer from it.
You already know me so well?
A little bit.
- Telepathy!
- Telepathy!
This is my first step to love
The earth and the sky are what I want
The kind that keep me from sleeping
Those sweet yearnings I seek
The one that will stay with me forever
A heartbeat is all I want
A heartbeat is all I want
A heartbeat is all I want
Come in.
- What happened?
- Let's talk inside.
We were just trying
to explain to her
that she has to break up with that boy.
She didn't listen to her brother.
They had a heated argument,
and he pushed her a little.
Her head hit the wall,
and... Shaalu...
Shaalu!
My sister was just as shameless.
We have to do the right thing.
That's enough.
Stop crying like a girl.
Brother! No...
- Scream louder.
- Shaalu!
Oh, no! What the hell did Shaalu do!
Why did she do this!
- Shaalu!
- Louder...
Another student died by suicide
due to rising academic pressure.
Shalini from Ashanagar
was just 19 years old.
Family members are devastated.
What are you doing?
Dad, I had sown melon seeds in it,
but it's not growing.
My dear, if you plant melon in it,
the plant will die.
Every plant has its own place.
If you mix one with another, they'll die.
- So, what did we learn?
- The melon will die.
Hello, sir.
Today, you teach us.
Dura lex sed lex comes from
the Latin saying
dura ley pero lo... pere ley.
In Hindi, this translates as
"the law is harsh,
but the law it is", and...
You've understood it, right?
Now may I teach the other students?
In English!
Good.
It has consistently been held that
inconvenience is not a decisive factor
to be considered
while interpreting a case.
The legal maxim dura lex sed lex means,
- "the law is harsh, but the law it is".
- What the hell are you doing?
You should also pretend to write,
else Tripathi will take your case.
The legal maxim, dura lex sed lex means,
"the law is harsh".
Diligently taking notes, Mr. BA LLB?
Let me take a look.
Hand it over.
Sir, please let it go.
He's understood it.
Is that right?
Then you read it.
Sir...
How do I read this?
Let me show you.
Give it to me.
Egg egg, eggy-egg, egg!
Egg egg, eggy-egg, egg!
Like that.
Eggy egg... Sir, this is wrong.
Why are you ridiculing him?
I know the difference
between right and wrong.
Sit down.
Let me tell you what's wrong.
Millions of students write
the entrance exams every year,
which a few thousand manage to qualify.
For the few seats out of which
you're sitting on one, for free!
Sir!
- What are you doing?
- Just a second, sir.
What are you doing?
Have you gone mad? Sit down!
- Go back to your seat!
- Take a look, sir!
- I don't want to see!
- Sir, it's not just me.
- Get out of here!
- Nobody understands.
- Just get the hell out!
- Sir, please read this.
Get the hell out of here!
Get the hell out! Out!
Get out!
I looked for you everywhere
in college.
Should have guessed, you'd be here.
The sun's quite harsh.
Can we go to some other place?
Wherever I go in life,
people remind me
it's not my place.
I don't know where I belong.
You'd asked me who Birju was.
Your name Birju.
My name Neelesh.
Your name Birju Ahirwar.
My name Neelesh Ahirwar.
Bro, take our name as well... in English.
His name...
Bala!
- Bala!
- Bala!
Don't feel like bathing?
No shower for you.
Your name Birju.
My name Neelesh.
- Is he in a bad mood?
- Yes, he's a bit off.
- Why?
- Mom scolded him.
Oh,
so he got offended?
Don't go too far!
The land near the tracks belongs to them.
Does that mean the water belongs
to them too?
- Let's get out of here.
- No, wait.
- Just sit down.
- Why are you such a coward?
I'm not!
These everyday brawls are pointless.
They behave stupid...
and so do you all.
You're blaming us?
Motherfucker! He's taking a piss!
- Give me a stone.
- Bala, let it go.
- Let's go!
- Take this!
Come on, let's just get out of here.
This endless cat-and-mouse game
is wasting away our whole life.
Who's the mouse here,
and who's the cat?
- Where's Birju?
- Birju!
Where is he?
- Birju!
- Birju!
Birju!
Birju!
Neelesh, I hope those boys
haven't done something...
Birju!
Birju!
Birju!
Birju!
Birju!
Why are you taking them?
It is our dog who was killed.
Birju was like a son to us.
Whose son? What dog?
- These boys were stealing water.
- Don't lie, sir!
That's a false accusation, sir.
Who the hell are you?
Are you their lawyer?
I'm Neelesh's mother.
Oh! A big-shot then?
She's a leader of their ghetto,
sir.
So what should I do?
Should I vote for her?
Sir, do you have any proof?
They didn't steal, sir.
Proof?
I'll give her proof.
How dare you hit her!
Get in!
Mom...
Sir! Please don't... please...
Excuse me.
What charges do you have them under?
There are multiple charges
against them, madam.
Show me a copy of the F.I.R.
You know this is custodial violence,
right?
Have you taken down all the cameras
in the station?
Ma'am, let's sort this out?
Please calm down.
Who was that lawyer?
The NGO sent her.
Mom, what are you saying?
You think it's easy to become a lawyer?
Do you know
how expensive law schools are?
I am going to the polytechnic college.
I'll find a job,
and earn a living.
Nobody will lay a finger on you then.
We've fallen so far down,
we've forgotten to
stand up for ourselves.
You think getting a job,
making money will stop
them from harassing us?
This isn't about a job.
This is about power.
Nobody could mess with Babasaheb.
Why?
Nothing can stop me
from becoming a lawyer.
I owe it to my mother,
to my friends,
to Birju, and to myself.
No matter how difficult
they make it for me.
I thought all this
happened years ago,
in villages.
That's just how it seems to those who
don't experience it, Vidhi.
When Ansari sir gave me admission,
I felt like my life was
on the right track.
But after what happened
in class today...
But it was Tripathi sir's fault,
Neelesh.
You know he mistreats everyone.
Not everyone.
He told me I've got the seat for free.
People have no clue of the price
we pay for this "free" seat.
I haven't got anything in life for free.
Listen...
I can teach you English and Latin, okay?
I inherited Latin.
What do you mean?
My father is a lawyer.
Oh.
So let's put my privilege
to some good use.
Let's study together,
Neelesh BA LLB?
Okay, Vidhi BA LLB.
The day I don't see you,
I am unable to breathe
Now that I'm falling in love with you
I'm up all night, I just can't sleep
Now that I'm falling in love with you
Always stay close to my heart
Things only seem right
When we aren't apart
Our love is fine, like good wine
Like a boat by the shore
With you I feel secure
Now that I'm falling in love with you
Lean on me some more
Consider me yours
Now that I'm falling in love with you
Sometimes it's quiet
Sometimes it's loud
Like the moon, floating on a cloud
Sometimes it's quiet
Sometimes it's loud
Like the moon, floating on a cloud
My heart can't handle this thrill
But when you're around, I feel still
You live in every beat of my heart
Now that I'm falling in love with you
My breath grows heavy
My head's in a spin
Now that I'm falling in love with you
When you aren't near
My mind isn't clear
I only think of you
Oh my, what will I do?
I don't want to be alone
Our love has really grown
My days start and end with you
Now that I'm falling in love with you
I'm up all night, I just can't sleep
Now that I'm falling in love with you
I'm falling in love with you
I'm falling in love with you
I'm falling in love with you
I'm falling in love with you
No, no, that one's too fast.
That's the best part about it.
No way I am going on it.
- Hey! Love birds.
- Will you hold my hand?
- D or T?
- It's T.
- What the hell are you doing?
- Leave!
- Let go.
- No, you let go.
Ronnie, let go of it!
Focus on the work!
When will your wedding shopping finish?
Ask didi.
She is always busy
with her calls.
Give back the cards, we'll fall short.
Dad, tell him to stop it.
I want to invite my friends.
What friends?
Haven't you invited them all?
They are my college friends,
Vasu and Neelesh.
Give me their full names.
Vasudev Singh, and Neelesh BA LLB.
Are you aware of Neelesh
BA LLB's full name?
Yes. Neelesh Ahirwar.
Why?
I'll be back.
Dad has asked to keep this
in front of mom's photo.
Go ahead.
So, who is this BA LLB?
He's a friend.
We're in the same class.
Listen...
How did you decide to marry Ravi?
You've only met him a few times.
Sure, but everyone's got
to marry someone.
Yes, but it's such an
important life decision.
Aren't you scared?
Scared of what?
Ravi's such a nice guy.
He speaks lovingly.
Comes from a good family.
He has his own business,
and a fancy SUV car!
On top of that, he is from our caste.
What else could one ask for, Vidhi?
- What are you saying, ?
- Her questions never seem to end.
Nobody's talking to you.
Get a grip on yourself.
It's a good thing your mother
isn't here to see your antics.
- Ronnie!
- Vidhi!
Ronnie, get out.
Me? And you won't say a word to her?
No, I won't. Just leave!
Sure, just tell me off.
But never call out her bullshit.
What's the matter?
You look upset.
Nothing.
There's a wedding in the house.
Something keeps happening everyday.
You look pretty today.
Just... today?
You have to come to the wedding.
No excuses.
"An auspicious wedding!"
Exclamation point!
"We request the honour
of your presence
for the wedding ceremony of
comma, Nimisha Bhardwaj,
daughter of Arvind Bhardwaj,
and late Sumitra Bhar... "
Late?
I was in the eighth grade.
At the time, I didn't understand
what cancer was.
Since then, dad played
a double role in our lives.
He used to say,
"You can't spell father"
without "her"."
My father is my hero.
You know, as a kid,
I'd fall asleep holding
my mother's hand.
And on her last day,
at the hospital, mummy said...
"Keep holding my hand,
I'll never leave you."
A heartbeat is all I want
A heartbeat is all I want
We're just getting started!
It's a long fight ahead!
We're just getting started!
It's a long fight!
We're just getting started!
It's a long fight ahead!
We're just getting started!
It's a long fight ahead!
Wow!
You are fitting right in...
This completes the look!
Sign the petition.
What are you thinking?
Sign it then.
Shekhar bhai, I told you,
I'm here to study, not to fight.
What do you mean?
You came here to
become a lawyer, right?
Sign the petition, Neelesh.
This fight is yours too...
Tomorrow, you could be in my place.
Shekhar, this has to be his decision,
don't force him. You go.
Richa, I'm not forcing him.
Trying to explain to him the right thing,
but he just doesn't get it.
Brother,
just because you think you're right,
it doesn't mean that I'm wrong.
Neelesh.
You see this pen.
This small cap is just a tiny part
of the whole pen.
And the rest of it is us.
Yet, it rules us. Why?
Shekhar bhai, I don't understand all this.
To me, a pen is just a pen, not a sword.
- Okay?
- Let us go, Shekhar bhai.
There aren't enough marigold flowers
on top, add a few more.
Okay.
DON'T BE LATE
I'll INTRODUCE YOU TO DAD
Bhim Nagar's mobile mall at your service!
Talk softly.
If a builder hears you,
Bhim Nagar will be replaced by a mall.
Okay.
Looking sharp!
What a stud!
You look like a fool.
Are you planning to wear this?
Why? What's wrong with this?
Isn't wearing black inauspicious
at their weddings?
Since when do you believe
in such superstitions?
By the way, whose wedding is it?
You are so friendly that
they invited you to a family wedding?
We're just friends. She is in my class.
- "Just friends".
- "Just friends".
So why are you going alone?
Take these idiots with you.
You want me to take
the entire neighborhood too?
Let it go, ma'am.
He doesn't want us to feast.
- Hope you get indigestion.
- Really!
Listen.
Keep a distance from their girls.
Right.
Their girls are waiting for him.
Save him from their prying eyes.
We're just friends, Mom.
We study together.
She helps me out.
Don't overthink it.
Hey...
Can I get a look like that?
Of course!
Stop here.
- I'll pay you tomorrow.
- Okay.
- Are you nervous?
- No, it isn't my wedding!
My life was colourless
You coloured it
When I found your companionship, my love
I float around
In the breeze you bring in
I'll go where you take me
Given the state I'm in
When you're not around
My anklets no longer ring
I won't hold back as I dance
All of me, belongs to all of you
You're the music that makes me prance
I've lost myself in you
I won't hold back as I dance
All of me, belongs to all of you
You're the music that makes me prance
I've lost myself in you
I've lost myself in you
I've lost myself in you
I've lost myself in you
I'm lost...
I'm lost...
Completely lost...
I find myself lost
Even when I'm with friends
You're always on my mind
Let's take a trip to the stars
Don't say a word to anyone
The world's crazy
They'll never understand
When we first met
I knew I was yours
I float around
In the breeze you bring in
I'll go where you take me
Given the state I'm in
When you're not around
My anklets no longer ring
I won't hold back as I dance
All of me belongs to all of you
You're the music that makes me prance
I've lost myself in you
I won't hold back as I dance
All of me, belongs to all of you
You're the music that makes me prance
I've lost myself in you
I've lost myself
I'm heading your way
The love you give me
Will make me stay
My heart thumps to your beat
And the sound of anklets
Fills the air
I've lost myself
I'm heading your way
The love you give me
Will make me stay
My heart thumps to your beat
And the sound of anklets
Fills the air
I won't hold back as I dance
All of me, belongs to all of you
You're the music that makes me prance
I've lost myself in you
Let's get something to eat.
- What?
- Let's eat.
You drink so much.
You've gotten all skinny.
Go eat something. Go!
- Hey, Prashant!
- Neelesh, what are you doing here?
The bride is my friend's sister.
So cool!
You've become a big shot!
- Here, take this.
- How have you been?
I'm doing well.
You enjoy the food.
- Pickle?
- Yes.
Neelesh,
I'm Vidhi's father.
- Hello.
- Hello.
Can we talk for a minute?
I'll be back...
Where do you live?
Shivaji Nagar.
Shivaji Nagar?
Where in Shivaji Nagar?
Bhim... Bhim Nagar.
What does your father do?
He's a farmer... in the village.
Vidhi and you are good friends?
I, Vidhi, Vasu, Shekhar...
All of us are good friends.
And you like Vidhi?
Beat the shit out of him!
What do you think you're doing?
Get the hell out of the way!
- Get out of the way!
- Have you gone mad!
- Ronnie.
- You stay out of this!
Why are you beating him up!
Uncle, stand aside!
What are you guys doing?
Have you gone crazy!
Just get out of the way!
Will you kill him or what?
Have you completely lost your mind!
- Who asked you to do this!
- Let's see you dance now!
You scum!
You've forgotten your place!
Sorry, son.
Are you okay?
Please stay away from Vidhi,
else they'll kill you,
and her as well.
Just because you are studying
in the same college,
doesn't mean you both
are equal, right?
Our family will be ostracized by society.
If nothing else,
please think about Vidhi.
Hey, Vasu.
Vasu!
Have you seen Neelesh?
Good for nothing.
The number you are trying
to call is not reachable.
Why haven't you been going
to college?
Tell me.
- Sir!
- I have that file with me.
- Sir, why have you suspended me?
- Hold please.
There's nothing I can do.
You know our future, research work,
family expenses,
everything is dependent on the fellowship.
How can you do this?
My whole life will be screwed!
It's not my decision.
The Vice Chancellor feels
that you're using
University funds to fuel
your political campaign.
And this is how you think?
It doesn't matter what I think!
This country has a deficit
of three million lawyers.
How many?
Three million!
And what are you doing?
Stop it.
Let the students attend their classes.
Let them study.
- I am sorry.
- Then I'll see what I can do about it.
- Sir... I won't be...
- No, I have that file...
Hurry up!
Ansari sir, please rethink...
NEELESH
BA LLB
Neelesh?
Where have you been?
And why aren't you taking my calls?
- What are you doing here?
- Why aren't you coming to college?
Let's talk outside.
This way.
I'll be right back.
You shouldn't have come here.
We could've spoken at college.
First of all, you disappeared
from the wedding.
Then your phone's been off...
You haven't been attending classes.
And now you are asking me to leave?
- What's the matter?
- Nothing!
Nothing?
I called you so many times.
How much time does it take
to call and say
you are stuck somewhere?
- You could've texted.
- My phone's dead.
Is that right?
Show me your phone!
What the hell are you doing?
I get it.
You are avoiding me, right?
You feel it too, don't you?
Feel what?
What are you saying?
We kissed.
- You kissed me.
- You kissed me as well!
Neelesh, I'm sorry.
What's wrong?
Did I say something to offend you?
Did I make a mistake?
Say something.
Please tell me, Neelesh...
Neelesh what!
We're friends,
but not close enough
for me to tell you everything.
Yes, I left the wedding
and didn't call you.
Why should I?
Who are you?
Who am I?
Are you hurting me on purpose?
Vidhi, look around.
Look at where we are.
You don't get it?
Let me show you.
Over there...
That's Aunt Gauri.
She cleans homes
in high-society buildings.
That's Uncle Vilas.
He collects garbage
for the municipal council.
That's Sangeeta.
Her father used to clean
the gutters.
That's where his body was found!
He died last year, but they
haven't received compensation yet.
Why are you telling me all this?
Can't you see how different we are!
Your neighbourhood has doctors,
engineers and lawyers.
Your father, your sister,
your uncle, everyone's a lawyer!
- You will become one too!
- So?
Is that my fault?
Our worlds are different.
Do you know what we do?
We work with animal leather.
We make drums with it.
Neelesh...
I understand what you're saying.
But all this doesn't matter to me!
We belong to different castes,
so we can't be together?
Vidhi, you're delusional.
I don't belong
in the world
you are dreaming of.
The sooner you understand this...
Then tell me,
what should I do about these feelings?
Vidhi...
The drowning heart
Oh, the drowning heart
Can't find the shore
When the hands part
They don't meet again
When the hands part
They don't meet again
The nights are filled with separation
Even when united, feels separate
When we meet, it feels incomplete
The grievance will remain
The heart breaks, eyes fill up
Rivers overflow
I live moment to moment
Yes, without you
What kind of love is this?
What kind of love is this
That clings to the chest
Yet doesn't listen to the heart's call?
Set my soul free
Or tell me
How will I endure this punishment?
Seven seas of pain
All are within the heart
Which way should I go?
Seven seas of pain
All are within the heart
Which way should I go?
You are my pilgrimage, my prayers
The voice of the divine
Then why should I go
To mosques or temples?
Oh, seven seas of pain
All are within the heart
Which way should I go?
Your shadow, your presence
Appear in the stars
How can my eyes find sleep again?
Without you
Who will erase
The tears sitting on my eyelids
What kind of love is this
That clings to the chest
Yet doesn't listen to the heart's call?
Set my soul free
Or tell me
How will I endure this punishment?
Even when united, feels separate
When we meet, it feels incomplete
The grievance will remain
The heart breaks, eyes fill up
Rivers overflow
I live moment to moment
Yes, without you
What kind of love is this?
Seven seas of pain
All are within the heart
Which way should I go?
What kind of love is this?
Seven seas of pain
All are within the heart
Which way should I go?
What kind of love is this?
You are my pilgrimage My prayers
The voice of the divine
Then why should I go
To mosques or temples?
What kind of love is this?
Oh, seven seas of pain
Seven seas of pain
Seven seas of pain
My Lord, as soon as
Mrs. Bajpai left the house,
my client filed a missing complaint.
This shows that my client...
My client...
It's okay, Vidhi.
Pick it up from the last line.
This shows my client's good intention.
FIR and statement have been submitted,
but he is willing
to resolve the matter.
My Lord, my client
has been through a lot
and has finally decided to separate.
There is no question of
reconciliation with Mr. Bajpai.
My Lord, to reconcile,
it is very important
to talk to each other.
And according to me,
there is no problem at all.
Objection, My Lord!
Overruled.
Raunaq, this should be sustained.
Vidhi, leave your personal
biases out of the argument.
Please tell your client that it takes
a lot of time to build a relationship.
Not to break it off so easily!
My client has made up her mind.
When there is no love, what's the point
in saving the relationship?
- Objection, My Lord!
- Sustained.
Don't talk rubbish!
Now you have a problem
with me talking as well?
Shut up.
This is contempt of court.
Ah, so when you do something,
it's "the law of the land".
And when I do the same,
it's "contempt of court".
- Trying to teach a judge his job?
- Raunaq!
Sit your ass down.
Freeloading scum!
Raunaq!
- Neelesh!
- Neelesh!
Sir, it won't happen again.
Please listen to me.
What should I listen to?
Really, what?
What the hell are you doing?
You'd be better off joining
a political group.
At least then you'd be raising
students' issues,
not hitting them!
Sir... he...
Ronnie...
He provoked me!
Right, so your solution was
to hit the judge in the moot court?
And in a real court of law,
the judge will worship you?
No, sir.
Didn't think so!
What are you all looking at?
Go to your class!
Sir, give me one more chance.
- What chance?
- It'll never happen again.
Is that right?
Here's what you need to do.
Get your father.
No, sir. Please.
Else, forget about the court rehearsals.
And...
Consider your admission cancelled!
Sir, please.
Sir, please let him go.
He's a sincere student.
Sir, please!
It's the first time he's messed up.
He won't do it again.
- Sincere student?
- Yes.
Despite being a law student,
he's breaking the law.
If I don't take action,
people will think I'm favouring him.
Is the blood flow
giving you a good high?
Cat got your tongue?
I can't get my father to college.
Why? Are all the characters
in your life fictitious?
Something like that.
They'll cancel my seat...
Expel me from college.
It's all over.
Yes, Mister!
Hello, Shankar bhai!
This is Shankar bhai.
He's built all our...
House furniture!
He's quite good with his hands.
So he's... my father?
No! He's a simple man...
Makes good chairs and tables.
We need someone who can fool people.
Why are you fucking around
during business hours?
Babu bhaiya!
Well, what has he done?
He beat the shit out of a judge.
In a class.
Oh, you think you're a badass?
Violence?
A lawyer's job is to fight with words.
And he's getting violent in class.
Violence?
If he continues like this,
he'll need a lawyer
rather than becoming one.
He got violent in the classroom?
- You think you're a tough guy?
- Dad, I...
Hey!
No!
Stop!
You can't do that!
Cut it out!
- Sir! Help me!
- That's enough!
Do you want to be a hooligan?
- Help me, sir!
- What's the matter with you!
Please help me, sir!
That's enough!
Put that down!
Have you lost it?
That's not a hammer.
Why are you hitting him?
Do whatever you want.
Hand him over to the cops.
Suspend him.
You are not my son anymore.
Please make him understand.
A college is not the place for violence.
I hate violence.
Yes, I can see that.
Please leave,
I'll handle it from here.
Carry on.
Leave... Leave me alone.
Carry on, sorry!
Cheers!
You're drinking too much!
I'm not drinking.
I'm living.
You're so naive!
Listen...
You're sitting here like Romeo,
and your Juliet was crying in the library.
Why are you both fighting?
Neelesh...
Hello? Neelesh?
Please say something.
How's that for a fellowship?
RELEASE FELLOWSHIP
How's daddy's little angel today?
More like daddy's little bitch.
Hey!
That's Ronnie's seat!
Really? Has he got his name on it?
NEELESH
Why are you sitting here?
Have you forgotten your place?
Should I put you in your place?
Let's get back to our seat.
Take him away!
Leave him, guys!
- Hey, Vicky!
- It's Ronnie's seat...
Let go, let go!
Get his fingers...
We'll make you leave.
He'll get hurt. Stop it!
Hold him, get him off!
Did you forget the warm
golden shower at the wedding!
Neelesh!
Leave him!
Ronnie!
Let him go!
Ronnie!
Leave it, guys!
Neelesh, let's go!
I shouldn't have spared you
at the wedding!
See what I do now!
What happened at the wedding?
What's the matter with you?
What's going on?
Why are you fighting with him?
Go and ask him!
He belongs to the same caste as you!
What?
Bro, since when did caste become
a thing between us?
Since when?
Since forever!
You are privileged to not see it.
- You've gone crazy... talking shit!
- Neelesh!
What happened at the wedding?
Can you stop it?
Why did you invite me to the wedding?
So, I made a mistake by inviting you?
Yes, absolutely!
Don't you understand what's going on?
What's going on?
You think our worlds are different,
and that's a good reason
to end everything?
Yes.
What are you guys saying?
Stop it!
Stop it, you people.
- "You people?"
- That's right, "you people".
The ones who can't see anything.
Because you don't want to see anything.
Vidhi, drink some water.
Vidhi!
You know your antics
will ruin dad's reputation.
What do you mean?
Stop seeing that boy.
So that's why Ronnie's here.
Don't twist my words.
Just answer my question.
But your question is wrong.
Tell me what Ronnie did to Neelesh.
- What did he do?
- Ask him!
Vidhi!
Vidhi!
- Ronnie!
- Vidhi, please.
Didi is calling you.
Get inside.
Don't create a scene here.
Why are you shouting?
You've lost your manners?
We're guests here.
What did you do to Neelesh?
Don't take his name here.
Why?
Neelesh.
- Neelesh! Neelesh.
- Vidhi!
- Stop it or I'll break your face!
- Oh, let me see you do that!
Let me handle this.
Have you gone mad?
You are in my home, Vidhi!
Tell me what happened
at the wedding!
- I know he did something at the wedding!
- Look how shameless she's become!
Enough!
Dad's given you too much freedom.
Is everything okay?
The poor is are over.
I'll get it.
Brother! Wait a minute.
Where are you going?
Where do you think you're going?
- Not so fast!
- You're coming with us.
You guys are floating on the clouds?
Let's bring you down to earth!
You think you can get on with our girls
because you study in college!
Fool around with them?
You came from the filth...
let's send you back in it.
- Shoot a video!
- Let's make you viral!
You want to date our girls
and beat our guys?
Don't let him go!
Let's put the rat in his place!
Why were they hitting you?
Got into a fight in college.
Do people fight in colleges too?
You are Vasudev's friend?
You live close by?
Bhim Nagar.
Let's head back to our seats.
From now on, we'll sit here.
The moot court venue
is B.B.D. College.
Participants, collect your ID cards
from the administration office.
Those who don't have ID cards
will need
an acknowledgement letter signed
by the principal.
Carry a proof of address along
with the ID card.
Report at B.B.D. College
an hour in advance.
Session starts at nine,
so be there by eight.
Okay?
Did you see it?
It was you, right?
- Are you mad?
- I'll talk to whoever I want.
- I'm not your property!
- Lower your voice!
Stay away from him,
or I'll go to the cops.
I won't even bother with the cops.
I'll flatten you into the road!
My father is a contractor!
Which one?
Raunaq! Neelesh!
Stop it.
Neelesh!
Listen to me.
Does he want to see your father again?
- Should we ask Babu?
- No!
I want my father now!
Whether someone steals it or not
We sure will
The locks that were never picked
Are sure to be broken tonight
We do what we do, out in the open
Without any shame
But we don't know why
The world always points fingers at us
We do what we do, out in the open
Without any shame
But we don't know why
The world always points fingers at us
We do what we do, out in the open
Without any shame
But we don't know why
The world always points fingers at us
The sage once said out aloud
Always shoot the arrow
Which seems small to the eyes
But cuts deep wounds
Oh, such a deep wound!
Neelesh,
I don't like going to such places.
Take your mother instead.
But they've asked to meet you.
Isn't it a father's duty to earn,
provide for his family,
educate his kids?
And you're busy doing... this.
Who's told you what a father's duty is
or what a mother is supposed to do?
Help me get this off.
Suspended.
I get a suspension,
and this Ahirwar gets nothing?
Sir, it's pretty clear to me
you're favouring your people.
This isn't right.
If 15 aren't enough,
I can suspend you for 30 days.
Get out.
And what about you?
Sir, this is my father.
Are you sure?
Yes, sir.
I had warned him,
college wouldn't be easy.
He thinks he can transform
our lives by becoming a lawyer.
But I know, if he's saying it,
he'll do it.
Please give him one more chance.
Okay, let me see what I can do.
Thank you.
See you outside.
Are you ashamed of your father?
Hello, sir.
Should we call him "sir" or "ma'am"?
Why don't we take a look?
I'm not ashamed of my father,
but of his work.
No, no.
I think you're ashamed of your identity.
Let's see a dance, eh?
- You want to see a dance?
- Go ahead, ma'am, give us a jig.
How about a twirl!
It's really tough
living with this identity.
We are reminded every day
that we are not humans.
- Clap and dance!
- Don't be shy!
- Take it easy now!
- Don't get too feisty, sir!
I'm only asking you
to do what you do.
Dance for me!
I know it isn't easy.
It wasn't for me either.
- Nice sweater, right?
- Do you fancy it?
- I do, actually.
- Let's get it off then!
- We shouldn't, it's a college.
- To hell with that!
How beautiful...
Those who attacked me with all kinds
of casteist slurs
now bow their heads to me,
asking for their kids' admission.
Neelesh?
- Grab him!
- Let's take it out!
I told you not to get into politics.
But if surrender means death,
then fight.
How dare you!
- Vidhi, that's enough.
- How dare you!
Talk to that rat,
I'll do it again!
You'll hit him again, will you?
Go ahead, hit me,
just like she did!
- What's the matter?
- Why don't you ask him?
He wreaked havoc in college!
He's been suspended!
Neelesh isn't doing a thing,
and he keeps harassing him!
I didn't do anything, Dad.
And she slapped me
in front of the whole college!
If he files an Atrocities Act case
against you, you'll rot in jail!
Not done anything?
I'm only protecting this family's honour.
She is always running after him
in college, like a bitch!
- What? What did you say to me!
- Vidhi, stop!
- What did you say to me!
- I speak the truth!
Vidhi, that's enough.
The rumours are in college now,
soon it will be the whole town.
She'll elope with him!
But we have to live here!
Our family's honour is at stake,
because of her!
Because of me?
Who else? Me?
Aunt, wait a minute.
Why does the family's honour
depend on me? Huh?
Did anyone ask me?
Why is the family honour not
affected by his shameful behaviour?
Is there honour in the way
I have dressed up?
Oh, sorry!
I forgot my scarf inside!
Let me cover myself up.
How about my hair?
Should I tie it up?
You shouldn't lose your honour, right?
Don't stop me, Dad.
I won't wear clothes of
my choice anymore!
Neither will I go out to eat!
Nor will I laugh loud!
Oh, and screw this phone.
I won't talk to anyone anymore,
especially boys.
I'll just sit at home.
That'll make you happy, right?
What?
What the hell is this "honour"?
Does anyone even know?
You don't know, right?
Then do one thing...
Take it away and give me a break.
I don't want this burden on me.
Let it go, Vidhi.
Don't talk back to elders.
Aunt, if you had shown some courage
and spoken up,
there was no need for me to talk back.
Go inside.
I had warned you, Brother.
You can't let a girl be this independent.
Now we'll lose our family's honour.
No one will marry our daughter
or give us theirs.
Ronnie, get the car.
The problem is with our daughter.
But we can't kill her.
She may be stubborn and stupid,
but she's still ours.
However, that boy isn't.
What do you mean?
He had our warning.
Now comes the reckoning.
- What's this?
- Let me go!
Is this why you wanted to study?
To become a goon?
Should I let it go?
Look at what he did to dad!
Is this happening to him
for the first time?
Why are you so angry today?
Let go of it.
Sit.
Sit down.
Sit the hell down!
Do you want to become
a murderer now?
- You don't know anything!
- Sure!
Yes, she knows nothing.
And you know it all.
Do you know why babies cry?
Because they want something.
If they don't get it, they fight.
They get restless.
But as they get older,
they stop fighting.
Why?
Because they're told
that it's wrong to fight.
They fear
taking a stand
to fight back.
Then why did you stop me?
I was going to fight.
To break someone's head
isn't fighting back.
You're ashamed of my dancing,
aren't you?
Even our people ridiculed me.
But I love to dance.
So I fought for it.
What are you fighting for?
Have you seen Shekhar bhai?
Know where Shekhar bhai is?
No idea.
Haven't seen him since morning.
Shekhar bhai?
Shekhar bhai...
Shekhar bhai...
Help! Someone help!
Anyone out there?
In the clouds of sorrow,
a star shines bright.
Today may not be ours,
but tomorrow we will rise.
We don't seek strangers,
we have our own who care.
Today may not be ours,
but tomorrow we will rise.
O you who sits defeated
by the storms outside.
Do you even know,
our feet too bear wounds we hide?
Yet we do not stop,
for the destination calls our name.
Today may not be ours,
but tomorrow we will rise.
These are steps that bridge
even the mightiest seas.
Currents so fierce, they can carve
through mountains with ease.
Those very hands have brought
heaven down to this ground.
Today may not be ours,
but tomorrow we will rise.
Shekhar!
Shekhar!
It's true,
the heart feels sunk
while darkness prevails.
But beyond this night, a dawn awaits.
Every ocean has a shore.
Today may not be ours,
but tomorrow we will rise.
Vidhi...
Yes.
I couldn't save Birju.
I couldn't save Shekhar bhai.
I won't be able to save myself and,
I won't be able to save you either.
Neelesh, what are you saying?
Do you love me?
Then stay away from me.
But why?
Even at a time like this,
you're pushing me away?
But we...
We must separate.
We must go our own ways.
Do you really think
Shekhar bhai killed himself?
That wasn't suicide.
It was murder.
They killed him.
What are you even saying? Murder?
Saving yourself? Saving me?
- I'm really scared.
- Me too!
But you're lucky, Vidhi.
You can say what you think,
what you feel.
I die a hundred deaths before
I think or feel anything.
Being together isn't as easy
as you think.
It isn't as hard as
you think it is.
All we need is love.
You're doing this because of Ronnie?
Don't worry, I'll talk to dad.
- You just...
- Your father...
You want to know what happened
at the wedding, right?
Go, ask your father.
What does dad know?
Neelesh, tell me.
What does he know?
Nothing.
Neelesh...
He doesn't know anything.
All right.
Don't tell me.
I'll ask him myself.
Vidhi, just let it go.
Vidhi, listen to me!
Vidhi!
Help us get the bike up, please.
Oh, Shankar bhai!
Are you okay?
It's not too bad.
I was going home.
I'll take you there.
Stop, stop.
Just over here.
What is it?
He's bothering my sister.
He'll elope with her.
Please do something.
Did you try to make him understand?
As if these guys will understand.
All they want is,
to marry our daughters, eat with us.
There won't be any problems, right?
There never has been.
Else, you wouldn't come here.
And if there would be,
then I'd rather be dead.
This is for you.
I'm not a criminal.
I'm cleaning up the society.
It's my divine calling.
Where's Birju?
Where is he?
Birju!
Why are you doing this?
It's our dog who was killed!
They won't let you study!
This fight is yours too.
Tomorrow, you could be in my place.
Get out of here!
If surrender means death,
then fight back.
What are you fighting for?
So what if our caste is different?
Can't we be together?
Law of the jungle, kill,
or be killed.
Ronnie!
Dad!
Dad!
Neelesh!
Dad!
Dad!
You! Stop it!
How dare you enter this house!
Let go of him!
- Let him go!
- Dad!
Neelesh!
Ronnie!
Neelesh.
Neelesh!
Let him go!
Brother! Please don't!
Please, Neelesh,
what are you doing?
I'm just talking.
Did you speak to your father?
- Neelesh, please.
- Did you ask him about the wedding?
- Sir, will you tell her, or should I?
- Let's talk inside.
You head inside,
let me handle this boy.
Don't be scared.
I won't hit anyone.
I'm just here to fight my case.
Today, I'm the lawyer,
and I'm also the judge.
The court will be in session here,
and justice will be served,
right here... in front of everyone!
- Let's head inside...
- Order! Order! Order!
Case number blah-blah-blah.
Ahirwar versus Bhardwaj.
- Don't speak to dad like that!
- Objection, My Lord!
Sustained!
Listen, I came to the wedding
because I was invited.
And you treated me
like a special guest!
I was beaten! I was kicked!
I was even pissed on!
And then I was thrown
out of the wedding!
And like you asked,
I stayed away from your daughter.
But that wasn't enough.
You got me beaten up by goons.
You threw muck on me.
You stripped my father's clothes
in the campus!
And today, you tried to kill me.
Sir, I was born in a village.
The roads weren't ours.
The land wasn't ours.
Even the water didn't belong to us.
In fact, even our lives weren't ours.
So, to stay alive,
we moved to the big city.
We thought things would be different.
But nothing changed.
Here, the roads are wider
and the buildings are taller.
But people are just as small-minded.
We had forgotten that we can
change our circumstances,
but not our caste.
Then I understood this isn't about money.
It's about power.
So, I studied hard,
and got into college.
I wanted to be a lawyer.
Neelesh BA LLB.
I had started to fly...
But you took away my piece of the sky.
So, Mr. Lawyer...
What sections
should we book you under?
Neelesh...
You think we're filthy,
and you're pure?
But actually, you are dirty,
you don't treat all humans as equals.
I rest my case.
I rest my case.
- Vidhi...
- Dad, don't.
Out of the way, Brother!
- Prakash! Stop!
- Dad, don't!
- That's enough!
- Dad, don't do this!
- Let it go, Prakash!
- Why are we doing this?
Dad, don't!
- Let it go, Prakash!
- Dad, don't!
Prakash, hear me out!
Prakash, throw this away...
Leave it!
15 minutes to go...
finish your sheets.