Tel Visa (2024) Movie Script

(Theme music playing)
[Raddha] Hey, look! There's a
beautiful bangle shop over there.
[Raddha] Let's buy some
bangles for our daughter-in-law.
[Surya] No way! Who even wears
bangles bangles overseas anymore?
[Maila] (Laughing)
[Raddha] What are you talking about?
[Raddha] I'm meeting
her for the first time.
[Raddha] I couldn't give
her anything at the wedding.
[Raddha] Shouldn't I
give the bride something?
[Surya] Yes.
[Surya] That's true.
[Raddha] Listen, dear...
[Raddha] I'll go there,
[Raddha] and make a video too.
[Surya] Oh!
[Surya] Just say you want to make a video.
[Raddha] Let's go already!
[Surya] Alright, let's go!
[Surya] Can't help now!
[Raddha] Pack this, and
take whatever you like.
[Shanta] Okay, mother.
[shop owner] It's the latest
popular design in the market.
[shop owner] It's in great demand.
[Raddha] Is this the one?
[shop Owner] Yes.
[Raddha] It should suit
the daughter-in-law, right?
[Raddha] It's so elegant, isn't it?
[Surya] It is stunning!
[Raddha] Could you make a video for me?
[Surya] What's with
making videos all the time?
[Raddha] Just make one for me please.
[Master] Sergeant Sir!
[Master] Namaskar!
[Surya] Here, take this.
[Raddha] Oh, you as well!
[Surya] Namaskar sir, Namaskar!
[Master] Is shopping going on?
[Surya] Where are you headed?
[Master] I was just strolling,
and then I saw you right away!
[Master] Oh right, it's
about time to go abroad too...
[Master] How are you gonna stay in abroad?
[Surya] Oh! I'll just make
videos of my lady all day.
(Both Lauhing)
[Surya] Hey, Maila-Maili!
[Surya] Let's go now.
[Maila] Alright.
[Maila] Hurry up.
[Shanta] Buy me this one!
[Maila] Put that down quickly!
[Maila] Let's go.
[Raddha] By the way,
[Raddha] did our son
talk to you about the land?
[Surya] Yes, he did talk to me.
[Surya] But the land has no value at all.
[Surya] There's an economic
downturn going on everywhere.
[Surya] It won't even be valued at
five million for land worth ten million.
[Raddha] (sighs)
[Surya] How can I just
[Surya] throw away
ancestor's effort that easily?
[Raddha] No
[Raddha] he wants to
start a business in America.
[Raddha] We don't know
how long we will be there.
[Raddha] If it doesn't
work out, what can we do?
[Raddha] That's why we should
complete that task before we leave!
[Surya] It's been so many years,
[Surya] and there's never any money.
[Surya] He just keeps asking for more.
[Surya] What is he even doing,
[Surya] what does he do?
(Rock music playing)
[Passenger] Hey.
[Passenger] Uber?
[Gaurav] Yeah.
[Gaurav] Are you Hans?
[Passenger] Yeah.
[Gaurav] Yeah?
[Gaurav] Come.
[Passenger] Okay.
(Rock music playing)
[Gaurav] Hello sir.
[Gaurav] Don't smoke inside the car.
[Passenger] Look!
[Passenger] Just drive the car, asshole!
[Passenger] Fuck!
[Passenger] What? Do you want some?
[Passenger] Here!
[Passenger] How's that? This is good shit!
(car approaches)
[Gaurav] Baby?
[Gaurav] (Sighs)
(keys clatter on table)
[Gaurav] What happened again?
[Gaurav] Baby?
[Bandana] (tsk, annoyed)
[Gaurav] Are you alright?
[Bandana] (sighs in frustration)
[Gaurav] Are you having a hard time?
[Gaurav] I understand, it can
be a bit irritating at these times.
[Gaurav] You're having a hard time.
[Gaurav] That's why I'm calling
my parents here, to take care of you.
[Bandana] (Sighs )
[Gaurav] They are in such a
hurry to meet thier daughter-in-law!
[Gaurav] It will be easy for us as well.
[Gaurav] I can go to work without a worry.
[Gaurav] You can also
get back to work soon.
[Gaurav] And also the
parents have a great desire
[Gaurav] to see their grandchildren!
[Bandana] Am I complaining
because your parents are coming?
[Gaurav] Let it go.
Please let's just go and eat.
[Gaurav] Let's go!
[Bandana] Do you think life
goes on just by eating, Gaurav?
[Bandana] It's been ten years
since we came here, man!
[Bandana] Is it enough
just with my earnings?
[Bandana] Don't you think
you should do something?
[Gaurav] And I am also doing it!
[Gaurav] I've been working for
hours. I just got back from driving Uber.
[Gaurav] I have to listen to your
complaints even after getting back.
[Bandana] What did you just say?
[Bandana] You think I'm complaining?
[Bandana] You dumped all the money
we've earned over the years into crypto!
[Bandana] Shouldn't we need to
think about the future of this child?
[Gaurav] I also thought
something would come out of it.
[Gaurav] You're
unnecessarily stressing out.
[Gaurav] People come
here just to have babies.
[Gaurav] Isn't being born here
is as securing child's future?
[Gaurav] Who knows
[Gaurav] our child might
become the president one day!
[Bandana] President!
[Gaurav] Did you talk to
your father about the money?
[Gaurav] I already have.
[Gaurav] Obviously, it will take
some time to manage such amount.
[bandana] (sighs)
[Gaurav] Now let's go and eat some food.
[Bandana] Not right now, just press it!
[Gaurav] Has it swollen?
[Bandana] (Sighs)
(military parade music playing)
(mouse squeaks)
[Surya] Don't breathe!
[Maila] I'd die, if I don't breathe!
[Surya] Always remember,
whenever you're charging the enemy
you should hold your breath.
[Maila] (take a deep breath)
(mouse squeaks)
[Surya] Attack!
[Maila] Oh shit!!
[Maila] (nervous laugh)
[Maila] That's why I used your sandal.
[Maila]I won't be blamed
for sin if it hits you.
[Raddha] What's going
on here with all the noise?
[Raddha] As if it's an earthquake!
[Surya] (laugh)
[Surya] Did you see that?
[Surya] Even a petty mouse is
enough to cause an earthquake.
(both laughing)
[Raddha] A mouse?
[Maila] We were trying
to catch the mouse,
[Maila] but it escaped inside the room.
[Raddha] That's enough mail a.
[Raddha] In my house, not
even a mouse, insect and pests
[Raddha] will be harmed!
[Surya] Everyone would get scared
to enter my quarter in the barracks.
[Raddha] Do you think the mouse
needs your permission to enter your home?
[Raddha] "Sergeant, would you
please give me the permission?"
[Raddha] Or does it needs a visa?
(both laughing)
[Raddha] Bless me.
[Raddha] Now get ready quickly.
[Raddha] We have to go shopping.
[Raddha] Because
[Raddha] we're flying soon, dear!
[Surya] Hey, Maila!
[Raddha] God bless you.
[Raddha] Quickly I said!
[Surya] Listen to me
[Raddha] close every
entrance of this house!
[Raddha] So that the mouse can't escape!
[Raddha] Did you understand?
[Maila] Yes, dad!
[Maila] You don't have to worry about it.
[Raddha] I'll seal all the
windows and doors airtight.
[Raddha] Good job, lad!
[Maila] (groans in pain)
[Gokul] (giglgling)
(car pulls up quietly)
[Gokul] Hello, brother!
[Gaurav] What's up bro?
[Gokul] My brother...
[Gaurav] Are you smoking
right outside the workplace?
[Gokul] It's Gokul, brother.
[Gokul] Cool.
[Gaurav] Don't mess
around with the work, brother.
(door open)
[Gaurav] I don't have any problem with it.
[Gaurav] If the boss knows
about it, then he might fire you!
[Gaurav] What's all this mess?
[Gaurav] Clean up, man!
[Gaurav] Hello, Dinesh!
[Dinesh]Hello!
[Gokul] All he can do is fire me.
[Gokul] Doesn't even pay me on time.
[Gokul] You guys get a paycheck every week!
[Gokul] I'm the one
working hourly, brother.
[Gaurav] Hold on, until
I open the liquor shop.
[Gaurav] You are both
the owner and the manager.
[Gaurav] Aren't you?
[Gaurav] But don't you
be stealing vape from there!
[Gaurav] Just kidding, bro!
[Gokul] Of course, brother.
[Gokul] I'll run your
shop as if it's my own.
[Gokul] How could I fool my own brother?
- [Gokul] Brother, are you really buying it?
- [Gaurav] You really don't trust me, do you?
[Gaurav] You don't believe it?
[Gaurav] Look at these photos.
[Gokul] Let me see.
[Gaurav] Here, check this out.
[Gaurav] Check out the location, bro.
[Gaurav] Come over here, look at this.
[Gokul] When will this be finalized?
[Gaurav] Wait up, man!
[Gaurav] As soon as my
land in Nepal gets sold,
[Gaurav] I'll finalize it immediately.
[Gaurav] Old man is
dragging his feet a bit!
[Gaurav] But no worries!
[Gaurav] I'll push mom to get it done.
[Gokul] It's guaranteed you're
taking that shop, right, brother?
[Gaurav] Hmm.
[Gokul] Brother...
[Gokul] I've got a Mexican girl.
[Gokul] Who knows
[Gokul] might figure
out the 'card' this time.
[Gokul] I'm heading out, brother!
[Gaurav] Hey bro, you never
know with these Mexicans.
[Gaurav] Don't you get
lost trying to get the identity.
[Gokul] Bro, nothing's
gonna happen to Gokul!
[Gokul] Go-cool!
[Gokul] Okay, I'm gonna go.
[Gaurav] Sure.
[Gaurav] And what else are you doing, mom?
[Gaurav] What else did you buy?
[Raddha] Nothing much.
[Raddha] Some for you and
[Raddha] some for the daughter-in-law.
[Gaurav] You can find everything here, Mom.
[Gaurav] You don't have to buy too much.
Otherwise, it'll be a hassle in the airport.
[Raddha] There's nothing to worry about.
[Raddha] Listen...
[Raddha] Your wife doesn't
talk to me that openly.
[Raddha] Ask her and let
me know, what she needs.
[Shanta] Mother, here's tea.
[Raddha] Did you bring tea?
[Gaurav] No, it would be enough
for her as well if you are here.
[Gaurav] And listen, mom
[Gaurav] that...
[Gaurav] Did you talk
to father about the land?
[Raddha] How many times do I have to do it?
[Raddha] I've talked to
him so many times already.
[Raddha] Here, you tell him yourself.
[Gaurav] Let it be for
now, I'll talk to him later.
[Raddha] Here, talk to him!
[Surya] Hello?
[Gaurav] Yes, dad.
[Gaurav] Greetings!
[Surya] God bless you!
[Surya] Now tell me what's the problem.
[Gaurav] Oh...
[Gaurav] I was thinking of starting
[Gaurav] a business here.
[Gaurav] But the money's never enough!
[Gaurav] If you could
do something about it...
[Surya] Alright, lad, I
understand what you're saying!
[Surya] Right now, the thing is
[Surya] there's an economic
downturn over here.
[Surya] I've talked with everyone
[Surya] to sell that land.
[Surya] It's all yours when it gets sold.
[Surya] You're the one to get it.
Why are you worrying about it?
[Gaurav] Sure dad, alright.
[Gaurav] Go ahead and
do whatever feels right, dad.
[Gaurav] Anything will do.
[Gaurav] Alright, dad. I'm hanging up!
[Surya] He hung up just like that again.
(Flute playing)
[Surya] Whenever
[Surya] there's a mistake,
[Surya] What do you have to say?
[Raddha]
-I know that one.
[Raddha] Sorry.
[Raddha] (Laughs)
[Raddha] (Both Laughs)
- [Surya] Alright!
- [Raddha] See how much I've learned?
[Surya] Now, what is this?
[Surya] Mmm..
[Surya] What's this?
[Surya] Right!
[Surya] My!
[Raddha] My.
[Surya] 'My' means mine.
[Surya] What does 'My' Mean?
[Raddha] 'My' means yours.
[Maila] (giggling)
(both laughing)
[Surya] How do you expect this to work?
[Surya] Here, memorize it!
[Raddha] I'll do it later!
[Raddha] Shanta!
[Raddha] Maila!
[Raddha] Could you both come here?
[Maila] Come on!
[Maila] What is it, mother?
[Raddha] Shanta knows whereabouts
of all the kitchen ingredients.
[Raddha] She will handle the kitchen.
[Raddha] Rest of the things
have to be taken care by you.
[Raddha] Understood?
[Maila] You just name it, mother.
[Maila] I'll do all of it.
[Raddha] Oh right!
[Raddha] Only till we're here!
[Raddha] After we're gone, you'll
end up dumping all the work on Shanta.
[Shanta] (laughing)
[Surya] They'll do it together.
[Maila] After few days...
[Maila] Shanta also
has to take rest, mother.
[Shanta] (groans)
[Raddha] What did you just say?
[Raddha] What is he saying?
[Maila] With your blessings,
[Maila] we're also becoming parents.
[Raddha] (laughing joyfully)
[Raddha] See, what a wonderful news it is!
[Surya] Oho!
[Surya] But Maila, how could you
become parents with just our blessings?
[Surya] (Laughs)
[Surya] It's a contribution
from both of you.
[Raddha] Come over here, Shanta.
[Raddha] Sit over here.
[Raddha] Alright!
[Raddha] Now that you've
shared such wonderful news...
Here, have this Pustakaari.
[Maila] Didn't you get it for
Gaurav to take to the US?
[Raddha] You're my son as well.
[Raddha] You've shared such wonderful news.
[Raddha] Now eat that Pustakaari.
[Surya] Now eat it already!
[Raddha] Here, to you as well.
[Surya] We're not flying today.
- [Raddha] God bless you.
- [Surya] Why are you getting sentimental?
(laughing)
[Surya] Save some for to mm or row.
(laughing)
[Surya] So, you couldn't
even wait a year, huh?
[Maila] (noding)
[Surya] Isn't it amazing?
[Surya] Children in abroad are expecting.
Children over here are also expecting.
[Surya] This is a matter
of double happiness.
[Raddha] Exactly.
[Raddha] You also have a
sweet treat in this occasion.
[Surya] This is quite a joyful matter!
[Surya] Now, in this joy
[Surya] we must dance and celebrate!
[Surya] We should
also drink a little tonight.
(all laughing)
(Nepali song playing)
[Everyone] Cheers!
Cheers!
[MasterZ] Tomorrow, at this time
[Master] our sergeant will be up there!
[Surya] Wait...
[Surya] Are you saying
I'm going to die right away?
[Master] I didn't mean that.
[Master] I meant up in the airplane,
[Surya] up in the sky.
[Surya] I was joking, Master.
[Surya] Bhola brother?
[Surya] Please have some.
[Bhola] What's there to take?
[Bhola] Even the third time, the
white guy didn't give me a visa.
[Bhola] Couldn't even
visit my own children!
[Bhola] Now, you should
meet my kids as well.
[Surya] Damn it!
[Surya] This country, America...
[Surya] It just won't
give a visa to anyone.
[Surya] Now...
- [Surya] Maila has already packed all your gifts.
- [Maila] Yes, all of them.
[Surya] I'll return only after
meeting your son properly.
[Surya] Rest assured!
[Prem 2] Now...
[Prem] In our village...
[Prem] Not just our village,
but in our whole country...
[Prem] Youths are in Australia,
others in Canada, some in America...
[Surya] If not that, at the least,
they've gone to gulf countries.
- [Surya] That's true.
- [Prem] The children are abroad.
[Prem] Parents remain here lamenting.
[Prem] If that's the case...
[Prem] I don't want my son to
clear the board, Sergeant sir!
[Surya] Otherwise, he'll
run away abroad too.
[Surya] Let's not talk
this nonsese right now!
[Surya] Let's eat.
(big bang)
[Surya] Hey, Maila!
[Maila]
-Yes?
[Surya] Did you serve to mouse too?
[Surya] Seems like it's drunk!
(everyone laughing)
[Surya] Listen, Maila...
[Surya] Our children
[Surya] should never be
[Surya] sent abroad!
[Surya] Did you understand?
[Maila] Got it, dad!
[Surya] The feeling when your
children aren't by your side
[Surya] is so hollow.
[Surya] You understood, right?
[Maila] I didn't, dad!
[Surya] What are you saying?
[Maila] My child is still
in the mother's womb.
[Surya] How could I understand it?
(laughing)
[Raddha] Maila!
[Raddha] Go, it's getting late!
[Surya] Hey, go!
[Surya] Go away!
[Surya] Go to sleep!
- [Surya] Goodnight!
- [Maila] Goodnight!
[Raddha] I always tell you not to drink.
[Raddha] But you never do!
[Surya] And you get
really drunk after you drink!
[Surya] (chuckling softly)
[Surya] True!
[Surya] My wife is absolutely right!
[Surya] What did the doctor say?
[Raddha] What did he say?
[Surya] If you drink,
[Surya] You'll get drunk!
[Surya] He has said so.
[Raddha] After drinking, you not
only get drunk but also get plastered!
[Surya] Naturally, I get plastered!
[Surya] Still...
[Surya] I got the strength
to make a healthy son!
[Raddha] Stop bluffing!
[Raddha] Go to sleep!
[Raddha] It's too late.
[Raddha] Let me.
[Surya] Okay.
[Raddha] Now, go to sleep.
[Raddha] It's already midnight.
[Surya] Let's also turn off the light.
[Raddha] Tomorrow, we'll have
to get up early again and leave.
[Raddha] Jai Shree Krishna.
(Airport noise)
[Surya] Don't worry too much.
[Surya] Okay, go now.
[Maila] Sure.
- [Surya] This one is hers.
- [Raddha] Stay well.
[Maila] Mother's one.
[Surya] This is
[Surya] me, sir.
[Surya] Go, now.
[Maila] Okay.
[Officer] Sir.
[Officer] Your photo's been
partially damaged in the passport.
[Raddha] What?
[Raddha] What happened?
[Surya] But, look at this!
[Surya] It's clear from this half photo,
[Surya] that even the half
mustache proves it's me!
[Officer] It doesn't work like that, sir.
[Surya] You can't leave now.
[Maila] Only the photo on
the passport has been cut off!
[Maila] Look at the visa.
[Surya] It's intact.
[Officer] Listen, sir...
[Officer] I understand
that this is your passport.
[Officer] But we can't let
you go with this passport.
[Officer] Here, take it.
[Surya] What are you trying to say, sir?
[Surya] You said it yourself, I
understand it's your passport.
[Surya] And again, you're
saying I can't enter either.
[Surya] Here, look at the visa!
[Surya] The photo is intact!
[Officer] sir!
[Officer] Please
understand what I'm saying.
[Officer] What's the point
of sending you from here?
[Officer] You'll be stopped
over there tomorrow.
[Officer] You'll be the one to suffer.
[Surya] Who's gonna stop?
[Surya] Exactly who's gonna stop?
[Surya] Can you stop anyone just like that?
[Surya] Do you think I'm just anyone?
[Surya] I'm also a retired officer.
[officer] I understand.
[Surya] You're just...
[Surya] I'll make a call.
[Surya] I have power too.
[Surya] Give me that!
[officer] Alright.
[Officer] You go over there
and get the power, okay?
[Officer] Please, don't make a crowd here.
[Officer] Please come forward.
[Maila] Here, hold this dad.
[Surya] Namaskaar, Minister sir.
(blender whirring)
[Gaurav] What was that?
(blender whirring)
[Gaurav] Hey, hold on a second.
[Gaurav] Please.
(blender stops)
[Gaurav] That means
you all aren't flying today?
[Surya] This mouse really messed things up.
[Surya] Thank goodness
it didn't chew up the visa.
[Gaurav] No...
[Surya] Now, we'll make
a new passport and come.
[Surya] What's wrong with that?
[Gaurav] How much time will it take, dad?
[Surya] I'm checking on it,
let's see how long it takes.
[Bandana] What happened?
[Gaurav] The delivery
date is just a month away.
[Gaurav] Mother's passport is fine, right?
[Surya] Yes, her passport's fine.
[Surya] Only mine has
been nibbled by the mouse.
[Surya] What a nuisance!
[Gaurav] Dad?
[Gaurav] Now we don't have much time left.
[Gaurav] You get your passport sorted
and come, but why not send mother today?
[Surya] Wait, what are you talking about?
[Surya] How can she travel
up to there on her own?
[Gaurav] I'll handle it.
[Gaurav] I'll manage it.
[Gaurav] You don't have to worry about it.
[Gaurav] Please send her, dad.
[Gaurav] Hello?
[Gaurav] Hello, dad?
[Raddha] What did he say?
[Surya] He says, 'It's about time, dad!'
[Raddha] Or let's do this
[Raddha] will you go by yourself?
[Raddha] No way.
[Raddha] How can I go
leaving you alone here?
[Raddha] I won't go.
[Raddha] We can go together later.
[Surya] Now who knows when later will be?
[Surya] It'll be late there by then.
[Surya] Do this.
[Surya] You go now.
[Surya] Us, father and son are here.
[Surya] We'll stay together, eat.
[Surya] Isn't it, Maila?
[Maila] Yes.
[Maila] We'll be here together.
[Maila] Why do you worry about it?
[Maila] You go ahead, mother.
[Raddha] No.
[Raddha] I won't go.
[Surya] That's alright.
[Surya] It's fine.
[Surya] Get up.
(Nepali song playing)
[Gaurav] Mom!
[Raddha] Greetings.
[Raddha] Bless you.
[Raddha] Get up, get up.
[Raddha] Get up.
[Raddha] Look at you...
[Raddha] You've become so thin.
[Raddha] And where is daughter in law?
[Gaurav] Oh
[Gaurav] she's not
feeling quite well, you know.
[Gaurav] She's waiting for you at home.
[Raddha] No worries, let it be.
[Raddha] That's how it is at this phase.
[Raddha] Listen instead...
[Raddha] Make a call to your father.
[Raddha] Wonder how
much he must be worrying.
[Gaurav] Oh
[Gaurav] too much love for husband, huh?
[Gaurav] What's the rush? Let's go
for now. I'll call him later from the car.
[Raddha] That's how you are!
[Gaurav] How beautiful you look, mother!
- [Gaurav] Did you eat anything on the plane?
- [Raddha] What a huge airport!
[Raddha] I couldn't
eat the airplane's food.
[Gaurav] Take a seat there.
[Raddha] What a beautiful car!
[Raddha] Is this your own?
[Gaurav] Hmm
[Gaurav] it's mine.
(car engine start)
(uplift happy music playing)
[Raddha] Such beautiful houses!
[Raddha] Hey, son
[Raddha] these houses are so massive!
[Raddha] But,
[Raddha] ...nobody is seen around.
[Raddha] How deserted it is here!
[Gaurav] It's impossible to
live here without working, mom.
[Gaurav] Everyone has to go to work.
[Raddha] Oh wow! Such a big house!
[Raddha] Son, you've
bought a big home, huh?
[Gaurav] What to do, Mom? It's all in debt.
[Gaurav] Everything's on the bank's loan.
[Gaurav] Hey!
[Aurther] How you're doing?
[Gaurav] I'm doing good, man.
[Gaurav] She's my mom.
[Gaurav] She just came from Nepal.
[Aurther] Oh! Your mom?
[Gaurav] Yeah.
[Aurther] Welcome to America, mam.
[Raddha] Thank you.
[Aurther] How are you, man?
[Aurther] Everything's great!
[Aurther] How's Nepal?
[Aurther] Mount Everest? You see any Yetis?
[Raddha] T..Thank you!
[Gaurav] Thank you!!
[Aurther] Okay, alright.
[Aurther] Well, enjoy moving in.
[Gaurav] Okay, see you.
[Aurther] See you.
[Gaurav] That's our neighbour.
[Raddha] I see.
[Gaurav] What was that, Mom?
You're speaking English fluently.
[Gaurav] Looks like you've
learned everything, huh?
[Raddha] Your father has taught me some.
[Gaurav] Hold on, I'll get the bags.
[Raddha] Listen, my other bag
is also left. Bring that too, alright?
[Gaurav] What have you
brought that's so heavy?
[Gaurav] Let's go.
(door open)
[Bandana] Aunty!
[Gaurav] Mo...
[Bandana] Mummy!
[Bandana] Mummy, greetings!
[Raddha] Bless you!
[Raddha] You're not supposed
to bend down in this state.
[Bandana] Welcome home!
[Raddha] (Sighs)
[Gaurav] See, I had told you
that she has been waiting for you.
[Raddha] But, she
[Raddha] did the opposite 'Aarati.'
[Raddha] Anyways, how would you
guys know these things living in America?
[Raddha] Actually, I am supposed
to welcome you in our home.
I haven't got an opportunity
to welcome you, yet.
[Raddha] Now, my son's home is mine too.
[Raddha] Come, I'll
welcome you in our home.
[Bandana] Sure.
[Gaurav] Okay, I'll be
right back with the bags.
[Bandana] Gaurav?
[Raddha] See
[Raddha] while doing Aarati,
[Raddha] ...always
rotate it clockwise. Okay?
[Bandana] Okay.
[Raddha] Come here,
[Raddha] ...I had never had an
opportunity to put tika on you before.
[Raddha] May you always
be blessed with good fortune.
[Raddha] Come inside.
[Gaurav] Mom,
[Gaurav] ...won't you welcome me?
- [Raddha] Oh this boy!
- [Gaurav] Only your daughter-in-law, huh?
[Raddha] Come inside!
[Raddha] Here, daughter-in-law
[Raddha] take this.
[Raddha] Listen,
[Raddha] ...take this as well.
[Gaurav] It feels heavy, Mom.
[Gaurav] What have you brought?
[Raddha] What to bring?
[Raddha] I couldn't bring anything.
[Raddha] All the packed stuff
ended up in your father's bag.
[Raddha] I just brought little stuff.
[Gaurav] The food is here
[Gaurav] lets have it.
[Bandana] Mom, here's water.
[Raddha] Thank you!
[Gaurav] Mom,
[Raddha] ...you might be very hungry.
[Raddha] Let's eat.
[Raddha] Don't you guys cook at home?
[Gaurav] Oh no, we always do.
[Gaurav] We are tired of eating at
home. And you've also arrived today!
[Bandana] Is the food still hot?
[Gaurav] Yes, it is!
[Gaurav] Let's have it.
[Gaurav] I need to go to work.
[Raddha] What? Didn't
you take leave for today?
[Raddha] Even today you have to go to work?
[Gaurav] No, Mom. One
must go to work, here.
[Gaurav] My colleague
has to go to his college.
[Gaurav] So, I have to cover for him.
[Gaurav] I shall return later.
[Raddha] And
[Raddha] what is this here?
[Raddha] ...I don't see anything.
[Raddha] Isn't there any cookware
to make rice, daughter-in-law?
[Gaurav] (laugh nervously)
[Gaurav] Mother's
sense of humor is spot-on!
[Gaurav] (laugh)
[Surya] All you're doing is adding flour.
[Surya] Add more ghee, and it'll come.
[Surya] Here!
(phone ringging)
[Raddha] Hello?
[Surya] So, did you reach safely?
[Raddha] I got here just fine, dear.
[Raddha] Did you have dinner?
[Surya] Yes, we did.
[Maila] (laughs)
[Raddha] What are you
doing up at this hour?
[Raddha] You're not just sitting
there fueled by booze, are you?
(both laughing)
[Raddha] Fine, get your passport
ready and come here soon.
[Surya] Alright, alright, I'll be there!
[Surya] I also feel terrible
not being able to meet my wife.
(both Laughing)
[Raddha] Shameless husband!
[Maila] Mother,
[Maila] see...
[Surya] We're setting up a feast
for the mice all over the house
(both laughing)
[Raddha] Oh, Lord Shiva!
[Raddha] Now that I'm not around
[Raddha] this husband
and Maila do all sorts of things.
[Raddha] It's late,
[Raddha] ...just go to bed.
[Surya] From tomorrow, this mouse
[Surya] can neither
see the sun in the sky,
[Surya] nor see this Surya.
(both laughs)
[Maila] Father, father...
[Maila] Father!
[Maila] There!
[Surya] Hey, hang up the phone
[Surya] let's talk tomorrow.
[Surya] Go and fetch that!
[Surya] Go on, bring it.
[Surya] Go on, go ahead.
- [Maila] -Softly, softly.
- [Surya] Bring a stick!
[Surya] Go!
[Surya] Go ahead!
[Gokul] Perfect!
[Gokul] Oh no!
[Gokul] Same time together?
[Gaurav] Oh hero!
[Gokul] I'll call you, okay?
[Gokul] What's up, brother?
[Gaurav] Don't hide it, man.
[Gaurav] Give it to me.
[Gaurav] Let me smoke too.
[Gaurav] I'm tensed, man.
[Gokul] What happened, brother?
[Gokul] Your mom's already here.
[Gokul] Why are you taking the stress?
[Gaurav] Exactly, mom
came here to meet her son,
[Gaurav] and her son
had to go to his work.
[Gaurav] It feels very unpleasant.
[Gokul] This is how abroad is.
[Gokul] One needs to work,
[Gokul] and pay his bills.
[Gaurav] You have a mortgage too, right?
[Gaurav] Yeah.
[Gokul] When you'll have your own business,
[Gokul] you can choose to work if you want.
[Gokul] Otherwise, the
boys will take care of it.
[Gaurav] Well, brother
[Gaurav] the money I
had was wasted in Crypto.
[Gaurav] Dad also got
[Gaurav] stuck over
there, he couldn't come.
[Gaurav] Even business
[Gaurav] doesn't seem possible, man.
[Gokul] That's even better, brother.
[Gokul] While Dad is over
there, the land will get sold off.
[Gokul] It'll be even better, brother.
[Gaurav] By the way, what's
your schedule next week?
[Gokul] What's up?
[Gaurav] Next week,
[Gaurav] ...will you cover
the whole day for me, please?
[Gaurav] I have to take
Mom to visit places, too.
[Gokul] I see
[Gokul] it could've worked
if I didn't have to go to college.
[Gokul] Otherwise, I
would've handled it all.
[Gaurav] Bro, how long
have you been in college now?
[Gaurav] Hasn't it been seven/eight years?
[Gaurav] How long are you going to study,
[Gaurav] ...in the same class, man?
[Gokul] What to do?
[Gokul] I need to maintain my status.
[Gokul] The process for my
green card is completely off course.
[Gokul] Rather, ask the boss,
[Gokul] ...maybe he can arrange something.
[Gaurav] The boss is of no use.
[Gaurav] That jerk will do nothing.
[Gaurav] Man, this life
[Gaurav] has been wasted in this shit.
[Gaurav] Let's go.
[Gokul] Don't worry about it, brother.
(sizzling sound from pan)
(fire alram beeping)
[Bandana] Hey, Mummy!
[Raddha] What happened?
[Bandana] Move aside!
[Bandana] I had told you
that I would make food!
[Bandana] This in not Nepal, Mummy!
[Bandana] What if I wasn't here right now?
[Bandana] The police and fire brigade
could've shown up, anything could've happened.
[Bandana] Act according to the place!
(door slide)
(fire alram beeping)
[Bandana] It's not like we
always order food, Mummy.
[Bandana] We prepare lentil-rice,
vegetables, and eat at home.
[Bandana] During this pregnancy,
[Bandana] the smell affected me badly.
[Bandana] That's why
we started ordering in.
[Raddha] (coughing)
[Bandana] (signhs)
[Bandana] Even today,
[Bandana] your son went to
work, and it must be bothering you.
[Bandana] That's how the system works here.
[Bandana] They pay by
the hour, what can you do?
[Bandana] You've just arrived.
Slowly, you'll learn everything.
[Bandana] Leave it. I will cook today.
(sad music playing)
(birds chirping)
(birds chirping)
[Raddha] What are you guys up to?
[Bandana] Mummy!
[Raddha] It's alright.
[Raddha] Be seated, there.
[Raddha] Now look,
[Raddha] we couldn't
make it to your wedding.
[Raddha] I haven't been
able to give you anything.
[Raddha] So, I've
brought your wedding gift.
- [Bandana] Oh!
- [Raddha] Here.
[Bandana] Thank you, Mummy!
[Gaurav] And Mom,
[Gaurav] Just for your daughter-in-law?
[Gaurv] Where's my wedding gift?
[Raddha] Oh, I've brought it for you too.
[Raddha] I've got your favorite,
[Raddha] Pustakari, from the local market.
[Raddha] Come, here.
[Gaurav] Oh!
[Raddha] Pustakari?
[Gaurav] Then, let's have some!
[Raddha] Here you go.
[Bandana] Gauri!
[Bandana] Don't eat that!
[Gaurav] Only one, please?
[Raddha] What's the matter?
[Raddha] Shouldn't it be eaten?
[Gaurav] My sugar's a bit high, Mom.
[Raddha] My god!
[Raddha] Are you diabetic?
[Gaurav] Just a little bit.
[Raddha] Let it be,
everyone's got a little.
[Raddha] Have it.
[Gaurav] Nothing will happen.
[Raddha] Daughter-in-law,
would you like some?
[Bandana] No, thank you.
[Raddha] See,
[Raddha] I've brought
[Raddha] something else, too!
[Raddha] Look!
[Raddha] (laughs)
[Gaurav] Hmmmm.
[Gaurav] You just brought anything?
[Bandana] Let me see!
[Bandana] Gauri, is this you?
[Bandana] Oh!
[Gaurav] Why bring all this stuff?
[Raddha] Listen,
[Raddha] ...give it to me.
[Raddha] Let's keep it, here.
[Raddha] For me
[Raddha] can you take a photo for Facebook?
[Raddha] ...giving gifts
to my daughter-in-law.
[Raddha] Here.
[Gaurav] Oh! For Facebook, huh?
[Raddha] Umm...
[Raddha] Of course!
[Gaurav] Alright, give it to me.
[Raddha] Okay!
[Raddha] Here, my daughter-in-law.
[Gaurav] For Facebook, huh?
[Gaurav] Okay, hold on for a while
[Gaurav] hold on!
[Raddha] Take a good one, okay?
[Gaurav] Ready?
[Gaurav] Okay, 1..2..3!
[Raddha] Alright!
[Bandana] Thank you, Mummy!
(Nepali music playing)
[Gaurav] (Laughing)
[Gokul] PMother, greetings!
[Raddha] Bless you.
- [Raddha] May luck always be with you.
- [Gokul] Are you alright?
[Raddha] Yes, I'm alright.
[Gaurav] Mom,
[Gaurav] come sit, there.
- [Gaurav] Please sit down.
- [Raddha] Okay!
- [Gaurav] What's up, hero?
- [Gokul] I am fine, brother.
[Gaurav] Mom, remember me
talking about starting a business?
[Raddha] Yeah.
[Gourav] Yes... this is what I meant.
[Raddha] Like this?
[Raddha] A liquor shop?
[Gaurav] This is where the profit is.
[Raddha] (giggle)
[Gaurav] Mom,
[Gaurav] somehow,
please bring it up with Dad.
[Raddha] (giggle)
[Raddha] Look, if you
opened a shop like this,
[Raddha] your father
would drink away half of it.
(both laughing)
[Bandana] Mummy, the other day,
[Bandana] I think I scolded you badly.
[Bandana] I didn't mean it that way.
[Bandana] I mean,
[Bandana] the lifestyle is
quite different here, you know.
[Bandana] Just wanted to let you know that.
[Raddha] What have I complained about?
[Raddha] I do understand these things.
[Bandana] You know, Mummy?
[Bandana] Initially, I
was very scared that
[Bandana] you and
Dad might be against,
[Bandana]or oppose our marriage.
[Raddha] (laugh)
[Raddha] No, it's not like that.
[Raddha] We were not against your marriage.
[Raddha] ] You guys,
[Raddha] decided to get married here.
[Raddha] That's why,
[Raddha] It was a bit unpleasant.
[Raddha] Gaurav, is our only son,
[Raddha] we wanted to have
a grand wedding ceremony.
[Raddha] at our own home.
[Raddha] and welcome you there.
[Raddha] On top of that,
his dad is a retired army,
[Raddha] He
[Raddha] had an
additional source of pride.
[Raddha] For my son's wedding, I'll
handle this and that, invite a few people.
(both laugh)
[Bandana](sighs)
[Bandana] Mummy,
[Raddha] Mind if I make a request?
[Raddha] Go on.
[Bandana] Hope it's okay if I
refer to Gauri as 'Timi', alright?
[Bandana] Uh...
[Bandana] I've never called him 'Tapai'
or 'Hajur', so I'm just not used to it.
[Bandana] Uh... and
sometimes I call him 'Gauri'.
[Bandana] Please, don't mind it, okay?
[Raddha] (laughs0.
[Raddha] 'Gauri'?
[Bandana] Yes.
(both laughs)
[Bandana] Just sometimes.
[Raddha] By the way,
[Raddha] you mentioned
you have an older sister, right?
[Bandana] Yes, that's true.
[Raddha] And She doesn't visit you?
[Bandana] We text each other now and then.
[Raddha] She'll come the
day after tomorrow, right?
[Bandana] Honestly, Mummy,
[Bandana] ...we haven't
been very close lately.
[Bandana] We used to be very
close when we were in Nepal.
[Bandana] We were like best friends.
[Bandana] Later, after we arrived here
[Bandana] due to certain situations,
my parents stopped talking to her.
[Bandana] Even my brother and
sister-in-law have stopped caring for her.
[Bandana] I don't talk to her much either.
[Raddha] Look,
[Raddha] friends come
and go throughout life.
[Bandana] Hmm...
[Raddha] But, you guys
[Raddha] born of the same mother
and raised with the same milk.
[Raddha] You shouldn't
hold grudges like this.
[Raddha] You are the younger one in age.
[Raddha] in our culture...
[Raddha] ...the younger
one must bow to the elder.
[Raddha] Invite your sister.
[Bandana] Hmm.
[Bandana] Sure.
(soft instrumental playing)
(phone ringing)
[Voicemail] Your call has been forwarded
to an automated voice messaging system.
[Voicemail] at the tone Please
record your message after the tone.
[Bandana] (sighs)
[Bandana] Annapurna,
on 28th of this month,
I am hosting a gender
reveal party for my baby.
It's my duty to invite you.
Whether you show up or not,
it's up to you.
I'll be glad to see you, though.
My mother-in-law has arrived from Nepal.
She was also asking about you.
(Bandana sighs)
(Bandana sighs)
[Surya] Okay, done!
[Surya] Let's begin.
[Maila] Umm...
[Surya] Pour it.
[Surya] Bring another glass too.
[Maila] It's here.
[Surya] Now Pour it.
[Surya] This time,
[Surya] ...even if we
have to stay up all night,
[Surya] we shouldn't stop
until the mouse is caught.
[Maila] Should I pour water or
[Maila] ice?
[Surya] Alright.
[Maila] Cheers!
[Maila] It doesn't feel like
home without mother here.
[Maila] The house feels
totally empty and silent.
[Surya] All of our lives
[Surya] is empty and silent, Maila.
[Surya] Especially when your
own children aren't around,
[Surya] when they are far away from you,
[Surya] the whole life turns into a void.
[Surya] Your mother must be thrilled.
[Maila] (smile)
[Surya] Her son is all she needs.
[Surya] See!
[Surya] Even forgetting me
[Surya] without waiting, how can she
[Surya] just leave?
(both laughing)
[Surya] Now, you are also
[Surya] expecting a baby.
[Surya] Now you will realize it,
[Surya] ...slowly.
[Surya] For your wife,
[Surya] the baby will be enough.
[Surya] Even you won't be needed.
[Surya] But, for the children,
[Surya] neither the father
nor the mother is needed.
[Surya] They don't need anybody.
(both laughing)
Father has already taken care of it.
(both laughing)
(mouse squeaking)
[Maila] Father!
[Maila] Shh...
(mouse squeaking)
(phone ring)
(mouse squeaks and scurries away)
[Surya] It got away.
[Surya] Mother's call.
[Maila] Mother's.
[Surya] Hold on.
[Surya] Hold on... Hold on.
[Raddha] Why'd you take
so long to pick up, husband?
[Surya] Once you're abroad,
[Surya] You neither miss your husband...
[Surya] Nor even home.
[Surya] How heartless have
you become, my dear wife?
(both laugh)
[Maila] Mother,
[Maila] greetings!
[Raddha] Okay,
[Raddha] bless you!
[Maila] The home feels
completely silent without you.
[Raddha] (giggle)
[Maila] After father is gone, it
seems like I'll be left all alone.
[Surya] See,
[Surya] as a result of that grief...
[Surya] Look!
[Surya] We ended up with this.
(both laugh)
[Raddha] By the way,
[Raddha] How long will it
take to get your passport?
[Surya] I'm really unsure
about the passport...
[Surya] Lately, I'm
completely fed up with it.
[Surya] I'm not sure when it will be ready.
[Raddha] Oho...
[Raddha] Is it going to
take a long time, or what?
[Raddha] How am I going
to stay here for so long?
[Surya] By having fun.
[Surya] You've got son
and daughter-in-law, there.
[Surya] I'm the one with no one.
[Maila] Don't you have me?
[Surya] Of course, you're here...
[Surya] What I'm saying
is, the wife isn't here.
(both laughs)
[Mother] Hey Maila! Listen,
[Raddha] Feed your father
quickly and then sleep.
[Maila] Sure Mother, sure.
[Maila] Okay.
[Surya] Okay then...
[Maila] Let's finish it, father.
[Surya] Bring it.
[Surya] Put it here.
[Maila] When it will be back?
(tense music playing)
[Raddha] However, he is an elderly man
[Raddha] your father-in-law
should be treated as a child.
[Raddha] But his son
[Raddha] he raised him with discipline.
[Raddha] Whenever he saw his father,
[Raddha] he used to run away in fear.
[Raddha] He would always
ask me if he needed anything.
[Raddha] And I had to
ask his father to get it.
[Raddha] Now, he is
going to be a father himself.
[Raddha] Still fears to talk to his father.
[Raddha] He can just ask
for the money he needs.
[Raddha] Feels like...
[Raddha] We raised
Gaurav under strict discipline.
[Raddha] But then see,
[Raddha] whenever he got an opportunity,
[Raddha] he came abroad.
[Raddha] He doesn't talk about returning.
[Bandana] It's not like that, Mummy.
[Bandana] He's got his own ambition
[Bandana] to start a business, here.
[Passenger 1] So I met him on tinder.
[Passenger 1] And we
started like talking and stuff.
And then we went out on dates
and like and now we're talking everyday.
And now he says he wants to be serious.
[Passenger 1] And I
was like 'Oh my god, no!'
[Passenger 2] Hold On.
I think I'm gonna puke.
[Passenger 1] Oh, my god!
[Passenger 2] So sorry.
[Passenger 1] Oh my god!
[Passenger 1] Are you ok?
[Passenger 2] I'm so sorry.
[Passenger 1] Dumping queen!
[Passenger 2] I'm sorry, Sir.
[Passenger 1] Oh my god!
[Gaurav] It's okay!
(tense music playing)
[Raddha] Dear,
[Raddha] why are you all by yourself?
[Raddha] Have it, it's fine.
[Raddha] Even your father drinks.
[Raddha] Everyone seems to drink here.
[Raddha] Work all the day,
[Raddha] have a beer in the evening.
[Raddha] That's how life is in America.
[Gaurav] Oh wow, you've
figured out abroad so soon.
[Raddha] (sighs)
[Gaurav] It's been ten years already,
[Gaurav] nope,
[Gaurav] I couldn't understand anything.
[Raddha] Son,
[Raddha] I've carried you
for nine months in my womb.
[Raddha] You think I can't understand you?
[Raddha] As soon as you walked inside,
[Raddha] I already knew
something was wrong.
[Raddha] What has happened to you? Tell me.
[Gaurav] It's nothing, mom.
[Gaurav] Actually, I'm very tired.
[Gaurav] I need to drive the whole day.
[Gaurav] Then, I have to
work on an hourly basis.
[Gaurav] I'm so tired.
[Raddha] By the way dear,
[Raddha] don't you feel
like returning to Nepal?
[Gaurav] Honestly, mom,
[Gaurav] I don't feel
like going back to Nepal.
[Gaurav] I like to visit you guys, though.
[Gaurav] I feel like meeting dad.
[Gaurav] I'm thinking of
shifting you guys, here.
[Raddha] We won't come here.
[Gaurav] Mom, now the job is here.
[Gaurav] Home is here.
[Gaurav] Everything's here.
[Gaurav] Tell me, how can I return?
[Gaurav] People do
say that after retirement
[Gaurav] after being settled
[Gaurav] they'll return to Nepal.
[Gaurav] I don't believe in it.
[Gaurav] Everything will be here.
[Gaurav] Children will be here.
[Gaurav] The love is so
deep even for an unborn child.
[Raddha] At least, you
[Raddha] started to understand
the parent's love for their children.
[Raddha] All these years,
when you were here
[Raddha] we used to feel very bad.
[Raddha] Festivals didn't have any value.
[Raddha] Everyone used to gather together
with their families during festivals.
[Raddha] We used to
celebrate just to show others.
[Raddha] Every festival
came right on the dates.
[Raddha] But, for us...
[Raddha] (deep sighs)
[Gaurav] Dad used to say,
[Gaurav] "I'll do this for my son".
[Gaurav] "I'll do that for my son".
[Gaurav] "I'll make my son this".
[Gaurav] "I'll make my son that".
[Gaurav] "I will make him worthy of pride!"
[Gaurav] He used to say.
[Gaurav] Even gave me the name 'Gaurav'.
[Gaurav] And here I am, in
America... working at other's shop.
[Gaurav] Being other's driver.
[Gaurav] No, I couldn't do anything.
[Gaurav] How can I
[Gaurav] return to Nepal like this, mom?
[Raddha] Let it be.
[Raddha] Don't talk like that.
[Raddha] Let's go inside.
[Raddha] Need to take dinner.
[Raddha] Come!
[Gaurav] Mom, you
go ahead. I'll come later.
[Gaurav] Just a while!
[Raddha] Come quickly, okay?
[Gaurav] Okay!
(soft flute playing)
[Bandana] It will suit
you. Why don't you try it?
[Gaurav] Babe?
[Gaurav] Baby, I'm very tired today.
[Gaurav] Please?
[Gaurav] I'll wear it tomorrow, okay?
[Bandana] Fine!
[Bandana] By the way,
[Bandana] did you look
at the venue's photo?
[Gaurav] Oh, has it arrived?
[Gaurav] Let me see.
(Bandana sighs)
[Bandana] Oh...
[Bandana] Look at the list, here.
[Gaurav] So beautiful, right?
[Bandana] It might cost too much.
[Gaurav] Who knows, how much?
[Gaurav] They've taken care of everything.
[Gaurav] The gender is also known to them.
[Gaurav] But, we have an advantage.
[Bandana] What advantage?
[Gaurav] Their kids have already grown up.
[Gaurav] We don't have
to organize parties for them.
[Bandana] How silly!
- [Gaurav] You!
- [Bandana] Isn't it?
[Bandana] What do you think?
[Gaurav] With all the expenses, everything
should have been taken care of, honey.
[Gaurav] There might be mutton,
[Gaurav] chicken too.
[Bandana] Not that, man!
[Gaurav] There might be seafoods too!
[Gaurav] What, then?
[Bandana] Our baby?
[Bandana] Son or
daughter, what do you think?
[Gaurav] (smile)
[Bandana] What happened?
[Gaurav] How silly of me!
[Gaurav] Work,
[Gaurav] money, loan,
thinking about these...
[Gaurav] I forgot to
think about my own child.
[Bandana] I am here.
[Gaurav] But, from now
[Gaurav] you and baby
will be on my full focus.
[Gaurav] Okay?
[Bandana] I'm always nagging you, right?
[Gaurav] Yes!
[Bandana] Ahhh!
[Gaurav] But, I love your nagging.
[Bandana] Do I irritate you?
[Gaurav] Yes!
[Bandana] This guy!
[Bandana] Gaurav?
[Bandana] Although, our
marriage wasn't that grand,
[Bandana] but, I want to
[Bandana] make all of
our baby's functions grand.
[Gaurav] We're doing it, baby.
[Bandana] And, by the way,
[Bandana] I've invited Annapurna, too.
[Gaurav] Really?
[Gaurav] Is she coming?
[Bandana] I don't know,
[Bandana] I had called but, she
didn't pick up so I left a voice message.
[Bandana] If she wants,
she'll come, otherwise not.
[Bandana] I hope everything
will be perfect, tomorrow.
(party music playing)
[Gaurav] Namaste!
[Gaurav] Welcome!
[Gaurav] Welcome, brother!
[Guest] Congratulations!
[Bandana] Thank you!
[Gaurav] Hello brother, Namaste!
[Guest 2] Namaskar, brother.
[Bandana] Namaste!
[Guest 2] Congratulations to both of you!
[Bandana] Thank you!
[Gaurav] Welcome!
[Bandana] Namaste! Thank you!
[Gaurav] Are you guys pink or blue?
[Guest] I'm always blue.
[Guest] Congratulations.
[Gaurav] Oh, my brother!
[Gokul] What's up?
[Bandana] Welcome!
[Gokul] Congratulations!
[Bandana] Thank you!
[Gokul] What's this, bro? You
forgot me after quitting your job?
(party music stop)
[Gaurav] No, I had to take
mom out, the other day...
[Gokul] I'm gonna go, okay?
- [Gaurav] Namaste!
- [Guest 3] Namaste!
[Bandana] Uh, she's
the sister from my parlor.
[Gaurav] Oh!
[Gaurav] You are?
I was wondering who made
my wife look so beautiful.
- [Gaurav] Thank you!
- [Guest] Thank you!
[Guest] Congratulations!
Thank you!
[Gaurav] Oh, Pandit brother, Namaste!
- [Pandit] Namaskar! Namaskar!
- [Pandit] Are you guys alright?
[Gaurav] And,
[Gaurav] are you blue or pink?
[Pandit] Blue means
son, then of course blue.
[Gaurav] Oh, I see.
[Gaurav] The one with all the daughters...
[Bandana] Don't change
the topic, Gaurav. Please?
[Gaurav] The other day,
[Gaurav] I asked my boss for five
days off to take my mom around.
[Gaurav] The boss
made a big deal out of it.
[Gaurav] So I told him to keep
his job to himself and I left, baby.
[Gaurav] Just that much.
[Bandana] Gaurav, you know it well
[Bandana] that I'm jobless at the moment.
[Bandana] Expenses
are increasing day by day.
[Bandana] The tickets for your parents
are additional expenses, you know it man!
[Gaurav] So, what's the big deal then?
[Gaurav] It's just
fifteen dollars per hour.
[Gaurav] I just went there
[Gaurav] to gain
experience for my business.
[Gaurav] Besides, I'm
doing my job, aren't I?
[Gaurav] I am driving Uber.
[Gaurav] If I'm earning better
than that, what's the matter?
[Bandana] Wasn't it important to
share with me that you quit your job?
[Gaurav] I thought you
would get stressed, baby.
[Bandana] Please, Gaurav!
[Bandana] It's too much!
[Bandana] Don't give me the
same excuse every single time!
[Gaurav] What is your problem exactly?
[Gaurav] Is it me quitting the job or
not sharing it with you?
What is it?
Shut up!
(party music Starting)
[Anna] We'll have fun, okay?
[Gaurav] Sister, Namaste!
[Anna] Namaste!
[Anna] Congratulations!
[Gaurav] Baby?
[Gaurav] Sister's here.
[Anna] Congratulations!
[Bandana] Glad, you came.
(Anna kiss)
[Anna] Uh...
[Anna] My son, Krish.
[Gaurav] Hello, Krish.
[Krish] Hi.
- [Gaurav] How you're doing?
- [Anna] This is uncle Gaurav,
[Anna] Bandana aunt.
[Krish] Hi.
[Bandana] Hi.
[Anna] (laugh)
[Gaurav] And which team you choose, sister?
[Anna] Umm...
[Anna] I guess, pink.
[Anna] Right?
[Gaurav] Are we just talking here, or
[Gaurav] joining the party as well?
[Anna] It's fun there, let's go.
[Anna] Sure.
[Gaurav] Let's go.
[Gaurav] Baby,
[Gaurav] sorry.
- [Raddha] Namaste!
- [Anna] Namaste!
[Raddha] You're
Bandana's elder sister, right?
[Anna] Yes, I am.
[Anna] I am Annapurna,
and this is my son, Krish.
[Raddha] Oh wow!
[Anna] I mean, Krishna.
[Raddha] Krishna?
[Anna] Krish,
[Anna] that's our 'Aama'.
[Anna] Do namaste.
- [Krish] Namaste!
- [Raddha] Namaste!
[Raddha] Yes,
[Raddha] exactly like lord, Krishna.
[Raddha] Little lord.
[Raddha] Let's go there.
(Nepali song playing)
(ball on blast)
(heart beat)
(applause)
[Gokul] Yay!
[Gokul] It's a baby girl!
[Crowd] Wooo...
[Bandana] What is this?
[Bandana] Can't you watch yourself?
[Bandana] You've ruined everything!
[Raddha] What did I do?
[Gaurav] Baby,
[Gaurav] Let it be, everyone's watching.
[Raddha] I didn't intend to do it, dear.
[Bandana] You don't intend to do anything!
[Bandana] You do everything unknowingly!
[Gaurav] Baby...
[Bandana] Revealing
gender is fun and thrilling.
You've ruined everything!
- [Bandana] What?
- [Gaurav] Mom didn't do it intentionally.
(tense music builds)
[Gaurav] Can you just keep quiet?
[Bandana] I've been keeping quiet, Gaurav.
[Bandana] Since your mother
has arrived, I've been keeping quiet.
[Bandana] You left your job to take
mom around, I've been quiet about it.
[Anna] Bandana,
[Anna] You need to calm down.
[Bandana] Please, you stay out of it!
(tense music rises)
[Bandana] What?
[Gaurav] Do you have
to make this a big deal?
[Bandana] Sorry, sister.
[Anna] It's okay.
[Anna] People are watching!
[Bandana] Since when did
you start caring about people?
[Anna] Bandana!
You're overreacting, okay.
[Bandana] I'm overreacting?
[Anna] Yeah!
[Bandana] Of course!
[Bandana] For someone who had a child before
marriage, this is an overreaction, isn't it?
(tense music rises)
[Gaurav] Baby!
[Bandana] What?
[Gaurav] Now, it's too much!
[Gaurav] Apologize to them!
[Gaurav] Apologize to her!
[Gaurav] Apologize to mom, too!
(tens music riseing)
[Anna] Let's go.
(tense dramatic music builds)
[Gaurav] Where did mom go?
[Gaurav] Where's mom?
[Gokul] She was here, just before.
[Gokul] Don't know where she went.
(sad music playing)
(Nepali song playing)
(door open)
(door closed)
(footsteps approaching)
(sighs in frustration)
(sighs heavily)
[Bandana] Where's Mummy?
[Gaurav] Who knows?
[Bandana] Didn't you
look for her at the park?
[Gaurav] I did, I searched
everywhere. She's not there.
[Bandana] You probably
didn't look for her at that park.
[Gaurav] Why don't you go on your own?
[Gaurav] Mom went missing because of you,
[Gaurav] leaving home!
[Bandana] What do you mean
[Bandana] Did I tell her to leave home?
[Gaurav] Then, wh..who did?
[Gaurav] I did?
[Bandana] Is she missing because of me?
[Gaurav] Just because your
[Gaurav] unborn child's
[Gaurav] gender reveal suspense
didn't happen at the right moment.
[Gaurav] Is that how you treat mom?
[Gaurav] You treat her like
that in front of everyone?
[Bandana] Gaurav, I haven't
treated your mom badly!
[Bandana] Tell me, how long
have I been waiting for this event?
[Bandana] Didn't I hold
that for your mother?
[Bandana] And what did she do?
[Bandana] And, that time...
[Bandana] Does she really need to leave
home just because I said a few things?
[Gaurav] You talk about
women's empowerment,
[Gaurav] and women's equality with me!
[Gaurav] And two women from the
same family can't even get along?
[Gaurav] Just two of them!
[Bandana] Gaurav, can you
tell your mom the same thing?
[Bandana] Only the daughter-in-law
should always compromise?
[Bandana] Am I the only one
who has to bear everything?
[Gaurav] You better shut up!
[Bandana] I'll speak!
[Gaurav] You shut up!
You don't always get to win.
[Bandana] Love is always from both sides.
[Bandana] Only mine won't work.
[Gaurav] Then, why did mom come here?
[Gaurav] For what did she come?
[Gaurav] Mom came here for you!
[Gaurav] She came for this baby!
[Gaurav] To make it easier for you!
[Gaurav] So you can
return to work right away.
[Gaurav] Everything here,
[Gaurav] for that, she is here!
[Gaurav] And,
[Gaurav] when she
unknowingly made a mistake,
[Gaurav] as if she committed a grave crime,
[Gaurav] you had to treat her like that?
[Gaurav] Just as your
parents are, so is my mom!
[Gaurav] She is my mother!
[Gaurav] Got it?
(tense music)
[Gaurav] Who am I
[Gaurav] doing all this for?
[Gaurav] For us, for you, isn't it?
[Gaurav] Work hard all day
[Gaurav] work hourly, drive Uber...
[Gaurav] And when I return home at night,
[Gaurav] you're always in a bad mood.
[Gaurav] Don't I deserve a little fun?
[Bandana] Gaurav,
- [Bandana] I'm sorry.
- [Gaurav] Huh?
[Gaurav] I'm sorry.
[Gaurav] I need to be happy, too.
[Gaurav] What haven't I
done that you asked for?
[Bandana] Sorry.
[Gaurav] Tell me,
[Gaurav] what have I not done for you?
[Gaurav] I've done
everything you've asked, baby.
[Bandana] I'm sorry.
[Bandana] Please, don't cry.
[Bandana] I'm sorry.
[Gaurav] I need to be happy, too.
[Bandana] Please, I'm sorry.
(both sobbing)
(door open)
[Gaurav] Mom...
(door closed)
(tense music rise)
[Gaurav] Mom?
[Gaurav] Where had you been?
[Gaurav] I searched for you everywhere.
[Gaurav] Actually...
(sad music playing)
[Gaurav] Mom went straight upstairs.
[Gaurav] Please baby,
[Gaurav] sorry.
[Gaurav] I'm sorry.
[Gaurav] Apologize to her once, please.
[Bandana] Gaurav, It's not
my fault. I won't apologize.
(eerie music intensifies)
[Gaurav] For me...
[Gaurav] Apologize to her for me, please.
[Gaurav] For me?
[Gaurav] For me?
[Gaurav] I can apologize,
[Gaurav] but, I had been
waiting for months for this event.
[Gaurav] Tell me, how
important was it to me?
[Gaurav] Whatever the mess was made,
[Gaurav] who will apologize for that?
[Gaurav] Baby please,
[Gaurav] I apologize.
[Gaurav] I'm sorry.
[Bandana] No, Gaurav, no.
[Bandana] can't do it.
(eerie music fades out)
[Surya] Your body has become useless, boy!
[Surya] If you were in
the Army, you would...
[Maila] Ouch!
[Surya] ...get kicked every single time.
(phone ring)
[Maila] Ooh!
[Surya] Keep it straight.
[Surya] Why are you making that face?
[Maila] The phone's ringing.
(phone ringing)
[Maila] See!
[Surya] Your mother may
have called to share good news.
[Maila] Is it?
[Surya] Position!
[Surya] Now, for me,
[Surya] it's fine whether it's a boy,
[Surya] or a girl.
(phone ringing)
[Surya] Because they don't belong to us.
[Surya] Now they belong to a foreign land.
[Surya] It's fine whatever it is.
Up![Surya]
[Surya] Do it like this.
[Maila] The phone has been ringing.
[Surya] Keep doing that!
(phone ringing)
(flute playing)
([raddha] sobbing)
[Surya] What happened?
[Raddha] It's nothing.
[Surya] Is everything alright?
([raddha] sobbing)
[Surya] What's the matter? Tell me.
[Surya] If you stay quiet
like that, my pressure rises.
[Radha] (sobbing)
[Raddha] I...
[Raddha] I miss home.
[Surya] Do you have to cry
like that when you miss home?
[Surya] Now, tell me, what happened?
[Surya] Is it a boy or a girl?
[Raddha ](crying)
[Raddha] Granddaughter.
[Surya] See,
[Surya] I had told you.
[Surya] I knew it when I saw
my daughter-in-law's stomach.
[Raddha](crying)
[Surya] What happened exactly?
[Raddha] Nothing
[Raddha] has happened.
[Raddha](crying)
- [Surya] Hey, dear!
- [Raddha] It's nothing.
[Raddha](crying)
[Surya] Come on, tell me!
(sad music playing)
(phone ringing)
[Gaurav] Yes, dad, greetings!
[Surya] Yes.
[Surya] What happened there?
[Gaurav] Nothing has happened, dad.
[Surya] Then, why is your mother crying?
[Gaurav] Nothing, dad. It's just a tiny
[Gaurav] thing.
[Surya] I don't know anything else,
[Surya] if anything
is serious then, your...
[Gaurav] Nothing serious, dad.
[Gaurav] Don't stress at all.
[Surya] I've never seen
your mother cry like that, ever.
[Surya] Ask her what has happened.
[Surya] I don't know
how to comfort and all.
[Gaurav] Okay, dad.
[Gaurav] Don't worry.
[Gaurav] I'll convince her.
(soft sad music playing)
[Anna] Kevin,
[Anna] I want this baby to
grow up surrounded by love,
[Anna] not obligations.
[Anna] So, I'm not forcing
you nto marrying me.
[Anna] You're free to
decide whatever you want.
[Anna] Okay?
[Anna] And I'm okay with that.
[Kevin] (sighs)
[Kevin] Anna,
[Kevin] I can't.
[Kevin] I'm sorry, Anna.
[Kevin] I...
- [Anna] Goodbye.
- [Kevine] it's okay.
(sad music playing)
[Anna father] Annapurna,
[Anna father] I don't
approve of your decision.
[Anna father] Live as you please.
[Anna father] Do what you want.
[Anna father] I have
nothing to say about it,
[Anna father] ...got it?
[Anna Mother] Dear,
[Anna Mother] what you're about
to do will affect your sister's life.
[Anna Mother] Look, just
stay away from Bandana.
[Anna Mother] Is that too much to ask?
(Sad music continue...)
(birds chip ring)
(Soft music playing)
[Gaurav] Mom?
[Gaurav] Where are you going?
[Raddha] I'll be at the
park for a little while, dear.
[Gaurav] This early?
[Raddha] That park
[Raddha] makes me feel like I'm home.
[Raddha] It brings peace of mind.
[Gaurav] Come here, I'll
prepare something for you.
[Raddha] Have a bite and then go.
[Raddha] It's fine, dear.
[Raddha] You guys have it.
[Raddha] I'll prepare
it and eat after I return.
[Raddha] Alright?
[Gaurav] Mom...
[Gaurav] Mom,
[Raddha] Please hold on.
[Gaurav] Mom,
[Gaurav] hold on, I'll
take you to the park.
[Raddha] It's right
there. I'll go by myself.
[Raddha] You go to your work.
[Gaurav] Mom?
[Gaurav] Please don't get upset.
[Gaurav] During this phase,
[Gaurav] even tiny things
[Gaurav] irritate her,
according to the doctor.
[Gaurav] She's very
upset right now, you see.
[Gaurav] Don't feel bad, mother.
[Raddha] I'm not upset, dear.
[Raddha] Even something like
this turns into a big deal these days.
[Raddha] I belong to the old generation.
[Raddha] I couldn't understand, dear.
[Raddha] Now look,
[Raddha] I gave birth
to you and raised you.
[Raddha] Not her.
[Raddha] It obviously takes time,
[Raddha] for her to understand me,
[Raddha] and for me to understand her.
[Raddha] Even,
[Raddha] I didn't like my mother-in-law.
[Raddha] Go.
[Raddha] Go to your work.
[Raddha] Quickly, you'll be late.
(theme music playing)
(keypad click)
[Raddha] Hello,
[Raddha] how are you doing?
[Surya] Yes, I'm fine.
[Raddha] And what about Maila-Maili?
[Surya] Maila and Maili are also great.
[Surya] And how are you?
[Raddha] Don't know dear,
[Raddha] they used to say
that educated people are good
[Raddha] reading books alone isn't enough.
[Raddha] One should be able to
understand people's hearts too.
[Surya] Everyone has their own upbringing.
[Surya] You shouldn't have
popped that balloon like that.
[Raddha] I know, but it wasn't intentional!
[Surya] Didn't I tell you before?
[Surya] That always recording videos
would get you into trouble someday, dear.
[Surya] You see?
[Raddha] What's the deal
with the tradition here...
[Raddha] I can't understand.
[Surya] Everything will
be alright, stay quiet.
[Surya] Once your granddaughter
is born, everything will be alright.
[Raddha] By the way,
[Raddha] when are you coming?
[Raddha] What's up with your passport?
[Surya] Don't know when it'll be ready.
[Surya] Governmental work.
[Raddha] It's been just a
month since I came here.
[Raddha] I don't know why,
It feels like a year already.
[Raddha] Get here quickly!
[Raddha] I'm tired of being alone, here.
[Gaurav] Mom?
[Raddha] Okay, I'll talk to you later.
[Surya] Hey Gaurav's mother,
[Gaurav] Mom?
[Gaurav] What are you doing?
- [Gaurav] What happened?
- [Raddha] Put on some clothers, let's go.
[Raddha] Where to?
[Gaurav] To take some photos.
[Raddha] I'll prepare the lunch,
[Raddha] you guys can go.
[Raddha] I won't.
[Gaurav] Come with us, mom.
[Gaurav] Let's go together.
[Raddha] I won't go, dear.
[Raddha] I'm unaware of everything.
[Raddha] Why should I go?
[Raddha] Why don't you guys just go?
[Gaurav] No, you need to come.
[Gaurav] We're not
going without you. Let's go.
[Gaurav] Grandmother is needed.
(camera click)
[Gokul] Oh, nice!
[Gokul] Sister-in-law, little up.
[Gokul] Smile.
Yes.
(uplift beat)
[Bandana] Hold on, okay?
[Bandana] 1..2..3!
[Gokul] Done, sister-in-law.
[Gokul] Brother, why
are you shy? Come here.
[Gaurav] Me?
[Gokul] Yes, of course!
[Gokul] Come.
[Raddha] Go.
[Gokul] Come, stand this side.
[Gokul] Get closer to sister-in-law.
[Gokul] Put your arms around her, man.
[Gokul] Look, how you're posing.
[Gokul] It looks awkward, man.
[Gokul] Yes!
[Gokul] Ready?
(camera shutter)
[Raddha] Dear?
[Gokul] Yes, mother?
[Raddha] Do you take photos too?
[Gokul] I do mother, but
there's no place for art, you see.
[Gaurav] Is it okay, Gokul?
[Raddha] Is it perfect?
[Gokul] Yes, brother.
[Bandana] Gaurav?
[Bandana] I was really
mean to you, the other day.
[Bandana] I'm so sorry.
[Gaurav] No, it's fine.
[Bandana] I know how much you love me.
[Bandana] Whatever I did
that day was completely wrong.
[Bandana] Please, don't get mad at me.
[Bandana] I feel awful seeing you angry.
[Gaurav] No worries, baby.
[Gaurav] I also should have
told you that I left the job.
[Gaurav] Sorry! Let it
go now. I'm sorry, baby.
(Bandana smiles)
[Gokul] Why are you guys getting emotional?
[Gokul] Get romantic, again.
[Bandana] (smilling)
- [Gokul] Brother, get down on your knees.
- [Gaurav] Is it alright?
- [Gaurav] On my knees?
- [Gokul] On your knees, bro. Do it!
[Gaurav] How many times do
you want me to bend down, man?
[Gaurav] Okay!
- [Gaurav] Is it okay?
- [Gokul] It's beautiful, sister-in-law. Perfect!
[Gaurav] Really? Is it great? Yeah!
[Gokul] Sister-in-law, take a look at him.
[Gokul] Exactly, like that.
[Gokul] It's really beautiful, brother.
[Gokul] Sister-in-law looks very cute.
[Bandana] Mummy, come join us.
[Gokul] Go ahead, mother.
[Gokul] It'll be great.
[Bandana] Join us, mom!
[Gokul] I'll take a good one. Go ahead.
[Raddha] Uh... take from this too, alright?
[Gaurav] Mom looks
so beautiful today, right?
[Bandana] Let me be in the middle.
[Gaurav] Okay.
[Gokul] Move a little bit right.
[Gokul] Now, you need to smile.
Bro, make mother smile a bit.
Okay!
[Gokul] Everybody, 1... 2... 3!
(camera shutter click)
(uplifting theme music playing)
(crying out in labor)
[Gaurav] Baby?
[Gaurav] Baby?
(crying out in labor)
[Gaurav] Baby?
(crying out in labor)
(grunting with effort)
[Gaurav] Push it! Push it hard!
(grunting with effort)
(baby cries)
[Gaurav] Go with your grandmother.
[Raddha] So... beautiful!
[Raddha] Oh, wow!
[Raddha] So beautiful granddaughter!
[Raddha] (giggling)
[Raddha] Son,
[Raddha] could you record a
video of me with both of them?
[Raddha] I have to send it to your father.
[Gaurav] See, mom
always have to take a video.
[Gaurav] Alright then, take a sit.
[Raddha] So... beautiful!
[Raddha] Exactly Goddess Laxmi!
[Gaurav] Mom,
[Gaurav] show it to the baby, too.
[Gaurav] Looks exactly like father, right?
[Raddha] So beautiful... so
elegant... so gorgeous daughter!
[Raddha] (smilling)
[Surya] Guys, look at my granddaughter.
[Deepak 1] Let me see.
[Surya] Look at her, she's so beautiful!
[Bhola 2] Wow!
[Surya] Have a look at grandmother,
[Prem] The baby's got
[Prem] your face and nose.
[Prem] Have a look!
[Surya] Obvioulsy, my
granddaughter looks like me.
(all laughing)
[Surya] Hey Maila,
[Maila] Yes?
[Surya] Let's not sit here doing nothing.
Let's pour it.
[Surya] Oh,
[Surya] my friend!
[Surya] While you were cooking?
[Prem] Cherishing happiness?
[Maila] Cherishing happiness.
[Surya] She's your neice too.
[Surya] It's alright.
[Prem] Slowly, it might spill.
[Maila] And
[Maila] father,
[Surya] Now,
[Surya] If she was born here...
[Surya] I was considering
getting the goat ready.
[Surya] But, she got delivered there.
[Prem] It doesn't matter though.
[Prem] We're meant to celebrate here.
(all laughing)
[Surya] Eh, don't add water in mine!
[Maila] Just a little, father.
[Surya] If water was required, it
would have been written on the bottle.
[Surya] Saying, "Drink with water!"
(everyone laugh)
[Prem] Alright, cheers!
[Surya] Okay, cheers!
[Prem] Alright!
Cheers and congratulations!
[chanting hindu mantra]
[Guest] Look, she's happy to see you.
[chanting hindu mantra]
'Swaha'!
[Raddha] Dear, take this.
[Gokul] Look at here.
[Raddha] Little girl!
[Raddha] My granddaughter's
so gorgeous, right?
- [Raddha] Yeah, she is.
- [Guest] Look at her!
[Raddha] You shouldn't cry, dear.
[Raddha] Don't cry... don't cry...
[Raddha] Look at your father.
[Raddha] Mother, too.
[Aruther] Hey Gaurav!
[Gaurav] Hey Arthur,
[Gaurav] what's up, man?
[Aruther] I hate to do
this to you man, but...
[Aruther] It's been a lot of noise.
[Aruther] And the smoke's
really stinking up my house.
- [Aruther] What's going on?
- [Gaurav] I'm sorry man.
[Surya] We're just having a
naming ceremony of our baby.
[Surya] It's just like
[Surya] baptism.
[Surya] You know?
[Surya] Just come on, my friend.
[Surya] Have some food.
[Aruther] I'm alright, alright!
I got some ribs going on!
[Surya] Just come on!
[Surya] Come on my friend!
[Aruther] Alright, I'm
coming for one minute.
[Aruther] Just one minute!
[Surya] I just invited him.
[Bandana] (giggle)
- [Bandana] To offer him offerings?
- [Gaurav] Yes.
[Aruther] Very pickled!
[Gaurav] Just try this one.
[Aruther] Okay.
[Aruther] It's like a donut.
[Gaurav] Yeah, you're right!
[Aruther] It's good stuff.
[Gaurav] It's 'Sel-roti'!
[Raddha] Okay, just one.
[Gaurav] Keep it horizontal.
[Raddha] Alright.
Oh, everybody's seen.
[Bandana] Finally!
[Bandana] Now, I can go to work too.
[Bandana] Now, your
burden will be reduced too.
[Gaurav] Burden?
[Gaurav] What's a burden?
[Bandana] I'm not saying
"burden" burden but,
[Bandana] it will help us financially.
[Gaurav] Yes, that's correct.
[Gaurav] And, won't you visit your sister?
[Bandana] Am I supposed to
visit her or she is? You tell me.
[Gaurav] Oh my! You sisters
sure hold quite a grudge!
[Gaurav] Both are alike, huh?
(baby crying)
[Raddha] Are you getting hiccups as well?
[Raddha] We're visiting such a nice place.
[Raddha] You shouldn't cry, okay?
[Bandana] Hey, listen.
[Bandana] What do you
think, when we're in work...
[Bandana] Can mom take care of her?
[Gaurav] What are you even talking about?
[Gaurav] You think she can't even do that?
[Gaurav] Didn't my mom raised me?
[Bandana] Yeah!
[Bandana] I already figured that
out just by looking at the photo.
[Gaurav] (giggle)
[Bandana] (giggle)
[Gaurav] But then
[Gaurav] don't show
that photo to our daughter.
[Bandana] Why shouldn't I?
[Bandana] I'm definitely showing it.
[Bandana] Look at this, dear.
[Bandana] It's your dad.
[Raddha] Aww, my grandchild.
[Bandana] Let's go [Gaurav] Yes.
[Gaurav] Come.
[Raddha] How beautiful, shouldn't cry...
[Gaurav] Mom!
[Gaurav] Let's go!
[Raddha] Okay.
[Raddha] Now we should go home.
- [Gaurav] Hello, daughter.
- [Raddha] Okay?
(door open)
[Bandana] Mummy?
[Bandana] I've put some milk in the fridge.
[Bandana] And...
[Bandana] Don't heat the bottle
more than thirty seconds, okay?
[Raddha] Hmm.
[Bandana] And change her
diaper every two hours, please.
[Raddha] Hmm.
[Bandana] And, please put on
cream while changing the diaper.
[Raddha] Alright, daughter-in-law, alright.
[Raddha] I've got it already.
[Raddha] I've also raised a child.
[Gaurav] Now see, she
calls every three minutes.
[Bandana] You come
here every three minutes.
[Gaurav] In every three minutes?
[Bandana] I meant
[Bandana] three hours.
[Bandana] God, I haven't left my child yet.
[Bandana] I'm getting so nervous.
- [Bandana] Okay, I'm leaving. Bye.
- [Gaurav] You go without a worry.
[Bandana] Bye, little one.
[Gaurav] If mom finds it
difficult, I'll come right away.
[Raddha] Say bye to your mummy.
[Gaurav] It's your day one.
[Gaurav] Just relax and go.
[Gaurav] Don't worry about things here.
[Gaurav] I'll be here at home.
[Bandana] You're not going, right?
[Gaurav]
-Nope.
- [Bandana] Thank you.
- [Gaurav] Okay, bye.
[Gaurav] Okay, bye.
[Bandana] Okay mom, I'm leaving.
[Raddha] Alright.
[Raddha] Go.
[Raddha] You are staying home today.
[Raddha] I feel relieved now.
[Gaurav] How can I stay home, mom?
[Gaurav] I just said it
cause she was worrying.
[Gaurav] I should go to work by now.
[Gaurav] It's the office hour.
[Gaurav] The tips are nice.
[Gaurav] I have to earn
a few bucks, don't I?
[Gaurav] Just to sit at
home, in this foregin land.
[Gaurav] It must be in fate, mother.
[Gaurav] It's not that easy.
[Raddha] Dear...
[Raddha] You are lucky.
[Raddha] You've got such a
beautiful daughter like a goddess.
[Raddha] Look here.
[Gaurav] (kiss)
[Gaurav] Okay.
[Gaurav] I'm going.
[Gaurav] Call me if anything happens.
[Gaurav] Okay?
[Raddha] Alright.
[Gaurav] And keep the
baby within your sight.
[Raddha] Hey lord, you
both are teaching me!
[Raddha] I've raised you
to be a fine young man.
[Gaurav] Okay, bye.
[Raddha] Alright, go now.
[Raddha] See...
[Raddha] Your mom and dad...
[Raddha] They all teach me.
[Raddha] Your parents worry for nothing.
[Raddha] I've raised your dad by myself.
[Raddha] And at that time
[Raddha] where did we
have a fancy cart like yours?
[Raddha] Carrying him on my back...
[Raddha] I had to do all the chores.
[Raddha] Aww my granddaughter.
[Raddha] When you're all grown up...
[Raddha] I'll take you to
[Raddha] your father's birthplace.
[Raddha] Okay?
[Raddha] My sweet grandchild.
[Raddha] Let's go for a
walk in the park, okay?
(ship honking)
[Raddha] My granddaughter
[Raddha] doesn't want
anyone else when I'm with her.
[Raddha] Her grandmother is enough for her.
[Raddha] Isn't that right, dear?
[Uncle] Can you really leave this
adorable child and go to Nepal, sister?
[Uncle 2] Interest is
dearer than the principle.
[Uncle 2] Seeing these grandchildren
makes me want to stay more.
[Uncle 2] I wonder if they will...
[Uncle 2] Remember us later or not.
(phone ring)
[Raddha] My daughter-in-law's calling.
[Raddha] My litle angel, will
you just sit here for a while.
[Raddha] Your mom is calling.
[Bandana] Hello.
[Raddha] Hello, daughter-in-law.
[Bandana] Mummy, the little one
hasn't been too much trouble, has she?
[Raddha] Not at all.
[Bandana] (laugh)
[Bandana] It's time for her to
drink milk. Did you feed her?
[Raddha] I just fed her.
[Bandana] Is she
sleeping? What is she doing?
[Raddha] INo.
[Raddha] Today, my grandchild
and I have come to the park.
[bandana] (chucks)
[bandana] Mom, why did you
take that little child to the park?
[bandana] Why didn't you tell me?
[Bandana] You stay where you
are, I'm sending Gaurav right now.
[Raddha] It's not necessary.
[Raddha] I can go on my own.
[Raddha] Why bother Gaurav?
[Bandana] Mom, you don't get it! You
can't just walk on the streets like that!
[Bandana] I'm sending Gaurav right away.
(tense music playing)
[Raddha] What does she think of me?
[Raddha] Only she knows everything.
[Raddha] As if I know nothing.
(screeching brakes and panicked scream)
[car driver] You stupid
women! Are you blind?
[Car driver] What is happening here?
[Car driver] Have you lost your mind?
[Car driver] You got
a baby in the cart, see!
[swearing]
(Raddha screams in terror)
(car approaches and stops)
(car door open)
(door open)
[Bandana] Gaurav!
[Gaurav] Shhh!
[Bandana] (angrily) Didn't I tell
you to not to go outside, mummy?
[Gaurav] Talk softly, daughter's sleeping.
[Raddha] Can't do anything.
[Raddha] You start saying
it's America not Nepal.
[Raddha] I only took the
child for a walk in the sun.
[Raddha] Daughter-in-law...
[Raddha] This is not the
first time I'm raising a child.
[Bandana] God! Mommy,
whenever I say something
[Bandana] all you say is that this
isn't your first time raising a child.
[Bandana] The traffic rules here
are different from those in Nepal.
[Raddha] (sobbing)
[Bandana] The park has
many different types of people.
[Bandana] Hey Gaurav, why
don't you make her understand?
[Gaurav] It's enough already.
[Gaurav] Mother...
[Gaurav] Don't take the child outside.
[Gaurav] I've told her already.
[Bandana] Give that to me.
[Gaurav] You're just worried in vain.
[Raddha] (crying softly)
[Gaurav] Mom...
[Gaurav] Mom!
[Gaurav] The rules and
regulations over here are different.
[Gaurav] It's different.
[Gaurav] All she is saying is
that you have't understood it.
[Raddha] I can't understand it son.
[Raddha] I don't understand anything.
[Gaurav] It's not like that mom.
[Gaurav] It's a new place;
Something might happen.
[Gaurav] Don't take it too seriously.
[Gaurav] Here, wash your hands.
[Gaurav] Let me do this.
[Raddha] Leave it.
[Gaurav] Please go and have a seat mom.
[Raddha] Leave it!
[Gaurav] Please leave it.
[Gaurav] Wash your hands...
- [Raddha] No, I'll do it.
- [Gaurav] I'll wash it, you go.
[Gaurav] ...just relax and
watch TV from the sofa.
[Gaurav] Go! Go!! Go!!!
(running water and clinking dishes)
[Raddha] Every time there's rules!
[Raddha] Rules!!
[Raddha] Rules!!!
[Raddha] How is there a rule on
taking your granddaughter to the park?
[Raddha] She'd have the right to be
upset, only if I had done something wrong.
[Surya] No, everyone has their own rules.
[Raddha] Can't say anything.
They'll say, 'This isn't Nepal.'
[Raddha] Kids raised in Nepal are fine.
[Raddha] They're worried
even form the sunlight.
[Raddha] I've had it up to here.
[Raddha] You come soon.
[Surya] Alright.
It's not gonna happen as soon as I say.
[Surya] The passport is
now being processed as well.
[Surya] Wonder when it will be made.
[Surya] It's not like going
to Kathmandu from here.
[Surya] Just hold on, it's in progress.
[Raddha] Did you see your granddaughter?
[Raddha] She's exactly like you.
[Surya] Yeah!
[Surya] So, does that mean
my granddaughter is a bit scary?
[Raddha] (laugh)
(both laugh)
[Bandana] Baby?
[Gaurav] Hmm.
[Bandana] Make sure to
explain it clearly to your mom.
[Bandana] She might take her to the
park saying, 'I've also raised a child.'
[Gaurav] I've already talked to her.
[Gaurav] She won't take her anymore.
[Gaurav] By now, dad's
passport might be ready as well.
[Gaurav] Old man will be
here and we'll be relieved.
[Gaurav] Both of them
will be with each other.
[Bandana] I'm afraid of the
thought of arriving your father as well.
[Gaurav] What's there to be afraid of?
[Bandana] You said it
yourself that your father is strict.
[Bandana] Mom is this
stubborn, I wonder how father is.
[Gaurav] Have to adjust a little bit.
[Gaurav] They'll do the same.
[Bandana] Hey, listen...
[Bandana] Now I'm working as well.
[Bandana] Should we put
her into daycare for a month?
[Bandana] I'll be relieved as well.
[Gaurav] Why do you have
to waste money like that?
[Gaurav] Mom is right here.
[Bandana] Did you talk to
your father about the money?
[Gaurav] I've done it!
[Gaurav] I'll manage it. He
says, 'The land isn't selling.'
[Bandana] He can mention it
clearly if he doesn't want to give.
[Bandana] You'll be here wishing for it.
[Bandana] And he
doesn't even care about it.
[Gaurav] I'll manage it, let's go.
[Raddha] Little person...
[Raddha] My grandchild...
[Bandana] Mummy!
[Bandana] What happened to her?
[Raddha] Nothing's happened to her.
[Gaurav] Mom, we're leaving.
[Gaurav] Don't go outside and all.
[Gaurav] Just relax here
and enjoy watching TV.
[Gaurav] Alright?
[Raddha] Okay.
[Bandana] Mom, please
don't take her to park and all.
[Raddha] Is it okay...
[Raddha] If I take her to
the backyard for sunbath?
[Gaurav] Of course, it's okay.
[Gaurav] It's our own place.
[Gaurav] Okay, we're leaving. Bye, Bye!
[Raddha] Say goodbye to you parents.
[Raddha] You and I are
gonna go for a sunbath.
[Raddha] Okay?
[Raddha] Alright.
[Raddha] Today us
granddaughter and grandmother
[Raddha] will put on some oil,
[Raddha] okay?
We are doing an oil massage under sunlight.
[Raddha] Now see...
[Raddha] We have to put on oil like this.
[Raddha] My graddaughter must be strong.
[Raddha] Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?
[Raddha] Now we have to put it in the back.
[Raddha] Turn around for me.
- [Raddha] Look at my grandchild can turn as well.
- [Bandana] How cute!
[Raddha] (playful cooing)
[Raddha] Aww little one, have a look at me.
[Raddha] Have a look at this...
[Raddha] Over here...
[Raddha] In America...
[Raddha] Us grandmother and
grandchild are putting some oil.
[Raddha] Look over here, little one.
(cutlery clinking)
[Raddha] I talked with
your father yesterday.
[Raddha] Did you look for a ticket?
[Gaurav] I'll look it up,
how much will it cost!
[Gaurav] Let the passport arrive first.
[Raddha] No, listen...
[Raddha] How much money
do you need for your business?
[Raddha] Talk to your father right away.
[Raddha] He'll manage it before he comes.
[Raddha] What's there to rush?
[Raddha] He'll just be
staying at home over here.
[Raddha] It doesn't matter
if he's late for a few days.
[Raddha] And listen
[Raddha] my...
[Raddha] Facebook hasn't been working.
[Raddha] Call your father for me once?
[Gaurav] Hold on,
I'll talk to him properly.
[Gaurav] And mother...
[Gaurav] How much trouble did she gave?
[Raddha] (giggling)
[Raddha] Not at all.
[Raddha] Today, I gave her a bath...
[Raddha] Took her in the
sun and put on some oil.
[Raddha] She slept so well.
[Bandana] (laugh)
[Gaurav] Baby?
[Gaurav] Today mother
showed a proper demo in live
[Gaurav] showing how
to apply oil on a baby.
[Bandana] How much were the views, mom?
[Raddha] It was a lot.
[Raddha] Couldn't even count.
[Raddha] I don't know what happened?
[Raddha] My Facebook just stopped.
[Raddha] Wonder how much were the views.
- [Gaurav] I'll look it up.
- [Bandana] Mummy?
[Bandana] Yesterday
was my first day at work.
[Bandana] I haven't left her
alone since she was born.
[Bandana] That's why I was worried.
[Bandana] You can take her
anytime anywhere you like.
[Bandana] It's just...
[Bandana] Please cross the road properly.
[Raddha] Of course, daughter-in-law.
[Raddha] I already got it.
[Raddha] This isn't Nepal.
[Raddha] It's America.
[Raddha] (baby talk)
[Raddha] Here, grab this.
[Raddha] It's time to drink milk.
[Gaurav] Mom? What are you doing?
[Gaurav] My daughter...
[Gaurav] Here, look at me.
- [Gaurav] Look at me.
- [Raddha] Son?
[Raddha] You came early today.
[Gaurav] Yeah, I did
two trips to the airport.
[Gaurav] Today's done for.
[Gaurav] I'll do two more
trips in the evening and that's it.
[Gaurav] Look over here.
[Raddha] Will you go with your father?
[Gaurav] So, you're ready?
[Bandana] It's already late for me.
(doorbell rings)
[Bandana] Who arrived?
[Gaurav] Just look over here.
[Raddha] Son, I don't think you like
how I'm caring for my granddaughter.
[Gaurav] What are you talking about mom?
[Gaurav] If it's not you whose way of caring
for the baby we love, then who else could it be?
(door open)
[Officer] Mam?
[Officer] Is this your house?
[Bandana] Yes.
[Bandana] What's the matter officer?
[Officer] A complaint has been
filed, and a warrant has been issued.
[Bandana] For what?
[Officer] For exclusively
publicizing nude content of a minor.
[Bandana] Gaurav,
listen to what he's saying.
[Bandana] Come over here.
[Raddha] What happened?
[Gaurav] What happened?
[Officer] Maam! Are you
the lady in this video?
[Bandana] Is this you in the video?
[Raddha] Yes.
[Officer] That's yes?
[Bandana] Yeah.
[Officer] Did you published
this video yourself?
[Bandana] Yeah.
[Raddha] Yes.
[Officer] You can go ahead and arrest her.
(tense music playing)
[Gaurav] What happened, mam?
[Officer 2] step aside sir!
[Gaurav] She is my mom.
[Officer 2] Please, step aside sir!
[Gaurav] Sorry maam.
[Officer 2] you don't want
make things worse for me.
[Officer 2] Please step out the way!
[Officer] I said already to move
[Officer 2] step aside sir!
[Bandana] Gaurav.
[Gaurav] there are some mistake sir.
[Officer] No.
[Officer] No mistakes.
[Officer 2] Take the baby maam.
[Bandana] What?
[Officer 2] Take the baby!
[Raddha] Dughter-in-law,
what are they saying?
[Bandana] Mom, listen to what they are
saying. [Officer 2] you are under arrest.
[Raddha Son!
- [Gaurav] Mom, I won't let anything happen to you.
- [Officer] Calm down, calm down.
[Raddha] Why are they taking me?
[Bandana] Mom, nothing will happen.
[Bandana] You don't worry.
[Gourav] I'm here mom.
[Gaurav] Don't worry mom!
[Raddha] Son!
[Raddha] Son!
[Raddha] Daughter!
[Raddha] Son, what are they doing to me?
- [Raddha] Son?
- [Gaurav] Mom, don't worry.
[Gaurav] Mom, don't worry. I
won't let anything happen to you.
[Officer] let me do my work, or I
will arrset you -[Bandana] Gaurav
(dramatic music builds)
(dramatic music fades out)
(soft music builds)
[Gaurav] Mom...
(keypad click)
(phone ringing)
(phone hangs up)
(sad music playing)
(mouse caught in trap)
(mouse squeals in pain)
(mouse squeals in pain)
(soft flute playing)
[female detainee] I didn't do it.
[female detainee] No way mom!
[female detainee] I'm... I'm straight
[female detainee] I... I've been... I
won't get back to that shity shit anymore
[female detainee] and... I... I...
[female detainee] I've been
sober for the last two months.
[female detainee] Mom?
[female detainee] Mom...
[female detainee] Mom...
(knock on window)
[officer] times up!
(bang phone)
(cell door open)
[Female detainee] My mom
[female detainee] is a real
[female detainee] bitch!
[Female detainee] What?
[female detainee] You
don't wanna sit with me?
[female detainee] Are you a racist?
[female detainee] Woman,
don't look at me like that!
[Raddha] Sorry.
[Officer ] Rad
[Officer ] dhya
[Officer ] dya..
[Officer ] Radha Adhikari?
[Officer ] Radha Adhikari!
[female detainee] Why are you so happy?
[female detainee]You
ain't getting out of here.
[Officer ] Please, follow me.
[Officer] Line up here.
[Officer] What size clothes do you wear?
[Female arrestee] No English.
(in Spanish) What size do you need?
[Female arrestee] Oh, size?
Size!
Medium.
[Officer] What size clothes do you wear?
[Female arrestee 2] An extra
large!
[Female arrestee 2] Amall.
[Officer] Mam?
[Officer] What size
clothes do you wear mam?
[Officer] Looks like a medium to me.
[lawyer] Gaurav, sir.
[lawyer] This is a
serious criminal offense.
[lawyer] You need a criminal lawyer.
[lawyer] I'm an immigration lawyer.
[lawyer] In this country...
[lawyer] The laws for the
women and child are very strict.
[Gaurav] (Chucks)
[Gaurav] Now
[Gaurav] what to do,
not to do, I'm confused.
(sad music playing)
(mouse squeals in pain)
[Surya] If I can't even get an Oil-Visa
[Surya] then why does
it deserve a jail visa?
[Surya] Maila?
[Maila] Yes, father!
[Surya] Let it go.
[Surya] Let it be free.
(emotional music playing)
[Maila] Father?
[Maila] You haven't eaten anything in days.
[Maila] Let's go.
[Surya] I don't feel like eating, Maila.
[Surya] Mother is in jail over there.
[Surya] Do they even give her any food?
[Surya] She used to make
her own delicious food.
[Maila] There will be a solution, father.
[Surya] Retired sergeant...
[Surya] Surya Bahadur Adhikari's wife
[Surya] is in a foreign prison.
(pen spinning in hand)
[Lawyer] She the child?
[Gaurav] Yeah.
[Lawyer] And the alleged
perpetrator is the grandmother.
[(both nodding])
[Lawyer] You see, Mr. Adhikari,
[Lawyer] Did I pronounce that correctly?
[Lawyer] Adhikari.
[Gaurav] Yes.
[Gaurav] Adhikari.
[Lawyer] Mr. Adhikari,
it's a clear case of a
[Lawyer] obscenity involving a minor.
[Lawyer] Section 1470.
[Lawyer] Title 18-US code,
[Lawyer] Prohibits any individual
from publishing or transmitting
[Lawyer] any obscene contents.
[Lawyer] The convicted
offender will get 10 years.
[Lawyer] She's clearly
[Lawyer] admitted to the
law in for cement officer,
[Lawyer] that she did
record and produce the video.
[Lawyer] So, it's a done case.
[Lawyer] All we can do is
[Lawyer] try lowering the sentence
[Lawyer] by,
[Lawyer] citing her lack of education or
[Lawyer] say it was accidental.
[Lawyer] If you wanna move forward,
[Lawyer] we can try to further
[Lawyer] reduce the sentence by
[Lawyer] citing her
[Lawyer] health conditions.
[Lawyer] things like that!
(car door open)
[Gaurav] Oh my god!
[Gaurav] She say's it's for ten years!
[Gaurav] Did you listen
to her? Its' ten years!
[Gaurav] Even ten minutes
in jail feels like ten years.
[Bandana] Let's get counseling
from a good Nepali lawyer.
[Gaurav] What did she eat?
[Bandana] Gaurav!
[Gaurav] She must be crying.
- [Gaurav] Mother...
- [Bandana] Gaurav.
[Gaurav] (sobbing)
[Bandana] Let's go.
[Bandana] Gaurav, let's go.
[Bandana] let's go.
[Anna Boss] Anna, I've been
watching you several months,
[Anna Boss] since you've
been interning for our law firm.
[Anna Boss] You're doing a great job!
[Anna] Thank you!
[Anna Boss] I'd like to extend you
an offer, to be a partner at our law firm.
(phone vibrating on table)
(phone vibrates; Anna ignores it)
[Anna] I'm sorry, Please carry on.
[Anna Boss] That's okay.
[Anna Boss] It will be a great opportunity
for you to be partner at our law firm.
[Anna Boss] Would you consider it?
[Anna] Hmmm..
[Anna] Of course! I'll let you know.
(phone vibrates on tablet)
[Anna Boss] You can get that.
[Anna] Uh... it's not that
important. Please carry on.
[Anna Boss] It'd be a great oppportunity.
(phone hangs up)
[Anna Boss] You'd be
a great assest to us too!
[Anna Boss] Let me as soon as possible.
[Anna] Umm, of course, yeah! Very soon.
[Anna Boss] Okay, thank you!
(phone beep)
[Bandana] She hung up the phone.
[Voicemail] Please leave your message.
[Gaurav] Why don't you text her?
[Bandana] Does it have to be her?
[Bandana] There's so many Nepali lawyers.
[Bandana] We'll spend as much as it costs.
[Gaurav] It's your own sister.
[Gaurav] She should do it.
[Bandana] Gurav, you know about us.
[Bandana] Let's go
once her home to see her.
(doorbell ring)
(doorbell ring)
[Bandana] It's not opening, let's go!
[Gaurav] Should we wait for a while?
[Gaurav] It's only 5 now.
[Bandana] It's a waste of time, Gaurav.
[Bandana] We'll have to
make some other arrangements.
[Bandana] Let's go now!
(music playing)
(phone rings)
[Reception] Yes mam.
[Recipetion] Miss Kharel...
[Recipetion] She's ready for you.
[Recipetion]Just one person!
[Bandana] Go!
[Gaurav] She's saying, only one person.
[Gaurav] You go, now.
[Bandana] But me...
[Gaurav] I will watch the baby.
[Bandana] Should I go alone?
[Gaurav] Go now.
[Gaurav] Go!
[Gaurav] Go already!
[Bandana] I'll be right back!
(door open)
[Anna] Sit!
[Anna] I'm sure you're not here to
discuss relationships and sisterhood.
[Anna] So, just to save both of our time.
[Anna] I won't take this case.
[Bandana] Annapurna, this
is my mother-in-law's case.
[Bandana] And you know, she's innocent.
[Anna] You don't decide that.
[Anna] Jury will decide that.
[Anna] And a minor
is involved in this case.
[Bandana] Somewhere I feel, all this...
[Bandana] Happened because of me.
[Anna] Quite interesting.
[Anna] You started to feel empathy.
[Anna] Good for you.
[Anna] But, sorry.
[Anna] I'm not taking this case.
[Bandana] Listen, Annapurna...
[Bandana] Whatever happened between us...
[Bandana] Please, don't reject
this case just cause of that.
[Anna] 'She's in jail because of me'.
'Don't reject this case because of me'.
[Anna] It's not always
just about you, little sister.
[Anna] Grow up!
[Anna] I don't have any personal
grudge with you. Understood!
[Anna] Our company has a strict policy...
[Anna] That we can't take
cases of our realatives.
[Anna] Since you're already here.
[Anna] I have a suggestion for you.
[Anna] Beacuse it's her first offense...
[Anna] She might get deported.
[Anna] But only if there's
a good criminal lawyer.
[Bandana] Who'd be the better
lawyer than you for this case.
[Bandana] But I guess,
you've made your mind.
[Bandana] And you say you can't
take your relavtive's case, right?
[Bandana] It's a racism.
[Anna] Thank you for the enlightenment.
[Anna] You may leave now!
[Bandana] You believe you're the only
one right and rest is wrong, don't you?
[Bandana] But you never
see when you're wrong.
[Anna] Have you finished yet?
[Anna] Out!
[Bandana] I don't want
to stay here anymore.
[Bandana] This place is fucking cold!
[Bandana] And here's another thing...
[Bandana] I think we both
deserve a better sister.
(emotional music playing)
[Bandana] Let's go gaurav.
[Gaurav] What happened?
[Bandana] Let's go!
[Gaurav] What happened?
[Gaurav] Huh?
[Gaurav] What happened?
[Bandana] Nothing's happened!
[Bandana] She's not taking the case.
[Gaurav] Why not?
[Bandana] Give me that!
(car starts and drives off)
[Gaurav] Sister, namaste!
[Gaurav] If you could take this case...
[Gaurav] Winning chances
would have been higher.
[Anna] I've told clearly to Bandana...
[Anna] I can't take this case.
[Anna] And again...
[Anna] Don't follow me like this.
[Anna] If there was some other girl...
[Anna] She would have called cops by now.
[Gokul] In this foreign land,
if you're not helping your own.
[Gokul] Who should we call our own?
[Anna] The same relatives...
[Anna] Might not give you
the support at the right time.
[Anna] And just because saying
your own doesn't make it so.
[Gaurav] Sister, Bandana...
[Gaurav] Has hurt you.
[Gaurav] I apologise from her side.
[Gaurav] My mother is innocent.
She hasn't done any mistake.
[Gaurav] Please, save her.
[Anna] Please try to understand.
[Anna] I've also met her.
[Anna] When I met her...
[Anna] I felt my own.
[Anna] But because of my company policy...
[Anna] I can't take this case.
[Anna] And also...
[Anna] There are other
Nepali criminal lawyers as well.
[Anna] Why are you just following me?
[Gaurav] Yeah there's others as well. But they've
not gone through what you've been through.
[Gaurav] Sister.
[Gaurav] I know about it, sister.
[Gaurav] To born a child before
marriage is normal for Americans.
[Gaurav] Just because you are Nepali
you had to face trouble from Nepalese.
[Gaurav] It's the same case with my mom.
[Gaurav] She only loved her
grandchild. Put on some oil.
[Gaurav] It's normal in our culture.
[Anna] Us Nepali women...
[Anna] Has to listen from
the relatives since childhood.
[Anna] How are you sitting?
[Anna] What are you eating?
[Anna] What are you wearing?
[Anna] Who are you with?
[Anna] For me such thoughts...
[Anna] Doesn't make any difference.
[Anna] I follow my company's strict policy.
[Anna] That's my belief.
[Anna] For me to change it...
[Anna] Really does matter a lot.
(car engine start)
[Gaurav] (sighs)
[Gaurav] Really no one
wants to take the case, man.
[Gaurav] What to do, not
to do. I'm so confused, man!
[Gaurav] My own relative
doesn't want to take it!
[Anna] Wow!
[Anna] You made this by yourself, Krish?
[Krish] Aama inspired me to draw this.
[Krish] Can you please bring her here?
[Krish] I want to show this to her.
(soft keys)
[Hansen] Your honor, here is the
case file against Radha Adhikari.
[Judge] Where's the defence lawyer?
[Gaurav] Your honor,
[Gaurav] I'm her son.
[Gaurav] No criminal lawyer in the
Baltimore district wants to take her case.
[Judge] In that case, the United States
Government will provide one for her.
[Judge] Until that...
[Judge] The case cannot proceed.
[Anna] Excuse me, your honor.
[Anna] I am Annapurna Kharel.
[Anna] I'm a criminal lawyer.
[Anna] And I want to defend this case.
(dramatic music playing)
[Anna] Your honor...
[Anna] Can you please grant
me two days for preparation?
[Anna] Please?
[Judge] What say you Mr. Hansen?
[Hansen] Why do you want this case?
[Hansen] It's a losing battle.
[Anna] You don't decide that.
[Anna] Constitution of United
States Of America decides that.
[Judge] This court will
adjourn for two days.
[Judge] So, that you can prepare your case.
[Judge] Good luck to both of you!
[Anna] Thank you.
[Anna] Yes, here you go.
[Gaurav] Thank you so much sister
(emotional theme music playing)
(door open)
[Raddha] Dear...
[Raddha] Dear...
[Anna] Mother...
[Anna] Press that button, just like this.
[Anna] Pull that closer.
[Raddha] Dear...
[Raddha] How's my granddaughter?
[Anna] She's alright, mother.
[Anna] Is your health alright?
[Raddha] I'm alive.
[Raddha] I don't understand anything.
[Raddha] Why did they put me in this jail?
[Raddha] What did I do wrong?
[Anna] Mother?
[Anna] Don't give up.
[Anna] We'll take you out
of here as soon as possible.
[Raddha] Dear...
[Raddha] Gaurav...
[Raddha] Gaurav...
[Raddha] My daughter-in-law...
[Raddha] How are they?
[Anna] They're alright.
[Raddha] Dear.
[Raddha] Gaurav's...
[Raddha] How is Gaurav's father?
[Raddha] He couldn't
sleep without talking to me.
[Raddha] (crying)
[Anna] Don't be weak like this.
[Anna] We're trying our very best.
[Anna] Don't cry, mother.
(sniffing and sobbing)
[Raddha] Dear...
[Raddha] Am I getting out of here?
[Raddha] Can I go back to my land?
[Raddha] (crying)
[Raddha] Tell me, can I go back?
(sobbing)
[Anna] We have to have patience.
[Anna] But for now...
[Anna] You have to sign over here.
[Anna] On this paper.
(soft sobbing)
[Raddha] Okay.
[Raddha] Should I have to do it in English?
[Anna] Nepali's fine as well.
[Anna] I'll send it inside, mother.
[Raddha] Okay.
[Anna] Okay.
[crying, voice trembling] okay, dear.
(clock ticking)
(tense music buildup)
(tense music buildup)
(tense music Fades out)
(clock tickling)
[Anna] What's this?
[Bandana] It's a photo album.
[Anna] Who's this?
[Bandana] That's Gurav's grandfather.
[Anna] Ah, okay!
[Anna] And this one?
[Bandana] He's Gaurav's uncle.
[Anna] Hmmm.
[Anna] I'll need everyone's address.
[Bandana] Okay.
(baby crying)
[Anna] And... whose picture is this?
[Bandana] It's Gaurav.
[Anna] Ummm
(footsteps approaching)
[Gaurav] Hello sister.
[Gaurav] How will it go?
[Anna] When a mother loses...
[Anna] Even that thought haunts me.
[Anna] And again...
[Anna] Don't bring the
baby inside the courtroom.
[Anna] Because in the judge's eyes,
[Anna] The baby is an allaged victim.
[Anna] The case can be influenced.
[Gaurav] Is mom getting out today?
[Anna] I don't know.
[Anna] But...
[Anna] In worst case scenario...
[Anna] I'll at least try for deportation.
- [Gaurav ]Alright?
- [Anna] Okay.
[Bandana] Sister?
(soft Keys)
[Anna] Hmm.
[Gaurav] Alright, I'm going.
[Bandana] Okay.
[Court Officer] All rise!
[Judge] You may be seated.
[Court Officer] 21248,
[Court Officer] MD vs Radha Adhikari.
[Hansen ] Morris Hansen for the state.
[Anna ]Annapurna Kharel for defendent.
[Judge] Does a defendent
need an interpretor?
[Anna] Yes, your honor.
[Judge] The interpretor
on call will be here soon.
[Judge] In the meantime...
[Judge] The defendent will get a
transcript in her native language.
[Judge] You may proceed with the trial.
[Hansen] A child,
[Hansen] Of not more than two months old,
[Hansen] Was stripped naked.
[Hansen] And the sensationalizing video,
[Hansen] Was posted,
[Hansen] Live on Facebook!
[Hansen] And in the absence,
[Hansen] Of the legal,
[Hansen] and biological.
[Hansen] parents of the victim.
[Hansen] I have evidence,
[Hansen] of the defendent's,
[Hansen] Facebook account,
[Hansen] phone records, IP address,
It is quite clear,
[Hansen] and dates.
[Hansen] and evident.
[Hansen] That she.
[Hansen] the defendent,
[Hansen] took an obscene video of a minor!
[Hansen] That is all your honor.
[Judge] Miss Anna, looking at all the
evidence that Mr. Hansen has presented,
[Judge] it is evident that she
took the video and published it.
[Judge] Do you have anything to say?
[Anna] Yes, your honor.
[Anna] And thank you.
[Anna] First of all, I would
like to congratulate Mr. Hansen,
[Anna] for his extensive research,
[Anna] on collecting the evidences,
[Anna] that weather the
defendent took the video.
[Anna] and posted through
her social media account.
(dramatic drumbeat)
[Anna] Secondly,
[Anna] I would like to
notify the honourable court.
[Anna] that the time of her arrest.
[Anna] she has already
submitted and admitted.
[Anna] all the evidences she had.
[Anna] to the law enforcement officer.
[Anna] So, quite a work!
[Anna] Hmm.
[Anna] Great opening stetment..
[(sharp sniff])
[Anna] Your honor, I'm
not defending the fact.
[Anna] that whether my client
has taken the video or not.
[Anna] Great opening statement.
[Anna] that whether my client
has taken the video or not.
[Anna] Yes!
[Anna] She did take the video!
[Anna] Not denying on that.
[Anna] But we are
misreading the context here.
[Anna] Under the section of 1470,
[Anna] title 18.
[Anna] the United States
code strictly prohibited.
[Anna] any individual.
[Anna] from intentionally transferring.
[Anna] I repeat!
[Anna] Intentionally transferring.
[Anna] or attempting to
transfer any obscene matter.
[Anna] involving a minor.
[Anna] Now, let's talk about Radha.
[Anna] The defendent comes here in the US.
[Anna] To meet her son,
[Anna] daughter-in-law,
[Anna] and soon to be born baby.
[Anna] It's centuries old practice that,
[Anna] when the baby is born,
[Anna] especially a grandma gives the baby.
[Anna] oil massage.
[Anna] That's her tradition.
[Anna] This practice is widely
followed by people of Nepal.
[Hansen] Objection, your honor.
[Judge] Sustained.
[Hansen] My colleague,
Anna, is derailing the issue here.
[Hansen] We're not here
against massage oils.
[Hansen] I'm sure they're lovely.
[Hansen] They're probably relaxing.
[Hansen] Personally,
[Hansen] I love massage oil.
(jurry giggles)
[Judge] Silence!
[Hansen] My apologies your honor.
[Hansen] I got a little carried away.
[Hansen] Just like Radha!
[Hansen] She gave her
granddaughter an oil massage.
[Hansen] And took a lot of
photos and did a Facebook live.
[Hansen] She knew
[Hansen] the baby was naked,
[Hansen] and got carried away.
[Hansen] And knowingly
did a live demonstration.
[Hansen] As a woman,
[Hansen] how could you do this.
[Hansen] to your grandchild?
[Hansen] I just have one question.
[Hansen] Why?
[Hansen] I just have one question.
[Hansen] Why would you
post those photos online?
[Hansen] Why?
[Anna] Because Radha
doesn't have the concept.
[Anna] of people looking at
the babaies in a sexual manner.
[Anna] Your honor,
[Anna] Let's try to
understand Radha's mindset.
[Anna] My defendent,
[Anna] has this mindset that,
[Anna] people of this entire
world look at the babies.
[Anna] as a pure form of god.
[Anna] So it never comprehended.
[Anna] to my client.
[Anna] People actaully might see baby
[Anna] in a sexual nature.
[Anna] Going live on a Facebook...
[Anna] It was not the act of ignorance.
[Anna] But it was the act of innocence.
[Anna] So, my client
is innocent your honor.
[Judge] She has a point Mr. Hansen!
[Judge] Do you have anything to say?
[Hansen] Your honor, I'd like to
call the defendent's biological son.
[Hansen]to the witness stand.
[Anna]I object your honor!
[Judge]Sidebar, please.
[Hansen] I need the
perspective of the biological son.
[Anna] This is so unnecessary, why him?
[Judge]You may proceed Mr. Hansen.
[Court Officer] Gaurav
Adhikari, come to the stand.
[Raddha] Dear...
(intense dramatic music play)
[Hansen] State your name.
[Hansen] and the nature of
your relationship to the defendent.
[Gaurav] My name is Gaurav Adhikari.
[Gaurav] And Radha Adhikari is my mother.
[Hansen] You invited your
mom to the US on a B1B2 visa.
[Hansen] A visitor's visa.
[Hansen] Turns out you just wanted
her here to look after your daughter.
[Hansen] Basically,
[Hansen] hire a nanny.
[Anna] I object your honor.
[Judge] Mr. Hansen?
[Hansen] I'm sorry, your honor.
[Gaurav] In our culture
[Gaurav] mom is the living god.
[Gaurav] So, we learn from the mother.
[Gaurav] We don't teach the mother.
[Gaurav] We learn from
the mother, how to walk.
[Gaurav] We learn from
the mother, how to live.
[Gaurav] We learn from the mother
[Gaurav] how to
[Gaurav] behave.
[Gaurav] So, how would I say
[Gaurav] to
[Gaurav] my mom?
[Gaurav] Don't love your granddaughter.
(soft music playing)
[Gaurav] How can we not trust our own parents?
Can someone make them see that, please?
[Gaurav] Can't they even
love thier own grandchild?
[Gaurav] And on which visa do we
[Gaurav] invite them
to meet thier children?
[Gaurav] Please let us know.
[Raddha] (sobbing)
[Gaurav] Please tell me.
[Raddha] (crying)
[Gaurav] I don't need anything!
[Gaurav] I don't even need this green card.
[Gaurav] Give me back my mom.
[Gaurav] I don't need the car, the house!
[Gaurav] I don't need
anything at all, please.
[Gaurav] Give me back my mom.
[Gaurav] I'll take my mom and go away.
[Gaurav] I don't need
anything except my mom.
[Hansen] Mr. Adhikari?
[Hansen] This is a court.
[Hansen] The only
values that matter here
[Hansen] are the ones dictated
[Hansen] by the law.
[Anna] Your honor,
[Anna] I would like to ask a few
questions to the witness please.
[Judge] Go ahead, miss Kharel.
[Anna] Thank you, your honor.
[Anna] Mr. Adhikari.
[Anna] Have you watched.
[Anna] the video in question?
[Gaurav] Yes.
[Anna] Thank you.
[Anna] You can go back to your seat.
[Anna] That's all your honor.
[Anna] Point to be noted.
[Anna] The well educated parents like...
[Anna] Mr. and Mrs. Adhikari.
[Anna] They see the video.
[Anna] and find.
[Anna] nothing like obscenity.
[Anna] I think.
[Anna] we are...
[Anna] we are dealing with another issue.
[Anna] That's the
bigger issue and that is
[Anna] cultural difference.
[Anna] As the United States of America...
[Anna] We have diversity.
[Anna] We have different people of color,
[Anna] cultures,
[Anna] traditions and practices.
[Anna] And as the United
States of America, as a nation
[Anna] can we point a finger and say,
[Anna] that culture is crime?
[Anna] or obscenity?
[Hansen] The law strictly prohibits
profanity and obscinity with a minor!
[Judge] Mr. Hansen, you're
saying the same thing again.
[Judge] Look, I..I understand
what you're saying.
[Judge] But
[Judge] context is not evidence.
[Judge] Do you have anything else to add?
[Hansen] I'd like to ask the
defendent a few questions.
[Anna] Why Mr. Prosecutor?
[Anna] She has clearly admitted everything.
[Hansen] Do you accept.
[Hansen] that you uploaded a naked video.
[Hansen] of your
granddaughter to the internet?
[Hansen] Yes or no?
[Raddha] Sorry.
[Raddha] Sorry.
[Hansen] Yes or No?
[Raddha] Sorry.
[Raddha] Sorry.
[Anna] This is ridiculous!
[Anna] Can we have the
interpretor on the call please?
[Judge] Look!
[Judge] Look, we cannot
proceed with the trail further.
[Judge] without the interpretor.
[Judge] So, the court will adjourn,
[Judge] for an hour.
[Raddha] (Crying)
[Gaurav] Wish the case
could be in our favor.
[Bandana] Exactly.
[Bandana] Is it going
to be prolonged further?
[Anna] Depends.
[Anna] From that jury panel...
[Anna] Even if one jury...
[Anna] Says guilty, then
the case will be stretched.
[Anna] It'll go to another trial.
[Gaurav] So that means
[Gaurav] mom has to
stay in jail even longer?
[Anna] Be positive.
[Hansen] It is clear now,
[Hansen] Your honorous court,
[Hansen] that this.
[Hansen] is an open and shut case.
[Hansen] I demand, your honor,
[Hansen] that the defendent.
[Hansen] be subjected to punishment.
[Hansen] and set an example.
[Hansen] so that, no children.
[Hansen] should ever be seen obscenely.
[Hansen] on the internet.
[Hansen] ever again!
[Judge] Miss Kharel, do you
have a closing arguement?
[Anna] Your honor,
[Anna] I want to show some visual facts.
[Hansen] No Facebook live, please.
(jurry laughs)
[Anna] Why do the people
behave the way they do?
[Anna] Beacause of their childhood.
[Anna] First slide, please!
(people laughing)
[Judge] Silence!
[Judge] What is this miss Kharel?
[Anna] Your honor,
[Anna] This is the baby
picture of defendent's son,
[Anna] Mr. Gaurav Adhikari.
[Hansen] Objection your honor!
[Judge] Objection your honor!
[Anna] Thank you, your honor.
[Anna] So, this kind of baby picture
[Anna] you will find in
most households of Nepal.
[Anna] And they're extremely proud of this.
[Anna] It's just not the baby picture.
[Anna] It's a memory of a lifetime.
[Anna] Can we have the next slide please?
[Anna] When the baby is born
[Anna] especially a grandma.
[Anna] gives the baby.
[Anna] and a nursing mom.
[Anna] oil massage from.
[Anna] day one.
[Anna] to forty five days.
[Anna] to maximum six months.
That's the practice that she has followed.
[Anna] Radha comes
from the land of goddess.
[Anna] A living goddess.
[Anna] And living goddess is
[Anna] a child.
[Anna] Your honor,
[Anna] we have to understand,
Radha's point of view.
[Anna] and social conditioning.
[Anna] If we fail.
[Anna] to understand.
[Anna] her social conditioning.
[Anna] Then we will fail as a nation,
[Anna] equality,
[Anna] and justice!
[Anna] There's one saying in Nepali.
[Anna] It's called,
[Anna] 'Interest is dearer than principle'
[Anna] It means,
[Anna] grandparents
love their grandchildren,
[Anna] more than their own children.
[Anna] So, I think.
[Anna] Defendent cannot.
[Anna] hurt her grandchild.
[Anna] in any way possible.
[Anna] So, before presenting,
[Anna] the last slide of
my closing arguement.
[Anna] I would like to request,
[Anna] the honourable court.
[Anna] and judge.
[Anna] that please.
[Anna] try to recognize and acknowledge.
[Anna] defendent's perspective.
[Anna] and childhood.
[Anna] Last slide please.
( Flute playing)
[Anna] Honourable jury,
[Anna] Radha is a firm
believer of lord krishna.
[Anna] Since from her childhood.
[Anna] she has worshipped.
[Anna] this picture.
[Anna] of the lord Krishna.
[Judge] We all know.
[Judge] that a minor cannot defend herself.
[Judge] That's why there are laws.
[Judge] and rules that
are strongly regulated.
[Judge] It is extremely important.
[Judge] that the parents of the baby.
[Judge] that the parents of the baby.
[Judge] especially in a case like this.
[Judge] educate the people around them.
[Judge] who might have come
from another culture or perspective.
[Judge] Just the fact that they're
from another culture is no excuse.
[Judge] for breaking our laws.
[Judge] May I have the verdict please.
(suspense music play)
[Judge] The jury voted unanimously.
[Judge] Not guilty!
(applause)
[Judge] Congratulations! Miss Kharel.
[Judge] Radha is innocent.
(Nepali song playing)
[Judge] Miss Kharel...
[Judge] Radha is innocent.
(Nepali song playing)
-[Raddha] Shanta,
-[Shanta] Yes.
[Raddha] You've born a beautiful baby boy.
(laughing)
[Raddha] See, what can we do? In America...
[Raddha] I couldn't apply oil to
my granddaughter the way I wanted.
[Raddha] Now, I'll...
[Raddha] Put oil to this one.
[Raddha] Look at my sweet little grandson.
[Maila] Mother, do you want tea as well?
[Raddha] No, not right now. You have it.
[Raddha] Look, how handsome is he?
[Raddha] Maila?
[Raddha] Your son looks exactly like you.
[Maila] Well, if that's not the
case, we've got a little problem!
(all laugh)
[Raddha] Baby talking.
[Surya] Hey, lady.
[Raddha] Yes.
[Surya] Should I make a video?
[Surya] You can upload it in Facebook.
[Raddha] Stop teasing me!
(all laughing)
[Raddha] Look at him yawning.
[Surya] Look! The police are coming!
(all laughing)
(Nepali song playing)
[Gaurav] The plane already landed.
[Gaurav] Why are they late?
[Gaurav] I've to go open the shop.
[Gaurav] Got a lot of deliveries.
[Bandana] What are you talking about?
[Bandana] What's the point if you
have to be punctual at your own store?
[Gaurav] It's a new shop.
[Gaurav] I Have to be there!
[Bandana] Stop it!
[Bandana] My parents are
coming America for the first time.
[Bandana] You don't
have to go today. Leave it!
[Bandana] There! Daddy, mommy!
(end credits Nepali song)