Gram Chikitsalay (2025) s01e03 Episode Script

[man] Sir, being a government teacher
is not what it used to be.
If you so much as wring a student's ear,
they get the mobile out
at once and shoot a video.
I feel like thrashing them all!
But, now, there is no
guarantee another student
won't shoot a video of that.
If there is an inquiry,
then it will impact the pension.
That's how it is.
[chickens clucking]
-Hey, Gobind.
-[Gobind] Yes.
Order two more cups of special tea.
[man] Go on, bring it.
Yes, sir. What's the problem?
There are a lot of problems.
Don't you have problems?
These days, the patients
are more aware of their
illness than the doctor.
They do research in advance
and come over.
-Yes, yes, but…
-[man] What is that about…
[in English] How can I help you?
Nothing much, sir.
I am a government employee like you.
[man] Central government.
I am a teacher in Varanasi.
When it's time for the grain harvest…
Sir, I understand about
the grain and all of that.
I just want to know this.
What's your medical problem?
I can't get out of bed.
My hands and feet shiver.
I feel like it's dysentery.
Write it all down, sir.
I need a medical certificate
for 15 days.
I ran out of holidays.
The grain hasn't been harvested yet.
-You can go.
-What?
You can leave.
Don't beat the students up, please.
-[man] What a strange doctor!
-I thought he was a patient.
[man] This is all government work.
That's why I came here.
Tell me how much money you want.
[man] I am not getting it done for free.
I am not speaking
to the doctor presently.
Otherwise, I would
have got the certificate
from the CMO office in no time.
Even the dogs don't come to the PHC!
-[man] I walked right in and
-[phone ringing]
[man] you should be grateful for it.
He's acting pricey!
Yes, Indu ji.
[Indu] Sir, I need some help.
I am not happy to say this
but I can't help it.
[Prabhat] No, no, please tell me.
Sir, today is vaccination day.
It's a Wednesday, you see.
Devendra Bhai has left the CMO's
office for vaccine delivery.
I am in the field.
[Indu] So, can you receive the vaccine?
Yes, I will take it.
Sir, I have sent my son, Sudhir.
He will take it from you.
You can give it to him.
Okay, done. Bye.
[indistinct chatter]
Get into the line, please.
-What do you want to get checked?
-I have a stomach ache.
I will hit you so bad your
whole body will ache.
Sit quietly.
Don't give yourself airs. Hold him.
Just shift over a bit.
-[Chetak] Are your ablutions okay?
-[woman] Yes.
Show me the next Sunday.
Yes, okay. Greetings.
Greetings.
Greetings, doctor.
Mr. Phutani!
Any problems?
Do I only come to meet you
when I have problems?
Of course, you do.
Tell me now.
[baby crying]
[playful music]
Is this a new pen you have got?
Mister, stop kidding. Do you
see the crowd waiting outside?
-I did see that.
-I know, right?
So, we are also on duty presently.
I can see…
how well you are doing your duty.
Come on, tell me, what do you want?
The MO wants to meet you.
-Me?
-Yes.
What for?
Both of you are experts
in the same field, right?
I guess he wants to discuss something.
Does your MO eat mutton and all?
I have seen him eating eggs and fish.
-I guess he eats mutton too.
-No.
Listen.
Some folks don't touch an animal
that can scream.
Does fish scream?
[playful music continues]
Listen to me.
Get a huge bucket
and fill it with water.
[Chetak] Release a live Rohu fish into it.
Then stick your head into the water
and grab the fish by the gills.
See for yourself if the fish
is screaming or singing.
Mister, what is wrong with you?
Does fish scream or not?
You do know I am free
from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., right?
Yes.
Bring him over for lunch.
We will eat mutton and chat.
[Ram Avtar] Wretched hangman!
He has ruined me.
[Ram Avtar] What kind of doctor is he?
Nobody comes to him.
He used to talk a lot.
The patients will come.
There's not even a dog shitting here.
[Ram Avtar] He got my grain cut down.
If you harass the poor,
someone will harass you too.
Devendra ji, Indu ji asked
you to give me the vaccine.
I hear you've not got
your first patient yet.
[Ram Avtar laughing]
The doctor's done!
-Hello, sir.
-How are you, Sudhir?
Fine.
-Bloody liar.
-[phone ringing]
Yes, Mr. Phutani.
[Phutani] Sir, do you eat mutton?
Where are you roaming instead
of being at the PHC, Mr. Phutani?
[Phutani] No, no, sir.
I am not roaming around.
You said you want to
meet the doctor, right?
I am arranging for that.
[Phutani] The doctor said to call
you over at lunchtime.
You can eat meat and
rice and have a chat too.
Sir, the doctor is only free
between 2:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Whereas, we are free all day, right?
We can eat lunch at any random time.
[Prabhat] Mr. Phutani, am I the MO
who is going to eat
mutton with some
quack in his clinic?
What signal would that send out?
[Phutani] Signal?
Who would it send a signal to, sir?
I mean to say, the people who
would see it. For example, his patients.
Sir, would anyone recognize you?
[Phutani] Come over, sir.
The doctor doesn't invite
you to lunch every day.
Mr. Phutani, tell him
that if he has to meet me,
he should come and
meet me at my PHC. Okay?
Sir. Sir?
[playful music]
What is the matter, sir?
Don't you like the food?
No, I am not hungry.
Sir, do you know Kishori Bhai?
The one whose dad passed away.
[Gobind] The day you arrived here.
He's hosting a banquet on the 13th day
of the death.
Kishori Bhai told me this.
Gobind Babu, you sit around
doing nothing in the PHC anyway.
Go and call out everyone to the banquet.
I know what you're thinking about, sir.
You're probably wondering
what a call-out is.
[Gobind] City folks can't be expected
to understand it.
Sir, in the village, everyone is given
a personal invite on
the day of the banquet.
That's called a call-out.
Kishori Bhai said,
that the first call out…
has to be made to you.
So, here's the call out.
I am going. There's a lot to do there.
Hmm.
You are busy working.
Sir, it's getting colder now.
Take care of yourself.
Give me the vaccine, sir.
I have to leave for the camp.
What do you mean by that?
I gave it already.
No, I mean, who did you give it to?
What do you mean by who? You asked me
to give it to Sudhir. I gave it to him.
No, sir. He called me, saying,
"Mom, I will be late for classes."
-So, you can go and take it.
-How can he say he didn't take it?
He came over. I gave it to him.
Call him.
Sir, why should I call him?
He's outside.
Let's go and check. He came
this morning. I just gave it to him.
[Indu] Sudhir!
Sudhir!
Sudhir.
I gave you the vaccine, right?
Greetings, sir.
You came this morning.
I gave you the vaccine. Tell her.
This morning?
No, sir. I was taking
classes this morning.
This is really outrageous, man.
You came over. I gave you the vaccine.
Now, you're refusing it outright?
No, Mom.
Greetings, sir. What is it, sir?
Mr. Phutani, Indu ji told me to receive
the vaccine and hand it over to Sudhir.
I gave him the vaccines.
He's saying I didn't.
That's what he always does, sir.
You know what, sir?
He asked me for a pipe once.
He said, "Uncle, give me a pipe.
I must water the fields."
I gave it, being the good man I am.
The next day I said,
"Give the pipe back, son."
He says to me, "Which pipe?"
I slapped him around a couple of times.
Since then, I have not spoken to her.
Listen, kid, if you took it,
give it to sir.
If I didn't take it,
how can I give it back?
-Hello?-Yes.
Yes, Devendra Bhai?
Did you give the vaccine to sir?
Yes, I also got a receipt
from Prabhat sir.
-Okay.-Is there any problem?
No, no. There is no problem.
Sir, he said, he has taken
a receipt from you too.
[angry] But I never said I didn't
receive it from him.
Mom, I didn't take it.
What will I do with the vaccine?
[frustrated] God!
Wait a moment.
Ram Avtar ji was sitting there
when I gave him the vaccine.
-He saw everything.
-Hey, Ram Avtar Baba.
[Phutani] Ram Avtar Baba!
Come here.
-[Ram Avtar] What is it?
-Come here.
Come here, please.
We will expose him today.
Ram Avtar ji, you saw me giving
Sudhir the vaccine this morning, right?
Tell them.
Baba, tell us what you saw this morning.
Gobind, fetch me a chair.
Hey, tell us.
Bring the chair, okay?
Why must you argue about these things?
-Why should I bring it?
-Just bring the chair, okay?
Please.
Get out of the way, Prabhat sir.
[mischievous music playing]
Baba? Hey, Baba.
Yes?
Tell sir what you saw this morning.
-This morning?
-Yes.
This morning.
A guy on a motorcycle
came from a long way off.
Gradually…
Did he reach here?
Devendra Bhai was sitting on it.
He pressed the horn.
How many times?
Three times.
Beep, beep, beep.
No.
Beep, beep, beep.
Beep, beep, beep.
Beep, beep, beep.
Then Devendra Bhai parked his motorbike.
Did he park to the right
or to the left side?
No. He parked on the right side.
It doesn't matter where he parked
the bike. Tell us what happened next.
Hey!
How can you just say
that any side will do, sir?
It was parked where it was parked, okay?
No, no, we must know the truth.
Which side did he park on?
Did he park to the right or the left?
He parked to the left.
-He parked to the left, right?
-Yes.
So, are you done?
So, the motorcycle was parked.
-Yes.
-Now, moving on.
And after that,
the doctor went over to Devendra.
So, there was a vaccine chest.
He lifted that and hung it
on his shoulder.
Then Devendra got the register out.
He took the doctor's
signature on the register.
After that, Devendra Bhai
turned the bike around
and then he zoomed off.
After that…
After that…
After that?
After that, the doctor…
went back inside.
How can you say I went back in?
Sudhir came after that, right?
-Sudhir?
-Yes.
Sudhir came on his scooter.
I gave him the vaccine…
You saw everything from there.
Hey, how can I say I saw it
when I didn't see it?
I didn't see it.
Oh, man!
Hey, doctor.
Don't you have the vaccine?
After that…
It's okay, it's okay.
[Gobind] Sir, he's drunk on toddy.
Nurse didi.
I have heard that the doctor
hasn't had a single patient yet.
[Ram Avtar chuckling]
[Phutani] Sir, Sudhir is a liar
of the highest order.
His father was a liar just like him.
He stayed with Nurse didi
for so many years.
He said, "I'm your husband."
Nurse didi got up one morning
and the husband was missing. Her
husband had vanished without a trace.
Just let it go, Mr. Phutani.
How can I let it go?
He has framed sir, right?
Sir, if there is a call
from the CMO office,
then you can say clearly you did
what Nurse Indu Devi told you to do.
She said to give the vaccine to her son.
So you gave the vaccine to her son.
Now, she should be investigated.
Why should you be subjected to it?
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Yes, sir.
[Prabhat] Yes, sir.
Sir, I received it.
You found out.
[Prabhat] Yes, I'll be there at 4:00 p.m.
That was a call from the CMO sir.
He is angry since the camp is set up,
but the vaccine hasn't been delivered.
Come on, all of you.
I have to go and give invites
for Kishori Bhai's banquet.
Mr. Phutani, you come along.
Sir, I have to fix a meeting
with the doctor.
The CMO sir is calling and you
are bothered about the quack?
I will go alone.
You do the "call out".
[somber music playing]
[Phutani] There's a banquet
at Kishori Bhai's place.
There's a banquet
at Kishori Bhai's place.
There's a banquet
at Kishori Bhai's place.
There's a banquet
at Kishori Bhai's place.
There's a banquet.
[man] Mr. Phutani.
Hey!
What's up, Mr. Phutani?
[man] Since the clinic has opened up,
you have not met me even once.
Let's see how long it stays open.
Why? What has happened?
That liar Sudhir will
get it all shut down.
[Phutani] MO sir gave that
unfortunate thief the vaccine.
When he was asked for it,
he said, "What vaccine?"
The CMO has called him over
for investigation. Imagine that.
[Phutani] Nurse didi could have done
something about it if she wanted to.
But no way.
Everyone has to be blinded
by their love for their child.
Are you out to give invites
or to bad mouth my son?
Did I say anything wrong?
What is this?
"Did you say anything wrong?"
What do you want?
[Indu] Instead of explaining
things, you're going
to every locality and slandering my son.
Isn't your son a liar?
[Phutani] What should I call
a liar, if not a liar?
[man] He lies throughout the day.
[Indu] He's a liar?
He is a liar, right?
Get down.
Here you are.
You're really upset, right?
Kill him. Kill him and end the story.
[Indu] Speak up. Say something, son.
Speak up!
Speak, speak, speak!
[Indu] Speak! Tell everyone.
Why don't you speak? Go on!
Mom, I didn't take it.
Who would believe that when you say it?
Will he believe you?
Or will these folks believe it?
Who will believe you?
The entire village
is hassled by this one.
Even his own father was hassled by him.
He has abandoned him and gone away.
But nobody feels relieved yet.
Hey, Mr. Phutani, just kill him.
Just finish him off, okay?
[Indu] What are you looking at?
He's a problem for
the entire village, right?
[Indu panting]
Okay, then. I'm leaving.
[man] Yes, of course. What's to be done?
[Sudhir] The exams are coming up.
I have prepared well.
I will pass this time around.
When you cried outside
in front of everyone,
I didn't like it at all.
[sad music playing]
OFFICE, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
They called us before lunch.
Official administration
may take time, sir.
Let me speak to him. Listen.
MO sir has arrived from Bhatkundi.
-The CMO sir called him, right?
-Yes.
See, his name must be somewhere
on the list.
Here it is.
-[phone ringing]
-[muffled chatter]
Hello.
Hi.
So, CMO sir or Babu Saheb?
-CMO sir.
-I had a feeling.
People only get this nervous
about meeting the CMO sir.
[CMO] Babu. Call Prabhat Sinha.
-[Babu] Prabhat Sinha sir.
-[Gobind] Sir.
[in English] I'll see you.
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Good afternoon, sir.
Greetings, sir.
What is it?
I am with sir. I'm the ward boy.
Should I arrange for tea and snacks?
[CMO] Were you invited here?
Get out of here.
Go and stand outside.
Sit.
The camp was organized
in your village, right?
It's so difficult in the rural areas
and villages
to get people out of their homes
and lead them to the camps.
Do you know that?
It takes months of hard work.
After all that has happened,
we find out that the vaccine is missing.
You received it, right?
Yes, sir. I received it. Actually…
-It got misplaced.
-Was it misplaced?
Did you misplace vaccines
worth six lakh rupees?
The government spends so much
to send out vaccines to the villages.
While you're saying it got misplaced!
Sir, it wasn't my fault. I…
The nurse told me…
Here you are.
Write.
Write down who is to blame.
Give it in writing.
Give it in writing who is to blame.
The one who is to blame
will be investigated.
And that person will pay for it.
It was misplaced!
Sir, actually, it was my fault.
[CMO] Were you wasting my time here
for so long?
Is this your father's clinic?
[CMO] That's the problem with you guys.
You come here, thinking of it
as a punishment posting.
[CMO] You won't do any work.
It's not like that, sir.
I came here of my own choice.
[CMO] So, did you do us
a favor by doing that?
Sir, my PHC was totally non-functioning.
There was no road even to get to it.
-We…
-[CMO] How many patients visit your PHC?
Ten?
Four?
[CMO] Two? How many?
That's the common
problem in villages, you see.
-They aren't coming over.
-[CMO] Babu.
[Babu] Yes, sir.
[CMO] Send Ms. Gargi inside.
[Babu] Gargi ma'am, you've been called.
Yes, sir.
When you arrived,
what was your PHC like?
It was okay, sir.
It was bad.
It was very bad.
[CMO] But she won't say that.
Why?
Because she is aware of
the government administration.
[CMO] What was the patient
footfall within ten days?
Sir, about 30 to 40.
Meanwhile, he's not
even earned his first patient.
[CMO] Let me explain.
You guys come to the village,
charged with enthusiasm.
But you start hating the villagers
within four days.
But the investigation will happen.
I will think about
when, where, and how
it will happen later.
You can leave.
[sad piano playing]
[Prabhat] Park to the side.
Give me a cigarette.
I don't have cigarettes. Will bidi do?
You seem to be new to the village.
Where are you from?
[Gobind] Hey, brother.
Just do your job, okay?
Forget about it, sir.
You didn't do anything wrong.
-In fact, whatever you are doing is good.
-What am I doing that is good?
[Prabhat] What am I doing that is good?
We haven't had a single
patient for 13 days.
That quack has people
lining up in droves.
[Prabhat] I am doing well!
He's a doctor. He's smoking a cigarette.
[trumpet playing]
[Dinesh] When I recited poetry
as a kid,
Uncle Sipahi used to say this…
"Dinesh, when you recite poems,
I hear the voice of the poet, Dinkar."
-[Dinesh] Uncle Sipahi…
-It's okay, sir. These things happen.
[Dinesh] He must be listening to me,
even from up there.
-[Dinesh] He must be holding onto a 500…
-[background chatter]
Sir, take your shoes off.
[Dinesh]He must be sitting with it.
Do I have to come along?
[Dinesh] We know.
The entire village has
come for Uncle Sipahi.
-How can you not be there?
-[Dinesh] The path.
[Phutani] Hey, Gobind.
Why are you so late?
I had to bring sir along.
Come on, serve rice. Go on.
I invited everyone.
See, the seats are all taken.
We should have come earlier.
Let's go over there, sir.
[Dinesh] Please pay attention.
There is henna on the palms.
The henna is stained red.
There is henna on the palms.
The henna is stained red.
Uncle Sipahi, without you the
village seems desolate now.
Uncle Sipahi, without you the
village seems desolate now.
[Dinesh] The stars in the sky
have begun to sleep now.
The stars in the sky
have begun to sleep now.
In your memory,
I have begun to weep now.
[Dinesh] In your memory,
I have begun to weep now.
In your memory,
I have begun to…
It's okay.
[Dinesh] And… please pay attention.
The fabric of love
has been scissored to a dearth.
The fabric of love
has been scissored to a dearth.
[Dinesh] The son of the earth has
merged back to earth.
Wow!
The cloud in the sky
and lightning in the cloud.
The cloud in the sky
and lightning in the cloud…
and that is where Uncle has gone forever.
-That is where Uncle has gone forever.
-Wonderful!
[Dinesh] That is where Uncle
has gone forever.
Wonderful!
[Chetak] How long will you keep rehashing
the past and doing this?
-Yes?
-[man] Yes, you're right.
-Baba has passed away, right?
-Yes, yes.
We will also pass away someday.
-Yes, yes, of course.
-Right?
As long as we are here,
let's live happily and lovingly.
-Yes, yes, of course.
-Am I right?
Don't hold on to the small stuff.
-No, no, I won't.
-Arvind.
-Yes, doctor.
-Make the certificate.
-He will get it done.
-Yes, very soon.
-Don't worry.
-Okay.
[chuckles] Look here.
Uncle Sipahi in his… Wow.
[Gobind] Greetings, doctor.
[Chetak] Gobind.
How is your dad's flatulence?
-Absolutely fine.
-All good?
-Yes.
-Oh!
MO sir. You should have told me, fool.
[Chetak] MO sir!
How are you doing, sir?
-[in English] Hello.
-I heard you wanted to meet me.
You made plans and canceled?
Mister, you know, I got
five kilos of mutton cut.
[Chetak] But it's okay.
We have met, right?
Okay.
Why did you want to meet me?
Did you need something?
No, actually,
I heard about you when I came here.
I thought we could meet and…
Because you're not
getting patients, right?
Don't worry about it.
I will send over some guys who
have coughs and colds tomorrow.
[Chetak] It will all get done.
Go ahead and eat. Don't stop.
Hey, Gobind. You didn't serve
him raita. He's eating it all dry…
Which college did you get
your MBBS degree from?
-[chatter quiets down]
-The villagers
call you a doctor.
I bet you've got an MBBS degree.
Do you have an MD as well?
Okay, just tell me the basic reasons
for a fever.
I mean, why does the human body
grow hot?
Tell me.
[somber music playing]
The thing is, MO sir,
you are not bothered by the fact that
I am treating people without a degree.
You are worried by the fact that
despite your high-level degree,
you don't have a single
patient visiting you.
I examine 40 patients single-handedly
during the morning timings.
Everyone knows I don't
have an MBBS degree.
I am not hiding anything while doing it.
[Chetak] What did you think?
This is a branch of a bank
or a police station
that you would open and
patients would line up.
You have to earn the patients, MO sir.
[Chetak] A person won't share his joy and
sorrow with someone just like that.
You have to win everyone's trust.
Get it?
Phutani is your assistant, right?
[Chetak] Do you know why
he didn't wear trousers?
He had recurring boils on his thighs.
I treated him. Ask him.
Tell him about it.
[Chetak] But how would you know it?
You gave the order.
Wear trousers and come to the clinic.
I am involved in the joys and sorrows
of every single person here, MO sir.
They are all my family.
While you came to eat at a banquet,
you are sitting away
from the entire village
on a table and a chair.
MO sir.
This banquet may be dinner for you.
It's a family matter for us.
It's a chance for me to know
everyone's joy and sorrow.
That's the difference…
between your health center
and my clinic.
[Chetak] Okay, go ahead. Go on and eat.
Don't stop.
Son, give him dessert.
He's a guest.
You folks must attend to him.
[soulful song playing]
[song continues]