Adieu Godard (2021) Movie Script
So your dues. .
30 bucks due.
Take just one.
I promise I'll clear all dues
by next week.
God knows how
your family tolerates you.
Such a pervert.
Shut up!
You don't know how it helps.
How?
You won't understand.
You're an idiot.
Like a drug,
it heals you from within.
How?
You won't get it.
Why?
You're dumb.
By next week,
all dues need to be settled!
30 per DVD!
90 for three.
Okay, okay.
It's a double-DVD pack.
If all dues aren't cleared,
no further "healing. "
Okay.
Don't forget.
Okay, fine.
Jaga.
Oh, Hari?
Where to?
Ananda's house with this.
He brought two DVDs.
American or Japanese?
How would I know.
I'll find out.
I'll wrap up my work and head over.
Don't start before I get there.
Foreplay is the real fun.
Run and come back fast.
See, see. . see more closely!
Put your head inside.
Just die, moron! Die!
Is Dr. Tripathy home?
No.
Where is he?
Not on my lap.
My wife is sick.
Every man says that.
I am serious.
When will the doctor return?
I don't know.
He's gone to the hospital.
Okay, thank you.
Hello, Doctor!
Hello.
-I was looking for you.
-Why?
My wife is very sick.
What's wrong?
I don't know,
but she isn't well.
-You've. . at this age?
-No, no.
-No abortion.
-Nothing like that.
Look at my age.
I've seen several old perverts.
Your reputation isn't good either.
Nothing like that.
Then what?
Not sure.
-Food poisoning?
-No.
-Cold and cough?
-No.
Headache?
Then what?
I can't say,
but she looks depressed.
All wives are depressed.
Just forget about it.
But she isn't talking.
There must be a problem.
She needs medicine.
Do one thing.
In a cup of warm water,
add six spoons of salt
twice a day.
Okay.
I have 20. .
Leave it!
May I drop you?
No. . I'll walk.
You might be late.
Don't worry.
Mind your own business.
But I don't have a business.
Good, go home!
Why not study, Joe?
Straight-forward questions.
I tried.
Memorized it all.
But. .
I couldn't recall much during exams.
I told you, Joe
memorizing and understanding
are different.
Understand, don't memorize.
I'm not studying anymore, Shilpa.
I've decided I don't need
money or status.
I'm good with what I have.
My mother, my van, my village.
That's all I need.
Why learn the formula of Ethylene?
I can carry cement on my van
and I'm good at it.
Do as you like.
Stay a van driver or get educated,
it's your choice.
If I do well,
I've got to go to a city for graduation.
So?
Who'll look after my mother?
Auntie Rekha is there.
And that's not an issue.
If you don't want to,
don't do higher studies.
But why not study now?
Whatever you're doing now,
do it well.
I try, Shilpa.
I've noticed that you understand
whatever is taught.
But it doesn't go into my head.
How do you know I understand?
I can read it in your face.
Instead of staring at my face,
if you listen, you'll understand.
If you fail,
I won't talk to you.
I'll try.
I'm serious, Joe.
If you even fail a single subject,
I'll never talk to you again.
You're putting pressure on me.
Pass all subjects. . Chemistry?
Yes, Chemistry too.
36 in Chemistry?
36?
Close enough to let it slide?
Listen.
Okay, I'll score 40.
Promise.
Listen, please.
Potassium, sodium, calcium,
magnesium, aluminum, iro. .
Did zinc disappear?
Oh yes, zinc.
Zinc, ir. .
No, no, start again.
Potassium, sodium, calcium,
magnesium, aluminum, zinc,
iron. .
Mom, pass the lamp.
Get it yourself.
I'm studying.
As if you're doing me a favor.
A body continues to be
in its state of rest
or of uniform motion until and unless
an external force is applied on it.
A body continues to be
in its state of rest or. .
Take it.
-What is it?
-Medicine.
What for?
I know something's wrong.
I went to Dr. Tripathy.
-He suggested. .
-I'm fine.
But, you look depressed.
Can medicine cure everything?
It's a simple treatment.
He's a good doctor.
Take it.
Are you crazy?
Disgusting!
Is this medicine?
I can deal with depression,
but not with your madness.
Threw it away?
What are you thinking?
You should've thrown yourself away.
If your wife is depressed,
guess what she needs.
But, Doctor,
how can I guess
if she doesn't say anything?
Keep her happy.
Now go.
Okay.
How much. .
It's okay.
Shilpa will complete school this year.
She's interested in higher learning.
Competitive exams are coming up.
The exam fees are very high.
Can you send
a little more this year?
I've got some savings, but. .
Only if it's possible.
Yes. . what?
Fine. .
that's good enough.
That will be good.
And. .
Last week you went somewhere?
Your mother was saying.
Okay, okay.
Lost Vedas?
Loss. .
Las Vegas.
Okay, okay.
Is it a beach or hill station?
Okay. . yes, going on.
And. . don't forget. .
Yes, okay. Bye.
So all dues cleared.
Yes, but it's the last DVD in stock.
Why?
Endless problems.
I got away twice.
Police?
Give them a couple of free DVDs.
Those days are gone.
Their salaries have increased.
They aren't taking bribes.
Not taking bribes?
No, they're very strict now.
No illegal business,
no pornography.
Change yourself now,
you old pervert.
India is developing.
Shut up.
Why are you laughing?
Your business will be screwed up too.
No, I have back-up plans.
Legal business starting next month.
Legal business?
Not a single DVD will sell.
As long as Salman Khan is there,
some will surely sell.
One last copy.
Go and enjoy.
Okay listen.
These 30 rupees are for next week.
Just cleared the earlier dues.
You're hopeless.
Anyway I can't supply anymore.
So. . it's free. . enjoy!
Okay, thanks.
Are you upset, Shilpa?
What makes you think so?
You aren't looking happy.
Life has its share
of happiness and sorrow.
What's wrong?
Tell me.
I hate my father.
Too long introduction.
No action.
Gives me headache.
Start it, start it.
What's going on?
Why don't you follow it?
Always impatient.
What's there to follow?
Boring things.
Fast forward!
Fast forward!
Oh, be patient.
10 mins gone, all clothes on!
Boring things.
Ananda, move forward.
It's not wise to wait any longer.
Impatience is a disease.
25 mins gone,
no sign of action.
What nonsense.
You should check before you buy.
Seems a mistake.
Spoiled my mood.
What nonsense!
What nonsense?
The film looks interesting.
Interesting?
Film? Is it a film?
No singing, no dancing, no fighting,
no romance, and it's a film?
That's why it's interesting.
I think the filmmaker
tried something new.
Don't you think?
Yes.
Foreign films make no sense.
It's madness.
What the director has to say,
why should we think?
Just tell me,
is there one good scene?
Worthless director.
My head is aching.
Enough.
More room for me.
Hari, Jatin. . want to join?
Idiot, wait!
You're intelligent,
right?
I find the film interesting.
Isn't it interesting?
Jatin, don't waste time
on such nonsense.
So that's how your father
was introduced to the world of Godard?
Yeah.
But, how the hell did he understand?
Godard is intellectually very heavy.
Initially he didn't understand.
He admired it without understanding?
All that he understood was,
there's something different happening.
And that attracted him?
It did.
But. .
even our film-school students
struggle to digest Godard.
And your father?
In a remote village,
He started admiring Godard.
It's harder to digest
than Godard's films.
Sometimes, rural people
are more receptive.
Absurd.
Did your father watch
all of Godard's films?
Not all.
But quite a few.
Any that were available.
He went on watching
without understanding?
No. One day he asked me.
Shilpa.
Yes.
Do you have an English dictionary?
Yes.
English words to Odia?
English to Odia?
Yes.
Can you give it to me?
What will you do?
I need to know
the meanings of some words.
English words?
Yes.
It's been ages
since I studied English.
Which words?
Okay, so the word is "drawn. "
Again, that's. .
"Drawn. "
D-R-A-W-N.
You started teaching him English?
What's wrong in it?
He patiently learned?
He tried his best.
All of a sudden,
we built a new relationship.
We were not daughter
and father anymore.
We became teacher and student.
I saw the positive in him.
Even at his age,
he was a young
and passionate learner
eager to know more
as if knowledge is
the only mission in his life.
You know, Pablo,
one good thing is. .
You started loving him more?
No, but I started hating him less.
Sounds stranger than fiction.
You can write it as a script for me.
You better write it yourself.
Pablo, if you make films,
will you cast me?
It depends.
On what?
On the film,
on the characters.
Joe.
Joe.
It's okay.
Get up.
Get up!
Don't cry like a kid.
I tried really hard.
It's okay.
I almost passed.
There's no such thing
as "almost passed. "
But it's fine.
You tried and that's all
anyone can do.
You said you wouldn't
talk to me if I failed.
I wanted you to do well.
That's why I said it.
Forget it.
Exams are over.
Come on.
Check out what I brought for you.
Look.
Hey, look!
-What's that?
-A globe.
Geography again?
No, Joe.
The world isn't just geography.
I always dream
of exploring the world.
Maybe the dream
won't come true,
but looking at the globe,
I feel like
I can see the world.
And I want. .
I want to show you the world, Joe.
This is our country,
India.
And somewhere here,
not clearly visible,
is our village.
And we?
We remain invisible forever.
We're tiny creatures.
Our lives are too insignificant.
Our lives, wishes, dreams.
Our feelings, emotions. .
Are you all right?
I'm fine, Joe.
I don't understand
such complex things.
What's complex, Joe?
Can't you keep things simple?
Come on.
Okay, come!
Shilpa, can I ask you something?
When you become a success,
will you remember me?
Don't ask stupid questions.
I'll still be a poor van driver.
You'll be a successful lady
exploring the world.
Rich and famous.
I know you'll. .
What did you do?
Nothing wrong.
If you get pregnant?
That's why I say, "study"!
Do you know Ananda's daughter. .
Shame on you, Ananda.
Is this why your daughter
goes to school?
And does she get good grades?
Is this what she learned?
Shame on you.
What has she done?
What happened?
Has Shilpa done something wrong?
She shamed us all.
If you can't control her,
keep her at home.
Why let her out?
What's wrong?
You go inside.
Explain to me.
What has she done?
You saw it?
No no, I didn't see.
But someone saw.
Hari told me.
Harideb, you saw her?
No, I didn't see her,
but I heard.
Jatin also heard. Jatin. .
Jatin. .
what have you heard?
Tell me!
Ananda, stop it!
Jatin is a simple man.
Don't put him on the spot.
Allegations don't just fall from the sky.
There must be truth in it.
Okay, let me talk to Shilpa.
I promise,
it won't happen again.
It's not so simple.
There must be punishment.
Harideb, please. .
Ananda, our hands are tied.
We're friends, so we'll try
to minimize the punishment.
Jaga, Harideb.
Isn't she like your daughter?
Yes, but. .
The problem is everyone knows it.
It's a prestige issue.
What can we do?
Listen, Ananda.
We'll meet and pass judgement tonight.
We'll see what can be done.
That guy has to also be punished.
Why, why that guy?
Your daughter is a whore.
Shut up!
Why shut up?
If she offers her body,
who is at fault?
The guy has done nothing wrong.
You snake, shut up!
Ananda, calm down!
Look how he's raising his voice.
Father of a whore!
He has no shame.
Our village was always cultured.
Harideb, ask him
to mind his language.
Otherwise I'll. .
Damn old motherfucker!
Stop, stop!
Leave it be.
So, the allegation was that
you had sex with Joe in a paddy field.
Yeah.
What are you thinking?
You didn't tell me this earlier.
We've only been friends
for two months.
You want to know
everything so soon?
Yeah but. .
a story as eventful as this. .
Eventful?
There was no event,
just an allegation.
And then?
There was punishment?
Yes.
What punishment?
Listen, Ananda.
Your daughter will be stripped
and taken around the football grounds.
Hari, I'll kill you!
Otherwise she has to
leave the village.
When you decided to leave the village,
why did you choose this place?
You could've gone
outside of the state.
May be outside of India.
There're scholarships.
I thought I'll go
to the U. S. for higher education.
But my father wouldn't allow it.
Why?
No.
You will not go America.
He started speaking English?
Yes.
And he spoke rather well.
I want to pursue
higher education abroad.
What's the problem?
You will not go America.
Why?
Why not?
Because. .
America. .
has become naughty.
So you chose to come here?
Yes, but not immediately.
The villagers didn't object?
No, rather they
wanted me to stay.
Maybe. .
later they realized it was a rumor.
In fact, after that. .
Harideb, Jatin, and Uncle Jaga
came to my father and apologized.
Did they become friends again?
-Yes, but. .
-But?
Film festival.
You've gone crazy.
What's the problem?
Don't we have festivals?
We do.
But festivals
are for entertainment,
not for boring films.
If we do a festival at all,
let's show popular films.
Understand the intent.
We can change
the culture of this village.
If we do a festival on Godard. .
people will become thinkers.
Thinkers?
Yes, thinkers.
Thinkers?
What will thinkers do?
They will think.
Think?
Yes, surely.
What will they think?
Anything. .
which they haven't thought of.
But why?
Because they'll feel
the pleasure of thinking.
Pleasure?
Thinking is labor.
I'm tired of thinking.
-What were you thinking?
-When?
Then, when you were tired of thinking.
I can't remember.
What are you thinking now?
Now I'm thinking
what I was thinking then.
I'm tired of thinking.
Ananda, don't force me to think.
We'll remain as we are.
Tell me what's the need?
People are happy.
Why should they think?
Thinking will enrich them.
Jatin.
Think. .
one day, our villagers will think.
New ideas will bloom.
Our village will change.
It will be a special village.
Won't it be great?
Jatin, you big dummy!
Don't fucking nod to his fancy.
Don't you know he's mad?
We live in a time when
people have stopped
using their brains.
We need to shake them up.
There was a time
when our ancestors
stopped using tails.
So now we don't have tails.
If we stop using our brains today,
our future generations
will be born without brains.
But. .
There's no but.
We'll do it.
Godard's films
will shake them up.
I have five DVDs.
We'll show them all.
But. .
How do we organize it?
Jaga. .
Are you crazy?
Why even think of it?
It's impossible!
Harideb,
if you want to not get involved,
it's up to you.
We're doing it.
We?
Who is "we"?
Myself, Jaga, and Jatin.
Jaga and Jatin are intelligent.
They understand its value.
We'll do it
and in a grand way.
Since Ananda is insisting,
let's give it a try.
Jaga, I'm warning you,
if you show
those senseless French films,
people will beat you up.
Listen, if you want to save your back
you'd better ignore Ananda's whims.
You've got a negative mind.
You're good for nothing.
Okay, I'll be off.
You'll see where this goes.
And Jatin. .
Jatin is a useless character.
He was supposed
to bring the projector.
Why?
People trust him.
He's a simple guy.
Jatin, don't go.
Stop, Jatin, stop.
It's a trap.
Why fall into it?
Jatin, don't go.
Jatin, Jatin. .
Do your job.
Bring it, Jatin.
Bring the projector.
Jatin, don't be a fool.
They're using you.
Go and return the projector.
Big dummy, they're using you.
Don't you understand?
Jatin, it's a matter of trust.
We trust you!
Everything depends on the projector.
Our plan will fail without it.
Will you get us in trouble?
What did he look like?
Skinny?
Skinny or fat?
Short?
Or tall?
What nonsense!
Same fucking nod.
What's "Hmm-Hmm"?
Fucking dummy!
You ran pushing the bike?
If you rode the bike,
you could catch him.
Idiot!
He must have been puzzled
so his brain didn't work.
Donkey!
Leave it be.
-We need to find the projector.
-Come on.
Leave the bike here.
Come on.
Did a boy run this way?
Haven't seen him?
Hasn't seen him.
Let's check.
Not that way.
Lots of people over there.
This way.
They must be hiding.
Have you seen a guy
with a box?
This is the only way.
Auntie. .
have you seen
a boy carrying a box?
I haven't seen anyone.
Let's go!
Quiet. . shut up!
You fucking dumbbell!
Stop him!
Stop him!
Trying to escape?
Sit down.
I won't tell anyone.
Don't act smart.
So, let's hear your confession.
Why did you steal that?
I didn't want
the festival to take place.
But why?
I love films.
Then you should be happy.
Why don't you make me a part of it?
Oh, you want to be involved?
Couldn't you come and tell us?
Okay, okay, you can be
a part of our team.
People were informed?
Yes.
Really. . strange.
Listen up, listen up.
Friends, listen up.
Tomorrow we are
organizing a film festival
at the "Ground of 12 Ghosts"
starting at 2:00 PM.
Brothers and sisters,
tomorrow we are
showing you a foreign film.
Yes, a foreign film.
All heroes, heroines, villains,
are foreigners.
There are no heroes,
heroines, or villains.
All are characters.
You have to communicate
in language that people understand.
Ananda,
I'm a little scared.
What if we get beaten up?
You are inviting trouble.
Why 2:00 PM?
The Sun will be blazing.
You'll see.
If you say 2:00 PM,
they'll come at 5:00 PM.
We can't help if it's hot.
Once they come, we'll start.
What's the trouble?
Go on.
Listen up, listen up.
Friends. . listen up.
Tomorrow we are
organizing a film festival
at the "Ground of 12 Ghosts"
from 2:00 PM.
Brothers and sisters,
tomorrow we are
showing you a foreign film.
Yes, a foreign film.
All heroes, heroines,
and villains are foreigners.
Revealing costumes
and fair skin.
Don't cross the line.
Don't poke your nose.
Listen up, listen up. .
Friends, listen up. .
Hari bhai,
let's watch a foreign film tomorrow.
Foreign film?
"Let's watch a foreign film"?
Get lost!
It's a new scam.
Foreign film screening. .
French films. .
Intellectual fuckers!
Go. . go. .
Get lost.
Foreign film. .
At the "Ground of 12 Ghosts"
from 2:00 PM.
Tutu,
all the festival-related work,
Jatin will handle.
He knows all the details.
He's a one-man army.
You just accompany him, okay?
Jatin. . so. .
You can pull it off, right?
So it's done.
Hold it.
Hold it.
Get the fuck off!
I carry it, and he sits.
Where should we point the projector?
Point it in your ass.
This way.
Point it that way.
Come on, don't pose.
Dumb fuck!
That's not the way.
Sit and wipe.
Clean that end, dumb fuck.
Sit down!
Sit and wipe.
Properly.
That corner.
It's all on my shoulders.
Footprints.
What?
Why ask him?
Film?
French cinema.
-Come and see it.
-Is it good?
French cinema, man.
Quality guaranteed.
Don't miss it.
What are you staring at?
Get the bamboo.
Keep holding it.
Leave it.
What's happening?
We're screening films.
French films.
Listen, bro,
any "good" scenes?
Top class.
Awesome!
Should I call everyone?
French cinema, man.
You just call them all.
I'll go and let them know.
Come. . come.
Witness it. . witness it in our village. .
in our village.
Highlighting. . highlighting. .
highlighting.
Cinema. . cinema. . cinema. .
Cinema. . cinema. .
Witness it. . witness it. . witness it.
Witness it. . witness it. . witness it.
So, this actually happened?
It's hard to believe.
Godard would have
committed suicide had he seen it.
He would have loved it.
After all. . it's all
for the love of Godard.
You sleeping, bro?
Be patient, bro.
A "good scene" will come.
I gotta go.
Why waste time
on French films?
Any "good" scenes?
No.
Any well-known hero?
No.
No, no. .
Not a minute of dance.
No, no. .
It's giving me a headache.
I need to go.
Really. . a fucking stupid film.
I have to go.
Are we all fucking stupid?
Wasting time over bullshit films.
No!
I could've been sleeping. .
like a log.
Fucking waste of time.
No, enough is enough.
I gotta go.
Pain in the ass.
Is it a romantic film?
No.
Action?
Or a thriller?
What the hell are you watching?
Try to follow.
I was peeling potatoes.
Why did you rush me over here?
What kind of nonsense is this?
Just go home.
I'll show you what film is.
Watching films?
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
Enough of this nonsense!
Hello?
Gopal?
No, I'm watching
a motherfucking film.
A fucking awful film.
Some motherfuckers
are showing French films.
Oh French film. .
French, French. .
fucking French film.
One person. .
Oh, I can't understand
a damn thing.
It's a mind fuck.
A person moves from here to there,
and there to here.
Can't understand a thing.
Here to there,
and there to here.
Just fucked up my mind.
Hello?
Can't you hear, motherfucker?!
Hello?
Can't you fucking hear me?!
Jaga.
Let's go there.
Let's take a look.
Yes, let's go.
Wait. . wait. . wait.
I was thinking,
since Tutu is there
he'll tell us everything.
And Jatin is there too.
Yes, true.
Ananda. .
are we feeling. . scared?
Scared?!
No.
I'm not scared at all.
That Harideb. .
He tried to scare us.
But could he?
No, no.
But, Ananda,
if we aren't scared,
then what are we doing here?
What do you mean?
I told you,
"Let's go, let's go. "
You said we shouldn't go.
When did I say that?
Then, let's go.
Let's go.
Hey. . wait. . wait. . wait.
Well, what you said. .
Tutu and Jatin are there.
It makes sense.
Why are you staring at me like that?
Do you think I'm scared?
-No, no, no.
-No, no, no, no, no.
I'm thinking,
since they're there,
do we really need to go?
You have a point.
But then again,
we planned the festival.
So I think we. .
-Should go, right?
-Yes, we should go.
Yes, but, just think.
If we go there,
Tutu and Jatin will
be completely dependent on us.
They won't take responsibility.
Young blood.
If they don't take responsibility,
how can we organize
the festival every year?
Right, absolutely right!
They are the young ones.
They need to take responsibility.
Of course.
Then I think. .
Let's not go there, Ananda.
But I'm sure
that people are having a blast.
Their forefathers are blessed
that they are watching
Godard's films.
They can't even pronounce
the name of the films.
Think how lucky they are.
Truly, Ananda. .
You made it possible.
No, no.
Yes.
-You made us proud.
-Not just me.
It's all teamwork.
-Tutu.
-Tutu.
You're so restless.
What's wrong?
I came running.
The projector worked?
Yes, the projector worked.
And sound?
Sound is good too.
How many people turned up?
Almost the entire village.
The entire village?
I knew it.
How is the response?
They're cursing us like hell.
What?
That's why I fled the scene.
And that dumb dumb?
Jatin?
Festival, isn't it?
Foreign films?!
French?
Godra?
You'll show us Godra?
Kill this motherfucker!
French film, bastard?
Godard's films?
You show us
those fucking French films?
Fucking festival!
Don't dare do another festival.
You'll show us Godra?!
Intellectual fucker!
Fuck you, French style!
Son of a bitch!
Jatin,
you must be in a lot of pain.
I feel sorry for you.
I told Jaga
we should have gone.
What?
It was me who. .
Quiet. . quiet. .
If we were there,
would they dare touch him?
But we. .
Quiet, I said.
We were late.
Accept it.
They were brutal, weren't they?
They used canes?
So sad.
You saved your ass.
Poor Jatin got brutally beaten.
Shameful.
It's all because of Ananda.
Hey, Harideb,
stop poking your nose
in an internal matter.
We are one team.
Team?
Where was your team
when they caned him
and kicked him?
And, Jatin,
I warned you,
don't trust Ananda and Jaga.
Didn't I warn you?
Just notice their silence.
Had you taken my advice. .
Very painful, isn't it?
Your father is quite spineless,
I would say.
No one is perfect.
By the way,
what happened to that doctor?
-Dr. Tripathy?
-Yeah.
That's another story.
Ananda,
there's a big news.
What?
I don't believe it.
Must be rumors.
Jatin,
you've seen it right?
Tell me.
You've seen it?
So, who was that lady?
No one knows.
Some say she was
a nurse at the hospital.
But nobody's sure.
Another new character.
You can exclude her
from your script.
There's no significance.
The story is interesting,
but the character is confusing.
I don't know how to establish her.
I have an idea.
What if the lady is. .
your mother?
No.
Pablo, there's a limit.
She's my mother.
Ah, calm down.
In a film, she's just a character.
You remember the earlier scenes
where your father
goes to Dr. Tripathy
because your mother was sad.
And what he indicates?
I mean, look.
Won't it add another
dimension to the story
and bind the narrative
in a better way?
I don't care about your script.
You dare not do this.
Okay fine.
Erase it from your mind.
I love the sea.
Mountain is better.
Why must you compare?
Both are good.
Shilpa. .
shall we?
Okay, tell me. .
are you wondering
whether I'm a virgin or not?
-No!
-No?
No.
No?
No.
No?
A firm "No",
then a weaker "No," then a feeble "No. "
And now an obvious silence.
See. . this is obvious
because I don't know your past.
But at least I have
a decency not to talk about it.
How would I know
what you and your Joe. .
What? Me and my Joe?
What if we had sex
in the paddy-field?
I'm sorry, I didn't mean that.
Or in other words,
what is the guarantee that
the allegation wasn't true, isn't it?
Shilpa, you're unnecessarily. .
Go get the condom.
Shilpa listen,
I didn't mean that.
Go get it.
Go. . get it.
Switch off the light.
Okay, keep the night light on.
Shilpa,
I'm sorry.
I don't know if unknowingly
I've offended you.
Why sorry?
Your mission is accomplished.
Cheers.
You're completely
misinterpreting me, Shilpa.
I never intended to hurt you.
I love you a lot.
You love me a lot?
Don't you know?
Then. . why did we. .
What's your problem?
I lost my virginity.
To men it doesn't matter.
You enjoyed it.
Finished.
How does it matter
if you love me or if you don't?
But you insisted.
I wanted to wipe off
the suspicion from your mind.
It doesn't matter to me
if I'm a virgin or not,
but it really matters
when someone I'm with
doesn't trust me.
Just to wipe off any suspicion?
There was no need to be so intimate.
You're lying to yourself, Shilpa.
We were intimate,
yet not one.
The thin sheet of rubber
called the condom kept you away.
How I love the condom.
Don't do this, Shilpa.
I had some clarity
regarding our relationship
and now you've
thrown me into confusion.
Then let me confuse
a little further.
The whole episode of Joe,
"My Joe,"
and the accusation by the villagers
was a story.
It never happened.
Then. .
why did you. .
The moment I introduced
the character of Joe,
I could sense
an uneasiness in your eyes.
I could understand that
there was a seed of suspicion.
So I just made up a story
so that the seed blossoms.
But. . there was no need.
How could I have
exposed your nature otherwise?
Look how fiction works.
Then, it's all. .
a made up story?
Confused?
Shit.
And I was already drafting the script.
What's wrong with the script?
But you said it's not true.
So?
Why does a film have to be true?
Frankly, Pablo, you don't
deserve to be a filmmaker.
And our relationship?
That's also not true?
Certainly not.
You played with my emotions?
Why?
Is it only a man's birthright
to play with emotions?
I don't know what kind of men
you've interacted with.
But I certainly value
human emotions and feelings.
Wow. . great.
Let's go.
It'll take time to go to the station.
So what's your decision?
Regarding?
Us.
You and me were never "us. "
You might have imagined it so.
That's your mistake.
I'll never like to stay with
an arrogant, egoistic,
suspicious guy like you.
You'll never understand me.
You'll never value me.
But I know there's someone,
a simple guy that he is.
You said Joe's story is fiction.
The story may be fictional,
but not the character.
I know he'll wait in his van
hoping that I'll return
and he'll take me home.
He has no expectations.
He only has a dream.
It's tough to be a lover in reality.
I'd rather be his dream.
Shilpa. .
I knew you would come.
Did I keep you waiting?
I would wait an entire lifetime for you.
Come, we must find our way
I'm ready to drown in your tears
Unparted memories
are buried deep in our eyes
O, our lonely lives, alas
You're near, O, dear,
but love is yet to fill the air.
Dear heart,
it's a habit of staying alert. .
Hey, Ananda. .
Your luck is good today.
Why? Any new Godard films?
Stop the Godard obsession.
Neither American, nor Korean.
Made in India.
Indian too?
Yes, Indian too.
Made in India.
Need a scene that's made in India.
A scene made in India.
India!
A scene made in India!
. because I don't know your past.
But at least I have
the decency not to talk about it.
How would I know
what you and your Joe. .
What? Me and my Joe?
What if we had sex
in the paddy-field?
I'm sorry, I didn't mean that.
Or in other words. .
what is the guarantee that
the allegation wasn't true, isn't it?
Shilpa, you're unnecessarily. .
Go get the condom.
Shilpa, listen,
I didn't mean that.
Go get it.
Go. . get it.
Switch off the light.
Okay, keep the night light on.
Listen, friends,
you all know that old man,
Ananda.
He died.
Why did he die?
Because he was a sinner.
What was his sin?
He showed us French films.
God. . God. . Godard.
God. . Godard.
He showed us Godard films.
Don't you remember?
You do, right?
That's why we've decided
that in our village,
be it a French film
or that damn Godard,
it's strictly banned!
Understood?
It's for your wellbeing.
Because God. . Godard. .
Godard is hazardous to your health.
That's why. .
from now on,
even taking the name of Godard
will be considered a crime
and call for serious punishments!
Hey, Ananda,
where are you going?
To meet Mr. Godard.
What madness!
He's a French guy.
How can you meet?
He has come to meet me.
Oh, Ananda!
Even death couldn't teach you a lesson.
Stop!
Hello, Mr. Godard!
How do you do?
Hello.
How are you?
GODARD IS HAZARDOUS
TO YOUR HEALTH
GODARD IS BANNED
IN THIS VILLAGE
Deep in my heart,
you're there forever
Wounded mirrors
often show unknown faces
I'm safely home
in my skeptic reality.
"To be, or not to be,"
it's just an illusion
I was. .
and I am
truly yours
Though not real
You. .
or rather, we. .
shall remain. .
a memorable dream. .
We will keep
flowing in our dreams
I don't mind
drowning in your tears
Come, we must find our way
I'm ready to drown in your tears
To drown in your tears
Be drowned in your tears
Drowning in your tears
Be drowned in your tears.
30 bucks due.
Take just one.
I promise I'll clear all dues
by next week.
God knows how
your family tolerates you.
Such a pervert.
Shut up!
You don't know how it helps.
How?
You won't understand.
You're an idiot.
Like a drug,
it heals you from within.
How?
You won't get it.
Why?
You're dumb.
By next week,
all dues need to be settled!
30 per DVD!
90 for three.
Okay, okay.
It's a double-DVD pack.
If all dues aren't cleared,
no further "healing. "
Okay.
Don't forget.
Okay, fine.
Jaga.
Oh, Hari?
Where to?
Ananda's house with this.
He brought two DVDs.
American or Japanese?
How would I know.
I'll find out.
I'll wrap up my work and head over.
Don't start before I get there.
Foreplay is the real fun.
Run and come back fast.
See, see. . see more closely!
Put your head inside.
Just die, moron! Die!
Is Dr. Tripathy home?
No.
Where is he?
Not on my lap.
My wife is sick.
Every man says that.
I am serious.
When will the doctor return?
I don't know.
He's gone to the hospital.
Okay, thank you.
Hello, Doctor!
Hello.
-I was looking for you.
-Why?
My wife is very sick.
What's wrong?
I don't know,
but she isn't well.
-You've. . at this age?
-No, no.
-No abortion.
-Nothing like that.
Look at my age.
I've seen several old perverts.
Your reputation isn't good either.
Nothing like that.
Then what?
Not sure.
-Food poisoning?
-No.
-Cold and cough?
-No.
Headache?
Then what?
I can't say,
but she looks depressed.
All wives are depressed.
Just forget about it.
But she isn't talking.
There must be a problem.
She needs medicine.
Do one thing.
In a cup of warm water,
add six spoons of salt
twice a day.
Okay.
I have 20. .
Leave it!
May I drop you?
No. . I'll walk.
You might be late.
Don't worry.
Mind your own business.
But I don't have a business.
Good, go home!
Why not study, Joe?
Straight-forward questions.
I tried.
Memorized it all.
But. .
I couldn't recall much during exams.
I told you, Joe
memorizing and understanding
are different.
Understand, don't memorize.
I'm not studying anymore, Shilpa.
I've decided I don't need
money or status.
I'm good with what I have.
My mother, my van, my village.
That's all I need.
Why learn the formula of Ethylene?
I can carry cement on my van
and I'm good at it.
Do as you like.
Stay a van driver or get educated,
it's your choice.
If I do well,
I've got to go to a city for graduation.
So?
Who'll look after my mother?
Auntie Rekha is there.
And that's not an issue.
If you don't want to,
don't do higher studies.
But why not study now?
Whatever you're doing now,
do it well.
I try, Shilpa.
I've noticed that you understand
whatever is taught.
But it doesn't go into my head.
How do you know I understand?
I can read it in your face.
Instead of staring at my face,
if you listen, you'll understand.
If you fail,
I won't talk to you.
I'll try.
I'm serious, Joe.
If you even fail a single subject,
I'll never talk to you again.
You're putting pressure on me.
Pass all subjects. . Chemistry?
Yes, Chemistry too.
36 in Chemistry?
36?
Close enough to let it slide?
Listen.
Okay, I'll score 40.
Promise.
Listen, please.
Potassium, sodium, calcium,
magnesium, aluminum, iro. .
Did zinc disappear?
Oh yes, zinc.
Zinc, ir. .
No, no, start again.
Potassium, sodium, calcium,
magnesium, aluminum, zinc,
iron. .
Mom, pass the lamp.
Get it yourself.
I'm studying.
As if you're doing me a favor.
A body continues to be
in its state of rest
or of uniform motion until and unless
an external force is applied on it.
A body continues to be
in its state of rest or. .
Take it.
-What is it?
-Medicine.
What for?
I know something's wrong.
I went to Dr. Tripathy.
-He suggested. .
-I'm fine.
But, you look depressed.
Can medicine cure everything?
It's a simple treatment.
He's a good doctor.
Take it.
Are you crazy?
Disgusting!
Is this medicine?
I can deal with depression,
but not with your madness.
Threw it away?
What are you thinking?
You should've thrown yourself away.
If your wife is depressed,
guess what she needs.
But, Doctor,
how can I guess
if she doesn't say anything?
Keep her happy.
Now go.
Okay.
How much. .
It's okay.
Shilpa will complete school this year.
She's interested in higher learning.
Competitive exams are coming up.
The exam fees are very high.
Can you send
a little more this year?
I've got some savings, but. .
Only if it's possible.
Yes. . what?
Fine. .
that's good enough.
That will be good.
And. .
Last week you went somewhere?
Your mother was saying.
Okay, okay.
Lost Vedas?
Loss. .
Las Vegas.
Okay, okay.
Is it a beach or hill station?
Okay. . yes, going on.
And. . don't forget. .
Yes, okay. Bye.
So all dues cleared.
Yes, but it's the last DVD in stock.
Why?
Endless problems.
I got away twice.
Police?
Give them a couple of free DVDs.
Those days are gone.
Their salaries have increased.
They aren't taking bribes.
Not taking bribes?
No, they're very strict now.
No illegal business,
no pornography.
Change yourself now,
you old pervert.
India is developing.
Shut up.
Why are you laughing?
Your business will be screwed up too.
No, I have back-up plans.
Legal business starting next month.
Legal business?
Not a single DVD will sell.
As long as Salman Khan is there,
some will surely sell.
One last copy.
Go and enjoy.
Okay listen.
These 30 rupees are for next week.
Just cleared the earlier dues.
You're hopeless.
Anyway I can't supply anymore.
So. . it's free. . enjoy!
Okay, thanks.
Are you upset, Shilpa?
What makes you think so?
You aren't looking happy.
Life has its share
of happiness and sorrow.
What's wrong?
Tell me.
I hate my father.
Too long introduction.
No action.
Gives me headache.
Start it, start it.
What's going on?
Why don't you follow it?
Always impatient.
What's there to follow?
Boring things.
Fast forward!
Fast forward!
Oh, be patient.
10 mins gone, all clothes on!
Boring things.
Ananda, move forward.
It's not wise to wait any longer.
Impatience is a disease.
25 mins gone,
no sign of action.
What nonsense.
You should check before you buy.
Seems a mistake.
Spoiled my mood.
What nonsense!
What nonsense?
The film looks interesting.
Interesting?
Film? Is it a film?
No singing, no dancing, no fighting,
no romance, and it's a film?
That's why it's interesting.
I think the filmmaker
tried something new.
Don't you think?
Yes.
Foreign films make no sense.
It's madness.
What the director has to say,
why should we think?
Just tell me,
is there one good scene?
Worthless director.
My head is aching.
Enough.
More room for me.
Hari, Jatin. . want to join?
Idiot, wait!
You're intelligent,
right?
I find the film interesting.
Isn't it interesting?
Jatin, don't waste time
on such nonsense.
So that's how your father
was introduced to the world of Godard?
Yeah.
But, how the hell did he understand?
Godard is intellectually very heavy.
Initially he didn't understand.
He admired it without understanding?
All that he understood was,
there's something different happening.
And that attracted him?
It did.
But. .
even our film-school students
struggle to digest Godard.
And your father?
In a remote village,
He started admiring Godard.
It's harder to digest
than Godard's films.
Sometimes, rural people
are more receptive.
Absurd.
Did your father watch
all of Godard's films?
Not all.
But quite a few.
Any that were available.
He went on watching
without understanding?
No. One day he asked me.
Shilpa.
Yes.
Do you have an English dictionary?
Yes.
English words to Odia?
English to Odia?
Yes.
Can you give it to me?
What will you do?
I need to know
the meanings of some words.
English words?
Yes.
It's been ages
since I studied English.
Which words?
Okay, so the word is "drawn. "
Again, that's. .
"Drawn. "
D-R-A-W-N.
You started teaching him English?
What's wrong in it?
He patiently learned?
He tried his best.
All of a sudden,
we built a new relationship.
We were not daughter
and father anymore.
We became teacher and student.
I saw the positive in him.
Even at his age,
he was a young
and passionate learner
eager to know more
as if knowledge is
the only mission in his life.
You know, Pablo,
one good thing is. .
You started loving him more?
No, but I started hating him less.
Sounds stranger than fiction.
You can write it as a script for me.
You better write it yourself.
Pablo, if you make films,
will you cast me?
It depends.
On what?
On the film,
on the characters.
Joe.
Joe.
It's okay.
Get up.
Get up!
Don't cry like a kid.
I tried really hard.
It's okay.
I almost passed.
There's no such thing
as "almost passed. "
But it's fine.
You tried and that's all
anyone can do.
You said you wouldn't
talk to me if I failed.
I wanted you to do well.
That's why I said it.
Forget it.
Exams are over.
Come on.
Check out what I brought for you.
Look.
Hey, look!
-What's that?
-A globe.
Geography again?
No, Joe.
The world isn't just geography.
I always dream
of exploring the world.
Maybe the dream
won't come true,
but looking at the globe,
I feel like
I can see the world.
And I want. .
I want to show you the world, Joe.
This is our country,
India.
And somewhere here,
not clearly visible,
is our village.
And we?
We remain invisible forever.
We're tiny creatures.
Our lives are too insignificant.
Our lives, wishes, dreams.
Our feelings, emotions. .
Are you all right?
I'm fine, Joe.
I don't understand
such complex things.
What's complex, Joe?
Can't you keep things simple?
Come on.
Okay, come!
Shilpa, can I ask you something?
When you become a success,
will you remember me?
Don't ask stupid questions.
I'll still be a poor van driver.
You'll be a successful lady
exploring the world.
Rich and famous.
I know you'll. .
What did you do?
Nothing wrong.
If you get pregnant?
That's why I say, "study"!
Do you know Ananda's daughter. .
Shame on you, Ananda.
Is this why your daughter
goes to school?
And does she get good grades?
Is this what she learned?
Shame on you.
What has she done?
What happened?
Has Shilpa done something wrong?
She shamed us all.
If you can't control her,
keep her at home.
Why let her out?
What's wrong?
You go inside.
Explain to me.
What has she done?
You saw it?
No no, I didn't see.
But someone saw.
Hari told me.
Harideb, you saw her?
No, I didn't see her,
but I heard.
Jatin also heard. Jatin. .
Jatin. .
what have you heard?
Tell me!
Ananda, stop it!
Jatin is a simple man.
Don't put him on the spot.
Allegations don't just fall from the sky.
There must be truth in it.
Okay, let me talk to Shilpa.
I promise,
it won't happen again.
It's not so simple.
There must be punishment.
Harideb, please. .
Ananda, our hands are tied.
We're friends, so we'll try
to minimize the punishment.
Jaga, Harideb.
Isn't she like your daughter?
Yes, but. .
The problem is everyone knows it.
It's a prestige issue.
What can we do?
Listen, Ananda.
We'll meet and pass judgement tonight.
We'll see what can be done.
That guy has to also be punished.
Why, why that guy?
Your daughter is a whore.
Shut up!
Why shut up?
If she offers her body,
who is at fault?
The guy has done nothing wrong.
You snake, shut up!
Ananda, calm down!
Look how he's raising his voice.
Father of a whore!
He has no shame.
Our village was always cultured.
Harideb, ask him
to mind his language.
Otherwise I'll. .
Damn old motherfucker!
Stop, stop!
Leave it be.
So, the allegation was that
you had sex with Joe in a paddy field.
Yeah.
What are you thinking?
You didn't tell me this earlier.
We've only been friends
for two months.
You want to know
everything so soon?
Yeah but. .
a story as eventful as this. .
Eventful?
There was no event,
just an allegation.
And then?
There was punishment?
Yes.
What punishment?
Listen, Ananda.
Your daughter will be stripped
and taken around the football grounds.
Hari, I'll kill you!
Otherwise she has to
leave the village.
When you decided to leave the village,
why did you choose this place?
You could've gone
outside of the state.
May be outside of India.
There're scholarships.
I thought I'll go
to the U. S. for higher education.
But my father wouldn't allow it.
Why?
No.
You will not go America.
He started speaking English?
Yes.
And he spoke rather well.
I want to pursue
higher education abroad.
What's the problem?
You will not go America.
Why?
Why not?
Because. .
America. .
has become naughty.
So you chose to come here?
Yes, but not immediately.
The villagers didn't object?
No, rather they
wanted me to stay.
Maybe. .
later they realized it was a rumor.
In fact, after that. .
Harideb, Jatin, and Uncle Jaga
came to my father and apologized.
Did they become friends again?
-Yes, but. .
-But?
Film festival.
You've gone crazy.
What's the problem?
Don't we have festivals?
We do.
But festivals
are for entertainment,
not for boring films.
If we do a festival at all,
let's show popular films.
Understand the intent.
We can change
the culture of this village.
If we do a festival on Godard. .
people will become thinkers.
Thinkers?
Yes, thinkers.
Thinkers?
What will thinkers do?
They will think.
Think?
Yes, surely.
What will they think?
Anything. .
which they haven't thought of.
But why?
Because they'll feel
the pleasure of thinking.
Pleasure?
Thinking is labor.
I'm tired of thinking.
-What were you thinking?
-When?
Then, when you were tired of thinking.
I can't remember.
What are you thinking now?
Now I'm thinking
what I was thinking then.
I'm tired of thinking.
Ananda, don't force me to think.
We'll remain as we are.
Tell me what's the need?
People are happy.
Why should they think?
Thinking will enrich them.
Jatin.
Think. .
one day, our villagers will think.
New ideas will bloom.
Our village will change.
It will be a special village.
Won't it be great?
Jatin, you big dummy!
Don't fucking nod to his fancy.
Don't you know he's mad?
We live in a time when
people have stopped
using their brains.
We need to shake them up.
There was a time
when our ancestors
stopped using tails.
So now we don't have tails.
If we stop using our brains today,
our future generations
will be born without brains.
But. .
There's no but.
We'll do it.
Godard's films
will shake them up.
I have five DVDs.
We'll show them all.
But. .
How do we organize it?
Jaga. .
Are you crazy?
Why even think of it?
It's impossible!
Harideb,
if you want to not get involved,
it's up to you.
We're doing it.
We?
Who is "we"?
Myself, Jaga, and Jatin.
Jaga and Jatin are intelligent.
They understand its value.
We'll do it
and in a grand way.
Since Ananda is insisting,
let's give it a try.
Jaga, I'm warning you,
if you show
those senseless French films,
people will beat you up.
Listen, if you want to save your back
you'd better ignore Ananda's whims.
You've got a negative mind.
You're good for nothing.
Okay, I'll be off.
You'll see where this goes.
And Jatin. .
Jatin is a useless character.
He was supposed
to bring the projector.
Why?
People trust him.
He's a simple guy.
Jatin, don't go.
Stop, Jatin, stop.
It's a trap.
Why fall into it?
Jatin, don't go.
Jatin, Jatin. .
Do your job.
Bring it, Jatin.
Bring the projector.
Jatin, don't be a fool.
They're using you.
Go and return the projector.
Big dummy, they're using you.
Don't you understand?
Jatin, it's a matter of trust.
We trust you!
Everything depends on the projector.
Our plan will fail without it.
Will you get us in trouble?
What did he look like?
Skinny?
Skinny or fat?
Short?
Or tall?
What nonsense!
Same fucking nod.
What's "Hmm-Hmm"?
Fucking dummy!
You ran pushing the bike?
If you rode the bike,
you could catch him.
Idiot!
He must have been puzzled
so his brain didn't work.
Donkey!
Leave it be.
-We need to find the projector.
-Come on.
Leave the bike here.
Come on.
Did a boy run this way?
Haven't seen him?
Hasn't seen him.
Let's check.
Not that way.
Lots of people over there.
This way.
They must be hiding.
Have you seen a guy
with a box?
This is the only way.
Auntie. .
have you seen
a boy carrying a box?
I haven't seen anyone.
Let's go!
Quiet. . shut up!
You fucking dumbbell!
Stop him!
Stop him!
Trying to escape?
Sit down.
I won't tell anyone.
Don't act smart.
So, let's hear your confession.
Why did you steal that?
I didn't want
the festival to take place.
But why?
I love films.
Then you should be happy.
Why don't you make me a part of it?
Oh, you want to be involved?
Couldn't you come and tell us?
Okay, okay, you can be
a part of our team.
People were informed?
Yes.
Really. . strange.
Listen up, listen up.
Friends, listen up.
Tomorrow we are
organizing a film festival
at the "Ground of 12 Ghosts"
starting at 2:00 PM.
Brothers and sisters,
tomorrow we are
showing you a foreign film.
Yes, a foreign film.
All heroes, heroines, villains,
are foreigners.
There are no heroes,
heroines, or villains.
All are characters.
You have to communicate
in language that people understand.
Ananda,
I'm a little scared.
What if we get beaten up?
You are inviting trouble.
Why 2:00 PM?
The Sun will be blazing.
You'll see.
If you say 2:00 PM,
they'll come at 5:00 PM.
We can't help if it's hot.
Once they come, we'll start.
What's the trouble?
Go on.
Listen up, listen up.
Friends. . listen up.
Tomorrow we are
organizing a film festival
at the "Ground of 12 Ghosts"
from 2:00 PM.
Brothers and sisters,
tomorrow we are
showing you a foreign film.
Yes, a foreign film.
All heroes, heroines,
and villains are foreigners.
Revealing costumes
and fair skin.
Don't cross the line.
Don't poke your nose.
Listen up, listen up. .
Friends, listen up. .
Hari bhai,
let's watch a foreign film tomorrow.
Foreign film?
"Let's watch a foreign film"?
Get lost!
It's a new scam.
Foreign film screening. .
French films. .
Intellectual fuckers!
Go. . go. .
Get lost.
Foreign film. .
At the "Ground of 12 Ghosts"
from 2:00 PM.
Tutu,
all the festival-related work,
Jatin will handle.
He knows all the details.
He's a one-man army.
You just accompany him, okay?
Jatin. . so. .
You can pull it off, right?
So it's done.
Hold it.
Hold it.
Get the fuck off!
I carry it, and he sits.
Where should we point the projector?
Point it in your ass.
This way.
Point it that way.
Come on, don't pose.
Dumb fuck!
That's not the way.
Sit and wipe.
Clean that end, dumb fuck.
Sit down!
Sit and wipe.
Properly.
That corner.
It's all on my shoulders.
Footprints.
What?
Why ask him?
Film?
French cinema.
-Come and see it.
-Is it good?
French cinema, man.
Quality guaranteed.
Don't miss it.
What are you staring at?
Get the bamboo.
Keep holding it.
Leave it.
What's happening?
We're screening films.
French films.
Listen, bro,
any "good" scenes?
Top class.
Awesome!
Should I call everyone?
French cinema, man.
You just call them all.
I'll go and let them know.
Come. . come.
Witness it. . witness it in our village. .
in our village.
Highlighting. . highlighting. .
highlighting.
Cinema. . cinema. . cinema. .
Cinema. . cinema. .
Witness it. . witness it. . witness it.
Witness it. . witness it. . witness it.
So, this actually happened?
It's hard to believe.
Godard would have
committed suicide had he seen it.
He would have loved it.
After all. . it's all
for the love of Godard.
You sleeping, bro?
Be patient, bro.
A "good scene" will come.
I gotta go.
Why waste time
on French films?
Any "good" scenes?
No.
Any well-known hero?
No.
No, no. .
Not a minute of dance.
No, no. .
It's giving me a headache.
I need to go.
Really. . a fucking stupid film.
I have to go.
Are we all fucking stupid?
Wasting time over bullshit films.
No!
I could've been sleeping. .
like a log.
Fucking waste of time.
No, enough is enough.
I gotta go.
Pain in the ass.
Is it a romantic film?
No.
Action?
Or a thriller?
What the hell are you watching?
Try to follow.
I was peeling potatoes.
Why did you rush me over here?
What kind of nonsense is this?
Just go home.
I'll show you what film is.
Watching films?
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
Enough of this nonsense!
Hello?
Gopal?
No, I'm watching
a motherfucking film.
A fucking awful film.
Some motherfuckers
are showing French films.
Oh French film. .
French, French. .
fucking French film.
One person. .
Oh, I can't understand
a damn thing.
It's a mind fuck.
A person moves from here to there,
and there to here.
Can't understand a thing.
Here to there,
and there to here.
Just fucked up my mind.
Hello?
Can't you hear, motherfucker?!
Hello?
Can't you fucking hear me?!
Jaga.
Let's go there.
Let's take a look.
Yes, let's go.
Wait. . wait. . wait.
I was thinking,
since Tutu is there
he'll tell us everything.
And Jatin is there too.
Yes, true.
Ananda. .
are we feeling. . scared?
Scared?!
No.
I'm not scared at all.
That Harideb. .
He tried to scare us.
But could he?
No, no.
But, Ananda,
if we aren't scared,
then what are we doing here?
What do you mean?
I told you,
"Let's go, let's go. "
You said we shouldn't go.
When did I say that?
Then, let's go.
Let's go.
Hey. . wait. . wait. . wait.
Well, what you said. .
Tutu and Jatin are there.
It makes sense.
Why are you staring at me like that?
Do you think I'm scared?
-No, no, no.
-No, no, no, no, no.
I'm thinking,
since they're there,
do we really need to go?
You have a point.
But then again,
we planned the festival.
So I think we. .
-Should go, right?
-Yes, we should go.
Yes, but, just think.
If we go there,
Tutu and Jatin will
be completely dependent on us.
They won't take responsibility.
Young blood.
If they don't take responsibility,
how can we organize
the festival every year?
Right, absolutely right!
They are the young ones.
They need to take responsibility.
Of course.
Then I think. .
Let's not go there, Ananda.
But I'm sure
that people are having a blast.
Their forefathers are blessed
that they are watching
Godard's films.
They can't even pronounce
the name of the films.
Think how lucky they are.
Truly, Ananda. .
You made it possible.
No, no.
Yes.
-You made us proud.
-Not just me.
It's all teamwork.
-Tutu.
-Tutu.
You're so restless.
What's wrong?
I came running.
The projector worked?
Yes, the projector worked.
And sound?
Sound is good too.
How many people turned up?
Almost the entire village.
The entire village?
I knew it.
How is the response?
They're cursing us like hell.
What?
That's why I fled the scene.
And that dumb dumb?
Jatin?
Festival, isn't it?
Foreign films?!
French?
Godra?
You'll show us Godra?
Kill this motherfucker!
French film, bastard?
Godard's films?
You show us
those fucking French films?
Fucking festival!
Don't dare do another festival.
You'll show us Godra?!
Intellectual fucker!
Fuck you, French style!
Son of a bitch!
Jatin,
you must be in a lot of pain.
I feel sorry for you.
I told Jaga
we should have gone.
What?
It was me who. .
Quiet. . quiet. .
If we were there,
would they dare touch him?
But we. .
Quiet, I said.
We were late.
Accept it.
They were brutal, weren't they?
They used canes?
So sad.
You saved your ass.
Poor Jatin got brutally beaten.
Shameful.
It's all because of Ananda.
Hey, Harideb,
stop poking your nose
in an internal matter.
We are one team.
Team?
Where was your team
when they caned him
and kicked him?
And, Jatin,
I warned you,
don't trust Ananda and Jaga.
Didn't I warn you?
Just notice their silence.
Had you taken my advice. .
Very painful, isn't it?
Your father is quite spineless,
I would say.
No one is perfect.
By the way,
what happened to that doctor?
-Dr. Tripathy?
-Yeah.
That's another story.
Ananda,
there's a big news.
What?
I don't believe it.
Must be rumors.
Jatin,
you've seen it right?
Tell me.
You've seen it?
So, who was that lady?
No one knows.
Some say she was
a nurse at the hospital.
But nobody's sure.
Another new character.
You can exclude her
from your script.
There's no significance.
The story is interesting,
but the character is confusing.
I don't know how to establish her.
I have an idea.
What if the lady is. .
your mother?
No.
Pablo, there's a limit.
She's my mother.
Ah, calm down.
In a film, she's just a character.
You remember the earlier scenes
where your father
goes to Dr. Tripathy
because your mother was sad.
And what he indicates?
I mean, look.
Won't it add another
dimension to the story
and bind the narrative
in a better way?
I don't care about your script.
You dare not do this.
Okay fine.
Erase it from your mind.
I love the sea.
Mountain is better.
Why must you compare?
Both are good.
Shilpa. .
shall we?
Okay, tell me. .
are you wondering
whether I'm a virgin or not?
-No!
-No?
No.
No?
No.
No?
A firm "No",
then a weaker "No," then a feeble "No. "
And now an obvious silence.
See. . this is obvious
because I don't know your past.
But at least I have
a decency not to talk about it.
How would I know
what you and your Joe. .
What? Me and my Joe?
What if we had sex
in the paddy-field?
I'm sorry, I didn't mean that.
Or in other words,
what is the guarantee that
the allegation wasn't true, isn't it?
Shilpa, you're unnecessarily. .
Go get the condom.
Shilpa listen,
I didn't mean that.
Go get it.
Go. . get it.
Switch off the light.
Okay, keep the night light on.
Shilpa,
I'm sorry.
I don't know if unknowingly
I've offended you.
Why sorry?
Your mission is accomplished.
Cheers.
You're completely
misinterpreting me, Shilpa.
I never intended to hurt you.
I love you a lot.
You love me a lot?
Don't you know?
Then. . why did we. .
What's your problem?
I lost my virginity.
To men it doesn't matter.
You enjoyed it.
Finished.
How does it matter
if you love me or if you don't?
But you insisted.
I wanted to wipe off
the suspicion from your mind.
It doesn't matter to me
if I'm a virgin or not,
but it really matters
when someone I'm with
doesn't trust me.
Just to wipe off any suspicion?
There was no need to be so intimate.
You're lying to yourself, Shilpa.
We were intimate,
yet not one.
The thin sheet of rubber
called the condom kept you away.
How I love the condom.
Don't do this, Shilpa.
I had some clarity
regarding our relationship
and now you've
thrown me into confusion.
Then let me confuse
a little further.
The whole episode of Joe,
"My Joe,"
and the accusation by the villagers
was a story.
It never happened.
Then. .
why did you. .
The moment I introduced
the character of Joe,
I could sense
an uneasiness in your eyes.
I could understand that
there was a seed of suspicion.
So I just made up a story
so that the seed blossoms.
But. . there was no need.
How could I have
exposed your nature otherwise?
Look how fiction works.
Then, it's all. .
a made up story?
Confused?
Shit.
And I was already drafting the script.
What's wrong with the script?
But you said it's not true.
So?
Why does a film have to be true?
Frankly, Pablo, you don't
deserve to be a filmmaker.
And our relationship?
That's also not true?
Certainly not.
You played with my emotions?
Why?
Is it only a man's birthright
to play with emotions?
I don't know what kind of men
you've interacted with.
But I certainly value
human emotions and feelings.
Wow. . great.
Let's go.
It'll take time to go to the station.
So what's your decision?
Regarding?
Us.
You and me were never "us. "
You might have imagined it so.
That's your mistake.
I'll never like to stay with
an arrogant, egoistic,
suspicious guy like you.
You'll never understand me.
You'll never value me.
But I know there's someone,
a simple guy that he is.
You said Joe's story is fiction.
The story may be fictional,
but not the character.
I know he'll wait in his van
hoping that I'll return
and he'll take me home.
He has no expectations.
He only has a dream.
It's tough to be a lover in reality.
I'd rather be his dream.
Shilpa. .
I knew you would come.
Did I keep you waiting?
I would wait an entire lifetime for you.
Come, we must find our way
I'm ready to drown in your tears
Unparted memories
are buried deep in our eyes
O, our lonely lives, alas
You're near, O, dear,
but love is yet to fill the air.
Dear heart,
it's a habit of staying alert. .
Hey, Ananda. .
Your luck is good today.
Why? Any new Godard films?
Stop the Godard obsession.
Neither American, nor Korean.
Made in India.
Indian too?
Yes, Indian too.
Made in India.
Need a scene that's made in India.
A scene made in India.
India!
A scene made in India!
. because I don't know your past.
But at least I have
the decency not to talk about it.
How would I know
what you and your Joe. .
What? Me and my Joe?
What if we had sex
in the paddy-field?
I'm sorry, I didn't mean that.
Or in other words. .
what is the guarantee that
the allegation wasn't true, isn't it?
Shilpa, you're unnecessarily. .
Go get the condom.
Shilpa, listen,
I didn't mean that.
Go get it.
Go. . get it.
Switch off the light.
Okay, keep the night light on.
Listen, friends,
you all know that old man,
Ananda.
He died.
Why did he die?
Because he was a sinner.
What was his sin?
He showed us French films.
God. . God. . Godard.
God. . Godard.
He showed us Godard films.
Don't you remember?
You do, right?
That's why we've decided
that in our village,
be it a French film
or that damn Godard,
it's strictly banned!
Understood?
It's for your wellbeing.
Because God. . Godard. .
Godard is hazardous to your health.
That's why. .
from now on,
even taking the name of Godard
will be considered a crime
and call for serious punishments!
Hey, Ananda,
where are you going?
To meet Mr. Godard.
What madness!
He's a French guy.
How can you meet?
He has come to meet me.
Oh, Ananda!
Even death couldn't teach you a lesson.
Stop!
Hello, Mr. Godard!
How do you do?
Hello.
How are you?
GODARD IS HAZARDOUS
TO YOUR HEALTH
GODARD IS BANNED
IN THIS VILLAGE
Deep in my heart,
you're there forever
Wounded mirrors
often show unknown faces
I'm safely home
in my skeptic reality.
"To be, or not to be,"
it's just an illusion
I was. .
and I am
truly yours
Though not real
You. .
or rather, we. .
shall remain. .
a memorable dream. .
We will keep
flowing in our dreams
I don't mind
drowning in your tears
Come, we must find our way
I'm ready to drown in your tears
To drown in your tears
Be drowned in your tears
Drowning in your tears
Be drowned in your tears.