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Presented by
the West Bengal Government

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Based on the novel by
Bibhutibhushan Banerji

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PATHER PANCHALl

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Horihor, the father:
Kanu Banerji

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Shorbojoya, the mother:
Karuna Banerji

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Durga, the daughter:
Uma Das Gupta

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Apu, the son: Subir Banerji
Auntie Indira: Chunibala

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Photography by
Subrata Mitra

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Music by
Ravi Shankar

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Script and direction by
Satyajit Ray

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Who is that?

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That child! We won't have
any fruit left

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Auntie

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The orchard is private property,
bought and paid for

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It will have to be fenced in
if we're to save any fruit

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There are so many thieves about

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That wretched girl of Hori's

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She's always taking our fruit

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You have to keep
your eyes peeled for her

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l just saw her taking a guava
and who knows what else?

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- Tell her off
- What's the use?

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She'll take no notice of me
she's not my daughter

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It doesn't matter what we say;
it's up to her mother

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The mother will be shocked when
she's shamed before the village

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That child is being badly brought up

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Can l help?

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- It's too heavy for you
- l can manage

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Did l forget you, Durga? Wait

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Come here

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She's doing no harm; let her stay

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Why should she watch you eat?

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Run along to your mother, dear

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Did you take something
from Mrs. Mukherji's garden?

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What are you hiding?

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Take them back to her

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Then come back and sweep the yard

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You're spoiling Durga

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- l don't understand
- You do

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You eat the fruit

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The fruit Durga brings you

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You should know better
shouldn't you?

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You think you can do as you please,
living with us

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- l know you
- What do you mean?

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You know. Don't you take things
from the kitchen?

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Oil, salt, chillies

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Shall l look in your box?

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Lost your tongue?

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It's got to stop.
Maybe you'd better go somewhere else

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l've stood it for eight years;
my patience is exhausted

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You spoil my daughter
and l get the blame for it

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It's too much in my old age

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Where are you going?

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Auntie

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Leave her alone, Durga

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Did you hear me?

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What else did l tell you to do?

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- Where have you been, Auntie Indir?
- l was staying with Raghu

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Then this morning
l heard that Hori has...

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On my way l found this child
coming to fetch me

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So we met

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Go and see your lovely new nephew

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Let me see his face properly

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What a little darling

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What are you cooking?

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Pilau, korma... fine dishes

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One day you shall cook them,
or have you forgotten how?

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l've forgotten

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A pity; l thought we might
celebrate our son's birth

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- What about money?
- l shall start work next month

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Landlord Ray has promised a job,
doing his accounts

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Did you ask about pay?

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No, but l shan't slave
as a rent collector for ever

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The money from that job and the fees
for religious ceremonies...

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...will keep the family going for now

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Surely you can understand that

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Lucky January: the boy was born
and you got a job

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That's why l think we should
spend a little...

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...and celebrate his birth in style

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It's good for our prestige, and
people will praise your cooking

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- Will you be paid regularly?
- Why not? Ray is a good man

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You're no judge of that;
you've always been cheated

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What do you mean?

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What about our garden?

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They said my brother owed them
money when he was alive

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The garden paid off the debt

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If we had the orchard now
we wouldn't go hungry

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You should hear what they say
when Durga takes a few guavas

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What do such people matter?
l am a scholar

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Who cares about that here?

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Listen to what l have in mind

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l am going to write original plays
and poems

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l'll soon be in great demand

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The traveling players need
new material

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Most writers are merely
rehashing old stories

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If their stuff is popular...

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...shouldn't my stuff be
even more popular?

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Of course

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And as a scholar you'll be
respected in the village

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And you will teach the boy

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It's not long to the festival

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A good match will be found for Durga

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We'll have two good meals a day
and new clothes twice a year

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That's how it will be; my ancestors
were writers, after all

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l keep alive the family tradition

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In two years we'll be living
in comfort, free of debt

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The house will be repaired...
and no more spinach every day

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Wake up, Apu; it's time to go
to school

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Durga, wake Apu

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l can't make him stir

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There's not much milk; do you
feed the cow properly?

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How many more times must you
moisten your duster?

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Sit down!

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- What do you want?
- Puffed rice, please

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Hand over the money, then

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You've netted a fine catch

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How many pupils now?

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The new boy makes nine

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The nine gems

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What are you laughing at?

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Go on like that and you'll
end up behind a plough

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- You were saying, sir?
- Have you seen any good plays?

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l did see one company

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Gupe, what are you doing?

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The next village has booked
a very good company

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l'll thrash you

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They thought they'd be one up on us,

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but they reckoned without me

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l've booked the finest company
anyone's ever seen

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May l have some of your oil?

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l've not put you down for
a contribution...

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...but l'm sure you won't forget
my needs

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Don't forget your friend Boidyonath

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Wait, Mr. Chakrabarti

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The drummer...

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...of the company...

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...sounds like thunder

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Sude, come here and bring
your slate with you

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Bring me his slate

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So this is what you've been up to

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Hold out your hand

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What are you doing?

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- What are you doing in the kitchen?
- Nothing

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Nothing? Didn't l see you take
something?

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l have no chillies, so l thought
l'd take a couple

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Why didn't you ask?

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Durga, come and help me
when you are free

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Girls of your age should help about
the house, cooking, washing up...

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...performing religious rites

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Is it right to skylark about all day?

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You must learn to cook, mustn't you?

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Are you feverish again today?

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Remember to drink
your herbal tincture

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- l'm hungry
- Haven't you had your puffed rice?

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There is rice for you in the bowl
ask Durga to give you some.

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Help me up

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My back is stiff

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- How are you these days?
- Who cares about an old woman?

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Just look at this

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- It's my shawl for the evenings
- l'll buy you a new one soon

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Can l have a light?

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We can't afford so much tobacco

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Did you ask for your pay today?

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Landlord Ray has his own troubles.
l might risk my job if l ask now

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There must be other jobs
in the town

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You haven't been paid
for three months

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It's the first time

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You're happy to let things slide

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Durga has not been well;
she needs medicine and better food

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Apu needs new clothes;
he's going to school in rags

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The house needs repairing,
debts must be repaid

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We owe Mrs. Mukherji five rupees;
she'll press for repayment

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You must do something

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You won't tell mother?

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She'll hear you

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The sweet-seller

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Halva, fudge, coconut cakes

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Ask father for money

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You ask

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Is he asking for money?
Don't pander to him

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None today?

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Let's follow him to the others

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Let me see what you've got.

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Coming to play with us, Durga?

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Coming? If not, go home,
l'll be back soon

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Like a sweet, Durga?

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Don't give them any. If they want
sweets, they should buy their own

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Tunu, come and play

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What lovely beads

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- Who gave them to you?
- Father

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Let me help you

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What have things come to, when an
old woman has to patch her shawl?

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Durga, come here

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You know it's time to do your hair

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- Can you plait four strands?
- Don't move your head.

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Ranu can

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What dry hair, and we have no oil.
Never mind four-stranded plaits

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Some people are coming to see
if Ranu is a suitable bride

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Who are they?

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Ever seen a train?

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Don't lie

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Do you know
where the railway line is?

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Over the big meadow,
beyond the rice fields

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Let's go there

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Now write the word... wealth

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Were you good at school?

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You're so tiny; do the other boys
tease you?

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l'm not surprised he's left it

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He gets nothing but rice,
but what else can l afford?

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Wash your face

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Where's Durga?

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Shall l fetch her toy-box?

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She's not well brought up

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What has happened?

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Durga has stolen Tunu's beads

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Don't look astonished; she is
an accomplished thief

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Her father bought the beads in town

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Tunu showed Durga

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This morning the beads had vanished

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Durga hasn't been back; anyway,
are you sure she took them?

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Are you suggesting we've invented it?

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- The string could have broken
- lt didn't

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We've searched everywhere

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Did you take Tunu's beads?

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Didn't you?

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She's a liar

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Where do you suppose she got
that fruit?

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What's the matter? What's going on?

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The garden isn't ours;
it's wrong to take the fruit

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But how can you accuse her of
stealing something bought for money?

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She's a child.
Fruit has no name on it

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Listen to that! The rupees l lent you
had no name on...

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...had they?

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When will you pay them back?
l can't wait forever

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When you find the beads
l hope you'll return them

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Our fruit disappears. l complain
and the mother says:

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Suppose the children take it;
fruit has no name on it

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Like mother, like daughter:
a pair of thieves

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Come here

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Tell Durga to come in for her meal

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Then came an ogress,
hobble, cackle, gobble

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''l smell humans!
Who is awake in my temple?''

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Blue Lotus Prince kept guard
while Red Lotus Prince slept

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And at midnight the ogress
CaMe OnCe MOre

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Hobble, cackle, gobble

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''Who is awake in my temple?''

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Father's home

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Give mother the fish

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Put it down

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Come here, l have lots to tell you

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No matter what people say...

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...landlord Ray is a good man

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My three months' wages

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First l will say evening prayers,
then l have much to tell you

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Today l met a rich farmer.
l don't know him...

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...but he greeted me
and said my father knew him

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He said my father officiated
as a priest in his household

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Now he wants me to perform
the same duties

258
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:19,559
They're having a religious
ceremony next month

259
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:22,170
He wants me to baptise them

260
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:27,340
- They are rich
- Have you agreed?

261
00:49:29,519 --> 00:49:33,489
If l agree straight away,
they'll think we are starving

262
00:49:34,239 --> 00:49:36,340
Accept at once

263
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:41,619
The trouble is that some people
will criticize if they know

264
00:49:42,519 --> 00:49:43,360
Who will know?

265
00:49:44,519 --> 00:49:47,539
You might talk; you know
what women are like

266
00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:51,539
l have better things to do
with my time

267
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:56,469
Don't be upset. The client
won't run away

268
00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:01,519
l mustn't seem over-eager; he can
wait until after the festival

269
00:50:02,519 --> 00:50:04,940
We'll manage on my wages until then

270
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:08,849
The children need new clothes
and Auntie needs a shawl

271
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:11,449
We owe Mrs Mukherji five rupees

272
00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:15,500
We'll have to pay all that
out of the wages

273
00:50:18,159 --> 00:50:19,489
And the repairs?

274
00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:22,719
We have survived the monsoon

275
00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:26,650
The repairs must wait,
but l'll get estimates

276
00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:29,920
Something must be done to the kitchen

277
00:50:30,519 --> 00:50:36,320
Don't worry. Kitchen, walls, roof,
everything will be done

278
00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:44,849
How many days to the festival?

279
00:50:47,519 --> 00:50:48,360
Twenty-one

280
00:51:05,519 --> 00:51:07,730
Did you take Tunu's beads?

281
00:51:11,679 --> 00:51:14,170
- Do you know who did?
- No. Go to sleep.

282
00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:19,570
l have another idea for a play

283
00:51:20,159 --> 00:51:24,369
l might be able to write it in a week

284
00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:41,840
You once lived in Benares;
did you have friends there?

285
00:51:42,679 --> 00:51:45,489
l had a few

286
00:51:47,159 --> 00:51:49,829
Isn't there a place by the river...

287
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:53,309
...where men recite from
the scriptures?

288
00:51:54,679 --> 00:51:57,909
It's called Dasasvamedh Ghat

289
00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:00,710
Let's go to Benares.

290
00:52:02,559 --> 00:52:04,730
Don't the orators earn lots of money?

291
00:52:05,239 --> 00:52:08,789
We can't go. How can we?

292
00:52:10,239 --> 00:52:15,260
This is my ancestral home;
how can l leave it?

293
00:52:16,679 --> 00:52:19,840
Why not? You were away
eight years before

294
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:23,110
You left me at my father's
and never wrote

295
00:52:23,679 --> 00:52:27,440
Then l did not know how sweet you are

296
00:52:28,159 --> 00:52:29,530
Save your compliments

297
00:52:30,760 --> 00:52:32,510
This is my home, too

298
00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:39,800
But look at it: it's like
living in the forest

299
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:45,019
At night the jackals prowl around

300
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:50,550
There are no neighbours
l can talk to

301
00:52:52,159 --> 00:52:57,039
You are not always here
and sometimes l'm so depressed

302
00:53:00,239 --> 00:53:02,199
You won't understand these things

303
00:53:03,679 --> 00:53:08,250
You live in your work. Sometimes
you're paid, sometimes not

304
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:16,670
l had dreams, too, of all the things
l would do

305
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:25,250
Those who came before are gone

306
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:29,039
am left behind
a penniless beggar

307
00:53:30,079 --> 00:53:34,820
Day draws to its close,
night's mantle descends

308
00:53:35,679 --> 00:53:40,530
Row me across to the other side

309
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:30,619
Hurry with the twigs, this wood
is too damp to light

310
00:54:48,519 --> 00:54:52,869
A new shawl, Auntie? How nice

311
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:22,730
What a lovely shawl, Auntie

312
00:55:23,519 --> 00:55:28,750
Raju gave it to me, to keep me
warm in the evenings

313
00:55:39,079 --> 00:55:42,099
We're having a picnic;
please cook something

314
00:55:59,320 --> 00:56:02,090
Why is it never her turn
to go and fetch things?

315
00:56:52,159 --> 00:56:53,809
What's the matter?

316
00:57:01,159 --> 00:57:02,139
What's that shawl?

317
00:57:04,760 --> 00:57:08,340
It's a present from Raju

318
00:57:09,320 --> 00:57:11,210
A present, was it?

319
00:57:14,159 --> 00:57:15,000
You didn't ask?

320
00:57:15,679 --> 00:57:16,619
Why should l?

321
00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:22,409
l just remarked that the evenings
were chilly, so he said...

322
00:57:23,159 --> 00:57:25,050
Would he feed you, too?

323
00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:29,909
Don't be angry. l did ask Hori
for a shawl

324
00:57:31,760 --> 00:57:35,380
And as he couldn't give it to you
at once, you went begging

325
00:57:36,519 --> 00:57:38,380
You should be ashamed

326
00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:40,590
Can't an old woman have whims?

327
00:57:41,760 --> 00:57:43,059
Whims?

328
00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:47,550
Don't you realize that the children
often go hungry?

329
00:57:48,320 --> 00:57:52,849
Are you going to dress and feed them?

330
00:57:54,280 --> 00:57:58,530
If you're staying here, stop begging;
otherwise, go away

331
00:58:00,519 --> 00:58:04,099
l can always find
somewhere else to go

332
00:58:05,760 --> 00:58:08,150
Fine! Take yourself off

333
00:58:43,519 --> 00:58:47,000
You'd better go; you can't
stay here any longer

334
00:58:53,519 --> 00:58:57,630
It's lovely; your husband
will enjoy your cooking

335
00:59:02,519 --> 00:59:05,190
- When is the wedding?
- l've forgotten

336
00:59:05,760 --> 00:59:07,269
l know when

337
00:59:08,920 --> 00:59:12,039
It's in two months, isn't it?

338
00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:17,230
- What does it feel like?
- Much the same

339
00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:20,300
- Tell me
- You'll find out

340
00:59:20,840 --> 00:59:24,739
It won't happen to me,
l just know it won't

341
00:59:25,679 --> 00:59:30,599
Your mother is arranging a match,
just wait and see

342
00:59:51,519 --> 00:59:55,559
Raju, are you at home?

343
00:59:56,480 --> 00:59:59,460
- Who is it?
- Your old auntie

344
01:00:02,320 --> 01:00:06,670
l wonder whether you can take me in,
just for a few days?

345
01:00:09,239 --> 01:00:11,199
Only a few days

346
01:00:11,679 --> 01:00:15,889
l get no peace at the other place,
nothing but nagging

347
01:00:18,239 --> 01:00:19,320
Come in

348
01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:24,019
Tell your mother that Auntie
has come to stay

349
01:00:24,679 --> 01:00:27,420
Bring her a chair and a bowl of water

350
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:33,159
l've nowhere to go now l'm old,
so l thought of you

351
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:42,599
Beware, King! If you utter
those words again...

352
01:01:43,440 --> 01:01:45,719
...l shall cut out your tongue...

353
01:01:46,280 --> 01:01:49,760
...and throw it to the jackals
and the dogs!

354
01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:53,920
And l shall destroy you,
for the good of the world!

355
01:01:54,599 --> 01:01:59,269
Father, do not do it, l beseech you!

356
01:04:35,199 --> 01:04:38,150
Durga, go and find the calf

357
01:04:38,760 --> 01:04:41,360
Please tie this on for me

358
01:04:44,239 --> 01:04:46,980
Apu, let's look for Auntie

359
01:04:47,679 --> 01:04:50,559
l want you to find the calf first

360
01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:52,940
What's that?

361
01:04:55,760 --> 01:04:57,719
Who gave you the silver paper?

362
01:05:43,199 --> 01:05:47,699
- He's been at my toy-box
- You're too old for a toy-box now

363
01:05:49,199 --> 01:05:50,920
He took my silver paper

364
01:05:51,360 --> 01:05:53,500
Go and find the calf

365
01:05:59,119 --> 01:05:59,920
Stupid!

366
01:06:00,559 --> 01:06:02,630
Dressing up as a prince

367
01:07:21,559 --> 01:07:24,889
Anyone at home?

368
01:07:25,559 --> 01:07:27,280
Why have you come back?

369
01:07:29,800 --> 01:07:32,190
l'm not feeling very well

370
01:07:32,719 --> 01:07:36,929
l'd like to spend my last days
in the old home

371
01:07:37,719 --> 01:07:42,670
What's the old home to you?
The best thing you can do is leave

372
01:07:44,199 --> 01:07:46,090
Just a minute

373
01:08:11,119 --> 01:08:12,840
What are you waiting for?

374
01:08:13,960 --> 01:08:17,439
Let me rest here awhile

375
01:08:42,239 --> 01:08:45,680
Sister-in-law
have you gone to 'sleep?

376
01:08:47,800 --> 01:08:50,260
Will you give me some water?

377
01:08:50,800 --> 01:08:53,399
Your bowl is there; help yourself

378
01:13:21,920 --> 01:13:22,760
Sit down

379
01:13:27,319 --> 01:13:27,979
Eat it

380
01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:35,180
Where are we?

381
01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:38,069
What are those?

382
01:17:42,390 --> 01:17:46,010
Those who came before are gone

383
01:17:46,760 --> 01:17:50,590
am left behind
Row me across to the other side

384
01:17:51,319 --> 01:17:56,060
Day draws to its close,
night's mantle descends

385
01:18:44,800 --> 01:18:46,239
Will you be away for long?

386
01:18:46,640 --> 01:18:50,470
About a week. l'll call at
Bistupar on the way back

387
01:18:51,199 --> 01:18:56,399
It's a good market town;
something may turn up there

388
01:19:51,350 --> 01:19:53,350
Look, there's father

389
01:19:56,880 --> 01:19:58,489
Ask him for some money

390
01:20:38,560 --> 01:20:42,699
Put the cat down and go and buy
some molasses

391
01:20:45,520 --> 01:20:50,609
Apu wants rice pudding; he's been
asking for it for days

392
01:20:59,520 --> 01:21:01,770
A letter!

393
01:21:07,760 --> 01:21:09,300
Give it to me

394
01:21:25,279 --> 01:21:27,489
arrived here yesterday

395
01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:30,770
The rich farmer has lost two sons...

396
01:21:31,350 --> 01:21:34,609
...so a ceremony
s out of the question now

397
01:21:35,279 --> 01:21:38,159
But don't worry

398
01:21:38,760 --> 01:21:43,989
I'll try to earn money for the
repairs and then l'll return home

399
01:21:44,920 --> 01:21:47,619
Do not worry

400
01:21:52,430 --> 01:21:57,000
Whatever God wills is for the best
Give my love to Durga and Apu

401
01:21:57,920 --> 01:22:00,520
Charity, lady

402
01:22:12,350 --> 01:22:14,739
Alms, good mother

403
01:22:26,760 --> 01:22:29,670
Bless you. One day you will be
goddess of wealth

404
01:28:27,119 --> 01:28:28,979
Why didn't you tell me?

405
01:28:30,920 --> 01:28:34,569
You can't go on like this;
why didn't you tell me?

406
01:28:35,279 --> 01:28:38,229
After all, we're not strangers

407
01:28:39,840 --> 01:28:45,000
Every day l hope there will be
some news

408
01:28:48,119 --> 01:28:50,119
It never comes

409
01:28:50,760 --> 01:28:54,550
Five months now without news
without letters

410
01:28:56,119 --> 01:28:59,880
Let Durga come with me; l'll give her
something to tide you over

411
01:29:04,359 --> 01:29:07,770
- Don't be silly
- l can't take it

412
01:29:12,680 --> 01:29:14,850
l feel so ashamed

413
01:29:37,600 --> 01:29:40,060
A letter!

414
01:30:00,359 --> 01:30:04,329
No doubt you are worried because
have not written for months

415
01:30:05,119 --> 01:30:09,300
Anyway, l have good news:
have been able to earn money

416
01:30:10,119 --> 01:30:13,069
shall be returning home soon

417
01:30:13,680 --> 01:30:17,090
Whatever God wills is for the best

418
01:33:02,840 --> 01:33:06,250
Holy Pond, Flower Garland,
who prays here at noon?

419
01:33:08,359 --> 01:33:11,590
l, fortunate sister of my brothers

420
01:33:36,600 --> 01:33:40,569
Mother Goddess, counsel me
l know not how to pray

421
01:33:46,079 --> 01:33:49,590
May l live in happiness
with my husband

422
01:33:50,279 --> 01:33:54,109
Mother Goddess, grant me this boon

423
01:36:26,399 --> 01:36:29,590
Rain, rain, go away...

424
01:37:35,960 --> 01:37:37,680
Any news of Hori?

425
01:37:38,279 --> 01:37:41,090
He says he will be back this month

426
01:37:42,279 --> 01:37:43,960
Why is he away so long?

427
01:37:47,760 --> 01:37:50,430
Have you any sago?
l can let you have some

428
01:37:51,119 --> 01:37:54,310
If the fever continues to increase
apply cold compresses

429
01:37:57,039 --> 01:38:02,340
No cause for alarm; just see that
she doesn't get another chill

430
01:38:13,199 --> 01:38:16,609
We'll go and see the train
when l'm better, shall we?

431
01:38:18,119 --> 01:38:21,560
We'll have a good look next time

432
01:43:28,720 --> 01:43:30,819
Durga is worse; can you come?

433
01:43:34,760 --> 01:43:38,310
Sweep the yard. l'm going
to look at Durga

434
01:44:20,960 --> 01:44:24,720
Fetch my husband; say l asked him
to come

435
01:44:27,920 --> 01:44:31,569
- Is Durga asleep?
- Yes. Run along, dear

436
01:47:36,520 --> 01:47:39,930
Mother sends these vegetables.
l'll put them here

437
01:48:28,119 --> 01:48:31,739
It would fall while l was away.
Couldn't it have waited?

438
01:50:01,399 --> 01:50:02,869
How are you?

439
01:50:11,920 --> 01:50:14,729
Are the children out?

440
01:50:35,279 --> 01:50:39,920
Where are you going now?
l've brought some presents

441
01:50:41,600 --> 01:50:43,920
l'd have come earlier, if l could

442
01:50:44,680 --> 01:50:48,680
My luck turned at Ranaghat,
at long last

443
01:50:49,680 --> 01:50:54,180
See what l bought in the market there
a pasty-board and rolling pin

444
01:50:58,279 --> 01:51:02,529
A picture of Goddess Lakshmi,
which you asked me to get

445
01:51:04,439 --> 01:51:06,649
A new sari for Durga

446
01:52:48,079 --> 01:52:50,680
After this last year l have
no affection for the old home

447
01:52:54,680 --> 01:52:58,439
l don't know
what we would have done...

448
01:52:59,600 --> 01:53:04,380
...if you and your husband
hadn't helped us

449
01:53:05,600 --> 01:53:10,760
If we had done more
perhaps you would have stayed

450
01:53:11,760 --> 01:53:15,090
It's not your fault,
it's just our bad luck

451
01:53:15,760 --> 01:53:18,949
Other people live here quite happily

452
01:53:19,840 --> 01:53:23,699
l hope you'll settle down
in the new place

453
01:53:33,199 --> 01:53:37,449
These fell in the storm; l thought
you'd like them for the journey

454
01:53:38,279 --> 01:53:39,539
How kind

455
01:53:39,920 --> 01:53:45,010
It's only a few mangoes. l've done
nothing for you in the past

456
01:53:46,800 --> 01:53:48,449
You're really going tomorrow?

457
01:53:49,279 --> 01:53:52,930
Yes. Perhaps we should have
told you before

458
01:53:53,640 --> 01:53:58,210
Never mind. l think that
leaving here is a good idea

459
01:54:00,279 --> 01:54:05,939
Everyone should make a move
once in a while

460
01:54:08,279 --> 01:54:12,600
Staying in one place makes you mean;
it's done that to me

461
01:54:16,279 --> 01:54:20,949
l'd like to go away, too;
l'll see what my husband says

462
01:54:33,920 --> 01:54:37,539
Don't put yourself out on my account

463
01:54:50,079 --> 01:54:54,289
l've been confined to bed
for over a month...

464
01:54:55,920 --> 01:54:59,109
...so l couldn't come to see you

465
01:54:59,920 --> 01:55:04,939
l'm told you're moving to Benares;
is that so?

466
01:55:05,840 --> 01:55:09,390
Yes, we're leaving at dawn tomorrow

467
01:55:10,520 --> 01:55:13,609
You're going tomorrow?

468
01:55:18,760 --> 01:55:22,829
Think for a moment, is this
a wise decision?

469
01:55:24,279 --> 01:55:28,630
You are Rajkestra's son,
Tarkalankar's grandson

470
01:55:29,840 --> 01:55:32,649
Your family has lived here
for generations

471
01:55:33,279 --> 01:55:38,689
We village elders still exist.
You could have asked our advice

472
01:55:39,640 --> 01:55:41,920
Would that have helped?

473
01:55:42,439 --> 01:55:46,479
Look at the house; l haven't
the means to repair it

474
01:55:47,279 --> 01:55:50,760
Perhaps l should have asked
for your help...

475
01:55:51,439 --> 01:55:54,390
...but how long could that last?

476
01:55:55,000 --> 01:55:59,739
l have been saddled with debts
for fifteen years

477
01:56:00,840 --> 01:56:06,279
My hopes of clearing them by selling
some furniture came to nothing

478
01:56:08,439 --> 01:56:12,619
l wanted to be a writer; now my
manuscripts are worm eaten

479
01:56:13,439 --> 01:56:16,039
l hoped to educate my boy,
but it was not to be

480
01:56:16,600 --> 01:56:19,789
And the girl... she is at rest

481
01:56:22,279 --> 01:56:26,210
Sometimes it is necessary
to leave the ancestral home

482
01:56:26,960 --> 01:56:29,350
In town l may earn a little...

483
01:56:29,880 --> 01:56:32,829
...reciting from the scriptures