WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:01:55.310 --> 00:01:58.295 In 1947, India was divided into three parts. 4 00:02:00.249 --> 00:02:03.421 Though Pakistan was one country, it was divided into two parts. 5 00:02:03.570 --> 00:02:05.335 West and East Pakistan. 6 00:02:05.757 --> 00:02:08.511 And right in the middle lay India. 7 00:02:09.460 --> 00:02:11.452 Although East Pakistan's population was greater, 8 00:02:11.664 --> 00:02:13.812 the power lay with the West. 9 00:02:14.546 --> 00:02:16.960 Sixty percent of Pakistanis spoke Bengali 10 00:02:17.289 --> 00:02:19.936 but Urdu was declared the nation's official language. 11 00:02:20.664 --> 00:02:23.007 From the bureaucracy to government jobs, 12 00:02:23.218 --> 00:02:25.585 the Bengali representation was insignificant. 13 00:02:27.070 --> 00:02:30.937 The Bengali-speaking East Pakistanis had been reduced to slaves. 14 00:02:32.242 --> 00:02:36.242 Finally, the first general election was held in 1970. 15 00:02:39.028 --> 00:02:42.692 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's party, the Bangladesh Awami League, 16 00:02:42.903 --> 00:02:44.809 won the election by majority. 17 00:02:46.973 --> 00:02:49.838 But the then President of Pakistan, General Yahya Khan, 18 00:02:49.921 --> 00:02:52.223 repudiated the election results. 19 00:02:53.347 --> 00:02:54.344 Not only that, 20 00:02:54.427 --> 00:02:57.683 he had Sheikh Mujibur Rahman arrested when the latter objected. 21 00:02:59.519 --> 00:03:01.925 This enraged the citizens of East Pakistan. 22 00:03:03.528 --> 00:03:06.489 The oppression birthed a desire for independence 23 00:03:06.630 --> 00:03:10.481 and almost all of East Pakistan rose up in rebellion. 24 00:03:10.565 --> 00:03:12.470 We are Bengalis by the way we dress and speak. 25 00:03:12.554 --> 00:03:14.340 Bangladesh is our beloved country! 26 00:03:14.528 --> 00:03:16.129 Our home is where the rivers flow! 27 00:03:16.265 --> 00:03:18.184 Padma, Meghna and Jamuna! 28 00:03:18.386 --> 00:03:22.530 - Establish autonomy of East Bengal! - Separate the judiciary! 29 00:03:22.613 --> 00:03:26.283 - We reject the curfew! - We reject the curfew! 30 00:03:26.366 --> 00:03:30.221 - We won't put up with oppression! - We will only speak Bengali. 31 00:03:30.304 --> 00:03:34.064 - Valiant Bengalis, take up arms. - Liberate Bangladesh. 32 00:03:34.147 --> 00:03:35.867 We are Bengalis by the way we dress and speak. 33 00:03:35.950 --> 00:03:37.728 Bangladesh is our beloved country! 34 00:03:37.811 --> 00:03:41.463 - We reject the curfew! - We reject the curfew! 35 00:03:41.546 --> 00:03:45.098 - Valiant Bengalis, take up arms. - Valiant Bengalis, take up arms. 36 00:03:45.215 --> 00:03:49.070 - Liberate Bangladesh. - Liberate Bangladesh. 37 00:03:49.153 --> 00:03:52.830 - We reject the curfew! - We reject the curfew! 38 00:03:52.913 --> 00:03:56.699 - Valiant Bengalis, take up arms. - Valiant Bengalis, take up arms. 39 00:03:56.783 --> 00:03:58.510 Liberate Bangladesh. 40 00:03:58.594 --> 00:04:01.043 - Liberate Bangladesh! - Free Bangladesh! 41 00:04:28.911 --> 00:04:31.831 ♪ O, what a horrendous sight Mankind has turned savage ♪ 42 00:04:31.914 --> 00:04:34.737 ♪ Life has become dreadful It is ruthless and dreary ♪ 43 00:04:34.820 --> 00:04:37.648 ♪ O, what a horrendous sight Mankind has turned savage ♪ 44 00:04:37.731 --> 00:04:40.502 ♪ Life has become dreadful It is ruthless and dreary ♪ 45 00:04:42.056 --> 00:04:44.900 ♪ O, what a horrendous sight Mankind has turned savage ♪ 46 00:04:44.985 --> 00:04:47.691 ♪ Life has become dreadful It is ruthless and dreary ♪ 47 00:04:47.772 --> 00:04:49.855 ♪ Tyranny prevails! ♪ 48 00:04:50.816 --> 00:04:53.624 ♪ Oblivious to what lies ahead Only sinners thrive in this world ♪ 49 00:04:53.707 --> 00:04:56.455 ♪ A storm so violent And tempestuous brews ♪ 50 00:04:56.538 --> 00:04:58.147 ♪ What an intricate labyrinth! ♪ 51 00:04:58.230 --> 00:05:00.982 ♪ Only the powerful wield respect here ♪ 52 00:05:01.065 --> 00:05:03.937 ♪ The times are trying And they leave you terrified ♪ 53 00:05:05.359 --> 00:05:08.271 ♪ The scourge of war Brings with it torment ♪ 54 00:05:08.354 --> 00:05:11.195 ♪ Life is nothing but a living death ♪ 55 00:05:14.172 --> 00:05:16.951 ♪ The endless echoes of ravages Thirst for oceans of blood ♪ 56 00:05:17.034 --> 00:05:19.893 ♪ Wars but only fuel carnage Such is this tempest! ♪ 57 00:05:20.003 --> 00:05:22.873 ♪ Every breath is suffocating All bonds have been broken ♪ 58 00:05:22.956 --> 00:05:25.732 ♪ A life totally colourless Such is this tempest! ♪ 59 00:05:25.815 --> 00:05:28.709 ♪ O, what a horrendous sight Mankind has turned savage ♪ 60 00:05:28.792 --> 00:05:31.508 ♪ Life has become dreadful It is ruthless and dreary ♪ 61 00:05:31.591 --> 00:05:32.987 FIGHT FOR FREEDOM 62 00:05:33.093 --> 00:05:35.942 ♪ Oblivious to what lies ahead Only sinners thrive in this world ♪ 63 00:05:36.023 --> 00:05:38.880 ♪ A storm so violent And tempestuous brews ♪ 64 00:06:17.532 --> 00:06:19.106 There was no depth of tyranny 65 00:06:19.189 --> 00:06:22.522 to which the Pakistani Army did not sink in their effort to smash the revolution. 66 00:06:23.329 --> 00:06:25.694 Operation Searchlight carried out at Dacca University 67 00:06:25.777 --> 00:06:27.977 was merely the beginning of a long and dark night. 68 00:06:29.446 --> 00:06:32.469 Over the next six months, the Pakistani Army wreaked havoc. 69 00:06:33.587 --> 00:06:35.571 They would kill the Bangladeshi men 70 00:06:36.235 --> 00:06:38.891 and capture the women to be slaves for their debaucheries. 71 00:06:41.329 --> 00:06:44.602 The Bangladeshis had only one way to escape the atrocities 72 00:06:45.602 --> 00:06:47.985 and that was to cross the border and seek refuge in India. 73 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:51.610 The high number of Bangladeshi refugees 74 00:06:52.235 --> 00:06:54.962 put a major financial strain on India. 75 00:06:56.320 --> 00:06:58.438 Despite the many tribulations, 76 00:06:59.250 --> 00:07:00.977 India chose humanity. 77 00:07:02.343 --> 00:07:04.916 The citizens of India had no inkling 78 00:07:04.997 --> 00:07:07.870 the fire that had ravaged their neighbour would soon arrive at their doorstep. 79 00:07:08.867 --> 00:07:11.392 And some of the most significant pages of Bangladesh's history 80 00:07:11.883 --> 00:07:13.836 would be scripted by India. 81 00:07:14.930 --> 00:07:16.422 This is a story of the war 82 00:07:17.148 --> 00:07:20.429 that wasn't fought against another nation but against tyranny. 83 00:07:21.688 --> 00:07:25.083 Not only was it the birth of a new nation but my rebirth as well. 84 00:07:26.875 --> 00:07:29.747 But this story is also one of love, 85 00:07:31.186 --> 00:07:34.294 the one I shared with my beloved Pippa. 86 00:08:33.868 --> 00:08:36.213 Delta for Delta 4-0.-Delta 4-0, okay. 87 00:08:36.481 --> 00:08:37.988 Shut the damn cupola, Balli. 88 00:08:38.316 --> 00:08:39.464 This is not a joyride. 89 00:08:39.846 --> 00:08:42.323 The Russians are leading the exercise. We follow their orders. 90 00:08:42.612 --> 00:08:45.362 We should have come by bullock cart if we had to go this slow, sir! 91 00:08:46.022 --> 00:08:48.741 It's the hare that wins the war, not the tortoise. 92 00:08:48.956 --> 00:08:52.175 Get back before I shove an entire hare up your over-smart ass! 93 00:09:11.072 --> 00:09:12.220 All tank crew. 94 00:09:12.635 --> 00:09:14.495 Change gears from land to water. 95 00:09:15.214 --> 00:09:16.338 Be ready to float. 96 00:09:16.783 --> 00:09:19.173 - Delta 4-0 wilco. - Delta 2 wilco. 97 00:09:19.401 --> 00:09:21.191 - Ramphal, land to water. - Sir! 98 00:09:44.575 --> 00:09:46.081 I've driven so many tanks in my life, 99 00:09:46.162 --> 00:09:50.136 but I never thought I'd see a 15-ton tank sailing in a river! 100 00:09:50.305 --> 00:09:52.625 Consider yourself lucky! 101 00:09:53.150 --> 00:09:55.689 Pippa is the Indian Army's first amphibious tank 102 00:09:55.944 --> 00:09:58.522 and you are its first driver. 103 00:09:59.062 --> 00:10:01.210 Let's hope he's not also the first to drown! 104 00:10:04.094 --> 00:10:05.236 Delta for all stations. 105 00:10:05.319 --> 00:10:08.271 Keep track of your tank's transmissions and engine oil temperatures. 106 00:10:08.396 --> 00:10:10.528 Anything unusual, report it to me. Out. 107 00:10:16.152 --> 00:10:17.994 No one goes towards the deep end. 108 00:10:18.218 --> 00:10:20.029 No adventures and that's an order. 109 00:10:20.110 --> 00:10:23.146 Can't even drown without permission here! 110 00:10:23.920 --> 00:10:25.861 Focus on the exercise, boys! 111 00:10:27.670 --> 00:10:28.857 Delta 2 for Delta 1. 112 00:10:28.982 --> 00:10:31.675 My bearing is 170 degrees. Depth of water, 2 meters. 113 00:10:31.758 --> 00:10:33.635 Stay on the same course. Over. 114 00:10:51.702 --> 00:10:52.936 The exercise is complete. 115 00:10:53.153 --> 00:10:54.798 All tanks, return to land. 116 00:10:55.572 --> 00:10:57.737 Delta for all stations. Turn around. 117 00:10:57.916 --> 00:10:59.818 Report to Charlie Papa 102. Over. 118 00:10:59.901 --> 00:11:01.035 Delta 2 wilco. Out. 119 00:11:01.119 --> 00:11:02.129 Delta 4 wilco. 120 00:11:02.210 --> 00:11:03.519 All stations, Delta 2 Alpha. 121 00:11:03.602 --> 00:11:07.791 Check all controls and equipment and report to Charlie Papa 102. Out. 122 00:11:08.021 --> 00:11:09.705 Delta 4-0, report my signal. 123 00:11:13.818 --> 00:11:15.752 Delta 4-0, report my signal! 124 00:11:17.370 --> 00:11:18.831 Steer her in, Ramphal. 125 00:11:18.962 --> 00:11:20.952 Sir, that's the deep end. 126 00:11:21.058 --> 00:11:23.019 Eagles are meant to soar, you know! 127 00:11:23.424 --> 00:11:26.090 Ramphal, let's show these Russians what we're made of. 128 00:11:26.597 --> 00:11:28.639 Delta 4-0, report my signal! 129 00:11:30.314 --> 00:11:33.547 What's wrong with you, Balli? Will you ever start following orders? 130 00:11:33.667 --> 00:11:34.980 This is going to be serious. 131 00:11:44.574 --> 00:11:46.816 Attaboy, Ramphal! 132 00:12:11.354 --> 00:12:13.147 We are drifting, Ramphal. Turn on the engine. 133 00:12:13.310 --> 00:12:15.580 I'm trying, sir. It won't start. 134 00:12:17.121 --> 00:12:18.464 No problem. Try again. 135 00:12:30.581 --> 00:12:31.745 - Zena. - Yes? 136 00:12:34.285 --> 00:12:36.121 Sir wants to know what they are up to. 137 00:12:36.683 --> 00:12:38.940 Don't worry, he's the finest we have. It's safe. 138 00:12:49.151 --> 00:12:51.468 - Will we drown if it doesn't start? - Harish! 139 00:12:56.446 --> 00:12:59.714 Sir, I joined the army to die a martyr! 140 00:12:59.795 --> 00:13:01.829 - Not to drown in a muddy river! - Calm down, Ramphal. 141 00:13:01.912 --> 00:13:04.612 - The water is going to fill up! - Ramphal... Ramphal, listen to me! 142 00:13:05.348 --> 00:13:07.751 We join the army to kill, not to be killed. 143 00:13:08.654 --> 00:13:10.407 Listen, press the clutch all the way in. 144 00:13:11.123 --> 00:13:13.366 - Done, sir. - Prime the oil pump. 145 00:13:14.255 --> 00:13:16.212 - Done, sir. - Now, try starting it up. 146 00:13:18.701 --> 00:13:19.717 It won't start, sir. 147 00:13:23.181 --> 00:13:24.215 It won't start, sir! 148 00:13:24.298 --> 00:13:25.902 Listen, do one thing. 149 00:13:25.985 --> 00:13:28.059 - It isn't starting, sir! - Ramphal, listen to me! 150 00:13:28.142 --> 00:13:29.389 Prime the fuel pump. 151 00:13:33.428 --> 00:13:34.673 - Harder. - Okay. 152 00:13:35.982 --> 00:13:37.004 - Done? - Yes. 153 00:13:37.087 --> 00:13:38.459 Check if the gear is in neutral. 154 00:13:40.069 --> 00:13:42.021 - It is, sir. - Now, press the start-up button. 155 00:13:45.014 --> 00:13:47.443 That's what I'm talking about! Well done, Ramphal! 156 00:13:48.061 --> 00:13:50.428 Now, turn towards the landing point and pull Pippa out. 157 00:13:52.795 --> 00:13:54.810 Well done! Come on, Ramphal. 158 00:14:31.180 --> 00:14:32.794 Apologies for my late arrival, sir. 159 00:14:33.727 --> 00:14:34.740 At ease. 160 00:14:40.920 --> 00:14:43.217 The relations between India and Russia 161 00:14:43.765 --> 00:14:45.976 go back as far as 1947. 162 00:14:46.969 --> 00:14:50.664 Trust, appreciation and cooperation 163 00:14:51.118 --> 00:14:53.336 are the very foundations of this friendship. 164 00:14:54.321 --> 00:14:57.422 But a joint military exercise is not just friendship, 165 00:14:58.500 --> 00:14:59.515 it is brotherhood. 166 00:14:59.992 --> 00:15:01.031 It is comradeship! 167 00:15:14.569 --> 00:15:17.099 So, thank you. 168 00:15:17.578 --> 00:15:18.883 - Thank you. - Thank you. 169 00:15:19.170 --> 00:15:20.326 Thank you, comrades. 170 00:15:20.755 --> 00:15:23.161 We shall always value and cherish this brotherhood. 171 00:15:23.886 --> 00:15:24.888 Cheers! 172 00:15:24.984 --> 00:15:26.122 - Cheers! - Cheers! 173 00:15:40.654 --> 00:15:42.487 They're thanking you for their hospitality. 174 00:15:42.570 --> 00:15:45.349 Balli, have you ever gazed into Zena's eyes? 175 00:15:46.631 --> 00:15:48.100 They're deep like the ocean. 176 00:15:49.131 --> 00:15:52.569 If only I could sail Pippa into this ocean once! 177 00:15:53.303 --> 00:15:56.748 You don't sail into love, my friend. You drown in it. 178 00:15:58.131 --> 00:15:59.818 What's wrong with sailing? 179 00:16:03.365 --> 00:16:07.647 "Love is not easy, it kills you to win it. 180 00:16:08.397 --> 00:16:11.100 It's a river of fire and you must drown in it." 181 00:16:11.880 --> 00:16:12.880 Not sail. 182 00:16:19.644 --> 00:16:21.496 - Could I borrow you for a moment? - Sure. 183 00:16:22.004 --> 00:16:24.306 Did you happen to find something in the tanks today? 184 00:16:25.025 --> 00:16:26.962 Weren't you going sailing in the open sea? 185 00:16:27.631 --> 00:16:29.521 - Did the wind blow against you? - Shut up. 186 00:16:30.708 --> 00:16:32.974 - Will you cover me? - Depends. 187 00:16:35.248 --> 00:16:36.768 I love your perfume. 188 00:16:37.802 --> 00:16:39.635 Being a soldier, you're asking for a bribe! 189 00:16:40.303 --> 00:16:41.318 Your call. 190 00:16:42.647 --> 00:16:44.113 Row your own boat or let me raise your sails. 191 00:16:44.196 --> 00:16:45.427 Fine, it's yours! 192 00:16:49.225 --> 00:16:50.814 Pardon me, miss. I don't mean to intrude, 193 00:16:50.897 --> 00:16:53.873 but may I borrow this handsome officer for a moment? 194 00:16:54.155 --> 00:16:55.339 - Sure. - Thank you. 195 00:16:55.865 --> 00:16:57.561 What is it now, Balli? 196 00:16:58.221 --> 00:17:00.354 Sir, we finished our training exercise today. 197 00:17:00.435 --> 00:17:03.456 I was just wondering if we could raise a toast. 198 00:17:03.738 --> 00:17:05.171 It'd be an honour to have a drink with you, sir. 199 00:17:05.254 --> 00:17:06.254 Really! 200 00:17:06.642 --> 00:17:08.706 Your officer should always come first. 201 00:17:09.892 --> 00:17:10.908 Sure. 202 00:17:11.603 --> 00:17:12.603 I'll be back in ten. 203 00:17:13.618 --> 00:17:14.626 Thank you. 204 00:17:14.797 --> 00:17:15.797 Sir... 205 00:17:18.367 --> 00:17:21.187 Why is your bottom in such a hurry for a bottoms-up? 206 00:17:21.952 --> 00:17:23.342 Couldn't you wait for a bit? 207 00:17:24.625 --> 00:17:27.640 Sir, a member of your cavalry risked his life today 208 00:17:28.055 --> 00:17:29.984 and you're concerned about risking your date! 209 00:17:31.765 --> 00:17:32.796 Fuck you, Balli. 210 00:17:33.890 --> 00:17:35.078 Where's my drink? 211 00:17:43.562 --> 00:17:45.663 Honoured? Can I? 212 00:17:50.280 --> 00:17:52.248 Sir, one with me too. 213 00:17:52.625 --> 00:17:53.632 Bottoms up! 214 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:02.889 - Happy? - Yes, sir. 215 00:18:07.382 --> 00:18:08.382 Sir. 216 00:18:23.140 --> 00:18:24.201 Way to go! 217 00:21:57.340 --> 00:21:59.660 Sir, have you heard that saying? 218 00:21:59.858 --> 00:22:00.873 Which one? 219 00:22:01.177 --> 00:22:04.001 "One sows the seed and another reaps the harvest." 220 00:22:04.876 --> 00:22:05.873 As in? 221 00:22:05.954 --> 00:22:08.947 As in, I admire your sacrifice for the unit. 222 00:22:10.537 --> 00:22:12.177 What fucking sacrifice? 223 00:22:13.053 --> 00:22:18.115 The one where you got martyred but someone else took home the medal. 224 00:22:18.732 --> 00:22:19.732 - Yes! - Huh? 225 00:22:21.909 --> 00:22:22.909 Whoa! 226 00:22:24.224 --> 00:22:26.075 Bravo! 227 00:22:26.615 --> 00:22:27.638 Bravo! 228 00:22:31.919 --> 00:22:34.179 We believe December would be best. 229 00:22:34.553 --> 00:22:36.638 - The weather in December is pleasant. - Yes. 230 00:22:37.349 --> 00:22:39.158 - As... - Excuse me. 231 00:22:39.912 --> 00:22:42.642 As Radha and Manjot please. 232 00:22:50.889 --> 00:22:51.904 Gosh! Balli! 233 00:22:52.935 --> 00:22:53.962 Ahem! 234 00:22:54.045 --> 00:22:57.233 - December is... - Good evening. Apologies for my delay. 235 00:22:57.561 --> 00:22:59.084 He's my younger son, Balram. 236 00:22:59.407 --> 00:23:01.032 - They are Mr. and Mrs... - Mom. 237 00:23:01.821 --> 00:23:03.869 First, greet me. I'll introduce myself to them. 238 00:23:04.717 --> 00:23:06.262 - Greetings, Uncle. - God bless you. 239 00:23:06.345 --> 00:23:07.373 Greetings, Auntie. 240 00:23:08.264 --> 00:23:09.271 Hey! 241 00:23:10.677 --> 00:23:11.685 Manoj! 242 00:23:11.959 --> 00:23:12.972 Manjot. 243 00:23:13.055 --> 00:23:14.873 Manjot! Give me a hug! 244 00:23:16.201 --> 00:23:17.779 - How are you? - I'm fine. 245 00:23:17.938 --> 00:23:19.060 How about you? 246 00:23:22.459 --> 00:23:24.214 When will you learn to behave yourself? 247 00:23:27.865 --> 00:23:31.162 Ladies and gentlemen, my handsome and dashing older brother... 248 00:23:32.139 --> 00:23:35.787 Man of the house, servant of the nation and guardian of the border. 249 00:23:37.811 --> 00:23:40.193 And lest I forget, the 1965 war hero! 250 00:23:40.561 --> 00:23:41.716 Eat something first, son. 251 00:23:42.795 --> 00:23:45.683 All right. Your wish is my command. Let's see what is left to eat. 252 00:23:45.766 --> 00:23:48.670 Actually, Dad's birthday is in December. 253 00:23:48.810 --> 00:23:49.816 - Oh, yes! - So... 254 00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:52.014 - It's perfect... - Paneer pakoras! Ram's favourite! 255 00:23:53.178 --> 00:23:55.154 Nice. What's this? Samosas! 256 00:23:56.162 --> 00:23:57.170 Radha's favourite! 257 00:23:58.037 --> 00:23:59.248 What's that? Dahi bhallas? 258 00:24:00.693 --> 00:24:02.026 This must be Manoj's favourite. 259 00:24:02.631 --> 00:24:05.233 His name is Manjot. Stop calling him Manoj. 260 00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:07.139 How respectful! 261 00:24:08.867 --> 00:24:09.895 So, Manjot! 262 00:24:09.976 --> 00:24:11.800 - Yes? - How's your veterinary clinic doing? 263 00:24:11.883 --> 00:24:13.334 He's a dentist! 264 00:24:15.115 --> 00:24:16.740 - Dentist? I see. - Yes. 265 00:24:17.850 --> 00:24:18.850 Answer me this. 266 00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:23.436 If a dog has a toothache, who would it go to? 267 00:24:25.912 --> 00:24:27.537 Balram loves to crack jokes. 268 00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:30.173 No, think about it. A vet or a dentist? 269 00:24:30.256 --> 00:24:33.207 - Yes... - So, Uncle, about the wedding dates. 270 00:24:33.288 --> 00:24:37.431 If December works for you all, I'll get started with the bookings. 271 00:24:37.652 --> 00:24:38.848 - Goodbye. - Bye. 272 00:24:39.008 --> 00:24:40.094 - See you. - Bye. 273 00:24:49.112 --> 00:24:52.362 Mom, the kheer is delicious. 274 00:24:52.746 --> 00:24:53.751 I enjoyed it. 275 00:24:54.612 --> 00:24:57.104 Did you not enjoy making a spectacle of your family? 276 00:24:59.771 --> 00:25:00.769 Relax, Ram. 277 00:25:00.850 --> 00:25:03.152 I was just making him feel at home. 278 00:25:03.644 --> 00:25:06.101 - I was being friendly, that's all. - That's all! 279 00:25:06.824 --> 00:25:09.582 You made fun of his name and job, Balli. 280 00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:11.261 You disrespected him. 281 00:25:12.644 --> 00:25:13.746 I wish you hadn't. 282 00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:19.484 So, why bother inviting me to such important family occasions? 283 00:25:19.598 --> 00:25:21.087 We invite you in the hope that 284 00:25:21.170 --> 00:25:23.457 you might realise your obligations someday! 285 00:25:23.714 --> 00:25:25.886 You're my brother, Ram. 286 00:25:26.969 --> 00:25:29.824 Don't lecture me on obligations as though you're my father! 287 00:25:29.905 --> 00:25:30.912 Balli! 288 00:25:32.082 --> 00:25:33.092 Please! 289 00:25:37.847 --> 00:25:38.948 All right. 290 00:25:40.260 --> 00:25:43.010 Our late father would have been ashamed 291 00:25:44.128 --> 00:25:48.140 to know that a committee has been set up to investigate his son's indiscipline! 292 00:25:48.309 --> 00:25:49.410 That's bullshit! 293 00:25:50.324 --> 00:25:51.723 If you're found guilty, 294 00:25:52.269 --> 00:25:53.789 you won't be fighting at the border 295 00:25:54.426 --> 00:25:57.392 but working as a glorified clerk in some office in Delhi. Understand? 296 00:26:26.293 --> 00:26:27.316 I'm sorry. 297 00:26:32.769 --> 00:26:33.785 I forgive you. 298 00:26:45.723 --> 00:26:47.590 What has Ram done to this thing? 299 00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:49.410 You're a fine one to talk! 300 00:26:50.066 --> 00:26:51.363 What happened at the unit? 301 00:26:52.998 --> 00:26:55.027 I was only experimenting with the Russian tank. 302 00:26:55.128 --> 00:26:56.161 Okay. 303 00:26:57.066 --> 00:26:59.308 My superiors didn't approve and set up an enquiry. 304 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.824 It's nothing to worry about. 305 00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:03.644 Which experiment? 306 00:27:05.082 --> 00:27:06.909 The one with the tank or the Russian? 307 00:27:12.074 --> 00:27:13.394 Unbelievable! 308 00:27:14.371 --> 00:27:17.079 Don't you guys have anything better to do than spy on me? 309 00:27:21.205 --> 00:27:23.985 I wonder what the result of my experiment will be. 310 00:27:25.066 --> 00:27:27.090 I'm not sure about Manoj at all. 311 00:27:29.535 --> 00:27:31.488 - Manoj? - Manjot! 312 00:27:35.248 --> 00:27:36.535 I mean Manjot. 313 00:27:36.638 --> 00:27:39.119 I mean Manjot! It's all your fault! 314 00:27:41.941 --> 00:27:43.274 - It's funny! - What is? 315 00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:47.588 You can solve the trickiest puzzles in seconds 316 00:27:48.410 --> 00:27:50.415 but are stumped by such a simple problem. 317 00:27:50.535 --> 00:27:52.558 - Say no to him. - It's not so easy. 318 00:27:53.121 --> 00:27:56.048 Ram and Mom chose him. 319 00:27:56.354 --> 00:27:57.815 That's exactly why you aren't sure. 320 00:27:59.229 --> 00:28:01.876 Why do you want to ruin the poor guy's life? 321 00:28:02.222 --> 00:28:06.612 Marrying me will ruin Manjot's life, really? 322 00:28:11.237 --> 00:28:13.628 What else could happen to a sheep that weds a lioness? 323 00:28:23.690 --> 00:28:24.761 Bravo! 324 00:28:24.947 --> 00:28:27.064 - Release the clutch slowly. - Okay. 325 00:28:27.270 --> 00:28:29.103 - Hold the handlebar straight. - Yes. 326 00:28:29.378 --> 00:28:30.417 Straight. 327 00:28:30.635 --> 00:28:32.221 Does a veterinarian 328 00:28:32.815 --> 00:28:37.347 ask the dog a hundred questions before diagnosing it? 329 00:28:38.315 --> 00:28:39.315 Huh? 330 00:28:40.166 --> 00:28:41.228 No! 331 00:28:41.697 --> 00:28:45.297 She uses her intelligence 332 00:28:45.565 --> 00:28:48.440 and her experience to diagnose the dog. 333 00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:54.228 We also have to treat our patients like... 334 00:28:55.510 --> 00:28:56.510 dogs! 335 00:28:57.362 --> 00:28:58.400 No. 336 00:28:58.690 --> 00:29:02.010 I mean, we have to diagnose them 337 00:29:02.697 --> 00:29:04.673 - using our expertise... - M, R, O. 338 00:29:05.269 --> 00:29:08.245 And not their blabbering. 339 00:29:08.446 --> 00:29:11.172 C, Q, G... 340 00:29:12.315 --> 00:29:13.844 A... 341 00:29:14.878 --> 00:29:16.511 M, R... 342 00:29:21.495 --> 00:29:22.502 Sir... 343 00:29:31.190 --> 00:29:32.401 Sir... Sir! 344 00:29:39.471 --> 00:29:41.728 - It's cryptography. - I know. 345 00:29:42.221 --> 00:29:45.291 That's why I called you to decipher it. 346 00:29:51.928 --> 00:29:53.326 Good things written about you. 347 00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.476 Really! 348 00:29:54.776 --> 00:29:56.323 "Mukherjee sir is the best. 349 00:29:56.745 --> 00:29:57.868 He inspires us. 350 00:29:57.951 --> 00:30:00.313 There's no one like him." 351 00:30:00.396 --> 00:30:02.259 - All good things. - It's fine, I got it. 352 00:30:02.757 --> 00:30:04.475 Look... What's your name? 353 00:30:04.556 --> 00:30:06.823 - Radha. - Radha! Look, Radha. 354 00:30:07.174 --> 00:30:09.689 Be a bit more attentive in class. 355 00:30:09.979 --> 00:30:13.963 Take some notes instead of doing all this rubbish. 356 00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:15.666 Okay? 357 00:30:15.963 --> 00:30:18.188 Good. You can go. 358 00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.339 Thank you, sir. 359 00:30:19.534 --> 00:30:21.067 - I'll leave too. - All right, go. 360 00:30:23.111 --> 00:30:24.134 Thank you. 361 00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:28.719 "Mukherjee is a nerdy clown, we should parade him through the town!" 362 00:30:29.228 --> 00:30:30.555 "Mukherjee..." What is this? 363 00:30:30.776 --> 00:30:33.571 "Mukherjee's degree is such a fake, his life is just a big mistake." 364 00:30:34.641 --> 00:30:36.016 How do you know cryptography? 365 00:30:36.438 --> 00:30:38.212 It interests me. What about you? 366 00:30:39.157 --> 00:30:40.701 - I like it. It interests me too. - Radha, let's go. 367 00:30:40.784 --> 00:30:41.836 The protest is starting. 368 00:30:42.274 --> 00:30:43.272 Thank you so much. 369 00:30:43.355 --> 00:30:45.251 - I'm sorry, I have to go. - It's okay. 370 00:30:45.524 --> 00:30:46.688 - Let's go. - Yes. 371 00:30:47.687 --> 00:30:49.702 - Down with Nixon! - Down with Nixon! 372 00:30:49.785 --> 00:30:51.741 - Down with Nixon! - Down with Nixon! 373 00:30:51.824 --> 00:30:55.296 - Down with Pakistan! - Down with Pakistan! 374 00:30:55.379 --> 00:30:58.983 - Down with Pakistan! - Down with Pakistan! 375 00:30:59.066 --> 00:31:00.952 - Stop the genocide! - Stop the genocide! 376 00:31:01.035 --> 00:31:02.686 - Stop the genocide! - Stop the genocide! 377 00:31:02.769 --> 00:31:04.936 The students of Delhi University 378 00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:08.804 were seen protesting against the genocide in Bangladesh. 379 00:31:08.887 --> 00:31:11.369 In the United States of America, 380 00:31:11.452 --> 00:31:15.085 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's myriad efforts 381 00:31:15.168 --> 00:31:17.413 to convince American President Richard Nixon 382 00:31:17.496 --> 00:31:19.046 to withdraw his support 383 00:31:19.129 --> 00:31:23.186 to General Yahya Khan and end the genocide in East Pakistan... 384 00:31:23.269 --> 00:31:24.476 How was the rally? 385 00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:26.743 It was great, Mom. A huge crowd turned up. 386 00:31:27.321 --> 00:31:29.337 I think we are beginning to make an impact. 387 00:31:29.649 --> 00:31:30.696 Focus on your studies. 388 00:31:31.236 --> 00:31:32.830 It's your final year at medical school. 389 00:31:33.212 --> 00:31:34.852 I am studying hard, Ram. 390 00:31:35.493 --> 00:31:37.422 But what's going on in Bangladesh is wrong 391 00:31:37.930 --> 00:31:39.805 and we must protest it. 392 00:31:40.392 --> 00:31:42.764 Neither is it our country nor our war. 393 00:31:43.691 --> 00:31:45.546 Besides, over half of East Pakistan 394 00:31:45.643 --> 00:31:47.923 has turned up here as refugees to encroach on our land. 395 00:31:48.705 --> 00:31:52.329 Didn't we also flee Pakistan to encroach on this land? 396 00:31:54.845 --> 00:31:56.063 You were only two years old 397 00:31:57.102 --> 00:31:58.919 when we fled Rawalpindi and came to Delhi. 398 00:32:00.142 --> 00:32:03.720 No one willingly deserts their home for a strange land. 399 00:32:04.516 --> 00:32:06.118 Circumstances compel them to do it. 400 00:32:11.891 --> 00:32:14.352 For the world, a refugee means a faceless crowd. 401 00:32:16.244 --> 00:32:18.196 But always remember this, Balli. 402 00:32:18.285 --> 00:32:22.148 That crowd is made of living, breathing people just like us 403 00:32:23.086 --> 00:32:26.360 because we too are refugees. 404 00:32:27.586 --> 00:32:28.633 Okay? 405 00:32:45.688 --> 00:32:47.493 - I have to go. - Where? 406 00:32:49.064 --> 00:32:50.205 My unit, for now. 407 00:32:50.853 --> 00:32:52.056 After that, I don't know. 408 00:33:11.817 --> 00:33:12.931 Write to me. 409 00:33:13.891 --> 00:33:14.969 On one condition. 410 00:33:15.415 --> 00:33:17.661 - Will you strike a deal with your mother? - Yes. 411 00:33:18.633 --> 00:33:22.868 If you see me off with a smile and promise to keep smiling till I return, 412 00:33:22.991 --> 00:33:24.009 then I'll write to you. 413 00:33:24.090 --> 00:33:26.080 Slip in a few jokes in your letters. 414 00:33:27.093 --> 00:33:28.367 I'll keep smiling. 415 00:33:30.102 --> 00:33:31.100 Jokes! 416 00:33:31.199 --> 00:33:33.235 Ram, I can't find the boots. 417 00:33:33.455 --> 00:33:35.284 - What boots? - Dad's boots. 418 00:33:35.367 --> 00:33:36.405 Ram wanted to take them along. 419 00:33:36.488 --> 00:33:38.596 No worries. I must have misplaced them. 420 00:33:41.876 --> 00:33:42.876 Balli. 421 00:33:44.444 --> 00:33:47.169 Do you remember the last thing Dad said to us before he left for war? 422 00:33:48.978 --> 00:33:50.634 We must be each other's strength. 423 00:33:52.322 --> 00:33:53.642 Look after Mom and Radha. 424 00:33:54.585 --> 00:33:55.601 Okay? 425 00:33:55.923 --> 00:33:59.462 And try not to be irresponsible for once. 426 00:34:08.462 --> 00:34:09.759 Well, Mr. Perfect! 427 00:34:10.363 --> 00:34:13.480 I was too young when Dad passed away, 428 00:34:13.685 --> 00:34:16.454 so I don't remember what he used to say or do. 429 00:34:17.134 --> 00:34:19.624 But if he would have lectured me on everything the way you do, 430 00:34:19.707 --> 00:34:20.765 I don't think I would have missed him. 431 00:34:20.848 --> 00:34:22.236 - Balram! - How dare you? 432 00:34:31.158 --> 00:34:32.759 I wish you weren't my brother. 433 00:34:33.024 --> 00:34:34.813 I wish I never had to see your face again. 434 00:34:35.024 --> 00:34:37.396 Is this how you say goodbye to a brother going off to war? 435 00:34:52.727 --> 00:34:53.821 Damn it. 436 00:35:40.667 --> 00:35:41.776 Parade... 437 00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:45.076 - We have orders to move to the front. - Sir! 438 00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:46.930 - Get your squadron ready. - Yes, sir. 439 00:35:47.011 --> 00:35:48.096 Where are we headed, sir? 440 00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:50.878 You're headed nowhere, Captain Mehta. 441 00:35:51.352 --> 00:35:52.790 Sir, if I may? 442 00:35:53.173 --> 00:35:55.635 Captain Balram Mehta is one of our finest troop leaders. 443 00:35:56.173 --> 00:35:57.196 He may be. 444 00:35:57.399 --> 00:35:59.540 But the disciplinary committee has filed its report. 445 00:35:59.727 --> 00:36:01.945 I want soldiers on the front, not wastrels. 446 00:36:02.031 --> 00:36:02.992 Sir! 447 00:36:03.075 --> 00:36:03.976 But, sir... 448 00:36:04.057 --> 00:36:07.604 Do you know the difference between a soldier and a rebel, Captain Mehta? 449 00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:12.094 It's the difference between obedience and anarchy, 450 00:36:12.509 --> 00:36:14.743 and that between discipline and disorder. 451 00:36:15.790 --> 00:36:17.478 That tank is a million-dollar asset, 452 00:36:18.109 --> 00:36:20.422 not a toy for you to play with. 453 00:36:20.634 --> 00:36:21.876 Sir, with due respect, 454 00:36:21.997 --> 00:36:23.491 I was just trying to give the machine a stress test. 455 00:36:23.574 --> 00:36:24.729 - I was... - Stress test?! 456 00:36:26.274 --> 00:36:28.611 It was a bloody anal odyssey, Captain Mehta. 457 00:36:31.331 --> 00:36:32.610 I can't believe 458 00:36:32.691 --> 00:36:35.242 you're the brother of a brilliant officer like Ram Mehta. 459 00:36:36.695 --> 00:36:38.070 You aren't going to the front. 460 00:36:38.767 --> 00:36:41.711 You will remain here in Delhi and write maintenance reports. 461 00:36:42.477 --> 00:36:43.477 Dismissed. 462 00:36:47.110 --> 00:36:49.149 What the hell is a bloody anal odyssey? 463 00:36:51.087 --> 00:36:54.626 The only way to know if a tank can sail is to test it in deep waters! 464 00:36:55.966 --> 00:36:57.259 Balli, this is the Indian Army, 465 00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:59.876 not your house that you can do as you please. 466 00:36:59.959 --> 00:37:02.635 Did you not know this before you joined the NDA? 467 00:37:03.118 --> 00:37:06.040 Discipline and obedience are the pillars of the Army. 468 00:37:07.769 --> 00:37:08.784 I didn't know. 469 00:37:09.284 --> 00:37:10.463 I was 16 years old 470 00:37:11.048 --> 00:37:14.032 when Ram filled out the form and asked me to sign it, and I did. 471 00:37:14.167 --> 00:37:16.097 No problem. You know now, so quit. 472 00:37:18.909 --> 00:37:19.920 Quit! 473 00:37:20.003 --> 00:37:21.164 Yes, quit the Army. 474 00:37:21.247 --> 00:37:22.753 How can you say that? 475 00:37:24.238 --> 00:37:25.550 The Army is my obsession! 476 00:37:26.402 --> 00:37:29.511 It is my life, my honour and my pride. 477 00:37:30.229 --> 00:37:32.479 Have you ever considered becoming a poet? 478 00:37:34.793 --> 00:37:36.894 If you ever go to war, 479 00:37:38.628 --> 00:37:40.683 you don't need to yield weapons. 480 00:37:41.464 --> 00:37:44.508 Just stand on top of a tank and recite your lousy poems 481 00:37:44.948 --> 00:37:47.503 and the enemy will run for their lives! 482 00:37:53.167 --> 00:37:54.182 Balli. 483 00:37:59.292 --> 00:38:01.675 - Is that my perfume? - Yes. 484 00:38:02.332 --> 00:38:03.347 Listen. 485 00:38:03.917 --> 00:38:05.839 His face has never charmed a lady. 486 00:38:06.683 --> 00:38:07.964 If nothing else, 487 00:38:08.729 --> 00:38:12.127 maybe he's just hoping one will come and touch his feet! 488 00:38:13.924 --> 00:38:17.260 Nothing raises your spirits like a clean pair of socks. 489 00:38:18.543 --> 00:38:22.080 When you're all stinking like dead animals on the front, 490 00:38:23.175 --> 00:38:26.040 I'll have these fragrant socks to remind me that I'm a man. 491 00:38:27.972 --> 00:38:28.995 Right, sir. 492 00:38:33.058 --> 00:38:36.331 The stench of the socks will remind you that you are a soldier. 493 00:38:39.527 --> 00:38:42.096 I had one chance to prove myself 494 00:38:42.956 --> 00:38:44.565 and Digby snatched that too! 495 00:38:44.668 --> 00:38:46.501 Hey, don't be disheartened. 496 00:38:46.584 --> 00:38:48.234 - Parade! - Left, right, left! 497 00:38:48.822 --> 00:38:50.369 Left, right, left! 498 00:38:50.832 --> 00:38:52.667 Left, right, left! 499 00:38:53.143 --> 00:38:56.471 March... 500 00:39:04.808 --> 00:39:06.930 Keep moving. 501 00:39:23.074 --> 00:39:26.018 Parade, salute! 502 00:40:00.405 --> 00:40:01.420 Hey! 503 00:40:02.122 --> 00:40:05.255 I thought you'd be working out of a swanky modern clinic. 504 00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:07.645 But you turned out to be a true humanitarian! 505 00:40:09.811 --> 00:40:10.811 Have a seat. 506 00:40:30.646 --> 00:40:31.998 Only cigarette stains. 507 00:40:33.286 --> 00:40:34.792 Tobacco isn't good for health. 508 00:40:35.566 --> 00:40:36.581 Quit it. 509 00:40:36.740 --> 00:40:40.303 Neither are bullets. Shall I quit the Army too? 510 00:40:42.194 --> 00:40:45.034 There's a difference between martyrdom and suicide. 511 00:40:46.771 --> 00:40:47.934 When you know the difference, 512 00:40:48.647 --> 00:40:50.393 why choose the latter? 513 00:40:53.717 --> 00:40:54.756 Honestly, 514 00:40:55.170 --> 00:40:59.623 Radha is neither in love with you nor willing to marry you. 515 00:41:09.178 --> 00:41:10.295 Did she say that? 516 00:41:13.638 --> 00:41:16.948 As bold and unruly as Radha is, 517 00:41:17.325 --> 00:41:19.659 you seem just as dependent and obedient. 518 00:41:21.450 --> 00:41:23.341 Why do you want to be chained? 519 00:41:26.888 --> 00:41:27.912 Let her go. 520 00:41:46.542 --> 00:41:49.425 You said you weren't sure about him. 521 00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:55.099 And from it, you deduced that I was sure about not marrying Manjot! 522 00:42:03.941 --> 00:42:07.713 - I assumed that... - Did you think I was a kid 523 00:42:08.066 --> 00:42:10.666 and you had the right to make my life's decisions? 524 00:42:12.551 --> 00:42:16.509 You resent Ram for trying to order you around. 525 00:42:17.496 --> 00:42:18.911 You're doing the same thing, Balli! 526 00:42:20.090 --> 00:42:22.759 You got dismissed from the one place you were meant to fight. 527 00:42:23.215 --> 00:42:25.910 Do you wish to fight your sister's battles now? 528 00:42:30.794 --> 00:42:34.213 I wonder why I trust you time and again. 529 00:43:00.247 --> 00:43:04.284 Somehow, I had managed to ruin the two most important relationships of my life. 530 00:43:05.216 --> 00:43:06.713 My family and the Army. 531 00:43:07.763 --> 00:43:10.198 For the first time, I began to wonder if I was at fault. 532 00:43:25.010 --> 00:43:26.026 Good morning, sir. 533 00:43:26.107 --> 00:43:27.771 - Captain Balram Mehta! - Sir! 534 00:43:28.043 --> 00:43:29.379 I read your letter. 535 00:43:29.763 --> 00:43:31.427 I want to return to my unit, sir. 536 00:43:31.973 --> 00:43:33.488 But we need officers here too. 537 00:43:35.871 --> 00:43:39.364 Sir, with all due respect, anyone can do the job here. 538 00:43:39.452 --> 00:43:41.606 I've been trained to fight, not for paperwork, sir. 539 00:43:41.687 --> 00:43:43.590 I know all about you, Captain Mehta. 540 00:43:43.941 --> 00:43:47.338 A few days here will probably drill some discipline into you. 541 00:43:50.887 --> 00:43:51.894 Dismissed. 542 00:43:55.605 --> 00:43:58.785 Radha, a letter came for you. 543 00:44:21.574 --> 00:44:22.877 "You want to..." 544 00:44:23.534 --> 00:44:26.175 D-O... Do. 545 00:44:28.275 --> 00:44:30.479 F... If... 546 00:44:30.663 --> 00:44:33.165 "If you want to do something real for your country, 547 00:44:33.323 --> 00:44:35.823 come to the following address." 548 00:44:50.141 --> 00:44:51.273 Good morning, Miss Mehta. 549 00:44:53.407 --> 00:44:54.428 Good morning. 550 00:44:55.117 --> 00:44:57.156 - Please come. - Where? 551 00:45:00.009 --> 00:45:01.029 Come. 552 00:45:04.890 --> 00:45:05.901 Sir. 553 00:45:05.982 --> 00:45:08.055 Miss Mehta, welcome! 554 00:45:09.352 --> 00:45:12.384 I believe you've met Anirban, our communications expert. 555 00:45:13.282 --> 00:45:14.553 He'll be the one training you. 556 00:45:15.166 --> 00:45:16.344 Training me? 557 00:45:16.532 --> 00:45:17.951 I'll explain everything. Don't worry. 558 00:45:18.289 --> 00:45:19.530 Who are you people? 559 00:45:19.680 --> 00:45:21.008 The eyes and ears of the country. 560 00:45:21.181 --> 00:45:22.788 Communications & Analysis Wing. 561 00:45:23.354 --> 00:45:26.061 We are recruiting young, intelligent students such as yourself 562 00:45:26.142 --> 00:45:27.405 to help us decipher code. 563 00:45:27.573 --> 00:45:29.432 And since you already know the basics... 564 00:45:29.648 --> 00:45:31.927 Is knowing the basics enough to get recruited? 565 00:45:32.047 --> 00:45:34.169 - No, I mean... - Who better than you? 566 00:45:35.052 --> 00:45:36.575 You come from a family of soldiers. 567 00:45:39.864 --> 00:45:40.955 Welcome to C&A. 568 00:45:46.073 --> 00:45:47.650 You were in college the other day... 569 00:45:47.731 --> 00:45:49.894 - Serendipity. - Serendipity! 570 00:45:50.145 --> 00:45:52.223 Serendipity, kismet... Call it what you want. 571 00:45:52.520 --> 00:45:54.510 How do you know Professor Mukherjee? 572 00:45:54.792 --> 00:45:55.885 He's my father. 573 00:46:01.113 --> 00:46:02.128 Shall we? 574 00:46:09.020 --> 00:46:12.449 Major Ram, as you can see, East Pakistan is a land of rivers. 575 00:46:12.630 --> 00:46:14.772 Sir, so we must find sites 576 00:46:14.855 --> 00:46:17.448 between the rivers for our tanks and infantry to cross over. 577 00:46:17.531 --> 00:46:18.536 Correct! 578 00:46:18.974 --> 00:46:20.823 But it's not going to be easy. 579 00:46:21.840 --> 00:46:24.457 Eighty thousand troops of the Pakistani Army are stationed there. 580 00:46:25.052 --> 00:46:26.931 On top of that, the local Razakar militias, 581 00:46:27.439 --> 00:46:30.700 East Pakistanis who support the West, 582 00:46:31.567 --> 00:46:33.773 must have traps and spies in every corner. 583 00:46:34.981 --> 00:46:37.676 Our job will be much easier with some local support, sir. 584 00:46:39.044 --> 00:46:42.841 You'll get all the local support you need from the Mukti Bahini. 585 00:46:42.999 --> 00:46:45.298 They are Bangladeshi rebels fighting for freedom. 586 00:46:45.379 --> 00:46:46.383 Sir! 587 00:46:46.879 --> 00:46:47.929 Come in. 588 00:46:51.505 --> 00:46:52.521 - Jai Hind, sir! - Jai Hind, sir! 589 00:46:52.703 --> 00:46:54.227 Jai Hind, sir! At ease. 590 00:46:55.341 --> 00:46:58.453 Naik Babulal Ghosh and Lance Naik Abhik Mondal 591 00:46:59.002 --> 00:47:00.432 from Military Intelligence. 592 00:47:01.057 --> 00:47:02.229 They'll be accompanying you. 593 00:47:02.501 --> 00:47:04.501 They'll help you get to the Mukti Bahini camps. 594 00:47:05.025 --> 00:47:06.096 They speak Bengali. 595 00:47:06.415 --> 00:47:11.161 Also, you are no longer Major Ram. Your new name is Mohammad Nadeef. 596 00:47:39.063 --> 00:47:40.067 Nobi! 597 00:47:50.743 --> 00:47:52.102 The Pakistani Army did it. 598 00:47:52.973 --> 00:47:55.823 They kill innocent people mercilessly. 599 00:47:59.053 --> 00:48:00.082 Let's go. 600 00:48:03.365 --> 00:48:05.240 Come on, let us leave. 601 00:48:21.833 --> 00:48:24.826 Vow with me... 602 00:48:24.907 --> 00:48:26.444 - I... - I... 603 00:48:26.527 --> 00:48:28.294 - ...in good sense... - ...in good sense... 604 00:48:28.375 --> 00:48:30.457 - ...and good health... - ...and good health... 605 00:48:30.542 --> 00:48:32.719 - ...am taking the pledge... - ...am taking the pledge... 606 00:48:32.800 --> 00:48:36.614 - ...to remain loyal... - ...to remain loyal... 607 00:48:36.695 --> 00:48:39.686 - ...to the legally formed representative... - ...to the legally formed representative... 608 00:48:39.767 --> 00:48:42.520 - ...of the Bangladesh Government... - ...of the Bangladesh Government... 609 00:48:42.603 --> 00:48:46.168 - ...in its fight... - ...in its fight... 610 00:48:46.249 --> 00:48:48.140 - ...for freedom! - ...for freedom! 611 00:48:48.236 --> 00:48:51.505 - I further pledge that... - I further pledge that... 612 00:48:51.588 --> 00:48:55.810 - ...as a soldier of the Mukti Bahini... - ...as a soldier of the Mukti Bahini... 613 00:48:55.893 --> 00:48:58.078 - ...I shall fight... - ...I shall fight... 614 00:48:58.161 --> 00:49:02.057 - ...for my motherland with all I have. - ...for my motherland... 615 00:49:02.174 --> 00:49:03.671 That's Murtaza. He's ten. 616 00:49:06.588 --> 00:49:07.768 That's his brother, Atta. 617 00:49:08.448 --> 00:49:10.151 They are both with us now. 618 00:49:11.747 --> 00:49:14.166 - Hail Bengal! - Long live Bengal! 619 00:49:14.247 --> 00:49:16.510 - Hail Bengal! - Long live Bengal! 620 00:49:16.698 --> 00:49:17.719 Long live Bengal. 621 00:49:18.213 --> 00:49:19.359 - Glory to Bengal. - Glory to Bengal. 622 00:49:20.048 --> 00:49:21.150 Mohammed Nadeef. 623 00:49:21.901 --> 00:49:24.127 He and his friends are here to help you. 624 00:49:25.276 --> 00:49:26.305 This way. 625 00:49:29.416 --> 00:49:31.244 I understand your revolution, 626 00:49:32.096 --> 00:49:33.795 but putting guns in the hands of children... 627 00:49:36.564 --> 00:49:40.374 A child who wears his father's blood-stained shirt every day 628 00:49:41.327 --> 00:49:44.145 and who has seen his mother being dragged away 629 00:49:44.312 --> 00:49:46.719 by his own country's army 630 00:49:47.049 --> 00:49:49.695 is no longer a child, Mr. Nadeef. 631 00:49:52.037 --> 00:49:53.038 Anyway... 632 00:49:53.343 --> 00:49:57.624 By the way, age doesn't count in a rebellion, 633 00:49:58.969 --> 00:50:00.304 valour does. 634 00:50:00.929 --> 00:50:01.929 This way, please. 635 00:50:04.156 --> 00:50:05.477 Captain Balram Mehta! 636 00:50:10.328 --> 00:50:11.335 Sir! 637 00:50:11.835 --> 00:50:12.843 At ease. 638 00:50:14.311 --> 00:50:15.531 As you know, 639 00:50:16.086 --> 00:50:18.695 armoured regiments have tank crews of four men. 640 00:50:19.156 --> 00:50:22.359 The PT-76 only has space for three. 641 00:50:23.155 --> 00:50:24.288 I need to fit four. 642 00:50:25.062 --> 00:50:28.719 As long as it can't fit four people, it isn't fit for war. 643 00:50:28.992 --> 00:50:30.312 But that's impossible, sir. 644 00:50:31.199 --> 00:50:34.058 Those who call things impossible without making an attempt 645 00:50:34.139 --> 00:50:36.977 belong in a government office and not the Army! 646 00:50:37.500 --> 00:50:40.992 No wonder you're stuck with files instead of grenades! 647 00:50:41.829 --> 00:50:43.309 Pippa is my life, sir. 648 00:50:44.344 --> 00:50:46.828 And one has to be very careful with his life. 649 00:50:55.852 --> 00:51:02.325 ♪ I go where the road takes me ♪ 650 00:51:03.131 --> 00:51:09.189 ♪ It is my heart I follow I know not where I go ♪ 651 00:51:09.300 --> 00:51:12.821 ♪ Fuelled by a passion so strong ♪ 652 00:51:12.902 --> 00:51:16.503 ♪ I leave the world behind... ♪ 653 00:51:17.601 --> 00:51:18.601 Welcome, Miss Mehta. 654 00:51:19.484 --> 00:51:21.938 For the world, the C&A does not exist, okay? 655 00:51:23.832 --> 00:51:27.324 ♪ Fuelled by a passion so strong ♪ 656 00:51:27.451 --> 00:51:30.971 ♪ I leave the world behind ♪ 657 00:51:32.241 --> 00:51:37.522 ♪ Time goes on Leading me to new horizons ♪ 658 00:51:41.868 --> 00:51:44.921 Here, we intercept Pakistan's internal communications 659 00:51:45.002 --> 00:51:46.207 and decode them. 660 00:51:54.068 --> 00:51:57.562 ♪ What we call destiny ♪ 661 00:51:57.710 --> 00:52:01.187 ♪ Is something we write ourselves ♪ 662 00:52:01.354 --> 00:52:07.624 ♪ A dewdrop knows not where it lands Once it rolls off the leaf ♪ 663 00:52:08.589 --> 00:52:12.073 ♪ Whip yourself into a frenzy ♪ 664 00:52:12.154 --> 00:52:15.344 ♪ Let not your fears overwhelm you ♪ 665 00:52:15.892 --> 00:52:18.965 ♪ Don't be beaten By self-doubt and uncertainty ♪ 666 00:52:19.046 --> 00:52:21.835 ♪ Open your mind to new vistas ♪ 667 00:52:22.038 --> 00:52:25.374 ♪ Fuelled by a passion so strong ♪ 668 00:52:25.595 --> 00:52:29.325 ♪ I leave the world behind ♪ 669 00:52:30.437 --> 00:52:36.124 ♪ Time goes on Leading me to new horizons ♪ 670 00:52:36.577 --> 00:52:39.973 ♪ Fuelled by a passion so strong ♪ 671 00:52:40.235 --> 00:52:43.916 ♪ I leave the world behind ♪ 672 00:52:45.007 --> 00:52:50.431 ♪ Time goes on Leading me to new horizons ♪ 673 00:52:51.329 --> 00:52:54.675 ♪ I have made a resolve ♪ 674 00:52:54.897 --> 00:52:58.416 ♪ To embark upon this path ♪ 675 00:52:58.497 --> 00:53:01.634 ♪ And so I go headfirst into it... ♪ 676 00:53:01.717 --> 00:53:02.736 I'm sorry. 677 00:53:05.847 --> 00:53:11.979 ♪ There is no turning back now ♪ 678 00:53:12.217 --> 00:53:15.811 ♪ Sacrifice all your desires And march on ♪ 679 00:53:15.892 --> 00:53:19.303 ♪ Come rain or shine We stop at nothing ♪ 680 00:53:19.491 --> 00:53:22.702 ♪ Only the fortunate are blessed... ♪ 681 00:53:22.936 --> 00:53:23.956 Brother! 682 00:53:26.483 --> 00:53:27.518 I'm fine. 683 00:53:31.126 --> 00:53:33.058 We were five against fifteen. 684 00:53:33.139 --> 00:53:34.975 Despite rigorous training, 685 00:53:35.668 --> 00:53:37.700 our boys are unable to fire on time. 686 00:53:37.895 --> 00:53:39.636 Why not? Why can't they do it? 687 00:53:41.018 --> 00:53:43.276 What is so difficult about firing a rifle? 688 00:53:43.846 --> 00:53:47.299 ♪ ...I leave the world behind ♪ 689 00:53:48.706 --> 00:53:53.807 ♪ We hold the power in our hands ♪ 690 00:53:54.791 --> 00:53:58.229 ♪ Fuelled by a passion so strong ♪ 691 00:53:58.361 --> 00:54:01.835 ♪ I leave the world behind ♪ 692 00:54:03.171 --> 00:54:08.444 ♪ Time goes on Leading me to new horizons ♪ 693 00:54:10.373 --> 00:54:16.959 ♪ I go where the road takes me ♪ 694 00:54:17.667 --> 00:54:23.745 ♪ It is my heart I follow I know not where I go ♪ 695 00:54:23.826 --> 00:54:27.292 ♪ Fuelled by a passion so strong ♪ 696 00:54:27.456 --> 00:54:31.247 ♪ I leave the world behind ♪ 697 00:54:32.308 --> 00:54:38.541 ♪ The zeal to conquer Courses through our veins... ♪ 698 00:54:39.386 --> 00:54:40.431 Jai Hind, sir! 699 00:54:46.790 --> 00:54:52.540 Sir, the four-man amphibious PT-76 for the riverine terrain of East Pakistan! 700 00:54:53.549 --> 00:54:55.533 Major Shergill, O.C. Workshop. 701 00:54:56.532 --> 00:54:57.550 Sir! 702 00:54:57.631 --> 00:54:59.698 Captain Mehta, 45 Cavalry. 703 00:55:01.042 --> 00:55:02.800 - At ease. - Thank you, sir. 704 00:55:03.365 --> 00:55:04.389 How did you do it? 705 00:55:04.588 --> 00:55:06.560 With help from the regimental carpenter. 706 00:55:07.197 --> 00:55:08.400 We modified the seat. 707 00:55:09.495 --> 00:55:10.870 Where will the tank commander sit? 708 00:55:12.393 --> 00:55:14.889 The tank commander won't be sitting, sir. He has to stand. 709 00:55:15.042 --> 00:55:16.838 And his torso will always be exposed? 710 00:55:17.018 --> 00:55:18.021 That's right, sir, 711 00:55:18.102 --> 00:55:20.167 but it also saves me three vital seconds 712 00:55:20.250 --> 00:55:23.206 to go from the traditional seated position to a standing position 713 00:55:23.287 --> 00:55:25.921 to access the 360 view and my MMG. 714 00:55:26.402 --> 00:55:28.644 So, when a Patton spots me and orders his gunner, 715 00:55:28.912 --> 00:55:31.191 my shell will be mid-trajectory to greet him. 716 00:55:31.318 --> 00:55:33.057 Indigenous feature of the Pippa, sir. 717 00:55:33.409 --> 00:55:34.542 Not yet seen on the Patton. 718 00:55:36.035 --> 00:55:37.049 Pippa! 719 00:55:39.832 --> 00:55:40.925 Like the tin of ghee! 720 00:55:41.862 --> 00:55:42.892 Nice name. 721 00:55:44.259 --> 00:55:47.206 You seem like a bright chap. What are you doing here at headquarters? 722 00:55:47.940 --> 00:55:52.129 Make sure Captain Mehta and his Pippa are on the next flight to the East. 723 00:56:17.819 --> 00:56:18.875 Dear, Radha. 724 00:56:19.911 --> 00:56:22.121 I have been ordered to rejoin my unit. 725 00:56:23.108 --> 00:56:24.444 I leave tonight. 726 00:56:25.983 --> 00:56:29.225 I wish I could have seen you and Mom before I left, 727 00:56:30.343 --> 00:56:32.551 but I don't know if now is the time for that. 728 00:56:34.015 --> 00:56:35.921 So, I'm leaving you this letter. 729 00:56:37.983 --> 00:56:40.616 I am sorry, Radha, for everything. 730 00:56:41.522 --> 00:56:42.522 Balli. 731 00:56:58.046 --> 00:56:59.108 Mom... 732 00:57:00.756 --> 00:57:03.092 Balli has been recalled to his unit. 733 00:57:03.817 --> 00:57:04.817 What do you mean? 734 00:57:07.249 --> 00:57:11.124 Both Ram and Balli are on the front. 735 00:57:15.753 --> 00:57:17.758 All the weapons need to be cleaned. 736 00:57:17.841 --> 00:57:19.217 You will pull through, 737 00:57:19.298 --> 00:57:22.452 and you'll go undergo an exercise in the evening with the cavalry tanks. 738 00:57:23.109 --> 00:57:24.547 - Kapil Singh. - Sir! 739 00:57:25.210 --> 00:57:26.372 Parade, march! 740 00:57:26.455 --> 00:57:29.267 One, two... 741 00:57:29.350 --> 00:57:30.824 One, two! 742 00:57:30.907 --> 00:57:32.472 Parade, march... 743 00:57:37.693 --> 00:57:42.006 I hope you said a proper farewell to everyone in your family. 744 00:57:43.132 --> 00:57:44.135 Why? 745 00:57:44.537 --> 00:57:46.717 Your life line is really short, Ramphal. 746 00:57:47.021 --> 00:57:49.045 If you go to war, then... 747 00:57:51.249 --> 00:57:52.593 It isn't that short. 748 00:57:53.085 --> 00:57:54.905 Look, it was my job to warn you. 749 00:57:55.467 --> 00:57:56.834 The rest is up to you. 750 00:58:05.241 --> 00:58:06.499 Is there a remedy? 751 00:58:06.803 --> 00:58:08.317 Chant the Mahamrityunjay Mantra. 752 00:58:09.265 --> 00:58:10.566 It increases your lifespan. 753 00:58:10.835 --> 00:58:14.577 I don't know simple multiplication tables. How will I memorise a Sanskrit verse? 754 00:58:14.976 --> 00:58:16.680 I have a solution. 755 00:58:17.351 --> 00:58:21.125 We will chant your share of the verse provided you give us your share of vice! 756 00:58:21.305 --> 00:58:22.314 What? 757 00:58:22.397 --> 00:58:24.367 I meant, give us your share of alcohol. 758 00:58:24.450 --> 00:58:25.488 You're a teetotaller! 759 00:58:26.124 --> 00:58:28.866 Sir, why are you pulling my leg at such a time? 760 00:58:29.211 --> 00:58:30.211 I'm going. 761 00:58:30.601 --> 00:58:32.405 Don't wander off too far. 762 00:58:33.278 --> 00:58:34.870 Black magic is rampant in these areas. 763 00:58:35.069 --> 00:58:36.630 I've heard they turn men into hens. 764 00:58:37.741 --> 00:58:39.676 Imagine how it would look 765 00:58:40.215 --> 00:58:42.113 if a vegetarian like you started laying eggs! 766 00:59:58.355 --> 00:59:59.598 You were only two years old 767 01:00:00.526 --> 01:00:02.504 when we fled Rawalpindi and came to Delhi. 768 01:00:03.660 --> 01:00:07.425 No one willingly deserts their home for a strange land. 769 01:00:08.050 --> 01:00:09.680 Circumstances compel them to do it. 770 01:00:14.316 --> 01:00:16.859 For the world, a refugee means a faceless crowd. 771 01:00:20.533 --> 01:00:22.528 Always remember this, Balli. 772 01:00:22.609 --> 01:00:26.582 That crowd is made of living, breathing people just like us 773 01:00:27.363 --> 01:00:30.704 because we too are refugees. 774 01:00:53.230 --> 01:00:56.363 Those five minutes were the longest five minutes of my life. 775 01:00:57.402 --> 01:01:00.441 I now understood why we had to fight this war. 776 01:01:01.340 --> 01:01:05.526 To stand by and watch such atrocities and injustice happen before our very eyes 777 01:01:06.862 --> 01:01:08.448 was not in our nature. 778 01:01:09.220 --> 01:01:11.227 - Jai Hind, sir! - Jai Hind! 779 01:01:11.308 --> 01:01:12.352 Jai Hind, sir. 780 01:01:17.198 --> 01:01:18.597 - Jai Hind, sir! - Jai Hind. 781 01:01:19.436 --> 01:01:20.815 - Jai Hind, sir! - Jai Hind, sir! 782 01:01:20.950 --> 01:01:22.026 Jai Hind, sir! 783 01:01:23.877 --> 01:01:25.284 - Jai Hind, sir! - Jai Hind. 784 01:01:25.964 --> 01:01:28.315 What's with the grin, Ramphal? 785 01:01:29.088 --> 01:01:30.127 Life line! 786 01:01:37.643 --> 01:01:38.751 Balli! 787 01:01:40.806 --> 01:01:42.845 - Jai Hind, sir. - Jai Hind, Ramphal. 788 01:01:45.941 --> 01:01:46.972 My brother! 789 01:01:48.940 --> 01:01:51.089 - It's good to have you back! - How are you? 790 01:01:55.750 --> 01:01:56.771 Good evening, sir. 791 01:01:56.856 --> 01:01:58.854 Welcome to the war, Captain Mehta. 792 01:01:58.935 --> 01:01:59.935 Thank you, sir. 793 01:02:04.526 --> 01:02:05.581 Fourteen... 794 01:02:07.097 --> 01:02:09.971 Fifteen... Sixteen, R. 795 01:02:12.353 --> 01:02:14.853 Caesar cipher using a 16 rotation. 796 01:02:16.747 --> 01:02:18.722 "Send more forces. 797 01:02:18.803 --> 01:02:21.559 Crush Mukti Bahini. India will wait. 798 01:02:21.712 --> 01:02:24.377 USA and China with us. Alligator." 799 01:02:26.367 --> 01:02:28.727 "USA and China with us. Alligator!" 800 01:02:30.899 --> 01:02:33.158 Anirban, why are we going to Mr. Sinha? 801 01:02:33.344 --> 01:02:36.032 If you do things like this, where else would we go? 802 01:02:37.140 --> 01:02:38.148 What did I do wrong? 803 01:02:40.118 --> 01:02:41.798 You breached Yahya Khan. 804 01:02:42.915 --> 01:02:46.040 - You mean Alligator... - ...is Pakistani President Yahya Khan. 805 01:02:48.673 --> 01:02:51.725 We must loop in the PMO and Chief. 806 01:02:51.806 --> 01:02:52.815 Right, sir. 807 01:02:54.029 --> 01:02:57.106 I am glad you are a member of our team, Miss Mehta. 808 01:02:57.881 --> 01:02:59.389 - Good job. - Thank you, sir. 809 01:03:00.720 --> 01:03:03.076 Loop her in on all the Mukti Bahini leads. 810 01:03:03.157 --> 01:03:04.180 Yes, sir. 811 01:03:05.845 --> 01:03:07.373 ♪ Destroy those iron gates of prison ♪ 812 01:03:07.454 --> 01:03:10.193 ♪ Demolish the blood-stained stony altars Of chain worshipping ♪ 813 01:03:10.274 --> 01:03:13.088 ♪ O youthful Shiva! ♪ 814 01:03:14.563 --> 01:03:16.850 ♪ Blow your horn of universal cataclysm ♪ 815 01:03:16.933 --> 01:03:18.751 ♪ Let the flag of destruction ♪ 816 01:03:18.832 --> 01:03:24.024 ♪ Rise amidst the rubble of prison walls Of the East ♪ 817 01:03:26.405 --> 01:03:29.850 ♪ Play the music of the festival of Shiva Who's the master? ♪ 818 01:03:30.147 --> 01:03:33.306 ♪ Play the music of the festival of Shiva! Who's the king? ♪ 819 01:03:33.975 --> 01:03:38.498 ♪ Who is it that punishes the truth of freedom... ♪ 820 01:03:39.388 --> 01:03:42.409 We have prepared a special mustardhilsa curry for you tonight. 821 01:03:42.733 --> 01:03:44.707 - Sorry? - Mustard hilsa! 822 01:03:44.829 --> 01:03:47.936 - Sir, hilsa is our... - Favourite fish. I know! 823 01:03:48.247 --> 01:03:49.991 I've learned a bit of Bengali from Murtaza. 824 01:03:54.289 --> 01:03:55.289 We are under fire! 825 01:03:55.370 --> 01:03:57.477 - We are under fire! - Take cover! 826 01:03:57.558 --> 01:03:59.202 Hurry! Get the guns! 827 01:03:59.285 --> 01:04:00.537 Come on, hurry up! 828 01:04:00.620 --> 01:04:01.701 - Abhik! - Yes, sir! 829 01:04:01.782 --> 01:04:02.789 Babulal! Take positions! 830 01:04:02.870 --> 01:04:04.097 Grab your guns! 831 01:04:08.763 --> 01:04:09.818 There... 832 01:04:10.451 --> 01:04:11.553 Yes, stay there. 833 01:04:34.028 --> 01:04:36.990 Abhik, take the wireless equipment and get Hamidul and Nobi out of here! 834 01:04:41.090 --> 01:04:42.199 Go! Go... 835 01:04:52.200 --> 01:04:53.379 Take cover! 836 01:05:23.286 --> 01:05:24.385 Get back. 837 01:05:31.638 --> 01:05:32.755 Go! 838 01:05:39.403 --> 01:05:40.535 Sir, they're getting away! 839 01:05:45.044 --> 01:05:46.161 Over there! 840 01:05:50.950 --> 01:05:52.035 Darn! 841 01:05:53.637 --> 01:05:54.723 Cowards! 842 01:05:55.753 --> 01:05:57.978 The cowards scurried away. 843 01:06:52.118 --> 01:06:53.657 If you don't mind me asking, 844 01:06:54.751 --> 01:06:58.361 why are we cooking mutton instead of preparing for war? 845 01:06:59.018 --> 01:07:00.877 Well, once the war begins, 846 01:07:01.001 --> 01:07:02.722 you never know when you might have to eat lead. 847 01:07:02.904 --> 01:07:06.462 So, I decided to treat the unit to something special today. 848 01:07:06.667 --> 01:07:07.737 Hand it here. 849 01:07:08.665 --> 01:07:09.814 Pick up the onions, Balli. 850 01:07:10.978 --> 01:07:12.038 There you go. 851 01:07:17.306 --> 01:07:18.329 Move that. 852 01:07:23.032 --> 01:07:26.032 I told you to put a fistful of cardamom, this isn't even half! 853 01:07:26.921 --> 01:07:29.741 You are making mutton, sir, not the Taj Mahal. 854 01:07:29.946 --> 01:07:32.016 A slight error won't wreck the whole thing. 855 01:07:32.800 --> 01:07:34.673 If you don't follow instructions in battle, 856 01:07:34.754 --> 01:07:37.009 you will return home as a wreck. 857 01:07:37.875 --> 01:07:38.907 If you return at all. 858 01:07:38.988 --> 01:07:40.659 Pass the onions, Balli. He's no good. 859 01:07:42.500 --> 01:07:44.656 Do you think there will be a war? 860 01:07:44.938 --> 01:07:46.133 It sure seems like it. 861 01:07:46.422 --> 01:07:48.430 They didn't send us out here to eat mutton. 862 01:08:11.533 --> 01:08:12.587 In positions! 863 01:08:15.524 --> 01:08:16.602 In positions! 864 01:08:28.697 --> 01:08:29.844 Okay! Everybody, listen up! 865 01:08:29.978 --> 01:08:32.679 Pakistan has begun shelling at the Bengal border again. 866 01:08:32.874 --> 01:08:34.663 I need all the information that we can get. 867 01:08:34.786 --> 01:08:36.588 Paras, where are we with the iterations? 868 01:08:36.669 --> 01:08:37.688 - Fifteen minutes. - Okay. 869 01:08:37.769 --> 01:08:38.766 Anirban! 870 01:08:38.847 --> 01:08:42.151 A Pakistani armoured tank regiment is heading towards Boyra. 871 01:08:43.184 --> 01:08:45.503 Pakistan isn't holding off the shelling, 872 01:08:46.309 --> 01:08:50.197 and an armoured tank regiment is heading towards our border. 873 01:08:50.340 --> 01:08:52.517 We have waited long enough, Madam Prime Minister. 874 01:08:52.606 --> 01:08:54.129 It's time for us to act. 875 01:08:54.449 --> 01:08:56.744 Let's not take any hasty calls 876 01:08:56.825 --> 01:08:59.027 lest the international opinion turns against us. 877 01:08:59.327 --> 01:09:01.860 We cannot be seen as aggressors. 878 01:09:01.973 --> 01:09:03.058 I have a plan. 879 01:09:03.254 --> 01:09:04.493 I need the Cabinet's permission 880 01:09:04.598 --> 01:09:07.606 to enter only ten kilometres into East Pakistan. 881 01:09:08.160 --> 01:09:10.409 But not openly. Not a full-scale war. 882 01:09:10.856 --> 01:09:11.910 What will it achieve? 883 01:09:12.261 --> 01:09:15.332 It will give us control over the war as well as the international opinion. 884 01:09:15.754 --> 01:09:16.754 How so? 885 01:09:16.858 --> 01:09:20.101 Our operation will not only demoralise the Pakistani Army 886 01:09:20.500 --> 01:09:22.016 but also provoke Yahya Khan. 887 01:09:22.929 --> 01:09:24.554 Then, like a cranky child, 888 01:09:25.069 --> 01:09:28.944 he will attack us without thought or provision. 889 01:09:30.007 --> 01:09:31.507 Ours will be a clandestine attack 890 01:09:31.960 --> 01:09:34.725 whereas Yahya Khan will attack openly. 891 01:09:35.374 --> 01:09:39.760 That means, in the eyes of the world, Pakistan will have attacked first. 892 01:09:40.358 --> 01:09:43.397 We will merely be responding to their attack. 893 01:09:51.476 --> 01:09:53.147 Okay, then. Go ahead. 894 01:09:53.512 --> 01:09:54.538 Squadron! 895 01:09:55.189 --> 01:09:56.236 Fall in! 896 01:10:05.788 --> 01:10:08.124 Squad! Attention! 897 01:10:09.351 --> 01:10:10.382 At ease. 898 01:10:11.304 --> 01:10:14.451 Our 45 Cavalry is the only regiment in the entire Indian Army 899 01:10:14.961 --> 01:10:18.634 that comprises Indians from every caste, religion and state. 900 01:10:19.507 --> 01:10:21.480 We aren't just a regiment of the Indian Army, 901 01:10:21.973 --> 01:10:23.137 we are India! 902 01:10:24.191 --> 01:10:25.410 We are the lucky ones 903 01:10:25.569 --> 01:10:29.864 who will get to write the first chapter of 45 Cavalry's history. 904 01:10:30.220 --> 01:10:31.616 But never forget this! 905 01:10:31.697 --> 01:10:34.562 We're not going on a hunt, we're going to war! 906 01:10:34.910 --> 01:10:37.321 We fight like soldiers, we kill like soldiers 907 01:10:37.402 --> 01:10:38.624 and we die like soldiers! 908 01:10:38.705 --> 01:10:40.757 - Is that clear? - Yes, sir! 909 01:10:41.250 --> 01:10:44.169 For the first time, the Indian Army is going to cross international borders. 910 01:10:44.287 --> 01:10:47.098 And we should be proud that we are the chosen ones! 911 01:10:47.184 --> 01:10:49.169 - Are you ready? - Yes, sir! 912 01:10:49.346 --> 01:10:51.203 - Are you ready? - Yes, sir! 913 01:10:51.286 --> 01:10:53.000 - Victory to... - ...the brave! 914 01:10:53.081 --> 01:10:54.620 - Victory to... - ...the brave! 915 01:10:54.703 --> 01:10:56.482 - Victory to... - ...the brave! 916 01:11:33.633 --> 01:11:35.902 Squadron Commander, Charlie Squadron, 45 Cavalry. 917 01:11:36.029 --> 01:11:37.418 Major Daljit Singh Narag, sir! 918 01:11:37.499 --> 01:11:41.129 Lieutenant Colonel R. K. Singh, Commanding Officer, 14 Punjab, Nabha Akal. 919 01:11:42.085 --> 01:11:44.020 - So, your Pippa is ready to swim! - Yes, sir. 920 01:11:44.101 --> 01:11:46.145 Okay, then. See you in Bangladesh, Officer. 921 01:12:22.364 --> 01:12:24.254 You checked it half an hour ago, Mom. 922 01:12:24.723 --> 01:12:26.204 There's no point checking it again. 923 01:12:26.307 --> 01:12:28.729 Yes! I thought maybe... 924 01:12:29.982 --> 01:12:31.677 The post will arrive tomorrow, okay? 925 01:12:32.083 --> 01:12:35.622 I'm used to Balli not writing or calling home, 926 01:12:36.692 --> 01:12:37.831 but Ram... 927 01:12:38.254 --> 01:12:41.551 He ought to tell us where he is or what he's up to! 928 01:12:42.839 --> 01:12:46.984 Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 929 01:12:49.270 --> 01:12:51.641 - What is this? - Salt. 930 01:12:51.909 --> 01:12:53.432 It keeps the stench in check. 931 01:13:08.680 --> 01:13:12.216 Loyalty should be in your blood. 932 01:13:12.602 --> 01:13:14.149 You ought to be loyal... 933 01:13:21.073 --> 01:13:22.979 Oh, this one is still alive. 934 01:13:23.502 --> 01:13:25.507 You deserve to die. 935 01:13:35.105 --> 01:13:36.777 Son of a bitch! 936 01:13:50.261 --> 01:13:52.621 This is the fate of traitors! 937 01:13:56.244 --> 01:13:58.517 Everyone admires a new pair of shoes. 938 01:13:59.190 --> 01:14:02.979 I've never seen anyone admiring an old pair. 939 01:14:05.769 --> 01:14:06.824 They belonged to my dad. 940 01:14:08.808 --> 01:14:11.579 He wore them when he left for the 1947 war. 941 01:14:12.847 --> 01:14:13.878 He never returned. 942 01:14:16.699 --> 01:14:20.120 All that returned was his uniform in a box and these boots. 943 01:14:23.362 --> 01:14:25.823 Ram took them along in the '65 war. 944 01:14:28.144 --> 01:14:30.786 Anyway, now that he's a war hero, 945 01:14:31.370 --> 01:14:32.901 I don't think he needs them anymore. 946 01:14:36.106 --> 01:14:37.212 So, I stole them. 947 01:14:41.629 --> 01:14:45.121 Balli, if you can't fill someone's shoes, better steal them instead! 948 01:14:45.698 --> 01:14:46.699 Unbelievable! 949 01:14:48.543 --> 01:14:53.228 Wearing them gives me the feeling that someone's looking out for me. 950 01:14:55.675 --> 01:14:59.675 You know you're competing against your own brother, right? 951 01:15:02.168 --> 01:15:03.902 No one can compete with Ram. 952 01:15:04.465 --> 01:15:05.629 He's Mr. Perfect! 953 01:15:06.595 --> 01:15:08.930 I don't think you have an issue with your brother, 954 01:15:09.141 --> 01:15:10.501 it's authority that you hate. 955 01:15:11.572 --> 01:15:15.673 You only listen to me as long as I treat you as a friend. 956 01:15:16.274 --> 01:15:19.378 The moment I become your senior officer, you start to disobey me. 957 01:15:19.765 --> 01:15:22.281 It's different with Ram. He's too rigid. 958 01:15:24.554 --> 01:15:26.414 When you're shouldering a great responsibility, 959 01:15:27.421 --> 01:15:29.335 you tend to become a little rigid. 960 01:15:33.172 --> 01:15:35.140 Sir, the punishment? 961 01:15:36.288 --> 01:15:39.032 As you sow, so shall you reap! 962 01:15:40.670 --> 01:15:42.920 I should have killed him. 963 01:15:43.784 --> 01:15:45.402 We can't fit so many people in the car. 964 01:15:51.921 --> 01:15:53.171 I've made space, sir. 965 01:15:54.483 --> 01:15:56.540 Move it, jerk. Come on! 966 01:15:57.233 --> 01:15:58.318 Keep going. 967 01:15:59.154 --> 01:16:00.158 Move it! 968 01:16:03.616 --> 01:16:06.962 Believe me, sir. He's not a Bangladeshi. 969 01:16:07.685 --> 01:16:09.787 He's one of the three men sent by the Indian Army. 970 01:16:10.265 --> 01:16:11.819 How do you know they sent only three? 971 01:16:12.139 --> 01:16:13.936 Has Shibli's information ever been wrong? 972 01:16:45.345 --> 01:16:48.226 This is a village of widows. All the women in this village are widows. 973 01:16:48.791 --> 01:16:50.095 My handiwork. 974 01:17:00.627 --> 01:17:02.088 Delta 1 for Delta 4-0. 975 01:17:02.346 --> 01:17:04.628 Delta 4-0 for Delta 1, okay. Over. 976 01:17:04.832 --> 01:17:06.306 Enemy tank movement detected, sir. 977 01:17:06.389 --> 01:17:08.393 - Over. - Which way? Over. 978 01:17:08.533 --> 01:17:10.529 Heading from Jessore to Chowgacha, sir. 979 01:17:10.663 --> 01:17:13.109 - Over. - How can you tell they're tanks? Over. 980 01:17:13.208 --> 01:17:16.055 From their speed, movement and engine sounds. 981 01:17:16.195 --> 01:17:17.202 Over.-Good. 982 01:17:17.321 --> 01:17:19.204 Keep a close watch on the area. Out. 983 01:17:22.143 --> 01:17:23.164 At ease. 984 01:17:23.749 --> 01:17:26.087 Headlights sighted opposite our location on the main axis, sir. 985 01:17:26.168 --> 01:17:27.194 Suspected tanks. 986 01:17:27.282 --> 01:17:29.907 - How far? - Approximately three kilometres, sir. 987 01:17:30.405 --> 01:17:32.667 Bloody idiots are coming with their headlights turned on! 988 01:17:32.915 --> 01:17:34.368 - Come on. Mount the tanks. - Sir! 989 01:17:34.595 --> 01:17:36.759 Squadron! Fall in! 990 01:17:40.790 --> 01:17:42.431 Squadron, attention! 991 01:17:43.455 --> 01:17:45.010 Tank crew, mount! 992 01:17:54.203 --> 01:17:56.594 Nabha Akal! Attention! 993 01:18:28.351 --> 01:18:29.624 Ramphal, left stick! 994 01:18:56.320 --> 01:18:59.647 Traverse left! Eleven o'clock! Enemy tank spotted! 995 01:19:00.405 --> 01:19:02.788 Level sights! Fire! 996 01:19:06.836 --> 01:19:08.304 Bravo, Dhyaneshwar! 997 01:19:10.591 --> 01:19:12.734 Harish! Eleven o'clock! Traverse left! 998 01:19:12.882 --> 01:19:13.975 Traversing! 999 01:19:14.483 --> 01:19:16.427 Level sights! And fire! 1000 01:19:16.510 --> 01:19:17.517 Firing now! 1001 01:19:19.177 --> 01:19:20.272 Ramphal! 1002 01:19:28.187 --> 01:19:30.158 Brave soldiers of the 14 Punjab battalion! 1003 01:19:30.247 --> 01:19:31.261 Yes, sir! 1004 01:19:31.344 --> 01:19:33.636 - March ahead without fear! - Yes, sir! 1005 01:19:33.719 --> 01:19:34.615 Go! 1006 01:19:34.698 --> 01:19:36.625 Ramphal, advance... 1007 01:19:36.929 --> 01:19:38.559 Ramphal, advance! 1008 01:19:50.476 --> 01:19:52.780 Traverse left! Nine o'clock! 1009 01:19:53.310 --> 01:19:54.918 Fire! 1010 01:19:55.818 --> 01:19:57.535 Enemy tank, 1200 metres! 1011 01:19:58.124 --> 01:19:59.242 Steady... 1012 01:20:00.382 --> 01:20:02.257 - On... - Fire now! 1013 01:20:03.567 --> 01:20:05.302 Harish, eleven o'clock! Enemy tank! 1014 01:20:05.385 --> 01:20:06.219 Traversing! 1015 01:20:06.302 --> 01:20:07.309 Level sights! 1016 01:20:07.871 --> 01:20:09.004 And fire now! 1017 01:20:22.602 --> 01:20:23.645 Load heat! 1018 01:20:24.125 --> 01:20:25.325 Heat loaded, sir! 1019 01:20:25.912 --> 01:20:27.005 Fire! Now! 1020 01:20:27.662 --> 01:20:30.763 Take positions! Fire! 1021 01:20:45.421 --> 01:20:46.781 Hang in there! 1022 01:20:48.561 --> 01:20:49.944 Pick him up! 1023 01:21:13.734 --> 01:21:14.891 You'll all be fine! 1024 01:21:14.992 --> 01:21:16.678 I'm here now, come out! 1025 01:21:17.437 --> 01:21:19.562 Come on! I won't let any harm come to anyone. 1026 01:21:19.920 --> 01:21:21.301 Get up! Come on out! 1027 01:21:37.606 --> 01:21:39.343 Harish, traverse right! 1028 01:21:39.426 --> 01:21:40.279 Traversing! 1029 01:21:40.362 --> 01:21:42.037 Hold and fire! 1030 01:21:42.120 --> 01:21:42.999 Fire now! 1031 01:21:43.164 --> 01:21:44.383 Firing now! 1032 01:21:48.421 --> 01:21:50.344 Ramphal! Reverse! 1033 01:21:50.874 --> 01:21:52.038 Reverse! 1034 01:21:53.078 --> 01:21:55.445 Right stick! Right stick now! 1035 01:21:58.352 --> 01:21:59.470 And stop! 1036 01:22:00.533 --> 01:22:02.921 Twelve o'clock! Enemy tank! Down the line! 1037 01:22:03.002 --> 01:22:04.157 And fire! 1038 01:22:07.083 --> 01:22:09.458 - Target destroyed, sir! - Bravo, Harish! 1039 01:22:09.631 --> 01:22:12.444 Twelve o'clock! Enemy tank! Fire! 1040 01:22:15.763 --> 01:22:18.656 - Target destroyed, sir! - Good job, Dhyaneshwar! 1041 01:22:19.399 --> 01:22:22.459 I will spare no one! Advance our Pippa! 1042 01:22:22.620 --> 01:22:24.407 To hell with them! 1043 01:22:27.806 --> 01:22:30.788 There's too much smoke. Advance. I can't see anything clearly! 1044 01:22:31.015 --> 01:22:32.712 I can't see anything either, sir. 1045 01:22:33.191 --> 01:22:35.648 What do you need to see? Move ahead! 1046 01:22:35.784 --> 01:22:38.007 We move to kill or get killed! 1047 01:23:06.116 --> 01:23:07.615 - Chiefy! - What's wrong? 1048 01:23:07.703 --> 01:23:08.715 Chiefy! 1049 01:23:08.868 --> 01:23:10.670 Get him down, Babu Nand! 1050 01:23:11.781 --> 01:23:12.821 Hold his legs. 1051 01:23:13.887 --> 01:23:14.893 Get him down. 1052 01:23:15.013 --> 01:23:17.329 Pull him... Hold him by the legs. 1053 01:23:17.982 --> 01:23:18.999 Sir! 1054 01:23:19.561 --> 01:23:21.237 Sir... 1055 01:23:28.807 --> 01:23:30.904 - We have lost Chiefy. - What? 1056 01:23:32.086 --> 01:23:34.707 We have lost Chiefy. 1057 01:23:35.388 --> 01:23:36.890 What?! Repeat yourself. 1058 01:23:37.049 --> 01:23:40.136 Chiefy got hit. He has been martyred. 1059 01:24:13.516 --> 01:24:15.012 Chiefy has been martyred. 1060 01:24:19.758 --> 01:24:21.535 Delta 4-0 for all stations. Delta! 1061 01:24:21.616 --> 01:24:22.783 I am assuming command. 1062 01:24:22.864 --> 01:24:25.240 Repeat. Assuming command. Report my signal. Over. 1063 01:24:33.578 --> 01:24:35.167 Delta 5-0 for all stations! Delta! 1064 01:24:35.250 --> 01:24:36.360 I have assumed command! 1065 01:24:36.473 --> 01:24:38.210 Delta 2 wilco. Over. 1066 01:24:38.544 --> 01:24:39.805 Delta, okay. Over. 1067 01:24:39.886 --> 01:24:41.628 Keep changing your positions! 1068 01:24:41.709 --> 01:24:43.821 No one stays put! 1069 01:24:43.902 --> 01:24:44.942 Delta wilco. 1070 01:24:45.367 --> 01:24:47.511 - Premchand, advance! - Yes, sir. 1071 01:24:50.480 --> 01:24:52.530 - Advance, Amar! - 14, advance! 1072 01:24:52.633 --> 01:24:54.185 Ramphal, take it in! 1073 01:24:58.698 --> 01:25:01.044 Harish! Ten o'clock! Traverse left! 1074 01:25:01.125 --> 01:25:02.223 Traversing! 1075 01:25:03.357 --> 01:25:05.303 - Fire now! - Firing now! 1076 01:25:08.665 --> 01:25:11.286 Let it come closer! Fire now! 1077 01:25:14.147 --> 01:25:15.248 Gun down! 1078 01:25:16.764 --> 01:25:17.787 Fire again! 1079 01:25:18.247 --> 01:25:19.336 Load heat! 1080 01:25:20.617 --> 01:25:21.928 Heat loaded! 1081 01:25:22.067 --> 01:25:23.074 Fire! 1082 01:25:23.555 --> 01:25:24.555 Fire! 1083 01:25:24.939 --> 01:25:26.011 Load MG! 1084 01:25:27.054 --> 01:25:28.065 MG loaded! 1085 01:25:28.146 --> 01:25:29.160 And fire! 1086 01:25:35.476 --> 01:25:39.108 - Blessed is he who says... - God is the absolute truth! 1087 01:26:22.088 --> 01:26:23.314 Harish, two o'clock! 1088 01:26:23.758 --> 01:26:26.104 - Traverse right! - Traversing! 1089 01:26:27.218 --> 01:26:28.358 Fire! Now! 1090 01:26:31.670 --> 01:26:34.433 You missed! 30-metre shot! Elevate gun! 1091 01:26:35.129 --> 01:26:37.206 And fire! Fire now! 1092 01:26:41.780 --> 01:26:42.931 Target destroyed, sir! 1093 01:27:01.174 --> 01:27:03.994 Delta 1 for all stations. All enemy tanks destroyed. 1094 01:27:04.267 --> 01:27:06.625 I repeat. All enemy tanks destroyed. Out. 1095 01:27:42.110 --> 01:27:43.135 Move it! 1096 01:28:03.535 --> 01:28:04.597 You made it out alive. 1097 01:28:06.112 --> 01:28:07.182 Of course, I did. 1098 01:28:08.137 --> 01:28:09.215 I blew up two of them! 1099 01:28:14.096 --> 01:28:15.304 And the two down there? 1100 01:28:16.115 --> 01:28:17.251 Are they both doing fine? 1101 01:28:17.667 --> 01:28:18.952 Don't worry about them. 1102 01:28:20.036 --> 01:28:23.373 Chiefy and I weren't destined to use them anyway. 1103 01:28:27.111 --> 01:28:28.118 Chiefy... 1104 01:28:29.628 --> 01:28:31.456 He brought two dozen pairs of socks with him. 1105 01:28:33.833 --> 01:28:34.997 He changed them every day. 1106 01:28:37.864 --> 01:28:40.262 But he couldn't even make it to his fifth pair. 1107 01:28:45.607 --> 01:28:47.077 Did you find Chiefy's body? 1108 01:28:49.428 --> 01:28:51.403 No, we haven't been able to recover it. 1109 01:28:52.116 --> 01:28:53.238 Then hurry up! 1110 01:28:54.384 --> 01:28:55.542 Or should I go? 1111 01:28:56.274 --> 01:28:59.577 Pakistani soldiers are still in the area and are firing at us. 1112 01:29:00.045 --> 01:29:01.295 We need to wait. 1113 01:29:01.824 --> 01:29:04.573 They'll blow up his tank and there will be nothing left of Chiefy! 1114 01:29:04.925 --> 01:29:07.124 Speedy, we have protocols in place. 1115 01:29:07.542 --> 01:29:08.721 Unbelievable! 1116 01:29:10.920 --> 01:29:13.157 You didn't follow a single protocol in your life. 1117 01:29:14.690 --> 01:29:17.183 Now, when it is time to recover a friend's body, 1118 01:29:17.527 --> 01:29:19.026 you speak of protocols! 1119 01:29:20.804 --> 01:29:22.876 You've become the regiment commander indeed! 1120 01:29:27.850 --> 01:29:30.912 Had Chiefy been in my place, he'd have waited for the right time too. 1121 01:29:31.758 --> 01:29:33.475 Had it been either of us, Balli, 1122 01:29:35.796 --> 01:29:37.053 he would never have waited. 1123 01:29:41.087 --> 01:29:42.541 Delta 4-0 to all stations. Delta. 1124 01:29:42.624 --> 01:29:44.758 Keep firing until the enemy is neutralised. Over. 1125 01:30:03.786 --> 01:30:06.869 Delta 1 for all stations. All enemy soldiers neutralised. Out. 1126 01:31:21.789 --> 01:31:24.243 The martyred Major Daljeet Singh Narag 1127 01:31:25.449 --> 01:31:29.184 has inscribed the first page of 45 Cavalry with his own blood. 1128 01:31:30.624 --> 01:31:32.082 Now, it's our duty 1129 01:31:32.868 --> 01:31:36.135 to draw strength from his martyrdom 1130 01:31:37.412 --> 01:31:40.502 and etch the remaining pages of 45 Cavalry 1131 01:31:40.998 --> 01:31:44.287 with tales of valour and victory! 1132 01:31:46.925 --> 01:31:48.047 To a soldier 1133 01:31:49.560 --> 01:31:50.599 and a brother. 1134 01:31:52.344 --> 01:31:53.348 Sir. 1135 01:31:54.906 --> 01:31:57.105 Parade! Attention! 1136 01:31:58.256 --> 01:32:00.510 Parade! Weapons up! 1137 01:32:01.674 --> 01:32:03.320 Parade! Salute! 1138 01:32:06.692 --> 01:32:09.612 Firing unit, shoulder arms! 1139 01:32:10.153 --> 01:32:11.271 Load! 1140 01:32:12.778 --> 01:32:13.848 Present! 1141 01:32:14.915 --> 01:32:15.985 Present! 1142 01:32:16.900 --> 01:32:18.030 Present! 1143 01:32:29.422 --> 01:32:30.445 Sir. 1144 01:32:32.697 --> 01:32:33.728 Thank you. 1145 01:32:35.275 --> 01:32:36.291 How is Speedy? 1146 01:32:38.536 --> 01:32:40.344 It was a close call. 1147 01:32:40.765 --> 01:32:42.097 Speedy could have died too. 1148 01:32:43.605 --> 01:32:46.918 A soldier's life is like a burning candle, sir. 1149 01:32:47.506 --> 01:32:52.091 At times, we brave the storm but then, succumb to a strong wind. 1150 01:32:55.157 --> 01:32:56.311 How is your brother, sir? 1151 01:32:57.371 --> 01:32:58.378 Hey! 1152 01:32:58.461 --> 01:32:59.535 Harish! 1153 01:33:03.284 --> 01:33:05.832 - Good evening, Madam Prime Minister. - Congratulations, Sam! 1154 01:33:06.263 --> 01:33:07.784 What news of Garibpur? 1155 01:33:08.691 --> 01:33:11.437 We're bringing the Pakistani tanks from Garibpur to Boyra. 1156 01:33:11.887 --> 01:33:12.910 Why? 1157 01:33:13.306 --> 01:33:15.357 The press will notice their tanks in Indian territory 1158 01:33:15.438 --> 01:33:20.511 and duly report that Pakistan crossed the border to attack us. 1159 01:33:21.405 --> 01:33:22.699 Yahya Khan knows the truth 1160 01:33:23.021 --> 01:33:26.272 and his ego won't stand this tactic. 1161 01:33:26.353 --> 01:33:29.114 Boot to heel, a battle between India and Pakistan, 1162 01:33:29.195 --> 01:33:31.918 and neither country has yet declared a war. 1163 01:33:32.028 --> 01:33:34.991 Three light Pakistani tanks were captured a week ago 1164 01:33:35.085 --> 01:33:37.106 after a fight between two armoured squadrons. 1165 01:33:37.243 --> 01:33:38.295 Pakistan's... 1166 01:33:38.376 --> 01:33:39.807 On the morning of 21st November, 1167 01:33:39.888 --> 01:33:42.745 Pakistan infantry, along with tanks and artillery, 1168 01:33:42.994 --> 01:33:45.127 launched an attack on the Indian border. 1169 01:33:45.270 --> 01:33:48.212 "In response, the Indian Army's Squadron Commander, 1170 01:33:48.406 --> 01:33:50.017 Major Daljit Singh Narag, 1171 01:33:50.100 --> 01:33:54.850 and second-in-command Balram Singh Mehta from Squadron 45 Cavalry, 1172 01:33:54.993 --> 01:33:57.426 joined hands with the 14 Punjab battalion 1173 01:33:57.722 --> 01:34:01.918 to completely destroy 14 Pakistani Chaffee tanks." 1174 01:34:03.215 --> 01:34:04.418 Is Balram all right? 1175 01:34:06.216 --> 01:34:07.216 Mom... 1176 01:34:11.543 --> 01:34:13.309 - Radha! - Yes? 1177 01:34:13.755 --> 01:34:16.895 I've got an update and it's not good news. 1178 01:34:18.130 --> 01:34:22.048 My sources in the Mukti Bahini say there's no trace of Ram Mehta. 1179 01:34:24.825 --> 01:34:27.254 He was on a recce in East Pakistan. 1180 01:34:28.044 --> 01:34:29.427 He's missing in action. 1181 01:34:35.933 --> 01:34:38.177 It's clear you're not Bengali. 1182 01:34:39.629 --> 01:34:40.647 So, tell us who you are 1183 01:34:40.728 --> 01:34:43.019 and what you were doing with these Bangladeshi rebels. 1184 01:34:44.043 --> 01:34:46.364 I never said I was Bengali, sir. 1185 01:34:47.370 --> 01:34:49.344 I'm from Rawalpindi. 1186 01:34:50.236 --> 01:34:52.392 My name is Mohammad Nadeef. 1187 01:34:52.658 --> 01:34:53.686 Is that so? 1188 01:34:53.885 --> 01:34:57.602 What exactly is Mohammad Nadeef from Rawalpindi doing here? 1189 01:34:59.118 --> 01:35:02.235 Where there is rebellion, there are also drugs. 1190 01:35:03.056 --> 01:35:04.993 I deal in opium, sir. 1191 01:35:06.017 --> 01:35:07.931 Soldiers and rebels buy from me. 1192 01:35:08.516 --> 01:35:09.696 He's lying, sir. 1193 01:35:10.500 --> 01:35:13.023 I know every dealer who sells opium. 1194 01:35:13.317 --> 01:35:16.232 Hush! You know squat! 1195 01:35:17.373 --> 01:35:20.011 A local training camp ran right under his nose. 1196 01:35:21.006 --> 01:35:22.764 By the time he found out, 1197 01:35:23.448 --> 01:35:25.988 thousands of guerrillas had already graduated. 1198 01:35:27.943 --> 01:35:29.574 You son of a bitch! 1199 01:35:29.655 --> 01:35:32.160 - I'll beat the... - Shibli! 1200 01:35:35.325 --> 01:35:37.407 You wanted to kill him the other day, sir. 1201 01:35:37.889 --> 01:35:39.287 Then why do you stop me? 1202 01:35:40.286 --> 01:35:42.364 If he really is an officer with the Indian Army, 1203 01:35:43.365 --> 01:35:45.115 then we've hit the jackpot! 1204 01:35:53.099 --> 01:35:56.685 The situation created by the Indian aggression 1205 01:35:57.591 --> 01:35:59.657 is leading the two countries 1206 01:36:00.775 --> 01:36:04.158 to a point of no return. 1207 01:36:15.074 --> 01:36:17.064 Madam Prime Minister, Yahya Khan has blinked. 1208 01:36:17.576 --> 01:36:18.763 It is time to go in. 1209 01:36:19.021 --> 01:36:20.931 We will have a quick and decisive campaign. 1210 01:36:21.238 --> 01:36:24.702 Before the Pakistani forces can mobilise their reinforcements, 1211 01:36:24.783 --> 01:36:25.789 this war will be over. 1212 01:36:25.870 --> 01:36:29.350 The first and only objective of this war will be to capture Dhaka. 1213 01:36:29.529 --> 01:36:31.156 We take the territory, 1214 01:36:31.237 --> 01:36:34.342 set up a provisional Bangladesh government and exit. 1215 01:36:34.422 --> 01:36:35.474 Yes, Ma'am. 1216 01:36:35.739 --> 01:36:36.754 Good luck, Sam. 1217 01:36:37.036 --> 01:36:39.052 And to you too, Madam Prime Minister. 1218 01:36:40.013 --> 01:36:40.886 Jai Hind. 1219 01:36:40.969 --> 01:36:44.765 A few hours ago, at around 5:30 p.m. this evening, 1220 01:36:44.914 --> 01:36:46.167 3rd December, 1221 01:36:46.432 --> 01:36:48.715 Pakistan bombed our airbases at Srinagar, 1222 01:36:49.224 --> 01:36:51.724 Avantipur, Pathankot, 1223 01:36:52.215 --> 01:36:54.689 Uttarlai, Jodhpur, 1224 01:36:54.848 --> 01:36:59.504 Ambala and Agra. 1225 01:37:00.247 --> 01:37:04.583 Not a single jet of ours suffered a single scratch, 1226 01:37:05.068 --> 01:37:08.982 but this act by Pakistan is an act of war. 1227 01:37:10.872 --> 01:37:12.825 India is an apostle of peace. 1228 01:37:13.535 --> 01:37:17.441 But if someone unleashes wanton and unprovoked aggression on us, 1229 01:37:17.919 --> 01:37:20.904 we will respond in kind. 1230 01:37:22.036 --> 01:37:24.896 I want to inform you all 1231 01:37:25.178 --> 01:37:29.428 that I, Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, 1232 01:37:30.498 --> 01:37:33.248 declare war on Pakistan. 1233 01:37:33.711 --> 01:37:34.712 Jai Hind. 1234 01:37:34.793 --> 01:37:36.084 - Jai Hind! - Jai Hind! 1235 01:37:38.662 --> 01:37:40.349 Brave soldiers of 14 Punjab! 1236 01:37:41.717 --> 01:37:43.958 We are heading towards our base camp now. 1237 01:37:45.313 --> 01:37:49.852 - Blessed is he who says... - God is the absolute truth! 1238 01:37:49.933 --> 01:37:54.146 - Blessed is he who says... - God is the absolute truth! 1239 01:37:54.273 --> 01:37:58.841 - Blessed is he who says... - God is the absolute truth! 1240 01:37:59.455 --> 01:38:02.251 Battalion, dismissed! 1241 01:38:17.380 --> 01:38:18.781 Parade... 1242 01:38:18.864 --> 01:38:21.610 Move forward! 1243 01:38:21.693 --> 01:38:23.251 Parade... 1244 01:38:23.334 --> 01:38:25.847 Move forward... 1245 01:38:26.507 --> 01:38:28.359 - Jai Hind, sir. - Jai Hind. 1246 01:38:28.440 --> 01:38:30.618 There's a call for you on the squadron field telephone. 1247 01:38:33.776 --> 01:38:34.995 Captain Balram Mehta. 1248 01:38:35.356 --> 01:38:38.379 - Balli, congratulations! - Radha? 1249 01:38:38.613 --> 01:38:41.924 Yes! We are extremely proud of you, Balli. 1250 01:38:42.863 --> 01:38:44.464 How did you get access to this line? 1251 01:38:45.563 --> 01:38:48.506 I'll explain later. First, tell me how you are. 1252 01:38:48.587 --> 01:38:49.628 Are you injured? 1253 01:38:50.144 --> 01:38:51.394 I'm perfectly fine. 1254 01:38:51.956 --> 01:38:53.933 How are you and Mom? 1255 01:38:54.378 --> 01:38:56.877 I'm doing alright. Mom is fine too. 1256 01:38:57.018 --> 01:38:59.159 She just misses you a lot. 1257 01:39:01.330 --> 01:39:02.353 Balli... 1258 01:39:03.441 --> 01:39:04.790 There's some bad news. 1259 01:39:05.597 --> 01:39:07.261 Ram is missing in action. 1260 01:39:07.722 --> 01:39:10.214 How do you know?-I just do. 1261 01:39:12.580 --> 01:39:16.572 My heart says he's alive and is somewhere in East Pakistan. 1262 01:39:19.144 --> 01:39:21.175 Don't worry, Radha. 1263 01:39:22.518 --> 01:39:24.331 I'll start making a ruckus here. 1264 01:39:25.511 --> 01:39:27.785 If he's around, I'm sure he'll come out to scold me. 1265 01:39:30.293 --> 01:39:32.689 It's not easy to get Ram Mehta off my case! 1266 01:39:57.262 --> 01:39:58.316 Hey, boy. 1267 01:39:59.354 --> 01:40:02.838 Take a good look at him and tell me. 1268 01:40:03.792 --> 01:40:05.057 Do you know him? 1269 01:40:05.808 --> 01:40:06.823 Who is he? 1270 01:40:17.010 --> 01:40:18.900 I'm an illiterate chap. 1271 01:40:19.987 --> 01:40:22.229 I can't count to three. 1272 01:40:23.635 --> 01:40:26.198 So, I will ask you only once. 1273 01:40:27.183 --> 01:40:28.378 Who are you? 1274 01:41:37.095 --> 01:41:39.119 - Captain Balram Mehta. - Major Pratap Singh. 1275 01:41:39.564 --> 01:41:41.252 - At ease. - Thank you, sir. 1276 01:41:41.806 --> 01:41:43.970 - Welcome to the front. - Thank you, Captain. 1277 01:41:44.353 --> 01:41:45.712 Our next target is Jessore. 1278 01:41:45.957 --> 01:41:47.694 - I'll brief you when we get the details. - Sir! 1279 01:41:47.775 --> 01:41:50.665 Sir, which front were you posted at before this? 1280 01:41:50.837 --> 01:41:51.852 I was at home. 1281 01:41:52.681 --> 01:41:56.411 My son was ill. So, I couldn't join sooner. 1282 01:41:57.291 --> 01:41:58.290 Sir! 1283 01:41:58.508 --> 01:42:00.453 Thank God our children are healthy. 1284 01:42:00.809 --> 01:42:03.684 Otherwise, we too would have had to forgo the war and look after them! 1285 01:42:04.916 --> 01:42:05.923 Please, sir. 1286 01:42:07.283 --> 01:42:09.971 So, that's our new Squadron Commander. 1287 01:42:10.385 --> 01:42:11.627 God help us! 1288 01:42:12.274 --> 01:42:14.056 - Jai Hind, sir. - Jai Hind. 1289 01:42:14.534 --> 01:42:16.393 This chap insists on meeting you. 1290 01:42:18.386 --> 01:42:20.364 I am an ex-sergeant of the Pakistan Air Force. 1291 01:42:29.713 --> 01:42:30.783 Mohammad Miraj. 1292 01:42:31.205 --> 01:42:32.447 This is a chargesheet. 1293 01:42:33.212 --> 01:42:35.569 The Pakistani Air Force has declared me a deserter. 1294 01:42:35.658 --> 01:42:37.348 I'll be court-martialled If am caught. 1295 01:42:38.071 --> 01:42:39.204 Why are you here? 1296 01:42:39.697 --> 01:42:41.059 I want to fight on your side. 1297 01:42:41.541 --> 01:42:42.791 I even brought a flag with me. 1298 01:42:44.900 --> 01:42:47.697 You can keep the flag but you'll have to leave the bicycle. 1299 01:42:48.794 --> 01:42:50.380 What if he is a spy? 1300 01:42:50.740 --> 01:42:53.300 What good is a spy without a weapon or a radio? 1301 01:42:53.724 --> 01:42:56.027 He can strangle you with the flag though! 1302 01:42:56.357 --> 01:42:58.966 Sir, my life line is short and you keep scaring me. 1303 01:42:59.216 --> 01:43:00.721 I have a piece of information. 1304 01:43:02.178 --> 01:43:05.011 An Indian Army officer is in the custody of the Pakistan Army. 1305 01:43:06.056 --> 01:43:08.781 You may have it verified internally 1306 01:43:08.870 --> 01:43:11.396 whether any officer of the Indian Army is missing in East Pakistan. 1307 01:43:11.477 --> 01:43:13.435 - Do you know his name? - No. 1308 01:43:14.904 --> 01:43:16.066 Any idea where he is? 1309 01:43:16.242 --> 01:43:18.935 The closest post from where he was captured is Burinda. 1310 01:43:19.016 --> 01:43:21.195 - He may be there. - What are the chances of him being alive? 1311 01:43:21.529 --> 01:43:24.745 He is living proof of the Indian government's covert operation. 1312 01:43:25.381 --> 01:43:26.847 Only a fool would kill him. 1313 01:43:27.192 --> 01:43:29.403 That is, if he confesses to being an Indian Army Officer, 1314 01:43:29.484 --> 01:43:32.418 but if he denies it... 1315 01:43:51.517 --> 01:43:52.768 It's been all night. 1316 01:43:53.806 --> 01:43:54.995 We couldn't crack it. 1317 01:43:56.274 --> 01:43:59.220 It's a combination of two or three encryption methods. 1318 01:44:00.338 --> 01:44:05.205 But I still think the text I've decoded is correct. 1319 01:44:06.155 --> 01:44:09.256 "Spilling towards east..." 1320 01:44:09.337 --> 01:44:12.541 - Meaning moving towards the east... - East is Pakistan? 1321 01:44:13.484 --> 01:44:15.930 What is moving towards east? 1322 01:44:16.416 --> 01:44:17.627 Resting God! 1323 01:44:19.354 --> 01:44:20.696 - Coffee. - Here. 1324 01:44:20.777 --> 01:44:21.899 Thank you. 1325 01:44:22.564 --> 01:44:24.236 You've to thank Baba Budan. 1326 01:44:25.056 --> 01:44:27.454 - Who? - An Indian sage 1327 01:44:27.798 --> 01:44:32.171 who smuggled seven coffee beans from Mocha in Yemen to India. 1328 01:44:32.291 --> 01:44:33.291 Only seven! 1329 01:44:33.549 --> 01:44:38.962 Probably because the number seven has some relevance to every religion. 1330 01:44:39.043 --> 01:44:40.074 Yes. 1331 01:44:40.157 --> 01:44:42.529 According to the Old Testament, the world was created in six days. 1332 01:44:42.610 --> 01:44:44.274 That's the story of the seven-day week, right? 1333 01:44:44.744 --> 01:44:46.761 Then God rested on the seventh day. 1334 01:44:49.212 --> 01:44:51.384 - The seventh day. - What? 1335 01:44:51.923 --> 01:44:53.203 Resting God. 1336 01:44:56.005 --> 01:44:56.925 What? 1337 01:44:57.031 --> 01:44:59.579 The seventh day is moving towards the East. 1338 01:45:00.056 --> 01:45:01.401 An American message. 1339 01:45:01.970 --> 01:45:03.307 East Pakistan... 1340 01:45:03.885 --> 01:45:04.918 Okay. 1341 01:45:05.673 --> 01:45:07.032 The U.S. Seventh Fleet, sir. 1342 01:45:07.180 --> 01:45:08.754 It has reached Sri Lanka from Vietnam. 1343 01:45:08.835 --> 01:45:10.374 - The Seventh Fleet. - Yes, sir. 1344 01:45:10.457 --> 01:45:13.050 They are heading to East Bengal through the Bay of Bengal. 1345 01:45:13.132 --> 01:45:14.296 Moving swiftly. 1346 01:45:14.538 --> 01:45:15.655 What's the Seventh Fleet? 1347 01:45:17.219 --> 01:45:20.361 It contains the world's biggest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 1348 01:45:20.442 --> 01:45:22.045 the USS Enterprise. 1349 01:45:22.481 --> 01:45:25.418 It carries more than 70 fighter jets, bombers, 1350 01:45:25.562 --> 01:45:27.340 guided missile cruisers 1351 01:45:27.552 --> 01:45:31.671 and the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli. 1352 01:45:31.767 --> 01:45:35.780 That's why Pakistan has been distracting us with trivial skirmishes 1353 01:45:35.900 --> 01:45:39.668 so the Seventh Fleet reaches Dacca before we do. 1354 01:45:39.952 --> 01:45:40.959 Exactly. 1355 01:45:42.487 --> 01:45:43.956 - Change of plans, Mehta. - Sir! 1356 01:45:44.204 --> 01:45:46.087 - We're going to Burinda, not Jessore. - Sir! 1357 01:45:47.519 --> 01:45:49.175 We will take the cross-country route. 1358 01:45:50.206 --> 01:45:52.760 Sir, it will be difficult for the tank to move on that route 1359 01:45:53.291 --> 01:45:54.924 and it will also take much longer. 1360 01:45:55.190 --> 01:45:59.284 Captain Mehta, when I need advice, I ask for it. 1361 01:46:02.605 --> 01:46:04.806 Sir, we should reach Burinda as soon as we can. 1362 01:46:04.887 --> 01:46:06.556 Time is not of the essence right now. 1363 01:46:06.941 --> 01:46:07.953 Sir, it is. 1364 01:46:08.034 --> 01:46:10.552 We have information that there may be Indian prisoners there. 1365 01:46:10.870 --> 01:46:14.026 We are here to liberate Bangladesh, not to follow hunches. 1366 01:46:14.190 --> 01:46:17.011 A war has broken out and you want to take the most popular route! 1367 01:46:18.041 --> 01:46:20.041 - We leave tomorrow at 0600 hours. - Sir! 1368 01:46:20.245 --> 01:46:21.260 Dismissed. 1369 01:46:31.660 --> 01:46:32.722 Ramphal. 1370 01:46:33.421 --> 01:46:35.442 If someone says in a fit of rage, 1371 01:46:35.523 --> 01:46:37.472 "I wish I never had to see your face again", 1372 01:46:37.608 --> 01:46:38.816 is that a bad omen? 1373 01:46:38.988 --> 01:46:40.027 No, sir. 1374 01:46:40.222 --> 01:46:43.354 Love wins over every omen no matter who you wish it on. 1375 01:46:47.274 --> 01:46:48.859 Listen, if something happens to me, 1376 01:46:48.972 --> 01:46:51.214 please return these boots to my brother Ram. 1377 01:46:53.690 --> 01:46:54.980 What has come over you, sir? 1378 01:47:01.237 --> 01:47:03.369 - Jai Hind, sir. - Jai Hind. 1379 01:47:07.104 --> 01:47:10.315 You're about to be sacrificed! 1380 01:47:12.401 --> 01:47:14.595 Doesn't he look like a groom? 1381 01:47:14.717 --> 01:47:15.748 Take a photo. 1382 01:47:20.369 --> 01:47:21.456 Give it to me. 1383 01:47:22.097 --> 01:47:23.527 I will turn on the tape recorder. 1384 01:47:24.737 --> 01:47:27.635 You just have to read out whatever is written on the paper. 1385 01:47:28.792 --> 01:47:30.667 It says that you are an officer of the Indian Army 1386 01:47:30.841 --> 01:47:33.565 who was sent by the Indian Government to East Pakistan 1387 01:47:33.646 --> 01:47:36.503 in order to stoke a rebellion against their own government. 1388 01:47:40.932 --> 01:47:41.932 Listen. 1389 01:47:42.163 --> 01:47:45.563 If you confess to being an officer of the Indian Army, 1390 01:47:45.644 --> 01:47:46.870 you'll be of some use to us. 1391 01:47:51.839 --> 01:47:53.442 But if you don't confess, 1392 01:47:55.418 --> 01:47:56.887 we'll have no use for you. 1393 01:47:59.636 --> 01:48:00.737 It's your call. 1394 01:48:24.783 --> 01:48:26.611 But this is a blatant lie, sir. 1395 01:48:27.029 --> 01:48:28.833 I'm Mohammad Nadeef from Rawalpindi. 1396 01:48:28.914 --> 01:48:30.633 You filthy swine! 1397 01:48:30.734 --> 01:48:33.653 - I'm Mohammad Nadeef from Rawalpindi. - I'll shove your opium up your ass! 1398 01:48:33.734 --> 01:48:34.765 - Get it? - Shibli! 1399 01:48:34.908 --> 01:48:36.337 I'll be the one to shoot him. 1400 01:48:37.125 --> 01:48:38.736 Just you wait! 1401 01:50:37.727 --> 01:50:38.925 Ramphal, stop! 1402 01:50:45.892 --> 01:50:48.196 Stay put on the tank! No one gets down! 1403 01:51:09.189 --> 01:51:11.524 Hail Bengal! Jai Hind! 1404 01:51:12.548 --> 01:51:14.571 We are the Mukti Bahini. Your brothers! 1405 01:51:18.549 --> 01:51:21.456 We are here to help you detect landmines. 1406 01:51:24.284 --> 01:51:26.098 It will save you time as well as your lives. 1407 01:51:34.330 --> 01:51:35.345 At ease, boys. 1408 01:51:47.994 --> 01:51:50.963 Sky above, ground below! 1409 01:51:51.510 --> 01:51:54.276 On your rear, blow after blow! 1410 01:51:57.353 --> 01:51:58.697 You two-bit rogue! 1411 01:51:59.924 --> 01:52:02.073 As soon as Abbas returns from his briefing, 1412 01:52:02.807 --> 01:52:04.696 he's going to put a bullet in your ass. 1413 01:52:06.580 --> 01:52:08.495 Final wishes, my man? 1414 01:52:08.908 --> 01:52:10.838 Any last wishes? 1415 01:52:12.650 --> 01:52:13.806 How about some hilsa? 1416 01:52:15.453 --> 01:52:17.781 Freedom was his one last wish 1417 01:52:18.116 --> 01:52:20.171 but he only got some rotten fish! 1418 01:52:20.638 --> 01:52:24.382 Freedom was his one last wish but he only got some rotten fish! 1419 01:52:25.654 --> 01:52:29.826 Radha, the Mukti Bahini has information about an Indian Army officer 1420 01:52:29.952 --> 01:52:31.426 in the custody of the Pakistanis. 1421 01:52:31.507 --> 01:52:33.974 - Is it Ram? - We don't know that yet. 1422 01:52:34.694 --> 01:52:37.499 But whoever he is, he's being held in Burinda. 1423 01:52:38.446 --> 01:52:39.485 And Balli? 1424 01:52:41.366 --> 01:52:43.726 We have to build a bridge to get to Burinda. 1425 01:52:44.086 --> 01:52:45.592 We don't have the time, sir. 1426 01:52:46.179 --> 01:52:49.163 What good is Pippa if we have to drive it over a bridge? 1427 01:52:49.422 --> 01:52:51.750 Pippa! In these depths! 1428 01:52:52.015 --> 01:52:53.195 Look at how vast it is. 1429 01:52:53.985 --> 01:52:56.185 What if we are stranded in the middle of the river? 1430 01:52:56.322 --> 01:52:57.714 If we reach Burinda too late, 1431 01:52:57.795 --> 01:52:59.778 there will be no point in us getting there, sir. 1432 01:53:01.265 --> 01:53:02.679 I don't think we have a choice. 1433 01:53:04.883 --> 01:53:06.985 We could speak to Digby if you like. 1434 01:53:08.827 --> 01:53:10.756 - That won't be necessary. - Right, sir. 1435 01:53:13.913 --> 01:53:15.702 Do you remember the motto of 45 Cavalry? 1436 01:53:15.922 --> 01:53:17.828 - Veer Bhogya Vasundhara. - Veer Bhogya Vasundhara. 1437 01:53:18.477 --> 01:53:20.068 Veer Bhogya Vasundhara. 1438 01:53:21.031 --> 01:53:22.726 The world is for the brave. 1439 01:53:24.234 --> 01:53:25.585 But who is truly brave? 1440 01:53:26.718 --> 01:53:30.171 "The one who fights for the weak and helpless." 1441 01:53:31.914 --> 01:53:33.617 Guru Gobind Singh's words. 1442 01:53:35.132 --> 01:53:36.172 The truly brave 1443 01:53:36.836 --> 01:53:41.383 fight for the poor, defenceless and the innocent. 1444 01:53:42.392 --> 01:53:45.131 We aren't fighting this war only to defeat Pakistan, 1445 01:53:45.212 --> 01:53:50.858 but also to liberate the 60 million people of East Pakistan. 1446 01:53:52.803 --> 01:53:55.009 In the entire history of mankind, 1447 01:53:55.801 --> 01:53:58.708 no war has ever been fought to liberate another nation. 1448 01:53:58.960 --> 01:54:00.006 But today, 1449 01:54:00.845 --> 01:54:04.315 we, the 45 Cavalry, 1450 01:54:04.396 --> 01:54:06.523 have the chance to make history. 1451 01:54:07.418 --> 01:54:11.590 So, 45 Cavalry, what do you say? 1452 01:54:11.747 --> 01:54:13.653 - Shall we march on? - Yes, sir! 1453 01:54:14.394 --> 01:54:16.402 I'll be the first to go into the water 1454 01:54:16.561 --> 01:54:18.153 and you will come one by one. 1455 01:54:18.234 --> 01:54:20.059 - Is that clear? - Yes, sir! 1456 01:54:20.460 --> 01:54:22.240 - Victory to... - ...the brave! 1457 01:54:22.321 --> 01:54:23.634 - Victory to... - ...the brave! 1458 01:54:23.715 --> 01:54:25.290 - Victory to... - ...the brave! 1459 01:54:30.157 --> 01:54:32.493 The thought that my brother Ram could be there, 1460 01:54:33.017 --> 01:54:36.337 and in God knows what condition, was eating away at me. 1461 01:54:37.820 --> 01:54:40.310 This was no longer a soldier's battle, 1462 01:54:40.915 --> 01:54:42.849 but that of a brother and a son too. 1463 01:54:43.824 --> 01:54:46.019 Shifting from land and water to water, sir! 1464 01:55:31.363 --> 01:55:33.071 Delta 4-0, all stations. Delta. 1465 01:55:33.152 --> 01:55:34.158 Bhairab river. 1466 01:55:34.239 --> 01:55:35.962 The current of the water is slightly turbulent. 1467 01:55:36.110 --> 01:55:37.358 Five hundred metres wide. 1468 01:55:37.439 --> 01:55:39.881 Next report after exiting far bank. Out. 1469 01:56:23.876 --> 01:56:26.391 - Alert! - The camp is under attack! 1470 01:56:27.026 --> 01:56:29.663 Alert, everyone! The camp is under attack! 1471 01:57:51.702 --> 01:57:53.225 - Go! - That way! 1472 01:57:53.420 --> 01:57:55.121 Go... Left stick! 1473 01:58:30.591 --> 01:58:32.807 Harish! Twelve o'clock! Tank! Fire! 1474 01:58:34.856 --> 01:58:35.861 Traverse left! 1475 01:58:36.919 --> 01:58:37.958 And fire now! 1476 01:59:33.820 --> 01:59:36.787 ♪ O, what a horrendous sight Mankind has turned savage ♪ 1477 01:59:36.870 --> 01:59:39.701 ♪ Life has become dreadful It is ruthless and dreary ♪ 1478 01:59:39.784 --> 01:59:42.701 ♪ O, what a horrendous sight Mankind has turned savage ♪ 1479 01:59:42.784 --> 01:59:45.570 ♪ Life has become dreadful It is ruthless and dreary ♪ 1480 01:59:47.074 --> 01:59:49.958 ♪ O, what a horrendous sight Mankind has turned savage ♪ 1481 01:59:50.041 --> 01:59:52.685 ♪ Life has become dreadful It is ruthless and dreary ♪ 1482 01:59:52.768 --> 01:59:54.804 ♪ Tyranny prevails! ♪ 1483 01:59:55.822 --> 01:59:58.632 ♪ Oblivious to what lies ahead Only sinners thrive in this world ♪ 1484 01:59:58.715 --> 02:00:01.577 ♪ A storm so violent And tempestuous brews ♪ 1485 02:00:01.658 --> 02:00:03.049 ♪ What an intricate labyrinth! ♪ 1486 02:00:03.132 --> 02:00:05.978 ♪ Only the powerful wield respect here ♪ 1487 02:00:06.061 --> 02:00:08.910 ♪ The times are trying And they leave you terrified... ♪ 1488 02:00:10.968 --> 02:00:12.640 Ramphal, advance! 1489 02:00:13.084 --> 02:00:14.249 Advance now! 1490 02:00:16.108 --> 02:00:18.538 Move in! Move in after me! Go! 1491 02:00:19.617 --> 02:00:20.640 Move in! 1492 02:00:22.312 --> 02:00:23.445 Fire! 1493 02:00:39.160 --> 02:00:40.746 Harish, load MG round! 1494 02:00:41.148 --> 02:00:42.903 Eleven o'clock! Enemy mortar! 1495 02:00:43.146 --> 02:00:44.773 Elevate gun and fire! 1496 02:00:52.699 --> 02:00:53.821 Let's move! 1497 02:00:54.116 --> 02:00:55.167 Come on! 1498 02:00:56.782 --> 02:00:57.875 This way! 1499 02:00:59.193 --> 02:01:00.193 You go that way. 1500 02:01:00.450 --> 02:01:02.149 Come on! 1501 02:01:02.504 --> 02:01:03.898 - Let's go. - Move it. 1502 02:01:11.400 --> 02:01:13.518 Victory to Bengal! 1503 02:01:14.661 --> 02:01:16.316 Hail Bengal! 1504 02:01:19.143 --> 02:01:21.762 Victory to Bengal! 1505 02:01:57.287 --> 02:01:58.543 Ramphal, stop! 1506 02:01:59.767 --> 02:02:01.688 Three o'clock! RCL gun! 1507 02:02:03.694 --> 02:02:05.543 Hold! And fire! 1508 02:02:13.563 --> 02:02:14.857 Harish, load MG round! 1509 02:02:15.108 --> 02:02:17.019 Enemy bunker! Traverse right! 1510 02:02:17.690 --> 02:02:18.692 And fire! 1511 02:02:42.045 --> 02:02:44.167 Take cover! 1512 02:02:49.382 --> 02:02:50.880 Ramphal, advance! 1513 02:02:55.155 --> 02:02:56.333 Stop... 1514 02:03:12.070 --> 02:03:13.366 Harish, traverse right! 1515 02:03:14.943 --> 02:03:16.421 Two o'clock, enemy truck! 1516 02:03:16.799 --> 02:03:17.799 Hold! 1517 02:03:18.045 --> 02:03:19.082 Hold. 1518 02:03:20.510 --> 02:03:21.510 Hold. 1519 02:03:24.689 --> 02:03:25.693 Hold! 1520 02:03:25.813 --> 02:03:28.005 Steady and fire! 1521 02:03:42.775 --> 02:03:44.214 Victory to Bengal! 1522 02:03:44.682 --> 02:03:46.140 Victory to Bengal! 1523 02:03:46.653 --> 02:03:48.691 - Glory to Bengal! - Victory to Bengal! 1524 02:03:49.073 --> 02:03:50.471 Glory to Bengal! 1525 02:04:20.209 --> 02:04:22.325 Ramphal, advance! Advance! 1526 02:04:23.535 --> 02:04:24.581 Run! 1527 02:04:39.952 --> 02:04:40.976 Hands up. 1528 02:04:42.469 --> 02:04:43.570 Step out. 1529 02:04:45.487 --> 02:04:46.565 Hands behind your head. 1530 02:04:46.899 --> 02:04:48.264 Put your hands behind your head. 1531 02:04:49.388 --> 02:04:50.685 Come on, keep moving. 1532 02:04:53.638 --> 02:04:54.700 Glory to Bengal. 1533 02:05:21.146 --> 02:05:23.451 Why did you have to steal them? You could have just asked me. 1534 02:05:30.784 --> 02:05:34.000 Dad never willed them to you. Why should I have to ask you? 1535 02:05:41.665 --> 02:05:43.284 I have as much right over these boots as you. 1536 02:05:55.645 --> 02:05:57.205 Shocked to learn that I smoke! 1537 02:05:58.066 --> 02:06:00.058 I've known since I was a child. 1538 02:06:00.836 --> 02:06:01.839 I see. 1539 02:06:03.689 --> 02:06:05.290 What about Mom? 1540 02:06:06.024 --> 02:06:08.055 I am not a snitch like you. 1541 02:06:11.271 --> 02:06:13.829 That pack of cigarettes that Mom found in the bathroom 1542 02:06:13.910 --> 02:06:15.881 when I was in school was mine. 1543 02:06:16.302 --> 02:06:17.317 I know. 1544 02:06:17.605 --> 02:06:19.400 She lashed me with Dad's belt. 1545 02:06:29.540 --> 02:06:30.601 To be honest, Balli, 1546 02:06:32.661 --> 02:06:34.030 I'm not annoyed by you. 1547 02:06:35.071 --> 02:06:36.078 I'm jealous 1548 02:06:37.574 --> 02:06:40.209 of your ability to call a spade a spade. 1549 02:06:41.238 --> 02:06:42.533 It scares me. 1550 02:06:52.789 --> 02:06:53.993 If I can be honest too, 1551 02:06:56.571 --> 02:06:58.466 I've always longed for an elder brother. 1552 02:07:00.790 --> 02:07:03.102 - But you... - You know what? 1553 02:07:04.891 --> 02:07:06.610 Let's stop trying to be the better brother. 1554 02:07:07.935 --> 02:07:10.477 Give me another cigarette and maybe we'll become friends. 1555 02:07:28.002 --> 02:07:29.359 Balli, from this day forward, 1556 02:07:30.034 --> 02:07:31.706 people will no longer call you Major Ram's brother. 1557 02:07:32.985 --> 02:07:36.801 Instead, they'll call me the brother of the '71 war hero Balram Mehta. 1558 02:07:38.812 --> 02:07:39.867 I'm proud of you. 1559 02:07:40.775 --> 02:07:41.795 Thank you. 1560 02:07:48.438 --> 02:07:51.146 Now that you've lived up to the legacy of those boots, 1561 02:07:52.277 --> 02:07:53.927 I don't think you need them anymore. 1562 02:07:56.613 --> 02:07:57.691 You see, Major. 1563 02:07:59.493 --> 02:08:02.727 You can't coax me into returning them to you. 1564 02:08:08.602 --> 02:08:09.609 Here. 1565 02:08:11.314 --> 02:08:12.961 It must have been your idea to crash into that tank. 1566 02:08:13.042 --> 02:08:14.042 Yes. 1567 02:08:46.271 --> 02:08:47.278 Yes? 1568 02:08:48.200 --> 02:08:49.348 Okay. Sir! 1569 02:08:50.424 --> 02:08:51.472 Hello? 1570 02:08:52.286 --> 02:08:54.466 Good. Casualties? 1571 02:08:56.129 --> 02:08:57.129 Right. 1572 02:08:59.544 --> 02:09:02.419 Ladies and gentlemen, we've got Burinda. 1573 02:09:04.543 --> 02:09:05.552 Radha. 1574 02:09:06.304 --> 02:09:07.672 We found Ram there. 1575 02:09:07.753 --> 02:09:08.938 - Congratulations! - Well done. 1576 02:09:10.680 --> 02:09:12.556 The air had the sweet whiff of freedom. 1577 02:09:13.012 --> 02:09:15.628 The people wore smiles beaming with hope. 1578 02:09:15.773 --> 02:09:16.823 Thank you, sir. 1579 02:09:16.971 --> 02:09:19.487 We had changed the map of Pakistan that day. 1580 02:09:20.306 --> 02:09:22.018 East Pakistan was now Bangladesh 1581 02:09:22.099 --> 02:09:26.214 and I went from being Balli to Captain Balram Singh Mehta. 1582 02:09:27.481 --> 02:09:28.417 Good evening. 1583 02:09:28.500 --> 02:09:31.888 Government forces in East Pakistan surrendered today to India 1584 02:09:32.059 --> 02:09:35.419 bringing to an end 13 days of bitter fighting on that front. 1585 02:09:35.669 --> 02:09:38.200 The end came quickly at a race track in Dacca. 1586 02:09:38.370 --> 02:09:42.112 There, General Niazi gave up the Pakistani Armed Forces in the East 1587 02:09:42.232 --> 02:09:44.044 to Indian General Singh Aurora. 1588 02:09:52.987 --> 02:09:55.218 There was rejoicing on the streets of Dacca. 1589 02:09:55.346 --> 02:09:57.841 In New Delhi, a cheering table-thumping Parliament 1590 02:09:57.922 --> 02:10:01.935 heard Indian Prime Minister Gandhi proclaim East Pakistan a free country. 1591 02:10:02.117 --> 02:10:04.769 She called it Bangladesh, the Bengal nation. 1592 02:10:17.463 --> 02:10:18.463 No. 1593 02:10:37.093 --> 02:10:39.034 Earlier, there was one war hero in the family. 1594 02:10:39.556 --> 02:10:42.101 Now, two of my children have become war heroes. 1595 02:10:42.182 --> 02:10:43.189 All three. 1596 02:10:43.828 --> 02:10:46.687 I thought you only counted the peas on my plate. 1597 02:10:46.928 --> 02:10:47.935 Hers too? 1598 02:10:48.382 --> 02:10:51.163 I'm the eldest of us three. How could I not count her peas? 1599 02:10:51.635 --> 02:10:55.140 Oh, peas! But I didn't make any peas. 1600 02:10:55.221 --> 02:10:56.484 - Mom! - Mom. 1601 02:10:56.779 --> 02:10:59.320 I don't care about peas, but I hope you've made some kheer. 1602 02:10:59.401 --> 02:11:01.244 Of course I have, but what's going on?