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["Beware of the Boys"
by Punjabi MC feat. Jay-Z playing]

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♪ It's the Roc in the building ♪

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-♪ Khaliq ♪
-♪ 'Sup ♪

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-♪ Ramel ♪
-♪ 'Sup ♪

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♪ Pharell in the house… ♪

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-[tires screeching]
-[car honking]

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-Oh, whoa!
-[both laughing]

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[music continues]

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-[woman] Should I switch to tequila now?
-[man] Why not?

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-[woman] Maharaja, sing for me! Sing!
-Sing! Sing!

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Why is he on this side of the road?
What is happening? What?

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-Why is he driving like that?
-Madam, should I drive now?

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-[woman] Are you worried, Maharaja?
-No, no, I'm not worried.

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You're worried. [laughing]

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-Madam, cow!
-[woman] The cow's not gonna move.

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Holy cow, so jao!

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[laughs]

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[song continues]

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[woman] This was the best birthday.
I never would have made it if…

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♪ Happy birthday to you… ♪

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[woman] Oh, my God!

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[man] ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

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You're such a…

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♪ Happy birthday, dear Pinky ♪

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-♪ Happy birthday… ♪
-[shouting in Hindi]

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[thuds]

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[narrator in English] Pardon me,
this is no way to start a story.

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I'm Indian, after all,

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and it is an ancient
and venerated custom of my people

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to start a story
by praying to a higher power.

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So I, too, should start off
by kissing some God's foot, but which God?

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The Muslims have one.

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The Christians have three.

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And we Hindus have 36 million.

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Making a grand total of 36 million

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and four divine feet
for me to choose from.

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There are some
who think that none of these gods exist,

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but in my country,
it pays to play it both ways.

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The Indian entrepreneur has to be straight
and crooked, mocking and believing,

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sly and sincere, all at the same time.

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[reporter] Wen Jiabao,
Prime Minister of China,

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will arrive in India this month
to meet with leading Indian entrepreneurs.

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The Chinese Premier hopes to learn
about the growing Indian economy.

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The eyes of the world are watching
as these two economic superpowers meet.

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Jiabao is expected to…

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[narrator] Mr. Jiabao, Your Excellency,

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when I heard you were coming
to meet some Indian entrepreneurs,

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I just knew I had to email you.

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Our nation, though it has
no drinking water, electricity,

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sewage system, public transportation,

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sense of hygiene, discipline,
courtesy, or punctuality,

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does have entrepreneurs.

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[reporter] Prime Minister Jiabao
wants to learn

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about India's
booming outsourcing economy…

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[narrator] I've been following the rise
of your country for some time, sir.

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I know you Chinese are great lovers
of freedom and individual liberty.

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The British tried
to make you their servants,

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but you never let them.

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I admire that, Mr. Premier.

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You see, I was a servant once.

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Today, I am a celebrated entrepreneur
in Bangalore,

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the Silicon Valley of India.

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They say it's named
after a Silicon Valley in America,

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but I think we can agree
that America is so yesterday.

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India and China are so tomorrow.

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In the belief that the future of the world

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lies with the yellow man
and the brown man,

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now that our erstwhile master,
the white-skinned man,

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has wasted himself through buggery,
cell phone usage, and drug abuse,

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I offer to tell you, free of charge,

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the truth about India
by telling you the story of my life.

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These are the best-fed
and most important members of my family.

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After them, my sly, old Granny, Kusum.

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She had forced my brother,
Kishan, to work in the tea shop.

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And she took every rupee
from my father, a rickshaw puller.

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I come from the village of Laxmangarh,

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which is in the darkness.

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India is two countries in one,

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an India of light

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and an India of darkness.

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I think a rich man like you
knows which one I come from.

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To give you the basic facts about me,
there's no beating that poster,

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the one the police made of me
some years ago

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due to an act of entrepreneurship.

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Yes, the police are looking for me. Why?

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I'll get to that in time,

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but only if you promise not to judge me
until I've told you my glorious tale.

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[speaking Hindi]

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[in English] Read. You.

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Can't you read it?

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-A, G, Z--
-[kids laughing]

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[speaking Hindi]

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Have you taught them nothing,
you useless fuck?

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-[in English] Sorry.
-[man in Hindi] What "sorry"?

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[in English] "We live in a glorious land."

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"The Lord Buddha
received enlightenment in this land."

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"We are grateful to God
that we are born in this land."

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Come here, boy.

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Who is this woman?

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The Great Socialist, sir.

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What is the Great Socialist's message
for children?

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Any poor boy in any forgotten village

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can grow up
to become prime minister of India.

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In the jungle,
which is the rarest of animals

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that comes along
only once in a generation?

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The white tiger.

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That is what you are. The white tiger.

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I will ensure that you get a scholarship
to a school far away from here,

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to our glorious capital, Delhi.

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[in Hindi] Papa, know what this is called?

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What?

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It's called "clavicle."

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-[in English] Clavicle?
-Clavicle.

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[Balram's father] Clavicle?

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[in Hindi] And these
are called "shoulders."

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And this is called "backbone."

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[Balram's father mutters]

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-And what's this called?
-These are called "cheeks."

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-And what's this called?
-This is called "nose."

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-What's this called?
-[both laugh]

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[Balram in English]
In the darkness, we all slept together…

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with legs falling one over the other
like one creature, a millipede.

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[distant fart]

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[distant snoring]

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LONG LIVE THE GREAT SOCIALIST

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[car honking]

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[young Kishan in Hindi] Hey, Balram!

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[Balram in English] The Stork.
He was the landlord who ruled our village

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and collected
a third of everything we earned.

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He fed so much on the village
that there was nothing left to feed on.

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[mutters in Hindi]

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[Balram] We feared his elder son,
the Mongoose, even more.

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[man speaking Hindi]

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[Balram] And my father was
always in debt to them.

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[in Hindi] Don't make me ask again!

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[young Kishan] Psst, psst! Munna!

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Get your book and chalk, let's go.

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[indistinct chatter]

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The tea shop? I'm supposed to go to Delhi.

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Father didn't pay the master.

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Granny said you have to work now.

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[shop owner] Kishan!

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What're you doing over there? Get to work!

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[young Kishan] Now break every last one.

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You don't like it?

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Imagine it's my skull you're breaking.

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[flies buzzing]

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[Kusum] Hey, sweetie…

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Eat your dinner.

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[Balram in English] I never saw
the inside of a school again.

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[in Hindi] Eat it.

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[Balram's father coughing]

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[Balram in English]
By the end of that year,

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my father was sick with tuberculosis.

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No politician
had built a hospital in Laxmangarh,

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so we had to travel
two days to another village.

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[young Kishan in Hindi]
I'll find a doctor.

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-[Balram in English] No doctor ever came.
-[Balram's father coughing]

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[Balram] Election promises had taught me

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how important it is
not to be a poor man in a free democracy.

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[coughing]

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[crowd singing in Hindi]
♪ God's name is the truth… ♪

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[crowd continues singing]

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[priest singing in Sanskrit]

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[Balram in English]
Even in death, he was resisting his fate.

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Resisting to die, be reborn,
and die again, all for nothing.

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I understood in this moment,

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how hard it is for a man
to win his freedom in India.

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[rooster crowing]

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[Balram] Later, I came to realize why.

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The greatest thing
to come out of this country

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in its 10,000-year history…

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the rooster coop.

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They can see and smell the blood.

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They know they are next,
yet they don't rebel.

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They don't try and get out of the coop.

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Servants here
have been raised to behave the same.

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[rickshaw bell rings]

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The furniture on his back
is worth at least two years his salary,

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and yet he will faithfully pedal
the money back to his boss

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without ever touching a single rupee.

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No servant does.

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Why? Because Indians are the world's
most honest and spiritual people?

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No.

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It's because 99.9% of us
are caught in the rooster coop.

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The trustworthiness
of servants is so strong

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that you can put
the key of emancipation in a man's hand

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and he will throw it
back at you with a curse.

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[indistinct chatter]

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I had learned to use my time
to eavesdrop on customers,

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waiting for an opportunity.

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[in Hindi] Would you like some tea?
Put on some tea!

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[in English] Something my brother
had given up on long ago.

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[in Hindi] Make it quickly.

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[indistinct chatter]

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Are you deaf? Get to work.

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THE GREAT SOCIALIST

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[car honking]

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[children chattering]

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[Balram in English] I know communists
like you don't believe in God, sir,

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but do you believe in fate?

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That was when I first saw him,
the Stork's youngest son, Mr. Ashok.

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He had just moved from America
back to India, to Dhanbad,

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where his family
had made a fortune in coal.

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I knew then, this was the master for me.

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[Balram in Hindi] I overheard them saying
they need a second driver for Mr. Ashok.

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He's just come back--

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But you don't know how to drive!

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I just need 300 rupees
for the driving lessons and--

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No! You've always
been insolent like your father.

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You'll stay right here with Kishan.

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[Balram in English]
Granny had married him off,

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given him two weeks
to dip his beak into his wife,

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and now he was stuck here.

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I would be too.

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[in Hindi] Okay, forget it.

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I thought if I became their driver,
you'd buy a bunch of water buffaloes…

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and be the envy of the village.

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So you'll become
a driver for the landlords?

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You could be
the richest woman in the village.

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[scoffs] Swear on all the gods
you believe in

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that you'll send every rupee,

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-every month, to your Granny.
-[repeats in Hindi]

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-I swear.
-Stop smiling!

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Pinch your hand and swear!

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I'm pinching! Granny, just think…

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You'll become
the richest woman in the village.

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This cane will become gold,
and when you swing it like this,

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the entire village
will line up to see you.

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[Kishan] Wait! Granny made your favorite!

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You eat your oily okra!
I'm gonna eat in Dhanbad!

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[Kishan shouts in Hindi]

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[men singing in Hindi]

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[vehicles honking]

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[Balram in English] And now,
I just had to learn to drive.

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[instructor speaking Hindi]

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[in English] Right. Right. Right.

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[in Hindi] Watch out, sister-fucker!

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You're from a caste of sweet makers.

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Only a boy from a warrior class
can tame a wild stallion.

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Muslims, Rajputs, Sikhs
have aggression in their blood.

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Why don't you stick to making sweets?

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[tires screeching]

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00:15:47,771 --> 00:15:51,104
It's not enough to drive.
You've got to become a driver.

245
00:15:51,937 --> 00:15:54,646
Anyone tries to overtake you, do this…

246
00:15:54,729 --> 00:15:56,562
Out of the way, sister-fucker!

247
00:15:56,646 --> 00:15:57,729
[honking]

248
00:15:57,812 --> 00:16:00,729
-[Balram] Outta my way, fucker!
-[driver cursing in Hindi]

249
00:16:01,312 --> 00:16:02,729
The road is a jungle.

250
00:16:03,396 --> 00:16:07,062
A good driver
must roar to get ahead on it!

251
00:16:07,146 --> 00:16:08,521
-[engine revving]
-[honks]

252
00:16:12,396 --> 00:16:14,979
[Balram in English] It wasn't
so hard to find out where they lived.

253
00:16:15,062 --> 00:16:16,896
I just had to get through the door.

254
00:16:25,146 --> 00:16:26,687
-[in Hindi] Yeah?
-Namaste, sir.

255
00:16:26,771 --> 00:16:27,937
[in Hindi] What do you want?

256
00:16:28,021 --> 00:16:29,729
Any need of a driver, sir?

257
00:16:30,312 --> 00:16:32,771
I've got four years' experience.
My master recently died, so I--

258
00:16:32,854 --> 00:16:34,771
Get lost. We have a driver already.

259
00:16:34,854 --> 00:16:37,437
I see you have two cars, sir,
but do you have two drivers?

260
00:16:37,521 --> 00:16:40,479
What's wrong with you?
Get lost, motherfucker.

261
00:16:40,562 --> 00:16:42,479
Sir? This is your house?

262
00:16:42,562 --> 00:16:45,396
[in English] Namaste, sir. I'm from
your village, sir! From Laxmangarh.

263
00:16:45,479 --> 00:16:46,979
-[in Hindi] Laxmangarh?
-Yes, sir!

264
00:16:47,062 --> 00:16:49,812
The gods must be watching over us!

265
00:16:49,896 --> 00:16:52,854
[in English] I used to work at
the tea stall, sir, at the main junction!

266
00:16:52,937 --> 00:16:54,812
And I would bring tea
to your Ambassador car.

267
00:16:54,896 --> 00:16:57,271
-[speaks Hindi]
-Let the boy in.

268
00:16:57,354 --> 00:16:59,104
-But, sir--
-[The Stork] Let him in.

269
00:17:05,896 --> 00:17:07,562
I can't believe it's you, sir.

270
00:17:07,646 --> 00:17:10,354
How the crops died since you left.

271
00:17:10,437 --> 00:17:11,812
And we prayed that…

272
00:17:11,896 --> 00:17:14,771
[in English] …you should have more sons
to keep rule in the village, sir.

273
00:17:14,854 --> 00:17:15,937
[in Hindi] Get up.

274
00:17:17,896 --> 00:17:19,771
[in English] Do people still remember me?

275
00:17:19,854 --> 00:17:21,271
[in Hindi] Of course, sir.

276
00:17:21,854 --> 00:17:23,687
[in English] We all say
our father is gone, sir.

277
00:17:24,187 --> 00:17:27,312
The best and the most holy
of the landlords, like Gandhi-ji, sir.

278
00:17:27,396 --> 00:17:28,354
Like Gandhi?

279
00:17:28,437 --> 00:17:30,521
Ji, sir. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-ji.

280
00:17:30,604 --> 00:17:31,521
Okay. Okay.

281
00:17:32,562 --> 00:17:33,562
What do you want?

282
00:17:33,646 --> 00:17:35,271
Sir, with your permission, sir,

283
00:17:35,354 --> 00:17:38,146
I want to be a driver for you…
or for your son.

284
00:17:38,937 --> 00:17:40,479
-Are you Muslim?
-[in Hindi] No, sir.

285
00:17:40,562 --> 00:17:43,812
[in English] I bathe regularly,
keep myself clean, sir, and I'm not lazy.

286
00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:45,896
-Hey, I'm Ashok.
-Hey, don't do that.

287
00:17:46,479 --> 00:17:48,187
You need a driver,
let's take him for a spin.

288
00:17:48,271 --> 00:17:49,854
-See how good he is.
-[in Hindi] Yes, sir.

289
00:17:51,229 --> 00:17:53,562
[in English] Just my luck, the Mongoose.

290
00:17:53,646 --> 00:17:56,104
-[The Stork in Hindi] He drives well.
-[in English] Yeah.

291
00:17:56,604 --> 00:17:58,979
-[in Hindi] What's your caste?
-Halwai, sir.

292
00:17:59,062 --> 00:18:00,687
Is that a high caste or low?

293
00:18:00,771 --> 00:18:02,187
[Balram in English] In the old days,

294
00:18:02,271 --> 00:18:04,271
when India was
the richest nation on Earth,

295
00:18:04,354 --> 00:18:06,437
there were 1,000 castes and destinies.

296
00:18:06,521 --> 00:18:08,646
These days, there are just two castes.

297
00:18:08,729 --> 00:18:12,479
Men with big bellies
and men with small bellies.

298
00:18:12,562 --> 00:18:15,979
And there are only two destinies,
eat or get eaten up.

299
00:18:16,062 --> 00:18:17,896
-[in Hindi] Low caste, sir.
-Ugh!

300
00:18:18,562 --> 00:18:21,937
-All our servants are high caste.
-[in English] Why does his caste matter?

301
00:18:22,021 --> 00:18:23,812
-[in Hindi] You drink?
-No, sir.

302
00:18:23,896 --> 00:18:26,521
-[in English] In my caste we never drink.
-So what do you do?

303
00:18:26,604 --> 00:18:27,479
[in Hindi] Steal?

304
00:18:28,896 --> 00:18:30,146
Halwai?

305
00:18:30,229 --> 00:18:31,812
-You're a sweet maker?
-Yes, sir.

306
00:18:31,896 --> 00:18:33,937
[in English] That's why
you're so sweet to us?

307
00:18:35,187 --> 00:18:37,521
-Do you cook?
-Certainly, sir. Very well.

308
00:18:37,604 --> 00:18:40,021
-Like what?
-Sir, all kinds of sweets, sir.

309
00:18:40,104 --> 00:18:43,854
Gulab jamun, rasgulla ho gaya,
ladoo, rasmalai, kaju barfi.

310
00:18:43,937 --> 00:18:45,437
[in Hindi] Whatever you like, sir.

311
00:18:45,521 --> 00:18:49,562
[in English] The driver can cook too.
Only in India. Can you start tomorrow?

312
00:18:49,646 --> 00:18:52,562
Not so fast, bhai.
We'll have to check on his family first.

313
00:18:52,646 --> 00:18:55,479
-[in Hindi] How much you want?
-I don't want any money, sir.

314
00:18:55,562 --> 00:18:59,104
[in English] You are like parents to me.
How can I ask my parents for money?

315
00:18:59,187 --> 00:19:00,437
Fifteen-hundred a month.

316
00:19:00,521 --> 00:19:02,312
[in Hindi] No, sir, that's too much.

317
00:19:02,396 --> 00:19:04,479
[in English] Give me
half of that, sir. It's enough.

318
00:19:04,562 --> 00:19:07,562
If we keep you
beyond two months, it will go to 2,000.

319
00:19:07,646 --> 00:19:09,021
And you only drive me.

320
00:19:09,104 --> 00:19:09,979
[in Hindi] Yes, sir.

321
00:19:11,646 --> 00:19:13,062
[honking]

322
00:19:13,146 --> 00:19:16,396
-[in English] Can you honk less?
-[in Hindi] Bro, you wanna climb in here?

323
00:19:16,479 --> 00:19:18,604
-Get moving!
-Watch how you drive!

324
00:19:18,687 --> 00:19:22,812
-[in English] Why'd you do that? Don't.
-[in Hindi] Get the rod? Get the rod.

325
00:19:22,896 --> 00:19:27,187
I know you're play-acting.
You haven't been hired yet, hick!

326
00:19:31,521 --> 00:19:34,312
[Balram in English] The Mongoose
must have called his man in Laxmangarh,

327
00:19:34,396 --> 00:19:37,062
because two days later
when they did hire me,

328
00:19:37,146 --> 00:19:39,146
they knew everything about my family.

329
00:19:40,896 --> 00:19:45,187
The pride and glory
of our nation, the Indian family.

330
00:19:47,187 --> 00:19:52,062
Every master has to know exactly where
their servant's family live at all times

331
00:19:52,146 --> 00:19:55,521
just in case a servant decides
to steal from his employer and run.

332
00:19:55,604 --> 00:19:56,812
If so…

333
00:19:58,229 --> 00:19:59,354
[gunshot]

334
00:20:01,354 --> 00:20:03,312
Fair enough. I would do the same.

335
00:20:06,646 --> 00:20:07,812
[man speaks Hindi]

336
00:20:09,937 --> 00:20:11,687
[Balram in English]
But it's what the masters do

337
00:20:11,771 --> 00:20:13,354
to their servants' families.

338
00:20:13,437 --> 00:20:14,562
[gun cocking]

339
00:20:18,562 --> 00:20:19,479
[gunshot]

340
00:20:20,354 --> 00:20:22,479
This is how the rooster coop works.

341
00:20:22,562 --> 00:20:26,271
This is how it traps so many millions
of men and women in India.

342
00:20:26,812 --> 00:20:30,771
So rest assured, the Stork
and his sons could count on my loyalty.

343
00:20:36,812 --> 00:20:38,021
[in Hindi] This is the room.

344
00:20:38,687 --> 00:20:39,896
This is my room?

345
00:20:39,979 --> 00:20:42,229
You'll share it with me.

346
00:20:42,312 --> 00:20:44,687
I'll find a mattress
from the store for you.

347
00:20:44,771 --> 00:20:46,312
No, there's no need for that.

348
00:20:46,396 --> 00:20:49,479
I'll be quite comfortable on the floor.
Nothing to worry about.

349
00:20:49,562 --> 00:20:51,729
-There's even a first class roof!
-[chuckles]

350
00:20:52,479 --> 00:20:55,271
Here. You're to wear this at all times.

351
00:20:55,937 --> 00:20:56,979
-[Balram] It's mine?
-Yes.

352
00:21:11,396 --> 00:21:13,562
-Hey, hero!
-Yes, sir?

353
00:21:14,604 --> 00:21:16,187
I hope you like carpets.

354
00:21:16,271 --> 00:21:19,229
When you're done cleaning those,
wash all the windows.

355
00:21:19,312 --> 00:21:20,521
Got it?

356
00:21:20,604 --> 00:21:22,104
But I'm the driver, sir.

357
00:21:22,187 --> 00:21:24,812
No. You're the "number two" driver.

358
00:21:30,562 --> 00:21:33,187
[speaking in Hindi]

359
00:21:43,187 --> 00:21:45,146
[Balram in English]
Is there any hatred on Earth

360
00:21:45,229 --> 00:21:48,437
like the hatred of the number-two servant
for the number one?

361
00:21:54,479 --> 00:21:57,812
While I cleaned,
he strolled about like a master.

362
00:21:59,187 --> 00:22:02,771
He had every Hindu God lined up
and was always praying,

363
00:22:02,854 --> 00:22:07,021
as if to accuse me of being a Naxal,
a communist, like you, sir.

364
00:22:07,896 --> 00:22:10,479
I would not let him out pray me.

365
00:22:10,562 --> 00:22:12,354
[both singing in Sanskrit]

366
00:22:23,687 --> 00:22:25,604
[in Hindi] Sir,
why is Ram Persad not eating?

367
00:22:25,687 --> 00:22:28,896
-And his mouth stinks these days.
-You keep your mouth shut.

368
00:22:29,937 --> 00:22:31,271
[continues speaking in Hindi]

369
00:22:32,937 --> 00:22:34,937
[Balram in English]
This man was hiding something,

370
00:22:35,021 --> 00:22:38,854
and a successful entrepreneur
always finds his competition's secrets.

371
00:22:42,771 --> 00:22:43,937
[Ashok and Pinky grunt]

372
00:22:44,312 --> 00:22:48,687
[Pinky] Good job. Good. Did you hear that?
Yeah, that was good, right?

373
00:22:50,062 --> 00:22:54,146
Hey, driver!
Hey, driver. Can you come here, please?

374
00:22:55,729 --> 00:22:57,896
[Pinky] All right,
I need you to lie down for this…

375
00:22:57,979 --> 00:22:59,187
Hey! Come in.

376
00:22:59,771 --> 00:23:01,646
I wanted to ask you some questions.

377
00:23:01,729 --> 00:23:04,271
Hey, could you
turn around for me for a second?

378
00:23:04,354 --> 00:23:05,729
-[Balram] Yes.
-[Pinky] No!

379
00:23:05,812 --> 00:23:08,979
[chuckles] That's not what I meant.
Just stand here.

380
00:23:09,062 --> 00:23:11,979
Um, I feel like your back's…

381
00:23:12,062 --> 00:23:13,729
[Balram] I'm ashamed to admit it now,

382
00:23:13,812 --> 00:23:16,604
but in that moment I thought
Mr. Ashok's wife, Pinky Madam,

383
00:23:16,687 --> 00:23:18,229
was one of "those women."

384
00:23:18,312 --> 00:23:20,687
[Pinky] Oh, I'm so sorry,
I didn't even introduce myself.

385
00:23:20,771 --> 00:23:23,271
Hi, I'm Pinky. Nice to meet you.

386
00:23:23,354 --> 00:23:25,562
Honey, honey, all right.
I need to talk to him.

387
00:23:25,646 --> 00:23:27,396
-All right. Okay.
-I need to talk.

388
00:23:27,479 --> 00:23:31,562
So, uh, driver. We're both…
I'm sorry. What's your name?

389
00:23:31,646 --> 00:23:33,229
-Sir, Balram, sir.
-[Ashok] Yeah, Balram.

390
00:23:33,312 --> 00:23:36,521
So, Balram,
do you know what the Internet is?

391
00:23:37,479 --> 00:23:40,312
No, sir, but I could drive
to the market right now, sir,

392
00:23:40,396 --> 00:23:41,521
and get as many as you want.

393
00:23:41,604 --> 00:23:43,729
No, it's okay. Thank you.

394
00:23:45,062 --> 00:23:46,312
Do you have Facebook?

395
00:23:47,104 --> 00:23:49,229
Yes, sir. Books.
I always loved books, sir.

396
00:23:49,312 --> 00:23:52,187
Yeah, I heard you can read.
Have you ever seen a computer?

397
00:23:52,271 --> 00:23:56,396
Yes, sir. Actually, we had many of them
in the village, with the goats.

398
00:23:56,479 --> 00:23:57,521
-[Ashok] Goats?
-Ji, sir.

399
00:23:57,604 --> 00:24:00,021
The goats
are pretty advanced to use computers.

400
00:24:00,104 --> 00:24:02,562
[Balram] I could tell from their faces
I had made a mistake.

401
00:24:02,646 --> 00:24:05,687
Pinky, you see. He's got two,
three years schooling in him.

402
00:24:05,771 --> 00:24:08,521
He can read and write,
but he doesn't get what he's read.

403
00:24:09,271 --> 00:24:10,146
He's half-baked.

404
00:24:10,229 --> 00:24:12,437
Okay, now you're being a jerk.
He's standing right there.

405
00:24:12,937 --> 00:24:14,812
-I'm not being a jerk.
-[Pinky] Come on, Ashok.

406
00:24:14,896 --> 00:24:16,187
You're missing the point, Pinky.

407
00:24:16,271 --> 00:24:19,229
Our driver represents
the biggest untapped market in India,

408
00:24:19,312 --> 00:24:23,187
waiting to surf the web, buy a cell phone,
rise up into middle class.

409
00:24:23,271 --> 00:24:24,854
Something I can help him do.

410
00:24:27,646 --> 00:24:29,146
You're the new India, Balram.

411
00:24:29,229 --> 00:24:30,687
I am the new India, sir.

412
00:24:33,312 --> 00:24:34,146
You can go.

413
00:24:40,729 --> 00:24:43,021
[Balram] I didn't like the way
he had spoken about me.

414
00:24:43,104 --> 00:24:46,187
"Half-baked." But he was right.

415
00:24:46,271 --> 00:24:47,812
When you come to India, sir,

416
00:24:47,896 --> 00:24:50,354
you'll meet hundreds
of millions of men like me.

417
00:24:50,437 --> 00:24:54,271
Open up our brown skulls
and look inside with a penlight.

418
00:24:54,354 --> 00:24:58,187
You'll find all these ideas,
half-formed, half-correct,

419
00:24:58,271 --> 00:25:02,479
all buggering one another,
and that is what we live and act on.

420
00:25:02,562 --> 00:25:04,187
[both speaking in Hindi]

421
00:25:10,229 --> 00:25:11,687
[The Stork] Ah!

422
00:25:11,771 --> 00:25:13,937
[in Hindi] Very good.
A little higher. Yeah, there.

423
00:25:14,021 --> 00:25:17,896
[in English] Papa, India's future is in
outsourcing with American companies.

424
00:25:17,979 --> 00:25:21,271
Our future is China. They're building
superhighways, they need coal,

425
00:25:21,354 --> 00:25:22,479
and we sell coal.

426
00:25:22,562 --> 00:25:25,687
But I really think we should diversify.
The IT sector is booming, the Internet--

427
00:25:25,771 --> 00:25:27,812
Internet? What is that?

428
00:25:28,854 --> 00:25:30,229
Coal is real. I can touch it.

429
00:25:30,312 --> 00:25:34,229
No, sir. I learned from Ashok Sir,
the Internet is as real as a spider's web,

430
00:25:34,312 --> 00:25:37,146
that it connects
all the human beings across--

431
00:25:37,229 --> 00:25:39,062
-[in Hindi] Know what that was for?
-Yes, sir.

432
00:25:39,146 --> 00:25:40,104
[in English] What for?

433
00:25:40,687 --> 00:25:43,187
-For the Internet, sir.
-Hey!

434
00:25:43,271 --> 00:25:46,146
You're pressing it too hard.
Papa is getting annoyed. Slow down.

435
00:25:46,229 --> 00:25:47,104
[The Stork] Hmm.

436
00:25:47,437 --> 00:25:48,687
[Ashok] Why do you hit the servants?

437
00:25:48,771 --> 00:25:49,937
In America, they can sue you for that.

438
00:25:50,021 --> 00:25:51,687
[The Stork] This is not America, son.

439
00:25:51,771 --> 00:25:54,646
[in Hindi] They respect us for that.
Remember that.

440
00:25:54,729 --> 00:25:57,104
Hey, a little higher.

441
00:25:59,271 --> 00:26:00,187
[toilet flushing]

442
00:26:14,354 --> 00:26:15,437
[sniffs]

443
00:26:20,687 --> 00:26:22,312
[sniffing]

444
00:26:36,312 --> 00:26:37,271
[The Mongoose] Hmm.

445
00:26:38,312 --> 00:26:39,187
Count it.

446
00:26:39,687 --> 00:26:41,354
I don't want to hear shit later.

447
00:26:42,812 --> 00:26:44,771
[Balram in English]
I was only allowed to keep 200.

448
00:26:44,854 --> 00:26:45,687
[in Hindi] Good, sir.

449
00:26:45,771 --> 00:26:49,104
[in English] Granny sent Kishan
each month to take the rest back to her.

450
00:26:49,187 --> 00:26:52,687
[in Hindi] And they're not
from the same caste. She's a Christian.

451
00:26:52,771 --> 00:26:55,062
-And he married her?
-Yeah.

452
00:26:55,146 --> 00:26:56,771
That's normal in America.

453
00:26:57,521 --> 00:27:01,437
Her people were against it, too,
but he wouldn't listen.

454
00:27:01,521 --> 00:27:04,021
-Is she American?
-No, no, she's Indian.

455
00:27:04,104 --> 00:27:07,271
She was born here.
She moved there when she was 12.

456
00:27:07,979 --> 00:27:09,771
She told me.

457
00:27:09,854 --> 00:27:11,312
She talks to you?

458
00:27:11,396 --> 00:27:12,646
Talks to me?

459
00:27:12,729 --> 00:27:15,146
She tells me everything.

460
00:27:15,229 --> 00:27:17,187
I'm their number one driver.

461
00:27:17,271 --> 00:27:18,854
Are you serious?

462
00:27:21,271 --> 00:27:22,437
Can I also come inside?

463
00:27:23,021 --> 00:27:24,437
-It's not allowed.
-Why?

464
00:27:24,937 --> 00:27:27,687
What do you mean, "why"?
If Mukesh sees, he'll scold me.

465
00:27:30,437 --> 00:27:31,896
-Take care.
-Yes, you too.

466
00:27:34,521 --> 00:27:36,104
[inhales deeply]

467
00:27:38,187 --> 00:27:39,021
[grunting]

468
00:27:53,271 --> 00:27:55,271
[sizzling]

469
00:28:09,437 --> 00:28:11,646
[muezzin calling
on loudspeaker in distance]

470
00:28:25,771 --> 00:28:27,354
[indistinct chatter]

471
00:28:27,437 --> 00:28:30,396
[Balram in English] What a fool
I had been. It was Ramadan.

472
00:28:30,479 --> 00:28:33,062
Of course he couldn't eat
and drink during the day.

473
00:28:34,021 --> 00:28:39,771
The number one driver was a Muslim,
and the Stork hated Muslims.

474
00:28:42,437 --> 00:28:44,479
-[car door opens]
-[footsteps approaching]

475
00:28:45,437 --> 00:28:46,271
[car door closes]

476
00:28:46,354 --> 00:28:49,437
[in Hindi] As long as there is a sun
and a moon, madam's name will remain!

477
00:28:49,521 --> 00:28:53,187
Long live the madam!
Long live socialism!

478
00:28:53,271 --> 00:28:54,771
[Balram in English] I almost fell down.

479
00:28:54,854 --> 00:28:58,229
There was the woman I had seen
on a million election posters

480
00:28:58,312 --> 00:28:59,437
since I was a boy.

481
00:28:59,521 --> 00:29:01,312
The Great Socialist.

482
00:29:02,354 --> 00:29:05,646
She was a low caste,
like me and everyone from the darkness.

483
00:29:05,729 --> 00:29:07,229
Like a good entrepreneur,

484
00:29:07,312 --> 00:29:10,646
she had pulled herself up
to become chief minister of our state.

485
00:29:10,729 --> 00:29:14,687
She knew how to stick it to the rich,
and we liked her for that.

486
00:29:14,771 --> 00:29:16,854
You take coal from the government mines

487
00:29:16,937 --> 00:29:20,771
without paying taxes
because I let it happen.

488
00:29:20,854 --> 00:29:23,312
[The Stork] And we have shown
our appreciation for that, madam.

489
00:29:23,396 --> 00:29:25,604
Two million rupees is a little too much.

490
00:29:25,687 --> 00:29:26,771
We'll be happy for some--

491
00:29:26,854 --> 00:29:29,062
[in Hindi] Son! Come here.

492
00:29:29,146 --> 00:29:31,854
-[in English] Did you need something?
-I can get it.

493
00:29:31,937 --> 00:29:33,646
[The Great Socialist in Hindi]
Come here, son.

494
00:29:33,729 --> 00:29:34,562
Come here, fucker!

495
00:29:39,479 --> 00:29:42,312
Your rich employers
are trying to bugger me.

496
00:29:42,979 --> 00:29:44,521
What do you say to that?

497
00:29:44,604 --> 00:29:45,646
Driver, get lost.

498
00:29:45,729 --> 00:29:47,604
Shut up, mother-fucker!

499
00:29:48,187 --> 00:29:50,729
[in English] You don't want
to pay the government, pay me.

500
00:29:51,229 --> 00:29:52,062
2.5 million rupees.

501
00:29:52,979 --> 00:29:53,896
And I mean it!

502
00:29:55,521 --> 00:29:56,979
[The Great Socialist spits]

503
00:29:57,062 --> 00:30:00,937
[in Hindi] Otherwise, back to Laxmangarh,
where I first found you hicks!

504
00:30:03,771 --> 00:30:05,771
[Mukesh]
Why pay this small-time sister-fucker?

505
00:30:05,854 --> 00:30:09,854
Let's go straight to Delhi
and pay off the opposing party.

506
00:30:09,937 --> 00:30:12,146
She's going to lose the next election.

507
00:30:12,229 --> 00:30:16,021
[in English] I agree.
Papa, I want to go to Delhi.

508
00:30:16,104 --> 00:30:18,229
[The Stork in Hindi] Stay here,
learn the family business.

509
00:30:18,312 --> 00:30:19,604
Let me and Mukesh handle this.

510
00:30:19,687 --> 00:30:21,604
-[in English] Come on--
-Papa, if I may. Sorry.

511
00:30:21,687 --> 00:30:24,479
You should not have been
disrespected the way you were today.

512
00:30:24,562 --> 00:30:26,521
That shouldn't have happened.
Shh! One second.

513
00:30:26,604 --> 00:30:28,729
Delhi is an international city
like New York.

514
00:30:28,812 --> 00:30:31,854
Hey, Ashok. Tell her
this is not a place for her to talk.

515
00:30:31,937 --> 00:30:33,104
Oh, my God! Excuse me.

516
00:30:33,187 --> 00:30:34,896
I'm sitting right here.
You can speak to me.

517
00:30:34,979 --> 00:30:38,187
I am a doctor of chiropractic
with a DPT from NYU.

518
00:30:38,271 --> 00:30:42,104
Pieces of paper are good for hanging
on the bedroom walls, where she belongs.

519
00:30:42,187 --> 00:30:44,521
Okay, you know what? No. You know what?

520
00:30:44,604 --> 00:30:45,979
Me and Ashok are gonna go to Delhi,

521
00:30:46,062 --> 00:30:49,812
we're gonna solve your tax fraud problem,
and send you a postcard. How about that?

522
00:30:50,604 --> 00:30:53,104
[Balram] Where did
Pinky Madam's aggression come from?

523
00:30:53,187 --> 00:30:55,437
-She didn't care about traditions.
-I know my husband!

524
00:30:55,521 --> 00:30:56,937
[arguing continues]

525
00:30:57,021 --> 00:31:00,812
[Balram] And when the number one driver
got a bonus to drive my master to Delhi,

526
00:31:02,062 --> 00:31:05,562
I did something
I wish I did not have to tell you.

527
00:31:07,896 --> 00:31:08,937
[Balram whistling]

528
00:31:11,021 --> 00:31:13,271
-[in Hindi] What are you doing?
-[Balram] Oh, here you are!

529
00:31:13,354 --> 00:31:15,646
Actually, I gotta drive
Ashok Sir to Delhi.

530
00:31:15,729 --> 00:31:17,896
I gotta make the Pajero look perfect.

531
00:31:17,979 --> 00:31:20,354
You're mistaken. I'm taking them to Delhi.

532
00:31:20,437 --> 00:31:23,437
Really? To visit all the mosques there?

533
00:31:25,271 --> 00:31:26,937
Get away from that.

534
00:31:33,437 --> 00:31:35,271
I don't think Mukesh Sir wants to give

535
00:31:35,354 --> 00:31:39,854
Mohammad Mohammad,
or whatever your name is…

536
00:31:39,937 --> 00:31:43,771
a raise of 3,000 rupees.

537
00:31:44,729 --> 00:31:45,771
Uh…

538
00:31:45,854 --> 00:31:48,396
I've been their driver for 20 years.

539
00:31:48,979 --> 00:31:51,021
Mr. Ashok is like my own son.

540
00:31:51,104 --> 00:31:53,896
-I drove him to school when he was a boy.
-[clicks tongue]

541
00:31:55,062 --> 00:31:56,354
That's a good point.

542
00:31:57,646 --> 00:32:00,521
But only Allah knows what corrupt ideas
you put into my poor master's mind.

543
00:32:01,229 --> 00:32:03,479
Please, sir, I have a family.

544
00:32:05,479 --> 00:32:06,687
Don't we all.

545
00:32:09,021 --> 00:32:10,521
[in English] What a miserable life,

546
00:32:10,604 --> 00:32:14,479
having to hide his religion
and name just to get a job as a servant.

547
00:32:15,354 --> 00:32:17,604
I wanted to run to him and apologize.

548
00:32:17,687 --> 00:32:19,729
"You go be their driver in Delhi."

549
00:32:19,812 --> 00:32:21,187
Forgive me, brother.

550
00:32:21,271 --> 00:32:22,479
[gate closes]

551
00:32:23,312 --> 00:32:25,187
[Punjabi song playing]

552
00:32:30,729 --> 00:32:32,896
You never know when they'll come in handy.

553
00:32:35,396 --> 00:32:36,229
[speaks Hindi]

554
00:32:36,312 --> 00:32:37,521
[song continues]

555
00:32:39,229 --> 00:32:40,521
[cow mooing]

556
00:32:52,646 --> 00:32:54,187
[honking]

557
00:32:55,021 --> 00:32:56,021
Hey!

558
00:32:56,104 --> 00:32:58,771
[in Hindi] I'm going to Delhi
in an air-conditioned car!

559
00:32:58,854 --> 00:32:59,937
[honking]

560
00:33:09,062 --> 00:33:10,604
["Get It Poppin'" playing]

561
00:33:10,687 --> 00:33:12,562
♪ Crack! Yeah ♪

562
00:33:14,521 --> 00:33:18,229
♪ It's two up in the mornin', girl,
And the DJ playin' that song ♪

563
00:33:18,312 --> 00:33:20,937
-♪ Now what you gonna do? ♪
-♪ I'ma get, get, get it poppin' ♪

564
00:33:21,021 --> 00:33:23,896
-♪ What you gonna do? ♪
-♪ I'ma get, get, get it poppin' ♪

565
00:33:23,979 --> 00:33:25,979
♪ I got that plat no limit
American Express card ♪

566
00:33:26,062 --> 00:33:27,812
♪ Mami, you can get whatever you like ♪

567
00:33:27,896 --> 00:33:30,937
♪ Plus, I got that all-black Phantom
It's tinted on four sides ♪

568
00:33:31,021 --> 00:33:32,729
♪ Kiss it, they can't see us inside ♪

569
00:33:32,812 --> 00:33:35,562
♪ Mami, tell me do you like it
I know you like it ♪

570
00:33:35,646 --> 00:33:37,937
♪ It's written all over your face
Don't fight it ♪

571
00:33:38,021 --> 00:33:40,271
♪ You like it, more than I like it ♪

572
00:33:40,354 --> 00:33:42,937
♪ So put it all over your face
Don't bite it ♪

573
00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:45,354
♪ From rags to riches
Club packed with bitches ♪

574
00:33:45,437 --> 00:33:47,979
♪ Had to bag them digits
Her head game was vicious ♪

575
00:33:48,062 --> 00:33:50,354
♪ And we can get it
Poppin' in the bathroom ♪

576
00:33:50,437 --> 00:33:52,562
♪ Don't be selfish, ma
Go ahead and pass it to him ♪

577
00:33:53,354 --> 00:33:55,854
♪ Then we can all fuck
It's like a million on my neck ♪

578
00:33:55,937 --> 00:33:56,979
[song stops]

579
00:33:57,062 --> 00:33:58,729
-[Pinky in English] Babe, my door's--
-Yeah.

580
00:33:59,562 --> 00:34:00,812
I gotta pee.

581
00:34:00,896 --> 00:34:02,896
Oh, no, poor baby!

582
00:34:03,521 --> 00:34:04,729
[car doors closing]

583
00:34:05,604 --> 00:34:07,729
-Balram, you okay with the bags?
-Ji, madam.

584
00:34:07,812 --> 00:34:10,687
There's a concierge cart over there
which you should get.

585
00:34:10,771 --> 00:34:14,479
Take all the luggage out,
and park the car properly.

586
00:34:14,562 --> 00:34:15,396
[Balram] Ji, sir.

587
00:34:24,229 --> 00:34:26,146
[Pinky] That whole area is amazing.

588
00:34:26,771 --> 00:34:30,146
There's a few things
that are too shiny, which I wanna change.

589
00:34:30,229 --> 00:34:33,271
-[Ashok] Put the bags down somewhere.
-[Pinky] Look at the balcony, baby!

590
00:34:33,354 --> 00:34:36,104
-[Balram] The sky, sir!
-What? You want to see the shooting star?

591
00:34:36,604 --> 00:34:37,687
[speaks Hindi]

592
00:34:37,771 --> 00:34:41,437
[in English] Put the bags in the rooms
I tell you, and get this place cleaned up.

593
00:34:42,646 --> 00:34:44,812
[Balram]
After making dinner for Mr. Ashok,

594
00:34:44,896 --> 00:34:46,729
I took the car down to the garage.

595
00:34:47,312 --> 00:34:50,729
That's where all the servants lived,
including the drivers.

596
00:34:54,937 --> 00:34:57,896
[in Hindi] The thing to know
about Delhi is the roads are smooth,

597
00:34:57,979 --> 00:35:01,604
the people are bad,
and the police are rotten.

598
00:35:02,396 --> 00:35:05,396
The masters' clothes
get washed here and sent back up.

599
00:35:05,479 --> 00:35:06,354
Toilets are here.

600
00:35:06,437 --> 00:35:09,312
This phone rings when your boss wants you.

601
00:35:09,396 --> 00:35:11,979
There's even a temple if you wanna pray.

602
00:35:13,271 --> 00:35:16,229
And here is our den of pleasures.

603
00:35:16,312 --> 00:35:19,646
When we have money, we play cards here.

604
00:35:19,729 --> 00:35:22,521
[Balram in English] This driver had
a skin disease called vitiligo

605
00:35:22,604 --> 00:35:24,062
that made him look like a clown.

606
00:35:24,146 --> 00:35:25,979
It made my stomach churn.

607
00:35:26,062 --> 00:35:29,021
[in Hindi] All the crazy fun
happens here! Come!

608
00:35:29,104 --> 00:35:30,396
[mosquito buzzing]

609
00:35:33,104 --> 00:35:35,937
If you're not careful,
the mosquitos will eat you alive.

610
00:35:36,021 --> 00:35:39,646
If they carry malaria,
you'll be sick as a dog for weeks.

611
00:35:39,729 --> 00:35:42,062
But if it's a dengue mosquito…

612
00:35:42,146 --> 00:35:44,812
I swear on my mother,
you'll shiver all over,

613
00:35:44,896 --> 00:35:46,521
and you'll die for sure.

614
00:35:46,604 --> 00:35:48,687
-Die from a mosquito?
-Definitely.

615
00:35:49,229 --> 00:35:50,562
This is your room.

616
00:35:52,854 --> 00:35:55,187
Nice. But who am I sharing it with?

617
00:35:55,271 --> 00:35:57,062
-You plan on bringing your family?
-No.

618
00:35:57,146 --> 00:36:00,187
-You have plans to do some fucking?
-No.

619
00:36:00,271 --> 00:36:03,229
-How's your little guy?
-Who's this homo pussy?

620
00:36:03,312 --> 00:36:04,312
Get going.

621
00:36:04,396 --> 00:36:05,937
-[man 1] Check his bag.
-I'm looking.

622
00:36:06,021 --> 00:36:08,271
-Come on, get!
-Bro, let us have a look.

623
00:36:08,354 --> 00:36:09,937
This asshole's uniform's nicer than yours.

624
00:36:10,021 --> 00:36:13,021
-[man 1] Can tell by his bag he's useless.
-So, Country Mouse…

625
00:36:13,687 --> 00:36:15,437
how much they paying you?

626
00:36:15,521 --> 00:36:17,729
Enough. I'm happy.

627
00:36:17,812 --> 00:36:21,146
Ah! You're a sweet, loyal dog, eh?

628
00:36:22,896 --> 00:36:25,979
[Balram in English] I tilted my body
as far as I could from his face.

629
00:36:26,062 --> 00:36:27,812
[in Hindi] If your boss wants anything…

630
00:36:27,896 --> 00:36:29,187
I have it all.

631
00:36:29,771 --> 00:36:30,729
[in English] Foreign wines…

632
00:36:30,812 --> 00:36:32,312
Golf balls.

633
00:36:33,187 --> 00:36:34,021
-[in Hindi] Girls.
-[chuckles]

634
00:36:34,729 --> 00:36:37,937
[in English] My master does not
do these things. He's a good man.

635
00:36:38,021 --> 00:36:39,354
A good man?

636
00:36:40,646 --> 00:36:41,812
He's a rich man!

637
00:36:45,979 --> 00:36:47,604
BALRAM

638
00:37:18,854 --> 00:37:21,771
-[Mukesh] National Party Headquarters.
-[Balram] Good morning, sir.

639
00:37:24,562 --> 00:37:26,646
-No worries.
-No, sir. Please, sir.

640
00:37:26,729 --> 00:37:28,687
Seriously, I got it. It's fine.

641
00:37:31,312 --> 00:37:32,646
[vehicles honking]

642
00:37:37,854 --> 00:37:39,187
[Balram] For the next few days,

643
00:37:39,271 --> 00:37:42,354
I drove Mr. Ashok,
the Mongoose, and a red bag

644
00:37:42,437 --> 00:37:44,687
to see various government officials.

645
00:37:46,146 --> 00:37:49,354
Democracy, something
that you yellow-skinned men,

646
00:37:49,437 --> 00:37:53,437
despite your triumphs in sewage,
drinking water, and Olympic gold medals,

647
00:37:53,521 --> 00:37:54,896
still don't have.

648
00:37:54,979 --> 00:37:55,854
[indistinct chatter]

649
00:37:55,937 --> 00:37:59,146
If I were in charge of India,
I'd get the sewage pipes first,

650
00:37:59,229 --> 00:38:00,729
then the democracy.

651
00:38:00,812 --> 00:38:03,104
[in Hindi]
To the President's House. Move it!

652
00:38:04,021 --> 00:38:06,771
-[in English] Balram, I got it.
-Sir.

653
00:38:13,479 --> 00:38:14,979
[horn blaring]

654
00:38:17,104 --> 00:38:18,521
[in Hindi] Oy! That was our exit, idiot!

655
00:38:18,604 --> 00:38:20,146
[Ashok in English] Don't do that.

656
00:38:20,229 --> 00:38:23,062
We need to dump him
and get someone who knows Delhi.

657
00:38:23,146 --> 00:38:24,604
We just got here. Relax.

658
00:38:24,687 --> 00:38:28,021
Remember when you came to New York
and you couldn't even find 42nd Street?

659
00:38:28,104 --> 00:38:29,187
It happens.

660
00:38:31,021 --> 00:38:33,229
You'll figure it out. Don't worry.

661
00:38:33,312 --> 00:38:35,562
[Balram] It was the first time
he touched me.

662
00:38:35,646 --> 00:38:36,604
Sorry, sir.

663
00:38:38,521 --> 00:38:39,896
[indistinct chatter]

664
00:38:47,729 --> 00:38:51,562
-[Mukesh] Thank you so much. Yes.
-Yeah, take care. Bye-bye. Yes.

665
00:38:51,646 --> 00:38:53,562
[Balram] Why was Mr. Ashok upset?

666
00:38:53,646 --> 00:38:57,354
If I had gone into the President's house,
I would be shouting,

667
00:38:57,437 --> 00:38:59,396
"Balram was here! Balram was here!"

668
00:39:00,604 --> 00:39:02,896
[Mukesh] You'll keep
visiting them while I'm gone,

669
00:39:02,979 --> 00:39:05,146
and don't let them push you
for more money.

670
00:39:06,646 --> 00:39:09,646
[Ashok] Look.
We're driving past Mahatma Gandhi

671
00:39:09,729 --> 00:39:12,229
after just having given
a bribe to the minister.

672
00:39:13,521 --> 00:39:16,062
The world's biggest democracy.
Fucking joke.

673
00:39:17,187 --> 00:39:20,437
-[Mukesh] You sound like your wife.
-[Ashok] Don't talk about her.

674
00:39:20,521 --> 00:39:23,146
[Mukesh] I hope your madam knows
that you're staying on in India.

675
00:39:23,937 --> 00:39:27,812
[train horn blaring]

676
00:39:27,896 --> 00:39:30,312
[indistinct announcement
in Hindi on PA system]

677
00:39:30,396 --> 00:39:31,687
[in Hindi] Just a little bit.

678
00:39:32,562 --> 00:39:33,979
Mix it all up, please.

679
00:39:35,229 --> 00:39:38,812
[in English] A good servant
must know his masters from end to end,

680
00:39:38,896 --> 00:39:40,604
from lips to anus.

681
00:39:40,687 --> 00:39:41,604
Sir.

682
00:39:42,396 --> 00:39:44,854
[in Hindi] Here you are, sir.
I removed all the potatoes.

683
00:39:44,937 --> 00:39:47,271
[in English] And potatoes
made the Mongoose fart.

684
00:39:47,354 --> 00:39:49,729
-[in Hindi] Good memory, boy!
-[chuckles]

685
00:39:49,812 --> 00:39:52,187
[in English] Give my brother
a reading of the meter each day.

686
00:39:52,271 --> 00:39:53,229
[in Hindi] Yes, sir.

687
00:39:53,312 --> 00:39:55,812
[in English] So we know that
you're not driving without permission

688
00:39:55,896 --> 00:39:57,979
and try to fuck the maid
in the car. [laughs]

689
00:39:58,062 --> 00:40:00,771
-[chuckling]
-[in Hindi] What're you laughing at?

690
00:40:01,396 --> 00:40:05,312
[in English] Police put cameras in all
the statues in Delhi. They're watching.

691
00:40:05,396 --> 00:40:06,854
-[in Hindi] Understand?
-Yes, sir.

692
00:40:06,937 --> 00:40:09,687
[in English] Air-conditioning and music
should be off when you're alone.

693
00:40:09,771 --> 00:40:12,812
-Nobody cares about your air conditioner.
-If you keep the air-conditioning on…

694
00:40:12,896 --> 00:40:14,937
[in Hindi] …he'll sit on your head
and fuck your ear.

695
00:40:15,021 --> 00:40:16,437
[in English] You'll miss your train.

696
00:40:18,479 --> 00:40:22,229
[Balram] Once the Mongoose left,
Mr. Ashok would be my only master.

697
00:40:22,812 --> 00:40:25,521
In Laxmangarh,
we would have called him the Lamb.

698
00:40:25,604 --> 00:40:26,521
[Ashok] See ya.

699
00:40:28,229 --> 00:40:30,187
["Feel Good Inc." playing on radio]

700
00:40:32,271 --> 00:40:33,979
[Ashok] Dude, I love this song.
Turn it up.

701
00:40:35,646 --> 00:40:37,937
Come on.
Mukesh bhai isn't here, turn it up.

702
00:40:38,479 --> 00:40:42,021
[Balram] My master's fruit-flavored
perfume rushed into my nostrils.

703
00:40:42,104 --> 00:40:43,312
You like this?

704
00:40:44,812 --> 00:40:45,771
[in Hindi] Yes, sir.

705
00:40:47,271 --> 00:40:49,812
[in English] And don't tell anyone
about this, not even Pinky.

706
00:40:49,896 --> 00:40:50,771
[in Hindi] No, no!

707
00:40:50,854 --> 00:40:53,604
-[in English] I promised her I would stop.
-[in Hindi] No, sir.

708
00:40:53,687 --> 00:40:56,521
[in English] Everything between
servant and master is always secret.

709
00:40:56,604 --> 00:40:59,229
I'm not your master.
Don't say things like that.

710
00:40:59,312 --> 00:41:00,479
[agrees in Hindi]

711
00:41:00,562 --> 00:41:02,187
[in English] And stop calling me "sir."

712
00:41:02,896 --> 00:41:05,521
-My name's Ashok. You can call me Ashok.
-Ashok.

713
00:41:05,604 --> 00:41:07,062
Yes, Ashok.

714
00:41:07,146 --> 00:41:09,646
I know it's not the best name,
but gotta live with it.

715
00:41:09,729 --> 00:41:12,521
-It is a really good name, sir.
-Really?

716
00:41:12,604 --> 00:41:14,979
-You like it? You keep it then.
-Ji, sir.

717
00:41:15,062 --> 00:41:18,146
♪ Love forever, love has freely ♪

718
00:41:18,229 --> 00:41:21,521
♪ Turned forever, you and me… ♪

719
00:41:22,771 --> 00:41:25,646
Sir, you should represent
India in the Olympics.

720
00:41:25,729 --> 00:41:28,229
Sometimes I wish I had arms like you, sir.

721
00:41:28,312 --> 00:41:29,937
Would you be quiet, please?

722
00:41:30,021 --> 00:41:31,396
Boom, boom, boom, boom!

723
00:41:31,479 --> 00:41:33,062
On your right!

724
00:41:35,562 --> 00:41:38,687
Balram, you're blocking my view.
Come here. Sit here.

725
00:41:38,771 --> 00:41:41,812
[Balram] I had never seen a man
so happy in the darkness.

726
00:41:41,896 --> 00:41:44,271
[speaking indistinctly]

727
00:41:49,687 --> 00:41:51,312
[Ashok and Pinky moaning]

728
00:41:54,646 --> 00:41:58,562
[Balram] The Lamb still had
the blood of a landlord in him, after all.

729
00:42:00,604 --> 00:42:02,021
[indistinct chatter]

730
00:42:08,312 --> 00:42:09,187
[Balram] Bye, sir.

731
00:42:16,479 --> 00:42:19,396
[in Hindi] This is great when
you're lonely or upset with your boss.

732
00:42:19,479 --> 00:42:24,646
This has revenge, rape, murder, sex.
It's got everything.

733
00:42:24,729 --> 00:42:26,604
You can really enjoy yourself.

734
00:42:26,687 --> 00:42:28,021
You can even jerk off.

735
00:42:28,104 --> 00:42:30,271
[women laughing and talking indistinctly]

736
00:42:33,187 --> 00:42:35,479
Red bra, big boobs…

737
00:42:36,396 --> 00:42:38,646
Country Mouse, you like that?

738
00:42:38,729 --> 00:42:41,021
Big tits, huge asses!

739
00:42:41,104 --> 00:42:44,021
Hold them like mangoes
and nibble with your teeth.

740
00:42:44,104 --> 00:42:47,562
-And suck 'em right up!
-What's he talking about?

741
00:42:47,646 --> 00:42:51,271
But don't let your little mouse
get sucked up in their dark caves!

742
00:42:51,354 --> 00:42:52,812
Want me to put in a good word?

743
00:42:52,896 --> 00:42:58,146
I noticed how ladies in the city
don't have hair on their legs or armpits!

744
00:42:58,229 --> 00:42:59,062
What?

745
00:42:59,146 --> 00:43:00,271
[all laughing]

746
00:43:01,229 --> 00:43:05,021
Does your mom have hair here?
And here and here too?

747
00:43:05,104 --> 00:43:07,729
Are all the women in your village hairy?

748
00:43:07,812 --> 00:43:10,229
The whole family hang like monkeys and--

749
00:43:10,312 --> 00:43:12,437
Why talk about mothers and sisters?

750
00:43:13,521 --> 00:43:14,729
[all laughing]

751
00:43:16,729 --> 00:43:18,021
Dude, we're just kidding.

752
00:43:18,104 --> 00:43:20,062
Do I talk about your mothers and sisters?

753
00:43:20,146 --> 00:43:21,396
-Come on!
-[man] Hey! Come back.

754
00:43:21,479 --> 00:43:22,854
[Balram in English] There and then,

755
00:43:22,937 --> 00:43:26,521
I resolved never again to tell
anyone in Delhi anything I was thinking.

756
00:43:26,604 --> 00:43:27,646
[indistinct clamor]

757
00:43:27,729 --> 00:43:30,062
[driver in Hindi] You fuckers
hide cards in your asses.

758
00:43:30,146 --> 00:43:31,146
[indistinct chatter]

759
00:43:32,479 --> 00:43:33,354
Country Mouse!

760
00:43:33,896 --> 00:43:36,271
-Where are you going? Off to die?
-Hey!

761
00:43:36,354 --> 00:43:38,562
-[driver 1] Hey, fucker!
-[driver 2] You're a faggot.

762
00:43:42,312 --> 00:43:46,104
Uncle, is there a room
for someone to stay alone?

763
00:43:47,771 --> 00:43:48,854
There's one there.

764
00:43:48,937 --> 00:43:50,479
But who wants to live alone?

765
00:44:21,104 --> 00:44:22,562
[coughing]

766
00:44:34,687 --> 00:44:38,146
[Balram in English] Pinky Madam wanted to
visit Mr. Ashok's uncle near Laxmangarh,

767
00:44:38,229 --> 00:44:41,687
and so here I was,
driving home in the Stork's car.

768
00:44:41,771 --> 00:44:43,021
That's so pretty.

769
00:44:43,104 --> 00:44:44,896
[Balram] Ah, I hated her for this.

770
00:44:44,979 --> 00:44:47,562
If I crashed, it would be her fault.

771
00:44:47,646 --> 00:44:48,729
[Pinky chuckles]

772
00:44:49,646 --> 00:44:51,521
Balram, are you happy
to go see your Granny?

773
00:44:51,604 --> 00:44:53,812
-Yes, madam, very happy.
-[Pinky chuckling] Okay. Good.

774
00:44:58,896 --> 00:45:01,812
Balram, what did you just do?
You touched your finger to your eye?

775
00:45:02,354 --> 00:45:03,521
Did we pass something holy?

776
00:45:06,146 --> 00:45:06,979
Yes, sir.

777
00:45:07,604 --> 00:45:11,354
Actually, we just passed a sacred tree,
so I was offering my respects.

778
00:45:11,437 --> 00:45:12,687
Where? Which one?

779
00:45:12,771 --> 00:45:15,104
-Over there, madam.
-[Pinky] Oh, that big one there.

780
00:45:15,187 --> 00:45:17,771
-This entire area is very holy.
-[Ashok] Wow.

781
00:45:17,854 --> 00:45:20,896
See how they worship nature?
Who'd do that in New York?

782
00:45:20,979 --> 00:45:23,812
-People with a backyard in Brooklyn.
-Yeah, right.

783
00:45:23,896 --> 00:45:25,104
[both chuckling]

784
00:45:28,062 --> 00:45:30,396
You did that again.
Did we pass another one?

785
00:45:31,021 --> 00:45:33,062
Yes, sir. You see that path over there?

786
00:45:33,146 --> 00:45:33,979
-Yeah.
-Yeah.

787
00:45:34,062 --> 00:45:36,354
Sir, they say
Lord Buddha walked on that path

788
00:45:36,437 --> 00:45:38,479
until he found the Tree of Enlightenment.

789
00:45:38,562 --> 00:45:39,729
-Really?
-Yes.

790
00:45:39,812 --> 00:45:40,812
Wow!

791
00:45:41,312 --> 00:45:44,271
Pardon me,
but I think you should do the same.

792
00:45:44,771 --> 00:45:48,521
-Otherwise, they say you become infertile.
-No.

793
00:45:48,604 --> 00:45:51,271
-Okay, we need to do this.
-No!

794
00:45:51,354 --> 00:45:54,604
What is it? Left, right,
and then your head. Just do it.

795
00:45:54,687 --> 00:45:55,521
[Ashok chuckles]

796
00:45:55,604 --> 00:45:57,521
[Balram] I gave them reactions of piety

797
00:45:57,604 --> 00:46:00,271
for every tree, rock,
and temple we passed.

798
00:46:00,354 --> 00:46:02,229
Do you see that hill over there, sir?

799
00:46:02,312 --> 00:46:03,646
I was like a sadhu to them.

800
00:46:03,729 --> 00:46:06,021
Left, right, head. [chuckling]

801
00:46:06,104 --> 00:46:08,771
-Left, right, head.
-Left, right, head.

802
00:46:08,854 --> 00:46:09,854
[both chuckling]

803
00:46:15,604 --> 00:46:17,021
[all speaking Hindi]

804
00:46:19,979 --> 00:46:22,604
[Balram in English] I dropped them off
at Mr. Ashok's uncle's villa.

805
00:46:23,354 --> 00:46:25,062
We called him the Buffalo.

806
00:46:25,146 --> 00:46:28,937
-[both speaking Hindi]
-[Ashok chuckles]

807
00:46:29,021 --> 00:46:31,521
[Balram in English]
Then I knew I had to face my family.

808
00:46:32,604 --> 00:46:34,479
-[honking]
-[children chattering]

809
00:46:34,562 --> 00:46:35,646
[cow mooing]

810
00:46:42,229 --> 00:46:44,146
[honking]

811
00:46:46,354 --> 00:46:48,312
[Balram in Hindi]
Hi, uncle, how are you all doing?

812
00:46:52,146 --> 00:46:53,604
How's it going, brother?

813
00:46:54,354 --> 00:46:56,104
Now he remembers his family.

814
00:46:56,187 --> 00:46:58,646
You haven't sent money home
since you went to Delhi.

815
00:46:58,729 --> 00:47:02,271
Forgive me, brother. I'm here now.

816
00:47:02,354 --> 00:47:04,354
[speaking Hindi]

817
00:47:06,646 --> 00:47:09,604
My grandson is a very big man!

818
00:47:10,229 --> 00:47:15,104
But he forces his Granny
to do all his work for him.

819
00:47:15,187 --> 00:47:19,562
This is the fate
of an old woman in this world.

820
00:47:24,771 --> 00:47:28,354
[Balram in English] I wanted to bring him
to Delhi and save him from all this.

821
00:47:29,146 --> 00:47:31,187
[in Hindi] Eat the chicken.

822
00:47:31,271 --> 00:47:33,812
I made it myself.

823
00:47:34,354 --> 00:47:37,021
You haven't had any like it in ages.

824
00:47:38,354 --> 00:47:39,896
Ashok Sir is a vegetarian.

825
00:47:41,187 --> 00:47:44,312
America made him completely lose his mind.

826
00:47:44,396 --> 00:47:46,646
[Balram] I'm thinking of doing the same.

827
00:47:46,729 --> 00:47:48,104
What? Are you a Brahmin?

828
00:47:48,187 --> 00:47:50,437
Eat. You've gotten so thin.

829
00:47:50,521 --> 00:47:53,854
A body should be filled out for marriage.

830
00:47:55,271 --> 00:47:57,354
-Whose marriage?
-Yours!

831
00:47:57,437 --> 00:47:59,604
We found a girl for you.

832
00:47:59,687 --> 00:48:03,521
You'll be married by the end of the year.

833
00:48:08,229 --> 00:48:11,146
I need time. I'm not ready to get married.

834
00:48:11,229 --> 00:48:12,521
[Kusum] Not ready?

835
00:48:13,104 --> 00:48:14,646
Just eat the chicken.

836
00:48:14,729 --> 00:48:16,396
I don't want to get married.

837
00:48:16,479 --> 00:48:22,604
Stop thinking of yourself
and start thinking of the family.

838
00:48:24,562 --> 00:48:25,479
Eat.

839
00:48:25,562 --> 00:48:26,687
[speaks Hindi]

840
00:48:26,771 --> 00:48:29,937
-You're not Ashok Sir.
-Did you not understand?

841
00:48:30,021 --> 00:48:32,104
Are you going to force me?
I don't want to get married!

842
00:48:32,854 --> 00:48:34,187
You're driving me insane.

843
00:48:34,812 --> 00:48:35,646
[Kishan] Munna!

844
00:48:38,187 --> 00:48:40,437
Where are you going? Stop!

845
00:48:41,354 --> 00:48:42,354
What happened?

846
00:48:43,396 --> 00:48:45,604
-You must keep sending money.
-I won't send it.

847
00:48:45,687 --> 00:48:47,062
That's the family's money!

848
00:48:47,979 --> 00:48:51,562
She's sucked the blood
out of you and left you a shell.

849
00:48:51,646 --> 00:48:53,896
And she'll leave you to die, like Dad.

850
00:49:13,646 --> 00:49:16,396
[Ashok in English] Why don't I eat meat?
Why does Pinky wear pants?

851
00:49:16,479 --> 00:49:18,479
Why don't we have kids? They won't stop.

852
00:49:18,562 --> 00:49:20,646
[Balram] I think
we should not go back there, sir.

853
00:49:21,146 --> 00:49:21,979
[Ashok] Maybe.

854
00:49:22,062 --> 00:49:23,646
[distant mooing]

855
00:49:24,187 --> 00:49:27,062
You know, one in every three buildings
in India is built in Bangalore.

856
00:49:27,604 --> 00:49:28,479
You know why?

857
00:49:28,979 --> 00:49:31,646
-Outsourcing with the US.
-[Balram] Diversifying, sir?

858
00:49:33,021 --> 00:49:35,646
[Ashok] Yeah, right. Not bad, Balram.

859
00:49:35,729 --> 00:49:36,687
[Balram chuckles]

860
00:49:37,979 --> 00:49:39,937
I'm thinking to offer financial services.

861
00:49:40,854 --> 00:49:42,812
There's so many Wall Street firms I know.

862
00:49:44,312 --> 00:49:46,479
I can drive you
to Bangalore right now, sir.

863
00:49:47,354 --> 00:49:48,687
-Right now?
-Yes, sir.

864
00:49:49,604 --> 00:49:52,271
-It's on the opposite side of the country.
-It's okay, sir.

865
00:49:52,354 --> 00:49:54,437
I don't need sleep. I can drive all night.

866
00:49:55,187 --> 00:49:56,146
No, thank you.

867
00:49:56,854 --> 00:50:00,229
I got to make a business plan first.
Do it the right way.

868
00:50:00,771 --> 00:50:02,229
You will, sir. You will.

869
00:50:02,854 --> 00:50:04,271
Yes. I will.

870
00:50:05,146 --> 00:50:06,562
-[Pinky] Ashoky!
-Yeah?

871
00:50:07,854 --> 00:50:10,604
[Balram] If only Mr. Ashok
was a real entrepreneur,

872
00:50:10,687 --> 00:50:13,354
if only we had left for Bangalore
that very day,

873
00:50:14,729 --> 00:50:16,604
then things would've
turned out differently for us.

874
00:50:20,437 --> 00:50:23,562
Rich men are born
with opportunities they can waste.

875
00:50:25,437 --> 00:50:27,437
[children chattering]

876
00:50:28,354 --> 00:50:29,271
But a poor man?

877
00:50:34,187 --> 00:50:37,437
Feels like, "Are we gonna go back home,
or does he want to stay here?"

878
00:50:37,521 --> 00:50:39,312
You need to talk. Put your foot down.

879
00:50:39,396 --> 00:50:41,854
Yeah, but he's not had
that conversation with me.

880
00:50:41,937 --> 00:50:44,604
I think he's being vague
because he hasn't figured it out--

881
00:50:44,687 --> 00:50:46,937
Balram! What are you doing?

882
00:50:47,021 --> 00:50:49,312
-Your ginger teas, madam?
-With your hand.

883
00:50:49,896 --> 00:50:50,896
[in Hindi] What's he doing?

884
00:50:50,979 --> 00:50:52,812
[woman in English]
Pinky, this is disgusting.

885
00:50:52,896 --> 00:50:56,021
Your uniform is filthy and your mouth
smells of that paan all day. Just…

886
00:50:56,104 --> 00:50:58,646
Ugh! Just pick up this tea and leave.

887
00:50:59,312 --> 00:51:00,854
-[in Hindi] Bring another cup.
-Yes, Madam.

888
00:51:00,937 --> 00:51:02,271
After you wash your hands.

889
00:51:02,354 --> 00:51:04,604
[Pinky in English]
He's not usually like that. I'm sorry.

890
00:51:04,687 --> 00:51:07,146
[woman] These lower castes, na,
they're all the same.

891
00:51:07,646 --> 00:51:09,479
-See you soon.
-[Pinky] Keep visiting, okay?

892
00:51:09,562 --> 00:51:11,854
-[woman] Talk to Ashok, yeah?
-I will. Bye.

893
00:51:14,854 --> 00:51:16,979
-Balram?
-Ji, madam?

894
00:51:17,062 --> 00:51:18,146
[Pinky] Come here, please.

895
00:51:20,062 --> 00:51:23,104
-Come here.
-Madam, I'm really sorry. I will stop.

896
00:51:23,187 --> 00:51:26,437
-It's fine. Sit. Sit.
-I will stop eating paan, madam.

897
00:51:26,521 --> 00:51:29,062
No. That's not what I'm… Just sit down.

898
00:51:29,854 --> 00:51:32,437
I think it's wrong
the way you work for us.

899
00:51:32,521 --> 00:51:35,729
You should be finishing your education,
starting your own family.

900
00:51:35,812 --> 00:51:37,896
Ashok Sir and you are family to me, madam.

901
00:51:37,979 --> 00:51:41,354
-Don't say that. That's not true, Balram.
-Really, madam.

902
00:51:41,437 --> 00:51:43,854
No, you can't possibly believe that.

903
00:51:46,646 --> 00:51:48,771
Do you know what my parents do in America?

904
00:51:48,854 --> 00:51:51,562
They run this shitty little bodega
in Jackson Heights,

905
00:51:52,021 --> 00:51:54,312
selling beer, paan, and porn.

906
00:51:54,396 --> 00:51:56,521
I used to do my homework in the basement.

907
00:51:56,604 --> 00:51:59,229
One night I saw my mom
being held at gunpoint,

908
00:51:59,312 --> 00:52:01,479
and she still finished
working the entire night.

909
00:52:02,187 --> 00:52:03,521
I got out, Balram.

910
00:52:04,021 --> 00:52:05,646
What is it that you want to do?

911
00:52:07,062 --> 00:52:09,604
-I want to serve you and Ashok Sir.
-No.

912
00:52:09,687 --> 00:52:11,187
-Okay, stop. No.
-Really, madam.

913
00:52:11,271 --> 00:52:15,979
Stop saying that. That's why this
caste system thing is total bullshit.

914
00:52:16,062 --> 00:52:18,479
You know, Mukesh tried
to stop Ashok from marrying me

915
00:52:18,562 --> 00:52:20,312
because of this caste thing.

916
00:52:22,479 --> 00:52:23,437
Well, fuck him.

917
00:52:24,854 --> 00:52:26,187
And fuck that.

918
00:52:45,229 --> 00:52:46,354
[sniffs]

919
00:52:55,729 --> 00:52:57,479
[indistinct chatter]

920
00:53:02,771 --> 00:53:06,646
-[Balram in Hindi] Is this toothpaste?
-Yes, it's terrific, whiten your teeth.

921
00:53:06,729 --> 00:53:09,521
-Where can I find something for an itch?
-[man 1] The medicine shop.

922
00:53:09,604 --> 00:53:10,562
[man 2] Five hundred!

923
00:53:10,646 --> 00:53:13,396
-Are these for the office?
-Yep, take a look.

924
00:53:13,479 --> 00:53:17,104
[man 2] Those are 200.
This is leather, better quality.

925
00:53:17,187 --> 00:53:19,104
[Balram speaking Hindi]

926
00:53:19,187 --> 00:53:21,604
Hundred-rupee sale!

927
00:53:21,687 --> 00:53:26,562
-How much?
-A hundred rupees sale!

928
00:53:26,646 --> 00:53:27,729
Pick any one.

929
00:53:27,812 --> 00:53:29,187
And 250 for the pant.

930
00:53:29,812 --> 00:53:32,021
It's a good designer pant.

931
00:53:41,646 --> 00:53:44,562
[Balram in English] Why had my father
never told me not to scratch my groin?

932
00:53:46,771 --> 00:53:49,271
Why had he never taught me
to brush my teeth?

933
00:53:50,937 --> 00:53:54,104
Why had he raised me
to live like such an animal?

934
00:54:03,812 --> 00:54:07,562
If only a man
could spit his past out so easily.

935
00:54:13,271 --> 00:54:16,854
If you asked me to explain
how one event connects to another

936
00:54:16,937 --> 00:54:20,062
or how one motive
strengthens or weakens the next,

937
00:54:20,937 --> 00:54:23,146
I'll tell you
I don't understand these things.

938
00:54:23,229 --> 00:54:24,187
[squishing]

939
00:54:31,229 --> 00:54:34,937
I should warn you
my story gets much darker from here.

940
00:54:46,437 --> 00:54:48,521
[Pinky] Is something going
to jump out at me?

941
00:54:48,604 --> 00:54:49,646
[Pinky chuckles]

942
00:54:50,771 --> 00:54:52,229
Oh, my gosh!

943
00:54:52,312 --> 00:54:55,646
Happy birthday, madam.
Wish you many happy returns of the day.

944
00:54:55,729 --> 00:54:59,062
-Oh, baboo. That's great.
-How's he looking?

945
00:54:59,146 --> 00:55:00,562
-Please come in, Mr. Maharaja.
-Come in.

946
00:55:00,646 --> 00:55:02,687
[muffled dance music playing]

947
00:55:02,771 --> 00:55:04,146
[indistinct chatter]

948
00:55:05,271 --> 00:55:06,812
[in Hindi] Hey! Country Mouse!

949
00:55:07,312 --> 00:55:08,396
[makes kissing sound]

950
00:55:08,479 --> 00:55:10,979
Don't stand there alone.
Come hang with us.

951
00:55:11,062 --> 00:55:13,312
Standing alone leads to bad thoughts.

952
00:55:13,396 --> 00:55:16,729
Look at him!
Dressed like the maharaja of England!

953
00:55:17,521 --> 00:55:19,312
[driver 1] Hope you haven't
peed your pants.

954
00:55:19,396 --> 00:55:21,229
Someone get him a diaper.

955
00:55:21,312 --> 00:55:22,229
[cackling]

956
00:55:23,146 --> 00:55:25,312
-[driver 1] Asshole!
-[driver 2] I'll lube you up…

957
00:55:26,479 --> 00:55:27,979
[driver 1] How's your room?

958
00:55:28,062 --> 00:55:31,021
[driver 2] Are there cockroaches in there?

959
00:55:32,937 --> 00:55:35,271
[strong wind blowing]

960
00:55:35,354 --> 00:55:38,646
-[Ashok in English] It's fine…
-So great. Oh, my gosh, babe, he's asleep.

961
00:55:40,104 --> 00:55:42,812
-Balram!
-No! Don't wake him up! He's sleeping.

962
00:55:42,896 --> 00:55:45,604
-How do we get home? Just wait--
-[clicks tongue]

963
00:55:45,687 --> 00:55:48,354
Let me do it. I'll do it gently.
[in sing-song voice] Balram.

964
00:55:48,979 --> 00:55:50,687
[loudly] Balram!

965
00:55:50,771 --> 00:55:52,771
[Pinky and Ashok laughing]

966
00:55:52,854 --> 00:55:55,604
Oh, my God.
I think he just shat his pants.

967
00:55:55,687 --> 00:55:56,812
I'm so sorry.

968
00:55:56,896 --> 00:55:59,604
-Oh, my God. I'm sorry. You okay?
-Oh, shit.

969
00:55:59,687 --> 00:56:02,437
-Are you okay?
-You okay? Huh?

970
00:56:03,521 --> 00:56:05,687
-Oh, my God. I'm sorry.
-Come on, don't cry.

971
00:56:05,771 --> 00:56:07,854
-[in Hindi] I dozed off.
-[Pinky in English] Sorry.

972
00:56:07,937 --> 00:56:08,771
No problem.

973
00:56:08,854 --> 00:56:10,896
[Hindi song playing on car radio]

974
00:56:10,979 --> 00:56:12,979
[Ashok and Pinky moaning]

975
00:56:31,437 --> 00:56:34,604
Pinky, stop, stop.
Stop, Pinky. We're not alone.

976
00:56:35,479 --> 00:56:38,062
What? It's just Balram.

977
00:56:38,146 --> 00:56:39,479
[Ashok] Yeah, but…

978
00:56:40,646 --> 00:56:44,354
[Pinky] It doesn't matter, babe.
Come on. Come on, man.

979
00:56:46,021 --> 00:56:47,354
[Ashok] You're so fucking drunk.

980
00:56:47,437 --> 00:56:50,479
[Pinky] I'm not drunk enough.
I want to go back to New York.

981
00:56:50,562 --> 00:56:52,604
-Not this again.
-"Again"?

982
00:56:52,687 --> 00:56:55,521
What do you mean, "Not this again"?
You never wanna talk about it.

983
00:56:55,604 --> 00:56:58,729
When we said we're coming to India,
it was supposed to be for six months.

984
00:56:58,812 --> 00:57:02,812
You don't talk to me about it because
you've decided that you want to stay here.

985
00:57:02,896 --> 00:57:05,229
I'm trying to help my family.
I owe it to them.

986
00:57:05,312 --> 00:57:06,854
[Pinky] Can we not talk about them?

987
00:57:06,937 --> 00:57:11,604
You know, you're like a non-entity
in front of them, you know that?

988
00:57:12,937 --> 00:57:14,021
It's like…

989
00:57:14,771 --> 00:57:16,271
It's like skim milk.

990
00:57:18,687 --> 00:57:20,062
Nobody likes skim milk.

991
00:57:23,937 --> 00:57:25,479
[muffled music playing on car radio]

992
00:57:27,687 --> 00:57:29,312
[Ashok] We can go to a bar…

993
00:57:29,396 --> 00:57:31,771
Oh, my God. Wait.

994
00:57:32,854 --> 00:57:33,854
Hi, precious!

995
00:57:33,937 --> 00:57:36,146
[in Hindi] Take it, madam.
Only 100 rupees.

996
00:57:36,229 --> 00:57:37,687
I'm very hungry.

997
00:57:37,771 --> 00:57:38,896
Can I see?

998
00:57:38,979 --> 00:57:40,604
-Ji.
-[chuckles]

999
00:57:40,687 --> 00:57:43,812
Please, madam. Take three for 200.

1000
00:57:43,896 --> 00:57:46,562
-I'm hungry.
-Don't touch the car.

1001
00:57:46,646 --> 00:57:48,562
[in English] Stop it. Don't be rude.

1002
00:57:48,646 --> 00:57:49,771
-Sir?
-[Ashok] Balram!

1003
00:57:49,854 --> 00:57:51,146
[speaks Hindi]

1004
00:57:51,229 --> 00:57:54,271
[in English] Good girl. Bye. Rakhlo.

1005
00:57:54,937 --> 00:57:56,187
[Ashok] So sweet.

1006
00:57:56,271 --> 00:57:58,562
-[Pinky] You know what? Balram?
-[Balram] Ji, madam?

1007
00:57:58,646 --> 00:58:02,021
-Get out. Can't speak to a kid like that.
-[Ashok] What are you doing?

1008
00:58:02,104 --> 00:58:04,771
-Out.
-No, madam. I think I should drive.

1009
00:58:04,854 --> 00:58:06,854
-[Pinky] Get out of the car.
-Sir?

1010
00:58:06,937 --> 00:58:08,562
-She's the boss.
-[Pinky] Balram, hey.

1011
00:58:08,646 --> 00:58:10,854
This is for you.

1012
00:58:11,396 --> 00:58:14,104
I'll leave you here
with your Buddha for tonight.

1013
00:58:14,187 --> 00:58:16,604
-It's green, hurry up.
-I don't need anyone.

1014
00:58:16,687 --> 00:58:17,812
[Balram] Ashok Sir!

1015
00:58:17,896 --> 00:58:18,729
[Ashok] Bye!

1016
00:58:18,812 --> 00:58:20,146
[Balram shouting in Hindi]

1017
00:58:43,896 --> 00:58:45,437
[indistinct chatter]

1018
00:58:54,354 --> 00:58:58,021
[Balram in English]
What is a servant without a master?

1019
00:59:01,062 --> 00:59:02,771
[tires screeching]

1020
00:59:11,937 --> 00:59:13,021
[song playing on car radio]

1021
00:59:13,104 --> 00:59:17,687
-[Pinky] That was insane!
-That was fucking awesome! Fuck!

1022
00:59:17,771 --> 00:59:20,354
-Madam, let me--
-What are you doing? I'm driving.

1023
00:59:20,437 --> 00:59:24,354
No, Balram. You're not driving.
Come here, come here, no, no, no.

1024
00:59:24,437 --> 00:59:27,187
Did you think we'd leave you behind?
Are you angry with us?

1025
00:59:27,271 --> 00:59:29,604
Nahi, madam.
You are like mother and father to me.

1026
00:59:29,687 --> 00:59:31,479
-I can't be angry with you.
-[Pinky] Sit down.

1027
00:59:31,562 --> 00:59:34,146
-I'm not your father. Don't say that.
-[Balram] Sir.

1028
00:59:34,229 --> 00:59:36,687
Stop calling me "sir!"
We're all friends here, right?

1029
00:59:36,771 --> 00:59:39,354
-Get in! Come on, it's her birthday!
-[Balram] Yes, sir.

1030
00:59:40,354 --> 00:59:42,437
[Pinky] Why is this guy driving so slow?

1031
00:59:42,521 --> 00:59:43,687
-[tires screeching]
-[honking]

1032
00:59:43,771 --> 00:59:45,021
-Oh, whoa!
-[both laughing]

1033
00:59:47,604 --> 00:59:48,854
[Pinky and Ashok laughing]

1034
00:59:50,062 --> 00:59:52,146
[Pinky] Should I switch to tequila now?

1035
00:59:54,521 --> 00:59:55,729
[honking]

1036
00:59:57,437 --> 00:59:58,937
[inaudible]

1037
01:00:08,104 --> 01:00:09,437
-[engine revving]
-[tires screeching]

1038
01:00:09,521 --> 01:00:11,896
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

1039
01:00:11,979 --> 01:00:13,021
[Pinky] I'm not two.

1040
01:00:13,104 --> 01:00:15,354
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

1041
01:00:15,437 --> 01:00:16,812
You're such a drama queen.

1042
01:00:16,896 --> 01:00:18,396
♪ Happy birthday, dear Pinky ♪

1043
01:00:18,479 --> 01:00:19,604
[Pinky] You are a drama.

1044
01:00:19,687 --> 01:00:21,062
♪ Happy birthday… ♪

1045
01:00:21,146 --> 01:00:22,896
-[speaking Hindi]
-[Ashok screams]

1046
01:00:22,979 --> 01:00:24,396
[thudding]

1047
01:00:24,479 --> 01:00:27,104
["Beware" playing on radio]

1048
01:00:35,354 --> 01:00:36,479
[radio turns off]

1049
01:00:53,604 --> 01:00:57,229
-[in English] No, sir. We need to leave.
-We need to take him to the hospital.

1050
01:00:57,312 --> 01:00:59,062
[Balram] Pinky Madam
will be in trouble, sir.

1051
01:00:59,146 --> 01:01:01,687
-I'll call the cops.
-No, sir! Sir, Pinky Madam.

1052
01:01:01,771 --> 01:01:04,937
-It's a fucking child. I hit a kid.
-[Ashok] Stay in the car.

1053
01:01:05,021 --> 01:01:06,729
-[Balram] Put her in the car.
-[Pinky] I hit a kid.

1054
01:01:06,812 --> 01:01:08,896
-[Ashok] Stay in the car, honey.
-[Pinky] Call an ambulance.

1055
01:01:08,979 --> 01:01:10,812
-[Ashok] I'll do it.
-Is it alive?

1056
01:01:10,896 --> 01:01:12,854
-You stay in the car.
-Please, sir, listen to me,

1057
01:01:12,937 --> 01:01:15,271
if we don't leave now,
Pinky Madam will be in trouble.

1058
01:01:15,354 --> 01:01:18,271
-Somebody will see us. Please, sir.
-[Pinky whimpering]

1059
01:01:20,646 --> 01:01:23,271
Sir, please get inside the car.
Sir, please.

1060
01:01:31,604 --> 01:01:33,187
[tires screeching]

1061
01:01:35,937 --> 01:01:38,854
-[Pinky] We have to call the cops.
-[Ashok] Calm down!

1062
01:01:38,937 --> 01:01:41,854
-No, we have to call--
-Calm down, honey! Please!

1063
01:01:41,937 --> 01:01:44,437
-[wailing] I killed a kid!
-Please!

1064
01:01:44,521 --> 01:01:48,271
-Please! Let me go!
-Please, honey, calm down.

1065
01:01:48,354 --> 01:01:50,104
-We have to go back.
-Honey, no.

1066
01:01:50,687 --> 01:01:54,771
-We have to go back. Please.
-Honey, no.

1067
01:01:54,854 --> 01:01:56,604
Please. Oh, my God!

1068
01:01:57,271 --> 01:02:00,354
Please, Balram.
We have to see if it's alive.

1069
01:02:00,437 --> 01:02:03,896
Please, take him to a hospital. Please?
[sniffling]

1070
01:02:03,979 --> 01:02:06,104
What did I do? What did I do?

1071
01:02:30,562 --> 01:02:31,396
What is that?

1072
01:02:32,646 --> 01:02:34,562
Just stuff those kids wear, sir.

1073
01:02:35,187 --> 01:02:38,396
What was he doing
in the street at 2:00 in the morning?

1074
01:02:38,479 --> 01:02:39,521
Exactly, sir.

1075
01:02:40,187 --> 01:02:43,187
It's not our fault, sir.
He just jumped in our way, stupid kid.

1076
01:02:44,104 --> 01:02:45,187
Don't call him stupid.

1077
01:02:46,521 --> 01:02:47,437
Sorry, sir.

1078
01:02:52,979 --> 01:02:54,229
God.

1079
01:02:56,562 --> 01:02:59,271
-What am I gonna do?
-Nothing, sir.

1080
01:02:59,354 --> 01:03:03,146
You know how those people are?
Sometimes they have ten, 20 kids.

1081
01:03:03,229 --> 01:03:05,104
Even they don't remember their names.

1082
01:03:05,187 --> 01:03:07,854
-Nobody will miss this one, sir.
-Yeah, but…

1083
01:03:09,604 --> 01:03:12,271
-What if someone reports it?
-Who, sir?

1084
01:03:13,187 --> 01:03:14,521
The street was empty…

1085
01:03:15,729 --> 01:03:17,979
and the parents, even if they're in Delhi,

1086
01:03:18,062 --> 01:03:21,937
the police don't even let these kind
of people inside the station, sir.

1087
01:03:22,021 --> 01:03:25,854
-I shouldn't have listened to her.
-Sir, you don't take tension.

1088
01:03:25,937 --> 01:03:28,771
Don't worry, sir. I'm here.
I will take care of this.

1089
01:03:29,646 --> 01:03:31,771
You go sleep, sir.
You've had a very long day.

1090
01:03:51,562 --> 01:03:54,146
[Balram] On my lips,
there's a big contented smile

1091
01:03:54,229 --> 01:03:57,646
that comes to a servant
who has done his duty by his master

1092
01:03:57,729 --> 01:03:59,812
even in the most difficult of moments.

1093
01:04:11,396 --> 01:04:13,271
[doorbell rings]

1094
01:04:15,979 --> 01:04:17,396
Namaste, sir.

1095
01:04:17,479 --> 01:04:20,062
[in Hindi] Balram, come in.
Come, come.

1096
01:04:20,562 --> 01:04:22,396
-[Balram] Namaste, sir.
-[door closes]

1097
01:04:25,271 --> 01:04:27,104
-[Balram] Greetings, sir!
-Come in.

1098
01:04:27,854 --> 01:04:28,729
Have a seat.

1099
01:04:28,812 --> 01:04:29,646
[in English] Sit up.

1100
01:04:29,729 --> 01:04:31,771
[in Hindi] On the sofa.
Make yourself comfortable.

1101
01:04:31,854 --> 01:04:33,937
-[in English] You are family now.
-[in Hindi] Nahi, sir.

1102
01:04:34,021 --> 01:04:34,854
[chuckling]

1103
01:04:35,854 --> 01:04:36,812
[speaks Hindi]

1104
01:04:37,521 --> 01:04:38,354
Come, sit.

1105
01:04:39,729 --> 01:04:41,562
-All good?
-Great, sir.

1106
01:04:42,979 --> 01:04:45,812
[in English] Have you spoken with anyone
about what happened last night?

1107
01:04:45,896 --> 01:04:48,437
[in Hindi] No, sir.
I washed the car and went to bed.

1108
01:04:48,521 --> 01:04:49,562
-Good.
-Yes, sir.

1109
01:04:49,646 --> 01:04:52,229
[in English] It's important
that you not say a word to anyone.

1110
01:04:52,312 --> 01:04:53,479
[in Hindi] Yes, sir.

1111
01:04:54,104 --> 01:04:56,396
-Would you like some paan?
-No, sir, I quit paan.

1112
01:04:56,479 --> 01:04:58,062
Come on! You still eat paan, I know it!

1113
01:04:58,146 --> 01:05:00,812
No, really, sir!
Ashok Sir, tell them. [chuckling]

1114
01:05:00,896 --> 01:05:02,646
-I know you eat paan.
-Come on, sir.

1115
01:05:02,729 --> 01:05:03,896
[in English] Open it.

1116
01:05:09,604 --> 01:05:11,437
-[in Hindi] Is it all right?
-It's very good!

1117
01:05:11,521 --> 01:05:13,104
[lawyer in English]
The judge is taken care of.

1118
01:05:13,187 --> 01:05:16,062
If your man does as he's supposed to,
you'll have nothing to worry about.

1119
01:05:16,146 --> 01:05:17,937
My man will do what he's to do.

1120
01:05:18,021 --> 01:05:19,271
-[in Hindi] Right, Balram?
-Yes, sir.

1121
01:05:19,937 --> 01:05:22,187
-[in English] Can you read?
-Of course he can read.

1122
01:05:23,854 --> 01:05:25,562
-Read it to us.
-Ji, sir.

1123
01:05:26,396 --> 01:05:27,896
[in Hindi] I got some paan on it.

1124
01:05:30,646 --> 01:05:32,479
[in English] "To whomsoever
it may concern…"

1125
01:05:33,146 --> 01:05:34,812
"I, Balram Halwai,

1126
01:05:34,896 --> 01:05:37,562
do make the following statement
of my own free will."

1127
01:05:38,271 --> 01:05:41,896
"On the night of November 3rd this year,
I drove the car…

1128
01:05:43,062 --> 01:05:48,354
that hit an unidentified person,
or persons, or objects."

1129
01:05:51,104 --> 01:05:52,271
[in Hindi] I don't understand, sir.

1130
01:05:52,354 --> 01:05:55,271
[Mukesh] We'll explain it
to you afterwards. Keep reading.

1131
01:05:58,437 --> 01:06:02,979
[in English] "That I panicked and refused
my obligations to the injured party…

1132
01:06:04,104 --> 01:06:05,646
and fled the scene."

1133
01:06:05,729 --> 01:06:10,354
"That I was alone
in the car and alone responsible."

1134
01:06:12,354 --> 01:06:14,187
[Mukesh] We've already told your family.

1135
01:06:15,521 --> 01:06:17,896
Your Granny, uh… What's her name?

1136
01:06:18,604 --> 01:06:19,437
Balram?

1137
01:06:20,729 --> 01:06:21,771
-Hey, Balram?
-Ji, sir?

1138
01:06:21,854 --> 01:06:23,312
[Mukesh] What's her name? Uh…

1139
01:06:23,396 --> 01:06:25,187
-Kusum, sir.
-[Mukesh] Kusum-ji.

1140
01:06:25,271 --> 01:06:28,771
I drove down to Laxmangarh,
explained her everything.

1141
01:06:28,854 --> 01:06:29,979
I met your brother.

1142
01:06:30,896 --> 01:06:32,354
Your entire family was there.

1143
01:06:33,146 --> 01:06:34,896
She's so proud of you for this,

1144
01:06:35,854 --> 01:06:38,396
and she agreed
to be a witness to your confession.

1145
01:06:40,104 --> 01:06:42,437
See? This is the thumb impression here.

1146
01:06:44,854 --> 01:06:46,187
Just sign above that.

1147
01:06:46,937 --> 01:06:48,729
[lawyer] If he doesn't know to write,
he can press his thumb.

1148
01:06:48,812 --> 01:06:51,187
He knows to write.
Stop treating him like an idiot!

1149
01:06:51,271 --> 01:06:52,146
Keep quiet, Ashok.

1150
01:06:52,229 --> 01:06:55,354
-We shouldn't do this. It's not right.
-[Mukesh] Balram, sign.

1151
01:06:55,437 --> 01:06:58,146
Then you and Pinky go to the police
and tell them what happened.

1152
01:06:58,937 --> 01:07:02,146
If you understand law, then handle this.
Otherwise, just shut up!

1153
01:07:05,271 --> 01:07:06,312
[mutters softly]

1154
01:07:14,812 --> 01:07:16,687
Balram, just go on.

1155
01:07:20,896 --> 01:07:22,104
Balram, go on.

1156
01:07:22,729 --> 01:07:25,896
[in Hindi] Go ahead and sign it, brother.
Right here.

1157
01:07:38,187 --> 01:07:40,062
Aren't you my brother? My younger brother?

1158
01:07:40,146 --> 01:07:40,979
Yes, sir.

1159
01:07:41,062 --> 01:07:42,771
[Mukesh] We eat and hang out together.

1160
01:07:42,854 --> 01:07:45,812
Dad's here, I'm here.
Brother Ashok is right there.

1161
01:07:46,771 --> 01:07:49,562
-Is there anything to worry about?
-No, sir.

1162
01:07:49,687 --> 01:07:53,187
[Mukesh laughing] Huh?

1163
01:07:55,437 --> 01:07:56,271
Go on.

1164
01:07:56,354 --> 01:07:58,479
[in English]
Just go and wait outside. We'll call you.

1165
01:08:00,271 --> 01:08:01,229
[speaks Hindi]

1166
01:08:01,312 --> 01:08:04,229
-[Mukesh in Hindi] All right? Go on.
-Go on.

1167
01:08:05,396 --> 01:08:06,312
All right, sir.

1168
01:08:11,437 --> 01:08:12,687
No need for that.

1169
01:08:46,771 --> 01:08:47,604
[elevator dings]

1170
01:08:47,687 --> 01:08:48,979
[elevator door opening]

1171
01:10:04,354 --> 01:10:08,021
[in English] To think of this again
makes me so angry

1172
01:10:08,104 --> 01:10:11,937
that I might go out and cut the throat
of some rich man right now.

1173
01:10:14,479 --> 01:10:15,854
[exhales]

1174
01:10:18,437 --> 01:10:20,896
Not once did I think I had options.

1175
01:10:22,646 --> 01:10:27,396
Not once did I think
I'll tell the judge the truth or run away.

1176
01:10:30,187 --> 01:10:31,729
[in Hindi] Give me Moonlight Whiskey.

1177
01:10:32,604 --> 01:10:34,562
[Balram in English]
I was trapped in the rooster coop,

1178
01:10:34,646 --> 01:10:37,854
and don't believe for a second
there's a million-rupee game show

1179
01:10:37,937 --> 01:10:39,771
you can win to get out of it.

1180
01:10:39,854 --> 01:10:42,062
[indistinct chatter]

1181
01:10:46,437 --> 01:10:48,479
The world's greatest democracy.

1182
01:10:52,771 --> 01:10:54,229
[indistinct chatter]

1183
01:10:56,604 --> 01:10:59,562
For hundreds
of millions of people like me,

1184
01:10:59,646 --> 01:11:01,854
there is only one way to break free.

1185
01:11:02,604 --> 01:11:05,479
I would have to accept
what this man's family would do…

1186
01:11:06,396 --> 01:11:08,854
not just to me but to my family.

1187
01:11:14,521 --> 01:11:16,687
And that takes no normal human being

1188
01:11:16,771 --> 01:11:19,021
but a freak, a pervert of nature.

1189
01:11:20,562 --> 01:11:23,562
It would, in fact, take a white tiger.

1190
01:11:25,021 --> 01:11:28,729
[telephone ringing]

1191
01:11:33,771 --> 01:11:34,812
[in Hindi] Here you are!

1192
01:11:35,729 --> 01:11:37,979
Your boss
has been calling like crazy for you.

1193
01:11:38,729 --> 01:11:40,354
He came down here last night too.

1194
01:11:42,771 --> 01:11:43,604
Are you sick?

1195
01:11:44,604 --> 01:11:45,437
Typhoid?

1196
01:11:46,146 --> 01:11:48,187
Dengue? Malaria?

1197
01:11:50,437 --> 01:11:53,437
You seem to be in some big trouble.

1198
01:11:54,771 --> 01:11:56,729
[indistinct commentary over TV]

1199
01:12:03,854 --> 01:12:05,271
[The Stork] Oy, jackass dick.

1200
01:12:05,354 --> 01:12:07,771
How many times do I have to call for you?

1201
01:12:07,854 --> 01:12:11,062
What're you staring at?
Get the bottle of oil, useless fucker.

1202
01:12:17,354 --> 01:12:19,979
-[The Stork grunts]
-[commentary continues on TV]

1203
01:12:24,604 --> 01:12:26,062
This match looks fixed.

1204
01:12:26,146 --> 01:12:28,562
[Mukesh] The cricketers
are taking shit out there.

1205
01:12:28,646 --> 01:12:29,521
[door opens]

1206
01:12:30,271 --> 01:12:31,937
[footsteps approaching]

1207
01:12:32,021 --> 01:12:32,979
[door closes]

1208
01:12:34,562 --> 01:12:35,521
[The Stork] You're back?

1209
01:12:36,104 --> 01:12:37,396
Come, sit down.

1210
01:12:37,479 --> 01:12:40,729
-[in English] Who's winning?
-[The Stork in Hindi] See for yourself.

1211
01:12:40,812 --> 01:12:42,812
-[Mukesh in English] We're losing.
-Balram.

1212
01:12:43,479 --> 01:12:44,312
Yeah.

1213
01:12:45,062 --> 01:12:46,229
[clears throat] Hey, Balram?

1214
01:12:47,229 --> 01:12:48,354
Have they told you?

1215
01:12:50,521 --> 01:12:52,229
You haven't told him?

1216
01:12:52,312 --> 01:12:53,771
[Mukesh] Hmm? [clicks tongue]

1217
01:12:55,354 --> 01:12:56,312
I got it.

1218
01:12:58,062 --> 01:12:58,896
Balram.

1219
01:12:59,937 --> 01:13:00,854
Um…

1220
01:13:01,646 --> 01:13:02,562
[Pinky sighs]

1221
01:13:03,562 --> 01:13:05,771
They have a contact at the police.

1222
01:13:08,187 --> 01:13:13,771
No one reported seeing what I did,
so they don't need you anymore.

1223
01:13:23,312 --> 01:13:24,312
[Balram sniffles]

1224
01:13:25,771 --> 01:13:28,729
[The Stork in Hindi] There, there.
Enough of your drama. Massage my feet!

1225
01:13:29,479 --> 01:13:32,312
-[in English] Why would you kick him?
-[The Stork in Hindi] He's fucking lazy!

1226
01:13:32,396 --> 01:13:34,104
[in English]
Why would you hit him like that?

1227
01:13:34,187 --> 01:13:37,104
-[Ashok] Hey, Pinky, calm down.
-How can you do that? Like he doesn't--

1228
01:13:37,187 --> 01:13:39,646
[Pinky] Don't tell me to calm down.
It's like you don't care.

1229
01:13:39,729 --> 01:13:42,146
-Do you like it?
-[Ashok] Pinky, let go of him!

1230
01:13:42,229 --> 01:13:44,604
And nobody else matters
after what he does?

1231
01:13:44,687 --> 01:13:46,896
-[Pinky] You! Get away from me.
-[Ashok] It's all good now.

1232
01:13:46,979 --> 01:13:48,146
[Pinky] This is good?

1233
01:13:48,229 --> 01:13:49,521
And this shit?

1234
01:13:50,354 --> 01:13:51,187
I'm done.

1235
01:13:52,771 --> 01:13:54,187
I'm done with this.

1236
01:13:54,271 --> 01:13:57,187
[Mukesh in Hindi] She's looking for
the victim's family, to compensate them.

1237
01:13:57,271 --> 01:13:59,271
-What are we, murderers?
-[Ashok] She won't do that.

1238
01:13:59,354 --> 01:14:01,146
[Mukesh] Dude, shut up.

1239
01:14:01,229 --> 01:14:03,687
[The Stork] She's gone crazy. Rein her in!

1240
01:14:07,062 --> 01:14:08,062
[train horn blaring]

1241
01:14:10,146 --> 01:14:11,896
[bell ringing]

1242
01:14:11,979 --> 01:14:13,521
[indistinct chatter]

1243
01:14:17,146 --> 01:14:20,521
[in Hindi] I have your confession
and will always have it.

1244
01:14:22,062 --> 01:14:23,271
[speaks Hindi]

1245
01:14:36,729 --> 01:14:38,604
-[vehicles honking]
-[indistinct chatter]

1246
01:14:49,354 --> 01:14:53,562
[shopkeepers shouting]

1247
01:14:55,687 --> 01:14:57,854
[upbeat music playing on speakers]

1248
01:15:03,104 --> 01:15:04,604
[food stall vendors calling]

1249
01:15:10,521 --> 01:15:11,479
[flame whooshing]

1250
01:15:15,771 --> 01:15:17,812
[whooshing increases in intensity]

1251
01:15:22,354 --> 01:15:23,771
[monkeys chattering]

1252
01:15:28,354 --> 01:15:30,979
[in Hindi] Hey, brother.
Can you give me something to eat?

1253
01:15:31,062 --> 01:15:34,021
-[spits] Move along.
-I haven't eaten anything in days.

1254
01:15:34,104 --> 01:15:35,979
I don't have anything, move along.

1255
01:15:36,062 --> 01:15:38,854
You must have a rupee,
please give it to me, brother.

1256
01:15:38,937 --> 01:15:40,687
-Move along.
-Where should I go?

1257
01:15:40,771 --> 01:15:43,312
I told you to move along!
Does your head not work?

1258
01:15:43,396 --> 01:15:46,771
You want this? Should I take
my clothes off and give them to you?

1259
01:15:46,854 --> 01:15:48,104
You want me to get naked?

1260
01:15:48,187 --> 01:15:51,146
-Maybe something to eat…
-This woman is driving me insane!

1261
01:15:51,229 --> 01:15:53,146
Give me something to eat…

1262
01:15:53,229 --> 01:15:56,229
I've earned 36 rupees in six months.
Shall I give it all to you?

1263
01:15:56,312 --> 01:15:57,812
Then what should I eat?

1264
01:15:57,896 --> 01:16:00,104
Give me some food, my child.

1265
01:16:00,187 --> 01:16:01,854
This woman has gone crazy!

1266
01:16:01,937 --> 01:16:04,812
Get her out of here. She's lost her mind.

1267
01:16:05,937 --> 01:16:07,771
Arrest her! You are the police!

1268
01:16:22,687 --> 01:16:23,687
[Pinky in English] Balram.

1269
01:16:28,312 --> 01:16:29,687
I need you to drive me.

1270
01:16:52,812 --> 01:16:54,937
[Pinky] You were looking
for the key for years,

1271
01:16:56,021 --> 01:16:57,771
but the door was always open.

1272
01:17:00,354 --> 01:17:02,062
[Balram] Did you say something, madam?

1273
01:18:00,271 --> 01:18:02,021
-Flight?
-[speaks Hindi]

1274
01:18:02,104 --> 01:18:05,354
-[in English] What flight? What?
-I really don't know, sir, what flight.

1275
01:18:06,437 --> 01:18:08,021
-Why didn't you wake me up?
-Sir--

1276
01:18:08,104 --> 01:18:10,604
-Why didn't you tell me?
-Sir, I did what she asked me to.

1277
01:18:11,437 --> 01:18:13,229
Why would you drop her behind my back?

1278
01:18:14,187 --> 01:18:16,104
-Why would you do that?
-Sir, you can't blame me.

1279
01:18:16,187 --> 01:18:18,479
Who should I blame then? You're my driver!

1280
01:18:18,562 --> 01:18:21,104
I've never heard
of a woman leaving her husband, sir.

1281
01:18:22,229 --> 01:18:24,854
-She has not left me.
-Sir, don't hit me.

1282
01:18:24,937 --> 01:18:26,604
-She hasn't left me.
-Sir, don't hit me.

1283
01:18:26,687 --> 01:18:28,729
She'd never leave me, you piece of shit.

1284
01:18:28,812 --> 01:18:30,021
-My collar--
-Where's Pinky?

1285
01:18:30,104 --> 01:18:31,479
-Sir, leave my--
-Where's--

1286
01:18:31,562 --> 01:18:32,812
[screams] Sir, leave my collar!

1287
01:18:40,437 --> 01:18:42,146
[crow cawing]

1288
01:18:51,312 --> 01:18:53,021
I wish they had put you in jail.

1289
01:19:07,021 --> 01:19:09,771
[Balram] I waited two days
for my master to call me.

1290
01:19:17,771 --> 01:19:20,396
Had he gone back to America
and not told me?

1291
01:19:23,104 --> 01:19:25,604
[movie playing on TV]

1292
01:19:38,979 --> 01:19:40,062
Are you okay, sir?

1293
01:19:41,521 --> 01:19:43,771
Why didn't you pack up and leave too?

1294
01:19:49,604 --> 01:19:52,521
Sir, it is not good
to starve yourself like this.

1295
01:19:53,854 --> 01:19:54,771
Sir, should I--

1296
01:19:54,854 --> 01:19:57,146
The whole fucking thing was her fault.

1297
01:19:58,896 --> 01:20:00,312
Fucking bitch.

1298
01:20:01,312 --> 01:20:03,021
Should I call for pizza, sir?

1299
01:20:03,104 --> 01:20:03,937
[gagging]

1300
01:20:08,562 --> 01:20:09,521
[Ashok vomiting]

1301
01:20:10,271 --> 01:20:11,521
[breathing heavily]

1302
01:20:12,104 --> 01:20:13,729
-[spits]
-[toilet flushes]

1303
01:20:14,312 --> 01:20:15,229
[Ashok grunting]

1304
01:20:18,854 --> 01:20:20,062
Feeling better, sir?

1305
01:20:22,312 --> 01:20:24,021
You must believe in God, sir.

1306
01:20:25,687 --> 01:20:29,604
My Granny says if you believe in God,
then good things will happen.

1307
01:20:32,854 --> 01:20:34,729
Why are you so kind to me, Balram?

1308
01:20:37,312 --> 01:20:38,479
It is my duty, sir.

1309
01:20:45,146 --> 01:20:47,271
Sir, I made some nimbu pani for you.

1310
01:20:47,979 --> 01:20:49,979
Have this, you'll feel ekdum fresh, sir.

1311
01:20:56,104 --> 01:20:56,937
Ashok Sir?

1312
01:20:59,604 --> 01:21:00,479
Ashok Sir?

1313
01:21:03,562 --> 01:21:04,604
[whispering] Ashok Sir?

1314
01:21:18,604 --> 01:21:21,604
Do we loathe our masters
behind a facade of love,

1315
01:21:22,396 --> 01:21:25,312
or do we love them
behind a facade of loathing?

1316
01:21:47,396 --> 01:21:49,354
-Where's Pinky?
-[shushes]

1317
01:21:50,396 --> 01:21:52,062
[whispering] You need to sleep, sir.

1318
01:21:53,521 --> 01:21:55,187
Don't leave, Balram, okay?

1319
01:21:56,187 --> 01:21:57,396
I'm right here, sir.

1320
01:22:09,146 --> 01:22:10,062
[sniffing]

1321
01:22:32,146 --> 01:22:34,354
[imitating Ashok]
"Why are you so kind to me, Balram?"

1322
01:22:50,396 --> 01:22:51,479
[exhales]

1323
01:23:02,937 --> 01:23:08,187
[Balram] With Pinky Madam gone, I knew
it was my duty to be like a wife to him.

1324
01:23:08,271 --> 01:23:11,396
I didn't let him drink,
and I lifted his spirits.

1325
01:23:13,312 --> 01:23:16,062
[Balram in Hindi] Once you have the
food here, sir, you'll never forget it.

1326
01:23:20,354 --> 01:23:21,521
[in English] This is amazing.

1327
01:23:21,604 --> 01:23:22,937
-[speaks Hindi]
-[chuckles]

1328
01:23:24,854 --> 01:23:27,021
[in English] From now on,
I'll only eat your kind of food.

1329
01:23:27,104 --> 01:23:27,937
[laughing]

1330
01:23:28,021 --> 01:23:30,062
[Balram] And I only want
to eat your kind of food.

1331
01:23:30,146 --> 01:23:32,187
[Ashok] You know
the real India better than me.

1332
01:23:32,271 --> 01:23:33,354
You know, my mom,

1333
01:23:34,271 --> 01:23:37,854
she was the one who encouraged me
to go to America and study.

1334
01:23:40,104 --> 01:23:41,479
Pinky really loved her.

1335
01:23:50,146 --> 01:23:53,062
You know, sir, Pinky Madam told me
that you are a great man

1336
01:23:53,146 --> 01:23:55,479
who is going to do
great things in India, sir.

1337
01:23:56,646 --> 01:23:59,562
-When did she say that?
-The morning she left.

1338
01:24:00,146 --> 01:24:03,104
She was crying the entire way
to the airport, sir. [clicks tongue]

1339
01:24:04,521 --> 01:24:07,396
And she told me that you will not
let Mukesh Sir tell you what to do.

1340
01:24:08,812 --> 01:24:10,604
And that she believes in you.

1341
01:24:13,187 --> 01:24:14,604
[bell chiming]

1342
01:24:28,562 --> 01:24:30,312
She'll come back to you, sir.

1343
01:24:31,521 --> 01:24:32,354
Yeah.

1344
01:24:33,187 --> 01:24:35,729
She's coming back. I can feel it.

1345
01:24:36,312 --> 01:24:37,687
I can feel it, too, sir.

1346
01:24:40,396 --> 01:24:41,479
[coins clattering]

1347
01:25:10,146 --> 01:25:11,312
How are you?

1348
01:25:12,687 --> 01:25:13,729
[in Hindi] Go get the car.

1349
01:25:14,521 --> 01:25:15,687
[in English] Get the car.

1350
01:25:19,812 --> 01:25:20,646
Divorce?

1351
01:25:22,104 --> 01:25:22,937
She said that?

1352
01:25:23,729 --> 01:25:26,646
-Don't worry. I'm handling it.
-[Ashok] You're probably happy she's gone.

1353
01:25:26,729 --> 01:25:29,562
[Mukesh] That's not true.
I want your happiness, bhai.

1354
01:25:29,646 --> 01:25:32,812
-I'm gonna go there and talk to her.
-Wait, stop. Ashok.

1355
01:25:32,896 --> 01:25:36,396
-No, I need to talk to her--
-You can't call her like this.

1356
01:25:37,062 --> 01:25:39,562
Stop pleading like this. You'll regret it.

1357
01:25:41,479 --> 01:25:44,354
The only thing I regret
is letting her drive that night.

1358
01:25:45,187 --> 01:25:47,687
-[Mukesh] It's not your fault. You know.
-It is my fault.

1359
01:25:47,771 --> 01:25:50,062
[Mukesh] Listen, I can stay
with you as long as you like.

1360
01:25:50,521 --> 01:25:54,104
Let me order that pizza which you like,
that macaroni one. [chuckles]

1361
01:25:55,187 --> 01:25:56,979
[Ashok] I'm sorry, bhai. Without you, I'd…

1362
01:25:59,354 --> 01:26:01,437
[in Hindi]
Look what I brought for you, sir.

1363
01:26:01,521 --> 01:26:03,229
Nice and hot okra.

1364
01:26:03,312 --> 01:26:06,562
-[in English] I don't want food right now.
-Just like we had the other night, sir.

1365
01:26:07,187 --> 01:26:09,146
[in Hindi] Nice and crispy, check it out.

1366
01:26:09,229 --> 01:26:10,437
[in English] I don't give a shit.

1367
01:26:11,271 --> 01:26:13,187
[in Hindi]
Don't say that. Have a little bit.

1368
01:26:13,271 --> 01:26:14,521
[in English] I'm not hungry!

1369
01:26:16,479 --> 01:26:17,979
Get lost, please.

1370
01:26:18,937 --> 01:26:20,979
[in Hindi] He doesn't feel like it.
Why're you up in his ass?

1371
01:26:21,062 --> 01:26:22,187
Get rid of it, sister-fucker!

1372
01:26:22,271 --> 01:26:24,354
[Ashok in English] Can you just
leave me alone for a second?

1373
01:26:24,854 --> 01:26:27,687
[in Hindi] Until Ashok Sir calls you,
don't hover like a fly!

1374
01:26:28,312 --> 01:26:29,187
Yes, sir.

1375
01:26:44,562 --> 01:26:48,062
[Balram in English] The desire to be
a servant had been bred into me,

1376
01:26:48,146 --> 01:26:51,479
poured into my blood,
hammered into my skull.

1377
01:26:53,521 --> 01:26:56,604
Ninety-three hundred rupees,
a strange sum,

1378
01:26:57,104 --> 01:26:59,979
almost three months my salary
but not quite.

1379
01:27:01,937 --> 01:27:05,021
Maybe she started with 10,000
and then deducted 700?

1380
01:27:05,104 --> 01:27:06,229
No, no, no.

1381
01:27:06,312 --> 01:27:08,312
That is not how rich people think.

1382
01:27:08,396 --> 01:27:11,521
[chuckling] Have you not
learned anything, you idiot?

1383
01:27:11,604 --> 01:27:15,354
If she thought she owed you 10,000,
she truly owed you ten times more.

1384
01:27:15,437 --> 01:27:18,854
Ten times more. No! A hundred times more.
A hundred times more.

1385
01:27:18,937 --> 01:27:20,062
[panting]

1386
01:27:22,271 --> 01:27:26,687
They made me sign that confession,
and I asked for nothing in return.

1387
01:27:27,937 --> 01:27:30,646
Why did I not ask?
I didn't even think to ask.

1388
01:27:32,146 --> 01:27:33,646
I didn't even think to ask.

1389
01:27:38,396 --> 01:27:42,021
[in Hindi] Have you ever thought about
what happens to you in the future?

1390
01:27:42,979 --> 01:27:43,812
Eyes.

1391
01:27:44,312 --> 01:27:47,104
As long as you have eyes, you'll work.

1392
01:27:47,187 --> 01:27:50,562
But when you turn 50-55,
they'll kick your ass out.

1393
01:27:51,354 --> 01:27:52,312
And then?

1394
01:27:53,104 --> 01:27:55,937
If you've saved some money,
you can buy a little shack.

1395
01:27:56,021 --> 01:27:59,729
But if you're clever like me
and earn extra money, then maybe more.

1396
01:28:00,437 --> 01:28:02,437
That's the best case scenario.

1397
01:28:02,521 --> 01:28:05,604
Imagine your boss
kicks you out without any reason.

1398
01:28:05,687 --> 01:28:07,146
Or you get into an accident!

1399
01:28:07,812 --> 01:28:08,812
You'll be dead!

1400
01:28:09,312 --> 01:28:10,604
Or homeless.

1401
01:28:10,687 --> 01:28:12,312
[Hindi song playing]

1402
01:28:17,312 --> 01:28:18,521
Hey, Country Mouse…

1403
01:28:20,562 --> 01:28:21,812
[in English] Everything's fine?

1404
01:28:21,896 --> 01:28:22,979
[in Hindi] First class.

1405
01:28:24,729 --> 01:28:28,062
I hate to tell you this,
but all the drivers are talking about you.

1406
01:28:28,604 --> 01:28:31,021
That you sit in your boss' car alone…

1407
01:28:32,146 --> 01:28:34,021
muttering away to yourself.

1408
01:28:36,146 --> 01:28:36,979
Is it true?

1409
01:28:39,812 --> 01:28:41,854
[gunshots on TV]

1410
01:28:45,396 --> 01:28:47,271
[Balram in English]
I would not let him tell me…

1411
01:28:48,896 --> 01:28:51,271
my fate was a shack in a slum.

1412
01:28:57,229 --> 01:29:01,854
Over the next weeks, I learned the ways
drivers cheat their masters.

1413
01:29:01,937 --> 01:29:03,021
[both speaking Hindi]

1414
01:29:10,979 --> 01:29:13,937
[Balram in English] Number one,
give your master phony invoices

1415
01:29:14,021 --> 01:29:16,104
for repairs that are not necessary.

1416
01:29:18,479 --> 01:29:19,396
Thank you, sir.

1417
01:29:24,229 --> 01:29:27,604
Two, sell your master's petrol
to other drivers.

1418
01:29:32,771 --> 01:29:34,187
As you gain confidence,

1419
01:29:34,271 --> 01:29:37,229
cruise around picking up
and dropping off paying customers.

1420
01:29:38,396 --> 01:29:39,896
Delhi has many pickup points.

1421
01:29:40,562 --> 01:29:42,729
Over time, you will learn them all.

1422
01:29:42,812 --> 01:29:43,687
[speaks Hindi]

1423
01:29:44,854 --> 01:29:47,729
[Balram in English] When I looked
at that cash, I didn't feel guilt.

1424
01:29:47,812 --> 01:29:48,812
[car honking]

1425
01:29:48,896 --> 01:29:50,396
I felt rage.

1426
01:29:52,312 --> 01:29:54,396
There are only two castes in India.

1427
01:29:55,187 --> 01:29:57,187
I was growing a belly at last.

1428
01:29:57,271 --> 01:29:59,771
[in Hindi] Ashok Sir,
I'll fuck your mother.

1429
01:30:01,062 --> 01:30:03,396
I'm trying to drive.
I can't pay attention like this.

1430
01:30:03,479 --> 01:30:04,521
Take this.

1431
01:30:05,604 --> 01:30:06,646
Take it!

1432
01:30:06,729 --> 01:30:09,896
You're a eunuch,
you motherfucker! A eunuch!

1433
01:30:16,312 --> 01:30:18,104
[in English] I know what you were doing.

1434
01:30:18,187 --> 01:30:20,187
Sir, please don't get upset with me.

1435
01:30:20,271 --> 01:30:23,062
You were at the temple
offering prayers for my health.

1436
01:30:23,729 --> 01:30:24,562
Yes, sir.

1437
01:30:26,187 --> 01:30:28,312
Yes, sir. I was so worried for you, sir.

1438
01:30:29,604 --> 01:30:31,937
[in Hindi] I made an offering
of 101 rupees in your name.

1439
01:30:32,021 --> 01:30:33,562
[in English] Come inside. Sit with me.

1440
01:30:34,312 --> 01:30:35,187
Come.

1441
01:30:37,437 --> 01:30:38,479
Come here.

1442
01:30:40,562 --> 01:30:42,521
Is this really where you live?

1443
01:30:43,604 --> 01:30:46,854
It's so damp, and the smell…

1444
01:30:47,562 --> 01:30:49,854
This place is like
the Taj Mahal for me, sir.

1445
01:30:49,937 --> 01:30:51,396
-Taj Mahal… [chuckles]
-Yes, sir.

1446
01:30:51,479 --> 01:30:54,604
Taj Mahal is a tomb, Balram.
You don't live in Taj Mahal.

1447
01:30:56,229 --> 01:30:57,062
Okay, sir.

1448
01:30:58,354 --> 01:31:01,021
I have never done
what I wanted to do with my life.

1449
01:31:02,146 --> 01:31:03,604
What did you want to do, sir?

1450
01:31:03,687 --> 01:31:05,146
Music.

1451
01:31:06,646 --> 01:31:08,187
Or produce it anyway.

1452
01:31:09,354 --> 01:31:11,896
You know,
I lived in the US for so many years,

1453
01:31:11,979 --> 01:31:13,854
and I'd try to be like them.

1454
01:31:14,604 --> 01:31:17,729
[in Hindi] But I'm fucking
Indian at heart, after all.

1455
01:31:17,812 --> 01:31:18,937
Absolutely, sir.

1456
01:31:19,021 --> 01:31:20,937
[in English] But we're fucking Indians.

1457
01:31:22,562 --> 01:31:25,646
I want to go to Bangalore
and change my country's future.

1458
01:31:25,729 --> 01:31:26,979
That's what I want to do.

1459
01:31:27,062 --> 01:31:29,937
Sir, you can do anything you want, sir.

1460
01:31:31,646 --> 01:31:34,312
-Sir, you are a man of quality.
-[Ashok chuckling] Man of quality.

1461
01:31:34,396 --> 01:31:36,021
[speaks Hindi]

1462
01:31:36,104 --> 01:31:37,229
Oh…

1463
01:31:38,646 --> 01:31:40,312
[humming]

1464
01:31:43,562 --> 01:31:46,229
[in English] ♪ You and I ♪

1465
01:31:47,062 --> 01:31:51,979
♪ We live in paradise ♪

1466
01:31:53,271 --> 01:31:58,729
♪ But we refuse to see it ♪

1467
01:31:58,812 --> 01:32:00,812
[in Hindi] Incredible! Incredible, sir!

1468
01:32:01,687 --> 01:32:03,729
Very good, sir! That was great fun!

1469
01:32:03,812 --> 01:32:05,312
[in English] Thank you, Balram.

1470
01:32:05,396 --> 01:32:07,812
Sir, I never knew
you could sing like this.

1471
01:32:07,896 --> 01:32:10,229
-I try.
-No, sir. Really, sir.

1472
01:32:10,312 --> 01:32:12,729
[in Hindi] I also dabble in singing, sir.

1473
01:32:12,812 --> 01:32:14,146
-[in English] Really?
-Yes, sir.

1474
01:32:14,729 --> 01:32:17,312
Come on, sing it for me. Yeah.

1475
01:32:18,187 --> 01:32:20,187
[in Hindi] All right, sir.
I'll sing a little bit.

1476
01:32:21,021 --> 01:32:22,854
-My Granny taught me.
-Hmm.

1477
01:32:24,812 --> 01:32:25,937
[in English] Go ahead.

1478
01:32:27,729 --> 01:32:33,562
[in Hindi]
♪ O Murari, what can be said of you? ♪

1479
01:32:34,146 --> 01:32:35,854
♪ Said of you… ♪

1480
01:32:36,437 --> 01:32:42,229
-♪ O Murari, what can be said of you? ♪
-[imitates beats]

1481
01:32:42,312 --> 01:32:44,229
♪ Said of you… ♪

1482
01:32:44,312 --> 01:32:49,646
♪ In this world of yours
I don't want to live ♪

1483
01:32:49,729 --> 01:32:51,646
♪ To live! ♪

1484
01:32:51,729 --> 01:32:55,729
♪ In this world of yours, I don't want… ♪

1485
01:32:55,812 --> 01:32:58,271
[both]
♪ To live! ♪

1486
01:32:58,979 --> 01:33:01,354
[in English] Fuck it,
we should form a band, Balram.

1487
01:33:01,437 --> 01:33:03,854
Yeah, you and I? Fucking kill it.

1488
01:33:03,937 --> 01:33:05,729
[in Hindi] Yes, sir, absolutely, sir.

1489
01:33:06,729 --> 01:33:09,771
[in English] I wish I had
a simple life like you, you know?

1490
01:33:10,729 --> 01:33:12,521
My sweet Balram-ji.

1491
01:33:13,062 --> 01:33:13,937
Huh?

1492
01:33:15,687 --> 01:33:17,146
You're so sweet.

1493
01:33:17,937 --> 01:33:18,854
[chuckles]

1494
01:33:18,937 --> 01:33:20,271
[indistinct chatter]

1495
01:33:28,896 --> 01:33:31,604
[Balram in English] I see you've arrived
in my glorious capital, sir.

1496
01:33:31,687 --> 01:33:34,771
Perhaps we can have
a drink when you visit Bangalore.

1497
01:33:34,854 --> 01:33:38,437
You know, I would not be able to afford
even one Johnnie Walker Black

1498
01:33:38,521 --> 01:33:40,896
with the money I cheated
from my ex-employer,

1499
01:33:40,979 --> 01:33:44,854
or get a room in this five-star hotel
with the money Pinky Madam had given me.

1500
01:33:46,896 --> 01:33:51,312
Men born in the light, like my master,
have the choice to be good.

1501
01:33:52,729 --> 01:33:57,604
Men born in the coop, like me,
we don't have that choice.

1502
01:33:58,437 --> 01:34:00,312
[male reporter on car radio]
The opposition party and underdog,

1503
01:34:00,396 --> 01:34:03,312
the Great Socialist,
hopes for support from rural India.

1504
01:34:03,396 --> 01:34:04,729
[Mukesh] Her party is a mess.

1505
01:34:04,812 --> 01:34:07,062
This government is
going to win this time for sure.

1506
01:34:07,146 --> 01:34:09,187
We just need to keep paying them
until the elections.

1507
01:34:09,271 --> 01:34:10,604
[Ashok] I can't keep doing this.

1508
01:34:10,687 --> 01:34:13,146
[Mukesh] Things will change,
and then you do what you want to do.

1509
01:34:13,229 --> 01:34:15,646
-[Ashok] It's getting tough.
-[Mukesh in Hindi] What the fuck was that?

1510
01:34:15,729 --> 01:34:18,271
[in English] Who told you
to do that? Can you believe that?

1511
01:34:18,354 --> 01:34:19,729
Why did you give him money, Balram?

1512
01:34:19,812 --> 01:34:21,271
[in Hindi] Turn off the radio, asshole!

1513
01:34:21,354 --> 01:34:23,729
This sister-fucker thinks
he's doing charity.

1514
01:34:23,812 --> 01:34:24,854
[in English] Why'd he do that?

1515
01:34:24,937 --> 01:34:26,396
[in Hindi]
Is that your father's money, dickhead?

1516
01:34:26,479 --> 01:34:30,896
-[in English] Who do you think you are?
-Sorry, sir. It won't happen again.

1517
01:34:34,646 --> 01:34:35,521
[indistinct conversation]

1518
01:34:35,604 --> 01:34:37,979
[Balram] Be careful
what you say around drivers.

1519
01:34:38,062 --> 01:34:40,396
We have grown skilled at reading lips.

1520
01:34:40,479 --> 01:34:43,021
I was certain
I saw the Mongoose say my name,

1521
01:34:43,104 --> 01:34:45,312
and then a word no servant wants to hear,

1522
01:34:45,937 --> 01:34:47,229
"replacement."

1523
01:34:54,229 --> 01:34:55,979
-To the Parliament House.
-Ji, sir.

1524
01:34:58,562 --> 01:34:59,729
My phone. [sighs]

1525
01:35:00,604 --> 01:35:02,062
Just keep it in the car.

1526
01:35:25,146 --> 01:35:27,854
[Balram] This was at least
two years' salary, maybe three.

1527
01:35:28,937 --> 01:35:30,229
I was worth more.

1528
01:35:51,062 --> 01:35:54,562
Over the next days,
I tried hard not to look at the red bag.

1529
01:36:00,604 --> 01:36:03,562
The city knew
something was burning inside of me,

1530
01:36:03,646 --> 01:36:05,187
and she burned too.

1531
01:36:15,729 --> 01:36:17,021
[horn honking]

1532
01:36:20,896 --> 01:36:21,771
[Balram in Hindi] Dad?

1533
01:36:23,979 --> 01:36:27,396
Even if you were to steal it…
it wouldn't be stealing.

1534
01:36:27,479 --> 01:36:31,396
Mr. Ashok bribes politicians
in order not to pay taxes.

1535
01:36:31,479 --> 01:36:33,062
So who is he stealing from?

1536
01:36:33,146 --> 01:36:35,187
The ordinary people of this country.

1537
01:36:36,771 --> 01:36:37,687
Me.

1538
01:36:39,021 --> 01:36:40,021
And you.

1539
01:36:41,812 --> 01:36:43,479
[vehicle horns blaring]

1540
01:36:43,562 --> 01:36:44,646
[Ashok in English] Let's go.

1541
01:36:45,687 --> 01:36:47,562
Balram, hey? Let's go.

1542
01:36:53,604 --> 01:36:55,146
It'll be a couple of hours.

1543
01:37:03,187 --> 01:37:05,021
[horn honking]

1544
01:37:07,562 --> 01:37:09,437
[muffled announcement on PA system]

1545
01:37:23,604 --> 01:37:27,396
[Balram] What would my destination be
if I came here with the red bag?

1546
01:37:30,562 --> 01:37:33,021
-[dogs barking]
-[pigeons fluttering]

1547
01:37:34,562 --> 01:37:36,896
The pigeons, the dog, the station.

1548
01:37:36,979 --> 01:37:38,271
They could sense it.

1549
01:37:38,354 --> 01:37:41,646
A rooster was trying
to escape from the coop.

1550
01:37:44,062 --> 01:37:46,771
What would Mr. Ashok do to my family?

1551
01:38:00,104 --> 01:38:01,187
[baby wailing]

1552
01:38:03,437 --> 01:38:05,937
-[gunshot]
-[babies wailing]

1553
01:38:43,104 --> 01:38:44,646
-Sir?
-Yeah?

1554
01:38:49,604 --> 01:38:51,146
Sir, there is something…

1555
01:38:53,562 --> 01:38:55,687
There is something
I want to tell you, sir.

1556
01:38:56,396 --> 01:38:57,521
Yeah. Go ahead.

1557
01:39:00,562 --> 01:39:04,021
Sir, I want to smash your skull
and steal your money.

1558
01:39:06,229 --> 01:39:07,896
[Ashok] I know what you're thinking.

1559
01:39:08,979 --> 01:39:10,479
You miss home, don't you?

1560
01:39:11,646 --> 01:39:12,521
Yes, sir.

1561
01:39:13,437 --> 01:39:14,646
Plan a trip back.

1562
01:39:16,229 --> 01:39:17,104
And…

1563
01:39:20,979 --> 01:39:23,562
Don't worry about the expenses. Here.

1564
01:39:25,437 --> 01:39:27,646
-Yeah? Good night.
-Yes, sir.

1565
01:39:35,979 --> 01:39:39,562
[Balram] He only gave me
enough for a one-way ticket.

1566
01:39:40,521 --> 01:39:43,604
[indistinct chatter]

1567
01:39:55,271 --> 01:39:57,271
[children speaking Hindi]

1568
01:40:16,604 --> 01:40:18,187
[laughing]

1569
01:40:29,146 --> 01:40:31,729
[both laughing maniacally]

1570
01:40:43,937 --> 01:40:45,396
[male reporter on car radio]
Upending all expectations

1571
01:40:45,479 --> 01:40:47,521
-and with the support of the poor…
-[cheering and shouting]

1572
01:40:47,604 --> 01:40:51,146
…the Great Socialist has won
a vast majority of the votes

1573
01:40:51,229 --> 01:40:53,104
saying, "There is no water in our taps,

1574
01:40:53,187 --> 01:40:55,771
and what did
the rich politicians in Delhi give us?"

1575
01:40:55,854 --> 01:40:56,687
"Cellphones."

1576
01:40:56,771 --> 01:40:59,271
"Can a poor man drink
a phone when he is thirsty?"

1577
01:40:59,354 --> 01:41:00,604
[Ashok] We went to the wrong side.

1578
01:41:00,687 --> 01:41:02,937
-[in Hindi] Turn that shit off, asshole!
-[radio turns off]

1579
01:41:03,021 --> 01:41:05,229
[in English]
I can't hear you. Say that again?

1580
01:41:05,312 --> 01:41:07,562
-[indistinct shouting]
-I get it. Move! Back off!

1581
01:41:10,021 --> 01:41:13,021
Yeah. All the idiot villagers
voted for her.

1582
01:41:13,812 --> 01:41:15,562
What the fuck are we gonna do now?

1583
01:41:16,146 --> 01:41:18,437
[in Hindi] Drive, sister-fucker!
Why'd you come this way?

1584
01:41:18,521 --> 01:41:20,854
[drums beating]

1585
01:41:22,062 --> 01:41:25,271
[crowd chanting in Hindi]
Long live socialism!

1586
01:41:27,729 --> 01:41:29,937
[chanting gets louder]

1587
01:41:30,021 --> 01:41:31,771
[vehicles honking]

1588
01:41:41,104 --> 01:41:43,396
[Ashok in English] Father sends
his warm congratulations.

1589
01:41:43,479 --> 01:41:45,646
We're all very happy for your success.

1590
01:41:45,729 --> 01:41:47,312
So sweet of you.

1591
01:41:48,521 --> 01:41:52,104
As a matter of fact, we would like
to show our appreciation by donating

1592
01:41:52,187 --> 01:41:54,062
one million rupees to your party.

1593
01:41:54,771 --> 01:41:57,604
[in Hindi] Is that how much you paid
the opposition party, fucker?

1594
01:41:58,854 --> 01:42:02,437
We want four million rupees.
Monday night, Sheraton Hotel.

1595
01:42:02,521 --> 01:42:03,479
Got it?

1596
01:42:36,812 --> 01:42:40,687
[in Hindi] I took a bus
from the village, then caught a train…

1597
01:42:42,062 --> 01:42:44,604
and got here
after asking around about you.

1598
01:42:45,354 --> 01:42:49,312
Granny said you would look after me

1599
01:42:49,396 --> 01:42:51,271
and help me become a driver.

1600
01:42:55,229 --> 01:42:56,687
-Who are you?
-Dharam.

1601
01:42:57,437 --> 01:42:59,062
Aunt Lattu's fourth son.

1602
01:43:00,812 --> 01:43:02,521
-What's in your hand?
-A letter.

1603
01:43:02,604 --> 01:43:04,646
-A letter?
-Hmm.

1604
01:43:04,729 --> 01:43:05,771
Show it to me.

1605
01:43:11,812 --> 01:43:12,979
[sighs]

1606
01:43:14,896 --> 01:43:20,729
[Kusum] My dear grandson,
it has been seven months and two days…

1607
01:43:20,812 --> 01:43:22,812
since you sent us money.

1608
01:43:22,896 --> 01:43:25,812
The city has corrupted your soul.

1609
01:43:26,354 --> 01:43:31,021
Life has become hard here.
Lord Indra is unhappy.

1610
01:43:31,646 --> 01:43:35,187
You must send us money again.

1611
01:43:36,187 --> 01:43:40,187
I have arranged for your wedding.

1612
01:43:40,271 --> 01:43:46,562
If you don't come here,
we will send the girl to you by bus.

1613
01:43:46,646 --> 01:43:48,771
If you refuse,

1614
01:43:48,854 --> 01:43:52,854
we will write a letter explaining
everything and send it to your master.

1615
01:43:52,937 --> 01:43:53,854
[paper rustling]

1616
01:43:57,354 --> 01:43:59,479
[Balram] Is she really
going to marry me off?

1617
01:44:00,146 --> 01:44:01,062
[Dharam in English] Yes, uncle.

1618
01:44:02,396 --> 01:44:04,812
Turn around, I'm going to hit you again.

1619
01:44:06,479 --> 01:44:07,562
Turn around!

1620
01:44:13,437 --> 01:44:14,562
[sighs]

1621
01:44:33,771 --> 01:44:37,062
[Balram] The next morning,
Mr. Ashok did something he had never done.

1622
01:44:37,146 --> 01:44:37,979
[Ashok] Who is this?

1623
01:44:38,062 --> 01:44:39,937
[Balram] He gave me a day off.

1624
01:44:40,021 --> 01:44:42,229
-[Ashok] Your nephew?
-Ji, sir. My family.

1625
01:44:43,062 --> 01:44:43,979
[speaks Hindi]

1626
01:44:44,062 --> 01:44:47,937
[Balram in English] But by now, I knew
the rich never give anything for free.

1627
01:44:52,354 --> 01:44:53,521
[indistinct conversation]

1628
01:44:53,604 --> 01:44:55,229
He had found my replacement.

1629
01:45:01,437 --> 01:45:02,687
[grunting]

1630
01:45:16,271 --> 01:45:20,521
That's when we saw the creature that
gets born only once every generation…

1631
01:45:22,479 --> 01:45:23,854
the white tiger.

1632
01:46:09,729 --> 01:46:13,271
Iqbal, that great Muslim poet,
was right when he wrote,

1633
01:46:14,021 --> 01:46:17,271
"The moment you recognize
what is beautiful in this world,

1634
01:46:18,062 --> 01:46:19,479
you stop being a slave."

1635
01:47:32,979 --> 01:47:36,312
I hoped the next morning
when I didn't return,

1636
01:47:37,021 --> 01:47:38,312
he'd know to run.

1637
01:47:42,937 --> 01:47:45,146
-[car door closes]
-[engine starts]

1638
01:47:52,354 --> 01:47:53,604
[rain pattering]

1639
01:48:06,271 --> 01:48:08,104
[thunder rumbling]

1640
01:48:13,062 --> 01:48:14,187
The Sheraton, sir?

1641
01:48:15,354 --> 01:48:17,229
Yeah, the Sheraton.

1642
01:48:26,896 --> 01:48:27,771
[Ashok] Pinky called.

1643
01:48:28,354 --> 01:48:30,729
She wants to know
if I'll move back to New York.

1644
01:48:32,479 --> 01:48:33,896
Will you be going, sir?

1645
01:48:34,396 --> 01:48:38,187
And pretend to be someone I'm not?
This is my country after all.

1646
01:48:44,771 --> 01:48:48,521
There is a story about a cunning Brahmin
trying to trick the Buddha?

1647
01:48:49,812 --> 01:48:51,021
The Brahmin asks,

1648
01:48:52,062 --> 01:48:55,521
"Master, do you consider
yourself man or God?"

1649
01:48:56,896 --> 01:48:59,646
To which the Buddha smiles
and says, "Neither."

1650
01:49:00,396 --> 01:49:05,146
"I'm just one who has woken up
while the rest of you are still sleeping."

1651
01:49:33,812 --> 01:49:35,896
What's wrong? Why'd you stop?

1652
01:49:35,979 --> 01:49:38,146
There is something wrong
with the wheel, sir.

1653
01:49:38,229 --> 01:49:40,771
Just give me a minute, sir. I'll go check.

1654
01:49:40,854 --> 01:49:41,729
Okay.

1655
01:50:09,562 --> 01:50:12,187
-What happened?
-There's something off with the wheel.

1656
01:50:12,687 --> 01:50:13,646
Okay.

1657
01:50:15,187 --> 01:50:16,604
Maybe we should call for help.

1658
01:50:16,687 --> 01:50:18,562
-Huh, sir?
-We should call for help!

1659
01:50:18,646 --> 01:50:20,437
Sir, who will come here, sir?

1660
01:50:21,354 --> 01:50:23,437
If you can just step out, sir,
we can fix it together.

1661
01:50:23,521 --> 01:50:25,562
No, no. It's raining. Let's call for help.

1662
01:50:25,646 --> 01:50:28,312
What to do, sir?
You will get late otherwise.

1663
01:50:28,396 --> 01:50:30,854
If you can just step outside,
it won't take much time.

1664
01:50:32,854 --> 01:50:33,729
Okay.

1665
01:50:37,854 --> 01:50:38,771
Ugh.

1666
01:50:39,771 --> 01:50:41,646
-Be careful about the bottle.
-Yeah.

1667
01:50:43,229 --> 01:50:45,146
I'll just put it out of the way.

1668
01:50:46,521 --> 01:50:47,896
-This one?
-Yes, sir.

1669
01:50:55,979 --> 01:50:57,729
-It seems fine to me.
-No, sir.

1670
01:50:57,812 --> 01:51:00,854
You should've found
a replacement a long time ago!

1671
01:51:03,937 --> 01:51:04,771
[Ashok groaning]

1672
01:51:10,312 --> 01:51:12,771
[groaning]

1673
01:51:33,187 --> 01:51:34,937
[groaning]

1674
01:51:41,396 --> 01:51:42,729
[Ashok gurgling]

1675
01:52:15,187 --> 01:52:17,229
[screaming]

1676
01:52:36,062 --> 01:52:38,854
[laughing]

1677
01:52:45,562 --> 01:52:46,979
[breathing heavily]

1678
01:53:24,812 --> 01:53:27,479
[whispering in Hindi]

1679
01:53:33,062 --> 01:53:36,687
[train horn blaring]

1680
01:53:43,562 --> 01:53:45,687
[indistinct chatter]

1681
01:54:06,646 --> 01:54:08,062
[train approaching]

1682
01:54:13,979 --> 01:54:15,771
[train horn blowing]

1683
01:54:25,937 --> 01:54:27,271
I am not a politician.

1684
01:54:28,021 --> 01:54:31,562
They are extraordinary men
who can kill and move on.

1685
01:54:32,312 --> 01:54:36,937
Not me. I didn't leave this room
for four weeks until my nerves were calm.

1686
01:54:39,437 --> 01:54:41,687
The last stage in my amazing success story

1687
01:54:41,771 --> 01:54:45,104
was to go from social entrepreneur
to business entrepreneur.

1688
01:54:45,604 --> 01:54:46,687
This was not easy.

1689
01:54:49,396 --> 01:54:50,562
But I had an edge.

1690
01:54:50,646 --> 01:54:53,771
I had come to Bangalore,
and Mr. Ashok had told me the future.

1691
01:54:54,771 --> 01:54:56,104
Outsourcing.

1692
01:55:04,021 --> 01:55:05,229
[woman laughing]

1693
01:55:10,687 --> 01:55:12,646
When I saw all those drivers

1694
01:55:12,729 --> 01:55:15,396
coming in and out
of the call centers to America,

1695
01:55:16,104 --> 01:55:17,812
I knew what my place would be.

1696
01:55:20,312 --> 01:55:22,646
But how would I
get rid of the competition?

1697
01:55:22,729 --> 01:55:24,229
[indistinct chatter]

1698
01:55:26,854 --> 01:55:29,729
Then I wondered,
"What would Mr. Ashok do?"

1699
01:55:30,646 --> 01:55:31,479
[cop] Sir!

1700
01:55:34,312 --> 01:55:35,312
Namaste, sir.

1701
01:55:36,229 --> 01:55:39,562
I just wanted to make
a small offering of my gratitude to you.

1702
01:55:41,062 --> 01:55:41,896
For what?

1703
01:55:42,437 --> 01:55:44,604
For all the good
you're going to do for me.

1704
01:55:51,604 --> 01:55:55,062
Don't worry.
It wasn't all of it, but it was enough.

1705
01:55:57,396 --> 01:55:59,354
You know why they never found me?

1706
01:55:59,437 --> 01:56:02,521
Because my face could be
the face of half the men in India.

1707
01:56:03,521 --> 01:56:04,896
[police siren wailing]

1708
01:56:05,896 --> 01:56:10,312
The police arrested all the call-center
drivers for expired licenses.

1709
01:56:11,229 --> 01:56:13,646
Entrepreneurs create opportunity.

1710
01:56:14,187 --> 01:56:16,021
That's how I got my own startup.

1711
01:56:18,021 --> 01:56:19,646
White Tiger Drivers.

1712
01:56:20,729 --> 01:56:24,479
I've got 30 drivers
who work in shifts with 26 vehicles,

1713
01:56:24,562 --> 01:56:27,062
all air-conditioned for the summer months.

1714
01:56:28,271 --> 01:56:30,354
Put together with my bank holdings,

1715
01:56:30,437 --> 01:56:34,437
and I am worth 15 times the sum
I borrowed from Mr. Ashok.

1716
01:56:36,729 --> 01:56:38,896
Your Excellency, please visit my website.

1717
01:56:38,979 --> 01:56:41,896
If you like what you see,
you can click where it says…

1718
01:56:45,187 --> 01:56:46,437
Yes, Ashok.

1719
01:56:47,229 --> 01:56:49,479
That's what I call myself these days.

1720
01:56:51,437 --> 01:56:54,146
But I don't treat
my drivers like servants.

1721
01:56:54,229 --> 01:56:58,771
I don't care about their religion,
and I certainly don't call them my family.

1722
01:56:58,854 --> 01:57:00,729
They are my employees.

1723
01:57:00,812 --> 01:57:03,729
I make them sign a contract,
and I sign it too.

1724
01:57:05,521 --> 01:57:08,062
And if there is a problem,

1725
01:57:08,146 --> 01:57:10,187
I don't let my drivers take the blame.

1726
01:57:10,271 --> 01:57:11,562
[man] Can't we take him to the hospital?

1727
01:57:11,646 --> 01:57:13,187
That's the brother of the dead boy.

1728
01:57:13,812 --> 01:57:15,729
And your driver
that hit him is right there.

1729
01:57:15,812 --> 01:57:17,729
[Balram]
Namaskar, my name is Ashok Sharma.

1730
01:57:17,812 --> 01:57:22,187
I am the owner of this vehicle.
The blood is on my hands, not my driver.

1731
01:57:22,271 --> 01:57:25,104
It's a terrible tragedy
that has happened, but it's late…

1732
01:57:25,187 --> 01:57:28,104
[Balram] I choose to do things
differently than my masters.

1733
01:57:29,146 --> 01:57:30,437
I live in the light now.

1734
01:57:31,354 --> 01:57:34,646
[Balram] I want to express my deep sorrow
at the loss of your son, aunty.

1735
01:57:34,729 --> 01:57:36,729
There is 40,000 rupees in this.

1736
01:57:36,812 --> 01:57:39,979
I don't give it to you
because I need to, but because I want to.

1737
01:57:40,062 --> 01:57:41,437
[Balram in Kannada] Do you understand?

1738
01:57:41,979 --> 01:57:43,604
[in English]
And I want to help your other son.

1739
01:57:44,354 --> 01:57:48,396
He can come and be a driver with me,
and I will take care of him.

1740
01:57:56,479 --> 01:57:58,521
[Balram]
I do think about my ex a lot,

1741
01:57:59,604 --> 01:58:00,562
and I do miss him.

1742
01:58:02,562 --> 01:58:04,187
He didn't deserve his fate.

1743
01:58:06,729 --> 01:58:09,979
Ah, I should have cut the Mongoose's neck.

1744
01:58:15,521 --> 01:58:18,146
[Balram] I'll never know
what happened to my family.

1745
01:58:20,771 --> 01:58:21,937
I could only wonder.

1746
01:58:26,896 --> 01:58:30,437
But for the poor,
there are only two ways to get to the top,

1747
01:58:30,521 --> 01:58:32,646
crime or politics.

1748
01:58:34,021 --> 01:58:35,937
Is it like that in your country too?

1749
01:58:38,312 --> 01:58:39,521
[sighs]

1750
01:58:40,562 --> 01:58:42,479
Do you think about your mom and dad?

1751
01:58:44,937 --> 01:58:47,062
Give me another glass of milk,
won't you, uncle?

1752
01:58:47,146 --> 01:58:48,437
And a bowl of ice cream too.

1753
01:58:48,521 --> 01:58:49,937
You know ice cream is for Sundays.

1754
01:58:50,021 --> 01:58:53,187
No. It's for today.

1755
01:58:55,187 --> 01:58:56,312
[Balram] Smart boy.

1756
01:59:12,354 --> 01:59:13,646
-It's this car?
-Sir.

1757
01:59:13,729 --> 01:59:15,187
[car doors opening]

1758
01:59:15,271 --> 01:59:16,896
-[indistinct chatter]
-[camera shutters clicking]

1759
01:59:16,979 --> 01:59:19,521
Your Excellency,
it's me from our email, sir.

1760
01:59:19,604 --> 01:59:21,354
The White Tiger, Ashok Sharma.
How are you?

1761
01:59:21,437 --> 01:59:24,021
We great entrepreneurs always have
our sights set on tomorrow.

1762
01:59:24,104 --> 01:59:25,437
Real estate.

1763
01:59:25,937 --> 01:59:28,229
With all the American companies
coming to Bangalore,

1764
01:59:28,312 --> 01:59:29,812
the white people need a place to sleep.

1765
01:59:29,896 --> 01:59:31,354
[Jiabao] Thank you, sir.

1766
01:59:31,437 --> 01:59:32,312
Enjoy India, sir.

1767
01:59:32,396 --> 01:59:33,771
[indistinct chatter]

1768
01:59:38,021 --> 01:59:39,854
White people
are on their way out, you know.

1769
01:59:40,604 --> 01:59:42,437
They'll be finished within our lifetime.

1770
01:59:44,062 --> 01:59:46,187
It's the century
of the brown man and the yellow man,

1771
01:59:46,271 --> 01:59:48,187
and God save everybody else.

1772
01:59:53,479 --> 01:59:56,771
And sometimes I think,
even if they did catch me,

1773
01:59:56,854 --> 01:59:59,021
I'll never say I made a mistake.

1774
01:59:59,104 --> 02:00:01,062
It was all worthwhile to know,

1775
02:00:01,146 --> 02:00:05,021
just for a day,
just for an hour, just for a minute,

1776
02:00:06,354 --> 02:00:09,396
what it means not to be a servant.

1777
02:00:11,396 --> 02:00:12,521
[knocking at door]

1778
02:00:18,354 --> 02:00:22,479
Now, what happens
in a typical Hindi film about murder?

1779
02:00:22,562 --> 02:00:25,354
A poor man kills a rich man,
and then gets nightmares

1780
02:00:25,437 --> 02:00:29,271
about the dead man pursuing him,
screaming, "Murderer! Shame!"

1781
02:00:30,104 --> 02:00:31,729
It doesn't happen like that.

1782
02:00:31,812 --> 02:00:35,062
The real nightmare is the other kind
where you feel like you didn't do it,

1783
02:00:35,146 --> 02:00:38,104
that you didn't kill your master,
that you lost your nerve,

1784
02:00:38,187 --> 02:00:41,396
and that you're still
a servant to another man.

1785
02:00:42,187 --> 02:00:43,312
But then you wake up…

1786
02:00:44,021 --> 02:00:46,354
the sweating stops, your heartbeat slows.

1787
02:00:46,437 --> 02:00:48,062
The nightmare is over.

1788
02:00:48,896 --> 02:00:50,146
You did do it.

1789
02:00:50,229 --> 02:00:51,771
You killed your master.

1790
02:00:55,312 --> 02:00:56,146
[sighs]

1791
02:00:56,937 --> 02:00:58,396
I've switched sides.

1792
02:00:59,729 --> 02:01:02,021
I've made it. I've broken out of the coop.

1793
02:01:08,396 --> 02:01:12,437
["Jungle Mantra" by DIVINE playing]

1794
02:01:19,062 --> 02:01:21,062
[singing in Hindi]

1795
02:01:54,104 --> 02:01:55,646
[in English] ♪ Yeah, gotta get mine ♪

1796
02:01:55,729 --> 02:01:58,021
♪ Any means, never sleep
I don't get tired ♪

1797
02:01:58,812 --> 02:01:59,896
♪ Feelin' big time ♪

1798
02:01:59,979 --> 02:02:02,604
♪ I don't wanna penny pinch
Tryna flip dimes ♪

1799
02:02:02,687 --> 02:02:04,187
♪ What's your life like?
Here's mine ♪

1800
02:02:04,271 --> 02:02:06,396
♪ High-speed chase
Ever seen pigs fly? ♪

1801
02:02:07,021 --> 02:02:10,396
♪ Slaves to their badges
Hatin' my blackness across the atlas ♪

1802
02:02:10,479 --> 02:02:12,771
♪ Fatal attraction, money like magnets ♪

1803
02:02:12,854 --> 02:02:14,979
♪ Yeah, I gotta have it ♪

1804
02:02:15,729 --> 02:02:16,812
♪ I'm a fanatic ♪

1805
02:02:16,896 --> 02:02:19,312
♪ Chasin' it, takin' it
Playin' in traffic ♪

1806
02:02:20,062 --> 02:02:21,062
♪ Get it and stack it ♪

1807
02:02:21,146 --> 02:02:23,229
♪ You live in areas not in my bracket ♪

1808
02:02:23,312 --> 02:02:25,937
♪ Hustler habit
Put what I earn in my casket ♪

1809
02:02:26,021 --> 02:02:27,312
♪ Ashes to ashes, yeah ♪

1810
02:02:27,396 --> 02:02:29,396
[singing in Hindi]

1811
02:02:44,479 --> 02:02:46,479
[rapping in Hindi]

1812
02:03:19,146 --> 02:03:21,146
[singing in Hindi]

1813
02:03:36,062 --> 02:03:38,104
[in English]
♪ Flip the jungle like a jungle gym ♪

1814
02:03:38,187 --> 02:03:40,187
♪ Flip the bricks
It's like I doubled them ♪

1815
02:03:40,271 --> 02:03:42,437
♪ Free ain't free if not for every man ♪

1816
02:03:42,521 --> 02:03:44,562
♪ It's different rules
For everyone with tans ♪

1817
02:03:44,646 --> 02:03:46,771
♪ Cop a couple chains, couple gems ♪

1818
02:03:46,854 --> 02:03:48,937
♪ Coupled with the latest couples' Benz ♪

1819
02:03:49,021 --> 02:03:50,979
♪ Unisex, the watch, the women win ♪

1820
02:03:51,062 --> 02:03:53,146
♪ The face don't match
The risk is meant for men ♪

1821
02:03:53,229 --> 02:03:55,312
♪ The poor are doomed
To live amongst the sin ♪

1822
02:03:55,396 --> 02:03:57,396
♪ The rich uplift the rich
And all their friends ♪

1823
02:03:57,479 --> 02:03:59,562
♪ If I rebel
The cell, they'll put me in ♪

1824
02:03:59,646 --> 02:04:01,687
♪ The jail you make for me
You're dwellin' in ♪

1825
02:04:01,771 --> 02:04:03,937
♪ Makin' dollars makes a lot of sense ♪

1826
02:04:04,021 --> 02:04:06,062
♪ Watch my masters live off my expense ♪

1827
02:04:06,146 --> 02:04:08,229
♪ Versace robe
A penthouse at The Ritz ♪

1828
02:04:08,312 --> 02:04:10,479
♪ Rush the paper forth, in inches, blitz ♪

1829
02:04:10,562 --> 02:04:12,562
[singing in Hindi]

1830
02:04:27,479 --> 02:04:29,479
[rapping in Hindi]

1831
02:04:47,062 --> 02:04:48,437
[song ends]

1832
02:04:48,521 --> 02:04:50,521
[percussion music playing]