Hearken o' peope...
the drum sounds the caII
Now awake and arise
From your deep sIumber
Awaken, now awaken
The Earth comes aIive as dawn heraIds a new day
Rivers sparkIe with new Iife and hope rises in oceans anew
Awaken, now awaken
Be bIessed, be bIessed, be bIessed. May aII be bIessed
The towns are awake, the homes are abuzz, every viIIage is astir
VaIIeys awaken and so do their trees, Iook, shadows are coming to Iife!
Be bIessed, be bIessed, be bIessed. May aII be bIessed
When dawn comes to bathe at the banks of the Ganges,
dark night retreats before the Sun's flashing sword
Sacred fires are Iit for prayers. Go now and greet your gods
He who asks, shaII receive, and sins of ages wiII be washed away
The market shakes off its sIumber and stretches to Iife
LandIord, trader, priest or soIdier as per your worth, your vaIue is weighed
Singing songs of Iove and bIessing the Sufi wanders strumming his tunes...
May the doors of each man's fortune open and may aII be weII in this worId of ours''
Be bIessed, be bIessed, be bIessed, May aII be bIessed
Be bIessed, be bIessed, be bIessed, May aII be bIessed
1857 A.D.
The entire Indian subcontinent is ruIed by...
a company. The British East India Company
The most successfuI business enterprise in history
The Company has its own Iaws, its own administration
Its own army
It controIs the destiny of one fifth of humanity
Get it over with
MangaI Pandey
Sepoy, 34th Regiment, Native Infantry at Barrackpore
You have been found guiIty of mutiny and conspiracy...
to overthrow the government of the HonourabIe East India Company,
by a duIy constituted court martiaI
You have been sentenced to death
WeII come on, hurry up
MangaI Pandey, do you have a Iast wish?
You cannot grant my Iast wish
Yet it wiII be fuIfiIIed
Time's up. Hang him
Sir, the hangman...
he ran away
Yes sir, he refused to hang MangaI Pandey
We tried to persuade him, threaten him but... but he ran away, sir
Christ! This is nonsense
You... you hang him
That's not my duty, sir
Damn your duty, it's an order! Move!
I'm a Brahmin, sir. It's against my faith
Send a message to CaIcutta and get another hangman
UntiI then, take him down
Take him down
The Earth wiII be scorched
Rivers of bIood wiII flow
MiIIions wiII die
And I, WiIIiam Gordon...
feeI responsibIe for the inevitabIe
4 Years earIier, on the mountains of Afghanistan
Infantry... charge
ATTACK!
Quick! Take them to base camp!
You did weII, Captain
The Afghans are on the run and we hoId the pass
Pandey...
Gordon sir... no
Let him be
Captain Gordon
WiIIiam, are you aII right?
No don't... Iie down
Here...
I want you to have my pistoI
I've got nothing eIse to give you
PIease
4 Years Iater,
31st December 1856, CaIcutta
New Year ceIebrations at the Governor GeneraI's paIace
Who's that?
Lord Canning... Governor GeneraI. - Not him, you fooI
I mean, the chap next to him
Mr Lockwood, the Company auditor...
sent by London to investigate aII the monkey business going on in the Company
And next to him is Mr Kent
Bigtime trader
Some of the top Company officers are on his payroII
My Iords, Iadies, and gentIemen...
pray siIence for...
His ExceIIency Lord Canning...
Governor GeneraI of India
My Iords, Iadies and gentIemen...
as a servant of the HonourabIe East India Company...
that has ruIed the territories of Hindoostan...
for a hundred years...
I must profess pride and an equaI humiIity
It is my priviIege to recaII...
that our forebears came to these territories as traders
And we now find ourseIves, by the wiII of God...
masters of the entire Indian subcontinent from Khyber to Comorin
What did he say?
The Company Raj compIetes 100 years in India
From traders they became ruIers
My god! What is she wearing?
And we bring to India the benefits of modern governance...
scientific progress, and, above aII...
justice
Has he mentioned the Queen yet? - No. He says they're doing us a favor
We have earned the Iove and gratitude of the peopIe of India
And we shouIder the burden of the white man without compIaint
Now...? - No
He says, we Indians are gratefuI to them!
Now I caII upon you to join with me as I propose the IoyaI toast
Your mother must be turning in her grave! Shame on you, EmiIy
Looking Iike a nautch girI! - Do I Iook Iike a reaI nautch girI?
Captain Hewson, you must know
I am unfamiIiar with the detaiI of the attire of dancing girIs
Ms Kent, the costume is perfect
Any nautch girI in India wouId bIush with envy
You keep the company of nautch girIs, Captain Gordon?
I pursue beauty wherever I can find it
The queen
The Queen... to the Queen
Oh! So sorry!
You bIack bastard
What the heII are you upto?
Sir, sorry sir. PIease...
You, Iift him
Hewson, that's enough
I'II teach you to touch a white woman you bIack dog!
Forgive me sir, it was an accident
Enough sahib
Enough
The bIack dog wiII die
Miss Kent... on behaIf of... - It's not to me that you owe the apoIogy
Come inside
PuII the fan
Faster
Harder, damn you
KamIa!
Oh god, one push into her paradise...
and I'II puII your fan in heII forever
The quartermaster showed Gordon the new EnfieId rifle...
that the Company was going to introduce in India
AbsoIute beauties...
And speaking of beauties...
I saw you appreciating Ms. K ent in a sari
Me... On the Company's pay?
Ah! But Kent is fiIthy rich
VuItures and merchants of arms. The onIy ones to profit from wars, yes!
Amazing! The Company has connected the entire country through wires
In a bIink of an eyeIid messages traveI from CaIcutta to DeIhi
Nonsense! LmpossibIe!
It's got to be true! It's in the newspaper!
But how can messages get into wires?
I'II teII you. Easy! These whites have mastered bIack magic
Yeah! Must've used a witch's hair
Yes and it's got an odd name too ...taeIIy - garaffe
What? Wow! That sounds scary
You bet your ass! We're aII in for a joIIy ride now
Coming... coming...
I'm here now, my Iove
Here we are, I know you're hungry
You're dry
That white woman's baby has sucked you dry
What's Ieft for him?
Here, use this on your nippIe, it'II make him sIeep
Don't you dare give opium to my baby
Hey, hey my baby, my Iove, why are you crying?
Why are you crying?
Hush now, aren't you the son of a warrior?
Why is he aIways crying?
No nothing, it's just coIic
Come on Veeru, we're Iate for the pit
Coming, coming
Come on, get him!
Scissor-throw! Give him the scissor-throw!
Where's MangaI? - In the wrestIing pit, sir
Captain sahib...
want to try your strength against a bIack man?
Uh-oh, he's had it now!
Bravo Captain sahib, way to go!
Come on MangaI, don't spare him!
Why didn't you come today?
TeII me
I was angry
Angry? Why?
Hewson was kiIIing that man...
and you did nothing
What was I supposed to do? Stand between a feIIow officer and a...
And a bIack dog!
Say it... say it!
You don't understand
I've spent haIf my Iife here, the best part of my Iife!
What have I got to go back to?
You stiII did nothing
You're right, I shouId've stopped him from whipping any bIack dog
I'm sorry, aII right?
AII right?
Now... are you stiII angry with me huh? Huh?
AII right, no... no
I'm beaten. You're forgiven
Bhang, my friend, eIixir of the gods, is Lord Shiva's favoured potion
Come on MangaI, have some bhang, Iiven your spirits
Want to have some bhang, sahib? - Er... bhang? Doesn't it, you know...
Don't worry, it doesn't bite or scoId. It's Iike a good mother
Strokes you, sings you IuIIabies teIIs you stories...
and kisses you to sIeep. - WeII, I'II have to try some of that
Because my mother certainIy never did any of that
Easy sahib, easy. You don't want two stepmothers quarreIIing in your head
Ration and roti, the Company's pay
Give us your Iife for a shiIIing a day
ShiIIing a day boys, a shiIIing a day
WhiIe the boom of the cannon may bIow you away!
MangaI... that's Hewson's horse
Come on
Bastards! Which bastard did this?
My siIIy heart can't contain its excitement...
when everything gets going for a nobody Iike me
May Lord Ram bIess you, MangaI
Ram - Ram
AsSaIaamu AIaykum Mirza sahib. - Ram - Ram, MangaI
AII weII?
Oye! You cockeyed fooI! Can't you see?
A twisted rope is strongest, a twisted eyesight, deepest
Don't touch me, you scoundreI. You want to defiIe a Brahmin?
Come on, we're aII untouchabIes now. The Company reigns. AII trash is equaI
Mind your tongue, you dog. - Dog? Me?
Who barks to guard the Company's Ioot? You or me?
Oh! You deserve a thrashing, wait
And who wags his taiI for the white man? You or me?
And who's going to bite the new cartridge dipped in animaI fat?
AnimaI fat? - Yes. Cow and pig fat
That's used to grease the new cartridge
Into the mouth... bite... fire... boom! Go straight to heII
Boom goes your faith, boom goes your honour
Shut up, Iiar!
This is no fish market
Let one man speak
MangaI Pandey. Sepoy, 5th Company. 34th Native Infantry Regiment
34th eh? At ease
What is it?
Sir, we hear that the cartridge of the new rifle is greased...
and must be bitten before Ioading. - And what of it?
Sir, the grease coating is made of cow and pig fat
The cow is sacred to the Hindus, the pig forbidden to the MusIims
We can't touch such a cartridge. It is sacriIege
Who is spreading this rot?
The news is aII over, sir
Nonsense! No truth to it, my man
Hasn't the Company aIways cared for you?
Now don't worry and go home. Some mischief-monger is misIeading you
There is no such cartridge. There wiII be no such cartridge
Dismissed
Gather round... gather round,
gather round... gather round
The worId's a marketpIace, my friend
Gather round... gather round
OnIy shops from end to end
Gather round
You'II find it aII here
It's aII on saIe
You'II find it aII here - For a penny
it's aII on saIe - For a penny
AII your heart's desires... - For a penny
you're sure to find here. - For a penny
Food and drink, trinkets and baubIes...
for a penny, a penny, it's aII for saIe
CIoth and grain, friendship and Iove
for a penny, a penny, it's aII for saIe
Hey Gordon sahib
This is Miss EmiIy Kent. Miss Kent, this is MangaI
SiIks and musIin, satin, cotton, priest and saIvation...
rice and puIses...
AII for saIe
For a penny, a penny
Fortune-teIIer, heaIer, poet and taiIor...
AII for saIe
For a penny, a penny
Honour and dignity, mango and pears, crowns of royaIs, aII mirrors and gIass
AII for saIe... for a penny's worth
AII battIes and Iies aII music and noise...
AII for saIe... for a penny's worth!
Take her, take her...
at a throwaway price
Buy yourseIf a sIave...
Look at this beauty, check out her curves
SIave or servant...
wife or whore...
she's what you want...
and then some more
Make your bid. - EIeven
Stop kidding
Fifteen
EmiIy was surprised that though sIavery was aboIished in Britain...
the Company aIIowed it in India.
Gordon expIained that the Company itseIf bought these girIs...
for the pIeasure of white soIdiers It heIped prevent the spread of disease in the army
I have a gem here
Let me show you
Hands off, you pimp!
BIoody bitch!
Don't mess with me
She's a spirited mare eh?
Just waiting to be reined in
So who's going to be the Iucky man? Come on, Iet's hear it
Sixty Rupees
I think I've seen enough
Seventy
Eighty Rupees
That's better, eighty
Anyone eIse?
Quick! Or this meat wiII go to the whites and you'II be Ieft ogIing
Wow, what eyes...
the entire Company Raj couId drown in them
What's your name?
Come on stand up... up
Let's get a Iook at you
Turn around
Packaging seems aII right
AII right?! By God she's a gem, a reaI diamond
Okay then, Iet's caII her that. Heera (Diamond)
But she needs poIishing
Get one thing straight, girI, I am LoI Bibi
And I'm the boss here
Many trinkets Iike you decorate my shoes. Got that?
And one more thing...
this is a pIeasure house excIusiveIy for the whites
You'II have to work very hard
Men aren't easy to pIease, no matter what their coIour
That's true! Ask me, I have suffered aII the various shades!
One of the Company's biggest trades was that of opium.
It forced Indian farmers to grow it, bought it from them at a pittance...
and soId it in China at a profit.
When the Chinese Emperor resisted...
the Company waged a war against him.
To fight and die, Indian sepoys were there after aII.
And they caIIed it the Free Market.
Captain Gordan, You were meant to be singing too...
I'm afraid I'm unfamiIiar with the song.
Not know it? What are you, some sort of a pagan?
Didn't they thrash it into you in schooI?
No sir.
They shouId've. Which schooI did you attend?
Let me guess, it wasn't MarIborough or Rugby?
No sir, my famiIy are CathoIics, from GIasgow. I went to parish schooI
A papist! Come to think of it, I haven't seen you at church.
I must have imagined you were with your famous nautch girIs.
Aren't they beautifuI? I picked them on our ride this evening
Ah, you must have ridden out in the direction of Kashigunj?
Yes, I was astounded. Acres of bright red poppies
Are they part of some reIigious rituaI?
No, no. It's Company Iand.
Why does the Company grow poppies?
The poppy, Miss Kent is the soIe source of opium
The HonourabIe East India Company forces Indian farmers to grow them
Opium? - Indeed. Most of it is bought up...
by the Company at prices fixed by them. And then shipped to China...
to heIp turn an entire nation into opium addicts
It's the onIy thing we can seII the Chinese...
in return for the tea and siIks that we Europeans are addicted to
I think Gordon, the Iadies ought to be spared this Iecture
But the Chinese Emperor resists, he no Ionger wants to trade in opium
So the company decides to wage a war against him
And in this war it wants Indian sepoys to fight and die
The circIe is compIete...
and we caII it the free market
You abuse my hospitaIity
If I have spoken out of turn sir, I apoIogise
After aII I'm just a common soIdier
It's a subject you'd know more about than I
When Kent humiIiated Gordon about his humbIe beginnings...
Gordon couIdn't stand for it.
WiIIiam... I'm so sorry - EmiIy, there's no need
Gordon Iiked EmiIy, but reaIized that he did not beIong in this eIite circIe.
When traders become ruIers then the common man pays the price
But now Nana Saheb wiII make the Company pay
ReaIIy? How?.
His minister, AzimuIIah, has returned from EngIand with Queen Victoria's Ietter...
which cIearIy states that Nana Saheb is right and the Company is wrong
FutiIe. Nana Saheb has onIy a Ietter whiIe the Company has guns
But sir, the gun is a treacherous Iover,
there's no teIIing whom she'II set her sights upon!
What's up?
What the bIoody heII is going on?
Broken axIe, sir. Two boxes of cartridges have faIIen down
The new EnfieId...
is the best rifle in the worId
It wiII feeI no different to your musket
A bit Iighter
Accurate to a thousand yards,
five times the range of your oId Brown Bess
And now, the new cartridge. It consists of gunpowder and a Iead
You pick up the cartridge and bite the end off, Iike so
You pour the gunpowder in,
foIIowed by the Iead
And then...
you ram the Johnny down. Ram it down, tight
Then you're ready to fire
You... try
You... and you
Come on Iads, Iook IiveIy
Come on, it won't bark back
CorporaI...
Yes sir? - What is the matter?
The grease, sir. We cannot put the grease in our mouth
Then where wiII you put it, man? Come on, be sensibIe
What's the matter, Captain?
It's the cartridges, sir.
The sepoys say they saw dogs Iicking grease off them in the bazaar
They saw what?
Dogs, Iicking the new cartridges
The men beIieve they've been greased with the fat of pigs and cows, sir
And are they?
The Company's suppIier, sir. I checked with him. And he assured me...
there was no truth to it
There you are, Captain White man's word. Knock the superstition out of them
StiII sir, shouIdn't we be carefuI? - You heard me, Captain
The Quartermaster cIaimed that the cartridges were cIean.
A white man's word was good enough for the generaI.
He ordered Gordon to set the soIdiers' fears to rest.
The Company respects aII reIigions and wiII never break faith
And I, as an officer of the Company give you my word...
that this cartridge is greased with neither the fat of pigs or cows
WiII a IoyaI sepoy pIease step forward and voIunteer to fire the gun.
What am I supposed to teII him now?. He has aIready done what he had to
We can't Iet this pass. We must confront him with this
You think he'II Iisten to us? - Here he comes. TaIk to him
Aye MangaI, why did you bite the buIIet?
You're an outcaste now. You'II pay for it.
Just because you speak a IittIe EngIish, you think you're a bIoody white man?
Now because of you, they'II force us as weII
Shut your miserabIe mouths
Gordon sahib said they're cIean. That's enough for me.
And what if Gordon sahib is Iying?
Gordon sahib wiII never Iie to me
That's fine, but what if the cartridge-story turns out to be true?
Then I'II burn the company down
Now scram!
There. Look at that attitude
Gordon sahib, WiII you teII me something?
Yes, Why not?
What is the Company?
Why do you ask?
I need to know
Company...?
A Company is an entity created entireIy for the purpose of making a profit
And what does it do? - What does it do!
WeII it buys and seIIs, anything. Indigo, spices, opium
Love, honour, truth... anything
Yes but... who is the Company?
In your story of the Ramayan...
you have a character Ravana. The chap with ten heads, right?
WeII, the Company has thousands of heads...
aII stuck together with the gIue of greed. You understand?
Hey, is that a Sati?
Come on
Gordon sahib, I don't think we shouId. - Come on, it's a Sati!
GIory to woman who accompanies her husband in death
GIory be!
Stop this
I said, stop this immediateIy!
Come here, come aIong
Sahib, you better Ieave. These are sacred ceremonies
But Sati has been banned. Burning a widow is a crime
Captain sahib, don't interfere. You're tampering with our ancient customs
And you're tampering with my ancient custom. I don't stand by and watch murder
Return the woman. Or you'II regret it
You'II have to kiII me first!
Come on!
Get him!
Lynch him
Anybody who dares touch the sahib is a dead man
Sahib, save the girI! I'II deaI with these bastards
Go sahib... go... go
Oh God! A Sati! But she is aIive!
You're damn right she is!
But they wiII come for her! It's a question of their honour
Return her, sahib! - No one wiII touch her!
That's the Iaw
What are we going to do with her, MangaI?
Her reIatives wiII sureIy kiII her. She has nowhere to go
Come out
Don't be afraid
You're safe here
No one wiII touch you
How are you feeIing? Did you sIeep?
What's your name?
I am going to work but don't worry...
I have posted guards. You'II be safe
They wiII come... for me
Who?
ReIatives
My husband was a powerfuI man, Iord of a hundred viIIages
I'm sorry you Iost him. Any chiIdren?
No, he was very oId. Sixty, when he married me
He had grown-up chiIdren
He was very sick
Sahib the viIIage chieftain has come to meet you
He says it's important
Go in... and don't worry
Sahib, don't pIay with our honour
What do you mean?
Return the woman to us
What? So that you can kiII her?
That is her destiny
Not anymore
Don't invoIve yourseIf in matters you don't understand
That wiII not be good for you
Are you threatening an officer of the East India Company?
You Iisten to me!
You so much as set foot into the Cantonment again,
and I wiII shoot you! You understand me?
Do you understand me?
Now get out
In the course of his investigations into corruption in the Company...
Lockwood raided the godown of a Parsee merchant, Sorabjee.
There is no need for aII that, Sir
Search it. - It is aII Iegitimate
The search uncovered stocks of opium.
Sir, Iook at this
SeaI the stock, arrest this man. - Sergeant-major...
Mr Lockwood, you are a man of high powers
But you've been here onIy a few days, sir
You must try to understand - Mr Sorabji you are aware...
that The East India Company has a monopoIy on the opium trade
It is obvious, you have been induIging in your own private deaIings
Mr Lockwood, I am acquainted with you British...
and I have had deaIings for years with the Company officiaIs
I wiII be very proud to make you part of our arrangements
Are you offering to bribe me, you bIackguard!
Sir, I have the deepest respect for you as a gentIeman
I am simpIy trying to expIain how trade works in India
It couId be beneficiaI to you. - You mistake me sir
I'm here to bury corruption, not fan it. - Corruption is a strong word, sir
It is our custom, as Indians, to give smaII gifts
I must quieten your dispIeasure and pay a fine. 300 pounds in goId?
Damn your eyes!
Three thousand pounds
Now?.
Three... thousand... pounds!
India is rich, sir
Lockwood did not succumb to Sorabjee's offer of a huge bribe.
Instead he forced Sorabjee to name the viIIages...
from which he bought the opium.
Every man is reminded...
that growing, buying or seIIing opium...
without the permission of the Company...
is iIIegaI and punishabIe
You have broken the Iaw
Therefore by the order of the CoIIector and Magistrate...
your Iand and property is hereby confiscated!
But how are we to bIame?
White sahibs teII us to grow, we grow. White sahibs teII us to seII, we seII
Don't take our Iands sahib! Where wiII we go?
Have mercy, sahib
For god's sake, have mercy
Get your hands off
The Company is crueI!
Get out! Go away!
Our chiIdren wiII starve! - Leave us aIone
Fire!
No sir!
That's not necessary, I'II deaI with this
I said fire!
No... no... don't shoot. - We're your brothers
What are you thinking?
Does this happen back home in my viIIage as weII?
We're soIdiers. It's our job to fight, to kiII
To kiII an unknown enemy is easy. But to kiII peopIe who are your own...
You were obeying orders, MangaI
That's our duty That is the price of the saIt we eat
Sometimes I wonder if there are more important things in Iife than saIt
Skipped item nr. 580
I'm a sIave to your charms
I'm a sIave to your charms
I'm a sIave to your charms
I'm a sIave to your charms
Your Iove for me is Iike...
Your Iove for me is Iike... a honey-dipped dagger
I'm a sIave to your charms
Your burning gaze pierces me Iike arrows
Where did you Iearn such deadIy skiII?
My heart's wounded... but the pain is so exquisite
I'm a sIave to your charms
Once I was a bIossoming bud...
flowering in a garden of sunshine
No restIess days,
no sIeepIess nights
I was innocent and carefree...
and then I met you!
Oh, what a price I'm paying for having trusted you...
oh, what a price I'm paying for having trusted you!
Your Iove for me is Iike... a honey-dipped dagger
I'm a sIave to your charms
She has aIready been promised for the first night...
to the Company's senior officer. You cannot take her sahib, I beg you
Out of my way woman, I'm taking her
No, not for doubIe the money, pIease
Her first night wiII be with me and that's what she wants to...
don't you darIing! - Don't create troubIe for me
Enough!
Did you not hear! The woman said something. Leave the girI
One more word out of you and I'II have you horsewhipped!
You're not going anywhere!
Bastard!
I'II get you for this, you nigger!
I'II teach you a Iesson, you son of a whore!
I say, Ieave him!
You scoundreIs! You're wrecking my shop
No! Not upstairs!
You'II destroy my rooms! Who'II pay for the damage?
You stiII haven't toId me your name
JwaIa
Hey stop! - It's urgent
Where are you going? - We need to meet Gordon sahib
Gordon sahib! He's kiIIing MangaI! - What... who?
Hewson sahib has gone to the jaiI to kiII MangaI Pandey
You dog! You dare assauIt an officer!
Say you are a dog
Say you are a dog!
You are a dog
Make the bIack bastard shit bIood
Stop... stop it
Four men against one! You cowardIy bastard
You think you can kiII this man and get away with it?
The commandant won't take a bIack man's word for it, wiII he?
WeII, if he'II take a white man's he'II bIoody weII take mine
You sir, you're no white man
Let's get out of here
Cheers to MangaI! Long Iive MangaI!
Next
Quick, Iift it up. You wouIdn't be here if you were the shy sort
C'mon doc, quit peeping up skirts aII day. Treat a hero for once!
Isn't he the one who fought with Captain Hewson?
No! He's the one who taught him a Iesson!
Come baby! I couId teach you a Iesson or two myseIf
Oh dear! What a waste of energy! Why don't you try your strength on us?
Yes! I've never tasted a hero
For you it'II be free. In fact, we'II pay
Shut up! Go seII your bodies to the whites... go
We just seII our bodies,
you soIdiers seII your souIs!
In the course of my investigations I have discovered
that you have been compromising senior officers,
faIsifying accounts, in fact sir, you have been cheating the company
I have done nothing that others have not done before me
You have been smuggIing opium into China on your own behaIf, Mr Kent
You have evidence?
Lockwood accused Kent of carrying on iIIegitimate trade in opium...
and produced Sorabjee as evidence.
You wanted me to go to prison for you. - No sir, you pay for your own sins
Mr Lockwood, you wouId persuade a native to point a finger at me!
I'm just a puppet in his hands, sir
If you Iay a hand on me...
the reverberations wiII reach the House of Lords
Kent warned Lockwood that taking him on...
Lockwood couId be taking on the House of Lords.
Anyone there?
Hukum Singh
I'm used to it, sahib
But I'm not
It's aII right, come on
What are you doing?
Give me the gun
Give me the bIoody gun!
I don't want you to go
I was just at LoI Bibi's...
your JuIiet is reaIIy worried about you, mate
She sent miIk for you, speciaIIy Iaced with turmeric
But I'm an untouchabIe and what I've touched you won't consume
So I saved you the diIemma and I drank it myseIf!
I want to meet her
Oh, so the fire rages here as weII
But how?. You aren't a white man, eunuch or an untouchabIe.
I want to meet her
What's your name?
Heera
What caste?
PeopIe on saIe have none. Whoever pays gets to choose my caste
Where are you from?
Don't know
As a chiId I was kidnapped, then soId
Since then, it's been one saIe after another
Want to escape?
Escape? With you?
You're badIy hurt
Did you drink the miIk I sent?
Ya
Lying to me?
LoI Bibi is Iooking for you
You'II get into troubIe
Like the fish thrashes heIpIessIy in a net...
so do I in your Iove
At the core of my being...
I feeI an insatiabIe thirst...
and my every nerve is aflame
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Oh teII me, Iass, who's that thief of your thoughts?
That phiIanderer, that scoundreI,
he sins in my head
That phiIanderer, that scoundreI,
he sins in my head
Locking his eyes with mine...
he steaIs my sIeep and peace of mind
That trickster... oh my rascaI Iover
SIowly but sureIy...
she faIIs in his trap
As the flames begin to Iick her...
her veiI begins to sIip
That trickster
Oh my rascaI Iover
Oh teII me, Iass, who is he?
Who's that thief of your dreams?
He's a soIdier, a brave warrior, who by my word, has stoIen my heart
I didn't think at first sight that he wouId possess me so
But my heart began to beat aIoud...
and I knew I was Iost
How I panicked...
and burned with shame...
when he took my hand and puIIed me cIose
Then cIouds of desire gathered,
and burst forth with Iove's rain. Oh that trickster
Oh you scoundreI
What's up Davar?
Damn you, Nainsukh!
You cockeyed scoundreI! Can't you find someone eIse to bump into?
Who better than you, now that we're both the same... untouchabIes
What nonsense, you swine!
WeII, you've bitten the buIIet and Iicked the fat
You've Iost your caste, you have nothing Ieft to Iose now
Shut up... that's a Iie!
Your ''Iie'' is being manufactured in a factory in CaIcutta
Want to see for yourseIf?
Do you?
Come, my brothers, come
I won't stay siIent any Ionger, even if it costs me my Iife!
It's true about the cartridges. See for yourseIf, pig fat and cow fat
May the deviI stay away!
Is this your factory? - OnIy in name...
the reaI owner is an EngIishman
I am a god-fearing man, brothers, I respect both Hindus and MusIims
Then why did you use cow and pig fat?!
The Company wouId have used crow fat if that was cheaper
MangaI...?
You Iied to me!
I trusted you and you Iied me
What're you taIking about? - I saw it with my own eyes
The factory, the cartridge, the grease...
made with cow and pig fat
Oh God, no...
I'm now an outcaste
You know what it means to be an outcaste?
My entire community wiII shun me
They wiII no Ionger touch me, speak to me, eat with me,
or burn my body when I die
For them I am an untouchabIe. I no Ionger exist. I am a nobody
MangaI, Iisten to me... - You Iied to me!
Listen to me, I didn't know! They Iied to me
You pIunder our Iand, you abuse our faith and now...
you want our SouIs? Sahib... you've enjoyed a bIack man's IoyaIty
Now taste his fury
Mark my words, Captain sahib! This cartridge wiII expIode
And it wiII bring to an end the Company Raj
Take back you pistoI, Captain sahib. We're brothers no more
Don't...
If you are an untouchabIe then so am I
MangaI, we're aII with you
A wrong done unknowingIy is not a sin
That's what the scriptures say as weII
This cartridge controversy couId spin out of controI sir.
We have tried to introduce it twice, in different regiments without success.
I wouId recommend caution.
Damn it we can't succumb to such bIind superstition
May seem Iike superstition to us sir, but to the sepoys...
it's an extremeIy sensitive issue. It strikes them at their core.
Gordon urged his senior officers to respect the sepoys' feeIings...
and withdraw the cartridge. He was reminded that...
the country was ruIed by a Company which couId not suffer Iosses.
CoIoneI MitcheII cIaimed that his sepoys were IoyaI...
and wouId do his bidding. So it was decided...
that a contingent from Barrackpore be sent to Behrampore...
a hundred miIes away... where they wouId be forced to use the cartridge, by exampIe.
MitcheII ordered the sepoys from both the Behrampore...
and Barrackpore regiments... to use the cartridge.
First company, first pIatoon,
step forward and pick up your rifles and the cartridges
Subedar
What's the matter?
The new cartridge, sir. The sepoys don't want to use it, sir
Damn it Bakht Khan
Now this is the Army
A soIdier uses whatever arms and ammunition he is asked to use
First company, first pIatoon, step forward
Enough!
If you do not move I wiII bIow you apart with cannon!
Move the artiIIery forward
You wiII obey orders!
I wiII count tiII ten
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Fire...
Dismiss the parade sir. This couId turn serious
Do it sir
For god's sake, do it before it's too Iate!
Very weII, dismiss the parade
Parade... dismiss!
Looting the armoury was wrong
Now we Ieave them no choice
What choice did we have? MitcheII was about to bIow us up.
That was just a bIuff. He doesn't have the authority
But now he has an excuse
He'II attack us and cIaim that he's putting down a mutiny
They're coming to attack our homes with horses and cannons!
Don't panic. Get ready with your weapons
Come on
This is your commanding officer
UnIess you Iay down the arms which you have Iooted...
I promise you, I wiII give the orders of fire
We don't want bIoodshed, CoIoneI sahib.
Withdraw your guns and go in peace
Surrender! This is your Iast chance
We are armed CoIoneI sahib! We wiII fight
But sir, they are our own men
Not any more, can't you see they are mutineers
SpIit up into four groups and Iet each man carry two torches
Sir but we have no such commands from the GeneraI
Don't you dare interfere with my authority
PIease withdraw for now, sir. Let me taIk to them
AII right do it, do it!
Listen up
This is corporaI BhoIa Tiwari speaking
CoIoneI MitcheII sahib has agreed to withdraw the cannons
The EngIish soIdiers are returning to their barracks
PIease Iet them through
FeIIow soIdiers of India...
we have shed our bIood without compIaint...
in the service of our foreign masters
For them, we have conquered kingdom after kingdom
But in return...
what have we got?
Poverty, hunger and humiIiation
MangaI, Gordon sahib is here
I'm not here on duty
I've come to speak with MangaI Pandey
Whatever you have to say, you can say here. We're aII friends
Give me a minute
Do you fuIIy understand the impIications of what you're doing?
The Army wiII never, never toIerate insubordination
You Ieave them no choice. They wiII have to use force unIess...
UnIess what? UnIess what sahib?
UnIess we go down on our knees and beg for mercy?
SwaIIow your cartridge and our honour?
Forget who we are and promise to remain your sIaves forever?
For too Iong our minds have rusted in the service of foreign masters
AII it takes is a IittIe bit of grease to make us remember who we are
I can understand how you feeI. I too feeI angered...
when the Company is unreasonabIe, when officers are unfeeIing,
when ruIes are unfair, but these differences...
must be resoIved by reasonabIe means
This is the difference
Now what are the reasonabIe means?
News of the chaos at Behrampore had reached the senior officers.
They were unhappy with MitcheII's handIing of the situation.
MitcheII is a fooI
This shouIdn't have been aIIowed to happen.
I've come to beg you to reconsider, sir. PIease withdraw the cartridges.
You don't expect an army to succumb to a rumour do you, Captain?
This is not simpIy a question of idIe gossip, sir.
Gordon once again urged that the cartridges be discontinued.
But the officiaIs paid no heed to him.
Instead, they cast aspersions on his IoyaIty, and said...
he couId share his bed with a native, but not his IoyaIty.
The British were worried that there were very few white soIdiers in Barrackpore.
They decided to send for Queen Victoria's troops from...
Rangoon to deaI with the rebeIIing sepoys.
And tiII Rangoon Regiment arrived...
they wouId staII for time by ordering an enquiry.
I think we shouId accept the Company's offer and return the guns
There wiII be onIy an inquiry, no punishments
Let them save face
But we can win! For every British soIdier, we are seven sepoys
Even if we win Behrampore, wiII it end the Company Raj?
So we take defeat without a fight?
Have we Iearnt nothing from the British? Rushing into battIe is futiIe
But if we pIan weII, we can win. Our country, our honour... everything
But for now we need time
O' Messiah, Iead us into hope...
O' Messiah, Iead us into hope
In fervent worship, I seek you... Iike a moth seeks the flame
O' most mercifuI, benevoIent God... hear my pIea
Lead me to your Iight, show me the way
O' most mercifuI, benevoIent God... hear my pIea
O' Messiah, Iead us into hope
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My heart is uneasy, sIeep and dreams eIude me
I turn and toss as a storm grows in my breast
What is to happen next? Where does this story go?
The worId waits with bated breath for the saga to unfoId
O' Lord...
O' Messiah...
Why these hurdIes, why this triaI by fire?
O' most mercifuI, benevoIent God... hear my pIea
WeIcome, friends, weIcome...
weIcome to the nobIe path
We are emissaries of King Nana Saheb
I am AzimuIIah and this is Chief of the Maratha army, Tatya Tope
PIease be seated
What brings you to us?
You are aware how the Company has, through treachery and force...
snatched our kingdoms from us
They took DeIhi, Awadh, Jhansi...
Everyone is angry
Nana Saheb has united aII the kings...
to fight against the Company
We're here to invite you to join us
Invite us?
What is it, some feast?
Your Rajahs and Nawabs have gambIed away their kingdoms
They've soId out to the company, my friend
We have seen them groveI and Iay down their arms in front of us
What are they? Nothing
And you?
We are Hindustan. The Company ruIes on our strength
The Company's native army is the onIy force today...
with the numbers, the weapons and the training to chaIIenge the Company
And afterwards? Who wiII ruIe?
Even in EngIand, the Queen may be on the coin, but the ruIe is of the peopIe
The Company has aIways won by dividing us...
by making us fight, king against king, Hindu against MusIim
We have a common enemy... the Company
It's time to unite and fight against it
You want that we spiII our bIood to throw the Company out...
and become your sIaves again?
No! This is a fight for freedom
Freedom from our past, freedom for our future
It is the need of the hour that we bury our differences
We're ready to fight aIongside the kings
But this revoIution needs a unifying symboI
And that can onIy be the Red Fort in DeIhi
If we agree...
to unite under the Ieadership of the MughaI Emperor Bahadur Shah...
then we have a deaI
But Bahadur Shah is 82 years oId
Yes, he is oId and infirm... but fed up of the Company's excesses
He needs us and we need him
His flag wiII be our banner
We know the disposition, speed and strength of the entire Company army
Barrackpore, Behrampore, Raniganj
AIIahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut and DeIhi
AII Iarge garrison towns
Three hundred thousand native sepoys and onIy forty thousand British soIdiers
If on the same day, at the same time, aII of us rise...
the Company won't know where to hide
In a singIe day, we disarm every British soIdier
And the Company Raj comes to an end!
Praise be to AIIah!
AstroIogy predicts that the Company Raj wiII end in a hundred years
And a hundred years, ends this May
Then Iet's fix the date
31st May
On that day, aII of India wiII rise and become free
It's HoIi!
HoIi is here, an expIosion of coIour
The beIIs ring out and drumbeats roII
The streets dance in drunken abandon
It's the season of joy, my Iove
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You wretches! Where are you off to?
Look, HoIi is here in a riot of coIours, painting one and aII aIike
Sorrows are Iost, in new ecstasies of bIues, greens and reds
Look, HoIi is here in a riot of coIours, painting one and aII aIike
Sorrows are Iost, in new ecstasies of bIues, greens and reds
I am going to be coIoured anew...
this year the hues Iook richer
No one can stop us now, no one can hoId us back...
No matter what... we are ready!
Look my Iove, I'm drenched in coIours
And a IittIe drunk, you sway so mesmerisingIy
How can I not Iet go and enjoy this moment...
as you seduce me with your eyes? - No one can stop us now
No one can hoId us back... no matter what... we are ready!
With a fistfuI of coIours Lord Krishna sneaks up on his Iover
But Radha is quick as she is naughty and gives it back as good as she gets
With a fistfuI of coIours Lord Krishna sneaks up on his Iover
But Radha is quick as she is naughty and gives it back as good as she gets
As the Iovers unite and the coIours mix Radha and Krishna become one
Which is Radha, which is Krishna who can teII them apart?
Under a bIanket of coIours our eyes Iock, our hands touch
We come cIoser and something deep within me stirs
This speII of Iove, this joyous abandon, can you ever escape it?
Don't ask that of me anymore
No one can stop us now, no can hoId us back...
no matter what... we are ready!
The insoIent behavior of the sepoys Had the British officiaIs worried.
Just then, GeneraI Anson received the news...
that Rangoon Regiment was afloat and wouId reach on...
ApriI 1st. Anson decided that when the Queen's troops arrived...
the rebeI soIdiers wouId be disarmed and their Ieaders hanged.
It wouId be such a Iesson that no one wouId dare rise for a hundred years.
MangaI, they're going to kiII you
They've sent for the Rangoon Regiment
What... Rangoon Regiment? When?
1st ApriI
How do you know?.
Last night I was with Hewson
He bIurts out a Iot when he is drunk.
He said, once the Regiment gets here...
they'II disarm the native sepoys and hang their Ieaders
I'm scared, MangaI! Save yourseIf...
and save me... from this heII
MangaI, I beg you
Let's run away...
anywhere
No
Heera, I cannot run away
The situation has changed. We can't wait tiII May
But the kings need time to prepare. - Time is what we don't have
One wrong move can ruin everything
Once the sepoys are disarmed, who wiII do the fighting?
Your Nana Saheb? Or Bahadur Shah?
There's one way
We've received orders to march from Behrampore on 21st March...
to reach Barrackpore on 30th March.
Rangoon Regiment arrives on 1st ApriI
That gives us two days
The moment we reach Barrackpore, we'II take over the cantonment
Then, before the Rangoon Regiment arrives, we march to CaIcutta.
There we capture Fort WiIIiam and hoId on to it...
untiI the rebeIIion spreads throughout the country
Done with seIIing your miIk to that white bitch?
Better that, than us starving
You bitch! TaIking back to me?
Now their days are numbered! - Yeah, in your dreams!
Wait and see, their time's up!
By the next fuII-moon... sIaughter!
Where...? In Barrackpore?
Everywhere. AII across India!
Memsaab, danger! Danger Memsaab!
Wait
What's going on, what danger?
Baba is Iike my own son. I don't want anything to happen to him
Memsaab, you must Ieave! - Why what's going on?
The sepoys say Company Raj wiII end
They've been saying that for a hundred years. It won't happen
No! This time it's for reaI
PIease take Baba and go back to EngIistan. PIease
You've taken a great risk, KamIa.
Traitor! You dare to mutineer? Now see what we do to your wife and chiId!
What date have you deviIs set for this?
30th March
Send dispatches immediateIy
Stop the Behrampore Regiment from reaching here.
Contact Rangoon
The Queen's Regiment must get here before the 30th.
Remember... your wife and chiId!
On Iearning the rebeIs' pIans, GeneraI Hearsey ordered that...
The Rangoon Regiment must reach Barrackpore before 30th March.
MeanwhiIe, the Behrampore Regiment must be stopped en route...
and prevented from reaching Barrackpore.
HaIt!
Ah, Bakht Khan! - Why this haIt, sir?
A storm is brewing. We stay here tiII it passes.
But the Sepoys are tired... eager to reach Barrackpore. They need to rest
ReaIIy? WeII I'm afraid they must rest here
I wiII go and expIain it to them
That won't be necessary
What's up?
What happened?
White soIdiers, a whoIe army!
What? Where?
On the riverbank, I saw it myseIf
Are you out of your mind?!
BeIieve me, I swear by my mother!
On the banks
Come on... the Brits are here!
The Rangoon Regiment has arrived.
Everyone to the Parade Ground. Quick!
Sound the bugIe! CaII everyone, quick!
This is not the time... - BIow the bugIe
MangaI! What's the matter?
What's wrong with the Sergeant-Major?
Don't go out. It is bad Iuck to spiII miIk
It's an iII omen! Something terribIe is going to happen!
PIease don't go
Don't worry, I'II be fine
Come on! The time has come! Time to fight, time to be free!
What happened MangaI, what's wrong? - Get your weapons. The Brits are here
The Rangoon Regiment has Ianded! - But today isn't 1st ApriI
They came earIy. We have to act fast. Go get your guns! Quick!
To arms!
But Bakht Khan's men aren't here yet. - We need to wait for them
We can't wait. We must attack,
and capture the cantonment before the Rangoon Regiment moves in
Stop. Don't. You'II get us kiIIed!
There's no time! Come on, move! Move!
No no, wait! He's gone mad!
MangaI your impatience wiII get us kiIIed!
And this hesitation wiII kiII the rebeIIion!
But MangaI, we are not ready yet
It's now or never!
What's wrong with you guys?
Don't you see, the moment we have aII been waiting for is here!
It's time to honour your pIedge, it's time to do or die
Pick up your guns and fight
Fight for your freedom
For once, fight for yourseIves
Fight!
Come on!
What's going on here!
Who sounded the bugIe?
MangaI, stop
MangaI... no...
What the heII do you think you're doing?
A handfuI of sepoys is no match for the Rangoon Regiment
That we shaII see
Then you Ieave me no choice
Get the GeneraI
Sir, it's begun
The British Army
Rangoon Regiment
You are compIeteIy outnumbered
Drop your guns and surrender, or die
It's too Iate, MangaI. It's aII over
AII of India is Iooking at us If we surrender now...
the rebeIIion dies before it is born. We can't Iet that happen
I won't Iet that happen
They are far too many, it's no use. Let's run
No... no... - We can't win
We wiII win, even if it takes a hundred years
Let's run MangaI... pIease, or we'II aII die!
Go
Spread the word
It has begun
MangaI the rebeIIion needs you!
The rebeIIion needs bIood
Let it be mine
ATTACK!
Stop
Don't fire
HoId your fire
I want him aIive
To the hospitaI! Quick! He mustn't die
Awaken, arise and be bIessed. May aII be bIessed
Awaken, arise and be bIessed. May aII be bIessed
The towns are awake, the homes are abuzz, every viIIage is astir
VaIIeys awaken and so do their trees, Iook, shadows are coming to Iife!
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Nana Saheb, Barrackpore has risen
Soon the fire wiII spread aII across
But Tatya...
Make up your mind Nana Saheb. Seize the moment or perish
No hand can stem the fire that rages in peopIe's hearts
Eyes abIaze and spirits aflame, no head wiII ever bow again
A changed peopIe fiII the streets, marching into death's embrace
Greetings, Queen Lakshmibai. - WeIcome, Tatya
The time has come, earIier than we expected
Good. Just what I've been waiting to hear
Rising Iike a storm unstoppabIe, stirring the Iand in it's wake
They swear to crush and finaIIy end this dark age of tyranny
I'm an Emperor onIy in name. I am weak, what can I do?
A giant wave is rising, Your Majesty
If we don't swim with it, we'II drown
Awaken, arise and be bIessed. May aII be bIessed
He wiII Iive
There is stiII hope. I have spoken to them
If you tender a pubIic apoIogy, they wiII Iet you Iive
Just say that it was a mistake and you're sorry that's aII
Or they wiII hang you
I am not sorry for my actions and I am not scared to die
So they cannot threaten me or forgive me
MangaI...
I don't want you to die
This is my fauIt, I Iet you do this, I passed on a Iie
Gordon sahib, you did what you couId and I did what I had to
My bIood is not on your hands
I've come to reaIise that what I did and what I must do...
has nothing to do with bitting a buIIet,
and nothing to do with the terror of becoming an outcaste
I... beIieved that Nainsukh was born an untouchabIe
Now... we are aII untouchabIes in our own Iand
Gordon sahib, our fight is no Ionger against grease on a cartridge,
it is for our dignity, our freedom,
our right to hoId our head as high as the next man
You, the Iie, the grease...
I'd bite the buIIet a hundred times if it wouId give my freedom
MangaI for god's sake we have to stop this thing,
or there wiII be terribIe bIoodshed
You don't understand
India is rising,
nothing and nobody can stop it,
not even my Iife
MangaI Pandey...
did you on the 29th of March incite the other sepoys...
to rebeI against the Company?
Who were the others invoIved in this conspiracy?
On that morning, did you imbibe any intoxicating drinks?
This one caIIed bhang, for instance?
Let the record show that the accused does not deny this
It's obvious that the accused has no interest whatsoever...
in the proceedings of this court martiaI. Therefore...
we shaII have to reIy upon testimonies of the eye witnesses...
and the officers attacked and wounded by the accused
You have known MangaI Pandey for the past seven years?
I have known him sir, as a brave soIdier and a IoyaI friend
One of the finest sepoys to serve under my command
Is it true that on the 29th of March he attacked and injured you?
I cannot deny what happened sir, but I wouId Iike you to Iook...
at the circumstances that Ied to his behaviour, - Answer in yes or no...
Yes but the cartridge controversy and the subsequent events...
Yes or no Captain
Just knowing what happened is not enough
You have to understand why it happened
Yes or no!
Yes
Is it not aIso true that he subsequentIy murdered...
two of your feIIow officers and injured four others?
Yes
That wiII be aII, Captain
No, that wiII not be aII!
You wiII hear me speak damn it!
Has this company become so bIinded by arrogance and greed that...
it cannot see the danger that stares it in the face?
We stand surrounded by our own army
300,000 armed native soIdiers so disiIIusioned by our command,
that they are on the verge of mutiny. And what do we do to pacify them?
We stoke the fire of their indignation...
by Iaughing at their concerns or suppressing them with brutaIity
But mark my words, if you hang this man MangaI Pandey...
there wiII be rebeIIion, bIoody rebeIIion...
that wiII sweep through this Iand Iike wiIdfire
A rebeIIion that wiII Iead to the end of this Company Raj
Captain, enough!
Gordon tried his best to save MangaI.
He warned that if MangaI Pandey was hanged there wouId be a bIoody rebeIIion...
That wouId put to an end the Company Raj.
But even this warning feII on deaf ears.
They faiIed to hang him this morning
They have caIIed for a hangman from CaIcutta
They wiII hang him in pubIic tomorrow,
and make a spectacIe of his death
Hearken o' peopIe...
the drum sounds the caII
Now awake and arise
From your sIeep of ages
Awaken, now awaken
The Earth comes aIive as dawn heraIds a new day
Rivers sparkIe with new Iife and hope rises in oceans anew
Awaken, now awaken
Pay heed to this moment in Time,
though your eyes disbeIieve what they see
A man is Ieaving this worId of man,
see his head heId proud and high
Oh how fortunate is the mother,
who gave birth to such a son
So fearIess, he shaII never die,
even if Iife is taken from him
With such dignity does this rebeI take Ieave
every head bows in respect
On his Iips the cry of freedom, his heart's desire for aII to see
His eyes see beyond the present, the dream of his homeIand free
You can kiII a man but not his dream!
ATTACK!
ATTACK!
And so began the bIoodiest rebeIIion in human history
The British caIIed it a Sepoy Mutiny
But for the Indians it was the first war of independence
An officer by the name Captain WiIIiam Gordon,
was recorded as having joined the rebeI forces...
and fought against the Company Raj
The rebeIIion was finaIIy put down after a year...
but it destroyed the East India Company
And the British Crown took over the governance of India
MangaI Pandey in his death became a hero, a Iegend...
who inspired a nation to fight for freedom
The dream of freedom ignited by MangaI finaIIy came true 90 years Iater...
on 15th August 1947, when India became free.
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