0:00:08 > 0:00:14TRAINS CLATTER
0:01:37 > 0:01:40HORN BEEPS
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Thank you, Auntie!
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Mmm!
0:03:04 > 0:03:05BICYCLE BELL RINGS
0:03:19 > 0:03:21DOORBELL RINGS
0:03:32 > 0:03:33DOORBELL RINGS
0:06:25 > 0:06:30Fernandes? Fernandes, this is Shaikh. Shaikh, Mr Fernandes.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Shaikh used to work in Saudi Arabia as the chief accountant for a small firm.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36He will take over your responsibilities when you
0:06:36 > 0:06:38leave us next month. Shaikh comes with very good references.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Very pleased to meet you, sir.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45I had him join us early so that you can train him in all that you
0:06:45 > 0:06:47do in claims.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Good luck.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- Oh, fantastic.- Fantastic!
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- Come at 4.45.- 4.45, 4.45...
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Thank you very much, sir. Nice to meet you.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29SINGING AND CLAPPING
0:10:05 > 0:10:06DOORBELL RINGS
0:11:18 > 0:11:20INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:12:06 > 0:12:07CHILDREN SINGING
0:12:11 > 0:12:13CLATTER OF TAMBOURINES
0:12:45 > 0:12:47MUSIC PLAYS
0:12:56 > 0:12:58DOORBELL RINGS
0:13:57 > 0:13:59PHONE BUZZES
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Hello?
0:14:06 > 0:14:11Just reached home. I was waiting for your update. OK.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Oh, was it so boring?
0:14:59 > 0:15:00OK, sir. No problem.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Hey! Hey!
0:15:43 > 0:15:45What is this?
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Mr Fernandes, our ball went inside. Please can we have it?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Please, sir?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01- You were looking inside it?- No.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Please, Mr Fernandes. We'll not play here. We'll play on the other side.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07If you play in front of this door again,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09I'll chase you down the street.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Please.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- Please.- Please.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18- We'll play on the other side. - Mr Fernandes, please. Sorry.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21GATE CLANGS SHUT
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Huh?
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Good morning.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58SHAIKH MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Very good, sir. Thank you.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32"Dear Ila, the food was very salty today."
0:22:34 > 0:22:36"Dear Ila, the food was very salty today."
0:22:39 > 0:22:41"Dear Ila, the food was very salty today."
0:23:15 > 0:23:17FILES THUMP ON THE FLOOR
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Good.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05My wife is dead.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38HE GASPS
0:26:42 > 0:26:44DOORBELL RINGS
0:26:59 > 0:27:02"Dear Ila, the salt was fine today.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05"The chilli was a bit on a higher side.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07"But I had two bananas left after lunch.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10"They helped to extinguish the fire in my mouth.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14"And I think it will also be good for the motions."
0:27:14 > 0:27:17FLY BUZZES
0:27:17 > 0:27:21"There are so many people in the city who eat only
0:27:21 > 0:27:22"a banana or two for lunch.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27"It's cheap and it fills you up."
0:27:46 > 0:27:48"Hello."
0:29:26 > 0:29:28DOORBELL RINGS
0:29:32 > 0:29:35"Dear Ila. Your husband sounds like a busy man.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37"Life is very busy these days.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41"There are too many people, and everyone wants what the other has.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46"Years ago, you could find a place to sit on the train every now
0:29:46 > 0:29:48"and then, but these days it is different.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53"If Mr Deshpande wakes up now, he will see the difference and probably
0:29:53 > 0:29:54"go back to his Orient ceiling fan.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59"When my wife died, she got a horizontal burial cart.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04"I tried to buy a burial cart for myself the other day,
0:30:04 > 0:30:07"and what they offered me was a vertical one.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10"I spend my whole life standing in trains and buses now.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12"I'll have to stand even when I'm dead.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17"Why don't you have another child?
0:30:19 > 0:30:21"Sometimes, having a child can help a marriage."
0:31:45 > 0:31:46Hmm.
0:32:12 > 0:32:13Mm-hm?
0:33:19 > 0:33:21VEHICLE HORNS HONK
0:34:09 > 0:34:15AMBULANCE SIREN WAILS
0:35:37 > 0:35:39"Hello."
0:35:44 > 0:35:46I'm busy, actually.
0:35:49 > 0:35:50This is lunchtime.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Thank you very much.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Listen!
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Come here.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39You go to my desk.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48- Go. - Thank you very much, sir.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51- OK.- Thank you so much, sir.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- No, no. Don't come back. Go. Go. - Yes, sir. Thank you very much, sir.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04"Dear Ila. Please don't think like that.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06"Things are never as bad as they seem.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10"One day I was on the train on my way to work,
0:38:10 > 0:38:12"and then suddenly I felt something.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16"Someone touching me, down there."
0:40:31 > 0:40:32So...
0:40:37 > 0:40:38You better be careful.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Thank you.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Very good.
0:43:02 > 0:43:03Promise?
0:43:07 > 0:43:10- OK, sir. See you. Bye.- Bye-bye.
0:43:55 > 0:43:56"Hello."
0:44:21 > 0:44:22Excellent.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
0:44:32 > 0:44:33Thank you very much.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40Here. Try.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Yeah.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07What happened?
0:45:17 > 0:45:18Why?
0:45:29 > 0:45:32There's no value for talent in this country.
0:45:58 > 0:46:03"Dear Ila. Your grandmother's recipe was very good.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06"Even better than my favourite aubergines.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09"Yesterday, even I found something from many years ago.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12"I found old TV shows that my wife used to record.
0:46:14 > 0:46:18"You must have been a child when they played on TV, or not even born yet.
0:46:25 > 0:46:30"My wife used to love them. I don't know why I wanted to see them.
0:46:30 > 0:46:31"I watched them for hours.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36"I went through them show by show, episode by episode,
0:46:36 > 0:46:41"and then finally, after staying up all night,
0:46:41 > 0:46:45"I realised what it was that I was looking for.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47"Every Sunday when she watched the shows,
0:46:47 > 0:46:51"I was outside repairing my bicycle, or just smoking,
0:46:51 > 0:46:53"and I would glance through the window every now and then,
0:46:53 > 0:46:55"just for a second,
0:46:55 > 0:46:58"and I would see her reflection on the TV screen, laughing.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02"Laughing at the same jokes, over and over,
0:47:02 > 0:47:06"each time as if she was hearing it for the very first time.
0:47:08 > 0:47:12"I wish I had kept on looking back, then."
0:47:33 > 0:47:34OK. Have?
0:47:37 > 0:47:38No, have.
0:47:48 > 0:47:51- What is this?- Paper?
0:48:00 > 0:48:02Can I have some water, please?
0:48:05 > 0:48:09- How is it? Good?- Mmm. I love this.
0:48:09 > 0:48:10Thank you.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23- What paper?- The letter.
0:48:32 > 0:48:33"Hello."
0:52:42 > 0:52:44OK.
0:53:39 > 0:53:40DOORBELL RINGS
0:54:06 > 0:54:10"Dear Ila. You won't believe what happened to me yesterday.
0:54:12 > 0:54:13"In the evening,
0:54:13 > 0:54:17"I was walking to the station with Shaikh - Shaikh and I, we
0:54:17 > 0:54:21"work together - I felt like stopping to look at a painter's works.
0:54:22 > 0:54:27"All his paintings are exactly the same, but when you look close,
0:54:27 > 0:54:30"real close, you can see that they're different,
0:54:30 > 0:54:32"each slightly different from the other.
0:54:32 > 0:54:33"A different car here,
0:54:33 > 0:54:36"a different man daydreaming on the bus there,
0:54:36 > 0:54:38"a stray dog gallantly crossing the street...
0:54:38 > 0:54:40"Whatever catches the painter's fancy on that day.
0:54:40 > 0:54:48"And in one of them, I saw myself. At least, I think it's me.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52"And then I treated myself to an odd rickshaw.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56"The old houses of boys I used to play with as
0:54:56 > 0:54:59"a child are gone now, my old school too.
0:55:02 > 0:55:08"But some things are still the same. The old post office is still there.
0:55:08 > 0:55:12"And the hospital where I was born and where my parents died,
0:55:12 > 0:55:14"and my wife.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20"I think we forget things if we have no-one to tell them to."
0:57:14 > 0:57:16"Hello."
0:58:14 > 0:58:16SINGING AND CLAPPING
0:58:20 > 0:58:21DOORBELL RINGS
1:00:38 > 1:00:43POP MUSIC PLAYS
1:01:34 > 1:01:35Here, try this.
1:01:38 > 1:01:39Taste this.
1:01:50 > 1:01:51Touch wood.
1:02:10 > 1:02:12I love this.
1:02:12 > 1:02:14- Alrighty.- Alrighty, sir.
1:03:12 > 1:03:15MUSIC: SOUNDTRACK FROM SAAJAN
1:03:47 > 1:03:49CHILDREN SING AND BANG TAMBOURINES
1:04:11 > 1:04:12"Hello."
1:05:58 > 1:06:03- COLLEAGUE:- Saajan, sir? Saajan, sir. - What?
1:06:28 > 1:06:30- DOOR CREAKS - Can I come in, sir?- Come in.
1:06:46 > 1:06:50I just had a meeting with the accounts department.
1:06:50 > 1:06:55It was the most embarrassing meeting of my life. You know what they said?
1:06:57 > 1:07:01They said it's as if our claims department does not exist.
1:07:04 > 1:07:07All the pay orders are wrong.
1:07:07 > 1:07:09Shaikh's initials are all over the place.
1:07:11 > 1:07:14And to think I was going to have this man replace you.
1:07:17 > 1:07:22I need you to review this. Stay up all night if necessary, but fix it.
1:07:23 > 1:07:27And as for you, Shaikh, just get out of my sight, please.
1:07:27 > 1:07:31It's my mistake, sir. I made the pay orders.
1:07:32 > 1:07:36I asked for his initials because we work together.
1:07:36 > 1:07:40- It's my mistake.- Fernandes, you don't have to defend him.
1:07:40 > 1:07:42I'm not defending anyone, sir.
1:07:45 > 1:07:4935 years of service, and you have not made one single mistake.
1:07:51 > 1:07:53You know I would not defend anyone, sir.
1:07:56 > 1:07:57Anyway...
1:07:59 > 1:08:02- I'll handle the accounts department, OK?- Yes, sir. OK, sir.
1:08:02 > 1:08:03No problem.
1:08:08 > 1:08:12And one more thing. Why do these files all smell of vegetables?
1:08:15 > 1:08:19- Onions, potatoes, even garlic. - Really?- Smell it. Smell it!
1:08:23 > 1:08:24I...
1:08:53 > 1:08:57Don't you ever cut your bloody vegetables on the office files.
1:08:58 > 1:09:00Sorry, sir.
1:09:08 > 1:09:10I'm sorry, sir.
1:09:18 > 1:09:21These are government records. Do you understand?
1:09:55 > 1:09:58What kind of a person you are, Mr Shaikh? Huh?
1:10:12 > 1:10:14Sir, please.
1:10:19 > 1:10:21Unbelievable, Mr Shaikh.
1:10:23 > 1:10:24Unbelievable.
1:10:42 > 1:10:44No, no, no, no, no. It's very good.
1:14:08 > 1:14:10Of course.
1:14:12 > 1:14:13Thank you very much.
1:14:13 > 1:14:15- Welcome.- Thank you so much, sir.
1:15:00 > 1:15:02Thank you very much, sir.
1:17:05 > 1:17:10- Fernandes?- Yes, sir. - You wanted to talk to me?- No, sir.
1:17:11 > 1:17:15- My secretary said you wanted to talk to me.- It was about pay orders.
1:17:17 > 1:17:25- What about the pay orders? - I solved it.- You're sure?- Yeah.- OK.
1:17:25 > 1:17:27I'll see you soon.
1:19:43 > 1:19:46"Dear Ila. I got the lunchbox today.
1:19:46 > 1:19:49"There was nothing in it, and I deserve that.
1:19:51 > 1:19:55"Yesterday you waited in the restaurant for me for a long time,
1:19:55 > 1:20:01"but before that, that same morning I forgot something in the bathroom.
1:20:03 > 1:20:08"I went back in to get it, and the bathroom smelled the same, exactly
1:20:08 > 1:20:13"the same as it used to be after my grandfather had been in the shower.
1:20:14 > 1:20:18"It was like my grandfather had been there, but he had not.
1:20:19 > 1:20:22"It was just me.
1:20:22 > 1:20:28"Just me and the smell of an old man. I don't know when I became old.
1:20:29 > 1:20:33"Maybe it was that morning. Maybe it was many, many mornings ago.
1:20:34 > 1:20:37"And maybe if I had forgotten something in bathroom before,
1:20:37 > 1:20:39"I would have found out sooner.
1:20:47 > 1:20:51"Life kept on going and lulled me with its motions.
1:20:51 > 1:20:54"I kept rocking back and forth as it threw me left
1:20:54 > 1:20:57"and threw me right, and then before I knew it...
1:20:59 > 1:21:02"No-one buys yesterday's lottery ticket, Ila.
1:21:03 > 1:21:06"I came to the restaurant while you were waiting.
1:21:08 > 1:21:13"There you were, fidgeting with your purse, drinking all that water.
1:21:21 > 1:21:24"I wanted to come up to you and tell you all this in person,
1:21:24 > 1:21:26"but I just watched you wait.
1:21:30 > 1:21:32"You looked beautiful.
1:21:37 > 1:21:40"You're young. You can dream.
1:21:43 > 1:21:45"And for some time, you let me into your dreams.
1:21:48 > 1:21:50"And I want to thank you for that."
1:22:37 > 1:22:39Smile, please.
1:22:40 > 1:22:42One, two, three.
1:22:42 > 1:22:43CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
1:23:02 > 1:23:04Smile, please.
1:23:10 > 1:23:11CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
1:23:44 > 1:23:46OK.
1:23:48 > 1:23:49Goodbye, Shaikh.
1:24:34 > 1:24:36You'll be a good husband, Shaikh.
1:24:37 > 1:24:40Thank you very much, sir.
1:25:28 > 1:25:29PHONE RINGS
1:25:34 > 1:25:35PHONE RINGS
1:25:40 > 1:25:41PHONE RINGS
1:25:41 > 1:25:43Hello?
1:25:57 > 1:26:01ILA CRIES
1:32:11 > 1:32:13Sorry.
1:32:57 > 1:33:00- Good evening, Mr Fernandes. - We thought that you're gone.
1:33:00 > 1:33:03- I was gone, but I came back. - Why?
1:33:12 > 1:33:21OK. You play here, but don't break anybody's glass. OK? Take it.
1:33:22 > 1:33:23ALL: Thank you, Mr Fernandes.
1:35:51 > 1:35:52RICKSHAW HORN BEEPS
1:37:12 > 1:37:15SINGING AND CLAPPING