Main Hoon Na (मैं हूँ ना)

I'm here now!

Can we hope for the same gesture of humanity from Pakistan?

I can't speak to the Indian Army General like this...

let's simplify this... - Sir, General Bakshi has arrived!

Already? - Should I ask him to go back?

Cameras off! No cameras before the show begins

Are you in charge here? - Yes sir!

Not anymore! I'm Brigadier Shekhar Sharma.

The General's security is my responsibility

Any problems with that? - Not at all sir!

Good!

Capt. Vikram, Major Abbas... over there

Major Karan

Come with me

Sir, security camera is in position. - Good!

All positions secured? - Yes sir. All positions secured

Good. Let the show begin

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to 'People's Voice'

I'm your host, Rajat Saxena and today's issue is:

Project Milaap (Unity), a historic step or a historic mistake?

The dawn of 15th of August, our Independence Day...

will see 50 Pakistani prisoners in Indian custody released...

at the Indian border

Let's meet the man behind Project Milaap

Please welcome General Amar Singh Bakshi...

the Commander in Chief of the Indian Army

We'd first like to congratulate you sir, because...

the Parliament actually agreed to Project Milaap this very morning!

General Bakshi, do you really believe that Project Milaap...

will lead to friendship between India and Pakistan?

It's not so simple. A chasm of fifty five years...

cannot be bridged by releasing fifty prisoners

Then why Project Milaap? - It's a step... to cover the miles

So according to you they are all innocent!

None of them are terrorists or ISI agents?

If we had a shred of doubt that they are dangerous to India...

we would never have taken this step

Most of them are poor villagers...

who didn't even know they had crossed the border

After all the border is not completely sealed

They didn't even have weapons...

yet they have been in our prisons for years... some since 1971

We feel it's time to send them back home

But not everyone agrees with you General

Some even want to stop you

Everyone has the right to free speech in a democracy!

But some people don't want to merely speak

Sir, I'm talking about Raghavan

The people would like to know who Raghavan is...

and is it true that he has sworn to stop Project Milaap?

Raghavan is a mask. He hides his face because of his shame

He's a coward - a terrorist...

so used to violence that he now fears peace

Project Milaap will be successful

The prisoners will certainly be released on the dawn of 15th August

Damn! Back up! We need back up immediately

Come in

Major Ram reporting, sir! I'm outside the studio

Maj. Ram, hold position for two minutes! Back up is arriving

It's too late, sir. I'm going in

Hello General. I'm Raghavan. I'll ask you the remaining questions

So General, I'm sure Pakistan is also releasing our poor villagers, right?

Exactly what I was going to ask him!

When elders speak, learn to shut up!

So General, what about Pakistan's show of good will?

We haven't heard anything from Pakistan yet

Then why are we being so damn foolish?

Because someone has to take the first step

If we all behave like you, there will never be peace

We've thought about this a lot

And we are certain that Pakistan will reciprocate

Pakistan! Pakistan is going to laugh at us...

because they don't want peace. - Why?

Don't the Pakistanis love their children?

You do, General! You love your daughter a lot

Too bad!

She will really miss you, General

No one can save you now

Ram!

Easy now. You'll be all right, Sharma

Ambulance is on the way

I want to speak to my son

Ram...

Father...

Ram... - Father...

Please...

Was I a good father? - Yes father, but right now...

No, tell me!

You're the best father in the whole world

I'm guilty son! - No, father

Ram, listen please!

There's something I've always hidden from you

You...

You're not my only son

I have a wife, Madhu

And a son, Lakshman...

your step... your brother!

Who I haven't seen for twenty years

It's been twenty years since she left me

Twenty years I have lived away from them

It's time I pay for my deeds. - Don't say this father

I knew you'll forgive me Ram. Your heart is big

But until she forgives me I will not find peace

My family will remain broken... scattered

Promise me Ram, that you will not immerse my ashes alone...

that both my sons will do my last rites

Where is father's family?

Son, they left nineteen years back...

Because I came here, right?

Dear Shekhar, I know you consider what happened between us...

ten years back a big mistake

I stayed away from you as I knew how much you loved your wife

But today I'm helpless

By the time you get this letter I may not be alive

I leave our son in your care

Please look after him. He is your son, too

What's your name, son? - Ram Sharma, sir!

Madhu... please

It was just a mistake

It was just a mistake. - Mistake?

After marriage it's called Infidelity, Shekhar

I'm leaving. I can't live with this lie anymore

Lie? Are you calling our marriage, our son a lie?

And what about the one who is sitting outside...

your illegitimate son?

He's a truth too

And if he enters the house, I am leaving

Where will he go? It's not his fault

You're right Shekhar. It's not his fault

It's my fault for having trusted you

For my sake...

because of me, father stayed away from his family

I will bring them home

They won't come home, son, not till you're here

You can't go anywhere at this stage, Ram

I need you till 15th August. - I know, sir

But I made a promise to my father

Then go ahead. Project Milaap was his dream too

Ram, this is the photograph Raghavan gave me

It's my daughter Sanjana, in her college in Darjeeling

This picture was taken from her college

A gun can reach where a camera can. And it's my worst fear

Sir, why don't you call her back? - Because she won't agree

Even if her life's in danger? - You don't know my daughter, Ram

I haven't seen her for two years

She hates me

Of course, it's my fault entirely. I never let her come close to me

I wanted a son. A son, who would join the army like me

That's why I never loved her...

like I would've loved my son

Today I can give anything to catch her glimpse...

but she won't let me

Sir, can we not send a 24 hour Protection Team for her surveillance?

Sanjana will never let anyone in a uniform come close to her

If anyone does, she will run away ...she's done it before

So what do you recommend sir? - I want you...

to go to Darjeeling, under cover to protect Sanjana

I don't trust anyone else

I'm sorry, sir. It's impossible for me to go to Darjeeling right now

I thought you may be interested in this mission...

as there's another student, Lakshman Sharma, studying there

Your father and I've been friends for 25 years. I know everything

Call it fate or co-incidence...

but his wife Madhu and his son Lakshman live in Darjeeling

You are now officially on leave till 15th August

I've already spoken to the Principal of St. Paul's

You are joining the college from Monday

And what subject will I teach there?

You are not going there as a teacher ...you will be a student

I'll look really strange as a student, sir

I think I'm better off as a teacher. - You can't stay with Sanjana...

all the time as a teacher. - But I just don't look like a student

Besides, it's been ages since I attended the national Defence College

Don't worry. Even the principal will say that you are there...

to complete your graduation which was left incomplete

But sir, the current generation? I've never even seen a civil college

I'll be caught in a day! - Ram, no matter what...

Project Milaap cannot stop!

Those prisoners have to be released on 15th August

But Sanjana's safety?

No harm will come to Sanjana

I promise you, sir. - Thank you, Major

"Like the winds sigh..."

"and the birds fly..."

"like the bumble bee's affair..."

"I roam without a care"

"I'm the queen of hearts! What sadness is, I know not"

"With no fear, I do and I defy"

"Like the winds sigh, and the birds fly..."

"They can halt, they can try, they can stop and ask me why..."

"but do I listen, oh no, not l"

"I'm stubborn, I'm crazy..."

"They say my mind is hazy..."

"but no one knows where my dreams lie"

"Like the winds sigh, and the birds fly..."

"Like the bumble bee's affair, I roam without a care"

"I'm the queen of hearts, What sadness is, I know not"

"With no fear, I do and I defy"

It's odd, I've never seen my brother, I've no clue what he looks like

But I'm certain his eyes will be like mine