Zanjeer (ज़ंजीर)

The Inspector has sent for you.

Come, Ranjeet. The period of your remand is over.

Despite knowing the truth, we have no evidence against you...

nor do we have any witnesses. So...

Here are your clothes.

And... here's your purse.

Check it out.

May I leave, Inspector? - Legally, I can't stop you.

But you've spent so many days here. A few more moments won't hurt.

Do you still have something to ask me, Inspector?

What's the point in asking? You'll give me the same answer.

I have nothing to ask you today. I have something to tell you.

See this adulterated injection?

Isn't this the stuff the people you work for, make?

It bears a label of calcium. But inside the bottle...

Give it a thought. Who mustn't the shop-keepers be selling the poison to?

One bottle like this can snatch a child away from his mother.

It can orphan a child. It can render a married woman...

Why are you telling me all this? I've told you so many times!

I know nothing about the people who make fake medicines! Nothing!

I sometimes feel like congratulating you for your loyalty.

And I also feel sad that you're loyal to such wrong people.

You haven't told us their names despite asking you so many times.

You have sealed your lips.

But remember this much, Ranjeet. The hand that hides the fire...

gets burnt in the process. You will regret this someday.

3 plus one...? -4,

4 plus one...? -5,

5 plus one...? - Sumitra...

You...?

You are back? - Yes, Sumitra.

Why are you crying? I'm back.

They have no evidence against me. They can do no harm to me.

Don't cry... - Father!

Vijay! My darling son!

Your mother's crying. You won't cry, will you?

That's like a good boy! You are my brave son!

Where's Munni? She wept so much when they took me away.

I missed her so much. - Munni's dead, father.

Dead...?

How did it happen, Sumitra?

Didn't you have her treated? - 1 did.

Little did I know that I was buying death for her, instead of medicine.

I bought an injection for her. Later, I got to know that it was a fake.

So what's new?

It's children who pay for their father's sins.

The hand that conceals the fire... gets burnt in the process.

I can't really thank you enough, Mr Patil

You are embarrassing me, Mr Mehta.

I consider it my prime duty to give a donation for the orphanage.

It's a noble deed. Besides...

You're back, Ranjeet?

I'm very happy with you.

See, Teja? The police couldn't get Ranjeet to say a word.

A man of iron indeed!

Have a drink. Go on. - No thank you.

You need to take some rest, Ranjeet.

Kashmir, Darjeeling... go anywhere you want to.

I'll foot the bill. Get back to work when you return.

I won't be doing this work anymore. - What do you mean?

I wish to give up this business. - You are tired, Ranjeet. I told you.

You are right, sir. I'm tired of this life of crime and sin.

I have been punished for what I have done.

I now want to lead an honest life. And that's what I've come to tell you.

Hear that...? - Sure.

I wondered if Ranjeet turned an approvetr...

for how many years would they send us away to jail?

He has gone mad!

When your dog goes mad, you ought to shoot it.

Go and burst these crackers, son. - Come with me, father.

All right. We'll go out after dinner then.

There are 1100 workers in the factory. -1100 ?

May I go and hide, father? - Sure... Must I shut my eyes?

My foreman is happy with me. He said he'd put in a word to the manager.

Why don't you invite him for lunch some day?

You're hiding behind your mother! Caught you!

You saw me hiding there. - No, I really didn't.

All right. Let's do it again. I'll close my eyes.

Go and hide now.

I think we must send him to school next year.

What's the hurry? - Why not?

He'll study and grow up soon and look after us.

Guess where I am, father? - Where are you...?

May I lay the table? - Yes, go ahead.

Mother!

Keep an eye upstairs, Ram Singh.

Go with him, constable.

Anil... - Yes, daddy?

Come here, my son. - Coming, daddy.

This is Vijay. He's going to stay with you.

You will take him out to the garden every evening to play with him.

Also to school? - Yes. He'll also go to school.

Mother!

What happened?

What happened, son?

Scared, are you? Did you have a nightmare?

It's okay... go to sleep. - What happened, mummy?

Nothing. Go to sleep.

What happened, Trishna? - Vijay had a nightmare.

Have you put him to sleep? - Yes. I feel so sorry for him.

Never ever tell him that his parents were murdered.

When he grows up, we'll make some story and...

I don't want him to know that his father was a...

I understand. But do you think he will forget what he has himself witnessed?

He's still a child. He'll forget it gradually.

Have your glasses of milk and go to sleep.

You've been in the force for 5 years.

And in these 5 yrs, you've been transferred eleven times.

You didn't serve any police station for more than 6 months!

Any special reason? - Maybe they dislike my modus operandi

I'm told that you're an honest and a hard working officer...

But, you've your minus points too.

You take every criminal to be your personal foe and to keep law...

you even go beyond the law sometimes.

I think it my duty to fight every crime, as a police officer.

Okay, but just as you have some freedom as a police officer...

you have some restrictions too. And I'm sure you won't forget them.

Join from tomorrow.

"Get your knives sharpened"

"Get your knives sharpened"

"The way I sharpen your knives, you could use them like swords..."

"so bring your knives to me lest you regret it"

"You will have the world saluting to you"

"Get your knives sharpened"

"However a knife is..."

"1 leave it gleaming"”

"It glitter like silver..."

"and all I take as my wages is 10 paisa"

"Like life without the beloved, like a heart bereft without love..."

"there's nothing if a knife isn't sharp enough"

"He who has a sharp knife, keeps thieves away..."

"save the house that does not have a sharp knife"

"Get your knives sharpened"

"Should you encounter a thug on the streets..."

"or someone who swears at you in a state of drunkenness..."

"the sharp knife will be your saviour"

"Let's have a round of applause for that, children"

"This chap I ran into yesterday, praised my long hair..."

"he said I have pierced his heart with my eyes"

"1 brandished the knife..."

"and he called me sister immediately"

"Have your knives sharpened"

Hey, watch it! - Sharpen this too.

Then say so! You nearly injured my eye! - Oh come on...

I swear! I'll be a gain to you. - Nonsense!

Look, you know very well that nobody can talk to me like this.

But you always... - Here you are!

Wow!

Take this

Give me change. It's scarce these days.

Keep this Rs. 10 note. We'll settle the score later.

Why, is it a special day for you or something?

I don't want it! - You slut! With this note...

I'll get 10 girls like you! - You rascal!

He said vile things to me, the bloody rascal!

Why don't you say something now? - 1 was just teasing her, sir.

Teasing, eh? Constable! Take him away.

Look, if any man insults you, you needn't come to blows with him.

Come to us at the police station. Why are we here?

Now take your things and go.

Don't you know anything else but picking pockets and stealing?

You're a family man. Do some job. - Ajob?

We don't get a job, sir. - Don't get one?

Or are you scared to do a job? - God's witness, sir.

Pilfering is very hard work. But I'm helpless.

Once branded, who'll give a job? - No business. What did you do?

I was a peddler. But I had to sell it for my wife's medicines.

Wife's medicines or your hooch? - Hooch. No, not hooch.

Honestly, sir. If ll get a little financial help...

I'll buy a nice peddling cart. - How much money does it need?

Sir? - How much will it cost?

At least Rs 300 sir. But, from where...

If you promise to go straight, I can get you the money.

I swear, sir. I'll leave all these vices and pay you back too.

Much obliged, sir. - Another complaint against you...

and I'll have your blood. - God promise, sir. Trust me.

Okay. Come to my house tomorrow. Go.

Sir... I'm leaving this here.

Constable! - Yes, sir?

Who's this Sher Khan? Lots of complaints against him.

Where does he live? - He... in Badshah Lane, sir.

Bring him here. - Whom, sir?

Sher Khan. Who else?

Greetings. - Same to you.

Cigarette?

Light? - I'm not so lucky.

No cigarette, liquor or gambling.

I offer them to you. Enjoy yourselves.

Here, have one.

Jack, Queen and a King! - Damn!

You win every time! Lucky! - Today I am.

You won a lot today. - Yes.

Congratulations.

Have a cigarette.

Bloody cheat!

I do black deeds; But I'm honest.

Yes, sir? - Throw this vermin out!

If he dares to come here again, break his limbs!

Come on, take your share. But be honest about it.

What is it? - A constable was here.