Sautela Bhai (सौतेला भाई)

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Hey, hey, watch it! Okay, get out of my way quick!

May Goddess Durga destroy all evil!

What trouble they give me!

Now listen! I've already told you, I'm only a servant, he's the master.

He can go wherever he likes. Why are you people after me?

Why don't you tell us where Vaikuntha Majumdar has been for the last eight days?

When he returns, why don't you ask him yourself?

What's he going to tell you, Masterji? I'll tell you where he's gone.

- Tell me. - Come close, I need to tell it in your ear.

Careful!

The palanquin arrives! The palanquin arrives!

He is my son. Gokul.

Poor child. He was just three months when his mother passed away.

He's barely a year old now.

I wasn't really interested in marrying again.

When I realized I couldn't manage both the business and my child alone...

I had to reluctantly agree.

So that my Gokul gets a mother's love.

And when I look at you, I think...

that God may have heard my prayer.

Sister, nobody told us about a child!

You are yourself very young. And now a child on top of that!

What are you going to do now, sis?

Mother!

Mother, Mother, little Krishna calls out

My feet are tired from trying to walk

At least take me in your arms now

Mother!

Yashoda mother takes the little child in her arms

Whoever sees this picture of motherhood...

can only marvel at it

The mother sings her child to sleep and wakes him up with a kiss at dawn

Yashoda wakes him up with a kiss at dawn

She says "wake up, wake up!"

"Wake up Kanhaiya, wake up Gopala, wake up"

See how each time she speaks his name differently, so lovingly

When water is poured on him, Shyam flashes his beautiful smile

Like a lotus smiling

Whether he feels cold or not, the mischievous Hari...

keeps a smile on, flashing his teeth

Today, my darling son's going to school for the first time.

He's going to study and become a very capable man.

Here, wear your slippers!

- Let's go, Father. - Let's go.

Tell Masterji not to scold my son.

Sure, I'll tell him. Don't worry. Come on, son, let's go.

I'm going, Mother.

Jaddu, don't leave Gokul on his own in school.

No, Mother, how can I possibly do that?

Weren't you all saying that Vaikunth's new wife is a kind, loving woman?

That she loves her stepson beyond imagination?

Now, I want to see how much she loves him.

Now that she is going to have her own child.

A five-year child! On top of that, a stepmother!

On top of that, a stepbrother!

Oh Goddess Durga! Who knows what lies in store for Gokul!

Vaikunth! It's a son!

Congratulations, Vaikunth! Now give us sweets!

Of course!

- My son, you've got a brother now! - Brother?

So I've got a brother now?

What's all this going on?

Are you playing Ram-Lakshman here?

We're going to take part in a Ramayana play.

I'm Ram and he's Lakshman.

Come on, let's go! Victory to Lord Ram!

- Jaddu, you? - Not Jaddu, I am Hanuman.

- Do you know some magic? - Magic?

You've just transformed this house into heaven.

Come on! I've done nothing.

If you haven't, who has?

I am really such a lucky man.

Sometimes I wonder what would've happened if I'd got somebody else in your place.

Gokul and Vinod are supposedly stepbrothers.

They love each other so much. I don't even see that in brothers anymore.

Mother, I've passed double today. I've got double promotion.

Then we should be getting double sweets too.

- Where's Gokul? - Brother has failed.

He's failed? But where is he?

There he is. Brother!

Gokul! Gokul!

Your mother is calling you. Come here!

My son! Gokul!

Bhawani, where are you?

Congratulations on Vinod's double promotion.

Your womb is a jewel. What a bright child you've given birth to.

Come here, my son, come to me.

Amongst all the boys in the class, your son came first.

And has been given a double promotion too.

I'm telling you today, this son of yours will become a High Court judge. For sure.

And this Gokula? No comparison between this boy and your son.

This Gokula is such a dunce, I don't even want to talk about it.

On the examination day, I was the examiner in the hall.

A lot of students had their books open and were merrily copying.

On both sides of him, the Mallick brothers were copying.

I could see it all but just turned a blind eye to it.

In fact, I even winked at this boy to give him a hint.

But he is such a dunce he sat like a statue.

He didn't even look up.

Otherwise, you think the Mallick brothers would pass and he, my student, wouldn't?

All the boys were copying. Only you didn't think of copying and passing.

Anyway, just say, my son, that this time you'll study seriously and pass.

Oh, yeah, Gokula will come first?

And the sun will rise from the west!

The one who will come first, is sitting on my lap right now.

Does this boy have any shame at all?

You know what he goes around telling the boys?

"So what if I haven't passed? At least my younger brother has come first!"

You're showering so much love on him out of sympathy that he has no mother.

But let me tell you, he who's not born to you can never be your own.

Don't let Vinod be influenced by this Gokula.

Otherwise, this Gokula will take him down with him, too.

Okay, my dear, it's getting late. I need to go now.

But keep in mind what I said.

One day, your son will definitely become a judge.

If you want, I'll come and teach him myself.

May Goddess Durga destroy evil!

Gokul! Come here!

Tell me, when everybody was copying in class, why didn't you?

Tell me, why are you standing quiet? Why didn't you copy?

Yes, my son, give your father an answer.

What's this, Gokul? You're such a big boy and you're crying?

Tell me, my son.

Before the exams, the headmaster had said that no boy should cheat and copy.

Okay, then. From now on, you don't need to go to school anymore.

Come, let's go to sleep.

- Mother? - No, he doesn't mean it.

You just put your full attention to your studies from now on, okay?

Vinod got a double promotion. And you can't? Of course you can, you're the older brother.

Just watch. Next year, you'll also get a double promotion.

Go, go to sleep.

- You come too. - Now, go to sleep.

Put those books back and come with me to the shop.

- Shop? - Yes, Gokul won't study anymore. He'll come with me to the shop.

Come on, hurry up!

What is this? You want this little boy to come run the shop with you?

As long as I'm alive, I'm not going to allow Gokul's studies to be stopped.

I've never ever seen anybody getting so upset.

- But who's got upset? - You, who else?

Have you ever seen me getting upset?

Then what sort of talk is this?

When young, children often pass or fail in class.

Is that a reason to stop their schooling? Come, my son.

Just listen to me.

- Okay, tell me. - I wasn't upset.

Rather, I'm very happy with your older son.

That's why I want to take him with me to the shop.

Unlike Jailal Master, I can't give you this assurance...

that your younger son will become a judge one day.

But, there is one thing I can say with confidence.

When I'm gone, it's only on Gokul you can depend, to live a worry-free life.

And you are seeing for yourself. I don't have the same energy anymore.

But... but my Gokul is a simpleton.

Will he be able to understand the intricacies of your business?

Whoever comes across him, will end up cheating him.

No, not everybody will cheat him.

Yes, there may be some.

But at least he won't cheat anybody. And that's enough for me.

Goddess Lakshmi (goddess of wealth) will come to him by herself.

By not copying in the exams, the way Gokul has shown character at this young age.

Maybe you don't quite understand its significance.

I'd say he's already learn ninety percent of what he needed to learn of business.

The remaining ten percent I will now teach him.

But... but what will people say?

I don't know about people. I only know what I think.

By handing over Gokul and Vinod to you, I can close my eyes in peace.

Don't say such things. If you think this is the right thing to do...

Son, will you listen to one thing I say?

From today, go with your father to the shop, okay?

Wait, let me get your clothes ready for you.

Mother, why are you crying? I'm fine with going to the shop.

I'm fine with going to the shop, Mother.

I have no interest in studying anyway.

Vinod will study. He's younger. Let him study a lot, Mother.

Mother, I'm the older one, right? If I don't take care of the shop, who will?

- Let's go, Father. - Have you taken your mother's blessings?

Go, my son. Learn the work with full dedication. We're depending on you for our future.

Come, let's go.

Seek blessings from your granny.

And from that day on, Gokul removed all thoughts of study and play from his mind.

Following his mother's instructions, he began learning the business from his father, Vaikunth Majumdar.

Vinod, on the other hand, got busy studying day and night.

The total amount? Two hundred and three rupees, fifteen annas.

Time passed by. Vinod regularly stood first in class.

At the business, Vaikunth Majumdar was very happy to see how Gokul was handling the business.

In due course of time, the parents got Gokul married.

And thus got a daughter-in-law by the name of Manorama.

The mother was overjoyed beyond limits.

Then one day, the granny, giving everybody blessings, passed away.

Manorama gave birth to a beautiful girl. It was as if Goddess Lakshmi had come home.

Vaikunth and Bhawani became grandparents.

On Gokul's insistence, his parents sent Vinod to Calcutta for higher studies.

Vinod kept up his good work, getting good grades in college, too, just as he had in school.

There was nothing to worry about at all in Vaikunth Majumdar's life.

Here, Gokul, take these keys to the shop.

From today, I'm handing over the reins of the business totally to you.

But, my son, don't forget one thing ever.

Nobody can ever cheat an honest person.