Ae Watan Mere Watan (ऐ वतन मेरे वतन)

1942, BOMBAY

This is Bombay Police.

Everyone, step outside the building calmly.

Empty-handed.

Anyone who disobeys

will rot in jail for the rest of their lives.

Everyone should step outside mindfully.

All this is for your safety.

Don't come in our way.

Maintain peace.

Twenty-five plus twenty-five?

-Fifty! -Fifty!

Do you understand now?

-Yes. -Yes.

Bravo!

Children, this is our salt.

1930, SURAT

Following Gandhiji's call for a Salt Satyagraha

we made this salt with our own hands.

Sir, but why did Gandhiji say that?

Usha!

For your smart question, you get two pouches of salt.

Children, the British consider us their slaves.

So, Gandhiji became agitated and said, "The British can go to hell!"

He then launched the Salt Movement.

Look, there are children here.

-Long live Mahatma Gandhi! -Please do not hit my teacher!

Long live Mahatma Gandhi!

-Long live Mahatma Gandhi! -Sir!

Don't hit him.

Please do not hit my teacher.

Vande Mataram!

-Please, Father! -She was beaten by the police.

She has become a terrorist.

Mother.

The British are bad people.

They have beaten my teacher.

-And I… -Come on.

-Come on! -No! No, Father.

Please, Father! Sorry, Father!

-Silence. Your father is a judge! -Father!

You should have at least remembered that.

-Throw her food inside. -Please, Father, open the door!

Father!

These are Siberian cranes.

They fly all the way from Siberia

crossing the Himalayas to come here.

I want to fly as well, Father.

Where will you get your wings from, my dear?

So what if you don't have wings,

you have the whole world now at your fingertips.

-Radio! -Yes.

I got it from London, just for you.

Now all the news and songs from around the world…

will come flying to you.

Wings!

1942, BOMBAY

-We want justice! -We want justice!

-We want justice! -We want justice!

-We want justice! -We want justice!

-We want justice! -We want justice!

Calm down!

Martial Law has been imposed in Bombay.

A British officer's vehicle ran over our little girl.

For how long will the British keep oppressing us?

And for how long will we endure their atrocities?

-Britishers… stop this tyranny! -Stop this tyranny!

-Britishers… stop this tyranny! -Stop this tyranny!

-We want justice! -We want justice!

-Britishers… stop this tyranny! -Stop this tyranny!

-Britishers… stop this tyranny! -Stop this tyranny!

-We want justice! -Stop this tyranny!

Balbir!

Fear makes people forget their responsibilities.

You did the right thing today.

It is time you shoulder greater responsibilities for your country.

All of you meet me at the Congress office, tomorrow morning.

Jai Hind!

Jai Hind!

Jai Hind!

Jai Hind!

Prime Minister Winston Churchill spent the day

barnstorming Great Britain.

Wherever Churchill went, he inspired confidence and determination

to fight and win the war.

Thousands lined the streets to get a glimpse of Churchill.

Flashing his famous "V" sign, cigar between his lips.

-We shall fight on the beaches… -Churchill addressed people in factories.

-The speech delivered by Churchill… -In schools and colleges…

continues to resonate throughout the world.

Look at how Churchill inspires us all the way from England.

He keeps us safe from the Japanese and the Germans.

There he goes again, singing praises of Churchill.

Usha, wait!

Here is what I was waiting for!

The government has given me an official car that suits my status.

I was just an ordinary judge, until now.

This will make me Judge "Sahab."

Have a look.

Three people can comfortably sit in the back seat.

What are you waiting for? Get in.

Churchill's devotee can enjoy his car all by himself.

Usha!

Father always forces me to choose.

Now that he…

Now that he sides with the British…

How can I side with him?

You have a point.

But I ended up breaking his heart.

I never knew…

that doing the right thing would hurt so much.

Hey…

I don't have so much courage.

Is it my courage that makes you want to be by my side?

That too is a reason…

why I want to be by your side.

Before I tell you what to do,

you tell me, what can you do to help our freedom struggle?

Balbirji… my father runs a jewelry store,

so I can help you collect funds.

I'm studying literature,

so I can help you with writing anything you need.

I am studying medicine,

so you all will be needing me.

That is true.

Fahad?

I can die for my country, Balbirji.

Me too.

You too want to die with me?

Yes, I want to die to get ahead of you.

-Okay, then die. -Hold your horses, please.

Balbirji, Usha, and Fahad are so competitive…

that if they are ever given a death sentence,

they will fight with the executioner wanting to be hanged first.

This is a good competition you two have going.

You two are true Gandhians.

We cannot take innocent lives,

but we can certainly die for our country.

British tyranny is at its peak now.

No one really knows when the next bullet will be fired and…

when the next life will be lost.

So, shall we get to work?

Even the biggest revolutions start small.

Pick up Congress news bulletins, letterheads, etc.

from the Engineer Printing Press, and deliver them to our store room.

After such big talk about the revolution,

Kamathji has consigned us to do routine jobs.

Can you believe it? We came to be part of a revolution

and now we're stuck with delivering pamphlets instead.

This car is a beauty.

Right?

One, two, three, four.

Are you spying on me?

-No! -No!

We are from the Congress Office.

Firdaus, don't trouble them.

-Come, let us dance. -Come.

-Come, come, come. -You'll enjoy it.

This song has been written by me,

composed by me, sung by me,

and also recorded by me.

Right!

-Follow us! -Follow us!

Turn her around!

Hey… where are you going?

What is all this?

This is…

the postmortem of my music radio station.

We are in the middle of the Second World War,

so the British have banned all private radio stations.

Thus, I had to commit this murder.

Ram Manohar Lohia has been released from jail.

It is Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia.

Lohiaji has no match in this generation.

Why so, Fahad?

You ask why?

Just think about it.

When everyone was going to Britain or America to study,

why did he choose to go to Germany to get his doctorate instead?

Because all thinkers are Germans.

At the age of 24,

he formed the Congress Socialist Party from within the Congress.

Why he asks!

He was only two years older than us, Usha.

And despite being born into such a rich family,

he decided to dedicate his youth to the freedom struggle.

That's Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia for you.

Of course.

He is right.

Go ahead and make fun of me.

Like I don't get that.

We are not making fun of you.

But you tend to behave like you are his only devotee in this world.

Nehruji is his hero,

but he, too, is not spared from Lohiaji's criticism.

You are a blind devotee of a person who himself is against blind devotion.

GANDHIJI TO ADDRESS A PRAYER MEET IN BOMBAY NEXT WEEK

Father…

I know we never agree when it comes to the British Empire.

But you crossed a line today.