Pratidwandi (The Adversary / Siddharta and the City)

Chant the name Hari.

Go slow, brother.

Chant the name Hari.

My... My...

Hold yourself together, sister. Be calm.

I have no one else left.

Don't feel that way, sister. We are all with you.

I have lost everything. How will I live now?

We are all with you, sister. - How will I live?

Get down.

Go on, right.

Sit down there.

Is this your first interview? - No.

Are you aware of the type of questions they ask?

It's not very predictable.

Will they ask in English? - They may, probably.

Then the answer should also be in English... - Yes, English.

Yes, naturally.

Do you do mending? - Why?

I have trousers that need mending. - No we don't do...

...mending. - Why? - We don't sew used clothes.

I'll leave them here and go. - No you can try some small shop.

Here you are. - How much? - Ten rupees.

Your name, please. - Siddartha Choudhury.

Could you show us your papers, please? - Yes, sir.

Would you like to? - How old are you? - I'm just over 25, sir.

You are a B. Sc? - Yes, sir. - When did you graduate? - 1966.

Have you been idle ever since?

No, sir. I was at the medical college for 2 years.

What were you doing there? Studying, sir. - Only for two years?

Yes, sir.

What made you give up medicine? Did you suddenly...

...lose interest in medicine? - No, sir. I lost my father.

I see. - What's your aim in life?

Right now it's to find a job, sir.

But the job you've applied for has nothing to do with medicine.

No, sir. But I also did botany for my science degree.

Do you like flowers? - Not unconditionally.

Some I like, some I don't.

Does the term mitochondria suggest anything to you?

It's a botanical term, sir. Mitochondria are small threadlike...

...bodies in cytoplasm.

Who was the prime minister of England at the time of independence?

Whose independence, sir? - Our independence.

Atkins. - What would you regard as the most outstanding and significant...

...event of the last decade?

The war in Vietnam, sir. - More significant than the landing...

...on the moon? - I think so, sir.

Could you tell us why you think so?

Because the moon landing...

You see, we weren't entirely unprepared for the moon landing.

We knew that it had to come some time. We knew about the...

...space flights, the great advances in space technology.

So we knew it had to happen.

I'm not saying it wasn't a remarkable achievement...

...but it wasn't unpredictable.

The fact that they did land on the moon.

Do you think that the war in Vietnam was unpredictable?

Not the war itself. But what it has revealed about the...

...Vietnamese people. About their extraordinary power...

...of resistance. Ordinary people, peasants and...

...no one knew that they had it in them.

This isn't a matter of technology, it's...

...just plain human courage, and takes your breath away.

Are you a communist?

I don't think one has to be one in order to admire...

...Vietnam, sir.

That doesn't answer my question. However...

...you may go now.

Listen.

This is broken.

Hey! - I've been watching you for some time.

Why do you look so depressed?

No, I've been walking in the sun and I've got a headache.

Don't you have a job yet?

Are you still applying? - Yes.

In the end, the time will come when you'll start believing...

...that you don't have a goal within yourself. And that's not true.

I know you. While you're still unemployed why don't you...

...come to our place sometime?

You were active in the union in your college days.

If you are with us then you will be able to do something.

The party has a lot of odd jobs to be attended to.

If you remain like this and roam in the sun then both...

...your mind and your health will be undermined.

What? Will you come? Or is it that you've no faith in politics?

No, brother Naresh. I need a job. Otherwise the problem...

...is that... - Your sister is employed, isn't it?

Is it hurting your pride? - No, papa didn't leave much for us.

That's true. It is not possible for a honest man to do...

...business and leave something.

I know.

Why don't you join some factory?

Do some work as a labourer. What's wrong in that?

These days... - No more advice please. No more advice please.

So many people have given me so much advice that my mind...

...is stuffed with advice and is choking.

You're a nice person and I admire you, but still...

...l'm telling you.

Either stop your lectures or go away. I don't like hearing...

...your speeches any more.

Would you like to get out of Calcutta?

Would it be okay if I get you a job outside Calcutta?

What job? - Medical representative.

Outside Calcutta! - That's why I didn't tell you before.

Dr. Suren Das. Do you know him?

National Pharmaceuticals. I know him well.

If you want, I can give you a letter.

Let me talk with him.

One tablet, please.

Can I get some water? - Water?

How much? - 60 paise.

What do you want?

The 1970-71 budget comes up with proposals to stimulate...

...growth, export drive and import substitution. Additional taxes...

...on certain luxury and consumer goods and an...

...increase in wealth tax and income tax rates for higher...

...income groups.

Relief with the rise of the exemption limit to 5000 rupees...

...on income tax and a greater sense of security to low...

...income groups through revised pension proposals.

New taxes are expected to fetch an additional revenue...

...of 1700 million rupees.

An explosion! Let's run!

Look what happened to this watch. It fell from my hand.

The balance has broken. - How much will it cost? - 850.

Okay give it to me.

The lymphatics of the female breast, if you remember, begins...

...with the flexes around the gland itself.

Now this flexes which we note is quite different from the lymphatics...

...which drain the central

But the gland at its central region is...

Oh! What a beautiful place.

Wow! This is wonderful.

This is where the world started.

This is where the magic is.

Great.

Look at the cow. Delightful!

Wow! What a place! - Fantastic!

We come to Calcutta and we like every one of you people.

You are truly our friends.

Who's that? - Open the door, this is Siddartha.

Who is Siddartha? - Stop playing the fool and open the door.

Come in. - Where is Sibu? - He has gone to get cigarettes...

...he will be back soon.

Oh! What a day! - What happened?

What can happen? The same routine.

That's the problem. Time doesn't want to pass at all.

Walking all day in the sun.

Tell me, what are you doing?

What are you doing?

This is a highly skilled job.

You're stealing the funds meant for the Red Cross?

Hey, Siddartha. This is not good. Give it to me.

Where did you think your Red Cross got the money?

All day I walked in the sun.

Don't I have a share in it?

All of you... Hell! All of you.

I come here only so that I can relax for some time and you...

You relax. Who is stopping you?

If you want to sleep then I have a drug.

How low you've stooped. - The whole country is going...

...down, brother. If I don't stoop down then do...

...you want me suspended in space?

You're already the son of rich parents and you hail from...

...a famous family.

What do you know about my family? Do you know about...

...my uncle. Do you know about my grandpa? Moreover, what...

...relationship is there between this and my family?

Two books have been stolen. - What books? - Yes, the books...

...on those two subjects.

If I don't get the books then I can't pass the exams.

How will I get so much money in such a short time, now?

How does he play, Baren? - Left out. - It's Sibhu. Open the door.

Kleptomaniac number one.

Hey, how long have you been here? - Just now.

Stop standing and chatting there. Close the door.

Take this.

You also have one. - Thanks.

Are you still on it?

What 's wrong with this chap? It is becoming more difficult day by day.

I'm thinking of vacating the house.

Vacating the house! He can't move a step and he is thinking...

...of vacating the house. - Are you his advisor? - Ask him.

Is that so, buddy? - Leave that. You too!

Is that so? He is trying to hook a girl.

He is asking me, how do I proceed. Tell me step by step.

Listen friend, this is too much. This is gross injustice.

Then what did you tell him? - I told him...

Hey don't say anything. Stop. - Leave me.

If you play the fool with me then I will spill all the beans.

You carry on with the work. Don't tell him anything.

Wait, another 2 rupees.

2 rupees, Stop all that nonsense and do it fast.

Come soon, I'm getting impatient.

The delay did help. Look at this. Some more money.

You can have them if you like.

What's that? - Hey. - Tell me. - Will you lend me this? - What?

This magazine. - Buddy, this has resale value, do you know that?

Ten rupees per copy.