Boot Polish (बूट पॉलिश)

How much further? - We are almost there.

I'm in a greater hurry than you.

Social work has its compulsions.

The city has been plagued with cholera.

I have to take the next train to Jalgaon.

Where's Kamla Devi's house? - There it is.

Kamla Devi!

Kamla Devi!

Aunt must've gone to fetch water.

She'll be back soon.

I have to go. Give this letter to your uncle.

Everything has been explained in it.

Don't cry.

Take this money. Buy something to eat.

Very good.

Who are you?

The father of these children

has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Their mother died of cholera.

That's why the social worker has brought them to you.

Aunt will come soon. Do you want something to eat?

Hey! Bootlegger!

Whose children are these?

Now they are your kids.

Mine?

Such beautiful kids! They will serve you when they grow up.

Love them as your own.

Why not?

They are my brother-in-law's children. - Well done!

Today is a jolly good day. - Why?

Because these kids have come here. - No.

Because their father has been imprisoned.

It's a jolly day because their mother died of cholera.

Why didn't she take them along?

What are you saying? - Yes. When I was widowed

their father threw me out.

Now why have they come to me?

Don't say that. Today is your lucky day.

You have spoilt my day.

I am not a bad person. - No, you are God, a bootlegger.

You are a Goddess, an immoral woman of the streets.

Don't make me angry. - Get lost!

God has been kind to you.

He has given two beautiful kids to you.

Be a good person and raise them well.

Not like us. - I will make an example of them.

Kamla!

Go away from here!

I am leaving.

Don't beat them.

Why shouldn't I?

Get in!

Stand here and beg.

Get 4 pennies by evening else I'll beat you up.

Now start begging and singing.

"Sir, spare me a penny."

Sing! - "Sir, spare me a penny."

"If you don't you will be robbed."

"'If you are robbed you will go to the police station."

"You'll go there to file a report." "Why take such trouble?"

"Sir, spare me a penny."

"If you don't your grandma will die."

"If she dies you will go to Haridwar."

"You'll go there and feed the Brahmins."

"Why take such trouble?" "Sir, spare me a penny."

There is nobody to support us. We are homeless.

My brother is blind.

My father died in the hospital

and my mother was killed in the war against Burma.

Fool! Mother died in the hospital

and father was killed in the Burma war.

Mother died in the hospital and father was killed in the Burma war.

My brother is blind and I am also going blind.

There is nobody to support us. We are homeless.

Sir, two pennies is not much.

God will bless your children.

Sir, spare me a penny. I am very hungry. Sir, spare me some money!

Sir! - Go away from here!

Sir, spare me a penny! God will bless you!

One penny each!

Sir, give me a penny! God will bless you.

One penny each. - Polish your shoes for a penny.

Belu!

Belu! Come quickly.

What is it?

It's Raj Kapoor!

He's Raj Kapoor! - Why?

These days everybody imitates Raj Kapoor.

Sir! - Hey you!

Greetings brother Chitku. - Greetings brother Chitku?

Are you begging properly? Sir, spare me a penny!

Shoe polish guy! - Yes sir.

I will shine your shoes!

50 pennies for a bunch!

Sir, spare me a penny. God will bless you.

Sir! Sir, spare me a penny. God will bless you.

I have not eaten anything. I have not eaten since morning.

It's done. - Take this.

Sir, please!

Why do you push me? I am poor. Give me a penny. I'll pray for you.

Not a penny, give me two.

I have worked very hard. I have polished very well.

Two pennies.

Hey! Show me!

How much money did you earn? - 1. 2.

Plums! Two for a penny!

Bhola, can I have plums worth one penny?

Can I have plums!

I collect money to buy brush and polish, you want to eat plums!

Give me the money! - Plums! Two for a penny!

You want to eat plums. Come. Don't cry. Come.

Plums!

Hey! Plum-seller!

Show me the money first. - Okay, but at least tell us the cost first.

You'll get two for a penny.

Brother, can't we get three for a penny?

Look, I already told you that you'll get two for a penny.

Buy if you want to, or else I'm going.

Okay, wait. Belu, he won't give three for a penny.

Then give us four for a penny!

You can buy if you want to! Don't argue!

Okay we'll take it. - Take!

You also eat.

Eat it yourself. I am not a child.

Hey! Why are you being so stubborn? Eat!

I won't eat.

No, you'll have to eat! Here!

Hey, Belu!

Run! Ticket checker!

Come!

Hey, you haven't eaten the plums as yet!

Silly! It won't double.

Today we earned 50 pennies and two pennies.

We'll hide one penny under the tree,

and we'll have to give the remaining money to aunt.

Belu, I don't like to beg. - Why?

What is this every time? Give me a penny, sir!

Give me a penny, madam!

Everybody yells at us.

But Belu, when we'll collect one rupee and 50 paisa

Yes? - Then I'll buy two boxes of polish.

One black, and the other red. And also a brush.

Then just wait and watch! I'll earn one rupee everyday.

Didn't you see Chitku? He earns so much money everyday, by polishing!

But what if aunt comes to know?

So what? She'll beat me! She beats me everyday.

But how will aunt come to know?

I have an idea!

We'll keep this polish and this brush at John uncle's house. -Yes!

Count how much money we have collected.

One paisa, two paisa, 25 paisa

Yes, we'll have to give 25 paisa to aunt also.

Yes! I know! We have to give 25 paisa!

25 paisa, five pennies, and this.

Two pennies.

You spoilt my calculation! I don't know! You count!

Give.

Chitku is coming! Keep the money!

Hurry up!

There are beggars everywhere! - Hello!

Did you beg? Please give us a penny!

Sir, give us a penny!

Can't you do any other work?

It's just for a few days. We'll stop begging after that.

Even we'll buy a brush and a polish. - Yes!

Just wait and watch then! - What should I watch? You are so young!

You are so immature! You are talking about boot and polish!

It's not an easy job!

You know, it took me a year to learn this job.

So what? Even Bhola will learn!

Even Bhola will learn! You think it's a joke!

This is being followed from the time of our forefathers!

He will learn it in a day!

But where did you get the money for the brush and the polish?

We have collected. - No! We haven't collected!

We? Shut up! What were you doing under that tree?

Nothing! We were playing! - We were playing!

You were playing!

Say hello to Kamla madam.

She's so beautiful!

Bhola I told you not to tell him.

John uncle used to say that he is not a nice boy.

We won't talk to him now.

Come, we'll go to meet John uncle. Yes!

Did you find anything, Batlu?

I can see something, uncle.

I told you! This is a special kind of oil! Yes! Come on! Start!

1. 2. 3.

John uncle!

John uncle, is the polish done? - Polish!

He's made it shine!

Not polish, but massage. Massage!

But John uncle, hair... - It has grown, hasn't it, dear?

Yes, uncle. Hair! See! There was some hair over here.

But even that has disappeared today!

Uncle! - Yes.

You polish your head, but your hair grows here!

Keep quiet!

Uncle, you rub bitter gourd on your head!

Long grass will grow!