Rakht Charitra (रखता चरित्र)

'Someone great once said India's..'

'..soul resides in its villages.'

'When he said this he was either ignorant of the truth..'

'..or just plain naīve.'

'Because even today many places of this country..'

'..are embroiled in gory battles.'

'One such place is Anandpur..'

'..where people in the fight for ego, women and power..'

'..put their lands, their properties..'

'..their families and even their lives at stake.'

'And this cycle of violence continues..'

'..generation after generation without ever taking a pause.'

'In Anandpur's violent battles..'

'..so much blood has been shed..'

'..that the so-called soul of India..'

'..instead of residing here is mourning somewhere else.'

'This violent history of Anandpur..'

'..is Rakhta Charitra (history drenched in blood).'

'Narsimha Deva Reddy is the most powerful MLA..'

'..of Anandpur province.'

'Veerbhadra is Narsimha's close aide..'

'..who in spite of belsonging to a lower caste..'

'..due his hardworking nature and dedication..'

'..became indispensable for Narsimha..'

'..and Narsimha used to hand him..'

'..over all his important tasks..'

'..and take his advice in all crucial matters.'

'Veerabhadra's growing popularity..'

'..and influence in this province made..'

'..people of Narsimha's caste..'

'..especially Nagamani Reddy extremely jealous.'

'He was just waiting..'

'..for an opportunity to remove Veerabhadra out of the way.'

'And on the other hand the intelligent, ideal Veerabhadra..'

'..as the leader of the backward..'

'..and the underprivileged classes went about working..'

'..to win the upcoming district council elections..'

'..for the development of his province and his people.'

With Narsimha Reddy's blessings..

..in this year's district council election..

..only candidates from amongst us are going to contest..

..for every seat on our party's behalf.

From now onwards our people would get at least..

..eight hours' work everyday and get clean drinking water..

..and along with our children's education..

..they will also have bright future prospects.

Mr. Reddy, keeping his faith in us, in our hard work..

..and in our loyalty has put this responsibility..

..on our shoulders.

We too in return should work doubly hard..

..and sustain his faith in us. And we will do it.

I promise you that with your help together we will.

..realize Narsimha Reddy's every dream.

Mr. Reddy.

Our people are angry.

Veerabhadra..

..is allotting most of the seats for..

..the district council elections to the people of his caste.

What do you mean by 'People of his caste'?

In our constituency there are many people..

..of Veerabhadra's caste. We have to look after everyone.

Veerabhadra is doing the right thing.

He is not doing. He is just saying.

What do you mean? He is using you.

He is slowly taking your power into his hands.

You are sitting here at home and he is going around town..

..telling everyone that he is the real leader.

You will face dual blows because of that.

How come? - You are becoming weak among our people.

And among other castes where you should have won..

..some brownie points he is walking away with the credit.

Your grandfather once told you something..

Sister.

Wow! What a pleasant surprise!

That is not the thing, sister.

You know how is it..

We do not have time to breathe..

..ever since his election work has begun.

We have to make tea and snacks for hundreds of peopIe.

There is always a rush at home. - It happens.

Greetings, sister. So Veerabhadra..

I hear some compIaints against you.

Sister-in-law, after marriage even praises..

..sound like complaints. - Ok. Ok. Do not justify yourself now.

I got hold of you after a long time. Please sit down.

I will make some coffee for you.

Sir, Mr. Narsimha is calling you. - I will be back in a while.

Sister..

..I will prepare the rasam (sort of tamarind soup) today.

But what happened?

Why did you cancel their seats all of a sudden?

Do I have to answer that? I do not want to get into an argument.

I have taken the decision.

But Mr. Reddy, you gave me the right..

..to take decision regarding this matter earlier.

Do not argue with me.

You may not want to answer..

..but I have to answer my people. - Your people?

When did they become your people?

You think you are their lord?

I gave them my word.

With whose permission did you give them your word?

Mr. Reddy, after working for you for all these years..

..and after doing whatever I did for you..

..you are asking me this question today? - Hey!

Have you done us a favor by working here?

In return Mr. Narsimha has done so much for you.

I understand everything, Nagamani. Everything.

Mr. Reddy, I have been patient till now.

Before this matter gets worse.. - Hey!

You are threatening Mr. Narsimha?

What is that look?

Look down. Look down!

No, no, no. - It will taste great.

What are you doing! So much spice? He will not eat it.

No! If you will not add this much spice..

..they will not even touch it here. Add some more.

That is why there is so much aggression in you people.

They like it very spicy. - Nari.

Let us go from here. - What happened? - I said let us go.

But what happened? - I said let us go.

Let us go from here. Let us go. - What..

At least let me wash my hand.

What happened? Why is Veerabhadra leaving in a huff?

Do not take that traitor's name in front of me.

You know what all he was saying behind my back?

Society is nobody's personal property.

Higher caste. Lower caste. It us all rubbish.

This is just one man's battle against another.

Which book says it, in which Veda is it written..

..that we are born to be their slaves and to serve them?

And if it us written anywhere, then burn that writing down.

Cut the tongues of those who call you untouchable.

Gouge out those eyes which do not see you as human beings.

Till now no one had dared to look into your eyes.

He used to live at your feet till yesterday.

And today he is abusing you in front of everyone.

You get a chance only once in life to prove your worth.

And no one gives you that chance. You have to snatch it.

He turned your people against you.

People are laughing at us

Mr. Narsimha, you fed milk to that snake..

..and today he is ready to bite you.

The sickle that your ancestors used to cut the harvest..

..that they cultivated for those rogues..

Now the time has come to use the same sickles..

..to cut their heads and drench this land with their blood.

From this moment onwards we are going to fight for our rights.

What should be done if a branch revolts against the stem!

We should cut it. We should cut it out.

Get rid of him.

Durga.

You know Manda, do not you? - Manda, who?

Veerbhadra's right hand man..

You know Lord Shiva's temple..

..behind Kailash general stores, right?

His home is right next to it.

Hey! - Do not be scared.

If we had come to kill you, you would be dead by now.

Mr. Nagamani wants to talk to you.

We will send your husband back. But if you talk to anyone..

..about this incident before he comes..

..your husband will come back, but without his head.

You have only two choices.

Either you join hands with us and kill Veerabhadra..

..or say no to us and die.

Look, Manda, we can kill Veerabhadra without your help..

..but we need you to kill both him and his reputation.

If we kill Veerbhadra his voters and supporters..

..will turn against us in the elections.

You are his most loyal man.

If you kill him, people will doubt..

..the great man himself.

And also, what will you get if you work for him?

Today you are his servant.

Tomorrow you will be..

..his sons Shankar's and Pratap's servant.

But if you kill him..

You can become the leader.

After Ravan's death Ram did not get Lanka's throne..

..but Vibhishan got it.

What happened? - There are some stones on the road.

Must be someone's mischief.

Go back. Go back.

Go. Go.

Hey, Veerabhadra.

Veerabhadra, we are here to kill you.

There are 40-50 innocent people along with you in the bus.

To kill you we will kill them all if required.

Now will you hide among them like a woman..

..and be the cause of their deaths or will you come out..

..like a man and die alone. You decide.

Where are you going?

Leave me. - They will kill you.

You do not go. Do not go. - Do not go.

You do not worry at all. - You do not go.

Nothing will happen to you. - Please do not go.

Nothing will happen to you. - Please do not go..

I will talk to them. - Please do not go. - Do not go.

I said I will talk to them. - Do not go out.