A dog who runs after two bones catches neither
Here a run, there a run, catch none
Listen up humpty on the wall
that's what your life has come to.
Head held high, you ran the race
Life kicked you back to base.
Out on a limb in love
Out of luck in the bar
The white man's got the tavern by his toes.
Your dame's left you.
The bar is closed.
Hey, middle class Indian, you're out of luck!
Walk with me. Don't wander off.
Stop giving me the eye.. Your lease ran out in 1947.
Sir, I need work.
I'll do anything.
Fight them with me.. I'll give you two pennies.
My name is Chimman. What's yours?
Balraj.
You promised you will marry me, but you put me in this brothel.
Now you say you love me, just to take my money.. - Shut up.
Shut up and listen to me..
H' you won't sleep with them"
then how are you gonna feed this dog who you picked up off the street.
Usso be a big shot.
How much'??
Lottery!
Balraj, the 100-rupee note is real big.
Wrap it around yourself and sleep tight.
Keep your mother off me.
Dimple, don't go.
I give ya money, don't I?
Mind your own business.
Balraj, let it go. This happens every day, right'?
Now, talk. Or you want me to force it out of you?
Lay off, idiot.
And if I don"t'?
I'll hit you.. - Fine. Take your shot.
You know Sadhna? The actress?
I shot her first pictures here.
I made her a superstar.
Superstars don't cover themselves like this"
Take your clothes off and put these on.
Silence!
Anyone Indian enough to fight this samurai?
Anyone with courage'? I'll give you a hundred to one.
Yeah..
Go. Take it all out.
JAPANI . .JAPANI ..
You do enjoy a good fight.
The way he beat me up..
I forgot my mother and her man.
Want to earn some extra bucks'? - For losing the fight?
There was a lot of heart in your fight.
You fought well.
LARSEN..
BALRAJ..
- CHIMMAN.
City of Bombay, to soon become a metropolis.
Keep the cash in hand, boys.
No treasure hunting in your pockets.
Stop wasting my time.
Chimman! Chimman.
All here.
Let him go..
Ifs Larsen we want.
LARSEN!
LARSEN escaped but we got four of his coolies..
Went to carry the boxes..
Yeah I have their names.
Mirza, Baakhiya,
Sherkhan, Chimman Chopra.
Why do you wander, love fool'?
Everything is right here
All the rest of the stories
are just lies you mustn't know
'Fifi' in your heart, 'Fifi' in my heart.
Misleading times ahead!
Shifting your ground with those measured moves.
Let the eyes meet, throw your caution to the wind
Listen to me darling, stay a little while.
Come around now, show kindness to an aching heart.
Why do you wander, love fool'? Everything is right here.
All the rest of the stories, are just lies you mustn't know.
'Fifi' in your heart, 'Fifi' in my heart.
Misleading times ahead!
Oh lone huntsman, flaunting your brawn.
Once of a while, Try and be my prey.
On our first day together, pay heed to what I say.
Ifs ungentlemanly to walk away from so close.
Hey“
That one is mine.
'Fifi' in your heart, 'Fifi' in my heart.
Misleading times ahead!
Larsen flew the coop..
The police say he's gone for good.
Hey, what happened?
Hey, what you looking for'?
My gold.
Did you see my mother anywhere?
YOU?
I'm here to look for johns, not for moms.
Where is her man'?
Where is he'? Tell me or I throw you off"
Balraj, let go of her.
What do you want'?
Where's my mother?
Where's my gold?
No idea.. - Nothing here.
Biscuits. Where are the biscuits?
I dunked them in tea and ate them.
Mom gave you a box with gold biscuits in it'?
She never gives me anything.
And she took that box and she sloped off.
You sing well.
But why sing the bollywood songs..
Jimmy Mistry is my name..
You never felt any shame..
When you did this picture.
Hey!
I warned you.. This one is mine.
Does she even know you exist?
Ask her..
H' she goes with you.. She will never see me ever again.
Hey come on out.
What you looking at that Parsee man tor'?
Your name is written right here, in my fate"
It does not matter where you go.. Eventually you'll be mine.
But if you come today with me.. You'll save his life" From me!
What say?
That Parsi man can't give you anything.
I got what a dame like you wants.
I lost that one thing today I never thought I will ever lose..
I'm in no mood to lose anything else, anymore..
Bring them on!
I'm gonna deal with Genghiz here.
She likes big boys with big toys.
That's what I need. A big car.
I know somebody who works in a garage..
We work there and we drive cars for free.
Nah, I'm not gonna slave for anyone..
Stop counting this shit.
This kinda cash I'm going to be usin' for tips.
I'm gonna be a Big Shot, Chimman.
Just imagine..
Big shot in a big car.
And she will come“ All dolled up for me..
You'll open the door..
She'll get in..
I'll take a deep sniff of her..
And we'll be off.
What about me'?
You should have gotten into the backseat.
Come on.. Get in.
Each and every hair on my body is standing up and saluting me.
Mine too.
Keep the motor running.
Gimme that bag.
Gimme that or I'll shoot you.
Chimman move..
Start the can.
What did I say for the motor'?
I told you it was a stupid idea.
Move it, Chimman.
Hit the gas.
Chimman drive.
Why the hell don't you drive it then.
May I?
Take it.
My mother never fed me with as much love as you giving me this money..
What's the catch, boss'?
Let's go.
Is this place all yours?
I bought it so that I can rebuild it into something else.
Do you rent it from Bombay Electric?
You must be some big shot.
Do you want to become one?
Yup.
Then we must begin with giving you a new name..
JOHNNY.
Like it'?
I knew you had it in you the moment I saw you in the bank.
I knew you'll be of good use.
I've been used good, all my life"
and my mother used me the best.
What do you mean?
I don't remember the woman I was born to..
For me, the one who picked me up from the streets.
And brought me to Bombay was always my mother"
All my life I tried to be her son..
But she used me only as an errand boy, sometime to hustle her..
A coolie..
Also a coolie..
Then she took away all my gold and disappeared on me.
Every time I wanted something.
I was told" I am not worthy of it.
Chimman echoed the sentiment.
That's when I decided I've gotta change my worth"
You can use me, all you want.
But we gotta be partners.
There is this man I want.
You'll get him..
But you don't get anything for free"
You don't get to play my probono daddy..
Nor do I wanna be your "Tax free" Johnny.
Romi Mehta.
Mayor of Bombay.
He's got the hotline to the Prime Minister in Delhi.
He's more indispensable to Bombay than the Chief Minister or the Governor.
One day a tram rammed his can.
And that was the last time, the trams plied in this city.
He has a middle man, a procuren.
Who is a horndog.
Ii he's made 'to disappear“.
Romi Mehta would need a replacement for him.
That horndog does not take his broads to a love moteL.
He prefers to take them in the open.
Hiral will lure him to the creek.
Who's Hiral?
My wife.
Missus.
When bodies decompose . .
They bloat up. And they float up.
Which is why you stab the body to puncture it.
Drown that horndog into the creek.
Will you?
The other man I want to get to..
But not dead, alive.
Rao Saheb Desai.
His integrity can't be bought.
So we need to click a picture of his.
Bombay is called the golden bird, not for nothing.
So much money flows here that banks can't hold it.
We need to create a place that can "stash the cash".
Where whisky and women flow and sing..
And we talk shop.
Business, I mean.
Basically, an exclusive gentlemen's club.
I did not understand a word of your English!
Hey!
You want to be a Big Shot?
I'll make you a Big Shot.
MY place.
Your name.
Take a good look at these photos.
I want you to find their negatives.
And you will find them somewhere in this new club.
Ifs run by the same guy..
Who had been in love with you forever.
And is now Khambatta's flunky.
Above all my desires
I desire your embrace
ls your love for real?
Or is this an illusion?
Oh, sweet enchanter!
Bewitched by your thought, oh sweet enchanter.
Lead me in this beautiful mistake Oh, sweet enchanter.
- Introducing Rosie Noronha.
Behind my enchanting smile, is a dark secret.
Beneath this happy face, is an uncomfortable truth.
Oh sweet enchanter!
Let our inflamed passion engulf us
Let me surrender to your spell, Oh sweet enchanter.
The fire's burnt out, my love
Smoke is all what remains of us
Your coldness is tormenting me, I can't bear the sleepless nights.
My love is for real, not a mirage you'd overlook.
Oh sweet enchanter!
Lead me in this beautiful mistake, Oh, sweet enchanter.
I gave you my all
Let that be the only truth
Oh sweet enchanter!
I am not scared of you.
H' you ever leave me, I'll hurt you so bad..
And you'll do what eunuchs do on the streets. Beg.
Why'd ya love me so much'?
You could have loved anyone.
I feel something when I look into you.
We all feel something looking into people.
Hmm..
You know when I see those cabaret girls..
Film stars" I feel nothing.
I look at you and I burn..
And I wanna grab you, slam you down on the bed and
And?
Oh sweet enchanter!
Capitalist pig! - Communist lackey!
CIA agent!
KGB spy!
Good evening. How are you?
Alcohol permit? - No.
Indian citizen, right'?
You know you will only be served alcohol if you are"
accompanied by a foreigner.
You give me a hundred and I give you a white.
Back off, back off.
Rosie is DND, she'll not meet anyone..
She's gotta sing now.
Come on Johnny, I'm not asking for a kiss.
Rosie"
Parsee man!
H' you wanna get a drink in this city"
you need an alcohol permit. It's compulsory.
But when have we ever followed rules.
The last Mughal king formally said in 1857..
Britishers must leave lndia..
And see they still hang around allowing us our alcohol in 1969.
Out of the way.
We made a deal all those years ago..
H' Rosie ever came with me.. I'll never see your face.
So why the hell do you show up here everyday?
Fine feathers don't make fine birds.
Your language still smells of the street.
You keep the 'feathers. I'm the cock oi the walk.
Next time ya show up, I'll put a dent point blank.
- Dear Kaizad,
I hope this finds you in good health and the best Scotch by your side.
The Scotch that was brought in from 'the back alley oi Bombay Velvet.
In spite of the spectacular glitter that enters Bombay Velvet from its grand front..
Ifs not enough to blind me from what really goes on.
The powerhouses of Bombay seem really happy in paid company and free liquor..
Trading lives of millions of Mill workers..
Over an evening of music and chatter.
And your efforts in adding some much needed glitter to the rot.
PS: Putting a stitched suit on Johnny Balraj makes him look good but..
That street side local will never become one of us.
Hot headed hawk, drifting by the block.
Hide it if you could, flaunt it if you should.
This rage, my love, ain't no good!
Whydja stop?
In the club you sing for me.
Fine then" Come out of the tub.
Feeling all shy and all'?
I love you.
Thank you.
I'm closing my peepers, come on out.
No.. I close my eyes.. You get in.
No more crafty ways, let's out 'to 'the chase.
H' you're shy to say it here, may I suggest your place.
Hot headed hawk, drifting by the block.
Hide it if you could, flaunt it if you should.
No more crafty ways, let's out 'to 'the chase.
Rosie Madam, why not sing for the movies?
My uncle knows a very 'famous arranger..
The biggest one.
Who arranges for the biggest of music composers.
I can put in a word..
Allow me.. Ma'am.
This is for you.
Ma'am, you've gotten me so used to this"
that, I've lost the stomach for the local brew.
Thank you Tony..Good night - Good night.
Soon.. Rosie ma'am.. You'll see my love.
All the city's richest men, raptured with my charm.
Blind to my business, I long to only hold your arm.
Let's see your heart melt
Come on, laugh it off now, to what good is your frown.
[Radio]: Minister Rao Saheb Desai is expecting a rousing response to the Backbay initiative.
Leading the metropolis of Bombay..
Into a new phase of growth and prosperity.
Nice to meet you.
Ignoring the official committee report.
The minister has placed the Backbay area at the disposal of the rich.
The World Trade Center will raise its ugly head from the mud of Back Bay..
Soaked with sweat and blood of thousands of homeless, jobless workers.
- We will not allow the millworkers..
To take away our livelihood, and build themselves a fortune.
We have built this city" With our blood and sweat.
And we will not allow them their feast while we go hungry.
They cannot shutdown the cotton mills..
'To build their ivory towers“ It's our money“.
To hell with it.
Johnny, what are you wearing? You look like hired help.
Lose the bow/tie.
Does he know that you and Jimmy used to hook up?
- We want our share of the profit.
We had no money for the gas..
Our cars just stood there"
Unlike you..
We had a lot to lose..
Our honour, our family name..
At 17, I was thrust the responsibility"
to take care of Khambattas, and our newspaper.
Jimmy and me, grew up together. But had different journeys.
He thinks I am an American spy, a capitalist.
While I know how Russians cover his ass..
While I slogged for my newspaper to grow..
He went and married 'the handicapped daughter“.
Of a wealthy father.
Wants to topple the government with Russian money.. Bloody socialist!
That mill workers' union leaden.
Is his dog.
What's your point, boss'?
My point is..
Bombay's map is being redrawn, Johnny.
Seven islands..
We filled in the creeks.
Seven became one.
Bombay.
And now this reclaimed land is up for grabs.
A big investment opportunity.
Jimmy is against this development.
But the mill owners are with us.
How do we make more money?
What must we do?
Mr. Mayor.
Aren't we wasting the backbay land?
By putting the World Trade Centre in Nariman Point.
We're throwing away prime property!
I have the urban development minister under control.
I have him on camera with my wife.
Now he is playing ball.
I mean ifs a loss of a business opportunity.
Look at that land.
Had me smitten and left in despair, even in love, well, that's not fair.
Your pride will fall, because love towers all.
Disregard is as you may
you'll surrender one day, for your rage is futile.
Mr. Mayor? - Johnny Balraj.
Hide it if you could, flaunt it if you should.
This rage, my love, ain't no good!
- Mayor needs the cigars.. And one of the girls in the back room.
The World Trade Centre is being relocated.
And our paper did not know that.
I got it from Khambatta's paper TORRENT.
The World Trade Centre that was to come up at Nariman Point.
The Committee has decided to relocate it at Cutie Parade.
- Our hunger for land is so enormous..
That filling the creeks did not satisfy it.. nor cutting the jungles..
And now we are asking the sea to move back.
So you can reclaim it. Not you mate.
Except the World Trade Centre relocation.
Rest of the Nariman point remains exactly as planned.
H' the World Trade Centre is to go to Cuffe Parade..
What becomes of the reclaimed land at Nariman Point'?
Manhattan!
And who is gonna build the Manhattan?
Who gets the allotment of the high value land..
You'll find all the details in the press release.
Check this picture" Recognize the guy'?
The one we photographed grabbing melons..
Didja know he was a minister?
We will get our share too.
Not if we wait for it, we won't.
When a movie is sold out, Only those find a ticket.
Who knows when and where to grab the manager.
I still haven't got those negatives.
The Mayor forced me to announce the WTC relocation"
they have me playing the game.
H' you don't find the negatives.
Forget our dream of affordable housing for mill workers.
That union leader will buy us time.
Don't worry.
They still pay us the same wages that the British paid us..
And with the increased margins..
They are gonna build a city for the rich.
On our graves.
On our blood..
We will not let them have their Manhattan.
No homes for Zurich's gnomes. - No homes, no homes.
We want our share of profit in our hands.
Why the Red flag'?
Red is socialist. Why not the democratic Indian flag'?
That's Khambatta's flunky, shoot his picture.
When God was distributing the "Smarts"..
The union leader was standing there with a sieve.
Poor fellow wants to be a Mahatma like Gandhi..
And since there are no Englishmen left to fight.
He is fighting the English-speaking men.
I have been watching those immigrants, ever since I came to this city.
I used to wonder why the hell, do they waste time filling the sea.
Now I know. They were baking a birthday cake.
For the party of the big boys..
But the birthday boy can't blow the candles without me.
As long as I have this"
Khambatta will either give me a piece of action"
Or kill me.
Keep it with you. Keep it safe.
No.
What if I lose it'?
Who asked you to start this protest?
My "principal."
Who's he'?
I mean Ideology.
We got these biscuits specially for you.
What's Backbay got to do with your mills?
Backbay is the south end of Bombay and your mills are far away in the centre.
I don't see the connection.
You think I don't know whose money is being used..
To build those buildings.
All the mill owners are putting in tenders.
They say they don't have money to pay our salaries..
But they have it to make the skyscraper.
What's your ideology worth? Name your price.
Everyone has a price.
I charge Rs.1000 for an hour in court.
I've left a hearing to be here.
Tell me your price.
Sorry to waste your 15 minutes"
and your 250 rupees tea.
Hello Rosie"
First time I paid a bribe today"
just to find your phone number.
I tried calling you..
At your sea-front house. But.
What were you going to tell me'?
That you 'found nothing? Or that you'll tell me nothing?
You were sent there to find those negatives..
I sometimes wonder..
Why don't I just tell your Romeo" Who you really are"
This city will go to the dogs, Rosie, if we don't find those negatives.
You are the star of Bombay Velvet because I made you one.
My paper talked you up, talked up your Romeo's sordid Speakeasy.
I sent you there to do a job.
One tiny little job.
The job that you forgot.
You don't find those damn negatives and I'll expose you, Rosie.
There's someone at the door.
What is it'?
I had a bad dream..
I felt someone had come to kill me.
Johnny.
Tell me.
What is it'?
Take me away from Bombay.
You nuts? You know what's outside Bombay?
India.
And you know that India is starved and poor.
Here.. We grow everyday. From small to large..
Now ifs time to hit by size..
So that when I die..
People gonna ask you, did you know him?
And you gotta say:
He used to be a big shot.
Should I be crying when I say it'?
No tears.
Promise me, no tears.
Swear!
Buzz off.
I will die before you.
This your membership? - Hmmm
May I?
My forger can make one for me easily.
Builders put up buildings..
That's what they do.
They mix sand with cement.
The mayor brings in the politics.. While the mill owners put up the money.
What have you got to offer, Johnny'?
You are the big boys here sir..
Big guys with CCI membership that money can't buy.
Cricket Club of India.
And if you have asked me to come here..
Ifs because you know what I can bring to the deal.
In two days, the millworkers will stage a huge protest rally.
It that rally happens, there will be no more Manhattan.
The union leader has to go..
Make him disappear.
Then this whole movement will flounder like a headless chicken and die out.
Union leader will buy us time'? What's this now'?
He's unconscious.
Kill him and dump him in the creek.. Let's go.
Khambatta Sir..
You get to play the game because we clean up the field for you.
We have taken care of whosoever blocked your way.
And you will get a lot for it.
Exactly. h' we could fix on how much.
It'll be good 'for all oi us.
How much do you want'?
You must have a figure in your head.
Give us a piece of land..
I want to build.
Do you know what it takes to become a builder?
Do you know what it is to fill a tender?
Tell me where I can get one. I'll fill it.
I'll fill it so full that it will leak from the sides.
Johnny do you know what a tender is?
Yeah, tender means soft. I know my English.
Mr. Khambatta?
Is he gonna come back or not'?
Kukreja's tender is going to get passed.
Let him make his buildings..
You'll get your share.
Who's to say Kukreja will give me my share?
I will stand guarantee.
And what if you change your mind'?
Johnny, if he says it, he will do it.
Don't ya dare teach me.
How long are we gonna take his words.
Sir may I speak?
Kukreja's son has his own agency"
h' Johnny could get a 30% share in it.
That I will have to ask his son..
Sure I have his number.
Kukku..
Kaizad here..
I'm sitting with Johnny.
We were deciding his share..
And he suggested a 30% share in your son's construction company.
He's laughing.
He's still laughing..
Lemme talk to him..
He won't know where to laugh from.
I never knew Kukku could laugh so much.
Chimman. Let's go.
He hung up.
Your made empty promises
Of togetherness and love
Your made empty promises, of togetherness and love.
You walked out on your lover?
Rosie!
Why'd you do that, Sylvia?
Charmed by a lothario
Rosie"
You broke your lover's heart!
Why'd you do that, Sylvia?
Rosie, you cannot pretend you don't know me..
I made you who you are.
You know that I know that you know.
Hey, what happened, man'? What happened?
Let me speak..
Remember those pictures that I took of you?
Your naked pictures.
I still have them with me.
I think you are losing your mind.
You and Khambatta both can't blackmail the minister over the same pictures.
Why not'?
I can not let Khambatta mock my English and not pay me, what's owed to me..
I gotta teach him my language now.
Teach him whatever the hell you want to.
But know that he won't take it lying down.
So what should I do?
The only way I know..
Is you want something, you kill for it.
Who are you going to kill?
Desai?
He's a minister and you're a street hood.
I am the boss of Bombay Velvet.
You are Khambatta's flunky.
Chimman.
I'm nobody's flunky.
Khambatta has enough resources to dispose you off anytime he wants.
He can't do shit without us.
We do the disposing for him.
That Queen.
That sends his wife out for favours.
Exactly.
He's the kinda guy who will rent out his own wife.
Imagine what he can do to you.
When we were hoods on the street, did you ever imagine you would run a place like this?
He has given us too much, too soon.
Let's not be greedier than that and ruin it.
I don't want this bloody Bombay Velvet.
You can keep it.
We launder all the dirty money of the city from here tor them.
We serve them alcohol beyond the permissible limit.
We let them take our dancers home.
When shit hits the fan" It will be us who will go down.
Khambatta will slide out of it, smooth and easy.
They're shooting over our shoulders, Chimman.
I want out with my share.
I wanna have my own show.
I want Rosie and my love story.
You've got to come right away, sir.. there's trouble.
- I will paste those pictures all over town"
Right outside Bombay Velvet.
Take him outside, Johnny.
Tony, you handle the crowd.
Shut the door.
All right, let's calm things down.
Drinks on the house.
- What photos were you talking about'?
- You know which paper I work for'?
I'll put all the pictures in the papers tomorrow.
- What pictures?
Tell me about those photos now.
Johnny, please let it go.
Please listen to me..
I was new in the city"
didn't know anyone or what to do..
No one to guide me..
That's when he took my pictures.
Johnny. .Johnny.
Where are the pictures?
- In my studio
Where's your studio?
You.. Shut your mouth.
Where's your studio? Tell me.
Johnny please.
You shut up.
Tell me..
I know.. I know where his studio is.
Let's come back later for them.
I want to see them now.
He was lying about having them.
He sold those pictures to a newspaper.
Let it go. - Which newspaper?
Torrent. Even Khambatta does not remember me from the pictures.
Let it be Johnny.
But you weren't there then to protect me.
Welcome to Bombay Velvet.
This is Johnny sir's dream.
Kaizad Khambatta's the one who put in the money, right'?
Yes..Khambata also turns up, from time to time.
The Mayor? - Yes, the Mayor also comes.
All of Bombay comes here.
Everyone who matters in Bombay comes to the Bombay Velvet.
Vishwas Kulkarni. Crime Branch.
Please come, Sir.
What happened last week?
The backpage photographer"
Hasn't been seen since he visited your club.
What became of him, Rosie?
I did throw some photographer outta here.
Anyway, he was ruining the evening. So I tossed him out on his ear.
I gotta right to admission reserved.
You took him out the back door?
H' you gotta back door, you use the back door, right'?
You saw him leave alive from here?
I put him in a taxi. He was very drunk.
You yourself? - Yes sir.
Then the taxi driver must have killed him.
Did he ever speak about the Backbay reclamation?
Nariman point'?
Reclamation?
Look at me when I'm..
What does he say about Khambatta?
Jimmy, I came here to tell you that.
I will never see you ever again.
You exhaust me.
You talk to me like I am your slave.
I love Johnny.. Very much.
And even if he was to put those negatives in my hand..
I still wouldn't give them to you.
Get lost.
Years back, when I arrested this Chimman Chopra here..
I let you go.. Because we wanted Larsen.
I never forget a face!
Oh.. That was you, hiding in the dark'?
The one who said, 'Let him go'.
Sir, you have to see this"
Just came in.
STOP PRESS!
Stop the machines.
- Isn't it odd that Comrade Deshpande should vanish a week ago..
It smells to high heaven.
And here we see Mayor Romi Mehta;
Kaizad Khambatta, Editor of 'Torrent;
Naveen Kukreja, the owner of Kukreja Cloth Mills;
Investor Ram Naresh Jaiswal;
Mill-owner Sumeet Mittal, all of whom were"
Allotted land in the Backbay, without bothering with tenders.
Sitting with them are Johnny Balraj of Bombay Velvet.
And Chimman Chopra, once jailed for smuggling.
Why meet at the Cricket Club of India? What were they discussing?
What was Balraj doing there'?
We don't know, but we want to.
- JAMSHED MISTRY.
Put Mistry on.
Johnny Balraj here. Tell him ifs me.
Johnny Balraj!
Look at 'today's paper“.
The front page"
That ugly Parsee man has splashed my mug all over it.
Bloody hell, Johnny Balraj, who'?
It does look like you..
SQ?
You can always tell me, what's going on.
Did you tell me when you were splashed naked in the papers.
You hit me'?
You disrespect me like that. What am I supposed to do?
I'll kill ya.
Rosie"
Go on then.
Let's see how much you've got'?
That's it'? That's all'?
Animal! - Don't push it!
Yeah?
Who did you tell about the meeting?
I might not speak English like you but I am not an ass.
Someone did talk?
I can see that but each time"
You broke the chair on me.
You choked me..
Yeah because you slapped me..
You disrespected me..
You keep poking me..
They put your picture in 'the paper..
And I'm not even supposed to ask who did it'?
Jimmy Mistry.. Who else would do it.
I dunno what he wants from me.
Hello.
Johnny is occupied. Please call later.
Rosie.
He comes to my club..
He drinks for free, and pukes all over me.
What are you looking for'?
Johnny.
Johnny..
Johnny wait.
Johnny..
Where are you going?
Who you going to kill?
Jimmy Mistry?
Why?
What do you mean why'?
Ifs not like I'll be killing for the first time.
Jimmy Mistry?
SQ?
You didn't say a word when I killed that two-bit photographer"
You got rid of the body without protest.
Don't forget.
When I met you, you were knee-high to a rat.
You didn't have a moustache either.
And you got me into this whole damn thing.
So now you're in a suit, you fancy yourself a gent?
Sit there, count the take, that's what you're tit tor.
Had a fight with Johnny'?
I want to talk to you.
Where is Mistry'?
Boss is not in the office.
Let him go, Jimmy.
What you sent me there for isn't there.
I run a paper, Rosie"
if ifs news, I print it.
Mistry!
What do you want'?
You know who I am'?
I do. Johnny Balraj.
Where is he'?
Which rathole is he in'?
Right now he is not in the office.
When I see you sing in that club..
And when he calls himself your bodyguard.
I don't like it at all..
I preferred you.. Here..
On my sofa" Singing for me..
And?
And what'?
You preferred me on your sofa singing for you..
You preferred me when I bought all your bullshit.
You prefer me not asking questions.
You preferred me when I was your toy"
No wonder you married a cripple.
The Johnny you call a street hood..
He taught me how to hit back.
And when he knows you sent me to spy on him..
You have no idea what will be coming for you.
Does he know he isn't the first man you slept with'?
Does he know that I wasn't 'the first either“.
Do you know you aren't much of a man.. Jimmy?
H' you're infected, you're on your own!
Love is a deadly plague!
For those infected, nothing cures better than liquor.
When god isn't holy enough, the lover's picture on the wall is.
Seems harmless, but is really lethal.
Love is a deadly plague!
Somethings bothering you today?
You're preoccupied?
Gimme some money.
I need my medicines.
So now you know.
Rosie works for Jimmy Mistry.
He sent her 'to you 'for 'the minister's photo.
Alive, Rosie is dangerous. To all of us.
No one touches Rosie.
She must be the one who told Jimmy about our CCI meeting.
H' she has to die..
I'll kill her.
Hello?
Johnny..
You've been a spy for Jimmy, all along.
No Johnny, I love you.
I haven't told Jimmy anything.
He did send me to spy on you but...
I loved you so much, Rosie"
You still do.
No one loved me the way you did, Johnny.
Where are you? Shall I come up to your cabin?
Nothing cures
No prayer helps!
My aching heart explodes
Dhadam! Dhadam!
Wandering hopelessly Dhadam! Dhadam!
My aching heart echoes Dhadam! Dhadam!
This insufferable pain!
I had so much to say, the agony I lived this far.
But you shut me up, held me captive in a vow.
And now you're sore
That I betrayed you?
I'll still love you anyway, it's your apathy that hurts!
My aching heart explodes Dhadam! Dhadam!
This insufferable pain!
You turned away, broke me in shards.
How inseparable were we
Losing you has taught me
how unbearably poor I'm without you
My heart's a lonely desert, embrace me in your cloud.
Let the rain pound Dhadam! Dhadam!
Wandering hopelessly Dhadam! Dhadam!
Where's the Major?
How do I care'? He took his bags and left.
Come with me.
Where are you taking me'?
My aching heart Dhadam! Dhadam!
Relentless echo Dhadam! Dhadam!
Like being on a death row
My aching heart Dhadam! Dhadam!
Holding me by the neck Dhadam! Dhadam!
Counting my last hours
Dhadam! Dhadam!
This insufferable pain!
Rosie Noronha. She used to sing in Bombay Velvet.
A twisted bunch, this lot.
Bangles, Sir.
They were found on the body.
- Why bomb the whole place? Just to kill Rosie?
A bullet would have done it.
Get out.
Go write your piece.
And take that away.
The one truth I can vouch for is..
They were madly in love..
Just like Romeo-Juliet.
You know what I actually think'?
Maybe they've had a nasty lover's brawl.
Maybe? Or did they'?
But I am sure of one thing"
Now tell the story. The real one.
Sir, Rosie was very drunk that night.
She just couldn't stop weeping, all through the way.
I said: Let me help you to the door but she got angry.
Tell you the truth'?
I loved her, with all my heart.
But Johnny was her world.
She got really mad that day.
I said: let me walk you to the door..
I asked you to leave, didn't I'?
My heart broke that day.
Rosie, Madame, I can't bear it when I see you cry...
I know you love Johnny.
But I am just a chauffeur“.
Tony, "The chauffeur".
- Someone strangled her before that bomb exploded.
- The body didn't blow up 'cos the heavy synthetic dress melted over her body.
- Even if she had survived the explosion, she would have died in 2 years.
- She had Gonorrhoea.
Do we have anything that can prove this might not be Rosie?
No, sir.
Okay. Sign the papers,
And hand over the body to the family.
Madame Rosie? - That's her sister.
Johnny!
Leave the drink. Get changed!
I didn't betray you, Johnny.
Rosie, if you want to live, do as I say!
Take off your clothes now.
Change into my clothes.
Johnny..
What's going on?
No! - Rosie there's a bomb in the house.
We can exit from the door. - Rosie, jump!
Who was that girl'?
That was Rosie. And she's dead.
But I'm alive, Johnny.
No. Rosie is not alive.
Rosie is dead.
You are dead and you have to stay dead!
Got that'?
Now shut up and let me think.
I think I broke my leg.
Stop crying-
Or I'll break the other one too.
This is all your bloody fault.
Hold this.
This photograph!
Why didn't you tell me'?
You could have shown it to me.
That damn photographer would've lived.
My mind ran wild..
What was in it'? What the hell did he do to you?
You killed him..
Not me.
You think I couldn't digest a thing like this.
I can never tell what can get you worked up.
You don"t work like a clock tick took tick took.
I am the one who's angry but you get to shout at me'?
What do we do now'? - Don't shout.
Tell me what to do.
Let me think.
You're the one who's screaming. - Will you do as I say'?
First tell me what'?
Go back 'to where you came 'from. To your mother's place.
I'll come for you, later. - No.
They are going to kill you.
Will you let them kill me'? - I am saving you.
I am not sending you away to get rid of you.
Come with me.
Are you nuts'?
What if I turn cripple?
Thank you for coming. I'm Rita.
Rosie's younger sister.
Twin?
I don't know.
Let's go.
Actually, I didn't know her that well.
I was very young when she ran away from home.
That's Rosie. This is me.
Would you write down your address in Bombay?
How did you know about her death'?
I got a telegram.
Do you have the telegram?
Rosie Noronha dead. Come soon. C..
Let me do the talking with the mayor.
And accept whatever he chooses to offer.
Don't argue.
And no street talk, please.
Turn left here.
Why?
You shouldn't have trained my fingers to fiddle with a gun.
Stop the car.
Look!
Johnny..
You've shown him my face, You idiot.
When you guys start rattling oft in English it means you get the point.
He has seen my face!
Imagine..
What would happen if I let him out'?
H' I dropped him in front of the Glitz Office?
Mistry will splash him over his pages.
And your "tenders" can be used as toilet paper.
I trusted you.
I never did.
You have two days.
I want an allotment in my name.
Johnny Balraj Tower.
Nice to meet you!
When do you return home?
Whenever you let me.
Are you a singer as well?
Don't touch them. - Which singer do you like?
Ge eta Dutt .
I wonder what you said.. I wonder what I heard.
Yours'?
No. I never had a ring like this.
You mean Rosie didn't'?
Yes, it can be Rosie's. I don't know.
You mean it could've been Rosie's'?
Yes, that's what I meant.
Are you done seeing the house?
Yes, she had a nice house.
Give me a moment. I'll be with you soon.
Khambatta, you're letting this petty goon go too tar..
No one is indispensable.
I want this Johnny Balraj out of this city.
Nowhere close to me.
January 1st.
We lay the foundation stone of the World Trade Centre.
H' your boneheaded Johnny, messes it up even a li'l bit.
If he ruins our plans..
I will ruin you.
I will personally supervise the end of you, Kaizad.
Who the hell is he, anyway?
And why would you let him keep the negatives?
For God's sake! We pay him for his services.
This bloody flunky aspires to be a partner!
I don't care how you do it, Commissioner.
But I want this Johnny Balraj nuisance..
Out of the way.
What happened?
Your boss is here. - Balraj?
He's too big a man to be here.
Ifs the Boss.
Chimman, where are you from'?
Where were you before you moved to Bombay?
I come from Multan, Sir.
And Johnny'?
Sialkot.
Why did you come to Bombay?
Why not Delhi?
Trains enroute Delhi had rioters killing everyone.
My folks sent me here with some people.
Muslims wanted their own country so we had to leave.
Partition didn't happen.
Because the Muslims wanted their Pakistan.
It happened because Mr.Jinnah wanted to rule.
H' India had remained one nation,"
he would never have become President or Prime Minister.
He did what he did, for himself.
Every man for himself.
Now Johnny wants to build.
Johnny Balraj Towers.
Not. Johnny-Chimman Towers.
When I met the two of you..
You were friends.
Today, he's the boss and you're the flunky.
What are you doing, Chimman'?
Why are you in it'?
Who are you doing it for'?
Someday, I'm going to bomb this Jap's head.
Hey partner. .
This isn't enough dough even for half a meal.
I gave you what I got.
Now, don't push it.
Listen to me, buddy.
I need 2000 bucks. It's urgent.
I gave you ten the other day.
Where did that go? - Spent it.
My expenses have shot up...
And fortunately I know my worth now.
You drive?
Of course.
I want to slouch in the back seat.
I saw your pad buddy, you are rich and I shouldn't have known that.
That wasn't my pad.
The dame was yours.
You need big money to keep a dame like that.
Look at this car.
A baby like this...
Hang on.
She's here to see Rosie's room.
Hello.
Okay, Chimman.. leave.
Leave?
Thank you.
What the hell are you doing here?
Is this a joke to you?
Do I look nuts'? Rosie. Leave.
You'll get me killed, Rosie. Go.
When will I see you again'?
Never.
You're Rita. You're not Rosie.
Let me mourn Rosie for a month In style!
And then I will romance Rita grandly.
The world will say..
Big shot!
No. - No'?
They'll say: Look..
How much he loved his Rosie?
He even married her sister"
because he couldn't accept her death.
Then we're good.
Our love story will be epic.
And life, a smash hit.
Rita Madame
You know Rosie ma'am used to love me.
And Mr.Johnny as well.
I backed out to make it easy for her.
To tell you the truth, Rita ma'm.. I like you very much.
Your smile..
For those infected, nothing cures better than liquor.
When god isn't holy enough, the lover's picture on the wall is.
Seems harmless, but is really lethal.
Love is a deadly plague!
H' you're infected, you're on your own!
Sir.
What is it now'?
Who gave you that one?
Who beat you up?
I like getting beaten, ifs my hobby.
That's a good hobby.
Did you have similar fights with Rosie?
You fight with your wife, don't you?
Of course I do.
When I don't come home for days, she blows a fuse.
I just keep shut. Not a word said.
How long have you been away from home?
Let's cut the chase I won't mind.
Why did you fight with Rosie?
Do you know Jimmy Mistry'?
He recomended Rosie to me.
Said she's an amazing singer.
Then I found out she was his mole.
He wanted to dig out every detail on Mr. Khambatta.
Rosie was here as Jimmy's spy for Khambatta.
So why fight with Rosie?
First of all..
Mr. Khambatta's been like a father to me.
I respect him a lot.
And second of all..
I love Rosie truly, madly, deeply.
Love her'? Present tense?
Loved her.
Before she died, I meant.
You ever fall ill'?
I catch a cold once in a while.
Get 'this gentleman's car. - Not 'that.
Ever get an itch in your privates?
What'?
With the kind of relationship you had with Rosie"
I thought you might have contracted her disease.
She had Gonorrhoea.
Listen, Sir, it wasn't like that between Rosie and me.
I loved her and it was pure.
Good for you.
Where did you bump the car'?
Car?
The bumper's ripped off.
Major was gettin' too big for his boots.
Had to dump him in the creek.
Want one?
And why was he getting too big for his boots?
Did he also know you faked Rosie's death'?
What crap'?
I'm not a rookie anymore, Balraj.
Rita is not Rita, Rita is Rosie.
She's Rosie's sister.
Yeah, right.
With the same face.
With the same mole in the same place with the same voice.
Twins are like that. Look the same.
Don't bullshit me Balraj. Life is not Double Indemnity.
I've seen Rosie's childhood pictures.
Her sister looks nothing like her.
H' someone tells you..
Kill Johnny..
Will you kill me'?
H' I get something out of it.
Hey! - Why not'?
You tell me nothing.
What you do, what you don't, nothing.
And what am I?
You're Khambatta's servant. I'm yours.
Don't talk crap.
Look at your life. And look at mine.
Don't you see a difference?
You got into the car with Rosie and off you went.
Ever cared to turn around and see if I was there'?
I am still standing at the same damn place.
Watching you sniff around Rosie.
Hey Chimman.. come on, buddy, come out.
You got it all wrong.
I tried telling you so many times but you never really wanted nothin'.
Come out, will you?
Speak up..
I trusted you to be loyal, Johnny.
Mr. Khambatta.
You didn't earn my loyalty"
You bought it.
Purchased items come with a 5 year guarantee.
I still threw in a coupla extra years on the deal.
In return, let me give you a tip"
Run.
Hello?
Chimman.. where's my pistol?
Where did you get that'?
I'm talking to you..
Where did that come from'?
And where's my pistol?
Ifs all a cold barter
Business is all what it is
Your fate is right ahead
Are you ready for the kill?
The mansion of dreams
Awaits you in glittering glory
But at the door
The guard stands armed
He had to leave in a hurry. There was a problem.
I said I'll handle it but.
He went instead.
I don't know why.
He said he'd write to you.
He should be back in a year or so..
Take your money and get out.
Chimman has set me up for life.
You get out.
He's not gone away..
Ifs just that.
He told me yesterday"
h' I don't come back home..
Balraj will be here.
And if Balraj is here
Take your money and leave.
You owe him your life.
Leave!
A handful of fish
An ocean full of sharks
And that's the rule
In this market, that is lite
Rosie"
Chimman 's dead .
Khambatta had sent him to kill me.
But Chimman..
Ifs all gone haywire
But at the door, the guard stands armed.
Hello?
Comrade Deshpande is alive.
Excuse me.
It means his lungs still pump oxygen.
He eats. He pees.
He craps.
Take some soap and shampoo if you want to meet him.
Who's speaking?
You're the king of the streets
Streets is where you will remain
They won't let you in the mansion
It's meant 'for 'the privileged only
Comrade Deshpande . .
Kaizad ..
I don't think I can trust you anymore.
The Police, the Press I'll handle them all.
You just take care of Johnny.
And yes, pray that Deshpande doesn't regain consciousness ever.
So who was the woman who died in the explosion?
Some prostitute.
Her pimp Major was found dead in the creek.
He used to be in the Army. Bomb expert.
Chimman Chopra's house has been locked up for days.
The neighbours said they saw his wife leave alone.
With some luggage.
Find Rosie. You will find Johnny.
Rosie was put up at the YWCA but she's been missing for the last 3 days.
I don't care.
Put his pictures in the papers.
Do whatever you have to do..
Frame him for kidnapping union leader.
He's a fugitive.
How long will we be stuck here?
They got what they wanted from you.
Now they want to kill you.
What's Tony doing' here?
Look, you can't run the club, can't show your face anywhere.
Nor can I sing.
And they're not going to give you your share either.
Tony'? Why's he here?
You came with him?
How do I know what Tony's up to'? He works for you, not me.
Are you even listening to me'? I'm telling you..
They killed Chimman and you're next.
I'm not going anywhere. Not until I've settled scores with Khambatta.
I worked my butt off for him and now he won't pay?
He picked you off the streets and made you the manager of Bombay Velvet.
That wasn't the payment?
I get to decide what my worth is.
We had a deal.
But he reneged on it.
H' he hadn't reneged..
I wouldn't have Chimman's death on me.
Look here.
Let it go.
How does it matter anymore?
You and me Let's get out of here.
We'll get married.
And I will love you so much that no Khambatta would ever matter.
That's not possible, Rosie.
I am unable to sleep thinking of his betrayal.
You used to call me your world-famous Rosie, right'?
Look how Rosie is sitting here..
Scared to death, scared into silence.
Only because I love you.
I gave up my dream of singing for you.
Can't you let go of Khambatta for me'?
How does it matter?
We are together, that's all that matters.
I can't let him get away with it.
I beg of you Give me two days.
Merry Christmas, Ms. Noronha.
We've spent three days looking for you, Miss Noronha.
He was called Major Subedar.
He planted that bomb in your house, Rosie.
On Johnny's orders.
The corpse we found at your house?
Burnt from head to toe.
She was Major Subedar's wife.
An entire family"
Wiped out.
Because of you, Rosie.
I'm not Rosie. I'm Rita.
Rita goes to Rosie's home for the first time.
She does not react to anything, except for this ring.
Because it is the only thing she doesn't recognize.
Your home in Goa has been locked up for years.
Because after your escape..
The Portuguese shot your mother and sister.
Where is Johnny'?
Do you know how many people he has killed?
So why not catch those people who ordered the killings?
Sir..
Sorry Miss Noronha..
I apologise for the interrogation. - Sir.. One minute.
Vishwas..
Let it be..
Come with me..
May I speak 'to Rita Noronha?
Hello.
Johnny speaking.
Look son..
You've called several times"
I want Khambatta.
In return, what do you want'?
A horse cutting deal with the jockey?
Ever-thing's gonna change from January 1st, Mr. Mayor.
Now the horse decides who the jockey will be.
You want 'the Minister's negatives?
How would you like it, if the lights went off at the ground-breaking ceremony?
Wouldn't want that, would we'?
You want Khambatta?
You'll have to call Rosie for that.
What does that mean?
Bring Rosie in.
Open that door.
Hello.
Hello Johnny!
Hiding in a hotel, are we'?
H' you touch Rosie, I'll kill you, I swear.
What's that you saw in Rosie that you didn't see in me'?
You are willing to kill me..
To save her.
Well, come on then.
Come, save her once more.
And bring the goods with you.
- Sir I don't know anything.
I didn't see Johnny Sir there. I only saw Rita Ma'am.
I'm telling the truth, Sir.
- Stop the car.
Riding us on Bombay city tour with State security?
Sir'? What happened? - Where is Johnny'?
I don't know. I don't know nothing.
Honest to God, I don't know nothing.
Where is Johnny'?
- Basil, what room number?
Basil! - 205
The glass is still cold.
Basil.
I don't think you're gonna get Mr.Johnny now.
Johnny!
Johnny, wait.
- What do you call this?
- Tommy gun.
Mr. Khambatta's dog is also called Tommy.
- You call a dog and it comes to you. You call to this and it goes off.
- Hey, don't point the barrel at me.
- Down, that side.
Santa Claus.
The Christmas guy'?
I have seen you somewhere.
It must've been last Christmas.
You got any chocolates in that there sack?
- Did you bring the negative?
Rosie. Let's go.
Come.
L.. I know where the negative is.
Shut up.
Mr. Khambatta. let Rosie go.
The negatives are upstairs. In the cabin.
I don't want to fight him.
I've never seen you fighting, Johnny.
Let me see you fight, for once.
Johnny.. Johnny.. Johnny..
You win, Jap..
I'm not gonna take you on.
Come on Johnny..
You have to fight back.
You always fight back.
I'm takin' Rosie outta here, Khambatta.
Tell the Jap to let me off.
Rosie"
You have fifteen minutes.
It will take ten minutes to get her to Bombay Hospital.
You'll have to fight, Johnny.
Rosie, don't close your eyes..
When bodies decompose.. they bloat up. And they float up.
Nice to meet you.
Johnny..
Rosie open your eyes..
Hold on to this"
Hold on tight.
Hey Rosie" Look at me..
Everything is fine now.
We will get married..
Open yer eyes..
We will go wherever you want us to go..
We'll have family.
I got a great plan for the two of us..
Johnny..
Don't look there.
Nothing there. Look at me.
I'm taking you to the hospital.
We have a lotto do..
Johnny wait.
BIG SHOT!