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Trained & methodical torture.
The dark constable told me.
He raised his hand to hit you. But when you looked at him, his hand just dropped down.
I don't have your stare.
My strength failed before their torture.
I was afraid.
Afraid to die.
We might glamorize death --
-- but its not at all easy to face it.
The mere thought of my death...
...shook me up.
I felt a strong urge to live.
Nathuram, I want to live.
I want to live at any cost.
You all can blame me.
As much as I want, I just couldn't take the torture.
I am commiting a mistake... a sin...because --
-- because I am common.
Nathuram, please forgive me.
Oh sorry. Pardon me.
Wait, Sawant.
An instigator is more at fault than the sinner.
I did not get you.
You did.
Once you wear that uniform, you cannot break the rules even for your own people.
And if you disagree with the law, you ought to throw away the uniform.
Nobody can commit to two causes which are at loggerheads with one another.
Nathuram, before I go --
-- I just want to hear that you have forgiven me.
- Sawant Sir, I have a request. - What?
Can I talk to Badgey?
You mean you haven't talked to him at all?
There was no one here to give me permission.
Can I?
Yes.
- I will wait outside. - No wait. Truth does not fear witnesses.
Digambar.
There is no point in repentance --
-- because then the action has already taken place.
You haven't done anything wrong.
It is no crime to try to survive. In fact, it is our prime duty.
But one must realize that while saving oneself he is not wrongly sacrificing someone else.
I would have been ashamed if you would have denied being a Hindu.
But if your statement tightens the grip of my noose, I don't mind it.
Because I have accepted my death.
One for one is the Nature's law. Gandhi died. Nathuram has to die.
Just see to it that you speak the whole truth.
Don't lie even to save your skin.
Tatyarao is innocent.
If under pressure you try to incriminate him, then even the Gods wont forgive you.
Tatyarao is a diamond. We are just the supporting metal.
We are not supposed to overshadow him.
You may leave.
Constable.
Thank you, Sawant Sir.
This is why you had called me for, isnt it?
Who are we to worry about the Sun? (Talking about Savarkar)
Even the solar eclipse is the fallacy of our sight.
We are watching it standing at the wrong place.
If someday man lands on the moon he shall realize...
...Sun is never eclipsed.
Yes Sir.
Sir, I think --
-- by tomorrow afternoon the judgment will be pronounced.
Then the other Police Party would leave for here.
No Sir. He has been instructed to pack his bags yesterday. Hence there wont be much delay.
Thank you, Sir.
He is to be taken to Ambala.
The Police Party will arrive here tomorrow.
But --
- why Ambala? - Oh Damn it!
Sawant you should know it.
The facility to hang an inmate is only available at Ambala.
Yes.
Get his sealed possessions packed up.
We will hand over his charge as soon as the Judgment is pronounced.
He hasn't got many things.
Bhagvad Geeta, a Saffron Flag & the map of an Undivided India, are his only possessions.
And he wants these 3 things till the very end.
Is it?
He said he wanted those things with him while being hanged.
How do you know?
He inquired about the procedure of hanging.
Whether the legs are tied. Whether he is allowed to hold things.
I asked what did he want to hold in his hands?
He replied, since he chose to die, he wanted to hold Holy Geeta, a Saffrom Flag & the symbol of India.
- Did he not inquire about anything else? - Like?
Like whether he would feel pain?
No.
He said he could have killed himself after Gandhi's assassination.
But he didn't. Not because he loved his life. But to let the world know of his reasons.
He himself had approved his death after assassinating Gandhi.
Sawant, as for my tenure --
-- this will be the 7th or 8th execution (by hanging).
I have seen many a hardened criminals collapse after they hear the death penalty.
The most savage of thugs have to be dragged out of their cells to be hanged.
Thinking of their own death, they cry & wail.
But these two civilized men --
-- who never broke any laws in their entire lives --
-- how can they face their own death so calmly?
Their civility is their biggest strength.
Oh God.
Come on, Sheikh Sir. Lets set the pieces on the board.
No...today...umm...
I don't feel like playing chess.
I had decided today. I have to beat you as it is my last day with you.
You can never be beaten, Nathuram.
Your king can never be killed.
Because you never set your king on the board.
- I set myself on the board. - Yes.
And you beat yourself.
You never allow the opponent to do so.
If you really want to beat me, lets go to Ambala.
How did you know?
It has the facility to hang, isnt it?
I wished I was taken to Yerwada.
My parents could've met me for the last time.
Why don't you petition for it?
I don't have the right to request anything now.
Do you remember what you signed when that officer brought me in here?
- What? - Body receipt.
Once officially I am recorded as a 'body' --
-- haven't I lost the very soul that makes me a 'human'?
Tomorrow, you too would hand a 'body' to the Ambala Police Party. And they too will accept a 'body'.
It's only a formality for this 'body' to become a 'dead body'.
I wanted to meet my parents so that *they* can meet me for the last time.
I already met them for the last time before leaving for Delhi.
On our way to Ambala, we will be going through 'Panipat', isnt it?
Good to know I will get to see that 'Holy Site'. Else I hardly would've had that opportunity.
- Nathuram...please. - Whats wrong?
You are talking about your death.