Mirch (मिर्च)

Sorry, sorry, sorry! I'm very late

Don't worry. What if this producer rejected your script?

Nitin is ready to make a film with you.

Just narrate your script to him.

You are suspicious for no reason.

I'm not having any affair with him!

His last two films have been hits.

He thinks I'm lucky for him!

Of course he will! He has such a charming editor.

A national award winner at that!

Don't talk rubbish. He's married..

You bloody well know I've no plans..

.. of getting entangled with a married man.

Excuse me!

Yes, Ma..

No, he didn't like it..

What'll I do coming back to Bangalore?

I've no interest in business at all..

Ma.

Ma, something's bound to happen this year. Make Dad understand.

No, I don't need any money now.

Bye..

Can I say something?

I've been thinking of saying it for quite sometime..

You are sensitive.. intelligent..

Even if you don't like what I'm going to say..

.. you'll surely think about it.

You've been going around for the last two years with this one script.

I agree it's very good. I completely agree.

But even if a producer agrees, you getstuck up on..

.. some point or other. Why?

Have you every thought that if your family didn't support you..

.. could you take this stand? - Why does it?

Why does it matter whether my family supports me or not?

Am I asking you to support me.

Am I asking you to support me.

Why the hell are you bothered?

Why shouldn't I be stuck up?

How many producers have a script sense anyway?

Did I ask you to talk to Nitin about me?

Ruchi.

I guess you are right.

You've written the script from the heart.

Actually, it's the time now for such scripts.

The time of formula films is gone.

Sorry! But there's just one thing I feel..

It's dark..

And there's no romance at all.

If there was some romance in it..

There was no romance in Chak De and Taare zameen Par either.

It had superstars.. Shahrukh in one Aamir in the other!

Bheja Fry?

That was a comedy.

And Iqbal?

It had a central character.

This script doesn't even have a central character!

There was no central character in 'Metro' as well.. Just about stories.

Metro had romance..

.. and a strong undercurrent of sex.

In short, you don't want to make a film with him?

I don't want to make this film with him.

But I certainly want to make a film with him.

You praised him so much!

You had liked Maanav's short film too, didn't you?

Yeah. I should like the subject.

I promise.. I'll start the film tomorrow.

May I use your rest room?

May I use your restroom?

Nitin, what if sex is the basis of the story?

I've no problem.

Sex is as saleable as a star.

But it shouldn't be vulgar.

It's not vulgar.

It's from the Panchatantra.

In those times, no subject was considered taboo in our culture.

The story is from that same beautiful period.

There was a carpenter named Kashi.

His wife was called Maya.

You've been married for years and yet..

.. you are obsessed with your wife!

She doesn't let the obsession abate.

Is that so? What does she do?

"The heart floats in abandon.. "

".. the body is aflame. "

"What is this fever that burns me?"

"O my lover, you slake this fire. "

You'd snuggle in her embrace the whole day..

.. if you could, wouldn't you?

Oh no. I can't sleep if I don't hammer the nail home.

Is that so! During the day or night?

Why does she cook so many dishes for you everyday?

She dose not agree to cooking less.

She says God resides in the food.

I have never head of this wise saying before.

Me neither.

You always refuse.

But you have to eat it today.

Take it away! At once.

Why? - I won't eat food cooked by your wife.

Just taste it. There is enchantment in her artful hands.

I know!

By feeding you these dishes, she has made a jackass of you.

Is that so! How?

All these dishes are not for you.

She cooks all this for him who comes..

.. behind your back and enjoys it all..

.. both the food and your wife!

How do you know this?

Everyone in the village knows it.

They must be saying it out of jealousy.

You won't find someone as beautiful as her for miles around.

I'll ask her as soon as I go home who comes there behind my back.

If the sentry asked the thief

if he committed theft will the thief say yes?

People are right in saying your brains are buried..

.. in your wife's sari!

"The heart floats in abandon.. "

".. the body is aflame. "

"What is this fever that burns me?"

"O my lover, you slake this fire. "

Let me sleep. I'm sleepy.

I'm tired after working all day.

Tiredness from work will vanish with work in bed, you know.

There.. I'll massage your limbs.

"Yearning days of longing, nights throbbing in torment. "

"No happiness in the day, nor peace at night.. "

".. even for a moment. '

Let it be.

How can I? It's my duty to serve you.

"My heart writhes in desire. "

"My body trembles every moment. "

"What's this state of my being?"

"You tell me, O my lover. '"

O Lord, suspicion bites me like a venomous snake..

.. hissing sometimes that Maya's character cannot be ignoble..

.. and at other times, Maya is illusion and so deceitful by nature.

But Madho says that behind my back..

.. behind my back.

Behind my back..

Praised be O Lord! You have suggested the means..

Blessed are You!

I am full.

But not to my heart's content.

Today you insist on feeding me.

But what of tomorrow?

What calamity is due tomorrow?

The King of Mithila has sent for me. To make a chariot for him.

I'll stay there for a month or two.

That's indeed a calamity for me.

I will not let you go.

I have to go. I cannot refuse the king's summons.

Let me sleep. I am sleepy.

At least have your food.

How does it matter to you whether I live or die!

Without you, a day is like a year for me.

So what do you want?

That I stay home all day?

What will we eat then?

Worms and weevils?

If the king likes my work, other kings will also call me.

The merchants in the city will call me too.

In a short time, we can have a proper house built of bricks.

I'll get you beautiful jewels..

.. and you'll look like the very goddess of wealth!

Let me first find the auspicious time from Punditji.

You can go only then.

"I am your earth, you are my sky. "

"You are the sheet in which I wrap myself. "

"Eyes cast down by the weight of dreams. "

"When you come close to me.. "

"The tale of what happens next.. "

"You must tell me, O my lover. '"

"You must tell me, O my lover. '"

Kashi.. Kashi..

He has already left.

Where has he gone?

The King of Mithila had sent for him.

I am thirsty. Will you quench it?

"The heart floats in abandon.. "

".. the body is aflame. "

"What is this fever that burns me?"

"O my lover, you slake this fire. "

"The heart floats in abandon.. "

".. the body is aflame. "

"What is this fever that burns me?"

"O my lover.. "

O brave man..

I thank you for accepting my invitation..

.. and coming to this humble cottage.

My husband and I will never forget your kind help.

Your husband?

I know you think that I am an immoral woman..

.. that I have fallen from virtue.

But whatever I am doing is for the sake of my husband.

For your husband?

He had to go to Mithila.

I went to Punditji to find the auspicious time.

He looked at me in surprise..

And said, "auspicious time for what?

You'll be widowed in a month at the most. "