Aakhri Sawal (आखरी सवाल)

I demand an explanation, sir.

Answer me.

Answers are a response to questions, Vicky.

Demands are either accepted or rejected.

Which I have already done.

Why didn't you do it yourself?

Why did you reject my thesis in an email to the vice chancellor?

It's a question this time, sir.

You must answer.

Personal development.

Character building.

Building the nation.

Remember what it means?

Of course.

If you hadn't rejected it...

Then the primary subject of my thesis would have been these RSS slogans.

Slogans?

This is your problem, Vicky.

I asked you the meaning.

And you're giving me references.

That too wrong ones.

These are not slogans.

These are the three veins of the Sangh.

Each swayamsevak's patriotism...

runs through them.

I had taught you all this three years ago.

I had taught you something else too.

Do you remember or...

I remember.

But until these three things are done

the work will be incomplete.

It has nothing to do with the rejection of my thesis.

It does.

I'm tired of trying to develop you as a person.

But you...

You couldn't build your character.

These are not my signatures.

And yet you mentioned me as your guide in your thesis.

I know why.

Because the path this guide showed you

you were going in the opposite direction.

That's why...

That's why I got your thesis rejected.

And I'll do it ten more times.

Do whatever you want.

"Ekam sat, vipr bahuda vadanti".

There is only one Truth, sir.

But wise men believe that there are many truths.

This is something you've taught me.

There might be multiple paths leading to the truth.

But if the destination is Truth

then it's our responsibility to remove all the obstacles on the way.

Our paths are very different, sir.

There was only one obstacle on my path.

This signature.

I have removed that too.

Did I do something wrong?

Tell me, sir.

What was my mistake?

And if I have done something wrong, prove it.

If you can prove it, I'll back off.

If you can't prove it...

then you're no one to stop me in this independent nation.

Who are you?

I'm not stopping you, Vicky.

I'm rectifying my mistake.

Because you are my mistake.

Sir!

- Stop filming. - Sir!

Sir.

This is not your classroom where you can just say class dismissed.

The conversation has just started.

Vicky.

Stop this circus.

Leave right now.

I want to leave, sir.

But he has rejected my thesis.

Along with my thesis...

he wants to block my new way of thinking.

It's your bad luck, sir.

You can use your power to stop the publication of my thesis

but not my voice.

Is this a film shoot?

- Stop the camera. - Why, sir?

Why should we stop?

You're doing all this to protect your beloved RSS.

- Did you record that? - Yes, ma'am.

Show me.

- Share it with me, okay. - Okay.

May I come in, sir?

Sir, I'm Vicky Hegde.

Your student.

Sir, I want to write a thesis on the history of the RSS.

On the hundred years of the RSS.

And no one better to guide me on this topic but you.

Will you please help me?

Do you even know

who established the Sangh?

Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar.

Born 1889, April.

Are you writing a thesis or making a hodgepodge?

It's not a hodgepodge. It's a 12-course meal.

And I can assure you, sir

my thesis will reveal a lot of hidden truths

about the history of the RSS.

Sir, you're fighting against your professor and the Sangh.

An educational institute is dedicated to Goddess Saraswati...

Please tell us why.

Both of us worship Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge.

But no matter how beautiful the idol is

if it's covered in dust then it can't be worshipped.

What does that have to do with the Sangh?

Many swayamsevaks

are propagating their ideologies in schools, colleges...

They're trying to fool us too.

They've been lying to us for years.

Every time new India has raised their voice...

they've been systematically silenced.

What exactly is your thesis about?

The truth about the RSS is my thesis.

The truth they've hidden for years.

But I'm going to unmask the truth.

Your thesis has been rejected. What do you have to say about that?

No one can reject my thesis now.

And no one can silence me.

What about your own teacher slapping you?

He didn't just slap me.

He slapped every Indian citizen who dared to seek the truth. Got it?

But my thesis...

...will expose the RSS.

The RSS is an anti-national organisation.

How can you call the RSS--

Do they even know what anti-national means?

A group that has not picked up weapons in the last 100 years.

They are...

Anyway...

And you?

Why are you surprised?

Prabha, in life either you win or you learn a lesson.

And there's only one lesson in our life.

Don't get too used to the good times.

It'll eventually leave you in tears.

Let me see.

I'll put some ointment at night.

It'll be fine by morning.

Prabha.

So many years of pain.

Can it be healed overnight?

When we carry some pain for years...

Unknowingly, we make it our own.

We help them grow with care.

Then it doesn't hurt so much.

On time. Very good.

Shut the door.

The path you've chosen, Vicky...

You need to keep an open mind for that. But behind closed doors.

Start training now.

You'll find it handy later on. Okay?

Thank you, Vicky.

One needs guts to do what you did. Right?

That one slap made you shake up the entire system.

Ma'am, one doesn't need guts to get slapped.

Only jaws.

- Ipshita! - Yes.

Where's the thesis index I'd asked for?

Whether my instructions are written or spoken...

Don't you ever cut them.

Yes, ma'am.

So, Vicky, you should keep an open mind now. Right?

Because until now you were under Nadkarni's wing.

He narrates the written truth quite well. I mean...

With all due respect.

But once you're under my wing

you'll learn that truth doesn't need to be narrated.

Narratives need to be turned into truth.

Noted, ma'am.

By the way, which one is your wing?

Right wing or--

Left is always right.

And ma'am, thank you.

For making my "slap video" go viral.

Good night.

Ma'am, he thinks you made the video go viral. Meaning?

Meaning he doesn't only have an open mind.

But a sharp mind too.

Hey! What?

Vicky, please don't get involved with them.

They're supporting you now because you're in the news.

When you fall none of them will come to your rescue.

So, Saara, you're confident that I'll fall.

I'm not going to fall.

And even if I do these people will pull me up.

Got it?

Prof. Nadkarni always said...

If we fall

it makes a huge difference who helps up get back up.

Maybe it made a difference to him. Makes no difference to me.

Saara, I need to reach my goal.

I don't care if the car that takes me there is red, saffron or green--

It does make a difference, Vicky!