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Tahkhana (The Dungeon) (1986)
THE DUNGEON
Dear Raghuveer Singh, I am now very close to death - Don`t say that, father - Yes, my son After my death, I beg you... Please care for my two daughters as if they were your own Don`t let your brother, Durjan, influence them in any way I`ve bequeathed my entire property to you Here, Mansingh. Read it out to him I, Thakur Surjeet Singh, son of Thakur Jasbir Singh Being of sound mind... ...make this will that after I die, the inheritor of my entire property... ..and of the treasure hidden in the dungeon ...will be my son Thakur Raghuveer Singh My eldest son, Durjan, I am ashamed to call my son Since he lost his way in search of black magic and sorcery With this will I disinherit him So, you disinherit me, old man? As you lie here on your death bed How dare you speak like this. Get out of here!. I`m leaving, but be sure of one thing, brother You will not live to inherit this property And hear me out before dying, old man! That black magic and sorcery, for which you disinherit me... will be the means by which I shall own all of your property Go out of here, you insolent fool! Get out of here, I say! Father! Father! In spite of being buried here these many thousands of years this body is still alive Whose corpse is this, Chief? This is not a corpse This is the Demon God, made from sacrificial soil Its soul has died with time but the body lives still Blood from a sacrificed innocent can bring it once more to life I will perform that sacrifice... when I slaughter the children of Thakur Raghuveer Singh! Mansingh! Mansingh! Mansingh! Raghuveer, my friend. How did this happen? How? That bastard, Durjan, attacked us along with his men He injured me badly and kidnapped both my daughters What? Mangal, take him inside immediately No, friend, it`s too late now I am dying Raghuveer, my friend! Mansingh, that wicked Durjan has kidnapped my two young daughters - He plans to sacrifice them - Sacrifice? But, why? He wants to steal the treasure hidden in the Dark Cave He needs the map to find it That treasure belongs to our ancestors, Mansingh - What`s this? - A map of the treasure But only half of it The other half is in a locket around my eldest daughter`s neck Oh, master! Oh, powerful ruler of the underworld Grant me everlasting youth and immortal life I sacrifice to you these innocent children... that I may myself live the years left to them And thus gain long life and finally immortality Master! Master! Thakur Mansingh`s men attacked us - You must escape - What`s this? Take the secret route out and bring the children Hurry up! - Leave me - Hurry up Leave me. Leave me. Leave me Arrest this treacherous man! Ensure no one escapes! You traitor! You have killed my friend Thakur Raghuveer Singh! And to appease your Demon God, you planned to sacrifice his children - Tell me where they are - I don`t know Mangal, search for them Bind this fool with chains and take him to the dungeon Stop or I shoot! Let me go. Let me go... Sister! Sister! Sapna! Sapna! Sapna! Sister! Mangal! Mangal! Mangal! Where is the other girl? I could save only the younger one, Mansingh The elder daughter is lost somewhere in the jungle I couldn`t find her. I couldn`t find her I see...so this is the Demon God to whom you have dedicated your life How many innocent lives have you sacrificed in his evil name? He is not evil, but the Emperor of the dark world, Mansingh For thousands of years, men like you have tried to destroy him But this Demon God made from the sacrificial mud will never perish Never! Never! Very well! Then keep worshipping him in this dark cave Here in this dungeon, you will be starved of sunlight Your body will be gasping for fresh air in the dark pit In this place you so love you will die a hideous death My death will give new life to the Demon God As for that treasure you denied me possession of... no other human hand will ever possess it Take him away Come! Mansingh... Remember one thing, Mansingh! The Demon God will kill all who enter this dungeon in search of that treasure Mansingh! So, Mr Superstar, have you ordered something to eat? Or are you just sleeping it off? Aarti darling, what have you done? You woke me from a beautiful dream Hey, Big Guy, one dreams at night, not during the day So what should we do during the day? Hey, let me at least get in the mood Don`t be so eager Darling, it`s love that makes the world turn Yes, but I need to eat too Let`s order something now Okay. I`ll do it - You called, sir? - Yes, what`s good to eat? We have mutton curry, chops, biryani chicken curry, roll, chops, biryani Bread rolls, stuffed rolls, hot rolls ...and chilled water Did you work in an lranian restaurant, by any chance? That is indeed correct, sir Long back, I used to serve food at an lranian restaurant Then I tried to become a hero but became a zero Now, l`m a waiter here So, what would you like to eat? Ready, sir - Two boiled eggs - l`ve written it - What did you write? - Two boiled legs You stupid man! Not legs... Eggs - Eggs. Two eggs - And, listen... One plate of thinly sliced hot... chips - Sliced hot... Lips - Not lips... CHlPS! Chips. Potato chips! Potato! - Do you serve fish? - lndeed... Very sexy... - You stupid man! - ldiot! - You dope head! - Dirty perv Okay, if that`s the way you want it I`ll have you both arrested on a rape charge... You just wait and see Vijay, here`s your friend, Anand Here you are. I`ve been looking for you - What`s up? - Bad news, l`m afraid Your father`s had a heart attack Come with me Daddy, how are you feeling now? Another stroke, l`m afraid And, this time, it`s done for me No way, I know you`ll be all right I have only one regret... The promise I made to your father Thakur Raghuveer Singh Now I will be unable to fulfil it No, uncle My dear, I searched far and wide for your sister, Sapna But I never found her My dear, take this Yes, dear, this belongs to you now The other half of this locket is with your sister, Sapna I don`t have much time left Send a telegram at once to my nephew Shakaal in Bombay Uncle...? Shakaal... It`s good of you to come so quickly I left the moment I got your telegram Don`t worry, uncle, you`ll be all right. Don`t worry No... I know I am about to die We all have our allotted hour and mine has come at last When dying, people leave behind wealth for their children But l`m leaving behind a very grave responsibility for all of you I am sure, Vijay... you`ll be able to complete this one last promise of mine - Anand! Anand... - Yes, uncle? - Shakaal - Uncle... Promise to help Vijay in whatever he has to do - Anand...Shakaal... - Yes, uncle...? Vijay! This servant of yours has served his time Today I shall destroy this body of mine This locket that daddy gave to us just before he died... Seems to be part of a map It shows the secret route to the dungeon of Gangapur mansion Aarti`s father hid a priceless treasure somewhere in that dungeon But this map is incomplete The other half of it is inscribed on another locket Aarti`s sister, Sapna, has that locket I`ll help you find Sapna. I`ll help you in any way I can You really believe this story? Listen, kids, these dungeons, treasures, mansions, lockets... This is all out of a fairy story for kids Your father spent 20 years looking for that locket and the treasure You really think it exists? No chance It does exist... And I will find it OK, Vijay, l`m off now OK. We`ll come see you in Bombay What`s on your mind? I`m thinking about my sister Sapna Vijay, after daddy`s death, your father looked after me But my sister, Sapna, she was all alone I`ve no idea what she`s doing or even where she is I want to see the owner Regarding what? I need a job Sorry sister, there`s no point. There are no jobs here Can`t you at least ask. I really need to work I`d be very grateful to you Okay, l`ll ask then There`s a girl looking for work Mona, you know very well there`s no vacancy here Hey, hold on. Send her in Right Shakaal, you`re very fond of girls, right? Who knows how desperate she is Are you the owner? Please have a seat - Have you worked before? - No, sir - So what can you do? - Anything - Anything? - I mean, any kind of work Can you dance? I used to dance at college This poor girl is in trouble We should help her out I don`t have a lot of money But I want you to have it - But... - No buts. Just take it Okay, but you`ll have to agree something for me Take this locket. Keep it until I pay you back It`s beautiful. Where did you buy it? - From my father - Are you crazy...? You can`t give this away This is your father`s gift, I can`t take it I`ll never forget your kindness Aarti... I`ve found your sister! I told you l`d find her for you one day Here`s her photo In the papers... take a look Is this really her? My sister`s photograph... See that locket around her neck? It`s like the one you`ve got. But the other half Looks like it But where is she? Wouldn`t you like to know Tell me, Anand, please She`s a dancer in a Bombay hotel A cabaret dancer? Then it should be easy to find her Shakaal has a hotel in Bombay. He can help us I want to go to Bombay today What do you want? You`re in trouble and I want to help you But, why? I don`t like to see unhappy ladies Here`s the price of a smile Am I really so bad? Get out or l`ll scream Go ahead No-one here will come to help you So scream You`ll be sorry for this A thousand rupees for one single smile This map is incomplete The other half of it is inscribed on another locket Aarti`s sister, Sapna, has that locket You didn`t tell me you were coming to Bombay Anand found Sapna`s photo. Look... she`s wearing the same locket This girl is a dancer and came to Bombay in search of a job I know her She came here looking for a job But we didn`t have anything for her So... do you know where she went? I don`t know that, but she was desperately in need of money So she sold the locket to a girl here - She sold it? - Don`t worry, I bought it I`ve got it here. I`ll go get it now Now we`ve found the locket, we`ll find Sapna too Oh, you`ll get a locket, alright But not the original... a fake one I`ll keep the original You`ll search forever in that dark dungeon Whilst I go off and claim that treasure This is all a bit weird. We go to Bombay to find Sapna She sells the locket to Shakaal and leaves Yes, but l`m sure we`ll find Sapna soon At least now we have the complete map of the treasure It should be easy to find Listen, pal, can you do something for me? You go with Shakaal Why? I`m going with you Hey, don`t you get it? Oh, I get it You just want to get rid of me Hey, pal, listen... You`ll have fun with Aarti While l`m stuck with that moody idiot Go on, the pair of you. Go off and have fun This will keep me happy We`ll romance on the open street We`ll show the world our love If people feel jealous seeing us, so let them be This is a love story, so let us be Let us be, let us be This is a love story, so let us be If we`re in love, why should we love in secret? Why should we meet in secret? Why should we sigh silently? If we`re in love, why should we love in secret? Why should we meet secretly? Why should we sigh silently? We are going our own way, who cares what the world says We`ve no time to listen to anybody else We `ll overcome all the obstacles We`ll love in every season If the people envy us our love, so be it This is a love story, let it go on Let it go on. Let it go on This is a love story, let it go on Now whatever happens I won`t free your hand from mine Let the world gasp and taunt in wonder Now whatever happens I won`t let your hand out of mine Let the world gasp and taunt in wonder I`ll even deal with storms for your sake We`ll bloom with flowers ofjoy and walk through lonely lanes We won`t fear anyone, darling We`ll do what we want, beloved If people are envious of our love, so be it This is a love story, let it go on Let it go on. Let it go on This is a love story, let it go on Let it go on Let it go on Let it go on - Excuse me, brother - How can I help? Is this the way to Kali Pahadi at Gangapur? Straight on from here At the river, turn left. Then straight on to Kali Pahadi Darling, shall I make you an omelette? You want to make me into an omelette? All right, you stay out there, l`m hungry Bastard! That got rid of those scum Thank you so much Hey, look. Your hand`s bleeding Don`t worry. I`m alright No, it looks pretty nasty You should get it treated. Uncle Ram lives nearby Come, l`ll take you There you go. Just try to keep it dry In two days, it`ll be fine Thank you Whereabouts are you headed in Kali Pahadi? To the old mansion Thakur Raghuveer Singh`s old place? Yes. Aarti is his daughter There are many strange stories told about that old mansion It`s been empty for years Uncle, where is Panna? I can`t see her around Panna! Come here, dear Oh, I forgot. She is out back hanging out the washing Heera, get off me! Stop it! Father! Let go of me, Heera! Stop it, Heera. Father might see us You worry about that...? And I was round there pining for you You little minx - Hey, Panna, wait - You have to catch me My daughter, Panna They are getting married next month Heera, take them to the old mansion - Can I go too, father? - Yes, why not Heera, take care of her - Don`t worry, sir - And don`t be gone too long Thank you very much for your help You`re very welcome Hey, what`s wrong with this car? It was running fine. What made it stop like that? I`ll check out the engine. Hold on The engine`s overheated Heera, we`re going to need to find some water It`s so quiet out here. It`s a bit scary Looks like the lock is rusted solid Wow, just imagine, such a place abandoned like this It looks like no one has been here for years Look at this clock. Time seems to have stood still here If we`re going to stay here, then we should clean up a bit I`ll get some men from the village to help Soon have it sparkling What going on? Hey, look at this old stone head Silly thing It broke off this statue Girl, you scare easily Well, sir, we have to leave now I`ll get those men here tomorrow morning Aarti, what are you doing out here? Vijay, this clock wasn`t working It just started by itself It`s not working It was working, I saw it... You must have imagined it - It was working, believe me - Come on, let`s go to bed You have a wild imagination Heera, your guys did a great job cleaning this place up It`s me you should be thanking I`ve fixed the kitchen for you And l`ve found a great cook too. Mr Zabardast! - Zabardast? - That`s his name Oh! Right... Come in, Zabardast Here he is... Yes, Zabardast is my name. And you won`t find better He`s the best cook in the entire village If you eat chicken cooked by me just the once... then your stomach will make this sound... And my name is Reena Zabardast`s sister. Helps me in everything Panna, show them the kitchen Let`s get to work Before cutting the rooster we first have to weigh it properly That`s Anand and Shakaal I`ll go meet them. Wait here I hope you had a good trip Well, we got lost a few times Reena, come help with the luggage Coming - lt`s a big place - And it was a wreck We hired some locals. They`re cleaning up now Come, l`ll show you round Boss, maybe your beard scared her off Sir... There`s hot water for your bath What a shock! You`ve shaved all your beard off You like me better now? This stuff with your beard. What`s it got to do with me? It`s about give and take, darling. I give it, you take it Brother! Brother! Help! What`s going on? How dare you misbehave with Zabardast`s sister! Get out of here, you dick Or l`ll have to misbehave with you Listen, if I get angry, l`ll cut you up into little pieces Shut it, four eyes Are you all right? Whose damn pot is this? I`ll smash the damn thing to pieces Zabardast Here you go. Special lentils from Chinchpokli Prepared in Safola oil This is Zabardast`s special gravy! Here, barbequed bread roll from the tandoor, very healthy Your health is very bad too. You should try this Catch... Zabardast seems in a bad mood today Don`t rub salt in my wounds, boys These are not wounds... They`re burning coals Just ready to set everything on fire We copied the full map off the two lockets Okay, listen up now According to the map found on the locket... to reach the treasure in the old dungeon we need to find this cave here About ten minutes walk from the east entrance We`ll begin from here This way The tunnel seems to be blocked According to the map... the way into the dungeon should be right behind this wall Break it down, or l`ll have to What a horrid thing Looks like satanic stuff to me Look at the state of this corpse Hey, listen, it`s made of stone This is a strange place Vijay, have a look in that cave I`ll check over here Let those fools wander off I`ve got the real map Follow me What a weird place According to this map... the treasure is hidden near a Trident symbol You guys search this side, l`ll look over there That`s Sanjeeva - Sanjeeva! - Sanjeeva! Shakaal, what`s going on? - I don`t know - What`s all this blood? Come on, Vijay! This is no trick nor is it any magic Zabardast believes whoever killed Kallu... is a laundryman from Ghatkopar - A laundryman? - Yes That`s why the corpse was left hanging on the wall to dry Come on, put some energy into it And that other thing was an accident Accident? No way, it was a trap Someone killed Kallu How else would he end up hanging on the wall covered in blood? But who did it? You two look busy I guess you found the treasure - Is that so, Vijay? - No, brother And we lost two friends down there... in that horrible dungeon Listen to me, sir That basement is just like a labyrinth Everyone who goes down there gets lost You migth be right, Panna. We certainly got lost Don`t worry about it Come to the village. They`re expecting you It`s Lord Shankar`s festival today, it`ll be a great night Really? Come on, Aarti, let`s go We need a change of scene And it might cheer you up She`ll cheer up all right Once she gets a glass of hemp juice down her throat Hail Lord Shiv Shankar! Sticks and stones can`t hurt me Hail Lord Shiv Shankar! Sticks and stones can`t hurt me Hey, Fatso, are you grinding hemp or doing yoga? I`m grinding lovely hemp for you. Here... Hail Lord Bholenath! Hey, big guy. Lord Shankar`s healthy offering I mean - Lord Shiva`s offering Here, Simbo`s brother, Rambo. Drink this mango juice It will make all your veins go numb Please do me a favor Get these girls to drink a glass of this Sure thing Hey, Fatso, give me some of that sweet lime Hurry up Try this sugarcane juice Let`s unite our glances and our hearts today You come a little close, I`ll come a little closer too Let`s unite our glances and our hearts today You come a little close, I`ll come a little closer too My body is like a glass, shatter this glass You are under my oath, do this for sure How do we tell you what we are going through? You come a little close, I`ll come a little closer too Let`s unite our glances and our hearts today You come a little close, I`ll come a little closer too Why is this affair of ours still incomplete? Take my hand in yours and fulfil this too These wonderful moments should not go to waste You come a little close, I`ll come a little closer too Let`s unite our glances and our hearts today You come a little close, I`ll come a little closer too You come a little close, I`ll come a little closer too This is great I` m glad Zabardast took a day off Or we`d never have tasted Panna`s cooking I was pretty impressed too Shut up and eat! What happened? This often happens here I hope this mansion isn`t haunted You see ghosts everywhere I say let`s forget about this treasure and go back home I`m going to get a candle Hey, don`t get lost A horrible hand grabbed me through that window Look at the blood There`s nothing there Maybe a cat scratched you You must have imagined it You think I imagine everything Two men die a horrific death and you call it an accident An old clock suddenly starts up again You say I imagined it And now you say she imagined this too Why can`t you believe me? - There`s something evil here - You`re just scaring yourself Let`s go, Panna No, sir... Please let go of me I beg you... Please let me go, sir I beg you... So, where do you hide now? Looks like l`ve got you OK, creep... I`ll thrash you so hard, your ma won`t know you How dare you raise your hand to me? I`ll kill you It`s me who`ll kill you What`s up? Have you gone mad? Mad enough to kill him Tell me what happened He molested Reena. I`ll kill him Hey, get lost! How could you do this? We never dreamed you were such a scumbag Get out of here And don`t even dream of coming back And if you ever do this to any other girl you`re a dead man Dream on, dick heads. I`ll sort you lot out, don`t worry I`m glad he`s gone at last No one will harass me now Boss, that`s Panna, uncle Ram`s daughter Are you married? Please show some respect I`ll show you something to respect, all right You bastard, how dare you? I dare a lot more than this, old man You stopped me too soon When Heera finds out about this, he`ll thrash you I`ll be in the pub tonight Send Heera there. I`ll teach him a good lesson Sway along with me, oh, drunkard, sway along Sway along with me, oh, drunkard, sway along Dance Dance! Chew that bone well, it`ll be your last one Vijay, I think we have the complete map now The map Shakaal gave us was a fake I never thought he`d turn out to be such a creep I never trusted him If that locket hadn`t been faked those men wouldn`t have died Well... it should be easy to find that treasure now I`ll do what I can to help you But remember me when you do find it Boss, those idiots have got the original locket If they join both the lockets and find that trident symbol they`ll find the treasure No, Rana Shakaal doesn`t give in I shall get that back locket tonight Who is it? Who`s there? Best keep quiet. Or l`ll kill you like I did your sister I`ve found the treasure And now I have to kill you Because if you escape then everyone will know What is it, Aarti?! In... in the dungeon What about it? What were you doing there? I was asleep in bed, Shakaal came in He was about to kill me Somehow I got away from him I ended up in the dungeon. I even saw the treasure Shakaal was about to take it, but.. But, what...? It killed Shakaal - What killed him? - A living corpse It was horrible. It was really horrible It`s going to kill us all We have to get out of this place We have to go now Don`t be afraid. Come on, show us No, no, I won`t go there None of us should Don`t worry. We`ll look after you Come on, let`s go Vijay, didn`t I tell you? Didn`t I tell you? Look! Please don`t go there. It`s evil Don`t be afraid Come on, Anand I`ve seen enough devils in my life No, don`t go there! Vijay! Vijay, take them away from here! Go! Come on, Aarti Reena, Aarti, get out of here You too, Vijay... I won`t leave you here, Anand What happened? That dreadful creature We saw it in the cave It was horrible It killed Shakaal And now Anand`s in danger. He got trapped there saving us This way Hey! Stop! Looks like the monster is headed for the village Listen everyone... Now that the beast is loose the whole village is in danger But don`t lose courage We will fight this evil together and we will triumph! So let`s get to work and find this evil creature Uncle Ram Who could it be at this hour? Go and have a look Vijay, what are you all doing here at this hour? Shakaal and my dear friend, Anand, have both been killed Killed? What are you saying? That dungeon is haunted An evil entity lurks there I myself have seen it It`s killed many men The monster has escaped We came here to warn you both not to venture out We`re going to flush it out Take care Come, Vijay - Here`s some milk - Thanks Father, what was that? You wait here Who is it? Who`s there? Dad? Wait. That sounds like Panna Panna... Don`t leave me, Panna! Vijay, my friend... No more innocent people will die here I swear by Goddess Durga, that I will destroy this evil! I will destroy it! Throw the ropes! Throw the ropes! Pull! Harder! Hold him! Okay, friend, we`re off now Someday... I hope we meet again You take care, Heera |
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