Sir, being a government teacher is not what it used to be.
If you so much as wring a student's ear,
they get the mobile out at once and shoot a video.
I feel like thrashing them all!
But, now, there is no guarantee another student
won't shoot a video of that.
If there is an enquiry,
then, it will impact the pension.
That's how it is.
-Hey, Govind. -Yes.
Order two more cups of special tea.
Go on, bring it.
Yes, sir. What's the problem?
There are a lot of problems.
Don't you have problems?
These days, the patients
are more aware of their illness than the doctor.
They do research in advance and come over.
-Yes, yes, but... -What is that about...
How can I help you?
Nothing much, sir.
I am a government employee like you.
Central government.
I am a teacher in Varanasi.
When it's time for the grain harvest...
Sir, I understand about the grain and all of that.
I just want to know this. What's your medical problem?
I can't get out of bed.
My hands and feet shiver.
I feel like it's dysentery.
Write it all down, sir.
I need a medical certificate for 15 days.
I have run out of holidays.
The grain hasn't been harvested yet.
-You can go. -What?
-You can leave. -Okay.
Don't beat the students up, please.
-What a strange doctor! -I thought he's a patient.
This is all government work.
That's why I came here.
Tell me how much money you want.
I am not getting it done for free.
I am not speaking to the doctor presently.
Otherwise, I would have got the certificate
from the CMO office in no time.
Even the dogs don't come to the PHC!
I walked right in and you should be grateful for it.
He's acting pricey!
Yes, Induji.
Sir, I need some help.
I am not happy to say this but I can't help it.
No, no, please tell me.
Sir, today is vaccination day. It's a Wednesday, you see.
Devender Bhai has left the CMO's office for vaccine delivery.
I am in the field.
So, can you receive the vaccine?
Yes, I will take it.
Sir, I have sent my son, Sudhir.
He will take it from you. You can give it to him.
Okay, done.
Get into the line, please.
-What do you want to get checked? -I have a stomach ache.
I will hit you so bad your whole body will ache.
Sit quietly.
Don't give yourself airs. Hold him.
Just shift over a bit.
-Are your ablutions okay? -Yes.
Show me the next Sunday.
Yes, okay. Greetings.
Greetings.
Greetings, doctor.
Mr. Phutani!
Any problems?
Do I only come to meet you when I have problems?
Of course, you do.
Tell me now.
Is this a new pen you have got?
Mister, stop kidding. Do you see the crowd waiting outside?
-I did see that. -I know, right?
So, we are also on duty presently.
I can see
how well you are doing your duty.
Come on, tell me, what do you want?
The MO wants to meet you.
-Me? -Yes.
What for?
Both of you are experts in the same field, right?
I guess he wants to discuss something.
Does your MO eat mutton and all?
I have seen him eating eggs and fish.
-I guess he eats mutton too. -No.
Listen.
Some folks don't touch an animal which can scream.
Does fish scream?
Listen to me.
Get a huge bucket and fill it with water.
Release a live Rohu fish into it.
Then stick your head into the water
and grab the fish by the gills.
See for yourself if the fish is screaming or singing.
Mister, what is wrong with you?
Does fish scream or not?
You do know I am free from 2pm to 2:30pm, right?
Yes.
Bring him over for lunch. We will eat mutton and chat.
Wretched hangman!
He has ruined me.
What kind of doctor is he?
Nobody comes to him.
He used to talk a lot.
The patients will come.
There's not even a dog shitting here.
He got my grain cut down.
If you harass the poor, someone will harass you too.
Devenderji, Induji asked you to give me the vaccine.
I hear you've not got your first patient yet.
The doctor's done!
-Hello, Sudhir. -How are you, Sudhir?
Fine.
Bloody liar.
Yes, Mr. Phutani.
Sir, do you eat mutton?
Where are you roaming instead of being at the PHC, Mr. Phutani?
No, no, sir. I am not roaming around.
You said you want to meet the doctor, right?
I am arranging for that.
The doctor said to call you over at lunchtime.
You can eat meat and rice and have a chat too.
Sir, the doctor is only free between 2 and 2:30pm.
Whereas, we are free all day, right?
We can eat lunch at any random time.
Mr. Phutani, am I the MO who is going to eat
mutton with some quack in his clinic?
What signal would that send out?
Signal?
Who would it send a signal to, sir?
I mean to say, the people who would see it. For example, his patients.
Sir, would anyone recognise you?
Come over, sir.
The doctor doesn't invite you to lunch every day.
Mr. Phutani, tell him that if he has to meet me,
he should come and meet me at my PHC. Okay?
Sir, sir.
What is the matter, sir? Don't you like the food?
No, I am not hungry.
Sir, do you know Kishori Bhai?
The one whose dad passed away?
The day you arrived here?
He's hosting a banquet on the 13th day post the death.
Kishori Bhai told me this.
Govind Babu, you sit around doing nothing in the PHC anyway.
Go and call out everyone to the banquet.
I know what you're thinking about, sir.
You're probably wondering what a call out is.
City folks can't be expected to understand it.
Sir, in the village, everyone is given
a personal invite on the day of the banquet.
That's called a call out.
Kishori Bhai said,
that the first call out
has to be made to you.
So, here's the call out.
I am going. There's a lot to do there.
Okay.
You are busy working...
Sir, it's getting colder now.
Take care of yourself.
Give me the vaccine, sir. I have to leave for the camp.
What do you mean by give it? I gave it already.
No, I mean, who did you give it to?
What do you mean by who? You asked me to give it to Sudhir. I gave it to him.
No, sir. He called me, saying, mom, I will be late for tuition.
-So, you can go and take it. -How can he say he didn't take it?
He came over. I gave it to him. Call him.
Sir, why should I call him? He's outside.
Let's go and check. He came this morning. I just gave it to him.
Sudhir!
Sudhir.
I gave you the vaccine, right?
Greetings, sir.
You came this morning. I gave you the vaccine. Tell her.
This morning?
No, sir. I was giving tuition this morning.
This is really outrageous, man.
You came over. I gave you the vaccine.
Now, you're refusing it outright?
No, mom.
Greetings, sir. What is it, sir?
Mr. Phutani, Induji told me to receive the vaccine and hand it over to Sudhir.
I gave him the vaccines. He's saying I didn't.
That's what he always does, sir.
You know what, sir? He asked me for a pipe once.
He said, uncle, give me a pipe. I must water the fields.
I gave it, being the good man I am.
The next day I said, give the pipe back, son.
He says to me, which pipe?
I slapped him around a couple of times.
Since then, I have not spoken to her.
Listen, kid, if you took it, give it to sir.
If I didn't take it, how can I give it back?
-Hello? -Yes.
Yes, Devender Bhai?
Did you give the vaccine to sir?
Yes, I also got a receipt from Prabhat sir.
-Okay. -Is there any problem?
No, no. There is no problem.
Sir, he said, he has taken a receipt from you too.
But I never said I didn't receive it from him.
Mom, I didn't take it.
What will I do with the vaccine?
God!
Wait a moment.
Ram Avtarji was sitting there when I gave him the vaccine.
-He saw everything. -Hey, Ram Avtar Baba.
Ram Avtar Baba!
Come here.
-What is it? -Come here.
Come here, please.
We will expose him today.
Ram Avtarji, you saw me giving Sudhir the vaccine this morning, right?
Tell them.
Baba, tell us what you saw this morning.
Govind, fetch me a chair.
Hey, tell us.
Bring the chair, okay?
Why must you argue about these things?
-Why should I bring it? -Just bring the chair, okay?
Please.
Get out of the way, Prabhat sir.
Baba? Hey, baba.
Yes?
Tell sir what you saw this morning.
-This morning? -Yes.
This morning.
A guy on a motorcycle came from a long way off.
Gradually...
Did he reach here?
Devender Bhai was sitting on it.
He pressed the horn.
How many times?
Three times.
Beep, beep, beep.
No.
Beep, beep, beep.
Then Devender Bhai parked his motorbike.
Did he park to the right
or to the left side?
No. He parked on the right side.
It doesn't matter where he parked the bike. Tell us what happened next.
Hey!
How can you just say that any side will do, sir?
It was parked where it was parked, okay?
No, no, we must know the truth. Which side did he park on?
Did he park to the right or the left?
He parked to the left.
-He parked to the left, right? -Yes.
So, are you done?
So, the motorcycle was parked.
-Yes. -Now, moving on.
And after that,
the doctor went over to Devender.
So, there was a vaccine chest.
He lifted that and hung it on his shoulder.
Then Devender got the register out.
He took the doctor's signature on the register.
After that, Devender Bhai turned the bike around
and then he zoomed off.
After that...
After that?
After that, the doctor
went back inside.
How can you say I went back in? Sudhir came after that, right?
-Sudhir? -Yes.
Sudhir came on his scooty. I gave him the vaccine...
You saw everything from there.
Hey, how can I say I saw it when I didn't see it?
I didn't see it.
Oh man!
Hey, doctor.
Don't you have the vaccine?
After that...
It's okay, it's okay.
Sir, he's drunk toddy.
Nurse didi.
I have heard that the doctor hasn't had a single patient yet.
Sir, Sudhir is a liar of the highest order.
His father was a liar just like him.
He stayed with Nurse didi for so many years.
He said, I'm your husband.
Nurse didi got up one morning
and the husband was missing. Her husband had vanished without a trace.
Just let it go, Mr. Phutani.
How can I let it go? He has framed sir, right?
Sir, if there is a call from the CMO office,
then you can say clearly you did
what Nurse Indu Devi told you to do.
She said, give the vaccine to her son.
So you gave the vaccine to her son.
Now, she should be investigated. Why should you be subjected to it?
Hello?
Yes, sir.
Sir, I received it.
You found out.
Yes, I'll be there at 4pm.
That was a call from the CMO sir.
He is angry since the camp is set up, but the vaccine hasn't been delivered.
Come on, all of you.
I have to go and give invites for Kishori Bhai's banquet.
Mr. Phutani, you come along.
Sir, I have to fix a meeting with the doctor.
The CMO sir is calling and you are bothered about the quack?
I will go alone.
You do the 'call out.'
There's a banquet at Kishori Bhai's place.
There's a banquet.
Mr. Phutani.
Hey!
What's up, Mr. Phutani?
Since the clinic has opened up,
you have not met me even once.
Let's see how long it stays open.
Why? What has happened?
That liar Sudhir will get it all shut down.
MO sir gave that unfortunate thief the vaccine.
When he was asked for it, he said, what vaccine?
The CMO has called him over for investigation. Imagine that.
Nurse didi could have done something about it if she wanted to.
But no way.
Everyone has to be blinded by their love for their child.
Are you out to give invites or to bad mouth my son?
Did I say anything wrong?
What is this?
Did you say anything wrong?
What do you want?
Instead of explaining things, you're going
to every locality and slandering my son.
Isn't your son a liar?
What should I call a liar, if not a liar?
He lies throughout the day.
He's a liar?
He is a liar, right?
Get down.
Here you are. You're really upset, right?
Kill him. Kill him and end the story.
Speak up. Say something, son.
Speak up!
Speak, speak, speak!
Speak! Tell everyone.
Why don't you speak? Go on!
Mom, I didn't take it.
Who would believe that when you say it?
Will he believe you? Or will these folks believe it?
Who will believe you?
The entire village is hassled by this one.
Even his own father was hassled by him.
He has abandoned him and gone away.
But nobody feels relieved yet.
Hey, Mr. Phutani, just kill him.
Just finish him off, okay?
What are you looking at?
He's a problem for the entire village, right?
Okay then. I'm leaving.
Yes, of course. What's to be done?
The exams are coming up.
I have prepared well.
I will pass this time around.
When you cried outside
in front of everyone,
I didn't like it at all.
'Office, Chief Medical Officer.'
They called us before lunch.
Official administration may take time, sir.
Let me speak to him. Listen.
MO sir has arrived from Bhatkundi.
-The CMO sir called him, right? -Yes.
See, his name must be somewhere on the list.
Here it is.
Hello.
Hi.
So, CMO sir or Babu Saheb?
-CMO sir. -I had a feeling.
People only get this nervous to meet the CMO sir.
Babu. Call Prabhat Sinha.
-Prabhat Sinha sir. -Sir.
I'll see you.
Come, sir.
'Chief Medical Officer.'
Good afternoon, sir.
Greetings, sir.
What is it?
I am with sir. I'm the ward boy.
Should I arrange for tea and snacks?
Were you invited here?
Get out of here.
Go and stand outside.
Sit.
The camp was organised in your village, right?
It's so difficult in the rural areas and villages
to get people out of their homes and lead them to the camps.
Do you know that?
It takes months of hard work.
After all that has happened,
we find out that the vaccine is missing.
You received it, right?
Yes, sir. I received it. Actually...
-It got misplaced... -It was misplaced?
Did you misplace vaccines worth Rs. 600,000?
The government spends so much to send out vaccines to the villages.
While you're saying it got misplaced!
Sir, it wasn't my fault. I...
The nurse told me...
Here you are.
Write.
Write down who is to blame.
Give it in writing.
Give it in writing who is to blame.
You folks come over to the villages.
But you don't understand the troubles of the villagers
nor do you connect with them.
You just go around doing as you please.
The one who is to blame will be investigated.
And that person will pay for it.
It was misplaced!
Sir, actually, it was my fault.
Were you wasting my time here for so long?
Is this your father's clinic?
That's the problem with you guys.
You come here, thinking of it as a punishment posting.
You won't do any work.
It's not like that, sir. I came here of my own choice.
So, did you do us a favour by doing that?
Sir, my PHC was totally non-functioning.
There was no road even to get to it.
-We... -How many patients visit your PHC?
10?
4?
2? How many?
That's the common problem in villages, you see.
-They aren't coming over. -Babu.
Yes, sir.
Send Ms. Gargi inside.
Gargi ma'am, you've been called.
Yes, sir.
When you arrived, what was your PHC like?
It was okay, sir.
It was bad.
It was very bad.
But she won't say that.
Why?
Because she is aware of the government administration.
What was the patient footfall within 10 days?
Sir, about 30 to 40.
Meanwhile, he's not even earned his first patient.
Let me explain.
You guys come to the village, charged with enthusiasm.
But you start hating the villagers within four days.
But the investigation will happen.
I will think about
when, where and how it will happen later.
You can leave.
Park to the side.
Give me a cigarette.
I don't have cigarettes. Will beedi do?
-Give it. -Hmm.
You seem to be new to the village. Where are you from?
Hey, brother. Just do your job, okay?
Forget about it, sir.
You didn't do anything wrong.
In fact, whatever you are doing is good.
What am I doing that is good?
We haven't had a single patient for 13 days.
That quack has people lining up in droves.
I am doing well!
He's a doctor. He's smoking a cigarette.
When I recited poetry as a kid,
Sipahi Uncle used to say this.
Dinesh, when you recite poems,
I hear the voice of the poet, Dinkar.
-Sipahi Uncle... -It's okay, sir. These things happen.
He must be listening to me, even from up there.
He must be holding onto a 500...
Sir, take your shoes off.
He must be sitting with it.
Do I have to come along?
-We know. -Yes.
The entire village has come for Sipahi Uncle.
-How can you not be there? -The path.
Hey, Govind. Why are you so late?
I had to bring sir along.
Come on, serve rice. Go on.
I invited everyone.
See, the seats are all taken.
We should have come earlier. Let's go over there, sir.
Please pay attention.
There is henna on the palms. The henna is stained red.
Sipahi Uncle, without you the village seems desolate now.
The stars in the sky have begun to sleep now.
In your memory, I have begun to weep now.
In your memory, I have begun to...
It's okay.
And... Please pay attention.
The fabric of love has been scissored to dearth.
The son of the earth has merged back to earth.
Wow!
The cloud in the sky, and lightning in the cloud.
The dark times have been made darker by the weather...
and that is where Uncle has gone forever.
-and that is where Uncle has gone forever. -Wonderful!
...and that is where Uncle has gone forever.
Wonderful!
How long will you keep rehashing the past and doing this?
-Yes? -Yes, you're right.
-Baba has passed away, right? -Yes, yes.
We will also pass away someday.
-Yes, yes, of course. -Right?
As long as we are here, let's live happily and lovingly.
-Yes, yes, of course. -Am I right?
Don't hold on to the small stuff.
-No, no, I won't. -Arvind.
-Yes, doctor. -Make the death certificate.
-He will get it done. -Yes, very soon.
-Don't worry. -Okay.
Look here.
Sipahicha in his... Wow.
Greetings, doctor.
Govind.
How is your dad's flatulence?
-Absolutely fine. -All good?
-Yes. -Oh!
MO sir. You should have told me, fool.
MO sir!
How are you doing, sir?
-Hello. -I heard you wanted to meet me.
You made plans and cancelled?
Mister, you know, I got five kilos of mutton cut.
But it's okay. We have met, right?
Okay.
Why did you want to meet me? Did you need something?
No, actually,
I heard about you when I came here.
I thought we could meet and...
Because you're not getting patients, right?
Don't worry about it.
I will send over some guys who have coughs and colds tomorrow.
It will all get done.
Go ahead and eat. Don't stop.
Hey, Govind. You didn't serve him raita. He's eating it all dry...
Which college did you get your MBBS degree from?
The villagers
call you doctor.
I bet you've got an MBBS degree.
Do you have an MD as well?
Okay, just tell me the basic reasons for a fever.
I mean, why does the human body
grow hot?
Tell me.
The thing is, MO sir,
you are not bothered by the fact that I am treating people without a degree.
You are worried by the fact that
despite your high-level degree,
you don't have a single patient visiting you.
I examine 40 patients single-handedly during the morning timings.
Everyone knows I don't have an MBBS degree.
I am not hiding anything while doing it.
What did you think?
That this is a branch of a bank or a police station
that you would open it up and patients would line up?
You have to earn patients, MO sir.
A person won't share his joy and sorrow with someone just like that.
You have to win everyone's trust.
Get it?
Phutani is your compounder, isn't he?
Do you know why he didn't wear trousers?
He had recurring boils on his thighs.
I treated him. Ask him. Tell him about it.
But how would you know it?
You gave the order.
Wear trousers and come to the clinic.
I am involved in the joys and sorrows of every single person here, MO sir.
They are all my family.
While you came to eat at a banquet
and you are sitting away from the entire village
on a table and a chair.
MO sir.
This banquet maybe dinner for you.
It's a family matter for us.
It's a chance for me to know everyone's joy and sorrow.
That's the difference
between your health centre
and my clinic.
Okay, go ahead. Go on and eat. Don't stop.
Son, give him dessert.
He's a guest. You folks must attend to him.