Ritika, are you ready for Holi?
I have made a cassette full of Holi songs
and I have picked out a white salwar and suit.
White clothes?
You will wash out your clothes trying to wash them
but you will never get those white clothes clean after Holi.
What? Don't you read the magazine 'Filmy'?
You should.
Did you know
that all famous heroines wear white during Holi.
I won't wear old clothes this time.
Ritika, if I ruin my white clothes, my mom will kill me.
Why do you always say that?
Why are you so scared of her?
It's Holi! I won't listen to my mom this time.
Ritika! Come help me make Gujia.
And bring Rishi too.
Oh come on, mom...
I will call you back later.
Rishi!
What are you doing, you donkey?
Experiment.
Are you trying to make a chicken out of this egg?
Cat got your tongue?
Will you tell me or should I... Mummy!
First you need to swear that you won't tell Kiran Bedi.
-Get lost. -Oh really?
Then should I tell mummy
that you secretly watch TV on zero volume at night?
Fine. I swear.
I am not crossing my fingers, you donkey!
What is it?
Put this on your nose.
Because Holi is the best festival of the year,
I have left these eggs to rot for the last ten days.
Anyone who gets hit by these rotten eggs will stink for a 100 days.
I will hit Sonal with a rotten egg.
We will have the best holi this time Rishi.
All I need is a little help so that we can have the bestest Holi this year.
What do I need to do?
You just need to convince Kiran Bedi
to let us dig a ditch in the ground.
A ditch filled with mud?
Then I can throw Sonal in that muddy ditch
and put purple colour in her hair.
Then I will make fun of her all drenched in mud and covered in purple!
Now stop daydreaming and think of something.
Ritika, do I have to ask again? Come fast with Rishi.
Let's go. Coming!
Mummy has no interest in playing Holi.
She stays at home all day, afraid of someone throwing colour at her.
There is no difference between Holi and Diwali for her.
For her, a festival is nothing more than a lot of cleaning
and loads of chores.
Put up lights during Diwali
and make Gujia during Holi.
"Today is Holi, my love"
Why isn't dad helping us make Gujia, grandma?
Shut up.
The monkey wants to teach his own father?
I am fixing your water pistol from last year.
He is taunting me...
Here you go Amma, these are done... wait, why are you working alone?
What are both of you doing?
Amma is working alone and you are mixing colours?
Come here and help her.
There are so many chores still pending.
Making Malpua, Kheer and puri for Holi
That's what Rishi said.
Hey! No mummy, that is what Sis wants.
I don't have time for your nonsense.
I am running late for school.
What do you mean? Didn't you have a holiday?
Yes but I got a call that there is a very important teacher's meeting,
so I have to go.
-So I am leaving. -Hey Neerja! Neerja!
Take this. I have written down a list of everything needed for the Holika Dahan.
Akshat, flowers, sugar candies, kalava, turmeric and manure.
Mummy! You don't need manure there is a lot inside Sis' head
we can use that.
Stop it. Someone might get hurt.
Careful.
Look at this.
Look at Mishra.
He looks like an eggplant!
He bathed with detergent for four days but he was still so colourful.
And what about you?
You had bhang and ate 45 bhujias
and you kept saying,
"Save me Amma! I am flying!"
Okay, okay, that's enough.
You ask him.
Come on, just try it.
Idiot.
Papa!
Don't you think that we should have the best Holi this time?
So then how about we
dig a hole in the garden and make a muddy ditch?
Where were you playing Holi?
The rowdy kids in our neighbourhood threw water balloons at me.
Run.
Yeah... it's Holi after all. These things happen.
No need to be upset...
I am not upset because of this.
Ritika's exam which was cancelled because of the strike
will now be held the day after Holi.
Sorry, child. You can't play Holi.
No... No...
No mummy!
No Ritika. You can't play Holi.
Hey Neerja,
let her play for a bit then she can study after that.
Amma, don't you know what they do for Holi every year?
First they will act like hooligans then they will play for hours,
then they will bathe multiple times to wash off the colours.
And then they fall sick the next day.
Mummy please! Come on, please!
I just saw your English notebook.
There is a spelling mistake on every single page.
Every single page!
If you fall sick then you will definitely fail.
While Sis studies I can get my revenge,
and she can't even get back at me.
Because Kiran Bedi has already put the handcuffs on her.
Poor girl.
Don't be upset, it's Holi!
Don't disturb your sister. Let her study in peace.
Mummy...
Don't be upset, it's Holi!
Oh man...
Sis?
Are you sad?
Go away, Rishi.
I feel very bad that you can't play Holi this year.
Get lost.
Sis?
You won't even be able to throw a rotten egg at Sonal!
I have an idea.
I will throw this rotten egg at Sonal in your place.
A brother should fulfill his responsibilities to his sister.
Do you want an egg?
-Do you want it? -Stop it.
Take it. Here.
-Stop it Rishi... -Take it.
-Take it. Take it. -Rishi I need to study. Go away.
I am going to kill you!
Take this!
Now you have made the whole house wet...
Sis!
I will get you back!
What are you doing...
Ew!
What smells like rotten eggs?
Mummy, this Rishi hit me with a rotten egg! Just look!
-She called Papa a donkey. -Liar!
I was wondering where all my eggs were!
Where are you hiding the rest?
Mummy I swear, I am not hiding them.
I was just telling Sis that she is studying so hard,
she should eat an egg to help her think.
It's fine, Neerja.
These things happen, it's Holi after all.
That is why people say "Don't be upset, it's Holi!"
I see... these things happen.
Yes...
But it stops now.
It's not just Ritika, none of us will play Holi this year.
Not you, or Rishi, nor you Amma.
And neither will I.
Mummy no...
That is impossible.
Holi is a festival that needs to be celebrated.
Everyone will play it including me and that is final.
Neerja, all my friends are coming over...
We will drink bhang and roam around, don't say that now.
Mummy, you have no interest in playing Holi.
You spend the whole day hiding indoors.
But Holi is very important to all of us.
Are you done?
If we play around
then how will your sister be able to study?
And is playing around all you care about?
Who would you hold responsible for our daughter failing?
Everyone, listen up.
Nobody plays Holi this year.
We will not celebrate Holi.
Rishi...
Are you sad?
"Don't be upset, it's Holi!"
Don't be upset, it's Holi...
Don't be upset...
Every time India loses against Australia in the finals,
don't you think that if India and Pakistan were the same country,
then we would always beat Australia in cricket.
It is time
for India and Pakistan to come together to beat Australia.
Sorry, Sis.
What do you want, you beggar?
If you can't take back your right from Kiran Bedi
then an essay in an English exam is the only place you could say,
'Holi is my favourite festival.'
But it will be the worst festival in real life.
You should have thought of that before you threw an egg at me.
Sis, please think of something.
Please!
Rishi-ka Trick no. 101.
Divide...
and rule?
What are you writing, Sis?
I am writing an essay on 'My family.'
Then read it out loud for us.
-Should I? -Yes.
Our family is our foundation for life.
My mother Neerja is the head of the family.
What?
I will explain it to you in Hindi, grandma.
Sis said that mummy is the head of this family.
Well, that is true.
Should I continue?
My mother takes all the decisions of the family.
That means that mummy takes all the decisions in the family.
Hey! Shut up!
I see right through your scheme of trying to make us fight.
If you see it then why don't you do something about it?
You hide behind a newspaper all day.
But Amma...
Neerja would never agree.
-Then convince her. -Then convince her.
Papa, if you can't convince mummy then I will tell her
that you throw her lauki ki sabzi away in the garden every day.
Do you think that I am afraid of your mother?
Bring milk for making pudding.
Go bring it.
Papa, prove to us that this lion can still fight.
Neerja.
The kids are unhappy.
So? Do you want me to dance?
Ritika can enjoy her Holi and then give her exam.
Are you here for Ritika's sake or your own?
Both.
I have been looking forward to playing in this Holi for one whole year.
Please.
Read this.
It's fine.
Read it properly.
She wrote, 'I didn't did it.'
This girl is in the 11th grade.
It's fine!
It's just English, it's not like she has a Maths test.
These dads always say the wrong thing in front of moms.
And then they pay for it.
So you are saying that my subject is worthless?
I didn't say that...
I am saying that I don't want to be Kiran Bedi.
I have to do it for the good of the children.
Because you never say anything.
All you do is repeat the same four words.
Yes. Sure. Fine. Okay.
Okay.
I will go buy milk.
What now, Sis?
Now if we want to play Holi,
then we only have one option.
Rishi-ka Trick no. 17.
Ritika. Wake up.
Rishi?
What are you...
I thought that Sis would feel so bad studying all alone,
so I decided to study with her.
Trick number 17.
The obedient son and daughter.
Okay fine, come and drink your milk.
Milk is the most important factor for a growing child, right mummy?
So I asked grandma and drank it.
I poured it on a Neem tree.
Mummy?
Here, have some tea.
T... Tea?
Yes, since I woke up at 4 am to study
I made tea for myself and decided to make some for you too.
Careful.
Try it.
I will study too. Can you please put this away?
My books...
You told me to fix it, so, that is what I am doing.
Neerja!
Eat your food.
-Here. -But why did you bring me food?
You were setting papers for the exams,
so the kids decided to order food. Now eat it.
Rishi! Ritika! Come here.
-Yes mummy? -Yes mummy?
Do you think I am a donkey?
She is an English teacher.
But she still messed up the gender. It should be female donkey.
Nobody is playing Holi.
So stop acting so nice.
Mummy please! I want to play Holi and dig a ditch full of mud
and then push people into it.
-You want a slap? -Come on, Mummy!
Rishi, don't argue with me.
I will.
Let me set my exam papers.
You want to set papers?
Try doing it now!
Rishi!
Disrespectful brat.
Come here!
Don't beat him.
You want to be disrespectful?
Then get out of the house. Get out.
And stay out! Understand?
Leaving the house would be better. Who wants to live in this jail?
-Jail? You think this is a jail? -No mummy don't.
-Get out of the way. -Please don't, mummy.
-Move! You think this is a jail? -No mummy, don't.
Then go sit in jail and since you enjoy digging so much
that is all you will do!
He thinks that this house is a jail! Move out of my way.
-Namaste Mr. Awasthi. -Oh, namaste.
-Namaste Mrs. Awasthi. -Namaste. Happy Holi.
By the way, you also contributed to this fire.
What do you mean?
I mean, there was a chair sitting outside your house,
so we stole it and added it to the Holika fire.
We have already rubbed mustard oil and eucalyptus on our faces.
Yes, I can see that.
By the way, where are Rishi and Ritika?
That's because Ritika has an exam.
So why isn't Rishi here?
No matter how mischievous Rishi might be,
he is the one who brings a smile to everyone's face.
By the way, we are coming over to your house tomorrow morning at 8 am.
No, I am not well...
Stop making excuses like your wife.
Don't you get it? The bhang is ready.
No... I am not feeling well Mishra.
Please understand.
B... But...
That's weird.
Rishi!
Ritika! Come eat your food.
Neerja!
Can you come out for a minute?
Who dug this ditch?
You want to get hit with a rotten egg?
Or will you go in yourself?
No... No...
-Absolutely not. -Why not?
I am telling you, don't do it!
It's Holi!
Happy Holi.
I am sorry, my child.
Studies are important...
but celebrating festivals and being happy with your family is just as important.
And Holi only happens once a year.
I am really sorry.
Come on.
Hurry up and get ready to play Holi.
Holi is the best festival of the year.
Not because we play with colours.
But it is the best because we all come together
to play with colours with our family.
A festival is only complete when your family is with you.
Help me, Mishra...
I am flying away, Mishra...
Amma...
We are surrounded by water on all sides. I am drowning.