The police have surrounded you on all four sides.
Trying to escape is pointless.
Sis?
Do I look as intimidating as Bade Papa with a mustache?
You look like a monkey with a tail.
Let go of my hair. I need to go get ready.
Sis, don't focus on getting ready.
Focus on impressing Bade Papa.
As soon as he gets here, fall to his feet.
You might get an extra 10 rupees.
Wow, you got the mica plates out?
Hey!
This time, don't do anything rude like you did last time.
Don't even dare to look at his service revolver.
Understand? Hey! No...
Put that down. Nobody touches the pakoras.
Unless you are asked to eat it three times,
you are not allowed to even touch the pakoras.
And what will you say the first two times?
No, thank you. Why don't you have some?
By the way, Papa, why are you so afraid of your older brother?
Get lost. He speaks nonsense.
What?
Life and your mustache should both be like Bade Papa's.
Doesn't he look cool like Vinod Khanna?
-Namaste, amma. -God bless you with all the happiness.
Come in.
How are you, chhotu?
Namaste brother-in-law.
Bade Papa.
Any difficulties getting here?
Bade Papa is not like you Papa.
I bet they clear traffic for him to pass.
Now that is true.
Oh! God bless you, God bless you.
This time I will definitely get my 50 rupees.
Please get up Mr. Junior Awasthi.
I have something else for you.
To buy a chocolate.
-Here you go Ritika. -Oh, no thank you.
Take it child. Listen to your Bade Papa.
Come on. Let's go in.
Neerja, pass me the paneer kebabs.
That's enough, Amma.
-How much more can I eat? -What do you mean enough?
I made them especially for you. It's not like I cook every day.
You don't put on weight like Sanjay does after all.
She is right.
He puts on weight even if he just breathes in.
What year are you in Ritika?
-11th. -Oh wow. 11th!
And what else is going on?
You should ask me what isn't going on.
My studies are going well, along with kho-kho practice,
and even my dance is going really well.
Oh my, you are doing so much at the same time?
Bade Papa, this is nothing.
I am giving trials to be selected for the cricket team,
I have learnt basketball,
and I will definitely win the Science Fair too.
And you were learning chess last year. What about that?
It is a very slow game Bade Papa.
I got bored so I quit.
Dance, cricket, basketball, when did all this happen?
Nobody tells me anything.
You never know anything, chhotu.
Papa, we told mummy. We told you, didn't we?
Yes, they told me.
She dances very well.
Should I show you?
Mummy, should I show you my dance?
I will show you my dance, Bade Papa.
Sit.
How was it?
Rishi?
Have some.
No, thank you, Bade Papa. Please eat.
Just eat it, Mr. Awasthi.
No, thank you. Why don't you have some?
-Have some, son. -Okay.
Since everyone is insisting...
Rishi, go out and eat... I mean, play.
Rishi!
-Vijay? -Yes?
What brings you here this time?
I caught a criminal with a bounty on his head
so the government is giving me a medal.
Another medal?
Where will you put it? You don't even have any space left.
Rishi... you broke the car's window?
You rascal! We told you to go play outside.
Neerja,
there is no need. The government will pay for a new window.
Yes...
Let's go in. Come on.
Come on.
Well, you know how kids are...
Teach your children how to focus.
-What? -Teach your children focus.
If they try to do so many things at the same time,
then they won't be able to excel at any of them.
Understand?
Yes, I agree with you brother but they never listen.
I can see that.
Rishi quit playing chess
and you didn't even try to convince him?
He was so good.
He even beat me.
Me.
And I think I am unbeatable in chess.
You are their father. Talk to them.
Yes brother, I will talk to them.
Everyone likes children that are playful.
But this is the age they start misbehaving.
Once they start heading down the wrong path you won't be able to stop them.
Weren't you a playful kid too?
You wanted to be an IAS then an IPS.
Then an Engineer and then Doctor.
I still feel bad.
If I had been stricter with you
and gotten you to focus then
maybe you could have been an important person today.
You could have been an IAS or IPS
instead of a junior engineer at a small telephone exchange,
you could have been someone successful.
Couldn't you play more carefully?
You were the one who told me to go outside and play.
I told you to play outside the house!
You always humiliate me in front of your Bade Papa.
From now on, no more cricket and no more dance practice, understand?
-Mummy! -Don't look at her.
I am the one talking to you.
Come on go inside. Go.
Go or I will slap you.
Please head inside.
How did this slow playing Gavaskar suddenly turn into a blaster like Srikant?
It's your fault.
Couldn't you play more carefully?
Donkey.
You are the donkey.
-You are a donkey. -You are a 10 times bigger donkey.
You are a 100 times bigger donkey.
Whoever says it first, is the thing they call others.
Go to sleep, both of you.
If I had been stricter with you
and gotten you to focus then,
maybe you could have been an important person today.
Rishi. Ritika.
Please come out, both of you.
When Papa walks like a king
with his hands behind his back, deep in thought
then you should know
that a calamity is about to hit the Awasthi household.
Come here.
Rishi.
You will learn chess starting tomorrow.
And Ritika,
you will start preparing for the Maths Olympiad starting tomorrow.
-Chess? -Olympiad?
Starting tomorrow Murari sir will be coming to give tuitions.
-Tuition? -Tuition?
Don't look at me. Papa is talking to you.
But Papa...
he was the one who broke the window.
So why am I being punished?
If you try to be a jack-of-all-trades
then you will end up becoming a master of none.
Chess because you were always good at it.
And Olympiad to make your brain sharper.
But Papa, I...
Annual function...
Go to your room.
Rishi, Ritika, come here.
Meet your tuition teacher, Murari sir.
Say namaste.
What can I say about Murari sir?
Go ahead.
Sir can come up with a maths question with one hand
and play chess with the other.
So what do you think sir?
Their future...
I am sure your son can do it.
You see Mr. Awasthi. Our lives...
are like a game of chess.
You might say check here
but someone might appear from behind to defeat you with mate.
That is so deep sir.
So deep.
And as far as your daughter is concerned
I am sure she will start solving 12th std questions by next month.
Sir... by next month
I will be a class 12th student.
Your daughter is very funny.
Well okay then.
Does 6 in the morning work for you?
Or is that too late?
No...
Then tell me, what do you want to learn first?
The Sicilian Defence or the Queen's Gambit?
Should we poison his cashews?
Bade Papa will find out.
Should we hide a cyanide needle in the sofa?
I saw it on 'Tahqiqaat'.
That is how they killed a man.
Bade Papa will figure that out too.
So what do we do?
Man has to pay for his sins in this life, Rishi.
You might say check here
but someone might appear from behind to defeat you with mate.
Wake up. Sir is here. Come on, wake up.
-You go in first. -You go first.
-You go in first. -Just go already!
Is your mummy asleep?
Should I wake her?
The fatso wants to eat cashews, don't wake her up.
1 plus 2 by e plus 4 by e square
plus 8 by e cube.
Solve this infinite series in three simple steps.
Please keep an alarm for 5:45 in the morning.
Ritika! Come on. Wake up.
-You go in. -You go.
-Just go!
Wake up.
-Papa? -Wake up.
Wake up.
Wake up!
Wake up.
-What are you doing? -Rishi!
And Sachin is on 99...
-Nice shot, man! -Rishi!
Come in and practice. You have a tournament tomorrow.
Wait Papa, just one more run.
I am going to score a century like Sachin.
Sachin will score a century on a century one day.
But if you don't practice then you will lose in the first minute.
Now come inside.
-See you tomorrow. -Rishi took the bat with him.
Please let me play.
Rishi you have a school level tournament.
Why aren't you serious about it?
And where is your sister?
She too has a practice test tomorrow.
Checkmate.
Good match.
Namaste Murari sir. It's me Sanjay Awasthi.
Yes sir, I called to give you the good news. Rishi won.
I told you, didn't I?
That if you focus on one thing then you will do very well.
How was your test, Ritika?
It was good Papa.
Good.
I spoke to Murari sir.
He said that you guys need to double your efforts.
And that is why your tuitions will now be held
in the morning and the evening for two hours each.
Mummy, I don't want any more tuitions from Murari sir.
And mummy, I don't like Chess.
I want to play Cricket.
Look kids,
whatever your dad is doing he is doing it for your own good.
Seriously mummy,
whenever someone other than me tries to do something good for me,
they always get it wrong.
And Murari sir wants to hold extra classes on purpose
so that he can eat a 100 extra cashews.
Grandma?
Amma?
He has been acting weird ever since Vijay visited us.
Please talk to him.
How do I look?
Aren't you being a bit too strict with the kids?
Wow Kiran Bedi,
now that I am being strict you have a problem with it?
This house is withering away.
The kids are always quiet.
Because I made them focus, Rishi won the school competition.
Ritika's test went well too.
When he wins the district level competition
he will understand that being strict is necessary.
Whatever I am doing, I am doing it for the good of the kids.
For the kids?
Or for your older brother?
What are you trying to say Neerja?
-I am just... -No, what are you saying?
How did my older brother get dragged into this?
-Sis? -Yes.
We already had Kiran Bedi in this house
but now we have a new grumpy jailer.
It is a parents job to order their kids around.
That's true.
If you stay at home they will tell you that you are always at home.
If you go out to play...
If you go out to play then they say you spend all day outside.
If you don't bathe they will ask you why you don't bathe.
And if you bathe twice they will ask you how many times you bathe?
-They have a problem with waking up late. -They have a problem with waking up early.
-Eating too little is a problem. -Eating too much is a problem!
What can we do?
There is something we can do Rishi.
What?
Rebel.
Namaste sir.
Oh...
Namaste Mr. Awasthi.
Where are the kids?
I don't know, I have been waiting for a very long time.
Please sit. I will fetch them.
What is this new drama?
You have a mock test tomorrow.
Sir is waiting for you downstairs and you are dancing on the terrace?
Sorry Papa.
Where is Rishi?
Come on. Take his wicket.
Come on Rishi. Hit a boundary.
-You're out! Yay! -Rishi!
You bowled so well!
Why don't you focus on one thing?
Don't you have a district level chess tournament tomorrow?
Come on. Let's go.
Please just eat.
I don't want to.
That's enough child. Stop crying.
I will yell at Sanju for doing that. Now eat something.
Here. Say 'Ahh'.
Just eat a little.
Ritika, don't try to rush it.
Calm down and read the questions before you answer them.
Yes Papa.
All the best.
Son, do everything exactly the way Murari sir told you.
This is an important district level tournament.
Carefully. Play carefully.
Sir.
-All set Vishwanathan Awasthi? -Yes sir.
Start with the Sicilian Defence and if you get the chance...
Queen's Gambit.
-Good. Go ahead. All the best. -All the best.
Check and mate.
Good match.
Check and mate.
Good match.
Check...
and mate.
Last 30 minutes left.
Please check your answer sheets students.
The district chess champion this year is Rishi Awasthi.
Thank you.
District champion Rishi Awasthi!
Thank you sir. See you later.
Ritika, look at this.
Oh Amma, Neerja, take a look.
Our new district champion, Rishi Awasthi.
-Oh wow. Great job, Rishi! -Wow.
Congratulations. Come here.
What is wrong with him?
Why is he upset?
I don't know. He didn't speak to me on the way home either.
How was your exam?
How could it have gone well?
Are you upset with me?
Can I tell you something?
If a fish is very good at swimming in the water
then do you think it can run on the ground?
I can't attempt this Olympiad.
Not everyone is good at everything, Papa.
Is he upset too?
Winning the trophy didn't make him happy?
He was crying.
He played book cricket and fell asleep.
If you are happy to do something on your own
then there is no need to compete with anyone else.
What are you thinking?
Nothing.
I am happy.
Because Rishi won.
You are happy?
It doesn't look like it.
Look son,
you don't need to be a jailer like Vijay
and deal with the kids with a stick in your hand.
Every child needs love.
No plant dies because it is watered too much.
Yes, but it does dry up and wither when you stop giving it water.
Even you are a lot more proud of Vijay.
I wither away too.
No my son.
All I do is take care of him.
He only shows up once or twice a year.
While still in his uniform.
That's all.
Sanju?
My son...
You are the type of child
that won't allow his mother to go through any hardships.
You get to decide our children's future.
No one else.
Even if that is your own older brother.
I miss the zoo that our home used to be.
Sit.
Take a seat.
I have something for both of you.
This is for you, Ritika.
And this is for you.
Open it!
Ghungroo?
Gloves?
Oh sorry, I must have exchanged the chits.
The gloves are for you and the ghungroo are for you.
And from now on, no more tuitions for chess or olympiad.
-Really? -Really?
Sorry.
Papa...
Oh wow.
Blaster Srikant turned back into the easy going Gavaskar.
Papa doesn't look that good with a big mustache.
Nobody laughs.
And after a clean shave he looks like he is our kid.
Papa might not be as intimidating as Bade Papa with his mustache.
Maybe that is why this house is a zoo.
Which is why we say,
this is my family.