Amal Page #2

Synopsis: Autorickshaw driver Amal is content with the small, but vital, role he serves - driving customers around New Delhi as quickly and safely as possible. But his sense of duty is tested by an eccentric, aging billionaire, who, moved by Amal's humility, bequeaths him his entire estate before passing away. With only one month to discover and claim the inheritance, Amal's struggles with duty and wealth are threatened by all those around him - from a young injured beggar girl and a lovely store merchant, to the danger of the old man's upper-caste friends and siblings, all seeking to claim their share of the riches.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Richie Mehta
Production: Séville Pictures
  5 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
Year:
2007
101 min
123 Views


Leave me alone.

Just whip it out anywhere and start...

Hey, Tabla Man!

Why are you ruining such a great song?

Old man...

Either listen, or leave politely.

If my patrons will allow me to say so.

Yes, go ahead!

Keep singing like this

and your God will never forgive you.

So can you do any better?

Better than this? I've been singing this song

since before he was born.

Please then, Old Timer.

Show us how it's done.

My story remained untold in my heart.

No one understood

the essence of my expressions

in this world.

My story remained untold in my heart.

No one understood

the essence of my expressions

in this world.

Keep going, please!

I ended up far from my real purpose.

I ended up far from my real purpose.

My beloved life has gone wasted.

No one understood the

essence of my expressions

in this world.

You're welcome to sing here anytime.

I don't sing.

What's he saying?

Don't give him the 30 rupees.

Don't give it to him.

How is she, sir?

She's better.

More alert,

but I'd like to run some more tests.

What's the problem, sir?

She was hit hard on the head.

I'm just being cautious.

In the meantime,

I think she could use some company.

Oh no, sir.

Patients usually make a faster recovery

if they have someone to spend time with.

I have to run.

They treating you okay?

Well, they missed breakfast today,

but otherwise it's great.

It's like a hotel.

If I knew hospitals were like this,

I'd have run into traffic long ago.

Do you have any family?

No, just the Godfather.

You work for Thaakur Saab?

Of course.

Don't you?

No.

Who was that cheap b*tch

in your rickshaw?

She's not a b*tch.

So you admit she's cheap?

I think you should rest, Princess.

I was just kidding.

Come sit.

Sit.

I said sit.

So you drive her every day?

Since when did you start driving her?

You should rest.

She's cute, isn't she?

I bet you'd drive her for free if she asked!

She looks like a movie star.

One second.

Nurse!

She didn't get breakfast this morning.

What did I tell you?

Watch her.

Make sure she's fed.

It'll never work.

Hey! Haven't seen you in days.

How are you?

Carburetor's damaged.

I've already tried.

Whose is it?

It's junk.

Abandoned.

What's wrong with you?

You look like hell.

I've been working.

Why don't you give this another shot?

First one to fix this piece of junk keeps it.

I already have one.

I haven't seen you in 3 days.

Do you even care

if your mother is alive or dead?

I spent years worrying about your father, and

now you.

What have I done to deserve this?

Look how thin you've become.

You have to take care of yourself.

Go, wash your hands.

Pawan's still trying to fix

that rickshaw outside?

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Richie Mehta

Richie Mehta (born in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian film director and writer. His first feature film, Amal, was released in 2008, and was nominated for Best Motion Picture and Best Director at the 29th Genie Awards. His brother Shaun is a writer. Amal was based on a short story from his 2005 collection A Slice of Life. Richie and Shaun are not related to film director Deepa Mehta.Mehta attended the University of Toronto Mississauga as an undergraduate, and worked at The Medium, the UTM campus newspaper, as arts editor and editor-in-chief. In October 2015, Mehta teamed up with Ridley Scott and Anurag Kashyap for Google, as the executive producer for the documentary India in a Day. The project was for people across India to film a snapshot of their day and upload it on Google's official website. more…

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