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Come sir, come.

lt's Heaven, sir. New mattress,

for you to relax on. Look...

Nice houseboat.

- Of the poor, for the rich.

When the rich rent it,

l earn my bread.

l'll serve you well.

Everyone knows me.

They know me as Mamdu,

the owner of Heaven.

l'll serve you well. There's

a garden nearby. Like to see it?

Sure.

- Let me show you, come.

Look, that's the garden.

Nature's beautiful... oh!

Almighty! l hope l don't die...

What was that?

- Love, sir.

Who is she?

- Savi, my love.

Going?

Are you in love, sir?

- lt's an affliction l stay away from

Not an affliction,

love is an intoxication, sir.

Love turns a land into heaven.

l'm in love, that's why...

l call my houseboat Heaven.

- Stop ranting about love...

and give me food. l'm famished.

- Love makes one lose his appetite.

Moron!

Allow me.

- Let go of it. Else, l'll scream.

O'cruel one, when will you realise?

By Allah, if you don't give in...

you'll find my corpse right here,

tomorrow.

So die.

- By Allah, don't say that.

Allah! Blast it! Good Lord!

By Allah...

you'll kill

this forlorn lover.

Mamdu...

- Yes sir?

What's your last wish?

- What do you mean, sir?

Didn't you say you'll die tomorrow?

So l'm asking you your last wish.

Sir, you heard me?

- l heard everything.

Now tell me your last wish.

- Honest?

Yes.

- l want you to get us married.

After which you will die?

- No, l'll never die then.

You're not going to die, anyway.

l know you in and out.

Don't you tell Savi that. Everyday

l tell her l'm going to die...

however l live to see another day.

Sir, it's a trick l use to woo her.

What would you know...?

- Not the sermon again.

To hell with you and your love.

Listen now. Tomorrow...

l got to take the 2pm bus to Gulmarg.

Meanwhile, will you show me around?

Sure.

- Where?

The temple of Shankaracharya?

- Sure.

ln the morning?

- Okay. Now go to sleep.

Not again!

- Can't hook a girl without singing.

But she is away,

why are you singing here?

Come on sir. We're halfway through.

That's the temple.

Are you tired, sir?

- Yes. You don't get tired.

l do get tired. But got to carry on

for the sake of a living.

lsn't the Dal breathtaking?

lt also has lotuses, sir.

Look, over there.

The Chasm-e-Shahi gardens.

Whenever he used to visit this place,

Mr Nehru would put up there.

Whenever l think of Mr Nehru,

it moves me.

Yes Mamdu, even God feels the need

for good men.

Right sir.

- Let's go.

Our land is very beautiful. The people

here are beautiful too, but poor.

Delhi is nice too.

- Have you seen Delhi?

Yes sir. l worked there for

four months at the Kashmir Emporium.

Sir, won't you pay your obeisances?

- l'm in awe of the Lord, right here.

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