Amal Page #3

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


He's been working on it for days.

I told him it's missing a carburetor.

When will you give up that damn autorickshaw?

My brother still says

you can work at the post office.

More pay, less hours.

Then we can find a nice girl

to look after you.

Look, I got you this.

Try it on.

Why?

To see if it fits.

Why are you wasting money

on things I don't need?

What are you going to wear for Diwali?

You want to look your best at the temple.

Ma, please.

You haven't gone in over a year.

Come tomorrow.

No, Ma.

I'm working.

That autorickshaw killed your father

and will kill you too.

Every day I pray for a daughter-in-law

for both our sakes.

Do you know Sumitra Auntie's daughter-in-law

does everything for her?

She lives like a queen.

I ask for one small thing,

then I can go in peace.

Either way, what will you do

when the metro comes?

I told you not to touch the flowers!

Sorry, madam.

Are you okay?

I'm okay.

What the hell?

Sorry, brother.

Hey a**hole, you didn't stop

ten minutes ago when you hit someone.

Can you hurry it up?

Stay out of this.

Amal, look what you did.

Look, look!

Look at the dent!

This'll cost a fortune.

Hello, sweetheart.

Your driver obviously doesn't know

what he's doing.

Why don't you come with me?

Raju, your passenger.

Hey! Sir!

Where the hell are you going?

You haven't paid!

Friend of yours?

What's going on, Amal?

I'm sorry about that, madam.

No, I mean with you.

What's wrong?

Nothing, madam.

You've never come close to an accident.

Don't lie to me.

It's nothing, madam.

Just tired.

You're working too hard.

What's wrong?

That...

That little girl...

who took your purse.

She...

She's still in the hospital.

Her bills...

You told me she was better.

Why did you lie to me?

Madam, I said she was improving.

You assumed she was okay.

How is she?

She'll be fine, madam.

These hospitals are all the same.

They'll take your money but neglect her.

I've taken care of it, madam.

She'll be okay.

But why are you taking care of her?

She's not your problem.

Don't worry about it, madam.

Sorry about the accident, madam.

Amal, I'm just trying to understand.

She's being looked after.

That's all that matters.

Don't worry about it.

See you tomorrow.

- What are you looking at?

- Nothing, ma'am.

- Faster, faster, faster!

- Yes, madam.

- Turn right.

- Yes, madam.

You're too slow.

Sorry, madam.

End of the road.

- What's your problem?

- Sorry, madam.

What sorry?

I'm not paying.

Yes, madam.

Don't you care?

Money is everything.

No kidding.

- She getting on your nerves?

- Who?

That bi...

Your movie star.

You talk too much.

I'm not a mute like you.

So tell me...

When are you going to tell her you like her?

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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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