Join us for an in-depth discussion as Manoj Kumar opens up about Indian politics like never before. Get ready for an unreserved conversation with the veteran actor, shedding light on the intricacies of the political landscape.
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00:00 The crown that my dear countrymen have given me is a great favour to them.
00:10 The sensex is going up but in the country of the farmers, the farmer is committing suicide.
00:20 The people who are suppressing the grains are asking the hungry angels, if this is the case, then what will be the story of India in the world?
00:30 The country whose childhood is hungry, then what will be its youth?
00:35 This is the question.
00:37 Sir, what would you like to say about the political situation today, or the ups and downs, or whatever the circumstances are?
00:47 I am not a media person, nor am I an analyst.
01:01 I will only see what is on the streets, read in the media, or watch on TV, in the news.
01:14 Then every person gets an assessment of what is happening in the country.
01:20 Sir, 7 years have passed, where are we today, what do you think? How far have we progressed?
01:25 If you were to define it, how would you define it?
01:28 In these 7 years, there was a slope, we went down, then there was a straight path,
01:38 then there was a slope, then there was a plain road, then there was a war, then there was a flood,
01:53 then there was an earthquake, then there was a scam, so this up and down is going on.
02:08 Neither does the government get a highway all their lives, nor will anyone get a highway.
02:13 But in the last 7 years, we have progressed in many areas.
02:23 Pokhara is a big development, and although the time of the coalition is coming,
02:38 democracy is very strong in our country, and the whole world has accepted it.
02:46 When I was writing Upakar in 1966, there was a shortage of grain, so there was a lot of hoarding.
03:05 So I showed it in Upakar, how hoarding happens. Then after 1972-73, there was a shortage,
03:17 and then I had to show it in Roti Kapra Makan.
03:21 And yesterday I was watching a channel, that Delhi, our country's capital,
03:28 there is a mafia there who are controlling the grain, whose trucks do not reach the shops,
03:37 where they reach the factories, and how cunning they are.
03:42 I remember the lines of Upakar, that these hungry angels ask the people who suppress the grain,
03:53 that if this is the case, then what will be the story of India in the world?
04:03 The country whose childhood is hungry, then what will be its youth?
04:08 The question is, the sensex is going up, but the farmer is committing suicide in the country of the farmers.
04:20 When we calculate a year, what we have lost, what we have gained, how much progress or how much we have lost,
04:32 it is their job to think about it.
04:40 We have the right to speak, we speak according to our small mind.
04:50 Your name is always mentioned in the Indian flag, and people say that they have been inspired.
05:01 Are you happy with this or do you feel that it is a two-day moon and then the same thing happens?
05:07 No, it is not two days, the moon is four days, but the moment is today,
05:20 whether it is of happiness or sorrow, it will not be tomorrow,
05:26 what will be tomorrow will be the day after tomorrow.
05:37 So the crown of India, which my dear countrymen have put on me,
05:43 it is a great favor of them, I am an ordinary citizen,
05:49 to live a personal life is a great burden, it is a great responsibility.
05:58 My countrymen know how much success and failure I have had in it.
06:07 Sir, there are so many actors in Bollywood today,
06:11 who among them would you like to see in your place and why?
06:19 See, no one has a place.
06:25 Do you think anyone deserves to be an actor today?
06:30 No, like, see, Mr. Gavaskar had made a record of 10,000 runs,
06:37 so he said that records are made to break.
06:40 So today, Mr. Dileep is called the King of Tragedy,
06:47 for many years, and people will keep saying,
06:53 before that, my father used to say that Master Nisar and Saigal were there.
07:03 So with time, with time, I will pray that people do not forget,
07:13 but people have a habit of forgetting.
07:16 So sir, if you were in your place…
07:23 No one remembers the sun that has set yesterday,
07:26 everyone keeps looking at the rising sun.
07:29 So no one takes anyone's place, everyone has their own place.
07:34 Can anyone take the place of Raj Kapoor?
07:39 Can anyone take the place of Dev Anand?
07:42 Can anyone take the place of Ashok Kumar?
07:45 Can anyone take the place of Kishore Kumar?
07:48 Can anyone take the place of Motilal?
07:50 Can anyone take the place of Balrajshani?
07:53 Can anyone take the place of Kanhaiya Lal, Leela Mishra, Lalita Pawar?
07:58 Nana Balaskar, Jeevan Saab,
08:03 these great Maharathis, and more will come,
08:09 Kalaab, this is a great ganga.
08:12 Sir, what does freedom mean to you?
08:16 How important is freedom for you?
08:19 What do you think about it?
08:22 My personal opinion is that it is the freedom of the country.
08:28 Sir, what is your personal opinion?
08:30 What does freedom mean to you?
08:34 No, I will not let it go beyond any limit.
08:39 I have a clear understanding of how far independence is.
08:44 It should not be taken advantage of.
08:49 And it should be lived in such a way that it remains free until the day of our death.
08:57 This is personal.
09:00 And we are citizens of the country.
09:04 It is our duty to do something for our motherland,
09:15 so that this country is once again called a country of gold.
09:25 And that will happen through unity.
09:28 Today, there is a lack of unity.
09:31 And whenever we attacked our country,
09:36 others occupied it,
09:38 it was only because of our weakness,
09:41 because of our mutual hatred.
09:44 Today, our country is divided into some regions,
09:47 and some regions are divided into non-regions.
09:50 It is being divided.
09:52 May God make it stop here.
09:54 And we should understand that
09:57 united we stand, divided we fall.
10:01 Sir, don't you think that today is the day of freedom,
10:08 not the day of independence?
10:11 It is a day of freedom,
10:15 it is a day of flag-raising,
10:17 it is a duty, it is a religion.
10:19 But...
10:21 But...
10:26 I should also remember,
10:28 I remember the last lines from my film 'Shaheed',
10:33 when Bhagat Singh Rajgur and Sukhdev ji
10:36 were being taken to the gallows.
10:39 "When the martyrs' dead bodies rise from the smoke,
10:44 the people of the country will not shed tears,
10:47 but when the day of freedom and independence comes,
10:50 you will not forget that moment.
10:53 You will not be able to come back to the world,
10:56 but you will remember it and it will come to your heart.
10:59 O country, O country, I swear by you."
11:02 Today, those martyrs, those true martyrs,
11:06 who were hanged,
11:08 who were strangled,
11:14 we should remember them.
11:18 We should remember their parents,
11:20 their brothers, their families.
11:23 We should pay our respects to them,
11:25 we should pay our respects to them.
11:27 This is our ultimate duty.
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