Cadets.S01E02
Set in 1997 before the historic Kargil war, four boys aged 16, set foot in the prestigious National Defence Academy. Cadets is a coming – of- age story about a world where boys become men of honour.
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00:00I don't know what I was thinking in the background, but I guess I should've put some music on.
00:07I'll see you tomorrow.
00:20Every cadet here in the AFA was here to become Foula's son.
00:24And I...
00:26I fell from the sky and just got hanging on the rope at the beach.
00:30Now who will make them understand that if I go higher, I will go straight up.
00:39Some Ikkis' dedication is seen in their studies, and some in their drills.
00:42But we said, move it, man.
00:44Someone should focus on eating.
00:46And we were fulfilling that.
00:52A good Ikki's identity is to kneel down in front of a senior without any questions.
00:56Quite literally.
00:57Cut it!
00:59No taking breaks!
01:00Means no taking breaks!
01:02Now give me one more!
01:04Come on!
01:13You must have played snake ladder when you were a kid, right?
01:16All four of us were like that.
01:18We would climb two stairs with difficulty, and then straight into the snake's stomach.
01:22Let's go.
01:23And you have met him.
01:25Ravi Ramola.
01:26The senior snake charmer of Fateh Company.
01:43And now I will tell you the real survival rule of cadet life.
01:46Keep an eye on your enemy more than your friend.
01:49Because here, a donkey doesn't take long to become a father, and a snake charmer doesn't take long to become a snake.
01:57And then there were days when you had to spend the entire week on a snake charmer.
02:12What a joke, man!
02:15Oh, Neeraj's entire village has written him a letter.
02:20Listen to this. This is gold.
02:22Neeraj's mom writes,
02:24After you left, a new buffalo has come to the house.
02:27And Bapu is missing you.
02:29Should I call him Neerja?
02:31Give him a name.
02:38Listen to this.
02:39His grandma wrote this.
02:41Son, eat properly.
02:46And poop properly.
02:49Listen to this.
02:50You know that your stomach is not even yours.
02:53Who knows when it will grow.
03:00Manoj Bhai.
03:01Yes, Jaiyu Bhaiya writes this.
03:04No, no.
03:05Hey, let him read. You read.
03:08Is this a joke?
03:09Hey, Manbuddhi Laltin.
03:12Just like in AFA, you passed in Bharati paper with great difficulty.
03:17By the way, don't even think of passing there with great difficulty.
03:23That place is beyond your capability.
03:26So catch the next train and come to the village.
03:29You were born to feed the buffalo.
03:33Neeraj, did you cheat in the entrance exam?
03:37No, Manoj Bhai. It's not like that.
03:40I don't have that much courage.
03:42It's not like that.
03:43Don't talk nonsense.
03:46What a player.
03:48It was thrilling.
03:50It was thrilling.
03:51He is such a good brother.
04:15Manoj Bhai.
04:16Manoj Bhai.
04:33What is this?
04:35I am setting the pace.
04:37Based on my calculations and the distance we've covered,
04:39if I continue like this, I can leave 5-6 people behind till the end of the race.
04:44It's not a race. It's a cross-country race.
04:46I have to run in slow motion to keep up with you guys.
04:50No one will be able to cross if I run like this.
04:53Oh no!
04:54The man is coming!
05:07How is he running?
05:09He's from Garuda.
05:11He's tough.
05:13Don't worry.
05:14Half of them will give us a minus point.
05:17I'm just worried about Dhanu.
05:24Hey Randhir!
05:25Hey Rondu!
05:26I've heard you're a fast runner.
05:31What did you say?
05:32What are you going to do?
05:35What are you doing? Putting your hands on a senior?
05:37Jeet, he crossed the line.
05:40Be still.
05:41And you will speak about your seniors respectfully.
05:46What are you looking at?
05:47Let's go!
05:50Hurry up!
05:54He started it.
05:56I don't care.
05:58Report to the drill master after the practice.
06:00Understood?
06:10I'm dead.
06:12I shouldn't have sprinted so fast.
06:15I wouldn't have been able to run any faster.
06:18What happened?
06:22Let's hide in the bushes.
06:24When the men will be up there and we'll be down here,
06:27we'll take their gear.
06:29Have you gone mad?
06:31That's cheating.
06:33No, no.
06:34That's genius.
06:35Now you talk like a hero.
06:37Now you talk like a hero.
06:39Let's go.
06:41Let's go.
06:42Let's go.
06:57I'm telling you, this is a bad idea.
06:59It won't work.
07:01Nonsense!
07:03See, sir?
07:04I told you they're hiding there.
07:07Newton said,
07:08every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
07:11In simple cadet terms,
07:13as the ear, so the brain.
07:15Why is this cross-country race so important?
07:19Can anyone tell me?
07:21Anybody?
07:23For the company championship points, sir.
07:27Company championship points, my foot!
07:30Nonsense!
07:33If you cadets can't compete in this 8 km race,
07:37then you are not fit enough for the border, you dammit!
07:45But,
07:47looking at your attitude,
07:50I think this race is a game of your left hand.
07:54Good.
07:57Then I have something interesting and challenging for you guys.
08:03Kadambari Cave Hike.
08:05This Sunday.
08:07Understood?
08:08Yes, sir!
08:09That's it?
08:10Yes, sir!
08:12And this time, bad luck was on our side.
08:15Because we got the father of all punishments.
08:17The punishment of not being able to bring water.
08:25No worries, guys.
08:26It's such an old track.
08:27I've heard that Kadambari Cave is a great place.
08:31That's why we'll go out of campus.
08:33Right, Albert?
08:34Yes.
08:35Neeraj, we're not going to Pune Darshan.
08:37It's a 16 km run in full gear.
08:39And we have to complete one track in 6 hours.
08:43I don't even deserve to be punished.
08:45Neeraj is right.
08:47We'll go out of campus for the first time.
08:48And I've heard that Kadambari Cave is a tourist spot.
08:51So there will be a lot of things.
08:52Food stalls,
08:53valleys,
08:55girls.
08:56It'll be fun.
08:58Now,
08:59you guys think about how to make this hike easy.
09:04Randeep, your brother was in the police station.
09:06He must know a few shortcuts.
09:09Why was he so obsessed with shortcuts?
09:11As far as I know,
09:12no one has ever been able to cheat on this track.
09:15Why are you getting tense?
09:16You're the king.
09:17You'll find a way.
09:18Albert, man.
09:19One second.
09:20I'm going to do this track properly.
09:22You jokers do what you want to do.
09:26You should admit it.
09:27You're scared of winning.
09:28Yes.
09:29By the way, what deal were you giving Manoj that day?
09:30Carrots?
09:31What was that first part?
09:35Loyalty.
09:37Loyalty.
09:38Loyalty.
09:48Okay, boys.
09:49Listen.
09:50We'll start from PT Ground at 7 a.m. tomorrow.
09:53We'll have to come back to campus by 2 a.m.
09:56There's only one route from here.
09:58So don't ask for shortcuts, okay?
10:00Because everything else is a long cut.
10:02Now listen.
10:04At least we can ask for a lift on the road.
10:28You're not the first Newton to come up with this mind-blowing idea.
10:34What's up?
10:43How many Ustads must be checking?
10:46Just one.
10:47At the entrance to the caves.
10:49We won't go there till the end.
10:50We'll do what we did in the cross-country race.
10:52We'll hide halfway.
10:53And then we'll get caught again like in the cross-country race.
10:56If there's only one Ustad checking, there's no chance of getting caught.
11:00Boss.
11:04What?
11:12Nonsense, Karthik.
11:17There's a chance.
11:19That chit is the participation certificate for this hike.
11:23Should we take a cycle?
11:24Why a cycle?
11:25Let's take a gypsy.
11:27It'll be easier.
11:30Actually, this isn't a bad idea.
11:33The rest of the cadets will go from here.
11:35So we'll hide our bikes and leave the jungle on Saturday night.
11:38There's less chance of being Ustads on Sunday morning.
11:40And if everything goes well, we'll be safe for an hour and a half.
11:43Are you crazy, Albert?
11:45Can you ride a cycle on a mountain?
11:48We'll have to hide those cycles at a base.
11:51Otherwise, if anyone spots them, they'll be stolen.
11:57Leave that to me.
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15:22Hi.
15:23I'm from the AFA.
15:25Uh...
15:30AFA?
15:31Uh, like NCC?
15:33National Cadet Corps?
15:34No.
15:35No, my friend Prajakta did that in school, actually.
15:37No, no, no.
15:38Uh, this is the Armed Forces Academy.
15:40And this is serious military training.
15:42I mean, you know, combat, shooting.
15:53Tch.
15:54This is a dummy rifle.
15:56So you're a dummy soldier?
16:07Bro, this is that Fatehwala senior of ours.
16:10He's running around here.
16:13Yeah.
16:14He's mean.
16:16Must be practicing cross-country racing.
16:19Before he sees you,
16:20get your shit load out of here.
16:22Randhir!
16:23Randhir!
16:24Run, run, run!
16:25Run!
16:26What happened, Randhir?
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17:34What did you learn from this?
17:36Sir, that even in the toughest of circumstances,
17:39a small group of brave soldiers
17:41can battle impossible odds.
17:43Nonsense, cadets!
17:46The lesson is,
17:47if I catch you guys cheating on the run again,
17:52I'll shoot you guys in the same way
17:55those Gorkha soldiers shot the British.
17:58Got it?
18:00Yes, sir.
18:01What?
18:03That's damn right.
18:08Now head back.
18:10Sir.
18:33Hi.
18:37You can drop the idea
18:39of trying to impress that AFA guy.
18:41You're not special.
18:44But you are.
18:50Your friends look worried.
18:53Actually,
18:54if we don't leave soon,
18:56our jealous side will punish us.
18:58Yeah.
19:02Actually, I'm not that jealous.
19:06You don't have any friends here.
19:09That's fine.
19:10I can give you company.
19:13But for that, I'll have to know your name.
19:18Koel.
19:21But don't worry,
19:22I have a boyfriend to give me company.
19:25You have a boyfriend?
19:27Yeah.
19:30Mohin.
19:32He comes to meet me every week.
19:34Secretly.
19:36Isn't that a filmy story?
19:42Oh, right.
19:45I think I should probably go now.
19:49Right.
19:51Okay.
20:02What was he saying?
20:03One of your boys.
20:04Ranbir, I think.
20:14Dheeraj.
20:15Let's hurry up.
20:17The others will be here soon.
20:20Dheeraj, where were you hiding?
20:22I couldn't find you.
20:24Hey, Jugaadu.
20:25Why are you having fun?
20:26Tell me where you are.
20:27Stop it.
20:28What Jugaadu?
20:29I'm not Jugaadu.
20:32What do you mean?
20:34That's what I wanted to tell you.
20:36But you and Ranbir's tape recorder
20:37never stops.
20:38Dheeraj, you're Jugaadu number one.
20:40Dheeraj, you'll have a statue in your village.
20:42Dheeraj, you're James Bond.
20:43Dheeraj, you're an asshole.
20:46I didn't say James Bond.
20:48Why are you cheating?
20:49I didn't do any cheating at the entrance.
20:51But your brother Jai...
20:53He's my stupid brother.
20:56What are you to me?
20:57He's been pulling my leg all my life.
20:59Dheeraj, you could've had a buffalo.
21:02At least we'd have milk at home.
21:05And ever since I got AFMO,
21:07he's been roaming around the village.
21:11I misjudged Neeraj.
21:13Taking shortcuts wasn't his weakness.
21:15It was his helplessness.
21:18That day, I finally understood Neeraj.
21:20I finally understood Neeraj.
21:28Bro, I'm a very small-minded person.
21:32And I have very small wishes.
21:35And the day I got AFMO,
21:37I said just one thing to myself.
21:39Neeraj, I've given you one chance to become a man.
21:44Don't waste it.
21:46It's not a top-credit dream.
21:48Be my brother.
21:49If I get a second chance,
21:51I'll be thankful to the Goddess.
21:53But no, bro.
21:54I look like Superman to them.
21:56Baba Jugaadu.
21:57I'll steal Manoj's cycle.
21:59And make a statue of me in the village.
22:04Forget it.
22:05It's Sunday.
22:06It's just a cycle.
22:07We'll find it together.
22:10I've looked everywhere.
22:11I can't even find a shop.
22:15Huh?
22:16What happened?
22:17I think I broke your bell.
22:20I found the cycle, bro.
22:22I found the cycle, bro.
22:31Oh, shit.
22:32Hey, hide, hide, hide.
22:33Hide.
22:47Oh, shit.
23:18Oh, shit.
23:31Oh, shit.
23:44Hurry up.
23:46Come on, Manoj.
23:47Run.
23:55Hurry up.
23:56Run, run, run.
23:57Run, run, run.
24:14Pass.
24:15Sir.
24:21I didn't see you while returning.
24:25Sir, it's not their fault.
24:27When I got down,
24:29my stomach started growling.
24:31So I went to the fields to poop.
24:35They were just standing there.
24:58For a moment,
24:59I couldn't trust myself.
25:01I made the impossible possible.
25:03Cheated the uncheatable hike.
25:05By the way, if we didn't get caught,
25:07what's the point of cheating?
25:09That's what a strategy should be, right?
25:18Yes, I spoke too soon.
25:19Albert, chest straight.
25:21Look ahead.
25:24Come on, energy.
25:27And this was the reward for our brilliant strategy.
25:30The next four Sundays,
25:31we climbed the Kadambari Caves.
25:38This hike taught us so much
25:40that just like life,
25:41even in the AFA,
25:42we should not give up.
25:44We should not give up.
25:45We should not give up.
25:46We should not give up.
25:47We should not give up.
25:48Even in the AFA,
25:49shortcuts won't work.
25:58Now this imaginary king
25:59may become the ruler tomorrow,
26:01climb the stairs,
26:02or get caught by a snake.
26:04At least we have something to fall back on.
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