Whatever I had, I gave you. My life is all that's left. I have heard and seen love talk. But what did she say in Russian before she left? She reminded me of an old song. "My gaiety veils my sorrow and I sing a song of joy" "My heart is filled with pain, but I wear a smile on my face" "O world!
I'm just a victim. A victim of fate" "I'm a tramp, just a tramp" What are you looking at Mr. Rajendra Kumar? Someday, my face will be on an even bigger poster. You thief! Running away with my Moti! Is Moti your dog? He's really a gem. A gem or a pearl. He is mine. If you touch him... Good grief! Are you a boy or a film gangster? How you wield a tin knife! Shall I show you how sharp it really is? Well, kid? Children don't play with knives. Get it? Here... You think I was running away with your dog? I'm not that stupid, I've nothing to eat, how do I feed it? Was I kidnapping you? Come, Moti. - What's your name? - Minoo. What's yours? Raju. Have you a job? Sometimes I get this work. Putting up posters? And otherwise? Nothing. That means we're both in the same business. Let's try turning tables. Raju and Minoo. And Moti too. But what can we three do? Minoo, what can't the three of us do. Let's shake hands! Am I not right, Moti? Now you watch what we three will do. You've seen the great footpath circus performers perform. Now let us see kind-hearted souls perform. Put your hands in your pocket. Take out some money. Be a rupee, or two rupees or a five rupees! One, two rupees... Five paise, ten paise, fifteen... Ten paise, five paise, three paise... Your smallest coin will be like a million for us. Give freely, Give generously! Three Cheers! Minoo, Moti, Raju... Hurray! Master, which gutter are you taking me into? Hey mister, don't you dare call this a gutter. This leads straight to heaven. Here's heaven. It's very nice. You must have paid atleast a 2000 deposit, how did you do it? I got it for free. The poor man who build it died. He died? See that bridge. He came under a train. Ever since then, people say his ghost haunts the house. - His ghost? - Yes, that's what people think. That's why no one dares enter. Aren't you scared of ghosts? Me? Raju, in this world I see nothing but ghosts about me. Why should I fear that poor man's ghost? Aren't I right?
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