A horse walks into the village, carrying a body on its back. People start following it. A girl is offering some water from a vessel near a well to Veeru. Seeing the scene, she drops the vessel from her hand. Jai and Veeru stop the horse and take the body off its back. A lot of people gather around them.
Basanti:
Ahmad!
Veeru takes a paper out of Ahmad's pocket and hands it over to Jai. Jai is reading it when a man snatches it from his hands.
Imam Sahab:
Basanti! Oooo Basanti! Yeh...itna sannata kyun hai bhai?
Veeru walks up to Imam sahib.
Veeru:
Imam sahab...
Imam Sahab:
Kaun? Veeru! Beta, yeh khamoshi kyun hai yahan? Huh?
Veeru:
Aap... aap aayiye mere saath yahan...aayiye.
Imam Sahab:
Kya hua? Kya baat hai beta? Yeh kahan liye ja raha hai?
Thakur comes to the scene. Imaam sahib covers the corpse of Ahmad with a cloth.
Thakur Baldev Singh:
Imam sahib! Main...
Village man # 1:
Ab kya tasalli dete ho Thakur, yeh sab tumhare karan hua hai. Haan sun lo...aur tum bhi sun lo gaaon ke logon! Gabbar ki yeh chiththi...Raamgarh ke waasiyon, dekh lo...Thakur ki baton mein aake Gabbar se takrane ka anjaam. Agar ab bhi tum seedhe raaste par nahin aaye, to Ramgarh ke har angan mein maut naachegi. Isliye agar baal bachchon ki zindagi chahte ho to kal subah suraj nikalte hi thakur ke dono aadmiyon ko purani teki par hamare hawale kar do. Dakuon ka sardaar - Gabbar Singh.
Dinanath, is duniya mein izzat se jeena hai to kuchh mol to dena hoga.
Shankar:
Thakur! Hum dakuon ko iska mol anaj to de sakte hain, apne bachchon ki zindagi nahin. Hum kisaan hain, sipahi nahin.
Thakur Baldev Singh:
Haan Shankar, hum kisaan hain. Yeh desh to yug yug se kisaanon ka desh hai. Lekin jab jab hamper kisi ne hamla kiya hai, ganga kasam humne apni darantiyaan pighlake talwarein banayin hain. Hamari ragon mein kayaron ka khoon nahin hai. Kayaron ka khoon nahin hai hamari ragon mein.
Village man # 2:
Lekin beta, is khoon kharabe se kya hoga? Bhala ahinsa bhi to ek cheez hai.
Thakur Baldev Singh:
Ahinsa ko main bhi manta hoon chacha. Lekin ek dusht paapi ke saamne sar jhukana ahinsa nahin kayarta hai, buzdili hai.
Village man # 1:
Jo jhukte nahin woh toot jaate hain thakur.
Thakur Baldev Singh:
Thakur na jhuk sakta hai na toot sakta hai.Thakur sirf mar sakta hai kaashiram. Magar jab tak jeeoonga, sar uthakar jeeoonga.
Village man # 1:
Arre kab tak jeeoge tum aur kab tak jeeyenge hum? Agar yeh dono is gaaon mein rahe.
Points towards Jai and Veeru.
Veeru:
Agar tum log yeh samajhte ho ki hamein Gabbar ke haathon dekar tumhare bachchon ki zindagi bach sakti hai to kar do hamein Gabbar ke hawale. Hum tayyar hain.
Shankar:
Haan ab to wohi hoga jo hona chahiye. Hum is museebat ka bojh nahin utha sakte.
Imam Sahab:
Kaun yeh bojh nahin utha sakta bhai? Jaante ho duniya ka sabse bada bojh kya hota hai? Baap ke kandhon par bete ka janaza. Isse bhaari bojh koi nahin hai. Main boodha yeh bojh utha sakta hoon. Aur tum? Ek museebat ka bojh nahin utha sakte? Bhaai! Main to ek hi baat jaanta hoon. Izzat ki maut zillat ki zindagi se kahin achchi hai...beta maine khoya hai, maine...phir bhi yehi chahoonga ki yeh dono isi gaaon mein rahein. Aage aapki marzi.
Muezzin:
Alllahhh-o-akbar alaaaahhhhhhh aaaaaa aaaaaaaa ho akbar.
Imam Sahab:
Meri namaz ka waqt ho gaya hai. Aaj poochonga khuda se...mujhe do-chaar bete aur kyun nahin diye is gaaon par shaheed hone ke liye? Koi mujhe masjid tak...
Basanti comes forward.
Basanti:
Chaliye.
Imam Sahab:
Chalo.
Muezzin:
Ash hadon al la ilaha hai il-lalllaah,wa ash hadon-la ilaaha ha mahammadur rasool ul-laah...