Udaan

A movie close to the heart. The story centres around a creative 17 year old abandoned in a boarding school by his tyrannical father, Bairam Singh. The boy, Rohan has a 6 year old half brother, Arjun, who is regularly beaten into subnission by the dad. Rohan, along with three other friends, is expelled from school and lands up at home. Dad puts his son to work in his factory and gets him admitted to an engineering college. Rohan continues to write , fails his engineering exams and works at the factory half heartedly. He has in the meantime gotten frindly with three young local goondas and spends time drinking, smoking and fighting at pubs. This he does at night when he takes his father's car out. His uncle (younger brother of dad) and his wife are very fond of the two boys. Finally, Bairam decides to get married once again, this time to a woman who has a daughter. He decides that Rohan will work in the factory full time and Arjun will go to a boarding school. The uncle pleads with Bairam to think again but there is a fall out between the brothers. Rohan gets a call from his friends from school who are in Mumbai and are now working in one of the friend's dad's cafe. Rohan comes to a decision. He writes a letter to his dad telling him of his decision to leave home and also about taking care of Arjun who he says will grow into another Bairam Singh if left in the care of his father. The movie ends with Rohan and Arjun walking down the road happy with their new found freedom.:)