Jenny & Sumit: Slumdog Thousandaire - Page 16 - The Couples (Spoilers)

I'm an Indian, speak Hindi fluently, will translate the entire interaction between Sumit's parents and Sumit, and I have some opinions about all this. AMA!

Discussion

Sumit touches his parents feet. This is a sign of respect. There's a deeper meaning to it that I honestly am not too familiar with (also not sure why he's crossing his arms).

Mom: I don't like Jenny at all. Never did, never will. I won't let him stay with her anymore and I'm going to take Sumit with me.

Jenny: *extremely fucking excitedly* Hello, hello!

Mom: /: hey.

Sumit: Water?

Dad: Yeah.

Jenny: I'll take some pani too.

*Awkward silence*

Jenny: Looking beautiful.

Mom: Thank you.

*Awkward silence*

*Jenny's Talking Head*

Sumit: And, how is everything?

Mom: It's fine.

Sumit: Do you want more?

Dad: That's enough.

Mom: I came here because- I came to bring you back.

Sumit: No.

Dad: This has been going on for many days. I thought, "Okay, that's fine." But it's been enough time now. I think we should go back.

Mom: Let's go now.

Dad: Yep, let's go.

Sumit: I won't live with you. I can't go home now. Let's cut to the point. It's a straightforward matter. I went to a lawyer to ask about the wedding and he said I could just get married. He said that your parents don't have a say in the matter and they will be shot down in their first objection. I said, "No, the thing is that I won't get married without [my parents] permission." That's why I called you here today. I want to convince you and show you that I am happy. If I'm happy then you be happy. I'm asking for permission again.

Jenny: *goofy ass smile and awkward nodding*

Mom: No. Absolutely not.

Sumit: Ma...

Mom: I won't be happy in your wrong happiness.

Sumit: Even the laws don't say I'm doing anything wrong.

Mom: There is no law bigger than that of your mother and father.

Sumit: I'm thinking of marrying her.

Mom: Marriage? The day you get married, that will be the day that you will have to pass over our corpses.

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Mom: The day that you get married, remember this, teri kasam.

*Kasam is such a weird fucking concept and hard to translate. It is basically an oath or promise that you can call out and if someone breaks that oath it will do irrevocable damage to them like death. What I've heard most commonly is people swearing upon themselves as a threat. The funny thing about this is that the mom swore upon her son... So if he breaks this "oath/promise" he will suffer and or die. This is just a really weird concept to explain, sorry.*

Jenny: trANsLaTe. i dON't kNoW whAT sHe'S SAyiNg.

Sumit: She's saying the day you marry, we're gonna die.

Mom: You'll have to pass over our carcasses.

Jenny: I love your son. I'm not leaving him alone.

Dad: Here's what I'm saying: Leave this person, leave this illusion. Live in reality. The country you live in and the culture of the country you live in. Don't try to make this faraway culture your own culture.

Sumit: What about me? What will happen to me? That's what I'm trying to figure out.

Dad: So, you will just marry anyone? Go find another old lady (mean way of saying it, almost like the word hag) and marry her.

Sumit: I can marry anyone!

Dad: Find a hundred year old and marry her! I mean look at this pairing? Is this any sort of match? Her kids are older than you. Six or seven years older than you!

Mom: How will you have kids with her?

Dad: This is all you could find? American? If you look, you'll find way more, thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, better than her. This is the only one you could find in your lifetime? Keep looking!

Sumit: The thing is that, the feeling I have for her, I don't have that for anyone else.

*Sumit's parents looking at each other like "what the fuck is this kid talking about."*

Sumit: I had such high hopes that I would show my parents that, yes, I love her so much, and my parents would understand.

Mom: That's so wrong!

Sumit: Y tho?

Dad: It's 100% wrong.

Sumit: How is it wrong, though? Explain it to me.

Dad: People get married to have a family, raise children. Not just because 2 people want it.

Sumit: Father, don't talk about that. It's the same thing again and it makes me so mad.

Mom: I absolutely do not want to leave you with her!

Sumit: Why not?

Mom: Absolutely not! Jenny, leave him alone! I'm asking you. You're going to have to leave him.

Jenny's talking head: It's frustrating to not know what they're saying. Blah blah blah. It's that angry mean look. Blah blah blah. I knew it was going all bad.

Mom: I'm not going to leave you just for your love for her.

Sumit: Who are you to stop me?

Mom: I'm your mother!

Sumit: This is not a mother's love. (I honestly can't understand him and he's eating half his words. He didn't exactly say this but it was along the lines of this...)

Mom: If your mother wasn't lenient with you, you wouldn't be staying with Jenny. This is all because we were so lenient with you. Your hair turning white is because she brought you away from us.

Sumit: You did this. You did this.

Mom: This is all her! Because of her you're getting old. Like how she's an old woman, she's turning you to an old man.

Sumit: You did this.

Mom's talking head: Our society people see Sumit kissing Jenny and they ask us, "Did you give your child any values? He's living with an old hag." We are very ashamed. Our eyes are lowered.

Mom to dad: Now go tell Jenny.

Sumit: What will he tell her?!

Mom to dad: Tell this to Jenny.

Sumit: She's not going anywhere!

Dad: Sumit is her shield, what will you do?

Mom: Choose between us.

Sumit: *dramatically pushes table and kneels in front of his mom and grabs her face* I'm sitting here comfortably in front of you, mom. Look at your son.

Jenny: I'm out of here.

*No one notices*

Sumit: What did I do to you? You did... My... My life was shattered! I was dying! What did you do then?

Jenny: I cannot do this to this family. I need to just go back to America.

Sumit: Only I know what I suffered. Why did you do anything back then? I was dying!

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