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Samad Miah Iqbal is having pretty much a whole lifetime's worth of bad days. Of course, things would probably be going a little better for him if he didn't kidnap his kids and ship them to Bangladesh.
Transcript
- 00:02
We all have bad day maybe you missed the bus [girl ripping calendar sheets off]
- 00:05
or flunked a test or maybe you had a really bad dream where you flunked a
- 00:09
test while missing the bus well cheer up odds are that your misery is nothing [girl chasing the bus and wakes up in bed]
- 00:13
compared to that of Samad Miah Iqbal
- 00:17
well Samad works as a waiter but it's definitely not how he sees himself if he [Samad serving a man food]
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- 00:22
had his way he'd walk around all day with a sign detailing his qualifications
- 00:26
as a student scientist and soldier that's a free meal after his shift is [Samad smashes a plate]
- 00:30
quite enough to keep Samad happy well for Samad the most important part of
- 00:34
his life is his relationship with his great-grandfather Mangal Pande who fired
- 00:39
the first shot in the Indian Mutiny even though there's plenty of historical [Mangal firing a rifle]
- 00:43
evidence that shows that Mangal was a bit more of a screw-up than a hero
- 00:46
Samad clings to the idea of his great-grandfather's heroism for dear
- 00:51
life because well it makes him important because believe it or not [Samad clinging to an idea and falls to the ground]
- 00:55
ageing waiters don't always get treated with all that much respect and it's not
- 00:59
like Samad's home life is much better than his professional one he fights with [Samad arguing with his wife]
- 01:03
his wife Alsana all the time whether it's about their children or habits
- 01:08
religion or who let the toilet seat up what's worse he has a horrible tendency
- 01:13
of ending his arguments by hitting his wife which is definitely not even close [Samad striking his wife then cries]
- 01:17
to being okay Samad's relationship with his twin son's Millat and Magid isn't that
- 01:23
much better it gets so bad that he even kidnapp's Magid ships him to [Samad shipping Magid to Bangladesh in a box]
- 01:27
Bangladesh not quite father of the year material here maybe worse father of the
- 01:32
year but that's not really a prize you're going to probably display on your [Samad receiving worst father of the year award]
- 01:36
mantle not to excuse his behavior but this kidnapping doesn't come out of
- 01:39
nowhere Samad does it because he's obsessed with the idea that he's a bad
- 01:43
Muslim an idea that brings him great shame of course kidnapping your son [Samad believing he is a bad muslim]
- 01:48
isn't exactly condoned by the Qur'an well maybe if Samad spent a bit more
- 01:52
time on his religious studies and a bit less time engaged in violence and [Samad studying the Qur'an]
- 01:56
kidnapping you'd have some better karma coming his way
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