Chapter 7

                    Part - 7

Next day...

Geet goes to see dadi...

Dadi: hare Geet, aap kal kahan the?

Geet: Dadi kal mujhe apne school ki bahut yaad aayi toh mein wahan chali gayi

Dadi: School toh band haina? Aap wahan kyun gaye?

Maan just comes...

Geet sees him and she asks dadi...

Geet: kyun Dadi? Mein wahan nahi jaasakthi? mujhe haq nahi hai kya?

Dadi: nahi bete, actually woh aapka hi hai, aap kabhi bhi jaa sakthe

Geet looks at Maan...dekha? ab kaise mujhe rokh sakthe ho?

Maan stares...

Maan: dadi, aap issko kaho ki wahan jaane ki koi zaroorat nahi hai

Maan is scared that she would hurt herself ...

Ye toh chalthi phirthi disaster haina?

Geet: mein jaaoongi, mujhe koi nahi rokh saktha, haina Dadi?

Maan: ek bar boltha toh tumme samaj mein nahi aatha? Tum wahan nahi jaaskthi, nahi jaaskthi, nahi jaaskthi

Maan shouts...

Geet shouts even louder...

Geet: mein jaaoongi, mein jaoongi, mein jaoongi

Maan: Dadi, mein isske saath rehtha toh mein bhi pagal hojaatha, mein bahar jaatha hoon

Geet: mujhe bhi aapke saath rehne ki koi shok nahi

Maan leaves...

Dadi: Geet, aapne khana khaya hai kya?

Geet: Dadi, mujhe bhook nahi hai

Dadi: hare, aaise kaise? Aayiye, aap bhi thoda khayiye

Geet Dadi se kuch dher Dev ke barein mein baat karthi...

Dadi recalls Dev's childhood...

She tells her how Dev lost his parents as a toddler and how Maan looked after him...

Geet: Dadi, kya mein Dev ke kamre ko dekh sakthi?

Dadil: of course beta, Nakul

Ankul: ji m'am

Dadi: Geet m'am ko Dev sab ke kamre dikhana

Geet: dadi aap thoda aaram kijiye mein aathi hoon

Dadi: teek hai beta

Nakul takes her to Dev's room...

There she finds some albums...

Dev's first b'day and some childhood pictures...

Sare photos mein Dev hi apne parents ke saath kadha hai...

Maan toh Dadi ke saath hi kadha hai...

She could find only photos of Dev with Mr. and mrs. Khurana...

She can't find a single photo of Maan with his mother...

He is either with Dadi or his Dad...

She is puzzled...

Ye shuru se hi aaisa hai kya? akkdu?

Lekhin apne maa se bhi aaise kaise ho saktha?

She finds Maan sober and lost in himself...

She wants to know more about this Mystery Maan...

She goes to Dadi's room...

Dadi is awake...

Dadi: Geet, andar aayiye

Geet : meinne aapko disturb toh nahi kiya na?

Dadi: nahi nahi, hum bhi aap ka hi intrezaar kar rahe the

Geet: Dadi, kya mein Dev ke barein mein thoda aur jaan sakthi

Dadi smiles...

Dadi: aap kya jaanna chahathe hai bete? Seedhe seedhe poochiye

Geet woh...

Geet shows the album...

Dadi: toh aapko yahi milli thi dev ke kamre se?

Geet: woh...meinne kuch galat toh nahi kiya na?

Dadi: aap kaise baat kar rahe hai? ab toh aap bhi iss pariwaar mein ek ho gayi hai

Geet wonders what Dadi wants to say...

Dadi: Yahan beititye , hummare paas

Dadi photos dekhkke purane yaadhon mein kho gayi

Khaas aaj unkka beta yahan hotha...

Maan ko ek support miltha?

Dadi closes her eyes and goes into her past...

Geet unkko disturb nahi karthi...

Geet takes a look aroung Dadi's room...

Yahan toh Dadi ka photo hai Dev aur Maan ke saath...

Aur Dev aur Maan ke recent photos bhi hai...

They look so happy together...

There is no photos of their parents...

Dadi unkke tasveer ko room mein rakhkke Maan aur Dev ko unkke parents ke yaad nahi dilana chahathi...

Dadi: Geet beta, aap hummare ek madat kijiye

Geet: kahiye Dadi

dadi takes the keys from her darwer and gives it to Geet...

geet looks at dadi...

dadi: Geet, uss almari ke andar kuch albums hai, ussko bahar nikahliye

geet takes them and gives it Dadi...

dadi: aap bhi aayiye

geet looks at the album...

This is Maan's b'day album...

That must be his third or fourth b'day...

He is with his parents here...

Maybe he was angry that they didn't allow him to cut the cake on dev's b'day...

Aur ye kaun hai?

Dadaji bhi saath hai...

Dadi looks so young...she is still young and energetic...

Geet is very excited ...

Geet: Dadi, ye Dadaji haina?

Dadi muskurathi...

Dadi: haan

Geet: dadi, aap toh bahut sundar lagthe ho

Dadi: ye toh tees saal pehle ka hai, Maan ka theersa janam din hoga

Geet: haan Dadi

Dadi: aur ye Maan ki maa hai

Dadi shows a lady ...

Geet looks at her and she is confused...

She is not the one she saw in Dev's photos...

Dadi: ye hummare pehle bahu hai, hummare bete Madan khurana ke pehli biwi, padmini

Geet: Dadi? Toh Dev Maan ka bhai nahi hai?

Dadi: aap ne teek samja, Dev Maan ke step- brother hai

Toh aaisi baat hai, Maan hates his step-mother...

Isska matlab Maan Dev ko bhi nafrat kartha?

Dadi: lekhin Maan ne Dev ko kabhi bhi paraya nahi samja,Dev ko apna saha bhai hi maanthe hai

Geet smiles...but she is stil has some doubts...

Dadi: Pammi toh Padmini ki behen hi hai, Maan ki mausi

Geet: achcha, issiliye donno ke resemblance hai

Dadi: Maan Pammi ko utna pasand nahi karthe the

Geet: issiliye Dev ke b'day snaps mein kissi khonne mein akhele kadhe kadhe sab ko gurthe rahe

Dadi: toh yahi aapka sawaal tha?

Geet pakadi gayi...

Dadi is happy that koi toh hai Maan ke barein mein sochne ke liye...ab toh lagtha hai ki Dadi ko Maan ki chintha karne ki zaroorat nahi padega, Geet haina?

Geet: mujhe laga woh isilye gusse mein hai kyunki B'day cake ko unkko khatne nahi diya tha

Dadi: aap toh bahut samajdar hai, ye bhi hua tha, Maan toh bachpan se sabkke pet the kaas karkke unkke maa ke, woh toh Maan ko chodkke chali gayi aur Dev ke aane ke badh sab ka attention dev pet ah toh Maan ko bahut bhura laga

Geet: toh Maan ko Dev ka ghar pe aana pasand nahi hai

Dadi: what?

Geet: kuch nahi, aap bathayiye, phir kya hua?

Dadi: phir toh ek accident mein Madan aur Pammi bhi mar gaye, Dev toh tab sirf 2 saal ka tha

Geet: bahut bhura hua, mere maa bhi mere janam hothe hi mar gaye, aur mere papa ne mujhe bahut pyaar kiya tha, lekhin unkke jaane ke badh mein iss duniya mein akheli ho gayi, khaas mujhe bhi aap jaise Dadi hothe?

Dadi: kyun Geet? Aap humme apne Dadi nahi maathe?

Geet: aaise nahi Dadi, mein toh aap se milne ke badh hi pariwaar ka matlab jaana, Dev toh hamesha aapke barein mein hi baat karthe

Dadi: haan, humne hi Dev ko bachpan se pala tha, issiliye woh hummare bahut kareeb hai, Maan toh apne business mein busy ho gaye,lekhin Dev hamesha hummare paas hi rehthe, kabhi bahar jaathe toh bhi din mein 10 bar phone karthe

Dadi ke aankhon mein aasooo...

Geet: mein bhi na? meinne kamakaam aakpko pareshaan kardhi, aap thoda aaram kijiye, mein kal aakke aapse milthi hoon

Dadi: par Geet, aap thode dher rukh jaathe

Geet: nahi dadi, mujhe koi zaroori kaam hai

Geet leaves...she calls mamaji...

Pehle iss baat ko mamaji ko bathana padega...