Chapter 44

                                                                Part - 42

Next day...

Dadi comes to see him as it's already noon and he is still asleep...

She knocks but maan wouldn't open the door...

Dadi is realy scared...

She calls sam...

She too comes and tries to persuade him to open...

But Maan is stubborn...

He won't come out until he finishes every drop that his Geet sent him with love...

He has realy gone mad...

Ye ladhki mujhe pagal kardegi...

Aakhir ye mujhse chahathi kya?

Mein issko aaise hi pi pike marjaoon?

Ya ye mujhe rokhne ka naya tareeka hai?

Agar ussko meri itni fikar toh samne kyun nahi aathi?

Kyun mujhse dhoor bhaagthi?

Ye samajthi kya apne aapko?

Aur mein kissi ki baat ko nahi mantha...

Agar mein isski baat mankke issko pitha toh usski jeet hogi...

Geet sochegi..."Haan ye kabhi nahi sudhrega...mein hi sahi hoon...meinne issko chodkke sahi kiya hai...Aur mera shak sahi hai...ye kabhi daru nahi chod saktha..."

Agar mein issko nahi pitha toh bhi ussika jeet hoga...

Maan could see Geet's triumphant face...

"Dekho meinne tumme kaise ullu banadhi...dubara!!!!"

Ab bechara Maan kya karega?

Soch sochkke pagal ho gaya hai...

Sam: Maan, darwaza kholthe ho ya nahi?

Maan: nahi, tum sab jao

Sam: tumme kya ho gaya? tum pagal ho agye ho kya?

Maan: haan, haan, mein pagal ho gaya hoon

Dadi: Maan bete, ye kya hai? aap please darwaza kholiye, hum aapko kabhi kuch nahi kahenge, aap jo chaho kar sakthe, hum aapko kabhi nahi rokhenge

Sam: Maan, dadi ke liye toh darwaza kholo

Dadi: agar Geet hothe toh aap aaise nahi karthe

Maan opens the door immediately...

Maan: dadi, usska naam mat lo, I hate Geet...

Maan chilatha...

Maan: I hate you Geet Handa...

Sam: then why are you always thinking about her?

Maan: nahi, I don't remember her

Sam: then forget your past...think about dadi, think about us, we all love you, the world doesn't end with Geet, you have to see that you are not alone, you have your friends and family and your fans

Maan: haan, mein akhela nahi hoon

He will show her that he is not alone...

Yes, actually he is not alone...

Armaan, Sid and others from Sajeevani keep visiting him in turns every weekend...

Dadi is there for him as always and now Mr.Khurana too had visited him a couple of times...

Dadi is so happy that her son is here...

And there is this no 1 fan of him Sameera who keeps calling him and wishing him a speedy recovery...

And the fans keep messaging him on the social networks...

Maan gets in touch with them to keep his mind calm and stay away from his bad habits...

He just finds this crazy, what has he done?

Nothing...he has just been selfish all the time...

He played for himself...as he loved winning...

But that has got him so much love and fame...which he doesn't deserve at all...

Maan doesn't take that seriously but after a few days of rehab he realizes how crazy his fans are...

It's always good to be a celebrity it seems...

You will find so much love that you wish to achieve something atleast for them...

Maan decides to live up to his fans expectations...

He gets thousands of mails and many calls...

Sameera visits him everyday and her speech gives him strength...

He feels as if he has found a new reason to live...

Yes, he wants to play cricket again, he wants to live again...atleast for this crazy fan of his...Sam...

He owes her that much...

Her wish is to see him wear the blue shirt again...

And this is not a big deal for MSK...

He just needs to give up drinking and everything will be fine...

Maan somehow stays away from drinks...

But it's very hard for him to restrict his cravings...

It's not easy for him to concentrate...

Although he tries to focus on the game he couldn't...

His hands start shivering and he couldn't even see the ball clearly...

He then gives up thinking that it's over...

He feels that he has no more fire in him...

He is so exhausted and just needs rest after all that he had done to his body...

He feels as if he has lost his strength...it's time to hang up your boots...

He is angry with himself for ruining his career...

Now he is a total failure...

No one would want him in the team...

He is no more THE MSK...he would only be a lialbility even if he manages to get a place in the team with his influences...

He won't want to just sit in the benches as a member of the team without contributing...

So, he thinks it's better to quit...

He announces his retirement...

All his fans are disappointed...

Sam is the most disappointed...

After all the hard work he can't give up like this...

He had to try hard...

But he needs some kind of motivation...

She tries all the tricks...

She asks Armaan, Sid , her brother and all Maan's teammates to speak to him...

But no one could convince him...

agar Maan ne ek bar decide karliya toh apne baat ko bhi nahi mantha, haina?

One morning...

Maan has stopped going out...

He stays at home and spends him time with dadi...

He is in house arrest for he is scared that he would get back to drinking...

Dadi feels very bad for him...

He is like a prisoner in his own house...

And this loneliness is very dangerous for him than drinks...

This is killing him faster...

He has lost interest in everything...

He has stopped smiling...

He has stopped talking...

He has stopped his workouts...

He just kills the time watching TV...

There too he avoids cricket...it hurts him very much...

He is punishing himself for his deeds...

He lost his love just b'coz of his bad habit...

He lost his life and career too...

Now he is a burden for his family...Dadi...

He has become useless now...

He doesn't know anything but cricket and his cricketing days are over...

He doesn't know any other business...

What will he do now?

This emptiness tempts him to drink again...

He has no better company than that...

Btu he couldn't for he can't see dadi suffer anymore...

Dadi stays with him 24*7...

She makes sure he is not left alone anytime...

Either she or Sam give him company wherever he goes...

He rrely gets out of the house...

Dadi forces him to accompany her to the hospital...

The doctors tell him that Dadi's heart is weak and she shoudn't stress...

Ye bhi dadi ka hi plan hai...

Maan realizes that he had been the cause of all this and that he should take care os his Dadima now...

He has to keep her happy...

Meanwhile Sam is busy trying to get him back to the cricket grounds...atleast for his net practice...

He can play cricket with his friends and that way he will be engaged...

Sam comes with a surprise visitor one day...

Maan is confused...

Ye yahan kya kar raha hai?

It's none other than the little boy that Maan helped...no no...Geet helped...

Maan: tum toh Neyan haina?

Boy: haan

Sam: haan Maan, ye toh tumse koi baat karna chahtha hai

Maan: tum yahan kaise?

Boy: Maan uncle, aapne mujhe promise kiya haina?

Maan: what?

Neyan: bhool gaye ho? he is disappointed...

Maan: mujhe kuch yaad nahi hai, tum hi bathao, kya baat hai?

Neyan: aap ne kaha ki aap mujhe training doge jab meri tabyat teek hogi, ab dekho mein bikul teek ho gaya hoon

Maan tries hard to remember but he has never said anything like that ...

Maybe he doesn't remember for he was with Geet that time and he might have promised him to impress her...

Kya patha meinne kya kya promise kiya tha? Jab bhi Geet ke saath hotha hoon mujhe toh kudh hi samaj mein nahi aath ki mein kya kartha? Haina babaji?

Maan: haan, haan yaad hai

Neyan: toh training shuru karein?

Maan: training?

Neyan: haan

Maan: abhi?

Neyan: mere paas kit bhi hai, dekho

Maan: teek hai, par mein kaise?

Neyan: Maan uncle, agle mahene hummare tournament hai, state team selection bhi hoga

Maan: par tum yaha kaise aaye ho?

Neyan: mein toh yahi rehtha, Chandigarh mein

Maan: tumme ahcnak mere yaad kaise aayi?

Sam: tum usski madat karoge ya nahi? Meinne hi ussko yahan kaya tha, ye mere bhai se tummare barein mein pooch raha tha

Maan: tum aone bhai ke paas kyun nahi lekhe jaathi issko?

Neyan: nahi, mujhe aapse hi seekhna hai

Sam: dekha

Maan: lekhin I have retired na

Sam: come on Maan, you just have to train him

Neyan: haan uncle

Maan agrees to train him...

They start practicing from that day...

Maan was reluctant but Sam came to take him at 4 am ...

Maan just went to sleep...

He could hardly open his eyes...

Sam pours water over him...

Maan gets angry...

Sam: tummare wajhe se mujhe aadi raat ko jagna pada aur tum yahan so rahe ho, jaldhi utto

Maan: Sam, mujhe sone do, tum bhi sojao

Sam: Maan, Neyan ghar se nikhal chukka hai

Maan: what?

Sam: tumne promise kiya na?

Maan: kab?

Sam: hare, utto, utto

Sam pulls his quilt...

Maan had to wake up...

Maan pulls it back...

Maan: achha baba, tum chalo, mein aatha hoon

Sam: mein neeche intrezaar karthi hoon

Maan gets ready and he feels refreshed waking so earlt and heading to the ground...

It's such a nice feeling...

Just to get back to his favourite ground where he had trained as a kid...

He thinks about his childhood days...

He is determined to achieve something...

He is very happy to be associated with cricket somehow...

Maan is very happy that he could help someone...

He also gets back his form...

Neyan gets selected for the state junior team...

He is so happy...

Maan goes to the stadium to watch him...

And the board members want him to play for the Ranji team again...

Sam's brother had told about Maan's hardwork and his efforts to get Neyan in the junior squad...

Board members are pleased to hear that he loves his game so much...

They want to give him another chance...

Sam and his brother too insist that Maan starts playing again...

That would be an inspiration for a lot of youngsters...

Maan finally agrees to play again...

Sam is very happy...

It's a big win for her...