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Part 1
At the behest of one of my friends, I visited Anupama’s Set again to interview sabki pyari,sabki dulaari maa, Baa.
On the set of Anupama
Me: Namaste Baa!!
Baa: Namate Namaste!! Kaun ho tum ?? Kya kar rahi ho ya ?? ( in her typical rude tone)
Me: lomdi (fox) ki naani, tujhe kaanji house (animal pound) le jaane ke liye aayi hoon. (in very low voice)
Baa: kya kaha?? ( I wanted to use diff adjectives for this creature Baa, but woh meri maryada se bahar hai)
Me: kuch nahi. Mai IF ki Fandom ki aur se aapka interview lene aayi thi.
Baa:Oh! Accha accha, koi toh mera interviewlene aaya. Kuch log samajhdaar hai jinhe mera kaam samajh mei aata hai.
Me: (in my mind, abbe kaam vaam kuch nhi pasand aaya, hume toh chehra bhi pasand nahi. bhagwan se bhi shikayat hai ki aap par time waste kyun kiya. FD toh jail mei chakki piste hue dekhna chahti hai. They are curious to know how one can do such nautanki on daily basis.)
Baa, sabse pehle mai jaana chahti thi ki kya aapne jhoole ko todne, M mm mera matlab hai ki jhoola vrat liya hai jaise log maun vrat lete hai. AAp ko jhoole itna pyar kyun hai ?
Baa: Aree jhoola vrat nahi. Busss kya hi bataoo. Yeh meri bahut dukh bari kahani hai. Kya hai tumhe toh pata hai, Baapuji kaise hai. Shuru se dheele dhaale se. haath toh hilate nahi hai, muh chalate rehte hai, bus gyaan . 20 Rs kamate nahi the, 20 kg ka gyaan de dete the. Jab bhi ghar mei kuch hota tha, toh ya to mandir chale jaate the ya phir apne dost ke yahan. Upar se meri saas mujhse saara kaam karwaati thi aur taane alag. Mai uss samay choti si hi toh thi.Gusse mei jhoole par muh phula kar baith jaati thi aur jor jor se jhoola hilati thi.
Bus tabhi se aadat ho gayi.
Aur tumhe pata to hai, itne chote ghar mei, itne saare log.. upar se Kabhi Anuj, kabhi Mukku,kabhi naagin yaha pade rehta hai. Toh jagah bhi kum padti hai.
Me: Bahu tbura lagaa jaankar. Aapko aisa nahi lagta hai ki iss jhoole ko hilane ki wajahse aapka dimmag hil gaya hai.
Baa:Haa kabhi kabhi. Lekin jaada nahi , thoda sa.
Me:.. ( in my mind, thoda nahi, poora hil gaya hai)
Achaa, jab Baapuji shuru se itne dheele dhale, thakele sethe, toh Vanraj bhai n Dolly behn iss dharti par kaise prakat(appear) hue??
Baa: yeh mat poocho, upar dekhte hue, yeh mai jaanti hoon , ya phir mera bhagwaan.
Me: okkk.Leave it. Accha yeh jo Diwali par,sindoor haath mei le kar, maang bharmaang bhar, khel rahi thi. Aisa kyun??
Baa: yaadmat dilayo uss din ki. Yeh sab kavya ki wajah se hua tha. Uss din ke baad maibahar jaati ho, toh log mujhse poochte hai ki tumhare haath mei sindoor tohnahi hai. Pata chaala kisi ki kisi se bhi maaang bharwa di. Kya mai itni paaagal hoon??
Me: (in mymind, aur kya . paaglo ki bh paagal.. mai bhi darr ke maare aaj poori peeche tak maang bhar kar aayi hoon)
Nahi, thodi si lagti hai. Par logo ka dar to dheere dheere hi jaayega. Sadma jhel nahi paayi abhi tak.
Me: Uss din jo garba kiya tha, who toh kya mast tha.. itni energy, itne mind blowing expression, space bhi aapne poora cover kiya tha.. iss age mei, sach much laajawab. Iski prerna aap ko kahan se mili??
Baa: yeh Anupama apne aapko bahut badi dancer samajhati hai. Isne toh koi training nahi lee. Maine tohvbaakayda Rampur waali dhano se 3 saal tak training lee thee. Anupama ka dholida kya popular hua , yeh apne aapko Natraj ki behan samajhane lagi..Isse batana bahut jaroori tha, tu dholida kar sakti hain, mai Taandav kar sakti hoon. Mai logo ko kya, poori dharti hila saktihoon.
Me: (in mind, pehle hi poori audience kaap rahi hai, aur kitna hilayegi iss dharti ko.Pehle mujhe lagta tah, iska sirf dimaag hila hua hai, yeh toh poori ki poorihili hui hai)
Audience voice 👇

To be contd.


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