….. Intezaar ….
A OS/FF on VIRMAAN …..
Chapter 1 :
"Why Dad ?... Why?..." "For God's sake .. Please listen to me …"
"Maanvi , I know what's good for you and what's not …" a stern voice of Maanav Choudry echoed in the hall were two people were standing face to face … as the sun was about to set down for making the day to end … the hall were these two were standing consisted of dim light and they were too busy engrossed in making each other clear their point to notice even the change in their atmosphere…
One was Maanvi Choudry , 22 , a simple beautiful girl who lived in a small rented house with her dad in the beautiful village of Rishikesh… and the other was Maanav Choudry , 49 year old strict father ,who loved his daughter more than any thing in the world , but afraid to show it before the world thinking they should not take the advantage of his weakness … in short he doesn't want his daughter to get harmed because of him …
"You are getting Married next week … That's it …"
"But…" her voice trailed off as her dad left her alone in the midst of her helplessness …
For a while she couldn't think straight … Life has always been like this to her … Always was put in such a situation were she willingly sacrifices her desires for her dad … but then she was never hurt for her decisions because for her; her dad's happiness was all mattered …
But today … It was throbbing her heart as she heard her dad's final decision about her marriage … and she wasn't against it too … she was ready to marry whom ever her father shows as her bride …. Today was the day … She got her golden ticket to fulfill her dreams … her Aim …
But as usual ; her fate brought another unexpected twist in her life in the name of a marriage proposal from her dad's childhood friend's son whom she vaguely remember… she was totally confused to choose what … whether to listen to her heart … chase her dreams … live for her once or to accept dad's orders .. Get married with life long regret that she could never ever listen to her heart for once … even after when she had the opportunity to grab it …
For Maanvi her dad was not less than a 'Hitler' in her life some times … but still she knew how much he loved her … how much hardships he had to face to bring her up till here as a single father who earns a little which was not enough for the daily expenses of two souls..
Form the day; they stepped out of Choudry Mansion …How much hard he worked to make the two ends meet … It was like drawing lines in the air …
Yes, once her life was full of happiness & joy …It resembled a perfect pic , with her Dad , Mom , lil Brother , Her Chachu, Chachi , their kids Granny and herself … was a perfect example for how a family must be … Well at least for an outsider; it looked so …
Her whole world crashed down when she was 12, Her Mom and her baby brother became beloved ones to God in a car crash , which was brutally planned by her Chacha Chachi … All for the God Damn "Green Papers" which was called 'Money' ; for which she and her dad saked two precious soul's of their life…Their plan was actually to kill four of them in one crash … but these two were unlucky … that they had to survive that accident only to stay back in this cruel world to face the hard truth ….
As its said , One day the truth will find its way ; how hard you try to hide … The true color of her chacha chachi came out before Maanav and Maanvi … which made Maanav , a business tycoon that time .. leave his entire kingdom of hardship and sweat as such ; as he couldn't bear the pain that his own blood (brother) backstabbed him … just for MONEY !!!
From that day Maanav , a fun loving ,take-it-easy policy person never laughed whole heartedly in his life …not even in front of his only living reason … his jigar ka tukhda Maanvi … He left everything of his own except Maanvi and set a life in a confined way ; which included only them both … In total …He Lived for Her and She lived for him…
First Maanvi found difficulty to adjust with her 'changed dad'… He was not her fun loving dad who always said to her that she was his little princes before 'the good night kiss …' , was not her dad who waited for his children to return from school , even if he was tired or pissed of from his tiresome work in the office, he was not that dad who loved to spent his every spare time with his kids playing… He became more robotical as the years passed by …
He became more protective of her as the fear of losing her or anything bad happening to her increased in him day by day … As she was the only reason which kept him alive, he forgot the fact that she too had some feelings, she too had a heart that ached for father's love …
The world started to show its back as he shook of his high five life for his daughter … Maanav lost his job every 4 -6 months …--their debts – Daily expenses – Maanvi's studies – house rent – electricity – water –food –stationary –etc …all these made their monthly expenses chart always pointed towards "Over limit! " to which Maanvi adjusted herself to suit all the needs within the limited money …
She learnt how the world was to them once when they were rich and how they treated them when they were out of this category … she was daring enough to face the hard ships put forward by the fate …she never troubled her dad for any such girly things (new dress for every occasion .. matching jewelry etc …etc… ) Every now and then like the other girls of her age … but yes, some where in the corner of her heart she too wanted to do all these … she wished her father to understand her and do the things unsaid by her … but he failed …Or should we say he kept him blindfolded to that … yet she never complained … she preferred him over her …
Though, Most of his decisions will be more like orders … After the death of her mom and brother …
She could adjust with every thing except her studies and career …She had always dreamt of being a wild life photographer …yes a risky job for a girl to do …but she chose that as she had a craze in taking up the daring challenges coming on her way … her world was always filled with the lights , shades , tress, flowers , animals , birds etc .. etc.. and a good artist too… but her father didn't want her do this saying he wanted her to go for engineering … So he forced her to pursue a degree on a subject which she didn't like at all… its result was she became a college drop out .. but her desire to become a wild life photographer grew stronger …but before that she needed to take a degree… and for that she chose arts …and she applied for that with out her father's knowledge …
At last she was offered admission in a college in Gujrat.There she also could do internship with a famous wild life photographer too … It was a two in one offer for her… but the same day brought her another surprise too… Her marriage was being fixed by her Dad, with out her knowledge ….
"Abh bohat ho gaya !!" "I can't let this happen now , Not at least at the time when I'm just half way away from my dreams …"she said wiping her tears .
She started walking towards her dad's room … she knocked the door to get the attention from her father… but was of no response as he was pretending to be busy with some files …
"Dad , I need to talk to you …"she asked with hopeful eyes..
"Abhi nahi …"he said with no mercy…
"Abhi nahi toh kabhi nahi … dad " a furious Maanvi replied which made him take his eyes from the files to her …
"No matter what happens, you WILL have to listen to me today …"she continued with same furiousness…
"Maanvi , watch your tongue lady …tammez se baat karo ..!! " He roared...
Which made Manvi go weak on her knees before her dad but still managed to say this much within her hard sobs …
"I don't wanna get married now… I need to study … achieve my dream , dad " "badi mushkil se mujhe mokka mila hai apne manzil ki aur badne ka… usse gavane math deejiye … " she pleaded before him with teary eyes for the first time ever in her life … "Please dad…" she finished .
"Wahi jo junglee banke ghoomne ki , hai na?? " "Yehi teri sapna hai naa…??" "jiskeliye tu ne jaan booch ke apne engineering ki padayi rokh di…" … "Khabhi nahi … Khabhi nahi jaane doongi mein tujhe junglon ke chakkar kaatne " he bluntly stated …
Which made Maanvi shatter … she could feel that she was again falling into the same dark hole from where she found a way out struggling hard …. But she gained courage to speak up to her dad and make him realize what these art and photography meant to her …she would never be able to forgive herself… for the first time ever she decided to hurt her dad's feeling and fight for her heart…
"Haan , Yehi hai Mere sapne !… Toh kya huva agar mein ek Wild life photographer bann gayi ??The world is not gonna end, if I become one!!..." frustrated Manvi replied…
"Maanviii" a tight slap fell on her cheek from her dad, It was then she realized what she did….
"I'm Sorry , dad … I didn't want to tell you all like this ..But you left me of no choice … that's why I had to hurt you"
"What had just got into you Maanvi ?? Why are you behaving like insane??? You were never like this …!!" frustrated Maanav stated…
"Abhi tak toh teek hoon mein … Lekin agar aisa hi chaltha raha toh mein ; paagal …zaroor ban jaoungi…!!!" She retorted bluntly …
"Duh !! Achha hai … ; When you become one , don't worry I'll some how manage to admit you in a good hospital … Ab toh teri shaadi ho ke hi rahe gi …" Maanav said with no expressions on his face…
Maanvi was left baffled with her fathers antics towards her today …she never thought her dad would react to her in such a way … she expected him to at least listen to what she had to say … But NO!! … Here was hell bent to get married to a person she hasn't seen for once in her life… She might have give in to this marriage, If and only If her dad gave his ears to what she has to say … Now her route was clear … She is also his blood …, she too had the same ire running trough her blood … She too was damn obstinate in what she should do next ….
"I never thought you would say this to me dad…" "For once , did you find the need to tell me that you are getting me married to your friend's son …" "Forget it .. " "For once did you find the need to ask me which dress I liked??"… "My favorite food??..." "What is my like and dislike??" … she paused and continued with teary eyes … "NO!!!"
"You never did …, You never did …, DAD …You never did!!!"
"What rubbish!" he said, ignoring the facts ….
"Its NOT !!!" "And please stop acting in front of me …" "coz I'm acquainted that you don't know them."
"I didn't know that you got yourself secluded from me this much"… "That you stopped considering me as a human, who had emotions … who yearned for her father's love and affection..."
Maanav's eyes were shooting fires… his anger were rising inside him …and he made a fist as his daughters words started to make him hurt. Though the loving father in him knew she was right; his hypocrite side didn't want to give up …
"Don't you dare say that Maanvi …" "I've never backed out form my duties" "and I always did what I could do to make you choose the right …"
"Oh really!" she replied in a hoarse tone … "So just tell me ; When was the last time we both spent some together laughing whole heartedly …, when was the time you stroked my hair lovingly … saying I'm proud of you …or I'm there with you , Don't worry "
"Because of you, Now I can't show my face to any one … and on top of this you want me to say I'm proud of you … kamaal hai !!!" he chuckled clearly his insincerity were visible in his statements …
"That was not because of me … You were only the sole reason for that too…" "DID I tell you that I wanna become an engineer… Nahi ,naa..??" "You did everything according to your interest… before I could tell you what I wanted ; you got me admitted to that " " You know what , in sab mein meri galthi kya thi … " "Just for your sake … Aaap ki khushi ke liye Mein ne apni choti si choti kushiyaon ki kurbhani ki … Par ab aur nahi …"Maanvi told in one breath … giving more stress to the last two sentences…and she continued ….
"Whenever I look back at my life, I can only see you standing there…Uspe mein nahi hoon … coz I was living my life according to your wish …"
"But That was all for your good…Maanvi!!!" Maanav butted in..
"I know ,… That was for my good … But what about my happiness dad ??? " "Meri pasand naa pasand ka kya ?" "Aap ne Meri bhalayi soch k hi mujhe engineering ka seat dilvadhiyaa… " "But I don't wanna live my entire life within this "Cos thetas … and Tan thetas"…
"Aap ko kya laga dad ,.. Mein ne koshish nahi ki …wahan tika rehne ki…" "I know ye aap ke liye kitna muskil huva hoga mera admission vahan pe karvane ke liye … Issiliye I tried … par ye saala Maths meri dimaag pe gustha hi nahi toh mein kya karoon…??" "Meri dhuniya alag hai … Usspe ye Fourier Series ,Differential Calculus, Vector Calculus…sab meri samaj k bahar hai.. "
"Mujhe sirf rangon ki samajh aathi hai … meri hathon ki jaadoo pe bharosa karthi hoon …Maths ki hazaaron problems suljhaane se zyadha ek thazveer kheechne pe ya baanane pe mujhe jo thassalli milti hai vohi mere liye kafi hai jeene ka liye… "
"I need to live my dreams … dad , Ek baar… Sirf ..,Ek baar , meri Zindagi …Apni tareeke se jeena chathi hoon …Uske baadh,… Aap jaise bologe …Jise bologe … Mein voh karne ke liye thaiyyaar hoon ..!"
"Bhas ek baar mein isse poora karoon , Uske badh Mujhe kissi se bhi koyi shikayath nahi hogi … All that I'm asking you is…Just Three Years for myself "…. "Please dad … Aap itna tho mere liye kar sakthe hai … Apni dost se kaho na …Unki bete aur meri Shadi then saal thak postponed karein … " she looked at her father apprehensively for an answer…
But Maanav didn't say a word… he just simply left the room without even looking at Maanvi …He was totally lost in his own thoughts and he was walking were his legs were taking him … finally he stopped near Ganga Ghat … by then his vision were blurred due to the fresh tears formed in his eyes after so long years …
He hasn't shed his tears from the day he lost his two beloved ones … his heart was turned into a rock after that day …though he was able see his daughters pain he ignored them, for her good … but today after hearing his daughter's words … he realized what he was doing all these years…, to his own daughter … he never wanted her to go through all the pain he suffered; after he threw away his and his daughter's good fortune by his own hands… In the process of securing her future he took majority of her decisions were taken by him… to state the fact; he forgot to ask her whether she liked them or not … and more over Her YES in his every decisions of her made him think that HE was right …. And that was the reason behind fixing her marriage too with his friend's son …
Maanav's POV:
"Savithri , you tell me …Who wants to marry a degree drop out??" "Aaj kal har kisi ko Doctor , ya engineer ya MBA waala ya waali chahiye …"
"Ya phir hummare pass uthna paisa hona chahiye tha"
"and when itne saal ke baad Vikram mujse milne aaye aur mujse Maanvi k haath uske bte k liye maange tho … I couldn't deny … I just thought about Maanvi's future …and said yes…" he confessed his true feeling to the river flowing which he considered as his dead wife…
"Now I won't let my daughter fall down just because of my selfishness"
"Aaj mein apni beti ko udne de raha hoon … I'm going to make her fulfill her dream… Mein abhi jaa k Vikram se baath Karoon ga .." saying this he wiped of his wet cheeks and started walking towards his friend's guest house …, who came to India from London with his family after so long years and was staying there till the marriage …
Form there he got another shock of his life ….
Both Dulha (groom) and Dulhann (bride) eloped from their respective houses leaving a note …
"I'm going to Catch My Dreams before its too late… Instead of cursing Me for My deeds … Pray to God that I Fulfill my dream soon... The sooner I fulfill our dream, faster I reach back home safely…and do tell my future husband/wife to wait for my return, if he/she really wants to get married to me…"
- Virat/Manvi
(both contained same matter coincidently…so Imagine hero and heroine giving voice at the same time to this message …Maanav came to know about maanvi's eloping news by his neighbor…)
Both Maanav and vikram didn't know what to do for their children's deeds… their marriage were fixed next week … as Vikram was bad tempered than Maanav he succeeded in convincing him and wait for their return ….
At the same time in Rishikesh Railway Station :
Two people were running towards the platform no 3 ,were train no 57463 Nethravathy Express arrived ... with all their good souls from two different directions…but 'beech mein aaya tokkari waala' turned their fate with one collision…
Three fell on the platform with al their luggage and …
"Dikhayi nahi dethe ho tum donon ko ??"
"Sorry" in unison …there was a male voice and a female voice… the owner of each sound checked on the owner of the voice …they both were staring at each other unknowingly…
"Ohho .. Romancing baad mein kar lena … pehle meri nuksaan ki barpayi do ..!!!" he ordered after snapping in fingers in front of the two unknown souls in front of him who were busy staring at each other…..
"Don't ask me, ask her … she was the one who came wrong way" pointing the girl.. His words made her mouth go open … "How dare he??" she thought to her self … "galti meri nahi , issk Banddar ki thi …"she said pointing that boy … they were about to start a world war III over there it self but the announcement made next saved the day … sorry ..sorry saved the night .
"Attention Please ,Train no 57463 ,Rishikesh se kanyakumari tak jaane waali, Nethravathy Express ,will leave the platform shortly .." and to add more spice to it their train to their destination was started to move slowly and they both were no where near that ….
"Abhe.. Tu aur teri bharpaayi ..!!!" both said in unison and ran towards the moving train as fast as they could by pushing that tokkari waala aside…
Some how that boy jumped inside the moving train… and stood near the door looking at the other person who was a bit slow in catching up the train with her heavy luggage … so , He being the gentle man offered his help …
"Throw your luggage, first… Lady!!" he said to her … hearing his offer she did exactly… so for now her bag was in the train … now for her turn to jump in … but alas the boy who asked to throw her bag was not moving an inch for her to get in … train started to gain bit more speed …she was still running to catch the train and here that boy was looking at his nails and enjoying its beauty standing on the door … "Oye , hatnaa … I need to come in …"
"kya , kya ??" "kuch sunnayi nahi diya…" he said …
"Move from there .."she raised her voice …
Its pay back time baby he thought for himself
"Ist say Sorry !"
"For what ?"
"For calling me Bandar…"
"Sorry my foot !" she retorted immediately ..
"Soch lo !"by the time train gained more speed and it will be out of platform area in no time …
"Say it Maanvi … we'll deal with him later … you catching the train is more important now…" she said to her self ..
"Sorry …" she said making a face.. which was not left unnoticed by him
"Aise , nahi .. I'm sorry sir I'll not call anybody Bandar again.."
Their sorry game continued for a two –three times more after which virat gave up and pulled her in as she was failing to get inside by her own…
***They both didn't knew they both were to travel on the same route in same vehicle to the same destination … even though their parents wanted them to get married they wanted to live their dreams first… so this story will be dealing with idea which includes their journey , the things they come up with through out to catch their dreams…. This will be a rom-comedy story…
If you enjoy the story hit like and do comment … the next update of this story will only be according to responses I get from you….
And yes 1 more chapter will be having some family drama from Virat's side… after that its just VirMaan… So how was it ???
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
Mannat Har Khushi Paane Ki
