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"special agent naina singh ahluwalia...
working for
CENTRAL BUREAU OF NARCOTICS...
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION...(DEA)
while simultaneously heading...
atleast now i am...
undercover INTERPOL operations in india..."
the words echoed in their minds....
man!!..humaari naina...interpol????
...
she looked at them...
as they stood rooted to their places...
some jaws had dropped open...
while others..couldn't even manage dat!!!
"guys...i'm serious..
will you please..speak up?"
"tuuuuuuuuuu....
interpol?????..."
navin taunted...
as if she wasn't even fit for a maid's work!!
"haan nanoo..MAIN!!..."
she replied...almost aghast...
hadh ho gayi...mera bhaai hi meri baat
nahi maan raha...great!!!
"how can you work for two
agencies simultaneously???"
raj was having a hard time
believing this theory....
"i'm not....DEA is past...
it's just interpol now...
although i still need to go back
to my bureau for information...
& that's where these two work...
central bureau of narcotics..."
she was looking at raj....
as if trying to fathom his feelings...
should i tell him how i reached kabir???
would he approve??
"u mean...tazz..aur...tum ...
dono ek doosre ko
pehle se hi jaante the??"
navin couldn't believe it.....
"of course not navin!!
naina mujhe nahin jaanti thi..."
"aur tum??"
he was giving her a shrewd look...
she sighed...
"haan..main jaanti thi isse...
i was on duty wen i met you in delhi
again navin..."
"tumhaara matlab....jo bhi hua..
everything was an act!!"
he was accusing her...flatly!
"relax nanoo!!...my love..
my engagement to you wasn't fake!!
you know me better dan dat!!
we fell in love at first sight for god sake!!"
"as of now...
i don't think i know or believe anyone!!
not even my own sis!"
he felt flabbergasted...
he looked at naina ...contemptuous....
"kitni baar bataaon...
i was under oath..!
nahin bata sakti thi kisi ko kuch...
even mom-dad don't know a thing!!
undercover officers ko yeh karna padta hai..
& u guys are in the army...
tumhe to yeh sab pata hi hona chahiye!"
she reasoned....
"naina....shuru se sab bataao...
how did u end up in this profession??"
raj had to clear everything today...
once & for all...
she nodded...
"kaka!!!..."
she did a quick headcount...
"8 cups coffee le aana please...."
the night's goin to be a long one!!!
"graduation karne ke baad...
aalekh aur main separate ho chuke the...."
she looked at him...lightly smiling...
he smiled back...
neither had those feelings for each other now....
but their friendship had sustained..
& was stronger dan ever....
"i wanted something interesting in life...
kuch hatke karna chaahti thi....
for all you know...
i might have even joined the army...
par uski permission nahi mili!!
the same old ladki-army logic!
anyway...
i decided to assist someone in
the Federal Narcotics Bureau in london...
thankfully is job se mom-dad ko problem nahi thi!
i guess dey never imagined the danger involved!
& after awhile landed working as the assistant to
chief superintendent there....
worked there for about an year...
i slowly climbed up the success ladder....
until i was finally promoted ....
promotion meant rigourous training...
jo maine kari..but half-heartedly...
which i admit was a mistake...
actually mera dhyaan divert ho raha tha..
i wanted to come back to india..
narcotics addiction aur control ki
problem har country mein hoti hai...
aur kisi doosri country se zyaada interest
mujhe apni country ko drug-free karne mein tha..
don't ask me why i was suddenly feeling so patriotic!!!
maybe coz the only people i
ever lov..liked were in the army too..."
she blushed....
changing her statement...
well aware dat it was too late!
raj's eyebrow went up..
as navin smiled....
"naina...did you just say that..."
raj felt like an idiot...
all through school..
he'd thought he loved her...
& thought she never felt the same....
i never even got over our first kiss...!!
& here it turns out dat she too loved me since....
always wanted to reciprocate my love....great!!
the night was turning out to be full of surprises!!
"arrey waah!!...so dear sis....
all through those years you still had a crush
on raj..."
navin smirked..exceedingly happy....
"now i know why she dumped me!!
she was trying to find captain shekhawat in me..
kyon babes??"
aalekh giggled as her blush rose....
"shut-up!..aisi koi baat nahi hai....
anyway..
i talked to my boss there about my feelings...
he said i was good enough...
dat i could
jointly handle drug trafficking problems here....
back in india..
but he also warned me...
ki meri training might not be too perfect...
main thehri ziddi...adamant...
i took a quick decision..."
"yeh boss....
is he the 'samir saxena' by any chance??"
raj enquired....
"yup!..the good old SAM...
jiski copy main kar raha tha!!"
yudi replied....
"so you came to delhi .....?"
huda asked...opening his mouth for the first time....
naina stared at him..
sure he knew everything already....
"nahi...i went to kashmir first....
jahaan main yudi se mili...
he was to be my patner 'in crime'...
but eventually..."
she looked up at him...
"eventually i had to come to delhi...
wahaan drugs ki problem solve karne ke liye...
aur naina sirf kashmir handle karne lagi.....
she got all kinds of information from me...
about the pubs...the discs..the colleges..
basically all the addaas jahaan trafficking ho rahi thi..."
"right....shuru mein to mere haath kuch nahi laga,...
par phir ek breakthrough hua...
bureau ke haath yeh information aayi..
dat kabir...don ka beta...
was heading all drug operations in kashmir...
and then....
my life turned hell!"
she stoped as kaka handed coffee to everyone...
"aur terrorism..wen did that come into picture?"
raj asked her...
"when..when i met you..."
their eyes met..and held together....
a spark..a fire in them....
"ahem-ahem...aage bolengi aap??"
navin grinned...
her eyes turned dark....
as she slipped back into the past.....
FLASHBACK:
"but..how could i..
aur koi raasta nahi hai kya??"
she felt uncomfortable in those clothes...
she was in an all leather attire...
"c'mon naina..
london mein i'm sure tumne
isse chotte kapde pehne honge...."
yudi was smiling...
"it's not dat!!..
yeh...i look so..aawaara..
main hamesha thoda .."
"uff!!..a bar-girl won't wear
sophisticated clothes naina!!
you're supposed to attract him to you...
aur hum to wahaan honge hi....
and one
more thing...if you're uncomfortable...
step-out!!
..but get this thing in dat head of yours...
we can't afford any mistakes....!!"
that was all she needed...
a challenge!
"i'm fine..kahaan jaana hai?"
kya ladki hai...
thodi ignition di nahi...
ki seeda udne ke liye tayaar ho jaati hai..!!
she operates on the principle of rockets...
nothing quite starts until you fire her!
yudi smiled....
........................
the first day ...
all she did was dance...
a plastic smile on her face....
people came in...
threw money on her face...
offered her drinks dat she always refused..
but nothing else happened....
the following week was pretty similar...
her dresses got trendier ...
(though not much shorter...
she thanked yudi for it!!)
there was just one exception....
instead of offering drinks...
she was being offered night outs!!
the first time....
she was asked....
she felt a fury so large...
dat she could've slammed the man down....
but henceforth..
she learned to control her emotions....
& always refused politely...
she had to stay focussed!!!!!
word about her spread like fire....
she probably was the only woman out
there who didn't succumb to
any of those men...kabir's men..she guessed.....
naina realised dat this was getting her attention...
maybe it would also get kabir to her....
& she was right....
the next week...
he came.....
.......................
she'd been upset that day...
bored of it all...
wanting to get rid of this attire...
& had decided that this would be
her last day here....
the bar was all smokey...
with people drunk....
& she was singing...
reflecting her depressed attitude.......
Sab ki baaraatein aayi doli tu bhi laana...
Dulhan banaake humko rajaji le jaana....
Sab ki baaraatein aayi...
Chaaha tha maine, socha tha maine...
Kya kya the armaan dil nadaan ke...
Aankhon mein aansu aaye..
Ho, aankhon mein aansu aaye par koi na aaya...
Ab to kisi ko bhi apna ke hai bulaana....
Sab ki baaraatein aayi...
In aankhon mein thi ek raat saji....
Haathon mein kabhi choodi si baji...
Par aankh khuli to aaya nazar...
na raat saji na choodi baji....
Mera toota tha dil, uski jhankar thi...
Saara voh rang tha mere khoone dil ka...
Yeh to hai rona dil ka.....
Haan, yeh to hai rona dil ka kaahe ka taraana...
Ab to kisi ko bhi apna ke hai bulaana....
Chalo jo bhi hua, voh khoob hua...
Ab har koi mehboob hua...
Hai sab ke liye yeh raat meri ...
ab to hai yehi aukaat meri....
Haske bheege palak chamkaana hai....
Sooni baahein ada se laheraana hai....
Gham khaake aansu peeke...
Ho, gham khaake aansu peeke mehfil mein gaana...
Ab to kisi ko bhi apna ke hai bulaana...
he was gazing at her throughout....
she had expected that he'll try conversing with her...
but all he did was sit...& watch her...
continuously..for hours together...
taken by her beauty...
her song touched his heart.....
she felt nervous...but sang and
danced anyway....
as navin smiled....
"naina...did you just say that..."
raj felt like an idiot...
all through school..
he'd thought he loved her...
& thought she never felt the same....
i never even got over our first kiss...!!
& here it turns out dat she too loved me since....
always wanted to reciprocate my love....great!!
the night was turning out to be full of surprises!!
"arrey waah!!...so dear sis....
all through those years you still had a crush
on raj..."
navin smirked..exceedingly happy....
"now i know why she dumped me!!
she was trying to find captain shekhawat in me..
kyon babes??"
aalekh giggled as her blush rose....
"shut-up!..aisi koi baat nahi hai....
anyway..
i talked to my boss there about my feelings...
he said i was good enough...
dat i could
jointly handle drug trafficking problems here....
back in india..
but he also warned me...
ki meri training might not be too perfect...
main thehri ziddi...adamant...
i took a quick decision..."
"yeh boss....
is he the 'samir saxena' by any chance??"
raj enquired....
"yup!..the good old SAM...
jiski copy main kar raha tha!!"
yudi replied....
"so you came to delhi .....?"
huda asked...opening his mouth for the first time....
naina stared at him..
sure he knew everything already....
"nahi...i went to kashmir first....
jahaan main yudi se mili...
he was to be my patner 'in crime'...
but eventually..."
she looked up at him...
"eventually i had to come to delhi...
wahaan drugs ki problem solve karne ke liye...
aur naina sirf kashmir handle karne lagi.....
she got all kinds of information from me...
about the pubs...the discs..the colleges..
basically all the addaas jahaan trafficking ho rahi thi..."
"right....shuru mein to mere haath kuch nahi laga,...
par phir ek breakthrough hua...
bureau ke haath yeh information aayi..
dat kabir...don ka beta...
was heading all drug operations in kashmir...
and then....
my life turned hell!"
she stoped as kaka handed coffee to everyone...
"aur terrorism..wen did that come into picture?"
raj asked her...
"when..when i met you..."
their eyes met..and held together....
a spark..a fire in them....
"ahem-ahem...aage bolengi aap??"
navin grinned...
her eyes turned dark....
as she slipped back into the past.....
FLASHBACK:
"but..how could i..
aur koi raasta nahi hai kya??"
she felt uncomfortable in those clothes...
she was in an all leather attire...
"c'mon naina..
london mein i'm sure tumne
isse chotte kapde pehne honge...."
yudi was smiling...
"it's not dat!!..
yeh...i look so..aawaara..
main hamesha thoda .."
"uff!!..a bar-girl won't wear
sophisticated clothes naina!!
you're supposed to attract him to you...
aur hum to wahaan honge hi....
and one
more thing...if you're uncomfortable...
step-out!!
..but get this thing in dat head of yours...
we can't afford any mistakes....!!"
that was all she needed...
a challenge!
"i'm fine..kahaan jaana hai?"
kya ladki hai...
thodi ignition di nahi...
ki seeda udne ke liye tayaar ho jaati hai..!!
she operates on the principle of rockets...
nothing quite starts until you fire her!
yudi smiled....
........................
the first day ...
all she did was dance...
a plastic smile on her face....
people came in...
threw money on her face...
offered her drinks dat she always refused..
but nothing else happened....
the following week was pretty similar...
her dresses got trendier ...
(though not much shorter...
she thanked yudi for it!!)
there was just one exception....
instead of offering drinks...
she was being offered night outs!!
the first time....
she was asked....
she felt a fury so large...
dat she could've slammed the man down....
but henceforth..
she learned to control her emotions....
& always refused politely...
she had to stay focussed!!!!!
word about her spread like fire....
she probably was the only woman out
there who didn't succumb to
any of those men...kabir's men..she guessed.....
naina realised dat this was getting her attention...
maybe it would also get kabir to her....
& she was right....
the next week...
he came.....
.......................
she'd been upset that day...
bored of it all...
wanting to get rid of this attire...
& had decided that this would be
her last day here....
the bar was all smokey...
with people drunk....
& she was singing...
reflecting her depressed attitude.......
Sab ki baaraatein aayi doli tu bhi laana...
Dulhan banaake humko rajaji le jaana....
Sab ki baaraatein aayi...
Chaaha tha maine, socha tha maine...
Kya kya the armaan dil nadaan ke...
Aankhon mein aansu aaye..
Ho, aankhon mein aansu aaye par koi na aaya...
Ab to kisi ko bhi apna ke hai bulaana....
Sab ki baaraatein aayi...
In aankhon mein thi ek raat saji....
Haathon mein kabhi choodi si baji...
Par aankh khuli to aaya nazar...
na raat saji na choodi baji....
Mera toota tha dil, uski jhankar thi...
Saara voh rang tha mere khoone dil ka...
Yeh to hai rona dil ka.....
Haan, yeh to hai rona dil ka kaahe ka taraana...
Ab to kisi ko bhi apna ke hai bulaana....
Chalo jo bhi hua, voh khoob hua...
Ab har koi mehboob hua...
Hai sab ke liye yeh raat meri ...
ab to hai yehi aukaat meri....
Haske bheege palak chamkaana hai....
Sooni baahein ada se laheraana hai....
Gham khaake aansu peeke...
Ho, gham khaake aansu peeke mehfil mein gaana...
Ab to kisi ko bhi apna ke hai bulaana...
he was gazing at her throughout....
she had expected that he'll try conversing with her...
but all he did was sit...& watch her...
continuously..for hours together...
taken by her beauty...
her song touched his heart.....
she felt nervous...but sang and
danced anyway....
the following day...
he asked her out to dinner....
smiling...she refused...
perfectly aware dat she'd hurt his ego....
the second time....
he gave her a diamond necklace...
& she accepted...
acting as if she was floored.....
but only she knew the reality!!!
then came days...for which she still hated herself...
she got into drugs..!!.
.........................................
as she was telling her friends this story...
she didn't realise wen tears started
flowing........
"nia!!"
tehzeeb rushed ...sitting beside her...
consoling her...
"you didn't do it on purpose...
all of us understand...relax...
aur yeh bataao..aage kya hua...
they need to know..."
"aage...nothing much...
kabir behaved like a perfect gentleman...
atleast for a few days...
phir ek raat...
he took me out to dinner at a five-star..
got hold of my hand.."
flashback:
"kya hua..itni pareshaan kyon ho?"
"nahi..kuch nahin..."
"mujhse mat chupaao..
i can read your thoughts...."
can you really??
she wondered...
"kaam..kaam ka stress hai..nothing else.."
"yeh lo.."
he took the wine glass and added something to it...
"have it..."
she shook her head...
"it'll transport you to a different world naina...
sab dard khatam ho jaayenge..."
he pressed her hand....
she felt fear surge through her...
he was talking drugs now...
she couldn't get into this mess....
she thought for a second...
"naina..take a sip..."
i shouldn't....!
u have to nia...
nahi to..isse shak ho jaayega...
u have to show him dat you trust him....!
& she made her decision......
her face was hid behind her hands...
as she cried.....softly...
"that was the hardest decision i ever made....
sab kuch jaante hue bhi...maine drugs liye...
& dat was the start...
woh mujhe..he kept addicting me...
those photos....they're....
they've..been taken..on one of those ..nights...
but..trust me...maine..kabhi hosh nahi khoye...
he never...never ..touched me...
he was just a ...gangster..who fell..
in love with me!!"
her words somehow gave her strength...
& she rose...looking at raj..
unable yet again to comprehend his expression...
wiping her tears off...she told them...
"yudi..tell...them the rest....
i..need some time ..alone.."
she'd picked up a coat..
& was walkin out.....
"naina stop!!"
raj called her out...
"bahaar bahut..."
she turned around.....
"i know it's cold outside...
main..balcony mein hi hoon...
aati...hoon..."
& she strode out....
it was funny how she
completed his thought so perfectly!
"baith ja raj...
let her be..."
tehzeeb replied...
..................
outside...
naina felt a relieved...
sab kuch bata diya maine....
i've ended everything...
including my relationship with raj...
ek baat to pakki hai nia...
even if he doesn't detest me by now...
he doesn't deserve me either....
meri jaisi ladki..
whose been into drugs...
been a bar-girl...
spent time with ...men...
for whatever reasons...
should stay away from him....
i don't deserve him.....
her tears never stopped.....
................
"kya lagta hai tujhe...
hua kya isse suddenly?"
navin wondered....
"she's thinking about me...
usse lag raha hoga dat ...
i deserve someone better dan her!!"
raj looked exasperated....
"aur tu yeh itni assurity
se kaise...."
"i know her inside out navin....
i just do...."
tehzeeb smiled...
for that really was a positive sign....
maybe things would reach normalcy soon...
these guys really do understand each other!!
yet....they don't..trust themselves!!
"anyway..aage ki kahaani choti si hai..."
yudi continued..
"she impressed kabir...
who was ready to possibly
even marry her...
but she escaped...
delhi aa gayi...kabir se kuch bahaana bana
kar..
i guess tab se kabir ko us par shak hone laga
hoga....yahaan par usne jo kuch kara..
dat u guys know....
raj..tumse...alag hone ke baad..
she went to london for a month again...
where she was retrained...
& then..."
"raj baba..nanoo baba!!!"
kaka came running....
"nia beti gaayab ho gayi hai...
woh balcony mein nahi ahi
aur..aur baahar mausam theek nahi hai...
bahut toofaani raat hai....
maine...woh .."
they heard the whining of a horse...
"shit!!!...ranch se horse le kar yeh....
oh man!!...there's a blizzard out there...."
navin stood up...
"hang on nanoo!...
i'll go get her...
i need to ...
clear out my feelings with her...."
raj stared at him for permission...
he wondered why....
navin nodded...
"go get her...."
he winked.......
he asked her out to dinner....
smiling...she refused...
perfectly aware dat she'd hurt his ego....
the second time....
he gave her a diamond necklace...
& she accepted...
acting as if she was floored.....
but only she knew the reality!!!
then came days...for which she still hated herself...
she got into drugs..!!.
.........................................
as she was telling her friends this story...
she didn't realise wen tears started
flowing........
"nia!!"
tehzeeb rushed ...sitting beside her...
consoling her...
"you didn't do it on purpose...
all of us understand...relax...
aur yeh bataao..aage kya hua...
they need to know..."
"aage...nothing much...
kabir behaved like a perfect gentleman...
atleast for a few days...
phir ek raat...
he took me out to dinner at a five-star..
got hold of my hand.."
flashback:
"kya hua..itni pareshaan kyon ho?"
"nahi..kuch nahin..."
"mujhse mat chupaao..
i can read your thoughts...."
can you really??
she wondered...
"kaam..kaam ka stress hai..nothing else.."
"yeh lo.."
he took the wine glass and added something to it...
"have it..."
she shook her head...
"it'll transport you to a different world naina...
sab dard khatam ho jaayenge..."
he pressed her hand....
she felt fear surge through her...
he was talking drugs now...
she couldn't get into this mess....
she thought for a second...
"naina..take a sip..."
i shouldn't....!
u have to nia...
nahi to..isse shak ho jaayega...
u have to show him dat you trust him....!
& she made her decision......
her face was hid behind her hands...
as she cried.....softly...
"that was the hardest decision i ever made....
sab kuch jaante hue bhi...maine drugs liye...
& dat was the start...
woh mujhe..he kept addicting me...
those photos....they're....
they've..been taken..on one of those ..nights...
but..trust me...maine..kabhi hosh nahi khoye...
he never...never ..touched me...
he was just a ...gangster..who fell..
in love with me!!"
her words somehow gave her strength...
& she rose...looking at raj..
unable yet again to comprehend his expression...
wiping her tears off...she told them...
"yudi..tell...them the rest....
i..need some time ..alone.."
she'd picked up a coat..
& was walkin out.....
"naina stop!!"
raj called her out...
"bahaar bahut..."
she turned around.....
"i know it's cold outside...
main..balcony mein hi hoon...
aati...hoon..."
& she strode out....
it was funny how she
completed his thought so perfectly!
"baith ja raj...
let her be..."
tehzeeb replied...
..................
outside...
naina felt a relieved...
sab kuch bata diya maine....
i've ended everything...
including my relationship with raj...
ek baat to pakki hai nia...
even if he doesn't detest me by now...
he doesn't deserve me either....
meri jaisi ladki..
whose been into drugs...
been a bar-girl...
spent time with ...men...
for whatever reasons...
should stay away from him....
i don't deserve him.....
her tears never stopped.....
................
"kya lagta hai tujhe...
hua kya isse suddenly?"
navin wondered....
"she's thinking about me...
usse lag raha hoga dat ...
i deserve someone better dan her!!"
raj looked exasperated....
"aur tu yeh itni assurity
se kaise...."
"i know her inside out navin....
i just do...."
tehzeeb smiled...
for that really was a positive sign....
maybe things would reach normalcy soon...
these guys really do understand each other!!
yet....they don't..trust themselves!!
"anyway..aage ki kahaani choti si hai..."
yudi continued..
"she impressed kabir...
who was ready to possibly
even marry her...
but she escaped...
delhi aa gayi...kabir se kuch bahaana bana
kar..
i guess tab se kabir ko us par shak hone laga
hoga....yahaan par usne jo kuch kara..
dat u guys know....
raj..tumse...alag hone ke baad..
she went to london for a month again...
where she was retrained...
& then..."
"raj baba..nanoo baba!!!"
kaka came running....
"nia beti gaayab ho gayi hai...
woh balcony mein nahi ahi
aur..aur baahar mausam theek nahi hai...
bahut toofaani raat hai....
maine...woh .."
they heard the whining of a horse...
"shit!!!...ranch se horse le kar yeh....
oh man!!...there's a blizzard out there...."
navin stood up...
"hang on nanoo!...
i'll go get her...
i need to ...
clear out my feelings with her...."
raj stared at him for permission...
he wondered why....
navin nodded...
"go get her...."
he winked.......
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