MAAN AND HIS DREAMS!
Maan growled as he paced in the room. From one end to the other he paced but instead of decreasing, his annoyance only increased. How can this even happen? How? Main Maan Singh Khurana hoon! Maan Singh Khurana! Aur mere saath yeh sab? Maan growled again as he continued to pace. Che mahine! Che mahine hogaye humaare rishte ko finalize hue! Aur iss che mahine mein ek baar bhi mujhe mauka nahi mila use apni dil ki baat kehne ka! How is that even possible? He continued to pace when there was a knock on the door and he heard NT say, "Veerji! Aap tayyaar hain ki nahi? Kuch hi der mein shaadi ki vidhi shuru ho jaayegi! Aapko aur Geet ko thodi der mein neeche bulaaya jaayega! Aap tayyaar haina?"
Maan shouted back that he was ready and continued to pace. Ready? I have been ready for God knows how many years! But I have only one regret! Aaj tak main I Love You nahi bol paaya! Che Mahine hue rishte tay kiya hue and I have yet to confess my love! Poor Maan! But what was he supposed to do! He had planned many ways to propose! But it was not his fault his every plan failed, was it?
Maan's first attempt was to plan a trip to HP citing some land deal. Of course there was no land deal! He just wanted to go meet his fianc. But unfortunately for Maan his Daadima had seen through his plan right away and had very sweetly ordered Dev to go for the land deal instead of Maan and also take NT with him so that she can meet her family. Maan had walked back to his room defeated and then realised that Dev was going for a land deal that was not even there. It took him one whole night to actually get a land deal in HP ready. Phew! Only he knew how many people he owed favors to for setting up the land deal in such a small time!
Next attempt by Maan was to lie to his Daadima saying he was going to Mumbai for some meeting and slink off to Hoshiarpur but unfortunately Dev foiled the plan by saying he wanted to take his wife on a second honeymoon and so he wanted to go in Maan's place. Maan had to pull Dev aside and tell him his lie just to avoid letting his lie come in front of Daadima. When Dev came to know his plan, Maan had to then bribe his brother to keep his mouth shut. Turns out, his brother was much more interested in seeing his profit than helping his brother in his plan. So after promising his brother that he would send them off to second honeymoon funded by Maan himself, Maan finally went to Hoshiarpur only to get the news after reaching there from Dev that Geet had gone to visit her Aunt and shop for clothes in Amritsar. With the cloud of sadness hanging over him Maan returned to Dilli only to be questioned by Daadima about his returning early. Oh Teri! He had forgotten about his lie totally. Only Maan knew how he escaped from Daadima's questions that night.
Next chance came right to his door when three months after the rishta was finalized Maan and his family went to Hoshiarpur to do a formal sagaai. If Maan had any hopes of getting Geet alone and confessing his love to her, it all went away the moment he stepped into the Handa House because from start to end of the trip some cousin or friend was hanging around Geet and refusing to give them one single personal moment. And if it wasn't the cousins then it was the elderly neighbors who would stare at them even if his hand touched Geet's. Turns out, the hometown of his fianc was quite old fashioned! Infact, they were so old fashioned that even the would-be bride and groom looking at each other was frowned upon. It seems Maan's plans were doomed from the moment the trip started.
Maan finally attempted the idea of calling Geet on the phone. Till now he had no plans of confessing on phone! After all, confessing on phone sounded so impersonal. He was supposed to pour his feelings to her, not recite some lines! And unless he did it face to face, any other type of confession would sound informal and unemotional. But now when none of his plans were working, he was ready to do anything, even confess by phone. So what if he had to confess his love on phone? Atleast he confessed. And that is important. Their marriage being love marriage was more important to him than the way he delivered his proposal.
So next day Maan called Geet's mobile. With excitement brimming in his voice, he spoke up only to hear an old lady starting to chatter. Maan blinked in surprise and then checked the number. It was Geet's alright! Then who the hell is talking? He broke the connection and went to NT telling her about what happened when he called Geet. To his immense annoyance, NT broke out laughing at his situation. Maan glared at NT as she continued to laugh. It took her a while to control her laughter and after that she very politely told him that Geet gave her phone to some old Aunty in their family as her phone had some bhajans and that Aunty loved to listen to the bhajans. So even though the phone was Geet's, currently it was in hands of some old lady who loved to listen to bhajans the whole day. And Maan stalked off to his room growling in annoyance. For next few days, all Khuranas heard was the ice and wood breaking in exercise room as Maan showed his frustration through his martial arts. Daadima and Dev were confused by this action of Maan and got even more confused when every time NT passed by as Maan was exercising she would break into laughter.
But Maan did not give up. He tried his last attempt. He called Geet more than once on the landline of the Handa House. Sadly for him, not once did Geet pick the phone up. It was always some relative who teased him or scolded him depending on the age of the person who picked up the phone and then the line was disconnected.
Finally Maan gave up and decided to wait till the wedding with hopes that he would get atleast one chance to talk to Geet before their wedding. And today he came with his baaraat from Dilli to Hoshiarpur to take his Geet away to his house. And now pretty soon they would get married. Maan had only one chance, one chance before the wedding to confess. And he decided that he would take it.
Maan opened the door softly and put his head out. He looked around and was relieved to find no one standing around. Bach gaye! He opened the door fully and with soft footsteps he walked towards the room he knew was of Geet's. As he sneaked towards her room, he grinned eagerly. He was going to see his fianc and confess his love. His marriage was going be love marriage and not an arranged one!
With excitement on his face, Maan walked towards the bride's room only to stop in shock to see Dev come out of one of the rooms. Oh teri! If he saw me, I am doomed. He looked around and then spotting another open room nearby he sneaked in and hid there till Dev passed by. Once Dev was out of sight, Maan heaved a sigh of relief and stepped out. Miss. Jhagdaalu! Here I come!
Maan walked towards Geet's room with swift steps. As he neared her room, excitement built up in his heart. Just as he was about to reach the room, out stepped NT from Geet's room. Oh teri! Ab yeh yahaan kya kar rahi hai! He froze in shock. He was doomed. She was going to see him right away! Ab main kya karun? Luckily for him, NT turned and walked other way not even noticing him. He let out a loud breath. Bach gaye again!
With his heart beating faster than before, he stepped ahead and pushed open the door. With a grin on his face, he stepped in only for his grin to vanish when he realised that the room was empty. He blinked in surprise. Where is Geet? Yeh Geet kahaan hai? He looked around the room but there was no Geet. He sat down on the nearby bed in concern. Yeh Geet theek toh haina? Kahaan gayi? That is when right in front of him Geet and NT passed in front of the room. He ran out of the room and realised that they were going to the mandap. He blinked in surprise. He must have gotten the wrong room. That is when it clicked to him what this meant. He stepped back in the room and sat on the bed in shock as he realised that his last chance to confess his feelings was gone. It was an arranged marriage now for him. As the time passed, his sadness turned into anger towards himself as he started berating himself for not making more effort at meeting Geet.
Maan continued to berate himself as paced in the new room. He was so involved in scolding himself that he did not even notice his phone ringing till it started playing the ringtone the third time. He came out of his thoughts and noticed the call. He did not notice the caller and picked up the phone. He barked into it, "What?"
"Bro! Where are you? Everyone is waiting for you at Mandap! You have us all worried! People are starting to even talk that you have run away from the marriage! Do you know how embarrassing it is! Where the hell are you?", Dev shouted in anger and Maan closed his eyes. Damn! In his anger, he almost missed his wedding. In his plan to propose Geet, he almost skipped out on getting married to her. Damn! Maan turned angrier at himself as he stalked out of the room and stormed towards the mandap.
As he reached the mandap, Maan was hugged by his brother and scolded by Daadima. He nodded at appropriate places but his mind was too focused on his anger towards himself to concentrate on what they were saying. Soon he was seated in the mandap and the mantras started. He did as Pandit told but anger remained on his face. He glared at the fire and at the Pandit. Once the mantras were done, the Saat Pheras started and then came the time to tie the mangalsutr and fill Geet's maang with sindoor. His movements were jerky and sharp as he applied the sindoor. He was so focused in his anger that he did not even look at Geet. Soon the kanyadaan was done. And it was time for bidaai.
As Geet hugged her family while crying, Maan felt his anger drain away and what was left behind was defeat. His dream of his marriage being loved one had gone down the drain and he felt defeated. Why? Why can't once things go his way?
As Maan stood by the car sadly, his eyes fell on the car and a thought came to his mind. So what happened if he could not confess his love before marriage? Not everything has lost. Yes! His marriage had turned into arranged one but that was not the end of the world. At the end of the day, Geet did get married to him and that was more important than confession. She was his for his whole life. He had his whole life in front of him to confess his feelings. Infact, he would confess his feelings today itself. Yes! When they will travel in the car towards his house, he would make the driver stop them somewhere romantic and in some privacy he will express his feelings. Yes! Perfect! How romantic would that be! As Geet continued with her bidaai, Maan continued to daydream about his romantic confession. Get ready Geet! Today you will enter the house of Khuranas assured that you rule my heart!
Soon Geet entered the car, her eyes still shedding tears though its speed had certainly slowed down. Maan slid in with excitement in his heart and smile on his face. His Daadima had already gotten into the car ahead of them and he had seen NT enter behind Daadima. Soon Dev would enter that car and then they will be gone. And he will ask the driver of his car to take them to some beautiful place where they could see the sunset and have some romantic moments.
Maan's smile dimmed as he saw Dev enter the passenger seat beside the driver seat in the car Maan was sitting. Yeh kya ho raha hai? His confusion only increased when Dev asked the driver to drive. What was he doing here? Maan's good mood vanished. "Dev? Tum? Yahaan?" Dev replied, "Haan Bro! Don't ask! The other car is filled with gifts from top to bottom. I still don't know how Daadima and NT managed to get in the car. I had no place! So I came here! Hope you don't mind Bro!"
The car started before Maan could object. And even if he could, Maan could not object. After all, he can't throw his own brother out of the car, can he? So with a grumpy expression on his face, Maan settled down to one awkward and weird ride. He did not even give his wife a single glance as he fumed at the injustice happened to him in the whole day.
And that's all for today folks!
I am sure you have already got the gist of why Geet asks for divorce the day she got married.
But I will give you a detailed Geet's version so that you get to know how her thoughts went from accepting her situation of unrequited love to asking for divorce!
Geet's version will be posted on 30th November.
Thank you, take care and have fun,
Kalpana
P.S. Due to net problems this update was delayed!
Edited by Kalpana_KaCy - 9 years ago
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