Part – 40
Maan stops the car at a street side dosa corner that was the only place open at that time…
It’s run by an elderly couple…
They are just about to close the shop….
Maan gets off and goes to check if anything is available…
Maan: dukhaan band ho gayi kya?
Old man: haan ji, kal aana
“mujhe bahut bhook lagi hai uncleji, kuch bhi chalega”
Maan turns in the direction of the voice… it’s Geet only….
Geet has just followed Maan…
That man melts hearing “uncleji” from Geet…
Uncle: tumme bhook lagi hai beta?
Geet: ji uncle, ye toh zor zor se pukar rahi hai
Geet keeps her hands on her tummy and gestures to him…
Uncle: tu rukh, mein abhi aatha
Uncle goes and calls aunty…
Aunty comes and uncle introduces her to Geet…
Maan becomes invisible to them somehow…
Aunty: toh ye hai woh ladhki, àap ne kyun kaya nahi abhi tak beta?
Geet turns and stares Maan…
Maan is not liking this blame game at all… it’s ok that he stopped her in the middle of her lunch, then there was a whole 10hrs for her to eat… why didn’t she eat?
Yes, why didn’t she eat?
Aunty looks at Geet and then at Maan…. Itne dher tak goomrahe honge?
But both of them don’t look so happy….
Kuch toh gadbad hai…
Geet: meine subhe se kuch nahi kaya
Geet is still staring Maan and Maan stares her back…
Aunty understands the situation…
She turns back and looks at uncle who smiles back as if he has got his wife’s message….
Uncle: ye toh bahut afsoos ki baat hai beta, koi bhi baat bhooke rehne se nahi sujaltha
Aunty: humme bhi ye baat bahut saloon ke badh hi samaj mein aaya, lagtha hai ki tum log ka abhi abhi shuruwaat hui hai
Geet: haan, yahi pehle baar hai
Maan stares Geet again… why is she sharing personal matter with strangers…
For Maan they may be strangers but for Geet they are uncle and aunty haina…
Geet: mujhe bhi patha hai ki bhooke rehne se sirf gussa badtha hai, par kya karein, khane ka mann hi nahi tha inko dekhne se pehle
Maan is surprised that Geet also didn’t feel like doing anything until she saw him…
Maan too didn’t know what to do until he came back and met Geet …
Maan was angry with her but still thinking about her only all day…
Aunty smiles: hotha hai hotha hai
And she again looks back at uncle…
Uncle: aaise hi baat karthe rahoge ya bache ko kuch khilaoge bhi?
Aunty: ek minute beta, hum abhi aaye
Aunty goes in and comes with a plate of dosa…
Aunty: ye lo beta, khalo
Aunty gives her the masala dosa that’s left for themselves…
Uncle is little concerned when aunty serves it to Geet…
Geet has noticed that…
Geet looks at auntyji doubtful…
Geet: aapne khaya nahi na?
Aunty: hum apne liye kuch banalenge beta, pehle app kao
Uncle: waise tummari aunty jat se swadist upma banalethi jab hummare liye kuch nahi bachatha
Maan is again astonished to see that Geet is so considerate about the elderly couple, that’s why she wins over anyone’s heart in minutes…
Maan has been staying with her long enough to lose his heart for her…
Geet: aap banalo, hum phir saath mein kathe hai, ye inkko dethe hai, ye aaise waise khana nahi kathe
Geet gives it to Maan…
How did she know that Maan has also not eaten…
Maan: mein bhi aaise waise khana khatha hoon auntyji
Uncle: hare wah, bagwan ne bahut achchi jodi banayi hai, bilkul hummare tarah, haina savithaji?
Aunty: haan ji, mein abhi upma banathi hoon
Geet: mein aapki madat karthi hoon auntyji
Geet doesn’t hesitate to go inside their humble home that’s also the eatery….
Uncle starts chatting with Maan…
Uncle: ye bachi bahut hi pyari hai, bilkul savithaji jaise hi hai, isse kabhi bhi mat chodna, ye sabko bahut kush rakegi
Maan already knows that… but her happiness is with someone else…
Maan just nods his head…
They come back with hot and delicious upma…
The aroma itself makes Maan want to try it…
Geet gives a plate to Maan and another one that Savitha gave her to uncle…
Geet: aap log bhi khao
Maan keeps looking at the piping hot upma…
Geet takes a spoon and gives it to him….
Geet is too hungry to wait…
She just takes a spoonful and puts straight into her mouth…
Its too hot and she burns her tongue….
Aunty takes the water and gives it to her immediately…
Aunty: itna bhi kya jaldhi hai Geet?
Geet drinks the water and is little relieved…
Aunty: usse thoda tanda hone dho beta
Maan just keeps watching her, thinking about how Geet makes hasty moves only to get hurt later, just like her love affair to this wedding which is affecting Maan too…
Maan hopes that she doesn’t get into grave problems b’coz of this habit….
Geet is little disappointed as there is not much reaction from Maan which is unusual…
Maan likes the instant quick upma that doesn’t have any fancy ingredients but still can give a good competition to any continental dish…
Maan: ye bahut hi tasty hai auntyji, thanks, aap nahi hothe toh hum aaj bhooke hi rehte
Geet: haan auntyji, aap ko bohut bohut sukhriya ki aap ne ye hummare liye specially banaya
Maan pays them a hefty price which they refuse to accept…
Maan: ye koi inaam nahi hai uncleji, ye toh aunty ji ka service ka hai, itne raat ko ye sab karne ki kya zaroorat thi unko?
Geet: aap jaise achche log aaj kal kahan milthe?
Geet indirectly hints at Maan being unnecessarily angry with her…
Auntyji: kyun, tummarawala kitna achcha hai ki jaise bhi tumme bhooke nahi chod sakta
Uncle: tum log ab thande dimag se socho aur apna jagdah yahi katam karo
Maan is angry that Geet has damaged his image completely…
Aunty: aap chup raho ji, woh toh app ki tarah nahi, bahut samajhdar hai, sab jaantha hai
Aunty is confident that Maan is much smarter and understanding….
Geet: good night uncleji, auntyji
They leave letting the elderly couple to take some rest…
Maan has paid them so much so that they could afford a day off if they want….
Maan drives back in silence…
Geet too is serious and not feeling like talking to Maan now…
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