GUZARISH
Sheeshe Ke Khwab Leke Raaton Mein Chal Rahi Hoon ... Takra Na Jaaun Kahin
He kept the mangalsutra back in the drawer hearing a knock at the door. Kya hum andar aa sakte hai Omkaraji? She asked politely and he just nodded a yes ... not wanting to look at her. Humme aapse baat karni hai, she asked and he stood still. Hum jaante hain aap humaari shakal bhi nahi dekhna chahte aur Shankarji ki kasam jab Sultana ji humme iss ghar mein laayi tab humme zara sa bhi andaza nahi thha ke yeh ghar aapka hain. Hum abhi yaha se nahi jaa sakte ... Sultana ji ne humme teen mahine ki tankhwah dedi hain aur hum iss shahar mein naye hai ... abhi yeh naukri nahi chhod sakte ... hum wada karte hain aapse ... ek mahine ke andar andar doosri naukri dundhkar ... Sultana ji ke paise waapas de kar yaha se chale jaaenge .. aapko humaari wajah se pareshaani nahi hogi ... after a long painful dialogue she left his room while he sat on the bed with his face in his palms.
All the reminiscences of Bareilly kept replaying in his mind. Knowing how Gauri was sold to Kali Thakur ... How some of the Thakur men attempted to rape her ... How she was running for her life and how he whimsically married her. Main iss Shaadi ko nahi manta Gauri ... Main toh tumhe jaantaa tak nahi hoon, I am not going to commit to you ... he had made his decision leaving her broken hearted. She felt mutual ... she did not know him but he changed her life and now did not want to accept her ... she haplessly cried.
Theek hai Omkaraji ... aapne jaan bachaai hai humaari ... agar aap humaari zindagi ke badle yahi chahte hai toh yahi sahi ... aapko humme bardasht karneki zarurat nahi hai ...hum chale jaaenge aapse dur. She removed her Mangalsutra to return it on his palm and walked away with the promise of never seeing him. It was an understood decision but Shankarji had different plans for his Chirraiyya's destiny. She was happy that she found a job that paid well on her second day in the new city. She accompanied Svetlana to the Oberoi Mansion just to realize that her husband is OMKARA SINGH OBEROI. Her soul wanted to escape life in that time being. She had just rammed herself into the truth she was running away from.
Seeing her Omkara did not want to believe that she even existed. His brain was giving every kind of supernatural explanation of why he was hallucinating her and his heart was trying to avoid the truth that she was his wife. He eventually realized that she was going to work as Svetlana's personal assistant. Her face kept reminding him about how he had left her in Bareilly amidst Kali Thakur and his goons after publicly claiming her responsibility. He walked away from her not wanting any guilt hauling in his heart ... In his room he kept staring at her Mangal Sutra when she had come to offer him with an explanation.
He distantly observed her for two days ... she tried her level best to ignore and stay away from him. Most of the time she took care of every little detail of Svetlana's routine and diet, made soft copies of whatever documents Svetlana gave her, She arranged Svetlana's appointments to different kinds of cosmetic surgeons; she took care of her lavish get togethers and in the free time she sat with Dadi who gave her lessons of Ishbaazi, Anika who forever complained how Billuji was responsible for her almost nine month old month old pot belly and even Rudra found a good friend in her. Gauri felt fine around such a crazy family and over time she understood that she needs to stay away from Pinky & Tej ... Omkara being the topper of that trivial list.
She prayed to Beautiful sculptures of Shiv and Parvathi who dwelled in one of the most beautifully decorated rooms of the Oberoi Mansion ... she wished for the well being of Oberois ... some peace of mind and a good amount of serenity. She quickly began arranging different thaalis for the Brahman bhoj ... the actual task for which Dadi had sent her to Shankarji ... Gauri you are not doing it right! Jahnvi interrupted. Gauri looked at her with a cute smile. Tum toh bhagwaan ko itna maanti ho tumhe nahi aataa thaal sajana? Jahnvi was confused ... Nahi aataa ma'am ... kabhi koi thha hi nahi jo humme seekha sake ... seeing her sad Jahnvi interfered in her expression ... koi baat nahi beta abhi main seekha deti hoon ...
Seeing his mother happily work with Gauri ... he only thought of how tightly Jahnvi is going to slap him the very moment she gets to know the deed of her sincere son ... but what worried him more than that was her ... the lone soul. He never knew that she had nobody in the name of family but realized now that in those few moments ... he promised to become her family. At this instant he wished to drug himself to an excruciating death.
Move fast Gauri ... Svetlana ordered her as she blocked Om's way and slid her hand in his arm. Om saw that Gauri was carrying a big tray of sweets. What the hell is going on? He fumed at Svetlana and saw the tear stained face of Gauri ... more painful were her sore eyes ... we are getting married Omkara ... Svetlana gleamed showing off the princess cut diamond with which he had proposed her. Gauri then offered the tray to him. The wedding will happen in a week love ... Svetlana whispered in his ears but what stung him more was the way Gauri congratulated him saying Badhaai ho closing her eyes after blinking tears ... Main meetha nahi khata! He said to her expecting some response but she chose to run away from there.
Omkara spent the rest of the day in his studio trying and failing to concentrate in his work ... his heart was sulking in the name of his wife. He came back home half heartedly on Dadi's insistence and seeing Mr. Oberoi storming out of the mansion furiously, the basic emotion of him changed. Without thinking a nerve he rushed to Jahnvi's room to see her angrily shouting and crying ... Gauri was trying to calm her down ... what happened mom? Om asked anticipating about Mr. Oberoi's idiocy. Your father is becoming a monster Omkara ... Jahnvi pointed towards Gauri...Blood drained out of his veins when he saw how hurt Gauri was ... her face yielding a dark shade of red with some blood nipping out of the outline of her lip.
Did Mr. Oberoi ...??? And the limits of his temper were flaking when she fearfully nodded a yes. He walked out of the room breathing fury ... determined to give the same strike back to someone who unfortunately was his father. Omkaraji rukiye!!! She ran to hold his hand ... how dare he Gauri ... uss aadmi ne tumhe haath kaise lagaya??? Omkara was now yelling at her ... agar humme nahi toh aapke papa Jahnvi aunty ko thappad maar dete ... she began to cry and even he wanted to cry thinking how she had intervened in something as strenuous as his parents tussle and saved his mother ... doesn't matter Omkaraji ... I am just a servant here ... she said wiping her tears and another pang of guilt ridden regret wracked though his body ... Tej sir chale gaye yaha se ... aap apni maa ke paas jaaiye ... woh bohot pareshan hai ... she said to him after he asked ... Bohot dard ho raha hai??? She stepped back not letting him touch her face ... Humme iss cheez ki aadat hai Omkara ji ... aap humaari chinta mat kijiye saying she walked away and he kept staring at her teary eyed.
The whole mansion was decorated draped and embellished with the most luxurious of material ... the theme was green after all it was Svetlana's mehendi function ... he felt dangerously funny as she managed to look like a slimmer female version of Shriek ... henna being drawn in her hands. All of a sudden Dadi's voice caught his interest as right now Gauri was a new student in the class of Ishqbaazi. He heard both of them intently.
Tujhe pata hain Gauri puttar ... maine apne teeno poton ki shaadi karwaane ke liye kya kya sapne dekhe thhe ... socha thha pyaari si bholi si bahu laaungi bilkul gudiya jaisi ... mehendi ke phoolo se haath sajaaungi ... haldi chandan lagaake doodh se nehlaaungi ... zor zor se dholki bajaakar naachungi par mere Om ne toh yeh botox kumaari pasand karli ... mere dil ke armaan iske make up ke bojh tale dab gayye ... Gauri laughed heartily listening to Dadi's melodramatic best ... listening to how Gauri talked about her strong belief in the institution of marriage made Omkara feel so proud ... Chal bachhe aisi waisi dulhan ko toh nahi par main tujhe mehendi zaroor lagaoongi ... Dadi insisted taking Gauri's palms in her hold. Her lips flaunted the world's best smile when she walked away looking at her hands adorning the fragrant green paste. Once again he was proven guilty in his own eyes for not letting her enjoy such simple joys in something which had to be called their marriage.
Gauri Rishab has been my employee for one whole year ... I can garuntee you that he will get the world for for ... he really likes you ... please accept his proposal, please marry him. Shivaay requested Gauri in his most polite tone. Shivaay Bhaiyya hum aapse kitni baar kahe ke humme shaadi nahi karni! Gauri was begging for some peace of mind ... please tell me your problem Gauri ... I am a descent guys with a good income who finds the pretty and polite you really attractive! Rishab argued with Gauri ... Arre Gauri didi Rishab ji ko aapse love at first sight ho gaya hai ... please consider his feelings. Rudra began requesting now ... Aap sab please samajhiye ... Rishabh toh kya humme kisi se shaadi nahi karni ... she ran away from Shivaay's study. Om felt weird seeing that some guests had stayed back but never ever did he think about anyone proposing marriage to Gauri ... he had to talk to her.
Kya hua Gauri? He entered her room behind her and closed the door. Humme kitne logo ko kitni baar batana padega ke hum shaadi nahi karna chahte! Aap ek kaam kijiye kal yeh khabar akhbaar mein chhapwa dena ... tab sab logo ke mann ko tassali milegi !!! she was hell frustrated. I think you should consider marriage ... he spoke with a heavy heart. Aapka dimaag kharaab ho gaya hai? Kya aapne bhang khaali hai Omkaraji? She instantly reacted. Bachhe nahi hain hum ke shaadi ko mazaak khel ya naatak samajh ke bhool jaaye ... shaadi zindagi mein ek hi baar hoti hai aur agar aapko yaad na ho toh bata dete hain ke humaari ho chuki hai! Tumhe meri wajah se apni life kharaab karne ki zarurat nahi hai ... he said with tears brimming in his eyes ... Omkaraji humne aapse kuch poocha nahi hai toh please koi galatfehmi mat paaliye aur yeh bhoolne ki galti kabhi mat karna ke humaari zindagi ka koi bhi faisla lene ka haq aap Bareilly mein hi chhod aaye thhe ... she wanted to kill him. Om stood dumbfounded ... he was too ashamed to speak anything but then he noticed the pendant of her gold chain ... he had seen her chain but realized today that it even possessed a singular hindi syllable ... she held his name above her heart. The gold chain with the pendant saying Om' was the only priced possession she chose to afford with the meager savings of her late mother.
He was taking a look at the finalized arrangements just before the sangeet was about to begin. Gauri was super busy as she had to face all of Anika's mood swings in the name of helping her ... Gauri managed to run across the whole room with fairy lights, flowers and audio jacks. Seeing her he wanted to feel good but what irked was how evidently she tried to fake happiness. She behaved so generous ... as sweet and fresh as raw honey ... and then when the music began she even danced with Rudra and Dadi ... after her "wedding affirmation of yesterday ... he felt absurd seeing her behave in such a manner.
Yeh sab kya kar rahi ho gauri? He asked her after dragging her in a corner ... hum toh dance kar rahe hai ... aap bhi dance kijiye aap hi kaa sangeet hai ! she said roughly. Agar aise hi naachna thha toh pehle itni bayaanbaazi karne ki zarurat nahi thhi tumhe! He gritted his teeth and she very well understood that expression.
Aap humme yeh bataaiye ke aapki problem aakhir hain kya? She tried to push him away. Aapne humaari jaan bachaai jiske liye aapko humse shaadi karni padi phir aapne humme bina jaane samjhe thukra diya ... humne aapse koi safaai nahi maangi ... lekin aap chahte kya hain? Sultana ji ko aapne propose toh kar diya lekin aap unse aise durr bhaagte hain jaise woh aapki jaan maangne waali ho! This confrontation had to happen ... she desperately wanted her answers but he again repeated his question ... apne aap ke saath aisa kyon kar rahi ho Gauri?
Toh kya kare? Roye? Deewar mein jaakar sarr patke yaa Dadi ko jaake bataade ke unke laadle ne Bareilly mein kya bawaal khada kiya thha? It was now that he was able to understand her psychological condition. She continued to speak ... hum ek kaam karte hain ... marr hi jaate hai! His palm shut her mouth that very moment and she struggled a lot to get rid of his hand. Haath mat lagaaiye aur humse jitna ho sake utna durr rehna ... aap aas paas hote hain toh dimaag baura jata hai humara ... then she stomped his foot to walk away.
His conscience kept reminding him that leaving Gauri after accepting her in matrimony was one of the biggest mistakes of his life. It was not at all because of Svetlana but because of his stupid conditioned fears about the concepts of love, relationships, marriage and family. He had married Gauri because that seemed the only option to save her life ... it was his impulsiveness in the moment where he did not want her to die. Even when she was an absolute stranger ... Asking her to go away was sheer foolishness! He should have given her a chance ... more than that a chance to himself. The mere thought of the consequence of his action scared his senses. But now marrying Svetlana seemed a punishment good enough for hurting someone as innocent as Gauri ... all her thoughts kept twirling in his mind as he was trying to carve some wood ... his eyes were watery because of lack of sleep.
Humme aapse baat karni hain ... she said walking towards him. Why had she come to his studio so early in the morning? Seeing her he understood that even she had not slept. Main yahan kaam karta hoon Gauri ... Nobody is allowed to enter ... jaao yahan se ... I don't have any time to talk to you! He scolded aggressively ... not wanting to face her.
Woh jo bhi ho ... humaari baat bohot zaruri hai! She continued to speak telling him about Svetlana's pre nuptial agreement which stated that she will claim Omkara's share of property after being his wife of three months. Humne inn kagaazo ki soft copy banaai hain ... yeh lijiye copy ka print out ... with that she even gave him a pen drive which had the document in PDF format and the duplicate key of her locker where she had kept the originals. Omkara was astonished. Tum toh Svetlana ke liye kaam karti ho naa phir mere liye yeh sab kyon kar rahi ho? He eagerly asked her ... Woh humme humaari naukri ka paisa deti hai ... unhone imaan nahi khareeda humaaraa Gauri replied boldly.Dekhiye Omkaraji Sultana ek chalaak lomdi hain ... aapko paison ke liye dhokha de rahi hain ... Aap please unse shaadi mat kijiye ... humne aapko saare saboot laakar de diye ... aap police ko jaake bataaiye ke woh fraud hain ... hum aapki madad karenge ... hum gawaahi denge ... she left his place after assuring him ...
Omkara could feel the binding of her spell. He was falling for her kind of innocence. He knew that . Svetlana was going to come up with something like the prenup agreement and it was hardly going to help him get rid of her but he smirked victorious looking at the duplicate key something which he failed to acquire after three trials. Her locker was the treasure of all her ugly truths ... of all the evidences about how she taped Mr. Oberoi in various compromising positions, of how she tried to kill his mother to gain the status of an Oberoi wife and how she kept blackmailing him so that he does not back out from their engagement. It was because of the very person he wanted away from his life that today he was saved. Realizing that Gauri respected him so much was actually making him feel very low.
He came back home at night after completing some of his important work just to see how horrified Khanna was because Rudra had asked for some fruit punch mixed in phenyl to drink and die! What was wrong with Rudy now??? He ran towards his room to see him crying in front of his dear Bhabhis because he managed to achieve a one year detention from his college. Anika sat beside him on the bed and Gauri was kneeling down. Dekho Rudra zindagi mein unch neech hoti rehti hain ... iska matlab yeh nahi ke tum haar maan jaao, Gauri made an effort to explain to him . He was crying even more comparing his skill and antics to that of his brothers ... I am a loser Gauri didi ... mera kuch nahi ho sakta ... Rudra was feeling disgusted ... Omkara came to sit beside him.
Aapko pata hain Gauri Didi mere Shivaay Bhaiyya great wall of Shivaay hain aur ab toh O bhi mummy papa ki married life bachaane ke liye uss botox kumaari se shaadi karne wala hain! Main hi ek naalaayak hoon ... Listening about the reality of SvetKara wedding from Rudra left Gauri shocked. MATLAB? He questioningly looked at Om who sat with a blank face ... Arre tumhe nahi pata Gauri ... Woh ajeeb blouses pehenne waali cheapdi Bade papa ki item hai ... matlab mistress hai ... unhone humaaraa jeena dushwaar karke rakha hain ... badi maa ne uski wajah se khudkhushi karne ki koshish ki ... Isiliye Om uss chantomaay se shadi karne wala hai ... Anika told Gauri the whole truth ... tears streamed down her cheeks as she rushed out of the room ...
He reached the terrace garden and sat beside her on the mat. Silence prevailed for quite some time. Woh dekhiye aapka naam likha hai ... she childishly told him pointing towards some bright stars as she traced Om' in them. Sach bataao Gauri tumhe mujhse pyaar hone laga hain naa he genuinely asked her. Pata nahi ... lekin ab jab hum aapke aur sultana ji ke rishtey ka sach jaan chuke hain ... hum aapse thoda thoda pyaar karna chahte hain, she confessed leaning into his shoulder. Main kal usse shaadi karne wala hoon ... mujhe rokogi nahi ... he asked keenly. Hum hote kaun hain aapko rokne waale ... Aapki zindagi, aapka faisla ... aapki shaadi ... sambhal lijiye khud ... she spoke feeling the tension of his muscles. His heart was banging against the ribs cursing him bluntly ... YOU DISOWNED HER IN PUBLIC ... IDIOT KARA!
She walked in to see how all the arrangements were up-to-date. All the preparations over and all the guests had arrived ... it was ultimate ShowTime. She grinned at her foolish fate which was forcing her to witness the wedding of HER HUSBAND. Everything seemed in control until Tej entered the place shouting and so abusing his son only and only because he claimed Svetlana to be a love of his life and not his Son's! media got adequate footage but then Dadiji asked her son to keep calm after which Tej began screaming at his mother ... Aap Dadi se aise baat nahi kar sakte ... Gauri made a weak attempt to protest. Ab ek Do kaudi ki Naukraani mujhe bataaegi ke mujhe kya karna hai aur kya nahi ... she gulped nervously as Tej raised his hand ... she was anticipating a slap but heard a voice instead ... Omkara stood between Tej and Gauri ... SOCHNA BHI MAT MR. OBEROI ... BIWI HAIN WOH MERI ... Om had gripped Tej's wrist.
Media got even more masala! Gauri was flummoxed ... speechless and frozen. Tej did not want to believe him ... Jahnvi's jaw dropped ... Pinky yelled OH-MY-MATA ...Dadi was elated to know that Gauri was her Grand Daughter-In-Law. Shivaay began to panic as Anika's water broke and her contractions were cringing pain and Rudra was actually recording everything ... Gauri saw some lady cops trying to handcuff Svetlana before Om tried to hold her wrist and drag her along ... Aap kar kya rahe hain Omkaraji??? She asked baffled ... dekho Gauri mujhe pata hain we need to talk ... a lot! Par abhi mere paas bilkul time nahi hain chalo ... he tried dragging her and all she said was KYA? Mujhe tumhaari help chaahiye Gauri ... main Apni Zindagi, Apna Faisla aur Apni Shaadi sambhaalne ki ek aakhri koshish kar raha hoon ... she let him sway her in his arms after trusting the intensity of his heart ... Dekhiye mere ghar waale milkar koi nayi gadbad kare isse pehle shaadi niptaaiye ... Om warned the Pandit after which he ran around the agnikund to complete the ritual of SAAT PHERAS and she helplessly chuckled against his chest ...
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