ASHLOK'S day in mumbai has started with a BANG OF DIWALI ...BAPPA LIKE MOTA BHAI... CHOWKSI ... HELPING THEM EVERYWAY... getting a place to stay...BUT WITH TWO LOUD NOISY CRACKERS ...TWO VAMPS and their Pataka Son .. as they Room mates ...well if not Bappa's rats TO HELP THEM JOIN ...THEN DEVIL CATS...TO CUT THEM QUICK ...(Rekha's names for them too Apt ... Thataki and Soorpanaka...so long...SO JUST VAMPS )...BUT ASHLOK's DEEP LOVE ITSELF. ...SEEMS TO BE ...THEIR OWN CURTAIN ...ENCLOSING THEM TOGETHER IN IT'S WARMT7H ...THEIR CARE AND CONCERN FOR EACHOTHER. ...BUFFERING THEM FROM... ALL SUNDRY AND BOTHER. ...SO BOTH ASHLOK FORGOT THEIR WORRIES AND WENT FOR ...THEIR MEAGRE DEEPAVALI SHOPPING...TOGETHER. ... COMING BACK TO FIND ...THAT THEY HAD..ABUNDANT BLESSINGS FROM ...ALL AND AJJU ... THE GOLD COINS AND KARONJI TO EAT...
ALONG WITH ASHLOK'S OWN ABUNDANT ... HOT AND SIZZLING DESIRES... LIT UP ...AND READY TO BURST ...LIKE SPARKLING CRACKERS. ... ...ON DEEPAVALI DAY ...
Astha having had no food ...giving an uncomplaining shlok karonji to eat ...which seemed to be enough for shlok showing shlok the gold coins...and also by scolding Ajju's gifts...also indirectly indicating to shlok...keeping his self respect intact. ... not to worry as they had the security of gold coins. ...to smooth things over ...as their money was over ...BUT OFCOURSE SHLOK ...didn't accept them ...this time not only out of His Pride...but also ...His Confidence that he would definitely earn money ...as he had sent resume to numerous jobs...with any job he got ...like driving too ...but not knowing that life drove a hard bargain too ... making Astha agreeing to him...and then...ASTHA ASKING PATIDEV...TO REMOVE HIS CLOTHES SO THAT SHE COULD APPLY ...UPTAN TO SHLOK ...FOR HIS HEAD BATH...AS IT WAS DIWALI...AND DIVERTING HIM FROM GETTING UPSET...
As soon as SHLOK heard ...ASTHA'S GOLDEN WORDS ..REMOVE YOUR CLOTHES ...THE LOVER SHLOK ..LIT UP (just like the vamp Apsara who heard the words and seemed ruffuled by them too ...but like a cat burned with jealous Heat herself satifying by peeping at Ashlok ) AND SEEMED TO SIZZLE ... ...staring at astha intensely ...which Blind Biwi Astha at first didn't seem to notice in her hurry of applying Upton thinking that patidev was shy ... ...and asked patidev...teasingly ... why he was feeling shy now ...when before he was the one ready for upton to be applied...shloky boy now remembering the ...their first ...and not the one after marriage. ...where shlok had forced astha to to come to him with love as his wife to apply upton as her right ...where immature astha shyly had applied upton with love ... to an very attracted and pleased as a satified lover ...half dressed Shlok who had professed that he had hated her then ...astha ...blushing shyly with love...BUT attraction and desire of shlok too ...evident between both Ashlok and also ...proving ek baar phir ...how much shlok himself ...had desired and wanted Astha as his wife and lover...even then ...now took off his shirt staring intently at astha ...who slowly applied upton to shlok's cheeks .and body ...softly caressing him ...just as shlok had applied haldi to astha ...heating up shlok ..with pent up desire ...for astha ...which seemed to flow intensely from his eyes and seemed to be making love ...along with the Mahiya song ...to Astha...who though tried to ignore patidev's mesmerizing desire filled eyes by looking away ... but still couldn't help herself ...but look at him ...pulling her instictly towards him in her heated awareness too ... just by the desire in his eyes for her...shlok now with a winning smile ...forcing astha to acknowledge his desire with her desire for him too.. ... ...by shlok pulling biwi close to him ...in his signature style as always. ...startling Astha into awareness of shlok ...ek baar phir proving ... the desire and need ...shlok had always felt for Astha ...even in hate...or love...NOW ...slowly ...and making it very very sure to... BIWIASTHA...HIS NEED TO TOUCH AND BE DEEP INSIDE ASTHA ...AND MAKE LOVE TO HER...SATISFYING HIMSELF ..by slowly bending his face into her face ...and rubbing slowly his upton applied Cheeks ...to Astha's cheeks ...the friction of his bushy beard and hot touch ...heating astha up too ...creating a sense of lovemaking movements .. between them ...and satisfying Shlok ...with her touch and Astha's awareness for him too...JUST AS SHLOK HAD INDICATED TO ASTHA ...after marriage in divorce period ...by applying upton to Astha similarly...in suggesting movements of love as his desire of wanting Astha ...both as WIFE 50% PARTNERSHIP. ...AND LOVER TOO... ...and when astha asked him why he applied upton to her too...saying it was in ...MASTI OR FOREPLAY OF LOVERS ...BURNING EACHOTHER WITH THEIR OWN DESIRE. ...shlok going to bathe ...TO COOL HIMSELF. ...LEAVING BIWI WITH ...A BURNING HEAT...OF DEEP FIRES BEING LIT ...WHICH SEEMED TO MAKE HER LETHARGIC NOW ...BUT NOT UNDERSTANDING THE HEATED DESIRE PATIDEV LIT IN HER...WITH THE FRICTION OF HIS HEAT. ..
BUT the jealous vamp ...who understood what the heat astha was feeling ...now wanted to slake Her own thirst. ...by thwarting Astha's happiness. ..by asking her to make rangoli.. ...INSTEAD MADE ASTHA DO HER FIRST RANGOLI TOO ...MAKING ASHLOK'S DIWALI AUSPICIOUS ...but also mixed vicks in Astha's upton ...MAKING ASTHA BURN IN THE VAMPS JEALOUS HEAT...when astha applied the upton and making Astha cry ...now like a baby and calling out to shlok for help.. ..WHICH WET SHLOK ...who had just come out from his bath ...(looking deliciously wet and cool now with his hair blown about ) came to biwi's rescue by announcing ..not to worry as he was there for her ...by wiping her cheeks ...tenderly ...removing the burning upton ...and blowing cool air on her cheeks with his mouth ...SHLOK cooling Astha's burns ...LIKE A MOTHER ... THE AAI...ASTHA CALLED OUT TO...ISS BAAR...when before shlok had put astha away from him in anger ...in the lift ...when she had hugged him out of fright ...and had called out AAI...INSTEAD OF SHLOK ...,(The Bg music wonderfully tuned ).
Now both Ashlok were doing diwali pooja in their enclosed small place ...but with all their hearts open ...each praying for the other's happiness. ...Astha praying to Bappa. ..Laxmi and Saraswati mata...to help and remove them from darkness into light...and asking bappa...to grant shlok all his wishes. ...and help in gaining his own identity. ...by bappa's blessings ...while shlok too prayed to bappa ...to give him strength to fulfill all his mother Anjali's and Astha's wishes ...so that they never ever were less of anything they ever wanted . ...YES IT WAS HIS MOTHER ANJALI. ..AND ASTHA ...SHLOK LOVED VERY MUCH...IN HIS HEART ...THEN BOTH ASHLOK WISHING EACHOTHER DIWALI WISHES...SO HAPPILY. ..making eachother eat sweets... ...WITH LOVE...
But PATIDEV SHLOK DOES ALWAYS SURPRISE BIWI WITH GIFTS...PRICE NOT IMPORTANT AT ALL ...IT WAS SHLOK'S THOUGHT TO GIVE SOMETHING ...TO THE ONES HE LOVED ...EVEN HIS LIFE ..IN DANGER FOR THEIR LIVES...WAS THE THOUGHT WHAT COUNTED THE MOST...MORE THAN ANYTHING . ...and so shloky boy asked biwi to put her foot forward...Biwi teasing patidev if he would touch her feet .as if the great shloky would bend down his Pride.. ..Shloky giving biwi a look of ...you can wait till eternity baby for it...BUT bending down and taking ..ASTHA'S RIGHT FOOT INDICATING HER PATIDEV...keeping it on his thigh...and then slowly put a silver ...Anklet ..payaal...on her foot himself ..the payal which astha lost in shlok's room . ...in separation period...as loosing patidev shlok...BUT NOW SHLOK by putting it on Astha's Right Foot ...BY HIMSELF INDICATING. ...THAT SHLOK WILL NOW BE ASTHA'S RESPONSIBLE HUSBAND ...WHO WILL LOOK AFTER AND PROTECT HER TOO...ALWAYS. ...ASTHA'S HEART CRYING TEARS OF JOY...THAT SHE GOT HER LOVING PATIDEV SHLOK BACK ...A MOST PRECIOUS DIWALI GIFT ... HER VERY SOUL PATIDEV SHLOK ...TO ASTHA TODAY ...EK BAAR PHIR PROVED...SHLOK ALWAYS LOVED AND CHERISHED ASTHA IN HIS OWN WAY...as before too shlok had even in the hate period...after temple marriage ...where he had wowed not be separated from astha ...at any cost... .had put on toe rings on her toes himself ...and had kissed her feet too . ...even then indicating to Astha ...how lucky he was to have Astha in his life ...as wife and lover ...yes even in hate or anger ...SHLOK'S HEART AND SOUL WAS ALWAYS ASTHA'S. ...FOREVER. ...Shlok giving assurance now to Astha that he would give her gold ones as soon as he earned enough ...With Astha too assuring shlok that though his gift was beautiful thanking him ...His love was enough for her...BUT asked patidev happily...like every woman who loved gifts bought of love and care ...where he got the talent og bringing biwi gifts ...without her knowledge. ...PATIDEV SHLOK ASSURING BIWI ...THAT HE HAD SOME MORE HIDDEN TALENTS HE COULD DISPLAY FOR BIWI'S PLEASURE...AND HINTING TO... SHY BIWI ... THAT HE HAD ONE MORE HIDDEN TALENT ...HE COULD SHOW BIWI...BIWI ...definitely understanding shloky boy's TALENT ...AND SHYLY ...PUSHING HIM AWAY ...HMMM ... . asking him the need for the gift now...SHLOK saying that he wanted to know where his trouble astha was ROAMING ...with Astha hugging patidev shlok tightly ...declaring to him that he is not ever going to loose biwi ...forever...BAPPA LOOKING ON THEIR LOVE AND HAPPINESS ...AS IF SAYING . ..IS IT ...A TESTING TIME...NOW...
Both calling Anjali to wish her diwali wishes...Astha asking blessings ...while anjali blessed astha...that all her wishes be granted...on her first diwali...not adding shlok ...cause anjali knew that Astha would wish for shlok's wellbeing absolutely. ... BUT shlok asking his mother for his best wishes...like a child ...Anjali granting him his wishes too...whatever her loving son shlok wanted...Astha hiding they whereabouts to Anjali ..as she would feel sad...on diwali ...as is is anjali was away from her own family ...she seemed to be missing completely. ..GOOD or BAD ... BUT IT WAS ANJALI'S OWN FAMILY.. ...BUT ASTHA NOT CALLING HER OWN PARENTS ...AT ALL ... THOUGH MISSING THEM ... CAUSE ASTHA KNEW SHLOK WAS INSECURE ABOUT KALINDI AND HER RELATIONSHIP...ESPECIALLY NOW IN TESTING AND HARD TIMES...TO SAVE HIS PRIDE...
SHLOK UNDERSTANDING ASTHA'S THOUGHT AND CARE FOR HIS MOTHER ANJALI...AND SO SHLOK ...WHO WAS SCARED OF KALINDI'S INFLUENCE ON ASTHA...REALISED THAT ASTHA WOULD NEVER EVER BE INFLUENCED BY ANYBODY ...BUT INSTEAD COULD CONVINCE THEM COMPLETELY. ...BY HOOK OR CROOK ...FOLLOWING HIS FOOTSTEPS ABSOLUTELY. .. ...SO NOW..SHLOK SEEMED TO GIVE ASTHA HIS CONSENT TO CALL HER PARENTS TOO ...ISS BAAR OUT OF SECURITY AND LOVE TOO THAT ASTHA NEEDED HER PARENTS TOO JUST AS SHLOK HAD NEEDED ANJALI'S LOVE AND AFFECTION ...AND SO HIMSELF ASSURED ASTHA ...WHO WAS SCARED THAT KALINDI MIGHT CREATE HUNGAMA ...ABOUT THEIR BAD SITUATION ...NOT WITH SHLOK AT ALL ISS BAAR . ... THAT BIWI COULD MANAGE ANYBODY. ...WITH HER JUGAAD SOLUTIONS...EVEN THE INVINCIBLE KALINDI SHLOK WAS SCARED OF BUT NOW RESPECTED TOO ...ASTHA CALLING KALINDI...INFORMING HER MOTHER EVERYTHING EVEN ADDRESS TOO ...ASKING HER MOTHER NOT TO INTERFERE OR INFORM ANYBODY ELSE. ...
GOOD FOR ASHLOK ...KALINDI KNOWS... THAT'S HOW IT FEELS WITH A MOTHER WHO IS STRONG AND RIGHT. ... CHILDREN FEEL ...SECURE AND SAFE ...ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD...
Ashlok both now going out to burn crackers and enjoy diwali ...outvside along with other chawl families...where Astha was teaching shlok that there were different ways of enjoying life not only his way...making him burn crackers...but Apsara the vamp...who now not only seemed to be jealous of Astha's beauty ...but also Ashlok's loving relationship. ...due to the current Ashlok seemed to generate. ...with their own love and desire...asked her son to spoil their happiness. ...by burning bombs near them...and also fought with ASTHA and ASHLOK for saving her life from fire ...JUST AS ANJALI DID TOO LAST DEEWALI...FOUGHT WITH ASTHA FOR SAVING HER LIFE ...(THANK GOD SHLOKY DIDN'T HANDLE THE VAMP EVEN IN DANGER ...AS BIWI HAD TAUGHT HIM IN THE STRANGER GAME ...NOT TO TOUCH BIWI TOO IN DANGER IF SHE WAS ACTING A STRANGER ...SHLOKY BOY LEARNT HIS LESSON WELL )...THE DEVIL CATS ...not knowing that ...LION KING... SHLOK HIMSELF WAS A TIMEBOMB READY TO BURST...LIT BY HIS UNSATISFIED DESIRE FOR BIWI ASTHA. ...WHILE NOW ASTHA TOO SEEMED TO BE VERY HOT AND FRUSTRATED BY HER OWN UNFULFILLED DESIRES. ...WHICH PATIDEV INVOKED IN BIWI WITH HIS MASTI ...TIT FOR TAT...
SO BOTH ...LIT UP ...SIZZLING HOT... PATIDEV AND BIWI...FOUGHT LIKE HEATED CATS ...WITH THE JEALOUS CATS...AND THEN CAUGHT EACHOTHER'S FIRE ... LAUGHING TOGETHER WITH COMPLETE ABANDON...OPENLY...WITH LIGHT HEARTED JOY...LIKE SPARKLERS. ...
BAPPA LIKE CHOWKSI...NOW GIVING ...ASHLOK .. HIS BIKE TO THEM ...FOR A JOY RIDE ...OUT ..ATLEAST ...IF NOT THE LOVE RIDE ...THEY NEEDED VERY HARD... TO CALM DOWN THEIR FRUSTRATIONS AND SATISFY ...THEIR PENT UP HOT DESIRES...CONVINCING ASHLOK TO GO FOR A LONG RIDE ...LIKE LOVERS ON DATE...FOR LIFE...MAKING DIWALI SPECIAL ...
SHLOK TELLING ASTHA ...THAT SHE WAS THE FIRST GIRL TO SIT BEHIND HIM ...IN A BIKE ...((.maybe hinting that he had never ridden (...MADE LOVE OR LOVED TRULY ) with swati...))AND ASTHA WAS THE ONLY WOMAN IN HIS LIFE EVERYWAY ...TO SIT BEHIND HIM ON THE BIKE ... ASTHA TO DECLARING TO SHLOK...THAT SHLOK WAS THE ONLY MAN ...WITH WHOM SHE WAS RIDING ON A BIKE FOR THE FIRST TIME ...WITH LOVE ... BOTH RIDING THE CITY OF MUMBAI ... WHICH NEVER SLEEPS EVEN IN NIGHT (MAYBE THEY NEEDED UNINTERUPPTED ALL NIGHT SESSION TOO ..IN PRIVACY ))... ...SHLOK SHOWING ASTHA THE CITY ...ASTHA HOLDING PATIDEV TIGHTLY ...BOTH SMILING AND ENJOYING HAPPILY. ...THEIR LIFE RIDE ...TOGETHER. ...WITH NOTHING ...BUT JUST...THEIR LOVE ...CARE AND CONCERN ..FOR EACHOTHER. ...
SHLOK SEEMED TO TOTALLY FORGET ASHLOK'S MARRAIGE ANNIVESARY...WHICH SHLOK HAD DEEMED WAS FOR SEVEN LIFETIMES. ...AND ...ETERNITY TOO...DEFINITELY NOT ...BUT PATIDEV SHLOK MAY SURPRISE ASTHA ...TOO...WITH A SURPRISE GIFT ...OF A LIFETIME. ...EK BAAR PHIR...WITH ABSOLUTE LOVE...FOR ETERNITY. ...
BUT life is not only a joy ride ...but a very hard one tooo...shlok on a look out for a job ...but seemed to be out of choices or chances...without proper documents...so tried out chowksi's job ...which was a saree draper...WHICH NEEDED SHLOK TO NOT ONLY WEAR A SAREE BUT ALSO TO DRAPE ONE ON OTHER GIRLS...IT SEEMED SHLOK REJECTED THE JOB MORE OUT OF ASTHA'S LOVE ...AS HE DIDN'T WANT TO TOUCH OTHER GIRLS... ...EVEN THOUGH ...HIS PRIDE TOO ..WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO WEAR OR DRAPE SAREES...DEAD OR ALIVE ...A KING IS A KING ALWAYS. ... LIVES OR DIES WITH ...PRIDE AND SELFRESPECT. ..INTACT...
SHLOK rejected the job...,BUT seems to feel let down ...BUT STILL HAS ANOTHER JOB LINED UP ... LINES A COMMON MAN'S NETWORK ...OF HOPE AND DESPAIR TOO...BUT BAPPA IS THERE TO SMOOTHE THE LINES ...SO NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT ...ASHLOK ...
NEXT DAY ASTHA WOKE UP ALONE REMEMBERING THAT IT WAS THEIR MARRAIGE ANNIVESARY. ...and thought shlok was planning surprise for her ...but found to her surprise. ...shlok standing in line . ...WITH THE WOMEN...FOR WATER. ...AND BEING ...EVE TEASED BY THE WOMEN ...WHO SEEMED TO BE EYEING ...SHLOK STANDING IN LINE FOR WATER. ...LIKE EYE CANDY . ...AND AMUSINGLY...saying that their menfolk would not even have bought a glass of water. ..forvthem from the kitchen...leave alone openly ...AND SEEMED TO ENJOYING SHLOK'S HOT LOOKS AND HIS STRENGTH...TEASING HIM MERCYLESSLY ...SHLOK THOUGH PLEASED SMILED ...BUT STILL FELT UNCOMFORTABLE...SCOLDING BIWI FOR NOT RISING EARLY. ...AND FORGETTING HIS OWN MARRAIGE ANNIVESARY. ...BUT SHLOK MAY SURPRISE ASTHA YET AGAIN...EBP...ISS BAAR...WITH ABSOLUTE LOVE ...
A COMMON MAN'S WOES ...THOUGH MAKING LIFE ...A HARD RIDE...BUT WITH LOVE AND CARE AS CUSHIONS ...A EASY RIDE TOO ...TO TIDE OUT THE WOES...AND FIND THEIR OWN NICHE IN LIFE ...EK BAAR PHIR ... LIKE ...ASHLOK ...WILL DO ...AND MAKE THEIR OWN IDENTITY TOO...