RiMa OS - Yeh Fitoor Mera
P.S. - Fitoor means a kind of madness, passion generally for something or someone
*Manali India*
*Year 2010*
It was past midnight and I was driving my car back to my home . Manali is not only known for its scenic beauty and haunted stories that happens in the dense forest , but also for ghosts that people encounter after midnight . Once my Mom and Dad were coming back home from a party . My Dad wanted to reach home soon since I was alone at home so he took the road less known i.e. the so called "Haunted Road" . Mom protested against this idea of using the deserted road but Dad is Dad and so he did what he wanted to do . After driving for some 5-10 minutes on that deserted road my parents saw a man standing at the middle of the road with his car. On inquiring my parents came to know that man's car broke down and so he was waiting to get a lift to his home . My parents out of humanity gave him a lift to his house . Before that man was in my parents car the temperature inside the car was moderate but when that man sat in the car and closed the door there was a sudden change in the temperature . The temperature inside the car became so freezing that it felt like my parents were at Antarctica in a subzero temperature . That man dint speak a word to my parents all the way to his house . Everything seemed normal by then. Two minutes later, my Dad looked at the rear view mirror to ask him if he was okay. He couldn't see a thing. Shocked, when he turned back to check, he was there staring blankly at him . Somehow Dad was feeling scared of that man but anyhow he drove to his house and when his home came Dad turned back to shake hands with him as a sign of good bye and also to make sure if he was really a ghost . That man forwarded his hand to shake but to Dad's shock Dad couldn't feel his touch infact his hands passed through that man's hand . Dad in a shocked state looked up at that man's face and found that man staring blankly at my Dad . Since Mom had slept in the car she dint knew anything and neither did Dad told her about this strange ghost encounter but Dad had told me about this ghost encounter when I was in 12th std but I am a practical man and so I don't believe in all these ghost , spirits and this parallel world of super naturals . Well I haven't ever encountered such stuffs so obviously why would I believe in all this.
Suddenly my car stopped
"Shit... What the hell happened to this car now ??" , I said to myself while opening the bonnet of my car
I found that red wire had come out and there was smoke coming from carburettor .
"Oh no... Why does such things happen with me ??"
"Now I need to call Dad here" , and with this I took out the phone from my jackets pocket
"Hello Dad ! Rishabh here . Dad my car broke down so can you please come with the other car to Circuit House Road . OK... Dad ! just do one thing that after crossing the John Bannon's Hotel on the Circuit Road give me a call"
After cutting the call I was looking here and there for some roof kinda thing to protect myself from this chilly weather because sitting inside the car dint seem a feasible idea to me . So I thought to explore the nearby jungle area in a hope of getting a roof till Dad comes with the car . I went inside the forest scrunching through the dead leaves and after going few minutes inside the forest I saw a brick hut . It's so strange that inside the forest you have a hut , but who cares when you are getting a roof at the middle of the road to stay , and with this thought of spending some time there till dad comes with another car to pick me up , I went inside the hut . The hut was engulfed in darkness so I switched on the back-light from my mobile so that atleast things could be visible and I don't trip or hurt myself . I called out with a hope if someone was there or not , When I heard the sound of song "Yeh Fitoor Mera..." . I went in the direction of the song and I saw a femine figure who dint looked less than an angel . She was wearing a black capris with black top and was doing salsa on "Yeh Fitoor Mera" . She was dancing so beautifully and gracefully that I got attracted to her dance . Her dance has passion , enthusiasm that I was walking in a daze towards her , when suddenly she saw me and stopped her dance and stopped the music player which brought me to reality . I dint realise that I was so close to that lady. She looked at me questioningly and I was feeling embarrassed . Never ever in my life I have gawked continuously at a girl .
"I am sorry . I dint mean to scare you" , I said after an eternity
"Who are you and what are you doing here ??"
'I am Rishabh Kundra . Actually my car broke down so I have called my Dad with another car . It was cold outside so I came here . My apologies . I dint knew that someone stays here" , I said in a single breathe
"Its OK . I am Madhubala Malik" , the girl smiled at me
Oh gosh she was so beautiful .
"You dance so gracefully that I just got carried away to your dance and I dint realise that I came so close to you" , I said to her
"You are an honest man Rishabh . I like you" , Madhu said with a smile
"You know you look so beautiful like an angel and when you dance it looks all the more beautiful" , I dint know what else to speak to her so I again and again kept on talking about her dance like a fool
"Thanks . I always loved dancing . In my college days after coming back to home I would dance for hours and hours" , Madhu said with a beam
"Oh that's great . Your dance has that energy level which is something stupendous"
"So what do you do Rishabh???"
"I have just completed my graduation and working in my dad's company for experience"
"And what about you ??"
'I just come here to relive my memories" , Madhu said with a smile
"Do you know you look so beautiful while dancing??"
"Yes , my Mom used to say that to me when I used to dance . I thought my Mom was just saying that to make me feel happy so I always used to danced infront of the mirror to check if my dance was really that good or not , and she was true"
"But now I don't see any mirror here ??"
"Its because now I can't keep mirror near me"
"Why??"
"Because mirror absorbs spirits and if I am near a mirror then I will land into the mirror world because I am a spirit"
I laughed at her statement .
"Yeah Rishabh that's true . If you light a candle in a dark room then other than your reflection you will see someone else's reflection also in the mirror and this is because mirror absorbs spirits" , she said looking at me
"Oh gosh Madhu ! you are too much"
I must agree that she has a good sense of dark humour . I was enjoying her company . She was a joyful person yet her eyes held sorrow . I was going to say something when I got my Dad's call and he said he has crossed John Bannon's Hotel .
"Madhu my Dad has crossed John's hotel so I will take your leave now" ' I said to her . I dint wanted to go from there because I was liking Madhu and her company but somethings aren't in our hand
"Don't go na Rishu please . I am alone" , Madhu said with a solemn face
Something just pricked my heart when she was sad . I was hating myself for making her sad but then my Dad was coming and it was really not in my hand .
"Madhu I promise you that tomorrow again I will come here to meet you" , I said cheering her up
"Hmmm" , she said and I turned to leave from there when suddenly
"Rishu ! tomorrow never comes" , Madhu said with tears in her eyes
I was feeling sad for her . I came closer to her to wipe her tears but she stopped me and wiped her tears .
"Madhu please don't cry . I promise you that I will come tomorrow again and your friend will not break his promise"
"Pakka ?"
"Yes" , I said with a smile
"When will you come tomorrow ? I mean by what time ?" , Madhu asked me like a curios kid to which I chuckled
"The same time . OK"
And with this I left from there .
I was feeling happy . She is the first girl in my life whom I had gawked shamelessly and I felt attracted too . She is the first girl for whom I felt sad when she cried and when I was supposed to leave . Never in my life , not even in college a girl has made me so attracted . That night I just kept on thinking about Madhu her dance her smile her beautiful innocent face ...
Next day as promised I was going to meet my Madhu . I was going again through the jungle but I couldn't find that brick hut . I inspected the area around nearby but couldn't find any hut except for some stone like thing on which wild grasses has grown up . I sat near that stone feeling dejected .
"No worries RK... I will check again and thoroughly" , I said to myself and was going to stand from there when my hand hit on that stone . I created a partition by my hands on the grass to look what was this stone .
"Oh RK this is someone's cemetery" , I looked at the stone and found something engraved on it
I read the engraved thing aloud
"IN THE LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DAUGHTER MADHUBALA MALIK 1989-2010"
I got the biggest shock of my life ...
*Year 2016*
I was listening to the song "Ye Fitoor Mera" lying on my bed . Yes this is the same song for which I had fallen in love with 6 yrs. ago because knowingly or unknowingly Madhu has become my Fitoor . This song was topping my playlist since last 6 years because this song always reminded me of Madhu 24*7 . I just couldn't get her off my mind since the night I met her . That night after finding about her grave I couldn't sleep and next day I went to all the local hospital , police station , morgue to find about Madhubala and I came to know that she died in a car accident and she was the one driving the car . Her parents also died few months after their daughter's death because they couldn't take this news of their only daughter's death .
She had become my Fitoor since then and even after passing of 6 years I still couldn't take her out of my mind . Wherever I go I feel her , I can see her . I don't know if its illusion , hallucination or my madness but she was the only girl for whom I felt something . Many times I had hallucinated her because of my obsession for her . Once I was at Starbucks having Smoked Butterscotch Latte and I saw Madhu approaching me and sitting next to my table . I was looking at her to make sure if she was for real but the next instant my mobile ring brought me to reality and then realization dawned on me that it was just an illusion . Another time I was in the shopping mall with my parents and I was standing near the elevator and I was looking down on the first floor and a girl came inside the mall and from far she was looking like my Madhu but then when she came closer , she was someone else .
I was thinking about that one night where I met her and developed a bond with her which later turned out to be a shock for me when suddenly electricity went off . Well this electricity problem is common in hilly regions .
"Rishu light the candle in your room . I don't want you to hurt yourself in darkness" , my Mom Radha said from the stairs down .
"Yes Mom"
I lit the candle because it was pure dark . And while I lit the candle and was going to get the candle stand from my dressing table I saw a blurred figure in the mirror . I looked back and scanned my room by holding the candle but saw no one . I brought the candle near the mirror to get a clear a picture of who is there .
"Madhuuu" , my mouth uttered ...
OK this OS is having an open ending so you can think whatever ending you want . That if it was RK's illusion or Madhu actually came as a ghost trapped in the mirror world ... 😉
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