SAMJHAWAN
Saahab one lady is waiting for you for the last two hours in the garden, the watchman informed Omkara as he entered the main gate of his gallery. He looked into his wrist watch which said it was seven in the morning! Which woman was waiting for him in two dark hours ... he walked towards the garden to see a diminutive frame flaunting gorgeous long tresses in her back clad in an oversized white anarkali kurta. She stood still.
Can I help you ma'am? He asked for her to turn. She looked restless and insipid.
I am Gauri Sharma from Bareilly ... she formally introduced herself and he nodded his head.
Do you know who Anika Sharma is? She asked him with evident desperation in her eyes.
I am sorry to disappoint you Gauri ... Main kisi Anika Sharma ko nahi jaanta! He confirmed and she was hardly able to control her tears.
Why have you come to me looking for some girl? What's wrong Gauri? He was worried now.
She is my sister ... Gauri exhaled heavily. Is she lost somewhere? Om was getting anxious.
Without wasting any further time Gauri narrated how his brother Shivaay was having an affair with his secretary Anika in the 6 months when he was working in Bareilly... she concluded that it was last week that Shivaay left Bareilly and Anika without informing ... without uttering a word and they realized that he was never going to go back to their hometown.
Tumne apne aap ko samajhke kya rakha hai Gauri? Ek anjaan ladki mere saamne mere hi bhai ke baare mein anaap shanaap bolegi aur main maan lunga? He was maddened by her such conduct and thought of her to be some schemer.
Yahi anjaan ladki raat ke waqt apni maa ko bina bataaye train pakadke Bareilly se Mumbai aayi hain taaki aapse mil sake ... she spoke to him firmly
For a moment he was stunned because of her train stunt ... he felt her innocence but what she did was sheer lack of common sense. main tumhe trust kyon karu? He cross questioned her
Aapko humpar bharosa karne ki koi zarurat nahi hai ... humme aapke bhai se milna hai ... unse baat karni hai ... she clarified his trust issue.
Omkara did not want to believe her but knowing every vein and vessel of his brother's moral fiber he was keen on having an explanation on the six month aired Bareilly episode. She continued to tell him about how it had become impracticable to reach Shivaay from any professional contact and her internet chachi had stalked him as a way to reach his elder brother.
Dekho Shivaay abhi Mumbai mein nahi Shimla mein hain ... business ke silisle mein ... I will personally make sure that he comes and talks to you ... where are you staying? He asked
Pata nahi ... she pointlessly nodded a negative. Humne socha subah Shivaay se mil lenge aur shaam tak Bareilly waapas chale jaaenge! She told him about her plan
What does she think she is? MENTALLY RETARDED!!! He smacked his brain.
Tum waapas chali jaao ... jab Shivaay waapas aaega tab hum dono tumse milne Bareilly aaenge ... the man gave his word.
Agar hum Mumbai chhodke jaaenge toh Shivvay Singh Oberoi se milne ke baad jaaenge ... she tightly crossed her arms against her chest. He realized that she was obstinate after arguing with her for a good fifteen minutes.
FINE! He dragged her to his car to locate her in their farmhouse. She was being such a stubborn sport.
Humme aapki koi madad nahi chaahiye! Aap humme zabardasti yaha kyon lekar aaye ... she was yelling at him.
All thanks to your BAREILLY SE BHAAGO program ... ab tum meri zimmedari ho gayi ho ...
I am not any charity case for you ... humaare liye kuch karne ki zarurat nahi hai aapko! She was being adamant.
Main tumhe sadak par akele nahi chhod sakta ... now he was shouting at her in a higher range.
Her poor confused soul did not actually understand the every kind of struggle he did not want her to face.
Tum raho yahaa ... main tumse shaam ko milunga ... saying that he left for work.
When he returned in the evening she was nowhere to be seen. He searched for her in the whole place and was then asking some of the shopkeepers nearby only to find her at a shiv temple which has a ten minute walking distance from his place till that point tension had built up in his muscle ... she looked peaceful after praying to her god.
Aap aa gaye? She greeted him with a bright smile
Next time kahi bhi jana ho btaake jana ... he scolded her ...
Humne aapke cook se kaha thha ke hum thodi der ke liye mandir aa rahe hai
MUJHE BATAAKE JANA ... he instructed her in a refined but sharp tone.
None of the two uttered a single word after that on their way back.
He was calling for her when the dinner was served ... standing in the lawn she was busy staring the dark night sky ... he knew she was lost somewhere in the ShivIka affair thought, even he wanted to talk to her about that ...
Kyon kar rahi ho yeh sab? He asked her impatiently waiting for her answer ...
Meri behen ne zeher khaane ki koshish ki thhi jab Shivaay usse bina kuch bataaye Mumbai waapas aa gaya thha ... aur phone bhi nahi receive kar raha thha ... mujhe apne saare doubts clear karne hain ... ki kya woh sachme anika se pyaar karta hain yaa nahi ...
Omkara was speechless only Shivaay will be able to clear this air ... seeing her in such unvoiced kind of pain he decided to stay with her
The next morning it was not his alarm but her screaming that forced him out of his bed. He ran towards her room to check whats wrong ! just to see all the bottles of shampoo and soap cases fly out of her bathroom after which she ran into him ... kya hua Gauri? ... his tone hysterical
CHHIPKALI !!! aapke ghar mein ek moti si chhipkali hai ... pest control karwaao! She was hell scared.
Gauri woh lizard tumhe khaa nahi jaane waali ... shaant raho ... he said to her feeling very weird.
Humme Chhipkali se bohot dar lagta hai ... she said with a face which seemed like an inflated balloon now... he could not stop himself from laughing.
After breakfast he left for work as she spent her time reading and then resting. When he came back a bit late he saw that the house was dark owing to no electricity and she was waiting for him at dinner amidst the glow of a dozen candles.
Sitting across each other ... they ate in silence but she began hating her new still Mumbai life ...
Kaisa raha aapka din ? she chirpily asked and after talking about his routine they conversed about anything and everything for straight four hours without even realizing ...
Next day was a holiday for him and so he decided to have some leisure time and rejuvenate
CHALO ... he said to Gauri who had just come out of the bedroom rubbing her eyes.
They walked in the grainy sand of the quite morning beach. The salty air possessed healing powers. He loved how the cold water hit his feet, teased him and tried to escape ... he stood there feeling the warmth of the rising sun when she happily wrote her name in the sand in huge font. She sat near her name just to observe how extreme he seemed just like the deep blue sea. Over this short period of time she understood that Om was someone very different than what she thought of Shivaay to be ...
After a refreshing morning walk he was experimenting in the kitchen with some healthy breakfast recipes but ended up serving toast with juice. Looking at her he got that she is sad ... trying hard to control her emotions ...
Kya hua Gauri? Tum mujhe bata sakti ho ... he was worried ...
Softening in his politeness ... she could not do anything but just cry ...
Maa Bohot naaraaz hain humse ... she cried with her face in her palms. OBVIOUSLY !!! the voice in his mind snapped ... Humaari mangni bhi toot gayi ... she cried even more. Her engagement was news for him as well. After a dramatic breakfast where he talked to her about her mistakes and even consoled her ... she decided to cook lunch for him ... some of his favorite dishes.
Having spent half the day with her ... he got a call about how Rudra has messed up with some goons in the college ... he had to run to Rudy's rescue. He came back to the farmhouse when the sun had set and clouds roared to drench the earth and again she had disappeared ... this time one of the servants informed him about how she was fighting with her mother over the phone ... after which she left. He knew where he will be able to find her.
She stood shivering in front of the temple ... it was not just the raindrops but even the tear drops that soaked her soul making her blood cold. She was heartbroken knowing that her mother was not ready to trust her ... she had no selfish motive ... she was just doing everything for her sister ... she was about to collapse when his grip held her frame and she felt an umbrella over her head ... she looked at his face ... he was disappointed, angry and mad at her ... he did not utter a word but she felt the pangs of his rage ...
HAANCHU!!! He sneezed for the fifteenth time when she brought Kadha for him and started chuckling seeing his red nose. Nothing is funny Gauri ... Kitni irresponsible ho tum ... main gussa hoon tumse ... he said darting her ... Tumhe yeh sab karne ki zarurat nahi hai ... main apna khayaal kgud rakh lunga ... he continued when she was wipe massaging his hair in the towel ... he sneezed again ... Aadatein toh aapne humaari bigaad ke rakhi hai ... she said to him is a honey dripping voice.
She can never be a plotter ... he was sure as he observed her sleeping silhouette. She was too innocent to trap his brother and to nave to be mean. Someone who has gone against her mother's wish to mend the broken heart of her sister cannot be a villain in fact she was just another him ... he knew she was uncomplicated and his brother was very egoistic in the name of chaos
Finally the moment arrived when Gauri got to meet SSO and she confronted him. Aap humaari behen se pyaar karte hain naa? Shivaay who was baffled on seeing her had no words in his mouth ... both of them argued making merry go rounds of plain non sense ... Omkara realized seeing his brother that Gauri was right ... he had feelings for Anika ... Om knew his brother's side of the story as well ... Shivaay was continuously forced to tie the knot with Tia owing to their business merger with the Kapoors ...
Gauri was shattered to bits when Shivaay concluded that he will never commit to Anika ... she chose to get out of there ... just run away. It was after a lengthy frustrating discussion with his brother that Omkara realized that Gauri had left for Bareilly.
It had been two days that she came back home ... to her mother and sister. Things had drastically changed for the worst to happen. She was feeling miserable thinking about Anika and how there was no solution to her heart ache but cried thinking about how she was surviving without Om. She did not realize when and where her heart accepted him as her man but now that was the truth of her life ... she had locked herself in her room owing to his kind of grief ...
It was the next day when Anika was surprised to see Dadi, Jahnvi and Rudra in her home and that too with so many gifts ... Dadi ... bataaiye naa Shivaay aaye hai ... Kaha hai woh? Rudra tum toh kuch bolo. Anika was restless ... Jahnvi spoke when Anika's mother came to see the guests ...
Main aapki beti ka haath maangne aai hoon ...
Anika did not understand anything until she saw Gauri scuttling herself down the stairs to cling into Omkara's arms who was standing at the door. She started punching him in the chest as he was caressing her back ...
Maaf kardo Gauri ... Main jaanta hoon aane mein thodi der ho gayi ..
She was not able to stop crying ... he cupped her face
Hum sab theek kar denge Gauri ... Sab sahi hoga
Dekho naa daadi ... O ke saath Gauri bhabhi kitni cute lag rahi hai ... dono bilkul hero heroine jaise hain Rudra admired them