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SCENE 11: In the Principal's office she is addressing Sunaina, Karthik, Priyank and Mithali. JBR and Poonawala are also present.
Principal: Mujhe maloom hogaya hai keh aap log saazishe racha the dusre students keh against.
Karthik: Saazishe Madam?
Mithali: Hum Madam?
Priyank: Nahin Madam.
Karthik: Madam hum neh kohi saazish nahin rachayi.
Principal: Mithali aur Sunaina, kiya daandiya khi raat Sunaina tu neh Naina khi dori uske blouse seh nikaala?
Sunaina looks at her feet and remains silent. Mithali looks at the principal arrogantly.
Principal: Bhol Mithali, yeh huwa nah teri mohjoodagi meh, nah? Bhol!
Mithali: Haan Madam, Sunaina neh kiya. Meine kuch nahin kiya.
Principal: Haan tu neh kuch nahin kiya. Yehi bari baat hain. Being a girl, you witnessed the humiliation of another girl and did nothing! Shame on you. Aur tu Sunaina. Larkhi ho kar, dusri larkhi koh humiliate kiya? Sharam nahin ayi? Priyank, tu aur Karthik neh Sameer aur Naina koh mera office meh band kiya tha nah? Karthik, play meh tune Naina koh gale lagaya uski rayamarzi keh gilaaf?
Karthik: Nahin Madam. Script Poonawala sir neh end par changes diya aur us hisaab meh neh acting kiya.
Poonawala: Gale lagana script meh nahin tha. He hands the principal the script.
Principal: Toh? Zaroori hain keh mein aur karnaame kah zikr karoon?
All four go: Nahin Madam.
Principal: Toh meri baat diyaand seh sunno aur samjho. Kyon keh iss saal agar tum logon neh kohi bhi saazish yah shararat karne kah socha bhi, aap log rusticate honge. Woh joh aap log neh Sameer keh saat kiya, he almost lost a whole year of his life, teek nahin tha. Bohut kameeni kaam tha woh. Ab iss shaitaniyat nahin hogi VJN meh. Logon keh zindagi seh kelwar karna bohut bura hain. Acha huwa sach saamne aya. Aur aap meh seh ekh neh woh sach mere saamne karah kiya.
Karthik: Hum meh seh ekh? Khon hain woh madam? Chorungi nahin ghadaar koh.
Principal: Tum log meh seh ekh bhi kuch nahin karoge kissi koh. Samjhe? Karthik tujhe sharam nahin hain? Naina neh tujhe sirf ekh hafta khi suspension dilayi. Woh maang sakhti thi keh tu rusticate hojaye, aur mein maan jhati. Tere papa bhi maanjhata. Is keh baad agar tu Sameer aur Naina keh gilaaf kohi bhi shikaya leaayega, hum nahin maanenge. Is liye aap sab sudhar jha warn bohut bura hoga tummare saat. Agri saal hain, parlo aur rukhsat hojaao. JBR, Professor Poonawala in charon par kharhi nazar rakna aur un khi kohi sharart nazar andaaz nahin karna.
JBR: Yes Ma'm.
Poonawala: Zaroor Principal Sahiba.
Principal: Aap log jha sakhte ho.
Sunaina, Karthik, Priyank and Mithali leave. Outside Karthik begins to fume.
Karthik: Yeh Principal apne aap koh kiya samjhthi ho. Aur aap meh seh kisne sab batadiya principal koh. Bata. Tu.
Priyank: Nahin, meh aisa kyon karunga?
Karthik: Toh aap doh meh seh khon tha?
Mithali: Hum par yeh ilzaam kyon laga raha hain?
Sunaina walks away.
Karthik: Sunaina, kahan jha rahin hain tu? Tu thi kiya?
Sunaina continues to walk away. He tries to stop her. He grabs her hands.
Sunaina: Mere haat chor Karthik. Acha hoga hum sab keh liye agar hum principal ma'm khi baat maan jaye. Is saal mein sirf paraayi meh diyaand dungi. Tu kar jho tujhe karna hain,
She walks away. The wind is taken out of Karthik.
SCENE 12: In the college garden the gang are still sitting waiting for Munna to calm down. Munna is by himself at the far end of the garden. He is on his knees, holding his head in his hands. Pandit and Sameer are a little away from him, watching him but do not approach him.
Pandit in whispers: Yaar yeh kiya hogaya? Swati aisi kaisi chaligay?
Sameer: Bichara toot gaya.
Pandit looking around.
Pandit aside: Larkiyan ab tak yahan hain? Munna koh ache nahin lagega keh hum usse aisa toote huwa dekhe.
Pandit: Yaar, hum Red Rose chalein?
Sameer: Aur Munna?
Pandit: Usse tora waqt dehte.
Sameer: Hmm.
Sameer and Pandit goes over to the girls.
Sameer: Chalo hum sab Red Rose chalte hain.
Pandit: Haan yaar bohut bhook laghi hain.
Preeti: Aur Munna.
Pandit: Usse abhi akela chor doh, woh apne aap koh sambhal lahega.
Everyone leaves. Munna sits on his haunches for sometime, then wipes his tears away determinedly. He sits absolutely still for a long time. Then slowly raises himself up to his full height. He goes to the men's room where he thoroughly washes his face, looks into an mirror and says:
Munna: Bas kar! Swati chaligay, uski marzi. Tu duniya meh aya jheene keh liye, to jheebar keh jhee leh!
Meanwhile at the Red Rose the gang is sitting and discussing what happened.
Naina: Mujhe samajh nahin aati keh Swati bin batayi kyon chaligay.
Kamya: Haan, us din mandir mein uski aur Munna kha patchup bhi hogaya.
Hema: Khonsi din? Patch-up?
Kamya: Haan, tujhe batana bhool gayi. Us din jab yeh doh bhaag gayi the toh patch-up huwi prasad khane par.
Flashback to Munna feeding Swati at the Mandir during the "elopement.
Present
Sameer: Haan aur Naina kabaab meh haddi bani.
Naina: Mein, kabaab meh haddi bani? Kaisa?
Sameer: Ahmmm karke.
Preeti: Uss din Jijaji keh party meh bhi usne kuch nahin kahan.
Hema: Haan yaar, hum sab mazaa kartein the aur woh shaamil bhi thi.
Pandit with his mouth full of food: Yaar tum larkiyon nah, mere samajh khi bahar hain.
Kamya: Woh toh hum hain! Samoosa joh nahin hain!
Sameer: Kam se kam woh Munna koh batadiya hota toh accha hota.
Naina: Shayad ussne Munna koh bataya, lekin usse samajh nahin aya?
They all frown at her in confusion.
Pandit: Kiya Swati Chinese meh kahan keh Munna koh samajh nahin ayega?
Naina: Aisa kuch nahin, lekin Swati koh pahelia bohut acchi lagti hain, toh shayad paheli...
Munna walks in, takes the samoosa from Pandit's hand: Yaar bohut bhook laghi.
Pandit: Lo, bhai mera muh seh khana bhi lehlo.
He passes the whole plate of samoosas to him. He also passes all the other food towards him.
Sameer: Sab teek?
Munna stuffing his mouth: Bariya!
Preeti whispers to Kamya: Dard chupane khi khoshish kar rahan hain.
Kamya: Hmm. Hema, chal humme ab jhana hain.
Hema: Haan.
They get up to leave.
Preeti: Naina hum bhi chalein?
Naina: Haan, chalo.
They also leave.
Sameer: Munna, hum seh dard chupane keh khoshish mat kar yaar.
Munna: Kaisa dard? Swati keh jhane keh dard? Usse gayab kardiyan.
Sameer: Gayab kardiyan?
Munna: Hmm. Meh tere tara nahin hoon Sameer. Meh sanyaas nahin lunga. Samundar meh bohut sari machliyan hain.
Pandit: Toh kiya karega? Machli seh shaadi?
Munna: Kardiya neh woh waali baat. Larkiya machliyon khi tara hain, ekh chali dusri ajayegi.
Pandit: Yaar, meh neh toh ekh bhi machli nahin pataya, tu dusra patayega?
SCENE 13: At each of their homes, each one opens the letter from Swati separately. He/she reads it and looks confused. Folds the letter and puts it with college books.
SCENE 14: Next day in college after classes have finished. The gang is sitting on the grass in the garden. They have all their letters open in front of them.
Hema: Yeh bilkul samajh meh nahin ata hain.
Preeti: Swati aur uski pahelian.
Kamya: Kissie koh Alvidah toh kissie koh bye. Matlab kiya hogi?
Pandit: Hum neh toh pata kardiyan keh hummare chittiyan par kiya likha hain.
Kamya: Acha? Kiya likah hain?
Sameer: Munna boyfriend nahin hain.
Naina: Kiya?
Sameer: Haan dekh meh batata hoon. Munna keh card par yahan side meh BOYFRIEND likha hain. Mere card peh likha hain NAHIN aur Pandit kah card par HAIN. Teen card millakar millega. "Boyfriend nahin hain. Aur boyfriend Munna kah card par hain. Toh huwa MUNNA BOYFRIEND NAHIN HAIN.
Naina: Nahin, mujhe pata hain Swati Munna seh pyaar karti thi.
Kamya: Teek hain woh aap teeno khi baat hain. Lekin raha kiya? Mera, Hrithik, Chomu, mamu. Iska matlab kiya hain?
Pandit and Sameer look at the cards, move them about and come out with nothing.
Pandit: Kohin matlab nahin hain is meh.
Preeti: Agar saaton chittian saat lahenge toh kiy milta humme?
Hema: Hrithik mera boyfriend hain munna nahin chomu.
Kamya: Chomu khon hain? Chomu kiyan hain?
Hema: Gabar nahin.
Naina: Yeh bhi ho sakta hain " Hrithik Chomu mera boyfriend hain Munna nahin. Nahin, kuch adhhora hain.
Preeti: Munna mera boyfriend hain Hrithik Chomu nahin. Ho sakta?
Sunaina walks in and sits down at a table by herself.
Preeti: Sunaina, Principal neh tujhe bhi Swati kah card diya nah?
Sunaina: Haan, diya.
Preeti: Kiya likha tha?
Sunaina: Matlab?
Preeti: Please bata kiya likha tha, shayad paheli kha jawab tere paas hain.
Sunaina showing her card. Sirf Alvidah Sunaina likha hain.
Naina takes the card from Preeti: Tere pass to comma hain. Comma ... kah ... matlab alag karna.
Sameer: Kiya keh rahin hain, Naina?
Naina: Dekh mein batathi hoon. Munna mera boyfriend hain, COMMA, Hrithik Chomu nahin. Comma doh ideas koh alag karta hain.
Hema: Haan woh hain.
Preeti: Lekin is Mamu kah kiya?
Pandit: Kiska Mamu?
Naina: Hrithik Chomu mera boyfriend hain, Mamu nahin.
Munna has been sitting very quietly watching his friends trying to resolve the puzzle. He gets up moves the card around to read: Hrithik mera mamu hain, boyfriend nahin Chomu.
Naina: Matlab?
Munna: Matlab, hum neh Swati koh galad samjha. Woh hero joh aya tha, uska mamu hain. Hum boyfriend samajh rakah.
Preeti: Aur Chomu?
Munna: 6 muhwe (6 mouths) joh bakbak kartein rehte.
Hema: Lekin hum saat hain.
Munna: Ekh koh baksh di Swati neh.
Flashback: Naina has a flashback to the first time she met Hrithik. She and Swati were about six a years old. This 16 year old had come to pick Swati from school. Swati runs to him saying, "Chal Naina, Chomu aya hain.
Present:
Naina: Yaar, mein yeh kaisi bhool gayi?
Sameer: Kiya?
Naina: Swati kah ekh mamu hain jisse woh Chomu bulati thi jab hum chote the. Woh Hrithik Swati kah mamu hain.
They all sit down with heavy hearts knowing that they had wronged her.
Naina: Hum neh Swati keh saat acha nahin kiya.
Munna: Bohut bura kiya!!!
Flashback to how Swati was humiliated on her birthday. They each see the role they played and feel bad.
Present
Munna puts his head on Pandit's lap. Pandit softly massages Munna's sholders. Munna takes Sameer's hands in his and they all sit very sadly. Sudenly Munna screams:
Munna: Httt! Yeh kiya samajh the hoh. Hum pyaar meh pagal hain? Nahin. He laughs uproariously. Mein Sameer nahin hoon. Yaaron, hum duniya meh aye jheene keh liye, toh jhee bar jheeyon.
He pulls Pandit and Sameer up and they dance together. The girls look on with bemused smiles.
Pandit collects all the cards, gives the girls' cards to them. He gives Sameer's card to him. He hands Munna's card to Munna, who pushes his hand away. He puts the two remaining cards into his pockets.
Pandit's VO: Us din paheli toh solve huwi, lekin uss chittiyan meh chowdah (14) saal kah dosti khi kahani likha tha, bohut saalon baad pata chala. Double Entendre Art khi zariyeh, Swati neh uski dosti hummare saat ekh khubsoorat tasveer khi tara sajayi. Ekh ekh chitti gavaan tha dosti kha oonch neech charaaon. Uss chittiyon meh Swati neh uski sab feslein kha waje bataya. Hum koh tab pata chala keh Swati kha dil kitna bara tha aur hum koh woh kitna pyaar karti thi, nahin karti hain.
To find out what happens to Swati, whether the friends eventually forgive each other, and what happens in the future wait for the new story titled "SURAJ KHI PARCHAYI SEH DHOOR...
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