Just got obsessed with this song, after hearing the Sanum version, so, when got the chance I penned down this ....
Ye Raatein Ye Mausam…
Maan Singh Khurana, our hero is back at his favorite place….
Maan has come on hiking… you know he likes his solitude more than anything else…
Maan loves to hangout with himself amidst his beloved mountain tops…
The riverside camping has something that enchants Maan and brings him back again and again….
Maan has come here often after he had discovered this place a few years back…
The camping goods are always ready in his Jeep and he sets out unknowingly as and when he wishes…
No one knows where he is when he comes here…
He cuts off his earthly bonds whenever he comes here…
Maan looks at the beautiful Sunset at the horizon, it’s unbelievably beautiful, with the whole river water bleeding red twinning with his siblings Sun and Sky…
Its so fascinating, Maan loves to get lost in such moments…
Yet there is something else that has been captivating Maan’s mind these days…
Maan is lost in those thoughts not able to enjoy the Nature’s drama unfolding right in front of his eyes….
The silence of the evening is killed by the sizzling sounds of the cold breeze coming from the woods…
Maan wanders the woods to get the materials for the camp fire…
Maan and the chirping waters of the gushing river ahead are a perfect match in such a beautiful evening…
But Maan is not interested in his long time company this time…
Maan just wants to go back as soon as possible before it’s too late…
When Maan returns the moon is there to welcome him…
It’s a serene moonlight night… The moon shines brighter on these lands than the concrete jungles where it’s cool ethereal rays are overshadowed by the unnatural lights, that the foolish mankind is so proud of, they think that they have conquered nature!!
Maan looks at the beautiful star studded Sky, Nature’s never ending canvas, magically painted with different hues every passing hour…
The actual secret is that the picture each one sees is unique, it’s a reflection of one’s own imagination…
You end up watching what you want to see….
Its like a dream that comes when one is still awake….
Maan follows the”Single” clouds usually, they are the little kings of the Sky, majestically roaming as per their will and wish without any worries.. just like our MSK..
but now he is rather drawn to the “Couples” ….
Even they seem to be happy… emerging from different directions, coming together at a certain point, merging into one and taking the same direction from there after…
Maybe that’s life, haina?
Maan is turning philosophical.. is this the right time for that Maan?
Maan doesn’t have the answers…
Maan is all set to get the fire going…
“Ye Raatein Ye Mausam
Nadi ka kinara Ye Chanchal Hawa”
Its not Maan’s mind voice that is humming…
It’s the Carvaan …
Maan turns and his eyes follow the direction of the music…
Maan Singh Khurana is not here alone this time, he has got company, real company…
Its Geet Handa, aka Geet Maan Singh Khurana…
There are a number of unanswered questions in Maan’s mind right now , “Does Maan have any rights to be her husband?”
“What does this wedding mean to her?”
“Is this wedding decision by MSK a mistake?”
Geet has nothing to do with this wedding….
Its all MSK’s doing, he forced it on Geet….
You can force someone and tie the knot, but what happens after that is only in their hands….
Maneet’s wedding is neither a love marriage nor an arranged one…
At Maan Singh Khurana’s engagement…
Maan wanted to meet his bride before getting engaged..
They have not yet met in person… and have spoken only a few words… it’s a pacca arranged marriage decided by Dadima herself…
Maan has zero expectations from his would be, but anyone wants to be their partner’s favorite, haina?
Maan is not an exception in that matter …
Maan goes to the bride’s room and knocks…
The girl comes and opens the door…
She has covered her face with her pallu… sanskari ladhki?
Maan: are you happy?
Girl: I am
Maan is happy…
Maan: Do you like me?
That girl opens her pallu to look at Maan…
Girl: I don’t know, by the way who are you?
Maan is shocked to see someone else in the place of his bride…
Maan turns into the Angry Singh Khurana…
Maan: who are YOU?
The girl tries to leave sending trouble….
Maan catches hold of her and stops her…
That girl struggles to get off his hold…. But he is too strong for her…
Girl: let me go, Dhust Danav, I’m not the bride, leave me
Maan: I know, where is she?
Girl: she’s gone
Maan: how did that happen?
Girl: I sent her with her lover, she doesn’t want to marry you
Maan: how dare you? what do you think of yourself? You think you did something heroic? This is stupidity, you fools
Girl: how dare you call me that? You are only a fool for trying to marry someone who doesn’t like you
Maan: you think you can play with MSK and his family’s honor and reputation?
Girl: it’s not my fault
Maan: you thought you could cancel this engagement? Who are you to stop MSK’s engagement? No one messes with MSK, MSK won’t stop his engagement for a stupid girl
Girl: what?
Maan covers her face and takes her with him…
Girl: let me go
Maan takes her to the stage…
That girl takes off her pallu and uncovers her face…
Everyone is shocked to see her… it’s not the bride to be, it’s some other girl…
Dadi: Maan
Maan: Annie, rings
Dadi: Maan bete
Maan: Dadi, this is your bahu
Maan pulls her hand and puts the ring on her finger..
That girl panics…
Maan looks at Annie…
Annie gives the ring to the girl..
Annie: it’s your turn babhi
That girl is not ready to humiliate herself in front of everyone, she wants to get out of this madness someway or the other…
She decides to leave with dignity….
The rings were exchanged in no time..
That girl left immediately…
Dadi later found out that the girl is Geet Handa, a friend of the original bride…
The wedding was fixed after talking to the Handas…
The Handas are also from Hoshiarpur, Dadi’s hometown..
Dadi knows Darji and Dadi convinces the Handas that Dadi will make her bahu, Geet, the Queen of the Khurana khandan after marriage…
Maan went on a business trip right after the engagement…
All the while the bride and groom never talked to each other…
The wedding took place as per schedule…
Geet neither said yes nor did she say no, she kept her mouth shut all the time…
She was determined like she was on a suitable mission, like “you think I will jump off the cliff alone, I am taking you along, you fool”
Geet’s silence scared the hell out of Maan…
Maan thought that the girl who wanted her friend to get a life of her choice would never marry against her wish.
Maan was expecting her elope on the wedding day ..
Even that was fine for Maan, he knew that he had made a mistake… the guilt was eating him, that way Maan would have been relieved…
Maan was shocked to see Geet at the Mandap…
This time Maan was forced to do the rituals against his wish…
But Geet Handa has decided to punish Maan Singh Khurana instead, she married him for that… haina?
Geet has actually impressed Maan with her acts, first by helping a friend get her love…
Maan strongly believes that one writes his own destiny but people wrongly blame others…
Geet too believes that anyone should decide their own destiny and not others..
That’s why she helped her friend choose her life…
Again Geet revealed herself without fear before the engagement, she got engaged as Geet Handa and not any mystery girl in disguise… Geet is fearless and resists injustice…
One thing that Maan doesn’t understand is, why didn’t she walk off the engagement?
The girl who was so courageous to point out MSK’s mistake should have stopped him too, but she didn’t , why?
Maan married Geet because there is something about her that keeps pulling him towards her, and her beauty is irresistible…
Maan kept thinking about how Geet took off her pallu and curiously looked at Maan at their infamous first meeting…
She took Maan’s question, “Do you like me?” seriously and wanted to answer genuinely…
And after looking at Maan, the way she innocently asked Maan who he was…
She had zero intention to harm anyone, specially Maan, she was there to help her friend….
Unfortunately Maan was at the wrong place at the wrong time, or maybe Geet was at the right place at the right time….
She indeed is a drama queen, within those few minutes, Geet’s face exploded with emotions, the panic, the confusion, the helplessness, the frustration, the anger and finally that fearlessness…
How could Maan forget the way she left staring at Maan? It was as if she warned him that he can’t get away with what he has done, and that she will make him pay for it….
Those fifteen days Maan was only thinking about Geet…
Thinking about all the possibilities behind her silence using his logical head, but he could never come to a conclusion…
The most probable possibility that Maan thought would happen was, a missing bride at MSK’s wedding, and this time without any second option…
But Maan’s hypothesis crashed hard…
The bride came and married Maan Singh Khurana…
And at the wedding Geet had a plastic face with no emotions at all, that was some Oscar winning act…
Why did Geet marry him? That’s still an unsolved mystery for Maan…..
After the wedding…
Maan was left alone with Geet…
Maan had a number of questions in mind….
Maan: I want to talk to you
Geet: even I want to talk
Maan: so, let’s go somewhere, come with me
Maan pauses as he doesn’t know if he had the right to ask her to go with him just like that….
He looks at her doubtfully….
Geet: let’s go, you never leave me with any options, do you?
That’s kind of rude, the engagement was a blunder, but she had the choice to stop the wedding… haina?
During their journey Maan wanted to ask her about many things, but Geet was either sleeping or having her headphones on all the time…
Let him suffer more, haina?
Here they are…. They are yet to talk….
The stage is set… Maan has lit the fire…
Geet has turned on the music…
Geet comes towards Maan and sits besides him as Maan keeps watching Geet…
Maan moves to give her space… she is still a stranger to him….
Maan is struggling to understand this “Mystical Mohini” who happens to be his Mrs somehow…
Yes, she is no less than the Pari, Mohini, who seduced heavenly Rishis…
Maan’s Pari is not in a seductive mood, that’s not necessary, MSK is already seduced…
Maan’s eyes have already started to send their messages…
They never get tired looking at Geet, they were watching Geet the whole day when she was sleeping in the Jeep…
Finally she speaks….
Geet: so you happy now? But it’s not fair to punish an innocent like this Mr. Khurana
Punish who? Ulta, Maan has suffered the punishment himself, haina?
Maan: are you happy?
She must be, she has succeeded in her mission to torture Maan Singh Khurana, only she could do that….
Even Maan had the choice to call off this dramatic wedding, but he couldn’t …
Maan was waiting for Geet to call the shots, it’s like Maan already gave Geet the right to decide his destiny… But why, he doesn’t know…
Geet: kind of
Maan: matlab?
Geet: I like men who give tough competition, while I was happy to admire from outside, you are the one who actually dared to pull me into the ring
Maan: I too believe in equal competition
Geet is as par Maan in that…
Geet: how could you believe that I will marry you?
Maan: I never did, I thought you would run away on the wedding eve
Geet laughs…
Geet: so I gave you sleepless nights, I won the first round
Maan keeps looking at Geet …
Maan: why didn’t you?
Geet: you regret it?
Maan: why would I? I took a chance and I think I am lucky
Geet: that’s interesting
Maan: now what?
Geet: it’s your game, you should know better
Maan: why did you marry me?
Geet: thank God you asked this question at least now
Geet laughs…
Maan can’t take his eyes off her, she looks more beautiful…
Geet: I love challenges, you offered me one and I had to take it, challenges make life more interesting, haina?
Maan is astonished…. What a character!!!
Geet is definitely going to make Maan’s life more colorful…
Geet: now it’s your turn, why me?
Maan: I don’t know
Geet: I love it, we will find out together
Maan: but I wouldn’t have done it if it were some other girl
Geet: should I take it as a compliment?
Maan: off course, you know you are beautiful
Geet: that I am
Maan: I mean, not just beautiful, beautiful enough to confuse Maan Singh Khurana into committing mistake after mistake
Maan moves closer….
Now he knows that Geet too is in the same boat, ready to explore this new adventure…
Geet tries to ignore by trying to get the warmth of the fire..
But this man is ready to offer her the warmth that she needs right away, she knows that she will melt in that fire…
There is a moment of awkward silence…
Geet is already feeling the changes that this man has induced…
Geet gets up and starts to walk along the shore…
Maan closely follows her…
The music goes on….
“Ye Raatein Ye Mausam..
Nadi ka kinara Ye Chanchal Hawa “
Geet: this is my favourite song, and look where you have brought me, I think I am at the right place
Maan gets closer….
“Kaha do dillon ne…
Ke milkar kabhi hum…
Na honge juda”
Maan then catches hold of her and pulls her into a hug…
Maan: you are in the right hands Geet
Geet turns towards Maan and looks into his eyes…
Geet: I know
Maneet eyelock….
“Ye bahon mein bahein…
Behaki nigahen…
Lo aane laga hai….
Zindagi ka maza”
Maneet mahiiiii….
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