Part 5:
Voice: Kahan tak padhi
ho beta? Says an elderly lady '
Bua: BA poora kiya hai
humri payal ne nanda kisor ' says bua, as she smiles looking at the boy. " aur khaana bahut accha bana leti hai '."
Parents exchange nervous glances at one another crossing
their fingers hoping this would work out. Just then, they can hear some
commotion happening outside and everyone's attention gets diverted.
A girl walks in grumbling and mumbling to herself biting
onto jalebis hard. Her eyes look a little moist, and her nose has turned red
and these are two signs that she may have cried a while ago. Suddenly the
entire focus is shifted from Payal and everyone turns towards Khushi who plonks
herself onto the chair without noticing the guests at home.
Her father a little embarrassed, and a little concerned asks
' " kya hua beta '..aap ro rahi thi '.
Khushi: ro nahi rahe
the baba, gusse se laal ho rahey the ' chacha ke dukaan main chunri hai na '
utna laal '.
Shashi cant help but smile looking at his little daughter
making baby faces ... and then turns to others and says ' " ji yeh humari choti beti Khushi '"
Before he can finish the sentence the boy talks '"Mujhe yeh ladki pasand hai '" and
everyone turns towards the guy in shock'.
The boy is staring Khushi.' saying ' Hume Khusee ji pasand hai '.
Kya hum unse shaadi kar sakte hai '
This is when Khushi realised she had walked in on her
sisters rishta session. Her parents hadn't even warned her. Why they were in a
hurry to get her sister married she could never fathom. This time around the
boy had picked her instead of Di'. She stood up ... smiled at the guy and his
parents awkwardly. As the boy had a
curvy blush plastered on his face, Khushi had no other option but to give into
the pressure of having a short conversation with the boy. A few minutes later
when they came out, the boy was blushing more than ever while Khushi also had a
confident look on her face.
Parents looked on and waited anxiously as Khushi and Kishore
spent some minutes outside, talking to each other with their backs facing the
on lookers. A while later, two of them returned with Khushi's straight face and
the boys smiling face. Just as the parents looked at the two in anticipation
Khushi looked straight into the eyes of the parents and said'
Khu: Main yeh shaadi nahi kar sakti, mujhe yeh
ladka pasand nahi hai .
Everyone is shocked at the bold declaration. The boy is
shocked and humiliated as well.
Boy: Par bahar aapne
toh kaha tha aap ko shaadi se aitraaz nahi hai '
Khushi: Haan
Boy: Aur ladka agar
padha likha ho toh aur bhi accha hai '
Khushi: ji bilkul'
Boy: apne yeh bhi kaha
ke aap Lucknow shehar ko chor ke nahi jaana chahti ' aur maine kaha ke mujhe
koi aitraaz nahi hai ..
Khushi: sahi suna
aapne '
Boy: toh fir yahan andar
aake mana karne ka kya matlab '
Khushi: Haan Kishore
ji '. Lekin ' maine kab kaha tha .. ke main aapke bare main baat kar rahii thi
.. main to yuhi uss ladke ke bare main bol rahi thi jisse meri shadi hogi '
Boy: yeh kaisa behuda mazaak
hai '(infuriated)
The parents of the boy are very humiliated and angry as well
and give the Gupta family a dirty stare as they look down embarrassed unable to
meet their eyes because of their daughters behaviour '.Gauging this, buaji
takes the initiative on behalf of the family and speaks up
Bua: Ji, choti bacchii
hai ' aap humko thoda samay de dejiye ga ' aur use duniya ki samajh nahi hai '
aap humari payal se baat kariye na 'wo '
Khushi: koi zaroorat
nahi hai bua ji ' (determined)
The boy and his parents make faces and walk away ' As Garima
for the first time gets ready to slap Khushi '.as Shashi stops her '.
Gar: iss ladki ko itni
bhi samajh nahi hai, ke bahar waalo se saath kaisa bartaav kiya jaata hai ' wo
humari payal ko dekhne aaye the '(sobs)
Khu: aur mujhe pasand
karke chale gaye '( she says sarcastically)
As Garima gets ready to strike her this time, Khushi's
father stops her and holds her back, as Khushi continues to talk with no fear
in her eyes '
" kya fayda amma aise
ladke ka .. jo apne nirnay pe tika nahi reh sakta '. Kal usko koi aur ladki
pasand aa gayi toh wo hume bhi chor dega kya '"
Gari: bahut bolne lagi
hai tu aaj kal'.. teri umar kya hai aur dekh kaisi batein karti hai '
Shas: Baat toh sahi
hai na Garimaji'
Payal comes in her sisters defence and says ' " amma' babuji ' hume wo ladka sacchi main
pasand nahi aaya tha'. Ab please hum yeh baat yahin rehne dete hai ' main aapse
vinnati karti hoon '"
She takes Khushi and walks off into the room' as though
protecting her '
Garima: aap sab ki
laad hi ne isey bigaad kar rakha hai isey .. sahi aur galat ki samajh hi nahi
hai isme '
Bua: pehli baar pate
ki baat ki hai issne ' (nodding on agreement grumbling and mumbling to
herself)
In the Room:
A while later as Payal is folding clothes, Khushi walks up
to her sister and hugs her from behind. Payal smiles and knows immediately it
was her little sister feeling guilty and perhaps making an attempt to say sorry
'She turns around and holds Khushi by both her hands looks at her in the eye
and asks '
Pay: Khushi tumne uss
ladke ko mana kyun kar dia ' sach sach batana '
Khushi: sach '? ( she asks determined)
Payal nods'
Khushi: bilkul sach?
Payal shakes her head again meaning to say yes'
Khushi: wo ' kya hai
na jeeji ' hume na .. jiss tarah se
khoooseee keh ke pukar rahey the .. wo bilkul pasand nahi aaya hume '
Payal: dhat'. Tu bhi
na Khushi '..
Khushi: sacchi jeeji '
aapki kasam ... sochiye ' zindagi bhar' ke liye ' apne aap ko khoooseee'.
Khoooseee bulwaalo ' khoooseee meraa towel dena'. Khoooseee khaane laga do
'. Khoooseee meri tie kahan hai '.. mere naam ka toh antim kriya ho jaata '.
Issi liye humne jhat se unhe mana kar dia '
Payal: Khushi ' tune
mere wajah se mana kar dia na '.
Khushi: haan jeeji .. ! (Turning serious for a moment) ' hum tumko aise kaise jaane dete 'filhaal
agar aap pe kisi ka haq hai wo sirf humara hai '
Payal: Par Khushi
'..shaadi toh kabhi na kabhi kisi na kisi se honi hi hai na .. tumhari ya meri '
Khushi: kya jeeji aap
bhi ' tab ka tab dekha jayega na '. Aur hume poora yakeen hai .. ke hum dono ko
acche jeevan saathi milenge' aur pata hai jeeji ' jab sahi insaan humare
zindagi main ayega hum ye baat khud hi
samajh jayenge '.
Payal: aise ladke
filmo main hi milte hai '
Khushi: sacchi ' ???
toh chalo na jeeji ' film dekhne chalte hai ' kya pata ' hume wo hume wahi mil
jaaye
And she winks ' as both the sister laugh on'
Raizada House:
Anjali is sulking making a face ... Mami, dadi, and Akash
have tried their bit, but with no positive results. They know if there is someone who can get Anjali's
mood right it is Arnav. They had already called him thrice, and they knew he
was on the way but, in the meanwhile they didn't want to give up their attempts
either.
As Arnav walked in everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Arnav
noticed everyone's serious expressions and knew something was not right. He had been urgently summoned home, all that
Akash had written in his text was SOS-45 and Arnav had left his meeting half
way and run back home. That had been their code during emergency situations.
Arnav settled down in front of Anjali and looked at her. He
tried to hold her hand as she moved it away in anger. Arnav tried again with no
success. He knew it was his fault. He had over done it this time. He had
already promised his Anjali di that he would not work today since it was a
Sunday. But he had called for a meeting since an idea has suddenly struck him
and he had to implement it at any cost. After all he didn't want to waste time.
Without any other explanation or words Arnav said ' " fine di
.. aap decide karo ' ke ' aap mujhe kya punishment dengi'. I am guilty as
charged"
Anjali looked up .. smiling at Arnav and the rest and winked
and said '. " Movie dekhne chale?"
The reluctance was visible on Arnav's face but looking at
everyone else and their excitement Arnav just could not say no anymore.
Akash added, mere dost
ka theatre hai, main usey call kar doonga, wahan pahucte hi hume tickets mil
bhi jayengi '
Outside the Movie
Hall: Near the ticket counter
Khushi had been waiting in the line for almost half an hour
to get the tickets for the movie. There were only 4 people left before she
could get the ticket. Payal had been waiting for her on the other side. While
the line slowly cleared and Khushi finally got her chance to her disappointment
the guy at the ticket counter told her there were no more tickets. Disappointed
Khushi turned to leave when a man dressed as a driver cut the line and walked
straight to the counter and said "mujhe
raizada sab ne bheja hai"
The man at the counter smiled at him and handed over a bunch
of tickets much to her horror. This was
unfair! How could someone else take away tickets she had been waiting and
toiling for? She knew fighting with the counter guy would be of no use. She
would tackle the miscreant on her own and get what was hers. As the driver walked towards the car, Khushi,
ran after him stopped him and requested him for the ticket first politely.
The driver paid no attention. When she realised this was not
leading to anything she got into an argument with the driver, not backing down.
The window of the car rolled down as a man wearing black
aviators and a stuble looked on to see what was taking so long. When nothing
happened he decided to get down from the car walking towards them to settle the
issue himself' He reached the spot, to notice the driver talking to a girl who
had been arguing animatedly explaining things'. To put an end to the issue he
said '
"Kya ho raha hai yahan
Yogesh '. Itni der kyun laga rahey ho tickets lane main'"
Khushi turned around and much to her shock found herself
face to face with Arnav Singh Raizada once more.
Edited by Galarcher - 12 years ago
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