Rishabala OS : Lost Love

Hello everyone, this morning I saw the new promo of Madhubala and suddenly this idea came to me and I quickly jotted it down. But moving on, I still refuse to believe that RK would ask Madhu to abort their baby, that is not the RK I know😆. And since it is no secret that I like RK more than Madhu 😆, I would like to hold on to my hope till he tells her that he wants her to abort the baby. Anyway, I got this idea and decided to jot it down. Since I took my time writing this, Perfect will be posted only tomorrow but will post soul mate in a bit😳. Will be sending out the PM alerts for both together.

"RK! RK! RK!" the crowd screamed as he stepped out on the balcony. He was once again Superstar RK, who ruled Bollywood. He waves at them acting excited and happy though in truth there was nothing in his life to be excited about. Once again the power and fame was his but he was no longer that RK who craved and needed that, he had changed. He had to lose his limbs to realize the value of the limbs and the value of the stardom he had taken for granted. Once he realized that, blinding by pain and insecurities he had set forth in destroying the only good thing in his life, his wife Madhubala Rishabh Kundra. Suddenly, she was the reason for every wrong thing that had happened in his life. He blamed her for everything. He even blamed her if the sun rose a little earlier than usual. Hell he even blamed her for getting pregnant. Then he had asked her to abort their baby for the sake of the movie. She had fought with him fiercely, like the jungli billi that she was. But he was RK, and he had no control over his tongue. He had blamed her for everything. He had even gone on to say that he had taken her from the chawl and made her a heroine while she had taken him from superstardom to a handicapped good for nothing. The moment those words had left his mouth he had seen the horror on her face and regretted his words but he could never take it back and he was RK, he never take back his words. Then she had made the mistake of arguing with him, she had said with tears you don't mean it. Somehow that infuriated him all the more, the fact that she now said he not only had no control over his body but also of his tongue. Then he had gone one to say that he had meant every word of it, and he didn't stop there, he had brought their unborn child into it. He had said the one thing he shouldn't have, he had told her how she was a curse on her father and him like that this child was a curse on him. After his paralysis they never had sex, so he had gone on to say that the moment she had conceived the child he had become paralyzed and now he was on the verge of bankruptcy because she wouldn't have an abortion and complete the film. Then she had given in. That was the end of their relationship. From the loving husband and wife they had gone to become strangers. She had moved into another room and he had let her. He was even happy for that, seeing her watching him struggle with his paralysis had made him feel like an invalid, feel like a namard. She had completed the movie. RK thought with a cruel chuckle, a movie that didn't even run for a week, that movie was the biggest debacle of that year. Then she had left him. The media speculated that she had left because he had become bankrupted, she had become the most hated celebrity overnight but he knew the truth, she had left him because he had made her kill their baby for a movie that was a disaster. The shock of the failure of the film and Madhu leaving him somehow expedited his recovery. The sympathy he garnered from his loyal fans because of his heartless wife had made him in demand again, and the producer's association had even lifted his ban and he started working in movies again. The humongous success of his next movie, and the overseas rights and satellite rights had given him enough money to appease his bank and call them off his tail for a while. Now five years later, he was debt free and successful, he had even achieved more success as an actor than he had in his previous outing but sadly none of it meant anything to him because Madhu had left him. He couldn't even look for her. He sighs as he walked back in and took his purse to pull out the letter that had changed his life. He opens it and reads it for the millionth time, the heart break and regret as intense and deep.

RK,

I am going. If you ever truly loved me then please don't look for me. Do me that favor at least.

- Madhubala

He hears his mobile ringing and ignores it, at the same time the hotel phone too starts ringing. He didn't want to talk to anyone. He wanted to wallow in self-pity and self-hatred. He caresses her name on the letter lovingly. He wished he could look for her, say sorry and bring her back home, and spend the rest of his life making it up to her but she had underlined the word truly in her letter and he couldn't ignore that because in spite of all of his shortcomings and selfishness, he had truly loved her and still love her. The phone continued to ring and he ignored it. Who the hell died this early in the morning? He thought furiously. He hears his door opening with a loud noise and he knew who it was, only one person dare to enter his room like as if he owned it. He turns to glare at Bittuji but it quickly turns to concern seeing his pale and worried expression. "What is it?" RK asks. "Did you see the paper?" Bittuji asks him clutching the newspaper. RK nods his head in negative praying all the while feverently, let it not be about Madhu. Let it not be about Madhu. "Chief, there is an article in it." Bittuji hesitantly starts. "Is Madhu fine?" RK asks in a ragged voice. Bittuji quickly nods and RK relaxes. "Here." Bittuji opens the paper and hands it to him. RK looks at it and stops breathing seeing Madhu's photo with a child. The title read RK-Madhubala's secret child.

RK looks at the photo, Madhu looks the same just more mature and thinner, and she was securely holding their baby hiding her face on the crook of her neck. It was a girl but what was her name? And did the article say she looked like him? RK thought as he was suddenly filled with emotions and his eyes were getting heavy and his throat was closing up. He sees a photo of the birth certificate of his daughter.

He had asked her to kill their baby and she had protected their baby and given her his name too. Then finally he gave into his regrets, guilt and pain ever since Madhu left him and screamed out in agony.

He had cried for over an hour and Bittuji had stood behind him and watched him cry. Because he deserved to cry and he needed to cry, he has been keeping it all bottled up ever since bhabhiji left him. The phone kept on ringing now apart from Chief's and the hotel phone, even his phone was ringing. "Can you answer that?" RK asks him furiously. "And tell them what? That you asked Bhabhiji to abort and she had ran away to save her child from you?" Bittuji asks him cruelly. RK turns to look at him in shock and then roughly rubs his forehead and says calmly, "I need to meet the reporter who wrote this article." "You don't have to do that." Bittuji tells him. "You don't tell me what to do to. I need to meet the reporter." "I already got Bhabhiji's address from the reporter."Bittuji tells him. "You did?" RK asks shocked and amazed. "When you started crying I realized you might want to meet your wife and daughter." Bittuji says angrily. RK looks at Bittuji in shock, the only time he had talked to him angrily was when he had left Madhu after taking his revenge on her but then also he was not this furious with him. More than his manager, Bittuji was like Madhu's brother, how did he ever forget that? He might have remained with him all these years because of loyalty. And he was an idiot to think that loyalty was for him, but it was for his wife. He had even driven away that one constant in his life who had stuck by him through thick and thin just like Madhu, and he didn't even realize that. Gathering himself up, he says in an even tone, "I am very sorry for hurting you, Bittuji." Bittuji looks at him in shock. "I can never change what I did to Madhu, our daughter and you but I can make it up to you all and I'll." Bittuji starts smiling happily, "You have never accepted your mistakes, Chief but today you did. That is the biggest reward you could give me. I forgive you, Chief." RK chuckles hearing Bittuji's magnum opus declaration though relieved too. "Thank you, Bittuji." Bittuji smiles at him. "We should get going." Bittuji tells him. "Yes." RK starts and stops in shock, "What about today's shoot?" Been a failed producer and brought to the ground from stardom, RK no longer threw his wait around and treated everyone as thrash. He treated everyone with a mediocre of respect and never let his moods affect the shoot but right now he wanted to see Madhu and Ishita. "Did you forget that you are RK and you could stop a shooting on whim?" Bittuji asks him smiling. "Compensate the producer." RK tells him.

That day evening, finally they reach Motihari and head straight to Madhu's house. RK was about to ring the bell when Bittuji stops him. "Chief, she might be angry with you." "Might?" RK asks him back grinning; he couldn't believe he was finding something to smile about inspite of ruining everything so perfectly. "She is angry with you." Bittuji corrects himself "But she loves you still." "I doubt that, Bittuji. I am not someone one can like easily but she had found something in me that was worth loving and I had ruined it." RK says full of regret. "What does Rishabh mean?" Bittuji asks him. RK frowns at him and shrugs, "Power or superior or something like that. Why?" "It means superior and what does Ishitha mean?" Bittuji asks him. RK's face breaks out into a huge smile, "Superior?" "Now ring the bell." Bittuji tells him.

Madhu opens the door on the first ring. RK looks at her in shock and relief seeing her after 5 long years and she was still as beautiful as ever. "Ah you!" Madhu says dispassionately. RK looks at her in shock. She was not even surprised to see him. "I did expect you. Come in." Madhu says as she opened the door wide for him. RK looks at her in shock; he had expected her to slam the door on his face, her screaming at him, her anger, her tears, a slap but never this. This disinterest and bored expression, never. "Madhu..." RK starts and she cuts him off, "Please come inside. I don't want your fandom and paparazzi barging in here seeing you." RK gets in shocked and Bittuji follows him in equally shocked. "Bittuji, kaise hai aap?" Madhu asks him smiling. RK looks at her in shock. Bittuji was getting a warm welcome while he was treated like some dirt. She couldn't have slapped him harder than this. "Good, and you bhabhiji?" Bittuji asks unable to hide his shock. "Good and peaceful." Madhu replies. Another slap. "Sit." Madhu tells them gesturing to the couch. "I knew you would be coming after I saw the article. I almost didn't tell Ishitha about your visit because I didn't want to get her hopes high and then crush it." Madhu tells him taking the seat opposite to him. "Madhu..." RK starts and she quickly puts up her hand to stop him. "You can see her and talk to her but you will not hurt her. I'll not have you hurt my daughter." Madhu tells him. Another slap. "Our daughter, Madhu." "You child died the day you asked me to abort. Ishitha is my daughter, only mine." Madhu tells him. "Then why did you give her my name? Why did you name her Ishitha? Don't tell me you didn't know what her name means." RK says not angrily but sternly. Then he saw a flicker of emotion in her eyes, but it went as quickly as it came. "I'll call her." Madhu starts to walk inside and then stops and says, "By the way, congratulations on your success. And my daughter is your biggest fan though she doesn't know you are her father." As Madhu leaves RK turns to look at Bittuji. "You didn't expect the red carpet welcome did you?" Bittuji asks him seeing his hurt expression. "I excepted a slap but not this. How can I win her back if she doesn't feel anything for me?" RK asks worried.

"RK!" Ishitha says excitedly as she came with Madhu. RK looks at his daughter and a sob breaks out of him. She was his spitting image. He gets up from the chair and she runs to him and hugs him. RK kneels down and cups her as tears filled his eyes. His vision was getting blurred and he squeezes his eyes to clear the tears and looks at her smiling happily. Oh God! How could he ever ask Madhu to kill her? Or say that she was a curse on him? He didn't even deserve to look at her. "Are you here to meet Ishitha's Papa? He is coming today." Ishitha says excitedly. "Ishitha... I..." RK starts then starts sobbing. "Why are you crying, RK?" Ishitha asks him upset. "I am happy." RK tells her. "You are like Mama, always crying when she is happy." Ishitha says pointing at Madhu. RK turns to look at Madhu and she was watching Ishitha. "So are you here to meet my Papa? He is coming today" "I am your Papa, Ishitha." RK tells her. Ishitha starts frowning at him. "No." "Ishitha, I'm your father." RK tells her hurt by her rejection. "My Papa's name is Rishabh Kundra." Ishitha tells him as she moved back. "My name is Rishabh Kundra." RK explains to her. "Your name is RK." Ishitha tells him frowning. "That is also my name. Some call me RK." RK explains. "Like Ishitha and Ishu?" Ishitha asks him smiling again. "Yes, Ishu." "Mama calls me Ishu." She informs him. RK looks at Madhu and then back at Ishitha and says, "That sound so much like Rishu." "Rishu?" Ishitha asks confused. "That is what my Ma calls me." RK explains. "How many names do you have, Papa?" Ishitha asks laughing. Just like that she had called him, Papa. RK pulls her towards him in a bear hug and cries. He had refused to accept her and she had so as easily accepted him. "You are happy, Papa?" Ishitha asks him smiling. "Yes." "That is why you are crying right?" Ishitha asks him looking at him. "Yes." "Just like Mama." RK smiles hearing that. "Now, you have one more name, Papa." Ishitha tells him. "What is that?" RK asks her smiling lovingly at her. "Rishab Kundra, RK, Rishu and Papa. Four names or do you have any other name?" Ishitha asks smiling happily. "No." RK says smiling then he adds smiling happily, "I do have a tag line." "What is a tag line?" Ishitha asks. RK thinks for a while and explains, "Something to describe me." "Really? What is that?" RK looks at Madhu and says, "Theda hai par mera hai." "THAT IS MY TAG LINE TOO!" Ishitha says excitedly.

Madhu and Bittuji were watching RK and Ishitha talking animatedly. Madhu's resolve was breaking seeing the way RK was treating Ishitha with so much love. She didn't want RK anywhere near their life but whatever he did, at the end of the day he was Ishitha's father. "Chief has changed a lot, Bhabhiji." Bittuji whispers to her. "I can see that." Madhu tells him still watching them. "Even he suffered a lot in the last five years." Bittuji tells her. "That doesn't absolve him." Madhu tells him. "But Bhabhiji..." "I am no longer that girl who was willing to do anything for him. I am a mother now." Madhu tells him and then turning to Ishitha she says, "Ishu, it is time for bed." "But Mama... I am talking to Papa." Ishitha tells her. "Tomorrow you have school, Ishu." Madhu tells her. "But..." "Listen to Mama, Ishu." RK tells her gently. "Will you go away if I go and sleep?" Ishitha asks worried. "No." "You'll stay here with Mama and Ishu?" Ishitha asks him. "I will not leave you both." RK promises her. Ishitha smiles at him and hugs him. "Today, Papa will read story for Ishu." Ishitha informs Madhu and Madhu nods. RK takes Ishitha to her room, earlier she had took him around the house and showed him her room and the many toys. He had been even surprised to see a photo frame on her table with his photo there. He reads out snow white to Ishitha and she quickly dozes off. He tucks her in properly and watches her sleep for a long time. He hears Madhu at the door and looks up at her. She stood at the door waiting for him. He gets up and walks towards her.

Madhu walks towards the living room and tells him, "Bittuji left. He said he'll come in the morning. There are only two bedrooms here. You can sleep in my room. I'll sleep with Ishu." Madhu tells him and starts to walk off when RK holds her hand. "I am sorry, Madhu." RK tells her. "A wife may forgive you but a mother can never forgive you." Madhu tells him as she struggled to pull her hand away from his grip. "I know I don't deserve forgiveness." RK tells her. "You don't. You told me to kill our baby! That baby, which was a symbol of our love." Madhu says furiously turning to look at him. "I am not going to explain myself to you, Madhu because I have no explanations for the way I behaved. I am standing here but I can't look at you and our daughter without hating myself." RK tells her. He turns her to face him and says, "Please come home with me. I can't live without you both." "We won't." Madhu tells him stubbornly. "We have learned to live without you, RK." "That is a lie, Madhu. Because I know..." RK says as he touches her chest over her heart, "Somewhere in there, I am still there. That love is there. In all this hatred, you are still waiting for me. else you wouldn't have let me meet Ishu, you wouldn't have let her see my movies, you wouldn't have let her be my fan, you wouldn't have let her keep a photo of me in her room, you wouldn't have called her Ishu... you will not say theda hai par mera hai to our daughter, Madhu." RK says in tears. "I still love you, RK. I can never hate you, trust me I tried and ended up hating myself but not you. But we can't come with you." Madhu says in tears. "Why, Madhu?" RK asks her hurt. "Today you are a successful actor. We'll come with you and then if one of your films flops then you'll say Ishu is a curse." RK covers her mouth to stop her from saying further while Madhu cried. There is nothing more painful than having someone throw your own words back at you, the words you wished you had never uttered. "Don't say that, Madhu." RK begs her. "I was going to tell you that I didn't kill our baby after the release of the movie. I thought once the movie was released then you would be happy about the baby. But then the film flopped and your words kept coming back to me." Madhu tells him and then in a whisper she adds, "You started reminding me of Balraj." RK closes his eyes in pain hearing that. "You can meet her whenever you want as long as you don't hurt her." Madhu tells him in finality. "Please Madhu, Ishu needs me, Ishu needs us, I need you and you need me." RK begs her. "I can't take a chance with Ishu again, RK." Madhu tells him through tears. RK falls on the floor and tells her, "I am begging you on my knees, please give me a chance." "RK! What are you doing?" Madhu asks as she tried to pull him up. "If not for you and me, then please for Ishu. She needs a family." RK tells her and Madhu knew without a doubt that was true. A child needed both her parents but can she trust RK again to not hurt them? He has changed, she could see that. She had been following him all these five years and there was never news of his tantrums but still... "I'll never be the old Madhu who loved you like crazy." Madhu tells him as she kneels down in front of him. "I'll love you more than ever Madhu." RK promises her. "Ishitha..." "I'll not hurt her. She is a part of you and a part of me, I can never hurt her. I would die if a tear falls from her eyes." RK tells her and Madhu knew he meant every single one of his promises because his heart was in his eyes. "I want you to quit alcohol." "Haven't touched it since the day you left." RK tells her. Madhu sighs hearing that. "We'll come with you, RK but I need time to accept you and trust you again." Madhu tells him. "You can take all the time in the world but please don't leave me again. I love you, Madhu." RK tells her and he hugs her. Slowly Madhu hugs him back.


Two years later


RK walks into his house upset to find Ishu crying. RK hurries to her forget his problems, "Ishu, what happened?" RK asks as he lifted her up. "Something happened to Mama." Ishu tells him. "What happened to her?" RK asks as he hurried up the stairs with Ishu in his arms. "Don't know. The doctor told me to leave the room." Ishu tells him crying. "Doctor?" he asks shocked. He opens the door and the doctor was about to leave. "What happened?" he asks the doctor as he hurried to Madhu who was in the bed smiling at him. The doctor smiles at him and walks out. "Madhu, what happened? And why the hell did she leave?" RK asks confused. "Mama?" Ishitha calls her name crying. Madhu smiles at her, "I am fine, Ishu. Can you ask Patil Uncle to give me juice?" Madhu tells her. "You are really fine?" Ishu asks her. "Yes." Madhu says smiling. "Okay. I'll tell him." Ishitha says and gets up from the bed and runs down. "What happened, biwi?" Madhu smiles at him. "Why are you smiling like an idiot?" RK asks losing patience, his life was on the hanging and she was smiling. "Because I am happy." Madhu tells him smiling. "Happy? What happened to you?" Smiling Madhu takes his hand and keeps it on her stomach. RK looks at her in shock and then his eyes go wide with joy. "Really?" Madhu nods her head in yes and he hugs her happily. "Thank you so much, Madhu. For giving me another chance, for Ishu, for loving me again."RK tells her. Madhu watches him, she was glad she had come back to him, he had changed in more ways than she had thought. He had made it up to Ishu and her, in small and big ways. Even now, he tries to make it up to them and somewhere down the line she had started trusting him again, and now their bond was stronger than before. So strong that it had got Pabbo and Dipali kicked out of the Kundra Mansion. So strong that she decided to trust him with another baby. "You earned it." Madhu tells him as she hugged him.

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