EPISODE 5
A new morning at Neel's house! Tara hasn't slept all night (Damn it! Meri stories mein saari heroines ko insomnia hi rehta hai. But Mind you, they never get dark circles 😉). Neel calls her "Tara, taiyar ho? aake nashta kar lo na?"
Tara: "Haan aayi!"
She gets ready and sits down with Neel.
"To kaisi chal rahi hai Ansh ki padhaai, janaab paas to ho jayenge na" Neel enquires and Tara replies "Are nahi wo to bahut smart hai! Bas thode pyaar ki zarurat hai use aur phir kya wo sab kuch seekh jayega"
Neel: "Haan bas pyaar hi to nahi milta use wahan! Maa bechare ki bachpan me hi chodh ke chali gayi, Daadi ki sakhti aur Ranvijay bhai ki daant me shayad kahin pyaar chupa ho par uska maasoom dimaag ise samjhe bhi to kaise? Ek Jay tha uske liye bas! Par ab to..."
Tara: "Jay?"
Neel: "Are main Mrityunjay ki baat kar raha hoon, bataya tha na tumhe train mein, use Jay naam se bulaya jaana hi pasand hai. Mrityunjay naam to uski Daadi Kalavati ne rakha tha. Uski Maa, yani Rudra Pratap Shekhawat ki patni, use pyaar se Jay bulati thi"
Tara seems disinterested in all those details. She comes to the point "Wo sab to thik hai par
maine Mrityunjay ki jhalak tak nahi dekhi wahan, yahan tak ki wo kamra bhi nahi jahan tum bata rahe ho use rakha hai?"
She conveniently hides last night's details.
Neel: "Tara thik se to mujhe bhi nahi pata. Wahan tha nahi mai jab ye sab hua. Bas ye janta hun ki Radha apni padhaayi beech me hi chodh ke wapas aa gayi thi aur tab se Mrityunjay ka ye haal hai"
Tara is confused about any link between these 2 events.
"Radha? In sab mein wo kahan se aa gayi" she thinks and then can put two and two together.
Neel had mentioned that she stays with Shekhawats and she had also seen her take Mrityunjay away from the apple orchard.
Neel: "Are tumhe nahi pata? Mrityunjay aur Radha bahut acche dost hain. Waise hum teeno hi bachpan se saath rahe hain" He smiles as he says "Aur kya tum jaanti ho? Kalavati Daadi asal mein Mrityunjay ko bhejna chahti thi Bhopal MBA ke liye, par usne apne saare paise Radha ko dekar use bhej diya. Radha kitni khush this Bhopal jaate waqt"
Then his face saddens "Par shayad kismet kuch aur chahti thi. Radha padhaai poori nahi kar paayi. Wapas aa gayi, aur phir pata nahi aisa kya ho gaya ki Mrityunjay ka ye haal??"
Tara: "Aur ye hua kab?"
Neel: "Bas jab Aditya ke saath hua uske 2 din baad. Maine Govindpur phone kiya tha sabka haal-chaal poochne ke liye aur mujhe pata chala ye sab. Par main usi waqt gaya nahi kyunki tumhe meri zyaada zaroorat thi."
Tara suddenly thinks if Mrityunjay's madness is linked to Aditya's murder as she was 100% sure that its someone from Shekhawat family who is responsible for it, thanks to the locket. She thinks Radha can be the only link who can take her to the truth as she is allowed to meet Mrityunjay.
She tells Neel, "Kitne afsos ki baat hai Radha padhaai aise hi chod di. Main janti hun padhai na kar paane se kaisa lagta hai. Hamare halaat aise the ki yaa to Nandini ki padhaai ho sakti thi ya meri. Mujhe lagta hai hume Radha se baat karni chahiye aur use samjhaana chahiye ki college phir se jaane lage. Tum milwaoge mujhe Radha se?"
Neel seems convinced: "Haan haan kyun nahi, tumhe sham ko hi le chalunga Maali kaka ke yahan. Abhi tum haveli jaao, Ansh tumhara intezaar kar raha hoga na?"
Tara leaves for Shekhawat house. She glances at the outhouse where Mrityunjay was kept and then sees the guards and turns away.
While teaching Ansh, she finds a locket similar to what she had found in his neck.
Tara: "Are waah Ansh! ye locket to bada sundar hai tumhara? Kisne dilwaya?"
Ansh: "Badi Daadi ne, hamare ghar pe sab aise locket pehente hain. Papa, Chachu, Dada ji, Badi Daadi"
Now Tara is fully convinced that she is heading on the right track.
At the evening Tara comes to Radha's place and calls out to her.
A simply clad girl in salwar kameez, with her head covered with a dupatta comes out n says "Namaste! Aap kaun?"
Tara: "Main Tara, Neel ki dost, jaanti ho na use?"
Radha: "Haan, haan, Aaiye baithiye"
They sit down
Radha: "Bataiye kaise aana hua?"
Tara: "Neel se bahut suna tha tumhare bare mein socha mil lun. Waise aajkal main bhi Shekhawat haveli mein Ansh ko padhaane jaati hun. Uska maths thoda kamzor hai na?"
Radha seems like giving a forced smile. "Haan shayad"
Tara: "Neel bata raha tha tum uski aur Ansh ke chacha ki bahut acchi dost ho? Aur haveli mein aksar aaya jaaya karti ho, tumhe to kabhi waha nahi dekha?"
Radha: "Ab wo itni badi haveli, hum jaise chote logon ka waha jaana accha bhi to nahi lagta na!"
Tara: "Aisa kyun kehti ho" Then she changes her tone "Waise shayad maine tumhe pehle bhi dekha hai, kahan... haan Neel ke seb ke bageeche mein? Tumhare saath wo ladka kaun tha?"
Radha turns pale "Kya??? Nahi to... Aapne shayad kisi aur ko dekha hoga"
Tara understands Radha is lying, "Pakka na, pata nahi kyun mujhe laga... Khair, Neel bata raha tha tum MBA kar rahi thi? Kyun chodh diya? "
Radha suddenly has some faint fbs. She gets back to reality and is now clearly irritated, "Bas aise hi padhaai mein mann nahi laga"
Tara: "Par jahan tak Neel ne mujhe bataya tum to acchi ho padhaayi mein, phir kya hua"
Radha: "Neel Neel Neel, Neel na hua bhagwaan ho gaya? Use pata bhi hai akele sheher mein padhaai karna kitna mushkil hota hai, wo bhi ladki ke liye? Nahi hua mujhse, aur main karna bhi nahi chahti. "
She turns her back and is about to go inside muttering "Abhi tak khana nahi banaya, haveli bhi jaana hai... "
Tara calls out to her: "Kis ke liye khana le jaa rahi ho?"
Radha stops and turns paler as if her theft was caught, tuning to Tara she replies "Mere baba, aur kiske liye, wo Maali hain na wahan. Ab aapne sawal khatam ho gaye to main jaaun?"
Tara is silent as Radha goes inside and shuts the door. Before leaving she hears a man's voice from inside. A man in his seventies is on the bed. Radha gives medicine to him and says "2 din mein zukaam thik ho jayega Baba. Phir kaam pe chale jaana"
Tara is surprised that Radha was lying. The old man says "Zukaam to chala jayega beta lekin teri chinta ka jo bukhaar mere sar chadha hai use kaise utarun. Teri shaadi kaise karaun aur kisse"
Radha: "Baba fikar mat karo, koi mil jayega, aap kyun chinta karte hain"
Baba: "Chinta to hoti hai na beta, kitne baar samjhaya ki sheher mat jaa, dekha na sheher ne tera dimaag kharaab kar diya aur teri zindagi barbaad kar di. Aur saath mein Mrityunjay ki bhi?"
Radha's head hangs but she speaks again. "Itna mat socho baba, main aaj phir samjhaungi na use ki zidd chodh de, agar wo sach batane ki zidd chodh dega to Kalavati daadi use bahar aane degi aur use duniya ke saamne pagal bhi nahi batana padega. Phir sab thik ho jayega." She gets up to cook then
Tara overhears is all and is convinced that Mrityunjay is not mad after all. She wonders on which truth everyone is trying to hide.
She decides she will sneak out to meet Mrityunjay again.
Edited by NiharikaMishra - 11 years ago
