In that commotion Dilli forgot his crutches and walked ramrod straight to the dining table, Maithili realized that samrat,not sumer was her onscreen husband in the middle of the scene, Sunehri delivered her dialogue in her actual convent educated angrezi accent, KCM smiled sweetly at paro baisa and even patted her head encouragingly for cooking a perfect nashta, danny threatened mohini to polish his army shoes immediately or get lost from the haveli for good, Keshari ram nearly convinced to sell Aman a thoroughly used red saadi ka jhoda for his intended...
Amidst this cacophony, a large glass jar toppled and smashed emitting dusts of freshly grinded garam masala, sending the whole set choking,blinking,cursing,coughing hysterically in its wake.it was knocked over by a giddy maithili who was playing ankh micholi with sammy and sumi in a very sensual rasiya touchiya radheya way !
Umanand slapped an imaginary mosquito upon his cheek and shouted himself hoarse to straightened up the discomposure and gather complete attention.time was running out and not a single filler episode had hit the bull's eye,ermm...appeased IF junta who quarreled among themselves like screeching magpies and terrorized him like Dementors alternately !
but alas! his unflattering height, flab packed abs and especially non-mooch stance let him down unceremoniously.The pandemonium there could give the pepper spray fiasco at Parliament a run for its money! After swimming in this muddled water for hours he decided to call it a day to his aching throat,throbbing head and near numb arms when his nearsighted eyes caught hold upon an ethereal sight,the one precious resource whom all overlooked. the poor FL was sitting perched upon an antique table once used as the writing desk of the interrogation room,and was thrust into a corner ever since,munching biscuits and sipping coffee with an extreme bored and dejected face.
A 1000 watt idea struck Umanand then and there so forcibly that he leapt up in the air with a sound of relief such loud that it drowned all commotion and froze the whole unit into utter silence.
Umanand: blimey! She is here...she is here ...here in front of my eyes and I didnt even notice !! so what if the ML has taken 7/10 days leave! poor guy,working overtime,he badly needed rest anyway,malaria or no.
well,now oh yes,now I can utilize his absence fruitfully..I can easily conceive a near kidnapping paro track, the audience will be so enraptured with this jaw dropping,breath stopping,hair rising suspense that they will forget all about missing parud moments and mourning their ML's absence...aha! I am already feeling so much pregnant with this idea.
Jai ma trisula indeed !
Entirely spruced up with his gallant idea,he barked at the casts who were eyeing him with suspicion and apprehension since his odd leap and air punch:
---------Yo sumer ! gear up buoy...u r going to the (flop)hero of my latest take...a real mard. stop fooling around and walk with a lion's gait tah ki log kahe,"yeh toh bada toing hai !"
_____Arre Maithili, what is this prancing and playing holi with spices!!...In character,now! the nation errr situation demands for ur almost supreme sacrifice. "But r u ready for it ?"
----------Sunehri ! pay attention kiddo while elders talk, and stop chewing that gum.It repulses me. a very very serious piece of acting for u. execute it well,haan ? u hav to act to sleep very very soundly. ok ? that sound u produced last time,yaad hai na? to scare off that cute admirer of your's who came to the sets with a bunch of roses while u were sleeping all the while ? I want exactly that original snoring ! "samjhi yaa samjhau ?? "
while the listeners stood stunned, Umanand cheerfully left for his cabin to draw the Almost kidnap Paro scene with utmost perfection. His reputation at IF is at stake after all.
And did they actually hear him hum:
kuch bhi karke bite jaye yeh raate/ aha beete jaye yeh din
gata rahe mera dil mera dil meraaa dil !!!!
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