Swaragini ff: Woh Humsafar Tha
Prologue
*In general: the story has nothing to do with the ongoing plot, shekhar and durga parsad are close friends and durga parsad's father and shekhar's father were friends too. The long term friendship changed into a much stronger relationship when the father of durga parsad maheshwari was on the verge of dying and his last wish was to see sanskaar maheshwari the elder son of his younger son Ram parsad Maheshwari getting married with shekhar and sharmishta's elder daughter swara gadodia and laksh maheshwari the younger son of his elder son Durga parsad Maheshwari getting married to shekhar and sharmishta's little daughter ragini gadodia. Durga parsad maheshwari's father was very ill and he thought that it was his last few moments in this world with the people he loves. Seeing the critical situation of his father durga parsad felt defeated that all the money is of no use when it can also not save his father. Shekhar has also treated kaka ji as his father hence he wanted to see his last wish getting fulfilled somehow. As sanskaar was in London with his father ram, because of which swara and sanskaar's wedding could not happen so both friends durga parsad and shekhar decided to get laksh and ragini married so that durga parsad's father could witness that
Beginning
Sharmishta put the red chunri on a 4 year old ragini's head and kissed her forehead.
Sharmishta: I am sorry ragu.
Little ragini was indulged in playing with her doll when a 6 year old swara entered stomping and crying in the room hugging her maa
Sharmishta: shona?kia howa beta?
Swara: maa! (she sobbed out loud and then she looked at ragini who was looking at swara and hugged her with her little hands) yeh meri doll hai aur mai apni doll ko uss laksh ko nahi doon gi. Wo bilkul acha nahi hai. bade maa keh rai thi ap meri doll usko dai rahay hain. Nahi nahi nahi (she cried more)
Sharmishta was in aww by her both daughters, she hugged them both by both her arms around them protecting them
Sharmishta: shona meri jaan ragu hamesha teri hi doll rahay gi, hum isko laksh ko dai thori rahay hain? Bas aj sai laksh bhi iss doll ka khayal rakkhay ga.
She placed little ragini's hand in little swara's hand: shona apni ragu ki hamesha hifazat karay gi na beta?
Swara saw ragini and kissed her cheek: yeh kinni cute hai. mai isko kabhi kuch nahi honay doon gi maa paka promise
MANDAP
Both families were assembled for laksh and ragini's child marriage. A little 7 year old and naughty laksh looked at ragini's face and pulled her hairs which made her cry when swara slapped his arm
Swara: tumhay meri doll ka khyal rakhna hai usko dard nahi daina,
laksh threw an angry glare to swara. The marriage happened with all rituals and laksh and ragini got married and got tied up into a pure and powerful relation. After few days durga parsad's father died and then everyone decided that both the daughters will come to Maheshwari house after sanskaar and swara getting married. Then again laksh and ragini will get married with all rituals. Maheshwari's departed with a promise to return to take their both daughter in laws.
6 YEARS LATER
Ragini came to her maa while she had tears in her eyes
Ragini: maa (she called her, sharmishta saw her eyes filled and came running to her)
Sharmishta: ragu beta kia howa? Ro ku rai ho?
Ragini sat and put her head in sharmishta's lap
Ragini: maa humnay suna dadi maa dada ji sai keh rai thi kai humari shadi kaka sa kai betay laksh sai hochuki hai? kia yeh sach hai maa?
Sharmishta cupped ragini's face: hmm beta par abhi iss baray mai sochnay ki koi zarorat nahi hai. jab meri ladoo rani bari hojaye gi na tab laksh kai sath bhejein gai abhi keliye toh meri guriya meray paas hai
Ragini wiped her tears: maa kiya swara aur sanskaar ji ki bhi hogi?
Sharmishta smiled and nodded: mai apni dono betiyo ko aek hi ghar mai bhejon gi takay meri ragu jab yun roye toh meri shona usko sambhal sakay. Akhir bari behen bhi toh maa jaisi hoti hai na
Ragini smiled: maa laksh paka humay lainay aein gai?
Sharmishta smiled to such innocent questions which were filled with fears, she grabbed ragini's hand and took her in front of the little God'd idol and lit up a "diya"
Sharmishta: shradha mai bohat takat hoti hai, yeh dia meri ragini aur uskay laksh kai naam ka, jab tak yeh diya chamakta rahay ga tab tak meri ragini ka bharosa bhi chamkay ga. Beta takdeer aur dil kai rishtay bohat mazboot hotay hain. Iss baat pai bharosa rakhna
Ragini's eyes lit up with the spark of the diya and she took it in her hand Ragini: laksh... (she smiled looking at the diya) hum isko kabhi bojhnay nahi daein gai kabhi nahi
"ooo piya yeh diya na bhuja hai
Na bhujay ga meri chahat ka diya
Meray piya"
It wasn't just a diya for ragini, it was her faith shinning through that little lamp
Swara who was listening to all the conversation ran to her father hugging him
Shekhar: swara? Beta kia howa?
Swara: baba mai koi sanskaar sai shadi nahi karon gi aur na hi ragini ko uss laksh sai karnay doon gi
Shekhar sat on his knees in front of swara
Shekhar: swara toh apnay baba ka maan hai! haina?
Swara nodded
Shekhar: toh phir baba apni guria rani keliye galat faisla lai saktay hain?
She shook her head
Swara: par baba mai aur ragini apko chor kai ku jaein?
Shekhar: swara beta mainay apnay dost sai aek vada kia hai aur kisi sai kia howa vada kabhi nahi tortay. Uss vaday mai meri shona aur sanskaar aek sath hain yeh baat kabhi mat bholna theek hai beta
Swara: aur agar apkay dost apna vada bhool gaye toh?
Shekhar stood up and saw sharmishta and his maa standing with tensed faces
2 years later
Sharmishta: kabhi kabhi darr lagta hai shekhar kahi iss vaday kai chakar mai hum dono apni bachiyon ki zindagi kharab toh nahi kar rahay? Swara aur sanskaar kit oh shadi tab hogi jab wo baray hongay aur agar vada na bhi pura howa toh koi baat nahi par kahin ragini aur laksh ki shadi kar kai humnay kuch galat toh ni kardia?
Shekhar: mishti mujhay apnay dost pai pora bharosa hai wo apnay vaday sai kabhi peechay nahi hatay ga kabhi nahi.
Sharmishta: umeed karti hoon warna jo bharosa mai apni masoom bachiyon kai maan mai jaga chuki hoon na iss vaday ko layky unkai anay walay rishtay ko laikay agar wo bharosa toot gaya na shekhar toh meri bachiyan toot jaein gi.
Ragini put the oil in the diya and smiled thinking about her and laksh's relationship she put the petals around the diya decorating it
Ragini: iss khoobsurat diye ki tran humara rishta bhi bohat khoobsurat hoga laksh.
Swara put her books on the study table
Swara to herself: yeh dida aur dadi bhi na har wakt sanskaar sanskaar karti rehti hain. Aur maa baba unko toh durga parsad uncle pai pora bharosa hai bechari meri behen khamkha umeed laga kai bethi v hai. aj kai zamanay mai kaun karta hai vaday poray? Jab wakt aye ga tab dekha jaye ga. Koi kismat vismat kaam ni anay wali
She opened the book and wrote her name and then realized what she wrote "swara sanskaar maheshwari"
Swara: mai bhi pagal hogai hoon
She teared the page and was about to throw it in the bin when she stopped, she sighed and opened the drawer and put the paper in it and then smiled.
10 Years later
LONDON
Maheshwari villa
Sanskaar: apko nahi lagta badi maa kai yeh decision kuch jaldi mai liya gaya tha I mean with time people change and kia pata ab wo log bhool chukay hoon iss baat ko?
Annapurna smiled: tum logo ki kismat mai tha yeh hona aur insan apni kismat sai agay nahi nikal sakta. Mujhay umeed hai kai swara tumhari zindagi mai khushi laikay aye gi
Sanskaar stood up: I don't know badi maa
(he went near the window as the cool breeze touched his face)
bachpan sai janta hoon that I have to marry a girl named swara but kabhi kabhi yeh sab bohat ajeeb lagta hai I mean what if she doesn't wanna marry me? Agar usko koi aur pasand ho? I mean mai apko aur bade papa ko galat nahi thera raha par it's all tough
Annapurna put her hand on his shoulder: tum meray samjhdaar bachay ho sanskaar mai janti hoon kai tum kabhi mujhay ya apnay bade papa ko galat nahi samjho gai. Uss wakt tumharay dada ji ki khwaish ki ahmiat sabsay ziada thi beta aj bhi hai. yeh sab dorein upar walay pai chordo aur dekho wo tumhay kahan laikay jata hai.
Sanskaar smiled and nodded: kabhi kabhi excitement bhi hoti hai aur sochta hoon swara kaisi hogi
Annapurna: jaisi Marwari larkiyan hoti hain waisi. Haan sharmishta Bengali hai par mujhay lagta hai kaki sa nai apni potiyon ko apni seekh mai dhala hoga.
Sanskaar suddenly panicked: badi maa don't you think ab lucky ko bhi yeh bata daina chai that he is already married I mean I know mera bhai thora different hai I mean different wala different I mean achanak sai yeh news . agar wo naa mana toh
Durga parsad: TOH HUM USAY APNAY SARAY RISHTAY TOR DAEIN GAI
Sanskaar looked at durga parsad: bade papa wo I mean to say
Durga parsad showed him his hand to stop: laksh sai tum baat karo iss baray mai
Wo vada meray liye meri jaan sai bhi zada zarori hai agar tum mai aur laksh nai uss vaday ka maan na rakha toh hum bhool jaein gai kai tum dono mai maheshwari parivaar ka khoon hai. iss ghar mai SWARAGINI hi bahuein bankai aein gi
With that he went towards the study and sanskaar took a deep breath
Sanskaar: badi maa I don't think lucky aek traditional Marwari larki keliye manay ga .
Annapurna: usay mana hoga sanskaar warna apnay bade papa ko toh tum jantay ho. Aur Marwari larkian itni buri nahi hoti. Bachpan mai swaragini dono bilkul guriya lagti thi aur mujhy yakeen hai kai ab bhi dono waisi hi hogi choti si Marwari dulahnein
BAADI
A group of girls: aray ragini kahan hai?
Another girl: aur kahan hogi? Hogi na apnay diye kai sath! Apnay laksh ji kai sath
And they laughed hard
mausam nai li angaraai aayi aayi Lehraka barkha phir chayyi , chayyi chaayi'
Some girls danced in white and red saree's on the auspicious pooja held at baadi
Jhonka hawa ka aye ga, aur yeh diya bujh jaye ga'
Ragini turned around while covering her face with both her hands, as she moves her both hands away from her face everyone sees her as she looks beautiful in the traditional Bengali red and white saree with her hand and feets adorned with red henna
Silsila yeh chaahat ka na maine bujhne diya, hooo, hmmm'
Ragini spins around and goes in the centre leading the group and dancing with them.
Silsila yeh chaahat ka na maine bujhne diya, ho, hmm'
She stretches her hand forward and twist them together, she goes and sits in front of the GOD'S idol and looks at her diya which has been lit up for 12 long years and smiles to it. While the girls takes her back
O piyaaa, yeh diyaaa... na bhuja hai na bhujay ga Meri chahat ka diyaa
Ragini's full focus was on the diya and in her heart and mind was only one thought and that was of laksh as she thought that he would return soon
O meray piyaa...
ab aja re meray piyaaa aaa
Iss diyee sang jal raha mera rom rom rom
Aur jiyaa.. ab aja re meray piya
She remembers the time when her maa told her to lit a diya in the name of hers and laksh's relationship and how she use to see her wedding pictures in which laksh and her are getting married and how after few days they all went back to London. Ragini beautifully danced and all of them made a circle and walking behind each other..
Faasla tha duri thiii...
Fasla tha duri thi Tha judai ka alam,
intezar mai nazrein thein aur
Ragini looked at the fading moon in the beautiful sky and her eyes sparkle
Aur tum wahan thay
She signaled at the left side
Tum wahan thay
She signaled at the right side
Jhil milatay, jagmagtay khushiyon mai jhoom kar
She fell on floor laying down as her back face the sky and she looked at the diya placed on beside the idol
Aur yahan jalll, rahay thay hum
She turned around and faced the sky
Aur yahan jal rahay thay hum
As the weather changed and it began to get windy ragini get hold of the diya in her hand and danced
Phirse badal garja hai
Garaj garaj kai barsa hai,
jhoom kai tufan aya hai par tujhko bujha nahi paya hai
This diya was her faith, ragini brought it closer to her face and telling it As she remembered how laksh once pulled her hairs
Oh piyaaa.. yeh diyaaa
Chahay jitna sataye tujhay yeh savan yeh hawa aur yeh bijlian
She put the diya back and came t the centre as it didn't get affected by the wind not by her dancing or by anything
The girls around her looked at her helplessly and sang:
dekho yeh pagli deewani dunia sai hai yeh anjani
Jhonka hawa ka aye ga aur iska piya sang laaye ga
Sanskaar: I bet badi maa kai ap sab theek hongay ragini bohat achi hogi (then he whispered to himself) par kia lucky uskai liye theek hoga
Here ragini went and took the pinch filling her maang with the sindoor yes she was ragini laksh maheshwari
Oo piya ab aja re meray piyaaa
On a hill top there were two gangs who were hooting
Gang 1: come on lucky just f*** him over
Laksh who was holding a guy with his neck
Laksh: dare you touch my girlfriend again and you are gone. She is mine do you get it malika is mine .
He shouted as he kicked the guy hard in the stomach and pushed him backwards
Here ragini took the kumkum thaal in her hand and spin in the centre totally lost in laksh's thoughts as she had a belief that one day he will come and will take her with him as told by her maa. The kumkum fell on all and ragini was still spinning
Aeiii piyaaa Ab aja re meray piyaaa
Laksh took malika in his arms as everyone hooted for him and kissed her on her lips.
This was laksh maheshwari/lucky for his world
Ragini who was spinning went ahead and fell on the door step as swara entered through the main door in a white and red saree too.
Precap:
Swara's entry
Laksh comes to know truth about his child marriage
Maheshwari's returning to Kolkata.
Udne Ki Aasha
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