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A/n-Hello people! I'm back with a new os on
ManTu. Enjoy!!
"...Mere papa ka parivar
bhara pura hai. Tumhari tarah nai ke ghar me ek bhi bachha na ho!"
"Haan toh tera baap ruke
toh mein shuru hou na..."
These thoughts are making her feel dizzy.
Since morning when these lines were spoken
by her husband Bittu, Manju is so much disturbed by these lines that she wishes
she never existed. Thinking about these lines, his taunting, his behavior and
all that, she feels like someone is stabbing her continuously in her heart with
a knife. She feels an unknown pain and unfortunately she couldn't share with
anyone. Everyone around her are not as normal
as her and Bittu Sharma, which is one of the biggest problem of her life.
Her dadi is not a normal
grandmother-in-law; she is a drunkard and is usually in hangover. Her bua is an
aged, unmarried flirtiest woman in the world. Her brother is the number one Nikamma and never understands what taking-responsibility-of-family'
is! And her father, he is usually caught red-handed when he wants to run-away
after stealing things from her house. In short she doesn't have a normal
family. And so she never opens up in front of her any family member as she knows
they will never understand her.
Her husband, on the contrary, is the only
person-except her- who is sensible, mature and normal in her family. But
due to certain reasons, about which she never wants to think, her husband is
now miles away from her.
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There was one time when both were so much
in love with each other, even water used to catch fire due to jealousy seeing
their passionate and deep love. But time never remains the same. It has to
change and it changed, which brought disaster in two lives.
It was before two months. Everyone was busy
shooting for a show named Comedy nights with Kapil' which was based on their
personal life. A celebrity was invited and as usual Bittu was having a fun with
them when Manju had to enter as per the script. So she entered and Bittu
twitched his mouth in disgust showing he didn't like her coming. It was
script's demand to show a couple, who are deeply in love in REAL life as a
couple who keeps on fighting inspite of loving each other in REEL life.
So according to the script they argued
about their family members in presence of celebrity and audience. All were
enjoying every punch, laughing their heart out but these two, Manju and Bittu,
who went on with fighting without even noticing that they were now getting
personal on stage. Everyone present there thought it's scripted but they both
knew that they were actually fighting
in front of them. Writer knew but he kept mum seeing the reaction. But there
was one more person who knew about the situation and that was the creative
director of the show Preeti Simoes. She wanted it to stop for she knew; it was
going to affect her friend's life badly. She even started to move towards the
fighting couple but writer stopped her. He stopped her by saying that if she
will stop them now then all those faces who are smiling will be worried for their
star couple. She gave it a thought and took back her step. She wondered when
was it going to end when Manju finally gave up in and walked down the stage
after giving him the most dangerous look. Preeti followed her and tried to talk
to her but she locked herself in her and Bittu's combined vanity van before
shouting "Preeti jao tum apne dost ke pas, muje bhagvan ke liye sab akela chod
do!" she thought that Manju is upset and will not even listen her so she went
back towards the set. When she was back to the backstage, she heard Bittu
saying his lines again. She saw him laughing in one of the cameras and sighed
in relief thinking "Chalo ek ka toh gussa shant ho gaya hai!" and after
sometime she forgot what happened because of the jokes that were fired by her
friend Bittu. And before the shoot could end, she got a call from home and she
stormed out without talking to Bittu about the matter.
After the shoot was over, Bittu returned to
his original mood which he covered till now due to audiences and celebrity's
presence. He went to the backstage and his eyes loitered there to find a
certain person but when he didn't find her there he started towards his vanity
van. He knocked little loudly due to anger rising in him and frowned thinking
about the fight they had. When no one answered the door he banged the door
loudly. He waited for a second or two and then gritted his teeth. He went on
banging the door for next second when door opened and he saw Manju standing at
the door shooting him looks. He instantly stepped inside the van when made
Manju jump and then he closed the door loudly. She frowned at his attitude and
went towards the bed without speaking a word. Bittu saw her and followed her
with large steps. Before she could sit down on the bed, he turned her by
catching her elbow. After holding her from shoulders tightly he asked in anger
"ye stage par kya nakhre dikha rahi thi tum?"
His reaction made her body go red due to
pain and anger. She shouted in response "Muje chodiye!!"
He saw a certain warning in her looks and
moisture in her eyes and so he left her shoulders with a jerk and again asked
her in disgust "Itna personal hone ki kya zarurat thi?"
"Personal mein nai aap hue the! Meri maa ke
bare me kisne kaha ki wo mere papa ke samne hi neighbor ke chunilal halwai se
paise lekar kiss deti thi? Aur ye bhi ke papa kutte ka dudh bhi chura kar pee
jate hai! Kya apko shobha deta hai ki aap apni swargwasi saas ke bare me aur
apne papa ki umar ke sasur ke bare me aisa bole?"
"Kabhi kabar rehearsals pe dhyan diya kar!"
he scolded her "Agar dhyan diya hota toh shayad pata chal jata ke kal wo line
add ki gai thi script me! Patanai mene kyu itni chut chat di hai tumhe!!" He
hit his head and turned to other side. At this Manju also went silent. But
suddenly Bittu again turned and asked "Tumhe agar bura laga that toh yaha akar
bol sakti thi. Waha meri dadi aur bua ke bare me puri duniya ke samne ulti
sidhi comment karni ki kya zarurat thi!!"
"Oh acha!" she folded her hands "matlab ke
Bittu kare toh thik and Manju kare toh sin!?"
"mene sirf apni lines boli thi pagal aurat!!" he lifted his hand to hit
her on shoulders but controlled his anger and pulled back his hand.
"Maro na! Ruk kyu gaye?"she asked while
lifting his heavy hand.
"Kya fayda? Mere hi hath gande honge!!!"
Bittu jerked his hand out of her grip. Due to this her hand also got a jerk
which resulted in a sharp pain in her ankle. She ouch'ed and Bittu saw her
crying in pain while holding her ankle with other hand. He instantly came
forward and took her affected hand in his hand and started to rub it while
asking and apologizing "Im sorry! Dikhao kya hua?" She saw him worried but then
that scene came back of him insulting her in front of audience. She felt anger
taking place of emotion and she pulled back her hand saying "I don't want your
apologies! Dur hato mujse!!" she turned and went to sit on the bed, tring to
move her ankle in clockwise and then anti-clockwise direction. Bittu felt
betrayed but seeing her in pain he once again went to her. He sat near her and
said more politely "Ab sorry na! I Am really sorry!! Ab please dikhao kya hua?"
"Aap Kya doctor ho?" she shouted.
"Manju mein tumse pyarse baat kar raha hut
oh tum auur bigad rahi ho! Ye kya baat hui?" he tried to maintain his voice to
normal yet polite level.
"Dekhiye aapke liye aur hamare liye yahi
behtar hoga ki aap abhi mujse baat na kare. I don't want to talk to you" she
walked out of the van leaving more angry Bittu behind.
Three days passed and they were already
missing each other. They didn't talk with each other after that conversation in
van and just gave cold, angry, deadly looks whenever they were in front of each
other. They acted normal when in front of their families and friends as they
knew, seeing them sad their closed ones will be sad. Even Preeti also never got
any hint of them being angry with each other. They proved to themselves and to
each other that they were very good actors.
As that week passed, Manju's desire to talk
to him increased and so she decided after nine long days that she will confront
him and say sorry for she felt she was too much rude to him. And when she tried
to talk to him in their vanity van, he ignored her and walked out without
saying anything. That made his wife sad as well as angry. On the other hand
Bittu was excited as he thought she will again come forward to convince him but
he was wrong. She never came again and
they never talked till now.
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Its two months plus and they badly want to
talk to each other but their egos are not allowing them. They just wanted one
fine reason to talk with each other. And finally after whole two months and
five days' wait god has given them that reason.
Bittu is in living room watching their
recent episode. After sometime he feels thirsty but he doesn't want to miss
anything so he waits for the break. When its break, he walks towards the
kitchen to drink water but stops when he hears his wife's voice from the
kitchen. He freezes on the spot when he realizes that her voice is lightly
heavy and she is sobbing in between. What the hell! Why is she crying? He
wonders worriedly and goes closer to the door for hearing her voice more
clearly. And then he hears...
"...
sudhar nahi sakte. Hamesha apko apni fikar rehti hai. Kabhi ye socha hai ki
apki beti kaisi hai? Kabhi pucha hai apne mujse ki koi problem to nai haina?"
"Beti
tum toh itni bhagyashali ho ki itna acha ghar mila hai. tumhe kya takleef ho
sakti hai. takleef hum jaiso ko hoti hai isliye toh those those cheesze le leta
hu tumhare gharse. Apsab log itna kamate hai toh usme se mein thodasa fayda le
lu toh damadji ko koi zyada fark nai padega beti"
"apke
damadji ko to fark nai padega par muje fark padta hai jab apko koi chor kehta
hai tab. Papa ap apni harqatein kab band karenge?! Thak gai hu mein apsab se.
koi muje chen ki saans kyu nai lene deta"
She goes silent for a while and he hears
her cry and sob and her father consoling her...
"Beti
tum mat ro'o! Acha thik hai, main abse sirf kambal ke alawa aur kuch nai
churaunga, khush?"
"PAPA
THIS IS NOT FUNNY!!!"
He hears her shout like never before!
Crease forms on his forehead due to worry and he decided to step inside the
kitchen but stops when he hears her continue with more sobs...
"Papa
log sahi kehte hai. maa ke bina ek ladki ki zindagi adhuri hoti hai. Kash aaj maa hoti toh use bata pati mein ki mein kitni
akeli ho gai hu. Aap jante nai papa ki aa-"
"Beti
damadji ke hote hue tu kaise akeli hai? wo haina hamesha tere sath"
And then he doesn't hear anything. He feels
the silence and the pain hidden in it. He feels the helplessness of his wife.
He wishes to kill himself for giving her the pain he never wished to give her.
Her curses himself from inside for giving his ego more importance than his
beloved wife. And he decides to end this all drama as he knows no one is happy
or will be happy if they got hint about it. He opens the door and sees Manju
crying with her face covered with her hands and head low while her father
side-hugging her. He feels his stomach twisting when his eyes meet with red
eyes of his love, his life. He orders with a strict tone "Papa, bahar jaiye!"
hearing this, her father looks at Manju for the last time before leaving the
kitchen.
Seeing her father go, Manju stands up
without any eye-contact with Bittu Sharma and starts washing utensils in the basin.
Bittu goes and stands near her without moving his eyes from her for a second. He
watches her red cheeks, red eyes and shaking figure. He breathes in the hot
air. He notices her trying to stop the tears which want to flow out but she doesn't
allow by blinking every now and then. He feels the torture of her efforts to
not to cry and ignore him. He wonders
what to say and how to say as his mind is jammed with the picture he is seeing
now. But still he breathes heavily and tries to find correct words and when he
is sure he can speak he sighs and forwards his hand to catch her hand which is
in foam. She twists her hand but her efforts were not strong and his hold was
not weak. When he feels her efforts to get out of his hold stopping, he turns
her around and hugs her simply. She doesn't respond but a tiny smile creeps on
her lips and her eyes stops their continuous blinking, finally letting tears to
flow its way down her cheeks. He keeps his one hand on her head to make her
feel that she is secure. He kisses her on head while she is still in his arms, to
make her feel he will always love her. And he holds her strongly in his arms so
that she can know that they are not two but one, so they can never say they are
feeling lonely.
He doesn't want to part away from hug but
unfortunately his desire to watch her face makes him do this. He separates her
from hug and then holds her from shoulder to watch her face. She keeps her head
low but when she feels his eyes on her, she unwillingly looks up. They stare
deep down in each other's eyes and then both watch their lips curving upwards
to form a smile. Manju watch his smile and radiant eyes and couldn't help to
laugh and hug him once more. Seeing her reaction he also smiles widely and hugs
back more tightly. She rests her head on his chest and his head rests upon her
head. They both stand there hugging each other for awhile when they hear dadi
calling him loudly as usual on her entry in the house. They part away
unwillingly and he starts to walk outside after giving her his beautiful smile
when she stops him by holding his arm. He watches her confusingly and before
his mind could form any question to ask her, she comes closer, lifts herself on
her toes gives him a quick kiss on his lips. When he realizes that his wife has
kissed him for the first time since their marriage, he grins surprisingly at
her. She hits him on arm and pushes him outside. He reaches the door and then
says
"Why the hell you always see front of my
back babes?"
In return he gets her
so-melodious-laughter!
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