SCENE 2
Scene: Naina's house. Everyone is on the balcony watching the fireworks. The phone rings.
Naina looks back and thinks: Sameer hi hoga. Woh puchega kiya huwa, "Mummy neh kiya kahan", toh meh usse kiya kahungi? Nahin, nahin mein phone uttaongi nahin.
The phone rings twice again. Preeti looks at the phone and then at Naina who is pretending not to have heard it.
Preeti: Naina phone
Naina: Tu utta nah, mein busy hoon.
Preeti: Busy hai? Yeh tujhe kiya hogayi?
The phone rings twice again.
Naina: Preeti please phone utta nah.
Preeti irritated: Teek hai.
Preeti snatches the phone: Hello Jijaji?
Sameer: Preeti tujhe kaise gabar keh meh hoon?
Preeti: Aap donu ka code kisko ni gabar?
Sameer: Teri behen kahan hain?
Preeti: Busy hain.
Sameer: Busy hain matlab?
Preeti: Matlab us neh kahan keh woh busy hain.
Sameer: Kiya ? Kyon ?
Preeti: Gabar ni Jijaji, usne aisa hi kahan.
Sameer: Preeti, Naina teek toh hain nah?
Preeti: Hah woh toh teek hain.
Sameer: Mummy neh use kiya kahan?
Preeti: Huh, mujhe kaisa pata hoga? Usne bataya hi nahin. Kuch nahin keh rahin hain.
Sameer: Preeti, mujhe bohut tension horaha hai. Mummy bhi chup hain, kuch batane keliye tayaar nahin hain.
Preeti: Jijaji fikr mat kar mein pata karungi.
Sameer: Preeti, Naina koh keh mujhe phone karein, please.
Preeti: Haan Jijaji, karungi. Rakti hoon.
Sameer: Teek hain, bye.
Preeti tries to talk to Naina but she avoids her all night until eventually everyone goes to bed. Naina is pacing up and down in the living room. Eventually she goes to Chachaji's room.
Naina: Chachaji, Chachiji mein ander ah sakti hoon?
Chachiji: Bagwaan jhoot na bulaya, itni raat gay, Naina kiya hain, tabiyat teek hain teri?
Naina: Chachiji. Mujhe aap aur Chachaji seh baat karni hain.
Chachiji: Abhi? Is waqt?
Naina: Zaroori hain, Chachiji.
Chachaji comes from the bathroom.
Chachaji: Are Naina. Kiya hain beta?
Naina: Baat karni hain, Chachaji.
Chachaji: Acha. Bolye, beta.
Naina: Chachaji, Chachiji...
Chachiji: Haan Naina, bolye.
Naina: Mujhe maaf kijiye, mein...
Chachiji: Maafi Naina?
Chachaji: Kis baat ki maafi, beta?
Naina: Aaj mein neh, nah, aap seh jhoot bola.
Chachiji: Jhoot Naina! Tuh kab seh hum seh jhoot bolne laghi?
Chachaji: Bela, Naina koh bolne deh. Bol Beta.
Naina: Chachaji aaj mein Kamya keh ghar nahin gay.
Chachiji: Kamya...
Chachaji: Belaa. Bol Naina, kahan gay?
Naina: Sssameer ke ghar.
Chachiji: Sameer ka ghar, magar kyon?
Chachaji: Belaa...
Naina: Sameer ki Mummy neh bulaya.
Chachiji stares at her in amazement mouth "Sameer meh mummy neh bulaya?". Chachaji looks on encouragingly.
Chachaji: Acha, toh kiya kahan Sameer keh mummy neh?
Naina: Sameer neh unko hamare baare meh bataya, is liye unko mujse milna ta.
Chachaji: Acha, toh.
Chachiji is still standing with her mouth open.
Naina: Woh kal Delhi wapus jayegi, is liye aaj ka din hi tha milne keh liye.
Chachaji: Hmm
Naina: Unok neh bohut sawaal pucha.
Chachaji trying to lighten the mood: Exam ki tara, tu toh pass hogayi nah.
Naina: Nahin Chachaji, exam seh bhi hazaar guna ziyaada.
Chachaji laughs: Phir?
Naina: Unok neh ghar walon keh bare meh pucha. Mere baare meh itna sawaalon pucha, Papa keh bare meh bhi pucha.
Naina tells them what happened.
Naina: Phir unok neh mere ma keh baare meh pucha aur mere pass jawaab nahin tha.
Flashback:
Vishakha: Tu neh kahan teri mummy Teri payidais meh khuzar gayi?
Naina: Jhi.
Vishakha: Woh kis gandaan ki thi?
Naina: Gaandaan? Mujhe nahin pata.
Vishakha: Kyon, unke rishtedaro seh rishte nahin rakte?
Naina: Nahin, Mausi heh unse mulakhaat hoti heh kabhi kabhi.
Vishakha: Hmm
Present
Chachaji: Naina, phir?
Naina: Baat khatam.
Chachiji and Chachaji: Baat khatam matlab?
Naina staring straight ahead straightfaced says slowly, one word at a time: Unok neh kahan woh Delhi lautne par, Chachaji koh phone karegi.
Naina breaks out into a huge nervous smile.
Chachaji: Mujhe phone karegi?
Chachiji: Kyon? Mujhe kuch samaj nahin aati heh.
Chachaji: Tujhe samjhata hoon, Bela.
Chachaji hugs Naina and says, Beta, toh fikr mat kar, bohut raat hogayi ab soja.
The phone rings twice again.
Chachaji: Tereliye hoga.
Naina: Nahin Chachaji, aap uttaye. Mummyji neh kahan Sameer koh kuch nahin kehna, who usko batayegi.
Chachaji: Teek hain meh dekhta hoon.
The phone rings again.
Chachaji: Hell-lo
Sameer: Silence
Chachaji: Hello, Bhai, Hell-lo
Still silence.
Chachaji: Hello Sameer
Sameer almost drops the phone.
Chachji: Hello Sameer. Teek hain agar baat nahin karna hain toh meh rakdoon?
Sameer: Nahin, Chachaji please.
Chachaji: Haan Sameer bolye.
Sameer: Chachaji, Naina hain kiya?
Chachaji: Naina? Nahin. Woh tere ghar par hain nah?
Sameer is ready to faint: Mere ghar Chachaji?
Chachaji: Haan tere mummy seh Milne ghay nah?
Sameer: Haan, Chachiji. Lekin woh kabse yaahan seh ghar chali.
Chachaji: Kiya? Who yaahan nahin hain. Kahan gay woh?
Sameer looks very worried: Chachaji aap fikr mat keliye, mein use doondne jaunga. Meh Naina koh ghar leaunga!!!
Chachaji: Sameer, Sameer, meh mazaak kar raha hoon. Naina ghar par hain.
Sameer: Such Chachaji woh ghar par hain? Mera toh jaan chaligay! Mein Naina seh baat kar sakta hoon, Chachaji?
Chachaji: Nahin Sameer beta, Naina abhi soh rahi hain, bohut tak gayi hain nah. Kal phone karna. Happy Diwali.
Sameer: Happy Diwali.
Sameer: Naina mujse baat kyon nahin karti?
Naina: Sorry Sameer meh tujse abhi kuch nahin bata sakti hoon. Mummyji seh vada joh kiya hain.
Naina lying in bed looking cocernedvand worried. "Chachaji seh kiya kahenge woh?"
Flashback to the scene where Vishakha asks about her mother's Gaandaan.
Vishakha: Toh tu neh tere ma kah pyaar kabhi milla hi nahin?
Naina: Chachiji neh hamme phala phosa, bohut pyaar karte hain mujse, ma khi kammi kabhi mehsus hone nahin diyan.
Vishakha: Acha Naina. Ek aur baat, tu Sameer koh hamare baat kah kuch nahin batayegi. Hmm. Meh usko batane chahti hoon sayi time par.
Naina: Jhi
Vishakha looks at her, gets up: Chachaji seh kehna keh meh Delhi ponch neh keh baad unko phone karungi.
Naina: Chachaji koh?
Vishakha: Haan, baat koh aage barane keh liye.
Vishakha hugs Naina: Yeh ma beti khi beech khi bat hai, bulna mat!
Naina experiences a feeling she doesn't understand. When Vishakha let's go Naina looks at her wonderingly. She touches Vishakha's feet and virtually runs out.
Precap: Naina jumps up in bed. Slaps her forehead and says, "Bhudo, tu pass hogayi!"
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