Nani khi Saree
SCENE 1: Split screen: Sameer and Naina are on the phone to each other.
Sameer: Yakeen nahin aa rahan hain keh kal hummari roka hain.
Naina: Haan. Kal sab kuch ache seh hojaye, bas.
Sameer: Hmm. Naina sun. Mujhe tujhe kal laal saree meh dekhna hain.
Naina: Laal saree?
Sameer: Haan Naina, mera sapna hain keh tu roka par laal saree mein hogi. 😆
Naina: Kal kha libaas Taiji dahengi. Mujhe woh pahena padega.
Sameer: Naina mujhe woh sab maloom nahin. Tu laal saree pahenegi, bas!😉
Naina: Sameer, samjha karon.
Sameer: Nahin, Naina, tu samjha kar. Mere liye laal saree, please
Naina: Sameeer!
Sameer: Bye Naina.
Naina sits down thinking: Taiji khonsi libaas dahengi? Ab laal saree nahi hogi toh mein kiya karoongi?😭😛
SCENE 2: Preeti and Naina in their room.
Naina: Yaar, mein kiya karoon?
Preeti: Fikr mat kar, phelle dekhte Taiji kiya dehti hain.
Naina: Taiji mere liye kuch ghaas nahin dehne wali hain.
Preeti: Behen, ab sohja. Kal, kal dekhenge.
Naina: Preeti, agar Taiji laal saree nahin dehti toh mein kiya karungi?
Preeti: Yaar, tu fikr khi mausi kab banhi? Agar laal saree nahin hain, toh kuch karenge hum. Ab sojha, please aur mujhe bhi sone doh! 🥱
Naina still worried: Teek hain.
Naina goes to the cupboard to take out a sheet. From the top shelf a saree falls on her: Oow!
She pushes the saree back in its place.
SCENE 3: Sameer's bedroom.
Sameer suddenly sitting up in bed: Nanu aap?
Nanu: Shukr hain badgudaar neh humme pehchaan liya.
Sameer: Are Nanu, mein aap koh kaisa nahin pehchaanta?
Nanu: Oooh? Mere yaad koh tujhe ab aata kahan.
Sameer: Aisa nahin hain Nanu. Aap mujhe har pal yaad aate hain.
Nanu: Acha! Toh Naina seh laal saree koh pehene keh liye kyon kahan?
Sameer: Mujhe usse laal saree meh dekhni hain.
Nanu: Haan, aur tofa bhool gaya.
Sameer: Tofa, Nanu, khonsa tofa?
Nanu: Wah, badgudaar, wah! Yeh bhi yaad nahin hain.
Nanu starts to walk away.
Sameer: Nanu, wait, kahan jha rahain hain?
Nanu: Agar tujhe meri yaad nahin hain, nani khi saree yaad nahin hain, toh mein yahan rukh kar kiya karoon?
Sameer: Nani khi saree! Nanu! Yaad hain mujhe! Aap neh naani khi saree Naina koh tofe meh diya farewell party meh pehen neh ke liye.
Nanu: Hmmm. Right ab yaad aya, badgudaar. Naina koh us saree meh dekha?
Sameer thinks: Nanu, uss din aap...
Nanu: Haan mein maanda huwa, hmmm.
Sameer: Hmm.
Nanu: Tu farewell party nahin gaya, hmmm.
Sameer: Hmmm.
Flashback to the day of the farewell when Sameer returned to the house to fetch something and found Nanu unconscious. The rush to the hospital etc.
Present
Nanu: Toh tu neh Naina koh teri Nani khi saree meh nahin dekha, right?
Sameer: Right.
Nanu: Aur mein neh bhi nahin dekha. Aur mujhe dekhna hain.
Sameer: Kiya?
Nanu: Mujhe Naina koh teri Nani khi saree meh dekhni hain.
Sameer: Nanu, yeh kaisa hoga. Mein neh Naina koh laal saree koh kahan.
Nanu: Is liye kehta hoon tu mujhe bhool gaya.
Sameer: Nahin Nanu
Nanu: Agar aisa nahin hain. Toh Naina kal roka par teri Nani khi saree peheneghi.
Sameer: Nanu! Nanu!Nanu!
Vishakha: Sameer, Sameer, beta, utiye.
Sameer wakes up, rubs his eyes and looks around.🥱
Vishakha: Kiya, Nanu tere sapne mein aye?
Sameer: Sapna tah? Real laga. Jaise Nanu yahan hain.
Sameer and Vishakha both look at Nanu's picture on the wall.
Vishakha and Sameer both say: Kash woh yahan hote!
Sameer: Mummy, aap bhi Nanu koh miss kartein?
Vishakha with tears in her eyes: 😭Roz, unne aur teri Nani koh miss karti hoon mein. (To cover up her tears) Ab chal, aaj roka hain, bohut kaam hain. Tu jaldi tayaar hoja.
SCENE 4: Naina's house.
Taiji: Oh, bhay, Bela, Naina, Preeti, kahan sab mar gayi, Abhi tak sohte hain kiya? Kitna sab kaam para hain, aur yeh memsahibaan soh rahain hain.😡
Chachiji: Bhagwaan jhoot nah bulayi, Bhabhiji, hum sab kab keh ute huwe.
Taiji: Haan, dikhta. Aur Maharani kahan hai?
Preeti: Taiji Naina bathroom meh hain.
Taiji: Haan, usse keh ache seh dulay karna. Waise hi surat shakal toh hain ni uski, toh kam seh kam saaf mooh leaye toh acha hoga. Naak katwayegi yeh chori.😡
Chachiji: Bhabhiji, mein kiya kehti, kuch kaam hain kiya?
Taiji: Kaam, haan. Leh yeh saree Naina koh pena dehna roka meh.😡
She hands over a parcel to Preeti.
Preeti: Mein ye Naina koh deh aati.
Preeti goes to their room.
Preeti: Naina jaldi kar, dekh Taiji neh tere liye saree bejha hain.
Naina from within the bathroom: Preeti khol keh dekh laal hain keh nahin.
Preeti opens the parcel slowly.
Preeti: Kuch laal hain is meh.
Naina still from within the bathroom: Sach Preeti, laal saree hain.
Preeti opening the whole packet.
Preeti: Is meh laal hain Naina, bohut sari laal hain.
Naina runs out of the bathroom, bumps into the cupboard. A saree falls out onto Naina's face. She pulls it off, stuffs it into the cupboard again.
Naina: Bata!
Both Naina and Preeti look at the red floral saree in bemusement. The saree is white with enormous red flowers.
Naina: Laal phool!!
Preeti: Itti bari phool!! Yaar, yeh kis zamaane khi saree hain yeh?
Naina: Preeti mein yeh nahin pahen sakti hoon.
Preeti: Phir?
Naina: Preeti, mein yeh nahin pehenoongi. Kitna bhaloo hain.
Taiji: Kiya? Tu woh saree nahin pehenegi? Iss saree meh kiya kamhi hain?
Preeti: Taiji, yeh kis zamane khi saree hain?
Taiji: Tu chup. Laal saree maangi nah? Toh yeh hain laal saree! Naina yeh saree pehenegi. Samjhi, maharani?😡
Naina nods her head yes.
Taiji: Ab nagrein mat dikha, chup chaap yeh saree pahen!😡
Taiji struts off. Naina and Preeti looks dejected.
SCENE 5: Sameer's house. Sameer is getting dressed. He's also trying to get the message to Naina whilst dressing.
Sameer: Ab Nanu kha farmaish Naina tak kaisa ponchao? Naina koh phir seh phone karta hoon.
Sameer phones. Taiji picks up the phone.
Sameer: Hello, mujhe Naina seh baat karni hain.
Taiji: Khon? Sameer?
Sameer: Jhi Taiji. Mujhe Naina seh baat karni hain.😡
Taiji: Nahin Sameer aaj nahin.
Taiji cuts the call.
Sameer: Call kaat dhi. Taiji bhi. Munna koh call kartan hoon.
Dials number.
Sameer: Kohi phone utta nahin hain! Pandit!
Dials number
Sameer: Yahan bhi phone nahin utta teh. Yeh kiya hain, yaar. Kamya! Nahin, woh aur sari ladkiyan Naina keh ghar hoge.
Poonam comes in.
Poonam: Sameer bhaya, aap khi mummy aap koh bhula rahin hain. Jaldi ayiye, zaroori kaam hain.
Sameer: Bhabhi, please Naina seh meri phone karwaiye please.
Poonam: Abhi?
Sameer: Please Bhabhi, bohut important hain, emergency hain.
Poonam frowns and dials the phone. Chachiji answer.
Poonam: Chachiji, meh Poonam, Sameer khi Bhabhi.
Chachiji: Acha, Poonam kohi kaam hain.
Poonam: Jhi Chachiji. Mujhe Naina seh baat karni hain.
Chachiji: Bhagwaan jhoot nah bulayiye! Naina aur sab ladkiyan parlour gayi hain. Phone par nahin aa sakti.
Poonam: Teek hain Chachiji. She hangs up.
Sameer: Bhabhi?
Poonam: Naina parlour gayi hain. Ab tu chal, humme bohut daateinge mummyji.
She takes him by the hand.
SCENE 6: Naina and the girls return from the parlour. Chachiji rushes them to get ready as there is now little time left before the Roka will start. In the bedroom, Naina is taking things to wear from the cupboard. As she pulls out something a saree falls out onto her head.
Naina: Oww!
Preeti: Kiya huwa?
Naina: Kuch nahin, yeh saree sar par parhi. Yeh saree suboh seh girta rehta hain.
Preeti: Chal yaar, ab tu tayaar hojayie.
Naina: Preeti mein yeh saree kaisi pehenoongi?
Preeti: Pehena padega, aur kohin chara nahin hain hummare pass. Lekin tu fkr mat kar, meh tujhe aisi sajhaungi keh yeh bhaalo saree bhi achi lagega.
Naina sulks. Preeti opens the saree to begin draping it.
Preeti gasps: Are, yeh saree toh phateli hain.😲
Naina: Kiya? Phateli?😲
Preeti: Haan dekh! (She holds up the saree, it has a gaping hole in it.) Taiji neh tujhe purani pateli saree diya.
Naina frowning: Kiya?
Preeti goes to the door and screams: Mummy! Mummy! Mummy!
Taiji comes: Yeh kiya shor macha rakhi hain tu? Kiya huwa?
Preeti: Taiji aap neh Naina koh phateli saree diya.
Chachiji enters.
Taiji: Phateli saree, kiya? She looks at the saree. Kiya kiya maharani? Saree achi ni laghi tor phaar nakhi?😡
Naina: Nahin, Taiji nahin phaarhi mein neh.
Chachiji: Bhabhiji, phateli saree diya?
Taiji: Nahin, is maharani neh saree phaar diya.😡
Preeti: Nahin Taiji, jab hum neh kola...
Taiji: Chup. Iss khi vakalat karti hain phir seh! Makes to hit Preeti and Naina😡
Chachiji: Ab kiya kareinge hum? Naina kohin aur saree pehenlein.
Taiji: Nahin! Usski zaroori nahin hain. Yehi saree pehen sakti is koh ache seh baandegi pata bhi nahin chalega keh saree phatti huwi hain.
Taiji starts draping the saree around Naina in the same way that she herself wears her sarees. Preeti bursts into laughter. 😃😃Chachiji's trying very hard to suppress her laughter. 😆😆Naina's eyes are full of tears.😭😭😭
Taiji: Kiya huwa, tu kyon hasti hain?
Preeti laughing: Taiji... Naina... ekh budhi ...jaisi ...lakti hain. ...Lakti hain keh... Naina kissi ...jungle khi gaon... seh ayi hain... woh bhi 15Th century khi. She's laughing openly.😃
Taiji: Iss mein kiya garabhi hain bata?
Chachiji: Bhabhiji, mein kiya keh rahin hain, bahar bohut sari kaam hain, hum chalein?
Taiji: Haan, chal, chal.
Chachiji: Preeti tu Naina koh tayaar kar, kissi aur saree penha de.
Preeti: Ji Mummy.
SCENE 7: Sameer's house. He's still getting ready and trying to figure out how to get the message through to Naina.
Sameer: Ab tak Naina koh Nanu kah farmaish nahin bata sakha. Yeh Munna-Pandit kahan mar gay?
Munna and Pandit enter.
Sameer: Chamanchooson, ab tak kahan teh? Itti dher seh kyon aye?
Munna: Hum toh suboh seh yahan hain.
Pandit: Haan, tere Mamaji koh haat deh rahein teh.
Munna: Mamaji keh saat purhi Ahmedabad ghum kar aye hum.
Pandit: Aur kuch kilaya bhi nahin. Bohut bhook laghi hain yaar.
Sameer: Woh sab chor. Bohut bara problem hain.
Munna: Problem, kaisa problem?
Sameer tells them the problem.
Pandit: Yeh problem hain. Duniya mein kitne sareh problem hain, bhook mitana, garibihi, paani khi kami, wagera, wagera, wagera, aur tujhe ekh saree khi parhi hain.
Munna: Bhai, tujhe roka karni hain yah Naina koh saree meh dekhni hain.
Sameer: Yaar samjha kar. Yeh Nanu kha farmaish hain.
Pandit: Yaar hum shaddi nahin karenge. Yeh shaadi kar rahan hain, aur bhoot bhi dekhne laghe.
Sameer: Samasiyaan kha hal toh bata!
Munna: Phone kar.
Sameer: Kiya, lekin wahan sab khi mausi aur uski ma phone utta teh, par Naina aur Preeti phone seh gayab.
Munna: Frock wali pandit koh phone karte.
Sameer: Woh sab Naina keh ghar peh hain.
Pandit: Ab kiyan karein?
All three think.
Munna: Idea!
Munna explains his idea.
Sameer: Haan, teek hain. Meh chitti likta hoon.
Vishakha enters.
Vishakha: Sameer, beta ab tak tayaar nahin hain? Waqt bohut kam hain beta. Yeh sab chor aur tayaar hoja. Aur tum donoh, isse jaldi tayaar kar, phir ghar jaao tumlog bhi tayaar honge keh nahin?
Munna takes Sameer to finish getting ready.
Munna: Pandit, toh likh, mein isse tayaar karta hoon.
SCENE 8: Naina's house, in Chachiji's room, Naina is trying on sarees.
Preeti: Naina, please iss meh se ekh toh chun lein behen!
Naina: Preeti, in sareeyon meh seh ekh bhi nahin hain keh mujh par sobhta hain.
Preeti: Ekh to tora sah pasand aya hoga.
Naina: Nahin, Preeti, yeh sareeyan Chachiji par acha lagta hain mujh peh nahin.
There's a knock on the door.
Preeti: Khon hain?
Arjun: Meh hoon Preeti.
Preeti opens the door.
Arjun: Preeti, yeh saree Naina koh doh.
Naina: Arjun bhaya, mere liye saree.
Arjun: Haan, meri taraf seh meri choti behen keh liye ekh chota sah tofa.⭐️😊
Naina: Thank you bhaya!
Arjun leaves. Naina opens the parcel.
Naina: Gulabhi saree. Kitti pyaari hain.
Preeti: Haan, Naina, yeh saree khubsoorat hain. Tujh par bilkul sajheghi. Yeh pehen lein. Jijaji koh hum samjha lahenge.
Naina: Laal toh nahin hain. Lekin gulabhi mujh par sajh ti hain. Phir bhi, bhaya kha pyaar seh diya tofa bhi toh hain. Teek hain.
They go to their own room to dress. Naina goes to her cupboard to take out matching jewellery. The saree falls hard on her head. One of the beads catches in her hair. She struggles to remove the saree. Eventually the saree is freed from her hair. She again puts it into the cupboard.
SCENE 9: Munna and Pandit arrive outside Naina's house.
Munna: Ab tuh woh note jaldi kissi bache koh soph deh aur hum yahan seh nikleh.
Pandit: Haan, Safari Suit humme dekh liya toh bawaar karah hojayega.
Pandit sees Pralay hands him the note and says: Didi koh yeh note deh aur kehna Jijaji neh diya hain. Kiya kahega?
Pralay: Jijaji neh diya hain.
Pandit: Shabaaz beta, jha.
Munna and Pandit leave.
Pralay as he goes upstairs repeats: Jijaji neh yeh note diya hain. Jijaji neh yeh note diya hain.
Jijaji neh yeh note diya hain. Jijaji neh yeh note diya hain.
Pooja: Pralay, Jijaji neh kiya diya hain?
Pralay: Yeh note Didi.
Pooja taking the note: Teek hain, tu jha.
Pooja reads the note: Kiya? Varunji chahta hain keh meh Nani khi saree pehenuh? Ab mujhe Nani khi saree kahan milungi? Mummy!!😭
She runs off to look for her mother.
SCENE 10: Sameer and his family arrive at Naina's house for the Roka. Munna and Pandit meet them outside.
Sameer: Naina tak message poncho diya?
Munna-Pandit give the thumbs up sign.👍🏼👍🏼
Naina's family are there to receive them. They seat everyone and take care of all the formalities. Then there is a call that Naina must be brought. Chachiji sends Preeti and Pooja to fetch Naina. They go.
Preeti: Naina, chal behen, waqt agaya.
Pooja fixes her saree and straightens her jewellery. As they lead her out, Preeti bumps against the cupboard and a saree falls onto Naina's arms.
Preeti: Yeh saree phir seh? Iss saree kah problem kiya hain yaar? She puts the saree back into the cupboard. Ab tu yahan reh.
They walk out of the room, through the dining area towards the door. Suddenly there's a loud noise of dishes falling.
Naina screams as she stumbles forward: Ooow!!!
Taiji: Kiya kardiya tu neh? Aakhein hain yah button? Sareh kheer giradiya!😡😡
Preeti and Pooja look at Naina and gasp loudly. Naina's entire saree is covered in kheer. Naina looks at herself and bursts into tears.😭
Taiji: Ab rohne seh kiya faidah? Jha saree ponch deh aur chal niche. She takes a dirty cloth and wipes the kheer off Naina, in the process messing the saree even more. Now there's kheer and achaar marks on the saree. Naina stands rooted to the spot, crying. Taiji leaves in disgust.😡
Pooja: Ab hum kiya kareinge? Naina aisa sab keh saamne nahin jha sakti.
Preeti: Chal Naina, ab joh bhi saree almari seh nikal ayega tu wohin pahenegi. Acha?
Naina simply nods and allows herself to be led back to the bedroom.😭😭
Preeti: Tijhe roka seh matlab hain, joh bhi saree pahenegi teek hoga. Jijaji koh hum samjhaenge.
Preeti opens the cupboard and the same saree that had been falling out all day, falls at Naina's feet. Naina picks the saree up and says: Shayad, yehin naseeb meh likha hain.😆
SCENE 11: At the reception area all guests are seated and waiting for Naina to arrive. Mamiji keeps asking Chachiji what is going on.
Chachiji: Naina aa rahin hain. Tayaar hone meh tora waqt lagati aaj. Meh dekhti hoon.
She goes looking for someone to send to Naina.
Chachiji: Arjun beta, jha dekh Naina kahan reh gayi. Preeti koh kab kha behja Naina koh leane keh liye.
Arjun: Jhi, Chachiji.
He leaves. Chachiji sees Kamya, Hema and Swati.
Chachiji: Ladkiyan, please jha dekh Naina itti dher kyon laga rahin hain.
Kamya, Hema and Swati run to Naina's room.
Meanwhile Arjun's at the door to the bedroom.
Arjun: Preeti kiya hain, kohin problem kiya?
Preeti comes to the door.
Preeti very annoyed: Naina koh saree badalni parhi. Taiji neh us par kheer pekha.😡😡
Arjun: Kiya?
Preeti: Naina bohut roh rahin hain. Dukhi hain keh app khi diya huwa saree nahin pahen sakti.😭😭
Arjun goes in to the room, hugs Naina: Kohin baat nahin Naina. Iss saree mein tu bohut pyari lag rahin hain. Waisa yeh saree meri diya huwa saree seh bohut ziayadah bahari hain, keemti hain, mahengi bhi.❤️
Kamya, Hema and Swati enter the room.
Swati: Naina, chal sab teri raha dekh rahain hain.
Kamya: Ab yeh rohna dohna chor aur chal.
They form a cordon around her. Preeti and Swati in front. Naina and Arjun in the middle. Kamya and Hema at the back. They walk towards the reception. As Munna and Pandit see them coming they join the cavalry on either side of Naina and Arjun.
SCENE 12: Sameer and Vishakha are sitting on a three seater sofa on a stage. Vivek Soumani, Mama, Mami, are on the other sofa to the side of the stage. The cavalry brings in Naina. Sameer is straining to see Naina.
Sameer thinks to himself: Nanu mujhe maaf kardo. Message Naina tak nahin ponch payi. Woh note joh Munna neh Pralay koh diya woh Naina tak poncha hi nahin. Pooja koh diya bewakoof neh. Maaf kijiye Nanu.😳
Sameer is still trying to get a glimpse of Naina but can't because she is blocked by the cavalry. They walk to the stage and at the stairs create a path for Naina to be taken onto the stage by Arjun. Sameer finally gets his first glimpse of Naina, his breath is taken away. His eyes open as wide as saucers and he gasps loudly.
Sameer loud whisper: Nani khi saree!!!😲😊
Vishakha hears him , looks at him questioningly, but his eyes are on Naina.
Naina touches Soumani's feet, then Mamaji's then Mami's. She's too shy to look at Sameer. Then she touches Vishakha's feet. As Vishakha gets up to make space for Naina between Sameer and herself, the saree's pallu lightly brushes Vishakha's cheek.
Vishakha softly: Ma? To herself: Mujhe kyon aisa lagha keh ma mujhe choothi?😆
Vishakha looks at Naina's saree as she seats Naina down: Bohut khubsoorat lag rahi Naina.
Naina shyly: Thank you!😳
Sameer pinches Naina: Ooow!😵
Vishakha: Kiya huwa?
Naina shakes her head: Kuch nahin.
Sameer whispers loudly: Saree, wah!!!😃😃
Naina: Laal saree nahin paheni, sorry!, Bohut lambhi kahani hain.😭
Sameer: Nani khi saree uss seh better hain. Thank you!😃😆
Vishakha hearing this asks: By the way yeh ma khi saree Naina keh pass?
Sameer: Nanu kha tofa!
A gust of wind blows suddenly and Naina's pallu blows around onto Vishakha's shoulders.
Vishakha to Sameer and Naina: Lagti hain keh Nanu aur Nani keh ashriwad is rishteh meh hain!!
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