Part- 6
Mumbai at present.....
Maan gets another call from Mohan... This time Maan attends his call.....
Mohan: Maan, Maan, where are you?
Maan: Mumbai, I'm going back, I'm at the airport
Mohan: what? You won't stay back?
Maan: I can't
Mohan: not even for the new office launch
Maan is now confused... this is a new plan of dadi....
Maan: what branch?
Maan is puzzled....
Mohan: hare KC's new business venture, we are expanding for Vicky, didn't I tell you that day
Maan: nahi toh
Mohan: you must have forgotten, you have changed a lot these days, you are looking lost, what's wrong Maan? Dadi is always worried about you only
Maan: you all take care of Dadi
Mohan: what about you? We are all concerned about you Maan, just stay with us for a while
Maan: no I can't stay here
Mohan: ok then, you just stay and help Vicky set up his new'office
Maan: what are you talking about? What about KC?
Mohan: now that Vicky has got married I want him to have his own business, a new branch of KC, Maan you know Vicky is still playful and careless, only you can help him
Màan: par chachaji, you know I hate this place, how can I stay back?
Mohan: Maan just forget the past, this time it'll be different, and it's only a couple of weeks, once Vicky is set you can leave
Maan : but where are we going to start this new business?
Mohan is confused.... Where? Where are you now?
Maan: I already told you I'm in Mumbai
Mohan: That's why I asked, our new business venture is also in Mumbai only
Mohan quickly cooks up a new story...
Maan: are you sure?
Mohan: you first tell me, can't you do this small favour for your little brother? are you in?
Maan : OK
Maan agrees reluctantly....
Then Maan thanks the officer for his help and says that there's a change in his schedule and he is going to stay back a little longer...
Maan returns to the hotel and calls Dadi... Dadi must be still thinking about him only... He just left without telling anyone.... Now that Vicky is also married it's only Maan left alone...
Dadi is little angry and doesn't answer his call... She is also a Khurana haina? Maan wouldn't give up until dadi picks up his call..... Dadi finally attends the call but doesn't speak to him....
Maan: dadima, mein toh phir se har gaya
Maan's voice is broken and dadi is so much worried to hear that...
Dadi: Maan bete aap teek toh haina? Aap ki tabyat toh teek haina?
Maan: haan, I've stayed back as you wished, you won dadi, you must be happy now
Dadi thinks that it's not Maan's loss but actually his win only for his life is here in India which he has to claim back....
Dadi: bahut achche bete, I'm really happy now, when are you coming to Delhi?
Maan: Delhi, kabhi nahi, I'm staying here in Mumbai for a couple of weeks and would go back
Dadi: what? Ye Mohan bhi na
Actually dadi had planned to start a branch at Chandigarh or Noida so that Maan would stay with them and they can persuade him to come back to the family... Or maybe find a new girl for him, and no mistakes this time... Dadi had seen a few girls in the wedding... Rupa's ( Vicky's bride) cousin and a friend of hers... Dadi has already started her duty.... And there is always Pari, Arjun's cousin sister whom Maan has already met at Annie's wedding... But would he remember her?
There is no word from dadi....
Maan: what happened Dadi?
Dadi: kuch nahi bete, humme thoda aaram karna hai, waise ab hum budde ho gaye na? hum baad mein baat karenge
Dadi has to first talk to Mohan, don't know what he has done ....
Mohan tells dadi that he couldn't think of anything else but only wanted to stop Maan and he has successfully done his job... Dadi has to be happy that her potha is in India even if not with her... Dadi asks Mohan to speeden up the process before Maan changes his mind... She knows Maan is smart enough to catch their plan...
Mohan immediately makes arrangements with his friends in Mumbai for Maan's stay in an apartment of one Mr. Raghav Scindia.... Raghav is a very good friend of Mohan and he also knows the Khurana pariwar... Actually he is still at Delhi only after attending Vicky's wedding.... Mohan went to see him in person and asked him to help him in starting their new venture at Mumbai... Raghav readily makes all the arrangements from Delhi itself....
Now that Maan has a new assignment he can easily forget about his own personal life and concentrate on the business venture... Maan also has a business mind just like Madan and he likes challenges... The only keep him going these days... Madan sends Adi to assist Maan... Next day Adi joins Maan and they shift to the apartment.... Adi asks Maan to meet one Munna Bhai, (he takes pride in his name), a real estate agent and also construction materials broker... It is said that there is no one in the field that he doesn't know and having contact with him is like free ad in AIR and he helps make contacts easily.. Maan doesn't believe in all this he believes in himself and his strategies.. but as Mohan too wants Maan to just meet that guy once Maan agrees to meet him....
They go meet him at a coffee shop... Adi recognises him and calls him... It's not that difficult to find him... His name might be Munna Bhai but he looks like Circuit (Arshad Warsi)....
Adi: bhai idher dekho
Maan doesn't like him much... He behaves as if he is the owner of the Mumbai City itself....
MB: halo ji aao aao welcome to Mumbai meri Jaan
Maan: Adi make it fast, I don't have the time for all this
Adi: yes sir
MB: toh aap yahan naye naye aaya ho, don't worry munna bhai haina?
Adi's famous laughter... Ha ha ha ha
Maan stares Adi....
Maan: let's talk business, what do you have?
MB: Saab aap zaroor jeetoge, AAP sahi jagah jo pohunchgaye na
Maan: Adi you talk to him and come, I'm leaving
Adi: ji sir
Maan leaves not knowing where to go... He is constantly reminded of Geet... Maan heads to the beach and takes a stroll along the beach trying to calm his wavering mind... Or is he here looking forward to meeting someone... Maybe she'll come here with that guy... They say beach is the meeting point for the couples... Couple? Why would Maan think so? Maan is pretty confident that he is her partner, else Geet is not comfortable hugging guys... She might have changed her looks but Geet Handa will always be unique as she was 5 years back....
Maan agrees to stay back till Annie's wedding... Dadi is so happy... She has got 3 months and she can turn the world upside down in these 3 months... if one marriage took her son away from her then she could hold back her grandson with another marriage, haina?
Maan feels comfortable staying at the OH and they respect his privacy... Maan meets Arjun and he likes him, he is more or less like Vicky only, here people get married so early....
Dadi has been thinking about reviving their contacts back in their native place, Hoshiarpur. They had no contacts since that broken wedding proposal of Madan... Khuranaji's ego didn't let him go back... So no one has gone there, munshiji takes care of their fields and he cames to Delhi every year to give the accounts for that year and also invite them to celebrate Baisakhi in their farm.... But even after Khuranaji left, Mohan didn't have the time for that... He has struggled alone to take care of KC...
This time with Annie's wedding coming around, dadi wants to invite the whole of Hoshiarpur and make sure no one forgets the Khuranas.... Most of them would have forgotten even Savitri ji for she had stayed only for a couple of months there before she came to Delhi... But they all know Amarnath ji and they respect him very much... He is the one who got into a successful business and also the first to mechanise his farm.... He used to visit Hoshiarpur every year to join the Baisakhi celebrations... Savitri ji went with him in the beginning but later stayed back with their sons who were busy with their studies...
Dadi is very eager to meet the Handas, a very dear friends of the Khuranas... Harpal Handa aka Darji was like a brother to Khuranaji, he was a good friend and more like family... Whenever Khuranaji went to Hoshiarpur, he either dinned with the Handas or food came from Handa house for him.... But later Khuranaji totally ignored Hoshiarpur and it's people... his pride stopped him from meeting that girl's family... And also he thought he lost his respect and reputation with the villagers....
Dadi went to Hoshiarpur first to get to know the people around, she received a warm welcome and the hospitality at the villages is always special, from the heart and no fake show offs... they also didn't have any hard feelings for Khuranaji... they knew it was only his son's mistake... Love affairs are still considered to be taboo back in Hoshiarpur... People still try to get their daughters married off at the earliest possible... Daughter is considered the pride of a family and the whole family's maanmaryada is to be safeguarded by the daughters... just like darji is worried about Geet....
Dadi goes to meet Darji and he feels sorry for the loss of Amarnath ji... When savitri ji wishes to extend their friendship to the next generations darji welcomes it happily...
She then tells them about Annie's wedding... she wants the whole Handa pariwar to come and take part in the wedding without fail... Darji invites the Khuranas to celebrate Baisakhi with them... Everyone except Vicky go to Hoshiarpur including Maan.. Vicky has to go shopping for the wedding suits along with Arjun to Bangalore as per plan.... Vicky wants Maan to come with the boys so the boys have a ball together and Maan would also get to know his brother and brother in law better....but as always dadi has other plans for Maan... though Maan didn't want to go dadi insisted that Maan comes and visits their native place once for there is no guarantee that Maan would ever come back to India again...
So the Handas and the Khuranas come together for our beloved Maneet Milan... Even at Hoshiarpur Maan prefers his camping than staying at their farm house.... He is yet to become one of them... Dadi is ready to give him space until he is comfortable....
That's when Maan met Geet when he saved Geet and her friends from the bullies... The Khuranas have been there for a week... they have already met the Handas except for Maan who stayed on his own...
The next day after Maan drops Geet at the Handa house Darji invites them for lunch... Dadi strictly orders Maan to come with them for she wants everyone to know her elder potha... She doesn't want to miss any opportunity to establish Maan as her potha and very much part of the Khuranas... She is very particular that Maan never feels left alone... Maan is surprised when they go to the Handa house and is feeling very happy anyway.. this is strange because he was not so happy to meet some strangers and pretend to be friends all of a sudden... Their dadajis may have been friends but the others are mere strangers... They don't know each other, but Maan doesn't know that in India if a Kapoor is friends with a Khanna then the entire Kapoor family is friends with the entire Khanna family...
As he steps in the house his eyes start searching for those eyes that he is already familiar with....
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