"Esha..." "I told you not to send the girl abroad for studies" "What's going to happen now?" ""My sweet, tender little girl..."" "Check if the plane has landed" ""Here you are." "Crispies, haIwa and pickles." "It's all ready"" ""Where will I get to eat this in all that tension, Ma?"" ""It's not for you, it's for Tiku." "She's going on a journey"" "But she's not headed for the forests;" "she's taking a flight abroad" ""Whatever it is, we can't take the risk"" "This is the first time our child is going far away from us" "AII alone" "I alone against all of you..." "is that a challenge?" "Here's the passport" ""Let her go, if she wishes to." "Why must I bother?"" "What do I mean to her anyway?" "She has grown up now" "She finds it stifling here." "She's out to reach for the skies" "Grandma!" ""For you, dear." "Crispies and pickles"" "Auntie!" "How will I have all this out there...?" ""They don't prepare all this out there, my child"" "Why not?" "Doesn't the Sun shine on the British empire?" "No!" "No wonder they came here 250 years ago... to get some sunshine" ""Here you are, Tiku dear." "The sacred thread of the Goddess"" "It'II protect my little girl." "From whom?" " From boys!" ""If you find a boyfriend there, quietly send a photograph to me"" "I'II make your father agree!" " really?" "Forget it!" "Mr Mehra's daughter went abroad 3 years ago" "She got involved with a white." "And a life was ruined!" "Whose?" "The white's?" "Check if the plane has arrived or not" ""Don't you want to get ready, Esha?" "Don't be late, okay?"" ""Mummy, why're you looking away from me?"" "What else do you expect me to do?" "Sing and dance?" ""No crying and weeping, Mummy." "Okay?" "Or I'II start crying too"" ""Papa, look what Mummy's doing." " Sudha..."" "you're simply..." "she's right too" ""Tiku, you have grown up now"" "You will get a hold on yourself" "But how will I get a hold on myself?" ""You too mustn't start crying now, Papa"" "Listen... keep away from the english boys" ""If you must make friends, find an Indian boy"" "They're very straight-forward." " Right" "I'II find someone straight-forward" "Life... is a joke" ""Life..." "is all about being carefree"" "I'II lead life... on my own terms" "On my own terms" ""The path of love is fraught with risks"" ""Whenever I wish..." "I find my goal"" ""I'm different..." "no one will ever understand"" "Life is crazy" "Life is all about being carefree" ""I'II lead life on my own terms"" ""I've never thought about what's going to happen"" ""What is here right now is good for me"" ""What smoke is this that engulfs my heart?"" "Life is all about surprises... about heartbreaks" "I will lead life... the way I want to" "PateI uncle!" "welcome Esha!" "My child!" "Let's go home" ""As kids, we first met at Sun N Sand." "And now we meet in New zealand"" "Nice joke." "Sun N Sand..." "New zealand" "How's everybody at home?" " Great" "The typical noisy Indian household" "Like what you see in those Hindi potboiIers" "Your daddy and I have been friends from our childhood" "From many years" "I have a big hotel in New zealand" "We've played host to several big personalities" "also bill clinton and Monica Lewinsky." "They've stayed here too" "What?" " Not to spend a night... to inaugurate the place" ""Here I come, life!"" "You've grown up so much!" " I'm taller than you." "See!" "The climate is great out here." " It's going to get better" "How come?" " You're here now" "How sweet!" " Me?" "Or the climate?" "Show me around New zealand..." "c'mon!" ""Despite crossing India's borders, your mindset hasn't changed"" ""It's you, Siddharth." "You!" " Oh sure, go ahead and say it"" ""I'm the problem, as usual" " Never mind"" "Your blood Pressure will increase and I'II be put to trouble" "The truth is..." " I'd Iike to know... whether you married me or my Green Card" "Want to know the truth?" " Yes" ""Want to...?" " Sure, I do"" ""No, he doesn't want to!" " I want to hear it, I say!"" "Damn these everyday fights!" "You won't be able to bear the truth." "You're a typical male" "What did you say?" " That which you heard" "What did you say?" " Just what you heard!" ""No, no..." "I heard nothing"" "Save the fight for tomorrow..." "you have a whole life ahead" ""Have you eaten, RahuI..." " The food's lying in the microwave"" "So I must eat." "Right?" "Is that the end of your duty?" ""See you, Papa..." "after the break"" "See that...?" "What upbringing!" "Haven't you gotten over your frustration?" "Frustration is showing on your face!" "It was this face that you married one day" ""Oh yes, I was crazy then." "Mad!" "And blind!"" "Wow!" "You had three great qualities and I couldn't see it!" "I'd rather have sIippered myself than married you!" ""Want me to fetch it?" " Enough, Siddharth!"" ""What do you want from me?" " Ice!" "I want some ice, sis"" "Sachin's about to score a century;" "don't bet any money on him" ""You think he'II score a century, brother-in-Iaw?"" ""Chander, when two sensible people are fighting... you mustn't interfere"" "So the two of you are sensible?" "Now I know" ""What a dig, uncle!" " I cleaned bowled them"" "Sachin?" "Or Mummy and Papa?" "Not once in life has he ever spoken properly with me" "Do you know any limits?" "I want peace and quiet." "And you can give me nothing!" "Not again!" "Why are Indian girls so beautiful?" "How'd I know?" "I've just arrived." " You've arrived." "And he's a goner!" "What happened...?" " My admission!" "A year is ruined" "At least listen to me!" " AII the way from India... and I get nothing!" "And all that money..." "Are you through?" "At least complete a line" "What happened?" " I haven't got an admission" "Everything will be all right." " What will be all right?" "My life... is ruined!" " Listen..." "As I said..." "So what if you haven't got an admission?" "I'II have suitors making a beeline for you" "You're going to get married even after your studies" "You'II then have children." "And your children will have children..." "Enough!" "That's what he promised me thirty years ago" "And he could give me just one son with great difficulty." "This one" "AII right." "Quiet now" ""Make her see reason, while I get the car out"" "Do you believe in God?" " Yes" ""He's somewhere up there, right?" " Where...?"" "What miracle" "Now close your eyes." "Go on" "One... two..." ""Whoever you are, I Iove you"" ""If you're going to discuss such vulgar things, I'm leaving"" "Sit here and listen to me" ""You'II get an admission." "Once I say something, it's for sure"" "Let me feed you a steaming dog." " What?" ""Once you eat it, you'II be hooked." "Just you wait"" ""I don't want it, Amit"" ""Did you send for me?" " No, not you"" "But the waitress said you had called me over" ""No, the waitress must've thought..." " Never mind the waitress"" "You thought I was smart and handsome and you called me over" "What need for such a request?" "I'm all yours anyway" ""Now look, I didn't call you"" "That's what every Indian girl says when she comes here" "That's how they ensnare rich NRI boys and get married to them" "America or New zealand..." "every girl is looking for an entry!" "But I want you to exit" "That's how they've turned half of America into Ahmedabad... and half of London into Ludhiana!" "Your arrival is likely..." ""to turn New zealand into Noida." "By the way, are you a Punjabi?"" "Your appearance suggests you come from a weII-fed Punjabi family" ""You aren't DaIer's cousin, are you?"" "You're crossing your limits!" " You're the one who's crossing limits" ""I am where I was..." "But I couId get closer, if you wish"" "really?" "Hey listen..." "Fantastic!" "Water didn't ever taste better" ""Don't you have any shame...?" " Sure, I do"" "And I break into a cold sweat" "Go ahead and drink first." " My thirst is quenched" ""In any case, you have a severe water problem in India, don't you?"" ""What with Narmada, the Ganges, Cauvery and all those other rivers?"" ""Don't you say a word against India!" "Our India, the best in the world."" "May the tricolour flutter forever!" " What are you fighting over?" "So you know him?" " Sure." "He's a friend from my college" "We're the non-resident Indians here" ""A bye for a hi...?" "Why, oh why?"" ""Esha, go ahead and eat"" "Give me some more of those fries." " Enough" "So Esha... how do you find New zealand?" ""It's nice, isn't it?"" "I changed my style once I came to this foreign land" "Roos shoes." "Fu shirts and Levis pants" "Learn to speak properly" "Shoes from Roos." "Shirts from Fu's and trousers from Levis" "It's one and the same thing" "How are you?" "I'm okay." "How about your admission?" "That'II be taken care of" "quickly talk to her!" "Hurry" ""How are you, dear?" " I'm very happy here, Mummy"" "The folks here are so nice and so is the college..." "I'm not missing you at all" ""When you miss me, give the teddy bear in my room a kiss"" "Enough" "Your daughter is not a weakling" "It's four days and they keep asking me to come again" ""When am I getting the admission?" " relax, Esha"" "You'II get the admission." "These procedures take time" "Why do they take so much of time?" "I feel like giving them a tight..." "Why're you sounding like a cellphone?" " What?" "Your cellphone is ringing." " My cellphone?" "But I don't have a mobile phone" "What's this?" " Strange place!" "It rains flowers and mobile phones!" "Have you got the admission?" " No." "And who are you?" "Your favourite..." "rahul" "What do you want?" " You aren't getting the admission" "So I present you a mobile phone to kill time in New zealand" "A mobile...?" "I don't want it" "Listen..." ""with the mobile, you can take orders for baby-sitting"" "You can take orders for pickles and spices from the Indians here" ""Dry the crispies, if there is sunlight." "Or just make it"" ""Make crispies, eat them..." " Who is it?"" "A year will pass in no time" ""In any case, I haven't thought about marriage yet"" "I'm throwing away your mobile!" ""Give it back to me, if you don't need it"" "Where the hell are you?" "I'm close at hand..." "and yet not with you" "Look for me!" "He's in the habit of joking Esha" "He must be in the cafe right now." " Where do I throw his mobile!" "What's there to be so angry about?" "What kind of a joke is this?" " Not at all" "I was only trying to cheer you up" "Who the hell are you to do that?" " relax." "And sit down" ""They're my friends." " AII right, so tell your friends"" "Indian girls are not impressed with their pranks and childishness" ""So Miss Indian culture... you're proud to be an Indian, are you?"" "Yes." "So...?" " What is it with Indian culture?" "How'd you know what Indian culture is?" "You could learn so much even from a Hindi film" "Hindi film?" "There can be nothing more vulgar and repulsive" "What...?" "Hindi films are vulgar?" "I'II prove that in two seconds." " Oh sure... but how?" "Mention the name of a Hindi film." "I'II add just a word to it... and it'II turn vulgar." " AII right" "Go on." "tell me a name." " Go on" ""I give you my heart, my love - "In bed"" ""Lord, your Ganga is polluted - "In bed"" ""I have something to say - "In bed"" ""My heart won't yield - "In bed"" ""Happiness and sorrow..." " "in bed"" ""We're together..." " "in bed"" ""One moment..." "Come, Iet's return now"" "To bed" "See?" "I made you laugh." "Are you in the right mood now?" "That's just what I wanted" ""Whether you get the admission or not, you've been admitted to our group"" "But we've met." " In bed?" ""will you call this evening, Esha?" "On the mobile?"" ""I'm not in the mood to flirt today." "Maybe tomorrow, I will"" ""You shouldn't have cheated so much!" " No, he's on the right path"" ""With these short-cuts, just see where he lands in life"" "He's a genius all the way!" "Stop it!" "You know how I've made the grades!" ""RahuI, what happened?"" ""I've got to say something to you, sir." " Go ahead, RahuI"" ""I've secured 950/0 marks, but there's something wrong with my results"" "950/0 marks is very good indeed." " Yes... if only I had secured the marks with honesty" ""It's true, sir." "I cheated in all the subjects"" ""In a moment of weakness, I made a mistake..."" ""you must fall me, sir"" ""In the 25 years of my career, I haven't come across a boy like you, RahuI"" "I couId cheat the University and my parents to pass the grades" "But I'd fall in my own esteem" "What's the matter?" "I've been trying from so many days and my name is not in the final list" ""please do something about my admission, sir"" "I'm sorry." "AII the seats are taken up" "Your admission is difficult now" ""Yes, an absolute Indian"" "There!" "You have the admission" ""Thank RahuI, not me." "It's because of him that you have got a seat"" "Why be so honest with your studies?" "Are you mad?" "Does anyone go asking to be failed?" "Listen...!" "What makes you so happy?" "Are you going back to India?" "Know what?" "The principal gave me an admission because of you" "You don't know what a bad guy I am" "No." "You're a nice boy and truthful too" "Forget it." "You'II take me out for the party... walk with me and then reach for my hand..." "We'II get close to each other." " You'II feel shy" "And you'II deliberately let out a laugh" "We'II then get into a disco or a pub." "And there..." "Your eyes..." " Your lips... and my lips..." "and I'II be all over you" "only the two of us... together" "and solitude..." " Enough." "Don't go any further" ""Stop me now, but you won't be able to stop me then." "Think it over"" ""What's there to think about?" "You can at Ieast be my friend, right?"" ""That's just what my problem is, Esha"" "I'm scared of getting into a relationship" ""Even when I want to say something to someone,..."" "I can't bring myself about to." "really" "AII right." "Don't say it" "But if you do like me... tie this to the branch of the tree in the college's backyard" "I'II have your answer" "I know you'II come" "What has my heart said... and what have you heard?" ""My eyes are closed, I hold my breath..."" "he calls out to me" ""On unknown paths, I walk arm in arm..."" "I don't belong to myself anymore" ""What did my heart say...?" "And what did you hear?"" "I met you and was all yours" ""What effect is this?" "I don't know." "My stars have changed"" "My love..." ""what did my heart say?" "And what did you hear?"" ""A lonely life, I used to lead." "I spoke only to myself..."" ""someday I'II meet someone like you..."" "I wrote all over my heart" ""stealing glances, falling in love is what this age is all about"" "My love..." ""what did my heart say?" "And what did you hear?"" ""That which your heart said..." "I've heard"" "Ode to Love" ""I'm the bee, stealing into blossoms"" "Why tie me in love..." "let the distance be" "Let the distance be" "For myself I speak..." ""I'm tied to you for several lifetimes"" "My love..." ""what did my heart say?" "And what did you hear?"" ""That which your heart said..." "I've heard"" ""tell me more about yourself, RahuI"" "I Iove fast music" "Like..." "Like?" " Like your heartbeats" "How can I stop your heartbeat?" " I was talking about music!" "You look very cute some times." "Your eyes... your lips... your neckline and..." " Enough." "Not anymore" "Is this your hairbrush?" " Yes" "No dandruff I hope?" " No" "I have it" " What?" "uncle is here!" "Get up!" " What happened?" "Get in!" ""well, Esha?" "What are you doing all by yourself?"" "Good." "It's good to listen to music" "Whose shoes are these?" " RahuI's" "rahul's?" "And who's RahuI?" " My friend" "Where is he?" " In there" "What's he doing in there?" "In the cupboard?" "Step aside!" ""Who are you, RahuI?" " Esha told you"" "And what are you doing in there?" "Esha's uncle has arrived." "So I'm hiding in here" "I'm the uncle!" ""Did that hurt you, Esha?"" "will you keep talking from inside?" " Your place." "You can come in too" "There's enough room." " Are you taking a sauna-bath in there?" "Come on out." "Come on" "What have you been doing with Esha in my house?" ""Nothing, uncle." " She's right"" ""You arrived, before we could do something"" "That's all right then..." "what?" "!" ""uncle, I only came to see Esha off"" "None of the things you imagine has happened" "Disgusting!" "The things you think of at your age!" "Let me tell you!" "You're not coming to this house in my absence" "Can I come over when you're around?" " Out!" ""It's okay, uncle." "I'II see him off." " You're not seeing him off"" "I'II see him off." "And you're seeing the Iast of him" "And you're not coming to this house ever again." "Move it" "Get down." "We've reached your house" "You don't leave the Indian national anthem... and a Kishore Kumar number midway." "Let me listen to the whole song" "Are you fond of rearing snakes?" " No" "So why must you take responsibility of looking after a beautiful girl?" "What?" " You'II regret it" "I only asked why you withdrew such a Iarge amount from the bank" ""It'II spoil the kid." " It's your money, your account..."" "your house and your son!" "You can even throw me out!" "When did I say that?" " That's what you said" ""I didn't say it." " Do we have any soda, sister?"" "Go and drink the phenol." " You'II die!" ""Look, Maya." "I'm not in the mood to fight with you"" "Are you fighting or reading words from the dictionary?" "What are you getting at?" "Why've you stopped fighting?" "Go right ahead" "Because my mood has been restored to me" "What's gotten into him?" " He seems to have fallen in love" ""Oh yes, he has taken after me." " After you?"" "What good will he be at love then?" " You wouldn't know" "There was a time when girls wrote to me in their blood" "They're lucky they didn't marry you." "Or they'd have wept all their lives" "Don't I Iove you?" " Ask yourself" "I..." "I'm not in the mood to fight." " Neither am I" "When are they going to grow up?" "Just let me live in peace" "They'II drive me mad!" "Am I to laugh or cry?" ""You?" " Surprised, aren't you?"" "Mind your manners with me." "I'm the Chief Guest here today" "We've got to do something about him." " Oh sure" "That isn't just the name of a college" "It isn't just a banner" "It's... something else" "Take a look at it." "Look... carefully" "Isn't it...?" "Isn't it different?" "I know you guys dig that" "I dig it too." "With all my heart" ""I've never been to college, you see." "So I know it's true worth"" ""AII these days, I've spent a Iot of money on it." "A Iot"" "I have." "And I'II continue too..." "till I feel robbed" ""Not only me, my father has spent a Iot of money on that too"" "He worked hard" "You must also toll on it day in and day out" "Day it and day out" "This is my wife." "She loves it too." "Ever since she was a child" "This is actually the purpose of our lives." "The sole motive" ""AII I will say is that you must love it, love it, and love it..."" "What's all this?" "You're such a filthy boy" "Which decent girl will marry you if you behave like this?" "Marry me?" "Oh yes." "No girl will marry you" "only I'II marry you" "congratulations." " Where's RahuI?" "A heartfelt tribute from me on the tomb of a 25 year old marriage" "I've asked him to behave himself with the guests" ""There's a party in your house, RahuI." "And you look sad?"" "smile some more!" "You take such good care of me..." "will you marry me?" ""Sorry, sir." "I'm already married"" "I was in the mood for a Chinese meal today" "Here I am" ""I Iook happy, don't I?"" ""You told me to look happy at the party, didn't you?"" "Look... am I not happy!" "Look at the fingerprints of joy on my face!" ""RahuI, what joke is this?" " You don't understand Mummy"" "I'm trying to bring colour to a serious party" "That's because I'm really happy" "My parents love each other so much... they don't have any time for me" "But how could every family be so lucky?" "Mr and Mrs Chopra..." "do you ever have a fight?" ""Where there are two individuals, there'II be a clash." "Do you ever?"" ""Sure, we do clash sometimes." " You do, don't you?"" "But there's never a clash in my house" "Because they're shattered anyway" "I'm very happy today" "What did you get out of this?" " My farce lasted only 5 minutes" "The two of you have been at it for 25 years" "You always pretended to be a happily married couple..." ""but deep within, you suffered"" "What did you get out of this?" "What?" ""We got you, my son"" "You" ""Even if we try our best, she won't give us a kiss"" ""That's how he is, sir"" "I'm going to speak my heart..." "so help me God" ""Esha, I want to say something to you"" ""No, don't turn around..." "or I won't be able to say it"" "I know we've been childhood friends" "But I've begun to like you and fall in love with you" "It's okay if you don't love me." "Just keep walking... and I'II get the message." "But if you do love me too... turn around and look at me." "I'II know you love me" "What is it?" " Have you heard nothing?" "No." " And I was saying something to you" ""I wanted to say something too." "I want to give a boy a surprise, Amit"" ""So suggest something, please." "Give me a romantic idea"" ""We have the socials at college tomorrow, so let's meet there"" "You can speak your heart then." "And I'm sure the boy loves you too" "really?" "I'd have arranged a party if I knew" ""What happened?" "She's your girlfriend, isn't she?"" ""She was, not is." " What do you mean?"" "I split with her." " split?" "What for?" "I got to know in a couple of days that she's a virgin" "A real bloody virgin!" " Isn't that nice?" "A virgin!" "What's good about that?" "She was of no use to anyone... of what use will she be to me?" ""Why did you throw it away, Esha?"" "Don't talk to me!" " Why not?" "I got myself a red dress specially for you." "But you're not bothered" "You couldn't see anything except that girl's lips" "Why must you even bother to know whether I Iike you or not" "There's this teddy-bear in my room." "Whenever I talk to it..." "I treat it as if it were you." "But why will you bother?" ""When you get close to me, my heartbeat quickens... see"" ""But why will you bother?" " Esha, I was only..."" ""On the third Monday of June, on an evening like this..."" "when someone cries by a lake in New zealand... it's not a good thing." "It's a bad omen" "Who said that?" " Don't you know?" "I said it!" ""No, I don't want to go to the party." " Why not?"" ""Because, I..." " You love me?"" "No!" "I'm very angry with you" "There's this girl... who pines" ""She sulks, every now and then"" ""Her anger is fake;" "but her love is true"" ""What more will I say...?" "Today's a Monday"" ""What's up, Esha?"" ""What am I to do, Esha?"" ""This whole new feeling of buoyancy is exhilarating"" "Your ways are fantastic" ""Let's go out in the moonlight;" "stop feeling coy"" "You are fantastic" ""Your friendship, I do value"" ""But mind you, I'm a girl..." "do not touch me"" "There's refusal on your lips... but you agree at heart" ""I'm going to shadow you..." "where will you go?"" ""Why do you hover around me?" "This is not done"" "My intentions are above-board" ""This whole new feeling of buoyancy is exhilarating"" "Your ways are fantastic" ""Let's go out in the moonlight;" "stop feeling coy"" "You are fantastic" ""There's mischief in the air..." "come to me"" ""Whoever prevents you...?" "You sure breathe fire"" ""I'm 16 and you're 17..." "it's as simple as that"" ""What will they have to say...?" "You have mischief on your mind"" ""With your eyes closed, come to me." "Your love, I badly covet"" "You are fantastic" ""This whole new feeling of buoyancy is exhilarating"" "Your ways are fantastic" ""Let's go out in the moonlight;" "stop feeling coy"" "You are fantastic" ""Two, three..."" ""four, five..." " What are you counting?"" "The stars." " How many of them?" ""70,07,770,007." "Two less, however." " How come?"" "Those two stars are here in your eyes" "Now what are you counting?" " I'm keeping track... of the madmen in the world." " How many?" ""50,05,55,005." "One less, however"" "And who's that?" " You" "Me?" "You call me mad?" " You're mad about me" ""So I'm mad, am I...?" "Wait till I show you"" ""Is this your first kiss, Esha?"" "And yours?" " Yes." "Mine too" ""With you, that is." "else, I've already..."" "What?" "Esha!" "I was only kidding" "Enough." "Stop it now" "What's your problem?" "It's serious." "I went to look up this girl I wanted to marry" "But my father fell for her mother and they want to get married!" "So let them get married." "What's the problem?" "How isn't there a problem?" "If they do get married... what am I going to call his wife?" "My mother?" ""If they have a son, what will he call me?" "Brother?" "Or brother-in-Iaw?"" "The biggest problem is the girl who'II be his daughter" "What will she call me?" "Brother?" "Or sweetheart?" ""Decide it right now." "You're looking for a wife, or a sister"" ""obviously, I want to marry her." " Now don't be hasty"" "You get married only once in a lifetime" "But you can make her tie a rakhi on you all your life!" "How sick!" "I want to marry her and you can't see that?" "How won't I lose my temper!" " What does your mother have to say?" "My father's getting married again because I don't have a mother" ""I mean, your mother-in-Iaw to be." " She's emotionally blackmailing..."" ""her daughter to get out of their way, so they can get married"" "How about your sister?" " Damn you!" "Do I have a sister?" "!" "He means your wife to be." " She's asking me..." ""not to budge, she wants to marry me." " But you said you don't have a mother"" "I'm talking about her mother!" "Not mine!" "relax... why're you flaring up?" " Won't I flare up!" "This moron won't understand!" " Can you understand?" "Know what?" "The four of you must get together with pen and paper... and decide what you are going to call one another" "We don't care what you call each other in the confines of your house" ""But once you step out, you've got to be very clear"" "We guys with values can't take that." " That's what I did all of last night" "I dug out our family tree." "And I discovered that I was my own son!" "We could make a tv-seriaI on his problem" ""Oh yes. "The son who was once a son-in-Iaw"" "Her mother has created another problem." " She wants to produce the serial?" "No!" "You're harping on the serial and I'm worried about my marriage!" ""She refused to get married, after all the problems"" "So what've you been cribbing about!" "obviously I'd feel bad." "Have you ever seen a family in which the same man..." ""is the son, the father, the husband and the brother-in-Iaw..."" "daughter-in-Iaw and mother-in-Iaw..." "all shattered in a single night!" ""I didn't value it, when I had it." "Now that it isn't, I feel bad"" "Which is why I tell you guys not to get into the hassles of marriage" "You'II remain happy." " Try it again" "Did you watch the news today?" " No" ""CNN, BBC...?" " What happened?"" "Zee News or Aaj Tak?" " No" "You don't know what happened today?" " So tell me what happened" "The whole world knows." "And you don't?" " So tell me what happened" "Just that I missed you so much" "I have something very important to discuss with you" "What?" " will you go on a drive with me?" "I don't want you to lose your licence because of me!" ""I can't lose my licence, because I don't have one"" ""Freedom, excitement, danger..."" ""I Iike relationships, family, emotional ties..."" "You're so cute." "It's as if you come right out of a fairy tale" ""I had this dream as a child, RahuI..." " Aren't you still a child?"" "Listen." "I'II have an entirely different wedding" "What does that mean?" " Just that... there won't be a priest chanting the mantras" "How else will you marry then?" " The seven vows that a couple take..." ""of staying together all their lives, of keeping each other happy..."" "of being loyal and not cheating each other..." ""those seven vows, we'II ourselves write." "From the depths of our heart"" "You write four of them and I'II write the other three" "What ideas are you getting in just a week's friendship?" "Seven vows and seven lifetimes!" "What's all this about?" "I find even a week too boring" ""Esha, love is a strange thing"" "We like each other very much today." "But who knows about tomorrow" "Life keeps changing all the time." " What does that mean?" ""Right now, I don't know what feelings we share Esha"" "Maybe we find all this very appealing today" "But we might not Iike it tomorrow." "So let's put our love to a test" "How?" " We'II see after a year..." ""once your education is over, whether this is love or just an attraction"" "Or is this just a crush?" " A crush?" ""You speak like such a mature man, don't you?"" "AII right." "Whether your love is true or not... my love is for real." "Just you see... a year will melt away like this ice-cream" "So what do you think?" "How will I spend a year?" ""The fact remains, that nowadays I think more about her than myself"" "Every moment... what for?" ""So what do you think?" "will I still find her as nice, after a year?"" "Let me think about it" "Strange!" "Love even makes the mannequins talk!" "What do you think?" "will our love be cemented in a year?" "How'd you know what love is" ""Oh, those sleepless nights!"" "You have butterflies in your stomach" "The world seems to go round and round" "Love..." "you won't understand it" "That feeling of helplessness and desire... you won't understand" ""Sure, I know"" "Love has rendered me useless..." ""or else, I was a man of some worth too"" "Good bye" "Here they come" ""You get a certificate with such hardwork, RahuI"" "Why're you making a pipe out of it?" " Wedding certificate or graduation..." "They're mere pieces of paper." " So what will you do in life?" "I'II make money." " How?" "You got a hundred dollars?" " I've got 50" "Give it to me." " Patience" "When will you return it?" " What for?" ""You borrowed it from me, didn't you?" " How much did I ask you for?"" "100" " How much did you pay me?" "50" " So how much more do you owe me?" "50" " And how much do I owe you?" "50" " There you are." "We're square" "You know I'm weak in mathematics." "Don't let the degree mislead you" ""Esha, are you going away?"" "I'm visiting India with my family next month" "Come soon." "To me." "And what will you bring for me?" ""RossogoIIas from Rome, a top from London, sweets from China and..."" "Enough!" " And what will you give me?" ""A heart from delhi, love from Mumbai..."" "the desire of Chennai and the passion of Punjab" ""Come soon." "else, I'II marry a Iaundryman"" ""May I do it too?" " No, not today"" ""For the sake of this degree." "please!" " You don't do it, but I will"" "Does your uncle have a heart problem?" " No" "But I can give it to him." " How?" ""Because today, before you leave, I'm going to kiss you"" "In everybody's presence." " No..." "What was that...?" "What the hell was that?" ""uncle, he requested me to!" " What kind of a request is that?"" "He kissed her in public!" "That boy has gone mad" ""Not at all!" "What he did in public, why don't you try in privacy?"" "Come on" "You Indians talk so much!" " really?" "We're Indians now?" "And who are you?" "Foreign-returned?" ""Grandma, this nightie is for you"" ""Is it very cold out there, dear?"" ""It's so cold, grandma..."" "that you don't get milk from a cow." "You get ice-cream!" "I'm told the old folks there are into a Iot of romance?" ""Had you been there, you'd have married at Ieast five or six times"" "Don't say that in her presence." "She can't bear to see me happy" "What chances do I stand if I start a health club or a gym there?" "How about your diarrhea?" "Have you recovered?" "Did you faII in love too?" " Did you make a boyfriend?" ""Esha, who's calling you again and again?" "Something surely is the matter"" ""No, Mummy..." " Oh yes." "You appear to have changed"" ""I swear, it wasn't anyone..." " AII right"" "What have you decided for the future?" "will you join your papa in business... or do you want to get married?" "What do you want to do?" ""Right now, I just want to keep my head in your lap and go to sleep"" "AII right" ""Esha, the Cricket team!"" "Your call" "Whose call is it?" " Hush!" "Not you... when are you coming?" ""actually, dad is moving his business to America"" "We're going to live there." "I don't think I'II get to visit India" ""RahuI, you know I cannot live without you"" "You had better forget me." " Forget you?" "I don't think I'II get to visit India for another year" ""We now go separate ways, Esha." "How I wish I couId visit India"" "But it's all a matter of destiny" "You're already in India and you're at the airport" "You're with the Indian cricket team and I'm watching you on TV!" ""So you've caught me, haven't you?"" ""What are you doing to the TV, dear?"" "We're Jats." "No jet-Iags for us!" "So that's the Indian team which has returned from a tour?" "Did they win or lose?" " That's just what I'm watching Papa" ""They must surely have lost, brother!" " No, they do win sometimes"" ""Oh yes... and who are you, baby?"" "Have always been." "Try me out" "Oh yes." "I have just one right now." " You do?" "What is her name?" "She's going to have a ball" "You must meet me too." "And we'II have a ball together" "So you want to meet me?" "tell me your name." " My name...?" "Must I...?" "You sure have a sexy voice." "Your name's gotta be sexy too" "Must I tell you?" " Go ahead" "I'm your girlfriend!" "Esha!" "Who is he?" " What's his name?" "What are his parents doing?" " Is he at Ieast educated?" "How long have you known him?" " Do you know... which caste and lineage he belongs to?" "Speak" "Speak." " What do you know?" ""Answer that, Esha." " Answer me"" "Why are you quiet?" " Why don't you speak?" "I'm in love with RahuI..." "I didn't even know when it happened" "I wrote letters to tell you about him... but I couId not muster the courage to mail them" "Read the letters" ""May I go, Papa?"" "Why are you so folks so serious?" "Find out who he is... and let's go and it over with his parents" "The girl has fallen in love" "So you're an NRI ?" " That's right" "I hope RahuI has sought your approval for this match?" "I hope your daughter has sought your approval for this match?" "Where do children ever ask nowadays?" ""We're here to discuss my marriage, aren't we?"" "We accept the proposal." " And when have I objected?" "May we fix the date then?" " Go ahead." "We have no objections" "Neither do we" " Nor do we" "But I do object" "Haven't I said I'm not marrying?" ""You're in love with Esha, aren't you?" " Yes, I am"" "But I've never given a thought to marriage" ""If you're in love with Esha, why are you refusing to get married?"" "Marriage?" "What for?" ""What kind of a joke is that, Mr Siddharth?"" "And I intend to remain okay all my Iife" "Which is why I'm telling you that I'm not going to get married" "Do you know what you're saying?" "We're discussing your marriage" ""Forget the seven vows, I'm not moving seven inches"" ""Esha, neither can I put the mangaIsutra around your neck..."" "nor can I take the vows with you." "I'm against marriage" "I'm against marriage" "I'm against marriage" "So I told you..." "I'm not getting married" "Do you realise what you're saying?" " You can just say I'm not interested" "What do you mean not-interested...?" "Is my daughter a commodity...?" "To be accepted or rejected at will?" " Spurning the girl you love is wrong" "It's sin!" " They want to give us their daughter" ""You mustn't talk like this, you should show respect"" "No disrespect meant." "It's heartfelt." " One minute... do you love Esha?" "Do you want it in writing?" "AII I'm saying is I'm not getting married" ""If you want milk, why buy a cow?" "If you want to make love, why marry?"" ""uncle, you married after a five-year romance." "And what result?"" ""One year later, you were divorced"" ""We took our wedding anniversary to the judge, asking for a divorce"" "This whole family is insane!" " It's because I'm not insane" "I don't want to take away Esha's freedom" "And I don't want to lose my lover to a wife" ""A romance ends in a marriage, no?" " Yes!" "Marriage is the end of love"" "Get married and love is over!" "Before the wedding..." "look at how couples wait anxiously for the time when they will meet" "And look at married folks!" "6 o'cIock won't happen before nine" ""At times, they won't come home." "Why?" " That won't happen to us"" "And why would it happen?" " You're such a kid!" "Think..." ""If matrimony is holy, would marriages end up in court?"" "Takes a moment to sever that bond of lifetimes." "See you after divorce" ""Esha, you and everyone else might not endorse my point of view"" "But I want to live my Iife." " Who told you marriage ruins love?" "You." "Have you ever been nice to Mummy in all these years you've been married?" "Stop it!" "I won't hear this from my child I reared all these years" "Some childhood!" "I grew up hearing the two of you squabbIe..." ""and I learnt that if you didn't separate, it was because of me"" ""For the two of you, it was sacrifice, big enough." "But in my eyes..."" ""with every passing moment, marriage lost value." "Yes Esha..."" ""if I'm refusing to marry, the reason lies in my childhood"" "Right here in my home I saw a marriage dying bit by little bit" ""After the wedding, love died, no?" " After the baby, you buried your love"" "There's a limit to tolerating" "I don't want to live with you!" "You're frustrated" ""Siddharth, we got to talk." " Give it to me in writing"" "What was he saying...?" " He asked for water." "It's hot" ""He's so afraid of you, he stays with me all the time..."" "and he has picked up my dialect." "Oh but he's only a baby" "Anyone has anymore questions?" "Anyone wants to say anything?" "I wonder... what's the issue?" "Or is this a tv talk show?" "God's creatures... plants and animals!" "Do they ever marry?" "Have you heard... of trees marrying...?" " Not birds and bees..." "I'm talking about people!" "I'm talking about daughter..." "Adam and Eve never married." "And they were the happiest couple" "Adam!" "You've had your say." "Now hear me." " Eve's Daddy!" "You'II have your say... after you've found me a man who isn't sorry about being married" "Not to be aghast." "That's the question every boy and girl in India will ask... in just a few years from now" ""Didn't occur before falling in love?" " You love me, but you don't get me"" "I don't want to get into a marriage and lose you and your love" ""actually, RahuI is innocent..." " Oh yes!" "Innocence writ all over him"" "If this is the education your son has acquired abroad... then the biggest blunder of my Iife was sending my daughter abroad" "Being in love is no crime." "But loving someone who refuses to marry you... is being silly" ""Esha, are you listening to me?"" ""You're telling me to stop seeing RahuI, right?"" "I'm not about to let you be disgraced" "I'm not worried about my status." "I'm worried for you... for your life." " You're breaking my concentration" ""please..." "leave me alone." " Esha, look at me"" "In life... it happens" ""Don't worry, I'II talk to RahuI." " He's beyond reasoning"" "rahul's father is here" "Can I see Esha... for a minute?" "I'm begging of you." "Forgive RahuI." " How can I...?" ""The very women they love, men have made unhappy"" "rahul is only human" "We don't want to lose a daughter-in-Iaw like you" "My child... give me some time." "Everything will work out fine" "But how...?" " It will happen... it will" ""Too bad, no...?" " Yes, India lost by a run"" ""Not cricket, I'm talking about RahuI refusing to marry Esha"" ""RahuI has fallen out with Esha?" " No, he's still in love"" "Has Esha ditched RahuI?" " No" ""Then what's the problem?" " Wants to be in love, not marry"" "Who..." "Esha?" " I'm talking about RahuI" "Then stop screaming at me and ask RahuI." "call him" "I know it!" "Don't pick my brains!" " Why are you screaming at me?" ""I'm just a little confused." "Just explain this to me, will you?"" "rahul loves Esha?" " Yes" ""But no wedding, no living together?" " Yes"" ""Strange generation, so confused." " That's what it's like"" "What do you mean?" " There's a confusion" ""What kind of a generation is this?" "Make love, don't marry...?"" "Why are you screaming at me?" " Because no one else is around" ""Yes, no one else..." " Then...?"" "Is this permissible?" " What's not?" "You don't see...?" " Why me...?" "I can't scream at myself!" " So you scream at me?" "Don't you belong to this generation?" " Don't you...?" ""Yes, but what else do I do?" "Dance?" " Even I know how to dance"" "Won't marry...?" ""Too bad, no...?" " Yes, India lost by a run"" ""Not cricket, I'm talking about RahuI refusing to marry Esha"" "Hey... what are you upto?" "Cribbing or talking?" "I grew up hearing the two of you squabbIe" "I'm coming" ""If I'm refusing to marry, the reason lies in my childhood"" "I'm against marriage" ""For all those fights we had all these years, both of us have lost"" "We must recant." "She loves RahuI dearly" ""We must change, for RahuI's sake." "And that shouldn't be tough"" "uncle!" "My home was a battlefield." "What's come over the battlefield?" ""For a moment, I thought no, this isn't my home"" "Are they going to deny me the comforts of my home?" ""They have realised their mistakes." " And they'II change, overnight?"" "A U-turn...?" "At their age?" "Now tell me... can anyone put the world Trade Center together again?" "No!" "Same here at home" ""uncle, you tell them to have a fight." "Then they'II sleep easy"" "What a nephew!" "He's always one up on me" "Esha..." "listen... you're avoiding me and I've had enough of it" "Look..." "I got to explain." "I Iove you dearly." "Don't you want to know..." ""why I'm refusing to marry you?" " No, why should I do the asking?"" ""Isn't "why" your favourite?" " Esha..."" ""Won't you listen to me, this once?" " You want to listen?" "You're a coward"" ""You're scared silly!" "But no, not about a marriage." "It's yourself..."" "who you're scared of." "And I'm afraid of guys who are scared of themselves" ""RahuI, just take a left out of here and you'II walk into a world..."" ""where you'II find lots of girls, your type"" ""RahuI, it hurts"" "At least you can feel someone else's hurt" "Hey I'm ready for you" "I don't want this!" "Stop it!" " No messing with my girl" "rahul!" "You're insane!" "And who are you to save me?" "Who are you to come to my rescue?" "And why do you mind... if someone tells me something?" "Who are you to me?" ""Much as I Ioved you, I'm beginning to hate you now"" ""I cry for my beloved..."" ""but we are separated by a river of love"" ""To ford the river I must drown"" "Esha!" "talk" "Hi!" "I'm not in." "Leave your name and your number after the beep" "I know it's you!" ""What's wrong, Esha?" " He walks out of the relationship..."" ""and when I refuse to talk to him, he feels bad"" ""Esha, are you...?" " Do you think I'm crying?"" ""No, your daughter is very strong"" ""Oh why did I faII in love?"" ""I wanted you, I desire you..."" ""but when I touched you, I found only a shadow..."" ""and I lost faith"" ""I'm no poet"" ""Yet I believe..."" ""your gift of tears is my poetry"" ""You were my first love and I swore..."" ""my Iife's but haIf-Iived without you"" ""I'm calling out to you, come back to me"" ""Oh my love"" ""You wanted Earth"" ""Mine is the Sky"" ""How can you possess me?" "I'm a wild waft"" ""Yet I pine for you, why am I tied to you?"" ""After every waking, why do I crave for another dream?"" ""I wanted you, I desire you..."" ""but when I touched you, I found only a shadow"" ""I don't believe in love anymore"" ""Oh love..."" ""oh why did I faII in love?"" ""Esha, come out... come outside"" "Is it the rain?" "Am I weeping?" "I don't even know" "Oh it's merely a few lonely tears... and you are so angry?" ""Staying out of sight, playing hide-n-seek...?"" ""This is no separation, stupid"" ""It's the air I kiss, it's you I really miss"" "You think I can't live without you?" "actually... it's true" ""You know Esha, it isn't raining." "The skies are keeping me company"" ""If you love me, come around"" "You can't keep me waiting for you because I never went away from you" "What madness is this?" " What's my fault?" "I didn't call the rains." "I just came to see you" ""And make yourself sick?" " Even if I die, what does it matter?"" ""RahuI, I don't understand you." " Why understand?" "Just love me"" "And after that...?" " More love" "After that?" " More love" "And afterwards?" " only love" "hello!" " That was one step too high" "hello Sudha!" " My husband didn't receive you?" ""Yes, he's coming." " welcome"" "Was the flight on time?" " On the dot" "It flew as soon we sat." "Ever since the terrorism began... pilots are trying to make quicker Iandings lest they're blown up in air" ""True, no...?" " Enough." "control"" "Is that controlled too?" " No sight of Esha?" ""Rasik, come on... and Sudha, you're going on talking too." "Let's go in"" "Where are we?" " Going to see a shrink" ""I'II wait here for you." " It's for you, not for me"" "He'II look inside your head and he'II tell you" "No one's telling me off" "Scared of getting married?" "Now what's your problem?" ""Give me the logical, pathological and psychological chronology of events"" "The truth?" "I think the dog squad is coming for me." " Why?" "Because I think I'm a stray dog." " Since when?" "Ever since I was a little pup." " Let's talk about your wedding" ""Do we dogs marry?" " Not once, several times over"" "How many times have you married?" " Twice" ""Now when did I become a dog?" "Drop it, just concentrate on this." "And answer me"" ""darling, lights off." " In front of them...?"" "For the patient." " Okay sir" "Hear the Iast two words of every sentence I speak." "Repeat them" "Repeat them... repeat them..." " Not now" "Not now... not now..." " Why not marry?" "Not marry... not marry..." " Say you will marry." "You'II marry" ""Now look here, doctor." " What's red...?"" ""Look at this dot and say, your marriage is on the rocks"" "On the rocks... on the rocks!" "please remove that light" "About your affair." "Your wife knows!" " Wife knows... wife knows" "please remove that light" "I'm going mad" "You'II dump me?" "*** You're going to walk out on me?" " Say yes" ""Yes, yes." " You cheater"" ""Marry if you will, kill yourself if you will, but don't ruin me"" "Am I bothered...?" " Pity him... telling me to marry" "Ruined my plans!" "Oh how do I bring you around?" "Observing something?" " Wondering..." "About me...?" " Us" "How long will we play hide and seek with life's truths?" ""RahuI, I thought you might realise it if we stayed apart." "But..."" ""Come clean." "What about our wedding?" " In Europe, in America..."" "there are so many couples who don't marry." "They're happy to live together" ""I mean, live together... but..." " Marriage isn't a small arrangement"" "Marriage is a lifetime's relationship." " What's lacking in our relationship?" "Love?" "No." "Companionship?" "No." "But we keep a healthy distance" ""There's space, there's freedom." " really?" "And what will you name it?"" ""A friendship." "Just love." "And even, relationship"" "And..." " We'II go through a lifetime together" "Don't you trust me?" " What kind of a love is this?" "You love me and yet you want me to live an incomplete life?" "You won't let me become a mother?" ""In our relationship, it can't happen." " Esha, in what times are you living?"" ""You're still such a typical Indian girl worshipping the Moon, fasting!" "Grow up"" ""Yes RahuI, we Indian girls will even pray to the Moon for the sake of love"" "You refuse to relate to someone who's living with you under the same roof?" "Are you scared?" " Yes!" "Under that roof... at home..." ""under those skies, in the light of that very Moon..."" "I have seen a relationship coming apart at seams" ""For once, will you understand why I refuse to marry?"" "I know" "At home you never found love!" "And if you never found love... how can you love someone else?" ""RahuI, if this is still what you think about marriage, don't see me ever again"" "It's all over!" "We part" ""And don't ever again ask "why"" ""Esha!" "If you won't come out, I'm coming in"" "I'm coming in" "rahul!" "What are you doing?" "Stop him" ""Sorry, couldn't find the brakes." " Find the brakes"" "You better put a brake on yourself" ""Why are you seeing Esha?" " For love, romance"" "Enough of this nonsense." " You must tell Esha that" ""Hey, if you love Esha so much, why don't you marry her?"" "Let me tell you" "Is this dog yours?" " Yes" "Does it love you?" "And you love him too" "But why you aren't married to the dog?" "Why doesn't the dog carry your name?" ""Like Rocky MaIhotra, or Moti PateI...?" " Hey!" "Moti PateI was my father's name"" "He said sorry to the dog!" "Makes my Dad worse than a dog" "Just think!" "Despite all your love you aren't married to the dog" "No marriage certificate here" ""Because the relationship, the loyalty grows out of love"" "So what's the furore about?" " What a generation!" "Mad!" "completely" ""Yes, I'm mad." "So don't cross my way or I'II drive everyone mad"" "That boy is incorrigible!" "talks of dogs next he'II rope in some circus tiger... and then the wildlife activists will come after us" ""Take my word, get Esha married off into a nice family as soon as you can"" ""Rasik, what better a family than yours?" "Esha is a very nice girl"" ""Of course she is, and don't embarrass me." "Go ahead"" "But Esha loves RahuI." "will she agree?" " Leave that to me" ""She's innocent." "I'II bring her around." "But Amit, you must take your decision"" "I don't want you to be pressurised by anyone into making a decision" ""And yes, I have always loved Esha." "But I'II be willing..."" "only if Esha concedes of her free will." " Then it's settled" "Nice marksman." " Look RahuI... you shouldn't be seeing Esha anymore." " Why?" "Someone has a problem?" "You or Esha?" " She's getting married and you know" "Her Daddy proposed." " Marry him." "Why are you after Esha?" "Am I asking you to let me marry your girlfriend?" "She loves me and you know that." " If I refused... her parents would force her to marry someone she doesn't even know" ""At least, here's someone who loves her"" "Or would you hate to see her living happily with me?" "Amit!" "You can't marry Esha" "You have cited a hundred reasons for not marrying Esha" "Give me one reason why I shouldn't be marrying her and I won't" "Are you sure Esha still loves you?" "Stop" ""Esha, come out"" "call the police!" " call the army" "Are you mad?" "Stop it!" "What are you upto?" " Do you love me or not?" "What are you doing?" "Speak!" "Do you love me or not?" " What are you trying to do?" "Have you gone mad?" "Why did you stop?" "Get on with your ritual" "What...?" " You say your prayers." "I'II say mine" "I'm not taking my hand away until you tell me" ""RahuI, you're getting burnt!" " Both of us are getting burnt"" ""Stop it, please"" "Enough of this melodrama!" " If you don't get out..." "I'II turn you over to the police." " No one can do anything to me" ""I'm hostage to my heart..."" ""in love with you"" ""You're lost in memories, burdened with promises..."" ""you got trouble, you get a bad name..."" ""when you're hostage to your heart"" ""Love evokes ardour, love ruins lives..."" ""unrelenting, unceasing..."" ""unreasoning"" ""It's my heart I'm hostage to"" ""But..." "I got a big problem"" ""Your..."" ""heartbeats screaming..."" ""yearning..."" ""revealing..."" ""losing, finding..."" ""vanishing..."" ""erasing everything..."" ""holding you hostage..."" ""to your heart..."" ""asking for ardour, ruining your life..."" ""unrelenting, unceasing..."" ""unreasoning"" ""It's my heart I'm hostage to"" ""Unreasoning..."" ""bringing tears..."" ""evoking passion..."" ""making life miserable..."" ""showing me how to die..."" ""testing me..."" ""holding me hostage..."" ""that's my heart"" "Our purpose here is humane concern" "Hunger compels us to eat." "It's natural" "To steal another man's food is crime" ""To starve oneself that others may eat, is culture"" "wonderful!" "Siddharth JaiswaI!" "double standards personified" ""while he speaks of culture, his son is running amok in my house"" "I'II speak to RahuI." " You still want to talk?" "He's a scoundrel!" "And you're a social worker" "He wants a Iive-in relationship with my daughter" ""Which means, adultery, sin!" " So...?"" "Is this any time for an argument?" "Am I to take it lying down because I am the girl's father?" "Never" "Hands off" ""Your son cannot marry Esha?" "tell me, who is that lady sitting with you?"" "Lecturing about culture is easy." "One must first be cultured... to impart a good upbringing to one's son" "Are you raising a blood bank?" "You better warn your son" ""If he tries to see Esha again, he will have to approach your blood bank"" "You're going to find RahuI's corpse!" " Don't you dare touch my son" "Any doctor around...?" "Back out... back out" "What happened to Papa?" "tell me." " You'II find dinner at home" ""Mummy, talk to me!" " About what?"" "Esha father re-iterated in public what you said at home" "It was like a grave insult." "Your father couldn't take it" "And you see the state he is in" "So Esha's Dad did all this?" "Okay" "You aren't going anywhere." "You are going to do nothing" ""Not anyone else, you are responsible for the state your father is in"" "Do you know who binds us in a relationship?" "It's you" "If something happens to your Papa I will never forgive you" ""And get this clear." "To me, my husband comes first"" ""Esha, talk to me..." " Let me talk"" ""Hung up." "What about their wedding?" " If they won't marry, what can I do?"" ""At this rate, will anyone ever marry?" "Then how will they make babies?"" "And how will babies grow up?" "And how will there be more weddings?" "Hey... why are you extrapoIating?" " My dad is a wedding contractor" ""He rigs wedding tents, caters food at weddings"" "You want to know where I go after college?" "I play in a wedding band" "Guys like RahuI are going to ruin my family business" ""If people stop getting married, we're dead men"" "Then we're in business!" " How come...?" "I'm an undertaker." "We sell everything." "It's a monopoly" ""tell me, how's your Daddy keeping?" " Why do you want to know?"" ""Hey!" "I'II give you a discount, you're a friend"" "Someday everyone dies!" "Listen... don't get worked up" "Now stop moping." " I don't want to marry" "Are we your foes?" "You think we don't understand?" "Why are you disturbing her?" "It's my mistake." "Don't hit Mummy." " So it hurts you to see Mummy hurt?" ""Same way." "When you are hurt, we are hurt"" ""He broke your heart, now you mope all day." "You're hurt." "Won't we hurt?"" "Is my daughter going to weep all her life?" "No my child." "Forget him" "Life isn't about crying yourself to death" "Amit is a childhood friend of yours." "He'II be happy to marry you" ""Papa, I simply don't know what to do." "I'II do whatever you say"" ""Enough." " One last, for my sake"" "How are you keeping?" " AII right" "Why are you standing?" "please be seated" ""actually I..." " Yes, did you say something?"" ""actually, we..." " would you Iike to have something?"" ""No, thanks..." " actually we came to return something"" "Some gifts... that RahuI gave to Esha" "So we thought..." "This... wasn't necessary." " Esha is getting married" "So we thought..." " It was decided all of a sudden..." ""We think, if she keeps these..." " Is Esha...?"" "Son of a family friend." "Esha has known him all along" "Which means...?" "lovely girl..." "May I meet her for once?" " well..." ""Why not?" "She's standing outside, she's a bit shy"" "Esha..." "How are you?" "Fine" "How have you been?" "We've made you so unhappy..." "There's an auspicious date after two days... so... we've decided" "What does he do?" " He's an MBA" "Your son isn't bad either" "We ought to..." " We're leaving now" "How can you leave like this?" "You must have something..." "Some other time" "If you permit me..." "I might..." "I know it's too late." " Mr Siddharth..." "look after yourself" "shall we...?" "Won't you give her your blessings?" ""How can I find the words...?" "well, if not in this house..."" ""may you be happy, wherever you go." "bless you"" ""Don't tire yourself out, go to bed." "Tomorrow is your henna-rituaI"" ""I remember you telling me, to make the most of whatever comes to me in life"" ""I'm trying, I'm ready for the wedding." "I made a mistake falling in love, no?"" "Outcomes quite belle our expectations." "And things happen so suddenly" "What... rains?" " Isn't this a surprise?" "Never rains this time of the year." " Never before were you sending me off" ""You're worried, aren't you?" "About the wedding tent getting wet...?"" ""This moment, these rains, will drench me as long as I Iive"" "You... here...?" " I'm going away to bangalore" "Go away from here" ""If you stay on, your folks will force you into a marriage"" ""And I know, you don't want that." "Come on"" "We'II find a new world for ourselves." "Let's give ourselves four-five years" "If we think we can stick together..." "we'II think it over" "Let's make a new world for ourselves far away from these people" "Are you leaving?" "Or will you have me show you out?" ""Not you, I was asking Esha out"" "Leave him" "No one's stopping anyone" ""Esha, it's your life." "Today you must decide"" "None of us is stopping you" "Why did you stop?" " This is how far I go" "I cannot cross this threshold." "And what can I do...?" "call it culture or tradition or what you will... doesn't permit me to go beyond" ""If you want to take me any further, you will take the seven vows"" "You'II also give me a wedding necklace." " Too afraid of worldly convention?" ""My parents, my family make up this world that's mine"" "For the sake of my happiness I won't make them unhappy" ""If you remember, I told you once how man and wife take seven vows"" ""In those seven steps, I wanted us to take our vows." "In all sincerity"" "I know three vows I will take." "Think up your vows before you come" ""We might not marry, but we'II stay friends"" "will you give me a wedding gift?" "I'II expect you." "Take care" "rahul is gone!" "He left this letter" ""Papa and Mummy, I'm leaving this city." "I don't have the heart to watch..."" ""while Esha marries someone else." "I don't know where I'm headed"" ""Don't bother to look for me, I never meant anything to you"" ""Yours, RahuI"" "My son!" "Where might he be...?" " Wherever he is..." ""he will have to return, if his love is true"" ""If he won't, then nature will draw him to his true love"" ""I got to embrace life with a smile, for my sake, for the sake of all of us"" ""My father, my mother, my brother, my friends..."" ""my home, my lanes, my village square..."" ""I'm leaving my childhood behind"" ""Where goes your golden girl?"" ""Whither...?"" ""My love for you is taking me to a land where I'II be a stranger"" ""How many young men have died for you?"" ""The soil in my homelands, my heartstrings..."" ""beckon me"" ""The henna, the vermilion, the turmeric, the kohl..."" ""will change your life once forever"" ""My love, with you goes my heart"" ""Say it with your eyes, Iet me hear your eyes speak"" ""This is your chance, choose your mate"" ""What can I tell you?" "What can I tell myself?"" ""My eyes are brimming over, oh what am I to do?"" ""My love for you is taking me to a land where I'II be a stranger"" ""The soil in my homelands, my heartstrings..."" ""beckon me"" ""The henna, the vermilion, the turmeric, the kohl..."" ""will change your life once forever"" ""My love, with you goes my heart"" ""My little doll will wear her wedding bangles"" ""And my world will become so empty"" ""But such is circumstance..."" ""Iove is so compelling"" ""You know it and I know it"" ""And what can anyone do?"" ""And how many young men have died for you?"" ""But it's the love of a man that's taking me to a land..."" ""where I'II be a stranger"" ""He looked into my eyes and he snatched from me..."" ""my very being, my self"" ""He looked into her eyes..."" ""and she lost herself"" ""Did you hear...?"" ""What my heart said?"" "The wedding altar isn't yet ready" "Get someone to organise things" "What insolence is this?" " Have you ever been in love?" "I Iove her dearly" "She's very sick!" " What are you talking about?" "My wife!" "She's my love!" "She means everything to me" "Five years I courted her and we've been married for 7 years" "My Kavita!" "Without her I'm going to die" "She's in hospital!" "Breathing her last" ""Give me the ticket, please!" " Even I got to go..."" ""Use my ticket, take the next flight." "But let me take this flight"" ""You might not understand what love is, what relationships mean"" "But my Kavita... my marriage." "She means everything to me... everything" "In a marriage two lives are intertwined..." ""two lives, intertwined"" "Everything's hanging on a yes from you ... a single yes... please say yes" "I beg of you..." "let me have the ticket." "I need to be there!" "I beg of you..." ""You can use this ticket." "As for me, hardly matters." "Go on"" ""Friend, I don't know whether you've ever been in love"" "I only pray that you get whatever you want" "Coming from a lover it's a benediction" "When is the next flight to bangalore?" " In two hours" "rahul is here." "If you say so..." "Summon the girl" "Am I too late?" "Where have you been so long?" " Esha I was..." "Not a word..." ""Look, you wanted a Iive-in relationship and that's wrong"" ""But marrying someone I don't love is worse, isn't it...?"" ""I'II forsake tradition, everything I'II live with you..."" "whether or not you say yes to a wedding" ""And irrespective of who says what, that's what my heart tells me"" "Esha..." "listen..." ""if you can forsake your parents, your traditions for my sake..."" ""I'm willing to sacrifice my notions, I'II give up my persistence"" "really...?" ""Esha, I want to marry you"" "I apologise to everyone" "I wonder what it's about a marriage..." ""the more I try to escape it, the more I'm drawn to it"" "I'm going to marry her and I'm going to take my seven vows" "But none of those incantations and chants" "The vows we're going to take are our heartfelt vows" ""Esha, I've thought up my vows." "What's on your mind?"" "What could I work out...?" "That's all what the rituals are about" ""What my heart says..."" ""do you hear...?""