"What work does your son-in-law do?" " He's an engineer." " That's nice." "Since he is an engineer, he surely must be having surplus income too." " Yes, of course." " What about his relatives?" "Not at all." "He is all alone." "The path is clear." "Then your daughter will surely find the going smooth!" "Attention!" "His Highness  King Harry is on his way here!" "Looks like some King is attending your daughter's marriage." "rossen123" "He isn't a King." "He's my son." "Since nobody gave him a break in films the rascal keeps on donning various garbs." " What's this?" " Father!" "I got held up in make-up." "Please pardon me." "You may begin the marriage ceremony." " Rascal, the ceremony is nearly over." " lt doesn't matter." "Let the mangalsutra be worn again." "Take Two!" "Does one repeat the process of wearing a mangalsutra?" "Father!" "You are insulting an artist in public!" " Where is she?" " Who?" " This fool's mother!" " Mother!" "Mother, why don't you come here?" "What's the matter?" "Why are you shouting so loudly?" "Come...you are the root cause of all problems." " What wrong did I do?" " You're asking this?" "I always advised you not to watch too many films." "But you didn't listen." "You even went to watch a film on the delivery date." "This rascal was born there itself." "When an infant is born, it cries 'Ma Ma'!" "This fool was born screaming 'cinema...cinema'!" "Father, you are insulting my mother!" "What're you doing?" "How dare you point a sword at your father?" "Didn't I tell you that I don't want it?" "Take it back!" "Why do you have to become so angry, Mr. Raj?" "I am only presenting a gift on the occasion of marriage." "Take it. lt's a nice design. lt must be at least 100 grams in weight." " lt is 120 grams." " That's what!" "What's the matter, son-in-law?" "He's my contractor." "He has come here on your invitation." "He's trying to bribe me." " Bribe?" "Aren't you ashamed?" " l'm only giving him a gift." "What's wrong in accepting a gift?" "If I accept his gift today I will have to accept his contaminated cement too." "Let's go." "Do eat the meals before you leave." "Our son-in-law is real gold." "Gold!" "Can you melt him and convert it into a necklace?" "What nonsense!" "It's my daughter's misfortune!" "My son-in-law proved to be an honest person!" "Come, dear..." " lt's so hot, isn't it?" " But this is a winter season." "I wonder why I'm feeling so hot." "Shall I switch on the AC?" "Where is the AC?" "There's no AC." "Our heart is like an AC for us." "You are right." "Drink water." "Hey!" "It's not cold." "Surely, you must be used to drinking cold water from the fridge, isn't it?" "I am used to drinking normal water." "We don't have a refrigerator." "You must be joking." "You're such a big engineer." "You don't even have a fridge and an air-conditioner?" "No fridge, no TV, no VCR, nor a washing machine." "You must have thought that you will buy it once you get married." "Right?" "No. lt's beyond my means to buy all these things." "Then what do you have at home?" "I am there to look at you lovingly." "is that not enough?" "Hey!" "What're you doing?" "Something is happening to me." "That's why I am doing it!" "Rs. 100 for a balcony ticket." "I have the last two tickets!" "Please buy the tickets." "They are the last two." " l have only 200 rupees!" " lt will do." "Here..." "Let's go." "You bought such expensive tickets!" "Careful... I'm sick of travelling in these lousy buses!" "You never know what will happen." "rossen123" "You can buy the provisions and take a bus back home." "It's enough to say, Go home." "You don't have to say, Take a bus." "It's 7 seven years since we've been married." "Have I ever driven around in a car?" "Listen... don't get immersed in your work and forget to eat." "And both of you..." "I want you to finish all the food in the box, okay?" " Okay, Maa (mother). - l often tell you to call me Mummy." "No kid in high-society calls his mother Maa !" "Very well, Mummy." "Bye..." "Listen..." "What did I want to tell you?" "Of course!" "I'll take a bus back home." "I can't possibly take a flight, can I?" "It's ages since I've seen you!" "Where were you all these days?" "I had moved to Canada with my husband." "But I've got know everything about you." "What have you got to know?" "Just that you have got married, too!" " You have kids, don't you?" " Yes." "A boy and a girl." "What does your husband do for a living?" "Do?" "He's a magnate...!" "A business-magnate, actually." " A business-magnate?" " Of course!" ""We have a flourishing business..." "a bungalow, cars,... the works!" "And you're still walking!" "Actually, our family-physician, who is famous all over the world has advised me to walk around." "It's good for the health, he says." "So, I thought I'd take a walk and also buy the vegetables I need!" "By the way, where is your bungalow?" " A bungalow?" " Yes...where do you live?" " At Golf Lakes." " Golf Lakes?" "!" "That is where l'm headed;" "let me drop you there." ""We'll not only have a chat, but I'll see your bungalow, too!" "Not today!" "I've got to walk now!" "Let's go over some other day..." ""Will you quietly get into the car, or do I kidnap you?" "!" "I've landed in the soup today!" "How will I get out of it?" "What are you murmuring to yourself?" "What?" "!" "Oh, nothing!" "You've got a nice car." "How much did it cost you?" "It's worth 10, I think." " 10 Lakh Rupees?" " That's right." "Why did you ask?" " Ours has been expensive." " l see." "It's the same make, too." " lt must be a more recent model." " Yes." "That's it." "Here we are at Golf Lake..." "Now, where's your bungalow?" "That's what I'm thinking about, too!" "Take a right-turn from here..." " Hey, Nisha!" "Stop...!" " What's up?" "We've left our bungalow behind." "That's enough!" "Hold it!" "This is our bungalow, Nisha." "I wonder where the watchman has gone with the keys!" "I thought I'd treat you to some chilled apple-juice from the fridge." " But I don't have the keys." " l have the keys, Kajal." "Because this bungalow belongs to me." "...not because you're poor." "Not because you don't have a car or a bungalow." "But for having lied like this and insulting your husband, his pride!" "One's house is, after all, one's own, even if it is small." "You must consider your house to be your heaven!" "Or else, it doesn't take much for it to turn into hell." "You must learn to be happy with what you have." "Should you keep hankering for that which you don't possess your life will be hell." "Sheer hell!" "Listen, Kajal..." "The kids have gone to school and brother-in-law must be at office." " But where is Kajal?" "!" " Let me see..." "What a haunting voice... lt's like a quail singing!" "It sounds as if someone were calling me, from the depths of her heart!" " And here I go..." " Where to?" "On my heart I have control no more so here comes your Prince Charming!" " What were you looking at?" " The house." " What for?" " For the heck of it." "Are you the mailman?" "The postman?" " Do I look like one?" " Then what were you looking for?" " l looked for one to live in." " To live in?" " Will the neighbouring house, do?" " Yes, it will." " Will this one do, too?" " lt's just perfect!" " How much rent will you pay?" " As much as you ask for." " How much do you earn?" " l don't earn." "My father does." " How many fathers do you have?" " We usually have one father, right?" "is it your father's money that you're blowing up?" "I'm an artiste (kalakaar);" "I'm in love with art (kala)." " Who's Miss Kala?" " That's no Miss. I speak of art." " Do you have a radio at home?" " Yes, I do." " What make is it?" " Murphy." " And music-cassettes?" " Yes." " Which company are they from?" " HMV." " And a cassette-player?" " No." "Which is the one you don't have?" " Panasonic, Sony,..." " D'you hear music on Murphy then?" "I hear the quail singing!" "Why don't you hear the crow cawing instead?" "Because I'm in love with music, you know." "I eat music, I see music, I hear music..." "Can you see it, too?" "How is it to look at?" "It looked wonderful from the rear!" "I don't know about up-front!" " What else can you see?" " Everything!" "Can you see me?" "The trees?" "The air?" " The air?" " Can you see the air?" " Have you seen the air?" " How can I when I haven't even seen music?" "Can you see air?" " Who the hell is this man?" " What else do you want?" " Nothing, but you're..." " Can you see the stars?" " ln broad-daylight?" " The moon, too?" " Not in broad-daylight?" "!" " ls your head spinning?" "Check this guy out, my dear..." "I hope he's alive!" "What is that about?" "You're right, dear." "We want to see you married, too." "But who would marry you?" "Looks like it's the misdeeds of my last birth catching up with me!" "I have a daughter who can't speak and a husband who just can't shut his mouth!" "Music!" "In all its pristine glory!" "What was that?" ""Well, Prince Charming!" "What did the bird say to you?" "She used the code-language to tell me..." " What could that mean?" " l know what it means!" "I'll have to handle her old man first after which it's going to be honky-dory!" "It's easy to sermonise when you have all the comforts in life!" "A small house that is your own, indeed!" "Darn these cursed brinjals!" "Half of them are rotten!" "Let me see her leaving her house and living in this dingy hell-hole!" "She'll know how to manage without things, when they're expensive!" "She asks me to be happy with what I have!" "Or else, life will be a hell..." "Indeed!" "Am I not already in heaven?" "!" "What's the point in cursing others when my husband doesn't know how to make money!" "There he is!" "Sweetness-personified!" "Ask him why he's late and he'll talk of the excess-workload!" "As if his boss is going to pay him more for his extra-work!" " l'm sorry for being late." " Lots of work at the office, right?" "I've walked all the way from office today and saved the bus-fare." "Have you walked all the way..." "only to save this much?" "Hey!" "What's wrong with you?" "You're putting up with so much, just to buy me a tape-recorder!" "One has to forego something in order to gain something, Kajal." "But I don't like it." "When you walk like this it's my feet that hurt." "Let me give your feet a massage then." "And I will press them today!" "It's our wedding-anniversary, after all." "You haven't forgotten that, have you?" "That's really why I've sent the kids early to bed." " Naughty girl..." " Lay off!" "Quickly have a bath;" "I'll lay the table." "Do you know how I feel when I look at the stars and the moon?" " How?" " As if there were roses blossoming in the skies about to fall in our laps, as we lie here." "If something had to fall in our laps, it had rather be silver." "We could buy heaps of flowers with little silver-coins!" "I don't know why I'm always hankering after money!" "I've hurt your feelings even on our wedding anniversary, haven't I?" "Look at me... please." "D'you know what I'd have done, had I been in your shoes?" "I'd have given myself one tight slap!" "That would bring me to my senses." "Would a slap really bring you to your senses?" "That's the trouble..." "You'd rather give me two slaps!" " That wouldn't be enough." " Okay... slap me as much you will!" "I promise not to protest!" " Listen...!" " lt's the newspaper, Dad!" " God Almighty!" " ..acts as if she's got it all!" "The radio's blaring away, Dad." "Full of news for you!" "Go and get ready for school." "Quick!" "I'm sick of hearing them bragging!" "Are you listening to me?" " What did you say, Kajal?" " You know Gauri's aunt, don't you?" "She's bought a gold-chain weighing 60 grams." "And the snob Pushpa!" "She's bought a 24-inch colour TV-set!" "Everybody seems to be buying things Wonder when we'll have a TV or VCR." "How long will we keep visiting people for the television-shows..." "Where has he disappeared?" "!" "Dad's gone hot in the head, Mom." "He's gone to cool it off in the bathroom!" "You're pulling my leg too, eh?" "!" "I'm getting late for the office!" "Where's my lunch-box?" "I'm through." "Just a minute..." " Where are you, kids?" " Here we are, Dad!" " Here you are... take it." "Quick!" " What is it today?" "Can't you sometimes pack some pancakes for me?" "How often do I tell you that this is what the rich eat!" "So what if we're broke now?" "We won't remain like this all our lives!" "We'll be rich some day so we'd rather be used to the ways of the high-society." ""Well, then..." "I'm leaving for office now." "You speak as if you're bound for America!" "It's enough to say that you're leaving." ""Well, okay..." "I'm leaving." "May I?" " Sure, go on..." " But you're forgetting something." "The kids are watching!" "But why should you feel shy to apply vermillion?" "Just apply it." " A red-mark, eh?" " Yes!" "Why don't you use vermillion like this one?" "Why do you use stickers as dots on your forehead?" "Every wealthy woman uses stickers." "Not only is it cheap, but people think we're rich, too!" "You're the only one of your kind in this country!" ""Well..." "Let's go, kids." "Listen... I get it." "Come home soon and take us all to a film, right?" "You've got it!" " What's the matter, Kajal?" " Just mind the house, aunt..." "We're going out." "We're actually going to the movies." "Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge it's playing at the Regal." "It's an air-conditioned hall!" "We always take a cab when we go to see a film and you just can't enjoy a film unless you sit in the Balcony, right?" "What's the time?" "My God...!" "It's time already...!" ""We must have an ice-cream in the intermission, Mom." " Of course, dear..." " Some pop-corn too, Mom?" " Won't you have a soft-drink?" " You're fantastic, Mom!" "What's up, Kajal?" "Haven't you gone to the movies?" "Why not?" "Couldn't you find a cab?" "May God never give anyone the life of womenfolk!" "What do wives mean anyway?" "They're mere toilet-soap!" "Or a machine that prepares food!" " Actually what happened..." " l was mad to go bragging that my husband was taking me to the movies!" "Actually, the boss asked me to stay back and..." "You should have married the boss!" "Why did you marry me?" "Pappu's mother asks me..." "What's up?" "Haven't you gone to the movies?" "And Gauri's aunt said, She mustn't have found a cab!" "No... don't do that!" "I want you to buy me an air-conditioned cinema hall just now!" " Buy you a cinema hall?" "!" " That's right!" "I'll never ask you to take me to the movies again!" "No!" "Don't do that!" "Please!" "What life are we leading without money?" "!" " l've been dying to see a film..." " Where are my clothes, Kajal?" "Call me as much as you will!" "I will just not come to you!" "Shut up!" "Keep pining away for me all night!" "Send Raghu inside..." "Quick." "But Raghu's away at the bank, sir." " But Abdul is around, isn't he?" " He's at the site, sir." " There must be some driver around?" " They're all on duty, sir." "You just can't find a driver when you need one!" " Can I drive you somewhere, sir?" " You?" "Why not?" "Actually, Janhvi, is arriving today from America." "She's my niece; the daughter of my elder brother." "And you know I have an appointment and just can't go to receive her." "Would you mind picking her up at the airport?" "It's time for the flight to land." "Here are the keys." "Hey!" "What are you doing?" " Are you Miss Janvi?" " You've spelt that wrongly." " Pardon me?" " You've spelt it wrongly the H comes after N." " l'll correct it the next time." " Next time?" "Will you still bring a placard?" "Won't you recognise me then?" "I didn't think of that!" "Please sit in the car." " Why didn't my uncle come?" " He was busy." "So he asked me..." "My luggage goes with me..." "My luggage!" "What is your name?" "What is your name?" "So, Raj... have you been driving a bullock-cart all these days?" " What?" "!" " What, indeed!" "Why are you driving the car so slowly?" "What the hell are you speeding for?" "!" "I've been flying planes all these days, you know!" "Are you crazy?" "!" " What are you doing?" " Do you know the way to your house?" "Take a cab and go home." "Listen...!" "I'll see you tomorrow then, Mrs Kapoor." "Raj!" "You've fetched Janhvi, haven't you?" "You had no problems on the way, I hope?" "How would I have problems?" "Didn't you send a capable driver to fetch me?" "Driver?" "!" "Haven't you told her that you're an Engineer in our company?" "And I was getting impressed at the style of a mere chauffeur!" "But you've turned out to be an engineer!" "May I leave, sir?" "May I apologise for my behaviour?" "You could do with a little bit of smile, couldn't you?" "This is Vikram Khanna, my business partner." "Your uncle has been full of praise for you." "But he still didn't do justice to you." "I'm going home, Uncle." "See you later." "How often do I come here?" "Have I nothing else to do?" " Such as?" " Such as what ?" "I mean, what else do you have to do?" "is it a small task to make people like you pay up my rent?" " What are you yelling for?" " l'm yelling, eh?" "It's your wife who's making me yell!" " What's the matter?" "Tell me..." " Didn't you tell me..." "Hush!" "Don't shout..." "Didn't you tell me that your wife would pay me the rent?" "And she says you will pay me." "Will you now?" " Why haven't you paid him his rent?" " l've spent the money." "Spent it?" "Spent the rent?" "!" "Spent my money?" "!" "Relax..." "Wait a minute." "But I had given you the money for the rent, Kajal." "Haven't I told you that I've spent it?" "What did you spend so much of money on?" "Will I have to account for every penny I spend?" "I'm not asking you to account for it." "I'm only asking you because I'm being asked by Hasmukhlal!" "I've bought lottery-tickets with the money!" "What?" "!" "You've bought lottery-tickets with the money, have you?" "!" "That's right!" "We get a lakh of Rupees for the lottery we win!" "You're getting madder and madder every day!" "Are you mad to buy lottery-tickets worth a thousand Rupees?" "!" "Yes, I have." "When you can't find ways to make money what alternative do I have but to buy lottery-tickets?" "Don't scream at me!" "Or else, I won't take it quietly, too!" "What are you going to do about it?" "!" "What can a woman do anyway?" "Cry my heart out, what else?" "!" " Lord Almighty!" " Do you have a headache?" "Wait till I win a lottery..." "It's going to be fun thereafter!" " My money?" " l'll pay you tomorrow." "And what do I do then?" "Stand guard here?" " Keep my watch for now" " Do I sell it?" "Why will you sell it?" "I'll pay you by tomorrow." " You'll pay me tomorrow?" "Sure?" " Sure!" " When will you pay me tomorrow?" " The moment I return from office!" " What if you don't go to office?" " Why won't I?" "!" " You will return, won't you?" " Of course, I will!" " You won't forget?" " Why will I?" " Tomorrow evening then, okay?" " Okay!" " At what time tomorrow?" " At 5.30..." "Can't you make it at 5 p.m. ?" "I will clear your dues by 5.30 tomorrow, Mr Hasmukhlal!" " Do I leave then?" " Please do!" " Why hasn't he returned as yet?" " Dad!" "I've made it, Dad!" "I've got a break as a hero!" "Which idiot would give you break as a hero?" "!" " You can consider me a hero, Dad..." " l can't believe it!" "Besides, I had sent you to buy me a toilet-soap!" "The soap!" "Wait, Dad..." "I want to enact a sad-scene." " Go outside and do it." " Wait, Dad!" "It's a tragic scene and you'll have to die for it!" "I'll break-down when I see you dead and that'll be great fun, Dad!" "Come again ..." "What was that?" "!" "What are you doing?" "One slap from me and you'll have loose-motions!" "You want me to die, eh?" "So you can sell this house and produce a film?" "No way!" "I'd rather lose my life..." "but I'd never die!" "Why doesn't he understand!" "My God..!" "My dad refuses to kick the bucket!" "Champak!" "How on earth will I perform a tragic-scene?" "!" "That's okay, isn't it?" "Do I get cracking now?" "My father has left me!" "Listen, ye guys in the village!" "Whom will I call my father now?" "He has left me an orphan!" "He has widowed my mother!" "He has left me an orphan...!" "All alone in this big, bad world!" "Cut the cliches!" "Your audience is running away!" "Let's see you bring out your inner-emotions!" "lnner-emotional, right?" "Extremely sentimental, eh?" "From the depths of my heart, isn't it?" "Right ho!" " Go ahead and call for action." "Father..." "You have deserted me, Dad!" "You had asked me to fetch you a toilet-soap..." "How could you slip away, even before you could bathe?" "You have widowed my mother!" "Damn the incence-stick!" "Father...!" "Listen, folks..." "my father is no more!" "When did this happen, Hiralal?" "He died moments ago." "It is a grave injustice on my mother!" "He loved the mashed-brinjals my mother prepared!" "She has gone to fetch brinjals, but he has left before he could eat!" "Are you going to get fritters up there, Dad?" "!" "No!" "This can't be true!" "How did this happen?" "!" "My husband is no more!" "Oh God!" " Have patience." " How did this happen?" "!" "Don't cry, Mother..." "Who has ever been able to defy destiny?" "Those who leave, never return..." "But their memories torment you I can't believe this, Mother!" "Look at his eyes!" "Just look at them!" "It appears as if he's watching the World Cup on television!" "That's a great act from my Mom, isn't it?" "Look at his eyes, Mom!" "Wide-eyed!" "As if he were at the premiere show of my first film!" "What's wrong with you?" "Why are you crying?" "My husband is dead!" "And they don't even let me cry in peace!" "Your husband?" "That's me...!" "And I'm alive!" " Ghost!" "Ghost!" " Where's the ghost?" "You are the ghost!" "Do I look like a ghost to you?" " What's that on your body?" " l was having a bath and ran out, when the tap went dry." "Who's that?" "The face appears to be familiar." "It's your own portrait, father." "Scoundrel!" "You treat me as dead, even when I'm alive and kicking!" "That's art, Dad..." "Histrionics!" "Hadn't I wept the way I did, where would I get an audience from?" "That's how we treat art, Dad." " Let me give you the treatment...!" " Don't you touch my son!" "Not after I've had to weep for you!" " How are you?" " Fine, Ma'am." "You have a way with words, Rukhsana." "That's a gift from God, I guess." "is the engineer in his cabin?" "No." "Mr Raj is at the site." "...and another from here, okay?" "Mr Tarneja wants to meet you." "You haven't given me a reply to my offer, Raj?" "I have already turned down your offer." "We're prepared to pay you more than what Sahni does." "In addition to that, you will also get a company-flat and a car." "When I approached you for a job all you wanted from me was experience, not my ability." "On the other hand, Mr Sahni considered my capabilities and gave me a job, although I had no experience." "And now you're luring me with money and asking me to ditch him, are you?" "How will you ditch him?" "That's how everything works." "I'm not up for sale." "You may leave now." "They're mixing something spurious in the building material back there." " Spurious?" "Where?" " They're mixing sand and cement." "I thought you knew nothing but anger!" "It makes me angry, when something is wrong." " And what happens otherwise?" " What is otherwise?" "I mean, what do you do otherwise?" "What are your hobbies?" "Are you into games?" "Music, perhaps?" "I'm fond of listening to music." "What kind of music do you like?" "Pop?" "Disco?" "Bhangra?" "I hate the loud stuff." "My idea of music is owning a cassette-player with which I can relax and listen to some soft and soothing music." "Mr Sahni is waiting for you, sir." "All the lines are dead!" "Janhvi has gone with Vikram to see our new guest-house today." "She should have returned by now." "To make matters worse, the weather is terrible too." "Who knows?" "Her car might have broken down!" "I'll go and take a look, sir." "The telephones are just not working." "I think they're dead." "What do we do now?" "Haven't you learnt to drink, even after living in America?" "What has America to do with one's drinking-habits?" "Have you ever been to America?" "And yet, you're a drinker." "I just can't get the better of you." "I hope your uncle has spoken to you about our marriage?" "My marriage with you?" "!" "Why not?" "What do I lack?" " What do you possess?" " l have wealth and a good personality." "What else would you want?" "You mean, you won't marry me?" "Don't even dream about it!" "Since we are not destined to marry, we can atleast have some fun!" "You have slapped me?" "How dare you come in?" "!" "This is not our office where l obey your command!" "So you will not obey my orders, eh?" "I will sack you for this!" "I can't see a girl being raped, to save my job." "What will you do?" "You're drunk, sir..." "Let's discuss this tomorrow." "What will you talk to me about?" "What are you worth anyway?" "!" " Listen to me, sir..." " l will listen to nothing!" "Harry's crazy about you, darling..." "This is the girl you must lure" "I understand your code-language very well!" "Abba is me;" "Dabba is you..." "And Jabba means you love me!" "I'm in love with you, too." "And I want to marry you immediately!" "Hey!" "Why have you fallen on the ground again?" "It isn't the ground..." "I've "fallen in love!" "In love with your daughter, Vani, that is." "She loves me, too, Dad!" " Does Vani love you, too?" " Yes, Dad." " Who told you that?" " Who will?" "Vani herself told me." " Vani did?" " Yes." " Did she utter the words?" " She won't gesture then, will she?" "How did you hear it being said?" "My heart has heard it all." "Do you see this colour on my nose?" " Why is the colour on your nose?" " lt's a sign of our love." "is that how colourful a love-sign is?" "I love Vani and I want to marry her here and now!" " ls that a promise?" " Promise!" "You won't regret that, I hope?" "Don't waste time..." "Just give me your blessings!" "I can't go about changing people's destiny, can I?" "What is that you desire?" "Tell me!" "For all the melody in your voice, your father is equally hoarse!" ""Well, never mind..." "Let's get down to the nitty-gritty of our love." "And you can forget the code-language." "Now sing me a song in your lovely voice." "A song that is just apt for the romantic situation!" "Shut up!" "You're not selling vessels on the street, are you?" "Let's have it like the quail would sing... with all the rhythm!" "What's wrong with this one?" "!" "An assortment of noises no lyrics, no words!" "Let's hear the devotional-song then..." "the one you sang the other day." "Wasn't it you who sang the song then?" "Who sang it?" "Was it your mother?" "You mean your old man has conned me into taking a horse-barrel home, eh?" "No wonder there was such a twist to the plot!" "This is no nuptial-night..." "It is the night your father dies!" "I'll take the shirt off your old man right now!" ""Wake up, old man!" "The romantic interludes are over, old man!" "Action begins!" "Have you discovered the truth then?" "Why did you trap me in the mess, when you knew the truth?" "!" " Did I trap you?" " Didn't you?" "Didn't you say my daughter and you love each other?" " Yes, I did!" " Didn't I ask you whether..." " ... she had herself told you so?" " Well, all right!" "And what did you say?" "That she'd naturally utter it?" "But that was a comic situation!" "Then speak tragic lines for this tragic situation!" " What tragedy?" " Didn't I tell you that she was dumb and mute and that she couldn't speak?" "Didn't I tell you?" "Whom are you pestering now?" "You can speak!" "And you've even changed your costume, have you?" "You can't fool me, darling!" "Why are you clinging to your mother-in-law, son?" " My mother-in-law?" "!" " That's right!" " You mean, it's a double-role?" "!" " That's right!" "What's all this about I playing the mother-in-law..." "Stop worrying... he's taken over our problems!" "I see!" "Bless you,..." "May you have a long life, son!" "Long life, my foot!" "I'm ruined!" "What do I do now?" "Keep the girl for yourself and have all the fun!" "Let's go..." "My darling son-in-law!" "I was the fool, I admit!" "This man's daughter had to be dumb!" "I should have known that!" "O coourful one..." "you're now devoid of colour." "O God!" "Why did you forget to put some speech in this girl?" " How are you, Rukhsana?" " Fine, thanks to the Almighty." "At what time does Mr Raj's flight from Delhi arrive?" " What are these cards for?" " Today is Mr Raj's birthday I give him a greeting-card every year." "I see... so it's Mr Raj's birthday, eh?" "How much does this tape recorder cost?" "It's worth 1,500 Rupees." " But this one is already sold." " Then give me another." "I'm sorry, Madam, but we don't have anymore in stock." "But I wanted one right now." "You won't be able to find this model anywhere in town." "Really?" "Well then..." "Who has bought this cassette-player?" "Do you see that woman there, in the sari...?" "It's her." "Could you let me have this tape-recorder, please?" "What?" "!" "I've collected every penny to buy it at 1,500 Rupees!" "I'll pay you the money, in that case. ls that okay?" "Why must I still give it to you?" "I've gone hunting for it from shop to shop." "My feet are aching!" "Let me have it..." "Please...?" "That's wonderful!" " l'm presenting it to my husband!" " l see..." "But couldn't you give your husband the big-deck instead?" "He'd be thrilled!" "But I don't have that kind of money." "That must be worth at least 10,000 Rupees." "Suppose l give you the money?" "Would that be all right?" "Such jokes are not in good taste..." "We're respectable folks, too." "But I wasn't joking... I'll consider it to be a favour." "Foolish girl!" "She pays 10 grand for something worth 1,500!" "Listen, mister!" "Let me take a look at that big music-system!" "You?" "!" " But how did you get to know?" " l know!" " This is for you, too." " How can I accept that?" "I'll tell you how..." "Like this!" "There's a cassette in that." "Do listen to it..." "Okay... but do tell Mr Sahni that we've bagged the Delhi-contract." " Hold it, Mom!" "Don't do that!" " What's wrong?" "Should you break the coconut on the cassette-player..." " ...it'll cry, instead of singing!" " Shut up, you brat!" "Should we switch it on now, Mummy?" "No, dear. lt's a birthday-present for Daddy." "Let's make him switch it on." " Looks like he has arrived!" " Daddy's arrived!" "Your turn comes tonight!" "I've got you a birthday-present." " What is it?" " lt's that!" " What's "that ?" " Something you've been longing for!" " Should I tell you, Daddy?" " No!" " Come and see it for yourself!" " Let me take my bag first." "Something wrong?" "I expected you to be thrilled!" "That looks pretty expensive." "Have you bought it on instalments?" "No, sir!" "I've paid 10,000 Rupees for it!" "Where did you get 10,000 from?" "You haven't won a lottery, have you?" " You can call it that!" " Put the bag away, kids." "I had bought a small cassette-player worth 1,500 Rupees." "But there was this crazy girl who asked to exchange it for a bigger one." "I said it was very expensive." "And do you know what she did?" "She gave me 10,000 Rupees, picked up the small tape-recorder and left!" "That's the point!" "We've had a windfall of 10,000 Rupees!" "Let me play it...switch it on and the whole locality can listen to it!" " What's wrong with it...?" " There's a power-failure, Mummy!" "Damn it!" "Here you are..." "you'd rather play this one." "This is the one I had bought!" "How did it land with you?" "That foolish girl who gave you 10,000 Rupees is none other than my boss's niece." "She's the one who presented me this one, too." "Lucky day, I must say!" "I knew of a free toilet-soap with every five litres of cooking oil." "This is the first time I hear of a free music-deck with a smaller cassette-player!" "There's a cassette in this." " Have you played it?" " No." "Since you're very happy today, I suggest you switch it on." "Okay!" "Many happy returns of the day, Raj." "I'm not presenting this cassette- player alone on your birthday." "In fact, I want to tell you that I've lost my heart to you." "It's true, Raj..." "I love you very much." "I have even decided that I will get married only to you." "What?" "!" "is Raj already married?" "!" "Yes!" "Which is why you'd better forget this affair of love!" "How can I forget it, uncle?" "But I can forget the fact that he's already married." "What's the point in falling for him, when you know he's already married?" "I didn't know that, when I fell in love with him, did I?" "I didn't want to know of his financial-standing, too, did I?" "I wasn't even interested in knowing his strong points and shortcomings!" "I fell in love with Raj for what he is." "And just because I get to know that he's already married how can I stop loving him?" "What is this crazy argument you're pursuing?" "!" "I'm not arguing. ln fact, I think there can be no arguments in love." "Raj?" "You?" "!" "I had only came to tell you..." " That you're married, right?" " But I still love you, Raj." " You're out of your mind!" "Love has to do with the heart;" "not one's mind, Raj." "Try and drill some sense into her head, Mr Sahni!" "I've tried my best." "You do the rest now." "Don't be silly, Janhvi..." "I even have two children." "You will now have two wives!" "Marry me, Raj." "I love my wife very much." " And I love you very much!" " Have you gone crazy?" "It's you I'm crazy about, Raj..." "So, which day are you going to marry me?" "O Lord of the Universe!" "O Protector of the world!" "I dutifully offer a coconut to You every week, O Lord..." "Then how did You let this calamity befall me, O Lord?" "That crazy girl is baying for my husband's life!" "Although he has assured me that he will never marry that ugly-duckling the fact remains, she's not ugly." "She's fair-skinned and beautiful!" "If she keeps wearing her love for him on her sleeve for how long can any man resist such advances?" "I sense danger, O Lord... I hope my husband doesn't bring another woman home!" "Your offerings." "Mercy, O Lord!" "Have mercy on me!" "I promise to offer a coconut every day, instead of one every week!" "Mercy, O Lord..." "Goodness!" "The witch is here!" "What could have she have come here for?" "Must certainly be to offer coconuts, so she can ensnare my man!" "I'll offer one coconut more than she does, O Almighty!" "Just have mercy on me!" "She seems to be gesturing to me!" ""Well, all right!" "If she dares utter any nonsense about my husband I'll beat her up, black and blue!" " How are you?" " Terribly nasty!" "How is that your business?" "To be honest, I had some business with you." "Now look..." "Watch your tongue!" "If you dare speak any nonsense about my husband, I'll bash you up!" "But it is your husband that I've come to talk to you about." "There you are!" "Could you find only my husband in this huge world?" "But there is no one quite like your husband either." "If you as much as look at him I'll scratch your eyes out!" "I'll hack you to pieces!" "I love Raj very much." "If I don't get married to him, I won't even remain alive." "Go ahead and die then!" "That will be good riddance!" " You aren't even letting me speak!" " l know what you will say." " Well, then... what is it?" " Now look; it is not Raj alone I want to see you and the kids happy, too." "I see!" "How will that be possible?" "Don't you want your children to have a decent English-education?" "Don't you want to see them dressed well?" "Don't you want to possess lots of jewellery?" "A nice bungalow?" ""Wouldn't you want to go around with Raj, in an imported car?" "Don't you want your family to present the perfect picture of happiness?" "Please accept me as part of your family." "Should you make Raj agree to marry me I'll give you a crore of Rupees in exchange." " How much?" "!" " Would two crores do?" "I don't have anything more than that." "Please don't misunderstand my love for Raj." "You may take your own time in making up your mind." "Bye." "Don't you want your children to have a decent English-education?" "Don't you want to see them well-dressed?" "Don't you want to possess lots of jewellery?" "A nice bungalow?" "Should you make Raj agree to marry me I'll give you one crore of Rupees in exchange." "Please accept me as a part of your family." "Should you make Raj agree to marry me I'll give you one crore rupees." "Would two crores do?" "So... what do you have to say, son-in-law?" "Say what?" "!" "I will not marry again!" "No matter what!" "Your daughter is out of her mind!" ""With the money you make, that's the only thing possible!" "Don't yell!" "Let's see you bragging after you've earned 2 crores!" "I can never sell my integrity for money!" "Where does the question of selling your integrity arise?" "Besides, aren't there men like you who have affairs on the sly?" "What have their women been able to do about it?" "And here I am... trying to get you married again and all hell appears to break loose!" "Are you the first man in the world who's having a second marriage?" "Men are permitted even four marriages in this country!" "Does society not accept it?" "Maybe you're right." "But I can't be one of them." "I can't bring about a division in my love!" "Division?" "When you have brothers, sisters and mothers at home one's affection never seems to be divided." "I wonder why there is a division only in a husband-wife relationship!" "When I have no objection to your second-marriage, what's your problem?" "What she says does make sense, son-in-law." "When there is money coming into the house why must you shut the door on it?" "Let it come in, by all means!" "It's not just money... it's bringing in a rival for your daughter, too." "That's okay!" "They'll co-exist, as sisters would." "What's your problem?" "You're sure Kajal is your daughter, I hope?" "Why?" "Why must you ask such a question?" "Only because no father would ruin his daughter's happiness like this!" "Keep out of this, okay?" "Do you know of the number of zeroes in a figure like 2 crores?" "Even if you blow up money with both your hands, all your life the money is not about to get over!" "Your daughter's family will enjoy themselves!" "So don't crib, okay?" "!" "But when does my husband care about us?" "He has never thought of sending his kids to an English-language school." "He has never thought of buying me a small house!" "He has never even considered buying me some jewellery or some security!" "I wonder why such good-for-nothing people even get married!" ""Well, okay..." "I'm no-good!" "I'm a good-for-nothing chap!" "This is all I earn... and this is what you'll have to manage with!" "And if you continue with your nonsense... lf you continue with your nonsense, I will give you a bashing!" "Even if someone offers me 20 crores, I will still not marry a second time." "What a strange man!" "He rejected two crore rupees!" "Here...take these property papers." "I suppose two crore rupees can be raised now." "It's possible." "Perhaps we might fall a little short of it." "Then withdraw my diamond sets from the locker." " Will that suffice?" " Yes." "What's this madness, Janhvi?" "You've even sold all your shares!" "I desperately need the money." "Somebody has rightly said..." "All is fair in love and war." "I can't say anything about the war..." "As for love, well..." "Please have your dinner, Mummy." "Preeti and I haven't yet had our food, too." "You first, Mom." "For our sakes, won't you eat?" "It's for your sakes that I'm not eating, children." "Go ahead and have your food..." "and feed your dad, too." "Don't be stubborn, Kajal." "Please don't be stubborn." "You haven't had anything for the last 2 days." "You might get weak." "So?" "Weakness will lead to unconsciousness and then... death." "I'll even be cremated and that will be the end of it!" "It's better to die, than lead a life like this one!" "Money isn't everything, Kajal." "Then give up your job, too!" "Why earn even this much?" "Doesn't one need some money to live?" "To live better one needs more money!" "Can't you understand that?" "!" " Wealth doesn't mean happiness!" " Wealth does mean happiness!" "Happiness always follows wealth!" "How would you know of the sorrows I've suffered, without wealth." "I've seen our children crave for little things in life!" "I've seen you denying yourself the small comforts, too.!" "is that why you are incurring such a big risk?" "Are you willing to let someone share me with you?" "No power on earth can ever share you with me!" "Even Janhvi will be part of our family what's wrong with that?" "!" "That is just not possible..." "that's impossible, Kajal!" "According to the Constitution, under the Hindu Act no man can marry again, while he is still married." "You don't have to think of all that!" "Just give me your consent!" "How?" "!" "How will I give you my consent, Kajal?" "!" "D'you want me to consent to your idea of trying out poison?" "!" "No!" "I can never do that!" "You love Mom very much, don't you, Daddy?" "Yes, dear." "Then why don't you do what she says?" "I can't, dear..." "I just can't." "She's insisting on something that is wrong." "She wants to exchange her peace for trouble." "Hey, Dad!" "Look...!" "What's wrong with Mom?" "!" "Come quickly, Dad!" "Look at what's wrong with Mom!" "is Mom dead, brother?" "No!" "That's not true!" "How could she have become so weak?" "Has she not been eating well?" "She will eat well now, Doctor." "Have your food, Kajal." "I will do everything you say, in the manner you want it done." " ls that a promise?" " Yes, Kajal." "I give you my word." "Let's eat together now." "For all you know, we might never get the opportunity again." "You're right." "Upon the mutual consent of Mr and Mrs Raj Varma this Court does, under the law of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, uphold their plea for divorce." "Do come in!" "Mother...!" "I'm a crazy rustic, mad and..." "Mother!" "I've brought you a daughter-in-law, Mom!" "Seek my mother's blessings..." "Go on!" "Touch her feet!" "Bless you, dear..." "Are you listening?" "Come on!" "Harry is here!" "Has he returned?" "I thought he'd be rotting in some prison!" "Terrible times, Mom..." "I think there's a storm in the offing!" "Who is this girl?" "Look at the beautiful wife our son Harry has found." " A wife?" "!" " Seek his blessings, dear..." "When did you meet with this accident, Heeralal?" "The name is Harry..." "Not Heeralal, Pop!" " Shut up!" "What's your name?" " Tell us your name, dear." "I want your name... not that of your lineage!" "What kind of a name is that?" "!" " That's a new one, Pop!" " You'll get a thrashing for this!" "Oh, never mind..." "Come along, dear..." "Come with me." " May I, dad?" " You...?" "!" "Take a look!" "This is fantastic!" " What's all that, Kajal?" " l'm going crazy!" "I just can't believe this!" "We've bought a bungalow and a car we've even bought new clothes for the kids and jewellery for me!" "We still have so much of money!" "You've laid out currency notes in my place, have you?" "Doesn't the sight of all this money make you think we're dreaming?" "I have never dreamed with my eyes open, Kajal." "Clear the bed..." "I want to sleep." "No!" "Go and sleep elsewhere today!" "How could I forget?" "!" "You're to go to Janhvi's room today!" "What for?" "!" "Why, indeed!" "As if you don't know!" "Quietly come along..." "What nonsense are you talking?" "!" "I'm not going anywhere!" ""Won't you?" "To have people say that I've cheated the poor girl, eh?" " Are you in your senses?" " You've promised to do as I say!" "And I'm personally sending you to her room!" "My wads of money!" "Look at your long face!" "Let's have a smile,..." "It keeps you in good health." "Have you paid for my smile, too?" "Are you very angry?" "You can't expect commodities to be angry." "But who on earth has called you a commodity?" "You don't have to say it." "I've been sold by one and bought by another." " l'm a mere commodity." " Please don't say that." "I have great respect for you." "Really?" "is that why you've paid 2 crores for my self-respect?" "Why don't we settle the price for other things as well?" "How much will you pay me for a smile?" "What will I get, should I embrace you?" "3 crores?" "5 crores?" "And should I take you to bed and..." "Stop it, please!" "I have really loved you." "I did whatever I thought was right in having you for myself." "You could fault the means I have adopted." "But the vows I have taken with you were not fake!" "This matrimonial necklace that you've put around my neck this is not make-believe!" "I've put it on you out of sheer helplessness!" "Had I been corrupt and made millions of Rupees in life I would have undoubtedly caused losses to several people." "But in this deal of betrayal, I am the only loser." "It's only I who has been sold!" "But you don't stand to profit either." "You have struck a bad deal!" "Having bought me, you have only bought grief for yourself!" "Try and find out how much each of your tears has been worth!" ""Wretched girl!" "You've spilt all my water, haven't you?" "!" "No matter what you say, I just can't understand what you say!" "What's wrong, dear?" " What's that about dabbas ?" "!" " She wants to know where Harry is." "Damn it!" "Now wait a minute..." "You don't let me even bathe in peace!" "Peace?" "Think of the turmoil your wife has caused me!" ""Weren't you bad enough to handle that you've brought her, too?" "!" " Take her away, please!" " Let's go inside, dear." "It doesn't behove a dumb girl's father-in-law to speak like that!" "If only I could get my hands on his father-in-law, I'd show him..." "Hi!" "This is Kajal here." "Yes, I'm ready..." "but what have you worn?" "I see... so what else is new?" "Really?" "A new car launched in the market?" ""Well, all right..." "I'll buy this one, too." "You're talking like the middle-class now, Mrs Goel!" " Help us get ready, Mummy!" " Watch out!" "My sari!" "Pardon me?" "I'm on my cell-phone, which is I can't hear you properly." "What is it?" "Stop disturbing me!" ""We've got to go to school." "Help us get ready, Mummy." "Why must I sell the car?" ""Won't the kids and Raj need it?" "They need a car, too." " Listen, Mummy!" " What is it?" "We've got to go to school." "Please help us dress." "Come here, Vimla... get them dressed for school." "Go on..." "No!" "Not you!" "Mom refuses to dress us up for school, Papa!" "What are you so busy with, Kajal?" "Get the children ready." "Come along, Romy and Preeti..." "I'll help you get ready." " No, thank you." " No?" "Well, all right." "Let's forget it." "Now tell me something." "Why do you find the colour-blue in boys' rooms and the colour-pink in girls' chambers?" " Why is that?" " Yes... why is it?" "Tell us!" "Because boys are called Bill and the girls are Pinky !" "But what do we call you?" "Let's call her Papa's new woman!" "Let's hurry up..." "You're getting late." "So what have you decided?" "How will you address me?" ""We've decided to call you Maa (Mother)." "Mother?" "I'm leaving for office, Kajal." "Come and apply the red-mark." "Did you notice Mrs Jhunjunwala's hair?" "She's really grown it long." "Long, my foot!" "She was wearing a wig!" " How do you know?" " My hand accidentally touched her hair at a party recently and the wig came loose!" "I'm getting late, Kajal!" "This is vermillion, no less..." "And I'm your wife, too." "Here, Dad..." "Mother has given us the lunch-box." "This is for you." "Let's hurry, Papa!" "Or we'll miss the school-bus." " Let's go." " Listen..." "Why take a bus?" "Take the car instead." "It's you who has made the riches... not I." "Let's go." ""to this place, mister?" "Could you show me the way" ""to this place, mister?" "Could you show me the way" " Yes, I am." " Are you married?" " She's beautiful." "Naturally..." " How's your wife to look at?" " No. I have none." " How about your kids?" " Yes, I do." " Do you have a television set?" " Sure, it is." " ls it a working set?" " Sure, I do." " Do you have cable television?" " Two." " How many films do they show you?" " They don't!" " Why don't they show you 3 films?" " lt is a black-and-white set." " ls it a black-and-white set?" " That's my choice..." " Why didn't you buy a colour TV?" "...who the hell is this man?" "!" " Who the hell is this man?" " What do you mean by your choice?" " l?" "..." "I've forgotten!" " Who are you, by the way?" " No, sir." " Do you have a cat at home?" " Sure, I do." " How about a dog?" " No." " Any bed-bugs?" " There are." " Any lizards on the wall?" " l haven't really checked...!" " Male or female?" "You're still awake!" "Have the kids gone to sleep?" "I thought you'd be snoring away." "with Janhvi." "They've gone to sleep getting along with Janhvi." "That's good!" "They're atleast in the process?" "Aren't they distanced from you themselves from me for so much!" "Don't be silly!" "They can't distance" " Let's have dinner together." " What is it?" "the grand party without any food?" "That's it." "Would they let me leave I've had lots to eat!" "It was really a grand feast!" "while I finish my dinner." "Atleast sit with me, I'm terribly tired!" "No, I can't... I'll go to sleep right here!" "If I wait here another minute, I'm going to bed." "Open your mouth." "not your eyes." "I've asked you to open your mouth, eyes closed..." "You'd rather keep your is feeding you." "...and imagine Kajal I'm not feeling like it." "for what you feel?" "Why must you punish your stomach" " Won't you open your mouth now?" "!" " l'm not feeling like it, I say." "This one is from Preeti..." "This is from Romy." "...and this is from Kajal." "is from me." "And this little morsel" "Where will I keep this...?" "all the riches in the world?" "...this, which is more precious than" "It belongs to me now." " Let's not stray from the subject!" " Can you... occurs to husbands..." "I wonder why it never can be hungry, too." "...that their wives" "Haven't you eaten as yet?" ""for nothing, do you?" "You think I've married you" "Come..." "let's eat." "a woman asks for." "It's not food alone that" "What does that mean?" " Like what?" " There are other things she needs." "A little place... atleast at his feet!" "...if not in the husband's heart... mean, Daddy?" "What does no vacancy lt means there's no room!" "Don't you know?" "mark on his forehead." "I'm glad you've applied the I be busy with something." "I can atleast be sure, should meeting to attend!" "My God!" "I've got a Rotary-Club the Chief Guest today!" "They've invited me as" "Okay, children..." "I must leave now, I'm already late." " Do remember to have your food." " l'm leaving for the office." "so they don't miss their bus." "Give the kids their breakfast, even if they miss the bus." "I'll drop them at school," " No, I can't." " Could you show me this address?" " That's my choice!" " Why can't you?" " That's my choice!" " Why must you choose that?" " What does that mean to you?" " Where does Mr Jankidas live?" "not my daughter's father-in-law!" "Who will mean something to me, if idiot's father, are you?" "!" "I see!" "So you are the dumb" " Was it necessary..." " Why do you ask?" "...for you to give birth to her?" "give birth to Harry then?" "Was it necessary for you to" " And this is my choice!" " That's choice!" " Who is it?" " That doesn't matter here!" "Greetings!" "The mother-in-law!" "How are you?" " They've gone to see a film." " Where's Harry and my daughter?" " Well... please come inside." " Which film?" "with that rice, aren't you?" "You're going to make biryani" " So this is your house, eh?" " You're right." " No." " ls this a rented place?" " Yes." " Do you own this house then?" "Or was it your father-in-law?" "Who bought it?" "Your father did?" " Really?" " My husband bought it." " One more than necessary!" " How many rooms do you have?" " One less than necessary!" " How much would you need?" " Just a minute..." " What does that amount to?" "In the meantime..." "Go inside and prepare some tea." " Will she use milk in the tea?" " l'll get it in a jiffy." "The bloody inquisitive nincompoop!" "Sure!" "Poisonous milk!" "in good humour." "Let me ask you a question" " Just one!" " How many questions?" "claims the heart..." "There's a desire that that is hung above..." "...and a foot" " Your salary?" "!" " How much is my salary then?" "hanker for what others posses..." "A truck carried the legend, Do not" "What colour would your face be?" "Suppose that truck ran over you..." " A dog had 4 kilos of sweetmeat." " Why will it run me over?" "4 kilos!" "But it still weighed from the sweets then?" "Where did the dog disappear" " You paint the house yellow..." " Where would the dog disappear?" "will win the elections?" "...now tell me, which party" " Sachin slams six sixers..." " Why are you getting silly?" "...and why did Lara get out?" "father-in-law?" "What's wrong with Harry's" ""to ask him some questions..." "Nothing, really..." "I had only ...and he fell in his own esteem!" "Throw a card, Kajal." "It looks expensive." "is that new necklace, Kajal?" "make to rich folks like me?" "What difference does the cost I must have it." "Once I take a liking to something," ""turned up today, Rita?" "Why hasn't Mrs Rao anniversary today." "It happens to be her wedding her husband on other days..." "And whether or not she cares for her husband on their anniversary." "...she always spends the day with" "And the night, too!" "You haven't forgotten, have you?" "Today's our wedding anniversary... I have a full-hand." "How many points do you have, Kajal?" "I have 30 points to declare... I have a full-hand, too!" "Listen... ls anybody home?" "Where is everyone?" "climb down anymore, my dear." "There's no way you can" " How could you forget..." " Mother!" "wedding anniversary!" "...that today is your because I remembered." "I've rushed home, say you've remembered ?" "Aren't you ashamed to all this while anyway?" "Where have you been at the club." "I was playing cards were away at a religious meet!" "What?" "!" "I wish you had lied that you less of anguish!" "That would have caused me" "Has money blinded you so much... your husband, too?" "...that you've forgotten husband forgets you..." "God-forbid, if your where to go!" "...you won't know" "Don't say such things, Mother!" "of waiting for you." "They were all tired forward to going out." "The kids were eagerly looking" ""to take them out, after all." "Your husband and Janhvi had so I could tell you this." "I must leave now. I stayed back," ""they return, Mother." "Please stay till in such a big house?" "What would I do by myself doesn't even have a second wife." "My husband is alone at home." "And he" "Hello!" "Do come in." "hasn't he?" "He has left for the office," " l've missed out on him!" "Of course." "He left long ago." "last night, mustn't he?" "He must've been very angry with me" "Not at all... but he was a bit sad." "I was sad, too." "Couldn't he have reminded me?" "But I didn't do it deliberately!" "5-star hotel and had lots of fun!" "All of us could have gone to a" " Not at all!" "I assure you." " He wasn't really angry, was he?" "as if I had committed a grave sin!" "No wonder!" "And my mother scolded me" ""this opportunity?" "Well, so what if I've lost fast approaching..." "Preeti's birthday is will create a flutter!" "I'll throw a party that" "on the party, haven't you?" "You've spent a lot of money around 7 or 8 lakhs." "Yes..." "I must've spent" "She's turned out to be a magician!" "I'm proud of my daughter today." "brought all the happiness..." "It appears as if she has on the gathering!" "...and let it loose" "What a party!" "It's great fun!" "It's no fun, really." "I don't agree, grandpa... had taken us on a picnic..." "It would have been fun if grandma us laugh with his antics." "...and uncle Harry had made laugh anymore." "Harry can't make anyone that made people laugh." "He's run out of the battery soup with marriage!" "He's landed in the as a bachelor!" "He was certainly better off" "Look at this cute present!" "Look at this, Preeti." "That's a cake from grandma!" " Preeti's grandma left it behind." " Where did you get it from?" "at the party..." "She saw the huge birthday-cake so it wouldn't be belittled." "...and quietly gave me this cake, had such a delicious cake?" "Now tell me,... have you ever with so much of love!" "Never!" "Not one baked" "Let's open this wrapper now... a present, mother?" "Why haven't you given me brought one from?" "Where could I have you have given me..." "After the priceless present better in my life." "...I couldn't give you anything" "What have we given you?" "Your love... have always craved for." "...that's something I and check out the presents later!" "Let's have the cake first... henna on my hands!" "I'm sick and tired of applying middle-class, isn't it?" "It's so terribly" "Everyone insisted..." "But what could I do?" ""today being the Karva Chauth." "...that I take part in a contest," "Quickly apply the mark." "I'm leaving for office, Kajal." "henna I've applied on my hands?" "Don't be funny!" "Can't you see the the mark then?" "Must I leave without" "Ask Janhvi to apply it." "Why must you leave without it?" "Apply the mark for me, Janhvi." "Actually..." "Apply it for yourself today!" "Let me see what goes wrong." "I'll go without the mark today..." "Wait..." "I'll apply the mark." ""there is always a way." "Where there is a will, I must leave now." " Greetings." " Greetings, doctor." "of their madness?" "Can you rid people" " lt's not me!" " What madness has gripped you?" "He's suffering from "filmonia lt's my son, actually." " l mean..." " Filmonia?" "a film-star." "He has this obsession of becoming obsession, I'll go mad!" "Should he not be rid of this I'll cure him in minutes!" "make a man feel he's mad." "Actually, you must never he's perfectly all right..." "You must make him think that is perfectly okay, too!" "...and that whatever he's doing" "Tell me in short... what do I do?" "I can't follow what you're saying!" "see the wonders I work!" "Call your son over and" " Certainly!" " Do I call him over?" "stop worrying about your son!" "Just have my fees ready and" "I'm worried about the doctor now!" "I'm not worried about my son anymore!" "This man has had it!" "as a doctor who used to be !" "People will now talk of him" "like playing a doctor." "Having seen this place, I feel" "Get cracking!" "Then what are you waiting for?" "Call for action !" " l'm the patient, of course." " Where's the patient?" "and I'm the doctor, okay?" "So you are the patient rubber hanging from your neck?" "Why do you have that piece of mad-man around, don't you?" "!" "You see how we bring a you ailing from?" "Well then... what are I have a pain in my gums." "wisdom-tooth, I say!" "Must certainly be your" " Your face says it all." " Exactly!" "How did you know?" "Please be seated." "patient firmly, okay?" "Compounder... hold the" "... Open it some more." "Open your mouth." " Do you plan to sit inside and..." " Open it wider..." " Shut up!" " ...extract the tooth?" "!" "Just open your mouth!" "Not a word from you!" "Hold me tightly." "Heave-ho!" " Heave-ho!" " Out with the gums...!" "Hey!" "Just a minute..." " Certainly!" " Shall we have another take?" "I'll pluck his tongue out now!" "Ask for action ." "Where is the patient?" "Where are they?" "No one seems to be around, Vimla." "with Madam Janhvi." "They've gone to Fantasy Park" "waited for me, right?" "The kids must have" "No, Madam." "to sit on the giant-wheel..." "Why not?" "When the kids get the whole world!" "...they'd even forget waiting for me before leaving, right?" "But my husband must've insisted on anything of the sort." "The master didn't say anything in your presence?" "Oh, shut up!" "Why would he say and you mustn't have heard it." "He must've said it to the kids" "The Master didn't say a word." "I was standing nearby all the time." "for you to know every word we utter?" "Why were you nearby?" "is it necessary" "Get on with your work!" "listens to things we speak!" "She shirks her duties and" "all by yourself, are you?" "Well, dear,... you're sitting" "Do come in." "which is why I'm relaxing." "I've just returned from shopping..." " Of course." "All is well." " Everything is okay, I hope?" "as rent every month..." "The money I used to pay you biscuits for my dogs now!" "...is not enough to buy the rent anyway?" "When did you ever pay small house, wasn't it?" "That was a terribly getting bored,..." "You must have been and kids all day." "...looking at your husband" "A separate room for everyone, right?" "And this is such a big house!" ""With the air-conditioner, what say?" "all by himself!" "Which is why one can live..." "Beautiful house!" "The sound-system, too?" "is that an imported television-set?" "to be imported." "Everything here seems" "Foolish of me to ask!" "an imported second-wife!" "You've even found your husband" "Have you locked him away?" "Where's your husband?" "to Fantasy-park." "He's taken the kids" "Has Janhvi gone with them, too?" "isn't she?" "She's a foolish girl, to make her husband and kids happy?" "Why must she go to these silly parks amusement, won't the kids be happy?" "Should she spend 10,000 on their would be delighted, too." "Spend some more... and the husband lacks your good sense." "But the foolish girl all over the world." "She's a rich girl, who's been to the ordinary park for?" "Then what would she have gone kids are at their games, is it?" "It's not to see how happy the when he sees his kids happy, too?" "And how glad the husband is," "May I leave now?" "There's Mummy's car!" "Where had you gone away?" "!" "Hey!" "What are you doing, Kajal?" "coming here?" "I'd have joined in, too." "Why didn't you tell me that you were" "Besides..." "We didn't know when you'd return." "the kids insisted." "...we came only because" "Let's go home now." "That's all right." "Go ahead... we'll follow you." " Not at all." " Are you still angry with me?" " Because..." " Then why don't you join me?" "to travel in cars." "...I'm not rich enough I'll take a bus instead." "can I travel in the car?" "When he's taking a bus, how" "Let's go together." "Come along, kids... didn't we?" "We came here with Papa, we returned with you?" "Wouldn't he mind it, if" "Let's go." "Sister!" "Do come in!" "Romy and Preeti." "Go on..." "Go to your rooms and sleep," " You can play tomorrow!" "Come along!" " l want to play some more!" "with Mother." "We like it with... I am your mother!" "this is our mother." "You're Mummy... and or do I give you a slap?" "!" "Will you shut up and come along" "Shut that thing!" "Go on!" "No... that's what!" "She thinks she's too smart but they've forgotten my husband's portrait." "won't work with me." "But these tricks" "Mother, indeed!" "She's the Mother... for a few days..." "I had to neglect my chores sympathiser of my husband and kids!" "...and she claims to be the biggest to woo them back!" "But it'll take me minutes I prepare, only for 2 days..." "They need to have breakfast who she is!" "...they'd forget" "Listen... set the table quickly." "eating out of my hands now!" "Just see how I have them" "That's like a good girl..." "Let me have another." "Your pancakes are excellent, Mother!" "excellent today, Janhvi." "The breakfast is really" "wake up early!" "Damn it!" "I just can't wake up even earlier tomorrow." "But I'll set the alarm and" " l'm leaving, Janhvi." " Now what do I do..." "Do return soon, okay?" "but I can't do even that now!" "I used to pity you... should be so angry with me?" "!" "What have I done that you" "Answer me!" "What have I done?" "!" "you still ask what you've done?" "!" "For the blunder you've committed, peace and happiness on fire..." "You're the one who has set your of the flames that engulf you?" "...and you're now afraid lots of money, haven't you?" "Mother..." " You've made all your life?" "Money that will last you worth spending now?" "But do you have a life" " l'll get it for you." "Could I have some sugar, please?" "You're Kajal, aren't you?" "My husband has deserted me..." "Look at the irony... most unfortunate." "Both of us have been" "I hope you're in your senses!" "What nonsense are you talking, Kajal?" "I've come to my senses!" "I've said this, only because" "Only I know what I have lost!" "the cars and the luxuries!" "I don't want this bungalow or in that case." "Give it away to me, an end to the fight!" "That will at least put" "She's saying something." "Will you keep quiet?" "Go on." "Well, all right." "and return my husband to me." "Ask her to take back all the wealth" " Wait a minute." " How can you..." " lt's clear." " What does this mean?" "return to your house!" "Just pack your bags and return to you, if I go away?" "Do you think your husband will" "He could leave with me, too." "Isn't she arrogant!" "You see that, don't you, Mother?" "my kids from me." "And yet..." "She has distanced my husband and the poor soul?" "Why are you cursing the peace of your family..." "Haven't you have yourself shattered" " Now look, Kajal." " ...for wealth and status?" "over Raj, than you have." "My niece has a greater right" "Really?" "And how is that?" "and loves him, too!" "She is Raj's legally wedded-wife" "Don't I love him then?" "What would you know of love?" "husband for wealth?" "You?" "Who have sold her" "Why don't you leave instead?" "!" "How can you ask Janhvi to leave?" "you ask for!" "Come on, dear..." "I'll give you as much money as" "Mother!" "Make a demand." "That's a great opportunity, dear... you ask for." "He'll pay you any amount cars with the money, can't you?" "You can buy many more bungalows and" "Father..." ""to you at this moment, dear." "I don't even know what I must say" "isn't that what you had said?" "Wealth spells happiness..." "You have all the wealth today." "poorer than you are." "But I don't know of anyone" "Don't cry, Mummy." "would you sell Pinky and me, too?" "If you were to be offered money," "Let's eat together." "get this opportunity again." "For all you know, we might never" "with your own hands." "Feed me..." "Feed me get this opportunity again." "For all you know, we might never" "Do feed me... make such a mistake again!" "Please forgive me..." "I'll never I'll never do it again!" "Never again..." "But he just doesn't care for us!" "children a decent English-education." "He's never thought of giving his building a house for his wife..." "He has never thought of ...or buying her some jewellery." "useless men even get married?" "!" "It's disgusting!" "I wonder why such" "Be brave, Kajal...!" "my life into hell!" "I've really turned I've been plundered!" "I've been ruined... I'd then be rid of my guilt!" "I wish I could die..." " What are you saying, Kajal?" " l'd be rid of it all, if I die!" "that which you have lost..." "You must always try to retrieve for your loss." "...not kill yourself" "You don't know anything about me!" "told me everything about you." "I know everything..." "Mr Hasmukh has firmly under her control!" "The sorceress has my husband children and distanced them from me!" "She has even cast a spell on my" "Don't be silly!" "and ask her to return." "Just return Janhvi's wealth to her I have tried everything... to budge from her stand!" "...but she's just not willing" " How can anyone do that?" " What will I do now?" "competent lawyer instead?" "Why don't you consult a l've only done my duty." "What are you thanking me for?" "asking for you, sir." "There's someone downstairs while I go and meet her." "Must be a client." "Please wait," "I see... so, it's you, eh?" "What brings you here now?" "I want to marry my husband again." "laugh at me, too." "All right... you can laughing at my plight." "Everyone seems to be I'm sorry, but I laughed... to be a game for children." "...because you're treating marriage against divorcing your husband?" "Do you remember?" "I had advised you" "But you didn't agree with me." "married legally once again." "You were bent on having your husband possible without a divorce." "And that would not have been" "The same rule still applies." "your former-husband again..." "Should you want to marry have to give him a divorce." "...his present wife will the arrangement?" "Does she consent to" " Then how is this possible?" " No." "I don't know all that!" "thrown out of my house!" "Just have the witch" "But that is impossible." "was only make-believe." "Why is it impossible?" "!" "The divorce with the law!" "I had to compromise I am still Raj's wife." "To tell you the truth, not you." "No." "Janhvi is now Raj's wife... the matrimonial-necklace?" "Why not?" "!" "Am I not still wearing mere piece of jewellery now." "Sure, you are." "But that's a" "A show-piece." "Please don't say that!" "at heart and soul!" "I am still his wife, according to the law." "But Janhvi is now his wife," "Who am I?" "!" "Then who am I?" "to say it..." "I can't bring myself about ...but I will, since you insist." "yet to acknowledge the truth." "You're no more than a widow who has" "or I'll slaughter you!" "Get out of his house!" "Get lost," "Have you gone mad?" "!" "What nonsense is this?" "Yes!" "I have gone mad!" "and driven me crazy!" "You've tempted me with money" ""Will you get lost now, or..." "Stop it, or I'll break your arm!" "seem to be getting worse!" "For all my tolerance, you it all?" "You?" "Or is it me?" "!" "What's that?" "Who's been tolerating you grab everything in sight!" "I had to give you an inch, and my husband from me!" "You're trying to snatch" "He's my husband, too!" "Snatch him, my foot!" "consent that he could marry you!" "Oh, shut up!" "It was because of my a price!" "You've sold him to me!" "Consent?" "!" "You've extracted I'll smash your face in!" "Cut the nonsense, or" " You've sold your husband, no less!" " What have I sold to you?" "used to buy all this, too!" "And it is that money you have belongs to me, right?" "Well, okay..." "So this house" "Just get the hell out of here!" "You've no right to stay here anymore!" " Okay..." " What the hell is all this?" "!" "Just come along!" "...you come with." " How won't he go with me?" "!" " He's not going anywhere!" "Don't you dare touch him!" "I have a right to him!" "He's my husband!" "And only" "Just slice me apart!" "Cut me into two pieces!" "You can have one portion each!" "of yourself!" "You ought to be ashamed" "Are you saying that to me?" ""to you, Kajal!" "Yes!" "I'm saying this treated me any worse!" "You couldn't have limits of decency!" "You have crossed all your house on fire..." "You're the one who has set talk of your rights?" "!" "...and you now has been settled." "The question of rights and Kajal's divorce-papers, Janhvi." "You had asked for a copy of Raj I have the copy with me." "by this greedy woman anymore!" "You just needn't be intimidated and the riches to herself..." "Let her keep the bungalows rights over Raj now!" "...but she has no" "Come along..." "let's go home." "I'd hate to see my niece's husband..." "You must accompany us, too, Raj." "do with another woman!" "...have anything to" "on me like this!" "Wait!" "You can't walk out to do that!" "You love me too much love you as much." "I wish I didn't really I've given in to each of your demand." "It's because of my love for you that because I love you." "I have married again, only of our love..." "You always reminded me closer and closer to Janhvi." "...and kept pushing me" ""from your own self." "All the while, distancing me bound us together..." "It was our love that" " No!" " How could you sell that love?" "You've got the price you demanded..." "The deal has been struck, Kajal." "belongs to Janhvi." "...and your love now not to go with her now." "It'll be a betrayal, with Janhvi, as her husband." "Justice demands that I stay" "Take us along, Daddy." "Not mummy." "We want to stay with Mother..." "Please don't leave me like this!" "Please don't leave me!" "I'd die without you!" "Please don't leave me!" "the kids' passports." "I've brought Raj and" "So, what's next?" "peaceful life with Raj." "I thought I'd spend a can ever be happy here." "But neither Raj nor I" "There's no need to worry, dear." "available flight to America." "I'll book you on the first" " l don't control my life anymore." "is that okay, Raj?" "It was sold ages ago." "you both deem fit." "You may do anything" "You're being crazy, my dear!" "donate all your wealth to charities!" "Your husband won't return even if you I know he won't return." "with the wealth anyway?" "But what would I do" "buying happiness for my family." "I was under the impression that I was" "But none of that was true." "had gripped me." "I wonder what madness I wish they could realise... more to me than these riches." "...that my husband and kids mean" "for what I have done..." "Should they forgive me that much in this life." "...I'll be happy achieving" "Sign these documents, Kajal." " You ought to be ashamed!" " Give it another thought..." "Go ahead and sign the papers, dear." "of countless deprived people." "You will atleast get the blessings" "Where are you going?" ""to my heart's content, one last time." "I want to see my husband and children for my sins..." "Let me seek their forgiveness after I have done that." "I don't know where l will go," "for America with the children." "Mr Raj and Janhvi have left" "What?" "!" "When did they leave?" "at the airport, if you rush there." "It's an hour now." "You might meet them" "Take me to the airport!" "ice-cream there, won't we?" "We'll get lots of" "to assert my rights." "No..." "I'm not here stop you from going." "I haven't even come to one last look at all of you." "But I couldn't do without taking" "Which is why I've rushed here." "I'll have to pay for it, too." "I've made a mistake, haven't I?" "wealth to charities." "I've donated all the anything for myself." "I haven't kept" "Not a penny." ""for your happiness,..." "I will always pray ... wherever you are." ""the children, okay?" "Just take care of" "one last time?" "Before you leave, can I touch you," "from home..." "Whenever you set out red-mark on your forehead." "...I used to apply the from the country..." "Now that you're going away" ""the red-mark, one last time?" "...can you permit me to apply" "It's time for the flight, Janhvi!" "being forgiven, Janhvi." "I'm not worthy of reminded of this mad-woman..." "But should you ever be of the kids' well-being." "...do write to me and let me know" " l know." " lt's getting late, Janhvi." "I'm leaving, Raj." "I had bought only one ticket." "I'm going alone, Raj." "leaving with me, sister." "The kids and Raj are not as the one I had made." "Kajal's mistake wasn't so grave" ""to begin with." "It was I who was selfish," "Kajal greedy, too." "Which is what led me into making weakness of human-beings." "Greed is indeed a great heart has taken a liking to." "One craves for that which the matters of the heart." "And we then pursue the" "We shouldn't be doing it." "But this is wrong... bought and sold?" "Besides, can love ever be" ""for you has diminished, Raj." "Don't ever think that my love more than I ever did." "In fact, I love you" ""the worst, in this tug of war." "It was you who had to put up with I forcibly bound you with myself." "after another in my love for you..." "I continued to wreck one injustice love, only for the sake of justice?" "..and you continued to sacrifice your" " Please!" "Speak no more!" " But, Janhvi... how deeply you love Kajal." "I have seen for myself" "She loves you, too." "all over again." "Just get married to her and left them with the lawyer." "I've signed all necessary documents" "I must leave now." "No... don't go away, Janhvi." "we'll certainly be happy." "Let's stay together..." "I promise, I know that." "my sins, too, mustn't I?" "But I must atone for" "No, Janhvi... of love, sister." "I've already got my share" ""the share I was entitled to." "In fact, I have got more than I'm not going alone, sister." "I'm taking Raj away in my heart and his baby in my womb." "to Raj's baby..." "The moment I give birth I'll send his photograph to." "...you'll be the first one and bless the child." "Do place your hand on it" "Sub Rip Rossen123"