"Buddy this is cheating!" "You always do this." "Buddy it burns, it burns!" "Look at this..." "Time flies by so quickly without us knowing it." "Its just like yesterday that he was on our lap." "Yes, and now he is so grown up that he has left our lap and gone to America for studies." "He has been gone for whole 7 years now." "He might be your son." "But is a buddy for me." "Hi buddy." "Since Avi's been gone, this house has lost its charm." "Really?" "So it means I am nothing?" "I have no say at all?" "What are you talking about?" "You are my wife, you have half the share." "Half your's, half his." "It's me who has nothing." "His arrival is in the morning..." "it will complete everything." "Hey brother, you know my son is coming from USA." "And that also after 7 years." "I am coming from USA too." "After 7 years." " Really?" "My son is coming from New York via British Airways." "Even I have come from New York." "And that too on British Airways." "Really?" "Mr son lives on 5th Avenue in Bella Vista." "That's a coincidence." "Even I live there." "What are you saying?" "!" "What is your name, brother?" "Avinash Kapoor." "Why?" "Excuse me." "My mother is waiting." "Aren't you Mr. Balraj Kapoor?" "Are you by any chance Buddy?" "!" " Buddy!" "Hey Buddy, who is the beautiful young lady there?" "That's your mom." " Oh, lets go see her then." "Momma!" "Why have you become so thin?" "Buddy!" "Has Buddy been troubling you?" " No." "Its in your memory." "Now I am here and I am not going anywhere." "You don't need to live in memories anymore." " Buddy, what a way cool car." " Wait a minute, wait a minute." " That is your car." " But Buddy!" "I am too tired Buddy." "No, you are not tired." "Go sit in it." "Lets see what you have learnt in 7 years." " What are you doing?" " Hey, do not interfere between us." " So Buddy, I will give you a handicap." " I dont need any handicap." "You know very well I dont cheat." "Come wife, sit in the car." " Mama, call home and get the lunch ready." " Ok, ok." "I will see you there." "Panchhi, come sit." "Lets show them today." "Best of luck." "Nothing happening." "Like I said before, dont do all this." "You will lose." "Think a bit about the car, and think a bit about me too." "I am not even married yet." "Why dont you understand?" "Wife, call Avi and ask him if its enough or should I start the real game." "Go on." "Call him." " You always keep your numbers upfront." " Hey." "Yes Mom?" "Your dad is asking if its enough or should he start the real game?" "Tell him I was just being considerate of his age otherwise I had been home long ago." "He says he is being considerate about your age so far." "Then tell him that talking of age will not affect my morale." "This is a car race." "You need experience for this." "Hear that?" "What is needed is experience." "Ask him where will he get the hot, young blood from?" " Ok let me tell him." " I was giving him a fair handicap." " But Buddy!" " What happened sir?" " Look, the driver is using a cellphone." " Oh!" "Cheating!" "Mom, do tell him this is a race between man and machine." "He may have the better machine, but I am a better man and he knows that" " Listen Avi." " Yes, Ma?" "Where did he come from?" "What's the matter, Mr. Policeman?" "You smartalec!" "You are using a cellphone while driving!" "Come on, park your car over the to the side and give me your license." " Didn't you hear me?" "Park your car." " Bye." "Why, you lost, didn't you?" "Never mind." "Better luck next time." "Come prepared." "Welcome to cheater's paradise." "If someone tells you there is not benefit of cheating don't listem to them because cheating is full of advantages." "But I request you to always walk on the right path." "Same for you Buddy." "First of all you lose and now you whine." "Look Buddy, I can't defeat you but don't want to lose either." "That's why I cheat." "After all, I am you father." "The day I become a father, I am going to avenge this from my son." "Well, you will have to become a father first." "For now, lets go and have lunch." "Everyone stop!" "Little one, who do you think you are?" "Is there any elder above you or not?" " Don't say this, big brother." " To hell with big brother." "The boy has returned after 7 years and nobody called or informed me." "Pushi here was here for something and it was he who called me." "Oh daddy let it go." "Hey Avi how are you, eh?" "!" "Stop." "Shobhna?" "Shobhna?" " Greetings big brother." " Greetings to you too." "May God bless you." "Tell me, my brother was always irresponsible, but what happened to you that you have forgotten all the customs." "He has returned after so long, at least ward off any evil spirits." "I was just bringing the prayer tray." "Kishan!" " Come here." " Yes?" "Buddy!" "What is all this Mom?" "Don't argue or your uncle will make you sit for the whole prayers." "You are familiar with everyone here." "But where is?" "Yes, here." "He is a new addition." "Mr. Roparay." "But he just laughed, dad." "Come, let me show you your cabin." " This is your room." " I like it." " And this is your chair." "Sit." " Thank you." "In any man's life, that day, that moment is the happiest when his son assists in dispensing his responsibilities, when he sits on his father's seat." "Really, today I realize how joyous it is to be a father to a grown up son." "Buddy, my mind and my heart both are telling me to ask for your blessings." " I love you Buddy." " I love you too son." "I have worked too much in life." "Now there is just rest." " Correct." "In this age you should." " Now here son don't you talk of age." "Somebody has said well that..." ""Though my arms cannot move nor there is energy in the eyes let Mina be before me just a bit more"" "What happened?" " That was very bad." " Very bad?" "Oh I am so sorry." "I did not expect this from you." " By the way, who is Mina and does Mom know?" " No and don't you tell her either." " Ok, but on one condition only." " Yes?" " Where is my secretary?" " Oh yes, the secretary!" "Jenny!" "Sir, you called me?" " Thank you Dad." " Hey, this is my secretary." "Julie!" " Yes?" " There!" "That one." "Buddy, you are going to make me an alcoholic." "Oh, hey Uncle!" " What are you doing here alone?" " Why, we are celebrating Avi's return." "I am checking if the arrangements for food are well enough or not." "Arrangements for food are superb, but if you want to be sure about the drinks why dont you taste these?" " You fool, I don't drink." "I only provide." "Oh yes, you don't drink, you provide." "I accept that." "But Uncle, once you try it, you will be hooked." "That I know." "Get lost!" "I'll slap you so hard, you'll go around dancing everywhere." " That's good." "Call him." " Sir, tea!" " Sir, I don't drink tea." "I only have black coffee." "No." "No black coffee." "Come on Roparay, out of here." " But why?" " Come on Buddy, get up get up get up." " Come on let's go." " No Buddy." "There's still a lot of work." "Work?" "It's Saturday, a half day." "There should be fun with work." "Let's play golf." " With whom?" " With me." " You cheat a lot, Buddy." " No no, I won't cheat." "Have I ever cheated in my whole life?" "Never." "Come on come one let's go." " Go baby go go go." " Great shot." " You wish it had gone in the hole." " I know I know." " Let's see your shot Buddy." " Ok, watch this." "What do you say?" "Good shot, eh?" "Buddy, what did you play during the prime of your youth?" " What do you mean youth?" "What am I now?" " I mean when you were a kid like me." "I was quite poor." "Didn't have such leisure." "Just played sticks n stones sometimes." "Dont mind Buddy, but you are still playing it today." " Buddy!" "Good, eh?" " Good shot." " I like this game." " Hey, bring the putter." " This is going to be so much fun." " Let's see you win this game." "Watch." "Watch Buddy." "Damn!" "No!" "No!" "My turn." "Going to win the game now." "You know Buddy, I am angry and ashamed both..." " Buddy?" " What?" " How did this ball get here?" " It was already here." "I hit it from there and it landed here." " Are you sure?" " Yeah yeah." "I am sure." "I am going to win this game." "Just watch." " No." "You cheated!" " No no." "I am not cheating." "No." "You cheated." "You cheated at the race too." "You whine a lot." "Just like you mom." " Just like Mom?" " Yes." " Show me the ball." " Here you go." " Hey, what are you doing?" " Mom also throws plates, doesn't she?" "End of game!" "Eh?" "Hi beautiful." "Thank God Mili otherwise the whole game would have been shot." " Excuse me." " Yes?" " Who told you my name?" " You name?" "I don't know your name." " Right now you said Mili" " Oh." "I was saying that for the ball." "Are you Milli too?" " Just go." "You have messed my painting." " Painting?" "Which painting?" " Please leave" " Madam, you are wierd." "First you tell me to go and then you say 'please leave'." "Oh no." "Please don't mess it up Buddy." "You have spread you litter all around as it is and then you scold me." "This is a golf course madam." "This is a paid facility, not a park." "Look, don't bully me with your status." "Dad worked very hard to get this permission." "You have destroyed my painting." "You call this a painting?" "What is up, what is down?" "Nothing is clear." "There are just black spots." "Instead you should be thanking me that the spot I put on it!" "Hey, hello?" " He messed it up?" " Hello?" "Hey, madam!" "Excuse me." "I was just kidding." "Ok Buddy." "Let's resume the game." "Buddy?" "Hey Buddy!" "He ruined three days of my hard work and then he tries to bully me with his money." "As if money is God and there are no feelings nor emotions before it." "Here, let me help you." "You?" "You were playing with that old man, weren't you?" "What are you doing here?" " Oh, why don't you put some smudges too?" " No no." "Look, the way he treated you upsets me." " Don't act." " No, seriously." "He was quite rude to you." "Why, aren't you with that wacky old man?" "Wacky old man?" "Look, neither am I wacky nor old." "But yes, to support my sweet old folks I sold myself to him." "For Rupees 10500." "Per month." "I work for him." "He is my boss." "And I am his puppet." "It's a very clichéd line but you must be knowing what a man would do for feeding himself." " Playing golf?" " Golf!" "I can't play golf." "I am the sticks and stones kind." "Golf is for rich people." " Here, let me carry your stuff." " No, it's okay." "There is only paint in it." "I can carry it." " Hey brother Avi." " You want to kill me?" "Want to send me up?" "Well send me then." "It's better than this shamful life." "Scared me." "Miss Milli, why is it that only rich people have money?" "I see." "He gets his way and now refuses to recognize me." " How about we take a cab?" " You may if you're tired." "I am used to it." " But..." " Sir!" "Roparay." "Seems like today I will end up crying." "That's it." "Number one." " Milli?" "Milli?" "Listen." " Hello?" "Go on." "Find out why our young daughter has stopped recognizing her parents." "Go on, go on." " Milli?" "Milli!" " What is it?" " Why are you so irritated?" " Nothing mom." "Just leave me alone." " But why are you so angry?" " I am mourning my painting." "You just go from here for the moment." "Let me cool my mind down." " Rajat called twice." "Call him back." " Mom!" " Okay okay." " Bus number 1, bus number 1." "Too rich." "The only sin that I do over and over again" "I am a man yet I love man" "Really?" " Why are you looking at me like this?" " Adequate." "No no no." "I did not mean it the way you are taking it." "Actually you know what?" "Perfect!" " Brother, your intentions are not right." " My friend..." "What does a person has to do to get someone's love?" "Come on, take off your shirt." " Don't be shy and take off your shirt." " Avi brother, I am not this sort." "You know me since childhood." "Am I this sort?" "No" "But sometimes this is necessary." " What is your emergency?" "You wouldn't understand." "But there is." "Now quick." "Take off your shirt." "Wow, Panchi." "You have a remarkable body." "Thank you." "Don't cry." "It's just a matter of this shirt." "Mr. Avi needed the shirt only?" "But Panchi, why did u get ready?" "You had no breakfast yourself nor did you let me have it." "Since two hours we have been following bus number 1." "I have heard of following a girl, but following a bus?" "Avi brother, how about something to eat." "I am famished." "You won't die if you don't eat today." "Today if I don't find her don't know what will become of me." " Find what?" " Find what, Avi brother?" " Shut up!" "Don't ask me too many questions." " Stop!" " What happened?" "Don't budge from here till I return." " You?" " You?" "Oh my God!" "What a coincidence." "We are bumping into eath other so often." "You didn't go to office?" "Is it off?" "Office is not off, but it laid me off." "What?" "But why?" "You see, I have always had this principle" "That I always call wrong, wrong whether people like it or not." "I don't care." "I told the boss off." "I said..." "What you did was not right." "You hurt somebody's feelings." "You cost someone something." "He got angry at me." "Said a kid is now lecturing me." "I couldn't stand it." "I wrote my resignation and threw it in his face." "I mean come on." "What is more important, principles or boss?" "I agree." "But I don't feel good that you lost yourjob because of me." " But what will you do now?" " I will labour and struggle." " I will look for a new job." " Join the gang." " Hey i have to get off here." " Oh, me too." "I couldn't sleep last night." "Had been thinking about your painting." "For the boss, it was just a piece of paper." "But to you it was a concept an art." "And who knows how many emotions connected to you." "Why are you so formal?" "Ease up." "How lovely." " By the way, what is your name?" " My name is Avinash." "But you can call me Avi." " What is your name?" " Malvika." " Malvika?" " But for close ones, I am Milli." " So what should I call you?" " Milli." "Milli." "How lovely." " Would you like some tea?" " Tea?" " What happened?" " You like tea?" " Very much." " Even I love tea." " I love tea!" " Shall we?" "You know, once you have tea here, you will keep coming back." " It's really very good." " Yeah?" "What happened?" "Drink." "Sir?" "TEA?" "!" "Ok." "You don't even know how to have tea." "By the way Avi, what will you do now?" " Destiny knows." " Destiny?" " Do you believe in destiny?" " Why?" "Well, we never met before this." "And when we did, it was as often as thrice." " Three times?" "How so?" " First time I saw you at the airport." "You were doing something like this." " What were you doing at the airport?" " I had come from..." "And you?" "I had gone to see off my best friend." "Best friend?" "Boyfriend?" "No." "I don't doctor relationships." " Shall we go?" " Let's go." " The tea was good." " Ok, I better get going." " Where are you going?" " I have something to do." " When will we meet again?" " You believe in destiny, right?" " Ask it." " I am asking it." " Bye." " Bye." "Avi, this is Mr. Asthawi from court of life insurance." "Sir, your father has bought a Rupee 5 billion life insurance policy for you" " Only 5 billion?" " Yes." "Your signatures on these documents." "Thank you." " Sir, tea!" " How many times have I told you that..." "Wow, Roparay." "You just reminded me of something." "Tea?" "Oh!" " Milli, it's Rajat's call." " I will call him later." "I have to go out." "Your tea, sir." "Hi." "So after all your destiny brought you here." "You must believe in it now." "Our rendezvous, what are they if not destiny?" "It could be destiny." "But it is also possible that you're following me." "Yes, quite possible." "Whatever it is, isn't it funny?" "We barely knew each other and today!" " And tomorrow?" " That destiny would know." "Beautiful, so beautiful." " Very beautiful." " These sunsets always sadden me." "All these beautiful colors disappear into darkness before you know it." "Yes." "So that a new sun may emerge again." "Because after every sunset, there is a sunrise." "A new day, a new hope, a new beginning." "And when you understand that, you will never be sad again" " These two together?" " Damn!" " What happened?" " Buddy, you go inside." "I'll be back." " Panchi, you wait here." " Avi!" "What are you doing?" "Why can't you look before crossing the road?" "Stupid." "Stupid?" "I am stupid?" "Thank you." "But the fault is not mine." "It's yours." "Mine?" "How?" "Because you are always on this side of the road." "Okay, leave that." "But tell me what were you doing with that wacky old man?" "Good question." "Come, let me explain." "Last night he came to my place around midnight." "And started weeping and wailing like babies saying please don't leave the job." "I melted." "He wept." "It wasn't nice so I joined him again" " You are telling me the truth, right?" " Obviously dude." "So that means that you will be his puppet all your life and play golf?" "The embarassing part is that I will play and I will lose too." "Compromising just to make someone happy is a being's greatest weakness." "You should play as well as win." "No chance." "Because I don't know anything about golf." "I will teach you." "You?" " You know it?" " Why not?" "I am a golf pro's daughter." "Have been playing it since childhood." "Oh my God." "I am so sorry I didn't recognize you earlier." "It's so nice to meet you." "You are Tiger Wood's daughter?" "Jeet Talwar." " Who?" " Stop joking." "You want to learn or not?" " Of course I want to." "When do we start?" " Tomorrow evening at four." "Four o'clock." " Wacky old man!" " Looks like Milli!" " Look Avi, it's very simple." " Show me" "Before learning any game, you should have the passion." "You should have the dedication, the desire." " And love." " Wow, what a shot!" "Now you try it." "Yes." "Like this." " Steady stance." " I don't have any interest in golf." "If I have the love and affection, it's for my golf instructor." "Let go of me Rajat." " What happened?" " You are so heavy, almost broke my back." "I am not talking to you." "You had gone for four days and took so many." "I should be complaining." "I called so many times and you didn't return any." "Didn't have enough time." " But I did miss you a lot." " How much?" " Tell me." " I will not." "It is true that distances often lead to closeness of hearts." " Even I missed you a lot." " Enough." "Let go of my hand." "You're acting as if I didn't go for singing, but for romancing." "Friend, if a singer will not sing how will he earn his bread?" "Hey Milli." "Look here." "Wow." "This glow on you face, this sparkle in your eyes!" "You have grown even more beautiful than before." " What's up?" " This is what I was dying to tell you." "I am in love." "I am in love Rajat." "I love him." "I just love him." "I love him." "I love him so much." " Hello?" " Is Milli there?" " Who is speaking?" " Neetu Kohli" "Miss Neetu, just a minute." "Milli, it's Neetu's call." " Milli?" " Yes Ma?" " Miss Neetu's phone." " Miss Neetu?" " Good morning Milli." " Good morning Miss Neetu." "A customer has bought all three of your paintings." " Really?" " Note down his address." " Ok?" " Ok thank you Miss Neetu." " Mom, all three paintings have been sold!" " Wow!" " I am so excited." "Mom, I hav to rush." "Bye." " By the way, what's his name?" " Whose name?" " The one you are lost in thoughts about." "Avinash." "But how did you know?" " Because I am you mom." " I love you mom." "Ok, I have got to go." " Yes ma'am?" " I'm Milli Talwar." "Your interior designer" "Neetu Kohli sent me to deliver these paintings." "Whom can I meet?" "Big boss is in a meeting." "You should meet the young one." "Roparay, take this madam to the junior boss." "You?" "Madam, please come." " Sir, tea." " I'm dying of thirst and you're... talking about!" "How many times!" " You!" " You?" "What are you doing here?" "I haven't come here to meet you." "Your interior designer wanted me to deliver these paintings and collect the checks." " Then leave these paintings and I will deliver the checks to your place." " But why do you want to get rid of me?" " No, it is not so." "However wacky he is, the old man respects you." " Doesn't he really?" " Junior Boss!" "Son, this is an email from Hong Kong" " Son?" " Oh, you!" "Yes." "Is it wrong to call a son a son?" "Milli!" "Buddy?" " Listen to me" " I don't want to listen to anything." "Hear me out, Milli." "Please." "Avi, a man who lies about his father can never speak the truth." "He can never be a friend." "Try to understand please." "This was not right, Avi." "It's not fair." "I really liked you." " This is all your fault." " What?" "All my life you called me Buddy." "Suddenly what happened to you?" " Where did Son come from?" " What else would I call my son?" "Correct." "But look, you picked the fight and I have to suffer." "But the lie was yours." " Yes it was." "But I had no choice." " Why?" " You know what she calls you?" " What?" " Let it go." " No." "Tell what she calls me." "Tell me what she calls me as." "Wacky old man." "You are laughing." "I couldn't even do that." " You love her?" " Yes." " You want to marry her?" " Yes." "Then say so." "I'll go talk to her." " Do you like her?" " Yes I do." " Are you sure?" " Yes I am." "Now move." "Milli." "Milli!" "You were already angry at me, now my son has done the same." "I am sorry." "Judging from your conversation, I am guessing he lied to you." "He hurt you." "He is at fault." "But you should think why he did so." "May be it was because he started loving you and didn't want to lose you" "Love can do strange things, you know." "But these tears in your eyes pain me." "He must be feeling the pain too." "This love can be full of problems." "It often puts you to test." "But it showers happiness too." "And I have seen the joys in your eyes." "These joys shouldn't be lost because of haste." "I apologize from both myself and Avinash." "And if you forgive me, do come to our New Year Eve's party." "I will send a car." "I was sure you would be here at this time." "And you know this very well too that I hate tears in your eyes." "Besides, this is not the time for crying, but for smiling." "You know Milli, you're very lucky." "The one you love loves you more than yourself." " Rajat!" " Look." "You shouldn't use your mind in matters of the heart" "It only increases confusions." "The heart never lies." " I have come to pick Milli." " Let me call her." "Milli, the car is here child." " Uncle, I'll be right back." " Ok." "May I come in?" "Now you will need permission?" "Stupid." "It is good you came." "How do I look?" " The truth or the lie?" " You always lie." "Be honest today." "You are looking absolutely horrible!" "Although you're looking very pretty there is something missing." "Incomplete?" "What?" " Now am I complete?" " Yes." "Now you are." "Thanks, Rajat." "Thank you very much." "It's nice that you came." "Otherwise our story would have been left incomplete." "Yes Milli." "I want to say something to you" "These leaves and rocks might have absorbed many stories" "but what I want to say to you, they would hear for the first time." "These, and you too." "Look at me Milli." "I lied to you." "That was wrong." "Hurt your feelings." "That was even worse." "I will not ask if you have forgiven me." "Because the heart's voice is heard by the heart, not the ears." "I promise you one thing Milli that" "I will never let tears in your eyes." "Happiness is just a step away from us." "And I want to get there holding your hand." "I want to grow old with you." "Will you marry me?" "Come on, say yes." "Say yes." "Yes." " Buddy?" " She said yes." "Heartiest congratulations." "You recognize who he is?" "You know Milli, he also called me here once." "We also had a misunderstanding in our love which we clarified right here." "Besides this, father and son both are a total loss." " Here, your tea." " You made this yourself?" "Mama, did you tell Dad?" " I want to discuss something important." " Yes." "Go ahead." "Greetings." "Good morning." " Who are these people?" " I was about to tell you but..." "If you have not told him, I shall." "Brother, my name is Balraj Kapoor." " Why are these people here?" " I was about to tell you." "If you have not told him, let me." "The thing is brother, our children have started loving each other" "And you are?" " Me name is Jeet Talwar." " Alright." "Mr. Jeet, I have come to ask for your daughter's hand don't disappoint us." "Only I have the right to decide that." "He is my childhood friend's son and Milli's childhood her best friend, Rajat Varma." "So you are the one who has besieged my Milli." "And came here assuming you will get her easily." " Yes." " You are wrong." "I can give my Milli away on one condition only." "Condition?" "What condition?" "You will always keep Milli happy." "And if somebody gives her one tear even by mistake" "I will not spare his life." "Rajat my friend, listen to me carefully." "I will never give you the opportunity to kill me." "Because your condition is my promise." "You know the sea, how big it is" "I will give so much happiness to Milli that even the sea would seem small" "So now do you think I am the right guy for her?" " You deserve Milli." " Thank you thank you." "Grandpa, younger grandpa's call for you" " Greetings brother." "This is Balraj." " Greetings." "How are you?" "Brother, there is a small good news." "Good news?" "Do tell." " I have fixed Avi's marriage." " Marriage?" " Good news." "Avi's wedding." " The date is fixed for next week." "Next week?" "Are you mad?" "Direct wedding?" "No way." "This is not a custom of our family." "Brother, actually everything happened so fast that we couldn't inform you" " I don't want to listen to anything." " Brother, listen to me." "You come here." "Everything will be as you want." " Greetings brother" " May you live long." " Please forgive him." " Only since you are saying so." "Brother, come here." "You have to see everything here." "You didn't have to say it." "Ok, now let me do my work." "Ok, Avi's wedding has been fixed." "Hurry with the arrangement." "Pushi, ask the travel agent to book tickets for tomorrow." "Ok father." "I'll get that done for tomorrow morning." " Listen." " What are you doing standing here?" "I was just asking if Pushpa would be coming along too?" "What?" "Are you mad?" "Why have a widow at a wedding?" "It's bad luck." "No way." "Go and start the preparations." "Pushpa didn't come?" "Oh yes." "Our brother's widow didn't come?" "Oh why is she needed here?" " Milli, your henna's color is so strong." " Do you know what that means?" "That your husband will love you very much." "Younger brother, our custom is such that everything should be on time." " Where is he?" "Is he ready yet?" " Oh he is he is." " Kishan, where is Avi?" " He went out." "This boy is going to get me spanked." " You?" " Why?" "You were awaiting someone else?" "Avi, what if someone sees us?" "So what?" "But I cannot tolerate that someone else looks at my wife before me." "How wonderful I look." "Now go." "Please" "Go?" "Why?" "If you don't go, how would you come for me?" "I'll call mommy." "Mommy!" "Oh Mom, it's only you." "Can't help being a mom." "Cannot see the son getting scolded and that also on such a day!" " Thank you Mom." "Ok tell me, how does she look?" "Very beautiful, right?" " But Ma, your class was way out." " Oh." "Buttering!" " Ok, now go." "Uncle is very angry." " What is his problem, Ma?" " Why the delay now?" " Just a minute, big brother." "Pushpa, it is good to see you." "Punchi, take her to Avi." " What's the matter, wife?" " I love you." "Oh!" "Am I looking more handsome today?" " No, just like before." "But this love has always been for the kind of thing you just did" " You wasted so much time." " I know." "But you know, each of your tear is so valuable to me." "Now stop crying." "Rajat, I didn't make her cry." "But also promise she will not cry after today" " I am not worried as long as you are there." " Thank you." " I am sure she will be happy." "Right?" " Of course." "Avi?" " Get up." " Why baby?" "Please get up." "I have spun a sweater for you." "Do one thing." "Erect me in some field." "I don't know how to do anything." "Yes you do." "Keeping me happy." "Actually, this sweater is a bit big for me and a bit small for Buddy but perfect for both of us." " Actually, the fault is mine." " How?" "Because I never gave you to proper measurements." "Hey Buddy!" "Come on get up." "Buddy, what do you have against my sleep?" "None son." "But today is fast day." " How does that concern me?" " Don't know about you, but I am." "I want my wife for the next 7 lives." " Me too." " We cannot do anything about it." " Then?" " Our wives will have to fast for that." " So what should we do?" " We have to make sure they don't cheat." " Satisfied?" " How can I not be, wife." "Mom, he doesn't let me sleep, eat or dress up." "By the way, this is your last meal." "And no cheating." " Because I want you in the next 7 lives." " Only 7?" "I want you in every life." "Hey papa, is it true that if I fast today I will get Avi in next lives?" "Yes dear." "It is true." "First worry about this life." "By the way, my buddy never lies." "For your information, let me tell you that for the moon to come out there are still 20 minutes." " 20 more minutes?" "Mommy, how was your day?" "Hey, specs, hope you didn't cheat." "You should be ashamed." "I am fasting and you are eating." "I was about to tell you something important, but I forgot." " What?" " Can't recall." " Tell us." " I can't recall it." "Oh yes." "The moon is out." "Where is the moon?" "Where is the moon?" "Where did you see it Buddy?" "Buddy, the moon is not there." "It is here." "She is going to be a Ma, Ma a grandma, you a grand buddy and I will be Buddy!" " Today you have given the greatestjoy." " Yes dear, you made a father grand." "Come on." "Let's share the news with the in-laws." " What's the hurry wife?" " There is." "Come on." " Milli, how would he be like?" " Who?" " Our son." " Why only son?" "Because my love has always been more than yours." " So he will totally be like me." " Some like you, some like me." "First a son, then a daughter." " Don't even talk about another child." " Why?" "If you are so keen, give birth yourself." "Giving birth to a child is teamwork." "Just like no one can play football and hockey alone." " That is why I am going to need you." " Avi stop your nonsense." "Why son, you tease me a lot whole day." "Now it's your turn." "I would be a better one than you." "Congratulations." "It's a boy." "See wife, where the life has come which started with you." "True." "It felt like Avi when I held him up." "Buddy, you will know the joy when you hold him to your chest." "Did you think of a name?" "Ansh?" "Do you know what it means?" "It means piece, part." "He is our piece, our part." "Ansh's father is here." "What's up mom?" "Your son is just like you." "He is refusing to drink milk." "Today I know for sure that my wife is faithful." "Watch it." "Don't you dare say anything about her." "Give me the milk." "Thank you" "I am not drinking it mother." "Making a milk moustache." " Buddy what are you doing here?" " Hiding from grandma." " Oh." "So is it hiding from grandma or milk?" " Milk." " You wanted muscles like who?" " Buddy." " So what did you Buddy drink for them?" " Milk" " So what will Buddy drink?" " Milk!" " So when will Buddy drink it?" " Right now." "Then hurry up." "Sip." "Digest." "Sip." "Digest." " Yes mom?" "You called for me?" " Yes." "Look, Ansh's fourth birthday is on the 27." "I want to throw a grand party." " He will enjoy, right?" " Yes Mama." "But Ma I am leaving for London tomorrow night." "See, Momma." "He has not time for family." "There is no need for any party." "Why not?" "I will go there, attend the meeting and be back as soon as possible in time for the party." "Actually dear, he is going there to sign an important deal." "Once the deal is signed, there will be lots of parties." " Hello?" " Hey." " What time is your flight back?" " The meeting is still in progress." "What?" "You are still there?" "If you haven't left yet, how will you make it here tomorrow?" " What about the party?" " I will be there." "There is nothing more for him than you happiness." "But he hasn't proceeded from there." " Hello Milli?" " What is it?" "Why are you disturbing me?" "I am very busy." "Ok listen." "Don't disconnect." "I am at the airport." "Airport!" "London airport?" " No." "Bombay airport." " What?" "You are at Bombay airport?" " I am sending Panchi over." " No, I will take a taxi." "Ma, Avi is on his way." "Avinash wishes to meet all three of you." "Yes I used to cheat." "But only in games." "You treated life itself as a game and cheated with me." "With your buddy!" "This was time for me to go, son." "But you left." "What would I do without you?" "Where is my son?" "He went with you." "Where have you left me?" "Tell me!" "What kind of father are you?" "You burnt your son with your own hands!" "There is truth in the customs left behind by ancestors." "Not even the shadow of a widow should fall on things." "That is why I didn't want to invite Pushpa in Avi's wedding." "But you did not listen." "Now see what has happened." "Don't use my son's death, brother." "Milli?" " Momma." " My child." "Child, change these clothes." "No, Momma, these are fine." "No my dear." "Colours brought you and Avi together." "If you distance yourself from them, you will grow distant from Avi." "Momma, wearing colourful clothes do not bring lost colours of life." "Besides, the customs say!" " I am more concerned about you than them." "For my Milli." "I don't want to lose my Milli." "Hey Buddy." "What do you have against my sleep?" "I am back home buddy, I am back home." "I am not going to go anywhere." "Grandpa." "Grandpa!" "What happened grandpa?" "Our Avinash hasn't gone anywhere." "Look." "This is our Avinash." "Yes." "Ansh is our Avinash." " How are you child?" " How can I be without Avi?" "Lets go home." "Our home." "If you live here, you will always be entangled in you past." "The yesterday is just a dream." "It has no face nor presence." "Now there is just your today and coming tomorrow." "Which you will not see if you live here." "The one with whom you came here has gone very far." "Now there is nothing left here." "Nothing" "Father!" "Father, everything is here." "My home, my family" "Mommy, Papa, Ansh!" "Everything is here." "Avi has left, but" "I cannot leave all of them behind." "I just cannot." "Ansh?" "Ansh?" " What is my child doing here?" " I am with Buddy." "I can smell him here." " Ansh, I'll tell you something about Buddy?" " I know it." "He has gone to God." "He was alone up there so He called Buddy up there." "I have grandma, grandpa and you with me." "But Momma, I am angry at Buddy because he did not say bye to me." "The question is very embarassing, but your answer is necessary." "What is to be done with the profit from the shares owned by Mr. Avinash which was deposited in his account?" "Milli was Avinash's wife." "Whatever he had, belongs to Milli." "Kindly transfer every such thing to Milli." "Yes." "Correct." "According to Mr. Avinash's policy, you are the beneficiary." "And this check for 5 billion." "You keep this too, Mr. Lawyer." "Transfer it into Milli's account." "Very well." "This day of Karwachok used to be such a big day for me full of happiness." "I will still follow the customs." "But I cannot understand how Milli!" "Milli, what are you doing?" "Papa, today is Karwachok." "You told me that observing this fast would give me Avi for 7 lives." "So I thought... so what if Avi left me in this life." "I would keep observing this fast to have him in every life." "Always." "Till my last breath." "Then I would get him, right Papa?" "Tell me." "Avi used to say that my father never lies." "Tell me Papa, I will get get Avi, right?" "When you were very young... you used to look for your father and uncle among the stars." "Today I am trying to look for you, Avi." "Wherever you are..." "Milli's questions and tears would be troubling you too." "I used to think that after losing you..." "I had the greatest pain in life." "But after seeing Milli's pain it feels like my pain is nothing." "She has totally forgotten how to smile." "She is drifting away from life day by day." "I feel scared." "I feel very scared." "After losing you, I don't want to lose her too." "That day your eyes were trying to say something to me, Avi." "But my eyes drowned in pain could not understand it." "Today I have understood everything." "Now I wish to do what your eyes were trying to tell me." "You be happy, Buddy." "Be happy." "Greetings, in law." " When did you get here?" " Well, just now." "Please sit." "How is everyone?" "Milli?" "Milli is not like we took along from here." "Tell me, this friend of Milli, what is his name?" " Rajat." " Yes." "Rajat." "Where is he these days?" "Don't see him around." "He went to Europe right after Milli's marraige." "I think he settled there." "Excuse me." " Hello uncle." " Hello son." " Recognized me?" " How could I not." "Avinash's dad." " And Milli's too." " Yes." "But what are you doing here?" "Business?" "No, son." "I am here to meet you." "Just give me your command." "The place should be open for open hearted conversation." "Of course, why not!" "Come." "How long have you been here?" "Right after Milli's marriage." "Who else is in your family?" "My family is just me." "Lonesome me." "You didn't marry?" "Someone once saw my hand and told me I didn't have the lines." "By the way, how is my friend Milli?" "You have recalled her after so many years?" "She is not happy." "She has forgotten how to smile." "The one you gave her away to gave her nothing but tears." "I warned earlier." "If he would give even a drop of tear to Milli's eyes I will kill him!" "Now you cannot do even that." "Because God has done that already." " Avi is no more." " What?" "She was so happy with Avinash." "She will not be able to live without her love." "She loved Avinash very much." "And you?" "How much did you love her?" "More than life." "But what was love for me was never more then friendhip for Milli." "And my love wanted to see Milli happy." "Milli's happiness was Avinash." "I entrusted Milli to him and moved away forever." "Now what will happen?" "How will she survive?" "She can." "If she gets some new breaths." "The one whose hand she held for the journey of life left her at such crossroads where all paths are closed." "Darkness, hopelessness, congestion." "Nothing except these." "But I have to find a way out." "Which I will." "So that she can breath again, smile and live life in the real sense." "To do this, I need your help." "If you want, she can get herjoys back." "If you want, you can take up Avinash's place once again." "It is hard to accept a woman who was somebody's wife." "Somebody's child's mother." "This is not the case, uncle." "Milli is my love, my joy." "But I know she will not agree." "She won't." "She will not let anyone take Avinash's place." "Anyone." "It is difficult." "But if you help, it can be done." "Will you help me?" "This scenery always saddens me." "This setting sun and me are both alike." "Both are losing their illumination." "These colours will be lost in darkness soon." "There is a new day, a new beginning after every sunset." "If the sun sets, it also rises again." "Every day." "Don't ever be sad now." "I know my Milli is very brave." "She knows how to steal light from the dark." "I used to know, Rajat." "When I hadn't understood life, or seen death from so near." " Enough about me." "Tell me about yourself." " There is nothing to tell." "I am fine." "I am good." "Keep myself busy with singing." " That is it." " So busy that you forgot your friends?" "No." "It is not so." " Friends are replaced when places change." " Friends cannot be changed." "Time changes." "Often the distances in places strengthen relationships." "Think about it." "If I hadn't been away for so years, how would I have known you miss me so much?" "Whoever said that I have missed you?" "You didn't miss me?" "Anyways, let it be a misuderstanding at least." "I will live with it." "Ansh!" "Ansh!" "Ansh?" "This kid!" " Oh shit!" " You said shit?" "Sorry." "Sorry." " But what are you doing here?" " I am playing cricket here." " Who are you?" " I am your mommy's friend." " And you?" " I am my mommy's son." "Well then, why are you hiding here?" "Because grandma will make me drink milk." "But you should drink milk." "Milk helps make muscles." "My buddy also had them." "Like these." "Really?" "Then you should become a muscle man too" "Come." "Drink milk, make muscles and arm wrestle me." " You will lose." " Yes!" "Now lets arm wrestle." " Hello?" " Yes, Rajat." " Good morning uncle." " Good morning son." " Just thought to remind you that today!" " How can I forget?" "I was about to leave." "Bye!" "Mommy." "Mommy!" "Hey, what's up man?" " Don't you have to go to school?" " I do." " Bye Mommy." " Bye." "Shall we go?" "Yeah." "Come on." " Say bye to mommy." " Bye Mommy." " Hi Milli." " Rajat?" " Good evening Aunty." " Good evening." " Here have some sweets." " Sweets?" "What is the occassion?" "Two reasons Aunty." "One, our Ansh has started going to school." "Secondly I have decided to settle in India." " Really?" " I have even bought a small house." "This is very good, Rajat." "Did you tell mother?" "She picked the time for prayers herself." "You all will have to come." "And uncle too." "Yes, we will definitely come." "Greetings." "Please come in." "Congratulations Rajat." "Shall we?" " Congratulations." "Your house is wonderful." " Thank you Uncle." " May God shower all his blessings here." " Thank you." " But where is Mr. Talwar?" " Having beer outside." "Oh." "Then lets go and sit with him." " This is for you?" " This?" " I brought all my paintings." " Wow!" "Fantastic." " I could bring only these in haste." " Only?" "Your colours are in every corner of this house." "Isn't that enough?" "Wow." "Beautiful." "This was my last painting." "It is beautiful." "But..." " But?" " Incomplete." "Don't worry." "Let me complete it." "Here." "Now isn't it complete?" "It's getting quite cold these days." " Shall we go inside?" " No, it is fine here." "Papa, coffee." "How did you know I wanted coffee?" "Because I am your daughter." "Thank you child." "Milli, did you meet Rajat?" " No." "Was he here?" " Yes." "In fact I think he might still be around." "He said it's his first program in India tomorrow." "He said we all have to be there." "I cannot go Papa." "Milli?" "It is correct that he has become comfortable with us, but he is your friend." " He wouldn't like it if you don't go." " Momma, Ansh does not live with Panchi" "But he stays with me." "You go with Papa tomorrow." " I will look after Ansh." " Ok Mama." "Come." "Come uncle." "I had heard you before too, but today it seemed to come from within." "Excuse me." "Yes?" "Hello." "You asked me to call you at 9." "So I did." "Problem in the office?" "Ok fine." "I am on my way." "There is some problem at the office." "I have to go." " Rajat would you drive Milli home?" " Sure" "If you want me to go... you could have just said it." "I would have had left." "But why do this?" "Why Papa?" "After Avi's death, did the relation that you made break too?" "Am I no longer your daughter?" "Don't you love me anymore?" "No child." "Don't say such things." "I love you even more than before." "What kind of love is this Papa which wants to separate me from my own." "You, mommy, Shekhar." "Avi's memories etched in this whole place." "God took Avi's life, but do you want to take my life by taking away Avi's memories?" "No." "No child no." "After losing my son, you have become even more important." "And I don't want to lose her no matter what." "Then why are you doing this Papa?" "Why?" "This house is yours." "It is your home." "It's just that sunlight and wind have ceased coming in." "And in such houses where this happens, flowers do not grow." "I just wish to see happiness blossoming on this sad face." "It's notjust me, but every parent who wants this." "I can understand why Papa did this." "Because he loves me like a daughter." "But I cannot understand why you did this." "You knew me more than myself." "You knew I can only love once." "I cannot think of marrying again." "Inspite of all this, how did you even think I would love again?" "In my life, friendship and love cannot switch places." "Both are separate." "Both you confused love with friendhip." "When you came back, I thought my friend was back." "But I was wrong." "You just came here to shower me with pity." "Enough!" "That is enough Milli." "How can I give you anything when I came here to beg you for love?" "I have loved you ever since I learnt the meaning of love." "You were my greatest happiness and affection." "But your happiness was Avinash." "I was happy for you were happy." "But in these smiling eyes came tears of sadness." "So I could no longer bear it." "I tried to share your grief and bring back the joys by giving you my love and take yours" "I have nothing to give to anyone." "Not even love." "But I have enough for both of us." "This water spread so far which you are looking at appears to be like water, feels like water, but it is not water." "It is salty." "You cannot quench your thirst with it." "Your life is also like this." "Which appears and feels like life but is not actually life." "Only breathing is not living, child." "And you have a life to live." "I knew I would find you here." "If you know me so well, why do you misunderstand me?" "Often it is difficult to understand one'e self too" "It is not easy to change a relationship once on the way." "I need some time for myself." "Will you give it to me?" "Time does not change it's pace." "If you want, I can give you my whole life." "From now on, all your griefs are mine and my joys are yours." " What is this?" " Just a sweet surprise." "I can only see if you remove your hand." " What kind of a joke is this?" " It is no joke." "It is the truth." "I am not going to let this happen." "This marriage cannot take place." " No way." " What are you saying, Shobhna?" "Milli is our daughter." "Isn't it our responsibility to think of her happiness?" "And my happiness?" "It has no value?" "If Milli lost her husband, I also lost my only son." "Now I cannot lose my last happiness, my grandchild." "Shobhna, try to understand this." "Understand what?" "Tell me." "It is you who needs to understand." "If this wedding takes place, then I would lose my grandchild and Milli both." " This is not going to happen." " You are not understanding a mother's pain." "The son would live where the mother would live." "You are explaining a mother's pain to me?" "The mother who created her son from her blood and saw him grow up." "And saw him leave covered in the same blood." "Lost forever." "You yourself said our Avi hasn't gone anywhere, he is somewhere in Ansh." "So I tried to find him in there." "Now that I have found him you are asking me to lose him again?" "No." "No way." "What you call losing can be gaining for Ansh." "He would get a father, Shobhna." "A father!" "And that too like Rajat, who loves him very much." "This fatherly love is imperative for Ansh." "But for me Ansh's presence is imperative." "I cannot live without him." "And he is not going anywhere away from me." "To hell." "I wish this earth had imploded before I heard this news." "And I had been buried in it." "My younger brother has disgraced me." "Why?" "What did Balraj do?" "Now people are going to spit on the family that was once an example." "Balraj has gone mad." "Mad!" " Don't say that." " You be quiet." "He is going to get a widow married!" "This sin has never been committed in 7 generations." "And it never will." "I am not going to let even one smudge to be put on our customs." " At any cost." " What are you doing?" "Uncle is a simple man that is why he got deceived." "But I understood that Rajat is not an honest person the moment I saw him." "He just wants to team up with Milli to play a big hand." "But I am not going to let that happen." "I will see how this wedding takes place." " Thank you very much." " Please don't say that." "Bring the couple here." "Time is flying away." "Let's go." "What's the matter?" "Thinking about all this, I cannot move my steps forward Papa." "Neither can I leave my past, nor you." "Daughters have to leave their parents' home." "Papa, you not only called me your daughter but also treated me like one." "After I step into the circle, this relationship would be embossed too." "May be I will not be able to do what I want to." "Just one last time I wish to touch your feet." "No my child, no." "Daughters do not touch the feet" " I was just bringing her down to you." " I cannot stop myself saying so that I have seen many people." "But not someone like this." "To whom other's griefs are more important than his own happiness." "Who is willing to break all bonds just to help make a new one." "Bless me so that I may be like you." "So that I may be able to give her all that she deserves." "I have complete faith in you, son." "Stop this nonsense!" "This marriage will not take place." " Big brother?" " Don't call me that!" "You cannot be my brother at all." "My brother was the one who agreed with my consent and disapproved what I disliked." "Whom I was sure would carry on our traditions when I embraced him." "But you spat on those traditions." "You set them on fire." "You have yourself seen the consequences of challenging traditions." "I did not want to bring Pushpa so that there would no bad luck." "But you did not listen to me." "And then bore the consequences of doing so." "Now you cannot hold anyone's tongues, uncle." "Didn't your consience jolt you for giving away your daughter in law?" "Aren't you ashamed?" "His soul is dead." "That is why after losing a son;" "he is stealing a grandchild from my half dead sister, and kill her completely." "Momma?" "Please come downstairs." "Those people are saying too much to Papa." "Now that outside girl has grown so important... that you are willing to sacrifice you wife's life?" "Fear God, young one, fear God!" "It is a sin even to think of marrying off a widow second time." "Even now if you don't back off, then I swear ...that this fire here would become my dead body's cover." "To see this wedding through, you will have to go over my dead body." "If something happens to my father, then I will not consider anything." "Everyone, go back to your homes." "There is no wedding ceremony here." "Hey priest, get up!" "Please sit, priest." "Sit." "And all of you too." "Please sit." "How dare you impose your will over my command?" "Are you trying to prove that you are above traditions and religion?" "That you are God?" "No." "You are mad." "Mad!" "Yes I am mad, big brother." "I am mad." "If it is madness to think of a daughter in law as a daughter than I am." "If wiping her tears is madness then I am mad." "If filling her dark life with lights is madness then I am." "What is the fault of this child?" "Which can make me besiege her in these walls and give a death sentence?" "There is no air, no sunlight here nor any hope for any morning." "Your child is not the most unique widow of this world." "For which you are going against your own people." "Look here." "Look at her." "She is the widow of your own younger brother." "She has been sitting home for 20 years protecting the family prestige." "Ask her if she has had any problems." "Tell Pushpa." "You tell yourself." "No big brother, I do no have any problem." "I get two meals, these colourless clothes to cover myself" "and yes, I breathe too." "If this is what is called life, then I am living confortably." "Please forgive me, Pushpa." "I made a mistake at that stage." "I could not muster strength to fight." "But nobody can stop me today." "Not religion, not society, not tradition." "Nothing!" "And what religion, society or tradition?" "One which makes a widow a walking dead?" "Or the one which takes away the right to live from her?" "People say that the tradition of Sati has been abolished." "Where is that so?" "It is still existing!" "But I will not keep my daughter alive just to let her breathe." "I am going to give her that mirror of life in which she can see a new face." "In which there are colours and happiness." "But big brother, please tell me one thing." "Is this fair that the man who makes the traditions has to keep on suffering for them?" "Traditions to live, and man to keep on dying?" "Traditions are supreme, and life is nothing?" "You remembered following the traditions, but forgot to wipe Pushpa's tears?" "And I would like to ask you one question too, wife." "This girl standing beside you had she been your daughter instead of daughter in law," "and had he whom we have lost been your son in law instead of a son, would you have still wailed to see your devastated daughter get happiness?" "Would you have pushed away the shadow of a father over her child?" "Please forgive me!" "I became selfish." "The truth is, you became Milli's father but I could not become either her mother, nor your wife." "And today in this storm when you needed me the most" "I left you alone." "Not even God will forgive me." "Hurry up." "Or you will be cursed." "No pandit." "The curse turned away the moment I saw the light." " Brother, please forgive me." " No, brother" "No?" "Then don't call me your big brother." "Because I dont deserve that." "I am not big, you are big." "Today I learnt from you that life is grand, and not traditions." "When old traditions seem to fade away, we shoud not hesitate to make new ones." "Child!" "Time has indeed been wasted now my words have no meanings either but please think of me as your elder brother and forgive me." "Come on." "Come here." "Young one, bring the girl over." "Hey pandit." "Start already!" "Please bring the girl's parents here." "Please come, sir." "The right to give away a daughter belongs to the father and that father is not me." "It is you." "Please don't say that brother." "I wish every girl has a father like you, Papa." "Whoever girl is given in marriage by a father like you" "God Himself comes to bless that girl."