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Murli...

Murli

What happened? What are you doing on the tree?

What were you up to? - I was putting an egg in the nest

Must've have been a nightinga|e's. Lucky it didn't break

"But this is a crow's nest. - You're an idiot, Pishi"

"Crows hatch a nightingale's eggs, not the nightingales"

Who told you? - The crow did

Why're you surprised. Madam's egg...

Women don't lay eggs. They deliver babies

"Pishi, it's an egg to begin with. Doctors take it out and..."

There's the picture of the egg from the hospital

"No, Pishi Ma. No letter for you. - ls it a report?"

Yes. Please sign here. - Hold this. I'll be back in a moment

Madam...

This is what I was waiting for. - Did you get a phone call?

ls that a picture of the insides of the womb?

"The baby's okay, I hope?"

I soaked some beans for the afternoon. Prepare it

Very well

How did you...?

How could it happen?

"There's an iron-vest inside, you know. And I didn't put much pressure either"

You did too

I know you're bored with me. Maybe you thought...

When will you shut up? This is what you've been saying since yesterday

I told you the stitches will open

The two of you won't stop fighting even now

They've grown up fighting each other

"As if swords weren't enough, they're using their tongues now"

"I'll have my revenge for the blood I've shed today, just you see"

"What revenge? Ask for my life, and I'll give it to you"

Sure? - Try me out

lwill...

"if you don't shut up now, I'm going to kill you"

Not with a sword?

How are you? - Fine

What are you looking for? - My wallet...

I wonder where it is

I think this is where I kept it

"You didn't leave it at home, did you? - No."

"l always carry my wallet and my keys. Even today, I carried both"

I have the keys. But where's the wallet

You must've forgotten it in the cab. - I drove here in my car

I don't know where...

It's okay. I'll pay up. Were you buying flowers?

"Yes, for Rewa. I've got the flowers, but..."

Saved my money. I was here to buy flowers too

How's Rewa? - Absolutely all right.

"In fact, she's going home today. - Really?"

I'm taking her to my house. - Have her parents...

given her the permission? - Dare they not?

"She's my friend, or theirs? Let's go"

"Mom, when did you come? - Hello, son. Let's go up"

These elevators! - Why' re you so worked up?

I've already gone up and down four times

God! Which floor is this? - It's Rewa's floor. Come on

Namaste

"Rewa, my love. How are you?"

"How are you, dear? - I'm fine, auntie"

"You look nice now. - Gotta go home, after all"

"Look at this, Rewa. I got it made specially for you"

"You're giving me a collar with your name, so I don't desert you"

And this is for me

So I'm always attached to you

"So Sia's got you to agree, Mr Singh? - What for?"

"To let Rewa stay with us? - Now look, Uncle"

Nobody else can take better care of Rewa

"As proof, I can present the friendship we've shared for 20 years"

I can vouch for that too

Sia took better care of her than our nurses

Here are her papers and prescriptions

My services are always at your disposal. I hope you never need them

May I leave now?

So you've got two cars now. You can lie down in one

"if you don't mind, could I drop you home in my van?"

I have a better idea Let's have two cars with sirens...

and let's go in a cavalcade. How about it?

Relax

What does that mean?

The way you've cozied this room and are taking care of me...

the girl who marries you is going to be very lucky

I wish more people would think like you

Wow! Sahil has changed the appearance of the room in minutes

Roses too

I must say

"May I leave now, Rewa?"

Sahil was terribly worried

He took good care of you. - Oh yes...

they've gotta play up to sidekicks before getting to the main attraction

What do you mean?

As if you don't know

But it isn't how you think it is. - How is it then?

Well...

But I don't even want to think of such things for the next few years

I only want to concentrate on my future

Isn't Sahil in your future then?

He is. But if I get married and have kids...

my career will take a back-seat - Can't both be managed together?

No. It's the woman who has to make compromises later

And I don't want to do that

Sahil is the one who's... - God!

You're ranting off as if Sahi|'s dying for me

So you want him to die to convince you?

"Actually, he must!"

Friendship is the last stage of love

And I'm at both stages. I'm a friend. And I'm in love too

D'you think Rewa will like it? - I'm not...

I asked about this

She'll like both. The beans. And me

Really?

"You won't listen whenever I try to ask you, Sia. You put it off"

It isn't as if I've ever cornered you for a reply...

or as if I'm in a hurry

"You aren't, they are"

I've got beans. You like them...

What happened? Let me see

"Sahil, telephone the doctor. The number's on the table"

Where were you going? What were you up to?

"Hurry up and call the doctor, Sahi|"

"Sir, your papers"

"No need to worry, Sia. They're shifting you..."

so you're close to the delivery room.

The baby can arrive anytime in the next 24 hours

"Few hours, Dhruv. Not 24 hours"

I was scared initially. But I have no fears now

The baby was moving in the womb

So? - Nothing. Everything is okay

Go to Sia. Go on

Will you have some water? - No

"Sister, please get a cold towel"

Are you scared?

Should I call Mummy and Daddy? - No

No need to call anyone till I... The sonofagun!

It's because of you!

"Nurse, when will I deliver? - Sia, take short breaths. Like this"

You look like a monkey. Forget it

"Sir, you're wanted at the registration desk"

What for? - Go on!

"You can't see me screaming, you can't see me shaking my limbs. Just go!"

"Nurse, please ask the doctor to hurry. Please tell him!"

Dhruv Malhotra?

ls this your signature? - Yes

The patient's name is Miss Sia. - Seth. Sia Seth

ls she unwed?

This form mentions another woman's name as the baby's mother

Mother's name?

Yes

This is Sia?

Yes - So who's Rewa?

"I could take you away in a palanquin..."

"if you could only make up your mind"

"Wear our relationship on your finger"

And give me a promise

"It's true, very much so"

Your eyes sparkle

I swear it on the sparkle

"I swear it on the salty waters in the sea"

"On the moon, I've written your name"

"I had to give my heart away to someone"

"My heart, I could not help"

You had to lose your heart

See it off now

"I could entrust it to you, if you say..."

give me your promise now

Well? Some good news?

"You left the ring there again. - Not left it, I kept it there"

"Is that a place to keep it, Dhruv? You've lost it twice already"

Where will I keep looking for it? -Which is why I keep it...

at a place which will catch your eye. So you won't have to hunt for it

"Mr Malhotra, you aren't supposed to take off your wedding ring"

It's like a Mangalsutra for men. Wear it. Go on

Put it on my finger

No problems. No difficulties

Everything is in order

"That's all right, Panditji. That's what the doctors say too"

What? That your stars are all in order?

How would they know anything about astrology?

"Not that, they say there's nothing wrong medically"

So why am I not getting pregnant? It's six months since we got married

"It's like this, my child. It has to do with stars"

The Moon for you is not favourably... - There's just one Moon

It ought not be favourable for everyone then

"There are women who get pregnant every day, isn't it?"

"Everyone has a different birth-chart, son"

It has do with one's birth

"When Saturn leaves evil influences, she can get pregnant"

And when will that be?

"According to my charts, it'll happen after 20 days"

Two months after that are very auspicious for you

Keep trying every day during that period. You will surely be successful

Because the Sun will take the path of Virgo

Must be the Sun!

"Here you are, Didi. Tomatoes are expensive again"

The Master asked me to get the big ladder from the house in Juhu

I'll fetch it tomorrow

ls he having something fixed? - I don't know

Your master's in a hurry to have the baby's room prepared

"Baby? Congratulations, Didi!"

"Oh no, there's nothing of the sort yet. Let's see"

May I say something? - No! You'll say some nonsense again

"Go ahead. You have your say too, Pishi"

"On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and..."

"Saturday, you must observe a fast. After saying your prayers..."

feed people outside Goddess Kali's temple

Your wish will surely be granted

When must I eat? - On Wednesdays and Sundays

And she's believing everyone

They were even going to visit a Godman... they're going mad

There's some sort of fun even in this madness

"You'll know, when you go through this phase"

I have no such intentions

"I'm talking about after the marriage, Sia"

I'm talking about after the marriage too

"There's time for that, too. And I'm just not cut out for babies"

Brother... - We're waiting for you to marry...

and the two of you are already talking about babies?

"No, Sia's was only... - Okay, okay"

Don't I know why you're making toys?

"For two years, I've been hearing him say..."

"for my son, I'll make a model aircraft..."

"if it's a daughter, I'll make a nice doll"

My ticket to New York is confirmed. I'm leaving the day after

My visit to India has been rather long this time

My wife has started calling too. - Even Ma called yesterday

"You'll come next year, won't you? - Of course, provided you get married"

You know we're all very happy there

You're the only one who wants to stay in Delhi

You have a beautiful reason

"if not for me, you may have these toys for the time being"

He's inside

Suggest a name nice for the baby

"A nice name for the baby, you mean?"

We don't know anything about the baby

"Let's think of a name, for the time being"

What did the doctors say? - Our reports are normal. Positive

But the baby... - What did Doctor Surve say?

He says we're being hasty

It's almost a year since our marriage. Are we still being hasty?

He says that my body temperature keeps changing

"When my body temperature is high, it'll be easy for me to conceive"

Must I go around with a thermometer in my mouth?

What's wrong with that? Here you are. - Why do you keep this?

I go around with it in my mouth

What does Surve's prescription say?

Read some hot news. Maybe it'll increase your temperature

I'll lay the table. - What?

You're using it again?

"What happened, Dhruv?"

I'm throwing up

Did you eat something wrong yesterday? - I eat whatever you give me

There wasn't anything wrong yesterday. - It's excess coffee at the office

It has caused acidity. - I saw an antacid on your table

You only need an excuse to go to the doctor. Give that to me

Why not? - Let's go to the doctor.

"Right now. Get ready. - Listen, Rewa..."

I've often seen a husband having a headache when his wife is expecting

But you don't even know of her pregnancy and you're already puking

"Such love, I see for the first time. - ls it possible, doctor..."

"that the wife gets pregnant, and the husband goes to deliver it?"

"Doctor, you aren't joking, are you? - Oh no"

Here's your latest report

It looks new

It looks washed...

"this vast, open sky"

You opened your eyes...

and the world opened up

"Why do your lips look as if they were dipped in honey?"

"Why do your eyes appear to be dreaming beautiful dreams?"

"Life has smiled upon us... and surprised us"

Uncle! Aunty! I want sweets!

"How are you, dear? - They're grandparents now"

Congratulations. - Please come in

Sweets! I want sweets!

Hurry!

"Here, sweeten your tongue. - I'll eat it first. First!"

"You got to know very soon, Kiran. - Before calling you folks..."

Rewa telephoned me

She obviously would. - Would she dare tell someone...

before letting you know?

Rewa was so happy. She said she didn't believe it first

"Why, of course. It's good news"

She was worried for no reason

"She wouldn't tell us, but I could see how worried she was"

"I thought of going to Bombay several times, but..."

"Let's all of us go to Bombay. Don't refuse me, Mama. Please"

What's the hurry? We have work here...

"You're a spoilsport, Mama. Uncle... - Of course we'll go"

She still has a long way to go. Maybe in a month or two...

Let the two of them enjoy these special moments of their life together

"But someone from the family should be there too, Daddy"

"if Dhruv's parents were around, it was a different thing"

"You are the elders, aren't you? Let's go, please"

"When the fertility rites take place, we'll all go there"

We're the elders. And you're an elder too

"For now, I'm going with Sahil to buy presents for them"

"I must say, you've borne a slightly idiotic daughter, dear"

As if you don't know how attached they are?

Oh yes. She's as happy as being pregnant herself

Who knows? She might get pregnant too

"Looking at her friend, maybe Sia will also..."

What's that? - Semolina pie

It's necessary for you. Eat it up

It'll give you and junior a lot of strength

What do you want me to get for you this evening?

Singada (Water-cress)

What's that? - Don't you know Singada?

You get it outside the Juma Masjid. Roasted and boiled?

I don't remember

All right. Don't get it for Mummy if you don't want to

Whose Mummy?

Your baby's Mummy. Whose else?

You won't find it at a grocer's. - I know. I'll get it at Jama Masjid

"Mummy, what's a Singada?"

In which season do we get it?

When are you coming to Bombay?

She's right here... talk to her. She's putting on a lot of weight

When are you folks getting here?

"Just don't worry, the cottage at Juhu is ready"

"Singada? No, I've only been pulling Dhruv's leg"

"I've been waiting for long, Sahil. You're so late"

And I thought I was the only one who was pining

We've got to fetch Singada for Rewa

"That's what I've been listening to for the last two months, Sia"

Singadas for Rewa

ls it my fault that the season has arrived? Shall we go now?

Know where we will find it? - Why would I call you?

Give me that

I'm glad you need me at least for something

I wish you'd ask me for things even for yourself

It'd give me a sense of belonging

You do belong to me

What does that mean...? there's no need to find out

Have this packed and sent by courier

Take it to despatch. I'll tell you what to do

That's okay. Sit down

We still have 25 minutes. We'll easily get there

Keep these tickets in your purse. I'll be back from the despatch

Sure... what happened? - Water-balls!

"Let's have some water-balls, please. - I thought I'd jumped a signal"

"It's a signal, of course. >From the stomach"

It's your tongue actually. Glutton! - Let's go

Go easy... it's sour. Junior will get a sore-throat

I'll have a yogurt-fry. - After this?

Hurry up and give her whatever she wants

Only 5 minutes for the film to start

Careful... - Has the movie started?

40 minutes back. You're very late. - 40 minutes?

Oh yes. Four reels gone

"Want to eat something more? Boiled chick-pea, perhaps?"

"No, my stomach is full. Why don't we go home?"

Come on

Four months to go

Quite a scoundrel! - Who?

Dhruv. Who else? - He loves you very much

Wait till Junior arrives. I'll know then

"Take that frying pan off the stove, Pishi"

Finish writing first

Mama's looking great

How did you find the second dress? - Which one?

Where's the parcel?

This is for you

Let's see if it fits

"In your fineries, have the fertility rites completed"

Your beloved...

"you played with. Play with your son now"

When the little one arrives...

when the little ones arrives...

his grandma will bathe him

"With anklets at her feet, she'll dance"

When the little one arrives...

when the little one arrives...

he'll call his aunt

"She'll change his diaper and sing a lullaby for him"

Diapers? I?

"When the little one arrives... Oh maternal uncle"

Maternal uncle? Or paternal uncle?

When the little one arrives....

his maternal uncle will come too

"With his pajama-strings between his teeth"

"Your laughter will light up the house"

Hurry UP

"Sahil, I agree with Rewa"

Which is why I tell you...

"before someone else snatches you, get married to me"

Want to see the ring?

Do you go around with it in your pocket?

Will you put it on any girl who agrees?

"It has your name on it, Sia. Look"

S could stand for your own name too

Believe my love...

"lest you spend a lifetime in testing me"

"Wonderful, Sahi|"

Don't they look like models posing as parents?

"Straight out of the movies. -What do I look like, Sia?"

What...?

Or is it... - Must every relationship have a name?

"No, not necessarily. But it needs to find fulfillment"

Because there's a fear of it going to seed

"No, Sahil. I don't have any such fear"

"I just don't agree with the idea, Sahil"

"Boys will often say to their women, Wait, let me find employment..."

we'll get married aftenlvards

So why shouldn't the same principle apply to girls too?

I want to settle down in my profession too

"More than that, I want fulfillment"

"Look carefully, Sia"

Does Rewa look incomplete to you?

What happened?

"Yes, Dhruv"

Of course she's here

It's a call from Dhruv? - Really?

"What happened, child?"

"It's all over, Sia"

It's all shattered

Everything

"No, Rewa. You mustn't say such things"

You mustn't. Not all can get over like that...

everything will be all right

"Next time... - There is no next time for me, Sia"

This is it. Period

I can never bear a child. Never

Were you asleep?

You woke me up to ask this?

How's Rewa?

I never imagined she'd become so depressed. She's in deep shock

She won't conceive ever again

How is Dhruv doing? - Okay

He's trying to put up a brave face. Does manage at times.

And at times...

I wanted to be there too. But Mummy telephoned last night

I'll be away in New York for a few weeks

Okay. I'll stay put for a while.

I don't feel like walking out on Rewa

Aren't they coming? - No. Rewa asked them not to

They talked this evening

"if I can get back in a week, I'll come over to Bombay"

Never mind. It's been ages since you met your mother

How long since I met you? -Am I running away?

How do I know? I want to make it back from America fast. And you...?

You aren't about to return from Bombay anytime soon. Nor will you ask me over

Really Sia! You...?

Rewa needs me. That's the only reason. - Sia! Just joking

"You take care of Rewa, just the way only you can. And Dhruv too"

He's no less in pain.

I'll see you in Bombay on my way back from New York

I got a few appointments at the agencies. Be back in a few hours

"Now that I'm here, why not establish a few contacts?"

Have you informed your parents? - I spoke to them last night

I told them. I'm going to be here for a few weeks

To tend to an ailing friend?

And all over again?

So what? The friend is mine. But if my presence is any trouble to you...

What's wrong if I get to shoot a few handsome hunks?

Some surely come to Dhruv's office? - I'll tattle to Sahil

Question of my career

Poor Sahil! Such things he has to put up with

"Yes, go on. - Want to come out this evening?"

"No, don't feel like"

Mummy telephoned. She has asked us over to Delhi. Dad wants the same

Not now Dhruv. Give me some time to come around

Then I want to get back to work

You don't worry. - Oh no! I haven't a worry

Why? Oh why again and again?

"Why do visions of you keep coming again and again?"

"Won't you go to sleep? Won't you let me sleep?"

"Let him be all of you, let him have just my eyes"

"The joys of the night, a promise of tomorrow"

"Why do visions of you keep coming again and again?"

"Won't you go to sleep? Won't you let me sleep?"

"Pishi, see who it is"

You're back?

What are you up to? - Just trying this on

What's it? Show me

"Don't cling to sorrow, let it pass"

"Not so easy, Dhruv"

How about a change in attitude? Must you be so remorseful?

"Circumstance, as it were, gave a new turn to our relationship"

It's this strange feeling of inferiority

I can't bear this emptiness

"Think of something else, get to work. - I don't wish to placate myself"

I want a baby

I told you. Let's adopt. - I want my baby

"We can't take this risk, Rewa. It might be dangerous for you"

"What life am I living anyway? At most I'll die, what else?"

I might even become a mother. Think Dhruv...

our own baby

Come to terms with reality. You are being asked to reason

Don't insist on what can never be. I can put up with anything

But I can't risk your life. We aren't going to have a baby

You can never become a mother

But...

Rewa is pregnant

She told me

This is true?

And all along you've been lying to me about taking precautions

This is madness Rewa. Madness

"Look, this happens"

"Some mothers do conceive, everything appears to be going fine"

The babies are healthy. But the weakens lies in the womb

"It can't hold the baby for five, maybe six months"

But science has managed to transplant embryo from one womb to another

"But unlike hearts and kidneys, wombs haven't been transplanted yet"

Meaning...

I stand no chance of becoming a mother?

"To be honest, you don't even stand a chance of trying"

"It's no good putting your life, your emotions to test again and again"

I'm leaving

Allow me. - I'll see him off

"No, this can't be decided in haste."

- There could be other complications - Like...?

See me at the clinic

We're changing the cut of this design

I'm in a meeting. See me later

Call from your house. It's urgent

Tell Rewa I'll call her later. - Not Rewa. It's Pishi

Would you like to have something?

This is why you hauled me out of my office?

You tell him. I can't

"Dhruv, I want..."

"I want your, I mean I want to bear your and Rewa's child"

In my womb

Her idea. I didn't say it.

"Dhruv, I've spoken to the doctor"

There's no danger. But I wanted... - Are you out of your minds?

You realise what you're saying?

"It's a baby, not a science lab experiment in school"

Dr Surve was saying...

abroad it's quite common.

But it isn't done openly here because of our social mores.

But it does happen

"There are several cases, safe and successful too"

But Sia doesn't even want a baby of her own

She has been putting off her marriage

Because Sia wants to give the time and the commitment to her career

I can't bear to see Rewa in this state.

She's as dear to me as my life

You've known that all along Dhruv. ls there anything you don't know?

Don't I know how she hurts?

Have I not been in pain too? I have lost my child

"I am willing to give up every hope for a child, but I'm not amenable..."

to this kind of a decision.

Neither of you have any idea how complicated lives can become.

The moot point is...

this is going to be your baby and Rewa's. I'm just...

"Were I to adopt your baby, would you mind?"

"Then, what's the reservation about bearing your baby?"

Are the two one and the same... adopting and getting pregnant?

You think it's fine having a baby in your womb out of wedlock?

Would it have been fine had I been married and then bore your baby?

Have you spoken to Sahil?

I asked her that. I've told her. Without asking Sahil

"if Sahil loves me, he will understand."

It's about the relationship between you and me.

Not even Dhruv has anything to do with this

God knows what the two of you are up to

"No. Medically, there are no complications"

To use a simile in the layman's words...

Rewa's vessel is too small for what she is cooking

So she is borrowing Sia's vessel

"But the recipe is going to be yours, yours and Rewa's"

Unlike what's heard of surrogate women hired to sow the man's seed...

all that's past. Nowadays there's no need to even see each other...

no need to even know each other.

"Even genetically, the baby will be yours and Rewa's..."

"his features, and as they say, the baby inherits the mother's mood"

"Come to the way it cries, that must've been the grandmother"

All that comes from your family. But Sia is going to miss all that

And that's where the complication lies. It's emotional

The woman who has mothered looks for her reflections in the baby

"Because, the bones, the flesh, the blood, will be hers. Sia's"

Sia looks quite composed?

And you?

I'm quite pensive. You should ask Rewa

"I'm afraid for your sake, Sia"

"Not to be, nothing's going to happen to me. I'll only deliver"

"Rewa, I've tested Sia. Medically, there's no risk for her"

But you... do you wish to go through this?

Oh life...

let me live these moments

Destiny...

nothing was

Every dam--

something new...

you script

"Whatever was writ, I have lived to the fullest"

This moment...

"this present, let me live through"

Innocent smiles...

for no reason...

come to play

Strange joys...

like waters...

found on shores

This strange fear...

I have never known...

"is so lovely, let me live it through..."

"this present, let me live through"

It's in my heart...

flowing before my eyes...

there's a faint dream...

like a question...

or is it an answer?

Yet my heart is eager

"if this be repose, so be it..."

"if this be obsession, so be it..."

"but it's so lovely, let me live it through..."

"this present, let me live through"

Destiny...

nothing was

Every dam--

something new...

you script

"Whatever was writ, I have lived to the fullest"

This moment...

"this present, let me live through"

Your womb has accepted Dhruv and Rewa's baby

I didn't expect I'd be breaking such a news

"Had you seen Rewa the way she was when I saw her, you'd understand"

"it wasn't a matter of compulsion, it was a matter of my choice"

I know I'm responsible for all this

I also know how eagerly you want to see Sia married. But...

That I can never get married is surely no foregone conclusion?

Let me speak Sia

"For me, this isn't easy either"

I'm complicating my life and Sia's life too

"In Sia's place, wouldn't I have done the same?"

Have

"Oh no, Ma"

Will you please get me the lens?

"Are you staying with Rewa? - No, I'm shacking up in Juhu"

But...

"I'm pregnant, I'm not sick"

I'd never impose myself on them

You know about the new assignment? It's supposed to happen in Bombay

Rewa is insistent. That's why I'm going in a few weeks early. That's all

"That I know. When you were one, you insisted on trying to feed yourself"

And she spilled more than she ate

And I'd wish this one is just as stubborn and troublesome

Those headaches are all Rewa's

Where do I put this? - In the loft

That's what I learnt to walk by

My mother preserved it and forced me to bring it along

You learnt how to eat out of this. And your mother gave it to you

Papa gave it

I've nothing from my days for Junior

Not even memories

"You're here, your love is here. What more do I want?"

Will you cut out those lovey-dovey scenes? I'm around

"Then I'll embrace you too, what's stopping?"

Come on

Let me take over some tangy stuff for Sia

She must be wanting the stuff too. - Take care

"Left to the two of you, our baby might end up looking like a sumo wrestler"

A nose like yours would be trouble. Given your habits... finished

"His physique must be good. Essential, for boys"

What boy? We're having a girl

Then let her have eyes just like yours

"if the mother pines for sour things, it's a girl, they say"

Then ask Sia what she feels like eating

But it isn't hundred percent correct. The belly gives a correct reading

"if it's a girl, they say the belly grows high"

But she isn't coming from my belly

Put the light over there

I'll do it myself

What are you up to?

You aren't supposed to lift weights

"It isn't too heavy. Rewa, it's light"

"Whatever, you must take care of yourself"

"Come on now, it's time for your food and medicines"

I'm coming. - Do that after you've eaten

Shall we break for lunch? - Imperative. My mother is here

I'm staying on till you pack up. Never know when you want to move the lights

Home to your mother?

"Girls go home to their mothers, in these last days before the delivery"

"Between you and l, who goes home? - You go for the delivery"

I've got a Tuesday meeting

With a client. I'll take the flight on Monday afternoon

For the next seven-eight you will do what I... what the doctors say

"Okay, I'll talk to the doctor. - I'll ask him"

I'm the one who is pregnant

Why are you getting tense? I'm taking care of the baby

You relax

Have I arrived at an inconvenient time?

"Maybe I should come later? Just came in from New York, thought I'd see you"

"No, wait... I got to talk to you"

Let's go out and talk over coffee

"Sahil, whatever I have done, I did of my own volition"

"Had you been here, I'd certainly have spoken to you. You weren't here"

But I must tell you. Because...

"in the last four years, you propositioned me three times"

But I couldn't say yes. One of the reasons for refusing to marry...

"was that I didn't want a baby, I didn't want a pregnancy"

My career lay ahead

But this situation is different

"Sia, I asked you this before. Where do I stand?"

"Now I got to ask you. ls there any place for me, or isn't there any?"

You don't think what I am doing is right?

You don't wish to marry me anymore?

"Sahil, you haven't spoken. - What can I say?"

"All I know is, you are two months' pregnant"

"Rewa, what are you doing?"

Waiting

It's time for her medicines and Sia isn't back yet

She'll come. So what if she takes her medicines a bit late?

Don't you pick fights with her. It affects the baby

And she isn't sick is she? She is a healthy mother

Who...? - Sia

"I mean, you are the mother. But she too is a mother, no?"

You want a boy? Or girl? - I know what's coming

How come? - My heart tells me

What does it say? - I'm not saying

My baby might get the evil eye

So what will the baby call you?

"Pishi, you're very clever"

"if it's a daughter, she will call me Ma"

"if it's a son, he too will call me Ma"

Then what will he call Rewa? - He will call her Ma too

He'll call me Ma. And he'll call her Aunt

I'll kill him if he calls me Aunt. - With two mothers...

won't he be confused? - Let him be

"When he grows up, he will understand. But he will call me Ma"

"Okay, come on"

Have you thought up a name? For the baby

Pishi is trying to find out whether it's boy or girl. Don't you tell her

Who does the naming?

"The one who nurses the baby, names the baby"

"if you do everything, what do I get to do?"

"Tie the nappies, clean up the potty"

There's so much to do with a baby

Madam has it all planned?

I'm very proud of my daughter. I've seen friends

But this is real friendship. Who does this kind of thing?

"As with being friends, one has to get along with life too"

I don't care for others. But I'm apprehensive

"How might Sahil be taking this? - Given time, he too will come around"

Not everyone can do what our Sia has done

You've no idea what she is about to go through

You'd know if you bore a baby. - And I don't even have a womb

"Now, didn't I tell you when Sia was about to be born?"

"Didn't I say, let me carry the baby, I can't bear to see you in pain?"

Can you imagine Sia's pain...

when the baby she has borne is taken away from her?

Rewa will rear the baby. She is the mother

This might change her mind about getting married

"Rewa, move over! I can't see a thing"

I'm seeing Junior for the first time

"Look, you can see the head"

Everything's normal. The baby is healthy

I'm seeing Junior for the first time! I'm ecstatic

Because the nose isn't like mine?

Let's go out for dinner

Let's uncork a champagne for Junior

Call Sia up. I'll book a table

Sia...? - Yes

Tell her I'll pick her up in 20 minutes

"And in the meantime, you get dressed too"

We'll be there by nine

Why Sia? - Isn't she coming for dinner?

"No, I thought just us"

"if she's with us, Junior will be with us too"

"Besides this has been made possible all because of her, no?"

Tell her I'll be there in 15 minutes

Still sitting? Didn't Rewa call you?

"She called. You go on. I'm not in a mood, really"

Not in the mood? Why? - Nothing in particular

"Really, you go on. I'm not in the mood"

We're taking our baby out for dinner. You're part of the package deal

So you must come

Where are your shoes?

"You go on. I'm not in the mood, really"

A conversation with Sahil?

None whatsoever. - Ever since?

"Yes ever since, but for a few cursory exchanges once or twice"

"After that, nothing"

"Give him time, Sia"

It isn't so easy to come to terms with this situation

It even took me time. - No Dhruv

"For my sake, he has compromised himself and his family"

But this time I have crossed all limits

"Else, on the day that is today..."

he has never missed seeing me

Today...?

For want of a date for a real anniversary...

"he decided we'll celebrate it today, the day we met for the first time..."

four years ago

Never in these four years has this ever happened

"He hasn't even telephoned me. I have lost him, Dhruv"

I have lost him

Nothing of the sort is about to happen

You've no idea how strong Sahil is. Just give him some time

Everything will turn out fine

Sia was very upset about Sahil. I tried my best

But she refused to come out for dinner. And in the state that she was...

I couldn't leave her alone

Will the void in my heart...

be ever filled?

Will solitude...

ever break silence?

Why do shadows seek...

a firmament?

If there be...

no one who makes promises...

why do vows echo?

"When all the voices are stilled..."

when only memories remain...

"when pictures of the past stare me in the eye..."

when all the words are over...

will the void in my heart...

ever be filled?

Will solitude...

ever break the silence?

What's for Sunday brunch? I'm famished

We'll know only after the Chef arrives from the market

She did say something about making a special dish for you

What happened? - I don't know. Something's happening

Come and sit down

Sit here. - Maybe... no it's happening again

"Dr Surve, Sia has pain in her stomach"

I don't know

Are you sure? I'm bringing her over

The doctor's in the clinic. We'll return in ajiffy

You ask me to sit and ask me to stand up. I'm not going anywhere

It'll take her time to return. Come on

Careful

Where's Dhruv? - He has gone to the doctor

Sia wasn't feeling well. - What happened?

I don't know. Dhruv called the doctor and took her over

Did he leave word for me? - No

"Don't worry, Rewa. Sia's absolutely all right"

What will you do over here?

"It's the first time she felt things in her tummy, so she got scared"

"Oh yes, the baby must've kicked his mother"

"Get me out, quick!"

Talk to Dhruv

Yes?

The line must've got disconnected

We must leave now

What happened? - It kicked me again

Feel it

Oh yes. Junior's kicking in there

"Rewa, your son has already started kicking me"

He's in a hurry to go to his real mother

What did the doctor say?

"What's news on the brunch, Chef? -Junior and I are hungry"

Coming UP

"Pishi, bring it"

Pancakes

Pancakes today!

What lengths are you talking about?

By what stretch of imagination are you still waiting for her?

We just want to see you happy

We've waited all these days because you told us to

We came in the hope that this time we'll get you married to her

So much has happened here. And you didn't even tell us?

"And you're still waiting...? What for, Sahi|?"

"I don't need to assert my rights or make them obvious, Ma"

"As for waiting, I'll stop doing it"

"Love, however,..."

"I don't know why, I was longing to eat a cheese-sandwich"

It was as if a huge chunk of cheese were beckoning me

Come... come!

And one has to eat!

"Or they say, the baby will always salivate"

That's if the mother doesn't have what she wants to eat

This is nothing

Rewa felt like eating potato-fries in the middle of the night

"When we couldn't find it anywhere, she'd tell me the same story..."

and get me to prepare them. At 2 in the morning

I remember. I was here in Bombay for a shoot then

She took me all the way from Versova to the Taj because

she longed to eat waffles. - That's not surprising

"We had just had lunch, Dhruv!"

I still remember those moments

How we had nurtured those dreams

They were so delicate...

it was all over in a moment. Everything

Now go to bed. And dream the same dream again

Because it's going to be a dream come true very soon

I'm glad you're here with us at this stage of the pregnancy

You had an examination today. Was everything all right?

There is a complication

"The doctor thinks, so I do..."

you will have to make those potato-fries again

Very soon

"Deep, go further"

How much more time will it take?

I'm finding it more a bit more difficult today

You obviously will. And so are we

I have a suggestion. Deliver the child

"Come back to work after delivery, if possible"

To manage both together is perhaps a bit too much

You needn't be inconvenienced. because of my difficulties

I can handle my baby and my career together

Together. And very well at that

You will have your photographs tomorrow

I can handle my baby and my career together

Together. And very well at that

"You're back, Sia? - Yes, we wound up early today"

What's up? Are you okay?

Are you in pain? Should I phone Dr Surve?

"No, Rewa. I'm absolutely okay"

A client of mine spoilt my mood today

Must you take all that tension in this state?

"Once the baby is delivered, you can go back to work"

"I'm going out, I've told Pishi to give fruit-juice"

You've got to take iron pills at lunch. Don't forget

Stop working and listen carefully to what I'm saying

I've heard you. I'm sick of listening to everybody's instructions

I'm the one who's pregnant. The baby's in my womb

So what instructions are you giving me?

I'll do what I must do

"This is the limit! It's as if it were a nuisance, not a baby!"

Here are some more colours

What do think of this bed colour for Junior's room?

"You're thinking of painting the room blue, isn't it?"

"It's your house. And I'm your slave. Whatever you say, is the best"

Please prepare the bill

My bag

It's said that a man is really successful...

when he can make more money than his wife can spend

I'll now get to know how successful I am really

Sia... what are you up to?

You did all this on your own? - Yes

I wanted to give you both a surprise. You've spoilt it by coming in early

Why're you bent on doing these stunts?

Suppose you had fallen and something had happened to the baby?

"A few more days to go, that's all. Please bear with us"

You'll soon escape. - Rewa!

What rubbish are you talking? She's doing all this only for you

"For our child, isn't it? - Our child?"

"How is it "our" child, Dhruv?"

"It could be yours, or hers"

She's the one who gets to be the mother

She has told me as much a dozen times

"if this is how it was going to be, I'd rather have adopted a child"

But I wanted to be a mother

And what did I get?

"Every respect, every honour of becoming a mother goes to her"

She gets to experience it too

And what she wants is happening

"I didn't choose this rug for the nursery, did I?"

I'll change the colour of this room. If you...

Why me? It's your child. And what you want!

What has happened has happened. - Nothing has happened yet

I don't want complications for a lifetime

I don't want this baby either

Abort it

D'you know what you're saying?

I can't stay here anymore

You don't want the baby? Don't take it

But say nothing more. Because your baby is listening...

"your baby, Rewa"

"Wait, Sia"

"Go out, Rewa"

Are only the two of you going to make all the decisions? This is enough!

She's better now than she was yesterday. Just don't worry about Sia

"When did you come? - Well, right now"

Sia's asleep. I've got to get something from home

"Will you join me? - Sure, let's go"

"Dhruv, where's Rewa? - She has left home"

Meaning? - Meaning she's not with us anymore

She's staying at the Juhu place

I didn't ask her to do all this. What she gave away herself...

she now thinks was snatched away from her

She now feels a sense of insecurity

As {or Sh...

"she asked for it all. All those pains, all the difficulties..."

she's feels insecure in her own place

She has lost both. Her friend and also the baby

You too

And you went away too

I? Who the hell am I in what's happening?

I'm in love with a girl who cannot marry me

But she can give birth to a baby whose father...

is her best friend's husband

Who the hell am I? What do I mean in this affair?

Like a bleeding sonofagun I run around all four...

for how long? And what the hell for?

So have a lucky charm made for the girl you didn't have!

Or one made for your own sacrifice. - She's the one who made a sacrifice

For her friend. Neither did she tell me. Nor shared anything with me

Did the two of them tell me when they took this decision?

"l was simply "told". And I'm still living by their decision"

"I'm living too, and... - Like hell you are"

I'm at least trying to! However!

What else can I do? - You can't do a thing

"Dhruv, what's happening...? Tell me what's happening"

"Because of too much of movement, the baby has turned"

It has the chord around its neck

Maybe it happened when I climbed those stairs.

It's just that we'll have to keep Sia under constant observation

"if the baby turns anymore, it could even choke"

What are the chances?

We can't stop the baby's movements

We might have to do a surgery in case of an emergency

"It's necessary to save this baby, Doctor... please Doctor"

Or Rewa will never forgive me

She'll die!

She'll die

"What is it, Murli? - Something for the lady in courier"

Sign this and return it. I'll give it to the lady myself

"The lives of your friend and your baby is in danger"

"How badly they need you at a time like this, is for you to decide"

What happened?

Has the Master called you?

"No, he hasn't called me"

Times...

who has ever averted?

It will be...

what has to be

Times... who has ever escaped?

"I do breathe, when I sleep"

"When I dream, I go through death"

"It's helplessness, sheer helplessness..."

I'm scared of my own shadow

Whom will I complain to?

"What is Ordained, cannot be wiped out"

Times...

"who has ever managed to avert?"

"That which has to happen, will happen"

We're taking the lady to the Operation Theatre

Where's Dr. Surve? - He's at the Operation Theatre too

Hasn't Rewa come?

Her Blood Pressure is high. Give her general anesthesia

Wait here

They're preparing for general anaesthesia

It's necessary to get the baby out. - Anesthesia is taking over

"Maybe not more then ten minutes. - The baby's heartbeat is 40, doctor"

The lady's B.P. has risen too. The operation might endanger her life

“Save Sh, God‘. Save Sm!“

We're losing time. The baby might die of strangulation

But her B.P.'s high!

"The baby's heartbeat is falling. - Save Sia, doctor! Save her!"

"Nurse, take her away"

"Once she delivers the baby, her Blood Pressure will become normal soon"

"if the Blood Pressure doesn't normalise, she might start bleeding"

"if we don't do something now, it'll be too late"

"With a risk like this, we might lose both lives"

"You can save one now, doctor"

She hasn't yet stopped bleeding

Give it to the real mother. I was only a stop-gap mother

No relationship is stop-gap...

all relationships are forever

That relations are forever...

is that something you said?

Enough of rehearsals

Now... - Now...

we must make our own family

"God bless you, son"

Shall we?

In this pocket you used to carry it. You said you'd always carry it

I gave you a lot of trouble. How long would you wait for me?

"Know what your problem is, Sia?"

You could never see beyond your nose