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Amjad Islam Amjad...

...rightly said.

‘Love is an ocean...

...where even if there is no rain...

...the water doesn't reduce.’

'We're lost in our own worlds.'

'Love, you and I.'

He has written such great poems.

Wow!

Huh.

Good morning, father.

Bless you, dear. Bless you.

Always stay happy.

Before I could call you...

...you come to me.

That's because you call out to me from your heart first.

I hear that faster.

Okay.

Is the breakfast ready? - Absolutely.

Come, let's have breakfast.

Look, Nafees.

You must do business very cautiously.

Yes, Brother.

This bookish philosophy of yours...

The world is different to that.

It has changed.

But you don't get it.

Where are you taking this?

Actually...

...Brother, I was kneading dough...

...so sister-in-law asked me...

...to lay some newspaper because I make a mess.

You are crazy!

This is today's newspaper. I am yet to read it.

I kept it here to read it...

...and you're taking it away.

What are you staring at me for?

Keep it here.

Go take an old newspaper and work with sister-in-law...

...in the kitchen. Go!

Lord, have mercy.

Nafees...

...you should talk some sense into her.

Brother, what can I do?

Why did you find only her to marry me?

You've brought a crazy bride for me.

I was in pain all night.

But nobody bothered to wake up and ask.

Then I have to make breakfast for everyone every morning.

I'm so ill-fated.

And here, we have this princess.

She never does any work.

And this is another trouble I have.

Lady...

...what dream world are you living in?

Stop playing around.

Quickly make stuffed flatbreads.

Who'll make your husband's breakfast?

I'll have to make it, sister-in-law.

I make it every day. - Yes.

That's why he leaves on an empty stomach every day.

What are you wondering now?

Sister-in-law, I was thinking...

...but I can't remember now.

How did you know he was empty stomach?

Did you peep in?

How could you have known that he has an empty stomach?

Gosh!

Why did I even try to talk to her?

This was that old woman's choice.

Your grandma...

...formed this alliance...

...when this lady was not even born.

And you know the traditions of our family.

We don't marry outside the bloodline.

And when it comes to marriages...

...we never oppose the elders.

She was an orphan.

Her father loved her...

...but after he passed away, she got traumatized.

We thought this was her childishness.

That she'd be fine after marriage but...

You too...

...should consider that you're not perfect.

Yes.

Hey, where are you going?

Are you really going to see...

...if his stomach is empty or full?

And if it is empty, then why?

Now make stuffed flatbreads in silence.

But sister-in-law...

...I cannot make flatbreads in silence.

So will you sing a song while making it?

Is that how it's made?

No! Actually...

...when I roll it out like this...

...my bangles make a sound.

You will never stop joking around.

Now move aside!

I will make it myself.

This is too much.

Dear God!

Peace to you, uncle.

And to you too, dear.

Oh wow!

You brought me these flowers.

Thank you, dear.

Wow!

They smell so good.

Well...

...she's as beautiful as these flowers.

Bless you, dear. Always stay happy.

Amen. - May God give you a good future.

Amen. - My dear.

Oh yes!

Dear, you brought these flowers.

But where is the breakfast? When can we eat?

Nida...

...go to the kitchen and check...

...if your mother is making the breakfast.

May Allah shower grace. - I'll bring it.

Yes, go and check.

Mother!

Is the breakfast ready?

Oh! What happened, mother?

I fell down. - How?

Sister-in-law pushed me.

I just nudged her away.

I asked her to step aside so that I could cook breakfast.

Has she ever done anything properly?

She knows only to ruin everything.

And you should ask me if the breakfast is ready.

I'm everyone's servant, aren't I?

It's fine. I'll rub some ice.

Sikandar, you left the main gate open again last night.

You're just...

Sikandar?

Sikandar?

He left already. Vagabond!

What are you doing? There's water everywhere.

I'm doing it intentionally.

You'll drench your clothes. - I don't care.

When it rains, you go insane.

You're right. I really go insane.

I go insane but not just...

...during monsoon, but in every season.

Be it winter, spring or autumn.

Be it any season. You know...

...I want to enjoy even the scorching heat of summer.

Wow! It must be so much fun!

I want to go to Cholistan Desert...

...in the summer...

...and walk barefoot.

On the hot sand...

...my feet will be burning.

And then the cool sand from the shore will touch my toes.

Have you ever seen a beach? - Yes.

I haven't.

And rivers? - Yes, many times.

My uncle lives near Jhelum.

When I visit him, I have a picnic at the riverbank.

And lakes? - Just once.

Four years ago, I saw it when I was touring.

I have never seen one.

Father wanted to take us out for touring.

But never got the chance.

So tell me. In Saudi Arabia...

...are there any...

...lakes or rivers? - No.

No problem. I will see them one day for sure.

In your dreams. - So?

Dreams come true.

Yes, but there should be a limit to dreams.

You dream limitlessly.

You sail in a ship on Venus.

You watch the sunset...

...from Lake Saiful Muluk.

You even reach Agra's Taj Mahal sometimes.

And often, in Ahram-e-Misr.

Many times, in the ruins of Rome.

Of course! Come, you'll enjoy too.

Hey, stop it.

Yes. So the plan is...

...to go from Turkey to Bulgaria, okay?

From Bulgaria to Romania...

...and then to Hungary, Italy...

Such a long tour? Are you crazy?

Madam...

...Europe by road has a joy of its own.

Besides, it's light on the pocket.

Hmm. Your budget will allow it.

But will mom allow?

It's very easy...

...to convince aunt.

So tell me.

Will you come with me?

Sikki, had it been for a couple of days, I'd have come.

But away from home for so long?

I'll get bored.

Even with me?

No. I can never get bored with you.

But while being with me...

...you never stay close to me.

You and your damn camera...

...and a beautiful view.

When we get there...

...you'll forget everything, mark my words.

Well, you're right.

My camera and a beautiful view.

I will really forget everything.

But you...

...mean something to me.

In fact, you mean a lot.

How can I forget you?

Okay, come on. Take my picture.

Yeah, nice.

Yeah, look there.

Nice.

Yeah! - Shama!

There you go! - Shama!

There's someone else who can never forget you.

Yes, and your time...

...is up! Coming, Mom!

I cannot...

...allow you to go alone with Sikandar.

He is a vagabond.

I cannot let you travel so much with him.

Mom, I went with him even last year.

Last year was different, Shama.

Last year, you were in the Northern area...

...which is in Pakistan.

And secondly, you went with a group.

I can't send you...

...across seven seas with him.

Mom, what are you saying?

Sikki is no stranger.

No, he isn’t.

And I have never treated...

...you and Sikandar differently.

After my childhood friend Sumbul's death...

...I brought up her only son with such great love.

But the fact remains...

...he is not family.

And what will people say when they find out about this?

Mom! Since when do you care about people?

Ever since people have started gossiping.

Look, Shama...

...Sikandar is a nice guy.

But he should realize his responsibilities.

And to make him realize this...

...I collect rent...

...and his expenses from him, though I don't want to.

He should take his life seriously already.

He doesn't bother.

At least you should make him realize this.

Me? - Yes, why not?

Tell him that he should speak about your marriage with me.

Mom!

How can I say that to Sikki?

Why not?

You both have grown up together.

You like each other.

You cannot live even a minute...

...without each other.

Then why not marriage?

Yes but...

...if that's the case...

...he should talk to me.

If you don't say it, I will.

I'm like a mother to him too.

There's no problem.

'I am reminded...

...of the past days.'

'The blossoms in the garden...

...and everyone smiling and giggling.'

'The joys of being...

...in your own abode are gone.'

'Arriving at your own whim...

...and leaving as you fancy.'

'It hurts the heart...

...when I am reminded...

...of when flowers bloom...

...when the clouds shed tears.'

'Those pretty faces...

...and beautiful beings...

...which fulfilled...

...my home.'

Dear.

This is a very simple...

...couplet of Allama Iqbal.

But why don't you understand it?

Father...

...the way you explain is different.

My teacher doesn't understand how to read it that way.

Okay.

Father.

For very long...

...I haven't heard one of your couplets.

Please narrate one for me.

To be honest, dear...

...seeds, manure...

...pesticides...

...and vendors...

...have pushed my couplets away.

No, father.

Narrate one. - Dear...

...what do I tell you?

I haven't made any couplet since such a long time.

Okay, I'll repeat...

...the same one...

...which I wrote for you and you loved it.

The one about the river? - Yes, the same.

'I have heard...

...rivers...

...stream through the forest of heavens.'

'I have heard...

...rivers stream through the forest...

...of heavens, but...

...a river from heavens...

...when found the path to my house...

...it stealthily...

...came into...' - Nafees.

Oh! - Peace to you, uncle.

And to you too. - Why did you take the trouble?

You could have called me if you needed me.

I just came here to say...

...you should go to the market tomorrow with the accountant.

I don't trust him anymore.

You need to go and fix the rate with the vendors.

But, brother...

...I will be going to drop Nida to college in the morning.

If she doesn't go to college...

...one day, the sky won't come crashing down.

Look, brother...

...she has an elocution competition...

...and she worked very hard for it.

Does she go there to study...

...or for all these competitions?

And these elocutions...

...spoil these girls.

Look, this only implies she'll have...

...freedom of speech.

Then she'll get used to arguing and fighting.

So stop her from doing this.

Okay. - I'm going now.

After the morning prayer...

...go with the accountant...

...to the market, okay? - Yes.

Okay.

Nida.

Come sit.

Sit, sit.

What happened? Huh?

Why are you so stressed?

You will go to college tomorrow...

...and participate in the elocution.

You'll even win, if Allah wills.

I will drop you there.

After the morning prayer?

Yes, we'll leave from here.

What is your friend's name?

The one who stays near the college.

Sharmi? - Yes.

I'll drop you there.

You can go to college with her.

Wow!

Bless you.

Always stay happy and safe.

Freeloader!

Gosh, Sikandar! What do I do about you?

Aunt, you should be serving coffee with pastries...

...not a slap.

Pay for the coffee and pastry.

You are very business-minded.

Yes, and also a month's rent.

Come on, give it.

I will pay you when I have the money.

Sikandar, why don't you take up a permanent job?

You will have regular income.

You've received so many offers.

Aunt, that's the problem.

I cannot do a desk job.

You know it.

I cannot stop at one place.

I am like the wind.

If I stop, I'll get sick.

I'm like water.

Like a river!

If I stop, I'll rot from within.

So you've started saying such poetry with photography.

Yes.

May I say a new couplet?

About your beauty!

Yes, but I'll charge money.

That's not fair. - It is.

Sikandar, why don't you take your life seriously?

I take life as seriously...

...as seriously it takes me.

Okay, quickly tell me.

You're permitting Shama to come with me for how long?

Not even a day.

Why? - You really want to know?

Actually, no. Just give the permission.

Or...

Or what?

Or I will kidnap her.

Or I'll take her anyhow.

Sikandar, you know what you're saying? Be serious.

If you want to know, here it goes.

I don't like the way you roam around aimlessly.

You work for a month and spend it over two months of useless stuff.

Do you find this useless?

But this is my passion.

I am a gypsy.

A gypsy. - Forget all this.

Get married...

...and spend a normal, decent life.

Marriage...

...is normal and decent?

Yes. Get married...

...and your life will be sorted.

All your problems will be over.

And this gypsy-like attitude will be gone too.

So this is your condition? - Yes.

Let's make a deal.

Let Shama come with me.

And as soon as we return, I'll get married.

Really?

Are you serious?

Gentleman's agreement. - Promise?

Okay.

And... - Yes!

And... - Hey!

Naughty.

I hate this city.

The view of the sky is so tiny.

You can't even see any stars.

The best view of the sky...

...is from the top of a mountain.

And you see such bright stars there.

How did you know I was here?

Should I say a fancy lie or the truth?

Both.

The fancy lie would be...

...that I can smell your sweet fragrance from even a distance.

And the truth is...

...that you use...

...some disgusting hair-oil...

...which stinks for miles.

Really?

Is that why you take my pictures...

...with such passion and love?

Shama...

...you add life to my photos.

You know...

...how much I love the skies...

...beautiful sceneries, tall mountains...

...streaming rivers...

...and breezy fields.

I just love them!

I want...

...to capture these scenes...

...in my camera.

But only when...

...you are...

...in the frame...

...to fill life into the picture.

Only you!

That's why I want to take you.

Yes.

Mom told me.

That I asked for the permission?

And also...

...that you made a small promise to her.

Yes, she didn't agree to me.

So I thought...

...I'd do it this way. Listen! - What?

Uh, you need to rise early tomorrow morning.

Why?

We'll watch the sunrise together.

Okay. - Hmm?

Do wake up on time. You are a late-riser.

Okay fine.

Father, why don't you drop me at the college?

But, Nida... - Look at the time.

It won't be good to show up at someone's house now.

Sharmi didn't respond to my messages either.

Perhaps she's asleep.

Okay.

I'll stay with you at the college.

No, father.

You can go to the market or uncle might get upset.

Then I'll feel really bad.

But, dear... - Look, father.

The morning prayer will start in a few minutes.

The sun will rise.

And the watchman Mr. Khan is always at the gate.

He recognizes me so he'll open the gates for me.

I'll go straight to the library.

Don't you worry.

I'll get more time for my elocution.

Sure? Fine.

As you say.

I'll drop you at the college. - Okay.

Good morning!

I see!

Come on, Shama, wake up! You promised you'd come with me.

I want to sleep, so let me.

Come on, I need a model.

Please come, you promised.

I know I did but I slept very late.

Really? Is that the case?

Then remember...

...the ones who keep sleeping lose out on everything.

And the ones who lose everything...

...keep crying.

Here!

Come on, please. - No!

Then don't complain...

...that I don't take you places.

Shama!

Mother!

What is this college that starts so early in the morning?

I don't know.

The entire family is crazy.

And...

...the mother is bound to have some effect on the child.

If she reads such fat books...

...she'll obviously go crazy.

And Nafees...

...doesn't care about anyone but his daughter.

But, mother, this is yours and father's fault too.

You've given her such freedom.

Nobody bothers to ask about her whereabouts.

All the rules are just applied to me.

I was made to quit school after 10th grade.

And this girl has reached 14th.

But she's not our daughter.

We can't intervene in their family matter.

If your aunt doesn't mind it...

...then it is not our place to say anything.

Her son Zaman also completed college.

They might want to find...

...a well-educated wife for him.

But, mother... - Enough!

No more argument. Let me pray.

Lady!

How much longer...

...to thread a needle?

And did you see the stitch?

It is so big and ugly.

When will you learn?

I'm trying, Sister-in-law.

I'll do it.

Do it?

And what's the matter with you? Why did you stop?

Finish this.

Gosh! Look at this.

Look what you're doing. Do it properly.

I can't do all this, mother.

Of course, you can!

You need to be skilled before you marry.

Only if I do marry.

Nishat called.

She's coming home this afternoon.

What! So suddenly? What for?

Why? This is her maiden home.

Will she need permission...

...to come to her brother's house?

I meant...

...is everything okay?

How did she make time for her brother?

Besides, she remembers her brothers...

...only when it's Eid or Bakri Eid.

I can't ask...

...my sister what purpose she's coming here for.

You're just unbelievable!

Look, Fasiha...

...she's the daughter of this house.

And she's going to be the mother-in-law...

...of the next daughter of this house.

If not as a sister-in-law...

...then as your future kin...

...start arranging for her hospitality.

Tell this woman here.

She's going to be her kin.

Her daughter will be married into their family.

Let her be hospitable. - Enough!

Enough nonsense.

All the daughters of the house are equal.

Really?

Are they really equal?

One is stitching here.

And the other is getting such high education in college.

One got engaged right after finishing graduation...

...and the other... Equal, he says!

Look!

She has started her own thing.

Gosh!

I wonder what riddle it is in her life that she's trying to solve.

Hey, snap out of it.

Brother-in-law left? O Allah, it's so hot!

Nishat, now that you've come...

...stay for a few days.

You come so rarely and for such little time.

Sister-in-law, I cannot stay.

I have so many things to handle at home.

Not at all!

You have servants to do practically everything.

Sister-in-law, you mentioned my servants, right?

But handling servants...

...is not a cakewalk.

I also have a married daughter...

...son-in-law, and I have my entire family.

One daughter's college...

...and the other one's university.

Look...

...you both...

...are so settled here.

You have one child each...

You have one child each.

And now you're free!

Zehra...

...what do you do all day?

Nothing. I mean...

...I engage in household chores, aunt.

What else would I do?

Wow! Household chores, is it?

What chores do you even have around here?

Anyway, tell me something, sister-in-law.

Zehra is two years older to Maryam, right?

Not at all! Just a year and a half older.

Gosh! Same thing!

Maryam has no time.

She looks after her husband...

...moreover, three naughty kids.

She's busy taking care of the kids all day, poor woman.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Are you angry?

Not at all.

Why? - Because I couldn't wake up on time.

Because of my sleep, your program was ruined.

Sorry, Sikki.

Not at all!

I never let my programs get ruined.

So I left.

What! You did?

Without me?

No. I wasn't alone.

Because I had my camera with me.

This means, you're really angry with me. Okay.

Look, had I been angry, I'd have told you.

I had the chance of being angry...

...if, because of your absence...

...my pictures would have been incomplete.

As you know...

...I want my photos to be filled with life.

And for that, I need living people.

When I stand before some scenery...

...I want someone to bring life into it.

That creates a magical moment.

And you know?

Today that magical moment...

...was found, coincidently.

What did you find?

Life.

I found life today.

'I wished that my beloved was in my destiny.'

'Had I lived longer, I would have waited for it.'

'Had I lived up to your promise...

...I'd have died.'

'I would have died out of joy...

...if there was trust.'

'She has even said it clearly.'

'What? - I hate the women...

...who takes her husband’s name without hesitation.'

'I cannot just take your name.'

'What happened, Sikki?'

'I won't be able to take care of you.'

'Find someone better than me.'

'Shama!'