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[Title Montage]

[Hemant moaning]

- Ouch. - [Hemant] What happened?

Bikini wax.

- I guess it is over. - [Astha] What?

Recap.

Recap has begun.

Hemant was very attentive.

Saturday, Sunday.

Both the days were couple time.

I wonder when...

...TV serial intruded between us.

And now I just get 30 seconds while there is a recap.

[Hemant moaning]

[Conductor] Come on. Show me the ticket.

[Aijaz] Hey, front bencher.

[Conductor] Show me your ticket.

- [Sighs] - [Conductor] Ticket, please.

So, are you following me?

Me? No.

I always find you everywhere.

I will not be able to stay back for the rehearsal of the play today.

I have some work at home.

- Hey. What if I wasn't there? - [Conductor] Come forward.

I did not have any option.

If not your need, at least I am your convenience.

Before we become unfaithful,

why don't we go our separate ways, my friend?

You have done your PhD on Ghalib.

Haven't you met Ahmed Faraz?

- Hey, Ashok. - [Ashok] Yes.

- Drop us till the gate. - [Ashok] Sure.

Come. We have to get down.

- Do you know the driver? - [Aijaz] Yes, I do.

[Aijaz] See you tomorrow.

[Cycle bell ringing]

Okay, bye.

[Aijaz] Astha.

It's good that I found you. I got a book for you.

[Astha] For me?

- Meet Faraz. - Okay.

Before we become unfaithful,

why don't we go our separate ways, my friend?

People's journey with Urdu poetry is usually by Faiz,

[Aijaz] Ghalib or with a movie song.

Yours will be with Faraz.

[Astha] Thank you.

[News on TV] Under section 144,

curfew has been imposed at Dariyaganj area of capital, Delhi.

The government has asked the public not to leave their homes.

[Mudassar] It is such a sweet pain to say goodbye to you.

What are you doing?

Express it from your heart. You are not buying vegetables.

- [Giggling] - [Students] Hi, ma'am.

Hi. Please carry on.

Welcome.

Let's begin from the top. Remove the bed.

- Hope everyone remembers the changes. - [All Students] Yes.

Changes are extremely important in the play.

Yes.

[Mudassar] Juliet was slapped, right?

But we are taking a few poetic liberties.

[Aijaz] Doesn't matter. Don't worry.

Hemant.

I...

I have to check more papers today.

[Astha] I will get late.

Okay. Bye.

Peeps, I can't find my green shirt.

Where is it?

Where it should be.

You know I hate it.

Hey, what have you done?

Please accept a few things of your husband's choice.

It is my favourite shirt.

Why do you want it?

[Peeplika] Is it an audition for a film?

No. Needed it for tomorrow's rehearsal.

You know, you are looking sexier these days.

- There you go. - What have you done, Peeplika Khan?

Marking my territory.

Madam, you will have to pay for this.

[Peeplika] Leave me.

You will have to serve me.

Help your own self today.

I will complain to your mother.

So, that's why you are doing this.

Jealous wife again?

My husband is only mine.

Even his shirts and pants are only mine.

Not for the teacher.

Jealous. So jealous.

So, tell me. Repeat it twice.

My husband is only mine.

My husband is only mine!

[Giggling]

[Peeplika] You rascal.

Which husband do you have?

Before we become unfaithful,

why don't we go our separate ways, my friend?

You changed from a diamond into a stone.

Wonder what I will change into tomorrow.

[Door opens]

- What are you reading? - Urdu poetry.

Ahmed Faraz.

Continue.

Will you hear it?

If I meet you this time,

then I will entwine you and make you mine forever.

I have left serving, Faraz.

What to do when men have become God?

He writes his own name his poems.

Yes. That's his signature style.

All poets do that. Do you want to hear more?

[Hemant] Pillow.

What?

Pillow.

[Yawning]

Okay, listen.

Pack some soda with lunch.

I have a lot of flatulence.

[Burping]

Hear that.

I will pack it.

[Fire crackling]

[News on TV] The whole country has been agitated.

Even Delhi is a part of it.

Four people got burned in the chaos.

This is happening for the first time in Delhi.

People's lives have been disturbed because of the chaos.

The prime minister has...

- ...requested people to be calm. - [Aijaz] Hi. Good morning.

Breakfast.

Crazy people are roaming on the streets.

I know that the play is today. But I don't care. You're not going.

You are angry because of hunger.

Have the toast, you will be fine.

Come on, eat up.

I will be back.

- Aijaz. - Coming.

Aijaz, stop it.

It is just a college play.

It can't be more important than your life.

You know what your name is. You know what that locality is.

Come on. Nothing is going to happen.

Come on. Are you serious?

[Aijaz] Nothing will happen.

This is not my America.

You reminded me of that.

They will not give you a chance to explain.

Just kill you.

You are talking like the goons of the street.

[Aijaz] Look, theatre is art.

And art doesn't have any religion.

My play is not related to being a Hindu or a Muslim.

It is related to Romeo and Juliet. Related to love.

Why don't you come too?

My married woman...

...is crossing all the barriers and joining us.

[Peeplika] This is not a f**king joke.

It is not safe.

And Aijaz, don't show your dreams to the married woman.

She is a middle-class girl. She is happy in her life.

Don't lead her on.

I am not leading her on.

Look, I am saying.

If she isn't scared, then how can I?

We always feel that bad things can only happen to others.

[Peeplika] Nobody buys an extinguisher...

...till his own house is on fire.

- Just don't go. - [Aijaz] Sweetheart,

you are absolutely right.

But the situation is not so bad.

And the show is houseful. Can't resist.

Okay, I will be waiting for you.

I am taking the car.

See you, love.

[Hemant] What do you mean you have to go?

[Jagdish] Did you not hear?

They have burnt an auto at Janakpuri.

Oh God.

[Kalpana] I think they should complete building the temple...

[Astha] Kids are rehearsing for six months.

[Kalpana] It's a everyday problem.

There isn't any agitation in central Delhi.

[Jagdish] We will be worried if you go.

Papa, my students are coming, their parents are coming.

Their teacher can't get scared and stay at home.

Hemant, I have to go.

[Footsteps]

[Birds chirping]

[Auto revving]

[Mudassar] Aijaz, I am very worried about the lines.

[Aijaz] Listen to me, Mudassar.

Listen, focus calmly on the thoughts.

Focus on the reasoning.

Then you will never forget any line. Okay?

And even if you did forget,

- the narrator will help you. - [Mudassar] Sure?

[Aijaz] Okay, let's rehearse the balcony scene once again.

- Bring the coat. - Check it.

Okay. Come on.

[Aijaz] No need to hurry. Do it properly.

- [Mudassar] Hi, ma'am. - Hi.

- All the best. - [Mudassar] Thank you.

Wow, you are here.

[Aijaz] How do you like the set? Isn't it beautiful?

Very pretty. But how does it matter?

The crowd has come to see you.

What are you saying?

They have come to see the kids.

[Man 1] Sir, we are opening the Audi.

- [Man 1] Are you ready? - Okay, I am ready.

Okay, everyone on back stage. The Audi is opening.

[Mudassar] Come on.

- Best of luck. - [Aijaz] Thank you.

[Aijaz] Everyone is at the green room.

Peeps.

90% of the women must have come to watch Aijaz.

Much jealous.

I don't care about the 89%.

Maybe I just care about one person.

- So sorry. - Sorry.

So proud of you.

[Lights turn on]

Two houses.

Exactly identical.

In our beloved Varanasi where our story begins.

[Aijaz] From old rivalry to new quarrels.

Human blood stains their own hands.

[Aijaz] When you feel you have reached your destination,

life shows you another turn.

The last destination is the same for all of us.

Be it Romeo, Farhad, Ranjha or Majnu.

Two people meet. Build a nest of love.

But the world around cannot understand them.

It seems a familiar story.

[Door opens]

[Aijaz] There is an awkward silence at the dawn today.

The sun will not rise in sorrow today.

[Explosion]

[Aijaz] Go.

Ponder about this story.

Who will be punished and who will be forgiven?

Only God can answer that.

I wish nobody ever has such a sad love story.

Like our Juliet.

And her Romeo.

[Lights turn off]

[Applause]

Sometimes we forget...

...that love is much more powerful than hatred.

You all came to see our small play in such a tense situation.

This in itself is an example of the power of love.

It will erase the religious barriers between us.

Thank you all very much.

[Applause]

- It was such an emotional play. - [Applause]

[Applause]

[Siren wailing]

Delhi police

[Constable 1] Be careful.

- [Announcement] Calm down. - [Constable 1] Hey, girl. Be careful.

- [Announcement] You've been told. - [Constable 1] Be careful.

[Announcement] You will be notified.

[Siren wailing]

[Aijaz] Section 144 has been imposed.

Please find you parents and go home.

[Door opens]

Hi.

- Come on, hurry up. - [Mudassar] Bye, sir.

Bye, guys. Good show. Meet you tomorrow.

Bye, ma'am.

This is maddening.

[Aijaz] Okay, so how was it?

Play?

Was it so bad?

Say something.

What do I say?

I can't understand.

I...

You know, I have fought and come here.

With everyone.

[Astha] And came here only for you.

I...

[Clears throat]

I...

Aijaz, I think I...

I think I love you.

[Aijaz] Astha.

I don't know what I am telling you.

I don't know when it happened and how.

But you have.

You have shown me my real identity.

Never before have I...

You helped me find.

You helped me discover who I am.

I want...

I don't know.

- Maybe you don't like me. - Astha.

I do. I like you.

[Astha] My head is bursting.

My mind, my heart.

I can't think of anything else.

When I look at my husband,

I see you.

Everywhere.

I don't know what's happening to me.

This has never happened before. I promise.

It is very weird for me too.

But it is pure what I am feeling. I cannot explain it to you.

[Astha] Please say something.

- [Astha] Say something. - Astha.

[Peeplika] It will take time.

[Woman 1] Hemant.

Where is Astha?

I don't know I too was searching for her.

Check. She must be inside.

- [Woman 1] She must be inside. - Okay.

- Just call us and let us know. - Okay.

Bye, leave fast.

[Announcement] We are letting you know.

[Constable 2] Hurry up.

[Announcement] You'll be informed.

[Hemant] Just a minute.

Move back.

Inspector. Wait. My wife is inside, inspector.

- You are not allowed to go inside. - She is a teacher here.

- [Hemant] She has written the play. - Wait a second.

[Inspector 1] Look, the situation is very tense.

- Listen to me. - So what if it is tense?

Won't he search for his wife?

I will leave once I find her.

[Hemant] Thank you, ma'am.

Move. Make way. Please.

[Aijaz] Astha, I...

I really like you a lot.

But Peeplika.

We have a very intense relationship.

And Astha, I am not your destination.

Just a path on the way.

Don't stop discovering yourself because of the wrong path.

Maybe in another life.

Because in this life, I belong to Peeplika.

Peeplika.

She is very lucky.

[Aijaz] I am lucky.

I have learnt to be perpetually intoxicated in love from her.

But if you ever meet her,

then you will know how special she is.

She will surely understand why I always keep talking about you.

Talking about me?

Just talks.

[Aijaz] No, it is not like that.

[Clears throat]

- I am sorry. - [Aijaz] No.

- [Aijaz] Astha, it's completely okay. - I am sorry. This is wrong.

- I should not have come. - [Aijaz] No, it isn't that.

I am sorry.

I am really sorry.

[Door opens]

[Mouthing]

[Hemant] Astha.

Astha.

Where were you for so long?

I have been searching for you for so long.

I had gone to congratulate Aijaz for the play.

You have no idea about the situation outside.

Section 144 has been imposed.

Just a minute. Hey.

- Why are you crying? - No, it is nothing.

The play was so emotional.

Thank God I didn't come.

You should not have come.

It is so dangerous outside. Let us go.

Thanks, Hemant, for picking me up.

[Hemant] How could I not come?

I had taken the wedding vows to protect you for seven lives.

- Not seven. - What?

[Honking]

[Hemant] Come on, Astha.

Hurry up. Come on.

[Car door opens]

[Car door closes]

[Aijaz] She just said.

She said she...

...loves me.

I had warned you.

Stay away from her.

Don't do what you were doing.

I didn't do anything.

[Peeplika] She is f**king stupid.

She is mad. She is foolish.

But however she was,

she was living in her small mediocre boring life.

She was happy. She was content.

By showing her your colourful and liberated life,

you destroyed her sorted sex life, Aijaz.

You are talking as if you know her.

F**k you.

Listen, Peeplika.

[Aijaz] Hey, Peepli.

Hey, Peepli. Sorry, Peepli.

Okay. You might be knowing her.

[Peeplika] I don't know her but know women like her.

Everyone has sex.

If it was only about sex. Damn it. She...

How is she going to go back to her regular life?

Hey, that's a little unfair, Peepli.

No, Aijaz. What you did was f**king unfair.

She will spend her life guilty about today.

She will not be f**king happy.

It is not her fault. It is your fault, Aijaz.

You are f**king stupid.

Shit. That book.

I got a book for her.

- [Peeplika] What the f**k. - By Amrita Pritam.

It is in the green room.

- Are you f**king serious? - I want to give her the last gift.

[Peepli] Aijaz. - Peepli, just wait a few minutes. I will be back.

- [Peeplika] Aijaz. - Just stay there.

- Just stay there for two minutes. - [Peeplika] Aijaz!

You know what? Just do what you want. I am going home.

[Constable 4] Get in.

Sir, I haven't done anything.

[Constable 3] I don't want to hear any nonsense.

Get inside.

[Lady Inspector 1] Hurry up and get in.

Sir, you are misunderstanding.

- [Peeplika] What are you doing? - God knows where they come from.

- Come on. You too get in. - [Peeplika] Me?

[Constable 3] Enough of this. Come on. Hurry up and shut the door.

Come on, move it. Take them away. Hurry up.

[Hemant] You were looking very pretty in this saree.

Today is...

...second Saturday.

Couplets by Ahmad Faraz

[Engine starts]

[Explosion]

[Theme music playing]