Chapter-11
A DAY BEFORE WEDDING FUNCTIONS BEGAN,
ASHNI DURING THEIR DINNER:
A: So, Nidhi, wassup? Kal se toh
shaadi ke functions shuru ho jaayenge,Ganesh poojan ke saath Haldi... Kaisa lag
raha hai?
N: Actually Dr. Ashutosh, gudgudi ho
rahi hai...
A(Chuckling): Gudgudi? Seriously
nidhi? I mean, maine toh suna tha ke ladkiyon ko nervousness hoti hai shaadi se
pehle?
N: Ji... nervousness toh ho rahi hai,
lekin apni aane wali zindagi ko lekar excited bhi hoon... So, its a combination
of nervous & excited feelings, jisse mujhe gudgudi ho rahi hai...
A: (Laughing) Nidhi, you know, u r
priceless... Arrey haan... Mujhe tumse ek zaroori baat karni thi...
N: Toh boliye na... Kya baat hai?
A: Agar main tumse kuch maangoon, toh
dogi?
N: Ofcourse Dr. Ashutosh! Meri jaan
bhi haazir hai... aapne mujhe kya kuch nahin diya, uske aagey toh kuch bhi
aapke liye...
A: Toh phir theek hai, although its a
request, Kya tum Nidhi, mujhe sirf Ashutosh ya kuch aur naam jo tumhe sahi
lage, ussey pukaar sakti ho? I mean,Dr. Ashutosh bohot hi formal lagta hai...
Humari shaadi hone jaa rahi hai, we are gonna be partners-EQUALS... Toh phir
naam mein bhed-bhaav kyu? And hum friends bhi toh hain...
N: (Awkwardly) Wo toh theek hai Dr. Ash...
I mean... Matlab... Par main aapki bohot respect karti hoon...
A: Ye toh achhi baat hai... ek doosre
ke liye mutual respect hona toh achhi baat hoti hai... Main bhi tumhaari bohot
izzat karta hoon... iss rishtey ke liye tumne apni takleefein, apne reservations
chod ke har tarah mere saath dhalne lagi... Tum jaanti nahi ho, how much I
adore ur this quality...
N: ( shyly) Thank you... Par kitna
awkward lagega aapko, aapke naam se bulaane mein... Phir koi kya sochega... Aap
mujhse 8-9 saal bade hain...
A: Toh kya hua... shadi mujhe kisi
aur se nahin, tumse karni hai... And whats the big deal about age yaar... Come
on!!! U r 27, I'm 36... Main budhdha nahin hua hoon...!
N: Achha-achha!!! Theek hai... Done!
Baad mein decide karenge, ke what personalised name I should give you... Tab
tak ke liye... Ash... Ashutosh! Theek hai?
A: Thats like my Nidhi... so, Chale?
I guess, u should take ur beauty sleep, otherwise my Dulhan would have dark
circles...
N: Ji... chaliye...
NEXT DAY
MORNING:
Admist all the buzz of guests at both
the houses, Ganesh Pooja was peacefully held followed by haldi...
Nidhi was made to sit at a small
chauki, made for the bride, wearing an elegant lemonish-yellow Anarkali suit
with small puffed- balloon sleeves with little silver work done on neck and the
frills of the frock, with silver-diamond earings adoring her beauty...
Ladies sat surrounding Nidhi, with Dholaks, Singing ' Bannis- The
special wedding songs... with the ladies of the family n relatives one by one
putting haldi on Nidhi starting from foot then arms n then forehead...
Similarly, Ashu was also sat on the
chauki at his home wearing a light-cream pyjama kurta, with ladies singing
banni n putting Haldi...
Functions of Haldi closed on a happy
note, with Mehendi function, the next day...
Next morning, Nidhi was made to sit
on one corner of the beddings on the floor, leaning to the cushions behind
her... Wearing an Olive green-baby pink combination salwaar kurta, with
beautiful embroidery done all over, with small green earings & her ever
present gold chain in her neck were adding on to her already glowing beauty...
Soon the applying of mehendi began...
Four girls all together sat on Nidhi's sides with each one taking one arm n
feet, to apply mehendi...
As soon as her mehendi started, Anji, Nidhi's n Anji's cousins n friends
started dancing back to back on mehendi songs from
Main hoon khush rang hina
Mehendi lagaoongi main Sajna ke naam
ki
Mehendi hai rachne waali
And finally, Rohan, Anji's fianc
& Anji performed on
Mehendi lagaake rakhna...
The girls applying mehendi designs
asked Nidhi, as to where should they write her husbands name... That left Nidhi
pondering over, if she would be able to have Ashu find his name, admist the
complex designs of mehendi... Her thoughts were broken by the girl's
question...
Girl: Nidhi Ji... aapko aapke pati ka
naam likhwaana hai?
Nidhi thought for a moment, and
answered a yes...
Till late afternoon, Nidhi's hands, arms & uptil above the elbows
& her feet were filled with exquisite Mehendi designs... Anji lovingly fed
her lunch & only then, sat to get herself the mehendi done...
Nidhi was soon laid down in her bed for rest... Lond hours sitting in
one position to get the mehendi done, had exhausted her... And moreover, evening
was the sangeet function & hence needed some rest...
EVENING AT THE SANGEET:
The guests were made to sit on chairs
on one side of teh hall at Nidhi's home & rest of the family members ie.
Nidhi;s Db, baba, Ashu's baba n maa, solanki uncle n Shyama Aunty, Armaan n
Avantika, Rohan n Anji n Nidhi; were made to sit on the chairs in a circle...
BB got up & stood on the floored
stage & said-
" Bhaiyon aur behno... Mujhe
abhi-abhi pata chala hai, ke ye sangeet sandhya, kuch khaas rakhi gayi hai...
Kisi game ki tarah... Ab isko samjhaane ke liye, humaare paas, ek nahi, do
nahi, teen nahi, balki chaar-chaar hosts hain... Over to u bachhon...
Soon, Armaan, Avantika, Anji n Rohan stepped on the floored stage...
Seeing Armaan moving, DB mockingly cursed him-
Db: Muaa... Meri poti ke sangeet
mein, ek bhi gaana tayyar nahi karne diya... Bas sabke saath milke, ek gaane
par naachna sikha diya, aur ab ye, khel-khel raha hai...
Armaan gave a soft laugh over to her
& stood with Rohan, while Avantika n Anji stood together...
Ar: Good Evening everybody! Main
Armaan, aur ye meri saathi-mandli hain... Kyuki hum sab par Bollywood ka bhoot
sawaar rehta hai, to ye sangeet sandhya bhi filmy tareeqe se hi honi chahiye...
Toh kiya humne ye hai, ke Chote Sarkaar ki aankhon par humne baandh di hai
patti... aur baitha diya unhe Music player ke paas... Hum sab kiss order mein
baithe hain, ye unhe pata nahin hoga... ye cusion, jo Anji ke haath mein hai,
wo music start hone par pass hona start hoga...
Rohan: Ji... Aur music band hoen par
jiske haath mein cusion hoga, usey ek performance deni hogi...
Avatika: The twist in the tale is, ke
humne sabko jodiyon mein baat diya hai... Jodiyon ko hum thodi deir mein
introduce karate hain...
Anji: Aur jispar bhi cusion rukega,
usey apne partner ke liye gaan bhi hoga aur dance bhi... Jo ultimately haarega,
usey apne partner ke liye, ek aur special performance deni hogi...
Rohan: Toh humaari pehli Jodi hai, ek
Bua 'Bhateeje ki... Col. Verma Uncle aur DB ki... DB, jo apni pyaari si poti
ke liye, sab kuch chod ke, yahan aayi thi, Nidhi ko maa jaise pyaar karti
hain... Aur CV, unki toh jaan hi unki bachhi mein basti hai...
DB: Lekin main toh apni Nidhi ke liye
hi naachoongi... haan!
Avantika: Aur Col. Uncle aap?
CV: Haan, lag aisa raha hai ke, ye
jodiyan life partners ki hain, toh main bhi apni patni ke liye perform
karoonga...
Armaan was about to protest, when
Avantika eyed him not to... He immediately understood what she meant...
Armaan: Toh humaari doosri Jodi hai,
ek pati-patni ki, jo pichle 38 years se, ek doosre ka saath bade hi pyaar se
nibha rahe hain... Ashutosh ke parents aur humare Alok Uncle& Sudha
Aunty...
Anji: Humaare next couple hain, ek
aisa couple, jo hansi-mazaak ke saath ek doosre ka saath dete aa rahe hain...
Mere parents, Mr. Kapil Solanki & Mrs. Shyama Solanki...
Rohan: Next Jodi hain, wo jo bachpan
ke friends they, aura b jeewan saathi hain... Ashutoshji ke best friends,
Armaan ji n Avantika Bhaabhi...
Avantika: Humaare next couple ek
bohot hi cute couple hain... Abhi toh hui inki sirf sagaai hai, lekin Nok-jhok
full-on hai... Ladke ki ek hi problem hai, ke inka dil hai ke manta nahin, aur
ye aate-jaate apni mangetar par pyaar barsaate hain... aur ladki ki ye problem
hai, ke inhe apne mangetar par pyaar hi nahin aata... Ji nahin... Aisa hum
nahin, inke mangetar kehte hain... Humaare Rohan, Aur Nidhi ki best friend
Anji...
Armaan: Last, but not the least...
Humaari aakhri Jodi, Dulha aur Dulhan... Badi mushkilon se mile ye do dil...
Please welcome Nidhi n Ash... Ashu? Ashutosh kahan hai? Lo, jinki shaadi ka
sangeet hai, wohi gaayab hain...
Amongst the commotion, Ashu appeared
behind Nidhi's chair & softly sang near her ear-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjmoMhMZqWs
A: Chal pyaar karegi..
Nidhi replied- Haanji-haanji...
A: Mere saath chalegi...
N: Naji-naji...
A: Arrey tu haan kar ya naa kar teri
marzi soniye...
( He gestured Rohan to join him
n both sang n danced for their
respective partners)
Hum tujko uthhakar le jaayenge... Doli mein bithakar le
jaayenge...
( Both Anji n Nidhi replied)
Hum ghar mein kahin chup jaayenge...
Sang tere nahin hum jaayenge...
Soon the sangeet game started... The
first stop was Db...
DB: Kambakht CS... Sabse pehle mujhe
hi baahar kar diya... Toh theek hai, main apni Nidhi ke liye gaaoongi... she
went near Nidhi, kept her hand on Nidhi's head...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ctc-VbLQg
Mehendi
laa ke, Gehne paa ke..
Haai tu
roke, sabko rulaake,
Savere
chali jaayegi...
Tu badaa
yaad aayegi...
Nidhi gave a soft smile to her DB...
Armaan: Arrey DB, kyaa aap bhi
rona-dhona kar rahi hain...
The game resumed, the next station
was Solanki Uncle... he stood up n went to his wife n took her hand n danced-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ZrcEp8aNU
Meri
makhnaa, meri soniye, chal baliye...
Soni teri
chaal soni ve...
Nachdi
kamaal soni ve...
Next turn was Sudha, she sang on-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPhBr3U-7Qk
Aapki
nazron ne samjha... Pyaar ke kaabil mujhe...
Cv was the next one... He got pretty
nostalgic & sang-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZjCBH3KUfk
Tere bina
zindagi se shikwa toh nahin...
Tere bina
zindagi bhi lekin Zindagi toh nahin...
Nidhi immediately ran to her father
with tear filled eyes & hug him tight...
Next was Armaan, & sang to his
wife-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrupdvVQnpM
Tu hi meri
shab hai, subah hai
Tu hi meri
duniya...
Next turn was of BB & very
playfully he sang clapping his hands in a Kawwali style-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfNjDPsX1VQ
Ae meri
Zohara Jabeen...
Tujhe ye
maaloom nahin...
Tu abhi
tak hai haseen...
Aur main
jawaan...
Tujhpe
qurbaan meri jaan meri jaan...
Next stop was Shyama Aunty who sang-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6mjORZAb3U
Bohot
pyaar karte hain tumko sanam,
Qasam
chahe le lo, khuda ki qasam...
Now was Rohan who sang for Anji-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m1fDRhrL-U
Adaa...
Aaye haai adaa...
Hosh
udaaye adaa...
Karde
deewaana...
Aawaara
yahan dil kitne hue laapataa...
As if by luck, Next was Anji, who
sang for Rohan in answer-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FWirtPCKco
Ye ladka
haai Allah, Kaisa hai deewaana...
Kitna
mushkil hai tauba, isko samjhaana...
Ke
dheere-dheere dil bekaraar hota hai,
Hote-hote-hote
pyaar hota hai...
Next was Avantika, who enacted-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0eDcqwNCpOk
Sajna ji
vaari-vaari jaoon ji main
Tu hi toh
mera sansaar hai,
Aisa mera
pyaar hai...
Next was Ashu, who sang-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHPxC4fxxuA
Tere ishq
mein dooba rahe, din-raat yuhi sadaa,
Mere
khwaab se aankhein teri,ek pal na ho ye judaa,
Mera Naam
tu haathon pe apne likhe baar haan,
Ae kaash
ke aisa bhi ek din laaye wo khudaa...
Tu hi
mera-mera-mera...
So, the ultimate winner was Nidhi,
who danced with Ashu n sang-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJLoF4D1JWo
Phaili thi
siyaah raatein,
Aaya tu
subah leke,
Bewajah si
zindagi mein,
Jeene ki
wajah leke,
Khoya tha
samundaron mein,
Tanha
safeena mera,
Sahilon pe
aaya hai tu jaane kis tarah leke..
Kuch toh
hai tujhse raabta...
Kuch toh
hai tujhse raabta...
Kaise hum
jaane , hume kya pata..
Kuch toh
hai tujhse raabta...
Tu humsafar
hai,
Phir kya
fikar hai,
Jeene ki
wajah yahi hai, jeena isi ke liye...
And as promised, Ashu sang a special
song for Nidhi-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=aCMKYubA1AY
Aaoge jab
tum o Saajna,
Angnaa
phool khilenge..
Barsega
saawan(2) jhoom jhoom ke,
Do dil
aise milenge...
Naina tere
kajraare hain,
Naino pe
hum dil hare hain.
Anjaane hi
tere nainon ne,
Waade kiye
kayi saare hain..
Saansi ki
lay maddham chale,
Tose gaye...
barsega saawan jhoom-jhoom ke...
Chanda ko
taakoon raaton mein,
Hai
zindagi tere haathon mein,
PAlkon pe
jhilmil tare hain,
Aana bhari
barssaton mein
Sapno ka
jahan,
Hoga
khila-khila
Barsega
sawan jhoom-jhoom ke...
And on the final note, the entire
family danced on-
Salaame ishk ishk...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBuGVYKwW18
Finally after the dinner, it was a
wrap-up of the function... Ashni standing at the window of the hall... the
moonlight brought beautiful radiance on Nidhi's already glowing face... Wearing
a Golden-brownish sharaara with Gold jewellery, made her look like an
angel,brought straight from the heaven...
A: Nidhi, DB ko nazar utaarni aati
hai?
A: Apne upar se utarwa lena...
N: Kyu? Kiski nazar lagegi mujhe?
A: Meri...
N: pyaar ki nazar bhala kabhi lagti
hai?
A: Hmmm... Jab bohot intense ho, toh
lag sakti hai... Kya faayda, meri dulhan, shaadi ke din beemaar pad jaaye...
Aaj toh Qayamat hi dhaa rahi ho tum...
N: (Shyly) Thank you...
Their convo was interrupted By
Armaan, who came near them with Avantika, Rohan & Anji...
Ar: Ashu, uncle keh rahe hai, kea b
humein chalna chahiye...
( Ashutosh helplessly looked towards Nidhi)
Koi baat nahin Ashu... Bas ek din ki aur baat hai... Phir jitna chaahe,
awqt saath bitaana...
Seeing the sad look on both Ashni's
faces, anji chuckled n said-
" Armaanji- Avatika bhabhi, mujhe na
ek gaana yaad aa raha hai, aap log bhi gaana mere saath...
And all the four sang in chorus-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKAiksubNUg
Tumse
judaa hokar, mujhe door jana hai...
Pal bhar
ki judaai, Phir laut aana hai...
Sathiya...
Sang rahega, tera pyaar...
Saathiya...
Rang laayega, intezaar...
That same night, after smsing each
other good nights & Ashu asking if she's done with her 'nazar utarwaana'
& Nidhi promptlt replying a yes, Both drifted into a peaceful sleep...
NEXT EVENING:
Nidhi was been made dressed up in a
magenta-Purple lehenga, with jewelleries adoring her from top to bottom... With
a purple beeded Maang teeka, with Golden based purple beaded earings n necklace, A big nath, with a purple phal on
it, Hand full of purple-magenta bangles with appropriate Kade in it &
finally Beautiful heavy payals & toe rings made her look a perfect bride...
But more than this, the attraction was, the colour of her mehendi... Who so
ever saw it, complimented her of a very-very loving husband & moreover, she
herself could not help but to glance at it again n again...
There at Ashu's place, After finally
doing the Aarti, Ashu wearing a very light lavender coloured Sherwani & a
matching pagdi, was made to climb up the horse, with Pallavi sitting up with
him...
With all the Band-Baaja, the baraat
proceeded towards the wedding venue... The dancing baraatis kept grooving on
one after the other songs... & finally when the baraat came to the
enterance, played a dance worthy wedding number...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gDYmC_KClo
Heeriye
sehra baandhke main toh aaya re...
Doli
baarat bhi saath mein main toh laaya re...
Ab toh na
hota hai, ek roz intezaar
Soni aaj
nahin toh kal hai.
Tujko toh
bas, meri honi re...
Tenu leke
main jaawanga...
Dil deke
main jaawanga...
After the full respected, aarti of
the daamaad by Shyaama Aunty, soon the wedding rituals began, starting from
Jaimaala, that was a fun filled affair as Armaan picked Ashu up & Nidhi was
by Rohan... As soon as they exchanged the garlands, rose petals began showering
the couple...
The wedding began with the holy
chants by the pandit, the pheras were done & finally Ashu filled Nidhi's
maang with sindoor n tied the 'Mangalsutra' around her neck... With the
announcement of Pandit, they were declared Husband & wife...
The dinner was happening to be a
hefty affair for Nidhi... The emotions arising were too overwhelming to eat
much...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=b-VbGRFHaTc
Soon, it was time for her Bidaai...
with tearful hugs n kisses, Nidhi started her journey towards a new life... A
marital life- AGAIN!!!!
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