Posted:
17 years ago
Part 26
recap:
everyone is really happy and jai goes over to saloni who is kinda staning at a side observing. jai, "arre saloniji, aap yahan kyun khari hai... waise aapke 'woh' kahan hain, humse bhi sharmaane lage kya?". saloni laughs and explains that nahar is away for business. jai is upset but nonetheless happy. saloni goes and she is intro'd to chaudry by brij. saloni touches his feet and he smiles. chaudry, "humesha kush raho". saloni smiles.
in the evening, rewa comes to meet everyone, but she has never met chaudry or jai yet...
saloni's room...
saloni is sitting on the edge of her bed staring into space thinking about shubra and neel and rewa. rewa enters and sits next to her and puts her hand on saloni's shoulder. saloni snaps out of her daze and sees rewa and is happy and hugs her. rewa, "mere baare mein soch rahi teeh na?" (u were thinking of me right?). saloni, "rewa di.. aj neel aur shubra aye theh.." (rewa di.. today neel and shubra came and...). rewa finishes her sentence "aur apni shaadi ke baare mein bata kar gaye" (and told u about their plan of marriage). saloni is surprised both at the fact that rewa knows and her calmness about it. rewa stands up and walks a little ways away while talking. her back is faced to saloni. rewa, "saloni, neel ne mujhe sab batadiya tah... aj nahin, balke us din hi jab usnay ye faisla kiya tah... aur isme galat hi kya hai. woh shubra se pyar karne laga hai aur ussay shaadi karna chahta hai. mera kya hai saloni, meri kismat mein jo likha hai woh to hokar hi rahe ga. aksar aisa hota hai ke jo hum chahte hai woh hume nahin milta, ab isse zindagi toh nahin ruk jaati na saloni?" (saloni, neel told me this... not today, but the day he decided he made the decision... and whats wrong in it. hes starting to love shubra and wants to marry her. about me, well whatever is written for me will happen. often what we want, we cannot achieve, but that doesn't stop us from living right?). she quickly wipes a tear that had unwantedly fallen out and turns, "aur waise bhi, neel jaisa acha dost kismat se hi to milta hai, aur mein apne kisi aur swart ke liye usay nahin khona chahti" (and anyways, to find a friend like neel is difficult, and I don't want to lose his friendship for any other selfish reason). saloni smiles weakly and stands up, she goes to rewa and holds her hands. saloni, "sach kaha aapne, neel jaisa dost kismat se milta hai.. aur aap jaisi bhi. you're courage is inspiring" (you're right, neel is great friend and its hard to find someone like him... and you. you're courage is inspiring). rewa wipes another tear from her face, pretending to be happy. she happens to glance at the clock next to salon's bed. rewa, "arre saloni, mujhe der ho rahi hai, neel mera school mein wait kar raha hoga" (hey saloni I gotta go, neel is waiting for me at the school). she goes to leave and saloni follows her. on her way out, rewa bumps into jai. rewa apologizes and looks up to see jai. he says no, I guess it was my fault. saloni introduces them. jai extends his hand but rewa puts her hands together in a "gani khama". jai does the same and is kinda embarrassed. rewa, "saloni mujhe jaana hai neel school mein intezaar kar raha hoga" (saloni I must leave, neel is waiting at the school for me). saloni nods and rewa leaves. after she is gone, jai questions saloni. jai, "school, ye school jaati hai ya parati hai?" (does she attend class or teach?). saloni, "rewa di aur neel bacchon ka ek music school chalate hai" (rewa and neel run a children's music school). jai, "neel?". saloni, "mera... I mean humara ek bahut acha dost hai. meri behan aur neel shaadi karne wale hai" (my.. I mean a friend of ours. my sis and him are getting married). jai kinda nods almost in relief...
saloni goes to the terrace...
shes sitting thinking of rewa and how great she is. she thinks however that something seemed missing in rewa's reaction. she can't just accept so easily.. can she?. she looks up at the rising moon and thinks of nahar and her thoughts begin to drift. meanwhile samir and ishaan who were tossing a ball come around and see saloni and think shes thinking about nahar and decide to tease her. samir starts singing while tossing the ball back and forth to ishaan who starts singing as well. song: "ishq mein jab dil khabray... dooriyaan dil seh nahi paaye... itni deewani hogai sajna samajh na kuch bhi aaye..." (from dil ka rishtaa). saloni smiles and is shy. saloni, "aisa kuch nahin hai..." (its nothing like that). ishaan, "maami aap toh jhoot bolti nahin ho, lekin mein jaanta hoon, aap nahar maama ko miss kar rahe ho" (maami I know u don't lie but I know that u are missing nahar maama). he goes and sits on saloni's lap, "sach kahoon, mujhe bhi unki yaad a rahi hai... lekin aapke jitni nahin" (tell u the truth, I'm missing him too... but not as much as u). and with that he jumps up and runs away and jai follows him. saloni laughs, and thinks, "sach mein nahar, aapki bahut yaad ah rahi hai" (truly nahar, I am really missing u). she starts singing "jab jab saiyaan ki yaad satavay" (from movie chingaari) and imagines nahar in front of her. he is holding her and playing with her hair, her hair falls on his face... all of sudden theres a clapping noise and saloni stops singing. she turns to see brij, tara, jai, chaudry, and bhabho walking towards her. she immediately gets up and avoids anyones gaze as she is embarrassed. jai, "saloniji, aapne kabhi bata nahin aap itna acha gaati hai.. maza agaya. waise ek baat kahoon mera ek dost hai jo music director hai aur woh nayi nayi awazien logon tak lata hai. is waqt bhi woh dhoond raha hai, aap kyun nahin uske saath kaam karti?" (saloniji, u never told me u sing so well.. that was great. I have this friend who is a music director who introduces new voices to people and hes looking for someone now. why don't u work with him?). jai looks at the others for approval and no one dissaproves. saloni, "nahin, mein nahin kar sakti.. shaadi ke baad mera ghar aur mere ghar wale meri number one priority hai" (no, I cannot.. after marriage my house and family are my number one priority). jai, "haan teekh hai. lekin iska matlab ye toh nahin ke aap apne itnay achay talent ko chupa kar rakhen. jahan tak meinay aapko pehchana hai, aap ghar aur kaam bakhubi nibha sakti hai" (yes thats fine. but that doesn't mean u should hide such talent from people. from how much I know u, u can balance your house and profession equally and efficiently). saloni is hesitant. bhabho, "chalo hum iske baare mein baad mein baat karte hai... bahut raat ho chuki hai chalo undhar chalen." (we'll talk of this later.. its getting late lets go inside now).
everyone goes to their rooms to sleep.
saloni's room..
saloni is sitting on her side of the bed. she is thinking about nahar and hugging a pillow and nahar is in a hotel room doing the same. nahar picks up his cell and calls saloni who is startled at first by the ring and sees nahar's number on the call display and smiles. she recieves the call. nahar, "mere baare mein soch rahi teeh na?" (u were thinking about me right?). saloni smiles, "aap kaise hai? pehle phone kyun nahin kiya?" (how are u? and why didn't u call earlier?). nahar, "kiya tah, lekin shayad tum kahin baar gayi teeh, aditi baisa ne utaya tah aur woh ke rahi teeh tum kahin baar gayi ho" (I did but maybe u were out. aditi sis picked up and she said u had gone out). saloni, "shayad mein terrace par teeh tab kiya hoga" (maybe u called when I was on the terrace). there is a moment of silence. in their silence they have a silent conversation. nahar, "saloni, mujhe tumhari bahut yaad ah rahi hai. dil karta hai ke ud kar aajaoon aur tumhari bahon mein so jaoon" (saloni, I am really missing u. I feel like flying over and falling asleep in your arms). saloni, "mujhe bhi aapke bina neend nahin aah rahi. kaisi ajeeb aadat hogai hai" (I can't fall asleep without u either. its such a weird habit). nahar, "acha, ab jaldi se mujhe ek kiss do na" (hurry up and give me a kiss). saloni, "nahar, aap bhi naa" (nahar, you're too much). saloni is being all shy in reality. nahar, "saloni". then saloni speaks in the phone for real. saloni, "acha ab aap so jaaye kal aapko bahut kaam karna hai. kaam khatam karke jaldi se mere paas ajaye" (ok, go to sleep now as u have lots of work to do tomorrow. and finish your work and come quickly back to me). nahar, "meinay tumse kuch maanga tah na saloni?" (I asked u for something right saloni?). saloni knows what he is talking about and knows they did have a silent conversation. saloni, "mein phone rakh rahi hoon" (I'm putting the phone down). nahar, "saloni... acha teekh hai. mein jaanta hoon tumhe inti jaldi kyun hai. " (saloni... I know why you're in such a hurry). saloni, "kyun?" (why?) nahar, "issi liye ke tum mujhe apne sapne mein milo" (so you can meet me in your dreams) saloni smiles and she cuts the phone. she puts her hand over nahar's side of the bed as if trying to feel him and then lies down... nahar pulls out his wallet and looks at saloni's pic and smiles. he kisses it and puts it next to his pillow and lies down. both of them thinking about each other, unable to sleep, karvat lete huay.
the next day goes by fast as nahar has his meeting and some presentations etc and now is the day he is coming home.
everyone is in the family room busy doing something. tara is sitting cutting vegetables and aditi and saloni are helping her. samir and ishaan are playing around and the others are talking. bhabho, "arre saloni, nahar ki flight kab hai, usay lene bhi jaana hai" (saloni when is nahar's flight, someone has to go receive him). saloni, "woh kehray teh ke do bajay ki flight hai" (he said the flight is at 2:00). jai, "toh saloniji, aapne meri proposal ke baare mein kya socha?" (so saloniji what did u think of my proposal?). saloni is kinda confused, "proposal?". jai, "haan mere dost ke saath gaane ka kaam karne liye" (yes, about working with my buddy about singing). saloni, "aapke proposal ke liye shukriya lekin mein nahin kar paoongi.. woh.. " (thanks for the proposal but I cannot do it... its that). all of a sudden a voice comes from teh entrance, "toh isme harj hi kya hai saloni?" (whats bad in that saloni?). everyone looks up to see nahar and jai jumps up and hugs him. nahar, "tujhe yahaan kisnay aane diya?" (who let u in?) he says jokingly. jai, "bhai, hum to jahan chahen wahan jaaeng. waisay tu kaun hota hai mujhe mere ghar mein aane se rokhnay wala?" (well I go where I want. and who are u to stop me from coming to my own house?). nahar laughs, "haan bhai, ab mein kaun hota hoon?" (yes of course, who am I?). they all sit down. jai, "nahar tune mujhe bataya nahin ke teri biwi itni sundar aur achi hone ke saath talented bhi hai" (nahar u never told me that your wife is talented as well as being beautiful and nice?). nahar smiles and steals a look at saloni who blinks and is all shy. jai notices the romance and interupts. jai, "meinay tumse ek saval poocha hai, apni biwi se yoon aankh micholi baad mein khel lena" (I asked u a question, not have eye conversations with your wife). nahar hits him lightly on the shoulder and all laugh. after much hesitation, saloni says yes to working with jai's music director buddy when everyone encourages her. jai, "toh teh hua, kal aap recording studio mein chalengi shikhar se milnay ke liye" (so its a deal. tomorrow you're coming to meet shikhar at the studio).
ab kya hoga? will saloni follow through with her singing? jai and rewa thingy getting anywhere? and when's the shaadi yaar? found out soon!
cheers,
dc