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It's raining tOday.

Don't play in the playqround.

It will bc very muddy.

If you slip, you'll hreak your hoad.

- Play insidc. - Ok.

And don't walk under trccs.

Ono fell ncarby yestcrday.

And a flyover collapsed - we saw it on tho news.

But it has stoppcd raininq.

It can always starf again.

Herc he is.

Hey!

Wait a minute!

Did you romember all tho spices?

No, Auntio, I think I forgot something.

I knew it! I could smell it up hero!

Here.

Just a Iittlo bit does it.

Ok.

This now rccipe will dO thc trick for you.

I know you're Iaughinq.

Don't boliovo me now. But one day you'll see.

Smclls porfect!

One bitc of that and ho'll build you a Taj Mahal.

The Taj Mahal is a tomb, Auntio.

I know that!

Take it back.

Mr. Shroff spoaks vcry highly of you.

Mr. Shroff said you've boon herc for 35 years.

Your colloaques will miss you a lot.

HOw dOcs it fecl, sir?

I mcan, your gOIdon ycars arc about to start. How does it foel?

Can we starf tho traininq?

Surc.

But it's Iunchtime right now.

Ok sir, no problcm. I'll cOmc thcn.

In today's class tho recipe is

tho all-timo fsvorito Fanoor Do Fyazs.

- Are you asleep? - What happcned?

Auntic, the Iunchbox is back.

SO? Go on.

It's complotely empty.

Complotcly?

Yes!

It's like he's Iickod it clean!

What did I tell you?

This is just tho beginninq.

Auntie, turn tho tape off. Rajccv is back.

Ok.

Good, you camo back early.

How was Iunch today?

It was good.

Just gOOd?

Good, as usual.

You sont thc Iunchbox back cmpty

so I thought...

Your cauliflower was really good.

It was very good.

What happonod now, sir?

I'm retiring next month.

I'll bc cancclling the Iunchbox scrvico.

Ok sir. I'll makc a notc of it.

I'll settlc up at thc cnd Of the mOnth.

Fine.

And...

WhO madc the Iunch tOday?

We did, sir. Why?

The food was good!

- What? - It was good, very good.

Maintain the samo standard. Ok?

What's with him today?

The cauliflowor did it for us!

Lot's mako it again tomorrow.

Here, servo this.

IIa!

Yes, Auntie, I'm hero.

- Did you call out to mo earlier? - Yes.

I was changing Uncle's diapcr.

What did Hajccv say?

Nothing.

What?

Auntie, tho Iunchbox went to somoone olse.

I don't think Rajeev qot it.

It went to sOmeOnc elsc whO Iikod it and finishcd it.

But tho delivery men never make a mistake.

What is it?

Good mOrning, sir. How arc you?

Sir, I came by yosterday. You werc not to be seen.

I was right here. You wore Iatc.

I was hcrc at 4.45.

I was hcrc. You were Iatc.

No prOblem, sir.

Aro these claims files, sir?

This is the claims deparfment.

Whcn do we starf tho training, sir?

Lot's do it.

Definitcly, sir?

Lct's do it after Iunch.

- I'll comc back thcn. - Ycs, cOme back.

- Arc you surc, sir? - Yes.

You'll dofinitely be horc?

Thank you for sending hackan ompty lunchhox.

I had made that food for my husband.

And whon it camo hack ompty, I thOught ho would say somothing to mo.

For a fow hours, I thou0ht tho way to the heart is really throu0h tho stomach.

In return for those hours

I am sondin0 you Panoor.

My hushand's favorito.

Ila.

Auntio, this Iotter business is strange.

IIa, you Owo a thank you.

What happons if this goos to Hajccv?

So good.

Hajcov ate somconc clso's food yestorday and didn't notice.

Lot him notico today.

Should I write somethinq elso?

No. Koop it shorf!

Aro you asloop?

What happened?

The Iunchbox has come back.

It's empty again, but with a rcply.

- A reply? - Ycs.

What docs it say?

And it's not in Rajoov's handwriting.

Head it!

What clse doos it say?

What? No "Thank you", no "Hello"?

Who docs he think he is?

He empties thc Iunchbox and then complains!

Wait a minute.

Here, usc this.

No, I don't Iiko all this.

I'll tcll the delivery man the box is qoing to the wronq address.

He should'vc thanked you!

No, I really don't Iiko this.

Why? It's not like you know him.

Good afternoon, sir. How aro you?

I couldn't find you at your dosk, so I camo herc.

You wcre rcading in thc cantoon, sO I didn't want to disturb.

Your Iunchbox has an amazing aroma.

I could tastc the food without eating it!

Your wife, sir...

Shc has magic in hcr hands.

My hushand csmo homo lato Isst night.

He didn't say a word.

This morning he went to work. My dau0htor went to school.

And I stsrtod coOkingwith Doshpando Auntio.

Sho livos in tho flst shovo us.

Hor hushand has hoon in s coma for the last 15 yoars.

Ono day ho woko up and stsrted staring at the coiling fan.

Sinco thon ho doos just that.

He stares at tho fan all day

and fslls asloop at night.

In tho morning he wakos up snd staros at the fan again.

He doosn't say anythin0.

This has heen 0oin0 on for 15 yoars.

Evon tho doctors hsvo lost hopo now.

It's an old "Orient" modol fan.

It is nevor switched off.

Auntįo thinks that tho fan koeps him alive.

Ono day tho power won't off.

And so did tho fsn. Unclo's hosrtheat slowod.

Luckily tho power came hack.

Aftor that, Deshpando Auntio had a 0onorator installed.

Doshpande Unclo staros at the fan.

My hushand stares at his phono.

As if nothing olso oxists.

Maybo nothin0 elso doos...

What do wc Iive fOr?

Madam.

Hajoov?

How is this?

It's nicc.

You fOrgOt.

The last timo I woro this was for our honeymoon.

I thought I'd try it today and seo if it needod alterinq.

But look. It fits porfectly.

- Docsn't it? - Yes.

In fact, it's loose.

Yes, it IOOks good.

After Our honoymoon, wc had no idea that Yashvi was on the way.

We didn't find out for a whilo.

We didn't find out for 2 months!

We didn't have much thon.

When she arrivod, our Iuck turned.

These days things are so oxponsive, Iuck is not cnough.

And why do you mako cauliflower cvcryday?

Did you buy it in bulk?

Hajcov...

What if Yashvi had a Iittlo brOther Or sistcr?

You had a brothcr.

And hc...

FIcasc dOn't makc cauliflowcr everyday, it givcs mc gas.

Hickshaw, bus, airplanc...

Everything qets stuck in Mumbai traffic.

This road has boon jammed for hours.

You see that building? That tall towor.

A woman jumpcd off alOng with hor Iittlc girl this morning.

Jumpcd with her little girl?

Yes, she jumped.

What was hcr namo?

HOw would I knOw, sir? I'm not rclatcd to hcr.

Must bo family prohlems.

Do you know someono in that building?

Is she complotely doad?

This mornin0, my hushand won't to work...

Good afternoon, sir. How aro you?

What ahout tho traininq?

FIcasc cOme back Iatcr.

Everybody tOId me to not expect anything from you.

My namc is Aslam Shaikh. I am an Orphan.

I qave mysclf this name.

I've tauqht mysolf cverything I know.

And I will tcach myself this job too. That's all.

Thore are files from the Ahmcdabad scctor.

Calculate tho amounts, preparo the pay orders, and scnd thom to accounts.

Sir, I'll bc right back.

This morning, my hushand won't to work and Yashvi to schoOI.

I switchod on tho radio, tho nows was on.

Whon my hrother diod, ovoryono said tho samo thing:

"Ho shOuld havo hsd courago.

So what if he failod hįs exams?

He should have had coura0o."

What won't through that woman's mind?

Perhaps sho took off all horjowelry.

Bracolets, earrin0s,

hor wodding necklsco...

What did hor daughtor ask on tho wsy?

Mom, what sro wo going to play?

It must hsvo hoon so difficult to got to tho roof...

Doosnt it take coura0e to jump from tall huildin0s?

Aro you Iauqhing?

Yes, Auntie...

I just remembored a joke.

Tell mc thc jokc!

I forgot...

- You forgot? - Ycs.

Soak fivc almonds in water every night

and eat them in the morning.

It's a tonic for memory.

I will right away, Auntic.

HOw are you, sir?

Going to the statiOn?

Yes.

I qet off at Bombay Ccntral.

I Iivc in Dongri.

- And you, sir? - I Iivc in Bandra.

Sir, can I ask you a quostion?

Yes.

Fooplc in the officc say...

You werc walking and kickcd a cat.

It got hit by a bus

and you just went on your way. Didn't even look back...

Is this truo, sir?

Actually, it wasn't a cat. It was a blind man.

He asked fOr dircctions so I pushcd him, and he got hit by a bus.

Givc mc a cigarcttc.

- I'll pay you Iater. - Ok.

You'rc joking, right?

Havc you always Iived in Bandra?

Yes, always...

I koep moving around.

First I was at Muhammad Ali Hoad,

then I won't to Dubai,

then tO Saudi Arabia.

I used to koop qoing back and forfh from Saudi

but onco I met Meherunissa I novor went back.

I cut thc vegetablcs hero

so whcn I get home I can just throw thcm in thc pan.

Whcre did you Iearn to cut vogetablcs Iiko that?

I worked in a hotel in Saudi.

- A hOtel? - Ycs.

Cooking, rOOm scrvico, cloaning, accounts...

It's dry in Saudi.

There's no such thing as entortainmcnt thcre.

You pray, you work, you pray, you wOrk.

And nOthing elsc. Here I got somo frcc time.

Now I cOOk and wait fOr Mchcrunissa.

Shc comes back in tho cvcning.

We eat, then go for a walk.

But I Iovc hcr, sir. No mattcr what.

What do you do in thc evenings?

I watch TV...

sOmetimcs...

Sir, come with me.

- Whoro? - My housc.

I'll mako pasandas for you.

- What? - Pasanda.

- What is that? - It's a spccial Iamb dish

that you chop like this...

- A Iamh dish? - Yos, sir.

And I'm a specialist.

Yes, I'll come.

- Comc nOw. - Today?

FIcasc cOmo now!

I have some imporfant work at home

but I'll cOme noxt timc.

- For sure noxt timo? - Yes.

I'll bc cxpccting you.

I'll come ncxt time.

My hushand csmo homo lato Isst night.

Ho got s call snd won't hack to work.

Yashvi foll ssloep.

When I 0ot marriod, I took some thin0s without tollin0 my mother.

In thoso things I found sn old diary.

Grandma wrote all her recįpes in it. I found ono for sprin0 apples.

Sprin0 apples aro in season.

I think you wįIl like it.

HOw are you, sir?

Can I sit?

Sit.

Sure?

- Who madc this!? - Why?

A restaurant near my house.

It's grcat.

Just groat. Sir, book a Iunchbox for mo as wcll.

It's shutting down soon.

But it has such great food!?

You're right, sir, talont has no value in this country.

You necd maqic in the hands.

Anyone can make fOOd but you nood magic.

I sont all thc pay orders, sir.

An apple and a banana for you...

No, sir...

Ok, sir.

Nowadays evoryone uses email, not paper...

We arc in tho cra of email.

My mothor lovos tho old TV shows.

Whon I wss littlo I would watch thom with hor for hours.

I wanted to tell you somethin0.

Evory cigaretto tskos5 minutes off your lifo.

My fathor has Iung cancer.

When the pain is too much,

he says ho should have smoked more

to avoid 0oin0 throu0h all this.

Yes, Auntic.

Did you get my carrots?

Yes, hcre thcy aro.

Here!

They only cost 10 rupcos.

What clse did you get?

The usual things, Auntio.

What's the other name for "auhor0ine"?

"Eg0plant'.

It's vogotarisn, so how cOmo it has "ogg" in its name?...

He's on new modicino thesc days.

It helps

but hc slccps all day.

Ma, where is the TV?

There are no good programs on TV thesc days.

Do you nood some monoy?

We're doing ok, child.

This new medicine sooms vcry cxponsivc.

Don't worry... I'll handle it.

HOw?

Whcre will you got thc money?

If my son wero alive, I wouldn't have to ask anyonc for money.

I'll talk to Rajccv.

No, nO! Thorc is nO need.

I'll arrange for about 5,000 for now.

We're thc girl's sidc.

Does it look nico? Asking for moncy all thc timo?

It's finc, you can pay it back slOwly.

No.

I have some monoy.

I can handle it.

Ok, fino.

But don't tell your father.

The 5,000 should cOvcr the cost of tho medicinc

for this mOnth.

Ncxt month somcthing will turn up.

Do you want to seo him? Shall I wake him?

It's Iatc, wo should go homc.

Ok.

Did you say somcthing, sir?

What?

Did you say somcthing?

No...

What are you playing?

Blind Man's BIuff.

Can I tcll you what wo used to play?

What?

Lot's untie this first.

Should I do it?

I'll do it.

We usod to play house.

This was tho baby.

I was thc father.

And your unclo used to play the mother,

my wife.

I want to tell you somethin0.

My hushand is havin0 an affair.

I thought I should confront him, hut I don't have tho coura0e.

Where would I 0o?

Thore is ono place.

My daughtor Iosrnt in schOol thst in Bhutsn ovoryono is happy.

Thoy donĘt havo Gross Domostic Froduct, only Gross Nstional Happiness.

What if wo had thst horo?

Madam.

You IOOk very distractcd today, sir.

- Did I dO anything wrong? - No.

Tell mc somcthing, Shaikh...

Yes, sir.

Havc you... cvcr boon to Bhutan?

Bhutan?

I was thinking... Instoad of Nasik, I could settlc in Bhutan.

I've only bccn to Saudi.

Bhutan is goOd as well.

The economy is down therc, 1 rupoo here is 5 thcre.

SO one can gO therc.

My mOther always used tO say...

always says...

"Sometimes the wrong train will get you to the right station."

Your mothor says?

But you told mc you wero an orphan.

I am, sir,

but when I say 'my mothcr always says' peoplc take it more soriously.

And it feels good.

Riqht.

You aro Iistoning to Radio Bhutan...

How csn wo go to Bhutan togothor?

I don't ovon know your namo.

HOw are you, sir?

A banana and apple.

You arc glowing today, sir.

What is it?

You IoOk 10 ycars youngcr.

Your mothor says...

"Tho wronq train will get you to the right station."

Mothor is always right, sir.

Yes, what?

Do you have a tape of that movio "Saajan"?

Yes, why?

The songs wcre qood, right?

They're ok.

Could we Iiston to it?

Now!?

Yes.

Can you play it?

I'll play it.

Yostorday, Auntio plsyod this tspo

of the movio "Sssjan". A strango coincidonce.

Sho has ovory Hindi movio audio tspo,

she doesn't havo a CD or Mp3 playor.

Sho koops tho csssotto industry alivo sll hy horsolf.

You must he trying to figuro Out

what I scratched out.

IsnĘt it odd to koop writing liko this?

Wo can writo anything in s lottor, it's vory oasy.

But this...

I can toll you only in person.

I think it's tįmo for us to moot.

Do you know the Kooler Cafe

in Matunga?

I'vo hoard thoy have vory 0ood khoema pao.

My favorito.

Shall wo moot tomorrow?

At 1:00?

The boss wants to soo you.

Yes, I'll cOme aftor Iunch.

It's urgent.

Ok, I'll comc.

SOrry, sir, you savod mc tOday.

Thank you, sir, you saved mc.

Ncxt time,

I'll put a plastic bag Ovcr thc filcs. And thcn cut the vcgotables.

I'm sorry, sir, no vegctables. Nothing.

This isn't somc chcap rostaurant in Saudi!

These aro govornmcnt files!

If you cannot dO this... get lost!

Why should I get lost?

You will teach me.

I am sorry, sir, but you will toach mc!

Did your mothcr also tcll you to forge a doqreo to get a joh?

She must havc gotten confusod.

Why don't you comc ovcr fOr dinncr, sir?

I've mado pasandas.

Pasanda, ho says.

You'll como, right?

Sir, have more pasandas.

It's my recipe, sir.

My father warncd me:

"Don't marry him, he'll chain you tO thc stovo."

Her father is a very dangorous man.

Last timo he smiled

was during thc 1 g84 World Cup.

Just a Iittlo bit.

He's a sour facc.

Sir, what dOcs your wifo do?

Be quict.

I'm sorry, sir, she docsn't know.

It's ok.

My wife has passcd away.

But I have a qirlfriend.

You!?

Yes.

What is hor name?

IIa.

I knew it, sir!

The Iunchbox, thc notcs...

When did you get married?

Marriaqo, sir. .. somctimes it fools Iiko 35 years.

SOmetimos 25, or 10, and somotimcs it fccls Iikc it was yestcrday.

Sir, yOu'rc not cating, have somc morc.

It's my recipe, sir.

You'rc not eating at all.

Sir, I wantod to ask you somothing.

Go ahead.

You asked just now when wo got marricd.

Actually,

her father said no.

He said: "Tho boy is an orphan, shorf and dark-skinned."

SO Mchcrunissa ran away from homc.

But she doosn't want tO get marriod withOut hor fathcr's blcssing.

I won't toll anyono.

No. It's not that...

Her father has agreed now.

We aro getting married soon.

There'll he an army from hor sido at the wodding.

Brothors and sistors, their husbands, children,

unclcs, aunts, cvcryOnc will bc thorc.

And therc is no ono from my sido.

I'm alone.

I wantcd to ask, if you wouldn't mind...

being the witness from my side.

My "guardian".

Me?

Yes, and if Madam IIa can como too...

Her fathor insists on giving mo a scootor.

As a giff for my promotion...

But I'm not rctiring.

I was thinking

of not taking early retirement.

I'll ask the boss to mako you my assistant.

So your promotion...

That's gOod ncws, sir!

I mean, qroat news!

Don't mention it to my father-in-Iaw, he'll take the scootor back.

I'll tell Mchcrunissa the good ncws.

Uncle, would you like to sit?

Who, me?

Yes, Uncle, would you like to sit?

No.

PIoaso, I'm qettinq off at the noxt station.

Would you Iikc to order?

Uncle, would you like a soat?

No, no.

The two Iadios at the hack,

plcasc cOme in front. I can't sec you.

Now a photo with everyone!

The girl's sidc to tho right. The boy's side tO thc Icft ploase.

The boy's side tO thc Icft ploase.

You're leaving, sir?

This is the now scooter?

Want a Iift?

If you stay and don't rotirc,

I'll roturn it to Meherunissa's father.

Taxi!

The weathcr is strange.

It's like there's a drought.

Do you know, sir...

The first time I took the train with you, in 1st class,

I hadn't bought a ticket.

I spcnt thc wholc jOurncy till BOmbay CcntraI

praying I wouldn't bc caught.

What would you havc thouqht of me?

But the vory next day, I qot a 1st class pass made.

Wait.

Comc to Nasik somctimc.

Ma...

I'm cominq.

80 rupeos.

Hajcov is On his way.

He's in a mccting.

He'll go straight to thc crcmatorium.

I'm very hungry.

I'm cravinq parathas.

I didn't oat broakfast this morning.

I was making brcakfast for him.

Ok, Ma.

I was always worricd

Of what would happcn to mo when he passed away.

- Ncvcr mind. - But now...

I just fool hungry.

In the bcginning,

there was a lot of Iovo betwoon us,

whcn you were born.

But for several years,

I've been disgusted hy him.

Every morninq, his broakfast,

his medicinc, his bath...

Brcakfast, mcdicinc, bath...

When your brother died...

That old ambulancc with a red Iight camo.

Remember?

Those old Matador modcls.

Which ono has como now?

What cOIor?

Whitc.

With thc bluc Iight.

Ok.

Mister.

Yes.

This Iunchbox is qoing to tho wronq address.

How can it qo to the wrong address?

We don't doliver it wronq.

Yes, I undorstand.

But my Iunchbox has not hoen qoing to tho right addross.

- It goes to the riqht address. - It doesn't.

Feoplc from Harvard came...

Forget abOut them.

Listen to me. Try to understand what I'm saying.

This Iunchbox that I qivc to you doos not go to my hushand.

Instead it goes to someonc olse, who has boen eatinq it.

The Harvard pcople camc hcre and studied our systcm.

- They said wc don't deliver wrong... - It's beon going to the wrong address.

Do you think I am a Iiar?

The King Of England camo in pcrson tO soo our systcm.

But this Iunchbox is going somewhero.

It goes to the riqht buildinq.

I want tho addrcss of that building!

Saajan Fernandes's desk?

He sits two desks down.

Is this Saajan Fernandes's dcsk?

Lct mc call you back.

Saajan Fernandes?

He Icft.

I mean he left the job.

Whcre can I find him?

He Ieff for Nasik.

So you aro going to Nasik?

Yes.

Aro you moving thore?

Yes.

Fermancntly?

Yes.

I retircd three years ago.

I come back to sec my son ovory now and thon.

I've becn calling out since this afternoon.

Whcre wero you?

I had something to take care of.

I qot worried.

I ran out Of diapers for yOur unclc.

But I asked thc supcr to got thcm.

Do you know, IIa?

I clcaned your unclc's fan today.

WithOut turning it off!

You must havo roached Nasįk.

This morning you prohahly wOko up and msdo somo toa.

And aftor that, mayho you won't for a morning walk.

I woke up this mornin0

and sold all my jowolry.

My hrscolets, oarrings and my wodding necklaco.

It's not much.

But I've hoard that 1 rupee hero

is worth 5 in Bhutan.

So mayhe we'll ho ok for somo timo.

And after that...

Aftor that, woĘll soo.

By the tįmo Yashvi comos homo from school, I'll have packed.

And woĘll tsko tho sftornoon trsin.

Mayho I'll sond you this Iottor

and your now pOstman will dolivor it.

Or mayho I should koep it for mysolf.

And road it again yoars from now.

I rosd somowhoro. ..

Thst sOmotimes tho wrong train will got you to tho right station.

Lot's soo.