All language subtitles for TYE ESubs.Chapters.BY.juleyano

I'm a woman.

A woman... who is also known
as the daughter of Eve.

| have been sent to earth
from the heavens...

....to bear future generations for
those who inhabit the earth.

“I'm the one, who has lent
compassion to earthlings..."

....and made a heaven out of it.

It was | gave birth to man.

If | have been mother to him
and helped him walk on his own...

... have been his sister, too,
and enriched his adolescence."

| have been his inspiration
as his beloved...

....and have let him
enjoy my beauty.

“I've been his friend and companion,
in the most difficult of times."

“In doing all this, | have lost
my identity, and |, the woman..."

"....the symbol of beauty,
have lost myself to man."

“Every faith has, in golden letters,
eulogised the sacrifices | have made."

| have been placed on a high pedestal
where one feels like God Himself.

But that was not true...
it was only an illusion.

An illusion like the mirage
found in the deserts.

An illusion that makes me fear when
| will lose my exalted position.

When | will be sold to a brothel.

When may | be gambled away?

"Or when will | have to undergo the
test of fire, to prove my chastity."

When will | be killed at birth?

Or when will | be sold to lustful men
in the marketplace of vice.

“When may | be accepted as bride,
or be rejected with divorce."

"'Or when will my protector, man
himself, rob me of my worth."

For, | am a woman.."

Excuse me... Where could
| find Mr Afaque Haider?

- Pardon me?
-Up...

Upstairs, | say!"

God Almighty!

Why don't you use your eyes?
You can't write one single piece!

What a shame! Who the hell has
made a sub-editor out of you?

What's that? Take it away!
| have no time!

I have no time too, sir."

What are you standing there
and staring at me for?

Go ahead and write the piece
all over again.

You may go on, too."

- 1... Welcome.
- Greetings.

- Please be seated.
- Thank you.

“I'd never dreamt of meeting you...
And that too, in this manner!"

I've contributed some couplets to
your magazine about two months ago.

"But since | wasn't paid, |
thought I'd pay you a visit."

“That's surprising.
Are you a writer, too?"

Why? Shouldn't | be writing?

No, that's not what | meant."

“Actually, I've never got to see
what you've written."

| write under the pen-name of
Shabnam Rehmani; not Niloufer.

What for? You've always
had a beautiful name.

But here you are...
Have a betel-leaf.

“No, thank you. But I'm not alone.
Haven't you changed your name, too?"

| couldn't even dream of
meeting you as Afaque Haider!

"Actually, that's a secret.
But I'll tell you about it."

What happened was...
Let's have some tea first.

"-Yes, Sir?
- We'd like some great tea."

"~ Certainly, sir.
- Get some nice biscuits, too."

Listen to what | have to say!

Serve the tea in a proper tray.

Go on now.

| once went to participate
in a poetry-contest.

“They called out my name,
when my turn arrived.”

Janab Badruddin Kamaluddin Haider!

“"Believe me, it felt as if that
wasn't a poet's name..."

....but that of a commercial
establishment being read out!

“Ever since, | have got people
to call me Afaque Hussain."

- The tea, sir.
- Keep it there."

Please come...

Be patient, Mr Nanhe..."

- Please take a seat.
- Thank you.

No sugar for me.

- Here you are.
- Thank you.

The sight of your angry face today...

reminded me of the 16th of August...

That sunny afternoon
of 1976.

That was the time | had first
set eyes on you in college.

By God! She's a great one!

Not just that... she's descended
from the heavens!

“But you know, she doesn't
even let anyone touch her."

Who's the one who doesn't
let anyone touch her?

- It's Niloufer.
- Who else could it be?

- Which girl is that?
- There... that's the one.

- The tall girl?
- That's the one.

What if someone does succeed
in touching her?

“"What then? Well...
You win this, in that case.”

You will first touch her, my friend!"

There goes... let's watch the fun.

He held the chap tightly and was
about to beat him up when...

- When have you come from Delhi?
- Idiot! Do | look like Rehana?

“You've put on weight, no doubt.
Has your eye-sight worsened, too?"

You must be the one
who has been blinded.

We've been childhood friends;
but she's a great one at jokes.

-So...
- Do you want a joke then?!

Don't you know?
I'm Niloufer!

Shameless being!

She with the blue eyes...
Niloufer.

Such a tender name...
and what a temper!

| still have the 10-Rupee note
| won in the bet that day.

“There...isn't that the same date?
The 16th of August, 19767"

Haven't you spent this money?

How could | spend it? It had
changed the course of my life.

"My days got to be pleasant
and my nights, colourful."

“All | felt like, the moment | awoke,
was to rush to the University."

“And I'd look only for you,
once | got to the University."

Listen... I'm extremely sorry
for my misbehaviour the other day.

You can't go away like this!

You'll have to listen to me!

The name is Haider.
If you don't forgive me...

....I'll ask for your forgiveness
at 11.30 every day!

You giggled and | thought
| had scored with you.

That was it. | rode my bicycle
straight down to your place!

What is it?

Your impertinence is going too far!
How dare you come to my house!

- It's this flower...
- To hell with the flower.

Take the bicycle and get lost!
The shameless creature!

And listen... do this again and
you'll face the consequences!

Do you understand?

That scolding from you had
brought me back to my senses.

"I had sworn not even to look at you,
let alone trying to meet you."

“When | saw you coming from somewhere,
| took care to duck out of sight."

But I'd always held your memories
close to my heart.

| wonder why you had mercy on me on
the Annual Day Function at College.

Excuse me!

| have a request to make
on everyone's behalf.

They want you to recite
a couplet.

| admit that our previous meetings
have not been very pleasant.

But we must overcome our bitterness
in this last meeting today.

Shouldn't we?

Do recite a couplet... please.

This is the first time you have
asked for something.

| can't turn you down.

Greetings to all of you!

"Pray for me, for | have
made a killer out of you!!"

Friends and girl-friends!

Young-boys and young-gals!

To make this farewell party
a memorable occasion...

....on the request
of Niloufer...

....that heart-throb
of several young hearts...

....Haider has agreed to recite
a poem! Give him a big hand!

Welcome...!
Do give him a big hand!

“Thank you...
Thank you very much, friends."

"I happen to remember a couplet of
a senior of mine, on this occasion."

Recite it! Go on!

“Now that we part, we might
meet in our dreams'"

“"Just as we find dried-up flowers
in the pages of our books"""

“Let's hear one of your
compositions, Mr Haider!"

"But we want you to
sing it, Mister!"

Do not bid me farewell
just yet, my friends...""""

“For all you know,
we will meet somwhere again

We will meet someplace again

"“"The charm of these moments
shall always be with you'""

"The appeal of these moments
shall always remain with you'""

“Maybe in dreams,
but we will certainly meet again

"“The lure of the moments
gone by...""

shall always remain with you

“May be in dreams... but we
will meet again*"'

“The charm of these moments
will remain with you™"*

“"These moments so colourful...
overwhelmed by love' """

"These faces,
these beautiful eyes...

“these youthful times
and the mood™"

No matter where we go...

“They will linger on us
like a fragrance™""

“"These moments and its charm...
shall always be with you'""

“May it be even in dreams,
but we will meet again'**"'

“Always give me a
place in your heart...""""

like the roses

“"Always light those lamps
of your memories "

Life is a long journey...

“there will be
dark phases too'

“Even if it be in dreams,
we will meet™""

“The charm of these moments
shall always remain*""'

“And | was crazy about you,
for a long time after that."

But | learnt one day that you have
married into a Nawab's family...

....and kept memories of you
in the books of my heart.

And | waited patiently...

....to meet you
in my dreams.

“But I'm lucky to have met you
in person, not in dreams."

This meeting with you has returned
those days of my youth!

"Here's your cheque.
Yes, Mr Bashir?"

Here... please sign the voucher.

I'm sorry for the delay.

- Thanks a lot.
- Please don't embarrass me.

- Please let me go now.
- Certainly.

- Excuse me...
-Yes?

“Do let me know, should you
write something more."

"I have brought something.
But, because..."

“"Why are you taking it away,
if you have brought it?"

| have a right to this
work of yours.

- | must leave now.
- I'll see you off downstairs.

This way, please...."

- How's life with your husband?
- Okay.

- That's very nice.
- | must take your leave now.

- Good-bye.
- Good-bye.

Is Niloufer travelling in a bus?

- Haider, my son...
- Yes, Mom?"

| wonder what you are upto.

And I've heated the food
several times over!

Are you worried about something?

Yes, Mother."

| am worried.

What are you worried about?

- A girl used to study with me.
- What's happened to her?

- That's what | don't know.
- What do you know then?

"- You won't understand, Mother.
- Why not?"

She was married into a
blue-blooded family.

And she came to my office today
to recover just 50 Rupees!

-So?
- She even returned in a bus!

| got to know after she had left,
that she lives in a hostel!"

Why is that biting you?
You must ask her the truth!

That's easier said than done.
But how does one pop the question?

Easy. You can write
a letter to her!

“Dear Mr Editor... My salutations
and respects, to you."

| have received your letter and
have gone through the contents.

"I must inform you then,
that | am happy and content.”

Tell me then... what have you
called me over for?

Only to find out if everything
is really okay.

Why?

Because your work hardly reflects
a mind that is happy and content.

| can't understand how...

....a girl who used to be
so lively and jovial...

"....has adopted a path that is lonely,
sad and full of frustrations."

"Some of the best poems in the world
were born out of pain, Mr Haider."

That's an excellent answer.

But this answer can come only
from Habiba Shabnam Rehmani.

Not from Niloufer.

“And | have called over
my friend, Niloufer."

“Not the editor Afaque, mind you.
Your friend, Haider, has."

Is it not possible for you to
pour your heart out to a friend?

You need to go out in the open air
to pour your heart out.

Why don't we go out somewhere?

I've already heard that you were
married into a princely family.

"But when you came to the office
only for 50 Rupees, the other day..."

"...and returned in a bus,
| found it all very strange."

And when | got to know that
you live in a hostel...

".... was compelled to write
a letter to you, Niloufer."

“Now look, Niloufer. You have complete
this journey of problems on your own."

“Should you find a friend along the
way, it makes the journey easier."

| had sworn not to
cry before anyone.

- But you have made me cry.
- That's not true, Niloufer."

"I don't want to see you cry. In fact,
I'd always like to see you happy."

"I have put forth my heart,
as a friend."

Can't you tell me
your story?

"My tearful story starts, exactly
where your story ended."

"It was the 7th of September, 1978,
when my results of M.A. were out."

And | had passed the exams.

"I remember that day clearly, when
| was lying down, writing my diary."

Writing a diary has
been an old hobby.

And Mother came and snatched
the diary away from me.

- You're always lost in books!
- But what's the matter, Mother?""

You have a lot to learn that will
help you in your married life.

You're always bent on making
me learn the household chores.

But you're so lovable, Mother!"

"I can understand why you're
flattering me, dear!"

“I'm terribly bored of
sitting at home, Mother."

Let me get an admission to
the course for journalism.

No way! We have given you all
the education that we had to.

You can do anything now
only after you are married.

Why do you always keep
threatening me with marriage?

“But it's no threat today, darling.
Wasim is really arriving today."

- Really?!
-Yes.

Wasim, my son!"

Thank the Lord!

Bless you, son!"

May the Lord grant you
a long life!

Let's go.

“"What's the "'hi""" about, son?
Won't you greet us traditionally?"

"Greetings, aunt.
I'm sorry about that."

"Stop saying anything
to my son now, okay?"

- Greetings, Uncle...
- Greetings."

“You've grown up, haven't you,
Shakeel?"

Adil! Let me see your teeth...
Where have they gone?!

Has the rat run away with them?

And who are these two little kids?
I've never met them before.

- The two of them...
-...are your certificates, right?"

- Shall we go, Father?
- Have you recognised our daughter?"

“You're being funny, Uncle.
So what if she's grown tall?"

She'll always remain
the naughty Nilu!

My salutations...

Greetings, Uncle!"

The car is ready, sir."

My word! Is this car still around?!

I've looked after it well...

You could even say that |
haven't let anyone touch it.

Come and sit down...
Quick.

Fantastic! The horn works!

- Look at that!
- What's wrong?

Look at our daughter getting
into the car with old people.

"Go and sit with people
of your own age, dear."

"Yes, dear...
Go with Wasim."

| hope my son hasn't other ideas.
Go on.

- Did you ever miss me?
- How about you?

| even have proof
that | did.

| remembered you every time
| breathed.

Won't you say anything?

Actually, I..."

“"Well, never mind.
| have travelled thousands of miles..."

....to meet someone who must have
waited for me in my country.

But, alas!"

“Uncle! Wake up!
Open the bag, Uncle!"

“Wake up, Uncle!
Open the bag!"

I'm feeling sleepy.
Come after some time.

- Wake up, Uncle...
- They won't even let me sleep!"

"He wants to sleep, eh?
Let me see how he sleeps!"

“"Wake up, brother...
Let's see what you've got!"

Okay then. But all of you will
have to fulfill a condition.

- Is that agreed?
- Certainly!

So listen to the condition.

Everyone getting a gift
will give me a kiss.

- Is that agreed?
- Agreed!

- Does everyone agree?
- Stop it, brother..."

Let's see what you've
got for me.

“Here you are then... A present
for you, before anyone else."

It's beautiful, brother!"

That won't do...
| want a kiss.

Give me my gift, too!"

Very well. You will all
get a gift.

"“To begin with, let's give
Shakeel his present."

This airplane is for you.

Here's a car for you.

“As for you, here's
a little doll."

- But let me have the kiss first.
- Thanks, Uncle."

Greetings.

And where's a present for me?

You? ... | forgot
all about you!

That's all right. Why should
you have remembered me anyway?

- Let me go.
- Give me a smile first.

- Don't pester me.
- Okay. | won't.

But at least let me
have your hand.

Thank you.

A mere thank you won't do...
You must give me a kiss.

“Everyone who got a gift,
showered love on me."

You must do it, too."

What are you doing?!
Someone might see us!

No one will see us.

Dinner is served, brother!"

"Now look, sister-in-law. Wasim is
now back after his education abroad."

What have you thought
about his marriage?

What will | tell you
about his marriage?

You can talk to Wasim's father.

Why must she ask me anything?

| still stand by the word
| gave to you many years ago.

"But if you must ask,
ask the Prince here."

"Does he agree to it,
or does he turn it down?"

“Should | agree to the marriage,
or shouldn't I?"

“She has hidden her face
in the veil™"

“She has hidden her face
in the veil™"

| feel like setting
this veil on fire!"""

“There was lightning;
and | have it gathered in my veil"""

“All that ligtening
I have hidden in my veil'"""

"Or you'd have been set
on fire™™

1 am a moth, who is
crazy about beauty. .. """

| am not scared of fires

I think not of the consequences
my love will bring"™*"

| give my heart away only once,
to my beloved..."""

"I die only once...
not a hundred deaths'

“The lamp was lit before
the moth caught fire...""""

“And it was afire
while the moth burnt...

“the moth was charred in a
moment in a moment or two...

but the lamp burnt all night

“There was a hue and cry,
when the moth was burnt..."""

But the lamp was on fire quietly...

“without a trace of
protest or complaint™"*

“The fun that lies in burning,
women know best™"

"We are the ones who have taught men
what it means to burn"""

“Men have been on fire, only after
we have been charred""

"More than what the lover
does for his love..."""

“the woman drowns for him
in the rivers of love"

""Had it not been for woman,
where would love be?"""

“"Whom would you have
fallen in love with..."""

“And what would you
have spoken about?™"

"What would a fight achieve?
Nothing would have been possible

“If only you weren't beautiful;
and | were not young'*"'

this beautiful woman

"I have loved, loved,
and only loved™™"

“It's a lie that you
have loved me'""

"I have instead held you
captive in my tresses"""

""You are the beauty;
and | am love'"

"If it wasn't for you,
| wouldn't be™"

So much is true then...

“Neither of us is
lesser than the other

“If one is the poem,
the other is the tune'"

"But there are passions
on both sides™"

"We hold things against you;
but we still love you™"

“"When have we found peace
without you? We agree'""

"One is stunned when one
beholds her.

"and loses himself
even without seeing her

"What dilemma is this
for my life?""""

“She has hidden her face
in a veil""

“There was this lightning
that | have hidden in the veil'™"

"Or you'd have been
ablaze too™"'

- Shall we begin then?
- Please do.

“Niloufer Bano, daughter of
Sameerullah Khan..."

....your wedding with
Wasim Ahmed...

....son of Kaleem Ahmed...

"....is being solemnised, with an
agreed alimony of of 5 lakh Rupees."

Do you take him for your husband?

| do. | accept him as my husband.

Congratulations, sir!"

“"Well, now bride-dear...
Won't you open your eyes?"

My God! What a beauty!

“The veil claims to hide
a beauty unparalleled."""

"Take a look then,
if you don't believe it

Beautiful!

That won't do.

Our hearts have known each other
for years.

But our bodies will meet today.

There's only you and me here;
me and you...

Let there be no barriers;
let there only be love.

We're leaving for our honeymoon
tomorrow. Where'd you like to go?

- Shall we go to Agra?
- Agra? Anything special about it?

I'm madly in love
with the Taj Mahal.

"Do you love it, more than
you love me, too?"

Whenever | see the Taj...

....it appears to me to be
an angel draped in white.

Someone who prays
for those in love.

“"We'll meet the angel of love,
when we have to."

Let me enjoy the princess
of love for now.

There's a telegram, sir."

This is for Wasim;
Please call Wasim over.

- Greetings, Mother.
- Bless you, son."

“I've been waiting for you, son.
Here's a telegram for you."

- Who's it for?
- It's for you.

- Fantastic!
- What's up?

We've bagged the contract
for building the hotel!

Wonderful! May God give you
all the success!

Do you see how lucky
our daughter-in-law is?

It's God's kindness!

What are you doing?!
Someone might walk in!

Set me down! Please!

- Here you are then.
- But what's up?

I've bagged the contract
to build a 5-star hotel!

Really?

“Thanks a million,
O God."

Ofcourse, it's thanks to Him."

| wonder how many people had
submitted their tenders for this.

But it was | who
bagged the contract.

You're really very lucky for me.

"Will we start preparing for the tour
now, or will we only make love?"

"Do prepare. But not for
Agra, but for Bombay."

A new job... a new wife
and a brand new destination!

What a beautiful hotel!

There he is.

- Greetings, Mr Wasim.
- Greetings."

I'm Tanvir and this is Mr Rahim.
- Have you forgotten me?

"-You reached in time, | hope?
- Yes. Thank you."

- This is my wife.
- Greetings.

Are these are the plans
for the hotel?

Yes. We want you at the office
to discuss this.

""Go to the room with the keys, Nilu.
I'll join you soon."

The setting is young...

“and the air
is mischievous

“They seem to be telling me
a story so familiar'"

They beckon to us from afar...

“Those romantic moods
of spring™

“They have, however, spread
like spilt colours...""""

waiting for someone

“"The waves lash
the shores...""""

“and buried are here
a thousand stories of love'

- How do you find the city?
- The sea is pretty nice.

“The thirst is quenched; yet
unquenched... what thirst is this?'""

“fulfillment is so near ...
and yet, so far'""

“"These games of the sun
and the the moon..."""""

“my loneliness and
my distances..."""

“These times to tell me a
tale so familiar™"

Every moment was lost...

looking for another

“Every moment of expectation...
every moment of agony™"

Every moment passed...

leaving an imprint on the heart

I've been busy with work; but
have you done some shopping?

“"Well, okay. I'll take you out
shopping today then."

Will it be shopping or will
| have to wait again?

No waiting. I'll take you
shopping at 6 today.

Lucky me!

“"Wait here, Nilu... I'll be back
soon. In a minute actually, okay?"

- Can | get a bigger size of this?
- Certainly.

“Actually, | want to give
my wife a surprise-gift."

- How much is it worth?
- About 400 Rupees.

Is that all?
Note down my order then.

Your name?

Please have it packed.
I'll pick it up later.

- What's keeping you so long?
- Nothing... let's go.

- When are we going home?
- Why? Already home-sick?

Our honeymoon is over. But when
will your work get over?

The plans have been okayed.

"I have one final meeting tomorrow.
So, we can leave the day-after."

Looks like brother is here!

- Brother!
- How are you?!

I'm fine.
And sister-in-law?!!

- My respects, Father.
- Bless you, my son."

- Bless you, dear.
- Bless you, son."

"Bless you, son.
We've been waiting for you."

"Well, sister-in-law... we'd thought
you'd come back, a fat lady!"

"So you'd have to widen the
doors to the house, eh?"

Make some tea for me...
No sugar and milk.

“"How was your tour of Bombay,
sister-in-law?"

It was very nice.

We were afraid that Wasim would
be busy and you'd be all alone.

"Not at all. In fact, he
took good care of me."

Will you come quickly and
get my clothes out for me?

That was a nice way
of complaining!

"But, | swear... | didn't
complain about you at all."

- | was only hiding the truth.
- What was there to hide anyway?!

Funny! | had made all provisions
for sight-seeing.

You even shopped to your heart's
content! What did you lack then?

A honeymoon, of course.”

We have all our lives
to enjoy a honeymoon!

But | can't get a contract to
build a 5-star hotel everyday!

Very well... now about
getting over your anger?

- Okay. Wake me up early tomorrow.
- Why?

I've got to attend office
from tomorrow.

“Strange! Won't you even wish me
good-bye, before you run away?"

- Good-bye!
- And when will you return?

I'll be home at exactly §
this evening.

- Greetings, Young Master.
- Greetings."

Sister-in-law! Where are you lost?
Throw a card!

Here it is then!

That's it... | won the game and
you've lost. Count your points now.

- Is the game over?
-Yes.

What are you thinking
about anyway?

Nothing... isn't the clock moving
ahead a bit slowly today?

Of course! You'd find all the watches
of the world a bit slow today.

Go on and deal another hand.

- It's 5 p.m. already!
- So what?

- He must be returning now.
- Who must be returning now?

Ask Jumman to get some tea.

I've brought the tea, Young Madam."

“I've brought the tea a
second time, Young Madam."

“I've brought the tea
a fourth time, Madam."

I'm sorry for being late, darling."

Won't you forgive me, darling?"

Forgive me now, will you?"

“Let me see the light coming
from your eyes, darling."

Just look... how dark
it is all around.

My God! | could die for
those beautiful eyes!

Don't flatter me!

My God! The way you
get angry!

"You're having fun, aren't you? And
| was dying out of waiting for you!"

Do you know? Jumman has made
tea six times for you!

“Young madam... I've brought the tea
for the seventh time now, Madam."

Do come in.

Who has punished you with
bringing tea again and again?

"It was the young Madam who
ordered me to do it, sir."

And | ask you
take it away now.

Never mind her. Let it remain.
I'll drink the tea.

This is no time for tea! We'll
have dinner in another 30 minutes!

You get angry at my love; and
| shower love on your anger!

- We'll be called for dinner soon!
- There's still time for that.

Let's make good use
of the time we have!

Listen...

At what will be it 5 p.m.
for you today?

At 1.30 p.m. I'll be home
for lunch today at 1.30...

My luck!

| was always told that there's
great fun in waiting for someone.

“Can we have the
table laid, Nikki?"

It's been laid long back.
Let your husband arrive.

It's already 1.30.
He should be here now.

- This is not right, Mother.
- What is that?"

""Brother must also care for his wife,
though he's busy with his work."

Let him return today.
I'll talk to him.

Is this the time for
you to return?

Mother! I'd had some...

| don't want to listen to anything!
Go and apologise to your wife.

Apologise? What for?!

Weren't you expected at lunch today?
- That's right.

"Since you didn't turn up,
she hasn't eaten, too."

My God! Will | have to apologise
to her for that?!

Of course!

“There is pain in waiting
and fun, too."

“Neither did Wasim turn up
at 1.30, nor at 5 p.m."

Well?! Mother says I'll
have to apologise to you!

But | haven't said
a word to anyone!

“But won't people mind at home,
when you don't eat anything?!"

But at least hear me out!

You're an educated woman
who understands everything.

One has to put in extra work
to establish a new business.

And what does one have to do
towards a new married life?

The slave has to keep
on apologising.

- Then go ahead and apologise.
- That's what I'm doing.

Good-bye.

Won't you even ask
when I'll return?

- How will that help?
- Are you still angry then?

Shall | apologise then?

Would you like to
go to the movies?

Very well.

I'll have tickets to the cinema
sent with Ramzani this afternoon.

- Come to the office.
- Shall we take Niki along?

We'll take her along
some other day.

There will be only
the two of us today.

The whole of the evening
will belong to us.

- The whole evening?
- That's right.

- Let's see a film first.
- And then?

- Let's eat at a restaurant then.
- And then?

- We go loafing after that.
- And then?

- We return home after that.
- And then?

After that, we make love."

That we will not do just now.
You will go the office now.

And we will meet this evening.
God keep you!

Well? Where's your boss?

It's time for the movies!
Come out soon!

“Do you know where your boss is?
- No, Madam."

“Any message for me?
- No, Madam."

- Was my wife here?
- Yes, sir."

She waited for an hour
and left sometime ago.

Whereas Wasim's 5-star hotel
is being built...

....my world is crumbling
around me.

| wish he knew how it felt to be at
the receiving end of a broken promise.

I'm terribly sorry.

An overseas client arrived suddenly
and | had to go the hotel with him.

| will even sleep today
after I've finished my work.

"'~ Shall | serve the food?
- No. If | eat, I'll feel sleepy."

“I've had something to eat anyway.
So, you may go ahead and eat."

| have a lot of work to finish.

So... are you prepared
for the journey?

| have had no problems at all.

It's the daughter-in-law who's
doing all the packing.

Now that we are going
to Karachi...

....I think it's the handiwork
of Nikki and Arshad.

"My God! How's that, Father?
- Here's a letter from your husband..."

“who says,
house every now and then
'you don't leave your

Which is why | have arranged for
you to accompany my parents...

....on the holy pilgrimage
of Mecca.

My God! That's fantastic!

It's all thanks to the Almighty
that we can make the pilgrimage.

Which means that we will return
only after five or six months.

But where are all of you going?

I'm taking my parents away
with me to Karachi.

Oh come on! How can that be?

Of course! Ask your wife!
She's made all the arrangements.

“But then... you didn't
tell me, did you?"

But when are you at home?

- When are you leaving?
- Tomorrow morning.

“You're leaving me behind for your
husband's house, aren't you?"

Don't cry; We'll have you
come down here very often.

Aren't you leaving? It's time for
the flight and you're still here!

We're all ready. Only call
your father downstairs.

- Father...
-I'm here, too.™

Come on... Let's go.

Hurry up.

"'Sit here, Mother...
Come on, Nikki."

Let's go, Wasim. Let's hurry."

"With my mother-in-law, father-in-law
and Nikki away..."

.... a strange silence
descended on the house.

There was little difference between
Wasim's presence and absence.

“But | could somehow spend my time
waiting, thanks to these folks."

“But that day, when | was
all alone, | felt as if..."

....inspite of the
clock ticking away...

....my time had
come to stand still.

"Left alone in the house,
| wandered here and there.

....looking for the house...

....that belongs to a woman
after her marriage.

Whose foundation rests on
the love her husband gives her.

Only my husband was
entitled to my love.

But he was interested
only in my body.

All my dreams were shattered.

As if my desires had been
washed away in my tears.

"The desires of my heart...
my tears have washed away™"

"I have loved
And yet, | am lonely’

Life has turned into a thirst

“"The story of my love
is unfulfilled """

"1 have loved;
And yet, | am lonely'"™

"My desires have flown
with my tears™"

"To think that this was the
last of excesses..."""

"I bore every atrocity,
in this belief""*

| am loyal; yet | am lonely

| have destroyed my identity...

but our distances remain

I am his; but | am lonely

"My feelings and aspirations...
they've been washed away in tears'

Keep it up!

Wise women wait for their
husbands in bed!

“Well, darling...
Have you gone to sleep?"

Move away!
You have had liquor!

“Isn't the weather romantic and
raining liquor, too?"

"I suggest, you have
a bit of booze, too. "

"I swear, we'll have
a great night!"

Do not harass me!
| have a splitting headache!

“And it's your headache
that I'm curing, darling."

Let me go! You can't have
your way everyday!

Of course I'll have my way!

“You'll have to give in,
whenever | feel like it!"

The place a man visits
only for his lust...

"....is no home,
but a whore's brothel!"

"This is All India Radio,
Hyderabad."

“Today is Thursday, the
18th of October, 1979."

It's 6.00 p.m. and our first
session of broadcast begins.

The 18th of October?

- Greetings, Uncle.
- Greetings, dear."

I'll take the tea to him today.

Many happy returns of the day.

And listen; let's forget
everything about the past today.

I'll forget all that
you said to me.

And you must forgive me for
all that | must've said to you.

“And you must pardon me,
for what | said to you."

- You will forgive me, won't you?
- A woman has no forgiveness..."

She has love... only love.

- Won't you have the tea?
- Of course, | will have it."

But you must come here first
and pour the tea for me.

"By the way, Nilu... what are
these flowers for?"

It's my gift to you
for this day.

- Gift?
- That's right.

“This is for you,
from me."

“And this is for me,
from you."

"Roses for both, from each other...
what's all this about?"

“Don't you remember?
You've forgotten, haven't you?"

- Today's the 18th of October.
- The 18th of October?

Take a look there.

"'So, that's how it is, eh?
-Yes. That's how it is."

It's such a fortunate day, Nilu."

It was on this day that you
came into this house...

....and lit up my life.

Stop weaving yarn!
You didn't even remember the day!

There's nothing more to say
after what you've said.

Look at the grand party
we have this evening!

People will remember it
for a long time to come!

Thank you.

Wonderful! The party for the wedding-
anniversary outdoes even the wedding!

Do you see that cake? How romantic!
It has two hearts.

But we can see only
one heart around.

Mr Wasim hasn't perhaps
returned as yet.

"He's a prince, after all.
The great Mr Wasim Ahmed!"

“That's okay. But he should've been
here, when he has invited us over."

The Madam can't seem to
concentrate on one thing today.

She's absolutely yearning!

My God! What pains have you
taken to don that make-up!

But of what use is that?
Your husband hasn't yet come!

"Greetings, Madam...
And congratulations!"

Mr Wasim has really gone
to the limits!

Or why else would he leave such a
charming and beautiful wife at home...

....and spend time in his
cursed plywood-office? What a shame!

"He must be busy with some work.
- Handling you is full-time work, too."

What could be more
important than you?

- But please do sit down...
- Sure, | will, but do keep this."

This is great! Mr Wasim has
played a nice joke on us!

"He has himself disappeared,
after inviting us over."

“And the poor soul that you are,
you're still waiting."

And what are we to do?
Play the drums?

He must be here at any moment.
He called me up just now.

My naive little girl!

We've been hovering around
for the last one hour.

But perhaps you alone must have
heard the telephone ringing.

Can | have some soda...

No, you shouldn't be crying."

“There's no soft-drink at
your table, is there?"

Don't worry. I'd taken care
of myself right from home.

Do sit down for a while...

So what if | don't drink?
| can talk to a beautiful woman.

But | swear by God!

Had my wife been even half as
beautiful as you are...

....it would have been a sin for me
to cross the threshold of my house!

Excuse me... do think about the
proposal of the magazine.

Who knows? It might interest you.

“"Where's your husband
held up, Madam?"

How would | know?! Everyone is
asking me the same question.

I'm tired of lying.

- It's already late for dinner.
- Then have the tables laid.

But you had said that you
would cut the cake first

| cannot cut the wedding-cake
all by myself.

- Have it sent inside.
- Where are you going?

- Upstairs.
- Why is that?

To cry!

Get me a soda, please.”

| hate the insult we have
been handed out today.

| ask all of you... are we paupers
that we have come to feast here?

It's funny! The guests are here
and the host is missing!

Do you see the respect
you are getting?

The husband is not to be seen...

"....and the wife has walked away,
swinging her hips!"

Only those who are fond
of being humiliated...

....can have the food here.
I'm going away!

You've spoken my heart, really."

It's not proper to even wait at
a place where we are not welcome!

“I'm leaving, too!
Let's go, | say. Let's leave!"

Is the party over so soon?

The guests walked out
without eating anything.

- Why is that?
- You didn't turn up...

"....and the Madam went upstairs,
after waiting long for you."

- Leaving the guests unattended?
- Yes, sir."

What a shame!

"How can the host go upstairs, when
the house is brimming with guests?"

What nonsense is this?

The guests walk away without food
and you're cooling your heels here?!

You're the one who is
late and yet you're scolding me.

“"What's my fault, after all?
- You have insulted your husband!"

You have ground to dust
the honour of this house!

What a shame for guests to go
away without having dinner!

Should | have fed them with my hands?
- You could've been present there!

| was busy.

| was busy mourning the first
anniversary of my wedding.

"Now look, Niloufer! I'm not used
to taking such nonsense!"

Neither am | used to
being treated like this!

What have | got from you
till today?

Hours of waiting?
And tears of sorrow?

That is not true!
| have loved you very deeply!

- Every night | have...
- That is not love!

Pulling a long face all the
time is not love either!

Now listen; you will have to
apologise to my friends!

- | will never do that!
- You will have to do it!

- That is my order!
- | refuse to obey the order!

- I'm your husband!
- And I'm your wife!

- You're forgetting your limits!
- You're forgetting your manners!

Go on! Why have you stopped?
Why don't you hit your wife?

What can a beast like you
do anyway?

“Don't yell at me!
| can raise my voice, too!"

"You ill-mannered,
impertinent woman!"

| can even throw you out
of the house!

"Go ahead and have that
satisfaction, too."

Is that how it is then?

In that case, | divorce you..."

- Talaq! Talaq! Talaq!
- No!

- Talaq!
- For God's sake, don't!"

Talaq!

| can still hear the cursed
word ringing in my ears.

“The picture of life, which | was
trying to paint with my love..."

....was destroyed with
the venom of divorce.

I'm sorry about it... but it has
really be an injustice to you.

Didn't you bring anything
when you walked out?

No, nothing."

I've walked out with nothing
on my person.

- | didn't even accept the alimony.
- Why not?

When a man could even severe
the sacred bonds of marriage...

... couldn't bring myself about
to accept any money from him.

| even pardoned them
the payment of alimony.

"But how will you,
all alone..."

Why don't you stay
with your parents?

"For a woman who has been thrown out
of her husband's house, Mr Haider..."

no one ever offers
the refuge of a house.

"You must smile, even
in the worst of times."

Do you understand that?

"A woman can defy the male-dominated
society, if she so wishes."

But not by crying.

But with lots of courage
and a smile.

- What are you thinking about?
- My hostel is here.

God protect you.

Is the pillow alone entitled
to enjoy your beautiful body?

“But | have come to hate
this body, Samina."

Surprising! And I...
| can't live without a man.

"“Then why don't you get married?
- Oh, come on! Who'd bother marriage?"

When | did really feel
like getting married...

....my selfish father gave me
a typewriter to work on.

That's it then.

“I've been changing lovers, like the
sheets of paper in this machine."

| remember! There's
a letter for you.

Is it from your boyfriend?

No. | had applied for a job
in a girls' school.

And | have to appear
for the interview tomorrow.

Please sit down, Miss Niloufer."

- Have you done M.A. in Sociology?
- That's right.

Do you have any experience
in teaching?

"No, sir. | was married,
immediately after my education.”

| see. But what made you
look for a job then?

- | need the job now.
- And where's your husband?

He has divorced me.

“"Well, all right.
You may leave now."

"She seems to be okay.
- And she's beautiful, too."

She's also a divorcee.
- That's her personal problem.

Why should we bother?
- How can you talk like that?!

The parents of the little girls
send their daughters here...

....s0 that their teacher helps
them in moulding their lives.

When the teacher herself
is going about unheeded...

....what is she going to
teach the children?

What Mr Saif says
is true.

1 did all | could.

But those petty-minded teachers
just wouldn't listen to me.

They said that a divorcee couldn't
teach in a girls' school.

"They were right, too.
| have no regrets."

“But | do! Anyway, let's
forget the past."

"Do you remember, | had asked you
to be the editor of my magazine?"

I'm still waiting for you.

What are you thinking about?
Just give me your consent.

- Greetings.
- Greetings!

- Let's celebrate with sweets.
- Celebrate what?

- I've found a job.
- That's wonderful!

Congratulations! Where are
you working then?

I'm editor of Mr Saif's magazine.

- Mr Saif's magazine?
- Why? What's wrong?

Nothing is wrong...

....but just maintain a very
professional relationship.

I'll do that.
May | leave now?

Who's going to eat all these sweets?
- It's for your mother.

But atleast let me feed
you some sweets too!

- The boss wants you inside.
- Okay.

Did you send for me, sir?"

Oh yes, | did."

Keep it there.

Sit down.

| must admit... you've made a
great dummy for the magazine.

- Thank you...
- But you mustn't work so hard.

You'd be exhausted!

“The Almighty has crafted these
beautiful hands, not for work..."

....but to be loved!

Let me go! You're not
in your senses!

“I've lost my senses, ever since
I've set my eyes on you, darling!"

Wasim is a fool to lose
such a lovely woman!

"Believe me, darling.
I'm not such a fool

Atleast listen to me...

Leave me alone!

This is not done...
What are you still crying?

- Where am | crying?
- Eh? Hold on then...

What is this then?

A star that has fallen away
from the skies...

....or is it a pearl that has
slipped away from the jeweller?

All | was thinking
about was that...

*....had you not arrived in time,
God knows what would have happened."

God had willed it for you to
forget your glares in my office...

*....and for me to meet you,
under the pretext of returning it."

That's not how you should take it.
Give me a smile.

“And listen... you must
always keep smiling, okay?"

And you will not report for
Saif's job from tomorrow.

There's a letter for you.

It's certainly from your
boyfriend today!

It is! Isn't it?

Ask Rafiq to carry the story in
2-column width and show it to me.

- Greetings, Madam.
- Greetings."

May | come in?

I'm very thankful to you for
the Appointment-letter.

"My God! You do use cliches, don't you?
Extremely thankful indeed!"

| was going to give you
the letter much earlier...

...when | got to
hear your story.

But | was afraid that you'd
misunderstand the gesture.

And you started working for Saif
which | really didn't like.

But you didn't tell me
not to work there.

What right did | have
to do that?

“"But when things got out of hand,
| couldn't take it anymore."

| made up my mind then that |
wouldn't let you suffer like this.

Never mind that. Will you please
show me my work now?

You will do no work today.

- What will we do then?
- We'll go to my place today.

We're going upstairs, Mother."

What is this?

- That's Niloufer.
- What?!

"You find that funny, don't you?
And why not?"

“But there's a secret
behind that, too."

During our days at
the University...

....in an attempt to
impress you..

.when | was doing a research
on your likes and dislikes...

.... | got to know
that you play the sitar.

| started playing it, too."

But when | got to know
that you were married...

turned the sitar into
a memento of your memories.

And | started
calling it Niloufer.

But look at the irony
of the times.

One Niloufer does not recognise
the other Niloufer today.

Never mind. Let me introduce you
to this Niloufer once again.

"It has been my desire...
to find my beloved"

“As luck would have it...
you have met me"

"My heart has always
yearned for a beloved"

"I must see what my
destiny now gives me"

“Every friend | have met so far
has been disloyal"

“Let me see the sign of
approval in your eyes..."

“I'll lay my heart at your feet...
do give me your consent"

"I'd embrace sorrows,
if | were given yours"

"“This been my desire,
to find a beloved"

“I've spent my life
in loneliness"

| even fear the scruples
of love, sometimes"

| dread getting
some more wounds"

“All friends | have met
have been unfaithful"

“That place, you left me at,
and went away..."

"I still stand there"

"I deserve a reward
for my patience..."

"I do deserve for
waiting"

| desire, having a beloved"

"I must see what my destiny
has in store for me"

"My friends, so far,
have been unfaithful"

Where are you headed?
Come and sit in the car.

I'll drop you.

“Thank you, sir. But I'm
now used to walking."

"But you can do me the
favour, can't you?"

I'm glad | met you...
| can atleast apologise to you.

“In fact, | have been wanting to
apologise from the time..."

....| have lost you.

But | was so ashamed of myself...

....that let alone
talking to you...

... couldn't even face you.

“Time went by, somehow
or the other..."

....and | began losing
control on myself.

Ever since I first met you...

....| was obsessed about
fulfilling two special dreams.

The first dream was that of
getting married to you.

And the second had to do
with becoming a very big man.

"'So, when God fulfilled one dream,
by getting me married to you..."

"....I got busy to fulfill
the other one, too."

| wished that any place that
you set your feet on...

....be spread out with velvet
till far and wide.

That there be a hundred servants
to serve your every need.

But alas! The one for
whom | did everything...

....was lost to happiness.

What's the use of
talking about that?

Nothing. Perhaps it will ease
the burden on my heart.

I need to get off here.

Listen...

Will you have dinner with me
tomorrow night?

That's not possible.

But | will still wait for you.

At 8 p.m. tomorrow.

"Slowly and silently...
| remember how | shed tears"

"I remember every moment of
those romantic days"

“Should you tug at the
veil in my hands..."

| remember how you covered
your face in the veil"

"I remember, how | shed those tears"

"To give me a call, in that
scorching hot sun..."

"I remember, how you had walked
bare-footed on the terrace"

"I knew you would come over, Niloufer.
But still, thanks for coming."

“Look at things, Niloufer...
they're just as you had left them."

- What are you celebrating today?
- Today's the 18th of October.

- The 18th of October?
- You need not tax your mind.

It's the sign of changing times.

| once forgot the significance of
this date... and today, you have."

"'Come to think of it, there's
nothing special about all this."

| was granted life, exactly
2 years ago, on this day..."

"....and was given death,
just a year ago."

Life was when | was married.

And death was when
we were divorced.

That is what | am celebrating.

“Don't worry, Niloufer... | won't
ask you to blow out the candles."

They'll go out on their own.

"You have forgiven me many
times in the past, Niloufer."

Can't you forgive me once again...

....and return to your house?

Young Madam...

- My salutations, Madam.
- Greetings."

How are you keeping?

“I'm alive, merely because
I'm not dead."

How are the rest of them?

What do | tell you about them?

It was as if all the joy had flown
from this house with you.

The Young Master is not bothered
about his food or hours of rest.

All he does is to
attend the office...

....and locks himself up in his room,
when he returns at 5 p.m."

He has now even started
drinking with me.

"“"When | admonished him,
he said..."

....what am | going to do
with my life anyway?

| beg of you... please restore the
happiness of this household.

Please return to this house.

No, uncle."

The crossroads of life on
which | find myself today...

....have no path that
leads to this house.

“You alone can suggest
a way out, Qazi."

| want to marry the woman
| had divorced.

“Your re-marriage isn't possible
without the "halala"."

"~ The "“halala" ?
- That's right."

There is only one way you
can marry Niloufer again.

According to the Shariat
and the Muslim laws...

....Niloufer will first
have to marry another man.

“She will have to spend a nocturnal
night with him, as his wife."

And only if her second-husband
willingly divorces her...

....and only after Niloufer has
spent the days of grace...

..you can marry your
divorced-wife once again.

"But that's a very stringent
punishment, sir."

“Re-marriage of this nature can
only be a punishment, son."

Islam has imposed conditions
on divorce...

....50 that people do not
misuse the act.

Divorce is something you opt for
only as a last-resort.

And not merely to throw
your wife out of the house.

Thanks... Haven't you gone home?

| met Wasim yesterday.

That's very nice...
What did he have to say?

He said he was ashamed of himself
for whatever has happened.

And?

And that he wants to start
life afresh with me.

And what did you say?

Just that the cross-roads of life
that | find myself at today...

....has no path
leading to his house.

I'm tired of swimming against the
tide. | desperately need an anchor.

The cross-roads you spoke about...

"Do you find any path then,
that leads to me?"

We must never delay
a good thing.

Here... have some sweets.

The Idd is exactly
eight days away.

Let's have the wedding
immediately after that.

“That's okay, but let me speak
to my husband first."

What do you have to
consult me for?

Let's do it, in the name of God."

- Congratulations then!
- Congratulations!

“After the festival, did you say?
It's okay then.™

- Festival's greetings!
- To you, too."

What a sight! It's like yesterday
and today coming together.

Give him a nice embrace, | say."

You might not get this
opportunity again.

- Happy festival to you, Saif.
- How's it happy for me?"

The festival is actually
the happiest for him.

How is that?

Don't you know each other then?
Mr Wasim! He's Niloufer's ex-husband.

“And this is Niloufer's future
husband, Mr Afaque Haider."

- Why shouldn't | congratulate you?
- Why not?

May the festival be a
very happy one for you.

I've done my bit!
whether you invite me or not!

How can you talk like that?

You're a very lucky man.

That pearl that | lost out
of my foolishness...

....shall soon belong to you.
Please accept my best wishes.

It's God's way of showing
his magnanimity.

“Niloufer Bano, daughter
of Samiullah Khan..."

Your wedding is being solemnised
with Afaque Haider...

"....with an agreed alimony
of 25,000 Rupees..."

Do you accept the marriage?

Yes. | accept it.

- Greetings, Uncle.
- Bless you."

Greetings, Aunt."

"So, young man...
How are you keeping"

"I'm fine, thanks
to your blessings."

- Who is this gentleman?
- Don't you know him?!

- No.
- He's Nawab Kalimullah's son.

The foreign returned
Wasim Khan.

"I see! So this is Niloufer's
ex-husband, eh?"

- Congratulations, Mr Haider.
- Thank you."

“Actually, I'm pleasantly
surprised to see you here."

| have a small gift
for your wife.

You'd better give it
to her personally.

Thanks for the privilege.

- Where was the need for this?
- Please accept it.

Go on.

What's wrong with the lights?

When two wrong wires are put
together... the fuse blows.

That's what must have happened.
I'll go and take a look.

Go outside and take
a look at the fuse.

"When you came home the other day,
it made me sure..."

....that you still love me.

This wedding is a very wise
thing you have resorted to.

"My heart and hearth, are
both waiting for you."

Do come home soon...
I'll await your return.

You seem to have
misunderstood something.

"Perhaps, | have. But | will
still wait for you."

"What you had said
was right, Mister."

Two wrong wires plunged
the place into darkness.

The moment the wrong wire was
thrown out and a new wire fixed...

the lights have returned.

You are happy, aren't you?"

God-blessed indeed!

I've been crazy about this smile
right from our college-days...

....about the lips that have been
blessed with this radiant smile...

....about the face that is blessed
with these beautiful lips...

....and the face that is blessed
with such a great figure.

I've been crazy about the soul
that has possessed this body.

"My love for you is
unparalleled, darling."

Where do you want to go
for a honeymoon?

Any place that you feel like.

- Shall we go to Agra?
- Agra?

Yes. That's because the Taj Mahal
is the greatest symbol of love.

| want us to go there and withess
the splendour love has brought.

Because | have loved you as much
as Shahjahan loved Mumtaz.

Where's your mind wandering?

I'm serving breakfast!

We'll be right there, Mother!"

- That's enough!
- Have some more...

And here's some porridge
for both of you.

Now wait a minute...
Let me serve it for you.

“I'm sorry, but | couldn't
resist the sweet!"

- Your aunt has written to us.
- Is everything okay?

“No. She couldn't attend the
marriage, because she's ill."

- You must visit her.
- Yes. | must visit her.

Shakila has been very helpful
to me in times of need.

"I must rush to her, now that
she's not keeping well."

"Didn't you have any
of the sweet, dear?"

“I'll surely have some.
- When do you want to leave, Mother?"

That's what I'm wondering...
How will | go alone?

“"Why should you go alone?
I'll accompany you, too."

- Will you leave her behind then?!
- No. We'll take her along, too."

“'After we drop you at Pune,
we'll spend a few days in Mumbai."

- What do you think?
- That will do, son."

That's okay, isn't it?"

“Let's have our honeymoon
in Mumbai, because of this."

Collect the keys from the reception;
I'll settle his bill and join you.

- Do you have a booking?
- Yes. We do have a booking.

Will you check which
room they've booked?

“This is the room you stayed in
the last time, didn't you, Madam?"

Do you remember?

“"Well, darling... What's wrong?
- Can't we get another room?"

What for?! Just take a look at
the beautiful sights outside...

You can see the whole city
from here.

And come with me...
Let me give you a glimpse of heaven.

Look there... all you can see
from here is water.

And look at that...

....the skies and the sea
meeting like we have met.

How did you find
the city of Bombay?

It's good. But | wonder...

....how people even breathe in those
milling crowds and sky-scrapers.

“But who has the time to
take a breath, darling?"

Caught in the crowds of
the buses and local-trains...

....man himself has
turned into a machine.

“I'd want the leisure of the small
towns anyday, that | already have."

Are you happy then?
.... Really?

“If | could help it, | wouldn't
let you set foot on the ground."

- Where are you wandering again?
- In your arms, of course!"

My God! You look more beautiful
than the blue seas.

Do you intend to Kill people
in Bombay with your looks?

Come closer.

Here | am.

No evil eye can affect you now.

I'm actually a poor eater.
But my father used to eat well.

You're a haughty guy!

- Didn't you know that earlier?
- 1 did.

But I've spared you.

The omelet has turned sweet!

Hey, Bashir!"

What are you doing here, Haider?!"

I'll be back in a minute.

"Hasn't Mr Wasim come
with you, Madam?"

That was a nice gentleman.

“The same moment...
the same situation..."

“the same breeze
and the very same waves"

“The objectives change...
yet the ways remain"

“Till as far as the eye saw..."

it spotted those
old signs"

"This is a tale so familiar"

“The mood is nhaughty
and the breeze, so young"

“Excuse me... but you had visited
this hotel 2 years ago, didn't you?"

- That's right.
- Who's talking to you?

- What's the matter?
- Nothing much, Madam."

Your husband had bought a
surprise-gift for you the last time.

| think he forgot to take it.

He has already paid for it.

Give that to me...
I'm her personal-assistant.

Tell her that.

| must say! The Taj is
really very beautiful.

“Actually, the sight of this
Taj gives me an idea."

How about having our next
honeymoon in Agra?

But when will our first
honeymoon get over?

That's not going to end at all!

But your vacations are over.

Here's a telegram from your office.
They want you back there.

Okay then... let's return.

We can catch up with the
rest of our honeymoon at home!

"Wake up, Mr Editor...
The honeymoon is over!"

You have to attend office today!

- | can go a little later...
- No way! Just wake up!

“Now look... I'd suggest
you hop into bed, too!"

- That was a great kiss.
- You're a naughty rascal!

Wake up... I'm not going to
let you talk me into it...

You're behaving like
the commander of an army!

- Even the army serves tea.
- Take a look at the watch.

It's already 9 and
you want bed-tea!

Come on... Move it!

- | must have some tea...
- Go on and have a bath!

Hey! What's this...
A cold-water shower!

Please go on.

- God keep you.
- God keep you!

- I've forgotten something.
- What is that?

Go on now!

- At what time will you return?
- I'll come over right now, Madam!"

- Well, not now...
- Then what do | do now?"

- You must attend office now.
- As you wish.

I'll be back at 5 this evening.

Do be ready... we'll go out
to the movies.

God go with you.

May the Lord protect you!

Haider's love had brought
back the joy to my life.

| had never imagined that
I'd ever be so happy again.

It's a quarter to five...
Wonderful!

The editor has arrived
before time today!

I'm coming!

Just stop honking
and come upstairs!

“No, not upstairs... I'm terribly
tired. You'd rather come down here."

You're crazy to be
talking like that!

“Now hurry up. It's already 5,
and the show begins soon..."

- But won't you let me change?
- You're looking great anyway.

"I know better, okay?
Just come over!"

"You'd wreak havoc,
if you dress again!"

- Very tired, aren't you?
-Yes."

- What did you do today?
- | took out your photograph...

....150 times from the drawer...

....and kept it back a 149 times.

“Eventually, | put it
in my pocket."

| wrote your name on a sheet of paper
no less than a thousand times...

....and remembered you
atleast a million times!

You had to get tired then...
And let's drive now.

Won't you let me start it?

Drive the car, | say!"

"- Listen, dear?
- What is it, dear?"

- What are you doing, dear?
- I'm missing you, dear!"

You can do that
in office later.

- Will you do something for me?
- Name it, dear!"

I've forgotten the towel...
Please give it to me.

It's in the cupboard.

“Very well, dear...
Is there nothing else to do?"

“Name it, dear... and
this slave shall deliver!"

Hurry up! Please!

“I'm coming over, ain't I?
You're getting worked up for..."

- Hand me the towel!
- Come outside and take it.

"Had | known how shameless you are,
I'd never have married you!"

“Exactly, how shameless should
| have been for you to marry me..."

A letter from Wasim?!

"To Nilu, who means
my life to me..."

"You must have now returned
from your honeymoon"

“I'm yearning for you
in my loneliness"

""So get a divorce quickly
and return to your home"

“You remember the night of
your wedding, don't you?"

“When the lights
suddenly went off?"

I had told you then that my heart
and hearth are awaiting you"

"I had my nuptial night yesterday;
my second nuptial night"

“Although | was
in Haider's arms,..."

"I don't know why | happened to
remember my first nuptial night"

"Destiny has played
another joke on me"

"I had my first honeymoon
in Bombay"

“And | had my second
honeymoon there, too"

“That's not all. In fact, it's been
the same hotel, the same room..."

and the same bed"

“For a moment | thought as if
| were in the same arms, too"

"Is the hold of memories so
firm on us human-beings?"

“All the places in Bombay where
| had sorely wanted Wasim to be..."

he wasn't there"

“And when | wanted Haider
with me, the second time..."

| can't explain why, but Wasim
seemed to be present, too"

“Much as | try to
shake-off my past..."

...l find myself being swallowed
by the waves of my memories"

“It's said that a woman can
never forget her first-love"

“Is that true then?"

- What are you looking for?
- My hankey... | wonder where it is.

It's right here.. before your eyes.
Take it.

You can't take care of anything!

Perhaps you're right.

| couldn't take care
of anything.

- I'm leaving for the office.
- And how about breakfast?

Breakfast indeed!

Have you got the tickets?

It's you I'm talking to, Mr Haider."

What are you thinking about?

Nothing really... I'm
taken up with a story.

Atleast finish your breakfast!

No... | don't feel like it today.
Good-bye.

Listen...

Will you come home or do
| drop in at the office?

- Why?
- Aren't we seeing a drama today?

“'Come straight to the
theatre, in that case."

Very well.

- What is it now?
- Aren't you forgetting something?

-1 don't think so...
- | see!

"Will | have to remind you
about this, too?"

Greetings.

- How are you?
- I'm fine, thanks to the Lord."

And how are you?

I'm just waiting for you
to return to your house.

You've had enough of
reading and writing!

“"What's up, darling? You've been
upset for the last two days."

Nothing much. It's a story that...

What cursed story is this that
is snatching you away from me?

The story is almost over...
Only the climax remains.

Then tell it to me... | might
perhaps suggest a good climax.

Yes, | will."

There's this boy and a girl who
are madly in love with each other.

Even their date of
wedding is fixed.

"And suddenly, the boy, who
is in reality in the army..."

....is Killed in war.

There's darkness and gloom
in the girl's life.

And she is shattered.

- And then?
- There's this other boy...

....who gradually enters her life.

There you are!

"The moment they spot a lonely woman,
the boys get into the act!"

But this boy is
not one of them.

He's silently been in
love with her for ages.

“In fact, he always wanted
to see her happy in life."

And what happens then?

And this couple now
think of getting married.

And just before
they tie the knot...

....the girl discovers that her
first-lover is very much alive.

That's interesting.
What happens then?

“It's this very "then?"
where the story is stuck."

What do you think? Whom
should the girl marry?

The first-lover?
Or should it be the second?

Did the girl love the
first boy very much?

- That she did.
- And the boy loved her, too?"

Obviously.

“In which case, the girl must
return to the first man."

What do you think of the climax?

- Any letter for me?
- Of course, there is."

It has a great perfume...

Must be from an admirer
of yours.

Who is it from?

It's a birthday greeting
from Wasim.

- Whose birthday is it?
- Mine.

But you never mentioned it to me.

Nobody ever celebrated it...
So | didn't remember.

Very well then...
I'll celebrate your birthday.

“In which case, I'll get
a gift, too, won't I?"

Certainly! You will get a gift.
At what time were you born?

Mother used to say that
| was born at 7 p.m.

At 7 p.m.,... Okay!"

You will get your gift
at 7 this evening!

“In the meantime, please grant leave
to Afaque Haider... Good-bye!"

Good-bye!

"Where Wasim couldn't
find time from his work..."

"...Haider can't
find time from his love"

"Wasim had let time
control him..."

"Whereas Haider has
time on his hands"

That's wonderful, editor!"

You could give lessons
in punctuality.

You?!

Here is your birthday gift.

Birthday-gift?! What sort
of a joke is this?!

Please come in.

It was you who had asked
for this end to the story.

“But I'm no story...
I'm a fact, for you and me!"

Niloufer... today is no day
to be angry.

You must accept today even that
which you don't like.

Please stop it here...
My God!

How do | explain this to you?!

"You have misunderstood
it all, Haider!"

| had misunderstood earlier...
that you've forgotten Wasim.

But when | read your diary...

....| realised my mistake.

You could never really
forget Wasim.

"'But that is not true, Haider!
- That is true, Niloufer."

You married me only to fulfill
the obligations of the Shariat.

And that's no mistake of yours.

Because a woman can never
forget her first-love.

"I have no right to see a couple
in love, suffer like this!"

As far as I'm concerned...

"....you're free to go with Wasim,
even as per the Shariat."

"I release you, Niloufer.
- Release me?!"

Who the hell are you to release me?!

| haven't been a whore that
you speak of releasing me!

Neither am | a currency-note
in your pocket...

....which you donate
whenever you feel like it!

Atleast hear me out, Niloufer."

It is my lot to hear you out...
because I'm a woman.

And women have listened
to men for ages.

But you will have to
hear me out today!

For a marriage that cannot be
solemnised without my consent...

....why is not my opinion sought
to annul it?!

"What is the difference between
you and Wasim, after all?"

"He gave me a divorce, as if
it were an expletive."

“And you hand it to me,
as if it were a gift."

“This man asserted his right,
when he divorced me."

“And you want to divorce me to
prove your martyrdom, don't you?"

"In both the cases, it's the
woman who is the loser!"

It was a victory for men...

....and a defeat for womanhood.

“I mean it... I've been
defeated, Haider!"

No Niloufer.
- Do not call me Niloufer!

"Wasim uttered the word"
“talaq" thrice..."

....and threw me out
of the house.

And you intend to use
the same three words...

....and expect me to
return to that house?!

As if | were a lifeless bed...

“....which you could throw out,
after you had lay on it!"

Please stop it, Niloufer!"

“You have the right to give me
a divorce, don't you?"

Then why don't you do it?

Here | am...
weak and helpless!

Hurl the word at me
and drive me out of here!

You have misunderstood me, Niloufer."

You will never understand
what | had taken you for.

I'd thought that if anyone was
worthy of worship after God...

....it was you.

“But you have turned to be like the
rest of them... a man, after all."

Who thinks a woman is no human;
she's a piece of property.

“But I'm no piece of
property, Mr Haider."

I'm a living human-being.

I'm no corpse...

....that the patriachal society
keeps changing my graves for.

"“You can't ever
release me, Mr Haider..."

"'On the contrary, I'm the one
who is leaving you!"

Don't come any closer!

You're a man | don't know...
You're a total stranger for me!

| realise that.

“But | have come to you, to beg your
forgiveness, for my sins."

| want to know why...

....you're punishing Haider
for my selfishness?

| have loved you for
my own happiness.

| got married to you
for my own happiness.

And | even lost you to serve
a vested self-interest.

But Haider has loved you
only for your happiness...

He married you for your
own happiness.

“And if he has thought of leaving
you today, it's for your welfare."

Should you walk out
on such a man...

....the Lord Almighty
will never pardon you.

"It's not him, but |,
who should be punished..."

....50 that no man ever misuses the
Shariat to divorce his wife again.

"And the idea of uttering
the word “talaq" thrice..."

....fills the man
with the scare of God!

It's a curse to be a woman...

....who spends her life
in the shadow of insecurity.

"She never knows when her protector,
her beloved, her husband..."

....will humiliate her and
throw her out on the streets.

O Lord... Is this how
Your justice is?

“That woman, who bears man
in her womb..."

....falls victim to his atrocities?

And will You only
watch it all silently?

“Show me the right path, O Lord...
Show me the right path!"

There's only one way out, Neelu."

And that is to value the solemnity
of the institution of marriage.

Haider is your husband;
and you're his wife.

You have no right to destroy
the happiness of this household.

"I don't agree, Mr Wasim.
Niloufer is not to be blamed at all."

"If there is anyone
to blame, it is me."

For | had overlooked the fact
that my wife is no present...

....that | may gift her
away to someone.

| have been suspicious of
my wife's love for me.

| don't even have the right
to seek her forgiveness...

""No, Haider. Even in this case,
I'm the only one to blame."

That | divorced Niloufer
was a sin.

“And, to try and snatch away another
man's wife, for my own interests..."

....was another sin | committed.

"I have brought a bad name to both...
to God, as well as the human race."

""Grant man the wisdom, O Lord,
that he does not humiliate woman."

“Rid his heart of
the word “divorce"."

“And instead of
the word “divorce"..."

"....make man say the
world “love" to her."

Amen

“Love... love...
love!"