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[Title Montage]

[News on radio] Welcome to the news at 09.

People have gathered in millions...

...in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.

While many cities in Uttar Pradesh have been put on high alert.

It seems that the neighbouring capital city of Delhi is as yet unaffected.

[Alarm ringing]

Oh God, it is 6 o'clock. Mom, school.

Wake up in the morning by yourself.

But your screaming is my alarm.

Okay, wake up now.

Hey, Aki, wake up.

- [Aru] Aki. - [Aki] Why did you wake me up?

[Aru] Get up. We have to go to school.

[Door closes]

Very good, Aki.

You even know how to make sandwiches.

Okay, pack them.

Mom.

Mom, make new plaits for me.

You know how to make a pony. Do it yourself.

Aru, tuck the pillow back properly in its cover.

Just see how Aki is doing it.

Do it properly.

- [Aki] Mom, you did it just now. - Wait a minute.

[Astha] Aru, be with Aki. Quickly come here.

Both of you should take care of each other.

- What? - Nothing.

Hurry up. The bus won't wait.

- Are you going somewhere? - [Astha] No. Why?

Then why have you got such a big bag to drop me at the bus stop?

Because I have many memories in this bag.

[Aki] Then you should keep it in a safe.

I am going to do that.

[News on radio] India Radio is here to present you news.

The Home Minister has arrived at the race course.

The Prime Minister and the Home Minister...

...will conduct a press conference soon.

They will make an appeal to the people of the country...

...to retain peace.

They will declare curfew in the whole country in a few days.

Aijaz Scripts

[Peeplika] I can't believe this is actually happening.

Somebody pinch me.

I need to find somebody to go pinch me.

- [Astha] What are you doing? - [Peeplika] Come here.

[Giggling]

You and me in Paris. Feels like a dream.

But it is not a dream.

It is really happening.

Peepli.

These are the last memories of my kids with me.

[Astha] I don't think they will ever accept me again.

Please.

Keep this safely.

Of course. They will, Astha.

It will take time but it will happen.

Did you say bye to them?

They are not going to be home from school before you leave, right?

Kids do understand.

Don't worry.

It is going to be okay.

- Let me help you. - I am sorry.

No, I got this.

Don't worry about anything else, okay?

Just reach here on time.

I have booked the taxi for three o'clock.

And I have withdrawn money to enjoy for three months.

And you will also have a job.

Van Gogh's village at the outskirts of Paris.

It is just so beautiful.

We can go to Versailles on the weekend.

[Peeplika] Maybe again and again.

Wow.

You have planned almost everything.

It is like you knew that...

...I would leave everything and go with you.

I know you.

Actually,

I know you very well.

You know, you are different.

You are in a Zen mode. Like all your chakras are aligned.

Thanks to you.

[Indira] Leaving?

I am leaving. Meet you later.

No, Mrs. Kapoor, please stay.

Why are you here?

[Indira] Both of you are very close. Right, Mrs. Kapoor?

Both of you must have shared a lot of things.

Has Peeplika ever shared anything about her past to you?

Just shut up. This shit again?

- Peepli, she is your mom. - [Giggling]

The epitome of motherhood, Mrs. Indra Devdutt Paul.

You know, she can never see me happy.

Now, dear mother.

Can you please get the f**k out?

- [Indira] I don't intend to stay. - Good.

I just came to tell you that you can't meet my husband in jail.

Your name is off the visitor's list. Finally.

And how are you going to stop me?

[Peeplika] I never meet him.

I just give him letters.

I don't need to be on the list.

But he has no interest in reading your letters.

Why?

What venom have you spat against me now?

[Indira] Venom and me?

Says the girl for whom her father is in jail.

What?

Get out. I said leave!

I guess you are going along, Mrs. Kapoor.

How nice.

But before leaving, please listen to this story.

Her false statement...

[Indira] ...sent my husband to jail.

[Peeplika's Father] Sir, I don't know why.

It doesn't make sense to me.

Why was she trying to climb down from the gate?

[Indra] This isn't the first time she has done it.

She has done it earlier.

Wonder how her parents allow her.

She used to stay here the whole night.

[Inspector] Okay, ma'am.

And this is just a formality.

I understand. Sir, please take your time...

...and do whatever needs to be done.

Please don't worry, sir.

Officer.

He did.

He pushed her.

My stepfather did it.

[Crying]

Her false perjury has sent my husband to jail.

You are the reason.

- [Indra] I? - He went to jail.

How am I the reason?

[Peeplika] Wow, mom. You are very smart.

Creating a scene in the name of truth.

Wow, you are so smart. Why?

Because I am happy. And you are not.

Because I have found someone else to love me.

You will never ever find someone who will love you.

No one will ever love you again.

[Indira] She too will leave you when she comes to know your reality.

Everything you touch turns to dust.

Whoever you love, either you push them towards death...

...or ruin their other relationships.

He was her stepfather.

But he loved her like his own and look at what she has done to him?

She took away Partho from me. Do you hate me so much?

She took the man I loved away from me.

Get out. I said get out!

Tread very carefully, Mrs. Kapoor.

You must be having a lot of questions.

Just one.

What time is the flight?

[Door opens]

[Door closes]

[Kalpana] Keep the pickle for Timsi.

- [Babbo] Thank you, mom. - [Astha] Mom.

You are back.

College was shut today. Where did you go?

[Astha] Babbo, are you going to Timsi's place?

You'll be aware of the things that happen here if you stay at home.

Do you know that Mudassar has been missing for three days?

- What? - [Babbo] Yes.

[Kalpana] We should worry about our girl, right?

Let me help you.

Don't worry about Mudassar. He is a nice guy.

He will not do anything untoward.

How do you know?

[Babbo] Oh no, I forgot.

You know everything about everyone.

You got Timsi married to him.

So broad-minded of you.

They love each other.

[Babbo] Oh okay, if you know everything,

then tell me, has your close friend...

...taken my bottle of Johnny Walker?

Why?

[Babbo] Because she likes it.

Babbo, make two pegs and meet me on the balcony.

Fake American.

I don't know what you are saying.

[Babbo] Astha, I saw you guys. Okay?

I saw you both kissing. Okay?

And the interesting thing is...

...she wanted me to see you.

Because while you were kissing, she made eye contact with me. Okay?

Babbo, why don't you like me?

Why you don't like me? Do I smell bad?

Do I wear dirty clothes? Do I have bad hair?

[Babbo] Look, Peeplika, I have lived all over the world. Okay?

I have met different kinds of people.

But with you, I don't get the full picture.

You are very weird.

Okay, let's do one thing.

Let's take help from Uncle Johnny.

Who the hell is Uncle Johnny?

Two pegs of Johnny. You and me.

On the balcony. All secrets revealed.

No mysteries left. Okay?

[Whistles]

- Okay. - Yeah.

Fine, you go upstairs.

I will bring the scotch and two glasses.

You got it.

Don't ever say this again. Okay?

- [Astha] What? - I didn't know...

...that she wanted me to...

...see what a lesbian kiss is.

[Babbo] It's really disgusting.

[Sighs]

It is not possible.

I am ashamed to call you my sister-in-law.

Astha, you can fool Hemant but you can't fool me. Okay?

[Babbo] And I was not so drunk that night.

That I don't remember what happened.

In childhood, I used to feel my brother was foolish.

But now, I am convinced that he is extremely foolish.

Leave it.

[Sighs]

[News on radio] There has been an issue with...

...the controversial structure in the country.

The capital, Delhi has been engulfed in it.

As per the sources, the police and CRPF...

...have been deployed all across the nation.

There is a possibility of shoot on sight order.

Four people have been burnt alive in the chaos.

All the citizens are requested...

...to maintain peace.

And stay inside their homes.

[Birds flying]

[Peeplika] Oh.

[Door opens]

Oh good. You came early.

Please help me.

Let's go.

The tension is rising outside.

God knows when they will shut the roads to the airport.

Also, I spoke to Aijaz's theatre friends...

...and Mudassar is safe and sound.

He is at Kajal's place.

You were right about him. He is a good boy.

Timsi is going to be fine.

It's just you and me, baby.

Hey.

What's wrong?

Does Babbo know?

How does it matter?

[Peeplika] We will be gone...

...by the time she says anything to anyone.

Everyone knows.

You are here. We are packed and ready to leave.

It doesn't matter anymore.

They know.

And you made sure that they know.

I don't know what Babbo told you.

But she is a weirdo.

Did you call Babbo to the balcony...

...when we were there?

Is she lying?

Astha, how does it matter?

We are together now.

You kissed me in my bedroom.

And you made sure she sees us.

- Astha. - [Astha] Tell me that you didn't do this.

You didn't, right?

I did.

[Peeplika] I called upstairs. I kissed you.

I made sure she saw.

Why?

Why did you do this?

I was with you.

- Why is it necessary to tell people? - Astha, you are moving too slow.

So, I nudged you.

That's it.

You nudged me?

What do you mean?

You have taken away my right to decide.

My God.

What is the difference in Hemant and you?

What's the difference?

What's the difference?

The difference is that I love you.

I love all of you and he doesn't.

The difference is that I am right here...

...planning the rest of our lives together.

He is planning about what you will cook tonight.

And let's not forget.

[Peeplika] The moment he showed some vulnerability...

...after years you slept with him. Just like that.

Please. That was a moment.

You had 11 years of marriage together.

You had kids together.

- What did I have? - You had me.

No. I don't have you.

I don't have you. He has you.

I had moments.

And I wanted more.

I was insecure. Okay?

[Peeplika] But I didn't lie.

I didn't say anything wrong.

I just increased the pace of the process...

...which would have taken your years.

I nudged it out into the public.

What happened with Hemant was just...

Astha, how could I stop more such moments from happening?

I took a decision.

So set us both free.

Anyway, why does it matter? Don't you love me?

Don't you want to be with me?

How can you make the decision for me?

You are doing what Hemant did to me.

He made me a property of his own. And now,

- you are doing the same. - Wow.

You know what? Hemant's mistakes are forgiven.

And me?

The person you are supposed to love.

I made one mistake. One jealous drunken,

a lapse in judgement. And that doesn't deserve forgiveness?

Was I wrong?

Yeah. Sure. Maybe. But...

The point is that we can be together now.

Say something.

Which pedestal have you kept me on?

Which doesn't even allow a mistake.

You lied to me.

You manipulated me.

The world is manipulating me.

So did you.

Honesty isn't a pedestal.

It's a basic minimum requirement in a relationship.

I was willing to give up everything.

I was ready to leave with you leaving my kids behind.

You wanted to leave in the past?

Excuse me.

Astha.

Speak the truth.

You got cold feet.

My mother got to you.

You got an excuse. Everything I do...

It's not your mother. This is not Hemant. This is not even my children.

This is me. This is my decision.

I want to make decisions in my life and I am.

I can't be manipulated into another relationship.

I can't.

You have destroyed the core of our relationship.

Trust.

How can I trust you?

What's the guarantee that you will not manipulate me?

I am not a guarantee issuing machine, Astha.

It was one mistake.

How can your trust in me be so fragile...

...that it breaks with one misstep?

Please don't call it a misstep. I have kids.

The story you have told everyone...

...will be narrated to them repeatedly.

You know why? So that they hate me.

[Astha] You had told me...

...that I will always have my kids.

Well, you know what? Because of what you did...

...I have lost them forever.

You have left me with no options...

...that I can go back to them.

Unless you go back now. Right?

Leave me.

Beg Hemant for forgiveness.

And go back.

[Peeplika] Right now. Leave me and go back.

[Sighs]

I opened up to you.

So did I.

After everything I have been through,

After everything I have told you about,

I learnt to love you again. I loved you.

So did I.

Yeah. I made mistakes.

Guess what, Astha?

People make mistakes.

Relationships are tough.

Love is tough.

We want everything easy, right?

What?

That doesn't exist.

And you are harping on this mistake.

It doesn't make me a bad person.

Doesn't make my love untrue.

That's not enough for you. Is it?

Not enough for you.

You know what?

F**k it.

I will be the evil one.

Cool.

I will make it easier for you.

I am used to living alone.

I am going to be fine.

And you?

You know what you are going back to?

Your stupid f**king box of miseries.

Good luck with that, babe.

[Astha] Hemant, where are the kids?

[Hemant] At home.

I picked them up from school.

[Astha] I am at Peeplika's place.

I want to come back home.

[Inspector 1] Hey, you.

Where are you going? A curfew has been imposed.

My wife is stuck in the other part of the city. I'm going to pick her up.

Riots are going on everywhere. You will be dead.

She is my responsibility.

Could you have...

...left your wife alone?

Let him go.

[Inspector 1] Go on.

[Song playing]

[News on radio] Since last week,

lakhs of Kar Sevaks had gathered at Ayodhya.

Today, they broke the police barricades...

...and entered the Babri Masjid.

And within a few hours, they demolished the Masjid.

The Prime Minister has announced from the capital, New Delhi.

That section 144 has been imposed all over the country.

Curfew has been imposed in many cities of the country.

[Song playing]

[Car door opens]

[Song playing]

I don't know what would have happened.

If she would have stayed back, would I have felt shattered?

Or else.

Would I have ignored all her manipulations...

...and given her another chance?

Maybe I would never have come to know about anything.

And I would have gone with her.

Or this would never have had happened.

Yet I would have lost the courage.

I don't know.

I will never know.

I will never know.

[Hemant] Astha, get my shirt.

[Theme music playing]