Chandlo (2023)

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'A rolling ocean in your eyes.'

'A desert in my eyes.'

'It is a very simple thing

if you look at it.'

'Both remained thirsty.'

'A thread made of tears

and a kite made of dreams.'

'The desire to tie the rainbow.'

'I lost all the colours.'

'This method is not easy

for controlling your tears.'

'The world notices only the smile.'

Aastha dear, hurry up.

We are already late.

Mother, is it necessary to go?

Look dear,

Tapas cares so much about you.

Won't he feel bad

if we don't go today?

And you have dressed up so well.

I am so happy.

You're looking so good.

Just a minute.

Now it is perfect.

Let us go.

"I burn dreams."

"You wipe off incidents"

He bored us in the car until now

and now he will bore us during live.

Welcome, welcome, Meera.

- Sorry, we are late.

- It's okay.

Happy Diwali.

- Happy Diwali.

- Happy Diwali, Aastha.

"She writes silence and crushes it"

I had invited both.

Shall we go nearer and watch?

"Come on a rainy evening"

"Come on a rainy evening"

"I want to meet you as rain"

"Come on a rainy evening"

"Come to my sky"

"Come to my sky"

"The rainy season is passing"

"Come on a rainy evening"

"All the talk about me

being me were proved wrong"

"All the talk about me

being me were proved wrong"

"So who in these tunes..."

"So who in these tunes..."

"Is moving as a sigh?"

"Come on a rainy evening"

"Come to my sky"

"Come to my sky"

"The rainy season is passing"

"Come on a rainy evening"

- Tapas.

- Yes?

May we leave?

Do eat before leaving.

No, Aastha is not a good mood.

We had better leave.

Okay. Just a minute.

Do meet Sharan.

No.

I will introduce you.

Some other time.

I cannot afford to throw

such parties frequently.

You are such a big fan.

It will take two minutes.

Please. Come. Come.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

- Sharan.

- Yes?

This is Meera, my best friend

and a professor at my college.

- I see.

- She is a huge fan of yours.

So she listens your

songs only day and night.

Wonderful.

Huge fan.

The word fan has been

limited to clicking selfie...

...and posting it on social media...

...otherwise currently who

is interested in hearing music?

It has become very old school to expect

etiquette from the audience, isn't it?

Anyway, come,

let us click a selfie if you wish.

In the city without you,

you were looking for yourself.

In the city without me,

I am looking for myself.

Your first gazal (song).

Someone who lives with tune,

doesn't have much need of selfie.

Thank you, Tapas.

- Bye.

- Bye.

Why the same thing in the morning?

Mother! Stop it.

Oh, God.

I don't know whether this

singer is singing or irritating.

Mother! Stop it.

It looks like the

star has upset his fan.

Someone who gets upset by

a star's words cannot be a fan.

It means Aastha.

Meera, with the passage of time

everything will be all right. Don't worry.

Tapas, I am very worried about her.

She doesn't leave the house.

She doesn't meet anybody.

She doesn't take

interest in anything.

I told her to attend

college she refuses.

She has totally given up studies.

And in everything she thinks

about Utsav and feels sad.

Meera, as long as you keep

thinking of Utsav and feel sad...

...she too will behave like this only.

Actually I feel sad

because she feels sad.

Do one thing.

From tomorrow bring her to college.

I mean she will meet

her friends in school.

Everything will change

if she focuses on her studies.

What do you think?

Haven't I tried it?

Just bring her.

Leave the rest to me.

Sure.

Well, Meera, what do you want?

Why pizza today?

A new outlet has

opened neat our college.

- Hmm?

- Superb.

So daily pizza is fxed.

Oh, hello?

I am not a delivery person.

I am a professor in the college.

So I have to come to the

college every day to eat pizza?

No. you will get pizza

if you come to college.

Who is this idiot?

- Hey, mister.

- Yes?

- Is this your truck?

- No, it doesn't belong to me.

Hey, mister.

Oh, you are here as well?

This is not your concert.

You have parked the

truck in the middle.

Don't you realize it?

I know, but the truck

driver doesn't know it.

Where is the driver? Call him.

He has gone to look

for the watchman.

Where did the watchman go?

He has gone to get the key.

Key to what?

To my apartment.

Oh. So you have an apartment here?

Not my apartment.

It is my friend's apartment.

My bungalow is getting repaired,

so I will stay here for a few days.

Do you want to ask anything

else or shall I remove the truck?

- You?

- How will you remove the truck?

Isn't it better to drive

the truck and meet an accident...

...instead of getting lectured?

- Let it be so.

- Aastha.

- I'm sorry.

- Exactly.

You have spoiled the girl a lot.

I mean this generation

is manner-less.

- That day at the party also...

- We are getting late.

Do you mind?

Of course.

Come, dear. Good.

Tapas, talk to mother.

She forcibly brings me here.

I don't want to study.

Why don't you want to study?

You had promised to do masters.

You are finding it

difficult to do graduation.

Talk to her.

I have to take class. I am going.

Tapas, to be honest,

college reminds me of Utsav.

We used to sit on

those steps for hours.

He daily used to come

on bike to pick me up.

I see Utsav everywhere.

How do I come here?

Look, dear, Utsav is no more.

Instead of living in his memories,

learn to live with his memories.

It is not necessary that the one we

love should always be with us.

May times he is in front of us.

That is also happiness, right?

So will you regularly

attend college?

Yes.

Your memory is like rain...

...and I would get drenched in it.

You can keep singing me,

I will become your gazal (song).

Wow.

You write so well.

Why don't you publish it?

What for?

I see a different

Meera in your poetry.

That Meera is dead.

I have forgotten her.

You too forget her.

You have suppressed

that Meera inside you.

Do give her a chance just once.

I have to give a lecture.

So Aastha, how was your day?

Great, mother.

I met everybody after so long.

But in the class I

was feeling like an alien.

I could not understand anything.

It is good that I came today.

You enjoyed it.

You know what,

mother, I will have to work a lot.

I will have to cover

for one full semester.

But you have to help me, okay?

You will have to do half

of my journals and assignments.

- I am a professor.

- At the college.

At home you are my mother.

And surely a mother can help

her daughter with homework, right?

This is really bad.

I know, but a deal is deal.

You will have to do 50

per cent of my assignments.

Fine. Anything else, madam?

Not right now,

but I will let you know.

Sur... Hi.

You are here?

Why are you sitting here?

I forgot the key

inside and came out.

Do come upstairs.

What for?

Please come with us.

Come, please.

- Sure?

- Please, please.

- Please sit.

- Thank you.

Beautiful home.

Mother has made it.

Nice.

Your house is upstairs, right?

Yes, but it is not a house.

It is an apartment.

A house should be like this.

Beautiful.

How long are you going to stay?

What?

How long are you going to stay?

I can't say.

I may stay longer if I like it.

You won't like it at all.

People her are very bad.

They keep gossiping.

Wonderful.

I love gossiping myself.

- I thought so.

- What?

Thank you.

Would you like to have tea?

Actually, yes.

I was thinking that it would be

good if I can get a nice cup of tea.

- Sure.

- And...

I won't complain if

there are snacks also.

Actually I haven't eaten

anything since morning.

Sure. I will quickly

make 'upma' for you.

Will you give me your phone?

- Why?

- I will download an App for you.

You will get everything in it.

And the coffee shop

is right next door.

Aastha, come here, my dear.

Mother, may I go to my room?

I have lots of work.

Spoilt brat, right?

Excuse me.

It is okay as long

as you mess with tunes.

Do not mess with me, or else...

Or else?

Or else...

- Or else what?

- Or else you better watch out.

If you agree,

let us play the game of dew drops.

Let us hide words and

play with blank paper.

Amazing.

You remember all my gazals.

You know what?

Till date I haven't been

able to meet the poet of this gazal.

As a matter of fact,

the best gazal of my album...

...was sent by this same

person through email.

No royalty, no credit, nothing.

I tried very hard to meet her,

but she is not coming before me.

She is not coming before you?

So you know that

the person is a woman?

Only a woman can have

such tender emotions.

I have received a new mail recently.

I am going to compose in a few days.

- Pay attention.

- Go ahead.

I dedicated my blinking

and heartbeats to you...

...O darling. O darling.

A woman, who...

who has chosen to live alone.

And she is expressing

her loneliness in words.

I have a strong desire to meet her.

What should I do?

Tea.

Oh. Thank you.

How do I meet her?

I mean get to her?

I will go and serve

coffee to Aastha.

Isn't this too much?

No, it is only one cup.

It was a good joke.

How long is he going to say?

Tell him to eat quickly and leave.

Aastha, he is a guest.

Guest? Self-invited.

Would someone demand

food like this and eat it?

Despite being such a big star he was

sitting on the steps like a beggar.

This is too much.

No, this is 3 4 5 6 much.

Fantastic.

I heard everything.

How is the tea?

Addictive.

If you offer such nice tea

it will create a problem for you.

A fan can surely

do this much for a star.

Wonderful.

This star is a bit weird.

So be careful.

With pleasure.

Are you being formal

or do you really mean it?

No, no, I mean it.

Try it. Take my number.

Here.

Wonderful.

So, tomorrow morning's tea...

With breakfast as well.

- Wonderful. With the spoilt brat?

- Yes.

She won't come.

She will surely come if I tell her.

Okay. But thank you so much

for everything and for 'upma'.

- Most welcome.

- See you. Bye.

See you.

He left?

Aastha, he is older than you.

Everybody calls the great

Amitabh Bachchan as Bachchan.

They call Salman Khan as Sallu.

So why show respect to Sharaniya?

And I am warning you.

Do not entertain him much.

Otherwise one day he will

make you start tiffin service.

By the way, what should

I make tomorrow for breakfast?

So he has invited

himself tomorrow also?

Ask him only. Go.

Aastha.

Aastha dear.

Will you deliver

this breakfast upstairs?

I won't go.

Have I started tiffin service?

Fine. I will go.

Mother, you know

that I won't let you go.

Good mo...

Oh, wow. It is 'poha'?

Quickly transfer the breakfast

into your plate. I am getting late.

- Are you angry?

- I? Of course not.

How much fun it will be if your

mother wakes you up in the morning...

...and forces you to

go and deliver breakfast?

What fun, isn't it?

Hmm.

I had told your mother.

She insisted.

Of course.

If she delivers it here,

it would take three minutes.

If she invites you,

maybe it would take three hours.

I have to attend college.

Mother has got her classes.

It's not like you,

who can wake up any time.

By the way, was a small baby

crying in your house in the morning?

No, I was practicing.

Oh, my God.

You cry exactly like a small baby,

I mean you sing.

Do you have a problem with me?

Finish quickly.

Fantastic.

Shall I download the App?

There are no delivery

charges for one month.

Really? It can't be.

No, actually forget it.

I will talk you your mother. So...

- So you will still...

- Of course.

Who would order from outside

if one gets such nice food?

And here also there are

no delivery charges, right?

Don't you want to say anything?

Have you forgotten something?

Something remains?

It seems you have no

tradition of saying thank you.

We have, but generally

we tip delivery boys.

10, 15, 20, 25, 100!

Well?

'If you fed me such breakfast,

I will stay here permanently.'

'I won't be able to

go back to the bungalow.'

'Your voice makes

my morning better.'

'So you find me interesting.'

- Mother.

- Yes?

I want to learn music.

What?

What?

I want to learn music.

What's the big deal about it?

So let us look for a class.

No, I will learn from Sharan only.

He is a singer, not a teacher.

So? Day and night he eats food here...

...so shouldn't I recover

at least this much?

Hi, Meera, I am glad I found you.

I have to go to a rehearsal.

My driver has not come.

Two taxis cancelled the ride.

- Can you please drop me?

- Of course.

Where do you want to go?

I have to go to SG Highway,

but you can drop me anywhere.

I too am going there only.

Please come.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

Hey, you have given me lift.

For Aastha.

Ever since you came

to stay upstairs,

I have observed that

the girl remains so happy.

She plays mischiefs.

I am very happy for her.

And I must thank you for that.

Wonderful.

O Saki, consider that I

have repaid the debt of your tea.

But on a serious note,

your daughter is very mischievous.

She is young and na,

but she is very honest.

She has got a boyfriend?

She should have friends

in her age group.

There should be someone special.

Someone special.

She should have her own life.

And you should have yours.

I'm sorry, if I got a bit personal.

SG Highway.

Thank you.

What I was saying

was for your well-being.

- I just didn't mean...

- I understand.

What you are saying makes sense.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

Bye. See you.

Yes, Patel uncle,

I am Aastha speaking.

Well, I have got a great idea.

Laljibhai, one chocolate pastry.

Wow. From where did

the sun rise today?

Why?

Your attitude and mood,

both seem to be different.

Yes, I am very happy.

Because Aastha is happy.

Ever since Sharan

has come to stay there...

...this girl's mood and

temperament have changed.

And what else do

I need if she is happy?

Very good. It was my idea,

and the credit goes to Sharan?

It was my idea to

bring Aastha to college.

And this joy and fun

is not because of Sharan.

Aastha daily comes to college,

she meets her friends...

...her mind remains busy in studies,

and that is why she is happy.

Okay, but I don't know about you.

You know what?

Initially when Sharan came to stay...

...Aastha was having

so many problems with him.

But now he is not a neighbor.

He has become a friend.

He and Aastha play chess.

They watch films.

Both of them enjoy each

other's company so much.

And Sharan too is

no longer a neighbor.

He has become a friend.

He barges into our house.

He makes tea.

He opens tins and eats snacks.

He is such a gem of a person.

No one can say that he is a star.

He is such a nice person.

His morning practice

has become like my prayer.

Every morning I used

to hear him on music system.

And now I hear him live.

Sitting at home.

Sharan Mishra himself.

I can't believe it.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- Sir, we are your great fans.

- Thank you.

To be honest, till date we haven't

heard 'qawwali' similar to yours.

After 'Shirdiwale Saibaba', if

we liked a 'qawwali', it is yours.

Thank you,

but I sing 'gazal' not 'qawwali'.

Keep quiet if you don't know.

Sir, you had sung

Tari Ankh No Afini, Tara Bol No Bandhani'

(Addicted to your gaze, addicted to your words).

It is 'gazal', right?

Yes, it is 'gazal'

but I haven't sung it.

It is a very nice 'gazal'.

You should sing it in your voice.

Yes, yes, sure. You all are here...

- We have come to invite you.

- For what?

This evening there is

a program in our society.

And we all thought that such

a big artist lives in our society.

So you must sing one 'gazal'.

Oh, I see.

No, I would have sung, but...

No ifs and buts, sir.

You must come and sing.

You can sing anything.

- Okay, but...

- See you at 8 o'clock.

Let us go. Let us go.

See you.

- Listen.

- See you, sir.

Yes?

Did you get the invitation to sing?

This... Aastha, did you plan this?

Listen. I won't go down

there and won't sing also.

'Sir, we will be happy even

if you sing Manna Dey's song.'

- Hear that.

- See you in the evening.

Aastha.

Sing Manna Dey's song.

They will make me sing a 'qawwali'.

This event is taking

place after a long time.

Yes, we have made

provision for the budget.

Right.

- What?

- He has not come as yet.

Is Sharan coming?

How will he come? How will he come?

He sings 'gazal' and you talk

of 'qawwali', so how would he come?

But you did not quote

the correct 'gazal'.

And hadn't I said in the end that if

nothing else, he can sing Manna Dey's song?

That one.

'Baharo Phool Barsao, Mera Mehboob Aaya Hai'

(Spring, shower flowers, my beloved is here).

Mister, mister, it was not sung by Manna Dey.

It was sung by Kishor Kumar.

How can it be?

100 percent it is by Manna Dey.

They are big stars.

They charge 25 lakh per show.

And they do not step out of

the house until you pay in advance.

- Really?

- Yes.

"Your memory is of rainy

season and I get drenched n it"

"You will keep singing me

and I will become your 'gazal'"

'Closing my eyelids..."

"...I will capture you"

"Darling, O darling"

"Darling, O darling"

"I dedicated my blinking

and heartbeats to you"

"O darling"

"I am going beyond

the limits of dreams"

"My heart might get

lured by your words"

"And get affected and lost"

"Keep this moment secret"

"In the lines...

of hands"

"In the lines of hands,

I will pledge my love for you"

She is singing nicely, isn't she?

Yes. If we had known in advance

we would have invited her only.

'Closing my eyelids..."

"...I will capture you"

"Darling, O darling"

"Darling, O darling"

"I dedicated my blinking

and heartbeats to you"

"O darling"

Nice.

You sang very well.

Since a long time I had

been trying to compose it...

...but the way you composed it...

Fantastic.

And it was written very well.

Keep singing.

You sing well.

'Pooja! Surprise?

What surprise? She has called me.

- Didn't she tell you?

- No.

Would you have been so

surprised if I had told you?

I have called her so

that you wouldn't feel lonely.

Why did you call her?

She will trouble me a lot.

To keep a watch over you,

so that you do not stray.

- Have you called her to keep a watch?

- No, dear.

Both of you will

take care of each other.

And I have called her so that

both of you can have fun together.

Look, I am going

for only one day, okay?

- But keep the geyser switched off...

- I will keep the milk can outside...

...I will be careful when servants are there,

I will not mess up the house...

...and I will read the

rest of it on sticky notes.

You are going for one day only,

so don't worry.

- I'm going to miss you.

- I am there, right?

I will look after her.

Don't worry, aunt.

What is this?

Bottle.

Why are you reacting as if you

are seeing it for the first time?

Do you remember how

much fun we used to have?

If mother finds out...

You are still the same.

How will she find out?

Only two of us are here. You

won't tell her, I won't tell her...

...so how can she find out?

Is the bottle going to speak?

But, are you sure?

Yes.

Come on, friend.

It has been two years.

We haven't spent time together.

- Shall we recall the old times?

- Yes.

Cheers.

We used to have so much fun.

Why are you acting

like a small child?

In school we used to steal

pencils and put them in box.

What is this?

Do play some music.

Hey, this is Sharan Mishra.

He is so good looking.

Very hot.

He sings so well.

His voice is so nice.

Daily he eats at our house.

What?

- Yes.

- What?

What?

He lives upstairs.

Really?

Please get me to meet him.

I want to meet him.

Okay.

Promise?

Let's go. I will take you to him.

Really?

It was my dream to meet him.

Just a minute.

Let me put away the bottle.

Come.

Hi.

Hi.

You...

what are you doing

here at this hour?

Where is your mother?

Mother has gone for picnic.

You...

did you drink liquor?

Not liquor.

Wine.

So Meera has gone for

picnic and you have drunk wine.

What if she finds out?

How will she find out?

I won't tell her.

Pooja...

Pooja will also not tell her.

You also don't tell her.

Who is Pooja?

She is my sister.

She only brought me here.

She says that you are hot.

You are hot.

You are so hot.

Meera, what are you thinking?

You have come here for one day.

Forget it.

The way you have handles your and

Aastha's life after Utsav departed...

- ...hats off to you.

- Did I have any option?

The pain of Utsav's

absence will never go away.

But I controlled myself so

that Aastha would become stable.

Aastha has her own life.

Meera, in future she will go away.

What will you do then?

I wish that she would live her life.

That she would decide about

herself as soon as possible.

In this society it is not

easy for a widow to live alone.

Every person needs love.

Right now it is Aastha's

age to fall in love.

I am talking about the relationship

which can become a companion.

Meera, just fulfilling

responsibility is not life.

Colors are missing from your life.

It is off tune.

After Utsav departed

only one color remains.

White.

I am doing everything

to keep Aastha happy.

But to live for whose sake?

Meera, we know each

other since 30 years.

You have never lived for yourself.

But Aastha won't be able to do that.

If you want Aastha to

think about her own life...

...you will have to

think about your life.

What is this?

Well?

Actually I didn't know

that she will go upstairs.

The problem is not

that she came upstairs.

The problem is that how bad

Meera will feel when she find out.

Please. Please don't tell her.

Actually, after Utsav's

departure this is the first time...

...I have seen Aastha being

happy and enjoying like this.

Please.

I'm sorry.

Are you Aastha's sister?

Yes.

Don't you stay with your mother?

I live with my mother only.

Meera and Aastha live here alone.

Just a minute. Let me explain.

Aunt Meera and Aastha are

mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

- What?

- Yes.

Aunt Meera loves Aastha so much...

that everybody thinks

they are mother and daughter.

Utsav died within a year

and half of Aastha's marriage.

And aunt Meera also

was widowed at a young age.

So she dedicated

her whole life to Utsav.

To be honest I had brought wine...

...so that Aastha would

relax and feel a bit happy.

- Sorry.

- Say sorry to Meera, not to me.

- But...

- Good night. Take care of her.

What are you thinking?

What if mother finds out?

She won't find out. Don't worry.

What if Sharan tells her?

He won't.

He would have told her

last night only if he wanted to.

But he didn't tell her.

But, he is right about one thing.

Anything could have

happened to you yesterday.

But he is a gentleman.

That's the problem.

He will tell her.

Why do you think so?

Because he respects mother.

'Life is very beautiful.

Just like there is reincarnation...'

'...there is another love also.'

'When life is giving you another

chance, you should not reject it.'

'It is an insult to life.'

'Welcome the chance

your life is giving you.'

Aastha.

Mother, I missed you.

Oh, I missed you too, my baby.

- I want to tell you something.

- Tell me.

First promise me that

you will answer honestly.

But...

Didn't you find anyone

after father died?

- I mean...

- What kind of question this is?

Don't forget that you promised me.

Mother, wait. I haven't finished.

A person on whose shoulder

you fall asleep while chatting...

...and when you wake

up he is right next to you.

With him you go on a long drive,

watch movies...

...eat ice cream, play chess

with him and for a long time...

Aastha, what?

Nothing. But you know what?

Just like there is reincarnation,

there is another love also.

What do you want to say?

Nothing.

Won't you tell me?

I will. I will tell you only,

but when the right time comes.

Oh, my baby.

So, what is going on these days?

Nothing.

Nothing?

You are visiting Sharan's

house more frequently.

Casually. Recently I was free.

You used to refuse to go even once.

Now you go three times.

- Honestly, mother. Just casually.

- Casually?

Liar.

Won't your mother realize it?

Shall I talk to him?

Hi, Meera.

Hi, Meera.

No, no, please tell me.

Yes, tell me.

Of course.

Where do you want to meet?

Sure, done. I'll be there.

Bye.

Hi.

- Oh. Hi.

- I'm so sorry, I'm late.

I got late because of rehearsal.

But I'm happy that

you gave me a call.

- What will you have?

- What?

What will you have?

Yes. Just a minute.

Excuse me.

- One spiced tea and...

- Spiced tea.

Two spiced tea.

Of course,

no one can make tea like you.

No, seriously.

After drinking your tea I

do not like tea at any other place.

Isn't it very hot?

We have come here

for tea date, right?

We can talk about these

things at home also.

Do you want to talk

about a specific matter?

Aastha's mood has changed ever since

you have come to live upstairs.

She remains happy. She laughs.

I too remain happy if she is happy.

Thank you so much for that.

I'm sure you haven't called

me here to talk about this.

You see, I am not old fashioned.

I don't believe in horoscope,

stars and astrology.

I have never cared

about society and people.

I have always believed that two persons

have a right to live together,

If they love each other,

horoscope and stars are useless.

Thank God. Thank you so much.

After you said all this,

I am feeling so relieved.

Seriously. Thank you.

Otherwise, I was wondering

what you would be thinking.

And your nature is strict,

so I was a bit scared to tell you.

- Are you scared of me?

- Yes, yes. Seriously.

Have you seen your

eyes in the mirror?

They tell you from afar.

Keep safe distance.

Do not come closer.

Come on. I am an open person.

I gave you a call

and called you, right?

Of course.

I mean I have to talk

to you about a specific matter.

Sure. Tell me.

I mean...

I think that Aastha loves you.

And you too like her.

So, both of you are happy.

No one else would

be happier than me.

Just a minute.

Aastha doesn't love me.

She likes me.

She likes to be with me.

We crack jokes and have fun.

I make her laugh.

She likes me.

Maybe after coming out of your serious

aura she can become like a child with me.

That's all. There is nothing else.

Of course, you can call

it infatuation or attraction.

But this is not love.

Love is what I feel...

- for you.

- What?

Yes.

And I thought that

you must have realized it.

That you knew it and that

is why we are meeting here.

Are you even listening

to what you are saying?

What are you saying?

I am telling the truth.

Aastha...

Aastha is a child for me.

I do not come to

your house to see her.

I come to see you.

Who do you think I am?

- I am not that kind of woman.

- What kind do you mean by that?

Meera, wait.

Meera, you are not

the first woman in my life.

Many women have come and left.

I have had many relationships.

I have been in and out of them.

I am a star.

I have never lacked attention.

But ever since...

Ever since you have entered my life...

...ever since I have known you,

seen you, understood you...

...one thing is sure,

that I have spent four

and half decades of my life...

...I have spent waiting

for you, Meera.

And that's the truth.

I... I want to grow old with you.

I will grow old

much earlier than you.

Do you even know

that I am 54 years old?

Let me tell you something, Meera.

Till date I have not been able to

commit myself in any relationship.

Perhaps because I am scared.

But ever since I have met you,

ever since I have seen you...

...this feeling that I have,

I am sure that this is love.

Love, marriage,

these words are for Aastha.

I am past that age.

Meera, your sobriety,

your loneliness, your sadness,

your strength,

your poems, your words,

your joys, your sorrows and you...

...I love you completely.

I love you Meera.

Meera. Meera,

please, I haven't finished.

Sit down.

Do not create a scene. Please.

Just a while ago you said a lot.

What was that?

You are not old fashioned.

Any person has a right

to love at any age.

What was that?

Only for Aastha? Not for you?

Why this double standard, Meera?

There is no compatibility

between you and me.

You alone decided that?

Meera, there happen to

be two persons in a relationship.

You decide for yourself.

I will decide for myself.

Listen.

There is nothing at all in

me which would your interest you.

Let me deicide that, Meera.

Meera, there is a connection

between the two of us.

I do not believe

in any such connection.

I set your words to tune.

Isn't that a connection?

Why do you send

your poems to me only?

Isn't that a connection, Meera?

In the whole city, I come and

stay at a place where you also live.

Isn't that a connection?

Come on, Meera, can't you see

the universe wants us to unite now?

The connection you

are looking for me...

...isn't it for Aastha?

She is youthful. She is beautiful.

She will be able

to give you all which I...

Will she be able to give poems?

There is an understanding

between you and me.

Will she be able

to have that with me?

You find all this very romantic,

don't you?

You have no idea

of my responsibility.

Sharan, now there is

no place for a man in my life.

Has there ever been a

place for anyone in your life?

Meera, you have got

used to fight alone.

You are selfish.

You do not want to share

anything with anybody.

Why should I share?

Who are you to me?

Nobody.

And everything.

It has taken me many years

to find a balance in my life.

Now I won't let

anybody to disturb it.

My anonymous poet,

will you marry me?

'Closing my eyelids..."

"...I will capture you"

"Darling, O darling"

"Darling, O darling"

"I dedicated my blinking

and heartbeats to you"

"O darling"

Mother, did you meet Sharan?

Did you eat?

Mother, I am asking something.

Did you talk to him or not?

- I did, dear.

- So tell me what did you talk about?

Oh my God. Shall we eat something?

I am very hungry.

- But hadn't you gone to a caf

- Yes.

So why didn't you eat?

So he refused.

He hasn't refused.

One needs some time to

take decision in such a matter.

- Time?

- Yes.

Did he tell you that he needs time?

He didn't say anything.

I don't want to leave

you to go anywhere.

And I think Utsav also wishes that

I should not leave

you to go anywhere.

Who is sending so many

messages so late in the night?

They are messages from Tapas.

He needs help with syllabus.

So reply.

Since there are so many

message he really needs help.

Go to sleep quietly.

Will the matter end

if I go to sleep quietly?

If you go to sleep quietly,

the topic will be on hold, right?

Come on. Go to sleep.

- Hi, good morning.

- You?

Whatever happened yesterday...

I don't want to talk about it.

Hey, what is the problem in talking?

Leave them.

They look nice when open.

Anyway, I have a

concert this evening.

I have come to invite both of you.

Thank you,

but I won't be able to come.

Till date you haven't

missed any of my concerts.

- Why now?

- I don't feel like it.

You don't feel like it.

Well, if not my voice,

then come to hear your words.

I will no longer be the reason.

Do not give yourself

so much importance.

Meera, you are a very mature person.

Very sensible person.

But right now you are

behaving like a teenager.

What happened is over.

Today is a new day.

Okay. So?

Meera, a person has the

right to express his feelings.

And the other person

has the right to refuse him.

Both of us have used

our respective rights.

There is no need

to make a big issue.

Am I making it an issue?

I haven't even come to talk to you.

Please go.

There will be a problem

if Aastha wakes up.

She will learn the truth.

What is the problem in it?

With great difficulty

she has come out of her trauma.

I don't want her to feel sad again.

You care so much about Aastha,

don't you?

For yourself?

For your happiness?

Nothing?

Don't you think you

are becoming too personal?

You are a neighbor,

and that too temporary.

Right.

But in a way, Aastha's dependence

on you is also temporary.

If not now then in

future she will go away.

And then you will regret.

I will live alone with my regret.

You have written a lot

with the ink of loneliness.

Do try the pen of love some time.

"You forgot to read

what was vague in the eyes."

"When you found the path

of love you forgot to walk"

"If someone asks this

is the story of love"

"The heart..."

"The heart broke and

you forgot to mend it"

"When you found the path

of love you forgot to walk"

"Life was spent in searching for it"

"Life was spent in searching for it"

"Each other's..."

"We forgot the door

to each other's heart"

"We forgot the door

to each other's heart"

"In a moment the feeling

was revealed and became gossip."

"In a moment the feeling

was revealed and became gossip."

"We forgot to hide

a tear in the eyes."

"We forgot to hide

a tear in the eyes."

"There was one lamp

and the night was rainy."

"There was one lamp

and the night was rainy."

"We...

"We forgot to unite aapne

hovapanu ogaalavun bhooli gaya?"

"We forgot to unite aapne

hovapanu ogaalavun bhooli gaya?"

"Years later we are

still standing at that turn"

"Years later we are

still standing at that turn"

"I separated from you

and forgot where to go"

"I separated from you

and forgot where to go"

- What happened?

- Nothing.

Oh. I didn't have a heartbreak.

I have realized that

it was just attraction.

There is nothing common between us.

He is mature so he realized it,

and I am stupid.

Meera?

Come.

I have come to make a request.

Okay, so let us sit inside and talk.

Accept Aastha.

Meera, this is not a 70's movie,

where you become the

embodiment of sacrifice...

...and entrust Aastha to me,

and with her I...

Come on.

It does not work that way, Meera.

Don't you like her?

I like her.

I like Aastha very much.

She is a fantastic girl.

I love her, but...

but like a child, like a kid.

Not like a woman.

Sharan, her heart will break.

- The poor girl...

- Just a minute.

First of all stop pitying her.

She is not miserable.

And for a moment I

will accept your proposal.

Suppose I marry her.

Tell me, which one

of us will remain happy?

This request from you

will ruin three lives.

If she comes to know that you have...

because of me

I get scared even to think about it.

This is not a comparison

between the two of you.

We are talking about my emotions.

And I love you, Meera.

- Why don't you understand?

- I don't want to understand!

And you don't understand, Meera.

You have spent half

the life in denial.

Yes.

What is your problem in accepting that

someone can desire you and love you?

It is normal that Sharan Mishra or any

man can fall in love with you, Meera.

It's normal.

And I am not saying that your

life is incomplete without a man.

I am just trying to explain that you are

capable of completing any man's life.

Meera, I want to

live my life with you.

I want to live with you.

Meera...

this offer has no expiery date.

This is a lifetime offer.

I will wait for you.

Where had you gone?

Just like that.

To get some fresh air.

I know that you had

gone to Sharan's house.

Mother, I can understand the

difference between love and pity.

I won't accept if someone

takes pity on me and marries me.

And you too stop pitying me.

What pity?

Would a mother pity her child?

Correct.

There is no need to provide

evverythign the child demands.

Stop lowering your dignity by going

to everybody and begging for me.

And I mean it.

Should I get married?

Sure. Why not?

But not fearing anybosy.

And also not to

run away from someone.

I don't understand.

Meera, you understand everything,

and you are constantly

convincing your mind.

How long will you keep

running by denying what is there?

There is?

What is there?

I can see what is there.

You should decide whether

it is there or not.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

How was your day? What did you do?

Nothing. I was doing some work.

Come on. Get ready quickly.

We will go to watch Salman's

new movie which was released.

Then we will have dinner outside.

- Mother.

- And then leisurely...

There is no need

to fake a good mood.

I know why your behaviour

has suddenly changed recently.

Aastha, it is not so.

It is so, mother.

You are denying the problem

and I believe in solution.

I know what you and

Sharan talked about.

And since I know, I understand also.

Aastha...

Sharan... I mean, dear...

Sharan is different.

- So What you think...

- Sharan doesn't think like that.

Maybe...

maybe I am not his type.

And...

oh...

there is no need to feel so unhappy.

You are beautiful,

smart and intelligent.

- I am young and a widow as well, right?

- Shut up.

Mother, listen.

Sharan may like a young, naive,

mischiveous girl like me as a friend.

But as a life companion

he would want a woman...

...who is mature, sensible equal to

him in age, or even older than him.

While making you emotional,

all this...

He has not made me emotioinal.

I became emotional vountarily.

So Let us be practical now.

And stop all this.

If someone refuses you,

take it as rejection and keep quiet.

Instead, can't you think

that the man is different?

That he thinks differently,

and he demands something different.

You have grown up.

I am dear to you so

you think I am the best.

But others can think

without bias, right?

- Hi.

- Hi.

Come.

So is everything okay?

You guys are okay?

Absolutely. Why wouldn't we be okay?

No, no, you must be okay.

So we are okay.

Right. Great.

Have you come directly from concert?

Yes, I thought it would e

great if I can get nice, hot tea.

Of course. Mother.

You make it. I have got other work.

It is better to drink poison rather

than drink tea made by Aastha.

Then you will die.

Yes, but will I survive

after drinking your tea?

Mother, please make tea.

I will make it.

Wafers.

Thanks.

This has become my favourite place.

How was the concert?

Nice.

Thanks for asking,

but it would have been

fun if you were there.

For whom?

When is the next one?

Day after tomorrow.

I and mother will attend.

Sure.

But you don't like music.

But I like you, right?

Chill, mother.

He is not feeling bad.

Yes, apart from your

tea I don't find anything bad.

Bad joke.

Excuse me.

Yes, Pooja.

What is the problem?

How long will you avoid me?

Meera, I have come to meet normally.

Just like I come daily.

But now... now nothing

has remained like normal.

What has changed?

Mind has changed.

The situation has changed.

And nothing can be chnged

to the way it was earlier.

Fine.

Now I understand

why she had come to me.

Actually she did

not run away from you.

She ran away from

herself and came here.

She is scared, Sharan.

For the first time in life she is afraid

that she will accept your proposal.

But what is there to be scared of?

For that we will have

to go back many years.

There is no point in it.

Sharan, I wish that you would

teach Meera to look to the future.

I have noticed love

for you in Meera's eyes.

I don't know if she

realizes it or not...

...but I have relized that

you are the last turn in her life.

If she misses this turn,

she will be lonely forever.

Thank you so much, Tapas.

See you.

Bye.

So finally,

Sharan did propose, right?

And as usual you

ran away from there.

Meera, learn to look

the situan in the eye.

I am looking.

At this age I should think

about Aastha and not about myself.

- Actually, you are stupid.

- What do you mean?

It means that you love Sharan,

even before you met him.

I do not like Sharan,

I like his 'gazal'.

Those 'gazal' are also yours, right?

Have you even thought why you

had sent your 'gazal' to him only?

Why did your mood change

ever since he came to live upstairs?

Usually you do not allow

anybody into yuor house.

So why so much

familiarity with Sharan?

Whether you accept it or not,

but you love Sharan.

Even before you met him.

He is 10 years younger than you.

Meera, birth certificate cannot

be the basis of any relationship.

You do not understand anything.

I hade gone to him

for Aastha's sake.

With what face do I go to Aastha...

Aastha understands

everything, Meera.

She is a modern girl.

Do talk to her once.

I am confident that she

will become your biggest support.

There is no use of talking to you.

It is true.

There is no use of talking to me.

You should talk to yourself.

Good morning.

Tea and surprise.

Tea? You made it?

Of course.

How is it?

- What happened?

- What have you add to this, dear?

- Masala.

- From where did you take it, dear?

From the box of spices.

Dear, it contains hot spices.

But it is the same, right?

Drink it. Come on.

I will drink it.

I will drink after a while.

What is the surprise?

Look, every mother dreams of searching

for a suitable boy for her daughter.

Rarely a daughter is lucky enough to search

for a suitable match for her motyher.

So listen.

Needed a husband for a stubborn, foolish,

but very intelligent and affectionate...

...middle age, but very beautiful,

superchef with problem of OCD...

...professor,

earning, independent mummy.

Age younger or older

than her is acceptable...

...but the capabiity of tolerating

her anger and reprimand.

Apply only if you are

used to keeping yout tone down.

Do not apply if you

are used to answering back.

Are you in your right mind?

And, I have shortlisted

these four...

...and I am going

to meet them today.

Aastha please, I beg to you.

I don't have time fot such nonsense.

- I have to go to college.

- Hey, hey,

if you want to marry me off,

you will have to marry first.

Aastha, are you crazy?

Let me go to college.

Mother, I won't rest

till I marry you off.

What are you doing?

Aren't you going to college?

No, my classes are later.

You may go. I will come on my own.

- Sure?

- Sure.

Take care.

Good morning.

Good morning.

I will have a nice day.

You have forbidden

me to come o your house.

But I had such strong

desire to meet you...

...that we met like

this in the lift.

Isn't it amazing?

Well?

By the way,

this sari looks good on you.

You are looking beautiful.

When someone pays you a compliment

you should say thank you.

I mean I won't feel bad.

Hey, Meera,

what is the problem in talking?

Well?

Why are you angry?

You refused me. I should be angry.

I should feel bad.

Why are you sulking?

Meera.

Come on, Meera.

I love you.

I told you. I asked you.

You refused me.

The matter is over, right?

- So end the matter.

- I have.

Can't we talk in the

lift like norman neighbors?

That's what I am doing.

Start the lift. I am getting late.

I too fear the same.

It may be too late.

Meera.

Tell me one thing, Meera.

When we don't like someone,

how we clearly communicate

to that person?

I don't like you.

When we like someone,

why there is a ban on openly

saying it to that person?

Why?

Hello.

Yes, Aastha, tell me.

Okay, so come to college.

We will finish it.

I met four.

And trust me, I met all four.

- 'Good morning, sir.'

- One aske me,

'Do you think I will get hitched?'

Nonsense? And another one,

rejected at first sight.

And the third one, you know what?

- You...

- Aastha, Aastha, Aastha, listen to me.

Jokes apart, but Meera

is really worried about you.

She won't be able to think about her life,

until someone enters your life...

Tapas, please.

Just like mother worries about me,

I worry about mother.

Just think, what will

happen to her after I leave?

And after living with Utsav,

I won't accept anything less.

I won't be able to

live with compromises.

I can understand.

But until you decide

about yourself, Meera...

Forget about it, Tapas.

Mother will never take her decision.

But now I am taking

decision instead of her.

Now she will have

to do what I tell her.

Simple.

Okay.

Latest?

Yo.

Bye

Aastha.

Yes, mother?

Come, dear,

don't you want to go home?

Mother, I have a workshop.

I will be a bit late.

Workshop?

But Tapas didn't say anything to me.

Do you doubt me?

- He must have forgotten.

- Okay.

Oh, and anyway I have

to go to meet my mother.

So you can go. I will come later.

Your mother's house.

Aastha, is everything fine?

Mother, everything is fine.

I will return a bit late.

- You go.

- Sure?

Sure, mother.

Meera.

Haven't I told you not to

come to my house when I am alone?

Why?

Do you feel scared?

Of whom?

Of your own self.

Will you stop this, Sharan?

Meera, today I want

answer to a question.

I am not under obligation

to give any answer.

You will have to answer.

Is it compulsory?

Yes, it is.

You must tell me why

you rejected me, Meera.

I don't want to tell you.

I can understand the difference

between attraction and love.

I have that much experience.

I have grey hair.

My face is wrinkled.

After two years your

attraction wil disappear.

And then I will feel

like a burden to you.

I do not want to become

a burden on anybody.

Not now, and not ever.

Oh. Meera, you have not

been able to understand me.

I am not concerned about

your grey hair or wrinkles.

I am concerned with

your words, Meera.

As long as you keep writing

such things I will go on loving you.

I will love you even more, Meera.

Because words do not have age.

They have soul.

And I love your soul, Meera.

- I don't believe you.

- Look at me, Meera.

Look into my eyes, and tell

me that you don't believe me.

- That you don't love me.

- I don't.

Meera, you don't love me?

No.

You don't love me?

No.

Meera, you don't love me?

No.

You do.

You do love me, Meera, right?

It is good that you came.

I want to tell you something.

I love Meera.

And me?

I care about you.

Surely you know,

Aastha, that I want you to be happy?

Because I know that if you

are happy, Meera will be happy.

And I do hve a

selfish purpose in it.

You never loved me.

It is not that I did not love you.

I do.

You are so sweet that anybody

would feel affection for you.

The only difference is that I love

you and I am in love with Meera.

I have respect for Meera.

I am attracted towards her.

I have a desire to

spend my life with her.

I know.

But why didn't you

tell me the truth?

Didn't I give you many chances?

That night I knew whose

messages you were receiving.

But you didn't open your heart.

When Sharan had come to meet you,

there was no call from Pooja.

I gave you time so that

you could talk in peace.

Didn't I openly told

you about my love?

You didn't tell me

what was in your heart.

I trusted you, mother,

because I did consider

you as my mother.

You never considered

me as your daughter.

So you didn't trust me.

You kept on saying

that she is like Utsav.

She is as dear as Utsav.

She has taken Utsav's place.

But did you give me that place?

I am a liability

and a burden to you.

You want to be free of it.

This... all this

happened because of you.

Meera.

You came and completely

disrupted our relation and life.

There was only one relation

was remaining in my life.

You broke that also.

True relations never break

by speaking the truth. Please.

She loves you.

She is hurt right now.

Actually, you should have

told her the truth earlier.

What do I tell her?

That I have fallen

in love at this age?

Why did you leave?

Don't you know how

lonely I have become?

How lonely I too am without you?

But mother is there with you.

I have nobody with me.

Come back.

I will. I will definitely come.

Until then?

Until then look after mother.

My mother doesn't know

how to live for herself.

She lived her life for me.

Every mother in the

world mostly does the same.

Most of the mothers know

that when she is tired of life...

...her son will be

ready to hold her hand.

I couldn't do even

that for my mother.

I had thought that the

journey is just beginning...

...but then my station arrived.

And I had to leave my

mother alone and go away.

I keep worrying about

what will happen to her.

Don't worry about that.

I am there.

I know that youn are there, Aastha.

My mother may have lost her son...

...but you have filled

the void of my absence.

I have only this desire.

My mother should live

the rest of the life.

She should live it fully.

She should live it

to her heart's content...

...not by restrainig her desires.

I will give her that life.

I promise.

Will you return?

My love will remain

incomplete if I do not return.

I will definitely come.

Sit.

Are you going to

marry my mother or not?

I made my effort. She refused.

Do you listen to

everything she says?

You will never make any headway

if you do everything she says...

...because she doesn't

know she loves you.

So?

- So...

- What am I supposed to do?

What do you mean?

You have to do everything.

Mother has got a direction,

but she has no strength at all...

...to walk or take

a step in that direction.

So you have to

provide that strength.

You keep a bird in a cage for years,

and then you may open the cage.

It is not necessary

that it will fly away.

It doesn't have the idea of freedom.

You have to provide it.

Will you do it?

Are you ready?

You are using very big words.

Are you ready?

I don't want you at all.

I have realized that

you are a very irritating man.

I was a bit attracted towards you...

...because you are handsome,

you have got swag.

But it won't last long.

You are suitable for my mother only.

Or, your mother is suitable for me.

Whatever.

But please put an ent to all this.

I am really fed up of it.

Aastha, you are not

as stupid as I thought.

You are more stupid

that I had imagined

Should you talk like this?

Don't you have manners?

No. Bye.

Tapas, I am tired.

I want to sell off this

house and go away somewhere.

'Where will you go?

You run away every time...'

'...but that which is inside

you will accompany you, right?'

Just a minute. Aastha has come.

Where had you gone?

Didn't you think that

your mother will be worried?

Mother?

Which mother?

After Utsav died you used

to say that you have lost the son...

...but the daughter is there.

Did you consider me as daughter?

Dear, I have thought by

considering you as daughter.

When my daughter is lonely, and

barely coming out of her trauma...

...should I think about myself?

- You have the first right to live.

- You have it, mother.

Because you have spent

half your life for others' sake.

True.

Half of it is over, right?

Half of it is still there, right?

Not like the okld

time heroine of 1970's,

but think like 2021's

brand new woman.

Become a bit selfish

for your own sake.

For me nothing is more

important than your life.

Mother, for the first time

life has knocked on your door.

Go, open it and live.

Sharan is very younger than me.

- What will people say?

- Younger?

People?

You have spent your whole

life listening to others.

It is your life, not of others.

- And this society?

- Which society?

That society which objects

to a widow feeling happy?

Or the society, which wants to keep a single

woman single for the rest of her life?

These people have no problem

in having an affair with such women.

But they have a problem

if that woman gets married.

I don't care. And you should not.

I am with you and you need not

any permission from anybody else.

But if I marry at this age...

Then have live-in relationship.

Yes. If it doesn't work

out then come back to me.

Mother, both I and Utsav

wish that now you should live.

Are you happy now?

"I am going beyond

the limits of dreams"

"My heart I listened to yuo"

"And get affected and lost"

"Keep this moment secret"

"In the lines...

of hands"

"In the lines of hands,

I will pledge my love for you"

'Closing my eyelids..."

"...I will capture you"

"Darling, O darling"

"Darling, O darling"

"I dedicated my blinking

and heartbeats to you"

"O darling"