01x08 - Trust II / Imtehaan

[bunniefuu]

[Alarm ringing]

Exam fever.

- Where are you going?
- Mjo's place. I have a group study.

No way.
You are not going for group studies.

Why?
Is there a boys issue there too?

It is not about the boys, Amu.
It is about your friend, Mjo.

She will distract you in the class.

And she will get better marks than you.

- So?
- You have to get an A, darling.

You know what, mumma? You
are getting paranoid for nothing.

Firstly, lower your tone. Okay?
I am your mother.

And I have decided.
You will not go for group studies.

It is okay if I have to teach you.

How can you teach me, mumma?
I am not speaking to you.

- That is a bit of a problem.
- Amu.

Daddy will teach me.

Because if I must stay in jail,
I choose my jailer.

Amu.

[Anuja] 98% Mahisha, what is this?

You make a revision schedule
for Shaista and send it to me.

You either show me
the results or you are fired.

[Meira] Exams. No matter in which age
it happens, one has to appear in it.

Someone has to give academically,
and someone in life.

Mothers become warriors
during the kid's exams.

But nobody is with the mothers
during their exams.

I seem to have lost
my child's trust.

And now I have to pass
a difficult exam of regaining her trust.

[Alarm ringing]

- Your daughter is playing truant...
- He's not paying attention...

Mom! There's no wifi!

- My child was a topper.
- How did my daughter fare?

♪ Up or down or a circus clown
♪ Verb or adverb or a proper noun

♪ Can do math and science and history
♪ This is a real mystery

♪ Wife and daughter-in-law and maid

♪ Teacher and a mother
♪ And the food's home made

♪ One kilo of vile, two kilos of good
♪ That's what we call Mentalhood

♪ All that tension before exams

♪ Lots of preparing, lots of sleepless nights

♪ Daughters are harbouring secrets

♪ Behind our backs they're meeting guys

Mummy, my dancing shoes!

♪ It's a yes or a no or a reprimand
♪ On and off and inside out

♪ Where to turn, which way is good
♪ Life is total Mentalhood

[Namrata] Ajo, is this true?

No, really. Is this true?

That this year the kids will be segregated
into sections according to their marks?

Means the bright ones go to A and B
and not so bright ones go to C and D.

- Yup.
- This is discrimination, guys.

But Ajo, you are the PTA head.

- Why did you not stop it?
- Stop?

- It is my decision.
- What?

If my daughter gets 95%

...and if a weak student who gets
60% or 40% is trying to stop her...

...and teacher is slowing down
her pace because of that,

then why should I allow it?

You mean kids of section A
will study Shakespeare?

And kids of D section Ketan Bhagat?

No dear,
the syllabus remains the same.

But some kids, the weaker kids will
pass by studying the abridged notes.

Rest will write
detailed analytical essays.

Reports, extra notes, extra lists.

You know, whatever
is required for Harvard and Yale.

You mean why to invest more
on non-performing assets, right?

Kids are not assets.

And my kids are good at studies.

Just left behind for a few marks.
Then it is not fair.

And I have not shifted from Kanpur
to let my kids study in B section.

Great.

Then work hard
and get the section you want.

And what about my
non-performing assets?

The rest of the kids can't suffer
because of your non-performing assets.

So either fix it or deal with it.

[Priety] Ajo, don't you have
any problems in your life?

You are perfect, your kids are perfect.
We are the ones who are losing out.

Stop this class.
I don't want to continue.

[School bell ringing]

Come on, kids, come on!

Move ahead.

Yes. Come.

Sahil.
What are you doing here?

- Hey, Anuja. I just came to...
- Sahil, you can't do this.

You can't come here like this.

If Tarun comes to know,
he will be extremely upset, you know that.

- Look, I just wanted to talk to you.
- I understand. But not here and not now.

Please go home.
I will speak to you later.

Neither can we speak
at home nor here.

This is not done.

I know. Okay. I am sorry.

As soon as the exams are over,
I will speak to you, I will come to you.

- But you please go now.
- We must talk.

We will. Please just go.

[Teacher] Shaista, English 94.
Hindi 89.

French 99. Math 56.

Her percentage lowers down
because of math.

You must have been
a math topper, right?

So sorry, miss.
My math can never be like hers.

Because she is not my mother.
I am adopted.

We will work on it.

[Gaurav] Priety, how is this possible?
Why do you want a curfew in the house?

If they don't get marks,
then there will be curfew in school for them.

So ask the useless children
not to watch TV.

- Why are you denying me?
- I have already done what I had to do.

Argue after the exams.

Okay, bar my TV.
This is my state now.

Hey Vicky, drop the ball
and come here to study.

Hello.

What are you doing?

- Chilling.
- Why are you not studying?

To roads diverged in a yellow wood,

I am sorry I could not travel both.
And be one traveller.

Long I stood
and look down one as far as I could.

- What is this?
- Mom, it is a poem written by Frost.

And you know,
I have revised it 110 times.

Great. I am very impressed.

But over confidence is not a good thing.

Stop pushing me.
I have finished studying.

I am your mother.
It is my job to push you.

If you get 97%
it is my job to push you to 98%.

If you get 98%
it is my job to push you to 99%.

And what if I
don't want to get 99% then?

Why? Are you stupid?

It will be so much fun

when your daughter will
join the duffer section.

It will be so much fun.

- You have the guts to speak to me like this.
- You have the guts.

Mom, you have failed.

Your secrets, your lies...
I know it all.

If you can fail in your marriage,
then can't I fail in my exams?

[Meira] Niki.

Niki, you are sleeping?
Are your revisions done?

No, you didn't make me do it.

You could have done it yourself.

Anyway, you don't have
any time for me at all.

Niki.

Come on, get up. Let's study.

Come.

Get up. Come.

- Hey, have you studied?
- The whole night.

I too have studied.
Now all my algebra doubts are cleared.

- Algebra?
- Yes.

Aataman, today is Science exam.
Why talking about algebra?

Are you mad? It is math exam.

- Studying science for math exam.
- I had heard of stupid kids...

...who study the wrong subjects
and now I am seeing one.

Loser.

[Laughing]
Studied the wrong subject.

- Amu, how was your paper?
- I will tell dad.

I am already sad.
Where is Niki?

Aunty, he went away.
He did not give the exam.

- Went away?
- He had studied for the wrong subject.

What?

Come.

[Watchman] Sir.

[Anmol] What are you doing here, Nikhil?
You had an exam.

- Is he your son?
- [Anmol] Yes.

He was at the bus stop.

He was asking for a ticket to Kanpur
in the bus for Nagpur.

Bus conductor informed me.
He doesn't even have money.

Nikhil, come here.

What were you doing?
Where were you going?

Mummy taught me the wrong subject.

I was anyway going to fail
and you were going to scold me.

So I was running
and going to granny's house.

Baby.

Sir, what kind of a mother is she?
Taught wrong subject to the kid.

We are also working women.
We too have kids.

We also teach them.
But not like this.

Sir, if you can't manage the kids,
then why do you give birth to them?

Made a mistake,
I mean the child has made a mistake.

Sorry.

Let's go.

Baby, you can't do such things.

You would have failed, so what?

[Doorbell rings]
Niki. Niki.

Is Niki home?

- No, madam. Nikhil isn't home.
- God.

Anmol. Pick up the phone, Anmol.

Niki. Niki was with you?

Mummy.

You realised there was a kid missing?

- Wow.
- Stop it, Anmol.

I dropped Niki to school.

And when I went to pick him up,
he wasn't there.

You taught him the wrong subject
and sent him to school.

Where is your mind?

Police has brought him back.
He was running away.

[Footsteps]

Niki, I am so sorry.

Mummy was so scared.

But you don't have to run away.
You should have called mummy.

Mumma, he will go to the duffer section.
And what will you tell Anuja aunty?

Amu.

Let's go, dear.

Niki. I made a mistake.

[Anmol's Mother] Dear.

Come in and get refreshed.

You too.

- Why has mother come?
- I called her.

You are not able to manage.

You are losing your own self.
Losing your kids.

I thought you needed some help.

And you took the decision
that your mom will help me?

If you really wanted to help me,
then you should have helped.

But you just left me. All alone.

We are a parenting team.

You are forgetting your family
while competing with the GI moms.

And to support your new habits,
I am working very hard.

You wanted your kids to study
in a great school in a big city.

Here they are. They are studying.

But you know what, Meira?

I am bank rolling this entire farce.

My office is in Powai.

But we live two hours away in the town
to be closer to the best school.

I commute for 4 hours every day.
4 hours!

And I need to put in extra hours to work
so that we can make some more money...

...to support this lifestyle.

Come on.

Then you accuse me
of not being a team player.

Get your facts right.

- I only want best for my...
- Yeah. Well, you failed.

[Meira] I was failing in the exam of a wife
trying to be a competitive mom.

Today I felt,

not only was I breaking
my husband's trust,

but also making him weaker.

And we were becoming
weaker as a couple.

And I wanted to fix this.

[Vicky] Mummy, what are you doing?

Chits.

You are not going to pass otherwise.

So cheat.

No, mummy. You teach us.

Don't make us do
this dangerous thing.

[Anmol's Mother] I have kept
the pickles in a smaller container.

- To serve. Okay.
- Yes, okay.

[Anmol's Mother] And keep
these boxes back on top.

Keep it carefully.

[Timmy] Mummy, I am hungry.

As soon as you are supposed to study,
you get hungry.

I will give you a tight slap.

Come on, mug it up.

Come on, let's drink scotch today.

[Gaurav] Come, sit.

Come. Mug it up.

Serve us chicken like the other day.

His wife has stopped
serving food to him.

[Laughing]

Vicky, get me some ice, dear.

- [Pramod] Thank you.
- [Gaurav] And what else?

- You had a fight?
- [Pramod] No.

- [Gaurav] Sure.
- [Pramod] Yes.

Hello. Greetings.

I wanted to talk to you for a minute.

- [Gaurav] You drink. I will be back.
- Yes.

[Gaurav] What happened?

What's this?

Kids are studying. Exams.

[Priety] How will they study
if there is a party at home?

Gaurav, just a minute.

Brother, please don't mind.

But your wife must have surely denied.

Minty must be studying.
So you came here.

Show some respect. He is our guest.

What's so great about passing exams?
They're not going to do jobs.

Pramod, why do our kids need to study?

I get enough rent from a mall
at Nariman Point.

We live like kings, mother f**kers.
What do we lack?

So should they remain uneducated?

Uncouth?

Alcoholics?

- And behave itchy like you?
- What the...

Gaurav, listen...

Look, Priety.
Don't annoy me.

Aataman.

What happened?

Papa, are you leaving home and going?

I am not going anywhere, dear.
I am right here.

Papa, please don't go.
My friend's father too went away.

I am not going anywhere, baby.
I am right here with you.

What the hell, Anuja.

He must have heard
Mahisha and me speak.

I can't help it, Tarun.
She is out of control.

I don't want to hear anything.
You are messing up my kids.

I gave you one job.
You couldn't do that.

I do the best I can.

To protect you
and protect my children.

I try my best that
nobody ever comes to know.

But kids have grown up.
Mahisha can see.

I can't control everything
and you can't blame me for everything.

Post pictures of a happy family.
I don't care.

But if my children get less grades
because of the situation at home...

You watch it.

[Namrata] Shaista.
You want to get angry? Be it.

You want to scream "mom, I hate you"...

That's also okay.
Because you are my daughter.

My child.

Everybody doesn't get a chance
to choose their child.

But I had that one chance.

And I chose you.

So whether you got my DNA or not,

I will surely teach you math.

Maids haven't come today.
Have you left your kids there?

He wants to spoil them.

Let him make them as he is.
Why should I bother?

Are you crazy?

Use your brains. Go back home.

Even if you want a separation,
do it legally.

Separation?

But Ajo, I did not mean that.

Are you mad?

Today, he pushed you,
tomorrow, he will hit you.

Don't you know these men?

If you don't stop them,
it only gets worse.

If you allow him
to raise his hand on you today,

it gives them a license to hit you.

These men need to be stopped.
Just stopped.

[Gaurav] Hey, Vicky,
I asked you to get ice.

Don't you understand?

Will you push your father?
Have I taught you this?

This is what you do to mummy.

Want to teach me a lesson.

Ajo.

- Has Tarun ever... To you?
- Don't be silly. Tarun. I am blessed.

Have you gone mad?

Tarun would never ever.

- No chance.
- That is what I was thinking.

Priety.

Be like Ajo.

Ajo would never have tolerated all this.

I also won't, Ajo.

You watch.

[Phone ringing]

Gaurav.

Idiot.

[Meira] Hi, Aakash.

Listen, Aakash.
I am really worried.

I wanted to take
out stuff from the bank.

- But it shows, access denied.
- [Aakash] Yes, but don't worry.

There may be some problems
in the due process.

I will talk to the bank now.
Everything will be fine.

Thanks, Aakash. Love you!

Well...

I want to talk about love
with you.

But first bank. Then love.

- I will see you at lunch.
- Okay. Great.

[Gaurav] Vicky. Timmy. Come here.

Priety, please forgive me.

You are right.
I am an uncouth illiterate.

I don't have any manners.

We have mended our beastly ways
because of you.

You are our ring master. Right?

Vicky. You know, your maternal grandpa...

He was a gentleman.

Always wanted Priety to marry such a guy
who was educated like him.

But your father...

...fell in love with your mother.

Your father told your grandpa:
"Please give me your daughter."

"Give a whip to your daughter too."

"I will mend my ways according to her."

Sorry, mummy.
Papa had forgotten this.

But useless children,
listen to me carefully.

If you want to learn something from someone,
then learn from your mother.

Don't make me your example
and become like me.

I will be back.

- For you.
- [Priety] Are you bribing me?

- No, dear.
- Then?

You said it is wrong. I am not bribing.
I got it from your favourite store.

Wow, awesome. Awesome!

- Should I try it?
- Yes, please do.

If you don't get 50% marks,
I will ruin your lives.

Please consider us as work in progress.
And keep reprimanding us.

We will improve.

Okay.

Aakash Fernandes.

[Man 1] Mrs. Sharma. Right there.

- What is this?
- Bank locker done. Let's celebrate.

Oh, Aakash, I was so worried.
Thank you so much.

- Really.
- You worry a lot.

Come sit.
Had to just sign some papers.

- What was the need to panic so much?
- Panic is about the secret.

I feel so bad.
I kept lying to Anmol.

But now I am going to tell him everything.

[Aakash] You are very sweet, Meira.
I also wanted to share something.

You know...

Actually...

I have fallen in love.

- What?
- Yeah.

I thought I would never be able
to fall in love again.

But now...

After ages...

I feel...

- I am in love.
- Oh, really?

- How nice.
- Anmol.

How did you know I am here?

Nice flowers.

So you are in love?

- Anmol it is not like, you know.
- Tell me openly.

[Anmol] Anyway, both of you have
more secrets than we do.

Sit down.

So let's hear your story
about love.

Anmol.

I am not in love with Aakash at all.

What?

What?

I am not having an affair with Aakash.

- You are not having an affair with Aakash?
- What are both of you talking?

I came here to tell Meira that
I am in love.

But not with her.

- I just came to tell you that...
- You have found someone.

Yes.

- You don't have an affair with Aakash.
- No.

Affairs are not only physical.

They can be emotional too.

Where you share your feelings
with someone else.

[Anmol] First good morning, last good night.
Emotional dependence.

Anmol, it isn't true. Believe me.

- I was going to tell you.
- But the bank guys told me earlier.

They called and said that

you and your wife had come.

But some signatures
on the papers are left.

With which husband had you gone?

I don't know what's happening.

Anmol, listen.

Aakash was just helping me.

It's just...

Mummy insisted me
to open a bank account.

She had given me
some jewellery and money.

And asked me

to save it for a rainy day.

- So I just...
- But you did not share this with me.

- But with Aakash.
- You know how mummy is.

I was always

a wrong choice for your mother.

A working class boy.

But you?

After 13 years of marriage...

You still don't understand what I think?

Meira, I know you can't think
about anyone else.

You don't have
the cheating gene in you.

But Meira.
Cheating is not only of one kind.

You and me are not only
husband-wife or parents.

- We were good friends.
- Yes.

We were best friends.

But you...

- You shared that with Aakash.
- I made a mistake.

I am sorry.

Mummy's back was aching.

She asked me to
sleep in her room.

Anmol.

Please talk to me.

What is there to talk?
Let bygones be bygones.

Please believe me, Anmol.

I requested mummy a lot.

I opened a locker
so that I could help you.

Actually this school

and Ajo

have made me crazy.

Let's do this.

Let's put our kids
in a normal and simple school.

Kids will study here.

Don't forget it was our dream.

Okay, I ask for unconditional sorry.
It is all my fault.

Or should I show you...

...how sorry I am?

What?

Do you remember?

When we had started dating,

and you were very angry
and I came to your place.

And... You know...

The first time.

That sorry.

Will that sorry do?

Okay fine. I apologise like this.

You don't need to apologise.

- That kind of sorry is acceptable.
- [Laughing]

- Mummy.
- Kids.

[Laughing]

[Meira] That's the best part
of being a couple.

The world and kids are on one side.
And parents team on the other side.

All the secrets, all the confusions
are all petty in comparison...

...if there is trust between the two.

And if in the team of perfect partnership
they don't get along together,

then more trouble arises.

And at times,
the team partner does something...

...which is not worth forgiving.

Yet we forgive.

Because we all try
that the cycle of parenting goes on.

But for how long will this team work?

Only time can tell.

Naksh, Tara. Come, bath time.

Forehead. Yes.

Shoulders. Yes.

[Naksh] Hey. No dancing. No bouncy.

No dancing, no bouncy.
Go under the water.

Come on, good. Yes.

- Wait. Now let her...
- [Tara] No.

What happened?

Hey, why is Tara crying?

- Why is your sister crying?
- [Naksh] She said no.

[Tara] I don't want to go to school. No.

[Anuja] Mr. Awasthi sir.
I was thinking.

I think we have been
very harsh on the kids.

The rule that we have made
on sections based on merits...

I think it is not fair.

We should treat all the children equally.

- I believe in equality.
[Door opens]

[Aakash] Mr. Awasthi.

My daughter has been molested.

- What?
- On your school premises.

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