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having a good night's sleep.

How'd he know that right in Delhi

there's a hapless woman...

whose world he has made desolate

and dark.

Usha, l have a brother. Dr Gopal.

You don't know him.

l haven't seen him,

but l've heard the name.

l told him your tale.

He was much moved.

He asked me to tell you that

it's no use crying over spilt milk.

And he bets that Ramesh

is a nice person.

Sarla, tell him that, for me there's

only one nice person...

Sarju.

Sarla, it's time to leave.

- Right, brother Ramesh.

Let's go, Usha.

Heard everything?

Yes.

- Even now l feel that...

if you tell her the truth, she...

- No Sarla!

Then what's the solution

to this crisis?

Tonight, she came here for a while,

and you hid here inside the room.

Tomorrow, when she comes as

a daughter-in-law to our neighbour...

then where will you keeping hiding?

And when brother Ramesh...

comes to know, then what happens?

- l have found a way out, Sarla.

This week l'm leaving Delhi for good.

- Brother...?

Yes Sarla. There's a mission hospital

in Simla.

Where, three kids from Tibet

are being nurtured.

They need a doctor.

l had applied.

They have accepted my application.

That's it Sarla, l'm going there.

Besides, sister,

l have just one desire left.

To tend to the innocent kids

for the rest of my life.

Yes Sarla.

These children are orphans.

They're so hungry for love

and affection that...

they go mad with just a caress

from someone.

Doctor, more than your treatment

they need your love.

Mr Scott...

God has bestowed

immense love upon me.

l have come here only to share

that love with these children.

These children need doctors like you.

Geesha, tell the children that

he's their new doctor.

Daddy, take me to Simla.

Simla? What's there?

- Festival.

There'll be a skiing competition too.

l feel, he'll definitely participate.

Usha, how long will you wait

for the one who's still missing?

Until l find him, Daddy.

Sarju!

Why don't you hear me?

l've been calling out to you!

Why're you staring at me

as if you don't know me?

Forgive me, who are you?

You don't me?

What're you saying?

What's the matter, dear?

- Daddy, he's Sarju.

He says, he doesn't know me.

He's kidding.

Believe me, l'm not kidding.

All right, you aren't kidding.

You're showing your true colours.

l had a feeling

you aren't a nice man.

But l never knew that

you are a bloody fraud.

You don't know her?

Look at her carefully.

You destroyed her life. Like mad

she has been looking for you.

Swine! Fraud!

You've made us suffer so much...

l feel like breaking your neck!

- No Daddy!

Daddy, l know what

has happened to him.

People lose their memory

due to accidents.

Perhaps it has happened to him.

Sarju, did you meet with an accident?

No.

He has forgotten that too, Daddy.

Sarju, look at me carefully.

l'm Usha.

Remember, we met in Gulmarg.

l fell off a horse...

then you carried me.

We used to roam by the lake.

You used to call me

Queen of Blossoms.

Sarju, you had even come home,

disguised as a physician.

l regret, l'm not the one.

You're mistaken.

- l'm not mistaken.

You're cheating me. Oh! l don't

understand what's wrong with you.

You were a skiing champion, remember?

- Skiing...?

Champion...?

Why're you pulling my leg?

l can't even walk properly.

l was born crippled.

The poor thing must've felt bad.

Sometimes even our eyes are deceived.

Maybe, but the soul

can never be deceived.

Daddy l'm telling you, it's him.

He's limping to fool us.

Daddy, stop him!

Stop him Daddy. lt's him.

Are you sure he's the one?

- Yes Daddy, dead sure.

lf he's the one, then it's no use

stopping him.

He has spurned you.

No use begging of him.

lt's no use, Usha.

Daddy!

- Forget him.

Rai Bahadur...

l'm giving away

the apple of my eye to you.

Not a daughter-in-law, please

consider Usha to be your daughter.

l've been waiting for

this moment, Mr Diwan.

Usha will marry my son.

What else can delight me more?

l always approved of this alliance.

You made the delay.

Couldn't help it, Rai Bahadur.

You wouldn't imagine...

what a motherless daughter's

father goes through.

Anyway, fix up an auspicious date

for the engagement.

Engagement? That's dated. Now that

the matter is settled, let's find...

a suitable date this week for

the wedding. Why delay a good deed?

O'cruel lover,

my heart pines for you

Tears that run down from my eyes

pine for you

O my cruel beloved, this heart

craves for you

Sarla, tell Gopal that l'm furious.

l'm marrying tomorrow...

and he hasn't yet arrived.

You will reach Simla at two...

as soon as you reach, drag him here.

And look sister, tell him clearly...

if he doesn't come, l'm not marrying.

You dig?

Sarla, it must be chilly on the way.

Take this shawl along.

Drive fast but carefully.

Gopal has put on airs.

l'll fix him once he comes here.

You act pricey on his wedding.

What kept you so long?

Everyone is waiting for you.

All right, get the stuff unloaded.

- Unload the stuff, coolie.

l'm a labourer, not a coolie.

lt's my job to bring in the stuff,

your job is to unload it.

Manager...

who is that man?

- Careful when you address him.

He's our little master.

- No, he's Mr Sarju's friend.

Sir... little master...

Remember me, sir?

- No. What is it?

He's mad. Go on, sir.

- No sir...

l'm not mad. Aren't you

Mr Sarju's friend?

Sarju?

- Yes. You had come to Kashmir.

l'm Mamdu, l own the Heaven houseboat.

- Oh Mamdu!

l remember. What're you doing here?

- l work here, sir.

ls it?

- Where's Mr Sarju?

Away in Simla,

but he's coming tonight.

ls he coming here?

Then l'll wait for him here.

l want to ask your friend

why he ruined that lady's life.

He loved her, then he ran away.

Love...?

- Yes sir.

Who is the girl? D'you know her?

- Yes sir. By Allah...

she's a very decent girl.

- Sarju is coming tonight.

Don't meet him. Tell him nothing.

- Why not?

You don't know, Mamdu,

his life is ruined.

And that could wreck havoc

in the girl's life.

After my wedding we'll go to Kashmir.

Help me meet her once.

l'll request her, l'll beg of her...

- You don't need to go to Kashmir.

Sister Usha is right here in Delhi.

- Usha...? ln Delhi...?

Yes, she's in college.

- College?

Could she be

Mr Diwan Kishore's daughter?

Yes, she is. You know her?

Yes Mamdu, l know her too well.

But brother if you don't go, by

evening brother Ramesh will be here.

And you know,

he won't marry without you.

No Sarla. Tell him that

you didn't find me here.

Go back, everything will be fine.

- What'll be fine?

You think you fooled Usha?

You're mistaken, brother.

She told me that she met you...

and that you refused to

recognise her on purpose.

Good. At least she'll take me for

a traitor and forget me.

That's what you think, brother.

But l don't think so.

You haven't seen

the poor thing of late.

She's a living-corpse, who's forced

to sit on the wedding altar.

Yes brother, of this wedding

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