Arzoo Page #9

- Oh God!

Get this clear, Gopal. Either l'll

have the answer from you tonight...

or l'll leave breaking

this friendship for good.

Tell me Gopal. Tell me.

Don't ask me, Ramesh.

You can't stand the truth, my friend.

We'll bear every truth, brother.

But l can't bear to hear my brother

being called the betrayer.

Sarla! l haven't betrayed!

Ramesh, l haven't betrayed.

Then what is the matter? What is it?

Brother, don't ruin someone's life!

l beg of you!

Don't ruin her!

Okay, Sarla. You want to

know the truth, don't you?

All right. All right, Ramesh,

l'll tell you right now.

l'll show you right now.

Sarla, face the truth.

Ramesh, witness the mockery

of your friend.

This is the truth!

lf you are keen to know the truth...

you must also have the courage

to withstand it.

lf your shrieks bring Ma here,

she'll die.

Sarla, for something you couldn't

bear to see just once...

how can she bear it, who would

have to see it everyday?

Now you know why l run away from her?

Now you know why l want her to be

married off to someone else?

Sarla, Ramesh...

l just have one request to you.

Don't let my Ma know,

else, the poor thing will die.

Gopal, you're a big doctor. Can't you

cut my leg off and fix it in yours?

What have you done?

Mamdu, l've been following you

from the station.

Did you receive my letter?

- l did, that's why l'm here in Delhi

But the police wouldn't let me wait

at the station.

Roopchand, did you find

any accommodation for me?

Mamdu, finding accommodation

in Delhi is tough.

Allah! What'll l tell Savi?

- Lost your wits?

My friend, l've found a room for you.

- Thank you, Roopchand.

For that you'll have to put on an act.

- Am l going to work on stage?

No, but you'll have to act.

Let me tell you...

Master...

- Yes?

Roopchand is here for the room.

- Tell him, no empty room.

But he's got a girl with him.

She wants the room.

- Ass! Why didn't you tell me before?

lt worked out. Be careful.

Roopchand, l've told you!

l have no empty rooms.

Why do you come to harass me?

No empty rooms here!

- You've been very kind to the poor.

The poor thing has come

with her brother from Kashmir...

for finding a suitor.

- She isn't yet married?

Where's her brother?

- At the station, with the luggage.

l told him, a man like the manager

Ashad-ullah can't be found in the city

On your request l'll give her a room.

Go on, call her brother.

How much will he charge?

- Whatever you give me.

Still, how much?

- Whatever you give, l'll take. Okay?

l'll give you two bucks.

- Two bucks...?

Just 2 bucks for a room worth 20?

You make me seem so cheap!

lt's costly here. l'm going.

- All right...

Here you are. Advance for 5 months.

- Won't you take the receipt?

Why receipt? l've never given

anyone a receipt.

And l never trust anyone.

No receipt, no money.

All right, l'll give you a receipt.

Kalua!

- Coming master!

l got to give her a receipt.

Get a paper and pen.

For the first time in life?

- Yes.

What's your brother's name?

- Mamdu, son of Mumtaz Ali.

Nice name.

Okay manager, we're going to

bring her brother over.

But why're you taking her with you?

Let her rest in her room...

while you go and fetch her brother.

- Seems right.

Go and take rest, sister,

l'll go and fetch your brother.

Let me take you to your room.

Roopchand, lock it from the outside.

- Don't worry, l've secured it good.

l'll be right back with her brother.

- Come soon.

Manager...

- Who the hell...?

Mamdu? Welcome, welcome.

Where's my sister Farida?

- She's locked inside.

Why're you barging in? My sister

follows strict lslamic traditions.

Burqa...?

- Yes.

Shameless wretch! Why have you

kept the window open?

Forgive me, brother.

l won't ever open the window again.

l'm not forgiving you!

l'm going to break your head.

Brother, no strangers out here.

Only the manager... he's a gentleman.

No sooner than you reach, you start

praising the manager?

How d'you know he's a gentleman?

Did you talk to him?

Not l, brother, he talked to me.

l see. if he talks to you,

l'll wring his neck!

He's a gentleman! He gave us a room

without taking a deposit.

Has he done us a favour? Didn't he

take five months' advance rent...

and give you a fake receipt?

- No brother, he's very decent.

All right, l'll see that later.

Now l'm going to sleep.

Brother, you're sleeping?

l'm famished. Who'll give me food?

You won't die if you don't eat

one night. lf you're hungry...

go out and drink some water.

All right brother, you go to bed,

while l go out and drink some water.

Scared?

What're you upto?

Farida, l want to say something

to you, in private.

No one has ever talked to me

in private.

Farida, your brother is so cruel.

Even you're so cruel.

- What have l done?

You took five months' rent.

Besides, you gave a fake receipt.

Farida, if you come to

the garden with me...

l'll buy you kebabs from Jama Masjid.

There l shall give you a real receipt

l'll give this house to you.

Brother will be going out

after two days.

Then l'll come with you

to the garden.

Farida! My Farida...

my soul, my eyes,

my heartstring!

Mr Diwan, now that you are in Delhi,

Usha is here.

Else, she's been studying here

for so long yet she never came.

Mr Rai, she isn't keeping well,

so l come to see her.

lf you were unwell, you

should've sent us a message.

Uncle, did you send for me?

Usha, you?

- Hello Sarla.

Sarla, she wanted to see you.

Sarla, shall we go to your house?

- Home...? Why don't we chat here?

Take her home, dear, for a chat.

Shall we?

Sarla, has Gopal returned?

- Brother? No, he isn't home.

He's never there when it's opportune.

Know why l came away with you?

- Why?

To talk to you about my Sarju.

- Look Usha, l bought this new curtain

Sarla, l have only you to confide in.

Even you don't want to hear?

All right. l won't say anything

to you, anymore.

No Usha, nothing as such...

- You don't know what state l am in.

Sometimes l feel so stifled...

as if l'm being buried alive.

At that moment l feel like

talking about him.

And Sarla, who else do l have but you

to talk about him?

What's going to come out of it?

Why don't you understand?

He conned you. He has run away.

This is what l don't understand.

Why did he do that? Why?

l understand your agony, Usha.

But it is human to bear it.

No Sarla, only a stone can bear it.

But a human has a heart.

How can a human bear it?

No Usha, l've seen someone

who has borne it.

Where?

- Right here... in this city.

His wounds may not be so deep.

- Usha!

You've no idea, Usha, even after going

through an ordeal, people keep mum.

Then they might be angels.

But l'm not an angel, l'm human.

My wounds hurt.

His betrayal pierces me

like an arrow.

Usha, he might be under compulsions.

Why don't you understand?

Silly, you mustn't talk like that.

Who knows, what he'd go through

if hears such words?

What'd he go through?

Somewhere in Delhi, he might be

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