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"I keep thinking about it..."

"and I'm so apprehensive

when I say..."

Asha...

Can there be something between us?

No, Kailashbabu.

You write beautiful letters.

They tell me what a

wonderful man you are.

But I'm unfortunate.

Our sales were 80,000 Rupees

last month.

We have orders of not

even 10,000 this month.

What's happening?

There's demand for only

one battery nowadays, sir.

Kailash Gupta's solar-battery.

You were right, Jeevan.

My factory seems to be closing down.

There's only way for

you to survive, sir.

Although it will spell my ruin.

Have Asha married to Kailash.

- What?

No. You are the one

Asha will marry.

That's my decision

and Asha's too.

Think it over, sir.

If Kailash and Asha are married...

Kailash's victory will

be your victory.

Kailash is all alone.

Everything will belong to Asha.

Or, in other words, everything

will belong to you.

But... how about you?

- I'm in a dilemma, too.

Must I think of Asha and you?

Or must I think of my own happiness?

I'm a very selfish man, Mr. Mehta.

But not with you...

and not at all where Asha is concerned.

- What if Kailash does not agree?

Talk to Asha.

I'll talk to Asha, if you wish.

- No, Jeevan.

Once a girl turns you down,

it's all over.

Very well then.

Go and turn into a hermit!

But if you want to win love...

take every wound that comes with it.

But never back down.

I can't do such a thing, Jeevan.

That I fell in love

was my mistake.

And that she turned me down

was her prerogative.

And what is love that

is snatched anyway?

Your brains have gone

to the dogs!

But if you take my advice,

you can easily win over Asha.

She has turned you down.

But that's not the last word, is it?

She can even acquiesce...

make a call to her. C'mon!

Call her? Have you gone mad?

- Yes! Just make that call!

I'm not going to call her.

- Don't. I'll make the call.

Jeevan... what are you doing?

Don't make the call!

Lay off!

Talk to her!

Kailashbabu?

- Well...

Yes, it's Kailash here.

- You have a long life.

It's you I was thinking about.

- About me?

Why? Am I forbidden

from thinking about you?

You are not forbidden, of course.

But I find it strange...

Looks like you've been hurt

by what I said.

No, that's not the matter.

But a lamp even a storms

could not put out...

was extinguished by

someone's simple blow.

The lamp you have lit

is sacred, Kailashbabu.

So let it continue to glow.

The fortunate girl who deserves it

must surely have it.

See? Your teachers

can never be wrong!

But this is only the beginning.

Do not lose courage now.

And should I go out for

a couple of days...

don't turn into a hermit!

Keep calling her...

Asha's going to belong to you.

Only you!

Was it a call from Kailash?

- Yes.

He came to meet you recently,

didn't he?

Yes.

Looks like he's taken a liking to you.

I don't know.

He's a nice boy. His father

was a great man, too.

From a reputed family.

Had he been alive today, I'd have

got you married into their family.

Jeevan's a nice boy, too.

But not when compared to Kailash.

He has no background, no wealth,

no standing.

Have you never thought about that?

- Daddy, Jeevan and I are...

That's true. But if Kailash

were my son-in-law...

And what qualities does

Jeevan have anyway?

He's, after all, my servant.

He can be made to see reason.

What say?

No!

Jeevan...

- He has left.

Where to?

- It's explained in this letter.

"My dearest Asha,

It breaks my heart to write this."

"It's going to break

your heart, too"

"But I'm helpless and

I must write to you"

"There are only two things I have

loved in my life, Asha"

"You are the first and

my ambition is the other"

"My love for you asks me

to pursue my ambitions..."

"and my ambitions compel me

to forsake your love..."

"this small city, move to Europe

and achieve something"

"I'm leaving"

"I'm going away, Asha.

But I'm leaving my love with you"

"I don't have the right to

ask you to wait for me..."

"because I might never return"

"Asha (hope)..."

"Asha (hope)..."

"Asha, O Asha..."

"what has happened to you?"

"Do not call me Asha (hope)..."

"I'm despair"

"Asha, O Asha..."

"What evening of sorrow is this?"

"My feelings lie

suppressed in my heart"

"The joyous night will also come..."

"bringing with it

happiness and joy"

"Bringing with it

happiness and joy"

"I'm heartbroken..."

"what good is Spring now?"

"Things around here are giving you

hints on how to be happy..."

"On how to be happy"

"No matter what anyone says..."

"I have been reduced to a joke"

"Asha, O Asha..."

"My goal lay right ahead of me..."

"why then, did it disappear?"

"Having seen your new goals..."

"it must've probably

gone away"

"It must've probably

gone away"

"How am I to even think

of new dreams anymore?"

"Just as the weather changes

when the time comes"

"That which I hadn't

even heard..."

"I've now begun to understand"

"Hope, I'm hope..."

"what's gotten into me?"

"Hope, I'm hope..."

Congratulations.

Please step out.

Please come.

Congratulations!

- Lay off!

Why weren't you around earlier?

- Forgive me. And congratulations!

Let me drink so much tonight that

I don't remain in my senses anymore.

I'm happy because my friend is happy.

- Who's finished my drink?

May I pour some more?

- Who are you?

Never mind me. Have a drink.

- No!

I don't accept drinks from everyone!

I'll have it only if my boy

makes me a drink. Call him here!

He's already slipping away.

- Get him!

You're going to spend

your life with her...

spend some time with us tonight.

- What are you saying?

Don't bother the poor chap.

Can't you see how much he's pining?

She must be pining even more!

- No, no!

No mercy on them tonight!

- Listen son...

They're playing games with me!

They make a drink for me,

and gulp it down on their own!

Get a whole bottle for uncle!

- Yes, a whole bottle.

Pour some more.

Some more.

- How much are you going to drink?

That's it...

You're my brave son, aren't you?

- Yes, I am.

So shut your eyes and

swallow it all in one gulp!

How can I drink so much?

- Look at him!

What's he going to do in there?

When you're a bit high,

you'll enjoy a greater high!

When I had my nuptials...

I drank so much, so much...

that I collapsed the moment

I stepped in my room!

Don't ever drink this stuff.

It's a bloody b*tch!

What will you tell her in there?

- Have I to tell her something?

You have so much to tell...

and so much to hear.

Let him go now.

Jeevan, if you want to meet,

this is not the way.

Come in from the front-door,

send word to me...

and I will meet you.

I assure you, Asha...

I'll never make this mistake again.

Tell me just this much; was it all

a drama you were playing on me?

Aren't you ashamed to say that?

Must I remind you of the letter...

you wrote before you went away?

You rejected me for a better future.

So why have you returned?

It has had just the effect

I wanted. You hate me now.

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