Devdas Page #5

l won't let him stay in this hell.

- Who is it?

Dharamdas? What are you doing here?

- Your friend...

Why are you here?

Get out of here!

l won't go with you.

- Wait!

l got a telegram. Master's no more.

He left us all, and passed on.

Come home now. lf not for

anyone, for your mother atleast.

l don't want to live either.

What's the point in living?

Paro! What a surprise!

No letter or a message even.

l got Manudidi's letter saying

Devdas's father was serious...

He's no more, my dear.

- Dead?

l'll go there and come.

When did you come?

- Today.

An age has passed since l met you.

You're well, aren't you?

Your husband and the kids,...

are they well too?

All are fine.

You'll be here for a few days,

l suppose.

Okay then.

l'll see you later.

Parvati, you've come? Good!

You may be able to save Devdas.

Why? What's happened?

- l wish l could tell you.

Master's gone and Devdas

has access to all the money.

lt'll be very difficult now.

- What'll be difficult? Tell me.

What do l tell you?

He neither eats, nor sleeps.

Just drinks bottles of liquor

and disappears for 3-4 days.

And l hear that he's got

some ornaments made too.

For whom?

How much cash did father leave.

- 1 .5 lakhs.

How much will l get?

- Half of it. And half for me.

And mother?

- Why does she need the cash?

She's the mistress of the house.

We've to take care of her.

l've come to this conclusion...

that we needn't spend more than

10,000 for father's rites.

lt'll be the last expenditure on him.

Mom wishes to give food and alms.

That should cost about 30,000/-.

- What!

Yes. Take 25,000/- from my share

and you contribute 5,000/-.

The rest of the 50,000/- can be

divided between mother and myself.

What do you think?

- Okay. You know l'm a family man...

with many responsibilities.

Then, shall we make it legal?

ls it necessary? l don't like it.

- But if later on, if there's...

Okay, then get it done.

Now suppose l malign you?

Feeling shy, eh? But why feel shy?

We were both childish...

And see what happened in between.

You let your tongue wag in anger...

And l also gave you that

scar on your forehead!

This scar is my joy and wealth.

My sole shelter.

Why don't you say something?

l get very angry with you at times.

Father's dead. lt's so painful.

Had you been here,

would this pain be still there?

You know my sis-in-law, and,

my brother's nature too.

Where will l go with my mother?

And then, l don't know what's

going to happen to me, either.

lf you had been here,

l'd have left it to you and relaxed.

What's this, you're crying?

Never mind. Let's stop

this topic here.

No, keep talking.

l hear you've become a typical

housewife. A big house, big estate.

Will you do me a favour?

Yes?

Will l get a girl from your town?

Feel like settling down.

A beautiful girl, right?

- Yes. Just like you.

Good natured?

- No, wicked.

One who'll fight with me,

like you.

Thousands like me will fall at your

feet and think themselves lucky.

l don't want thousands.

Just one will do.

May l ask you something?

- Yes.

When did you start to drink?

Who told you?

- Anybody.

ls it true?

- Yes.

lt's true.

You've made ornaments worth

thousands to give her.

l've just got them made.

Not given. Do you want them?

Yes, give them to me.

Look, l've nothing on me.

Didn't your husband give you any?

- He had, but l gave them...

to his daughter.

l don't think you need ornaments.

And what you heard is a lie.

l don't love any woman.

Promise me one thing.

That you'll never drink liquor.

That's impossible.

- Why?

Will you promise

not to remember me?

l've some work downstairs.

l'll go now.

No!

First promise me.

- No.

Why not?

- Does everybody do everything?

Where there's a will,

there's a way.

Then can you elope

with me tonight?

lt's evening. Go home, Paro.

- Promise me.

lt's not nice to force somebody.

l may not keep my word.

Open the door.

l'm suffocating, Devdas.

Don't l know it?

- l'm dying within because...

l could not serve you.

Come to my place.

There's nobody here

to take care of you.

Come to your place?

You'll take care of me?

- That's my life's ambition.

Help me fulfill it.

After that, even if l die,

l don't care. Come with me.

Maybe...

- Touch me. Swear upon me.

l'll never forget this. lf you're

happy to serve me, l'll come.

l'll definitely come.

Welcome my dear...

The wealth of my house.

The beggars are making a lot

of fuss for not getting clothes.

Why didn't they get? They should

get too, with everybody else.

Tell the Munim, he'll see to it.

- Okay.

Silence. My mother said

everybody will get clothes.

Long live our Mistress.

Listen, does Chandramukhi...

- Yes, come in.

Why is this room like this?

And where's Chandramukhi?

You?

What happened to you?

- Happened?

l think something

good happened to me.

Have you forgotten me so soon?

You look thin. Were you ill?

- Not physically.

No ornaments on your body...

The house is vacant. How come?

l sold everything.

And what about the instruments,

and musicians?

l've left all that.

This hall of yours

has completely changed.

Not just the hall, but

the inner-rooms too. Come.

Doesn't my old friend come now?

- No. He had come 2 months ago.

He fought with me and went.

He has taken a job somewhere.

What was the fight about?

He had come to sell.

But l showed him the door.

Sell what?

- Wheat!

You really are too straight.

He had got a big fish for me!

Rs.500 a month. Plus jewellery.

Two body-guards at the door.

But where is all that?

l can't see anybody.

You would, had they stayed.

l shooed out every one of them.

Their crime?

- None. l just didn't like it all.

Nobody's been here

since you went away.

So you've shut shutters, eh?

- Yes, since insolvency crept in.

How will you pull along now?

- l can't afford the city life...

so l thought l'd go to

a cheaper place.

Why didn't you?

l just hoped to see you again.

l knew you'd come one day.

Just to see me? Why?

Because you hated me so much.

Nobody had ever hated me like you.

So many men had come and gone.

But none had the spark l saw

in you. You cast a spell on me.

From then on l changed drastically.

l saw everything differently.

Then you began to hit the bottle.

l simply hate alcohol.

When somebody gets drunk and

misbehaves, l get angry.

But when you did the same,

l used to cry.

Once you said l endured much,

that day l found my self-esteem.

And l left everything.

True, but then women are fickle.

Has Parvati hurt you so much?

- Why do you ask?

Because l've done business of love

for years, but l've loved only one.

Loving is one thing, and

physical attraction is another.

Men fall easily for physical

attraction. We women don't.

You express love.

Make noise about it.

Even then we keep quiet and

accept this new way of life.

But even at that time,

we don't know what is love.

Later when at some odd moment we

give vent to our inner conflict...

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