Mera Saaya Page #4

My chauffeur was driving the car.

He must've spoken about it somewhere

That's possible

ls this hear-say too... ?

- What?

That which l'm going to ask you.

- Go ahead

Do you go to the temple?

No

Have you never been to a temple?

Never

" Oh yes, l remember"

l went to the temple once.

- Who forced you to go there?

My wife did

Should l tell you how and why

your wife took you to the temple?

" Since you remember everything,

you will also recall..."

that l came to awaken you

that morning

You wanted to sleep

for some more time

" But l didn't agree.

l said, if you didn't wake up..."

l'd pour cold water on you

You forced me to sit down

and tried to placate me

lt was then that l got you to agree

to visit the temple

Do you remember?

l remember it well...

because l'm your wife!

Nobody except me could

know about this

" Nonsense! Of course,

there'd be people who knew"

Word about it had spread in the

locality and people laughed at me

They had got to know that l had

been to the temple to pray for a son

You have been asking him things

everybody would know about

Ask him something that must've

happened only between the two of you

Take off your shirt

" Take off your shirt, l say"

l'll tell you something about

yourself which even you don't know

" To the right on your back,

you have a mole"

" What farce is this, Your Honour?"

She's asking a decent man to take off

his shirt in packed courtroom!

You ought to be thankful that he's

only being asked to take off his shirt

" Why should you object to take off

your shirt, Thakur Saheb?"

" You didn't employ a servant when

l was abroad, did you aunt?"

" Not at all, son"

" You haven't spoken about it after

your dose of opium, have you?"

Please leave

" l remember, sir. When you were away,

there's a burglary in the house"

A burglary?

- Yes. But nothing was stolen

What rubbish are you talking?

Go away

" Aunt...

- Yes, son?"

How could she have known that

l have a mole on my back?

How did that woman get to know that

the boss has a mole on his back?

l didn't tell her.

- You're the best too!

" When you're dead, l'm going to stuff

your body and keep it in a museum"

l hope you and l will be together?

- Shut up!

Bankeji...

Munshiji...

She's crying

What else will the poor girl do?

She's so very sad

Neither you nor l

pay her any attention

" She can't talk to herself, can she?

Youth is crazy, Bankeji. lt's crazy"

So what are we supposed to do?

- That's just what l'm thinking about

She calls out to both of us

That grace of hers...

- What's grace?

lt's something girls possess.

- Not boys?

Moron! How many pills

have you swallowed?

None as yet.

- So have one now. And make a move

Your move

How did she get to know that

the Thakur has a mole on his back?

How did she get to know that

the Thakur has a mole on his back?

l give up. l've seen the

best of lawyers at work...

but l haven't seen anyone twisting

things like this woman does

" ln 25 years of my practice, l haven't

come across a more complicated case"

" But it's so interesting,

l'm really enjoying it"

" You're enjoying it, Mr Lawyer.

But think of the poor Thakur"

He has lost his wife recently. And

there's a woman who lies in court...

that l'm your wife!

lt would drive anyone mad

" l've told you, Your Honour.

My wife is dead!"

l don't know this woman!

- You do know me. And very well too!

But you're refusing to recognise me

Why don't you admit

that l'm your wife?

Can't you understand what l'm saying?

Are you blind?

" Are you blind, deaf, dumb...?

Here l am, right before you"

" And you say l'm not your wife!

- Yes, you're not my wife!"

You're a cheat. An impostor!

You want to take my wife's place

You want to torment her soul.

But l won't ever let you do that

l'm not answering any questions.

This case is over for me!

Thakur Rakesh Singh

l can't be stern with you

because of your state of mind

But should you do something

like this again...

Can you throw light on how this girl

could know so many details about you?

" l'm myself amazed, Your Honour"

l can say nothing. Nothing

" To prove the fact that l'm his wife,

l wish to present some evidence"

What evidence?

l'll give it to him.

lf the court permits...

l'd like to meet him in privacy

" This lady wants to meet you

in privacy, Thakur saheb"

Do you have any objections?

" No, Your Honour"

l'll meet her

" Please wait...

- What's up, lnspector?"

The Thakur and the girl are

discussing something in privacy

Please go in from that door

The court would like to know what

you and she discussed in privacy

She told me things only a wife

would know about her husband

" Despite that, she can't be my wife"

Because my wife breathed

her last in my arms...

and l personally lit

her funeral pyre

" lf she's claiming to be my wife,

she's lying and deceiving the court"

" As you said, she told you things..."

only a wife would know about

her husband

How would you answer that?

The answer is that this woman

resembles my wife. She's a look-alike

She's trying to take advantage of

that to avoid going to the gallows

" But l wish to end this story

once and for all, Your Honour"

" l wish to prove that this woman is

a cheat, a fraud... she's not my wife"

l would therefore request the court

to allow me to cross-question her

You are here as a witness. How can

you cross-question the accused?

That's bad in law

" l'm a lawyer too, Your Honour. l wish

to appear on behalf of prosecution..."

so l can ask the accused

some questions

Because this is a very strange

and complicated case...

" l give you the permission,

in order to solve it"

Court is adjourned till tomorrow

lt was on this day that happiness

had come to this house

Geeta came here as a bride

The mansion was full of guests

We used to celebrate this day

in such grand style every year

We had so many guests

even last year

The lady sang such a beautiful song

at the party

And today... there's nothing

" Neither do we hear her melodious

voice, nor her chirpy laughter"

Everything is so lonely

What must my boy be going through

You're very fond of taking pictures?

My camera just won't see reason

" lt says, " Just take pictures

of this beautiful girl"

What will you do with

all these pictures?

" A few pictures of

an arrogant beauty"

" lt was what was found

after l died"

Wow! So you're a poet too?

l don't know what you're

going to make out of me

" Darling, if l were a poet, l'd ...

- You'd what?"

Would you say something like...

" Lest the shadow of her eyelashes

pierces my heart"

Wonderful! What next?

" l tell the one

who lingers in my eyes"

Excellent! That's wonderful

" What couplet would l recite,

if not this one?"

You...?

You'd say something like this...

" The doe-eyed beauty

has stolen my heart"

" The innocent looking,

fortunate one, has stolen my heart"

The doe-eyed beauty...

the innocent looking one...

has stolen my heart

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