Sholay

Scene #25 - Ahmad miyan ki naukri pakki kara dee gayi hai

Imam saab is sitting under a tree.
Gulzarilal:
Imam sahab, salaam! Yeh khat hai aapka. Leejiye.
A K Hangal as Imam Sahab
Imam Sahab:
Jabalpur se aaya hoga. Arre Gulzarilal zara padh bhi dete.
Gulzarilal:
Jeee. Padhe dete hain. Arre mera chashma? Idhar hi to tha.
Hema Malini as Basanti
Basanti:
Idhar hai. Woh jo aap dhoondh rahe hain, woh hamare paas hai.
A K Hangal as Imam Sahab
Imam Sahab:
Aa gayi bakkan!
Hema Malini as Basanti
Basanti:
Woh hua aisa...ki hum udhar se aa rahe the aur aap idhar se jaa rahe the. Idhar aap saaikil par the aur udhar hum paidal. Aap to saaikil par nikal gayi aur wahin ke wahin humko yeh chasma mila. Aur wahin ke wahin humne socha yeh ki yeh chasma aapka hai. Dekhne wali baat yeh hai ki yeh chasma to aap hi ka nikla. Yunki...
A K Hangal as Imam Sahab
Imam Sahab:
Achcha achcha ab zara muhn ko aaram de to main yeh khat sun loon. Teri misaal baad mein sunenge.
Hema Malini as Basanti
Basanti:
Haan maine kab mana kiya?
A K Hangal as Imam Sahab
Imam Sahab:
Haan Gulzarilal!
Gulzarilal:
Janab bhaisaheb, salawalekum.
A K Hangal as Imam Sahab
Imam Sahab:
Walekumsalam.
Gulzarilal:
Baa salam aapko khabar mile ki yahan sab khairiyat hai aur sab aapki khairiyat Allah taala se chahte hain. Geegar ehwaal yeh hai ki Ahmad miyan ki naukri pakki kara dee gayi hai.
Ahmad miyan enters, wiping his hair with a towel.
Gulzarilal:
Tankhaah do sau rupaye hogi, rehne khaane peene ke liye to gareebkhana maujood hai.
A K Hangal as Imam Sahab
Imam Sahab:
Achcha hai. Mamu ki nigrani mein rahega.
Ahmad miyan signals something to Basanti.
Hema Malini as Basanti
Basanti:
Haan achcha hai. Hum bhi yehi chahte hain.
Gulzarilal:
Is mamle mein der karna munasib nahin hoga. Isliye thode ko bahut aur khat ko taar samjhein.
Ahmad miyan starts convincing Basanti, using his own sign-language.
Gulzarilal:
Ahmad miyan ko jald aur jald rawana kar dein. Baaki khairiyat hai. Ghar mein sab salaam kehte hain. Ahfakat aapka...aaa.aaa.aaa.
A K Hangal as Imam Sahab
Imam Sahab:
Mukaitullah.
Gulzarilal:
Jeee.
A K Hangal as Imam Sahab
Imam Sahab:
Aane do Ahmad ko. Ab nahin sununga uski.
Hema Malini as Basanti
Basanti:
Yeh to aapne theek baat ki. Lekin aane kya dein? Woh to aaya hua hai.
Sachin Pilgaonkar as Ahmad
Ahmad:
Dekho Abba! Main jaane wala nahin hoon.
Hema Malini as Basanti
Basanti:
Yun to yeh wohi misaal ho gayi ki...
A K Hangal as Imam Sahab
Imam Sahab:
Arre bhai ajeeb bewakoof hai yeh ladka. Arre miyan main to ab kabr mein paaon latkake baitha hoon. Tumhare saamne saari zindagi hai. Kab tak mere daaman se bandhe baithe rahoge? Aur phir aisi naukri roz roz nahin milti hai bhai.
Gulzarilal:
Bachchoooo! Imam sahab baat sahi keh rahe hain.
Hema Malini as Basanti
Basanti:
Haan haan humne to yahan tak suna hai ki bade se bade seher jaise Muradabad hua Merath hua wahan bhi log naukri ke liye mandir tak...
Basanti suddenly remembers something.
Hema Malini as Basanti
Basanti:
Arrre...mandir....
Sachin Pilgaonkar as Ahmad
Ahmad:
Kyun? Kya hua?
Hema Malini as Basanti
Basanti:
Www...woh....woh hua aisa ki hum nikle the ghar se mandir jaane. Aur dekha to inka chasma mil gaya. Inke chasme ko paate hi hum bhool gaye ki hamein jaana kahan hain. Lekin dekhne wali baat yeh hai ki ab hamein yaad aa chuka hai.
Basanti leaves.