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Scene #14 - Jab tak dil chaha kaam kiya nahin to aaram se beedi pee li
Basanti is feeding Dhanno near the temple.
Basanti:
Le. Aur le. Kha kha ke ghodi ho gayi hai magar yahan se Belapur jaana ho to nakhre dekho inke. Khaaye jao bakar bakar.
Mausi:
Basanti, oooo Basanti.
Basanti:
Mausi main yahan hoon is gadhayya ke paas. Lo, ab inki jhikjhik suno.
Mausi:
Ari o chukariya, din bhar hawa-hawayi ghoomti ho magar main koi kaam bolun to joo nahin rengti kaan par.
Basanti:
Lo aur suno. Are mausi tum to bas hukka paani lekar chadh jaati ho. Sunti to ho nahin. Kaunsa kaam kaha tha tumne? Vaidji ke paas jaane ka na? To main gayi thi tumhari dawa laane vaidji ke paas. Ab woh the nahin to main kya karoon? Guruji keh rahe the ki woh bahut beemar hain aur doosre gaaon gaye hain dawa laane ke liye.
Mausi:
Arre maine to baid ka naam bhi nahin liya aur toone poori katha suna dee.
Basanti:
To phir. To phir kaunsa kaam kaha tha?
Mausi:
Kachche aam lane ko nahin kaha tha? Achar ke liye. Par tujhe yaad rahe tab na.
Basanti:
Kachche aam? Haan haan kaha to tha. Abhi laati hoon.
An old blind man walking down the stairs of a mosque.
Basanti:
Imaam saab. Main aapko chhod doon?
Imam Sahab:
Kaun? Basanti.
Basanti:
Haan.
Imam Sahab:
Aaj tu hai. Kitne baras ho gaye mujhe is gaaon mein. Tu to paida bhi nahin hui thi. Lekin aaj tak main masjid ki seedhiyaan baad mein utarta hoon, koi na koi sahara pehle de deta hai.
Basanti:
Haan haan to kyun nahin dega sahara? Yunki aisa gaaon mein kaun hai jo aapki ijjat nahin karta ho? Jo ijjat karega, maan dega woh sahara kyun nahin dega? Woh to dega sahara. Yunki dekhne wali baat yeh bhi hai ki.
Imam Sahab:
Itni bakbak kar leti hai to Ahmad ko samjhati kyun nahin? Tujhse to thora chota bhi hai umr mein.
Basanti:
Yunki hamein samjhana to bahut achchi tarah aata hai Imam saab aur aapke bete ko bhi samjha sakte hain. Lekin dekhne wali baat yeh hai ki jab tak hamien yeh nahin malum ki hamein samjhana kya hai to phir hum samjhayenge kaise?
Imam Sahab:
Arre bhai! Ahmad ka mamu Jabalpur mein beedi ke kaarkhaane mein mulazim hai. Teen sau rupaye tankha hai.
Basanti:
Achha?
Imam Sahab:
Haan. Kitni baar mujhe likh chuka hai Ahmad miyan ko yahan bhej do. Apne Sethji se kehkar daftar mein rakhwa lenge. Lekin yeh Ahmad hai ki jaane ko tayyar hi nahin. Kehta hai, aap akele ho jayenge.
Ahmad:
Kaisi ho didi?
Basanti:
Arre bhai Ahmad, hum to theek hain. Lekin tum yeh batao ki ek to tum das jamaat paas bhi ho, angrezi bhi jaante ho aur tumhare Jabalpur ke mamu ne likh bhi diya hai ki...
Ahmad:
Arre didi, tum bhi aa gayi abba ki baaton mein? Jo milta hai use yehi kehte hain.
Imam Sahab:
Arre bhai Basanti ne poocha maine keh diya.
Basanti:
Yunki hamein bephijool ki baat karne ki aadat to hai nahin. Lekin soch lo yeh. Kaarkhaana beedi ka hai. Jab tak dil chaha kaam kiya nahin to aaram se beedi pee li. Yaani yeh to wohi misaal ho gayi ki aam ke aam guthliyon ke daam. Arre.
Ahmad:
Kya hua?
Basanti:
Aam. Main to phir bhool gayi thi. Kachche aam.
Imam Sahab:
Kachche aam?
Basanti:
Haan kachche aam achar ke liye.
Basanti runs away.