Rozaana RiKara #3 Azaad Kiya - The Last Straw
Welcome back ! (I know, I know, this title doesn’t sit well with my irregular posts)
Just before I press the start button of the episode, I have to keep Tissues ready by my side…
Okay, deep breathe in, here we go !
Gauri tears the greeting and whoosh... the pieces fly !
- If somebody did observe yesterday’s scene where Om leaves Gauri and the lights turn off one by one, we see camera zooming in, and the Gauri we see then was determined. This itself was a hint for the upcoming intense confrontation.
To be noted that still recovering from Dengue, Shrenu deserves a standing ovation, for doing such scenes which need so much input. And hats off to her for doing a fantabulous job despite physical weakness ….
Omkaara is going, ( his zulfein dancing…shit I am a sucker for his hair) and Gauri runs after him
“Rukiye ,…” (He doesn’t stop)
“I said Stop ! ” (Just wow ! …. subtle yet so strong)
Omkaara stops immediately and turns to see her. ( Bwwahaha…. My lad, now wait and watch… )
“Aapko jo kehna tha aapne keh diya….., lekin humaari baat sune bagair aap ese nahi jaa sakte…”
He again starts leaving from there ( Fuck you ! )
Omkaara gets the shock #1…He immediately stops and faces her. She starts speaking in English ( Aage aage dekho hota hai kya)
“And, you will have to listen.” (The tone is so perfect ! )
“I….I am a very simple small town girl. I love my mother. I have been taking care of her. I have faced a … a lot of problems in my life… alone. Then you came in my life. I felt…. as if…my Sankarji has sent me…sent you for me, because you…you saved me from Kaali and then…. you married me. I fell in love with you. I wanted you to take pride in calling me my wife. Wife… I wanted you, to love me….the way…I love you..”
( I just love you Gauri for voicing out your love confession without hesitation subtly, yet strongly.)
*** Can’t bear this, their eyes ! Almighty ! Please …
Omkaara who is silently listening, comes out of the shock — seems like he is searching for words
“Gauri….Tumne English kab seekhi ? ”
“Seekhli, Aap ke liye…Socha tha apni dil ki baat hum aapse English mein kahenge, par humein aaj ehsaas hogaya ke humne kitna galat socha…. kitna galat samjha….aur galat insaan se pyaar kar baithe….
Chot toh aapne, humein, pehle bhi bohut pahunchaayi Omkaaraji. Par aaj yeh jo zakham appne humaare aatma sammaan ko diya hai na, woh kabhi nahi bharega.”
-- Ahan, the symbolism point on !
Lord Shiva’s idol stands behind Gauri. And the sound of the conch ! Tsk, tsk, too typical Indian Drama.
The scene continues… Omkaara again into mute mode… LOOOL (Waise na, hisaab barobar che !)
“Aapki ART EXHIBITION mein, humaari wajah se aapka sar jhuka than na?, usi pal humne soch liya tha ki hum English seekhlenge….aapke laayak bannenge..aur Shivaay bhaiyya ke kehne pe humne English classes join kiya. Surprise dena than na aapko, toh bina bataaiye ghar se roz jaate the chup chup ke English classes ke liye. Socha tha….Bade Bhaiyya aur Bhaujaai ke shaadi ke din dil ki baat kahenge aapse English mein…Humari kismet phooti hain na, maa ki tabiyat kharaab ho gayi, humein Bareilly jaana pada. Hum kisiko paresaan nahi karna chahte the, toh chale gaye, shaadi thi na ghar mein…..”
**Wiping my tears with tissues. Gauri is crying like hell. Jesus ! Please ... 😭 😓 😪
He is not seeing towards her. She lifts Omkaara’s chin up with her hands.
“Humesa ki tarah, viswaas nahi ho raha na, humaari baton pe? Hum sab jaante hain,aapko kabhi bhi humpe viswaas hua hi nahi na? Lekin, saboot hain humaare paas, Humaari sacchai ka saboo t hain…abhi dikhaate hain….”
She pulls her bag and one by one starts showing things to him and throws them down including the bag.
“Aankhon dekha sach lagta hain na aapko? Yeh dekhiye humaare ticket, yeh humaari kitabein,yeh…yeh humaara ID card…dekhiye na, yeh leejiye dekhiye…yeh hai humaari sacchai ka sabot…”
She puts that ID card into his hand… All things are scattered down.
“Jis Arjun ke baare mein baat kar rahe the na,woh humaare English teacher hain, GURU ! USKA MATLAB JAANTE HAIN AAP !??! GURU HAIN HUMAARE ! ”
(Chiraiyya is literally shouting now …. )
Om manages to say “Mujhe laga…”
“Zaroori nahi hai, ke har baar aap jo soche na, wahi sahi ho. Aap humesha sahi nahi ho sakte. Pehle din se,aapne humein galat samjha…kyunki aapne humein kabhi samjha hi nahi….
Rishta na, gehra ho na ho viswaas hona chahiye….viswaas hona chahiye…Nahi tha…hum dono ke beech mein woh nahi tha…Aapne humpe kabhi viswaas kiya hi nahi…
Galatfehmiyan ho jaati hain, hum maante hain, humein bhi hui hai,lekin HAR BAAR!?!, Har baar aap humein kaise galat samajh sakte hain? Aur chalo galatfehmi ho bhi gayi, safaai dene ka ek mauka toh dete ! Safaai dene ka ek mauka nahi diya, bas harharaike humaare charitra par ungli utha di, lekin humne aapko maff kiya,har baar maaf kiya, yeh soch ke ,kabhi toh humaare beech ki galatfehmiyan door hogi aur aap humpe viswaas karenge. Lekin nahi,humesa ki tarah hum galat the!
Aur jab insaan ki soch galat ho na,uski samajh kabhi sahi ho hi nahi sakti.
Humaari shaadi chahe kaise bhi haalaat mein kyun na hui ho, chahe aaj tak aapne humein apni patni ka darja na diya ho,lekin humne humesha koshish kee hai ki patni honeka, aur bahu hone ka pharj acche se nibhaalein, jabki aapne kabhi humein apni patni hone ka darja diya hi nahi…
Pyaar nahi kiya humne aapse, sirf POOJA kee hai. Aur badle mein aapse pyaar nahi maanga, bas itni si umeed kee thi ke aap humpe viswaas karne lagenge, lekin nahi hum galat the…
Humne humesa aapki khushi chahi hai. Aur agar aapki khushi, ye saadi toden mein hain,humaara rishta khatam karne mein hai,toh wahi sahi.
Aaj, abhi isi waqt, hum aapko har bandhan se har rishte se ajaad kartein hain… Aaj ke baad Gauri Kumaari Sarma ka saaya bhi aap pe nahi padega. ”
She collapses on the floor, takes the greeting card, with all the might, tears the card into pieces and phekofies into the mid-air
(For a second, Om closes his eyes when she was tearing the card)
The pieces fly and start falling down. THIS WAS THE LAST STRAW. She leaves from there.
Those feels in Om’s eyes ( Realisation hits him hard man ! )
|| The ear piercing duet saathiya plays ||
*** Arz kiya hai -- (credits to the writer)
अलविदा कहते हुए जब उनसे कोई निशानी मांगी,
वो मुस्कुराते हुए बोले की जुदाई काफी नहीं है क्या
Tears escape from Om’s eyes and he collapses on the floor to pick up those torn pieces. He reads the words to himself. ( His voice and feels…Kunal man ! You too deserve an applause )
“Dear Omkaaraji,
I Love You
Your wife, Gauri.”
He watches towards the sky
** I too send silent prayers into the sky to heal my babies.
Next morning, Omkaara visits the coaching center in a hope that he can find her there.
“Jab tak main usse maafi nahi magoonga, mujhe chain nahi aayega ”
Arjun’s fiancée, Gauri calls the reception and the receptionist asks the attender to fetch Arjun. Omkaara thinks Gauri has called and silently takes the phone and starts apologizing and enquiring her whereabouts.
Arjun comes and takes the phone from him. He is elated to meet Om and praises Gauri and her efforts for him. He also mentions abut the card and winks. Omkaara is silent and he recalls him accusing her of infidelity. Arjun clears the confusion that his fiancée’s name is also coincidentally Gauri. Omkaara asks about Gauri. He points out to himself --
“Gauri kahan gayi hai, kuch pata hai? Meri Gauri ”
Arjun says that he has no idea. Om dejected, leaves from there and while walking towards his car, recalls Gauri severing their relation and freeing him.
and watches Om intently ( tsk, tsk, again typical Indian serial stuff ). Om asks him as why he is seeing him and he replies that he reading his future. Om initially is bit uninterested but listens to him.
“Baccha, Bhaagya mein wahi hai, kar mein jo tune boya hai.
Anmol tha woh ratan nawaage, jisko tune khoya hai.
Insaan ki kismat ret par likhi hui hai.
Prem ki ek leher, har purani lakeer ko mita sakti hai.
Bhool tune hi kee, use sudhaarna bhi tujhe hi padega.
Arre, jab bhole baba se bhool ho sakti hai, toh insaan kya cheez hai.
Maa Parvati jab rusht ho kar Kailaash chhod kar gayee,toh Bhole Baba jaante the ki woh unse kabhi nahi milengi. Isiliye woh unhe manaane, besh badal kar gaye.
Beta, prem mein toh leelayein sabhi ko karni padti hain, chaahe bhakt ho ya bhagwaan.
Omkaara recalls Gauri saying that Sankarji has sent him for her. He immediately phones someone. The episode ends.
