Inside Malhotra Manor

Fixing the sleeves of her salwar, Malar entered the kitchen.

Encountering her there, all the chefs stopped working abruptly.

One of the chefs sugested “Malar beti aap ne kitchen mein aane ki taklif kyon ki…aapko joh bhi chahiye woh baata dijiye …hum log abhi ke abhi aap ke liye baana dete hai”

Politely Malar insisted “it’s okay….mujhe bass orange juice chahiye tha!!!....woh main khud hi leelungi…aap log please aapne kaam kijiye!!”

Pouring herself a glass full of orange juice, Malar had just taken a sip from it, when she heard a bustling voice “Masiiiiiiiiiii”

Turning around, Malar found Maahi giving her a million dollar smile.

Picking Maahi up in her arms, Malar made her sit on the kitchen port and probed “good morning masi ki jaan!!!...itni subha subha yaha kaise ana hua???...school nehin hai kya aaj??”

Excitedly Maahi announced “aaj humare school mein holiday hai…issliye mamma papa mujhe yaha leke aye hai!!!”

Handing Maahi also a glass of orange juice, Malar exclaimed “that’s great… phir toh aaj masi aur unnki jaan poora din saath rahenge!!!”

Hearing this Maahi giggled.

Ruffling Maahi’s hair, Malar voiced “sirf hasne se kaam nehin chalega…pehele aapko yeh poora orange juice finish karna parega like a good girl..”

Emptying her glass of orange juice in a jiffy, Maahi gabbled “orange juice finished!!!”

Wiping Maahi’s face, Malar praised her “wow…masi ki jaan is the best!!!!...now tell me…what you want to do??”

Thinking for a moment, Maahi pleaded “masiiiii….mujhe naa bhangra karna nehi ata!!!....kya aap mujhe sikhaoge ….pleaseeeeeeeeeeee”

Apologetically Malar informed “baccha main aapko zarur sikhati…par..mujhe toh bhangra ata hi nehin!!!”

Disappointedly both of them looked at each other.

The next instant, Malar and Maahi’s thoughts were interrupted by a voice “Fikr not girls…main hu naa….I mean….hum hai naa!!”

Following the direction of the voice they found Manik, Cabir and Dhruv standing at the entrance of the kitchen.

Hopping down from the kitchen port Maahi ran towards Manik and urged “aap sacchi mein humein bhangra sikhaoge Manik mamu??”

Picking her up in his arms, Manik assured “ek dum sikhaunga!!!”

Giving them a quizzical look, Malar enquired “are you guys sure???...I mean aap logo ko aur bhi kaam hoga!!!”

Taking Malar in a side hug, Cabir declared “punjabiyon ke liye bhangra karne se zyaada aur koi important kaam ho hi nehin sakta hai!!!”

Rolling his eyes Dhruv protested “Cabir and his pjs are getting unbearable day by day!!!!....just ignore him Malar!!!”

Cabir retorted “oye yeh naa meri behen hai!!!...she loves me and my pjs!!!...hai naa Malar???”

Involuntarily Malar nodded her head.

Teasing Cabir further, Dhruv stated “tune joh Malar ke kandhe pein aapna dhai kilo ka haath rakha hai naa…usski dabav ke wajah se hi woh becchari haan bol rahi hai”

Before Cabir could come up with a befitting reply, Manik announced “agar tum dono ka ho gaya ho…toh hum bhangra sikhane pein concentrate kar sakte hai kya???”

At once nodding their heads, Cabir and Dhruv got to work.

Dhruv stepped forward to play the music.While Manik and Cabir prepped to teach the girls bhangra.

In the most melodramatic way Cabir yelled “djjjjjjjj….music baaja”

No sooner had the beats started; Cabir did a weird type of funk dance, on seeing which rest of them felt morse.

Signalling Dhruv to kill the music, Manik rebuked “Cabir gadhe…inn bacchiyo ko bhangra sikhana hai….naa ki darana hai!!!!”

Huffing like a baby, Cabir tried defending himself “I was just doing my warm up okay!!!...tu nehin samjhega!!!”

Expressing disbelief, Manik uttered “main samajh naa bhi nehin chahata!!!”

Scorning at each other, Manik and Cabir set out on teaching bhangra to the girls.

As the beats started again, Cabir took the centre stage looking like Michael Jackson 2.0, while Manik and Dhruv nodded their head dubiously.

But this time it was Maahi who asked to cut the music “ek min …ek min…”

Manik inquisitively questioned “kya hua baccha????”

Climbing upon the sofa, Maahi declared “woh aap log itne lambu lambu ho ki mujhe dikhai nehi de raha tha!!!”

Stifling his smile, Manik muttered “okay ji…ab humlog shuru kare??”

Taking her position Maahi gestured to start.

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Drawing out his sunglasses, Cabir adorned it with full attitude and started doing his own version of bhangra.

Gidhe vich nachdi ae naare ni
Sunn husan diye sarkare ni

Gidhe vich nachdi ae naare ni
Sunn husan diye sarkare ni
Unjh dil te nachda naal tere
Dil te nachda naal tere
Bhawein pub chakkna aunda ni

Baanh phad ke nachan nu jee karda
Ki kariye nachna aunda ni
Baanh phad ke nachan nu jee karda
Ki kariye nachna aunda ni

Shaking his head in disapproval at Cabir’s shenanigans, Manik initiated by showing few simple steps to Maahi, which she tried to recreate with her own twist.

Meanwhile, in the garden all of them were busy in chitchatting, when they heard the music blaring from inside of the house.

A startled Nyonika complained “yeh kaun si party chal rahi hai…woh bhi humare bina!!!”

Ik to meri chaal sharaabi
Dooja chehra killer ve
Kyun khada hai door tu mundeya
Jaise koyi piller ve

Ik to meri chaal sharaabi
Dooja chehra killer ve
Kyun khada hai door tu mundeya
Jaise koyi piller ve

Finding Malar standing at a corner like a pillar, Manik holds her hand and leads her to the dance floor. He teaches Malar few steps, which she diligently tries to learn.

Afsos na kar mutiyare ni
Tu lagdi mainu pyaari ni
Afsos na kar mutiyare ni
Tu lagdi mainu pyaari ni

Dekh ke tujhko yaar mere
Dekh ke tujhko yaar mere
Dil andar paunda bhangda ni

Baanh phad ke nachan nu jee karda
Ki kariye nachna aunda ni
Baanh phad ke nachan nu jee karda
Ki kariye nachna aunda ni

On the other hand, shifting from bhangra, Cabir was busy in doing waltz with Maahi in his arms. 

Dekh ke tujhko yaar mere
Dekh ke tujhko yaar mere
Dil andar paunda bhangda ni

Baanh phad ke nachan nu jee karda
Ki kariye nachna aunda ni
Baanh phad ke nachan nu jee karda
Ki kariye nachna aunda ni

Arre haaye nachna
Ke tere naal main tachna
Ke tainu kade hoye nachna
Ke tere naal main nachna

Getting comfortable around her brothers, Malar was happily repeating the few steps taught by Manik like a pro.While Dhruv also joined them on the dance floor, not wanting to miss the fun. 

The five of them were so much engrossed in dancing, even after the music had ended, that they failed to notice their entire family standing behind them.

Maahi was the first one to come out of the bhangra fever.

Yelping in her baby voice “naniiiiiii”, she directly ran towards Nyonika.

Getting conscious of her surroundings, Malar was back to her reserved mode. While Manik, Cabir and Dhruv were sweating like pigs.

One look at Malar, the trio only managed to give each other the ‘yeh-yaha-kaise-wala-look’.

Oblivious of the trio’s bafflement, Nyonika merrily picked up Maahi in her arms and said to Sia “yeh hai Miss Maahi aka Mukti Junior”

Pulling Maahi’s cheeks, Sia concluded “tum ne sahi kaha tha Nyo…yeh toh bilkul Mukti ki photocopy hai!!!”

Ultimately pointing at Malar, Nyonika exclaimed “aur yeh humari sabse chhoti beti Malar hai!!!!”

Hence this revelation silenced the speculations going on in the minds of the trio regarding Malar.