Chapter-14 part -1

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5th march 2024

Evening

Mehndi preparations are going on for meerab's mehndi. Everyone is getting ready dressed up in their best outfits complimenting each other .  But to the boys bad luck they are not allowed in this function as it's ladies function only . But our very notorious boys in particular are shehzaan, saad , shahmeer , Aaryan , Adam , basim plans to gate crash the function while murtasim , farjaad , hannan , sheriyaar , Zarron , Umair, Junaid, Irtaza looks amused .

Zarron ( shaking his head sideways ) :  lagta hai teri shadi ke baare main Sunna ke baad yeh sab bache ban gaye hain phir se , function ko gate crash karne ki planning kar rahe hain voh bhi apna hi ghar main .

Irtaza: zarron zada kuch nahi yeh pantar pitna ka plan ki taiyari kar rahe hain . Main toh kehta hun murtasim tumhein advance main ek plan bana lena chahiya taki yeh dhulai se Bach jayein nahi toh baithe bithaye inka janaza nikal jana hai .

Farjaad : Haan Irtaza bhai bol toh aap sahi rahe ho (to murtasim ) toh mister akalchand urf humare dulhe raja karo kuch plan apna pantaron ko bachana ke liya warna tumhari shadi main sab lal peela nazar aayenga .

Murtasim nodes his head and goes from there towards his mother's room she was sitting with Anila , Wakas and Anwar and a few close relatives . He enters the room after knocking once .

Salam ( smiling widely): aao murtasim , kaho beta is wakt mera pass kaisa aana hua ?

Murtasim ( looking at everyone's face ) : sorry for disturbing you maa sahab , per mujha apse aur aap sab se ek permission chahiya thi .

Salma (confused): kaisi permission murtasim ?

Murtasim : actually mehndi function attend karne ki .. main janta hun yeh function ladies ka hota hai aur isme gents allowed nahi hein per kya aap yeh purana custom thoda change nahi kar sakti meri aur Meerab ki shadi hai , to be honest main bhi yeh function uske sath enjoy karna chahta hun main yeh baat khud kehta nahi per kehna padh raha hai as I want to really enjoy every single ritual with her in our marriage, vese bhi shadi toh ek hi baar hoti hai na aur meri toli toh itni mahan hain ki voh function ko gate crash karna ka plan bana rahi hai . Toh please kya aap sab allow karenga humein ?

Salma ( smiling while caressing his face lovingly ) : tum nahi badloga na murtasim sabki Khushi ka khayal hai , koi baat nahi hum sab bhi yahi baat kar rahe the ki sab bache itna excited hai iss shadi ka liya aur bhut wakt baad yeh khushiyan mili hain , after all ghar ke bade beta ki shadi hai toh humari taraf se aap sab log function attend kar sakta ho . Aur suno shahmeer ko plan kar Lena do jo voh kar raha tha , shibra usse chodegi nahi , maza aayega usse pareshan hota dekh ..

Murtasim( shaking his head ) : kya maa aap bhi bilkul bachon ki tarah baat kar Rahi hain .. voh dono phir ladenga, jhagadte wakt aas pass bhi nahi dekhta , bhool jata hain ki voh ab bade hi gaye hain , ab bache nahi rahe - shadi ho gai hai unki .

Salma ( giving a sad smile ): yahi toh hum sab chahte hain ki voh khush rahe aabaad rahe , you know right zubayeda ke jaane ke baad shahmeer achanak se bada ho Gaya tha , Bachpan toh jaisa jiya hi nahi , tum toh sab jante ho sab samajhte ho na , you have gone through this too .. I have seen shibra ke uski zindagi main Aane se voh phir se apna Bachpan jee Raha hai and what's good is that she had accepted him the way he is and she becames his replica just to see a smile on his face . Humara shahmeer shararti bache se bilkul shaant sa ho Gaya tha tumhari shadi ka sun ker his inner child had come out , let him be the way he wants to be .

Murtasim ( holding her hand in his ) : I know everything maa , I know aur ab yeh khushiyan humare meer se koi nahi cheen sakta kabhi bhi nahi main esa hona hi nahi dunga , I promise maa voh ab sirf khushiyan dekhega , well ab aap sab baatein kariya main chalta hun .

MEHNDI NIGHT ..

Mehndi function arrangements are done in another garden of the haveli . And the sitting arrangements were done explicitly for everyone and separately for the bride so that everyone is comfortable and the bride can have her own space for herself.

All the ladies are present there and no gents were present in the function. All the male members of the family were sitting in anwar 's portion , enjoying their time of the night .

Meerab had worn a beautiful lehnga of turquoise green paired with purple dupatta with a matching necklace in her swan neck and ears were tangled with long earrings complimenting her look . While here ankles were occupied with her favourite anklets which were making sounds when she walks or pushes her feet in anticipation .

Anklets

She was looking like a regal queen of some palace . Of course she was the most beautiful and elegant woman of the khan family so she had to be glowing and looking out of the world..

Meerab's outfit

Meerab uss decorated Jhula per baithi hui thi aur uska samne 2 mehndi artists baithi hui thi jo uska Komal haathon main mehndi laga Rahi thi .

Sabhi ladkiyon busy thi mehndi lagwane main tabhi shibra ne notice kiya ki kuch ladies who are unknown to them have come inside the function. Unn ladies ne ghoongat kiya hua tha jiske Karan unka chehra nazar nahi aa raha tha .

Shibra maa begam ke pass jati hai jo ek side baithi apna haathon main mehndi lagwaye apna rishtedaaron se baatein kar Rahi hoti hai .

Shibra : Mami kya aapna un ladkiyon ko is function ke liya bulaya hai ?

Maa begum ko pata chal jata hai ki voh aur koi nahi balki shahmeer aur uski toli hai toh voh shibra ko confusion bhari nigahon se dekhta hua kehti hai ..

Salma begum : nahi maine toh nahi bulaya kisi ko , ho sakta hai murtasim ne traditional dancers ko bulaya ho .. voh puch raha tha dhuper ko Mujhse iss baare main . Tum esa karo ussi se puch lo voh rahe sab log .

Shibra : hain kya ? Per Mami voh sab log yaha ? Iss function main toh gents allowed hi nahi hai ..

Salma ( smiling ) : usne dhuper ko mujhse permission mangi thi ki voh aur Baki sab attend kar sakta hain ki nahi aur tumhe pata hai main murtasim ko mana nahi kar sakti toh Maine usse permission dedi . Acha ab jao voh raha ussi se puch lo jo puchna hai .

Here murtasim enters the garden with full grandeur standing in between his Paltan ..

He had worn beige colour kurta pajama .. he was looking very handsome in kurta pajama and its matching dupatta .. he was looking like a king cladded in his element looking extremely hot to resist .

Murtasim's outfit

While upon entering hannan directly goes towards his wife abeer on the other side the other men stood there waiting for the mastikhor gang looking here and there if any chance they could spot them on time before anyone could see them.

Within few minutes Irtaza notices the gang and whispers so that only they could hear him out .

Irtaza ( gestures towards them with his head ) : zarron voh dekh voh rahe sara bandar wahan hain .

Before he could say something further shibra came there with confusion etched on her face.

Shibra ( to murtasim ) : aapna bataya nahi devar ji ki aapna humare entertainment ke liya kuch traditional dancers ko bulwaya hai ?

Murtasim himself gets confused listening to her ..

Murtasim ( with creases on his forehead ) : hain konsa dancers shibra ? Maine kisi ko nahi bulaya ..

Shibra pointed towards shahmeer , Adam and all the other boys standing there in the middle of the stage , with a frown on her face she says again ..

Shibra : voh dancers .. Mami keh Rahi thi ki aapna unhein bulaya hai , agar apna nahi bulaya toh phir kişne ? Acha chalein koi nhi main unhi se puch leti hun ..

With that she moves towards them but Murtasim stops her so as to save his brother shahmeer from her pitai and the other boys and says ..

Murtasim : ummm shibra mujha lagta hai unhein shahmeer ne bulaya hai ..

Shibra : Achaa bataya nahi usne mujha .. khair theek hai phir main unhein bol kar Aati hun ki voh Jaldi se apna dance performance pura kar lein taki baad main mehndi kharab na ho kisi ki bhi .

With that she leaves from there leaving murtasim tensed and all the others amused.

Junaid : ab bhai Gaya bhabhi ke haath se .

Farjaad : huh .. bhut uchal raha tha ab pata chalega ladkiyon ki dress pehn kar kisi ka function ko gate crash karna ka nateeja.

On the other side shahmeer starts sweating inside his ghoongat when she sees shibra coming towards him . Shahmeer looks here and there for any escape route but shibra reaches there before he could even moves an inch.

Shibra : Salam walikum, aap sab ko shahmeer Sikander ne bulaya hoga ..

Shahmeer got confused listening to his wife but he has no idea about what she is talking about but decided to agree to save him and other boys .

Shahmeer ( in girls voice ) : walikum Aslam , ji humein shahmeer saab ne hi bulaya hai .

Shibra ( smiling ) : toh theek hai phir aap log Jaldi se start kar dein ..

Shahmeer ( confused ) : ji kya start kar dein ?

Shibra : apna dance performance aur kya .. usi ke liya toh aaye hain na aap sab log .. toh aap Jaldi se apna performance start kijiya.

Saying so she leaves from there leaving him and others in shocked state .

Adam (whispering): Abe ghada yeh kya kiya .. ab dance kaisa karenga voh bhi traditional dance .. dance ka d bhi nahi pata hai mujha .

Saad ( sweating out of fear ) : sach main guys tum logon ne kahan phasa diya mujha .. ab hum dance kaisa Karenga sab .

Shahmeer ( rotlu face ) : pata nahi

Shehzaan : abe saalon chup kar jao marwaoga kya .. tüm logon ne tv nahi dekha kya kabhi . Koi bhi traditional folk song per dance kar lo , ek yaad toh aa raha hai Jisme gol gol ghumta hain , yaad ni aa raha ..

Aaryan : Abe nakayak voh ghoomar hota hai .

Shehzaan : Haan haan wahi ghoomar . Toh hum bhi gol gol ghoomar ke ek do steps kar deta hain na Bach jayenga .

Shahmeer : chal acha hai kuch toh help hogi ..

Başım : nonsense admi tum toh chup hi raho hum yaha Teri wajh se phasa hain ..

Saad : oh guru kya baat hai shehzaan tera dimag Chalna laga hai mera sath reh reh ke .

Aaryan : shut the fuck up guys .

Adam : bhabhi ne song start kar Diya hai now focus ..

Shibra starts Sindhi folk song and not getting any other option all of them starts dancing doing weird steps .. all are looking at them like they've have been looking at aliens or something. Zarron , Irtaza , Junaid enjoys themselves thoroughly looking at them making fun of themselves while Murtasim face palms himself with embarrassment.

Shibra who was standing with umeed , mariyam , marayam, Saba , bela and fari looks at them with weird expressions and says ..

Shibra : yeh dance performance hai ya phir kung foo aur judo karate ki introduction class .

Farı ( observes carefully ) : shibra bhabhi mujha toh kuch gadbad lag Rahi hai , esa koi dancer dance karta hai bhala .

Shibra : Haan yaar farı tu sahi keh Rahi hai , inka postures itna stiff hai aur movements jaisa judo karate kar rahe hon . Inko esa dekh kar esa lag rahe hai jaisa koi ladkon ka group dance kar rahe ho ( understanding dawn upon her ) Haan ladke hi honga ( then with devilish smile adoring her lips ) Chal farı , neha , Saba thoda maza leta hai inka .

Then she calls all the girls and tells them what to do with devilish smile on their lips . They goes towards them and starts dancing along with them .

Murtasim who was sitting beside Meerab looks at them all confused.

Murtasim : yeh shibra ko kya hua jo voh suddenly dance karne lagi . Mujha kyun Aisa lag Raha hai ki shahmeer ab musibat Main padhne wala hai .

Farjaad who was sitting beside him says : mujha bhi esa hi lag raha hai .

Junaid who was beside farjaad just smirks listening to them .

On dance floor shibra secretly signals umeed , dua , Rani and other girls after getting signal they stops dancing immediately and stands on the pallu and pleats of the boys saree in such a way that when boys moves just a little bit their sarees come loose infront of everyone .. they were left standing in blouse and jeans .

When shahmeer and saad notices their sarees on the floor they put hands to cover their chests and shahmeer and shouts loudly ...

Shahmeer : meri izzat ..

Hey says it in such a girlish way like he himself is a girl .. everyone present there starts laughing looking at them . While shibra , umeed , dua , Rani , abeer hi - fied.. murtasim too laughs a little listening to his brother's dialogue.

After all the laughter died down to snickers , shibra looks at them with raised eyebrows.

Shibra : kya hai yeh sab ? Kya Zarurat thi in sabki ?

Shahmeer ( sullenly) : iss function main gents allowed nahi the isliya hum sab ne yeh kiya .. agar humein allow kar dete toh hum Aisa kyun karte ?

Shehzaan ( draping saree around his neck ) : aur nahi toh kya bhabhi .. humein bhi toh apna dost ke mehndi function main participate karna tha .

Saad nodes saying exactly..

Aaryan : hmm aur nahi toh kya .. warna humein koi shaunk nahi hai ladki banka Ghumne ka .

Rani : tumhara toh pata nahi saad lekin shehzaan ko toh bhut practice hai na iss cheez ki , right shehzaan ?

Shehzaan ( puppy face ) : Rani yrr please na voh baat alag thi .

Dua ( confused ) : ek baat toh Batao tüm logon ko kişne kaha ki ladke allowed nahi hai iss function main ?

Saad ( confused ) : hain dua kya bolna chahti ho ? Tumhari iss baat ka kya matlab hai ?

Marayam : matlab yeh hai guys ki Murtasim ne permission pehla hi le thi maa begum se taki tum sab log bhi yeh function attend kar sako .

Shahmeer ( whining ) : murtasim that's not fair aapna bataya kyun nahi humein .. khamakha itni planning ki ..

Shibra ( raised eyebrows) : yeh plan tha ? Ladkiyon ki dress pehnkar kung foo karate karna ?

Shehzaan : kung foo?

Rani : aur nahi toh kya .. kyuki dance toh voh kisi angle se nahi tha .

All of them pouted listening to her comment . And leaves to their rooms to Change and come back later .

All girls get settled and starts selecting mehndi designs for them .

Farjaad goes and sits beside umeed ..  umeed likes many designs and gets confused between them . Farjaad was looking at her face only .. she was looking so cute with confused expressions on her face . Farjaad smiles and asks what's the matter .

Farjaad : kya hua umeed ? Itni confused kyun ho ?

Umeed : farjaad mujha samajh hi nahi aa raha ki kaun sa design lagwaun. Yeh sab itna acha hain ( then she looks at his face with a pout ) and  says .. "farjaad aap choose karein na mera liya .. please"

Farjaad : acha baba theek hai I will choose for you ..

Farjaad chose the best design from the booklet and asked the mehndi designer to apply that design on her hands .

Here murtasim and Meerab were sitting on the swing together and he was just looking at the design with so much concentration on it .

Meerab ( showing him the design): kaisa hai ?

Murtasim ( smiling looking at the design) : acha hai infact bhut acha hai .

Meerab's mehndi

Meerab keeps looking at his face with a smile while he was concentrating on her mehndi design. Murtasim turns his face towards her to look at her , he finds her looking at him all lost and a beautiful smile was playing on her lips .. he says with a naughty smirk 😏..

Murtasim : Meerab I know main bhut handsome hun per abhi please apni mehndi per dhayan do .. ( then he goes near her ear ) mujha dekhna ke liya to puri raat padi hai ..

Meerab blushes listening to him .. she looks down with a shy smile on her face . Murtasim smiles loooking at her shy expressions and starts looking at her mehndi claded hands again .

After some time when mehndi was about to complete, mehndi artist asks her the name of the groom to write in the mehndi .. mariyam heard that as she just entered from behind them and says while sitting beside Meerab .

Mariyam : murtasim ki Meerab likhe inka haathon main .. kyun bhabhi , she says while teasing her .

Meerab smiles listening to her and asks her something in return to tease her back .

Meerab : mera haathon main toh murtasim ka naam ki mehndi chadh gai hai .. ab tum batao tum nauraz ke naam ki mehndi kab chadhwa rahi ho apna haathon main ..?

Mariyam hugs Meerab Sideways and puts her head on her shoulder and says ..,

Mariyam : wahi toh samajh nahi aa raha kya karu ? Kaisa baat karu unse ? Apko pata hai meerab api yeh pehla ladka hai jinhein milkar laga ki hum apni life sath spend kar sakta hain ..

Meerab : Achaa hmmmm toh problem kya hai mariyam ? If he is so nice and sweet to you then go to him . Jao aur apna dil ki baat Bata di usse Baki sab main aur Murtasim dekh lenga . Hum hain na yaha hum sab sambhal lenga .. haina Murtasim sambhal lenga na ? She asked him with a hope filled in her eyes .

Murtasim nodes with a wide smile adorned on his lips and says " of course, apna jaan se bhi pyari bhen ki Khushi ke liya yeh bhai kuch bhi kar sakta hai . He said with full confidence and urges mariyam to go .. " jao Mari keh do nauraz se apna dil ki baat , I am there in every step you take towards him ."

Mariyam : I love you , I love so much bhai , bhabhi you are the world's best person , per ek minute main unse baat karu kaisa ? Kuch idea do na bhai , I am feeling so nervous all of a sudden.

Murtasim ( shaking his head listening to her whining like a kid ) : mariyam , meri jaan meri baat maano toh pehle nauraz ko ache se jaano, uske sath kuch wakt guzaro phir kahin jakar agar tum sure hoti ho ki you still have feelings for him phir tum apna haal e dil ka izhaar kar do .

Mariyam : hmm you are right I shouldn't go there with haste but bhai ek problem hai itna wakt kaha hai mera pass unhein patane ka , I have heard from someone here that voh sirf yeh shadi attend karne aaye hain because voh humara koi durrrr ke rishtedaar hain and his family can't come and he was in town so his mother told him to attend it on their behalf now as soon as the wedding will be over he will go back to London .

Murtasim : I know everything Mari, per as usual he have to stay here in Hyderabad with us for some more time as he has some meetings regarding his deals he is going through due to location change in last minute so darling sister you have a weeks time to make sure of your feelings for the man you like ,So utilise it wisely .

Mariyam ( excited ) : sach main ! Oh my gosh bhai apko kaisa pata itna sab , itna toh mujha bhi nahi pata chala ? But whatever it is I am so happy bhai thank you for giving me such a great news . I love you 🫶 she says while sitting beside her brother now and hugs him from his waist and kisses on his cheeks in extra excitement pulping inside her .

Murtasim shakes his head looking at his sister's antics , her kissing him loudly just like she used to do when they were kids.

Meerab ( with a teasing smile) : hmmm mariyam meri jaan ruk jaa , sans toh lelo yrr , main toh tumhare aur Murtasim ka rishta janti hun na ache se per my darling sister in law I don't think so nauraz would be knowing so much about all of us as you yourself told that he is our very distinct family member who stays in London. He would not be knowing na that he is your real brother and how much close you are to him . ( she signals towards nauraz with her eyes who was looking little disturbed at the brother-sister antics ) so agli baar mariyam apna bhai ko kiss karna se pehle sab usse clear kar dena iss baare main . Warna Murtasim ki jaan se pyari bhena tumhara relationships start hone se pehle hi breakup ho jayega .

Mariyam turns around to look at nauraz and finds him looking sad while looking at her and Murtasim's close relationship. Suddenly mariyam's expressions changed to mischievous and she goes towards him saying ..

Mariyam : bhai bhabhi main Aati hun apna luck try karke .

Meerab leans on Murtasim's shoulder for support and asks ..

Meerab : kya lagta hai apko ... kya karne wali hai yeh apki Gudiya ..?

Murtasim ( wrapping his arm around her shoulder) : I just hope voh jo bhi kare bas apni izzat ka dhayan rakh kar kare .. I don't want anyone to lay a finger upon her .

Meerab : she will , don't worry about that .

TO BE CONTINUED ...

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