Those Seven Days (Woh 7 Din)

This is luck. She goes from rags to riches.

" Maya has found a rich fellow, l hear."

They didn't have to pay any dowry! - But without the music band...

it doesn't look like a wedding; more like a getaway on the sly.

" l suspect something is surely wrong with the bride, or with the groom."

" Before giving her the wedding band, you will have to take the vows."

l will administer the oaths. You will repeat what l say.

" Say, l... - l..."

from this time and day... - from this time and day...

shall provide for you. - shall provide for you.

" To grant all your wishes, and to keep you happy..."

" To grant all your wishes, and to keep you happy..."

l promise. - l promise.

l take you as my partner for life. - l take you as my partner for life.

" As mark of my words, l wish to give you this wedding band."

" As mark of my words, l wish to give you this wedding band."

Now the bride. l... - l...

" in joy and in sorrow, shall always stand by you."

" in joy and in sorrow, shall always stand by you."

" The laws of life given by the Vedas and the sages, l shall abide by."

" The laws of life given by the Vedas and the sages, l shall abide by."

No sin shall l ever commit.

No sin shall l ever commit.

" The wedding band you give me, thus l accept."

" The wedding band you give me, thus l accept."

Witness be the holy fires.

Witness be the holy fires.

Witness be The Gods and The Goddesses.

Witness be The Gods and The Goddesses.

" Witness be The Sun, The Moon, and the Eight Planets."

" Witness be The Sun, The Moon, and the Eight Planets."

Witness be the revered saints.

Witness be the revered saints.

l now swear... - l now swear...

This wedding band l shall hold dearer to me than my own life.

The dignity of my wedding band l shall always uphold.

This wedding band l shall hold dearer to me than my own life.

The dignity of my wedding band l shall always uphold.

Now you may give the bride her wedding band.

These seven steps represent seven incarnations.

" For seven lifetimes, you shall complement each other."

Papa! You are very bad! You went away all alone to marry!

Why didn't you take me along?

l've brought along a Mummy for you. She will be with you. Always.

" Say " namaste" , dear. "

" Savitri, look. Anand is home."

" The Goddess of Fortunes has come home, Savitri."

May you live forever in marital bliss.

May you be prosperous. May you bear many children.

Anand's room...? - l have had it done up.

You may leave now.

Go on son. Take some rest.

What happened?!

" Open the dispensary. - Right away, sir."

Yes sir...? - What happened?

l don't know...

" What is it, son? What happened to her?"

Please shut the door.

What has happened to her?! No reason for worry...? Won't you say?!

Nothing much. Just exhaustion. She'll be all right tomorrow morning.

Don't tell Mummy anything. She's ill as it is. Now please go to bed.

" Ganeshji, you go to sleep too. No need to tell anyone anything."

How are you feeling?

Forget the wedding. Forget the nuptial night stuff.

Just consider me your friend.

And just tell me what this is all about. No holds barred.

" Look, l'm a doctor. Everyone else in the house knows that you're exhausted."

No one knows about the poison.

Now if a woman tries to kill herself on her nuptial night...

it's clear that she was married against her wishes.

" Look Maya, our whole lives lie ahead of us."

" lf we keep each other in the dark, life is going to be difficult."

Don't cry. Just make a clean breast of it.

You know that joke about the man who threw himself under a speeding car?

lt didn't kill him. lt was an ambulance.

He was taken straight to the hospital. That saved his life.

And you tried to poison yourself with a doctor in attendance?

Which means that God doesn't want you to die yet.

You'll live a long and happy life. That's what your destiny is.

" Tell me, what is the matter? Believe me, l can take it."

" Whatever it be, l'll hear you through."

Tell me.

What ties you to me?

A bond it is. But l know not what.

" You know not? Look, you and l are both from Patiala."

That's the bond between us.

" Had l not met you, l would've been gambling on the streets."

lt's the song. What a lovely song Laxmikant and Pyarelal have scored!

The Shivranjani Raga is used often. But this one is a spellbinder!

Enough! Music isn't going to fill our tummies. Food. We need food.

Right away.

" All of yesterday, you've had me to make do with bread and a tea."

" Right now, l'm drained. - First, let's find a place to live."

Then l'll cook for you. Hot-baked corn bread and mustard sprigs.

So the eating happens after you've found a place...

and after you've cooked. When?

What do l do? They refuse to rent me a pad as soon as they get to know...

that l'm not married. - Then say that you're married.

" This is Bombay. You can't live in this city, unless you tell lies."

" One smack, and you'll see the other side of it."

Start my life with a lie? Never!

l'd rather die than tell a lie!

Then we're martyred ... you and l.

Hear that? The sound of the conch! What l said is true!

What's wrong with you? That's the siren.

The factory siren. - One and the same!

" We're here looking for jobs, right? And there goes the factory siren!"

" For the working class, the siren is the holy conch. Get it?"

Rooms for rent

" Now, what did l tell you?! We'll strike gold today! Look!"

No bell here. What does one ring? - Who needs a bell? Just knock.

And use your voice. - You do that.

Use your mellifluous voice!

Madam!

Miss

We're from Patiala.

Wait. l'll be back. - But you're going away...

lt augurs well to see a girl.

But she went away. - She'll be back.

You have no vessel? - Who needs a vessel?

Just use your hands and your mouth.

Never mind him. He's just a boy. Just sit here. And eat.

You're mistaken.

We read that notice. We're here to rent a place.

You disgrace me!

l have inherited an esteemed legacy! l represent a tradition!

You've ruined my reputation!

Will you let me lick my fingers at least?

We aren't staying here in any case. Now come on. Let's go.

Listen... Grandpa has called you in.

Didn't l tell you?

" Seeing a girl for a second time is auspicious too, isn't it? Shall we...?"

Lace! - What?

Your lace!

" You're right, Maya. They look it."

How do we look?

The harmonium strung around your neck ... that makes you look like beggars.

" l won't talk you down, because you're elderly."

We too have an esteemed legacy. We represent a tradition.

You should be polite.

So what are you looking for? Respectability? Or rooms?

" Respectability we have. Rooms yes, we need."

l have just one room. To give out on rent.

" With that harmonium, you won't even make enough to eat."

So how do you pay rent? - We don't sing for money.

We're here to become music directors.

R.D.Burman and Laxmikant-Pyarelal... you see them playing the harmonium.

Your son?

No. - Yes.

Dilemma! One says yes. The other says no...?

" Actually, we need a room badly. No one in this city will give us one!"

Because l'm a bachelor. - Because a bachelor never pays up.

" Then he elopes with the landlord's daughter! Worse, the landlord's wife!"

" Do we look like that? - Looks apart, l'm telling you this..."

because l have women in the house. No misbehaving here.

Never! Question doesn't arise!

No coming home after ten in the night.

Where do we go then?! - You get inside before ten.

You don't cook. - Do we eat with you?

You think this is your dad's house?! Wherever else. But not in your room!

The rent is 60 a month. The deposit is 300.

Three hundred...?!

" Goodbye, Grandpa."

Done. l'd like to see the room.

l'd like to see your advance.

Where's your bathroom?

Bathroom? Over there.

Where is he off to?

To get the advance. - Advance...? Out of the bathroom?!

He's a smart one.

His mother told him that pockets get picked in Bombay.

He never keeps money in his pocket. He has it stashed underground.

Underground?

lnside his underwear. So what does the pickpocket pick?

Here you are. - Lace.

What? - Your lace!

Put it here.

Here's hoping the notes aren't soiled.

Now may l see the room? - Upstairs.

Do you fly to get up there?

" No flights of fantasy, boy."

Like that? - Will do fine.

" Who's " fine" ? - The ladder."

" One more double-entendre,..."

and you get tanned on that drum of yours!

" Maya, show them the place upstairs. Make sure you're back in a jiffy."

" Look, she's picking the lock!"

Your room. Get yourselves a new lock. - Your key is fine. We'll make do.

Buy a lock. lt comes with keys. - No way. Let's have that one.

He hates going to the toilet for every fiver.

Disgraced me! Again! You ought to be whipped!

You get in there!

But the stuff is lying outside.

Cut that lace down to size. Grandpa might give it a yank the next time.

Don't get on my nerves up in the morning.

Chhotu! Something bit you?

The hole is here. But no bar.

Use the lace. Tie it. Then squat and hold.

" Shut up, and sit outside the loo. l bathe in the nude, you see."

How could l see? When did we take a bath together?