Laung Laachi (ਲੌਂਗ ਲਾਚੀ)

"l am like a delicate sparrow."

"| am as agile as a peahen.."

"| have tiny feet."

"| have tiny feet."

"| have mesmerizing eyes.."

"l am like a delicate sparrow."

"if you are like a delicate sparrow, a golden tiger.."

"Pink lips on a bright face."

"Pink lips on a bright face."

"You get them as dowry."

"You are like a delicate sparrow."

"Just before sunrise, I saw the moon shaped like a ring."

"That's why I am singing joyous songs."

"That's why I am singing joyous songs."

"And having a little fun. It is called a ring.."

"It is called a ring.. But it binds us together."

"While taking wedding vows.."

"While taking wedding vows.."

"Tell me, how do I control my excitement?"

"Just before sunrise, I saw.."

"You adorn my name drawn with henna of love."

"She wants to ward off all evil.."

"She wants to ward off all evil.."

"My mother awaits us at the doorstep."

"She will keep you happy.."

"She will keep you happy.."

"The margosa tree provides a good shade."

"l will fulfill all your desires.."

"l will fulfill all your desires.."

"Just enter my abode."

"You adorn henna of love.."

"Freshly crushed cardamom is always good I say."

"| ask God for you in my prayers."

"| ask God for you in my prayers."

"The blue mountains got coated in silver."

"When I saw you, I was bewildered."

Our boy Mehnga finally got married!

Go to sleep! Only if you sleep will the kids stay awake.

Hello.

Hello.

If you don't mind, can I lift your veil?

Please forgive me for any error.

It slipped.

You are so beautiful.

I am in trouble.

You are so much better than me.

I don't understand how will I treasure you?

You are so beautiful, how will I keep you safe?

You cried a lot when you left your parents house.

All girls cry, I know.

But you looked like you were asking your father what have you gotten me into?

no

Really? I hope it's not so.

I am not making big promises to you.

I have a acre of land, one buffalo, a few liters of milk..

..and a small house and you will be its queen.

I won't be able to fulfill many of your dreams.

"but I will try to do my best.

I have just one desire.

That I should be given a chance to cook for everyone..

..and my mother-in-law should love me like a mother.

You will get that.

Well, even my mother has never loved me like a mother.

I hope my get that from my mother-in-law.

It's okay, we will survive by sing and dance.

I mean with each other's company.

Why not sing and dance?

I heard that you sing well.

- No. - I know.

Someone told me.

Hum a few lines for me.

- I will switch off the lights. - No.

Okay, I will sing.

"Come brother, let me secure our bond."

Wrong relationship, wrong song.

Don't bother!

She is missing her brother.

She is quite loyal to her family.

What kind of a song is that?

Don't you know any romantic song?

I only know songs which describe brother-sister's bond.

No, please sing a romantic song.

No.

Please.

- No. - Please?

- Then I will switch off the lights. - No.

I will sing you one.

Go on.

"My mother found me a husband who is half-blind."

If you intend to sing then sing for all of us.

I borrowed 75,000 from the grocer and got them married.

I didn't bring her here to entertain you guys.

- Take me along. - I think everyone is awake.

They never wake up for religious purposes.

Let's go.

Let's go, everyone.

0K8‘!-

She will sing something. Sing.

Should I sing instead?

- No, let her sing. - Okay.

They want to hear you. Go ahead.

Sing.

l--

I have written this song.

Okay, so you write them as well?

She is going to sing something she has composed.

"You are Laung and I am Laachi."

"I am lost in your love."

"Your love stole my delicate hear-t away."

"| am the shadow produced by the mountains of Chambe."

- "| hide your name in my eyes." - She sings so well. Open the doors.

We too want to sit inside and hear her.

There's enough place for a few of us to sit inside.

The bulb got fused.

Where's the bed?

Boo!

This isn't your age to play hide and seek.

No, but I can play catch the thief, can't l?

You are the thief and I am a cop.

Where's my interest?

In order to pay your interest.

...I have star-ted taking tailoring orders from far and wide.

I cannot see well either.

I cannot even make out whether you are standing here or there.

I will pay it, I am not running away.

Try running away.

Boy, get the ledger. Let's take her house.

She is running away! I am coming!

- I am coming at the speed of 100. - Come.

I am coming at the speed of 100.

Boy, get me some water.

"Wanderer came."

Why are you running, sister-in-law? Grocer stopped you again?

Right. I never ran so much when I was young as I run now.

He'll get you one day.

- Laachi? - Yes?

Stop with drawing these flowers, dear.

There are plenty available outside.

It's been a month since you got married.

You aren't my daughter-in-law. You are my daughter.

Start stitching cloths with me from today.

- We need to pay off the grocer's loan. - Okay, mother.

Okay. Come on, dear.

Should I just you now, or after I deliver him the lunch?

Go and deliver him lunch. He must be hungry.

It's not as if the grocer will follow me home.

I'll handle him if he does, that Knucklehead.

Oh my!

- What are you staring at? - At Mehnga's good for-tune.

From the time he got married, no one in the village eats.

"but he asks for lunch three times a day.

All wives should be like her.

You feel like taking her to the hospital even if she sneezes.

Look at him talk like that.

- You should die drowning in shame. - I died the day I married you.

Now I only need to drown.

Such women can even make Anna Hazare break his fast.

What have you made?

Lentils.

Lentils? Again?

What other option do I have?

God help you.

Have you..

Have you ever loved someone?

Yes.

My mother.

- The other kind. - The dirty Kind?

Why is it dirty?

N is dirty.

Haven't you witnessed? When two lovers are caught, how people react?

"They are so filthy!"

They want to make their videos and upload it.

No, like the old school kind of love. The good kind.

No, no, no. Love was the same in the old school as well.

People just didn't have mobile phones back then.

My uncle had fallen in love when he was young.

He got caught.

He still cannot walk properly.

If there is any problem in the village.

..everyone's hands and legs shiver but.

..for uncle, only his hands shiver.

Poor thing.

Why are you asking about it?

Just.

Have you ever been in love?

No.

You are so beautiful.

I am sure someone must have been in love with you.

No.

There must have been a few who'd stare at you.

There were many.

Someone has rightly said:

Never ask how the journey was, to guests.

You should be grateful that they are here.

But we girls are used to ignore them.

0K8‘!-

Fine.

I really wanted to fall in love and then get married.

- You are regretting? - No.

Actually, I used to think that we live as humans only once.