Aah (आह)

There's going to be a blast!

Kailash, I am blasting out the mountains,

to feed hungry city dwellers like you.

This is not what I asked!

I'm curious as to why you're living in a jungle instead of a city?

Why are you toiling like a worker,

even though you're a wealthy man's son?

Just look around you Kailash and you'll find your answer.

This place is devoid of the glamour of a city!

Far from it's hustle and bustle!

But still there's beauty in these ruins!

The beauty of human courage!

The beauty of men's hard work!

Man is challenging nature at this very place!

He's changing the course of the oceans

so that man is liberated forever!

Liberated from the clutches of hunger and poverty!

It's said that if one perspires before a meal,

he's saved from all the illnesses!

Father!

Greetings father! - Bless you, my son!

How are you? - I'm fine.

What about you, Kailash? - I'm fine too.

How's the work going on?

Everything's going smoothly.

So what brings you here?

I want to ask you something. Come with me.

Okay Raj!

You can enjoy the wilderness and the ruins!

But just listen to this! - Yes, father?

Are you ready for marriage?

Marriage? - Yes. Answer in one word.

But that won't be enough, father. I need some concession.

Your mother had chosen the girl before she died.

You were a child then.

But times have changed, father! The world has changed drastically.

After so many years, who knows how that girl might be?

You can see her photo if you want.

That won't make any difference, father.

I can only see her physical appearance, not her character.

You can see her from a distance if you want. - From a distance?

That won't make any difference either!

So will you spend ten-twenty years with her before forming an opinion?

Yes.. No!

Well I just want to know how she is! Whether she's strong or not?

I mean, if she can blast me off?

I want to see if she is the same girl

as she tries to portray herself to be?

I live in this vast wilderness.

A city girl might not like that!

Mountains are stretched over hundreds of miles here!

A lake that winds its way around them.

A starlit sky that adorns the night! I live amidst all of this!

A man with sweat all over his body!

Do you think she'll be interested?

You've to ask that girl about it. You can write to her if you want.

Puran, did you put my luggage in the car? - Yes, sir!

Do you want me to take you to Allahabad?

No, thanks,

but I think I will spend some more time in this fool's paradise!

To whom and where should I send the letter?

The name is Chandra! To the post master, Allahabad.

To the post master?

Is she homeless or something?

But you're concerned about her nature, right?

What will you do with her address?

Be careful when you write to her! No rubbish!

You didn't write the letter ?

I just can't!

Try a little harder! Can't you see this mess?

What will you tell daddy?

That's the problem. Or, I would've put my foot down

and refused to go in wilds!

God knows how this Mr. Raj looks like!

Maybe he is cross-eyed! Or maybe deaf!

Then you should've told dad. - I thought it's only about a letter.

But even this is proving to be a nuisance.

Its four now!

There's tennis at five then a dance program at seven!

I've promised Mathur that I'll reach for the dinner sharp at nine!

Tell me how can I write a letter?

That too to a man who needs a buffalo instead of a wife!

Buffalo? - Yes!

Black, ugly buffalo who is supposed to wed him!

I just want to know why he doesn't marry a stone

or tree from the wilds?

Why don't you write a letter instead of me?

Me?

Sister, you mean me?

Yes, you! My dear sister, just write the letter!

But?

No if's and buts!

But write in such a way, he doesn't reply!

What if daddy finds out?

He won't .

This is a secret! Our little secret!

But what shall I write? - It's not that difficult!

Write that my face is pockmarked!

You were afflicted with small-pox in childhood.

Small-pox?

Yes. I'm cross-eyed. I see the world with one eye!

Cross-eyed!?

I lurch when I walk. People call me bicycle!

Bicycle?! - That's right!

Also write that I have a chronic cough. I keep coughing all night!

Don't forget about coughing! Men are scared off coughing!

What's Dr. Kailash for?

My daughters keep coughing all the day!

Kailash has gone out of town for a few days.

But they never cough like this.

Never cough!

Chandra, were you coughing?

No, it wasn't me. It was Neelu.

Okay, mother - Listen, dear, did you write that letter?

I have. But I didn't send it yet. I'll do that today.

Let me see. - What are you saying?

Dear, you can leave.

But why?

Do you want to read their letters now?

Chandra,

I live in a place,

which is away from glamour, the hustle and bustle of the cities!

Mountains are stretched over hundreds of miles!

I can see the lake while I write this letter!

At this moment I feel,

the lake is sleeping peacefully

and the sky over it is glimmering with millions of stars!

As if the sleepy lake is being guarded

by these magnificent mountains!

But still the moonlight slips between the mountain

and plays with the water all night!

Maybe, you won't like this world.

Chandra, I don't want to drag you on this path!

But I want someone to love me and I want to love someone!

Yours!

Dear!

Dear!

Dear?

But I want someone to love me and I want to love someone!

Dear!

Neelu, let's go and meet Raj once.

The wilderness, the lake and his world.

He's not even far away.

Maybe forty odd miles?

There are buses and trains!

We can leave in the morning and be back by the evening.

Will you go?

Here's your tea.

Keep it here. I've to finish this letter.

Are you writing to your fiancee?

Who told you this? - I'm aware of it.

Listen, I'm going to Allahbad for a two days.

I have to submit a report to father about the work.

He has sent a telegraph.

Got it?

Here goes Chandra's letter. Here is the report!

Oh God! What a mess!

You won't get anything when you need it! Where are those envelopes?

Did you see the envelopes? - They're right here.

Have your tea first.

I'll have it! I will! Don't confuse me, Puran!

What if I address Chandra's letter to father and vice versa?

Got it? Take this.

Seal and post this.

I'll leave now.

For Ms. Chandra.

Ms. Chandra?

Chandra? - Is there any letter

for Ms. Chandra, care of the postmaster?

I'll check it.

Here it is.

Thank you.

Ms. Chandra.

Sister?

So now you started reading my letters too?

Sister, this letter is for me! - But it bears my name.

Father has permitted me this so I decided to use your address!

Give it to me, sister! Please, sister!

Got it! Here's your letter! I'll just be back.

Construction report?

Bricks? Lime? Cement? Workers?

I just want to ask you

why there is a delay in construction of this dam?

Who's responsible for this loss?

Loss?

How can you say there's a loss?

Raj himself is taking care of this business.

If you want to make money,

you've to bear the risk. - Be careful, Mr. Raibahadur.

Your heart.. - I'm not shouting.

Why isn't he here yet? Call up and find out.

Did you send a telegraph to ask him

to rush to Allahabad with the report.

Yes sir!

What are you waiting for? Go and call him up!

Why's there a delay in the dam's construction?

Doctor, I want to know why should people delay in taking birth?

Don't shout, Mr. Raibahadur. Your heart..

Shut up, Kailash!

Why hasn't Raj shown up yet?