Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (2015): Season 1, Episode 20 - Aparichita - full transcript

Here, have some tea.

Peanuts!

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

-Anup.
-Yes.

Can you please remove
my shawl and give me?

Yes, mother.

Take this, mother.

In Haridwar, it will
be colder than this.

-Really?
-Yes.

You also wear something then.

Yes, mother, I'll wear.



Look, in such severe cold..

..if anything happens to me,
you will have to take care of me.

-You have insisted so much and brought me.
-What else should I have done?

After 20 years, you are going outside
Kolkata.. that also without wishing to.

Leaving the house empty?

Mother, nothing will happen to the
house. I have told Harish and come.

He will go and check every day.

You also.. unnecessarily.

Sister, sister..
will we get the window seat?

Whatever seat we get,
you will have to sit there.

Yes, sister, yes.

Yes, okay.

Come.

Carefully.



"O cloud, black clouds.."

"..don't shower rains now."

"O cloud, black clouds.."

"..don't shower rains now."

"My beloved.."

"..is away to a far-off land."

'My beloved has been..'

Hey, Harish.. come.

The season in which one should listen
to songs of love and togetherness..

..you are listening
to songs of separation?

-Buddy..
-Yes.

You are the first person, whose old
age came immediately after childhood.

You did not go through youth.

Looks like you have come
here straight from the station..

..you have not gone home.

The matter is such.

Matter? Tell me.

Tell me, what is your future plan?

I mean, you want to
study ahead or do a job?

Suddenly this question?

Okay then tell me,
what should I tell the girl's side?

What?

I have seen a girl for you.

In Kanpur?

Yes, in Kanpur.

And let me tell you
one thing in advance.

The girl is better than
you in beauty and qualities.

Buddy, you have left your business
and started doing all this, is it?

Anupam, you are not
capable of doing anything.

That's why, for your benefit, I
have to keep my eyes and ears open.

Got it?

What is her name?

Kalyani.

Kalyani?

Does she have interest in music?

I don't know whether
she sings or not.

She has a melodious voice,
you go and ask her yourself.

-This is not so easy. You know.. uncle..
-Uncle, isn't it?

-Yes.
-I will talk to him.

Are you interested or not?

Aunt, two fried bread for me.

Okay.. give me four more.

Take this.

You take some more.

Harish.. who is sitting
at the shop nowadays?

You are never there.

Uncle, I will go straight
to the shop from here.

Son, you keep travelling
due to business.

Take Anup also around
to Digha or Puri.

This is not the age to
sit at home and read books.

You are absolutely right, aunt.

Okay, I will just come.

Uncle, about Anupam's
marriage have you..

I mean, you must have
thought of something.

Yes, many proposals have come.

But I didn't like the
family in any of them.

Look..

..the people should be poor but
should not haggle in giving dowry.

The girl will come laden with gold.
But will stay with her head lowered.

Enough, uncle
the way you have said..

..I know such a family
and such a girl.

Kanpur resident Shambhunath
Sen's daughter, Kalyani.

-Her beauty.. and in studies, uncle..
-Set aside the girl.

Tell me about the father.
What does he do?

Uncle, he was a very
big businessman of clothes.

He had a shop here at
the corner of Shyam Bazaar.

Many years back, he faced
a very big loss in his business.

He had to sell his shop.

Since then he went from
Kanpur to Kolkata to settle down.

Uncle, his situation
is not good now.

But, Kalyani is his only child.

For her marriage, whatever he has,
he is willing to give.

Like her beauty, same is
her speech and same is her behavior.

Tell me one thing, Harish.
Tell me the truth.

If your marriage was not well,
then you..

No, no..

Sister-in-law is like a mother.
Trust me.

When I saw Kalyani
for the first time..

..the first thing
I thought about was you.

-Really?
-Really.

If she is a mischievous
flowing river..

..then you are like a silent,
serious mountain.

If both of you meet, then
the river will become a waterfall.

And even the distance between
the mountains will get over.

Oh God!

Enough! This is enough for today.

I am telling the truth.
And Mr. Shambhunath.

He is such a nice and simple person.
I fail to describe him.

Anupam.

Coming, uncle.

Yes, uncle.

Munim, give Anupam
his monthly pocket money.

-Anupam.
-Yes.

Measure yourself for a
coat at the Royal this evening.

I have spoken to the tailor.

These two are going to
Kanpur in the afternoon train.

Oh yes. I forgot to tell you.

I have sent Vinod
to Kanpur last night.

Brother Vinod! But why?

What why? It's a wedding not a game.

You have to think properly
before having ties with any family.

But these two were about to go.

What sister?

The family,
their economic situation.

You need experience
to test all this.

These two are still
too young to do all that.

Vinod has seen the world.

He will find out everything
in two days and return.

Yes, uncle.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Say something. I cannot hear you.

Hello.

Is this Shambhunath Sen's house?

Yes. Who is this?

Yes, I am Anupam from Kolkata.

Can I speak to brother Vinod?

I will just call him.

Give. Give it to me.

Yes, Vinod. Okay.
Those people might be around you.

Then do one thing.

I have played a lot.

Come on.
Don't make any noise. Calm down.

Otherwise the people will scold.

Sister, tell me a story.

Here you are.

-You eat too.
-Yes.

Take.

-Aunty.
-Yes.

May we sit here?

-Yes, of course. Come.
-Come on.

Carefully. Carefully.

Actually we were
sitting near the door.

The people who had reserved
that seat have arrived..

..so we had to vacate that place.

No problem. You all can sit.

Don't worry.

Once the people who have
reserved these seats arrive..

..we will vacate this place too.

We will spend our journey
moving here from there, right?

By the way, this is also our seat.

Then that is even better.

Answer them by saying yes and no.

So how do you like the house?

Uncle, you know that I
will make sure that I tell them.

Yes, don't worry.

All right, uncle.
Okay. I will hang up now. Yes.

Uncle had called.
He was asking if you are all well.

Okay. Okay.

Everyone likes Kalyani there.

It is yes from our end.

That's a wonderful thing.
It's very good.

Yes.

Okay, Mr.
Shambhunath, I have a request.

Oh yes. Do tell me.

You will have to come
with me to Kolkata tomorrow.

Uncle will meet you and decide on the
remaining marriage related matters.

Uncle had said that the marriage
will be solemnized in Kolkata.

If you don't have any objections..

..only then we will
proceed with the alliance.

I don't have any objections.

I will make all arrangements.

My elder brother
stays in Hathi Bagaan.

You can tell your uncle that the
wedding will be solemnized in Kolkata.

It's okay. Nothing special.

We won't get mangoes
out of a guava tree.

-Right?
-Yes.

Once Kalyani is married.

I will leave for my pilgrimage
as soon as I reach Kanpur.

-This time..
-Mr. Shambhunath.

-Yes.
-This is my friend, Chandan Saha.

-Hello.
-Hello. Hello.

He wants to ask you something.

Yes. Please go ahead.

Shall we go inside for a while?

I will just come.

Come.

Okay, now it's my turn.

-Ask.
-Ask.

A bowl inside a bowl.
The son is fairer than the father.

-Think.
-Think.

-Tell us.
-Coconut.

-This is just the beginning.
-One more. One more.

-Another one now.
-Anupam.

Please come inside with me.

Yes.

Your uncle is saying that
before going to the wedding stage..

..that is before the
wedding rituals start..

..he wants to check
the bride's jewelry.

What is there to check? I just want
Mr. Saha to see it once. That's it.

If there is anything wrong regarding
the dowry discussions we had earlier.

Mr. Anupam, I want to ask you.

-What do you want?
-Anup wants what I want.

You don't want to say anything.

All right.

I will just come.

-Anupam, go and sit downstairs.
-No.

You won't go anywhere.

I will just come.

Daughter.

Take off your jewelry.

Everything is fine.
The gold is pure.

Weigh it and see.

Have you got the weighing
instrument just for show?

What is there to weigh?

These are old fashioned jewelry.

There is not a little
bit of fault in it.

You don't get to see such
high quality gold these days.

And it is much more than
what you have asked for.

-That means everything is fine, right?
-Yes.

Anupam, you can go downstairs
and sit with your friends.

We will start the marriage
rituals in some time.

Please eat first.

-But the marriage.
-Don't worry about that.

The auspicious time
is of late night.

I cannot compare to you at all..

..in matters of wealth,
fame and honor.

Today, I couldn't even welcome
you the way you deserved.

It is late night. I don't
want to make you uncomfortable anymore.

Come. Please have your meal.

Anupam.

Please come.

What are you saying?

The groom cannot eat till
he has offered the vermillion.

You know that, don't you?

As you wish.

I will go and serve food to
the guests from the groom's family.

-Did you eat properly?
-Oh yes.

-Was everything okay?
-Very nice. Thank you.

-Vinod.
-Yes, uncle.

Go and call Anupam. And
ask the priest to start preparing.

-Yes.
-Betel leaf.

Oh no. I don't eat betel leaf.

Ask for some carom or fennel seeds,
if you have them.

I only have betel leaf. That's it.

If you all have eaten then..

Oh yes. Just waiting
for Anupam to come.

Anupam's carriage is ready.

And I have also arranged conveyance
for the remaining guests.

What do you mean?

Mr. Ajit.
I did what I could as per my status.

I tried to ensure..

..that there was nothing lacking
in my hospitality towards you.

But even if I have made
any mistakes then I am sorry.

You all can leave now.

Are you joking with me?

Oh no.

In fact, I might not be
able to carry on the joke..

..for my life.

Are you saying that you
want to break off the wedding?

Are you in your senses?

People who think that..

..I can steal my
daughter's jewelry..

..I cannot marry off
my daughter to such a house.

I am sorry.

What kind of treatment is this?

What kind of treatment is this?

First you feed our guests and
then you are telling them to leave.

Uncle, calm down.
Let's sit and talk.

Mr. Shambhunath.
Do you know its outcome?

I am not that far sighted.

I just know that my daughter
won't be happy in your house.

This wedding will not take place.

Good bye.

I won't allow that
girl to be married.

I will make such arrangements..

..that the father-daughter won't be
able to face anybody in the Kanpur.

I am not going to forget this
insult till my last breathe, sister.

Ajit, calm down.
Everything happens for good.

So much pride. So much daring.

I will break his arrogance.

Just watch, sister.
This Shambhunath Sen will come.

He will fall at my feet and beg.

"Accept my daughter as
your family's daughter-in-law."

And then. Then I will
remind him of his reality.

So king Suryapratap called
his three sons and said..

..that you three are the king's son
and that's why you are royal prince.

But if you want to be a king..

..then you will have to appear
for a test in front of the kingdom.

You will have to prove
that you are fit to be a king.

At this, the king's eldest son,
Suvarna said that..

"..Father, am I not eligible for
the throne since I am the eldest?"

Excuse me.

Please vacate these seats.
Vacate them.

Sir, we have reserved
the seats till Delhi.

You must have had some confusion.

Some misunderstanding.

There is no misunderstanding.

Please pick up
your luggage and move.

But where?
There is no vacant place here, sir.

Anup. Come,
let us sit in some other place.

No one will go anywhere.

Please be seated.

Sir, do you have a reservation?

What reservation?

Now look here.
I am an officer in the British army.

-You are bound..
-I am bound by nothing, sir.

You do not have reservations
and we were here first.

These seats belong to us.

Madam, do not make me use
my authority. You will regret it.

-Really?
-Excuse me.

Good evening, sir.
Any problem, sir?

Yes, there is a problem.

I don't have a place to sit.

You are strange. You haven't left
yet. Come on. Vacate this place.

Don't you see that sir is standing?

Look, he might be your master.

-While working for them, even you all..
-All right.

Just let it be. Anyway
I need a whole coupe to myself.

-Find me one.
-Okay, sir.

I will manage, sir.

Come. Come, please.

Dear. What is your name?

Kalyani. Kalyani Sen.

Where are you from?

I am from Kanpur.

Who is your father?

Shambhunath Sen.
His name is Shambhunath Sen.

A lot of time has passed.

But even time cannot erase
the impression of some incidents.

I don't have any problem with you.

But this is a chapter,
which I don't want to revisit.

We have forgotten everything
and have moved ahead.

And we expect the same from you.

So can I assume that
you have forgiven me?

You have not come to ask
for forgiveness after so many years.

I want to marry Kalyani.

I know, I have broken
your and Kalyani's trust.

But no matter what.
Now I will never betray Kalyani.

It is not what I believe.

It's Kalyani's decision.

And her decision will be final.

No one is guilty.

You are getting emotional uselessly.

You saw me in the train.
You remembered a lot of things.

And you started feeling guilty.

But all these emotions..

..this anger is all temporary.

In a few months,
life will return to normal for you.

After that, you will neither
remember the night in the train..

..nor Kalyani.

There is hardly a day in
the last one and a half years..

..when I had not thought about you.

I was not able to face myself regarding
what happened on the wedding day.

I refused to get married.

After some time,
I broke off all ties with uncle.

I can recognize you
by your voice even today.

And you are saying
that I will forget you.

I had even written letters for you.

But I couldn't dare to post them.

I had heard that you had received
an alliance from a great doctor.

Oh yes.

The doctor.

He has gone to London.

I had refused that alliance.

Kalyani, I want to marry you.

Please give me a chance.

You want one chance
to repent for your mistake.

Because you feel that..

..you will get rid of this
guilt by marrying me.

Right?

Right?

Anupam.

I cannot marry you.

Because, there are lot of things to
do in life besides getting married.

-Kalyani. Won't you ever forgive me?
-Anupam.

I had never considered
you as guilty..

..for me to forgive you.

In fact I am indebted to you.

After the wedding was broken
I found the real goal of my life.

I found a new direction.

I am responsible for
hundreds of orphan girls.

The smiles on their faces
have given a new meaning to my life.

I am complete now.

Now there is no space for
any relationship in my life.

And neither do I require it.

Forgive me.

That I am turning
you away empty handed.

"Dear Harish.
How are you, my friend?"

"I am sorry that I couldn't
write to you before."

"Nowadays, I am in
Allahabad with Kalyani."

"She wants to start a
school here for orphan girls."

"Kalyani has big dreams, Harish.
She wants to do a lot."

"I am just trying to help her."

"I am not waiting here with the
hope that she will accept me later."

"But because I might become a
better person by staying with her."

"Kalyani will never be mine."

"The two banks of a river can never meet.
But they can at least move together."

"I just want to be a small
part of Kalyani's big dream."

"Do go and check on mother.
She will like it."

"And also take care of yourself."

"Your loving friend, Anupam."