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You want me to write a job application for you or what?
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This has nothing to do with a job or anything…
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I want you to write me a love application.
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Ahhh!!!
-
Do you recognize this handwriting?
-
This is… Parizad’s handwriting.
-
I’m coming! I’m coming!
-
Do you intend breaking the door or what?
-
I’m coming! I’m coming!
-
Greetings Mr. Mirza.
-
All of you here?
-
Is everything okay Mr. Mirza?
-
Is Parizad at home?
-
Uh… Yes,
-
he comes back home at 10:00 pm after having taught his last tuition of the day.
-
I think he must be asleep by now.
-
Yeah right, ‘He tutors.’
-
Call him out.
-
I’ll speak to him right here.
-
Yes alright.
-
Parizad?
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Yes brother?
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Come outside.
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Here you go Mr. Mirza.
-
...Parizad’s here.
-
Greetings.
-
What did you think?
-
Did you think that you could go hide quietly in your house
-
and I wouldn’t be able to get to you?
-
Me?
-
Did you jump onto the roof top of my house today?
-
What are you saying… I don’t know what you’re talking about?
-
Is this your handwriting?
-
But this letter was…
-
Is this your handwriting or not?!
-
The handwriting is mine.
-
I feel like sending you to jail right now on the charge of trying to rob my house!
-
I want to make you rot in jail!!!
-
...But what do I do…
-
I’ve been a neighbor of your late father
-
and your brothers these past thirty years.
-
And having shared this neighborhood for so long and being a neighbor,
-
is what’s stopping me now.
-
You all are witnesses!
-
He has admitted in front of all of you that he wrote this disgusting letter.
-
A letter he dropped when making his escape!
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I am letting you off today because of mine and our neighbors respectability.
-
But remember one thing, if I ever see you anywhere near my house again,
-
then you will be responsible for the outcome which follows.
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Come…
-
let’s go inside.
-
I’m going to rid you of all your feelings of love today.
-
Come… come on…
-
lets go inside.
-
At least tell us whats happened!
-
Our father’s spirit must be turning in his grave right now!
-
He must be turning in its grave!
-
What has he done brother!
-
For god’s sake stop!
-
Are you going to kill him or what!
-
Stop it!
-
It would be better if he died!
-
It would be better if he died!
-
We’ve lived in this neighborhood for the past thirty years
-
and no one’s ever raised a finger at our character!
-
But this ill-fated …
-
this one…
-
in but one moment he’s ground our reputation into dust!
-
Beat him! Beat him! Beat him!
-
No! No! No!
-
Beat him! Beat him!
-
No! No! No!
-
Please stop!
-
Did you feel no shame while doing all this?
-
What’s this?!
-
What’s this?
-
Is this why we spent money on you???
-
...Is it so you could write all this?!
-
No! No! No!
-
Come here! Come here!
-
Did you look at your face before writing a letter to those respectable girls?!
-
Did you think you were equal to their status and position???
-
What have you done!
-
But he’s coming straight back from giving his tuitions brother Akbar!
-
Be quiet! Its only because of your brothers’ decency
-
and respectability that they didn’t hand him over to the police!
-
And to hell with such an education, I think we should -
-
Yahhh!!!
-
No!
-
Yahhh!!!
-
No!!! Brother Akbar, for god’s sake don’t do this!!!
-
For god’s sake brother, stop! Forgive him
-
Come inside with me! Come on!
-
Take him inside!
-
Disgraceful man!
-
Oh, hey brother Shauky,
-
you’re sitting here!
-
Do you know what happened last night in the neighborhood?
-
What happened?
-
I hope no one knows our secret?
-
No, brother Shauky they don’t.
-
...But you know that Parizad?
-
He got caught!
-
Munna was telling me that
-
Mr. Mirza really humiliated him in front of the whole neighborhood!
-
And you know that letter that you dropped at her house?
-
Mr. Mirza found it.
-
What are you saying buddy?
-
This isn’t good.
-
Parizad must have immediately disclosed my name to him.
-
No brother Shauky,
-
the poor guy kept silent because of his fear of you.
-
Mr. Mirza slapped him real hard in front of the whole neighborhood…
-
but he didn’t utter your name even once!
-
Shall I give you some tea Balay?
-
No, leave the tea.
-
Yeah right, ‘Leave the tea.’
-
Go and get a cup.
-
Why are you worrying brother Shauky?
-
Parizad got the entire blame
-
so you have nothing to worry about.
-
But this thing that’s happened wasn’t right.
-
Where is Parizad right now?
-
Where do you think he could be?
-
He’s probably hiding out at his house
-
since the whole neighborhood is talking about him.
-
If you aren’t having that tea then give it to me.
-
Here, you can have it.
-
Why have you been so silent since last night?
-
I know that this isn’t what everyone is saying it is.
-
You would never do anything so low-down.
-
But you’re also not telling me the truth!
-
What can I say sister?
-
When my own brothers have no faith in my character and the truth…
-
then where’s the point of proving myself innocent before the neighborhood?
-
I’m not talking about others…
-
but you should at least tell me the truth!
-
The truth is sister that…
-
that handwriting, it was mine.
-
But I was unaware of the fact that the person who was having me write that letter,
-
was getting it written for Naheed.
-
I wonder what she must think of me now.
-
If she has any sense,
-
she will have understood that this letter was not written by you for her.
-
Why do you think that?
-
It’s because had he wanted to give you that letter, he had plenty of other opportunities.
-
He didn’t need to jump onto the roof like this...
-
This is definitely about something else.
-
If it is something else
-
then why did daddy find the letter that the thief left on our roof.
-
That’s something that even I don’t get.
-
Sister…
-
Will you please go and tell her that this wasn’t my doing.
-
That Shauky had me write the letter.
-
Right now it’s quite impossible.
-
Her family is very angry at the moment.
-
...But
-
I will try to send her your message when I get an opportunity to do so
-
Sister
-
did you see that person… what I mean is… his appearance?
-
No, it was dark.
-
He ran off the moment I screamed.
-
I didn’t see him.
-
But that’s even more strange…
-
I mean seeing a girl all alone on the roof…
-
he ran off?
-
He should have grabbed you in order to get you to keep quiet.
-
What are you saying???
-
How would I know why he didn’t grab me and why he ran off?
-
What do you mean…
-
should he have grabbed me and caused me harm before leaving?
-
Oh god sister…
-
God have mercy,
-
I never meant anything like that…
-
Then what do you mean?
-
You’ve been beating my brains out for hours now
-
can you not understand that I’m really very upset!
-
Leave!
-
But sister I was only -
-
Just go away.
-
Why didn’t you tell everyone about that damn Shauky!
-
Who would have believed me?
-
When Mr. Mirza was already holding a letter in my handwriting.
-
No one would have believed it.
-
...And frankly speaking,
-
I didn’t want to dishonor Naheed’s reputation by mentioning Shauky’s name.
-
Who knows where that would have led had I done so?
-
Oh hey Parizad,
-
the next time you want to jump onto some beauty’s roof top,
-
do consult us first.
-
We have a lot of experience in such matters.
-
He’s the kind of hero
-
that gets beaten up by the heroine’s father even before the movie starts.
-
What do we tell you Aunty how very embarrassed we are.
-
We can’t show our faces to the world now!
-
I can’t tell you how much he’s shamed us!
-
We just couldn’t stay away Aunty.
-
We’ve known each other for years
-
and have also been neighbors for ages…
-
which is why we thought we would come to apologize to you personally.
-
It is very generous of you and Mr. Mirza
-
to forgive us.
-
What had to happen, happened so why keep going on about it.
-
what goes on inside a person
-
If only one knows beforehand,
-
would everyone not know each other then?
-
I never expected this of Parizad.
-
I always thought him to be a sensible and mature boy.
-
That’s it Aunty…
-
you know what they say,
-
‘One’s face is always an indication of one’s character.’
-
Both his brothers beat him up so good…
-
that the bruises he sustained on his body from the beatings,
-
wont leave any time soon!
-
...Oh
-
Even Akbar wasn’t even willing to have him in the house.
-
He wanted to throw him out.
-
It was only because of their sister’s pleas that they let him stay.
-
...Otherwise,
-
both the brothers were going to throw him out on the road that night.
-
I don’t know when we’ll see the last of this brother and sister.
-
One does something good
-
but then then has to deal with such accusations as well
-
Aunty,
-
Please tell us the truth.
-
You have forgiven us have you not?
-
How are you all to blame for what’s happened?
-
But do make Parizad understand
-
that he should not even think to mention Naheed’s name in front of the neighbors.
-
All people need is some gossip…
-
something spicy to talk about.
-
...Even if it means leaving someone’s honor in shreds.
-
Uh… Oh hey, no, no Aunty,
-
please don’t worry about this at all.
-
You think his brother wont skin him alive
-
if he even thinks to do such a thing.
-
Don’t worry Aunty, nothing like this will happen.
-
Goodbye Aunty.
-
Good Bye Aunty.
-
Good Bye
-
Hey! Why did you have to say all that inside,
-
‘When will we see the last of this brother and sister!’
-
Are you crazy or what!
-
You should just stay quiet!
-
So, what were brother Parizad’s sisters-in-law saying?
-
It was nothing.
-
They just came to apologize.
-
May I say something mummy?
-
Isn’t brother Parizad so very different from his family?
-
You’re right.
-
I get the same feeling every time I meet them.
-
Where’s Naheed?
-
Isn’t she planning on doing any housework today?
-
Sister’s in her room mummy.
-
She’s in her room?
-
I’ll go see her there then.
-
That was Parizad’s two sisters-in-law.
-
They came to apologize.
-
I don’t know why
-
but I get the feeling after meeting them
-
that they were deep down happy to see their brother-in-law humiliated.
-
Parizad doesn’t seem like that to me.
-
I always found him to be quite a decent boy.
-
He never even looked up at you when addressing you so then
-
to show such boldness and daring?
-
I feel afraid.
-
I pray that we aren’t unknowingly making a mistake and thus being unfair to someone.
-
I’m a mother of two daughters.
-
I don’t want us to suffer anyone’s laments or curses for any injustice.
-
I’ve kept a prayer recitation in the evening.
-
Come and help me prepare for it.
-
Greetings Aunty.
How are you?
-
Greetings, I’m fine.
-
What is all this?
-
Mummy had kept a prayer recitation today
-
and this here offering is in lieu of that.
-
Okay.
-
Sit… sit.
-
Alright.
-
Do you see this Sughra!
-
This is what you call kind-hearted, forgiving and generous people!
-
Even after all that’s happened
-
Aunty never forgot to send us the prayer meet offering.
-
Yes, may God always keep them happy.
-
You keep sitting while I go and put this in another plate.
-
Okay.
-
Greetings, sister Saeeda.
-
Greetings
-
How are you Kanwal?
-
Please keep sitting.
-
I’m very well and how are you?
-
How are your studies going?
-
Yes… uh… everything’s fine.
-
Listen
-
I need to speak to you about something important.
-
Yes sister?
-
Look…
-
Parizad is innocent.
-
He didn’t write that letter to Naheed
-
nor did he jump onto your roof that night.
-
I mean just think about it, why would he need to do all this
-
when he’d already been going across to your house to teach Naheed.
-
And I’m not saying all this because he’s my brother.
-
I’m saying it only because its the truth.
-
Parizad has never to dare ever raised his eyes to even look at any neighborhood girl.
-
This is something that’s troubling my mother as well, sister.
-
But that letter was found on our roof top
-
and the writing was also brother Parizad’s.
-
He admitted to it in front of the entire neighborhood.
-
Yes, and this is also a proof of his innocence.
-
The truth is that he was forced to write that letter for a loafer of
-
this neighborhood called Shauky.
-
…And it was without a name.
-
Pari never suspected even in his wildest of dreams
-
that the guy was having that letter written for Naheed.
-
This means that…
-
onto your roof that night.
-
it wasn’t Parizad but Shauky who jumped
-
...And my brother was blamed for the whole thing.
-
Here are your dishes, child.
-
...And please thank your mother from us.
-
Good Bye
-
Good Bye
-
By the way I’m really fed up cleaning this courtyard!
-
Our situation just never improves enough for us to hire a maid!
-
Greetings.
-
Greetings
-
Do you know the latest news that’s being spread in the neighborhood?
-
What is it sister-in-law?
-
Mr. Mirza has stopped Naheed studying.
-
And he’ll look for a boy now and arrange her marriage.
-
Well obviously
-
after all that infamy,
-
studying is but just an excuse.
-
But may I say something sister-in-law,
-
Parizad has really ruined her life.
-
Who’s going to marry that innocent girl now?
-
I feel quite sorry for that poor girl.
-
After having ruined her reputation,
-
he’s now going around hiding his face.
-
Who is it?
-
Its I, Majid.
-
Yes, brother Majid?
-
Uh… Saeeda,
-
Is brother Asghar at home?
-
Brother isn’t home.
-
Oh… really.
-
Alright,
-
I’ll come back another day.
-
...And by the way
-
Tell me something, how’s Parizad?
-
I haven’t seen him around for a couple of days.
-
Yes… he’s fine.
-
Tell him to come see me.
-
Brother… Majid?
-
Parizad didn’t do it you know.
-
You know him, he could never do such a thing.
-
He’s been framed.
-
Saeeda
-
I know that
-
but it’s now become impossible to make the neighbors understand it.
-
...Uh… But don’t worry, God will make everything alright.
-
Okay…
-
Good Bye
-
You just watch what I do today!
-
Yeah, yeah, we’re watching you.
-
Just play!
-
Tea! We want tea!
-
...Yah! He got a foul in his first turn!
-
There’s no such thing as a foul in the first turn - !
-
Shut up!!!
-
If I hear another voice, I’ll bury the person alive right here!
-
What’s wrong brother Shauky?
-
Ever since you returned from that unsuccessful rendezvous you’ve
-
been getting angry at us as well.
-
What’s the problem…?
-
Its nothing!
-
I told you to do one thing.
-
One thing!
-
...And you couldn’t even do that you good for nothing!
-
But I did send a boy from the neighborhood brother Shauky.
-
What am I to do if his brother shooed him away from their house?
-
And you know how he goes to college in the mornings
-
and comes back at night after giving his tuitions.
-
...It’s a time when the whole neighborhood is asleep.
-
So now you tell me, how is this any my fault?
-
I always do as you tell me to do.
-
Mr. Mirza has stopped Naheed studying.
-
And he’ll look for a boy now and arrange her marriage.
-
I’ve been looking for you for quite a few days.
-
Why brother Shauky?
-
Did you want me to write another letter for you?
-
Hit me…
-
hit Shauky with a thousand shoes
-
but know one thing,
-
I had no intention of ruining your reputation.
-
It fell out of my pocket onto the roof in my nervousness.
-
I wish that you had told me earlier
-
as to who you wanted me to write that letter to…
-
because I would never have let you do such a thing brother Shauky.
-
I did you an inadvertent injustice buddy.
-
And then by not taking Shauky’s name…
-
you really killed me from inside.
-
I’ve never felt so low down in my life.
-
Look even now, nothing’s lost.
-
Come with me.
-
I will gather up the whole neighborhood
-
and announce to them that
-
I was the one who got that letter written…
-
and that I was the one who jumped onto her roof that day
-
and that it wasn’t you.
-
Whatever happened, happened brother Shauky.
-
You need to forget about this as well brother Shauky.
-
I don’t want Naheed to face any more infamy.
-
She’s a decent girl from a respectable family.
-
This matter isn’t as innocent as it looks my dear!
-
That night, before I ran from Naheed’s roof top,
-
my face was exposed.
-
...So, she saw my face.
-
And you only kept silent in front of the neighborhood
-
so as not to ruin her reputation, right?
-
But just think for a moment, why do you think she didn’t tell her
-
father it was me and not you who jumped onto her roof top?
-
What are you saying brother Shauky?
-
I’m telling you the truth.
-
Naheed recognized me.
-
Then why did she stay silent in front of everyone?
-
Maybe it was the same reason that I kept silent.
-
She didn’t want any more infamy.
-
So, she put your life long good name on the line for it?
-
Nope.
-
...No, no, no my dear.
-
It’s not as simple as it looks my dear.
-
What do you mean?
-
I have a suspicion.
-
That night when I jumped onto Naheed’s roof top…
-
there was someone else there with her.
-
…What?
-
No, no brother Shauky,
-
you’re making unnecessary allegations about an innocent girl.
-
For God’s sake don’t do this.
-
I’m telling you the truth buddy.
-
Alright fine, so she didn’t see me properly.
-
But I’m telling you one thing buddy,
-
Naheed was not alone on that roof top.
-
Nope.
-
Shauky’s eyes can never deceive him brother.
-
Greetings… greetings!
-
Sughra?
Kubra?
-
Greetings. Aunt Hajjan, come sit down.
-
Oh… uff…
-
It’s really hot.
-
Oh…Hey
-
I’m going to first and foremost have a cold glass of lemonade!
-
I’m dying in this heat.
-
...And after that I want the red sherbet
-
and after that I will have some tea!
-
Alright fine, I’ll make sure you have everything so don’t worry.
-
Yes, yes, Aunt, I’ll make sure you have everything.
-
Just be patient.
-
...But tell us first,
-
have you done the job or not?
-
Never has Aunt taken on a responsibility and not fulfilled it.
-
I’ve arranged more than two hundred and fifty marriages.
-
This is why we have asked you Aunt Hajjan
-
Come on then go and get the sherbet.
-
I’ll just get it.
-
I was just thinking…
-
that since I am here now,
-
I might just as well have lunch.
-
Have it!
-
Alright fine…
-
...Let’s eat some dates.
-
Here… these are of Zahid’s wedding.
-
I arranged that match as well.
-
Really?
-
Congratulations… congratulations Aunt.
-
It’s not as simple as it looks my dear.
-
I have a suspicion.
-
Naheed wasn’t alone on that roof top…
-
there was someone else there with her.
-
That night, before I ran from Naheed’s roof top,
-
my face was exposed.
-
Naheed recognized me.
-
Then why did she still stay silent in front of everyone?
-
Listen…
-
what is all this nonsense that people are talking about Parizad?
-
What do I tell you Aunt Hajjan?
-
He’s totally embarrassed his brothers.
-
They can never show their face to anyone ever again!
-
But he was not that kind of a child.
-
I raised him myself!
-
Aunt,
-
it doesn’t take long for a person to show their true self!
-
Well anyways,
-
whatever happened isn’t good…
-
because as you know when a family comes with a marriage
-
proposal they always verify family details before coming.
-
...And when they find out
-
that there’s this kind of talk about one of the brothers
-
then who’s going to marry a girl from that family?
-
What do you mean?
Is there a match?
-
Oh, but this is what I came to tell you!
-
The boy’s family lives in the Sadat neighborhood.
-
The boy has his own general store.
-
He’s only a little older than Saeeda in age.
-
But he is an only son!
-
There’s no scene of any sisters-in-law!
-
The boy’s family want to come see Saeeda.
-
So why even ask Aunt.
-
You just go ahead and say yes to them
-
and we’ll ask the men about it today.
-
Well do it soon because such matches don’t wait around you know.
-
And besides it’s hard to find matches these days.
-
Oh hey Aunt no, no…
-
why don’t you just go ahead and tell them to come on Friday.
-
...Uh… And I’ll handle the rest.
-
Think it through my dear.
-
You don’t want your Akbar to kick up a fuss you know.
-
I’m as it is quite afraid of his temper.
-
Don’t worry about those two,
-
we’ll handle them.
-
...Although yes, if this match gets arranged
-
then I will give you an embroidered outfit and that’s for sure!
-
And I will give you a sewing machine for sure.
-
Really!
-
Parizad.
-
Parizad?
-
Parizad… you and here?
-
I came to tell Naheed that I didn’t throw that letter on her roof…
-
Uh… Yes, yes, we know.
-
Of course, we know.
-
Where are you going?
-
Come sit down.
-
No, I’ll be going now.
-
Wait, listen to me.
-
Come and sit down comfortably and let’s talk.
-
Forgive me.
-
I know that there was a huge injustice with you because of me.
-
Yes Parizad, Naheed and I are both very ashamed.
-
So, you were the one on that roof that day brother Majid?
-
Meaning that Shauky was telling the truth.
-
Yes,
-
I was on the roof that day.
-
...But… Shauky never saw my face.
-
It’s just that Majid was going to send his mother to our house very soon.
-
And had everyone known about us before his proposal
-
and had Majid taken the blame onto himself…
-
our match would never have been possible.
-
Its why I kept silent…
-
and never mentioned Shauky’s name.
-
I’d decided that I would send my parents with a marriage proposal
-
to Naheed’s house after my finals…
-
but…
-
I now feel that I shouldn’t delay it any longer.
-
As it is you’ve had to face a lot of humiliation because of us.
-
I’m not sad about my humiliation…
-
I was fated for that.
-
It’s just that my heart -
-
Had I even taken Shauky’s name,
-
I would have been the one fated for the infamy…
-
because then people might have thought that I was involved in this whole affair.
-
But
-
the moment your name was mentioned, forget my family,
-
the whole neighborhood absolved me of any wrong doing.
-
Everyone understood that I had nothing to do with this affair.
-
No one could ever even imagine that you and I would -
-
You and I are…
-
anyways…
-
My prayers are with you two.
-
May you two always be happy.
-
It’s just that Majid was going to send his mother to our house very soon.
-
And had everyone known about us before his proposal
-
and had Majid taken the blame onto himself…
-
...our match would never have been possible.
-
Had I even taken Shauky’s name, I would have been the one fated for the infamy…
-
But the moment your name was mentioned,
-
forget my family,
-
the whole neighborhood absolved me of any wrong doing.
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Everyone understood that I had nothing to do with this affair.
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No one could ever even imagine that you and I would -