This is nice.
Some people are working through lunch break, today.
I am winding up something important.
You can do that after the break, right?
I had lunch.
Without me?
I've stopped waiting.
Wow.
You're behaving very nicely.
I guess you have...
...bought a new book of poems.
The time for books of poems is past.
I will get you one. Your birthday is coming up.
There is another big event before my birthday.
Oh! Are you talking about my birthday?
No.
I mean my wedding.
That will never happen.
I am engaged.
So what? Even I have been many times.
When?
It happened last weekend.
Congratulations.
If I had known I would have...
...brought you a gift.
You aren't worthy of giving anyone gifts, Salauddin.
And you know that.
Thank God this is done.
Go home and give it to her before she calls...
...and in future ask before you fit something on. Hold that.
Yes, brother. One moment.
This way. Hold this way.
Here's the house key, Sohail.
Sobia isn't at home.
She has an event at the college. She will be back late.
So you keep the key. - Where are you going?
I am going to Salauddin's place. - Why?
I will sit and chat with his mom.
I have to be honest.
What an amazing daughter she has!
I will meet Shazia Sajjad today.
Why are you doing all this? Tell me.
Don't stop me.
Ma'am, wait. I will come along. I have to deliver the computer.
Whose is it? - Salauddin's younger sister's.
Salma's computer?
Let's go then.
Why is she looking at me and smiling?
Hello, miss. - Hello.
Did you repair the computer? - Yes, it's done.
Hello, aunt! - Greetings, dear.
Bless you!
The payment is Rs 1,200- Pay for that.
What payment? Why?
We don't take any payments from neighbours. Keep it inside.
Where is mom? Here she is!
I was just thinking about you!
See? The heart beckons.
Will tea and biscuits do?
It will do just fine!
Let's go.
Sohail told me.
Shazia is your daughter!
What can I say?
I say, you raised her so well!
I was thinking...
...what a brave, fearless girl she is!
Girls these days are not like that.
Well, what can I say?
You forgot my tea.
Not at all! That's the plan.
Tea and biscuits!
Salma!
Fetch tea and biscuits for aunt and me.
I have put the water to boil, mom.
Your daughters are so brisk and ready to work!
While my younger one?
I am worried that when she goes to London...
...she won't be able to handle the house or run a household.
It's not true!
My Salma needs a lot of shoving to get started.
She has to be pushed to get to work!
Let me meet Shazia.
She went to the school.
She will be back soon. - Okay.
Tell me, what's going on with Nofil?
I am following up on that.
I told Sohail to speak to him.
You know boys these days...
...are so busy. He comes home late.
He doesn't get time to meet friends, I guess.
He doesn't even go to the market with me.
I was thinking, we could go.
The tomatoes are cheap.
We will go to the market and get some together.
What is the rate? - 'I came across...
...your ID.'
'And I liked it.'
'Please add me. - God!'
'He has started messaging me!'
'What?
Is this a dream?'
Sohail!
I gave the computer, but they didn't pay for it.
Why? - Your mom scolded me.
She said, Salma won't pay. - Okay, fine! Go away.
'Kachori?' - I don't want it. Go away.
Here is my daughter Shazia.
Greetings, mom. Greetings, ma'am.
Greetings!
Do you remember Sohail?
Who set up our UPS?
She is his mother.
How are you?
I am absolutely fine! How are you? Do sit down.
Salma!
Where is that tea? It should be done by now.
I will get it, mom. - Bring it!
My dear, I saw you on the TV yesterday.
And I found out...
...you are Salauddin's sister.
I said, I will go to meet her at once.
I had to congratulate you.
What a brave, courageous girl you are!
Congratulate me?
I thought, you'd come to condole with my mom.
Since she has such a rude daughter.
I was praising you to her.
But truly, she raised you very well.
Everybody wishes to raise their daughters this way.
But only a few...
...can actually...
...praise the girl for using her words.
It's not possible for all.
Sister, thank you for your praise.
I am not worthy of it.
I can see it is all your upbringing.
What are your plans for the future, dear?
For now, nothing.
Everything happened yesterday.
Don't do this, dear.
God is great. You are on the right path.
God willing, it will lead you to the destination.
Amen.
I am so unlucky.
I had to get up at the wrong time.
When can I get to the computer now?
Salma, you need to buy a phone.
Salma, where is that tea?
I am making it. - It's boiled thick.
Let it be. I will make it.
Okay, carry on.
This lady is quite nice.
Who? The UPS guy's mom.
'He is talking to me!'
'That was so easy!'
'Hello, thank you for accepting my friend request, finally.'
'I happened to come across your profile...
...and couldn't stop admiring you.'
'You are pretty. Can we be friends?'
'Nofil is very fluent in English.'
'He does live in the US.'
'What if I am not fluent in English?'
'God, why did you stop?'
'How much longer will you make me wait?'
'It took me an hour to search for messages in English and write.'
'And she won't even respond.'
'I guess, she doesn't like my style of speaking English.'
'But I didn't make any errors.'
'The grammar is also fine.'
'What is the matter?'
'Oh, hi!'
'Thank you for touch basing.'
'I also find you interesting.'
'Tell me more about yourself.'
'What amazing English language skills she has.'
'Okay, Sohail, go back to Nofil's profile to respond.'
'Great to hear back from you.'
'There are plenty of things that keep me...
...I travel, do mountaineering...
...scuba diving and I do all kind of insane things.'
'Scuba diving?'
'What is that?'
'I have...
...the same interests.'
'Oh, really?'
'Fantastic.'
'We have so much in common.'
'Oh wow.'
'Wow? What is she saying wow for?'
'You do scuba diving?'
'Darn it, shame on you, Sohail!'
'You should have checked the meaning before writing it down.'
'Yes, that is my most...
...favourite activity.'
'While in reality...
...we go to the ocean twice a year.'
Who is in the room?
Yes, dad, it's me. I'm tidying things up.
'Go to sleep now, Sohail.'
'How long will you sit here?'
'She doesn't care about you, anyway.'
'Didn't you see? She left without acknowledging you.'
'Obviously.'
'She must get so many messages.'
'And so many like me...
...must talk to her from fake IDs.'
'Salma, this is wrong.'
'Why are you making friends as Natalia?'
'What does it matter? I am just making friends.'
'I bet Natalia makes friends with many boys.'
'Nofil must have many girls who are friends, too.'
'If one of them is Salma, how does it matter?'
'But Nofil is not making friends with Salma.'
'He is making friends with Natalia.'
'And you are not Natalia.'
'I know I am not.'
'I can never be her.'
'But what is your problem?'
'Why are you putting me in the dock for conscience?'
'I will endure what I must.'
'What was the point of saying hi to that girl as Nofil?'
'What? So what?'
'I didn't have to achieve anything.'
'I just wanted to enjoy.'
'All boys do that.'
'You are cheating the girl.'
'What is this about cheating? I am not harming anyone.'
'But, you are lying to her.'
'What kind of lie?'
'Listen, while you were Sohail...
...she didn't even consider you.'
'Now, you are Nofil.'
'You are deceiving your friend and that girl too.'
'Okay.'
'I won't message her anymore.'
'Listen to me.'
'Nofil has every right to love.'
'Sohail just can't have it.'
Get the tea, son.
What did you decide about the business?
Why are you pestering me?
I am thinking about it. I need time to decide.
If you plan already something may work out.
Your daughter is braver than you, I must say.
Her photos are printed with the Chief Minister in the newspapers.
She was seen on the news channels.
My wife recognised her at once.
That's how it is.
If you could be a bit brave...
...you could ask the Chief Minister for a job for yourself.
My friend, people take advantage of these chances.
Yes, the poor man was dying to do something...
...for me. At such a time if I asked him for something...
...would it seem right?
Sajjad? Mr. Sajjad.
Your photo...
...is in the newspaper.
That too with the Chief Minister.
Let me see. - See?
He looks so good.
My friend looks like a hero.
Good. - You look good.
I look rich.
You are a wealthy man at heart.
Okay, class, the homework for tomorrow...
...has to be done and the chapters I told you...
...must be read, okay?
Hello? - Is this Shazia Sajjad?
Yes. - We want to call you for our morning show.
What morning show?
Nazia Lodhi's morning show.
Nazia Lodhi's morning show?
She is impressed by your bravery.
She mentioned your bravery...
...today on her programme.
Would you like to speak to her?
Me? Yes, of course.
Please hold on.
Hello, Shazia.
Nazia?
I can't believe we are speaking.
This is a huge honour for me.
No, it's an honour for me...
...since I am speaking to you.
I wish to call you on my show.
Tell me when you can make it to our show.
Well, I can come any time you want.
Where are you? I've been looking for you.
I got late and missed class. Let's go.
Natalia is looking for you.
She is looking for me? Why?
What is it? Why did you break out into a sweat?
Tell me, why is she looking for me?
Look! There she is. Ask her yourself.
Got you! - What? You, who else?
That's my brother's wedding card. You must come.
Yes, the card.
Aliya told me. I will certainly come. - Okay.
Of course. Aliya told me to invite you specially.
Since you are her friend you are mine too.
You must come, okay?
Bye, I will leave. - Okay, bye.
What? You scared me. Let's go.
What did I do?
What is it, Nusrat Jahan? Did you contract pneumonia?
Why do you keep sighing constantly?
May my enemies contract pneumonia!
Ever since you've retired you speak so tauntingly.
I have retired four days ago.
But you've become very sensitive to my words.
I have been thinking...
...Shazia was about to...
...marry into such a wealthy family...
...but the darn media ruined it all with their presence.
We are humiliated!
What did the media do?
Our image has escalated in the locality. Just take a look.
When I pass by in the street, people look at me as if...
...I can have them speak to the Chief Minister on the phone.
You think like a child.
And so does your family.
I am distraught because...
...her engagement would have been fixed today.
They wouldn't be talking about getting her job tenure!
She will get married too!
She will get married, Nusrat Jahan. Don't worry.
How will she get married?
The world knows all about our wretched family.
Greetings.
Today's breaking news.
Nazia Lodhi has asked me...
...to appear on her morning show as a guest.
Don't you dare!
Don't you even say you will appear on a TV show.
I will turn you into a mixed pickle.
What is wrong with you, mom?
Will you reveal all that's hidden on the Nazia Lodhi show?
You want to show those who haven't even seen?
You'll make a fool of yourself.
I thought you'd be happy.
You don't miss an episode of it.
Yes, I don't miss it.
But, my daughters aren't jumping around on the show.
Shazia, we basically...
...want to get you job tenure and that's done.
Now, your appearance on TV...
...is not something we can afford.
What can't you afford, dad?
We can't afford to live our lives our own way?
After retirement you can't afford to open a tiny shop...
...in this alley.
I can't afford to get married unless I lose weight.
Shabana can't afford to get married...
...unless she hides her age.
What chance do we have to stay happy?
Or to stay alive?
We spend the entire day in our house...
...and there is talk of only one thing.
Shabana's wedding, Shazia's wedding.
Salauddin's wedding. This proposal and that one!
There is so much more in this world.
Isn't there?
Yes, there is.
But it's not on the Nazia Lodhi show.
That's all.
File these returns.
And we had two cheques, yesterday.
You can check this, everything is signed.
If there is any problem, forward it to me.
This is your file. Okay?
I have kept it here.
Nausheen! Congratulations.
You never told me.
Thank you.
When is the wedding?
They will set the wedding date this year.
Okay. But you will do your wedding shopping with me.
Yes, of course. Why not? Let's meet at lunch.
What were you telling me about that professor, last week?
Yes. Imagine his guts!
He proposed to me, directly.
It's the height of presumptuousness.
He tells me, don't answer at once.
Think about it. Why should I think about him?
I think, you should think about him.
Are you insane? Do you know who I am speaking about?
The professor. The poet.
I know who you are talking about.
But he loves you so much.
To heck with that kind of love.
The folks at the college ridicule him.
He has no honour amongst them.
The girls read his verses and laugh like drains.
Yet you want me to marry him.
I didn't say that.
I just said, think about him seriously for once.
You may find something good there.
Ever since you've become an independent thinker and activist...
...you've lost your mind.
You never spoke like this before.
Yes. I was wasting my time before.
Now for the first time in life I am speaking sensibly.
Things that come from the heart.
Not the kind of talk everyone fills our ears with...
...which we brand as our own and convey to others.
You know what my ideal is like.
And you know what is mine.
But what is an ideal anyway?
How did we build these ideals up?
Have you ever thought of that?
When we see someone we know get married...
...into a good family...
...we build it up then.
It's good to marry a government officer.
It's good if they are settled abroad.
This is the kind of family we want. These...
...are the right educational qualifications.
All these things...
...have been revealed to us...
...by our friend or relative's husband.
What is our own ideal, Shabana?
There is none.
Think about it sometime.
'There is no message or update.'
'He's vanished.'
'What should I do now?'
'Let me speak to him.'
'No, I must not initiate the conversation.'
'If I speak to him myself...
...it would be bad.'
'Let him start speaking.'
'I am Natalia, not Salma.'
'Natalia would never initiate a conversation.'
'Girls must have some attitude.'
'How else will their value emerge?'
'But what if I lose him?'
'He hasn't even spoken.'
'Shut up, Salma.'
'Be Natalia. Don't be Salma.'
'If you permit. - Sure.'
'A strange girl...
...knows a variety of behavioural moments.'
'She knows a variety of behavioural moments.'
'I'm entangled...'
Why did you shut it off?
'She touches my hands with her nails.' - Sohail!
You never listened to poetry before.
No, I thought it's something else.
What else?
You know, the usual. Love and romance.
Love and romance?
Don't you have anything better to do other than talk nonsense?
I was just saying, brother.
'She sees the light.'
'She writes death on my forehead with her fingers.'
'She writes death on my forehead with her fingers. And I die'
'And even if I don't message her...
...she won't care at all.'
'Obviously. Why would it matter?'
'She has it all.'
Mom!
Why didn't Salauddin go to the office today?
How would I know?
You can see him.
I didn't go to the college either.
You are out of your mind.
What can I say to you? Go and see what happened to Salauddin?
In fact, put the clothes out. I will go and check.
Answer me, first.
I did answer you! I can't give you Rs 20,000.
I will give it back. My chit fund will mature soon.
Get a phone when it matures.
I won't pay loans for these phones.
Let me go and check on Salauddin.
Salauddin?
Salauddin!
My son, are you okay?
Yes. - Why didn't you go to the office?
Any problems with your job?
No, mom. Why would there be issues about my job?
Are you angry with someone?
Mom, I didn't skip office so you'd...
...hassle me. Let me sleep, please.
It's not early. It's almost 10!
I'd rather have gone to the office!
I am going insane here for no reason.
What is this?
Who talks to his mother like that?
Back in our day we revered our mothers.
Mom, don't give me a loan for the mobile.
But let me go to Natalia's brother's wedding.
Go. Do what you want.
Everybody do what you want. This is why...
...I gave birth to all of you.
Do what you want.
You don't have anyone to answer to anyway.
You do as you please.
Just keep doing what you want.
Keep doing it. - It was so easy to get permission.
That was amazing.
Just check it a couple of times.
How much load can the generator take?
Don't worry. It can take the load of the power and the music.
Turn it all on and check, once.
Alam! Turn the switch on.
See? Why are you worried? I said I can handle this.
See? I told you so. That is what I was afraid of.
I didn't take accountability for the power. See what happened.
It is not a power cut. It's a loose switch.
Just give me five minute. He will go and check.
What is going on? Why is the light going on and off constantly?
Don't you know the event will take place soon?
My friends need to come and practice outside.
Yes, ma'am. I have been telling them since so long.
But they don't get it.
I want it all ready in 10 minutes. I will bring them out.
See? Did you hear that?
Next time ma'am comes out she will hit you with her shoe!
Do your job quickly.
The shooting crew is coming soon.