Mridung Raj - The Drummer King

IT IS THE DAY OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE NIECE OF THE MUKHIA OF THE TAKA SER VILLAGE  , THE NAME OF THE MUKHIA OF TAKA SER VILLAGE IS SHREE MUKHIA JI . 

 

SHREE MUKHIA JI IS ALSO THE SUPREME MUKHIA OF TEN VILLAGES AND OWNS ONE THOUSAND COWS ; HE HAS A LOVELY DAUGHTER NAMED PREETI AND A NEPHEW NAMED DAMRU .

 

DAMRU IS A VERY GOOD  IN PLAYING THE DRUM - MRIDUNG , HE IS THE DISCIPLE OF THE LOCAL VILLAGE GURU OF MRIDUNG PLAYER – THE NAME OF THE GURU OF DAMRU IS MASTER JI .

 

MASTER JI IS FAMOUS IN HUNDRED VILLAGES  AS THE GURU OF DAMRU ; DAMRU IS THE CHAMPION OF PLAYING MRIDUNG IN ONE HUNDRED VILLAGES .

 

TODAY IS 1ST JANUARY 2009 AND THE MARRIAGE OF THE NIECE OF SHREE MUKHIA JI . THE NAME OF THE NIECE IS MADHU & A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE LIFE OF THE NIECE – MADHU . SHREE MUKHIA JI HAS PROUDLY INVITED VILLAGERS FROM ALL THE TEN VILLAGES OF WHICH HE IS THE SUPREME MUKHIA ; HE HAS ALSO INVITED THE FAMILY OF THE MUKHIA TAKA RAM .

 

MUKHIA TAKA RAM IS THE MUKHIA OF THE VILLAGE MANSAROVAR AND HE IS THE SUPREME MUKHIA OF ONE HUNDRED VILLAGES AND OWNS TEN THOUSAND COWS . MUKHIA TAKA RAM HAS A DAUGHTER KAVITA AND A SON WHOSE NAME IS DHAKAN , DHAKAN IS FOND OF PLAYING MRIDUNG MUCH AGAINST THE WISHES OF HIS FATHER TAKA RAM . DHAKHAN IS THE SO SO BUT ENTHUSASTIC DISCIPLE OF THE MRIDUNG GURU – MRIDUNG RAJ .

 

MRIDUNG RAJ IS FAMOUS AS THE MRIDUNG GURU IN TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES AND HIS FAME IS WIDE SPREAD AND WELL KNOWN AND WELL RESPECTED . HE LIVES ALONE IN THE VILLAGE MANSAROVAR . HE IS THE ELDER BROTHER OF SHREE MUKHIA JI THE MUKHIA OF TAKA SER VILLAGE , BUT IS NOT ON VERY GOOD FAMILY TERMS WITH HIM & MRIDUNG RAJ IS THE FATHER OF MADHU .

 

TODAY THE 1ST JANUARY 2009 AND THE MARRIAGE OF THE NIECE OF SHREE MUKHIA JI – MADHU , ALL THE VILLAGERS ARE DANCING AND SINGING TO THE RHYTHM OF THE DRUMS AND ARE VERY HAPPY .

 

WHEN A FIGHT BREAKES OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DANCING GROUP AND THE CLOTHES OF DHAKHAN ARE TORN BY THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF SHREE MUKHIA JI AND THE WOMEN OF THE HOUSE HOLD OF SHREE MUKHIA JI ARE STANDING IN A GROUP AND CHEERING TO THRASH DHAKAN . THE FRIENDS OF DHAKHAN HAVE MADE A PROTECTIVE CIRCLE AROUND HIM AND ARE DEFENDING HIM.

 

 

CHACHA : HOW DARE HE KISSES THE DAUGHTER OF THE HOUSE AND THAT TOO PREETI THE MUKHIA DAUGHTER IN FRONT OF EVERY ONE WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING HER .

 

FRIEND OF DHAKHAN : EVERY ONE MAKES MISTAKES , AND DHAKHAN WAS NOT KISSING HER , HE TRIPPED AND FELL ON PREETI AND IT APPEARED THAT DHAKHAN KISSED HER .

 

CHACHA : LIES [ spits on the ground ] WHAT LIES YOU TELL , WE ALL SAW WITH OUR OWN EYES THAT HE KISSED HER .

 

FRIEND OF DHAKHAN : WHY DON’T YOU ASK PREETI WHETHER DHAKHAN FELL ON HER OR KISSED HER .

 

CHACHA : I DON’T HAVE TO ASK BECAUSE I SAW IT WITH MY VERY OWN EYES AND I OUGHT TO BREAK ALL YOUR 32 TEETH FOR TALKING NONSENSE IN FRONT OF ME .

 

[ CHACHA LUNGES FORWARD WITH HIS LATHI – BUT IS CALMY RESTRAINED BY MUKHIA JI , WHO HOLD HIM BACK PUTTING HIS OUT STRETCHED HAND ON HIS CHEST ]

 

MUKHIA JI : WE ALL SAW WHAT HAPPENED , I DID NOT EXPECT THIS FROM THE SON OF TAKA RAM , I HAVE MY RESPECT FOR TAKA RAM IN MY HEART AND IF HIS FAMILY AS NO RESPECT FOR MY FAMILY MEMBERS IT ONLY SHAMES ME BUT MY RESPECT FOR TAKA RAM DOES NOT BECOME LESS BY THE MANNERLESS BEHAVIOUR OF HIS SON .

 

DHAKHAN : I AM VERY SORRY MUKHIA JI , I TRIPPED AND FELL ON PREETI AND IT APPEARED I KISSED HER , BELIEVE ME .

 

PREETI : HE KISSED ME WITHOUT MY PERMISSION     

 

MUKHIA JI : THERE EVEN MY DAUGHTER HAS BROKEN HER SILENCE AND SPOKEN HER MIND AND I BELIEVE HER

 

CHACHA : PUNISH THE BOY RIGHT HERE AND NOW.

 

FRIEND OF DHAKHAN : DHAKHAN HAS ALSO SPOKEN THE TRUTH HE FELL ON THE GIRL

 

MUKHIA JI : YES OF COURSE , BUT HE SHOULD HAVE KEPT HIS BALANCE , VERY UNFORTUNATE HE COULD NOT . FOR THE PUNISHMENT DHAKHAN WILL DRINK ONE LITER OF COW MILK , DO ONE HUNDRED PUSHUPS , DO ONE HUNDRED SITUPS AND RUN TEN KILOMETERS , AND THEN TOUCH THE FEET OF PREETI AND ASK FOR HER FORGIVNESS .

 

DHAKHAN : I WILL ASK FOR FORGIVNESS RIGHT NOW 

 

PREETI : WITHOUT DOING ANY THING OF COURSE NOT , NO FORGIVNESS .

DHAKHAN : I DON’T BELIEVE IN THIS SILLY PUNISHMENT , BUT SINCE HONOR IS AT STAKE FOR BOTH ME AND YOU I WILL THROW A CHALLENGE AT YOU , YOUR NEPHEW DAMRU IS A MASTER OF MRIDUNG AND A CHAMPION OF PLAYING MRIDUNG IN ONE HUNDRED VILLAGES – I CHALLENGE HIM TO THE MRIDUNG COMPETITION FOR PLAYING THE MRIDUNG FOR TEN HOURS STRAIGHT IN A DAY – AND I AKS FOR FOUR MONTHS FOR PREPRATION AND ON 1ST MAY WE SIT IN OUR CHALLENGE .

 

MULHIA JI : AGREED

 

WIFE OF MUKHIA JE : AT LEAST ASK DAMRU

 

DAMRU : AGREED . I WILL BEAT HIM HOLLOW . AND WHEN HE IS BEATEN HE WILL FALL AT THE FEET OF PREETI AND ASK FOR HER FORGIVNESS AND HE WILL HOLD HIS EARS AND PRETEND TO BE CHICKEN .

 

DHAKHAN : AGREED , BUT IF I WIN , I WILL HAVE MY ONE WISH AND MUKHIA JI WILL GRANT ME THAT ONE WISH .

 

MUKHIA JI : WHAT WISH ?

 

DHAKHAN : I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I WILL WIN ; ALL I WILL SAY NOW IS THAT I AM ENTITLED FOR ONE SIN , ONE SIN OF BEING IN LOVE ; BUT MUKHIA JI WILL GRANT ME MY ANY ONE WISH IF I WIN .

 

MUKHIA JI : AGREED , I WILL GRANT YOU YOUR ONE SIN AND YOUR ONE WISH IF YOU WIN . AND IF YOU LOOSE YOU WILL MARRY MY DAUGHTER PREETI .

 

KAVITA : [ wisphering to Preeti ] WHY DON’T YOU FORGIVE MY BROTHER NOW .

 

PREETI : WHAT ? AND MISS MY CHANCE OF MARRYING HIM .

 

KAVITA : WHAT DO YOU MEAN .

 

PREETI : IF HE WINS HE WILL ASK MY HAND IN MARRIAGE AND IF HE LOOSES MY FATHER WILL MARRY ME OFF TO HIM .

 

KAVITA : DO YOU LOVE MY BROTHER ?

 

PREETI : OF COURSE , WHY ELSE WOULD I LET HIM KISS ME .

 

KAVITA : ARE YOU SURE OF BEING IN LOVE WITH MY BROTHER , EVERY ONE CALLS HIM DHAKHAN , HE IS GOOD FOR NOTHING .

 

 

 

 

PREETI : HE IS GOOD FOR ME , AND NOW HE HAS TAKEN UP THE CHALLENGE , LET HIM DO SOMETHING TO WIN MY HAND , I LOVE HIM AND I DON’T CARE WHETHER HE WINS OR LOOSES AND I DON’T THINK HE CAN WIN AGAINST DAMRU , YOUR BROTHER IS AFTER ALL DHAKHAN GOOD FOR NOTHING .

 

THE MARRIAGE OF MADHU GETS OVER WITHOUT ANY FURTHER UNTOWARD INCIDENT . EVERY ONE IS HAPPY AND ALL RETURN TO THEIR HOMES.

 

IN THE SOLITUDE OF THEIR ROOM THE WIFE OF MUKHIA JI AND MUKHIA JI.

 

WIFE OF MUKHIA JI : I DON’T THINK YOU HAVE DONE THE RIGHT THING , TAKING UP THIS CHALLENGE AND ALL THAT , THE BOY WAS PUNISHED ENOUGH ALREADY WITH EVERYBODY TEARING HIS CLOTHES AND BEATING HIM UP . YOU SHOULD HAVE FORGIVEN THE BOY

 

MUKHIA JI : YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING , PREETI IS IN LOVE WITH THE BOY AND SHE TOLD HIM TO KISS HER AND SHE FORGOT THAT EVERONE IS LOOKING , THE GIRL IS IN LOVE WITH HIM EVER SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN CHILDREN .

 

WIFE OF MUKHIA JI : WHAT NONSENSE SHE HARDLY KNOWS THE BOY

 

MUKHIA JI : I KNOW YOUR DAUGHTER BETTER THAN YOU AND IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME THEN ASK YOUR DAUGHTER YOURSELF

 

WIFE OF MUKHIA JI : THEN IF THIS IS TRUE THEN WHY ALL THIS NONSENSE AND WHY DON’T YOU JUST TALK TO TAKA RAM FOR THE MARRIAGE OF OUR DAUGHTER .

 

MUKHIA JI : TAKA RAM IS THE SUPREME MUKHIA OF ONE HUNDRED VILLAGES , HE GET OFFERS FOR HIS SONS MARRIAGE FROM MANY PEOPLE AND I AM NOT IN TAKA RAMS GOOD BOOKS , HE WILL NEVER ACCEPT MY OFFER EVEN IF I GIVE HIM EVERYTHING I OWN TO HIM IN DOWRY , TAKA RAM HAS A VERY UPPTY NOSE AND MRIDUNG RAJ ALSO IS CLOSE TO TAKA RAM – MRIDUNG RAJ IS MY ELDER BROTHER BUT HE WILL NOT BE IN FAVOUR OF THIS LIASON BECAUSE HE DOESN’T LIKE ME , FOR REASONS BEST KNOWN TO HIM AND I DON’T CARE WHAT REASONS.

 

WIFE OF MUKHIA JI : HE DOESN’T LIKE YOUR SCHEMENIG WAYS .

 

MUKHIA JI : WHAT IS WRONG WITH A LITTLE SCHEMENING

 

WIFE OF MUKHIA JI : DID YOU PLAN THIS ALL WITH PREETI TO TRAP THE BOY

 

MUKHIA JI : OF COURSE , AND THINGS TURNED OUT BETTER THAN I HOPED FOR .

 

WIFE OF MUKHIA JI : DHAKHAN HAS ASKED FOR ONE WISH IF HE WINS .

 

MUKHIA JI : HE WONT WIN FOR SURE AND EVEN IF HE DOES HE WILL ASK FOR PREETI’S HAND IN MARRIAGE ONLY

 

WIFE OF MUKHIA JI : HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT HE WILL ASK FOR PREETIS HAND IN MARRIAGE

 

MUKHIA JI : BECAUSE I KNOW , AND I KNOW MY SCHEMES VERY WELL , THAT IS WHY MY OWN ELDER BROTHER DOESN’T LIKE ME .

 

WIFE OF MUKHIA JI : I DON’T THINK WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS RIGHT .

 

MUKHIA JI : YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING , PREETI IS 19 YEARS OLD AND SHE NEEDS A SUITABLE BOY , AND NO BOY IS MORE SUITABLE FOR THE DAUGHTER OF SHREE MUKHIA JI THE SUPREME MULHIA OF TEN VILLAGES AND ONE THOUSAND COWS THAN THE SON OF TAKA RAM .

 

WIFE OF MUKHIA JI : THE BOY IS GOOD FOR NOTHING , EVERYONE CALLS HIM DHAKHAN . AND HE HAS A GLAD EYE FOR GIRLS AND IS ALWAYS FLIRTING WITH GIRLS

 

MUKHIA JI : OOOFF WOMEN , I GET THE MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR FOR MY DEAR DAUGHTER AND MY WIFE CAN NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING .

 

WIFE OF MUKHIA JI : THEN WHY HOLD THE COMPETITION OR THE PUNISHMENT .

 

MUKHIA JI : THE BOY DECIDED ON THE COMPETITION HIMSELF – IT WILL DO HIM GOOD , HE WILL LEARN TO WORK HARD , WHETHER HE WINS OR LOOSES I DON’T CARE , HE WILL BE MY SON – IN LAW , AND WHEN HE IS MY SON- IN- LAW I WILL ASK THE HAND OF TAKA RAMS DAUGHTER KAVITA FOR DAMRU .

 

WIFE OF MUKHIA JI : WHAT ? WHAT DID YOU SAY ?

 

MUKHIA JI : YOU HEARD ME RIGHT THE FIRST TIME , IT WILL THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN FOR OUR FAMALIES ; BESIDES I NEED TO LOOK FOR A SUITABLE GIRL FOR DAMRU AS WELL , HE IS THE CHAMPION MRIDUNG PLAYER IN ONE HUNDRED VILLAGES , I AM VERY VERY PROUD OF HIM . MY CHEST WIDENS WITH PRIDE WHEN HE PLAYS THE MRIDUNG SO WELL .

 

WIFE OF MUKHIA JI : BUT YOU DON’T SAY ALL THIS ON HIS FACE AND NEVER APPRECIATE HIS EFFORTS MUCH .

 

MUKHIA JI : THAT IS BECAUSE I DON’T WANT HIM TO BECOME TOO COMPLACENT TOO OVER CONFIDENT , I WANT HIM TO KEEP PRACTICING AND PRACTICE MAKES A MAN PERFECT AND ONE DAY I WANT HIM TO BEAT MRIDUNG RAJ HIMSELF IN PLAYING MRIDUNG. I DON’T CARE WHO WINS OR LOOSES THE CHALLENGE , THEY ARE BOTH MY BOYS , ONE IS MY FUTURE SON-IN-LAW & THE OTHER IS MY NEPHEW , I JUST CANT LOOSE , I WILL WIN EITHER WAYS , HEADS I WIN TAILS YOU LOOSE , CHIT BHI MERI PAT BHI MERI ANTA MERA BAWA KA . VICTORY WILL BE MINE ONLY .

 

 

THE NEXT MRONING AFTER THE INCIDENT AT THE MARRIAGE ; AT THE HOUSE OF TAKA RAM THERE IS SILENCE , TAKA RAM IS SITTING AT THE STAIRS OF HIS HOUSE SURROUNDED BY HIS LOYALIST – HIS CHAMCKHAS

 

 

 

TAKA RAM : WHY DID THAT DHAKHAN HAD TO KISS THE GIRL IN FORNT OF EVERY , ONE WAS HE DRUNK , WHEN DID HE START DRINKING , MY OWN SON HAS DEFAMED ME HAS SHAMED ME IN FORNT OF EVERYONE , DHAKHAN IS GOOD FOR NOTHING AND I NEED NO FURTHER PROOF OF THIS . HE NOW WANT TO COMPETE IN THE MRIDUNG CHALLENGE , HE WONT EVEN LAST FOR 10 SECONDS LEAVES ALONE FOR 10 HOURS , I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SHOW MY FACE TO ANYONE . DHAKHAN IS AN IDIOT TO THROW A CHALLENGE LIKE THIS AT DAMRU , DOESN’T HE KNOW THAT DAMRU IS THE CHAMPION IN ONE HUNDRED VILLAGES , NOW AFTER FOUR MONTHS MULHIA JI WILL MAKE A MONKEY OUT OF MY SON , HE HAS ALREADY MADE HIM A CHICKEN .

 

LOYALIST OF TAKA RAM : TAKA RAM JI YOU SHOULD NOT BE TO HARSH ON YOUR SON HE IS VERY YOUNG

 

TAKA RAM : WHO IS BEING HARSH ON MY SON , NOW I JUST KNOW FOR SURE MY SON IS GOOD FOR NOTHING , HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING IN THE MRIDUNG PLAYING CHALLENGE , HE WILL LOOSE BADLY , AND MUKHIA JI WILL MAKE HIM A CHICKEN , A MONKEY , A DOG , A RAT OR WHATEVER MY SON IS WORTH AND HE IS WORTH NOTHING HE IS WORTHLESS . WHY ME WHY MY SON HAS TO BE SUCH A DAMN FOOL , WHY CANT HE CONTROL HIMSELF , HE SEE GIRLS AND ALL HE WANTS IS TO RUN INTO THEM LIKE A MAD BULL .

 

LOYALIST OF TAKA RAM : YOU SHOULD MARRY YOUR SON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE HE IS 21 YEARS , HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU WANT TO WAIT .

 

 

 

TAKA RAM : I AM LOOKING FOR A SUITABLE BRIDE FOR THE DAMNFOOL FOR 2 YEARS , BUT WHO WOULD WANTS TO MARRY HIS DAUGHTER TO THE DAMNFOOL , HE GOES AND ASK THE GIRL’S FATHER THAT HE WANTS TO SEE THE GIRL IN A BIKINI AND THAT TOO A TINY WINNIE RED BIKINI , AND THAT IS IT ALL, MARRIAGE TALK ENDS THERE AND THEN AND I HAVE TO LISTEN TO BITTER WORDS OF THE GIRLS FATHER THAT MY SON IS MANNERLESS AND GOOD FOR NOTHING , MY OWN SON MAKES ME HANG MY HEAD IN SHAME .

 

LOYALIST OF TAKA RAM : HE IS YOUNG AND WILD HE WILL MATURE IN TIME .

 

TAKA RAM : WHEN WILL HE MATURE , WHEN I HAVE MELTED LIKE WATER WITH SHAME . HE CANT WIN THE MRIDUNG CHALLENGE IN THIS LIFE AT LEAT I KNOW FOR SURE , SO REQUEST PHALWAN SINGH TO COACH MY SON TO DO PUSHUPS AND SITUPS AND TO RUN A MARATHON AND TO DRINK 10 LITERS OF MILK SO ATLEAST WHEN HE LOOSES THE COMPETITION HE CAN DO THE PUSHUP LIKE A MAN AND SAVE SOME OF MY HONOR . BY THE WAY WHERE IS THE IDIOT , HE MUST BE AT THE RIVER SIDE EYEING ALL THE GIRLS TAKING BATH IN THE RIVER , THAT IS ALL HE DOES EYEING GIRLS AND FLIRTING WITH GIRLS ALL THE TIME , I AM SCARED THAT ONE DAY HE WILL RUN AWAY WITH SOME GIRL WHO WILL MAKE A FOOL OUT OF HIM . CHANDU GO FIND YOUR FRIEND AND BRING HIM TO ME RIGHT NOW , I AM WAITING , HIS MOTHER CANT STOP CRYING , SHE THINKS I AM A HARD TASK MASTER AND ALL THIS HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE I AM TO STRICT WITH HIM . HE IS MY OWN SON I WANT THE BEST FOR HIM I WANT HIM TO DO SOMETHING . GO FIND HIM NOW. HE WILL BE WHERE THE VILLAGE GIRLS ARE ; THAT IS ALL HE EVER THINKS OF GIRLS .

CHANDU GOES RUNNING TO THE RIVER BANK TO FIND DHAKHAN . DHAKHAN IS SITTING UNDER THE TREE ON THE RIVER BANK AND THROWING FLOWERS AT THE VILLAGE GILRS TAKING BATH IN THE RIVER , THE VILLAGE GIRLS ARE GIGGLING AND SPASHING WATER BACK AT DHAKHAN AND DHAKHAN IS SINGING A LOVE SONG , SERENADING THE VILLAGE GIRLS

 

 

Jaan-e-jaana

You are Lovelier than the love of angels

You take away my soul from me with the softness of your smile

Flowers bolssom in the frangance of your smile

your hair flow like a gentle breeze glowing like sunshine in the clouds

your smile is like the delicate wings of the butterfly

glowing like the mesmerising colours of the butterflies

giving wings to my desires taking me above the clouds in my dreams

your smile soft like the petals of flowers

glowing like the redness of the roses 

flowing like the waves in the ocean

 

your gentle smile like the sunshine even the flowers want to give their fragnance to you 

finding you like a fragnance of flowers even the butterflies want to sing songs to you with the flutter of their wings

 

gracefully you move like the blossoming flowers flowing in the valley of flowers

like a bird flying away in the evening sky you take my soul away from me

keep smiling gently like the flutter of the butterflies in the valley of flowers

you only are the one in the valley of flowers who the flowers want to give their fragnance to

always keep smiling in the valley of flowers…..

 

 

CHANDU FIND DHAKHAN UNDER THE TREE AND TUGS AT HIS SHIRT

 

 

CHANDU : YOUR FATHER IS CALLING YOU AND IS VERY ANGRY AT YOU

 

DHAKHAN : HE IS ALWAYS VERY ANGRY AT ME , SO IT IS NOTHING NEW , WHAT I RUE NOW IS THAT I WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THE COMPANY OF THESE BEAUTI FUL GIRLS AND LISTEN TO THE ANGRY WORDS OF MY FATHER . BUT THAT IS PART OF LIFE TOO . DON’T GO IN A HURRY ANYWHERE GIRLS I WILL BE BACK SOON . THE PATIENCE OF MY FATHER DOES NOT LAST MORE THAN 10 MINUTES AND AFTER 10 MINUTES HE CAN NOT SEE MY FACE AND JUST TELLS ME TO GET LOST , SO DON’T WORRY MY LOVELIES YOUR ROMEO WILL BE BACK WITH YOU VERY SOON.

 

DHAKHAN RUSHES TO HIS FATHER TAKA RAM AND IS STANDING IN FRONT OF , TAKA RAM IS SITTING ON THE FRONT OF HIS HOUSE WITH HIS LOYALIST IN ATTENDANCE

 

DHAKHAN : FATHER YOU CALLED ME

 

 

 

TAKA RAM : ATLEST HE REMEMBERS HE HAS A FATHER . SO YOU DID FIND TIME FROM FLIRTING WITH VILLAGE GIRLS . CANT YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE , LIKE HELPING YOUR MOTHER AROUND THE HOUSE , LIKE MILKING THE COWS , THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL , BUT THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE IN MIND IS CHASING THE SKIRTS OF THE GIRLS , AND ONE DAY ALL THESE ANTICS OF YOURS WILL COST YOU DEAR , SOME GIRLS WILL JUST TIE YOU AROUND HER LITTLE FINGER AND TAKE YOU AWAY , HAI RAM MY SON WILL BECOME A GHAR JAMAI , HE WILL GO AND LIVE IN THE HOUSE OF HIS IN – LAWS , WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY TO ME THAT THE ONLY SON OF TAKA RAM LIVES IN THE HOUSE OF HIS IN- LAWS , I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SHOW MY FACE TO ANYONE , YOU WILL DISGRACE ME .

 

DHAKHAN : FATHER NO GIRL CAN WARP ME AROUND HER FINGER , I MAKE GIRLS DANCE ON MY FINGER TIPS

 

TAKA RAM : WHAT I CAN SEE IS THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS DANCING TO THE TUNES OF THE GIRLS , THEY JUST BECKON YOU WITH THEIR LITTLE FINGER AND YOU JUST FOLLOW THEM LIKE A STREET DOG WAGGING YOUR TAIL .

 

DHAKHAN : FATHER I WANT TO PLAY MRIDUNG AND I AM SERIOUS ; WHY DON’T YOU ASK MRIDUNG RAJ TO TAKE ME AS HIS DISCIPLE , I AM GOOD AT PLAYING MRIDUNG , YOU KNOW IT AND MRIDUNG RAJ KNOWS IT TOO.

 

 

 

 

 

TAKA RAM : THE ONLY THING YOU ARE GOOD AT IS BEING A LOFAER , EVEN A COW DOESN’T LET YOU COME NEAR HER , YOU HAVE DRUMS OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES HANGING ON EVERY WALL OF THE HOUSE , WHEN YOU PLAY THE MRIDUNG EVEN THE DONKEY RUNS AWAY , YOU HAVE THE POSTER OF A BEACHE FULL OF GIRLS PASTED ON THE WALLS OF YOUR ROOM AND YOUR ONLY PAST TIME WHEN YOU ARE AT HOME IS AT BROWSING ALL THE NUDE GIRLS ON THE INTERNET AND YOU SAY YOU ARE SERIOUS AT PLAYING MRIDUNG .

 

DHAKHAN : WHAT HAS MY LOOKING AND CHASING THE GIRLS GOT TO DO WITH MY PLAYING THE MRIDUNG , I LOVE PLAYING THE MRIDUNG .

 

TAKA RAM : YOU DON’T LOVE ANYTHING , YOU ONLY LOVE FLIRTING WITH THE VILLAGE GIRLS AND SINGING AND DANCING WITH THEM , YOU CAN NEVER BE SERIOUS , YOU CAN NEVER PLAY THE MRIDUNG LIKE DAMRU AND MRIDUNG RAJ DOES NOT WANT TO BE RIDICULED BY EVERYONE BY BECOMING A GURU OF GOOD FOR NOTHING LIKE YOU . YOU WILL MAKE ME MELT LIKE WATER IN SHAME IN FORNT OF EVERYONE BY LOOSING TO DAMRU , THE ONLY SAVING GRACE WILL BE THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE PUSHUPS AND SITUPS AFTER YOU LOOSE , I HAVE SPOKEN TO PHALWAN SINGH TO TAKE YOU UNDER HIS TUITORSHIP AND TRAIN YOU FOR FOUR MONTHS IN HIS GYM .

 

DHAKHAN : I WILL MAKE YOU PRODU OF ME , I WILL WIN THE COMPETITION , I KNOW I WILL , I WILL BEG MRIDUNG RAJ TO BE MY GURU.

 

 

 

TAKA RAM : NO NEED FOR ALL YOU BEGGING NONSENSE , YOU ARE MY SON , I DON’T KNOW WHAT MRIDUNG RAJ CAN DO WITH YOU , HE CAN NOT EVEN PEE WITHOT TAKING OFF ALL HIS CLOTHES , ANYWAYS , I HAVE REQUESTED TO MRIDUNG RAJ TO BE YOUR GURU , ALL I WANT FROM YOU IS TO BE A GOOD DISCIPLE AND TO TREAT MRIDUNG RAJ AS YOUR GURU AND NOT AS YOUR GIRL FRIEND , MRIDUNG RAJ COMPLAINED TO ME THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS EYEING HIS NEIGHBOURS DAUGHTER WHEN YOU ARE IN HIS CLASS THAT IS WHY HE THREW YOU OUT OF HIS SCHOOL , AND BESIDES YOU ARE NEVER SERIOUS YOU HAVE ONLY GIRLS ON YOUR MIND.

 

DHAKHAN : FATHER I AM VERY SERIOUS THIS TIME AND I WANT TO WIN THIS CHALLENGE .

 

TAKA RAM : ALL RIGHT , IT IS GOOD IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ; BUT I DON’T BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN DO ANY GOOD . GO AND SEE MRIDUNG RAJ . NOW GET OUT OF MY SIGHT .

 

DHAKHAN : THANK YOU FATHER .

 

DHAKHAN RUNS AWAY HAPPILY FROM HIS HOUSE TO FIND MRIDUNG RAJ.

DHAKHAN FIND MRIDUNG RAJ BY THE RIVER BANK SITTING ON HIS HUNCHES IN HIS UNDERWEAR AND PEE , WITH HIS DHOTI AND KUTRA NEATLY FOLDED AND LYING NEAR HIM

 

DHAKHAN : GURU JI

 

 

 

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : O’ SHUT UP , WHY DO YOU ALWAYS COME AND DISTURB ME WHEN I PEE , CAN’T YOU FIND A MORE CONVIENENT TIME TO BOTHER ME .AND WHO TOLD YOU TO CALL ME YOUR GURU , YOU IDIOT , WHY DON’T YOU RUN ALONG AND CHASE AND FLIRT WITH GIRLS , YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING IDIOT.

 

DHAKHAN : GURU JI I AM SORRY FOR TORUBLING YOU , BUT PLEASE MAKE ME YOUR CHELA AND MAKE ME A MASTER LIKE YOU IN MRIDUNG , YOU KNOW I PLAY MRIDUNG VERY WELL .

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : ALL I KNOW IS THAT YOU ARE VERY GOOD AT FLIRTING WITH GIRLS AND NOTHING ELSE . I THREW YOU OUT OF MY SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU DON’T CONCENTRATE . LEARNING AND BEING A MASTER IN MRIDUNG IS AN ART , IT REQUIRES , DEDICATION & DEVOTION AND YOU HAVE NONE OF THESE QUALITIES , GO RUN AWAY FROM HERE AND STOP BOTHERING ME.

 

DHAKHAN : GURU JI I SWEAR I WILL BE THE BEST CHELA THAT YOU HAVE EVER HAD AND WILL EVER HAVE , I WILL BE THE NEXT MRIDUNG RAJ I PROMISE AND IF YOU ASK ME I WILL FORGET THAT THERE ARE EVEN GIRLS IN THIS WORLD .

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : THAT WOULD BE ASKING TOO MUCH FROM YOU TO FORGET GIRLS . YOU THREW THAT CHALLENGE FOR A GIRL ONLY AND YOU HAVE ONLY GIRLS IN YOUR HEAD , BUT ANYWAY SINCE YOUR FATHER CAME TO ME PERSONALLY WITH FOLDED HANDS AND REQUESTED ME TO BE YOUR GURU , I WILL GIVE IT A CHANCE . WE WILL START TOMORROW MORNING. BE AT MY HOUSE AT 8 O’CLOCK SHARP AND NO EXCUSES .

NEXT MORNING AT 8 O’CLOCK SHARP , DHAKHAN REACHES THE HOUSE OF MRIDUNG RAJ , IN HIS DHOTI ONLY WITH HIS MRIDUNG IN HIS HANDS .

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : WHY ARE YOU HALF NAKED , DO YOU THINK THIS IS THE GYM OF PHALWAN SINGH .

 

DHAKHAN : GURU JI I DID NOT HAVE ANY KUTRA BUT ONLY DHOTI .

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : YOU COULD HAVE WORN A SHIRT YOU IDIOT , I HOPE YOU ARE WEARING AN UNDERWEAR BENEATH YOUR DHOTI .

 

DHAKHAN : YES OF COURSE VIP FRIENCHE .

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : YOU ARE AN IDIOT AND WILL REMAIN AN IDIOT .NOW SIT DOWN AND LEARN WITH DEVOTION AND SINCERITY .

 

DHAKHAN TOUCHES THE FEET OF MRIDUNG RAJ AND SIT DOWN FACING MRIDUNG RAJ . BOTH OF THEM ARE SITTING IN THE COURT YARD OF THE HOUSE OF MRIDUNG RAJ .

MRIDUNG RAJ STARTS PLAYING THE MRIDUNG AND STOPS, ASKS DHAKHAN TO MATCH HIS TAAL – RHYTHM , DHAKHAN MATCHES THE TAAL – RHYTHM WITH MRIDUNG RAJ . THE TEACHING SESSION CONTIUES TILL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON .

MRIDUNG RAJ IS HAPPY WITH THE EFFORT OF DHAKHAN .

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : VERY GOOD FOR THE FIRST DAY . YOU HAVE IMPROVED A LOT SINCE THE LAST TIME I THREW YOU OUT OF MY SCHOOL .

 

DHAKHAN : I PRACTICE A LOT AT HOME .

 

MRIDUNJ RAJ : SITTING IN FORNT OF THE POSTER OF THE BEACHEFUL OF GIRLS PASTED ON YOUR WALL , I WONDER WHAT KIND OF HAND PRACTICE YOU PRACTICE . NOW GO TO PHALWAN SINGH GYM AND BUILD UP SOME STAMINA AND STRENGHT IN YOUR HANDS , YOU PLAY THE MRIDUNG WELL BUT YOU LACK THE STRENGHT IN YOUR ARMS . NOW RUN ALONG AND DON’T DISTURB ME TILL TOMORROW .

 

DHAKHAN BOWS TO MRIDUNG RAJ AND RUNS AWAY . HE COMES TO THE GARDEN OF FLOWERS SURROUNDED BY TREES WHERE THE VILLAGE GIRLS ARE SITTING ON THE SWING AND SINGING AND GIGGILING . DHAKHAN COMES RUNNING TO A GIRL AND KISSES HER ON HER FOREHEAD , THE GIRL SLAPS HIM , DHAKHAN LAUGHS AND STARTS PLAYING HIS MRIDUNG AND SINGS A SONG .

 

you are the one you are the one

my soul want to touch your heart for your passion

you can kill me with the softness of your eyes

your passion can bring me down to my knees

 

the evening sun takes his colours from the redness of your cheeks

the roses turn red from the rosyness of your lips

the flowers worship the loveliness of your beauty

the breeze flows from the softness of your breath

 

your ada is the blosssoming of every flower

by looking in your eyes I can look into the soul of the brightest star

your hair are like rippling flow of the waterfalls

every cloud flaots in the sky from the waves of your hair

 

you are the soul of my heart beat

my soul stays with me only to feel the gentle touch of your eyelids

the scent of your love is all around me

the fargance of your charm can touch my deepest thought

 

my passion is only for you

every move i make you will be watching me

your passion makes my soul dwell at the gates of heavens

your scent give fragnance to the clouds of heavens

you are the one with the halo of the moon around you

you serenade the keepers of the gates of hades with the sound of your bangles

even hades turns to heavens to feel the fragance of the clouds of heavens

you make even hades into heavens with the softness of your soul

the gods shower as flowers of all heavens on you to feel the embrace of your gentle touch

 

the sound of your payal

the shine of your bindya

the scent of your hair

the glow of your beauty

makes me your deewana

your passion takes my soul away from me ,your passion takes my soul away from me

you are the one with the halo of the moon around you ,

you are the one you are the one…..…

 

.

 

AT MUKHIA JI HOUSE HIS CHAMCHA GIVES HIM THE MESSAGE THAT MRIDUNG RAJ HAS ACCEPTED DHAKHAN AS HIS DISCIPLE AND STARTED TEACHING HIM THE MRIDUNG . MUKHIA JI IS OILING HIS MOUSTACHES AND ASKS DAMRU TO BE BROUGHT TO HIM .

DAMRU COMES RUNNING TO MUKHIA JI WITH A BUCKET FULL OF MILK IN HIS HAND

 

MUKHIA JI : YOU DONKEY ; YOU ARE STILL MILKING THE COWS AND THERE DHAKHAN HAS STARTED HIS PRACTICE WITH MRIDUNG RAJ AS HIS GURU . I HAVE ONE THOUSAND COWS AND ONLY ONE DONKEY AND THAT IS YOU WHY DON’T YOU GO TO MASTER JI AND START PRACTICING MRIDUNG , OR YOU HAVE DECIDED TO LOOSE AND DISGRACE ME IN FRONT OF ALL THE VILLAGERS .

 

DAMRU : TAU , I CAN NOT LOOSE , DHAKHAN IS NOTHING IN FRONT OF ME . I AM THE CHAMPION MRIDUNG PLAYER IN ONE HUNDRED VILLAGES AND I THINK I AM EVEN BETTER THAN MRIDUNG RAJ.

 

MUKHIA JI : DONKEY AND YOU WILL REMAIN A DONKEY , FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD , DHAKHAN ALSO PLAYS MRIDUNG VERY WELL AND DON’T FORGET HIS GURU IS MRIDUNG RAJ YOUR TAU ALSO , AND HE WILL NOT LEAVE ANY STONE UNTURNED TO TRAIN DHAKHAN AS A MASTER PLAYER OF MRIDUNG , IT IS A MATTER OF HONOR FOR HIM , HE WOULD NOT WANT HIS CHELA TO LOOSE AGAINST ME , BECAUSE HE WOULD BE THINKING THAT THERE IS DEFINETELY BE SOME SCHEME OF MINE BEHIND THIS CHALLENGE .

 

DAMRU : TUA , IS THERE SOME SCHEME OF YOURS BEHIND THIS .

 

MUKHIA JI : SHUT UP YOU DONKEY AND YOU JUST START PRACTICING WITH YOUR GURU MASTER JI . HE IS ANOTHER LAZY BUM HE ONLY LIKES TO SLEEP THE WHOLE DAY AND DO NOTHING ELSE , SOMETIMES I WONDER WHETHER HE EVEN KNOWS HOW TO PLAY MRIDUNG.

 

DAMRU : TAU , DON’T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT MASTER JI.

 

MUKHIA JI : OH ! SHUT UP , A DONKEY NEPHEW AND A LAZY GURU , I DON’T KNOW WHAT SINS I MAY HAVE COMMITED IN MY PAST LIFE TO HAVE A FAMILY LIKE THIS . FROM NOW ON DON’T MILK THE COWS BUT DRINK THE MILK OF THE COWS AND GET THIS INSIDE YOUR THICK SKULL YOU DUFFER , NOW RUN ALONG AND START PRACTICING , I WANT YOU TO WIN THE CHALLENGE AND DON’T DISGRACE ME BY LOOSING .

 

CHAMCHA : MUKHIA JI THE BOY IS YOUNG YOU ARE BEING TOO HARSH ON HIM

 

MUKHIA JI : HE IS MY NEPHEW I WILL SAY WHAT EVER I FEEL LIKE AND WILL DO WHATEREV IS GOOD FOR HIM , HE IS LIKE MY OWN SON TO ME SO I DON’T WANT ANY ADVICE FROM ANYONE .

 

MUKHIA JI SNAPS HIS FINGERS AT DAMRU AND GESTURES HIM TO GO AWAY .

 

DAMRU GOES TO THE HOUSE OF MASTER JI . MASTER JI IS SLEEPING ON HIS COT WITH HIS PAGRI COVERING HIS FACE . DAMRU SHAKES THE SHOULDER OF MASTER JI WAKING HIM UP.

 

MASTER JI : SO YOU ARE HERE YOU DAMNFOOL , LIKE TAU LIKE NEPHEW . ARE YOU SURE YOUR TAU WANTS ME TO BE YOUR GURU AGAIN . HE THINK I AM FAMOUS BECAUSE OF YOU BEING A CHAMPION IN HUNDRED VILLAGES , BESIDES WHEN I PLAY THE MRIDUNG YOUR TAU THINKS I AM BURSTING HIS EAR DRUMS FROM ALL THE NOISE .

 

DAMRU : MASTER JI TAU ONLY HAS SENT ME TO YOU AND ASKED ME TO STAY WITH YOU THE WHOLE DAY FOR FOUR MONTHS UNTIL THE DAY OF THE CHALLENGE .

 

MASTER JI : YOUR TAU WONT LET ANY ONE LIVE IN PEACE , AS IT IS I HAVE TOO MANY TROUBLES OF MY OWN AND HE SEND YOU TO BOTHER ME THE WHOLE DAY .

 

DAMRU : WHAT ARE YOUR TROUBLES MASTER JI TELL ME , I WILL STAND LIKE A WALL IN FRONT OF ALL YOUR TROUBLES. AND I WILL NOT LET ANY ONE HARM A HAIR ON YOUR HEAD , LIKE A TRUE WARRIOR I WILL FACE THE WORLD FOR YOU AND LAY MY LIFE FOR YOU .

 

MASTER JI : YOUR TAU IS RIGHT YOU ARE A DONKEY , YOU DON’T THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK , I AM NOT YOUR GIRL FRIEND YOU ASSHOLE , I AM YOUR GURU , SO DON’T SPEAK TO ME LIKE THIS , AND , IT IS THE HINGES OF MY COT THAT CREAK EVERY TIME I TURN ON MY COT AND THAT IS MY TROUBLE .

 

DAMRU : I WILL FIX YOUR COT MASTER JI.

 

MASTER JI : THE LAST TIME YOU TRIED TO FIX IT YOU BROKE IT. NOW GO AND CALL MILKHA SINGH AND ASK HIM TO COME HERE WITH HIS TABLA .

DAMRU GOES TO THE HOUSE OF MILKA SINGH THE TABLA MASTERO . DAMRU BANGS ON THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE OF MILKHA SINGH .

MILKHA SINGH OPENS THE DOOR .

 

MILKHA SINGH : EVERYONE ELSE KNOCKS , YOU ARE THE ONLY DONKEY THAT TRIES TO BREAK OPEN THE DOOR . AND , WHY ARE YOU STANDING IN YOUR UNDERWEAR ONLY IN FRONT OF ME .

 

DAMRU : I WAS MILKING THE COWS .

 

MILKHA SINGH : DO THE COWS TELL YOU TO MILK THEM ONLY WHEN YOU ARE HALF NAKED . BOTH TAU AND NEPHEW ARE HALF NAKED , TAU IS HALF NAKED IN HIS HEAD AND THE NEPHEW IS HALF NAKED IN BODY . GO INSIDE AND WEAR MY KURTA AND PICK UP MY TABLA CAREFULLY AND BRING THEM OVER TO THE HOUSE OF MASTER JI.

 

DAMRU NOD IN AFFIRMATION . HE WEARS THE KURTA OF MILKHA SINGH , WHICH IS MUCH SMALLER IN SIZE .

 

DAMRU : MILKHA JI THE KUTRA IS VERY SMALL FOR ME .

 

MILKHA SINGH : WHO ASKED YOU TO GET TALLER THAN ME , I CANT SEE YOU RUNNING AROUND ME IN YOU UNDERWEAR SO WEAR IT , WHICH EVER WAY IT FITS.

 

DAMRU WEARS THE KURTA AND WALKS ALONG WITH MILKHA SINGH OVER TO THE HOUSE OF MASTER JI WITH THE TABLA IN BOTH HIS HANDS .

MASTER JI SEE DAMRU IN A TIGHT FITTING SMALL SIZE KURTA. AS DAMRU BENDS DOWN TO PUT THE TABLA , THE KURTA TEARS AT IT’S SEAMS .

 

MILKHA SINGH : LIKE TAU LIKE NEPHEW ALWAYS TEARING UP THINGS OF OTHERS .

 

MASTER JI : DAMRU TAKE OFF THE KURTA AND GO INSIDE AND GET THE MRIDUNG.

 

DAMRU GOES INSIDE THE HOUSE OF MASTER JI TO GET THE MRIDUNG .

 

MASTER JI : WHY DID YOU GIVE HIM YOU ILL FITTING KURTA TO DAMRU TO WEAR .

 

MILKHA SINGH : [ laughs] THAT WAS MY TEN YEAR OLD KURTA I WANTED TO SEE HOW THE DONKEY WILL LOOK IN THE SMALL KURTA , AND HE LOOKED LIKE A DONKEY ONLY , I JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF PULLING THE BOYS LEGS , HIS TAU IS ALWAYS SCHEMENING FOR ONE THING OR THE OTHER AND THE NEPHEW IS EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF HIS TAU , THE BOY CAN NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING , BUT YES HE PLAYS THE MRIDUNG VERY WELL AND FOR THAT I RESPECT THE BOY. 

 

MILKHA SINGH , MASTER JI AND DAMRU SIT DOWN IN THE COUSR YARD OF MASTER JI HOUSE AND START PLAYING THE MRIDUNG AND TABLA . THE VILLAGE GIRLS ON HEARING THE SOUND OF THE MRIDUNG COME RUNNING TO THE COURT YARD OF MASTER JI AND THE GIRLS DO THE GARBA DANCE.

 

THE PRACTICE OF DMADU AND DHAKHAN CONTINUE FOR FOUR MONTHS IN EARNEST .

 

THE FESTIVAL OF HOLI COMES ON THE 21ST MARCH . THE VILLAGERS OF THE VILLAGES OF TAKA RAM AND MUKHIA JI GATHER TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE HOLI IN ALL HAPPINESS AND BROTHER HOOD .

DHAKHAN AND DAMRU SING OUT THE SONG TO PREETI AND KAVITA.

 

you are in my dreams

You are the one in my heart in my soul 

in my dreams you are the one with the flaming hair

you are the love you are the passion

you are the one who leaves me in the middle of my sweet dreams

 

You are the one who takes me past thunder and lighteining

I am not afraid of any vortex I will cross all oceans with you in my heart

I am your jogi

You will not leave me alone even if I renounce the world

 

you will find me from the middle of the earth

I try to run away from you even in my dreams

You will chase me until I make you my heart beat my soul my world

Ban ki tera jogi

you are my song of the morning birds , I make you chase me everywhere

I give you all the heartache

you are in my dreams

I feel your love all around me I find you everywhere

Ban ki tera jogi I will be the one for you

 

it is the passion in your love that I love everything in this world

my heart says you are most beautiful more desirable than any hoor

my heart doesn’t beat until it feels the glow of your love

your world is tired of me since I came in your thoughts

I am happy in my dreams ban ki tera jogi

Ban ki tera jogi ban ki tera jogi

 

 

JUST A WEEK BEFORE THE CHALLENGE MUKHIA JI SUMMONS MASTER JI TO HIS HOUSE .

 

MUKHIA JI : I HAVE HEARD THAT THE BOYS ARE PRACTICING IN RIGHT EARNEST FOR THE CHALLENGE . BUT THE REASON WHY I HAVE CALLED YOU HERE IS THAT BEFORE THE BOYS GO INTO CHALLENGE I WANT THE GURUS TO COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER . THAT IS YOU AND MRIDUNG RAJ TO COME FACE TO FACE WITH EACH OTHER IN THE MRIDUNG COMPETITION . AND WE WILL SEE HOW THE GURUS REALLY FARE AGAINST EACH OTHER AND NOT JUST THE CHELAS. DO YOU AGREE TO SUCH A COMPETITION WITH MRIDUNG RAJ . MASTER JI YOU ARE ALWAYS BOASTING THAT YOU ARE SECOND TO NONE IN PLAYING THE MRIDUNG I WANT TO SEE BEFORE THE CHALLENGE HOW GOOD IS THE GURU OF MY NEPHEW REALLY IS .

MASTER JI : I DON’T MIND COMPETING AGAINST MRIDUNG RAJ – I CAN BEAT HIM BUT WILL MRIDUNG RAJ AGREE TO IT.

 

MUKHIA JI : I HAVE SPOKEN TO BOTH TAKA RAM AND MRIDUNG RAJ AND THEY HAVE BOTH AGREED TO COMPETE AGAINST YOU .

 

MASTER JI : WHEN YOU PLAN EVERYTHING AHEAD OF ASKING ANYONE THEN WHY ASK ME , LET US HAVE THE COMPETITION BETWEEN ME AND MRIDUNG RAJ . I AM READY. WHEN IS THE COMPETITION.

 

MUKHIA JI : TOMORROW . IT WILL BE HELD IN SECREACY ONLY , IN OUR NEIGHBOURING VILLAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE VILLAGE ELDERS ONLY

 

MASTER JI : MUKHIA YOU DON’T WAIT TO LISTEN TO OTHERS SAY YES EVEN , AND YOU PLAN AND SCHEME EVERYTHING BEFORE HAND.

 

MUKHIA JI : WHEN I AM WORKING I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO SAY YES AND NO , WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT . I AM A PYTHON .

 

MASTER JI : YOU SOUND MORE LIKE A SCHEMING CAT WITH NINE LIVES.

 

MULHIA JI LAUGHS AT THIS COMMENT OF MASTER JI AND OILS HIS MOUSTACHES.

THE NEST DAY . ALL THE VILLAGE ELDERS ASSEMBLE AT THE HOUSE OF THE MUKHIA OF THE NEIGHBOURING VILLAGE CHAND GAON .

BOTH TAKA RAM AND MRIDUNG RAJ AND MUKHIA JI AND MASTER JI AND MILKHA SINGH ARRIVE IN TWO SEPEARTE CARS SIMULTANEOUSLY AT THE HOUSE OF THE MUKHIA OF CHAND GAON. ALL THE MEN BOW AND GREET EACH OTHER .

TAKA RAM : MUKHIA JI I DO NOT KNOW WHAT SCHEME AND CONSPIRACY OF YOURS IS BEHIND THIS COMPETITION I DON’T KNOW BECAUSE ALL THE THINGS YOU SCHEME SEEM PRETTY HARMFUL BUT THEY ARE NOT WITHOUT REASON . I KNOW YOU HAVE ENTRAPED MY SON IN YOUR NET OF SOME SORT , BUT I AM A PROUD MAN AND SO IS MY SON I WILL NOT GIVE IN TO ANY OF YOUR STUPID NONSENSE IF YOU ARE UPTO NO GOOD.

 

MUKHIA JI : TAKA RAM I HAVE ONLY THE HIGEST RESPECT FOR YOU AND NOTHING ELSE . PEOPLE HAVE JUST GIVEN ME A VERY BAD NAME THAT I AM ALWAYS SCHEMING SOMETHING OR THE OTHER AND MY ELDER BROTHER MRIDUNG RAJ IS IN THE FORE FRONT OF FANNING SUCH BASE LESS RUMOURS.

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : MUKHIA YOU ARE THE BIGGEST RUMOR YOURSELF . I DON’T WANT TO WASTE MY TIME AND ENERGY ARGUING BASELESS NONSENSE WITH YOU I AM HERE FOR THE COMPETITION SO LET GET DOWN TO IT.

 

ALL THE MEN GO INSIDE THE HOUSE . THE VILLAGE ELDERS SIT IN TWO ROWS FACING EACH OTHER . MUKHIA JI AND TAKA RAM SIT AT THE HEAD OF THE VILLAGE ELDERS FACING EACH OTHER.

 

MRIDUNG RAJ SITS ON THE ASAN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND MASTER JI AND MILKHA SINGH SITS ON THE TWO ASANS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE . MASTER JI AND TAKA RAM TAKE OFF THEIR PAGRI AND PLACE THEM ON THEIR RIGHT HAND SIDE.

 

MRIDUNG RAJ TAKES OFF HIS KUTRA , NEATLY FOLDS IT AND PLACES IT ON HIS RIGHT HAND SIDE AND THEN TAKES OFF HIS PAGRI AND PLACES IT ON HIS KURTA . HE FOLDS HIS HANDS TOGETHER IN NAMASTE IN RESPECT TO MASTER JI AND MILKHA SINGH WHO RETURN HIS SALUTATION IN KIND BY BOWING THEIR HEADS TOGETHER TO MRIDUNG RAJ . THE COMPETITION BEGINS .

 

MASTER JI STARTS PLAYING THE MRIDING AND MILKHA SINGH THE TABLA AND MRIDUNG RAJ MATCHES THE TAAL WITH MASTER JI AND THE ROOM OF ELDERS REVERBRATES WITH THE SOUND OF THE MRIDUNG AND TABLA .

AFTER A WHILE OF PLAYING AND BEING IN IN TAAL WITH MASTER JI , MRIDUNG RAJ INCREASES THE PACE & TEMPO OF THE RHYTHM OF THE MRIDUNG AND MASTER JI AND MILKHA SINGH MATCHES THE TAAL WITH TAAL WITH MRIDUNG RAJ .

 

PLAYING TAAL IN TAAL WITH MRIDUNG RAJ AT AN INCREASED PACE & TEMPO , BOTH MASTER JI AND MILKHA SING ARE UNABLE TO MATCH THE TAAL OF THEIR MRIDUNG AND TABLA WITH MRIDUNG RAJ .

 

BOTH MASTER JI AND MILKHA SING STOP PLAYING THE MRIDUNG AND TABLA RESPECTIVELY AND FOLD THEIR HANDS IN NAMESTE TO MRIDUNG RAJ , ACCEPTING DEFEAT AND GIVING RESPECT TO MRIDUNG RAJ.

 

MRIDUNG RAJ ENDS PLAYING THE MRIDUNG , WEARS HIS KURTA AND PAGRI AND STANDS UP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MASTER JI : MRIDUNG RAJ , I DID NOT COME HERE TO WIN AGAINST YOU , BUT TO SEE HOW GREAT YOU ARE AT MRIDUNG AND YOU ARE INDEED THE GURU OF MRIDUNG PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESPECT TO YOU.

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : MASTER JI YOU ARE AN HONOURED MRIDUNG PLAYER , I ALWAYS HAVE HIGH RESPECT FOR YOU AND YOU ARE AMONG THE BEST OF THE MRIDUNG PLAYERS. BUT I WONDER WHAT MUKHIA JI HOPED TO ACHIEVE BY BRINGING US TOGETHER , BECAUSE I ACCEPTED THIS COMPETITION FOR MY PRIDE AND PREJUDICE FOR MUKHIA JI.

 

MUKHIA JI : [ oiling his mouchtache ] NO ONE APPRECIATE WHAT I DO . I BRING TWO GREAT MRIDUNG GURUS FACE TO FACE ; TO PLAY TOGETHER AND TEST THEIR SKILLS AGAINST EACH OTHER AND COME OUT WITH FLYING COLOURS ; WITH NOBODY THE REAL LOOSER BUT ONLY MORE RESPECT BETWEEN THE TWO GREAT MRIDUNG PLAYER.

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : THAT IS BECAUSE YOU NEVER DO ANYTHING WITHOUT A REASON . IF YOU BROUGHT US TOGETHER TO SEE WHO THE BETTER GURU IS AND WHOSE CHELA WILL WIN THE CHALLENGE , THEN BE ASSURED MUKHIA , DHAKHAN WILL WIN THE CHALLENGE AND BE PREPARED TO BLACKEN YOUR ALREADY BLACK FACE AND SHAVE YOUR MOUCHTACHE THAT YOU JUST LOVE TO OIL ALL THE TIME .

 

MUKHIA JI : MRIDUNG RAJ I AM SIN LESS , SO MY FACE WILL ALWAYS BE A PICTURE OF PRIDE ONLY , YOU WILL SEE AND MY MOUCHTACHE ARE MY PRIDE AS WELL AND THEY WILL REMAIN INTACT AND SECURE AS WELL .

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : WE WILL SEE ABOUT THAT [ walking away from Mukhia Ji]

 

MUKHIA JI : I WILL BE VICORTIOUS MRIDUNG RAJ , BOTH BOYS ARE MINE I JUST CANT LOOSE . ONLY I WILL WIN .

 

MRIDUNG RAJ AND TAKA RAM GET INTO THEIR CAR AND DRIVE OFF . MASTER JI, MILKHA SINGH AND MUKHIA JI GET INTO THEIR CAR AND BOTH THE CARS DRIVE OFF IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS TOWARDS THEIR RESPECTIVE VILLAGES.

 

TWO DAYS BEFORE THE COMPETITION DHAKHAN GOES TO TAKA RAM TO ASK FOR PERMISSION TO GO TO THE CITY TO SEE CINEMA.

 

DHAKHAN : FATHER I WANT TO GO TO THE CITY AND SEE THE MOVIE THERE.

 

TAKA RAM : WHY DON’T YOU SEE IT ON YOUR DVD .

 

DHAKHAN : IT IS THE NEW RELEASE OF DHARMENDER AND YOU KNOW I AM HIS GREAT FAN AND I DON’T MISS ANY OF HIS MOVIES AND IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE THE MOVIE ON THE BIG SCREEN IN THE CITY CINEMA HALL.

 

TAKA RAM : YOU ALWAYS SAY THAT WHEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE OUT YOUR GIRL FRIENDS .

 

DHAKHAN : I DON’T HAVE A GIRL FRIEND.

 

 

 

TAKA RAM : I DID NOT SAY GIRL FRIEND , I SAID GIRL FRIENDS , ALL THE VILLAGE GIRLS ARE YOUR GIRL FRIENDS . YOU CAN ONLY GO TO THE CITY IF YOU GO ALONE , AS IT IS ONLY TWO DAY TO THE CHALLENGE , I WANT YOU CONCENTRATE ON THE CHALLENGE ONLY AND NOTHING ELSE , BUT AN OUTING BEFORE THE COMPETITION WILL DO YOU GOOD AS WELL , SO YOU CAN GO , BUT BE CAREFUL.

 

DHAKHAN : THANK YOU FATHER .

 

DHAKHAN GETS ON HIS RACING CYCLE AND SPEEDS AWAY TOWARDS THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY .

 

TAKA RAM CALL OUT TO HIS PERSONAL BODY GUARD .

 

TAKA RAM : CHANDU TAKE TWELVE LATHAL , YOUR BEST MUSCLE MEN AND FOLLOW THE BOY . I KNOW HE HAS GONE TO SEE PREETI , DAUGHTER OF MUKHIA JI , I AM NOT AGAINST THE ALLIANCE OF MY SON AND PREETI BUT I DON’T WANT TO GIVE IN TO THE SCHEMENING WAYS OF MUKHIA JI , JUST SO EASILY . STAY AT A DISTANCE FROM DHAKHAN , DON’T LET HIM SEE YOU OR ANY OF YOUR MEN , BUT REMAIN WITH HIM LIKE HIS SHADOW , AND IF MY SON NEEDS ANY HELP OR YOU FEEL HE IS IN SOME SORT OF TROUBLE THEN GO TO HIS AID WITHOUT ANY HESITATION.

 

CHANDU NODS AND TAKES TWELVE OF HIS BEST MEN AND FOLLOW DHAKHAN AT A DISTANCE WITHOUT DHAKHAN KNOWING OF THEIR PRESENCE.

 

DHAKHAN GOES TO MEET PREETI WHO IS WAITING FOR HIM IN THE GARDEN OF FLOWERS OF HER VILLAGE .

 

PREETI : WHY ARE YOU SO LATE , I WAS ABOUT TO GO HOME .

 

DHAKHAN : I AM TWO HOURS EARLY . YOU SAID TWELVE O’CLOCK , I AM HERE AT TEN O’CLOCK.

 

PREETI : CAN’T YOU DO ANYTHING RIGHT EVER . I SAID 8 O’CLOCK AND I KNEW YOU WILL BE TWO HOURS LATE SO YOU WOULD BE HERE ON THE RIGHT TIME WHEN I WANT YOU TO BE HERE AT 10 O’CLOCK .

 

DHAKHAN : LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER ALWAYS SCHEMING AND NEVER SAYING THE RIGHT THING. ON YOUR SISTERS WEDDING YOU HAD ME THRASHED AND MY CLOTHES TORN OFF AND YOU DID NOT SAY ANYTHING .

 

PREETI : WHY SHOULD I SAY ANYTHING , DID YOU NOT SEE THERE WERE ALL THE VILLAGERS PRESENT IN FRONT OF US , BUT YOU COULD NOT HOLD BACK YOUR EMOTIONS AND YOU KISSED ME IN FRONT OF EVERYONE WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING ME WELL , THAT WAS THE RIGHT PUNISHMENT FOR YOU.

 

DHAKHAN : BECAUSE OF THAT DAY NOW I WEAR TWO UNDERWEARS , I NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MAY HAVE EVEN MY UNDERWEAR TORN AS WELL .

 

PREETI : [ laughs ] DON’T YOU DARE LOOSE THE CHALLENGE DAY AFTER TOMORROW .

 

DHAKHAN : I WILL DO MY BEST .

 

PREETI : AND YOUR BEST IS NEVER GOOD ENOUGH , I WILL BE STUCK WITH YOU A DHAKHAN , GOOD FOR NOTHING FOR THE REST OF LIFE , WHAT A PITY . WHY DOES EVERYONE CALL YOU DHAKHAN WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH A NICE NAME RADHEY.

 

DHAKHAN : YOU TELL ME , EVEN YOU CALL ME DHAKHAN.

 

PREETI LAUGHS AT THIS AND RUNS WAYS FROM DHAKHAN , PLUCKS A FLOWER AND THROWS AT DHAKHAN .

DHAKHAN SINGS A SONG TO PREETI.

 

In love

you take me far away into the blue sky like the clouds floating in the wind

your kiss my soul with your lips if you ask I will give you the world

with the look in your eyes you take my life away

your lovely eyes even make the clouds to give their lightening to you 

your tears like the morning dew falling on the soft petals of the flowers

for your every tear I will make each star shine like pearls in the blue

 

In love

Gentle is your smile like the ripples of the waves in the ocean

Even the sky bends down to touch the sweetness of your smile

in my soul in my every word I only smell the fragnance of your smile 

the echo of your bali is like the song of the birds

the sound of your soft feet make all the stars twinkle

all the thorns blossom like flowers with your soft touch

even the thorns shy in touching you

softly you smile softly you smile

 

In love

even the sun shines softly on me when the shade of your golden hair fall on me

even the moon only covers you in her chandani leaving my world longing to look in your jheel se sheetal aankhen              

 

gentle is your smile like the drop of dew on the roses

soft is the echo of your laughter even the angles will give their wings to you to listen to the echo of your laughter 

 

In love

snow blossoms like a valley of flowers at the sight of your smile

every flowers says to you they are born only for you

every flower say they blossom only for you

every flower say to you the brightness of their colours shines from the echo of your laughter 

 

You keep smiling and the flowers will keep spreading their fragance

Gentle is your smile like the sun shining on the drop of dew

In love , in love , in love

 

In love

You are the light of the sun

even the sun gives his warmth from his bosom to you

you are lovlier than the faries

even faries want to sing you songs with the soft flutter of their wings

even all the love that is there in the world is from you

you are the day you are the night

you are the delicate wings of the butterflies

your are the colours of the rainbow

you keep smiling ever so gently and the fragance of the flowers of love will keep flowing from the valley of flowers to all

 

In love

if you will ask my love I will give you my soul with your name on my lips , I will drink only the charm of your eyes , I wont let tears to moist your eyes ,

ban ke ter jogi

I will love the world if you will smile just once for me  

In love in love in love …………..

 

LATE IN THE NIGHT DHAKHAN RETURNS BACK AFTER MEETING PREETI . HE SNEAKES INTO THE HOUSE AND SILENTLY GOES TO HIS ROOM .

TAKA RAM SEE DHAKHAN COMING INTO THE HOUSE .

TAKA RAM GOES OUT AND CHANDU COMES TO THE SIDE OF TAKA RAM OUT OF BREATH .

 

TAKA RAM : CHANDU WHY ARE YOU OUT OF BREATH .

 

CHANDU : WE WERE FOLLOWING DHAKHAN AND PREETI ALL OVER THE VILLAGE THEY WERE SINGING AND DANCING ALL DAY .

TAKA RAM : GOOD THE BOY IS HAPPY . I DON’T WANT HIM TO BE IN ANY KIND OF TENSION WHEN HE SITS FOR THE CHALLENGE . I KNOW HE WILL WIN ; HE WILL MAKE ME PROUD.

 

ON 1ST MAY 2008 THE DAY OF RECKONONG , THE DAY OF CHALLENGE ARRIVES .

 

THE VILLAGERS OF THE VILLAGES GATHER AT THE VILLAGE OF MULHIA JI IN LARGE NUMBERS .

AT THE CENTER OF THE VILLAGE UNDER THE TWO NEEM TREES THE TWO ASANS ARE SPREAD OUT FOR DHAKHAN AND DAMRU .

A SEPARATE PLATFORM IS ERECTED NEAR THE NEEM TREES FOR MRIDUNG RAJ TO SIT .

CHAIRS ARE LAID OUT FOR THE VILLAGE ELDERS TO SIT , IN FRONT OF ALL THE CHAIRS TWO CHAIRS ARE SET FOR TAKA RAM AND MUKHIA JI SEPERATELY .

 

ALL THE THE VILLAGERS ARE GAHTERED AROUND THE TWO NEEM TREES IN THE CENTRE OF THE VILLAGE AND ALL THE VILLAGE ELDERS ARE SEATED ON THE CHAIRS ..

 

DHAKHAN AND DAMRU ARRIVE , GREET EACH OTHER WITH FOLDED HANDS AND SIT ON THEIR RESPECTIVE ASANS UNDER THE TWO NEEM TREES .

 

AT 10 O’CLOCK SHARP THE CHALLENGE BEGINS . BOTH DHAKHAN AND DAMRU PLAY THE MRIDUNG MATCHING TAAL WITH TAAL .

 

THE VILLAGE GIRLS WEARING GHUNGROO IN THEIR FEET DANCE THE DANDIA TO THE TAAL OF THE MRIDUNG IN RHYTHM AND IN HARMONY .

 

EVERY HALF AN HOUR OF PLAYING THE MRIDUNG BOTH DHAKHAN AND DAMRU ARE GIVEN A TEN MINUTES BREAK .

THE CHALLENGE CONTINUES TILL LATE IN THE EVENING ; THE TIME IS 5 O’CLOCK , SEVEN HOURS INTO THE CHALLENGE AND BOTH DHAKHAN AND DAMRU ARE PLAYING THE MRIDUNG TAAL IN TAAL WITH EACH OTHER WITHOUT ANY OF THE TWO FAILING TO MATCH THE PACE OF EACH OTHER AND BOTH PLAYING THE MRIDUNG IN PERFECT TAAL WITH EACH OTHER.

 

THE SEVEN HOURS OF PLAYING THE MRIDUNG CONTINOUSLY TAKES THE TOLL ON BOTH DHAKHAN AND DAMRU AND THE BLISTERS FORM ON THE PALMS OF THEIR HANDS AND BURST , WITH THEM OBLIVIOUS OF THE PAIN IN THEIR HANDS .

 

BOTH MUKHIA JI AND TAKA RAM ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH AND THE WELL BEING OF THE BOYS AND MUKHIA JI IS THE FIRST TO BREAK HIS SILENCE .

 

MUKHIA JI : TAKA RAM FOR ME BOTH BOYS HAVE WON , I DO NOT WISH TO SEE ANY OF THEM GETTING HURT , AS IT IS THE BLISTERS ARE FORMING ON THE PALMS AND BURSTING , EXPOSING THE RAW SKIN ON THEIR HAND , I DO NOT WANT ANY OF THE BOYS TO BE HANDICAPPED IN ANY MANNER BECAUSE OF THIS CHALLENGE. IF YOU WANT I WILL STOP THE CHALLENGE AND CONCEDE DEFEAT AND I WILL BE YOUR CULPRIT IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ANY OF THE BOYS ; I WILL BE ANSWERABLE  IF ANY MISHAP IS TO BEFALL ON THE BOYS .

 

TAKA RAM : I OR YOU CAN NOT STOP THE COMPETITION AT THIS STAGE , WHEN BOTH THE BOYS HAVE WORKED SO HARD AND ARE STILL HEAD TO HEAD . WE WILL ASK THE BOYS IF THEY WISH TO STOP THE CHALLENGE AND BOTH WILL BE DECLARED VICTORIOUS .

 

MUKHIA JI : THIS SEEMS TO BE A GOOD IDEA .

 

AT THE 10 MINUTES BREAK , DHAKHAN AND DAMRU BOTH GO BEHIND THE TREES TO WASH THEIR HANDS IN WATER , WHICH ARE TENDED GENTLY AND CAREINGLY BY THE VILLAGE GIRLS .

PREETI COMES RUSHING AT THE SIDE OF DHAKHAN AND IMPLORES TO HIM .

 

PREETI : RADHEY MY FATHER AND YOUR FATHER HAS AGREED TO END THE CHALLENGE BEFORE TIME AND DECLARE BOTH YOU AND DAMRU AS WINNERS.

 

DHAKHAN : WHAT NONSENSE WE WILL GO THRU THE LENGTH OF THE TIME OR UNTIL SUCH TIME UNTIL ONE OF US CONCEDES DEFEAT . BUT CERTAINLY NOT BEFORE THAT . I SWORE TO MY GURU JI I WILL WIN AND WALK THE MILE AND GO PLAY MRIDUNG THRU THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE TIME , IT IS A MATTER OF HONOR AND RESPECT FOR MY GURU THAT I WIN THIS CHALLENGE FAIR AND SQUARE . THE CHALLENGE WILL NOT BE STOPPED BY ANYONE , MIDWAY.

 

PREETI : YOUR BLISTERS ARE FORMING AND BURSTING , YOUR RAW SKIN ON YOUR PALMS IS EXPOSED WE ARE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH OF BOTH OF YOU . MY FATHER HAS AGREED THAT HE WILL DO WHATEVER YOU WILL SAY , BUT JUST STOP THE CHALLENGE .

 

DHAKHAN : I HAVE SPOKEN AND DON’T SPEAK NONSENSE TO ME NOW ABOUT STOPPING THE CHALLENGE MIDWAY , NOW RUN ALONG AND LET ME FOCUS.

 

 

PREETI : [angirly ] YOU ARE DHAKHAN , GOOD FOR NOTHING AND IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO YOU , IT WILL BE LEFT ONLY TO ME TO TEND TO YOU AND TAKE CARE OF YOU , YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE MY LIFE MISERABLE , I WILL JUST GO AND BREAK OPEN YOUR MRIDUNG .

 

DHAKHAN : [ calls out in alarm ] CHANDU STAND NEXT TO MY MRIDUNG THE GIRL HAS GONE CRAZY SHE MAY DO SOMETHING STUPID .

 

CHANDU : DON’ T WORRY RADHEY WE ARE GUARDING YOU WITH OUR LIVES .NO HARM WILL EVER COME TO YOU .

 

DHAKHAN : [ agitated ] NOT ME YOU PHALWAN YOU HAVE YOUR BRAINS IN YOUR HEELS , I AM TALKING ABOUT MY MRIDUNG , GUARD IT , NO ONE SHOULD COME NEAR IT .

 

PREETI RUNS AWAY IN TEARS TO HER FATHER TO TELL HIM WHAT DHAKHAN HAS TOLD HER.

 

THE CHALLENGE RESUMES AND ENTERS THE EIGHTH HOUR . THE TIME IS 6 O’CLOCK IN THE EVENING , THE SUN HAS SET BUT THE SOUND OF THE MRIDUNG ECHOES IN TAAL AND RHYTHM IN THE VILLAGE .

 

MUKHIA JI GETTING MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH OF DHAKHAN AND DAMRU SENDS FOR MASTER JI , MASTER JI COME TO MUKHIA JI .

 

 

 

 

MUKHIA JI : MASTER JI STOP THE CHALLENGE . I DO NOT WANT BOTH THE BOYS TO DIE . HOW WILL I FACE ANYONE IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THE BOYS . I AM CONVINCED BOTH THE BOYS ARE GREAT MRIDUNG PLAYERS , I WANT NOTHING OF THIS CHALLENGE , JUST STOP NOW.

 

MASTER JI : I CAN NOT STOP THIS CHALLENGE AT THIS STAGE MUKHIA JI , TRY TO UNDERSTAND , BUT IF MRIDUNG RAJ SAY STOP THE CHALLENGE THEN WE WILL STOP THE CHALLENGE .

 

TAKA RAM AND MUKHIA JI BOTH RUSH TO THE SIDE OF MRIDUNG RAJ , WHO IS RECLINGING PEACEFULL ON HIS PILLOW AND ENJOYING THE CHALLENGE THROUGHLY .

 

TAKA RAM FOLDS HIS HANDS TOGETHER IN NAMASTE AND IMPLORES TO MRIDUNG RAJ TO STOP THE CHALLENGE .

 

TAKA RAM : MRIDUNG RAJ , YOU CAN SEE VERY WELL THE PHYSICAL PAIN BOTH THE BOYS ARE GOING THRU AND THEY ARE BOTH HEAD TO HEAD , FOR BOTH , THE LONG PLAYING OF THE MRIDUNG IS TAKING A SEROIUS TOLL ON THEIR HEALTH . WE WANT YOU TO INTERVENE AND STOP THE CHALLENGE AND DECLARE BOTH THE BOYS AS JOINT WINNERS.

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : WHAT DID DHAKHAN AND DAMRU SAY ABOUT STOPPING THE CHALLENGE .

 

MUKHIA JI : THEY HAVE BOTH REFUSED AND WANT TO CONTINUE TILL ONE OF THEM LOOSES OR TILL THE TEN HOURS OF THE CHALLENGE ARE OVER.

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : THEN HONOR THE WISH OF THE BOYS AND LET THE CHALLENGE CONTINUE . UNTIL NOW YOU ONLY KNOW THEM AS GOOD MRIDUNG PLAYERS , TODAY NIGHT WE WILL KNOW WHO WILL BE THE MRIDUNG SAMRAT , WHO EVEN MRIDUNG RAJ WILL HAVE TO BOW TO . LET THE CHALLENGE CONTINUE.

 

THE CHALLENGE CONTINUES THRU FOR THE FULL TEN HOURS AND IT IS JUST FIVE MINUTES TO EIGHT O’CLOCK WHEN THE CHALLENGE TIME WILL END , BUT BOTH DHAKHAN AND DAMRU ARE HEAD TO HEAD AND PLAYING THE MRIDUNG IN TAAL WITH EACH OTHER .

 

THE NEEDLES ON THE WATCH SAY EIGHT O’ CLOCK AND THE CHALLENGE TIME IS OVER .

 

TAKA RAM AND MUKHIA JI ARE BOTH ESTACTIC AND THEY STAND UP FROM THEIR SEATS RAISING THEIR HANDS ABOVE THEIR HEADS IN HAPPINESS AND IN RELIEF .

 

BOTH DHAKHAN AND DAMRU ARE STILL HEAD TO HEAD TO EACH OTHER AND NONE OF THEM IS THE LOOSER BOTH ARE VICTORIOUS , IT IS A TIE.

 

BUT BOTH DHAKHAN AND DAMRU CONTINUE TO PLAY THE MRIDUNG , AND INCREASING THE PACE AND TEMPO PLAYING THE MRIDUNG AND MATCHING IT IN RHYTHM TAAL IN TAAL .

 

BOTH OF THEM CONTINUE TO PLAY AT AN INCREASED TEMPO FOR ANOTHER 5 MINUTES , WHEN MASTER JI CALLS OUT THAT HIS MRIDUNG BE BROUGHT TO HIM .

 

THE MRIDUNG OF MASTER JI IS BROUGHT TO HIM. MASTER JI SITS NEXT TO DAMRU AND STARTS PLAYING THE MRIDUNG AND ALL THREE ARE TAAL IN TAAL IN PERFECT RHYTHM AND HARMONY WITH EACH OTHER .

 

AT THIS JUNCTURE MILKHA SINGH ASK FOR HIS TABLA . AND MILKHA SINGH SIT ALONG SIDE DAMRU AND MASTER JI PLAYS HIS TABLA IN TAAL WITH THE MRIDUNG .

 

TAKA RAM : [ rushing to the side of Mridung Raj ] MRIDUNG RAJ YOU MUST STOP THIS NOW .

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : [ brushing aside Taka Ram with his hand , unmindful of what Taka Ram said ] THE TIME HAS NOT COME YET FOR ME TO JOIN THEM YET . TODAY IS THE NIGHT WHEN THE MRIDUNG SAMRAT WILL BE BORN AND IT IS A MOMENTOUS NIGHT TODAY.

 

MRIDUNG RAJ SILENCES TAKA RAM BY THE GESTURE OF PUTTING HIS FINGER ON HIS LIPS.

 

AFTER MORE THAN 10 MINUTES PAST 8’OCLOCK AND AFTER BOTH MASTER JI AND MILKHA SINGH HAS JOINED DAMRU , MRIDUNG RAJ CALLS OUT FOR HIS MRIDUNG.

 

MRIDUNG RAJ : THE TIME HAS NOW COME FOR ME TO BE BY THE SIDE OF MY CHELA I MUST NOW JOIN HIM .

 

MRIDUNG RAJ STARTS PLAYING THE MRIDUNG IN TAAL WITH DHAKHAN , DAMRU AND MASTER JI.

 

TRIED ; DAMRU STOPS PLAYING THE MRIDUNG AND STANDS UP AND STANDS AWAY FROM MASTER JI AND MILKHA SINGH .

 

DHAKHAN CONTINUES TO PLAY THE MRIDUNG IN RHYTHM AND IN TAAL WITH MRIDUNG RAJ AND MASTER JI .

 

MASTER JI SEEING THE BADLY BLISTERED PLAMS AND BLOOD COMING OUT FROM THE MOUTH OF DHAKHAN STOPS PLAYING THE MRIDUNG , FOLDS HIS HAND IN NAMASTE AND BOWS HIS HEAD , MILKHA SINGH ALSO STOPS PLAYING THE TABLA AND BOWS HIS HEAD IN RESPECT TO DHAKHAN.

 

MRIDUNG RAJ CONTINUES TO PLAY THE MRIDUNG AND INCREASES THE TEMPO OF PLAYING THE MRIDUNG UNTIL THE PALMS BECOME A BLUR OF BEATING THE FACE OF MRIDUNG . DHAKHAN MATCHES THE TAAL WITH TAAL WITH MRIDUNG RAJ UNTIL HIS HANDS BECOME A BLUR IN SYNC. WITH THE PALMS OF MRIDUNG RAJ .

 

BOTH MRIDUNJ RAJ AND DHAKHAN END THE SESSION TOGETHER IN RHYTHM , IN TAAL AND IN ABSOLUTE HARMONY .

 DHAKHAN THEN COLLASPES IN THE ARMS OF THE VILLAGE GIRLS .

 

MUKHIA JI IS ESTACTIC AND JUMPS BOTH WITH JOY AND IN ALARM AND SHOUTS .

 

MULHIA JI : WHERE IS THE DOCTOR , CALL THE DOCTOR .

 

DOCTOR RUSHES BY THE SIDE OF MUKHIA JI .

 

MUKHIA JI KICKS THE DOCTOR IN THE BUTTOCKS AND TELL HIM TO TEND TO BOTH DHAKHAN AND DAMRU .

 

MUKHIA JI THEN TURNS ON HIS HEELS AND SEES TAKA RAM STANDING WITH HIS OUT STRETCHED HANDS.

 

TAKA RAM : MUKHIA I WILL MARRY MY SON TO YOUR DAUGHTER , IF YOU AGREE HERE AND NOW .

 

MUKHIA JI : HOW CAN I EVER SAY NO TO THE HAND OF YOUR SON FOR MY DAUGHTER TAKA RAM , IN DOWRY YOU CAN TAKE EVERYTHING I OWN , ALL MY ONE THOUSAND COWS AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU DESIRE .

 

TAKA RAM : [ embracing Mukhia Ji in a Bear Hug ] MUKHIA I DON’T WANT ANY DOWRY BUT JUST THE HAND OF YOUR DAUGHTER FOR MY SON AND NOTHING ELSE , AND I AM THE HAPPIEST FATHER IN THE WHOLE WORLD .

 

MUKHIA JI : [ oiling his moustache ] DID I NOT SAY , VICTORY WILL BE MINE ONLY . BOTH THE BOYS ARE MINE ONLY .

 

 

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