RAHINI - Aur Ek Prem Kahani - Innoru Kadhal Kadhai - Episode 48

The car stops abruptly with squealing sound unexpected by the sudden intervention of a human being. The timely sense of the driver had saved Rahini from getting smashed in those four wheels. Rahini opens her eyes and looks around the surroundings. Her heart beats heavily and sweat runs through her face. She takes a deep breath and calms down herself. Meanwhile the driver of the car comes out of the vehicle and goes angrily towards her . He opens his mouth to shout at her but does not say anything and looks at her in surprise. Rahini interrupts him and says

‘Sir, I know you will be furious on me for whatever I did now. But Sir please try to understand my position. I need to reach a place soon and no vehicle is stopping nearby. I have to reach there within 16 minutes. Please help me to get there in your car’ says Rahini in tensed and anxious tone.

The car guy comes back to normal and looks at her angrily.

‘Whatever the hell emergency it may be, this is not a way to stop a vehicle. Had I not pressed my brake on time…’

‘I am sorry for whatever I did. Sometimes we need to take risk to accomplish our mission’ answers Rahini

‘Risks should be taken with your life and not with others’ lives. Already I am in lot of legal troubles and on your part getting me into another one. Hell with you women.’ replies the car guy in anger.

‘Sir I sincerely apologizing to you. But please help me now  to save a life which is at stake.’

‘Very sorry. I cannot help you now. I am going in an emergency’ says the car guy mercilessly

‘Sir, you don’t understand. It is a matter of life and death’

‘Even my emergency is a matter of life and death.’ Screams the car guy to her.

Rahini looks at him helplessly. The car guy looks at her pitifully.

‘Listen Madam. I can understand that you have a serious emergency from the way you risked yourself to stop me. But try to understand my position. I cannot waste my time anymore. Each and every second of delay costs a life there. I cannot help you right now. Please let me go.’

Rahini’s eyes sheds tears and she turns away from the guy to avoid showing her helplessness to him. The car guy feels very bad on looking at her.

‘Fine. Where do you want to go?’ asks the car guy to her.

‘It is ok sir. You go. I can understand that even you have an inevitable emergency. Let us not waste time’ says Rahini and steps forward.

‘Excuse me. I asked where you want to go?’ says the car guy in rigid tone.

Rahini does not turn towards him and says ‘VT’

‘VT?’ asks the car guy in surprise. ‘Victoria Terminus?’

Rahini nods her head like ‘Yes’

‘Why everyone in the world are having emergency in the same area?’ asks the car guy to himself. Rahini hears his statement but could not get any meaning from it. The guy and Rahini look at each other.

‘Get in to the car’ says the car guy to him.

Rahini’s face turn surprised and happy. ‘Sir?’ she asks in wonder

‘Mam, please don’t waste time. Get inside my car. Even my emergency is lying there.’ says the guy and rushes inside the car. Rahini follows him to his car and gets inside it.

The car starts and rushes fast towards VT. Rahini looks at the car guy and notices the tension in his face.

‘Looks like this man is really in some bad situation. I should have not stopped him and wasted his time for my sake. Don’t know how much it is going to cost him for the delay which I have created. God1 Please help this man and make everything fine for him.’ thinks Rahini to herself

Rahini looks at the road for a while and she feels something strange about the guy next to her.

‘This guy seems to be very familiar to me. Why is it so?’ thinks Rahini to herself.

‘Have we met before?’ asks the guy to her

Rahini looks at him in surprise. ‘He is asking the same question which is my mind. How come? Even he also feels some familiarity with my face.’

‘I don’t remember meeting you anywhere before. But I feel some familiarity with you.’

‘That is obvious.’ Says the guy to her

‘I don’t get you’ says Rahini

‘Nothing. I am not surprised on your familiarity rather I am surprised that I am feeling some familiarity with you.’ Says the car guy.

‘That is obvious. I am very well known in this city. You would have seen me in television’ replies Rahini to him.

‘Really?’ asks the guy in surprise. ‘Are you any famous star?’

‘Actually….?’ Speaks Rahini but he mobile phone rings. She takes her mobile and looks at her. The mobile flashes ‘Pratik calling’. Rahini’s eyes turn in wonder and happy.

‘Pratik, where are you? I am trying to reach you for a long time.’ Screams Rahini.

‘I am stick in traffic. It will take me another few minutes to reach VT’ replies Pratik

‘What?’ shouts Rahini in shock. ‘Why are doing like this? In another 12 minutes we have to hand-over the evidences to them. Otherwise I will not be able save the child’

‘What can I do if traffic is jammed?’ yells Pratik at her. ‘I will try to reach soon.’

‘Why are so reckless? You are not doing your work correctly. You let the enemies know about your investigation without doing it secretly. You spoke as if you are some super hero but you are behaving like a villain. A life is at risk and you are giving irresponsible answers.’

‘Excuse me. You don’t have to teach me to be responsible. I know my duty and that is why I am calling you now. Otherwise I would have not took this much stress to reach the place for saving some stranger person by giving all the proofs and evidences which I have collected risking my own life.’ replies Pratik in an arrogant tone.

‘You are a real monster.’ screams Rahini at him. ‘You never had time conscious and I hardly remember you coming to office on time. But this is not any work rather you need to save a life. Don’t show your negligence and indifference here. If something wrong happens by your delay, I swear I will not forgive you. You have just 11 minutes left. I don’t care how you will come but reach on time’ says Rahini.in a warning tone.

‘How am I supposed to come in this short time? You forgot that I told you that I am stuck in traffic jam. Do you expect me to fly like a Spiderman’ asks Pratik in a mocking voice.

‘That is not my headache. You fly, run, roll or do whatever. Reach the place on time. That is it’ shouts Rahini

Rahini disconnects the call and takes a deep breath. The car guy looks at her with a wondering expression. The car moves in a high speed as permitted in a city. The car guy’s mobile rings and he talks to the person over the phone.

‘Haan Chota! Tell me’ says Rohit

‘Bhayya! I have reached the place. But I am not able to see anyone here. I have Assistant Commissioner of Police here with me. I will sure find her and bring her back home.’ Hears the voice on the other side.

‘Good. I am right now coming there’

‘Bhayya, why are you? I will manage by my own.’ Hears a loud scream

‘Damn it. She is my daughter. Should I sit at home and enjoy watching television while my daughter’s life is at stake’

Rahini looks at him in wonder. ‘What does he say? His daughter’s life is at stake?’

‘Bhayya! We are not sure who is the enemy. Why would you take chances?’

‘Whoever he may be? I can’t stay peacefully at home while she is in danger. If something happens to her…. Just listen. Enough is enough. Already there were lot of pains. I will not miss any single chance to get back my happiness which I have lost.’

‘But bhayya what if something happens to you?’

‘What shall happen? I would have lose my life, isn’t it? I will be very glad to shed my every drop blood to save my blood. She is the only memory of your bhabhi left for me in this world. I cannot let go of her. Got it?’

‘Bhayya…’

‘I will reach the place in few minutes. See you.’

The car guy disconnects the call. Rahini looks at him in surprise but the car guy does not bother to look at her side and say anything to her.

‘Oh god! Looks like his daughter is admitted in some hospital for some serious condition and he is rushing to save her life. What an affectionate father! He is ready to give his whole blood for his daughter. On the other hand, there are type of fathers who are making their children to shed the blood. That monstrous father does not even deserve to touch the shadow of this father. If I get a chance, I would drag that monster to him and show to him this ideal father and make this guy to give lecture to him what does a fatherhood mean! thinks Rahini to herself.

Rahini looks at the place where she is supposed to reach. She looks at her watch and another few minutes have passed. She eagerly looks at everywhere for Trisha to show up herself. None of things which she expects is seen. Rahini spots Pratik rushing at some place and her face turns in relief and happy.

‘Sir, please stop here’ says Rahini to him.

The fast moving car stops suddenly and halts in a place. Rahini opens the door and rushes out of the car without saying to the car guy. The guy looks at her in wonder and leaves the place.

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Rahini rushes towards Pratik who is standing outside the VT station. She crosses the road in hurry without noticing the moving vehicles on the road. One car guy has to push his brake suddenly due to her sudden intervention. The car person shouts at her but Rahini keeps running towards him. Pratik looks at stunts and gets scared by the acts.

‘Pratik! Thank God. You reached. You don’t know how much I got scared when you told you would be late’ says Rahini raking her breathe heavily.

Pratik looks at her in a mocking expression.

‘Why are you behaving as if you are doing some action stunts? You are unnecessarily creating scenes and attracting too much attentions. What you planning to act in commercial film?’

Rahini stares at him angrily.

‘Shut up. Where are the stuffs?’

Pratik stands as it is without doing anything. Rahini glares at him.

‘I asked you where are the stuffs?’

‘Tell me this. Why should I hand over all the things which I am having now? You very well know how much effort I had took to gather these things. I am not giving it to you’

Rahini;s face turns in fury.

‘Are you a human being or anything else? Did not I tell you that a life is at stake? And you are asking stupid questions. Give me the stuffs’ shouts Rahini

‘I am sorry. I am not giving you anything’

‘Pratik, please this is not the time to play. Please hand over them to me.’

‘Madam, did not you hear what I told. I am not giving anything to you.’

‘I am your boss. You are supposed to obey my orders. Give them damn it’

‘This is not any army’ replies Pratik mockingly. ‘It is a democratic country. You cannot command me like this. I have toiled myself a lot to get these. How am I supposed to give them just like that? I want the fruit of my effort’

Rahini gives a disgusting look at him.

‘What kind of a creature you are! You are very much keen about your credit rather there is little life is hanging in the middle. Nothing is so important than a life. You just need the praise and recognition isn’t it?

Done’ says Rahini angrily. ‘You will get all the things which I have promised earlier. Promotion, increment etc etc etc. Is it ok? Now please give them and let me save that child’

Pratik looks at her with mixed expressions and slight smile peeps out in his lips. Rahini’s mobile phone rings and she picks the call in a single ring.

‘Hello, I am there at the place. Tell me what I have to do now?’ ask Rahini in a tensed tone.

‘Seeing you and the hero reporter’ replies a voice in sarcastic tone. ‘Now listen. Bring those things to the building towards the right side. Remember? No police and no heroism. Else?’ Threatens the voice.

‘Please don’t’ screams Rahini at the guy. ‘We will not do anything as you suspect. Please tell us what we have to do.’

Rahini looks at Pratik and gestures him to follow her. He stands in his place without moving. She pleads him to come with her and Pratik moves with her. Rahini and Pratik reach the incomplete building construction site to their right side.

‘Now enter inside the building and climb on the stairs. Be careful we are watching you.’ instructs the voice again.

‘Ok understood’ says Rahini and both start to climb on the stairs.

They both climb till five floors when the phone guy instructs them to stop. Both of them and look around.

‘Enter inside the floor and stand in the middle’ instructs the voice.

Rahini and Pratik enter inside the floor and stand in the place mentioned by the guy. An echo voice is heard from somewhere.

‘Very good. Now leave all the stuffs and turn back and run away’ instructs the voice to them.

Pratik angrily steps forward and shouts.

‘No way. We are not leaving this place without taking the child with us.’ Screams Pratik angrily.

‘Your child will automatically come back to you. You may go’ says the echo voice.

‘What is the guarantee that the child will return safe? We are not leaving this place with the stuffs and without the child. Bring the girl here’ screams Pratik again.

‘What Rahini madam, the young blood is boiling and you are silently looking at it? Just explain him’ mocks the echo voice.

Rahini looks at Pratik and says ‘Just do what they are saying. Come on’

Pratik stands in his place and shouts ‘I am not coming. Let me see how they are not sending the child with us.’

‘Fine. You want to see the child isn’t it?’ asks the voice.

‘Aaahhhhhhh’ hears an loud scream of a child from a corner of the building.

Rahini gets shocked on hearing the scream. She anxiously looks at Pratik and says ‘Pratik, looks like this is Trisha’s voice. They have started their torture on her. Let us not take risk. We shall move out.’

Pratik does obey her and screams in loud voice.

‘You bl**dy cowards. If you are a real man, just come in front of me and fight. Don’t try to scare us with these sound effects. We are not fools to believe the non-sense bluffing. Come on.’ Taunts Pratik at them.

No reply is heard from them. Rahini looks at Pratik in scare and anger.

‘Stupid. What the hell are you thinking? Just move out of this place now.’ Shouts Rahini at him.

‘I am not moving from this place. They really do not know with whom they are playing with. Hey you loafers, Come and collect your precious gifts of your life which you will never get again’ shouts Pratik at them.

Again no reply is heard from them. But sound of footsteps is heard from somewhere. Rahini and Pratik look at the direction from where the sound is heard. Some human shadows start appearing in front of them one by one. The shadows’ hands carry something in their respective hands and stand in an organized line. Similarly some more shadows appear to the right side of both of them and some more human shodows appear to the left of them with some weapon in their hands. Another human shadow appears in front of them along with a little shadow. Rahini looks at the little shadow in shock and in grief. Pratik’s face shows a slight shock unexpected by the situation.

‘Are you happy now?’ asks Rahini at him angrily. ‘We came here to save the child and now we need someone to save us. Very proud of you hero’ says Rahini with angry with sarcasm.

‘Just wait. Nothing will happen. We will go from here unharmed along with that child’ replies Pratik.

‘Don’t utter filmy dialogues here.’ yells Rahini at him. ‘How are we supposed to go from here? You want me to believe that this bone alone filled body is going to take away all those flesh mountains and throw them on the air?’

‘Just shut up’ yells Pratik at Rahini. ‘Just watch what happens’

The shadows step forward towards them in all directions. Pratik hands over his belongings to Rahini and stands in position to counter attack them. Rahini bewilderedly look sat everything and stares at Pratik angrily.

Suddenly the whole situation turns upside down much against the expectation of Rahini, Pratik and all other shadows waiting to attack them. Within a few minutes the shadows scatter and run everywhere. Finally a gun-shot is heard from somewhere and Rahini stunningly looks at the direction from where it is heard. A group of police men stand at the entrance of the floor along with some force ready to charge. As Rahini looks at them she did not notice a shadow creeping behind her with some liquid bottle in his hand. The shadow guy slowly reaches her to her backside and opens the bottle in his hand and throws the liquid on her while Rahini notices it in nick of time.

She looks at the liquid being thrown on her in horror.

RAHINI - Aur Ek Prem Kahani - Innoru Kadhal Kadhai - Episode 47

SAHANA APARTMENTS

 

Mrunalini is seated on the sofa with tears shedding from her eyes. Radha is seated beside her and KP is dialing some numbers in the telephone.

 

‘I am really tired of everything and I wish I could leave this world so soon’ says Mrunalini in a frustrating voice.

 

Radha does not say anything and looks at her.

 

‘I don’t know for which sin which I have committed I am getting punishments like this? If God wants to punish me, why is he not stopping with me? Why he is punishing my little child always?’

 

The entrance door opens and Rahini comes inside. She looks at Radha in surprise. But Radha’s face is very rigid and her expression implies that she is here by helplessness. Rahini comes to Mrunalini and sits on the other side.

 

‘Ma ji. What happened? When did you find that Trisha is missing?’ asks Rahini to her.

 

Mrunalini looks at Rahini and hugs her tightly.

 

‘I don’t know from when she gone missing. When I went to her school to pick her up, she did not come out for more than an hour. The school watchman once for all closed the gate and only then I understood that something is wrong. I even  went inside the school and checked with the staffs. They showed the attendance register of her class. It was marked as present. It means she was at the school for the whole day.  I don’t know how she got missed from premises.’

 

‘But how it is possible Ma ji? The school management never allow children to go out before dispersal time. How could she have gone missed when she was in the school for the whole day?’ asks Rahini in anger tone.

 

‘No one can find the answer for your questions Rahini. That is why we are all breaking our heads here.’ Says KP. ‘We have informed Anirudh and he has started his search around.’

 

Rahini gets tensed and her face shows nervousness which Radha can clearly catch. She remembers her conversation where Rahini asked about the safety of Arjun.

 

‘Chella’ calls Radha

 

Rahini responds to her call.

 

‘I have made some refreshments and kept it at kitchen. Just come and help me to bring them here.’

 

Rahini looks at Radha and understands the meaning of her call. She leaves with her to her flat followed KP’s surprised look at them. Both of them come out of the flat.

 

‘Chella, I really don’t understand what is going on here? Why you are looking so tensed? I have not seen you like this before. What happened?’ asks Radha to Rahini

 

‘Chithi’ says Rahini nervously. ‘A terrible mistake has happened. I don’t know how am I going to rectify. I wish nothing should happen to Trisha’

 

Radha looks at her in questioning expression.

 

‘Chithi, Arjun was supposed to be kidnapped but by mistake they have kidnapped Trisha’

 

‘What?’ screams Radha in shock

 

‘Yes Chithi. The kidnappers mistook Trisha as my own  child and kidnapped her. Oh God! What am I going to do now?’ says Rahini with tensed expression.

 

‘Why should they do that? Why did they kidnap Trisha?’

 

‘They wanted to blackmail me by kidnapping my child so that they can grab all evidences from me.’

 

‘Is it anything related to your work?’

 

Rahini does not answer her. Radha understands her silence.

 

‘Who are all they?’ asks Radha nervously

 

‘Some goons who work for a famous politician’ replies Rahini

 

‘Very critical situation it is. Just contact them and tell that Trisha is not your child. Tell them that you will give them everything what they are asking for’ Says Radha to her

 

‘I cannot do that, Chithi. First of all, I am not having the evidences with me. Next, the guy who collected them took so much effort and risked his own life several times to get them. He will not give them to me. They are very important stuffs which can send many VIPs who disguise as innocent people to jail. How can we sacrifice them?’

 

‘Nothing is important when comes to question of human life. It is not matter of your child’s life but about some one’s child. You cannot play games like this. Try to get it from the person and contact the kidnappers. Tell them that you will hand-over the things to them.’

 

‘I cannot do it Chithi’ screams Rahini

 

Rahini’s mobile phone rings. She hurriedly looks at the mobile and sees the flashing as ‘Private Number’ calling.

 

‘Hello Rahini here’ answers Rahini nervously

 

‘Who else would be then if not you Madam’ hears an hard voice mocking at her.

 

‘Who is this?’ asks Rahini in tensed tone.

 

‘It is none of your business. Listen carefully. I hope now you would have understood how our reaction would be if somebody disobey us. If you want to child to return alive, then without asking further questions, make sure you give us all the evidences against our Didhi. Otherwise, I don’t have to say this but I will. You will receive your child in parts' threatens the voice in cruel tone.

 

Rahini holds the mobile tightly and she starts to sweat.

 

‘Don’t you understand. You child will be received in parts. Hands, legs, eyes, nose etc.etc. Everything you will receive as separate parcels. Most importantly, we will not kill her when we cut her into pieces. She will be alive bearing all the pains. Finally you will receive her beheaded body alone. You might not be able to identify her’

 

‘You cruel b*****ds’ shouts Rahini in high pitch. ‘How dare you talk to me like this? Are you human beings or monsters? If you want to clash with us, why can’t you do it straight directly to us? Like a coward you people are kidnapping a small child and blackmailing us. If I ever find you, I will certainly do everything whichever you told me now’ screams Rahini to the kidnapper.

 

‘Chill lady. Instead of shouting at me, make a wise decision and give those evidences to us. And don’t try to be smart and think of making any copies of those stuffs. You have a very little time. In just half-an-hour we want you to give those things to us. Else we will inaugurate our game with that girl’s right hand. If we did not receive them after that, her left hand would be detached from her body. Similarly, for every half-an-hour delay, her every organ shall be detached from her body. Understood? Come and meet us near VT. And I believe that you are not so stupid to approach police to get back your child as no mother wishes to see her child’s charred body after all.’ says the voice and the call gets disconnected.

 

‘Hello! Hello! Hello!’ shouts Rahini on her mobile.

 

No one talks on the other side. Rahini calls the number but the busy tone is heard.

 

‘What happened?’ asks Radha in tension.

 

Rahini looks at Radha with the extreme tension and nervous. She then calls a number from her mobile.

 

‘Hello Sir’ says Rahini

 

‘Yes Rahini’ answers Mr.Desai

 

‘Sir, a very serious problem’

 

Rahini explains the incidents to him and about the phone conversation.

 

‘Sir, I really need those evidences to get the child back. They are brutal criminals. Please do something and get back the child’

 

‘Rahini, I can understand. Don’t worry. I will contact the police department first’ says Mr.Desai

 

‘Sir, no time. And we cannot go to police. Sir, whatever we have now please give it me. Let me go and get the child’

 

‘Rahini, just listen. I am really not having the evidences with me. Pratik is having them. He told that he will meet me once he has got them.’

 

‘Sir, please contact him. Ask him to meet me at Victoria Terminus in ten minutes with the stuffs. The kidnapper told me to meet there.’ says Rahini

 

‘Sure. I will contact him soon. Don’t worry Rahini. We will save the child safely’ consoles Mr.Desai to her.

 

‘Sure Sir. I trust you. She is not my child. If something happens to her, I cannot forgive myself for rest of my life.’ Says Rahini in weak tone

 

The call gets disconnected. Rahini looks at Radha who is stunned. Rahini looks at the direction where Radha looks and gets shocked. Arun is standing there with his eyes blood red with fury and rage. He comes to her and looks at her with all the hatred in his heart. Rahini is not able to look at him and feels guilty.

 

‘Was this your motive behind saving Trisha’s life some days back?’ asks Arun in cold tone.

 

Rahini looks at him in shock. She does not reply to her

 

‘You wanted some scape goat for slaughtering. You disguised yourself as some social activist and pretended to save Trisha so that you can save your own family and use her life for your adventurous stunts, isn’t it?’ shouts Arun at Rahini.

 

Rahini looks at him angrily. She opens her mouth to answer but Radha intervenes.

 

‘Please do not talk unnecessarily. Whatever is happened, is unexpected. We are not kind of people who risk other lives for our benefit.’ replies Radha angrily.

 

‘Then why the hell you have put trisha’s life in stake. She is in danger and you are happily standing here chit chatting with everyone.’ shouts Arun at her

 

Rahini angrily looks at him and says ‘Just shut up. Don’t pretend as if you are the one who care for her. I am trying by all means to save Trisha from this threat.’

 

‘Trying?’ asks Arun mockingly and angrily. ‘How come you can be so irresponsible and answer like this? Is this the time for trying? You have to save our child from the so called bl*****ds. If our child does not return home safe or if she gets a slight injury in body, then don’t ever think of looking the sun-rise tomorrow morning.’ threatens Arun looking at Rahini. and leaves the place angrily.

 

Rahini looks at Arun in irritation but her face turns in tension. Her mobile phone rings and flashes ‘Chief Editor’.

 

‘Hello Sir’

 

‘Rahini, Pratik is right now nearing the Victoria terminus. You leave right now and meet him.’

 

‘Ok sir. Thank you’ says Rahini and disconnects the call. She looks at Radha and says ‘Chithi, I am leaving right now. Take care of Trisha’s grandmother and also Arjun. You both be careful Chthi.’

 

Rahini rushes to staircase.

 

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ARTE MANSION

 

Rohit is wandering everywhere with tension in his face. He dials in his mobile and hears busy tone.

 

‘Damn it Chota. You don’t have the habit of picking up the phone. Why the hell you are having a mobile for you, Idiot?’ screams Rohit at Arun

 

His mobile phone rings and answers the call in first ring.

 

‘Bhayya, Trisha is kidnapped’ hears an anxious Arun’s voice.

 

‘What?’ asks Rohit shockingly. ‘What the hell are you saying? But why? Anybody found that she is my daughter and kidnapped for blackmailing me?’

 

‘Bhayya? She was not kidnapped because of you. It is a long story. Right now I am going in search of her to Victoria Terminus. I will call you later. Bye!’

 

‘Hello Arun’ shouts Rohit but he hears only the disconnected tone.

 

‘Nonsense’ screms Rohit and throws the phone and it falls on the bed. Rohit wears his coat and rushes from his home.

 

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SAHANA APARTMENTS

 

Group of people are wandering here and there around the apartment complex. One of them is a Nepali Gurkha with a long stick in his hand crossing the building. Another guy is pushing a hand-vehicle with full of tender coconuts and in just opposite another guy is pushing an ice-cream vehicle. One another guy is repairing his motor-bike right opposite to the gate of the building. One another guy is selling Vada Pavs on that area. Elders, children and many youngsters are approaching them for the stuffs which they are selling without even having a question in their mind of how all types of sellers assembled there at same time unusually rather they were very happy that they got chance to enjoy their favorite eatables. God only knows what would happen if the people find out that they are not regular sellers but goons belonging to one of the deadly politician Naina Deshpande.

 

‘What happened?’ asks the motor-bike guy in his wireless device

 

‘That lady did not come out till now’ replies the Gurkha guy.

 

The coconut and ice-cream guys are standing in front of the building pretending to sell their stuff. On the other hand they are watching for a lady to come out of the building. Rahini rushes out of the building so fast and runs from the place. The Gurkha guy does not see her but the motorbike watches her running from the building in 'Nick of time' and he compares the face with the photograph in his mobile.

 

‘Abey Oye! The lady has come out and she is running’ intimates the guy to his fellow mates.

 

‘Are you sure? She is the one?’ asks another guy to him.

 

‘Yeah, I am sure. I have the photo of that lady sent by our lawyer madam. She is the one. Come on we should catch her fast’ says the motorbike guy and he starts his bike. He picks up the Gurkha guy at his back side. Meanwhile the coconut and the ice-cream guys get onto the other bike leaving behind the customers they were attending. The people who bought stuffs from them look at them in wonder and shout at them to stop but they have crossed beyond their reach of voice.

 

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Rahini rushes to the main road so fast to catch any transport. She looks at her watch and already 10 minutes of the time has passed by.

 

‘God, please save all of us. Please get me there before it is too late’ prays Rahini in tension.

 

She tries to stop auto-rickshaws and taxis around but nothing stops due to the occupied passengers. She then tries to stop some passers-by vehicles but they too does not stop. She looks at her watch and another three minutes have crossed.

 

‘God, please save me from this mess. I don’t want anything to happen to Trisha. Please help me to save her’ prays Rahini to herself. She waits further to catch a vehicle but no one stops.

 

‘This is not going to work’ says Rahini to herself.

 

She looks at a fast moving car coming towards her and stands in the middle of the road with her hands raised to sign the driver to stop. The car jerks heavily due to sudden intervention of some hurdle and the person driving the car looks at her furiously.

RAHINI - Aur Ek Prem Kahani - Innoru Kadhal Kadhai - Episode 46

SAHANA APARTMENTS

 

‘Until I am alive, I am not going to let this happen’ shouts Radha in a high volume in her home looking at KP and Rahini. ‘I already sensed something fishy about the woman’s intention. See, I have been proved right. You both of them tried to convince me that everything is fine. Now please both of you open your eyes wider and look at the real world around you’

 

‘Shh. Radha. Don’t react too much. It is not good for health. Anyway, nothing which we have to bother like this has happened till now’ says KP trying to calm her

 

‘What are you saying? Haven’t you heard what the lady was trying to tell us? She wants our Rahini to marry her son, that monstrous son. How dare she can ever think like this! How dare she can open her mouth and pass such an obligation! Is the word ‘fool’ is written on our foreheads?’ shouts Radha and looks at Rahini. ‘Had you not been there, I would have insulted that woman and thrown her away out of this house’

 

Rahini looks at Radha and goes to her.

 

‘Chiti, please calm down. Your reaction to this matter is unnecessary. Please Chithi, do not talk about her like this’ Says Rahini to her

 

‘How can I ever calm down and why should I not speak about her like this? How can she ever think of marrying her cruel son to a woman. Is it not she is spoiling the life of a girl by uniting her devil son with a human. He did not spare his own daughter and not even thought that she is a little girl. When his own daughter is not safe in his home how can any other woman can live safely with him? I am really having a doubt that whether his first wife is dead during child birth or he did something harm to her?’ shouts Radha again and again.

 

‘Radha’ calls KP in a frustrating voice. ‘Enough. Don’t behave as if someone is going to kidnap us in gunpoint and the wedding is going to happen in next one hour. Nobody can force us to do anything which we don’t want. If you are not interested to get your daughter married again, say it politely. Don’t be so mean’

 

‘You are diverting the topic. My point is not to prevent my daughter getting married again rather I don’t want that cruel man to be the son-in-law of this house. That is it.’ Says Radha and turns to Rahini. ‘Chella (meaning ‘dear’ way of addressing someone affectionately) Do you get my point? Please don’t take me in wrong way. They may be rich people and they have plenty of money but they are so poor in terms of happiness in their home. You cannot live happily in such a place. You have suffered quite a lot of pain in your life. I don’t want to face the same fate again.’

 

‘Chithi, you don’t have to give me these many explanations. I am not marrying anyone in my life. Matter is finished.’ Says Rahini gathering her things in her hand.

 

‘No Chella. We want you to get married again. But to a nice and wise guy who can give you a life and love which can heal you from all the pains and sufferings which you have gone throughout your life.’

 

‘Chithi, perhaps you don’t know that there are millions of women who are not able to get married even once in their lives for millions of reasons. I am a married single mother and I don’t think a second hand product can have demand in a wedding market.’

 

‘You are not a product. You are Rahini. I can accept about your theories but it is not applicable to you’ says Radha

 

‘Why? Did I jump from the sky suddenly? What has anything to do with Rahini? It is just a name.’ says Rahini to her

 

‘It is not just a name but a brand. A brand of courage, modesty, honor. Come with me’ says Radha and she drags Rahini towards a mirror. ‘Look at yourself. How much effort you may put to conceal your real beauty but nothing can stop you from looking beautiful in everyone’s eyes.’ Says Radha to her.

 

Rahini looks herself in the mirror. Her big round eyes within the big black framed spectacles, her neatly brushed oily hair which is tied like a bun, her ¾ sleeves blouse, her cotton saree and the big round Bhindhi does not prevent her to look beautiful still’

 

‘Do you remember on that day when you took interview of that some big CEO? Nobody had seen you like that on the channel before. After looking at your changed appearance, many of us said to me that they did not imagine Rahini is this much beautiful. Many complained to me that you are not looking like that always. Nobody can say that you are a mother unless someone gives that information.’

 

Rahini does not take her eyes from the mirror.

 

‘Your beauty, your intelligence and your good nature deserves more better or best ever soul mate for your entire life. You deserve someone who can take care of you and be with you in all of your ups and downs. I am so sure that such a guy can be surely found.’

 

Rahini comes out of that mirror area. She gathers her things and sets towards the door entrance.

 

‘Here after don’t think of stepping into that house. Everything is over between us and them. You, better hand-over this case to someone in your NGO and back out. We should not have any contacts with them from now on.’ Says Radha angrily

 

Rahini turns around and looks at her.

 

‘Chithi, I don’t want to do anything against your wishes. Hence please don’t ask me anything which will make me to go against you’ says Rahini to her

 

Radha shocks at Rahini’s answer.

 

‘You mean to say you are not going to be obey me?’

 

’I can do anything except this. I cannot leave Trisha at any cost. I have promised.’

 

‘I cannot accept that promise. She cunningly made you do that. Intentionally done.’ Screams Radha

 

‘I did not mean that one. I am telling about the promise which I made to Trisha. I cannot leave her.’

 

‘Why? What does you have to do with her? What relationship you share with her?’ screams Radha

 

‘I don’t know. I am not having any answer for the questions you ask me. I feel something is bonding both of us. I cannot say what it is but sure I cannot let go of her’ says Rahini and leaves the house.

 

Radha looks at Rahini angrily and then she turns towards KP

 

‘Look at what your sweet daughter is saying. She is not ready to obey my words.’

 

‘She is not a small kid rather she has a kid. She knows what she is doing. Let her go’ says KP to Radha

 

‘How can I? That lady will sure brain-wash her and make her to marry her son. It is dangerous.’

 

‘I said already that she is not a kid anymore. She is very clean and clear in what she wants. You don’t have to worry. I am sure she will not go after a pitiful fate and spoil her life. Have faith on her’ says KP trying to calm down Radha.

 

‘I cannot. I am scared that something might happen which will make things go in wrong way. I cannot allow that.’

 

‘Let us hope nothing like that happens’ says KP looking at Rahini at the entrance of the apartment complex.

 

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ARTE MANSION

 

Arun is shocked at the look of Gagan who is standing at the entrance door. Nobody would say that she is a daughter of a leading lawyer and she herself is a lawyer by her appearance. Gagan steps inside the room in stylish manner and comes near to them. Rohit turns away but Arun looks at her with shock and surprise.

 

‘When did you plan to change your profession by the way? You should have informed me before so that I would have looked out for some other good lawyer’ says Arun to her looking at her.

 

‘Uf baby! Is there any rule in Indian Penal Code that lawyers should not dress up sexy and glamorous?’

 

‘You are the lawyer. No better than you would knew about this’ says Arun looking at her as if he is looking at a joker

 

It is one of the new fashions introduced in Paris market very recently. It might take some more time to reach India. But it is me who wears it first out of the 50+ million women in this country. What an honor isn’t it?’ says Gagan happily looking herself proudly.

 

‘Who is that person who gave you this honour?’

 

Gagan gets excited and says ‘It is my brother Shashank. He has a fashion designer friend at France. Last time when he met me, he told that I would be a perfect model and I have great future in Paris fashion world. But, Mamma said a big ‘No’. He sent me this dress as a token of love. My bro told me that he wishes to propose me. How is it?’

 

‘Wow! Great. Soon you are going to be ex-lawyer and model in Paris fashion markets, huh?’ says Arun and turns toward Rohit and whispers to him ‘May be Indian people will get a chance to escape from next Naina Deshpande’. Rohit smiles on hearing it looking at somewhere.

 

‘No. Why would I? I will never leave my sweet country and my people. How can I breathe if I go away from all of you?’ says Gagan

 

‘Damn unlucky Indian people. Who can change their fate from this mini Naina?’ says Arun

 

‘Excuse me’ frowns Gagan

 

‘Nothing. All the best. Anyways what about us? You were saying that you have some solution?’

 

‘Oh yeah. I have an awesome solution for your all problems.’

 

‘You let us know the solution first. We shall decide if it is awesome or not’ says Arun mockingly

 

‘Look at this’ says Gagan and she gives a document to them. Arun gets the document from her and goes through it. He eyes grew wider on reading each and every line of the document.

 

‘Hey buddhu (fool) What have you done?’ screams Arun at Gagan

 

‘I have done what is required that is it.’

 

‘It is rubbish. You have planned to trap us all and send us to jail permanently?’

 

‘Hey, look. I am a lawyer. I knew the holes in our law and I can pierce through it. So you don’t have to worry. Your problem is solved. Be happy’

 

‘This is just a temporary solution. It will prevent us from appearing in the court tomorrow. That is it and it is not going to help for long time.’ Says Arun to her

 

‘What solution you have with you?’ asks Rohit grabbing the paper from Arun

 

‘I have bought some time. This document shall prevent the exposing our Rohit in front of media. We have to do something so that his name is not exposed once for all. Did you think about my plan once again?’ asks Gagan to him

 

‘She is a celebrity journalist and creative director of leading magazine’ hears Mrunalini’s voice in Arun’s ears.

 

‘I have not decided.’ Says Arun

 

‘You are too slow in everything. Just decide it dude. You have no time.’ yells Gagan

 

Arun looks at Rohit going through the paper. He then turns towards Gagan.

 

‘How much integrity you have about your plan? We will get into any other trouble isn’t it?’

 

‘100% guarantee. That lady will never think about clashing with VIPs like us.’ Says Gagan with arrogance.

 

‘Our names will not be exposed right?’

 

‘Not even initials’

 

Arun thinks for few seconds. He then says ‘Tomorrow that lady should not come to court for the hearing. It is your responsibility.’

 

‘Now only you have proved that you are wise. Don’t worry. She will not step out her room after this evening’ says Gagan to Arun

 

Arun gives a worried look. ‘If Ma finds out of the truth, I am finished. Ganpathi Bappa, please make everything in our favor’ thinks Arun himself.

 

Arun looks at Gagan and is astonished. Her eyes are filled with lust which tries to drag the handsome Superstar towards her. Arun looks at Rohit who does not notice it.

 

‘Gagan, thank you very much for your help. As a token of love, I will drop you at your place. Come on’ says Arun and pulls Gagan out of the room.

 

‘Hey…’ says Gagan and leaves with him.

 

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HINDUSTHAN BROADCAST NETWORK

 

Rahini comes to her seat with some files and papers in his hand. Her extension phone rings and she attends the call.

 

‘Yes Rahini here’

 

No one speaks.

 

‘Hello, who is speaking. This is Rahini here.’ Says Rahini raising her voice

 

Again no one speak.

 

‘Helo, I am not able to hear. Is anyone there? Is line is dead?’ says Rahini

 

‘Line is not dead but your press reporter is going to be’ says a hard male voice from other side.

 

Rahini is shocked by the answer from other side.

 

‘Hello, who is this?’  asks Rahini.

 

‘What bothers you? Right now you and your news channel should bother only about your reporter who considers himself as a hero. Listen carefully. Just tell him that, whatever evidence he has collected against us, should be returned and destroyed immediately. Otherwise, I think I don’t have to say anything about what will happen’

 

Rahini’s face turns in fury.

 

‘Who the hell are you? If you have the guts, come in front of me and speak you idiot. Don’t try to threaten and suppress the truth.’ Shouts Rahini to the person.

 

‘This is not any threat, lady rather a warning. Our warning only will be verbal not the threat. You people cannot tolerate our threat and our actual action will be beyond your imagination. And this warning is not only for him but for all of you who try to trap us. If you wish to lead a normal and peaceful life, just back off from all of your heroic stunts.’

 

‘What if we don’t? We have seen quite a lot of rogues like you. Your phone call is not sufficient to scare us. Try something new and come back. And by the way, you all better get prepared for life which you people going to spend in jail’ Screams Rahini 

 

‘Fine. If this is your decision, then I have nothing but my hearty condolences to all of you and especially to your news channel’s hero reporter. By the way, your child is studying at Kamala Bhai Matriculation  School,  isn’t it’ asks the guy cruelly to her.

 

‘What?’ shouts Rahini in shock

 

‘Nothing just a confirmation.’ says the guy

 

The call gets disconnected. Rahini tries to get connection to the call again but only dial tone is heard. She immediately dials the extension and talks to a person.

 

‘Just trace the call which I spoke now from my extension. Let me know where it came from. Come on, fast.’ instructs Rahini to the person on the phone.

 

She then dials a number in her mobile and keeps it on her ears.

 

‘Yes, Chella’ hears Radha’s voice from other side.

 

‘Chithi, is Arjun safe at home?’ asks Rahini in tensed voice.

 

‘Yes. Just a few minutes before I picked him up from his school. Why? What happened?’ asks Radha to her.

 

‘Nothing Chithi. Please don’t let him out until I say.’ Says Rahini in tension relieved tone.

 

‘Yeah. OK. But what happened?’ asks Radha. Her voice also shows tension.

 

‘Nothing I will call you back.’ Says Rahini and disconnects the call.

 

Rahini once again dials the number from her extension to Pratik’s number.

 

‘The number you have dialed is currently out of reach. Please try again later’ hears the automated voice.

 

Rahini’s face turns tensed and she once again tries the number. The same voice is heard.

 

‘What is happening in this office? No one is giving me correct information about whereabouts of Pratik. I did not get any update about the case.’ Says Rahini to herself.

 

She takes the handset of her extension phone near to her and calls a person.

 

‘Where is Pratik now I want to meet him?’ says Rahini to the person on the other side.

 

‘Mam, actually he has gone for some investigation’ says the male voice to her.

 

‘Regarding that child kidnap case?’ asks Rahini

 

‘Yes mam. He told that he got some evidence which is the ultimate. If he manages to grab it, the task shall be accomplished. So he has gone to get it’ replies the guy on other side.

 

‘My God! Why does he take chances blindly? His life is under siege. Anything might happen if he…’ says Rahini in tension. ‘Just any of you catch him by any means and let me know about his whereabouts.’

 

‘Ok, Mam’ answers the guy fast.

 

Rahini once again tries her mobile to Pratik’s number and the call rings at opposite side. Rahini shows a sigh of relief and waits for the call to get connected. Rahini’s mobile phone rings on other side and she looks at the screen flashing ‘Mrunalini calling’. She attends the call and hears a tensed voice.

 

‘Rahini beta, Trisha did not come home till now. I don’t know what to do now?’ asks Mrunalini in a tensed voice.

 

Rahini gets shocked on hearing it.