Pallavi Raghavam

SHOT 4

It's been a week of continuous dressings and thankfully his wounds are far better now. His wound on his back is still bad and luckily his plasters have been taken off. But something was off, Pallavi could sense something serious was up looking at Farhad's demeanor and his struggle to not tell certain things to Raghav and deal with them alone.

She took a deep breath and sank into the sofa, it was afternoon and it's been a while that she sat like this. There are no auspicious days coming up so there are no orders for her catering lately. She just has to cook less than usual.

Suddenly she could hear muffled voices from the bedroom which she tried to ignore but she couldn't help eaves dropping as she can feel a tug in her chest sensing something bad coming up.

R: kyu Farhad? Kiske liye? Na maa ka pyaar, na behen ki understanding.. khud ko appa aur Arjun ki death ke liye Aaj Tak maaf nahi kar paya. Na Amma se maafi maang paaya, Kam se kam keerti ko samjha nahi paya.
Khud ke baare me sochke ek ladki ki life barbaad kar di... Kisika nahi ho paya Farhad. Ab kis liye ye Jayati jewels? Kiske liye kama Raha hu? Kisko prove karna hai mujhe? Jabki sabko galat hi samajhna hai? Na Amma hai, na keerti hai, na meri Ghar ki Lakshmi mere saath hai. Aaj Tak itna bada business shuru karke kya ukhada hai? Akele itne bade mansion me rehke kabhi khush nahi tha... Isiliye… Bhejdo jayati jewels.

F: Anna, main jaanta hu ki aap bohot emotional ho rahe ho aur aapko khud par bahut gussa aa raha hai lekin ye waqt nahi hai aise decisions lene ka. Vedant ab Tak toh mere aadmiyon ke Nazar me hai, lekin hume alert rehna padega anna... Amma aur keerti bhi safe house me safe hai. Main cctv footage check kar Raha hu. Aap please ye sab abhi mat socho, sab theek ho jaane do…

Saying Farhad left, a person came to dress his wound on his back and Pallavi went in if they needed any help as Farhad was not around.

As soon as the bandage was opened on his upper back and the old gauze was removed, she saw the reflection of his wound in the mirror behind him. This is the first time she saw the wound, she was helping on and off with the dressing but she has always been on the front. But this time it was not the same, a soft thud followed where Raghav ran to wake her up. She fainted seeing his wound. She could hear his voice but her eyes couldn't open. Soon, her eyes peeled open only to see his teary eyes. Rama gave her a glass of water and helped her up. She again saw the mirror only to see his wound oozing because of this sudden incident. She clasped her palm onto her mouth trying not to puke and Rama took her onto her sofa.
Soon his dressing was done, and Pallavi dozed off on her sofa. She woke up around 10:30 at night and sat down to eat some khichdi.
Farhad rushed into the house calling Raghav.
F: anna! Anna! Vedant hamare radar se missing hai aur amma aur keerti bhi missing hai. Uske cctv ko hack Kiya anna, aur ek hi loop play ho raha hai jaise amma aur keerti andar hai par kidnap kar liya usne!
Pallavi ran to them while they heard a loud horn from outside.
They opened the window to check and to their horror, it was vedant who was holding keerti in just a bed sheet wrapped around her and nothing underneath. Her hands were tied and mouth was plastered, she is hysterically crying and trying to run but if she tries too hard, she can be naked any second. They ran down onto the road and

V: Raghav Rao! Hyderabad ka Don! Kaha gayi tumhari don-giri? Tujh jaise fattu ko nahi dekha Jo apni biwi ke peeche chipa hai itne din!
R: aye!! Tumhari dushmani mujhse hai Vedant! Keerti ko beech kyun laa Raha hai? Aur tu mard hai toh mujhse deal kar! Sharam nahi aati auraton ko lekar dhamki de Raha hai? Aur amma kaha hai??
V: apne kaam se kaam rakh sakta na phir? Kya zaroorat thi college me mere against complaint karne ki? Ki main drugs leta hu? Aur maza toh ab ayega na! Kal subah jab akhbaar me chapega ki Raghav Rao ki behen keerti rao ki beech sadak pe nashe me raat ko rangeen bana Rahi thi
R: khabardaar jo tu Aisa kuch bhi Kiya toh, tu keerti ko chodd de!
V: theek hai... Taras aa raha hai ab tumpar ! Ek kaam kar .. tumhaare amma ke paas kuch hi ghante bache hai ab... Tujhse ho sake toh bachao aur haa tune bola na Teri behen ko chodd du... Le... Chodd diya…
And he tugs at the blanket as she spins out of the blanket as well as the truck when raghav runs to cover her pallavi pulls out the car cover from the roadside car and covers her saving her dignity just in time.
As they turn around vedant leaves
P: Farhad car leke aao
She gets into the car pushing keerti in and Farhad gives Raghav his bike keys to follow vedant and they'll be enroute RR mansion to take care of keerti.

Farhad made sure to inform the police and the track vedants truck from the control room. After a chase of around an hour of him trying to escape from all possible routes ending up surrounded at his place by police vans and getting arrested and Raghav running in to rescue Jaya and rushing her to hospital in an ambulance which was already booked.
Doc: sir, madam ko blood ki zarurat hai aur kisi blood bank se laana padega ya kisi donor ko dhundna padega
Last time jab wo admit thi toh kisi Pallavi Deshmukh ne unko blood donate Kiya tha... AAP kaho toh contact Karu abhi?
R: Pallavi Deshmukh?! Toh last time pallavi ne blood Diya tha Amma ko?
Doc: aap unhe jaante ho?
R: ji... Aur I'll call her
Pallavi put keerti to sleep after a doctor checked her and Farhad's phone rings
F: bhabhi? Anna ka call hai
P: hello?
R: keerti kaisi hai?
P: So gayi... Amma kaisi hai?
R: Amma ko blood ki zarurat hai... Aur record me hai ki tum ek baar already de chuki ho
P: haa, Maine Diya tha... Abhi aau? Keerti ke saath koi nahi hai
R: Farhad kisi ko arrange karega apne staff me,
Tum Farhad ko leke pohuncho
P: theek hai
After a while of pallavi donating a couple of units of blood, she sat in the waiting hall where Raghav was sitting near a window with his head in his palms unable to deal with so much, when Farhad handed her some sandwiches and juice.

F: bhabhi please kha lijiye, aapne dinner bhi nahi Kiya aur blood donate karna pada...
P: main khaa lungi…

She walks up to him and he looks up towards her,
R: zabardasti bahut kuch karna pad Raha hai tumhe, jabki tum dur rehna chahti thi mujhse, pehle toh Tod Diya tumhe, fir zabardasti tumhare Ghar me ghusa apni zarurat ke liye... Ab firr se aisi situation aayi ki tumhari fir se help Lena pad Raha hai. I don't know kab ye sab rukega?
P: tum khud ko sambhaalne ke chakkar me ye sab bol rahe ho. Lekin, ye sab bolne se zyada der Tak khud ki dard ko suppress nahi kar paoge.

His lower lip went down and his chin quivered, breaking down into sobs. She held him where he leaned onto her chest and she circled his shoulders stroking the back of his head.

She knows that he is not able to forgive himself for not being able to save his family from humiliation and loss. He was never understood nor valued by them, he was never forgiven by them yet again he gave them another reason to hate him and despise him that they had to go through all this because of him.
Tears surfaced her eyes, he's a human after all. No matter how bad a person is, it's natural to crave love from his family. He doesn't deserve this, all he tried was to protect them and all this for the cost of being right, and doing right. She doesn't know if she should be thankful that Vedant is arrested or Raghav had to pay the price for being right this time. Life's not fair.

Whatever she has been through was totally different from what he is going through right now. Maybe this is when one understands that a person is not a bad person from just one point of view. And it doesn't feel right to leave him alone in such a situation, not because she's his wife but no one should go through this pain.

He looks at her with bloodshot eyes when she wipes his tears with her pallu and his cheeks and his forehead.

P: I don't know if I can say this right now, and I know ye kehna easy hoga lekin mujhe sirf itna lag raha hai ki
Sab theek ho jayega.