1920: Horrors of the Heart

"Let me drape the skies over you"

"and show you shimmering stars"

"Let my hands keep the darkness away"

"Come my little princess, I'll sing you a lullaby"

"I'll sing you a lullaby"

"I'll rock you to sleep"

"Let me take you to a world"

"where fairies reside"

"Colourful clouds float in the air"

"and little beauties spread joy all around"

"Come, ride the wings of a butterfly"

"and regale in the showers of happiness"

"Let my hands keep the darkness away"

"Come my little princess, I'll sing you a lullaby"

"I'll sing you a lullaby"

"I'll rock you to sleep"

"I'll rock you to sleep"

I... I love you, Meghna. Is that what you'll say?

That was meant for you, Meghna.

I won't say that to your dad.

No point confessing to me.

I want to know how you'll ask for my hand in marriage.

Arjun, you better get this straight.

If My dad rejects you on the first go,

you won't get another chance.

No second chances at first impression.

Tell me, what will you say?

Child, I like your uncle a lot

and I'll be glad if you give your hand in marriage to her!

What am I blabbering!

- I can't do this. - Arjun!

Meghna, I can't do this. Just stop laughing.

I'm fed up.

I can't do this. No way!

- I just can't. - All right.

- I'll think of something. - Do that, Meghna! Please!

Well, my birthday starts at midnight.

Dad hasn't refused any of my

birthday wishes to this day.

Well, then it's sorted.

Tell him you want me!

You see times are changing.

It's girls who pop the question abroad!

- You do the same. - Wow!

Ethnic references as per convenience!

For now, I just want to

be your lover.

Meghna!

Come quick, your dad is...

Meghna!

- Hey! - Sorry!

- Meghna! - Move!

- Move aside. - Meghna!

- Meghna! - Dad!

What's taking so long, sir?

We've been waiting for 4 hours.

We can't cremate him without the death certificate.

I know that.

If I could, I'd have given you the death certificate by now.

But...

What exactly is beyond your control?

When we dissected her father for autopsy,

we saw that his cardio vascular system was intact

but...

Look, what he's saying is his heart was missing.

In other words,

his heart was never part of his body!

What do you mean by that?

You're talking rubbish!

- What are you doing? Let go. - Why don't you just admit

that you sold his heart to medical students!

- There was no heart in his body. - I'm a journalist, I won't spare you.

Tell me what you've done. Tell me.

- Let go of him. - Hold on.

- Tell me. - Please stop!

Stop it!

Just give me my dad!

I want nothing else. I just want my dad.

We'll start the cremation process by purifying the deceased's soul.

There was none as pure as my dad!

It's a ritual, Meghna,

for the salvation of the soul.

Please check if you have holy water.

Yes. Raju.

Meghna.

- What happened? - That was hot!

Hot?

It's okay. Don't delay the procedure.

Plain water will also do.

- Hurry up. - Yes.

Raju.

I've got your favourite buttered buns.

Have some.

You haven't eaten anything for the last 24 hours.

Please go away.

- Leave me alone. - Leave you alone?

What are you saying?

Guess what's going on with me!

My dad,

who meant the world to me

left me all alone!

Leave me alone with his memories.

Please go.

I can't live without you.

I'll be back in the morning.

Meghna,

What are you writing, dad?

Nothing much. It's my personal diary.

Dad, I'm sure you have no secrets from me.

Oh there are plenty.

Meghna,

if you're reading this diary,

it means, I'm dead.

It also implies

it's time to tell you the truth.

Meghna, your mother Radhika isn't dead.

She's alive

and she's the one who killed me.

I'll tell you how.

People didn't like my stories

so my books didn't sell.

It was difficult for your mother to live with a loser.

She was hungry for riches and comforts.

She took advantage of her good looks

and slept with the British for money.

Imagine how that made me feel!

From that moment on,

a part of me began to die.

Your mom was high on adultery and alcohol.

She never hugged you lovingly.

One day, she had enough of my poverty.

She tried to poison me to death.

She wanted to get rid of me

and send you to an orphanage.

But I didn't let her succeed.

I was in a bad shape by the time I was hospitalized.

You know about my epileptic attacks.

I'd spew foam from the mouth like a mad dog!

When I came back from the hospital,

she had left for good.

But the poison your mom gave me

worked like slow poison

killing me bit by bit.

Then one day,

I saw her photo in the newspapers.

She had married some royalty.

She got everything she desired

from money, fame, comforts to luxuries

while you were stuck with me,

a hopeless man.

Meghna, you've turned 21.

You can look after yourself now.

I can't bear these epileptic attacks any more, my dear.

Your mom won and I failed.

Her poison took effect.

She conspired to kill me 16 years ago.

She has finally succeeded.

Dad!

Dad!

I know you're here.

You can hear me, dad!

This story isn't over.

You can't leave me,

that too for a woman

who wasn't worth

giving up your life for!

You'll have to come back to Meghna.

You have to come back to me!

You betrayed me!

You hid the truth and went to the other realm!

You also assumed

the story would end with your death!

Which story are you referring to?

The story

that doesn't just involve you and mom

but me as well.

The story where mom poisoned my dad to death.

She killed him

and separated me from dad for life.

I was left orphaned!

You want

me to look away?

And forget everything?

Your eyes belie your words.

- You want to seek revenge from your mom. - Yes!

I want revenge.

This fire of vengeance will destroy you.

Look me in the eye and say that again.

Don't you want revenge from her, dad?

- Answer me. - I did!

But your dad was weak back then.

Those are powerful people.

We can't go against them.

That was in the past, dad.