May I come in?
What are you saying, sir?
We are fortunate that you graced our house with your presence.
Please come in, sir.
Sir, it's an honour for us to see you here.
Please sit, sir.
Bipin!
Shake hands with him. - Yes.
I put forth my hand to shake his hand.
But he is greeting me differently. What should I do now, dad?
What else? Seek his blessings.
He is way more experienced and older than you.
Yes.
No. It's okay.
Rajni, fetch some snacks for Arya sir.
Yes. - No. Please don't bother yourself. It's okay.
I'll bring it.
Here you go, sir.
No.
My hands are dirty.
No problem, sir. We'll clean them.
Simran, give sir a napkin to wipe his hands.
Please wait a minute.
I mean, Arya sir doesn't like to clean his hands like that.
Anu!
Sir, please come to our house. You can wash your hands there. Come.
Let's go, sir.
What's wrong with Anu? Why is she acting so strangely?
I'm wondering the same, Pushpa.
Perhaps, it's the pre-wedding jitters.
It's okay.
Let it be.
Sir, why have you come here? - To wash my hands?
I mean, what do you need now?
Soap?
I can use a sanitiser if there's no soap.
Water.
Water?
Sir, you asked me to do what my mom wants. I did it.
You asked me to agree to this alliance, and I did that too.
Today, my wedding date is being fixed.
Anu, listen... - No, sir.
All this is happening because I listened to you.
Now, you will listen to me.
I am already doing what you want. Why are you here now?
Anu, I... - Anu.
Give Aryavardhan sir a napkin if he is done washing his hands.
Yes, dad. - No. I have a handkerchief.
I have it.
It's done. - Sir, please come.
Everyone is waiting for you. - Let's go.
Bipin!
Stop playing games on your mobile phone. Otherwise, I will...
Bipin,
stand there quietly.
There! Arya sir is back!
Come, sir.
Wait a minute, sir. Let me put this cushion here.
You will be more comfortable this way.
Gopal, please sit.
There are two auspicious dates for the wedding.
One of those is after two months.
Two months!
No, sir. We can't delay it so much.
When is the second date?
The second date
is after seven days. - Yes. That will be perfect.
No, Mr Raghupati. There are a lot of arrangements to be made.
How will we do it in seven days?
Gopal, you need not worry about that. Leave that to us.
We will get everything done, be it the location, clothes or jewellery.
I can book a banquet if you need a venue.
Wow! Sir, you took the words right out of my mouth!
No, Mr Raghupati.
I cannot afford it.
I think the wedding should take place in our compound
without any pomp and show. We want a simple wedding.
A simple wedding in this neighbourhood!
That sounds interesting.
Okay. If Arya sir likes it,
what else can I say?
That's final then! The wedding will take place in our locality.
Right?
Pushpa! Congratulations to the bride's mother!
Congratulations to the groom's aunt, as well.
Gopal,
we will print 300 cards. I've spoken to the confectioner.
I will talk to the tent guy and the decorator today.
I'll get going. Please let me know if you need anything.
There is no need for that.
I mean, you're an influential man.
I don't want to bother you at all.
A wedding is taking place here. There are a lot of things to do.
Such as?
Such as bringing groceries from the vendor,
vegetables from the market, a gas cylinder,
disposables for the guests, or the tent work.
You won't be able to handle all that.
So, please come to the wedding as a guest.
Okay.
I'll get going. - Sir.
Thank you for coming here, sir.
Sir. You must come to the wedding to bless the kids.
Sir, you're the elder one here.
The wedding won't take place without you.
'All this is happening because I listened to you.'
'I am already doing what you want. Why are you here now?'
Mom. - Have I disturbed you?
Come on, mom. Please sit here.
Okay. You told me that Anu agreed to get married.
Are things moving forward?
Yes, mom.
Her wedding date was fixed today.
Is that so? That's excellent news.
You convinced her to get married.
So, help them with the wedding arrangements.
Everything should go well.
Ma'am, I've retrieved the lamps you asked me to from the store room.
Okay. I'm coming. - Yes, ma'am.
Sir, you have a meeting with the Chief Minister.
She has also invited you to lunch and...
Meera, cancel all my meetings for the next week.
But, sir, you have a meeting scheduled with the chief minister.
Rescheduling this meeting after cancelling it will be hard.
It will be hard, but not impossible. Let's do it.
Okay, sir, but...
I need to give her an explanation for cancelling it all of a sudden.
Meera, there's no need to explain. Tell her it's an emergency.
But, sir... - Meera, I know you can handle it. I trust you.
From Kanpur, there is
Uncle Kalu
and Rohini's uncle's daughter's
son-in-law's sister.
What was her name?
Name...
Gopal!
Let God take a breather one of these days.
What happened? - Come here and help me.
Show me. - Yes.
What have you written here?
Kanpur's Uncle Bhalu!
And Parda from Najafgarh!
Okay? - It is Kalu, not Bhalu.
Oh! - It is Sharda, not Parda.
Read it properly, Mr Sharma.
The writing should be legible for that.
Your handwriting looks like ants crawling on paper.
Tell me. - Give that to me.
I'll do it.
Go and place an order for 150 cards.
150 cards! Why do we need to spend so much?
Instead of cards, we can send messages to people on their phones.
Right, Anu?
Yes, dad. - Look at that. She agrees.
Who has come early in the morning?
Who is outside?
Tighten the security.
Find out where sir is going and what he is doing.
But maintain distance.
One more thing. Arya sir shouldn't find out about the security detail.
Okay?
Jhende,
that means you know where sir is.
But you didn't tell me. Why?
That's because secrecy is strength.
Okay. Keep your secrets to yourself.
Don't tell me where sir is. I will find it out on my own.
Meera ma'am, it would be better if you don't find out.
You won't find out anything anyway.
Sir, what are you doing?
What's the need for this, sir?
Where did you bring this oil can from?
I bought it from the same place
the entire locality buys it. Teli Gali.
But that's a crowded place.
It must've been challenging for you to get there.
Yes. The long queues there annoy me.
Sir, people like us stand in queues to meet people like you.
Why did you leave the comfort of your house
to walk in such dusty lanes, my lord?
I am Arya, not Lord.
Honestly, the queue was indeed long.
But I managed somehow.
But, sir, why do you have to manage all this?
Why are you doing this? - To prove you wrong.
You said that I wouldn't be able to handle it.
I just wanted to prove that I could do it.
But, sir, why are you doing so much for us?
It's not for you.
I did this for myself.
What do you mean, sir?
I mean...
For people who go around town in swanky cars
and spend all their time in air-conditioned rooms,
this freedom is no less than a luxury.
To be very honest, I am loving it.
"Pushpa!" - People are right when they say
too much money drives people crazy.
Sir, a well-known man like you
steps into the house of middle-class people like us.
That itself is a big thing for us.
On top of that, you're doing so many favours for us.
I don't know how we will repay you for all this.
There is a way.
What is that, sir?
Allow me to work in your house till Anu's wedding.
What are you saying, sir?
You're akin to God for us. How can we make you work for us? No, sir.
Not God! Honestly,
I am a human being like you.
I admit to having a little more money than you all.
But my emotions are the same
as yours.
You want to be happy.
I want the same.
Just as you fear sorrows,
so do I.
Just as you feel emotions like jealousy and love,
I feel them, too.
People put me on a pedestal as if I'm akin to God.
But in the process, they snatch my right to be an ordinary man.
Please don't do that.
People call me special and distance me from an ordinary life.
Please don't do that.
You know what? When I went to Teli Gali today,
seeing those small, crooked lanes
gave me a strange sense of belonging.
Those simple people looked familiar.
After standing in that line for two hours,
when I finally got this canister, I felt
like I had won the world.
Seeing those broken shops and stalls
reminded me of my past.
Past? What do you mean by your past? Sir, you...
My past is nothing like what you have imagined.
This Aryavardhan who is standing before you, wasn't always like this.
To tell you the truth,
he was just like all of you.
Like us? - Neither does time stay the same, nor does a person.
There was a time when I was also different.
And so was my time.
You are all middle-class people.
I was extremely poor.
Sir, you were poor!
Sir, you have a rich person's face.
When a person becomes rich, even their faces change.
Yes, you're right.
There are many people in the world who have crooked faces,
but they look like heroes as soon as they become rich.
Sir, how did you become rich?
It's a long story. I'll tell you some other time.
No, sir. You've told us half the story now.
Until I don't hear the rest of the story, my food won't digest.
Please tell us the whole story. - Pushpa.
He's refusing to tell us now. Why are you being stubborn?
Please sit down quietly.
Have I ever listened to you? Why do you expect me to change now?
Sit down.
Sir, please, sir. I want to listen to your whole story.
And sir, if you wish, I'll make a bucket full of tea.
We can sip on tea as we listen to you.
Mom! - It's okay, Anu.
If she wants to know,
then I'm ready to tell her.
Every time I close my eyes and step into my past,
I can see a small neighbourhood just like Chandni Chowk.
The place where I stayed.
That's where I began my journey from.
I was very poor,
struggling to make ends meet.
I struggled for food, clothing and shelter every single day.
I did not even have a pair of slippers.
One day, someone gave me their old pair of slippers
and I continued using it for years.
When it snapped one day, I fastened a safety pin and continued using it.
Oh, same to same! Ditto!
I had done the same thing with my slippers, once.
I never imagined you would know this hack.
I have done many other things that you cannot imagine.
There was a different kind
of peace in that poverty.
There was happiness.
The people of my neighbourhood loved me.
They would support me whenever I came back tired from work.
They would wipe my tears.
When I did not have food to eat,
someone would keep a plate full of food at my doorstep.
I can never forget that time in my life.
I cannot believe how such a poor man
could become such a rich man.
I cannot believe it, either.
Because what happened to me,
doesn't happen to many people in the world.
Where is Anu? - She hasn't come to the office today, ma'am.
The number of her leaves is higher than her working days.
What excuse did Her Highness give today? - I don't know.
So, without any prior notice or a leave application
the lady is on leave.
I don't know if this is a Gen Z problem or just an Anu problem.
Ma'am, Sir had hired her directly.
Without any interview.
Maybe she has directly reported to sir.
Are you paid for your work or for explaining Anu's actions?
Ma'am, for my work. - Do your work then.
Sorry, ma'am.
Sir has also not come today and Anu is missing from the office.
It cannot be a coincidence.
There has to be an explanation behind this.
I must find out about this.