Should I drop you back to the gym?
Yes, my car is parked there.
Alright. I wanted to surprise aunt, but I will visit.
I really want to see her. - Sure, do come over. Sit.
Alright, buddy. I will drop by later.
Take care, then. - You too.
Okay, bye. - Bye.
I have been sitting with your bike for 2 hours.
I need to go home too. There you go.
That was the last straw.
It will take me an hour and half to get home walking from here.
Hello, greetings.
All well? - All well, Salauddin.
I am having fun.
Okay, the party is still on?
Yes, it is.
It is quite late, so I called to ask.
Okay, fine. Enjoy yourself.
We will talk later. - Salauddin? - Yes?
Is that Salma? Let me speak to her. - Yes.
Speak to dad. - Yes, let me speak to him.
Now that you are here, they will all call!
Tell them you're safe! Not out in the woods.
So, Salma!
Greetings, dad. - Greetings.
All well?
Everything is fine.
Thank God, you are home.
I was so worried!
Where were you? - I was with a friend.
The bike broke down.
Why was your phone switched off?
The battery was dead! I have been walking for almost 2 hours.
God bless you, son...
...why didn't you take a rickshaw or cab? - How could I?
Where would I tether the bike?
I could not find anyone on the road to repair it.
Eat something. - I won't eat!
'When will our family have such a lifestyle?'
'When I can dance at my siblings' weddings.'
'Guests will come home to congratulate us.'
'We will get clothes stitched to wear at the wedding.'
Salma,
are you awake?
I will. Go to sleep.
Okay.
'Life is hard to decipher.'
'And even if you can...
...it's still going to punish you.'
'I don't know why I lied to Nofil.'
'I have a new shop, so on and so forth.'
'Although I know he must have an inkling.'
'How rich can one get with a shop?'
I told mom not to send Salma to her friend's place.
I said no too!
Chores come up, guests can come over.
She would have handled it all, if she were here.
Should I get ready or do all this?
Don't stress out too much.
Get ready. I will manage this somehow.
That won't do.
For a proposal meeting, even the kebabs are put under the scanner.
I am not such a bad cook.
That's why I ordered frozen kebabs today.
We are sick of making rolls and...
...kebabs for visitors, anyway.
Come on, get going. Go on.
I will do this.
We are a small family. I have 3 sons.
My elder son is an aeronautical engineer in the US.
That is fantastic.
The other one is also in the US after doing his residency.
I am looking for an alliance for the third son.
What are his qualifications?
He has an MBA degree.
And he has a very nice job in a multinational company.
He is a very good boy and he is obedient, too.
How old is he? - 27 years.
'That's great, the girl is the same age.'
But I wanted a girl who is 3 to 4 years younger.
She is 25 years old.
Since she did her M.A., while studying...
...it does take time. - M.A.?
You said she is a doctor.
She wanted to go for medicine, last year.
We figured, we would get her married first.
Here she is.
Sit, please.
Greetings.
Speak to her.
She is a lovely girl.
She has always been very good.
She used to get very good grades in school.
She has always received scholarships from the start.
She is very good and inspired the same sentiment in her siblings.
I am getting late. Can we go, Tabinda?
Yes, let's go. - Don't go. Eat something.
I have to go elsewhere.
The driver is waiting.
It was lovely to meet you.
Thank you so much for all you have done.
Let's go, Tabinda.
Goodbye.
It was all a waste. Especially the kebabs.
The freezer isn't working.
Who is going to eat this?
What is the big deal?
It will happen! You aren't 40 years or anything.
I will be 35 in 2 years.
Then I will turn 40 too.
When I was 32, you used to say the same thing.
If you are 35, I am almost 30 too. I am not married either.
Yes, you're not married.
But you don't worry about your age and you don't cry...
...when someone rejects you!
Eat your food.
What's cooking? - Apple gourd, so far.
I told you to cook bottle gourd!
Bottle gourd is apple gourd's sister!
And your sister's alliance didn't work out.
It's nice.
Where have you been? I have been searching for you.
What are you doing here, Naziya?
Aliya didn't mention you would be here. - Why not?
Naziya! How are you? - I'm fine.
How did you come? - I came with my husband.
Don't call him that, you're only married in a civil ceremony.
He looks after me as a husband, so the...
...title. He dropped me. He will be back.
Okay, so when do you leave home?
After 2 months. Let me tell you, you must come, no excuses.
I will be there.
Did you notice how sweet she looks?
She is up to something.
No, I am not! She just applied some make-up.
She dressed me in her clothes. I never wear such elaborate stuff.
No, something is up.
Look at her blushing!
Let's get something started if there is nothing going on.
There are so many boys here, someone may like you.
Don't talk nonsense.
What are you doing about getting engaged?
The entire class is engaged. Get with the program.
That is not true.
Aliya is still free.
Besides, Salma is 3rd in waiting.
She isn't in love so marriage is not on the cards.
Tell me more. You look great. - Thank you. - Thank you!
We can't do this for only that much money.
I always get this done from you.
You could cut me some slack.
There is plenty of slack, but this is cost price...
Oh no, where did he come from?
Alam, handle this one. My friend is here. - Come here.
You have surprised me! - My friend.
How are you? - Fine. I thought I'd pile on.
That's not an issue! What are you saying?
I want to visit your place. I could not find the way.
I asked the neighbours and they directed me to your shop.
I figured I would come here.
Let's go home. Mom will be pleased. - Let me see the shop.
I like it!
The boy didn't come. It's not clean enough.
What are you saying? It's great.
I really like the set up.
The power is off and the UPS is not working.
We normally have an AC. - It's fine.
On that note, let's go and meet aunt at home.
Okay, let's go. I'm right behind you.
Here you are. You didn't even speak to me.
You are already on the computer.
How did you manage without this for so long?
Hello, mom. Let me use it since I've been away for so long.
Your dad was upset about me letting you go.
He said, it can't happen again.
Dad will listen. I will convince him the next time.
There is no way I will let you go for so long.
Get that bag out of the way.
What is it, mom? - The usual!
They came to make a proposal and they left behind a rejection.
I wonder when my daughters will settle down?
Bless you! I didn't recognise you!
Well, that is very disloyal of you.
You've shot up and grown stronger.
You're glowing! That's why I said it.
Are you both going to converse right here?
I didn't think of that! Let's go in and talk. Come. - Yes.
Do you remember the house? Come. - Inside. - Yes.
Sohail never mentioned you to me.
Why not? Why didn't you say you met me?
I did tell you. - When?
I told you when I came home late at night...
Oh! Right, so he was the friend you mentioned.
I can't remember things at times.
He came home at 1:30 am.
And he walked since his bike broke down.
While I was calling frantically and he didn't take my calls.
He must be hungry. Some food? - No, thank you.
I don't want any food.
I had come for tea and now I've had that. Thank you.
You must leave after eating.
We may be poor.
But we will share our meagre meal with you.
Aunt, you don't have to say that.
You have a lovely house.
Your son is doing so well in business.
He has one shop and will buy another.
No, my son. We still have debts to repay.
We are stressed about repaying a debt...
...we took for our daughter's wedding.
And now the other one is coming up for marriage.
We have to fulfil that duty too.
But God is great.
He will help us overcome the crisis.
The good times and the bad times, both will pass by.
This time shall pass too. Let me get something to eat.
Sohail, can I have a glass of water?
Mineral water, okay? I can't have tap water.
We drink that too. We don't drink tap water. I will get it.
Sobiya, the curry is ready.
Make the salad and then prepare the kebabs.
And for dessert I think...
Sohail, can we order sweets from the market? - Don't bother.
What is wrong with him?
I loved the tea and your company too.
Yes. You came after so long.
I will keep visiting now.
I have to say nothing has changed.
It's still the same.
Nothing has really changed.
It never will.
Keep in touch. - Definitely.
Mom, it was such fun! All my friends came for the events.
We all had great fun.
What is the boy like?
Okay. I mean, he is smart but...
...just okay.
Rana aunty was very happy.
Obviously! Why should she be unhappy?
What were the in-laws like?
What kind of ornaments did they get?
The in-laws were nice, the ornaments were nice.
They brought very good dresses.
Aliya said, they live in a huge house.
Where? - I guess, in Defence.
Put some effort into it. What's wrong with you?
Aliya's mother got all her daughters married.
No, Aliya is waiting.
She will be married too.
Can I show you images?
How do you have a phone with a camera?
It's not a phone. They are on my computer.
Forget it. Why get envious watching someone else's photos?
Make sure you don't show them to Shabana or Shazia.
They are already pretty upset.
'Oh, no. Anti climax. We can't even talk.'
Don't get angry, now.
Let it go. - How can I let it go?
Mom must have said it without realising it.
She tells my friends the most random stories too.
It is embarrassing for me but all moms are the same.
I had built up my image with great difficulty.
I cultivated it and mom ruined it all!
Nofil was happy, before he left.
He invited us to the US too.
Tell mom, it's just an invite. She can't actually go to the US.
He lives in the US and earns so much more than me.
We are so different! He is not my childhood friend.
I will convince mom.
Can I get you some pudding?
I don't want it.
Let me get it. - I don't want it.
Your mood will improve after you get some sugar.
Excuse me, Ms. Shabana.
Yes, Professor Jahangir, tell me.
You look very pleased today.
How do you know? - You were smiling, right?
Am I smiling now?
No. You were smiling before.
You're not smiling now.
Your glasses need to be altered.
Anyway, why did you stop me?
My poems were published in the newspaper.
I thought I would show them to you.
Congratulations, you are famous.
Thank God! It's my debut being printed in the newspaper.
So, I wrote it for someone special.
So, you could present it to the same.
I am doing that.
There is a limit to everything.
If Professor Jahangir stops me ever again...
...I will forget that we are in the college.
I will straighten him out.
I don't know who he imagines he is.
Does he think he is a Ahmed Faraz?
Even if he were I would not let him in.
Should I scream so he can hear that...
...I won't even think of marrying someone like him?
Calm down, don't let your BP shoot up.
You've been put out for 2 days now.
I am in a bad mood. So what?
I have a zit emerging.
No, it's not.
It is! It was a different size four days ago.
It was different 3 days ago and...
...look at what has happened to it, now.
Are you tracking that pimple for 4 days now?
It will heal. Stop measuring it.
Do you think it's funny? I'm serious.
Salma, you're young and your issues are trivial.
The family is in deep distress.
And you are fussing over a pimple since 4 days!
Go and get me some water.
Let's read the paper and see what it says.
'I am young and all my issues are trivial.'
'That is my biggest issue.'
'No photos since so long and no news.'
'Is everything okay?'
'I keep deciding not to visit her profile.'
'But I keep going back there.'
'Sohail, you are useless.'
'You are getting into bad habits.' - Sohail?
What is wrong with you? Why are you sulking?
As if you care about me?
Who else would care about you apart from me?
You are my only son. So tell me.
What did I do wrong? What is my error?
Why did you tell Nofil about our debt woes?
You've disgraced me!
What are you saying?
I just told him the facts and the reality.
I told him something else. I told him...
...I was loaded, I was making money...
I wonder what he thinks of me?
He must know I am a liar.
Well, I did teach you as a child not to lie.
If it was so important you should have coached me!
I would never speak, but stay silent.
Mom, must I tell you how to conduct a conversation?
You should know about it.
My son, friends don't keep up such facades.
He is a good friend, an old friend and he won't mind.
He won't mind.
I can't even look him in the eyes.
Okay, my son. Say it.
What are you saying now?
If your dad were alive...
...you would never use that tone with me!
You earn and we depend on you!
Now we must deal with all you have to say!
Did I ever make you feel that? Tell me.
Did I? - How much more expressive can you get?
You've said so much to me already!
I keep telling everybody...
...that my son is very dutiful.
He never talks back to his mother. And today?
Okay, fine. I am bad, I am lousy. We are done.
Don't you know me?
You can't blackmail me emotionally.
If you can do it, so can I!
Is my little boy angry?
My sweet boy! Okay, now listen.
I cooked bitter gourd with mince for you. Eat them.
That's my fate. Bitter gourd and nothing else.
There is mince in them! They are not marinated in neem!
Come along now. Come on, my boy.
Tanzeel has sent this.
Where is he? - He didn't come.
He just said I should deliver it to you.
Goodbye.
Hello? - What was that?
What did I do now? - You sent fruit with the boy. Where were you?
I had something to do.
Is it so important you can't deliver fruit?
You get upset, if I visit.
Who told you that?
I felt it.
Don't get all over sensitive with me.
I won't take anything you send via anyone else.
Don't ask me via messages...
...what does over sensitive mean?
I know what over means.
I am always like that.
Listen, there is an issue.
I can tell you when you come over.
Sir, let me go.
What is it? - Come by a few days later and I will tell you.
Okay, I will come by in a few days.
Goodbye.
Sohail?
What is it?
Did your friend go to the US?
Why do you care?
Just asking.
No, he's here on holiday.
Did he go to the college with you?
Yes.
College, school.
His family has moved from this region.
He is very capable, now.
He is lucky, that's why.
A man goes off to the US just like that and his life changes.
If you could study some more...
...you would have a much better life to show for yourself.
Did you finish working on Naeem's laptop?
You didn't, right? - Actually, I forgot.
Where is it kept? - Here it is. - Oh, right.
'It's all about fate.'
'If I were lucky, though I scored more in the finals in school...
...I would not be running a hardware store in Pakistan.'
'And you would never be a software engineer in the US.'
'Truly...
...you are very lucky, Nofil.'
'In every way.'
'Life offered up everything to you on a platter.'
'A good education in a very good university.'
'A good job in the US.'
'All those were my dreams.'
'To be a computer software engineer.'
'To study in the US and then work in the Silicon valley.'
'All your wishes have come true.'
'Now you will snatch a fine girl too.'
'You will get married for love.'
'Because you have everything that a girl looks for.'
'Can I tell you something?'
'Girls only love boys like you.'
'True love.' - Sohail.
You didn't eat that day.
Pudding.
Don't worry about the alliance. I will speak to mom.
I am thinking, I should marry the boy.
What about what you said the other day?
I figured, he's not too bad. I saw him images on Facebook.
It's a nice joint family and they are good people. He is presentable.
Nobody could look at him and tell he is a cab driver.
So are you saying, it's on?
It's on. Can I show you his images on Facebook?
Okay. - Whose photos are you looking at?
Good luck.
Let me see.
'This is good luck, if you ask me.'
'Such a life and such a family.'
'Natalia has it all.'
'She is lovely, she has so many friends and so much money.'
'Any boy would marry her.'
'In fact, he would marry her without a second thought.'
'If I were a boy I would marry her.'
'This is the ideal for every boy, anyway.'
'I must say...
...what a life.'
'It's absolutely perfect, like a fairytale.'
'Everything is picture perfect.'
Do you want to set up a committee fund?
No way.
Why?
Here. It's the lunch break and I am in a hurry.
The system is down. - Okay, I will come after lunch. Thank you.
The fund's value is 300,000.
That's why I suggest you invest. You will save something.
You can use the money for the wedding.
Mom has already invested in 15 committees.
More than half of my salary goes into that.
You can invest in the fund, if you like.
You should tell me that you are already saving up.
I thought you don't have anything saved up.
I know this much...
...you are not a spendthrift.
I can't save since there is no money left.
I get my pay check and the expenses line up.
You're right. Same here.
You said you'd cut your hair the other day. Why didn't you?
I did go but changed my mind once I got there.
I thought about you.
You said, don't cut your hair.
It's no pressure.
You want to cut it, so go ahead.
You said, you have someone coming over to see you.
Don't you feel anything?
When I tell you someone is coming to see me?
No.
Why would I feel anything? - Right.
Why would you feel anything?
I am the only fool in the whole wide world.
Salma, dial this number for me.
What is it, mom?
Remember the boy who set up the UPS?
It's his mother's number. I want her to give me the matchmaker's number.
Mom, leave at least someone who comes here alone!
You take the numbers of matchmakers from anyone who comes here.
Stop talking nonsense! Do as you are told.
Mom leaves her cellphone and I get scolded.
Hello?
It's a boy. - How can that be?
It's his mother's cell. You called the wrong number.
Yes, I make all the mistakes in the world.
Salauddin wrote this note for me.
He may have written it wrong.
My son makes no mistakes. He is an accountant.
Why would he write the wrong number for me?
Try it again.
Hello?
Mom! It is a boy.
Is it the UPS guy? Ask him.
Hello?
Are you the UPS guy?
Are you the sherbet girl?