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0:15They've come all the way from Hyderabad.
0:17This is my sister-in-law,
0:18and her daughter.
0:20When I told them about your tragedy,
0:23they just had to come.
0:25They insisted on offering their condolences in person.
0:29Look, Sister Zakia,
0:30if you need anything at all,
0:33please don't hesitate to ask.
0:34Don't think of us as strangers.
0:36What are neighbors for,
0:38if not to be there for each other in times of need?
0:40Thank you for your kindness.
0:47I've lost my young son.
0:52Everyone says it was God's will.
1:00I just can't see what God's will could possibly be in this.
1:03Be strong, Sister.
1:05He belonged to God and has now returned to Him.
1:07In the end, that is all of our journeys.
1:14May God grant you strength.
1:18By the way, where is your daughter-in-law?
1:21We were hoping to meet her as well.
1:27Aunt Fakhra was telling us your daughter-in-law is quite beautiful, Aunt.
1:31It isn't just me,
1:33the whole neighborhood is talking about it.
1:35I think her beauty attracted the evil eye, poor girl.
1:38To be widowed at such a young age.
1:40Then take her home with you if you feel so sorry for her.
1:44Zarqa!
1:45Seriously!
1:46Does anyone even care that my brother is gone?
1:52All anyone ever talks about is her tragic fate as a young widow.
1:57That witch took away all our joy.
2:00She's the curse that consumed this home's happiness.
2:04She killed my brother. My brother's death is a painful loss for us.
2:07His passing has left an irreplaceable void in our family.
2:11We lost our family's only son!
2:14He was this grieving mother's only son.
2:17I'm heartbroken by the loss of my only brother.
2:19It is maddening to see you focused on the wrong things.
2:22To reduce this tragedy to the young widow he left behind,
2:24or how beautiful she is.
2:25Is that all the neighborhood gossip about?
2:27Fear God, Zarqa.
2:29Have you no shame?
2:32Are you planning to be my advocate before God?
2:35Are you going to be the one to plead my case before God, huh?
2:38I've heard stories about the devil's disciples.
2:40Today, I've finally seen them with my own eyes.
2:43For God's sake!
2:45He's barely cold in his grave,
2:48and you've already started tormenting him?
2:50Oh, you're one to talk.
2:55Look at her standing right there. It's her.
2:57She's the one who stole the peace from our home!
3:02Get out of here!
3:04We're the ones in agony.
3:06Our world has been destroyed,
3:08and we have no one.
3:11No one at all.
3:14Yet you come here to rub salt in our wounds?
3:16Zarqa!
3:18Go inside.
3:19Just go inside now!
3:21I said, go back inside.
3:24You need to stop socializing with these people, Mom.
3:27Go!
3:30The grief of her brother's death is too much for her.
3:33She can't bear it, so she's lashing out.
3:38Her words are just a reflection of her shattered state.
3:40I apologize on her behalf.
3:42If she's lost her mind, you should take her to an asylum, Zakia.
3:45She's going to end up hurting someone.
3:48She wasn't even happy at her own brother's wedding.
3:50We all saw it.
3:51Her envy is what took his life.
3:54Let's go, you two.
3:55-Get out! Get lost! -It was a mistake coming here.
3:58Get out of here!
4:18Come on, Zimal.
4:19Let's go sit somewhere else.
4:21Why?
4:22What's wrong with sitting here?
4:26Okay, listen.
4:27Tie your hair back.
4:29You know your hair looks really beautiful tied up.
4:32Fahad, I just don't get you.
4:34You've been acting so weird lately.
4:37Really?
4:39See that guy?
4:42He's been staring at you this whole time.
4:45Hey. What's going on? Excuse me.
4:47Why did you just smile at him?
4:49He was just saying hi.
4:50Then you should've said bye.
4:52Look, guys like that
4:55deliberately try to chat up girls just to get friendly with them.
4:59You should steer clear of his type.
5:00Only talk to me.
5:05I see.
5:07So you're feeling insecure.
5:09I have no reason to be insecure.
5:13It just really bothers me when someone looks at you like that.
5:16It makes my blood boil.
5:18Ooh, listen to you, Mr. Romantic.
5:21Hey! Don't mess with the hair.
5:24Don't you know I look like a movie star?
5:26You know, I once read
5:28that a third person in a love story always brings a plot twist,
5:31and I saw it happen today.
5:33You haven't left my side for a second since he showed up,
5:36and I was foolishly thinking
5:38it was because of the four hours I spent at the salon.
5:42You know what?
5:43You don't need to go wasting your money at salons.
5:47You're already cute and pretty.
5:50-Oh, and insanely gorgeous, too. -Yeah, right.
5:53Worried about your wallet, are we?
5:56Don't worry.
5:57Once we're married, I'll handle my own expenses.
6:00The day you marry me,
6:02your whole life will change for the better.
6:04You won't need to put in any effort after that.
6:08Oh, is that so?
6:11It is.
6:12Hey! Where are you off to?
6:15Let's just go out somewhere.
6:18You're hungry, as usual. Let's go grab a bite.
6:27Why are you letting this accident get to you so much?
6:31Accidents happen all over the city.
6:34That girl's husband was fated to die that way.
6:38Why are you blaming yourself?
6:41The same thing happened with Mom and Dad, Zara.
6:46Do you remember?
6:48Two hours.
6:51They lay there at the scene for two hours,
6:58all alone, helpless.
7:01No one stopped for them.
7:04Oh, and do you remember what the doctors said?
7:07Ten minutes.
7:09If they'd been brought to the hospital just ten minutes earlier,
7:19they might have survived.
7:22So if I blame them for their deaths,
7:25and not fate, the people who just saw them
7:27and drove past, then
7:29I have to blame myself for the accident that occurred with that girl.
7:33I could've stopped. I could've helped,
7:35but I didn't. I just kept going.
7:40I didn't stop.
7:42Zaviyar.
7:45You were under immense mental stress yourself back then.
7:48You wouldn't have been able to do a thing.
7:52Someone died, Zara.
7:56A man lost his life.
7:59It isn't so trivial that
8:01we can just brush it aside by saying people die every day.
8:04It isn't that simple.
8:05Alright,
8:06so what if you really find her? What will you do?
8:09Apologize and expect her to forgive you?
8:13I don't know.
8:17I don't know
8:18what I'll say to her when I meet her or what I'll do for her.
8:27It's this guilt,
8:29and it won't let me be.
8:34You need to unwind right now.
8:37You're already stressed out over Ayzel,
8:41and now this is another huge burden.
8:44Try to forget this incident.
8:47Why don't you take a few days off from work?
8:50We can all take a trip to the UK.
8:52Kiran was asking about you, anyway.
8:54She'll be over the moon to see you.
8:56I came here thinking you'd understand what I'm going through.
8:59It was clearly a mistake.
9:00Sorry for wasting your time.
9:02-Zaviyar! -Sorry.
9:03-Zaviyar! Wait, Zaviyar. -I'm sorry.
9:04Just listen to me!
9:14Oh dear, what are you doing?
9:20You do everything around here.
9:22I'm just trying to lend a hand.
9:24Look at yourself.
9:26Your eyes are burning from the onions.
9:28Go on, go rinse them with water.
9:29Leave this, I'll take care of it all.
9:31Oh God!
9:36Your daughter-in-law is cutting onions,
9:38that's why her eyes are watering.
9:40Can't you see?
9:42Your own daughter here is crying tears of blood.
9:45Are you blind to that?
9:48Umar is on his way home from school.
9:50I asked her to make two pieces of stuffed fried bread for him.
9:52Is that such a huge ordeal?
9:53It isn't as if she does much else but mooch off us all day.
9:56If a person is home,
9:57they might as well pitch in with a couple of chores.
9:58What's the big deal?
10:00What great hardship have I imposed on your precious daughter-in-law?
10:02Right, and who do you think you are?
10:04Don't you start with me.
10:05I'm the daughter of this house. She's the daughter-in-law.
10:07There's a world of difference, or shouldn't there be?
10:09-Zarqa, you'd better... -Please, don't.
10:12It's just two fried bread.
10:14They'll be ready in two minutes.
10:18I don't want a two-minute rush job.
10:21Sauté the onions and potatoes properly
10:25before you stuff the fried bread.
10:29I also want at least two chutneys.
10:32A third would be even better,
10:33but Umar won't eat without the tamarind and mint chutney.
10:37Got it?
10:39What now?
10:45You really think she's asking you to make that chutney for Umar?
10:48She's going to polish it all off herself.
10:50Why are you always so cross with her?
10:53She has a right to your affection, too.
10:57You're right, my dear, but
11:00she is my daughter.
11:01I'm her mother, not her enemy.
11:04If my affection ever worked on her,
11:07she would've come to her senses a long time ago.
11:10The wretched girl.
11:11She's utterly selfish.
11:12Sometimes,
11:14I truly wonder if she's even my daughter.
11:18May God show her the right path.
11:21Oh!
11:22Didn't I tell you not to do this?
11:24Come on.
11:25Oh, it's no big deal.
11:26That's enough now.
11:27Come with me.
11:28-It's just a small cut, really. -I don't want to hear anything. Doesn't matter.
11:30Just come with me.
11:33Fahad, stop staring.
11:36Stop staring at me like that, Fahad!
11:39You never know with Brother.
11:41One day he's at the office working late,
11:42the next he's home early.
11:45Besides, I feel awful lying to him like this.
11:48Then tell him the truth,
11:51that you've fallen for a devastatingly handsome guy.
11:54Well, guy I can agree with, but handsome?
11:58What's that supposed to mean?
12:00Alright, fine. I admit every guy at the university is fawning over you.
12:03But you should know, a lot of girls are crazy about me, too.
12:06Oh, really now?
12:06-Yes! -Right.
12:07But this particular guy is head over heels for you.
12:10My heart's been stuck on you ever since.
12:13Before Brother finds out and gives you hell,
12:17we need to be more careful about meeting like this, Fahad.
12:21Besides, we see each other at the university every day.
12:23What?
12:24What's gotten into you?
12:26Meeting at the university is hardly called seeing each other.
12:29A proper meeting is when you make a special effort to see someone.
12:33Like me, right now.
12:36My God, that's a killer smile.
12:39You'll be the death of your adoring lover.
13:01Anyway, so tell me, what would you like to have?
13:06Just some fresh juice.
13:07Just juice?
13:08-No burger, fries, or sandwiches? -No.
13:12-I'm not in the mood. -Good for you.
13:13You eat too much, and you'll get fat.
14:00Zimal.
14:05Brother, you?
14:08What are you doing here?
14:09I should be asking you that.
14:12Uh, I just felt like having coffee, so I came here.
14:18Where was your mind, my dear?
14:22How did you manage to cut yourself?
14:27This wound is nothing compared to the one left by Rafay's death.
14:35If I can live with that pain,
14:40then this is nothing at all.
14:48It tears my heart out to see you like this.
14:54The sorrow of losing a young son isn't an easy burden to bear.
15:04But I have borne the grief of my young son's death
15:08by accepting it as God's will.
15:16You must do the same.
15:19This is just how life is, my dear.
15:25I miss Grandpa.
15:31I tried calling him,
15:34but he didn't pick up.
15:37I just wonder where he is,
15:41and how he's doing.
15:43Oh, my child.
15:44He'll be fine.
15:45He's probably just caught up somewhere.
15:48Why don't you try calling him again?
15:52He worries so much about you, poor thing.
15:59I'll see who's at the door.
16:05Oh, good heavens.
16:08What is it? Is everything alright?
16:09What happened? Who was at the door?
16:11Nothing is alright, Mom.
16:13Someone from her neighborhood came by.
16:15They said her grandfather passed away.
16:17He's gone.
16:20Oh, and the funeral will be held after the afternoon prayer,
16:24and he'll be laid to rest by sunset.
16:26It's a good thing I asked her to make lunch sooner,
16:28otherwise we would've been starving all night.
16:33She hasn't stopped crying since she arrived.
16:43Oh, my child.
16:46You have to be strong, dear.
16:49We all have to go someday.
16:55You need to pull yourself together.
17:00Listen, sweetie, you're in your mourning period,
17:03so it isn't right for you to go.
17:05I'll go to the funeral.
17:07You need to pull yourself together now.
17:10Pull yourself together, my dear.
17:13Grandpa.
17:17My grandpa. Grandpa...
17:25I see.
17:26Have you ordered yet?
17:28Order?
17:30No.
17:32I'll get it.
17:34Waiter!
17:35Brother, let's just go.
17:37I don't like the ambiance of this place at all.
17:38Let's get coffee somewhere else.
17:39Please, let's go.
17:53Here you are, Miss Zimal, one fresh juice.
17:58Where'd she go?
17:59Zimal?
18:03Zimal?
18:57Come on, dear.
19:16Take good care of my granddaughter, son.
19:22I promise,
19:25I'll always keep her happy.
19:30May God bless you.
19:41First Rafay,
19:45and now Grandpa.
19:48You've also left me all alone.
19:51You left your Soha all alone in this world.
20:01Dear God, what kind of trial is this?
20:05One by one, the people I love have vanished from my life.
20:09How am I supposed to live now?
20:12I don't want to live.
20:15I don't want to live anymore.
21:06Fahad, you've put me in a real bind.
21:09When I think about you, I get scared of Brother,
21:11and when I think about Brother, you get upset.
21:14What am I supposed to do?
21:16Fine, I'll be there in fifteen minutes.
21:19I'm just about to leave.
21:20Okay.
21:26Brother, you haven't left yet?
21:29I'll call you back.
21:33I was waiting for you.
21:36Come on,
21:37I'll drop you off at the university.
21:40I have the car, so I'll get there myself.
21:48Is there a problem with me dropping you off?
21:51No, I just figured you were headed to the office,
21:54and I didn't want to make you late.
21:55The driver's here, I'll go with him.
21:57I'll manage to get to the office on time.
22:01There's something I need to talk to you about,
22:02so I thought we could do it on the way.
22:06Let's go.
22:10I wonder what he needs to talk to me about.
22:19How are your studies going?
22:23They're going great, Brother.
22:24Everything's fine.
22:28You seem to have made quite a few new friends.
22:33Has your focus shifted from your studies?
22:36You seem to spend a lot of time outside the house these days.
22:42Who told you that?
22:44I'm always at home.
22:45I come straight home right after university every day, Brother.
22:50Who was with you at the restaurant yesterday?
22:55I was alone at the restaurant.
22:58You saw me there, Brother.
23:01That's a lie.
23:04Did you say something?
23:20Who keeps bothering you with all those calls?
23:23No one's bothering me, Brother.
23:25It's just a friend from university.
23:28She seems pretty impatient for you to get there.
23:34Look, Zimal,
23:39don't you ever lie to me.
23:43You're still a child.
23:49You don't know much about the ways of the world.
23:53I'm not that much of a child, Brother.
23:55And that is precisely why I'm telling you to be careful.
24:25Zimal, you're finally here.
24:27How are you?
24:29I'm fine.
24:31Is the class over?
24:32No, class hasn't ended yet.
24:34I was just waiting for you.
24:35Why are you so late today?
24:36-I just... -Come on, let's get to class. Come on.
24:58-Who's he? -What were you just doing?
25:00Talk to me.
25:01Ask me who I am, not her!
25:04Talk to me!
25:05Who the hell are you?
25:07I'm her brother.
25:08I'm her brother, got it?
25:11If I catch you near my sister again,
25:16I’ll break every bone in your body.
25:19Now, get lost!
25:20Brother!
25:27I said, get lost!
26:16She's just stressing me out over nothing.
26:23The entire house ran on Rafay's salary.
26:26How are we supposed to manage now?
26:27Have you even considered that?
26:30He was the one shouldering every burden.
26:33What are we going to do now?
26:37On top of that, we have another mouth to feed.
26:39Just send her back to her home already.
26:41Fakhra told me about an opportunity,
26:43an institute where women do sewing and embroidery
26:48to support their families.
26:51Don't worry.
26:53I'll figure something out, too.
26:57Our sustenance is in God's hands.
27:00He won't let us starve.
27:06Oh my God.
27:08My brother was the only one keeping this house afloat.
27:12He shouldered every single burden,
27:15and now, you've brought her here to live with us, too.
27:17I'm telling you, Mom,
27:20I can't live like this.
27:22I can't suffer in such poverty.
27:24If a good marriage proposal comes my way,
27:27I’m out of here.
27:31Don't blame me then,
27:33because I simply can't live this way.
27:38Tell me something I don't know.
27:42Well, you know what they say.
27:44When the ship is sinking, the rats are the first to jump off.
27:52You never miss a chance to take a dig at me, do you?
27:56Are you even my biological mother?
27:57Was I actually raised by you,
27:58or did you just pick me up off the street?
28:04Hey, you! What are you doing here?
28:05Eavesdropping on our conversation?
28:12I need to talk to Mom.
28:16What is it, dear?
28:17Come here. Come sit with me.
28:20Oh, my child. Sit down.
28:23What's wrong?
28:24I was thinking I could start tutoring.
28:29Oh, please! Tutor who?
28:31Why would any kid need a tutor?
28:33Their parents spend a fortune on school for a reason!
28:38Why would they pay for a tutor, too?
28:41No, Umar was saying some of his friends are looking for a tutor.
28:45I thought I could teach them.
28:46Oh, Umar was saying!
28:47As if he's the wise old man of the house.
28:50Are you actually listening to a child?
28:52Absolutely not.
28:53All they'll do is come here and make a racket.
28:55Hey, calm down. Yes, love?
28:58Sister, please, just give me one chance.
29:00Don't you dare call me Sister.
29:02How many times do I have to tell you?
29:04I've been saying it since the day you got here,
29:06even in front of Rafay!
29:08Stop calling me Sister.
29:10There's barely any age difference between us!
29:12Enough, just relax.
29:15Mom, I just want a chance.
29:17Please, just let me.
29:18It's alright, child.
29:19You do whatever you think is best.
29:24Go on.
29:25-Thank you. -Go before she starts again.
29:28Go on, dear. Go.
29:38You gave her permission?
29:39It's what the situation called for,
29:43and the sad part is,
29:46the sense of loyalty to this home that you should have,
29:51she's the one who has it, not you.
29:55You never miss an opportunity for a jab, do you?
29:59I'm your own flesh and blood.
30:01She's just the daughter-in-law.
30:03I'm your daughter,
30:04the one you gave birth to.
30:12Dear Lord.
32:42Mom,
32:43I'll go get Umar's books, and your medicines, too.
32:49Please let me know if you need anything else.
32:52This is the prescription, right?
32:56I'll get the medicine.
32:58Besides, how long has it even been since your mourning period ended?
33:01Right, this is the grocery list. Well?
33:03You're just looking for an excuse to get out of the house.
33:06I'll go myself, there's no need.
33:08Do you have more money, or is this all the money you got?
33:10This is all I have.
33:12Here, take this.
33:13You don't need to go out. I'm just doing you a favor.
33:17She's always like this.
33:19She doesn't even have a clue which publisher's books Umar needs.
33:24Why does she have to be so difficult all the time?
33:27My dear,
33:29you know what she's like.
33:32God knows what she's so proud of.
33:35You have a headache, don't you?
33:37Let me make you some tea.
33:41Who could it be?
33:42It's probably Umar. I'll go check.
34:21Can I help you?
34:27Rafay and I are friends.
34:35Were.
34:37I mean, we were friends.
34:43May I come in?
34:48Who is it, dear?
35:35Forgive me, son.
35:38I know all of my son's friends and acquaintances,
35:44but I've never seen you before.
35:46I can explain why. You're right.
35:50You see, Rafay and I only became friends two years ago.
35:54It happened after a car accident.
35:56Please, help us.
35:59My husband has been in an accident.
36:01We need to get him to a hospital.
36:03Please help us. Please!
36:10My car accident.
36:13I was in a severe crash
36:18and ended up in the hospital.
36:22I was unconscious for days.
36:25When I came to, I learned that
36:29Rafay had been taking care of me the entire time.
36:35That's how our friendship truly started.
36:40I had to go abroad for work.
36:46The moment I returned,
36:49I wanted to see Rafay,
36:58but I found out he was gone.
37:03My son, in the prime of his life, gone.
37:07Aunt, please.
37:09Please, compose yourself. You must stay strong.
37:12I’m so sorry.
37:14No one can escape their fate, son.
37:18His time was already written.
37:29You’re an amazing mother.
37:35Here you go.
37:41Please take this.
37:45What’s this?
37:50All the while I was in the hospital,
37:52Rafay paid for everything.
37:55It was a debt.
37:56I’ve only come to pay it back.
37:58Please keep it. Please.
38:02Son, if he were still here, you could’ve given it to him.
38:06You should keep it. What would I do with it?
38:11If only.
38:16If only he were still here.
38:19Oh, I wish he were.
38:24But this is something he entrusted to me.
38:26I can’t betray that trust. Please, you must take this.
38:28Please, allow Rafay’s act of kindness to remain just that.
38:33We can’t accept this money.
38:36This was a trust from Rafay,
38:39and Aunt, I also know he was the sole provider for this family.
38:43He worked at a firm.
38:45This money could be useful for you, couldn’t it?
38:48Rafay never once mentioned you.
38:52To us, you’re a complete stranger.
38:58Please, do us a favor. Take your money and leave.
39:02Aunt, please, make her understand.
39:07If he’s saying Rafay gave him the money, then he must have.
39:12How would we know when?
39:15Just take it.