Episode 428

March 18, 2010 at 4:42 am · Filed under Uncategorized

Kurukshetra – Episode 428

Manasvi stands facing everyone in the room and she looks quite upset.

Manasvi: I hate the fact that we’re all fighting over this. I know that something bad almost happened but the truth of the matter is it didn’t. Yes I am shocked to hear the truth of my birth and I wish that someone would have said something to me sooner. But at the same time, I can’t deny the fact that Soumil Agnihotri is the only father I have known all my life.

Manisha detests this statement.

Manasvi: Dadi, if you hadn’t shown up today then I would have spent the rest of my life knowing for certain that this man is my father and no one else. But even after you’ve said what you’ve said, I can’t bring myself to believe it. Chandra Mahel is my home, this is my family. This is my mother and my father. I’m not a Kapoor, I’m an Agnihotri and that’s how I will continue to live. I hope you understand.

Manisha is angry.

Manisha: These people have brainwashed you with their lies. Let me tell you about who these so called parents of yours really are…

Katya almost opens her mouth to say something when…

Manasvi: You’ve said all you wanted to. I don’t want to hear anymore. I just want you to leave. Please.

Manasvi looks at her parents and although she doesn’t smile at them, the two of them breathe a sigh of relief. She walks out of the room and Manisha turns to Soumil and Katya.

Manisha: This isn’t over, I hope you know that.

She too turns on her heel and walks out. When she reaches the great hall, Urvashi is sitting there waiting for her.

Urvashi: What happened, Jethani… ji?

Manisha: Don’t look so smug Urvashi. I’ll be back and when I do come back I will take my granddaughter away from all of this.

Urvashi: Well now you can just do whatever the hell it is you please. I’ve got nothing else to lose anyway.

Manisha: Good bye for now, Devrani… ji.

Manisha storms out of Chandra Mahel and Urvashi covers her face in her hands.

Urvashi: Stupid, stupid woman! The truth about Manasvi’s paternity was all I had going for me to keep Katya and Soumil in my grip. But now…

Just then Soumil and Katya walk in.

Soumil: We have something we want to say to you.

Urvashi looks up.

Soumil: Katya and I have decided to move to the Thakral Mansion since no one is occupying it at the moment.

Urvashi: You can’t just leave like that, what about the company? Anirudh is in New Zealand and I don’t know when he plans on coming back and now…

Soumil: You still have Nachiket and Dushyanth and Aksh and Rajind… They’ll help. I’m thinking about going back to my old business.

Urvashi stands up in a rage.

Urvashi: You can’t do that to me!

Katya: And what about everything you’ve been doing to us for all these years? Every day it was a case of Choti Ma this and Choti Ma that and what did you give us in return?

Urvashi: I cannot believe that…

Katya: Please Choti Ma, we’ve heard enough. Our decision is final. We’re leaving. Come on Soumil.

The two of them walk off and Urvashi looks pissed off. Later that night… Krithika is fast asleep but she is having a bad dream, only it’s not a dream but a flashback. She sees herself walking up to Kartik’s room and knocking on the door. She sees herself knocking over and over again.

Krithika: Dad… Dad… where are you Dad?

At that moment Rajind wakes up and looks at her.

Krithika: I have to tell Dad what’s going on. I have to tell him about what’s going on.

Rajind: Krihtika.

Krithika: Dad… Nakshatra is in trouble.

Rajind: Krithika…

Krithika: Dad open the door! Dad please open the door. Nakshatra is in trouble, they’ll kill him. She’ll kill him.

Rajind touches Krithika’s shoulder and she jumps up…

Krithika: NOO!!!

Rajind: Krithika it’s alright, you’re at home, you’re safe, you’re with me.

Krithika: Water.

Rajind quickly gets out of bed and brings her a glass of water. She drinks it all up and then lies down again. Not too long after she falls asleep. Rajind thinks to himself…

Rajind: Why is she talking about Nakshatra? What is going on in her head?

Then he has a flashback of his own…

Krithika: DON’T SHOUT AT ME! Nakshatra called me before he died! He told me everything on the phone… that’s when I called the police to send them to help him… That’s why I went looking for Dad… but it looks like you got him out of the way too…

End flashback…

Rajind: What if Krithika was telling the truth all those years ago? What if she wasn’t really losing her mind? What if she was right about Choti Ma? It can’t be true… no… no mother is capable of killing her own child. But… what if she did?

Then he has another flashback…

Krithika: Tell them… tell them how you made a deal with Rauktima Di… tell them how you made her convince Dad to marry you because you knew where Ashvini Bhabi was holding Shastra. Tell them!

End flashback…

Rajind: Choti Ma denied all those allegations and none of it was ever proved. Besdies, if Rauktima Di had actually made a deal with Choti Ma like Krithika was talking about, then it’s possible that Aksh would have known about it. But then again it’s also possible that he didn’t know… if he knew of such a thing he would have never kept it to himself. But just because he didn’t know about it that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen either. And the other thing is… no one really knew how Rauktima Di found Ashvini Bhabi in the end. But Aksh was with her when she found the baby… so he must know something. I have to find out what he knows. I have to know the truth.

The next day… Drishti comes back to Chandra Mahel. She walks in and sees Urvashi sitting in the great hall looking upset.

Drishti: Urvashi ji… I’m back.

Urvashi: Drishti ji… I didn’t hear you come in.

Drishti sits down.

Drishti: What’s wrong? You look upset.

Urvashi: Oh it’s nothing.

Drishti: Can’t be nothing. You can tell me if something is wrong.

Urvashi: Actually… there was a bit of a showdown here after you left.

Drishti: Oh? How come?

Urvashi: My Jethani arrived from Australia.

Drishti: Really?

Urvashi: Yes, she’s the mother of Manasvi’s biological father. She turned things upside down for me.

Drishti: Oh no… I hope things have returned to normal though.

Urvashi: They haven’t… Soumil and Katya have left Chandra Mahel with Manasvi. They’ve also left the company.

Drishti smiles to herself but quickly becomes sympathetic towards Urvashi.

Drishti: Not to worry Urvashi ji. Everything will be alright.

Urvashi: How can I even begin to think things are alright? Anirudh has gone to New Zealand and Soumil has left the house… They were my key pillars of support.

Drishti: But the rest of your family is with you. Besides, after the Amsterdam project is through, you won’t need any of them.

Urvashi looks up at Drishti when she hears this.

Drishti: What I mean is, you will be so successful, you can hire people with far superior qualifications to your nephews and your life will be sorted, you’ll be working with some of the biggest names from around the world. Then it will be all about you, you will rule supreme Urvashi ji.

Urvashi smiles at this and Drishti sees the greed in her eyes. Drishti thinks to herself…

Drishti: Now that I’ve got Soumil Bhaiyya and Anirudh away from you, it’s time to focus on the next target.

She leans back in her chair and then aloud she says…

Drishti: Urvashi ji there was another matter of business I wanted to discuss with you.

Urvashi: Oh?

Drishti: One of our investors is being very fussy about his contribution to this whole thing. He is asking that each of the partners double their spend on the project. I’m willing to do it of course because it’s no big deal for me, but I have to think of my other partners like you for example.

Urvashi: Well I’m sure I won’t have any issues with doubling my spend on the project, especially since I know it will be a success.

Drishti: Of course. But there is a way we can all keep our investments just the way they are and better yet, you can make some money out of it as well.

Urvashi: How is that?

Drishti: Well he’s informed me that he has interest in one of our subsidiaries. He wants to buy it off you.

Urvashi: Which one?

Drishti: The Singhania Group of Companies.

Urvashi is surprised to hear this.

Urvashi: But why that company?

Drishti: He says that he used to work closely with your late Jethani Mrs. Sangeeta Agnihotri and that before she passed away he was about to do a deal with her to buy the company and then… well anyway, when he heard that you were involved in this project he realized that the company is now a subsidiary of Agnihotri Incorporated and he is suggesting that he buy it off you.

Urvashi goes into deep thought.

Drishti: Think about it Urvashi ji, especially since he’s willing to pay triple the amount of your investment in the Amsterdam project for the company. None of the other partners will be benefiting off it and you would have spent absolutely nothing. You will be up on the deal even before the Amsterdam project starts.

Urvashi’s eyes are gleaming.

Urvashi: There is some paper work that I have to go through and I have to speak with Nachiket about this but tell your friend that we’ll be ready to sell in no time.

Drishti: See, this is why I like doing business with you. You see what you want and then you go after it. Not a lot of people are like you Urvashi ji. Thank goodness you’re on our side.

Urvashi laughs.

Drishti: I’m really tired now so if you don’t mind I’m going upstairs to rest. Will you let me know when we can work on the final details of selling Singhania?

Urvashi: Of course.

Drishti: Alright then, I’ll see you later.

Drishti walks away and Urvashi leans back in her chair with a smile on her face.

Urvashi: So what if Soumil and Anirudh are no longer here? No one can sink Urvashi Agnihotri. Triple the amount of my investment. Brilliant. I’ll be part of this project at literally no cost and then I’ll benefit off the profit of it as well. Now I’ll have to think of a crafty way to tackle Nachiket. But that shouldn’t be too much of a problem.

And in Drishti’s room… She’s thinking to herself…

Drishti: You may see this as a deal of a lifetime Urvashi but you don’t know that you’re digging your own grave. If you knew the relationships of this house half as well as you ought to then you’ll know that that company is the legacy Sangeeta Chachi left Nachiket. When you ask him to part with it, you’ll be paving the way for him to part with you.

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