radhika (maia katrak) has been married on ten years nikhil (boman irani) , having affair past 6 months interior designer, krish. radhika pregnant krish’s child , pours out plight friend, rita (anahita oberoi). mentions particular incident suffered miscarriage of second child had started rift. radhika says did not want have baby, while nikhil did, , adds both of them have not quite gotten on miscarriage. radhika wants come clean nikhil, while rita advises sort things out in mind first wants before tells nikhil. radhika plays out various scenes in mind has told nikhil of affair , visualizes different ways in nikhil react.
the first scenario has nikhil lying on couch while radhika has confessed , helplessly asking him advice should since doesn’t have clue. nikhil silent part lashes out @ when mentions daughter, sakshi. nikhil walks kitchen make himself cup of coffee , relates radhika first time, had go through when suffered miscarriage. nikhil breaks down, saying came home on day quite ordinary other days find wife pregnant , baby not his. seems fixated on last part, , keeps re-iterating it. radhika tries reach out him brushes away. walks out of kitchen, hall , balcony, radhika follows , realizes has taken jump high rise apartment.
the next scenario has radhika , nikhil on dining table, nikhil singing @ top of voice, radhika’s consternation, while repeatedly refuses believe radhika’s confession, attributing fact radhika typical bored urban indian wife , making whole story laughs. nikhil pokes fun @ situation saying krish , radha perfect each other, while nonchalantly pounding away on laptop.
radhika retains focus on dining table again, supper time scenario played out time. sit down eat, nikhil starts off asking radhika cryptic question go? , , persisting interrogation of sullen radhika until exasperated, asks him means that. nikhil elaborates asking go screw. radhika replies go new flat, nikhil continues making crude remarks until radhika asks him why doing it. nikhil responds banging quarter plate on table make radhika jump , points out that isn’t way reacting, screaming, pulling hair out, or throwing things around, , ventures radhika guess why isn’t acting way. when radhika ask him why, says able maintain cool due indian penal code section 497 radhika private property , trespassing go jail. radhika disbelievingly says wouldn’t that, nikhil holds stand.
nikhil proposes talk radhika friend in next scenario played out in radhika’s mind, asks if has thought future , wants do. suggests calling krish on since wants ask him few questions. radhika thinks futile , asks him ask krish. nikhil starts off asking imaginary krish seated in apartment if loved radhika, krish responds in affirmative. nikhil asks radhika if , krish have thought future, , quite incredulous when says haven’t discussed in 6 months affair has been going on. nikhil poses question krish asking him if marry radhika. on krish’s slight hesitation answer question, nikhil totally dismisses him telling radhika that isn’t way supposed respond, say, of course, need time . nikhil points out radhika krish has walked out of door , explains looking out since concerned. nikhil takes on jealous, egoistic stand in next imagery depicted, hitting radhika fact might have had affair 6 months, while has been having 1 sister anita past 5 years. radhika disregards claims saying acting juvenile, , making revenge. discussion of how nikhil in bed ensues, radhika compares him krish, saying has reduced pair of breasts , 1 other part in bed, without face, without arms, without neck. relates how krish has opened whole new world concentrating , spending hours on neck, never knew sensitive. nikhil asks swear on sakshi krish better him in bed, , when refuses so, hangs on words of hers uttered in context, , uses them massage ego, interpreting same own self better in bed.
the next visualization has nikhil drunk , sorting out cds in bedroom, calls out radhika join him. nikhil starts off asking radhika if knows supari is. when responds saying money given rid of someone, nikhil starts playing out mock situation gives supari krish maimed. enacts complete scene goons castrate krish , place genitals in glass jar, in case, glass of champagne nikhil drinking acts prop , nikhil directly takes sip out of after has finished little act. radhika visibly disgusted , walks out of bedroom.
a cut reality shows radhika still confused , blaming friend rita not helping out. rita propounds thesis plate of biscuits , knife. there’s radhika , unborn baby, sakshi, nikhil , krish, represented biscuits. rita moves biscuits around plate showing various permutations , combinations, , narrows down straight choice between krish , nikhil, alternating knife in quick motions on 2 biscuits represent them. finally, rita asks radhika eat up, , 2 women spontaneously break out laughter @ situation radhika tightly meshed in.
radhika’s mind gets bit intense imagining scene next of returning home amidst sightings of krishna in city, , packing few things of daughter sakshi brown box, while nikhil has returned office. radhika begins silently weep , when nikhil inquires why, talks seeing girl on roadside, fourteen years old, , 5 or 6 years older sakshi, breastfeeding baby. while nikhil puzzling on why affect radhika blurts out pregnant. nikhil’s confusion turns elation , further puzzlement when radhika not share happiness. radhika tells him how did not want go through happened 5 years ago when had miscarriage @ nikhil loses it, , calls stupid since doesn’t know or make happy. next instant radhika lying on floor, bruised badly, in own vomit, pants pulled down on knees, while around broken glass strewn around show evidence of rape , struggle. nikhil emerges balcony hearing phone ring, , bathes cuts on face astringent talks daughter, @ nana-nani’s. radhika emerges wash , clean up, , dress wounds.
the last , poignant of scenarios revolves dining table both radhika , nikhil sitting calm, shared knowledge between them heavy. radhika asks nikhil if has told situation , while nikhil says hasn’t, radhika says has told rita. nikhil says didn’t tell on slim chance might change mind, , chuckles while saying so. radhika quick point out laughed @ point, since fact funny. radhika further clears nikhil shouldn’t hang on fact, has made mind, heart, , in fact many parts of , not changed. nikhil, taking both hands in his, asks if means should start getting used fact isn’t going around. nikhil little surprised since did not realize there fundamentally wrong both of them. radhika starts opening up, telling nikhil things missing marriage. says thinks not treat each other well, isn’t happy anymore, frowns in sleep, nikhil himself pointed out one-day, , starting mother @ 33 itself. nikhil asks if because doesn’t nice things anymore way looks, , admits wouldn’t notice different more, instance if got new haircut, woman, , krish never lets forget that. nikhil tries rationally justify difference between how responded when dating , now. stand now, instead of praising new haircut, point out hair in eyes, since more logical due actual concern. radhika recalls times when taking shower , nikhil sing her, , didn’t have time anymore now, , how missed voice, still misses voice. nikhil tries sing , laughs off impossible since situation isn’t right. bit of conversation more, , nikhil breaks song, on rainbow wizard of oz. asks if can make laugh, , starts laughing himself. radhika catches on infectious laugh , both seem bond in strange strength , maturity.
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