Khaani Reboot

Verdict

As Hadi is listening to the beautiful qawalli, he gets disturbed by a phone call. It's Momina. He hadn't been taking anyone else's calls. He decided to pick Momina's call.
"Ji Momina ji?" He lets out a smile, still somewhat lost in the qawalli.
"Hadi?! Thank God tumne kisi ka phone toh utthaya! Tumhein pata hai sab kitne pareshan hue baithe hain? Aur yeh kya qawalli ki awaaz aa rahi hai peechhe se, kahan ho tum?"
"Momina, aik help kardo."
"Bolo na Hadi. Aur jaldi batao tum kahan ho. Don't worry main akeli aaungi."
"Baba ko bolo aik press conference rakhvayein, confess karne ke liye ke unke bete 'Mir Hadi' ne hi Sarim ka qatal kiya hai. Aur-"
"Hadi kya wahiyat kisam ka mazak hai ye. Mujhe location bhejo asap."
"Khudahafiz." He smiles again.
"Hadi phone mat rakhna. Agar tumne apni location nahi batayi toh mai Sanam ke ghar chali jaungi. Uska ghar toh pata karliya hai maine. Mujhe majboor mat karo."

Hadi becomes rather serious as he thinks this could cause problems for Sanam with her family.

"Tum wahan nahi jaaogi. Aur agar tumhein mujhse hi milna hai toh main court mein milunga."
"Hadi zidd mat karo. Court tak gaye toh koi tumhein bacha nahi sakega. Sarkaar tumhein sazaa-e-maut degi. Hello? Hello, Hadi?" She checks her phone and Hadi has already cut the call.

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Sanam is having a restless night as Hadi's face keeps coming in front of her eyes as she closes them. She gets up and goes to the balcony. As the wind flutters through her hair, she looks up in moonlit sky and feels the silence of the night as compared to the noisy place that is her heart. She opens up her phone plays a qawalli on it to soothe her mind.
It is the same qawalli as that being sung where Hadi is.

"Zeher vekh ke peeta te ki peeta. Ishq soch ke keeta te ki keeta."

Hadi stays in the shrine the next few days. The malang he met earlier, Zafar, teaches him to pray. Hadi starts praying to Allah whole day long to grant him peace. He is so lost in Him that he doesn't remember the outer world.
A week passes by and tonight Hadi dozes off on the floor listening to another qawalli being sung. He is woken up by someone shaking him. As he tries to open his eyes, he sees Momina, rather worried about something.
"Momina? Tum yahan?" He says rubbing his eyes.
Momina is unable to say something and is taking short breaths.
As Hadi gets up, he sees his brother standing at the door of the shrine, holding a girl's hand almost forcefully, as the girl struggles to let go and is crying. As he sees the girl he believes he is dreaming. The girl is Sanam Khan.
Hadi refuses to believe his brother can hurt the love of his life in any way.
"Bhai?" Hadi gets up and walks towards him.
"Yeh kya kar rahein hain?" Hadi is perplexed.
"Wohi jo mujhe bahot arse pehle kar dena chahiye tha."
"Sanam ko chhodein. Usko hurt ho raha hai baazoo par nishan pad rahe hain." Hadi gets restless.
"Ab iski kismat par padenge. Hamare khandan ki neend haram ki hui hai jab se yeh 2 take ki ladki tumhari zindagi mein aayi hai."
"Bhai! Aik lavz aur nahi Sanam ke khilaf, biwi hai woh meri!" Hadi says and immediately gets slapped by the reality, 'she's not his wife anymore'.
"Yeh ab tumhari biwi nahi hai. Na kabhi thi. Agar kuchh tha toh dikhaao marriage papers, ya divorce papers?" It's like Hamza read Hadi's mind.
"Bhai aap yeh sab jaan boojh ke kar rahe hain na mujhe hurt karne ke liye, ke main aapko wahan Dubai chhodkar vapis aa gaya? Aap le jayein jahan leke jana hai mujhe, please Sanam ko jaane dein." He joins his hands.
Momina gestures Hamza to let it go now.
"Nahi, ab toh main tumhein lekar hi nahi jaa sakta out of countrt kyunki government ko kisi ne ittela dedi ke Mir Hadi faraar hue the Pakistan se." He looks over at Sanam with anger.
"Nahi Sanam aisa kabhi nahi karegi. Bhai please issey jaane dein."
Sanam knows it would've been Junaid who gave this info to the police.
"Nahi, isko kiye ki sazaa mile bagair main nahi jaane dunga. Hadi chahe tum mujhe sari zindagi nafrat karo, lekin agar tumhein kuchh bhi hua toh main iski bhi jaan le lunga. Agar tumhein sazaa e maut sunayi gayi toh yeh bhi tumhare saath jaayegi. Issey zinda rakhne ke liye, tumhein zinda rehna hoga Hadi." Hamza states sternly with watery eyes.
Hadi gives in and agrees to come home with Hamza and Momina, in exchange for letting Sanam go home.

He asks Hamza to let him drop Sanam in another car, to which Hamza declines, thinking he will run away again. But Momina tells him that he won't go away this time since it's a matter of Sanam's life.
Hadi goes in another car with Sanam, to drop her home, and a guard's car follows them.

"Sanam mujhe maaf kardo. Bhai par pata nahi kaisa bhoot sawar ho gaya hai. Woh Hamza bhai toh lag hi nahi rahe."
Sanam doesn't say anything.
"Tumhare gharwalon ko main kuchh keh dunga ke mai lekar gaya tha." Hadi says while driving.
"Koi zarurat nahi hai."
"Lekin-"
"-Meri shaadi hai 2 hafton mein. Main nahi chahti mere gharwalon ke saamne bhi aao tum."
"I'm sorry again. Agar Hamza bhai fir se tang karein toh mujhe-"
"Tum aik hafta mazaar mein rahe hi?" Sanam asks, trying to mask her concern for Hadi.
"Haan. Kyun?"
"Kuchh nahi."
"Tumhein pata hai maine wahan aik yaar banaya hai. Zafar naam hai uska. Usne mujhe dua karna sikhaya, ibadat sikhaayi." Hadi smiles.
Sanam looks at him like it's not the same Hadi she met a week ago.

As they reach Sanam's house, she starts to get out when Hadi stops her by holding her hand.
"Main tumhein kuchh nahi hone dunga."
Sanam has no response and lets go of her hand and leaves.

After a few days, it's Hadi's court date. Despite a long hearing, the judge gives the verdict on the first hearing only. Mir Hadi is guilty of murdering Sarim Khan! Him going to Dubai just acted as a catalyst for government to believe that he was guilty in addition to the media and the public outraged by the terror of powerful people like Mir Hadi. Junaid's work was successful here.

Junaid calls Sanam to give this good news. As soon as she picks up, she just sees on tv Mir Hadi's picture along side a picture of a noose.
"Ab Mir Hadi tumhein aur tumhari family ko kabhi tang nahi karega Sanam! The government works fast when media and the whole public is involved." Junaid says with a relieved voice.
Khaani's phone slides through her hands on to the floor as she freezes. It feels like time is frozen but is passing by too fast, as the day of execution will come fast, surprisingly enough on the day of her wedding, almost a week from now.
As she closes her eyes, she feels like she has no willpower left, and she crashes on the floor, unconscious.