Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai: Last Diwali in Maheshwari House

MUMBAI: The episode starts with Naina and Sameer looking at each other quietly as they sit down for tea. She is all shy while Sameer is smiling to himself. He holds her hand as she hands him the cup. She steals glances at him shyly. She runs to open the door as doorbell rings. Munna and Pundit touch her feet. They hug their friend next. Naina goes to bring tea for them. Munna apologizes to Sameer as they couldn’t push Rakesh Sir to cancel the plan. Pundit adds that they could have done it tomorrow itself but!

Flashback shows Munna and Pundit ruing that their every plan failed. They overhear Arjun calling Rakesh. He tells Rakesh to keep calling and take care of himself. Rakesh says I am not going there for forever. I will settle down the kids and come to you. Arjun tells him not to come to Kanpur. My FIL has strictly told me that you have no place here. You will have to bear it as you only made me the SIL of this house for money. He ends the call. Flashback ends.

Sameer tells his friends not to do anything now. Papa will stay with us only. Naina and Rakesh Sir must not know anything about it. They all cheer up seeing Naina. They tease Sameer on having Naina Devi and Hitler FIL on his side. They all look at each other with a smile.

Rakesh tells Anand and Bela not to worry. I will take good care of them. Anand says I meant that there is a difference between son and SIL. Rakesh nods. My son did not give me anything anyways!

Anand and Sameer finalize their house’s deal with Deepak. Sameer gets emotional recalling how he bought that house for Naina. You can take possession after Diwali. Deepak nods. Sameer signs on registration papers. Deepak hands over the papers to his wife. Anand notices Sameer’s sullen face and pats at his shoulder. Did you tell Naina yet? Sameer denies. I couldn’t gather the strength to do so.

Kanji gives Prasad to Naina. I prayed for Sameer Bhaiya. I prayed that you two should take us to Bombay too. Naina says who will look after the house then. Sameer interrupts Kanji before he can tell anything to Naina. Kanji goes. Naina asks Sameer where he was. Sameer lies that he went to meet the dealer. She notices him looking lost but he suggests having a grand celebration at home this Diwali. She holds his hands. I understand what this house means to you. We will keep coming to Ahmedabad. It isn’t that far anyways. She hugs him. They start packing their stuff. He eyes the blank cover sadly.

The house is fully decked for Diwali. Sameer says this will be our first and last Diwali in this house. He covers up saying that they are shifting to Bombay now. She tells him that they will celebrate every Diwali and Uttarayan with their family in their home. it will be maintained this way. We will miss this house very much! Sameer recalls hiding the truth from Naina. She reminds him of their promise. We will only smile while leaving Ahmedabad. He smiles a little but she asks him to smile properly. It is Diwali. We are not allowed to be sad on such an auspicious occasion. She closes his eyes and takes him near the pool.

Naina and Sameer do puja. She asks him what he asked for. He says I asked for your happiness. You? She says I asked for two things. One, our love should never fade away. Two, we will celebrate Diwali every year in our house! Doorbell rings. She goes to welcome the guests. Munna hasn’t come yet. Pundit says it is his first Diwali with Rewa. He will come in a while. Rakesh says why he gave time to them then. He has always come late which is why I was always strict with him in school. Anand tells him to be strict with Naina and Sameer in Bombay too. Kamya gestures dead signal to Naina and Sameer.