The story of ‘Mausam’ spans over almost a decade, from Babri Masjid demolition to Gujrat riots. The film starts with the adolescent romance (viewer has to assume the adolescent age of Harry and Ayat though there are no particular references of their age in the movie) of Harry and Ayat which unfolds on the background of Babri Masjid demolition.
A Hindu boy Harry confesses his love to a Muslim girl ‘Ayat’ on the eve of the day before of Babri Masjid demolition. The next day when Harry rushes to Ayat’s house to get her answer to the love he has confessed a night before and he finds that Ayat and her family have just left the village for station because of Hindu-Muslim riots and tensions in the village.
Desperate Harry cycles to the station in great rush but finally finds himself helpless as the train has just left the station.
Cycling towards the station like never before is the only effort Harry takes to retain his newly found love.
7 Years Later…
After seven years, the departed lovers come across each other in Switzerland. Ayat and her family have settled in Switzerland and running a shop. Harry, now an Air Force officer is in Switzerland for some kind of training.
This time they confess their love for each other. Harry asks Ayat why didn’t she inform when she left the village in Punjab, she explains that everything happened in such a way that she could not get time to inform. Harry further explains that she could have written and left a note for him before leaving the village. Ayat in her aristocratic attire and with a luring smile on her face says, “SORRY”.
“SORRY”, is the only explanation Ayat gives of her passive behaviour… and not just this time but during the whole movie Harry and Ayat remain thoroughly passive and refuse to take any ‘extra’ effort for their love. They remain inexplicably passive.
Ayat doesn’t care to send a note when she leaves the village, Harry doesn’t call but also doesn’t care to send a note when he leaves for Kargil war the whole story of ‘Mausam’ is all about Harry and Ayat remaining illogically passive.
