Director: Zoya aap idhar aaiye. Discuss karte hain keh kya plan hai then we will have a meeting with the actors.
Zoya’s eyes were fixed at Aditya and vice versa. They were smiling viewing each other. No voices. No noises. No distraction. Simply them watching each other with immense care.
She sat over the chair without interrupting their eye contact. Director continued speaking. She didn’t listen to a word from him, just concentrated on Aditya.
Director then nudged her.
Director: Zoya. aap meri baat sun rahi hain na.
This made Zoya break their eye contact and focus on the director.
Zoya: Sorry. Kya keh rahe the aap.
Director: Mai keh raha tha keh aapne koi topic choose kia hai hamare show ke liye?
Zoya: 2-3 ideas hai hamare pass. Aapko jo acha lage humein bata dijiye ga. Hum prepare kar lein ge.
Director: Jee bataiye. Hamare pass time kam hai. Aapko roz aana hoga idhar shoot pe. Aaj discuss kar ke decide kar lete hain. Mai channel ko bhej du ga topic. Kal tak aap prepare kar le ga. Kal hum actors ko bhi brief de de ge.
Zoya: Jee. Topics jo maine socha hain. 1st of all aaj kal mental health ke baare mai baatein horahi hai phir bhi sahi awareness kam hai. Bipolar kissi ko keh dena bahut aam si baat hai. But actually, bipolar ka meaning hai depression matlab sadness aur manic matlab overexcitedness. Depression. Bahut overuse term. Actually yeh ek disorder hai. Iski diagnosis is for sadness over 6 months. Sirf ek do din dukhi rehne ke matlab yeh nai keh aapko depression hai. Panic disorder. Hum nurses bahut dekhte hain on emergency. Isko kaise treat kia jaata hai, yeh samjhna bahut zaruri hai hum sab ko. Secondly, hypertension is very common. Matlab increased blood pressure. Iski treatment and more importantly prevention sikhana bahut zaruri hai. And 3rd is asthma. Bahut se youngsters ko hai yeh. Issko samjhna aur emergency treatment seekha zaruri hai.
Director: Mujhe toh teeno ideas bhi bahut sahi lage. I think mental health best rahe ga. Iss mai sab toh cover nai kar sake ge toh aap topics bata dijiye.
Zoya: Kitni episodes ka track hai?
Director: 5 episodes
Zoya: So hum ya toh 5 days 5 topic kar sakte hain ya phir 2 topics over 5 days.
Director: 2 topics over 5 days is a better option.
Aditya held her gaze over her. She was conversing with the director with absolute concentration. He noticed that her hair grew. There were increased frowns over her forehead. She painted her nails light pink which were complimenting her facial features whenever she put hair strand back her ears. Her cheeks were rosier than before. She had lost weight as she appeared thinner than before. He could not see that spark in her eyes though. Her eyes were deeper now. He attempted to read them.
Aditya uthiye. Aapki call time hai. uthiyeeeee.
She attempted to wake him up. His arms were around his waist. He had a smile over his face while sleeping. She looked at him with utter love while combing his hair softly with her fingers.
Aditya. Uthna nai aapne toh mai jaa rahi hu.
As she tried to walk away from him, he grabbed her closer to him.
Toh aap uthe hue hain. Humein tang kar rahe hain.
Hmmmm
He snuggled down to her.
Kya kar rahe hain yeh.
Apni biwi se pyaar.
She blushed so hard hearing him. She glanced over him as his eyes were still closed.
Aise sharmao gi toh aapke shahur ka kya haal hoga.
Aap ko kaise pata. Aankhein band hain aapki.
Mujhe tumhe mehsoos karne ke liye aankhein kholni ki zarurat nai.
Her face had gone red. He unclosed his eyes and smirked at her.
Aaye haaye. Kaash meri har subah aise hi shoru ho.
Hamari bhi.
He instantly embraced her. Both were grinning at the start of the beautiful morning. He shut his eyes and was just focusing on that moment when he felt a tap of his shoulder calling his name. He neglected it. When it kept repeating, irritatingly he opened his eyes.
Assistant director: Dharam. Kab se bula raha hu mai. Sunte kyun nai tum.
It took a few seconds for him to gather himself. He looked at the surroundings. He was not in his bedroom with her instead he was at the set standing. His smile changed into a frown. He tried to locate her with his eyes. In the process, he stumbled upon something. To prevent a fall, he placed his hand over the nearest table causing the things on the table to fall. It was quite noisy gaining everyone’s attention towards him including hers.
Director became agitated and came to him.
Director: Kya horaha hai yeh.
Assistant director: sir. Dharam ko kabse bula raha tha mai. Bas aankhein band karke smile kiay jaa raha tha. Aur jab hosh aaya toh girne laga. Ussi waqt usne yeh gira dia.
Director: Dharam. Kahan dehaan hai tumhara. Tumhe pata hai jo vase tumhe giraya hai kitna expensive tha. Tumhare poori shooting ki payment bhi kaat li jai tab bhi nai pay kar pao ge tum.
He continued yelling at him whereas Aditya kept his head low with closed eyes. Again he saw her captivating eyes.
Director: Aankhein band karke kyun kare ho. Kuch bolo bhi ab.
He was still in his dreamland when he heard a real voice.
Rukiye.
Zoya
He forced his eyes open and noticed her marching towards them. He observed how gracefully she walks. Her white dress made her more glowing. Dupatta over her neck was flying all over.
Zoya: Aap aise kaise baat kar sakte hain.
Director: Aap jaanti nai aise chote logoon ko. Dehaan hota nai bas paise chahiye hote hain. Nuksaan kar de ge toh barhe ge bhi nai.
Karan and Kritika came out of their vanities because of loud noises. Kritika was about to go furiously towards the director when Karan caught her arm.
Kritika: Mujhe iss director ko sunane do ache se. Samjhta kya hai khud ko.
Karan: Iss baar kissi aur ko sunane do. Khud jaake tum uska chance miss karwa do gi. Ruko aur dekho. Agar out of control hogai situation toh mai khud leke chalu ga.
Kritika understood his point and stood right there. They witnessed Aditya just staring at Zoya.
Zoya: Enough. Hum unchi awaz mai baat nai karte. Humein majboor mat kijiye uncha hone ka. Humein nai pata tha yahan ke director jinka kaam hi direct karne ka hai, sab se zyada zaruri ek show ke liye, wohh aise behave kare ge apne actors ke saath. Aap ek leader hai. Leader ko chahiye sab ko leke saath mai aage barhe beshak wohh kitna hi chota ya bada kyun na ho. Maaf kijiye ga lekin aapp mai leader ki koi nishani humein nazar nahi aati. Inse ek vase kya toot gaya aap itna bharak gai. Hum wahan kaam hi nai karna chahte jahan aas paas ke logon ki izaat na ki jaa sake.
Director: Aap inka side le rahi hai. jaanti hai kya inhe?
At his inquiry, she glanced at Aditya who was already looking at her since she appeared in front of him.
Zoya: Hum inhe jaante hai ya nai iska koi matlab nai hai. Yeh ek artist hai jo yahan roz aake kaam karte hain poore dil se. Uss se barh ke yeh ek insaan hai. Har insaan ka hak hota hai izzat. Hum chahte hain jahan hum kaam kare wahan log hamari aur hum logoon ki izaat kare kyunke yeh human right hai. Basic hai yeh. Agar aapko yeh basic samjh nai aati toh aap kya audience ko kuch dikhai ge. Aap vase ki price ki baat kar rahe the na. Batai kitne ka hai. Hum pay kar de ge. Iss liye nai keh unse hamara koi rishta hai. Balke iss liye ek wohh izzat ke laik hai.
She grabbed her wallet and was about to open it when she was stopped by the director.
Director: Please rehne dijiye. Aapne mujhe sharminda kar dia hai. I am sorry Dharam.
Zoya: Aditya
Director: Huh?
Zoya: Unka naam hai Aditya.
Director: I am sorry Aditya. Koi nai yaar. Aise bade bade sets pe choti choti cheezein hoti rehti hai.
Aditya: Its okay sir.
Director: Chalo yeh sort out hogaya. Zoya aapse mai kal milu ga with your drafts. Karan Kritika ko bulao. Scene lagwao.
He walked away from them. Karan looked at Kritika who was amazed by Zoya’s wordings.
Kritika: Yehhh kya hua. Kya mai sahi dekh rahi hu. Ek ghanta nai hua Zoya ko director se mile hue aur usne sorry bulwa dia. Aur kya speech di usne.
Karan: I know right. Mai bhi wohii dekh raha hu. Zoya kamaal hai. No doubt Aditya ke mind se kyu nai jaati.
All moved ahead for the scene for Zoya and Aditya. It seemed like an eternity since they were standing and staring into each other’s eyes.
Aditya: Thank you.
He was the first one to break the silence. His hoarse voice grabbed her attention.
Zoya: Thank you ki koi baat nai iss mai. Agar koi aur bhi hota toh hum yehi karte.
Aditya: Koi aur bhi hota? Matlab tum mujhe phenchaanti ho.
Zoya: Kyun? Aap humein bhul gai?
Aditya murmured: Ek pal ko bhi nai.
Zoya: Kuch kaha kya aapne.
Before he could speak, her phone buzzed. She excused herself to receive the call. He signed her to go ahead.
Noor: Appii. Appii.
Zoya: Kya hua Noor. Aap cheekh kyun rahi hain. Hum hi hain.
Noor: Appii aap ko pata chale ga toh aap bhi cheekhein gi. Humein toh yakeen nai horaha yeh kaise hua.
Zoya: Kya kaise hua
Noor: Kahan ho abhi aap. Ghar asakti hain?
Zoya studied Aditya who was looking at her with bewildered expressions as if he asked her is everything okay. She nodded at him with a smile.
Zoya: Hum…wohhh….set
Noor: Oh haan aap toh Aditya ke saath hain. Phir mai aap ko nahi bulao gi jaldi. Phone pe hi bata deti hu. lekin…
Zoya: Ek second. Aapko kaise pata Aditya saath mai hain?
Noor: Wohhh aappii abhi aapne hi toh bola.
Zoya: Humne kuch nai bola
Noor: Acha nai bola aapne.
Zoya: Aach sach bataiye noor. Aapko pata tha na keh Aditya bhi issi show mai hai.
Noor: Shoru mai nai pata tha humein bilkul bhi. Aane se pehle aapne hi kaha tha keh dekho serial ka kya name hai. Tab hi humne ek video link mai Aditya ko dekha.
Zoya: Humein kyu nai btaya aapne. Aapko pata hai na…
Noor: Kya pata hai humein appi? Aap choro isse. Humein aapka live reaction dekhna hai. Video call open karo.
She left the call before hearing anything more and instantly send a notification for a video call.
Noor: Appi yeh dekho
She displayed a letter to her over the video.
Zoya: Kya hai yeh. Humein theek se dikhai nai de raha.
Noor: Aapke liye letter aaya hai Mumbai ke hospital ki taraf se.
Zoya: Hospital? Humne toh sab documents already le liay the. Shaid koi reh gaya hoga. Aapne khol ke dekha?
Noor: Haan sorry appi humne khol dia. Koi document nai hai. Letter hai. Iss mai likha hai “We are extremely sorry about the injustice you had to face due to a major misunderstanding. Your medical license was suspended for 1 year. We looked through the evidence provided by a person who shall remain anonymous due to request. The directors of the board have decided to limit your suspension to 6 months as we have a policy of not hiring suspended officers before 6 months. After the completion of 6 months, it may take a few weeks to complete all the formalities after which you can rejoin our hospital with your medical practice license. We sincerely apologize for the situation. Hope to see you soon.”
Zoya was astounded by listening to it. So many questions arose in her mind. She didn’t know how to react.
Zoya: Lekin yeh sab kaise.
Noor: Usse choriye Appi. Aap rejoin kar sakti hai. Humein wapis lucknow bhi jaana nai pare ga. Hum idhar hi rahe ge. Mai bahut khush hu. Mai jaldi se ammi abu ko batata hu.
She hung up on her. It took a while for her to apprehend that her medical license is back. She had tears in her eyes. He saw her face and worriedly proceeded to her.
Aditya: Zoya. Kya hua. Tum ro kyun rahi ho? Sab theek hai? Kon tha phone pe. Please batao mujhe.
Zoya: Aditya
She looked at him with tears in her eyes and a smile over her face.
Zoya: Humein hamara license wapis mil gaya. Hum phir se khud ko nurse bol sakte hain. Humein samjh nai araha keh yeh kaisa hua. Hum aap se kya kahe. Hume bahut khush hai. Jab se Pooja ki death hamare samne hui thi, hum bahut dukhi the aur phir aap bhi chale gai….
She paused in her track realizing what she was about to say.
Zoya: Sorry. Hum Khushi Khushi mai kuch zyada hi bol gai. Aapko bura laga hoga Pooja ke baare mai sun ke.
Aditya: Mai sun raha hu. Tum bolo. Mujhe kuch bura nai laga.
Zoya: Aapko shaid pata nai. Hamara medical license suspend hogaya tha.
Aditya: Mujhe pata hai.
Zoya: Aapko kaise pata. Hamari toh koi baat hi nai hui.
Aditya: Lambi kahani hai.
Zoya: Hum sun rahe hain
Aditya: Tumhare saath aur bhi log sun rahe hain.
She looked around her. More than 20 people were working and moving here and there.
Aditya: Kya tum mere saath coffee pe chalo gi? Meri lambi kahani bhi mai bata du ga aur tumhare side ki lambi kahani bhi sun loon ga.
Zoya: Lekin aap toh
Aditya: Kya mai. Please mana mat karna.
Zoya: Aap itne bade star hain aur hum chote se…
He laid his index finger over her lips.
Aditya: Iske aage kuch kaha na toh dekhna. Tumhe andaza nai hai keh mai kya ban gaya hoon aur tum kya ban gai ho mere liye. Bahut kuch samjhana hai aur samjhna hai issi liye kahin araam se baat karne ke liye puch raha hu. Kuch galat nai samjhna aur mana kia toh mere yeh dil hai na toot jai ga aur phir uski wajah sirf tum hogi.
She giggled at him and nodded in positive.
Aditya: Good. Meri shift khatam hogai hai. Agar tum busy nai toh chalo abhi. Meri car toh nai bike hai.
Zoya: Aapki car nahi hai? Humein laga Mr. Prem- the superstar ki badi badi cars hongi.
Aditya murmured: Na hi mai ab Prem raha na hi superstar.
Zoya: Kuch kaha aapne
Aditya: Tumhe bike pe nai chalna toh bata do. Mai aaj ke liye car arrange kar leta hu.
Zoya: Wohh hum aise kabhi kissi larke ke piche bike pe nai baithe.
Aditya: Itni si baat. Mai cab book kar leta hu. Bas abhi ajai gi. Uss mai toh chal sakti ho na araam se.
Zoya: Jee bilkul. Aap cab book kar li jiye, hum washroom se fresh hoke aate hain.
Aditya: Jee madam.
She grabbed her bag and was about to go towards the washroom when she heard her.
Aditya: Zoya. Apna number deti jao. Agar cab aa gai aur tum late hogai toh zyda der wait nai kare gi.
Zoya: Aapke pass hamara number hai toh
Aditya: Wohii number jo pichle 6 months se band hai. Mujhe pata hai maine kitni baar try kia.
Zoya: Sorry. Hum bhul gai the. Yeh lijiye hamara new number.
She told him the phone number. He added her to the contacts. She then left for the washroom while he booked the cab.
Zoya saw her face in the mirror. Her smile was different than before. She messaged Noor that she is going out with her friend and she would be coming home a little late so inform their parents. As soon as she left the washroom, she bumped into someone.
Zoya: Sorry. Humein maaf kijiye ga. Hamara dehaan kahin aur tha. Aapko lagi toh nai.
Kritika: Nahi. Mai theek hu. Tum theek ho?
Zoya: Jee. Shukriya.
She was about to leave when she heard her calling her name.
Zoya: Jee? Mai aapko jaanti hu?
Kritika: Waise toh thodi der pehle hamara introduction hogaya tha. Tum shaid wohh bhul gai. Per mai tumhe jaanti hu kissi bahut kareebi insaan ki wajah se. By the way hi, Kritika here.
She forwarded her hand which Zoya gladly shook.
Zoya: Ohh aap lead heroine hai. Sorry hum itna follow nai karte toh pata nai.
Kritika: Koi baat nai. Maine toh suna tha keh tum serials ki bahut badi fan thi.
Zoya: Haan hum pehle the lekin uske baad hamara license suspend hogaya aur hum lucknow shift hogai. Hamara saare shok idhar hi reh gai. Ek second. Aapko kaise pata yeh.
Kritika: Maine kaha na kissi bahut hi kareeb insaan ki wajah se. Mujhe toh yeh bhi pata hai keh tumhara license tumhe jald hi mil jai ga.
Zoya: Ajeeb baat hai. Hamare baare mai humse zyada aapko ilm hai. Humein aaj hi pata chala keh hamara license wapis dia jaa raha hai
Kritika: Wohh bhi 6 months ke baad.
Zoya: Please humein bataiye yeh sab aapko kaise pata. Hum aapse pehli baar mil rahe hain. Humein nai yaad yeh baat humne kissi se bhi kahi ho. Sirf yeh abhi tak Aditya aur Noor….Acha toh aap Noor ki dost hai. Noor bhi na. Pehle humein yeh nai bataya keh Aditya iss serial mai kaam karte hain aur ab yeh baat bhi. Unke pait mai koi baat rehti kahan hain
Kritika: Noor kon? Mai kissi Noor ko nai jaanti.
Zoya: Agar aap Noor ko nahi jaanti toh phir kisne.
Kritika: Tumhare samne hi hai wohh.
She grasped Zoya’s shoulder and made her spin. Aditya was standing a few meters away speaking over the phone.
Zoya: Aditya kaise bata sakte hain aapko. Abhi 5 minute pehle hi humein pata chala aur tab wohh samne the uske baad hum idhar agai aur hum aapse mile.
Kritika: Tumhe abhi tak pata nai chala?
Zoya: Humein samjh nai araha aap kya kehna chah rahi hain
Kritika: Tumhe kya laga tumhare suspension kis tarah kam hua.
Zoya: Letter mai likha tha keh unhe evidence submit kia kissi ne lekin kissi ka name nai mention kia.
Kritika: Wohii mai keh rahi hu. Samne hai wohh tumhare.
Zoya: Aditya.
Kritika: Iske ilawa mai aur kuch keh nai sakti. Better yehi rahe ga keh wohh khud tumhe batai. Mujhe laga hi tha wohh yeh baat tumse kabhi nai kahe ga kyunke naiki kar darya mai daal- kuch zyada hi seriously le lia usne. I guess tumhe yeh pata hone chahiye.
Zoya: Magar wohh yeh sab mere liye kyun kare ge. Hum toh
Kritika: Tum kya ho kya nahi. Yeh tum uss se hi puchna. Mera kaam hogaya. Bahut acha laga tumse milke. Ab toh 1 week tak yahin aao gi toh aur baatein kare ge. Abhi meri call hai toh mujhe jana hoga. Apna khayal rakhna aur uska bhi.
She hugged a doubtful Zoya and disappeared.
Aditya ne documents submit karke hamara suspension kam kar dia. Aisa kyun kia unho ne. Hamari wajah se unki wife chali gai hamesha hamesha ke liye aur unho ne hamare liye yeh sab. Kahin koi badla toh nai le rahe. Lekin lagte toh nai hai aise wohh. Humein unse puchna hoga. Magar kis haq se puche ge.
She was wandering in her thoughts when Aditya noticed her approaching him. He snapped his fingers in front of her.
Aditya: Kahan khoi hui ho. Kahin mujhe mana karne ka plan toh nahi bana rahi.
Zoya: Nahi aisi baat nai hai.
Aditya: Good. Chalo phir cab agai hai.
She just smiled at him. They went outside towards the cab.
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