EPISODE - 3
Shamti is punching numbers on his mobile phone franatically and before he calls his phone rings, he is perplexed but seeing where the call is from he relaxes and takes the call.
Shamit: abhi nikal raha hoon, ticket confirm nahin hua.
Anubhav: bhayya yeah kaise hogaya? Acha tho tha pehle
Shamit: mujhe bhi pata nahin, mein jaake wahan se phone kartha huin, tum worry mat karo. Aur mona kaise hi, who mere baju mein hain, baat karo
Mona:bhayya, aap kab nikal rahe ho? Aur bhabhi kaise hai? Function kaise raha?
Shamit then remembered, that it was only yesterday that their engagement function was over and he was leaving sumana and going to kolkotta, as always he expected she would understand, he looked at her, her mehendi is still fresh from last evenings function and the tiredness is still evident, she is busy packing his stuff in a bag pack and the sound of her bangles made quite a strange sound. It took him a complete minute to come out of his thoughts
Shamit: mona, tum aur anubhav apna viva exams acha karna, don't worry about anything, I wll call u as soon as I reach there.
Mona: ok anubhav se baat karo
Anubhav: bhayya, don't worry, phone karthe rehna.
Shamit: ok bye
Shamit grabbed his packed bag , kissed sumana on her forehead and was rushing towards the door but something pulled him back. It was sumana holding him, he felt that feeling that she did not want him to go but is letting him do it coz he wants to do it. He comes back and kneels down and tells her, sumana, I know you are worried and u don't want me to go today, par tume janthe ho, who mera chota bhai hai, usne jobhi kiya mere saath, mein uskoo doshi nahin thehravunga.. reason jobhi hai I want to go and meet him, usko meri zarrorat hai.
Sumana: ok , par hospital pahunchthehi phone karna.
Shamit hugs her and asks her to take care of his mom till he returns, catches a cab and runs to the airport. He is able to squeeze in to the available flight to Calcutta checks in and sits in his seat. Though he is very tired, his mind kept repeating the same words he heard from arijit last night.
(flash back of lastnight … engagement function mein bahut shor aur naach gaaana chal raha hai)
shamits frined comes to him with a phone: arijit ka phone hai
shamit face glows like a diwali cracker
shamit: hello mere bache , where are you tu abhi tak aaya kyun nahin.
Arijits father: beta mein arijit ka papa bol raha hoon. Arijit ka tabiyat… breaks down… arijit ka tabiyat kharab hogaya, who tumse baat karna chahtha hai… and hands over the phone to arijit
Arijit: shamit bhayya….. shamit bhayya,…. Aap kal aa sakthe ho mujhe milne… mujhe dar lag raha hai, dar lag raha hai ki aap se milne se pehle mujhe kuch..
Shamit. Snubs him in middle and says, pagal aise baat mat kar, mein kal subah aa raha hooon, tun kahan hai? Mushirabad??
Arijits father takes the phone: bete hum yahan Calcutta general hospital, cardiology ward mein room no 216 main hain.
Shamit: uncle ji, aap tension mat loo mein kal aa raha hoon.
Sir!! Sir!!!!! Shamit is woken by the airhostesss, Sir please fasten your seat belts we are landing. IT seemed so fast for shamit.
After landing in Calcutta, sumanas relative came to pick him up and he dropped himself in the hospital. There was media covering the illness of arijit and when shamit came, it was like they were waiting for him to come and talk to the media, shamit excused himself and ran to meet arijit. When he went in to the room, he found only arijits mom there , sitting sadly and found the bed empty. His bed missed a beat, he feard am I too late, but cursed himself for thinking that way.
Auntyji: arijit kidhar hai,
Arijits mom: shamit beta!! Weeps!!! Shamit beta!! Tera intazaar kar raha hai, uski nazar eee door par hi thi, kuch bhi sound aatha tha, shamit bhayya karke utt that ha!!! Uske papa aur doctor usko X-Ray ke liye leke gaye…
Shamit: (almost in tears) auntyji , don't worry, mein agaya huin na, aapka bada beta agaya samjhiye, mein abhi usse milkhe aatha huin.
Shamit drops his bag in the room and runs toward the X-Ray room. He finds arijits father there, who tells him that ki abhi arijit kaa x-ray chal raha hai. Shamit calls anubhav from his phone and there is no response. He thinks anubhav exam mein hoga , aur mona ko phone kartha hai, mona picks up the phone and enquires about arijit, shamit tells him everything and asks for anubhav, mona says , I m in another room, let me go to him, she comes out of her room and is walking thru the corridor when she feels a strange thing, she feels someone is following her. She ignores it thinking someone must be walking and looks around for anubhav, but he is not with his friends, she comes out of the room and looks towards the ground, strangly at a very odd time of the day she seems a guy running and 4-5 guys chasing him, she finds it funny but when she looks closely she finds the first guy running is anubhav, she is shocked, she opens her mouth to screem his name but something shuts her mouth, some strange odour and she falls , she thinks she might fall on the floor but she collapses on the shoulder of a strong man. Shamit was waiting on the other line all the time, assuming anubhav is taking his exam, and mona is unable to get him, he does the mistake of disconnecting the call, thinking he wll call once he meets arijit. He starts talking to arijits father about his health . shamit becomes quite restless, its been only 10 minutes but seems like ages that arijit has gone for the X-ray.
Shamit: uncle mein Andhra jaake dekhtha huin, kya horaha hai.
Arijits father: teekh hai beta
Shamit gently pushes the door and goes in, it's an X-Ray room filled with all equipment , he doesn't find anyone but hears some moaning, he is scared a little bit and goes inside, behind the dress changing cabin, he finds a man dressed in all white, might be some ward boy who had brought arijit for x-ray , fallen on the floor, he runs to him and literally yells:
Shamit: arijit kidhar hai? Arijit kidhar hai?
Wardboy: trying to get up, but is badly shaken with terror, in broken English, took away, took away.
He shouts for arijits father and when he comes, the wardboy tells in bong , arijits father is shocked, he starts worrying, he translates it for shamti in hindi: arijit ko koi utha ke leke gaya, 5 log the bol raha hai. Shamit is shocked. His brain stops working and then his mobile rings………
EPISODE- 2
Qazi wakes up Screeming, litchi……..
Rex who is the only other male contestant left wakes up to this and when he switches on the light is surprised to see qazi on bed, all wide awake,
Rex: Qazi kya kua, kyun chillaya bey? Bura sapna aaya kya?
Qazi: Litchi….
Rex: litchi? Litchi ko kya kua? Who ghar chala gayana, humne usko vote out kiya….
Qazi: Litchi……… litchi….. (Still in shocked mood)
Rex: shaayad kuch bura sapna aaya rahtha, thu bahut tired hogaya practice karthe karthe tu abhi so ja, le pani pee aur soja, kal baat karenge…
Qazi: Rex mein ne kuch dekha….
Rex: sapne mein sab log kuch dekthe hain, tu abhi soja,
Qazi: Rex mein jo dekha, who acha nahin tha,
Rex: shaayad bura sapna hai, pakav mat yaar, raath ke 2:30 baj rahe hai, kal phir gala kaa shooting hain, soona mere baap,
Rex switches off the light and goes back to sleep, but qazi sits on his bed unable to sleep and still thinking about the weird dream he had about sandeep. He wanted to tell padma maam about it first thing in the morning.
Back in Delhi, when in the morning sandeeps mom wakes up , she finds sandeep on the floor of the dining room. She is shocked first, wakes sandeeps father who put him back on the sofa and try to wake him up. Sandeep is woken and he feels normal. They ask him what he was doing in dining room and he goes blank, after much recollection he remembers and utters: Qazi!!!. His parents feel that it must be due to the stress he has had in the last one month and the atmosphere he was used to in fame gurukul, might be change of place , he was unable to sleep and felt he will be alright over time. During the morning sandeep was busy with his friends and neighbours and fans and press, he has no time to breath but when he had a break he tried hard to remember what happened last night. But no result to his efforts.
Back in Mumbai, Rex, Ruprekha, arpita and qazi are busy shooting for their final gala. There is lot of tension in all the participants as these are the final rounds, but there is something that is eating on to qazi, he wanted to approach padma maam but she was busy training with arpita, he did not want to meet ila maam or prashant sir as he felt they would brush away his fears as just night mares, there was something in qazi which told him that they were just not some nightmares but he felt they were real. As there is no way to communicate to outside world or to write letters, he picked up a piece of paper and pen and wrote his dream and folded it and addressed it to sandeep and kept in his jacket pocket. Later all the contestants were called for shooting of gala, and when the shooting was being done, qazi felt quite strange, when he asked rex if he was feeling strange , rex said yes, I m feeling tense as these are the last rounds. Qazi did not feel the same, he felt someone was watching him, he felt the heaviness on him when someone watches you, he looked at the judges, they were normal and manav and mandira, they are busy with their scripts, he looked at the production team, nothing strange, and the audience, he cant really say because everyone was looking at one of the four of them or all four together. He was looking at each and everyone to see if he can find something strange.
Back in Delhi, Sandeep goes out to lunch for the first time with his parents. They go to a traditional restaurant where all the food is being served and people are squatting down and eating. Sandeep felt happy spending time with his family after long . when he got out of the car, he was mobbed for autographs and photographs and when he came in to the restaurant there was a loud applause and everyone greeted him. They got the best place to sit and got the best served food in the hotel. The manager himself had come to meet them and greet sandeep. Sandeep was quite happy with all this and his parents were particularly happy with all the attention his son is getting. Before leaving sandeep excuses himself and goes to the bathroom to freshup.
While Qazi is scanning all the audience, his eyes fix on a particular guy who doesn't seem to be too keen on the contestants or on the show but he was busy on his phone and seem to be talking in a manner which no one should hear. Qazi fixes his eyes on him , he later sees that as the audience roar is getting louder, that particular guy goes out to take his call , but surpisingly never comes back. Qazi ignores this for a moment and concentrates on the show as his performance is coming up and he didn't want to be shown distracted when camera is zoomed on him. After couple of hours qazi finishes his performance and everyone goes to green room to change their dresses. When qazi goes to find his jacket, he finds that it is not in the same place as he left it and when he searches for the paper he had written his dream about, he finds them all torn and neatly placed in another bigger cover. A Small shiver runs down his spine, he realizes someone has read this and torn in to pieces, he doubts rex who has access to his jacket and the greenroom but rex was with him all the time. He had to change immediately and go to press conference but strangly he didn't find padma maam after the show.
Back in Mumbai, sandeeps parents realize that he has been in the bathroom for too long and his father goes to look for him. When he goes in to the bathroom, he finds one of the booth door closed and thinks sandeep is still in. He calls for him and there is no response, he waits for another 10 min, and then knocks on the door, no response but finds the door open, so he opens the door to find it empty, thinking he was mistaken, he turns around to go back, but stops. He comes closer to the washbasin and near the dustbin finds the sandeeps chain. He runs out to ask the management about it where near the bathroom main door he sees the scarf soaked in blood. He is shocked.
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EPISODE 1
Sandeep is sad and happy at the same time, the true gentlemen he is, he packs his bags and doesnt weep at all. I guess he is the only contestant who was very genuine, who didnot weep infront of the camera and who didnot bad mouth any of these contestants.Though he was bullied a lot of times by qazi and Rex, he never got even with them on a personal front. But the event organized by prashant sir was hilarious and Sandeep did make qazi dance to his tune in that game.
Anyways sandeep packs his bags and goes to Delhi. When he is dropped in mumbai airport, he finds himself stranded on the airport as there are no flights that day. Organisers of Fame Gurukul disappear the moment they drop him in the airport. So he had to wait there, without any help, but junta who watches him in the airport, mobs him for autographs and photographs -obvioulsy thru their LG CDMA Mobile phone which manva is selling on TV these days. His dress is literally torn apart by girls who want to ask him about not him but Qazi. Later the airport authorities have to rush him to VIP lounge with security. Then he relaxes and finally catches his plane and lands in Delhi. When he lands in Delhi, same situation no one to receive him, but there are hundreds of cops and search dogs, bcoz of the bomb scare for flights they are searching, once when the search dogs are searching his flight, they come and stop infront of him. They dont bark but they start wagging their tails and go around trying to lick his foot and nibble him. The cops are shocked, it is then they realise that during the dinner time of these search dogs, FAme gurukul channel will be on as all the dogs the show a lot. So to pacify those dogs, Sandeep sings a song for them on dogs pharmaish, and this time he sings a english song... no prizes for guessing, WHO LET THE DOGS OUT, and the dogs join in chorus whuff whuff, who lets the dog out.. and after the total song being sung and each doggy given a signed biscuit they leave sandeep. As no bomb is found, all are let out and then sandeep sees that his whole family, his friends, his apartment neighbours and his total society has come to welcome him. With total dhamaka he goes home.
But later that night after dinner, he was unable to sleep, he wakes up in middle of the sleep, he hears qazi singing and calling him litchi litchi... he wonders if he is dreaming, but he is not, he wakes up, searches his house but he doesnt find anyone, he doesnt wake up his parents, but he can repeatedly hear qazi singing and calling him litchi, litchi.. he switches on the light in his dinning room and opens the balcony , he finds someone standing there, a small sweat drops from behind his ear, he feels dehydrated and runs his tongue over his dry lips, and he gathers his guts and opens the door of the balcony and puts his shoulder on the man standing there, and when the man turns... its Qazi Tauqeer.... sandeep screems and falls backs in to the dining room and loses conscious.
At the same time, 1800 km away, Qazi Tauqeer wakes from his dream screeming...........
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