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A happy smile spreads across Khushi's lips. Her heart wants to rejoice in the moment but suddenly Nani ji's words come to Khushi's mind, "You go without any worries' and believe in you. I know that they will like you as soon as they see you!" Khushi's smile disappears and her face becomes mellow. Arnav's hopeful gaze awaits her answer... her approval.. her reaction. As his eyes scour the changes on her face, he asks in a soft voice, "What happened?" He holds Khushi gently on her arm and asks, "Are you not happy?" Khushi looks at him.. with a mellow face but with a little smile she says, "Arnav ji, you did all this for me... I really liked it." A smile of relief appears on Arnav's face but cannot last long as Khushi says, "But' I won't be able to do it. "Wh....Why?" he asks. "I don't know Arnav ji' I need some time to think!"






Arnav lets go of Khushi's arm, maintains his cools and reaches out to her, "Khushi, is there a doubt? If you want to do something else.. it's not a problem. Whatever you want to do, I will help you with it." "No! I will have to do this alone. I will have to pass level one to go to level two!" Arnav's eyes fill with questions as Khushi talks, leading to the question, "What?" Khushi holds Arnav's hand and says, "Arnav ji, I need to get going. I have something important to take care of... I will tell you afterwards. "Khushi quickly kisses him on the cheek and before he can say anything she leaves. Arnav's "Khushi!" goes unnoticed. "What the!" he wonders, "Level one... level two... I hope everything is okay." His eyes settle on Khushi's name plate he got made with so much anticipation.

 

 

 

Khushi reaches the venue to register for the Mrs. India competition. She is scared and nervous. Khushi prays to Devi Maiyya to do something to fulfill her dream. She says to herself, "I don't look like Mrs. India from any angle." Then Nani ji, Aarav, NK, and Anjali's encouraging words come to her mind, in addition she remembers that Arnav just said to her that he thought that she was very talented and how can achieve things in life. Khushi says to herself, "You can do it, Khushi! You can do it!" then she pulls out the flier and says, "Who knows Glam Glitz events Company may change your life forever."

She goes to the counter.. hands her entry form and takes the registration form to be filled.. as she looks at other hopefuls working on their forms, her eyes go wide.. all of them are in form fitting, short dresses, much revealing for Khushi's standards. After receiving some mean comments from them and becoming a laughing stalk among the contestants because Khushi keeps talking about how her Nani ji said what..Khushi wonders why she is there. Just then someone picks on her dress, her hair and her earrings. I did not like many things here. Read my special note please. While most of them pick on Khushi and laugh at her, one of them pretends to be nice to her and shows off as if she is on her side and encourages her to be a simpleton but foolish and a backward person in hopes of getting her eliminated and keep her as a non-competitor... Khushi, of course, falls for all of that. Khushi does not even show any fierceness when she gets laughed at as a middle class girl. She does talk in self defense.. ah.. guess she can only defend herself in front of Arnav! I would have loved to see her fire back... Lot of verbal cat fights... and false praise from one, Khushi fills up the form.

 

 

At RM:

 

Nani ji and Manorama sit in the lounging area having their tea... NK and Aarav are having a snack' Arnav enters through the main door. "Hello Hi Bye Bye! You came so early again!" Mami remarks.  Arnav looks around and says, "I have an important meeting. I thought that I would freshen up before heading back' My files are also... Where is Khushi?"  Nani ji and Mami answer simultaneously but have two different answers..., "Temple.." says Nani ji versus "Shopping" says Mami, "With Anjali.." her voice trails off. Aarav, NK, Nani ji look at Mami apprehensively as Arnav's narrowed eyes try to figure out what's going on. Mami tries to cover up, "I mean, first she will go to temple with Anjali and then will go shopping." Nani ji smiles and NK and Aarav nod in an agreement. Arnav gives them a puzzled look and turns to go upstairs when Anjali walks in, "Arey, Chhotey! You came so early?" As Mami and Nani exchange quick glances and NK and Aarav look at him wide eyed, Arnav says, "Di is here. Then who did Khushi go out with?" Anjali looks at Mami and Nani ji with stunned eyes.. they look back at her with suggestive eyes' Anjali stutters as she tries to come up with an answer, "Aww.. that.. awww.. I planned to go but.. I did not feel like it so, that's why I didn't go!" Everyone heaves a sigh of relief... "So, where is Khushi now?" Arnav asks. Anjali stutters as she says, "She has gone to the temple' and after that she will be going to see her Aunty and Uncle.. she was missing them badly!" Nani ji and Mami feel relieved at her answer. Arnav immediately reaches for his phone and says, "Let me call her then." "No!" screams NK reflexively. "No!" Aarav follows the suit taking not only Anjali but also Arnav by surprise. "No!.. Don't! You can't call her.... You cannot all her on the phone!" NK says. In a calm voice Arnav asks, "Why?" As NK thinks of an answer, Aarav says, "Because.. there is a problem with the battery of her phone." NK and Anjali both excitedly point to Aarav to second what he said. Arnav finds it all very weird. He throws his eye brows up in the air depicting how weird they all seem to be acting but says, "Okay.." and leaves to go to his room.

 

Everyone haves a sigh of relief. Anjali puts her hands together in prayer. "Hush.." goes Mami. Nani ji says, "Manorama, why do you say things without thinking?.. Gone shopping... that too, with Anjali?... Huh!" Mami says, "Hello Hi Bye Bye.. I said it all for a good reason." Anjali says, "I hope that Khushi ji's audition goes fine. She was so nervous when leaving... and there must be so many people there... what if she gets more scared?" Nani ji says, "Anjali, don't you worry about Khushi bitiya! Our Khushi knows how to win hearts easily!" NK and Anjali smile in agreement.

Back at the venue:

 

All the contestants are asked to give their own introduction to the judges. The fake supporter of Khushi unknowingly keeps boosting Khushi's confidence. The female judge is very mean and arrogant while the male judge is friendly. At the introduction of the female judge Khushi already claps in a childish manner and garners a bad comment from her. There is a constant tiff and war with words between the judges as the contestants introduce themselves one by one only to get dismissed by the female judge, Riya, in a very insulting manner. Khushi listens to the confident answers other contenders give and becomes more and more nervous. Khushi nervously thinks, "Hey Devi Maiyya, what have I done? I can't do this! I am already nervous due to Riya ji's behavior! Wish, Arnav ji was with me now!"

 

Unaware that Arnav is right outside talking on his phone... Khushi can feel his presence. Arnav walks away when Khushi gets up  to go to the door only to be asked to sit down by the person conducting the auditions. Khushi sits down. Arnav comes back in front of the closed door again as he paces around while talking on the phone. All of a sudden he stops talking and looks around... "Khushi!" is the word that slips out of his mouth as he can feel her presence nearby. As if Khushi hears him, she reflexively says, "Arnav ji!" and looks at the door. Unable to control her feet, Khushi reflexively walks towards the door.. just then the voice on the phone grabs Arnav's attention and he starts talking on the phone, "Yes, I am sorry!.." and walks away from the door... Khushi misses him by a brief second. As she looks away, Arnav comes back but he is on the phone, both do not look at each other and miss each other again. Khushi wonders, "This has never happened.. that I feel Arnav ji but he is not there!" This scene failed to create the magic that exists normally when Arnav and Khushi can feel each others presence. It really felt stretched and very artificial. Just then Khushi's name is called. Khushi is busy looking outside.  It prompts the question, "Do you want to give audition or not?"

 

Nervously Khushi walks in... rubs her hands in nervousness and prays to Devi Maiyya seeking protection... eliciting unpleasant remark from the female judge who gets irritated with her behavior. Khushi puts her hands together and nervously starts saying, "Namaste! I am Khushi Kumari Gupta. I am from Lucknow and I like cooking." 'Why? You don't have a maid?" Riya, the judge asks. "No, No! I like cooking and then feeding it to others. Amma says that if you cook..." Khushi gets cut off as the judge says, "Next!" and gives Khushi a stern, challenging look.  Even though it might be purposeful to use Khushi's maiden name and native place of residence, I thought that did not fit in rules' Khushi is now from Delhi and for the Mrs. India contest the existence of a real husband is always verified. So, creating suspense about Arnav being the sponsor of the show seems to be ill thought, because of the logistics.