Cut to: Samrat's home
He is rather worried and decides to call up Benji.
Benji: hello, Benji here!
Samrat: main hu dude, itna style kyun maar raha hai?
Benji: pata hai tu hai, tabhi tohā¦ practice kar raha tha. Pooja ka phone aane wala hai na.
Samrat: Benji, tujhse kuch advice chahiye..
Benji: main sapna toh nahi dekh raha? (Pinches himself) Ouch! Haan haan bol na, Benji teri kya madad kar sakta hai?
Samrat: tujhe Radz yaad hai?
Benji: Radzā¦ Radzā¦ arey haan! Wohi na teri, pyari siā¦
Samrat: haan haan wohi. Aaj main chashmish ke saath beach par tha toh achanak wo aa gayi. Pata nahi chashmish use mili bhi nahi, ajeeb si ho gayi.
Benji: ajeeb?
Samrat: haan matlab, samajh nahi aaya mujhe.
Benji: ab Gunjanji ke dil ka haal tu nahi samajh paaya toh main kya batayu. Par ek baat hai.
Samrat: kya?
Benji: ho sakta hai ke use tum dono ke beech kisi ka aana acha na laga ho.
Samrat: par beech me thode hi aayi thi woh? Peeche se ayi thi.
Benji: abe Sam, beech me matlab, dilo ke beech me.
Samrat: mujhe pata tha, teri advice galat track par hi hogi. So ja, bye.
Benji: so tu raha hai dude, zara dhyan lagake soch. Bye.
Samrat keeps the phone down.
Samrat: (to himself) dilo ke beech.. yeh Benji bhi na. Pooja ke khayalon me hi khoya rahega. Waise bhi chashmish ne toh apna dil ab tak kisi ko diya nahi hoga. Khaer, kal milta hu usse. Gud night chashmish!
Cut to: Gunjan's room
Gunjan is still in considerable shock when Nupur walks in.
Nupur: Gunjan!! (Goes upto her to give her a bear hug) Aaj main bahut khush hu! Pata hai hamari presentation itni achi ho gayi ke kya batayu. Par aate waqt na auto gaya kaam se aur Mayank aur main raste par hi phas gaye. Badi mushkil se dusri mili, tab ghar aaye. Mayank bhi na, jab bhiā¦ (She notices that Gunjan isn't reacting.) Kya hua Gunjan?
Gunjan: kuch nahi di. Thak gayi hu. So jaate hai.
Nupur: arey lekin bata toh sahi. Tera mood toh thik hai?
Gunjan: haan di. Tum bhi thak gayi hogi, kal college bhi jana hai.
Nupur: haan wo toh hai. Acha thik hai. Gud night!
Gunjan: gud night.
(After the lights go out, Nupur falls asleep almost instantly. But Gunjan doesn't drift off to sleep until much later.)
Cut to: Excel College ā Classroom
Uday is early for class and no one is around.
Uday: hello classroom, hello walls, hello door! Aaj khush toh bahut hoge tum, Uday jo jaldi aaya hai, tumhare aankhon ki pyas jo bujh gayi! Par tumhe kya pata, jaldi aane ka purpose kuch aur hi hai. Mujhe yaha kisi ne specially bulaya hai, note likhke! (He waves a note in his hand. Chacko, who has just come in, snatches it from him.)
Chacko: (reading from note) "Pyare Uday, class me jaldi aa jaana. Main tumhara intezaar karungi. Tumhari.." (Uday snatches it back from him.)
Uday: Chacko! Khud ko love letter nahi milta, toh dusro ka toh mat le!
Chacko: Dia ko batayu tu kya kar raha hai?
Uday: kaun Dia? Mere paas time nahi hai, use bol do.
Chako: Dia, teri behan!
Uday: deedz! Nahi nahi Chacko, use mat batana. Nahi toh mera kya haal hoga? Chee, yaha toh romance karne ki bhi freedom nahi hai. (He stamps out of the room.)
Cut to: Excel College Corridor
Nupur is walking towards the canteen, murmuring to herself, when someone suddenly comes in front of her. She jumps, then sees it is Samrat.
Nupur: Samrat, tum ho! Dara diya mujhe.
Samrat: khud se baatein kar rahi thi kya?
(They begin walking together.)
Nupur: arey mat pucho Samrat, subah se yeh Mayank ko nahi dekha maine. Waise toh kabhi late nahi hota, sir khaane aa hi jaata hai. Par ab nahi hai toh.. (looks here and there) thoda khaali khaali lag raha hai.
Samrat: hmm. Bheed me bhi hai tanhayee?
Nupur: kya?
Samrat: kahi suna tha. Waise Gunjan kaha hai? Thik toh hai na?
(They come to the canteen and sit down at a table.)
Nupur: class me hogi. Haan thik haiā¦ nahi, actually kal raat thodi upset lag rahi thi. Tumne toh kuch nahi kaha na?
Samrat: nahi maine kya kiya. Wo koi chapter complete na hone ki wajah se upset hogi.
Nupur: haan, wo bhi Mayank ki tarah kitaabo ki duniya me rehti hai. Ab maine kuch din pehle use kitna bola ke chal movie dekhke aate hai, badiya romantic picture hai, lekin nahi. Madam ko time hi nahi mila. Ab batao, romantic movie koi kaisa miss kar sakta hai? Arey pyar bina life me rakha hi kya hai?
Samrat: haan wo toh hai. (winks) Par kya baat hai babes, kisi se pyar ho gaya kya?
Nupur: (sighs) ab tak intezaar hi ho raha hai. Pyar mujhse dur dur hi bhagta rehta hai.
Samrat: acha? Aisa kyun?
Nupur: pata nahi. Shayad pyar ko bhi kitaabo me zyada interest hai. (They both laugh, while Mayank, who has just arrived at the scene, looks on. )
Samrat: hie dude! (Nupur looks up too.)
Nupur: toh waqt mil gaya aane ka. Jaldi nahi aa gaye?
Mayank: sorry..sorry..ab chale?
Nupur: hmm. Bye Samrat, aur haan, tum movie dekhne jao na toh mujhe bata dena, thik hai?
Samrat: deal! Bye babes.
(Mayank and Nupur walk quietly for a while. Nupur looks at him, inspects his bag, his shoes ā until he catches her looking.)
Mayank: kya kar rahi ho?
Nupur: dekh rahi hu ke tum alag alag se kyun ho?
Mayank: kyun hu?
Nupur: wohi toh nahi pata chal raha. Bag me books rakhi hai, joote thik pehne hai, ghadi bhi pehni hai, phir chehre pe hawayiyan kyun ud rahi hai?
Mayank: koi baat nahi hai Nupur. Main bas aise hi soch raha tha.
Nupur: kya?
Mayank: (more to himself than to her) main tumse dur dur toh nahi bhagta.. woh toh bas pehle main..
Nupur: hain? Maine aisa kab kaha?
Mayank: toh tum kisi aur k baare me baat kar rahi thi?
Nupur: arey main toh Samrat se baat kar rahi thi.
Mayank: kya? Samrat se? Lekinā¦
Nupur: lekin kya?
Mayank: kuch nahi, main.. abhi aata hu. (He goes off towards a classroom while Nupur keeps calling him from behind.)
Nupur: yeh isko kya ho gaya? By God Mayank, tum na. Na tumhe samajh paati hu nahi tumhare saath khud ko. Na jaane kitna peechida rishta hai hamara.
Ganesh Kartikeya
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