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(As soon as I finish my other OS, i will write here my take of the MJHT track of the accident. To begin, I will start with events leading with the accident.
Mayur and Sajan fight didnt happen. Instead, the gang have finished their studies. Mayur are planning to shift to USA for his MBA and her further studies in Media. Sajan are engaged and Samrat is planning to take up basketball as a career while Gunjan is deciding. Dia, Benji and Uday are also deciding.
Samrat had injured his arm during a basketball game and had his arm cast. Despite Gunjan's protests, he offered to drive the car to drop Mayur at the airport.
Sajan and Mayur are in the car, when the brakes failed and exactly as in MJHT the accident took place.
My story will start 3 years later...
Three years after the accident.
Mumbai, 2013, Excel college
Excel college had changed a lot aince 2010. Nothing seemed familiar to her, as she drove the car to the car park, her husband beside her. A tear came out of her left eye under her sunglasses. Her life was totally changed the day her sister died in the accident. Her husband looked at her from behind his sunglasses, as she reversed the car to the parking slot.
The couple had come to the college to see him. He was after all their best friend. They never blamed him for Nupur's death. True he should have let his driver drive the car. But the car brakes failing was not certainly his fault.
Husband- Dia? (Jottling her out of her thoughts)
Dia- Haan Benji? (She looked at him)
Benji- Chalein?
Dia- Hm. (She nodded)
The couple got down from her blue car and walked towards the college.
Dia- Remember Benji? Kitna tang kiya tha meri dono behen ko!
Benji- Haan... Kash humaara zindagi aise nahi badalta!
Dia- Haan.
Just then an old teacher of theirs stopped them.
Teacher- Arre! Dia! Benji! Tum dono yaha?
Benia- Hello Maam.
Benji- How are you maam?
Teacher- I am fine! What about you? What about the others?
Dia- Everyone is fine maam. Benji and I got married last year. I am into fashion designing and Benji in his father's business. Mayank has moved to Mumbai after two years in USA. He is working with a leading company here. Gunjan had gone to London and is now back in Mumbai as a HR consultant. Uday is here working in Dad's restaurant business. And...
Dia trailed off, thinking of Nupur.
Benji- (Changing the topic to cheer her up) Er, Maam. Samrat kaha hain?
Teacher- Achanak aaj tumlog uske milne aaye yaha pe?
Dia- Haan. Bas aise hi.
The couple excused themselves. They bumped into Rhea Saxena, principal Saxena's daughter. She was currently a psychologist at Excel. Dia and Benji liked her a lot. And known only to Benia, Rhea and Samrat were seeing each other.
Rhea- Hi guys!
Benia- Hi!
Rhea- Sammy ko milne aaye ho?
Benji- Haan. Aaj Nupur ki death anniversary hain.
Rhea- Pata hain. I still try to cheer him up lekin he keeps blaming himself. Gunjan aur Mayank kaise hain?
Dia- Dono acche hain. Aaj mere ghar main saarein khandan aa rahe hain puja ke liye. Socha tha...
Rhea- Ki Samrat ko bulao? Dont know, but wont there be confrontation?
Dia- Wahi samajh nahi aa rahe hain. Aur haan aaj Niel oberoi bhi aa rahe hain.
Rhea- Niel? Woh film director jo Gunjan ko pyar karte hain?
Benji- Haan.
The three never forgot the day Samrat's expression changed last year when newspapers carried news of Niel Oberoi confessing his love for his childhood friend Gunjan.
Rhea- I really wish ki yeh dono ki jodiyan kabhi nahi toota...
Dia- Haan Rhea. I remember how I really disliked their friendship onec upon a time. Aur aaj...
Benji- Girls, chalein. Samrat ke miltein hain.
The three walked into the trustee office where a man was busy at his table.
Benji- Sam!
Dia- Sammy!
Samrat looked up.
Samrat- Arre hi guys! Wassup?
Benia exchanged glances.
Dia- Sammy. Aaj mere ghar mein puja hain aur...
Samrat looked at a photo of a gang on his table
Samrat- Maine Mayank aur Gunjan ko face nahi karne chaahta hoon.
Dia- Sammy. Koi tumhe blame nahi kiya!
Samrat- Candy. I dont know. Gunjan ab mujhe nafrat kartein hain. Mayank bhi.
Benji- Dude yaar! Kamse kam tum humaarein liye aa jao!
Rhea- Sammy. Aaj third anniversary hain. Tum jao. Main kya jaou tumhare saath?
Samrat- Theek hain Rhea. Agar tum, Candy aur Benji itna insist karo toh jaonga.
Benji- Dude. Ek warning toh hain. Niel Oberoi bhi aa raha hain.
Samrat looked at Benji. And looked away, pained and troubled.
At Benia's place, a puja preparation was ongoing. Dia's dad, tauji, bui, brother Uday, sister Gunjan, jiju Mayank, and the director who still was wooing Gunjan had come. Benji's parents were present as well. Benia were waiting for things to settle down, when Samrat and Rhea appeared. Samrat avoided Mayank, Gunjan, Bauji and Bui. But Uday greeted him in his typical friendly manner.
Gunjan and Mayank also avoided Samrat. They remembered the fateful day.
Flashback
3 years ago
The accident victims were brought into the hospital. Dia, Benji, Uday were already called by the police to the hospital. After lots of chaos, Nupur was declared as dead. Her face and body was beyond recognition. When Gunjan and Mayank came to know first they were terribly upset.
Then came the confrontation. Samrat had already injured his arm. And now he was critically injured. Both Mayank and Gunjan felt like blaming him and left Samrat at this juncture when he needed them the most. Samrat's sister Suhaani was called in from abroad, along with her husband Adhiraj.
Suhaani had tried reasoning with Gunjan but Gunjan decided to break all relations with Samrat and Suhaani.
Flashback ends
The puja had started. Samrat stared into the deep space. Mayank kept on staring at Nupur's photo. Gunjan looked vacant and lost in thoughts.
After the puja, it was Niel who approached Samrat.
Niel- Hi Samrat. Niel Oberoi here.
Samrat- (Listlessly) Hello.
Niel- Toh tum ho Gunjan ki ex-fiance.
Samrat was silent
Niel- I am so lucky ki tum dono ka breakup ho gaya hain!
Samrat looked at Niel
Niel- Haan haan. Nupur ki death bahut dukh ki baat hai. Lekin accha hua (He winked) Gunjan ab mere pass, mere baahon mein.
Samrat stared, shocked
Niel- Arre chup kyon ho? Tumhaara doston, Benji aur Dia, kehte hai ki tum bahut saarein baat kartein ho. Aur aaj bolti bandh?
Samrat- Main chaltain hoon.
Niel- Kyon? Gunjan ko milne jao! (He sniggered)
Samrat- Nahi.
Niel- Arre. Bura mat maano yaar. Gunjan ab mere hone waalein hain, maine usko mere mangekar banaonga. Toh ab toh milne saktein ho usko.
Samrat- No thanks. All the best. (He was about to leave when Bui joined Niel)
Bui- Arre Niel beta. Tum iss chor ke saath kyon baat akr rahe ho!
Niel- Accha? Samrat kya chor hain?
Bui- Haan haan. Humaarein Nupur ki zindagi churaliya hain usne!
Rhea came there, angry
Rhea- Dekhiye. Bandh karo tum dono ka natak. Sab jaantei hain ki gaadi ki brake fail hua tha! Samrat bekasur hain!
Niel- Accha? Toh newspapers ne kyon kaha ki police ko lagta hain ki brakes fail karwaya gaya?
Rhea- Kyon ki woh police ko laga hai. Lekin Samrat aise gandhe kaam kar nahi saktein.
Gunjan and Mayank appeared. They saw Samrat, who looked away.
Samrat- Rhea. Chalo.
Rhea- Hello Gunjan. Hello Mayank.
Mayank and Gunjan greeted her, ignoring Samrat fully
Rhea- Haan chalo Samrat. Yaha Benji-Dia-Uday alawa sab tumhe nafrat kartein hain. Chalo, Suhaani aur Adhiraj aa rahe hain aaj. (She comfortingly took Samrat's hand, glared at Niel)
Samrat and Rhea left.
Benia who had heard and seen everything were fuming inside.
Dia- Benji. Yeh Niel ke bacche! (Nupur's language effect had already rubbed on to her) By god! (She fumed even more)
Benji- Sab ka aankh bandh hain. Samrat bekasur hain. Aur yeh Niel! Nupur ki death lucky? Kya mauka hain! Stupid besharam... (He looked away exasperated)
(A Promo)
Maine nupur ko dekha!
Kya! Tum theek ho?
Please mat jao mujhe chhodkar! Mujhe galti ho gayi!
I am sorry. Mujhe jaana hain.
My father used to beat my mother everyday. I hated him.
My mother has died in an accident. My father and I grew closer.
(The promo is meant to be confusing! it is just to show u wat u can expect from here soon. The first two lines will be there very soon. The third and fourth lines will come up after sometime, and the last two lines will come much much later...)
Later at his place, Samrat broke down. He was alone, in his house. His sister and brother-in-law had gone out to visit Adhiraj's family. He was in his sofa, crying aloud. His tears streamed down as he remembered the good times with his best friends Nupur and Mayank and his Chashmish. He closed his eyes, embittered. He began cursing himself and god.
(His dialogues as in the show where he cried, missing Nupur.)
At Mayank's place, as soon as Gunjan, Bauji, Bui and Niel- who all came for a visit- left, he went to his bedroom to cry. He missed Nupur and the good times with her. Then he remembered the good times with the gang and his friendship with Samrat. He began to wish he had never let Samrat drive with his cast hand, and at such a speed, despite Gunjan's insistence. He began cursing everyone and wished he was at the wheel. Crying, he closed his eyes.
(As in the scene in the show)
When Niel dropped her and her family home, Gunjan went to her room and sat down looking at the album of pictures of the gang. She cried and missed everyone. She began to rue the fact that her sister had left her.
(As in the show)
All the three- Samrat, Mayank and Gunjan- were absolutely broken down, crying with all their energy drained away.
Meanwhile, at the Saxena house, Principal Saxena and Rhea were at dinner. Father and daughter were pretty close, and last year Rhea came back to her father for sometime. As they ate their dinner-
Saxena- Rhea. Tumne Gunjan aur Mayank ko mile?
Rhea- Haan dad. (Thinking) Dad, I am feeling very sorry for Samrat. Usne kiya kya hain dad?
Saxena- Well he should not have driven with a cast hand and at such a speed.
Rhea- Par dad, yeh brakes fail hona...
Saxena- Kabhi kabhi zyaada speed se brake fail ho sakta hain.
Rhea- Aur kabhi kabhi kuch aur vejarde... Police ne saaf saaf kaha ki brake fail karwaya gaya!
Saxena- Aur shak Samrat ya uska driver pe aaya.
Rhea- Bekasoor hain humaarein Samrat!
Saxena- Haan beta jaanti hoon. Tumne usko bacha liya jab aayi yaha.
Rhea- Kya karun... Diya ne mujhe bulayi thi. Uske bahut fikar ho raha tha!
Saxena sir started remembering the old gang. The star basketball player. The star speaker and dancer. The star student and singer. The star student. Samrat. Nupur. Gunjan. Mayank. Their friends the famous Dodo aka Uday, the diva and event organizer Diya and the ever present Benji.
Saxena closed his eyes, as he remembered how the gang stayed close through thick and thin, how the very people who supported Samrat during the Ranvijay times, have now abandoned him. One dead, one ignoring him and one absolutely not forgiving him.
Rhea- Dad?
Saxena-(Coming out of his thought)- Haan beta?
Rhea- Kuch karna padega! Main Mayank aur Gunjan ko waapus aane chaahti hoon Samrat ki zindagi mein.
Saxena- (Looking at his daughter) Toh plan banao.
Rhea, with a determined look on her face, agreed.
''Haan dad. Banaongi.''
Benia were alone at last. They were upset, sitting on their sofa, cups of soup in their hands. Dia was lost in her thoughts and Benji was thinking of Niel's words.
The doorbell rang and the couple looked at each other and at the time. It was ten pm.
Dia- Iss waqt kaun ho sakta hai?
Benji- Main dekhti hoon.
The door opened and a man and a woman entered.
Benji- Annie! Jacko! Tum dono?
Dia also came up, smiling, happy seeing her old cronies and now good firends. Jacko was now working with Uday, and Annie was into event management. Both were as single as Uday was. Both had problems and left college early, one after the other.
Annie- Dia! (The girls hugged)
Benji- Arre dude aur dudette! Iss waqt yaha?
Jacko- Kyon nahi?
Benia laughed and took their guests in.
Dia- Bolo! Kya khabar hai tum dono ki?
Annie- Actually... (Her expression changed and she exchanged dark looks with Jacko, who stopped smiling. Benia noticed it)
Benji- Kya hua?
Jacko- Actually, er... Humme kuch kaaran ke liye yaha aay.
Dia- Woh kya? (Exchanging puzzled looks with Benji) Arre batana! Accha sun, kya tum log soup piyoge?
Annie- Nahi yaar.. Hum bahar gaye thei kuch doston ke saath.
Dia- Okay.. (Waiting for Annie to continue)
Jacko- (Very suddenly) Maine Nupur ko dekha!
Dia and Benji getting up at once- Kya!
Benji- Tum theek ho?
Dia- Mazak mat karo Jacko! College deeno mein tum ek idiot thei, mazak ka umar tha! Lekin ab! (She screamed)
Annie and Jacko got up, scared.
Annie- Dia, Benji, hum dono hi Nupur ko dekha! Sach!
Benia stared at Annie and Jacko, the earth below them seeming vanished, their senses numbed, mixed feelings erupting in themselves.
Just then Uday came into the house. Often he stayed with his sister and brother-in-law. He heard everything. He entered.
Uday- Annie! Jacko! Yeh kya keh rahe ho!
Jacko- Hi Uday... Annie aur maine aaj hi Nupur ko dekha!
Annie- Inorbit mall mein hum doston ke saath film dekhne gaye thei. waha se food court jaakar humme usko ek aadmi ke saath dekha!
Dia- Aa-aadmi? Kaisa aadmi? Aur are you sure ki tumne Nupur ko dekha? Nahi Nahi... yeh vehem hain!
Annie- Dia darling dono logo ko ek saath kaise vehem hote hain?
Benia and Uday looked at each other.
Jacko- Hummne Nups bulakar uske pass jaane ke koshsih ki! Lekin woh uss aadmi ke saath chala gaye. Crowd tha issi liye humme usko reach nahi kar paayi.
Annie- Dia darling, trust us! We have seen Nupur. In blood and flesh humaara Nupur. Ekdum wahi Nupur! Wahi baal, wahi aankh, wahi chehra, wahi expression, wahi height, wahi kapde pehne ke style!
Dia looked at Annie and plopped slowly on the sofa. Benji went slowly aside to a photo of the gang and stared at Nupur in the photo. Uday leant weakly against the wall behind the sofa. The brother and sister looked at each other and then at Benji who turned and looked at them. Disbelief on one side and hope on the other, their expressions were mixed. Annie and Jacko quietly looked at each other and at them. The room grew silent.
The next day
Rhea was in her cabin at the college. She was pensively thinking
She was working as a temporary counsellor. Last year, two years after the accident, Dia had met her in New York and appealed her to come and help Samrat out of his deep depression and alcoholism. It was she who helped him out. Though she and Samrat didnt love each other, they were friends, who pretended even to Benia that they saw each other. Both Benia and Uday stayed by Samrat's side but could not help him, so Dia had heard of Rhea's fame as a counsellor and went to her.
Today because of her Samrat wasnt suicidal. But still, he was a changed man. He had moved on yet he was quiet, unhappy and listless. Rhea's eyes became misty. Suddenly she heard a knock on her door. She looked up to see two of her favourite people, final year students Ashwini or Ash and Rohan or Ro. They were seeing each other and often came to Rhea for small talks.
Rhea- (Smiling) Arre Ash aur Ro! Kya baat hain?
Ro- Baat hai? Aapne humme bulaaye hain, hai naa?
Rhea- O haan! Main toh bhul gayi! Aao beith! (She smiled and they smiled as they sat down)
Rhea- Mujhe tum dono se kuch advice chaahiye!
Ash- Advice aur hum?
Rhea- Haan, kyon nahi?
Ash- Kyonki hum students aur aap.
Rhea- (Laughing) Haan haan mujhe pata hai! Mere jurisdiction mujhe pata hain! Main bas thodi help chaahti hoon.
Ash and Ro- Kaisa help?
Rhea- I am trying to think ki Samrat sir ko phir se khushi kaise karu. (She then told them, on terms of privacy, about the excel college's gang and the main couples Mayur, Sajan and Benia. Ash and Ro listened)
Rhea- Ab main un sabko waapus ek saath laanei koshish karungi. Magar kaise/ Wohi mujhe nahi pata.
Ro- Kyon na aap woh Dia-Benji ko pucchho?
Rhea- I want to do it. I want to bring all of them back to Excel par kaise! Mujhe samajh nahi aa raha hain...
Ash- Principal sir ne...
Rhea- Woh mujhpar cchod do...
(The three began to think of all sorts of situations. Ro and Ash continuously thought of all sorts of things like kidnapping, putting the gang together in a locked room, spike their drinks and food and so on. Rhea's head started rolling.)
Rhea- Aur kuch ideas do na!
Ash- Accha accha ek aur idea suno! Kyon na humme ek festival ki bahane mein un sabko bulatei hain?
Ro- Lekin Samrat sir ek trustee hain. Trustee ko batana hain ki kaun aa raha hain aur nahi.
Rhea- Not necessarily. Idea bura bhi nahi hain.. (She began to think) I say yeh idea acchi hain. (She suddenly thought of something, and thoughtfully began) Mayank ...commerce... aur management ...mein hain, Gunjan... HR mein hain, Dia fashion designing... mein hain, Uday food business... Benji kuch aur business mein hai aur Samrat yaha trustee hain... Main kya sochti hoon... (She looked at her listeners) Mere dimaag mein kuch aa raha hain!
Ro-Ash- Kya?
Rhea- Current employer... Excel college!
Ro-Ash- Eh?
Rhea smiled, leant back in her swivil chair and smiled to herself and at them.
It was decided between Benia and Uday, and Annie-Jacko that till things were confirmed and sure, the others were not to be informed about the sighting of Nupur. They decided to do the investigation on their own.
Benia and Uday decided to go to the mall, with photos of Nupur, to ask around. Annie and Jack went with them. No shopkeeper seemed to have seen her. Some salespeople were absent on the previous night or today. No one remembered. Benia then went to the foodcourt where Nupur was supposedly seen. There the paanipuri stall person wasnt there, and Annie and Jacko were sure that Nupur's companion was having paanipuri.
Dia- (Sitting on a chair) Thak gayi hoon main! Yeh kaise ho sakta hain dono log ek marjuki insaan ko dekha aur kissini kuch nahi!
Benji- CCTV camera! (Looking at a camera!) Dia! (Looking at her) CCTV camera!
Dia- Hum toh policewaalein nahi ki hum dekh sakti hain!
Benji- Koshish toh karein!
Dia looked at the camera seen near the icecream stall.
Dia- Theek hain.
Benia then went to a floor manager and pleaded. The manager refused. By then Jacko, Uday and Annie joined Benia. They decided to use their college time tricks.
Benji- Theek hai bhaisaab! Aap humaarein aakhri wish poorein nahi karengi! (Pretending to cry)
Manager- Aakhri?
Uday- (Catching on) Haan! Hum sab bimaar hain aur aap humaarein wish poorein nahi karega?
Dia looked at her husband and her brother and remembered the nautanki days of Excel. She joined in, using Nupur's style
Dia- Haan Managerji! Dekhna! Aaj humaarein kya haal hain! Pehle baar itne saalon ki baad hum yaha aayi, humaarein aakhri cchutti mamane ke liye!
Benji- Haan!
Manager- Lekin CCTV camera kyon?
Uday- Kyonki... kyonki... kyonki hummne yeh jaanna hain ki CCTV kaise chaltein hain!
Benji-Haan! Aur pata nahi kab kaise kya dekhunga!
Dia- Kal ho na ho!
Uday- Treatment fail ho juka hain aur sab kuch khatam waalein hain.
Manager- O...(He was hesistating)
The group saw a chance and looked at each other.
Manager- Toh... aakhri wish...?
Annie- Er.. ki hum dekhte hain aap kaise kya kar sakte ho CCTV camera mein.
Just then, to a big shock of them, Gunjan and Niel appeared.
Gunjan- Dia! Uday Bhaiya! Benji! O hi Annie and Jacko!
Niel- hey guys!
Benia and others looked at them, shell shocked.
Manager- Kya aap dono bhi bimaare ho kya?
Gunjan and Niel looked shocked- Kya?!
Benji- Arre haan! Haan! Bilkul! Kya hain na, yeh dono ka bhoolne ka bimaari hain!
Dia- O ... er Gunjan tum dono yaha?
Gunjan- Ek minute. Bhulne ke bimaare?
Uday (Suddenly)- Haan haan.
Gunjan- Uday bhaiya!
Niel- haha Mazaak!
Manager- Mazaak?
Dia- Er.. Manager jee ek minute...
She grabbed Gunjan away, while Uday and Jacko led Niel aside as well.
Dia- Gunjan. Tum yaha kaise?
Gunjan- Pehle batao, kya ho raha hain yahaa pe?!
Dia- Kuch nahi. Bas kuch help maangna para manager se.
Gunjan- Help? Kaisa help?
Dia- Woh, actually.. woh (Trying to think) Er, actually Gunjan, humme na manager ke saath kuch kaam tha toh thodi pretense game bhi karan hoga.
Gunjan looked at her sister, puzzled.
Dia- Tum jao na! Baad mein baat karungi...(She, Uday and Jacko whisked Niel and Gunjan away)
Then they came back to the manager who became suspicious. He refused and left. The group cursed themselves. Benia became exasperated.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 5...
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