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Hi All,
I just wanted to share my favorite Sameer and Naina's scene and my perception on that.
All through the bet phase Sameer has been falling for Naina bit by bit, every moment bringing them closer. He was on the very edge during Mt. Abu trip. He completely fell over the edge during the camp fire night. Of course, this is what I feel.
That day he saw a different Naina. A chudial, a pranskter, a mischievous and fun loving girl, not just a behenji, padhaku girl. He kept looking at her through new eyes. It was as though Naina gave him a new 'set of Naina'. He kept looking for her and waiting for her to join him after changing her dress. He was curious. He wanted to see what else can she cook up, what new facet of her's he will get to see. Of course it was her who came up with the idea of charades. He felt proud, looked at Munna as though saying 'Just look at my girl! She is so smart'.
Then came the deciding moment. She asked him to narrate a poem. How the hell did she knew that! No way he can recite anything he wrote. What if he gets ridiculed for it. It is too personal and intimate. How can he expose himself to the world like that. What the hell is she thinking, asking him to do this stupid stuff.
So, she started narrating. She would show real Sameer to the world, no matter what. Then a pause. It was time to be himself, Sameer thought. No more hiding. He completed the poem. To his astonishment, no one jeered. The clapping of all his schoolmates and teachers made him reach for the clouds. Amidst all of them, even with Munna and Pundit hugging him, he caught her eyes. Those eyes who was brimming with tears, showering him with love, those eyes beaming with pride for him and of him. And then his teachers were praising him. Not once in his life he was accepted so by his peers, not once he felt the praise of a teacher.
He felt so proud of himself. Here he was receiving accolades from his friends, not for some prank, or some mischief. But for something genuine, something personal, something worthy. He exposed himself to the world, the world accepted him with open arms. For a moment he was not alone. And Naina made that possible. That is when I feel he fell in love with her completely and hopelessly. Everyday he fell in love with her bit by bit, and then fell over the edge on that night.
Do share your favorite scenes.
Love
Kshithi
CID
