Chapter I
part 1
"Sona" called a voice from behind Sonam. It was Sanjay Leela Bhansali…her idol…her mentor…her god. "Arre Sanjay ji …aiyye Na!" She was currently working as an assistant director in Sanjay's 'Black'. She was very fervent about working as an assistant director of Sanjay. She was decorating the sets when sanjay approached her. "Sona…mujhe tumse ek bohot important baat karni hai" Sanjay said.
"Mujhse?" Sona was flushing with excitement. Sanjay nodded and took out a bunch of rutted papers from his pocket and handed them to Sona. Sona looked at him with utmost disorientation. "Yeh kyaa hai?" she asked, confused. "Khud hi khol ke dekho!" A slender smile played around his lips. As Sona opened the papers and spread them out…She saw this-
Cast (Final)
Sonam Kapoor- Sakina
Ranbir Kapoor- Raj
Rani Mukherjee-Gulaab
Salman Khan-
And so on.
It was the script of his next film. "OH MY GOD!!!!" Sona exclaimed. "This script says.....says..." Sona had difficulty in forming the words.
"says you're gonna star in my next film" Sanjay finished the sentence for her. She was so overjoyed,she started jumping up and down and gave him a tight hug. "I don't know what to say" she said between gasps. "nothing" Sanjay grinned. "just sign the film!" Sonam shouted out in joy and started bobbing up and down. When her excitement cooled down a little,she asked "Does Ranbir know" "Not yet" Sanjay said.
"Oh please!Let me tell him!!!"sonam said "ohkay...."said Sanjay."but....calm down first!"
Sonam smiled and took out her cell phone.
Sonam and Ranbir were childhood friends. They both belonged to star families and thus,their families were on good terms with each other,thus, they were friends since 3rd grade. They also went to the same school. They were so close friends that there wasn't a single secret of Ranbir that Sonam didn't know and vice-versa. Sonam was so happy that she wanted to give Ranbir the good news herself.
Ranbir was playing soccer when his phone buzzed into action. "Oh man!!" Ranbir muttered. "I hate it when that happens!!" Ranbir gruffly walked over to his bench and took out his cell. He saw it was Sona. Ranbir picked up the phone and said "mera abhi soccer match chal raha hai...main tumhe baad mein phone karta hoon." "this is more important than soccer Bir!" Sona said. "ohkay.....shoot!" Ranbir said. "guess who Sanjay ji is casting in his next film???"Sona said with an excited voice. "shahrukh Khan??" Ranbir said quizzically. "no idiot..." Sona said. "Sonam Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor"
"WHAT???" Ranbir was literally bellowing. "DON'T KID ME!!!!"
"I'm not kidding Bir" Sona said. "yeh sach hai"
"Really??????" Ranbir was overjoyed.
"lo...Sanjay ji se baat karo!" Sona then handed the phone to Sanjay and he filled Ranbir in on the details.
That night Ranbir and Sonam's parents decided to throw a party for them.
"Cheers to our children!!" Anil Kapoor said, with his glass held high. "Cheers" chorussed the others. Ranbir and Sonam looked at each other and smiled. They felt very lucky and fotunate to have the oppurtunity to work with their best friend.
Next week was the script reading of Saawariya. there, they met Rani and Salman. Rani was very sweet to them and gave them her heartiest blessings. Salman, on the other hand, had a lovely sense of humour and made them feel at home.
The shooting started within two months. Both Sona and Bir started enjoying working with each other. Sonam always kept making Ranbir laugh by her deliberate clumsiness and her humorous comments. Ranbir always felt happy when he was around Sonam.
Thus, he started sticking to Sonam all the time. They always hung out together on weekends and either went to the Disco or to their favourite restaurant "The Park Regency"
They always had too much fun together.The shooting of saawariya finished within the next three months. On the last day of the shoot, salman came to the sets and saw how well Sonam and ranbir enacted the love scene. He joked "Arre waah!! dekh ke toh lag raha hai ke tum dono sach mein ek couple ho!"
The whole cast and crew broke into laughter except Sonam and Ranbir. Sonam and Ranbir just stood thr and blushed like hell. Both of them somehow felt very conscious....which had never happened before. In the midst of all this, Ranbir's hand accidentally brushed against Sonam's hand. Ranbir did not notice it...but Sonam did. A strange feeling rushed through her spine. She somwhow liked. She kept staring at the area where Ranbir's hand brushed her. Then she quickle pressed a hand to her head and said in an undertone"mai bhi pagal hoon"
That was the beginning.
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