It's raining heavily in Mumbai.. every corner is getting flooded .. Mihir' and Noyna gets stuck in office. Noina blandly stares at window ..
Mihir enters cabin...
Mihir : Report taiyar hai naa Noina!!...Aaj Mr Mittal aa rahe hai...Aaj hi file Dena hoga tumhe...figures sahi hai na??
Noina doesn't respond...
Mihir: Noina !!! Noina....!!!(Loudly)
She suddenly looks back ..
Mihir: Kaha khoi ho ?? Baarish mein...dub gaye kya bina bahar gaye hi ???(Jokingly)
Noina: Tum kuch keh rahe they naa??
Mihir: Yes ... report taiyar hai naa...Mr Mittal Aaj sham tak aate honge...
Noina: (looking at wrist)..Yes, Report taiyar hai....figures toh tumne dekh hi li hai naa....
Humare paas ab bhi 6 ghante hai...chalo ..ek baat puchu??
Mihir (looking at laptop): Yaa sure!! Why not??
Noina: Hume kitne saal hue college se nikle hue??
Mihir: 40 saal ... Kyun??
Noina: Aaj humare dosti ko bhi 40 saal ho gaye hai ...kya tumne kabhi humare college Wale din ko yaad kiya hai kabhi ...hum ese hi din baarish mein yaad hai kudte they...naachte they...paper boat bahaya karte they!! Kya hum ine bade ho gaye ki ab unhe yaad naa kare! ...Do you even notice the rain....How do you feel them?? Batao naa.
Mihir: Ohh really...tum batao naa barish kese hoti hai...
Noina: Bohot sundar... pyaara ...aur rahasya se bhara.....wese mujhe ek baat kehna tha..kya Maine yaha ru kar accha kaam kiya hai...yun achanak India mein aana aur settle ho jaana ...ek widow hu aur acchanak yaha kisi ke family mein involve hona...
Pata nahi ek andesa ho raha hai ki kuch galat hone wala hai...kya hoga pata nahi.
Mihir: Noina... listen!!! ..Maine kuch nahi bhula, sab yaad hai ..main aaj bhi Sarat, Haider , Roseline Jo bohot baccho jese thi , Rohit, sabka yaad aata hai...bas ab samay nahi milta...Hum jante hai Noina ki hum sab old friends hai...Dost,College friends...Rahi baat tumhare aur mere dosti ki toh main maanta hu ki, Dosti ka matalab ...woh rishta Jo bohot pavitra rishta hota hai...jo do log koi bhi, kaise bhi...kisi bhi samay ...kisi bhi jagah share kar sakte hai...iska koi naam nahi hota..? A friend in need is, a friend in deed ... that's it...Hum dono bas dost hai... Aur hum sab Dost hi rahenge.....Ek gana gaun???
Yeh dosti hum nahi todenge ..🎼🎼🎼🎼🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶
Noina smiles....
Noina: Kaafi accha gaate ho !!!! Haa, hum bas dost hai....naa aurat naa mard ...naa married naa widow...Hum bas dost hai...aur rahenge...ek dusre ke dukh share karenge sujhao denge....royenge kabhi hasenge....!!! Nok jhonk bhi karenge , kaam bhi karenge... Bas dar iss baat ka hai ki iss Dosti ko duniya koi aur nam naa de de....jese kai logon ne mujhe kaha hai.
Toh iss Dosti ke naam aaj coffe treat ho jaye!!!
Mihir: Ho Jaye...wese main soch raha hu phir se painting shuru karun..Kya khayal hai?? Aur haan, Duniya ko jo chahe sochne do...hum dost they, hai aur hamesha rahenge.
Noina : Haaaa!!! Really....so glad to hear it... I will like to see them again..
Mihir : Yes...
Mihir pauses and takes a call... going out .. Suddenly the chunri of "Mata" at his cabin burnt....Noina noticed it and somehow called the staff....the staff came and extinguished the fire .
Mihir is back at cabin..
Mihir: Kya hua??
Noina: Pata nahi kese "Mata" ke chunri mein aag lag gayi thi...(Bit scared).
Mihir: Aag !! Kese (he saw part of chunri to be burnt, and is astonished).
Noina: Kuch nahi ...it's okay now.
At Shantiniketan.... Suddenly, Press comes for interviewing Mihir.
Reporter: Excuse me, koi hai...
Munni: Ji Gayatri Baa hai ...
Munni calls Gayatri Baa ...
Gayatri : Ji, kaun...??
Reporter: Mam , Mihir sir hai?? Unse ek interview lena tha.... unke naye business ke silsile mein
Gayatri thinks a bit....and say..
Gayatri: Nahi Mihir toh nahi hai...Woh kahin gaya hai.... shayad office yaa...(Pretending to recall).
Reporter: Yaa...Kaha ??
Gayatri: Noina ke ghar shayad...
Reporter: Noina?? Pardon.... Noina Agarwal?? Uss din jo shadi attend karne aye they??
Gayatri: Haa....haan...Uska dost, recently Foreign se aye hai... recently ab samdhi bhi hai...but dono pakke college friends they... Pehle Painting class bhi karte they dono .. dono mein aaj bhi kafi gehri dosti hai...acche rishte bhi hai ab ...they know each other very well ( with fake smile).
Reporter bit stumbled...
Reporter: Ok Mam...Hum office jaake mi
lte hai unse.
Gayatri gets back to her room with smirking .
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