Jis Awaaz Se Pyaar Hua - ArYa FS - Page 3

The first meeting. Will Maya send in someone else or will she come herself?

SHOT 3

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Fifteen years later.

The alarm rings at 4.45 AM, Arjun wakes up instantly. No snooze button. No hesitation. He looks around. The room is bigger than his rented house he used to live. The room is lavish and sophisticated. The rented house is replaced by a big bungalow.

A framed photograph of his parents beside a study lamp.

He sits up and smiles at the photograph, took their blessings.

He changes into training clothes and begins his morning workout in the gym he built in his house.

Pushups.

Shadow boxing.

Heavy bag training.

Grappling drills.

His movements are sharp, controlled, almost mechanical.

It’s been 15 years and he has grown up into a wealthy successful businessman but his routine never changed. Because discipline is the only thing keeping his life together. And this belief too never changed.

After 2 hours,

Arjun is preparing breakfast.

Not a maid.

Not a chef.

Him.

Pancakes.

Vegetable salad.

Eggs.

Coffee.

Lunchbox.

A photograph on the fridge catches attention.

Arjun and his son fifteen-year-old son Aryaman.

***

Aryaman enters.

Confident.

Athletic

Bright.

Sharp.

[Siddarth Nigam is playing Aryaman's character. You can imagine anyone who has teenager image till now]

A mixture of Arjun's discipline and somebody else's warmth.

He immediately steals a pancake.

Arjun: "That's yours for school."

Aryaman: "It still belongs to the family."

Arjun: "Nice try."

Aryaman grins.

Aryaman: "You've become stingy after becoming rich."

Arjun: "You've become dramatic after becoming a teenager."

They eat together.

Comfortable silence.

Not awkward silence.

The kind built over years.

Aryaman notices Arjun checking emails.

Again.

Aryaman: "Work."

Arjun: "Work."

Aryaman: "You promised today was family breakfast."

Arjun: "It is."

Aryaman: "Then why are you replying to emails?"

Arjun: "Because employees panic if I don't."

Aryaman: "You own three companies."

Arjun: "Four."

Aryaman: "See? That's exactly my point."

Arjun chuckles.

A rare sound.

People at work fear him.

Aryaman never has.

Arjun is still disciplined, emotionally reserved, protective and responsible. But fatherhood has softened him. He smiles more. Laughs more. Sleeps less. Worries constantly.

His world has shrunk into one person - Aryaman.

This is the one conversation Arjun always dreads.

Aryaman casually asks:

Aryaman: "Dad?"

Arjun: "Hmm?"

Aryaman: "What was Mom like?"

Arjun stops.

Same reaction.

Every time.

Aryaman notices.

Every time.

Arjun: "Kind."

Aryaman: "Anything else?"

Arjun: "Smart."

Aryaman: "Anything else?"

Arjun: "Stubborn."

Aryaman: "Like you and me."

Arjun: "Unfortunately."

Aryaman laughs. Then becomes serious.

Aryaman: "Why did she leave our house and where is she?"

The laughter dies. Arjun genuinely does not know. Not because he's hiding. Because he never got answers.

Arjun: "I don't know."

Aryaman: "Did you fight?"

Arjun: "No."

Aryaman: "Did she stop loving us?"

Arjun looks away.

This question hurts.

Because he doesn't know.

Arjun: "I don't think so."

Aryaman: "Then why?"

Arjun has no answer.

For eight years.

No answer.

***

Flashback - Aryaman's POV

Eight years ago

Young Aryaman.

Age seven.

Drawing pictures.

Three stick figures.

Father.

Mother.

Son.

***

Saanjh smiling at Aryaman.

Helping him study.

Making him laugh.

***

Flashback - Arjun's POV

Cafe

Arjun is looking for Madhuri and a girl hugged him from behind. He is shocked to see that girl.

Arjun: "Saanjh?"

Saanjh: "Or Madhuri."

Arjun: "You're Madhuri?"

Saanjh: "But your voice is not sweet."

Saanjh adjusted her throat and speaks. Arjun couldn't believe that she changed her voice to speak with him. Saanjh chuckles at him.

Saanjh: "I fell in love on the day I saw you. Love at First sight. But I was not having the guts to come directly to you and propose. So I decide to talk you in call. But more and more I know about you, I can resist from falling for you. And I don't want you keep in the dark so I came to meet you."

Arjun hugged Saanjh and tell, "Love is unbelievable. See myself, I am head over heels for someone for years without seeing her face."

Saanjh looked at few men leaving the cafe after seeing them.

Arjun breaks the hug and knelt down to her.

Arjun: "I love you. Will you marry me?"

Saanjh: "Yes."

People in the cafe clapped for them.

Saanjh: "We cannot stay at Delhi. My parents are convincing for marriage and I tried refusing them but they are not listening. I don't have the guts to face my parents. So we have to elope."

Arjun: "Are you sure? Won't your parents be heartbroken?"

Saanjh: "They will be heartbroken. But time heals everything and we can come to them after our marriage. They will definitely accept us."

Arjun is confused. The people in the cafe are looking at them and supported Saanjh by giving filmy refercnes. Saanjh too pressurized Arjun and Arjun accepts it.

Arjun: "Right. For two months, we'd stay at Udaipur. Then, we can go to France as I got a fully funded Masters admission there. If we get married, I can get visa for you as well."

Saanjh: "That's great. We'll do."

***

After so many years, in a normal family dinner.

Everything looks normal.

Yet something feels off.

Arjun watching Saanjh.

Respectfully.

Kindly.

But there is distance.

An invisible wall.

***

Arjun remembered Saanjh

Arjun cared for Saanjh.

Respected her.

Trusted her.

But the fire he once felt for "Madhuri" never existed.

He never understood why.

He assumed love simply changed after marriage.

One evening,

Saanjh: "Are you happy?"

Arjun smiles.

Arjun: "Of course."

But after she leaves the room, his smile disappears.

Not because he dislikes her.

Because something has always felt incomplete.

And he never knew what.

***

Airport

A major problem emerges in Arjun's Delhi branch due to fraud, internal sabotage and financial irregularities.

He must personally travel.

Aryaman is disappointed.

Aryaman: "You'll miss my football finals."

Arjun: "I'll stream them."

Aryaman: "Not the same thing."

Arjun: "I know."

Aryaman: "Then don't go."

Arjun: "I have responsibilities."

Aryaman smirks.

Aryaman: "You taught me that line."

Arjun: “Once your match is done, come to Delhi. You’d be staying with your grandparents.”

Aryaman: "That's great."

***

Delhi

Mathur House

Aryaman temporarily stays with his maternal grandparents.

They love him deeply.

Yet something feels strange.

Whenever Aryaman talks about Saanjh, the atmosphere changes.

Aryaman: "What was Mom like as a teenager?"

The room becomes quiet.

Grandmother: "Very cheerful."

Aryaman: "Then?"

Grandmother: "Nothing."

It looked quick, too reharsed and Aryaman noticed it.

Unlike Arjun, Aryaman is curious, persistent and emotionally expressive. He cannot let mysteries remain unsolved. He inherited Arjun's determination, unfortunately for everyone involved.

***

Late night.

Aryaman explores old photo albums.

Most photographs are normal.

Birthdays.

College.

Family gatherings.

Then he notices something odd.

In several pictures, Saanjh, Maya and Sonakshi are always together and always inseparable.

Yet today, nobody talks about Maya, nobody mentions Sonakshi and nobody likes to talk about his mother. When he tried to ask his grandparents, they are giving the same template answers like no idea.

Nobody explains anything.

The mystery deepens.

***

Delhi.

Corporate Award Ceremony.

The audience applauds.

A woman walks onto stage.

Confident.

Elegant.

Powerful.

Maya Mehrotra.

Founder and CEO of a global fashion empire.

One of India's most influential entrepreneurs.

Yet after receiving the award—

She leaves immediately.

No celebration.

No smile.

No excitement.

Success never filled the void.

***

City Hospital

Ashwin Mehrotra is ill. Very ill. Hospitalized.

Arjun decides to visit. Part respect. Part obligation.

The hospital corridor.

Footsteps.

A familiar voice.

After fifteen years.

Arjun turns.

Maya turns.

Both freeze.

No music.

No dramatic dialogue.

Just silence.

Heavy silence.

Neither expected this moment.

Neither prepared for it.

Maya: "Hello, Arjun."

Arjun: "Hello."

That's all.

Fifteen years.

Reduced to one word.

***

Back at Saanjh's parents' house.

Aryaman cannot stop thinking.

Something isn't right.

He discovers old photographs, old letters and missing items. And a locked drawer.

No key.

No explanation.

When he asks his grandparents,

Aryaman: "What's inside?"

Both become uncomfortable.

Grandfather: "I don't remember."

Aryaman instantly knows.

That's a lie.

Aryaman sits alone.

Looking at the drawer.

Looking at a photograph of Saanjh, Maya and Sonakshi.

Three smiling friends.

Frozen in time.

He whispers.

Aryaman: "What happened to you, Mom?"

Meanwhile elsewhere...

Dr. Sonakshi Bose opens a storage box.

Inside is a tiny key.

The same key Aryaman is searching for.

She stares at it.

Troubled.

Because she knows what lies inside that drawer.

And once that diary is opened... Several lives will never be the same again.

To be continued...

Shot 3

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