"Roll...Camera...Action..." The
director shouts loudly and his cap falls down due to this. The crew members
feel lost while they watch Kalpana dance to the song "Gulabi Aankhen jo
meri deekhi (When you saw my rosy eyes), deewana har dil hogaya (your heart got
crazy), sambhalon khudko oo mere yaroon (try to hold yourself of my friend),
sambhalna mushkil ho gaya (it is now difficult to balance yourself)."
A man from the crew holds the table and
starts leaning on the table but watching Kalpana move her waist in the red sari
which was barely covering her waist, he starts smiling and his hand slips
making his head hit the table.
Another crew member holds the fan as
Kalpana starts dancing around a tree and his happiness has no bounds when he
notices her flying in the air with the air of the fan. He misses a step and
falls on the ground due to his distraction.
A smile trickles on Kalpana's face when
she notices him on the floor and she extends her hand to help him get up. She
holds a hand and hears a voice. "Get up Kalpana...Wake
up...Kalpana...." Kalpana starts smiling and opens her eyes noticing a woman
wearing a white and green sari, with a hand on her waist and the other hand in
Kalpana's hand.
Australia:
A knock is heard on the door and when no
response comes from the inside, a man breaks open the door. He watches Raghav
kissing the woman in the changing room.
The woman breaks the kiss and Raghav
watches the man silently as a frustration is noted on his face.
"What are you doing here
Samiara?" The man says while crossing his hands across his chest.
The woman fakes a smile while controlling
her breath and she leaves Raghav's collar while adjusting her dress. She says
while breathing heavily "Richard....A...nothing...I was just helping this
gentleman in buying a suit." She starts smiling widely while pointing
towards Raghav as Raghav watches her in disbelief.
"Oh really? Helping this man in
wearing a suit as well right?...I can see his shirt is half torn and your shirt
buttons open...May be you were making him try your suit....Right
sweetheart?"
"Oh...Oh ....Not really....I
mean...Richard..." The woman says while stammering and blinking her eyes.
"Just shut up and move out
now...Can't believe that I gave you the responsibility of the store and you are
here smooching the customers. You are my wife Samaira and the mother of my 4
kids..."
"Two kids Richard...Two kids are of
my previous husband." Samaira says while adjusting her hair.
"Whatever...Get out now..."
Richard says firmly.
"Do you want anything else
sir?" Richard asks Raghav.
"Oh...No...I mean I wanted to buy a
suit but..."
"You got more than that...Kindly
leave the store sir."
"Yeah fine..." Raghav says
while closing the buttons of his shirt and walking out in style.
Samaira smiles as she notices Raghav
walking out and he winks at her while she gives him a good bye kiss from the
reception.
***********
India:
Reality strikes Kalpana and she realizes
that it was her beautiful dream which was now broken.
She rubs her eyes and watches all the
students giggling in the classroom and the teaches standing besides her and
burning in anger.
Kalpana fakes a smile and leaves the
teacher's hand. She gets up and pinches her hand. "Ouch!" she screams
as it hurts her.
"You came out of your dream
Kalpana?" The teaches says with a fake smile and the students hold their
mouth and start giggling.
"Mam...I wasn't dreaming
actually..." Kalpana reassures her teacher.
"Oh really? Yeah may be you weren't
dreaming..." The teacher replies and Kalpana smiles in response.
"Stop smiling." The teacher screams and says "You weren't
dreaming then were you preaching with your eyes closed." Kalpana closes
her eyes and opens it to find a solution to the problem.
"No mam...I was memorizing the dates
which you were explaining in class while my eyes were closed."
"Wow! How clever Kalpana? You were
closing your eyes and studying...Excellent...How about I too close my eyes and
teach you?"
"Sure mam...It'll be awesome. Our
eyes are the most sensitive parts of our body and you need to give them
rest...Your eye number as well will reduce if you try this method."
The students start laughing loudly and
the teacher gets furious and hits her ruler on the table in anger making
Kalpana jerk.
"Just get out of my class
Kalpana...Students come here to study and not to sleep...You're such a
mischievous student that you never concentrate in any lecture. Move out
now." The teacher says loudly.
"Mam...I'm sorry...I promise I won't
sleep ever in class. I will hear each and every chapter you'll teach in your
lecture...I'll learn about Bhagat Singh, Gandhiji, Jawaralal Nehru and..."
Kalpana says while repenting for her mistake.
"It's Jawaharlal Nehru...Gosh! You
don't even know our warrior's names. You are seriously useless."
Kalpana makes a puppy face and apologizes
but the teacher asks her to leave and takes her bag and holds her hand while
pushing her out of the class.
Kalpana stands outside the class and the
teacher closes the door on her face. "Idiot! So mean...So what if I slept
in class...Her lectures only are so boring that it sounds like she is singing a
lullaby which obviously will put me to sleep..."
Australia:
"Bro...The owner of the
store...Seriously? I mean, you had got to buy a suit and..." Prem says in
disbelief.
"And got a gift on my lips..."
Raghav winks with a smirk on his lips.
"You're impossible bro..." Prem
says while laughing.
"Afterall, my charming personality
attracts all women and I don't need to do anything, whether married or
unmarried." Raghav says while stuffing his hands on his pocket.
"Bro...Teach me as well how to look
charming and hot...No girl gets attracted to me...I try so hard to be cool like
you and even wear your outfits but still...I'm such a loser." Prem says
while lowering his head.
"Hey Prem...Don't worry."
Raghav says while caressing his back. "I'll give you tips as well and then
see how girls die to hud you. You just need to be cool..."
********
India...
"Hey Kalpana...You again were made
to leave the class? Again your actress dreams?" Priya says teasingly.
"Shut up Priya...I just fell asleep
for 10 minutes out of the 1 hour boring lecture...That also my teacher couldn't
bear. She loves torturing her students."
"Yeah she loves doing that...Even my
sir is so boring. I had to literally splash water at intervals during the
lecture to stay awake. They take our money and such our blood."
"Seriously...It's as if we have
committed a crime that they want to punish us. I just want to finish my
graduation and then achieve my dreams." Kalpana smiles and rests her back
on the chair.
After an hour...
"You just need to have a style to
walk and seem uninterested in women...They don't like ignorance from boys and
they automatically start taking interest in boys. I do it always." Raghav
says.
"Bro...I'll try this method as
well...BTW, grandma was planning your marriage soon. After marriage, will women
be still interested in you...I heard that girls don't take interest in married
men." Prem says casually and Raghav stares angrily at him due to which he
aplogizes.
**********
"And what about your marriage
Kalpana? Your parents want you to settle down soon after graduation."
Priya says.
***********
"Never...I'll never get
married...Marriage means just one time food...I don't want to be a puppy dog of
my wife. I can see how dad keeps running around mom and listens to whatever she
says. I cannot be another Vikram Singhania. I want to be a free bird...Flirt,
romance and date women till I can...I don't want just one women who will be
busy cooking food and looking after our kids after marriage...There won't be
anytime for romance..." Raghav says.
***********
"And I'll never let that
happen...Marriage and me, never. I just don't want to be a wife so soon. I want
to be an actress...Dance, sing and run around trees...If I get married, it will
be an end to my acting career and I'll need to dance in the kitchen while
cooking food and sing songs in the bathroom while washing clothes and run
around my small tiny winy kids. Urghhh! I don't want that life." Kalpana
says in a frustrated tone.
**********
Disclaimer: The character names in the story are
fictional characters and owned by the creators of the show "Ek Mutthi
Asmaan" on ZEE TV.
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