Episode 7 : Many like One

Next night, Gautam is seen standing outside the airport along with his friend Keshav and his girlfriend Avni. He was also taking his luggage out from the car when Keshav gets a sight of Anwesha ma'am getting out of her car.


Ke - Bro! Woh dekho. Anwesha ma'am - Warrior high ke principal.


Gautam turns and sees Anwesha ma'am ready to leave. He turns back to the car.


Av - And that's Sid.


<karthick calling karthick bgm>


                                        Gautam turns towards Sid and sees him standing outside the car with his fingers in his pocket and coolers on his eyes.


Anwesha ma'am was waiting for the driver to take bring her a trolley to keep her luggage.


Av - Sid, ek number ka flirt hai. And apparently he's good at it. No wonder girls fall for him. Dekho usse. Hot hai yaar.


Ke - What?


Av - Just joking


She looks at Sid who is joined by Kajol who holds his hand.


Av (in a feeling of disgust) - But isse dekhkey yeh nahi lagta hai ke iski girl friend abhi abhi mari hai.


Gautam stares at Sid and,


G - Uski ex girl friend ki death huyi hai. Present girl friend toh yahi hai.


Gautam points at Kajol which angers both him and Avni. Seeing them both angrily staring,


Ke - I think humey andhar jaana chahiye. Come let's go!


The three of them get inside the domestic airport. After they leave, Sid takes off his glasses. Utkarsh makes him put it on again.


U - Isse pehen ke rakho, Sid. Woh black eye ab bhi dikh raha hai.


S - Boxing mein yeh sab common hai.


U - But logon ko toh patha nahi ke yeh boxing ki wajahse hai. Unko toh lagega ke kissi galli mein jhagadke aaya hai.


Kajol laughs at what Utkarsh says while Sid just stares at her.


S (angry) - Par coolers ke saath aisa dikh raha hai ke main apni life enjoy kar raha hoon.


He puts the coolers down on the floor and walks behind Anwesha ma'am into the international airport.


U (in a funny tone) - Bohat mehanga coolers tha yaar.


Kajol shrugs her shoulder and gets inside the airport as well.


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In the domestic airport,


Av - Gautam, Siyali hi woh hai na, jiske badley mein Shreya ko admission mili?


G - Haan


Av (hyper) - I just can't believe. Meri neighbour, Prerna unki senior thi. Aur woh toh keh rahi thi Sid Siyali se bohat pyaar karta tha. Woh dono school ke sabse cute aur happening couple the. Wagera wagera wagera. Usse marey hui ek do mahiney jo ho jagaye, aur yeh Sid dusri ladki ke saath esh kar raha hai.


Ke - Just chill Avni.


Av - You know what Keshav? Mujhe toh lagta hai ke iss Sid ne hi kuch kiya hoga Siyali ko aur maar diya hoga. Obviously, badey ghar ki bigdi hui awlaad hai toh poorey case ko close kiya hoga aur batha diya hoga ke accident hai.


Ke - Pagal ho gayi ho kya?


Av - Gautam tum batha'o! Ho sakta hai na?


G (mocking) - Honey ke liye kuch bhi ho sakta hai.


Ke - Haan haan! Tum dono toh usse murderer hi maangaye. Innocent until proven guilty. Waise bhi Avni, tumhe iss case mein itni dil chaspi kyun?


Av - Actually, dil chaspi toh Gautam ko hona chahiye right?


Both of them give an astonished look at each other.


G - Matlab?


Av - Well. Shreya ki admission warrior high mein ho rahi hai. Siyali ke badley mein. And the irony is, Siyali jo hai, Exactly shreya jaisi dikthi hai.


She shows a picture of Siyali in her phone to Gautam and Keshav. Gautam and Keshav kook at each other in a surprised manner.


Av - Except for the hair. Aur Shreya thoda modern hai. Otherwise inn dono mein kuch bhi difference nahi hai.


G - Difference toh hai. Ek jaise dikhney se ek nahi ho jatey hain. Siyali jaisi thi, woh toh humey nahi patha. But meri Shreya, doll hai Doll. Humhare ghar ki roshni hai woh. Sabki laadli. Uska intro doon tho??


<jessie's land bgm (ek tha dewana)>


                                    In a room decorated in the most filmy way, a girl is seen sleeping. 3 kids run into the room shouting "Shreya Shreya Shreya". The littlest one, a girl climbs the bed and wakes up Shreya.  


                                    Shreya wakes up with a smile and extends her hand. The other two kids smile at each other and pull the rope to the curtains. The sun rays fall on her, she closes her face with her hand and comes forward. We see a girl just like Siyali but with featured hair and bangs in her forehead.


                                      She doesn't open her eyes and gets off her bed. She is seen wearing a shorts and a sleeveless top. She walks outside step by step with a smile balancing herself while the kids follow her.


                                  She does small spins on the way to somewhere which the kids also follow. All the other members of the family smile seeing her. She finally reaches the destination and stands in front of two people.


<whistle bgm - Chand sifarish>


                                  She opens her eyes and smiles. Her hair waves in the light wind. The man and the woman smile and walk towards her.


Sh - Good morning Mamma. Good morning Paapa.


ShDad - Shreya? Phir se yahi harqat?


Sh - Aapko ko toh patha hai, main chahti hoon ke har din main aapki aur mamma ke chehre ko first dekhoon.


ShMom - Toh keh deti. Hum upar aa jaatey.


Sh (cutely) - But.. mujhe toh yahi karna pasand hai. Kyun?


Kids - Haan.


All of them smile. While Shreya hugs her mom and dad.


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Rohan is seen sitting in the terrace playing the guitar when Sid visits him.


Ro - Tum yahan?


S - Buss aise hi.


Sid sits on a chair next to Rohan. Both of them sit quite for sometime.


Ro - I'm sorry Sid. I know hum sab tumhe move on karney ke liye bol rahe hain aur woh bohat difficult hai. Jab hum sab hi move on kar nahi paa rahey hain. Tumse wahi expect karna theek nahi hai. I know how you're feeling.


S - No you don't. Yeh waala dard sirf mehsoos karney se patha lagta hai.


Ro - I know. But tum iske liye apney aap ko kyun punish kar rahe ho?


S - I hated Parth from the day he came to school. I know tum bhi usse hate karte the. But not for the same reason. Tum usse iss liye nafrath karte ho kyun ke usne tumhari Vidurshi ko tumse door lekar gaya. That's the same reason i hate myself. Agar aaj meri Siyali mera saath nahi hai, toh uski wajah sirf aur sirf main hoon.


Ro - Sid. Aisa bilkul nahi hai. It wasn't you're fault.


S - Rohan! Jab uss din Vidurshi stairs se neechey ghir gayi aur hospital mein thi, you blamed yourself for it. Agar uss waqt woh mar gayi toh kya tum khud se yahi kahogey ki "Rohan it wasn't you're fault"?


Rohan gave a stunned look at Sid. Sid looked back at him with red eyes, got up and left. After Sid left, Rohan started playing the guitar angrily with his eyes closed. Automatically, his mind started giving him flashes of all the moments he had spent with Vidurshi. He smiles as he remembers all of the. Finally, he remembers Vidurshi falling off the stairs trying to reach for his hand. He stops playing the guitar and opens his eyes. He remembers


[Flash back]


S - Nahi. Nahi. No! Aap jhutt bol rahe hain. Yeh nahi ho sakta.


UMaam - Sid calm down. I know, tumhe bura lag raha hai.


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Ro (guilty) - Woh mera haath pakad rahi thi. And i couldn't save her. Agar Vi ko kuch hua, main khud ko kabhi maaf nahi karpaa'onga


[Flash back ends]


Rohan thinks about the event where he thought Vidurshi was severely hurt because of him.


PoV "Agar uss din Vidurshi ko kuch ho jaata. Toh kya main bhi aisa hi react karta? Matlab main Vidurshi se pyaar.... mera kya hota? Kya main sach much usse pyaar..."


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