Chapter - 2

Navniti Residence :

Mukti and Nandini entered in NAVNITI. ... which belongs

to Navya, Nandini and Mukti..they both entered and

start looking here n there..it is big flat..with a big living

area..3 bedrooms..and a open modular kitchen..the flat

was actually designed by Nandini..3 years back..but

she never thought ..that she will live in this house...

Mukti : "am sorry ..angel.."..she said from back..as

nandini was drinking water standing near the fridge

facing her back to Mukti..she turned around a found a

quilt on Mukti's face..she came to her and said..

Nandini : "Alarm..what yaar..don't spoil it..ab tu sorry

bolegi..chuck all..smile now.."...she said with a

positive energy and a broad smile on her face..Mukti

hugged her instantly..

Mukti : "you know..whenever you call me Alarm na..i

feel so relax..i love you angel.."..she said while hugging

her..

Nandini : "are..you are my alarm clock na..toh..wahi

bolungi..now..when you are again back..so from

tomorrow..get back to your job..and that is being my

personal alarm clock.."..she said after breaking the hug

and with a grin..

Mukti : "and ..you know na..i love my that job.."..she

said with great enthusiasm..

Soon they both settled down in the living area..and just

then Navya entered inside ..holding loads of packets in

her hands..but as soon as she saw..Mukti..she threw

all the packets on the floor and ran towards her and

hugged her tight..she said after breaking the hug..

Navya : "tum kab aayi..aur hame bataya bhi nahi..are

hume bata deti toh hum lene aate..aur kuch banake bhi

rakhte..tumne bataya kyu nhi,..acha yeh

batao..tumhara jaipur ka sara kaam khatam ho gaya

na..sab ache se ho gaya na..are bolo na..chup kyu

ho.."..she said in one breath..and just when she

stopped her rant..Mukti and Navya burst into

laughter..Navya was confused with their reaction ..so

she asked..

Navya : "are tum dono has kyu rahe ho.."..

Mukti : after suppressing her laugh "are meri super fast

express..kuch bolne degi toh bolungi na.."...she said

making navya sit on the sofa..

Mukti : "so here your answers are..mai aaj he

aayi..bataya isliye nahi..because i wanted to give

surprise..to both of you...and yes..jaipur trip was

successful..sara pending work khatam..now..am back

in mumbai...forever n ever with you.."...she said with a

grin ..and NavNi..hugged her tight..

MAA-NI STUDIO :

Manik was in the studio..looking for his upcoming

concerts..and asking for the details ..with one of his

P.A "Dhruv"..Who is actually a good friend as well.. a well

wisher of Manik..who really admired Manik..but he had

seen some weird feeling in Manik's eyes..and he always

wonder..what is it??...

Manik was sitting on the chair..crossing his legs..going

through with some papers in his hands..the studio

belongs to Manik..he had built it up 2 years ago..when

he was engrossed in those files..Dhruv asked him..

Dhruv : "Sir...can i ask you something.."

Manik : still looking in file "yes Dhruv ..you can ask..but

firstly don't call me sir..ok.."..

Dhruv : smiled at his reply "umm..sorry..so Manik..I

always wanted to ask this..why you have chooses such

weird name of this studio..i mean ..it has no

meaning.."..Now Manik raised his face to look at dhruv

..he stood up..and walked towards the side wall..where

there "MAA-NI STUDIO" ..was engraved in bold golden

shining laters..he caressed the letters..and a smiled

appeared on his face..

Manik : "this word is very close to my heart..this mere

word consist every part of me..it has everything which i

lost..or i can say..i ruined..."..he said with a sardonic

smile ...Dhruv was confused with his answer..

Dhruv : "but..what does MAA-NI means.." he asked..but

Manik didn't replied to him..and asked him to wrap up

the pending work as he is going for concert..and Manik

left out the place ...leaving confused Dhruv behind..

Concert Venue :

It was late night concert..The venue was open

place..fully crowed..security was really tight..Manik

was standing on the stage with a guitar in his end..he

was standing with a smirk and enormous attitude on his

face..camera was rolling all over the stage..Manik

Malhotra born to be in spotlight..and here he is..all set

to set the whole stage on fire..he start tuning the

guitar..and start singing..

Baaton ko teri hum bhula na sake

Hoke judaa hum na judaa ho sake

Dil mein hai zinda har ghadi tu kahin

Hoke judaa hum na judaa ho sake

(he was singing with a passionate voice..although he

was smiling throughout the song..but it wasn't seem to

be a real one..there was something in his eyes..he sung

the lines as he really mean it..)

Kitni chahat hai dil mein tu jaane na

Kaise dil ko samjhaaye dil maane na

(he closed his eyes ..and sang..remembering

something..which was soothing his inner soul..)

Meri tammanaao ka ehsaas tum

Main kahin bhi rahun mere aas-paas tum

Khuda jaane, Khuda jaane, Khuda jaane..

Ek pal bhi tumse door jaa na sake

Hoke judaa hum na judaa ho sake

Baaton ko teri hum bhula na sake

Hoke judaa hum na judaa ho sake

(he opened his eyes..and found a beautiful

girl..standing in front of him..looking in his eyes..she

was smiling to him..her eyes were shining..and a smile

crept on his lips as well..she came near his ears and

said something in it..and she disappeared...he start

looking here n there..and gave a ironical smile..)

Ajnabi silsila mere saath hai

Bheed mein tanhaai ka ehsaas hai

Khuda jaane, Khuda jaane, Khuda jaane..

Yaadon ko teri hum mitaa na sake

Hoke judaa hum na judaa ho sake

Dil mein hai zinda har ghadi tu kahin

Hoke judaa hum na judaa ho sake..

(he looked all around and found enormous crowd..but

still he felt ..he is alone..he remembered something and

felt like..he should kill himself..his smiling face start

showing anger..but still he manage to sing..)

Baaton ko teri hum bhula na sake

Hoke judaa hum na judaa ho sake

Dil mein hai zinda har ghadi tu kahin

Hoke judaa hum na judaa ho sake

(he remembered nandini's lie in the morning to the

owner of NGO..he remembered her smiling face..then

her emotionless face..tears fell down from his eyes..he

found something wet on his cheeks..he touched his

face..and realize it's his tears..he was shocked as what

made him cry..)

He completed the performance and stepped out with

lots guards guarding him ..some person came and gave

him his chocolaty brown jacket..and Manik wore it..He

himself is a style icon..his every move was captured by

numerous camera..crowd was around his each

sides..and he was walking with vast attitude..

REPORTER : "sir ..you won so much fame in such a

short span of time..how you feel about it..most

importantly..you won lots of awards..don't you found

yourself very lucky..as you turn out be a

WINNER.."...he asked him ..till now Manik was

smirking..but soon his smile faded away..just by the

mere mention of word "WINNER"...

All the surroundings voice muted for him..his face

turned blank..only word start echoing in his mind

"WINNER"...and soon the word changes into

"LOOSER"..now he start laughing maniacally ..and the

people around him got stun at his sudden laugh..he left

out still laughing..and this made them to gossip ..

Manik was approaching towards the car..still

laughing..Driver was about sat inside..when Manik

asked him to handover the keys..and he exactly what

Manik said..soon..Manik drove away in high speed..he

was still laughing but now not to loud..he was actually

laughing on himself...

Manik : "WINNER..han..right the so called WINNER

..who lost everything..everything just to win ..."..he

again laughed sardonic way..he was driving very

recklessly..although the speed wasn't too high..but still

his concentration on road was very less..

Just then...he realized a humanly figure ..whom he

knocked down..he suddenly applied brakes of his

car..and rushed outside..it was late night and the road

was empty..he saw a boy lying on the road struggling

to get up..so he gave his hand to the boy ..just to help

him out..but the face of boy wasn't visible to him..

Manik : "ohh..am really sorry..it was due to my lack of

concentration..please get up.."..he forward his hand to

him..by the time..boy turned his face to hold manik's

hand but stopped in between after watching the face of

manik..he was shocked and so was Manik..boy stood

up without holding Manik's hand..

Manik : "CABIR"...he said in a shock..

Cabir : "MANIK"..he was also shocked..they both look

at each other..Manik came forward to hug Cabir ..Cabir

was also about to hug him..but soon..some flashes

came in front of his eyes..and he took some steps

back..leaving Manik baffled..

Manik : "3 years..3 saal baad mil rahe hai hum..hug bhi

nahi karega"..he said in a sad tone..

Cabir : "SIR..YOU'RE HIGHLY MISTAKING..I DON'T

KNOW YOU..ACTUALLY YES..I KNOW YOU..THE

SINGING SUPERSTAR MANIK MALHOTRA.."..he said in

a stern voice with a blank expression...a thunder storm

fell on manik..he was looking at CABIR with a shocking

expression..he saw accusation in Cabir's eyes..

Manik : "Cabir kya keh raha hai..mai hu..manik..your

childhood friend.."..he said in painful voice..

Cabir : "No..Sir..my childhood friend Manik..HE IS NO

MORE..HE DIED 3 YEARS BACK ONLY..."...he said in

anger filled voice..now..Manik was rooted at his place

only..he himself start questioning his own existence..IS

CABIR IS RIGHT?..YES OFCORSE HE IS RIGHT...I NOT

EVEN KILLED NANDINI..I KILLED THEIR MANIK AS

WELL..these things start coming in his mind..

Cabir tried to left the place as he himself can't stand in

front of Manik longer..he walked some steps away

from Manik..Manik was still standing looking

downwards..Cabir turned around and said..

Cabir : "i think this time..apne jo thodi dair pehle sorry

bola tha..you will keep it..u will not knock someone

down from your car..but i wonder..apke so called

SORRY'S..are they trust worthy ?.,.i guess no..."...He

said in a stern voice..Manik looked towards him..but

Cabir turned his face away from him..and walked

out..after wiping the tears in his eyes..which was about

to fell down..

Manik was still standing their like a statue..Cabir's

words were ringing in his ears..

Manik : "what i had done to myself..please punish

me..beat me..yell at me..but don't turn away your face

from me.."...he said to himself in pain..and sat inside

the car and drove away...

MANIK'S ROOM :

He was sitting on the floor..his one leg was lying

straight..while other was folded a bit..on which he

placed his one hand..he was in deep thoughts of

something...and soon he remembered his last

encounter with Nandini..

(PAST - 3 YEARS BACK)

Manik was in his room..tuning his guitar..just when he

heard a knock on his room door..he got up from the bed

and opened the door..and what he found..it was least

expected..NANDINI..was standing in front of him..

Manik : "Nandini.."...

Nandini : "Mai andar aa sakti hu.."..she asked politely..he

observed nandini keenly..she wasn't the same nandini at

all..something has changed overnight in her..

He permitted her to come inside..he knew why she was

there..

Manik (self thought) : " whatever happened yesterday..she

must have came to talk about that only..so what..let her

speak .."..

But what Nandini said to him..made him stunned..

Nandini : "Manik..mai yahan kal ki baat karne nahi aayi

hoon.."...she paused and continue ..."i just came to say

thank u.."..she said with a smile which made Manik

confused...

Nandini : "don't be surprise..i came here to say

thanks..kal..itni jaldi sab hua ki mujhe kuch samjh nahi

aaya ..so i thought...why not i meet you personally and

say thanks.."...she again paused..her face was so blank

and emotionless that it was very difficult for Manik to

understand..what she is saying..

Nandini : "so Mr. Manik Malhotra ..thanks a lot..."..she

said with a broad smile on her face and turned to

leave..but stopped in mid way by Manik's voice..

Manik : who was so confused all this while ..spill the

beans "I Don't think maine kuch galat kiya tha.."...he

himself didn't knew why he said that..as she herself didn't

opened up the matter..then why he talked about it..

Nandini : chuckled at his statement ..she said still facing

her back to him "maine kuch nahi kaha Manik..bye

tc.."and she moved out..making Manik more stunned as

he was expecting some harsh words from her..but how

can she be so neutral ..she stopped in the mid of the door

and said..still facing her back to Manik..

Nandini : "i will pray manik..ki..mere dil se nikali koi bhi

aah..ya..galti se bhi koi bhi curse..mera..tumhe touch bhi

na kare.."...he was flustered with her remarked..she

continued..."agar mirror ke samne khare hone ke baad bhi

..tum apne ap se nazre mila pao..toh assure ho jana ki

tumne kabhi kuch galat nahi kiya tha..i wish you all good

luck and enormous success in your life..bye.."...

and she

left out..from there and his life..leaving a shocked,baffled

Manik behind...

Manik : "no..i didn't did anything wrong..no way.."..he

tried to make himself understand..he came towards the

mirror and start gazing at himself...and smiled.."see..i

didn't did anything wrong.."...but soon his smile fade

away and he start wondering why he is pondering on her

words..he didn't realized that when he was wondering

standing in front of mirror..he was actually looking down..

After sometime..when he came towards the mirror to wore

his shirt..he was gazing himself in the mirror..but not for

longer..he wasn't able to make eye contact with

himself..this time ..realization hit him..but he chucked all

the thoughts..and grabbed his car keys and left out...

(PAST-3 YEARS BACK OVER)

Manik : "you were right nandini..mai kabhi apne ap se

nazre nahi mila paya..kabhi nahi.."...he continued after

a while.."us din..jab tum bina kuch kahe chali gayi

thi..tab laga..how stupid you are..but dheere dheere

realize hua..jaate jaate bhi tum mujhe dua de gayi

thi..aur aaj usi dua ki wajah se..am THE MANIK

MALHOTRA.."...he smiled sarcastically..

after

mentioning his name with honour..

Manik : "tum bina kuch kahe chali gayi..tabse..leke aaj

tak..mai chain se nahi baitha nandini..tumne kuch kaha

kyu nahi..u should have killed me..now i realize ..wo

sach mai meri galti nahi thi..wo mera gunaah tha..jiski

koi maafi nahi hai..Cabir was right..Manik died 3 years

back..jab maine..."...he himself wasn't able to say

what sinful crime he had committed...

NAVNITI RESIDENCE :

Nandini was working in the kitchen..while Navya was

watching manik's concert..on t.v..and Mukti who was

least interested ..was just sitting with Navya as she

asked her to accompany her..Mukti was taking glance

of Nandini every now n then ..who was working in

kitchen..and not looking at the t.v at all..but Mukti was

observing her..but she didn't find anything weird..

After sometime..when she looked back ..she found

Nandini missing from the kitchen area..she got up and

moved towards Nandini's room..she saw Nandini lying

on the bed..keeping her head on the head board of

bed..she was holding a big teddy very close to her

heart..her eyes were closed..

Mukti moved towards her..and asked..

Mukti : "tu andar kyu aa gayi.."..now nandini opened

her eyes and said..

Nandini : "aahh..mai bahut thak gayi thi..it was very

tiring day..so ..thought to sleep early..kyu kya

hua.."...she said very casually..

Mukti : "really?... acha...why you're holding this

teddy ?.."..she asked after snatching the teddy from

her grip..

Nandini : "Mukti..what type of question is this..i was

just..holding it.."..and she snatched back the teddy

from her hands..

Mukti :"bas ho gaya tera..am not gonna let you suffer

more..samjhi tu..".. She literally shouted on nandini..

Nandini : "am not at all suffering... Just look at me

..am fine...".. She said in a very calm tone ..and made

mukti look at her from tip to toe..

Mukti : " really?...u r fine na..then come with

me..."..she dragged her to a secret room which is in

nandini's room...

Nandini wondered how mukti knows about this

room..as she never showed to her...

Inside the room...Mukti made her stand in the center of

the room and start throwing some CD's on the floor

..and nandini was shocked...

Mukti : "toh yeh sab kya hai bol...why didn't you threw

all this...why you still have MANIK'S collection with

you...".. She shaked her ..but nandini was silent..

Mukti : " Teri yeh silence..it's killing me

angel...please...mat kar ESA khudke sath..u wanna

shout..then shout..you wanna cry..then cry your heart

out..but don't keep all this in your heart plz"...mukti

was now in tears...she was pleading in front of her..but

nandini didn't reacted a bit...she didn't cried nor she

yelled..she very calmly said...

Nandini : "mukti..yeh sab cheeze...it will always remind

me..that never trust someone blindly..bas..isilye yeh

yahan hai..nothing else..I don't wants to cry..why

would I cry...no..I won't.. U know what...I knew..I

knew ..ki wo aaj NGO mei tha..woh aaj kya..wo har

roj...us waqt NGO mei hota hai..he thinks I don't

know...but I know...jis tarah ek sach yeh hai na ki

..mai use bhool nahi sakti...usi tarah ek sach yeh bhi

hai..ki mai use kabhi maaf nahi kar sakti..."... Mukti

was shocked ..she was very numb..how to react...in all

these 3 years ..nandini never cried in front of

anyone..even today ...her face was emotionless...

Nandini left out of the room...

Mukti : " Manik malhotra...u killed her..Jo larki dusro ke

aansu dekh ke bhi ro deti thi..aaj wo apne emotions KO

kitni asani se chupa leti hai...kal tak jiski aankhon mei

dekne se uske dil ka haal pata chal jata tha..aaj uski

aankhon mei koi emotions he nahi hai...agar wo tumhe

maaf kar bhi de...toh bhi woh khuda tumhe kabhi maaf

nahi karega...u killed my angel manik...and today I

curse you...that u will love someone truly one day but

that person will walk out from your life..leaving you

shattered... "...she said in anger but in very much

pain...

Her words were heard by nandini who came back to

bring mukti back...

She joined her hands and prayed... " please

aiyyapa...jis tarah se mai chahti hu ki mera anjaane

mei bhi koi curse manik KO touch bhi na Kare..usi tarah

..I don't want mukti's curse to touch him.."...

Screen divided into four parts..in the extremes there are

Manik and Nandini..while in the mean..there are..Cabir

and Mukti...all have a tensed look..

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