#9- Am I Dance Dreaming?
Three News Characters Added in the Character Sketch.
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A girl dressed in a Lehenga Choli is standing on a stage, her back facing the audience, She turns.
At airport :
Swara, Sharmishta and Prem are standing outside the airport with their luggage. They have just landed in India. All three of them are happy and excited to meet their family after such a long time.
As they stand silently for a while, suddenly Mr. Prem speaks up breaking the silence, his excitement evident from his tone, " I am so happy, we are back to India...after five years."
Sharmishta smiles at his words as she nods, " Yes, so true but where are Bhaiyaa and Bhabhi?" She moves her eyes around searching for Janki and Shekhar.
Swara too moves her eyeballs around, "I guess they weren't able to come, Its surprise for Ragini and we all know lying to her is so difficult, She catches lies within seconds..." Swara was saying when she was cut by a voice.
"So you think we weren't going to come?" Swara looks up straight to find Janki and Shekhar walking up to them smiling, her smile widens as she runs to them and hugs them one by one, " Bade Papa, Badi Maa...Its not like that, I just thought for Ragini..." She hits her head and stops, "...Leave it, I am crazy, I completely forgot, if she is Ragini then you both are also her parents na, Of course two steps ahead of her." She smiles as Shekhar caresses her hair, " Right!" He says as by now Sharmishta and Prem too walk up to them, They all smile at each other as there's a happy family reunion with all of them greeting and hugging each other.
Amongst the elders conversing, Swara suddenly asks, " Badi Ma, Ragin..."
But before she can complete, Janki replies understanding what Swara wants to ask, " She is in college."
Swara's facial expressions turns to tension as the studious girl within her wakes up," College started? God, I haven't even taken admission yet..."
She is visibly very tensed as Janki laughs, " Oh God Swara, You haven't changed at all...You can think about studies later." Janki stops to let Swara absorb her words but Swara's face expressions remain same, " Ok... Ok, don't get so sad now, Today is just Fresher's, College will officially start after few days...Ragini had to go because she had to perform there." Janki caresses Swara's face smiling as Swara takes a breath of relief, " Thank God, Badi Maa, You scared me...Ok, I am going then..." And Swara starts moving without completing.
" This girl... Swara where?" Shekhar asks from behind as Swara turns smiling, " Of course college Bade Papa."
" And how will you enter? No entry without ID's there." Shekhar stated making a sad face as Swara still continues smiling, " So, I have my documents, I guess they won't deny me to go inside for admission, afterall I am the topper of my college." Swara says raising her eyebrows and trying to raise the invisible collar of her dress, She isn't able to and ends up laughing, " Ragini ki behen, First come to home..." Janki says laughing as Swara makes a sad face, " I have to see her performance..." Swara speaks up like a cute innocent child as Janki gives in and indicates her to go. Her smile and excitement returning, Swara almost starts running when Shekhar's voice again stops her.
"Jaan..." Shekhar looks at Janki questionably as to why she allowed Swara to go when Janki too makes a sad innocent face like Swara, Moving his head with a ' Where am I caught look' Shekhar calls to Swara, " But how will you go?You don't know way and all, Let me send car for you..." He was cut by Swara.
" Bade Papa, I'll take a taxi, I'll tell the driver the college name, They'll know the way na , Now please let me go." Swara speaks in a hurry as Shekhar nods seeing her excitement.
Swara sees an auto approaching and instantly gets into it, then telling the auto driver the college name, She leaves.
Seeing the scenario, Janki smiles, " Truly Swara hasn't changed at all, still crazy to speed up everything, She didn't even wait for a minute for a taxi."
With a faded smile, Sharmishta nods, " No bhabhi, in fact she hasn't even come out of that shock..."
Realizing Sharmishta and Janki were going to get emotional, Shekhar cuts Sharmishta," Ok, Now do you both want to talk here only? Atleast come to home, then we'll talk and anyways, We have to be prepared also...A storm is going to come with Ragini, We need to be prepared to handle it." All laugh at his words and nodding, they get into the car.
In college:
Laksh is sitting in the music room as he is lost in playing guitar when suddenly Gauri enters, " Laksh, why are you still sitting here? Ragini's performance is going to start...come fast..." She speaks in a hurry as hearing her, Laksh looks at his wrist watch. Seeing the time, he instantly gets up placing the guitar at a side, " Thank God you told me Gauri, I don't know how I got lost...If I don't reach there on time na, Ragini'll kill me...You know she always wants me in her performances." Laksh runs out speaking.
In auditorium :
The girl turns, She is Ragini looking like an angel in her Lehenga Choli, She smiles as she sees Laksh in the audience.
The music starts, 'Nagade Sang Dhol Baje' is the song, Ragini dances beautifully on its tunes giving an amazing semi- classical performance.
As Ragini is still dancing, Swara reaches the auditorium and stands at the end smiling as she sees Ragini performing beautifully.
As Ragini is taking turns in her performance, her eyes scans the crowd unknowingly, as she looks at students in the crowd, Her eyes captures two known faces: As she sees clearly over time, She realizes that one is Swara but the other...it looks familiar and yet, She is confused, She continous thinking when suddenly it hits her that it is ...Sanskar.
Her thought processes wonder back to that night with him and as she is thinking, She again turns but this time turning back she doesn't find Sanskar. Confused, Ragini thinks to herself, " Am I day...I should say dance dreaming? How can Swara and Sanskar be here but...but it is them, In fact I can still see Swara but Sanskar...I need to check."
As soon as Ragini's performance ends, She runs in the crowd of students from dressing room without even changing, As she is running towards Laksh, He thinks she is coming to hug him...he smiles to welcome her but Ragini rather runs past him and goes and hugs Swara who is standing exactly behind Laksh.
Laksh turns to find Swara who is a bit shocked at the sudden hug but is still smiling. Varied emotions hit Laksh, all at the same time as he sees Swara back to India.
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