Episode 2--- A strange encounter

Episode 2--- A strange encounter

As Sameera entered the hall, she was surrounded by all sorts of people shouting and screaming at her  asking her all sorts of questions, she looked from one to the other, not knowing what to answer

Easha: how can you be so late??

Parvez: whats wrong with u sam!!

John: seriously trust you to do all these things !!

Finally she spoke, with a bit of nervousness in her voice

Sameera: sorry guys I am so sorry, u see my alarm rang late and I was…. (she was interrupted by a voice coming from the other side )

Voice: late as usual! (he said in a calm tone)

She looked up and saw, A 50 year old man who had long hair glasses and was wearing a kurta and jeans, MR Chandresh Chatterji, the owner and of Dream star productions and sameera’s gurji, he was the man who taught her how to act, he introduced her to the world of drama and Sameera is ever so grateful to him for it, and she started calling him guruji,

Sameera: sorry guruji, I am so sorry

Chandresh: (laughed) its ok, (then he addressed every one) guys come here please we have very little time left

Every one gathered around him in a circle, waiting for incrustations on what has to be done,

Chandresh: come on guys, we have loads to be done, Easha, Malika, see to it that all the props and costumes are ready, then one by one, send every one in for hair and make up, Rupesh and Sanjay, go check the lights and sound system, we don’t want a disaster when we are on stage, Dancers Nita mam is waiting for you on the first floor, she wants you to practice before we are on stage, other actors, coordinate with Easha for your costumes, and last but not the least, Utkarsh and Sameera, please practice the last scene of the play, it is the most crucial scene that we have for today , come on guys we have an excellent story we can win this, all we have to do is just act from our hearts

They all nodded and then dispersed to their respective jobs, as Sameera and Utkarsh headed of the corner to practice their lines, Chandresh followed them to personally make sure that everything was fine

Mean while, Parisha, Jai and Ishaan had spent the day together, they ate lunch at the Zodiac grill Pari’s favorite restaurant and then they were going to head to Bombay Theater Festival that was taking place at the Sophia college hall, Parisha and Jai were fond of watching plays, and The Bombay Theater festival always had good plays, Ishaan didn’t like watching plays and movies the idea of sitting for 2-3 hours and watching something was pointless, according to him he could utilize his time in a better place, but his siblings thought otherwise and would always convince him to tag along, it would be difficult for him to refuse, and so eventually he would have to come,

As they entered the venue they took their seats, and got comfortable waiting for the show to start

Jai: so which group is performing first

Pari looked into the itinerary and said Dream Stars Productions “Love and other disasters”

Ishaan: (rolled his eyes) “love and other disasters” seriously!!

Jai: nice !! I heard this production house is good, last year they did a show called “the Indian love” it was quite nice

Pari: ya I saw that the actress was really pretty, I hope the same actress is performing in this play too,

Ishaan rolled his eyes at every word that jai and pari were talking about, until he got a phone call from Tanisha he excused himself and went outside talking on the phone.

Ishaan: Tanisha tell Mr Roy that  if they want to hold the conference in our hotel its fine by us, understand quote him the deal and lets see what he says……. Even though this is good business we cannot compromise on the price understood.

Saying that he put the phone down and was about to head towards the hall, when his eyes lay on a girl who was sitting on the bench all alone, she looked beautiful wearing a pink lengha, and her hair flying, but wait what was that ? she was looking down, her cheeks were puffy and her eyes were red, and she looked like she was crying, Ishaan walked further towards the bench, now usually he wasn’t a kind of person who would bother about whats going on with some one else, but there was something about this girl that just made him want to go and ask her why she was crying and if she was ok.

As her reached the bench he came and stood besides her and asked in a soft tone

Ishaan: Are you ok Ms ?

The girl looked up at him and then stood up slowly, there was a silence in the air, as a few more tears rolled out of her eyes, she saw this man, dressed in a black shirt and jeans, he was tall, and he looked so handsome, as the gush of wind blew in, the girl broke the silence and said in a soft voice

Girl: oh yes I am fine (she smiled)

Ishaan: why are you sad 

The girl looked blank for a second and then asked

Girl: sad, I am not sad!

Ishaan: then why are you crying?

She realized what he  meant and said, in a casual tone

Girl: oh that, I am not crying, I am practicing to cry

Ishaan looked confused at her answer and asked

Ishaan: What! Practicing to cry why?

The girl was about to answer when they heard another voice which said

Voice: Sameera come on, you’re on stage next

Sameera: coming! (she looked at Ishaan and said) I have to go bye

Saying that she left from there with another girl, leaving Ishaan absolutely confused as to what was going on.