Iss Sayani Bheed Mein...

SCENE WRITING on the Theme - "Propose without actually saying I love You"
ACT ONE:
Off period in the class. Teacher on a leave. 2 to 3 groups of students in the class.

 Blackboard as the Narrator: (voice in the background) So this is Nishant and Sonam. The intellectual duo in the class. Yes, yes, there are other intellectuals too. In fact there are plenty of them. Some being already placed and some in the run for that. Then why should I single out this one and make their image look like 'large than life'? You will also wonder that why me, a blackboard, is narrating you the story? Your doubt is genuine. But still I won't tell you the reason for now. You will know it yourselves.

(Group chattering)
Swapnil: Hey, have you watched this new song by Animesh on YouTube? It has got 50 million views.

Nikita: Yeah man, that's amazing. Look at the lavishness. Looks pretty cool. And Animesh's voice. Cherry on the cake. That's a perfect combination. What say Nishant?

Nishant: Umm. I didn't quite like it.

Nikita: Oh come on. At least it's not boring like what your classical stuff sounds. Look at the beats man.

Swapnil: (Mocking Nishant) Now Nishant will repeat his famous line: I like songs that are made for the head rather than songs for the feet.

Sonam: (Interrupting) Hey, don't bring Prasoon Joshi in this. He is very special. And by the way, Nishant is right. This song is encouraging the stereotypes. They think that all a woman wants is cars and gold. Are they gold diggers? Tell me Nikita. Are you a gold digger?

Nikita: No..! But..

Nishant: That's it. This is exactly I wanted to say.

Swapnil: Oh guys, it's just a song. You are expecting too much. And this is the trend nowadays.

Nishant: Trends are meant to be broken.

Swapnil: Then your YouTube views will also make you Heartbroken (Laughing)

Sonam: Ok guys. Leave this. I have an interesting game. It's called complete the lyrics.

Nikita: Umm. Then certainly I'm going to lose that. And I'm terrible in this case.

Swapnil: Yeah. "Radha ke Sen jale" Right (Laughing out loud)

Nikita: Shut up!

Nishant: Ok then. Me and Swapnil in one team. Nikita and Sonam in another.

Nikita: Fair enough.

Nishant: Ok. Let's start. First one. "Mujhe Lagta hai ki baate dil ki..."

Nikita: Hoti Lafjo ki Dhokhebaji.

Nishant: Correct.

Nikita: That was simple. Sonam, let's give them a difficult one.

Sonam: Ok. "Jo hai dekha wohi dekha to kya dekha hai..."

Swapnil: That's so long. I think you have completed it yourself. (Laughing)

Nishant: "Dekho wo jo auro ne na kabhi dekha hai"

Swapnil: Oh! By the way this was from which song?

Sonam: Piya Milenge.
(Game continues for a while)
Sonam: Guys, Only Nishant will answer this one. Ok?

 ACT TWO:
[Suddenly teacher for next period comes in. Game disrupts. Teacher starts teaching]
Blackboard as the Narrator: (voice in the background) Why are you people looking at me now? I'm busy with the teacher. I'm paying attention to his NLP modules. Just like Nishant and Sonam. Oh wait...

(Nishant is not being able to concentrate in the lecture. He always had a crush on Sonam but couldn't tell her because of his shy nature. Anxiety can be seen clearly on his face. Meanwhile Sonam is having an eye on Nishant. She is always straight forward. She also knew that Nishant likes her. So she tried to give his feelings a push.) 

Finally the bell rings and students walk out of the classroom. Nishant searches for Sonam. She is out of the class but then suddenly she disappears. Nishant too walks out of the class in despair. Slowly he approaches the main gate. Crowd has almost dispersed by now. Sonam comes from behind.

 Nishant: Hi!

Sonam: Hi! What happened? Why are you looking so serious?

Nishant: Me? No, nothing!

By the way, what was the last song & why did you ask only me to guess it?

Sonam: Oh that one. Will you be able to complete it?

Nishant: Yeah, I'll try. But why only me?

Sonam: There's a punishment if you can't complete it. Still you wanna try?

Nishant: Please end this suspense now.

Sonam: Ok, Ok. The line is "Iss Sayani Bheed Mein..."

Nishant: (within a second) "Bass Haatho Mein Tera Haath Ho"

(Nishant takes a pause after that. He realises the meaning of those lines)

Sonam: So "Dogo haatho mein haath" ?

Nishant: (can't believe his ears & not able to utter anything out of extreme happiness)

Blackboard as the Narrator: (voice in the background & in a much lower voice) You would be thinking that how am I audible to you outside the classroom? Well that story for another day but I promised you to take through the story. So Sonam has proposed now. The story is predictable here onwards. And the place? At the gates? Yes, that's the real life. There are no violins in the background. In fact there's some voice of stray dogs. (Pardon me for spoiling the mood) But this is how it happens and Sonam also broke a stereotype about love proposals. She executed her proposal in her own style. So this was their story. See you soon in the next lecture.

- Vishwajeet Gudadhe

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