ENTWINED HEARTS #YOURSTORYINDIA

1. Kainaat/Alp

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Kainaat

Hugging my parents goodbye before I fly off to Los Angeles was both exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that I would be selected as the main lead in an US based Netflix original show after I auditioned for it under the pressure of my manager and assistant, even though I could see and read why would they think that I was the perfect fit for the role of Shanaya Oberoi according to the description that was published online, but I was not sure if I was good enough to beat all the competition for this role, even though my team and family were.

To my disbelief, one after another, I passed all the audition stages. Finally,  on 1st March at 02:35 am, 3 months after my first audition, I got a call from the casting director confirming me as Shanaya Oberoi, I was shocked, surprised, excited, and confused at the same time, and I could barely hold a conversation with the casting director before the call ended, and I had a moment to myself to process the information I just received.

I ran to my parent's room, waking them up from their deep slumber as quietly and softly as possible. They looked at me confused with a hint of fear while they sat up, and I turned on the lights.

"Is everything okay?" My mom asked as she pulled me into her arms and covered me with the comforter, while my father checked if I had a temperature by touching my forehead and then running his hand through my hair, waiting for me to speak up once he knew that I didn't have a fever.

"Mujhe US wala Netflix original show mil gya!" I informed them that I got the Netflix original show in my mother tongue, Hindi. For a few seconds, there was complete silence. Mom and dad appeared to be frozen  before I noticed a glimmer in my papa's eyes as he stared at me, a smile slowly appeared on his face, I could see in his eyes that he was proud of me, I could see how happy he was to hear the news as I jumped and threw my arms around his neck hugging him tightly as he hugged me back, my mom shrieked in happiness and sandwiched me in between her and dad.

Today, 25th April, is the day that I leave for Los Angeles, I don't know how long the filming is going to take but my dates regarding my domestic works have been negotiated and agreed upon, I will be back in June for the next schedule of my movie that is set to roll out later this year, and even though I would be gone of just little over a month, I know how badly I am going to miss my parents. My parents are my best friends, I share even the smallest detail of my day with both my parents no matter what, I fight with my parents everyday but we make up by the end of the day, and leaving them to go away for even 2 days are hard for me, whenever I go to abroad for filming, I know when I would be back, and during my domestic schedules my parents often accompanied me or joined me for a day or two, so I was never far away from them, however, this time it's different, even though I would be back in India for a minimum of 4 times, I would hardly get time to spend it with my parents, and when I would be in America the time difference is surely going to affect our conversations, my parents know that too.

"Take care of yourself, and please eat on time, I don't want you to get sick beta." My papa is the sweetest person on this earth, I have always been a daddy's girl, ever since I was a baby, and my papa has showered me with all his love as well, it's not like my mumma doesn't love me or showers me with her love, but ever since my brother was born 1.5 years after me, he was a total mumma's boy and wanted mumma to be with him twenty-four-seven, so I accompanied my dad everywhere, I loved going places with him, I still do, but I am now busier than ever and can't spend much time with my parents.