मिला मिला मिला मिला आँख मिला लगा लगा लगा लगा आग लगा ज़रा ज़रा ज़रा ज़रा पास तो आ खुशामदीद ए मरहबा इश्क शावा
DAY OF THE AUDITION
Ishita's POV I've been practicing nonstop for my audition. I've memorized all the 3 roles to be safe. Kavya allowed me and Tani to come to Bombay and asked us to try our best to make it to the match in Gujarat by the same evening. Thankfully we were able to book a flight for the same afternoon. Abhishek has been extremely supportive and has practiced with me so many times that I'm sure he remembers all the dialogues. I'm taking deep breaths and calming myself down as I sit in the waiting room with the other candidates. Urrghh I wish I could hold Abhay's hand to calm myself down. But I realize I'm wearing the red dress he gifted me for my audition. The fact that it is so my color adds to the confidence.
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Just then, I get a text from him! Is he spying or my thoughts or what? The text says: Chak de phatte, nap de gilli (a famous Punjabi phrase often used to encourage and motivate someone) Meri Sherni I let out a laugh but realize I have people sitting around who are staring at me now and I just look down at the floor out of embarrassment but continue smiling on his text. "Thank you babyyyy 😚" I text him back. He texts, "Haaye!!! Aise to meri jaan le legi tu kisi din" I start giggling like an idiot. He spams my phone with "Baby" "Baby" "Baby" "Baby" "Baby" "Baby" "Baby" "Baby" What am I supposed to do with this man? He's too cute to handle
Tani slightly pushes my shoulder to get me back into the zone of my audition as I'm next in line. "Ishita Mehta" they call out. I take a deep breath and just think about everything I've done till today and what all I can do after I grab this opportunity. Tani smiles and pats my back giving me support and I smile back at her. I go in and give my audition. For the first 2 roles, I see the casting team nod at some moments while others have blank reactions so I can't really tell if I'm pulling it off. "For Saloni, the 3rd girl's character, you present the lines from the script and we have a 1-minute on-the-spot script for you to read and act out. You can definitely use the script to read because we don't expect you to memorize it all right away. We just want to see your switch of emotions through that 1-minute." the casting director give me the instructions and I nod my head with confidence. I act the script from before that I had memorized and this time I see more positive reactions than the previous two roles which gives me a little boost.
