Kaise yeh yaarian

Part 29

INT. SPACE MUSIC ACADEMY – MAIN HALL – MORNING

It's been 10 days since the surgery.

Manik walks through the familiar glass doors of SPACE. His hand still bandaged but moving freely. The hall is buzzing, students moving about, Fab5 scattered in their own bubbles.

From the outside, everything looks normal. But the silence between certain people says otherwise.

Across the hall, Alia and Dhruv share a lingering glance—something unspoken still hangs between them.

Nandini, meanwhile, walks down the corridor alone, headphones on, scribbling in her notebook. Focused. Detached.

INT. NEYONIKA MALHOTRA'S OFFICE – DAY

Mr. Khurana, the stern label owner who signed Fab5, is pacing restlessly.

KHURANA
(annoyed)
Where's the progress? You people promised me an album! Not excuses!

NEYONIKA
(polite but firm)
They're artists, Mr. Khurana. It takes time.

KHURANA
Time? It's been over a month since the deal. At this pace, I'll pull the plug myself.

NEYONIKA
Fine. I'll call them in.

INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE – MOMENTS LATER

Fab5 is gathered awkwardly in front of Khurana and Neyonika.

KHURANA
Tell me you've at least finished writing the songs.

Fab5 exchanges glances. Nobody says a word.

CABIR
(clears throat)
We're... working on the lyrics.

KHURANA
(scoffs)
You haven't started, have you?

MUKTI
(defensive)
We have ideas. It's just... nothing final yet.

KHURANA
You get two months. I want the album written, composed, and recorded. Or the contract's null and void.

He storms out.

Fab5
(sighs, looks at Manik)
And you? Playing guitar already?

MANIK
(slightly defensive)
I can manage.

Suddenly, Nandini walks in from the hallway, hearing the last part.

NANDINI
(serious)
He can't. His hand isn't ready yet. And all of you know it

MANIK
(irritated)
Nandini, I said I'm fine.

NANDINI
You said there's no pain, not that it's healed. There's a difference.

They argue subtly—low but intense.

NEYONIKA seeing them argue comes up with a plan to irritate Fab5 specially Manik, so she storms into the room were Manik and Nandini are arguing

NEYONIKA(enough)

I don't care what history you all have. This album needs discipline.

Beat.

NEYONIKA:I'm appointing Nandini Murthy as Fab5's manager.