Destined By Her Dream

Destined By Her Dream: Shot 1

Dreams... Everyone dreams... You dream... I dream... And then we strive hard to get those fulfilled. But this single word destroyed her and took everything away from her. She was left in a dry desert with no hopes but still, she somewhere had the courage to fulfil her dream, the dream which snatched everything from her...

Rimsha Mukherjee, a 23-year-old Delhi-based girl, had all the luxuries one could wish for, except for the love of her parents, to be precise, the love of her parent. Her mother left the world when she was 6 and her father married another woman, Natasha. And aren't the stepmoms supposed to be cruel?? (No offences, please... I was just telling about the normal circumstances... Sometimes even stepmoms can prove to be angels) Even Cinderella's stepmother didn't leave her, then how can we expect Rimsha's step-mother, Natasha to be an angel in disguise? When she and her father married after a year and a half of her actual mother's death, Natasha seemed to be the perfect mother anyone would want. But as she gave birth to her own son and Rimsha's half-brother, Ayush, the tables turned... All the attention she used to get, Ayush would get it... Natasha even manipulated her father, Anand against her and she could feel herself getting distanced from the family, especially from her father. Her face lost the charm and she used to remain confined to her room and school. The only time when she would genuinely be happy was when she was with her friends or with Ayush... Ayush considered her to be his second mother... She, at the age of 10, cared for him like he was a part of her, so delicately and so lovingly...
The next 10 years of her life were full of struggles... Her friends, whom she considered to be her best pals, betrayed her. They used her for their profits and when the purpose would end, Rimsha would be left alone, again. Even though she had everything, she still felt that she was alone... Anand and Natasha would neglect her as if she didn't exist for them. All their love was limited to Ayush... Even after all this, Rimsha wasn't jealous of Ayush or angry from her parents. She knew what a family meant, what love meant and what the bondings in a relationship mean. According to her, if her parents would have hated her, they would have abandoned her and let her to herself. But they were providing her education, a house to live in, a comfy bed to sleep on and the best thing, her guitar. The royal blue guitar, its name Gitsy as named by Rimsha, and her pillows were her confidant. She shared everything to them, from her friendship betrayals to the happy moments with Ayush. She had a love for singing and playing the guitar, a trait she got from her mother who was a state-level prize winner in singing. Rimsha's voice was so enchanting and melodious that even a cuckoo will bend its head in shame. It was so soothing. She dreamt of being a singer and this dream snatched everything from her...

Present
Rimsha had just graduated after doing her Bachelors in Business Management. Ah! this was so against her wish and so against her dream. She wanted to complete her graduation and post-graduation in Music... But were her wishes or dreams ever considered in the house that they would be heard then? Unfortunately, she was forced to study the subject her so-called parents told her to, business management so that she could help Anand in his company. And she did so... She was the gold-medalist of her batch, the topper. But she discovered that she could no longer study something she didn't wish for. And for the first time in her life, she stood for herself against her family... But what happened made her world upside-down.

Rimsha: (begging) Please Papa... Let me study music. It's my dream, my passion.

Anand: So what can I do if it's your passion?? You know that you are the topper of your batch... Within some time, the media people will come to take your interview about your future plans... What will you say? That you will leave this field and pursue that stupid, low-class music subject?

Rimsha: (joining her hands in front of him, crying) It's not like that Papa... I have always agreed to all your decisions. Please, just this time agree with me. I promise that I will do whatever you say. Please...