Chaandaniyaa - When Nostalgia Strikes

Chaadaniya - Part 1

When nostalgia strikes

Chaandaniya

What happens when you bump into your old flame, what happens when all those feelings you have been trying to deal with come back. What happens when you work together and there is close proximity? What happens when true love is expressed?

This story is about 2 people Abhishek Prem Mehra and Pragya Arora. They are absolute opposites. One is a perfectionist the other is happy go lucky. One loves the rains the other hates rains, one loves street food they other is hygiene conscious.

Abhishek Prem Mehra: A rich suave 35 year old man who is a singer by profession, known as Abhi the Rockstar who runs a Music company. Abhi is the perfect example of a hurt brooding man. An unfortunate incident causes a separation with his wife. Abhi is based in Mumbai and has an office in New York

Pragya Arora (Pragya Abhishek Mehra): Pragya is a 32 year old independent woman who runs her own business and is a freelance writer. She lives all by herself in New York, She has a 6 year old daughter. She lost her parents 7 years back. Pragya left Mumbai after a life changing incident. It's been 7 years since the incident and she has refused to go back. All she wants to do is concentrate on her work.

New York:

It is a dark starry night, the cold wind making the weather a notch chillier. Her eyes follow a silhouette. An intriguing figure, reminding her of the love of her life. Pragya sits up with a start and walks towards the window with her cup of coffee looking for the same silhouette, staring away into the sky, lost in her thoughts.

You still haunt me every night

When you come to my door and disappear

You still haunt me every night

When you make an appearance and disappear

You still haunt me every night

When every silhouette seems like its you

You still haunt me every night

Because it is not you, just an illusion

Nostalgia has gotten the better of her, she is lost in thought thinking about that one incident that changed her life. From Mumbai to New York. The last 7 years have been the most difficult but the most fruitful.

Mumbai

On the other hand the sun is rising in Mumbai and Abhi is up early. He is standing by his balcony watching the sun rise and thinking of the long day that awaits him.

Abhi goes about his daily routine. He gets dressed, eats breakfast all alone as usual and then heads to work. As he enters office a colleague bumps into him and his files drop. That angers him and he just blasts without looking around. He just storms into his cabin.

On the other side of the world the cold wind is blowing in the middle of the night. In absolute silence we can see Pragya sitting and typing away to glory in to her laptop. Thinking of her new screenplay, it's like therapy for her.

Where are you:

Where are you, I am lost in this world

Come back to find me

Where are you, I am lost in this world

Come back to rescue me

Where are you, I am lost in this world

Come back to and take me in your arms

Where are you, I am lost in this world

Come back and sweep me off my feet

Where are you, I am lost in this world

Come back and take me far far away

With a lone tear in her eye Pragya can identify with what she just penned down. A while later Pragya is busy typing away a mail on her laptop. She is writing to her Indian counterpart the details they need before signing the contract.

Abhi needs to calm himself down before he blasts someone else. He pulls out a picture from his wallet and a loving look crosses his face. He is smiling remembering the time he met her. He can't believe how fast time has flown by. It has been 7 years and he has not been able to locate her.

A knock on his cabin door brings him back to reality. His secretary walks in with a whole load of papers he needs to look at and sign. He is scheduled to go to New York in a week's time to meet his new associate there.

Abhi settles down on his chair and deep dives into the papers in front of him. He is now going through the papers and something about them reminds him of the girl who's pic is in the wallet. He tries to figure out why this is happening, but is distracted by his secretary who comes in to fetch all the papers as further work needs to start before he leaves. He reluctantly gives them to her.

Pragya has a hard time falling asleep, she is tossing and turning thinking about the new deal, she feels very restless, like something is going to happen and things will change forever. She just cannot get a grip of herself. She sits up sweating profusely. She drinks some water and tries to calm herself down.

Abhi drowns himself in work, to forget about the restless feeling he has. After a long time he has a feeling that he is getting close to her. The thought of that girl doesn't leave him.

So here is part 1 of my take post leap.

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Priyanka