ASHDEEP - SOULMATES || ON HOLD ||

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CHAPTER 1 BEAUTIFUL ACCIDENT

Randeep's Pov

We were waiting for the priest to get us married, I just want to get over with its five in the morning and I'm tired as hell. Director sir is also annoyed and is shouting at every person on set, currently at my co-actor Ashi, and if he says one more word I swear I will rip his head apart no matter if I'm a jobless person, then I hear him "Ashi, bloody focus looks like-" I interrupt him before I kill him for shouting at a girl "sir, we can do this in next shift" I shout at him, and he flinches slightly sacred of my mood, I internally smirk. Poor girl was just completing her assignment in her makeup room before shoot, she looks pale already making that artificial blush on her prominent, I know she is also exhausted, yet is trying to keep up.

"we cannot we are already behind schedule, if we delay more, we wont have our jobs to do anything" he rubs his forehead "just few more things, another hour and we will be done, if we can arrange any other priest."

I can tell he is also exhausted, I am currently in Goregao east, film city, Mumbai, where Yeh Un Dino Ki Baat Hai my current projects set is based, we are shooting for main leads - Sameer and Naina - wedding, only holy rounds and rituals are left, it is last and obviously main part of Indian wedding, but the actor playing priest has cancelled and staff is looking for any other actor.

I look at my elder brother - Mrinal Rai - smiling at his surroundings, he has for the first time visited my set today, to witness shoot of typical 90s era marriage, he looks amazed and happy, he is a businessman, who along with my father - Anil Rai - runs a successful textile enterprise in Jhansi my hometown, he is visiting me as he came to finalize his own house in Mumbai.

I turn, to find a boy, whom I recognize as Rajat - one of the spot boys, walking with a man in priest costume, finally now our shift can end, now that we can start shooting, I turn back to my director "sir, Rajat brought the priest, now we can start". He turns to Rajat who is taking long rushed strides towards us.

Soon shoot begins and everything is going good so far, only rounds and vermillion filling ceremony to go, we - my co actor, Ashi and I - start walking around the fire, 1 - 2 - 3, I hear priest saying, "now girl will be ahead of groom" and we switch our positions, ashi in front of me, and start again, but wait this is 2nd or 3rd round ?, I still keeping rounding along with her, and after 2 we hear our director - Jaladh Sharma - saying "Randeep smile, last round", and I plaster my smile, getting back in character when Ashi, I mean Naina smiles at me and I wink at her which she returns but it made something in my heart flutter.

I am weird today, from the moment I have seen her in bridal attire, I cant take my eyes off her, from past month, this wedding sequence shoot has made my mind fussy, and also I am not keeping well maybe thats why, what else can it be, not attraction or infatuation, I have a strict policy of 'dating my co-actors - not' so definitely it cannot be that.

I hear "cut", and I am back on earth, all clap as director says "perfect shot", relief so evident on his face, but then I notice panic and slight frown on my brothers face, before I can comprehend, he says "Randeep why didnt you stop? It was 5th round", a chill runs down my spine as words register in my mind, 5th ? that means but .... how..., everyone else was counting werent they? Also our director was there. I look at him and answer trying to form words "I - I lost the count, I was waiting for him to say cut" I look at my director, who has horror on his own face.

"I was immersed in shot and didnt count", he says in shaky voice

I turn to see Ashi standing there, still as a statue; she looks scared and shocked at the same time. For solid 20 minutes we all were just standing there looking at each others faces. Soon I find myself sitting beside Ashi who has moist eyes, as we all wait for our producers to reach set, I dont know when they were informed or how am I sitting here, all I can see is the girl who will probably pass out any moment now, I wait for few moments but she shows no such signs, she just looks around at everyone, and I dont know why seeing her like this my heart clenches. A moment later, I see a man and woman walking - to the aisle - where we currently are, they are our producers - Sashi and Sumeet Mittal - worry etched on their faces.