Kab tak : An Ashdeep TS

Jawaab

When Randeep reached the sets in the morning, he was upset. Last few days, he had been hating Sameer... the stupid behaviour of this character was keeping him away from Ashi. He had to keep his hands off her, talk rudely and show anger. After the shots, she was spending time with Ayesha and Kristina... he could hardly talk to her.

All his resentment flew out of the window when he was handed the script.

"Tumhe gusse mein rehnna hai, Randeep." The director told him when he sat for the shot in the music room with a beaming smile on his face.

"Haan, woh main... woh kuch aur soch raha tha." He mumbled, embarrassed.

"Jo soch raha hai uska time nahi aaya hai abhi." Sumeet sir's voice made him jump from the seat.

He had come to visit the set when he heard the interaction between director and Randeep.

Seeing the colour drain away from Randeep's face, he patted his back, "Iss umr se guzre hain hum beta... pata chal jata hai... bas itna kahunga koshish karte raho... ho sakta hai kismat khul jaye."

"Jee sir... kya... kya matlab... samjha nahi main." Randeep stuttered.

Sumeet sir let out a deep laugh, "Koi baat nahi... main sab samajh gaya... tum scene ki taiyari karo."

Randeep realised things were getting out of hand. If Sumeet sir could see through him in one glance, Ashi would come to know before he got a chance to ask her properly. He had to do something about it.

The scene was shot in one take, to his annoyance. For once, he was not happy with their capability to act so well.

"Teen, char take ho jaate toh kya chala jaata... pehli baar mein hi okay kar diya." He grumbled to himself as he changed into other clothes for next scene.

"Ashi, all well na? Koi problem toh nahi hai?" He asked his heroine before the next shot.

Her brow perked up, "Kaisi problem?"

Question for a question.

"Matlab, woh pichle scene ke baad..." He suddenly didn't know why he brought it up.

She stared at him for a few seconds, then burst out laughing, "Mujhe nahi par lagta hai tumhe problem hai... arre yaar, tumne sirf haath pe kiss kiya tha.. usme itna kyon irritate ho rahe ho... maine toh tumhe cheek kiss diya fir bhi dekho I'm cool with it... c'mon, we are friends... itna toh normal kisi dost se milte hain toh kar lete hain... tum na, Randeep, bohot choti choti baat ki tension lete ho."

His poor heart was again shedding bucketful of tears... first, he didn't get to kiss her... second, she called it a 'choti si baat'... third, she said she kissed her normal friends... last, and the most horrifying one, she had friendzoned him.

Their schedule continued at a steady pace, with him mustering up courage number of times to tell her, and failing to do so at the last moment.

At the time of ITA, 2019, he was nominated for best actor. He and Ashi went separately, as they had decided long back to maintain distance in public, owing to the heavy shipping that was being done on all SM sites.

He was seated with some friends when Zain waved at him, calling him over. What he showed flipped his heart, making him grin ear to ear. For him, this was the award... he did not feel even an ounce of regret when he didn't win.

Zain had made a recording of the iv Ashi was giving outside. She was asked who she was rooting for and she had said with a beatific, heavenly smile, "My hero... he's nominated."

When she was asked who's her hero, she had blushed, "Randeep, Sameer."

Even the interviewer had commented on the glow on her face while saying this.