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and paid a deposit for the stadium.

And most of all, where will we

get another dancer like Nisha?

Come on, friends, if we try, do you

think we can't find one good dancer?

These days there are

so many dance schools.

There is one close to

our rehearsal hall.

We' ll find a dancer

there tomorrow.

How about that, Rahul?

Come on! Relax!

Whatever happens

will be for the best.

Let's go and have

some cold beer.

No, thanks. You go ahead.

I' m not in the mood.

Lay off, he's tired.

Come on, let's go.

Maya, I' ll find her.

Water, water...

The sandwich man!

Shanti... has a parcel

come here by mistake?

I haven't come for

a parcel today.

Then tell me what

I can do for you.

- I want to meet your daughter.

- I don't have a daughter.

- No daughter?

- No.

Then sir, this

Miss Pooja Malhotra...

Pooja is like my daughter.

But how do you know her?

I saw her last night.

Last night? Where?

In the dancing school.

She dances beautifully.

- And so?

- So, I wanted to meet her.

- Why?

- I wanted to ask her something.

- What did you want to ask her?

- Sort of, would she, with me..

- With you...what?

- If she wanted to work with me.

What work?

I' m doing a play and I' m

looking for a dancer.

You are doing a play.

Are you a director?

Yes. I am sorry.

I am sorry! Why didn't you

say that in the first place?

I said so, when you asked me.

- Actually, I am a singer.

- I see.

I've done years of practice.

As it happens with

many great artistes,...

you really don't meet

many connoisseurs.

You've met me today.

You don't know how lucky you are!

Sir, I have come to meet Pooja.

Now that you have met me,

you will meet Pooja, too!

I won't give you more

than seventy-five rupees.

Eighty rupees. No less.

Only last week I bought it

at that price.

This is the right price.

Taste it and see how sweet it is.

I will give you only

seventy-five Rupees.

- Show me the watermelon.

- Here you are, sir.

Seventy-five is the right price.

How many do you want, Madam?

- Just one.

Pack this for Madam.

But...

It's your first sale in the day.

And you' re haggling for 5 bucks!

Be a sport!

Recognise me? We met last night

at your dancing school. Remember?

You must have heard of me?

- No.

- Well, never mind.

Actually you are

a pretty good dancer.

Actually, I' m doing some music shows

and I need a special dancer...

for a special role. When I saw you

dancing yesterday...

I thought that you would be

ideal for this.

So what do you think?

Would you be interested?

- No thanks.

- I've had it!

Damn the watermelon!

My career's at stake!

Excuse me, but perhaps

you misunderstand me.

I' m talking to you about

no ordinary show.

It's a very high-class show with

a very high-class audience...

and I am sure you will also enjoy

doing it. Why don't you try it once?

I' m a dancer.

But I am afraid of dancing on stage

in front of an audience.

- Why are you afraid?

- I don't think I can do it.

Excuse me, I' m sorry,

but you see,...

I' m really in difficulty.

The thing is that my lead dancer

has fractured her foot...

and I've already taken all

the money for the show.

Now if the show does not go on, not

only will I suffer monetarily...

but my reputation will

take a big blow.

Please just once come

to the rehearsal hall...

and if you don't want to,

you don't have to do the show.

But please, just once...

please come to the rehearsal.

You' ll have to take someone else.

You don't know that

I' m a very stubborn man.

- What are you up to?!

- I' ll not go until you agree.

Please come just once

to a rehearsal.

Everyone's looking at us.

- Promise you' ll come?

- I' ll come. Promise.

- What time?

- At two O'clock.

- Can you come at one?

- Okay, I' ll come at one.

You know that we are

neighbors, don't you?

You know that we are

neighbors, don't you?

Ma'am! You' ll come,

won't you Ma'am?

Yes?

For you.

He's mad!

Rahul, you said that girl

would come at one o'clock...

It's four now. I don't think

she' ll come.

So what should I do?

So if she doesn't come.

won't we do our play?

- I was only...

- Go and get on with your own thing.

Ballu, put the spotlight

on the entrance.

You must have heard of me?

No, Pooja, no! You are not

dancing with abandon.

You are concentrating more

on the steps and music.

I don't want to see

how well you dance.

I have already seen that

and you are very good.

I want to see whether

you are Maya or not.

I want to see the extent of

Maya's love and abandonment.

I want to see what happens

when Maya dances wholeheartedly.

Why don't you understand

what I' m trying to tell you?

Forget that anyone's sitting here.

Forget that the music is playing.

Forget that this is a rehearsal.

Just think of Maya.

I don't want to see you dance.

I want to see your madness!

Maya's madness...

Never in my life has anyone

spoken to me in such a way.

I don't know how

to talk to girls.

I told you before

that I can't do it.

But you' re doing it really well.

It's my fault.

- I am going on about this Maya.

- I don't understand this Maya.

- Never mind...

- I don't want to do this.

Don't worry if you don't understand.

We don't have to do this today.

We can do it tomorrow.

I don't want to do it

tomorrow either.

Maya, relax.

- My name is Pooja!

- Of course, it's Pooja.

Pooja, you see, if you don't

want to dance, then don't.

But please stop crying.

It's not a problem if you

don't want to do it.

You see Pooja, it's my way

to yell during rehearsals.

I wasn't having a go at you.

I was only trying to explain

to you about Maya.

Pooja, perhaps you

didn't understand Maya.

Maya is the kind of girl

who lives in a dream world.

She believes that one day her dream

prince will come and carry her away.

Her friends have always

made fun of her...

but that did not

shake her belief.

And today, she has met

the man of her dreams...

and she is dancing.

There is intense love in her dance

and madness and a certain arrogance.

As if to say, " I knew he would

come and now, see, he has come"

My dream man has come

Nisha, I can't believe we got

such a good girl so quickly.

I had decided that if I didn't get

the right girl for this role...

I was going to cancel the play.

I was going to give back the

money whatever happens.

But I was destined

to meet Pooja.

Her name is Pooja?

No it's Jeetendra.

Of course it's Pooja.

- Is she beautiful?

- Really beautiful.

You remember that I was

talking about Maya?

She's just like her.

That innocent face,...

those dreamy eyes and

that bashfulness.

Is she a good dancer?

When she dances, you can

only keep looking at her.

I know that you will go crazy

when you see her.

- I see.

- Yes.

But can she act?

What are you talking about?

If she can't act, then I am

there to make her act.

If I can get you to act

I can get anyone to act.

There's no water, no soft drink...

and you've called me for food.

Wait a minute and I' ll bring some.

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