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Okay.

Come on.

-Come on, let's sit.

Sit.

Scared ofme?

You scared ofme?

No. Why?

Because l know thatyou

like watchingme from yourroom.

Now you're scared.

Scared, aren'tyou?

Don'tworry.

lwon'ttell aunt.

You're a nice guy.

l like you.

Here. lt'saunt.

Hello, aunt.

l am outside waitingforyou.

Tanu.

Tanu,you are here, dear.

lwasworried.

Come on.

You alright?

Thankyou.

Thankyou.

Are you alright? -Yes.

Anu.

Mom, lwantto discuss

somethingimportantwith you.

l know. lt'saboutyourdad.

He had called up.Take iteasy.

You're a grown up now.

We'll talkin the morning.

Don'tworry. We'll talk aboutit.

Okay?

Hello. - Hello, brother.

Hey, itmustbe late in the night.

Whattime isitthere?

- lt's 2 o'clock.

So tell me. What'shappening?

Nothing.Justmissingyou.

l miss you too.Are mom, dad around?

No.They are out.

So are studying or justhavingfun?

Havingfun. - l knew it.

So how are yourboytriendsdoing?

Who are you torturingthese days?

- No one.

Okay, listen.

lgotto go. l'll talkto you later.

Okay.Take care. - Bye. - Bye.

Come in. Keep itthere.

Oh. lt's you.

lthoughtitwasthe maid.

-That'sokay.

Well, l came to say

sorryforlastnight.

That'sperfectly okay. Sit.

Wanttea?

ljusthad. -Are you sure?

Thanks.

So you had a greattime lastnight.

Yes, it's Anu'sfirst

bigmodellingassignment.

So she wanted to celebrate.

l'm sorryif l said something.

You did say something.

l am joking.

Whatare yourplansforthe day?

No plans.

Sleep and study. -Sleep and study?

Greatplan. Will you come with me?

Where?

Bali Marang. -Where isthat?

Today Ramesh Chabbra

hashispainting exhibition.

At Habibatcenter.

He hasalso invited

me forthe partytonight.

l'll notbe able to make ittonight.

l have an investorsmeet.

Bythe way,

Rashmi called up yesterday.

How is she? -Oh, she isdoinggreat.

ln fact, she'sthinking

of settling down in Toronto only.

With Narain. -Great.

Sorry.Justto draw yourattention.

Will anyone tell me?

What'shappeningin ourhouse?

Thisisno wayto talk.

Thisisnotthe way, dear.

Whythe hell are you

guysactinglike that..

..asifnothinghashappened?

Dear. Listen to me.

Dear,yourdad told

me aboutlastnight.

Whatdid he tell you?

Thathe waswith Saloni.

Mom,theywere kissing.

Look dear.

Listen to me very calmlynow.

You know Akhil uncle?

-Yourfriend. Why?

He isnot justmyfriend.

We are in a relationship.

See,yourdad and

l had an open marriage..

..eversince you were very young.

Butwe cared foryou.

We neverwanted to hurtyou, dear.

Justtry and understand.

Don'ttake uswrong.

Anu.

Anu.

Listen.Anu.

Anu.

Dear, are you alright? Dear, please.

Thisis Ballimaran.

And thatused to be ourhouse.

Had l been born 150 yearsago..

..Galib would have been myneighbor.

Really.

- Really?

lwill show you.

That'smy school.

Oh! -Come.

l used to come here everyday

from Ballimaran on a cycle.

And she would come on foot.

Agirl?

Roshni.

She wasa yearelderto me.

And lwould follow

heron my cycle everyday.

Why? She wouldn't

give you anyimportance?

She would.

She also wanted me to talkto her.

l see.And then?

You know when first

time we fall in love..

..lwas so happy.

With greatdifficulty l

fixed a date through herfriend.

We had to meetthe nextday.

Butshe didn'tcome.

Why?

Letitbe.

Why do you wantto know? Let'sgo.

Tell me.

lt'sgetting exciting.

She nevercame. -Why?

Herdead bodywasfound after3 days.

She wasgang-raped and then killed.

Oh!

l am so sorry,Vikram.

Delhi isnota cityforwomen.

Hey!

Did you like my story?

Total Bollywood stuff.

Should ltryitin Mumbai?

You were tellingme a story?

-Of course.

And you started crying.

Delhi isnota cityforwomen.

l am so sorry,Vikram.

Shutup. Okay?

What?

The firsttime l came here,

dad waswith me.

l cried a lotatthe

lightand sound show.

lwasnoteven one yearold.

That'swhataunttold me.

Afterthat, dad passed away. So..

Dipti told me...

aboutthataccident.

ltwasentirelymyfault.

Myluckis such.

Myfirstbirthday.

And a day priorto it

thisaccidenttookplace.

lsitbecause ofthataccident..

..thatyou thinkyou are cursed?

Lastnightyou told me.

Oh!

Maybe lwastoo drunk.

lt'sokay.

l don'tknow why..

..lfeel asif someone

is staringatme.

And wheneversomething

good isgoingto happen..

..he ruinsit.

l know.

lthappens.

You feel asifnothing

isevergoingto go right.

Butdon'tblame yourselfforit.

Life hasitsdifferent

waysof screwingusup.

Not justyou,

he is staringatall of us.

Whathappened?

How did you come so earlytoday?

Justlike that.

lwasgettingbored athome.

Don'tcry.

lfeel so lonely attimes.

There isno one l can talkto.

Come on. We are bestfriends.

You can alwaystalkto me.

Come on. Wipe yourface.

The dance classisgoingto begin.

Sirmustbe waitingforyou.

Screw him. - He would love that.

No. l am notin the mood.

So?

Then mom said they are

havingan open marriage.

What?

lwasalso shocked.

l am very angrywith them.

lwas so proud ofthem.

Since childhood you have

an image ofyourparents.

Theymusttake care ofit.

Because when thatimage breaks,

itfeelsverybad.

lthurts.

You lose yourrespectforthem.

You actuallybegin to hate them.

You are right.

My dad is supercool.

And lwill neverlethim down.

Butmymom...Gosh!

She is so embarrassing.

Thank God forgiving

you a good father.

Otherwise nowadays you

don'tgetto see good fathers.

Butyou also sleep around, right?

My doingitisokay. l am young.

They are parents, dear.

Theywere supposed to be in love.

Maybe they are.

Vikram. -Yes.

Tell me something.

Why did you bringme with you?

l enjoy yourcompany.

lsthatthe onlyreason?

Whatdo you feel?

You eldersare such hypocrites.

You thinkwe don'tknow anything.

We are kids, right?

lt'shigh time. Okay?

Stop treatinguslike small kids.

l am nota kid.

And you know thatverywell.

Whatare you talkingabout?

Tanisha.Alittle girl

in thisbigbad world.

Ayoungleafthatwill

hita bigstorm one day.

Someday soon.

l have read everything

on yourlaptop.

You watch me from yourroom.

And you write all thataboutme.

Why?

Say something.

l see Roshni in you.

Thatstory ltold

you...it'snota story.

ltwasall true.

Thatdaywhen l saw

you the firsttime..

..lfelt l am seeing Roshni.

Justone look atyou

and l decided to stay.

l don'tknow whatthe similarityis.

You don'tlooklike her.

Butthere is...

...there is something..

..thatiscommon

between the both ofyou.

You remind me ofher.

lwanted to be around you.

lwanted to see you everyday.

lwanted to talkto you.

l know thisis soundinga bitweird.

But...

...l couldn'tstop myself.

Some people saythat

there isnothing..

..like a coincidence in thisworld.

You reminded me so strongly

ofherthat lwanted to know.

lsthere somethingmore to this?

lsthere a deepermeaning?

Adeeperconnection?

Will thiscoincidence mean anything?

l don'tknow if..

ltwill.

''Letme walkwith you like that.''

''Let'smake the momentsradiant.''

''Letitbe vague.''

''Letitbe hazy.''

''Letmy dreamsbe withoutyou.''

''Letmyheartdo asitpleases.''

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