Dear Zindagi Spin-off: The Beginning of Jug

Inspiration: The Plot (Version 1)

I have decided to post the Dear Zindagi plot here for only one reason. Actually, for more than one reason. So that I could keep up with the story, for once. And the second point is to revisit the story if need be.

My reason to write this is because of pure curiosity and imagination.

You can also read it if you want. 

Here it goes:

The film is set in Mumbai and Goa. Kiara is a promising cinematographer who wishes to direct her own films. Blunt and cynical, she is most comfortable when with her three best friends, Fatima, Jackie, and Gansu. Kiara's life takes a downturn when Raghavendra, a film producer for whom she breaks up with her childhood sweetheart, gets engaged to someone else. Her landlord turns her out of her apartment because the building association wants to rent apartments only to married couples. All this plus dissatisfaction with her prospects at work serves as a catalyst for her shift to Goa, where she now has to grudgingly live with her parents with whom she has some issues. She ends up spending many sleepless nights in unhappiness and uncertainty.

While in Goa, she seeks out Dr. Jehangir "Jug" Khan, a psychologist, for her insomnia, after inadvertently having heard him talk at a Mental Health Awareness Conference. She warms to Jug's unconventional methods, trying to use them to understand herself. Meanwhile, she meets a musician, Rumi, and she falls in love with him, but they break up before anything serious can happen when she realizes they may not be the right fit for each other. She also reunites with her younger brother, Kiddo, who is the only other person besides her best friends that she is closest to. Matters with her family come to a head when Kiara has an outburst at a family get-together where she confronts her parents about them abandoning her for years at her grandparents' house.

She finally narrates the story of her abandonment to Jug, who tells her that she fears abandonment so much that she doesn't allow herself to commit in relationships, leaving before they can leave her. He convinces her that she doesn't need to forgive her parents for abandoning her, but she can, as an adult, see them as two regular people who made a mistake. After this, Kiara makes an effort to reconcile with her parents and also works to finish her short film.

At their last session, Kiara admits to Jug that she has grown to like him. Jug responds that it is normal for a patient to feel this way about his/her therapist and while he likes her too, she is still his patient, and him, her psychologist, and a relationship would not be possible. The two share a hug before Kiara leaves.

The movie ends with a viewing of Kiara's short film and a beach sequence thereafter which signifies she has learned to love life and has matured post her therapy.

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