INSIDE
Aadi pulls back from Sanjana, revealing her bruised, bloodied cheek. She blinks back pain.
AADI: Are you okay?
SANJANA: (sniffles) Hmm.
AADI: Sure?
SANJANA: It's hurting.
AADI: Where?
SANJANA: Here.
AADI: (blowing on the wound) Here?
SANJANA: Hmm... (Sniffling) I should have been more careful.
AADI: Correction. You should have been more sensible.
SANJANA: Now what's that supposed to mean?
AADI: (teasing her) I mean, sandals – (clearing his throat) heels (cough cough)
She doesn't get it. When she finally understands, her face twists into an angry scowl.
SANJANA: How dare you, Aadi! I didn't fall because of my sandals.
Aadi laughs.
SANJANA: I'm in so much pain here, and you're laughing at me!
Upset, she shoots up to leave. He stops her.
AADI: (laughing) Okay-okay-okay-listen-listen-listen. I was just kidding. I was just kidding. I swear I was just kidding.
SANJANA: I don't want to talk to you.
AADI: Come on yaar, I was just pulling your leg.
SANJANA: Why now, Aadi? You're always pulling my leg!
AADI: Well, it's better than you sulking. See, look at your face. You look like a potato.
SANJANA: (smiling) Shut up.
Neha is wonderstruck.
NEHA: (thinking) Wonder what happened to her face?
At the same time, relief hits her.
NEHA: (sheepish, thinking) Well, at least he's not --–
Just then –
INSIDE
-- Anuj pops into view, panicking, a wet handkerchief in hand. He bustles to the bed where Aadi and Sanjana sits.
ANUJ: Is it still blee --– (spots Neha, stops in his tracks)
Catching his surprise, Aadi pulls back, follows his gaze to –-
THE DOOR
-- Where Neha stands petrified with the tray in her hand.
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RomanceAditya Vardhan (Aadi), an aspiring actor, shoots to fame overnight and finds himself struggling to balance his new life: an insecure wife, a big and unbearably traditional, orthodox joint family, overnight stardom and a dangerous rival.
