Character sketch:
Swara Gagodia: 18 years old young and sober personality girl. Studies in 1st year of medical. Belongs to a very economically sound family. Her father is a minister.
Shekhar Gagodia: father of Swara. Loves her very much. He is very much ignorant about religion.
Srashmita Gagodia: mother of Swara and loves her very much.
Namish Gagodia: elder brother of Swara and loves her very much.
Sparsh Singhania: fiancé of Swara
Sanskar Maheshwari: 18 years young boy. He is very carefree and highly intelligent having IQ level of 150+. He is studying business. He is completely different from Swara’s family. He never cares about anyone and keeps insulting everyone in his college. He also belongs to a very rich family and they are neighbours of Gagodia family.
DurgaPrasad Maheshwari: father of Sanskar. He loves him very much and gives special attention to Sanskar due to his IQ.
Anapurna Maheshwari: mother of Sanskar Maheshwari and somewhat modern. She goes to social clubs and attends different parties.
Chapter 1
Scene 1:
Location: Maheshwari mansion, TV lounge
A boy is sitting in a corner and studying something. On the other hand, another boy is playing a new video game but he could not score much due to difficult track. The boy who is studying looks at him after every two minutes. After half an hour, he comes to him.
1st boy: what are you trying to do, Sahir?
Sahir: nothing special Sanskar, I was just trying on a new video game but it’s too difficult to handle due to difficult track.
Sanskar: handover the joystick to me!
Sahir: (confused) what?
Sanskar: did your ears stopped working along with your brains? (Sahir gives joystick to Sanskar and he starts playing. After sometime, he was driving with a very high speed and Sahir was not able to even see the car properly but Sanskar was playing as if it was the easiest task for him. After sometime, the car lost its track and crashed. Sahir gave a triumphant smirk and looked on his right side but to his surprise, he saw Sanskar leaving the TV lounge. He shook his head in disappointment)
Sahir: he has got some brains!
Sanskar: (shouts without turning) it was the most boring game I have ever played! (with that, he left the room and Sahir looked at him with wide eyes. He called his new game boring.)
Scene 2:
Location: Gagodia mansion, Swara’s room
Swara is talking to Naina(her friend) about her exams.
Naina: how were your exams, Swara?
Swara: they were fine!
Naina: (shrinks her eyes) what do you mean by fine? I know you will obtain highest marks just like your previous record. You are the most hardworking student of our batch.
Swara: oh please yar! Don’t flatter me!
Naina: I am not flattering you. I am just showing the reality.
Swara: ok fine. You tell.
Naina: as you know, I am praying that teachers should at least give me passing marks.
Swara: (laughing) you will never change.
Naina: I will never! (suddenly, Shomi comes to Swara’s room)
Shomi: Shona! Come out beta, Sparsh has come.
Swara: ok, bye Naina! We will talk later.
Swara: mom! Where is Sparsh?
Shomi: he is on dining table.
Swara: (expressionless) why is he here?
Shomi: what do you mean by this?
Swara: why he does not get peace in his house? I mean he spends 24 hours in our house instead of his own house. The only difference is that he has not shifted his luggage here!
Shomi: behave yourself Swara! He is your fiancé and he loves you. You are going to marry him so stop bickering about all this.
Swara: I am not marrying him. You are forcing me to marry him.
Shomi: this is for your own good. I know he will always keep you happy.
Swara: he can never keep me happy by forcing me.
Shomi: Shona! Why do you always see him negatively?
Swara: mom! Why can’t you people understand that I am not happy with this marriage. I just agreed due to dad. There is no understanding between us. He is six years elder than me.
Shomi: it is much better as he is mature and will keep you happy. Now stop your arguments and come out. He wants to see you.
Swara: but I don’t.
Shomi: (angrily) shut up! Be ready in five minutes and come out. (goes slamming the door and a tear rolls down Swara’s cheek)
Scene 3:
Location: Maheshwari mansion, drawing room
Sanskar is sitting on sofa and watching a dance show when AP enters the house after attending a party. She gets angry on Sanskar.
AP: Sanskar! Switch off the TV!
Sanskar: (without moving his gaze from TV) why?
AP: what do you mean by “why”? Your exams are going on and you are watching these shameless shows.
Sanskar: (arrogantly) how many times I have told you that I have prepared for my exams. Now don’t disturb me and get aside.
AP: you are forgetting manners, Sanskar! If your dad sees you…..
Sanskar: (cuts her and shouts) tell dad that I am not going to take him down. He should trust me. Why are you both people after me? You have made my life hell. No entertainment, no adventure. Nothing. (more loudly) just nothing! (throws remote on the wall with full might and it breaks. He walks out of the room in anger and AP looks at the broken remote in shock.)
Scene 4:
Location: St. Martin school, hall A
Miss Semantha is looking at all the students. Only five minutes are left in the starting of exam time. All the students are tensed and tying to read out the books quickly. She sees Sanskar sitting in the mid. His face is calm and he is not studying anything. She was witnessing this scene always since she had joined this school. After five minutes, she distributed the paper and after ten minutes, he came to submit his paper. She took it from him and placed it on table because she knew it’s of no use. There is no need to proofread his paper as there was never a single mistake. He has broken all the records of not only his school but of all the schools in the country. She just once glanced on his paper and she was sure he will secure full marks.
Scene 5:
Location: a main road
All the youngsters are driving bikes and one wheeling. Sanskar was also one of them. He entered in the busiest lane and after some time, he came on wrong way. After some time, he took his both hands up and after some time, his bike collided with a car and in the next minute, he was flying high in the air. After one hour, he was in the private clinic of their family doctor. His father was pacing to and fro in the room while his mother kept crying all the time. When he gained his senses, police came and took his statement. He stated that suddenly the brakes of his bike were failed and then the other car came to him in opposite direction and this accident happened. A traffic constable opposed his statement as he saw with his own eyes that Sanskar first came in wrong way and then took his both hands up deliberately as if trying to suicide. His father became angry on him.
DP: what do you mean, inspector? That our son was trying to suicide? Why would he try to kill himself? We have given him everything. This is not the truth. He is lying here in bandages. His legs and left arm is fractured and he just came out of the mouth of death and you are saying that he attempted suicide? What rubbish! (the constable tried his best to tell them the truth but they did not believe him.)
Scene 6:
Location: PIMS medical college
Naina: what are you trying to do, Swara?
Swara: nothing yar! It’s just the burden of studies.
Naina: why are you worrying? You are the best. There is something else. You were never like this before. There is something else with you.
Swara: (irked) what is your problem? Just go and leave me alone. in my house, that Sparsh keeps irritating me and here you. Why can’t you people understand that I need some space?
Naina: oh! So the problem is your fiancé, right?
Swara: he keeps lurking over me all the time like a dark lord. I don’t like his company but he always stays in our house 24 hours. I wonder why he does not stays in his house?
Naina: so, you are not happy with your marriage?
Swara: of course, not!
Naina: and why is that so?
Swara: he is six years elder to me. And most important of all, I want to marry someone who knows our religion well. Who would love God and that Sparsh does not even know about the “R” of Religion.
Naina: what is your problem? He is handsome, well established and most importantly he loves you.
Swara: I don’t need his love. I want that he should practice all the orders of God. I really don’t want to marry him.
Naina: there is no use to speak to you.
Swara: just leave me alone.
Naina: fine! (leaves from there)