RK watched the rain pour the streets. The trees and bushes became greener and fresh. The soft sounds outside the large windows of his office building didn't bother him. The momentary roar of the thunder didn't bother him. Nothing bothered him. Even the knock outside the door didn't bothered him. He didn't even realize that two persons had just entered his cabin without informing him that they had come inside.
When he turned back, then only he had noticed those two persons. "Oh!", he exclaimed instead of shouting at them. They weren't some ordinary people. They were the stars of his movie. If it were someone else from lower level , they would have been rebuked by him for their manners. But these two were special. They were the reigning stars of the industry.
He had penned the script of his dream project for a decade. He had perfect crew. He had best designers for the costumes. He had best people for cinematography and choreography. He had booked the best music directors with hefty price for his movie. He had good promotional staffs. Everything was finalized. But he felt something was missing. He wasn't satisfied with what he had. He wanted to make his movie the much awaited one.
He stared at his lead pair of his movie for quite sometime. The lead pair watched him in confusion. "He calls us for some urgent work and stares at us with blank eyes.", they wondered in unison. Rajveer , known for his outrageous behaviour , came close to his director's face. He waived at him in order to bring him back to reality. His co actress Simran nudged his other hand. She signaled him, "What are you doing?"
Simran unlike Rajveer was born to be perfect. Perfectionism was an addiction to her. Anything that didn't fit into her 'perfect' dictionary was unruly to her. She had habit of correcting even single action of unruliness according to her. According to her, Rajveer's present action was required to be corrected by her and she did as per rules - No monkeying during business.
An idea struck RK's mind like a thunderbolt. "Oh Rajveer! Please take your seat.", he laughed though he hated Rajveer's childish antics. He didn't want to loose him. He was perfect for the role he had tirelessly written over a decade. "I have an idea for the promotion of our movie. I was thinking of small gossip couldn't harm us. In fact people will be talking about our movie even before it hits the screen.", he said. The actors looked at each other. "Do you have a girlfriend, Rajbeer?", he asked. "Yes! I am in steady relationship with...", Rajbeer replied. But RK intervened, "Break it off! And Simran, what about you?" "I just broke off few days ago. It was..", she said, thinking about the casual relationship she was in. "It's good. I don't need the details.", RK said politely. "I need you two to be in relationship for the movie.", he said. Both the actors stared at him with bewilderment. It was like as if he had slapped them hard.
(To be continued)
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