(*\/*)Mayank Nupur(*\/*)
When They Met
Mayank
and Nupur had a love at first sight sort of beginning though not in the
conventional sense. Theirs was the kind of connection which was not
defined merely by the process of falling in love Nupur needed help and
Mayank helps her. The act of rescue, though not acknowledged by Nupur,
had already created a certain respect and space for her rescuer in her
mind. For him, it was her eyes, the minute she fell into his arms, he
felt something he had never felt before (having never associated
himself with females his age) . Then he saw her eyes, vulnerable yet
determined. He felt a connection he couldn't explain. She left him
without a thank you ...that sealed their bond.
As
much as there is an undeniable attraction, the obvious dissimilarities
cause them to think otherwise. They decide they hate each other. He is
the cool dude, the academic champ and his sense of humour is only for a
few to understand. Sarcasm is the tool he uses to put people at bay. He
doesn't care about the world. She is the fighter, the talkative, open
minded girl from a small town. She is filmy and loud, lovable and
sweet. Its an obvious clash of personalities.
She cannot stand his
sarcasm, he cannot stand her non-stop chatter. They are put together to
do a project, they rebel. Its a opposites repel scenario. The
underlying attraction continues, she falls into his arms, he cannot
help falling deep into her eyes and she cant seem to take off her eyes
from his. This, however they overlook for everything else.
First Step towards Friendship
Then
there is an obvious need to overlook the dissimilarities and come to an
understanding. The need is situational, they have a project to do. She
wants him to be her dance partner,. So, its a need-based understanding
that they develop, simply out of necessity. While, they do form this
association, they realise, they have qualities that complement and
complete each other. The underlying attraction strengthens as the
comfort level has increased. The talent parade audition is a step where
they realise their physical comfort with each other. She is flustered
by his touch but her body reacts positively to him. This is a unique
quality and most often, such situations lead to discomfort but here,
there is not just comfort but a feeling of completeness. Nupur's mind
has already associated Mayank's as that of a perfect partner's. As they
work together further, there is an obvious closeness that leads to them
being flustered but they never feel discomfort.
Slowly their
contrasting natures also help in bringing each other closer. HE would
never have danced if not for her..he would never have gone to a beach
with a girl if not for her. She was the reason he was beginning to
enjoy life. She was learning to take her work in the right spirit from
him, though she lied, she is motivated to work harder just for him.
The Pain of a Broken Relationship - Friendship
Betrayal!
Mayank feels betrayed by Nupur. He is deeply hurt because, for the
first time in his life. he had trusted a girl (or anyone other than his
mother & himself) and this girl had lied to him. The very thought
tore him apart, he does not realise it but his heart had already
started falling for the girl in question. There are strains of love
that he doesn't realise but there is the broken trust he is unable to
accept. His coming for the dance is an act, where his heart overtakes
the emotions (such as hate, betrayal)he thinks he feels. Pyaar ki ek
kahani is supposed to be a dance of passion where 2 wounded souls are
dancing in unison.They fight because, she knows she made a mistake and
is remorseful, he fails to see her remorse. The ego overtakes all the
beatings of the heart and they part ways. They are hurt far more deeply
than they know. Even when they dance they look into each other's eyes,
there is no anger because deep inside - the souls know that they are
meant to be. The Ego of the individuals though come to fore-front when
they clash after the dance!
New Walk of Life and RelationshipHe
slowly and surely forgives her (atleast in his heart) as it was
impossible for him to stay angry with her. Her defiance of him,
impressed him further. Somebody challenging his very forte, his
studies, was something that marked her as a equal in his heart and
mind. When she proved that she was upto the challenge she had
undertaken, instead of being more angry , his anger seemed to melt
away..He had already started missing her (sample- the scene where he is
studying and thinks of her involuntarily). He was deeply impressed when
she answers a question in class, it wasn't a great achievement but her
determination pulled him towards her even more. Then, quite
conveniently they were again partners for a trip away from college and
they would spend all their time together, outwardly they rebelled, but
their hearts probably rejoiced. The very fact that he had reserved a
place for her, showed his changing emotions towards her, when she fell
into his arms, though they were supposed to be angry with each other,
those was not the emotions they emanated. When he wanted her back,
sitting with him, he was asking a girl he was supposed to be "hating"
to sit with him. His actions were a dead-giveaway, the final straw
being the act of missing the bus because she had not climbed into the
bus. (of course, it can be argued that he would have done it for any
girl)
As
they spend more time together, they fight, they argue but they cant
spend a minute away from each other. He is initially ignorant of his
change in feelings. The first hug is a small trigger, a joke he played
on her comes back to haunt him as her vulnerable side is exposed. He is
confused to see her in such a state. Her vulnerabilities attract her to
him even further. The complete hug distorts his single minded focus and
causes his heart to feel for this girl. She on the other hand had
always hidden her weaknesses to the world, but she gets caught in the
moment and exposes her real side to him. The minute he says its a joke,
she tries to cover up but its too late.
The hug solves the mysteries
that their hearts carry, now only the individuals with their mixed
feelings, emotions and egos needed to resolve their issues.
As he
comes across a vile and corrupt person who is a total contrast to his
personality (lucky mishra) and understands his not so noble intension,
he feels protective of her and responsible for her. His instincts are
more basic than he realises, protect the partner. The various escapades
intensify the comfort level their hearts share.
The First Realisation - MayankThe
breaking point is when a drunk Nupur tells him that he is the sweetest
person she knows, he cannot but respond..the drink helped in putting
the egos at bay, so in a simple heart to heart conversation they
realise their love for each other. Only Nupur will forget while
Mayank's feelings towards her change forever!
Mayank is in love
with Nupur, he understands it, even though he doesn't admit it to
himself. He can feel himself getting lost in her eyes, her beauty, her
actions, her conversations, her innocence, her enthusiasm, her
smartness, her self-respect. Her very being, attracts him to her, he
dreams of her. All these involuntary actions of his, disappoints the
ego of the individual, the heart however had decided to part ways with
the mind, so he lands himself in various flights of imaginations. He
surrenders to his feelings when trapped in chunky mishra's bungalow.
(Khuda jaane is the high point here).
However,
once he is out of the Bungalow, he starts to question his judgement.
However, small actions like the thorn from the cactus that pricks her
and his completely worried response to it, makes him realise he is
giving himself away.
Nupur meanwhile has developed immense respect
for him and trusts him implicitly (Remember the time she wakes up post
the barn night, she suspects herself but has full faith in him). Her
sparks are based on the care he gives her. As much as she doesn't
realise it earlier, she now knows that she feels most protected,
comforted and comfortable with him. While she can be herself, he can
continue to play a huge part in her life. The obvious love that Chunky
mishra can see is lost to Mayank and Nupur though. They continue to be
in denial, rather, their minds are yet to accept what their hearts have
known all along
Realisation
for Mayank is not far behind because not just his heart but his mind
had realised as well, he just needed a trigger to remove the delusions.
He finds that trigger during the academic meet, in the form of
chironjee, her behaviour towards Chironjee and her comparing him to
this person arouses a new emotion in him, jealousy. All the while he
was convincing himself to stay away from her as he wanted to believe
that his feelings were nothing but a situational infatuation. He was in
for a rude shock once he sees a set of goons attacking Nupur, he
would've helped any girl in the same circumstances, but the very fact
that it was her and she was hurt causes him to completely lose control
of his temper. Only post the incident, does he accept his love for
Nupur to himself. She on the other hand is in awe of him, not yet ready
to understand her feelings. As he spends more time with her he realises
his feelings are getting stronger by the day. He finally decides to
mask his love with a theory ( the desert island syndrome) and decides
to stay away from her.
The Ignorance that Hurt Her - NupurThen,
begins the low phase of their relationship, in his effort to stay away
from her, he hurts her and ruins the friendship that they had
developed. she in turn is trying hard to get back the same bond that
they had forged, her heart sees beyond his shield but there is only so
much she can do. This in turn leads to him displaying contradicting
emotions, where at one point he is possessive of her while at another
point he is rude to her. This leads her to assume the worst (drugs, no
less) and becomes the cause of a big fight. It is when he hurts her
deeply with his words and he sees the pain in her eyes does he realise
how much he is hurting himself as well. He makes such an heartfelt
apology that she can do nothing but accept his friendship.
Confrontation with Reality - Confession
Next
is the night that changes the story of their lives, when she is trapped
in an embarrassing situation (the tear in the dress), she is too
overcome to do anything. He gives her his shirt, puts her at ease,
wipes her tears, brings a smile on her face, makes the world's best
coffee and wins her heart. This is the first time where she consciously
acknowledges the goodness in him and even comparing him to her dream
man- Raj of DDLJ. She feels something like love for him for the very
first time. He who had tried to stay away from her realises there is no
escaping the love he has for her and decides to give his love a chance.
The
change in Mayank is marked, he wants her to realise her feelings for
him and uses his character in the play as a tool. He questions every
action of hers, be it her concern when he is hurt or her unabashed
admiration of him or the compliments she showers on him to the choice
of colour of clothes. He even coaxes an yes out of her in the pretext
of the drama rehearsal. Unfortunately, even though she realises she has
feelings for him, her inferiority complex sets in and she is unable to
see the Mayank behind the character Varun he plays in the drama. On the
day of the drama, a misunderstanding leads to fight which further leads
them to believe that they never had feelings for each other. On stage,
both are unable to hide their actual feelings for each other, he stops
her and she hugs him and he understands, whether she knows it or not,
she loves him. That helps as a trigger to actually make a confession of
their love on stage. Nupur, even though has known all along her love
for him, is left speechless when he does tell her. However, when she
does tell him, its the union of 2 hearts that were always meant to be
together.
Post Confession - The Awkward FeelingPost
the confession, the awkwardness sets in, the shyness that cant be
avoided as they were never this close before. They had always had a
varying equation ranging from fights to friendship , but love was
something else. They communicate heart to heart after a long time. The
increase in comfort level in their relationship happens slowly and
steadily. Initially, Mayank, having been in love with her for a longer
time, takes charge of the relationship showering her with gifts and
taking her on a date, She is still apprehensive about even saying I
love you. However hard he tries to put her at ease, she continues to
feel inferior to him. This leads to another tiff (the locket issue) ,
but when she sees he is committed to her and on seeing how
relationships can be fickle in nature (sheena issue), she finally
realises how valuable he is to her and expresses it simply and
comfortably in the form of an I love you.
Stage 2 of Love - Dream about the FutureShe
is comfortable with him and starts dreaming of a future together .
Being a girl from a small town brought up on stories of her prince
charming, she wants a commitment for marriage from him. He being the
only son of a single mother has other aspirations such as a stable job
after studies, hence marriage is not something that he looks at as an
immediate possibility. Another cause for friction is her desire for
public display of affection while he is averse to it. To her it is
acceptance of the relationship in front of her friends, to him it means
nothing. She needed the sense of security that the acceptance provided,
while he understands this, he needs his time to provide this comfort.
When another misunderstanding crops up leading to an almost break up,
he realises how important she is in his life, he is no more afraid to
commit. She, however is shattered. When he does go all the way to
Morena to make up with her, she gains some hope in his love for her. He
is ready to go to any extent to get her back in his life as he realises
he is incomplete without her. However, since the circumstances again
play spoilsport, she is broken beyond belief. Though her mind tells her
that she has been betrayed, her heart refuses to stop loving him. When
the misunderstandings are cleared and she apologises, he does what she
always wanted, a very public acceptance of their love. She is moved
beyond words and though she had always loved and trusted him, now she
found comfort with him. The passion that they share in the barn is
nothing but the acceptance of other in their lives. That they had been
back from a brink of a complete break-up and emotional turmoil helped
strengthen the relationship even further. The prospect of a long
distance relationship also brought a different understanding that was
earlier missing.
"Distance" - That only strengtened the Bond of Love
Distance
never separates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the
miles and in seconds we are there but whenever I start feeling sad,
because I miss you, I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so
special to miss.Passing through this phase of life was another
milestone for both Mayank and Nupur.Although like any normal couple
they also encounterd misunderstandings and insecurities yet their love
was strong enough to withstand the hurdles posed in their way. True
love doesn't mean being inseparable; it means being separated and
nothing changes and this was exactly the case for both Mayank and
Nupur.Nupur being the "ultimate nautanki" always end up being in
trouble but Mayank was always there for her.Nupur did'nt tell Adhiraj
that she was the Nupur for whom he came looking after for marriage and
when Mayank came to know about this he asked Nupur to tell the truth
before the situation gets worse.Nupur influenced by Mayank's truthful
and sincere nature agrees to open the whole matter infront of Adhiraj
but fate has other plans for them.Before Nupur can tell Adhiraj about
her real identity Bui came from Mowrena and the truth was out
shattering the trust Bui had on Nupur and worsening the situation even
more.
Marriage - A Dream that came Unexpectedly
Nupur's
family trust on Nupur was truly shaken and they were not ready to
accept any explanation from her side.Mayank decided to confront the
situation instead of backing off and that was the point where they
faced another hurdle in way of their love.Truly loving someone is'nt
something to be ashamed of and Mayank and Nupur were not fearing
anything because they knew that they did nothing wrong.On revelation of
their relationship Nupur's family did the same as in our society.In our
society,girls should be married off in such situations to avoid
bad-naming of the family and the girl herself and Nupur belonging to
the conservative Indian family became the victim of this unnatural
tradition.But Nupur was'nt the girl who would tolerate injustice.She
raised her voice to defend herself and her love but all in vain.Both
tried to change the mind of Bui and Nupur's Bauji but the ball was'nt
in their ground.Nupur was forced to marry Adhiraj and both Mayank and
Nupur sacrificed their love just to maintain the honour of Nupur's
family.Hearts shattered,souls dispersed,eyes gloomy,tears praying and
wishing to get freed from their eyes but little did they know that in
no time the reason for them to get freedom from eyes would be
altogether for a different reason.Adhiraj's parents came to know about
Mayank and Nupur's relationship and they called off the marriage making
the bitter reality true for Nupur's family who were doing all this just
to avoid this situation.Bauji was still thinking about his family
honour instead of his daughter's happiness.He asked Mayank to marry
Nupur which he obviously did.How can he leave his darling Nupur alone
to face the cruelty of world alone?Happiness reflecting from their eyes
and their heart enchanting only one mantra "You are my soul mate, my
sweetheart, you are my dream come true, from now until the end of time
I give my heart and soul to you",they got married.But little did they
know that Bauji was just doing this to get rid of Nupur and the series
of backbiting that initiated after her marriage was called off with
Adhiraj.This came as a real shock to Nupur.How come a father can be so
cruel?
Life after MarriageMayank
and Nupur started their new life together. For the first few days they
stayed secretly in the Excel college. Then they moved into Samrat's
outhouse and started their new life! They became the ideal college
going and married couple, an inspiration to many. Nupur was insecure
about losing her sister, her only family after Mayank. The insecurity
came out through anger, worry, jealousy. Mayank was her constant source
of support as they went through this as well.
After rescuing
Gunjan from the eve-teasers and setting their differences apart, Nupur
and Mayank geared up for their first Valentines Day as a couple.
After
a fruitless attempt at seducing him, Nupur was pleased and touched when
Mayank said, on Valentines Day that he wanted to make Nupur his wife in
the true sense, meaning that he was ready for their consummation.
They consummated their marriage, becoming each others in body and soul.
Ups and Downs of Life which got them more Close
When
Gunjan was shot by the brutal eve-teasers, Nupur was shattered. It was
Mayank who was her sole source of support, her confidante, her best
friend. Bauji forgave his daughter, but not Mayank.
Nupur
the warrior decided to take matters into her hands. She openly
challenged the politician Jitendra Devraj on National Television. When
she returned home victorious she was afraid to meet Mayank's eyes. That
day he told her that she cannot do stuff like this without telling him,
because now their lives are entwined into one and it's US before ME!
Then
came the phase of yet another misunderstanding between the duo. While
they were both drunk, they kissed in an empty classroom, only to be
caught on cam by Uday. He thought it was someone else and the next
round of misunderstandings began.
A baby arriving at their
doorstep didn't make things any better. It was the suspected baby of
one of the boys, and Nupur suspected, yet trusted her husband. After a
series of trials it was confirmed that it was just a prank and that the
baby didn't belong to any of them.
Dream to be a Good Wife and of having One
An
opportunity arose for Nupur to achieve her childhood dream of becoming
an actress. But, unfortunately, she couldn't make it and she saw her
sister walk away with her dreams. This was the peak of the time when
Mayank realized that he had been doing nothing for to achieve his
dreams and goals. He knew that love was a lot, but definitely
everything.
He told Nupur that if one dream closes, we
should see another one. We cannot stop dreaming. They confide in each
other that they achieved their dreams of getting and becoming a good
spouse! Its a high point in their relationship, because they are now
ready to take up more responsibilities as well as work out their
marriage.
Career V/S Love
Then started a phase of
their life which nowhere was less then a dreadful nightmare of their life. Many things
were leading them towards a heartbreaking, horrific ending which was going to change life
of everyone, most importantly Mayank's.
Both Mayank and Nupur applied for same scholarship which due to some reasons
Nupur won, unaware of fact that her opponent was no other than her husband.
This leads a little ego problems between the duo and they had to apart their
ways but again it was their love who make them one as they realized their mistakes. Mayank got the
scholarship of completing his education in USA with job offer because of his
tremendous and unquestionable intelligence. This was a huge opportunity for
Mayank to give the colors of reality to their dreams. Nupur was to go to dehli
to pursue her dreams of becoming successful in life so that she could stand
with Mayank in every step of their life.
The Sudden Turn of the Destiny
Nupur wanted her sister's life secure before her going anywhere away from her.
She had to go to dehli in spite of her heartful will to accompany Mayank,
because it was next to impossible for her to stay away from Mayank. In the
Samrat and Gunjan's engagement party Mayank gave Nupur surprise that it's not
only Mayank who is going but Nupur also. They would achieve everything in their
life together.
Apart form all this there were happening many incidents leading towards a
huge
loss of one of them. And then during their way to airport, the worst and
atrocious incident of their life came across all of them. A horrendous
accident which changed
everyone's life! Gunjan lost her guide, a mother figure to her, who was
always
there for her in her every happiness and sorrow, who used to wipe her
tears,
join in happiness of her young sister putting aside her all problem,
difficulties, interests even her own life. Samrat lost his friend who
was there
to understand her, to make him smile even through hardest of times of
his life.
And Mayank, Mayank was the one who lost his life, his other half, his
Nupur. He
was a lifeless body without any interest of living in him left.
Thus Nupur was away from all of them, forever and ever.
The New Begining to the Unclosed Ends
3 years later, everything was going on at same pace. But few people's life had
got appalling turns to make them all lonely, apart from everyone, everything.
Mayank became a successful person, who achieved everything in his life which he
wanted to. But without Nupur this was nothing, he had no one to share all those
happiness of his life with, but things were little bit different here. Though Nupur
was far away from Mayank but he never let her go from his heart, his memories,
his life. She was there for him, her memories were with him which were enough for him to spent his life.
Samrat was accused by Gunjan and Mayank that he was the one because of whom
they lost Nupur. He was trustee of the ExcelCollege. Due to some reasons Mayank
had to join ExcelCollege but this time not as
student but a professor. The last thing he wanted was to join ExcelCollege, but everything was drawing
him towards college. Nupur's memories were there in every nook and corner of
college. It's everything leads him to only one person, Nupur. Through this
thickest period of abysmal misery of his life, it wasn't even for a second that he could forget
Nupur, the reason he still was breathing.
True Love that gets Back to Complete the Incomplete Journey
After few years of separation which were a lifetime for Mayank he finally got
some clue, which firstly he didn't want to think about. Many signs which were
leading him towards one person of his life he loved from all his heart and
soul. Many things were pointing towards only one thing that his Nupur is alive.
After making himself believe on thing that Nupur is no more, it was hard for
him to think about all this. But destiny had something else in store for him. It was his love
which make him believe that, Yes! Yes, Nupur is alive. She is alive. But where,
he had no clue.
After so many years of darkness, just a
little ray a hope was like a ray of life for him in dark tunnel where he had
got lost. Without caring about anything else he started following that little
ray which could relieve him from his unfathomable pain, he somewhere believed now that it will lead him to Nupur, he just will
have to put his all soul in searching Nupur. He knew, He damn knew now, his
life was alive. His Nupur was alive. And he was craving to have her in his
arms, to tell her that how he spent these years without her. He was a lifeless
body without Nupur, who had had nothing left to live for.
More Yet to Come
^^^ Thanks to Divya. Nidzy, Hina, Rabi, Preeti for the Update
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Edited by -Preeti- - 13 years ago
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