Shadi Ke Mandap Me Mohobbat
Chapter 1: The Firecracker Girl
[Scene: College Campus – Midday | Crowd, laughter, and chaos of student life.]
Navya Sharma (FL)
(texting her bestie):
“Another boring lecture down. Next mission: bunk and chai!”
Girl 1
"There she goes again! Navya Sharma—terror of professors, darling of college boys."
Girl 2
"She rejected three proposals last week. Poor souls."
Navya Sharma (FL)
(grinning, walking with a milkshake):
"Rejection builds character, babes. I’m just out here providing personality growth."
(She twirls in her denim kurti, dodging a frisbee, and laughs as she sits on the steps of the auditorium.)
Karan Rathore (Younger Brother)
(from a distance, watching her):
"She doesn’t even care. What kind of girl just… lives like that?"
Friend
(nudging him):
"Maybe the kind who slapped you last semester?"
[Scene Shift: College Library – Quiet, wooden interiors]
(Navya walks in, dancing to her earphones, earning death stares from the librarian. She grabs a romance novel and flops onto the beanbag.)
Navya Sharma (FL)
(murmuring):
"Why are all these book boyfriends so intense? Where are these obsessive types in real life?"
[A shadow passes by. Someone's intense gaze lingers from a distance.]
Rudra Rathore (ML)
(thinking silently, standing at the back aisle):
“Maybe you don’t see them, little rebel. But we see you.”
[Rathore Mansion – Same evening]
Rukmini Rathore (ML Mother)
(on phone):
"Rudra, the girl we saw for you last week is a yes. Shall we fix the meeting?"
Rudra Rathore (ML)
(calmly):
"No, maa. Cancel it."
Rukmini Rathore (ML Mother)
"Rudra! You’re 30. You can’t stay a sanyasi forever!"
Rudra Rathore (ML)
"Better than marrying without feelings. Mujhe shaadi nahi karni."
(He hangs up, staring at a photo on his study desk. It's blurry… but unmistakably Navya at a college function.)
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[Outside the canteen | Karan casually leans against his bike]
Karan Rathore (Younger Brother)
"Navya! Need a ride?"
Navya Sharma (FL)
(without stopping):
"Why? Your ego’s too heavy for that scooter anyway."
Karan Rathore (Younger Brother)
"Soon you’ll be asking for a ride to the mandap."😏
Navya Sharma (FL)
"I’d rather walk barefoot through cactus."
(Karan watches her walk away—challenged. A slow smirk forms.)
Karan Rathore (Younger Brother)
(muttering):
"Challenge accepted, firecracker."
[Rudra watching from his car parked far across the street.]
Rudra Rathore (ML)
(tightening his grip on the steering wheel):
“You don’t deserve her, Karan. But she’ll never be mine either.”
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