REBIRTH Is It The for Reason For An Unfulfilled Union Or Not? – Episode 3

The episode starts with Radhika fighting with the school bullys who were making fun of Madhav. Madhav is amazed and tries to stop her saying, “Radhika, what the heck are you doing, don’t fight with those guys!” However, she doesn’t pay attention to his words and continues to beat up the guys. Soon, the guys unable to tackle her anymore flee from the place to save themselves. After all of them disappear, Madhav approaches Radhika and questions her furiously, “What was the need for you to fight with those rowdy boys?” Radhika confronts asking him, “Madhav they were teasing you!” Madhav asks back, “So what? It has become a daily ritual for me!” Radhika puts a finger on his lip and shushes him saying, “No Madhav, until I’m there with you, no one can hurt YOU neither with any word nor any action and if anyone does then RADHIKA will come infront of that person to protect her MADHAV, just like RADHA protected LORD KRISHN!” Madhav gets puzzled at her words and asks, “Now why are you bringing in MYTHOLOGY and BOLLYWOOD TYPE OF DIALOGUES in the middle of everything?” Radhika frowns at him and hits on his arm lightly saying, “Those are not any Bollywood type of dialogues but yes it’s mythology, as I have heard through the stories from Ma as written in Brahma-vaivarta Purana. Radha, the divine lover of  Lord Krishn was cursed to separate from him by Sridama. He cursed her to be born as a human and be separated from her love for 100 years.” Madhav asks, “So didn’t Radha-Krishn ever unite?” Radhika replies, “As per the Puranas, Radha-Krishn were born as eternal lovers, BORN FOR EACH OTHER BUT NEVER MEANT TO BE WITH EACH OTHER!” Madhav bursts into laughter asking, “What rubbish? Born for each other but never meant to be with each other!” Radhika gets irritated seeing his laughter and shouts, “Stop laughing Madhav, do you even know how painful it is to be in LOVE with someone but MARRY SOMEONE ELSE?” Madhav looks on confused and asks, “So whom did Radha-Krishn marry?” Radhika ponders for a moment and says, “Well, Lord Krishna had 16,108 wives in total. His principal wives were Rukmini, Satyabhama, Jambavati, Nagnajiti, Kalindi, Mitravinda, Bhadra, and Lakshmana. He rescued 16,100 women from Narakasura who had forcibly kept them in captivity in his palace. He married them all to protect their honour.” Madhav again bursts into laughter asking, “Oh my God, 16, 108 wives? In our class, Shashwadh has just one one girlfriend, Anjali and not able to manage even her, not how did Krishna manage so many women?” Radhika angrily tells him, “Stop it Madhav, stop making fun of Lord Krishn after all you too are named after him!” Madhav mockingly replies to her, “And you are named after MY LOVER Radha, right?” only after uttering it out, Madhav realises the awkwardness of what he just said and sticks his tongue out saying, “Okay, I didn’t mean MY LOVER, but LORD KRISHNA’S LOVER!” Radhika nods. Madhav continues to ask, “So whom did Radha marry in the end?” Radhika catches her head in reflection and then pronounces, “Ma said, even though Radha-Krishn were eternal lovers, Krishna separated from her goes to Mathura and got married to 16, 108 women, while Radha got married to AYAAN!” Just then Ayaan, Madhav’s mamu’s son comes there. Ayaan is of the same age as Radhika but as she had dropped two classes for Madhav; she studied along with Madhav, while Ayaan was two years senior to Madhav-Radhika. Ayaan always crushed on Radhika since childhood, but was unable to convey his feelings. So, he frequently followed her but never got a chance with her alone as she always stayed with Madhav. At that moment, Ayaan having heard his name from them asks, “Hey, I just heard my name from Radhika’s mouth, what happened Radhika? Were you missing me?” Radhika frowns confusedly at him, while Madhav answers him saying, “No Ayaan! Radhika was just explaining RadhaKrishn love story and how Radha and Krishna even having been eternal lovers never married each other!” on hearing that Ayaan curiously asks, “So who did Radha marry?” Radhika feels weird at that question, while Madhav blurts out, “To Ayaan!” Both Ayaan and Radhika blush, however for different reasons, Radhika due to embarrassment, while Ayaan out of his shyness which arose from his crush for Radhika. Madhav again realises the awkwardness of his reply and tries avoiding the topic saying, “Oh come on Ayaan, that does mean this Radhika and Ayaan will marry in the future because this Radhika like RADHA is not the LOVER of this Madhav like Krishna, because we are NO ETERNAL LOVERS BORN TO BE REUNITED! ARE WE?”

1995, Shamli and Gopal’s college

Shamli has raised Gopal using all her might, after the rowdy men who attacked him leave. As he gets up, Shamli and Gopal come face to face for the first time and gets mesmerized at each other, while getting to look at each other’s eyes. They share an intense eye lock and after a few seconds, come to their senses realising what had just happened. Gopal asks Shamli, “You were the one who was following me right? Are you teamed up with those men who attacked me?” Shamli furiously asks him, “What the heck are you asking? I just saved you from those scoundrel men and you are accusing me to be one of them? Really?” Gopal counter asks, “Then, why were you following me?’ Shamli blushes as she reminisces of getting attracted to the music from Gopal’s flute and of having unconsciously followed him to get a glimpse of his face. Gopal snaps asking, “What? Tell me, why were you following me?” Shamli hesitantly says, “The thing is that I loved your music and wanted to appreciate it personally because you got selected for the FINALS of the Music Fest!” Gopal gets saddened at those words and gets looking down onto his broken flute. He inches close to the two broken pieces, half sits in front of them and sadly pronounces with tears in his eyes, “I don’t think I will be taking part in the FINALS anymore! So, you need not waste your time appreciating a LOSER!”, on saying Gopal gets up and quickly leaves from there, hiding his tears. As he is leaving, Shamli gets looking at him from behind, then looks down onto the broken flute. She goes near them, picks them up, then puts them into her bag and slowly leaves from there.

Next day, Shamli and Gopal’s college, Music Fest Final Round

Gopal is standing with his group of friends and cheering for the participants when one of his friends asks him, “Hey Gopal, you too were selected for the Finals, right? So, your name will be called soon! By the way, where is your flute? Gopal is grieved on his friend’s enquiry while reminiscing that his flute is no more. He opens his mouth to say something, just when Shamli calls out from behind, “Here is Gopal’s flute!” Gopal turns around and is astonished to find his repaired and beautified flute in Shamli’s hands. He is taken aback to see his flute embedded with shiny stones, beads, ribbons and a beautiful peacock feather entwined to its end. He is left mouth agape on seeing his flute being made into a beautified and divine form.

(Radhe Radhe Radhe …..Krishn Krishn Krishn theme song plays)

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To be continued.