Vedansh's POV

2064,Hyderabad

"I don't want to pursue B.Tech dad. I am not interested in it." said the boy looking nervously trying to maintain eye contact with his dad. His dad sitting on the sofa in hall was puzzled unable to digest those words coming from his son's mouth.

"Do you understand what you mean to say, it's been almost a year and you are saying you wanna quit this course, ARE YOU MAD!?"the boy got flinched with sudden rise of voice from his dad.

"What happened?" came Mom's voice from the kitchen. She entered the hall with a questioning face.

"Your son is saying that he is not interested in B.tech and wants to quit it. Does he think money is coming from plants that he can quit the course as he wish." said his dad with stern voice where his face is screaming anger.

His mom was also shocked and looked at him. "Why do you wanna quit this course Ram, aren't you understanding any subjects, we will enroll you to more online classes and...."

"NO... I don't wanna enroll into any more courses mom, this is not about understanding the topics, I am not at all interested in the topics, I am for the creative field not for this engineering field."

They both were perplexed by listening his answer. The boy took a deep breath and continued "Listen dad and mom ,I'm not for this field which you both have enrolled me into, all i want to be is a film director, I plan to give NID exam and pursue B.design course on film making later....."

"SHUT THIS NONSENSE," interrupted his father ."DO YOU THINK THIS IS A MOVIE SO YOU CAN QUIT AS YOU WISH,IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED THEN GET INTEREST AND CONTINUE THE COURSE,AND DID YOU SEE THE FEES OF NID,THE WHOLE COURSE IS 16 LAKHS?." said his father with high pitched tone.

"Dad bu..but it is a highly reputed government institute like IIT, if I score good there will be scholarships and bank loans there will be no prob...."

"AND WHO WILL PAY THE INTEREST, TELL ME, DO YOU THINK IT IS EASY?WE SENT YOU TO THE COLLEGE SO THAT YOU COULD GET A GOOD JOB AND SECURE FUTURE BUT HERE YOU WANT TO QUIT IT ADDING BURDEN TO US, WHY DO YOU LOVE TO MAKE OUR LIFE HELL,CAN'T YOU LET US LIVE IN PEACE." said his mom.

"If not NID then I will join into any film school or just enroll to online courses like editing,cinematography etc.. all I want to be is a successful film director,I know the industry is full of politics but please believe me I will survive there,I will be successful too. You are thinking that I am getting distracted from my goal. Yes I am,by doing this engineering I am getting distracted,I am feeling like I am wasting my time,I don't want to make your life hell mom....I don't want to. I want to make you feel proud when you both read my name on the theatre screen. Mom,Dad please trust me I won't give up even if I fail countless times, I just need your support." Ram said with the tears flowing out from his eyes

I paused the scene waiting for the director's order whether to remove or keep it, I bet he will keep it

"Remove it" said the director. Totally unexpected

"But sir,this scene adds emotional depth to the audience,if we delete it they couldn't understand the pain of the lead character."

"I understand your point but we can manage it with the conversation between the female lead and his mom, i feel the audience might get bored if we not remove it." said the director rubbing his forehead.

" Sir, I believe the audience only notices the sadness his mom goes through in the conversation not understanding the pain of the lead character, so it won't be bored if we delete this scene they will misunderstand and confused."said our asst director sitting along with us.

The director thought for a while"Ok keep the scene you guys won." he said, I assembled it with the remaining scenes.After a while we three came out of the editor room completing our today's task and I started to walk carrying my backpack out to the coffee shop opposite our office building along with Yaswanth,the director whom I am working with while asst director went to another block to check some works.

By the way I am Vedansh, 3rd year student in film making and working as an intern under my favorite director Yashwanth. My family consists of Dad,Mom,my twin sister and my brother from another mother. My dad,Vihaan, is also a film director. My dad and Yaswanth are close friends in the film industry , but a reminder guys I was selected because of my talent not by my father's recommendation. My mom,JayaShri, is a founder of a successful ed tech company VEDIK named after me and my sister.Well coming to my sister,Bhavika, I call her MALEFICENT as she is MISTRESS OF EVIL in our heavenly home. She comes under my mom's category pursuing courses related to technology while I m following my dad's steps. My friend, Lakshith who is my brother from another mother, we both are best friends since childhood, his parents passed away five years ago and we adopted him.Initially it was difficult to him but later, all became well. He is pursuing course in Fashion design.

"Is it real that most of the parents in your childhood don't accept their children to pursue art courses sir." I asked sipping my coffee seated opposite him.

"Yes, if we talk about films or arts they will shout us as if we are joining in a terrorist group."he replied chuckling at his last words making me chuckle as well."They want us to grow in a field that is secure but what they don't get is there is no field that is secure, we just need to fight . You are very lucky that you have parents who supports you and guides you in failures but in our days if we fail parents treat us like a garbage. By seeing you kids I feel very jealous sometimes. "he said sipping his coffee.

"I think you struggled not only in professional side even in personal side too."

He smiled looking at me"Yes, even your father too."I nodded

I lost into my thoughts while sipping thinking abt my luck that my dad and mom didn't say no to my decisions and didn't pressurized me,thank god I was not in my dad's time otherwise I would have committed suicide. My dad is really a true warrior.

" You said you will leave early when are you gonna leave then?"he asked

SHIT I immediately took my phone which is in silent mode from my backpack only to see 10 missed calls from her...FUCKKK..

"Thank you sir for the reminder,meet you tomorrow,do come to our party" I said keeping my phone in the pocket and drinking the remaining coffee in one sip

"Ok Ok don't rush " he said seeing my panicking state.

"I need to sir"I said rushing out the coffee shop,I pick up my phone calling Lakshith

"Where are you IDIOT?"I said when he lifted the call "right near to your building turn to your left you will notice the car".

Before I could turn the car stopped, I sat in the front seat

"Go to Bhavika's college as fast as you can, between did you take the dress from the shop I told you?"I asked

"Yes,it's in the backseat wrapped with gift cover" he said while driving .I rotated my face to see; it was draped with blue gift cover. Perfect. After 30 mins we reached to Bhavika's college, as soon as he parked the car outside the campus I opened the door and ran towards the college. I showed my visiting card given by her to the security guards and they allowed me in.

"Excuse... me, do you...do you know where the Presentation hall is?"I asked a student, coming in my way while taking long breaths as I ran like a Cheetah .

"Sir, go straight and take left you will see group of students standing outside the Presentation Hall" he responded.

"Thank you" I said and ran towards the direction he instructed and found Bhavika among the students, she is wearing white blazer with red top and white slack matching her blazer, talking with her mates plastering a smile on her face, if she applied some more powder and lipstick on her face she would exactly look like a joker. She noticed me and her smiling face changed into a surprise, she excused herself and strode towards me carrying the face with enlarged eyes.