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NEW YEAR NIGHT

The scene opens and we can see a colony of ants picking grains from the ground.The next scence shows a man walking in forest and finding network signal – aree bhai network aa jaa… And while crossing from a banyan tree a stone falls on his head,but it was not that dangerous for him,and as soon as he stepped a number of stones started falling like rain and in no second he is brutally murdered by the stones.The next scene shows -It's just a day before NEW YEAR.The next day is the new year 2026.A boy standing outside his office ,his name is rohan.He is nineteen,standing with his buddy-paul and the watchman is opening there office ,they are the one who came first.They work here as interns-junior assistants,in a two wheeler's showroom not so flourished but a well known showroom in sambalpur,odisha.Rohan and paul being friends from there secondary school.They were together from kindergarten but were not friends.

Everyone started doing there works, yesterday paul and rohan left some work which they have to wrap today and also have to go for today's work ,they separated the works to complete it on time.Rohan is finding some account details so that paul can send the bill receipt to there registered mobile numbers.Rohan forgets some of the customer's bills,he put somewhere yesterday in hurry to go home.Paul is suggesting him not to be in a hurry and should complete everyday's work daily because paul is a sincer and honest in his work.The actual thing is that paul does each incomplete work of rohan and rohan is just getting paid for nothing.After a few minutes a beautiful girl enters the account's chamber-her name is lina,having a huge crush on paul,she is also a intern and came here just to be with paul but paul never looked for her.

Hey good morning my friends.

Morning lina – rohan

Lina,you are late..where were you ???

She is from golbazar,the crowded bazar of sambalpur, coming in a bus,and her bus is never on time,Paul knows but never stops arguing with her.She wents to her chair and takes a cup of tea switches her pc on and holding the tea cup in her left hand connecting the pc with the wifi.Yeh Wi-Fi itna slow kyu hei bhai.Never connects at time.Rahul this time I did your work but not the next time when we all are getting same marks and same salary everyone should do their own work.

A person texting his friends, sitting with some of his friends-Himanshu,tanmay and sourav texting all of there friends to come for the New Year party just infront of there school in donald restaurant.

A guy just returned from Germany reaches his home,studing in germany came for few days to be with his friends-alex,daniel another friend who came a few days ago for his winter vacations and is very excited to meet his friends after a year.In another side a boy named hemant is with his girlfriend in the sambalpur zoo park spending some time with her.Sina asks hemant will he be with her tonight but hemant says he will be with his old friend,but sina wanted to be with him,hemant suggests to go on the party with him and sina with a smile says yes for it.Sumit is buying a suit for the party and is excited and he is the one who planned for a party with his friends and he is with is best friend yusuf.A girl returning from gym, crossing the road and she finds a golgappe wala and says bhaiya chalis rupya ka pack kar dijiye,she is done for the day and will be meeting her old friends by the night.Reena another friend is in market to buy vegetables with her mother saying- mamma aaj raat dosto se milne jana hei,papa ne permission de diya hei aap natak mat karna.Her mother laughs and permits her for the party.Yashmin and rosy are in a beauty saloon waiting for their turn,they had appointment for manicured and pedicure for the party.

Lina wanted to ask something,she is nervous and thinking how to confront him,she takes a long breath,closing her eyes,walking to paul's desk and asks for a date but paul refused and said he will be in a party with his friends,his old friends planned for a get to gether tonight,not today but some other day.At the moment if someone looks lina's face can clearly say how much frustrated she is but she controls her emotions and says she was just joking but wanted a friend to be with her during the new year.Lina says-fine,I should be enjoying alone.Her heart broken,he just said no for the date and she is still confused why this happened.Paul says complete your work and go anywhere you want but not in day dreaming and laughs.

That foolish girl doesn't know that paul know's she likes her but he never thought about lina in that manner,nor had a relation till now,there were two main reasons for it-first is because he is an orphan he never thought of having a family with a girl and the second is he had been a heart broken person in his past.Rohan is still not getting some of the transaction details so he asks paul for help and paul says after completing his own work he will look into it but from morning till the office closing time he was stuck in his own work,rohan asks paul how will I complete it boss is gonna kill me on new year but paul says nothing will happen,I already asked for help,our senoir shoko will be looking for it and she promised me she will clear the transaction details by tonight.Lets have a cup of tea from paan wale bhaiya and after that we will proceed for the party.After having a glass of tea,paul forced rohan to drive his scooty and while returning he will drive back home after half a mile rohan tells he wanted to smoke,it will just take five minutes and after that they will go for the party(while returning home,rohan haves a ciggerate daily,it has became a daily habit for him).Thank God you stopped the scooty in the dark otherwise if someone finds out and recognise me I will be in a big trouble and all my reputation will be as equal to sand.If someone finds out will automatically think I am too a smoker else what I might be doing with you standing in the dark.But rohan says nothing is gonna happen,and if someone glance on you kuch nai hota bhai,bhaichara bolte hei isse.In no second paul says he never wanted a friendship like this.Rohsm picked his phone,it is hemant asking why they are standing infront of his house and smoking over there.Is it really yours.Come let's go,we were waiting for you.But hemant knows the truth and says chal bae,I'm with my girlfriend,tum log jao and don't smoke near my house.Hemant is standing in the opposite side of the road,waiting for sina and when looking around founds out two person standing just infront of his house and one guy is smoking,his mind connects that it would definitely be rohan,Hemant and sina after crossing the road stops near his house, hemant introduces his girlfriend with rohan and paul saying she will attend the party,she is excited to know more about me from my friends.Here rohan opens his mouth and says what do you want to know about chomu,when we were kids,he was looking horrible and we used to call him chomu and he changed and became a stylish person and got you.Sina laughed loudly,Hemant said it was not that important,shell we move forward,are Pratik and subham coming???No they are facing some troubles but will join us someother day.

You fools,both of you are standing here,thank God my parents are out tonight.Rohan and paul left from there and hemant with sina were just behind them.Rohan asking why Pratik and subham are not coming,paul replies he promised them not to tell anyone.(paul being an honest person and his promise can never be broken)

Amrut vihar,house no. C/32,a lady in her kitchen chopping tomatoes,wearing nightsuit and headphones covering her head.Someone in red overall and a katana in his hand,rang the bell once but the lady's head covered with headphone didn't heard anything.The lady still chopping tomatoes the red guy entered into her house came to the drawing room,took the tv remote,sat on he sofa and switched on the tv,the lady felt something strange and she walked towards the drawing room,her heart full with fear,knife in her hand.

You came here ain't you cooking,I thought you are cooking so I came here for dinner,will you serve me too.

Who are you ???? How you came inside,go out of my house or I will call the cops to arrest you.

I feel afraid now,I should be going – said he red guy.He stood up and sat again one leg upon the other and laughed at her.I was just kidding,come and sit infront of me on the floor.

The lady filled with fear said – please get out of my house my husband and my children might be coming,please I don't want to be in any kind of trouble.

What's your husband's name???

Sujit…

Sujit,he is health minister suman's assistant right.

Yes,but how do you know.Do you know him.

I know him and everyone being in this house,do you want to know what your family members might be doing.Your husband is in a motel waiting for HM suman,who's having fun with two prostitutes.By-the-way your husband is a sincer person,your son is in his coaching,your older daughter siya is with her boyfriend eating briyani in the famous royal restaurant,your future son-in-law is a rich party,he is just using your daughter as you were being used by HM suman or were you exploiting him.(And laughed again.)Don't worry your daughter is not like you she will never cross her limit but the boy I can't say anything about him.

What do you want??? Do you need money??,if you want money I can give you an enormous amount of wealth but he should keep his mouth shout and go away now.

Do you really think you can buy me??? You are not that rich to buy me,oo I realise you will borrow money from your atm card suman right.You should have done anything you want and whatever you are doing,pleasuring with suman.I don't have any problem but the mistake you did is you sold your friend's daughter to HM suman,she was a child,a child just thirteen years old.Just for someone's pleasure you did this and because of that the innocent child died and both of you buried her in the jamadarpali forest road right.

The lady sweating.Raised the knife towards the red guy but the katana hanging just upon her fall down and the katana entered into her head reaching her stomach.

(Areee yaar,maaza aa raha tha.)Took his katana,cleaned it with the curtain and went out of the house.

Himanshu standing infront of his school gate and remembering how he was in his past,yusuf and sumit reached and said- you are the one who arrived first,we thought we will be the one reaching first here but no-worries.In a few minutes alex too reaches,sumit asks alex where he is shifted,alex says he was in germany in his uncles house studying there.After a few minutes a red shiny oddy car stopped infront of the donald restaurant and when the door opens,yashmin and rosy came out of the car.Yashmin first look left and then right but unable to find any friend,she asks her father to leave and she will text her 15 minutes earlier so that he can reach at time to pick them and return back home.A sound coming from the road it is the sound of ronin bike and the guy is Daniel.Daniel saw yashmin and rosy,he stops his bike,rosy recognised him but yashmin can't remember his face but rosy tells her-it's the same guy who was afraid of girls.Yashmin,rosy laughed.Himanshu,alex,sumit and Yusuf too came there and suggested that they should be waiting for others inside the restaurant and they can occupy places for rest of there friends.hile going inside rohan,paul,hemant and sina reached there.most of there have already reached they entered inside,the restaurant is fully furnished, comfortable esthetic background and antique piece are kept on the tables and a big 64 inches led smart TV hanging on the wall.The restaurant is now a luxurious place now.Families were there enjoying,every looks happy,there was a waiter asking them to follow him,when they followed him,the waiter took them to a big area-a big private area and asks everyone to sit and he left the room saying please enjoy one of the waiter will come after fifteen minutes to take orders.Everyone comfortabley shettled themselves on the chairs and started talking to each other,they started talking about the school days but paul is quite as if he don't want to remember those days,while talking sumit wents out to pick a call and rest are just telling each other how they spend their time the whole year.

Sumit is talking to his friend dikshita,she is waiting for someone to come and pick her but sumit came with his friend yusuf's bike,and can't pick her up, dikshita asks Sumit to send someone because it's new year celebration day and drunk people might be roaming outside the station.

Alex wanted to know why paul is sitting still and he says he noticed many time when they used to talk about their school life paul starts getting irritated.Paul didn't want to talk about it and ruin his new year to he keep a silent mode on his face and asks others not to ruin the night,they are here to enjoy not to argue.While arguing reena and simran reaches and apologize for being late.Simran asks everyone did they liked the private area,It was simran who booked a private area for them.Aree yaar ek saal baad to mile hei aaram se baat karenge bol ke.Sumit enters and asks paul for a favour,he wanted to send paul to the sambalpur junction to pick dikshita.As he took her names paul went back to his childhood memories scrolling back to his past.

It was the time when paul newly was shifted to third standard,the first day of school,pratik his childhood buddy looking for there names on the school dashboard which classes they are assigned with.His another buddy subham and paul just reached school by there bycycles and were travelling towards the dashboard pratik sitting on a bench they asked him about their class but pratik replied none of them are in one section pratik himself is in A section,Paul in B and subham in D.Pratik is upset buecause they can not have fun together for a year now but subham says it's just a class and our friendship is not gonna over.The school bell rings and everyone starts walking towards the assembly ground when they reached they the principal wishes every student to start the session with a jolly but attentively.School is the place were people get educated and was they gets passed out they become a brain said the principal.Principal Fr. Joshep the principal of St Thomas school asks students to raise their hand those who are Christian and raised their hands,Fr. Joshep asked everyone to join the catholic program at church to the catholic students,it is gonna be of one and a half day and he wanted everyone to attend that program.

Paul is excited and hoping pratik might be coming but none of his friends went to attend the program except the one.Everyone getting inside the church sister Mary asking everyone to enter,paul's eyes are on the church gate,if any known face comes he will enter with that person but none arrived,paul lost his hope and took a step.The sound of the church gate reached his ear,a smile came on his face,and turned his face to look either it's pratik or not.A girl enters the gate wearing black hills,a yellow-red lined tshirt,a black jeans holding a beautiful small bag in her left hand.As paul turned back he first saw two attractive eyes and brown curly hairs touching her neck.It is the first time Paul fell for a girl,paul never thought of talking to a girl as he is a shy guy but the day his heartbeat is rapidly increasing.She ented the church and paul to entered.Sister mary teaching how jesus christ saved the world,paul sitting at a corner bench looking at the girl,she feels boring and turns around to look other children and when her eyes reaches paul's sight,paul raised his hand to say hello.

Hey,Paul kya hua tujhe.Sapna dekh raha hei kya…Came to conscious,Paul's says it will be a awkward moment if I'm going to pick her up but sumit insisted him to pick dikshita.pPaul agree's and went to pick her up.

It's 11:58, waiting for the train,only two minutes left and the year will change,the platform is filled with silence,no person is at the platform.A sound saying-bhubaneswar se sambalpur aani wali train kisi v waqt aa sakti hei,the person till not completed his words and the train sound came and the train reached and stopped on the platform.Crackers burnt,the sky full of crackers in different colours in different shades,people coming out of the train to see the fireworks,they were happy greating each other suddenly I say a suitcases and yellow one and after that a black shoe.A hand wearing beautiful blue crystal type two thick bangles in her left hand and then he saw the same curly haired girl but this time her hair touching her backbone,a yellow kurti with matching blue jeans hanging a purse at her left side.She is the one,the one.Finally after three years paul saw her ,it's dikshita.Wearing round transparent spectacles getting down from the train,look left then right and while looking infront she finds paul standing and stearing at her,he might be standing at a distance of seven to eight feet.she raised her right and moved it left and right to say a formal hello and in her left hand holding the suitcase,the time was stopped for him every looking in black and white scenario except dikshita.As soon as she steping near him,his heart starts pounding more and more.She is now standing infront of him with a distance of twenty centimetres,she smiles and talks to him.She says-yaar tu to abhi bhi waisa hi hei.You haven't changed a bit.And paul replying-hmm,nahi badla,aur tu bhi nahi badli abhi bhi same height hei tera.Dikshita laughs and asks him to take her suitcase and they came out from the railway's station,everyone returning back to their homes a boy,same age of paul sitting on his cb 350 hness bike waiting for someone.Paul offers his jacket to dikshita due to the cold,paul is having many layers inside his jacket and after removing his jacket from his body he gives it.Paul puts the suitcase in the front floor of his scooty and starts moving for the party,dikshita says girls should be short heighted so that their partners could lift them up with their arms.Paul saying was actually joking she looks stunning and who is saying know to a girl like you.And asks her about what she is doing now-a-days.Dikshita replying-she is preparing for NEET exams,but she is not interested in becoming a doctor,she wanted to become a business person,but her parents are forcing her to prepare for NEET because her mother is a doctor and her father is an engineer.Paul glanced her from the right mirror passed a smile and said-do what your heart says,you don't need to follow the steps your mother took.Sumit made a phone call on dikshita's phone,paul stopped his scooty in front of a park,when dikshita picked her phone sumit in a tensed mood said not to come,the party is over, everyone is returning back home,a person is killed brutally at the next cottage and the officers came they and asked everyone to return back to their respective house.But what will we do now,where shell I go.Sumit advice her to get into her old house in sambalpur.And asked her to manage for the night and the next morning he will pick her and take her to the sambalpur junction to return back bhubaneswar.While taking with sumit,paul sitting on a swing and asked her to joined him.Dikshita told everything and paul agreed for it,when both of them were talking to eachother the police siren heard by both of them,a police van stopped just infront of them asking what they are doing at midnight,paul says they are returning back from the railway 's station he picked her up and now we are returning back to our home,junior inspector bijay said a person is killed just a few kilometres away and there team is investigating on it,they are also going over there,you should not be sitting here,go back.Leave the place it's not safe for you.Paul and dikshita stood up and started going through the road and the police van accompanying them,they saw a crowd of police station going inside the forest and the police van too stopped there.Paul and dikshita were passing their school and paul find out the same guy,he saw at the railway's station is sitting on his bike holding a bottle of cold drink in his left hand.Paul asks dikshita-is she dating someone.Dikshita's facial expressions without changing she replied no,no, of-course not.Why do we think I should be having a boyfriend.Paul said she looks so pretty,and thought she might be dating someone.Paul stopped his scooty,they reached dikshita's house.After saying good byy paul started his scooty but dikshita turned back and said yes,she had a crush on a guy but he broke her heart and she ran towards her house with the suitcase.

A guy standing beside a pond just a few meters away from dikshita's house,having a binocular in his hand, an advanced night vision binocular,he puts it on his bike(modified Kawasaki bike)his face is not clearly seen,he lights up a cigarette, this person is wearing black jacket and jeans and also a black cap, after taking a puff of cigarette throws the cigarette and wents out of the place.Police officers are having a round in the area, they saw Paul and advised him to went back home immediately, the place is not safe for you.While passing through the road there's a poster at the left side of the road(a guy as same age of Paul is missing and if someone gets any clue or finds the guy will be rewarded).Mr vikrant being on the crime scene at amrit vihar asks his juniors to collect the photographs and evidences.And advised them to look for the evidences thoroughly. He saw the victim's husband and children crying he assured them not cry he will find the killer soon with in few days and went out of the house and lights a cigar and takes two puffs.Took his waki-toki and asked rest of the police officer to spread in every parts of sambalpur and importantly where no street lights are present and when anyone finds something weird arrest them on the spot.

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