"Ladies and gentlemen, here's your favorite band please welcome FAB5.
Members of FAB5 settled themselves on the stage and the music started.
Darwaje Ko Kundi MaaroKoyi Na Bach Jaane PaayeDj Ko Samjha Do MusicGalti Se Bhi Ruk Na JaayeDaga Daga Sa Jo Feel KareWo Jaake Do Red Bull Gatak LeAur Jisko Dance Nahi KarnaWo Jaake Apni Bhains Charaaye
Bas Aaj Ko Raat HaiKal Se Wahi Siyape HainJee Bhar Ke Naach LoNa Ghar Wale Na Maa Pe HainSab Pe Apna Raaz HaiDarne Ki Kya Baat HaiYeh Toh Bas Suruaat HaiYeh Toh Bas Suruaat Hai
Are Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai..Are Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai...Yeh Toh Bas Suruaat Hai
https://youtu.be/8LZgzAZ2lpQ
After the song was done the crowd hooted for them.
"ONCE MORE
ONCE MORE"
Manik turned to his team and gestured them to continue.
This is what they love. Their music being loved like crazy and the people love to hear them again and again and again...
As now it's almost close to the midnight and the countdown is about to begin.
"Friends friends... It's the most awaited time of the night and it's about time... in just 30 seconds we at gonna welcome the new year... I want you all to begin the countdown with me.." Manik announced on the microphone.
"Let's welcome the year 2017... c'mon guys with me...10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
HAPPY NEW YEAR..."
The crowd went haywire. The fire works were seen on the night and young sky.
Manik started strumming his guitar aggressively. Cabir did the same with his drums. Mukti did it again with her style and Aliya make it hard on her electronic musical keyboard. Dhruv came forward to join Manik with his vocals.
Aa Dekhe Jara Kisame Kitana Hai Dum
Jamake Rakhana Kadam Mere Saathiya... (2)
Both Manik and Dhruv screamed on the microphone
Aage Nikal Aaye Hum Woh Pichhe Rah Gaye
Upar Chale Aaye Hum Woh Niche Rah Gaye... (2)
You Can Never Stop Us, Never Break Us Down
B'z I Have You Beside Me,
Manik was singing with full aggressiveness and Dhruv and Cabir were supporting him with all their passion.
Aa Dekhe Jara Kisame Kitana Hai Dum
Jamake Rakhana Kadam Mere Saathiya...
Life Is Light, Life Is Flash
Thodi Thodi Slow, Aur Haan Thodi Hai Rush
Inn Raahon Mein Hai Khatara Bada
Kya Hona Hai Aage Aa Dekhe Jara
All of the FAB5 were fully involved in the performance. They got themselves engrossed in what they were doing.
Manik's voice was echoing in the whole arena and the public was lost in his aggressive voice. Because as per the nights demand he was singing with all his energy.
Ssaare Shehar Mein Hami Hai, Ham Sa Kaun Hai
Dekho Idhar Hum Yahin Hai, Hum Sa Kaun Hai... (2)
You Can Never Stop Us, Never Break Us Down
B'z I Have You Beside Me,
Aa Dekhe Jara Kisame Kitana Hai Dum
Jamake Rakhana Kadam Mere Saathiya... (2)
https://youtu.be/LACqYdGD7zU
Manik was looking at Nandini when the song was done and the public started their applauding and whistling and hooting.
He gave a flying kiss to her. Nandini shied with his gesture.
"People people... my friends... now as the night is getting more young... and I'm sure all of you are here with your beloveds... so...
I want to dedicate this song to my beloved lover and my LIFE-PARTNER... and to all the beloveds out there... so give it a round..."
They applauded again.
Manik closed his eyes and strummed his guitar once. The public went quiet. He started singing.
Saari raat aahein bhartaPal pal yaadon mein martaMaane na meri mann mera..
Thode thode hosh madhoshi si haiNeem behoshein si haiJaane kuch bhi na mann meraKabhi mera tha par ab begaana hai yehDeewana deewana sumjhe na hoKabhi chup chup rahe kabhi gaaya ye kareBin pooche tere tarifen sunaya ye karenHai koi haqeeqat tu ya koi fasana haiKuch jaane agar toh itna ki yeh tera deewana haiHai re mann meraa.. maane na mann meraa..
He sang the whole lyrics in one short. The crowd clapped along with the song.
Rag rag woh samaya mereDil par woh chaaya mereMujh mein woh aise jaise jaaGire barsaat mai paani jaiseKoi kahaani jaiseDil se ho dil tak jo bayaanAashiq dil tera purana hai yehDeewana deewana samjhe na ho
Kabhi chup chup rahe kabhi gaaya ye kareBin pooche tere tarifen sunaya ye karenHai koi haqeeqat tu ya koi fasana haiKuch jaane agar toh itna ki yeh tera deewana haiHai re mann meraa.. maane na mann meraa..
Tujhko jo dekhe yeh mujhko lekeBas tere peeche peeche bhaage..Tera junoon hai tu hi sukoon haiTujhse hi bandhein dil ke dhaage
Hai re mann meraa.. maane na mann meraa..
He was so lost in the song that he didn't noticed that Nandini who was enjoying the song standing with Navya and Mona a moment ago was not there anymore. He got worried. And thought
'Abhi tou yahin thi..'
"Nandini..." he whispered as soon as he lost sight of her. He over looked behind the curtains but couldn't find her.
"Nandini..." all he could do was scream her name. His voice echoed in the microphone. The music stopped and the whole arena went silent for few seconds.
He took off the guitar from his neck and threw it on the stage and jumped from there to reach where she was standing.
"Where could she went..," he said to himself looking around the place.
Cabir followed him leaving the drum sticks on the drums running after him.
"Manik... wait... where are you going..." Cabir stopped him so that they won't have to lose him too...
It was understood by the public that something is wrong. Before the chaos starts someone announced in the microphone.
"Ladies and gentlemen the party is over and because we have a huge crowd... just hold on to your partners and leave the arena as cautiously as you can..."
Suddenly there's a lot of noise and chaos all over. But the security and the police department took over and they stared making arrangements for the crowd to leave in a systematic way.
"Nandini... where is she..." Manik turned his head everywhere, but in this huge crowd he can't find her.
"Manik Manik... wait a minute..." Cabir grabbed his arm.
"Navya is not here too... maybe they both are together... let me call Navya's phone and you call Nandini's phone..." Cabir said taking out his phone.
Manik can hear the call going through but Nandini was not picking up.
Frustratingly he failed again. Here Cabir was also trying Navya's phone and she is not picking up too.
Dhruv brought Mukti and Aliya and Abhimanyu to a corner on the stage and stayed with them.
"Dhruv let's go and check what's going on..." Abhimanyu said side hugging Mukti.
Mukti was shaking by the thought that Nandini is lost.
"Don't worry Mukti... Nandini yahin hogi..." he calmed her down.
"Bhai... bhai... I'm worried for him... woh paagal ho jaayenge... if something happen to her he can't bare it... he loves Nandini more that his life..." Mukti was sniffing and talking.
"Don't talk like that Mukti... nothing will happen to her... maybe she went to the washroom or maybe she was taking rest somewhere.." Aliya wanted to deny the fact that Nandini is nowhere to be found.
"Guys let's stay here till the public empties, then we will go to them... and it's better if we stay together for right now..." Dhruv suggested.
Slowly the arena was emptying but Nandini is nowhere to be found.
Cabir's call got connected.
"Hello..." Cabir said.
"Hellooo... Cabiiir... I can't here you... Cabiiir... Nandiniii..." Navya screamed again.
"Haan Navya bolo... Nandini tumhare saath hai na????..." Cabir asked. Manik got closer to Cabir to hear what Navya is saying.
"Cabir... Nandini... nahi... mil rahi..."Navya said in broken words.
"What... Navya tum kahan ho... apna location batao..." Cabir asked her with agitation.
She gave him her location. As per given address she was near a restaurant waiting out side the entrance.
"Why would she go there..." he murmured to himself.
"Kya hua Cabir... Nandini kahan hai..." Manik shook him.
"Manik have patience... Navya is near this place we have to go there to find out..." Cabir said.
"We have to get out of here first..." Cabir continued.
Manik didn't want to panic but he couldn't help it.
He had to find her. He had to get to this place as soon as possible to reach her and save her. He didn't know what condition she is in. Pain agony and concern hit him deep into his heart. His vision blurred due to the fog that's forming in his eyes. Daggers are piercing in his heart. But he has to keep his calm.
He took a deep breath and collecting himself he said.
"Cabir I'm not gonna wait till the crowd disperse.. I'm going to go now. Are you coming or not..." he asked.
He started running pushing the crowd, tripping on them, falling and getting up. Followed by Cabir and almost five of the security officers behind him.
He ran as fast as he could. Still he couldn't ran faster because of the public.
They reached the restaurant at last.
Cabir searched for Navya and found her standing in front of the restaurant crying keeping a hand in her face.
Cabir ran to him and hugged her. Navya sobbed hard hugging him tight.
"Cabir Nandini..." she sniffed and said.
"Nandini kahan hai Navya..." before Cabir asked Manik yelled at her.
"Hume nahi pata Jeejaji... hum..." he sobbed again.
"Hum uskey saath washroom jaane ke liye aaye thei..." Navya said in between her sobs.
"Hum baahar wait kar rahe thei... jab woh kaafi der tak baahar nahi aayi tou... I went to check on her...but... but... she wasn't there... I searched for her everywhere..." she sobbed even harder.
"Pata nahi kahan Chali gayi..." Navya said again.
"Harshad... I'm sure this had something to do with Harshad.. ismein zaroor Harshad ka hi haath hoga..." Manik screamed.
"Cabir... Mujhe pura yakeen hai... yeh ussi ne kiya hai..." Manik didn't waited for Cabir and ran back near the stage.
"Manik wait..." Cabir followed him but before that he asked the security to keep an eye on Navya.
Manik ran towards the stage crazily. Even though the crowd he's dispersed, still some people in groups were standing and chitchatting with each other. Manik pushed the people whoever is coming in his way and reached the stage in no time.
He looked around but see no one. He went behind the stage and saw Mukti, Aliya, Dhruv and Abhimanyu were sitting on the chairs with worried faces.
As soon as Mukti saw him, she ran and hugged him.
"Where is Nandini bhai did you find her..." she asked.
Manik didn't answer her.
"Did you see Harshad..." he asked her.
"Did anyone know where Harshad is..."
"I knew it... yeh Harshad ka hi kaam hai... we should have not let him come to our house..." Mukti said and started crying.
"Maybe he is somewhere around packing his things... why what happened Manik... where is Nandini... and why are you asking for Harshad..." Dhruv asked.
"I will explain everything... but later.. I have to find Harshad first..." Manik gestures Abhimanyu to handle Mukti.
Abhimanyu held Mukti by her shoulder and she smacked herself on to Abhimanyu.
Manik stepped down and check at the back stage and saw Harshad packing his guitar in its case.
"Harshaaad..." he screamed. He ran towards him and turned him around with a jerk.
"Harshad... where is she..." before Harshad can answer he punches him on his face. Harshad fell on the floor.
"Bol Harshad... kahan hai Nandini.." Manik picked him up from the floor and held his collar.
"I told you to stay away from us... what did you do to her..." another kick by Manik's knee on Harshad's ribs makes him fall on the ground.
Manik is not letting harshad breath. The outrage was boiling and overtaking him. But he didn't stop.
He clenched his teeth and make his fist tight that his knuckles became white.
"Maniik...
I don't know what you are talking about..." Harshad answered breathing heavily wiping off the blood that's oozing out from his nose.
"Don't act smart with me Harshad.. tujhe Achi tarah pata hai... what I'm talking about... if you really wants to live than tell me where is Nandini.. warna... I will kill you now.. this instant.." Manik was about to punch him again.
Harshad stopped the punch in the midway.
"Manik I don't know where she is.. I'm telling you the truth... I was here since you all came... and I didn't see Nandini at all..." by the tone of him Manik thought that he isn't lying.
But manik cannot trust him.
"Harshad jhoot mutt bol..." Manik pushed him harder that he fell on the floor on his back with a loud thud. Manik was trying to kick him with his foot, Cabir came at that moment and held him from the back.
"Manik Manik... stop... listen to me..." Cabir pulled him back all the way from Harshad.
"Whether you believe it or not... but He is not guilty this time..." Cabir left him and turned him to his face.
Manik was shocked hearing him.
"Yea Manik... our security officers were keeping a constant eye on him he was here since we came and he was doing all the practice and was enjoying the show... no one saw or noticed anything suspicious about him..." Cabir explained.
"How can it be possible Cabir... if he is not responsible.. than where is she... woh kahan jaa sakti hai..." Manik's voice became very heavy. He started to choke due to his tears.
"Don't worry Manik... we have the best security team with us... wo yahin kahin hogi... we will find her... thodi himmat rakh le yaar..." Cabir pulled him in a tight hug.
Cabir controlled his tears seeing his brother cum friend is falling apart in front of him.
On the other side Harshad gave very dangerous smile to himself.
"You will never find out in your whole life that I can be involved in this case Manik... I have hit on the right target this time... My aim was Mukti and I thought maybe she will get hurt... but it goes to the perfect place... your beautiful little wife... Nandini..."
"Without touching or getting myself involved I did what I have to do... and your poor little innocent wife... she did the remaining part... poor Manik... mujh se peecha chudana itna asaan nahi hai..." Harshad thought and hide is dangerous smile from everyone and act innocent again.
Manik murmurs something to Cabir getting out of his hug.
"You don't worry they will keep a constant eye on Harshad until we find her..." Cabir assured him.
A security agent came running to them.
"Mr Malhotra.. we came to know that the restaurant which your wife went to... have CCTV cameras. We ask them to show us. You can come and see if you want.." he said.
"Ok... I want to see... let's go..." Manik was ready to go... then he turned to Cabir and the rest of the members.
"Cabir we have to send them home... until we find her.. at least we all will be safe in our house..." he said.
"Yes Mukti Aliya and Navya you have to go home with Dhruv and Abhimanyu..." Cabir said.
"I will stay here with you Manik... in case if you both need me..." Dhruv offers his help..
Manik didn't deny it.
"But guys don't say anything to Nandini's family... specially to papa... they will be worried to the extent... hopefully we will find her and then we will tell them... we don't even know where she is right now..." seeing Manik's condition Cabir said to everyone.
Mona who was watching all this was very worried and was sad. She came to Manik and holds his hand.
"Don't worry Manik. We will find her... we all will pray for her safety..."
Manik gave a smile which only stayed On his lips. It couldn't reach his eyes.
They all walked to the same restaurant together holding each other's hands walking in couples.
Abhimanyu took Mukti Aliya Mona and Girish in Manik's car and drove off to the mansion. Mukti's car was left with them in case they need it.
Manik Cabir and Dhruv went inside the technical room of the restaurant to check on the CCTV cameras.
The person who handles the equipment sat near a desk and opens the computer. He clicked the rewind icon and went few minutes back to see if they find anything.
He plays the video and skipping it to check if they see Nandini. All were quiet. Suddenly they see the figure they were looking for.
"Stop stop stop..." Manik screams.
"There she is..." Manik said. His heart stopped beating Seeing her on the screen.
His heartbeat, his lifeline his everything is right in front of him inside the screen and he couldn't do anything. He couldn't touch her... he couldn't hold her... he couldn't feel her. His frustration and helplessness is rising to another level.
They saw that Nandini came out of the restroom with wobbly feet and holding to the wall she looked at the door. A girl was going out from there. Nandini walked towards the entrance door and went out of it.
And the video continues to play.
"Where did she go... what's that door...where does that lead." Manik became restless.
The technician said.
"Sir that door is the main entrance which leads outside..."
"How will we know where she went from there... do you have the camera on the outside too..." Manik asked again.
"Yes sir..." the technician clicked some more buttons and took it over to the entrance camera. They rewind the time lapse and hold on to the place where Nandini was coming out.
She appeared again on the screen. She rubbed her forehead with her fingers. She looked here and there. They couldn't figure out if she talks or not because the camera was on top.
She took few steps and was gone from the view.
" where did she go... what the... how will I know now... is there any other way we can find where she went..." Manik was becoming restless.
"We only have cameras till here sir... other than this we do not have anywhere else... sorry sir..," the technician answered.
Manik sank himself on the chair that was there. He covered his face with his palms and sobbed silently.
Cabir and Dhruv came by his side and rubbed his back.
"Manik, mere bhai... aise himmat mutt haar..." Dhruv kneeled down beside him and said.
"We will find him yaar. Sambhaal apne aap ko..." he continued.
"Officer... I don't have to tell you what to do but... it's not long ago that she disappeared.. hum uski picture bata kar public se pooch sakte hain right..." Cabir asked the agent.
"Yes sir... you can do whatever you want... I already informed on the wireless about the situation... if in any case she got kidnapped..."
"Nooo... nooo... she is not kidnapped... she cannot be kidnapped... why will anybody kidnap her... " Manik stopped the agent from speaking further.
"Manik... be patient mere bhai...we are thinking in the worst case scenario... " Cabir rubbed his back and hold his shoulders tight.
"I'm sorry to say sir... but I have to tell you everything frankly... and I don't know if you noticed or not... but by looking at the the videos... it seems like your wife is not in her senses.." the agent said.
Manik and Cabir and Dhruv shot up their faces to look at him.
"What do you mean by not in her senses. ..." Manik asked with his tears face but in an angry voice.
"You can watch the videos again if you want to make sure sir..." the agent said getting scared by their looks.
They watched the videos again. They were surprised by the revelation. She was indeed not in her senses. It seems like she is not walking properly.
"But how is it possible... she didn't drink or eat anything... when I saw her she just drank some water from the bottles that we brought from our home.." Manik said thinking more deeply now.
"Now a days anything is possible sir... people can inject any kind of drug in the sealed bottle and you will not know..." the agent said explaining him.
Manik shot up from his place and held the agents collar in his fist with an angry face.
"If you knew all this information than what were you doing... your duty was to protect her till I perform... and you couldn't even do that..." he was spitting out fire from his eyes and his words.
"Manik chod usey... leave him..." Cabir and Dhruv pulled him apart from the agent.
"It's not his fault Manik... " Dhruv said.
"Let's go and look around... if she was not in her senses than ziyada dur nahi gayi hogi... yahin kahin hogi..." Dhruv continued.
"Aap log apna kaam kariye..." he turned to the agent and said.
Both him and Cabir pulled Manik out of the technical room towards the restaurant.
A boy was carrying a very familiar phone in his hand and trying to open the password.
Manik snatched the phone from him.
"Where did you find this phone..." he screamed at the boy again.
"Saab yeh mera nai hai... bathroom mein mila mujhe... main seth ko dene ke liye jaa raha tha..." the boy said.
"This is Nandini's phone... " he puts the password on her phone and it opened with both of their picture on it which they took in Lunavla. And Manik's missed calls popped up.
Manik's eyes started shedding tears looking at her smiling face. This time Dhruv and Cabir didn't stopped him as they want him to take out his frustration and depression in one shot so that they can concentrate on finding Nandini.
"Manik... drink this..." Cabir feeds him a clean glass of water.
After drinking the water Cabir said.
"Manik let's look for her in the parking lots roads wherever we can... we will not loose hope... get up..."
Manik stands up wiping off his face and splashing the rest of the water on his face. He can't slack off now... he gave to find her. They are out of the restaurant and went in three different directions to search for her.
Somewhere on Mumbai Pune expressway...
A black BMW stopped the car abruptly in the middle of the road with a 'thud' sound.
The passengers in the car were a boy and a girl.
"Oh my God oh my God... Karan I think you hit someone... " a very beautiful girl in her early twenties who was sitting on the passengers seat freaked out in her place.
"Relax Sanjana... maybe some animal came in the way... let me check..." a very handsome boy who was driving the car peaked from the steering wheel and said.
"No no Karan don't go... we are in the middle of nowhere... what if... what if it's a trap..." she was shaking and scared.
"Sanjana stop it yaar... that's why I tell you not to watch those horror shows... let me check first..." he stepped out of the car and went in the front to see if there's anything.
He checked all over the front of the car but he couldn't find anything. He came back and said.
"There's nothing there yaar... maybe we hit a rock or something hard... but I don't see any dent or mark on the car..."
"Give me some water.. we will leave in a minute..."
Sanjana put her hand at the back seat and freezed.
Her voice was struck in her throat. Her eyes wide open and her hand was still at the back.
"Kya hua... why're you freaking out..." he is getting irritated with her.
She started breathing heavily. She could say anything.
"Sanjana... quit it yaar... this is not the time for jokes..." he said again.
She took all her strength with in herself and pulling her hand from the back she screamed.
"Aaa... aaa..." she screamed like maniacs. In that instant she open the door of the car and jumped out and ran outside.
It's good that there's no one and a very few vehicles were driving on the road.
Karan ran after her.
"Sanjana stop... what happened... why are you screaming like that... he catches her by her wrist and pulled her in his embrace.
"Relax baby... tell me what happened..." he shushed her.
"There's... there's...some...some one in the car..." she said shockingly.
"How can it be yaar... we didn't stop anywhere since we started from Mumbai... it's been more that an hour and we are driving... koi kaise car mein aa sakta hai...".
"I'm not... lying..." she said hugging him tight.
"Ok let's go and check together..." Karan pulled her with him slowly and walked near the car.
"Karan don't open the door... what if that person has gun..." she said with fear.
"We will deal with it together.." Karan assured her and very slowly and very cautiously he opens the door.
Nandini's head hung down from the door.
"Aaa... aaa... " Sanjana started screaming again..
"Ek minute Ek minute... stop screaming please... let's check first.." he held Sanjana's shoulders tight and explained her.
He bent forward and touched Nandini's hand that's hanging outside the car. He pushed it again. She didn't react.
He moved her body... she still didn't move.
"Is she dead... koi dead body hai Kya... Karan I'm scared... let's inform the police... please Karan..." Sanjana whispers softly.
"I don't think she's dead... let's make her sit properly first..." he said.
"Nooo... don't do anything... she might be acting... she can attack us..." she has a point.
"Let me at least see if she is alive or not..." Karan said.
He puts two of his fingers at her pulse near her neck and checked.
"She has a pulse but it's very slow..." he turned to Sanjana and said.
"Listen to me baby... we don't know who she is and how she came in our car... but the thing is she is alive... and if something happens to her here...IN our car then we will get in trouble... let's take her to the police station...let the police decide what to do with her..." he explained to her wry politely.
"No Karan... we are not going anywhere... you call the police and tell all the details... let them come here... we are not going anywhere that's it..." she decided with utter fear.
"Baby... I don't know if the police will believe us or not..." he tried to convince her.
"You make that call and we will see..." she was adamant on her decision because she didn't wanted both of them to get in any kind of trouble.
He took out his phone and made the call.
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