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Lucknow ke ek mashhoor residential colony, Shivaji Enclave, har saal ki tarah iss Dussehra bhi apni annual Ramlila organize kar rahi thi. Bade ground par pandal dhoom-dhaam se saja tha — orange aur red lights, loudspeakers, aur sidebar me chaat aur jalebi stalls. Colony ke kuch young professionals ne iss baar purane topics se hatt ke ek modern-day Ramlila likhi thi — jisme Ravan ek corrupt CEO tha.
Ajay, ek struggling theatre actor aur HR executive, is play ka Ravan tha. Kabir, ek lawyer, tha Ram. Tara, colony ki secretary ki beti, thi Sita. Na rahe professional performers, toh colony ke apne log hi bade shauk se rehearse karte the.
Final day aaya. Audience mein colony ke log, MLA Mishra ji, aur local media bhi the. Show chalu hota hai — sab kuch perfectly scripted. Par climax mein, jab Ravan ko jalaya jaata hai — ek choti si blast hoti hai. Log samajhte hain patakha jal gaya. Par Ajay jaise stage pe girta hai, uska costume jalta hai aur kahani khatam ho jaati hai. Sab log stunned rehte hain. 10 second ke liye silence.
Ajay zameen par hota hai. Doctor ko bulaya jaata hai. Par wo pehle hi marr chuka hota hai. Police ko inform kiya jaata hai. Colony ke log shock mein hain.
Inspector Renu Singh, jo actually colony ki hi resident thi aur off-duty thi, par waha maujood thi audience mein, woh ek instant instinct ke saath command le leti hai. She wasn’t a detective by role, but by instinct. Woh sabse pehle sealed script room jaati hai — jaha final scripts rakhkar lock ki gayi thi.
Ek page missing hota hai — Ravan ke dialogue ka.
Fir Tara ke father, Mr. Mehta, batate hain ki last rehearsal ke baad props department me kuch shuffle hua tha. Kabir batata hai ki Ravan ka mukhota missing tha, aur unhone Ajay ko naya diya tha — jo kisi ne backstage me rush me diya tha.
Sab log confuse hain — kya yeh blast fireworks ka malfunction tha? Par stage pe sirf Ajay ka costume aur vo mukhota jala. Baaki sab safe.
Inspector Renu decides to interrogate individually.
Ajay ki ex-girlfriend, Reema bhi colony mein rehti thi. Pata chalta hai ki Ajay ne uske saath cheating ki thi aur recently Tara ke saath close ho gaya tha. Leakin Reema ka alibi clear hota hai — CCTV footage dikhaata hai wo audience pit mein thi, bilkul time pe.
Phir deep check ke baad pata chalta hai — jis mukhote ko Ajay ne pehna tha uske andar ek tiny spark device tha — jo voice-activated hota hai. Us mask ke andar micro igniter set tha — and it was supposed to trigger when Ajay bolta: “Main hoon Lanka ka CEO, Ravan.”
Wahi exact line script me thi.
Aur yeh line bina kisi actor ke improvisation ke scripted thi — aur missing page wahi tha. Jis kisi ne yeh page hataaya, unhone ensure kiya ki Ajay woh line bol hi de.
Toh sabse pehle suspicion gaya script writer par – colony ka sweet, underemployed Rahul, jisne play likha tha.
Lekin twist yahan aata hai:
Script originally likha gaya tha Tara ke aur uski dost Neha ke dwara. Par ek late night rehearsal mein, Ajay ne unke ideas chura kar Rahul ke through register karwa diya — credit le liya. Neha, jo low-key tech wizard thi aur pyromania ke episodes se guzar chuki thi, usne Ajay se badla lene ka plan banaya. Usne ek voice-activated sparker build kiya aur script se wo line add kar di jo Ajay ko natural lage — wohi line trigger thi.
Play ke night Neha backstage thi disguise mein — dress change team mein. Usne mask handover kiya Ajay ko bina dikhaye apna chehra. Sab kuch perfect timing pe.
Jab Inspector Renu ne script ke backup metadata ka audit kiya — toh last edit Neha ke IP se hua tha. Vo sabit karta hai sabotage.
Arrest hone pe Neha kehte hai, “Usne meri script churaayi, meri kahani le gayi, ab uske aakhri scene ka writer main thi.”
Dussehra ke din jaha burai pe jeet dikhai gayi thi, waha asli Ravan backstage mein chhupa tha — aur Lanka uski ego ki thi.
