How I got into lift karade…

My phone started vibrating at the college corridor… it was on silent mode as we are not permitted to use cellular phones at our college premises. I was surprised to see Merlin’s name flashing on the mobile screen as, we hardly call each other apart from our regular forwarded text messages. I ran towards the washroom to attend her call as, I was pretty sure that she wouldn't call me without any valid reason.

“Hello… Akshay, bol mat sirf sun, tu ek TV show mein kaam karega kya?” asked her.
I didn’t expect that… and didn’t know how to react, I said
“TV show? But, when? Where? And what do I need to do? Please elaborate!”

She told me about an upcoming TV show called “lift karade” and told me that I need to be a translator for a lady coming all the way from Kerala. She emphasized that there is JOHN ABRAHAM and KARAN JOHAR on the show, and she herself can’t do that, as she isn’t that fluent in Malayalam. Honestly, at that moment, it didn’t make much of any difference to me. I was more concerned about our on going activities inside the college. I tried to deny the offer politely. She insisted and told me I am losing on a very big opportunity to come on national television. I asked her to call me in a while and I said I need some time to think about the same.

I went on to my friends and told them about this. They all suddenly started screaming and all of them were really happy. I was still not sure about what to do. They all insisted that I should go ahead with this golden opportunity. I was in a dilemma and then I decided to give it a chance.

Merlin called me after 15mins and I told her that I am ready to do that. She asked me to go and meet the production in charge at the production house and provided me with the address and rest of the details. She told me to wear something nice and I, in between the rehearsals was in utter shabby state!!! I decided to get a new shirt and then went to the production house.

Sometimes, I do things just to satisfy the need for that relation. Merlin is a sweet friend and I was glad that she called me for this. I had to respect her for that and hence, I decided to go for it. From within I was least interested. I was told to meet some lady by the name Shagun. I went to the production house corp. office at Andheri. I opened the door and saw many people in a row, sitting and working on their computers. It appeared more or less like a cyber café.

As soon as I opened the door, all of them turned towards me and one b’ful lady, who was standing and supervising others looked at me and said

“Yes????”

I said “Shagun?” and she said “yes, that’s me.”

“I am with sweedyl’s reference, for some TV show” I said.

“Oh! Okay!!! So that’s you!!! The Translator?” she exclaimed.

I said “ yes, that’s me”

There was a guy sitting and watching all this happen. He was dressed in his formals and was thin, fair and beard. Later I got to know that he was the production head. He took me to a room where many people were working on editing parts of many other shows. He showed me some parts of the introduction of the lady "Sathi"  (the one for whom i am a translator) and asked me to translate what she was saying. I did that and he was happy abt it. He asked me few questions like how do u knw malayalam and all that stuff, he asked me to come down to the sets on 21st of dec. i said OKAY and it was all sorted.