03x08 - Beginning, Middle and...

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Papa always said, "Real happiness
lies only in the little things."

Exploring a new city with my boyfriend…
sorry, my fiancé,

hearing someone singing "Jingle bells"
in the background,

to suddenly forget what street you're on…

This is exactly what I needed.

I don't even know why I had any doubts
in my mind that day.

This idiot can make everything okay.

And he's now my idiot.

Yes. I'm sure. This is what I need.

It's exactly what I need.

I just need to figure out one thing.

Is this what I want?

Really excited to be here.
Everything looks great.

-Just how you'd picture it.
-Yeah.

Mr Anderson.

Aditya, so nice to see you.

-Nice to see you.
-Hello.

-Coffee.
-Thank you.

Bro, I don't want to go there.
I need to go here.

Technovate is a huge, international brand.
Don't you have basic facilities?

Sir, there's a ramp at the back entrance
for people like you.

"People like me"?

I'm so sorry, man. I should have worn
my "Disabled Lives Matter" T-shirt.

I just forgot, you know.

Is that sarcasm? I'm starting to sense
a little bit of hostility here.

-You sense this?
-Bro!

Next time, host this event in Delhi.
I'll show you what hostility means.

Why are you arguing with
this business school front-bencher?

Can I help? Don't get offended. Please.

No. Thanks.

This bugger wants a backdoor entry,
I'll give him one.

Excuse me?

Shut up, dumbass.

Actually, we have all come here to show
off our brains in the tech world.

But the brain refuses to work
at full capacity.

Why the hell
do feelings infiltrate the brain?

Feelings should only be felt, right?

Dimple, spill the beans on your idea
for this new app, please.

You will find out
when the time comes, Rishi.

-No, you just tell me right now, please.
-No.

There's Sid Sir. Let me go say hello.

-Bombay has such great vibes, right?
-Yes. Marine Lines was the best.

I wish we'd had more time.
I'd have liked to shop…

-Oh, ma'am.
-Oh, sh*t.

Finished shopping to your heart's content?

Why did you bother coming here at all?

You should have gone on
a guided tour of Mumbai as well.

This is totally unacceptable.

Nandini, congratulations.

Sorry, we haven't met, but

I've admired you from afar for many years.

And today,
everyone's talking about Betterverse.

No pressure.

Nandini, do pause and enjoy this moment.

Tomorrow, your innovation
will change the entire world.

And looking at you,

millions of children will gain the courage
to chase their dreams.

Thank you, Zeenat.
That's very sweet of you.

Actually, Sid and I
used to share this dream.

Then he started dreaming about mountains

and he set off on his bike…

leaving me to look after our baby.

But look at him now.

Married and the dean of a college.

Sid has completely changed for you.

Thank you, Zeenat.

It was my pleasure to meet you.

And these feelings create
a lot of confusion, even in dreams.

If we get swayed by emotion and make
someone else's dreams our dreams,

then where do our own dreams go?

-It's them.
-Yes.

-Congratulations!
-Congratulations!

-Hey.
-Oh, wow!

-So happy for you guys.
-Thank you.

Little sad I wasn't invited, but…

KC, everything moved so fast.
We had no time. Sorry.

Fast seems to be your vibe, dude.

Straight from engagement
to honeymoon, huh?

And all-expenses-paid too.

Yes, I mean, you should at least treat us.

You owe us a party too.

Sure, go partying. Go shopping.

I'll let Nandini Ma'am know that
the kids' picnic is going well. Right?

Shall I call for a juice box?

Fun times.

Where are you headed?

I was just thinking
that if I have to just sit around in life,

why not sit by the sea?

View.

Come.

Everything is fine. It's all good.

Shall we?

I mean, it is
the most wonderful time of the year.

Thanks for meeting me.

Thanks for not telling anyone
about Rith's f*ck.

Whatever I did, I did for you.

Celina…

You're the only one who understood me.

Not even my parents get me.

And all those f*ck, all those stupid,
stupid things that I did and I said,

it was because
I couldn't handle losing you.

And that's on me. It's on me.

But I seriously…

properly love you.

I don't know what to say, Krish.

There's been so much drama.

Quite frankly, I…

don't have the time
or the space for any of this anymore.

So just let this go.

Go back to the swipe life, man.

Look around. Maybe you'll find
a rebound right here.

Smile, buddy.

What the f*ck!

Are you hacking my phone and tracking me?

I went to the hotel.

I found out there that
the Technovate guys hang out here.

Where do you get such audacity from?

I just wanted to meet you once
to say sorry, Celina.

I should have been honest
from the beginning.

Wow!

You break my heart only to return
to your confused cybercriminal?

-Look, Krish--
-Listen.

One more word and I'll have you arrested.

You know what? f*ck you, Krish!

I know your parents were assholes to you.

But that doesn't mean that
you are entitled to be an as*h*le too.

And you know what? f*ck you too, Rith.

I know your life has been hard.

You've had to fight
some really difficult battles.

But that doesn't mean you become selfish
and destroy the lives of others.

In trying to take revenge on Krish,

you jeopardised the efforts
of not just one, but a lot of people.

And you gave a massive, f*cking betrayal

to some people
who genuinely cared about you.

You know what?

I'm done.

I'm out. Cheers.

Those who aren't given space need to fight
and make space for themselves, right?

I mean, is that really so selfish?

Ma'am? Hi. I'm in room 504.

What's the charge for a single room?

I'm sorry, ma'am.
Currently, we are booked out.

But if there are any no-shows
or cancellations, I'll call you.

Okay, thank you.

-Should we go? Come on.
-Yeah.

Yes?

Ma'am, we have a problem.

We were running final checks and we were
running some scrips we found and…

And?

One of them triggered some malware.

There is a virus spreading
inside Betterverse.

All the worlds are compromised, ma'am.

-Nandini, are you okay?
-Sid, sorry, I…

Nandini, what's the matter?

Betterverse is under a virus attack.

-What?!
-What?!

You know, my grandma's favourite actress
was Suraiya.

She used to live around here,
somewhere in Marine Drive.

Are you stressed about your pitch?

-Do you want to rehearse with me?
-No. It's fine.

Rishi…

don't you think we should have stayed
in separate rooms?

Were you hurt by Kailash's comments?

It's just that
everything's happening so fast.

Dimple, after so long,
we are finally together.

After so many ups and downs.

And anyway, we'll be living together
when we move to Hyderabad, right?

Yes, ma'am.

What?!

-Ma'am, I'm on my way.
-What's up?

-Betterverse has been hacked.
-Again?

"Again"?

When did it happen earlier?

Dimple?

Rishi… I didn't tell you but…

you were so happy about your engagement
and I didn't want to ruin your day

and Sai and Krish handled everything
so it was fine.

You mean "our" day. Right?

When "we" got engaged.

Of course.

Don't overthink it. It just slipped out.

That's not something
that just slips out, Dimple.

-What the hell is going on?
-Nothing, Rishi.

Focus on Betterverse.

No, I won't be able to focus
on anything else now.

Rishi…

I just feel that maybe…

we made a rash decision.

Actually, you know what?
It's just a passing thought.

-No, one sec.
-It's…

You…

-You regret getting engaged?
-No, I don't.

It's not that. I promise it's not.

It's just that it all happened so fast
and I didn't get a chance to think, Rishi,

and then I was just so confused…

All you had to do was say,
"Hey, Rishi, I'm confused."

I would have put a stop
to everything, Dimple.

You didn't tell me
and the rash decision was mine?

-Rishi…
-Why do you hide things from me?

From me, Dimple?

I even had to find out about
your mental state from Harsh.

And here I was constantly thinking,
"What did I do wrong?"

When was I not by your side?

Whenever you needed me,
was I or was I not by your side?

Yes, you were.

Then why do I feel that even when
you're with me, you're not with me?

Rishi…

Your mind is so clear, Rishi.

You see what you want so clearly.

But what can I do?

Everything is still hazy for me.

-Hello?
-Hi, Miss Dimple Ahuja?

-Yes.
-Hello, ma'am.

I'm calling from Marine Plaza.

We have a room booked under your name

and I was wondering
why you haven't checked in yet.

Who made the booking?

It's looking quite bad.

Ma'am, I'll call the rest of the people.

No. This could be an inside job.
Can't trust anyone.

Nandini. Hey, you have a minute?
Can I have a word?

Yeah. Sure.

Yeah, I want to discuss with you…

Rishi, come here. Have a look at this.

I invited her.

We need her. You have to trust me.

What happened?

But how is it possible?

-Hello?
-Rith?

The Betterverse virus hasn't been fixed.
Every world is collapsing.

There shouldn't be so much damage.

Congrats.
Your virus is smarter than you are.

I'm really sorry, Dimple.

I don't give a f*ck about sorry.
Just tell me what to do.

Do one thing.

Sir, at this point,
all the worlds are connected.

So, we need to isolate
each one of them to handle the virus.

How did you figure this?

There is a reason I called her.

Ma'am, you and Sid Sir
can handle the coding.

Can we just get someone
to help us with buying some time?

Ma'am, we definitely need Anmol
and we can trust him also.

-Call him.
-Yeah.

Sai, Krish, come here.

Something really bad has happened.

-We have to…
-Tell me. Now!

Betterverse has been hacked.

-What?!
-What?!

-Come on!
-You both man the registration desk.

Hurry up.

Come on.

Come on! Let's go!

How?

Two minutes.

Sir, I think the source of the virus in
each world is some object in that world.

So we just need to find that object
and delete it from the code.

Makes sense, Ahuja.

You go in, help Shekhawat.

Thanks.

Your glasses. Yeah.

When there's a glitch
in the virtual world,

we can get into the code
and use all our might and find it.

Fix it.

But how does one fix the glitches
in real life?

The objects with the highest density
of glitches are the source.

Ma'am, the frames
on this wall of this living room

need to be deleted.

It's working.

Guys, it's working. Well done.

Now, let's crack the other worlds.

I'll handle the sports arena.

When we were apart,
Betterverse used to unite us.

But today, despite being here,
it feels like we're apart.

The things we both need are the same, but…

maybe the things we want

are not.

Nandini, you go ahead.

It's time for the launch.
Everyone is getting restless out there.

But one world is still remaining.

And that's the most important one.

If Carnival World can't be saved, then…

Nandini, you go get ready.

We'll keep working on it.

Anmol is with me. Go.

Ahuja, you also go.
Get ready for your pitch.

We got this.

No, sir, this is more important.

Betterverse than never!

Better late than never!

The moment we've all been
Techno-waiting for…

Ladies and gentlemen, Nandini Nahata.

-Hi.
-Hi.

How's everyone doing?

Sid Sir, Anmol, can y'all switch to
the bird's-eye view?

Maybe we'll find something
from that angle.

Dimple, let us also go there.

First of all,
I'd like to thank the organisers

for putting together
such an incredible event.

Everyone excited to enter Betterverse?

Sir, I think it's the merry-go-round.

Sir, I think it's the UFO.

Choose one, Shekhawat. We don't have time.

Okay, sir, let's go with
the merry-go-round.

-Is it working?
-Almost there.

Mumbai's weather's been lovely, isn't it?

Nandini, get on with it.

Of course.

Right.

Here we go.

Can everyone put on
their headsets, please?

Wow!

-This is amazing guys!
-Yeah, it's amazing!

-Look at this, guys.
-It's so beautiful.

-This is amazing.
-It looks good.

Yeah, amazing!

So good!

Look at my outfit!

It worked.

Papa always used to ask, "My child,
why do you like technology so much?"

This is the thing I love about tech.

You can keep working on it to improve it.

No matter the clutter,
it will eventually make sense.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

Let's go.

Ma'am… I just wanted to say thank you.

You don't owe me any thanks.

-What you did for Betterverse today--
-No.

Thank you for paying my registration fees.

Thank you for bringing me to Technovate.

Please know that
it wasn't out of any sympathy.

You deserve to be at NNIT,

and rejecting you was my biggest mistake.

Ahuja, time for your pitch.

-Yeah, all the best.
-Thank you.

Come fast.

Nandini Ma'am, eh? You didn't tell me.

Sorry, I only found out myself today.

Didn't tell me
about the presentation either.

You've been hiding a lot, honey bunny.

Guys, hurry up.

-Yes, sir.
-Yes, sir.

Rishi…

I didn't tell you
about the hacking because--

-Hi.
-Not now, Dimple. Later.

-Rishi!
-Later! Just come.

Next up, we have Dimple Ahuja
from LLIT Hyderabad.

Hi.

-Hi.
-Hi.

I'm sure you all don't believe
in ghosts or the afterlife.

Everyone knows that
horror films are just sound effects.

I believe that
when your loved ones pass away,

their ghosts exist.

And in the corner of our hearts
where they reside,

they remain there all our lives.

They don't ghost us.

It's our love for them
that keeps them alive.

Papa, I've come to Mumbai
for a very big tech-fest.

And everyone here thinks
that I've lost my mind.

What's new in that, my child?

You are your mother's daughter.

You're bound to be a nutcase.

That was Papa's voice.

He passed away six months ago.

You all look very worried.

Some of you look terrified.

But I have a question for you.

I mean, there's no time limit for grief.

So during this difficult period,

if an AI app can help you a little,

like a pain-k*ller,

then why do you have an objection to it?

In fact, why just grief?

If on my 60th birthday,
I'm missing my dad,

and I want to hear a "Cheers" from him
while having a drink,

then what's wrong with that?

Why can't I choose
this comfort for myself?

I know, mental health
is a concern. I get it.

I have first-hand experience.

Moderation, checkpoints et al,
are very essential.

And this is such an initial version.

Many more versions of this will be made

and I think that you can actually train
this AI to be a grief counsellor.

I know I could've used one.

You know, when Papa passed away,

a lot of the people around me
figured they knew what I needed.

They all felt that if they could fill
the void of my father in my life,

then everything would be okay.

But when you think about it,

who can fill the void of a father?

I haven't made this app
to replace my dad either.

For centuries we have been seeing

that people write poetry or songs
in memory of their loved ones.

There's books, novels, films.

That's their way of, kind of, you know,
making sure their memory stays alive.

That is their way of making sure that
their loved ones have an afterlife.

Well…

this is mine.

Thank you.

-I'm so proud of you.
-Thank you.

-Was it okay?
-It was great.

-Excuse me, Dimple?
-Yes.

I would like to discuss that
with you in detail.

-Sure.
-Remember me? Of course you do.

You know, stealing your app
was the best thing that happened to you.

-Inspired you, right?
-Mr Setia, let's just have a chat.

We'll break for lunch now, and post-lunch,
we will have the pitch for…

Sure, sir. I'd love to discuss it.

Your fiancée is very brave, man.

No damsel indeed.

So, shall we get out of here?

Where to?

Let's explore Betterverse a bit.

Let's enjoy our achievement.

Rishi mentioned that there was a beach
and a sea here too.

It's very pretty.

Just like the seaside holiday
we never had.

You know, Anmol…

the last time I said I love you…

I get very angry
when I think of that moment.

I said it so quickly
while hanging up the call.

I didn't know
it was going to be the last time.

-I'm sorry.
-I'm sorry.

Why are you saying sorry?

Because the fault is mine.

If I made you feel even once
that it was out of charity,

and you're just woke currency
for me, then…

No, man.

I speak first and think later.

My life's biggest issue.

I'm just a self-sabotaging piece of sh*t.

And the biggest issue in my life

is that I consider what others think
before my own feelings.

Anmol, what I feel about you,

I don't need to be told by others.

Not even by you.

Are you patching up with me?

I'm here to ask you something.

Anmol, will you patch up with me?

Because I don't want to grow old
and change with anyone else but you.

And now the sex has gotten so good too.

Thank goodness
tears are not visible in Betterverse.

Even my nose is dripping.

Rishi!

Bro, book me a ticket to Jaipur, please.

I want to leave right away.

We used to have a rule, right?

No matter how bad life is,
we won't drink alcohol alone.

What's up, man? Single guy,
happening city, but you're looking down.

You should be playing the field.

I think it's…

it's time to change my old ways, man.

-Will you tell me?
-What?

How to grow the f*ck up?

Bro, look I'm warning you upfront.

Growing up is f*cking painful.

Then tutor me in dealing with pain.

Okay.

And if I get angry with someone,

you abuse them on my behalf.

Then you will be exempt
from my tutoring fees.

Cheers.

Where did you get this crap from?

Hello?

Rishi, I know you are mad at me,

but please just let me tell you
what happened.

Thank you.

Sorry to interrupt you, ma'am.

We have some news.

Ma'am, we checked the logs.

And the malware was planted
from Krish Katyal's ID.

What?!

Ma'am, it wasn't Krish.

It was Rith.

Wait, what?

Why?

Sir, it's a very long story.

-Rith?
-But…

One of yours?

Of course!

I'm calling the cops.

-Nandini, wait a minute.
-And what were you guys doing?

Our security was so weak
that it couldn't block a student?

But, ma'am, this person
is clearly a very skilled ha--

Not another word!

Kailash, I always told you that security
is the most important aspect.

And trust you to f*ck that up!

-You're fired!
-Ma'am.

It's not his fault.

Rith called.

He confessed to everything.

Ma'am, when Dimple was not in Hyderabad…

I gave her access to Betterverse.

That made the firewalls weak
and Rith was able to…

Stop!

Ma'am, it's my fault.

Whenever I place my trust in anyone…

eventually, this is what happens.

After today…

I don't want you to be seen
in NNIT ever again.

It looks as though you have the weight
of the entire world on your shoulders.

That's the problem.

I shouldn't do that.

However much I try,
I just can't save these kids.

No matter how much I try and teach them,

they repeatedly make wrong decisions.

Well, at LLIT, students are not shamed
for making mistakes, right?

Because when there's no fear
of making mistakes,

that's how geniuses are born.

If the genius' intentions aren't pure,

then it can be dangerous too.

I was so close and I couldn't see it.

Just couldn't see it.

You know, we made the right decision.

I can't be responsible for another child.

I just can't do it.

Will you live your whole life
only for yourself?

I can't do this anymore.

Sir!

I'm restarting work on my old app.

After coming to the city, I realised that

an app for the disabled
is what the world needs.

All this is very nice but

mostly it's rubbish.

Actually, it's sh*t.

See?

Not every one of your precious gems
makes the wrong decisions.

Smile a little, please.

And with this smile,

bid me farewell.

A relationship is not just love.
It's also a habit.

But is habit enough of a reason
to stick with someone?

Even if we break a habit…

-Miss Mathews?
-Yes?

Ma'am, someone left this parcel for you.

…but what do you do about the love?

IF AND WHEN WE MET AGAIN,
SHALL WE START FROM THE BEGINNING?

-Hello?
-T-shirts are quite nice.

I'm glad you like it.

-Where are you?
-I've reached home.

To tell Mummy the whole truth about me.

That's a good start.

I hope so.

Eventually, the only thing I understood
about love is this.

When the person you want
is the same as the person you need,

it's love.

Found the perfect spot?

Thank you.

Now, we're mature,
we can even drink alcohol.

Everything okay?

You know, surprisingly, yes.

I suddenly realised that
maybe I'm not cut out for the tech world.

If you think about it, the virtual world
is nothing compared to the real world.

When I look into your eyes in Betterverse,

I'm actually only inside a VR headset.

But here,

with your hair flying in the sea breeze,

your hair disturbing your eyes…

this detail, this moment,

is difficult to find in that world.

I think the real Rishi is the old Rishi,

who only wants to make his cartoon move.

You're the one made for the tech world.

And I'd never want anyone
to hold you back from it.

I'm sorry you felt like
we were all trying to replace your dad.

I would never dream of taking his place.

I only wanted a place for myself.

Come on.

You also return the ring.

It's a family heirloom.

When Dev Anand and Suraiya broke up,

they threw the ring into the sea.

This isn't to be thrown away.

It's to be cherished.

Well, then?

Goodbye, future wife.

I love you.

I love you more.