Star One

A TV Serial by Sridhar Rangayan

Produced by HUMMING BIRD FILMS

Episodic Synopsis 11 - 20

Episode 11

Rohan and Abbas, as per Ruby's order, prepare for the VIP's welcome. Everything goes haywire as Rohan-Abbas don't recognize a casually dressed DC and insult him. Ruby is furious and punishes them to stand on the top deck all day. Ruby fawns all over DC. Divya notices this and wonders who is this man, dressed like a joker, who Ruby thinks is a big VIP. DC meets Yamini and is charmed by her. Rita comes and tries to sweet-talk DC, but he puts her down. Avinash is surprised to see DC on board. He rushes to find the CD that he threw away. DC meets Divya at the bar and tries to talk to her, but Divya cold-shoulders him because she is still smarting with anger about Ruby asking her to vacate her suite for DC. Avi enlists Rohan-Abbas help to search for the CD which Rita comes to know and she puts Varun on the job too. Rohan- Abbas and Varun search for the CD and in the process Rohan-Abbas enter a high-security zone setting off the ship's alarm. They are arrested. An enraged Ruby asks the security guards to deport the two guys. Rohan-Abbas plead mercy. Just then Avinash comes there and saves them by telling Ruby that it was he who had put them on the job. He tells all about the lost CD. Minakshi, who comes there just then, tells Avi that she has the CD. She had taken it out of the dustbin: how could she allow Avi's hard efforts to go waste. In gratitude and happiness, Avi hugs Minakshi and swirls her around. Manali and Eashwaran are thrilled to see this. Rita and Manav are enraged.

As Avinash hugs Minakshi, all are psyched. Minakshi tells Avinash that she will keep the CD with her till he requires it since she is worried he might throw it away sometime! Yamini receives a dinner invitation from DC, much to the amusement of Minu and ire of Eashwaran. Avinash meets DC in the Mahjong Room and tries to wrangle a meeting. DC says he will look at Avi's presentation if Avi teaches him to play Mahjong. Avi is stumped because he doesn't know how to play the game. Minakshi says she can teach him how to play the game, but on one condition. She asks him to come close to her so that she can whisper it into his ears which Rita and Manav see. Both fume and fret. We realize that Minu had whispered into Avi's ears that he should sing for her before she teaches him Mahjong. In a hilarious scene, Avi makes a rather pathetic attempt to sing in front of DC and Minu. Finally Minu agrees to teach him mahjong, but is interrupted by Rita coming there. Minu, for a change, manages to outdo Rita in bitching. Minu leaves Avi saying she is late for her dinner date. Avi is a little upset, but soon realizes that Minu's dinner date was with DC alongwith her parents. Manali notices that Avi is looking at Minu and questions him. He says, 'Minu is quite a bright girl'! Manali is very happy. Avi follows Minu and DC as they go for a walk on the deck. He tells DC that he can now teach him how to play Mahjong. DC pretends he remembers nothing and asks Avi to forget about his presentation and have a good holiday on the ship. Even as a dejected Avi walks away, Minu and DC laugh conspiratorially and we realize that it was a plan of DC and Minu to torment Avi.

Episode 13

Yamini complains to DC that her husband hardly spends time with her. Eashwaran sees Yamni and DC talking on the deck and feels miserable. He meets Mrs.Mehrotra and asks her whether he looks handsome and young. Ruby overhears this and is scandalized. Manav manipulates Yamini emotionally by talking about his Malayali background and convinces her to let Minakshi go with him for the Sorpresa show that night on the ship. But he gets disturbed when he sees that Minakshi is planning to go with Avinash for the show. Eashwaran still fretting is more upset to see Yamini all decked up to go somewhere. Even as they are having a romantic tiff, DC locks them up from outside to allow them to have a long evening of togetherness. Manav follows Avi, locks him up in his room and disconnects the phoneline. But what he doesn't realize is that Minakshi too is in Avi's cabin. Avi and Minu locked up in the cabin, initially get into small tiffs, but soon get friendly and start having a chat. Pankaj and Manali are enjoying the Sorpresa show when Manali goes away, to look for Avi. She hears both Avi and Minu chatting in the room and is happy, thinking that it is Mr.Pillai who has brought them together. Manav and Rita wait for Minu and Avi respectively at the entrance and are disturbed when they don't turn up. Both come upto Avi's room and are shocked to hear Avi and Minu talking inside together and laughing. Rita tells Manav that if he is feeling as distraught by Avi and Minu's friendship as she is, they should plot together. They sign an unholy pact!

Episode 14

Avinash and Minakshi, locked inside the cabin get friendly while Rita tries to find out from Manav how they got locked up. Manav finally admits that he locked them up which angers Rita. She asks him to get the door opened and reconnect the telephone. Even as Avi and Minu comes out of the cabin after the security guard opens the door, Nitin and Shilpa see them. Manali too sees Avi and Minu coming out of the cabin and is very happy. She meets Eashwaran on the deck and expresses her happiness that Minu and Avi were together. Initially Eashwaran gets very angry that his daughter was locked up in a room with a man, but Manali tells him that I was afterall Avinash she was with. Both of them plan that such accidents should happen time and again. Next morning Minu meets DC and tells him that Avinash is a wonderful guy and that DC should give him one more chance with the presentation. DC agrees. Rita overhears this meets Manav. She gives him a CD and asks him to switch the CDs. Minu tells Avi to rush for the meeting and she will get the CD and reach there. Manav comes to Minu's cabin, sweet talks Yamini and sends her in. He pockets Avi's CD and replaces it with Rita's CD. Minu, unknowingly rushes to the conference room and hands over the fake CD to Avi. When Avi plays it in front of DC, instead of his presentation, an English horror movie pops up. Avi is shocked.

Catch up Episode

Mrs.Mehrotra and Mr.Pillai, on the advise of a tarot card reader, take their son Avinash and Minakshi respectively, on a luxury cruiseliner trip so that they can meet and fall in love. But matters get complicated as the boy and girl land up fighting more often than not. A sexy seductress Rita and a cunning casanova Manav complicate matters by trying to come in between the couple.

The ship docks in Singapore and the tour members have a 2 day stay there. Avinash and Minakshi get close as they meet up at various tourist spots - like Chinese temple and Chinese boat trip, but something or the other goes wrong everytime. As Rita sees Avi being smitten by Minu, she plants a curio in Minu's bag and tries to have her arrested for robbery. Avi saves Minu by taking the blame on himself. At the bird park, Manav is humiliated when a love note he sends for Minu through a bird falls into Avi's hand who reads it aloud. The rich business tycoon DC is introduced when he has an encounter with Divya who he adores. Avi finally gets a chance to meet DC to make his presentation, but he can't find the CD.

Back on the ship, he finds the CD in the pocket of his coat which he had given Minu. In disgust, he throws the CD in the trashcan. But next day, he is surprised to see DC on the ship and rushes to find the CD. DC, charmed by Divya, tries to make contact with her, but is snubbed. Avi entrusts Rohan Abbas the job of searching for the CD while Rita puts Varun on the job so that she can find the CD before anyone else. All hell breaks loose when Rohan Abbas try to enter a restricted zone, setting off an alarm. Ruby is about to throw them out of the ship when Avi comes to their rescue. He tells her about the missing CD. Just then Minu comes and says the CD is with her - she had picked it up from the trashcan since she didn't want Avi'd hardwork to go waste. In gratitude, Avi hugs Minu and swirls her around. Everyone on the deck watch this. Manali and Eashwaran are thrilled, Manav and Rita are upset. Minu enlists help of DC to tease Avi. DC asks Avi to teach him Mahjong before he saw his presentation. Minu tells Avi that she will teach him Mahjong, but he has to sing for her in public. Avi does all this only to be told by DC that on the ship he should just holiday and not think of work. Avi and Minu get friendly, they plan to go for the Sorpresa show together. Hearing this, Manav locks up Avi in his cabin, not knowing Minu is also inside there. Avi and Minu locked together, spend time getting to know each other and becoming friends, much to the chagrin of Rita who challenges Manav to become partners in crime with her. She asks Manav to have Avi's cabin opened. Minu requests DC to give Avi another shot at his presentation. Rita overhears this and makes Manav switch the CDs. When Avi inserts the CD, an English horror film plays. Avi is shattered.

Episode 16

Minu who has been waiting for Avi is shocked to hear about the CD fiasco. Avi seems to blame her for it which upsets Minu. Manav takes this opportunity to poison her against Avi, while Rita does her tricks on Avi. Rita tells him that Minu does not care for him and has always ditched him. As Minu and Manav walk on the deck, they come face to face with Rita and Avi. Minu gets upset seeing Avi with Rita and Avi gets angry seeing Minu with Manav. Manav coaxes Minu to come with him to the singles party. Manali and Eashwaran are shocked to see Avi and Minu come with the wrong partners! At the Singles party, Ruby announces a game - every person has to chose a partner and say what he or she likes about them. Manav sings a romantic song for Minu. Avi says his true friend is Rita since she has stood by him at all times while others have ditched him. This upsets Minu immensely and she walks away. DC at the party goes poetic and proclaims his admiration for Divya. An angry Divya insults him, asking him to lay off. Minu meets DC on the deck and they have a heart to heart chat. DC tells Minu that to help her clear the misunderstanding with Avi, he will give another chance. Minu rushes to her room to find the correct CD. Manav pretends to help her. When she can't find the correct CD, in anger she collects all the CDs and rushes out of the corridor to throw them away. Manav tries to stop her, all the CDs fall down. As Manav helps Minu collect the CDs, the CD he was hiding falls down. Minu gets it and is very happy. Manav covers up. Minu gratefully hugs him. Avi and Rita who walk in see Minu hugging Manav in the corridor and cooing 'You are a darling'. Avi is shocked.

Avinash is furiously pedaling away in the gym when Rita comes and incites him against Minu saying her friendship is all a hoax. Just then Minu comes there with the CD and gets upset seeing Rita hugging Avi. Eashwaran sees Minu very upset and Manali finds Avi in a bad mood. They both meet and plan how to resolve this crisis. They decide that when the ship docks in Malaysia, they should try to get Avi and Minu to go on the same tour. Perhaps romance will blossom there. Ruby catches Eashwaran and Manali talking secretively and ticks them off that such affairs are not allowed her on her ship! Eashwaran and Manali convince Minu and Avi to go on the Eco Tour instead of the City Tour. When Rita comes to know of this, she plots - she goes up to Minu and tells her that she will not be able to win Avi by just following him in City Tour. Nitin and Shilpa have a fight when Shilpa comes dressed in a skimpy outfit which Nitin finds indecent. When Ruby asks all the people to pick which tour they are going, Nitin picks City Tour, while Shilpa initially picks Eco tour, but changes to City Tour too. Avi and Rita pick City Tour. Minu reaches out for the City Tour slip, but remembering Rita's words, chooses Eco Tour instead. Manav ofcourse picks Eco Tour too. Even as all are coming out of the ship, Rohan gets a call from… Sheetal. She asks for their help since she is being chased by two goons her father has put behind her. Line gets cut as she runs away and Rohan-Abbas are left wondering. The Pillais with Manav are at the Eco Tour, while the Mehrotras with Rita are at the City Tour. Manav, bored to be with Minu's parents, takes her to the Genting Amusment Park where Rita and Avi too are taking a rollercoaster ride. Avi and Minu come face to face… with the wrong partners. Rita sees that Avi is sad and suddenly faints, forcing Avi to carry her in his arms. Minu seeing this gets extremely upset.

Episode 18

Rohan-Abbas gets a frantic call by Sheetal who gives them directions to meet her at a car parking lot. The goons are hot on her heels. Avi brings Rita to the hotel room where she tries to seduce him. Pankaj who is called by Avi to check Rita is surprised to see his son in Rita's arms. When Avi leaves, Rita gives him an innocent story which charms him. He is quite taken up by Rita. Minu, standing alone at a bridge is remembering all the good times she and Avi had and is feeling sad. Just then Manav comes and pushes her playfully and she shouts, 'Avi, what are you doing'. Manav gets upset to see that Minu is lost in Avi's thoughts. Rohan and Abbas reach the parking lot, but the goons also reach there. Sheetal is not able to reach out to them and runs away disappointed when Rohan Abbas move away searching for her. As Sheetal runs, she bumps into Varun. Even as she asks him for help, the goons close in and she flees. DC meets Divya at the amusement park and they have a heart-to-heart talk. Divya softens up and goes with DC for a ride, signaling a new friendship. Manav brings 'gajra' for Yamini to charm her which works very well. She tells Eashwaran that her daughter should marry Manav. Eashwaran is shocked. At the other end, Pankaj tells Manali that he has found the ideal bride for his son Avi. Manali is horrified when she discovers it is Rita. Pankaj tells her that even Avi loves Rita. Manali confronts Avi and says that he will get married to Rita over her dead body. Pankaj comes and tells Avi that he is all for his marriage with Rita. Avi is left confused and angry.

Yamini tells Eashwaran that Manav would be the ideal match for Minu. Eashwaran gets upset and walks away. Just then Manali calls Eashwaran and Yamini picks up the call. She misconstrues Manali's talk and is shocked. Yamini confronts Eashwaran and ticks him off about having an extra marital affair with Mrs.Mehrotra. Eashwaran is stunned.
At the resort, a treasure hunt competition is announced - Whoever finds a H & T together will win the treasure. Pankaj sends Avi and Rita together. Seeing this Minu agrees to go with Manav which upsets Eashwaran. Crazy escapades of different people looking for the treasure in different parts of Malaysia - Nitin and Shilpa make up and fight again. Rohan and Abbas searching for Sheetal have a crazy encounter with the goons. Sheetal is still on the run. Avi manages to ditch Rita and moves out alone. Minu too leaves Manav behind and moves away. Minu encounters Pankaj sitting on a park bench. He shows her a ring and tells her it is for his 'bahu'. He asks her to wear it. Minu is thrilled, but her face falls when Pankaj says it is for his bahu Rita. In another park, Yamini meets Avinash and tells him that she has selected the perfect groom for her daughter. Avi looks hopeful. But when Yamini announces that it is Manav, Avi's is stunned.

Episode 20

Sheetal chased by the goons gets into the same taxi as Varun. A romance blooms even as he drops her off, saving her from the goons. Minu is still upset by Pankaj's decision to get Avi married to Rita. She comes face to face with Avi at a 'wishing well'. Avi too is upset by Yamini telling him that Manav is the ideal match for Minu. He taunts Minu. They have a verbal fight and move in opposite direction. They encounter each other again in front of the famous Petronas Tower. In a bizarre coincidence, both find the treasure together - buried in front of the tower. They are declared joint winners and offered tickets to Las Vegas. Minu tears the tickets and storms away. All are stunned. Next morning all are ready to get back to the ship when Yamini says she is feeling ill. Minu offers to go and get her medicine. As everyone meets at the lobby to board the bus, Minu has not yet returned. Panic all around. Yamini starts crying, Manali tries to pacify her. Finally Avi offers to go and search for Minu. Rita needles Manav that this is the ideal time for him to prove his love for Minu. Manav too says he will go to search for Minu. Avi and Manav rush away as all board the bus to the harbour front. Avi and Manav search desperately in different streets of Malaysia, but cannot find Minu. On the ship everyone is tense because the ship is about to depart and there is no sign of Minu yet. Manav, scared to miss the ship, chickens out and gets back to the ship. All taunt him. Second hoot of the ship is heard. On the streets, Avi receives a call from Minu on his mobile. She tells him that she is lost… before she can try to tell him where she is, the phone gets disconnected, She is horrified to find that she has no spare coins to redial. Avi looks at his mobile wondering what to do next and how to find Minu.

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