Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai

The doorbell rings exactly once, and the man pressing it will forget his towel tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after that. That is how Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai (आज फिर जीने की तमन्ना है), also called The Ambar Ishaan Story, lets a loud and bubbly singer into a very quiet house.

Ambar, played by Sumit Satija, has spent seven months waiting for the man who promised to return. His promise was "Der ho sakti hai, par aaunga zaroor", which means it may take time, but I will surely come. Ambar keeps that promise close, keeps his door shut and keeps his life on hold. He has not sung a note in years.

Then comes Ishaan, played by Basant Kumar, a singer from Lucknow who arrives with a guitar and a hundred questions. He fills the house with music, teaches Ambar to laugh again, and the trailer turns even a coaster under a cup into a running joke. Somewhere between the jokes, Ishaan falls in love for the first time in his life, at twenty four.

He writes his first love song and sings it straight to Ambar. Ambar is falling too, but his heart still belongs to someone who has not come back, and the trailer adds grim news from Karjat. So Ishaan asks one thing: if he never returns, will you hold my hand? For a man who keeps a coaster under every cup, the question is simple and painful. Is this habit or love? Waiting, or a new beginning?