He learns that Aarohi is working in a bar again and that Vivek had ignored her calls without informing him. After recovering from his injuries, Rahul vows to search for Aarohi. After two months of fruitlessly attempting to contact Rahul, a broken Aarohi is forced to sing in bars again because of her family problems. When Aarohi attempts to contact Rahul again, Vivek ignores the calls. His friend and manager Vivek (Shaad Randhawa) says that news of Rahul's accident should not be leaked to the media, and instead publicises a false story that Rahul has left the country to participate in stage shows. When Aarohi calls Rahul, he is attacked and injured by some unknown people, and is unable to receive her call. Aarohi quits her job and returns to Mumbai with Rahul, who convinces record producer Saigal (Mahesh Thakur) to meet her. Impressed by her simplicity and voice, Rahul promises to transform her into a singing sensation, and asks her to never perform again in bars. After noticing Aarohi looking at a photograph of Lata Mangeshkar in the bar, he assumes that she wants to become a singer. He meets Aarohi Keshav Shirke (Shraddha Kapoor), a Maharashtrian bar singer who idolizes Rahul.

After nearly completing a song, he is unexpectedly interrupted by Aryan (Salil Acharya) during his performance, Rahul fights him, stops his performance, and drives to a local bar. The film begins by showing a large crowd waiting for Rahul Jaykar (Aditya Roy Kapoor) a successful pop singer whose career is waning because of his alcohol addiction to perform at a stage show in Goa.

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