Vinayak Jakati

The 3 a.m. Call: A Tale of Interrupted Lives Vinayak Jakati

Inspired by his childhood friend, Arjun, Darshan risks everything for his dreams and runs into his worst nightmare - almost throwing away his career, marriage, even his best friend. How can Darshan reclaim his life? What happens to Arjun's dream, trapped in a survival crisis?

It's 3 a.m. Darshan wakes up from a nightmare and sees a call from an unknown number. Still shuddering, he picks it up and...

This might have been the story of the friendship of Arjun and Darshan, two middle-class Bangalore boys chasing their dreams. It could also be about the heady startup culture, the disillusioned career, a marriage on the rocks, a grieving family, sexual harassment at work or that friend you can neither trust nor desert.

Instead, it is an unputdownable thread of courageous conversations that reveal how two friends step up to their life's most daunting invitations.