Malini’s Navel gets into Media

Once inside, she knocked the door. It opened. It was a normal guy who was the agent who called her. He was average height, slightly muscular, was a bit fair, wearing casual shirt and jeans with a pair of spectacles.

“Excuse me..I got a call for an audition…My name is Malini”, she asked.

“Hello Malini. I am Sunny…Please come inside”, Sunny said and gave his card. Malini was a bit reluctant but just wanted to try her luck. They went inside a room which had a sofa and some chairs on the opposite. They sat down and Sunny started with a file in hand which had few photos from her portfolio, “So Miss Malini…I came across your photos, you are really photogenic and expressive. So we wanted to have an audition with you..”

Malini became doubtful on how he got the photos. “Thanks. But how did you get my photos? I don’t remember submitting it to your agency. Also you told about an audition but I seem to be the only person here? Why?” asked the curious and furious Malini.

Sunny gave a smile and told, “Well Malini, the photographer through whom you did the photoshoot is a friend of mine. So I came across your photos one day and asked about you. I got your contact details from him. Ok”.

Malini replied, “Well Ok…that’s fine. But why only me today?”

Sunny replied with a smile, “It is because of your navel.”

Malini gasped and asked, “Whaaat?”

Sunny explained, “Hmm…let me explain. This audition is for a promotional video shoot for a client who is a new ayurvedic therapy center. The video is to focus on one of their prime offerings of a massage for gastric trouble, where there is therapy oil massage done on the stomach and the navel. They were specific on a model with a deep navel to showcase the massage. We had auditioned a couple of models. Did a photoshoot of their stomach and navel region in the massaging posture. The client has rejected them all. The client has been putting pressure. When I came across your pictures, I noticed your navel. It is so deep. I immediately got the details and called you. You are kind of the last hope for us to complete this project, otherwise we will lose this client. That’s it, I have told you everything. If you don’t have anymore questions, can we go ahead with the audition?”.

Malini was convinced a bit and she was happy that she is indeed getting her first assignment as a model. But did not show it in her face at first. She asked, “Ok. But what will be the pay?” Sunny showed the agreement with all the details and she was ok with it. Sunny took her to the basement room which had a small photo studio. He gave the two-piece kind of attire which would be worn for the massage and asked Malini to get changed to get her navel photo shoot done. Malini was hesitant at first, but she braced herself and came back changed. This was the first time was almost half-naked in front of a stranger, that too a male. Sunny looked at her and was frozen for a few seconds. His focus was on the tender, voluptuous, deep navel of Malini, which he is getting to see in person for the first time after seeing it in the photos. He commented, “Wow. Malini you have a great structure and your thoppul, I mean your navel is so sexy”. Malini giggled, “Thanks. Its ok you can call it thoppul itself..hahaha..”. Sunny too laughed and then made her lie down and shot good closeup shots of her navel.

It was done. Sunny told once the client approves, we can go for the original shoot. Malini then signed the agreement and left off.

Malini shared this with Suchi and even Ritu through phone. She was eager to get a call back. As luck was on her side, she got the call from Sunny, the client has approved and the shoot was confirmed in the coming weekend. Malini was in cloud nine. Finally the day came. Malini reached early, met Sunny who introduced her to the shooting crew and the makeup team. She was excited. The makeup team of two women took her inside. She got a full cleanup from head to toe. The makeup team were praising Malini’s beauty as well. One of the them said, “I have been in the makeup field for many years. I have not seen such a sexy navel before.” Malini was slightly blushing and acknowledged their comments with mild nods. Malini started giggling when they started applying makeup on her navel. The brushes were tickling her tender navel. Malini said, “Hahahaha…eee…Ayyo akka it is so ticklish. Please do it slow”.

After makeup and dressing, the moment came. It was a dark room with less lighting. She was made to lie down. The shooting team was planning the lighting, camera angles etc., Malini was nervous since it was her first time and whether she might giggle due to her sensitivity, but Sunny was there to keep her calm. Then the massage lady came. She was a middle aged lady in a Kerala type saree with full makeup. Everything was set. The direction team told Malini just to be normal and not move or speak. It was going to be shot as a single shot with multiple cameras. Then it started. The camera rolled. Malini was there with the massage lady pouring oil into her deep navel. It was cold. Malini felt the coldness brushing the deepest point of her thoppul.

She controlled her feeling and not move. Then the massage lady put her finger inside her navel and started massaging. She was literally fingering her navel.

Malini was feeling the tickle but she cannot laugh or giggle. She controlled that too. She thought to herself that modelling is indeed a tough job. The massage lady did all things. She pressed, squeezed, fingered, scratched Malini’s navel and stomach region.

The camera was running and live. Malini was helpless but to control everything, she gave mild moans at some points of time. But nothing else. A girl who is sensitive to even wind brushing her navel, has to undergo this, but at the same time she was enjoying it. She gets paid to get her navel played with. Finally, it was over. The shoot finished. It was a perfect shoot. Everyone was happy and appreciated Malini too. Sunny was very much happy too and thanked Malini. Malini felt happy the next day when she got her payment cheque. Her first salary. She was super excited. She shared the news to Suchi and Ritu but when she told Vanitha as expected she was not fully happy but accepted the fact that her child Malini is happy and doing something which she likes.

Next, she got a chance to be one of the extras for abs belt video for a tele-buy kind of company. It was one of the belts which when worn and switched on, will kind of start vibrating on the stomach. All she had to was to be in a gym outfit, wear the belt and stand with a smile.

The challenge was the ticklishness it will give. Malini once again had to face it but this time it was kind of different. The shoot happened. But as soon as she switched it on, she felt the heat and vibrations on her tender navel.

It was tickling her to the core and she giggled, “Hahahaha….ayyo..”. The director cut the shot and asked, “What happened?”. Malini replied, “Sorry sir…it is very ticklish.”. Then retake started. Again she laughed. This repeated a few times, the belt gave a feel of many tiny hands punching her navel. Each vibration was driving her wild. The director got fed up and almost sent her out. Sunny stepped in, controlled the situation. He told Malini to just look at him and focus on him alone while the camera is running. Malini did the same but she was feeling something else on looking at Sunny’s face. In the process, she controlled her laughing and the shoot was over successfully. Malini thanked him for his idea.

Her next assignment was an unforgettable one for Malini. It was for a famous pain balm company. This was her first ever branded product ad. Malini was kind of handpicked since for these kind of ads, the focus will be on the hip and the women would have to wear saree to reveal their hip. Malini’s portfolio and her recent work had showcased that she had one of the perfect hip structure in a saree. Sunny along with an ad firm made the arrangements. The director was a reputed film maker too. Everything was as per plan, Malini was excited. The concept was the usual template – a housewife while working gets a hip pain. Her husband rubs pain balm on her hip and she is relieved off pain. On the day of the shoot, there was shock for Malini. The director had changed the concept just a day before, where the housewife and her kid are playing, with the kid constantly tickling and pinching her hip. While bending, she gets a hip pain and the kid applies balm for her mother and she is relieved. The tagline being, “Don’t let pain get in the way of happiness”.

Malini did not expect this and also was bit reluctant on letting a kid play or tickle her hip and navel. The bold girl that she was, braced herself and refused to do it. Neither the direction team nor Sunny could convince her. Sunny was worried as this is a high profile project, if failed might jeopardize his agency. But he could understand Malini’s situation too. The director almost decided to bail out Malini and cancel the shoot.

Just then, in Malini’s dressing room, entered a woman in her early 30s. She was wearing a very dull saree, with no makeup. Malini on seeing her forehead with sacred ash, realized she is a widow. Rani spoke, “Hello Madam. I am Rani. I am the mother of that little boy who is supposed to act with you in the ad. I will come straight to the point. My husband died last year in an accident. We have a lot of debt. I did not get the chance to study well and was married off early. Currently I am doing cooking and cleaning work near my house to run the expenses which is not enough. I am struggling to give some good education for my son. He got lot of prizes in dance and acting in his school annual day function. It is through that he received this chance to act. I did not show much interest at first but due to my financial situation, I accepted. I heard that you are not willing to act with him. I understand your feeling but he is just an innocent kid. There is not going to be any harm from him. After all, this is acting. Also, I have to pay his school fees tomorrow with the payment he is getting today for this shoot. If the shoot does not happen today, I will not be able to pay his fees. He might be dismissed from the school. He is a studious kid. Please help him”. She was almost in tears. Malini was in total dilemma.

Right then, the kid himself entered searching for his mother. Before that, Rani wiped her tears. He then looked at Malini and said, “You are the akka who is acting in the ad right? My mother would have warned how naughty I am. My mother is always like that. She always worries about me. You don’t worry akka. My acting will be pakka.. ”. Malini was surprised and all she could she was a son ready to do something to make her mother happy. Both of them left the room. Malini was still confused. Then Sunny came in and told, “Look Malini…I understand and I don’t want to force you…But let me tell you one thing…when it comes to the world of modelling and acting…the unwritten rule is you have to forget about reality and blend in…So for this…he is not some kid and you a model…You have to believe you’re a mother and the kid is your kid and do it…that’s it”. He left. Malini was lost in thought. Through the window of the dressing room, he saw the kid running around and playing with the crew. He was just a cute kid and Malini had to assume that he is her kid and act. That too the ad does have a decent concept of the kid helping her mother, the same which is what that kid is doing in reality. All thoughts were running in her mind. Finally, she decided to go for it. She came out apologized to the crew. The shoot was on. Malini and the kid were very attentive to what the direction team said. The kid actually cutely asked Malini, “Akka…they told me to pinch your hip and run..it will hurt for you right? Shall I pinch it slowly”. Malini smiled, “You do however you want to do da thambi”.

The shot started. Malini was bending and taking clothes. The camera focused on her sexy and fleshy hip in a saree which was very low to give a generous view of her midriff. She had just the right amount of fat around her hip which made it look chubby. The kid came and pinched her hip flesh. Her chubby belly jiggled a lot. Although not in the shot, she gave a sudden Aaahhh sound.

The shot was perfect. The kid came and gave a high five to Malini. The same shot was repeated now with full view of her and the kid. Her belly got the pinch treatment again. Malini was getting excited too. The next shot was Malini standing with her arms streched to take something from the shelf. The same focus on her midriff but this time a fan is making her saree move giving a peek of her navel.

The kid uses a peacock feather to tickle her hip and navel.

Malini’s navel was already shivering with the cool air from the fan, now with the feather she was getting very ticklish and she was laughing as the shot needed that thankfully. In addition to her sweet agony, this shot was getting lot of retakes. She was saying to her naughty mind, “This feels so good. But if you guys keep on doing retakes like this on my navel, then I don’t know for how long I can control myself from reaching orgasm”. The shot was ok finally. Her navel was shivering a lot and she was breathing heavily. The kid said, “Sorry akka. I think you were suffering because of me..I was not able to get it correctly..”. Malini replied in a cool manner, “Its ok da thambi…getting retakes is a way to learn. Don’t worry”. Then the shot of the kid rubbing the pain balm came. In that shot, the moment he addressed her as Amma and rubs it, his tender hands did not feel uncomfortable for her. The subsequent shots happened and the shoot was a success. The kid’s mother came and thanked Malini. The kid gave a hug to her and cutely said, “You acted very well today akka. Thanks for bearing with me…sorry..”. Malini replied, “I already told it is fine da. Stop thinking about it. You must study well and take care of your mother…OK?..”. The kid nodded and left with his mother. Sunny came and personally thanked Malini. That day was always in her memory. The ad was an instant hit and Malini was becoming famous.

She got more assignments from Sunny’s agency. Not all were “navel-focused”, some were photoshoots, some very low budget ads or promotional videos etc., All were part time ones. Sunny and Malini became good friends. Sunny kind of became her unofficial agent too. Few other models in Sunny’s agency were becoming jealous of Malini being close with Sunny. Malini finished college. She was in her early 20s. Now she was ready for full time options but still she got the same ones for a while.

Both Sunny and Malini were kind of waiting for a good breakthrough, which indeed happened one day. Due to good feedback from clients, Sunny’s agency got an opportunity to work with a reputed ad film maker on an ad for leading silk store. They were introducing a silk type called “Samuthrika Pattu”. It was a huge deal and big project. Sunny was working hard to get everything right. The ad film director wanted to make a concept of a girl wearing the silk will feel she has the samuthrika lakshanam on her. He will be portraying close-ups of the specific female body part to convey the samuthrika lakshanam part. For that he wanted a model who indeed had the perfect samuthrika lakshanam on her. The director’s own team of boys and girls was auditioning a lot of models with help of Sunny’s agency. What they were doing is actually measuring the models’ body parts in line with the samuthrika lakshanam aspects. None were qualifying. Sunny was hesitant to bring in Malini, since he felt if she gets rejected she might feel down. But with no choice, he brought in Malini.

She went through it. She was taken inside a private room. The room had only the director and the audition team. Not even Sunny was allowed. The room’s A/C, Malini’s nervousness, her almost full nakedness, were making her shiver. The team started measuring her neck, shoulder, breasts, hips, ass, thighs, legs and even her navel. Every time the tape pressed on her, she felt goosebumps all over. She never had a group of people measuring her almost naked body. She became a bit uncomfortable too since Sunny was not there as well. As per samuthrika lakshanam, while standing with hands down, when an imaginary line is drawn from one hand to other, the center point of that line is were the navel should be. The team did that check. They used a white thick cotton thread and measured and marked the center point with a sketch. It was exactly on her navel. Everyone was surprised. The sketch slipped and it kind of got inserted into her navel, it poked her sensitive spot. Malini moaned “SSSSsssss…Ahhhh…”.

Everyone gasped on hearing her sudden moans. Malini apologized. The director said, “Its ok. Wow..awesome. The perfect navel. The perfect model. You are the one we are looking for dear.” Malini was selected and the ad shoot happened the next week.

It was a huge success. Malini’s navel became a talking point after that ad. Malini was now in buzz among the cine news and the modelling circuit. More offers were coming her side. Due to her openness, her hard work and dedication, she got acquainted with many ad firms and directors. She was getting close in a way that some listened to her suggestions on ad concepts, camera angles etc., She even got offers for VJs from few TV channels. But she rejected them since her next aim was to get into acting only. She was in constant touch with Ritu and Vanitha. Her friend Suchi too was happy for Malini.

Sunny’s agency too became famous. He now opened a new office with some good no. of staff. For the inauguration, he invited Malini as the guest to cut the ribbon. He considered Malini as his lucky charm. Its due to her ads that he too has climbed up the ladder. Malini was honored and she too feels if Sunny had not called him and gave that first chance, all this may not have happened. Sunny came to drop her at her hostel. Sunny started, “So Malini I wanted to talk to you about something”. Malini asked, “What is it? Tell me Sunny”. They went inside the park which was nearby her hostel outside the campus. They sat on a bench. Sunny slowly said in a calm tone, “Well in my life, when I chose this field, I got lot of discouragement than support. But somehow I managed to sustain. Now being in this level, all that pain, efforts, time has indeed paid off. And one of the main reasons for it is you. When you walked in that day, it all changed. I am grateful to you.”

Malini replied, “Hey…come on Sunny…don’t be silly…I am the one who must be thanking you…You were the one who gave me a chance and all this had happened…I must thank you for that…”. Both smiled.

Sunny said, “One more thing…hope you don’t mistake…I really like your thoppul.. You have the best.. ”. Malini blushed. Sunny continued, “Actually, let me be frank, I have a liking for female navels…Not sure how it started. But during my childhood…there you used to be a neighbor aunty called Ritu…She was a family friend and she had the best thoppul ever. Sometimes I used to play with her thoppul too…After that in my life, I was thinking if I could ever meet a girl with a thoppul like hers. Fortunately, I did and it was yours Malini. During the pain balm shoot, you and the kid kind of reminded me of Ritu aunty and me a bit”.

Malini gasped on hearing Ritu’s name and how he knows her. She asked, “Sunny…you know Ritu mam?”. Sunny surprised, “Do you know her? How?”. Malini replied, “She was my teacher in high school. I have talked to her a lot. But how come you…Wait a minute.. Sunny what is your full name?”.

Sunny smiled with surprise, “Aha…What a small world…You know Ritu aunty…Unbelievable coincidence…Well you want to know my full name…Did you ever check my card which I gave you…Hmmm?”

Malini quickly checked for it in her handbag and saw it. She gasped. It read, “Sundar Raghavan a.k.a Sunny”. The agency name was MR Agency. She realized it did not stand for her parents’ names Madhu and Raghavan but for Madhu and Ritu. She was speechless.

Sunny continued, “Yes I am Sundar alias Sunny. If you know Ritu aunty very well. She would have told you about me. Assuming she did. I was hesitant to say something to you today. But now knowing this, I think this is the best time… Miss Malini….I LOVE YOU..I am in love with you and your thoppul…I want to be on your side always…I would like to have the lucky charm of my life by my side always too…I know this too sudden…I know this might have an impact on our professional life…But I could not hold it in my heart amy longer how much I admire, adore and respect you…I wanted to tell this and hoping to know if you feel the same…You need not give a response immediately…Please think about it and give me a positive response tomorrow..”. Sunny (i.e.,) Sundar said everything quickly with total nervousness and left quickly.

Malini was dumbfounded. The child who played with Ritu’s navel is Sunny. The child due to whom she felt angry on Ritu was indeed Sunny. The best admirer of Ritu’s navel is the same guy who has proposed to Malini and is in love with her and her navel too. The first ever love proposal Malini ever got in her life. She always wanted someone like her uncle Chinnasamy Gounder or Ritu’s husband Mahesh who adored their wife’s navel. Sunny alias Sundar is the perfect guy who fits into that. How fate has played a wonderful game. The world is indeed small. Malini was frozen with these thoughts running in her mind.

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