Sachin and Supriya sat on their worn-out beige sofa. On the TV, a grainy clip from Nach Baliye Season 1 was playing—a retrospective episode. There they were: young, terrified, and madly in love. Sachin, the television actor with the crooked smile, and Supriya, his real-life wife, gripping his hand like a lifeline.

Supriya laughed, the sound rusty. "The dandiya number. You stepped on my toe during the live round."

"I can't," she whispered. "My knees."

"We still won." She leaned her head on his shoulder. "By one vote. One audience vote."