Mumbai, Oct. 17 -- In a scene reminiscent of the Bollywood film '3 Idiots', a commuter on a Churchgate-bound local on Thursday helped a woman deliver a baby, following the instructions of an ayurvedic doctor over a video call. "I was scared the entire time - scared of doing something wrong. But I just wanted to help," the commuter, videographer Vikas Bedre, told HT. "It was only later, when the family called me and said, 'You helped us like God' that it really hit me - my hands were still shaking, but I felt proud, emotional and honestly, thankful that I was there at that moment." Bedre was scheduled to fly to Ahmedabad early in the morning on Thursday. He boarded the first class compartment of a Churchgate-bound local at Goregaon at around 12.40am, to make his way to the airport, and was seated near the ladies' compartment. Through the mesh separating the compartments, he saw a pregnant woman, 25-year-old Ambika Jha from Virar, sitting in an odd position - holding her stomach, as if she was in pain. Jha was accompanied by her relatives, on her way to Nair Hospital for her delivery. When the train reached Ram Mandir station, Bedre realised that Jha's water had broken. "Instinctively, I pulled the chain and alighted from the train with her and her relatives. I placed her on a counter and started shouting for help, but there was no doctor, no railway staff, nothing," he recalled. After waiting helplessly for several minutes, Bedre decided to call Dr Devika Deshmukh, an MD in Ayurveda, whom he had worked with on a project some months ago. He intimated the doctor about the situation and showed her Jha's condition over a video call, as she writhed in pain, surrounded by anxious relatives and commuters. "I saw that the baby's head was already out. There was no time to reach the hospital," she told HT. "I told him to lay her down and let the baby come out naturally." The doctor told Bedre not to panic or force anything. She also spoke to Jha, telling her to push her abdomen downwards. "I know how much that matters. I needed the same during my own deliveries," she said. Once the baby boy was out, Bedre was overcome with "a mix of relief, disbelief and pure joy". "The mother and baby were both okay and she was smiling through her exhaustion. For a few moments, I forgot everything else," he said. Dr Deshmukh, still on video call, then instructed Bedre to cut the baby's umbilical cord. "Following her instructions, I kept a six-inch distance from the baby, heated a pair of scissors using a lighter flame, and cut the umbilical cord. There was no cloth or medical aid. I just wrapped the baby in whatever was available and placed him on the mother's chest," he said. Around twenty minutes later, Jha and the baby were taken to Cooper Hospital in an ambulance, along with her relatives. It was only then that Bedre realised that he still had a flight to catch. "I rushed to the airport and managed to board the flight on the last call," he said....