No Smoking Script

SEVENTH DRAFT

No Smoking A film by Anurag Kashyap. Written by Anurag Kashyap Story by Raja Chaudhary

IT HAS NOW BEEN PROVED BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT SMOKING IS ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF STATISTICS. HERBERT KNEBEL

Fade in 1- INT. UNKNOWN HOUSE,

SIBERIA - DAY

Russian soft rock plays somewhere far away.. A bare room...Almost...There is a mattress on the floor... There is a semi naked man on the mattress...There is a 14" TV on the floor...An over flowing ash tray...an empty bottle

of vodka...cigarette butts...Empty cigarette packets...A telephone...As camera moves in very slowly...Slower than a woman would like a man to kiss her up her spine...The TV comes on...On the TV is a woman speaking which is gibberish to us but not to the Russians...The visual changes...becomes PIP as another visual of soldiers marching in the snow comes on...BOLSHEVIKS...We don't know... CUT TO : The phone rings as camera moves with it...The body behind the phone moves...His hand flies out, picks the phone...and ... MAN Hello... VOICE (a women's voice) K ? K Baba... VOICE Kahan ho? K Jahan phone kiya...(He opens his eyes, looks around) kahan phone kiya hai...? He turns looks at the TV...woman on TV says the word CURFEW ...that...Becomes a comic book bubble on screen and TV camera zooms to it, through it...soldier marching in thick snow ... K Curfew ... VOICE Kya... ? K Pata nahin... He gets up, holding the phone, walks to the window...looks out... CUT TO: 2- EXT. UNKNOWN HOUSE,SIBERIA - DAY K's P.O.V-

There is snow all around, soldiers marching in the snow... The visual on TV is...the same as outside... CUT TO: Soldiers marching...In the background is K standing at the window...As camera pans to the window and zooms in...at him ... CUT TO: 3- INT. UNKNOWN HOUSE, SIBERIA - DAY He is on TV. K Main TV par hoon ... VOICE TV par kaun se channel par? K Pata nahin, kutch ajib sa likha hai,jaise Vodka ki bottle par hota hai... VOICE Vodka ? K Mere baal lambe hain... Vodka ?

VOICE K Mera gala sookh raha hai... cigarette...(picks a pack, its empty)Cigarette hai tumhare paas... VOICE Cigarette...tum ho?

abhi

bhi

pi

rahe

K Mujhe Cigarette chahiye, main baad mein phone karta hoon... VOICE K??? He puts the phone down...He looks around, picks another packets...Its empty...He searches for cigarette in the room...cannot find one...(Improvise) Finds a wet one in the bathroom...He walks back to the phone ...picks it up...Dials a number...A voice says something in

Russian...He picks his shirt...He is cold...(there is snow outside) He wears the shirt...opens his door and comes into a closed corridor. CUT TO: 4- INT. CORRIDOR, UNKNOWN HOUSE, SIBERIA - DAY He comes out in the corridor. There is only a door diagonally across from him. There is no entry or exit on the floor... Only the door...so he tries to pull it open...it doesn't... There is a sign next to the door with an arrow, and written RING IT...in three languages,including English...So he rings whatever is next to it...A loud voice says something,YELLS, Heavy footsteps...Sound of a chain opening...A slit opens in the door...A large blue eyes at the slit... VOICE (in Russian) What do you want ? K I don't understand your ...I want a cigarette...

language

VOICE (heavy) Hmmm ? K Cigarette, cigarette, smoke... VOICE NAAAH !!!NO MOND!!! Slit shuts,footsteps go away...He waits...rings the bell again...waits...There is a gunshot...A part of the door has a hole...He stands stunned...Bullet went past his head, through the wall behind him...K scared...walks back...tries to pull his door...It doesn't open...He pushes it,it opens...Just then sound of the door unlocking behind him...He stops, turns ...The door shuts...He now looks at his own door...He goes in shuts the door,tries to pull it open...It doesn't...He pushes it,it opens outside...Door only opens by pushing whether you are outside or inside...He spends his time discovering the door...finally he shuts the door and as he turns... ON TV is a bathtub full of rose petals in the middle of the snow...as camera on TV trolleys back...He sees a pack of cigarettes peeking at the camera from under the snow...as the camera pans 180 degrees...to see the same street as before, with the house K found himself in... K looks out...sees...in the distance far away...he sees what looks like the bathtub...He looks at the bullet lodged in

the glass of the window...He walks to it...takes the bullet out ...The glass shatters and falls...He looks out...Soldiers are at the end of the street...He waits...Then jumps out... CUT TO: 5- EXT. UNKNOWN HOUSE, SIBERIA - DAY As he jumps out into the snow from the first floor...He looks towards the end of the street...A soldier has seen him. SOLDIER (shouts in Russian) Wait... And points the gun at him...K runs...He runs hard...The soldier follows him... CHASE IMPROVISE CUT TO: As K runs towards the cigarette...constant banging sound in the background...soldier shoots at him...He is shot...he falls down...he runs again...almost reaching it...He is shot again...He crawls in the snow...Finds the cigarette, puts it in his mouth...No matches... Turns over...Soldier on his head gun pointed K MATCHES... GUN SHOT... CUT TO: 6- INT.PSYCHIATRIST'S COUNSILING ROOM - DAY CU...K's eyes open...He looks up...Then his eyes move...he looks at something or someone...Its another man sitting on a chair...its a doctor...a psychiatrist... PSYCHIATRIST Phir... K Phir main bathtub mein se bahar nikalta hoon... PSYCHIATRIST Yeh sapna sirf bathtub mein aata hai...

K puffs at the cigarette...he is lying on a couch... K Haan...lekin yeh sapna kyon aata hai...aur koi sapna kyon nahi aata? PSYCHIATRIST Din mein kitnee cigarette peetey ho... K Teen packet...twenties... PSYCHIATRIST Saatth... K Haan...(Sits Up) matlab kya hai mere sapne ka... PSYCHIATRIST Cigarette ki itni buri tarah aadat hai tumhe ki tumhe darr lagta hai kisi din agar nahi mili toh...ek toh tumhari aankh khulti hai Siberia mein...woh bhi jab vahaan par cerfew hai...bahar jaane ka koi raasta nahi hai...aur tumhe peeni hai...toh jab tumhen dikhti hai, toh tumhen uske alawa aur kuch nahi dikhai deta... K Dikhai deta hai... Bathtub...

PSYCHIATRIST K Ha...woh bathtub beech baraf mein kya kar raha hai... PSYCHIATRIST Pata nahi...ho sakta hai jis din cigarette ke packet ke bajayye bathtub mein kudo toh shayad koi aur raasta nikle... K Tu bata na tu psychiatrist hai... Psychiatrist puts the tape off... PSYCHIATRIST Psychologist...fark hai,.. aur ek din mein kuch nahi pata chalta...aur vaise bhi mamooli

anxiety hai...koi serious problem nahi hai... K Aur koi aane wala hai? PSYCHIATRIST (Smiles) nahi... Opens the bar behind him...takes out a bottle...two glasses...rings the bell...A secretary comes in... SECRETARY Yes sir PSYCHIATRIST Tum Jaao SECRETARY Ok He pours a drink... PSYCHIATRIST Haan tere liye kuch aaya tha... K Kya... PSYCHIATRIST Alex ne bheja tha...tera pata nahi tha toh mere paas bhej diya... Pulls the drawer...puts two photographs on the table...its actually a card... K looks at it... Alex on the beach...with a woman in each arm...cigar in mouth... K Looks like he is having fun... PSYCHIATRIST He is doing very well...cigar bechta hai...khumaar khareedta hai K turns the card... On it is written Mi Amore... Come over man... All the Girls...

All the Cigars... No AIDS. NO Cancer. No Health Threats...A thousand besos... ALEX K laughs...As the psychiatrist lights a cigarette Psychiatrist passes on the drinks... PSYCHIATRIST Cheers... K Cheers...kal yaad hai na? PSYCHIATRIST Kya... K looks at him and makes a face CUT TO: 7- INT. BEDROOM, K'S HOUSE - DAY Anjali bangs at the door loudly... ANJALI : K...k darwaza kholo K... Waits... Bangs again... ANJALI K CUT TO: 8- INT. BATHROOM, K'S HOUSE - DAY K emerges from the bath tub with a jerk...He has been having a nightmare...A wet cigarette stuck to his mouth...A loud, constant knocking at the door. FEMALE VOICE K...K...open the door...darwaza kholo K... He looks at the door... VOICE K kutch to bolo, theek to ho na? K Haan...khol raha hoon...

VOICE Jaldi bahar aao...Guests aane wale hai... K Haan... He comes out of the tub...walks to the mirror...looks at himself...His hair is short...He lights a cigarette... Breathes out... CUT TO: 9- INT. BEDROOM, K'S HOUSE - DAY The woman(wife)at the door...As the door opens...smoke comes out with him... WOMAN Tum bathroom mein pite ho...?

cigarette

kyon

He is just looking at him... K Tum bedroom mein kyon soti ho... He is disturbed WOMAN Ab kya hua ? K Kutch nahin... WOMAN Phir wahi sapna aaya tha? Yeh sab tumhari cigarette ki wajah se hai... He stubs one...lights another WOMAN Please bedroom mein mat piyo... K Tum jaakar taiyar ho na... She stands there looking at him... K Guests aane wale hain... She stands there looking at him...upset...She goes out... shuts the door... Black screen

MUSIC- Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette...by immortal Tex Williams...TITLES... Midway through the titles...Suddenly the music changes as if someone is changing the music station... FADE IN: 10- INT. K'HOUSE - NIGHT K changes the station. CUT TO: 11- INT. PARTY HALL, K'S HOUSE - NIGHT A song about cigarette as if it was a thing of the past...A man who loves his cigarettes and is now yearning for it... Everything the cigarette meant for him...As the song plays on the radio...K walks to his friends...One of them talks... PSYCHIATRIST Aadmi Everest par jaata hai...to sab taali bajate hain...woh pahli baar chhadh raha hai...Rassi toot sakti hai...barf mein dub kar mar sakta hai...har koi jaanta hai ki woh mar sakta hai...phir bhi front page par chhapte hain,Accident se roz kitne log marte hain phir bhi gaadi chalate hain...gaadi chalana ban karo...saala petrol ban karo ...sirf cigarette hi kyon ban karte hain...kyonki bechari chhoti si hai, bol nahin sakti isliye... VIKAS (Wearing a hearing and a mask) Maine to chhod di boss...

aid

PSYCHIATRIST Haan aur bandar ki tarah mask laga ke baith gaya hai... CUT TO: 12- INT. KITCHEN, K'S HOUSE - NIGHT SUZI You know I am tired of faking it... ANJALI Oh...you just have to fake orgasm, I fake my whole relationship... Looks out

Dhoonva udhar...

ANJALI dekha

hai,kitna

hai CUT TO:

13- INT. PARTY HALL, K'S HOUSE - NIGHT K Asthama mere nahin...

bhai

ko

hai

mujhe CUT TO:

14- INT. KITCHEN, K'S HOUSE - NIGHT SUZI Suna hospital mein hai... ANJALI Right lung nikala tha... Aur K hai?

SUZI ghar mein

hai,infection

cigarette

peeta

ANJALI Search me... CUT TO: 15- INT. PARTY HALL,K'S HOUSE - NIGHT K Meri maan-baap ki shaadi ke cheh mahine baad talaq ho gaya tha... VIKAS Kya baat kar raha hai... K Phir main paida huwa...unhohne dobara shaadi ki...aur shaadi ke do saal baad mere baap ko realize huwa ki main talaq ke ek saal baad paida huwa tha...unka phir talaq ho gaya... VIKAS Sad yaar... PSYCHIATRIST To tera bhai kab huwa? shaadi mein ya... K

Doosri

Doosre divorce ke baad .... PSYCHIATRIST To matlab woh tera saga bhai nahin hai? K Hai... PSYCHIATRIST Kaise...(He tries to understand) Shaadi phir divorce...phir tu... phir shaadi, phir divorce...phir woh...matlab ki... K Abey Freud ki najayaj aulaad, Tu wahan kone mein jaakar samajh na...yahan lack of chemistry hai psychology nahin.. CUT TO 16- INT. KITCHEN, K'S HOUSE - NIGHT SUZI Kyon chhodna chahti hai use? ANJALI Lack of chemistry,bad physiology,Bahut reasons hain.. ginne baith gayi to ungaliyaan kam pad jayengi... SUZI Bol to sahi... ANJALI Usko cigarette peete huwe dekha hai ...Kitchen mein, Bathroom mein, bedroom mein...Bed mein...ghar mein chammach se ziyada to ashtrays hain... Bas...

SUZI ANJALI Bas ?? SUZI Cigarette to Vikas bhi peeta tha ...maine chhudwa di...ek aadmi hai baba bangali uski prayogshala... ANJALI Sirf wahi karan nahin hai...

SARAH Aur kya problem hai ? ANJALI Religious differences... They look at her ... ANJALI (Continues) He thinks, he is God, but I don't think so... CUT TO: 17- INT. PARTY HALL, K'S HOUSE - NIGHT K Mujhe Match dekhna hota hai aur TV ke samne remote lekar baith jaati hai...ye nahin dekhti ki TV par kya aa raha hai...use dekhna hota hai, ki aur kya kya aa raha hai... Pause... K That bugs me... FRIEND Shaadi achche achchon ki phaad deti hai boss...Nelson Mandela ko dekh, sattaees(27)saal jail mein raha... kutch nahin huwa...bahar aaya to, do saal mein Winnie Mandela ne phaad kar haanth mein de di... CUT TO: 18- INT. KITCHEN, K'S HOUSE - NIGHT ANJALI Cricket Match to aise aankh phaad ke dekhta hai jaise uske ghoorne ke dar se Dhoni chhakka maar dega... They look ANJALI (cont'd) Main bahut khoosh thi shaadi ke pahle...pata hai...shaadi ke pahle main kya karti thi? SARAH Kya ? ANJALI

Jo mann mein aata tha karti thi... They look... ANJALI(CONT'D) Mujhe to aaj tak pata nahin,uske naam mein K...kyon hai...K for What...Na to uske licence mein hai, na passport mein kahin hai...sirf uski nursery ki alphabet ki kitaab mein hai'K'... CUT TO: 19- INT. PARTY HALL, K'S HOUSE - NIGHT K Main chhota tha tabhi se sochta tha,aadmi Divorce kyon karta hai? FRIEND I swear... VIKAS Phir tumne shaadi kar li... FRIEND Aur tujhe pata chal gaya... And friends laugh... K Shut up yaar,we have problems but I love her... He gets up.... CUT TO: 20- INT. KITCHEN, K'S HOUSE -NIGHT ANJALI Vikas tumse pyaar karta hai isliye cigarette chhodi... SUZI Nahin...woh prayogshala... ANJALI Pata nahin tu kyon uske saath abhi bhi hai...K ke saath shaadi koi tabhi nibha sakta hai jab dono milkar sirf usse pyaar karen... mujhse nahin hota...I need some attention...woh badal sakta nahin ...aur uske baad bhi shaadi karne ka itna hi shauk tha to kar leta

...apne full size mirror se shaadi ...why screw my life?? SUZI Tu ne usko bola hai...tu choodna chahti hai... ANJALI Nahin... SUZI Use pata hai ki tu usse chhodna chahati hai? ANJALI Itna sensitive hota to main chhodti use?? K walks in ... K Hi... She looks at him... K Chalen? CUT TO: 21- EXT. STREET - NIGHT Then on the road...Set to music...Visual montage...People smoking outside bars...Smokers in groups outside...As they travel...set to music...Rest of the TITLES .... CUT TO: 22- INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT Restaurant...They eat...K excuses himself and goes out for a smoke... CUT TO : 23- EXT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT K comes out and lights a cigarette...There is another man smoking...K looks at him...nods... GAJJU Yeh achchi musibat paida ho gayee hai...cigarette peena hai to bahar jao... K smiles...

GAJJU(cont'd) Aap ziyada baat nahin karte ho... K smiles... GAJJU (cont'd) Main to bilkul bhi baat nahin karta hoon...baat woh log karte hain jo sochte nahin hain... K nods... GAJJU (cont'd) Aap bahut sochte ho...sochna achchi cheez hoti hai...pata hai main bhi abhi soch raha tha...aapke aane se pahle,ki log itna bolte kyon hain ...arre mera mann nahin hai tumse baat karne ka phir bhi log baat karne lag jaate hain... K smiles GAJJU (cont'd) bahut gussa aata hai mujhe, aapko nahin aata... K look at him GAJJU (cont'd) For example...main yahan khada hoon ...aap aaye aur mujhse baat karne lag gaye jabki main chupchaap cigarette peena chahta hoon...jaan na pehchhaan main tera mehmaan...to mujhe gussa aayega ki nahin... K nods...A car stops outside...Valet goes up to the car...A man gets out...K sees him...The man sees K...He is Abbas...he is wearing a ear phone(hearing aid) ABBAS K... Abbas...

K ABBAS Tu kya kar raha hai yahan, bahar khada huwa ... K Cigarette...(stubs his cigarette, takes another one lights it) piyega? ABBAS

Nahin yaar...(holding his ears)maine chhod di... K Natak mat kar...le... ABBAS Sach mein chhod di maine...tu bhi chhod de... K Tu ne cigarette chhod di hai...tu kise bol raha hai... GAJJU Mere pitaji ne bhi finally jab cigarette chhodi, maa aur main aur meri bahen, hamein akela chhod gaye... The look at him... GAJJU (cont'd) Aap samjhe nahin...woh...mar gaye ...Matlab...It was just a joke... K nods and smiles GAJJU (cont'd) Achcha tha na... K looks at Abbas ... ABBAS Meri maan to tu bhi chhod de .... K Meri biwi mat ban abhi...ek to tu pata nahin kahan gayab ho jata hai ...aaj mila hai...ek cigarette to share kar... ABBAS Nahin. K Tune mujhe meri pahli cigarette pilayee thi,yaad hai...college canteen ke bahar? ABBAS Theek hai...woh tab tha...ab nahin... K Ek puff to le...

Takes his own cigarette GAJJU Ek puff le lo sir...kya fark padhta hai... ABBAS Why don't you mind your own business... GAJJU Aise hi bol raha hoon... ABBAS Tera dost hai? GAJJU Ek hi mulaqaat mein agar dosti ho jaye to... K (interrupts) Will you shut up... GAJJU looks at him K (cont'd) Aap wahan jaakar sochiye jo sochna hai...please... That guy shuts up...Anjali comes out... ANJALI K...Wallet do apna...Abbas... ABBAS Hi Anjali...kaisi hai? ANJALI I'm good...How are you...yeh... Gloves kyon pahena hai? ABBAS Aise hi...Accident mein meri hesitates)...ungliyaan chali gayee... ANJALI Oh my God... K Kya bakwas kar raha hai,tuney bataya kyon nahin ? ABBAS Hota hai yaar...

ANJALI Oh God...aur yeh kaan mein kya pahen rakha hai? ABBAS Aise hi...thoda sa problem hai... hearing problem... K Abhi samajha tune cigarette kyon chhodi...Pakad nahin sakta...to yaar Amitabh Bachchan ki tarah piya kar...jaise trishool mein peeta tha... K holds his cigarette between his thumb and other finger ANJALI Tumne cigarette chhod di? Haan...

ABBAS ANJALI Very good... K What very good, abhi piyega yeh... le... ABBAS Zabardasti mat kar... K Abe ek puff maarne ko bol raha hoon ...(whispers)meri izzat ka sawaal hai, nahin to tera naam le ke mere peechey pad jayegi... ABBAS Mana kiya naa… ANJALI Tum kyon zabardasti kar rahe ho... K (Snaps at her) Tum andar jao... She is upset... K (cont'd) Chal jaldi se moonh se laga le... Nahin to zabardasti pakad kar pilaoonga... ABBAS

No K... K Aisi ki taisi teri... K holds him K Ek to pini padegi, tujhe to pata hai...maine bol diya to bol diya... ABBAS Chhod mujhe... K Ek... ABBAS Nahin... He uses all his strength to throw K off...K falls... ABBAS Dimaag kharab hai tera...bola nahin pini to nahin pini...Dadagiri hai kya...I love my wife...Asshole... Anjali looks at fallen K...Abbas goes in...Anjali follows... K What has loving your wife got to do with smoking? GAJJU Exactly! Uski jagah main hota to aise dhakka nahin deta... K Tu kar chup chaap jo kar raha hai ...Bewaqoof saala... GAJJU Dekhiye... K Kya...Kya...(comes to him)kya dikhayega... GAJJU Main bahut sharif aadmi hoon... K Tu bahut bada gadha hai... GAJJU Bhai Sahab...

K Aura tu bahut bolta hai, zaroorat se ziyada... GAJJU Dekhiye... K Shut up...(Gajju looks at him) shut up... CUT TO: 24- INT. RESTAURANT -

NIGHT

ANJALI Tumne cigarette Matlab kab?

chhodi

kaise...

Abbas looks at her. ANJALI I know K can sometimes...

be

an

asshole

ABBAS Most of the times... ANJALI Yeah... ABBAS (cont'd) I don't know tum uske saath kaise rahti ho... ANJALI Tumne cigarette kaise chhodi? Kyon?

ABBAS ANJALI Aise hi... ABBAS K kabhi nahin chhodega... ANJALI Tell me... ABBAS Agar tum waqayee chhudwana chahti ho uski cigarette...toh(fumbles around) yeh... Gives her a card...Anjali looks at it...

ABBAS Rehabilitation programme prayogshala...Professional hain... ANJALI Tumhara bilkul mann peene ka...

nahin

hai... log

karta

ABBAS Nahin...(she look at him) I've to go...Someone is... Stops midway...K glaring at him... CUT TO: Waiter comes with the cheque...Anjali picks it up... ANJALI On me... K looks at her...She at him...Something unspoken between them... CUT TO : 25- EXT. STREET - NIGHT K drives him...

his

SUV...Anjali

sits

ANJALI Tum cigarette chhod dete?

silently...She

kyon

nahin

K Kyon chhodoon...I love smoking... ANJALI You don't love it...tumhen aadat ho chuki hai...ek din maroge tab pata chhalega... K Train mein baithe baithe bhi log marte hain aaj kal...Hawaijahaz mein udte udte bhi marte hain...agar main cigarette se mar gaya to theek hai na...kisko fark padta hai... ANJALI Sach sach kyon cigarette tum se hai...

nahin bolte... chhoot-ti nahin

looks

at

K kam se kam nahin to sau baar chhod chuka hoon... ANJALI Usko chhodna nahin kahte... K To kisko chhodna kahte hain...jaise mere maa baap ne ek doosre ko chhoda tha...main itna ruthless nahin hoon...main kutch nahin chhodta...chhodte woh hain...jinse pakdi nahin jaati... ANJALI Pata hai Abbas ne kaise chhodi... K Mujhe uske bare karni...

main

baat

nahin

ANJALI Woh tumse ziyada peeta tha... K Bola na mujhe baat nahin karni... ANJALI He also loved it...But now he hates it... K Woh uski problem hai... ANJALI Agar aisa ho jaye ki tumhen bhi isse nafrat ho jaye... K starts the music in the car... SHUT UP JUST SHUT UP SHUT UP - by Gorillaz She looks at him...She stops it. ANJALI Main poochh rahi hoon kutch tum se?

Starts music again... CUT TO: 26- EXT. STREET - NIGHT SUV moves on...

CUT TO : 27- INT. BEDROOM, K'S HOUSE- NIGHT K makes love with Anjali...She just keeps looking at him as he selfishly thrusts into her...He climaxes, then rolls off...sits at the edge of the bed and immediately lights a cigarette...She turns away... CUT TO: 28- EXT. CITYSHOT - MORNING Early morning shot of city. CUT TO: 29- INT. BEDROOM, K'S HOUSE -

DAY

Anjali watching the TV... it is images of holocaust, probably Schindler's List...She has tears in her eyes... The card that says...PRAYOGSHALA in large bold letters and then address...lying on the table next to Anjali's purse...K in towel picks it up. K Yeh kya hai? ANJALI Logon ko concentration camp mein le jaa kar maar rahe hain.. K Yeh card...It says PRAYOGSHALA... ANJALI (She wipes her tears, looks at him) Abbas ne diya tha...lekin tumhen iski zaroorat nahin hai... K Uska card hai? ANJALI Rehabilitation programme hai... K laughs... K Logon ke paas koi kaam nahin bacha hai karne ko... ANJALI Abbas ki unhonen chhudwayee..usne tumhen cigarette peena sikhaya tha?

K (interrupts her) Mujhe kisi ne cigarette peena nahin sikhaya...maine kisi se kutch nahin sikha, bus peeta hoon, jab pahli baar Abbas ne mujhe cigarette di thi matchis maine apni jeb se nikali thi...so...just quit it... CUT TO: 30- INT. DINNING TABLE, K'S HOUSE

-

DAY

He eats breakfast silently...A cigarette smokes itself...She just watches him. K Is baar Anniversary pe kya chahiye tumhen? She looks at him for a while and then... ANJALI Divorce... K looks at her silently,resumes eating... K Itna kharch karne ka irada nahin hai mera... CUT TO: 31- EXT. STREET K in his AMORE

DAY

SUV...music

playing...Dean

Martin

sings

THAT"S

CUT TO: 32- INT. HOSPITAL - DAY A man, in bed...K's brother...He is sleeping...An old woman sleeps next...As K walks in...He looks at both of them sleeping...He just sits there...He looks at an X-ray of the chest...One lung missing...He looks at both of them... CUT TO: 33- INT. DOCTOR'S CABIN, HOSPITAL - DAY A doctor sits across from K...he is wearing aid...doctor talks while he pours tea for K DOCTOR Unko kisi higher altitude par le ke jaayiyye...Yoga karwaiye...

a

hearing

Pranayam, koi problem nahin hogi... Yoga har cheez ka solution hai... K listens...Doctor pours tea for himself. DOCTOR Aap bhi bahut cigarette peete ho... Doodh? K looks at him...nods. DOCTOR Aap ki marzi hai...mujhe pata hai aapko pata hai...(takes a tea spoon of sugar) Its not good, main lecture nahin doonga... K Good... DOCTOR Aapke bhai ke liye hai...

achcha

nahin

K looks again. DOCTOR Ek suggestion doon...ek company hai ...Agency,Rehabilitation Programme. K Prayogshala... DOCTOR Aapko pata hai(laughs)mujhe nahi pata tha...main bhi cigarette peeta tha inse milne se pahle...apni maa ke liye chhodi...nahin to... Gently rubs his fingers...he takes out a card, puts next to it... DOCTOR Mil kyon nahin lete...100% smoke proof programme hai,cigarette, sharaab, daad, khaj, khujli, dhaatu, kamjori, har cheej ka ilaaj karte hain guruji baba bangali... bus tum jao ek baar...baad mein tumhare upar hai... K Sochta hoon... DOCTOR

Ismey sochna kya hai...aap bolo main aapke liye abhi appointment le leta hoon... K bhai ko kab le ja sakta hoon ? DOCTOR Abhi nahin... K Phir kabhi? DOCTOR Tabhi jabhi sabhi jayega...jaaoge?

theek

ho

K Kahaan... DOCTOR prayogshala... K just looks at him. CUT TO: 34- INT. WAITING ROOM, HOSPITAL- DAY ON TV.. A women...cornered...screams... WOMEN (screaming) Nahin...yahan mat aana... A bored looking man watches it the lobby as K passes with the doctor. CUT TO 35- EXT. PARKING, HOSPITAL - DAY K sits in his SUV...looks at the doctor... DOCTOR Please batana zaroor...agar jana ho toh... K drives off...doctor looks...disappointment written all over his face. CUT TO : 36- EXT. OFFICE BUILDING

- DAY

K arrives in his SUV...gets down...walks into the lobby... CUT TO: 37- INT. ELEVATOR, OFFICE BUILDING - DAY K rides in the elevator smoking...an old lady coughs... OLD LADY Can you please not smoke? K looks at her...looks at the digital display...presses the next floor...elevator arrives at the next floor...door open... K (to the lady) Take the stairs. He stares at her till she leaves. K Thank you! Elevator door shuts. CUT TO: 38- INT. OFFICE FLOOR, OFFICE - DAY K emerges from the elevator...walks through the office to various GOOD MORNINGS...stops outside his cabin, looks at the empty secretaries desk... K (to an employee) Annie kaha hai? EMPLOYEE Usne to phone kiya tha ki...voh sir ...aaj se kaam pe nahin aaayegi... K stares at him...Music CUT TO: 39- EXT. STREET -DAY K in his SUV...driving... CUT TO: 40- EXT. K'S HOUSE -

DAY

K comes home...rings the bell...no response...He takes out his keys...opens it...Goes in...No one in the house...

CUT TO: 41- INT. BEDROOM,

K'S HOUSE -DAY

He enters the bedroom...Looks around...It seems like something is missing next to the suitcases...He goes opens a cupboard...Its empty. CUT TO: 42- INT. BEDROOM, K'S HOUSE -DAY K on phone...waiting... K Where are you? INTER CUT: 43- INT. RESTAURANT -DAY ANJALI Home... K You are not Anjali...

home...kahan

ho

ANJALI Main ghar pe hoon...apne par...

tum

ghar

K Tumhara ghar yeh hai... She holds for a moment as in the background begins I BEG YOUR PARDON, I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN ANJALI Woh tumhara ghar hay K...tumhen jo karna wahan pe karo...cigarette jalao...gadde jalao, poore ghar ko ashtray bana do...jo karna hai karo... K You are leaving me... ANJALI I've left you... K How can you leaves me... ANJALI

leave

me...Nobody

I am nobody K...that is why I have left you...bye... She disconnects the phone and puts it off... CUT TO: K throws the phone...it bounces off the bed...He looks at it ...Walks to it, picks it up... CUT TO: 44- INT. RESTAURANT ONE -DAY Abbas sits at the restaurant...His phone rings...He looks at it... * Maybe looks at the waiter...Music change karo...(it does then...he picks up the phone) ABBAS Haan bol... CUT TO: 45- INT. BEDROOM - DAY K Yeh prayogshala cheez kya hai... ABBAS Kyon...(looks at across)

Anjali

sitting

K Bata na kya hai ?(Pacing up and down) ABBAS Ek baar ja kar dekh... K Batayega woh karte kya hain ? ABBAS Kabhi cigarette lagayega...

ko

haath

nahin

Looks at Anjali again..who looks at abbas intently... K Kyon nahin ? ABBAS Bus hai... K

Tera bilkul mann nahin karta peene ka...(or :teri bilkul nahin sulagti hai jab koi sulgata hai) ABBAS I swear...aur usse bhi badhiya baat pata hai...Kya energy hai...I feel so good... K Don't sell it to me...I am already sold... ABBAS Ek baar jaake dekh...main bhi gaya tha bus dekhne...cigarette chhod ke bahar nikla... K appointment lena padega? ABBAS Tu bol kab jaana hai...I will take an appointment for you... K Abhi... ABBAS Right now ? K A Tout De Suite... ABBAS Theek hai, tujhe jaana hai?

pata

hai

kahan

K Card hai mere paas... ABBAS Theek hai main bol deta hoon unko ...(he is happy)phone karta hoon ... Abbas shuts his phone...excited...dials a number while walking away from the table... ABBAS Hello...haan...ek aur mareej bhej raha hoon...Abbas...uska naam... lekin pahle...meri ungli ka kya... wapas milegi na...Good...ek ya do...OK...aur agar kal ko aapne bola use maine nahin bheja tha, ...Tracking number...haan...mujhe

paper dhoondne...ek minute...(take out a pen, writes it)OK...Thank you... Shuts the phone...smiles...stops one of the waiters.. ABBAS Cigarette peete ho ? WAITER Nahin... ABBAS Koi peeta hai to batana, bus ek aur chahiye... WAITER Matlab? ABBAS I love you... Waiter is confused...Abbas turns...looks towards the table where he was seated...Anjali sits there staring at him... CUT TO: 46- INT. RESTAURANT - DAY Anjali then puts her phone back on and abbas puts it off... it rings... ABBAS Uttha le...voh ja raha hai... ANJALI Hello... INTER CUT: 47- INT. HALL, K'S HOUSE - DAY K Aadhe ghante se try kar raha hoon ... ANJALI Bus paanch minute off kiya tha... K Tumhare paanch minute aadhe ghante the... ANJALI Bolo... K

mere

liye

Main cigarette chhod raha hoon... She is silent... K I swear... She is silent... K Please wapas aa jaao ... Anjali is silent... K Wapas aa jaao...main...main... koshish to kar raha hoon na... ANJALI Hmmm... K Hmmmm kya ... ANJALI Hmmmm OK... K Tum aa rahi ho... ANJALI Tum jaa rahe ho... K Haan... ANJALI Main aa rahi hoon... K Thanks... He puts the phone off... CUT TO: 48- INT. RESTAURANT - DAY She sits there thinking...Abbas in front...they exchange looks...She smiles. CUT TO: 49- EXT. OLD MARKET, STREET - DAY An old market street...As the SUV drives down...K looks out on the street, at the address...24, 22, 20...He

stops...looks up...It's a carpet shop...KALKATTA CARPETS...There is an old man with beard sitting there...behind a rickety table on a rickety chair...On radio plays...main zindagi kaa saath... Carpets hanging on the wall...It's noon...K looks at his card ...looks again...stops a passer by... K Boss...yeh pata bataoge kahan hai? PASSER BY (looks at it, looks back at him) Mazak kar rahe ho? K Nahin... PASSER BY (Looks at the shop, looks at him) Tum mazak kar rahe ho? K Nahin...sach bol raha hoon... PASSER BY (stares at him) Nahin maloom... He gives the card back...walks on... CUT TO: 50- EXT.INT. KALKATTA

CARPETS - DAY

K gets out of his SUV...walks to the shop...to the Old man ...who is sleepy... K Chacha...Hello uncle...Old (shakes him)Excuse me...

man...

When he shakes the man...the chair breaks,the man falls down... Shit...

K Man looks angrily at K... K Sorry... Old man looks at him... K

(puts the card) mujhe yahan jaana hai... Old man looks at his face, then at the table, pulls out a drawer...which inside of it has a touch screen...touches it, on the screen...waits... K Koi secret society hai...bahut chhupa chhupa ke hota hai sab yahan... Old man smile...

gives

him

another

look

and

smiles

a

sinister

K Kya kuch...koi joke bola maine? Old man sees K's face appear on the screen...gets up... OLD MAN Aaiye... Old man walks, behind the carpets, from between them... reaches a bare room and pulls up a entry to the basement. K Yeh kya hai? OLD MAN Jo aap dhoondh rahe hain ... K Neeche? Old man nods...K looks at him and steps into it...He goes down...Old man happily shuts it and locks it. CUT TO: 51- INT. BASEMENT, KALKATTA

CARPETS -DAY

Iron ladder goes down...As K slowly climbs down the ladder ...In the darkness...He sees light at the end of it...He climbs down the thick pipe line...and emerges. CUT TO: 52- INT. HUTMENT, SLUMS - DAY From the chimney inside a old hutment...He stops for a while ...He is again on ground level...But he has actually descended...He looks around...Its a regular slum house...A woman sits outside...Peeling feathers of a chicken...Woman leans back... WOMAN

Aadab... K Yeh... WOMAN Abbas sahab ne bheja hai aapko... K Yeh kaun si jagah hai... WOMAN Seedha chale jaiye... He steps out of the hutment...Sees an alley...A plane passes overhead... CUT TO: 53- EXT. ALLEY,SLUMS

- DAY

As he walks slowly...Its creepy...From the houses on the side of the alley...Peoples are peeping out at him...staring silently...There are some men without fingers. As he keeps walking...He comes to another room...The same woman he saw earlier who is now putting the chicken in masala...She looks at him... WOMAN Aadab... K Aap ko...abhi wahan... WOMAN Abbas saheb ne bheja hai aapko... Abbas... K Ji...Lekin... WOMAN Sidhe chalye jayiye... K Prayogshala... WOMEN Guruji wahan baithe hain... K looks...All he see is another extension of an alley ... K Wahan kahan... He turns to the women who is not there any more...She appears in front of him...

WOMEN Mere saath aaiyye.... He follows her...Slowly...Seeing people on the sides. K Yeh log kaun hain... She walks silently ... K Kaun hain yeh log...Mujhe kyun dekh rahe hain... She is silent...Walking... K Hello...Main aap se pooch raha hoon? Suddenly somebody makes a puch-puch sound...K turns... Nothing...A hand pulls him from behind... CUT TO : 54- INT. GURUJI'S ROOM, PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS - DAY Its a bare room...He is pulled into...Four men stand there ...one shuts the door... ONE MAN Baithiye... There is just a stool and a charpoy...He sits on the stool ...Charpoy is empty... MAN Guruji aayenge abhi... A loud scream goes on inside... K Kya ho raha hai andar... Man doesn't answer...Tells something to another man who walks to the door and shuts it... K Guruji kaun hain? MAN Shri shri Shri Guru Ghantaal...Baba Bangali...Sialdah waale The door suddenly opens and the same woman enters...a man walks out...Kajal in eyes...in Baniyaan and Lungi.

Surgical gloves in hand, all bloody...He walks in...Looks at K...Stops...Takes off his gloves...Drops it in a plate a man holds...Dips his hand in water that another one holds...Then puts his arm out...The woman gives him the doctors coat... And stethoscope... GURUJI (Sits on the charopy) Bolo... K Main...Mera naam K hai... GURUJI Cigarette chhodna chahte ho... K Ji... GURUJI Chhodwa denge... K Main actually bus dekhne aaya tha... Guruji smiles... GURUJI Yehi to samasya hai aaj ke bachchon ke saath...Bus dekhna hi chahte hain...Pahli baar cigarette pee kar dekhte hain kaisa lagta hai...Phir pata hi nahin chalta ke kab dikhayee dena band ho gaya... K just looks on... GURUJI Yahan dekhne koi nahin aata...Jo aata hai Dhoomrapaan yahin chhod kar jata hai...Cigarette, bidi, gutkha, tambakoo...Chharon prakar ka ilaaj hai...Baba Bangali ke paas... K Aaap karte kya hain? GURUJI Raai ka pahaad banata hoon, Jungle ko jhaad banata hoon aur kabhi kabhi marizon ko bimari se mukt karta hoon... A medical certificate hangs on the backside of the Guruji...

GURUJI Sarkari pramaan patra hai...Jis mantri ne diya tha hamara pahela mareez tha... K Haan lekin karte kya hain...Kaise chhudwate hain...Sir pe bandook rakh ke... Guru ji laughs loudly..laughs for a whole one minute,as K watches him, looks curiously at the dwarf and the tall man..as Guruji suddenly stops laughing.. GURUJI Nahin K Nahin kya? GURUJI Bandook ki jaroorat uthhaigeeron, Dakaiton ko padti hai, hamein nahin(looks at a man)Ayye ...Chaurasiya...Sarkar ko contract nahin dikhaya... CHAURASIYA Ji nahin... GURUJI To wahan khade rahnein se tumhara size thode badh jaayega..jaao le kar aao,dikhao...(looks at K)subkuch likhit hai...Ji bhar ke adhyayan kar lijiye... K looks... As Chaurasiya wheels in a thick book...In front of K. K looks at it...it has a maroon cover...On which is written in golden letters...Guru Granthavali... K Yeh poora padhna padega? GURUJI Hindi wala samajh mein na aaye to Angrezi mein bhi hai...Guide for the dummies.. K Kaafi mota hai ... GURUJI

Bhaiyya ab yeh kya hai ki...Poori Mahabharat hai... moti to hogi hi ...Agar sankshipt mein dekhna chahte ho...To hamare paas ek raajgopalachari bhi hai...Mangwayen? He nods... GURUJI Bhaasha kaun si padh sakenge... K English... Guruji looks at the man...Who goes in...brings a Paper and puts it in front of him... K takes it and reads... K I hereby agree to do whatever I am asked to do in order to successfully quit smoking...I am getting into this programme knowingly exactly the risk my smoking will pose to me and my family...Thanks...K As Guruji translates... GURUJI Matlab ki jo hum tumko bolenge woh tum karoge...Bina sankoch... K Lekin aap bolenga kya? GURUJI Woh sab likha hai ismein...Vedvyas ne... K Aap bhi to bata sakte hain... GURUJI Zaroor...Lekin tum pahle is par dastakhat karo tab batayenge... K Maine sign kar diya aur aap ne sir pe rivolver rakh di to... GURUJI (suddenly edgy) Dastakhat karo na sarkar...Kyon bahes karte ho...

K (feeling threatened) Aur nahin karoon to? Guruji smiles... K Kya... Guruji looks at man behind...Two of them come and picks K up... K Arre...kya kar rahe ho... CUT TO : 55- INT. ANOTHER ROOM,MAGICIAN BOX, PRAYOGSHALA,SLUMS - DAY Two of the men drag K...Through the door into another room room looks like a magicians box...Shove him in...and fold the box...Into nothing... As if K disappears... They leave whatever is left behind...And walks out and shut the door... BLACK SCREEN Hold...Sound of clock ticking... Door opens... Same two men walk in...Unfold the magician box... Open it...Take K out who is now fainted... Drag him out and shut the door... Black Screen... Hold... FADE IN 56- INT. GURUJI'S ROOM, PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS - DAY K is lying on the charpai...He opens his eyes...Guruji is on the stool ... GURUJI Utho K... He sits up...Looks around...

GURUJI Hamare is dhumrapan tyag karne ke karyakram ke pehle charan mein tumhara swagat hai K...Yahan hamaari prayogshala mein yeh hamari zimmedari hogi ke hum tumhari cigarette pine ki tivra ichchha ko, tumhari is gair zimmedarana aadat ko sampoorn roop se khatm kar denge ...Aur agar hum apni koshish mein chhooke aur tumhara ilaaj karne mein asafal rahen to phir hamare saamne bus ek hi rasta bachhega jis pe koi chalna nahin chahega...Kyon ki beta aatma hai to sharir ishwar hai...Aatma nahin to nashwar hai... Aatma... He stands up... GURUJI Antaraatma...bhogi hoti hai...Lekin ...Mann mazboot ho to aatma par kaabu kiya jaa sakta hai...Aur yadi ...Mann hi kamzor hai to bekaboo aatma ko phir jhaad phoonk kar mukt karna padta hai...Laazmi hai... K (Looks at him) Mujhe kya huwa tha... GURUJI Kutch nahin...(picks up the paper) ab jab tumne is par dastakhat kar hi diya hai to us par bhi kar do ... K looks...It is his cheque book...He opens it... K Yeh meri cheque book hai... Guruji smiles and hands the paper to Chaurasiya... K looks at it... K Pachchis laakh... GURUJI Hamari fees... K Pachchis laakh... GURUJI

Kyon ? Usmein kutch aur likha hai ... K Meri cigarrete chhudwane ki fees pachchis laakh? GURUJI Bahut mehnat lagti hai... K Mera deemag kharab huwa hai kya... Mere paas kya baantne ke liye paise rakhe hain...Pachchis laakh... GURUJI Baar baar pachchis laakh bolne se chaubis nahin ho jayenge... K (Looks at him) Matlab agar koi garib cigarrete chhodna chahta hai to us se bhi pachchis laakh lete ho... GURUJI Usko subsidy milti hai...(gestures towards a photograph) sarkaar ki taraf se... A framed photograph of Baba Bengali accepting a certificate from the health minister Ramadoss adorns one of the walls. K Lekin pachchis laakh... GURUJI Tumhen pata hai ki tum apni is dhumrapaan ki aadat ki wajah se kitna dhan vyarth kar chhuke ho ... K looks at him... GURUJI Chaurasiya... Chaurasiya looks at Guruji. GURUJI Picture lagao inki... Chaurasiya nods and moves in...followed by another... CUT TO : Chaurasiya comes to a door, unlocks it...And enters...

CUT TO: 57- INT. LIBRARY,PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS

- DAY

A big huge library...VHS Library...Extremely high ceiling... Some pigeon flies off.. CHAURASIYA Batti jala... The other man walks to the switch board...puts it on... CUT TO: Chaurasiya slides a ladder on wheel... CHAURASIYA Kaun akshar se naam hai mariz ka... OTHER MAN Ka... CHAURASIYA (looks around) Ka... OTHER MAN Kha se pahele... CHAURASIYA Yahan angrezi mein hai...La se pahele...K...L...Idhar...Pakad ise ... Man holds the ladder as Chaurasiya climbs up... CHAURASIYA (Reads) Laal Bahadur, Laali Dhanwal...udhar le...Chal... As the man pushes the Ladder...Chaurasiya reads...Comes to K. CHAURASIYA Rok... Man stops...Chaurasiya picks out a tape and throws it down... CHAURASIYA Jhhad ise... CUT TO : 58- INT. GURUJI'S ROOM,PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS - DAY

A small TV with VCR attached to it...As Chaurasiya puts the tape in it...Presses play...It doesn't show... GURUJI Maar ise... Chaurasiya hits the TV...An image appears... 59- MONTAGE GURUJI Abbas ne jab paheli baar tumko cigarette di...Dekhne ke liye... machisiya tumne apni jeb se nikali thi...Uska daam tab tha pachhas paise...Panwadi ki dukaan tak jane ka tumhara indhan ka kharcha...Maa bauji se chhupane ki liye jo tum mukhwaas...Mint kharidte the... Cigarette pite pite phir tumne bumbhole shuru kiya...Aur ek baar milawat wala Gaanja pine se tumhara bumbhole ho gaya...Aspatal le jaana pada us baar to bus aspatal ka bill tha...Tumhara pet saaf karne ka dedh laakh...har astray...machis, lighter,bidi aur phir mota wala bida, cigar, har khansi jo tumhe cigarrete se hui...Har glycodine, phensydyl,Korex,har strepsil, Erithromycin, Augmentin...har bimari jo tumhen is cigarrete se huwi...jitni baar tumhen tumhare client ne...Tumhen dhumrapaan karne se mana kiya aur tum meeting isthagit karke chale gaye... Usmein tumhara nuksaan, tumhari patni ki bimari...Tumhare bhai ke asthama mein tees pratishat tumhare hisse ka hai...Ek baar chaalis hazar ki cheeni silk ki tie jalayee ...Char baar apne gadde jalaye... Is cigarette ki wajah se ... Tumhari dhande ka karodon ka nuksaan alag kar ke...Tumhara kharcha huwa hai...Taintees laakh chhiyalis hazar aath sau chhabbis rupye aur pachhhattar paise... Aur ab bhi nahin roka to itna aur dhan tum vyarth karoge...agle Saat saalon mein...toh... Puts the TV off... GURUJI Tumhen isse nijaat dilane ka... Pachchis laakh ziyada nahin hai beta...

K just looks at Guruji mesmerized...Guruji at him... GURUJI Dastakhat kar do... K keeps looking... CUT TO : K signs the cheque...gives it to him...He give it to Chaurasiya... K Ab kya karna hoga ... GURUJI Khade ho... K stands up...Guruji walks upto him...Starts checking his pocket...Take out a cigarette packet...Gives it to the woman who takes it... GURUJI Kutch nahin...Bus aaj ke baad... (looks at him) NO ISMOKING .... Dhoomrapaan nished... K Matlab... GURUJI Matlab ki...Aaj ke baad tum kabhi cigarette nahin peeyoge...Chhup ke bhi nahin... He walks to the TV...Takes other tape that Chaurasiya gets with him...puts it in VCR... GURUJI Stool yahan kheench lo... K comes to the TV sits down...Guruji plays it...Smacks the TV. GURUJI Aur agar tumne cigarrete pi to ... Peheli cigarette jo tum jalaoge ... Visual on screen...An old woman in a glass chamber ... GURUJI Tumhare bhai ko haspatal se yahan laa kar...Yeh pata hai kya hai ... K Kya hai...

GURUJI Dwitiya vishwa yudh ke samay Hitler naam ka ek aadmi tha... chhoti chhoti moonchein thi... K Pata hai... GURUJI Guru maanta hoon main unko... Unhone ijaad kiya tha yeh...Gas Chamber... He sees the pipe releases smoke...Woman suffocating. GURUJI Yeh tumhare doctor ki amma hain... Aur yeh jo dhoonva hai...Cigarette ka dhoonva hai...Aaj tak jitni hazaar cigarette tumne pee hai... Uska sab dhoonva mila ke paanch minat tak tumhare bhai ko ismein saans leni padegi...Achche achchoon ke phephde phat pade hain ismein ...Aur tumhaare bhai ka to suna ek hi bacha hai... As he sees the woman suffocating and falling and doctor's face...Enlarged behind it... K Wah... GURUJI Aur phir bhi mann mazboot nahin huwa aur tumhare bekaabu haath ne doosri cigarette jalai to... CUT TO: Visual changes...Abbas on TV screen... GURUJI Pehchhana...tumhara lekhak dost Abbas...Batao jis ungli se kalam pakadta hai...Usi se cigarrete bhi pita tha...Galat baat hai... CUT TO: 60- INT. ANOTHER ROOM ,PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS - DAY His friend Abbas...his two fingers held on the table...He is screaming... ABBAS

Main kasam khata hoon...kasam khata hoon main kabhi koshish bhi nahin karoonga cigarette chhune ki...I swear...Please meri ungliyaan mat kaato... His fingers are kept, held together as a big knife is brought down...Bleeding from his hands...He howls. CUT TO: 61- INT. GURUJI'S ROOM,PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS - DAY He puts the TV off... GURUJI Abhi ek ungli se type karta hai... K looks at him... GURUJI Aur teesri pi to...Beta Peene se pahele apni dharam patni ko achchi tarah se mann mein basa lena kyon ki...Woh phir aankho se ojhal ho jayegi...Aur phir bhi mann nahin mana aur chauthi sulga-li to gas chamber se tumhara bhai bacha to woh aur nahin bacha to tumhari amma...achchi tarah seene se laga lena sulgane se pahele...Aur phir bhi tum laaton ke bhoot nikle to beta...Bachchon ki zidd ke saamne to akbar bhi shahenshah nahin rahe...Hai ki nahin... Sits down... GURUJI Paanchvi tum peena ji bhar ke... Koi nahin rokega...Kyon ke phir uske baad to beta aatma hai to sharir Ishwar...Aatma nahin to sharir nashwar... K Aap mazaak kar rahe hain... GURUJI Chutkulon ki umar ab rahi nahin hamari... K You can't do this...This is illegal ...Gairkanooni hai... GURUJI

Shauk se thane jaa sakte ho, contract mein aisa kutch nahin hai jo tumhein bahar kutch karne se rokta hai...Police ke paas jaa sakte ho...Hum ko jaan se maar sakte ho...Jo chhahe kar sakte ho ...Lekin cheque bounce nahin kar sakte ho...Aur No Ismoking... (smiles) K looks at him... K Aap pagal ho... Guruji smiles...Turns and walks into the door...Followed by his men except the woman... K Hello...Main yahan contract sign karne nahin aaya tha...Mujhe cigarette nahin chhodni hai... He runs to the door which Chaurasiya shuts on him... He looks at the woman... K Yeh log aisa nahin kar sakte hain ... WOMAN Aaiye... She walks to the door...K follows. K Tum sun rahi ho...Main kya kah raha hoon...Yeh aisa nahin kar sakte hain... She just stands there...K looks at her...His back to the door ... K Main tumse baat kar raha hoon... A hand from behind pulls him out...Door shuts ... CUT TO: 62- EXT. ALLEY, SLUMS - DAY K in the alley...Now its completely empty...He knocks at the door...Its an eerie silence...K walks...He turns there is no one...All door closed...

K Hello...Koi hai... Only one door is open, sound of TV...He walks to the door same hut from which he came down...TV plays...No one...He sees the ladder and starts to climbs up... CUT TO: 63- INT. KALKATTA

CARPETS - DAY

Man hole is open...He comes out in the carpet shop...He sees the carpet loaded on the SUV...Old man turns to him... OLD MAN Aapka Bill ... K looks at the bill...As he sees the cost of the carpet is 25 lacs...He turns to the old man who has pulled the shutter down...K stands there... CUT TO: 64- EXT. KALKATTA CARPET,STREET - NOON Carpet loaded in the SUV...K sits at the wheel...Silently for a while...then starts his SUV and drives off... CUT TO: 65- EXT. STREET - NOON K drives his SUV...looks at the phone...Finally network...He dials Abbas's number. CUT TO: 66- INT. ABBAS'S FLAT - NOON Phone ringing somewhere...A hand comes picks it up. It is Abbas...He looks at, who is calling...puts the phone down... doorbell rings...He walk...we follows...opens the door...parcel at door step...he picks it up...shuts the door...walks to the table...unwrapped box...He opens it...A middle finger in it...Abbas picks the finger, puts it at the point it had severed off ...finger has a thick ring...at the lower edge of it...He puts them...takes off the ring...Finger is intact... CUT TO: The ring is thrown in the bin...It self destructs...Phone keeps ringing all the while. CUT TO: 67- EXT. STREET - NOON

K holding the phone...No one picks it up...He disconnects... K Bastard... As he keeps driving and thinking...He dials Doctor... CUT TO: 68- INT. DOCTOR'S CABIN, HOSPITAL - NOON DOCTOR (picks up the phone) Haan K... K Main gaya tha... DOCTOR Kahan ? K Prayogshala... Silence... DOCTOR Mujhe bol ke jaana chahiye tha... K Kyon? DOCTOR Maine bola tha na... K Maine dekha, tumhari maa ke saath kya kiya unhon-ne... He is silent... K Mujhe bataya kyon nahin ? DOCTOR (upset) Tumne bhi toh nahin bataya...jaane se pahele... He is silent... K Inko pata kaise chalega agar maine cigarette pi to... DOCTOR

Please K...jo karna...

bhi

karo...yeh

mat

K Nahin, pata kaise chalega, chaubis ghante tum kaise kisi pe nazar rakh sakte ho... DOCTOR Unko pata chal jata hai K...unko pata chal jata hai...Please meri baat maano...apne se pahle apna ghar walon ko marte huwe nahin dekhna chahte ho to haath mat lagana... K Main haanth kya muh lagaoonga, tum dekhna...How can they do this... unko pata hai This is illegal ...Police ko bola to phir... DOCTOR Press nahin chhapega...Police ko bolega woh vishwas nahin karenge ...tum pahle aadmi nahin ho jisne yeh sab karne ki koshi ki hogi ...Please meri baat maano... mat koshish karna... K is silent... DOCTOR Achcha ek baat poochhun...wahan jaane se pahle kisi ko bola tha... kisi ne appointment liya tha... tumhare liye... K Haan... DOCTOR (suddenly flares up) Mujhe kyon nahin bola...maine bhi to bola tha...tumhen, main bhi to appointment le sakta tha, meri maan pata hai...(breaks down)meri wajah se...maine bhi to khoya hai kuch K (looks at the phone in a weird way) I think you are losing it Doctor ...bye... He cuts the phone...He looks ahead...

CUT TO: 69- EXT. STREET - NOON A little small family car on the road. CUT TO: Close...A father drives...A woman sits next to him...in the back seat is a little girl...on a ventilator...(Oxygen mask) CUT BACK TO: K...He re-adjusts his rear view mirror...checks the car behind...none looks suspicious...He rotates his side view mirrors...Nope...nothing...He looks at his glove compartment, opens it...Some kind of wonderful...plays in the background. A cigarette packet peeks out at him...he thinks... picks the packet, opens it, takes out a cigarette...puts the packet back...shoves the dashboard close...and puts the solitary cigarette on the dashboard...looks at it...Then he picks it up, puts it between his lips...takes out a lighter ...He sweats...He is uncertain, anxious, yet determined... Eyes flitting about,looking for a sign of someone...None... He brings the lighter close...licks it...BOOOOOOM... A very loud sound...The sound of the click of the lighter is like a suicide bomber exploding...with that glass shattering sound...All the windscreen and glasses in the car breaks are thrown outwards...The force is so much, it break the back wind screen of the small family car...K applies breaks and looks...In the small family car...The little kid turns, complete with an oxygen mask...looks straight at K...Glass shards stuck to her face and she gestures..."Please don't try to smoke"...The car goes on... CUT TO : K shocked...Cigarette unlit, still dangling from his lips ...Lighter in his hand...SUV has stopped...People gathered around...Sound of a police siren...K keeps sitting...numb ...COMFORTABLY NUMB...The Cop comes...Opens the door...we don't hear what he says...He hears nothing...Cop keeps talking...K looks at them...Not understanding anything...K looks at the lighter and licks it...nothing...Cop takes it ...He clicks the lighter lights his own cigarette...offers to light K's...K declines...Cop nods his head,to tell K to come with him...As K moves... FADE OUT. FADE IN: 70- INT. DOCTOR'S CABIN, HOSPITAL - NOON K getting...earphones...

DOCTOR Bola tha mat karna...kal tak theek ho jayega...(K looks at the doctor, whose hearing aid is still on him)Ho jana chahiye... K gets up...lost... K Yeh lighter mere paas do mahine se hai... DOCTOR Meri to maachis thi ship ki...aur main bhi tha ship pe...POTA mein ander jana pada tha...aath mahine... As K walks...Cop him...

waits

outside

for

him...Cop

smiles

at

CUT TO : 71- EXT. HOSPITAL - NOON K sits in the cab...carpet on top of it...Cab moves... CUT TO: 72- INT. CAB, STREET - NOON K sitting in the back seat...looks at the driver who is wearing dark glasses. CUT TO: 73- EXT. OFFICE BUILDING - NOON Cab arrives at the office building...He gets down...As he walks in...Two people unload the carpet...The watchman gets up and salutes him...K looks at him, stops...looks back at the cab, which is gone, he looks back at the watchman... Watchman looks exactly like the cab driver, completely with the dark glasses...Carpet carrying people pass by... K Tum ? WATCHMAN Haan saab... K Tumko pahele kabhi nahin dekha... WATCHMAN

Main to do mahine se idhar hoon sahab... K Chashma kyon pahen rakha hai ? WATCHMAN Aankh aayee hai... K looks at him...moves...stops...Watchman laughs... K Tumhara koi bhai bhi hai? WATCHMAN Hum log nau bhai bahen hain... baaki sub gaaon mein hain...Main aur meri bahen ke alawa...koi baat hai sahab? K Nahin... He walks to the elevator...four-five people waiting they all greet him...Elevator arrives...All of them get in... CUT TO: 74- INT. ELEVATOR, OFFICE BUILDING - NOON It stops at a floor...Except K and one more person...all leave...K stands...senses the other man behind him...He slowly turns...Same face...same dark glasses...K is furious... K Yeh kya mazak hai ? MAN Ji sir... P.S: The man in dark glasses will always have a different voice. K Mera peechha kyon kar rahe ho tum log... MAN Peechha Sir... K Yeh Chashma kyon pahen rakha hai, utaaro ise... The man takes off this glasses...

K Naam kya hai ? MAN Raj Kumar Gupta...baat sir...

kya

hai

K Tumko woh hai...

baba

bangali

ne

bheja

MAN Baba bangali kaun sir? K Dekho...(holds him by the collar) Natak mat karo mere saath... Elevator stops at the designated floor... K Tum log jo khel rahe ho mere saath, mujhe bilkul bhi maza nahin aa raha hai... MAN Lekin maine kiya kya hai, main to yahan naukri ke liye aaya hoon .... A very sexy woman,appears behind him... ANNIE Sir...any problems... K Kaun hai yeh aadmi ? ANNIE Yes... MAN Main interview ke liye aaya tha... your office called me...I'm... (takes out his CV) I had applied ...I was supposed to meet...Mr. ...Mr...I don't know...Mr. some alphabet... "Mister some alphabet"...No one says that about K...and we know it with the way...everyone looks at him...Silence... K You are fired... CUT TO: Man in the elevator...Doors shuts on him...

CUT TO: 75- INT. OFFICE FLOOR, OFFICE BUILDING - NOON K walks with the secretary through the office...Secretary is played by the same women as the wife...Annie K Yahan par koi aadmi kabhi dark glasses pahen kar aayega usko nikal diya jaayega...doosri baat...us aadmi ki shakl dekhi thi? ANNIE Yes Sir... K Us shakl ka ek aadmi mujhe nahin chahiye, apne aas-paas, is office mein, is building mein... OK...

ANNIE K Fire the watchman .... ANNIE Ji... K Fire the watchman... They enter the cabin...As the two people carrying the carpet leave...She shuts...the door...new carpet stands in a corner ...turns around opens her hair... ANNIE Aapke kaan mein kya hai? K Hearing aid...temporary... She puts down the blinds... ANNIE Aap itna pareshaan kyon ho... K Mera dimaag kharab ho gaya hai...I am having a bad day... SECRETARY Oh poor baby... She walks to him, he holds her, they're about to kiss...Phone rings... Her hands finds the phone...shows it

to him in front of his eyes...Its Abbas....He unlocks his eyes. K I have to take it .... He pushes her down...sound of zipper... K (takes the phone) Kahan phanswa diya tu ne mujhe? INTERCUT: 76- INT. ABBAS'S FLAT - DAY ABBAS Tune phone kiya tha... K Tujhe pata tha...saale, teri ungliyaan kati to meri bhi katwana chahta hai...what did you think you were doing...How can you do that? Sound of a second zipper, K looks down...Annie is taking out his boots. ABBAS Main kuch nahin kar sakta yaar... main woh kar raha tha jo mujhe bola tha karne ko? K Kya bola tha karne ko ? K lifts his legs, as she takes off his socks,he hops to maintain his balance. ABBAS Main nahin bata sakta...aur meri maan to tu bhi kisi ko mat bol... woh Shri Shri Shri jo bhi Baba Bangali hai...woh paagal hai aur kutch bhi kar sakta hai... K Tune mujhe kyon bheja ? ABBAS Yaar,I am sorry is all I can say... K Tujhe chhodoonga saale...

nahin

main

K falls down on his face trying to maintain balance.

ABBAS Tu mil mujhe, phone pe nahin baat kar sakta...shaam ko mil... CUT TO : K listens...shuts the phone...looks at her...she is anxious... he gets up...holding her hair...pulls her up...turns her around...puts her face on the table. CUT TO: Stay on her face...as she nervously anticipates...his hand still holding her face down...and then she gasps. FADE OUT FADE IN 77- EXT. SOME BAR - NIGHT Lots of people leaving the bar. A corner outside where people smoke...A board behind them says : IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY RULE NEVER TO SMOKE WHEN ASLEEP AND NEVER TO REFRAIN WHEN AWAKE - MARK TWAIN Guys smoking, look happy...They are laughing as K enters looking at them...longingly...Abbas comes from behind... ABBAS Mat dekh...chal andar... CUT TO: 78- INT. SOME BAR - NIGHT Bar now empty...Abbas and K have drunk a lot...Silence... ABBAS Woh bhi kya din the...jab hum kahin bhi cigarette pi sakte the... K Hmm...tune chheen liye mere din... ABBAS Yaad hai...ek baar mere baap ke bathroom mein chhup kar pi rahe the aur baap aa gaya tha, humne cigarette ko, pot mein daal kar kitni koshish ki flush karne ki aur woh nahin flush huwa...baap bahar

thak thak kar raha tha...aur hum khol nahin rahe the...Finally humne usmein se nikaal kar... CUT TO: 79- SITCOM-1(INT. BATHROOM, AABAS'S FLAT - DAY) TO BE SHOT IN A STUDIO ON A SET ON DIGIBETA K and Abbas in the bathroom smoking...dressed like children...with braces and oiled hair combed closer to the scalp...cut to Abbas's father knocks at the door..he drops the cigarette.. LAUGH TRACK Its on tv..Abbas takes out the butt... and around...hides it in the room freshner's cap... spraying little of it...Door banging... VOICE Abbas andar kya darwaza khol...

kar

raha

looks after

hai...

ABBAS Haan Dad...one minute... Door opens...after a while...Father looks at him, notices K..as K pulls his undies.. Father reacts.. LAUGH TRACK FATHER Tum dono...bathroom mein... Looks at their shorts...Abbas's nada open... LAUGH TRACK K pulling up his undies again... FATHER Kya kar rahe the? ABBAS Kutch nahin Dad ... K Bathroom kar rahe the...(his hands move like, involuntarily, gesturing smoking) LAUGH TRACK FATHER (Worried)

then

Dekh beta...mujhe pata hai tum log bade ho rahe ho...curious ho...sex jo hota hai woh...ek aadmi aur ek aurat...baki sab unnatural hota hai, baki sab prakriti ke khilaaf... Abbas knows where he is going... ABBAS Hum log cigarette pi rahe the papa ... LAUGH TRACK FATHER Kya ? ABBAS Hum log cigarette pi rahe the... Father gets emotional...hugs him... FATHER Mujhe pata tha, mujhe pata tha mera beta koi galat kaam nahin karega ...bus cigarette pi rahe the... piyo...piyo...main bhi piyunga... (laughs loud, like a big relief) cigarette... CUT TO: 80- INT. SOME BAR - NIGHT People watching the TV sitting at the bar laugh..As camera moves to them laughing... ABBAS Kya din tha yaar woh bhi... K just looks at him... ABBAS Saala kitna maza aata tha...koi rok tok nahin thee... K Tujhe dekh ke taras aata hai... ABBAS Kya... K Haal dekh apna...woh Abbas aur yeh, Tyre mein se saari hawa nikal gayee

hai...badal baad...

gaya

hai

shaadi

ke

Abbas looks on... K Main cigarette piyunga... ABBAS Kya... K Chahe kutch ho jaye...dekhta hoon woh kahan tak mujh par nazar rakhte hain...Saala main...main cigarette pi ke rahoonga...tu dekhna... He gets up... ABBAS K... K walks out... ABBAS (to himself) Mat karna K... FADE OUT. FADE IN 81- INT. BATHROOM, K'S HOUSE -

DAY

Bath tub with rose petals...K lies in it...He is thinking... Behind him is a light bulb...which is off...As we track to him...The bulb lights up...He smiles... CUT TO: 82- INT. BEDROOM, K'S HOUSE -

DAY

Anjali sits in the bedroom...She slowly turns to the bedroom door...As the door opens with elan...K stands there is a towel... K Eureka... CUT TO: He picks Anjali and dances with her...to "Smoke gets in your eyes" She doesn't understand why ... ANJALI Tum aaj cigarette nahin pi rahe ho?

K Har cheez ka sahi waqt aur sahi jagah hoti hai... ANJALI Matlab... He rolls her and she falls on the bed...He jumps on her... She laughs... ANJALI Kya huwa ? K Tumhen pata hai frustration aur panic mein kya fark hota hai... ANJALI Kya... K Frustration tab hoti hai jab pahli baar karne ke baad tumhen pata chal jata hai ki tum doosri baar nahin kar sakte ho aur panic tab hota hai jub doosri baar karte samaye ehsaas hota hai ki tum pahli baar bhi nahin kar paaye the... ANJALI Kya nahin kar paaye the? He smiles... ANJALI Yeh tumhare kaan mein kya hai? K Frustration... ANJALI Tumhen kya ho gaya hai ? K Pyar... Kisse ...?

ANJALI K Woh jo chali gayee... ANJALI Kaun ? K HUMM...nahin boloonga...

ANJALI Mujhe kutch samajh mein nahin aa raha hai... K Tum mere saath ho? ANJALI Haan... K To Samajhne ki koshish karo...be my wife...aur achchi patni woh hoti hai jo apne pati ke peeche har us musibat mein khadi rahti hai jo musibat use nahin hoti, agar woh us se shaadi nahin karta... He smiles... ANJALI Tum wapis cigarette nahin soch rahe?

pine

ki

to

K Paagal ho...main aur cigarette... He laughs...She is confused and worried. Scene has to be spiced up. FADE OUT FADE 83- INT. OFFICE FLOOR, OFFICE BUILDING - DAY K walks through the office follows by the Annie... K Mujhe yahan se jo bhi flights jahan bhi jaati hai sab par book karo aur phir wahan se jo bhi flight jahan bhi jaati hai us par bhi book karo ...har destination se har destination par...uske baad jo bhi destination hai wahan se jo bhi destination pe main jaa sakta hoon sab par book karo... They enter the cabin, she locks it opens her hair... K

IN

Aur saare ticket, Alag alag boxes mein... Spreads a sheet...she closes the blind...The sheet is the world Aerospace plan... K Jaise...yahan se saare ticket yahan ke box mein upar likhna Paris... London se saare ticket London ke box mein likhna London...Har jagah se jitne ticket, jahan ke bhi hon ...aur airport ka naam likh ke us box mein daalo...aur woh box mujhe usi airport par milna chahiye, wahan ek aadmi hona chahiye... She takes off her coat... K Jo mujhe utarte hi milega... ANNIE Aap jaa kahan rahe ho ? K Mujh nahin pata... Matlab ?

ANNIE K Matlab ki jab mujhe nahin pata main kahan ja raha hoon...to us Hitler ki aulaad ko kahan se pata chalega ... ANNIE Aap jaa kyon rahe ho ? K looks at her... K Do you smoke after sex... ANNIE (with a smile) I don't know I never looked... K Do you smoke? ANNIE (with a smile again) I sweat... Starts to open the buttons of her shirt.

K Kapde kyon utaar rahi ho? ANNIE Kyon aap...matlab...I thought... K Don't think...get the tickets... for tomo...kal ke liye,go now... ANNIE (she is disappointed, wears them, turns) Ok... K (dials a number) Aur suno... ANNIE Yes... K Main jab wapas aaongaa...laut ke ...I will make love to you at seven O'clock...If I am late...start without me...Hello...Abbas... She just stands there... CUT TO: 84- EXT. STREET - DAY K is in his car...drives down in his car...Annie with him... Music...Smoke Smoke Smoke that cigarette by the immortal Tex William fills the air. CUT TO: 85- EXT.

AIRPORT - DAY

MONTAGE He walks into the airport...Annie following with a box...He stops, looks at her...she opens the box...He puts his hand in, picks one out... K Bye... And he drops his mobile phone in the box...He walks straight ahead to a counter,gives his ticket and passport...she looks at him...he is grinning... WOMAN First time...

K No... WOMAN (returns the ticket) There... He looks...Another airline...He points an asks again "there" she nods...He walks to the other counter... CUT

TO:

Annie watches... CUT TO: Plane flies... CUT TO: People come out of a plane so is K...A man holding the box in foreground...K comes puts his hand in the box...takes the ticket... CUT TO: Planes flies... CUT TO: Map...A zigzag line criss crosses the continents as camera zooms into Africa. DISSOLVE INTO 86- EXT. MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, AFRICA - DAY A jeep drops K in the middle of the nowhere and leaves him ...K stands...looks around...Nothing around him...He takes out a cigarette...puts it in his mouth...He takes out the lighter...looks at it...Takes out the hearing aid...puts ear plugs in his ears...complete silence...He lights his cigarette...As soon as he does that...He starts moving like round,as if the earth beneath him is moving...he looks down and finds himself standing on top of the manhole in the middle of nowhere...He jumps off...The manhole moves off...an aborigine climbs out...looking like the blackened version of Guruji with Afro cut hair...who looks at him and gives him the mobile phone...K looks at him through his cigarette ...takes out the ear plugs... K Hello... Camera moves with sound... CUT TO:

MAP Lines un-zigzag...as point...

camera

zooms

in

on

the

starting

CUT TO: 87- EXT. AIRPORT - DAY K runs out of the airport...His wife waiting... CUT TO: 88- EXT. STREET - DAY SUV on the street... CUT TO: 89- EXT. HOSPITAL - DAY They enter the hospital... CUT TO: 90- INT. HOSPITAL -DAY K looks at the empty bed as Mother cries...He looks at the Doctor... CUT TO: The Doctor has disapproval written large on his face... CUT TO: 91- EXT. KALKATTA

CARPETS -DAY

His car stops outside KALKATTA CARPETS...He rushes right in ...The old man stands waiting for him holding the door to the underground with a smile. CUT TO: 92- INT. HUTMENT, SLUMS

- DAY

K comes down the ladder...The same woman in Burkha... WOMAN Aadab... He just rushes out...Seeing his speed she moves. CUT TO: 93- EXT. ALLEY,SLUMS - DAY

K runs through the alley...He passes the point where he met the same woman last time and after he passes the point...The same woman comes... WOMAN Shit... CUT TO: K comes to the point looks at the door ... K Come on... Knocks...Sound of puch-puch...He looks...A hand pulls him in ... CUT TO: 94- INT. GURUJI'S ROOM, PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS - DAY There is the stool and the other people with the Guruji... GURUJI Mana kiya tha tumko... K Mera bhai kahan hai... Guruji hits the TV...On it is his brother... K Use jaane do... Guruji smiles... K Use jaane do... Guruji smiles...K picks up the stool to hit him...Just when ...The two men hold him from behind... K (Screams) Jaane do usse ... They drag him ... K Chhodo mujhe...Mere bhai ko jaane do... CUT TO: 95- INT. ANOTHER ROOM, MAGICIANS BOX - DAY

He is struggling...They put him in the magician box and folds it...As they go out...They shut the door...Black screen... CUT TO:

INTERVAL Black screen 96- INT. ANOTHER ROOM, MAGICIANS BOX,PRAYOGSHALA - DAY Door opens...Two men walks in...Unfold the magician box... drag an unconscious K out...Shuts the door... Black screen... FADE IN 97- INT. GURUJI'S ROOM,

PRAYOGSHALA,SLUMS - DAY

K...Opens his eyes... GURUJI Jeevit hai tumhara bhai... K Use jaane do... GURUJI Use jaane dene ki kimat chhukaani padegi beta... K Kaun si kimat... GURUJI Tumhare saamne padi hai tumhari cheque book... K looks...His cheque book...Amount filled... K Pachchis laakh... Guruji smiles... K Phir se Pachchis laakh... GURUJI Jurmaana... K Aur woh...

Points to the TV... GURUJI Saza... K looks at Guruji ... GURUJI Tum akele nahin ho...Aaj koi aur bhi aane wala hai... K signs the cheque...Tears it...Gives it to him... K Meri cheque book kahan se mil jaati hai tumhen baar baar... GURUJI Aap se tum par aa gaye...Yeh achchi baat nahin hai beta... K Main tumhara beta nahin hoon... Guruji smiles...Gets up and leaves...Followed by other men... Leaving the woman behind... K Hello...Mera bhai... His phone rings...He picks it up ... CUT TO: 98- INT. HOSPITAL - DAY ANJALI K...haan bhai mil gaya...pata nahin kaise bathroom mein pada huwa tha ...usko ventilator pe dala hai... saans nahin le paa raha hai... CUT TO: K Main aa raha hoon ... He turns... WOMAN Aaiye... K Mujhe raasta pata hai ... CUT TO:

99- INT. KALKATTA

CARPETS - DAY

K comes out of the manhole...Old man is holding another carpet...The old man smiles... CUT TO: 100- EXT. STREET - DAY K on the road in his car...Carpet on top... CUT TO: 101- INT. HOSPITAL -DAY Brother on ventilator as K looks on...Anjali with him... DOCTOR Dobara mat karna... K nods... ANJALI Kya ? Doctor just looks at her...K looks on...There are a lot of people on ventilators...Including the Doctor's mother...and the little kid from the car...Glass shards on her face... K Yeh sab... DOCTOR Haan... They walk out together...as camera moves to the wall...on which carved on stone is: Is ventilator room ka aarambh M/s.KALKATTA CARPETS ke saujanye se dinank 01.04.2000 mein huwa...iska udhghatan Shri shri Shri Prakash Ji...Baba Bangali...Sialdah waale ji ke kar kamlon se huwa. FADE OUT FADE IN: 102- INT. OFFICE FLOOR, OFFICE BUILDING - DAY Same shot as twice before...K walks through the office... Annie follows. K Yeh office aaj se No Smoking Office hai...charon taraf No Smoking sign laga do...saare ashtray sab bahar phenkwa do...Balcony mein bhi koi

nahin cigarette piyega, na bathroom mein, na lunch time mein, na andar na bahar... ANNIE Aur agar kisi ko peena ho to... K Woh naukri hai... They enter hair...

the

chhod

kar

office...She

jaa

locks

sakta the

door...opens

ANNIE Lekin aisa kyon sir... K Kyonki main nahin pi sakta hoon... She closes the blinds...smiles ANNIE To aap kisi ko peene nahin doge? Opens her coat K Nahin... ANNIE HMMMMMMMMM...thats nice... He looks at her...pulls her..towards him ANNIE Main shaadi kar rahi hoon... K Hmmm...kisse? ANNIE Aap ne kaha tha na...I will come back at seven-O-clock and... He turns her around and kisses her on the neck ANNIE If I am late start without me... He pushes her down...sound of zipper... ANNIE Usse... Second zipper...He loses balance and falls down..

her

ANNIE Lekin aap hi ne bola tha... K Shaadi karne ko... ANNIE Woh usne bola tha...I'm sorry... K It's ok...I just don't sleep with married women...Secretaries should not cheat their bosses with their husbands...jao...jo bola hai karo... ANNIE OK... She leaves...His face falls... MUSIC BEGINS P.B.S - JAB BHI CIGARETTE JALTI HAI,DIL JALTA HAI... He is sad...not about her... CUT TO: 103- INT.EXT. DIFFERENT LOCATIONS - DAY,NIGHT MONTAGE SONG...Of his longing for cigarette While he stands in the office...His office changes... Wife is worried... From his P.O.V. Everyone who smokes looks happy ... People playing catch ...Couples dancing...

catch

with

cigarettes

around

him

Even a dog blows smoke at him...Every chimney looks like a burning cigarette...and worst of them all. CUT TO: 104- INT. BEDROOM, K'S HOUSE - NIGHT ON TV A man stands in front of gateway of India...behind him some sort of celebration is in progress...Strong sea breeze taking everything away from the camera... VOICE(OFF SCREEN)

Aur tiwari ji kaisa hai wahan ka mahaul? TIWARI Gautam...Gautam main tumhe kya bataoon,.. utsaah toh yahan itna hai jaise ki India Pakistan ka match ho, patakhe, aatishbajiyaan iss kadar phoot rahi hain aasmaan mein, ki jaise diwali wapis aa gayi ho...shahar mein har taraf roshni hai, log pagaal ho raahe hain...jaisen hamare Jharkhand mein kehtey hain log khushi se baura gaye hain...jab se khabar aayi hai ki health ministry ne... A loose plastic bag comes flies on to his face...Tiwari shrugs it off...the bag goes and sticks to the mike... Suddenly the sound is cut off...just the hum of the strong breeze... VOICE Tiwari ji...Tiwariji...shayad tiwari ji se hamara connection... matlab sampark tooth gaya hai... Suddenly Tiwari's voice streams in again...we see Tiwari fighting strong breeze...but holding on to himself as well as his mike... TIWARI (frantic) Gautam main wapis aa gaya hoon... Gautam aap dekh rahe hain...itne bheeshan aandhi toofan mein bhi mere peeche lakhoan karodon ki bheed jama hai...inn sab ke haanth mein ek nahin doh nahin balki chaar chaar... This time the strong breeze takes him out of frame...Tiwari's voice goes off again... VOICE Tiwariji...lagta hai phir se tiwariji se hamara connection... matlab sampark tooth gaya hai... CUT TO: K watchin T.V...flicks channel... CUT TO: ON ANOTHER CHANNEL

Same Tiwari...in different getup...engrossed in an interview... TIWARI ...pratibandh aaj hata diya gaya hai...hamare studio mein hain iss abhiyaan ko shuru karne wale,uska aagaz karne wale...main yahan tak kahoonga us aag ko bhadkane waale... professor I.T.CHAMARIYA...Chamariya sahab... CHAMARIA Dhanyawaad... TIWARI Chamariya sahaab batayiyye...kaisa lag raha hai? CHAMARIA Accha lag raha hai, aaj se pahele main TV par kabhi nahin aaya... TIWARI (cuts him short) Yeh jo ladai aapne ladi un logon ke saath... CHAMARIA Will you let me finish... TIWARI Ji ji...aap boliye... CHAMARIA Simple ladai ladi humne...maine bas ek hi sawaal poocha unse sarwajanik jagah aap kise kehte hain...kya hai jo sarwajanik hai...station,airport, matlab jo jagah sarkar ki hai, matlab private nahin hai, matlab sarwjanon ki hai...toh matlab sabhi jagah dekha jaaye toh sarwjanik hai...toh bhaiyya pahele sarwajanik define toh kijiye... TIWARI Bilkul...bilkul... K changes the channel again... CUT TO Back to Tiwari at gateway interviewing... MAKHIJA

Ek taraf toh aap kehte hain restaurant hai vah sarwajanik hai public place hai, phir yeh bhi kehte hain Rights of admission reserved...contradiction hai ki nahin... K changes the channel again... CUT TO ON TV MAN Very good...very good...finally mujhe lag raha hai I am living in a democracy... CUT TO: ON TV ABBAS (very sad) Good for them... CUT TO: ON TV HOUSE WIFE Ab phir se mere bachchon ko zukaam hoga aur woh bolenge...mirchi ka tadka lagane se huwa... CUT TO: 105- INT. K'S HOUSE - NIGHT As K watches it in anger...puts the TV off...Behind him in the sky...Fireworks go on...Celebrations...As he watches tears roll down from his eyes...As Anjali comes behind him and squeezes his shoulders...somewhere a phone rings... CUT TO: 106- INT. K'S CABIN, OFFICE BUILDING - DAY K looks at his phone...unknown number, he picks it up... Hello...

K CUT TO: 107- EXT.

AIRPORT - DAY

A big man in a cowboy hat and Hawaiian shirt and chains, coming out of the airport, following him are suitcase carried by porters...six of them...carrying pink suitcase...Man walks fast and porters try to catching up with him .... MAN Hey...K...yeah... K Alex... ALEX Muchos Gracias...Mi Mujer de mi Harmano...

amore...La

K Alex kya bol raha hai... ALEX A thousand besos...mi amore K Tu kahan se phone kar raha hai? ALEX La Mumba my friend, I am back ... back with a bang...sorry...bong... CUT TO: 108- INT. A BIG HOTEL SUITE - NOON Alex holding a bong...As K looks on...He smokes... ALEX Mujhe jaise hi pata chala...yeh desh smoker friendly ho gaya hai ...atmosphere saaf ho gaya... Health ke kaale badal chhant gaye hain...main...wapis aa gaya... peeyega ? K Maine peena chhod diya hai... ALEX Tu paagal ho gaya hai... K Ho to gaya hoon... ALEX Pi... K

gold huge six keep

Nahin... ALEX Kya mazak kar raha hai? K Mujhe dekh ke lagta hai main mazak karta hoon... ALEX Nahin... K Lekin maine kiya hai,apne saath mazak kiya hai...(he breaks down) saale Abbas ne mazak kiya mere saath... Alex keeps looking at him... ALEX Tu badal gaya hai .... K nods... ALEX Lekin don't worry main aa gaya hoon ...aur pata hai main kyon aaya hoon... Kyon ?

K Alex walks...goes opens a box...walks to him, grins...He has a gold tooth...Now he is in a loose hanging robe...He shows the box to him... ALEX From Havana... K slowly starts to cry again... CUT TO: 109- INT. PARTY HALL, FIVE STAR HOTEL - NIGHT Party in progress...People clap... P.B.S 2 - Desi song /exotic dance... ALEX Yahan smoking ban huwi aur main bhaag gaya...wahan Castro dada ki sharan mein...udhar main ek three star hotel mein kamra liya...bistar pe leta tha...

CUT TO: 110- SITCOM-2(INT. CUBA HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT) Alex sprawled on bed... ALEX VOICE OVER Hotel three start tha ...jismein se do to chhat mein se dikh rahe thaiy... Alex staring at the ceiling...his P.O.V- two hole on ceiling...sees stars through it... LAUGH TRACK CUT TO: 111- INT. PARTY HALL, FIVE STAR HOTEL -NIGHT All laugh... ALEX Maine bistar pe khade hokar ungli daali dono chhed mein... CUT TO: 112- SITCOM-3(INT. CUBA HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT) Alex trying to insert his fingers... LAUGH TRACK ALEX VOICE OVER Ungli chhoti thi...maine niche dekha...Ashtray mein do cigar pade the...maine unko chhed mein daala...chhed band ho gaya... Alex puts the cigars into the holes.. LAUGH TRACK CUT TO: 113- INT.PARTY HALL,FIVE STAR HOTEL -NIGHT K enters the party with Anjali... CUT TO: ALEX Phir ek din jab mujhe pata chala yahan par public places mein cigarette pina allow ho gaya hai, to maine socha kya karoon...kya

business karoon...aisa kya hai jo main apne logon ko wapis de sakta hoon...kasam se...mujhe nahin pata tha meri kismat Newton ki tarah hai...chhed se woh cigar ka tukda mere ser pe gira... CUT TO: 114- SITCOM-4(INT. CUBA HOTEL ROOM -NIGHT) Cigar falls on his head...Alex looks at it... LAUGH TRACK ALEX VOICE OVER Jaise Newton ke ser pe seb...Cigar mera lagaya huwa...aur maine socha chalo apni kismat maine khud hi banai hai... CUT TO: 115- INT.PARTY HALL,FIVE STAR HOTEL -NIGHT matlab...lagai hai... All laugh and clap...Music plays on the side...K gets a drink... ALEX Now ladies an gentleman, friends ...ek aadmi hai jisne mujhe yeh cigar pina sikhaya...achcha cigar kya hota hai,use kaise chunte hain ...aur phir kya karte hain...usne bataya to main chahunga...aur uska naam clinton nahin hai... K knows what's coming K (to Anjali) Lets go... ANJALI Abhi to aaye hain... K Chalo... ALEX K ladies and Gentleman...My dear friend...K...Just K...hey K... K Great...

ALEX Come on...isko kholo yaar... ANJALI Jao... K looks around,reluctantly claps...

walks

up

on

stage...Everyone

K Main sirf ise kholunga...jalaoonga nahin...maine cigarette peena chhod diya hai... Silence...Wife is the only one who claps... PRESS Kyon? K Well...(look at them)search me... K...

ALEX He claps... K (to Alex) Sirf kholunga... Alex nods...As K opens it, people clap as he raises it up... ALEX Moonh se laga na... K Nahin yaar... ALEX Are jalana mat...laga to sahi... K Nahin... Alex looks at four people standing there...suddenly four of them in dark glasses...come hold him...Two hold his hands and by his shoulder...Two holds his legs...Fifth man comes holds his mouth... K (tries to say) Alex... From K's point of view...Suddenly all sounds go off...Alex, now looks like a monster his gold tooth gleaming, shoves the cigar in his mouth...takes out a lighter...A zippo...Every

solitary sound is heightened...K,shit scared...trying to shake his head, he can't...He inhales hard...His stomach swells out...As Alex brings the lighter close...As the cigar lights up...K with all the wind he had gathered, spits out the cigar in the crowd...shakes the people off...His phone rings...In trying to shake people off...His phone falls and slides off...K follows the phone on the floor...picks it... presses the button... K (says) maine nahin kiya ... CUT TO: 116- INT.

K'S HOUSE - NIGHT

An official looking man...A police officer...A cop... COP Kya nahin kiya... CUT TO: K I didn't do it... COP Exactly...what did you not do... K looks at the phone... K Kaun bol raha hai ? COP Aapne kya nahin kiya... K Kaun bol raha hai? COP ACP Birsa Das Gupta... K ACP... COP Tumhare ghar se... K looks at his fingers...intact... K Aap mere ghar pe kya kar rahe hain? COP Aapki patni ka phone aaya tha...

CUT TO: Music begins to play again...The band performs at the party ...Same song... Smoke Smoke Smoke that cigarette in the immortal voice of Tex Willams. CUT TO: 117- INT. K'S HOUSE - NIGHT COP Hum yahan pahunche to cheezein astvyast hain, deewaron pe khoon hai aur aapki patni nadarad hai... K Meri wife...mere saath hai,Anjali mere saath hai woh kyon phone karegi ki main uska khoon karne jaa raha hoon...aap sahi ghar mein to hain? COP Aapki wife aapke saath hai... ? K Anjali mere saath hai... COP Main unse baat kar sakta hoon ? K looks crowd...

at

the

crowd...stands

up...his

eyes

COP Sir... K Dhoondh raha hoon use... He looks...takes the mike and shouts... K Anjali... CUT TO: Cop shuts his ears... CUT TO: Music stops...All look at him... K Did anyone see my wife?

scan

the

Alex looks again...

at

the

band

and

nods...They

begin

to

play

K Main ghar aa raha hoon... CUT TO: 118- EXT. K'S BUILDING - NIGHT Car almost smashes onto the sidewalk...He gets down...rushes in...ACP waiting... ACP (looks at him) Mr .... ? (rolls his r's) K K... ACP K what ? Just K...

K ACP Aapki Mrs... K Gayab ho gayee... ACP Woh aapke saath thi? K Haan mere saath thi, ab nahin hai, gayab ho gayee...bahut saari cheezen ho rahi hai aaj-kal, aapko pata hai... ACP just looks at him... K Main dekh sakta hoon andar kya huwa hai? ACP keeps looking... K Mera ghar hai...You know... ACP nods...K walks in, escorted... CUT TO: 119- INT. K'S HOUSE - DAY

K comes in...Policemen,Forensics all around...He walks into the bedroom...and stops...His P.O.V...Bed all torn...Blood on the walls...snapped like a butterfly...ACP appears behind him ... ACP Kutch kehna hai aapko? K Haan...mujhe kiya hai?

pata

hai

yeh

kisne

ACP Kisne ? K Us baba bangali ne... ACP Kaun baba bangali? K Guru Ghantaal Baba bangali Sialdah wala,Hitler ka bhakt, Gutter ka keeda,genetic mistake prayogshaala chalata hai... ACP Prayogshala? K Haan Prayogshala... He looks into his pockets...takes out a card... K Yeh... ACP looks at the card... K Main baat karata hoon... K sees the number and dials it...Someone picks it up... K Hello... INTER CUT: 120- INT. GURUJI'S ROOM, PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS - NIGHT WOMAN Hello... K Baba bangali se baat karaao...

WOMAN Kaun Sahab bol rahe hain... K K bambaiya... WOMAN Haan janab...Aadab...Abhi thodi der pahele hi hum Anjaliji ko yahan lekar aaye hain...Ek minutes baat kariye... K Anjali ko uthwaya unhon-ne...Maine bola tha... CUT TO 121- INT. GURUJI'S ROOM, PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS - NIGHT Guruji...Like an embalmer...threading together a body of a woman...body stays out of frame. GURUJI Kaise ho beta... K Anjali ko kyon uthaya tumne,matlab aapne? GURUJI Tumhen niyam pata hai Beta... K Kya niyam...maine nahin pi...

koi

cigarette

GURUJI Ab kitne ko peena kahte hain kitne ko nahin...Yeh to hum taiy karenge na beta... K Pahli baat...maine cigarette nahin pi...woh zabardasti Alex ne mere moonh mein lagayee...chaar logon ne pakda mujhe... GURUJI Tumhe Wahan jaana hi nahin chahiye ... K Aur doosri baat...(louder)doosri baat...agar tumhari nazar mein woh cigarette pina tha to tumhe meri

ungliyaan kaatni chahiye thi... Anjali ko nahin...woh tisri baar ki saza thi... Cops confused, hearing the conversation... GURUJI Tumhari ungliyaan kisi aur ne thaam rakhi thin... K Exactly...kyon zabardasti mujhe cigar pilaya gaya aur use jalne se pahle thook diya tha... GURUJI Jalne ke upraant... K Jalne se pahle... GURUJI Upraant...Jalne ke pashchaat.... K Jalne se pahle,pashchaat aapko lagaa hoga...call a third umpire... GURUJI Yahan umpire to hoon...

bus

main

hi

mein

kya

K Phir dobaara dekho... GURUJI Dekh lete hain...Dekhne jaata hai...

He looks at the woman...she rewinds the tape...They check it like in the cricket match... COP Kya ho raha hai ? K check kar rahe hain... COP Kya check kar rahe hain ? K Its too complicated... CUT TO: 122- INT. GURUJI'S ROOM, PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS - NIGHT

Woman freezes the exact moment...When the cigar is lit...It has just left K's mouth... WOMAN Woh galat nahin bol raha hai... GURUJI Haan beta...Kshma chahunga tum sahi the...Mujhse galti ho gayi... K Maine bola tha... GURUJI Lekin beta mushkil ghadi thi... Chal padi thi...Ab shaque ka fayeda to main apne ko hi doonga na...Kya kahte hain use...Benefit of doubt! K Tum aisa nahin kar sakte... GURUJI Honi ko kaun taal sakta hai... K Tum Anjali ko nahin maar sakte... GURUJI Marnopraant uski shav pariksha ho chhuki hai...Tum kya kahte ho use ...Postmortem finished....Done... The End... Silence... CUT TO: 123- INT. BEDROOM, K'S HOUSE -NIGHT COP Kis se baat kar rahe ho, main baat kar sakta hoon ? K Yahan police hai...

mujhe

pakadne

aayee

GURUJI Main tumhaara gunahgaar hoon...Tum bolo kya bolte ho ... K Batao unko kya huwa hai...(to the cop)Here... Cop takes the phone...

ACP Hello... As K moves and sits down... ACP Hello... Suddenly that phone starts ringing...As if it was never dialed...K looks at him... K Kya huwa ? ACP Kisse baat kar rahe the... K Guruji se... ACP looks at the phone...last dialed number is Alex... ACP Alex... K Alex nahin phone...

guruji,

give

me

the

He sees the last dialed number... K Kahan gaya, abhi aapke saamne baat kar raha tha... Everyone keeps looking at him... K Mujhe aise kyon dekh rahe ho...I called him...right in front of you ...main phir se dial karta hoon... He takes out the card...sees the number...dials...On phone it says - Please check the number you have dialed. K Yeh kaise ho sakta hai...woh guruji saala Hitler ki Aulaad, mujhe phansa raha hai... ACP Its OK Mr. Just K...aapko hamare saath chalna padega... K Aapko mujhe dekh ke lagta hai main mazak karne wala aadmi hoon...

ACP Come with us... K Listen...OK...OK...ek aur proof hai mere paas...ek aur proof hai... Wait...(he dials another number, waits)Hello Abbas...Abbas kahan hai tu? INTER CUT: 124- INT. ABBAS'S FLAT -NIGHT ABBAS Kaam kar raha hoon... K Mere ghar pe aayega... ABBAS Kya huwa hai? K Please yaar mat pooch...problem ho gayee hai, bus tu hi bacha sakta hai...Please aa ja... ABBAS OK... CUT TO: 125- INT. BEDROOM, K'S HOUSE - NIGHT K disconnects... K Woh aa raha hai... ACP Woh kaun hai? K Woh mera dost hai...woh bhi guruji ke chakkar main apni ungliyaan ganva chuka hai...

is do

ACP (smiles) Kaun hai yeh guruji? K I use to smoke a lot...you know main cigarette bahut peeta tha... Abbas jo mera dost hai mujhse

ziyada peeta tha...ek din main mila usse... CUT TO: 126- QUICK FLASH CUTS Abbas gives card to Anjali... CUT TO: Doctor puts the card on table... CUT TO: Old man at KALKATTA...Woman in burka... CUT TO: Guruji on screen GURUJI Bolo K... CUT BACK TO: 127- INT. BEDROOM, K'S HOUSE -NIGHT K Uske paas meri cheque book thi, meri poori life thi...kaise, mujhe nahin pata...maine apni aankh se dekha...zabadasti mujhse contract sign karwaya aur bola...us din ke baad agar main kabhi cigarette piyoonga to...pahli... CUT TO: 128- QUICK FLASH CUTS On Screen appears big bold one...Photograph of brother on which is stamped done... CUT TO: Two : Photograph of two fingers held as a big butcher knife comes down... CUT TO: Three: Wife's photo smiling...Gun shot sound... CUT TO:

Wife's photo eyes looking up...bullet whole in the head ...mouth open... CUT TO: 129- INT. BEDROOM, K'S HOUSE - NIGHT K Aur agar maine uske bawajood chauthi cigarette pi to... A constable comes in running... CONSTABLE Sir...koi Mr. Abbas aaye hain... K Usne bhi pi thi,dono chali gayee hain...

ungliyaan

Abbas walks in...K walks to him,enthusiastically followed by the ACP. K Thank you yaar...yeh bol rahe hain maine Anjali ko maar diya, jabki us guruji ne maara usse aur maine kutch kiya bhi nahin tha, pata hai Alex ne zabardasti cigarette mere, nahin,cigar mere moonh se, moonh se lagayee thi...bata na inko prayogshala ke baare mein... Abbas looks at ACP who is smiling... ACP Kamal ki kahani hai inki... Abbas confused... K Bol na... ABBAS Kya boloon... K Woh baba bangali ke baare main... ABBAS Kaun sa baba bangali ? K looks at him shell shocked ... K Abbas?

ABBAS Tu kya bol raha hai meri samajh mein nahin aa raha... K Tune phansaya saale mujhe, tune phansaya...(looks at ACP)sab mile huye hain, yeh, aap, meri phone company...(he throws the phone) sabko lagta hai main jhoot bol raha hoon...apna gloves nikal... ABBAS Kaun se gloves ? K Apni ungliyaan dikha ? ABBAS Yeh dekh... He spreads them out...All his fingers are intact...K looks from his fingers to him...then at the ACP... K Yeh kya kar raha hai mere saath... ABBAS Lekin main kar kya raha hoon... K looks at him...Abbas comes close to him... ABBAS You take care K... K You off... Abbas hugs him... K Chhod mujhe... Abbas whispers in his ears... ABBAS (in Guruji's voice) Moonh band rakh,kuch mat bol nahin to teri poori zindagi aise bure sapne ki tarah bana dega...pataa nahin chalega kya ho raha hai,kya nahin...aur tera Doctor bhi kutch nahin bolega... When Abbas says that...all listen...Abbas comes off...

else

becomes

slow...K's

eyes

ABBAS Khayal rakh... He pats him...K stays numb as Abbas walks away...after a while K shouts... K I won't let him do that...usse kutch bhi nahin karne doonga main... As Abbas walks...they hand cuff him and take him away... FADE OUT FADE IN 130- EXT. KALKATTA CARPETS - NIGHT Police caravan stops outside the carpet shop...The old man looks at the cops...ACP gets down...K follows... OLD MAN Salam sahab...koi... ACP Is aadmi ko jaante ho ? OLD MAN Ji...yahan dari kharidne aaye the ...pachchis lakh ka mahenga wala do kharida... K Maine nahin kharida tumne diya tha...Paise us Hitlar ki aulaad ne liye the... OLD MAN Ji saahab ? K Yeh natak kar raha hai, mere saath aaiye... He takes the cops... OLD MAN Andar kahan ja rahe hain sahab... andar kutch nahin hai... CUT TO: 131- INT. KALKATTA CARPETS - NIGHT K comes in the inner chamber...searches the whole floor cannot find a way to the basement...

K Yahan kahin raasta hai niche jaane ka... ACP Yahan basement hai koi? OLD MAN Pata nahin sahab...main to bees saal se yahan hoon, Mulazim hoon... Bangs at the floor... OLD MAN Toot jayega sahab... K Todna hi to hai... OLD MAN Aapka paaon tut jaiga itni jor se maarenge toh... K Tum logon ka naatak bahut dekha hai maine... He looks around,sees a huge digging rod...picks it up... OLD MAN Unko roko sahab... K takes it and hits at the wall... OLD MAN Unko roko sahab, jaanne ka aur bhi tarika hai... ACP Stop him... K Main bol raha hoon, iske niche sidhiya hai jo Dharavi mein sidhe...Dharavi jaisi jagah me khulti hai...ek bhurke wali ke ghar mein... He keeps hitting, till the cops restrain him... ACP Isko station hain...

le

jao...hum

aate

K Main bol raha hoon...Mr. ACP...yeh log...

ACP looks at the cops,gestures something... K Inki pahunch bahut gahri hai...is buddhe ki baat mein mat... K is sapped by a constable...He falls unconscious... FADE OUT FADE IN 132- INT. INTERROGATION ROOM, POLICE STATION - NIGHT A cop sits looking at K...still unconscious...As ACP Birsa Das Gupta enters... ACP Abhi tak behosh hai? COP Haan... ACP Kya bolta hai tu ? COP Sab isi ne kiya hai...mannghadant kahani bana raha hai...Prayogshala ...baba bangali...Hitler ki aulaad...picture ki kahani bhi isse ziyada samajh mein aati hai... ACP Aisi kahani kyon bol raha hai... phir...ho sakta hai...koi uske saath khel raha ho... COP Aapko lagta hai aisa...(silence) kyonki mujhe to nahin lagta...yeh natak kar raha hai taki hum bole ...iska dimaagi santulan theek nahi hai...iska vakil...Insanity appeal karega, yeh bacch jayega...saare paise walon ka drama hai... ACP is silent...lights a cigarette... COP Aapne kabhi socha hai, conspiracy log tabhi bolte hain jab koi bada aadmi hai, uski aulad, neta ya uski aulad phansi ho.... ACP looks at him...

K (who has come through says) Tumko lagta hai maine kiya hai, aur main pagal hone ka natak kar raha hoon... They look at him... ACP Hosh aa gaya ? K Behosh aap log ho...aapko saboot chahiye...saboot chahiye aapko... They look at him...As he something ...can't find it.

fumbles

in

his

pockets

for

K Mera phone kahan hai ? ACP looks at the other cop...who goes out...They wait in silence... K Can I borrow your cigarette... ACP looks at him... K Yahi ek tarika hai...main programme mein hoon...abhi bhi...main cigarette piyoonga aur phone aayega... Cop comes in, with phone in a plastic packet...ACP gives him a cigarette...K takes it,takes the phone puts it in the middle of the table... K Main ise jalaoonga aur yeh phone bajega...koi hai jo bolega...mera bhai gayab ho gaya... K lights it... CUT TO: 133- INT. HOSPITAL - NIGHT Brother gets up on the bed...takes off the ventilator before the nurse can react...He runs...she runs after him...He runs and jumps through the glass... CUT TO: 134- INT. INTERROGATION ROOM, POLICE STATION - NIGHT

Phone doesn't ring...K sucks on it harder... CUT TO: 135- EXT. STREET - NIGHT Brother body falls on ground... CUT TO: 136- INT. INTERROGATION ROOM, POLICE STATION -NIGHT Phone doesn't ring...K sucks harder... CUT TO: 137- EXT. STREET -NIGHT Brother gets up...sees an oncoming truck...runs in front of it...truck runs over him...crowd gathers... CUT TO: 138- INT. INTERROGATION ROOM, POLICE STATION - NIGHT Phone doesn't ring...He sucks harder... CUT TO: 139- EXT. STREET - NIGHT Brother on ground...People around him...He gets up...climbs an electric pole...Crowd gasps...He hold the wire... Electricity through him ... CUT TO: 140- INT. INTERROGATION ROOM, POLICE STATION - NIGHT Phone doesn't ring...K finishes the last cigarette... CUT TO: 141- EXT. STREET - NIGHT Brother gets up...walks...steps on banana peel...slips... INTER CUT: K about to stub the cigarette... INTERCUT: Brother lands on ground... INTER CUT:

Cigarette stubbed... INTER CUT: Brother stays dead... CUT TO: 142- INT. INTERROGATION ROOM, POLICE STATION - NIGHT Phone rings...K looks at it...So does ACP... K Uthaao... ACP looks at the other cop...who picks it up... Hello...

COP

K Mera bhai gayab ho gaya hai...hai na? Cop says something in the ACP's ears...ACP listens...nods... Kya huwa? Tumhare li...

K ACP bhai

ne

aatm-hatya

kar

K Uska murder huwa hai...us Guruji ne kiya hai,tumhari wajah se, you are a co-accused... ACP We are sorry... K No...Don't just be sorry...tumhe vishwas nahin tha na...Its a proof ...proof that I am innocent... Phone rings again...Cop takes it listens... K Mere cigarette pine ki wajah se usne aatm-hatya ki aur mujhe cigarette peene par majboor aapne kiya... Cop says something to the ACP... ACP

Tumhare bhai ki jeb se suicide note mila hai jisme woh tumko apne nonexisting lung ke liye zimmedar tahrata hai aur tumhare cigarette peene ki aadat ko... K Doshi tahrata hai...yeh chitthi nahin likhi...mere bhai ko hindi likhni hi nahin aati...woh Germany mein raha hai German bolta hai... likhta hai... ACP Tum usse baat kaise karte ho ? K Meri maa German Translator thi...

Embassy

mein

They both look at him...Silence...Cop nods at the ACP...They go out of the room... CUT TO: 143- OUTSIDE ACP Kya karen ? COP Natak kar raha hai...Remand pe lete hain, char ghante mein sach bolne lagega... ACP (thinks) OK... ACP leaves...Cops goes back in again inside...As K smiles... COP Chaliye... K Kahan ? CUT

TO:

144- INT. PRISON CELL, POLICE STATION - NIGHT K brought into the prison...His mouth is sealed...The whole area is in a foot deep water... He is made to stand inside the bars...in the water...with his hands cuffed outside...They take the tape off his mouth...

COP Kal tumko court le jaayenge... uske pahle kutch bolna sunna hai to bol sakte ho... K I want my lawyer... COP Aa jayega... K Aur yahan paani bhara huwa hai... COP Ab monsoon mein paani nahin bharega to kya bharega Bambai mein... Cop shuts the Iron gate...opens the cuff and leaves...K stays silent for a while... Anger rising in him...After a while...He holds the bar and bangs his head into it...Once...Twice...Thrice...And he falls back...unconscious... We stay on him...His eyes open,then close...and he sinks. CUT TO: 145- INT. UNDERWATER - NIGHT Underwater...K sinks, keeps sinking, slowly, till he suddenly opens his eyes and with a jerk moves upward, trying to surface. CUT TO: 146- INT. BATHTOOM, K'S HOUSE - DAY He surfaces in the bathtub in his home...He looks around... No banging at the door...No cigarette on his lips...No smoke ...He remembers... ABBAS Moonh band rakh,kuch mat bol nahin to teri poori zindagi aise bure sapne ki tarah bana dega...pataa nahin chalega kya ho raha hai,kya nahin... He looks around, steps out of the bath tub...with the towel wrapped around...he emerges from the bathroom...He looks... There is the blood stained butterfly pattern on the wall... He walks in, looks around the house...Its sealed by the cops ...Through the window he sees two cops keeping a watch outside...He moves away from the window and sees a big

wooden box that's fallen through a small post thing...He looks at it ...It's addressed to him...from Prayogshala... CUT TO: 147- INT. KITCHEN, K'S HOUSE - DAY He searches in the kitchen...He finds a tool box, opens it. CUT TO: He opens the wooden box...Inside it is the contract... CUT TO: 148- INT. BEDROOM, K'S HOUSE - DAY He takes the contract to the bedroom...puts on a lamp...and starts to read it...In one shot as pages move from A to B ...His beard grows...Butterfly on the wall behind him darkens ...Time passes...A clock moves frantically...End of Shot ...his eyes notice something... CUT TO: ONLY TIME YOU CAN SMOKE He reads... However the programme does not have any control over you during the zero minute... Zero minute as described by the programme is the minute between the last minute of one year and the first minute of the next year. An each year for the people under the programme is a designated place where you can smoke depending on which country you are in...The chart follows...He looks in the chart...Country, Year, Place...And this year, the place to smoke is right next his house...Gateway of India K looks at the watch...Its the 31st of December...Zero minute is fifteen minute away...K dresses up...fast. CUT TO: 149- EXT. GATEWAY OF INDIA - NIGHT He reaches the place...Celebrations all around...Bands playing...Drunken revelry...He looks for a spot...An elevated spot...He reaches then his eyes scan the crowd...looks at the watch...it's one minute to zero minute...Bands starts playing ...he looks...A mysterious black limousine parked...Count down begins...Crowd roars together...NINE EIGHT SEVEN SIX FIVE FOUR THREE TWO...No one says anything anymore...Dead silence follows...As K looks...The entire crowd gathered takes out a cigarette and

lights it...Smokes furiously looking at the watch...In the crowd...stands a man...in dark glasses...with the Guruji watching him... K (shouts) Guruji... Everyone turns to look where he is pointing...A roar goes up ...All attack the man as K jumps down...trying to find his way in...He is on the outer margin of the violent circle of people beating and shouting...He sees a way between people's legs...he crawls in...He crawls faster... CUT TO: 150- INT. LITTLE(TINY) TUNNEL - NIGHT A rat crawls through fast in a little tunnel...As he emerges from it...Swat...He is caught in a mouse trap... FADE OUT: FADE IN 151- INT. UNKNOWN HOUSE,

SIBERIA -

DAY

OPENING LOCATION Almost bare room...14" TV, Ash tray, cigarettes, mattress, semi naked K...phone rings...Woman on TV speaks Russian...K wakes up...He looks at the phone...picks it up... K Hello... VOICE K... K Anjali? VOICE K...tum kahan ho ? K Tum zinda ho... ANJALI Main zinda hoon matlab... It hits K, he realizes...looks at the TV...CURFEW... K Main sapna dekh raha hoon shayad... ANJALI

Tum sapna nahin dekh rahe ho, mujhse baat kar rahe ho...tumne kyon poocha main zinda hoon... K walks to the window looks out... K Tumhe yaad hai woh sapna jo mujhe aata tha...jab main nahene jaata tha bath tub mein so jata tha... ANJALI Kaun sa sapna ? Soldiers march in snow... K Mera sapna...sapna jo main pata nahin kaun se kamre main hoon... ANJALI Tum kya bol rahe ho K...kahan ho? K Tumne yahan kaise phone kiya... ANJALI Tumhare office se number mila... K Kaise... ANJALI K...I'm your wife...I'm your secretary...remember...tum nahin chahte the office mein kisi ko pata chale...main tumhari patni bhi hoon ...You liked that they gossiped about us... K Tum kya bakwaas kar rahi ho...My secretary got married. ANJALI To you K...K please...kya ho gaya hai tumhen... K I think I'm having a nightmare... ANJALI No... K I need a cigarette...

ANJALI Tumne to cigarette chhod di thi... K Main phone karta hoon...I can't take this anymore...I would rather he kill me...achcha hai mujhe maar daale woh Guruji...main cigarette piyoonga to woh mujhe maar dega...main jalaoonga to bhi maar dega... ANJALI Kaun ? K Main baad mein phone karta hoon... He puts the phone down...frantically hunts for the cigarette ...Can't find one...He opens the door...tries to pull it, then remembers pushes it...it opens...He walks to the other door...Its exactly like the dream...He rings the bell... Noises...Slit opens...Eyes... K I need a cigarette...Cigarette chahiye mujhe... Slit shuts...Footsteps retreat...He looks at the door...he is angry...He shuts his eyes remembers the gunshot...touches the spot on the door where bullet came through...Stands in front of it...Rings the bell...Gunshot...Bullet goes over his head ...He is even more furious...bangs at the door...Nothing... He remembers something...He takes few steps back...Makes sound like retreating footsteps...Door opens slight...K runs into it with all force...breaking it open...Falls over a fat Russian... RUSSIAN (screams in russian) Help... Suddenly lots of soldiers cock their guns at him...K looks ...He is in a mess /restaurant...with only soldiers in it. K Sorry... He stands up...looks at them...determination on his face... K Shoot me...You want to shoot me... The fat Russian gets up...picks him up, throws him out... picks the broken door...puts it back...turns...says in Russian...to the guns still cocked...

FAT MAN Stalin...Putin... K walks back in...comes to his room...looks around...he is very angry...looks at the TV...Bathtub with rose petals, cigarette packet in the snow...looks at the window...takes out the bullet lodged...Glass falls...He looks out...picks the ashtray...throws it out...The soldier looks back... nothing...Soldier marches on...K jumps in the snow...he runs ...runs hard...gun fire...a bullet wizzes past him...he runs harder...another gunshot...the bullets hits him...he gets up and runs again...firing continues...cigarette in foreground as K running towards it followed by the soldier...Doesn't go for the cigarette...soldier cocks his gun...aims... K jumps into the bathtub CUT TO: 152- INT. UNDERWATER - DAY Underwater...K goes down leaving a trail of blood...his eyes shut... FADE OUT. FADE IN: 153- INT. BATHTUB, DIFFERENT PLACE - DAY He sinks underwater...his eyes open...he sees something.His POV...it narrow's into a drain. CUT TO: He comes down the drain pipe and falls tothe bottom and looks CUT TO: 154- INT. CAPSULE, PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS - DAY A lot of people ...dressed like him at the door waiting to see who has arrived...K looks at them... K Main galat jagah aa gaya hoon... mujhe bath tub mein se nikalna tha... ONE Idhar kisi ko kuch nahin pata... main trunk mein se nikalta hoon... is baar yeh nikla hai... TWO

Aur yeh cupboard, almari se, main bistar ke niche se nikalta hoon... THIRD Bath tub se nikla...main bhi bath tub se nikla tha... FOURTH Unhon-ne bola aaj humko nahlayenge. FIFTH Chalo Chalo.. yeh woh nahin hai... K Kaun woh ? (He looks at himself...his costume has changed. All Wet.) All turn away..K walks out slowly...in the area...There are lots of them...He walks slowly and then he sees...Himself ...He is surprised...He walks to himself...Another K with hair, the way he always looked like...Inmate K walks to him and realizes he is separated by the other with a glass... Inmate screams...his hand on the glass...The other on with hands folded behind him looks at the inmate and puts his hand on the other hand...Inmate starts to cry as he sees Anjali walk behind normal K...followed by the Guruji...Another Inmate... INMATE-2 Usko kutch sunai nahin dega... Inmate hands come down and reveal other K with two fingers missing... CUT TO: 155- INT . ANOTHER ROOM, PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS

- DAY

Normal K is actually standing in front of the mirror... ANJALI K... He turns... ANJALI Yeh bol rahe hain koi problem nahin hai sab theek hai...dheere dheere sab yaad aa jayega... K Mujhe laga jaise ki koi bula raha tha... GURUJI

Woh tumhari apni aawaz thi... tumhari apni antar-aatma bula rahi thi... K Antar-aatma ? GURUJI (takes out a offers him) Smoke...

cigarette,

He looks at it...looks at the Guruji... K Nahin... Guruji looks at the wife...smiles... WIFE Can I take him ? Sure...

GURUJI Wife takes him...as a pager beeps...Guruji looks at it... CUT TO: Wife brings K out... CUT TO: Guruji walks to his cabin, goes in...picks the phone... GURUJI Haan theek hai...Nahla do unhen... CUT TO: 156- INT. CAPSULE, PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS - DAY Inmate K sits...as another comes... ANOTHER Nahane ka time ho gaya hai... Inmate K gets up...walks... CUT TO: As he moves away we follow him. He stops...sees something ahead of him... CUT TO:

157- HIS P.O.V All the other inmates are gathered next to the window like they're looking out. He walks towards them...looks out... CUT TO: Its a man walking through the alley following a woman in a burqa...all together... MAN Yeh log kaun hain. Mujhe aise kyon dekh rahe hain...Hello main aapse pooch raha hoon... CUT TO: Man's P.O.V...Exactly like how it was when K came the first time. CUT TO: VOICE ON SPEAKER SYSTEM Khidkee se door ho jao...Khidkee se door. Electricity runs through the bars. They back off. They walk further. CUT TO: On the way it all starts to come together. K sees the lock up...filled with water...A new inmate brought in. K Yeh woh... Looks at the stranger GUY Haan mujhe bhi tab nahi samaj mein aaya tha. SPEAKER Koi rukiyye mat...chalte rahiyye... CUT TO: They come to the room where they are 8 exhibits in glass cases. All of them similar exhibits of a house in the snow and a entry exit portal...

Bathtub Trunk Cupboard Mobile toilet Bed Big dust bin Refrigerator Easy chair He looks below the bathtub portal His name written on it. He looks at the other inmate...who is looking elsewhere shocked. K gets up and walks to him looks at what he is looking. Its the interrogation room...with the same two cops with another patient...as they walk...the ACP walks out with the cop... ACP Kya lagta hai... K Bastard K shouts ACP doesn't react. K walks to him and K Tumse baat kar raha hoon. Tum sab mile huey ho. He hits out at the ACP. Who continues talking as K's hand goes through the ACP. He tries again. He releases...he is just a soul...the body does not exist anymore. K looks back at the inmate. Who just looks on...blank faced...

K Yeh... MAN Aatma hai to Shareer ishwar hai... aatma nahi to nashwar hai. ACP and the cop go back in. SPEAKER Sabko soochit kiya jaata hai ki aagle do minute mein nahane pahoonchiye...darwaza khulne wala hai. CUT TO: All of them take off their clothes stand in a line holding their clothes in hand... HOLOCAUST IMAGE - They walk in a line...As they reach the door they put their clothes in a bin...and enter naked in the bathroom...K follows. VOICE Sab Andar hain... CUT TO: 158- INT. PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS

- DAY

Guruji sits... VOICE(O.S) Sab andar hain... Guruji nods... CUT TO: 159- INT. SHOWER, CAPSULE, PRAYOGSHALA,SLUMS - DAY All stands inside under showers... ONE MAN Paani kab aayega ? TWO Aayega... CUT TO: A lever is pulled down... CUT TO: Heater coils light up...

CUT TO: People inside...sweating... ONE Paani kyon nahin aa raha ? TWO Aayega... CUT TO: Inmate K stands quietly looks at the smoke...We go close... CUT TO 160- INT. ANOTHER ROOM, PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS - DAY GURUJI Yahan hamaari prayogshaala mein yeh hamari zimmedari hogi ke hum tumhari cigarette pine ki tivra ichchha ko, tumhari is gair zimmedarana aadat ko sampoorn roop se khatm kar denge...Aur agar hum apni koshish mein chhooke aur tumhara ilaaj karne mein asafal rahen to phir hamare saamne bus ek hi rasta bachhega jis pe koi chalna nahin chahega...Kyon ki beta aatma hai to sharir ishwar hai...Aatma nahin to nashwar hai...Aatma... Antaraatma...bhogi hoti hai...Lekin ...Mann mazboot ho to aatma par kaabu kiya jaa sakta hai...Aur yadi ...Mann hi kamzor hai to bekaboo aatma ko phir jhaad phoonk kar mukt karna padta hai...Laazmi hai... CUT BACK TO: 161- INT. CAPSULE, PRAYOGSHALA, SLUMS - DAY K waiting for something to happen, so does the others..as they first become translucent then transparent then they all become smoke and dissolve into one another CUT TO: GURUJI Jaane do... CUT TO: Another lever... CUT TO:

All the smoke and fire gets sucked in... CUT TO: 162- EXT. CHIMNEY -DAY A chimney...smoke and fire comes out of it... CUT TO: 163- EXT. STREET -DAY K with Anjali them...

in

a

car

driving...Chimney

smokes

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164- EXT. STREET - DAY K driving...numb...thinking... He looks at Anjali...music plays in the background...she looks at him..suddenly she looks behind him..fear on her face...as a truck smashes into it...camera remains where it is as the truck passes around the camera, taking the SUV along and smashing it into the wall... FADE OUT. FADE IN: 165- INT. HOUSE -NIGHT K wakes up with a start..gasping..sweating.. He realizes he was having a nightmare Anjali looks at him ANJALI Kya hua K? Bura sapna dekha? K doesn't reply...Silently gets up..walks to the window...looks out at the city..all seems normal.. Much to Anjali's dismay, he turns...walks to the bathroom.. Puts on the light.. Stands in front of the mirror...looks at himself...opens the tap...puts his hands under the flowing water...looks down... His 2 smoking fingers are missing... END CREDITS ROLL

166- INT. ANOTHER HOUSE -DAY AJAY DEVGAN Tu sach keh raha hai? INTER CUT: 167- INT.K'A HOUSE - DAY K on phone K Fool proof programme hai...main keh raha hoon na...unhoney meri cigarette chudwayi, abbas ki chudwayi...tu ja ke toh dekh...agar chahiyye toh main tere liye abhi appointment le sakta hoon...right now...shlok ko bhi bheja hai... Door bell ring... K Lagta hai pahoonch gaya... K walks to the door....opens it...a man stands there with a parcel...takes...shuts the door... K (on phone) Great...Abhi phone karke batata hoon tujhey jana kab hai...kis baat ka inconvenience yaar...dost hotey kis liye hain...abhi karta hoon. Disconnects...throws the phone...looks at the parcel...opens it...inside...one of his finger with the ring...K looks at ...picks it up...attaches it against his severed finger... one still missing...takes out the ring...looks at it for few seconds...throws it in the dust bin... CUT TO : Ring in the dust bin...Fade to black as the ring self destructs...