VINOD INTERCUT

Vinod: 10 MINUTES….TO JANPATH…

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Driver: Sir but….

Vinod exits car….starts running.

SC 155. EXT. STREETS. DAY.

Vinod looks at his phone. 12. 18. Sixteen minutes to countdown.

He stares at the looming traffic. And Jumps down a flyover.

Below….Vinod rolls off a truck….

And grabs a scooty/mobike from a cute girl. She is TERRIFIED.

Vinod on the scooty/mobike….

CHARGING THRU A ONE WAY STREET. THE OTHER WAY.

SC 156. INT. BASKIN ROBBINS PARLOUR. DAY.

A giggly girl in a sexy outfit sharing ice-cream with a date. There are 14 year olds having a ‘treat’. College crowd. A family. Basically the Love Aaj Kal crowd.

Amongst them is our BODY OF LIES character. Jimmy Pakhtun.

In a parallel universe he could have been a JNU student, waiting for his LSR girlfriend.

Jimmy is sitting with a coffee.

The giggly girl and date waltz out…..as VINOD ENTERS.

He swiftly scans the crowd………looking as casual as he can. His eyes freeze on a man sitting alone. There is a BIG BAG by his side.

There is a peculiar expression in his eyes. MUSIC….and we pan to see….

……..it’s NOT JIMMY.

This is Bunny Singh. He’s tense.. because he’s waiting for

Preeti….This is his big day. He’s going to propose to Preeti. He’s even composed a song…and he’s decided to sing it in the parlor.

He’s got his guitar.

Fuck….what if she says no…are you crazy, Go to hell Bunny you are so embarrassing.

Fuck…who’s this guy who’s come sat on my table? Bunny grips the engagement ring in his fist.

Vinod NOTICES the tense guy. What’s he got in his fist? The switch.

Fuck…the bomb is in the guitar case. Do I shoot him? Or engage him in convo? Five minutes left.

In the distance Jimmy tries Imran’s phone. This number is temporarily switched off. He must be in the flight. He will take care of my family.

Zoya will get married. Four minutes left. Time to say my prayers.

Basically we build up this scene in real time. High Noon and Brian de Palma style.

Vinod: (to Bunny) Is that a Spanish Guitar?

Guy: Actually it’s an old Gibson…

Vinod: Oh ...I’d love to see it.

The guy opens the guitar…as Vinod reaches for his gun…and a ring falls from his finger. Vinod bends to pick it up…..and

Guy: Thanks….I plan to propose to my girlfriend now…and play

Vinod’s POV: A PAIR OF FEET IN THE DISTANCE………..BLOOD TRICKLING OUT OF ONE LEG.

(OR HE WALKS BY AND SEES SOMEBODY READING THE RUBAIYAT….this is better as the book plays an important link) Tilt up…..to SEE JIMMY.

Jimmy staring at a picture of Zoya…his sister. She’s smiling like a wildcat. She’s only got one leg.

Jimmy looks up….to see Vinod approaching him.

In the distance Bunny has taken out his Guthrie Guitar…and is strumming Simon and Garfunkel. Cecilia, you are breaking my heart….you are shaking my confidence daily…

Vinod looks around. Sits next to Jimmy.

Vinod looks below…around….Jimmy is in pain. A little pool of blood below his shoe. 90 seconds left…..89-88-87-86….but WHERE IS THE SUITCASE? WHERE IS THE BOMB?

Jimmy starts praying.

Vinod watches him…watches the crowd around, oblivious to the danger….

A café waitress comes to Jimmy….

Waitress: Sir….your suitcase….is blocking the bathroom. Sir….

Jimmy has his eyes closed….The waitress shakes him.

Jimmy opens his eyes.

And whips out the gun……

AS VINOD SHOOTS HIM……

JIMMY FALLS DEAD. THE CROWD SCREAMS. AS VINOD GRABS THE RUBAIYAT AND RUSHES TO THE SUITCASE.

59 seconds left.

Vinod places the Rubaiyat on the panel. (this would be explained to him and viewer in earlier scene)

The damn thing doesn’t work. Vinod realizes that the magnetic code is damaged..

45 seconds left.

Vinod: (to crowd) It’s a nuclear bomb…you cant run. Might as well stay and watch…..

Vinod looks at the Suitcase bomb. The two cylinders….with a steel pipe joining them.

Flash Cut: How a nuclear explosion happens. (JUST CUT TO DOCUMENTARY…NO PROBLEM…Give viewer the

knowledge…That’s what Hitchcock would do)

VINOD pulls out his gun. DOWN EVERYONE!!!!!

VINOD shoots the steel tube...the bullet ricochets...And hits a light bulb on the ceiling. Sparks fly.

Vinod shoots again. The steel tube is getting dented. The bullet ricochets and hits the glass entrance. It shatters.

The steel tube is getting dented...tunneling in....we see the big ball....and the long black tunnel in front from where the other ball will come...

THIRD…FOURTH BULLET….

THE RICHOCHETS ARE RANDOM….HITTING THINGS IN THE PARLOUR.

THE FIFTH BULLET WINGS VINOD…..BUT THE DENT IS CRACKING.

Vinod is bleeding...HE HAS TWO BULLETS LEFT.

AND TEN SECONDS TO GO. VINOD AIMS……AND SHOOTS.

There’s a sound of detonation...the dent splits open.. the bullet enters from the side...the big ball disintegrates...the small ball comes hurtling down in the front....zips into the disintegrating big ball as it comes....a split second... but Delhi and world is saved....no critical mass as the small ball comes to halt in the radioactive dust...

(GOOD CG REQUIRED HERE…AND SOME CONSULTATION WITH A SCIENTIST WILL HELP)

SC 157. CUT TO:

Major Bomb Disposal crew in BG….as we see Vinod in FG….

Vinod: Hello….Iram…..

SC. 158. INT. AMBULANCE. DAY.

A Jat cop: Hellooooooo…..memsaab ko goli lagi hai….