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...
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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
There is snow all around, soldiers marching in the snow... The visual on TV is...the same as outside...
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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... VOICE
Vodka ? K
Mera gala sookh raha hai... cigarette...(picks a pack, its empty)Cigarette hai tumhare paas...
VOICE
Cigarette...tum abhi bhi pi rahe ho?
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 language ...I want a cigarette...
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
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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... PSYCHIATRIST Bathtub...
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
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
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 cigarette kyon pite ho...?
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...
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 aid and a mask)
Maine to chhod di boss... 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
ANJALI
Dhoonva dekha hai,kitna hai udhar...
CUT TO: 13- INT. PARTY HALL, K'S HOUSE - NIGHT
K
Asthama mere bhai ko hai mujhe nahin...
CUT TO: 14- INT. KITCHEN, K'S HOUSE - NIGHT
SUZI
Suna hospital mein hai... ANJALI
Right lung nikala hai,infection tha...
SUZI
Aur K ghar mein cigarette peeta hai?
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? Doosri shaadi mein ya...
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... SUZI Bas... ANJALI Bas ?? SUZI
Cigarette to Vikas bhi peeta tha ...maine chhudwa di...ek aadmi hai baba bangali uski prayogshala...
ANJALI
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 ?
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...
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...
K Abbas...
ABBAS
Tu kya kar raha hai yahan, bahar khada huwa ...
K
Cigarette...(stubs his cigarette, takes another one lights it)
piyega?
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
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? ABBAS
Haan...
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...
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
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 chhodi kaise... Matlab kab?
Abbas looks at her.
ANJALI
I know K can be an asshole sometimes...
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? ABBAS
Kyon?
ANJALI Aise hi...
ABBAS
K kabhi nahin chhodega... ANJALI Tell me...
ABBAS
Agar tum waqayee chhudwana chahti ho uski cigarette...toh(fumbles around) yeh...
ABBAS
Rehabilitation programme hai... prayogshala...Professional log hain...
ANJALI
Tumhara bilkul mann nahin karta peene ka...
ABBAS
Nahin...(she look at him) I've to go...Someone is...
Stops midway...K glaring at him...
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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 his SUV...Anjali sits silently...She looks at him...
ANJALI
Tum cigarette chhod kyon nahin dete?
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 nahin bolte... cigarette tum se chhoot-ti nahin hai...
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 main baat nahin karni...
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
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 - DAY
K in his SUV...music playing...Dean Martin sings THAT"S AMORE
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 a hearing aid...doctor talks while he pours tea for K
DOCTOR
Unko kisi higher altitude par le ke jaayiyye...Yoga karwaiye...
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 achcha nahin hai...
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...
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 theek ho jayega...jaaoge?
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 home...kahan ho tum Anjali...
ANJALI
Main ghar pe hoon...apne ghar par...
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 leave me...Nobody leaves me...
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 Anjali sitting across)
K
Bata na kya hai ?(Pacing up and down)
ABBAS
Ek baar ja kar dekh... K
Batayega woh karte kya hain ? ABBAS
Kabhi cigarette ko haath nahin lagayega...
Looks at Anjali again..who looks at abbas intently... K
Kyon nahin ? ABBAS Bus hai...
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 pata hai kahan jaana hai?
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 mere liye aadhe ghante the...
ANJALI Bolo...
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 man... (shakes him)Excuse me...
When he shakes the man...the chair breaks,the man falls down...
K Shit...
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 gives him another look and smiles a sinister smile...
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...
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...
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...
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 :
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...
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...
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...
Please K...jo bhi karo...yeh mat karna...
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...
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 waits outside for him...Cop smiles at him...
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...
K Naam kya hai ?
MAN
Raj Kumar Gupta...baat kya hai sir...
K
Tumko woh baba bangali ne bheja hai...
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...
ANNIE OK...
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 nahin main saale...
ABBAS
Tu mil mujhe, phone pe nahin baat kar sakta...shaam ko mil...
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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 looks around...hides it in the room freshner's cap... after spraying little of it...Door banging...
VOICE
Abbas andar kya kar raha hai... darwaza khol...
ABBAS
Haan Dad...one minute...
Door opens...after a while...Father looks at him, then 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)
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
