Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Fiction Script


A 30 year old woman takes charge of her life when her husband wavers from his marital duty.

Madhu Shah was born into a Gujarati family in Kolkata on 13th December 1970. She was a shy kid.
Madhu: 30 yr old woman
Rajan: Husband
Rishi: Son
Umesh: Neighbour
Nitish: Former classmate
Vikas: Father
Madhav: Brother




ACT-1
FADE IN
INT. KITCHEN- NIGHT
Pressure cooker whistles. MADHU (30) removes the pressure cooker from the stove. She is wearing a sari. She looks towards RAJAN (32) sitting on the Sofa staring at the TV. Then goes back to cooking.
MADHU
(Shouting)
Khana lagne waala hai, kum se kum table to saaf kar hi sakte ho!

She looks up again to see RAJAN still sitting on the sofa. She shakes her head & walks towards the dining table.
The table is scattered with toys. She picks them up one by one & keeps them aside. She sets the plates & bowls on the table.
A cell phone rings. She takes it out from her purse & receives the call.
MADHU
Hello.
Haan sir kal subah-subah aapko woh documents aapke table par mil jaayenge.
Yes Sir. Goodnight.

She walks back towards the kitchen when she stumbles upon another toy lying on the floor. She sighs, picks it up & puts it in the same place where she had put the other toys.
CUT TO.
INT. DINING ROOM- NIGHT
MADHU & RAJAN eating. MADHU looks up from time to time to see RAJAN playing with the food. She gets irritated.
MADHU
(Irritated)
Duniya mein tum pehle insaan nahi ho jisne kuch khoya hai.
Maine bhi bahut kuch khoya hai zindagi mein lekin main tumhare tarah haar maanke nahi baithi hoon.

RAJAN looks up from his plate, stares at MADHU & then goes back to playing with the food. MADHU opens her mouth to say something when the door bell rings.
MADHU
(Muttering)
Ab darwaza bhi mujhe hi kholna padega.

UMESH (48) smiles & enters the house in a hurry.
UMESH
(Excited)
Aap logon ne news dekha?
Train mein mare jaane waale yaatriyon ke parivar waalon ko sarkar 1 lakh ka muafza de rahi hai.
Jaldi news channel lagaao.

MADHU looks towards RAJAN & smiles. RAJAN purses his lips, pushes his plate away from him angrily & leaves the house in a huff.
MADHU stares after him.
UMESH
(gingerly)
Ummm...bhabi ye TV kya aapne naya khareeda hai?

MADHU
Jee nhi! Ye TV aapne pehle bhi dekha hai, kyun aap mera waqt barbaad kar rahe hain? Mujhe dher saara kaam hai. Namaste.

MADHU closes the door on UMESH’s face.
FADE OUT.



ACT-2

FADE IN.
INT. ROOM- DAY (MORNING)
MADHU making phone calls one after the other.

CUT TO.
INT. ROOM- DAY(AFTERNOON)
RAJAN with his eyes closed. Camera pans to reveal his dead body lying on the floor. MADHU is crying silently near him.

CUT TO.

NITISH enters the house. MADHU looks towards him with tears in her eyes. NITISH comes towards her, sits down near her. Both keep quiet for 2 minutes. NITISH looks towards her.
NITISH
Woh bracelet jo maine tumhe diya tha kya woh ab bhi tumhare paas hai?
MADHU looks startled.
MADHU
(weeping)
Please yahaan se chale jaao Nitish. Please.
NITISH frowns & leaves her alone.
FADE OUT.


FADE IN.
EXT. GARDEN- DAY (EVENING)
MADHU (18) is crying. NITISH (22) is looking towards her in disgust.
NITISH
(Angrily)
Tumhe kya laga sanjay se badla lene k liye
 tum mujhse pyaar ka jhoota naatak karogi
aur mujhe pata nhi chalega?
Pata h kya…tum kisi ke layak nhi ho.

NITISH takes away the bracelet from MADHU’s hand & throws it away. He walks a few paces, looks back at MADHU.
Ab tumhari zindagi mein na sanjay raha na main.

He leaves. MADHU weeps.
FADE OUT.



FADE IN.
INT. ROOM- DAY (AFTERNOON)
MADHU walks towards VIKAS (78), sits down near him & weeps.
VIKAS
(Exasperated)
Ab kya hoga tera? Teri to kismat hi phuti hai. Kabhi bhala hua hai tere saath kalmuhi? Chalo ek taraf se achchha hi hua ab tera kharcha bach jaayega. Safed sari hi to pehenni hai tujhe.
FADE OUT.



FADE IN.
EXT. BUS STOP- DAY (NOON)
MADHU (12) & MADHAV (10) are sitting at the bus stop. MADHAV is very fidgety while MADHU is sitting quietly at one corner of the seat. Both look up.
VIKAS riding on a scooter comes towards them. He stops in front of them. MADHAV runs towards him excitedly. MADHU gets up slowly & walks towards him.
VIKAS
(Rudely)
Ab kya tumhe invitation dena padega jaldi aane ke liye?

MADHU goes & sits on the back of the scooter. MAHESH sits on the front. Camera follows the scooter.
MADHAV
(Enthusiastically)
Papa, pata hai aaj kya hua? Aaj na piyush ne class mein
Priya ka tiffin kha liya aur fir.... (sound fades out)

MADHU keeps staring forward without a smile on her face.
FADE OUT.

FADE IN.
INT. ROOM- NIGHT
MADHU sitting at a corner weeping. She looks up towards the cupboard. She gets up & walks towards it. She opens the door to reveal all beautiful saris inside. She touches them one by one feeling the texture.
She looks right to see a bunch of white pressed saris on the bed. She cringes. She walks towards them, picks pne up & crumbles it.
FADE OUT.




ACT 3
FADE IN.
INT. ROOM- DAY (MORNING)
MADHU standing in front of the mirror. She is wearing a very pretty sari. She puts on make-up & wears jewellery.
MADHU
Rishi! Tum taiyaar ho gaye? School ke liye late ho raha hai.
Aaj jaana hai ya phir bahane banana hai?

RISHI (6) runs into the room wearing a school dress.
RISHI
Mummy main to kab ka taiyaar ho gaya hoon.
MADHU smiles at him.
MADHU
To chalein?
FADE OUT TO BLACK.