Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The father and the son

(Dedicated to a pearl, a Wicked pearl)
Scene 26.
Characters : The son, The guard, some prisoners.
Day/Ext/ In side jail
(The son comes inside the jail. Fourteen different wards have been made in to different rows. With a little scare and bewilderment he walks slowly between the two rows, watching the prisoners and the jail guards. The guard stops at the ward number five. Some prisoners of the ward number five are sitting in premises of the ward. It is a big premises. In side the premises there is a big banyan tree. The gate of the ward is open)
The guard
(With a loud voice) Time is over, I am going to lock the gate.
(All the prisoners enters into the ward one by one. The son looks them carefully)
A prisoner
(Stops and looks the son and then turn to the guard)
It is a new bird?
The guard
(In angry tone) Mind your business.
(The prisoner enters into the ward silently)
(The guard looks to the son)
It is your ward. Foods will be provided to you from the evening, till now you have to wait. Just stay peacefully, do not create problem here.
(The son enters into the ward and the guard locks the gate.)
Cut to…..
Scene 27
Characters : The son, 78 prisoners.
Day/ Int / A big room
(It is a big hall, having two small windows. There is no fans in the hall. Some prisoners are sitting here and there, some are laying on the floor. Some are talking to each-other. It is like a big railway platform. The son feels alone in this un-know crowd. He does not know what to do here. He walks slowly and tries to find out a proper place for him. A short prisoner comes to him)
The short prisoner
You have come today?
The son
Yes.
The short prisoner
What cast you are?
The son

Brahmin.
The short Prisoner
Good! Come to me.
(The son follows him. He leads him to a man, having golden chain in his neck. He is in typical Indian dress—Lungi and Gangi and sitting on bed, the only one bed in the ward.)
The short prisoner
(Looking the golden chain man) Brother, he is a Brahmin.
The golden chain man
(Looking to the son. His eyes were brown)
Have you eaten something or not ? (He looks to a man) Give him something to eat. You have broken a bottle of wine over a man's head?
The son
How do you know it?
The golden chain man
It is the jail. Everything is watched here very keenly. You just see the today's newspaper. All newspapers have covered your crime act and I have been waiting for you since morning.
The son
Why?
(A man brings some local sweets and gives them to the son )
The golden chain man
Eat. You are an aggressive boy, and it is not good for you. How much wine have consumed yesterday night?
The son
Some bottles of beer.
The golden chain man
You will have to stay here for long. Where will you sleep? You can use my bed if you want. It is your first day. You will learn everything. The gate will be open at 5.30 pm. Till now you can enjoy the ward. If you face any problem, just tell me.
The son
Problems ! What problems ?
The golden chain man
It is the central Jail. Are you a student?
The son
Yes!

The golden chain man
What do you read?
The son
Everything.

The golden chain man
What everything. Do you smoke?
The son
History, physics, chemistry, Geography, biology…
The golden chain man
Wait! Wait!!...I am not asking of your subjects…You are in school or college?
The son
school.
The golden chain man
Then you will enter into university…Jail is a big school. It will teach you a lot of lessons. Do you smoke?
The son
No.
The golden chain man
It is good. You body is strong. You do exercise everyday? Smoking make you hollow. You feel free to move here but do not mix-ups with thieves. They will distort your reputation. Here speaks less and understand more.
The son
What crime you have done?
The golden chain man
(Very easily) Just killed two people ! Have you ever killed anyone?
The son
No.
The golden chain man
But you have killing instinct. Do you know how to operate revolver?
The son
I know. In the evening you will eat with me. Do not eat the jail's food. It is not good. Now go and enjoy the ward.
(The son turns and looks to the people who are in side the ward. )
Cut to….

Scene 28 (a)
Character : The son and Prisoners
Day/Ent/Inside the ward.
(Prisoners are sitting here and there. Some are laying on the ground. Some are playing cards. A prisoner is very good singer. He sings a song. It is a love song. The theme of this song is like this…A woman is alone, her husband has gone to far from her to earn money and she is waiting for him. Her nights are more painful than her days. She has strong desire for her husband. All the prisoners comes and sits around the singer. He is singing with real local dialectical sprits. All the prisoners are silent and their minds are moving with the love song. The son stands in a corner and listen this song.)
Cut to..
Scene 28 (b)
Character : The son and Prisoners
Day/Ent/Inside the ward.
(The son is sitting against a wall of the ward. Still prisoners are chatting. A young bearded man comes to him, and gives him a smile.)
The young bearded man
Love affairs?
The son
What love affairs?
The young bearded man
I am sure You involved in fighting due to a girl. All young boys are always ready to fight for girls. What are you thinking? You want to go back and kill your enemy.
The son
You are searching in wrong direction. I am not involved with any girl.
The bearded man
By caste I am a Yadav. I do not believe in cast, but unfortunately whole the crime word is divided on the cast basis. In my gang I well come young boys of all castes.
The son
What you wants from me?
The bearded man
The situation of this jail not good. I have just prepared a letter for the jail authority. I need you sigh.
The son
I do not want to involve in this.
The bearded man
(Giving a page) You just read the letter and think over it.
The son
(Taking the page and reading it.) Sorry I do not understand anything about it. (He returns the page.)
The bearded man
I have been shifted here from another jail, You will know about me a lot of thing latter. See you again.
Cut to…
Scene 29

Characters : The father and the mother
Day/Ext/out side the beautiful house.
(As soon as the father comes to his house with his Jeep, the mother, after listening the sound of Jeep runs to him from the door. She looks to him, but says nothing)
The father
He has been sent to jail. The bail is rejected.
Mother
My son is staying among the criminals !
The father
I tried my best.
The mother
I do want to listen anything. I want my son back.
The father
It will take time.
(He says and advances to the door.)
The mother
(Follow him) You are neither a good husband nor a good father. You have spoiled our life…
The father
Do not eat my head. I am already very much worried.
The mother
How can I tolerate you in this house while my son is in jail?
The father
(Looks her angrily,) You go to hell.
(He turns back and sits on the Jeep and starts it)
The mother
(Angrily) You are a dog…You always escapes …
(The father looks to her and goes away with his Jeep.)
Cut to…

Scene 30
Characters : The son and all the prisoners of the ward.
Evening/ Ent/ in side Ward.
(A jail guard opens the gate. All the prisoners rush to the gate. The son who is sitting against the wall looks to the door. He stands up and advances to the open door. )
The golden chain man
(Coming to the son) How do you feel?
The son
I cannot say.
The golden chain man
The gate is opened for an hour. You can use toilet, because after an hour the gate will be closed and for toilet you will have to wait till morning.
The son
Thanks for your suggestion.
The golden chain man
No need. You were talking to the bearded man?
The son
Yes.
The golden chain man
Do you know he is Yaday, a milkman ?
The son
He told me so.
The golden chain man
You are a Brahmin, So you should not talk to him. He is trying to create disturbance here….Did he ask you to sign over any letter?
The son
Yes, I did not do it.
(Both of them come out of the ward)
The golden chain man
It is good. The jail authority was not ready to accept him in this jail. What would you like to eat tonight?
(Some prisoners from the ward were preparing their material for food. Some are rushing to the three toilets inside the ward number five premises, and some are filling their vacant bottles of water from a pipe. Some prisoners from the other wards are meeting their friends. It seems that it is a village fair.)
The food provided by the jail authority is not good. Rice, pulse and vegetables will be good. We will eat them with ghee.
(He looks around and calls a man)
Make Rice, pulse and vegetables.
(The man goes away)
You can move freely for an hours. I have to meet someone in the next ward. I will see you later.
(He goes out of the premise. The watching the people moves out. A pale boy runs behind him)
The pale boy
Excuse me, Big brother !
(He turns to him, and looks at his pale face.)
Are not going to take your food from canteen?
The son
Food from canteen!
The pale boy
Your food is being made here, Please take your food from canteen and give it to me.
(An old man comes from a different direction)
The old man
No, please provide this food to me.
The son
Are you not taking your food?
The old man
We take, but it is not enough. Please, give me your food, I have spent here four years and anyhow I am managing my food.
The pale boy
(In loud voice, to the old man) You try to catch all the prisoners who do eat jail's food. You go away! I will take his food.
The old man
I am dieing of hunger, you are young, you can exist. Let me eat his food.
(Both of them starts fighting, and some prisoners gathers around them. They provoke them to fight professionally. The son goes away.)
Cut to….

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The father and the son (Scene 21 to 25)

(by alok nandan, dedicated to a pearl)
Scene 21
Characters : The father and the mother
Night/Ent/bedroom.
(The mother is laying on the bed and weeping bitterly, while the father is sitting besides him.)
The mother
I want my son, I want my son. You never cared me…I thought that my son would care of me…now I have lost him…I want my son. I will not fight with you…please return my son…You know I have cared you as my son…I am never demanding…
The father
Yes, you cared me as your son…both of us could not understand each-other…Against your will I sold all my maternal property…but what I could do all my brothers wanted to sell it?
The mother
And you did not tell me a single word when you were going to sell it, it hurt me…and you lost my confidence…so I started misbehaving with you, and now you are taking revenge. I want my son.
(The father holds the mother in his arms and tries to console her)
Cut to….
Scene 22
Characters : The son, the four youths, the father and the advocate and five police constables.
Morning/Ext/On the road
(The son, four youths and the five police constable are sitting on a police Jeep. All are chained. The Jeep is running. The father and the advocate are sitting on the other Jeep. It is running behind the first one.)
The Advocate
The victim's statement has not been taken till now. He is still struggling for life.
The father
(Driving the Jeep) What will be the result ?
The Advocate
Its totally depends upon the mood of magistrate…I have submitted all the related papers that will show he is minor.
The father
Will it work in the court?
The advocate
Let us see. I am trying my best.
Inter cut…

A youth
(Sitting besides the son, in another Jeep)
You have been booked under act 307.
The son
Act 307 ! What is it?
A youth
Attempt to murder. Do not worry, you will be regarded highly in the jail…It is a good crime. Just maintain and increase your contacts in the jail…
The son
I will be sent jail?
A youth
Sure!
Cut to….

Scene 23
Characters : The father, the son, the advocate, two police
constable, and some people.
(The father and the son are standing outside the court room. The son is chained by the two police constables. The father is little tensed while the son is calm. The advocate comes out the court room. The father looks to his face)
The advocate
Bail is rejected.
Cut to…

Scene 24
Characters: The father, the son, some constables and prisoners
Day / Ext/ In front of Jail gate
(The son comes off the Police Jeep. The father standing there. The son looks to the father's eyes. The father moves his fingers in the son's hair. )
The father
(In sinking voice) I am sorry! But I have talked to the jail authority, you will face no problem here. I would come her with criminals, and today before my eyes my own son is being sent to jail…I am sorry my son, I am sorry.
The son
(With a confident voice, looking to father's eyes) Take care of my mother.
The father
You do not worry about her.
The son
Father I love you both.
(He says and advances to the main gate of the jail.The gate opens and the son enters into the gate with two constables. But before going in, he turns and looks to the father. )
Cut to….
Scene 25
Characters: The son, two constables, a jail officers, some jail guards and some prisoners.
Int/ day/ Inside jail office.
(The son comes inside the door with the two constables. An officer is sitting on a chair. Some jail guards moving here and there. Some prisoners have come there to meet his relatives. The constables go to the jail officer who is busy with a file.)
A constable
(To the busy jail officer, advancing some court's paper)
Take charge of this boy.
(The jail officer looks to the constable and then to the boy and takes the papers)
The jail officer
(to the son) What is your name?
The son
Rohit!
The jail officer
What is the chrge?
(When the son says nothing, he looks to the constable)
What is the charge?
The constable
307. Attempt to murder.
The jail officer
(Looking to the papers ) What have you done?
(The son says nothing, in stead of him the constable answeres)
The constable
He has hit a wine bottle over a man's head.
The jail officer
It is too bad boy! Your father is an officer and you are doing such crime. It is not good. What is your caste?
The son
The Brahman.
The jail officer
(With a little surprise ) Oh no, I am shifting you in the ward number five. Most of the Brahmin prisoners have been sifted there. You will be save there. Do not fight with any one. If you face any problem just come to me. I have talked to your father.
(He looks to a guard) Search this boy through and through.
(The guard searches him through and through)
The guard
He has nothing, sir!
Jail officer
Send him to ward number five.
The guard
(To the son) come with me
(The inner gate of the jail is opened and the son enters into it with the guard. )
Cut to….

Friday, May 9, 2008

The father and the son (Scene 15 to 20)

(by alok nandan, dedicated to a pearl )
Character: The father, and a guard, the advocate.
Night/ Ext/
(The father comes out of the hospital premise fast and goes to his Jeep. He puts down his rifle besides him and starts the Jeep. The Jeep comes out of the hospital premises. For a little while the Jeep runs on the road. It stops in front of a big house. He jumps from the Jeep and takes the rifle in his hand. When he tries to enter into the big house the guard stops him)
The father
I want to meet the advocate.
The guard
But it is too late, come in the morning.
The father
I have no time, I want to meet him now.
The guard
He is sleeping.
The father
I want to meet him just now means just now.
(He says in a fanatic tone)
The advocate
(From his portico) Guard, let the man come.
(The father looks to the guard and advances to the advocate)
Cut to….

Scene 16
Characters : The son and four youths
Night/Ent/Lock up.
(The son is sitting against the lock-up's wall. One youth is sitting besides his right side and the other is his left side. The other two youths are sitting in front of him. A youth besides his left takes out a pocket of cigret.)
The youth 1
(taking out one cigret) It is the last cigret.
(he looks to the son) Do you smoke?
The son
No.
The youth 1
You are arrested first time?
The son
Yes.
The youth 2 (right side)
He has killed a man. He will sent to prison for ten years.
The son
( Looking to him) My father will save me.
The youth 2
It is a difficult case, non-bailable offence. Certainly you will be sent to prison.
The youth 1
Do not worry we will be with you there and help you, although you have beaten us brutally. Would you like to smoke?
(He lit the cigret with the help of a match-stick and takes a deep puff.) Just try friend! You will have to learn a lot of thing in jail.
The son
I have never smoked.
The youth 1
Do not worry, you will be comfortable, it will relax you….There is a lot of mosquitoes here. (quickly he takes two deep puffs and makes his lops round and flow his smokes moving his head around.) Just take a puff.
(the son with a little hesitation, takes the cigret from his hand and very keenly looks to it)
puff it friend!!
(The son puffs softly)
Now make your lips round and push the smoke outside with the help of your breath.
(When the son makes his lips rounds and tries to push the smoke outside, the third youth sitting in front of hin very forcefully sticks his palm over his lips. All the smokes enters into his chest and he stats woofing. His face turns into red and he looks angrily into her eyes.)
The youth 3
Do not smoke like a woman, take the smoke inside; now a new a new world starts from here, and your father will not come to save you.
The son
(with fit of frustration) he will come, he will come, he will come.
(All the youths look each-other and they smile)
Cut to…..

Scene 17
Character: The father and the advocate.
Night/Ent /Inside drawing room.
(The father and the Advocate are sitting together in a drawing room.)
The advocate
(Thinking something deep) You are my old friend! So I do not want to tell you lie. It is a complicated case. The victim is still alive and laying in the hospital unconscious. We have only one ground.
The father
What ?
The advocate
He is under age. We have to put this point before Magistrate, but I do not think his bail will be granted. You have threatened the other party, and certainly it will work against the case. Even you can be arrested, if they complain against you.
The father
It would be far better, at least I will be with him in the jail.
The advocate
Do not talk silly. Now I am going to prepare all the papers. You must have some rest.
The father
He will be hungry, so let me go. I will meet you tomorrow in the court. (The father stands up) Thank you very much.
The advocate
I hope everything will go well.
The father
(With a confident voice) I want to save my son at any cost.
Cut to…

Scene 18
Characters : The father, The son, four youths, Police Inspector and some constables.
Night /int/ police station.
(The son is sitting among the youths. The Inspector is sitting on a chair. The father enters into the police station. He has bread and mutton in two different packets. He comes to the lock-up and sees the son)
The father
I have talked to the advocate. You need not worry about anything. Everything will be managed tomorrow in the court. Come and eat. I have bought bred and mutton for you.
(The son looks to the father and stands up.)
The son
I will have to spent night in the lock-up ?
The father
Let me talk to the Inspector.
(He comes to the Inspector)
(To Inspector) Please give me a favor.
(Inspector looks to the father, with a question mark in his eyes)
I have talked to my advocate, everything will be finalized tomorrow in the court. Just allow my son to stay outside of the lock-up. I have bought food for him.
the Inspector
I am sorry, it is not possible. He is not allowed to stay outside the lock-up. If senior officers visit in the night, they will take action against me for this act. But of course, he can eat here on my table.
(In loud voice) Constable! Bring the kid here.
(A constable opens the lock-up and the son comes to his father. The father touches his head lovingly and asks him to sit on a chair.)
the Inspector
Be comfortable. For a little while I am going out side. Constable give them water.
(The inspector goes outside and the constable brings some water in a jug. The father opens the packet.)
The father
(Opening the packets) I know, You like mutton and bread too much. Come and eat.
The son
(Eating mutton and bread) I think you should return home, mother would be alone. You really hate mother?
The father
(With a little irritation) You know she always tease me. She is not ready to understand my mind. I have been tolerating her for long, but you do not worry, I will not abuse her.
The son
(Eating mutton) Mother cooks well!
The father
Yes, She is a good cook.
The son
I would always wait for lunch and dinner. She would change dishes regularly…And I am sure you would, too, wait for lunch and dinner.
The father
Oh, Yes, she is an excellent cook. Earlier she was very gentle to me. She would take care of me. She sold her all jewelleries for my higher study. And then I joined this service and was sent for training.
The son
She would love you a lot. But I am not able to understand why she has turned? Is any mistake from your side?
The father
I know why she has turned, but you do not think of it. I promise you I will not abuse her.
The Son
Really you were going to kill me?
The father
No father can kill a son.
(The son is eating, and the father is sitting in front of him.)

A youth
(From the lock-up, in loud voice) Friend, we are hungry, Would you please provide us some food?
The son
(Looking to his father) I want to give them some food.
The father
You can.
The son
You go to mother, she would be waiting.
The father
Yes, I have to go. I will come tomorrow with the advocate. Take care.
(Father stands up and turns to the main door.)
The son
Do not tell mother anything about the killing episode.
(The father moves to the son and shakes his head in affirmation and then goes away. The son takes up both the packets and comes to the lock-up. All the youths take the food )
Cut to…
Scene 19
Characters : The father and the mother
Night/ Ext/ a beautiful small house.
(The father parks his Jeep in front of the house, The mother sees it from the window. The father enters into the house.)
Night/ Int/ In side a room.
(The father enters into the room, hangs the rifle on the wall and sits on a sofa. He opens his boot. Mother comes with a cup of tea.)
The mother
Mr. Panday has invited us in his daughter marriage ceremony. I have not seen her for long. She has grown up…Time runs very fast…It seems that it is the talk of yesterday…she would come her with her father…She was looking nice…now I want to see her as a bride, Oh one day my son has a bride…Where he is?
(The father looks to the mother but says nothing. In fact he is in a state of bewilderment how to say her about his son. Avoiding her question, he takes the cup from her hand and have a ship.)
It is time to come home? The food is ready, wash your mouth, meanwhile I will manage dining table. (With a little irritating tone) Where is that kid? He has made me mad…always do nonsense things…like father like son.
The father
I always abuse you. I am not a good husband.
(The mother looks to him with little surprise)
For me you have done a lot, I know it…You are angry with me, I never listened you…
The mother
(She realizes that something wrong with the father)
Is everything ok ? Where is my son?
The father
(Looking straight into his eyes) He is arrested.
The mother
Arrested! But why? What he has done? I know he is a hot tempered boy.
The father
He broke a bottle of wine over a man's head.
The mother
Oh, no!
The father
The man is struggling for life, I have talked to the advocate, possibly he will be released tomorrow.
The mother
Possibly ! How it all happened? I was always fearful of his anger. (With anger) You are always a wild man, and you son too is following your footprints.

The father
(With in an irritating tone) Do not start barking. I will save him.
The mother
How you will save him? He has almost killed a man, and you are saying that you will save him ! ( In a fanatic tone)
The father
(In a loud and irritating voice) Would you keep your mum shut please?
The mother
(With weeping voice) Earlier I have lost my husband, no my son, Oh God!!!
(The father comes to her and hold her gently, she clings to him and weeps)
Cut to…..

Thursday, May 8, 2008

The father and the son (Scene 11 to 14)

(by alok nandan Dedicated to a pearl)
The scene 11
Characters : The fathers and the son, more than twenty prostitutes and men, some waiters
Night/Ent/ inside motel
(The father and the son enters from the main door. A lot of prostitutes are sitting here and there. Some men are enjoying them with wine and foods. It is smoky room. The son is surprised and hesitant to see this prostitution house. He is not comfortable while the father with his gun looking here and there. Then he turns to the son )

The father
Select a woman for yourself.
The son
(With hesitation) I do not want these women.
The father
I know you want only your mother.
The Son
You do not talk like this. Let me select a woman
(Three young prostitutes come to the father and the son.)
One prostitute
(Coming close to the father)
What you want young man?
(The father stares her angrily) I will take care of you, do not worry.
The father
I want a woman for my rascal son .(he tells loudly)
(All the prostitute look to the son)
The second prostitute
(Coming close to the son) Do not worry, I will take care of him.
The third prostitute
(With a little surprise) Oh! It is a kid. This place is not good for him.
The second prostitute
I will make this kid a man. (She tries to kiss the son, and he pushes her back with disgust. She laughs). Oh! it is aggressive. I love aggressiveness. For you I will not take charge.
The third prostitute
(Looking the father) You are the father of this son?
The father
Yes!
The third prostitute
You do not know, it not a good place for him ?
The father
(With irritation) Do not try to preach me. You just do your work and take money.

(He takes out his purse from his pocket and shows the money. The first prostitute tries to snatch the money from his hand)
The first prostitute
Give me this money, I will serve you better.
The son
I do not want to stay here.
The father
I know you want to go to your mother.
The second prostitute
(Again coming close to the son and tries to holding him in her arms) My darling you are so sweet ! Just relax and enjoy your life.
(Now the son pushes her badly and she fells down on a table. All the drinks and eatable ruins. A drunken man help the second prostitute to standup and looks angrily to the son.)
The drunken man
(Angrily) You, son of a swine! Do not know how to handle a beautiful girl?
(The father looks to the drunken man angrily, The drunken man looks to the father angrily) Do not stare me. I am not afraid of your rifle. Like son, Like father, no, no… Like father, like son....ha! ha!! ha!!! You want to fight with me…come on.
(The son picks-up a bottle of wine and strikes on the drunken man head very forcefully. He fells down, his whole face is full of blood. All the people inside motel was surprised and afraid to see this.)
Some one cries
Call the police. It is a murder case !!!
Cut to…
Scene 12
Characters : the son, the father, four youths whom the son and the father have already touched a lesson on the road, a police inspector, five constables.
Night/ Ent/Police station
(The son is inside lock up with your youths, the father is sitting in front of the inspector. Constables are standing on their duty.)
The inspector
I cannot help you, sir! Fortunately he is alive. But of course it is a case of attempt to murder. I will have to produce your son before the magistrate.
The father
He is a kid! It will ruin his life…
The Inspector
You are a government servant, so you can understand my obligations. There is no way, I have to produce him before magistrate any how. But I am unable to understand what both of you were doing there? You know, you too can be charged for this case.
The father
That bastard abused me, and my son hit him. I just wanted to show him prostitutes. I never imagined about this incident.
The Inspector
Prostitutes ! It is not a jock? A father leads a son to prostitution !
The father
You will not understand it, Inspector! I am not a father, I am a hell. I wanted to…now I want to save him.
The Inspector
He has to face court procedure.
The father
Let me meet my son.
(He stands up and goes to the lock-up. The son is sitting in the lock up, while all the youths are standing there silently.)
The father
Why did you hit the man with bottle?
The son
(Looking to his father) He abused you.
The father
….And you hit him, like you tried to kill me when I abused your mother.
The son
I could not control myself when he abused you.
The father
Like you could not control yourself when I abused your mother.
The father
I am always cruel to you.
The son
(Standing up and coming to the gate of lock-up)
I love you both father…you and mother.
The father
I love you, too, my son. Do not worry, I will save you, I will save you at any cost. Tomorrow you will be produced before magistrate. I hope everything will be ok. The man is alive, Let me talk to him.
Are you afraid?
The son
No, I am thinking about my mother. Do you hate her really?
The father
Take care, I will come back soon.
(The father goes away. One of youth turns to the Son)
The Youth
It is your father ?
The son
Yes!
The youth
It is too much dangerous.

Cut to….

Scene 13
You do not worry, I will save you.
Characters : The father
Night/ Ext/ outside a hospital
(The father enters into a hospital premises with his Jeep. He parks the Jeep and enters into the hospital. He is tensed. The rifle is still in his hand.
Scene 14

Characters : The father, a nurse and two men
Night/ Int/ inside a hospital.
(The father goes to the visiting office of the hospital. A nurse is sitting there. He comes to the nurse.)
The Father
(Little tense) Where is the man?
The nurse
What man?
The father
The man who was wounded in a motel and hour ago?
The nurse
You are asking about the man whose head was hit with a bottle of wine ?
(The two people sitting in the visiting room attracts to the father)
The father
Yes .
The nurse
You are his relatives?
The father
I am the man whose son has hit him.
The Nurse
Oh no, You know, he is almost died. All the broken glasses enter into his head. He is in critical condition. Doctors are trying to save him. No one knows what will happen.
The first man
(Coming to the father, he is angry and excited) If anything happens to my brother, I will kill your son.
The father
I have come here not to pick up a quarrel. My son is behind the bar. I just want compromise.
The second man
No, compromise. It is no matter he is sent to jail or not, certainly we will kill him. We have our people in jail. We will kill him in jail.
The father
(Pointing his rifle to his head, with extreme angre)
And I will kill both of you here…just now.
(The face of man turns black, Nurse quickly runs to the father)
Nurse
(With a loud voice) You have gone mad? It is the hospital, do not act illegally here, otherwise I will call the police.
The father
(Looking straight to the man's eyes) I will finish your all family, if you think anything against my son. I have come here for a compromise, think over it with cool mind. Everything depends upon your brother's statement. I do not want that he says anything against my son. If he is alive just tell him, and if he is died, you have my words in your mind.
(He puts down the rifle and turns to the door.)
Cut to…

Sunday, May 4, 2008

The father and the son (Scene 9 and 10)

(dedocated to a peral)
Scene 9
Characters : The father and the son.
Night/Forest/ on road.
(The jeep is running on the road. With the help of a medical box the son is washing his wound. For this purpose he is using the side mirror of the jeep, looking himself in the mirror)
Father
(Glancing at the son's face) Sorry I could not save you.
The son
But you give me a chance to teach them a good lesion.
The father
They are street dogs, and they must be dealt like this…
The son
You are always a angry young man….Always ready to fight. It will create trouble for you in future when you comes old…
The father
Do not bother about me…I know how to lead a good and roaring life…Do you know any prostitutes' house? Hum! You want a woman.
The son
You will provide me a prostitute?
The Father
Your marriage is not possible now…You are going to die…I do not want to destroy the fate of any girl. You do not have any girl friend, it is your fault…So I think a prostitute will be suitable for you…Do not bother all women are prostitutes…
The son
Have you ever been to a prostitute's house.
The father
I hate all the woman…prostitute in my life…no way. I am searching a prostitute for you…Oh! My life is a hell.
You cannot manage to die without woman?
(The father is maintaining the natural tone…His mind is very much clear that he has to kill his son, but at the same time he is thinking hard to fulfill his last desire. A little comedy touch should be maintain here…with expression and tone.)
The son
No compromise, I want a woman.
The father
Ok…Ok…Let me see what can I do for you.
(The jeep entered into a motel)
Cut to...
Scene 10
Characters : The father and the son and a guard
Night/ In front of the motel.
(The Father parks the Jeep in the parking areas of Motel. He opens the door of the Jeep and comes out. The son is sitting at his place. He is not bothered to come out.)
The father
(Picking his rifle) Get off and come with me…may be we get a bloody prostitute here.
The son
You go and search, I will stay here…
The father
Do not be smart….You are thinking to fly away….no chance…Just come with me.
(He points his rifle to the son, and the son comes out. Both of them tries to enter into the motel. The guard salute them and looks to the rifle with little hesitation.)
Do not worry, we are good citizens. Can we get a prostitute here?
The guard
(In the state of bewilderment) Pardon sir !
The father
(In an angry voice) For my rascal son, I want a woman.
The guard
(Still he is in the state of bewilderment) Sorry, sir. I do not understand what you say.
Father
Very simple. (denoting to the son) He is young and he wants a woman…Let me know can I get a woman here.
The guard
Try your luck inside.
(The father looks to the son in an irritating mood and son smiles. The father with his facial gesture asks the son to enter into the door. First the son enters and then the father)
The guard
What a lovely father he is ! If I were his son, I would have enjoyed women earlier.
(He tells very seriously and then smiles as if he is with a woman in her bedroom.)
Cut to…

Saturday, May 3, 2008

The father and the son

(Dedicated to a pearl)
Scene 7
Characters : The father and the son
Night / forest
(The father is sitting on the driving seat and the son is still laying at his place in the jeep. The father is drinking continuously.)
The son
I have followed you since my childhood. Now I am going to die. My mother has long hair. I would love to touch it…She would be combing her hair and I would watch her…I think she is the most beautiful woman under the sky.
(The father looks to him angrily, and gulp the beer.) When she left the room, I would pick the comb and collect her broken hair. I enjoyed her long hair lot.
The father
I would too enjoy her long curly hair…But I did not know it was a net to me…I wrote countless poetry on her long curly hair…but she burnt them all…She is a hell…And you too were enjoying her curly hair secretly! She was taking care of you, and you started loving her like a growing man ! You are hell, too.
The son
(Standing up)
Are you going to kill me certainly?
The father
Yes, there is no doubt in it.
The son
(Confidently) I want to enjoy a woman.
The father
What !
The son
(Repeating his sentence) I want to enjoy a woman. Till now I have not touched a woman…let me feel a woman before I die…I don’t want to die as a boy, Let me die as a man…I want a woman.
The father
(In a warning tone) You have drunk too much.
The son
I am serious about it, How can I die before I enjoy a woman? You cannot treat me like this.
The father
You are considered as a war prisoner…and a prisoner has no right to get a woman.
The son
It is not fair…I am a growing up young kid…Let me feel a woman. It is the last desire of a dieing boy…dieing man.
The father
Hum! I am thinking to give you this opportunity.
The son
Do you have any girl friend?
The son
No, It is you who told me not to love a girl, it would make you weak, both mentally and physically…I always keep myself away from the girl.
The father
….And love your mother like a man. Let us find out a woman.
(He starts the jeep)
The son
You are in a drunken state, allow me to drive.
(The son comes close to the father)
The father
Do not try to teach me a lesion. just jump in.
(The son jump in the jeep and sit besides his father. The father moves the jeep ahead. The rifle is standing against the seat between the father and the son.)
Cut to…

Scene 8
Characters : The father and the son, and five youths.
Night / forest' road
(The father is driving the jeep in full speed, and the son is enjoying cool air that is touching his face)
The son
You always drive wildly…And I love it…Have you ever loved any woman?
The father
(In a irritating tone) I would love that woman who is your mother…I was mad behind her…I tried to give her my best…but she is a devil…Never break before a woman…otherwise she will break you forever…You, too, are in love with her…What you were saying ?....Ya …You would collect her hair…I am sure you were interested in her dress too…
The son
She would look very beautiful in her pink night gown. She was very care full to me.
The father
And you started loving her…devil mother and devil son !
(An open car scratches to the father's jeep. Five youths are sitting in the open car. They have dunked)
A youth
(With a loud voice) You bloody man! Do not know how to drive? (One of them throws a bottle on the son and it hurts his face…the with the five youths passes away…The father looks to the son's face. He sees some blood over his face and pick up his rifle and shoot the running car's tire. The tire is heated and the driver of the car looses his balance. The car strikes against a tree. The jeep comes to the car and stops. The father stairs all the youths, the rifle is still in his hand. All the youths are afraid to see him.)
The father
(Turning to the son) Go off and hit them.
(The son jump off the jeep, some blood is still present on his face. Father turns to the youths) You all stands here…I do not want encounter from your sides…Let him beat all of you.
(With his fists and legs the son beat them brutally, while father is sitting on his driving seat with his rifle and gulping beer. When all the five youths fell down on the ground, the father shoot all other two tires of their car. )
The father
(Looking to the youths)It is a good lesion, (turning to the son) Now jump in.
(The son jumps in the jeep and sits at his seat. The father starts the jeep and goes ahead.)
One youth
(With anger,trying to stand up on the road ) Who the hell he was?
Cut to….
.
........Wait for Dr. Sophia!!!!

Friday, May 2, 2008

The father and the son

(This part of the torn diary is dedicated to a pearl)
Scene 3
Character: The son and the father
Forest/ Evening
(The son is reciting poetry, drinking beer and picking dry woods. He is reciting poetry in a harsh voice.)
The son:
My father is cruel like lion
He is going to kill me
If I were stronger than him
Certainly I would teach him

The voice of Father:
Your poetry is not in meter, fool!
The son:
(Irritated he gulps his beer )You want my voice only, not meter.

The voice of Father:
Whatever you do, do it with perfection. I will not allow to break the rules of poetry…
(The son sees a wild rabbit and looks at the half finished bottle, then he gulps the whole beer of the bottle in one breath and throws it at the rabbit. The bottle strikes the rabbit and he runs fast to catch it. The wounded rabbit tries to run but the son catches it after a little exercise)

The voice of Father:
Do not stop! Recite your nonsense poetry.

The son:
(Looking at the rabbit who is nearly dead in his hands)
I have killed a rabbit!

The voice of Father:
Bring it here!
(The son comes to the father who is working over the dead bird with his knife. His hands are full of blood. He is happy to see it.)

The father:
You have done a good job! (When he sees that the son has come without the wood he becomes angry and points his knife at the son.)
Where is the wood?

The son:
How could I have brought it here? I have only two hands.

The father:
(In an angry tone) Put down the rabbit and bring the wood.
(The son silently gives him the rabbit and looks at his father)

The father:
Now why are you standing here? Just go and get the wood.

The son:
I have been running too much. I am thirsty.

The father:
Get the water in my jeep.
(The son goes to the jeep and sees the carton of beer. )

The son:
(Opening the carton, he picks up a bottle)
Can I drink, another bottle?

The father:
Beer!
The son:
Yes!
The Father:
You can…and get one for me.
(The son picks up two bottles and goes to his father. He hands the bottles to father, who is watching the half-alive rabbit.)

The father:
It is still alive…(Looking at the bottles) open it.

The son:
I don't have an opener, how can I open it?

The father:
Use your teeth...(in a humiliating tone)…Oh ! I have forgotten you are just a kid!

The son:
Yes! I am still a kid.

The father:
No, you are not a kid, You tried to kill me…you are no longer a kid! Use your teeth.
(The son opens a bottle with his teeth)
You have poisonous teeth like a snake…Don't worry I'll break them all…
(The father takes the bottle and drinks, while the son opens the second bottle and drinks. The father looks at the rabbit again, and mumbles.)

It is in pain. Let me relive it's pain.
(He cuts the throat of the rabbit with his knife.)
Go and get the wood.
(The son turns back, drinking the beer, he recites poetry)

The son:
My father is cruel like lion
He is going to kill me
If I were stronger than him
Certainly I would teach him

The father:
I do not mind killing a son like you.(He drinks the beer)

Cut to….
Scene 4
Characters : The son and the father
Forest/ Evening
(The son has collected a large pile of wood. With the wood he is making the shape of a man's body, the body of his father. AT the same times he is reciting the poetry loudly, and drinking the beer.)


The son:
My father is cruel like a lion
He is going to kill me
If I were stronger than him
Certainly I would teach him
Inter cut….
(The father is working over both the dead animals with his knife, at the same time he is drinking beer.The reciting voice of the son is going on…it can be mixed during the editing.)

Inter cut….
(The son has finished his bottle and has also completed his father's figure with help of the dry woods. Now he goes to the front of the figure, and looks silently at it.)

The voice of his father:
Do not stop….continue with your voice.
(The son says nothing, but stares at the wood figure of his father.)
I said to continue with your voice.
(Again the son says nothing)

Inter cut..
(The father finishes his beer and looks at the empty bottle. )

The father:
(Very forcefully throwing the empty bottle at a big stone)
I said recite your poetry…

Inter cut

The son:
(The son begins reciting the poetry in a loud and angry voice)
My father is cruel like a lion
He is going to kill me
If I were stronger than him
Certainly I would teach him
(With the last stanzas, he strikes the bottle over the head of the figure).

Cut to….
Scene 5
Characters : The father and the son
Night/ Forest
(Both the father and the son sitting around a fire. Bird and rabbit are being cooked in the fire. Father is drinking beer, and the son is looking at the fire)

The Father:
Are you afraid to die?

The son:
No! I am thinking of the fire.

The father:
What?

The son:
It has made cooking easier.
The father:
That is true…Do you love your mother?
(The son says nothing but looks at his father face)
Every child loves his mother….Do you love your mother?

The son:
Yes.

The father:
Why and how?

The Son:
What do you mean? …You are always abusing her…May I ask why do you do this?

The father:
She is my wife and she has made my life hell….One day I will kill her too. It is very simple…

The son:
(Taking the bottle from his father's hand) But she is my mother…I can not allow you to humiliate her…

The father:
(Emphatically) Allow ! Ha…ha…ha…You wont allow me to humiliate her… Ha…ha…ha…I will kill both of you…first you and then your mother…She does not understand my poetry…and she burns everything I write for her…Is she a woman? She is a witch…devils rule her mind…You will not allow me… Ha…ha…ha…
Now tell me why do you love her? She is a beautiful woman and you are growing child, so why do you love her…Am I right…?

The son:
No, she is my mother, and she must be treated like a respected woman. You are always cruel to her…

The father:
You have to treat women that way. She knows only one thing how to tease a man…
(The father takes out the bird from the fire, and smell it) It is ready. We can eat it…
(He washes the bird with a cloth and put some salt over it and eats it directly, then he hands it the son.)
Just try it with beer.
(The son takes the cooked bird and eats it.)
Tastes good. You are always great ! What about the rabbit?

The father:
Have patience! It's cooking.

The son:
I know you are good and kind-hearted. I know you love me…

The father:
Shut up…and I am going to kill you. Do you know what have you done today? …You tried to kill me. With the same revolver I've used to kill criminals…(He picks up the revolver and points it at the son)…you wanted to kill me…Do you love your mother like a growing man?

The son:
(With anger) What do you mean by like a growing man? What are you talking about?

The father:
What am I saying?! Let me drink first…
(He reaches for the bottle, the son takes a gulp and then gives it to him. )

The son:
You taught me geometry, now I can solve any problem in two minutes.

The father:
I know ; I know…I have taught you history and geography…but you aren't good at biology or chemistry…Your physics is good…I signed your school report… Schools are hell for kids…they always have been.

The son:
What use is studying? You are going to kill me, and all my years of studying will go away…ha ! ha!! ha!!
(He laughs a real laugh….a natural laugh…as if he is laughing over the biggest joke of his life…He is very happy that all the studying will be lost, he will be free from all studying…The father looks at him angrily.)

The father:
Why are you laughing?

The son:
I am laughing at you…

The father:
At me! You love my woman, try to shoot me and then you laugh like a silly ass.

The son:
No, You have worked over me for long…almost golden fifteen years…and now you are going to destroy you own work…It is not a joke?

The father:
(Laughing from the bottom of his heart, The son laughs too…(Note….All the shots must be taken from three hundred sixty degrees—divide into two parts…160 and 160- degrees. This activity is the most important activity of the film---The natural father and the natural son, the two natural men…) ) You are right…I have gone mad!
(Turning into his old mood, the cold calculated anger.)
Why did you wanted to destroy me? Yes, it is big jock…But let me turn this jock into tragedy…
The son
(Still laughing) You wont kill me! How can I you kill me?

The father:
I have to follow my service book, you won't escape.
(First time, the son realizes he is in a real danger. His father is committed to his service book.)
Cut to……

Scene 6
Characters : The father and the son.
Night/Forest
(The father is standing while the son is laying on the open jeep and looking towards the black sky...The father is working over his rifles…He is trying to point out in the night…

The son:
Why do the stars twinkle at night?

The father:
It is an old question…there is no need to answer…

The son:
Old is gold! You have touched me…

The father:
Old is horrible! And it is the new lesson, You will not get it in any book…

The son:
Every theory demands scientific proof, that can be repeated again and again. You got my point?
The father
The woman for whom you were going to kill me is the best scientific proof…When she was new, she was pleasant, when she is old she is a barking woman.
The son
Father what is woman?
The father
When she is new, she pleasant; When she is old she is barking…
The father
Why do I love my mother?
The mother
Every child love one's mother…it is not miracle. But no child shoot one's father for her mother….You have done miracle.
The son
I have done it, for my mother. How do I love her? Let me understand it father from your mind.
The father
(In a very genuine irritating tone) You rascal ! …Let me shoot you first, then I will talk to you if you are alive….
( Close up, only covers the half body of the father, He shoot three shots…at the straight forward….if he has killed his son…Full close up…The eyes and the face movement...The expression of a father who has just killed his son….He turns his face and looks towards sky and shoots three shots…..)
Next shots : cover the easy face of the son who is still looking to arts….without bothering of the shoots…All bullets were fired just over his beside his right and left side and one bullet over his head….He is completely relaxed…
Cut to…..