oy screenplay

EXT.DARK SCREEN - DAY/NIGHT : PROLOGUE1 1

VERSE1 (FADE IN) moral law is to be found everywhere....yet it is a secret! - Confucianism DM12

MOMENTS OF DARK SCREEN.... EXPANDING GALACTIC IMAGES.....ZOOM ONTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND PLANET EARTH’S TWILIGHT.

VERSE2 (FADE IN)

I am nothing but a seed of light....

SOUND CUT TO: VILLAGE HOME

INT. VILLAGE HOME RUSTY - DAY : SOUL SEARCHING / TITLES 2 2

Sounds of metal latches, unlocked.

CAMERA ON FLOOR AS MITHRA’S SHADOW CREEPS IN, SLOW PAN AROUND THE RUSTED HOUSE, P.O.V FOLLOW FOOTSTEPS, ARTISTIC SPIRITUAL PAINTINGS ON THE WALL, REFLECTION ON DASARADH PORTRAIT.

Voices from childhood as Mithra walks by retrospecting....

CHILD MITHRA (V.O.)

œÂœÁ¦Á Âê?

DASARADH (V.O.)

(sleepy)

…Ï

CHILD MITHRA (V.O.)

žÊ©Áô™É�ÁÑ™ÁÅþÂä™ÁÅ ?

DASARADH (V.O.)

¡ËþÁ ��ÂªÁÏ¨Í

CHILD MITHRA (V.O.)

ˆ¡Áõå™ÁÆ €�ÁÑ™Ê ©ÁôÏýÂ™Â? �ÃÏžÁ�ÁÅ §Â™Â ?

VRC Media & Ent Prod NO 1 - Screenplay by Deva Katta - Mar 17, 2009. 1.

(CONTINUED)

DASARADH (V.O.)

…�ÁÅÏ, ¥ÁþÁ¥Ê €�ÁÑ™Á�É ÂàÏ

CHILD MITHRA (V.O.)

‡¡Áôå™É®ÁÅàþÂäÏ?

DASARADHþÄ�ÁÅ ©ÁÏžÊ®ÌòúÃÖþÁ¡Áôå™ÁÅ

CHILD MITHRA (V.O.)

£Å¥÷êê €ÏýÆ ©Ã¥Á ÂþÁÏ¨Í ©É®Âà¥Á Â?

DASARADH (V.O.)

…�ÁÅÏ

A moment of silence, follow through the rubble and family portraits on the wall.

CHILD MITHRA (V.O.)

žÊ©Áô™É Â „ÏýÂ™ÁÅ œÂœÁ¦Á Âê?

DASARADH (V.O.)

(Deep sigh)

� ¡ÁëªÁä þÊþÁÅ ¥Á ÂœÂœÁþÁ™Ã�Ã €§Á©Ë ˆ®Áò¦ÏžÃ, ‚Ï�Â ü©Â£Å

žÌ§Á�Á ÊžÁÅ

A long pause.

DASARADH (V.O.)(cont'd)

¬Á§Ê, ¥Á Â œÂœÁ þÂ�ÊÏ úÉ±Âå™Í €žÊ þÄ�ÁÅ úÉ±Âà ©ÃþÁÅ! žÊ©Áô™ÁÅ

Š�Á §ÁÆ¡ÁÏ¨Í „Ï™Á™ÁÅ þÂþÁä, �ÁþÃ¡ÃÏúÊ ¡ÁëœÃ

©Á¬ÁÅà©Áô ÍþÁÆ �ÁžÃ Ê ¡ÁëœÃ ±Âë›Ã ÍþÁÆ „ÏýÂ™ÁÅ

FOLLOW CAMERA ON RUSTED TABLE FAN, KEROSINE LAMP ETC.

CHILD MITHRA (V.O.)

€¦œÊ žÊ©Áô™ÁÅ � ÂÏœÁ§ÁÅ¨Í „þÂä™Â?

(Superpose real converse as Mithra closes to the Swing).

VRC Media & Ent Prod NO 1 - Screenplay by Deva Katta - Mar 17, 2009. 2.CONTINUED:2 2

(CONTINUED)

DASARADH (V.O.)

„þÂä™ÁÅ

CHILD MITHRA (V.O.)

� úÁÏžÁ¥Á Â¥Á Í ?

DASARADH (V.O.)

„þÂä™ÁÅ

CHILD MITHRA (V.O.)

� £¨Æþ÷ ¨Í?

DASARADH (V.O.)

(Tired)

„þÂä™ÁÅ

CHILD MITHRA (V.O.)

¥Á§Ã þÂ�ÁÅ �ÁþÃ¡ÃÏúÁýÊìžÊ?

DASARADH (V.O.)

¡ÉžÁâ¦Á Âê�Á �ÁþÃ¡Ã³Âà™ÁÅ Ê, £üÍØ!

Silence.

CHILD MITHRA (V.O.)

œÂœÁ¦Á Âê ?

DASARADH (V.O.)

(Annoyed)

…Ï!

CHILD MITHRA (V.O.)

¥Ä œÂœÉ�ÁÑ™ÁÅþÂä™ÁÅ?

DASARADH (V.O.)

¡ËþÁ žÊ©Áô™ÁÅ žÁ�ÁÓ§Á

VRC Media & Ent Prod NO 1 - Screenplay by Deva Katta - Mar 17, 2009. 3.CONTINUED: (2)2 2

(CONTINUED)

CHILD MITHRA (V.O.)

‚¡Áôå™Ê �ÁžÂ žÊ©Áô™ÁÅ £¨Æþ÷ ¨Í „þÂä™ÁþÂä©÷, ¥Ä œÂœÁ

�ÁÆ™Â � £¨Æþ÷ ¨ÍþÊ „ÏýÂ™ÁÅ

DASARADH (V.O.)

(irritated)

€£Âç, þÄ ¡ÁëªÁäœÍ §ÂœÃë�Ã §ÂœÃë þÁþÁÅä œÄ§Áã ¦Á ÂœÁë�Ã

¡ÁÏ¡ÃúÊÖýÅÛþÂä©÷ �ÁžÁ§Â, ±ÌžÁÅâþÊä ÊúÃ ¥Á Â œÂœÁþÃ �

žÊ©Áô™Ãä ‚žÁâ§Ää œÍ¨Å�Ì³Âà ¡Á™ÁÅ�Í!

Sound Jerk as a metal candle holder rolls off Mithra’s feet and halts in front of a broken standing mirror.

A HERD OF BULLOCKS PASS BYE AS AN OLD MAN STOPS AT THE FRONT DOOR PEEKING INSIDE.

CAMERA ON THE DISTORTED MIRROR REVEALING MITHRA’S PAINTED FACE.

DISSOLVE TO B&W: STANDING MIRROR

INT. VILLAGE HOME - DAY : LIVELY HOME3 3

MIRROR VIEW OF THE LIVELY HOME AS A SWELLING BALLOON FILLS THE FIELD. CHILD MITHRA IS HOLDING A PINK ‘PEECHU MITAI’ AND LOOKING KEEN AT VALLI WHO IS TEDIOUSLY BLOWING THE BALLOON.

CHILD MITHRA

(chants with a needle)

žÊ©Áô™Â, žÊ©Áô™Â, žÊ©Áô™Â

Mithra pokes the balloon bursting on Valli’s face.

VALLI

(crying)

€¥Á Âé! úÁÆ™Ê, ©Ä™ÁÅ ¥Á®Äò £¨Æþ÷ ¡Á�Á �ÌýÂÛ™ÁÅ

Mithra flees.


(CONTINUED)

SAVITHRI

(from kitchen)

§Ê¦÷! þÊþÌúÂÖþÁÏýÊ ¡Ã§Áë¨Å ¡Á�ÁÅ¨ÅœÂ¦÷! ©ÁúÃÖ �¥ÁÅ

œÃþÁÏ™ÃžÁâ§ÁÆ

CHILD MITHRA

£¨Æþ÷ ¨Í ³Âí¥Ã „þÂä™ÁþÃ úÉ±Âå™ÁÅ œÂœÁ¦Áê, €ÏžÁÅ�Ê

¡Á�ÁÅ¨ �ÌýÂÛ

VALLI

úÁÏ¡Ê³Âà þÃþÁÆä!

EXT. VILLAGE STREET - DAY : RUNNING AWAY3a 3a

Valli chases Mithra out through the door as Mithra makes a clown face and runs onto the street. Unable to run with a heavy ghagra, Valli turns back disappointed. Mithra picks up ice from a ‘bandi’.

CUT TO: MITHRA

EXT. VILLAGE RACHABANDA - DAY : THE RIVALRY4 4

Mithra pushes through the crowd at ‘racha banda’ and settles on DASARADH’s lap. DASARADH is attentive to crowd.

PEDDA1

(clears throat, commanding)

�Â¬Ê¡Áô ¬Á›Å�ÁÅ™Â¡Ã ©Ã«Á¦Á ÂþÃ�ÌžÂâ¥Â?

Crowd calms down. Mithra notice Kota Giri lurking at him like an owl, Loki is chewing a ‘vepa pulla’.

PEDDA1 (cont'd)

¥ÁÆ™ÁÅ ¡Á Éì ¡ÉžÁâ ¥ÁÆ �Á Ã¬Ã ¡ÁÏúÂ¦ÁœÄ ‡þÃä�Á

�ÁÅ§ÃÏúÃ Š�Á þÃ§Áß¦Á ÂþÃ�ÌúÂÖÏ, ƒ³Â§Ã �ÁÆ™Â žÁªÁ§ÁŸ÷

þÂ¦ÁÅ™ÁÅ �Â§ÃþÊ ¡Éë¬Ã™ÉÏý÷ �Â �ÌþÁ³Â�Â¨þÃ

�Í§ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂäÏ. ‚�Á ³Ì¬ËýÄ ‡þÃä�Á ©Ã«Á¦Á ÂþÃ�Ì¬Êà

Š�ÍÑ ¡Á Éì œÁ§Á¡ÁôþÂ.... (interrupted)


(CONTINUED)

KOTAGIRI

(gets up)

ˆÏýÏ™Ê ‚Ï�Â ¥Ä ¥ÁÅ¬Á Ã ¡ÉžÁâ ÏœÂ �ÁÆ¬ÁÅþÃ

�Í§ÁÅ�ÁÅþÊžÄ? ±ÂœÃ�É®ÁÅò�Â ¥Ä …§Í®ÁÅò ±ÍýÄ Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â

ˆ ÃÏžÃ úÂ¨žÂ? ƒ³Â§Ã �ÁÆ™Â Ã£ÊçþÂ ¥Á Â�ÁÅ?

Kota Giri throws the kanduva amidst a bunch of screaming supporters.

LOKI

(sarcastic, vepapulla)

ˆ§Â? ±ÌžÁÅâþÁ ±ÌžÁÅâþÁ �ÁÏüÂ �ÌýÌÛúÃÖ ¥Á ÂýÂ™ÁÅœÁÅþÁä©ÊýÃ?

KOTAGIRI

þÁÅ©Áôí ¥ÁÅ¦Áê§Â! €¬Á Ä ¡ÁÏúÂ¦œÄ Í ¥ÉüÂ§ÃýÄ ¥Á Â

üÂœÍ ìžÊ, ˆ¥ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂä§Í!

LOKI

¥ÁžÉâ Í üÂœÃ �ÁÆœÁ ÉÏžÁÅ�ÁÅ§Â �ÍœÃ þÂ¦Á Â Â! ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ þÄ

¡ÉœÁàþÁ¥ÉÏœÍ ¥Á ÂýÂ™ÁÅ

Loki looks at DASARADH and mellows down.

KOTAGIRI FOLLOWER1

(blunt and funny accent)

¦Á Â¥ÁþÂä úÉ¡Áôå�ÍÏ™Á¦Á Âê, ƒ ý§ÁÏ¨Í ¡É¬Ã™ÉÏýÅ ¥Á Â

�Ìý�Ã§Ã þÂ¦™Ê! ‚þÊä®ÁÅò ¥Ê¥Ê ÉýÅÛ�ÍþÃ ¥Ä�ÁÅ ¬Á±ÍýÂ

üÊ¬ÃþÁýÊÛ ¥Ä§ÁÅ �ÁÆ™Â ¥Á Â�ÁÅ ¬Á±ÍýÂ üÉ¦ÁêÏ™Ã¡Áôå™ÁÅ! ˆ

þÂ�Ì™ÁÅ�ËþÂ ¥ÁžÉâ Í ±ÍýÄ �ÄýÄ €þÃ žÃ�ÃÏ™Í,

¬Á™ÁÅ�ÁÅ Ã§Ã�Ã±ÍœÂ¦÷ ¬É¡ÁàþÂä!

Loki holds a cross beam and kicks the talker on the chest.

LOKI

‡©Á™Ã�Ã§Â þÁÅ©Áôí ¬Á™ÁÅ�ÁÅ Ã§Á�ÌÓýÊÛžÃ €™ÁÝ�Â™ÃžÂ? ©Ä®Áò¨Í

‡©Áô™Âë þÄ�ÁÅ �Í™ÁÅ�ÁÅ, ‹³Â§Ê ÉœÃà úÁÆ¡Ä! ±Î§ÁÅ«Á¥ÁÏœÂ þÄ

¡É®ÂòÏ £Ã™ÁÝ Ãä ±Í«ÃÏúÁ™ÁÏ¨Í úÁÆ¡Á§Â ³ÍÏ£Ê§ÉžÁ©Â


(CONTINUED)

A fight breaks between the two groups. Mithra is captivated by the action. Peace keepers try to pull them apart.

DASARADH

(yells)

¨Í�Ä!

Kesava pulls Loki away.

KESAVA

(whispers)

¡ÉÏý ¥ÄžÁÁ §Â®Êò³Âà©ÊÏýÂë £ÅžÃã Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â?

Loki is furious, Dasaradh gets up, people calm down.

DASARADH

¥ÁþÁ �Âë¥ÁÏ¨Í ‚ÏœÁ©Á§Á�ÁÆ ÊþÃ ‡þÃä�Á €ŸÂê¦ÁÏ þÂœÍ

¥ÉÅžÁ ©Á™ÁÏ ‚«ÁÛÏ ÊžÁÅ, ±ÍýÄÃ þÁÅÏúÃ þÊþÊ œÁ¡Áôå�ÁÅÏýÅþÂä

O.S pan/dolly as DASARADH walks through the mumbling crowd. Loki and Kesava are surprised.

KESAVA

þÂþÂä

Loki follows pleading as DASARADH holds Mithra’s hand and walks away.

LOKI

ˆÏýÃ ¡ÉžÁâ¦Á Âê ‚žÃ, �ÁÏüÂ¦Á¥ÁÅé�ÁÅþÊ ±Ì§ÁÏ£Í�Ã ¥Á Âý¨Å

¡ÁýÃÛÏúÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÂ©ÊÏýÃ ¡ÉžÁâ¦Á Âê þÁÅ©Áôí, œÃ¡Ãå �Ì™ÃœÊ

©ÁÏžÍýÅì §Â¨©Â™Ã £œÁÅ�ÃÑ, þÂ ¥Á ÂýÃþÃ œÃ§ÁÅ�ÁÅ ¡ÉžÁâ¦Á Â,

¡ÉžÁâ¦Á Âê!

Dasaradh looks determined.

DASARADH

�ÊªÁ©ÁþÃ œÄ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ ‚ÏýÃ�Ã§Â


(CONTINUED)

KOTA GIRI

(provocative)

�¦ÁþÁýÂÛ žÂþÁÏ úÊ¬Ã ±Í�ÁÅþÂä , ±ÌýÄ úÊ¬Ã �É ÃúÊ ¬ÁœÂà

„ÏžÁ¦ÉÂê¥Á Â�Í!

Kotagiri lights cigarette, looking at Dasaradh walking away.

GENTLEMAN1

þÍ§ÁÅé¦÷!±ÂœÃ�Ê®ÁÅò�Â ¡ÁÏúÂ¦œÃþÃ þÁ™Ã¡ÃþÁ ¥ÁþÃ«Ã�ÃúÊÖ

¥Á§ÂêžÁÏýÂë ‚žÃ?

KOTA GIRI

�¦ÁþÁ þÁ™Á�ÊžÄ ¥Á Â ¦Á Â±Â§Á§Â¨Íì �ÁþÃ¡Ä ÊžÊ �ÁÏ�Á ¥Á Â¥Á Â!

Crowd lifts Kota Giri with chants.

CROWD

¡ÁÏúÂ¦œÃ ¡Éë¬Ã™ÉÏýÅ �Íý�Ã§Ã þÂ¦ÁÅ™ÁÅ üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷

Mithra looks back from afar holding Dasaradh’s hand.

LOKI

(walking past procession)

žÌÏ�Á ³Â§Â �Â¬Ê £Í�Ã þÂ¦ÁÅ™ÁÅ œÁ¡Áå ‚Ï�Í þÂ¦Á�ÁÅ™ÁÅ

Ê™Âë ¥Ä …§Íì?

Kota Giri grabs Loki by the collar.

KOTA GIRI

±Í§Â, €�ÁÑ™Á ¥Ä ˆþÁÅ�Ê œÍ�Á ¥ÁÅ™Ã¬Ã œÍÏ™ÁÏ ¡Á§Ã¬Ã

�ÁÆ¬ÁÅÏžÃÃ, ¥ÁžÉâ Í þÁÅ©ÉíÏœÁ � œÍ�Á Í ƒ�Á©Ã

Kota Giri pulls out a hair and makes an insulting gesture at Loki.

KESAVA

§Ê¦÷ �Íý�Ã§Ä

Kota Giri looks around.


(CONTINUED)

Kesava (cont'd)

(firm)

þÁÅ©ÁíÏœÁ�Â ±ÍýÄ¡Á™Ã ±Ì�Á§ÁÅ úÁÆ±Â¨ÏýÊ þÊþÁÅ

þÁÅÏúÁÅÏýÂ žÁ¥ÁÅéÏýÊ œÁ £™ÁÅ! þÄ ÂýÍ™ÁÅ ±ÍýÄ Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â

�É ©Á™ÁÏ �Âë¥Á ÂþÃ�Ê ¬Ã�ÁÅÓúÊýÅ

Loki feels the glare, supporters chant for Kesava.

SUPPORTERS

�ÊªÁ©Áô Å üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷! �ÊªÁ©Áô Å üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷!

Kota Giri looks at Loki.

KOTAGIRI

(warning tone)

þÁÅÏúÍ! �ÂþÄ ¡ÁëúÂ§ÂþÃ�ÁÏýÆ þÂ ±Ì Ã¥Ê§Á žÂýÃ þÄ™Á

©Â ÃÏžÍ, þÂ ¡É®ÂòÏ �Á§ÁèÏ ¥ÄžÌýÂë , þÄ™Â ªÂ Äà

Š�ÁýË±ÍœÂ¦÷!

Kota Giri folds his tongue and makes a warning gesture.

LOKI

�Á!¬Á ÂÏ ©Á§Á¬Á Â¡Ã ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ þÄ ¡É®ÂòÏ ‹ýÅ

¬ÁÏ±Â¦ÃÏúÁÅ�Í§Â ©Â�ÁÅ™ÁÅ�Â¦÷!

WIDE POV AS BOTH GROUPS PART WITH GRUDGE, H.S.

SOUND CUT TO: SWIRLING MUG

INT. VILLAGE HOME - DAY : COLOR OF POLITICS5 5

DASARADH furiously picks up a towel.

DASARADH

£Ä �ÂÏ ¨Å ‡Ï �ÂÏ ¨Å úÁžÃ©ÃÏžÃ �Ì¥ÁÅé¨Å úÃ©Áô§ÁÅœÁÆ

§Î™Ä Íà œÁ ¡Á™Á™ÂþÃ�ÁÏýÂë?

DASARADH walks towards the swing.


(CONTINUED)

DASARADH (cont'd)

(angry)

„žÍê�ÁÏ ©ÁžÃ Ã §Âü�Ä¦ÁÏ úÊ³Âà™ÁÏý „žÁãÏ™ÁÅ™ÁÅ!

�ÁÆÏ™Â¨œÍ œÁ ¡Á™ÃþÁ ¡ÁëœÃ©Â™ÁÅ ‚Ï�Í �ÁÆÏ™Â €©Á™ÁÏ

œÁ¡Áå ³ÂŸÃÏúÊ¥Ä ÊžÁÅ,

Loki, Kesava and Bhasha are standing humble amidst supporters.

LOKI

¥Ä§ÃÏœÁ©Á§Á�ÁÅ úÊ¬ÃþÁ §Âü�Ä¦Á ÂþÃä §Î™Ä œÁþÁÏ €þÁ ÊÏ �ÁžÁ

¡ÉžÁâ¦Á Âê

DASARADH

þÁÅ©Áôí ¥ÁÅ¦÷! (points to Bhasha) ‚¡ÁåýÃ�Ê §ÉÏ™ÁÅ³Â§ÁÅì

üË Å�É®Ãò, ‚Ï�Í ŽËžÄþÉÏýÊ¬ÁÅ�ÌúÂÖ©÷, ¥Ä§ÁÏœÂ ©Áô¥Áé™Ã�Â

úÉ¦Áê£Í¦ÊžÃ §Î™Ä ‚üÏ �Â�Á §Âü�Ä¦ÁÏ €©ÁôœÁÅÏžÁýÂë?

LOKI

�ÁœÃà ¥É™Á¥ÄžÁ�ÌúÃÖþÁ¡Áôå™ÁÅ �ÁœÃàœÍ ‡žÁÅ§ÍÑ©Á™ÁÏ œÁ¡Áô

�ÂžÁÅ ¡ÉžÁâ¦Á Âê

DASARADH

(lying down)

ˆ™Âð©Áô þÁÅ©Áõí þÄ ‡žÁ©Á ¬ÁÏžÊªÁÏ

Dasaradh settles on the swing, Loki remains silent, Mithra and Savithri peek in from kitchen

DASARADH (cont'd)

(dense)

� §ÍüÅ�Ä ƒ §ÍüÅ�ÄÃ §Âü�Ä¦ÁÏ §ÁÏ�ÁÅ ¥Á Â§ÃÏžÃ �Â£ýÊÛ

�Á™Ã�Ã ±Â§ÊªÂþÁÅ! �Á™ÁÅ�ÌÑúÃÖþÁ §ÉÏ™ÁÅ þÃ¥Ã Â¨�Ê

�ÌÏ¡Á Í ‚Ï�Í ¡ÉžÂâ¦ÁþÁ ¡Áõ¬ÁÅ�ÌúÂÖ™ÁÅ! ©É®Ãò ¡ÁýÛÏ�ÁýÃÛ

©Áõ§Ê�ÁÏ™ÁÏžÁÏžÁ§ÁÆ!

Kesava walks to Dasaradh and kneels with humility.


(CONTINUED)

KESAVA

þÄ ÂÏýÍ®ÁÅò §ÍüÅ�Ì�ÁÑ§ÁÅ �Á™Ã�Ê¬ÁÅ�Í£ýÊÛ §Âü�Ä¦ÁÏ

§ÁÏ�ÁÅ ¥Á Â§Ã±ÍœÍÏžÃ þÂþÁä

DASARADH

(angry)

‚¡Áôå™ÁÅ ¥Ä§É®Ãò �ÁœÁÅà Å žÁÆ¬Ã £ÂÏ£Å Ê¬Ã œÃ§Á�Á

¥Á Â§ÁÅœÂà§Â £Â£Æ?

LOKI

…§ÁÏœÂ ¥ÁþÁ �ÁÅýÅÏ£ÂþÃä þÁ¥ÁÅéÏžÃ ¡ÉžÁâ¦Á Âê

DASARADH

¥Ä �ÁÅýÅÏ£Â É©Á§Ãä þÁ¥ÁÅé�ÁÅÏýÂ¦÷ §Â? � ¥ÁžÁ¡ÁôýÊþÁÅ�ÁÅ

©ÉþÁ�ÁÅÏ™Ê ©ÁÏžÁ �ÁÅ�ÁÑ¨Å úÂ¨Å, …§ÁÅ ¥ÉÅœÂàþÃä

¡Á™ÁÅ�Í¡ÉýÛ™ÂþÃ�Ã (resigning hand signs),

Dasaradh turns away in frustration, Kesava and Loki disperse with supporters. Savithri signals Mithra to go to DASARADH who runs and crawls on Dasaradh’s torso.

SOUND CUT TO: CAMPAIGN

PROCESSION

EXT. VILLAGE POLIMERA - DUSK : THE ATTACK6 6

CAMERA TIGHT-HANDS ON PALAKA, WHISTLES & MIKE REVEALING CAMPAIGN PROCESSION. WIDE DUSKY GROUND LEVEL VIEW AMIDST VAST PADDY FIELDS. KOTA GIRI AND HIS PEOPLE RISE THROUGH THE FIELDS AND GATHER IN FRONT OF THE PROCESSION. LONG SILHOUETTE ‘KAGEMUSHA’ SHOT AS BOTH THE GROUPS STAND OFF FACING EACH OTHER.

FREEZE CUTS: COUNTRY BOMB, CLASHING CROWD, KOTA GIRI STABBING KESAVA AND RUNNING AWAY,TIME LAPSE ECLIPSE, DAY-NIGHT.

SOUND CUT TO: ROPE & FINGERS


INT. HOME - NIGHT : TRAGEDY7 7

As Dasaradh sing lying on the swing, Mithra is playing the tangle-untangle with a rope between his little finger, Valli is on Dasaradh’s lap holding a glass of milk.

DASARADH (V.O./LIVE)

Ž�Á§ÂüÅ þÄ �þÁœÃ ©ÃþÃ, ©Ê�ÂÁ úÁþÁ Ê™ÁÅ, �Á�ÁþÂþÃ�Ã ‚¨�ÁÆ

£�ÁÅ žÁÆ§ÁÏ£þÃþÂ™ÁÅ, ü�Á¥Ê Ê ¡Á§Á¥Á ÂœÂé ‡©Á§ÃœÍ

¥ÉÅ§Á Ã™ÁÅžÁÆ, Š�Ã £ÍŸÁ üÊ¬É™Ã ©Â§Á Å �Â§Ê,

‚ýÅ¨ÅÏ™Ã§Ê, þÄ þÁ�ÁÅ¥ÉÂ¥ÁÅ �ÁþÁ ÊþÄ

TIGHT SHOTS OF EVENING ‘DEEPAM’ RITUALS, POURING OIL, LIGHTING VATHI, SNAPPING HANDS, BOWING LIGHT, KUMKUMA, DASARADH’S JAWS AND VOCALS WHILE SINGING.

DASARADH is interrupted at the sight of people carrying a dead body onto the hallway, gets off the swing and stands expressionless for a moment. Kesava’s body is laid on the floor, Loki looks bloody and helpless.

LOKI

(dense)

žÊ©ÁœÁ �ÁÅ™Ä Í ¡ÄþÁÅ�Á §Â ÃÏžÃ ¡ÉžÁâ¦Á Âê?

A moment of silence in the room, Valli drops the milk glass with a loud cry, Savithri rushes out, Mithra cries as DASARADH takes Kesava’s head by both hands and tucks against chest.

DASARADH

(in agony)

�ÊªÁ©Â.... �ÊªÁ©Â... �ÊªÁ©Â!

Loki looks dis-posessed and numb.

DASARADH (cont’d)

(cry)

¥Á¥Áé Ãä Â žÁÏ™ÃÏúÂ©ÊÏýÂë ¤Á�Á©ÁÏœÁÅ™Â, ƒ �Í§ÂþÉä Â

¤Á§ÃÏúÁÏ§Â œÁÏ™Äë!


(CONTINUED)

DASARADH (cont'd)

(looking at Loki)

� úÉœÊàžÍ þÊþÊ ¥ÉÂ¬Ã ¬ÁúÁÅÖÏ™Ê©Â™Êä, þÂ ¥ÁýÃÛ±Â Ë±Ì¦êÏžÊ

¥ÁýÃÛ±Â¨Å úÊªÂþÊ, €¦ÉÂê! €¦ÉÂê!

Loki walks back into the shades through the crowd, picks up a ‘gunapam’ and keeps walking out through the shady hallway. Bhasha and other villagers follow him. Mithra stops crying, gets up and follows Loki behind the crowd.

CUT TO: JEEP ON DIRT ROAD

EXT. REMOTE SOIL ROAD - NIGHT : REVENGE8 8

RACING JEEP ON BARREN DIRT ROAD. KOTA’S PREGNANT WIFE IS HOLDING HER BELLY TIGHT ON A BUMPY RIDE.

KOTA GIRI WIFE

(crying)

�Â¬Áà þÉ¥Áé®ÁÏ�Â œÍ¨©Á¦Á Âê, žÂ§ÍìþÊ ¡Áô§ÁÅ™ÁÅ ±Í¦ÊýýÅÛÏžÃ

KOTA GIRI

(turns in panic)

±ÍœÊ ¥Á®Äò ±Í¬ÁÅ�Í©ÁúÁÅÖ Ê©Ê, ‚¡Áôå™ÁÅ þÄ ¡Áô§ÁÅ™ÁÅ

úÁÆ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÊ ¥ÉÅ�ÁÅ™ÁÅœÍ ¬ÁöÁ ¥ÉÅœÁàÏ ±ÍœÂÏ!

KOTA GIRI WIFE

(with accent)

� £ÉžÁÅ§ÁÅ ŽÆþÄ Å úÊ¬Ê ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅÏ™Â Ã¥ÁþÃ«Ã�Ã

Kota Giri slaps and warns her not to talk. She holds her mouth tight. A wooden log pierces through the windshield at a turn. Jeep hits a curb and rolls over. Loki and his people attack the Jeep at once and chase Kota Giri out into the fields.

Loki approaches Kotagiri and plants the gunapam from behind. Kota Giri falls into an open well amidst the paddy field. Top zoom onto the well as KotaGiri drowns. Loki watches the body float with air bubbles and turns towards the fighting crowd.


(CONTINUED)

The jeep is set on fire as Kota Giri’s wife beg for mercy from Bhasha, Loki walk through the mud and approach the flames, Kota Giri’s wife grab Loki’s feet.

KOTA’S WIFE

(begging)

úÁúÃÖ þÄ �Á™Á¡ÁôþÁ ¡Áô™ÂàþÁÅ, þÂ ¡Á¬Ã£Ã™ÁÝ Ãä ©ÁžÃ Ã¡ÉýÅÛ ³Âí¥Ä!

�™Ãä �ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅþÁä ±Â¡ÁÏ œÁ¡Áå ©Ê§Ê ±Â¡ÁÏ ‡§ÁÅ�ÁþÁÅ ³Â¥Ä!

þÂ ±ÌýÛ Í ‚œÁàþÁÏ ˆ ±Â¡ÁÏ ‡§ÁÅ�ÁžÁÅ ³Â¥Ä, ±Â¨Å�Â§Ê

¡Á³Í®Áò¦Á Âê, ±Ì Â¨ÌžÁÅâ ¡ÁªÁÅ©Áô ÌžÁÅâ žÁÆ§ÁÏ�Â ±Ì¦ê

�ÁÆ ÃüÊ¬ÁÅ�ÍþÃ £œÁÅ�ÁÅœÂ¥Á¦Á Âê, €¦Á Âê ¡Ã™Ã�É™ÁÅ üÂ Ã

úÁÆ¡ÁÏ™Á¦Á Âê!

TIGHT ZOOM ONTO LOKI FEELING GRACEFUL AT THE PLEA, MITHRA IS STANDING WITH BHASHA LOOKING CURIOUS AND SCARED AT LOKI.

LOKI

¤Â Â, ¡Á³Í™ÌäžÃ É¦÷!

BHASHA

¡ÉžÁâ¦Á Âê�Á ¡Á�ÁœÍ ªÁœÁÅë©Áô©Á©ÁôœÂ™ÁþÂä

LOKI

ƒ §ÍüÅ ¡Á³Í™Ê �ÁžÂÂ ©ÁžÃ É¦÷!

Bhasha lets the child go, the lady bows with gratitude, grabs her kids and runs across the fields into the oblivion.

LOOK UP SHOT ON LOKI IN FRONT OF THE FIERY FLAMES, MITHRA WALKS CLOSE AND HOLDS HIS HAND, LOKI PULLS HIM CLOSE AND STANDS IN SILHOUETTE LIKA A GUARDIAN ANGEL.

SOUND CUT TO : BURRA KATHA

INT/EXT. MULTIPLE - DAY/NIGHT : THEME SONG9 9

Burra kadha on stage.

(’Prema annadi neelo unnadanna’ adaptation from tatva saram’

Lyric in works:


(CONTINUED)

þÃ¡Áôå¨Å þÃ©Áô§Ë ±Í¦Ê, €þÁ Ï £ë�ÁéÏ �¦Ê

�ÁÏ™Á Å ¥ÁýËÛ ±Í¦Ê, �Á§ÁéÏ þÃ©ÁôíëœÁ ¥Á Â¦Ê

¡Á¦ÁþÁ¥Ê....

þÄ ¡Á¦ÁþÁ¥Ê � �Á¥ÁêÏ �ÁþÂä ¥ÃþÂä ¡ÁžÁ§Â €þÂä

ƒ üÄ©Á¥Ê ¡Ë ¬Áí§ÁÓÏ �ÁþÂä ¥ÃþÂä ‡§ÁÅ�Á§Á €þÂä

©ÊžÁ¥ÁþÁäžÃ þÄ Í „þÁä žÁþÂä, ¨ÍþÃ ©ÊžÁ¥ÁÅ žÉ Ã¬Ã þÄ©Áõ žÂ§Ã üÆ™Á §ÁþÂä

¡Êë¥Á €þÁäžÃ þÄ Í „þÁäžÁþÂä, ¨ÍþÃ ¡Êë¥ÁþÁÅ ¡ÁÏúÃ þÄ©Áõ ¥ÁÅ�Ãà úÉÏžÁÅ §ÁþÂä)

CUT TO: LOKI AND CROWD

INT. VILLAGE HOME - DAY : THE GUARDIAN SON10 10

LONG SHOT OF LOKI WALKING THROUGH THE HALLWAY ALONG WITH SUPPORTERS, MITHRA AND VALLI SITTING SIDE BY SIDE LOOKING AT DASARADH ON DEATH BED, MITHRA STRUGGLING TO UNTANGLE THE ROPE.

MITHRA

œÂœÁ¦Áê �ÁÆ™Â úÁúÃÖ±ÍœÂ™Â?

VALLI

(shuts mouth)

«÷!

Loki enters and sits next to DASARADH on bed.

LOKI

�¡Á§Ê«Áþ÷ úÉ¦êÏúÁÅ�Í ¡ÉžÁâ¦Á Âê, ýÎþ÷ �É®ÂâÏ

Dasaradh remains silent and unresponsive.

DASARADH

(gushing)

þÂ �ÁÅýÅÏ£ÂþÃä žÃ�ÁÅÑ Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â úÊªÂ™ÁÅ žÊ©Áô™ÁÅ!


(CONTINUED)

LOKI

þÄ �Í™ÁÅ�ÁÅ Â £œÁÅ�ÁÅœÁÅþÂä, þÊþÁÅþÁäÏœÁ©Á§Á�ÁÅ �

¥Á ÂýþÌžÁÅâ ¡ÉžÁâ¦Á Âê,

DASARADH

(dense and teary)

�! �Â¦ÁÏ ¡ÁúÃÖ�Â „þÁä¡Áôå™ÁÅ ¡Á�Á©Â™ÁÅ �ÁÆ™Â

üÂ Ã úÁÆ¡ÁôœÂ™ÁÅ Ê ±Í§Â, �Â¨Ï �Ì Ã¥Ã Í ƒ üÂ Ä žÁ¦Á Â

€þÄä ¥ÁÏúÁÅ ¥ÁÅžÁâ ÂìÁ �Á§Ã�Ã±ÍœÂ¦÷!

A moment of silence, Valli comes up to Loki who picks her up and holds Mithra by hand to walk out, Dasaradh sees Loki’s reflection on Kesava’s photo.

DASARADH (cont'd)

¨Í�Ä! �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ Â �ÂžÁÅ, þÂ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ©Ê €¦±Í§Â!

Running tears in Dasaradh eyes, Loki is surprised.

DASARADH (cont'd)

þÃþÁÅä žÁœÁÅà úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÂþÁÅ þÂ �Í™Á Ãä ¡É®Ãò úÊ¬ÁÅ�Í!

A moment dead silence, zoom onto Valli sliding down from Loki’s shoulder, Savithri opens eyes lying down on bed, Valli walks towards the door, Mithra quits on untangling the rope.

ZOOM ONTO LOKI STAND SPEECHLESS.

LOKI

¡Áõü�ÌúÃÖþÁ ¤Á�ÁÅà™Ãä, ¡ÁõüÂ§Ãä úÊ¬Ã žÁÏ™Ã¬ÁÅàþÂä©Áô

¡ÉžÁâ¦Á Âê?

Dasaradh remains indifferent to Loki’s concern.

DASARADH (O.S.)

§Á�ÂàþÃ�Ã §Á�ÁàÏ �ÁÅÏ™É�ÁÅ �ÁÅÏ™Ê ©ËžÁê¥ËœÊ, œÉ�ÃþÁ

£ÏŸÂþÃ�Ã ¥Á Â§ÁÅ £ÏŸÁ¥Ê ©ËžÁêÏ

Valli pushes the saline stand on the floor as Loki and people stand surprised by the decision.

CUT TO: PORTRAIT


INT. VILLAGE HOME - NIGHT : THE CENTRAL ISSUE11 11

CAMERA TILT DOWN FROM DASARADH AND KESAVA’S PORTRAIT ZOOMING ONTO THE FLIPPING PHOTO ALBUM ON VALLI’S LAP VALLI.

Valli closes eyes looking at Loki and Savithri’s marriage photos, closes both her ears annoyed by a newborn cry.

NEW BORN (OS)(new born crying)

A MIDWIFE HANDS OVER THE BABY TO LOKI, WIPES SAVITHRI’S FACE WITH WET TOWEL, MITHRA LURKING CURIOUS.

Follow Mithra’s feet running towards Valli, sits in front and lifts her head up.

CHILD MITHRA€�ÂÑ, €�ÂÑ ©ÁúÃÖ £Å™ÃÝ£Â£ÅþÃ úÁÆ™ÁÅ

Valli does not respond. Mithra shakes her up.

MITHRA €�ÂÑ, €�ÂÑ ‚ýÅ úÁÆ™ÁÅ

VALLI(detests, pushes)

úÄ ±Í§Â! ©Â™ÁÅ þÂ œÁ¥ÁÅé™ÁÅ �ÂžÍ!

Mithra hits the floor and cries looking shocked, Valli turns to the album and tear off Loki’s images one by one.

TILT UP ON LOKI STANDING BY THE DOOR, OBSERVING.

Valli throws the torn images at Loki with disgust and disdain, climbs the swing and looks furious at Loki. Loki picks up Mithra and walks out of the room shutting the door.

CUT TO: SAVITHRI

MIDWIFE HELP SAVITHRI SIT UPRIGHT AND HANDS OVER THE BABY.

Loki sit next to Savithri holding Mithra, thinks for a moment.


(CONTINUED)

LOKI¥ÁþÁÏ ƒ …§ÌžÃ Ã ýÎþÁÅ�É®Áò™ÁÏ¥ÁÏúÃžÁþÃ¡Ã³ÍàÏžÃ ³Â©ÃœÃë

Zoom onto Savithri as she looks understandable, caressing the newborn, notice Valli looking at her with anger. (Trans Valli running)

SOUND CUT TO: VALLI SCREAMING

INT. VILLAGE HOME / RUGGED - DAY : SIGNATURE12 12

Valli runs away from Loki yelling and screaming as Loki tries to control, Mithra looks curious standing at the door.

VALLIþÊþÁÅ §ÂþÁÅ, þÊþÁÅ §ÂþÁÅ, þÊþÃ�ÁÑ™Ê „ÏýÂ, ¥Ä§ÁÏœÂ

©É®Ãò±ÌÏ™Ã

Loki grabs her, holds tight against shoulder, walks out as she flutters crying.

LOKI�§Éä¨Åì ýÎþ÷ ¨Í „Ï™Ã ¥Á®Äò ©ÁžÂâÏ §Â¥Áé, þÂ¥Á ÂýÃþÁÅ

œÁ Äì

VALLI

þÊþÁÅ §ÂþÁÅ, þÁþÌäžÁÅ¨Æ, þÊþÃ�ÁÑ™Ê „ÏýÂ

þÂ�É©Á§ÁÆ ©ÁžÁÆâ

Mithra, Bhasha and Savithri with the newborn are standing outside by the loaded jeep. Just as Loki steps out of the door, Valli throws the candle at the standing mirror.

A FLASH INSERT OF MITHRA’S CURRENT IMAGE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR, CAMERA ZOOM ONTO THE BROKEN MIRROR REFLECTING MITHRA’S PANT FACE AS THE DOOR SHUTS, MITHRA WALKS, SITS IN THE ROCKING CHAIR LOOKING AT THE UN-TICKING CLOCK.

SOUND CUT TO: TRAIN

EXT. RAILWAY STATION - DAY : LOKI13 13


(CONTINUED)

PEOPLE GETTING OFF TRAIN.

Bangaru Naidu gets off following Chebrolu & Narsing. Narsing opens an umbrella as Chebrolu carries a heavy suitcase. A sizable crowd run opposing Bangaru with whistles and garlands, Bangaru glows in excitement.

BANGARU

‚žÊÏýÂë? üþÁœÂ €ÏœÂ Š�ÁÑ³Â§Ã�Â ‚§ÁÅ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅ

¡Á™ÁÅœÍÏžÃ? þÂ�Ê žÉ Ä�ÁÅÏ™ÊžËþÂ �ÁþÁÁ�Â§ÁêÏ üÊªÂþÊÏýÄ?

CHEBROLU

¥Ä§ÁÅ ¦ÁÆœ÷ ¡É¬Ã™ÉÏý÷ €¦÷ ±Ì¦÷ ‚¦Á Âê¨Íà

±ÂœÃ�Ê®Áò¦êÏžÃ�ÁžÁ £Â©Â, �¥Á ÂœÁëÏ �ÁÅ§ÉàýÅÛ�Í§ÊýÃüþÂ¨Å?

BANGARU

Š�Í, ¥Á§Êð±Í¦Á ÂþÍë!

Bangaru stands greeting the crowd.

NARSING

£Â�Â þÊ§Ã¬Ã �ÁÆ™Â £Í¦Á Â§ÁÅ, ¬ÃÏ�Ã ÷ election

�É í�ÁÅÏ™Â!

People rush past roughing up Bangaru in the huddle, march towards Loki dragging Bangaru and his followers along.

CROWD

(loud and rhythmic)

üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷ üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷ §ËœÁÅ §ÂüÅ üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷!

üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷ üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷ �Â§Ãé�ÁÅ¨ ªÂë¥Ã�ÁÅ™ÁÅ

üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷,! üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷ üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷ ¡ÊžÁ ¡ÉþÃäŸÃ

üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷!

BANGARU

©Ä®ÊòÏýÂ?ë žÁÏ™Ê¬Ã ‡œÊàœÂà§ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÊ, œÌ�ÃÑ

žÁÏ™Ê¬Ê Â�ÁÅþÂä§ÁÅ

CLOSE CUTS AS CROWD GARLAND AND CARRIES LOKI.

Bangaru is left messed up in the huddle with dishevelled hair, stained clothes, umbrella twisted back and suitcases crushed.


(CONTINUED)

BANGARU

(feeling awful)

€žÊ ±Â§ÄÛ Í �™Ã�ÁþÂä ¬ÄþÃ¦Á§÷ þÂ¦Á�ÁÅ™Ãä �ÁþÄ¬ÁÏ

�ÁÅ§ÁÅà�ÁÆ™Â ¡ÁýÛ�ÁÅÏ™Â ±ÍœÁÅÏžÃ üþÁœÂ üÆªÂ©Â!

Š�Á¡Áôå™ÁÅ þÊþÁÅ ±Â§ÄÛ Í üÊ§ÃÖþÍ™ÁÅ, ‚¡Áôå™ÁÅ þÁþÁÅä

¡Áô§ÁÅ�ÁÅ Â üÆ¬ÃÃ ©ËžÌ Ã�Ã±ÍœÁþÂä™ÁÅ, �™Ã�ÃÃ £¨Å¡ÁÏýÂ©Â

©Â¡ÁÏýÂ©Â?

CHEBROLU

©Â¡ËœÂ €ÏœÁ Â©Áô�ÁÅÏ™ÁžÁÅ £Â©Â, £¨Å¡Ê

Chebrolu begins piling up the sarees lying on the floor.

NARSING

¥Ä§ÁÅ ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ ˆÏýÏ™Ê? žÉªÂ£Ââ Å ±ÂýÅ €™ÁÝ¥ËþÍ™Ã�Ã

¬ÄýÃì¡ÃåœÁÆà �ÁÆ³Í�Á±ÍœÊ,¥Ä§ÁÅ œÉúÁÅÖ�Í©ÁúÁÅÖ�ÁžÂ

Š�Á³Â§ËþÂ ?

Narsing bends down to fix the umbrella.

CHEBROLU

¡ÃúÃÖ þÂ¦Á Â Â, �¦ÁþÁ�ÃúÊÖ©Í™Ê ©ÁôÏýÊ, ‚¡Ãå¬ÁÆà ‡ÏžÁÅ�ÁÅ

�ÁÆ¬ÁÅÏýÂ™Âë? €©ÁœÁ ¥ÁþÃ«Ã üþÁœÂ �Í¬ÁÏ ™Ã Äì Í

ŸÁ§Âä¨Å üÊ³ÌœÊà, ƒ¦ÁþÁ £þÂ§Á¬÷ ‡ Ãì ¡É ÂìþÃ�Ã ±ÌýÅÛ

¬Ä§Á Å �ÌþÁÅ�ÌÑœÁàþÂä™ÁÅ, ‡©Á™ÊÏ úÊœÁàþÂä™Í

œÉ Å³ÍÑ ÊþÃ ƒ¡Ä Â ˆýÃ üþÂ¨Å? ¡ÃÏ�ÁÅ¥Á Â ÃþÁ þÂ¦ÁÅ™Ã�Ã

¥Á Äì §ÉÏ™ÁÅ ¡ÃÏ�ÁÅ¥Á Â ÃþÁ €¬Ãð¬ÉÛÏýÅì!

Narsing notice Bangaru looking down.

CHEBROLU (cont'd)

£Â©Â þÁÅ©Áôí žÂýÃ ±Ì¦Á Âê©ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅþÂäþÊ

Bangaru picks up his kanduva, dusts off, Narsing stands holding the twisted umbrella.


(CONTINUED)

BANGARU

€þÂë €þÁÅ, þÂ ©Ä¡ÉþÁ�Â¨ þÃ¦ÉÂü�Á©Á§ÁÓ¥ÁÏœÂ ˆÏ

�ÁÆ³ÂàÏžÍ €žÊ �ÁÆªÂ©÷, þÄžÊÏ œÁ¡Áôå ÊžÁÅ, žÄþÁÏœÁýÃ�Ã

�Â§Á›Ï þÊþÁÅ �ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅþÁä � ¥ÁÅÏ™Ê§Â

Bangaru walks away whining.

BANGARU (cont'd)

ŽžÁâ§÷ ³Ì�ÂÑ ¥ÄžÁ �Á©ÁíÏœÁ ¥Á§ÂêžÁ Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â ¬Ã©Á§Ã�Ã

¬Ä§Á Å ¥ÉÂ¬ÁÅ�ÌúÊÖ É©Ã ÷ �Ã žÃ�ÁüÂ§ÃÖÏžÃ

Bangaru runs back, and throw the sarees away and walks blabbering.

BANGARU (cont'd)

�ÁÆ! ¡ÁëüÂ þÂ¦Á�ÁÅ™ÁÅ £œÁ�Â ÃðþÁ £œÁÅ�Â ‚žÃ!¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ þÂ

þÂ¦Á�ÁœÂí¥ÊÏžÍ žÂþÃ žÁ�ÁÓ§ÁÅäÏúÊ §É¡Ë§÷ üÊ¬ÁÅ�ÌœÂà!

£Éü©Â™Á £Ï�Â§ÁÅ þÂ¦ÁÅ™ÁÏýÊ € ì§Á Åì™ÁÅ¨Í §Â©Áô �Í±Â ÷

§Â©Áô �ÂžÁÅ �ÁýÊÛ¬ÃþÁ �ÁÅ�ÁÑ Â ¡Á™ÁÅÏ™ÁýÂþÃ�Ã

Chebrolu and Narsing stand by wondering Bangaru’s ferocity.

CHEBROLU/NARSING

€öÁ, ƒ ¡Áô Ã¬Ã ±Ì¦êþÁ ™Á¦ Â�ÁÅ¨Æ ¡ÉžÁ§Â¦ÁÅ™ÁÅ

þÁ™Á�Á �ÊÏ œÁ�ÁÅÑ©Á ÊžÁ¦Á Âê, €�ÁÑ™Á ‚ÏýÃ�É ÊàþÊ¥ÉÂ

€�ÁÑ¬ÊœÃ Í ¬Ã©ÂýÆì, ¬Ä¡Áô§Á žÉ£ç¨Å

Bangaru continues walking, non-stop this time.

CEBROLU

£þÂ§Á¬÷ ±ÌýÅÛ ¬Ä§Á Å, ©ÁÏžÁ�ÁÅ §ÌÏ™ÁÅ �ÌÏýÂ§ÁÏ™Ê?

CUT TO: LOKI IN CROWD

EXT. PARKING LOT - DAY : LOOKING FOR MITHRA13a 13a

Durga and the crowd lead Loki out of the station. Loki hands over the garlands to Dharmam.


(CONTINUED)

LOKI

¥ÃœÂë ‡�ÁÑ™Á?

DHARMAM

§ÂœÃ§Ã ¥ÁþÁ ¬ÁÅ£Âç§Â©Áô¥ÄžÉ©Á™Í žÂ™ÃúÊªÂ™ÁÏ™Ã

LOKI

€¦œÊ?

Dharmam smirks like lord-krishna.

SOUND CUT TO: COIN ON TABLE

EXT. TIFFIN CENTRE/STREET/WELD SHOP - DAY : GUDDU DOSA14 14

Tight cut of Guna tapping coin on table, tiffin activities.

GUNA

§Ê¦÷! ‡�ÁÅ Ó žÍªÁ úÉ¡Ãå ‡ÏœÁ ¬Ê¡Á¦êÏžÃ§Â?

Tight follow of dosa pan, smacking on Guna’s face as abuses the waiter.

MITHRA

€þÂä ¬ÃÏ�Ã É�ÂÓ ™Á£Å É�ÂÓ?

As Guna and his people resist, Mithra silences them in an instant with the dosa pan, cahses Guna across the street and kicks him into a welding shop. Mithra takes Guna under control, holding the welding rod near Guna’s musch.

MITHRA (cont'd)

¥ÁÅ¬Á Í®Áò ¥ÄžÂ �™ÁÏ�ÁÅ¨ ¥ÄžÁ �ÁÏ™Á Å œÃ¡Êå ‡žÁ©Á�Ã

¥Ä³Â ÉÏžÁÅ�ÁÅ§Â Ã¡Ãå þÂ�Ì™Á�Â?

Guna screams as Mithra takes the weld near.

SOUND CUT TO: BAR

INT. BUCHI NAIDU’S BAR - DAY : MITHRA ESTABLISHMENT15 15

VRC Media & Ent Prod NO 1 - Screenplay by Deva Katta - Mar 17, 2009. 22.CONTINUED:13a 13a

(CONTINUED)

TILT UP FROM MULTIPLE FEET CLIMBING STAIRS.

Mithra drags Guna upstairs masked and tied in a shirt (police style). Buchi Naidu looks up as Mithra enters his bar, a follower floors a couple of bar workers running with empty bottles. Mithra seats himself facing Buchi Naidu and unmasks Guna, pulls the beer glass from Buchi Naidu and hands it over to Guna who empties the glass in a gulp and looks at Buchi Naidu with a huge burp, Mithra lights a cigarette.

GUNA

(recites like a bond)

€þÂä, ‚¡Áôå™ÁÅ ƒ €þÁä úÉ¡ÊåžÊÏýÂë €ÏýÊ, þÂê¦ÁÏ�Â,

ŸÁ§ÁéÏ�Â, ¬ÁýÛ¡Á§ÁÏ�Â £Ã ÃÝÏ�÷ ‹þÁ§÷ ¥ÁþÁ ˆžÁÆýÃ ¬ÁÅ£Âç

§Â©Áô �Â§ËœÃ§ÄÃ! �ÁÅ¥Áé™Ã £ÅúÃÖ þÂ¦ÁÅ™ËþÁ ¥Ä§ÁÅ ¡ÁžÊ®Áò

�ÃÏžÁý £ÂÏ™÷ §Â¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ £Ã ÃÝÏ�÷ ¥ÄžÁ�Ã Äü÷ ‡Ïý§÷

€¦œÃ§Ä! €¦þÁ�Â™ÁþÁÅÏúÃ ËýÅì ™ÃÏ úÊ¬Ã €þÂê¦ÁÏ�Â,

€ŸÁ§ÁéÏ�Â ¬ÁýÛ ‚§ÁÅžÁâÏ�Â ‡žÁ©Á ¡ÁþÁÅ¨Å üÊ¬ÁÅÑÏýÆ

§ÌüÅ�Ã ‡ÏœÁ ÊžÁþÂä ¨ Á §ÁÆ±Â¦Á Å ¬ÁÏ±ÂžÃ¬ÁÅàÏýÃ§Ä!

�ÁœÁ ¥ÁÆ™Ê®ÁÅò�Â ¥Ä§ÁÅ ¡Ê§Á£ÉýÃÛþÁ £Â™ÁÅ�Á §Ì�ÂÑþÃä

©Á¬ÁÆ¨Å úÊ¬ÁÅ�Í™ÂþÃ�Ã �¦ÁþÁ ¡ÁÏ¡ÃþÁ Â¦Á§÷ þÍýÄ¬÷ þÃ

ŽÂœÁ§ÁÅ úÉ¦Áê�ÁÅÏ™Â, ¥Á ÂÏ¬ÁÏ �ÁÅ™Â ¥ÁÅýÅÛ�ÍþÃ ¥ÁþÃ«Ã

¥ÄžÁ�Ã ¡ÁúÃÖ ¥Á ÂÏ¬ÁÏ �ÁœÃ�Ê þÂ ÂÏýÃ §Î™Ä Ãä œÍ¨™ÁÏ ˆ

�Í§ÁÅÛ Í þÂê¦ÁÏ €þÁäžÃ €þÁä�Â§Ã ¡ÁëªÁä!

GUNA (cont'd)

‚žÄ þÂ�ÁÅ ¥Á Â§ÉÑýÍì ü§Ã�ÃþÁ �ÄœÍ¡ÁžÊªÁÏ, ªÂ§ÄØ Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â

¡ÁÏúÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä, ‡©ÁþÂä ¬ÁÏžÊöÁ ÅÏýÊ

�ÁÅ§ÁÅ©Áô�Â§Áä™ÁÅ�ÍÑÏ™Ã!

Guna gets up as Buchi Naidu and Mithra look at each other.

GUNA (cont'd)

‚ÏœÁ�ÁÆ ³Â§ÂÏªÁÏ ˆÏýÏýÊ, þÉ þÉ Â £Â™ÁÅ�Á �ÁýÌÛ�ÉÓ¦÷,

ÊžÁÏýÊ �ÌýÅÛ ¥ÁÆ¬ÁÅÑþÃ žÌ£Éç¦÷! �Âí§ÁÛ§÷ ¥ÁÏžÁÅ ¡ÊìýÅ

£Ã§Ã¦Á ÂþÃ ±ÍþÁÅ þÁÅ©ÃíúÃÖþÁ ¡ÁžÃ©Ê Å! þÂê¦Á¥ËþÁ §Î™Ä

¡ÁþÊžËþÂ „ÏýÊ �Á£Å§ÉýÅÛ £Â£Â¦÷!

Mithra looks at Buchi Naidu under curly smoke rings.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

€üÉÏ™Â €§Áã¥Á¦êÏžÂ þÂ¦ÁÅ™Í? Š�Ê ±Â§ÄÛ Í „Ï™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ

¥ÁþÁ¥ÁžÉâþÄ �ÁÅžÁÅâ Âý ÉÏžÁÅ�ÁÅ úÉ¡Áôå?

Mithra gets up, pats on Buchi Nayudu’s cheek and walks.

BUCHI NAIDU (V.O.)

(distant)

€üÉÏ™Â¨Í ‚Ï�Í ©Ã«Á¦ÁÏ €§ÁãÏ �Â ÊžÁÅ§Â, ‚ÏœÁ�ÁÅ þÁÅ©Áôí

‡¥Éé Êì �Â™Ã �Ì™ÁÅ�Ã©Â? �™Ã ¡É®ÂòÏ �Ì™ÁÆ�ÁÅ©Â €þÄ?

Mithra comes back, holds Buchi Naidu’s ears, bend him back over the chair and leans onto his face.

MITHRA

¬Äþ÷ ¨Í þÄ�Á§ÁãÏ �Â©Â ÃðÏžÃ þÂ ²Â¥Ã Ä �Ä§Â§ÄÑ �ÂžÁÅ§Â!

§Ê±ÌåžÁÅâþÁ ýÃ¢Ãþ÷Á ýËÏ �Ã £Â�Ä œÄ§ÁÖ�ÁÅÏýÊ ¬ÄýÅ �ÃÏžÁ

¥Ã�Ã ÊžÃ £Â§Â Ê�Á £Æ™ÃžÂ €þÃ, € ÂåþÁÏžÁÏœÍ þÂ Ã�Á

‡ýÅ £™ÃœÊ €ýÅ ±Â§Ê¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä©ÁÏýÊ, ¥É™Á�ÁÅ üÅýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ

¬Á³Âà©÷ þÂ �Ì™Á�Â!

Mithra pushes Buchi back onto the table as the plates break into pieces. As Buchi Naidu address his wound, Mithra lights a cigarette, walks out in style with followers.

CUT TO: KOBBARI BOMDAM

EXT. BENZ CIRCLE - DAY : PRESS & RING ROAD16 16

Loki issues ‘kobbari bondams’s for the fasting people. Cuts of ‘palaka’ and dances as some reporter swarm onto Loki, Mithra halts jeep and wait smoking.

REPORTER1

³Â§÷, ¬ÊÛ œÉúÃÖþÁÏœÁ ¥Á ÂœÂëþÁ granite ¤ÁÆ¥ÁÅ¨ ¬Á¥Á¬Áê

¡Á§Ã ÂÑ§Á¥ÎœÁÅÏžÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂä§Â ?

LOKI

� ¡ÁëªÁä �ÂÏýÂë�ÁÛ§÷ £Â¬Ã §É™ÃÝþÃ, §Â«ÁÛë ¡Áë¤ÁÅœÂíþÃä €™Á�ÁÏ™Ã


(CONTINUED)

REPORTER2

governement ‚úÃÖþÁ üÄ©ÍþÃ challenge úÉ¦Áê™ÁÏ¨Í ¥Ä

ŸÄ¥Á Â ˆÏýÃ?

Loki calls him forward.

LOKI

¥ÉÅþÂä¥ÁžÉâ ¥Ä £Â©Á ¦Á Â¤Ë ¬ÉÏýÅì ¬Áá Ï �ÌþÂä™ÁÅ

‡ÏœÁ�ÌÑþÂä™ÁÅ?

REPORTER2

(silent)

LOKI

€ÏžÁ§Ã�Ä œÉ ÃðÏžÊ úÉ¡Áõå

DURGA

€§Á©Ë ¨ Á Å

LOKI

üÄ©Í ¡Áë�Â§ÁÏ ©Ä®Áò�ÌúÊÖ É�ÉÑÏœÂ?

DURGA

œÌÏ£Ë ©Ê Å

LOKI

œÁ¥ÁÅé™ÁÆ! žÎ§ÁØþÂêþÃ�Ä �ÁÆ™Â �ÁžÁÅâ ÅÏýÂ¦÷, €©Ã

¥Ä§ÃþÁ¡Áôå™ÁÅ žÎ§ÁØþÁê¥Ê ‹™Ã±ÍœÁÅÏžÃ

Loki tend to move through the crowd.

REPORTER2

�Á©Á§Áä¥ÉÏýÅ žÂžÂ�Ã§Ã úÊ³ÍàÏžÁþÃ œÁ¡Áôå £™ÁÅœÁÅþÂä§Â?

LOKI

œÁ¡Áôå¨Å ¡ÁýÛ™ÂþÃ�Ã ¥ÁþÁ žÊªÁÏ¨Í �Á©Á§Áä¥ÉÏýÊ

ÊžÁÏýÅþÂäþÁÅ žÂžÂ�Ã§Ã œÁ¡Áå


(CONTINUED)

Loki walks towards Mithra, a mercedez stops in front, driver gets out, bows in front of Loki.

DRIVER

£Â¬Ã §É™ÃÝ�Â§ÁÅ þÂ ÂÛ�Ã §Á¥ÁéþÂ§ÁÏ™Ã

LOKI

‚©Âí®Á¥Á Â ‚ÏýÍìþÊ menu £Â©ÁôÏýÅÏžÃ,¥Ä §É™ÄÝ�Â§Êä

§Á¥ÁéþÁÅ

Loki walks off, Durga and the crowd spontaneously attack the merc leaving it totally disfigured in an instant. Loki looks back at the punctured tires, broken windows and looks at Durga.

LOKI (cont'd)

€þÃä §Í�Â¨�Ä Š�ÁýÊ ¥ÁÏžÁýÂë? ¬ÊœÁÅ ÉþÁ�ÃÑ þÉýÃÛ þÍýÃœÍ

¥Á ÂýÂì™ÁÝÏ œÉ Å¬ÁÅ�ÍÏ™Ã

DHARMAM

¬Ä¥Á ¬ÃþÂé¨ üÉþÁ§Ê«Áþ÷, ¬Ã©Ã ÷ ¥ÊþÁ§ÁðýÊÛ „Ïý¦÷,

‡�ÁÑÏ™Ã!

Loki nods disappointed and gets into the Sumo.

DURGA

(pulls the driver aside)

§Í¦÷,¥Ä €¦ê�Í §ÁÅ þÂ ÂÛ�ÌúÂÖ™Ê €þÁÅ�Í, €�ÁÑ™Á

¡Á�Ã ÊžÃ �Â§ÁÅ �ÂžÁÅ, €§Áâ¥Á¦êÏžÂ?¥Á§ÂêžÁ�Â ¥Á Â

±Ì Â¨�Ã úÁÅýÆÛ ¡Á Ã�Ê §ÊýÅ üÉ ÃìÏúÁÅ�Í¥ÁþÁÅ, ÊžÁÏýÊ

¥ÁÏ�ÁÏ¡ÊýÉ Ãì ¥ÁÅ�ÁÅÓ§Â®Êò§ÁÅ�Í¥ÁþÁÅ

Driver runs away from the crowd.

CUT TO: SUMO

EXT. CAR - DAY : LOKI & MITHRA17 17

Loki reads newspaper as Mithra talks on the phone holding cigarette on one hand, Bhasha drives.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

€©Á¬Á§ÁÏ ÊžÁÅ, þÊþÁÅ ¥Á ÂýÂì™ÂþÁÅ, þÁÅ©Éí®Ãò üÊ¦ ÂþÃ �Á Å©Áô

Mithra hangs the phone and throws out the cigarette.

LOKI

¡Á£Ãì�÷ ¨Í ¥Á§ÂêžÁ�Í¬Á¥ËþÂ ¬Ã�Á§Éý÷ �ÁýÉÛ¦ÉÅêúÁÅÖ �ÁžÁ§Â?

MITHRA

¬Ã�Á§Éý÷ �Ä ¥Á§ÂêžÁ�Ä scientific �Â ˆÏ ÃÏ�÷ ÊžÁÏý

þÂþÂä, ¬ÃþÁä¡ÁåýÃäÏúÃ þÁÅ©Áôí þÂ ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ œÂ�Á£ýÊÛ ‚ Â

œÁ¦Á Â§Á¦ÁêþÁÅ, �Ä§Í¦üÏ ¡ÁÏ™ÁÅžÁâþÃ!

LOKI

ˆ™Âð©÷! ±ÌžÁÅâþÊä §Ì™ÁÅÝ¥ÄžÁ ¡Á™Ã ¢ËýÃÏ�ÁÅ üÊªÂ§ÁÏý,

ˆÏýÃ ¬ÁÏ�ÁœÃ?

Mithra peeks into the paper.

MITHRA

‚¡Áôå™Ê �ÁžÂ �ÌýÃÛÏžÄ, €¡Áôå™Ê €úÁÖ¦êÏžÂ?

LOKI

‡¥Éé Êì �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ üþÂ Ãä �Ì™ÃœÊ ¡Ê¡Á§÷ þÁÆê¬÷ �ÁþÂä

¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ‡¬Éð¥Éé¬÷ þÁÆê¬÷ €©ÁôížÃâ

Loki pulls out the cigar and cuts the tip with a hand cutter.

LOKI (cont'd)

‚ ÂÏýÃ úÃ ì§Á ¡ÁþÁÅ¨Íì þÄ úÊœÁÅ¨Å ¡ÉýÛ�ÁÅ, žÂþÃ�Í¬ÁÏ

¡ÁôýÃÛþÁ ¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ¨Å ©Ê§ÁÅ!

Loki looks at Bhasha and turns back to the paper, Mithra pulls the cigar from Loki and throws it out.

MITHRA

þÃþÂä úÁÅýÛ Å ¥Á ÂþÃ ¬Ã�Ã§ÉýÅì œÂ�Á¥ÁþÂäþÂ? health �Ã

¥ÁÏúÃžÃ �ÂžÁÅ

Cigar on the road.


(CONTINUED)

LOKI

±Ì®ÁÆò™Á�ÌýÅÛ�Í™ÂþÃ�Ã ˆ§Â¦ËœÊ ˆÏýÍ?

JEEP PASSING BY.

CUT TO: RAISING SHAMYANA

INT/EXT. HOME/FRONT OFFICE - DAY : OUTER RING ROAD18 18

Jeep halts in the drive way, Loki notice people busily decorating the front yard under a shamyana.

LOKI

Â¥Á ÂêþÂ ÊÏýÂë? þÁÅ©Áôí �ÁÆ™Â ¥Ä €�ÁÑ Â�Ê þÍýÄ¬÷

‚©Áí�ÁÅÏ™Â ¡É®Ãò üÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂä©ÊýÄ?

Mithra walks to lend a hand in erecting the shamyana.

MITHRA

þÊþÁÅ úÊ³ÍÑ£Í¦Ê ¥ÉÂ™Á ÷ �ÃÏœÁ �Á §÷ €©Á¬Á§ÁÏ ÊžÁÅ Ê,

€žÃ ¡É®Ãò�Ã �ÁÆ™Â £Ã�ÃþÄ Í ©ÁúÁÅÖžÃâ!

MITHRA (cont'd)

(with workers)

§Ê¦÷ ! � �ÁÅÏüþÃ žÂ§Ã�Á™ÁÝÏ ±ÂœÂ§ÊÏýÂë? €ýÊ¡Áô ¥Á Â§ÁÖÏ™Ã!

DHARMAM

œÁ¥Á§Ã ©Á¦Á¬ÁÅ �ÁÅ§ÁÅà úÊžÂâ¥ÁþÁÏ™ÊÃ €§ÊÏüÃ¥ÉÏýÅ

LOKI

€ÏýÊ ‚�Á ¥ÁÅ¬Á Ã �ÁÅ�ÁÑþÁ¡Áôå™Ê §ÉýË§÷ �Á¥ÁéÏýÅþÂä§Â?

DHARMAM

(follows)

‚ÏúÁÅ¥ÃÏúÁÅ! �ÁÅ§Âë™ÁÅ ‚¡ÁåýÃ�Ê üþÂ¨Íì ™Ä¡÷ �Â

þÂýÅ�ÁÅ±Í¦Á Â™ÁÅ, �Ãë Âß §Â¥Á Â €þÃ ¤ÁüþÁ úÊ¬ÁÅ�Í�ÁÅÏ™Â

‚Ï�Â ‡ÏžÁÅ�ÁÏ™Ê ¥Ä�ÁÅ §Âü�Ä¦Á Â¨Å?


(CONTINUED)

People giggle as Loki enter his office room, Mithra follows Loki inside.

CUT TO: BASI REDDY

INT. LOKI OFFICE - DAY : BASI REDDY ON RING ROAD18a 18a

BASI Reddy is waiting in the office room along with Chinna and Dinesh, Loki turns serious.

BASI REDDY

©ÁÏžÁþÂ¨Å ‡¥Éé Êì �Â§ÁÅ! €úÁÖÏ �ÏŸÁë�Ê¬Á§ÃþÃ

üÆ¬ÃþÁýÅÛÏ™ÂžÃ,

Mithra closes the door.

CHINNA

(introduces)

™Â™Ä, ƒ¦ÁþÁ £Â¬Ã §É™ÃÝ €þÃ ¡ÉžÁâ �ÂÏýÂë�ÁÛ§÷, ¥Ã¥Áé Ãä

�Á ©Â¨ÏýÊ œÄ¬ÁÅ�ÌúÂÖþÁÅ

BASI REDDY

³Â Êì©Á¦Á Âê ¬Á�ÃÑ Ã�Ã ÃÃ! ¥Ä þÂ¦þÁ ¡ÁÏúÂ¦œÃ ¡Äý¥ÄžÁ

�ÁÆ�ÁÅþÁä¡ÃåýÃäÏúÃ ¡Á§ÃªÁ¦ÁÏ þÂ�ÁÅ, §ÌÏ™ÁÅ ý§÷é ¨Å

§ÁÆ ÃÏ�÷ Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â ¬Ë™÷ €¦þÁÏœÁ ¥ÁýÅÛ�Ê ¥Á§Ãð ±ÍœÂ¥Á Â

ˆÏžÊÃ? ˆ¥ÁÏýÂ©÷ ¨Í�Á¥ÉÂ? �Â ÊüÃ Í ¥Ä ©Í™ÁÅ ¥Á Â ©Í™ÁÅ

£ Ê ¡ÉëÏ™÷ð €Ï™Ê! þÂ¦þÁ Â Â§Â, ¥Ä§ÁÅ £¦ýÃ�Ã £Ì¦ê

�Â§ÁÏ £Í§÷â �™ÁÅ�Í£ÍÏ™Ã!

Chinna leaves the room with Dinesh, maid walks in with tea, Loki trims the cigar tip and settles down in his chair as Mithra stands leaning by the door. BASI Reddy sits across.

BASI REDDY (cont'd)

‡ÏžÃ ¨Í�Á¥ÉÂ, þÂ�Á£Æ«Á›ÂþÃä üÆ¬ÁäýÅÛ üÆ¬ÁàÏ™Â©Í?

granite ¤ÁÆ¥ÁÅ¨ ¥ÄžÁ þÄ œÂœÂÑ Ã�Á ©Ãü¦Á ÂþÃ�Ã þÂ

€¤Ã©ÂžÁÏ! ¬É¡ÁôåœÍ �ÍýÃÛþÂ úÃÏœÂ¥ÁþÊ �ÁœÁþÁäýÅÛ

§ÂüÄ�ÌúÃÖþÂ Ê!

BASI Reddy looks at Mithra, rolling the paper weight.


(CONTINUED)

BASI REDDY (cont'd)

€£Ãç�ÊÏžÃ �Â§ÁÏ £Í§ÁÅÝ €¨©ÂýÅ ÊžÂ?

Mithra greets with a grin, Loki lights the cigar.

LOKI

©Â™ÁÅ þÊ§ÃÖþÁ �ý¨Å ©Ê§ÁÅ §É™ÃÝ

MITHRA

(clears throat)

©ÁúÃÖþÁ ¡ÁþÊÏýÍ üÉ¡Êà, ��Ã±Í¦þÁÁ ýËÏ ¥Á®Äò �ÁžÁÅ¨ÅžÃâ!

Mithra lights cigarette as BASI Reddy stares at him and Loki.

LOKI

(understandably)

¬Ã�Á§Éý÷ �Ä ¥Á§ÂêžÁ�Ä scientific �Â ÃÏ�÷ ÊžÁÏý §É™ÊÝ

BASI REDDY

�ÁÅ, £Ã™ÁÝþÃ ªÂþÂ ¥ÁÅúÁÖý�Â ¡ÉÏúÃþÂ©÷ þÂ¦™Í!

þÂ¨ÍÏýÍ®Áò �ÌÏ¡Á ¥ÄžÁ þÃ¡Áôå¨Å £Í¬ÁàþÂä©÷, � ¥ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅ

²Â¨Í¦Ï�÷ Ê�ÁÅÏýÊ �Á«ÁÛÏ Ê!

MITHRA

�ÁÅ™Ã¬É Å ¡Ä�Ã �ÌÏ¡Á Å �Á™ÁÅàþÂä©÷÷, �Â ÃþÁ �Á™ÁÅ¡Áô Å

�Â¨ÅœÁà¦÷ �ÁžÁ §É™ÊÝ? system balance €©ÌížÁÆâ

BASI REDDY

�ÁÏ¡Áõêý§÷ ªÁœÂžÉâÏ¨Í ¡ÁôýÃÛ þÁ�Áð Ãü÷é ¥Á ÂýÂì™ÁœÂ©ÊÏžÃ

þÂ¦þÂ? ˆ žÊªÁÏ £Ì¦êþÂ ±Â ÃÏúÊ ‚ü¥Á Âì Š�ÁÑýÊ,

žÌ§Ã�ÃþÍ™ÁÅ žÌ§Ã�ÃþÁÏœÂ žÌ£Åç�ÁÅœÃþÊ ‚üÏ!

MITHRA

(retorts with same accent)

€¦œÊ þÁÅ©Áôí £Ì¦÷ � ¡ÁþÃ ¥ÄžÁÅÏ™Á§ÂžÍ, ¥Á ÂœÍ �ÁÆ³ÍþÃ

¦Á¥Á�Í¨ üÊ³ÂàÏ™Â©Í!

BASI Reddy looks at Loki who shrugs with a smirk, BASI Reddy springs up and looks at Mithra.


(CONTINUED)

BASI REDDY

¡ÁÏúÂ¦œÄ £Í§÷Ý ¡Áõêþ÷ ¨ �Â™Á þÃÏúÃ prime minister

¡Ã¦Êê¨ žÂ�Â €™ÁÝ¥ÉÅúÃÖþÁ �Â™ÃžÁþÁ Âì ¥Ê¡Ã œÉúÁÅÖ�ÁÅþÁä G.O

§Â ‚žÃ, ‰žÌÏžÁ É�Á§Â¨ granite �Ã �ÁÏ™Ã £ÉýÃÛ ³Ì�ÂÑ

žÁÅ¨Å¡Áô�ÁÅÏýÂ žÃ�ÃþÂ™ÁÅ ¥Ä þÂ¦þÁ! �©Ã®Ã¬Êà ‡¨ Áþ÷ ¨Å,

�¦þÉÏœÁ �ÂÏŸÄ ˆ¬Á¥Ê¬ÃþÂ þÍýÅ §Â¨ÏžÊ ©ÍýÅ §Â¨žÁÅ

þÂ¦þÂ!þÂ ¡ÁôýÛ¥ÄžÁ þÁÅÏúÃ �Â¨Å œÄ¬Ã matter ¬ÉýÃ ÷ üÊ¬Êà,

� þÍýÊì©Í þÊþÁÅ §Â¨Å³Âà! ¥ÁÅžÁÅ§ÁÅ þÊœÁ ¡Ã ì þÊœÁ

þÃ¥Áé®ÁÏ�Â �¨Í¬ÃÏúÁÏ™Ã!

Reddy turns to the door, Mithra pulls out a file from table.

MITHRA

§É™ÊÝ

Mithra throws the file at Reddy’s feet.

MITHRA (cont'd)

þÁÅ©Áôí §Â¨Å³ÂàþÁþÁä þÍýÊ©Í ƒ ¬ÉýÃ ÉéÏý÷ ¡Áë�Â§ÁÏ §Â¨ÅÖ,

‹ý ¬ÁÏ�ÁœÃ ¥ÊÏ úÁÆ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÂÏ

BASI reddy looks at people through the window who are peeking anxiously from outside, BASI Reddy looks at Loki.

BASI REDDY

�Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ ªÂþÂ ¡ÁžÁÅþÁÅ�ÁÅÏ™Â™Á™Á¦ÉÂê, ¡ÁžÁÅþÁÅ œÁ¡Áå

¡Á Å�ÁÅ žÉ ÄþÃÃ ©Á¦Á¬ÁÅ! £žÁâ§ÁÏ�Â ©Á§Á Í £ÉýÅÛ�Í!

BASI Reddy looks serious at Mithra.

BASI REDDY (cont'd)

¡Ã ì ±Ì�ÁÅ§ÁÅ¥ÄžÁÅÏ™Â©÷, �ý¨Í þÊ§ÁÅð�Í©Â ÃðÏžÃ ªÂþÂ

„Ï™Â žÃ, œÁ�ÁÅ Ó! ¥Á ÂžÃ ¥ÁÏ�ÁÏ¡Êý þÂ¦ÁþÂ! ��ÁÅ¨Å

§Â¨�ÁÅÏýÊ �Ì¥Áé¨Æ, �Ì¥Áé¨Å œÉ�Á�ÁÅÏýÊ ©Ê§ÁÆì

þÁ§ÁÅ�ÁÅÑÏýÂ £ÍœÂÏ!

BASI Reddy leaves the room, Mithra and Loki look at each other with a smirk, turns attentive to the huddle outside.

SOUND CUT TO: FRONT YARD

VRC Media & Ent Prod NO 1 - Screenplay by Deva Katta - Mar 17, 2009. 31.CONTINUED: (2)18a 18a

EXT. LOKI HOME - DAY : BASI REDDY ABUSED18b 18b

Durga and his people mush around and beat BASI Reddy with chappal.

DURGA

‚Ï�ÉþÃä �ÍýÅì ¬ÁÏ±ÂžÃ³Âà©Áô§Â?¥ÄžÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ

œÁ�Á ™ÁœÂ©ÁÏýÂë žÌÏ�Á þÂ �Ì™Á�Â? Ê£§Í™Ã ¬É¡Áôå žÉ£ç

œÃþÍä™É©Á™ÁÆ £Â�ÁÅ ¡Á™ÁÅÝ, ¡Áô§ÁÅ�ÁÅ¨Å ¡Á™Ã¬Á³Âà©÷÷,

¡Áô§ÁÅ�ÁÅ¨Å ¡Á™Ã ¬Á³Âà©÷ þÂ �Í™Á�Â!

Mithra rushes out.

MITHRA

(yells)

žÁÅ§ÂÓ

Durga holds back, BASI Reddy wipes his face and gets into the jeep with a wicked look.

MITHRA (cont'd)

‚ ÂÏýÃ¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ Ãä úÉ¡ÁôåœÍ �ÌýÂÛ ÏýÊ ™Ã ÄìžÂ�Â œÄ§ÁÅÏžÃ

ËþÁÅ, �ÌýÅÛ�ÁÅÏýÆ ±ÍœÂ©Â?

DURGA

žÌ§Ã�ÃþÌ™Ãä �ÌýÅÛ�ÁÅÏýÂ ¥ÁÏ™Ê

Durga mums up looking at Mithra’s furious eyes.

CUT TO: SAVITHRI

INT. LOKI HOME - DAY : HOME19 19

Savithri walks towards dining table carrying gaarelu. Golie is busy eating and reading.

SAVITHRI

€¡Áôå™Ê ¥ÃÏ�ÁÅœÂ©ÊÏýÂë? ¡Áë³ÂžÁÏ œÉúÊÖ ©Á§Á�ÁÅ

��Á¥ÁþÂäþÂ?


(CONTINUED)

GOLIE

¡Áë³ÂžÁÏ ‡¡Áôå™ÁÅ œÃÏýÊ ˆ¥ÁÅÏžÃ �ÏýÄ? ¬Áí§ÁÓÏ¨Í ¥Ä�ÁþÂä

§ÌÏ™Á™ÁÅ�ÁÅ¨Å ‡þÁ�ÁÅÏýÂþÁÏœÊ�Â?

Golie grabs a handful of gaarelu.

SAVITHRI

�Â¬Áà þÉ¥ÁéžÃ�Â ¥ÃÏ�ÁÅ! �ÌÏœÁÅþÁ ¡Á™Ã ±ÍœÂ©÷!

Mithra joins table.

MITHRA

�™ÁÅ ¡ÁôýÃÛÏžÊ ¥ÃÏ�Á™ÂþÃ�Ã, §ÁÆ¨Åð ¡É™ÃœÊ workout

€©ÁžÁ¥Äé

GOLIE

€¨Í! Š�Á¡Á�ÁÑþÁ €§Á�ÁžÄ¬Ã ¬ÁžÁÆ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂäÏ ‚�ÁÑ™Á,

þÄ Â ™Âë¡÷ €©Áôý÷ £Ê©Â§÷ð €þÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂä©ÊýÄ?

Mithra smacks on Golie’s head, Dharmam stops bye.

DHARMAM

(graceful)

£Â£Æ, ¤ÌÏúÊ¬Ã œÁ§ÁÅ©ÂœÁ úÁžÁÅ©Áô�Í©ÁúÁÅÖ �ÁžÂ? ˆ�Â�ÁëœÁ

žÉ£ç œÃÏýÅÏžÊ¥ÉÂ!

Golie folds the book and looks serious at Dharmam.

GOLIE

þÊþÁÅ úÁžÃ©ÊžÊ¥ÁþÂä clerk exam �Â? §ÌÏ™ÁÅ ¨ Á

¥ÁÏžÃ §Â¬Êà §ÌÏ™ÁÅ ©Ê ¥ÁÏžÃ ±Â¬Á¦Êê €¦Êê¦É¬÷! €ÏýÊ

œÃþÊ¡Áôå™ÁÅ, �ÁÆ¬ÁÅþÊ¡Áôå™ÁÆ, ±Í¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÊý¡Áôå™ÁÅ

¬ÁžÁÅ©ÁôœÂþÊ „ÏýÂÏ!

MITHRA

€ÏœÊ�ÂþÃ ¥Ã�ÁœÂ €¡Áôå™ÁÅ ¬ÁžÁ©ÁÏ

GOLIE

þÁÅ©Áôí ¥ÁÆ³ÍÑ£Ê! bloody political dog!


(CONTINUED)

Turns to Dharmam.

GOLIE (cont'd)

úÁÆ™ÁÅ üþÁ�Â, ‚žÃ þËÏýÄþ÷ ¬Ã�ÄðÛ þËþ÷ �ÂžÁÅ, ¬ÁžÉâþÁäÏ œÃþÃ,

¡ÉžÁâ£Â¨ ªÃÃ Á ¡ÁýÛ�ÂþÉ ™Ã�Äë ÃúÉÖ¦Áê™ÂþÃ�Ã! ±Â¬Á©Áí™ÂþÃ�Ä

¢Ë ÷ €©Áí™ÂþÃ�Ã¥ÁžÉâ ¥ÁÅžÁâ ¥ÁÅžÁâ�Ä ¥ÁžÉâ Í „þÁä �Â¡Ê œÊ™Â

Golie turns back to the book. Dharmam looks like a caricature and leaves the table.

DHARMAM

but mine is a small doubt my dear son! §ÉÏ™ÁÅ

©Â§Â¨Íì ‡�ÂØÏ ¡ÉýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ ‚Ï�Â §ÉÏ™Í ¡ÊüÄ Í „þÂä©ÊÏýÃ?

Golie flips to the rear of the book.

GOLIE

‡þÁ�Á þÃÏúÃ É�ÉÑ™Êà ‡þÍä ¡ÊüÄ?

Dharmam blinks.

GOLIE (cont'd)

§Ã©Ãüþ÷ úÊœÁàþÂä ‚�ÁÑ™Á!þÂ ªÄ ÂþÃä ªÁÏ�ÃÏúÂ©ÁÏýÊ „œÁà§ÁÏ

§Â¬Ã �œÁé �ÁœÁê úÊ¬ÁÅÑÏýÂ úÉ¡ÁôàþÂä! ‡ Ãì ¡ÁþÃ

üÆ³ÍÑ©Á¦Áê!

Dharmam walks away obediently. Mithra peeks into Golie’s book.

MITHRA

(subtle)

shadow þÂ©É ÷ œÍþÊ ‚ÏœÁ £Ã Ý±Âå?¥ÁþÃ«Ã©Â, WMD

Bush ©Â? �¦ÁþÃä úÁÆ¬Êà üÂ Ê³ÂàÏžÃ§Â

GOLIE

(flips paper)

þÂ�ÁÅ �ÁÆ™Â! ‚þÊ©Í™ÁÅ ƒ¡Ä €¦œÊ ˆþÁÅ�ÁÅ �ÁÆ™Â

‡ Ã�Â¡ÉÛ§÷ œÍ¨ÅžÃâ ¥Á§Ã

CUT TO: LOKI


(CONTINUED)

Loki comes out of shower drying his head, Chinna is playing Wii with Dinesh and Jitu.

LOKI

(to Chinna)

ˆÏýÂë, ‚Ï�Â �Â ÉüÃ ¬ÁÅÛ™ÉÏý÷ð œÍ œÃ§ÁÅ�ÁÅœÁÆ ‡¨ ÁþÁÅäì

þÁ™ÁÅ¡ÁôœÁÅþÂä©ÁÏý?

CHINNA

©Ä™ÁÅ þÁÅÏúÁÅÏýÊ þÊþÁÅ campaign úÊ¬ÁÅàþÂä ™Â™Ä

LOKI

©Ä™Â £Â¬Ã §É™ÃÝ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ �ÁžÁÆ?

Chinna nods yes. Both of them get busy with the game.

LOKI (cont'd)

�ÁÅ! £Â©ÁôÏžÃ§Â, €£Âç €£Âç �ÁœÁÅà Å

žÁÆ¬ÁÅàÏýÊ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ ÃžÁâ§ÁÆ ¥ÁÆœÁÅ¨Å

§Â³ÍÑ™ÁÏ! �Â¬Áà ¨Í�Âì¬÷ ¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ¨Íà �ÁÆ™Â freindship

úÉ¦÷, �§Í�ÂêþÃ�Ã ¥ÁÏúÃžÃ!

Loki throws the towel on Chinna’s face to distract from the game.

LOKI (cont'd)

‚ÏýÍì Š�Á™ÁÅ �Â™Ã œÁ¡ÃåÏžÃ úÂ¨Æ, …§Ê�ÃÏ¡Áô Å ¥Á ÂþÃ

next ˆÏ úÉ¦Á Âê¨Í �¨ÍúÃÏúÁÅ! ³Â©ÃœÄë, þÂ�ÁÆ ¤Â Â�ÁÆ

ýÃ¢Ãþ÷ ¡ÁÏ¡ÃÏúÁÅ

Loki walk towards stairs and greets Bhasha and Nadiya at the door.

GOLIE

€Ï�ÁÅ ÷ ‚ÏžÂ�Á þÃþÁÅä D.A.B €þÂä™ÁÅ, ©ÃþÃ¡ÃúÃÖÏžÂ?

MITHRA

þÄ Â �ÌÏýÉ ¡Áô¬Áà�Â¨Å úÁžÃ©Ê ¥ÊŸÂ©ÃþÃ �ÂžÁþÄ!

Loki receives a file from Nadiya and flips through.


(CONTINUED)

LOKI

(kind smile)

úÂ Â ¡ÉžÁâ¥Á Âé¦©Ë±Í¦Á Â©Ê! ¬Á™Áþ÷ �Â ¥Ä þÂþÁä

©ÁôžÍê�ÂþÃ�Á§ÄØ ¡É™ÃœÊ €¬Á Å �Â ÊüÃ Í ‡¡Áôå™ÁÅ úÊ§ÃÏžÁ£Âç

€Ï�ÁÅþÂäþÁÅ

LOKI (cont'd)

ŸÁ§ÁéÏ! €¥Á Âé¦þÃ ¥ÁþÁ hotel �Ã ¥ÊþÊü§÷ �Â appoint

úÉ¦÷

Loki hands over the file to Dharmam.

NADIYA

thanks uncle

DHARMAM

€¦Á Âê ¥Á§Ã¡Áôå™ÁÅþÁä ¥ÊþÊü§÷ ¬ÁÏ�ÁœÍ?

LOKI (cont'd)

(walk upstairs)

¡Ä�Ê¬Ã ‚ÏýÍì €ÏýÅì œÍ¥Á™ÂþÃ�Ã ¡ÉýÅÛ�Í, œÂ�ÁÅ£ÍœÉžÁ©Á!

Loki goes upstairs followed by Dharmam, Bhasha walks Nadiya out with a carry bag. Mithra washes hands and get up.

MITHRA

‚�Á �ÁœÃ�ÃÏžÃ úÂ¨Å, É�Á©Á§Â!

GOLIE

§Ê¦÷ !þÁÅ©ÃíÏýÃ�ÌúÃÖþÁ ¥ÁþÃ«ÃœÍ ¬ÁÏ³ÂÑ§ÁÏ�Â ¥Á ÂýÂì™Á™ÁÏ

þÊ§ÁÅÖ�Í!

Mithra whistles for Chinna who is leaving home.

MITHRA

§Ê¦÷ úÃþÂä!

Mithra throws a key onto Chinna’s face, Chinna catches, Mithra approaches with a hand towel.

MITHRA (cont'd)

enjoy, ‚©Âí ÃÛ þÁÅÏúÃ van þÄžÊ


(CONTINUED)

CHINNA

€ÏýÊ þÄ�ÁÅ ±ÂœË ±Í¦ÏžÂ?

Mithra feels intrigued.

CHINNA (cont'd)

(elated)

Just kidding! ƒ profile ¨ Ãé ¬ÃþÃ¥Á Â¨Í ©ÉÏ�Ä Â

„þÂä©÷ §Â, �ÂÏ�÷ð!

Chinna hugs and kisses Mithra repeatedly.

MITHRA

� �Â ÊüÃœÍ ÃÏ�ÁÅ¨Å œÁ�ÃÓÏúÁÅ�Í

CHINNA

ËýÅ œÄ³ÍÑ, þÄœÁÅ¨Å þÄ�ÁÅ �¬ÁÅà Å þÂ�ÁÅ €þÁäýÅÛÏžÃ

¬Á öÁ, ¥ÁþÁÏ úÁžÃ©ÃþÁ �Â Êü÷ ¨Í � ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ legacy

maintain úÊ¦Áê�ÁÅÏýÊ family ¡Á§ÁÅ©Áô ±ÍžÃâ!

Mithra stands watching Chinna a bit concerned.

CUT TO: EXT HOME

EXT. LOKI HOME - DAY: ‘BABUGAARU’19a 19a

Chinna walks out with Dinesh, a client is waiting.

CLIENT

£Â£Å�Â§ÁÅþÂä§ÁÏ™Ã?

CHINNA

ˆ £Â£Å�Â§ÁÏ™Ê?

Mithra walks out, client notices.

CLIENT

úÃþÁ£Â£Å �Â§ÁÅ

Chinna looks at Mithra.


(CONTINUED)

CHINNA

¥Á§Ã þÊþÊÏýÃ?

Client winks, Chinna gets in the van and leaves as Mithra invites the client into the office.

SOUND CUT TO: JEEP STOPPING

INT/EXT. VALLI HOME - DAY : VALLI20 20

Mithra & Golie get off, notice Vikki crying relentlessly sitting in the doorway, half naked.

MITHRA

ˆÏýÂë £ÅüÃØ�Â, ƒŸÃþÁ£™Ã ‚¡Êå¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ ¥Á§Ä ˆ™ÁÅœÁÅàþÂä?

Vikki tardily gets up, turns around to display spanking marks on his bums.

MITHRA (cont'd)

‡©Á§ÁÅ?¥Ä €œÁà �ÍœÊþÂ?

Vikki nods yes, Mithra comforts.

MITHRA (cont'd)

�þÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä €¡Áôå™Ê,¥ÁþÃ Â ¥Á Â¦Á Â©ÁœÂ €žÃ! ‚ÏœÁ�ÁÅ þÁÅ©ÊíÏ

úÊ³Â©Áô £ÅüÃØ £Ï�Â§ÁÆ?

VIKKI

žÂþÃ ¬ÁÆÑý§÷ key ©Âý§÷ ýÂÏ�÷ ¨Í ¡Á™Ê³ÂþÁÆ

MITHRA

€ÏœÁ ¥ÁÏúÃ ¡ÁþÃ úÊªÂ©Â? ˆÏžÁÅ�ÊýÄ?

VIKKI

‚©Â®Á þÂ�ÁÅ ¬ÁÆÑ¨ÌžÁÅâ ¥Á Â©Á¦Á Âê?

MITHRA

�Ãë�ÉýÂÛ?

Vikki nods yes, Valli throws nikker out and yells.


(CONTINUED)

VALLI

œÍ¨Å œÄ³Âà ©ÉŸÁ©Â! ©ÁúÃÖ þÃ�ÁÑ§Ê¬ÁÅ�Í!

MITHRA

þÂ £ÅüÃØ �ÌÏ™Ê! ‚ ÂÏýÃ ‚™Ã¦Á Â É¡Áôå™ÁÆ ¡Á£Ãì�÷ �Â ™Ã�Êì§÷

úÊœÊ ©Á§ÁÑ©Áôý÷ �Â©Á¥Á Âé! ¬ÁžÁÆâ ¬Á¡Ãå™Ä Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â ¬ÁÆÑ ÷

�É®Âò¥Á Â, ýÂ¬÷ €¦Êê ¬Á§Ã�Ã ±ÌýÛýÅÛ�ÍþÃÃ ‚ÏýÃ�ÌúÂÖ¥Á Â

€þÁäýÅÛÏ™Â Ã, ‡ Ãì þÃ�ÁÑ§Ê³ÍÑ£Í!

Vikki stops crying at once runs inside. Mithra looks up to notice Latha leaned into the tank struggling to find keys.

MITHRA (cont'd)

Š¬Ê ¬ÁÆ§Áå›�Â! §Â©Ê �ÃÏžÁ�Ä! ¡Á¬Ã ¡Ã Íì™Ã þÃ�ÁÑ§Ã¡Áå™ÁÏ

�ÂžÊ, žÁ¥ÁÅéÏýÊ...(interrupted)

A flood of water rushes onto Mithra’s head from terrace. Mithra looks up, Latha looks down with sorry feeling.

LATHA

³Â§Ä £Â©Â! key €ÏžÁ ÊžÁÆ, €ÏžÁÅ�Ê þÄ®ÌòžÃ ÊªÂþÁÆ

EXT. VALLI HOME TERRACE - DAY : THE KEYS20a 20a

(Jump Cut) Mitra appears in front of Latha.

MITHRA

�©ÁôþÂ ¡Ã Âì? ýÂÏ�÷ ¨Í key €ÏžÁÅ�Í™ÂþÃ�Ã €þÃä þÄ®ÁÅò

©Ê¬÷Û úÉ¦Á Âê Â úÉ¡Áôå! €©ÁœÁ ¥ÁžÂë¬ÁÅ¨Í £ÃÏžÉ�Í ŽÆþÄ

ü§ÁÅ�ÁÅœÁÅÏýÊþÁÆ!

Mithra turns the valve up, lifts Latha and drowns her upside down into the tank, pulls her out drenched as she comes out with key in hand.

MITHRA (cont'd)

‚¡Áôå™ÁÅ úÁÆ™ÁÅ! ýÂÏ�÷ ¨Í þÄ®ÁÅò ¥Ã�Ã Ã±Í¦Ê úÊœÃ�Ã œÂ®ÁÏ

žÌ§Ã�Ì±Í¦Ê

Mithra is suddenly distracted and baffled by Latha’s figure.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA (cont'd)

(sparse and airy)

öÁ, þÁÅ©ÃíÏœÁ tight ¢Ã�Á§Â?

Latha screams, cries and chases Mithra on the terrace.

LATHA

�ÁÆþÂ �Â ÉüÃ ™Áë¬÷ ±Â™ÁÅ úÊ³Â©Áô £Ï™Á ¬ÁúÃÖþÍ™Â!

Latha chases, beats and floors him, Mithra kisses her mildly and feels guilty as she remains stunned.

MITHRA

³Â§Ä ¡Ã Âì, „™ÁÅ�ÁÅ¥ÄžÁ �Â¨Å üÂ§ÂþÁÅ!

Latha becomes anime and furious.

LATHA

©Â¥ÉÂé! ©Â§Âä¦ÁþÍ ‚�Á þÁþÁÅä ¡É®Éò©Á™ÁÅ úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÂ™ÁÅ§Â

§Ê¡Ã¬÷Û ©ÉŸÁ©Â!?

MITHRA

(innocent tone)

þÊþÁ Â ©ÁžÃ Ê¬Ê ýË¡÷ �ÂžÁÅ Ê©Ê!

LATHA

€žÊ �ÁžÁ§Â þÂ Ž§Áé! ƒ €§Á ™Ã�Äë ©ÉŸÁ©ÁþÃ úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ

£œÁÅ�ÁÏœÂ ‡ Â úÂ©ÁþÂë ³Â¥Ä þÊþÁÆ?

MITHRA

(relieved)

�Á¥Áé¦Á Âê, €ýËìœÊ Ëý÷ œÄ¬ÁÅ�Í! single kiss œÍ£œÁ�ÁÏœÂ

£¬÷ ³ÂÛÏ™÷ €¦êÏžÁþÁÅ�ÁÅþÂäþÁÅ

Latha chases Mithra down the stairs beating and screaming.

LATHA

þÃþÁÆä...


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

‚žÃ�Í! ¥ÁÅžÁÅâ ¥Êý§÷ ¡Á£Ãì�÷ üÊªÂ©ÁÏýÊ �Â§ÁÏýÄ�Â

þÂ�ÁÏý�Á™ÁœÂ§ÁÅ, �Á¥ÁÅéþÁ ¥ÁÆœÃ �Á™ÁÅ�ÁÅÑþÃ £ýÛ Å

¥Á Â§ÁÅÖ�Í±Í!

Mithra and Latha run downstairs.

EXT. VALLI HOME - DAY : BROTHER & SISTER20b 20b

Vikki greets with a smirk, Latha notice the scooter tires punctured, Vikki hides a screw driver in hand. Latha collapses and start crying at the same spot as Vikki. Valli walks with the school bag.

VALLI

©ÁúÄÖ§Â�ÂþÊ žÂþÃ ¥ÄžÁ £™ÂÝ©ÊÏýÂë? þÂ�ÁÅ clinic ýË¥ËÏžÃ,

©Ä®ÁòþÃ œÄ¬ÁÅ�É®Ãò ¬ÁÆÑ ÷ ¨Í ™Âë¡÷ úÉ¦÷, žÂþÃä�ÁÆ™Â!

MITHRA

¬ÁÆÑ ÷ ¨ÍþÂ?

LATHA

€�ÁÑ§ÊìžÁÅ! � �ÁÆÏ™ÂœÍ ©É®Áò™ÁÏ �ÁþÂä þÊ

�ýÍ¨Í ©É®ÂàþÁÅValli starts combing Nikki’s hair.

VALLI (cont'd)

¡Á®ÁÅò §Â Âà¦÷ ¥Á§ÂêžÁ Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â ¥Á ÂýÂì™Â©ÁÏýÊ! þÁÅ©Êí

£Ì™ÂÝ§Ê¬ÁÅÑþÃ œÃ§Ã�Ê §Î™Ä §Â›Ã©Ã

LATHA

€öÁñöÁ, œÁ¥ÁÅé™Ìä�ÁÑ¥Á ÂýþÁ�ÂþÊ úÃ¥ÁÅé�ÌúÊÖ¬ÃÏžÁ¥Á Âé

�Í¡ÁÏ! €¬Áð¨Å ™Â£Â ¥ÄžÁ ©Â™ÊÏ úÊªÂ™Í œÉ Å³Â þÄ�ÁÆ?

Mithra looks at her with a smile, Lathe further unnerved.

LATHA (cont'd)

�™Ãä úÁÆ¬ÊàþÊ þÂ ©Á®ÁòÏœÂ £ÌžÃâÏ�Á Å ±Â�ÁÅœÁÅþÂä¦÷

Latha walks inside helpless and furious.

MITHRA

€¦œÊ ¨�÷ð �Ã £žÁÅ¨Å £Ê�Âþ÷ ¬Êåë ©Â™ÁÅ


(CONTINUED)

VALLI

‡¡ÁåýÃ�ËþÂ þÄ ¥ÁÅ�ÁÅÑ ¡ÃÏ™Ê ¥ÉÅ�ÁÅ™ÁÅ ©Â™Ê ±Í©Ê

Latha bumps onto Ashok at the door.

LATHA

ˆ§Â? ±ÌžÁÅâþÊä ¡É§ÁÅ�ÁþÁäÏ �ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ £¦Á ÅžÊ§Â©Â?

úÁÆªÂ©Â €�ÂÑ œÁ¥ÁÅé®Áò žÎ§ÁØþÁ¦ÁÏ? �¬ÊÛë Ã¦Á Â ýÆ§É®ÃòþÁ

�Ãë�Éý§÷ Â „ÏžÃ§Â þÂ £œÁÅ�ÁÅ!

ASHOK

clinic �Ã ýË¥ÎœÍÏžÃ œÁ¡Áôå�Í©Ê

LATHA

©Â™Ã�Ã œÍ™ÁÅ ƒ ¡Ã ì �ÍœÁÅ¨Å §ÉÏ™ÁÅ, ˆžÍ Š�Á§ÍüÅ

úÉ±Âå úÉ¦Áê�ÁÅÏýÂ öÁ¬ÁÛ ÷ �É Ãì±ÍœÂþÊë þÊþÁÅ,

Latha spanks Vikki on her way, Vikki cries again, Mithra lifts Vikki & Nikki on both hands.

MITHRA

úÁÅúÁÅúÁÆ ±ÍþÃ Ê þÂþÂä, €žÃ úÊ¬ÃþÁ ±Â±Â¨�Í £Ï™Á

¥ÉÅ�ÁÅ™ÁÅ žÌ§Á�Â¨þÃ �Í§ÁÅ�ÁÅÏžÂÏ, ¥ÁþÁÏ ¬ÁÆÑ¨Å �É Ãì

¬ÁžÁÆ�ÁÅÏžÂÏ ¡ÁžÁ

LATHA

(cries from inside)

þÊþÁÆ ©Á¬ÁÅàþÂä ��ÁÆ!

Mithra smiles and halts, Valli hands in a bag to Mithra.

VALLI

‚žÃ�ÁÑ™Ã�Ã §Â©Á ¬ÃþÁ ³Â§É �ÂžÁÅ! §ÂþÃ ¥ÁþÃ«Ã�Ã ¡Ê§ÁÏýÏ

¡ÉýÃÛ ��ÁÆ ©Á�ÁÑ ©Ê¬÷Û úÉ¦ÉÅêžÁâþÃ úÉ±Âå¥É�Ã

MITHRA

�ÁþÄ¬ÁÏ � ¡Ã Å¡Áô žÊþÃ�Í úÁÆªÂ©Â?

Valli walks back to the car as Ashok waits.

VRC Media & Ent Prod NO 1 - Screenplay by Deva Katta - Mar 17, 2009. 42.CONTINUED:20b 20b

(CONTINUED)

VALLI

úÁÆªÂ! €¦þÂ �ÁÆ™Â ©Ã¬Ã§Ã �ÌýÛ�ÁÅÏ™Â ¬ÁÏ³ÂÑ§ÁÏ�Â

úÉœÃ Í ¡ÉýÂÛ! � ‚ÏýÃ�Ä þÂ�ÁÆ ¥Ã�Ã ÃþÁ £ÏŸÁÏ Š�ÁÑýÊ,

þÁÅ©Áôí! life ¨Í ‚¡ÁåýÃžÂ�Â ü§Ã�ÃþÁ ™Âë¥Á Â úÂ¨Å, extra

¬Äþ÷ ¨ÌžÁâþÃÃ úÉ¡Áôå!

Mithra looks at her in despair as she drives away car.

CUT TO: JEEP

Mithra finds Golie leaning on the jeep, posing for Saira talking‘peter’ aloud.

GOLIE

€¬Á Å russian revotion ‡ Â start €¦êÏžÁÏýÊ§Ê, 1817

¨Í £Í ï©Ã�ÁÅÑ¨ÏžÁ§ÁÆ üÂ§Áì ¥ÄžÁ œÃ§Á�Á£™ÂÝ§Âë! …§Á�Â¦÷

üÂ§ÁÅì �ÂžÁÅ§Â þÄ¦Á£Âç, Russia ¨Í §ÂüÅ Êä üÂ§÷

€ÏýÂ§ÁÅ!

MITHRA

œÁ¡Áôå�Í§Â! þÄ ¬É ÷ þÂ žÁ�ÁÓ§ÁÅÏžÊ, ‡ Â ¥Á ÂýÂì™ÁÅœÁÅþÂä?

Golie feels punctured in front of Saira, Mithra seats and buckle up kids.

MITHRA (cont'd)

sorry, act úÊ¬ÁàþÂä©ÁþÃ œÉ ÄžÁÅ§Â þÂ�ÁÅ

Mithra gets in the jeep as Golie follows disappointed, Latha runs in with lipstick and hops in.

LATHA

‚žÃ�Í ��Á¥ÁþÂäþÂ

SCUT TO: JEEP ON ROAD

EXT. SCORPIO/ROADS/BUS STOP - DAY : JOY RIDE21 21

VRC Media & Ent Prod NO 1 - Screenplay by Deva Katta - Mar 17, 2009. 43.CONTINUED: (2)20b 20b

(CONTINUED)

LATHA IS BUSY WITH MAKEUP, VIKKI EATS ICE CREAM AND LOOKS AT GOLIE.

GOLIE

‡ÏœÁ €ÏžÁÏ�Â œÃÏœÁÅþÂä©÷ §Â! Š§Ê ©Ã�ÄÑ! ‚þÍäëüÅ¨Å�Â

£ÄýÊ¬ÁàþÂäþÊ, Š�ÁÑ ³Â§ÁþÂä ³Â¦§Â þÂ �ÁÅ§ÃÏúÃ €™Á�Á ÊžÂ?

VIKKI

€™Ã�ÃÏžÃ

GOLIE

ˆ¥ÁþÄ?

VIKKI

§ÍüÆ ¥Ä ‚ÏýÃ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ þÁÅÏúÁÅþÃ ‚ýÊ¡Áô �ÏýÉþÂä

œÃ¡ÁôåœÁÅþÂä™Ê � ¥ÁÅýÃÛ ¢Ê¬ÊÏ üÊ¬ÁÅàÏýÂ™ÁÆ €þÃ!

GOLIE

IAS §Â¬ÁÅàþÂäþÁþÃ úÉ±Âå©Â?

VIKKI

…�ÁÆ, IAS §Â¬ÁÅàþÂäþÁþÃ úÉ¡Áå¥ÁþÃ úÉ±Âå™ÁÆ €þÃ úÉ±Âå!

Golie feels restrained anger.

GOLIE

�ÁÅžÂâþÁÏýÊ, €¬Áð ÷ �É ÃåÏ�÷ ýË¡Ê �ÂžÁÅ§Â þÁÅ©Áôí

LATHA

�Á Í, ‚�ÁÑ™Â¡Áô ¥Á Â ¢ÉëÏ™÷ð þÉ�ÃÑúÁÅÖ�Í©Â Ã

Mithra stops the jeep in the bus stop.

MITHRA

¢ÉëÏ™Âð? ™Éë¬ÁÅð¨Å úÁÆ¬Êà £É Äì ™ÂþÁäð§÷ð Â „þÂä§ÁÆ

Latha slaps Golie.


(CONTINUED)

LATHA

þÄ�ÁÅ fashion sense Ê�ÁÅÏýÊ ¥ÁÆ¬ÁÅÑþÃ �ÁÆ§ÍÖ!

GOLIE

£Ãþ÷ Â™Ãþ÷ €ýÂ�÷ úÊœÊà, ¬ÁžÂâÏ ¥ÄžÁ £ÂÏ£Ê¬ÃþÁýÅÛÏžÃÛ,

�™ÁÏýÊ þÁþÁÅä ¡Ä�ÁÅœÂ©ÊÏýÃ?

Latha’s friends get into the jeep.

LATHA

�Ê ¤ÂþÁÆ, �Ê ‚ÏžÁÆ!

Golie drools at their flashes, Mithra slaps to distract.

MITHRA

€ýÛ ¬ÁÆœÂà©ÊÏýÂë? ¡Á�ÁÑþÁ ¡Ã ì ÅþÂä§ÁþÊ sense ÊžÂ?

GOLIE

(controlled anger)

Š§Ê¦÷! €¥Á Âé¦¨ÅþÁä¡Áôå™ÁÅ þÂ ¥ÄžÁexcess

úÉ¦ÉÅêžÁâþÂäþÂ?

Vikki slaps Golie.

VIKKI

(slaps Golie)

¥ÉÅ�ÁÏ ¥ÄžÁ ‡Ï�Ã Ã ¡Á™Â�ÁÅÏ™Â ¥Á ÂýÂì™Á¥ÁþÂäþÂ?

Golie looks at Vikki feeling breathless and angry.

GOLIE

¬ÄþÁÅ ¬ÄþÁÅ�Ä þÊþÁÅ �Â¥É™Ä €¦±ÍœÁþÂäþÂë ¥Ä�ÁÆ, ¥Á™ÁÝ§÷

üÊ¬Ã±Â§Ê³Âà ˆ¥ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂä§Í

Golie pauses looking at girls in the mirror.

BHANU

(leans forward)

ˆÏýÊ ¥Ä ™Ëë©Á§÷ �ÁÆ™Â ‚ÏœÁ ¡ÁžÁÅþÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä™ÁÅ? �ÌÏ¡ÁžÄ¬Ã

©Ä™ÊþÂ þÄ £Â©Á?


(CONTINUED)

LATHA

�ÂžÁÅ, ©Ä™ÁÅ þÂ�ÁÅ ËþÊ¬ÁÆà €¡Áôå™Á¡Áôå™ÁÆ §Ë™Ã¬ÁÅàÏýÂ™ÁÅ,

�Â©Â¨ÏýÊ ¥Ä§ÁÅ try úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÍÏ™Ã! €žÃ�Í � ¡Á�ÁÑþÁÅþÁä

�Ê£ÊüÃ �ÁÅ™Â free þÊ

Girls laugh, Golie is lost staring at the grils.

VIKKI

�®ÁÅò �Ê Ã úÊ¬ÁÅàÏýÊ, þÄ�ÁÅ �Í¡ÁÏ §Â©ÁýÊìžÂ?

GOLIE

¡Áë¬ÁÅàœÁÏ þÂ brain �ÁÏœÁ processing ¡Á©Á§÷ ÊžÁÅ§Â!

LATHA

(irks Mithra)

�Á Í! ¥ÁÅ¬Á Ã þÁ�ÁÑ Â � œÍ¨Å™ÊÏýÃ £Â¬ÁÆ! �ÌÏúÉÏ

¬Äå™÷ œÉúÁÅÖ�Í Ë¢÷ ¨Í! ¥Á Â �Í¬ÁÏ €�ÁÑ™Á boys

waiting, �Â ÂþÃ�Ã œÁ�ÁÓ ¬Äå™÷ ÊžÊ �ÁÅ§Âë™Ã Í

BHANU (R V MIRROR)

±Â¡Á¥Ê, úÁÆ™Á™ÂþÃ�Ã ¡Á¡Áôå ¬ÁÅžÁâ Â „þÂä™ÁÅ

LATHA (R V MIRROR)

¡Á¡Áôå ¬ÁÅžÁâ Â ˆÏýÃ, ¡Á¡Êå (laughs)

Mithra and Vikki look at each other in slow motion, Vikki and Nikki wear the seat belts understandably.

SQUEAKING WHEELS, CUTS OF GEAR SHIFTS, TIRE SCRATCHES ON ROAD, CAR RUSHING AT HIGH SPEED.

CUT TO: COLLEGE ENTRANCE

EXT. COLLEGE - DAY : SPEED EFFECT22 22


(CONTINUED)

A LONG SHOT OF THE JEEP IN FRONT OF COLLEGE WITH A HUGE TRAIL OF DUST BEHIND, HARD STOP AT THE ENTRANCE.

Everyone in the car is in a state of shock, thumping heart- beat, Vikki and Nikki are stuck to Mithra like bugs, Golies hands by the roof. Latha and friends get off the jeep in a trans.

MITHRA

¡Ã�ÁÑ¡÷ ‡þÃä�ÁÏý¨�ÊýÃ ¥Á§Áâ Â?

Latha draws blank, waves no from behind and walks in.

GOLIE

£Â©Â! ©Ä®ÁÅò ¥Á®Äò þÄ üÄ¡É�ÁÅÑœÂ§ÁÏýÂ©Â?

MITHRA

™ÎýÊ! žÄþÃ�Ã �Â ÊüÃ Í ‡©Á™Í £ÄýÊœÁàþÂä™Âëë €ÏžÁÅ�Ê

¥ÁþÁœÍ €ÏœÁ É©Ã ÷ £Ä�ÁÅœÍÏžÃ ‡ Ãì œÊ ÅÖ�ÁÅÏžÂÏ ¡ÁžÁ

Golie laughs like a quail.

GOLIE

�Ä§Í Â „þÂä�ÁÆ™Â ‡žÁ©Á €þÁÅ¥Á ÂþÂ¨Å œÁ¡Áå©ÊÏ

VIKKI

¥Á Â©Á¦Á Âê þÂ ¬ÁÆÑ¨Å!

Mithra picks Nikki and walks in.

MITHRA

‚Ï�Â ¬ÁÆÑ ÊÏýÂë? ˆ�ÁÏ�Â �Â ÊüÃ Í úÊ§ÃåœÂà ¡ÁžÁ

CUT TO: CAMPUS

INT.COLLEGE - DAY : TEASE22a 22a

Latha straightens her walk and styles up, some beggers at the gate change shirts, wear coolers and stand by the gate looking at her. Students playing cricket at the center of campus, drool around her, batsmen gets bowled looking at her.


(CONTINUED)

BATSMAN

miss college site ¨Í ©ÁôþÁä¡Áôå™ÁÅ ball not count €þÃ

œÉ ÄžÂ þÄ�ÁÅ? ¥Á Äì ‡¦÷!

Latha walks across proudly greeting everybody

MITHRA

žÄþÃ oxygen €ÏœÂ �ÂÏ¡Á¬÷ ¨Í „ÏžÃ§Â, ‚�ÁÑ™Á

puncture €¦œÊ�ÂþÃ £¨Å¡Áô œÁ�ÁÓžÁÅ

Mithra pulls Vikki and Nikki, whispers and drives them after Latha, grabs the harmonium and mouth organ from a couple of beggers at the entrance.

KIDS(hug her)

¥Á¥Äé, ¥Á¥Äé, ¥Á¥Äé ¥Á¥Äé

Cricketing boys turn around shocked, batsman is bowled again.

KIDS (cont'd)ƒ§ÍüÅ ™Â™ÄœÍ �Á Ã¬Ã üÆ �É ÂâÏ ¥Á¥Äé

LATHA(beats them up)

ˆ¦÷, ‡©Á§Âë ¥Á¥Äé? ¬ÁÆÑ ÷ �É®Áò�ÁÅÏ™Â ‚�ÁÑ™ÊÏ ¡ÁþÃ ¥Ä�ÁÅ?

BOYS(wonder)

©Â¥ÉÂé ‚žÁâ§ÁÅ ¡Ã ì œÁ Âì ‚žÃ? žÄþÃä ¥Ã¬÷ �Â Éü÷ úÊ¬Ã ¡ÉžÁâ ©Ä¡Ä ¨¦Á ÂêÏ �ÁžÁ§Â

Students mumble around Latha.

INT.COLLEGE - DAY : SONG 2 - BEDARO23 23

As Latha turns around, Mithra sings. (Song2 - Y2K kaalaMlO)

LATHA You bloody moron ±ÌžÁÅâþÁ úÊ¬ÃÏžÃ úÂ ÊìžÂ?þÃþÁÆä

GOLIEúÉ ì¥Á Âé úÉ Éì¥Á Âé ©ÁžÃ É¦Áê©Ê,!¡ÁžÍ �Âì¬÷ ¨ÍþÊ £Â©ÁœÍ

ÊúÃ±Í¦Á Â©÷!¥Á®Äò ‡©Á™ÃœÍ ÊúÃ±ÍœÂ©Í €þÃ£Â©Á �ÁÏ�Â§ÁÅ ¡Á™ÁÝÏ ¨Í œÁ¡ÊåÏýÃ?


(CONTINUED)

Latha grabs cricket bat and chases Golie.

LATHA±Ì§ÁÏ£Í�Ã ©ÉŸÁ©Á, þÄ ¥ÉÅ�ÁÏ úÁÆ¬Êà þÂ €þÁä Â�Â ©ÁôþÂä©Áô§Â?

Latha chases Mithra, Golie and kids out of the campus.

CUT TO: LOKI & MIRROR

INT. LOKI HOME BEDROOM2 - DAY : PELLI KODUKU 24 24

Loki turns around from mirror wearing a Dhoti.

LOKI

‚¡Áôå™Ê¥ÁÏýÂ§Âë?

DHARMAM

€£ç£ç£Âç, „�ÁÅÑ¥ÁþÃ«Ã ©Á ì¤Â¦÷ ¡ÁýÊ ÷ Â „þÂä§ÁÏ™Ã!

Mithra reaches out to the hanging dhothi.

MITHRA

‡ÏýÄ? �¦ÁþÁ�ÁÆÑ™Â ‚ ÂþÊ œÍ�ÁÅÏ™ÊžÂ?

LOKI

þÁÅ©Âí�Á§Â, � ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ ¡ÁÏúÁ �ÁýÅÛ œÉ Ã¦Á�ÁÅÏ™ÂþÊ ‚ÏœÁ

þÂ¦Á�ÁÅ¨¥Á¦Á Âê¥Á Â? ‚¡Áôå™ÁÅ úÉ¡Áôå!

Mithra looks affectionate, Loki looks back and feels liks he is missing something.

MITHRA

¡É®Ãò �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ Â „þÂä©Áô þÂþÂä?

Loki looks at Chinna and feels uncomfortable, takes off the kanduva, sits on the sofa feeling reluctant and dense.

LOKI

‚žÁÏœÂ €©Á¬Á§Á¥ÁÏýÂ©Â?, þÂ¥ÉÂ«Ã�Â„ÏžÃ§Â

Mithra walks close to Loki.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

úÉžÃ§ÃþÁ �ÁÅýÅÏ£Ï �Í¬ÁÏ ¬Á™Ä ¬ÁÏžÁ™Ã Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â Š�Á³Â§Ã

¡É®Ãò�Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ©Á¦Á Âê©÷, ƒ ¬ÁÏžÁ™Ã þÄ �Í¬ÁÏ þÂþÂä, þÄ

þÃÏ™ÁÅ üÄ©ÃœÁÏ �Í¬ÁÏ! œÁ ÉœÁÅà�ÁÅþÃ �ÁÅÏžÂ�Â žÃ�Ã§Â!

Loki looks up at Mithra and collects himself.

CUT TO: LOKI ON STAIRS

INT. LOKI HOME - DAY : SASHTI PURTHI24a 24a

Loki walks down the stairs followed by Mithra and Chinna as panthulu waits reciting manthras in the hall, gets seated.

PANTHULU

€¥Áé�Â§ÁÅ §Â©ÁúÁÅÖ

LADIES

‚ÏžÂ�ÁýÅäÏúÃ œÁ Å¡Áô Å �Ì™ÁÅœÁÅþÂäÏ, „¨Å�ÁÆ

¡Á Å�ÁÆ ÉžÁÏ™Ã

DHARMAM

�Á! ¬Ã�ÁÅ Ó¡Á™ÁÅœÁÅþÁäýÅÛþÂä§ÁÅ, ±ÍþÃ ¥Ä Í ‡©Á§ÁþÂä

�ÁÆ§ÍÖÏ™Á¥Á Âé? �¦ÁþÊÏ ¬Ã�ÁÅ Ó ¡Á™Á™ÁÅ

As Mithra walks towards the bed room a bit worried, Dharmam pushes one of the maids in front making fun.

MAIDS

�Â©Â¨ÏýÊ¥Ä§Ê �ÁÆ§ÍÖÏ™Ã

DHARMAM

þÊþÁÅ �ÁÆ§ÁÅÖÏýÊ ¥ÁÅ�ÁÆ§Âà Ê ¥Á Â§Ã±ÍœÂ¦Á¥ÉÂé©÷!

People laugh intermittently in the back as Mithra opens the door and finds the room empty, turns around a bit uneasy.


(CONTINUED)

DHARMAM (cont'd)

(distant)

ˆÏý¦Á Âê, ¡É®Ãò�Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ þÁúÁÖ ÊžÂ? � ©Ã«Á¦ÁÏ ¥Á Â�ÃÏœÁ

ÊýÅ�ÂþÂ úÉ¡ÊåžÃ?

Everyone laughs, Loki looks serious.

LOKI

ŸÁ§ÁéÏ! (looks at priest)¡ÁÏœÁÅ¨Æ ¥ÁÏœÂë Â¡Áô!

Panthulu turn silent, Loki gets up and walk upstairs as people wonder, Chinna seriously walks to Mithra.

CHINNA

good try §Â, �ÂþÄ €§Á©Á ¬ÃþÃ¥Á Â Â �ÌÏúÉÏ effect

‡�ÁÅÑ©ËÏžÃ! üÄ©ÃœÁÏ¨Í �ÌþÃä œÄ�Á Ãä �ÁžÁ¡Á�ÁÅÏ™Â

„Ï™Á™ÁÏ ¥ÁÏúÃžÁþÃ œÉ Å¬ÁÅ�Í!

Mithra stands disappointed as Chinna walks out.

CUT TO: WATER GLASS

INT. VALLI HOME DINING - DAY : DENIAL FOREVER25 25

Valli fills water and places the glass on table, tilt to Savithri sitting across, Nikki runs with a notebook.

NIKKI

€¥Áé¥Á Âé, þÂ drawings úÁÆ™Á©Â

Savithri looks at the picture, Valli is portrayed whiny, Nikki and Vikki giggle.

VALLI

ˆ¦÷, £Ì¥Áé¨Å �Ä¬ÃÏžÃ úÂ¨Å ©É®Ãò home work úÉ¦÷

Nikki and Vikki walk away turned off, Valli looks impatient at Savithri.

VALLI (cont'd)

þÂ�ÁÅ hospital �Ã ýËÏ €©ÁôœÍÏžÃ!


(CONTINUED)

Savithri gets up to leave.

VALLI (cont'd)

¥Á®Äò ‚ Â ˆ™ÁÅ¡Áô ¥ÉÅ�Á¥Ê¬ÁÅ�ÌúÃÖ þÁþÁÆä ¡Ã ì Ää

¥ÉÅ�Á¥Á Âý ¡ÉýÌÛžÁÅâ

Savithri halts and look gracious at Valli.

SAVITHRI

‚Ï�Â þÊþÁÅ úÊ¬ÃþÁ œÁ¡ÊåÏýÍ œÉ Ã¦ÁýÊìžÁ¥Á Âé, €ÏžÁÅ�Ê

€¥ÁéœÁþÁÏ œÁþÁÅä�ÌúÃÖþÁ¡Áôå™Á Âì ©ÁúÃÖ úÃ©ÂýÅì

œÃþÃ±ÍœÁÅþÂäþÁÅ

Savithri become teary, Valli gets up indifferent.

VALLI

�ÁÆ,¥ÉÅ�ÁÅ™ÁÅ úÁúÃÖþÁ �§Éä ì�Ê ¡ÁýÅÛúÄ§Á �ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ

‚Ï�Í¥Á�Â™ÃœÍ ¡Á™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä©÷, þÃþÁÅä üÆ¬ÃþÁ¡Áôå™Á ÂìþÂ�ÁÅ

€¥ÁéœÁþÁÏ �ÁþÂä ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ¨üØ œÁþÁÅä�Ì³ÍàÏžÃ

(interrupted)

Savithri slaps Valli interrupting, looks fiery.

SAVITHRI

‡©Á§Ã �Í¬ÁÏ úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÂäþÊ ¡É®Ãò?

VALLI

¥Á Â �Í¬Á¥Á¦ÁÅêÏýÊ ‚Ï�Í �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ �ÁþÃ ¬Á©ÃœÃ

œÁ Ãì©Á¦ÊêžÂþÃ©Ã �ÂžÁÅ

Savithri bursts with tears, kids watch as Savithri walks out crying, Mithra is standing at the gate under a drizzle, holds Savithri by the shoulder and walks towards the jeep.

Valli grabs the uniform and walks to the bed room, Vikki and Nikki look curious sitting on Ashok’s lap.

NIKKI

(whisper)

€¥Áé¥Áé bad girl þÂ ™Â™Ä?


(CONTINUED)

ASHOK

«÷ñ!

NIKKI

(whispers)

¥Á¥Äé�Ã €¥Áé¥Áé ¥ÄžÁ �Í¡ÁÏ žÊþÃ�Ã?

VIKKY

¥Á¥Äé�Ã �ÌÏúÉÏ ¥ÉÏý ÷ €þÃ úÉ±Âå™ÁÅ �ÁžÊ?

ASHOK

�Ê¦÷ þÍ§ÁÅé¦÷!

Ashok shuts Vikki’s mouth, Valli shuts the door on them.

CUT TO: LOKI HOME

INT. LOKI HOME - DAY : THE DILEMMA26 26

As Savithri walks home, everyone become alive, panthulu recites.

DHARMAM

�Á¥Áé¦Áê, ¥ÁÅ�ÁÅ§ÁàÏ žÂý�Á¥ÁÅÏžÊ ©ÁúÊÖªÂ§ÁÆ! ƒ

žÁÏ™ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ € Â �ÁÆ§ÍÖÏ™Á¥Á Âé!

Savithri throws the garland into the fire.

SAVITHRI

ˆÏýÄ? ƒ ¥ÁÅÏ™Á�Ã ‚¡ÁåýÃžÂ�Â ü§Ã�ÃþÁ ¡É®Ãò®ÁÅò úÂ¨žÂ?

Savithri walks upstairs filled with agony and anger.

CUT TO: BEDROOM

INT. LOKI HOME BEDROOM - DAY : AGONY26a 26a


(CONTINUED)

CAM T.V ABOVE CEILING FAN, SAVITHRI IS LYING ON THE BED, LOKI WALKS IN AND SITS NEXT.

LOKI

ƒ function �Ã Š¡Áôå�ÁÅþÃ þÊþÊ œÁ¡Áôå úÊªÂþÁÅ (sigh)

úÃþÁä ©Á¦Á¬ÁÅ¨Í ¡Á™ÃþÁ ¥ÁÅžÁë¨Å úÉ§Á�Á™ÂþÃ�Ã ýËÏ

¡Á™ÁÅœÁÅÏžÃ ³Â©ÃœÃë

SAVITHRI

‚Ï�ÉÏœÁ �Â¨Ï ¡Á™ÁÅœÁÅÏžÃ? ¨Í�ÁÏ œÉ Ã¦ÁþÃ ¡Á¬Ã ¡Ã ìþÃ

�ÌÏœÁ �Â¨Ï, �©ÊªÁÏ þÃÏ™ÃþÁ ¡Á™ÁÅúÁÅ ¡Ã ìþÃ �ÌÏœÁ

�Â¨Ï ‹¡Ã�Á ¡ÁýÂÛþÁÅ, ‚žÁâ§ÁÅ ¡Ã ì �ÁÅ œÁ ËìÏž,Ã ‚Ï�ÉÏœÁ

�Â¨Ï ¡Á™ÁÅœÁÅÏžÃ? �ÁÆœÁÅ§Ã�Ê ŸÁ§ÁéÏ �ÂþÃ £œÁÅ�ÁÅ

¨Í�ÂþÃ�É Â ŸÁ§Áé¥ÎœÁÅÏžÂ €þÃ œÁ ÅúÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÊ …¡Ã§Ã

£Ã�Á£ýÃÛ úÁúÃÖ±Í©Â¨þÃ¡Ã³ÍàÏžÃ

Loki watches her cry out, caress her.

LOKI

þÃ³Âðí§ÁãÏ�Â úÊ¬ÃþÁ ¡ÁþÁÅ Ê©Ä €ŸÁ§ÁéÏ �Â©Áô

SAVITHRI

¡É®Ãò úÊ¬ÁÅ�Í©Á™Á¥Ê �Â�ÁÅÏ™Â ¡Ê�ÁÅ œÉÏúÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ

¬Á©ÃœÃþÁ¦Á ÂêþÁÏý! þÂ ¡Ã ì �Ä þÂ�ÁÆ ¥ÁŸÁê ¥Ã¥Áé Ãä

£ÂþÃ¬Á�Â ©Â™ÁÅ�Í©Á™ÁÏ ŸÁ§ÁéÏ �ÂžÁþÊ þÂ �Á§ÂèþÃä

§ÁÅ›Ï�Â ¡ÉýÂÛþÁÅ! ƒ ©Ã«Á¦ÁÏ žÂþÃ�Ã úÉ¡Áå™ÂþÃ�Ã �ÁÆ™Â

þÂ�ÁÅ �ÌÏœÁÅ §Â©ÁýÊìžÁÅ

Loki stops caressing for a moment, feel hurt by the comment.

SAVITHRI (cont'd)

� úÃ©Á§Ã¡ÃÏ™Á¥Ê ‚ Â �§ÁþÃ úÃúÎÖœÁÅÏžÁþÃ œÉ Ã¬ÁÅÏýÊ

€¬Á Å �ÁþÁÅÏ™ÊžÂþÊä �ÂžÁÅ

Savithri shrinks crying, Pan to Mithra and Chinna standing near the door, Loki steps out.

ZOOM ONTO CHINNA WONDERING ABOUT THE COMMENT.


(CONTINUED)

CUT TO: FACE PAINTS

INT. BUCHI NAIDU’S BAR - NIGHT : CHINNA, THE BEGINNING27 27

CHINNA’S FRIENDS ARE BUSY DANCING ON THE FLOOR WITH FACE PAINTS.

A waiter places beer and a straw wrapped in a napkin on Chinna’s table, Chinna completes the beer in a gulp, leans forward and inhales the powder filled inside the straw. Buchi Naidu observe sitting afar.

BUCHI NAIDU

ýÎþ÷ ¨Í ¢Ã�Á§ÁìþÄä œÍ¨�ÌúÃÖ ¥ÁÅ�ÁÅÓ ÊœÁàþÂä§ÁÅ, ‡©Á§Âë

batch?

BAR TENDER

¡ÊžÁâ £¨Å¡Áô £Âú÷ €Ï™Ê, Š�Á™ÁÅ ‡¬Äå �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ, Š�Á™ÁÅ

£Â¬Ã §É™ÃÝ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ ‚Ï�Í™Ê¥ÉÂ ‡¥Éé Êì �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ, ©Ãü©Â™Á

�Á à§÷ þÊ ¥Á Â§ÊÖœÁàþÂä§ÁÅ, ™ÂþÁÅäð¨Æ ™Áë�ÁÅÓ Æ €ÏýÆ

Chinna lights a cigarette in the dark, Jitu comes out of the crowd and approach Chinna sitting in a trans.

JITU

±Â§ÄÛ host úÊ¬Ã € Â ³Í¨Í�Á �ÁÆ¬ÁÅþÂä©ÊÏýÃ ¥Á Â¥Á Â?

floor swing ¨Í „ÏžÃ, c’mon dog

Chinna notice a stranger standing next to Jitu chewing gum.

CHINNA

þÁÅ©Éí©Á™Âë?

JITU

First year student, ¥ÁþÁ �ÂÏ�÷ ¨Í úÊ§ÁœÂ™ÁÏýÂë

CHINNA

(smoking)

€©ÁôþÂ?¥ÁþÁ �ÂÏ�÷ €ÏœÁ ¢Ê¥Á³Âð?


(CONTINUED)

JITU

(whisper)

�™Ã £Â£Å §Âüê ¬Á¤Á ¥ÉÏ£§÷ §Â

CHINNA

€¦œÊ?

Jitu remains silent, Chinna gets up smoking heavy.

CHINNA (cont'd)

¥Á Â�ÁÅ �Â©Â ÃðÏžÃ þÄ €£ç qualification �ÂžÁÅ, ¥Á Â

floor exam ¨Í þÄ resiliance, ¬Ã £¬÷ œÉ Å³Â?

VISHNU

œÉ Å¬ÁÅ

CHINNA

§É™ÄþÂ?

Vishnu nods head, takes off his clothes showing the tattoo ‘18’ on his chest and kneels down.

JITU

¥Á§Ä public place §Â!

Chinna looks at Jitu who withdraws the objection, friends form a ring around Vishnu, Chinna sets the stop clock to zero and hangs around Jitu’s neck.

Chinna and his friends start kicking Vishnu with full force all over his body for 18 seconds, bottles and glasses are smashes all over the floor, Vishnu remains mum enduring the beatings, everyone in the bar watch the strange episode with confusion, some girls run out screaming. Buchi Naidu gets up from his table in tension.

Chinna pulls Vishnu up, looks at his face and makes an inclusive gesture as friends clap.

CHINNA

Welcome to chinna gang


(CONTINUED)

Dinesh hands over a beer bottle to Vishnu as Chinna gets back to his chair, Buchi Naidu pulls Chinna up holding the collar.

BUCHI NAIDU

þÊ¥Ê¥ÁþÂä ¬Ãü¦Á©Â™Á ©Ä¡ÄþÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂä§Âë ¥Ä ²Â¥Ã Ä

¨Í? þÃþÁä ¥Ä €þÁä ‹ �ÂÏ�÷ œÍ ©ÁúÃÖ œÁ�Á ÉýÃÛ ±ÍœÂþÁÏýÊ,

þÁÅ©ÃíÏ�Í �ÂÏ�÷ œÍ ¡Á�Á �ÌýÃÛ ±Í™ÂþÃ�ÌúÂÖ©Â?

As Buchi Naidu goes on slapping, a series of bullet sounds surprise and freeze everyone in the bar.

Buchi Naidu looks down at his lAlci to notice a line of bullet holes in V shape, Prakash is sitting on a table loading his revolver again with a wicked smile, Buchi Naidu shivers.

CHINNA

£Å Éìý÷ ¬ÉÏý§÷ ¨Í žÃ�ÃÏžÊ¥ÉÂ €þÃ ™Îý÷ �Â „ÏžÂ? €žÃ

þÉ�÷ðÛ §ÎÏ™÷ £ÅúÄÖ, ‚žÃ ©Â§ÃäÏ�÷ §ÎÏ™Ê! „úÁÖ �ÁÏ¡Áô

�Í™ÁÅœÍÏžÃ floor �Äìþ÷ úÉ¦Áê¥ÁþÁÅ

Chinna picks up his cigarette from the floor and sits back in his chair.

CHINNA (cont'd)

€©ÁôþÁÆ ¥Á Â €þÁä�Â™ÁÅ þÄ�Ê¥ÁþÃ ©Â§ÃäÏ�ÃúÂÖ™ÁÅ?

Chinna looks steady at Buchi making smoke rings.

China throws the cigarette stub on the table as the fire picks up, Chinna look determined under the flares.

CUT TO: SMOKE

EXT. BUCHI NAIDU’S BAR - NIGHT : BAR IN FLAME27a 27a

Zoom out and pan as Buchi Naidu is screaming in front of the burning bar with unbuttoned shirt.

BUCHI NAIDU

�¦ÉÂê, €¦Áê¦ÉÂê! þÂ £ÂœÁÅ�ÁÏœÂ £Æ™ÃžË±ÍœÍÏžÊ, €¦ÉÂê

œÌÏžÁ§Á�Â þÄ®ÁÅò ±Ì¦ÁêÏ™Âë


(CONTINUED)

CHINNA

þÂœÍ ¡ÉýÅÛ�ÁÅÏýÊ direct �Â £§ÃäÏ�Êð, ©Â§ÃäÏ�÷ð

„Ï™Á©Áô!

Chinna throws away the stub and gets into the jeep.

BUCHI NAIDU

Š§Ê¦÷, ¨Í¡Á ±ÂœÃ�Á ¨ Á Å �Â«÷ „ÏžÃ§Â, ‡©Á§ÁþÂä ‡®Ãò

�Â±Â™ÁÏ™Âë

DINESH

úÁÅ, úÁÅ € ÂÏýÃ secret ¨Å €�ÃÓ¡ÉýÛ�Á ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ

úÉ±Âå¨¥Áé™ÁÆ, Too late, take it easy babe!

Dinesh boards the running jeep throwing away the beer bottle on road, Buchi Naidu screams from behind.

DINESH (cont'd)

(distant)

ƒ ¥ÁžÉâ ýÎþ÷ ¨Í ¡Á¬ÁÅ§ÁÅþÁä �ÂÏ�Ê Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â ±Ì¦êÏžÃ§Â,

žÄþÃ œÁ Ãì ‚©Âí Û þÁÅÏúÃ ¥ÁþÁ¥ÁÏýÊ „úÁÖ¨Å ±Ì¦Á Âê Ã!

Buchi Naidu throw dust at fire crying loud and turn to the running jeep.

BUCHI NAIDU

þÄ¦Á£Âç, ¥Á Â €þÁäœÌ úÉ¡Ãå þÃþÁÆä þÄ �ÁÅýÅÏ£ÂþÊä þÁ§Ã�Ê³Âà

§Ê¦÷!

CUT TO: ATUKULU

INT. BANGARU HOME - DAY : BANGARU’S RESOLVE28 28

PAN FROM ATUKULU FOLLOWING BANGARU’S HAND.

Bangaru is reading news paper as Chebrolu does hair cut.


(CONTINUED)

BANGARU

�ÁœÁ ‡™ÂžÃ �ÁþÁ ©Ãü¦ÁÏ ³ÂŸÃÏúÃþÁ £Í�ÁÅ úÃœÁëÏ žÂí§Â

¡Á§ÃúÁ¦Á¥ËþÁ £Ì™ÁÅÝ ¬ÁÅÏžÁ§ÃÁ ¥É�Á£Æ£Â ƒ ¬ÁÏ�ÂëÏœÃ�Ã

€�ÁëþÁýÅ™ÁÅ ¡Á©Áþ÷ �Á Âêþ÷ ¬Á§Á¬ÁþÁ �§Á£Í¬Ã ©Á™ÃÝÏúÁ™ÂþÃ�Ã

¬ÁþÁäŸÁ¥ÎœÍÏžÃ! (self) ‚Ï�Â ˆÏ ¥Ã�Ã ÃÏžÍ

�§Á£Í¦Á™ÂþÃ�Ã? ¥ÁÅÏ£Ë �Ã úÉÏžÃþÁ¬ÁÅÏžÁ§Ã �Íýì Í

±Â§ÃœÍ«Ã�ÁÏ ™Ã¥Á ÂÏ™÷ úÉ¬ÁÅà¬ÁÅàþÁä ¬ÃþÄ ©Á�Áà ¤Í�ÁýÂÛ

Buchi Naidu walks in and drops ash into the plate, As Bangaru reaches to the plate, Buchi Naidu is standing with a shmuck face in dusty clothes.

BUCHI NAIDU

œÃþÁ§Â œÃþÁÅ! ±ÌžÁÅâþÁ Ê¬Ã €ýÆì €ýÅ�ÁÅ¨Å žÌ£ÃçœÃþÃ

þÁýÃÛÏý �ÁÆ³ÍþÃ £Ì™ÁÅÝ ¬ÁÅÏžÁ§Ã �Á£Å§ÁÅì ¬ÁžÁÅ�Í!

£Í§ÁÅ�ÌýÃÛþÁ¡Áôå Âì � £Í�ÁÅ ÉäÏýÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ,

þÁ™Ãâ§ÁÅ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÆ ¦ÁÆœ÷ ¡É¬Ã™ÉÏý÷, ¦ÁÆœ÷ ¡É¬Ã™ÉÏý÷

€ÏýÆ §Ì™Áì¥Áéý œÃ§ÁÅ�ÁÅ! �ÁÆ þÄ £œÁÅ�ÁÅ! ¥ÁÅ¡Ëå ˆ®ÁÅò

§Âü�Ä¦ÁÏ úÊ¬Ã œÁ¥ÁÅé™Ã £Â§ÁÅ �ÁÆ™Â �Â±Â™ÁÅ�Í ÊþÃ

žÁžÁâ¥Áé©Áô§Â þÁÅ©Áôí! þÄ �ÍœÁ ÃþÁ�ÁÅÏ™Â ¥ÁÅÏžÊ �™ÃÃ

£Â™ÁÅ�Á ¬ÉýÃ ÷ úÊ¬ÁÅÏýÊ „ýÃÛ ¡ÁžÃ ¨úÁÖ ÷ œÍ ±Í¦ÊžÃ!

Buchi is restless.

BANGARU

ˆÏýÂë £ÅüÍØ™Â, ©Ã«Á¦ÁÏ œÊ Ö�ÁÅÏ™ÂþÊ € Â

¥ÁžÁþÁ¡Á™ÁÅœÁÅþÂä©Áõ!

Buchi Naidu turns the paper around.

BUCHI NAIDU

¡Ê¡Á§÷ ¥ÁÅýÛ�ÂþÊ ³Ì¨Åì ¡ÊüÄüÄ �É ì�ÁÅÏ™Â, ¢ÁëÏý÷ ¡ÊüÃ Í

€úÊÖ¬ÃþÁ œÂýÃ�Â¦Á Å úÁžÁÅ©Áô

CHEBROLU

(giggles)

¥Ä�ÃÏ�Â ¬Ã«Á¦ÁÏ œÉ Ã¦ÁžÂ £Â©Â? §ÂœÃë ‡¥Éé Êì �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ

úÃþÁä £Â©Á £Â§÷ þÃ þÃýÛþÃ Å©ÁôþÂ œÁ�Á ÉýÊÛªÂ™ÁÅ �ÁžÂ!


(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

ƒþÊžÍ �©ÊªÁ¡Á™Ã±ÍœÁÅþÂä™ÁÅ �ÂþÄ, ‚ ÂÏýÃ ©Ã«Á¦Á Â¨Íì

þÁÅ©Áôí ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ úÉ¦Áê�Á Ã�ÃÏžÊ¥ÁÅÏžÃ úÉ¡Áõå!

Bangaru Naidu looks into the paper.

BUCHI NAIDU

¬ÁÅýÆÛ þÄœÍ±ÂýÅ §Âü�Ä¦ÁÏ ¥ÉÅžÁ ÉýÃÛþÍ®ÁòÏœÂ ‡Ï¡Ä Å

‡¥Éé Êì Æ €¦ê �ÁÆ¬ÁÅþÂä§ÁÅ, ¥ÁÅ¡Ëå ˆ®ÁÅò�Â Š�Ê

±Â§ÄÛ Í £Æ§Á�Á ©Á¦ÏúÁ™Á¥Ê �ÂþÄ �ÁþÄ¬ÁÏ ¬ÄýÅ œÉúÁÅÖ�ÁÅþÊ

�ÁœÃ ÊžÁÅ, þÄ ¢Ê¬ÁÅ�Ã ¥Á Äì £Íë�Á§Êü÷ �ÌÏœÁ

Buchi Naidu throws the ash on bangaru’s face in an instant and walk out of home ranting non-stop.

BUCHI NAIDU (cont'd)

œÁ¥ÁÅé™ÁäþÃ ¬É¡Áôå�Í™ÂþÃ�Ê ¬Ã�ÊÓ³ÂàÏžÃ§Â þÂ�ÁÅ! ¥Á§ÂêžÁ�Â

þÂ žÁ�ÁÓ§Á žÌ£ÃçþÁ ™Á£Åç¨Å œÃ§Ã�ÉúÉÖ¦÷! ¥Á ÂþÁÏ�Â ˆžÁþÂä

£ýÛ �ÌýÍÛ ¡ÉýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ £œÁÅ�ÁÅœÂ!

Bangaru Naidu looks serious and determined, CHEBROLU holds a red towel against the sun to change light color.

CHEBROLU

face �Á™ÁÅ�ÁÅÑÏýÂ§Â, ‡¢É�÷Û �Í¬ÁÏ maintain üÊœÂà©Â

£Â©Â?

BANGARU

(In a trans)

�Â¥É™Ä ¬ÊœÁàþÂä©Â ¬Ê£Íë¨Æ? ¬É¦Áê§Â ¬É¦÷,! ˆžÍ Š�Á §ÍüÅ

ƒ �Â¥É™Ä �Â§Á�ÁÛ§÷ ¬Ä§Ã¦Á¬÷ €¦êžÃâ, €¡Áôå™ÁÅ ¬Ä§Ã¦Á¬÷

�Â§Á�ÁÛ§ÁìþÄä �Â¥É™Ä €¦œÁ¦÷ üÆ¬ÁÅàÏ™ÁÅ!

CHEBROLU rolls his eyes on a light vein and start applying oil to Bangaru’s head.

BANGARU (cont'd)

¦ÁÅžÁâ±ÂëœÃ¡ÁžÃ�ÁþÁ þÂ ŽžÁâ§÷ ‚¥Êü÷ §Ã¡Ê§ÁþÂä úÊ³ÍÑ©Â ÃÃ,

ÊžÁÏýÊ §Âü�Ä¦Á ¬ÁþÂê¬ÁÏ ¡ÁôúÁÅÖ�ÁÅþÃ §ÁÏ�ÁÅ

£ýÛ Ê³ÍÑ©Â Ã


CHEBROLU (cont'd)

(CONTINUED)

Oil drips on Bangaru’s face mocking his seriousness, turns conscious of Chebrolu’s deliberate gesture, look up.

CUT TO: BAMBOO ROOF

INT. LOKI HOME TERRACE - DAY : LOKI’S OUTBURST29 29

Tight follow as Loki picks up a bamboo from the roof, walk furiously into Chinna’s room holding newspaper on the other hand, pulls the rug off and starts beating up Chinna.

LOKI

�Â™ÃžÁ�Ì™Á�Â ‡¡ÁåýÃ þÁÅÏúÃ§Â ƒ §Î™Ä úÊ«ÁÛ Å,

œÂ�ÁÅ®ÁÆò œÁ�Á ÉýÛ™Â¨Å ¡ÉžÁâ �ÂÏ�÷ Ä™Á§÷

©ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂä©Â þÁÅ©Áõí? ¡ÁþÃ�Ã¥Á Â ÃþÁ

¢ÉëÏ™ÁÅð, ¡ÁþÃ�Ã¥Á Â ÃþÁ ¡ÁþÁÅ¨Å, ™ÌþÊ«Áþ÷ ¨Å

�ÁýÃÛ �Â ÊüÄ Í úÊ§ÃÖÏžÃÏžÁÅ�ÊþÁýÂë?

MITHRA

(interrupts)

þÂþÂä ��ÁÆ! þÂþÂä ��ÁÅ! � £Â§÷ ¥ÄžÁ�Ã

¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ Ãä ¡ÁÏ¡ÃÏžÃ þÊþÊ

LOKI

úÂ Êì þÍ§ÁÅé¦÷! €þÁä�Â œÁþÃä œÄ§ÁÖ™ÁÏ ±ÍþÃúÃÖ

©ÉþÁ�Ê¬ÁÅ�Ì¬ÁÅàþÂä©÷!

MITHRA

£Â§÷ œÁ�Á ÉýÛ¥ÁþÃ ¤Â ÂþÃ ¡ÁÏ¡ÃÏžÃ þÊþÁÆ, �Â©Â¨ÏýÊ

€™ÁÅ�ÁÅ

MITHRA (cont'd)

� ýËÏ �Ã ©Ä™ÁÆ €�ÁÑ™Á œÁ�Á ™ÂÝ™ÁÏœÊ

Bhasha looks innocent, Loki understands the lie.

LOKI

¤ÁÅüÏ¥ÄžÁ � ¡ÁúÁÖ �ÁÅ§ÊàÏýÃ? gang ¬ÃÏ£ Â?

Mithra pushes Loki back, controlling.

MITHRA

€£Âç ƒ �Â¨Ï ¨Í €¥Á Âé¦¨Å �ÁÆ™Â ‡�ÁÑ™Á¡Á™ÃœÊ

€�ÁÑ™Á ¡ÁúÁÖ¨Æ ©ÁÏ�Ä Æ ˆ¬ÁÅÑþÃ œÃ§ÁÅ�ÁÅœÁÅþÂä§ÁÅ

€£Âç¦¨Å ‚Ï�É Â „ÏýÂ§ÁÅ? ¡ÁžÁ þÂþÂä!


(CONTINUED)

Loki throws the paper on bed and picks up the cigar.

LOKI

úÊ¬ÃþÁ ±Â§ÄÛ Å úÂ¨Å, ²Â§ÉþÉ®Ãò úÁžÁÅ©Áô�ÁÅÏýÂ©Í Ê�Á

Ê�Ã�ÁÑ™Ê „Ï™ÃÃÃ business úÁÆ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÂ©Í ©Â§ÁÏ

§ÍüÅ¨Íì œÊ ÃÖ úÉ¡Áôå! ÊžÃýÂÛ�Ê œÍ�Â™Ã¬ÁÆà œÃ§ÁÅ�ÁÅœÂþÁÏýÊ

�Â®ÁÅò úÊœÁÅ Ã§Á�ÌÓýÃÛ ¥ÁÆ¨žÍ³ÂàþÊ¥ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂä©Í!

Loki walks out of the room as Chinna calls.

CHINNA

™Â™Ä

Loki looks back.

CHINNA (cont'd)

©Â™ÁÅ œÁ�Á ÉýÛ™ÂþÃ�Ã þÊþÁÅ œÁ�Á ÉýÛ™ÂþÃ�Ã œÊ™Â ˆÏýÃ œÊ™Â?

Loki springs back with anger as Mithra holds.

LOKI

ˆÏ �ÁÆªÂ©÷? (warning gesture) þÂ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ‚Ï�Í³Â§Ã

©Â™ÁÅ �Ä™ÁÅ €þÂä©ÁÏýÊ ±Ì®ÁÅò §Â¨�Ì™ÁœÂ þÉžÁ©Â!

MITHRA

(commands)

þÁÅ©Éí®ÁÅò þÂþÂä

LOKI

�™ÊžÃ üÊ¬ÃþÂ �¨Í¬ÃÏúÃ üÊœÂà™ÁÅ, þÁÅ©Âí©ÊªÁÏœÍ üÊœÂà©÷,

€žÊ§Â œÊ™Â!

Bhasha and Dharmam walk Loki out onto terrace.

LOKI (cont'd)

œÃ§ÁÅ�ÁÅ™ÁÅ úÂ¨Å §Ê¡ÁýÅäÏúÃ §É³ÂÛ§ÉÏýÍì accounts

úÁÆ¬ÁÅ�Í

Chinna settles down on the sofa looking away from Mithra who looks down on him with command.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

©Ã«Á¦ÁÏ ‚ÏœÁ §ÌÏ¡Áô �Â�Á¥ÁÅÏžÊ þÂ�ÁÅ ²Íþ÷

üÉ¦ÉÅêúÁÅÖ�ÁžÁ§Â? ‹ ¡Á�ÁÑþÁ election žÁ�ÁÓ§Á™ÁÅœÍÏžÃ,

€ÏžÁÅ�Ê tension �ÁÅþÂä™Â¦ÁþÁ

Chinna remains indifferent, biting nails.

MITHRA (cont'd)

©ÁÏýÍì ¥ÁÏžÁÅ �ÁÏ¡Áô ¡Á™Ã�ÁýìžÂ�Â �Ì™ÁÅœÍÏžÃ, ©É®Ãò

³ÂäþÁÏ úÉ¦÷ ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ!

Mithra throws a towel at Chinna, walks out and shuts door.

CUT REVEAL: LOKI

EXT. LOKI HOME TERRACE - DAY : LOKI WORRIED29a 29a

Loki is standing on the terrace looking out at the town, smoking cigar, Mithra hands in phone.

BANGARU

€þÁäÏ ¡ÉýÃÛþÁ ¬ÊœÁÅ¨Å ¥ÉœÁà�ÁÅþÂä¦÷ �ÁžÂ €þÃ �Ì§Ã�ÃœÊ, €žÊ

¬ÊœÁÅ¨Å ¡Ä�Á Å �ÁÆ™Â ¡Ã¬ÁÅ�ÁÅœÂ¦÷ þÂ¦ÁÅ™Í! §Âü�Ä¦ÁÏ�Â

þÁþÁÅä ¥ÁýÃÛ�ÁÅ™Á¡Á™Á¥Ê �Â�ÁÅÏ™Â þÂ œÁ¥ÁÅé™Ã £œÁÅ�ÁÅ

£Æ™ÃžÁ üÊ¬Ã €¬ÁÏœÁÅëœÃà þÁ Â®ÂþÃ�Ã §Ê±Â©÷Ã! ƒ žÁ²Â þÂ

�¬Ãà¥ÉÅœÁàÏ €™ÊÝ³Âà, þÄ ©Á ËìœÊ ±Â§ÄÛ ¬ÄýÅ œÉúÁÅÖ�ÍÃ ¬ÁÆžÂâÏ!

Loki hangs the phone and ponders.

MITHRA

‚ ÂýÃ þÁ�ÁÑ¨Å ¡Á�ÁÑþÁÅÏ™Ê�ÁþÂä �ÁþÂä ‡žÁÅ§ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÊþÊ

¥ÁÏúÃžÃ þÂþÂä! ±Í¦þÁ ‡¨ Áþ÷ ¨Í ¥ÁþÁœÍ „Ï™Ã �ÍœÁÅ¨Å

œÁ©Âí™ÁÅ üÆªÂ©÷ �Â!


(CONTINUED)

CAMERA ZOOM ONTO LOKI, TURNING COLD AND DENSE.

LOKI

þÂ �¨ÍªÁþÁÁ � £¢Áõþ÷ �Â™Ã �ÁÅ§ÃÏúÃ �ÂžÁÅ§Â, ‚ÏýÍì

¥ÉÅžÁ ËþÁ cancer �ÁÅ§ÃÏúÃ, þÃþÁÆä þÁþÁÆä üÆ¬ÁÆà úÃþÂä

�ÁÆ™Â ‚Ï�Í Ä™Á§÷ �Â©Â¨þÃ £Å¬Á Å �Ì™ÁÅœÁÅþÂä™ÁÅ,

§Âü�Ä¦Á þÂ¦Á�ÁÅ™Ã�Ã ¡ÁôýÃÛþÁ ¡ÉëœÂ™ÁÆ � …�ÁœÍþÊ

¡É§ÁÅ�ÁÅœÂ™ÁÅ, úÁÅýÆÛ þÂ¨Å�ÁÅ ¤ÁüþÁ �Â®ÁÅò üÊ§Á�ÂþÊ

œÁ¥Á�ÁÅ œÂ¥ÁÅ Ä™Á§ÁìþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÂ§ÁÅ

Loki turns to Mithra seriously.

LOKI (cont'd)

ƒ ‚ÏýÍì ‚Ï�Í Ä™Á§ÁÏýÆ „ÏýÊ €žÃ þÁÅ©Êí �Â©Â¨,Ã

þÂ¦Á�ÁœÁíÏ þÄ�ÁÅ ¡ÁôýÅÛ�ÁœÍ ©ÁúÃÖþÁ ¨ Á›Ï, �™Ã ¨ Á›Â¨Å

©Ê§ÁÅ

Loki turns back to the busy street smoking, Mithra stands by.

CUT TO: BANGARU NAIDU

INT. BANQUET HALL - DAY : BANGARU & THE SPEACH30 30

Bangaru Naidu cleans his face with both hands and gives a quirky shrug looking at the long conference table, CHEBROLU and Narsing watch sitting on either end of the table.

CHEBROLU

‚ÏžÂ�ÁýÅäÏúÃ üÆœÁàþÂä, George Bush Â�Â

¥Ãý�Á§ÃœÁàþÂä§ÁÅ �ÂþÃ ¥Á ÂýÂ™ÁýÊìžÁÅ,

Chebrolu turns to Narsing with a pen and paper.

CHEBROLU (cont'd)

§Ê¦÷, þÊþÁÅ ¥Á Âý¨Å üÆ¬ÁÅÑÏýÂ, þÁÅ©Áôí úÊ«ÁÛ Å üÆ™ÁÅ

Bangaru starts with a pimp like bow.


(CONTINUED)

BANGARU

±Â§ÄÛ ¦ÁÅ©ÁœÁ�Ã þÁ¥Á³ÂÑ§ÁÏ, ƒ§ÍüÅ ¥ÁþÁ¥Ä ³ÂÛ§÷ ‹ýÉ ÍìÁ

�Á Å¬ÁÅ�Í™ÂþÃ�ÉþÍä �Â§Á›Â¨ÅþÂä¦÷!

NARSING

�Áý÷, �Áý÷, �Áý÷! ¥Ä úÊ«ÁÛ þÄä ¬É�ÂÑ�ÂþÃ É�ÁÅÑþÂä¦ÁÏ™Ê

CHEBROLU

€žÃ ¢Á§ÊìžÁÅ Ê§Â, ¥Á�Á§ÁÆ¡ÁÏ¨Í „þÁä �™Á¡Á™ÁÅ¬ÁþÃ

�™Á¡Á™ÁÅ�™Á¡Á™ÁÅ¬ÁÅ¨ÍýÊìœÂà§ÁÆ, £Â«Á¥Á ÂœÁëÏ £Â¡ÃàüÏ ‚úÊÖÁ

±ÂžÁ§÷ Â�ÁÅÏžÁÏ™Ã, €žÃ ¥Á Â§ÁÅÖ�ÍþÃ ‚Ï�Í take

ˆ³ÍÑÏ™ÉÃ, ready, action!

Bangaru stiffens up, switches into dramatic NTR-ish postures.

BANGARU

¬Á¤Á�ÁÅ þÁ¥Á³ÂÑ§ÁÏ, ³ÍžÁ§Á ³ÍžÁ§Ä¥Á›Å Â§Â, ±Â§ÄÛ�Ã

¥ÁÆ ÂŸÂ§Á¥ËþÁ ¦ÁÅ©Á�ÁÅ Â§Â!

Bangaru pauses and looks for comments.

CHEBROLU

next œÌ™Á�Ì™Âà§Â ˆÏýÄ?¥Á¦Á¬Á¤Á ™Á©Ã Â�ÁÅ Âì „þÂä¦÷

NARSING

€ýÂÛ þÄ Å�ÍÑþÃ ¥Á ÂýÂ™ÃœÊ €ýÉÏ¬ÁþÁÏœÂ £ÌüØ¥ÄžÃ�Ê

£ÍœÁÏžÁÏ™Ê

Bangaru looks at tummy and pulls back.

BANGARU

þÄ¦Á¥Á Âé £™Á©Á Âì§Â ‡ýÂÛ ¥Á ÂýÂì™ÃþÂ ˆ�ÁÅœÂ§ÊÏýÂë?

CHEBROLU

¥Á§Ã Ä™Á§ÁþÂä�ÁÁ ¥Á ÂýÂ ¥ÁœÄ �ÁœÄ ¬Á�ÁüÏ�Â „Ï™Â¨Ï™Ê! ‹

³Â§Ã ‡þÁ�ÁÅÑ œÃ§Ã�Ã žÁÏ™ÁÏ £ÉýÃÛÏ�ÍÏ™ÃÃ, ˆ¥ÁþÂä

¡ÁõþÁÅžÊâ¥ÉÂ ¬ÁÆžÂâÏ!

Bangaru turns around, looks at NTR portrait on the wall.


(CONTINUED)

NARSING

¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ �Ì™ÁÅÝ ¥Á ÂÏ¬ÁÏ œÁ�ÃÓÏúÃ �ÁÅ§ÁëÏ É�ÁÑ

¡Á§Ã�ÉœÂà Ï™ÊÃ, ¨Å�ÁÅÑ ³ÂþÂ £Â™÷ �Â „ÏžÃ

Bangaru feels frustrated and restless.

BANGARU

‡�Ê, tension ¡ÉýÃÛÏžÃ üÂ¨Å, €¬Á Â™Á

�Â§Áê�Á§Áà ÌœÂà§ÁÏýÂ§Â?

MUSIC CUT TO: SOMBABU & PARTY

INT. HALLWAYS/CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY : KARYA KARTALU30a 30a

SLOW MOTION (KILL BILL STYLE) AS SOMBABU WALK THROUGH THE CORRIDORS WITH A BUNCH OF REPS IN WHITES, WEARING COOLERS.

Reps pause at the entrance, take a good look at the table and suddenly break in to find a comfy spot like a bunch of carnivals in front of food and drinks, await Bangaru’s speach restraining the impulse. Chebrolu signal Bangaru to speak.

BANGARU

(clears throat)

³ÍžÁ§Á ³ÍžÁ§Ä (notice no ladies) ¥Á›Å Â§Â! ‚�ÁÑ™Á

¥ÁþÁÏ �ÁÆ™ÁÅ�Í™ÂþÃ�Ã �Â§Á›¥ÊÏýÏýÊ, ¥ÁþÁ þÃ¦ÉÂü�Á ©Á§ÁÓ

þÂ¦Á�ÁœÁíÏ ¨Í œÁ Á›Ï ¥Á Â§ÁÅå §Â©Â Ã! ¥ÁþÁ ±Â§ÄÛ ¥Á®Äò

œÁ ÉœÁÅà�ÁÅþÃ œÃ§Á�Â¨ÏýÊ, ©ÁúÊÖ ‡þÃä�Á Í ì ¥Á®Äò �É ÃúÃ ¥Ä

üÄ©ÃœÂ¨Å ¥ÁÆ™ÁÅ �Â¦Á Å �§ÁÅ ¡Áô©Áôí¨Å�Â ‚�Á¬ÃÏúÂ¨ÏýÊ,

¥Ä§ÁÏžÁ§ÁÆ ¥ÁÅ�Áà �ÁÏýÏœÍ ‚Ï�Í þÂ¦Á�ÁÅ™Ãä

‡þÁÅä�Í©Â©Â¨þÃÃ ±Â§ÄÛ ¦ÁÆœ÷ ¡É¬Ã™ÉÏýÅ�Â þÊþÁÅ ¥ÁþÃ©Ã

úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÆ ©ÃþÁä©ÃÏúÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÆ ±Âë§ÁãþÁ

úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂäþÁÅ!

GUEST

¦ÉÂ, ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ¥Á Â�ÁÅ ±Í¬ÊžÃ ±Í¬Ã ¡ÉýÊÛ©Ã ¡ÉýÛÏ™Á¦Á Âê, �¦ÁþÁ

¥Á Âý¨œÍ±ÂýÅ ƒ™Á ¡ÁþÁÅ¨Å �ÁÆ™Â ³Â�Ã ±ÍœÂ¦ �ÁžÂ!

ˆ¥ÁÏý©÷ ³ÍÏ£Â£Í?


(CONTINUED)

SOMBABU

�, �ÁžÁ �ÁÅÏ™Â ‚þÁ™ÂþÃ�ÄþÊ¥ÁþÂä ‡ÏýÄ ¦Á Â§Â ¥É�Â ³ÂÛ§Â?

GUEST

£ Ê úÉ±Âå©÷ ³ÍÏ£Â£Í! � ¡ÁþÁÅ Ê©Í ¥ÁþÁ¥Ê úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÊ

±ÍžÁÆ?

SOMBABU

(grants permit)

¬Á§Ê �ÂþÄÏ™Âë

Everyone grab liquor bottles and food, busy helping themselves.

SOMBABU (cont'd)

¥Ä§ÁÅ ¡É¬ÁÏ�ÁÏúÁÏ™Ã, Š®ÁòÏœÂ ¬É©Áô Ê ¥Á Â�ÁÅ! €¬Á Ê

£Â¨¦Áê £Â£Å ¬ÃþÃ¥Á ÂÃ §Ã ÄüÃÏ�ÁÅ,¥Á ÂýÃþÄ�Ã ýË¥ÎœÍÏžÃ

Bangaru’s feels unattended and looks at CHEBROLU.

CHEBROLU

€ýÂÛ�Ê „ÏýÂ§ÁÏ™Ã! €�ÁÑ™Á £É ÷ ¥ÉÂ�Ê Í¡Áô ¥Ä§ÁÅ ±Â¦Ïý÷

�ÌúÉÖ¦ÁêÏ™Ã

BANGARU

(looking at table)

‚¡Áôå™ÁÅ þÊþÁÅ úÉ¡ÊåžÊÏýÏýÊ, þÊþÁÆ ±ÂœÃ�Ê®ÁÅò�Â ¡ÁëüÂ¬Ê©Á

úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÆ €œÁàþÂäþÁÅ �ÁžÂ? ‡þÍä ¥ÁžÃâ³Âà Å úÊªÂþÁÅ,

¥Á™ÁÝ§÷ ¨Å úÊªÂþÁÅ (corrects himself) úÄ ¥Á§ÁÝ§÷

�Ê¬ÁÅ¨Å ¡Á§Ã«ÁÑ§ÃÏúÂþÁÅ, ±Â§ÄÛ �Í¬ÁÏ ¨úÁÖ¨Å

Ž§ÁÅÖ£ÉýÂÛþÁÅ, ‚þÃä úÊ¬ÃþÂ ±Â§ÄÛ þÂ�ÊÏ úÊ¬ÃÏžÄ €þÃ

£ ì�ÁÅžÃâ ¥Á§Ä €™ÁÅ�ÁÅœÁÅþÂäþÁÅ!

Bangaru smacks on the table and looking for response.

SOMBABU

¥É Ãì�Á �ÁÅžÁÅâ©Á¦ÉÂê, £ÂýÃ Åì ¡Á�ÁÅ Âà¦÷


(CONTINUED)

A MUSICAL MONTAGE AS BANGARU CONTINUES HIS SWEATY SPEECH, FAST CUTS OF PEOPLE EMPTYING THE BOTTLES, PILING THE TRASH ON TABLE, FINALLY REACH FOR KILLIS.

One of the karyakarta in the front sneezes hard, interrupting Bangaru.

SOMBABU (cont'd)

£Ï�Â§ÁÅ £Â©Â, ¬ÁžÃ©ÃþÁ £ÌÏ�ÁÅ §Â¥Á Â¦ÁþÁÏ ³Â¨Å �ÂþÄ,

‚ÏœÁ�ÁÅ ¥Á¥Áé ÊäÏ üÉ¦Áê¥ÁÏýÂ©÷ ¬É¡Áôå!

Chebrolu displaces the exhausted Bangaru at the Mike.

CHEBROLU

ƒ ‡¨ Áþ÷ ¨Í £Â£Å�Â§Ã�Ã ¬ÄýÃ©Áí¥ÁþÃ ŸÁ§Âä¨Å üÉ¦Á Âê¨¦Á Âê

Reps look at each other and stand up seriously.

SOMBABU

ˆýÂë £Â�Âë �Â®Áò Â�Á �ÁþÃ¡ÃœÁàþÂä¥Á Â? ‹¡Áõý œÃÏ™ÉýÛ�ÂþÊ

¥ÁþÁ³Âð ÃþÁ¥ÁÅé�ÁÅþÊÏœÁ ¬Ä¡Áô�Á �ÁþÃ¡ÃåœÁàþÂä¥Á Â? €�Á ˆýÄ

¥Ä „žÊâªÁ¥ÁÆ?

GUEST2

(toothpick)

� ÊìžÍ €Ï™Á§÷ ‡¬ÃÛ¥Ê¬ÁÏ ˆ¬ÁÅÑþÂä§ÁÅ �ÂþÄ, ¥Á ÂêýÃþÄ�Ã

ýË¥ÎœÍÏžÃ £¦Á Êâ§ÁÅ ³ÍÏ£Â£Í!

SOMBABU

±Ì±Íü ÷ ¡ÉýÊÛ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ©Ì¨Åì žÁ�ÃÓ§Á£ÉýÅÛ�ÍþÃ

�¨Í¬ÃÏúÁÏ™Êë¦÷!

Everyone leave the banquet table leaving Bangaru and his assists behind, Bangaru crumbles into the chair looking at the leftovers on the table.

BANGARU

¥ÁþÁÏ ¡ÉýÃÛþÁ ¥Á ÂÏ¬ÁÏ �ÁþÂä £Ì©Ã�Á É�ÁÅÑ©Á

�ÁþÃ¡ÃœÁàþÂä¦ÊÏýÂë?


(CONTINUED)

Bangaru lifts the vodka bottle, a couple of people run back and snatch away the remaining liquor bottles.

CUT TO: HALLWAY

SOMBABU

§Âü�Ä¦ÁÏ ¬É¦Á Âê¨ÏýÊ ¥Á™Ã¬Ã Í ‡¨Å�ÁþÂä „Ï™Â Ã, ¬ÊœÃ Í

‡þÁäþÁäþÂä „Ï™Â¨, ‡¨Å�ÁÆ ÊžÁÅ ‡þÁä ÊžÁÅ, §Âü�ÄÏ

¬ÊœÂà™ÁÏý �™ÃÏ�Ã þÂ¦Á Â¨Å!

CHEBROLU goes after and holds Sombabu by the wrist.

CHEBROLU

�þÂä £Ï�Â§ÁÅ £Â©ÁþÁÏœÁ œÊ Ã�ÂÓ œÄ¬ÊœÊà ‡ýÛþÂä? �¦ÁþÁ

¡Ê§ÁÅ¨ÍþÊ £Ï�Â§Á¥ÁÅÏžÁþÂä, ¥Ä €ÏžÁ§Ã�Í¬ÁÏ þÃþÊä

¥ÁÅ¡Ëå ýÂýÂ �Â§ÁÅì �§ÁÝ§÷ úÊ³ÌúÂÖ™ÁÅ!

Bangaru coughs out vodka with those words.

CHEBROLU (cont'd)

€ýÅ ¬ÁÆ™ÁÏ™ÃÃ, ¡Ã Âì £Ä§Á�Â¦Á Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â�Ì™ÁÅÝ £œÁÅ�ÁÅ

£œÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä™ÁÅ, ™Á£çÏœÂ ¥ÁÆý �ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅ±ÍœÂ™Â ¬É¡ÁåÏ™Ã!

ˆžÍ ±Í¦Ê ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ¡ÉüÂ ¬Ê©Á úÊ¬Ã ¡ÁôþÉäÏ �ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅÏžÂ¥ÁþÃ

¡ÁõþÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä™Â¦ÁþÁ, ¥Ä�ÁÅ £ëöÁéÏ™Á¥ËþÁ ¥Á§ÂêžÁ ÅþÂä¦÷,

§ÁÏ™ÁþÂä

CHEBROLU pulls Sombabu who’s stand convinced.

SOMBABU

§Ê¦÷ ��ÁÏ™Âë, ƒ ÊìžÍ ¥Á§ÂêžÁ¬ÁÅà ÂìþÊ „þÂä§ÁÅ

GUEST2

¥Á§Ã ¥Á ÂêýÃþÄ ¬ÁÏ�ÁœÍ?

SOMBABU

¡Á¬÷Û ³Í�Ã ±ÍžÂÏ Ê§Â!

CROWD

Š§Ê¦÷ ¡Á¬ÁÅÛ ³Í�Ã ±ÍžÂ¥ÁÏýÂë

Reps look at each other yielding.


(CONTINUED)

CROWD (cont'd)

¬Á§Ê ¡ÁžÁÏ™Ã

Top View as everyone walk back into the room.

GUEST2 (O.S.)

(mumble)

‚žÃ�Í, ¥Á Â £Â¨¦Áê £Â£Å ¬ÃþÃ¥Á Â §Ã Äü÷ ³Í œÁ¡Áå™ÁÏ ‚žÊ

¥ÉÅžÃýÃ³Â§Ã üÉ¡ÁôàþÂä!

Chebrolu shuts the door on camera.

CUT TO: VIKKI

INT. LOKI RESTAURANT - EVENING : BUNNY’S BIRTHDAY31 31

Kasi looks into camera with a ‘waiting to burst’ expression.

GOLIE

þÂ pen name úÉ±ÂåþÂ þÄ�ÁÅ? üÂí¨! §ÁÅŸÃ§Á üÂí¨! þÊþÍ

�ÁŸÁ §Â¬ÁÅàþÂä žÂþÃ ¡Ê§ÁÅ §Á�ÁàÏ¨Í ƒœÁ, a swim in the

blood! bloodshed €¦êþÁ ƒ political system þÃ

blood œÍþÊ �Á™Á�Â Ã! €žÊ þÂ �ÁŸÁ Í „þÁä

€žÁÅèœÁ¥ËþÁ±Â¦Ïý÷! �ÁÅ®Ãò±Í¦þÁ §Âü�Ä¦Á ©Áê©Á¬Áá

¡ÁôþÂžÁÅ¨Å €ýÛ™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÂ �ÁžÃ¡Ã ¥ÁýÃÛ�ÁÅ™Ã¡Ê ©Á§Á�ÁÆ, þÂ

�Á Ï þÃžÁë±ÍžÁÅ! úÊ �ÁÅ¦É©Á§Â, ¡Ã™Ê ÷ �Â³ÍÛë, ¥Á Â©Í œÁÅÏ�÷,

üÍ¬É¡÷ ³ÂÛ Ãþ÷, €™Â ÷æ �Ãýì§÷ ÂÏýÃ revolutionists þÃ

isnpiration �Â úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ, �Á Ï £¨Ï œÍ ¥ÁþÁ žÊªÂþÃä

„ýÍ¡Ã¦Á Â úÉ¦Áê™Á¥Ê þÂ ¨ ÁêÏ!

Kasi Reddy breaks the glass and freeze with emotion, waiter hops in to clean up.

WAITOR

úÉ¡ÃåþÍ®ÁòÏœÂ �Ã¬ÁÛ§Ä Í žÃüÂ¬ÁÛ§÷ Ê! �®Áò œÌ�Á¡ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ

¥Ä§ÊÏ ¡Ä�ÁÅœÂ§ÁÅ ³Â§÷!

GOLIE

Did you listen to that bloody capitalist? by the

way ivvALa birthday neekA dAnikA?


(CONTINUED)

LATHA

MA banneeki

GOLIE

�! afteral 6 inch puppy �Ã six feet �Ê�Â? £¨Å±Â?

©Â±Â? ˆ¥ÃýÊ ¥Ä ™Á£ÅçþÍä®Áò üÅ¨ÅÏ?

Vikki puts his finger on the cake.

LATHA

úÁÏ¡Ê³Âà ¥ÁÅýÅÛ�ÁÅþÂä©ÁÏýÊ, ¥Ä ¥ÁÅžÁÅâ ¥Á Â©Á¦Êê�Â ©ÁúÊÖ

©Á§Á�ÁÅ ��ÁÅ!

Latha smoothens the cake.

CUT TO: ASH TRAY

CHINNA IS LOOKING AT LATHA SITTING AFAR WITH HIS FRIENDS IN A CLOSED ROOM.

DINESH

� �Ê�ÁÅ £ Ê …§Ã³ÍàÏžÃ £Â©Â

CHINNA

þÍ§ÁÅé¦÷, €žÃ þÂ relative

DINESH

©Á§Á¬ËþÁ §Ã ÊýÃ©Â? ©Á§Á¬Á�ÂþÃ §Ã ÊýÃ©Â?

CHINNA

¥Á Â €þÁä�Â™ÃÃ ©Á§Á¬Á

DINESH

�¦œÊ þÄ�ÁÆ ©Á§Á¬Ê!

PRAKASH

€§Ê, ©ÁúÃÖ �ÁÏýËÏžÃ, ‚Ï�Â �ÌÏœÁÅ œÁ™Á¡Á©ÊÏýÂë £Â£Æ?

Chinna calls the passing waiter.


(CONTINUED)

CHINNA

ªÃ©Â! þÂ¨Å�ÁÅ ¥Á Â§ÁÓ§ÄýÂ¨Å ¡ÁýÂë

WAITOR

‚©Âí®Á �ÂÏŸÄ ü¦ÏœÃ ³Â§÷

CHINNA

€¦œÊ?

PRAKASH

¥ÁÏžÁÅ ¥Á Â�ÁÅ £Â¬ÁÆ �ÂÏŸÄ�Ã �ÂžÁÅ

WAITOR (cont'd)

‚©Âí®Á ¥ÁÏžÁÅ serve úÉ¦Áê�ÁÆ™ÁžÁþÃ �ÍýÉ ÷ ±Â¨¬Ä ³Â§÷

PRAKASH

¦ÊÏžÊ?

CHINNA

�ÂÏŸÄ�Ã þÊþÁÅ þÁúÁÖ úÉ¡Áôå�ÁÅÏýÂ Ê, þÁÅ©Éí®Ãò

¡ÁýÂë

Waitor leaves.

CUT TO: MITHRA

Mithra and Golie join Latha at the table.

MITHRA

³Â§Ä £Å™ÁœÁ Æ, ÊýË±Í¦ÏžÃ! �Ê�÷ þÃ Â ¡ÁúÁÖ™Ã

úÊ¬Ã¡ÉýÂÛ©ÊÏýÊ?

GOLIE

(crying)

úÁÆªÂ©Â £©Â? afterall ‹ �ÁÅ�ÁÑ¡Ã ì birthday �Ã ‡ÏœÁ

�Ê�÷ �ÌþÂä§Í

Mithra turns around hearing slapping sound from Chinna’s table.

CHINNA

(shaking and slapping)

ˆÏýÃ £¨Å±Â? ‡þÃä³Â§Áì™Ã�ÃþÂ €žÊ ¬Á¥Á ÂŸÂþÂÏ úÉ±Âà©ÊÏýÃ?

Nadiya walks towards Chinna’s table.


(CONTINUED)

NADIYA

excuse me sAr, can you please control

yourself?

Chinna looks up and down on her.

CHINNA

who are you?

NADIYA

I’m the new manager here, we do not serve

liquor today, can please go to another

restaurant

Chinna laughs looking at her.

CHINNA

�ÁÅ! ˆþÃä§ÍüÅ ËÏžÊÃ ¡Ã Âì þÁÅ©Ãí�ÁÑ™Á úÊ§Ã?

NADIYA

One week

CHINNA

€ÏýÊ ‚ÏœÁ©Á§Á�ÁÅ ‹³Â§ÃÃ �ÁÆ™Â � ²ÍýÍ ©Ê¡Áô úÁÆ™Á ÊžÂ?

Nadiya notice Chinna posing with Loki and Mithra, Mithra walks towards the scene, Chinna shears off Nadiya’s badge.

CHINNA (cont'd)

þÁÅ©Êí ‚Ï�Í restaurant �É®ÁÅò, you are fired!

Chinna turns towards his table, Nadiya feels insulted and walks out crying past Mithra.

MITHRA

úÃþÂä � €¥Á Âé¦ ‡©Á§Í œÉ Ã¬Ê ¥Á ÂýÂì™ÁÅœÁÅþÂä©Â?

CHINNA

œÉ Ã¦ÁžÁþÁä¦Á Âê, �ÂþÃ úÁÆ™Á™ÂþÃ�Ã £Â©ÁôÏžÃ


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

¤Â Â �ÁÆœÁÅ§ÁÅ, ©É®Ãò ³Â§Ä úÉ¡Áôå!

Chinna gets up and comes onto Mithra’s face.

CHINNA

üÂ§ÃØ £Å«÷ �ÁÆœÁÅ§ÁÏýÂ©Ê¥ÉÂ €þÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä, ¤Â Â �ÁÆœÁÅ§Ê

�ÁžÁþÁä¦Á Âê, ¥Á§Ä bad €¦ÏžÁþÃ¡Ã¬Êà þÁÅ©Êí ³Â§Ä úÉ¡Êå¦÷,

¡Á�ÁÑþÁ ¢ÉëÏ™÷ð „þÂä§ÁÅ, þÊþÁÅ üÉ¡Êà ‚¥Êü÷ down €¦žÃâ

Chinna places the badge in Mithra’s hand and gets back to the table, Mithra is surprised at Chinna’s attitude, looks out for Nadiya who drives past on scooter.

CUT TO: DINING TABLE

INT. LOKI HOME DINING - DAY : LOKI’S REPRIMAND32 32

HAND FOLLOW AS LOKI TAKES A BITE AND LOOKS UP NOTICING CHINNA, CHINNA WALKS DOWN FROM UPSTAIRS AND JOINS TABLE.

LOKI

¤ÍüþÂþÃ�Ã �ÁÆ§ÁÅÖþÊ ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ úÁÅýÆÛ úÁÆ¬Ã �ÁÆ³Í™ÂþÃ�Ã

€§ÁñœÁÅÏžÂ ÊžÂ œÉ Å¬ÁÅ�Í

Chinna notices Nadiya and Bhasha at the table, Savithri serves.

LOKI (cont'd)

(screams at Savithri)

úÉ¡ÃåþÁ ¥Á Âý €§ÁãÏ �Â ÊžÂ?©Á™ÃÝÏúÌžÁÅâ ©Â™Ã�Ã! ÊúÃ

€¥Á Âé¦�Ã ³Â§ÄúÉ¡ÃåþÁ¡Áôå™Ê �ÁÏúÁÏ¨Í ¥ÉœÁÅ�ÁÅ¨Å §Â¨œÂ¦÷

Chinna half-heartedly looks at Nadiya sitting across.

CHINNA

³Â§Ä!


(CONTINUED)

LOKI

(yell)

þÁÅÏúÍþÃ ¤Á©ÁêÏ�Â úÉ¡Áõå!

Chinna trembles at Loki’s voice and stands up in attention.

CHINNA

Restaurant ¨Í ¥ÄœÍ úÂ Â mis-behave úÊªÂþÁÅ, I am

very sorry!

Bhasha and Nadiya get up from the table feeling uncomfortable, Loki commands.

LOKI

¥Ä§ÁÅ �ÁÆ§ÍÖÏ™Ã

Bhasha and Nadiya follow the orders.

LOKI (cont'd)

ƒ Ê¬Êà ©Â Ã±Í™ÂþÃ�Ã, €žÃ Ã¬Êà ±Â§Ã±Í™ÂþÃ�Ã ƒ

þÂ¦ÁÅ™ÁÅ�Â§ÁÅ üÄœÁ¥ÃúÊÖ �ÁÆ Ã ¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ¨Å �ÂžÁÅ ¥Ä§ÁÅ,

§Ê¡ÁýÅäÏúÃ � €¥Á Âé¦Ê þÄ boss, ©Ê Â É¦Áê�ÁÅÏ™Â

management þÊ§ÁÅÖ�Í! œÍ�Á ¥ÁÅ™ÁÅúÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ

úÁ�ÁÑ£™ÃœÊþÊ ƒ ‚ÏýÍì ³ÂáþÁÏ þÄ�ÁÅ

Loki washes his hand and gets off from table.

LOKI (cont'd)

¬ÁÁžÁÅ©Áô þÊ§ÁÅœÂà§Í ÊžÍ �ÂþÄ, �Â ÊüÃ œÌ�ÁÑÏ�ÂþÊ

¬ÁÏ³ÂÑ§ÁÏ œÁ�Á É™Âà§ÁÅ �Â™ÃžÁ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ¨Å, ¨Í�ÁÏ¨Í

�É ÃúÊ ©Â™Ã�Ä ‹™Ê©Â™Ã�Ä ¥ÁžÉâ �ÁÅ§Ã�ÃÏüÏœÁ ¨Î�Áê¥Ê œÊ™Â!

� �¬Ãá ÊþÃ ‡žÁ©Á�Ã ˆþÃä �¬ÁÅá ÅþÂä ©Áê§Áã¥Ê!

Loki walks upstairs, Chinna swallows food with a heavy breathe, Mithra observes sitting across.

CUT TO: PHOTO

INT. RESTAURANT RECEPTION - DAY : A FRIENDLY APOLOGY33 33

Cam tilt down from the photo as Nadiya turn from desk to notice Chinna approach in waiter’s uniform.


(CONTINUED)

CHINNA

Training tables œÍ start úÉ¦Áê¥ÁÏýÂ§Â?

Nadiya feels uncomfortable.

NADIYA

Please, don’t do this! sorry, þÂ©Á ì úÃ©ÂýÅì œÃþÂä§ÁÅ

CHINNA

¡Á§ÊìžÁÏ™Ã, €¨©ÂýË±Ì¦êÏžÃ, þÂ �Í¬Á¥Ê �ÁžÁ úÉ±Âå§ÁÅ?

€ÏžÁ¥ËþÁ €¥Á Âé¦ €™ÁÅ�ÁÅ üÂ™Á Íì þÁ™ÁÅ¬ÁÆà business

study úÉ¦Áê¥ÁþÂä§ÁÏœÊ�Â? ˆžÄ ‹³Â§ÃýÌúÃÖ þÁ™ÁÅ³Âà§Â,

try úÊ³ÂàþÁÅ

Nadiya bursts out with smile as Chinna responds.

CUT TO: BUDUSU

INT/EXT. VALLI HOME - NIGHT : DIWALI34 34

Vikki lights the ‘budusu’ and runs away closing ears.

NIKKI

¥Á¥Äé, ©Ä™ÁÅ þÂ £Å™ÁÅ¬ÁÅ¨þÄä �Â ÉÖ¬ÁÅàþÂä™ÁÅ

VALLI

ˆ¦÷ žÉ£ç¨Å ¡Á™ÁœÂ¦÷

VIKKI

žÂþÃ�Ã �Â¨Ö™ÁÏ þÊ§Ãå¬ÁÅàþÂä ¥Á¥Äé

Mithra parks the jeep rear-facing in front of kids. Golie gets up through a heep of crackers piled in the jeep, with a big ‘saram’ hanging around neck, jumps on road.

GOLIE

ˆ¦÷, §ÁÏ™Âë ¡Ã ì þÁ§Á�Â¬ÁÅ§ÁÅ Â§Â!

žÄ±Â©Á®ÁÏýÏýÊ ˆÏýÍ úÁÆ¡Ã³ÂàþÁÆ! ý¡Á�Â¦Á

žÉ£ç�Ã Š�ÍÑ™Ã�Ã ±Ì¡Áôå žÃ�Â¨,Ã §ÁÏ™Ê!

VIKKI & NIKKI

(excited)

Hey! ‚©ÁþÄä ¥Á Â�ÊþÂ?

Kids hop onto the crackers pushing each other, Golie struggles to control them.


(CONTINUED)

KIDS (O.S.)

(each jave a demand)

§Â�ÉýìþÄä þÂ�ÁÅ, þÁÅ©Áôí £Å™ÁÅ¬ÁÅ¨Å �Â¨ÅÖ�Í þÂ�ÁÅ

§Â�ÉýÅì �Â©Â Ã, þÂ�ÁÅ, ¥Ã§Á¡Á�Â¦Á ¡ÁýÂ�ÁÅ¨Å, þÂ�ÁÅ �ýÏ

£ÂÏ£Å¨Å �Â©Â Ã

GOLIE (O.S.)

¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ©ÄŸÃ Í „þÁä ©ÂþÁ§Á ¬ËþÂêþÁäÏœÂ œÍ¨Å�ÁÅ§ÁÏ™Ã,

±ÌÏ™ÊÃ

EXT. VALLI HOME - NIGHT : STUMPED34a 34a

Mithra gets down carrying a pile of shopping bags wearing a laalci. Mithra stumps on Latha who is lighting candles at the footsteps, drops everything on the floor.

LATHA

�Á Í ˆÏýÃ? ‚þÃä žÄ±Â¨ÅþÂä �Á®ÁÅò �ÁþÃ¡ÄýÊìžÂ?

Mithra is lost in Latha’s beauty, Latha snaps to distract.

MITHRA

(lost himself)

� žÄ±Â¨¥ÁžÉâ ¥É§ÁÅ¡Áô Â þÃþÁÅä üÆ¬Ã �Á®ÁÅò üÉžÃ§ÃþÁ¦Ê

¡Ã Âì

LATHA

(mocks his comment)

�Á�Á�Áñ, €¥Á Âé¦ Ãä ¡ÁýÂ¦ÏúÁ™ÂþÃ�Ã �Â®ÃžÂ¬ÁÅ þÁÅÏúÃ

�Á³Â¦ÉÂ™Ã žÂ�Â Š�Ê style ¨Í ¥Á ÂýÂì™ÁœÂœÂ§Âë ¥Ä§ÁÆ! þÂ

€ÏžÁÏ ¥ÄžÁ €ÏœÁ�Â �ªÁ Å ¡ÉýÅÛ�Í�ÁÅžÊ©ÁžÂ¬ÁÅ©Ë±ÍœÂ©÷ !

next week þÁþÁÅä úÁÆ™ÂÝþÃ�Ã €ÏžÁ¥ËþÁ america

£Å¨Íì™Ì¬ÁÅàþÂä™ÁÅ, œÁ¡Áôå�Ê!

Latha pushes him aside, walks in with candles crossing Valli.

LATHA (cont'd)

þÄ œÁ¥ÁÅé™Ã þÉœÃàþÁÁ ‹ £�ÉÑý÷ þÄ®ÁÅò ±Ì¦ÉÅêžÃþÂ, £Â�Â

úÉžÃ§ÃþÁýÅÛþÂä™ÁÅ!


(CONTINUED)

Mithra is still in a trans, sits down to gather bags, Valli joins to help.

MITHRA

(whispers)

€�ÂÑ, ‚©Âí¨ žÂþÃä üÆ¬ÁÅàÏýÊ �Ã™Âä¡÷ úÊ¬ËþÂ ¡É®Ãò

úÊ¬ÁÅ�Í©Â¨þÃ¡Ã³ÂàÏžÃ, þÂ Š�ÁÑ™Ã©Á ì �ÂžÁÅ þÁÅ©Áôí �É ÷å

úÊ³Âà©Â?

VALLI

‰™Ã¦Á Â £ÂþÊ ©ÁôÏžÃ, �ÂþÄ ¥Ä £Â©Á þÁþÌäžÃ Ê³Âà™Ê¥ÉÂ§Â

MITHRA

¥Á®Äò ‹ ©Â§ÂþÃ�Ã ¬Á§ÁÅâ�ÁÅ±ÍœÂ™ÁÅ Ê�ÂÑ

Latha is playing with the puppy sitting on a sofa lurking at Mithra, turns around as Valli peeks in to check on her.

VALLI

žÂþÃ žÌÏ�Á úÁÆ¡Áô Å úÁÆ™ÁÅ, ¥ÁþÁ¬ÁÅ¨Í ‡�ÁÑ™Í

©ÁôþÂä©Áô§Â þÁÅ©Áôí, ©ÉÏý£™Ã ©Ê Â™Ê©Á§Á�ÁÅ £¦Áý¡Á™ÁžÁÅ

±Ì�Á§ÁÅ£ÍœÁÅ

Latha makes a face at Mithra and runs into the bedroom with bunny, Mithra shakes up.

MITHRA

ˆÏýÊ? þÊþÊÏýÃ þÂ É©Ã ÷ ˆÏýÃ žÂþÉÏý£™ÁÝ¥Á Â? úÄúÄ! þÂ

žÃ ÅìúÁÆ¬Ã €žÊ ¨©÷ üÊ¬Êà ¬Á§Ã ÉžÁÏýÊ žÂþÃ Ž§Áé!

Valli nips on Mithra’s head.

VALLI

€¦œÊ œÁ�Á ™ÁÅ, ƒ ™Â£Å¨ÍàþÊ þÄ ÂÏýÉžÁ©Á Å

€¥Á Âé¦¨ÌäžÁÅ¨Å�ÁÅÏýÂ§ÁÅ, þÄ Ž§Áé!

Valli walks inside with bags, Mithra follows pleading.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

€�ÂÑ ��Á©Ê, ‚Ï�Í ¥Á Âý üÉ¡Áå©Ê

CUT TO: SURA SURAS

EXT. VALLI HOME - NIGHT : GOLIE & CRACKERS34b 34b

Golie notice Saira, tries to control kids with a bamboo stick.

GOLIE

þÍ þÍ! crackers are very dangerous, úÊœÁÅ¨Å

�Â®ÁÅò �Â¨ÅÖ�ÁÅÏýÂ§ÁÅ žÁÆ§ÁÏ�Â ©É®ÁòÏ™Ã, ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ þÊþÁÅ

�Â ÃÖ úÁÆ¡Ã³ÂàþÁÅ, úÁÆ¬Ã þÊ§ÁÅÖ�ÍÏ™Ã, ¬Á§ÊþÂ?

The kids stand bye pissed as Golie exhibits bravery with crackers firing with bare hands.

CUT SHOTS OF GOLIE FIRING ALL KINDS OF CRACKERS, RECEDING THE CRACKERS HEEP, KIDS FEEL INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED, VIKKI LOOKS AT ONE OF HIS RADICAL FRIENDS, ALL THE KIDS SURROUND GOLIE IN BHASHA STYLE.

Playing ecstatic with the crackers, Golie sense the looming trouble.

GOLIE (cont'd)

ˆÏýÂë, ¬ÉÏý§÷ üÊœÁàþÂä§ÁÆ?

Kids close in on Golie and bury him in the crackers, top view as Golie screams from under, Vikki sets fire, cracks on all directions.

Gilie gets up and runs across the street screaming and fluttering like a flashing super-hero.

CUTS OF PEOPLE TURNING AROUND FROM HOMES TO HAVE A GLIMPSE AT THE MOBILE CRACKER-MAN.

EXCITED KID

hey, look! A CRACKER MAN!


(CONTINUED)

Golie flutters to the end of street and turns back screaming, Kids take control of the remaining crackers.

CUT TO: LATHA

INT. VALLI HOME BEDROOM - NIGHT : LUCKY MIRROR34c 34c

Latha stands stiff in front of mirror assessing her beauty.

LATHA

(talks to mirror)

Š¬Ê €žÁâ¥Â? ‡ÏœÁ €žÁÇ«ÁÛ¥Ê þÄ�ÁÅ! §Â®Áò�ÁÅ �ÁÆ™Â §Á¬Ã�ÁœÁ

þÊ§Êå þÂ €ÏžÂ Ãä §ÍüÅ�Ã ©ÁÏžÁ ³Â§ÁÅì úÁÆ¬ÁÅàþÂä©÷!

©Â™Ä§ÍüÅ úÄ§Á Í úÁÆ¬ÃÏžÂþÃ�Ê € Â þÃ £™Ã±Í¦Á Â™ÁÏýÊ....

Covers her face and jumps onto the bed, turns around holding bunny.

LATHA (cont'd)

(caressing bunny)

‚þÃä§ÍüÅ¨Å €›ÅúÁÅ�ÁÅþÁää úÁÆ¡ÁÏœÂ Š�ÁÑ³Â§Ã�Â

±Â§Ê¬ÁÅ�ÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä™ÁÅ, žÌÏ�Á ¬ÁúÃÖþÍ™ÁÅ! (giggles)

Latha hugs the bunny tight as it screams with a sweet tone, Valli recites ‘murali lola’.

CUT TO: VALLI SINGING

INT/EXT. VALLI HOME - NIGHT : SONG 3 (MURALI LOLA)35 35

(Valli starts the song in the front yard holding Nikki in her lap. Feature Krishna and sathyabhama skit from kids. At the mention of Narkasura in song, Golie walks in with torn clothes and chases Vikki with a bamboo stick. Mithra and Latha humorous interaction).

CUT TO: BANGARU CUTOUT

EXT. HYD PARTY OFFICE - DAY : PICKETING FOR TICKET36 36

Party general secretary gets out of the car and looks up, up up and up at the extra tall cutout in front of the office, feels neck spain, turns to the PA.


(CONTINUED)

GENERAL SECRETARY

±Â§ÄÛ �¢Ä¬÷ ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ¢Ê¬÷ �ÁÆ™Â �ÁþÄ¡ÄþÁÏœÁ ¨Ï£Ï�Á

�ÁýÎý÷ £ÉýÃÛÏ™ÁÅ, ˆ©Áô™Âë ƒ ¡ÃœÂ¥Á�ÁÅ™ÁÅ?

ASSISTANT

¥ÁþÁ ¦ÁÆœ÷ ¡É¬Ã™ÉÏýÅ £Ï�Â§ÁÅ þÂ¦ÁÅ™ÁÅ �Â§ÁÏ™Ã! ýÃ�ÉÑý÷

�Í¬ÁÏ ¡Ã�ÉÑýÃÏ�÷, €ýÅúÁÆ™ÁÏ™Ã!

A massive crowd is sitting on office walls like monkeys, shaking fens.

SOMBABU & SUPPORTERS

(collective)

„œÁà§ÂÏŸÁë úÃúÁÖ§Á ¡Ã™ÁÅ�ÁÅ £Ï�Â§ÁÅ þÂ¦ÁÅ™ÁÅ�Ê üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷!

„œÁà§ÂÏŸÁë úÃúÁÖ§Á ¡Ã™ÁÅ�ÁÅ £Ï�Â§ÁÅ þÂ¦ÁÅ™ÁÅ�Ê üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷!

GENERAL SECRETARY

úÃúÁÖ§Á ¡Ã™ÁÅ�Â „úÁÖ¨ ¡Ã™ÁÅ�Â! üÃ Âì Í �ÍœÁÅ¨þÄä

œÌ¨Å�ÌúÃÖ üÄ Å žÁ¥ÁÅé üÊ¬ÁÅàÏ™ÊÏžÃ§Â ©Ä™ÁÅ!

GS walks into the office, a supporter interrupts.

SOMBABU

‚žÃ�Í ¡É¬Ã™ÉÏýÍ, £Ï�Â§ÁÅ þÂ¦ÁÆ™Ã�Ä³Â§Ã �ÂþÁÆ§ÁÅ

¬ÄýÃ¦Áê ÊžÁþÁÅ�Í, þÄ �Á ì¥ÁÅÏžÊ £Æ™ÃžË±ÍœÂ üÉ¡ÁôàþÂä!

GENERAL SECRETARY

©ÂþÃ�Ã ¬ÄýÃ¬Êà ±Â§ÄÛ £ÆžÃžÁ¦êžÃâ,¥Ä þÂý�Â¨Å ¥Á Â�ÁÅ

žÉ ížÁÆ œÁ¡Áôå�Í£Ê!

GS walks into the office amidst the rampage of people.

SOMBABU

secretary down down

Crowd resonates.

CUT TO: BANGARU


INT. PARTY OFFICE - DAY : TRANSACTION36a 36a

Bangaru is sitting in a chair with coolers, accompanied by CHEBROLU & Narsing.

GENERAL SECRETARY

Ëý÷ œÁ�ÁÅÑ©Á�ÁÅÏž,Ã €žÂâ Å œÄ¬Êà ¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ¨Å �ÁþÃ¡Ã³Âà§ÁÅ

þÂ¦™Í

CHEBROLU

œÃ¦Áê§ÁÏ™Ê! £¦Áý úÁÆªÂ§ÁÅ�Â! üþÂ¨ €¤Ã¥Á ÂþÁÏœÍ ©Á Åì

©Ê™Ã üÊ¬Ã ¥Á™Âë¬÷ ‰ ©ÁúÃÖÏžÃ

GENERAL SECRETARY

§Ê¡Áô nomination £ÉýÅÛ�ÍþÃ ‚¦Á Âê¨ÌúÃÖ ¬ÄýÅ

¥Á Â§Áð¥ÁÏýÂ©÷ ˆÏžÁ¦Á Âê þÄ ü£ç§Áâ¬Äà?

CHEBROLU

¬ÄýÅ ¬ÊœÃ Í ¡ÉýÊÛ©Á§Á�ÁÅ �¦ÁþÁ þÍýÃœÍ ¥Á ÂýÂì™Á§ÁÏ™Ê!

Lights a cigarette.

GENERAL SECRETARY

(negligent and angry)

�ÁýÛ¦œÊ ƒ™Êä �ÁÆ³Í¥ÁþÁÅ, �¢Ä¬÷ ‚Ï�Í³Í ¬ËýÅ�Ã

¥Á Â§ÁÅÖ�ÁÅÏýÂÏ! €§Ê ˆÏžÃ¤Ë ¥Ä§ÁÅ ¥Á ÂýÂì™ÊžÃ? €©ÁœÁ ÷

‰žÁÅ³Â§ÁÅì �É ÃÖþÁ ¥ÃþÃ«ÃþÃ ¡Á�ÁÑþÁ £ÉýÃÛ ¬ÄýÃ¦Áê™ÂþÃ�Ã

ƒþÊ¥ÁþÂä Â ÷ £�ÁÅžÁÆ§÷ ³Â¬ÃàëþÂ? �Â©Â¨ÏýÊ

¥ÁÏ™Â ÂþÃ�Ã ±ÍýÄ úÊ¬ÁÅ�Í¥ÁþÁÅ!

BANGARU

Š§Ê þÁ§Ãð�Â, ¬ÊœÁÅ¨Å ©Á›�ÁÅÑÏ™Â � ¬ÁÆýÊÑ¬ÁÅ¨Å œÄ¬Ã

ýÊ£Ã ÷ ¥ÄžÁ ¡ÉýÛ§ÂžÁÅ!

CHEBROLU

‡ ìÏ™Á¦Á Âê, ‡ ìÏ™Ã ¥ÁÏœÁþÂ¨¦ÊêžÂ�Â £¦ÁýÅÏ™ÁÏ™Ã

Chebrolu drives the supporters out and closes the door, Narsing reaches for the suitcases lying in the corner.


(CONTINUED)

GENERAL SECRETARY

ˆÏžÃžÃ? ‚žÊ¥ÁþÂä income tax ¦Á Â±Â§Á¥ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÃ§Â?

Narsing opens the suitcases filled with currency.

CHEBROLU

‹�ÍÑ ¬ÁÆýÊÑ¬ÁÅ¨ÍþÁÅ ‰žÌÏžÁ þÍýÅì ¡ÁžÃ©Ê ÅþÂä¦÷,

‡�ÂÑ¨Ì¬Êà É�ÊÑ³ÍÑÏ™Ã, ¬ÄýÅ¥Á Â§ÃÖ þËýÅ�Ã þËýÅ �Í©Â

flight ‡�ÂÑ§ÁþÁÅ�Í, ¨Í�ÁþÂžÁ¥ÉÅúÃÖ œÃ§Á�Â¬ÁÅ ¡ÉýÊÛ Í¡Áô

nomination ¥ÁÅ�Ã¬Ã±ÍžÃâ, œÁ¥Á§ÁÅ §Âü�Ä¦ÁÏ ©ÁžÃ Ê¬Ã

¨±Â�Ä Ãä £ÉýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ ¢Ã ÷é þÁ�Á§÷ ¨Í ¬ÃþÂé¨Å œÄ³ÍÑ

©ÁúÁÅÖ! ‡ýÂÛ�ÁÆ ¬É�Áëý§Ä�Â ý§ÁÏ ¥ÁÅ�Ã¬Ã±ÍœÍÏžÃ

GENERAL SECRETARY

(softer)

þÂ�ÁÅ ±Â§ÄÛ �É í™ÁÏ ¥ÁÅŽêÏ, ¬ÃýÃÛÏ�÷ ‡¥Éé Êì�Ã €þÂê¦ÁÏ

úÉ¦Áê Êþ÷!

CHEBROLU

€§Ê, �É Å¡ÁÏœÂ ¬ÁÆýÊÑ¬ÁÅ¨Íì ¡ÉýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ ¨Í�Ä ¨Í�Ä

€Ïý©ÊÏžÁ¦Á Âê? ¥ÉÅœÁàÏ üÃ Âì�Ê funding üÊ¬ÁÆàÏýÊþÁÆ!

Party GS looks into the suitcases.

GENERAL SECRETARY

�ÂþÄÏœÁ ™Á£Åç¨Å þÄ žÁ�ÃÓ§Ê™ÃžÃ?

CHEBROLU

¥Á§ÁžÊ, ±ÂœÃ�Ê®ÁÅò�Â §ÂüÄ�Á¦ÁÏ úÊ¬ÃþÍ™ÃžÁ�ÁÓ§Á � ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ

��ÁÅ¨ÅÏ™Á©Â ˆÏýÄ? Ê�Á±ÍœÊ £Â¬Ã§É™ÃÝ žÁ�ÁÓ§Á ¢Áõìý÷

©Â¦ÏúÃ œÉúÂÖ™ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂä§Â?

Bangaru seriously looks at CHEBROLU.

GENERAL SECRETARY

€ÏœÂ £Âì�ÊþÂ?


(CONTINUED)

CHEBROLU

�¦ÁþÁ §ÁÏ�ÁÅ üÆ¬Êà œÉ ©ÁýÊì?

Zoom onto the money as conversation continues.

GENERAL SECRETARY (O.S)

¬ÃÏ�Ã ÷ ¬ÄýÅ�ÃþÃä þÍýÅì ‡©Á™ÁÅ §Â¨Ö Ê, §Ã�Â§ÁÅÝ £Êë�÷

üÊ¬ÁÅàÏ™ÁÅë

CUT TO: CROWD

EXT. PARTY OFFICE - DAY : BANGARU REPLACES LOKI36b 36b

Chebrolu runs out of the office towards crowd.

CHEBROLU

�ÂþÁÅ§ÁÅ ‡¥Éé Êì ýÃ�ÉÑýÅÛ £Ï�Â§ÁÅ þÂ¦ÁÅ™ÁÅ�Ê,

‚�ÁþÊ³ÍÑÏ™Âë žÁ§ÁÅ©Áô!

Crowd whistle and clap, start dancing teen maar.

CROWD

„œÁà§ÂÏŸÁë úÃúÁÖ§Á ¡Ã™ÁÅ�ÁÅ £Ï�Â§ÁÅ þÂ¦ÁÅ™ÁÅ üÃÏžÂ£ž÷!

„œÁà§ÂÏŸÁë úÃúÁÖ§Á ¡Ã™ÁÅ�ÁÅ £Ï�Â§ÁÅ þÂ¦ÁÅ™ÁÅ üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷!

Cuts of the tribal daruvu, Sombabu leads the gross dance in front of Bangaru with tied up dhotees, folded tongues, Bangaru gets into the jeep.

BANGARU

§Ê¦÷, ‡ÏœÁ Ž§ËÖþÂ ¡Á§ÊìžÁÅ, þÂ¥ÃþÊ¬ÁþÊ ‡¨ Áþ÷ �É ÃÖþÁ

É©Ã Í ì …Ï™Â Ã!

CHEBROLU

œÁ¡Áå�ÁÅÏ™Â £Â©Â, þÁÅ©Éí Ãì £Â¬Ã §É™ÃÝ žÁ�ÁÓ§Á ¢Áõìý÷ ©Â¦ÏúÃ

¬ÁÆý÷ �Ê¬ÁÅ¨Å þÃÏ¡ÁôœÁÅÏ™ÁÅ

CUT TO: TV


INT. BASI REDDY HOME - DAY : BREAKING NEWS37 37

TV ANCHOR (TV)

‚¡Áôå™Ê €ÏžÃþÁ ©Â§Áà,! nomination �Á™ÁÅ©Áô §Ê¡Áô

¥ÁÅ�ÁÅ¬ÁÅàÏ™Á�Â �ÂþÁÆ§ÁÅ þÃ¦ÉÂü�Á©Á§ÁÓÏ €þÁŸÃ�Â§Á ±Â§ÄÛ

€¤Áê§ÃãœÁíÏ¨Í €þÁÆ�Áê¥ËþÁ ¥Á Â§ÁÅå ü§Ã�ÃÏžÃ, �

þÃ¦ÉÂü�Á©Á§ÁÓÏ þÁÅÏúÃ �ÁœÁ ¥ÁÆ™ÁÅ ‡þÃä�Á Í ìþÁÆ �ÁþÁ

©Ãü¦ÁÏ ³ÂŸÃÏúÃþÁ ¨Í�ÁþÂžÁÏ ³ÂáþÁÏ¨Í,

BASI Reddy watches news with a smile, feeding dogs.

CUT TO: RADIO IN JEEP

EXT. JEEP/BUSY MARKET - DAY : BASI REDDY’S CALL38 38

RADIO (O.S.)

±Â§ÄÛ ¦ÁÅ©Á þÊœÁ £Ï�Â§ÁÅ þÂ¦ÁÅ™ÁÅ�Ã €©Á�ÂªÁÏ

�Á Ãå¬ÁÅàþÁäýÅÛ ±Â§ÄÛ ¡ÁëŸÂþÁ €ŸÃ�Â§Ã ©Ã Ê�Á§ÁÅ¨�ÁÅ

œÉ Ã¦ÁüÊªÂ§ÁÅ, ƒ ¥Á Â§ÁÅå ©ÉþÁÅ�Á ¨Í�Á ÷ �ÂÏýÂë�ÁÛ§÷ £Â¬Ã

§É™ÃÝ ¡Áë¤Â©ÁÏ £¨Ï�Â „ýÛýÅÛ ©ÃþÃ�Ã™Ã

Loki turns attentive to the radio as Mithra increases the volume and inally cuts it off.

DHARMAM

™Á£Åç¨Å ±Â§Ê¬Êà �Â™ÃžÁþÁÅ �ÁÆ™Â

þÉœÃàþÉýÅÛ�ÁÅþÁÆ§Ê�ÁÅœÂ§ÁÅ, þÃ³Âðí§ÁãÏ�Â ¡ÁþÃ üÊ¬Ê ©Â®Áò�Ã

�Â¨Ï ÊžÁÏ™Ê, üþÂ Ê €ýÛ™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÂ ³Âí§Áã¡Á§ÁÅ¨Ï™Ã

Loki gets back to reading the news paper.

LOKI

þÄ �©ÊªÂþÃ�Á§ÁãÏ ÊžÁÅ ŸÁ§ÁéÏ! ³Âí§Áã¥Ê ¥ÁþÃ«Ã €¬Á Å

¨ Á›Ï, þÃ³Âðí§ÁãÏ žÂþÃä �ÂúÊ �Á©ÁúÁÏ,

Mithra picks up phone, while driving.

BASI REDDY

þÂ¦þÁ ²ÍþÉœÊà ¡Á§Ã¬ÃàœÃ Í „þÂä™Â þÂ¦þÂ?


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

²Íþ÷ úÊ¬ÃþÁ £Æ«Á™Ä�ÊþÃ£ýÃÛ!

BASI REDDY

‹ £¢Áõþ÷ �Â™Ã ¬ÊœÃ Í ýÃ�ÉÑýÅÛ �Í¨Íå¦þÂ™ÁÅ

�ÁžÂ,¬ÁÏœÂ¡ÁÏ œÉ Å¡ÁôœÁÅþÂä þÂ¦þÂ

MITHRA

(accent)

¬ÁÏœÂ¡ÁÏ �ÌÏœÁ žÂ³ÍÑ§ÂžÍ, ‡¨�Áðþ÷ €¦þÂ�Á þÄ�ÁÆÓ™Â

€©Á¬Á§ÁÏ £™ÁœÂžÊ!

BASI REDDY

�Íñ, ‹™Ã±ÍœÁþÂä �ÁÆ™Â �ÂþÃäæ™ÊþÁÅäð ¥É¦ÏýÃþ÷ üÉ¦Áê™ÁÏ

£Â�Á þÊ§ÃåþÂ™Á¦Á Âê ¥Ä¦Á£ç

MITHRA

�É Êð ‹™Ã�Ä ‹™Ê ‹™Ã�Ä œÊ™Â�ÁÆ™Â �ÂþÃäæ™ÉþÊäð �ÁžÁ§Â ¥Á¬Ã

§É™ÊÝ!

BASI REDDY

¬ÃþÁä „±Â¦ÁÏ üÉ±Âà �Ì™ÁÅ�Í, §Ê¡Áô þÂ¥ÃþÊ¬Áþ÷ €¦êÏžÂ�Â

þÄ¦Á£çþÃ £¦ýÃ�Ã §Â�ÁÅÏýÂ üÆ³ÍÑ, üÂœÁ�ÁÏ¨Í �ÁëöÁ þÄä

³ÂþÂ ¡ÉœÃ�ÁÆ¨Ï�Â žÃ§ÁÅ�ÁÅœÂÏ™Â¦÷!

BASI Reddy hangs phone, Mithra looks ahead at the signal thinking. Bhasha, Dharmam and couple of followers sitting mum in the car. Loki looks out through the window and notice Chinna chatting with a girl in the ice cream parlor, Loki identifies Nadiya and looks at Bhasha who is looking the other side. Loki worries.

A couple of guys riding on a scooter stop next to the jeep. Slow Motion as Mithra notice the raising hand from the back of the scooter covered with a towel. Gun fire at Loki, Mithra pulls the jeep away and cuts through the traffic, Bhasha jumps off the running jeep and chases the shooters.

SHAKY TELE-CUTS AS MITHRA NURSES LOKI’S INJURY, TIES LOKI’S RIBS WITH KANDUVA, BHASHA CHASES THE ASSAILANTS IN THE TRAFFIC, MITHRA DRIVES OFF THROUGH THE TRAFFIC.


EXT. BUSY INTERSECTION - DAY : DRIPPING LOYALTY38a 38a

Bhasha grabs the scooter and bangs it against a moving truck, stabs the assailants repeatedly, stands looking down as the blood drips on the road from knife, Intercuts with Loki being taken into the hospital.

CUT TO: HOSPITAL HALLWAY

INT. HOSPITAL - DAY : THE RIVAL39 39

Loki is taken on a stretcher into the ER leaving Mithra outside, Mithra turns to the followers in the hallway.

DURGA

£Ï�Â§ÁÅ �Â™Ã �Í¬ÁÏ ¥ÁþÂ®ÁÅò ¢Ä ÷Ý ¨Í „þÂä§ÁÏ™Ê

Mithra slaps him and surprises everyone with an intense look.

MITHRA

©Â™Ã ¥ÄžÁ�É®Áò¥ÁþÃ ‡©Á§ÁÅ úÉ±Âå§ÁÅ þÄ�ÁÅ?

Mithra turns around scratching his head.

MITHRA (cont'd)

‚žÁÏœÂ � £Â¬Ã §É™ÃÝ�Â™Ã üÆžÁÏ, ‚Ï™Ã¡ÉÏ™ÉÏý÷ �Ê¬ÃþÂ

¥ÁþÁÏ �É Å³Âà¥ÁþÃ œÉ Å³Â™Ã�ÃÃ, nomination œÍ £Ï�Â§ÁÅ

�Â™Ãä £ÅýÛ Í ©Ê¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ. oppsositon cleanup

úÉ¦Áê™ÂþÃ�Ã �Ä¬ÃþÁ ¬ÉÑú÷ ‚žÃ

DURGA

€¦œÊ œÉ Âì§Ê Í¡Áô �™Êä Ê±Âà¥ÁÏ™Ê

Mithra raises hand and signals Durga to tone down.

MITHRA

‡¨ Áþ÷ €¦Êê¨Í¡Áô þÂ ¥Á Âý ¥Ä§Ã �ÁœÃà ¡ÁýÂÛ§Í, þÁ§Ã�Ã

±Í�ÁÅ É™ÁœÂ úÉ¡ÁôàþÂä

Durga mellows down, doctor approaches Mithra.


(CONTINUED)

DOCTOR

£Å Éìý÷ ¡Á�ÉÑ¥ÁÅ�Á ÍÏúÉ®ÃòÏžÃ he’ll be okE, ‡�ÁÅÑ©Á

blood ±Í�ÁÅÏ™Â ¥ÁÏúÃ¡ÁþÃ úÊ³Â©÷

Doctor gets back into the room, Mithra notice Valli walking through the hallway into the ER.

Bhasha walks revolving doors carrying the assailants on both shoulders, hospital staff rush to get the victims on stretchers. Doctors check the pulse and give up.

DOCTOR (cont'd)

€ýÂ¡Äð�Ã œÄ¬ÁÅ�É®Ãò ±Í Ä¬ÁÅ¨�Ã �Â ÷ úÉ¦ÁêÏ™Ã

Bhasha walks aside, sits on the side bench in the hallway.

Mithra approaches Bhasha, Bhasha looks up with an eccentric loyalist expression.

MITHRA

±Í Ä¬ÁÅ¨ÌúÊÖ¨Í¡Áô ¡Á Éì�É®ÁÅò ¤Â Â! þÂþÁä ‹�Ê

Long shot at the tensed atmosphere in the hallway.

CUT TO: OPERATING ROOM

INT. HOSPITAL ER - DAY : STEP DAUGHTER39a 39a

Valli walks into hospital room with a report.

VALLI

Mark one, thirty four degrees horizontal, fourty

mm deep, mark two seven mm deep and five

degrees horizontal, first mark is tightly close

to the lever.

SURGEON

Thank you madam

Valli hangs the chart, looks at Loki and walks out of the room.


(CONTINUED)

ASSISTANT

local or general sir?

Surgeon picks up the instruments.

VALLI

General

Assistant injects Loki, Loki’s pov as vision turns completely blurred.

CUT TO: HOT COFFEE

INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY - DAY : THE CONCERNED SON39b 39b

Follow coffee cup, reveal Mithra offering coffee to Savithri in the lounge. Chinna walks into the hallway with his friends and start roughing up Bhasha.

CHINNA

¡ÁýÛ¡Á�Á Å þÁ™Ã £üÂ§Íì attack ü§ÁÅ�ÁÅœÁÅÏýÊ ˆÏ

¡Ä�ÁÅœÁÅþÂä§Âëë ¥Ä§ÁÏœÂ? ¡Áõý ¡ÁõýÂ œÃþÃ œÌÏ�Í™ÂþÃ�Ã

œÁ¡Áå žÊþÃ�Ã ¡ÁþÃ�Ã§Â§Â?¥Ã¥Áé Ãä þÁ¥ÁÅé�ÁÅþÃ gunmen þÃ

�ÁÆ™Â ©ÁžÃ ÊªÂ™ÁÅ �ÁžÁ§Â

Mithra looks back and walks furiously toward Chinna.

CHINNA (cont'd)

©Á¦Á¬ÁÅ ¥ÁÅžÃ§Ã ¡ÁþÃ�Ã§ÂþÃÁ ¥ÁÅ¬Á Ã þÁ�ÁÑ¨ÏœÂ

retirement œÄ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ ‚ÏýÍì �ÁÆ³ÍÏ™ÃÃ!¥Á Â þÂþÁä

security ¬ÁÏ�ÁœÃ þÊþÊ úÁÆ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÂ

Mithra pulls Chinna away, slaps and pushes against the wall.

MITHRA

ˆÏýÂë þÁÅ©Áôí úÁÆ¬ÁÅÑþÊžÃ?

Mithra drags him closer to Bhasha and other followers.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA (cont'd)

¬Ä®Áò¨Íì ‡©Á™Âë þÄ�ÁÅ üÄœÂþÃ�Ã ¡ÁþÃúÊ¬Ê body guard Â

�ÁþÃ¡ÃÏúÃÏžÃÃ? �Á®ÁÅò žÉ§Ã¬Ã ¥ÉÅöÁ Å üÆ™Í³Â§Ã!

Close shots of Bhasha and others, Savithri is watching worried from the lounge.

MITHRA (cont'd)

³Â§Â £Å™ÁÆì £Ã§Ã¦Á ÂþÃ ±ÌýÂì �Í¬ÁÏ ¡Á§ÁÅ�ÉýÊÛ ��ÁÅ

§Î™Ä Âì �ÁþÃ¡Ã¬ÁÅàþÂä§Â? úÁÆ™Âë, ‡¡Áôå™Í ‡žÍ úÊ¬ÃþÁ

¥ÁþÃ«Ã�Í¬ÁÏ üÄ©ÃœÂþÊä €§Ãå¬ÁÅàþÁä �Ì§Éë ¥ÉÅöÁ Å üÆ™ÁÅ,

‚¨Æì ©Â�Ã Ã ©ÁžÁÅ¨Å�ÍþÃÃ ‚ÏýÃ �ÁÅ�ÁÑ Âì �Â¡Áô Å �Â¬ÁÅàþÁä

�Á³Â¦ �ÁÅÏ™É Å üÆ™ÁÅ!

Mithra takes an astounding pause at Chinna.

MITHRA (cont'd)

ˆ retirement program œÍ �ÌÏýÂ©Áô§Â ƒ „žÍê�Â Ãä?

�Á�÷?

Mithra drags Chinna to his friends.

MITHRA (cont'd)

‚žÃ�Í, þÁÅ©Éí�Ê¬ÁÅ�ÁÅ œÃ§Ã�Ê €ýÅÛ ¥ÉÅöÁ Å üÆ™Í³Â§Ã

Chinna retaliates.

CHINNA

ˆ¦÷ �¡Á§Â þÄ ³ÍžÃ! ³ÍžÁ§Â©ÊªÁÏœÍ ‡�ÃÑÏžÃ úÂ¨Å œÁ�ÁÅÓ

œÁ�ÁÅÓ! �¦Á£ç�Ã €¬Áð¨Å �Ì™Ã�ÃþÃ þÊþÁÅ, þÁÅ©ÊížÍ ¡ÉžÁâ

Š§ÃüÃþÁ ÷ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ Â …�Ã±ÍœÁÅþÂä©÷! §Âü�Ä¦Á¥ËþÂ

©Â§Á¬ÁœÁí¥ËþÂ þÂ œÁ§ÂíœÊ þÄžÃ!

Stunned by the comments Mithra stands still for a moment, slowly walks close, hold Chinna’s neck tight against the wall.

MITHRA

þÄ �ÁÆœÁ Í �©ÊªÁÏ œÁ¡Áå €§ÁãÏ ÊžÁþÃ œÉ Å¬ÁÅ�Í™ÂþÃ �Á§Áã

�ÁÏý ýË¥Ã¬ÁÅàþÂä, � ¥ÁýÃÛ £Å§Áë¨Í�É�ÃÑþÁ ¡Áô§ÁÅ�ÁÅ

žÌ Ã�ÃúÁÅÖ�Í, ÊžÍ...


(CONTINUED)

CHINNA

ÊžÁÏýÊ ˆÏ úÉ³Âà©÷ §Â? ˆÏ úÊ³Âà©÷ §Â?

Chinna pushes him away in a spurt, Mithra looks astounded.

MITHRA

‚þÃä§ÍüÅ¨Å þÄ�ÁÅ ¡Á§ÃúÁ¦ÁÏ ÊþÃ œÁ¥ÁÅé™Ãä ¥Á Âýì™ÁÅœÁÅþÂä

©ÃþÁÅ! � ¡Áô§ÁÅ�ÁÅ þÃþÂä ¥ÉÅþÂä ‡�ÃÑÏžÃ �ÂžÁÅ, …�Á

œÉ Ã¬ÃþÁ §ÍüÅþÁÅÏúÃ œÌ¨Å¬ÁÆàþÊ „ÏžÃ, ƒ§ÍüÅ £¦Áý

£™ÃÏžÁÏœÊ, face úÉ¦Áê™ÂþÃ�Ã §É™Ä €©Áôí, ÊžÁÏýÊ ¬Ë™Ë±Í!

Chinna stares eccentric at Mithra and walks out ferociously, Mithra stands in awe, Savithri is standing by, Valli walks out of the ER.

REVEAL: DOOR

INT. ER - NIGHT : SURVIVAL39c 39c

Reveal Loki coming out of anesthesia. Mithra and Savithri walk in from out-focus, Mithra gets close.

LOKI

¥ÁŸÁê �Ë Â¬ÁÏ žÂ�É®Ãò ¥Á®Äò œÃ§Ã�ÌúÃÖþÁýÅÛÏžÃ§Â

Mithra looks at him with a grin face, Loki smiles.

LOKI (cont'd)

‚¬Ã§ÁäÁ �ÁœÃà ¡Áõ¨žÁÏ™ËþÁýÅÛ ¬ÃÏ¡ÁœÄ ¥ÄžËþÂ ƒ ‡¨ Áþ÷

�É ÃÖ ±ÍœÂÏ ±Í

Loki takes a deep sigh.

LOKI (cont'd)

þÂžÍ �¨ÍúÁþÁ, ƒ³Â§Ã þÂ ³ÂáþÁÏ¨Í þÁÅ©Áôí ±ÍýÄ üÊ³Âà©Â?

Mithra nods no, still caught in Chinna’s hangover.

MITHRA

þÊþÁÅ §É™Ä�Â ÊþÁÅ þÂþÁä! þÁÅ©Áôí nomination paper ¥ÄžÁ

¬ÁÏœÁ�ÁÏ ¡ÉýÅÛ, ¥Ã�Ã ÃþÁ É�ÁÑ¨Å þÊþÁÅ œÊ ÅÖ�ÁÅÏýÂ


(CONTINUED)

Loki looks into Mithra’s concerning eyes and feels a bit guilty and sad.

CUT TO: SOMBABU DANCING

EXT. ROADS/OLD BUILDING - DAY : BANGARU’S NOMINATION40 40

TILT DOWN TO THE DANCING CROWD AS BANGARU WAVES FROM ATOP THE JEEP, CUTS OF WHISTLES, DANCES AND DRUM STROKES, PEOPLE SPILL COLOR ALL ALONG THE PROCESSION.

CUT TO: BANGARU

INT. GODOWN - DAY : TRAPPED 40a 40a

Entire crowd leads Bangaru into an abandoned building, stop the rituals all at once, spread towels, setup for card games and open beer bottles. Bangaru and CHEBROLU look at each other wondering.

BANGARU

(confused)

‚žÊýÂë? ¥ÁÏ™Á Â¢Ä¬ÁÅ�É ì¥ÁÏýÊ ‡žÍ £ÆœÂ¨

�ÌÏ¡Á�ÌúÂÖ§ÁÆ?

CHEBROLU

¥ÁÏžÁÅ žÃ�ÃþÁýÅÛÏžÃ, þÂ¥ÃþÊ¬ÁþÁ©Á�ÂþÊ ¥Á®Äò ±ÌœÂàÏ

�ÁžÁ Ï™Á�Ê

BANGARU

„Ï�Í §ÌÏ™ÁÅ �ÁÏý¨Íì þÂ¥ÃþÊ¬Áþ÷ close �Íìü÷ üÊœÂà§Âë

€�ÁÑ™Â

Building shutters are closed from behind, Mithra lights a cigarette in dark and walks close.

MITHRA

€§Éë§Êë „Ï�Í §ÍÏ™ÁÅ �ÁÏý ¥Ê§Á�ÁÅ §Â©Áô�Â¨¥ÁÅÏžÃ �ÁžÂ

£Ï�Â§Í! ªÁÅ¤Á �Â§ÂêþÃ�É Êì¡Áôå™Ã©ÁþÄä ¬ÁÆ³ÍÑþÃ �ÁžÁ¥Á Âé

£¦Á ÅžÊ§ÊžÃ? þÂ¥ÃþÊ«Áþ÷ ¬ÁÏ�ÁœÃ ©ÁúÊÖýÉ§÷é ¨Í

úÁÆ¬ÁÅÑÏžÂÏ �ÂþÄ ¬Á ì�Â ‹Á £Ä§÷ �ÌýÃÛ žÁ¥Êé³ÍÑ¥Á Âé

VRC Media & Ent Prod NO 1 - Screenplay by Deva Katta - Mar 17, 2009. 92.CONTINUED:39c 39c

(CONTINUED)

One of the follower hands in beer bottle and beedi to bangaru. Bangaru looks at Chebrolu for explanantion.

BANGARU

€¬Áð Ä™É Â ©ÁúÂÖ™Âë ¥ÁþÁ �ÁÅÏ¡Áô Í�Ä?

CHEBROLU

‚Ï�Â €§ÁâÏ �Â ÊžÂ ? €¬Áð Ä �ÁÅÏ¡Ê �™ÃžÃ £Â©Â? ‚ÏžÁÅ�Ê

±ÂœÃ�Ê®ÁÅò�Â ¦ÁÆœ÷ �Â ¥Ã�Ã Ã±Ì¦êÏžÃ

Bangaru looks at the crowd, who are busy playing cards.

CHEBROLU (cont'd)

€¬Áð ÷ þÂ�ÁÅ žÉ Ä�Á™ÁÅ�ÁÅœÂþÁÆ, ±ÍýÄ úÊ¬Ê ¡ÉœÃ

£ÌúÁÅÖ�Â™ÁÆ €ŽÃ§Ã �ÁÏý ©Á§Á�ÁÆ

þÂ¥ÃþÊ¬ÁþÂ¡ÁôœÂ§ÉÏžÁÅ�ÁÏ™Ê? ¬Ã©Á§Ã þÃ¥Ã«ÁÏ¨Í ‚ýÂÛ

œÁÅ¥ÁÅé¨Æ žÁ�ÁÅ Ó Æ ©ÁœÊà ˆÏýÃ ¡Á§Ã¬ÃàœÄ €þÃ? €�Á ˆÏýÄ

¡Á§Ã¬ÃàœÄ €þÃ?

Chebrolu gets off the jeep and runs toward ‘pekata’ batch.

CHEBROLU (cont'd)

þÂ�Í ¥ÁÅ�ÊÑ³ÍÑÏ™Íë

Bangaru jumps off the jeep and goes around the masses.

BANGARU

€§Ê¦÷, ˆÏýÂë ƒ ¥ÉÂ¬ÁÏ? ‚þÃä§ÍüÅ¨Å �Á©Áô™ÁÅ�ÊžÉ Âì ¥Ê¬Ã

¬Á¥Á¦Á ÂþÃ�Ã¬ÁœÃ�Ã £™ÂÝ§ÊÏýÂë? ‹ �ÁÏý Â�ÁÏ™Âë þÂ £Ï™Ã,

�ÁþÄ¬ÁÏ nomination ˆ¬ÃþÁÁ ¡Á§ÁÅ©ÁþÂä žÁ�ÁÅÑžÃâÃ, ƒ

¥ÉÅ¬Á Ã ¥ÉÅ¡ÁôåþÁ¦ÁÆœ÷ £œÁÅ�ÁÅ £œÁ�Á Ê�Á ¬ÁœÁàþÂäþÂë

Bangaru cries and begs like a baby.

BANGARU (cont'd)

�Â©Â¨ÏýÊ …§Ã�Í ‡ Ã�Â¡ÁÛ§÷ �ÌþÃ¡É™ÂàþÂë


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

¥Á Â ©Â®ÁÅò ¥Á§Ä €ÏœÁ �Á�ÁÅÑ§Ãà ¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ¨Å �ÂžÁÅ Ê

£Ï�Â§ÁÆ, þÄœÍ �Â¬Áà �Â¥É™Ä úÉ¦êžÂâ¥ÁþÃ �Á¥Ãý÷

€¦Á Âê§ÁÏœÊ, ¥ÉÅœÂàþÃ�Ã nomination žÂý�ÁÅÏ™ÂþÊ

�§ÁÅ�ÍýÅì Ž§ÁÅÖ£ÉýÃÛþÁ ©Ä©Ä¡Ä �Â úÁ§ÃœÁë�É�ÁÅÑœÁÅþÂä©÷, ƒ

‡¨ Áþ÷ �ÁžÊ ¡ÁžÃ©Ê þÁÅ�Í!

Mithra pats Bangaru and walks to the shutter. Bangaru tries to run behind him and finds his legs already being chained to a pillar, screams.

MITHRA (cont'd)

¬ÄýÅ�ÌþÃ žÁÏ™Ê¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ ˆ™ÂžÃ …§Ê�ÃþÂ

£¢ÁõþÁÅ £¢ÁõþÊ �ÂþÃÃ þÂ¦Á�ÁÅ™ÁÅ �Â™ÁÅ ¬ÁœÁê¥ÁÅ

¬ÁÅ¥ÁœÄ!

BANGARU

Š§Ê¦÷ ƒ ±Â¡ÁÏ þÃþÁÆä þÄ �ÁÅýÅÏ£ÂþÃä

„œÃàþÊ©ÁžÁ Åâ§Â

Mithra closes the shutters from outside, Bangaru looks at the busy masses, Chebrolu is immersed in cards, Bangaru look pissed.

CHEBROLU

þÁÅ©ÃíýÅ �ÁÆ³Í £Â©Â ! Š§Ê, ³ÂþÁÅ£ÆœÃ�ËþÂ �¦ÁþÁ�Í

¥ÁÅ�ÉÑ¦ÁêÏ™Âë

Sombabu looks up and throws an extra card, zoom onto the flying cards on floor.

CUT TO: NOMINATION

PAPERS

INT. MANDAL OFFICE - DAY : LOKI’S NOMINATION41 41

Loki is brought into the Mandal office physically supported by Mithra, officials rush in, set up a chair and spread the nomination papers as the clock ticks close to 6 o’clock.

CLOSE CUTS OF LOKI SIGNING PAPERS, ZOOM ONTO MITHRA’S EYES AS THE WALL CLOCK CLICKS TO 6 PM. LOKI IS SUPPORTED OUT BY MITHRA.

CUT TO: SHUTTERS


INT. OLD BUILDING - EVENING : BANGARU FINALE42 42

Shutters lifted, Bangaru, Chebrolu and few others look at the exit holding cards, a young boy screams from outside.

BOY

�Á™ÁÅ©Áô ¡Áõ§ËàÏžÃ €þÁä�Â§Ãä™Ãð¡ÉýÛÏ™Á�Í

Bangaru looks pitiable as the chains are untied.

SOMBABU

�ý ¡Áõ§Ãà üÊœÂà§Â ¥Ã™Ã ÷ ™Âë±Â?

Chebrolu hits the player spontaneously.

CHEBROLU

�¦ÁþÁ£œÁÅ�Ê ¥Ã™Ã ÷ ™Âë¡ËÏžÃ, � ¡ÁëªÊäÏýÂë? £¨Å±Â ©Â±Â?

Bangaru throws the cards and walk towards exit, surrounded by the masses once again at the door.

CHEBROLU (cont'd)

‚¡Áôå™ÊÏýÄ? £ýÛ Ã¡Ãå rape üÊ¬Ã ¥ÁþÃ«Ã�Í ‡¦Áê™ÁÅ�ÁÅœÂ§Â?

Sombabu enter the frame.

SOMBABU

�ÌÏ™ÁÏœÁ þÁ¥Áé�ÁÏœÍ �ÍýÅì �Á§ÁÅð£ÉýÃÛþÁ ¥ËžÂþÁÏ ÂÏýÃ

¥ÁþÃ«ÃþÃ £Í¬Ã�Â ‡ýÂÛ ¡ÁÏ¡ÃœÂà¥ÁÏ™Ê?‡¦êêêê§Â žÁ§ÁÅ©Áô!

Sudden drums, whistles and slogans as the mass dance around Bangaru.

CROWD

„œÁà§ÂÏŸÁë „úÁÖ¨ ¡Ã™ÁÅ�ÁÅ £Ï�Â§ÁÅ þÂ¦™ÁÅ�Ê üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷!

úÃúÁÖ§Á ¡Ã™ÁÅ�ÁÅ £Ï�Â§ÁÅ þÂ¦™ÁÅ�Ê üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷! „úÁÖ¨

¡Ã™ÁÅ�ÁÅ £Ï�Â§ÁÅ þÂ¦™ÁÅ�Ê üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷

Crowd leads Bangaru out of the building with signature dances and whistles.

CUT TO: HEAD AND CHAPPAL


INT/EXT. BASI REDDY HOME - DAY : ‘X’ MARK BASI REDDY43 43

Bangaru is bent over and beaten repeatedly with an old sandal by BASI Reddy.

BASI REDDY

�ÁÆ, þÄ¦Á£Âç, þÂ ¥ÁÅ�ÁÅÓ§Â®Áò ™Á£Åç¨ÏœÂ þÂ¥ÃþÊ«Áþ÷

�ÁÆ™Â ‡¦Áê�ÁÅÏ™Â ¡ÃÏ™ÃúÊ¬ÃþÂ©÷ �ÁžÁ§Â, ‹�Á ¡Á�ÁÑþÁ

‹™ÁÅ £œÃ�Ã±Í¦þÂ™ÁÅ, þÁÅ©Áôí ³Â©Áô�ÌúÃÖþÂ©÷!§Ê¦÷, ƒ™ÁÅ

™Á£Åç¨Å œÃ§Ã�ÃúÊÖžÂ�Â §Ë¬÷ ¥Ã Åì Å œÌ�ÃÑ¡ÁýÛÏ™Âë!

BANGARU

ˆÏýÏ™Ä ƒ €þÂê¦Á¥ÉÂ? �ÁÅ§Áë¡÷ ¡ÁÏžÊ �É Ãì, �Â¬ÃþÁ �ÁÅ§ÁëÏ

‹™Ã±Í¦êÏžÁþÃ, �ÁÅ§ÂëþÃä ¬É±Íà �Ì™Âà™Â ‡©Á™ÁþÂä?

BASI Reddy blinks, pulls him down again and sandal mars.

BASI REDDY

€¬Á Å þÊþÁÅ �Â¬ÃÏžÃ �ÁÅ§ÁëÏ ¥ÄžÁ �ÂžÁÅ§Â, �Â™ÃžÁ ¥ÄžÁ,

�Â™ÃžÁ ¥ÄžÁ, �Â™ÃžÁ ¥ÄžÁ! ¬Ê¬ÃÏžÃ úÂ¨�Á ¬Ã Ã¡Ã �ÁÆœÁ Å,

¬Ã Ã¡Ã �ÁÆœÁ Å, ¬Ã Ã¡Ã �ÁÆœÁ Å!

Bangaru silently takes the rhythmic beating, Bari Reddy looks at the door as Mithra walks in with his supporter.

BASI REDDY (cont'd)

�! §Â þÂ¦þÂ þÊþÊ ©ÁúÃÖ þÂ¦þÃä

¡Á§Â¥Á§ÃðžÂâ¥ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýþÂä,¥ÁžÉâ Í ƒ

œÁ ¥Á Â¬ÃþÍ™ÌúÃÖþÂ™Í, „œÁÅ�ÁÅ™ÁÅ ¥ÉÅžÁ Å ¡ÉýÃÛþÂ

Mithra holds BASI Reddy’s throat, pulls out a knife, makes a cross mark on his face, pours liquor and covers with a kircheif.

MITHA

±ÌžÁÅâþÊä €žÁâÏ ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ þÁÅÏúÁÅþÁä¡Áôå™Á Âì þÁÅ©Áôí

œÁ ¡ÉýÃÛþÁ úÂ©Áô þÄ ¡Ä�Á �ÉÏœÁ žÁ�ÁÓ§ËÏžÍ �ÁÅ§ÁÅà üÊ³ÍÑ!

‚žÃ�Í ¥ÁÏ�ÁÏ¡Êý ¥ÁÅ�ÁÅÓ§Â¦, �Á™Á¡Á þÂýÅ £ÂÏ£Å, Š�ÁýÃ

þÍýÍì�Ã, Š�ÁýÃ úÉ™ÄÝ Í�Ã


(CONTINUED)

JUMP CUT TO: ROPE ON PULLEY

EXT. BUSY ROAD - BASI REDDY IN BUSY LIFE44 44

Cut to a busy road as BASI Reddy is standing with shaved mush and head, muggurayi in mouth and a rope around neck.

Mithra walks out of BASI Reddy’s face as he gets pulled up onto the lamp post surrounded by public taking pictures as he rotates in mid air. (muggurayi naatu bambu).

MITHRA RISES TINTED GLASSES AND PULLS AWAY IN JEEP.

CUT TO: LOKI

INT. LOKI OFFICE - DAY : CONFLICT REDEFINED45 45

Loki is sitting in an easy chair sipping coffee, talking to GOWDA.

GOWDA

attack úÊ¬ÃþÍ®ÃòžÁâ§ÁÆ hit list ¨Í „þÁä þÁ�Áð ËýìÏ™Ã,

§Í™ÁÅÝ¥ÄžÁ ¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ Ê finish úÊ³Â§ÁþÃ ¥ÁÆ¬É¦ÉÅêúÁÅÖ

Party president walks into the office with a bunch of people, bouquets and garlands.

PARTY HEAD

€¦Á Âê §Âü�Ä¦Á ¤Ä Âé, üÉþÁ§Á ÷ ¬É�Áëý§Ä �Â™ÁÅ úÊ¬ÃþÁ ‡žÁ©Á

¡ÁþÃ�Ã ±Â§ÄÛ ¡Éë¬Ã™ÉÏý÷ �Â úÉÏ¡Á Ê¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂä, ‚žÃ�Í ‚©Ã

úÊœÁÅ¨Å �ÂžÁÅ �Â®ÁòþÁÅ�Í,¥Ä§ÁÅ ¥Á®Äò ¥ÁþÁ ±Â§ÄÛ Í úÊ§Â Ã!

²ÍýÍ ÷ œÃ¦ÁêÏ™Á¦Á Âê! ‚�ÁÑ™Ê ¡ÁœÃë�Â ¬Á¥Á ÁÏ¨Í ¡Áë¥Á Â›Ï

úÊ¬ÁÅàþÂä, ‡¨ Áþ÷ €©Á�ÂþÊ �É£ÃþÉý÷ ±Í¬ÁÅÛ, €ÏœÊ �ÂžÁÅ

ýÍ�Áþ÷ €™ÂíþÁÅäð�Â � £¢Áõþ÷ §ÂüÂ £Ï�Â§ÁÅ þÂ¦™ÁÅ

³ÂáþÁÏ¨Í ¥Ä €£Âç¦þÃ ¦ÁÆœ÷ ¡Éë¬Ã™ÉÏý÷ �Â þÃ¦Á¥Ã¬ÁÅàþÂä!

¥Ä�Ä ¬ÄþÁÅ¨Í ™Á¦ Â�ÁÅ ÊÏ Ê©Áô ¥Ä§ÁÅ ¥Á ÂýÂì™ÌžÁÅâ, §ÁÏ™Âë

�¦ÁþÁ ©ÃªÂëÏœÃ œÄ³ÍÑ©Â Ã ¡ÁëúÂ§ÁÏ úÉ¦Á Âê ÃðþÍ™ÁÅ!

President exits, crowd breaks in and carry Mithra with cheers and slogans as Chinna watches.


(CONTINUED)

CROWD

¥ÃœÂë! ¥ÃœÂë! ¥ÃœÂë!

Loki looks content, grabs the cigar and searches for lighter. Chinna lights his cigar and sits in front of Loki.

CHINNA

©Â™Ã �É§Ä§÷ ¬ÉýÃ ÷ úÊªÂ©÷, ¥Á§Ã þÂ ¬ÁÏ�ÁœÊÏýÃ ™Â™Ä

LOKI

þÃþÊä œÊ ÅÖ�Í¥ÁþÂäþÁÅ �ÁžÂ?

CHINNA

œÊ ÅÖ�ÁÅþÂäþÁÅ, þÂ�ÁÅ þÄ §Âü�Ä¦Á ©Â§Á¬ÁœÁíÏ �Â©Â Ã

Loki senses trouble and smiles off.

LOKI

�÷éé, þÂ¦Á�ÁœÁíÏ ©Â§Á¬ÁœÁíÏ �ÂžÁÅ§Â, ¡ÁôýÅÛ�ÁœÍ ©ÁúÊÖ

¨ Á›Ï, ÊþÃžÂþÃ �Í¬ÁÏ ±Â�ÁÅ Â™Ã „þÁä žÂþÃä ±Â™ÁÅ

úÊ¬ÁÅ�Í�ÁÅ, ©É®Ãò business úÁÆ¬ÁÅ�Í, ÊžÁÏýÊ ²Â§ÃþÉ®Ãò

úÁžÁÅ©Áô�Í! ±Â ÃýÃ�÷ð ¨Í þÄ�ÁþÂä �™ÁÅ ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅþÂä™ÁÅ

Mithra is having a charming chat with crowd outside.

CHINNA

þÂ�ÁÅ ±Â ÃýÃ�÷ð ¥ÄžÁ œÁ¡Áå žÊþÃ¥ÄžÂ interest ÊžÁÅ ™Â™Ä,

þÁÅ©ÌížÁâþÊ�ÌžÄâ ‚Ï�Â ¡É§ÁÅ�ÁÅœÍÏžÃ

LOKI

�¦œÊ try üÉ¦÷, �ÂþÄ þÂ support ‡žÁÅ§ÁÅ úÁÆ™Á�ÁÅ

Chinna gets up, shakes head and walks out determined.

LOKI (cont'd)

(commands)

§Ê¦÷, þÁÅ©Áôí §Âü�Ä¦Á ÂþÃ�Ã ¡ÁþÃ�Ã§Â©Áô þÂ ¥Á Âý ©ÃþÁÆ


(CONTINUED)

CHINNA

�ÁÅ, þÂ ©Á¦Á¬ÁÅ ±ÂœÃ�Ê®ÁÅò! €ÏýÊ ¥ÁþÃ«Ã active life ¨Í

¬Á�ÁÏ, žÊþÃ�Ã ¡ÁþÃ�Ì³ÂàþÍ ¡ÁþÃ�Ã§ÂþÍ þÊþÊ œÉ ÅÖ�ÁÅÏýÂ

LOKI

úÃþÂä...úÃþÂä,.. úÃþÂä,

Loki looks at Chinna from behind the window as he goes past Mithra amidst crowd.(Abstract design and composition).

CUT TO: VASAMTAM

EXT. VILLAGE TEMPLE - DAY : SONG4 (CAMPAIGN KICKOFF)46 46

(Horn sounds, cuts of jubillant vasamtam, kickoff with garlands. Rural crowd gathers on the street as Loki and Mithra get off from the jeep. Spilling energy and love of innocent, ignorant yet passionate folks. Bhasha drench Mithra with color water and carry him on the streets, Sombabu lifts Loki on shoulders and follow the crowd, Mithra looks at the childhood home through the campaign colors, People getting drunk etc. Mithra shed tears immense responsibility at their innocent love and exuberance by the end.)

CUT TO: CHINNA

INT/EXT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT : CHINNA BREWING47 47

CAM ZOOM OUT FROM INSIDE REVEALING THE TALL BUILDING AS CHINNA SIP BEET LOOKING INTO SKY.

CHINNA

³ÌÏœÁ �Í™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ ‡žÁ©ÁþÃ üÊ¬Ã ¬Á©ÃœÃ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ

þÉœÃàþÉýÅÛþÃ …§Ê�ÁÅþÂä©÷ §Â, ¨Í�Ä! þÄ¦Á£Âç ¥ÁþÃ«Ã

£œÁ�Á™ÂþÃ�Ã �¬Äá €ÏœÁ¬Êà �ÂžÁÅ§Â, �ÁÆ¬Áà €ýÉþÁäïþÁÆ

�Ï£Ã«ÁþÁÆ �Â©Â Ã, þÂ�ÁþÂä �™É Â ‡�ÁÅÑ©Á¦Á Âê™Âë þÄ�ÁÆ?


(CONTINUED)

FLASH CUT OF MITHRA IN CROWD, TIGHT OF CHINNA DRINKING, THROWS THE BEER BOTTLE ONTO THE ROAD.

CHINNA (cont'd)

þÂ þÁýÃÛÏýÍì ¥Á§Ãë úÉýÅÛ Â ‡žÃ�Ã þÁþÍä ¡ÁôýÛ�Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ Â

œÌ�ÃÑ ±Â§ÊªÂ™Âë

CAM FOLLOW AS LOKI BREAK COCONUT AND NOTICE IT BEING ROTTEN.

Mithra lights a cigarette sitting in front of campfire, thinking - three way split with Chinna-Loki-Mithra.

INTERMISSION


INT/EXT. RESTAURANT/HOTEL - NIGHT : CHINNA BREWING47a 47a

Pan down from the moon onto Chinna who is inhaling dope through nostril, inhaler rolls over on to the floor, Chinna looks drony, sweaty with thumping heart. Prakash snatches the ingaler as Jitu goes for another round, smacks on head.

DINESH

‚¡ÁåýÃ�Ê over dose ¨Í „þÂä©÷, ˆ�ÁÏ�Â ¡Ë�Ã ±ÍœÂ©÷

þÂ�Ì™Á�Â!

JITU

€ÏýÊ ‹.™Ä�Ã¥ÁÏžÁÅ ÊžÂ þÄ žÁ�ÃÓ§Á, �ÁÆ þÄ¦ÁÏ�Á¥Á Âé ¥Ä

¥É™Ã�Á ÷ ¬ÁÅÛ™ÉÏýìþÃ þÁ¥ÃéœÊÃ þÁ¥ÃéœÊ ‚ÏœÊ§Â £œÁÅ�ÁÅ, one

way traffic, �™ÁýÂÛ ªÁ©ÁÏ Â £™ÁÅÏýÊ ™Ã¡Éåë«Áþ÷ �Â

„ÏžÃ ¥Á Â¥Á Â

Prakash smacks Jitu again to calm him down, Chinna gets up sipping beer bottle, stand by the window looking at the half moon, sits atop facing the breeze, swaying outside.

CAM ZOOM OUT FROM OUTSIDE REVEALING THE TALL BUILDING AS CHINNA LIGHTS A CIGARETTE, CUT BACK TO ROOM, CAM BEHIND CHINNA, ZOOM IN.

CHINNA

³ÌÏœÁ �Í™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ ‡žÁ©ÁþÃ üÊ¬Ã ¬Á©ÃœÃ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ

þÉœÃàþÉýÅÛþÃ …§Ê�ÁÅþÂä©÷ §Â, ¨Í�Ä! þÄ¦Á£Âç ¥ÁþÃ«Ã

£œÁ�Á™ÂþÃ�Ã �¬Äá €ÏœÁ¬Êà �ÂžÁÅ§Â, �ÁÆ¬Áà €ýÉþÁäïþÁÆ

�Ï£Ã«ÁþÁÆ �Â©Â Ã, þÂ�ÁþÂä �™É�ÉÑ©Á¦Á Âê™Âë þÄ�ÁÆ?

FLASH CUT OF MITHRA IN CROWD, TIGHT OF CHINNA DRINKING.

CHINNA (cont'd)

þÂ þÁýÃÛÏýÍì ¥Á§Ãë úÉýÅÛ Â ‡žÃ�Ã þÁþÍä ¡ÁôýÛ�Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ Â

œÌ�ÃÑ ±Â§ÊªÂ™Âë

Cinna grinds teeth, shivering with anger, sipping beer.


(CONTINUED)

DINESH

�Ã¬ÁÛ§Ä Í €¥Á Âé £Â£Å Ãä úÁÏ¡ÃþÍ®ÁÅò �ÁÆ™Â

�ÃÏ�ÁÅ¨¦Á Âê§ÁÅ £Â©Â! üþÂ É¡Áôå™ÁÆ œÁ ±ÍœÊ œÍ�Á,

œÍ�Á±ÍœÊ �Â®ÁÆò ¡ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅþÊ Â™ÁœÂ§ÁÅ

JITU

žÄþÃ œÁ Äì þÁÅ©Ìí�ÁÑ™ÁÅ�É¦÷ ¥Á Â¥Á Â, ¥ÊÏ ©ÁÏžÁ™ÁÅ�ÁÅ ÊœÂàÏ,

we are not your friends, we are your soldiers,

bloody!

Chinna turns around looking at Jitu.

CHINNA

€©ÁôþÂ? ‚ Â §Â

Jitu walks crooked towards Chinna, Chinna puts his arm around Jitu’s neck as Dinesh and Prakash stand up feeling nervous.

CHINNA (cont'd)

þÊþÃýÊ¡Áô Š�ÁÑ™ÁÅ�ÊžÂâ¥ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂä, ˆ³Âà©Â? …, ˆ³Âà©Â?

Jitu hesitates as Chinna squeezes him tight.

CHINNA (cont'd)

©ÁÏžÁ�ÁÑ§ÊìžÁÅ§Â, Š�ÁÑ™ÁÅ�É¦÷ §Â úÂ¨Å

Jitu fiercely resists as Chinna pulls him into the window, Prakash and Dinesh walk close. Nadiya looks up from the parking lot, notice Chinna, drops the scooter and runs inside.

NADIYA

þÂ§Â¦Á›Â ‹³Â§Ã ¡Ë�Ã §Â

CHINNA

freindship ¥ÄžÁ €þÃä promise ¨Å üÊªÁ©÷ �ÁžÁ§Â, ƒ

Š�ÁÑýÃ prove úÉ¦÷ €þÄä þÁ¥ÁÅéœÂÂ, �, §Â! €™ÁÅ�ÊžÂâÏ,

‚ÏžÂ�ÊÏ �ÁÆªÂ©Í �ÁÅ§ÁÅàÏžÂ €¬Á Æ

Dinesh and try to Prakash help Jitu, huddle intensifies.


(CONTINUED)

DINESH & PRAKESH

þÄ�ÁÅ ¥ÉÏý É�ÃÑÏžÃ§Â, ©ÁžÁÅ Â™Ää

They pull Jitu away, Chinna swings the bottle at them.

CHINNA

�ÁÆ þÄ¦ÁÏ�Á¥Á Âé,§ÍüÆ œÂ�Á™ÁÏ, ©Â�Á™ÁÏ, œÌÏ�Í™ÁÏ ‚žÊ

£œÁÅ�Ë±Ì¦êÏžÃ ¥ÄœÍ, žÌ£Éç¦ÁêÏ™Âë ‚�ÁÑ™ÁÅäÏúÃ

Chinna continue smoking, Nadiya and Narayana open the door, Chinna looks back and notice Nadiya staring at the the room. Chinna hangs upside down from the window like a kid (pov).

CHINNA (cont'd)

þÂ§Â¦Á Â›Â, ƒ ¡ÃúÃÖ þÂ�Ì™Á�Á Ãä £ËýÃ�Ã �ÉÏýÉ¦÷...

DINESH

�Ë¡Áô žÃ�ÂÓþÊ ¥Á®Äò �Â ÷ üÊœÂà™Êì ¡ÁžÁ§Â

Friends leave the room. Chinna picks up another bottle of rum and sits back up on the window, drinking, Nadiya approaches.

ZOOM ONTO CHINNA’S PROFILE, SUGGESTION, INTERCUT WITH TIHTS.

CHINNA

(sad)

�Á™ÁÅ¡Áô ÍþÊ €§ÁãÏ ÊþÃ ¡ÃÏ™ÁÏ €þÁÅ�ÁÅþÁä €¥Áé, �ÁÏúÁÏ

¨Í §Â ÃþÁ ƒ�Á Â œÍ¬Ã ±Â§Ê¬ÃþÁ €�ÁÑ, ¥ÉÅ�Á¥Á ÂýÏ

Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â ¡ÁþÃ�Ã §ÂþÃ ‡žÁ©ÁþÁþÃ �ÌýÃÛ±Â§Ê¬ÃþÁ €£ç, ‚þÃä

¬ÃþÃ¥Á Â �ÂýìœÍ ¡É§Ã�ÃþÁ ¥ÁþÃ«Ã�Ã ¥ÁÏžÁÆ úÂ©Áõ œÁ¡Áå ©Ê§Ê

žÂ§Ê¥ÁÅÏžÁ¥Á Âé¦÷Ã?

Chinna drinks with gushing tears, Nadiya puts a hand on shoulder, Chinna breaks down and start crying like a baby. Nadiya hugs, pulls him down, holds him on her lap and caress.

NADIYA

it’s okay.... relax...relax


(CONTINUED)

Nadiya unbuttons his shirt for air and nibble on chest and fore head,hickups stop, Chinna gradually becomes intimate with her, she resists as the intentions become loud and clear, Chinna forcefully kisses her, she pushes him away, gets up and stands in fear and shock, Chinna walks close, grabs her by the neck, shuts the door, forces her to inhale the drug, and throw her on the bed, breaks the lights off.

CAMERA PAN AWAY FROM WINDOW ONTO THE FOGGY MOON THROUGH A PALM TREE.

BGM PAN TO FIRE FROM MOON, BHASHA PLAYING MOUTH ORGAN.

PAN TO: OPEN FIRE

EXT. VILLAGE HOME - NIGHT : FIRE, LIFE AND LIGHT 48 48

Crane down from full moon, pan through the bullocks, scintillating fire, Bhasha, oldman and Mithra lying back.

MITHRA (O.S.)

úÄ�ÁýÍì ��ÂªÂþÃä úÁÆ¬Êà ¤Á¦Á¥Ê³ÌàÏžÃ œÂœÁ¦Á Âê, €þÃä�Íýì

þÁ ÁœÂë¨ÅþÂä úÄ�ÁýÊ �É ÃÖ±ÍœÍÏžÃ,

OLDMAN

¬Ä�ÁýÃ �§Ã±Í¦þÁ þÃ¡Êå ³Â¥Ä!

Cut to Bhasha who is lying in trans by the woodfire, playing mouth organ looking into the sky.

OLDMAN (cont'd)

¥ÁþÃ«Ã�ÁÆ™Â þÊ ¥ÄžÁ §Â ÃþÁ žÁ�ÁÓ§ÁÅäÏúÃ ¬ÁúÊÖžÂ�Â

þÃ¡Áôå Â ¥ÁÏ™ÁÅœÂþÊ „ÏýÂ™ÁÅ, ��Á ÃœÍ ¥ÁÏ™ÁÅœÂ™ÁÅÃ,

�Í¡ÁÏœÍ ¥ÁÏ™ÁÅœÂ™ÁÅ, �Í§Ã�ÁœÍ, ƒ§ÁïêœÍ ¥ÁÏ™ÁÅœÁÅþÊ

¡É§ÁÅ�ÁÅœÂ™ÁÅ

INTERCUT: CHINNA’S FRIENDS LOOK UP FROM THE PARKING LOT AS A FLOWER POT BREAKS THROUGH THE WINDOW CHINNA’S ROOM, RUN BACK INTO THE HOTEL.


(CONTINUED)

OLDMAN (O.S/live.) (cont'd)

� ¥ÁÏýœÍ �ÌÏžÁ§ÁÅ ¥ÁÅýÅÛ�ÁÅþÁä ©Á¬ÁÅà©ÁôþÁ Âì

œÁ�Á É™ÁÅœÁÆ ¥ÁÏ™Ê ¬ÁÅ™Ã�ÁÅÏ™Â Âì ‡žÁÅ�ÁÅœÂ§ÁÅ,

‚Ï�ÌÏžÁ§ÁžÊ ¥ÁÏýœÍ üÂäþÂþÉäœÁÅ�ÁÅÑÏýÆ ¨Í�ÂþÃ�Ã

žÂ§ÃüÆ¡Ê žÄ±Â Âì ‡¨Å�ÁÅœÂ§ÁÅ,

CUT BACK TO: OLDMAN

OLDMAN (cont'd)

�Ã žÄ¡ÁÏ Š�ÁýÃ ƒ ‚ÏýÍì ‡ Ã�Â§Ã±Í¦ÏžÃ £Â£¦Á Âê! �

‡¨Å�ÁÅ ¥Á®Äò þÄ Í �ÁþÃ¡Ã³ÍàÏžÁþÊ …§Ã üþÁÏ �ÁÅ�ÁÑ Âì

‡Ïý £™ÁÅœÁÅþÂä§ÁÅ, € ì €£Ã¥Á ÂþÁÏ¨Í €öÁþÃä

üÆ¬ÁÅÑÏý©Í, £ÂžÉâœÁþÉœÁÅ�ÁÅÑþÃ žÄ¡ÁÏ Â ‡¨Å�ÁÅœÂ©Í þÄ

¬ÊœÁ Íì „ÏžÃ

ZOOM ONTO MITHRA’S EYES FILLED WITH RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY AND RETROSPECT.

CUT TO: HOTEL ROOM

INT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT : THE WILDFIRE48a 48a

FRIENDS BREAK IN THE DOORS, NOTICE NADIYA STRUGGLING TO BREATHE, CHINNA IS IN PANIC.

Chinna and his friends carry Nadiya out of the room, superposed and shady.

CUT TO: JEEP ON ROAD

EXT. CITY OUTSKIRTS - NIGHT : THE FRENZY49 49

INTERCUTS OF A FAST PACED INNOVA, NADIYA IS LYING UNCONSCIOUS IN THE BACK, HICKUPS, CHINNA AND FRIENDS PANIC AND FRENZY.

CHINNA (O.S.)

§Ê¦÷ þÄ®ÁÅò, þÄ®ÁÅò œÂ¡Á§Â, ‡ Â�ËþÂ �Â±Â™Âë, please

Dinesh fills an anti dote injection.


(CONTINUED)

DINESH

œÂ¡ÃœÊ �ÁÅý�Á Í úÁ¬ÁÅàÏžÃ,¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ‚ÏüÉ Áþ÷ ¡Á™Â Ã, ‚žÃ�Í

direct �Â heart �Ã©Áôí

CHINNA

€§Ê þÂ�ÁÅ úÊœÁÅ Â™ÁÁýÊìžÁÅ, þÁÅ©Êí ‚©Áí§Â

DINESH

þÂ ©Á ì �ÂžÁÅ öÁ¬Ãåý ÷ �É®ÂâÏ ¡ÁžÁ

PRAKASH

þÄ¦Á£Âç, öÁ¬Ãåý ÷ �É Êà next stop üË Ê ˆÏ �ÁÆ¬ÁàþÂä©÷?

Nadiya stop hickups, Chinna shakes her up worried.

CHINNA

Š§Ê¦÷, ±Ì¦êþÁýÅÛÏžÃ§Â! £œÃ�ÃœÊ �ÁÅÏüÃ®ÁÅò £ÉýÃÛ ¡É®Ãò

úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÂþÊ œÁ Äì, £œÁ�Á©Ê please

Chinna cries, Dinesh looks for an angle to inject, smacks on Jitu as the ride is bumpy.

DINESH

©ÁžÃ Êà Š§Ã³Âð ‡ ÊìýÅÛþÂä©÷, £Ï™Â¡Á§Â

Jitu loses control, Van climbs onto a check dam and rolls over into the fields. Chinna, Jitu, Prakash and Dinesh slowly crawl out of the jeep, Prakash kicks Jitu in anger.

PRAKASH

�ÁÅ™ÃÝ þÂ�Ì™Á�Â,�Á®ÁÅò žÌ£ÃçþÂ¦Á Â?

Chinna curiously looks at Dinesh.

CHINNA

‚ÏüÉ Áþ÷ ‚úÂÖ©Â?

Dinesh nods no, Chinna rushes towards the rubble, Dinesh pulls him away.


(CONTINUED)

DINESH

þÁÅ©ÃíúÃÖþÁ dose œÍ first timers ‡©Á§ÁÆ £œÁ�Á§Âë,

‚Ï�Í žÂ§Â¨ÍúÃÏúÁÅ

Jitu is stirred up.

JITU

€ÏýÊ?

PRAKASH

�™ÁÝ¥ËþÁ ¥ÁÏžÁÅ¨Å �Á Ã¡Ã ™Í¡÷ Â ©Â™ÃœÊ ‚ýÂÛ�Ê €¦êžÃâ

Dinesh picks up a dry paper and lights it up, Jitu is scared.

JITU

§Ê¦÷, ©ÁžÁÅâ§Â, ¥Á§ÁÝ§÷ �Ê¬Á¦žÃâ§Â!

DINESH

‚¡Áôå™ÁÅ üÊ¬ÃÏžÃ¥Á§ÁÝ§÷ �ÁþÂä œÁ�ÁÅÑ©Â

ˆÏýÃ?

Chinna thinks hesitantly.

DINESH (cont'd)

€žÉýÂÛ�ÁÆ £œÁ�ÁžÁÅ, �ÂþÄ ‚ýÊÛÁ £Â™Ä žÌ§Ã�ÃÏžÁþÁÅ�Í ™Áë�÷

�Ê¬ÁÆ, §Ê¡÷ �Ê¬ÁÅ €þÃ €ÏžÁ§ÁÏ £Ì�ÁÑ¨Í�É ÂàÏ, ¡ÁëœÁÆê«Á

�Ê¬ËþÁýÅÛ

JITU

(question mark)

¡ÁëœÁÆê«Á �Ê¬ÁÅ¨Í £Ì�ÁÑ¨Í�É®ÃòÏžÉ©Á§Âë?

Dinesh draws blank.

JITU (cont'd)

�ÍœÃ Í £™ÂÝ¥ÁþÊ™ÁÅœÁÅàÏýÊ ‚Ï�Â œÁ©Áí¥ÁÏýÂ©ÊÏžÃ§Â

þÄ¦Á£Âç !(looks at Chinna) €§Ê ƒ þÂ�Ì™Ã�Ã

¥Á ÂýÃþÁ�ÁÅ§Â, žÄþÃä ¡ÉÏúÁ�ÁÅ§Â


(CONTINUED)

DINESH

€žÃ £Æ™ÃžËœÊ ¥ÁþÁÏ £¦Áý £™ÂÝþÃ�Ã �ÁþÄ¬ÁÏ ¢Ã¢ÄÛ ¢Ã¢ÄÛ

úÂþÁÅäðÏžÃ, ÊžÁÏýÊ hundred percent guarantee �Â,

žÌ£Ãç ±ÍœÂÏ§Â, þÄ ‚«ÁÛÏ!

Chinna determines as Jitu and Dinesh argue, picks up fire, walk towards the van, Dinesh forces down Jitu who remains terrified and screaming.

CHINNA INSERTS THE BURNING PAPER INTO THE FUEL TANK AND WALKS BACK AS VAN CATCHES FIRE. LONG SHOT WITH FLAMES IN THE FOREGROUND AS THEY WALK AWAY INTO THE DARKS.

DINESH (cont'd)

þÁÅ©Éí®Ãò van ¥Ã¬Áð¦ÏžÁþÃ complaint üÊ¬Ã§Â, ¥Ê¥Á Â

þÂ¦Á Â¦Á› �Â™Ã þÌ§ÁÅ ¥ÁÆ³ÂàÏ

CAM SLOW PAN AWAY FROM FLAMES ONTO NADIYA’S BODY LYING IN THE FIELDS AWAY FROM FIRE. ZOOM IN TIGHT AS SHE BREATHES HER LAST.

CUT TO: NADIYA

EXT. CITY OUTSKIRTS - DAY : CRIME ON CAM50 50

Paramedics pull Nadiya away and take her on a stretcher. GOWDA adjusts his hair in front of the TV cameras.

GOWDA

þÂ right face �Â¬Áà žÌ£Åç�Â �ÁþÃ¡Ã¬ÁÅàÏžÃ �Ê¥É§Â left

¨Í ¡ÉýÅÛ�ÍÏ™Á¥Á Âé, (clears throat) ƒ €¥Á Â¦Á�ÁÅ§Â Ã

üÄ©ÃœÂþÃä þÂªÁþÁÏ úÊ¬ÃþÁ žÁÅ§Âé§ÁÅÓ É©Á§ËþÂ ¬Á§Ê, �Á ÃþÁ¥ËþÁ

úÁ§Áê¨Å œÄ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÂÏ

PAN AWAY AS POLICE ARE FISHING FOR EVIDENCES INSIDE THE MARKED TERRITORY, PEOPLE WORKING AROUND THE BODY, TAKING PICTURES, ARRANGING THE STRETCHES ETC. (RUSTIC AND GRAINY).

CUT TO: CRIME SCENE ON TV

INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY : BAD MORNING51 51


(CONTINUED)

CAM ZOOM OUT FROM TV AS JITU IS SITTING STIFF, SHIVERING, SQUEEZING A WATER BOTTLE WITH BOTH HANDS.

Jitu shakes up Chinna, points to the TV screen bursting with high pitch cry.

JITU

žÂþÃ ªÁ©ÁÏ �Â Ã ±Í ÊžÁÅ§Â, žÌ§Ã�Ã±Ì¦êÏžÃ§Â! ±Í Ä¬ÁÅ ÷

œÄ¬ÁÅ�É àþÂä§Âë!

Chinna sits up with a blank face, looking at TV, Nadiya’s body is carried away on a stretcher with news commentary, TV voice becomes increasingly clear and disturbing to Chinna, Dinesh and Prakash wake up one by one. Chinna shakes head imagining image streams of the incident.

Jitu looks at Chinna’s face and continues a frantic moan. Dinesh smacks on his head.

DINESH

þÁÅ©ÉíÏžÁÅ�Ê™ÁÅ¬ÁÅàþÂä©÷? murder úÊ¬ÃÏžÃ þÁÅ©Âí?

(slaps) rape úÊ¬ÃÏžÃ þÁÅ©Âí? (slaps) þÍ§ÁÅé¦÷!

Jitu tries hard to control himself, Dinesh gets holding a cigarette.

DINESH (cont'd)

�™Ã £Â£Å quarter century �Â ‡¥Éé Êì�ÁÅþÂä™ÁÅ, ƒ œÌýÃÛ

�Ê¬ÁÅþÁÅ�ÁÆ™Â handle úÉ¦Áê�ÁÅÏýÊ ‡ÏžÁÅ�ÁÅ§Â �™Ã

£œÁÅ�ÁÅ? É�ÁÏ™Ê

Dinesh, Prakash and Jitu leave the room one by one leaving Chinna alone.

TRAVEL ZOOM FROM BEHIND TV AS CHINNA LOOK INCREASING NUMB AND BLANK.

CUT TO: CRIME SCENE

EXT. CITY OUTSKIRTS - DAY : CRIME ON CAM52 52


(CONTINUED)

A PLUMPY CONSTABLE APPROACHES SP.

GOWDA

�ÁÏœÁ�ÁÅ™Ãä �ÁþÃ¡ÉýÃÛ ªÃ ÃÏúÊ ©Á§Á�ÁÅ ¥Á Â ™Ã±Â§ÉÛéÏý÷

þÃžÍëžÁÏ™Ê

Constable interrupts and whispers in GOWDA’s ear.

CONSTABLE

van registration ‡¥Éé Êì �Í™ÁÅ�ÁÅ ¥ÄžÁÅÏžÃ ³Â§÷

GOWDA look surprised for a moment.

GOWDA

One minute please

GOWDA walks away with Constable, lights a cigarette.

GOWDA (cont'd)

¥ÁþÉ¥Éé ÊìþÂ?

GOWDA picks up the phone and walks aside, Constable grabs his collar.

CONSTABLE

�Ë É©Ã ÷ �Ê¬ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÂÃ, Ä™÷ ‚úÃÖþÍ™Ãä þÁþÁÅä

�ÁÅ§ÁÅà¡ÉýÅÛ�ÍÏ™Ã ³Â§÷

Constable looks with a sense of insult, constable losens the shirt, GOWDA squeezes his ear angry looking at a curious reporter.

GOWDA

úÁÅýÆÛ �É¥É§Âë¨ÅþÁä¡Áôå™ÁÅ volume œÁ�ÃÓÏúÃ

�ÁÅ¦Áê¥ÁþÂäþÂ, ±Â©Á Â ¡ÁþÃúÉ¦Áê�ÂþÊ ¡ÁžÁé¤ÁÅ«Á›÷ ¨Å ¡Á§ÁÏ

©Ä§÷ úÁ�Âë¨Å �Â©Â Âë ¥Ä�ÁÅ, ‡¨Íì!

GOWDA gets back with phone, a reporter interrupts.


(CONTINUED)

REPORTER

³Â§÷ ‚žÃ plain murder €þÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂä§Â, rape &

murder €þÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÅþÂä§Â?

GOWDA walks aside with the cell phone.

GOWDA

ˆ¥Á¦Á Âê, Š�Á¥Á Âé¦ úÃÏ¡Ã§Ã üÅýÅÛœÍ §Í™ÁÅÝ¡Á�ÁÑþÁ úÁúÃÖ

¡Á™ÁÅÏýÊ ©ÉÏýþÊ §Ê¡Áô Æ ¥Á§ÁÝ§÷ ¨Æ œÁ¡Áå ©Ê§Ê

�¨ÍúÁþÁ Ê §Â©Â ¥Ä�ÁÆ? ©Â ÷ ±Í¬ÁÛ§÷ úÁÆ¬Ã ¬ÃþÃ¥Á Â

review §Â¬ÃþÁýÅÛÏžÃ, ‡®ÁòÏ™Á¦ÁÂê ‡®ÁìÏ™Ã! ¥Á¥Áé Ãä

„žÍê�Â¨Å úÉ¦ÁêþÄÏ™Ã

GOWDA (cont'd)

(on phone)

³Â§÷, �ÌÏ¡÷ �Ì Êì§÷!

CUT TO: VEHICLES ON ROAD

INT. LOKI HOME - DAY : DAMAGE CONTROL53 53

PASSING JEEPS ON ROAD, TOP VIEW.

Loki and Mithra get off from the jeep and notice a bunch of police waiting at home, Savithri looks worried.

SAVITHRI

úÃþÂä ‡�ÁÑ™Á? ˆ¥ËÏžÃ £Â£Æ?

LOKI

©Â™Ã�ÊÏ �Â ÊžÁÅ, �ÁþÁäÏžÁÅ�ÁÅ¥ÁþÁ¥Ê ‡¥ÁþÂä üÊ¬ÁÅ�Í©Â Ã,

¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ Ãä ¡ÁÏ¡ÃÃ €¦Áê�Â§É�ÁÑ™ÁÅþÂä§Í ©ÉœÁ�ÁÏ™Ã,

(murmur)¥Ä³Â¨Å §ÁÅ©Ãí £¦Á ÅžÊ§ÃþÁ¡Áôå™Ê €þÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä

¥ÉÅþÁ�Â™ÊžÍ Š�ÁýÃ ¥ÁÅÏúÁÅ�ÁÅ œÉ³Âà™ÁþÃ

Savithri is confused and worried, Mithra leads her inside. Loki walks into office, lights the cigar, looks out the window, tensed.


(CONTINUED)

GOWDA

¥Á Â�ÁÅ Ä™ÌúÊÖ¨Í¡Áô body post mortem �É®Ãò±Í¦ÏžÃ

³Â§÷, ÊžÁÏýÊ ƒ±ÂýÃ�Ã ¥Êý§÷ �ÁÏýÍë ÷ ¨Í „Ï™ÊžÃ

Mithra, Bhasha and Dharmam are standing by seriously, Loki walks to his chair.

LOKI

€¥Á Âé¦É©Á§ÁÅ?

SP remains silent, hesitant to reveal. Every look increasingly curious, GOWDA gradually turns to Bhasha.

Zoom onto Bhasha as he stands in disbelief, looks around confused, can’t feel the truth. Mithra and Dharmam wonder in disbelief, Loki drops onto the chair, moaning.

GOWDA

Body GH ¨Í „ÏžÃ ³Â§÷

BHASHA SHAKES HIS HEAD REALIZING THE TRUTH, SLOWLY RECEDES OUT OF THE ROOM WITH A STONED FACE, SUPPORTERS STAND BY SURPRISED OF THE IRONY, MITHRA FOLLOWS BHASHA ACROSS THE STREET INTO THE DENSE TRAFFIC, MITHRA STRUGGLES TO KEEP UP.

CUT TO: BASI REDDY

INT. LOKI OFFICE - DAY : X MARK BASI REDDY53a 53a

BASI Reddy (with scar, gundu and clean mush) shuts the office door and sits in front of Loki caressing the X mark.

BASI REDDY

þÁ¥Á³ÂÑ§ÁÏ! ‘X’ ¥Á Â§÷Ñ £Â¬Ã §É™ÃÝþÃ, second innings

entry

BASI Reddy inhales ‘nasim’ and looks at Loki who is looking up at the cieling, cigar smoke streaking straight up.


(CONTINUED)

BASI REDDY (cont'd)

�Î™Â þÄ�ÁÅ details úÉ¡ÃåþÂ™Í ÊžÍ, þÄ�Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ §Ê¡÷

¥Á ÂœÁëÏ œÂþÌ�ÁÑ™ÁÅ üÊ¬ÁÅÑþÃÃ, ¥Á§ÁÝ§÷¨Í ¥Á Â ©Í™Ãä �ÁÆ™Â

�Á Å¡Áô�ÁÅþÂä™ÁÅ

Loki closes eyes.

BASI REDDY (cont'd)

¥Ä©Í™ÃÏ�Â ²Íþ÷ �ÁÆ™Â üÊ¬ÃþÁýÅÛ Ê™ÁÅ, ¥Á Â ¥Á Â©Í™ÁÅ

±ÌžÁÅâ ¥ÉÅ¨©Á�ÁþÊ ¡Áô�ÁÅÑ®ÁÆ¬ÃþÁýÅÛ ¥ÉÅœÁàÏ �Á�ÊÑ¬ÃþÂ™ÁÅ,

€£Âç�Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ¨ ¥ÁžÁê connection Ê�ÁÅÏýÊ ¦Á Â±Â§Â ÷

žÉ£çœÃþÃ±ÍœÂ¦÷ þÂ¦ÁÅ™Í! „™ÁÅ�ÁÅ¥ÄžÁ �ÁÅÏ™ÁÏ

žÌ�ÃÑþÂ§ÁÅ, Êý÷ üÉ¦Áê�ÁÅÏ™Â £§Âä ÷ §Â¬Ê ¡ÁþÃ üÆ™ÁÅ!

BASI Reddy looks at GOWDA, GOWDA leans to whisper.

GOWDA

¥Ä €£Âç¦þÃ �Â±Â™Á™ÁþÃ�Ã ‹�Á idea „ÏžÃ ³Â§÷! �ÁÅ™ÃÝ�ÁþÂä

¥É Êì þÁ¦Á¥ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÊ confusion Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â ‚¡Áôå™Ê case

divert úÉ¦ÉÅêúÁÅÖ! van registration ¥ÃœÂë ¡Ê§ÁÅ

¥ÄžÁÅÏžÃ

Loki opens his eyes intrigued, zoom in.

LOKI

�Î™Â, þÊþÁÅ ÊúÃ þÁÅÏúÁÅþÊ Í¡Áô þÂ úÊœÃ�Ä úÉ¡Áôå�Ä

€ÏžÁþÁÏœÁ žÁÆ§ÁÏ�Â ‡ ìÏ™ÃžÁâ§ÁÆ

BASI Reddy and GOWDA get up looking down on Loki.

BASI REDDY

(scratching the scar)

¥Ë�ÁÅ¨Å ¥ÁÅ¬Ã§Ê ¨Í¡Áô þÃüÏ ¥ÁÅŽê¥ÉÂ ¥ÉÅžÁÅ¨Å ¥ÁÅŽê¥ÉÂ

žÊ ÅÖ�Í þÂ¦ÁÅ™Í, ¥ÉÅžÁÅ¨ÅœÍ±ÂýÅ ¡Á§ÁÅ©Áô,

¡Á§ÁÅ©ÁôœÍ±ÂýÅ ¡Á©Á§ÁÆ ¡ÃÏ™Á¦Êê ¨Í¡Áô œÊ§ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ,

þÂ ÂÛ�Ã§Â! þÊþÁÆ þÂ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÆ ¢Áô ÷ support üÊ³ÂàÏ,

žÂþÊäÃ ‡¨�Áðþ÷ ¨Í�Ã, ©Âê±Â§Â¨Íì�Ä ‡�ÁðÛþÁäðþ÷

úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏžÂÏ!


(CONTINUED)

ON THE WAY OUT, BASI REDDY STOPS AT THE OPPOSING MIRRORS, ZOOM ONTO BASI REDDY’S SKEWED FACE.

BASI REDDY (cont'd)

‚ÏýÅ ¥Á Â§ÁÅÑ üÆ¬ÁÅÑþÁ¡Áôå™Á Âì ¥ÁþÁ¬ÁÏœÂ þÄ ¡ÉžÍâ™Ã

¥ÄžÁ�Ê ±ÍœÂÏžÁ¦Á Âê. ©Í™Ã É�ÁÑ žÊ ÊÖžÂ�Â ¥Ä¬ÁÏ

¡ÉÏúÁÅ�Í©Â¨þÂä ¬Ã�ÊÓ³ÂàÏ™ÂžÃ

CUT TO: TRAFFIC

EXT. TRAFFIC - DAY : DISORIENTED54 54

BHASHA WALKS NUMB ACROSS THE ROAD LOOKING TOWARDS THE HOSPITAL, THROUGH THE TRAFFIC, SMOOTH INTER CUTS OF NADIYA’S BEAUTIFUL IMAGES BUILDING UP IN BHASHA’S EYES (TIGHT CUTS).

CUT TO: VALLI

INT. POST-MORTEM ROOM - DAY : GUTTER55 55

PAN FROM NADIYA’S BODY AS VALLI FINISH TAKING NOTES.

VALLI

I’m done, body þÃ handover úÉ¦ÁêÏ™Ã

Valli picks up the DNA samples and takes another gracious look at Nadiya’s face, attendant zips up the body.

ATTENDANT

€ÏœÁ ¢Ä ÃÏ�ÁÅÏýÊ €ýÂ¡Äð¨Å úÉ¦ÉÅêžÁÅâ ¥Ê™ÁÏ, ¨Í�ÁÏ¨Í

¥Á¬ÁÓÛÏœÂ �ÌýÅÛ�ÁÅ±Ì¦Êê �ÁýÛ§ÃžÃ,¥Á ÂÏ¬ÁÏ �Í¬Ê ¦ÁÏœÁëÏ Â

„ÏýÊœÁ¡ÁåÃ ¡ÁþÃ ü§Á�ÁžÁÅ

CUT TO: VALLI FEET

INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY - DAY : ATOPSY REPORT55a 55a

Follow Valli’s feet in the hallway as walks towards her office, stealthily followed by a reporter.


(CONTINUED)

ANONYMOUS

fornesics ˆÏýÃ ¥Ê™ÁÏ? ¥Á§ÁÝ§Â? §Ê¡÷ €Ï™÷ ¥Á§ÁÝ§Â?

Valli gets into her office evasive and shuts door.

CUT TO: SAMPLES

INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY - DAY : ATOPSY REPORT55b 55b

Valli places the samples on desk, walks to the basin, washes up, turns around to notice Chinna standing by, feels breathless for a moment.

VALLI

‚�ÁÑ™ÊÏ ¡ÁþÃ§Â þÄ�ÁÅ?

Valli grabs the samples in an instance.

CHINNA

þÄ report ¨Í þÂ life „ÏžÁ�ÂÑ

Valli slowly walks behind the desk looking puzzled, picks up phone.

VALLI

Security please

Valli hangs phone, down on knees Chinna hold her feet begging.

CHINNA

¥Á£Åç¨Í ˆÏ úÊªÂþÍ þÂ�Ê œÉ Ã¦ÁžÁ�ÂÑ, �Ê¬ÁÅ þÂ¥ÄžÃ�Ã

§Â�ÁÅÏ™Â úÁÅ™Á�ÂÑ, drug reaction œÍ ±Ì¦êÏžÁþÃ

§Â¦Á�ÂÑ, please €�ÂÑ! help úÉ¦Áê�ÂÑ, €�ÂÑ €�ÂÑ

Š�Á œÁ Ãì £Ã™ÁÝ ¥Á�ÂÑ!

ZOOM ONTO VALLI’S FACE TALKING LOW AND DENSE.

VALLI

‚¡Áôå™ÁÅþÂ �Á®Áò¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ �ÁþÃ¡Ã³ÍàÏžÃ þÄ œÁ Ãì�ÂžÁÅ§Â, ¡Á®Áò

�ÂýìœÍ úÃ§Ã�ÃþÁ úÁ§ÁéÏ, �Ì�Ëþ÷ þÃÏ™ÃþÁ blood vessels,

©Ã§Ã�ÃþÁ ‡¥ÁÅ�Á Å ‡�ÉðýÂë, ‡�ÉðýÂë, ‡�ÉðýÂë!


(CONTINUED)

Valli pulls Chinna up by the collar.

VALLI (cont'd)

(firm)

¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ¨Å ¡Ä ÊÖ �Â Ã ¡Ä Ö™ÂþÃ�Ã �ÁÆ™Â €§ÁñœÁ ÊžÁÅ þÄ�ÁÅ,

�ÉýÎý÷

Chinna grabs her by the hair, turn violant.

CHINNA

Š¬Ê¦÷ ¬ÃŽÏ™Ä! úÃþÁä¡ÁåýÃäÏúÃ ‚ÏœÊþÊ þÁÅ©Áõí, þÂ ¡ÁôýÅÛ�Ê

‚«ÁÛÏ ÊžÊ þÄ�ÁÆ, ³ÌÏœÁ œÁ¥ÁÅé™ÁþÃ�ÁÆ™Â úÁÆ™Á©Â?

¡ÃªÂúÄ! þÁÅ©Áôí þÂê¦ÁÏ�ÁÅÏýÊ ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ ±Í¦þÁ ¥ÁÅÏ™Á

€œÃ§Ã�Ì¬ÁÅàÏžÂ? (restless) ©Ãü¦Á©Â™Á Í þÁ§ÁÅ�ÁÅ§ÁÅ

forensic doctors „ÏýÊ �¡ÄþÁÅ�Á ¬ÁúÌÖúÃÖ þÄ úÊœÁÅ¨ÍìþÊ

¡Á™ÃÏžÊ, €ÏœÂ þÂ Ž§Áé! þÂ Ž§Áé!

Chinna lets her go, walk restless slapping on his face like a retard, security rushes in with lathis, Chinna briskly walks out of the room covering his cry face, Valli remains looking disturbed.

CUT TO: SECURITY & CHINNA

INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY - DAY : THE PUBLIC REVELATION55c 55c

Chinna walks brisk through the hallway as a reporter follows with flashing camera.

REPORTER

³Â§÷! §Ê¡÷ ¥Ä§Ì�ÁÑ§Ê úÊªÂ§Â, ‡©Á§ÍàþÂä �Á Ã¬Ã úÊªÂ§Â?

‡ÏžÁ¥ÁÏžÃ úÊªÂ§ÁÅ? ‡ Â úÊªÂ§ÁÆ?

CAM FOLLOW - AS CHINNA GRABS THE CAMERA, SMASHES AGAINST FLOOR, BRISKLY WALK TOWARD THE EXIT.

Reporter gets up, picks up the phone following Chinna.

REPORTER (cont'd)

§Ê¦÷, ¥Á§ÁÝ§÷ üÊ¬ÃÏžÃ MLA �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ§Â, ©ÂþÁýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ GH

�ÌúÉÖ¦÷!


(CONTINUED)

CHINNA ENCOUNTER BHASHA INSIDE THE REVOLVING DOOR, BHASHA GRABS CHINNA’S THROAT, LOOKS DENSE, MITHRA REACHES THE SPOT AND GET TRAPPED INSIDE THE ADJACENT COMPARTMENT.

BHASHA

¥ÁÅ¡Ëå ¬ÁÏ©ÁœÁð§Â¨Å þÄ¦Á£ç žÁ�ÁÓ§Á �ÁÅ�ÁÑ É�ÁÑ ¡ÁþÃ

üÊ³Âä§Â

Chinna struggles, pulls out Bhasha’s waist knife, stabs him twice, Mithra bangs on the glass door asking Chinna to control.

CHINNA

þÁÅ©Áôí þÂ¦Á£ç �ÁÅ�ÁÑ©Ê�ÂþÃ þÂ �ÁÅ�ÁÑ©Ã �ÂžÁÅ

MITHRA’

úÃþÂä... úÃþÂä..!

Bhasha slides down bleeding, Mithra comes out as Chinna drops knife, runs into the traffic, Bhasha struggles to get up wanting Chinna, hospital staff carries Bhasha. Mithra runs after Chinna onto the road and pulls him out of Dinesh’s car.

CUT TO: CHASE

EXT. BUSY ROAD - DAY : THE CAPTURE55d 55d

Chinna retorts violently trying to escape, hospital security and staff run onto the street and charge on Chinna, take him under control, Chinna looks callous and stay fixated on Mithra with a bloody face as the security twist hands and cuff him up, Mithra shakes up Chinna.

MITHRA

úÃþÂä, úÃþÂä, úÃþÂä, ˆ¥ËÏžÃ§Â þÄ�ÁÆ?

Chinna keeps staring indifferent, helpless and angry as the police and media vans stop by, police force him into the jeep and drive off disturbing the flashing media.

ZOOM ONTO MITHRA STANDING CONCERNED AND DISTURBED.

SOUND CUT TO: MEDIA CUTS

INT. COMMUNITY HALL - DAY : DISOWNING DNA56 56


(CONTINUED)

DOLLY TRACK IN (LOW ANGLE) THROUGH THE MEDIA ONTO LOKI’S SWEATING AND NERVOUS FACE, POV AT REPORTERS.

GOWDA is looking keen amidst crowd, Loki looks up.

LOKI

‘krti-maho-dadhau patana-käraëamphalam-açäçvataà gati-nirodhakam’.......

Š�Á ±Â±ÂœÁÅé™Ã ªÁ§Ä§ÂþÃäÃ �ÁþÂäþÁÅ, �ÂþÃ ©ÂþÃ ±Â±ÂþÃä

�ÁþÁ ÊžÁÅ, ƒ žÂ§ÁÅ›Ï¨Í þÂ £ÂŸÁ §ÉÏ™ÃÏœÁ Å... £ÂŸÃÏúÃþÁ

©Â™ÁÆ þÂ £Ã™ÊÝ, £ÂŸÃÏ¡Á £™ÃÏžÄ þÂ £Ã™ÊÝ,, §Á�ÁàÏ ¡ÁÏúÁÅ�ÁÅ

¡ÁôýÃÛ §Â Á¬ÁÏ�Â ¥Á Â§ÃþÁ Š�Á ©Ã ÂžÁ üþÁéþÃ ©Ã¬Á§ÃØ¬ÁÆà,

©Ã�Â¬ÃÏúÁ�ÁÅÏ™ÂþÊ €¬Áà¥ÃÏúÃþÁ ‹ úÃýÃÛœÁ Ãì �Í¬ÁÏ

úÃÏœÃ¬ÁÅàþÂäþÁÅ

Loki turns teary with a long pause.

LOKI (cont'd)

¤Â Â þÂ €þÁÅúÁ§ÁÅ™ÁÅ �ÂžÁÅ, �œÄé¦ÁÅ™ÁÅ!

Takes a sip of water and looks more poised.

LOKI (cont'd)

ƒ§ÍüÅþÁÅÏúÃ þÂ þÄ™Á�Ä �ÁÆ™ÁÅ�Ä ³ÌÏœÁ¥ËþÁ

©Â§Á¬ÁÅ™Ì�ÁÑ™Ê, ¥ÃœÂë!

People turn to Mithra who is standing afar from the crowd.

INTER CUT TO: TV & BANGARU

INT. BANGARU HOME - DAY : MUTTON AND MANDU56a 56a

Bangaru is having lunch at home looking keen at the TV.

BANGARU

‹§Ê ¬Ê£Íë¨Æ! €¬Á Ä ¥Á™Ã¬Ã ¡ÁžÍ œÁ§Á�ÁœÃ ±Â¬Á©Á�ÁÅÏ™Â

žÁ§Áé ªÂ¬ÁàëÏ ¥ÄžÁ ‚ÏœÁ ¡ÁýÉÛ Â ¬ÁÏ±ÂžÃÏúÂ™Á£Âç!

Chebrolu fills the plate with extra meat.


(CONTINUED)

CHEBROLU

¥Á ÂÏ¬Á¥ÁÆ ¥ÁÏžÁÆ Ã¥Ãý÷ ¨Í ¡ÉýÃÛþÁýÅÛþÂä™ÁÅ £Â©Â

Bangaru looks at Chebrolu who fills up the liquor glass.

CEBROLU

žÂþÃ�Ã úÂ Â ÊýË±Ì¦êÏžÃ, þÁÅ©Áôí Â¦ÏúÁÅ £Â©Â!

Chebrolu pushes the liquor glass with humility.

CUT TO: LOKI

INT. COMMUNITY HALL - DAY : DRAMATIZATION56b 56b

Loki walks out of the podium amidst camera flashes and following reporters, a reporter cuts through in front.

REPORTER

³Â§÷ Š�Á question, ‚ÏžÂ�Á ‡¬Äå �Â§ÁÆ van ¥ÃœÂë

¡Ê§ÁÅœÍ „ÏžÁþÂä§ÁÅ, ¥Êý§÷ ¡Á£Ãì�÷ �Â�Á ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ³Â Â Ãä

©Á�Äë�Á§ÃÏúÂ¨þÃÃ ¡Áë¦ÁœÃäÏúÂ§Â?

Loki looks at GOWDA and tries to lighten the question.

LOKI

‡ÏœÁ ©Á�ÃëÏúÃþÂ ¥ÁÏ™Ê þÃüÂþÉä©Á§ÁÆ �¡Á Ê§ÁÅ?

REPORTER

€ÏžÁÅ�Ê, matter ‡ Â�ÁÆ public €¦êÏžÃ�ÁžÂ €þÃ

issue þÃ dramatize úÊ¬Ã election �Â±Â™ÁÅ�Í©Â¨þÃ

úÁÆ¬ÁÅàþÂä§ÁÅ, €ÏœÊþÂ?

Loki feels offended, looks straight at the reporter.

LOKI

¥ÁþÁ žÊªÁÏ¨Í ‡¨ ÁþÊ¡ÉžÁâ ™Âë¥Á Â, ¡Áëü Ê ¥ÁöÁ þÁýÅ¨Å,

™Âë¥Â�Ä þÃüÂþÃ�Ã œÊ™Â ¥ÁþÁ�ÁþÂä �®Áò�Ê £Â�Â œÉ Å¬ÁÅ!

þÄ�É Â €þÃ¡Ã¬Êà € Â §Â¬ÁÅ�Í!


(CONTINUED)

Loki leaves the mumbling crowd, Mithra looks angry at the reporter.

CUT TO: WET TOWEL

INT. JAIL - DAY : THE MAKING OF A VILLAIN57 57

Chinna wets his face with a hand towel, sitting inside the cell, constable opens the gate and slides food, Chinna picks up the biriyani, makes tiny balls and throws to a rat running around the cell.

BASI REDDY

úÁÅ...úÁÅ...úÁÅ!³ÌÏœÁ �Í™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ üË Íì žÍ¬Ã ¬Á©ÃœÃ

�Ì™ÁÅ�ÃÑ ¡ÁýÛÏ �ÁýÛ™ÁÏ ¬ÃþÃ¥Á Â¨Íì œÁ¡Áå ˆ™Â üÆ™ÊìžÁ¦Á Âê,

ªÂžÁ¬ÁàÏ!

Chinna looks up to notice BASI Reddy outside the bars, smiling at him.

BGM trans as Chinna turns away throw food to the rat.

SOUND CUT TO: MAID

INT. LOKI HOME / BEDROOM - NIGHT : THE TIE OF GUILT58 58

Mithra helps Savithri take a pill, lay her to bed and walks out as she lies distressed.

CUT TO: SCOTCH GLASS

INT. LOKI HOME / DINING - NIGHT : THE LIGHT WITHIN58a 58a

CAM FOLLOW AS LOKI FILLS THE GLASS WITH LIQUOR UNDER DIM LIGHT, GOWDA SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE, MITHRA APPROACHES.

MITHRA

öÁ¬Ãåý ÷ ¨Í úÃþÂäþÃ €ý�Â¦ÏúÃ œÁ¡Áôå úÊªÂþÂ þÂþÂä?

Loki holds the drink.


(CONTINUED)

LOKI

œÁ¡Áôå Š¡Áôå¨Å ©Ê§ÁÅ úÊ¬Ê žÄ±ÂþÃä žÊ©Áô™ÁÅ ªÂ³Âàë¨�ÁþÂä

¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ¥ÁþÃ«Ã �ÁÅÏ™É Í ©É Ã�ÃÏúÂ™ÁÅ, �ÂþÄ � ©É Åà§ÁÅ¨Í

úÁÆ¬Ê žÇÃ«ÃÛ ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ �ÌÏžÁ§Ã�Ê ‚úÂÖ™ÁÅ.... €þÁÅ¥Á ÂþÁÏœÍ �

žÇÃ«ÃÛþÃ úÉ§ÁÅ¡Áô�Í�ÁÅ...

Loki finishes the drink.

LOKI (cont'd)

¤Â Â ‡ Â „þÂä™ÁÅ?

MITHRA

�ÁþÃ¡ÃÏúÁýÊìžÁÅ þÂþÂä

Loki feels intense, fills the drink with shivering hands, look at his skewed image on the glass shields, holds the glass in hand and thinks.

LOKI

¤Â Â ©Â™Ãä £œÁ�ÁþÃ©Áí™ÁÅ

Loki places the empty glass on table, face the shield with hands tied back, zoom onto the shield.

LOKI (cont'd)

þÁ ¤Ë ˆ®ÁÅò �Â©Ã Ã �Â¬ÃþÁ ©ÃªÂí¬ÁÏ Š�ÁÑ

±ÌžÁÅâ±Ì™ÁÅ¡Áô Í þÂ ©ÁÏªÁÏ ±Â Ãý ©ÊýÂ�Â ¥Á Â§ÃÏžÃ

Gowda looks up with an idea.

GOWDA

úÃþÂä ¥Ã�Á Â¨ÏýÊ ¥Ä§ÁÅ ¤Â ÂþÌžÁÅ¨Å�Í©Â Ã ³Â§÷

Mithra looks serious at Gowda, Loki looks angry at Gowda, Gowda looks at Mithra and Loki.

MITHRA

¥ÁþÃ«Ã £œÁ�Á™ÂþÃ�Ä, £œÃ�ÃÏúÁÅ�Í™ÂþÃ�Ä úÁÏ¡Á™ÁÏ Š�ÁÑýÊ

¥Á Â§ÁÓÏ �ÂžÁÅ, ©É®Ãò ¥Ä ¡ÁþÃ úÁÆ™ÁÏ™Ã


(CONTINUED)

Gowda leaves the room, Zoom onto Loki’s reflection in the mirror.

CUT TO: REVEAL MITHRA/SAVITHRI

INT. POLICE STATION - DAY : BAIL59 59

Reveal Mithra and Savithri walk into the police station along with Dharmam and Savithri.

CONSTABLE

þÁ¥Á³ÂÑ§ÁÏ ³Â§÷

Savithri looks around the empty cells for Chinna.

CONSTABLE (cont'd)

�¦ÁþÃä þÃþÊä £Â¬Ã §É™ÃÝ�Â§ÁÅ üÂ¥Äþ÷ ¥ÄžÁ œÄ¬ÁÅ�É®Âò§ÁÏ™Ã

Mithra hold his shirt with anger.

MITHRA

©Â™É©Á™Âë œÄ¬ÁÅ�É®Áò™ÂþÃ�Ã?

Constable protests and releaves himself off the grip.

CONSTABLE

ˆÏýÏ™Ê? ¥Ä ²Â¥Ã Ä Í ™Âë¥Á Â�ÁÏœÂ þÊþÂ �Â§Á›Ï? �¦ÁþÁ

¬ÁÏœÁ�ÁÏ ¡É™ÃœÊ ¥Ä©Â™Ê ýÅÛ�ÁÅþÉ®Âò™ÁÅ, ¥ÁžÉâ Í

þÁþÁÆä¡ÁôœÂ§ÊÏýÃÃ?

Mithra slaps him and stand provoked, Savithri pulls Mithra, slaps and walks out of the station followed by Dharmam, Mithra stand by looking at her as the constable mumbles.

CONSTABLE (cont'd)

‡¥Éé Êì �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ¨Å �ÁžÂ, ˆÏ üÊ¬ÃþÂ úÉ ÅìžÁâÏ™Ê, ¥Á™ÁÝ§ÁÅì

üÊœÂà§ÁÅ, ±Í Ä¬ÁÅ Ãä �Ì™Âà§ÁÅ, ‡ ìÏ™É ìÏ™Ã, ¡Á�ÂÓ É¡Áôå™ÁÆ

Š�Á§Ã ¬ÊœÁ ÍìþÊ „ÏúÁ™ÁÅ žÊ©Áô™ÁÅ, ¥Á Â�ÁÅ �ÁÆ™Â

§ÍüÅ¨ÌœÂà¦÷!

Mithra turns to the constable, walks close and picks up the hat. Mithra sets the hat back on the constable, bows with both hands.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

(teary)

³Â§Ä £Â£Â¦÷

Constable melts at heart, stand touched and feel uneasy by the gesture, watches Mithra walk out humble, day light bleach.

CUT TO: MIXTURE

INT. BASI REDDY HOME - DAY : MENTOR60 60

Reveal BASI Reddy gobbling a chunk of mixture, chew looking at Chinna, maid cuts across serving.

SERVER

³Â§÷ ©Âý§÷ �Á ¡ÁþÂ? ³Í™Â �Á ¡ÁþÂ?

BASI REDDY

‚ÏœÁ �Ã§Á¬ÁþÂ¦Á Å �Á ¡Á§Â! ³ÌúÁÖ¥ËþÁ ¥ÁÏžÁÅþÃ �Á Äà

üÊ¬Ê©Í™Ã Â �ÁþÃ¡Ã¬ÁàþÂä™Â ¡Ã Íì™Í?

Maid exits revealing Chinna through smoke rings.

BASI REDDY (cont'd)

¡Ê§ÁÅ�Ã �Á™Á±Í™Êä�ÂþÃ, ¬ÃþÁä œÊ™Â�Ê ±Â›Â¨Å œÄ¬ÊÏœÁ

�Á³Â¦Á±Í™Ãä �ÂžÁÅ þÂ¦ÁþÂ þÊþÁÆ! ¥Ä þÂ¦þÁ þÂ

œÁ¥ÁÅé™ÁÅ ÂÏýÍ™ÁÅ, þÁÅ©Áôí £Ã™ÁÝ ÂÏýÍ™Ã©Ã

BASI Reddy leans and whisper.

BASI REDDY (cont'd)

¬É¡Êà ¬ÃúÁÅÖ£ÉýÃÛþÍ™ÁäÏýÂ§ÁÅ�ÂþÄ, ¥Ä þÂ¦þÁ „¬ÁÅ§ÁÅ £ÍœÊ

€ÏžÁ§Ã �ÁþÂä ‡�ÁÅÑ©Á Â£Ï ±ÌÏžÊ©Í™ÁÅ ‡©Áô™Â? �,

‡©Áô™Â?... �Á�Áñ�Áñ!¥Ä �ÂÏ±ÎÏ™÷ ¨ÍþÊ „Ï™Â™ÁÅ þÂ¦þÂ

Camera zoom onto Chinna, laid back in the chair.

BASI REDDY (cont'd)

�ÁÅ§Ã üÆ¬Ã ¬Á§Ã�ÂÓ þÂ¥ÃþÊ¬Áþ÷ ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ §ÍüÅ �ÂýÊ¬ÃþÂ™ÁÅ

úÁÆªÂä©Â?


(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

¬ÃÏ¡ÁœÄ ¥ÄžÁ ¬ÃýÉ�É Í ‡¥Éé Êì €¦ÁÅêÏ™Ê©Í™ÁÅ, (wave

hands) ‚ÏœÁ �ÁÅýë ¥Á™ÁÅ¬ÁÅ Ãä ýÄ©Ä ¬É§Ã¦Á ÷ ¨Í �ÁÆ™Â

üÆ™Á ÊžÁÅ þÂ¦ÁþÂ! ¬ÁÏžÁÅ üÃ�ÃÑÏžÃ�ÁžÂ €þÃ ‹™ÁÆ

‹™Á�ÂÑ �Á Ã¬Ã þÄ £œÁÅ�ÁÅ ¬ÃÏœÁ�Â¦Á ¡ÁúÁÖ™Ã üÊ³Âä§ÁÅ ±Í

BASI Reddy gets up with a sigh, stealthily walks upstairs.

BASI REDDY (cont'd)

ˆžÍ, þÃþÃä™Ã¡Ä™ÂþÃ�Ã þÂ¥ÁýÅÛ�Á¦êÏžÃ üÊ³Âà ,¥Ä €�ÁÑ

§Â¬ÃþÁ §Ã±Í§ÊÛ ¡ÊžÁâ ¥ÁÅ Ã�Ë �ÁÆ¬ÁÅÏžÃ, ö!Á�Ê¬ÁÅ œÁ¡ÃåþÂ

‚Ï�ÊÏ ¥Ã�Ã ÃÏžÃ Ê, ‹™ÁÅ þÂ¦Á�ÁÅ™ËœÊ þÁÅ©Áôí ¥ÃœÁëþÁä�Ê üË,

¥ÃœÁëþÁä�Ê üË €ÏýÂ ¬ÉÏúÂ�Â™Ã Â ¡Á™ÁÅÏýÂ©÷! ƒ¡Áõý�Ã

þÂ¨Å�ÁÅ ¡É�ÁÅ Ó Ê¬Ã ‡úÁÖÏ�Â þÃžÁâ§Á£Í

Chinna leans forward, picks up a hand full of ice cubes, fills them in mouth and drinks a gulp of raw whiskey, starts cutting his own hair.

CUT TO: TV

INT. LOKI HOME - DAY : EXIT POLLS61 61

TV (BACKGROUND)

‚ýÄ©Á üÃ Âì Í TV9 ü§Ã¡ÃþÁ exit poll ¨Í ¡Áë¬ÁÅàœÁ

‡¥Éé Êì ªÄë ¨Í�ÁþÂžÁÏ, §Â«ÁÛë¥ÁÏœÂ œÁþÁ ±Â§ÄÛ ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅÏ™Ã

�ÁÆ™Â œÂþÁÅ ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ ¡ÁëœÁê§Ãã�ÁþÂä ¡ÁþÉäÏ™ÁÅ ªÂœÁÏ ‹ýìœÍ

©ÉþÁÅ�Á£™Ã „þÂä§ÁÅ, �ÁœÁ ‰žÁÅ ‡þÃä�Á Í ìþÁÆ �ÁþÁ ©Ãü¦ÁÏ

³ÂŸÃÏúÃþÁ ƒ §Âü�Ä¦Á ¤Ä«ÁÅé™Ã�Ã, ƒ³Â§Ã ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ ‹ý¥Ã

œÁ¡ÁåžÁþÃ ¡ÁÏ™ÃœÁÅ¨Å ¡ÁÏžÉÏ �Â¬ÁÅàþÂä§ÁÅ, œÁþÁ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ

¥Á§ÁÝ§÷ �Ê¬÷ žÂí§Â ¡ÁôýÃÛþÁ negative campaign žÄþÃ�Ã

¥ÁÅŽê �Â§Á›¥ÁþÃ œÉ Å³ÍàÏžÃ

Pan from TV as Loki answer phone.

INT. BASI REDDY HOME - DAY : CHINNA PULI61a 61a

BASI REDDY

¬Áþ÷ ³ÌÛë�÷ žÉ£çœÍ ¬Á¡Áå£™ÃþÂ©Â þÂ¦ÁÅ™Í! þÄ ¬ÃþÁä¡Áô ÃþÃ

¬É ÷ ¨ÍÏúÃ žÉúÃÖ þÂ £Íþ÷ ¨Í ¡ÉýÅÛ�ÁÅþÂäþÁ¦Á Âê, ¥ÉÏý ÷

�Â ªÂþÂ ™Ã¬ÁÛ§÷ç €¦ÁÅêÏ™ÂžÃÃ, ‚™Ã¬Ã¡É™ÃœÊ �ÁþÁ£™ÃþÁ

¡Ä�ÁþÁ Âì �Ì§Ã�Ê³ÂàžÃ, þÄ ¡Ä�ÁœÍ ¬ÁöÁ!


BASI REDDY (cont'd)

(MORE)(CONTINUED)

¬ÁÆ™ÁÅ þÂ¦ÁÅ™Í, þÊþÉ¡Áôå™ÁÆ §ÁÆ ÃÏ�÷ ±Â§ÄÛ ¥ÁþÃ«ÃþÃ,

ƒ³Â§Ã þÄ ±Â§ÄÛ §ÁÆ ÃÏ�÷ �Ã §Â©Á™ÁÏ ŽÂ¦ÁÏ! ‚¡Áôå™ÁÅ É�ÁÑ

üÆªÂä �ÁÅ™Â þÁÅ©Áôí ‹™Á™ÁÏ �ÁþÂä �É ©Á™Á¥Ê Â¤ÁÏ

þÂ�ÁÅ, ‚¡ÁåýÃ�ËþÂ þÂ ÂÛ�Ì¬Êà, �ÁÏ™Á £¨Ï þÍýÅ £¨Ï

€™ÊÝ¬Ã ¡Á§Ã¬ÃàœÃþÃýÊÛ œÃ§Á�Á žÍ™Ê³Âà, ¥ÁÅ�ÁÅÓ§Â¦ œÍ™ÁÅ!

BASI Reddy hangs phone, Loki thinks deep, smoking, comes to a decision.

LOKI

¤Â Â...

Loki looks back to notice the new driver, feel embarrassed, puts off the cigar, gets up and exit.

SOUND CUT TO: BASI REDDY

BASI Reddy finish drink, shocked at the coking gun pointed on face, Chinna stand with an ice cold look, BASI smirks nervous and points the gun away.

BASI REDDY

§ÌÏ™ÁÅ ©Â§Â¨Íì ‡¨ Áþ÷, €¡Áôå™ÁÅžÂ�Á ‹¡Ã�Á ¡ÁýÅÛ þÂ¦þÂ,

ÊžÁÏýÊ ±ÂìþÁÏœÂ £üÃØ £üËØ±ÍœÂžÊ! §Âü�Ä¦Á¥ÁÏýÊ �ÁœÁÅà Å

žÁÆ¬Ã §Á�Âà Å œÂ�Á™ÁÏ �ÂžÁÅ, ¬ÁžÁ§ÁÏ�ÁÏ, œÉ Ã©Ã�Â

�™ÁÅ�Í©Â Ã, þÊþÁÅ ©ÃüÃ Ê¬Ê žÂ�Â þÁÅ©Áôí underground

¨Í „Ï™ÁÅ...

Chinna looks down on him, cold and collected.

CUT TO: LOKI CAR

EXT. BASI REDDY HOME - DAY : THE COMPROMISE62 62

TOP VIEW AS LOKI’S CAR ENTER BASI REDDY’S HOME, STOPS, LOKI GETS OFF LOOKING AT BASI REDDY. ROCKER DOLLY AS BASI REDDY STANDS WITH A SMILE.

SOUND CUT TO: DOGS

EXT. BHASHA HIDEOUT - DAY : CHASING BHASHA63 63

Gowda and his people run into biriyani stall with dogs.


BASI REDDY (cont'd)

(CONTINUED)

BHASHA

ˆ �ÁÅœÊà ��Á¦Á Â ¥Á Â¥ÁÆ žÎ™÷....

Bhasha looks at the gang lying on the cot and runs into slums through the back door.

CUTS OF GOWDA CHASING BHASHA THROUGH THE NARROW STREETS, TOP VIEW AS BHASHA RUNS INTO A DARGA. GOWDA AND HIS PEOPLE HOLD BACK AT THE ENTRANCE FACING WORSHIPPERS, GOWDA SLAPS HIS ASSOCIATED TO HOLDING THE GUN.

GOWDA

Secret operation œÄ¬ÁÅ�É Ãì, communal violence

úÊ³Âà©Â, ¨ÍþÁ ¡ÉýÍÛ!

Gowda walks away with dogs, mumbling - Cam crane.

GOWDA (cont'd)

‡�ÁÑ™Ã�Ã ±ÍžÃâ§Â � �ÁÅ�ÁÑ, ‚�ÁÑ™Ê œÃ§ÁÅ�ÁÅœÁÅÏœÁÅÏžÃ

¡ÁžÁ..

Camera pan into the Darga.

CUT TO: BHASHA

INT. DARGA - DAY : BHASHA’S HIDEOUT63a 63a

Bhasha is lying inside Darga looking at the prayers, feeling trapped and breathless, sweating with bleeding wound.

MUSLIM BROTHER

¤Â¦ Â, þÁ¥Á Âü÷ �Ã §Â©Á™ÁÏ ‚žÊ ¥ÉÅžÁýÃ ³Â§Â?

Bhasha feel the trans of being in a mosque, the first time.

CUT TO: ASH TRAY

INT. LOKI OFFICE - DAY : A DIFFERENT ELECTION64 64

Camera pan from ash tray onto Durga talking to Mithra.


(CONTINUED)

DURGA

‹ýÅ�É¦ê §ÁÆ±Â¦Á ÷ ü àþÂä§ÁÏ™Ê, ¥ÁþÁÏ �ÁÆ™Â

ü ì�ÁÅÏýÊ ‚ÏœÁýÃœÍ ¬Á§Ã¡ÉýÅÛ�Í©Â ÃðÏžÊ! §ÌÏ™ÁÅ ©Â§Â¨Å

¡ÉýÍë ÷ Ž§ÁÖþÂä ¥Ã�ÁÅ¨ÅžÃâ

MITHRA

€ÏýÊ

Durga feels uneasy to answer the question, room is filled with Sombabu and other serious party workers.

DURGA

œÁ¡Áõå Š¡Áõå €þÃ �ÁÆ¬ÁÅÏýÊ §Âü�Ä¦ÁÏ þÁ™Á©ÁžÁÏ™Ê

Mithra looks up amidst dense smoke in the room.

MITHRA

‚¡ÁåýÃ žÂ�Â ‡ Â þÁ™ÃúÃÏžÃ žÁÅ§ÂÓ?

DURGA

ƒ ‡¨ Áþ÷ ©Ê§ÁÏ™Ê

Taps ash in the tray.

MITHRA

þÃ¦ÉÂü�Á©Á§ÁÓÏ¨Í ¥ÉÅœÁàÏ ‹ý§ÉìÏœÁ¥ÁÏžÃ?

DURGA

žÂžÂ¡Áô ¥ÁÆ™ÁÅ ¨ Á Å

MITHRA

©Â®Áò¨Íì £Æœ÷ �ÌúÊÖ ©Â®Áì É�ÁÑ?

DURGA

‡�ÁÅÑ©ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÊ §ÉÏ™ÁÅ ¨ Á Å

MITHRA

¥Ã�Ã ÃþÁ ¨ Á Í �ÁþÄ¬ÁÏ ¥ÁþÁ ‹ýÅì ¥ÁÅ¡Ëå ©Ê ÅÏýÂ¦Á Â?


(CONTINUED)

Durga nods yes, Mithra smokes deep.

MITHRA (cont'd)

©Â®Áò¨Íì ¬Á�ÁÏ ¥ÁÏžÃ�Ã ¤ÍüþÂ¨Å ¡ÉýÃÛ £ÆœÁÅ¨�ÁÅ

œÍ¨Ï™Ã úÂ¨Å

Durga is disappointed with the suggestion and smirks.

DURGA

�ÁÅ�÷! ‚©ÁþÄä ü§Ã�Ê ¡ÁþÁÅ¨Å �ÂžÁÅ £Â£Æ, €ÏœÂ ¡Ã ì

§Âü�Ä¦ÁÏ €þÃ¡Ã³ÍàÏžÃÃ

MITHRA

(yells)

þÍ§ÁÅé¦÷! þÄ©Á ì �ÂžÁÏýÊ žÁÅ¡ÁåýÃ œÁþÃä ‚ÏýÍì ¡Á™ÁÅ�Í!

¡ÁþÃœÁþÁÏ Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â ³ÍÏ£Ê§ÁÅ Âì �¨ÍúÃÏúÊ ©Â®Êò €™ÁÝžÂ§ÁÅì

œÌ�ÁÅÑœÂ§ÁÅ, þÂ campaign ¨Í �®Áò�ÁÅ úÍýÅ ÊžÁÅ

A moment of intense silence in the room, Mithra puts off the cigarette and drinks water, Durga looks up dense.

DURGA

‚Ï�Í³Â§Ã � ¥Á ÂýþÁ�ÁÅ £Â£Å, ±Â§ÄÛ ¥ÉÅœÁàÏ …™ÁÅÖ�ÁÅ±Í¦þÁ

‡¨ Áþ÷ ¨Í �ÁÆ™Â ¨ Á ‹ýì ¥ÉüÂ§ÃýÄœÍ �É Ã¡ÃúÂÖÏ! ƒ

‡¨ Áþ÷ ©Ê§ÁÅ £Â£Æ.... ƒ ‡¨ Áþ÷ ©Ê§ÁÅ

Durga looks down teary and coarse.

DURGA (cont'd)

úÊ¬ÃþÁ ¥ÁÏúÃ ¡ÁþÁÅ¨þÄä ¥Á§ÃÖ ±Ì¦Á Â§ÁÅ üþÂ¨Å! úÃþÂä

úÊ¬ÃþÁ ‡žÁ©Á ¡ÁþÃ œÁ¡Áå ‡žÄ �ÁÅ§ÁÅà ÊžÂ®Áò�Ã (wipe tears)

ƒ ‡¨ Áþ÷ ‹™Ã±ÍœÊ ¥ÊÏ £œÁ�ÁÏ £Â£Æ

Mithra feels touched, tries to control and commands.

MITHRA

žÁÅ§ÂÓ... žÁÅ§ÂÓ!

Durga looks up with red eyes, Mithra look serious.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA (cont'd)

¥ÁþÃ«Ã ˆ™Âí ÃðÏžÃ ±ÍýÄ Í ‹™ÃþÁ¡Áôå™ÁÅ �ÂžÁÅ, ¥ÁþÃ«Ã�Â

‹™ÃþÁ¡Áôå™ÁÅ, þÁÅ©Íí Ä™Á§÷ ©ÁþÁä ¬ÁÏ�ÁœÃ ¥Á§ÃÖ ±Í�ÁÅ,

©É®Ãò ¡ÁþÃ úÁÆ™ÁÅ!

Durga settles and gets up with followers, Loki enters itno the room along with Dharmam.

LOKI

�ÁÆ§ÍÖÏ™ÁÏžÁ§ÁÆ

Loki reaches his chair, lights a cigar and looks at Mithra.

LOKI (cont'd)

£¦Áý £Â™ÁÅ�Á �Í¬ÁÏ ¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ¨ÌúÂÖ§ÁÅ ©É®Ãò úÁÆ™ÁÅ

Mithra stands wonder about the suitcases coming in.

LOKI (cont'd)

ƒ §ÉÏ™ÁÅ ©Â§Â¨Å campaign þÂ�ÌžÃ É¦÷, ©É®ÁÆò!

Mithra walks out of the room shutting the door, followers settle down in chairs.

LOKI (cont'd)

þÄ ¡ÁÏúÂ¦ÁœÄ Í ‹ý§ÉìÏœÁ¥ÁÏžÃ?

Durga looks surprised, CAM fade as Dharmam opens a suitcase on Loki’s table.

CUT TO: COLLECTING

CLOUDS

EXT. LOKI HOME TERRACE - DAY : FEAR OF DEFEAT64a 64a

LOKI STANDS SMOKING IN THE TERRACE UNDER LOOMING CLOUDS AND DRIZZLE, TRACK IN FROM BEHIND.

MITHRA

‹ý¥Ã �Í¬ÁÏ ‚ÏœÁ ¤Á¦Á¡Á™Â¨ÏýÂ©Â þÂþÂä?

Mithra standing next to Loki.


(CONTINUED)

LOKI

§Âü�Ä¦ÁÏ ¡Áô Ã ¥ÄžÁ ¬Á©Â§Ä ÂÏýÃžÃ, Š�Á³Â§Ã žÃ�ÃœÊ ¥Á®Äò

‡�ÁÑ ÊÏ, ±Âë›Â¨œÍ ¥Ã�Á Ï!

Mithra feel surprised, can’t believe the change in shade, walks back with a feel of lost role model

CAMERA ZOOM ONTO LOKI FROM BEHIND, A SPARK OF LIGHTENING.

CUT TO: ELECTION MONTAGE

EXT/INT. ELECTIONS - DAY : ELECTION CUTS65 65

CAMPAIGN CUTS, FINAL FACE OF A TYPICAL ELECTION, MONEY LAUNDERING, VOTER MOBILIZATION, BALLET PRINTS PRESS, TRANSPORT TO BOOTHS, AGENT MANIPULATIONS, VOTE MARKING, BALLOT TRANSPORT, STORAGE ETC.

Election report on TV and counting date.

CUT TO: JEEP

INT. VALLI HOME - DAY : SAVIOUR66 66

Mithra & Golie get out of jeep, wonder about the Benz car parked in front of home, displaying evangelical symbol.

GOLIE

þÊþÊ ¥Á Â§ÁÓ¥ÁÅ! þÊþÊ üÄ©Á¥ÁÅ! þÊþÊ ¬ÁœÁê¥ÁÅ! ‡ÏœÁ £ÉÏüÃ

�Â§ËœÊ ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ, ‚ÏœÁ €�ÁÏ�Â§Á¥Á Â?¥Ã�Ã ÃþÁ©ÁþÄä �Â§ÁÅì

�ÂžÂ?

Golie suddenly stops with a spark, grabs Mithra’s hand.

GOLIE (cont'd)

�! ¨ÍþÁ §Á Á�ÁÅ™ÁÅ žÃ�ÃþÁýÅÛþÂä™Âë, €§Éë§Êë ‚¡Áôå™É Êà

convert €¦±ÍœÂÏ §Â, �Â¬Ê¡Áô �ÁÅ™Ã�É Ì ìžÂâÏ ¡ÁžÁ

Mithra relieves himself and nips on Golie’s head.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ þÄ þÁ¥Áé�Â¨ ¥ÄžÁ þÁ¥Áé�ÁÏ „ÏýÊ �ÁþÁäí§Áïþ÷¨

�Ì™Á©ÁôÏ™ÁžÁÅ, ¡ÁžÁ

Mithra leads Golie inside, Vikki & Nikki are sitting on the footsteps, still in uniform, with a down look.

GOLIE

€žÊÏýÂë ³Í¥Á©Â§ÁÏ ±ÌžÁÅâþÁ ¬ÁÆÑ ÉÑ Êì©Â®Áò Â face

¡ÉýÂÛ§ÁÆ? convert €¦±Í¦Á Â§Â?

Vikki and Nikki spring out and hugs Mithra crying.

VIKKI

¥Á Â©Á¦Á Âê, ¨ýÆÛþÃ ¡É®Ãò úÊ¬ÁÅ�Í™ÂþÃ�Ã €¥É§Ã�Â

þÁÅÏúÉ©Á™Í žÃ�Â™ÁÅ

MITHRA

ˆÏýÊ?

Mithra drops the fruit basket and rushes inside, animated. Golie leans to Vikki with a fruit cake.

GOLIE

�öÁ! ³Â©Áô �Á£Å§ÁÅ ‡ÏœÁ ¬Á ì�Â úÉ±Âå©Áô§Â, ‚žÃ�Í ¢Áõëý÷

�Ê�ÁÅ

Golie settles next to kid looking out for Saira.

CUT TO: VALLI IN KITCHEN

INT. VALLI HOME - DAY : PELLI CHUPULU66a 66a

Valli is busy arranging the tray, Mithra breaks a vessel.

MITHRA

€¬Áð É©Áí§Áä™Ã�Ã ¬Éý÷ úÊªÂ§Ê ¡É®ÃòúÁÆ¡Áô Å?

©Á§Á¬ËþÍþÍ™Ãä žÂþÃ ¡Ã �Á ¡ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ ©Ê Â™ÁÅœÁÅþÂäþÊ

�ÌÏúÉÏ �ÁÆ™Â üÂ Ã ÊžÂ ¥Ä�ÁÆ?


(CONTINUED)

VALLI

€¦ÉÂê, �®Áò�ÃþÃ¡Ã¬ÁÅàÏžÃ§Â!

MITHRA

©ÃþÁþÄ, ©ÃÏýÊ ÊúÃ±ÍœÂ§ÁÏœÊ�Â, €žÊ þÂ�ÁÅ �Â©Â ÃðÏžÃ

Mithra peeks through the curtain,Latha and John are laughing.

JOHN MAYER

I like your smile, žÊ©Áô™ÁÅ¥Ã¥Áé Ãä úÂ Â pretty �Â

¡ÁôýÃÛúÂÖ™ÁÅ

Mithra turns back stoned.

MITHRA

‚žÊÏýÊ,¥ÁœÁÏ ¥ÁþÁžÃ �ÂžÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÊ, œÍ¨Å �ÁÆ™ÂþÂ?

VALLI

�™Á£ç �ÏŸÂë €¥Áé žÁ¥É§Ã�Â, €œÂà ¥Á Â¥Á Å ‡ýÂÛ�ËþÂ

žÂþÁä¥É§Ã�Â�Ã œÌ¦Á Âê¨þÃ úÁÆ¬ÁÅàþÂä§ÁÅ, ‚ÏžÁÅ¨Í þÂ

¥Á ÂýÊÏ ÊžÁÅ £Â£Æ, �®Áò �Í™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ £ÅýÛ Í ©Ê¬ÁÅÑþÃ

œÌ�ÃÑ ¡ÁýÂÛþÁþÃ €¬Á Ê þÂ ¥ÄžÁ ¡Ä�Á ©Á§Á�ÁÅÏžÃ, þÊþÁÅ üÉ¡Êà

ˆÏ ©ÃÏýÂ§ÁÅ úÉ¡Áõå? úÉ±Âå ÃðþÁ �ÍœÃ úÉ¡Êà �ÁžÂ, €¦þÂ

žÂþÃ�Ã þÄ¥ÄžÊ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ ÊžÁÅ§Â, � úÃÏ¡Ã§Ã �ÍœÃ þÄ�ÉÏžÁÅ�ÁÅ

�ÂþÄ, ¥ÁþÁ �Ì Ã©Â¦Á±Â ÉÏ¨Í ¨ ÁþÁÏ�Â

£ÏŸÁÅ©Áô ¥Á Âé¦ÉÅ�ÁýÅÏž,Ã ©É®Ãò úÁÆ³ÌžÂâÏ ±Í!

Mithra stands fuming blocking Valli, peeks through the curtain again, John and Latha are laughing and touching each other excited.

MITHRA

©Â¥ÉÂé, cool ¦Á Â fool ¦Á Â €ÏýÆ þÁ©ÊíœÁàþÂä™ÁÅ,

�ÌÏ¡ÁžÄ¬Ã žÄþÃ�Ã þÁúÊÖªÂ™Â?

VALLI

œÉ ì œÍ¨ÅÏýÊ úÂ¨Å�ÁžÁ§Â ¥ÁþÁ �ÍœÁÅ¨Å, úÁÆ™Á�ÂþÊ ©Â Ã

±ÍœÂ§ÁÅ, œÁ¡Áôå�Í!


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

þÁÅ©Êí œÁ¡Áôå�Ê..

Mithra grabs the tray and walks towards them furiously.

CUT TO: LIVING ROOM

INT. VALLI HOME - DAY : JOHN MAYER66b 66b

Mithra places the tray on table sitting in between. sits between arming around Latha’s shoulder, Latha looks at him smiling.

LATHA

(fake smiling)

Hahahha, John ‚ ÂÏýÃ©ÊÏ ¡ÁýÃÛúÁÅÖ�Í™ÁÅ, right John!

JOHN MAYER

Yah, right! I’m full of love

MITHRA

ˆÏýÄ? £ëžÁ§÷ £Â�Â þÁúÊÖªÂ™Â?

LATHA

I told you no, he is very funny, my bAvA

John jumps up and shaakes hands and keeps on shaking.

JOHN

Oh, nice to meet you, my name is John Mayer,

œÉ ì œÍ¨ÅœÍ ¡ÁôýÃÛþÁ œÉ Å�Í™Ãä

MITHRA

�öÁ, my name is Mithra, Drop Out Bewaars

from Bejawada

LATHA

�ÁÆÏ™Â ©Âê±Â§ÁÏ üÊ¬ÁÅàÏýÂ™ÁÅ


(CONTINUED)

JOHN

Oh yah, I heard it’s a very tough job

MITHRA

€©ÁôþÁÏ™Ä, úÂ Â tough, deadline œÁ¡Áå�ÁÅÏ™Â §ÍüÅ�Í

¢ËýÅ, ©Â§ÂþÃ�Í ¥Á§ÁÝ§ÁÅ þÊ �Í §Ê¡Áõ üÊ¬ÁÅàÏ™Â Ã, ÊžÁÏýÊ

©Ä�Ë±ÍœÂÏ!

John turns serious.

JOHN

€¦œÊ ¥Ä§Ì�Á³Â§Ã, ¡Áë¤ÁÅ©Áô ¬ÁþÃäŸÃ�ÌúÃÖ �¦ÁþÁ ¥É¬Êü÷

©ÃþÂ Ã

MITHRA

‹ œÁ¡Áå�ÁÅÏ™ÂþÁÏ™Ã,¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ¥Á Â superstar cinema

�É Âì Ã, ¡Ã ì Å ™Á Åì�ÁÅþÂä§ÁÅ

John coughs out coffee and looks stumped.

JOHN

O yah, þÊþÁÆ ©Á³ÂàþÁÅ

Mithra blinks with discomfort.

SOUND CUT TO: FLAT TYRES

EXT. STREET - DAY : PUNCTURE66c 66c

Close shot on flat tires.

JOHN MAYER

Jesus Christ, my tires are punctured, damn, all

of them!

GOLIE

€ÏœÊ�ÂžÁÅ, ¡ÉýÍë ÷ ýÂÏ�÷ ¨Í ¬ÁÅ�Á§÷ É©Ã ÷ �ÁÆ™Â

¡É§Ã�ÃþÁýÅÛÏžÃ

Vikki drops the sugar hiding behind, lurks around.


(CONTINUED)

JOHN MAYER

What do you mean? who did this? who did

this?

MITHRA

úÁÅýÅÛ¡Á�ÁÑ¨ ¡Ã ì ¬ËœÂþ÷ É�ÁÅÑ©ÁÏ™Ã, úÁÆ™ÂÝþÃ�ÃÏœÊ

©ÁôÏýÂ§ÁÅ�ÂþÃ ¥ÁöÁ ±Â¡Áô Å, �®Áò ±Â¡Ã«ÃÛ üÄ©ÃœÂ¨Íì ‚Ï�Â

¡Áë¤ÁÅ©Áô „žÁ¦ÏúÃþÁýÅÛ Ê™ÁÅ..!

John Mayer brings himself under control.

JOHN MAYER

€¦œÊ ©Â®Áò §Á Á› �Ì§Á�ÁÅ ±Âë§ÁãþÁ úÊžÂâÏ, ¡ÁžÁÏ™Ã

CUT TO: RUNNING JEEP

EXT. SCORPIO/ROAD - DAY : THE CONVERSION67 67

Everyone is squeezed inside the jeep, dead silence, heart beat, clock ticks, Golie is tensed expecting the inevitable, John leans onto Golie’s ear like an eagle, Golie looks back like a scape goat.

JOHN MAYER

±Â¡Ä, þÁÅ©Äí§ÍüÅ úÁ¬Êà ¬Áí§ÂÓþÃ�Ã ±ÍœÂ©Í þÁ§Á�ÂþÃ�Ã

±ÍœÂ©Í œÉ Å³Â?

Golie screams closing ears, stops and looks back.

GOLIE

Š�Á³Â§Ã face úÁÆ¬Ã guess úÉ¦÷

Jump cuts as John starts ranting, Golie closes his ears in agony, John’s rant is muted, overlated with music.


(CONTINUED)

JOHN MAYER (MUTED)

±Â¡Áô Â§Â! ¥Ä§ÁÅ œÁ¡Áå�ÁÅÏ™Â þÁ§ÁÑÏ¨Í

�Â Ã±ÍœÂ§ÁÅ! §Â®Áòþ÷ ¥ÉÅ�ÃÑ ±Â¡ÁÏ úÊ¬ÁÅàþÂä§ÁÅ,

�Ïý§ÂþÃ œÁþÁÏœÍ ±Â¡ÁÏ úÊ¬ÁÅàþÂä§ÁÅ, žÉ¦Á Âê¨�Ã

temples �Á™ÁÅàþÂä§ÁÅ! ¡ÁžÃ úÊœÁÅ¨ þÃÏ™Â

violence úÁÆ¡ÁôœÍÏžÃ ¥Ä žÁÅ§ÂÓ, ©Ê ¥ÁÏžÃ

girl freinds œÍ ¬É�÷ð úÊªÂ™ÁÅ �Ãë«ÁÅß™ÁÅ,

¡É®ÂòþÃä divorce úÊªÂ™ÁÅ §Â¥ÁÅ™ÁÅ, shiva is

a murder úÊªÂ™ÁÅ, ©Ã«ÁÅß ¥ÉÂ¬ÁÏ úÊªÂ™ÁÅ,

žÁ¦Á Âê Ãä ¡ÁõüÃ¬ÁÅàþÁäÏžÁÅ�Ê ¥Ä žÊªÁÏ žÁ§ÃžÁëÏœÍ

¥ÁÅ§Ã�Ã±ÍœÍÏžÃ, þÃü¥ËþÁ žÊ©Áô™Ãä œÉ Åð�ÁÅþÃ

€¥É§Ã�Â ©É Ã�Ã ±ÍœÍÏžÊ

GOLIE

©ÁžÍâ, þÊþÁÅ ±Â¡ÃþÃ �ÂžÍ, þÊþÁÅ ±Â¡ÃþÃ �ÂžÍ,

þÊþÁÅ ±Â¡ÃþÃ �ÂžÍ, convert �ÂþÍ, þÊþÁÅ

§Á ÃÏ¡Á£™ÁþÍ... þÂ�ÁÅ §Á Á�ÁÅ™ÌžÍâ....

Mithra pulls over by the side of a temple, lights cigarette, holds John by the hand.

MITHRA

Š�Á³Â§Ã žÃ�ÁÅ brother

Mithra helps him get down.

MITHRA (cont'd)

€¥É§Ã�Â¨Í civil rights legalize €¦êÏžÉ¡Áôå™ÁÅ? ¥Ä

history ¨Í minority presidents ‡ÏœÁ ¥ÁÏžÃ? lady

presdents ‡ÏœÁ ¥ÁÏžÃ? average �Â §ÉÏ™ÁÅ

©Ã™Â�ÁÅ¨Å ¥ÁÆ™ÁÅ ¡É®Ãò®ÁÆò, �§ÁÅ €¢Ë§ÁÆì, ˆ™ÁÅ �Â§ÁÅì,

þÂ¨Å�Ã®ÁÅò, ‚žÄ ¥Ä £œÁÅ�ÁÅ!¥Ä§ÁÅ ¡Áë¡ÁÏúÂþÃ�Ã £ÍžÃÏúÊ

¥ÉÂ Á¥ÊÏýÂë?�¦ ÷ žÌ£Åç�ÁÅ±Í™ÂþÃ�Ã ¦ÁÅžÂã Æ, žÊªÂ¨Å

�ÌýÅÛ�ÁÅ úÂ©Á™ÂþÃ�Ã �¦ÁÅŸÂ¨Æ, £ÂþÃ¬ÁœÁíÏ þÊ§Áå™ÂþÃ�Ã

converion ¨Å, ‚©Ê�Â freedom ¡Ê§ÁÅœÍ ¡ÉýÊÛ �ÁÅ™ÁÅì?,

þÁÅ©Áôí convert úÉ¦Á Âê¨ÏýÊ ¥ÉÅþÁäýÃžÂ�Â white house

¨Í ¡Á™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÁä war lord ¨œÍ ¥ÉÅžÁ ÉýÅÛ!

Mithra gets close onto his face.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA (cont'd)

þÄ É�ÁÑ¨Í ¥ÁþÃ«Ã ¡ÁôýÛ�Á ¥ÁÅÏžÊ þÂ žÊªÁÏ¨Í Š�Á

civilization ¡ÁôýÃÛÏžÃ, €›Å©Áô Í „þÁä ªÁ�ÃàþÃ science

�ÁþÂä ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ �ÁÅ§ÃàÏúÂÏ �Â£ýÊÛ, úÉýì�ÁÆ ¡Áôýì�ÁÆ

¥ÉÅ�ÁÅÑœÁÅþÂäÏ, we are not a religion, üÂäþÁÏ Š�ÁÑ

¡Áô¬Áà�ÁÏ¨Í �ÂžÁÅ§Â, ¡Áë¡ÁÏúÁ¥ÁÏœÂ ¡Á§ÃúÃ ¡ÉýÂÛ™ÁÅ žÊ©Áô™ÁÅ

Latha comes forward trying to distract Mithra.

MITHRA (cont'd)

þÁ™ÁÅ©÷! ‚�ÁÑ™ÁþÁÅÏúÃ airport žÂ�Â �Á®ÁÅòœÉ§ÁÅúÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ

�Â®Äò™ÁÅÖ�ÁÅÏýÆ þÁ™ÁÅ©÷, ±ÌýÛ�Í¬ÁÏ �ÌýÅÛ�ÁÅþÊ ¤Ã Á�Â®Êò

�ÂžÁÅ, €™ÁÅ�Á™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÂ ¡Áë¡ÁÏúÁÏ �ÁþÃ¡Ã¬ÁÅàÏžÃ, ©ÄŸÃ ©ÄŸÃþÂ

�ÁÅ™Ã �Í™Á ¥ÄžÁ ¥Á ÂþÁ©ÁÁ ©Ã�Â¬ÁÏ ©É Å�ÁÅœÍÏžÃ,

convert úÊ¬ÁÅÑÏýÆ ±ÍœÂ©Í, þÁÅ©Áôí convert €©ÁôœÁÆ

±ÍœÂ©Í þÄ Ž§Áé!

Mithra discards the cigarette stub and gets back into the jeep leaving John stranded on busy road with a blank expression.

CUT TO: LATHA

INT. JEEP - DAY : DUET PRELUDE67a 67a

A moment of silence in the Jeep as Golie keeps staring at at everyone, Latha slowly wraps her arms around Mithra’s neck.

LATHA

�™ÊÏ ±Â¡ÁÏ úÊªÂ™Âë €ÏœÂ©ÊªÁ ¡Á™ÂÝ©÷?

MITHRA

�™ÊÏ úÉ¦Áê Â, þÊþÁÅ þÃþÁÅä ¨©÷ üÊ¬ÃþÁ ±Â±ÂþÃ�Ã ¥ÁžÉâ Í

œÁ žÁÆ§ÃÖ £¨¦Á Âê™ÁÏœÊ

Kids look up at him drop their jaw for saying the love word.

KIDS

Ah!, you said it


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

ˆÏýÂë

VIKKI & NIKKI

þÁÅ©Êí ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ¨©÷ ¦ÁÆ úÉ¡ÊåªÂ©÷, you lost it

Mithra feels embarrassed, Latha winks her eye-brows feeling victorious, Golie looks out through the windscreen and screams,

Jeep runs into a flower shops - song prelude

CUT TO: SONG 4

EXT/INT. SONG 5 - INNAALLUGAA (JAZZ MELODY)68 68

CUT TO: MOVIE SCREEN

INT. MOVIE THEATRE - NIGHT : THE PLANTING69 69

ZOOMOUT FROM LAHTA & MITHRA SITTING COZY AND WATCHING MOVIE. MOVIE CLIP. PAN ON THE BALCONY AS THE CRONIES SITTING SPARSED OUT, ONE OF THEM IS STANDING NEAR THE DOOR LURKING AT THE PROJECTOR ROOM, TILT ZOOM ONTO THE PROJECTOR OPENINGS, DINESH WALKS IN CHEWING PAWN.

SOUND CUT TO: CRICKET

INT. VALLI HOME - NIGHT : VALLI’S ENLIGHTENMENT70 70

Ashok is watching cricket lying on bed, munching pakoda.

ASHOK

©Á®Äò, �Â¢Ä úÉ¡Ãå �ÁÏý¦êÏžÃ!

Valli walks in with coffee.

VALLI

(angry)

‚žÃ�Í œÉúÂÖ¥ÁÏ™Ä, ªÁþÃ �žÃ©Â§Â¨Å �Ãë�ÉÑý÷ úÁÆ™Á™ÁÏ,

þÃžÁâ§Í™ÁÏ œÁ¡Áå žÁ¥Ãé™Ä ¡ÁþÃ úÊ¬ÊžÃ ÊžÁÅ


(CONTINUED)

Valli hands in coffee, snatches remote and sits next flipping channels.

ASHOK

¥Á Â§ÁÖ�Ê, ‚Ïý§Á¬ÃÛÏ�÷ �Â „ÏžÃ

VALLI

þÂ�ÁÅ ÊžÁÅ

Ashok spits coffee with distaste.

ASHOK

�ÁÆ, ˆÏýÃ „¡ÊåªÂ©Â?

VALLI

§ÉÏ™ÁÆ œÉ ì�ÁþÊ „ÏýÂ¦�Â? taste ¨Í €ÏœÁ œÊ™Â „ÏžÂ?

¬Á¥Á¦Á ÂþÃ�Ã úÁ�ÁÑ§Á �ÁþÃ¡Ä ÊžÁÅ,

Ashok snatches the remote back.

ASHOK

�Í¡Á¥ÁÅÏýÊ Š�ÁÑ³Â§Ã�Â �Á�ÁÅÑ! �Â¢Ä Í �ÌÏœÁ

³ÂÏ£Â§ÁÅ¨Í �ÌÏœÁ installments ¨Í �Â�ÁÅÏ™Â

Valli lies coiled in the bed, turning aside.

VALLI

€™ÁÝ¥ËþÁ ¬ÁÏ�Á§Á üÂœÃ ¬ÁÏ£ÏŸÂ¨Å üÆ³Âà§ÁÅ �ÂþÄ ¥Á Â

œÁ¥ÁÅé™ÁÅ ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ �ÁÏýÍì ¡Á™ÁÅÝ

ASHOK

�Á Í, ¥ÁþÁžÃ �ÁÆ™Â ¬ÁÏ�Á§Á üÂœÃ ¬ÁÏ£ÏŸÁ¥Ê!

VALLI

€¬Á ÊÏ œÁ�ÁÅÑ©Á þÂ™Ã�Ã,�ÁþÄ¬ÁÏ ¥Ä €¥Á Âé þÂþÁä�Ã úÉ¡Ãå

úÁÆžÂâ¥ÁþÊ �¨ÍúÁþÌúÃÖÏžÂ?

ASHOK

úÉ±Âå ÃðÏžÃ þÊþÁÅ �ÂžÁÅ, ‚«ÁÛ¥ÁÅÏýÊ €žÊ úÉ¡ÊåžÃ


(CONTINUED)

Ashok starts munching pakoda.

ASHOK (cont'd)

Šþ÷ ¬Ë™É™÷ �Â �¨ÍúÃ¬Êà úÂ¨žÁÅ ©Á®Äò, €žÃ ™Â�ÁÛ§ÁÆ �™ÁÅ

™Âë±ÎýÅ, žÄþÃ�Ã œÍ™ÁÅ §Âü�Ä¦ÁÏ �ÌÏœÁ family ¨Í

Valli grabs the remote and throws it away with anger.

VALLI

¥ÁžÉâ Í family ¥Á ÂýÉìÏžÁÅ�ÁÅ? þÂ family �ÁÅ§ÃÏúÃ ˆÏ

œÉ Å¬ÁÅ þÄ�ÁÅ?

ASHOK

þÂ�ÁÅ £ÂþÊ œÉ Å¬ÁÅ, þÄ�Ê œÉ Ã¦ÁÏžÃ! ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ¥Ä €¥Áé

�Â§Á�ÁÛ§÷ œÉ Åð�Í úÂ¨Å

Valli attacks Ashok with a anger and frustration.

VALLI

¬Á™Áþ÷ �Â ‚¡ÁåýÃ�Ã¡Áôå™ÁÅ þÂ ¢Ê¥Ã Ä �ÁÏ¡Ë ±Ì¦êÏžÂ, ˆÏ

¥Á ÂýÂì™ÁÅœÁÅþÂä©Áô§Â þÁÅ©Áôí?

Ashok brings her under control with force, shakes her up and slaps to draw attention.

ASHOK

þÍ§ÁÅé¦÷, úÉ¡ÊåžÃ ©ÃþÁÅ! §ÍüÅ §ÍüÅ�Ä psychopath Â

œÁ¦Á Â§Á©ÁôœÁÅþÂä©÷ , þÄ personality ˆ¥ÎœÁÅÏžÍ

�¨ÍúÃÏúÂ©Â? Š�Á psychiatrist �Â ¥Á ÂýÂì™ÁÅœÁÅþÂä,

³ÌÏœÁ œÁ ÃìþÃ �ÁÆ™Â €§ÁãÏ úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÊ capacity ÊþÃ

¥ÊþÃ¦Á Â�÷ ©Á¦Á Âê©÷

Valli is shocked looking at Ashok, breathing on her face with, look numb as tears roll over her eyes, Ashok lets her go.

ASHOK (cont'd)

¥ÁþÃ«ÃþÁ§ÁãÏ úÊ¬ÁÅ�Í™ÂþÃ�Ã üÄ©ÃœÁ �Â¨Ï €©Á¬Á§ÁÏ ÊžÁÅ,

Š�Á þÃ¥Ã«ÁÏ � ¥ÁþÃ«Ã ³ÂáþÁÏ¨Í þÁÅÏúÁÅþÃ �¨ÍúÃ¬Êà úÂ¨Å,

Valli weeps like a baby in regret.


(CONTINUED)

ASHOK (cont'd)

¥Ä þÂþÁäþÃ �Í¨Íå¦ ‚žÁâ§ÁÆ �Â¦Á¡Á™ÂÝ§ÁÅ...., �ÂþÄ �¥É

�Â¦Á ÂþÃ�Ã ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ þÁÅ©Êí �§ÁþÃ ¡ÁôÏ™ÁÅ�Â ¥Á Â§Â©÷÷, just

think

Ashok looks at Valli crying, softens, hold her face in hands.

ASHOK (cont'd)

³Â§Ä..! ƒ ýÂ¡Ã�÷ �ÁÅ§ÃÏúÃ ‡¡Áôå™ÁÆ

¥Á ÂýÂì™Á�ÁÆ™ÁžÁþÁÅ�ÁÅþÂäþÁÅ, sorry!

Zoom in as Ashok takes Valli close to his chest caressing her head.

ASHOK (cont'd)

üÄ©ÃœÁÏœÍ ©ÁúÃÖþÁ þÌ¡Áôå¨Å úÂ¨Å, Š�Á§Ã�Ì�ÁÑ§ÁÅ

¡ÉÏúÁÅ�ÍþÁ�ÁÑ§ÊìžÁÅ

Ashok kisses and hugs Valli as she cries uncontrollable.

CAMERA ZOOM OUT FROM DOOR KNOB AS CHINNA UNLOCKS, ENTER THE LIVING ROOM, LIGHT CIGARETTE, LURKS AROUND, PICKS UP THE REMOTE, TURNS ON TV, SEATS IN THE SOFA WATCHING ‘PLANET EARTH’.

CUT TO: PROJECTOR LIGHT

INT. MOVIE THEATRE - NIGHT : THE ATTACK70a 70a

PAN, DINESH SIGNALS THE PROJECTIONIST TO LEAVE, PICKS UP CELL PHONE, PHONE LIGHTS UP IN ONE OF THE GOONS POCKET.

CUT TO THE MOVIE SCREEN, SUDDEN INTERRUPTION WITH A HUGE SHADOW OF ANGLING AXE, CUT MITHRA ESCAPING NARROWLY, SCREAMS, FIGHT AND STAMPEDE AS THE MOVIE CONTINUES. PEOPLE RUSH TOWARDS THE LOCKED DOORS, MITHRA FIGHTS TO PROTECT KIDS AND LATHA. MITHRA BREAKS THE DOOR OPEN AND LETS LATHA AND KIDS EXIT ALONG WITH GOLIE.

MITHRA

¡Ã ì Ãä œÄ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ ¡Á�ÁÑ±Í Ä¬÷ ¬ÊÛ«Áþ÷ �É®ÁÅò


(CONTINUED)

Mithra grabs the door lock bar cut lose in the stampede, counter attacks, spots Dinesh running out of the projector room.

At the end of the fight standing in the empty theater as the movie rolls on, Mithra makes a phone call to Valli.

CUT TO: RINGING PHONE

INT. VALLI HOME - NIGHT : HISTORY OF SIBLING WARS70b 70b

Quad-cir dolly as Valli is lying calm on Ashok’s chest.

ASHOK

¥Ä €¥ÁéœÍ ¥Á ÂýÂì™ÁœÂ©Â?

Valli nods yes wiping her tears, phone rings, Ashok looks attentive.

CUT TO LIVING ROOM:

Chinna picks up the receiver and puts it and puts it back on, unknowingly mis-align the reciever.

Mithra screams on the phone.

Ashok notices Chinna from balcony, picks up a cricket bat, stealthily walks down the stairs.

CHINNA

�Á Í £Â©Â

ASHOK

ˆÏ �Â©Â Âë?

CHINNA

€�ÁÑ �ÁÅ§Ìà¬ÊàþÁÆ úÁÆ¬É Ââ¥ÁþÌúÂÖ÷ £Â©Â, sunday

evening ¥ÁÅúÁÖý�Â ¨ÍþÁÅþÂä§ÁÅ �ÁžÂ €þÄ, �ÃÏžÁ ©Ëý÷

üÊ¬ÁàþÂä

Ashok walks close to Chinna.


(CONTINUED)

ASHOK

£¦Áý�ÁÅ ±Í§Â ‡žÁ©Â

Chinna smiles.

CHINNA

‡ÏœÁ step-in-law €¦œÊ ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ, €ÏœÁ ¥Á§ÂêžÁ Ê�ÁÅÏýÂ

¥Á ÂýÂì™ÁœÂ©÷ £Â©Â...?

Chinna walk towards the door, locks it up, looks at Ashok.

CHINNA (cont'd)

±ÍþÄ Š�Á ¡Ê«ÉÏý÷ �Â §Ã¬Ä©÷ üÊ³ÍÑ §ÂžÁÆ..?

Chinna approaches Ashok, Valli comes out of the room.

CHINNA (cont'd)

úÃþÁä¡ÁåýÅäÏúÃ þÂ �ÁÅÏ™É Í ‹ ¥ÁÅ¨ÅìÏžÃ £Â©Â,

¡ÉžÁâ¦Êê�ÌžÄâ ¬É¡ÃÛ�÷ €¦ê þÂ �Â§Á�ÁÛ§÷ þÊ �ÁÅ®Áò£ÉýÊÛ¬ÃÏžÃ,

treatment œÄ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏžÂ¥ÁþÃ £¦Á Å žÊ§Â

CUT TO THE UN-HUNG PHONE, MITHRA SCREAMS ON THE LINE.

MITHRA (o.s.)

§Ê¦÷ úÃþÂä! €�ÂÑ

INTERCUT OF MITHRA SPEEDING THROUGH THE BUSY STREET LIGHTS, AS LATHA AND KIDS SCREAM HOLDING EACH OTHER.

Ashok lifts the bat as Chinna closes in.

CHINNA

þÁÅ©Áôí action setting ¨Í ¡É§Á�ÃþÍ™Ã©Ã �ÂžÁÅ £Â©Â,

£ÂýÃ¬Êà þÊþÁÅ train üÊ³Âà?

Chinna grabs the bat in a whisker and beats Ashok on head in a whisker, Valli runs screaming as Ashok drops on floor.

VALLI

±ÂœÁ�ÁÅ™Â! þÄ €¥Áé�ÁÅ ¡ÁôýÃÛþÁ ¡ÃÏ™ÂþÃä §Â þÊþÁÅ!


(CONTINUED)

Chinna pulls her by the hair and pushes onto the floor.

CHINNA

€©ÁôþÂ?þÂ ™Á¦ Â�÷ þÂ�Ê repeat÷ úÊ¬ÁàþÂä©Â? ¥Ä ‚žÁâ§Ã�Ã

¡ÃÏ™Â¨Å ¡É™ÃœÊ �ÂþÃ þÊþÁÅ ¥ÁþÃ«ÃþÃ �ÂþÊ, þÁþÁÅä £Ì�ÁÑ¨Í

‚§Ã�ÃúÃÖ þÄ œÁ¥ÁÅé™Ã�Ã ¡ÁýÂÛ¤Ã«Ê�ÁÏ úÊžÂâ¥ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä©Â?

VALLI

(begs)

úÊ¬ÃþÁ ±ÂœÁ�ÁÏ úÂ Âë,¡Ã ì �Í¬ÁÏ £œÁ�ÁþÄ§Â!

Chinna walks close to her as she fears crawling back, Chinna drops the bat on floor pretend mercy for a moment.

CHINNA

±ÂœÁÅ�ÁÏ Š�ÁÑýÃ úÊ¬ÃþÂ ©ÁÏžÁ úÊ¬ÃþÂ character

Š�ÁýÊþÁ�ÂÑ, ƒ üþÁé�ÃžÊ þÂ �Á§Âé©ÁœÂ§ÁÏ €þÁÅ�Í!

CHINNA pulls out gun aiming at vALLI as she begs shivering.

CAMERA PANS AWAY ONTO A 1000 FRAME/SEC IMAGERY OF A GIANT WHALE PREYING ON SEAL (PLANET EARTH - DISC 1, SECTION 1), GUN SHOTS AT THE PEAK OF THE IMAGE.

MITHRA DROPS THE CELL HEARING THE GUN SHOTS (HIGH SPEED).

CAM LOOK UP ON CHINNA’S ICE COLD FACE.

CHINNA (cont'd)

¥ÁþÃ«Ã úÁ§ÃœÊë €þÁäžÁ¥ÁÅé¨ ¦ÁÅžÁãÏ¨Í

¡ÁôýÃÛÏžÃ....century¨Å�Â �¦ÁÅŸÂ¨Å ¥Á Â§ÃþÁ¦÷ �ÂþÃ

¦ÁÅžÂã Å ¥Á Â§Á Ê

SOUND CUT TO: SQUEAKING JEEP ON THE STREET

INT/EXT. VALLI HOME - NIGHT : THE MASSACRE70c 70c

Vikki & Nikki cry in panic, Latha holds them tight.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA GETS OFF THE JEEP, SIGNALS LATHA AND KIDS TO STAY BACK LOOKING AT HOME, SLOWLY WALK IN.

Mithra enter the house filled with neighbors, turn the light off refusing to look at the bodies, crowd disperse as Latha walks in with kids facing Mithra sliding down along the wall numb and helpless.

CAM OUT-FOCUS ON DEAD BODIES.

Latha & kids hug Mithra tightly as Vikki’s dense voice break the silence....

VIKKI

(wrenching)

¥Á Â©Á¦Á Âê...¥Á Â©Á¦Á Âê....

Mithra pulls them all together and hold tight frozen in disbelief.

FADE OUT.

FADE IN: LOKI

INT. LOKI OFFICE - NIGHT : LOKI REVEALED71 71

Loki is with Durga, listening.

DURGA

§Ãü ÷Û úÉ¡Áå ÊÏ, �Ê§ÁÏýÅ�Â §Ä�ÎÏýÅ�É ÅìžÃâ, ˆüÉÏýÉì©Á§Ää

©ÁžÁ ýÊìžÁÏ™Ê, ¥Ä§Í³Â§Ã �Á ÉýÛ§Íà ¥Á ÂýÂ™ÁÏ™Ã

LOKI

¥ÃœÂë ‡�ÁÑ™Á?

DURGA

±ÌžÁÅâþÁÅäÏúÃ ²Íþ÷ üÊœÁàþÂäþÁÅ, žÌ§Á�ÁýÊìžÁÅ

Loki looks up noticing Chinna walk in with sweaty face, holding the gun behind.


(CONTINUED)

CHINNA

counting €™Â©Ã™Ã Í ©ÁôþÂä©÷, result œÉ Åð�ÁÅþÊÏœÁ

ýË¥ÁÅÏžÁÏýÂ©Â ™Â™Ä÷?

Phone rings, Loki picks up wondering.

PHONE VOICE (V.O.)

¥ÃœÂë ¥ÄžÁ €ýÂ�÷ ü§Ã�ÃÏžÁ¦Á Âê! ¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ É©Á§ÁþÃ

œÉ ÄžÁÅ�ÂþÃ, £Â£Å œÁ¡ÃåúÁÅÖ�ÁÅþÂä™ÁÅ

LOKI

(staring at Chinna)

‡�ÁÑ™Á?

CHINNA

€¨Ï�Â§÷ œÃ¦Êý§÷ ¨Í

Chinna approaches Loki, as Loki hangs the phone.

CHINNA (cont'd)

€¦žÌÏžÁ ¥ÁÏžÃ üþÂ¨Íì ‚§Á©Ë ¥ÁÏžÃ ¥ÁÏ�ÁÏ¡Êý

§Î™Ä Íà design úÊªÂ ™Â™Ä... �ÁÅ�÷! þÄ�ÁÅ �Ì§Ã©Ã

¡ÉýÛ�ÁÅÏ™Â £Ï�Â§ÁÅ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ úÂ©Á™ÁþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÂ,

œÁ¡ÃåÏúÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä™ÁÅ...

Durga and supporters stand up nervous, Loki hints them to leave, Loki puts off the cigar, hands shivering.

CHINNA (cont'd)

€ýÂì ©Á›Å�ÁÅœÁÅþÁä©ÊÏýÃ üþÁ�Â, ‚Ï�Â þÄ �ÁÆœÁÅ§ÁÆ

€¨Åì™ÁÆ ±Í¦þÁ ¬ÁÏ�ÁœÃ üÉ¡ÁåþÊ ÊžÁÆ

Loki stands in sheer disbelief, walks away from desk looking at Chinna.

CHINNA (cont'd)

�ÁÅ�÷! €¬Á Ä™ÁÅ þÂ �Ì™ÁÅ�Â �ÂžÂ €þÃ üÆœÁàþÂä©Â?

úÁÆ™ÁÆ...þÁÅ©Áôí ¡ÉÏúÃ ¡ÉžÁâ üÊ¬ÃþÁ ¡ËªÂúÃ�ÂþÃä úÁÆ™ÁÅ!


(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

€£ç ©Ã¬Ã§Ã ±Â§Ê¬ÃþÁ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ¨Í œÁþÁÅä�ÌúÊÖ �Á³Â¦œÁþÁÏ

úÁÆ™ÁÅ! œÂýÃþÌžÃ ÃÃ þÁÆ¨Å±Í�ÁÅ¨ýÅÛ�Ê Â™Â©Ê, ˆÏ

¥Ã�Ã ÃÏžÍ úÁÆ™Í!

Loki walks closer conflicted, looks intense, wraps both hands around Chinna’s face with compassion, squeezes... slaps repeatedly, snatches the gun and pelt him into a corner.

LOKI

ˆÏ žÉ Å¬ÁÅ§Â þÄ¦Á£ç �ÁÅ§ÃÏúÃ þÄ�ÁÆ, €§Áã ¡ÃÏ™Á¥Á Â?

Loki looks at Chinna with a long pause and heavy breathe.

LOKI (cont'd)

±Âë›Â¨Å ±ÌýÛþÉýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃÃ ˆÏ ³ÂžÃœÂà©Áô§Â žÁ�ÁÅ Âç¬Ä ‡ŸÁ©Â?

Loki start kicking him with bursting anger.

LOKI (cont'd)

þÄ ¡ÁôýÅÛ�Á ÍþÊ þÂ ¡ÁœÁþÁÏ §ÂªÂ™Âë žÊ©Áô™ÁÅ, þÄ üþÊé þÂ

£œÁÅ�ÃÑ ªÂ¡ÁÏ§Â, �Á§ÁèÏ¨ÍþÍ „¦Á Âê¨ÍìþÍ úÁúÃÖ ¡Á™ÁÅÏýÊ

ƒ �Â«ÁÛÏ œÁ¡ÊåžÃ,þÄ žÃþÁÏ úÉ¦Á Âê!

Loki walks around restless burning with anger, exhausted, breathless, looks up praying.

LOKI (cont'd)

žÊ©Áô™Â... žÊ©Áô™Â! ƒ ¥ÁÆ§ÁÅÒ™Ã�É Â úÉ¡ÁåþÁÆ? ˆ¥ÁþÃ

úÉ¡ÁåþÁÆ?

Loki pulls out bundles of stamp papers from all over the room, shelves, drawers and lockers, throws them on Chinna’s face in fury.

LOKI (cont'd)

úÁÆ™ÁÆ... þÄ ¡Ê§ÁÅœÍ úÊ§ÃÖþÁ �¬ÁÅá Å, ‡¢ÄÝ Å, ¬Ä™Ä Å,

™Â¨§÷ €�ÎÏýÆì úÁÆ™ÁÅ! þÄ œÁÅ²ÂþÁÅ ŸÂýÃ�Ã œÁýÅÛ�Í Ê�Á

±ÂœÃ�Ê®ÁÅò�Â �ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅþÁä §Âü�Ä¦Á „þÃ�ÃþÊ £Â¬Ã §É™ÃÝ �Â™Ã

žÁ�ÁÓ§Á œÂ�ÁýÉÛýÂÛþÊ, žÊþÃ�Ã? €ÏœÁ§ÂœÁé Â ‡ÏýÂ™ÃþÁÁ ¤Â Â

¥ÄžÁ�Ã ©Êý�ÁÅ�ÁÑ Ãä œÍ ÂþÊ žÊþÃ�Ã? (kicks

repeatedly) žÊþÃ�Ã§Â? žÊþÃ�Ã? þÄ ±Â¡Ã«ÃÛ £œÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ

�Â±Â™ÁÅ�Í™ÂþÃ�ÃÃÃ!


CHINNA (cont'd)

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

�ÂþÃ¬ÊÛ£Å ÷ žÁ�ÃÓ§Ã þÁÅÏúÃ ü™ÃØ žÂ�Â ‹ ¡Á�ÁÑþÁÁ œÌ©ÃíþÁ

�ÍœÃþÃ ¡Áõ™ÁÅÖ�ÁÅÏýÆ ©Á¬ÁÅàÏýÊ, ‚Ï�Í¡Á�ÁÑþÁ £Â©Ã

œÌ©Ãí¡ÉýÂÛ©÷! ˆÏ úÉ¦Á Âê Âë þÃþÁÅä ¥ÁÆ§ÁÅÒ™Â! ¥ÁÆ§ÁÅÒ™Â!

ˆÏ úÉ¦ÁêþÁÅ§Â þÃþÁÆä!

Loki breaks down with overwhelming affection, crumbles lean on the wall, embraces Chinna who is astounded and surreal at the revelation.

LOKI (cont'd)

§Âü�Ä¦ÁÏ úÊ¬Ã ˆÏ ³ÂŸÃ³Âà©Áô§Â ¡ÃúÃÖ þÂþÂä? �ÁœÁê¨Å

�ÁÅýë¨Æ þÃÏ™ÃþÁÁ � þÉœÁÅà§ÁÅ £œÁÅ�ÁÅ þÄ�ÉÏžÁÅ�ÁÅ§Â? �

£Å§ÁžÁÏœÂ �™Ã þÉœÃàþÍ¬ÁÅÑþÃÃ …§Ê�ÁþÄ, þÂ

�¬ÃáþÁþÁÅ¤Á©ÃÏúÁ§Â þÁÅ©Áôí! ¬ÁÅ�ÁÏ�Á £œÁ�Á§Â!

¬ÃþÁä¡ÁåýÅäÏúÃ þÂ �Í¡Á¥ÁÏœÂ þÄ ¥ÁÏúÃ�Í¬Á¥Ê§Â þÂþÂä!

(gushing tears) þÁÅ©Áôí ¥Á ÂþÁ¬Ã�ÁÏ�Â ‚ÏœÁ

úÉžÃ§Ã±ÍœÂ©ÁþÁÅ�Í ÊžÁÅ§Â, þÂ £Ï�Â§ÁÅ œÁÏ™Ãë

Loki caress Chinna, worried and confused.

LOKI (cont'd)

‚¡Áôå™Â ¬Ã§ÁœÁ ¬ÊœÁ ÍìÏúÃ þÃþÉä Â �Â±Â™ÁÅ�ÍþÂäë? þÃþÁÅä

£œÁ�ÁþÃ©Áí§Ê!

Nervous Loki gets to the phone, dials in a hurry.

LOKI (cont'd)

§É™ÃÝ�Â§ÁÆ, €§ÉØÏý÷ �Â ‚ÏýÃ�Ã¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ Ãä ¡ÁÏ¡ÁÏ™Ã

Loki hangs the phone, talks to himself worried.

LOKI (cont'd)

‚¡Áôå™ÁÅ ¥ÁþÁ úÁÅýÆÛ „þÁä �ÁÅ�ÁÑ¨Å ¥Á ÂýÃÏýÂ¦ÉÂ ÊžÍ

Loki looks down on Chinna who look humbled. Loki pcckets the gun.

CUT TO: DOOR

INT/EXT. LOKI HOME / STREET - NIGHT : FACING THE ASURA71a 71a

Loki walks out of office with Chinna, people stare motionless drawing attention towards the living room.


LOKI (cont'd)

(CONTINUED)

Mithra is steadily walking upstairs fixated on Chinna, hidden behind Loki as supporters look stranded in between.

STROBE as Mithra hops on Chinna who jumps off the stairs and runs out onto the street.

LOKI

Š§Ê¦÷! �¡ÁÏ™Âë �®ÁòþÃ! �¡ÁÏ™Âë!

Loki runs around for help, supporters stand inert, Savithri runs out from inside with embroidery cloth.

CUT TO: STREET

Just Mithra catch hold of Chinna at a cross road amidst sparsely lit street lights, he is struck by a group of cronies and police led by GOWDA, they beat him down with sticks and guns, take Chinna away in a jeep.

Lying blurred with injuries, GOWDA cocks the revolver and points at Mithra’s face.

LOKI (cont'd)

�Î™Â!

Mithra notice Loki’s shadow under the street light, GOWDA pulls back.

LOKI (cont'd)

©Ä™ÁÆ þÂ �Ì™ÁÅ�Ê €þÃ ¥Á§ÃÖ±Í�ÁÅ! ....�Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ ÂÏýÍ™ÁÅ!

Loki looks down on Mitha.

LOKI (cont'd)

ü§Ã�ÃþÁ �Í§ÂþÃä ¬Á¥Á§ÃãÏúÁýÊìžÁÅ, �ÂþÄ ƒ þÉœÁÅà§ÃÏœÁýÃœÍ

��ÁþÄ

MITHRA

(dense, emphatic and agony)

‚�ÁÑ™ÃœÍ þÉœÁÅà§Â�ÃœÊ ¤ÁÆ¥Ã ¥ÄžÁ ŸÁ§ÁéÏ œÁÆ�ÁžÁÅ þÂþÂä

LOKI

€¦œÊ ©ÃþÁÅ, ‡ ÂÏýÃ ©Â™ËþÂ œÁÏ™Ãë�Â �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÁÅ

�Â±Â™ÁÅ�Í™ÁÏ þÂ ŸÁ§ÁéÏ!


(CONTINUED)

Loki turns to leave, halts as Mithra holds his feet, looking up with bleeding face.

MITHRA

þÂ�ÁÅ þÁÅ©Áôí œÁ¡Áå ‚Ï�Í œÁÏ™Ãë �ÁÅ§ÁÅà Ê™ÁÅ þÂþÂä....

Slightly touched, Loki moves his feet away, Mithra turns flat on the road looking into the sky.

MITHRA (cont'd)

(distinct)

þÄ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ £œÁ�Â¨ÏýÊ Š�ÁýÊ žÂ§Ã, úÃýÃ�ÃþÊ Í à ýÃë�ÁÓ§÷

þÌ�ÃÑ þÁþÃä�ÁÑ™Ê úÁÏ¡É¦÷!

Loki looks at GOWDA on the way, GOWDA aims the gun. As the tensed moment builds up, Durga and others close in to attend Mithra, Loki nods no to GOWDA and walks away.

Savithri walks opposite Loki. Mithra is walked away by people, Gowda takes off in the jeep, Loki walk toward home.

Savithri is left stranded at the three way intersection, kneeling down to touch Mithra’s blood on the road.

SOUND CUT TO: FIRE

EXT. GRAVE YARD - DAY : MONTAGE72 72(KOLUVAINA KANULE VALALAYE NEDU)

FIRE AND P.O.V OF SAVITHRI SITTING BY THE CHILDRESS WITH CRIED OUT EYES, PAN REVEALING MITHRA AND OTHERS BEHIND THE FIRE, DURGA AND FEW MORE SUPPORTERS WATCH STANDING AFAR.

Driver whispers in Loki’s ear, Loki gets into the jeep and leave glancing at Durga for staying back.

Savithri is sitting tight looking with children. Latha’s mom tries to pull the children away, Savithri won’t let them go.

LATHA’S MOM

þÁÅ©Áôí �ÁþÃ ¡ÉÏúÃÏžÃ úÂ Êì¥Á Âé, ©Ä®ÁòþÃ ¥Á Â�ÌžÃ Ã¡ÉýÅÛ! ¥Ä

ŽÆþÄ �Í§Áì �ÌÏ¡Á Í ¡Á™Ã¥Á Â �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ £Æ™ÃžËÏžÃ úÂ¨Å

Latha’s dad pull them away with force and walk away.


(CONTINUED)

LATHA

þÂþÂä, ©Â®ÁòþÌ Ã¡ÉýÅ!Û

LATHA’S DAD

ˆÏýÊ ‚�ÁÑ™ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ �™ÃœÍ �Â¡Áô§ÁÏ üÊœÂà©Â?

Latha stand in resolve, dad drags her by hair.

LATHA’S DAD (cont'd)

£ÅžÁÅãÏžÊ þÄ�ÁÆ..? ™Âë¥Á Â¨Å ¡Á�ÁÑþÉýÃÛ þÁ™ÁÅ©÷!

Latha retorts back.

LATHA

(retorts)

ûÄ ©ÁžÁÅ¨Å! þÄ ¥Á Âý �ÂžÁþÃ ¡É®Ãò úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÁä §ÍüÅþÊ

úÊœÁÅ¨Å �Á™Ã�Ã ±Â§ÊªÂ©÷ ©Â™Ãä, €�ÁÑ™Á �Â¨ÅœÍÏžÃ þÂ

€þÌä�ÁÑ™Ê �ÂžÁÅ

Latha pulls the children away, Cam Zoom onto the ashes.

SOUND CUT TO: NEWS ON TV

EXT. RELIANCE DIGITAL - DAY : LOKI’S VICTORY73 73

SEQUENTIALLY ASSORTED NEWS SEGMENTS FROM MULTIPLE TELEVISION SETS, MULTIPLE CHANNELS.

ANCHOR1

(sequential news)

�ÏŸÁë ¡ÁëžÊ«÷ ªÂ¬ÁþÁ ¬Á¤Á ‡þÃä�Á Í ì €œÁêÏœÁ §Á¬Á©ÁœÁà§ÁÏ�Â

¥ÁÅ�Ã¬ÃþÁ �ÂþÁÆ§ÁÅ þÃ¦ÉÂü�Á©Á§ÁÓÏ ‡þÃä�Á �ÎÏýÃÏ�÷

¡Á Å¥Á Â§ÁÅì §Ä�ÎÏýÃÏ�÷ ü§ÁÅ¡Áô�ÁÅþÃ Š�Á

¥ÁÅ�ÃÏ¡Áô�ÌúÃÖÏžÃ,

ANCHOR2

¡Áë¬ÁÅàœÁ ‡¥Éé Êì ªÄë ¨Í�ÁþÂœÁÏ œÁþÁ ¡ÁëœÁê§Ãã ±Â§Áã³Â§ÁŸÃ¡Ë

�Ê©Á Ï¥ÁÅ¡Ëå §ÉÏ™ÁÅ ‹ýì ¥ÉüÂ§ÃýÄœÍ �É Å±ÌÏžÃþÁýÅì

¡Áë�ÁýÃÏúÂ§ÁÅ


(CONTINUED)

Cut to Loki walking out amidst crowd chants outside the counting office.

ANCHOR (OFF SCREEN)

žÄþÃœÍ �ÂþÁÆ§ÁÅ þÃ¦ÉÂü�Á©Á§ÁÓÏ þÁÅÏúÃ ©Á§ÁÅ¬Á�Â �§ÁÅ

³Â§ÁÅì �É ÃúÃþÁ ¨Í�ÁþÂžÁÏ ƒ žÁ²Â �Ê£ÃþÉý÷ ¥ÁÏœÁë©Áí™ÁÏ

ŽÂ¦Á¥ÁþÁä ©Â§Áà þÁ Å¥ÁÆ¨ Â ©ÃþÃ¡Ã³ÍàÏžÃ

CUT TO OPPONENT PARDHASARADHI FULL ANIME.

PARDHASARADHI

‚žÁþÂê¦Á¥ÁÏ™Ê, €þÂê¦ÁÏ, €¥É§Ã�Â¨Í üÂ§ÃØ £Å«÷ ‡¨ Áþ÷

�ÁþÂä €þÂê¦ÁÏ! Š�ÍÑ³Â§Ã É�ÉÑýÃÛþÁ¡Áôå™Á Âì Š�ÍÑ

¢Á ÃœÂþÃä ¡Áë�ÁýÃÏúÂ§ÁÅ, ¢ËþÁ ÷ �Â �®Áò ±Â§ÄÛ ¡Á©Á§÷

¨Í�ÌúÃÖÏžÃ �ÁžÂ €þÃ£Â¬Ã §É™ÃÝ�Â™ÁÅ üÉÏ™Â €ýÊ¡Áô

±ÂœÊªÂ™ÁÅ! ‚žÁþÂê¦Á¥ÁÏ™Ã, €�Áë¥ÁÏ! �ÏœÂ �Á Ã¬Ã ™Á£Åç¨Å

�ÁÅ�ÃÑ �ÎÏýÃÏ�÷ þÌ�ÊÑ³Â§ÁÏ™Ê! ‚žÁþÂê¦ÁÏ, €�Áë¥ÁÏ!

§Ê¡Áô §Â«ÁÛë ©Âê¡ÁàÏ�Â £Ïž÷ úÊœÂà¥ÁÏ™Ã

CUT TO: CROWD

EXT. SCHOOL - DAY : VICTORY74 74

Camera pans away from the crowd as Loki gets int the car amidst cheers and garlands.

CROWD

¨Í�ÁþÂžÁÏ üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷! ¨Í�ÁþÂžÁÏ üÃÏžÂ£Âž÷!

Durga observes Loki getting into BASI Reddy’s car. Durga holds down the rising window, stretches his head inside and spits on Loki as the car moves.

DURGA

election €¦þÁ €§Áã �ÁÏý�Ê alliance ¥Á Â§ÊÖ³Â§Â, �ÁÆ ¥Ä

£œÁÅ�ÁÅ¨Å!

BASI REDDY

žÉ£Éç¦÷ ¨Ï£ÄÝ �Ì™Á�Â! £ÉÏüÃ �Â§ÁÅ §ÌúÁÅÖ úÊ¬ÁàþÂä©÷!


(CONTINUED)

BASI Reddy kicks Durga out of the window, car speeds away, Durga gets up and throw stones at the running car. Loki’s supporters attack Durga from behind.

CUT TO: CAR

INT. CAR - DAY : SNAKE & FROG EULOGY74a 74a

Focus shift onto Loki looking at the crowd through the windshield.

BASI REDDY

ˆÏžÃ þÂ¦ÁÅ™Í, ¥Á ÂþÁ¤ÁÏ�ÁÏ üÊ¬ÃþÍ™Ã¥Á ÂžÃ§Ã €ýÛ £ÂŸÁ

¡Á™ÁœÂÏ™Â©Í? ƒ Ê£§÷ ¨Ï¤ÄÝ Å ¡ÁôýÃÛÏžÊ ¥ÁþÁ žÁ�ÃÓ§Á

žÌ£ÃçúÁÅÖ�Í™ÂþÃ�Á¦Á Âê! �Á±Âå ±Â¥ÁÅ�Ä ¥ÁžÉâ Í ‡©Áô™ËþÂ

±Â¥ÁÅœÍ §ÂüÄ ¡Á™ÁœÂ™ÁÅ �ÂþÄ �Á¡ÁåœÍ ³Â©Â¬ÁÏ úÊ³Âà™Â

üÉ¡Áõå?

LOKI

þÊþÁÅ §ÂüÄ¡Á™ÃÏžÃ þÂ �ÁœÁÏœÍ

BASI REDDY

(composed)

€žÊ ¬Á§Á¬Á¥ÁÏýÊ! �ÌþÃä³Â§ÁÅì �ÁœÂþÁä¥ÁÅé�ÁÅþÃ £¦«ÁœÁÅà

�ÌþÁÅ�ÍÑ©Â¨Ìð³ÂàžÃ �ÂÏžÄ�Í§Í! �Â¡Ãý ÃüÏ €¦þÂ,

�Á¥ÁÆêþÃüÏ €¦þÂ €¬Áð ÷ ±Â¦ÏýÃžÊ þÂ¦™Í... €üÂäþÁÏ

�ÁÆ™ÁÅ �ÁýÃÛþÁ³ÍýÂ Âì ¥ÉÂ¬ÁÏ �ÁÅ™ÁÅì ¡É™ÁœÂžÃ!¥ÁþÁÏ

…üÃ±Í™ÁþÃ�Ê¥Ä ÊžÁÅ

BASI Reddy places a file folder on Loki’s lap.

BASI REDDY (cont'd)

‚žÃ�Í þÄ�ÁÅ ‡™ÁÅÝ�Ê«Áþ÷ �Â¦Á¥ËÏžÁÏýþÊ? ƒ �Â ÊüÃ

±Ì±Íåü ÷ ¥ÄžÁ ¡ÁþÃ ¥ÉÅžÁÅ ÉýÅÛ! � granite ¤ÁÆ¥ÁÅ¨

¬ÁÏ�ÁœÃ þÊþÁÅ úÁÆ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÂ!

Loki looks at the file reluctant.


(CONTINUED)

BASI REDDY (cont'd)

¬ÁÆ¡Áô ¬Á ì£™ÃÏžÊÏžÃ þÂ¦ÁÅ™Í?...‡¨ Áþ÷ þÁÅ©Áôí �É ©Á Â,

þÊþÁÅ �É Ã¡ÃúÃÖþÂ! €ÏýÊ ƒ ý§ÁÏ ¨Í þÁÅ©Áôí þÂ ³Í ÷

±Ìë¡Ëëý§Ä, €§Áâ¥ËÏžÂ?

Loki picks up the file.

Car drives through the market and stops at a busy cross road. GOWDA get into the car munching peanuts.

GOWDA

�ÁÏ�Âëý÷ð ³Â§÷!

A moment of silence in the car.

GOWDA (cont'd)

€£Âç¦÷ safe! ‡�ÁÑ™ÁÅþÂä™Í ¥ÁþÁ §É™ÃÝ�Â§Ã�Ã �ÁÆ™Â

œÉ ÄžÁÅ

GOWDA turns around with a reluctant proposal.

GOWDA (cont'd)

‡�ÁÑ™Á žÂúÃþÂ ¡Á�Á ©ÉÏýÂ™ÁÅœÁÅÏžÃ ³Â§÷! ¥ÁþÁ¥Ê

¥ÁÅÏžÁ™ÁÅ�É¦Á Âê Ã

Focus on the rear view mirror, BASI Reddy reads Loki’s reluctance, Camera tight on Driver’s ears.

BASI REDDY

ˆ¥Ã™ÃžÃ§Â? �¦ÁþÁ ³ÌÏœÁ �ÁÅ™ÁÅÝþÊ ¡Ä�ÁÅÑþÊÏœÁ �Á³Â¦ÉÂ™Ã

¥Á ÂžÃ§Ã �ÁþÃ¡Ã¬ÁÅàþÂä™Â þÄ�ÁÅ? þÍ§ÁÅé¦÷!

GOWDA

¬É¡ÃÛ�÷ €¦œÊ �ÁÅ™ÊÝ �ÂžÁÅ ³Â§÷, �ÁÅÏ™É�Â¦Á �ÁÆ™Â

¡Ä�Â¨ÅðÏýÂžÃ

LOKI

�Â§Â¡Áô

Car pulls over by the road on the outskirts, Loki issues change.


(CONTINUED)

LOKI (cont'd)

‹ £ÂýÃ ÷ þÄ®ÁÅò ¡ÁýÂÛë

Driver gets off and walks towards the bunk, Loki lights cigar, looks at Gowda and Basi Reddy smoking.

LOKI (cont'd)

¥Á ÂÏ¬ÁÏ œÃþÂäþÁÅ �ÁžÂ €þÃ ‡¥ÁÅ�ÁÅ¨Å ¥É™Á�ÁÅ úÁÅýÌÛžÁÅâ....

¥Ä �ÌÏ¡Á Íì ©É Åà§ÁÅÏ™Â¨ÏýÊ þÂ �ÌÏ¡Á Í žÄ¡ÁÏ

�§Á�ÁÅÏ™Â üÆ³ÍÑÏ™Ã

BASI Reddy smirks looking at Loki, Driver comes back, hands in water and drives off.

CUT TO: FLOOR MOP

INT. VALLI HOME - NIGHT : THE HAUNTING IMAGERY75 75

Tilt up from floor mop on the blood stains towards Mithra, mopping the floor, Vikki is sitting on table watching, Latha struggles to feed Nikki.

Mithra looks down sweating, drops the mop, meanders towards the chair, sits tired closing eyes, Vikki runs to the kitchen, Durga walks in dropping a newspaper on Mithra’s lap.

DURGA

žÍ¡Ã™Ã Í ü§Ã�ÃþÁ �ÁœÁê¨þÃ §Â¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä§ÁÅ £Â£Å, þÉœÁÅà§ÁÅ

üÆ³Íä™Ê¥ÉÂ �ËžÁ§Â£Âž÷�Áì£Åç¨Íì �ÁÆ¬ÁÅþÃ ‹™ÂÑ

œÂ�ÁÅœÁÅþÂä™ÁÅ

Mithra remains silent, Vikki walks in with a glass of water. Mithra notice the heart wrenching innocence on Vikki’s face.

DURGA (cont'd)

¨Í�Ä žÁÇ«ÃÛ Í � �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ ¥Ã�Ã ÅþÁäÏœÁ ©Á§Á�ÁÆ ƒ

�Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ ªÁœÁÅë©Ê £Â£Í! þÄ�Í¬ÁÏ ¥ÊÏ œÁ œÃ¦Áê™ÂþÃ�ËþÂ

§É™Ä ©ÁžÁÅ¨Å�Í™ÂþÃ�ËþÂ §É™Ä

Mithra looks at Durga with a question mark on face.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

þÄ�ÁÅ ¡Ã ì ÉÏœÁ¥ÁÏžÃ žÁÅ§ÂÓ?

DURGA

¥ÁÅ�ÁÅÓ§ÁÅ

MITHRA

©Â®Áò�ÁþÁäÏ ¡ÉýÃÛ úÁžÁÅ©Áô úÉ¡ÃåÏúÁÅ�Í©Â¨þÃ ÊžÂ?

DURGA

„ÏžÃ, �ÂþÄ žÂþÃ�ÁþÂä ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ ¥Á Â £œÁÅ�ÁÅ¨�Ã žÂ§Ã úÁÆ¡Ê

žÄ¡ÁÏ �Â©Â Ã

Durga walks towards the door and pauses.

DURGA (cont'd)

þÁÅ©Âí žÄ¡ÁÏ, ƒ žÄ¡Á¥Ê ¥Á Â �ÁÅýÅÏ£Ï (echoes)

�Í§Á�ÁÅÏ™Â �ÁÅ§ÁÅ ÊœÁëÏ¨Í ¡Á™ÂÝ©÷, úÁÏ¡Á™Á¥ÉÂ úÂ©Á™Á¥ÉÂ

§ÉÏ™Ê ¥Á Â§ÂÓ Å!

TIGHT FOLLOW AS MITHRA TAKES THE GLASS AND POUR ON HIS TEARY FACE, INTERCUTS OF FACE PAINTS.

MUSIC CUT TO: FACE PAINTS

INT. CLUB - NIGHT : EVADO VAADU(SONG 6)76 76

(Face paints, halogen rings, i-pod shadows, Chinna distinct, shakes leg for an interlude, ‘Collatoral’ club atmosphere, Collodge of a typical bar materials, Mithra and Durga and few more join the crowd with face paints).

CUT TO: MITHRA

INT. CLUB/STREETS/RLY TRACK - NIGHT : THE MASK76a 76a

Durga blows off a couple lights scaring people out of the pub, Chinna pulls out a gun which is swung at by Durga, fights erupts, Chinna escapes out of the building and runs onto the streets.


INT.STREETS - NIGHT : CHASING THE ASURA76b 76b

Mithra chases on busy roads under street lights holding a metal rod, People wonder about the chasing ghosts with face paints.

EXT. RLY TRACK - NIGHT : SURA SAMHARAM76c 76c

Mithra grabs Chinna on the railway track, tussle as the train passes by. Just before delivering the death blow with a metal rod, Mithra holds back in retrospect, drops the rod, wanders restless, lights a cigarette and sits down on the track, Mithra notice Bhasha standing on the other side of the running train.

Chinna’s shadow raising the boulder against Mithra.

CHINNA

þÁÅ©Áôí úÁúÊÖ ©Á§Á�ÁÅ üþÂ¨Å þÁþÁÅä �ÁÅ§ÁÅà £ýÛ§Âë, þÄ

¬Á¥Á ÂŸÊ þÂ ¡ÁôþÂžÃ....!

Mithra escapes the swing, Chinna falls on the track, gets up looing down at Mithra, Mithra screams about the train, a running train hits Chinna as Mithra wonders agitated.

MITHRA RUNS BEHIND THE TRAIN AND FALLS DOWN TUMBLING UPON CHINNA’S DEAD BODY.

GOWDA runs to the location pointing gun at Mithra, Durga and few supporters stand in between, GOWDA fears and steps back as the mass walk onto him intense, Mithra is walked out of the place, Zoom onto Mithra’s semi painted surreal face as he walks with the crowd.

CUT TO: LOKI HOME

EXT. LOKI HOME - DAY : LOKI MOURNING77 77

GOWDA and his men bring Chinna’s dead body into Loki’s compound, Loki observes from terrace and walks down gloomy, sits in front of the body, looks up at GOWDA.

LOKI

úÃþÍä™ÁÅ �ÂžÁÅ �ÁžÂ?


(CONTINUED)

GOWDA remains blank, Loki realizes, opens the cover with shaky hands.

LOKI (cont'd)

(sand & dense)

�¦ÉÂê! úÃþÍä™Â, úÃþÍä™Â, úÃþÍä™Â

Loki gets up with the burden, loss walks back.

LOKI (cont'd)

¥ÉÅžÁÅ Ê ±Ì¦êÏžÊ, ‚Ï�Ä £œÁÅ�ÉÏžÁÅ�ÁÅ§Â ªÃ©Áô™Â!

Loki looks at GOWDA.

LOKI (cont'd)

(angry and shaky)

‡©Á™Âë þÂ £Ã™ÁÝþÁÅ ¥ÃÏ�ÃÏžÄ? ¤Â Â �Â™ÊþÂ?

Gowda shakes head across. Loki realizes the killer, feel surpriced and widen with anger, turns around grinding teeth, notice Savithri standing near the door, walking stoned towards the body.

LOKI (cont'd)

úÁÆ™ÁÆ! þÄ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ þÂ�Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ�Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÊÏ úÊªÂ™Í

úÁÆ™ÁÆ

Loki stands facing away from the body, Savithri looks pale at the body for a moment.

LOKI (cont'd)

þÄ�ÁÆ þÄ �ÁÅýÅÏ£ÂþÃ�Ã þÂ £œÁÅ�ÁÏœÂ ŸÂ§Á£ÍªÂþÊ, þÂ�ÊÏ

¥Ã�Ã ÃÏžÍ úÁÆ™ÁÆ, ©Ã³Âí¬ÁÏ �Í¬ÁÏ £œÃ�ÂþÁÅ, …§ÁÅ

�Í¬ÁÏ £œÃ�ÂþÁÅ, þÂ £Ã™ÁÝ �Í¬ÁÏ £œÁ�Á Ê�Á ±Í¦Á ÂþÁ¦Á Âê

Savithri stands feeling conscious about Loki’s words, starts walks out of home on bare foot, as Loki rants from behind

THREE WAY SPLIT-LOKI TURNAROUND TO NOTICE SAVITHRI PARTING AWAY, MITHRA OPEN THE DOORS OF VILLAGE HOME, SAVITHRI WALKING ON STREET WITH BARE FOOT.


(CONTINUED)

- LOKI CONTINUE CRIES AND RANTS IN AGONY/ CAM FOLLOW SAVITHRI’S BARE FOOT/ MITHRA WANDER AROUND THE RUSTED HOME.

ZOOM ONTO LOKI AS HE CRUMBLES AT THE BODY.

INT/EXT. TEMPLE - DAY : SAFFRON77a 77a

SAVITHRI DROP HER FACE IN SAFFRON IN FRONT OF THE DURGA IDOL, LOKI’S RANT ECHO IN HER EARS, RUNNING TEARS FROM EYES INTO THE SAFFRON/MITHRA LOOKS INTO THE SHATTERED MIRROR.

BACK TO SINGLE SCREEN: WIDE REVEAL OF A HUGE SRI KRISHNA IMAGE IN FRONT OF MITHRA. (REF: TARKOVSKY’S MIRROR FOR SUPERPOSED IMAGERY).

INT. VILLAGE HOME - DAY : POINT OF REFERENCE77b 77b

Mithra walks close to his grand father’s portrait, wipes off the dust and stands looking at the face.

MITHRA

ƒ §Â©Á› �Â«ÁÛ Í �ÁÅ§ÁÅà Å úÉžÃ§Ã¥ÁÏúÊÏýÍ úÉ™ÊÏýÍ

œÊ ÅÖ�Í É�ÁÅþÂäþÁÅ œÂœÁ¦Á Âê, (cries)úÄ�ÁýË±Í¦Á ÂþÁÅ

œÂœÁ¦Á Âê

Mithra slides down with remorse.

FLOODING WATER ON THE FLOOR FLUSHING THE DUST AWAY, TOUCHING MITHRA’S FEET. DURGA STANDS BY WITH A BUCKET AS SOMBABU WALKS AROUND OPENING ALL THE WINDOWS ONE BY ONE.

PEOPLE WALK MITHRA TO THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE AND POUR WATER AND OIL ON HIS HEAD.

SWAMIJI (O.S.)

��ÂªÁÏ¨Í ©É Ã�Ê þÁ ÁœÂë ÉþÍä ªÁÅþÁêÏ¨Í §Â Ã ±Í¦þÁ

þÁ ÁœÂë¨Æ €þÊä! žÃþÁ ©ÁÇœÁàÏ¨Í úÄ�ÁýÃ ©É ÅœÁÅ§ÁÅ Âì �Â¨

�Á§ÁèÏ¨Í ŸÁ§ÂéŸÁ§Âé¨Å þÃ§ÁÏœÁÏ ±Í§Â™ÁÅœÁÆþÊ ©ÁôÏýÂ¦÷!


(CONTINUED)

ZOOM ONTO MITHRA’S EYES AS LATHA WIPES OFF THE PAINT (TRANS - YAGNAM NEEVU).

VOICE CUT TO: PASSING FIELDS

EXT. RURAL FIELDS - DAY : TIME LAPSE78 78

Passing cuts of rural fields on foggy morning.

INT/EXT. TEMPLE - DAY/NIGHT : THE MISCONCEIVED MOKSHA78a 78a

Swamiji speaks to devotees at high pitch.

SWAMIJI

¥ÁÆ§ÁÅÒ™Â, ¬ÁÇ«ÃÛÏúÊ �Á§Áà �ÂžÁÅ žÊ©Áô™ÁÅ ¬ÁÇ«ÊÛ žÊ©Áô™ÁÅ!

¥ÉÂ ÁÏ €ÏýÊ¥ÁÏœÂë¨ œÂ®ÁòœÍ ±Â�ÁÅœÁÆ úÊ§ÁÅ�ÁÅþÊ

¡Á§ÁíœÁÏ �ÂžÁÅ,¥ÁÏœÁëÏ ¨ÍþÃ üÂäþÁ¥Ê ¥ÉÂ ÁÏ!

Mithra gets off the jeep in front of the temple and walks inside with offerings accompanied by Latha and kids. Mithra stand behind the crowd looking for Savithri.

SWAMIJI (O.S.) (cont'd)

üÄ©ÃœÁÏ¨Í þÁÅ©Áôí úÊ¬Ê ¡Á¦ÁþÁ¥Ê þÄ �Á¥ÁêÏ, �

¡Áë¦Á Â›Ï¨Í¥Ê Å�ÁÅþÁä �œÊé þÄ ¬Áí§ÁÓÏ! � ¡ËþÍ ƒ �ÃÏžÁþÍ

‚Ï�Í œÄ§ÁÏ ÊžÁÅ ¥Á§Í ¨Í�ÁÏ ÊžÁÅ, yes, you are

heaven you are the hell, you are the light and

you are the darks

Savithri is lying in a corner of the mandapam, listening. Mithra walks to her with the offerings, places them at her feet and leave the temple as the speech gradually fades.

SWAMIJI (O.S.) (cont'd)

£Ï�Â§ÁÏ �Ì Ã¥Ã Í ¥É§ÁÅ¡Áô þÊ§ÃÖþÁýÅÛ, žÁÅŽÏ¨Í ¥ÁþÃ«Ã

�œÁé ¡ÁžÁÅþÁÅ žÄ§ÁÅœÁÅÏžÃ,¥Ê Å�ÁÅÏýÅÏžÃ! ¡Áô§Â›Â¨

¡Áôý¨ÍìþÍ, �Á§Áè �ÁÅ™ÁÅ¨ ¥Á�Ã¥Á�ÂþÍ žÂ�Ã ÊžÁÅ ŸÁ§ÁéÏ!

úÁÅýÆÛ „þÁä ¡Áë�ÁÇœÊ ŸÁ§ÁéÏ! �Á®ÁÅò ¥ÁÆ¬Ã �ÁžÃ¡Ã úÁÆ¬Êà,

�ÁþÃ¡Ã¬ÁÅàÏžÃ, ©ÃþÃ¡Ã¬ÁÅàÏžÃ ªÂªÃ¬ÁÅàÏžÃ! � þÂžÁ¥Ê ªÁ�Ãà �

ªÁ�Ê ªÂ¬ÁþÁÏ! ‹Ï ªÂÏœÃ!


(CONTINUED)

Crowd disperse as Savithri sits up looking at the offerings. She picks them, walk to the trash, dumps and slowly walks into the temple against the crowd.

CUT TO: FIELDS

INT/EXT. ROAD/JEEP - DAY: LEADER78b 78b

PASSING CUTS OF GROWING FIELDS, VIKKI IS SITTING WITH ARMS WRAPPED TIGHT AROUND MITHRA’S TORSO.

VIKKI

¥Á Â©Á¦Á Âê? þÂ¦Á�ÁÅ™ÁÏýÊ ˆÏýÃ?

Mithra ponders for moment.

MITHRA

üþÂ¨ ¥ÁžÉâ œÊ™Â¨ �ÁþÂä ±Í Ã�Á Ê ‡�ÁÅÑ©ÁþÃ œÉ Ã¬ÃþÍ™ÁÅ

Vikki looks up curious.

VIKKI

�ÏýÊ? œÊ™Â ©Á¬Êà Ê¡Ê³Âà™Â?

Mithra nods no looking down.

VIKKI (cont'd)

�ÂþÄ ¬ÃþÃ¥Á Â¨Í �Ä§Í úÉ™ÌÝ ìÏžÁ§Ää úÁÏ¡Ê³Âà™ÁÅ �ÁžÂ?

MITHRA

¬ÃþÃ¥Á Â¨Í úÉ™ÍÝ®ÁÅò �ÌÏœÁ¥ÁÏžÊ „ÏýÂ§ÁÅ þÂþÁä, £¦Áý

úÂ Â ¥ÁÏžÁÅþÂä§ÁÅ

Vikki looks lies down disappointed, Nikki look tired.

ZOOM ONTO MITHRA THINKING, JEEP PASSING ON RURAL ROAD.

CUT TO: BASI REDDY


INT. LOKI HOME - THE U-TURN AND RESOLVE79 79

BASI Reddy and GOWDA walk in opening the gates, heading straight into home, the Driver runs after them.

LOKI DRIVER

³Â§÷, ³Â§÷, ��ÁÏ™Ã ³Â§÷!

BASI Reddy and GOWDA turn back.

LOKI DRIVER (cont'd)

¨ÍþÁ�É®ÌòžÁÅâ ³Â§÷

BASI REDDY

�ÌœÁà ¬ÁÅýÂÛ Ï �ÂžÁÅ Ê§Â

BASI Reddy ignores and step forward, driver hold him back by the wrist, express caution.

LOKI DRIVER

€¦Áê�Í§ÁÅ ¬Á§Ã�Â Ê§ÁÅ ³Â§÷, ¡ÁúÃÖ þÄ®ÁÅò �ÁÆ™Â

¥ÁÅýÅÛ�Í ÊžÁÅ

BASI REDDY

€¦œÊ? €ýÊä ³Â©Á¥ÁÌžÃ Ê³Âà©Â? �¦ÁþÁ ¥ÄžÁ ªÂþÂ ¡ÉýÅÛ£™Ã

£ÉýÃÛþÂÏ �Ì™Á�Í, ü§ÁÅ�Í!

BASI Reddy ignores and march forward, driver stands concerned.

DRIVER

¥Ä ‚«ÁÛÏ ³Â§÷, £¦ýÃ�ÌœÂà§Í ÊžÍ �Â§ÁÏýÄ ÊžÁÅ

BASI Reddy stops worried, hold GOWDA’s hand and walks to the door cautiously.

INT. LOKI HOME - DAY : FEAR OF LIGHT79a 79a


(CONTINUED)

BASI REDDY OPENS THE DOOR LOOKING FOR LOKI, DEEP SHADOWS.

Lying under in a corner candle lit light, Loki feels agonized by the piercing day light, screams restless blocking with hands.

LOKI

(freakish)

�! �Á®ÁÅò �Â Ã ±ÍœÁÅþÂä¦÷, œÁ ¡Á�Ã Ã±ÍœÁÅÏžÊ œÁ Å¡É¦÷

§Â, ý¨Å¡É¦÷, œÁ Å¡É¦÷, œÁ Å¡É¦÷ §Â!

Loki swings several utensils at them like a freak. BASI Reddy quickly closes the door looking stunned, Loki cools down. BASI Reddy walks to the table and picks up a copper tumbler, fills with water and walks close to facing the wall.

BASI REDDY

‡þÂä®ÃòýÛ ¡Á™ÁÅÏý©÷ þÂ¦ÁÅ™Í? ±Ì¦þÍ™ÃœÍ±ÂýÅ þÁÅ©Áôí

�ÁÆ™Â ±ÍœÂ©Â ˆÏžÊ? Ê, þÄ®ÁÅò œÂ�ÁÅ!

Loki does not respond, BASI Reddy sits at his head.

BASI REDDY (cont'd)

‚žÃ�Í, þÁÅ©ÃíýÛ žÃ�Â¨£™Ã �ÁÅúÁÅÖþÂä©Á©ÁÏýÊ, €©ÁœÁ ÷ þÄ

�Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ ¥ÃÏ�ÃþÁ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ þÄœÍ „þÁä �ÁÅ�ÁÑ Ãä

±Í�Ê³ÍÑþÃ ¡ÉžÁâ žÁ ¡ÁœË±ÍœÂÏ™Â ©ÁôÏ™Â™ÁÅ, þÁÅ©ÉíÏœÁ

©Â Ã±ÍœÊ ‹™ÁÏœÁ�Â ¥ÉÅ¨Å³Âà™ÁÅ þÂ¦ÁÅ™Í, �Á¬ÃœÍ ¥ÁýÃÛ Í

�Á Å¡ÁôœÂ©Í ¡Á�ÂÓ ÃúÃÖ þÉœÃàþÁ £ÉýÅÛ�ÁÅÏýÂ©Í fix

€¦±Í©Â Ã¡Áôå™ÁÅ

Loki feels irritated by BASI Reddy, yells aloud closing ears.

LOKI

±Í§Â, ±Í§Â, ±Í§Â! ªÁþÃ �ÁÆœÁ Â¡Ã ‡ Ãì £¦Áý �ÁÆ³Í, þÄ

¬Á ÂöÁ �Â©Á ÃðþÁ¡Áôå™ÁÅ ¡Ã Å³Âà ±Í!

BASI Reddy looks disappointed, keeps the water next to Loki and heads out, followed by GOWDA.

LOKI (cont'd)

�Î™Â þÁÅ©Âí�Á§Â


(CONTINUED)

GOWDA looks back a bit intrigues, BASI Reddy steps out shutting the door. Loki slowly gets up, feels his face, dry lips, eyes, reaches for water, lifts the tumbler, slurps with shivering hands and dry lips looking into the wall portrait. GOWDA tries to build frequency.

GOWDA

§É™ÃÝ�Â§Ã ¥Á Âý ÃþÁ�ÁÏ™Ã ³Â§÷, úÃþÂä „þÁä¡ÁåýÃ ¥Á Âý ©Ê§ÁÅ,

‚¡ÁåýÃ ¥Á Âý ©Ê§ÁÅ, ‡ÏœËþÂ Š�Á �ÁÆýÃ ¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ¨Å.... ƒ

ýËÏ ¨Í €©ÊªÁÏ �ÁþÂä �¨ÍúÁþÁœÍþÊ ¥ÁþÁ¬ÁÅ �ÁÅžÁÅ§ÁÅ

¡Á™ÁÅœÁÅÏžÃ ³Â§÷, (interrupted)

Loki swings the metal tumbler at GOWDA’s head who ducks, tumbler pierces through the glass window and hits BASI Reddy on the back-head, Reddy checks his head for blood, looks at the driver who feels that he was right, BASI Reddy peaks through the window.

Loki slowly approaches GOWDA, holds both his ears, squeezes and slaps repeatedly, pushes him onto the floor, looks down with a cross eye.

LOKI

¨Ï£ÄÝ �Ì™Á�Á þÁÅ©Áôí úÉ¡ÃåþÁ ¡ÁþÃ ýË¥ÁÅ�Ã úÉ¦Áê�ÁþÊ �ÁžÁ§Â

þÂ £œÁÅ�ÃýÂÛ �§Ã±Ì¦êÏžÄ..., €¨Í¬ÃÏúÃ �ÁÅžÁÅ§ÁÅ ¡Á™ÂÝþÃ�Ã

ˆÏ ¥Ã�Ã ÃÏžÃ§Â þÂ�ÁÆ? �Á ˆÏ ¥Ã�Ã ÃÏžÃ§Â?

Loki looks at his own bid shadow on the wall. BASI Reddy patches the window hole with kanduva, turns around surprised. Loki comes close to GOWDA looking gracious, GOWDA fells himself, confused.

LOKI (cont'd)

�Í¡Á¥ÉÅúÃÖÏžÂ?

GOWDA

¡Á§ÊìžÁÅ ³Â§÷

LOKI

(sigh) þÂ¨Å�Ê®Áò�Â promotion �Í¬ÁÏ œÃ§ÁÅ�ÁÅœÁÅþÂä©÷,

‡þËäþÂ œÃÏýÂ©÷ ˆ¥ËþÂ üÊ³Âà©÷

Loki wanders pulling out chunks of cash from all over, dumps on GOWDA and sits down looking at his face.


(CONTINUED)

LOKI (cont'd)

ƒ ™Á£Åç¨Å þÄ�Ê

GOWDA

(humble)

€§Áâ¥ËÏžÃ ³Â§÷

LOKI

(repetitive)

ƒ ™Á£Åç¨Å þÄ�Ê

GOWDA

(firm)


LOKI

(stretchy & assertive)

ƒ ™Á£Åç¨Å þÄ�Ê§Â

GOWDA

(angry)


LOKI

ˆ¥Á§Áã¥ËÏžÃ?

Angry GOWDA pushes Loki away and gets up.

GOWDA

‚Ï�Í ªÂ Äà ¥ÁÆý �ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅ§Â©Â¨þÃ €§Áã¥ËÏžÃ, €¡ÁåýÃžÂ�Â

þÂ¨Å�ÁÅ ¥ÉœÁÅ�ÁÅ¨Å ¥ÃÏ�Ã ±Âë›Â¨Íà „Ï™ÁÅ

GOWDA walks brisk toward the door talking to himself.

LOKI

§ÉÏ™ÁÅ ªÂ Äà Å

GOWDA pauses.


(CONTINUED)

LOKI (cont'd)

¤Â Â �ÁÆ™Â

GOWDA pauses thinking for a moment, nods with agreement.

GOWDA

§ÉÏ™ÁÅ þÉ ¨Íì þÊþÁÅ SP þÃ �Â�Á±ÍœÊ þÁÅ©Áôí ¥ÁÆ™Í ªÂ Äà

€©ÁôœÂ©÷

Loki ignores with a smirk, GOWDA exits.

CUT TO: BASI REDDY

EXT. LOKI HOME - DAY : CLEANUP79b 79b

BASI Reddy anxiously follows GOWDA towards the gate.

BASI REDDY

„™ÁÅ�ÁÅ úÁ Âì§ÃœÊ ¥Á®Äò €£Âç �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ¨Ì�Áý¦Êê

¡Áë¥Á ÂžÁ¥ÁÅÏžÃ! §Ê±Í ¥Á Â±Í granite lands ¥ÄžÁ stay

order œÉ�Ã±Í¦Ê ¬ÁÆúÁþÁ ÅþÂä¦÷, ¡ÁþÃ Í ¡ÁþÃ, � žÁÅ§ÂÓ

�Â™Ãä �ÁÆ™Â �ÁœÃà§ÃÏúÉ¦÷, ƒ term �Ã ©Ã þ÷ É©Áí§ÁÆ

É�ÁÅÏ™Â £ÍœÂ§ÁÅ

GOWDA looks serious at BASI Reddy, shakes head and walk apart.

CUT TO: LOKI

LOKI PICKS UP THE CANDLE AND LOOKS AROUND THE PAINTS AND TURNS INCREASINGLY INTROSPECTIVE, AGITATED AND NOSTALGIC, WANDERS AROUND SWEATING, FOLLOWING HIS OWN SHADOW ON WALLS ALL AROUND THE ROOM.

EXT. RURAL CROSS ROADS - DAY : GOLIE80 80


(CONTINUED)

PAN FROM ‘PENTA PADU’ TO A MOPED ON DIRT ROAD. GOLIE IS SINGING, WIDE SHOT ON A DUSTY ROAD AS A JEEP APPROACHES OPPOSITE.

Golie cuts in front of the jeep at the turn, GOWDA honks continuously from behind as Golie rides at 10kph, Pissed by the horn, Golie stops the moped in the middle of the narrow road and walk towards the jeep in style.

GOLIE

�ÌÏúÉÏ ƒ brand úÁžÁÅ©ÁôœÂ©Â

GOWDA

(stares)

stetson

GOLIE

original cowboy brand, three hundred dollars!

(shirt) Georgio Armani two hundred dollars!

(shorts) Tommy Hillfiger, hundred dollars!

underwear ¥ÁÅ¡Ëå, ‚þÉä§÷ þÁ ¤Ë all brands, US

DAlars!

Golie leans on the window.

GOLIE (cont'd)

ŠÏýÃ¥ÄžÁ ±ÂœÃ�Á©Ê §ÁÆ±Â¦Á £ýÛ ÷ �Á¡Áôå�ÁÅþÃ þÄ

™Á£Âç§Ê�ÁÅ¨ üÄ¡ÉþÁ�Â¨ ¥ÁýÃÛ�ÌýÅÛ�ÁÅÏýÆ ©É®Áò¥ÁÏýÂ©Áô§Â

…§Íì�Ã? ³ÎÏ™÷ úÉ¦Áê�ÁÅÏ™Â ²Â¨Í �Â£Ê

Golie gets back on the moped, starts off, looking back cool.

Golie notice the jeep racing straight onto him from behind, gets into a tiffin center by the roadside, lands on Som Babu’s plate, springs up and dusts off like Kramer.

CUT TO: GOLIE

INT/EXT. TEA BUNK - DAY : VETAGADU80a 80a

Sombabu is pissed, looking at the moped tire parked in his plate.


(CONTINUED)

GOLIE

one king and a strong tea boss

Owner hands in tea and cigarette, Sombabu keeps staring at Golie as he lights the cigarette.

GOLIE (cont'd)

�™Ã�Í ¡Êìý÷ ‚™Äì �ÌýÅÛ, ÊýËœÊ þÁþÁÅä œÃþÊýÅÛþÂä™ÁÅ

Looks around in style.

GOLIE (cont'd)

¥Ä …§Ã�Ã ¡Ê§ÊÏýÂë ‚ Â ¡ÉýÂÛ§ÁÆ? ¡ÉÏý, ±Â™ÁÅ! §ÉÏ™ÁÆ

¡ÉÏý ¡ÁžÂ Ê �ÁžÁ§Â? style �Â pentville €þÃ

¡ÉýÅÛ�Í©ÁúÁÅÖ�Â? (turns to Sombabu) ‚�ÁÑ™Á ¥ÃœÂë

�Â™Ã Éì�ÁÑ™Á?

No response from Sombabu.

GOLIE (cont'd)

ˆÏýÄ? ¥Ä ¡ÉÏý ±Â™ÁÅ¨Í €ÏžÁ§Ã�Ä ¬É©Áô™Â �ÁÅ§ÁÅ©Â?

Sombabu gets off the table, ties up his lungee, approach Golie looking cold and angry.

GOLIE (cont'd)

¬Ä§Ã¦Á¬÷ €©ÁôœÂ©ÊÏžÃ £Â£Â¦÷? sensitometer úÉ�÷

üÊœÁàþÂäþÁÏœÊ!

Sombabu smacks Golie, pull the headset out.

SOMBABU

‡©Áô™Ã�Ã§Â ¬É©Áôí™ÁÅ? ¥Ã«Áþ÷ ¡ÉýÅÛ�ÁÅÏžÃ þÁÅ©Âí þÊþÂ?

Golie pulls back the headset.

GOLIE

�Á Í! ‚žÃ £ÆìýÆœ÷! ¥Ä ¡ÉÏýÂ±Â™ÁÅ úÊ§Á™ÂþÃ�Ã ‚Ï�Í

ªÁœÂ£âÏ ¡ÁýÅÛžÃâ!


(CONTINUED)

SOMBABU

Š§Ê! ƒ™Ã�Ã ¬É©Áô™ÁÅ �ÂžÁÏýÂë! £ÆýÆœ÷ €Ïý!

VILLAGER FACE UP, SITTING BACK.

VILLAGER

üÂ£ÂëþÂ? ¥ÉÂ™Á§Ì ÂþÂ? üÂ£Âë €¦œÊ ¥ÁþÁ žÁ�ÃÓ§Á ªÂ§ÄØ

ÊžÁÅ§Ê!

Sombabu walks Golie to a corner.

SOMBABU

‚¡Áôå™ÁÅ œÉ Ã¬ÃÏžÂ ˆ ªÁœÂ£âÏ¨Í „Ï™Â©Í?

Start slapping intermittently.

SOMBABU (cont'd)

œÂ§ÁÅ §Í™ÁÅÝ žÃ�Ã ¥ÁýÃÛ§Í™ÉÝ�ÁÑÏ�ÂþÊ Ã£Ãç É�Ã¬Ã ±ÌžÃâ§Â

¥ÄÁ�ÁÅ! €¬Á Â þÃ�ÁÑ§ÊÏýÂë? þÃ�ÁÑ§Ê¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ œÃ§Ã�Ê ©Á¦Á³Â§Â

‚žÃ? ¬ÁÏýÃ¡Ã Í ì Åì žÁ™ÁÅ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÊýÅÛ ³Ì�ÂÑ ¥ÄžÁ �

£Ì¥ÊéÏýÂë? €¬Á Â™É©Áô™Í œÉ Å³Â þÄ�ÁÅ? þÄ ýÉÏ�Â¦÷

¢Ê¬ÁÅ�Ã ¥Á Äì ˆý�Â™ÁÅ ýÍ¡Ä Š�ÁýÃ! ƒ £Å™Á�Á ©Ê«ÁÏ¨Í

©ÁúÃÖ ¥ÃœÂë �Â™É�ÁÑ™Á €þÁ™ÂþÃ�Ã ‡ÏœÁ �Â™ÁÅ§Â þÄ�ÁÅ?

Golie tries to answer in between every slap.

Sombabu (cont'd)

€ýÅ ±Ì¨¨Íì ¡Á™Ã …§Íì�Ã žÌ™ÃÝžÂ§Éä¨Åì, §ËœÁÅ¨Å þÁ™Ã¬Ê

žÂ§Íì þÁ™ÃªÂ©ÁÏýÊ €™ÁÝÏ�Ã¡ÁåžÄ¬Ã �Â™ÃžÁ¥ÄžÉ�ÃÑœÂà ¬ÃÏ¡Ã§Ã

þÂ�Ì™Á�Â, ‡¨Íì!

GOLIE

€þÂä þÂ ¥ÉÅ¡Éå™ÁÅ

Kicks him again.

OWNER

¥ÉÅ¡Éå™ÁÆ ÊžÁÅ (beep) ÊžÉ Í ì! ³Â¦ÁÏœÁëÏ ¢Áô ÷ì

±ÂÏýÊ¬ÁÅ�ÌúÃÖ œÄ¬ÁÅ�Í£Í!


(CONTINUED)

SOMBABU STARTS THE MOPED AND RIDES AWAY.

WIDE SHOT AS GOLIE RUNS ACROSS THE FIELDS, SUDDENTLY STOPS AND TURNS BACK TO NOTICE A BUNCH OF BULLOCKS RUNNING TOWARDS, DROPS THE BOXER IN THE FIELDS AND RUNS ON HEELS SCREAMING.

CUT TO: BANGARU NAIDU

INT/EXT. VILLAGE HOME - DAY : RETURN OF BANGARU81 81

CHEBROLU

�ÁÅ§ÁëÏ �ÁÅ§ÁÅà�Ê ¥Ä ‹ýÅ, �ÁÅ§ÁëÏ �ÁÅ§ÁÅà�Ê ¥Ä ‹ýÅ, �ÁÅ§ÁëÏ

�ÁÅ§ÁÅà�Ê ¥Ä ‹ýÅ,

BANGARU

ˆ§Â £Â£Å�Â§ÁÅþÂä§Â

Bangaru and Chebrolu walk into the yard, Som babu is fixing the phone, turns around.

SOMBABU

‡©Áô™Ã £Â£Ï™Ê?

Bangaru notice Mithra on the ladder painting the door top.

BANGARU

€™Ã�Í � £Â£Å�Â§Ê,¥Ä§Á Â þÃ©Éí§Á±Í�ÁÏ™Ã, þÊþÊÏ ±ÂœÁ

�Á Á Å �ÁÅ§ÉàýÅÛ�ÍþÃ ¡Á�Á¡ÁýÃÛ §Â ÊžÁÅ

SOMBABU

¡Á™ÃœÊ ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ ¡Ä�ÊžÊÏýÍ

BANGARU

œÁ¥Á§ÁÅ �Â¥É™Ä ±Âü÷ úÊ³Âà§Â,¬Ä§Ä¬÷ �Â €¨¦Áþ÷ ¬÷

¥Á ÂýÂ™ÁžÂ¥ÁþÌúÂÖ¥Ã�ÁÑ™Á

Sombabu looks pissed at Chebrolu.


(CONTINUED)

SOMBABU

‡©Áô™Âë þÄ�ÁÅ �Â¥É™Ä�Â �ÁþÃ¡ÃœÂàÏžÃ�ÁÑ™ÂÃ? �¦þÂ þÊþÂ?

MITHRA

þÁÅ©Âí¡Á§Â, ˆÏýÃ ©Ã«Á¦ÁÏ?

Mithra gets off the ladder stirring the paint.

BANGARU

�ÁœÁ §ÉÏ™ÁÅ ©Â§Â¨Å�Â ¥Ä �ÁÅýÅÏ£Ï¨Í ü§Ã�ÃþÁ �Í§Â¨Å

©ÃþÃ þÂ ¥ÁþÁ¬ÁÅ úÉžÃ§Ã±Í¦ÏžÃ £Â£Æ

Chebrolu interrupts.

CHEBROLU

€žÊþÁÏ™Ä ¥ÁÏ™Á ‡¨ Áþ÷ ¨Å ¥ÁÅÏžÁÅ�ÌúÃÖþÁ¦÷ �ÁžÂ,

ƒ³Â§Ã ¥ÄœÍ alliance ¡ÉýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ ¥ÁÅÏ™Á ¥ÉÂžÂâ¥ÁþÃ

decide €¦Á Âê§ÁÅ

MITHRA

þÁÅ©Áôí þÁÅÏúÁÅÏýÅþÂä©Â? þÁþÁÅä þÁÅÏúÍ¥ÁÏýÅþÂä©Â?

Bangaru feels shy to express his interest, Chebrolu spells.

CHEBROLU

¥Ä§ÁÅ ¬Á±Íåý÷ üÊœÊà �¦þÁ þÁÅÏúÁÅÏýÂ§ÁÏ™Ê, €±Íåü÷ üÊœÊà

¥Ã¥Áé Ãä þÁÅ ÏúÍ£É™ÁœÂ§ÁÏ™Ê, ‡žËœÊþÊÏ! ‹

�ÍýÃ§ÁÆ±Â¦Á Å ©ÁžÃ ÃúÁÅÖ�Í™ÂþÃ�Ã žÁÆ¨�ÁÅþÂä§ÁÏ™Ê!

Bangaru looks pissed.

BANGARU

þÁÅ©Áôí ¥Á ÂýÂì™Ã €�Ãë¥ÉÏýÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ §Â§Â, þÊ £Ï™É�ÁÅÑœÂþÁÅ

CHEBROLU shuts his mouth.

BANGARU (cont'd)

úÁÆ™ÁÅ £Â£Æ ‚¡Áôå™ÁÅ¥ÁþÃžÁâ§Ã�Ä ©Ã§ÍŸÃ Š�ÁÑ™Ê �ÁžÂ?

¥Ä§ÁÅ þÂ ©Ä¡Áõ þÊþÁÅ ¥Ä ©Ä¡Áõ �Í�ÁÅÑÏýÊ ‚žÁâ§Ã žÁÆ Â

œÄ§ÁÅžÃâ�ÁžÂ €þÊžÃ þÂ ±Â¦Ïý÷


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

‚ÏœÁ�ÁÆ ©Ã§ÍŸÉ©Á™Í

BANGARU

‚Ï�É©Á™ÁÆ? � ¨Í�ÁþÂžÁÏ �Â™Ê!

Mithra puts the paint tin away, wipes his hands and kicks Bangaru out into the cattle shelter.

CEBROLU

‡ÏžÁÅ�Í ƒ �Ã�ÁÅÑ ¥ÁÅÏžÊ expect úÊªÂ

MITHRA

¥Á§Á�Á £™ÃþÁÏœÁ ¥Á ÂœÂëþÁ £Ï�Â§ÁÏ ‚œÁà™Ë±ÍžÁÅ þÂ �Á™Á¡Á

œÌ�ÃÑ, þÂ þÄ™Á Í þÁÅÏúÁÅþÃ ¥Á Â þÂþÁäþÃ �Â™ÁÅ €þÁýÂþÃ�Ã

þÄ�ÉÏœÁ �Â™ÁÅ ¡ÁýÃÛÏžÃ§Â? (turn to Sombabu)¥Á®Äò

‡¨ ÁþÁÏýÆ þÁ™ÉÝ�ÊœÁàþÂä™ÁÅ,³ÍÏ £Â£Æ! ƒ³Â§Ã

þÂ¦™ÁÅ�Í§ÊäÏ üÊœÂà©Í þÄ ‚«ÁÛÏ,

Mithra walks inside as Som Babu spits pawn, picks up a chikkam and walks to Bangaru.

CEBROLU

‚¡Áôå™ÊÏýÄ? úÃ�ÁÑÏ �ÁýÃÛ ‡¨úÁÖþÁ¦ÊêžÂ�Â ±Â�Á Í

�ÁýÊÛœÂà©Â?

SOMBABU

€§Ê! þÊþÁÅ�ÁÅÏýþÂä þÁÅ©ÁíþÊªÂ©÷ ¬Ê£Íë¨Í!

Sombabu ties Bangaru to the ‘gunja’ insie the ‘paga’.

Sombabu (cont'd)

�Â¥É™Ä ©Ã þ÷ �É�ÁÅÑ©Á serious ©Ã ìþ÷ �Ã œÁ�ÁÅÑ©Á,

¬É¡ÃåþÁ ±Âý¥Ê ‡þÃä³Â§ÁÅì üÉ±Âå Âë þÄ�ÁÅ?

BANGARU

(threatens)

§Ê¦÷ ¥Á®Äò üÉ¡ÁôàþÂä! �Â¥É™Ä character ¬Ä§Ã¦Á¬÷ €¦œÊ

¬Ä§Ã¦Á¬÷ character ¨Å �Â¥É™Ä €¦±ÍœÂ¦÷!


(CONTINUED)

SOMBABU

œÁ¡Áôå þÂ¦™Í �Â¥É™Ä �Â§Á�ÁÛ§÷ ¬Ä§Ã¦Á¬÷ €¦œÊ, ‚Ï�Â

�Â¥É™Ä €¦êžÃâ!

Sombabu ties him tight, fits a ‘chikkam’ around Bangaru’s mouth and turn to Chebrolu.

Sombabu (cont'd)

‚Ï�Â ƒ™ÊÏ úÊœÁàþÂä©÷ §Â þÁÅ©Áôí?

CHEBROLU

(concerned)

€¦Áê�Â§Ã�Ã ¤ÍüþÁ ¬ÁžÁÅ±Â¦Á Â¨Æ €©Ä ¥Ä§Ê üÆ¬ÁÅÑÏýÂ§Â,

¥ÊÏ €§ÊÏü÷ üÊ³ÍÑ©Â Â €þÄ?

Sombabu leans on Chebrolu

SOMBABU

(folksy)

¬Ê£Íë¨Æ! ¬ÁÅýÆÛ ‚þÃä �ÊžÉ Å œÁ©Áô™ÁÅ œÃþÃ �ÁÅ™ÃœÃ

œÂ�ÁÅœÁÅÏýÊ, ¥Ä €¦ê�Í§ÃÑ œÁ�ÁÅÑ©Á üÊœÂà¥Á Â üÉ¡Áôå? �

¥Á ÂœÁëÏ ¥ÃþÃ¥ÁÏ ¥Á§ÂêžÁ ÷ žÉ ÄžÊÏžÃ ¥Á Â�Ì? þÁÅ©Éí Ãì

±Í¬ÁÛ§÷ ¨Å �ÌýÅà£Í, þÂ¥ÃþÊ¬Áþ÷ žÁ�ÁÓ§Á™ÁÅœÍÏžÃ

Chebrolu nods and walks away chanting.

CHEBROLU

�ÁÅ§ÁëÏ �ÁÅ§ÁÅà�Ê ¥ÁþÁ ‹ýÅ! �ÁÅ§ÁëÏ �ÁÅ§ÁÅà�Ê ¥ÁþÁ ‹ýÅ!

Stuffed with a chikkam, Bangaru struggles to speak.

CUT TO: LATHA

EXT. VILLAGE HOME TERRACE - EVENING : SONG PRELUDE82 82

PAN FOLLOW A JEEP CIRCLING AROUND TANGENTIAL STREETS, INTERCUT TO GOWDA SURVEILING, ACCOMPANIED BY DAMU, CUTS OF BREWING CYCLONIC ATMOSPHERE, LOOMING CLOUDS AND WIND. TILT TO LATHA ON THE TERRACE, COLLECTING CLOTHES.

Kids run around, pause and whisper looking at Latha.


(CONTINUED)

VIKKI

þÊþÁÅ úÉ±ÂåþÂ? ‡¡Áôå™ÁÆ ¥Á Â©Á¦Áê £ýÛ ¡Á�ÁÑþÊ €œÁà¥Áé

£ýÛ ÅÏýÂ¦ÁþÃ

NIKKI

„ÏýÊ ˆÏýÃ

VIKKI

(whispers)

¡É®Ãò úÊ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏýÂ§ÁÅ

Nikki pushes away Vikki

NIKKI

±Í§Â ¬ÁÅœÃà�Â

LATHA

(commanding)

ˆ¦÷! ˆÏýÃ �ÁÅ¬Á�ÁÅ¬Á Å?

Nikki blinks with doubt.

NIKKI

(hesitant)

þÁÅ©Áõí, ¥Á Â©Á¦Áê ¡É®Ãò úÊ¬ÁÅÑÏýÂ§Â?

LATHA

¡ÃúÃÖ �ÁÆœÁ Å �ÁÆªÂ§ÁÏýÊ úÉÏ¡Á Å ¥ÉÂ�ÁÅœÂ¦÷! ©Á§ÁïÏ

©Á³ÍàÏžÃ £ýÛ Å œÃ¦ÁêÏ™Ã

VIKKI

(innocent)

þÁÅ©Áôí £ýÛ Å ¡Ê§ÃÖþÁ style úÁÆ¬Êà ¥Á Â�Á§Áã¥ËÏžÃ Ê!

Latha chases them down from terrace.


(CONTINUED)

LATHA

þÍ§ÁÅé¬ÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ ©É®ÁòÏ™ÃžÁâ§ÁÆ! � ¡ÁëªÊäžÍ ¥Ä ¥Á Â©Á¦ÁêþÊ

€™ÁÅ�ÁÅ

Vikki & Nikki run down with clothes.

VIKKI

¥Á Â©Á¦Áê ‡¡Áôå™Í üÂ§Ã±Í¦Á Â™ÁÅ Ê, þÁÅ©Êí ‚Ï�Â É©Ã ÷

¡Ä�ÁÅœÁÅþÂä©÷!

Vikki & Nikki give a face to her and run downstairs, rain pours in.

FOLLOW LATHA’S FEET AND ‘GAJJAL’ INTO A B&W SET, POEM, FOLK ETC.

CUT TO: SONG 7

EXT. MULTIPLE FIELDS - DAY : SONG 783 83

(Black & White, poem and folk. Fields, coconuts and other materials.

END CUT: LATHA WALKS OUT WITH CLOTHES UNDER FLOODING RAIN.)

CUT TO: BOILING WATER

INT. LAUNDRY HOME - DAY : DURGA’S ASSASSINATION84 84

CAMERA ON BOILING WATER AS DURGA ADDS BLEACH AND FILL THE CONTAINER WITH CLOTHES, PAN TO SPLIT CURTAIN, KID IS BUSY WITH HOMEWORK IN FRONT OF A LAMP. GOWDA PULLS THE DOOR TOGETHER, LOCKS UP AND CLOSES THE CURTAIN.

GOWDA

£ÃüÄ�ÁÅþÁä©Â žÁÅ§ÂÓ?

Durga turns around to notice GOWDA and his accomplices.

DURGA

‡©Á§ÁÏ™Ê?


(CONTINUED)

associates shut the exit door, GOWDA lights a cigarette, Associates who swarm onto Durga, fill his mouth with a cloth and hold him down on the iron table, Durga resists in vain.

GOWDA PICKS UP A FUNNEL AND A BOWL, SITS DOWN NEAR DURGA, REPLACES CLOTH WITH FUNNEL IN MOUTH, START POURING WATER.

GOWDA

‚úÃÖþ÷ ™Á£Åç ÷ žÍ±ÍÑþÃ ¬Ë™Ë±Í§Â ¨Ï£ÄÝ €ÏýÊ, žÊþÃ�Ã§Â

„žÁê¥Á Â¨Å þÄ�ÁÅ?

Gowda throws the bowl away and gets up holding towel, look down at the fuming vapor rising out of Durga’s mouth.

GOWDA (cont'd)

±Âë›Ï ¬ÁÅþÃäœÁ¥ËÏžÃ �Ì™Á�Â, „¢Áôæ¥ÁÏýÊ �§Ã ±ÍœÁÅÏžÃ!

„žÁê¥Á Â¨Å üÊ¬Êà ‡�ÁÅÑ©Á §ÍüÅ¨Å¨ÅÏ™ÁžÁÅ

CAMERA PAN ONTO THE CHILLED ASSISTANTS, STILL HOLDING DURGA.

GOWDA (cont'd)

€¦Áê�Â§ÁÅ úÊ§ÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä§ÁÅ, ©ÁžÁ Ï™Âë

GOWDA walks to the exit mumbling.

GOWDA (cont'd)

�Á, ¬ÃþÃ¥Á Â¨ÌúÃÖþÂ�Á ³ÎÏ™÷¨Å ¡É§Ã�Â¦ �ÂþÃ ‡¢É�÷ÛÑ

Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â £Ì¦êÏžÃ

Gowda walks out into rain as associates follow, as Gowda takes off in his jeep, Durga’s kid runs out of home and cries back inside.

CUT TO: JEEP TIRES

INT. VILLAGE HOME - NIGHT : DURGA’S NEWS85 85


(CONTINUED)

UNDER POURING RAIN GOWDA’S JEEP HALTS NEAR AN INTERSECTION CLOSE TO MITHRA’S HOME, PAN TO LATHA READING NEAR THE WINDOW, VIKKI AND NIKKI BUSY WITH HOMEWORK.

Mithra and a couple of workers are busy peeling coconuts, sitting in front of TV and a pile of coconuts by the side. Mithra turns attentive to the news.

NEWS READER (ON TV)

Breaking news, ¥Á ÂþÃ�ÌÏ™Á granite ¤ÁÆ¥ÁÅ¨

contract÷Û ¥ÄžÁ ¥ÁÆ™ÁÅ þÉ �ÃëœÁÏ supreme court

œÄ§ÂéþÃÏúÃþÁ stay order þÃ ƒ§ÍüÅ §ÁžÁÅâ úÊ¦Á™ÁÏ

ü§Ã�ÃÏžÃ, ¥Á§Í©Ë¡Áô granite ¤ÁÆ¥ÁÅ¨ þÃ§Âí¬ÃœÁÅ¨

¬ÁÏ�ÁÏ þÂ¦Á�ÁÅ™ÁÅ žÁÅ§ÂÓ ¢Áë³Âž÷ €�Á³ÂéœÁÅà�Â

¥Á§Á›ÃÏúÂ§ÁÅ, žÄþÃ ©ÉþÁÅ�Á ¡Áë¥ÁÅŽ �ÂÏýÂë�ÁÛ§÷ £Â¬Ã §É™ÃÝ

�Á¬ÁàÏ „ÏžÁÏýÆ ©ÁúÃÖþÁ €§Í¡Á› Ãä �¦ÁþÁ ©ÉÏýþÊ œÃ¡Ãå

�ÌýÂÛ§ÁÅ

Mithra gets up as Sombabu and a few people show up at the front door.

SOMBABU

žÁÅ§ÂÓþÃ úÁÏ¡ÊªÂ§ÁÏ™Ê, ¨ÏüÍ™ÁÅ�ÁÅ¨Å ‚ÏýÃ ¥ÄžÁ £™Ã

žÂ§ÁÅ›Ï�Â úÁÏ±Â§ÁÏ™Ê

ZOOM PAN ON MITHRA REACHING OUT FOR THE SHIRT, AND WALK OUT, ANGLED FROM TV.

CUT TO YARD.

MITHRA

þÁÅ©ÃíÏýÍì „Ï™ÁÅ

Mithra gets in the jeep, accelerates on dirty wet drive way. GOWDA notice Mitrha’s jeep approaching, turns off lights and lean onto the wheel posing to be sleeping.

CUT TO: CROWD


INT. DURGA HOME - NIGHT : MOURN AND ANGER86 86

Mithra looks down at Durga’s mourning family and kids, walks back into the crowd on the street, a lorry halts in front of Mithra filled with angry villagers with various weapons.

VILLAGER 1

žÄþÉ¥Á Âé £Éü©Â™Á ¥ÉÅœÁàÏ œÁ�Á ™Ã±Í©Â ÷ §É¦÷,

³ÂÏœÁÏ�ÁÅÏýÊ §É�ÁœÁÏ žÂ�ÁÅœÁÅþÂä§÷ þÂ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ¨Å,

VILLAGER 2

§ÁÏ™Âë, ±ÌžÁÅâþÃ�Á Âì � £Â¬Ã §É™ÃÝ�Â™ÁÅ ¥Á¬Ë±Í©Â¨,

þÂ�Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ ¥Á™ÁÝ§ÁÅì üÉ¦Áê™ÁÏ ¥ÁÏ�ÁÏ¡ÊýÌ®Áò�Ê

žÉ ðþÁÅ�ÁÅþÂä™Â?

VILLAGER3

� ¨Í�Ã �Â™Ã ¬ÁÏ�ÁœÃ �ÁÆ™Â œÊ ÅžÂâÏ ¡ÁžÁ§Â, žÍë�Ã ¨ÏüÂ

�Ì™ÁÆ�ÁÅ

Mithra notice Durga’s elder kid following the crowd, getting in the lorry, boiling with innocent anger.

Mithra notice Durga’s kid, grinding teeth shivering with anger under rain, lurking mobility. Mithra walks to the kid and pulls him out of the crowd and walks away. Protestors pause and look at Mithra, most of them follow gradually.

CUT TO: DOCUMENTS

INT. COLLECTOR HOME - NIGHT : BADI OR BASI REDDY87 87

Mithra places the documents on dining table, sitting across the collector.

MITHRA

ring road ¥ÄžÁ supreme court approve úÊ¬ÃþÁ

original sketch

Mithra pulls the kid close.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA (cont'd)

©Ä™ÁÅ žÁÅ§ÂÓ �Ì™ÁÅ�ÁÅ, ±ÌžÁÅâþÁ ¡Áô¬Áà�ÁÏ ¡ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ

£™Ã�É Âà™Í �ÁœÃà£ýÅÛ�ÁÅþÃ £Â¬Ã §É™ÃÝ ¥ÄžÁ�É Âà™Í ¥Ä úÊœÁ Íì

„ÏžÃ, ƒ ³ÂÑÏ ¨Í £ Ã¬ÃþÁ �ÂÏýÂë�ÁÛ§÷ ¨œÍ ±ÂýÅ

£¨¥ËþÁ þÂ¦Á�ÁÅ¨ÅþÂä§ÁþÃ �ÁÆ™Â ¥Ä�ÁÅ žÉ Å¬ÁÅ, �ÂþÄ

ƒ§ÍüÊžÄ ©Â®Áò �Á®Áò¨Íì ±ÌÏ�Ê �Á¬Ã �ÁþÂä £¨¥ËÏžÃ �ÂžÁÅ.

Mithra pause and leans forward.

MITHRA (cont'd)

�Á É�ÁÛ§÷ �Â§ÁÆ! ƒ ±ÌÏ�ÁÅþÁþÁä™ÁÅÝ�Í™ÂþÃ�Ã ¥Ä�Ã§Á©Ë

þÂ¨Å�ÁÅ �ÁÏýÂ¨Å ýË¥Ã¬ÁÅàþÂä, €žÃ žÂýÃœÊ � �ÁÅÏ¡Áô Í

þÊþÁÆ Š�Á™ÎäœÂ

Mithra gets up and walks with the kid as Collector looks at the file.

CUT TO: CATTLE

INT/EXT. VILLAGE HOME - NIGHT : OMNI TRUTH & ZERO GRAVITY88 88

Pan from cattle onto Gowda & his associate jumping the wall, settle down hiding behind the cattle. Bangaru wakes up from sleep noticing the gang, panics and acts sleepy when GOWDA turns to him with the sniper. GOWDA notice Latha and kids dining inside by the window.

GOWDA shows the spot to Damu in the drive way, Damu moves out holding the bomb,starts digging, Bangaru feels increasingly nervous.

Damu plants bomb in the ditch and covers it up and runs back, Approaching jeep through the rain, far away.

(Distant conversation

NIKI

�! � ©ÉÏ™Ã �Âì¬÷ þÂžÄ

VIKKI

€öÁ, þÂžÄ


(CONTINUED)

LATHA

úÃþÍä™ÁÅ �ÁžÂ ©ÁžÃ Ã¡ÉýÛ©Ê, ‚Ï�ÍýÃ �ÌþÃ¡É™ÁœÂþÁÅ þÄ�ÁÆ

NIKKI

úÃþÍä™ÊÏ �ÂžÁÅ, §Î™Ä ©Â™ÁÅ

LATHA

ˆ¦÷ úÁÅ¡÷! �Á¥ÁÅéþÁ œÃþÁÅ!

Nikki turns to plate as Vikki poses victorious).

Nikki suddenly screams pointing to the window on the other side, Latha turns to notice Bhasha lurking and jump off the wall like a ghost, Sombabu and others rush out to chase.

SOMBABU

ˆ¦÷! ‡©Á™Âë €�ÁÑ™Â? §Ê¦÷!

Bhasha’s shadow under the approaching jeep lights, fades into dark, Mithra halts the jeep in the drive way.

MITHRA

‡¥ËÏžÃ§Â?

SOMBABU

‡©Á§Í �Â¡Áô �ÂœÁàþÂä§ÁÅ £Â£Æ, ±Â¡Á üÆ¬Ã žÁ™ÁÅ¬ÁÅ�ÁÅÏžÃ,

žÌ§Ã�ÃþÁýÅÛþÂä™ÁÅ þÂ¦Á Â¨Å

Mithra looks back as Golie is screaming and fluttering as people carry him under rain.

GOLIE

Š§Ê¦÷ ¥Ä chase �Ä þÂ�ÁÆ ˆ¥Á ÂœÁëÏ ÃÏ�ÁÅ ÉžÁÅ§Â! þÂ

¥ÉÅ�Á§ÂªÊ¥ÉÂ�ÂþÃ, border œÌ�ÃÑþÁ žÁ�ÁÓ§ÁÅäÏúÃ �ÁþÃ¡ÃúÃÖþÁ

�ÊžÁ Âì �ÁÅ¥ÉÅéžÁÅ¨ÅàþÂä™ÁÅ

SomBabu recognizes Golie and start punching.


(CONTINUED)

SOMBABU

Š§Ê þÁÅ©Âí, ‡þÃä žÁ¥ÁÅé¨ÅÏýÊ þÁþÊä

žÂ§Á™ÁÅ�ÁÅœÂ©Áô§Â? ±ÌžÁÅâþ÷ ýÃ¢Ãþ÷ �ÌýÍì

žÂ§Á™Ã�Ê™ÁÅ £Â£Í, ˆüÉÏýþÁÅ�ÁÅþÃ ŠžÃ ÊªÂ,

‡©Á§ÁÅ ¡ÁÏ±Â§Âë þÂ �Ì™Á�Â þÃþÁÆä

GOLIE

(crying)

£Â©Â,

Mithra recognizes Golie in dark.

MITHRA

�™ÌäžÁ Âë, ¥ÁÅ ÂÛ©ÁœÂ§ÁÏ¨Í ‚�ÁÑ™ÊÏ üÊœÁàþÂä©Áô§Â

þÁÅ©Áõí?

GOLIE

(crying)

€¦Êê¦Á¬÷ ¢Ë ¦Á ÂêþÁÅ £Â©Â

MITHRA

€ÏýÊ ±Â¬Á©ÁôœÂþÁþÃ €ÏœÁ £¨Ï�Â þÁ¥Á Âé©Â? ¨ÍþÁ�Ã

žÄ¬ÉÑ Ãì þÉœÃàþÁ þÄ®ÁÅò £Ì¦÷

Golie is lead by the people on driveway, sniper view, cam pan from the bomb onto Mithra, people approach. GOWDA turns to Damu holding the remote, signals the sequence of events for, (sniper, bomb blast and point blank attacks).

Bangaru moans and struggles as Mithra approach the spot, shocked to notice someone in between. Bhasha stands blocking the sniper view. Bhasha smacks GOWDA with a thick metal chain, looks at Damu holding the remote, smacks him, associates take shots at Bhasha who runs into the cattle untying them one by one.

Mithra rush to the shelter, GOWDA triggers the bomb, Bhasha delivers a death blow to GOWDA. Mithra ducks the mis-timed blast and looks through cattle to find all four of the perpetrators lying down amidst restless cattle. Bangaru unties himself and runs through the drive way screaming, Damu craws up, jumps off the wall and runs into the street.

BANGARU

©Â¥ÉÂé £ÂÏ£Í! ‹§Âä¦ÁþÍ £ÂÏ£Í! £ÂÏ£Í!


(CONTINUED)

SOMBABU SHACKLES THE CATTLE BACK INTO THE SHELTER AS MITHRA FOLLOWS BHASHA WALKING EVASIVE.

MITHRA

¤Â Â!

Bhasha looks into Mithra’s eyes drifts away.

MITHRA (cont'd)

¤Â Â!

Bhasha runs onto the streets grunting, Mithra chases him deep into the village and grabs him back at the cattle shelter, Bhasha look disturbed and tries to break away.

MITHRA (cont'd)

(shakes up)

¤Â Â, ¤Â Â, þÁþÁÅä úÁÆ™ÁÅ!

Bhasha looks deep into Mithra’s eyes, tries to run away, Mithra holds him with force yelling.

MITHRA (cont'd)

¤Â Â, ¤Â Â! ‡�ÁÑ™Ã�É Âà©÷? ‡©Á§Ã �Í¬ÁÏ ¡Á§ÁÅ�É™ÁàþÂä©÷?

Bhasha slides down to Mithra’s knees.

BHASHA

(ruptured and dense)

©Ã¥ÁÅ�Ãà �Í¬ÁÏ, ©Ã¥ÁÅ�Ãà �Í¬ÁÏ ¡Á§ÁÅ�ÁÅžÄ¬ÁàþÂä ³Âí¥Ä!

±ÂœÃ�Á ¬ÁÏ©ÁœÁð§Â¨Å ¥Á™Ã�ÁýÅÛ�ÁÅþÁä ±Â±ÂþÃä ¥ÉÂ¬Ã ¥ÉÂ¬Ã

£§ÁÅ©Ë ©Ã¥ÁÅ�Ãà �Í¬ÁÏ ¡Á§ÁÅ�ÁÅžÄ¬ÁàþÂä ³Â¥Ä!

Bhasha cries hold Mithra’s knees tight, Mithra is puzzled.

SLOW ZOOM ONTO BHASHA.

CUT TO: PHONE

INT. LOKI HOME - NIGHT : THE SETBACK89 89


(CONTINUED)

FOLLOW PHONE, GOWDA PICKS UP THE PHONE.

DAMU (V.O.)

target backfire €¦êÏžÃ ³Â§÷, ¥ÁžÉâ Í ‡©Á™Í ¤Â Â

€Ïý, úÉžÁ§Á�ÌýÂÛ™ÁÅ

GOWDA hangs the phone and looks at Loki.

BASI REDDY

(pause)

¤Â Â!

Loki looks with a smirk, finishes the drink, Basi Reddy gets up a bit nervous.

Basi REDDY (cont'd)

þÊþÃÏýÃ�Ã £Ì¦÷ ¥ÁþÁÅ«ÁÅ Ãä ¡ÁÏ¡Ã³Âà �ÂþÃ, €¡Áôå™ÁÅžÂ�Á

œÁ Å¡Áô Ê³ÍÑþÃ üÂ�Á§Áà�Â „Ï™ÁÅ

Loki seem uninterested.

LOKI

€©Á¬Á§ÁÏ ÊžÉ Ãì ¡Á™ÁÅ�Í §É™ÊÝ, þÂ ©Êý ¡Á�ÁœÍ �ÂžÁÅ,

±Âë›Â¨ �Í¬ÁÏ �ÂþÊ�ÂžÁÅ.... þÃ©Áô§ÁÅ üÄ ÃÖ ±Ì�ÁÅÑœÁÅþÁä

Š�Á þÃüÂþÂä¡Á™ÁþÃ�Ã...

Basi Reddy scratches head in confusion, thinks Loki is mad and walks out of the room.

BASI REDDY

target miss €©Á™ÁÏ ¥Á Â¥ÁÆ Ê þÂ¦ÁÅ™Í, ƒ§ÍüÅ

�Â�ÁÅÏýÊ §Ê¡Áô

LOKI

‚�Á targets ˆÏ ¥Ã�Á ÊìžÁÅ ‡ Ãì ¡Á™ÁÅ�Í §É™ÊÝ

Basi Reddy stares for a moment in confusion, leaves the office, Loki gets up amidst intense thunder, wind and lightening, walks towards a shelf, pulls out a revolver, checks for bullets and flips it closed.


(CONTINUED)

WIDE VIEW AS LOKI WALKS TOWARDS THE ENTRY DOOR AND SETS IT WIDE OPEN AS HARD WIND BLOWS THROUGH THE CURTAINS, SITS AT THE DINING TABLE, FIXES A DRINK AND LOOKS AT THE PORTRAIT OF VISHVA ROOPAM.

LOKI SLOWLY SLIPS BACK TO THINKING THE GRAND ECLIPSE.

(Transition BGM into black & white flash back).

CUT TO: KOTA GIRI

EXT. VILLAGE OUTSKIRTS - DUSK : THE GRAND ECLIPSE90 90

FLASH CUTS OF CAMPAIGN CONFLICT AT DUSK, KOTA GIRI STABS KESAVA AND ABSCONDS WITH ALL HIS PEOPLE, LOKI CHASES KOTA GIRI BUT TURNS BACK TO ATTEND KESAVA, GETS KESAVA INTO THE OPEN TOP JEEP UNDER THE BREEZY DUSK, BHASHA DRIVES.

AS THE SUN TURNS RED FACING A TOTAL ECLIPSE, LOKI IS SITTING IN THE BACK HOLDING KESAVA’S HEAD ON LAP, JEEP PIERCE THROUGH BY THE FIELDS FACING THE VULNERABLE SUN, KESAVA FEELS DRIED OUT.

KESAVA

¨Í�Ä! þÄ®ÁÅò

LOKI

Š�Á �ÁÏý¨Í �¬Ãåý ÷ �É Âà¥ÁþÂä, ‚¡Áôå™ÁÅ þÄ®ÁÅò œÂ�ÌžÁÅâ

Kesava struggles and coils in pain.

KESAVA

ŠÏýÍì ˆ¥Ä ÊžÁÅ§Â, ¡ÁžÃ þÃ¥Ã Â¨Å �ÁÆ™Â £œÁ�Á ÊþÁÅ

�¡ÁÏ™Âë, ŠÏýÍì ˆÏ ÊžÁÅ§Â...

Loki feels worried looking at Kesava.

LOKI

¤Â Â £Ï™Â±Í


(CONTINUED)

Jeep stops on the road amidst paddy fields, Bhasha runs into the fields with a can, Loki holds Kesava in his lap, A moment of silence and anxiety.

KESAVA

(groany)

¨Í�Ä....

Loki is inattentive and looking out for Bhasha.

KESAVA (cont'd)

(airy)

¨Í�Ä... þÊþÁÅ ±ÍœÊ þÂ ³ÂáþÁÏ¨Í þÁÅÏúÁÅÏýÂ©Â?

Loki turns a bit puzzled (Intercut from present Loki).

KESAVA (cont'd)

þÊþÁÅ úÁ¬Êà þÂ ³ÂàþÁÏ¨Í þÁÅÏúÁÅÏýÂ©Â?

KESAVA (cont'd)

þÂ ¡Ã ì �Ã œÁÏ™Ãë�Â,, þÂ œÁÏ™Ãë�Ã £Ã™ÁÝ�Â þÁÅÏúÁÅÏýÂ©Â?

…§Ã þÂ¦Á�ÁÅ™Ã�Â þÁÅÏúÁÅÏýÂ©Â?

Loki looks down touched and nods, picks up water from Bhasha and feeds, Kesava settles down, Bhasha runs to the front.

JEEP TAKES OFF, INTERCUTS AS KESAVA START FEELING BETTER.

Loki’s faces an increasing conflict of thoughts as the eclipse progresses.

RAMP CUTS ON WOUND, LOKI, KESAVA, ECLIPSE AND BHASHA, LOKI LOOKS DOWN AT KESAVA AS HE COMES TO THE EVIL DETERMINATION, BHASHA NOTICE THE DEADLY SILENCE FROM REAR VIEW MIRROR AS IT TURNS COMPLETELY DARK UNDER TOTAL ECLIPSE.

KESAVA (V.O.) (cont'd)

þÊþÁÅ ±ÍœÊ þÂ ³ÂàþÁÏ¨Í þÁÅÏúÁÅÏýÂ©Â?? .....þÊþÁÅ ±ÍœÊ þÂ

³ÂàþÁÏ¨Í þÁÅÏúÁÅÏýÂ©Â? …§Ã þÂ¦Á�ÁÅ™Ã�Â þÁÅÏúÁÅÏýÂ©Â?


(CONTINUED)

LOKI GRADUALLY CLUTCHES KESAVA’S NECK WITH BOTH HANDS SQUEEZES TIGHT WITH UTMOST DETERMINATION, KESAVA FLUTTERS FOR LIFE, BHASHA NOTICES THE SCENE FROM REAR VIEW MIRROR, DRIVES THE JEEP INTO THE PADDY FIELDS.

BHASHA RUNS TO THE REAR OF THE JEEP, NOTICE KESAVA LYING STILL, LOKI LOOKS ACCOMPLISHED AND GRADUALLY TURNS CONSCIOUS AS THE SUN COMES OUT, LOKI LOOKS AT KESAVA STUNNED, FEELS INCREASING DISTURBED WITH REMORSE.

LOKI

€þÂä, €þÂä, €þÂä, €þÂä,

LOKI GETS OUT OF THE JEEP FEELING BREATHELESS, WANDERS IN THE FIELDS.

LOKI (cont'd)

ƒ ¡ÁþÃ úÊ¬ÃÏžÃ þÊþÁÅ �ÂžÁÅ§Â, þÂ�ÊžÍ ¡ÁõþÃÏžÃ, ¤Â Â!

Long wide zoom as Loki covers face with both hands.

LOKI (cont'd)

�¦ÉÂê ¤Â Â, ¤Â Â!,!, ƒ ±Â±ÂþÉä Â ¥ÉÅ¦ÁêþÁÅ§Â, ƒ

±Â±ÂþÉä Â ¥ÉÅ¦ÁêþÁÅ§Â žÊ©Áô™Â!

Loki grabs Bhasha with overwhelming guilt, controls himself.

LOKI (cont'd)

‡ Ãì ¡ÉžÁâ¦Áê�Ã úÉ¡Áõå, üÉ¡Áå§Â, ©ÁúÃÖ þÁþÁÅä þÁ§Ã�É¦Áê¥ÁþÂë

BHASHA

þÊþÁÅ ¡ÉžÁâ¦Áê ¥ÁþÃ«ÃþÃ �ÂžÁ¦Á Âê, þÄ ¥ÁþÃ«ÃþÃ...

Loki looks at Bhasha with changing thoughts.

LOKI

þÄ É�ÁÑ þÄ ¦Áü¥Á ÂþÃœÍ, þÂ É�ÁÑ þÂ ¦Áü¥Á ÂþÃœÍ

TIME TRANSITION AS THE SON COMPLETELY COMES OUT OF THE ECLIPSE, LOKI STANDS LOOKING AT BHASHA, THINKING IN GUSTY BREEZE.


(CONTINUED)

CAMERA PAN TO BHASHA’S YOUNG AND CLEAR FACE, TRANS TO THE OLD GUILTY FACE.

VOICE CUT TO: BHASHA

INT. VILLAGE HOME - NIGHT : ZERO GRAVITY91 91

BHASHA (V.O.)

€ÏžÁ§Ã É�ÁÑ¨Æ œÊ ÊÖ ¦Áü¥Á ÂþÃ ¡ËþÁÅþÂä™ÁþÃ

œÉ Å¬ÁÅ�Í™ÂþÃ�Ã üÄ©ÃœÁ �Â¨Ï ¡ÁýÃÛÏžÃ ³Âí¥Ä

MITHRA STANDS NUMB UNDER ‘ZERO GRAVITY’. (REF: TARKOVSKY’S SOLARIS) THE RAIN, CATTLE AND OTHER FLYING OBJECTS SUSPENDED FREE OF GRAVITY AS MITHRA LIFTS BHASHA UP CLOSE TO HIS FACE, IN SHEER DISBELIEF.

BHASHA (cont'd)

ƒ þÃüÏ žÂúÁ™ÁÏ �ÁþÂä úÉ¡Áå™ÁÏ¨ÍþÊ ‡�ÁÅÑ©Á þÌ¡ÁôåÏžÁþÃ

œÉ Ã¬Ã �ÁÆ™Â, £§ÁÅ©Áô ¥ÉÅ¦Áê Ê�Á üÉ¡ÁôàþÂä ³Âí¥Ä

Bhasha looks light and free, lightening, shelter collapses under the wind as gravity comes alive.

CUT TO: LOKI

INT. LOKI HOME - NIGHT : AXIS OF TIME92 92

LOKI LIGHTS CIGAR, COCKS THE GUN AND WAITS LOOKING AT THE WAVY CURTAIN, PAN. INTERCUT OF LOKI TAPPING THE GUN ON TABLE WITH FEAR OF SILENCE.

PAN FROM THE DRIPPING SHAKY TABLE CANDLE TOWARDS THE FRONT DOOR AS MITHRA EMERGES, FOLLOW OUT FOCUS IN LOKI’S POV AS MITHRA APPROACHES, SITS ACROSS LOOKING INTO LOKI’S EYES.

LOKI POINTS THE GUN AT MITHRA AS BHASHA STANDS AT FRONT DOOR, LOKI HOLDS THE GUN WITH A DEJECTED SMIRK.

A long silence, Loki holds the gun back.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA

�ÁÅ�÷, úÂ©Áô�ÁþÂä þÃü¥Ê ¤Â§Á¥ÁþÃ ©ÁžÃ Ê¬ÁÅàþÂä©Â?...úÁÏ¡Áô..

‚Ï�Â þÃü¥ÊÏýÍ œÉ ÄþÃ ¤Áë¥Á Í „þÂä...þÃüÂþÃä

üÄ§ÃßÏúÁÅ�ÁÅþÊ ¨Í¡Áô úÁÏ¡Áô...

Loki gets up and stands away looking at Savithri’s image.

RETRACTIVE-ZOOM (BG CONTROL) FROM BEHIND.

MITHRA (cont'd)

±ÂœÃ�Ê®ÁÅò�Â þÄ ±Â±ÂþÃä úÊ¬ÃþÁ �ÁÆýÍìþÊ ±ÂœÃ¡ÉýÂÛ©÷!�Á,

‡þÃä ¡Áô§Â›Â ÉœÃ�ÃþÂ þÃþÁÅä œÊ �ÌýÊÛ ±ÂœÁë ÊžÁÅ... þÄ�ÁÅ

œÄ§ÁÅåþÃúÊÖ ªÂ¬ÁþÁÏ ÊžÁÅ

Loki walks across the table as the candle flaps to survive.

LOKI

�ÁÆ, ‹³Â§Ã � ¡Áô§Â›Â¨Å žÂýÃ úÁÆ™ÁÅ, €©Á¬Á§Â¨ �Í¬ÁÏ

žÂ§ÁÅì œÌ�ÊÑ ±ÂœÁë¨Å œÁ¡Áå �Ä§Í¨Æ ©Ã þ÷¨Æ

Ê§ÄþÂý�ÁÏ¨Í...

Loki turns to Mithra with wide eyes.

LOKI (cont'd)

�Á!¥ÁÏúÃ úÉ™ÁÅ¨ÏœÁ œÊý�Â �ÁþÃ¡ÃÏúÊ ¬ÁÆœÂë ËœÊ žÊþÃ�Í

‚þÃä ªÂ³Âàë¨Æ, ¥ÁœÂ¨Æ? ¥ÁþÃ«Ã Í �ÁÆ§ÁÅ�ÁÅ±Ì¦þÁ

ŸÁ§ÁéÏ Š�ÁÑýÊ, €�ÁÏ! ±Â�Ê ±Âë›ÃþÃ �ÁžÃ¡Ê þÃüÏ Š�ÁÑýÊ,

��Á Ã! ¡Á§ÃœÁ¡ÃÏúÊ �œÁéþÁ Âì ªÂªÃÏúÊ ªÁ�Ìà�ÁýÊ, �ªÁ!

Loki mellows down thinking back in time.

LOKI (cont'd)

�ªÁ ¥ÁÅ¬Ã§ÃþÁ¡Áôå™ÁÅ �¨ÍúÁþÁ ¥Á¬Á�Á £Â§ÁÅœÁÅÏžÃ, þÄœÄ

þÃüÂ¦œÄ Å �Ì Ã¥Ã Í �Ì©ÌíœÁÅà Âì �Á§Ã�Ã±ÍœÂ¦÷.... �

§ÍüÅ ³ÂíŸÄþÁÏ¨Í Ê�ÁÅÏ™Â úÊ¬ÃþÁ œÁ¡Áôå �Í¬ÁÏ

üÄ©ÃœÁ¥ÁÏœÂ É�ÁÑ úÉ Ãì¬ÁÆàþÊ „þÂä.., œÁÏ™Ãë Â, ¤Á§Áà Â,

£ÏýÍëœÁÅ Â... �¨ÍúÃÏúÃ œÁ¡Áôå úÊ¬ÃþÁ ©Â™ËäœÊ �§ÍüÊ ©Ä™Ãä

úÁÏ¡Ã þÃüÂþÃä ±ÂœÃ¡ÉýÊÛ©Â™Ãä


(CONTINUED)

LOKI (cont'd)

�ÂþÄ ƒ ¡Áë³ÂáþÁÏ¨Í ƒ �ÁÏý žÂýÃ þÊþÁÅ £œÁ�Â¨ÏýÊ ¥Ä§ÁÅ

úÂ©Â Ã, þÂ ¬Áí§ÁÆ±ÂþÃä ‡œÃàúÁÆ¡Ê �ÁÅ§ÁÅà þÄä

úÉ§Ã�Ã±Í©Â Ã....

Loki points gun at Bhasha, Mithra pushes it away, gun slides out. Bhasha gets into the muddle and try to muscle Loki away, Mithra commands Bhasha to stay away and lets Loki continue the beating.

LOKI (cont'd)

þÄ ©É ÅœÁÅ§ÁÅœÍ þÂ�ÁÅþÁä Š�Ê Š�Á žÄ±ÂþÃä úÄ�ÁýÃ úÊªÂ©÷,

þÁþÁÅä þÃüÏ�Â §Â Á¬ÁÅ™Ãä úÊªÂ©÷... �Á³Â¦ þÃüÂþÃä

úÁÆ™Â¨þÌúÂÖ©Â? úÁÆ™ÁÆ, úÁÆ¬Ã þÂ¨Í „þÁä úÄ�ÁýÃþ

úÄ�ÁýÃ ¥ÃÏ�ÁÅ, ÊžÁÏýÊ � úÄ�ÁýÍì �Á Ã¬Ã±Í.

As Loki gets tired of beating, Mithra holds his knees tight, moaning something that catches Loki in a surprise.

MITHRA

(in agony)

þÂþÂä..... þÂþÂä....

Loki is stuck with Mithra’s connotation, puzzled, drops the wedge, collapses in the chair with a heavy heart.

MITHRA (cont'd)

þÊþÁÅ þÃþÁÅä úÁÏ±Â¨þÃ §Â ÊžÁÅ þÂþÂä.... þÄúÊœÃ Í úÁúÊÖÏœÁ

¡Êë¥Á þÄ ¥ÄžÁÅÏžÃ�ÂþÄ, ‚Ï�Â þÃþÁÅä úÁÏ¡ÊÏœÁ �Í¡ÁÏ

§Â©ÁýÊìžÁÅ þÂþÂä.... þÁÅ©Êí þÃü¥ÁþÃ £œÁÅ�ÁÅœÁÅþÂä...

þÁÅ©Áí£žÁã¥ËœÊ ¤Á§ÃÏúÁ ÊþÁÅ þÂþÂä.... £œÃ�ÁÅÏýÊ ¥Á Â

þÂþÁäþÃ �ÁÆ™Â ‚ÏœÁ�Â €¤Ã¥Á ÂþÃÏúÊ©Â™Ãä �ÂžÊ¥ÉÂ

Mithra looks up at Loki, distorted and determined.

MITHRA (cont'd)

þÂ ±Âë›Â¨ÍàÃ úÁ ì£™ÁœÂ©ÁÏýÊ œÄ¬ÁÅ�Í....

Loki turns pale, Mithra bows both hands with gushing tears.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA (cont'd)

þÁÅ©ÊíÏ úÉ±Âå©Í þÂ�Á§ÁãÏ �Â ÊžÁÅ....�ÂþÄ þÄ ©Ê«ÁÏ

úÉ§Á¡Á�ÁÅÏ™Â ƒ þÂý�ÁÏ ‚ Â�Ê ¥ÁÅ�Ã³Âà©Â?.....ƒ þÃüÏ þÂ

žÊ©ÁœÁþÁÅ üÊ§Á�ÁÅÏ™Â úÁÆ³Âà©Â?.....

LOKI REMAINS NUMB LOOKING AT MITHRA.

CAM RETRACT REVEALING INTERPOLATED MIRROR REFLECTIONS AND FRACTAL IMAGERY, STREET LIGHTS TURN UP, SURROUNDING ROOMS LIT UP, EXCEPT FOR THE LIVING ROOM.

CUT TO: STREET

EXT. STREET - NIGHT : EESWARA92a 92a

(vaalina poddunu chusi iruvuru eesvaraaa.... parameswara)

CAMERA PAN ONTO MITHRA SLOWLY WALKING THROUGH THE WET STREET HOLDING SAVITHRI’S PHOTO AGAINST CHEST.

CUT TO: CLOCK

CAMERA ON CLOCK, FLAPPING CANDLE DRIPPING WINDOW SILLS, CAMERA TIGHT ON LOKI TURNING TO BHASHA STANDING BY THE DOOR, LOKI IS STILL, BHASHA SLOWLY WALKS OUT LEAVING LOKI ALONE.

LOKI SHUTS THE MAIN DOOR AND WINDOWS ALL AROUND, CUTS THE GAS TUBE WITH CIGAR CUTTER.

CAMERA PAN FROM BLURRY SHOWCASE REVEALING MYTHICAL IMAGERY ON THE WALLS, REVEAL LOKI STANDING WITH A CANDLE IN FRONT OF THE INTERPOLATED MIRRORS, PULLS IT CLOSE TO LIGHT THE CIGAR.

CANDLE TURNS OFF IN THE WIND, A MOMENT OF PITCH DARK, FLARING CIGAR TIP AS LOKI INHALES IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR, TRIGGER A LOOMING FIRE BALL, BHASHA STOPS FOR MOMENT HEARING THE SOUND.

INTERCUTS OF FLOWING GAS, SAVITHRI LIGHTING CANDLES IN FRONT OF IDOLS, MITHRA ON THE SWING LOOKING AT DASARADH’S IMAGE.


(CONTINUED)

MITHRA RESTS HIS HEAD ON LATHA’S LAP.

EPILOGUEIn the end... I am nothing but a seed of light

(ROLLING TITLES)


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