Script Shahid

"Based on a True Story"
Directed by Hansal Mehta

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1.
1 1 EXT. SHAHID'S OFFICE - DAY
We see an office with its door closed. On the side of the
door is a printout with the following quote :
" By showing me injustice, he taught me to love justice. by
teaching me what pain and humiliation were all about, he
awakened my heart to mercy... Fight against prejudice, battle
the oppressors, support the underdog..."
2 2 OPENING TITLES/MONTAGE - 2009
Different youtube video streams. Fanatic faces in various
live situations are captured in the video streams.
These are Intercut with violent, grainy and ultra slow motion
visuals from Mumbai riots and blasts....
The first fanatic speech is set in a massive public rally.
FANATIC 1
Kaun hai rey hai yeh Shahid Azmi?
samajhta kya hai apne aap ko?
Saale ko Pakistan bhejo. Shivaji
maharaj ke baare mein ulta
bolnewaale ko nikaalo yahaan se.
Aise bhadwon ko yahan nahin rahne
denge hum.
The second fanatic speech is a television interview with a
seedy television channel.
FANATIC 2
Shahid Azmi ek terrorist hai jo
jail mein tha. Ab jail se bahar
aakar doosre terrorist ko bachata
hai. Sharm aati hai apne system
pe, jo Azmi jaise sabse ghatiya
darze ke aadmi ko lawyer banne se
rok nahin sakti. Saalon ko arrest
karte hi maar kyon nahin dete?
The third fanatic speech is a man in white robes with a soft
manner seated on a large throne like chair made out of silver
and upholstered with red suede.
FANATIC 3
Advocate shahid azmi, tum logon
ko Gandhi ne sahuliyat di rahne
kiUsko tum log adhikaar samajhne
lage Gandhi ne jo bhul ki thi
azaadi ke samay usko hum abhi tak
bhugat rahein hain.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
2.
2 2 CONTINUED:
FANATIC 3 (CONT'D)
Par aur nahin. Saala yahin ka
khata hai aur wahan ke gun gaata
hai..Toh jaa na saaley Pakistan
(long pause)
Gaand mein jab bada bamboo
daaalenge na muhajir bolke toh
royega.
Last shot of a blast. Intercut the above with flashes of
SHAHID walking in the corridor of the Mumbai high-court.
FADE OUT.
FADE IN:
3 3 EXT. MUMBAI/ MUMBAI HIGH COURT - DAY - 2009
Establishing shot of Mumbai : High Court.
4 4 INT. COURT ROOM - DAY - 2009
We see a court in procedure. We see around, with the
Prosecutor standing and presenting his views...Not audible.
We see the defense lawyer sitting and listening attentively.
This is SHAHID AZMI. We pan across to the man in the dock
FAHIM ANSARI and slowly we move to the Judge.
JUDGE
Defense.
Prosecutor sits. Shahid stands to make his statement.
SHAHID
Your Honour, Office colleagues ki
baat karein ya padosiyon ki, koi
is baat par yakin nahin karta.
Yeh, mere client ke co workers jo
Dubai mein uske saath kaam karte
thay, unka ek letter addressed to
you. Police mein koi record bhi
nahin hai inka.
JUDGE
Public Prosecutor.
Shahid sits.
(CONTINUED)
3.
4 4 CONTINUED:
PROSECUTOR
Defence ke is baat se main sahmat
hoon ki inki local Police mein
koi record nahin. Haan yeh Rampur
jail mein zaroor thay yahan aaney
se pahle.
SHAHID
Your honour, Prosecution jis
arrest ki baat kar raha hai woh
case Uttar pradesh ka hai. Hum
aaj yahan ke case ki discussion
kar rahein hain.
PROSECUTOR
Woh bhi terrorism ka hi case hai.
Your honour, main yeh kah raha
hoon ki inka past, inke present
aur future par roshni zaroor dalta
hai. Yeh jail mein tha. Isse ek
baat zaroor saaf hoti hai- inka
anti social bent.
SHAHID
Jab yeh saaf hai ki dono mein koi
co-relation nahin hai?
PROSECUTOR
(silent)
SHAHID
Shivaji.. bhi thay, jail mein.
Kya Woh bhi anti social thay?
PROSECUTOR
(jumps up, enraged)
Defense is baat ko kahan se kahan
le jaa rahi hai. Aap ek terror
accused ki tulna ek aitihasik
vyaktitva ke saath kaise kar sakte
hain?
SHAHID
Not comparing. Main bas yeh pooch
raha hoon ki agar aaj is katghare
mein Shivaji maharaj khade hote
toh kya aap faisla unke is case
kay evidence ko dekh ke lete ya
phir ye dekhke ki past mein woh
jail mein thay?
(CONTINUED)
4.
4 4 CONTINUED: (2)
The defense is answer less. We pan across to see a man making
a phone call just outside the court room.
5 5 EXT. COURT - DAY - 1993
Shahid is walking in the alley with his friend, Ramanathan..
RAMANATHAN
Kabhi sun bhi liya kar doston ki
baat, Shahid.
SHAHID
Ram, sun..
They start walking down the stairs..
RAMANATHAN
Main nahin sununga. your highness
ko pata chalne de..
Shahid smiles.
SHAHID
Yaar... keep her out of this...
please ussey mat bataana...
They reach the bottom of the staircase where a group of 4
men is waiting for them. They circle Shahid..
RAMANATHAN
Kya ho raha hai yeh.
FIRST MAN
Saalya, chutiya..tu bol kaise
shakat rey..
SHAHID
Kya?
SECOND MAN
Bharat ki shaan hai..Shivaji
Maharaj..
THIRD MAN
Saala atankwadi madharchod...
Tere ko kya lagta hai? kuch bhi
bakwas karega aur hum log sun lenge?
Fourth man takes his collar in his hand, paints his face
black.The rest use their legs and hands.Ramanathan yells for
help. The group runs away.
(CONTINUED)
5.
5 5 CONTINUED:
Shahid is breathing with difficulty. Ramanathan makes him
sit and pats him on his back..
RAMANATHAN
Are you ok?
SHAHID
Haan..
We see Shahid's face painted black as we go closer to his
face...
6 6 EXT. SRINAGAR - NIGHT - 1992
FLASHBACK A BEGINS. Pitch dark, moonless night. Shahid, 18
crossing the POK border with a group. They are clad in a
pathani and a shawl. Hidden underneath these shawls are AK
47 of which we get a sneak peek. Shahid is terrified. They
cross the border. 5 of the lot kiss the soil as Shahid
watches them, in his own deep thought. They start walking,
next meet a Pakistani army major who is there with a jeep.
Sun is rising as they pray. It is one of the best sunrises
Shahid has seen, he takes deep breaths and feels really
charged up. Smiles.
SUPER : Bombay, 06/12/1992.
7 7 INT. SHIVAJI NAGAR, SHAHID'S HOUSE - NIGHT - 1992
Shahid is in his room on the first floor...Khalid is asleep
while his younger brother RASHID is reading a book..Opens
the window, looks out..He sees a man pouring kerosene in a
house next lane...Shahid isn't sure about what the man is up
to but keeps looking as the man moves away...Man comes back
and throws a burning kerosene bottle and starts running...
Shahid runs down the staircase and gets out of the
backdoor...Arif and mother yell in unison asking him to
stop...Arif runs to the door and stands there...Mother comes
to the door to see Smoke in the air.
8 8 EXT. SHIVAJI NAGAR STREET - NIGHT - 1992
Smoke gets heavier as Shahid crosses and reaches the street...
He goes near the house on fire..as he is about to turn for
the door...3 adults and a child aged about 10 years on fire,
run out...Shahid stands their stunned for a second...starts
coughing with the thick smoke...
He looks on the outer street to see a procession of radicals
on the main road....they are armed with swords and are
forcing people out...of their houses...
(CONTINUED)
6.
8 8 CONTINUED:
Very soon there is mayhem on the entire stretch with houses
on fire, people screaming, running helter-skelter and mixed
cries of women, children and men.
In fear Shahid turns back and with great difficulty runs
towards his house..
9 9 INT. SHIVAJI NAGAR, SHAHID'S HOUSE - NIGHT - 1992
Shahid comes back and starts knocking...
Mother and Arif sit near the window. Its dark inside...Shahid
continues knocking and starts yelling that its him...Arif
stands but mother forces him to sit. Arif cant take it
anymore...opens the window and ask him to come from the main
door...Shahid runs...Arif rushes down...mother follows...Arif
opens and Shahid gets inside, and Arif just looks outside to
see if anyone was watching and closes the door..Mother starts
slapping Shahid continuously before she breaks down, Arif
keeps her from losing balance. Shahid is silent - seething
and fearful.
10 10 EXT. MUMBAI STREET - LATE AFTERNOON - 1992
We go past an electronic store with multiple television sets.
One of the televisions is broadcasting the news. We see
footage showing the demolition of Babari Masjid by the Hindu
kar sewaks...
FLASHBACK-B ENDS
11 11 EXT. OUTSIDE THE CAMP - DAY - 1993
A whole group is escorted to the camp. Shahid smiles to break
the ice. Only RAFIQ responds. The camp is located in the
middle of nowhere. An air of nothingness in the air. Shahid
waits outside the camp with the others.
12 12 EXT. OUTSIDE CAMP - DAY - 1993
A day passes, group is getting impatient with time ticking
away. We see the changing sky while Shahid and RAFIQ exchange
a glance at each other.
RAFIQ
Lagta hai humein dono partner
honge andar. Iii saala sab toh
apne mein laga rahega.
SHAHID
Pahle andar to jaayein..
(CONTINUED)
7.
12 12 CONTINUED:
RAFIQ
Kahan se ho?
SHAHID
Bombay. Shahid naam hai mera...
RAFIQ
Hum ko lag gaya tha.
SHAHID
Aap?
RAFIQ
Gorakhpur. Rafiq...
SHAHID
Main jagah nahin, wajah pooch
raha tha?
RAFIQ
Sab abhi jaan loge?
SHAHID
Aap hi ne kaha tha hum partner hain.
A man walks out to the gate and yells at Shahid and Rafiq to
go and sit with the rest of group.
13 13 EXT. CAMP - DAY - 1993
A man comes out and directs them to walk behind him. Next,
they are in a room with a trainer. The trainer has a desk in
front of him with small boxes.
COMMANDER
Apne Paise aur jevar in dabbon
mein rakho..Kisi ke paas passport
hai?
Waits for a reaction...All in the group shake their heads...
Shahid goes first. Everyone follows suit. The last man to go
is a Kashmiri who is wearing a chain with a locket...He takes
out money and keeps it in the box...Turns back to go to his
seat....
COMMANDER (CONT'D)
Ruko..
He turns...
COMMANDER (CONT'D)
Behre ho?
(CONTINUED)
8.
13 13 CONTINUED:
He is zapped for an answer....
COMMANDER (CONT'D)
Goonge bhi?
KASHMIRI
(Hesitant)
Nahin Janaab...
COMMANDER
(Leans and pulls out
the chain he is
wearing)
Toh phir yeh...
KASHMIRI
Kya main yeh chain...
COMMANDER
(Interrupts)
Mauj lene aaye ho yahaan?
KASHMIRI
Main nahin de sakta...
COMMANDER
Daffa ho jao phir...
(Picks out the cash)
Lo, isse bhi le jao...
KASHMIRI
Janaab...
COMMANDER
Aagey Kya karoge, Abhi se dikh
raha hai....
Kashmiri takes out the chain and reluctantly puts it down in
the box.
Shahid and the group observe.
14 14 EXT. SHIVAJI NAGAR, OUTSIDE SHAHID'S HOUSE - LATE
AFTERNOON - 1992
FLASHBACK B BEGINS
A man, MEHBOOB, sweating profusely is walking with a shabby
looking container. Two cops stop him.
CONSTABLE GAITONDE
Kahaan jaa raha hai be...
(CONTINUED)
9.
14 14 CONTINUED:
MEHBOOB
Pakhane mein...
INSPECTOR VAZE
Pakhane?
MEHBOOB
Sandaas saab...
CONSTABLE GAITONDE
Aise bol na... pakistani mein
kaayko baat karta hai...
MEHBOOB
Saab.zor ki lagi hai.jaane do na.
SECOND COP
Sun...
MALE
Jee saab
SECOND COP
Saade teen baje sandaas jaa raha
hai?
MALE
Saab, Ab ispe kisika zor hai?
The man continues on his journey towards the toilet, bottle
in hand.
FIRST COP
Ruk na...
Man stops and looks back
FIRST COP (CONT'D)
Kya khana khaya re... bata na...
MALE
Mutton...
SECOND COP
Biryani?
MALE
Naa...
FIRST COP
Suar ka?
(CONTINUED)
10.
14 14 CONTINUED: (2)
They begin to laugh. The man is awkward and begins to walk.
SECOND COP
Ghar mein nahin hai kya?
MALE
(urgency increasing)
Kya?
SECOND COP
Sandaas?
MALE
Poori basti mein nahi hain saab.
FIRST COP
Mutton kahaan se mila re? Curfew
ke time bhi bakre ko nahin
chhodenge tum pakistani log...
haan?
The cops laugh.
SECOND COP
Ganesh jaane de rey... idhar hi
kar denga yeh... Aur phir aisa
baas marega.
(to the man)
Tu Jaa.
As the man rushes towards the toilet we go around the nearly
deserted 'basti' to see Shahid at the window watching this
banter.
15 15 INT. SHIVAJI NAGAR, SHAHID'SHOUSE - LATE AFTERNOON - 1992
On Shahid's face we hear the sound of a gun shot and the cry
of a man falling down. Shahid hurriedly closes the window.
We remain on the closed window.
16 16 EXT. SHIVAJI NAGAR, OUTSIDE SHAHID'S HOUSE - LATE
AFTERNOON - 1992
Continuation of Sc.13
We return to the scene with the man having collapsed to the
ground, blood spurting out of his head. The cops come close
to him and fire a few more shots. They kick the dead body.
The man shakes with rigor mortis. Distant sound of a police
siren is heard.
(CONTINUED)
11.
16 16 CONTINUED:
FIRST COP
Police... bhag. Gaand maregi
apni... chal chal...
The 'cops' look at each other and begin to run as the sounds
of the siren come closer.
17 17 INT. SHIVAJI NAGAR, SHAHID'S HOUSE - DAY - 1992
Shahid sits on the floor. Sobbing.
FLASHBACK B ENDS
18 18 EXT. CAMP - DAWN - 1993
A group of 40 fresh recruits are assembled in a ground. The
commander of the training camp is about to give a speech.
Expectation in the air. Shahid and, Rafiq (the dark skinned
boy) stand in a line together. The Commander makes an entry.
He walks straight to the podium, confident gait. Stands there
and sizes up a very young group. Smiles and starts.
COMMANDER
Ghulam hone se badtar darza insaan
ke liye kuuch nahin. Jo Iraq mein
hua, bosnia mein ho raha hai,kal
Kashmir mein bhi hoga.
As this speech continues, the following visuals are seen :
Grind starts at 3.30 a.m with the early morning prayer. (It
is not compulsory in Islam, but an avid Muslim would never
miss it. Here they cant!) One found sleeping is forcibly
woken up. They offer their prayers and go for jogging.
Come back at 6.00 after 2 hours. Very exhausted group, each
one of them panting for air. They start taking showers
immediately. Self Service!!! They pull water from the well.
They are taking aim at paper targets.
Group shown having breakfast. All sitting on the floor as a
Mulla supervises the arrangement standing at a distance.
Next they are in a class where they are studying Koran.
The sun is out, and the group is in the ground doing military
drills....
(CONTINUED)
12.
18 18 CONTINUED:
COMMANDER (CONT'D)
Yeh Kya zindagi hai, kya diya hai
isne hum logo ko? Apne padosi ka
khauff dil mein liye kab tak jeete
rahenge hum? Ek gair mazhabi mulk
ya ek kaafir padosi, Nasl dar
nasl kabr mein chali gayin par
yeh khauff dafan nahin kar paaye
hum. Bas.Bas bahut hua. Kya hum
mujahideen is khauff ko na sirf
apne aap se par apne saare
mussalman bhaiyon ke dil se bhi
nikal paayenge? Hamesha, hamesha
ke liye. Yaad rahe, insaan ki
asli taqat uske jazbaat ki gehrai
mein hai. Hum ladna nahin chahte,
par aisi zalalat bhari zindagi
bhi namanzoor hai hamein. Islam
ka markazi nishaan, asli maqaam
aur Aakhiri hathyar hai-JIHAD.
Tumhare bhaiyon ko zaroorat hai
tumhari. Kya tumhari zindagi ka
maqsad sirf Kashmir ki azaadi hai?
The speech ends and we catch Shahid and Rafiq sit for an
early dinner...Shahid is disgruntled.
SHAHID
Dimaag ki vaat laga rahe log. Roz
Subah 3 baje phir utho aur phir
wahi.
RAFIQ
Toh tumko kaa karna hai?
They hear voices. They look out of the window and see
Pakistanis fighting and abusing each other in Punjabi.
RAFIQ (CONT'D)
Suwar ko gahna pahnane doge toh
tatti khana thode chodega.
Shahid manages a smile.
19 19 EXT. CAMP, TRAINING GROUND - DAY - 1993
Montage continues
A group of 10 is given training by a New Commander. They
train for mountain climbing.
13.
20 20 INT. CAMP - DAY - 1993
A few men are assembling bombs. Their commander is teaching
them how to assemble a bomb.
21 21 INT. CAMP - DAY - 1993
They are taught communication and surveillance techniques.
22 22 EXT. CAMP, TRAINING GROUND - DAY - 1993
A few days pass, Shahid has an adolescent beard. They are
taking aim at paper targets.
23 23 INT. CAMP, CLASSROOM - DAY - 1993
We catch Shahid is sitting in an educational class. A mulla
is giving the lesson. 20 students are in the class.
TEACHER
(A little rhetorical)
Hamare dushmanon ki tadad humse
kahin zyaada hai aur unke paas ek
se badhkar aala hathyar bhi. Kaise
rokenge hum unhein? Sirf ek rasta
hai. Shahadat.
Fear in students. He tries to change the course.
TEACHER (CONT'D)
Tum mein se kiske ghar mein naukar
ki sahuliyat thi?
The boys look at each other faces as the teacher waits for
someone. No body raises a hand. Teacher hides his surprise.
TEACHER (CONT'D)
Jannat mein tumhare 80,000 khidmat
gaar honge.
The kids smile when they hear that.
TEACHER (CONT'D)
Jaise yeh tumhari yeh dozakh
zindagi ka khatama hoga, tumhari
doosri zindagi ki shuruwat. Wahan
tumhein woh saari khushiyan milegi
jo tumhein yahaan nasib nahin hui.
Har qurbani ke liye taiyaar rahna
farz hai mujahid ka. Kal hamare 2,
sabse dilair jawaan qurban honge.
Insha Allah.
(CONTINUED)
14.
23 23 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
(innocently)
Yeh aapko abhi kaise pata?
TEACHER
Insaani Bomb.
SHAHID
Khud Khushi ki izzazat nahin deta
Islam.
TEACHER
(a little agitated)
Tumhein lagta hai yeh khud kushi
hai?... Yeh meri nazar mein
shahadat hai. Khud kushi kamzor
dil karte hain, shahadat ek
qurbani hai jo mazboot iradon ke
bina mumkin nahin. Khud kushi
mayus,afsurd dimaag ki fitrat
hai.Shahadat naye waqt ka aghaaz
hai jismein ummid hai.. Islam ke
saath ho rahe nainsaafi se nijaat
ki. Khud Kushi sharmnaak hai,
isliye Islam pabandi lagata hai.
Shahadat kismat walon ko milti
hai..Gadhe, 100 Janam bhi lenge
toh bhi yeh nahin samjhenge.
Everyone is convinced with the answer. Shahid does not agree
but wary of open dissent, looks down.
24 24 INT. CAMP, TENT - MORNING - 1993
Shahid is shivering in his blanket, very cold. He opens his
eyes to see his mother sitting and smiling near his bed.
He smiles but cant see her anymore. We hear dialogues with a
close up on Shahid's sad face.
MOTHER (O.S.)
Humne kabhi kisi ka bura nahin
kiya. Humare saath kuuch bura
nahin hoga..
SHAHID (O.S)
Nusrat khala ne bhi kisike saath
galat nahin kiya...
MOTHER (O.S)
Galat aur sahi ka faisala is ghar
mein main karoongi.
15.
25 25 EXT. CAMP - EVENING - 1993
Shahid and Rafiq are walking together... We join from the
middle of their conversation.
SHAHID
Main hoon idhar, ghar mein kisi
ko maloom nahin...Toh main aana
toh chahta tha...
RAFIQ
Iii Kaise?
SHAHID
Ammi ko pata laga toh meri khaal
utarwa dengi...
RAFIQ
Bhak. Mazaak kar rahe ho.
Shahid nods.They see a large crowd. The crowd seems to be
very charged up, they are all raising their hands in
Inquilaab. They walk towards the spot... The conversation
stops as they reach the spot. They see a man bent on his
knees and looking down. Somebody pats Shahid gently from
behind. Shahid looks back. It's ABRAAR.
ABRAR
Kya haal chaal hai?
RAFIQ
Wahi chamdi wahi khaal hai.
They all smile.
SHAHID
Yeh aadmi aise kyun baitha hai?
ABRAR
Police informer.
RAFIQ
Toh ab ka hoga?
ABRAR
Dekhte jao.
Rafiq and Shahid look, stunned. A man in a mask comes up and
starts reading the farmaan as the crowd chant Allah u Akbar
again and again. Informant starts shivering. Farmaan read,
the reader puts a black mask on the face of the informant
bent on his knees. He starts shaking.
(CONTINUED)
16.
25 25 CONTINUED:
The farmaan reader takes out a knife and bends to slice his
head as the camera focuses on Shahid. Muffled grunts at the
time of beheading in the background... He turns back and
starts walking in haste as Abrar and Rafiq walk behind him.
They sit in a corner. Shahid is distraught. Abrar stands up
to leave. Pats him gently on his back.
ABRAR (CONT'D)
Bacche, nikal lo yahan se. Warna
kya galat hai kya sahi yeh sochna
band kar.
26 26 INT. CAMP - NIGHT - 1993
Shahid is lying in the bed, eyes closed. Memories of
beheading playing in his head. "Kya Galat kya sahi" He closes
his eyes and starts weeping
27 27 EXT. CAMP - MORNING - 1993
Shahid is taking a bath on the well and Rafiq is with him.
Shahid sees a Pakistani mujahid walking towards the exit
with his luggage. He smiles when he sees Shahid and makes a
gesture with his hand of a plane taking off. Shahid gets
green with envy. He walks up to his TRAINER.
SHAHID
Janaab, mujhe ghar jaana hai...
TRAINER
Namumkin...
SHAHID
Janaab,Meri tabiyat bahut kharab
hai. Sirf 10 din.
TRAINER
Tabiyat kharab bhi hai aur pata
bhi hai kitne din lagenge thik
hone mein. Kya baat hai. Kya
bimari hai doctor saab. humein
bhi bataaye?
SHAHID
Migraine, Sir. ...
(CONTINUED)
17.
27 27 CONTINUED:
TRAINER
(doesn't look)
Janaab, sir nahin! Accha, Tumhein
Srinagar bhej dete hain.Wahan Taj
hotel mein rukna.AC room mein
rahna.Dal lake mein naav.Ilaaj
bhi kara lena aur apni maa bahan
ki izzat ek hote hue bhi dekh
lena.
(looks up)
Shaamil bhi ho jaana.Jawan ho,
kami kis baat ki hai. Phir camp
ka doctor toh aise bhi thik nahin
kar sakta.Uski dawai bhi farzi.
Kyun?
Shahid's eyes go moist. Tears roll down his cheeks.
SHAHID
Janaab...
TRAINER
Aaj araam karo.Doctor ke paas jao.
Aur kal training mein dikho. Chalo.
Shahid turns back, wipes his eyes. The crying does not stop
as he walks away slowly.
28 28 EXT. CAMP - EVENING - 1993
Shahid walks alone. He sees a GROUP OF PAKISTANI MUJAHIDS
smoking weed. He stands and stares at them.
The group stands up as Shahid starts leaving.
MUJAHID-1
Abey ruk...
Shahid stops. Hesitant. The group reaches there.
MUJAHID-2
Kisko ghoor raha tha?
He starts pushing him backwards.
Shahid mumbles. The remaining in the group keep up a step
with the gang leader as the camera captures them advancing
towards Shahid, as the man is pushing him back.
18.
29 29 EXT. CAMP, GROUND - EVENING - 1993
Shahid lies there badly bruised. Rafiq comes and takes him
to the his tent.
30 30 INT. CAMP, TENT - EVENING - 1993
Rafiq enters the tent and places Shahid on his bed.
RAFIQ
Hum ek din nahin thay.Pata tha ii
hoga. Ihaan koi azaadi nahin hai,
bhalle hum kisi aur ki azaadi ke
liye lad rahein hain.
Rafiq's tirade is interrupted as the trainer walks in.
TRAINER
Shahid, tum fit hone ke baad field
ke 10 chakkar lagaoge, roz.
He leaves. Shahid's look tells us that he cant care less.
31 31 EXT. CAMP, TRAINING GROUND - LATE EVENING - 1993
The group is playing volley ball as Shahid runs around the
ground. Shahid thinking that nobody is watching him starts
taking small rounds. The trainer however is keenly observing
him from his office.
The trainer comes out and yells.
TRAINER
Shahid.
32 32 INT. CAMP, TRAINER'S OFFICE - LATE EVENING - 1993
Shahid is a little anxious as he gets in.
TRAINER
Kaise ho?
SHAHID
Janaab, thik..
TRAINER
Bahut Accha. Jawaan mard ko
tandurust hona chahiye.
(Looks at the wounds)
Zakhm sukh gaya tumhara.
Shahid looks surprised by the soft tone. He was thinking he
would get a run down for faking his punishment. The trainer
asks him to sit. He sits down.
(CONTINUED)
19.
32 32 CONTINUED:
TRAINER (CONT'D)
Chai?
Shahid shakes his head in saying no. Still very nervous.
TRAINER (CONT'D)
Arrey araam se baitho miyan.
Yousuf....
Yousuf opens the door. Trainer asks for tea and indicates
with his finger for 3 cups.Trainer looks back at Shahid.
TRAINER (CONT'D)
Tumhare saath jo rahta hai ladka?
SHAHID
Rafiq...
(stops)
TRAINER
Baahar hai?
Shahid nods.
TRAINER (CONT'D)
Bulao usse.
33 33 INT. CAMP, TRAINER'S OFFICE - LATE EVENING - 1993
Rafiq and Shahid sit together. The trainer has walked out.
RAFIQ
Yeh kahaan gaya?
SHAHID
Pata nahin.
RAFIQ
Tum marwa diye na dono ko!
Shahid looks down. Rafiq stands up and goes to the door opens
it but stays inside and asks.
RAFIQ (CONT'D)
Yousuf, Janaab kahan gaye hain?
Accha...kuuch hua hai kya?
Turns back and gets to his chair hastily.
(CONTINUED)
20.
33 33 CONTINUED:
RAFIQ (CONT'D)
Commander ke paas gaya hai. Gaiel
bhains paani mein.
They both look tense as the commander walks in. Rafiq is
shivering with fear. He comes and sits. Smiles broadly.
TRAINER
Mujhe tum dono se jalan ho rahi hai.
Shahid and Rafiq are puzzled with the quip.
TRAINER (CONT'D)
Dono ne bahut acche se ki training.
Bhai, Bahut khush hoon main tum se.
Rests back. Rafiq and Shahid sigh relief.
TRAINER (CONT'D)
Aur ab tum dono ko mujhse acche
mussalman hone ka darza bhi mil
raha hai.
They look puzzled again.
TRAINER (CONT'D)
Tum dono ko chuna gaya hai mission
ke liye.
Rafiq and Shahid are yet to come to terms to what he just
said. They look wide eyed as if pleading for more details.
TRAINER (CONT'D)
Yeh bahut aham mission hai.
Hindustani army ka gurroor kam
karna hai. Tum.. Tum dono ho mere
jaanbaaz. Tum yeh karoge, yakin
hai mujhe. Koi sawaal? Thik hai.
Shahid and Rafiq both walk out.
34 34 EXT./INT. CAMP, TRAINING GROUND - LATE AFTERNOON - 1993
We see Shahid and Rafiq with a punjabi speaking COMMANDER in
the camp. He is there to see them off as they are about to
leave. A PAKISTANI ARMY SOLDIER in a jeep is their driver
for the destination. The commander hugs both of them.
(CONTINUED)
21.
34 34 CONTINUED:
COMMANDER
Yeh qurbani hamesha yaad rakhega
azaad Kashmir. Kashmir ki kal
khud ki pehchaan hogi, us pehchaan
aur is qurbani ke liye main
tumhara jhuk ke salaam karta hoon.
He pats their cheeks lovingly.
COMMANDER (CONT'D)
Tum dono dost ho?
They nod.
COMMANDER (CONT'D)
Agar tum mein se galati se koi
hindustaniyon ki giraft mein aa
gaya toh kisi bhi surat mein 24
ghante kuuch mat bolna. Thik?
Both nod and get inside the jeep. They both look dazed with
the way things progressed so quickly. As the camera focuses
on the beautiful landscape Shahid and Rafiq look lost,
completely oblivious to the beauty surrounding them. They
get down and the jeep leaves. They are both lashed with an
AK-47.
RAFIQ
Nahin mili na 72 bina biahal laiki
toh saale mulla ko chodenge nahin.
Shahid smiles and they see the same guide coming towards
them. He waves and they wave too.
35 35 EXT. HILLS - NIGHT - 12.30 A.M - 1993
Shahid, the guide and Rafiq wait on a hill top just near the
border. It is biting cold, Shahid and Rafiq are shivering.
SHAHID
ghante se aise hi baithe hue hain.
RAFIQ
Kiska intezaar ho raha hai?
GUIDE
Firing ab shuru hone wali hai.
As he says this the Pakistani base starts firing towards the
Indian side. The Indian army starts firing back. They get up
and cross the border, the firing continues. They soon escape
to a very dense forest.
22.
36 36 EXT/INT. SRINAGAR - DAY - 1993
The walk with the guide. They reach a mosque. They get inside
and they hug the guide good bye. A man takes them to a room
inside. They keep their luggage there. The man leaves. They
sit on the bed.
SHAHID
Main nahin kar raha yeh.
Rafiq asks what.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
(Wide Eyed, looking at
the wall)
Main nahin udaaonga logon ko
kyunki yeh log chahte hain. Inko
khud nahin pata kya karna hai.
(Looks d
SHAHID (CONT'D)
own)
Maine galati ki idhar aake.
RAFIQ
Daal bhaat hai kya? mann kiya toh
khaya nahin toh chhod diya.
SHAHID
Main bhag jaaonga yahan se. Aap
chaloge mere saath?
Rafiq expression changes to disgust.
RAFIQ (CONT'D)
Lauda lahsun batiyaoge... asliyat
mein aaoge miyan?
Shahid is unfazed.
SHAHID
Bomb bana kaun raha hai?
RAFIQ
Hum.
SHAHID
Aur mission mein hamare saath
kaun hoga..
RAFIQ
Hum akelehi jaa rahein hain.
(CONTINUED)
23.
36 36 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
Kyun?
RAFIQ
Suicide mission hai isliye. toh?
37 37 INT. SRINAGAR - LATE AFTERNOON - 1993
Shahid and Rafiq are in their bed. A man, TAUFIQ walks in.
Shahid and Rafiq are surprised. He is their to check if they
have been assembled right.
TAUFIQ
Taiyaari poori? Bomb? Kahaan
Shahid and Rafiq say yes in unison. Shahid indicates. He
goes and checks the jackets. Pushes a plug.
TAUFIQ
Yeh on kyon nahin hota?
Shahid reaches the spot. He is looking at it closely.
TAUFIQ
Hara taar. Lagaya kyon nahin?
Plugs it. Lights on. Timer on.
TAUFIQ
Chalo ab isse pahan lo.
SHAHID
Abhi toh time hai?
TAUFIQ
Isse accha time nahin.
They wear the dress and walk out.Two jeeps are waiting.
They hug and Shahid while hugging says the hara wala taar,
hugs him tightly once more and reiterates hara wala...
The journey begins and the jeeps take different directions
after running together. Stop close to each other.
38 38 INT. SRINAGAR, JEEP - LATE EVENING - 1993
Shahid is shivering... Jeep stops. Shahid gets down...and
starts walking...Looks at Rafiq who is also walking.
DRIVER
Khuda Haafiz..
(CONTINUED)
24.
38 38 CONTINUED:
Shahid turns and smiles.
SHAHID
meter tak kuuch nahin bachega.
Khuda hafiz.
The jeep driver moves in panic.... Shahid keeps walking and
looks sideways to see where the jeep is.He cant see it.He
turns back. Tries looking for Rafiq but cant see him. Takes
the wire and cuts it. Starts walking briskly and crosses the
road. Rafiq in panic state, his hands shaking while he tries
to cut the wire. Rafiq explodes.
Shahid crossing the road looks back in horror. He moves in
the direction but doomed realization makes him continue his
way. He slides down the snow filled hill on the side of the
road. He starts running.. He reaches a forest ...
He looks around to see if anyone is there...Frustration and
anger with Rafiq's death. He opens his shirt....and takes
out the taped bombs on his chest while shivering...Kicking
his legs on the trees in frustration. his lips bleeding in
the cold..
He peels off the tape and shrieks in pain...He throws the
bomb away...He wears his shirt back on and starts running
again... Shivering with just a shirt on... We can only hear
his shivers, heavy breathing and his teeth gnashing in cold...
39 39 INT. SRINAGAR, BUS - LATE EVENING - 1993
Front shot of the moving bus will show that it is going from
Srinagar to Jammu. Shahid has fallen asleep on the window.
RAFIQ (O.S.)
Tum party badal diye na. Abhi
mera naukar sab mera pair daba
raha hai.
Shahid wakes up, starts punching the seat in front. Breaks
down.
40 40 EXT. JAMMU BUS STAND - DAY - 1993
Shahid sees a Barber shop. It has a peculiar name - "Four
You" and the board has a shady painting of Salman Khan of
Saajan. Comes out clean shaven.
(CONTINUED)
25.
40 40 CONTINUED:
FLASHBACK ENDS.
41 41 EXT. MUMBAI COURT, PARKING LOT - DAY - 2009
Shahid is washing his face. Ramanathan waits. Wipes his face
with his handkerchief.
RAMANATHAN
Dekh. Time sahi nahin hai par
main poochonga..
SHAHID
Kya?
RAMANATHAN
Baat hui?
Shahid shakes his head disappointingly..
RAMANATHAN (CONT'D)
Kaise chalega, bata na? Radar ke
bina plane, Aur example doon?
Shahid waves his hand to say its enough.
RAMANATHAN (CONT'D)
Tu kar kya raha hai yaar? Kab tak
chalega aise. Hunm?
SHAHID
Backlog mein chal rahi poori
zindagi abhi.
Shahid mobile starts to ring. Unknown number.
RAMANATHAN
Toh phir kuuch kar. Aur tujhe
zaroorat hai yeh sikhne ki na
kaise bola jaaye. Tu sab case toh
nahin lad sakta? Jeena shuroo kar.
Shahid picks up the phone.
SHAHID
Hello.
MITALI
Hi, Mitali from global globepost.
I was hoping to get an interview?
(CONTINUED)
26.
41 41 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
Ok. 8 pm. You have my office
address?
MITALI
I do...
SHAHID
Bye.
Puts the phone back.
RAMANATHAN
Kaun?
SHAHID
Journalist.
RAMANATHAN
Kya baat hai?
SHAHID
interview!
42 42 INT. SHAHID'S OFFICE - NIGHT - 2009
Shahid is with a lady who is carrying a dictaphone in his
cabin. She is dressed like Barkha Dutt.
SHAHID
Mitali... Chai?
She nods.
JOURNALIST
Mera naam Parangama hai.
SHAHID
(calls out to his
office boy, INDER)
Inder, 2 chai.
(looks at Parangama)
We can start.
She pulls out her Dictaphone and puts it on the table. She
is obviously nervous, maybe her first day. She finally
manages it..
JOURNALIST
Aap sirf terrorists ke case hi
kyun ladte hain?
(CONTINUED)
27.
42 42 CONTINUED:
Shahid looks amused at the insinuation
43 43 EXT. SHIVAJI NAGAR, SHAHID'SHOUSE - DAY - 1993
FLASHBACK BEGINS
Shahid knocks. Arif opens up. Shahid looks down.. Arif hugs
him. Shahid's mother calls out from inside the house
MOTHER
Kaun hai, Arif?
ARIF
Ammi, Shahid hai
(pauses)
Gaon se wapas aa gaya.
Shahid looks at Arif with surprise... Arif signals to Shahid
to just get into the house. They get inside
MOTHER
din mein exam hain. Kaise karoge?
SHAHID
Main padh raha tha wahan..
MOTHER
Patang udane se fursat mili hogi
toh na. Thoda pahle aa jaate.
SHAHID
Aane ka mann nahin kar raha tha,
Ammi.
MOTHER
Marks kam aaye toh agle saal gaon
nahin jaoge.
Shahid nods.
44 44 INT. SHIVAJI NAGAR, SHAHID'S HOUSE - LATE NIGHT - 1993
Shahid is on ground floor studying for his next day
examination. Tariq and Arif sleep there...Tariq wakes up...
TARIQ
Raat ke 3 baje hain...
SHAHID
Toh...
(CONTINUED)
28.
44 44 CONTINUED:
TARIQ
Toh light off kar...
SHAHID
Mujhe padhna hai....
TARIQ
Light off kar, Maine nahin bola
gaon mein rukne ke liye.
Arif wakes up...Looks at the time...
ARIF
(Irritated)
Raat ke 3 baje hain, yaar...
TARIQ
Light off kar...
SHAHID
Mujhe padhna hai....
TARIQ
Off kar...
SHAHID
Nahin...
Tariq stands and switches it off...Goes back to sleep...Shahid
switches it on...
TARIQ
Shahid
ARIF
Dono bahar jaake lado.
Mother sleeping on the first floor wakes up and comes down...
MOTHER
(Stern)
Kya ho raha hai yahaan?
MOTHER (CONT'D)
Chalo Shahid upar chalo...
Shahid picks up his books and follows mother.
29.
45 45 EXT. SHIVAJI NAGAR - EVENING - 1993
Shahid is riding a bicycle. He stops at a small tea shop
where his 2 friends are already seated... A police gypsy
with the siren blaring passes as they speak...
FRIEND
(to chaiwallah)
cutting...
(To Shahid)
Kaisi hai taiyaari...
SHAHID
Yaar, Taariq padhne nahin deta...
FRIEND
(Laughs)
Tariq bol raha tha tu usko sone
nahin deta.
They all laugh.
46 46 EXT. SHIVAJI NAGAR, SHAHID'S HOUSE - LATE EVENING - 1993
Shahid rides his bicycle and reaches the corner of his house.
Shahid sees the cops with Arif and Tariq. His mother is in
the STD booth outside, frantically trying to call someone.
She cant get through. Keeps the receiver down.
She moves back where Arif and Tariq are.
A police man has removed his cap and is scratching his head
in boredom... Arif Stands adjacent to him...The cop suddenly
pulls Arif to the jeep as Mother and Tariq protest.
47 47 EXT. SHIVAJI NAGAR, SHAHID'S HOUSE - LATE EVENING - 1993
Shahid reaches the spot.
SHAHID
Kya ho raha hai yeh?
COP
Tum ho Shahid?
SHAHID
Haan...
COP
Chalo hamare saath...
Shahid is dragged into the police vehicle as his mother
screams at Shahid.
(CONTINUED)
30.
47 47 CONTINUED:
MOTHER
Koi galati ki hai toh sach sach
bata dena...
ARIF
Ammi, isne kuuch nahin kiya hai...
Mother is inconsolable as Arif tries to control her hysteria.
48 48 INT. POLICE STATION - EVENING - 1993
An interrogator puts three photographs in front of Shahid.
Shahid looks at them. We realize that one of them is Abrar.
INTERROGATOR
Kisi ko jaanta hai inmein?
SHAHID
Nahin.
INTERROGATOR
Pakka?
SHAHID
Haan.
INTERROGATOR
(Pointing at Abrar's
photo)
Phir tera number iski diary mein
kya kar raha tha gaandu?
Shahid looks stunned when he hears that.
INTERROGATOR (CONT'D)
Sab ne bol diya. Ab tu bolega.
We remain on Shahid's face and capture his uneasiness with
this disclosure.
FLASHBACK ENDS.
SHAHID
Yeh kaisa sawaal hai?
PARANGAMA
Kya yeh sahi nahin? Aap defend
nahin karte terrorists ko...
(CONTINUED)
31.
49 49 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
(cuts her short)
Nahin..
PARANGAMA
Toh sahi kya hai...
SHAHID
Do you honestly believe ki jo log
arrests hote hain woh guilty hi hai?
50 50 INT. LODHI ROAD SPECIAL CELL - DAY - 1994
FLASHBACK BEGINS
SUPER : Lodhi Road Special Cell, New Delhi
Shahid is escorted into a special cell by 2 guards. Shahid's
legs and hands are cuffed. As he walks he watches torture in
full swing in another room. He looks inside the room as he
walks by. A mans hands are cuffed and tied to a iron chain
from the roof. The cops are taking turns in hitting his legs
with lathi. As they hit him he winces in pain and cries Allah
every time he is struck. They all laugh as if it is a source
of entertainment.
Shahid is seated in the room opposite. He is made to sit on
a chair. The beating continues. The man is hit again and he
yells Allah again. A man walks in and closes the door. Smiles
and sits. He is the INTERROGATOR, SAMPRADAYIK SINGH (bad cop).
SAMPRADAYIK SINGH
(Pointing his fingers
to the room)
Entertainment ka Baap. Main hoon
interrogatoron ka baap! Mera naam
janta hai?
Shahid shakes his head.
SAMPRADAYIK SINGH
Sampradayik Singh. Matlab samajha
mere naam ka?
Shahid nods his head.
(CONTINUED)
32.
50 50 CONTINUED:
SAMPRADAYIK SINGH
Saare Khalistani, Pakistani aur
Kashmiri ki maa bahan ek karne ka
zimma le rakha hai maine. Uss
list mein tu add hona chahta hai
toh bata de. Kyonki jo main
interrogate karne lag gaya toh tu
ek zinda laash ban jaayega. Pooch
kaise? Nahin Poochega? Main hi
bata deta hoon. Idhar main tere
dimag ki maa bahan karoonga bahar
teri batti jalayenge. Phir Bombay
Police ko ek phone. Phir..
SAMPRADAYIK SINGH
(To Shahid)
3 din hain tere paas.
(To Escorts)
Harami ko sone mat diyo rey...
As Shahid is being tortured, another INTERROGATOR (GOOD COP),
RAJ SINGH enters. Smiles.
51 51 INT. LODHI ROAD SPECIAL CELL - NIGHT - 1994
Raj Singh walks in and closes the door.
RAJ SINGH
(to Sampradayik Singh)
Jaa fresh ho le.
Sampradayik Singh walks out fuming. Shahid's face is pale
and tired.
RAJ SINGH
Tu... bata de sab.
SHAHID
Bata diya. Mujhe aur kuuch nahin
pata.
RAJ SINGH
To woh Pakistani jhooth bol raha
hai?
SHAHID
Main usse camp mein mila tha. Bas.
RAJ SINGH
Toh number kyon diya usko?
(CONTINUED)
33.
51 51 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
(Difficulty in
speaking)
Main aur kisi ko nahin jaanta tha
wahaan. Mujhe kuuch hota toh woh
ghar walon ko phone... Mere padosi
ka number diya tha.
RAJ SINGH
Phone nahin hai tere ghar par?
SHAHID
Nahin.
He walks out and closes the door. Meets Sampradayik Singh
outside.
52 52 INT. LODHI ROAD JAIL - OUTSIDE SPECIAL CELL - NIGHT - 1994
RAJ SINGH
Sign karwa aur jaane de TIhar.
SAMPRADAYIK SINGH
Yeh saali Police bhi na. Saale
pakistani ko zinda ..
GOOD COP
Phir wahi raag, ab nahi hai zinda
toh nahin hai na case.
Sampradayik Singh walks into the room. Shahid is asleep.
He splashes a tumbler of water on Shahid.
SAMPRADAYIK SINGH
Khush khabri, sunega?
Shahid nods with difficulty.
SAMPRADAYIK SINGH
Kaan mein kahoon?
Gets near..
SAMPRADAYIK SINGH
Teri maa
(silent)
raand hai..
(CONTINUED)
34.
53 53 CONTINUED:
Shahid starts crying...he walks out with a smile.
SAMPRADAYIK SINGH
(Smiles)
Bahanchod.
Two cops nonchalantly thrash Shahid while Sampradayik Singh
looks on.
Raj Singh enters.
RAJ SINGH
(to cops)
Bas karo.
(to Sampradayik Singh)
Jaa yahaan se.
(to constables)
Paani lao...
SHAHID
Mujhe nikalo yahaan se..
RAJ SINGH
Sign kar de. Jab kuuch kiya nahin
hai toh kuuch nahin hoga.
Shahid looks blankly at Raj Singh. A cop brings a jug of
water and ours a glass for Shahid who thirstily gulps the
water.
Raj Singh walks out.
55 55 INT. LODHI ROAD JAIL - OUTSIDE SPECIAL CELL - NIGHT - 1994
Raj Singh meets Sampradayik Singh outside. They exchange a
smile.
RAJ SINGH
Madharchod, taiyaar hai. Sign
karwa le. Kar dega. Nahin toh
rakh ke dhar diyo aur 2.
35.
56 56 INT. LODHI ROAD JAIL, INTERROGATOR'S OFFICE - DAY - 1994
A badly injured and exhausted Shahid is unable to pick up
the pen. Somehow he picks it and signs on the paper.
FLASHBACK ENDS
Parangama is stumped for an answer. Shahid waits and then
speaks again.
SHAHID
Ek journalist se main yeh ummid
nahin karta ki aapko asliyat pata
ho, par aap uske karib to hon.Yaa
aap un tamaam journalists jaise
hain jinhein ek aam aadmi se baat
karne ki tamiz nahin.
PARANGAMA
Aap aam aadmi nahin...
SHAHID
Main ek aam aadmi hoon jo aam
logon ke case ladta hai. Jinke
paas fees ke paise nah hon woh
aam aadmi hi hoga na?
PARANGAMA
Toh kya phir limelight mein rahne
ke liye aap yeh cases ladte hain?
SHAHID
Yeh aapka doosra sawaal hai?
PARANGAMA
(pauses while she looks
at a paper in front of
her)
Nahin chautha...
SHAHID
Dikhaiye....
She passes the questionnaire. Shahid reads it.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Interview is over.
PARANGAMA
Main ek junior journalist hoon.
Yeh questions mere senior ne..
(CONTINUED)
36.
57 57 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
Jis desh mein bhavna hi sab kuuch
hai, wahan wajah aur tark ki kya
ahmiyat. Wahan journalist sirf
sawaal karenge, asliyat janne ki
koshish nahin.
PARANGAMA
Sorry..
SHAHID
Aap pooch rahin thi na ki main
aam kyon hoon?
PARANGAMA
Haan.
SHAHID
Kyunki jab mujhe koi dhamki deta
toh main wapas unko dhamki nahin
de sakta. Sirf apna kaam kar sakta
hoon.Main unko... Khair jaane
dijiye.
PARANGAMA
Aapko dhamki kaun deta hai?
SHAHID
Sorry. Interview is over.
PARANGAMA
Yeh main pooch rahin hoon.
SHAHID
Sorry.
Parangama stands.
PARANGAMA
(Mutters)
please...
She is on the gate. Shahid is feeling bad.
SHAHID
Parangama, Kuucch aisa maqsad
dhoondiye jo aapke dil ke behad
karib ho. Poori zindagi lage
dijiye us par. Zindagi mein khushi
na sahi, aap apne aap se khush
zaroor rahengi.
(CONTINUED)
37.
She nods.
PARANGAMA
Aap khush hain?
SHAHID
Koshish toh kijiye ke aapke sapne
aur aapki manzil ek ho. Phir, Yeh
sawaal nahin poochengi aap. Maine
sikha tha yeh...
She smiles. Shahid sits.
58 58 EXT. TIHAR JAIL - DAY - 1994
FLASHBACK BEGINS
Establishing shot of Tihar. Shahid is being escorted by 2
cops to the maximum security wing in Tihar Jail. We hear
their voices as we follow Shahid's POV of the jail...
COP 1 (O.S.)
Subah shaam 10 minute ghumne ke
liye...8.30 Baje lights off..
COP 2 (O.S)
Uparwale par bharosa kar sakta
hai...agar yahan se nikalne ki
ummid chhod de...
COP 1 (O.S.)
Shaant rahega toh zaroorat se kam
dhulai hogi...
Shahid is inside his cell looking out as the cops leave
shutting the cell...
59 59 INT. TIHAR JAIL - DAY - 1994
Arif sits outside the JAIL SUPERINTENDENT's office...A cop
passing through looks at him and disgustedly enters the
office...
COP
Yo superintendent saab, dimaag ki
dahi kar rakhi hai isne. 3 din se
subah aa jaata hai, aur phir jaata
nahin...
JAIL SUPERINTENDENT
Andar bhej...
(CONTINUED)
38.
59 59 CONTINUED:
Peeks out and calls Arif in.
Arif enters.
JAIL SUPERINTENDENT
Haan Bhai...Kya pareshaani hai?
ARIF
Sir, mere bhai se milna tha...
JAIL SUPERINTENDENT
Iske liye chai la.Thaher, waise
bhi humari chai kadwi lagegi
isse.Baith
Arif moves to sit.
JAIL SUPERINTENDENT
Chal khada hi rah..Dekh.Ab woh
desh ka dushman pahle baad mein
tera bhai.TADA.Samajhta hai?
ARIF
Sir, Lodhi road mein...
JAIL SUPERINTENDENT
Galat bola tha.Gaon kahan hai tera?
ARIF
Bombay...
JAIL SUPERINTENDENT
Wapas jaa..6 mahine ke baad aana.
ARIF
Sir, 6 mahine...
JAIL SUPERINTENDENT
Toh Bahan ke laudey, maine banaya
usse atankwadi?
ARIF
He is not a terrorist...
JAIL SUPERINTENDENT
Ab tu Angrezi chodega?....
ARIF
Aap gaali...
(CONTINUED)
39.
JAIL SUPERINTENDENT
(Interrupts)
Bahar nikal...
The other cop pulls him outside...
COP
Ab dikhiyo mat...Tujhe bhi andar
kar denge...
60 60 EXT/INT - TIHAR JAIL, LAUNDRY - DAY - 1994
We see Shahid at work - dying clothes. He sees OMAR talking
animatedly to a group of varied age groups.
YOUNG MAN
Wahan ki Memein?
OMAR
Huuh..
YOUNG MAN
Unko lena asaan hai?
OMAR
Haan..
YOUNG MAN
Aapne li?
OMAR
Bahut...
61 61 INT./EXT. - L.S.E - DAY - 1991
FLASH CUT
On stage getting an award.... Coming out of L.S.E with a
brown friend...Cheerful mood. He looks at a girl in a group,
they make an eye contact...He looks down while she keeps
looking...
FRIEND
Jab dekhna band kar degi tab
zaroor boloonga "I told you so".
Omar smiles.
40.
62 62 INT. TIHAR JAIL, LAUNDRY - DAY - 1994
Back to present.
MAN
Maine suna hai Goray aksar maar
peet karte hain?
OMAR
Haan...woh ek ko marte hain hum
char ko.
63 63 EXT. LONDON STREET - NIGHT - 1989
FLASH CUT.
Omar and his friend being bashed by white bullies.
64 64 INT. TIHAR JAIL, LAUNDRY - DAY - 1994
Back to present. Buzzer rings.
65 65 EXT. TIHAR JAIL, ALLEY - DAY - 1994
Shahid is moving towards his cell when he sees a Nigerian
inmate. His hands and legs are tied and the cops are taking
him to the cleaners...
COP
Gorillay...Aur piyega? Bata?
Shahid walks back hastily...
66 66 INT. TIHAR JAIL, DINNER SPOT - NIGHT - 1994
Shahid is walking towards the dinner area as he sees a few
inmates walking with a smile...
Shahid enters, few inmates walk out citing all kinds of
medical complications...He enters and sees a bunch not eating.
He picks his plate and sees Omar sitting with his hands on
his face, alone in the corner table...
He fills his plate and sits near Omar... Omar looks at Shahid
with furious eyes...
SHAHID
Koi kha kyon nahin raha?
OMAR
Roka. Maine? Fuckin Tossers. All.
Stands up and leaves... Stomps out in anger.
41.
67 67 INT. TIHAR JAIL, VISIT ROOM - 1994
Arif is waiting for Shahid. He looks around.
Just in front of where he is sitting there is a couple
sitting next to each other. The woman has a very healthy
baby in her hands and she passes the baby to the man. The
man just looks at the baby and keeps looking. Gets the baby
near his chest and a tear rolls down from his eyes as he
keeps looking. The baby smiles and Arif has a sad smile on
his face.
Omar is sitting on a nearby table with his father and lawyer.
Shahid enters as Arif stands up and hugs him. Shahid is a
little held back in his hug. They sit...
Arif keeps looking at Shahid.
ARIF
Yeh...
(As if he wont see him
again. His eyes well
up...)
SHAHID
Ammi, kaisi hain?
Arif manages to speak, albeit with a choked voice.
ARIF
Kaisa hai... Shahid?
SHAHID
Thik. Kuuch dost bhi hain yahan.
Arif knows that he is lying.
ARIF
Huunh...Ammi acchi hain.
Shahid smiles, sadly.
SHAHID
Kehna main thik hoon.
Arif nods his head.
ARIF
Tumhein kuuch chahiye yahan?
SHAHID
Books.
(CONTINUED)
42.
67 67 CONTINUED:
ARIF
Paise? Kapde? Kuuch Bhi..
Shahid shakes his head. Buzzer rings.
ARIF (CONT'D)
Ghar pe phone lag gaya hai...yeh
number...Kucch bhi zaroorat..
Shahid shakes his head again...Time to go.
Shahid stands up, turns back with no emotion... Arif keeps
sitting watching him leave.
68 68 EXT. TIHAR JAIL, ALLEY - DAY - 1994
Shahid is walking back to his cell as Omar catches up with him.
OMAR
Bhai?
SHAHID
Haan..
OMAR
Omar Sheikh
SHAHID
Pata hai...
OMAR
My reputation precedes me...
SHAHID
Samjha nahin...
OMAR
Koi baat nahin...
69 69 EXT. TIHAR JAIL, GROUND - DAY - 1994
Omar is with the same bunch.
YOUNG MAN
Kaise ki thi kidnapping?
OMAR
Goron ke saath ye dikkat hai ki
woh khud ko sawa ek aur doosron
ko aadha samjhte hain.
(CONTINUED)
43.
69 69 CONTINUED:
YOUNG MAN
Phir kya hua?
OMAR
Koi andar ka hi mila tha, Police
se..
YOUNG MAN
Phir..
OMAR
Hum aakhiri dum tak lade.
70 70 INT/EXT. GHAZIABAD HOUSE- NIGHT - 1993
OMAR'S FLASH STORY BEGINS
Omar enters the house. He sees dead corpses lying on the
floor and a cop noticing him enter. Omar is running for his
life...Cops follow him...
COP1
Bach gaya toh sab ki gaand mein
sariya daalega D.G.P...
One of them takes aim and fires which misses... We see Omar
running towards the camera..thinking to himself.
OMAR (V.O.)
Wait...Why am I running...Do I
even beli...
(Bullet passes his
head)
Fuckin hell...
Another bullet brushes his shoulder...
OMAR (V.O.)
Think.
He stops abruptly...and puts his hand on his head... Cops
get to the spot. He is shot in the arm..
OMAR
(Heavy cockney accent)
I am one of the hostages. I am
from England...My name is Rajeev
Verma.
COP
Arrey yeh kidnapper na hai...
(CONTINUED)
44.
70 70 CONTINUED:
COP
(Raises his hand to
slap)
Phir bhaga kyon bahanchod...
COP
Abey maar mat...goli lag rakhi
hai isse...mar maraa gaya toh...
COP
Jeep mein daal...Agar dogla hua..
The jeep zips off...While he is in the jeep...
OMAR'S FLASH STORY ENDS.
71 71 EXT. TIHAR JAIL, CANTEEN AREA - DAY - 1994
Back to present.
OMAR
Aapki Taarif?
SHAHID
Shahid Azmi...
OMAR
Bade chup chaap rahte ho?
They walk a bit more...
OMAR (CONT'D)
Sorry yaar.. us din ke liye...Maine
socha, kuuch badlega...idddiot
tha main.
SHAHID
Kya?
OMAR
Prisoner ko cigarette deta kaun
hai? Police. Aur phir cigarette
milne par marta kaun hai. Police.
They walk some more.
GHULAM NABI WAR passes and looks at them...Shahid and him
make an eye contact...
War looks at him with a contemptuous smile.
(CONTINUED)
45.
71 71 CONTINUED:
Shahid and Omar walk on.
OMAR (CONT'D)
Maine socha kuuch Gandhi jaisa
karte hain.
SHAHID
Par sab bhaag gaye...
OMAR
Mera Bharat mahaan...99 chor aur
1 beimaan.
SHAHID
Maine suna hai yeh.
OMAR
Kahaan
Shahid stays quiet.
72 72 INT. DELHI, PHONE BOOTH - NIGHT - 1994
Arif is inside a phone booth. Its a small rectangular
cubicle.. We see him dialling the 022-4 and then phone
ringing...Mother picks up at the other end...
ARIF
Ammi...
MOTHER
Shahid kaisa hai?
ARIF
(Stutters)
Accha hai Ammi...Bahut..
Arif waits for a reaction. Mother stays quiet...
MOTHER
Usse ab bhi pareshaan karte hain?
ARIF
Nahin...
MOTHER
Kaisa hai?
ARIF
Accha Ammi..
(CONTINUED)
46.
72 72 CONTINUED:
Mother cant take it anymore and starts weeping....Arif takes
support of the wall looks up the fast running bill and cuts
the phone.
73 73 INT. TIHAR JAIL, ALLEY - DAY - 1994
Shahid moves with his bedding behind a cop...
SHAHID
General wing, special wing se
acchi hai?..
Cop keeps walking...Escorts him to a cell which has 2 inmates..
74 74 INT. TIHAR JAIL, LIBRARY - DAY - 1995
Omar is too engrossed in reading to notice anyone...Shahid
walks in and sits opposite when Omar looks up...Omar hands
over a book...
OMAR
Batana kaisi lagi....
Shahid takes a look at the cover...Its a book on Persian
Philosophy...
75 75 INT. TIHAR JAIL, SHAHID'S CELL - NIGHT - 1995
Shahid is next reading the book, when he sees a letter...
Opens it...Its a letter from Omar.
OMAR (O.S.)
Shahid, Tumhari camp ka tajurba
aur usse tumhara gussa lajmi hai.
Main bhi gaya tha aise ek camp
mein. Main bhi wahan se bhaag
aaya tha, isliye mujhe lagta hai
ki hum dono sirf galat jagah the.
Akal se paidal toh apni taaqat ki
azmayish karenge hi? Hum aur tum
uske liye nahin bane, hum leader
hain. Hum followers nahin, log
hamein follow karenge. Ek din
aayega aisa. Ek din..
The lights go off....He keeps the book aside and lies down
while looking up....Comfortable with his existence....
47.
76 76 EXT. TIHAR JAIL, PLAYGROUND - DAY - 1995
Shahid is walking towards the ground. A football match is in
progress...He is still a distance away....As he walks he
seems to repeat what he read, yesterday in his head....
SHAHID (V.O.)
Zindagi mein aaye har ek lamhe ka
sirf ek maqsad hota hai. Zindagi
ek ke baad ek aaye in lamhon ka
silsila hi toh hai....Agar aap in
lamhon ko samajhte hain aur unmein
jeena seekh lete hain toh yakeenan
aapne jeena seekh liya...
He hurries into the ground..... Joins the game...Stands near
the goalkeeper....Roommate 1 waves his hand and Shahid
smiles...Game on...
The opponent charges with the ball...Shahid tackles it, gets
the possession and sends it sailing away in the
midfield...Gets back near the goalkeeper....
SHAHID
Score?
The opponents charge again. Shahid tackles the forward, gets
possession. He dribbles forward, is tackled roughly. Shahid
falls along with the opponent, Ghulam Nabi War.
War and Shahid look at each other as they get up. It begins
to rain.
Both the players get up.
SHAHID (V.O.)
Barsaat se bhi kuuch seekhne ko
milta hai.Baarish mein aap koshish
karte hai baarish se bachne ki
aur kam se kam bheegne ki.Par aap
phir bhi manzil tak pahunchne
mein bheeng hi jaate hain.
Bheengna dono taraf hai, aap uske
liye taiyar ho ya na hon. Par
agar aapko ye shuruat se pata hai
ki aap bheengenge toh aap bheengne
se hairaan nahin honge uska mazaa
lenge.Aur zindagi ka bhi..
The game continues in the heavy rain
48.
77 77 INT. SHAHID'S CELL - EARLY MORNING - 1995
Shahid drinks a glass of water. His roommates are asleep.
Shahid goes to the side and offers prayers.
78 78 EXT. TIHAR JAIL - LAUNDRY - DAY
A tired Shahid walks out to the laundry. He purses his
parched lips and wearily starts work. He looks at Omar who
is at work close by.
Shahid walks up to him.
OMAR
You look like death...
SHAHID
Sirf paani piya sehri ke waqt...
OMAR
Bast... Sorry... gaali bhi nahi
de sakte hum Ramzan ke waqt...
(shakes his head)
lekin man karta hain ki...
(clenches his fist
tightly)
A man standing next to Omar, AFTAB ANSARI, speaks up
AFTAB
Baahar nikalkar sazaa hum hi denge
inko...
OMAR
(to Shahid)
Inse milo ...Aftab Ansari...Hamare
Banarasi muscle man...
Aftab and Shahid shake hands...
AFTAB
General wing?
SHAHID
Haan
AFTAB
Koi problem ho to batana..
SHAHID
Nahin samjha...
(CONTINUED)
49.
78 78 CONTINUED:
OMAR
Arrey, he will protect you..
AFTAB
Saare ke saare Lafender hain wahan.
OMAR
We are looking after you,
brother....You are one of us...
Shahid smiles...
SHAHID
Thanks.
They exchange smiles and Shahid leaves...
79 79 INT. TIHAR JAIL, SPECIAL CELL - EVENING - 1995
A troop of 50 policemen march in. They all stand in attention,
some have a rifle, some Lathi. Quick cut of Omar being
smashed...
Shahid roams around the ground looking for Omar. Shahid sees
Omar. He sees that his head is bandaged. Rushes to him.
SHAHID
Kya Hua?
AFTAB
Dum bhar ke pela sabko. Tum humko
support karoge ki nahin?
Shahid nods....
OMAR
Agar marenge toh kuuch acche ke
liye marenge?
50.
81 81 INT. HOSPITAL - DAY - 1995
FLASH. Omar is lying on the bed, his hand plastered. With a
journalist.
OMAR
Mujhe bargalaya gaya tha Kashmir
ke baare mein. main Kashmir gaya
tha. Wahan aisa kuuch bhi nahin
ho raha.Mujhse galati ho gayi.
(Starts crying)
Please mujhe London wapas bhej
dijiye.
Back to present. Same Spot.
OMAR
Main kuuch karta hoon...
AFTAB
Bahaar nikalo sab ko.
OMAR
Sab nikloge...Aur yeh saale
tumhein chodenge gate tak...
AFTAB
Ekk Jhaapad gheench ke denge salle
ko jaate waqt....
Shahid is impressed.
Shahid comes out of the library and is walking towards his
cell with a book in hand....
VOICE
Toh jihadi ko padhne ka bhi shauq
hai...
Shahid looks back in disgust to find War...
Back to present.
SHAHID
(Agitated)
Main jihadi nahin hoon...
(CONTINUED)
51.
84 84 CONTINUED:
War walks up to him...
WAR
Phir se bolna?
SHAHID
Jihadi nahin hoon main...
War starts to walk....Shahid Walks with him...
WAR
Accha..toh banna chahte ho?
85 85 EXT. SRINAGAR, DAL LAKE - DAY - 1985
Dal Lake, filled with foreigners in summer..
86 86 INT. SRINAGAR, WAR'S CARPET SHOP - DAY - 1985
Shop filled with customers. War looks at his father shaking
his hands with a foreign tourist after the completion of sale.
87 87 EXT. SRINAGAR, STREET - NIGHT - 1990
War on a Royal Enfield bike riding through the streets of
Srinagar.
He passes by a procession of people pelting stones at the
local police. He looks away and takes another lane.
Back to present.
SHAHID
Aap yeh kaise kah sakte hain?
WAR
Jinke saath uthte baithte ho...
SHAHID
Woh mere dost hain...
WAR
Woh kisi ke dost nahin. Haan
unhein kise, kab, kahan, kaise
kya bolna aur karna hai yeh aata
hai.
52.
89 89 EXT. SRINAGAR - DAY - 1992
Flashback.
We cut to the end of a speech by a mullah. He is surrounded
by young people which includes War.
MULLA
Zaalimon ne poora gaon jalaa dala.
Kuuch bhi nahin bacha. Aurat,
Bachhe...Kisi ko nahin choda.
Mulla breaks down. The crowd is deeply moved.
90 90 EXT. TIHAR JAIL, CORRIDOR/ALLEY/GROUND - DAY - 1996
Back to present..
SHAHID
Nahin...
WAR
Haan. Tumhare soch ko kaboo mein
karte hain. Apna kaam nikalwate
hain..
War paying Mulla his protection money.
Mulla hugs him.
Shahid stays quiet.
WAR
Main jaanta hoon Omar ko...Accha
bolta hai...
SHAHID
Toh?
WAR
Usse yeh bhi maloom hai ki Kabul
mein sirf ghode hi nahin hote.
SHAHID
Samjha nahin.
WAR
Saare gadhon ko ek saath karo,
tum leader khud ban jaaoge.
(CONTINUED)
53.
92 92 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
Aap itne bade expert kaise ho?
WAR
Kyonki main ek aise gadhe ki
kahani jaanta hoon..
They enter the building...
SHAHID
Kaun?
WAR
Main...
WAR'S FLASH STORY BEGINS
A deserted Dal Lake in the summer..
94 94 INT. SRINAGAR, WAR'S CARPET SHOP - DAY - 1992
War's shop with no customers as War and father look at each
other..
95 95 EXT. SRINAGAR, GROUND - DAY - 1992
Kashmiri women mourn the death of family members on the
street. Stone throwing..
96 96 EXT. SRINAGAR, GROUND - DAY - 1992
We see a helicopter landing and army men putting coffins of
dead soldiers inside.
97 97 INT. SRINAGAR, OUTSKIRTS OF KASHMIR/SOME VILLAGE - DAY -
1992
War being threatened by the Mulla who shows him dead bodies
of young Kashmiri boys...
MULLA
Sab apna hi rote hain. Yeh
shahadat kiske liye...Jab apno ko
hi samajh nahin..
WAR
Haan.nahin samajhta.
MULLA
Arrey khoon nahin khaulta tumhara...
(CONTINUED)
54.
97 97 CONTINUED:
WAR
Jahannam bana diya hai aap logon
ne Kashmir ko. Humse poocha tha?
MULLA
Kya bak rahe ho?
WAR
Jo sahi hai. Kashmir azaad hoke
kya karega jab aap poori nasl ko
hi saaf karne par amaada ho. Sirf
auratein bachengi yahan.
A few kids get restless. Point gun.
WAR (CONT'D)
Yeh. Yeh hai
WAR (CONT'D)
aapki asliyat.
(pauses)
Goonda tax band. Maarna hai..
maar do.
Mulla gestures them to be at ease. War turns back and leaves...
WAR'S FLASH STORY ENDS
Back to present. They pass a cell where Mr. D.N Saxena is
locked up...He is reading...
WAR
Pairi pauna, Sir...
Saxena looks up...
SAXENA
Jeeta reh...
War and Shahid keep walking....
WAR
Dr. Saxena. Professor, Punjab
University...
SHAHID
Hunh...
(CONTINUED)
55.
98 98 CONTINUED:
WAR
Yeh mujhe, Srinagar mein garib
bachchon ke liye civil services
ki institute kholne mein madad
karenge..
SHAHID
Civil services kyun?
WAR
To change the system, you have to
be a part of it.
SHAHID
Paise?...
WAR
Abbu ne thik thak choda hai.
SHAHID
Sorry,
(aapke abbu ke liye)
...
WAR
Main bhi. Wajah bhi main hi tha.
99 99 EXT/INT. SRINAGAR, WAR'S CARPET SHOP - DAY - 1994
WAR'S FLASH STORY BEGINS.
We see the outside of the shop from the street as a 16 year
old kid runs frantically inside...War and boy look at each
other.
War is on the run.. Police jeeps halt outside War's shop.
Drag his father. A senior cop looks at a guy in a shawl with
his face hidden, but his eyes... He indicates the direction.
The cop informs army on the wireless.
Army men and their ferocious German Shepherd sniffer dogs
raring to go get down...The dogs are let loose, the army men
run after the dogs... War on the run...cant run...too
tired...Sits...gasping..He hears the barking dogs...Runs
again...
(CONTINUED)
56.
101 101 CONTINUED:
WAR'S FLASHBACK ENDS.
102 102 EXT. TIHAR JAIL, CORRIDOR - DAY - 1996
War is with Shahid. Silence.
WAR
(Stern eyes)
You should study...
103 103 INT. TIHAR JAIL, SAXENA'S CELL - DAY - 1996
Shahid is standing while Saxena and War are sitting...
SHAHID
Sir, Main padhna chahta hoon...Par
warden ne ...
SAXENA
Main Warden se baat karoonga...
SHAHID
Thank you, Sir...Koi scholarship
mil sakti hai?....
WAR
Koi problem hai?...
SHAHID
Ghar waalon se nahin maang sakta
WAR
Main tumhari fees doonga.
Shahid is puzzled...
WAR (CONT'D)
Par Omar,Aftab se milna band karoge?
SHAHID
Main aur kisi ko nahin jaanta
yahaan.
WAR
Humein jaante ho...
Shahid looks down..
WAR (CONT'D)
Thik hai, Sunday ko tum uske saath
chess khel sakte ho. Par marks
kam aaye to sab band...Thik hai..
(CONTINUED)
57.
103 103 CONTINUED:
Shahid nods.
Shahid studies in the Library. He has two books opened and a
register on which he is writing.Librarian sits at a distance.
Fills up a form... Writing the exams in the library. Saxena
is invigilating..
SAXENA
Time's up...
Shahid gives the answer sheet to Saxena...
105 105 EXT. TIHAR JAIL- DAY/NIGHT - 1996
MONTAGE
Jail activities - Playing chess with Omar.
106 106 INT. TIHAR JAIL, SHAHID'S CELL - DAY - 1996
Shahid is studying.
Shahid giving his exams.
War is being released. He meets Shahid.
WAR
Laher ke ulte tairna mushkil hai,
par agar tum yeh karlo toh tum
wahan pahoonchoge jahan koi na
pahooncha ho...
SHAHID
Thank you...
WAR
Waqt ka istemal karo. Saal khud
kat jaayenge.
Shahid nods...
SHAHID
All the best...
War hugs him. Shahid starts crying...
(CONTINUED)
58.
108 108 CONTINUED:
WAR
Main bas riha ho raha hoon...
(pauses)
Tumhein chhod nahin raha.
Shahid looks at him as he walks into the distant burnout.
109 109 INT. TIHAR JAIL, SHAHID'S CELL - DAY - 1998
Shahid is with a book and a register...He is trying to solve
a problem as we hear tremendous noise in the background of
chattering, children crying....He Crosses the page with his
pen in frustration....and puts his hand on his ears....Looks
back at the scribbled page....Tears that page out...and
throws the book on the wall, starts rubbing his hand on his
face in frustration... Is in the examination room...He is
looking ahead and not writing anything....
Shahid is with the librarian.
LIBRARIAN
Kaisa gaya exam?
Shahid does not say anything.
LIBRARIAN (CONT'D)
Tumhari hearing kab hai..
SHAHID
Kal.
LIBRARIAN
Best of Luck...
111 111 INT. TADA COURT - DAY - 1999
Shahid is in the box. Judge comes in after a recess and
everyone in court stands. He sits down and starts reading.
JUDGE
I find you guilty as charged of
waging war against India. You are
herby sentenced to 7 years of
rigorous imprisonment.
Shahid is about to fall back as cops give him support.
59.
112 112 INT. TIHAR JAIL, SHAHID'S CELL- DAY - 1999
Shahid is throwing the books of the rack....He tears down
books and register.....Roommate 2 intervenes and makes him
sit down....
113 113 INT. TIHAR JAIL, VISIT ROOM - DAY - 1999
Shahid sits with Arif. They both look glum.
SHAHID
Ab aap yahan nahin aaoge.
ARIF
Yeh kya...
SHAHID
(Interrupts)
Bahut kiya bhai...Aur nahin..Main
kamzor..
(Pause)
Consider me dead....
Shahid breaks down. Asif puts his hand around him. He shoves
him away.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Aap sun rahein hain?
ARIF
Par kaise?....
SHAHID
(interrupts)
Meri nafrat yahan layi thi
mujhe...Aapka pyaar kaafi nahin
mujhe yahan se nikalne ke liye..Ab
aapki apni family bhi hai...Sab
aapko dekhna hai...
Arif looks down...
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Bhai...Bhai..Main nahin chahta
aap yahan aayein. Aap aaye to bhi
nahin aaonga bahar...
The brothers are quiet. Shahid looks away as Arif looks at him.
60.
114 114 EXT. - TIHAR JAIL - DAY - 1999
Omar and Shahid are in the middle of a game.
OMAR
I am getting out of here. Sun
rahe ho. I am getting out.
Shahid looks up.
OMAR (CONT'D)
Mere saath chalo?
SHAHID
How charitable?
OMAR
Plane hijack kiya hai mere liye!
SHAHID
Tumhare liye ya Maulana Azhar?
OMAR
Well informed, Me Like that.
Chaloge ya nahin? I will have to
make a request...
SHAHID
Naah.
OMAR
Koi zindagi toh hai nahin yahan
tumhari.
Shahid looks away...
OMAR (CONT'D)
Meri taraf dekho. Tumhein lagta
hai tum yahan se bahar jaaoge?
Kabhi?
Stoic silence..
OMAR (CONT'D)
Raste mein mujhe maar sakte hain,
par tumne toh apni gaand likh di
inke naam.
SHAHID
Un jahilon se acche hain yeh..
OMAR
Jaahil nahi Haafiz.
(CONTINUED)
61.
114 114 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
Duniya mein aur koi chiz isse
khatarnak nahin hai.
OMAR
Kya?
SHAHID
Ek bewakoof jiske paas marne ke
liye ek galat wajah ho..
Omar has a bemused smile on his face....
OMAR
Ek din, pachtaoge...
SHAHID
Tum har samay ek din aisa hoga ek
din waisa hoga karte ho. Asliyat
mein kuuch nahin badalne waala.
OMAR
Someday...
SHAHID
Nahin, yeh "someday" asliyat mein
nahin aane waala. Dil ko bahlane
ke liye achha hai..
OMAR
Get lost...
Shahid stands up...
SHAHID
Tum toh kab se khoye hue ho, Omar..
Shahid walks away as Omar looks.
Shahid sits with War, looks glum. War puts his hand around
him. Both keen to speak..dialogues interlap.
WAR
Hum appeal karenge. Lower court..
SHAHID
Mere appeal se koi fayda nahin hoga
WAR
Kyun..
(CONTINUED)
62.
115 115 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
Yahan kuuch bhi kaam nahin
karta..Saxena sir, aur unki
baatein. Judiciary pe bharosa
karo..Sab kitabi. Batolabaazi.
WAR
To main tumhare saath hota...Bahar
kyon hoon?
Shahid looks down...
SHAHID
Pahle bola Sena pramukh ko maarne
wala tha...ab us list mein Kashmir
ke CM ko bhi...add kar diya
WAR
Tum meri baat hi nahin sun rahe.
2 mahine mein tarikh mil jayegi..
SHAHID
Is baar P.M Ko bhi add karenge.
Maine padhai ki, socha ...Saal
barbaad nahin hone doonga. socha
tha..Mujhe kya pata tha ki Police
mujhse yahan bhi aagey rahegi...
WAR
Hum log appeal karenge...
SHAHID
Nahin...
WAR
Haan. Kisi ko toh dikhega ki
saboot ke naam par sirf ek Police
custody ka signed paper hai. Aur
kuuch nahin. Tumhari ammi bhi
yahi chahti hain..
Shahid looks down....
WAR (CONT'D)
Bachche, apna aitbaar qayam karo...
Shahid looks up and then down...
WAR (CONT'D)
Dikhega. Zaroor dikhega.
63.
Librarian is sitting inside and looking outside the door...He
sees Shahid passing by...
LIBRARIAN
Shahid...
Shahid looks and gets inside...
LIBRARIAN (CONT'D)
Results declared...
SHAHID
(Cynical)
Main fail...
LIBRARIAN
Itne mayusi se kaise chalega?...
SHAHID
Fark kya padta hai.
LIBRARIAN
Pass.
SHAHID
Kya karoon iska main yahan?..
He grabs the paper lying in front. Makes a paper ball, throws
it in the dust bin...
SHAHID (CONT'D)
No use...
Librarian takes out the paper from the dustbin.
LIBRARIAN
Accha, tum padhai kis liye kar
rahe the. Yahaan se bahar nikalne
ke liye?
SHAHID
Maine socha tha, bahar nikalne ke
baad main kuuch kar paaonga..main.
LIBRARIAN
Toh, yeh padhai jo tumne ki, ye
barbaad ho gayi court ke faisle se?
Shahid stays mum.
(CONTINUED)
64.
116 116 CONTINUED:
LIBRARIAN (CONT'D)
Yeh saal jo tumne lagaye, yeh
degrees, knowledge koi cheen nahin
sakta tumse. Tum yeh nahin bhi
kar sakte thay, par tumne yeh
kiya. You should be proud of that.
Shahid nods.
117 117 INT. TIHAR JAIL, LIBRARY- DAY - 1999
Shahid fills up a form for a diploma in journalism.
118 118 EXT. TIHAR JAIL, GROUND - EVENING - 1999
Shahid is walking alone. There are many prisoners in the
ground. He walks alone.
Shahid smiles as his walk gets brisk and more assured.
(Passage of time to be conveyed through this sequence)
119 119 INT. PATIALA HIGH COURT- DAY - 1999
Front shot. Same sequence. A Different Judge. Judge reads
the judgement.
JUDGE
You are exonerated from all
charges. You have already served
more then 5 years. This court
sets you free effective immediately.
Shahid breaths relief and goes to War who is in the court.
SHAHID
Thank you.Waqt lagta hai...par
kaamyaab hai.
War hugs Shahid...
WAR
Kya?
SHAHID
Indian Judiciary.
War nods. They embrace.
65.
120 120 EXT./ INT. TRAIN, KURLA STATION , AUTO - DAY - 1999
Shahid is at the door of the train which is about to enter
Kurla station.
He looks around and takes a few deep breaths - this is the
air of his home, Mumbai.
He stands outside Kurla station and hails an auto. Looks
around to absorb what has changed in these years with awkward
inquisitiveness.
121 121 EXT. SHAHID'S HOUSE - DAY
Shahid arrives at Taximen's Colony. He looks at the new
surroundings and at a piece of paper in his hand with a
handwritten note from Arif with their new residential address.
Shahid walks into the colony and at the slightly dilapidated
building.
Shahid goes outside an apartment on the ground floor and
knocks.
His mother opens up.
MOTHER
Kuuch nahin chahiye.
She moves back to close the door. Shahid knocks again.
SHAHID
Ammi. Main Shahid.
Mother comes out and looks at him. Her eyes well up.
SHAHID
Ammi.
She looks at him, a tear rolls down her cheek but she does
not say anything. She takes his hand in her hand.
They move inside the house. The family offers afternoon
prayers together.
122 122 EXT./INT. MUMBAI, MULTIPLE LOCATIONS - MONTAGE - 1999
Shahid reads a newspaper and zeroes in on a few jobs.
Shahid waits for his interview to start.
An interviewer just shakes his head while reading his resume.
(CONTINUED)
66.
122 122 CONTINUED:
Shahid is writing an address from the newspapers on an
envelope and then putting an application letter inside.
He speed posts 10 envelopes in the post office.
This entire sequence in intercut between interviews of
various editors and Shahid to show the passage of time and
frustration as Shahid tries to find employment.
EDITOR-1
Terrific observations, good scores.
SHAHID
Thank you, Sir.
EDITOR-2
Tum yeh bhi jaante ho ki yeh sab
hote hue bhi main tumhein hire
kyon nahin kar sakta?
SHAHID
Kyon Sir?
EDITOR-3
Well...
SHAHID
Sir, Court se mujhe honorable
discharge mila hai.It was a mistake.
EDITOR-4
Tumhara kahna sahi hai,par sahi
aur galat ka lihaj aaj kisse hai?
Yeh shahar ab Bombay nahin, Mumbai
hai.
SHAHID
Toh iska matlab hai aap mujhe
reject kar rahein hain?
Editor stays quiet.
SHAHID
I reject this job. Before you can
reject my application.
Shahid stands and walks out.
67.
123 123 INT. SHAHID'S HOUSE - NIGHT - 1999
Shahid, Arif and his mother are in a conversation.
ARIF
Phir se bol..phir se bol..Kitne ki?
ARIF
Ek baar... phir se bol.
SHAHID
Haah. 12,000
They all smile.
SHAHID
Main Law karoonga saath mein.
MOTHER
Thik hai.
ARIF
Phir yeh journalism ka bhoot?
SHAHID
Ek call karna hai.
Moves to the first floor and calls. War is on the other side.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Sir, meri naukri lag gayi.
WAR
Kya baat hai. Mubarakaan.
SHAHID
Law mein admission le raha hoon.
WAR
Mashallah. Law kyon?
SHAHID
To Help people.
WAR
Nahin
(Pause)
Lawyer ka kaam hai client ko
raasta dikhana, jahan woh apni
madad khud kar sakein.
SHAHID
Haan.
(CONTINUED)
68.
123 123 CONTINUED:
WAR
Har imaandar lawyer apne imaandari
mein ek jaisa hoga par har ek
beimaan apni beimaani mein alag.
Be a people's lawyer, Shahid. Tum
mein kabiliyat hai.
SHAHID
Shukriya, bhai jaan.
WAR
Achcha kaam hai yeh, Shahid agar
tumhein parwaah hai galat aur
sahi ki.
SHAHID
People's Lawyer.
War hangs up. Shahid puts the phone down and smiles.
124 124 INT. BAR COUNCIL - DAY - 2003
Super : BAR COUNCIL OF MUMBAI, 2003
Shahid is there to file his application for membership to
the bar council. He sits with a lady as she reviews her
papers. She is frowning as she reads it.
LADY
Tumhein bar license nahin milega?
SHAHID
Kyon?
LADY
Kyon? Kyonki tum terrorist thay.
Tum 5 saal jail mein thay.
Shahid looks up.
SHAHID
Please ek baar rule book mein
criteria check kar lijiye.
LADY
Tum sikhaoge mujhe mera kaam?
(CONTINUED)
69.
124 124 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
(Confident)
Sorry. Mujhe pata hai aap yahaan
20 saal se hain. Aur jisse bhi
suna hai aapke baare mein, achcha
hi suna hai. But Madam, I am
eligible. Maine kabhi bankruptcy
file nahin ki hai na Koi naityik
bhrastachar. Sirf in grounds par
mera application reject ho sakta
hai.
Lady looks and knows that he has done his homework as she
sits motionless looking at him..
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Please madam...
LADY
Ok..Let me check.
She goes inside. Comes back and stamps his application. Gives
it to Shahid. He smiles.
SHAHID
Thank you, Mam. Aap jaise logon
ke bina, kya hoti yeh duniya?
Her frown changes to a smile.
LADY
Best of luck.
SHAHID
Madam. Thank you.
LADY
Main yahan 20 saal se nahin 12
saal se hoon.
125 125 INT/EXT. K.C COLLEGE, GRADUATION DAY- DAY - 2002
FLASHBACK BEGINS
Every student is clad in the same dress. Arif is in the back.
Shahid is seated in the front row with Ramanathan. Shahid's
name is announced. Shahid walks up, shakes hands with the Dean.
70.
126 126 EXT. TAXIMEN COLONY, STREET- LATE EVENING - 2002
Shahid and ARIF walk on the streets.
SHAHID
Bhai, Law assistant ki opening
mili hai. Maqbool Menon ke saath.
ARIF
Good.
SHAHID
(hesistantly)
Job chodna padega.
ARIF
(Surprised)
Journalist wali? Kaise chalega?
SHAHID
Main bhi yahi soch raha tha.
Shahid looks down as he walks. Arif who is curious for his
reaction keeps looking as they walk but Shahid avoids to
look up.
ARIF
Kuuch milega?
SHAHID
(Happy)
Haan, Bhai.
Arif asks how much without saying.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
2 hazaar.
Arif has a forced smile on his face. They continue walking.
After a prolonged silence...
ARIF
Theek hai.
Shahid looks up at Arif who is looking straight.
SHAHID
Bhai?
Arif nods.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Kaise karenge?
(CONTINUED)
71.
126 126 CONTINUED:
ARIF
Tension mat lo. Hai ek idea.
SHAHID
(Unsatisfied)
Ok
ARIF
Ab ghar jaa..
Shahid starts walking as Arif stands there.
ARIF
Zyaada der ruke mat rahna yahaan
Shahid looks back and makes an eye contact.
SHAHID
(Confidently smiles)
Dekh lena, 2 saal mein log mujhe
jaanenge, bhai.
127 127 EXT/INT. - LOCAL TRAIN - DAY - 2002
Shahid is in a jam-packed local train.
128 128 EXT/INT. STREET, BUS - DAY - 2002
Stands in a BMC bus with a suitcase.
129 129 EXT/INT. STREET, AUTO RICKSHAW - DAY - 2002
Shahid in an auto looking out to locate the place he has to
visit in a old locality of Mumbai.
130 130 INT. CLIENT'S HOUSE 1, 2, 3 - DAY/NIGHT - 2002
Shahid is in different client's houses, some rich, some ultra
rich.
131 131 INT. JAIL, CELL - DAY - 2002
Shahid is seen getting inside a jail.
132 132 INT. MENON'S OFFICE - DAY/NIGHT - 2002
Writing notes, recording in a Dictaphone, making the client
understand something from a case file. The client GAFFAR is
unwilling to listen.
(CONTINUED)
72.
132 132 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
Gaffar, main tumhaari madad nahin
kar sakta... jhooth bol rahein ho...
GAFFAR
abey... Memon saab se baat karni
hai memreko... tu kya judge hain?
SHAHID
theek hain... main hi Memon saab
se baat karta hoon... bhaad mein
jao tum, tumhara case aur tumhara
jhooth...
Shahid pushes Gaffar out and bangs the door of the office.
Shahid's boss, MAQBOOL MEMON is in court, fighting a case.
He enters mid session and gently reaches his desk, passes a
piece of paper as his Boss sees him and comes to his desk
and reads the chit he gave. Boss reads it looks back for a
split second and nods to say good job and goes back towards
the witness box.
134 134 INT. RAILWAY STATION - DAY - 2002
In the railway station he eats Vada Pav while waiting for
the train.
135 135 EXT. STREET, OUTSIDE TAXIMEN COLONY - DAY - 2002
He is near his house in Taximen Colony, he sees Khalid
smoking. Khalid is looking ahead, Shahid pats him Khalid
looks back, feels scared. He waves his hand and asks if they
can go home and they walk towards the house.
SHAHID
(Light hearted.)
Kab se?
Khalid looks down.
SHAHID
Just ek problem. Har char mein ek
cancer se tapakta hai. Tum 3 mein
ho, tumko kuchch nahin hoga.
(Raises his eyebrows)
Ho sakta hai, kyon nahin? 75%
chance. Distinction hai!
(CONTINUED)
73.
135 135 CONTINUED:
A friend of Khalid calls his name as they look back. The kid
is a little shadily dressed, with long hair and tattoos.
KHALID
Ek minute, bhai.
SHAHID
Dost?
Khalid shakes his head and walks towards his friend as Shahid
looks on amusedly.
136 136 INT. MENON'S OFFICE - DAY - 2002
Shahid is stacking files...MARIAM walks in...
Shahid looks up. She sits in the client's area. She looks
stunning.
Shahid's eyes get fixed at her - he is mesmerized. She looks
around the office, sitting. She looks at Shahid who is quite
fazed when she sees him looking at her. She looks away
without giving it any importance...
She is called inside the chamber when she glances back at
Shahid looking down at his desk and goes inside. He looks up
as she goes in. Stacks the file hastily.
137 137 INT. MENON'S OFFICE - EVENING - 2002
Shahid enters the office and moves towards his desk. Menon's
secretary yells and points him towards Menon's cabin. He
moves towards the cabin and knocks, gets inside. Menon is on
the phone. He asks Shahid to sit.
MENON
(On telephone)
Nahin 75 se kam nahin.
Hangs up the phone. Looks at Shahid.
MENON (CONT'D)
How do we make money, Shahid?
SHAHID
(Confused)
Case.
MENON
Gaffar?
(CONTINUED)
74.
137 137 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
Jhooth bol raha tha.
MENON
Jab usse tum par bharosa hoga,
tab tum bhi uski baaton ka bharosa
kar sakoge. Waqt lagta hai. Aaj
pahli baar mil rahe the
SHAHID
Sir, Police is right. He is guilty.
MENON
Pata hai.
SHAHID
Toh hum yeh case lad kyon rahe hain
MENON
Its a case and we serve our
clients, not the law.
SHAHID
Open and shut case hai, Sir.
MENON
Pahle facts. Phir jaise marzi
waise tod madod karo. Sirf Law
book se ladoge, toh har case
haaroge.
SHAHID
Witness?..
MENON
Hostile..
Shahid stands to leave. Turns back.
MENON (CONT'D)
Ab kya?
SHAHID
Sir, Kisi aur ko.
MENON
First, tumne hi maanga tha
criminal case. Second, mere office
mein cases ki cherry picking nahin
hogi. Third tum mera waqt phir se
barbaad kar rahe ho. Out.
75.
138 138 EXT. TEA SHOP - DAY - 2002
A few days later. A normal tea shop in Bombay. Shahid and an
office colleague stand outside with a glass in their hands.
Rajesh is smoking...
RAJESH
Toh follow up kiya Gaffar case?
SHAHID
Nahin kiya.
RAJESH
Ruthe ho?
SHAHID
Nahin...
RAJESH
Phir?
SHAHID
Because, I am such a fool
RAJESH
Nahin. Prachand murkh.
Shahid smiles...They start walking...
SHAHID
Main nahin karoonga follow up.
RAJESH
Kranti?
SHAHID
Kranti? Bas yeh dekh kya sahi hai.
RAJESH
Kya hai...
SHAHID
Sirf paisa nahin, har samay nahin.
Rajesh lights a cigarette...
139 139 EXT. MARIAM'S HOUSE - DAY - 2002
Shahid knocks at the door...Is surprised when Mariam looks
out from the door...
SHAHID
(Hesitant)
Shhahid,Advocate Menon ki office se
(CONTINUED)
76.
139 139 CONTINUED:
Mariam looks indifferently...
140 140 EXT. ASSAM HOUSE - DAY - 1981
MARIAM'S FLASH STORY BEGINS
Setting is of a funeral. A 7 year old girl cries, his father
consoling her, dressed in white..
Father gets re married...child sits with him as the Maulvi
performs the wedding..
Father is in the farm attached to his house with a few
men...He is stabbed thrice as the child looks out from the
window...we see the helpless eyes of the child in the last
frame as his father falls down on the ground and the men
walk away..
143 143 INT. ASSAM HOUSE - DAY - 1989
Mariam is 16 and is doing the daily house hold chores.. She
wears a cheap night gown.. We can see it torn as she tries
to clear the webs...
Mariam's maternal grand father is here to take her. She hugs
him and leaves with him. With a lawyer...Conversing in
Assamese.
LAWYER
Your mother is contesting your
property in Mumbai...
MARIAM
Expected that....
LAWYER
What a bitch....
(Gives a card)
MARIAM
Thank you...
(CONTINUED)
77.
144 144 CONTINUED:
MARIAM'S FLASH STORY ENDS
145 145 EXT/ INT. MARIAM'S HOUSE - DAY - 2002
Back to present...
We get back to the last frame...She opens the grill...Shahid
gets inside and sits...
SHAHID
Aapki hearing hai ek week mein..
MARIAM
Aap yahaan fees ke liye aaye hain?
SHAHID
Nahin..
MARIAM
Jitne lawyers main dekh chuki
hoon, log apni poori zindagi mein
nahin dekhte. Lucky people.
Shahid stays quiet...
MARIAM (CONT'D)
Maine koshish ki but nahin ho
saka. Main property sale ka ek
%age de sakti hoon..
SHAHID
(Hesitant)
Sir ne...
MARIAM
Kya?
SHAHID
Paise hearing se pahle chahiye.
MARIAM
I cant...
SHAHID
I am really sorry...
MARIAM
Please go...
Shahid walks up and leaves as she sits there dazed...
Shahid looks back as he leaves...
78.
146 146 EXT. TAXIMEN COLONY, STREET - NIGHT - 2003
Shahid and Arif are walking.
ARIF
Kaam kaisa chal raha hai?
Shahid stays quiet as they walk.
ARIF
Accha nahin?
SHAHID
Paisa, paisa, paisa, hai rey paisa!
ARIF
Achcha hai na.
SHAHID
Jab yeh chhotapan kucch logon ki
zindagi badal sakta ho...
They continue to walk. Shahid is anxious to say something.
ARIF
Kya?
SHAHID
Main lawyer isliye nahin bana.
They walk a little ahead.
ARIF
Mere 2 job karne ke baad bhi....
Kai loans ho gaye hain sar par.
Shahid looks down.
SHAHID
Saari galati meri hai.
ARIF
Tum khud ki practise karoge?
SHAHID
Haan.
ARIF
Main personal loan leta hoon. Tu
start kar..Dekhenge jo hoga.
SHAHID
Bhai.....
(CONTINUED)
79.
146 146 CONTINUED:
ARIF
(Interrupts)
Chhup...
Arif does not answer as they keep walking.
ARIF
Bar license kab milega...
SHAHID
Kal.
147 147 EXT. BAR COUNCIL/BEST BUS - DAY - 2004
Shahid is walking out on the streets happy after his
membership is accepted. He gets into a BEST bus. Looks at
his license over and over again.
148 148 EXT. SHAHID'S OFFICE - DAY
A basic office is set up with old furniture. Shahid's mother
supervises cleaning. The holy Koran is placed in a corner.
Shahid pastes a sticker outside the office. It reads...
FLASHBACK ENDS
149 149 EXT./INT. ZAHEER'S HOUSE - DAY - 2004
Shahid sits with the father of Zaheer Shaikh.
FATHER
Ek minute.
He gets up and gets inside the house. Comes back with a 6
month old baby. He gives the baby to Shahid. Shahid rests
the baby in his lap and looks at him lovingly. The baby
observes Shahid as if he is asking a question, wide eyed.
FATHER (CONT'D)
Yeh Zaheer ka beta hai. Isne apne
abbu ki shakal nahin dekhi, aaj tak
Same shot will see Shahid walking on the street looking
expressionless with eyes staring with nothingness.
80.
150 150 EXT. COURT HOUSE - DAY - 2003
FLASHBACK BEGINS
Shahid makes a call from his cell phone...
SHAHID
Hello...Mariam..Main Shahid from
Menon's office..Aapko replacement
lawyer mila? Hmmm... Aap mujse
mere office mein aake mil sakti
hain?
151 151 INT. SHAHID'S OFFICE - DAY - 2003
Shahid is at his desk. The phone rings, he picks up.
SHAHID
Hello...Mariam...
RAMANATHAN
Mariam...Kaun hai.. yeh Mariam?
SHAHID
Ramanathan.
RAMANATHAN
Khud ki practise start kar di?
batayega kab?.
SHAHID
Yaar abhi toh office bhi poora
taiyaar nahin hua.
RAMANATHAN
Ek case mein assist karna hai,
kal hearing hai..
SHAHID
Kahan yaar. Tu time nahin deta.
RAMANATHAN
MCOCA case hai..Ab?
SHAHID
Kahan aana hai?
RAMANATHAN
By the way yeh Mariam kaun?
SHAHID
Client, yaar.
(CONTINUED)
81.
151 151 CONTINUED:
RAMANATHAN
Aisa Laga nahin..
SHAHID
Ek hi hai yaar, client. Isliye.
(Self deprecating
laugh)
152 152 INT. SHAHID'S OFFICE - EVENING - 2003
Shahid is with a SIKH COUPLE in his cabin...
Mariam sits outside...Shahid keeps looking at her as and
when he gets a chance to look out, while he attends to the
couple.
The couple walk out and Mariam walks in and sits while Shahid
stands.
MARIAM
Hello...
SHAHID
Aap files laayin hain saath?
Mariam passes the file...
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Property dispute case, agar mujhe
yaad hai..
(keeps looking at her,
Looks mesmerized)
MARIAM
(Uncomfortable)
Haan...
Understands that she is feeling uncomfortable. Sits
down..Stops gazing and looks at the computer in the left
pretending that he is looking at something.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
In brief, tell me the case.
MARIAM
Meri step mother abbu ke will ko
court mein challenge kar rahi
hain. Will mein Abbu ne ek ghar
choda tha Mumbai mein mere liye.
Usi ko claim kar rahi hai.
(CONTINUED)
82.
152 152 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
I am sorry to hear that.
MARIAM
Why are you sorry? Yeh Aapne nahin
kiya.
Shahid is a little taken aback, Mariam realizes it that she
was rude.
MARIAM (CONT'D)
I am sorry. A little stressed.
SHAHID
Naah, thik hai. Isse bura bhi
dekha hai...
(with an assuring
smile)
Go on..
MARIAM
Aapki fees kya hogi?
SHAHID
Aap bataiye..
MARIAM
Kyon?
SHAHID
Kyonki life mein pahli baar main
kuchch aisa kar raha hoon, jo
main karna chata hoon
(Mariam looks,
surprised)
Matlab, as a lawyer...
MARIAM
Jo standard %age hai, ok?...
SHAHID
O.k..Details...
MARIAM
Abbu ne Assam mein kuuch zameen,
aur ek ghar mumbai mein choda tha
mere liye. Woh ghar meri ammi ka
tha. Zameen ab unki hai..Ab woh
yeh ghar..Mere paas aur kucch
nahin hai is ghar ko chhodkar.
(CONTINUED)
83.
Mariam is on the verge of break down.
SHAHID
(tries to damage
control)
Please dont cry. Its ok. Is baar
aap hi jeetengi.
Mariam looks up.
SHAHID
Pata hai lawyers ke code of ethics
mein ek duty hai.
MARIAM
Kya?
SHAHID
Ki aapkay estate ko aapke dushman
se bachana hai.
(She smiles)
Phir apne liye rakh lena.
She frowns.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Bad joke. Par mujhe..
(looks down)
Sorry...
MARIAM
Wrong time..nahin toh main hansti!
SHAHID
(Gets serious)
Yeh prove ho jaayega.. aapki maa
thi us building ki owner?
MARIAM
Haan.
SHAHID
Phir tension nahin. Main saare
papers review karke batata hoon.
Mariam stands up and leaves as Shahid looks on, mesmerized.
84.
Shahid sits with Ramanathan in a case hearing.
JUDGE
Bail is denied.
(Bangs the hammer)
Session adjourned.
People start moving as the judge leaves the room. Shahid and
Ramanathan walk outside. As they walk he sees an old man
sitting, GULZAR AZMI at a bench, looking disconsolate.
SHAHID
Ek second mein aata hoon..
RAMANATHAN
Ok
Shahid sits down with the old man.
SHAHID
Chacha aap theek hain?
GULZAR
Haan beta.
SHAHID
Maine session mein dekha tha aapko.
GULZAR
Mere beton ki bail ki hearing thi.
Shahid stays quiet.
GULZAR
Main, Gulzar Azmi.
SHAHID
Maine is ACT ke liye petition
daali hai Supreme Court mein.
Ispe ban lagane ke liye.
GULZAR
Beta, Ban toh ispe lagna chahiye.
Jab Police bina bail ke kisi ko 2
saal andar rakh sakti hai, sirf
is binaah par ki ek padosi ka yeh
kahna hai ki mere bete underworld
se mile hain.
SHAHID
Koi suboot?
(CONTINUED)
85.
153 153 CONTINUED:
GULZAR
Nahin sirf yeh act!
Gulzar breaks down as Shahid puts his arm around him and
tries to console him.
GULZAR (CONT'D)
Aaj bhai bhai ko nahin poochta.
Par main kaise chhod sakta hoon
ladkon ko, unke chhote bachchon ko.
SHAHID
Aapke vakil Sudeep ko jaanta hu...
Main Sudeep se baat karoonga is
case ke baare mein.
GULZAR
Shukriya, Beta.
SHAHID
Chacha, aap Judiciary par bharosa
rakhein. Time lagega thoda. lekin...
Gulzar nods his head. Shahid gets up to leave.
GULZAR
Beta, main Jamaat E Ulama ka
Haakim hoon. Hum unki madad karte
hain jinke paas fees ke paise na
ho. Kya aap aise case ladna
chahenge?
SHAHID
Haan.
GULZAR
Shayad jitna tumhein milta ho
usse kaafi kam milega.
SHAHID
Woh thik hai chacha...
GULZAR
Mere office aao kal.
Shahid is sitting with Mariam in his cabin.
SHAHID
Humara case strong hai.
(CONTINUED)
86.
154 154 CONTINUED:
MARIAM
Hum jeetenge?
SHAHID
(Smiles)
Jeetna Chahiye.
MARIAM
Kitna time lagega?
SHAHID
mahine ya ussey thoda zyaada.
MARIAM
Perfect.
SHAHID
Koi Jaldi hai?
MARIAM
Haan property sell karke Assam
jaana hai.
SHAHID
(Disappointed)
Kyon?
MARIAM
Ek school start karoongi.
SHAHID
Woh aap yahaan bhi kar sakti hain.
MARIAM
Aap chahte hain main yahan rukoon,
kyon?
SHAHID
Kyonki yeh..
MARIAM
Shayad, ruk bhi jaaoon.
Shahid gets a little excited, goes overboard.
SHAHID
Aapki shaadi ho gayi hai?
Mariam is surprised with the question.
MARIAM
Yeh kyon poocha aapne?
(CONTINUED)
87.
SHAHID
(Smiles)
As a lawyer mujhe sab pata hona
chahiye aapke baare mein.
MARIAM
Achcha.
SHAHID
Are you?
MARIAM
(Uncomfortable)
No. Mujhe chalna chahiye.
SHAHID
Ok.
As she stands up, Shahid stands up with her. She moves out
quickly...
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Date milte hi inform karoonga.
155 155 EXT./INT. JAMAAT E ULAMA - DAY - 2004
Shahid is with Gulzar Azmi as he hands over a file to him.
GULZAR
Yeh file Zaheer Sheikh ki hai.
Software engineer. Ghatkopar blast.
SHAHID
Sirf slums se uthate hain aise
cases mein...
(looks visibly upset)
GULZAR
Ghar mein sirf yahin kamaata tha.
Iski family milna chahti hai tumse.
Gulzar writes down something in a piece of paper and gives
it to Shahid.
GULZAR (CONT'D)
Aaj jaoge beta?
SHAHID
Jee bilkul...
(pause)
Main chalta hoon, Chacha.
(CONTINUED)
88.
155 155 CONTINUED:
Stands and leaves. Gulzar and the man sitting next to him
watch him as Shahid gets out of the compound.
MAN
Thoda bachcha dikhta hai?
GULZAR
(Smile)
Umr mein kam zaroor hai miyan.
Par kaafi pur-asar hai. Chahta
hai kanoon kaam kare, jaise usko
karna chahiye.
Man smiles.
GULZAR (CONT'D)
Sabke liye.
Shahid is in his cabin.
Phone rings. He picks up.
SHAHID
Hello.
RAVI PUJARI
Shahid ko phone de.
SHAHID
Shahid bol raha hoon.
RAVI PUJARI sits in a plush office. We see a busy street,
obviously a foreign country from the window on his side.
RAVI PUJARI
Ravi pujari bolta hu, Bhadway.
Sun, kyunki sirf ek baar bolega
tere ko. Saale madharchod
terrorist log ka case lena band
kar. Sudhar jaa warna teri gaand
mein goli maarkar teri zindagi
sudhar dega main.
He hangs up the phone. Shahid sits frozen - in a state of
shock.
89.
157 157 INT. P.O.T.A COURT, COURT ROOM - DAY - 2004
Shahid sits reviewing something... The Public prosecutor is
talking to a cop sitting behind him... Zaheer's old father
is in the general area....Zaheer is in the stand.... Judge
Arrives..All rise...Judge sits, so do the rest. Judge sets
the court in motion...
JUDGE
Public Prosecutor, continue..
Public prosecutor walks to the stand with a Laptop...
PROSECUTOR
Zaheer yeh laptop kiska hai?...
ZAHEER
Mera...
PROSECUTOR
Aapne yeh laptop apne dost ko
diya, kyun?
ZAHEER
Main isse use nahin kar raha tha.
Mere dost ko iski zaroorat thi.
Uska computer crash ho gaya tha
aur repair hone mein waqt lagta,
isliye
PROSECUTOR
(Interrupts)
Tumhein andaz hai ki tumhare
laptop ka istemaal kis chiz ke
liye hua?
ZAHEER
Nahin...
PROSECUTOR
Ek banned organization ke
liye..unke saptahik letter likhne
ke liye jismein woh jihad ki baat
karte hain. Gujarat riots ke video.
ZAHEER
Agar aap kahte hain. I had no idea.
PROSECUTOR
Thats all.
Goes and sits...Shahid walks up to Zaheer...
(CONTINUED)
90.
157 157 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
(Looks at Zaheer)
Zaheer, Tumhara dost Enamul. Kabse
jaante ho usko?
ZAHEER
Jab main 4 saal ka tha, tab se
SHAHID
Laptop..matlab aisi chiz hai jisse
koi kaise de sakta hai?
ZAHEER
Mujhse na bola nahin gaya.
SHAHID
Kyon?
ZAHEER
Pata nahin. Shayad isliye ki main
usse apne aap se pahle se jaanta
hoon.
SHAHID
Uski baaton se kabhi laga ki woh
kuuch aisa kar sakta hai?
ZAHEER
Nahin...
SHAHID
Par agar yeh court mein saabit ho
gaya ki Enamul ne tumhare Laptop
se auron ko uksane wale letters
likhe, toh tumhara usko laptop
dena shayad galat tha?
ZAHEER
Haan...
SHAHID
Thank you, Zaheer...Your Honour,
yeh ek galati thi.. Kya hum sab
yeh nahin karte? apne karibi par
bharosa? Ab aapki kismat kharaab
ho toh aap 13 mahine iske liye
jail jaa sakte hain. Par isse kya
saabit hota hai?
PROSECUTOR
Your honour, videos?
(CONTINUED)
91.
SHAHID
Laptop Enamul ke paas se baramad
kiya tha Police ne. Mere client
ke ghar, office, se na toh koi
letters mile us banned organization
ke na hi koi videos.
Judge orders a recess...
Judge comes back... Everybody stands and sits...Shahid and
the prosecutor stand..
JUDGE
(to Prosecutor)
I hope you realize you are on
slippery ground..
PROSECUTOR
Your honour, Police investigate
kar rahi hai. Unhein thoda waqt
chahiye
SHAHID
Your honour, 13 mahine se Police
investigate hi kar rahi hai..
JUDGE
Aap log jald se jald isse poora
kijiye.
PROSECUTOR
Yes, your honour...
SHAHID
We request bail...
JUDGE
Denied. Next hearing 24th.
He bangs the hammer. People start moving as the judge leaves.
Shahid walks up to Zaheer as he looks flustered. He takes
his hand in his hand.
ZAHEER
(Anxious)
Yeh bail nahin dene waale.
SHAHID
Zaheer, Main ek ghante mein aa
raha hoon jail. Dont worry.
(CONTINUED)
92.
158 158 CONTINUED:
Zaheer is masked on his head and he is taken as Shahid looks
back and sees Zaheer's father. He just shakes his head in pain.
159 159 INT. ARTHUR ROAD JAIL - DAY - 2004
Shahid is with Zaheer, in the middle of a conversation.
ZAHEER
Nauvin baar..bail denied.
SHAHID
Zaheer, maine yeh pahle bhi kaha
tha. Unke paas kuuch nahin hai,
isliye delay kar rahein hain.
Zaheer nods his head.
ZAHEER
Kitna waqt, aur?
SHAHID
Ek mahina.. Bahut hai..
ZAHEER
mahine dekh liye, ek aur sahi.
SHAHID
(Zest)
Glass is half full, Zaheer. Glass
is always half full.
Zaheer smiles.
ZAHEER
Unko sirf Gujarat riots ke video
mile? History channel ke World
War 2 ke genocide ke video jo us
hard disk par thhe? Uska zikra
bhi karte?
SHAHID
Unka case hai yeh.
ZAHEER
Case weak ho jaayega na? Delete
bhi kar diya hoga.
Shahid and Zaheer are both silent.
93.
Mariam waits for Shahid as he opens the door and gets in
quickly. He looks at Mariam and gets inside his cabin. Mariam
follows him.
SHAHID
Mujhe phone karna chahiye tha.
Main..bilkul... sorry...
MARIAM
Kya hua. Sirf 3 ghante hi to wait
kiya na?
SHAHID
Kya main aapko..
(mumbles awkwardly)
To make up, sorry..main kya bol..
(more awkward)
Haan..Kya main aapko coffee shop...
chal sakte hain saath...Hum?
MARIAM
I dont drink coffee.
SHAHID
(child like)
Cold coffee? Assamese chai bhi
milegi
Mariam smiles. She turns to move out, Shahid exults.
161 161 INT. COFFEE SHOP - LATE EVENING - 2004
Shahid and Mariam sit together.
SHAHID
Iss hearing mein verdict.
MARIAM
Hum jeetenge?
SHAHID
Haan.
MARIAM
Great.
She looks away. Shahid wants her attention.
SHAHID
Mujhe ek don ne dhamki di?
(CONTINUED)
94.
161 161 CONTINUED:
MARIAM
Kyaa? Kyon?
SHAHID
Woh chahta hai ki main Mariam ke
case se alag ho jaoon...
Mariam is confused.
MARIAM
what? kya bakwaas...
Shahid smiles.
SHAHID
Woh chahte hain ki main doosre ek
case se hat jaaon.
MARIAM
What will you do?
SHAHID
Aapko kya lagta hai kya karna
chahiye?
MARIAM
(Diplomatic)
Yeh toh aap mujhse behtar jaante.
SHAHID
(Interrupts)
Sidha sawaal hai..sidha jawaab
milega?
MARIAM
Aapki family kya kahti hai?
SHAHID
Unko bataya nahin..
MARIAM
And you are telling me?
SHAHID
Haan.
MARIAM
Why? ..I think..
(CONTINUED)
95.
SHAHID
(Serious)
mere liye important hai, please.
(Shahid smiles, Mariam
widens her eye)
MARIAM
Mujhe nahin lagta ki aapko peeche
hatna chahiye.
SHAHID
Kyon?
MARIAM
Because, you are right and they
are not.
SHAHID
Dekha, aap phir se sahi hain.
MARIAM
Main isse pahle sahi kab thi?
SHAHID
Aap hongi..
(Looks down, very
softly)
Mere liye..
Shahid looks up and Mariam looks the other way, obviously
uncomfortable.
162 162 INT. P.O.T.A COURT - DAY - 2004
Court's in session. Shahid moves forward with a file...Gives
it to the judge...
SHAHID
Yeh hain confession Altaf Ahmed
aur Imran Rehman ke. Police ne
charge sheet par claim kiya tha
ki in donon ne Zaheer ke plan
mein shaamil hone ki baat kahi
hai. Inki confession statement
yeh kahti hai ki yeh ek doosre ko
jaante thay, bas.
JUDGE
Public prosecutor?
(CONTINUED)
96.
162 162 CONTINUED:
PROSECUTOR
Your honour, hum external affairs
ministry ki wait kar rahein hain
to verify the Dubai mobile number.
Hamein lagta hai ki woh ek
important evidence hai.
SHAHID
Your honour we request bail...
JUDGE
Bail denied...
SHAHID
Your honour...we request you to
reconsider...
JUDGE
Noted...
SHAHID
Your honour, Evidence saamne hai.
Koi evidence kuuch prove nahin
karta. Ministries ke beech bahut
waqt lag sakta hai..
JUDGE
Bail denied.
SHAHID
But, Sir...
JUDGE
(Infuriated..)
Session is adjourned...Mr. Azmi,
meet me in my chamber...
He leaves...
163 163 INT. JUDGE CHAMBER - DAY - 2004
Shahid knocks...Judge reading the newspaper asks him to come
in...
JUDGE
Kabhi kabhi you have let go. Agli
baar, I will hold you liable in
contempt.
(CONTINUED)
97.
163 163 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
Sir with all due respect, mere
client ke against unke paas kucch
nahin hai...Ab woh case delay kar
rahein hain..Woh manana nahin
chate ki unse galati ho gayi.
JUDGE
They are well within their rights.
SHAHID
Agreed, Sir. Par jab aap kisiko
is act mein charge karte hain toh
ek time line toh rakhiye police
ke liye. Aur agar nahin, toh
shayad hum duniya ko yeh kah
rahein hain ki according to this
law aap guilty hain, aur yeh
aapko prove karna hai ki aap nahin
hain.
JUDGE
This law is a national necessity...
SHAHID
Maanta hoon, Sir. But to delay
justice is denying justice.
JUDGE
(Interrupts)
We are here to serve the law not
question it. Decorum? Ok.
Shahid nods...
164 164 EXT. P.O.T.A COURT, OUTSIDE THE COURT - DAY - 2004
Shahid makes a call to Dubai..
165 165 EXT. STREET, DUBAI - DAY - 2004
A man walking in the streets of Dubai who we reveal is Aftab
Ansari, picks up the phone...
AFTAB
(Smiles)
Arrey aaj kisi ne yaad kiya.Kaise?
SHAHID
Yaar ek zaroorat hai...
(CONTINUED)
98.
165 165 CONTINUED:
AFTAB
Bata...
SHAHID
Yaar, U.A.E External affairs
ministry se letter fax karwana
hai Indian Ministry mein...
AFTAB
Ye legal kaam kaayko dete ho
humein... chalo koshish karte
hain ki ho jaaye bhai... aur kuch?
koi pareshaani? kisiko set karna
hai toh bolo...
Shahid is silent for a moment.
SHAHID
Nahi bhai... Kuch bhi karlo , bas
karlo...Koi zindagi bhar dua
dega..Main fax karta hoon details...
AFTAB
Dekhta hu kya kar sakte hai idhar...
SHAHID
Allah Hafiz.
Hangs up...
166 166 EXT. COURT CORRIDOR - DAY - 2004
Shahid and Mariam walk out with smiles on their faces.
167 167 EXT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY - 2004
Shahid is clad in a lawyer's attire.
SHAHID
Toh kya socha aapne?
MARIAM
Wapas jaa rahi hoon.
(hands over an envelope
to Shahid)
Aapki fees... filhaal itna hi...
SHAHID
(Interrupts)
Mujhe laga aap rukne wali thii.
(CONTINUED)
99.
167 167 CONTINUED:
MARIAM
Sale finalise ho jaayegi 1 week
mein. I am a small town girl,
mujhe yahan accha nahin lagta.
SHAHID
Humm..Accha..
MARIAM
Kya?
SHAHID
Ek chiz ke baare mein sochte hain.
Mariam nods.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Uss chiz ka ijaad aapkay dil se
hai aur khyaal aapki rooh karti
hai.
Mariam looks zapped. Maybe she knows whats coming.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Kya aap sochengi iske baare mein?
MARIAM
Aap kya kah rahe hain?
SHAHID
That I am in love with you.
She opens up her money bag throws a 500 rupees on the table,
stands up.
MARIAM
Meri party. You will get your
fees in a week.
Leaves. Shahid is frozen for a moment and watches her walk
out. As she gets near the gate he stands and rushes behind
her. Quickly reaches and starts walking with her.
MARIAM (CONT'D)
Ab kya chahiye?
SHAHID
I love you. I want to marry you.
(CONTINUED)
100.
MARIAM
(Angry)
Pyaar? Shaadi. Aapka dimag kharab
hai..
SHAHID
Main aapse pyaar karta hoon iska
matlab ..mera dimaag kharab hai.
MARIAM
Aap mujhse pyaar nahin karte.
SHAHID
Aapko yeh nahin lagta ki main yeh
behtar..
MARIAM
(Interrupts)
Aapko is khyaal se pyaar hai ki
aapko mujhse pyaar hai..aur main...
mera ek 3 saal ka beta hai...
Shahid stops as she walks away. He sees her go and then runs
and catches her again...
MARIAM (CONT'D)
Dekha, Maine kaha tha...
SHAHID
Ki main is khayaal se pyaar karta
hoon ki mujhe aapse pyaar hai?
MARIAM
Shahid, aap ek acche insaan hain.
You deserve better.
Shahid takes her to a corner with a swift force from his hand.
SHAHID
At least sochogi? Please.
168 168 EXT. JOGGERS PARK - DAY - 2004
Shahid is with his niece in a park...She is on a swing and
Shahid is giving her a push...She is laughing...
NIECE
Tez...
Shahid pushes harder...
(CONTINUED)
101.
168 168 CONTINUED:
NIECE (CONT'D)
(Commanding)
Aur tez..
Shahid cell rings...He stops the swing and looks at his
phone...It's Mariam...He smiles and picks up....
SHAHID
Hello....
MARIAM
What you were saying to me is
unfair...
SHAHID
Unfair?
MARIAM
Agar aap sure nahin hain..
SHAHID
(Clenches his
fist...pauses)
Main hoon..
MARIAM
Kaise sure ho?
His niece has joined him by getting down from the swing...
SHAHID
Ishq par zor nahin.hai yeh woh..
MARIAM
(Interrupts)
Main ek galti kar chuki hoon..is
baar..
SHAHID
(Interrupts)
Your cynicism, my optimism...bahut
acche hain dono saath mein..
(Smiles)
Hum dono bhi...lets not care...lets
not wait...
Mariam stays mum..
102.
169 169 INT. MARRIAGE COURT - DAY - 2004
Shahid and Mariam are in the court for their marriage. They
sign and their friends including Ramnathan clap. Shahid
shakes hands with 3 male friends and Mariam hugs her female
friend.
170 170 EXT. MARRIAGE COURT - AFTERNOON - 2004
They all walk out with smiles on their faces. Same frame,
Mariam is getting inside a taxi and Shahid gets inside after
her.
171 171 EXT. MARIAM'S HOUSE - EVENING - 2004
Its late evening. They reach her house, get down and go inside.
172 172 INT. MARIAM'S HOUSE - NIGHT - 2004
Mariam and Shahid sit in the living room. She takes his hand
in hers.
MARIAM
Stay...
Shahid nods.
173 173 INT. MARIAM'S HOUSE, BEDROOM - NIGHT - 2004
Mariam is in bed as Shahid stands near the mirror and opens
his shirt and keeps it aside. There are marks on his back
from the jail torture. His back looks ugly. Mariam sees that
and reaches where he is standing. Mariam hugs him from behind,
as Shahid looks at the mirror, he feels her warmth. He looks
back and with a lump in his throat asks.
SHAHID
Will you love me for who I am?
174 174 EXT. COURT ROOM - DAY - 2005
Its raining outside the court...
Court is in session. Shahid hands over a piece of paper to
the judge...
SHAHID
Sir, Yeh letter from Ministry.
Yeh wahi kahta hai jo mere client
ka bhi kahna hai. Mobile number
ka registered user Khwaja Yunus
hai, mere client nahin.
(CONTINUED)
103.
175 175 CONTINUED:
JUDGE
Prosecution, are you aware of this?
PROSECUTOR
Yes, your honour...
JUDGE
Final debate...next..
176 176 EXT./INT. P.O.T.A COURT - DAY - 2005
We see the crowded exterior with some members of the press
waiting outside with their cameras and OB vans.
Shahid is making his final statement on Zaheer's case.
SHAHID
Your honour, desh bhakt koi paida
hote hi nahin banta. Desh bhakt
bante hain, us desh mein jahaan
har ek aadmi ke paas ek jaisa
adhikar ho, jahan us vyaktigat
adhikar ki hifazat desh sabse
pahle karta hai. desh ka mahol,
desh ki nitiyan bhi uske liye
sarthak honi chahiye. Mere client,
jail mein 15 mahine se hain, unki
bail 10 baar reject ho chuki hai,
phir bhi aaj tak Police unke
khilaaf ek bhi pukhta sabut nahin
dikha payi. Kya Police yeh sochti
hai ki Islam aur liberalism ek
nahin ho sakti? Kya isliye Zaheer
yahan hai? Agar Police aisa nahin
sochti, toh phir kahan hai woh
saboot? Even 1 piece of substantial
evidence? Your honour, Defence
aap se darkhwast karta hai ki
faisla aaj sunaya jaayen.
As Shahid continues with his statement we glide across to
the exterior of the crowded court house. His voice gets
drowned in the noise.
104.
Judge reads his verdict as Shahid and the Prosecutor stand.
JUDGE
Zaheer Shaikh, you are hereby
given an honourable discharge
from all charges pressed against
you. Session is adjourned.
Shahid smiles and looks at Zaheer who is looking upwards in
thanking God. He looks back and makes an eye contact with
Zaheer's father who blesses him sitting where he is. He walks
to Zaheer who gets down from the box and hugs him.
SHAHID
Bahar journalists honge. Criticism
nahin, thik?
178 178 EXT. - P.O.T.A COURT - DAY - 2005
They walk outside with his father. Its raining heavily... 6
journalists come in front of them.
JOURNALIST
Kaisa lag raha hai aapko?
ZAHEER
Abhi yakin nahin ho raha.
JOURNALIST
Aap nirdosh thay, phir bhi aap 15
mahine jail mein rahe, aapki
tippani?
ZAHEER
Kuuch nahin.
JOURNALIST
Kya aapko lagta hai ki state ko
apologise karna chahiye?
ZAHEER
Apology accha hai. Sunne mein bhi
sahi lagta hai. Aksar kaam bhi
karta hai. Par yahan nahin. Yahan
apology ka koi kaam nahin.
JOURNALIST
Kyon?
(CONTINUED)
105.
178 178 CONTINUED:
ZAHEER
Jab aap ek husband ko uski wife
se alag karte hain jab woh
pregnant ho, jab aapne apne bete
ko jeete ji uske paida hone se ab
tak nahin dekha..wahan Kis tarah
ki apology kaam Karegi?
(Journo is blank)
He is my first child.
The Journalist is stumped, keeps quiet. They keep walking.
JOURNALIST
Mr. Azmi your comments?
SHAHID
Atankwad ek sach hai, jiska saamna
hum sab kar rahein hain. Police
ko koshish karni chahiye ki woh
asli gunahgaar ko pakdein...
nirdoshon ko...innocent logon
ko... frame karke woh sab ko chhup
nahin kara sakte...
JOURNALIST
Kya aap Police par defamatory
case karenge?
ZAHEER
Aap log aaj tak kahan thay?
SHAHID
No more questions.
They walk outside as the journalists stand and watch them
leaving.
ZAHEER
Bhai, mujhe jail jaana hai,
formalities poori karke, ghar.
SHAHID
Aur mujhe apni biwi ke paas...
They hug...turn in different directions..
106.
179 179 EXT. STREET - DAY - 2005
Shahid is walking in the rain, surrounded by people all over
with colourful umbrellas. Almost a fantasy like setting with
all the vibrant colours. The feeling of having achieved
something substantial is sinking in...He smiles and clenches
his fist as 2 girls walking side by side, look at him in
amazement. After walking a few steps he raises both his arms
and yells as his eyes are filled with tears....the Girls
seeing that laugh among themselves. Hearing their giggles,
Shahid looks at them and they smile...He smiles back..
180 180 INT. MARIAM'S HOUSE - LATE AFTERNOON - 2005
Shahid knocks and Mariam opens. He hugs her and she is air
borne in the hug. His son comes in and hugs them from the
side. He picks him up and they are still in a hug.
SHAHID
Bahar chalein?
MARIAM
Renu ko call karti hoon.
SHAHID
Yeh bhi toh chalega?
MARIAM
No, this is your moment.
Mariam squeezes her son's cheek lovingly.
MARIAM
Aunty ke paas jaoge?
181 181 EXT. MUMBAI BEACH - EVENING - 2005
Shahid and Mariam take a walk on the beach. As they move
away we see Khalid with his friends seated at a distance.
He lights up his cigarette and smiles as he notices Shahid
and Mariam.
182 182 EXT. AUTO - EVENING - 2005
Shahid and Mariam are inside an auto. They are being followed,
unaware.
183 183 EXT. MARIAM'S HOUSE - 2005
They reach her house, get down and go inside. Khalid signals
his auto rickshaw to keep moving.
107.
184 184 INT. MARIAM'S HOUSE - LATE EVENING - 2005
Shahid is on the couch with the kid playing on the carpet.
Shahid is watching him intently and then moves where he is
as his cell rings. He picks up the call.
ZAHEER (O.S)
Bhai, Zaheer.
SHAHID
Haan, Zaheer.
ZAHEER (O.S.)
Bhai, khane par aao na..
SHAHID
Kisi aur din?
ZAHEER (O.S.)
Please bhai...
SHAHID
(Smiles)
Aata hoon.
Shahid goes to the kitchen where Mariam is cleaning the dishes.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Mujhe jaana hai...
MARIAM
Kahan?
SHAHID
Mohtarma, shayad aap yeh nahin
jaanti ki aapke sauhar ke saath
waqt guzarna logon ko kitna pasand
hai, aapko nahin hai, so main jaa
raha hoon.
MARIAM
Batao na baba...
SHAHID
Zaheer ke yahan dinner. I will
see you tomorrow.
He looks at the other room, the kid is still busy. Walks
towards her and grabs her from behind. She has detergent on
her hand which she rubs on his face. His eyes burn with the
contact, he winces gently, she laughs.
108.
185 185 INT. ZAHEER'S HOUSE - NIGHT - 2005
Shahid is in the living room with Zaheer and his father
having a phirni. Zaheer stands up and goes inside. Zaheer
comes back with his son from inside and gives it to Shahid
who keeps him on his lap. He looks at him.
ZAHEER
He says thank you...
Shahid gently touches the baby's cheek and smiles.
186 186 EXT./INT - SHAHID'S HOUSE - LATE NIGHT - 2005
Shahid is at the door he looks at the watch, its 12.41 a.m.
He takes out the key and opens the door. As he gets inside
he freezes when he sees Rashid, Khalid and Mother seated on
chairs in the room.
SHAHID
Sab jage hue ho?
KHALID
Aapke intezaar mein.
Everyone has a stern look on their faces.
SHAHID
Pata hota toh bata deta ki late
aaonga.
RASHID
Case jeet gaye. Badhai.
SHAHID
Shukriya, Rashid.
MOTHER
Kaun hai woh ladki?
SHAHID
Ammi, aap kya bol rahi hain?
KHALID
Bhai, humein pata hai.
Shahid knows that there is no way out.
SHAHID
(Looks at Khalid.)
Mariam, Assam se. Aur Kuuch?
(CONTINUED)
109.
186 186 CONTINUED:
MOTHER
Haan, tumhari tarakki ne tumhara
dimaag kharab kar diya hai. Kyon
jaate ho uske ghar tum?
SHAHID
Ammi..main..
KHALID
Maine bola na bhai, pata hai.
SHAHID
Ammi..woh meri biwi hai.
KHALID
Ammi, maine bola tha na bhai ne
shaadi baja dali hai.
RASHID
Tum tapori ki tarah baat karna
band karo.
MOTHER
(Emotional)
Yeh hamein baharwaalon se kyon
pata chal raha hai? Tu hamein
kyon nahin batayega..Kya tere
liye hum kuuch nahin?
Shahid rushes to his mother. Sits on the floor near mother..
SHAHID
Ammi, main batana chahta tha..par
woh jaa .. mujhe yeh darr tha ki
aap mana karengi..aur woh chali
jaati...aur
MOTHER
(Interrupts)
Tum Khush ho?
SHAHID
Haan..
MOTHER
Mujhe milna hai usse, kal subah.
Shahid smiles...
MOTHER (CONT'D)
Aur zyaada daant mat dikhao, main
tumse bahut gussa hoon...
(CONTINUED)
110.
He continues to smile.
187 187 EXT. BEHRAMPADA MARKET - MORNING - 2005
Shahid is buying a burqa in a shop.
188 188 INT. MARIAM'S HOUSE - DAY - 2005
Shahid knocks the door and Mariam is pleasantly surprised to
see him. She smiles and opens the door.
MARIAM
Bekaar ho gaye kya pyaar mein?
Jaldi barbaad bhi ho jaaoge.
SHAHID
Isse pahno jaldi aur chalo. Ghar
chalna hai.
MARIAM
Kya?
(surprised)
Tumne bata diya?
SHAHID
Haan. Jaldi karo. Baad mein court
jaana hai.
She smiles and goes inside.
189 189 INT. SHAHID'S HOUSE - DAY - 2005
Shahid, Mariam and the kid are at the door.
Shahid knocks...Khalid opens up...Khalid smiles...
SHAHID
(Very soft)
Tu mil mujhe bahar.. batata hoon.
Saale, Villain.
Khalid grins.
Mariam cant understand their camaraderie.
SHAHID
Mariam, Mera sabse chota nalayak
bhai, Khalid. He smokes...
Mariam smiles as Khalid bows slightly in saying hello. Khalid
goes inside.
(CONTINUED)
111.
189 189 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
Lets sit.
Mother comes out, they both stand. She has a warm smile on
her face.
SHAHID
Ammi, Mariam.
MARIAM
Adaab, Ammi.
She nods her head and the smile is still there.
MOTHER
Kaisi ho beta?
MARIAM
Achchi.
MOTHER
Maine Khalid ko bola hai bada
ghar dekhne ko.
MARIAM
Uski zaroorat nahin. Yeh mere
saath rahenge.
Shahid looks at Mariam bewildered, as mother and Mariam look
at each other.
Awkward silence.
SHAHID
Ammi,hum mohalle mein hi ghar lenge
MOTHER
Tumhari marzi beta. Maine tumhari
shaadi tay nahin ki, tum kahan
rahoge, yeh kaise tay karoon?
Again an awkward silence. Shahid breaks in.
SHAHID
Ammi, Inko ghar chodkar mujhe
court nikalna hai.
MOTHER
Thik hai.
SHAHID
Chalo...
112.
190 190 EXT. SHAHID'S HOUSE - DAY - 2005
Shahid and Mariam walk outside.
SHAHID
Kuuch der ruk nahin sakti thi?
MARIAM
Main apne bete ke maamle mein
compromise nahin karoongi.
SHAHID
Main yeh baat araam se karta.
Abhi bolne ki kya zaroorat thi.
MARIAM
(Sarcastic)
Sorry, tumhari ammi itni chidchidi
hain. Pahle burqa, ab...
SHAHID
(cuts her tirade short)
bas!
191 191 EXT/INT. STREET, TAXIMEN COLONY - DAY - 2005
They get inside an auto. The kid is on Shahid's lap as Mariam
and Shahid look in different directions. Tension is in the air.
Shahid sits with a client Sohail Shaikh. Sohail face has
bruises all around, his hand is swollen and his feet too.
One foot looks like he has elephantiasis. Tearful....
SOHAIL
Ek padha likha apne ko bataya
andar Dictionary mein torture ki
hadh nahin bataye. Uska in log
poora faydaa uthaya bhai.
Insaniyat kaahe ko kaam karega
idhar, Hum log toh jaanwar hai,
hai na?
Shahid who has been observing him with a sad face does not
know what to say except...
SHAHID
Case file karte hain. Phaad daalte
hain...
Sohail nods. Shahid stands up.
(CONTINUED)
113.
192 192 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
Insaaf milega Sohail.....
SOHAIL
(Sadly laughs)
Lagta hai idhar ke nahin ho aap...
SHAHID
Bharosa karo, kuuch cheezein kaam
karti hain yahaan hamare desh
mein...
193 193 INT. TAXIMEN COLONY, SHAHID AND MARIAM'S HOUSE - DAY - 2005
MONTAGE BEGINS
Mariam and Shahid are fixing up their house and looking happy.
194 194 INT. JAMAAT E ULAMA - DAY - 2005
Next he is seen inside Jamaat's office as Gulzar hands him
over 3 files. As he keeps it in his bag, Azmi forwards a
check to him. The camera shoots the amount - 1 lakh..
195 195 EXT. SHAHID'S HOUSE - DAY - 2006
Gets Khalid a shady looking Maruti 800. Khalid is happy and
hugs him...he tells him no cigarettes..
196 196 EXT. MITHI RIVER, OFFICE - DAY - 2006
The camera shoots at a board which reads Mithi River
beautification project and the camera slowly goes down and
sees Shahid with 30 people who are all depressed...
Is in his office working late.
Its 3.20 a.m, he is flushing his eyes with cold water just
outside his office.
198 198 INT. TAXIMEN COLONY, SHAHID AND MARIAM'S HOUSE - NIGHT -
2007
Mariam waits on the dining table.
199 199 INT. TAXIMEN COLONY, SHAHID AND MARIAM'S HOUSE - NIGHT -
2007
Mariam goes to sleep alone. Years have passed, looks have
changed with this montage for the last time.
114.
200 200 EXT. BANDRA SLUMS - DAY - 2008
Shahid is seated with a 6 men in an open space. They all
look glum.
1ST MAN
Woh log dhamkate hain humko.
2ND MAN
Hum log ek bhi nahin hain.
1ST MAN
Ek hoke kya ukhad lega unka?...
3RD MAN
30 gaye, 65 jaane waale hain, 5%
ke liye thode hi chodenge.
SHAHID
Builder se baat karke dekhte hain?
4TH MAN
Sahi daam bhi nahin de rahein, na
5TH MAN
Kya daam. Tu zamin ka maalik hai?
Maine galati kar di...idhar makan
leke
1ST MAN
Haan, tu toh nawaab ke khandaan
se hai na, bandra mein flat le
leta..
(Mocking)
Maine galti ki..
SHAHID
Ab ladte nahin hain. Maine dekha
hai builder ka project. Tum log
ki property lenge woh...Tarika
hai ek.
He has got everybody's attention.
1ST
Kya?
SHAHID
Unko ek letter bhejte hain. Wapas
call karenge toh tol mol karenge.
Main ek flat aur iske asli daam
ki baat boloonga. Maane toh thik
hai nahin toh court se stay order.
Maan jaayenge...
(CONTINUED)
115.
200 200 CONTINUED:
A man in the group who has not participated in the talks
till now suddenly wakes up and is alive!
6TH MAN
Toh abhi tak rukna sahi tha?
SHAHID
Mujhe yakin hai .
They all look elated. Shahid stands up.
SHAHID
Kuuch hota hai toh batata hoon.
Starts walking as the bickering begins..
5TH MAN
Tu kya bol raha tha abhi.
FIRST MAN
Jo bola suna nahin kya?...
5TH MAN
Ruk tere ko batata hoon, leader
banta hai tu yahaan ka.
Shahid turns back.
SHAHID
Apne mein ladna band karo.
6TH MAN
Arrey inka roz ka hai, aap jao bhai.
Shahid opens the door, very gently. Gets inside and tries to
make as less noise as possible. Walks inside to see Mariam
on the dinner table waiting.
SHAHID
Sorry, main phir se late ho gaya.
MARIAM
Pahle Suna hai..
He sits and she starts serving the food.
SHAHID
Tumhara din kaisa tha?
(CONTINUED)
116.
201 201 CONTINUED:
MARIAM
Wahi purana. T.V.
(Pause)
Accha tum jale pe namak chidakna
chahte ho?
SHAHID
Kya?
MARIAM
Ki tum shayad bhul gaye ho ki
tumhari ek wife bhi hai.
SHAHID
(Defensive)
Kya? Yeh kaise bol sakti ho tum?
MARIAM
Hum log auron jaise kyon nahin ho
sakte?
SHAHID
Kya?
MARIAM
Humne last 3 mahine mein shayad
15 minute bhi baat nahin ki
hogi..Yeh kaisi shaadi hai?
SHAHID
Main bahut thaka hua hoon.
MARIAM
I am tired of waiting.
SHAHID
Kisi aur waqt?
MARIAM
Yeh bhi pahle suna hai.
202 202 EXT. MUMBAI, TRAIN - DAY - 2008
NEWS FLASH
A speeding local train shot from outside. There is an
explosion.
Police make arrests.
117.
As he enters he sees his office flooded with people. A number
of males, females and children.
He looks at them as they look back helplessly. A female
stands and follows him to his cabin. As she walks in,
Shahid's eyes focus on the children. One of them is being
slapped by her mother and the baby starts crying.
The others in the crowd try to speak to Shahid about their
arrested family members and about the police. They make a
din and Shahid tries to calm them down.
Shahid is in the living room reviewing some papers as his
phone rings.
SHAHID
Hello.
RAVI PUJARI
Tu sudhrega nahin na?
SHAHID
Kaun?
RAVI PUJARI
Teri maa ka yaar, saale. Tere ko
samjhaaonga nahin, ab udaaonga.
SHAHID
Sun. Phone pe paise barbaad mat
kar. Tu desh bhakt hai aur main
gaddar, toh maar de mujhe. Main
peeche nahin hatoonga.
Disconnects.
We move away to see Mariam listening to the call.
Shahid is sleeping in his bed, Mariam is on his side sleeping
too. He seems to be watching a bad dream as the camera
captures his face.
118.
We get to see his dream. The background is reddish and the
children play lacking energy. The same set of children who
were in his office. Shahid makes an appearance in the dream
and walks towards the children. He reaches them.
SHAHID
Kaise ho tum log?
None of the kids respond.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Koi mujhse baat nahin karega. Kyon?
The oldest in the lot looks at him in anger...
BOY
Sabke aabu jail mein hai na? Aap
ho wajah.
Shahid wakes up from his bad dream with a faint shriek of a
boxer pummeled in the ring. Mariam wakes up...puts her arm
around him and pulls him towards her. Gently caresses his
hair with her fingers.
MARIAM
Not worth it, Shahid.
Shahid looks at her with his desperate eyes.
207 207 INT. SHIVAJI NAGAR, SHAHID'S HOUSE - DAY - 2008
A man, RAKESHBHAI, bedecked with chains and dressed in white
is accompanied by two other shady looking men,SUDHIR and
VINOD. He knocks at the door.
Shahid's mother opens the door.
RAKESHBHAI
Namaste Maaji, Shahid hai?
MOTHER
Yahan nahin hai.
RAKESHBHAI
Kya main intezaar kar sakta hai?
MOTHER
Mujhe pata nahin kab tak aayega.
RAKESHBHAI
Main intezaar kar lega.
(CONTINUED)
119.
207 207 CONTINUED:
He gets into the house without invitation and looks around
the living room. His manner is intimidating and deliberately
slow.He folds his hands in a namaskar
RAKESHBHAI
Accha Maaji, main chalta hai.
Shahid Bhai ko phone kar lega.
He leaves. Shahid's mother is evidently shaken up by the
manner of the man.
Shahid gets a call on his cell again.
RAVI PUJARI
Tere ghar gaye thay mere aadmi
log. Saale, deshdrohi log tere ko
jyaada note bhi nahin dete. Toh
marna kyun chahta hai phir?
Soch..Soch iske baare mein. Warna
Shahid hua shaheed...
(pauses for effect)
samjha chutiye.
Hangs up. Shahid is frozen in the frame for a second and
then stands up, gets out and asks his assistant...
SHAHID
Police ke liye letter draft karo
asking for Police protection
because of underworld threats.
Hamare cases ka bhi zikr karna.
Main ghar jaa raha hoon. Cell pe
call kar lena agar zaroorat ho.
209 209 EXT - SHAHID'S HOUSE - NIGHT - 2008
Shahid is in the balcony talking to someone on his cell phone.
Mariam is shown getting the dinner table ready. She gets
done and moves towards balcony. Shahid is busy in the call
and does not notice. Mariam is intent on listening as we
hear Shahid on the phone.
SHAHID
Dekho... Kucch karo bhai. Ghar
tak aa gaye is baar. Aap to jaante
ho ye police protection nahin
degi. Woh to mere marne par chain
ki saans lenge...
(CONTINUED)
120.
209 209 CONTINUED:
Shahid hangs up, as Mariam waits for him on the door. He
only sees her when he opens the door which was unhinged.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Khana ready?
MARIAM
Haan, kisse baat kar rahe the?
SHAHID
Ek dost se.
MARIAM
Kaun aaya tha ghar?
SHAHID
Koi nahin.
MARIAM
Tum itna dare hue kyon ho?
SHAHID
Nahin
MARIAM
Bologe?
SHAHID
Koi mujhe threats de raha hai.
MARIAM
Pata hai. Parso raat ko bhi toh
phone aaya tha.
Shahid is a little taken aback with her disclosure.
MARIAM (CONT'D)
Ab kya hua?
SHAHID
Kuuch nahin.
MARIAM
I want..Tum case se hat jao.
SHAHID
Tumhein pata hai main nahin hat
sakta.
MARIAM
Tumhein decide karna hoga..
(CONTINUED)
121.
SHAHID
Kaise hat jaaon peeche, bolo?
MARIAM
You will get us all killed.
SHAHID
Bolne se pahle soch toh lo.
MARIAM
Main Jaa rahin hoon. Tumhein chhod
ke.
Shahid is stunned.
MARIAM (CONT'D)
Yeh hamari zindagi hai Shahid.
Mazaak nahin.
SHAHID
Yeh log Police ke paas nahin jaa
sakte, hamari society bhi...
MARIAM
Kya yeh log tumhari family se
zyaada important hain?
SHAHID
Tumne kaha tha mujhe peeche nahin
hatna chahiye.
MARIAM
(Coldly interrupts)
Tab shaadi nahin hui thi hamari..
210 210 INT. TAXIMEN COLONY, SHAHID AND MARIAM'S HOUSE - DAY - 2008
The closet is open.
Mariam is packing her bags calmly.
Shahid comes in from his morning walk and yells from the
living room...
SHAHID
Ek chai, agar mood accha hai toh
ek cup coffee. Strong.
She keeps packing. Shahid yells again
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Mariam...
(CONTINUED)
122.
210 210 CONTINUED:
Getting no response he moves towards the bed room...
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Kahan jaa rahi ho?
Mariam keeps packing. She is now sitting on the bed and
arranging stuff.
Shahid moves towards her and sits on the floor and keeps his
head on her lap. She doesn't react...
He then gets her ruffled hair to settle down a bit using his
fingers.She is still packing.He takes her face in his hands.
SHAHID
I love you....
Mariam nods....
SHAHID
Please...
Mariam chains the bag.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Mera sapna mat chi..
MARIAM
(Interrupts)
Toh main tumhein kahan rok rahi
hoon?..
Shahid's face expression sinks.
Shahid is in his office reading a file. He looks a sorry
figure, unshaved, eyes red shot for lack of sleep, he has
cold and the charm from his face is gone. He writes in a
piece of paper...
212 212 EXT. STREET, KURLA STATION - DAY - 2008
Shahid walks to Kurla station, glum and walking without
purpose...
He gets near Kurla station and buys peanuts. He looks at his
watch, writes something on a piece of paper as he walks up
the stairs and reaches the last platform. He looks at the
watch again and writes something in the paper again..
123.
213 213 EXT. ARTHUR ROAD JAIL - DAY - 2008
A young man, SALIM waits with a tiffin box for his father at
the gate waiting to get inside. The gate opens and a van
comes out and he hears a shout from inside the van... It is
Sohail.
SOHAIL
Salim, Kuuch kar...maar denge yeh
log..
The man is his father. His head is bleeding profusely. The
young man runs after the van but how far can he run..
ABU, a well dressed prisoner walks leisurely in the ground.
Followed by 4 chamchas.
Sohail is sitting in a corner looking rather glum. Abu walks
up to him.
ABU
Case wapas lele Sohail.
SOHAIL
Abu Bhai, woh...
ABU SALEM
Le Le. Sathe ko koi problem nahin
aani chahiye.
Sohail nods.
Shahid is with Sohail. They are in middle of a conversation.
SOHAIL
(Agitated)
Bhai case wapas lena hi hoga?
SHAHID
Par kyon?
SOHAIL
Jo ho gaya usko badal sakte kya.
Phir?
SHAHID
Sohail, phir yahi hota rahega.
SOHAIL
Abu chahta hai .
(CONTINUED)
124.
215 215 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
(Angry)
Abu?
Shahid stands..
SOHAIL
Bhai mat jao. Woh maar dalega sab
ko..
Sohail starts crying.
SHAHID
Theek hai.
Shahid comes out of jail. He opens his car door and wham...he
bangs it back in anger.
216 216 EXT. MULTIPLE LOCATIONS - EVENING - 2008
NEWS FOOTAGE
Shots of 26/11 attacks at various sites of Mumbai.
217 217 EXT. RAMPUR JAIL - DAY - 2009
A man is escorted out with his hand in cuffs and head masked.
Shutter bugs click snaps.
218 218 EXT. SOME GARDEN - DAY - 2009
Shahid and Gulzar Azmi walk. Shahid is looking at pictures
in an Urdu newspaper.
SHAHID
Fahim Ansari... Yeh bhi fill in
the blank case hai.
GULZAR
kya kah rahe ho beta...
SHAHID
Unko kuuch maps mili ek dead
terrorist ke jeb mein.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
125.
218 218 CONTINUED:
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Saare jail dekhe un logon ne aur
ek aadmi mil gaya jiske paas uske
arrest ke samay map mila tha.
(sarcastic)
Phir wohi aadmi terrorist ke
pocket mein mile map ko bhi
banayega na.
(a bit agitated)
Woh jail ke andar tha us samay us
se kya fark padta hai?
GULZAR
Tumne file dekhi?
SHAHID
Haan.
AZMI
Toh tum yeh case ladoge?
Shahid nods. Sneezes.
AZMI (CONT'D)
Tumhari sehat ki fikr hoti hai
kabhi kabhi..
SHAHID
Chacha, sab thik hai.
Shahid sneezes again and they both smile.
Shahid sits with Fahim Ansari. Fahim is glum.
SHAHID
Abhi pooch taach kar rahein hai?
FAHIM
(Breaks down)
Nahin.
SHAHID
Fahim, ro mat rey. Teri family
tere ko dekhegi to kya karegi, bata?
(CONTINUED)
126.
219 219 CONTINUED:
FAHIM
Bhai, mera muqaddar hi kharab hai
jo wapas aane ko socha. Dubai
mein mazdoori wala jail chhoota...
par yeh jail se nahin nikalne
denge...
SHAHID
Tum nikloge.
FAHIM
(Breaks down completely,
Shahid sits near him)
Ek amriki janani officer,bhai..usne
chua mere ko... saari raat...
(looks away)
jab mera haath pair bandha tha.
(breaks down)
Mere ko haraam dikhaya computer...
raat bhar gandi harkatein ki...
aur phir idhar se khoon nikal
ke...
(breaks down comletely)
Allah t'ala kabhi maaf nahi
karenge humein... kabhi nahin...
Shows his hand and gestures and keeps crying as Shahid hugs
him tightly.
SHAHID
Fahim. Tu dekh bas...
220 220 EXT. SHAHID'S OFFICE - EVENING - 2009
Shahid is standing outside his office with a few clients as
he gets a call on his cell.
RAMANATHAN
Article padha?
SHAHID
Nahin.
RAMANATHAN
Link email kar diya hai.
SHAHID
Thanks.
RAMANATHAN
Pahle padh le. Koi Mitali hai.
(CONTINUED)
127.
220 220 CONTINUED:
SHAHID
I will. Bye.
Shahid is in front of the computer.
He is reading a slandering report with a headline saying
"Shahid Azmi - A Reformed Radical".
He punches his desk. He looks around the room agitatedly and
then again at the article.
He makes a call to Mariam.
SHAHID
Reformed radical. Main kabhi
radical tha hi nahin. Mujhe reform
kaise kar sakte hain?
MARIAM
What do you want, Shahid?
Shahid does not say anything. Mariam repeats the question.
Shahid breaks down....
SHAHID
Mujhe zinda kyon nahin rahne dete
yeh log?
MARIAM
(Moved)
Dont make new memories. Har naya
din ek nayi shuruaat. Phir doosre
din doosri. Woh tumhein force
karte rahenge tumhare kal mein
jeene ke liye, tum sirf aane walay
din ke liye jiyo.
Shahid manages his composure.
SHAHID
Haan.
MARIAM
Only way you can live!
SHAHID
Jab tum door hoti ho toh, kitni
sensible ho jaati ho.
(CONTINUED)
128.
221 221 CONTINUED:
MARIAM
Main sensible hi thi.. Us waqt bhi.
SHAHID
Tum mujhse nafrat karti ho, na?
MARIAM
I loved you.
SHAHID
Isliye chali gayi?
MARIAM
I hated your guts.
Shahid stays mum. Mariam understands the pain he is in.
MARIAM (CONT'D)
Mujhe ncomplicated zindagi chahiye
Shahid.
SHAHID
Main aa raha hoon wahan. Jald.
MARIAM
Nahin. I dont want you to come.
Na tum badloge na main.
SHAHID
Please, sirf iss baar na mat kaho.
She hangs up. Shahid leans back on his chair and closes his
eyes.
222 222 EXT. ANDHERI COURT, CORRIDOR - DAY - 2009
Shahid is in the hallway of Court and walking fast. He seems
to be in a hurry. He reaches an end and a hand comes out and
grabs him in its direction.
Next he is standing with Ram, laughing hysterically.
SHAHID
10 minute mein session hai. Bol.
RAMANATHAN
Tu yakin nahin karega.
SHAHID
Kya?
(CONTINUED)
129.
222 222 CONTINUED:
RAMANATHAN
Abhi abhi aaya hai. Judge ne
Sohail case pe enquiry baitha di
hai.
Shahid stands still...Coming to terms and then a gentle
smile...
SHAHID
Kaise?
RAMANATHAN
Unko laga ki case withdraw kyon
hua? Kuuch lafda hai, samajh gaye.
Shahid smile expands a bit and more
Fahim's wife, SALMA, is with her daughter, REHANA, 8 years old.
SALMA
Bhai. Ek kaam hai.
SHAHID
Haan.
SALMA
Yeh apne abbu se milna chahti hai.
Aaj mil nahin sakte pan isko pata
hai ki aap jaa rahe ho aaj.
Shahid smiles and looks at the cute girl.
SHAHID
(Lovingly)
To tum apne ammi ko pareshaan
karti ho?
REHANA
Kahan..Abbu ne kaha tha ki ammi
ko pareshaan mat karna aur padhna.
Mere ko report card dikhana hai,
main second jo aayi.
Shahid melts.
SHAHID
Tab toh jaana banta hai.
The kid is very happy.
130.
224 224 EXT. ARTHUR ROAD JAIL, MEETING LOUNGE - DAY - 2010
Shahid looks on as Fahim hugs Rehana and kisses her cheek.
Shahid and Fahim are walking away from Fahim's Salma and
Rehana in the alley.
SHAHID
Bahut pressure daalenge woh log.
Saare sawaal theek se dekh lena,
dekhte rahna.
Fahim nods as they walk out.
225 225 EXT. P.O.T.A COURT, COURT ROOM - DAY - 2010
A witness MAJGAONKAR is being questioned by prosecution.
Fahim is in the opposite box while his wife is seated in
the general area.
PROSECUTOR
(to Shahid)
Your Witness.
Shahid stands up.
SHAHID
Mr. Majgaonkar aapki computer
institute mein paper istemal hota
hai?
MAJGAONKAR
(A little shaken with
the question)
Haan.
SHAHID
Students ko project, written test?
Majgaonkar remains silent.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Haan ya na?
MAJGAONKAR
Haan.
SHAHID
Toh meri request hai aapse, ki
aap mere client Fahim Ansari,
sorry, Sahil Pawaskar ke saare
test papers aur projects court ko
denge.
(CONTINUED)
131.
225 225 CONTINUED:
PROSECUTOR
Objection. Attendance register
kaafi hai.
SHAHID
Your honour, mere client Fahim
Ansari ko ek fraud kaha hai Police
ne, jisne Sahil Pawaskar ke naam
par inke institute mein admission
liya. Jab mere client ke character
par question mark laga hai, toh
phir har woh ek document jo is
baat ko prove karta hai ki mere
client 420 hain ya nahin, court
mein review honi chahiye. Ek side
jhooth bol rahi hai, aur jyaada
documents is baat ko jyaada acche
se saaf karengi ki kaun jhooth
bol raha hai.
JUDGE
I will allow that.
SHAHID
(To Majgaonkar)
Documents ki handwriting experts
se review bhi hogi, Mr. Majgaonkar.
Another session in the same court. Same case, different
witness.
SHAHID
Nooruddin. Aapko yeh yaqin hai ki
aapne Fahim ko maps dete hue
Shaikh ko dekha.
NOORUDIN
Haan.
SHAHID
Yeh Nepal mein hua tha? ...
NOORUDIN
Haan.
SHAHID
Apne Nepal mein hone ka kuuch
proof hai tumahare paas?
(CONTINUED)
132.
226 226 CONTINUED:
Shahid holds a map in his hand.
SHAHID
Agar yeh map is pant se baramad
hui hai toh
(He moves forward and
is about to pick a
trouser)
JUDGE
Wear a glove..
He picks up the blood soaked trouser anyways...
SHAHID
Is pant ki colour bata sakta hai
koi? Tajjub yeh hai, ki is map
mein khoon ka ek katra nahin, jab
poori pant, khoon ke rang se rang
badal chuki hai. Sach to yeh hai
ki map plant kiya gaya tha us
pocket mein... Yeh map asliyat
mein vahaan tha nahin...
PROSECUTOR
Objection. Defence..
JUDGE
(Interrupts)
Noted...
SHAHID
That's all your honour.
Shahid is in court with Ramanathan. They are reading the
report. Shahid keeps it aside.
RAMANATHAN
Khush kyu nahin? Superintendent
ka transfer ho raha hai.
SHAHID
Kyonki mujhe pata hai ki yeh
aakhiri baar nahin hai. Yeh hota
rahega.
(CONTINUED)
133.
227 227 CONTINUED:
RAMANATHAN
Abey, itna bhi extreme mat ho jaa,
jahaan tu acche moments ko jeena
bhool jaaye. Chal kuuch achcha
khate hain.
Shahid is in the court and makes a call from his mobile. He
calls Fahim's wife Salma.
SHAHID
Hello..
SALMA
Haan Vakil Sahab.
SHAHID
Hamara case aaj asaan ho gaya.
SALMA
Bhai aaj toh court date nahin tha.
SHAHID
Jisne woh maps diye the usne aaj
maan liya America mein ki usne
diya tha maps atankwadiyon ko.
FAHIM'S WIFE
Bhai. Yeh aapke hissab se achcha
hai na?
SHAHID
Haan.Teen May aur sab thik.
She starts weeping.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Yeh kya? Mujhe toh laga tha ki
tum zor zor se hansogi. Achcha
saath mein hansne ki bhi koshish
karo.
She tries laughing while she cant control her tears.
Shahid enters his office and is very happy.
SHAHID
Inder, Main ghar jaa rah hoon. Tu
bhi jaa jaana hai toh.
(CONTINUED)
134.
229 229 CONTINUED:
INDER
Main yahin rukta hoon. Agar koi
aayega toh..
SHAHID
Kal aane bolna.
INDER
(Smiles)
Kuuch achcha hua kya bhai?
Shahid nods and smiles.
INDER (CONT'D)
Apne ko koi kaam nahin hai. Main
idhar hi rukunga.
230 230 INT. TAXIMEN COLONY, SHAHID'S HOUSE - EVENING - 2010
Shahid is playing with his niece. He is in a playful mood.
SHAHID
Ammi..Ammi..
Mother comes out...
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Ammi, aaj custard banao na..
She nods and goes inside. He continues to play as he gets a
call on his mobile.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Hello... haan Inder?
(pauses)
theek... phone de unko...
VOICE
Sir, main Paranajape bol raha
hu... milna tha aapse...
SHAHID
Aap kal aaiye.
VOICE
Sir, kal hum log ko Poona jaana
hai. Abhi mil lo na..
SHAHID
(Thinks for a second)
Theek hai. Aata hoon.
(CONTINUED)
135.
230 230 CONTINUED:
Kisses her niece and walks out.
SHAHID (CONT'D)
Ammi darwaza band kar lo. Main do
minute mein aa raha hoon.
231 231 EXT. SHAHID'S OFFICE - NIGHT - 2010
Shahid reaches office. The caller, PARANJPE and two other
men are waiting for him.
Shahid walks in signalling the 3 men to follow him inside..
Inder closes the cabin door after Shahid enters and sits
down at the entrance.
Three gun shots are heard.
The men walk out as the Inder stands frozen.
The door is half open as we see Shahid's face lying on the
table in a pool of blood.
On one side of the door we read the paper that Shahid had
stuck when he moved into the office. It reads :
232 232 EXT. TAXIMEN COLONY, KURLA KABRASTHAN - DAY - 2010
About 50,000 people are in Shahid's funeral procession. Arif
is heading the procession along with Shahid's other brothers.
The entire procession offers prayers as Shahid's coffin is
placed on the side.
SUPER : 3 months later - May 4, 2010
We see Shahid's youngest brother Khalid in court.
He looks on as the judge pronounces the acquittal of Fahim
Ansari.
The judge ends the acquittal with a brief but emotional
condolence to Shahid.
(CONTINUED)
136.
233 233 CONTINUED:
Fahim & Khalid are teary eyed.
SUPER : Shahid's youngest brother Khalid, also a lawyer,
assisted in the successful acquittal of Fahim Ansari.
Prosecution's appeals to the higher courts were also
unsuccessful.

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