A grey, smoke smudged sky over which we hear a distant radio sound.

The camera continues

downward past an unsightly row of bricks.
Int: home- day
On a computer/TV screen watching movies.
Scene 1: inside the living room ...Sal expressing wish to be writer
raj
I heard, you havent being doing well in your job.
Maine suna hai ke tum apne kam per dhyaan nahi de rahe ho.
Sal
Ive been trying to do well .
Main kosish kar raha hoon ke main acchi tarah se kam karu
raj
You can join me at my gas station/motel business. Why dont you start working at my gas station?
raj
Tum mere saath mere gas station/motel business mein lag jaao. Tum mere gas station mein
kaam kyun nahi karte?
-every one from our family has a job at the gas station or at the motel.
Har koi gas station ya motel mein naukri kar raha hai
Sal
- I don't want to do that.
Main ye nahi karna chahta.
raj
What? Where eIse you going to get 10 bucks an hour and medical insurance and you have
friends watching your front and your back.
Kya? Tumhe aur kahan ek ghante ke 10 rupaiye(indian rupee) milenge, saath hi medical
insurance aur tumhare dost tumhare saath rahenge
Sal
I'm going to be a writer and maybe even write for movies. I will go to college for writing.
main writer banunga aur shayad main filmo ke liye kahaniyan likhun. Main writer ban ne college
jaaunga

raj
Do what? Writing?
Kya karoge? Likhoge?
Sal
Yes
Haan

raj (sarcastically laughing)

And i wilI buy a mansion in Miami.
Aur main Miami mein ek bangla kharidoonga
raj
Sal grow up, be a better man.Think about it.
Sal, bachpana chodo. be a man.sapna chodho.

Kid
Its dream of mine to be writer.
Ye mera sapna hai ke main lekhak banun
raj
Dreams never come true.
Sapne kabhi sach nahi hote. sunoh Sapne kabhi sach nahi hote.
tum writer kabhi nahin bano ga.

raj (laughing)
tum Javed akhtar, salim khan bano ga.
tum harry potter/lord of the rings likho gey

Sal
i will try

raj
tum.(pointing at sal )keeps laughing.humare family mein koi writer hi nahin hain.
Sal
i will be the first
Raj
Sapne kabhi sach nahi hote. sunoh Sapne kabhi sach nahi hote.

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Grand central
Scene: discussing with raj about father's business

raj
I know, youre friend is in hospital.
Mujhe pata hai ke tumhare dost hospital mein hai.
You can take coupIe of weeks off from work.
Tum kuch hafto ke liye chutti le sakte ho
Sal
I need to do this.
Mujhe ye karna hai

raj
Your father was good at computers and he saved aII of his Iife......to bring the family to this
country.
Tumhare pitaji computers mein kaafi ache the aur zindagi bhar who paise jod te taaki apne
family ko yahan, is desh mein laa sake.
raj
He got a good job at a software company .He had a nice IittIe house...
Unh ek aachecompany mein achhi naukri lag gayi. Un ke paas ek achha ghar tha
raj

Somebody soId him on the idea he ought to move to California... ...and do business. He was
honest....he buys some Iand, you know, and start software and a real estate business. Within five
months, real estate goes down. It was the Depression.CouIdn't seII the Iand.There was no work.
So one day......he moved back to India.
Didn't come back and he left you with us to take care. Ive been taking care for you.This is how
you repay.
Kisi ne unhe yeh keh ke bech diya ke use California jaana hai. Aur wahin apna karobaar karna
hai. Who honest the. Unhone kuch zameen kharidi. Aur software aur real estate ka karobaar
shuru kiya. Paanch mahine mein real estate doob gaya. Depression . zameen nahi becha. Kaam
nahi tha. Aur ek din, wo fir India laut gaye.
Wapis nahi aaye aur tumhe hamare saath chode gaye taaki ham tumhari dekh bhal kare. Main
tumhari dekh bhal karta aaya hoon. Aur tum is ke badle ye karoge?
Sal
Well, I will pay back.
Main tumhara karz chukka doonga
raj
You are good hard working boy but it takes you an hour to read five pages.
woh sab chodo,Tum ek ache aur mehnati ladke ho, lekin tumhe paanch panne(page) padhne
mein ek ghanta lagta hai
You got a good job at the gas station.
Tumhare paas ek achhi naukri hai gas station mein
raj
Chasing a stupid dream...causes nothing but you and everyone around you heartache.
Ek bewakuf sapne sey kya mile ga sapna sakaar nahi hoga, aur tumhe aur tumhre family ko
dukh hoga.bas aur kya hoga/
raj
Films, writing is for rich kids...
Films, lekhan ameer bachho ke liye hai
It's not for u.It is for those who come from film/ theatre families and backgrounds.
Ye tumhare liye nahi hai. Ye un logon ke liye hai jo filmo families se ho.tumre father koi amitabh
bachanan nahin hai.
You have a good life.
Tumhare paas achhi zindagi hai

You can take over the hotel/gas station. In coupIe of years, u will make more than even me. You
can even bring ur father here.
Tum hotel/gas station ko take over kar sakte ho , kuch saalon mein, tum mujh se zyada
kamaaoge. Tum apne father ko bhi yahan laa sakte ho
Sal
I don't wanna to be the guy that works at a gas station. I want to do my own thing.
Main gas station main nahi kaam karna chahta. mein janta ho mere father amitabh bachanan
nahin nai bus mujhe writer bana hai.
Main apne bal pa kuch karna chahta hoon.

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Ext -day
Sal, carrying a small bag, walks up the snow covered sidewalk. He hesitates
Staring up at his house.
Int - day
Sal steps inside, his face flushed.

Scene: with raj for New Years etc.

raj
I havent seen you in a while.
Maine tumhe kai dino se nahi dekha hai
Where have you been? Have you been calling your parents?
Kahan chale gaye the? Kya tumne apne parents se baat ki?
Sal
I've been preparing for the entrance exam, taking classes and working at the studio.
Main entrance exam ko prepare kar raha tha, classes jaa raha tha aur studio mein kaam kar raha
tha
Sal
-I'II go to NYU next year.

Main agle saal NYU jaaunga aur phir writer banu ga

Sal
I didn't make it to NYU this semester.
Is semester mein main NYU nahi jaa saka
Sal
But it was so exciting.
Per ye kaafi exciting raha
raj
Do I stiII have to Iisten to this crap?
Kya mujhe ab bhi is bakwaas ko sun na chahiye. bus apne kam karo aur jayo.

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Sals script is selected and movie is madeand selected for screening at a festival
Sal (talking with raj)
I've never asked you for anything in my Life.
Maine aaj tak aap se kabhi kuch nahi maanga hai
Sal
Promise me my parents will be on that plane tomorrow.
Waada karo ke kal mere maa baap us plane mein honge
Sal
I want you to be there too.
Main chahta hoon ke tum bhi wahan raho