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A THRILLER SCRIPT

SCENE 1: MANUFACTURING UNIT DAY/INT

A plastic manufacturing unit. Plastic wares….we establish the unit.

SCENE 2: OWNER’S CABIN DAY/INT

We are into the owner’s cabin…we introduce..Salauddin Shaikh..(48)…doing namaz…he

never misses the namaz either at home or at work. We establish him properly as he is in
his prayer. His close as he prays…FADE OUT

SCENE 3: LUCKNOW AIRPORT DAY/EXT

CAPTION: 21ST AUGUST 2016

Exterior shot of Lucknow airport..sound of plane taking off…

SCENE 4: AIRPORT INTERIOR DAY/INT

Establishing shots of airport interior….

SCENE 5: AIRPORT POLICE CABIN DAY/INT

We see PSI Anand Jaiswal..on phone…landline..he is checking on a computer monitor..

(PSI: Sir…Salauddin Shaikh ki booking dikh rahi hain..19 August ki raat 11.15 ki flight ki
Mumbai ke liye…par no show raha hain…Salauddin Shaikh ne check in hi nahi kiya…he
didn’t board the flight at all..)…

SCENE 6: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

Manzilbagh PS….From a photo on the table that of Salauddin Shaikh..camera pans to PSI
Vivek Joshi walking in…to PI Dinesh Singh..(PSI: Sir..Salauddin airport tak shayad
pahuncha hi nahi….he didn’t take the flight he was booked for..and there was no flight
other than that..that night for Mumbai)..camera moves to PI Dinesh Singh..who looks at
Nisha Shaikh..(45)..seated with her son…20 year old Tanveer Shaikh and 52 year old
Miraj Shaikh..Salauddin’s elder brother…(PI: Nishaji….Mirajji…Salauddin Mumbai mein
kisse milne jaa rahe the….Nisha: Ye tho unhone bataya nahi hamein…Tanveer: Papa apne
business ke kaam se hi jaa rahe honge….Miraj: Par…2 din tak mera bhai Salaudin phone
na kare..phone na uthaaye..aisa nahi kar sakta hain…Nisha: Unki return ticket 23 taarik
ki hain..PI: Par NIshaji..wo Mumbai gaye hi nahi hain…unke factory mein tho kisi ko pata
ho sakta hain…wo kya kaam se jaa rahe the…Nisha: Haan ho sakta hain…par unka phone
kyon bandh aa raha hain…PI: Ye tho ab aapke shohar tak pahunchkar hi pata kar sakte
hain…)…

TRAILER OF THE EPISODE

SCENE 7: MANUFACTURING UNIT DAY/EXT

The police vehicle comes to a halt outside the unit….PSI gets off with a constable walks
in….
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SCENE 8: INSIDE UNIT DAY/INT

PSI and constables walks across the unit..CUT..they are with Aslam Warsi..(32)..the
factory supervisor…(Aslam: Mumbai mein tho hamare kaafi saare retailers hain..ab wo
unmein se kisko milne jaa rahe the pata nahi sir..PSI: Aisa koi ek bhi hoga..jo bata sakta
ho..ki Salauddin Shaikh kisse milne jaa rahe the?..Aslam: Sir..mujhe tho sirf unhone jaa
rahe hain ye bataya..kisse milne..kiss kaam se ye nahi bataya..bhabhiji ka bhi phone aaya
tha..now..ajeeb hain..Salauddinbhai…ka kuch pata nahi chal raha…)…

SCENE 9: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

PI Looks at Nisha…who is trying to think…Tanveer also looking at her..(Tanveer:

Ammi..taxi ka color tho yaad hoga…Nisha: It was a private taxi..headlight on thi…color ya
number maine theek se dekha nahi….)…FLASH

SCENE 10: OUTSIDE SALAUDDIN’S KOTHI NIGHT/EXT

CAPTION: 19TH AUGUST 2016

A decent well tho do Kothi…we travel with Salauddin Shaikh..rolling his suitcase..a
decently big one….turns..at the gate we see the front of a cab..the headlights on..we
cannot make out the color..but can see it’s a vehicle waiting..(Salauddin: Khuda
Hafiz..Nisha…Nisha: (at the door of the house)..Khuda Hafiz..pahunchte hi sms kar
dena…Salauddin: Haan bilkul..)..he opens the gate of the compound and exits..camera
moves to Nisha watching…the cab reverses and leaves..we see the headlights
move….FLASH OVER (**Salauddin’s car would be parked outside….On the side..a hatch
back car)

SCENE 11: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

Close of Nisha..(Nisha: Taxi thi itna pata hain…PI: Ye koi regular taxi thi..jo wo hamesha
bulate ho..kahi travel karne ke liye…Nisha: Nahi…itna pata nahi hain…PI: aap apne bhai
ke saath business mein partner hain Mirajji?..Miraj: Nahi..mera ready made garments ka
showroom hain…par Salauddin would definitely going for some business purpose
only?..PI: Par wo Mumbai gaye nahi aisa lagta hain..because the next day also 20 th there
is no flight he has taken…Tanveer: Sir..yahi kahin raaste mein kuch hua ho…agar…aur
hamein pata hi nahi chala…PI: We we will check that also…)…

SCENE 12: LUCKNOW SHOTS DAY/EXT

CAPTION: LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH..Static cuts of Lucknow…with stay…a build

up…(PSI’s voice: Salauddin Shaikh is the name..age 49 years..height 5 feet 10 inches…last
seen..outside his house boarding a taxi…for the airport….taxi number not known yet…he
was wearing a white shirt and grey pant…carrying a large red suitcase….(**whichever
color clothes/suitcase given)…)…

SCENE 13: A TAXI STAND DAY/EXT

We see Constable Pandey…talking to three four cab drivers..he is showing them the
photo of Salauddin Shaikh..(Pandey: 19 ki raat ko Manzil Nagar mein..kothi number..43
ke bahar se pick up kiya tha inko….Harish..(a cab driver): Saab..poochna padega…kaun
taxi wala tha…ab…unhone direct bulaya ho…Pandey: Pata karo Harish…kaun taxi wala
tha…we don’t have the taxi number also….Rakesh: (another cab driver)…Saab..19 taarik
ko koi taxi wale ka accident hua ho..aisi bhi khabar nahi hain…Pandey: Tho kahaan gaya
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taxi..aur taxi wala..doondh ke nikalo…saare taxi walon mein khabar faila do…ye photo
rakh lo…)..he gives the photo to Harish..

SCENE 14: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

Close of PI talking to PSI…(PI: No accident..no loot vardaat?..)..camera pans to PSI..(PSI:

No sir..nothing reported…Salauddin ke phone records ek ghante mein hamare paas
honge…PI: Kidnapping ho sakti hai? Businessman hain. PSI: Sir…unki wife aur unke bhai
kisi ke bhi phone par ab tak…ransom call tho aaya nahi..PI: Phone records mein dekho…
kya nikalta hain..pata tho chale..who was he going to meet in Mumbai…)…

SCENE 15: SALAUDIN’S HOUSE DAY/INT

Miraj trying on the phone…message this phone is switched off…we see Miraj’s son…24
year old Aamir Shaikh..walking in..(Aamir: Abbu…checked with the taxi stand in the
area..no one has an idea who was the taxi guy whose taxi chacha took….Miraj: Phone
abhi tak bandh hi hain..Salauddin ka..)..camera pans to Nisha seated worried..by her side
is Jamila Shaikh..(49)..Miraj’s wife…Tanveer stands at the desk..leaning looking worried..
(Tanveer: Abbu..itne time tak to phone bandh nahi rakhenge..aur bandh rakhenge hi
kyon…Jamila: Nisha…zara theek se yaad karo…taxi number…kuch tumne dekha…Nisha:
Nahi yaad hain Jamila..kyonke mujhe taxi number dikhi nahi..shayad dikhti tho bhi
main..dhyaan shayad nahi deti….aisa kuch hone wala hain pata thode hi tha mujhe…
Miraj: Salauddin ne kuch nahi bataya..kisse milne jaa raha tha..Mumbai?...Nisha: Nahi
bataiya Mirajbhai..wo kab apne kaam ke baare mein batate hain?...)…

SCENE 16: MUMBAI DAY/EXT

CAPTION: MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA…Shots of Mumbai…..static cuts…sound of phone

ringing….

SCENE 17: TAMBE’S OFFICE DAY/INT

SAtish Tambe (45) is a plastic wares wholesale dealer..this is his small cabin..in his whole
sale ware house…he picks up the ringing phone..(Satish: Hello..PSI: May I know who is
that speaking…Satish: Kaam kya hain bhaisaab…PSI: This is Sub Inspector Vivek Joshi
from Lucknow…Satish: Namaste..boliye..main SAtish Tambe bol raha hoon..)..INTERCUT

SCENE 18: PSI AREA DAY/INT

PSI with phone records of Salauddin Shaikh..(PSI: Salauddin Shaikh from Lucknow..inse
aapki …17 August, 18 August, 19 August teeno din baat hui hain..aur aap Mumbai mein
hain…Satish: Jee haan bilkul..baat hui hain..usse pehle bhi hui hain…20 ko subah 9 baje
hamari meeting thi Salauddinbhai se..par wo aaye hi nahi …unka phone bhi bandh aa
raha hain..baat kya hain sir…PSI: Tho wo aap hi se milne aa rahe the…Satish: Haan mujhe
se mil hi rahe the..aur kisi se mil rahe ho tho pata nahi mujhe..sab theek tho hain…PSI:
Dekhiye aisa hain..ki Salauddin Shaikh nikle tho the ghar se airport ke liye..par flight
unhone board nahi ki…Satish: Acchha..phir kahan gaye wo? Kuch gadbad tho nahi
hain..PSI: Aaj…22 August hain aur unko koi pata nahi..unhone aapko kuch inform nahi
kiya uske baad?..Satish: Nahi..main unse unki factory se goods khareedne ke silsile mein
milna chahta tha…main wholesale dealer hoon..wo milne aa rahe the..par…aaye hi nahi
aur nahi kuch inform kiya…)..
SCENE 19: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT
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Nisha totally shaken up..Tanveer also rattled..(Tanveer: Dushmani? Abbu ki?..Nisha:

Nahi..wo tho aise the hi nahi…ki kabhi koi jhagda kare ya bair rakhe kisi se..PI:
Dekhiye..wo Mumbai tho gaye nahi hain…we went through the airport CCTV again..ki kisi
aur naam se book kiya ho ticket…Tanveer: Aur naam se? Abbu aisa kyon karenge?..PI:
Gayab bhi kaise hue aur kyon hue hamein abhi tak pata nahi Tanveer. Random loot ki koi
vardaat saamne nahi aayi..naahi Lucknow City mein..naahi airport road par..jismein koi
taxi involved ho…aur kidnapping ho agar..tho ab tak ransom call bhi nahi aaya hain…aur
aapke abbu..aapke shohar…ab chaar din baad bhi saamne nahi hain..matter thoda
gambhir hain..dushmani..koi affair…koi badla le sakta hain..aisa kuch hain kya?
….)..camera moves to Nisha and Tanveer..both aghast…puzzled…scared…..

SCENE 20: MANUFACTURING UNIT DAY/EXT

Outside the unit..a few workers..about 8-9 people..along with Aslam Warsi..talking to
Constable Pandey….and two other constables..(Aslam: Bahut hi nek aur saaf dil insaan
hain…Salaauddinbhai…sab ka bhala hi chaha hain aur kiya bhi hain…Worker 1: Eid ho ya
Diwali ho…ham sab ka bahut khyaal rakhte hain…Pandey: Chalo wo theek hain..ye
batao..Aslambhai…koi regular taxi wala tha kya…jo..unko travel ke dauran drop karta
ho….kyonki unke phone records mein tho unhone kisi bhi taxi waale se sampark kiya
ho…aisa dikh nahi raha hain….Aslam: Aisa tho hamein pata nahi…unhone kabhi bataya
nahi..aur khud se hamein pata nahi…)…

SCENE 21: OUTSIDE A MASJID DAY/EXT

We see a Masjid official…52 year old Mushtaq Mohammed…talking to Pandey and the
two constables..(Mushtaq: Ye kaisa sawaal hain bhai? Pandey: Seedha sawaal hain…
Mushtaqbhai..Salaudinbhai ka kisi se koi ranjish..Mushtaq: Bhai Yahaan wo..namaaz
padne aate hain…aur kaafi regularly aate hain…bahut hi religious hain wo..
(**appropriate word)…din mein 5 baar kahin bhi ho..namaaz zaroor padte hain…pichle
saal haj bhi karke aaye hain Salaudinbhai…ab dushmani ya bair ki baat tho nahi ki kabhi
yahaan…sunke ajeeb lag raha hain ki Salaudin bhai aise lapata hain..)…

SCENE 22: PSI AREA DAY/INT

PSI trying on his cell phone..message..phone is switched off…he cuts looks at the phone
records…..

SCENE 23: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

Harish the cab driver…standing..looking at PI..(Harish: Sir..have checked all taxis in the
Manzil nagar area…sir udhar se tho kisine ye Salauddin Shaikh ko 19 ki raat ko pick up
nahi kiya…PI: Baaki area ke taxi drivers se bhi pata kar…Harish…kahin doosre area ka
taxi driver ho..Harish: Sir..lekin koi phone number tho hoga..inhone taxi waale ko kisi bhi
zariye se bulaya tho hoga..)..

CUT..PSI with PI..(PSI: Sir ye ajeeb baat..hain..Salaudin ke phone records mein 19 taarik
ko kahin bhi show nahi kar raha ki usne kisi taxi ko bulaya ho..I have checked all
numbers….ek sirf last call hua hain unke phone se…444678987…iss number par jo
switched off hain..uske details mangwa raha hoon…PI: Kahin ye number hain iss case ki
kadi na ho? Shayad..Nisha kuch mistake kar rahi hain..taxi na ho..koi aur gaadi ho..kisi ki
private gaadi ho…koi unko drop kar raha ho..aur drop karte karte kuch aur kar gaya
ho..)..

SCENE 24: OUTSIDE SALAUDDIN’S HOUSE DAY/EXT

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Police vehicle comes to a screeching halt…PI gets off..and walks in…build up this walk…

SCENE 25: INSIDE KOTHI DAY/INT

Close of Nisha…(Nisha: Unhone tho taxi hi kaha tha?...PI: Par aapne taxi hi dekha
tha?)..camera pans to Tanveer..we see…Miraj…Aamir and Jamila also there..(Tanveer:
Abbu se maine kaha tha..main drop kar deta hoon….unhone hi mana kiya tha..)…FLASH

SCENE 26: KOTHI NIGHT/INT

CAPTION: 19TH AUGUST 2016…WE SEE..Salaudin coming out his room..with his
suitcase….Tanveer..enters frame..(Tanveer: Abbu…should I drop you at the airport?
Salaudin: No..beta..the taxi will be here shortly….)….Nisha enters frame..(Nisha: Aap kab
tak laut rahe hain…Salaudin: 23 ki subah ki return flight hain Nisha..urgently nikalna tha
isliye bata nahi saka tum logon ko…)…he talks as he moves to the door..FLASH OVER

SCENE 27: INSIDE KOTHI DAY/INT

Camera pans to PI..(PI: But in his phone records it’s clear that he hasn’t booked any
taxi..and not even got a call from a taxi guy that he has reached..normally aisa hota
hain..taxiwala phone karke bolta hain bhai pahunch gaya hoon…)..PI holds out the phone
records..Miraj looks into it..(PI: this is 444678987..is the last number called from
Salaudin’s phone and this number is switched off…SAlaudin ka last location..jahaan
phone switched off hua hain..is…Nupurganj..which is on the way to the airport…Nisha:
Kiska number hain ye?..PI: Ye hamein abhi pata nahi..par last call ispar hua tha aapke
shohar ke phone se..aur ye phone bandh hain…that gives out a very strange and
suspecting signal…)..Nisha..Tanveer..Jameela..Miraj..Aamir all puzzled and shocked..(PI:
We have checked almost every taxi guy in the area…no one has come here that night…
Nishaji..aap theek se yaad kijiye..taxi hi thi..ya kisi aur ki gaadi..)..camera moves to Miraj..
(Miraj: Taxi nahi thi tho Nisha taxi thi kyon bolegi..aur Salaudin kyon jhooth bolega?..PI:
Ye ham tho definitely nahi bata sakte? (**a sarcastic feel)..kyon ki gayab Salaudin huein
hain..jo inke shohar hain..inke abbu hain..aapke chote bhai hain..aap hi logon ko batana
padega..maanjhra hain kya..)..camera moves to Nisha..(Nisha: Shayad…mere shohar ne
taxi bulayi hain bataya isiliye tho kahin mujhe taxi hain aisa nahi laga…)…Miraj looks at
Nisha..(Nisha: (looks up)..Par taxi nahi thi tho aur kaun ho sakta hain? Aur..ab tak
Salaudin ne hamein contact kyon nahi kiya…)…

SCENE 28: LANES- CHAWL LANES DAY/EXT

Lucknow feel..we see Pandey on his bike..close shot..as he traverses on his

bike..CUT..Pandey talking to a chawl wala…Pandey is on his bike..he is holding the phone
record..of the number…444678987…(**it’s in the name of a Sushil Kumar..a photo also
there..)..the man nods in the negative..CUT..Pandey seated on his bike..showing it to a
kirana shop guy outside his shop…the shop owner thinks..says nahi..ye address tho nahi
pata….

CUT..Chawl lanes…Pandey..moving through the lanes….his close on the bike…a build up

as he traverses the lanes…

SCENE 29: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

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PSI walks in..(PSI: Sir there is something very suspicious in this Salaudin missing
case..the number…444678987..is on a fake address..dont know the identity of the man
on whose name the number has been procured…PI: That should be fake too…which
makes one thing for sure…there is something more in this missing case…he has been
forced to go missing…PSI: Iss phone number…444678987…ye ek hi call aaya hain..which
is strongly pointing to the possibility of a crime….aur aaj 5 din hogaye…we don’t have
one single clue of Salaudin’s where abouts…PI: Gayab hua banda itna chup tabhi hota
hain..ya jab usse bolna nahi hota khud se kahin chala gaya ho..ya phir who bol hi nahi
sakta…)…

SCENE 30: A CHAWL LANE NIGHT/EXT

Abrupt cut from the above scene..we track back with the close of …41 year old Lokesh
Maurya ..a lower class man..looking very disturbed…(Lokesh’s voice: Roz mach mach hota
hain ghar mein…dimaag kharaab hojaata hain mera..main bas..ghar chodd ke nikal jaata
hoon…)…This would be all the while he is walking…

CUT..Another chawl lane..leading out to an open area..we see Lokesh carrying a black
polyethene..liqour inside…he is walking ..still looking troubled..(Lokesh’s voice: Seedhe
jaakar theke se ek bottle khareedta hoon…aur apni regular jagah pe jaake baith jaata
hoon..)..

SCENE 31: A BROKEN STRUCTURE NIGHT/EXT

Lokesh sits down takes out the liquor bottle..starts drinking…he is carrying a little
singhdana also…munches and keeps drinking…a little relaxed feel as he drinks..(Lokesh’s
voice: Baithke ghataghat daaru peeta hoon…dimaag thanda hojaata hain..then I just lie
down at this place..chain ki neend sone ke liye..)…a drunk…Lokesh..lies down and goes to
sleep….camera moves to his close..as sleeps peacefully….ABRUPT CUT

SCENE 32: OUTSIDE THE BROKEN STRUCTURE DAY/EXT

We see Lokesh..standing..with PSI Dhiraj Khanna..and two three constables…a police

vehicle also there….(Lokesh: Subah dimaag shaant hone pe ghar jaata hoon..saab…aaj
bhi aise jaa raha tha..tab ye suitcase dekha maine idhar jhaadiyon..mein)..camera moves
to the suitcase..the red suitcase..we see a constable opening the suitcase….it’s in the
bushes..lying hidden….as the suitcase opens we see the dead body of
Salaudin..decomposed..in the same clothes as was described…blood clotted near his
head..he has been hit at the back…of his head…blood in the suitcase…a very ghastly
visual..his nose has been cut…(**this nose cut has to be prominent).PSI Dhiraj comes
around..looks at the body….a scared Lokesh telling the constables..(Lokesh: Maine khol
ke dekha tho ye dead body tha..main ghar bhaaga..meri biwi boli police ko inform kar
do..tum roz udhar jaake baiththe ho..tum pe hi aayega..saamne se bata do..tho main bata
diya saab…)..PSI looking at the body..turns to the constable near him…(PSI: Isnt this the
missing man..whose photo had come to our police station..Constable: (Peering at the
body)…Lagta tho wohi hain saab..)…PSI looks inside the suitcase…a portion of the nose…
on the side….

(**LOKESH’S VO IN THE EARLIER SCENE IS THE PRELUDE TO HIS NARRATING TO THE

COPS- SHOULD NOT MENTION SAAB IN THE VO. THIS VO AND IT’S VISUALS SHOULD
HAVE AN UNCANNY FEEL TO IT- IT CUTS TO A DIFFERENT STORY- AND THEN
CONNECTS TO THIS MAIN STORY)…

SCENE 33: HOSPITAL CORRIDOR DAY/INT

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Track back with Miraj..Nisha and Tanveer..all three shaken up..main PSI leading them….a
long take as we establish their shock and anguish….

SCENE 34: POST MORTEM ROOM DAY/INT

PSI walks in..with Miraj..Nisha and Tanveer coming behind him..PSI walks to the
body..removes the sheet…they all look…taken aback..the nose has been stitched back to
the body….(PSI: THE BODY was found in the red suitcase..in Nupurganj area…close to the
airport)....Nisha shaken up….Tanveer broken..Tanveer rushes to the body..abbu..abbu..he
shouts..Nisha is feeling nauseated..she is about to swoon…Miraj goes down..(Miraj:
Nisha..Nisha..)…close of Tanveer crying…..(**THE STITCH AT THE NOSE HAS TO BE
VISIBLE)

SCENE 35: OUTSIDE MIRAJ’S KOTHI DAY/EXT

Constable Pandey with a photographer..two three constables also there…forensic team

also there….we see a car parked…Miraj’s car..a hatchback car..photos being taken of the
car…the tyres..the door opened..inside checked..we see forensic officer Mukesh Rathi
(35) checking the insides of the car..camera pans to Jameela standing shaken up..Aamir
by her side..(**they have heard the news of salaudin’s death…)…Aamir is also agitated..
(Aamir: Aap log kar kya rahe hain..Pandey: Photo le rahe hain..Aamir: But why our car?
Are you suspecting that it was not a taxi and it was our car?...Pandey: Murder hua hain…
har angle dekhna padega…)…camera moves to Jameela…

SCENE 36: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

An angry Miraj gets up..(Miraj: I Just got the news of my younger’s brother’s death..and
you are inquiring with me? Inquiring? Aap saaf saaf mere pe shak kar rahe hain?)..PI gets
up..(PI: Aap chote bhai ke death hui hain. Par wo murder hain. Aur jo information
hamare paas hain wo ye hain ki…aapke aur aapke bhaisaab ki ek three BHK flat hain…jo
rent par hain…Miraj: Tho? Is that enough for me to kill my younger brother? Rent
money? That’s a flat we both bought after we sold our ancestral kothi. Uska rent ham
dono share karte the. PI: Share karte the? Ab bhai nahi raha. Uski vidhwa aur 20 saal ka
beta shayad ladd nahi payenge uss share ke liye. ..Miraj: Bakwas kar rahe hain
aap..dimaag thikaane nahi hain aapka…ek 25000 ki rent ke liye I will get my brother
killed? …Just for that rent..PI: Nahi. Ghar ki keemat kaafi jyaada hogi..posh area mein
hain…Miraj: Salaudin mera chota bhai tha..aap jabardasti khured rahe hain…jahaan kuch
hain nahi…PI: Kahaan hain phir..Salaudin ki business mein koi ranjish nahi..koi
dushmani nahi…nek dil..saaf dil insaan..sabhi keh rahe hain..phir kyon murder hua
uska…wo bhi ek trip par jaa raha tha..aadhe raaste usse..maar diya gaya..Miraj Shaikh…
Salaudin ki body par..uski naak kati hui thi…kata hua portion suitcase mein choda
gaya…)..CAMERA MOVES TO MIRAJ..(PI: Yahaan bahut kuch personal nazar aa raha
hain….…Miraj: Lekin wo jo bhi personal hain…mere saath nahi hain..ham dono bhai kaafi
kareeb the..ek doosre ke)…

SCENE 37: PSI AREA DAY/INT

A shaken up Tanveer..eyes moist..(Tanveer: Abbu ke credit cards honge..debit card

hoga..phone hoga..thoda cash bhi hoga…kapde honge…aur kya ho sakta hain..PSI:
Hamein suitcase ke andar sirf body mili…aur kata hua naak ka piece..jo hamne stitch
kiya…)..camera moves to Tanveer…shaken up ..no answers..(PSI: Aisa kaun kar sakta
hain..Tanveer..)..Tanveer…not knowing what to say…
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SCENE 38: SALAUDIN’S HOUSE DAY/INT

Front room..people from the unit seated quiet..all in mourning…we see Aslam also…
Miraj….Aamir….Tanveer..solemn feel….

INSIDE ROOM…Nisha seated on the bed crying….we see lady constable Pushpa..in civil
dress..salwar kameez..showing the photos of the car…Miraj’s car…one after the other..
(Pushpa: Yaad kijiye Nishaji..kya ye gaadi thi..jisse aapke shohar airport ke liye nikle
the…Nisha: (tears in her eyes)..Mujhe yaad nahi hain…Pushpa: Nishaji..kahin koi izzat..ya
beizzati ki baat….)..Nisha looks up at the lady constable…Pushpa…a sense of puzzlement
and shock at the question…

SCENE 39: PSI DHIRAJ’S AREA DAY/INT

PSI Dhiraj on phone..(Dhiraj: Sir..ham yahaan ke saare history sheeters ko khangaal rahe
hain..everyone in any previous incident of loot..robbery murder…lekin abhi tak kisi ka
ismein role saamne nahi aaya hain..)..INTERCUT

SCENE 40: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

PI on phone..(PI: Dig deeper Dhiraj…his body has been found at the point where his
phone also has been switched off…where the last call was made…we are sure that this is
a planned murder and not something that just happened on the spur..the history sheeter
we would be looking at is a supari killer…)…PI cuts the phone turns to PSI..(PI: This is
not a random killing..naak kaati gayi hain…Salaudin ki..kahin koi gehri chot hain…aur ye
chot andar hi ho sakti hain..ghar ke andar..PSI: Uske ghar pe..baaki saare logon ki poori
information nikalwa raha hoon..phone records bhi mangwaaye hain..PI: Dekhte hain
saazish kitni bareeki se ki gayi hain aur kitna hamein andar jaana padega..to crack it…)…

SCENE 41: GRAVEYARD DAY/EXT

To the chantings of prayer…Salaudin’s coffin is brought down into the ground….we see
Tanveer..Aamir…Miraj..Aslam and a few others…the sand is put over the coffin..a solemn
feel….

SCENE 42: FORENSIC DEPARTMENT DAY/INT

Mukesh Rathi on phone…(Mukesh: Miraj Shaikh ki car ki poori scanning ki hain hamne…
but we found nothing no trace of blood..no hair particles anything matching with that of
Salaudin Shaikh…)..INTERCUT

SCENE 43: PI CABIN DAY/INT

PI on phone..(PI: The suitcase officer? Anything in the suitcase that can give us any
clue?..Mukesh: Nothing. Clear of finger prints. PI: Isnt that too neat a job?...Mukesh: It
might be. But the body of Salaudin has been fitted in it..it might have erased whatever
finger prints were there…might be just a resultant of that)…

SCENE 44: SALAUDIN’S KOTHI DAY/INT

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Close of Nisha..she looks up…a little shaken up..she stands up…she would have been
sitting..she looks at PI..Pushpa…Tanveer also there..Tanveer is also puzzled…(Nisha:
Par ..ye baat..15 saal pehle ki hain…PI: Dushmani ke jadd expiry date ke saath nahi aate
Nishaji.. Kya ye sach hain..ki aap mein aur Miraj ki biwi Jameela mein bilkul nahi jamti
thi?..Nisha: Ye sach hain..lekin…ham alag hone ke baad…sab kuch theek hi raha hain…
Tanveer: Badeabbu..abbu se kaafi kareeb hain sir…PI: Tanveer..sirf maara nahi..maarne
ke baad naat kaata hain…vikrut tho hain hi..saath mein..it also hints..there is something
about…being insulted or humiliated or subjugated…Nisha: But Jameela ki nahi banti thi
mere saath..ismein…mere shohar ka koi kirdaar tha hi nahi…ye gharelu maamla tha…PI:
Par issi baat ko lekar pushtaini kothi bechkar dono bhai alag tho hue…)…camera moves
to Nisha

SCENE 45: PSI AREA DAY/INT

Camera moves to PSI checking phone records….Jameela…Miraj..Aamir…

Nisha..Tanveer..everyone..cross checking on calls….

SCENE 46: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

Close of Miraj..exasperated..camera pans to Jameela…shaken up..(Jameela: Aap hamare

hi khilaaf mohim chala rahe hain …aap tule hue hain saabit karne par ki hamne hi
Salaudinbhai ka katl karwaya?..PI: Kya ham sahi disha mein chal rahe hain? Miraj: Bilkul
nahi…PI: Aapne pichli baar iss baat ki zikr tak nahi ki thi ki pushtaini kothi ko bechne
aur batwara karne mein …conflict waali baat thi..aapki biwi aur Salaudin ki biwi ke
beech….Miraj: Uss conflict ke pare jaakar maine aur Salaudin ne..ek 3BHK flat..saath
mein li..jisse hamne rent pe chadayi..ye bhi maine aap ko nahi batayi..aapne pata kiya
tha…jismein aapko saaf dikhna chahiye tha ki hamare beech koi anbann nahi thi..PI: Jo
dikhta hain uske peeche kya chupa hua hain ye doondhna hamara kaam hain Miraj
Shaikh..yahaan murder hua hain..aapke bhai ka…koi dabba eyespice ka game nahi ho
raha..naak kaati gayi hain..maarne ke baad..maarne wale ne ya phir maarne wale ko…
khaas instruction diya gaya hain..ye karne ke liye..yahaan kuch nahi chupa hain..saaf saaf
dikh raha hain..badla hain ..kisi beizzati ka…Jameela: mere aur Nisha ke beech do sisters
in law beech hone wali nok jhonk thi..ek hi ghar mein the..alag ghar se aaye the…alag
kaum ke the..tho banne banane mein time laga…aisa nahi tha ki..sabki pehle se jamti
hain….Nisha se nikaah karke aaye the..Salaudin..tab inke abbu ammi bhi naraaz
the..)..camera moves to PI..(PI: Alag Kaum? Matlab..Nisha Muslim nahi hain…Jameela:
Nahi Hindu hain…Miraj: Yahaan baat kahin se kahin jaa rahi hain saab…Jameela aur
Nisha ki nok jhonk…thi..bas utni hi thi..we brothers decided that we will move apart..so
that both our families live happily..we did that..and…after that we became more close…
Jameela aur Nisha tho ab..sisters in law kam aur behne jyaada hain…PI: Wasn’t Nisha
accepted by your parents? …Miraj: Saab unhe khed thi..Salaudin jab uske saath nikaah
karke aaya…par…wo maan gaye..maine ammi abbu ko kaafi samjhaya…Jameela: Inhone
ne hi…Nisha ko ghar mein apnane mein pehel ki thi….warna abbi ammu tho tab hi
Salaudinbhai ko ghar se aur saare jaaydad se nikaalne waale the…)..camera moves to
PI….

SCENE 47: CHAWL LANES DAY/EXT

Muslim locality feel..we see Khabri Ashfaque..enter frame..talking on phone. (**if it can
be on some terrace..in Malwani or somewhere )….(Ashfaque: Sahi keh raha hain ye Miraj
aur uski begum…inke poorane padosiyon se baat ki maine…)..INTERCUT

SCENE 48: PSI AREA DAY/INT

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PSI on phone…(PSI: Ye murder kahin iss inter religion marriage ko lekar aaj itne salon
baad nikaali gayi dushmani tho nahi…Ashfaque: Ye..Shaikh parivar ke side se tho kuch
nikal nahi raha sir..PSI: Nisha ke side se?..Ashfaque: Nisha ke side se tho sirf uski maa
hain sir..kaafi aged hain…)…

SCENE 49: OUTSIDE MEENAKSHI’S HOUSE DAY/EXT

The name plate reads MEENAKSHI BHATNAGAR…PI rings the bell..constable Pushpa
with him…the door opened by 70 yeaer old Meenakshi Bhatnagar…(Meenakshi: Jee..PI:
Namaste..kuch baat karni thi aapse…Meenakshi: Kis baare mein..)…

SCENE 50: MEENAKSHI’S HOUSE DAY/INT

Close of Meenakshi seated..(**it’s a nice one BHK house…)…(Meenakshi: Main jaanti

hoon mere damaad ka dehant hua hain..main Nisha ke ghar par gayi thi..zaroori tho nahi
ussi waqt jaaon jab aap log ho…)..camera pans to PI seated..Pushpa standing..(PI:
Meenakshiji..aap naakhush thi..Nisha ki shaadi se…Meenakshi: Wo naakhushi..wo
gussa…wo 21 saal pehle tha..21 saal mein khaak ho chukka..ab aap uski khaakh chaan
rahe hain?…PI: Ham aapke damaad ki katl ki chaan been kar rahe hain Meenakshiji..aur
ye katl kahin na kahin kisi chuppe hue gusse se taluk rakhta hain..saaf dikh raha
hain..aur gussa ka ek jhadd bhi saaf dikh raha..ye inter religion marriage…Nisha aur
Salaudin ki…. Meenakshi: Dikh nahi raha hain..shayad aap yahaan doondh rahe hain..par
yahaan hain nahi…Salaudin ke parivar ne…accepted it..aur maine bhi..waise mera Nisha
ka Salaudin ka muslim hone se koi khaas aapati nahi thi..wo college mein saath mein
the ..bahut achche dost the….aapati thi tho sirf iss baat se thi..ki unhone jab faisla kiya
shaadi karne ka..tab Salaudin already shaadi shuda tha..wo talaak le raha tha apni pehli
biwi se…uska ek bachcha bhi tha..mujhe sirf ussi cheez thodi aapati thi..ki Nisha kisi ka
ghar tod rahi hain..jo insaan ek biwi ko iss tarah se chodd sakta hain kisi aur ke liye..wo
kal Nisha ko bhi chodd sakta hain…lekin Nisha nahi suni usne shaadi ki…)..camera
moves to PI…(**an expression..now this is a new angle..a first wife…)…

SCENE 50A: INSIDE POLICE VEHICLE DAY/EXT

PI in front, Pushpa at the back..PI on phone..(PI: Vivek…kahin Salaudin ke phone records

mein kisi aurat ka koi number mila kya?)..INTERCUT

SCENE 50B: PSI AREA DAY/INT

PSI on phone..(PSI: Nahi sir..jo saare the..uske biwi ko phones..ya business related
the..kyon..kisi affair ka kuch pata chala kya…PI: Nahi..ek pehli biwi ka pata chala hain…
kya pata kahi koi teesri bhi ho. Shaadi na sahi affair hi sahi...jiske side se koi khafa ya gila
shikwa raha ho…)..

SCENE 51: OUTSIDE SALAUDIN’S KOTHI DAY/EXT

Police vehicle comes to a screeching halt…PI gets off and walks in with Pushpa….

SCENE 52: INSIDE SALAUDIN’S KOTHI DAY/INT

Close of Nisha…(Nisha: Bataya nahi matlab? Mujhe ye baat zehen mein hi nahi hain…PI:
Pehli biwi ka bataya nahi? Kisi ke saath koi affair tha Salaudin ka? Jo shayad aapko pata
ho..aur wo bhi zehen mein na aaya ho..)..camera moves to Nisha..feeling broken..(Nisha:
Nahi aisa kuch nahi tha…Salaudin aur mere beech love marriage hui thi..we loved each
other....PI: Shayad aapse pehle unki pehli biwi ka bhi yahin aitbaar raha ho? Where is
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Salaudin’s first wife? Who is she?...Nisha: Yahin Lucknow mein hain…Farzana naam hain
uska…lekin 21 saal ho chuke hain..uski aur Salaudin ke talaak ke hue…PI: Rehti kahaan
hain ye…)…

SCENE 53: FARZANA’S HOUSE DAY/INT

A one BHK small kothi..we introduce in the inside room…Hassan Siddiqui..(23 years old-
Salaudin’s son from Farzana)..he picks up his ruck sack..walks out of the room..comes to
the front room..(Hassan: Main nikal raha hoon ammi..)..camera moves to Farzana..(47)…
seated knitting something or doing something…the bell rings….Hassan gets up and
opens the door..we see PSI there with a lady constable…(Hassan: Jee…PSI: Aap Hassan
Siddiqui hain? Hassan: Jee haan…)..Farzana gets up…(PSI: Aur aap Farzana
hain?..Hassan: Jee..baat kya hain…PSI: Salaudin Shaikh murder kisse karwaya tumne? Ya
khud kiya?)..camera moves to Hassan..taken aback hearing that..close of Farzana…

SCENE 54: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

Pushpa standing…PSI standing..close of Farzana..(Farzana: In 21 years..never has he

come to see me or his son…and you now are asking me and my son why we killed
him?..)..camera pans to Hassan..(Hassan: Jisse mera koi waasta hi nahi..usse maarkar ya
marwakar kaun sa sukoon aap ko lagta hain mujhe mil jayega?.Meri aur ammi ke zindagi
mein…aage sochne aur karne ke liye bahut kuch hain sir…aise khudgarz insaan ko
maarkar ham apni zindagi par koi daag lagayenge nahi…PI: Unneees August ko kahaan
the tum Hassan…Hassan: Yahi Lucknow mein hi tha..subah college mein..dopahar ko
doston ke saath aur raat ko ghar mein..Farzana: Hamein tho ab aapne jab bataya tab pata
chala ki Salaudin guzar chuke hain…PI: Gussa tho hoga hi Farzana …usne talaak diya
tumhe aur Nisha se nikaah karli…Hassan: Tha…aur bas tha…)..Hassan gets up..(Hassan:
Chalo ammi….)..Ammi gets up..Hassan looks at PI..(Hassan: Aapka case hain..aap lage
rahiye..kuch mila agar ki maine maara iss aadmi ko tho saboot ke saath aayein…aur phir
baat karte hain…(looks at PSI)..kanoon ham bhi jaante hain..dobara darwaze par bell
bajakar kehna mat..uthaake le jayenge…chalo ammi..)..he takes his mother and leaves…
PI gets up..looks at them leaving..(PSI: Kaafi akkad hain bande mein…PI: Akkad se jyaada
naraazgi hain… …iski poori kundli nikalwao..friend circle..kiske saath uthna baithna hain
iska…iske confidence mein iske andar chupa hua lava bhi ho sakta hain….)….

SCENE 55: OUTSIDE PS DAY/EXT

We see Hassan walking out with his mother..a cycle rickshaw waiting..mother sits in..
(Hassan: Tum ghar jao ammi..main yahin se college nikal jaoonga..Farzana: Theek hain
beta..)…

SCENE 56: CHAWL LANES DAY/EXT

Day change..Hassan walking out with his rucksack….he turns the lane corner..camera
pans we reveal…Khabri Ashfaque following him….

SCENE 57: STREETS DAY/EXT

Day change…Hassan walking…behind him we see another khabri Rashid trailing him….

SCENE 58: PSI AREA DAY/INT

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Printouts of records..Hassan..Farzana…PSI picks it up sits down with it….going through

it…

SCENE 59: STREETS AREA DAY/INT

Rashid with AShfaque..at a tea stall..(Rashid: Naa..iss Hassan Siddiqui..ka kuch

connection lag nahi raha…Ashfaque: Saamne nahi aa raha..ye bol…Rashid: Bhai…iska
apne baap ke saath koi bhi mel jhol..kisi bhi kism ka interaction on record nahi hain…
AShfaque: Thodi aur fielding kar…baat kabhi slip ho sakti hain..)..

SCENE 60: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

PSI comes to PI.(PSI: Phone records mein tho kisi kism ka kuch bhi suspicious nahi
hain..PI: Then where exactly is the jhadd of this case..what is evident is..a suppressed
anger and humiliation…why would a killer if he was just any random killing..kill the
man..and cut his nose…there is something here that we are unable to nail…PSI: Sir..ye
beizzati waali baat wo bhi uss aadmi ke liye jiske baare jitni information abhi tak mili
hain..it’s all about how religious he was…)….FLASH

SCENE 61: MONTAGE

a) Salaudin’s room- he does the namaaz…

b) Salaudin’s office cabin- he does the namaaz…
c) Salaudin’s office cabin- the namaaz…and the breaking of Ramzan fast….

(**THIS MONTAGE BASICALLY IS TO CONVEY THAT HE WAS RELIGIOUS AND VERY

ORTHODOX)

SCENE 62: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

Continuation of PI..PSI scene..(PSI: Haj jaata hain..namaaz din mein without fail 5 baar
padta hain…roza rakhta hain har saal…yahaan daraar jo hain..wo ek hi dikthi hain…jo
hain..ki uski wife Hindu hain…jo uski ammi abbu ko itne saal pehle jab wo nikaah karke
aaya tha tab namanzoor tha…PI: And as per everyone in the family..the matter was
resolved and accepted…PSI: HO sakta hain..it was accepted on the surface level..but
beneath…there could be a suppressed anger…a kind of beizzati hui hamari..naak kat gayi
hamari? PI: If that’s the case then the only people who could be behind it..are Miraj and
may be including his wife…Jameela…Miraj aur Salaudin ke ammi abbu tho ab rahe nahi)
…

SCENE 63: OUTSIDE MIRAJ’S HOUSE DAY/EXT

Miraj walking to his car..from the gate..Aamir with him..they get inside..turn the car and
drive away….camera pans to Jameela at the door.

SCENE 64: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

PI ..PSI scene continues..(PI: And we don’t have anything against them…no

evidence..could it be Nisha..after so many years of marriage…realizing she made a
mistake..or something humiliating in the marriage..PSI: Yahaan bhi tho ek love story
hain..they were in love since college..bas beech mein Farzana aagayi…PI: That call from
Salauddin’s cell phone..the last call…..holds the key..who did he call..was that person the
killer? …PSI: Sir kahin…aisa tho nahi ki..Salauddin ne kisi ko hire kiya ho..kisi ko maarne
ke liye..but ended up being killed?...Salaudin ne kisi ko target banaya aur khud target ban
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gaya? May be some dispute over the supari..or a cross supari…)..camera moves to PI..(PI:
Phir bhi naak kyon katega koi? Ismein sirf ek baat clear lag rahi hain wo ye ki Salaudin
definitely kisi ki taxi mein tho nahi gaya tha..there was someone else who picked him
up…)..

SCENE 65: A SOCIETY COMPOUND DAY/EXT

We introduce…20 year old Kapil Bhardwaj..on his bike..turning into the society…halting
his bike in the parking lot…getting off..picking up his ruck sack..turning and walking into
the society lobby…..

SCENE 66: KAPIL’S ROOM DAY/INT

Kapil throws the bag on the bed..he enters frame near the window…talking on phone..
(Kapil: Thoda chill kar..let some more time get by. It will become perfect only when the
case gets closed without making any further headway…)….

SCENE 67: OUTSIDE A COMPLEX DAY/EXT

We reveal…20 year old Jaanvi TIwari…on a scooty..good looking girl..she carries a

rucksack..she is going to some classes…she parks her scooty gets off and moves into the
complex…..

SCENE 68: MIRAJ’S HOUSE DAY/EXT

Close..door opens..Aamir exits…with his bag…moves to his bike..gets on and drives

off..music builds up…

SCENE 69: A TEA STALL DAY/INT

Camera moves from a back of a 23 year old guy..three friends having tea..one of them is
Hassan..we focus on Hassan….

SCENE 70: SALAUDIN’S KOTHI DAY/INT

Camera moves into the kitchen…a POV movement..the back of Nisha..cooking..(Tanveer’s

voice: Ammi..main college ke liye nikal raha hoon..)..Nisha turns..(Nisha: Haan beta..)..we
reveal Tanveer turn and walk away….

SCENE 71: LUCKNOW DAY/EXT

Shots of Lucknow…static..different cuts..an ominous build up….

SCENE 72: TRAINING CLASS DAY/INT

PI leans in..(PI: The doubt we had that Salaudin Shaikh never traveled that night in a
taxi ..turned out be true. He didn’t. The doubt we had that this was something to do with
pride and prestige (**naak kaatna) was also true. We didn’t reach the mastermind. We
didn’t reach the one who executed the crime either. We reached the one who didn’t)

SCENE 73: A CHAWL CORNER NIGHT/EXT

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Low lit area..close of Khabri Ashfaque…(Ashfaq: Kaun hain banda..)..we see another guy..
history sheeter Naved…(29) also in low light..(Naved: Mera naam nahi aana
chahiye..mera ismein kuch hain nahi…Ashfaque: Chal nahi aayega tera naam…bata…
Naved: Uska involvement kaisa hain mujhe nahi pata…par wo udhar Nupurganj mein
raat ko tha ..unees tareekh ko…wo bola usne kuch kiya nahi..maamla cancel hogaya
tha..Ashfaque: Matlab…Naved: Arif naam hain…City Police station ke hawalat mein
hain..kal hi chori ki case mein andar gaya hain…Ashfaq: Arif poora naam…Naved: Arif
Qureishi..)…

SCENE 74: A JAIL DAY/INT

The jail door opens…we see in the distance seated crouched on the floor..is Arif Qureishi..
(29)…he looks up..we see PSI walk up to him…Arif looks up at PSI..(PSI: Arif
Qureishi..Arif: Salaam saab..PSI: Nupurganj mein Salaidun Shaikh ko tune
maara…)..camera moves to Arif…

SCENE 75: LOCK UP DAY/INT

Close of Arif..(Arif: Nahi saab..nahi..maine nahi maara saab…)..PI leans..(PI: 444678987…

ye number…farji naam..farji address tune uthaaya hain..kisne supari di thi tujhe..kisko
maarna tha…Salauddin ko kyon maara…Arif: Arre saab..aapko kisine galat information di
hai…maine nahi maara usko saab…)..PSI turns to Pandey..(PSI: Eh Pandey wo silencer
lekar aa jaldi…Pandey: Jee saab..)..PI gets up..(PI: Thok do aur gaadh do peeche
compound mein isko..ek aur baar poochna mat isse..)..PI turns to leave..as Pandey
returns with the silencer…(Arif: Arre saab..suno tho..maine nahi maara saab…main
udhar khaali wait kiya tha saab…haan main wait kar raha tha..ye Salaudin Shaikh ke
liye..mere ko taxi ka message aane wala tha..kaunsi taxi mein baitha..kab nikla)..PI turns
and comes back..(PI: Ab bol raha kuch tho..kaun wait karne ke liye bola tere ko..target
kya tha..Salaudin ya koi aur…Arif: Saab..target..Salaudin Shaikh hi tha..mere ko..uska hi
photu mila tha..time bhi uska hi batane wale the…usko hi maarna tha..par maine usko
nahi maara kyonki cancel hogaya tha..plan..wo aaya hi nahi Salaudin..lekin main baad
mein paper mein pada..usko maar dala..PI: Tho tere ko advance mila tha…Arif: Haan saab
pachees hajaar..baaki ka 15 kaam ke baad milne wala tha..par kaam tho hua nahi..matlab
maine nahi kiya..PI: Kisne tujhe kaam diya…Arif: Suresh ne saab…PI: Suresh? Kaun hain
ye Suresh?...Arif: Saab wo mere ko contact kiya tha..kahaan se number vila vagerah
bataya nahi maine poocha nahi..wo mere baare mein jaanta tha…main usko mila…12
taarik ko…)…FLASH

SCENE 76: A BARREN AREA DAY/EXT

We see…Arif coming on his bike from a distance..he comes and halts on the side..we see
back of a guy..we don’t reveal the guy....guy comes to Arif as Arif gets down. The guy the
photo of Salaudin..(Guy: Isko maarna hain.)..Arif looks at the photo..(Arif: Hojayega..paisa
bata diya tha tumko phone pe…advance lagega 25..kab aur kahaan maarne ka hain bata
do…)..Guy takes out 25000 from his pocket gives him..(Guy: Time aur jagah bata denge
tumko..)…FLASH OVER..(We don’t reveal the guy at all..it’s a young guy in 20s..we play
through over the shoulder and back shots)…

SCENE 77: LOCK UP DAY/INT

Arif looks at PI and PSI..(Arif: Saab…19 ko Suresh ne mere ko phone kiya tha…ki aaj raat
ko game karne ka hain..Airport ke raaste par…taxi me aayega bola…main udhar wait bhi
kar raha tha….usko ye ye..naya wala number diya…444678987….PSI: Ye khaas iss kaam
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ke liya tha…Arif: Haan saab..lekin kaam maine kiya hi nahi..mere ko phone aaya hi kaam
nahi karne ka hain…PI: Kiska phone..ye Suresh ka?..Arif: Haan saab..)..FLASH

SCENE 78: LONELY ROADS NIGHT/EXT

Highway type…on the side we see Arif waiting in the dark…CAPTION: 19TH AUGUST
2016….he is cell phone rings…he looks at it..picks up the call..(Arif: Haan bolo…wait kar
raha hoon..taxi number message nahi kiya..Guy’s voice (**same guy who had given
money): Kaam nahi karne ka hain…Arif: Kyon kya hua…Guy’s voice: Nahi karne ka hain
bola na..bas nahi karne ka..nikal jaa..Arif: Advance waapis nahi karega…Guy’s voice: Nahi
kar..nikaljaa…)..Arif cuts the phone..looks puzzled..turns and exits..FLASH OVER

SCENE 79: LOCK UP DAY/INT

PI grabs ARif…(PI: Bundle maar raha hain saale..Salaudin ke phone se hi tere farji phone
pe number ghoomake…ham ko ghooma raha hain..kaun hain ye Suresh..kaun hain ye…
Arif: Arre saab..mere ko sirf uska naam maloom hain..aur jis tarah se phone pe pehli baar
baat kar raha tha..mere ko laga..farji naam hain..par apne ko kaam se aur paise se matlab
tha…PI: Ab ye Suresh haath nahi laga tho kootega bhi aur uske hisse ki sazaa katega
bhi..Arif: Arre saab..main sacchi sachhi bol raha..maa kasam..maine kaam kiya hi nahi….)
…

SCENE 80: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

A photo of Miraj put on table…PSI is putting it down..PI watching..gritty feel…Pandey

behind Arif..(PI: Ye tha…PSI: Nahi saab..young ladka tha..)..PSI puts down the photo of
Hassan..Arif looks at it..(PI: Ye…Arif: Nahi saab…)..PSI puts down the photo of Tanveer…
Arif looks at it…(ARif: nahi saab…ye bhi nahi tha..)…PSI puts the photo of Aamir….Arif
looks at it…(Arif: Nahi saab..ye bhi nahi..)..(**the scene has to be build up to a
suspenseful level)…PI slaps him shataack..(PI: Saale koi Suresh tha hi nahi…tune hi
maara…seedhe seedhe bata kisko chupa raha hain..)..slaps him again..(Arif: Arre
saab..main kaayko kisi ko chupake apni jaan pe lega..PSI: Tu bola phone pe baat kiya usse
pehle..kaunse phone se..baat kiya tha tune..kya number tha tera tab…Arif: Wo bhi farji hi
tha saab..PI: (slaps him)..Number bol…Arif: Number tho yaad nahi hain saab..kaun farji
number yaad rakhta hain…number liya..kabhi hoga..use kiya phenk diya…PI: Beta tere ko
bhi use karke phenkne ka iraada hi hain…abhi tak tera poora use nahi hua…Pandey..iski
jam ke thukai kar..aage use karne laayak na rahe dhyaan rakhna..)..Pandey
drags….Arif..out..who screams and cries..(ARif: Saab mere jo maloom tha bata diya
saab..aage kuch maloom nahi hain mere ko..)..PI turns to PSI..(PI: Plan kiya gaya tha…..to
kill him on the way to the airport…PSI: Aur wahi kar sakta hain…jisse maloom tha…that
Salaudin was leaving for airport that night…inside family….and a young guy…PI: Tanveer
Shaikh..phone pe kuch dikha nahi..Arif ke saamne bhi nahi aaya…kisi ka kandha istemaal
hua hain…PSI: Uthaake tode iss Tanveer ko…PI: Naa…leave no chance for him to deny…
bareeki se ki gayi planning hain…let him not know we suspect him…lets get to who did
he use to get to Arif …Salaudin uss din taxi se gaya hi nahi tha…shayad wo ghar se
airport gaya hi nahi ho…)…

SCENE 81: OUTSIDE SALAUDIN KOTHI DAY/EXT

Tanveer Shaikh getting on to his bike…starting and driving off..we follow him….

SCENE 82: STREETS DAY/EXT

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Tanveer on bike..camera pans and we see khabri Rashid following him…a tense
following….

SCENE 83: THE COMPLEX DAY/EXT

The same complex where we saw Jaanvi…Tanveer parks his bike…and waits…we see
Rashid parking a little behind..keeping a watch..as Tanveer waits..we see Kapil Bhardwaj
coming on his bike halting…Tanveer moves to him…CUT..Tanveer and Kapil walking into
the complex….we see Rashid observing them….

SCENE 84: PI’S CABIN DAY/INT

Tanveer forwards his mobile…a snap of Tanveer and Kapil ..Kapil can be seen clearly..
(**From outside the complex..day change..)..(Rashid: Chaar din solid fielding ki..ye banda
kaafi close hain…Tanveer se..kaafi close…dono college mein same class mein hain…bahar
ke classes mein bhi saath mein hain..naam hain Kapil Bhardwaj…)…

SCENE 85: LOCK UP DAY/INT

The snap on mobile brought in front of Arif..PSI holding the phone..Arif looking at it..
(Arif: Haan saab..yehi hain..Suresh…issi ne mujhe paise diye the..)..FLASH

SCENE 86: THE BARREN AREA DAY/EXT

REPEAT..BUT WE NOW REVEAL KAPIL GIVING THE PHOTO OF SALAUDIN..(Kapil:

Isko maarna hain.)..Arif looks at the photo..(Arif: Hojayega..paisa bata diya tha tumko
phone pe…advance lagega 25..kab aur kahaan maarne ka hain bata do…)..Kapil takes out
25000 from his pocket gives him..(Kapil: Time aur jagah bata denge tumko..)….FLASH
OVER

SCENE 87: OUTSIDE KAPIL’S HOUSE DAY/INT

PSI and constable..PSI rings the bell…name plate…SHARAD BHARADWAJ..door opened

by Kapil..(Kapil: Jee..PSI: Kapil Bharadwaj..Kapil: Jee haan..main hi hoon…PSI: Tho phir
Suresh kaun hain Kapil..)..camera moves to close of Kapil…

SCENE 88: OUTSIDE SALAUDIN KOTHI DAY/EXT

Police vehicle comes to a screeching halt..PI gets off along with two more constables..the
car and bike parked..outside the house..PI rings the bell..they wait…door opened by
Nisha…(PI: Aapke beê te Tanveer ko bulaiye..Nisha: Kyon…kya hua…kuch pata chala kya
aapko..kisne maara mere shohar ko…PI: Thoda bahut….bahut kuch abhi baaki
hain..Tanveer batayega…)…INSIDE..we see Tanveer coming out the room…Nisha turns
and looks at him..PI walks in..(PI: Tho kiski gaadi thi Tanveer…jismein aapke father gaye
the…airport…(turns to Nisha)..aapne tho dekha wo gaadi mein gaye the..Nishaji..)..Nisha
is quiet…(PI: Lekin Tanveer ka dost Kapil urf Suresh..tho keh raha hain..ki wo gaadi mein
gaye hi nahi the..)..camera moves to Tanveer…realizing the game is up…PI turns to
Nisha…(PI: Aisa kya hua tha Nishaji..ki aapke beê te ne aapke saamne apni father ka naak
kaat diya..aap dekhte rahi uska saath bhi deti rahi..)..camera moves to Nisha..now looking
down….DISSOLVE

SCENE 89: SALAUDIN’S ROOM DAY/INT

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Camera moves to Salaudin doing the namaaz..camera pans..we see…Tanveer also doing
the namaaz…

SCENE 90: TANVEER’S ROOM NIGHT/INT

Tanveer studying…Salaudin walks up to him..puts a hand on his shoulder..(Salaudin: Agle

hafte se Ramzaan hain…iss baar..ammi aur mere saath tum bhi roza rakhoge..)..Tanveer
turns and looks at his father…Salaudin leaves..camera moves to Tanveer…

SCENE 91: OUTSIDE THE COMPLEX DAY/EXT

Camera pans from the complex..we see…Salaudin driving his car..comes to a halt..on the
side..opposite side..parking it …on the side..away from being noticed…he peers out
looking at the complex…waits….CUT..we see…Kapil…Tanveer and Jaanvi come
out..Tanveer is very friendly with Jaanvi…close of Salaudin watching….close of Tanveer
and Jaanvi..Jaanvi and TAnveer hug..then Jaanvi moves to her scooty and Tanveer to his
bike…

SCENE 92: A RESTAURANT/COFFEE SHOP DAY/INT

Jaanvi and Tanveer..day change…having some juice or coffee..very telly close shots…
camera pans to a corner of the restaurant…close of a man reading a magazine..we
reveal..it is Salaudin behind the magazine..watching..the two of them…a bit of
disappointment on his face…

SCENE 93: TANVEER’S ROOM DAY/INT

Very close of Salaudin..holding the right ear of Tanveer…very menacing feel..close of

Tanveer he is grimacing in pain..as Salaudin is twisting the ear..day change..Salaudin
looking at him….(Tanveer: Jaanvi…Jaanvi Tiwari is her name…abbu..I like her…I am in
love with her…Salaudin: What is she?...Tanveer: She is in my class..abbu..in the
college….and in the classes…Salaudin: What is she?)..(**Salaudin will be asking very
calmly…angry but calm demeanour..)..(Tanveer: I don’t understand abbu..what do you
want to know…Salaudin: What is she?...Tanveer: She is a girl..her name is Jaanvi…
Salaudin: What is she?...What is her religion?...Tanveer: Hindu…)…close of Salaudin…

SCENE 94: SALAUDIN’S ROOM DAY/INT

Close of Nisha..(Nisha: Salaudin…I hope you are not forgetting that we both were in
love..and we married…)..shataack..Salaudin turns and slaps her..Nisha takes it quietly..not
over reacting..(Salaudin: I am not forgetting it…neither am I forgetting that my father
and mother felt cheated…)…Nisha looks at him…(Nisha: You have changed
Salaudin…)..he comes to her..(Salaudin: I changed because I know who I am…Nisha..and
that cannot be changed…get his out of Tanveer’s head that he can marry a hindu and we
will take it just like that…Nisha: He will rebel…we rebelled Salaudin…Salaudin: We
shouldn’t have..I shouldn’t have…)..camera moves to Nisha…a little hurt….

SCENE 96: TANVEER’S ROOM DAY/INT

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Tanveer sits disturbed..camera pans to Nisha…day change..(Nisha: Your father is not the
man I once knew Tanveer…he has become rigid and orthodox…all these years…as you
grew up..you might have not have noticed..but he has changed…and I know that…he
wasn’t like this when we met and when years later we decided to marry…I have put up
because I love him and I married him…this pallu on the head…him making me do
namaaz..keep roza..I do that…but he was more open minded when we met and we
married..he changed…Tanveer: (quiet till now)..To this extent ammi…that he now tells
me he made a mistake…)..Nisha looks at Tanveer aghast..FLASH

SCENE 97: TANVEER’S ROOM DAY/INT

Tanveer and Salaudin scene continuation..(Tanveer: Hindu? Abbu…does that make a

difference? Ammi is also a hindu…Salaudin: NO she is not…she is Nisha Shaikh..she is
married to me..she is a muslim now…Tanveer: Abbu..she was a hindu when you married
her..)..Salaudin comes close to Tanveer..Tanveer scared..(Salaudin: She might have
been..she is not now…Tanveer: That doesn’t change who she is…her identity..her being…
Salaudin: Exactly. So the girl who you say you love want to marry…will be what she
is..and she is not a muslim…so be it…forget her…what I did was a mistake..)..Tanveer
taken aback…to hear this about his mother..(Salaudin: I will not let you make that
mistake..mere ammi abbu…ko maine bahut dard diye..unki naak neechi kardi maine…
you don’t have to follow the mistake I did Tanveer..you will not..I will not let you do
that…)…

SCENE 98: TANVEER’S ROOM DAY/INT

Present…Nisha and Tanveer…Nisha feeling sad and broken…camera moves to Tanveer…

quiet…(Tanveer: Ammi..neither are you a mistake..nor am I and nor is my relationship
with Jaanvi..main pyaar karta hoon usse..aur shaadi ussi se karoonga…)…camera moves
to Nisha….

SCENE 99: TEA STALL DAY/EXT

Camera moves to Tanveer seated disturbed..Kapil by his side..also pondering..(**they

would have discussed the problem situation)..Kapil puts a hand on Tanveer’s…(**it’s a
kind of I am with you…)..the entire scene..music drumming up…..

SCENE 100: KAPIL’S ROOM DAY/INT

Kapil on phone….camera moves to him..(Kapil: It doesn’t matter how I reached you Arif…
all that matters is the job I want you to do…my name is Suresh..I will meet you and tell
you who is the target…)….

SCENE 101: SALAUDIN’S KOTHI NIGHT/EXT

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REPEAT..Salaudin coming out of the kothi..there is no taxi waiting outside…Salaudin

turning and saying Khuda Hafiz to Nisha….Salaudin exiting the kothi..Nisha closing the
door…

SCENE 102: INSIDE KOTHI NIGHT/INT

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Nisha turning..closing the door..camera pans to Tanveer on phone..(Tanveer: Kapil..abbu

nikal gaye hain taxi stand ke liye…)…

SCENE 103: LANES NIGHT/EXT

Colony lanes…Salaudin walking with the suitcase…camera pans to Kapil in hiding..

(Kapil: Yes I can see him…our man has also reached Nupurganj..he should be waiting..)…
Kapil cuts the phone and moves ..remaining in hiding..

Salaudin walking..Kapil following him…through the hiding….Salaudin comes to the taxi

stand….waits..there is no taxi..Kapil standing and watching…Salaudin still waiting…
Kapil..watching..a tense build up….Salaudin waiting..no taxi in sight…Salaudin looks at
his watch….he finally..gives up..turns and starts walking towards the home in a
hurry….Kapil is flustered..wondering what is Salaudin upto…Salaudin..walking fast
towards home…

Kapil..in his hiding..runs towards the other side…

SCENE 104: OUTSIDE KOTHI NIGHT/EXT

Kapil running from the hiding..gets into the kothi from the side…he jumps in…

SCENE 105: KOTHI COMPOUND NIGHT/EXT

Kapil runs past the car..and hurriedly rings the bell….the door opened by Nisha..Kapil
rushes in…Nisha closes the door…just then camera pans and we see Salaudin entering
the compound…

SCENE 106: INSIDE KOTHI NIGHT/INT

Nisha..Kapil and Tanveer..(Kapil: Yaar wahaan koi taxi nahi thi..tere abbu waapis aa rahe
hain…Tanveer: Kahi unhone jaane ka program cancel tho nahi kar diya…Kapil: I don’t
know..unhone koi phone tho nahi ki..)..the bell rings..all of them turn to the door…
(Tanveer: Kapil..tu chup jaa…ham log dekhte hain…tu chup jaa..)…Kapil hides behind a
curtain…near the window..Nisha moves and opens the door..as Tanveer waits…
watching…the door opened…Salaudin at the door…(Nisha: Kya hua..aap waapis
aagaye?..)..Salaudin steps in..quiet..Looks at her..(Salaudin: Taxi nahi mili..main soch raha
tha..Tanveer mujhe drop kar hi de airport jaise wo offer kiya tha…Tanveer: Main taxi
book kar doon abbu..do minute lagega…Salaudin: Kyon..is there something that I should
go by taxi only..)..he looks at Tanveer..then at Nisha..(Salaudin: Haan…kya chal raha
hain..main compound mein aa raha tha..dekha tera wo nalayak dost..Kapil bhaagta hua
aaya…haan…kahaan hain wo..)..Tanveer and Nisha both…aghast..their act has been
caught..(Salaudin: Kyon Nisha..kya pak raha ghar mein mere peeth peeche..)…Kapil parts
the curtain and comes out…Salaudin looks at him..(Salaudin: Ye kya kar raha hain idhar
Tanveer? Isnt this nalayak friend of yours the one who instigated you in your courtship
with that Jaanvi?..)..Tanveer now finally gives up..comes to his father..(Tanveer: Yes
papa.he did..but the truth also is that I love Jaanvi..and I am going to marry her…and I am
not going to subject her to any change..that you subjected my mother to…Salaudin: Isse
pehle tum meri naak kato..I will kill you Tanveer…if you think you can do that..)…Tanveer
in rage..picks up the vase..that’s lying on the side desk..a brass vase..and hits his father on
the head…blood starts spilling..as Salaudin loses his balance..holding his head…Nisha
watching agape..though she is part of it..close of Kapil…Salaudin falling down…Tanveer
lifting the vase again and again hitting his father on the head…Salaudin now collapses
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completely …falling down dead…Tanveer puts the vase aside..as Nisha looks at her dead
husband..her eyes filled with tears..Kapil and Tanveer look at the dead body of Salaudin…

CUT..Close of Tanveer picking up the knife..from the dining table…Nisha turns and looks
at him…Tanveer comes to his father…bends down…his eyes are filled with rage…kapil
looking on…close of the knife in Tanveer’s hand..his close..as rage builds up…

SCENE 107: INTERROGATION ROOM DAY/INT

Tanveer and Nisha seated quiet…PI Looking at them..(Nisha: I stayed back and cleaned
up the blood..I sent Tanveer and Kapil with the suitcase to dump the body…(looks up)..I
did it..my son and his friend are innocent…they..they just did what I asked them to do… I
am the culprit…I killed my husband…Tanveer: No..I killed my father..she is just trying to
protect me..I killed him…Nisha: NO you didn’t beta..you didn’t..Tanveer: I did ammi..sir..I
did..I cut his nose…he said things about my mother..he was becoming a roadblock in my
life..I planned it..and I killed him…)..PI looks at both of them..(PI: Aur itni dino tak aap
logon ne hamare saath khel khela…badi sajhedaari se..aaj pakde gaye..tho itni sajhedaari
ki ek doosre ke bachaav mein khade ho rahe ho…Nishaji..ye samajhdhaari aur
saajhedaari dikhaani chahiye thi..ye masle se door jaane ke liye..door chale jaate aap
apne pati se..apne beê te ko lekar…apni aazaadi se kar lete jo karna hain…unhe apni aazadi
se apni soch vichaar ke saath jeene dete..Tanveer: Wo jee rahe the apne soch vichaar
apni aazadi se…hamein jeene nahi de rahe the..PI: Unki saanse bandh karke..jeena bandh
karke…you thought you could find the freedom of your life?...Unki naak kaatne se
tumhari naak unchi hogayi?...Ab jab sazaa katoge iss jurm ka…tho kaunsi Jaanvi tumpe
fakr mehsoos karne wali hain? Does she know you did this so that you could marry
her?..)..camera moves to Tanveer nodding in the negative…PI Looks at Nisha..(PI: Saath
dena chahiye tha Nishaji..apne beê te ka..sahi raasta dikhane mein…ab kathgare mein
saath mein rahengi iske saath…ek aur ladke ke saath…Kapil Bhardwaj..jiske maa baap ko
shayad ab pata chalega..unka beta..kiss raaste par nikal pada dosti nibhane ke chakkar
mein…)..camera moves to Nisha…looking down…

SCENE 108: MIRAJ’S HOUSE DAY/EXT

Miraj seated on the garden chair…Jameela also seated near him..quiet…(Miraj: (sad and
lamenting)..Tanveer should have atleast talked to me once. Main baat karta Salaudin
se..tab bhi baat ki thi..ammi abbu se jab Salaudin Nisha ke saath nikaah karke aaya tha…
ye kya kar diya Tanveer ne…)….

SCENE 109: JAIL 1 DAY/INT

Camera moves to Nisha inside jail…

SCENE 110: JAIL 2 DAY/INT

Kapil Bhardwaj and Tanveer inside jail..

THE END