Rahasya

Aarti Motiani

aartymotiani@gmail.com
EXT. OUTSIDE THE GALLA- EVENING

It's a busy place, people are standing at the galla, smoking

chatting, etc.

Suddenly, a strange, weird looking man visits.

6.30 PM

PARITOSH
Hey, bro. Give me a cigarette.

GALLEWALA
Hindustani hokar bhi, angreji me baat
karte ho.

PARITOSH
Bhaiya, ek cigarette dijiye

GALLEWALA
18 rupaye.

PARITOSH
Aap kitne saalon se cigarette bech
rahe ho?

GALLEWALA
(proudly)
21 saal ho gaye janaab.

PARITOSH
21 saalon me kitne log aapke yaha se
cigarette lete thhe isliye mare?

GALLEWALA
Yeh kya sawal hai? Koi bhi nahi mara.

PARITOSH
(smokes)
Hmm. Sad!

GALLEWALA
(intimidated)
Naye lagte ho!

PARITOSH
Haan kuch din pehle hi shift hua.

GALLEWALA
Sheher ke lagte ho

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PARITOSH
Haha! Kuch bol nahi sakte
(leaves)

GALLEWALA
Kya matlab?

PARITOSH
Kabhi aur bataunga.

leaves.

EXT. OUTSIDE THE GALLA- EVENING

8 PM

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
(to the gallewala)
Aur kaise haal chaal hai? Ek sutta de
de. Last time jo khabar di thhi woh
sach nikli. Jail me hai woh abhi.

GALLEWALA
(Gives him the cigarette)
Bas apki kripa hai. Maine aapko bola
thha na sahab.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Haha! Aur kya chal raha hai aaj kal?

GALLEWALA
Bas sahab yahi, dhandha.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Firse toh koi jhagda nahi hua na? Koi
Khabar? Bas aisehi police ki madad
karte rehna.

GALLEWALA
Jhagda toh nahi sahab, par ek ajeeb sa
aadmi roz sham ko 6 baje aata hai.
Sheher me naya lagta hai.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Achcha, kaha rehta hai?

GALLEWALA
Pata nahi sahab. Par kuch toh gadbad
lagti hai

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Tum zyada soch rahe ho.

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GALLEWALA
Nahi sahab, bahot ulti seedhi baatein
karta hai

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Theek hai, kal dekhta hu.

GALLEWALA
Ji Sahab, salaam.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Salaam. Khaate me likh lena
(leaves)

GALLEWALA
(to himself)
huh! Kuch bhi, khaate me likhte likhte
7 saal ho gaye.

EXT. OUTSIDE THE GALLA- EVENING

Day 2-6 PM

PARITOSH
Sutta de do, bhaiya

GALLEWALA
Kaunsa du?

PARITOSH
(angrily)
Arrey bhul gaya kya, roz toh leta hu.

GALLEWALA
Sahab, shant ho jaiye. Aapki tarah roz
bahot log aate hai.

PARITOSH
Gawaar logo ki kami nahi hai iss desh
me.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
(In a casual attire)
Kya hua bhaiya? Itna kyu chila rahe ho

PARITOSH
Tu kya beech me aa raha hai bey?
Khatam kar dunga yahi ka yahi.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Naam kya hai tumhara?

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PARITOSH
Paritosh Chatterjee

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Kaha rehte ho?

PARITOSH
Apne ghar me
(laughs)

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
(angrily takes out his ID card)
Police! Pehle toh kabhi nahi dekha
tumhe yaha?

PARITOSH
(in a mellowed down tone)
Abhi recently shift hua hu sir.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Bahot hoshiyari hai tujhey? Nikalu kya
bahar.

PARITOSH
Sorry, sir. Thoda work stress ke vajah
se frustrated rehta hu. Aur kuch nahi.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Dusri baar shaanpanti dikhaya na,
andar kar dunga seedha

PARITOSH
Arrey sir, nahi hoga sir.
(to the gallewala)
Kitna hua bhaiya?

GALLEWALA
20 rupaya

PARITOSH

He takes his wallet out of his pocket and something falls

down. It's the policewala's photograph. He quietly picks it
up without bringing it into the policeman's notice

Yeh lo!
(leaves)

GALLEWALA
Dekha, bola thha na aapko, pagal aadmi
hai ekdum. Marne maarne ki hi baatein
karta hai.

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INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Dusri baar aisa kuch kare toh seedha
phone karna mujhey.

GALLEWALA
Ji Sahab.

EXT. AT THE POLICE STATION

There is a lot of noise, people are shouting, crying,

begging, etc.

INT. AT THE POLICE STATION

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Pandey, 3 naye wanted logo ke fax aaye
hai, notice board pe lagade.

HAWALDAR PANDEY
Ji Sahab

POLICEMAN
Kaun kaun hai zara dikhana.

The Hawaldar hands over the pictures.

POLICEMAN
(Looks at the pictures one after
the other.)
Isme se koi bhi criminal nahi dikhta.
Sab ke sab shaatir hai saale. Yeh lo
laga lo.
(hands over the photos to the
hawaldar)

The policeman begins to randomly surf the web. He is browsing

through a social networking site and comes across a status
posted by a fellow policeman in the city.It states

"Wanted"

"Partho"

And he sees Paritosh Chatterjee's photo underneath it.

Pandey, woh photos firse leke aa

HAWALDAR PANDEY
Ji sahab!
(gives thhose photos)

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yeh lo

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
(rapidly looks at the photos and
comes across a photo, it
resembles with Paritosh's face)
Abey yaar!
(beats the table and shouts)
Kamble lag jaa kaam pe. Pata laga iske
baare me. Pune police station me phone
kar, pata laga. Yeh saala meko kal
galle pe mila thha, aur naam
'Paritosh' bataya.

SUB-INSPECTOR KAMBLE
Ji Sahab! Right away.

7 hours later.

SUB-INSPECTOR KAMBLE
Sahab! Aisa hote huye toh pehle kabhi
nahi dekha.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Kya naya laya hai bata.

SUB-INSPECTOR KAMBLE
(explains something to him, the
volume is on mute, it looks like
they are trying to figure
something out from all the
necessary data and given
documents)
Jake hi pata lagega sir

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Theek hai mai chale jaata hu aaj sham
ko

SUB-INSPECTOR KAMBLE
Sir hum chalte hai na sath me

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Abey ek aadmi ko pakadne ke liye puri
team le jaunga kya? Kaam karo tum apna

SUB-INSPECTOR KAMBLE
Sahab, mamla thoda ajeeb hai samjho
na.

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INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Theek hai, ab tumko department ka
mazaak banana hi hai toh chalo

SUB-INSPECTOR KAMBLE
Sahab! Mai overtime kar lunga

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Kal chalte hai fir.

SUB-INSPECTOR KAMBLE
Ji sahab!

EXT. PARITOSH'S HOME- EVENING

It's a dark, silent night. There's no one around. It seems

like no one is home. The inspector knocks the door.

INT. PARITOSH'S HOME-EVENING

Paritosh opens the door.There are posters of "Joker",

"Thanos", "Ramsay Bolton" around. Water is leaking from the
ceiling, and there are huge pin boards, with pictures of
various cartoons and their descriptions. Something is really
off.

PARITOSH
Sir, aap? Please come in.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Hello! Kaise ho?
(to all)
Come on in!

PARITOSH
Baithiye sir.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Baitho bhai. Partho sahab ne bola hai.

SUB-INSPECTOR KAMBLE
Arrey sir aap bhul rahe ho. Inka naam
Paritosh Chatterjee hai.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
(takes a paper out of his pocket)
Yeh Partho hai.

PARITOSH
Haha sir, aapko kaise pata chala iske
baare me? yeh toh mera nick name hai.

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INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Hume sab pata hai. Tu bata, kya kaam
karta hai tu?

PARITOSH
Likhta hu sir. Writer hu.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Pakka writer hai?

PARITOSH
Jii Sahab, 3 kitabein hai meri.

SUB-INSPECTOR KAMBLE
Sir, thodi chai mil sakti kya?

PARITOSH
Abhi bana deta hu.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Nahi tum baitho. Ganesh jayega.

PARITOSH
Arrey sir, mat bhejo bahar. Mai bana
deta hu.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Tumko jo bola woh karo.
(to Ganesh)
Ganesh 7 chai le aa paas wale galle se

CONSTABLE GANESH
Ji Sir.
(leaves)

PARITOSH
Hua kya hai sir, yeh toh batao

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Murder hua hai.

PARITOSH
(smiles)
Kiska sir?

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Pune me 3 logo ka

PARITOSH
I am sorry for them, sir. Mai kya kar
saktu hu?

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INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Tujhey mai jo bolta hu woh kar.
(to katekar)
Katerkar, ghar ki talashi le.

SUB-INSPECTOR KATEKAR
Ji sir.

PARITOSH
Arrey sir, kyu? Search warrant hai
kya?

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Ayeee, neeche baith. Wanted criminal
hai tu.
(to Katekar)
Bathroom, terrace, chappa chappa dekh
Katekar

PARITOSH
Katekar sir, bas bathroom ki light
band mat karna.

SUB-INSPECTOR KAMBLE
(walks towards Paritosh)
Zyada mat sikha hume

PARITOSH
Sir, pankha sambhal ke

SUB-INSPECTOR KAMBLE

Rushes towards Paritosh and the fan falls down over him. It
hits him hard on the head. Everybody runs to help him.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Hawaldar, Partho!

The Hawaldar reaches towardws Partho and holds him, while

other policemen try to help Sir Kamble but he is dead.
Inspector Shindey calls for help

PARITOSH
Sir! Aap pls hospital le jaiye

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
(looks at him angrily)
Tujhey bola na chup kar

Suddenly a voice is heard

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SUB-INSPECTOR KATEKAR
(shouts out of pain)
Sir...

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
(runs towards him and sees him die
out of electric shock, takes the
wooden stick near by and tries to
help him but nothing happens)
Katekar!

He again calls the station for help.

Jaldi aao, Katekar ko shock laga hai.

(he leaves him there and waits for
the help to arrive and rushes
towards Paritosh)
You are under arrest!

PARITOSH
For what crime sir?

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
For murdering two police officers

PARITOSH
Sir, mai recently yaha shift hua hu.
maintenance ka kaam chal raha thha.
Maine bola bhi thha ke light ko mat
chhuna.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Mere saamne zyada hoshiyaari dikhayega
toh saari nikal dungi

PARITOSH
Hoshiyar kaha sir? Waha paas me wooden
stick bhi rakhi hai maine. Jab bhi mai
band karta hu, stick se karta hu.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Jo bhi tune apni last do novels me
likha hai. Sab sach ho gaya hai, aise
kaise?

PARITOSH
Sir, mujhey kuch nahi pata. Mai toh
bas apni maine ganit kahaniyan likhi.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Do logo ka tere gharpe murder hua hai,

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yeh koi coincidence toh nahi ho sakta.

PARITOSH
Arrey sir, maine pehle hi naa bola
thha. Pankhe ka bhi aur light ke
switch ka bhi. Aap hi nahi maane.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Last kab likha thha tune?

PARITOSH
Kal dopahar me sir.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Parivaar me kaun kaun hai tere?

PARITOSH
Koi nahi sir. Mai bas akela hu.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Maa baap, bhai behen, koi nahi?

PARITOSH
Nahi sir

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Kaha gaye?

PARITOSH
Sir, woh ek accident me mar gaye thhe.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Unko bhi tune hi maara thha kya?

PARITOSH
Nahi, sir maine kisiko nahi maara.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
(calls Constable Ganesh and
someone else receives the call)
Ganesh!

UNKNOWN MAN
Aap kaun?

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Tu kaun bey?

UNKNOWN MAN
Sir yaha toh accident ho gaya, phone
body ke paas mila

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INSPECTOR SHINDEY
What the fuck is this?
(calls the police for help again)
(to Paritosh)
Iska accident bhi coincidence hai?

PARITOSH
Sir, mujhey kaise pata. Mai toh aapke
saamne hi thha.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Beta, tera aisa haal hoga ke tu marne
ko tadap jayega.

PARITOSH
Sir, aap aisa kuch mat kijiyega
please. Maine kuch nahi kia.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Pune me mummy papa kaha rehte thhe?

PARITOSH
Koregaon Park

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Hmm, ameer lagte ho

PARITOSH
Sir papa ka business achcha chalta
thha

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Fir kyu maarte ho logo ko?

PARITOSH
Mai nahi maarta sir

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Aur kya kya shaukh paal rakhe hai, yeh
writing ke alawa

PARITOSH
Kuch nahi sir bas yahi

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Pune chhoda kyu?

PARITOSH
Bas sir, waha ka kaam khatam ho gaya
thha.

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INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Kya matlab?

PARITOSH
Kisi naye sheher me jaake, kuch naya
likhna thha.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Tera parda fash toh mai karunga

HAWALDAR PANDEY
Sir mai zara bahar hokar aata hu.

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
Abhi?

HAWALDAR PANDEY
Sir bas 2 minute
(runs towards the door.)

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
(runs to catch hold of Paritosh
and accidentally touches the
laptop and realises its hot.)
Tune last kal likha thha na?

PARITOSH
Ji Sahab

INSPECTOR SHINDEY
jhoothe, harami!
(rushes towards the laptop and
opens the flap)

There is a scriptwriting software opened. He begins to read

through everything. All of this that happens is written like
everything was scripted. He reaches a point where it is
written, "Inspector Shindey shall be reading this script and
will look at me, that's when I shall wink" After which as
soon as he comes near me, I shall inject ricin in him and he
shall die of heart attack."

Inspector Shindey looks at him and the writer winks.

BLACK OUT.

The writer begins to laugh loudly. he goes near his pin

board, and writes, "Killing is bliss" and laughs even louder.
He later rushes towards his laptop and begins to write, as to
what will happen to the the constable who ran away. As soon
as he begins to write. There are policemen at his door. There
is laptop in between both the parties. While the policemen
rush enter there is a recording of the entire conversation

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between Inspector Shindey and Paritosh. Seems like Inspector

had been sending live recordings to the head office. Both the
parties rush to reach towards the laptop.

BLACK OUT.

THE END.

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