ws eee?’ PLLECLECELLEEELEODOOLELEDLY > stanu by Phanietra marsect BADE IN: INT. EMPTY BAR COUNTER - NIGHT SLOW DOLLY IN ‘A man looking at a note in his hand. ON THE NOTE Inko 10 rojullo dabbulu vvakapothey rendo kidney koodaa vundadhu. ‘The man crushes the note in his fist and looks into the camera and looks at the counter hearing a splash. ‘A woman throws the Vodka in her glass onto a man’s face and stares at him and then drops note on the counter and walks hurriedly to the door but stops when she drops her moncy ‘roll. The roll rolls to the man with the note, he pis) zeae it and the girl comes and asks it, he gives it back and She leaves. He looks at the man at the counter, lifts op his peg and leaves slovly step by step, with his hand on aist (as in pain). The man at the counter takes a deep breath. PRODUCTION TITLE (SWEET BGM) ‘A man and a wonan standing close to each other at the bar soonter, She looks at him and smiles. He too smiles back at her. WOMAN Hi! Mee paintings, sculpting naaku chaala ishtam. Nenu meeku, peddha ‘fan ni. Minfhalni konni years nundi stalk (study) chesthunnaanu. Mee prathi work lo oka deep Gisturbance, melancholia vuntundhi. \dhuko thelusukovachha?LLEGLCCOLELELLLELELELELLLELL ELL Mana by Phanindva Narsete: ‘CONTINUED: He smiles and nods his head disapproving. NEELA Poni oka simple question adagana? He closes his eyes and nods accepting. NEELA (CONT’D) Neerendhuku eppudco black ey vesukuntaaru? He smiles and then, suddenly looke at her butt interestingly, moving his head slowly, he pats it hard. She throws the vodka in her glass on his face. NEELA (CONT'D) Mee work antey ishtamannaanu, neerantey mozu analedhu. And she walks away. cur To: with the frock in her hand,/she blows air out of her nojch Jooking vp And nates, «fo Jrorizontally, enilingly. (MANU. « tting the paper) (Typebars @® TINT. BAR - SAME TIME ‘The man at the counter cleaning his face with the kerchief. Bar tender looks at him, he looks back at hin MANU oka chinna purugu, a kind of fly, adhento naakey kanapadindhi. ala skirt lopaliki velthuntey choosanu, aa kshanam lo emani chepthanu, corikey ala kottaanu. gattiga: koodaa kaadhu. appatikee chepdhaananukuntunnaanu, keavaalantey velli washroom lo choosukondi ani.Mann by Phanindre Mersetes ‘CONTINUED: And raises his shoulders and throws th Barman picks it and folds. eloth on the counter. (eacey) BARMAN (smiles)Paddhathiga perigina annaayilanthey sir, thvaraga kopam vasthundhi. Manu looks at hin MANU Neeku aamey thelusa? Barman nods denying. MANU (CoNT’D) Mari endhuka support chesthunnay? Neo mohan meedha padithey thelisedhi. And gets up fro there and walks away. putting a small brown Af before a door. Lool INT. MANU'S CORRIDOR — MOMENTS LATER Manu finds out the bof with a red rose taped t door. He takes it his hands. Detaches th: at it, twirling it dn curiosity, smiles it before his ose and looks MATCH CUT eee (gp sana race - arc Menu twirling an old key looking at it (shock, frown, sadness) ON BLACK + TITLE : MANUane by Phanindra Nersett (G) 22 w= Barman fixing a photo frane ‘of| Bob varie) Hammer hitting the {1 into the portrait’s edge. “Varies Eles in the racks. ‘A half a dozen cleaned and inverted whisky glasses (one, Asproperly placed) with an ice buckét and 4 “featly folded white cloth beside them on the well maintained bar counter. “Riso a rotary telephone on it. Spelt (caf fonts) oe An old man, with arplaster left hand, bruised right lass in Byes enjoying bie foment looking fixedly ata ype ky eye. en Oy aig raised to bis eye level and aniling sant Bante left and a small black leather sack » pottle ont gntly rotates the glase looking nto ‘it and sips him. “Be Gnt inside it and puts down the glass on to che the contenie. The old man, after looking cautiously arounes Polls out @ PINK DIAMOND from the sack and Keeps Jeoking at Pee ply. Phe old man faving good tine with his disnondy noves it slowly in his hand~ and journal Manu’s eyes tilting from old man to his journal. to the old man, sketching the old man's figure: Krishna walks into the bar, sits before fens and lights a cigarette and starts smoking * talks nothing. Manu stops seething, folds his journal MAN ae. Ippatikey artha ganta late ga \ Vachhav. Naka chala mukhyama } (Band vundhi. Direct ga vishayanlokt 7 y = xrishna drags Kis part and extinguishes it. Bends forward cautiously _~ KRISHNA. indus valley civilization vi konat fefacts, government oka company Abvaara auction peduthundhi. Aa / company lo naaka } ( thelieinodokadunnaadu, Alaantivey similar vi thayaaru chesisthey garbon dating, approval annee vaadi Ghoosukunta annaadu. Asalaina Yaatithe nakileevi koodaa annd pedathe-annaadi. —— za Pecaetmanp one Wicha.cigarette in his mouth, sloyty 22° SP to 100k from the glass into 1 , with their palms $2 leking their eyes and look et each other, smiling cunningly- © MODAN IIOMIII ODD OC CIR ET Lt bitsManu By Phanindra arose: CONTINUED: Manu So? KRISHNA So enti? Rekulu, pallaalu aithey heney chesukuney vaanni. Pure copper, brass, kaavaali. Avi konadaaniki auvvu dabbulisthey padi retlu thirigisthaanu. MANU Nuvvu maarava? (Krishna nods disapproving) Entha? KRISHNA Huge! MANU Oka vaaram, 10 rojulu paduthundhi. KRISENA Sarey, ninnu nammi inkevarinee adagatledhu. Manu nods approving. And krishna shakes hand and leaves. Manu drinks up his pint, opens his journal and draws final strokes of the old man hurriedly. The bar door opens slowly (door creaking sound) and the three men enter the bar. The old man looks at the door and puts the diamond into the black sack hurriedly and hides it between his thighs in fear. Manu looks at the door to see what frightened the cld man. From one of those three men, Akbar, while walking past manu, extinguishes his cigarette stub on’manu’s table. Manu looks at the stub. Mean while the other two surround the old man’s table followed by Akbar. Everyone sits. ‘They ask something and the old man denies and after a while, Akbar, slaps the old man hard on his cheek. The barman setting the portraits stops hanmering and looks back. Manu puts his pencil in the book, folds it and sees straight at the scene Akbar looks at the barman. He gete frightened and starts working again. Then he looks at manu. Manu, and-exhales the-emoke and gets up fron the place and walks Fowards him, enki} abiers srab 8CLEULELUELLLELELLOLECELLCEC EEC Edd Mane by Phunindrs Nevseteé Continue: Akbar removes a switchblade from his pocket, switches the blade open and looks at manu. Manu moves from there to the bar counter. Akbar puts the opened switchblade on the table, turning it 90 degrees vertically pointing the Blade sip towards the old man and moves his head and hand asking to give the diamond. Manu at the counter rubbing his eyes, looks back, turns his eyes sideways to the counter, his ears, hammer hitting nail, He looks at the hammer, closes his eye lids slowly. Remembers the(bracelet on Akbar‘s(hand) the knife on the table, the bruise and cast of the old be ete. Hammer Hit 1 - opens his eyes and looks at ice cubes, touches one of then and pulls the ice bucket to hin, Hammer Hit 2 - looks at a flat bottomed whisky glass with hard base, picks one from the group and also sete the improperly placed glass in order. Hammer Hit 2 - looks at Plain white cotton cloth, dusts it off and places before him. Hammer Hit 4 - looks at nails and claw hammer in the burman’s hand. He signale him to give those to him. Manu drops a 100 not (must be an old one) on the counter and takes all those things to their table and sets all of them in order neatly. Goons looking slowly at each others faces, only eye movements. Order: (L-R) / Nails - Tee cubes - Cloth - Whisky Class - Hammer (with proper space between each kind) Barman locking at the scene. Manu has three nails in his left fist already, rolls one between his fingers. Gripe the hanmer tight in his right hand. Everyone looks into each cthers eyes. Before Akbar thinks to move, manu hits a nail into the centre of the knife’s blade with lightning speed. Nails it hard to the table. Barman looks. Old man looks. And when Akbar is about to move,!manu nails another nail into one of fthe eyelets of bracelet)swiftly. The other two looking\in fear. Akbar is about to’pall his hand and then mana bends forward, close to him, says looking at hin cautiously smiling, MANU Uh-uh-uh! Cheyi kadhipithey, moodo meka nee chethilo dhigipothundhi! @AS at alld Manu by Phanindra Karsetei CONTINUED: and smashes his head glass cracks mid-halt. ‘The other two alee, Bose a coset nas, Temoves and splits it an thorn er epee o Coconut after breaking it. and pets thon carefully at Sneix place. Akbar blinking continsously, sor rnceree face. Ran. He takes it and + the other two guys get up ass, looking at looks at then. ‘they waiking Past bin. Be 1itts the glass oxpressing tosstrener a? ane two guys go away trom the table, walk t poningen Comes back running and triés to atceee manu from jabs and punches, blocks and hits fo the inom he falls onto the ground’ (amar)’ ang oo, ‘turns fo the last one, Anthony, picke one of ‘the broken glass ieces and puts it in the eptomes bottom of his Anthony wears a pale colore. - Mana folds it further Fiseneey level and dodges ancther hard paach® Clenches his Hist and pops a knuckle. and leaves his weet hand, and the shattered glass pieces fall down. ‘the ahies shows two pale Fed marks on it, very subtle stains. Anthony exhales, shakes an expression in utter pain and fear. Manu turns to table, litts his peg te nace but then » picks hanner and says, MANU (ConD‘D) Peg etthi dhimpey lopala, mee muggurilo evvarce kanapadakoodadhu. wards the door, ab $42 beg. Manu puts the glass down and che meee guys are at the door moaning in pain, leaving the Place. He looks at *he door and then at the old man, sits, Old man looks at the door, puts his sack on the OLDMAN Thank you. Memu naluguram oka dhaggirey panichesam. Nenu accounts choosthaanu, (MORE) oOana by Peaninara Narsetes conrmmuED: OLDMAN (CONT'D) vaallu, rough stuff, kottadam, Nanau kottinodi peru akbar, pakkana iddharu, anaz, anthony. cur To: mG) IND, RUDBRAPRATHAP’S PLACE — EVENING Lot of portraits, ceramic pottery and a chandelier with over a dozen people filled in the room. OLDMAN [V.0.} Memandharan oka diamond smuggler dhaggira panichesam. Peru, rudhraprathap. Thappu chesthey Phalithan koodaa athani peru laaney vuntundhi. chesedhi smuggling ayinaa athanu viluvalunna manishi. He counting notes to give to a worker, looks at the torn note, changes it with good note and smiles at the worker. OLDMAN [V.0.] (CONT’D) Aa roju saayanthran aayana states velthunnadu. 3 nella varakoo raadu. Naa retirement day koodaa aa rojey. 20 yellu ayindhi athani dhaggira cheri. Athanu velley mundhu lekkala Pusthakaalu handover cheddhaamani vellaanu. RUDHRAPRATEAP (Looks at the casted hand first, then looks up) yemaindhi ramilu? Everyone looks at Ramulu. RAMULU Oka 10,000 lekka choopinchoddhu ani annaaru. kudharadhu ani vaadhinchinandhuku (shows his casted left hand) Ramalu bends his head down, looks at everyone, gets up and pulls out a six shooter from the table's draw, loads it with bullets, gets up, sits on the table, relaxes RUDERAPRATHAP Meeku meeru ga vasthey shiksha. Neney pattukuntey chaavu. Mee ishtan. @ EOCELELELOCULLLLULLELLELLEGLELEULELYbod LECULLELLCLLLELLLLLLELLLEG Manu by Phanindra taraeee CONTINUED: After a while, three men come out from the croup. RP looks at them. Shakes head. Signs everyone to step back, they all move back. He goes up to them, walks past the three men. Stops nid, at akbar, points gun tip on his forehead RUDHRAPRATHAP (CONT'D) Dabbulu vasthaayi, pothaayi. Vennupotu podavaali aney aalochana naathran, vasthey podhu. Ippudu ee gundloo neesaalu geeyinchey antha time naaku ledau. And looks at ramulu RUDERAPRATHAP (CONT’D) Mee cheppu theeyandi And comes close to those three RUDHRAPRATHAP (CONT’D) Nenu kodithey thaguluthundhi, nopposthundhi. Ithaney kodithey garthuntundhi, buddhosthundai. And makes them sit down on their knees. They sit and lcok at ramulu with all the rage in their eyes. Ramult stays firm, walks up to them with worn out slipper in his hand. akbar Bends his head, bites his teeth, tightens his jaws, Slipper slapping sound, akbar clenches his fist. Rudhraprathap sits before them RUDERAPRATHAP (CONT“D) Inkosaari naaku kanipisthey naa kukkalni oka vaaram rojulu pasthulunchi, minnalni vaati bonulo Pedathaanu, thaalanesi. Lecks at amar smilingly RUDHRAPRATHAP (CONT’D) Nuvvey penchuthaavu ga vaatini, thelisey vuntundhi, avvi aakalini assalu thattukolevani. RP gets up, walks up to his table and brings a small box and gpens it, a pink diamond wrapped in a muslin cloth and gives it Ramulu. He denies the gift, softly. RAMULU Nenu edho aashinchi cheyaledhandee. RP smiles ®= ~— al > => ~~ —< = = —> = — — — — = — a = — P = : = - oh CONTINUED: RUDERAPRATHAD (pointing his cast) andharikee ikkada patcee kanapadithey naaky nanmakam kenabaduthundhi. (pointing them) Yaallu dhongilinchaaru, naviu Sampaadhinchaava. nenu modhatisaari kenukkunna vajram, naaku chaala viluvainadhi, viluvainavaallakey isthuanaany.’ And gives it to ramilu. He takes it. Akbar bent his head but his eyes looking sideways. INT. BAR - NIGHT RAMULU Vaallani pattinchinandhuku dvesham, idhi naaku dhakkinandhuka a (diamond in his hand), rendoo lopala udukuthunnaayi. ilaanti Paristhithullo neau intiki velladam, adhi vaalla kantapadadan nodhdtikey mosan. (showing his diamond) Intha viluvainadhi, naaku viluvaina vaallakey dhakkaal1. Andhukey illu (100 adugula ~aGusyl fn) dheoramloney vunna) inti thalupy thattalekapothunna. Manu looks at his watch saying, MAND Sarey. Nenu inka bayaldheruthaanu. Nannu mee inti dhaggira vadhileyamantaara: RAMULU « Ledhu ledhu. Retire ayyaanu. Paiga, idhichhaaru (showing his diamond). Inko Yendu peglu thaagaalanundhi. Manu gets up and shakes his hand. anu Jaagrattha! cur To: And smilingly leaves the table. Takes his journal and leaves the placey The old man smilingly pours another pag.a em! x ae Pal STATIC CAMERA, ae walking swiftly to the end of txe strect. After muvee onthe empty streets, old fan enters into a booth in a dark lonely street, diéls end waits. one yinging on the other side. ‘wich the knife enters the frame ng, DOLLY OUT REVEAL) The three from behind a trash kbar. (ox akbar from the bar emerge phone still ringing. $id man looks at them with fear close, relaxedly, smiling with rag { horizontally and blows air on th symbol on it. Phone still ringing. Phone wa pulls out the dianond, from: the. sack beste Ole hem, they. look at him gfid swallows it. They ge” ¥ re fercedly, But its locked: pélts the door. ‘They sone | Akbar nodding his head gies and draws 4 ‘DIAMOND 5 on the other side. bedy language alone (no dialog) ' lip movements and frying to open the door ani TNTERCUTS of 3 men banging, at/last, and opens the door, the handset and it hangs dows old man struggles but Ant anar holds bis legs 2ighi 6 d receiver swings slowly to/é ‘the earpiece can be heard. dosnt stops hitting, nods his head afeapprovingly and tccks fat amar. a second later, amar shek f/his head approvingly. at amaz~ Schony, he-too shakes highhead approvingly. FSPS™ Then at hand andanchony gives hjfi/a switchblade, Sx5st Sp {ge horiz6Aebewy dure a & See ane. Cup ihe ema ae ae8 shirt up, Amar and Anthony put down the old man on the him tight. Akbar yalks to him, sits and moves closes his mouth/with his hand. LONG SHOT | Akbar 5: the knife in the air. old in writhing and crying, 8 twice, throws the knife ide. / Akbar/gropes for the diamond in th old man’s stomach, amar ines anthony trying to hold hin as/tignt as possible : oy y whats yo" Rain and hanging handset, f _ ie é ee ris te mee ence vides up the inite beside nin with om . :) bloody hands, old man dead, his eyes closed and head fallen oh aa Z ewe sideways. The three men getup and leave the place. Pi — fe 5 Se cite cn / A —2 HF / Timer for coin insert/hitting zero (3,2,1,0.. “ ‘ After making sure he is dead, Akbar picks up the satk trom a w, the booth, pulls out the leftovers, searches for iis pockets, a and ti the money in his pockets, gets up and walks put ss s back, turns his body backwards to sgé if any money :eae ea ae OS hb LaLa ake ah 2 Mana by Phanindrs Naraeted 7 + SAME BUILDING - NIGHT Hight flickers vigorously in an apartment. (ONLY AUDIO - Sound followed by heavy splash) Motor MUSIC STARTING SLOWLY, AND THEN EVOLVING GRADUALLY OPENING TIMLES / introduction slow moments / prope only Pouring black paint from a bucket into a pan Paint brush putting a black stroke on white wall Metronome ticking ' Yarn balls falling and rolling Red yarn ball dunked into an oi} jar, rolling Water from the faucet, running Underwater bubbles inside the tub etc. EXT. IN FRONT OF A DOOR - Day A Rewspapar before the door with a flyer on it saying, TO-LET MS. NEELA YELLOW ORCHARD 201 267. A broom omes cut from under the door, someone fing to pull the paper from inside with it. After a while, fhe paper and the flyer slide past the door [or a simple fae out, fade in, reveals no paper and flyer before the door, if the door has no olit] CD ceil its Akbar, bracelet guy from the bar who pulled the paper inside. He is locking at the red flyer, picks up the handset and dials the number on the flyer. 13Fyn plene(e) te ber (A) Profile Ce werp)( Pablo AA td Aol od eld dotod- PULEL LL LULL Mane by Phanindrs Naraotes INT, LAKSEMI’S APARTMEN? — continuous ~~ DOLLY IN SLOWLY in a green walled bohemian room. | | | AKBAR (V7.0. ) Hello, Neela naa? ~ -JEELA ess Avunu, cheppandi. KBAR too sees his handset. He checks the awiten hook SUL | the beep in the background. He bends down slowly to see the | gnapped telephone wire hanging under the table. Slapping AKBAR Nenu AKBAR. Paper lo advertise... A beeping sound of the abruptly cut line. = Neela locks at her handset suddenly. angrily on the tabl. | AKBAR (CONT’D) Daridhrapu elukalu, veeti baadha padalekey kadhal with his mouth, attaches 1} ees, 4 7 Neela picks up the handset. @) AKBAR (CONT’D) Cut ayyindhi. Ee roju paper lo nee advertisement choosaans, illu nenu theesukunta. urgent ga. 5B . NEELA SE pete ate insu acs roju saayantram vachheyandi. [liu choopisthaanu. AKBAR Sarey ~ A neon green rotary telephone ziaging on an wooden high stool AKBAR with the handset, phone ringing on the other side. ~ Neela, the woman from the bar lifts up the handset.@) AKBAR sets the snapped wire right by plucking its ends off Close and dials again to Neela. | | | | a Fe ia ie aePPEEEREPPECELLPLE EEL L LL LETape iet btbab tdi tt tn LELUEULUU Tadd CONTINUED: And Akbar hangs up the handset and pulls out a Hydrogen onice/iodige bpetie (dressing) fron the table's drauer, Beta his foot on the table and pours it on his rat bitten toe fail. Froth generates. He showing the pain in his face. ayinaa vaaran krithan asalu leney Jeva. Ekkadi nundi vachhaayi rea ‘baaboo inni elukalu? | saan (cote’D) While he is dressing, camera slides to reveal things on the ~ table, bitten o notes from hie wallet, bitten ends of clothes, books, ee etc. last, table clock (7300 BMY) — a DISSOLVE TO: (Ons é Table clock (6:00 PM), Bell ringing sound iA B.C. Akbar‘s hand presging an old door bell. Neela opens the ttle halfway. in green crepe skirt and beige jor fully and welcomes him. AKBAR géts into the it. [HIP-HOP] Neela walks him through the house fing him the hall, kitchen, bed roém, bath room etc. Akbar lows her and looks around and c back to the hall WEELA Yllantha pure wai ivvaalsina avasgran ledhu, adhi chamayyantundhi. 15(OTITIS IT III IES ESI IIIIIITT ILE IIE ELGULELLELLELGLGLEGLA JULLELLLELELLELL AKBAR koodaa mgkhyam kaadhu aney. Pakka ay haaku oka photostudio Sardhukovaalsindhi chaala jochhu, Repu saayanthran sthaanu. Nee paddhathee adhee jachhithey advance, rent appudu Send vaste copte her offer./(Weela walks to the dooryto leave the 3 then AKBAR stops her to ask by pointiny sonething AKBAR aa bonma enti? vichithranga vui Pe ois aca portcele Fo vane siphon iigeey Geet like a barking dog. f LAXSHMT 7 Naaku photography ishtam. Adhi maa annayya chethi shadow. ..needa. theesi oka samvatsaran avuthundhi. Chanipoyada, cancer. Aayanaki kukkalantey ishtam. Andhukey thana ishtaanni cla dhaachukunna. meoku ibbandhigaa yuntey theesesthaanu. and walks to the portrait to remove it. AKBAN stops her _/ BKBAR. Parlediu baavundhi, variety a. Naako6 okati theesipedathaavaa? Naaka... (thinks for a while, smiles cunningly)chilakalantey ishtan. / Neela locks at him suspiciously, shakes her head and removes her old Rollifleix cemera from her t: 16% | Dp SAME LOCATION - MOMENTS LATER NEELA / Mee cheyi ila pettandi tupfis on the table lamp, directs hinthe shape of a parrot j, sttting on @ tree and captures the resulting shadow on filn. NEELA (CONT/D) Intlo edhaina problewe vuntey raasi Pettandi. Vachhaaka/ choosi, annee Saricheyisthe. I1J4 maathran neat ga vunchandi. rovingly and Neela leaves the the door after she leav AKBAR walks 1 the decor, jorportraits, wall, the p; yr ot the ho sts-c5 lored ght_co: JOG | Ror! He takes a lwater bottle) fi fthe kitchen cabinet an ig Seen Tia wo, the fridge, then a glass from glass, mixes it with his palms swiftly a Fit off, pulls out a switch blade from his smoke box, a zippo lighter, rolled money bile, them onto the table carelessly. At last pulls fom his waist pocket. The cove: GELELELULELULULLGLEELEESE By dhikkoo lenodiki naughty ai ey dhikku. Chilukalennintike ghts up a sncke, the zippo's Lights up his smoke by presei g it twice and throws it on and rests on the couch, bLLLbEbuLbb a ,a Ce ee xDARK ROOM - CONTINUOUS. Oe a oe weer ay ek a it against anc g developing it into 4 phovegrap! srtesy temic (3wn (05) EXT. EMPTY STREET - CONTINUOUS Manu peeps into a house, its locked, looke around carefully and goes near the porch, pulls out a key from bis pa! ee (theme music) looks around once again and pushes the pocket _( Roy inte the padlock’s keyhole but it doesn’s tuzn- (Levers ey — the key cannot move them) Manu thumps the door with irritation. “IP-HOP MONTAGES OF ATTEMPTS TO TURN THE KEY IN A DIFFERENT Tock AT A DIFFERENT DOOR. (CLOSE, WIDE, FROM BACK, MID BDC.) A SOUND MONTAGE OF MAY BE 7 OR @ ATTEMPTS. (the 9th one) Manu looks at an unlocked door, goes inside the house through its window, 7 las amepemaniiiioee Manu leoks at bedroom, its door slightly opened, tusic from to the the TV playing low, walks straight to the lock entrance of the hone as if he knew ite there MANU [V-O.] Manandhari connen psychology. ‘Theesina thaalaanni thalupuki dhaggiraloney pedatham, kitchen Yond, bedroom iono, bathroom lone pettukomu. oka thaalam chevi pattukuni dhaani thaalam kappa Kosa vethukuthunnaans. adhey naa gatham, naa prasthutham, nea bhavishyatthu. nenu dhongani kaadhu. Chethiki chikkinattey chikki theppinchukunna oka mrugan kosam, kasigaa veteaduthunna vetagaanni. 18 PELULEELELELULELELLEULLELEL EEUUCowrrnur: Man by Phaninars eraeccs Pinds it out beside a ma gazine stand, tests the key, it t, fails. He twitches his f, 00 ‘ace and exhales with mouth. ‘EXT. EMPTY STREET — conmmvous Nenu hitting his foot hard onto the road in frustration, joking at the key in his hand MANU [V.0.) Vethukuthaanu, Gib drawing a cirote on a map) nose geesukunna circle }, 4llullannee veth: gurini nenu kottadaani! okey okka baanan, ee thaalam ohoci. 610 - conrruous Defies hand’ touching and feeling the surface/Of a freshly Painted cpfvas. Minimalist stuaic, © bed-box“in the niddis of ene SPagE: She opens its draw, touche ‘the’brushes, paint ‘ube pfid paintings, all ordecly pinto side ic, ks to a small table on which Gorder, bends and looks at a bot smiles, puts jects are placea fe which has a couple of back. She opens the tia ig8 and smiles, She moves her fingers across 4 i ittea on it Up a tape recorder from box. bed- fee Femoves her shoes and 1ies on it folding her legs wee Pesosiomh, ike a baby inside the wee age or The ress glOOks At MO cassette, turns st Ste puts Sater rate end pdys it; a beantiten, sre vocal on it. (ToP anciE)” SUE (Larit | t AUELLLLLLULL Te Whis glass on the floor, 4-5 ci, the / ‘loor, snoring sound in the BAR - CONTINUOUS Manu talking to a bar man showing him a sketched paper, MANU Nenu ikkadey choosaanu veedini BARMAN Kaadhani anatledhu. Naakaithey gurthu ledhu, reguiar customer kaaney kaadhi sir = Manu nods head disapprovingly and blows air out, kick start sound in B.G. © EXT. STREET - CONTINUOUS Manu kick starting his scooter and rides off the place. (to mirror) INTINUOUS Manu comes to Neela’s apartment, parks scootér (No mirror). He looks around and gete up into the apartment with che heip of a sanitary pipe. Reaches the window.hs op Filewmys % “HS Nook Gack. (het Pras downs bis hands HI a baety (tom, Ft A dn pate) Lie Gateenay 29 ‘ ye may ve S| <{ ot a oth?bototintiol ote’ ‘ » zit bbb Ft vob Lt 5 > LELLELLELELLLL '’ d LEU % Vago oe Piette, ee qs Ghhyor— Oe ce oy BediLwnw DIAGONAL DOLLY ov: DREAM ONE + STATUPTTE BIT Manu cones from left side of the frame, hits hérd on akbar’s head with/the statuette seen on the fridge. Gf 4, cLosp’ ow Ss _ gets up suddenly in foar ang/the book falis. - MID AKBAR looks at the statuette in fear, then looks around, shakes his head, opens and closes his eyelids heavily, drowsily, looks atthe portrait, then looks at the window, the curtain moves, picks the bottle from the table and drinks the whisky, raw, 4 gulps and places it again back on She table, 1/4 of the whisky left in the bottle and crashes ba | on the couch. | cross on in deep sleep, a very mild snoring ay Feet/with brown boots behind the curtain/cabinet. INT. SxME LeCATIeN - CONTINUOUS Cur uP ya | “‘ manu’s right hand grips thecurtein tight. He peeps at akbar carefully from behind it ,/ Manu slowly comes out from behind the curtain. He wear: black dress, as usual. Walks up to AKBAR and looke 4 ‘aes to see akbar's face closely. (1NS,/manu at head onto the glass in the bar) Pe gtr ee ex | | | He smiles, gets up and walks halfway around hit and looks. at a rae scone 5, oe 1G clyareten sabe = wars yet jome whisky left on the table, the glass on the floor, ae er with water, a lighter, an opened cigarette box with a cpuple of cigarettes left in it, lot ef cigarette ash, a new itchblade on the table, fallen ngughty aunty book.Lun , MOOODFSLLECEEEAECEEULLEULELE — — _ = @ kitchen, brings the broom and the dustpan. the ash and stubs into the pan, picks the and gids from the table. Two steps past the couch, ‘manu freezes there with all the contents 4 pan, the broom ete., and locks a bit sho; eyes sideways to carefully look back AKEAR whispers {cont’d) chadhavakapothéy kalloki raava? Uam...nmab! And gets back to ask 2 Manu sighs out rélievedly, looks back at AKBAR and wot ‘them into a trash ¢ Washes the glass carefully beside the sink. carefully,/walks up to AKBAR, walks halfway Around him, pulls out a keychief from his pocket and wipes bis hands slowly. gdlly caps the near the floor and puts it METRIC ORDER JUST THE ‘oom and opens the third draw/of a table below the mirror thecking something by touc 22nope PPPEPPLPPELLL LLL LS I r eS Pat P|‘ CULL uid ( \ > Mit bub bilil M aw Manu by Phat CONTINUED: up the cloth ie, map, local it + She looking at him from fig something on the map with of opening the locks) = comes in, waiks to the table, 1ii Pulls out a folded paper, unfol: ars, with a big red circle on hind the easel/hancer. He ti a pen (INS. His failed attenp} He criss-crosses some dots“6n the map. Pulls out and looky the key emotionally, grj@ping it tight in the fist, cl his eyes with his h and moves from ther The hiding necla ones out and carefully looking/Around opens the door and INT. DARK ROOM - MOMENTS LATER Neela turns on the light in the darkroom, pulls out the photograph from the liquid and clips it to a string. ae a eT See casio ae FADE IN: i mer Conticusly, hen, touches and uses the washed glass and pitcher, Sones to the table and pike Gp everything except the bor and switchblade, puts them all in the first draver of th teble in the bedroom, slightly moves head $6 and fro, left and right. Walks’up to the kitchen, takes the gless, fills some water from the sink's tap, comes Back to the couch to drink the ¥emaining whisky in the bortle. opens it, smells it suspi¢iously and pours it into tle glass. When he is about tovdrink it, the bell rings. denly at the door (DOLLY gisss on jfile table. pica the kittsOVI ESET TIES IEEE III IIII III IE IEEE -_" , ,Lvbtt | 1 ) Wd — — — — 2 — — — — acd > — 3 > = = — => —> = = aa ‘CORRIDOR SUGGESTION Neighbor surprised to see Akbar NEIGHBOR Neela? (1 unresponsive) Ohi Rent ki iphhesara? Popu madhyalo vunnaanuy nooney ayipoyindhi konch a Akbar closes the knife by pressing it to the door/éad puts it in his pocket. Walks up to the kitchen and fills/ —_ — — — “74 — b L , 5 n LbLtt LbL LELELLELLELLEL Mana by Phanindra sarees CONTINUED: 3. AKEAR kathalaa? natthichhi cheyaalsindhi chesthey, prapanchaaniki kathalu chepthaavo, nijan chepthaavo saayanthran chooddham. eee Drinks ip ge mast plese We erwten feltn— « Akbar picks op the phone, dials a number. Rings, but none Attends, He sighs out, hangs it up angrily and then again ‘different number. Anthony picks up. conrrNvous INT. ANTHONY'S PLACE ~ AKBAR Hello! Evaru? AKBAR Rey! ANTHONY ‘Aan anna! AKEAR Rey! ee amar gaadu ekkadapoyaadi ‘ra? Phone lu Chesthey etthatledau. Vajram vaedi dhaggirey vundhi. yee Dhaanni thvaraga anmeyaali. Manan ekkuva rojulu okey dhaggirundadan manchidhi Keadhu. kompatheest paripoyaada enti dhaanitho? ANTHONY. Nee gurinchi thelisi vaadu antha dhairyam cheyyaduley anna. Nenu anukkunta vaadu ekkadunnado. Nuvvekadunnav? me Z oe Cheptha, annee cheptha. Naaku A yonchem pani vundhi. Mallee pet ant tharuvatha chestha, Vaadi gurinchi ‘ thelusukoni cheppu. ANTHONY Sarey anna es to-h pies up the glass an; and places it on the ee ae, 0)eT ee iJ bbOoL pbLLLEOSE DULDUUI ) l » l )(, » > LLLLLbE Lib b PEACE - CONTINUOUS until its sound picks up a (he imagines dozens of sounds an his mind) Manu playing with metron pattern kind cf monta: makes a pattern insi¢ MANU [V-0-] 1. Sound, oka pattern lo vuntey naalo/ealochanalu thannukosthaay1. aa brain ki nuclear reaction tidhi. (INS. BAR-SOUND PION, HE PLAYING WITH BALD LOOP AT HIS PLACE) @. Naaku OcD. Ey vasthuvainaa sare} Yuler tho gecsinattugaa, Front row Yo eainikulu pilchunnattugaa, ozdex Jo, paddhathigaa vundaali. Ledhantey, naa purrey Kosi, naa brain lo (screwing his templéez) evaro velutho 7 thipputhunnattuntundhi. (7S. BAR GLASS, ON TABLE I-R, AKBAR'S TABLE) 3. Naaka chess antey ishtan. Kaance evvaritho aadanu, naatho neney aadukuntaant, SOLO CHESS. Shathravu bayatekkado vundadu. Nana lopaley vuntaadu, bhayam roopamlo. Dheanni gelavaalannadhey faa uddheshan. MANU [V.0.]_(CONT’D) Naanna, neni, Naanna’32 ellakey 7) Chan ipoyaadu,, -heaxt bests. “Nanni Ghala nandhi aduguthaari neneppudce Gnly nzlupey endhukeeukurtaantt ant ° Baaga neeru nindina megham nallaga endhukantundhi antey em chepthaan? Shaanthi xorskuney vaadu thelupu dharisthaada. sanyaasan theesukunnods kaashaayam faristhaadu. Naa gundey ninda Gntho baadha eno rahasyaalu, naaku Jnalupey prashaanthatha. Adhey ailaasam, adhey vaikuntham ‘raathri poota and pulls out another little old w: his personal collection of antiqui Manu picks out a vintage photo and looks at it intensely en box, opens and sees ‘ocks and their parts,55 Che trerinn § Home patty the Ginter nell enhen Kaub) Sigle thd SS : wim (bape Paagne) a zy) z aan yas iy in Paice fel Bales | feune tum oe ln Pow vad Mtge rte Sa EL Selon 4 RIS HR. dutohonel ale wn Me wall kimnneeekalcch biG frmts badety ha Crmayplidin de (Starie) wy aq y ¢ DS Reigk erprteaweliy eines = thes roel 5 dated es — iieasareged bear (av) Were Ae Gras Sh ace Fes Yolen Me woot coi Ganace) Posy InManu [V.0.¢" (CONT’D Pastha thaalaalani Sekarinchi dhaachukovadam naaku alavaatu. He picks up an old lockifrom his collection, insides (dissected parts of a padlock, levers > _ watt) eS) opens ete.) — gf MAND [V.0.] (Cont’D) —_ (showing the parts of the lock, tha se gov devers) Manam sampaadhinchinavi, keodapettinavi, dhochukunnavi , - dhaachukunnavi'anintinee ee chinna O% “C/82% chinna neetaley kaapalaa Dial Mey aay) Maastheayl. prvenan patedaantkt purishudu three tho talieinnty, Mid —— . oka prapancham theruchukovaalantey Fre e thaalam chevi thaalam kappatho — kalavaali. thaalan chevi pothey i chaale suluvugaa nakiles Phavsoed cheyyochhis. Achey cha dom > kappapothey? dntha peathyekarka vuntundhi Leabactoy sas — > Cheslentania Fate tee . thelusukovadahannea chaning iahtan, ==> eee bhahusha andhukeneno dhevadu sie id. 4 samasya koodaa oka thaalanthoney — pane te mudipettaadu (INS./DOLLY IN ON KEY erent ses ON TABLE/NANU TWIRLING THE Key, D> Fasting CRAWLING UP TO THE KEY, PICKING ¢ LOOKING av IT) — He closes the box and pute it-back in its place. wl) Mh seo, + 2 —_— ae ieapn (waa) be) — Chay) a — INT. MANU'S PLACE - pay ego Crane) 1’ ~~ eee a pant ince Seon te ake? us tb his banker, (into"his vorld of ow) Paintings, how he uses only black and no S vf ogher color, h oh {_y Creates Art out of negative space and his SCULPTN eyo a tor & pune bicker and mixes the bisck palee seeise t Brusb/ pours it into flat pans. Looks to f Siceeicy atasigen iv and Harte’ patty ons it wie — the - brush painting black paint agaiase brush edge, canvas filling with black, glass Pov = eee : on este ——_ Usdin tox ‘teen ch ¥ SS Gs) EXT. STREET — continuous Beyer itt ~_> = and ants Lo tage happy is Akbar smoking, valking on the street with a hottie es brown cover up-to its mouth in hie hand. encounters Necla (ne gets curer ea — hands 3 he locks at him Stine stene —VELLILELELL LLL LGU bs 1 SCULELGULLELL Mand by Phanindra ComrryvED: NEELA Meerenti ikkada? Akbar pulls out a small bottle from his left’ pant pocket AKBAR Nidhrapattatlednu kadna, (showing it)Konchem nidhraku, idhi (showing the bottle in his right hand) baaga nidhraku, idhi AKBAR (CONT'D) (looking at her bag) avventi? NESLA Chalikaalam vasthundhi kadha? Nea Sweater neney kuttukunta. Andhukey unni kenadaaniki vachha. Avunoo meekishtamaina color enti? NEELA VYoorikey, mee psychology thelusukundhaamani adiga. Akbar looks at her AKBAR Erupu. saayanthran intlo coffee thaaguthaava? NEELA Meetho nenendhuka coffee thaagaali? AKBAR Ippudey edho thelusukunta annav kadha? adhi inkonchem ekkuva thelusukedaaniki. Neela thinks for a while and shakes her head approvingly NEELA Choostha. Akbar smiles cunningly. FADE. TO BLACK PADE II 29(state) Roe “ot PT OE PPP PPP PPP PP HPPA AAUBBDUHELELEELELELEDELDEDLULYS Vy Aplin Mand by Phanindva Marsares TNT. LARSENI’S PLACE - EVENING CLOSE ON/DOLLY OUT SLs Ticking seconds hafid of an old table clock, showing 6:00 PM (srt!) Coffee boiling’on the stove. Akbar smashing tablets into powder besigs the sink, with the bettles he shopped in = ga kerchief beside them. Bell rings, and brown paper bag pher to sit on the couch. He comes to the kitckén. Neela ‘Thalanoppa? NEELA vant AKBAR Em parledhu, Coffee ga kaluputhaana. onchem strong Akbar looks at her, smilegand pours all thet he smashed into a cup, and pours coffee nto it, pours some into another cup and takes both of themy renembering left cup to him, right cup to her and sits of the couch, gives her cup to her-_Manu locking at then troy behind the curtain.-Neela drinks NEELA (smiling) Manam maatallo padi arthaganta ayipoyindhi. Vac! vishayamey marchipoyant. 1: nachhindha? 30(eee From Riau, Cuan Pras Gaal to evan Hee Srvclen, loole at bey ae OCRed Woche fe bedwe) i A SPP PTTTPPAPPADAP HP PIRAP DP PDptdVana By Phanindra waraeeeT ks at the tablet bottle, its ompty and steps towards ‘EF ONTO THE on the sofa. He the bedroom; ar gets alarn t opens it midvay, its the neighbor whe came to return the but then stops suddenly,” neticing something clearly in the. ts shocked to see, THE PINK DIAMOND ith Amar. He takes’ it out from the = " ~ — x —_ — “CONTINUED: — akbar smiles and gets/tip, takes both the cups and walks to e ‘the kitchen looking“back at neela, puts the cups beside the — sink, lifts and ra looks at her — a DOLLY IN SLOWLY ON NEELA’S FACE 7a She looking around and whistling a nostalgic tune (that 20; — vocal from the audio cassette where she plays in manii's = _ Akbar opens the chloroform bottle, dabs the ker = and slowly walks towards the couch, (x Chass loses af bin) Neola still whistling, he —_ x and puts the kerchief to her face ( CAMERA) She writhes and then falls sidewa: cal smiles, looks et her and carries her int ie he is about to touch her, bell rings wea Bata walks up to the door and Ree [Ry that borrowed the oil in the mornit — ‘rstYb °" bowl back. He takes the bowl and we I ei 1, walks into the b weg (as | i wy NAT te thinking as if he missed oo third drawer. Opens it, aaa at. that was supposed to be A one of goes off conp]étely. tries lighting his consistent, Coming and drawer and pulls it clése to his éyes. In fhe flicker, slow dolly out, no neela on xror, looks at the hall, comes into out zippo as only source. step forward but steps on the bowl pe and falls on the floor. A thud soyrid on the floor, under the -eexeh> the portions of the apartment and fed. A shocked again. Its flame meelf into the Ke hall using his worn fand in fear. ‘Takes a threw minutes ago there 1 Diamond falls and rolls Zippo again and going. He locks He looks eeww ovU BEObLbBLEBEDED LbEEb L Ob ) = Mani by Phantndra Warsetes + Akbar walks to it but the door just doesn’t open as from the outside. Akber tries and tries. ‘sees around to spot Neela standing still, fe bedroom. He walks towards her. She stands Qead still,/He pulls out his knife from the drawer and come: above hand and stops suddenly to turn towards iy to see himself, no neela. He can see her befcre not in the mirror. Knife falls onto the sroung/ HALL - CONTINUOUS bere td gt hd pot wit extung herr. lee tet ana ntbery beede So pull the-ASancnd-te-uncesthe-cocet~ | cur TO: INT. BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS A neela, ite only Akbar. But/now Akbar is no-more akbar; he ig-Séeaessed by neela. (Jusy physically akbar!) Akbar smiles and walks to the mirror, opens the top draw, pulls oxt a Siftage photo, which, shows neela and her father, che old man brutally murdered felephone booth that night. He takes the photo to the hail,/puts it on the couch. Manu looks at him cérefully moving away a little from the curtain with curtain still in hand. ‘Akbar walks inte the kitchen and opens a cabinet and pulls out a transparent oil jar, cones to the table, puts it t] rubs his and empties the contents of neela’s bag,“A half a doén colorfal yarn balls and 3-4 green hydr: bombs, lout from it. He picks up the photo, fees the old man’s face and tears roll down his cheek. Wipes takes /a deep breath and picks up a hydrogen b; Jeft/hand and speaks to the photo Poyina d kaalchanandhuka entha aat pattinchav? Ippadu choogd veetini ela vaadukuntaano! ‘a balls among many colors with} He tries to pick one of the dat the red ball, looks at the his right hend, stops his photo, tapping it,PLLELELELLEGLELLLL Ys 4 , ut 4 ’ CUUUCLULULL ans by Phaaindrs Narese=> é Looks at both of thew (yarn ball and bomb) once and stutis ‘the hydrogen bomb slowly into the red yarn ball and threads it tight and dunke it into the oil jar and shakes the jar for a while and puts it back on the table. The suspended red yarn, g in the oil. Pulls it out of the jar al Routh with its edge tying to his index fin. earns, and swallows the yarn ball slowly (a p, ra and ball falling onto the camera throu ensation, but takes it slow and steady’ He (t down his stomach. Looks at her dad in the ghoto gu. AKEAR (CONT’D) (Pointing at his own stomach. INS akbar stabbing old man) ikkadey 1, ninnu podichindhi? 7 ‘Akbar removes his finger and looks for/the zippo and opens it (flint. sound) CLOSE ON/DOLLY IN SLOW The dog shadow portrait Akbar lights it, the flame/burns brilliantly, brings it close to his mouth, manu looking at Akbar fixedly | G. BUILDING - conTINuoUS hread burning sound/Flane travelling via thread. DOLLY OUT SLOWLY Explosion edtnd IMENT - CONTINUOUS ihe statuette on the fridge sh: | | | Many/erips his hand tight to the curtedn, closes his eyes at \ pog shadow portrait glass, cracked! (Or shall we show cracking? ~ VFX) oe Manu slowly lets the cyftain go from his grip, and opens, eyes to look at the geene. 33ap Tea oe. Sls mmo + athermis atl Pee tected { Gamat, Cite tus wp Tks gary Re Gok site NR nm Sra 4034) eae | ODDO DD ODD 9.9 2.2.6.0. 1.4.).9.466.4.4.2)f LELLUELYLELULLULLLY CLELLLLELELLE WSR Prantne termetet FADE TO BLACK. x” INT. APARTMENT - MoMmNTS LATER ye Weela tying a gupiy bag, with her foot, on it, pressing it hard. Ties it and then tears the wrapper/paper off the gift she brought apd lifts it up in the air (looks like a photo frame) and sifiles. Comes up to the table, opens out the book and writes/something. he corridoy/) neighbor pA Closes her nese. pet? marchipoyaana. W hi tewant idhi choosey paatipoyaadu. Reads her diary, she writes about Akbar-death by explosion, he looks at the wall, relaxedly and smiles. The wall has two portraits now.ppg | / i ; i < | @: ee te : Se w itae went eeu ft rrherpr peppy ES SS Ge te UATER ah aoe. SHOE INGE Gi al PeAmES <> Aides tha, Satta em Se TY] ot =] etminy LaeDLELLOGOS NEELA ir. BATEROOM - conTrfuOU! (68/23) 2 ft nenyGoitege 9 science project » } cheéthunnanu, light & shadows ——2 Na a. andnukosam rakarakaala ot | Ahapes collect chesthunnanu. a | / Meeremanukokapothey--- — cs — | [amar pitting dog shape with his hand Np | eo » Jc | or)\photograph of hie han —— —— 5 i Amar (possessed by Neela) pouring salt jtito the bathtub. First sprinkles with the hand and thep/directly with the jar. Salt dissolving slowly in the water./Water filling inside the athtub, water level rising up, takes a wire and bites off its edges, the copper strings inside visible, plugs it int the socket, throws the jar on the ground and pits the wire inte his mouth and puts his feet into the tub (underwater), His whole body followed by bis head plunges slowly into the water (inverted, now turns/regular/straight to reveal its amar), A bubble comes oup from his mouth slowly. After a while he raises his fost out fron the water and ticks the ch on, He writhes-Vvigorously inside the tub (underwater). iON a ., oe. psi Neela puttingthe Dog’s portrait with her own hands onto che wall. Neela looks back at the guany bag and at the portral and emiles‘revengefully, contented. (ONLY AUDIO - Motor, = | sound foplowed by heavy’ splash) 9” oy a er) Tyt. BALL - NICHT ~ /cusse ex we Dog portrait, Littl }s CLLELELELELLELULG ) LELELEULE ) 7 = = = ‘loses the book, keeps it on nd from his pocket and wal} fe third drawer, and puts it exactly in the middle of it and @loses it, walks into the hi catching the pipe. EXT. STREET - NIGHT Neela rests i the chair. Tear drop falls off her check. le table, He pulls out the nto the bedroom and opens and exits from the window Manu pulls out _a map from his pocket, starte his scooter (No Mirror) and goés to an empty street. Parks it aside and ——— ats walking with the map in his hand, pulls out the key, at it. And goes up to a house, as usual he triés the lock, it fails but when about to move from there a broken black/red padlock put aside before the He curiously and hopefully picks it up and tests with but then, it too doesn’t open, feels hopeless t accept the fact that the key doesn’t belong to that lock too. He raises it up in the air to throw but stops and puts it back there. MANU [V.0.] Thaalam vesina illani vethakadan guluvu. Veyanivey, dhongalaa chorabadi maree vethakaali. Be raathri kudharakapothey, inko vaathri. Ennisaarlainaa oN“ prayathinsthaanu. Kaanee, 7 vethakaalsina iliulu / thakkuvayyekoddhi bhayam / ekkuvavuthundhi, ekkada dhorakaalsindhi dhorakkundaa Q pothundhonani ‘ DARK ROOM - CONTINUOUSPo b b L b b L L L { ) d Litbtt ) Lut ) LLELELELELLEEELELE ( Sefence antay ishtam, cheni ey ekkuva ishtam. Laboratory \\ (yantundhi. Test tubes, beakers, rangurangula solutions, pippette 1 nundi paduthunna drops, enno prayogaalu, inkenno combinationly. mana kalia mandhey edho magic \y Jaruguthoo vuntundhi, manamey 0] reaction ki saakshulam. Naaku, prayogaalantey ishtam, Kaal chemicals, smoke assaley endhukantey naaku aanandham, bhayam, ba: edhi ekkuvaina breat} 1a, mooditle ng ae vachhesthundhi. cHinna kutumban, Naanna, nenu, Amha chinnapudey ea chanipoyindhi,/Life antha boarding schools, loneliness. Aa ontarithangh pogottukodaanikey enno edsheets ni, curtains ni sreative ga recycle chesinavey)(neela watering plants) manaki dhaaham vesthey chaalaa — vunnaayi thaagadaaniki.. .paapan, oe vesukuney battalanace b gz mokkalu neelley thaaguthaayi. cn 6 pakehalu, janthuvulu dhaahan, ayithey kaneesam arusthaay, papam ivi ala kocdaa cheppukolewu. Manamey artham chesukoydali. Gonthu| thadapadam laantidhey(veru thadapadan koodaa,) / Pops. Erlenmeyer Flash Hee ehsk Grodunhed cagtindiee Toth tebe edt Tesh rye bruit SF Pee Rails Glan sti, Haters x Ltn P, tees Cian ores «BOE Cexzayy Fertaps (tuuerers) Holey Pipet— ENO . (Fry sat) ‘ algo 0S| ate a a o, svete ca new. et he = Nuala a Pee ararvaa a Tes ood ts gis oneee aed Se Onging enpeurrion, S Poe ee ours ‘Sue - ve. PPL LLLLILLP LPP PPP PP PP ppppRamulu at the dinner“table, Paatha tape recorder store vundhi, photography studio ga chesuke. Naghna, aaru nelley avuthundhi afttha karchu petti camera endhuku naanna! Monna nuvvu padukunnappudu theesina photos annee choogaanu. 7 : Emee theliyani naakey anghulo edho| Nuke ae vundhi anipisthundhi, prapanchaaniki entha kanapaduthundho. kadiginchadaaniki/ayina bills koodaa choosaany. Brackets lo vunnaayi ey ey/friend dhaggira enthentha theesukunnay ani. Chinnappudy’ edhaina kaavaalantey adigedha! inka inka thelusuko. Egirey pakshi (Tears’in her eyes) Thank Raanna NEELA (V.0.) (CONT‘D) ama jé(he puts a packet on her bed andthe takes it to the bathroom), @ la (he oils her head), @helli la(ho draws on her nose While she is asleep), thanmadu la(he eate off all the stravberries, she walks away/ he whistles and gives sone), naanney.(Thana panento but, dhaani valley na, vundeyvaadu. Nenoo adagaledhu. Naanngfi RAMULU, Pakka veedhilo/ Friend dhi oka vaadu adhi theesesthunnaady. Adhi nenu theesukunnaanu. Dhaanni nuvvu NEELA ‘cnichhaaru ga, mallee ippudu 2 eae Des: Jobe ka wee ert ag fagey photos oi ivi. Ippuda ichhinaa atledhie[ can understand, mates, wry aS vidualist. SeSTEB cod, fallani raallu kindhaki agakocdadhu. NEELA, Oy ie iy en tk ee a ee ee ee i ea mmLLELLELUGH a Ee ee OD eo oe ee | INT. DINING TABLE - NrcET Neela checks thermometer from her father’s ‘some pills. He takes them. J j NEELA 104 aa? Samasyey ledhu. Yy velloddhu. waalugu rojt. thaggaakey vellandi. RAMULU Thappakunda vellagtanma. Oka vaaram rojullo i RAMULU (CONT’D) Nenokati chepthaanu. Endhuku emit. ani Adakkoodadhu. Neela accepts / RAMULU (CONT'D) Manan ee illu addhekichhg6i ikkadinundi ekkadikain. vellipodhaan. INT. DARK ROOM-NIGHT NEELA (V.0.) Kaaranam lenidhi naanna ey nirnayan theesukodu 38 Manu by Phanindra warsetti cur TosPLELULY L ) ’ Littl ) { , l ) Ltt & ) CLTELEEEL THT. DINING “ABLE - NIGHT Neela — her hand on her fathers hand and Neela picks a flyer, looks at At Gata nods approving. FADE TO BLACK INT. EMPTY BAR COUNTER - NIGHT eee (4/2) RAMULU 4 Flyers print cheyinchi sae inu, kudhirinappudu paper vaa sae Sehnesey!! panchamans.._ Manu and Neela in bar NEELA (V.0.) | Manu, a local artist, athani works chala deep, disturbing and lonely ga vuntaayi. Loneliness, bahusha akkadey connect ayyaanemo! chala saarlu kalavaalanipinchindhi. kaani creative people dhaggariki panikattukoni vellakcodadhu. Vaallu edho prapancham lo vuntaaru, psychological trespassing naakoo nachhadhu. kaanee oka roju raaney vacchindhi, aa roju raathri, barlo, She pours vodka and walks out from the bar WEELA (V.0.) fhappu thelusukunnaaka athani iki velli sorry epdhamnnakinsan_ kanes migatha fans la va cacasaeentis ethaceiciioay acioe anukuney pramaadhanundhi. andhukey mnantey gurthundipoyelaa“oka Uttharan faasaanu, athanesina OS paintingey 7 rae NS) dashVay Randonn / Spredeentons pty oO OE ; Licks, ctoneersehé Magen Nada avd Naber: y TEPDRPPPPP PPL EEE ReetLUGUUOULUELULLALALAL GAULLE bod 1 , INT. AN APARTMENT - NIGHT Neela painting something very smaji and rolls a paper into N : the typeuriter, types on it “Deg Manu...", pulls an eyelash pig aa} of her and puts it on the paper, draws something and tapes ue it, folds it, pute it insidehe little wooden box along with | | ~ the painting and tapes a rose to that box and places it lbefore his door. ee FADE TO BLACK. - NEELA (V.0.) Ala modhalaina prema vaaram padhi rojilloney chaala balanga ayipoyindhi. Aa deepawali raathrini feneppatike marchipolenu. Kaanee / devada naa raatha vereyla raasaadu EXt,/STREBT-NIGHT jela walking home on diwali night in the empy/f street setting her jewelry into her bag, smiling with a glow jar in| her hand. She passes by someone. Ranga, the man from the bar, now with béard and grungier appearance than before, picks out the’strip of matchstick potassium from his pocket, pulls opt a matchstick rolling out with his tongue from his mouth, pills off a half smoked stub from upon his ear and lighrs it. He looks at her and hi bag seated on the side of the Street smoking weed. She take: a turn at the end of the stréet and Ranga gets up to follow her. He shadows her cautiously up to her corridor. INT. LAKSHMI’S CORRIDOR - NIGHT Her neighbor feeds/her little boy who eats only if its in the corridor who is néw bicycling. Neola talking to her and | squeezing little’ boy’s cheeks. (Ranga watchfhg them from behind the wall at the steps, sffarp fighbor nods approvingly with a smile and . The woman too goes in leaving her pMfild in’ the ir. Ranga walks up to Neela’s door. 7: i fixedly at ranga. Ranga too looks at him, aCULELUTELLELLLELLUULS ) L ) » LU LULL » Ltt tt rand at the child. The child's mother boy points at ranga‘s hiding point and - He looking back but then he locks at the iles and walks to the nearby phone booth. cor, Vs EXT/ STREET - SAME TIME a Ranga reaches the telephone bocth and a number on the /llyer. NEELA ae Hello! y RANGA a Hello, neela na? v NEELA / Avanu, meezevaru?, RANGK Mee to-let address choosi call chesthunna,/Illu ippudu choodochha! Neela looks at her/watch NEELA Ledhandi late ayindhi, repu saayanthran randi. Mee peru? INT. LAKSHMI’S PLACE - NIGHT Table clock showing 8:30. Neela w ing her face, ‘Zelephone rings, she wipes her face and go and picks it. TH - CONTINUOUS ‘OLDMAN AMAR, AKSAR, ANTHONY, vaalla addresslu naa account books lo ekkado vantaayi- MORE,\ DLLEDL > but by | bbb ut M ) uv e ) OUT f , urarunt rh , am t Mana by Phanindra Narsetts OLDMAN (CONT'D) ging booth’s door sound in AG.) Vaallani vadhilipettaku CE NEELA'S PLACE — CONTINUOUS Meela doesn’t understand what's happeriing and cries off and shouts for her father, she hears gldss breaking and brawl sound, she begging and shouting. x (4/20/22, 12,49) - CONTINUOUS MEELA faanna! Ekkadunnaavo cheppu? ‘Ekkadunnaavo cheppu? INT, PHONE BOOTH - CONTINUOUS Coin timer hits zero and the call cuts at once (~ itch hook many times but no ust eAoor running FADE 10 BLACK. Neela on a chair, her tight. Ranga pulis out A smoke and lights it. Walks arouy the house and searches every place, the almirahs fe couch, the tables et al. tied back with a rope, real oLETTE ETELESL ELE EEE EEE ELE LEEDNeela wakes up drowsily, bljdKing her eyes heav: y him and he smokes on her face, she coughs heavil; ye table, ranga looks at her looking at it, picks it, Gt and gives (ok!) And pressing his own’ neck, | dying/surrocation expression (tongue outside, ayes h | closed, pupils upside) in his hands, looks at it, dx ere ae ie RANGA Choodu, nenem cheyatledhu, naa paatiki nenu (drags and exhales J | smoke) cigarette thaaguthunnaanu. Nee rogamey ninnu champesthundai. neeku nee tsss-tsss kaavaali Vee Glose to his mouth) naaku (tappéng his stomach sideways) naa ki. kaavaali. Intha kata, inni nena choosaanu. nagalesukakapoyina brathaggalan, kidney le konchem kashtan. And extinguishes the stub RaNcA. ont’ D) Cigarette peelchée peelches gonthu (tapping his théoat) endipoyindhi. Nenu neellu tkaagochhey lopala nagalu dabbd/ekkadunnaayo choopinchu,/Ledhantey (pulls out hie cigarptte pack, opens it, seea) naa pettélo inka naalugu cigaréttelunnaayi! And walks toAhe fridge. Neela trying to look behind shakes her Mead disapprovingly, shedding tears, t catch breath. kingly turns to neela with big eyes ‘8 head, with index finger on his lips shaking his 44 looks at ) mvp. Laxsim’s race /cowrzsvous Neela breathing eydessively locking at the inhaler on che ooks at wat ags! and, fa walks up to the fridge and opens it Aut its locked. He fd smiles nodding fingerRANGA ‘Chaala thelivaina dhaanivi. Chala / antey chaala. kaanee (/ thelivithakkuva thanan ent y thelusa? thaalam ikkadey pettadam f picks up @ key to open the tr{dge. Opens it. He searches fridge and finds out lakshyf's bag in the vegetable Cabinet. Opens it and sees jewelry and money, smiles. Puts then to his cheek and dabs phem all over his’ face. RANGK (CONT'D) Dabbuntey pee aeee vuntundhantaaru. Maree intha/haayigaanaa? He also takes a couple of apples, biting one, looks at péela and smiles. Picks another key, looks at it and goes ot. svn, zatoana'9/comzten ~ commsove figa locks/‘the door, throws the key aside in/the corridor and leaves/the place. CLLELLELULELLUUGY NEELA Kannu moosi therisenthalone, Chanipoyaanu, aathnayyeanu. GLUE ‘the account books of her dad and-Places them and finds. ely addresses. -Gete—te—andwriter them-or-epaser end ON? Teaves the place, with the account book opened. Manu slowly Pulls off the gunny bag off his face. anaes ; cg Arenson. - LLELLEEE 45 — — —bULLEY bbb SULLLELLLLE LLEGLLEUEL LULL ¥ > we? S ao ai yes ye tt) eB INT. DARK ROOM s . ee Neela gets alarmed for the clock. Turns it off. Feels a newspaper where a column shows pic of the dead ramulu. Tear drop falls on the paper. jor «SE 3 rojulu aalasyanga paper = > chadhivaanu. choosi choosi evvarco eere raaledhani hospital vaalley we Site, y naannani poodchi pettaaranta! ou a ae up _and_goes to/anthdny’s house and slides the flyer oor = flyer before his door. Manu follows her and when she leaves, he goes to a trash dump. EXT. EMPTY STREET - MOMENTS LATER (Drizzle or wet roads everywhere, post heavy drenching from the last night) Manu walks up to’a garbage dump, looks around, bends and pulls out a little blue drum, full of rats, from inside the garbage bin. @ EXT. ANTHONY’S PLACE ~ CONTINUOUS 5 Manu slowly dumps all the rats into Anthony's house from the window. 2 beforebis—ivor. Comes Manu paintixg the wall black MANU (V.0.) Oka bread mukkesthey eluka vasthundhi. Bonulo paduthundhi. (INS. Montage of Manu, pugting bread into the drum andAeaving it inside the bin, rats caught sound, he looks into the bi6, smiles) Oka } paathika elukalani/Veedintlovesthey veedosthaadu. Mad vallo padathaadu. elukadhi aakalZ. Veedidhi avasaran. Marder chesagtu kaabatti bayata dhairyanga thiragaleru,(Steer usu) f (244): 1 wet i Ba 5) 70 bx D ssi a a Ge sre ees FL sent & ee 7 POPS POPP PPH PP PH HM C77 Pid D-pihsPw,ELUCELELEELECEECELUELELELEVLLELVUYN Mam: by Phanindra Nareerté Manu (v.0.) (CONT'D) calling her, setting snapped Aephone wire, #702 application tc.) idhey poga petti rappinchadan antey. mananey avasaran srushtinchaali. Manamey aadhukogalami ani nanminchaali. Naakentho ichhina neela ki / nenemivvagalani}? / gets up and looks at the well and smiles. Circled map on the table almos: crosses, with a very minute | its completely filled with criss gion left. The key placed on ({v.0-] Inka vethakaalsinavi oka 4,5 illulu maathramey/vunnaay3: @ Bedding bis head disappsovingly, takes breath and closer hi, fhe ( Saaeate’ 7 hy MANU [V.0.] (CONT‘D) Aaavaalinchi dhorakkapothey anza ‘cohey bhayangaa vundhi. INT. DARKROOM - DAY Telephone ringing. Neela picks it up, Anthony with his torn vest an ig index finger talking. Neela puts down the DISSOLVE 10. Tr. Anthony/ringing the bell and Neela opens the dooz fialfway, with the chain bolted from inside, she smiles cuxhingly Jogifng et anthony,and welcomes him in. Y——SEO Bete dans bane the plow dP TW ype Tae coon ( ROMTAMIS re THe Coe Cy facile An epmbate ee Gad Cider a Ram Drewtfy oe mR Conant t= lam. e pe Baten ly soos) PRATED I ¢ foun ayy ee) | we = 2 Pattee to ceePELTLTIbitebbovvnuy ) t ’ U Ltt . ) L , L PELGL LOS af ‘CONTINUED ‘Anthony enters home, witha bandage tied to his left index finger. Neela shows him the place around. While leaving he asks het about the shadow portraits. She éxplains hin NEELA Naaky/iddharu annayyalu, twins. Okadiki kukkalantey ishtam, inkokadiki pakshulantey ishtan. key okati kukka, inkokati /chiluka. vaallu aadukuneyppudu theesaanu eppudo. iddharoo chanipoyaari, okadu current shock kotti, inkokadu fire accident Jo. (NOTE: Anar’s portrait should have a crack after the scenes of | —// ‘Akbar’s death) J and sheds tears, walks up to them to remoyd it. ‘ANTHONY 4 vundanivvu. Baavunnaayi, variety ga. Naaku...kundhelantey ishtam, fuchiga vuntundhi. Alaapéidhi okati kanipisthey naaku theoghisthaava? ‘ikkada petukuntaanu, Meoti pakkaney, neeku abhyanthran ekepocheyney-—// Bvaridho me Meedhey ti theesukoni péttukovachhu ga! (And smiles) / f cur TO: Neela shows ‘che shape, and photographs him and leave Place. Anthony walks up to the kitchen and finds sont eat, stored An gla: 48 ‘ana by Phanindra Naraetel se jars (Laddus, fritters, home food etc.(oa-) Ps rH ort] Me = \S _—_ ene ae eo sae-@) — aa J a) fs copa = 3 | @®) s = = = ee ae stay Meee a atl ctr oe we iisecdeids Poe —— 3 aon “ oo a ~— — ; et Crore Fy ll ele —. Drakes ee oA - ATER ver)? , < a “ Be uot on awe suloe + TAN (oe is) — pg tm ty = | tom lS = s} ppntheavily o1 die in Gffocation, He himself strangling h; hands, only that he wakes up sudd dream. Locks at his own hands, Place, drinks sone water and G@ enters home, looks a“him, cleans everything that Anthony ate and kept onthe table (the curry bowis, pl, banana peels, Opened pén box, betel leaves etc.) Wall the bedroom carefuljf, pulls’ out the diamond fron slowly and looks seeing he puts the wall. EXT. STREET - MOMENTS LATER Manu while walking on the street ” MANU [V.0.1 Inka moodey moodu thaalaalu vunnaayi. andhulo ey okkati theruchukokapoyinaa naa uniki ki arthaney lednu. ee mystery ela chedhinchaalo arthan kaavatledhu, aasha chachhipothundni. Manu walks up to three houses, tries three locks with his key and they do not open. INT. MANU‘SPLACE - MOMENTS LATER fig to crisscross the last three dot ‘drop falls on the map. He closes patience but then gets up and tears the key wildly. It slides to the cefner of the room. Manu keeps looking straight at the yitidow with his both arns resting on the table. He moved his hand in anger/frusty, and it hits the tape recopdér buttons and the hum pla; Gn the map and a eyes witha lot of (map to pisces, throws INT. DARKROOM - MOMENTS LATER Neela tries to imagine Ranga‘s face but faile (flash forwards). In frustration she stabs the pencil in the book. Rests the head.on it and pulls the glow jar close to her and sheds a tear drop. as— sp Pag PATTI L LL PDA PLPPLALLOLLPLL LL.LLULYY CLELLE ) LELLELGELELEOLEEL - v bUbbt Mena by Phaaindra warsetts fottle with hair strands inside it and locks whe box he picked from the corridor. at it, sadly, INT. "§ CORRIDOR - NIGHT (3/22) Map picks up the box, twirls the rose and gets“ inside. Opens ‘to see a replica of his painting, completsly polar, fptimistic and full of life. Starts reading’the letter. NEELA (V.0.) Meeresina painting ey posi tho nent esaanv choodandi Manu does that and reads the rema{ning letter. = NEELA (V,6.) on ((Appatikey meeru naaku padipoyaare free we | anukuntunnaanu. Nijam ayithey ve intloney koorchondi. Abaddham a ayithey, bayj#iki randi! 12/0 | clock. et eheppina coffeeshop ki. | The letter ends with an eye lash as as an eyebrow, below \ an eye. Manu tn ‘into it with a magnifying glass and smiles. Touches/and feels the painting. marca cur @ feels it. MANU [V.0-] Artistlaki thelivaina ammaayila fantasy. Nenu thanaki padipoys Jedho naaku theleedhu. kaenes/antha creative anmaayini choodad: ayithey miss chesukolenu. (&) IEF corms, sxor: 3 (908) suve(e-t ery, (urn (-{+4 fap ppp. prrpppppprrreSarey naakii nidhrosthundhi Z bixthdi cheppakandi! mee birthday one Kocam, ayianu gifts yaaruchesaanu. Mee fridge lo oka x b maces vuntundhi, theesukurandi re cheptha! ‘Manu,Walks up to the fridge, finds and brings the the/phone. Gots back on the line, WEELA Waaku chinnapatinundi comic: chadhavadan alavaatu. Cha gangster cinimaallo koodaa Znoosaanu, intlo dhongalu padithey, bheeruvaalu viraggoduthaaru. thaalaalu pagalakodathaaru, 27 Iu etthukupcthaara- parupulu chimpesthaazu. aakhariki, flush tank lu koodaa vethiki vethikd maree choosthaaru. Kaanee endhuko, Fridgelani evaroo muttukoru. Intio, vaallu vethikey. aakhari chotu adhey! Idhey nenu chesina crime study. vaNy (opens the basket) Inthakee VL? NEELA sensual gifts, sparsha, choopu, ‘ruchi, vaasana, shabdhamu...mee five senses ki five gifts. Nannu © thaakithey ela vuntundho meeku choopincheali. ee roju udhayam thalantukunna tharuvaatha, Saanbraani pettukuneytappudu rehdu ventrukalu ocdaayi. maamoolu naaku asalu codavu. mee kos, oodaayanukunta. avi Ghinna bottle lo petti Ganbraans—pegs. panpinc)ilk Sqybedictn (owes slags ars Ns. PEEOEEPPEPREREEERRELEEEE ELEM Pinar Seon ty wn pestoggg preLOUCLWULELL LEY CLD Oe re u removes the cork of the strands and looks at ¥) pre. Her wrist has a black matk). He smiles, igying glass and sees the pic ‘1 in the pic. Tho minute hand ela opens her modth shoulders, waving her hand Manu by Phaninitra tarseces NEELA Afdhulo oka photo vundhi, -edhé—mee— “sohoot-pier andhulo vunna Sess6) /Gnmaayillo nenevaro gurthupattandi . appudu meeru nannu choosinattey- meeku correct ga nimisham time isthunnaanw. MAND dhi maree baavundhi, nenela gurthupadatha? Already mood secondlu waste, chesaazu. . / Zz table clock (clgék ticking sound in B.C. He closes his eyes t e coffee shop- picks up a ture once again, he finde |e Left nundimoodo amnaayt t# wide, and exhales, gets shocked, rai: ‘NEELA vanu 7 Aa roju coffee shop lo mee Hudé lepr hem’ cchetht-ring finger ki oka ring Ghoosaanu, Lucky ge ee photo lo foodaa adhundhi. NEELA (looking at her ring) Maa neanna/ nenantey praanam. (MORE) 57ppp PEP PPPP ee POLE ome a 4 (ae cove pee) Yawn sage EX4 Tans by Phaninaee ha jai theravandi. nenu tamaate i baagaa pedathaann. (INS. ‘ket stall, she picking tonatocs, fh rain, umbrella, Neela making @ ‘puree by putting tomatoes in the Gok, smoke in slow-mo)Pandi tansatalu, eyri, koree mee ey thechhi pachhadi pettaanu. thint thelusthundhi, entha prema petti(tho) “shind-choodandi— chesaane, MANU oon. ..thintaanu NEELA Ippudu thinandi Manu opens the jar and tastes a bit NEELR (CONT’D) Ela vundhi? Manu smiles and says 7 okey raathrilo idhanthe they enavadnu kadha? % ‘NEELA (CONT'D) Ippudu aa (corchief) theesukondi. naakoka alavaatu vundhi. nenoka Chotuki velleppudu naakantey oka Xshanan mundney aa chotuki naa parimaleanni pampistha. Chelikatthelani raani nundhey panpinchinatea, 412age thirig; vachheppudu naa gurthugaa na parimalaanni akkada vadhilsétha. (MORE) 461 ne eepee Fae jee oo) wee eS zx Well = | Oe Weg —— see omy) end OFCEGbtodebscbobo|bvobooogttrebebUettereyrrd om Se sana by Phanindee Narsects ‘CONTINUED: NEEEA (CONT‘D) Varsham aekula meedha neeti chukkallapi vadhilesinattu (Montage = rain drops left on leaves, wet, “rainy atmosphere). Aadadhaaniki rendy’vishayaalu nijamaina andham, 1. funam, 2. Parimalan. Perfume is Gery unique thing. Naa 16 va eta canukkunnaanu ee concoction. oka yaabhai(50) mandhi adiguatearu ippativaraku ela chesavo cheppamani. evvaritho panchakoledhu. ee roju meeku Pampisthunnaanu. ela chesavo/blease eheppu ani adagandi. J Manu , space saxo Please cheppandi /” ooram neellalo 7 raathrulu 6 malle moggalu vesi, dhaanni cheekatloney vunchi (neela putting the small/glass bottle inside an almirah/beneath her clothes in the darkness) vaaram tharuvaatha bayitiki theesi, 4 gandhan chukkalu , 3 saarlu melligaa shake cifesi, battala meedha hallukovaali. e@ perfume oka 3 nellu vuntundhi, tharvaatha mellimelliga smell naaripothundhi sromise me evvarikee cheppanani. (Montage - She making Perfume) u smells the kerchte®, smiles wanu Naaku oka bottle isthaenu antey evarikee cheppanu. (Promise) After some thought,ys Sornsyi — Bede tegeg at = ae PeEPPLE ELECNEELA Meeru naaku padipothunnaru. inthaku nundhu 14a nidhrosthundhi, phone | petteyyaale ani anatledhu. Nenu lease ananantey antunnaeru, \ Bachhadi thinamantey thintunnaaru. manu feels “shy-and-omites MANU (Sets his throat right) sarey! Ee cassette enti? ela puts her tongue out eyes: a NEELA [ Meekosam modhata oka, pata paadadhaemanaxunnaaps. Lyrics Poaddhaanani kooreMannanu, maatalu ¢ ; vachhinattey vaspfunnaayl, ee Theppinchuku thiruguthunnaayi, < mabbula cl ch. Y 4 Juanes lopela edio oka raagamz ventaadithyfdht minnalni thaluchukuhnapudallaa, naakemo / ojantha/adhey pani, oka theegani ahi rojantha aanalaa. laagi yadhilesthey 4 ay (vibrate) vuncey ela ‘ala (hand plucking a i vg string and it vibrating). ‘raagama naaku maathramey Finapaduthundhi. chaala kashtapadi, ga raagaanni nea svaram loki theesukochhaanu. thittukovaddhu, baalekapothey navvukovaddha. On cheyandi- hen comet LA, the very attempts ma puts the cassette into the tape recor beautiful hun (soft vocal, THE PHEME {heme she whistles sitting on the couch wien Akbar to sedate her, happy mood) y ‘avakapovachliu, ga ayithey mjfilipothaayi, (snaps her fingers/” thappakunda.pT VIIIIIIFSISSS III TITTIES.: ‘Mana fy Phanindire Fab NEELA (CONT'D) ekkadaina mee expectations ni andhukolekapoyuntey, nannu kshaminchandi (Manu says the same line after showing Camouflage installation) vai» A Not veetini, mimmalnee nenu Jenu gaanee okka maata pet maathram cheppagalanu. ae andhamaina gifte naa jeevitham lo evvaroo ivvaledhu, ika’meedha Unkevvarinee ivvaniyvanu koodaa. ‘NEELA “ ‘hank you. so piich.' rendu rojulio hundhi, inkoka i/ready ga vundandi. Good Gged night NEELA “ Vinapadatledhu, hello.++ manu (taps handset to nis foreh smiles) Good night Neela smiles big NEELA Umnnn! Bye. FADE TO BLACK. @ in tho mirror and ch, pours some kumky shutting the deor, “ite a paper mask and sees hersy %. puts diyas, walks up to the ‘a paper, folds it and walks of bELLCLELLELLELLL EEC LLULULOUU GO. yoa Z — fies FrevsierS) yolk) twas dary, at so ried) Te PPEREPLLLOEPLILLLILL LEP EL CEL LLY& couple of diyas from her bag and places fgides of the docr, puts wicks in both of then, into them from a small glass jar an NEELA Happy Deepavali! She unfolds the kumkum paper and puts some on bh: forehead. Sh tae hig moe? maybe, And then they both sit on the/floor cross ‘Legged on a neat and compact carpet. Neela’pulls out a small sweet box from her bag and offers hin a1 2 oth cher lacdoo, he takes it, she closes the box, he gives half of it to ‘ vanu Deepawali roju saayantKram sakshatthoo lakshmi gévey mana inti thalupu thaduthundbé antaara ‘mana rend kallu, pakkapakeanoy vuntaayi ayinaa, eppudoo~ okadhaanrokati choosukovu, kaanee| rendoo kalisi oka ts choosthaayi. manidtharam okeys2a okarinokaru choosukovatledhu, kaanee iddharam kalisi okkadhaa: choosthunnam. Premani. DAs sie cae al Btw pel Intha agar ga ee tia trindagaluguthunnaara? MANU Korikalani gurraalantaa; mana meédhextithey tho)Keddy moh cites Ark ha opens Seomeet nny oprotrppnprppprnp seh pen babes. “Honey Dems” : Yee ite ant = { vege BEAL. puts Lal hh wy do La, Sle Sales ancl eee NI toles th(CONTINUED: (cont) Manan gpfram meedhekkithey sawaari. Naaka/Sawaari anteyney ishtam. Emotion ekkuvaithey dhaaram koodaa faleni inupa gundu laa nipisthundhi (his palm making a cup shape)» Ekkuva chekkera naaluke needha theeyagaaney vuntundhi. rakthan lo kalisaakey, gandharagolam chesthundhi. Naa varaku, emotions annintilo prena Be Ghaala balamainadhi... andhukey dhaanni podhupu ‘ya vunchukunta. ec kghanam koodaa moe nohan choodaalani, mimmalni (exhales after a pause). thaakaalanun and gets up to bring something/Neela pulls out_inhaler £ her bag. He comes back with a/jar_in his hand. E f@ (CONT'D) Thiyyaga paadadam, Theliviga plan % cheyadam/naaku raadhu. (showing io) the Jax) idht maa Naanna naa Sch . of pies day ki thaney svayanga year chesichhindhi. Naa illu thégalepadipothunnaa, env cheginchi lopalikocthedht ‘dheenokkadhaani kopaney. oe kehanam aina lopal#y dhaachukuney fen akishtam ani. 3 closer to her, [Her heartbeay/raises and shi cone 7 skirt tage] brgathes ches in heavily flcelg grips hey ‘takes her inhaler and sprays les. Manu worries, turns onBrown, ery detec Jor, Wider ArSerten, lat hen Shp Leake arb pate he wesI'm fine. TeTeTensi: alaa avuthundhi, aE to 7ner hand, cc Yook into each others ¢yes, neela bringing inhaler close to ‘and touches the kumkum she brought and he Saretully of showing her janu sells the perfume she gave to hin, finds Sut its the same girl from the bar and traces the events dnd times he smeried it and he quickly begins to draw a/face on the canvas, ‘once ite done, he feels its something and discovers it to be the tilak MANU Life lo first time verey color vaadaalanipisthundhi, Aww See PRE 2) : ‘And looks around "and uses th”kumkum she brought and discovers her address on it/ and that her name is neela. He picks his phone to call hef but then presses the owitch hook, looks at the flyer U [V.0. okkosaarjthaney clus isthuntundhi, inkosag#i ni jangaaney march#pothundhi. Ala kakunda jaina random paper koodaa mndochhu. Kaanee manasemo kaadhu 4ni_chepth shakes direct ga velthaanu, i111 layithey, thanaku surprise ledhantey TINT. MANU’S PLACE - CONTINUOUS fitana goes from the bar to his houst hens up, takes her ‘goes iS tiizror, sets hip“hair, smiles and moves the mirror, walks to the door afid locks it. LELELELELLELELELELEECELELLELELEGITIEOMtb Ob OU Fo oe 00 Oe EXT. STREET - CONTINUOUS Manu riding his scooter, smilingly HMI'’S PLACE - CONTINUOUS Néela losing her breath slowly p&< by bit, she trying to ge hold of something on the groysd, her inhaler. she clenches her fist, moving her feet ggéinst the ground. EXT. STREET - CONTINUGUS Ranga walks, takes a turn into adjacent street. Manu stops “hig goooter.perks, it, pulls out the flyer "from his pocket, ne Ieorte ial looks atthe address and gets. 2nto che Neela‘s feet“etops moving. Her sweaty front hair ( locks) slowly moving to the air that is coming £, window. Curtain moves slightly. J “ LAKSEML'S CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS Manu gets up the stairs and looks thevdoors in the corridor and stops at Neela’s door. He presses the door bell. 7 crose oN ; The hamer hitting the gopd. Harsh ringing sound. Clock shows 9:30, while’Manu waits outside pressing the bel} Manu waiting outside,/brings his finger close to the bell, and then presses the bell. Bell ringing a while, ci ‘orwara up to the door, pre: he _keyhole/pegdhole.heGbCLEDELEEODDEDLOCELELELDODO DEDEDE" wan by Phanigy@® moxcocts | ‘The neic x's door is locked. Manu goes mac MANU (CONT'D) What if? No...No what if} But then controls himself, closes eyes intensely end keeps on snapping fingers in a pattern/ remembers seeing a slightly ‘opened balcony door while he’ saw everything through the peephole/keyhole, opens eyes suddenly. Manu runs away fr; the door via corridor apd gets down. EXT. APARTMENT’S REAR SIDE - CONTINUOUS Manu comes to the rear side of the building and gets up into the flat with the help of the INT. LAXSHMI’S nae | cos Walks up to Neefa swiftly and lifts her up first, his bre: stops, hand shivers when he touches her and moves her hi ; takes the inhaler a spray into/her mouth. No use. Checks her neck to ca or feel like crying but cannot shed nu weeps with hard breaths (mild, subtle/yet al) Shell shocked for the events before im. pot €xt. STREET - CONTINUOUS Ranga throws the apple’s leftover, wifes hand to his shirt, touching his chest and waist and resiembers he forgot his jacket (raincoat) at Neela‘s placé. Feels frustrated and turns back. J towards the window ft calf in his (ee on the chair, Manu lookij(g directly into the camera fixedly essed, recollects all the events (5ail Ae er a eS ee a hstad 2 AACE LE Ot wana by Phanindra Naraetth conn: DOLLY IN/OUT MANU [V.0-] Gaksha vesavulu okeysaari vachhs fei kallallo vunna neellanintinee naviri chesinattuga anipisthundhi.". fopaliki peelchey okko graamz 7281 ee cannula thosthundhi. kallaay, Ghoosukundhaam anosthey kannu soceina neelaani choosthunngafiu. em Jarigindhi? Endauku jarigpidhi? varu chesaaru? fo the steps, walks to the door and Stops abruptly, Looking aroun Ranga throwing away Sep carelessly after locking iakshmi + ‘door some time ago) yey ja walks slow Zooking on the corridors floor carefy, NAA COUNTING SOUND WITH FINGERS) AESCE & while, fin fey, smiles and picks it up and comes OP, to the dooy/ eli at both sides of the corridor, le and twists it. Key turning in! eye FOV er. STORE ROON-MINUTES LATER Manu taping a gunny bag. cur To: manu, with an already taped bag beeide hin, Shouts gunny bag Manu jwi¥ace watching neela becone @ spirit and takes off oth the gunny bags from the house. FROM BEHIND ge locking out from the window and throws 2 bage one after We ether gets oat slowly from the window and gets down with the help of sanitary pipe cur TO: wana riding scooter with two gunny bags, 2 behind and ‘one in \the front, before him. 67eres PEPPER rerean by Phanandra Narsects - er MANU'S PLACE - NOW - DAY gue“ Ee é , we os mor ancre (tay te Go of Pee the MORTNNG GH ) Manu opens his eyes wit}€ape recorder on his chest. ve @® "fT. DARKROOM - CONTINUOUS Neela’gets up to attend the ringing phone Gur. LAKSEMI’S PLACE - conrrmous ( P98) anthony with handset, His belongings, currency notes, coins (all the things that have been on the table last night) the Jeaves, the box, and the cutter lined and placed in perfect order. 7 ANTHONY Eee intiki rendu thaalaalunnaaya? x Poddhunney evaraina panollochhesi neat ga sardhesetheara? CLELLELLE Neela moves head, thinks, looks at the table NEELA Meeru mandhu thaaguthaara? Anthony nods disapprovingly. ANTHONY Ledhu. Yen? NEELA ‘Aa intlo nazku theleekunda emee Jaragadhu. Mundhiddharco anthey, avaro vachhi vasthuvulu Mundhiddhhara? NEELA Adhey, inthaku mundhunna tenants. Sarey nenu saayanthran vachhinappudi maatlaadudhaan. And neela hangs _up the phone. Anthony hangs down too and calls to a couple of mumbers (dials two different: numbers), WK | hey just Keep ringing. LELLECLECLbbLbbthPrompt + Gus HIN Melia walls awe 4 poe) Any eV Ot Yannurd c ea eer ) L 2 9 | ED Ese _ Palen reset Tale Rotate — meseet, feel tem aarscne Ss PS. SARs oe am ee Gime - Trine with bye Lede Kitten ie wl Dim of AN DER. = No SupeR HWE, Bo men EATING — Wy) faisoaing seas AT OUR Creaney, ine 26) Sirectacet rr PPTL LLL CL Prreeeeeeeeree* hype teen he 3 SES foro be) Taam fron tates Peed fon a Aecae — Uday wet @ es aa eee pa) | come ae epperor repre ree ere reer reer ee ereme, Uy $ a = é CONTINUED: Puts all the repx{ning glue on his palm, throws the tube puts his both Wands back and attaches the palzs. And sle€ps on the floord ~> Metronome’s pendulum moving to and fro. Anthony yéithing, = moving“his body and feet. Pendulum stops. Anthony's legs stop. (Ddlly out a little mor and manu’s feet are visible, where he/comes for his forgotte! journal and takes home diamond too from the corridor after killing anthony) t FADE 10 BLACK. J FADE IN: (dameed) Neela cones and gets shocked to see open door and gets insy ‘and looks at anthony and looks at the bed roon’ and finds open draw and other items of akbar and guesses he foun the reason. /, NEELA OS ot, Thelisipoyindhannanaata. /suicide /—chesukont shrana thagginchaavu A fo sketch in the journal,/opened journal. Old man's + painting on the easel. Manu playing chess with one hand, both sides (intensely) Telephone ¥ings. Menu looks at it suddenly and walks to it. Picks it KRISHNA Era manu? Bla vunnavu? var manu ‘. Yunnaana antey vunnaanu. wuvvela ‘ vunnav? ULLELELELELELELOEEELECOLLLGEob LECECELECEELECELELEGEELE 7 Mana by Phanindss Harseces CONTINUED: KRISHNA, Baaney vunnaanu ra. Adhi, dabbulu. anu Isthaanu KRISHNA Ippudey keavaali ra, ippatikey late avuthundhi, nenu vachhi theesukona? Manu after some thought, MANU Neney vasthaanu, MANU (CONT'D) gnni rojulaki gelichaana dha? edho manchi agabothunnattey! And moves out pf his studio to krishna’s Mace, closes the door. DOLLY IN ON TO THE CHESSBOARD, BLACK SIDE THAT WON AGAINST ‘TEE WHITE. INT. KRISHNA’S PLACE - MOMENTS LATER Place filled/flooded with antiques. Copper pendant light. Manu and Krichna, a table with 2 chairs, face to face. Manu pushes the money wrapped in the newspaper forward. KRISENA Be madhya kanapadatledhu? manu Kottha art work! Inspiration kosan thiruguthuanaanu (looks around, after some thought) sarey! Nenu vellostha. nmree meet beLtiuud manu by Phanindra Narsetté CONTINUED: Krishna pulls out 3 locks from under his table KRISHNA Okka nimishan. Nonna oka moody Manu looks at the first lock, examines it, feels the weight, talks the metal, period it belongs to, number of levers etc. He looks at the second one too, same. And then the third one, quite curiously, MANU Ilaanti thaalam kappa inthake mundhu choosaenu ra, ayinaa dheenilo emundhi? saadhaarananaina steel lock, konchem dark paint vesaaru. Anthey. Fake antique. (looks it close) Paiga viriginadhaanni athuku pettinatty koodaa thelusthundhi. KRISHNA Zlaanti thaalam kappa kaadhu, idhey anukunta. nenu eppudoo koney paatha Saamaanla vaadi dhaggirey choosa. modhatle nenoo regular Jock aney anukanna. Manu lifts his head up, gets interested and slowly moves his head, narrows his eyes MANU Antey? Then krishna turns the lock to his side, pulls it towards him, puts an eyepiece to his eye, turns the table lamp on, after a while, lifts up the camouflage keyhole. And opens its levers carefully, explains him the mystery of its design. KRISHNA Okkosaari manan ekkuvaga aalochisthaan. ledhaa, chaala thelivaina vaallam anikuntaam. chaala chinna, saadhaaranamaina vishayaalani koodaa vadhilesthaan. oka thella kaagitham meedha nalla chukka pedithey andharan nalla chukkaney choosthaam. Higatha page antha vadhilestham. 90 thaalan thayaaru chesina vaadu 2a migatha page meedha vaadi panithanam choopinchaadu. (MORE) 72Manu by Phanindre werserti CONTINUED: KRISHNA (CONT'D) Mana dhrushti ee (showing the open Keyhole) keyhole meedhiki malchaadu, lopala inkoti dhaachipetti. Chooddaaniki koodaa Chaala saadhaaranamaina thaalan laa vundadan valla inke hole ventundhi ani oohincham. Adhey asalaina naipunyam antey, menalni aalechinchalekundaa cheyyadam. Spashtangae kanapadeydhaannundi koodaa dhrushti maralchela cheyadan, Adhey ee thaalam andham. : {aka theliviga, mottham thaalam anthaa okey rangu, adhi koodaa dark Ghi veyadan. theeya kondiki vaanapaamuni vesthaaru. Vaanepaamani choosthoo venakunna theegani vadhilesthundhi chepa- virukkuntundhi. Krishna opens it and pushes it towards Manu. Manu picks 4 and examines it with curiosity. KRISHNA (CONT’D) Dheenni paatha saamanlodiki amnaadu antey ayithey vaadu dheenni vadhilinchukovaali anukoni undochau, ledha dabbulantey kakkrutthayyundochhu. old mechanics. Dheeniki nakilee thaalam ‘thayaaru cheyalenu, Its a dead Tock. Be rendoo konnodiki idhi koodaa enthe konthaki ichhestha. MANU Idhi nenu theesukellochha? Krishna looke at him suspiciously MANU (CONT’D) Dheeni design, mechanics geesukoni malli thechhistha, please KRISHNA Rey! Nannu please enti ra? (smiles) Theesukellu, adhi needhey anu mavvu genius ra! Nijanga! KRISHNA, Theesukellamannanu kadha ra! ‘inkendhuku paint vesthunnavu? 3 E60 CLLUCCCLCULLt yyCOOL (i ha (, i) bv LLELL LELGY amu by thandades Sersatts CONTINUED: yANU tedha ra! I mean it krishna smiles and nods his ead slowly. searching and Jroping for things sound in BGs Fs CR "See Nana carelessly throwing his this Yee WEprocy, curiosity and enthacisen & grove itp/ehe Key he threw around. Zar searching £ ih his érawers, on and around the in bis/Zo recollects he getting med, OtCEs, snapping fingers an 4 rhythmic pattern (215+ Seeaking down, remembers tl orner and takes it into bit / ae combination te § and pushes ©! Gulps down and rotates it 31 Yap and puts the key- Zones the sound, levers Jf srops- Spening. The lock opens. Thats the lock he has been opera rang all thewhile, many D4SD°os breaking into houses a ehere'on the ground with the dike a thief. He sleeps then TEXt on bis baare (aan the Ancor" = flagh_catey amiles and. gets up. And looks at chs eeard, walks to 2, pushes ii the Seces aside, puts.the white Fong Yn a box, picks up the pieces ing and tvirle/At in his fingers, comes close to the piece Nee ni nuvva choopinchaavs. weoudu naa-eesack-ai nuvvu choosey Mine vachhindhi G2 dene piack king exactly before 48 FADE TO BLACK. BADE IN: ext. RANGA'S PLACE = MOMENTS LATER oken lock. Now the deor is Sooking at xanga’s locked game place where Manu found the Pr: setked. Manu waiting in a hideout Qoor, He waits and waits. 14pone PIEIIIIT TEE EE LETTE EE EOE aan by Phaniadrs Nervetts PASSAGE OF TIME /A TABLE CLOCK’S HOUR HANDS ‘SPINNING, A FLOWER BLOOMING, A FROG JUMPING INTO WATER (STOCK), AN EMPTY/ABANDONED HOLLOW STREET WITH FLIES MORMURING AROUND A STREET LAMP, BOATS MOVING ON A WATER BODY, OCEAN WAVES HITTING THE SHORE. At last, Ranga crosses mana walking up to the door and opens it and gets in, Manu looks at him cautiously, double checks if he is Ranga. FADE TO BLACK. EADE IN: Fay Dake Aco THT. LAKSEMELE GENER - CONTINUOUS Neela’s hand sketching the nose and lips of Ranga, his face almest done with eyes left alone. Telephone rings. She picke NEELA Belo. AT te MANU Hello Neela gaara, Naa peru Manu $ andi. bE Neela shocks and looks at her handset and then closes the mouthpiece. NEELA (V.0.) Samasyey ledhu. Co-incidence ayyuntundhi, naa peru nenu ekkadaa cheppaledhu. Neney neela ani thelisey chancey ledhu. And picks up the call. NEELA Ch...ch...Cheppandi MANU Flyers Jo me advertisement choosaanandi. (MORE) 15 CELECECECEELELECELEODLEOEDELGLEGCELCOOCLCEAEEVEEP IIIT IEEE EFI II IIT IIE EI ETSE es . PROPUE WiGw - chm t/a.anu by Phanindra Narvecsé CONTINUED: MANU (CONT'D) mee illu inka available vundha ani anukkovadaaniki call chesaanu. Neela shell-shocked MANU (CONT'D) Bachelor aa family ani choododdau, mee illu meekantey baga choosukuntaanu. NEELA Repu udhayam padhi gantla varaka vachheyandi ! MANU, (smiling funnily a3 though ‘he knew it’) Saxey andee, thank you. Neela hangs down the phone and falls head straight on to the table. NEELA (V.0.) co-ineidence! Wo way, Co-incidence! ENT. MANUS PLACE - ZONTINUOUS Mana putting up tHe completed ‘old man in the bar Withee, Mdamond’ painting exactly in the middle on the blac} yall, Grane back, looks at it and smiles with his hands/olded. TO BLACK- - FADE IN? NEELA (CONT'D) forry andee. naaku tharvaathey ‘nijam thelsindhi.bLbb ~~ = = ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ — a = —_— = = — = — > —— —_— — —— wana by Phanindss Maret’ CONTINUED: Parledhu, that’s okay. Paddhathiga perigina’ ammaayilaki kopam thvaraga vasthundai. ease, Nesta Of Set! — Hans. comen_ins=Neols valitag zzled looking at him fixedly eae Sa her own thoughts. Hs‘looks at her, she gets back to reality, alarmingly. Showing him the place around NEELA vadhi kitchen LL Manu Adhi Kitchen, idhi store room, idhi hall) adhi bedroom, pakkaney om Neela locks at him shocked because he speaks as though he we knew the place way better than her. % 4 / MANU. (CONT’D) c é antey, chinnilley kadha! Choosthey ‘thelisipothundht ‘Neela nods her head “ MANU (CONT'D) 7 Naaku illu nacchindhi andi. rent, “J ¢ 8) sHeck-maniienechhindhanteynsy— o pae—adhenehtam- Oke raathriki an SE ikkadey vundandi, Yepu maatlaadukundhaam. wea 2 Neela clicks his pic spontaneously without locking into viewfinder and without, getting caught. Neela about to wal}/ Mana calle 1 cae ee.oh LR Gren igen bean] wiegebn (warsharing Sms bute on inmoot (adept te EG? dereig thee bysleun gas fees al eatin eile Cee fer Nedgebw tahing am phones Reeves pian’ ee tn te Weridor Subjed Gun wnction Aok ) te Me Gwnwa. ei eel Cow? O ia a ew. Y 5 3 PA.” twTense) POOL LLL NY weicapo nk SA ESM? eee 2g. oat Se Bays 9, AB, PLE ? Dw le nit pean BY, HRERe 22? fene TR SoA) ae fb nar ey ogeh ee foe, pg SE ae [Pe FS Gd Sigahge..- SET | omy of he oly BR Ry SOP” | Be Sed. Lady looks ok dem phere (ile Weds amd Koreas Prt fom Wo anger (shakes Ma beud ) 6 8 eet TER Spell Be Be a ee |vy) LELLELLELELELELELLEEELEELLELEELECUW we 6 the door, closes it, And 2éaves the place. Manu valks ie door es and puts his forehead to INT. DARK ROOM-NIGHT Neela with the camera before her NEELA qhanu santhoshanga vunnatta, Jenatta? Aa key enti? Aa map enti? Definitely not co-incidence. Bdho message vundhi, edho pattern vundhi. annintiki minchi edho notive vundhi. I'S PLACE - NIGHT €, Manu sitting on the eps hitting the ping- ) continuously. Hears a door. ee fable lamp on, In that little lis /in a chair against the wall, ig ball to the wall and catches ud sound. Gets up and opens from the bicycle at the end of him and the bicycle, his mom com Gnd takes him and thapks manu and consoles beby by askit fo see in the window/and notices something bizarre. No, of manu,/its only hers and the boy's. she, ges end walks back inside and wefches turns back at Manu’s door surprisingly. opened door. ‘The neighbor boy fell & corridor and he picks v1 f Neela at the developing table, opens the film roll, palls it and puts it against the light, no image of manu, only ound, in both the images. She gets shocked, she checks the poll further and checks her camera settings, everything Seems to be all right, she recollects (INS. tenants Gomplaining someone in the flat) Neela goes, sits and looks fixedly and her eyes slovly becomes wet and tears 1 her cheeks, ories. Crushing the film in her hands head slightly, a crying face INT. DARK ROOM - CONTINUOUS “Se Sreeot" a od els Boe Aommegtae anal BMPAUIIVVEITISS ISTE EEE TET I SITIES SS 8 ws say, > we PS as i le 38 ne Gr Ee iD Siyy La g id w”OM CONTINUED: NEELA ‘Manu chanipovadam enti? Bla? syd. iansont’s connsnon = MISA / Tirding inside the keyhole (xeyholé FOV) F LECtbtet L b L L L o6 ; Manu by Puanindra Narsote Seca ET RRR PHS se anga slowly puts the key into the keyhole and twists it. Key Se INT. LAKSHMI'S PLACE - CONTINUOUS Se Ranga cones in and gets shocked to see % man beside neela Range ote back towards Kin. de looks at bis jacket, tho” g turned nis Guactly a sep pest manu. He slovly closes, ‘che — the ond cones forward carefully one step at 8 Sie. ‘Looks a door and cote, ics wey far, he has to cross Mand For that. a Stops. So he picks’up the marble statuetse from upon the - Sree. Gripe 4t/tight. Walks forward sloviy, bends to take ) eeiegeat, manu iooks back but Ranga hits bin very the statuette’ Mana gets knocked out, falls on the ‘es out, looks at manu, comes close to Pethe sound of the heartbeat, but then, 34 ‘ad harder. The brawl remains for 2 vr. | gets hold of the statuette, sity feith still manu gripping his collar © EiS%n nis chest continuously with the stot On inn moves a little, xanga hits agajf,, manu Fosene his qrip over range’s collar 2 fore almost dead. Ranga breathes out again rapidly on his chest like a = Seatuette aside and gets UP- walk. Manu falls on Bis chest~ jnanu lying still on the floor. manu. bLbtUbt ket and 19 Ut AA fast wit} £loo: chy moves very @iy with the last breath he has, Range bss again. Manu ‘finally leaves it+ Soking at him, hits man and throws away the about ‘to (ga stops and looks beck, gga turns his head away fromGran) wil Hee (oa SS alla ops Peak mame Oe ( Wst0e me wa cnaving)CONTINUED: One little hegftbeat rise, Manu opening his eyes sly go. at ranga. Ranga turns back to door s shoulders. A key falls from ranga’9 jacket he couch. Manu just looks at it. Rangp/walks out and Manu/extends his hand cks it actively body, behind 6 the mizror in th FROM BACK r -. INSERTS 4) Ranga gives an exhaustive expression’and breaks his lock and yeoape 1 betore the window and gets inside and locks the pray, asye © laren eB Daal asad pith mp He Leg? ie sei’ S PLACE = G ik 4 Vaadu paeresukunnadhi, naakichhindhi, idhokkgtey (looking eae at the key). This ig’my destiny. i= of" ee LA et Kaeo) And looks aroun; ny bas and Mees co tyme out yome gunny bage. He brings/one oi ove bis body into it [POV TO yOv}, tekes it |Pertgeckioe Paw woe THe SORE Room, Neda ene typ leole af way 08 / nee ait, oma Noobs fmm he Seri slikSree wom (co pnsaié) mama by Pheninde Narsetti ee | Zao. svore een ~ CONTINUOUS wana pears soung/He bends to see while taping the gunny bag, walle tz peconing a spirit. He slape N00"), cheek mildly. neela Yergron the door slit. Nels Losti/* ‘her body, unties | 3E/Manu hides hinsel? and his ees wae EW (SANZTARY PL EXT. BUILDING - REARY, aecoter, 1 in at OV) and, wanu pute up the gunny bags carefully 20ee the Mare apart ve thereon: Ate accidentally 1ooxs the Or. stares at it seriously for @ while (mirror 7 pute hand at its base- PLELUGLEL SO Oe EXT. STREET - MOMENTS LATER ee proken scooter side mirror throw aside on the street- yhave a side mirror in real Bry reason His scooter doesn F is Slashbacks). Manu on the scooter plowing air. beeen? parce , CRPAOSR quer Sic ROOM, MIKROR,— NOW he Of Ioiacce. sues oF PLLGLLELEE(’ é F sen path-in S Fly a deep hth jet Ur ms wal Evhiees. Smopth-at 16 eee, G shy eet Powis tad — ad Oe . - hy < i t t f L Mrrrororr oer ppppr ert oneCELLELLEELEGULEECEGLELUEEEEL U {V-0-] PremingMey anmaayi jeevithanlo ‘ekupteyney thattukolemu, adhey dhey lekuntey? Thana vundhi. Kaanee thaney...ledifa. (INS. He gripping her left calg/in his right hand) Thana chengta chemata | thadi naakinka thagulthunnattey | anipisthundhi (look¥hg at his palm) Manu pute on his shirt bagk and walks to the door. Opens slowly and bends to see EXT. RANGA’S PLACE - MOMENTS LATER SLOW DOLLY OUT Manu’s scooter (no mirror) SLOW DOLLY IN Ranga’s house has a window which is:slightly opened. INT. RANGA’S PLACE ~ CONTINUOUS Ranga before a mirror, sweaty & exheusted, with a straight razor (cut-throat/shavette) in his right hand, the edge of the razor pressed on his throat and pulling bie own hair forcedly with his left hand, in rage, tightened jaw, looking straight into the mirror RANGA (POSSESSED BY MANU) Ninnu antha saadhaarananga champanw ral And Ranga smashes his own head to the wash basin before hin. ‘The place becomes a mess, broken ceramic basin, fallen things all over. a2SUPESIISEISSESEE ELIE S SSS EE IIE Pusn out oryMany by Phanindze warsetté CONTINUED: panga gets up again quickly, looks around, Gases 2 2 Glowing bulbs directly from their holders (There are totally Gowns Mon the walls and one before the mirror) and searches Shree roe bag (kind of sack with a deawetring| Spe after he for 0 ehoe cs both the bulbs inside it and crushes. them and ‘finds it’ over him as a mask and sneshes his heat himself all the walls and after_a while removes over, to the furniture, Geer se ence ie full of blood and crushed glass PIccES HNoreing into Ais flesh just like a yet bane oes, placed on Anto lite wiilion grains to its surface. Walks to the ietyeineo dt and smiles. And comes cut, gets onto 75 scooter and rides off. INT, DARK ROOM ~ CONTINUOUS noela locks at the developed photographs, Just space; " Neola she picks the film roll qnd sterte | FROM BACK DOLLY OUT, REVEALING RANGA'S POSITION, or Wo mast) Le. - anda tied back on a chaix (yéry chair he Ranga, wacked-ane | makes Neola sit and the very TOPs, fe ties hey with) Mane | makes Closely to his face and feels him by ‘breath and snaps fingers close to his ears. / Cas LLLLLLELEL ELE DU DOM RANGA, ‘Aaaaah! omaindhi naaku? ‘Bkkadunnaanu? Nenu n f Mana punches hard on his face? Mam puncges it and sets. iy/ecraight 1m perfect sauarer then closer muvvu theerchalevu za aa 4PPUr 5 ‘couple. of Sies-rancé’s pains with 2 xn! co A€. Gets uD MANU (CONT'D) J Melukavochhaaka ‘thelusthundhi / enthivvaalo cheppu! chair moves diagonally, manu catches hold his hair, ¢ OG ae/epforeform on 2 kerojief-and puts Koy 3, manu holds ght and ranca/Sevs ‘Knocked yéws the kerchief beside ,| ‘prings salt Aar, 2 3 ite’ and org’with salt and squeezes lemons on' ce narakam antey ento COCCI ECL EULEEE flPere ae a ee ——— —Mens by Phanindrs Narsotes {op one zs Bell rings, trringog.. looks at the table clock. > —> =? = > = = = = = =) Photo click cheyadam chooseant Repu madhyaanaaniki alaa phot kaduguthaarem> anukunna. Le NEELA A Meerela chanipoyaaru? | “Neela at the door. | 7 INSERT OF FAST CUTS OF MANU COMING, FINDING OUT, WINDOW, RANGA PROM BEAIND, STATUETYE HIT, FINDING KEY, HUW? FOR’ RANGA SEARCHING HOUSES op - Contin / corrmuous NT. LAXSEMI’S - “Heela-inside > THE #4! / wwe May Vaanhi ela pattukundhaam ayithey? NX Neela pulls Sut a page from her sketchbook and shows it= i a — Jest Diwali, Neda & Neiddver + tg “ ae wa ee aa a = 2 — 2 Wa Maya wide Ping Poag ball — 8 Rss s / INSERTS Rome be gary egy ( filler Ome alee dragetngy) ros ooking tk Cemiten fre Meipbeor (Oat wos wansp ov) lock, rie (Aapledtinn iascen) en ae ae @ ne PEEL ALL LLL, onya oe ee ee CHM acERS Guat Ace RAUNES Anagrtiens and acorn Nosesegs 2 ana by Phanindra pareeT Ranga tilts his head a lirfle up, his face soiled, bleedit and heavily injured with’ tiny crushed glass pieces cutting into his flesh, his eyés closed, tightens jaw, twitches (in rage), opens eyes suddenly. (BGH’s crescendo at it and dead ilence at once) 4 ON BLACK WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY PHANINDRA NARSETTL 6OC6C ULE OOCOLCOCLCCCLOU ee