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1 INT. CAR - DAY 1

It’s an old Verna. Driving it, is KARTHIK, Twenty something,

he looks pissed. Beside him in the driver’s seat is VIVEK,
same age, bearded and depressed. Behind are KAUSHIK & UPENDRA
same age. UPENDRA looks tensed and KAUSHIK looks lost
outside.

KARTHIK
Peddha king eedu..

He continues to murmur something.

KAUSHIK
Machi paata. Sound pettu.. Radio
lo.

UPENDRA
Avasarama ?

KARTHIK
Rey ! Nuvvu ro
rom
m com chesthava ledha
ra ?

VIVEK do
doesn't
oes give
sn't gi
giv shit.
ve a shi
it.
KARTHIK
KART
KA RTHI
RTHIK
HI K (CONT’D)
Akkada
Ak andaru
kkada an
anda
dar
da mundhu
ru munndhu ppeedha
eedha RGV
dha RG
GV
ayyinattu
ayyi
yina
yi feeling
n ttu fe
f elin
in veediki.
ng ve
veed
edik
edi i.
KAUSHIK
KA
AUS
USHI
HIK
HIK
Rey li
lite teesko
ite teesk
ee sko
sk contest
o ee con
onte
ontest
te vaadiki
st vaadi
diki
di
nachinna genre che
cheseedam
hese
heseed
seeda
ed youtube
am yo tube
ou be
ki.. eltaina adhi win
i w avuthamo
in avuth
ham
mo
ledho ani doubt unundhi
undh kadha
dhi kadh
dh dh antha
ha antha
tension enduku.

KARTHIK
Rey nuvvu muyyi
muyyi. Idhi win ayithey
ne inka manaki intlo pressure
undadhu.. Edho veedhu raase soodhi
crime thrillers teesthey padhi
mandhi youtubelo choosthey em
raadhu..

UPENDRA
Arey mari padhi mandhi ..

KARTHIK
Entha mandhi choosnar ra last time
?

UPENDRA
Around 1000

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 2.

KARTHIK
Poni 2000 views. Rey okka kukka
toilet poyye video upload chesthey
lakhsha views osthunnai thelusa ?

VIVEK
Rey ! Ante em antunnav ra .. Kukka
toilet posey video cheddama ?? Em
antundu ra veedu ..

KARTHIK
Avunu ra.. aadhi teesina ani
choopichchina producerlu ostharu..
Manam teesina short film
choopisthey bongu kuda raaru.

VIVEK
Rey baaga balsindhi ra neeku. LOVE
STORIES nenu teeya ! Em cheskuntavo
chesko.. Adhi oka fake emotion,
fake storylu nenu teyya..
KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
USHIK
HI
first
Rey fi
irs
rst
t love sstory
tory eh teesinav
kadha
kadh ra..
ha ra
r ..
VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VEK
Ah
h Vivek sachchipoyindu.
ek sach
ac hchip
poyi
yind
yindu.
nd
KARTHIK
KART
KARTHI
RTHIK
HI
Tho.
Th dialogulu
ho. Paatha di
d alog
alogul
ogulu ko
ul kotti
kott
tti
tt kotti
i ko
kott
tti
tt
.. Ivve raayi
e ra
raay
ayi
ay ra
i r ..
a . kukkal
. ku
kukk
kkal
kkal kuda
a
choodav..

VIVEK
Asal endhi ra nee kukkala
e kukkal
la
referencelu ?

UPENDRA
Rey Vivek..Naa own words lo okkati
cheppana ? Nuvvu raasina love
story script naa deggira undhi ra..
entha bagundho telusa ?

He removes a bunch of answer sheets tied together.

VIVEK instantly grabs it,

VIVEK
Itivvu... ippude kaalapedhtha..

KARTHIK
Rey kalusthey pakka samputha ra
ninnu.

He takes a lighter out.

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 3.

KARTHIK (CONT’D)
Rey Vivek !

KAUSHIK
Endhi ra ee violence arey..

UPENDRA
Arey karthik car aapu nuvvu first
..

BLACK. MUSIC STARTS.

TITLES OVERLAY THE SHOTS

IN SLOW MOTION:

VIVEK strikes the lighter.

The papers catch fire.

KARTHIK
IK turns the wheel in haste.
The burning fly
urning papers f inside
ly insid
nsi e the car.
The car
ar to
topples motion.
s in slow mo
m t on.
ti
The glass
la
ass wind
ass window
ndow crack
nd cracks
ks in
into
to pieces.
The whole
hol
le car rotates
r ro
r tates mid
s in m air.
id air.
ir.
BLACK.

TEXT APPEARS. THREE YEARS LATER.

S LA
LATE
TER.
TER.

2 INT. CLUB - EVENING 2

A huge tasting event,

e party of sorts is in order. It’s a wine ta
an elite assembled.
ite group is assembled
A group of men and women are surrounding a man in his late
twenties, he’s dressed in formals, looks sharp and is
entertaining the people around him.

A lady dressed in red poses a question.

LADY IN RED
So how about this !

A man in his late fifties, BOSS, watches from a distance &

seems to be amused.

KARTHIK
Mari antha professional kaadhu.

BOSS
Come on Karthik. Don't be modest,

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 4.

KARTHIK
Sarey, if I'm right are you buying
this bottle tonight ?

The crowd murmur.

The lady looks straight in his eye as she sips her wine.

LADY IN RED
Done. What if you lose ?

KARTHIK
A candle light dinner in our club,
meeku ishtamayina bottle is on the
house and nenu.. Complimentary

The crowd is amused.

LADY IN RED
Sure ah ?
KARTHIK
KA
ART
RTHI
H K
Absolutely.
Absolutely
ly.
ly.

LADY
DY
Y IN
N RED
Deal.
Deal
al.
al. Here.
She extends
xte
ten
tends he glass
her gl
glas
ass
as to
s t him.
o him
im.
im

GUY
GUY IN THE
HE CCROWD
ROWD
RO W
Mee boss
e bo
b mundhu
ss mund challenge
dhu ch
chal
all
al leng
nge
nge
teeskunnav
teeskunn
nnav
nn jaagratha.
av ja
jaag
agra
ag ath
tha..

BOSS
(laughs)
meedha
Naaku karthik meed
edh
ed confidence
ha confi
ide
d nce
undhi.
KARTHIK glass, nurses it aro
IK takes a whiff of the glass around and
takes the glass closer to his nose.

Breathes in.

KARTHIK
Roses. bright red just like you.

LADY IN RED
Oh..

She smiles.

He takes a sip and gargles it around in his mouth and

ponders.

KARTHIK
Round, fresh, konchum chocolate and
blackberry note undhi..

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 5.

The lady is red looks surprised, KARTHIK glares into her eyes
for an answer.

KARTHIK (CONT’D)
Chateau Margaux ?

The lady in red smiles in surprise.

BOSS
Year ?

KARTHIK
Pavillion Rouge 2010 sir.

LADY IN RED
Impressive.

KARTHIK
Ayithey meeru bottle konalsindhey.

LADY IN RED
Deal is a de
deal.
eal
al.
. So the date is off
?

The banter
ant
ter interrupted
r is in
inte
terrupte
te b a sudden sound from the entrance
ed by
of the club.
e club.
lu
KARTHIK
IK excuses
K excu
use himself
ses hi
hims
msel
mself
elf and walks
d wa
alk over
lks ov to
ver t railing and
o the rai
looks belo
below entrance.
low to the ent
lo ntranc
nt ce.
The bouncers are
ouncers ar arguing
re with
ng with
it three
h th
thre guys,
ee gu
guys
ys,
ys dressed
, dres
esse
ess d in T-shirts
and jeans.
eans.
KARTHIK
IK looks on as his BOSS approaches
SS appro
roache
ro him
hes h
he im fro behind.
from
BOSS
Karthik, konchum e
elli
l i ch
ll choodu..
Andaru disturb avuth
avuthunnaru.
hunnaru.
KARTHIK
Done sir.

3 INT. CLUB ENTRANCE - CONTINUOUS 3

At the entrance, are the three guys, fighting with the

bouncer, as KARTHIK approaches them.

GUY 1
Ey, manager ni piluvu ? Enduku
entry ledho cheppu.

BOUNCER
Go outside.

GUY 2
Rey vaadevado osthundhi pilu ra
adini.

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 6.

KARTHIK approaches them, looks up at the BOSS and signals him

to go inside and he’ll take care.

KARTHIK
Anthony, Leave them.. Boss, Lets go
out get some fresh air. Come on.
You are blocking the way..

GUY 2
Ikkadane maatlaadu.

KARTHIK looks around to see if anyone is watching.

KARTHIK
Arrey, chill avvandi. Godava
chesthey em avuthundhi ? Em
kaadhu.. Bayitiki poyi
maatlaadudhaam. Chalo.. Five
minutes.. Tension teeskoku.. ra

He holds accompanies them

lds them gently by the shoulder and accompan
out.

4 EXT. CLU
CLUB ENTRANCE
UB ENTRAN
ANCE
AN MOMENTS
CE - MOM
MENTS
T LATER 4

They ar
are
re seate
re seated
ted
te outside
d outsid
de in a casual manner.
A few well dressed
ll dre
ress
re people
s ed peo are
eople ar
eo allowed
re al
allo inside
l wed insi
side
si the
d in t
background.
round
d.
GUY
GUY 1
Endhi bhai idhi Vallani
i ? Valla
allani
la endhuku
i en
e dh
huk
uku
allow chesthunnaru Maathoti
ru ? Maa
aatho
aa oti
problem endhi ?

The other tries

ther guy in the group tries to
s t down.
o calm him down
GUY 2
Rey adagani vaadini.

KARTHIK
Nee per endhi ?

GUY 1
Srinu.

KARTHIK
Seenannna, nuvve car lo ochchinave
?

GUY 1
Ee carlo osthe endhi ?

KARTHIK
Chepu.

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 7.

GUY 1
Bike la ochchina.

KARTHIK
Vallu Audi lo ochchinaru.

GUY 1
Ayithey ?

KARTHIK
Nuvvu t shirt, jeans esukunnav.
vallu branded formal shirts
esukunnaru. Manam undhedhi
hyderabad lo ne .. Kani idhi veere
ooru.. Ikkada ivvanni esukunte inko
duniya unlock ayithadhi.. Mana
oorlone nuvvu new york, sydney,
paris choodachchu.. Ledhu nen
inthe.. Itlane unta ante inka india
la ne untav. Ardhamchesko..
lopalaki raalevu.
They look at each ot
other.
othe
her.
her.
KARTHIK
KART
RTHIK
RT K (CONT’D)
Anna,
Anna
na,
na, simple eeh..
h . Aada paina prada
h.
bag
ba dance
ag esukoni da
danc
nce
nc chesthundhi
e ch
c esthundhi
choodu,
ch
hoodu,
, aa
aame boyfriend
me boyffrie
iend clubki
nd ee cl
club
ubki
entha
enth
tha
th chesthado
a bill chesttha
hado
do te poni
telusa ? poni
on
entha
manam enth
ma tha
th chestham
a ch
ches
stham
am
He points everyone
ints at every
ryon
ryone
one an
and murmurs
d mu
urmur
urs calculation
s a calcul
ulatio
ul in his head.
on i
KARTHIK
KARTHI (CONT’D)
IK (C
(CON
ONT
ONT’D)
3000, max 4k.. GST exculded.
ST excculde
ded.
ed. Vaadu
lakshalu
nela ki padhi laks
kshalu ches
ks chesthadu,
sthadu,
antha
nelaki.. Vaalu an
nth
tha bi
bill
l chesi..
ll
lopala
manalantollani lopalla choosthey em
antar telusa seenanna ?
A moment of silence.

KARTHIK (CONT’D)
Dirty crowd. Sad Crowd. Mass place.

He produces a small bottle of wine and displays it to the

three guys.

KARTHIK (CONT’D)
Mimmalni choosthey maa dosthulu
gurthosthunnaru.. Andhukane
chepthunna.. idhi endhi ? Wine
bottle. Lopala dorikedhi wine..
ante fermented grape juice.
Anthey.. deeni nuvvu oka plastic
bottle lo ammu.. Homemade wine
ani.. Maha ante vanda rupaiylaiki
podhu..
(MORE)

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 8.

KARTHIK (CONT'D)
kani ee bottle, ee sticker esi
ivvu.. Minimum 10,000 ki pothadhi..
GST excluded. Anyway.. You get the
point.. Bottle, sticker entha
importantoo. Mee battalu, ochchina
car.. Mee basha.. Anni mukhyamu
mitrama.. this is for you. Tastes
like shit. Worth 3000. Ee saturday
retro night avuthundhi.. Ammayilani
esukoni raa.. Manchi shirt, shoes
esuko.. costly car la ochcheyyi..
Entry free.

He tosses the bottle on to GUY 3, He almost manages to get a

hold of it.

KARTHIK walks in confidently.

GUY 1
Chi em bathuko..
GUY
GU
UY 3
Mari idhi ichheyyana
i ic
ichh
hhey
hheyya
eyy na ?
GUY
Y 1
Patkara..
Patk
tka
tk adhaina
ara.. adha
hain
hai a thaagudham.

5 INT. CLU
CLUB
UB MAIN
IN HALL MOMENTS
- MOM
MEN
ENTS LATER
TS LA ER
AT 5

The lady
ady in re
red
d is drunk and
nk a is
nd i dancing
s da
anc
ncin
ing
ing wi someone
with so e
om else.

KARTHIK
IK notices and smiles
e aas passes
s he pas
sse
s s by
by.
KARTHIKK
(to himself)
marchesindhi.
Party marchesindhi
hi.
hi . Ve
Very
ry nice.
The BOSS office.
OSS signals to him from within his office
KARTHIK walks inside.

6 INT. CLUB OFFICE - CONTINUOUS 6

The BOSS is standing behind his luxurious leather chair.

KARTHIK walks inside.

BOSS
Handle chesava Karthik ?

KARTHIK
Yes sir. Meerenti ikkada ? How is
it going ?

BOSS
Nuvvunte naakem tension ledhayya..

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 9.

KARTHIK
Enti sir.. senti avuthunnnaru..

BOSS
Rey Karthik wanted to talk to you..
Open ga maatlaadutha..

He clears his throat.

As though he’s rehearsed this act several times. He turns

around.

BOSS (CONT’D)
Maa thathayya goa lo oka fisherman.
Chapalu paatte vaaru.. Ayana..
melli melliga oka boat konnukkuni..
profits loki vellaka.. Maa
nannammani kalisaaru.. Goa lo the
COSTLIEST diamond shop lo ee ring
It’s
konnaru.. It s a solitaire. He gave
to my father. ayana maa mother ni
idhey ring ttho propose
ho propose chesaru..
Then it wa
was passed
s pa
pass
ssed on to me.
ss
He slides
ide
es a tiny
ny velvet box KARTHIK.
x across the table to K
KARTHIK
IK lifts
K lifts it
s it up in awe.
n awe.
we
BOSS
B
BO (CONT’D)
SS ( CO
ONT
NT’D
’D)
’D )
Will you m
Wi marry
arry
ar my
ry m daughter
y da
daug
ught
ughter ?
ht
KARTHIK
KART
KARTHI
RTH K
Sir..

BOSS
telusu..
Rey.. Neeku telusu Adhi
su.. Adh
su dhi US
dh U lo
peringindhi..
putti peringindhi.
i..
i.. Ne
Nee
e antha
street smart kaadhu.. Ee club
branch akkada adhi manage chesthey
nasanam avuthundhi..

KARTHIK laughs.

BOSS (CONT’D)
Joke kaadhu ra.. Serious.. ninnu
akkada pampi daaniki
antakadhithey.. Done.. Nenu happy
ga malli Goa lo oka branch
pettukoni retire ayypotha.. i need
someone like you. Neelanti vallu
chaala takkuvara Karthik. You are a
rare breed. Cheppina maata
vintaavu, you work like a dog. Dog
ante edho street dog ani insult
chesthunna anukoku.. you are a
great dane.

KARTHIK blushes.

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 10.

BOSS (CONT’D)
No.. Pogudthunna anukoku.. Im being
honest. Emantav.. ?

KARTHIK
Meeru pogadatledhu sir.

BOSS
Adhi kaadhu.. ah ring accept
chesinatta kaadha ?

KARTHIK
Sir.. Meeru edhi ante adhi sir..

BOSS
You are great dane ra.

KARTHIK
Thank you sir.

He smiles
iles with pride.

7 INT. KARTHIK’S CAR

AR NIGHT
- NIGH
HT 7

KARTHIK
IK
K wa
waves a goodbye
e to
t tthe outside.
he security guard out
The lights
igh
ght
gh in
ts in the cl
club shut,
ub are shu
hut,
hu people
t, peopl
ple
pl him are
e behind hi
shutting the
ing t place
he p down.
l ce dow
la own.
ow
Drunk people a
are
r getting
re to
ng t their
o th
thei vehicles.
eir ve
ei vehi
hicl
hicles
cles.
es
KARTHIK car.
IK sits inside his ca
c r.
He takes
kes a heavy breath.
He takes observes
kes the ring out and ob
obse
s rv glory.
ves it in its glor
He smiles onto his face.
iles as the solitaire reflects the light ont

8 EXT. KARTHIK’S ROOM - NIGHT 8

KARTHIK parks his car outside a small house.

He walks across the street and gets into a tiny apartment.

He goes to the terrace.

9 INT. KARTHIK'S ROOM - MOMENTS LATER 9

He opens the door.

Its a tiny room.

He switches on the light.

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 11.

10 EXT. MARKET - AFTERNOON 10

A man, 60s, is on the phone and has a bag filled with

vegetables. Beside him is his wife, 55, she’s bargaining with
the vendors.

KARTHIK'S FATHER
Antey ninnu kukka ani thittu
thunnadu ?

11 INT. KARTHIK'S ROOM - AFTERNOON 11

KARTHIK is on his bed on a phone call. Beside his bed is a

small shelf filled with awards and trophies.

BOSS
Kukka.. Kadhu daddy. Great Dane
adhi oka breed.. Ayina meeku ardham
kaadhu..Corporate stuff. Intha
serious vishyam chepputhunte..Happy
feel avvakun
avvakunda
nda enti meeru ?

12 EXT. MAR
MARKET
RKE CONTINUOUS
KET - CO
CONT
NTINUOUS
NT S 12

KARTHIK'S
KART
KARTHI
RTHIK'
HIK'S FATHER
K'
Happy
Ha ra..
appy eh ra.. Nee
a. Neeku promotion
eku pr
promot
otio
otion
ion
raavalani..
raav
aval
av amma
a ani.. Mee ammma ok
oka padhi
i
gudilu
gu thippindhi..
th
hip
ippi
pind
pindhi
ndhi..
hi Adhi
. Adh chaaaladha
hi ch
haa
aaal
alad
al dha
proof
proo
oof
oof ?

13 INT. KARTHIK'S ROOM - CONTIN

CONTINUOUS
INUO
INUOU
UOUS 13

KARTHIK
KARTHI
IK
Idhi promotion eh.
eh..
h..
h. pelli
. pe
pell
lli
lli cheskunte
Club owneerr avuthaanu US lo
directga..
directga Ayina meere kadha eppudu
chepe vaaru.. Graph ila..

He waves his hand up.

KARTHIK (CONT’D)
Paiki undaali ani..

14 EXT. MARKET - CONTINUOUS 14

Kathik’s mother orders the father to get off the phone and
help her with the vegetables.

KARTHIK’S FATHER
Ala annana ? Sarey. Machindhi..
Eyina pelli cheskovadam promotion
ani chepppinodu neeku evadu ra ?
chance unnappude celebrate chesko
inka..

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 12.

KARTHIK
Antha dabbulu levu..

KARTHIK’S FATHER
Sampadinchina dabbulu save
cheyyakunda ah avasaramleni car
konte alane untundhi..

KARTHIK
Nanna.. Adhi car kaadhu
investment.. Adhi choosi naaaku ee
status ochchindhi..

KARTHIK’S FATHER
Abbbooo.

KARTHIK’s mother almost grabs the phone.

KARTHIK’S MOTHER
Rey ! Malli cheyyi nuvvu.
KARTHIK'S
KA
ART
RTHI
H K'S FATHER
Rey phone pette
e pe
pett
tte
tt mundu
e mu
m ndu okka sahala..
KARTHIK
KART
RTHIK
RT K
Cheppandi.
Chep
epp
eppandi.
KARTHIK'S
KARTHIK
KA K'S
S FA
FATHER
ER
Dayachesi
Daya
yach
ya mee
c esi m
me friendsni
e fr
rieend
ndsn
sni
sn kalavaku..
i kalavaku
ku..
ku.
KARTHIK
KA
ART
RTHI
HIK
HIK
Vaalani kalasi
i ka
kala
lasi
la enno
si en months
nno month
onths
ths
avuthundhi.
KARTHIK'S
KARTHIK'
K'S
K' FATHER
S FA
ATHER
ER
ledhu..
Em nashtam ledhu. kalusthene
.. kalusthe
hene
he
Jaagratha.
nashtam. Jaagratha
ha.
ha.

KARTHIK
Bye.

He cuts the call.

15 INT. KARTHIK'S ROOM - CONTINUOUS 15

KARTHIK puts the phone down and sits up. He looks at the
awards and achievements he’s displayed beside his bed.

He scans each one of them. Behind the awards, in a corner is

a photograph.

It’s a photograph of a younger KARTHIK with a few friends.

He takes a good look at it and smiles to himself.

/BOMMALAATA
 13.

16 INT. DUBBING STUDIO - DAY 16

We see a National Geographic show of two americans camping in

a forest.

The clip plays.

CHARACTER 1
MIKE ! Em chesthunnavu ?

CHARACTER 2
Madhayapanamu sevinchuthunnanu
steve.

CHARACTER 1
Ori devuda ! Naaku telikunda nuvvu
madhyapanamu ela sekarinchavu ee
adavilo.. ? MIKE nuvvu chaala

The director
irector is sitting beside a Sound engineer.
NAT
NA GEO
AT GE
G O DIRECTOR
Stop. Adhi malli
hi ma
mall
lli
ll i play cheyyandi
sridhar..
sridha
ar.
r.. Akkadnundi
. Akkadn nundi take andi
Kaushik
Kaushi
hik
hik garu...
Inside the
e t vacum
he vac
acum room is K
ac KAUSHIK,
AUSH
AUS IK, 27, in front of the
microphone.
pho
hon
hone. Hi
His ya
yawn is
wn i interuppted
s inte
teru
te upp
ppt
ted the
d by t director’s voice.
he direct
He composes
mpose himself
ses hi
se hims
m elf an speaks
and sp
spea
eaks
ea into
ks i mike.
n o the mi
nt mike
k .
KAUSHIK
KA
AUS
USHI
HIK
HIK
Ori devu
devuda
vuda
vuda !!.
.
NAT GE
GEO DIRECTOR
EO DI
DIR
RECT
CTOR
CT
Inkonchum brightga
ga KKaushik.
au
ushikk.
KAUSHIK
K
ORI DEVUDA ! NAAKU TELIKUNDA NUVVU
MADHYAPANAMU ELA SEKARICHAVU EE
ADIVI LO !

NAT GEO DIRECTOR

Adhi.. This is the energy.. Super.

They give him a thumbs up from behind the glass.

KAUSHIK murmurs to himself, while smiling to them.

KAUSHIK
Poyi saavandira ekkadaina !

17 INT. DUBBING STUDIO - MOMENTS LATER 17

There is a man and a woman in the vacuum room.

The director is in conversation with KAUSHIK outside near the

mixing console.

/BOMMALAATA
 14.

NAT GEO DIRECTOR

Ivvala cheque raaledra.. Weekend
kalla nenu transfer chesthanu..

KAUSHIK
Parvaledu sir, meedhi ah serial
start avuthndha ?

NAT GEO DIRECTOR

Inka confirm kaaledhu.. Ayyithey
pakka main role ki nuvve..

KAUSHIK
Pakka kadha sir ?

NAT GEO DIRECTOR

Pakka ra babu.. anthalopu oka short
film cheyyochu ga.. Notice ayithey
chances raavocchu.. Mee team
unindhiga vaalu ...?
KAUSHIK
KA
AUS
USHI
H K
okkakka
Andharu ok
okka
kakk
ka kka
kka line lo unnaru sir
ippudu ..
u .. We are e growing up. Mundhu
ippudu
kids ip udu ad
pp adults..
dults
t .. Anyways, next
week sir..
ek ostha sir
ir..
ir.
NAT GEO
NA DIRECTOR
O DI
DIRE
RECTOR
RE OR
Done.
Done
ne.
ne.
KAUSHIK bends
IK bend over
ds ov
o er to th
the
e mi
mike near
ke nea
ar th
the
e mi
mixing console and
ng co
presses while
es a button while
hi speaking
le speak
aki
ak the
ing to the guy inside
side the vaccum.
uy ins
KAUSHIK
KAUSHI
IK
MIKE, nenu meetho madhyapanam
o ma
m dh
hyapa
pana
pana
am
ivaala
sevinchalenu ivaa
ala intlo
l maa inntl
t o vallu
veluthunnaru..
kasi yatraki velu
uth
thun
nna
naru
r .. So
repatinundi manam rachcha rambola
cheyyochu.. Ivaala assalu
cheyyochu
kudharadhu paiyga mana payment kuda
ellunde isthanantunnadu ee
pisinaari director.. So ellunde
madhyapanamu dhumrapanamu sevinchi
nasanam avudhamu.. Ok ? Bye !

They exchange a bye. KAUSHIK storms out.

18 EXT. KAUSHIK’S HOUSE - DAY 18

KAUSHIK closes the gate and turns around. In the front yard,
his parents are loading the suitcases onto a vehicle. His
sister runs up to him, while her husband waves a hello to
KAUSHIK and sits in the front seat of the Innova.

KAUSHIK’S SISTER
Rey pakka chooskuntava vaadini ?

/BOMMALAATA
 15.

KAUSHIK looks inside towards the main door.

Standing there is SUBASH, 12, his sister’s son.

KAUSHIK
Pakkana manchi kennel undhi akkada
ammestha..

She immediately smacks his arm and walks with him towards the
door.

KAUSHIK’S SISTER
Rey, please ra three days lo vaadi
spanish exam undhi.. Chadhuvetattu
choodu ..

KAUSHIK
Done, dana done.

He takes
kes the suitcase from her and loads it onto the taxi.
KAUSHIK’S
KA
AUS
USHI
H K’S FATHER
Hero garik
gariki
iki
ik english
i en
engl
glish sarigga raaka
gl
telugu dubbinglu
u dubbinglu
ub u chesthunnaramma
inka da
daani pai spanish
i sp
panish ah ?
KAUSHIK
IK pokes
K pokes his
s h father
is fath in
her i his
n hi
h walking towards
s tummy while walki
his mother
oth
the
th and
er a hugs
nd hug
ug her.
gs he
her
r.
KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
USHIK
HI
What
Wh
hat a sense of humour
f hu
humo
mour d
mo daddy..
addy
addy..
dy..
KAUSHIK’S
KAUSHI
H K’ MOTHER
K S MO
MOT
THER
ER
Rey perugu thodey
thodeyyi.
yyi Motham
yi. Mootham
m iv
ivvale
e
laagisthey repu em
emi undadhu..
i unndadh
dhu.
dhu.
..
KAUSHIK
K
I’ll miss you guys..

KAUSHIK’S FATHER
Vaadu intlo thintey
kadha..rey..friends party adhi idhi
annavoo.. Bagundadhu.. Chinnodu
unnadu vaadini choosi emaina
nerchuko.. ila ra nanna..

Little SUBASH walks up to him.

KAUSHIK'S FATHER
What do you want to be when you
grow up nanna ? Tell thatha..

He kneels down in front of him.

SUBASH
Astronaut.

/BOMMALAATA
 16.

KAUSHIK
Chichi.. Intha chaduvukoni vanta
chesthav ra vedava ?

KAUSHIK’s father gets up and looks at him.

KAUSHIK'S FATHER
Astronaut ra.. Ante moon ki elthadu
.. Restaurant kadhhu.. vaadu 30
years varaku plan chesesadu ye
university elthado ye ye coursulu
chesthado ani.. Adhi plan ante..

KAUSHIK
Dhaaniki spanish exam enduku ? Moon
spain lo untundha daddy ?

KAUSHIK'S FATHER
Thoo.

He looks
oks to his wife.
KAUSHIK'S
KAUS
KAUSHI
USHIK'S FATHER (CONT’D)
HI
paristhithi..
Idhi pa
pari
ris
risthithi.
i .
They lea
leave.
eave
eave.
ve
KAUSHIK’s
IK father
K’s fa
ath looks
ther looks
ooks in th
the re view
rear view
iew mirror.
KAUSHIK waves
IK wa
ave
ves a fake goodbye.
ke goodb
oodby
dbye.
.
KAUSHIK'S
KAUS
KAUSHI
USH K' FATHER
K'S FA
FATH
THER
TH (CONT’D)
ER (CONT
NT’D)
NT
doubt
Naaku enduko dou
o bt oosthundhi..
sth
sthund
ndhi
ndh ..
KAUSHIK’S
KAUSHIK’
K’S
K’ MOTHER
S MO
OTHER
ER
mundhu
Abba ! velle mund
dhu ah
Meeru
maatalendhuku ! Me
Meer
e u mu
mundhu ah BP
tabletlu esukondi..

19 INT. KAUSHIK'S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS 19

KAUSHIK watches them as they leave.

Once they are out of sight, he breathes and looks at his

nephew.

KAUSHIK
Hammaya. rey chepra.. Spanish
ginish lite gani.. Playstation
aadthava ?

SUBASH
That’s why you are like this.

The kid walks away.

/BOMMALAATA
 17.

KAUSHIK
Respectable family.

KAUSHIK gets a call on his phone.

He takes a moment to absorb the information. It’s KARTHIK.

KAUSHIK (CONT’D)
Namaste anna ! Bagunnavane ?

A pause.

KAUSHIK (CONT’D)
Endhi ? Pella !?

20 INT. EDITING ROOM - DAY 20

A guy in his late twenties is seen editing what looks like a

wedding
ng film on two computer screens.
He plays and
ays a portion of it and relaxes in his chair and takes a
sip of
f water.
UPENDRA
UPEN
NDRA
A
na
Ok na ?
Standing
ing beside
ng besid
ide hi
id him
m ar
are couple.
e a co
coup
ple
le. Th
The
e guy is seen towering
guy
over the c
computer
ompu
pute
pu screen
t r scre
reen i
re inspecting
nspe
nspect
pectin
cti g every detail
y de
d tail while the
girl is bu
busy checking
usy checkin
ing
ing he instagram
her inst
stag
stagra
agr m fe
feed
ed on seat beside the
n a sea
monitor.
or.

COUPLE
L GGUY
UY
Ah pimples konchum teeseyandi.
um te
tees
seyan
ndi
i.
UPENDRA
UPENDR
RA
(spits out his water)
is wat
ater
ater)
er
theeyadam
Pimples nen theeyada
d m enti ?
COUPLE GUY
Makeup ah roju workout avvaledu so
vfx emaina chesi teeseyandi.

UPENDRA
Boss, adhi veelukadhu. Baahubali
range vfx adhi.. Meerichchna budget
lo impossible .. Paiyaga its
impossible.. Naa valla kadhu..

COUPLE GUY
Ayithey payment cancel.

He leans back on the wall.

UPENDRA
(sighs)
Sarey try chestha..

/BOMMALAATA
 18.

He gets back to work and leans into his monitor, adjusts his
huge glasses and holds the girl’s hand assuming its the mouse
and tries clicking it several times.

The girl pulls her hand back and looks at her husband, in
shock.

UPENDRA looks clueless.

UPENDRA (CONT’D)
Adhi three nights sleep
ledu..confusion lo mouse anukunna..

They stare at him furiously.

21 EXT. EDITING ROOM - DAY 21

KAUSHIK is seen walking up the terrace where the room is.

A slap
p is heard.
The couple
ouple storms ou
out
t an
and pass
d p arrives at the
ass KAUSHIK who arrive
door.

UPENDRA
RA
A op
opens th
the door.
KAUSHIK
KA K
They
Th
hey paid n
no ?
UPENDRA
UP
PEN
ENDR
DRA
DRA
No.

KAUSHIK
KAUSHI
IK
Oh ! Every day is not
s no
n Sunday.
t Sund
nd
day
ay.
UPENDRA
UPENDR
RA
Aap ra nee yedhava Engish nuvvu. Em
kavali ? Naaku challa pani undhi
undhi..

KAUSHIK
Karthik ki pelli fix ayyindhi..
Bachelor party anta .. time to
damage the liver.

A smile grows on UPENDRA’s face.

UPENDRA
Mari Vivek gaadu ?

22 INT. VIVEK’S FLAT - DAY 22

A lady in her early fifties opens the door.

It’s a man, early forty, in a police uniform.

They look at each other.

/BOMMALAATA
 19.

VIVEK’S MOTHER
Em chesindu ra vaadu ?

VIVEK’S UNCLE
Em kaale, rounds ki pothunte
ochchina.

He enters and places his cap on the table in the hall.

VIVEK’S MOTHER
Rey, correctga cheppu em ayyindhi ?
Malla uniform la ochchinav ?

VIVEK’S UNCLE
Abba ! Em kaaledakka ! em chesnav ?
Patkara aakalavthundhi.

She murmurs to herself and walks into the kitchen.

VIVEK’S
VIVEK S MOTHER
Edho dhachutunnav..
VIVEK’S
VIVE
VIVEK’
VEK’S UNCLE
K’
aapu
Ehe aa Ekkada
apu ! Ekkad
da vaadu ?
VIVEK’S
VIVE
VEK’
VEK S MOTHER
Inkedda
In
nke untadu..
kedda unta
ta
adu
du.. Ippude
.. Ip ude lesinattu
pp
unnadu...
un
nnadu..
...
..
VIVEK’S
VIVE
VIVEK’
VEK’S UN
K’ UNCLE
UNCL
CLE
CLE
Office
Of
ffi
fice
c pole ?
VIVEK’S
VIVEK’ MOTHER
K S MO
MOTH
THE
THER
Vaani ishtam.
The Cop room.
op knocks on VIVEK’s ro
roo
om.
A bearded
rded guy, late twenties opens the door.
VIVEK’S UNCLE
Emaindhi office ?

VIVEK
Ivvala ledhu.. ambedhkar
birthday...

VIVEK’S UNCLE
Atlakuda untadha ra mee company la
? Ayina adhi ninna unde...poyi
ready avvu..

VIVEK looks at him.

VIVEK’S UNCLE (CONT’D)

Endhi ?

VIVEK makes a “tsk” sound and shuts the door.

/BOMMALAATA
 20.

VIVEK turns around towards the mirror and looks at himself.

He takes a tape out of a desk of old cassettes and pops it in

his old music system.

His eyes look red. He yawns. He wears glasses.

Shot of shower turned on.

Shot of him brushing.

Shot of him buttoning up shirt.

Shot of him brushing his hair.

Shot of him wearing a satchel and walking out.

He storms out of his room.

His uncle while the

ncle is eating a dosa on the dining table, w
mother
r is in the kitchen cooking.
VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VEK
Bye.

He is wa
walking
walk
lking
lk g ou towards
out toward
rds
rds th
the main door.
VIVEK’S
VI UNCLE
S UN
UNCL
CLE
CL
Aagu.
Aagu
gu.
gu. Thini
i po.
VIVEK looks at his uncle
uncle.
le.
le.
He is at the dining table
e wi
with his
th h uncle
is u eating
n le e
nc atin his dosa.
ng h
VIVEK’S UNCLE
S UN
U CL (CONT’D)
LE (C
(CON
ONT
ONT’D)
Intla addaalenduku
ku ra ?
VIVEK
Light ekkva undhi
undhi.

VIVEK’S UNCLE
Itla untadhi podhunna ante..

VIVEK’s uncle turns around to chek if VIVEK’s mother is

around and leans towards VIVEK.

VIVEK’S UNCLE (CONT’D)

Ah ammayini inka marchipole ra
nuvvu ?

VIVEK
Ey ammaiyi.

VIVEK’S UNCLE
Thantha pattukoni.. evari gurinchi
maatlaaduthunnano thelavadha ra ?
nee ex girlfriend..
(MORE)

/BOMMALAATA
 21.

VIVEK'S UNCLE (CONT'D)

Adhi vadileshi inni enlu avuthundhi
inka torcher pedhthunnav aa pilla
ni ?

VIVEK continues to eat.

VIVEK’S UNCLE (CONT’D)

Nee bandi number plate teesi ah
ammayi number plate pettukoni
traffic signallu egakottuthunnav ..
Ah finelu vaala intiki pothuundhi..
Valla ayya ochchi complain
chesthundhu naaku.. Em eeshaalu ra
ivvi..

VIVEK
Utthiga antundu..

VIVEK’S UNCLE
Lift ekke mundhu nee bandi number
choosi osthunna..
VIVEK’S
VIVE
VIVEK’
VEK’S MOTHER
K’
dosa
Inko dosa
os esthunna..
a esthun
nna..
VIVEK’S
VIVE
VEK’
VEK S UNCLE
Naak
Na
aak chaal.
VIVEK’S
V VEK’
VI MOTHER
K’S MO
K’ MOTH
THER
THE
Neeku ra.
Ne
VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VEK
Chaalu.
VIVEK’S UNCLE
S UN
U CL
LE
Cheppu ra howla ga anukunnava
gaani anukkun
u nava ra
? Next time dhaani joliki
ni jo
joli
liki
liki poyinav
ante bokkala estha..
VIVEK’S MOTHER
Rey, inkottati thinu .. Penam off
chesthunna iga..

VIVEK’S UNCLE
EHEY ! ODHDHANTUNTE !! OOKE inkoka
dosa inkoka dosa antunnav ! odhdhu
naaku nee maadipoyina dosa. Aagu
jara !

VIVEK gets up and walks off.

VIVEK
ADHI break up chesinappudu malla !
Appudu daani intiki poyi adinava ?
Enduku odilesinav maa odini ani !
Adiginava ? Adhi ledha mee law book
la ?
(MORE)

/BOMMALAATA
 22.

VIVEK (CONT'D)
naaku chesina nammaka droham ki
idhi neen esthunna chinna fine..
Kattukomanu ..

VIVEK’s mother comes storming towards the table.

Both of them watch as he storms off.

VIVEK’S MOTHER
Emaindhi ra ?

VIVEK’S UNCLE
Same bava polikal ochchinai
veeniki. inko dosa eyyi po.

VIVEK’S MOTHER
Penam teesi moothi meedha estha.

23 EXT. ROAD - DAY 23

VIVEK is on the road d

driving
rivi
riving a car. He has a dead look on his
vi
face. He zooms past every
t ev
ever
ery
er traffic
y traffic signal even if its red.
He is ou
outside
uts
tside a hu building
huge IT buil TECH”, mostly
i ding named “ACL TECH”
like Goo
Google
oogl
oogle or
gl Microsoft.
r Microsoft
ft.
ft.

24 INT. ACL TECH

L TECH CONTINUOUS
H - CONTIN
INUOUS
IN S 24

He puts his
ts on h around
is Card arou
ound
ou his
nd h neck
is nec
ck an
and
d ge into
gets in o the parking
nt
area.

He sees the
es his spot and parks t car.
he car
ar.
ar
The radio upbeat
adio plays a fast upbea
eat
eat song.
VIVEK reaches out for somethin
something seat.
i g in the back seat
He grabs a MC Donalds Takeaway cover, he hits the hand brake.

He reclines his seat and takes out his burger & drink

He carefully opens his soft drink and drinks up nearly half

of it.

He then pulls out a ‘hip flask’ filled with whiskey, smells

it & pours the contents of it into the soft drink glass.

He then places his phone onto a holder and searches for “new
Hollywood movie trailers 2017”

Plays something and lounges back while he nurses his drink to

take a sip of his customized cocktail.

He does all this in a rehearsed manner as though he’s done

this several times.

/BOMMALAATA
 23.

The video he’s watching is interrupted by a call.

“KARTHIK - DONT LIFT Calling” the screen shows.

He looks at it and continues to ignore it and sips his drink.

The call ends and he continues to watch the video.

The video is interrupted again.

He is irritated by it & leans forward to take the call but

decides to ignore it again.

The video continues to play after the call and he linges back
again.

The call comes in again. This time its a different number.

VIVEK
Nee amma !

He springs seat.
rings up from the seat. A little bit of the drink
ea
splashes pant.
hes on his pant
nt.
nt.
He composes
mpo
ose himself
es hims
msel
mself and answ
el answers
s ers the call.
KARTHIK
KART
KARTHI
RTHIK
HIK
(on
n th
the phone)
e phonee)
Hello
Hell
llo
llo ?
VIVEK
VI
IVE
VEK
K
Umm..

KARTHIK
KARTHI
IK
Ekkadunnav.

VIVEK
Office.

KARTHIK
Ekkada ?

VIVEK
OFFICE ! Inkekaddunta ?!

KARTHIK
Daaniki kukkalaaga arusthav endhi
bhe ? Unknown number nundi
chestheyne ethuthava ?

VIVEK
Cheppu.

KARTHIK
Naaku pelli fix ayyindhi.

VIVEK pauses for a moment.

/BOMMALAATA
 24.

KARTHIK (CONT’D)
Unnava ?

VIVEK
Cheppu.

KARTHIK
Nee.. Ah reaction endhi ra ? sarey
kaani. kaludhama ani.. Ekkadaina
bar lo kurchundhamani anukunna..

VIVEK
Morning morning alcohol endhi ? nen
thaaga.

VIVEK looks at his drink and takes a sip.

KARTHIK
Mari coke glass lo em kalpukunnav ?

VIVEK is startled, looks around.

KARTHIK
KART
KARTHI
RTHIK (CONT’D)
HI
left
Nee le ki.
eft ki.
VIVEK lo
looks
look
oks to
ok his
o his left.
t.
In the car
e ca n
ar next
ext to
ex him
o h KARTHIK.
im is KA
KART
RTHI
RTHIK
HIK.
VIVEK
VIVE
VI VEK
VEK
nuvvendhi
nuvv
vven
vv ikkada
e dhi ik
kkada ?
KARTHIK
KARTHI
H K
etthar
tamaru phone ettha
har
ha ani
r ani officeki
i off
fice
cek
ceki
teesukeldham
ochca directga tee
eesu
ees ke
eldha
ham ani..
am ani..
anesariki
payiki podham anes
esariki
es meere
i meer
e e
ayyaru..
parking enter ayya
yaru
yar ..
.

VIVEK
Ekkada ?

KARTHIK
Adhe mana club 8.

VIVEK
Evarevarosthunnaru ?

KARTHIK
Manolle ra.

VIVEK puts his drink back.

KARTHIK (CONT’D)
Hello ?

VIVEK
Start avthunna pettu.

/BOMMALAATA
 25.

KARTHIK
naa car ekku, taagesunnav.

VIVEK looks at KARTHIK.

He’s got his shades on and stares at VIVEK from his car.
VIVEK sighs.

VIVEK puts on his shades & gets out of the car, walks towards
KARTHIK’s car, opens the door and sits inside.

KARTHIK (CONT’D)
Hi.

VIVEK
Poni.

KARTHIK reverses the car.

25 INT. BAR - DAY 25

It’s a cosy old bar, we

r, we se
see gathered up and
e all the friends gathe
already drinking.
dy drinking
g.
KAUSHIK
IK
K po
pours so
some beer into
r in
i to VIVEK’s glass.
VIVEK
VI
Chaalu.
Ch
haa
aalu
l .
KAUSHIK
KA
AUS
USHI
HIK
HIK
Rey over cheyyakunda
er cheyy
he yya
yyakun
akun
und thaagu
da thaag
haagu bhe.
ag e.
KARTHIK stop
IK signals KAUSHIK to stop
to pouring,
p po
pourin
in gestures.
ng, in ge
estu
KAUSHIK tipsy.
IK assures its fine. He himself seems tipsy
UPENDRA whole
RA is giggling at the who
h le thing.
UPENDRA
Ayithey ammayi ni kalisaav ra ?

KARTHIK
Rendu moodu sarlu skype lo choosa
ra..

KAUSHIK
Love la paddava ra ?

KARTHIK
Eh love give antha em ledhu ra..
Pelli tharavatha chooskundham.

VIVEK looks at KARTHIK as he sips his drink.

KAUSHIK
Aha ?

/BOMMALAATA
 26.

KARTHIK
First develop kaani life lo..
Migatha sangathulu anni tharavatha
chaala time undhi.

KAUSHIK
Masthu develop ayinav kadha ra..
Pedhdha car konnav, Jubilee hills
venakane untav.. Just jubille hills
eh almost iga.. Avuna ra .. eppudud
okka doubt unde naaku.. Genuine
doubt.. Nuvvu ee madhya
kadukkuntava leka tissue use
chesthava ?

VIVEK coughs his drink back into the glass.

UPENDRA hits KARTHIK on his arm and laughs hysterically.

KARTHIK his head.

IK looks embarrassed and smacks KAUSHIK on h
KARTHIK
KA
ART
RTHI
H K
ayyindhi
Ekkuva ay
ayyi
yind
yi ndhi
ndhi chaal inka ..
Melliga
Mellig
ga th
thaagu.
UPENDRA
UPEN
ENDR
EN D A
Ivvala
Iv
vva
vala nee mmaata
aata
aa vinee
ta vi
vinee samasye
ledhu..
le
edhu..
. re
rey
y nuvvu kaani
u ka
kaan
ani
an ra..
i ra
a..
.
KARTHIK
KART
KARTHI
RT HIK
HI
Nuvvu
Nuvv
vvu
vv taagatledhu
u taagatle
l dh
dhuu ga ?
UPENDRA
UPENDR
D A
DR
bhe.
Ivvala tuesday bh
he.
KARTHIK
KARTHI
IK
endhuku
Ayithey vaadini en
endh
d uk
uku
u encourage
chesthunnav ra ?
From behind a girl, mid twenties, SHIRLEY along with a Camera
man comes along.

SHIRLEY
Hey ! Hi im Shirley. Nenu Goa Vibes
ane company tho work
chesthunnanu..they make Cashewnut
fenny.. vodka lantidhi.. tagline
ochchi ..

She animates her hands.

SHIRLEY (CONT’D)
“Destiny pilusthundhi” ..

There is no reaction and a moment of awkward silence.

/BOMMALAATA
 27.

SHIRLEY (CONT’D)
Ala choodakandi.. Its not my idea..
Company lo intern anthey.. Anyways
mee peru ?

UPENDRA
Upendra, ayina Kaushik, Karthik and
thats vivek.

Everyone wave a hello.

SHIRLEY
So, this is a small promotion. Maa
channel lo memu oka collection of
videos chesthunnamu.. Meeru ok ante
we will ask you a few questions..
Prathi interesting answer ki oka
gift.

KARTHIK
Ledhu andi.. We are good. chinna
gurinchi
work gurinch meet
hi me
m et ayyamu so ..
SHIRLEY
SHIRLEEY
on..
Come on . Prat
n. Prathi
thi answer ki free
round
roun
und
und of shot and
t an
a d a grand prize at
the
th it.
he end of it.
t.
KAUSHIK
K
KAUSHI
HIK
HI
madhu
Ante mad
An dhu ffree..
ree.
re .. ?
SHIRLEY
SHIR
SHIRLE
IRL Y
complimentary.
Yes, complimenta
t ry
ry.
.

KAUSHIK
K
Kurchondi.
Please sit. Kurcho
hondi. A
ho Arey
rey
y uppu
pakkaki
nuvvu bandi pakkak
aki
aki pa
park
rk cheyyi.
What is the game ?
SHIRLEY
Simple truth or dare types. Aade
untaaru eppudo .. chinnappudu.

KAUSHIK
Ledhu.. Out out aadthunde .. leg
touch aadthundhe.. Ivve telusu..

KARTHIK stares at KAUSHIK.

SHIRLEY
Oh ok .. Start cheddama ?

A bottle spins.

The bottle points to KARTHIK.

SHIRLEY (CONT’D)
Truth or dare ?

/BOMMALAATA
 28.

KARTHIK
Truth.

SHIRLEY
Meeru as a group chesina craziest
thing enti ?

KARTHIK
Em ledhu.. maybe idhey..

SHIRLEY
No. Interesting and Honest undaali
answers.

KARTHIK
Uh.. Okka saari college lo
unnappudu.. Ilaane taagesi.. Plan
cheyyakunda Warangal varuku
ellipoyaamu...

SHIRLEY
like
Oh.. Just li that
ike that ?
KARTHIK
KARTHIIK
like
Just like that
ik that.
t.
SHIRLEY
SHIR
SH IRLE
IRLEY
LEY
Ok..
Ok
k..
. Is right
s he right guy
uy ?
KAUSHIK and
IK an
nd UPENDRA
A no
nod their
d th
the
eir heads.
r he
h ads.
ad
SHIRLEY
SHIR
SHIRLE
IR (CONT’D)
L Y (CON
ONT’
ONT’D
T’D)
D)
guys
Super. Shots guy
u s ?
The waiter
aiter behind hands over few
er a fe shots
ew shots
hot to th
the guys.
e g
UPENDRA
RA explains to her that
at he do
doesn't drink.
They hit the glasses together
together, shout “cheers”
“cheers”.

SHIRLEY (CONT’D)
Spin !

The bottle spins again.

It points to KARTHIK again.

SHIRLEY (CONT’D)
Again !

KARTHIK
Truth !

SHIRLEY
How boring. Sarey.. As a group
meeku edho oka favourite past time
untundhi..
(MORE)

/BOMMALAATA
 29.

SHIRLEY (CONT'D)
Something that brings you
togetehr.. Adnhi enti .. ela
discover chesaaaru ?

KARTHIK
Peddha story ne..

SHIRLEY
Its ok .. Camera choosi cheppandi..

KARTHIK looks into the camera.

KARTHIK
2007.

TEXT APPEARS : 2007.

26 INT. COLLEGE - DAY 26

KARTHIK, the back

IK, VIVEK, UPENDRA & KAUSHIK are seated in t
bench.

There is a class g
going
oing on.
oi
VIVEK is b
busy
usy
y se
searching for
g fo
f phone.
r something on his phon
KARTHIK
KA K
ayyindhi
Em ay indhi
yy i bhe ?
KAUSHIK sleeping.
IK is sle
leep
leeping.
ep
VIVEK
K
Aagandi ra.
VIVEK gets a call, He almost immediately
st immed t ly silences it and goes
diate
below his bench.

The lecturer yells.

ecturer who looks like a young lady yells
LECTURER
Evar adhi ? No cell phones in
class.

KAUSHIK who looks like he is sleeping mocks a girls voice.

KAUSHIK
Sorry madam !

The class giggles.

LECTURER
Who is that ?

VIVEK takes the call.

/BOMMALAATA
 30.

VIVEK
(hushes)
Dorikinaya ? .. Enni ra Karthik ?

KARTHIK
Arey uppu osthava ?

UPENDRA
Etu ?

KARTHIK
Happy days.

KAUSHIK
Arey nenguda ostha ra..

KARTHIK
Nalugu.

VIVEK
Four.
He cuts
ts the call and gets
nd gets
et up.
s up.
VIVEK
VIVE
VEK (CONT’D)
VE
Done.
Done
ne.
ne.

UPENDRA
UP A
Eh show
h sh w ra ?
ho
VIVEK
VI
IVE
VEKK
half
Inko half
al hour.
f an hour. Manju
r. Man
anju
an theatre.
ju theatre
re.
re
UPENDRA
UPENDR
RA
Ela eltham ?

KAUSHIK
K
there
Hello brother, im th
here no ?
All of them look up at the lecturer in front of them.

She’s busy teaching Java.

KAUSHIK sneaks upto the window.

KAUSHIK (CONT’D)
One ruppee coin.

VIVEK gives it to him.

KAUSHIK starts unscrewing the window grill beside him

LECTURER
Programme export chesin tharavatha
em cheyyali ?

The class is silent.

/BOMMALAATA
 31.

LECTURER (CONT’D)
CHEPPANDI ! Programme export chesin
tharavatha em cheyyali ?

KAUSHIK
(bends down)
Quarter thaagi intlo pandaale.

LECTURER
Enti ?

KAUSHIK
Quarter thaagi intlo pandaale..

LECTURER
Who said that ? Evaradhi !!

The class starts laughing.

The boys
oys bend down and laugh in union.
LECTURER
LE
ECT
CTUR
U ER (CONT’D)
principal
Ippude princ
rincip
nc ipal
ipal ki complain
chestha
chesth
ha aa
aagandi.
She storms
tor
orms
orms out of
t o class.
f the cl
clas
a s.
KAUSHIK
IK signals
K si
s gn
nal the
als th gang
he ga
gan
ng to move.
o mo
ove
ve.
He opens the
ens t and
he grill a they
nd they
hey ju
jump of
mp out o the
f th
t class.
e cl
c ass

27 EXT. CLASS - DAY 27

The walk
alk in a line on a thin wall
in wall beside
l be
esi
side class,
d the clas
They jump
ump from one structure
re to an almost cross the
another and almos
main gate.

The watchman watched them from below.

WATCHMAN
Etu ?

VIVEK
Happy days.

WATCHMAN
Extra ticket unnaadha ?

KAUSHIK
Chal bhe saale. Monna ne bottle
ichchina.

They jump out together.

/BOMMALAATA
 32.

28 INT. THEATRE - DAY 28

A scene from “Surya s/o Krishna” is playing.

These guys are watching intensely. VIVEK has tears in his

eyes.

KAUSHIK
Arey egg puff kaavalnara vivek..

VIVEK
Oddhu.

KAUSHIK
Edusthunnav ra ?

VIVEK
Mooskoni choodu.

The lights commotion ahead.

ights are turned on and there is some commot
KAUSHIK
KA
AUS
USHI
H K
Rey evarda
da llight
ight
ight esindhi ! Rey !!
UPENDRA
UPEN
NDRAA
Arey
ey menon
gautam me on ochchadu ra..
en
VIVEK ge
gets
get up
ts up and tries
d tr
trie
ies
ie get
s to get a peek.
k.
KARTHIK turns
IK tu
urn VIVEK.
rns to VIV
IVEK
IVEK.
EK
KARTHIK
KART
KARTHI
RTH K
Padha photo tees
teeskundham.
e ku
kund
ndha
ndham
ham.

29 EXT. THEATRE - MOMENTS LATER

ER 29

The boys h a group of guys to meet the

oys are squeezing through
Crew of the film
film.

VIVEK
SIR ! GAUTAM SIR !! Sir ! Nenu kuda
direction department.

Gautam Menon looks into the crowd and points at VIVEK and
asks him to come forward.

VIVEK, KARTHIK, KAUSHIK and Uppu go to take a pic.

While posing for the picture, they talk.

GAUTAM MENON
Direction department ante emaina
work chesara ?

VIVEK
Yes sir upcoming..

/BOMMALAATA
 33.

GAUTAM MENON
Short films chesara emaina ?

VIVEK
Yes sir.

GAUTAM MENON
Mee team ?

VIVEK
Velle sir.

GAUTAM MENON
Good good. Team peru ?

VIVEK pauses for a moment.

VIVEK
Vivek and team sir.

GAUTAM MENON
Oh good. All the
l th best.
he
Everyone VIVEK.
one look at VIVEK.
IV
The picture
ict
ctur
ct looks
ure lo
ur ook where
oks odd whe e KAUSHIK, KARTHIK and UPENDRA
wher
glare at VIVEK.
at VIVEK
EK.
EK

/BOMMALAATA
 34.

30 EXT. TEA SHOP - DAY 30

All of VIVEK and

f them are standing and having tea, while VI
KAUSHIK
IK are smoking.
KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
US HIK
HI
Anna, en
enduku
endu anna
duku ann
du na phekinav ? Okka
photo kosam
o k mammalni
osam maammal
a ni howla gaalani
chesnav
ches
esn
es kadha.
nav kadhaa.
VIVEK
VI
Phekudu
Ph
hek
ekud Chedaam
u u em le.. Ch
Ched
edaa
edaam
aam
anukuntunna.
anukuntunn
an nna.
nna.
KARTHIK
KART
KARTHI
RTH K
Vivek and gang end
endhi
ndhi
nd ra
hi ra ?
VIVEK
Aah timela em ani
anipinchindo
nipinchi
ni hind
hi do edhi
cheppina.. ayina na deggara
naa de
deg
ggara konni
manchi ideas unnayi
i .. Direct
cheddam anukuntunna
anukuntunna..

KAUSHIK
Ante nee drushtila nuvvu nee
cinemala hero .. Memu side
characterlu anthey kadha..

VIVEK
Chal atla annana ?

KARTHIK
Nenu enti ra team lo ?

VIVEK
Cinematography.

UPENDRA
Nenu ? Editing.. Naaku already
ochchu ra..

/BOMMALAATA
 35.

KAUSHIK
Nenu ?

UPENDRA
Nuvvu pakka comedian ra.

They break into a laughter.

KAUSHIK hits Uppu with a matchbox.

31 INT. BAR - DAY 31

SHIRLEY laughs.

SHIRLEY
Super. So Shekar gari tho okka
photo oppurtunity kosam cheppina
abbadam nijam ayyindhi anamaata !

KARTHIK
IK has a smile on his face.
KAUSHIK drink
IK skulls his drink
ri while
nk while UPENDRA looks on.
VIVEK is in
s in deep thought.
ep thought
t.
SHIRLEY
SHIR
SHIRLE
IRLEY
LEY (CONT’D)
Emaindhi
Em
maindhi ah
hi ah ttharuvaatha
haru
uvaa
aath
aatha ?
th
There’s
s a mo
moment of silence.
f si
sile
lenc
le ce.
SHIRLEY
SHIR
SHIRLE
IR (CONT’D)
L Y (CON
ONT’
ONT’D
T’D)
D)
OK lets spin !
The bottle towards
ottle spins, points tow
owar
ow VIVEK.
ards VIV
ar VEK
EK.
SHIRLEY
SHIRLE (CONT’D)
EY (C
(CON
ONT’
ONT’D)
T’
Vivek right ?
VIVEK
Yep.

SHIRLEY
Shirley.

She extends her hand.

VIVEK
Hi.

SHIRLEY
Truth ? So Director ayyara ?

The camera dollies on to VIVEK.

/BOMMALAATA
 36.

32 INT. COLLEGE CANTEEN - DAY 32

VIVEK is walking towards UPENDRA, KARTHIK and KAUSHIK. They

are busy discussing teh exam.

KARTHIK
Ayyindha babu ? Pass ah ?

VIVEK
Oka beautiful concept ochchindhi.

KAUSHIK
Pass ah fail ah bhe ?

VIVEK
Oka manchi love story raasina.

KAUSHIK
Fail. Deadly ayithey. Iddaram
suppliki chitlu pettukovachchu !
Yahoo.

VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VE K
Cheppedhi
Cheppe
edh
dhi
i vinu bbhe.
he. Exam raadham
ani ku
kurchunna.
kurc
r hunna.
.

33 INT. EXA
EXAMINATION
XAM
XAMINA
ATI HALL
TION HALL
ALL - DAY
Y 33

VIVEK is l
looking
ooking at
oo t th
the question
e qu
uesti
tio
ti paper.
on pap
per
er.
A girl the
l enters th class.
he cl
clas
ass.
ass
She seems examiner
eems to ask the examine
ner
ne about
r ab
abou
out he
ou seat.
her seat
t.
The examiner VIVEK.
xaminer points at VIVEK
EK.
EK
VIVEK looks nervous.

The girl walks towards VIVEK.

VIVEK sits upright.

The music distorts to reality as she speaks to him.

SHRUTHI
Excuse me.

VIVEK looks up.

SHRUTHI (CONT’D)
You have to move. This is my seat.

VIVEK
Sorry.

He slides to the other side of the bench.

/BOMMALAATA
 37.

She sits beside him on the same bench.

VIVEK adjusts his posture.

34 INT. COLLEGE CANTEEN - CONTINUOUS 34

UPENDRA interrupts him.

UPENDRA
Aagaagu.. Idhi story ah leka em
jarigindhochepothunnava ?

KAUSHIK
Ninnu ikkada kottala leka bayata
road meedha kottala ?

VIVEK
Mooskoni inu.

35 INT. EXAMINATION HALL - DA

DAY 35

VIVEK looks at his answer

is a sheet.
nswer sheet. It’s blank
He peeks
eks at
ks a hers.
t he
ers
rs. She’s writing
s wr
w iting like a pro.
it
He looks
oks
ks at he face.
her fa
ace
ce.
She catches
atche looking
es him look
okin
oking
in and
g an signals
nd si
sign
gnal
gnals a “w
al “what”
wha him.
h t” to h
VIVEK immediatel
immediately shakes
ly sh
shak
akes
ak his
es his pen vigorously
en vigorousl
ig and
sly an
sl shows her
nd s
that the pen isn't writing
writing.
n .
She looks pushes
ooks at her case and pu
push extra
shes an ex
sh extr
t a pen to
n to his side.
He smiles ignores
iles at her, she ignore
res
re the
s th writes on.
he gesture and wri
He stares writing.
ares at the blank page and starts writing
She looks at him writing and is slightly perplexed.

A hand raises. It’s VIVEK’s.

The examiner hands him an additional sheet.

He’s filling it with a smile that runs from ear to ear.

He grabs another sheet and start filling it.

The examiner checks him for chits, he finds nothing.

He has the girl’s attention.

The girl gets up to submit the paper.

She takes a look at him & coughs.

/BOMMALAATA
 38.

VIVEK pauses and looks at her.

A moment of nothing.

He looks at the pen he’s holding and realizes it’s hers.

She signals him to continue and walks off.

He watches her leave.

36 INT. COLLEGE CANTEEN - DAY 36

KAUSHIK is sipping on a coke.

KAUSHIK
Ante ippudu pen vaapas chesinattu
poyi daanni kalusthav adhe kadha
nee plan.

VIVEK
Thoo.. Oka l
love
ove
ove story raasina ra ..
KARTHIK
IK gets up an
and the
d grabs t pulls out from
he answer sheet he pul
his shirt
hir
rt
KARTHIK
KART
KARTHI
RTHIK
HIK
Baagane
Ba
aag
a ane undhi
e un
undh
dhi
dh intro.
i int
tro.
UPENDRA
UPEN
UPENDR
ENDRA
DR
Kaushik
Kaus
ushi
us gaadu
h k gaad choodu.
du ch
choo
oodu
oo Nuvve
du. Nu
du Nuvv
vve
vve ah
ammayai venta
i ve
vent
nta
nt pade
a pade eveteaser
de ev
vet
etea
eas
ea ani
ser an
ni
cheapga anukunna
anukunnadu.
n du
du.
.
VIVEK
Manam chese short ki
t film k heroine
i he
h roine
amane.

KAUSHIK eye.
IK bends to look at UPENDRA in the eye
KAUSHIK
Dog’s tail is always curved.

37 INT. SHRUTHI’S COLLEGE - DAY 37

The gang is walking towards the canteen.

KARTHIK
Rey, veelu asale peddha posh ollu
.. Anavasanga godava pettukuntaru..

VIVEK
Ednuku bhayapadthav ra.. Ah ammayi
no ante elipodham silentga.

They enter the canteen. She is seated at one end and a group
of friends are around her.

/BOMMALAATA
 39.

VIVEK walks up to her.

VIVEK (CONT’D)
Hey. Im Vivek. Adhi ah exam hall
lo.

SHRUTHI
Enti pen return chedaam ana ?

VIVEK
Ledhu. Ah pen poyindhi. I wrote a
script. Ante nenu short films
chesthuntanu.. Cheyyaledu but oka
script raasanu. Cheddam
anukuntunna... i was hoping you
could act in it. Ante try ..
Anyway..

He hands out the script, it’s the same bunch of additional

sheets
s he wrote in the exam hall.
VIVEK
VI
IVE
VEK
K (CONT’D)
Script. If y
you
ou llike
ike it. My number
is on th
the
e last ppage.
age.
One of shruthi’s
f shruthi
hr hi’s
i’s friend, gets
d, get
ets up.
et
SHRUTHI’S
SHRUTHI
SH I’S
S FR
FRIEND
ND
Hello
Hell
llo
ll Boss.
o ? Boss
s . Eh
h ccollege
olle
ollege
le ge ? Ra...
.
He grabs by
abs him by the arm
m and walks
and wa
walk
lks hi
lk him the
m to t gate.
he ga e
at
VIVEK looks back, Shruthi reading
i is readi
eading
di script.
ng the scrip
pt.
KARTHIK, stop
IK, UPENDRA & KAUSHIK s the
top t
to friend.
he fr
frie
i nd.
Another shruthi’s
er few guys join shruth
thi’
th friend.
i s fr
frie
i nd.
VIVEK
Boss. Lite teesko. Vere college
nenu.

SHRUTHI’S FRIEND
Script enti ? Number enti ah ? who
allowed you in ?

KARTHIK
Nuvvu watchman ah ra ?

SHRUTHI’S FRIEND
Rey ! em annav ra ?

Another friend joins in.

SHRUTHI’S FRIEND 2
Whats happening Rajesh ?

/BOMMALAATA
 40.

SHRUTHI’S FRIEND
Some local college guys dude.
They’ve come to flirt with Shruthi.

KAUSHIK
Arey happy days, lite teesko
pothunam memu. Nuvvu kerchief
esinattunav, seat needhe dont
worry, ochchina english antha
vaadaku.

Before Shruthi’s friends can react, Shruthi comes in from

behind.

SHRUTHI
Rajesh relax, I can take care of it
myself.

SHRUTHI’S FRIEND
Dude these guys..
SHRUTHI
SH
HRU
RUTH
T I
Relax, its
ts ffine.
ine.
ine.
She turns
urn them
ns to the
hem
hem
SHRUTHI
SHRU
SH RUTH
RUTHI
THI (CONT’D)
General
Ge
eneral answer
l ga answer sheets
r sh
shee
eet
ee exam
ts exam
xam lo
teesukeltharu..
tees
esuk
esu elthar Idhi
a u.. Id complete
dhi co plete
om
opposite.
oppo
opp site.
VIVEK smiles.

SHRUTHI
SHRUTH (CONT’D)
HI (C
(CON
ONT
ONT’D)
Baagundhi.
VIVEK looks puzzled.

SHRUTHI (CONT’D)
Script baagundhi.

VIVEK smiles. The rest of the gang look relieved.

(FROM HERE TO pg. 23 is a SONG MONTAGE )

38 EXT. SCENIC LOCATION - DAY 38

Shruthi is all decked up.

SHRUTHI
its in the search of a love so pure
which keeps me on the run.

A DSLR Camera tracks out from a slider on a tripod.

/BOMMALAATA
 41.

Behind it is KARTHIK, KAUSHIK, UPENDRA and VIVEK closely

watching Shruthi.

KARTHIK
Rey cut cheppu ra.

VIVEK is looking at Shruthi through the view finder.

UPENDRA
REY !

VIVEK
Cut.

Shruthi bursts into a laugh.

SHRUTHI
Thats was so bad !

KARTHIK
It was beautiful.

They rejoice the sho

shot.
hot.
hot.
Shruthi
hi lo VIVEK
looks at V and
IVEK and smiles.

39 EXT. SCE
SCENIC
CEN
CE LOCATION
NIC LO
LOCATI
TI EVENING
ION - EVENI
NING
NING 39

The sun
un is setting,
s setting, Th
The rest
e re of
est of th
the ga
gang seems
ng see
eems
eem to be packing
up. They
hey get into
t in o their
nt r car
car an
and honk.
d ho
onk
nk.
.
In front
ont of them are VIVEK and
EK a Shruthi
nd Shrut
hr thi Talking
h Tal
alking
al to
g to each other
a beautiful
utiful setting.

40 INT. VIVEK'S FLAT - EVENING

G 40

VIVEK is in bed watching a Movie

Movie, he’s constantly looking at
his phone nearby

It finally lights up.

VIVEK grabs it almost instantly and starts messaging.

41 INT. MALL - DAY 41

VIVEK is seen buying a ticket. KARTHIK spots him from inside

a shop & waves a hello.

VIVEK signals him to get away.

KARTHIK is confused and looks in all directions.

He spots Shruthi in a corner waiting for VIVEK.

VIVEK ignore KARTHIK and walks away with Shruthi.

/BOMMALAATA
 42.

KARTHIK looks excited and messages someone.

VIVEK & Shruthi buy popcorn.

They are seen watching a movie together.

42 INT. KARTHIK HOUSE - DAY 42

Everyone’s gathers up, they have a projector and are

screening a shot from their short film.

VIVEK imitates her in front of everyone.

She smacks him with a pillow & chases him.

The end up in the balcony and she is in his arms

VIVEK
Baggundantaava ?

Shruthi
hi looks at him
SHRUTHI
SHRUTHHI
It’s b
beautiful.
e utiful
ea l.
VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VEK
Bhayangundhi.
Bh
hay
a angu
gund
gundhi
ndhi.
hi
SHRUTHI
SHRU
SHRUTH
RU THI
TH
Ila
Il bhayapadhithe
la bh
b ayapaddhi
h th
thee ci
cinema ela
ma ela
teesthav
teesth
hav ?
Theres
s a moment of silence.
VIVEK
“in search of a lo
love
v tthat
hat
hat is pure.”
He imitates again.
itates her again
She pushes him away and he runs.

43 INT. RESTAURANT - DAY 43

VIVEK, KAUSHIK, KARTHIK Uppu & a couple of girls ( Shruthi’s

friends ) are seated at a table.

VIVEK covers eyes and gets her over to a cake thats reads
Happy birthday.

Beside that is a box. It reads “love VIVEK”

She cuts the cake and hears a sound from inside the box.

She gasps and goes back in delight.

She jumps around as she opens the box.

/BOMMALAATA
 43.

It’s a tiny pup with a red collar on it’s neck.

She jumps in joy and hugs VIVEK.

VIVEK carries the pup and places it on her arm.

A few photos are taken.

44 EXT. TEMPLE - DAY 44

KARTHIK, KAUSHIK & UPENDRA walk out of a temple with Shruthi

to the end of the street where VIVEK is seen smoking a
cigarette.

SHRUTHI
Adhi konchum pakkaki padesthava ?

VIVEK throws it away.

She hands smeared over it.

ands him over a script it’s got kumkum smear
VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VEK
Endhi id
idhi Avasarama
hi ? Avaasarama ?
SHRUTHI
SHRU
RUTHI
RU I
First
Fi
irs feature
rst featur
urre fi
film
lm script. You need
the
th
he luck
ck !
KAUSHIK smears
IK sm
mea
ears some vibudhi
e vi
vibu
budh
budhi
dh VIVEK’s
i on VIV
IVE
IVEK’s forehead
s fo eh
orehea and he snaps.
e d a
They laugh.

45 INT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY 45

KARTHIK
IK & VIVEK grab a chair
ir and sit
d si in front of Shruthi
it
who’s eagerly waiting for them.

She looks at them curiously,

KARTHIK
He screwed it up.

VIVEK gives him a glare.

KARTHIK (CONT’D)
Dramalu cheyyaku. Such a big
producer Shruthi.. Konni changes
adigaadu.. Eedu peeddha hollywood
director .. Entha rude ga maatlado
telusaa.

He goes on.

We see shruthi and VIVEK looks at each other.

VIVEK cant make eye contact.

/BOMMALAATA
 44.

Shruthi looks on.

VIVEK
Rey ! Noor muyyi.. Nee script kadhu
kadha .. Naa ishtam.. After all
camera handle chesthaav ...naa
cinema .. Needhi kadhu.. Muyyi.

KARTHIK gets up and walks.

SHRUTHI
Karthik !

46 INT. CAR - EVENING 46

VIVEK is driving, Shruthi is in the front seat.

No one is talking.

He stops.
ops.
Shruthi
hi gets off. Sh
She turns
e tu
turn
rns
rns around to talk,
He drives
ive
es off.
Her eyes
ye
es are w
es welled with
elled up with
it tears.
h te
t ars.

47 INT. VIVEK
VIVEK'S NIGHT
K'S FLAT - NI
NIGH
GHT
GHT 47

VIVEK is watching movie,

g a mo
movi
vie
vi his
e, h phone
is phone
ho ringing.
ne is ri
ringin
ng.
He doesn't
esn't answer.
He cuts
ts the call.
It rings
ngs again. He answers it.
We see him yelling and arguing.

48 INT. SHRUTHI’S HOUSE - NIGHT 48

We see shruthi arguing and yelling over the phone.

She cuts the call.

We see the phone screen.

It reads “add to blocklist”

49 EXT. SHRUTHI’S HOUSE - DAY 49

Shruthi is loading a box onto a truck which reads “movers and

packers”

/BOMMALAATA
 45.

A couple of bikes stop by. It’s VIVEK, KAUSHIK, KARTHIK &

Uppu.

VIVEK walks over and talks to shruthi.

VIVEK
Block chesava shruthi ?

She ignore him and takes andother box to load.

VIVEK (CONT’D)
Shruthi. Lets talk.

She continues to load the truck.

A man in his fifties stops him and holds him by the arm.

VIVEK immediately twists his arm and pushes him.

Shruthi
hi dahses at VIVEK and slaps himm
SHRUTHI
SH
HRU
RUTH
T I
Thats my dad.
y dad.
ad
VIVEK ta
takes
ake moment
kes a mo
mom recover
ment to reco
c ver
SHRUTHI
SHRU
SHRUTH
RUTHI
TH I (CONT’D)
Nuvvu
Nu chesthavo
uvvu em chesthav
he vo cchesuko.
hesuko
he ko. Na
ko Naaku
N aku
ee l
lifestyle
i estyle
if oddhu..
l oddddhu
ddhu..
hu Ma
.. M parents
a parent tho
ts th
t o
discuss
di chesa..
ches
chesa
es cinema
a.. cine
nem
ne field
ma f ante
i ld a
ie n e
nt
vaalaki
vaal
alak
al interest
a i interrest
st lledhu..
edh
edhu.. Antha
. Antha
ntha
stress n
naaaku
aaak
aaaku
ak akkarledu..
u akka
akka
karrled
edu.
edu.. Paiga
u. a nee
attitude lo prob
problem
o le
lem undhi..
m un
und
dhi.
i..
i. Sorry
. Sorr
r y
Vivek. All the bes
best
est
es for
t for your
r you
ur
future. Naa valla kadhu..
a ka
kadh
hu.. Th
This
i is
it.

She walks
alks away.
VIVEK is still in shock.

50 EXT. BASKETBALL COURT - NIGHT 50

VIVEK is drinking from a black cover. KAUSHIK and uppu are

beside him.

KARTHIK is on the phone with shruthi.

KARTHIK comes over to VIVEK and places his hand over VIVEK’s
shoulder.

KARTHIK
Vivek. It’s over ra.. I dont think
its going to work out inka.

VIVEK pushes KARTHIK’s hand off him.

/BOMMALAATA
 46.

VIVEK
Rey ! Em maatladthunnav.. Fights
anni common ra.. Choodu malli repu
phone chesi..

He stops.

Every one turn towards the direction he’s looking at.

A medium sized dog with a red collar wanders in to the

basketball court.

The guys run towards the dog. They inspect it and look
around.

There’s no one.

VIVEK’s eyes well up with tears and he skulls an entire

bottle down.

KAUSHIK
IK tried to stop him.
VIVEK smashes the bo
bottle
bott
ttle
tt on
le on the ground.
VIVEK
VIVE
VEK (CONT’D)
VE
Love ledu
ve ledu naa bondha
a bo
b ndha ledhu, Thoo !
nd
Innocent
In
nno pure
nocent pur foot
re my fo t !
oo

51 EXT. VIVEK
VIVEK'S EARLY
K'S FLAT - EA
EARL
RLY
RL MORNING.
Y MORN
RNI
RNING.
G 51

VIVEK’s opens
s mother ope
pens
pe the
ns t door
he doo
or an
and
d st working
starts w ing on her
orki
“muggu”
u”
There is a pair of shoes in
n fr
front
t of her.
f he .
er
She looks
ooks up it’s VIVEK.
He’s trying hard to balance
balance. He’s drunk
drunk.

VIVEK’S MOTHER
Rey ! Time endhi ? Ekkada ...

Even before she can finish.

He falls on her “muggu”

His face slams to the ground and the powder from the “muggu”
explodes in the air.

FADE TO BLACK.

52 INT. BAR - AFTERNOON 52

Everyone looks at their drink, while VIVEK is staring into

thin air.

/BOMMALAATA
 47.

There’s an awkward silence.

VIVEK gulps his drink down.

SHIRLEY looks on.

SHIRLEY
Ok.. Ah tharavatha ?

KARTHIK
Ah tharavatha anni accidents eh.

KARTHIK nurses his drink around.

53 INT. VIVEK’S ROOM - DAY 53

A timelapse of shots of VIVEK drinking in his room.

He covers
vers any light that falls on his eyes with a pair of
wayfarers.
rers.
Camera
a dollies to th
the
e vi
view his room,
ew outside the door of hi
shows multiple sho
shots
hots
ho his
ts of hi threatening him,
is mother yelling, threa
throwing
ing
g a plate food,
te of food warning
d, wa
w kitchen knife &
rning him with a kitc
the door
oor is
or i slammed
s sl
lam shut.
ammed shut
ut.
ut.
There is a seq
sequence
equenc
eq nce
nc repeated
e of repe
eate
eate
ted shots
d sh
hots hitting the
ts of him hitt
ground.
d.
Just half an i
inch
n h above
nc e his wayfarers
his wa
wayf
yfar
yf rer
ers Band
s is a Ban
and
an aid.
d a
It’s peeling off, he puts back
s it back
ack in place.
n place
ce.
ce

54 INT. VIVEK'S FLAT - DAY 54

KARTHIK, with VIVEK’s

IK, KAUSHIK & UPENDRA are in conversation wi
mother.
r
VIVEK’S MOTHER
Em cheppalo ardham avvatledhu
Karthik. Ten days ayyindhi vaadu
bayatiki ochchi. Roju raatri 12 ki
bayatiki poyyi ah mandhu bottle
edho konukkoni room la
taaguthunnadu..

KARTHIK & UPENDRA look at each other.

KARTHIK
Mem maatladutham aunty.

KARTHIK knocks the door.

A bearded VIVEK opens the door.

KARTHIK, KAUSHIK & UPENDRA take a moment to recognize him.

/BOMMALAATA
 48.

55 INT. CHAI CAFE - DAY 55

KAUSHIK, KARTHIK & UPENDRA are siting around VIVEK.

There a cup of tea in front of him.

KARTHIK
Taagu.

VIVEK doesnt respond. He just started at the tea with his

hands folded.

KARTHIK (CONT’D)
Daanlo kuda emaina posthey
taaguthava ?

VIVEK gives him a glare.

KARTHIK (CONT’D)
Deeniki em thakkuva ledhu.. enni
rojulu ani pichhodo laaga ala room
lo untav bhee ? ame akkada hayi ga
kottha boyfriend
boy
oyfr
oyfrie
fr iend
iend tho facebook lo
likes ko
kottesindhi
kott
ttesindh
tt hi ..
VIVEK lo
looks
look
oks at
ok everyone.
t everyone.
e.
KARTHIK
KA (CONT’D)
K (C
(CON
ONT’D)
ON D)
Oho
Oh facebook
ho fa
f cebook ante
o antnte
t enendho
endh
dho
dh thelidhu
o thelid
dhu
emo
em ? Ela thelusthundhi
a th
thel
elus
el sthun
undh
undhi
dh Nuvvu
i ? Nu
Nuvv
vvu
vvu
room kurchoni
om lo kurch edhusthey..
honi ed
edhu
hust
hu the
hey.
y..
y.. th
the
e
world is m
moving
ovin
ov ing
ing on
on.
KARTHIK
IK leans back and sips his
s on h chai.
is cha
hai.
ha .
KARTHIK
KARTHI (CONT’D)
IK (CONT T’D)
D)
Choodu ra games ki tim
time
ime
ime
ayyipoyidhi.. Kali
Kalisi
isii cinema
cheddham anukunnam
anukunnam.. intlo pressure
solid padhuthundhi.. kalishi
cheddam ani confidentga bayata
gaaliki thiruguthunnam.. Idhi ika
last year manaki.. Script raasi
short film cheddam ante ok.. 48 hr
contest occhhindhi.. Daantlo
gelisthey producers kantlo padutham
ledha nuvvu shruthi guruchuni
alonchi.

VIVEK signals him to stop.

VIVEK
Contest eppudu ?

/BOMMALAATA
 49.

56 INT. STUDIO - DAY 56

There is a huge crowd of filmmakers. On the stage is a huge

board that reads “ make a film in 48 hours”

There are a few judges and hosts on the stage.

The anchor is reading out the rules.

ANCHOR
“ ok guys so malli repeat
chesthunnanu. Meeku genres ante
topics or themes ee hat lo nundi
teeyali.. Lucky draw anamaata ..
Teesina tharuvatha mee 48 hours
start avuthundhi.. Meeku occhina
topic/genre gurinchey meeru 10
minute short film two days lo
raasi, prodiucer chesi final
product submit cheyyali.. detailed
rules mee kit lo..

She goes
oes on.
At one corner
e cor the
rner of t auditorium
he aud
ditor KAUSHIK, VIVEK &
o ium are KARTHIK, KAUS
UPENDRA.
RA.
A.
KARTHIK
KA K
Poyi select
yi genre selec cheyyi.
ct ch
chey
eyyi
eyyi.
yi
ANCHOR
AN
NCH
CHOR
OR
Team K
Kanyaraasi
anya
anyara
yaraas
ra asi
asi !
VIVEK walks up to the stage.
e.
He picks hat.
cks the chit from the hat.
It reads
ads “ ROMANTIC COMEDY.”
The anchor asks him to announce it on the mike.

VIVEK grabs the mike.

VIVEK
Romantic comedy. Arey karthik,
kauhsikga.. Nenu sachchina
cheyyanu.. No. Im not doing this.
Lite teesko.

Everyone murmurs.

The people on the stage look perplexed.

KAUSHIK runs up to the stage and grabs the mike away from
him.

/BOMMALAATA
 50.

KAUSHIK
Joking. Thank you ! All the best to
everyone.

57 INT. CAR - MOMENTS LATER 57

VIVEK, KAUSHIK, KARTHIK & UPENDRA are seated in the car.

There is a moment of silence.

CUT.

They start arguing. Complete chaos.

CUT.

CLOSE of papers being burnt.

CUT.

CLOSE of steering bein

being
ng tu
turned.
CUT.

The car
ar
r tu
turns ar
around in SLOW
n SL
S OW MOTION.
CUT.

BLACK.

58 INT. HOSPITAL - EVENING 58

The four
our of them are seated the
d on th waiting
he waiti
ai area
t ng are
rea w
re with
bandages.
ges.
The camera what looks
amera dollies on to them. Around them are wh
like their guardians or parents
parents, we don’t see the
them.

From behind we hear them argue and scream.

KARTHIK'S FATHER
Short films ! INKO sari films
cinema annavo kallu irragkodtha
rasacal !

VIVEK’S MOTHER
Rey ! Siggu ledha neeku.. Thaagi
thaaagi ollu paaduchesukoka
accidentlu kuda na ?!

NURSE
Excuse me ! Silence ! Ikkada
aravodhu..

/BOMMALAATA
 51.

KARTHIK'S FATHER
Asalu first veelinka kalvodhu
andhi.. Poyi aah basketball court
lo mandhu cigarttelu..

KAUSHIK’S FATHER
Maa ode encourage chesuntaadandi..
First vaadini vere state ki
pampishthey vellaina
baagupaduthaaru.

The camera dollies in on their faces. They dont have a word

to say.

59 INT. KARTHIK’S HOUSE - DAY 59

KARTHIK, UPENDRA and KAUSHIK walk into the hall. KARTHIK’s

father is seated and is in a heated discussion with the house
owner

HOUSE
HO
OUS
USEE OWNER
isthaav
Eppudu is
sth
thaa
aav
aa ayya
v ay
a ya ! Siggundha
chettantha
neeku ? ch
chettant tha peddha abbayi
kuda un
unnadu.. Em laabam ? antha
veelu
veel
elu
el kaakapothey
u kaakapot
othe
oth y verey areaki
shift
sh
hif avvandi
ift avvand
nddi ! ee arealo undaali
ante
an rent
nte ren
ent
ent ti
timeki kakattali..
att
ttal
ali
ali..
KARTHIK’s
IK’s fa looks
father loo
ooks
oo at
ks a him
t him and
m and
d puts his
ts hi h
is head
e d d
ea down.

KARTHIK in
IK stands i silence,
n si
sile
lenc
lence
nc shocked.
e, shock
cked
cked.
ed.

60 INT. CHAI CAFE - MOMENTS LAT

LATER
ATER
ATER 60

VIVEK puts his tea cup down and

n an
a d st his bike.
storms over to hi
KAUSHIK, then follow
IK UPENDRA & KARTHIK try to stop him and th
him.

61 EXT. KARTHIK’S APARTMENT - MOMENTS LATER 61

KARTHIK abruptly stops his bike and runs towards the

apartment.

As KARTHIK, KAUSHIK & UPENDRA enter, they see VIVEK holding

the House owner by his collar.

VIVEK
Manushulante viluva ledhu ra neeku
! Dabbulu kaavali develop avvali
anthey ra mee bhatukulu ??

KARTHIK goes and pulls them apart, The house owner is

threatening to call the cops.

/BOMMALAATA
 52.

KARTHIK pushes VIVEK and slaps him.

VIVEK rushes to react and stops, glares at KARTHIK.

KARTHIK
Avunu ra dubbulu mukhyam.

VIVEK storms off.

KARTHIK watches on.

62 INT. CAMERA SHOP HYDERABAD - DAY 62

KARTHIK puts out a camera body, a lens kit on the desk of the
shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper inspects it closely.

63 EXT. CAMERA SHOP HYDERABAD - DAY 63

KARTHIK
IK walks out wi
with bunch
th a b tucks away in
unch of notes that he t
his jeans
eans & starts his
ts h bike.
is bik
ke.

64 INT. KAR
KARTHIK'S
ART
ARTHIK'S DAY
'S HOUSE - DAY 64

KARTHIK
IK pl
places bunch
es the bun
unch o
un of notes
f no
note
tes
te father’s
s in his fa her’s hands.
at
KARTHIK
KA
ART
RTHI
HIK
HIK
Inka me
meeku
eek
eku
u ee pparisthithi
ar
risth
hit
ithi
hi malli
i
raaneyyanu.

He hugs
gs his father.
The background TV
ackground song in the TV is distorted
s di torted and th
is they look
curiously
usly towards the TV.

65 INT. BAR - AFTERNOON 65

The whole gang look at each other and look towards the centre
of the Bar.

A karaoke is in session.

KARTHIK
Evadra vaadu ?

KAUSHIK
Paadutha teeyaga programme
avuthudhhi aada.

SHIRLEY looks at her crew. She then looks at the rest of the
gang.

They don't say a word.

/BOMMALAATA
 53.

SHIRLEY
Im sorry guys.

KARTHIK looks up at everyone.

KARTHIK
Why sorry ? Antha baagane undhi
ippudu. Im going to the US. Getting
married.

SHIRLEY
Oh congrats !

KARTHIK
Vivek ki oka super job undhi !

SHIRLEY
Is that so ?

VIVEK smiles just a little.

KARTHIK
KA
ART
RTHI
H K
editing
Upendra ed
edit
itin
it ing
ing job chesthunnadu..
Kaushik..
Kaushi
ik.
k..
.
KAUSHIK
KAUS
USHI
USH K
Actor
Ac
cto avuthunna..
tor avuthu
hu
unn
nna.
a.. Tv
a. Tvaralo
T aralo actor
avuthunna..
av
vuthunn
nna
nna..
.
SHIRLEY
SHIR
SHIRLE
IRLEY
LE
Thats
Th
hat
ats Cheers
s super ! Ch
Chee
eers
eers to
o th
that
at !
She gets drinks.
ets a round of drinks
k .
They down it all.

She gets
ets up.

SHIRLEY (CONT’D)
Ok ! Meeru chaala baaga participate
chesaaru ! Thank you so much. Intha
content isthundhi anukoledhu..
Anduku oka chinna gift from the
company and me.

She places a hamper in the middle of the table.

SHIRLEY (CONT’D)
Meeku four complimentary passes to
the DESTINY fest, Goa. Bachelors
plan chesthaaru ga.. Inka
complimentary bottle for Vivek.

KARTHIK, KAUSHIK & UPENDRA look at VIVEK.

VIVEK looks at her.

/BOMMALAATA
 54.

SHIRLEY (CONT’D)
Ah baadha ela untundho telusu. Dont
worry. you are not alone. You’ll
come out of it.

VIVEK
Thank you.

SHIRLEY
Take care.

She walks away.

UPENDRA
Unte moodu nelalu undaali pain..
Eediki aidu enlu ayina pain undhi
ante adhi brain cancer ayyi
undaali.

KAUSHIK
IK looks at VIVEK and her leaving
KAUSHIK
KA
AUS
USHI
H K
ah
Evaru ra ah ak
akka
ka ? Ekkado putti
ekkado perigi..
o pe
peri
r gi.. Manaki ivvala
kalisi..
kalisi Manaki
si.. Manak
si mandu
ki ma
m ndu posi ..
Company
Comp
mpa
mpany ichchi pothundhi
hi pooth
t undhi ! so many
great
gr
rea people
eat peop
ple to
e t everyone
o ev
ever
e yone my salute.
KARTHIK
K RTHI
KA HIK
HI
Ante ?
An
UPENDRA
UPEN
UPENDR
END A
mahanubhavulu
Endaro mahanubh
hav
vul
ulu
u an
ani.. Sarey
. Sare
ey
Vivek,
kaani.. arey Vivek
ek,
ek ekkinattu
, ekki
kinat
ki undhi
ttu undh
hi
neeku ?
VIVEK
Chalo thaagandi.
Shots are lined up.

UPENDRA
Arey vivek.. chaal ra inka

VIVEK
chalo thaagandi bhe.

KAUSHIK
(to UPENDRA)
Iniki ekkindhi. pakka.

UPENDRA
Alcoholic.

VIVEK forces a shot down KARTHIK’s throat.

KARTHIK
Rey !! Rey washroom washroom !!

/BOMMALAATA
 55.

KARTHIK looks like he’s about to puke.

VIVEK holds him.

VIVEK
Gentlemen, Dont worry. Nen
teeskapotha.

KAUSHIK
Mmm.. Chana shades unnai ra nee lo.
Go go..

VIVEK carries KARTHIK to the washroom.

A waiter enters the frame.

KAUSHIK (CONT’D)
Yes, whats the problem ?

WAITER
Sir, bill.

KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
USHIK
HI
We dont
don
nt wa
want.
WAITER
WAIT
ITER
ITE
Sir..
Si
ir.
r..
KAUSHIK
K USHI
KA HIK
HI
Maakoddhu
Maakoddh
Ma bhe..
hu bh
bhe inkevvarkaina
e.. inke
kevv
kevvar
vva ka
k in
ina ivvu
a iv
i vu
po..
.
UPENDRA
UPENDR
D A
DR
Ittivvandi.

UPENDRA
RA inspects the bill.
KAUSHIK
Avuna eduntav anna nuvvu ?

WAITER
Me sir ?

KAUSHIK
Yes you sir.

WAITER
I stay near station area sir.

KAUSHIK
Mari enduku ra eeda suit esukoni
english la maatladuthav ?

UPENDRA
Hello.. Ee bottle kuda charge
esaaru enti ? Adhi ah ammayi
complimentrayga ichcharu.

/BOMMALAATA
 56.

WAITER
No sir adhi chargeable.

KAUSHIK
Ey ! She paid no ?!

WAITER
No.

KAUSHIK springs up.

KAUSHIK
Em maatlaadthunnav bhe ! Ah angel
akka maaku company ichchi, bottle
ichchi poyyindhi kadha bhe.. Evvan
bar ra idhi ? manager evadu..

A bouncer and a manager come over.

(CONT’D)
KAUSHIK (CONT D)
Endhi bhe idhi ? Ah ? First ah
sound aapu ! EEvadra
v dra vaadu juraasic
va
dinodsaur
park la di
dino
nods
no dsau
dsaur lekka eduthundu..
au
Karaoke
Karaok
ke na deenii peru ..
VIVEK wa
walks
walk
lks in.
lk in
n.

VIVEK
VI
Problem
Prob
oble
ob endhi
l m endh
d i ?
KAUSHIK
KA
AUS
USHI
HIK
HIK
evado
Arey ev
vad
ado akkada
o ak
akka
kada
kada raagam
a raag
agam
ag thaalam
am thaala
am
isthamocchinattu
lekunda isthamoc
o ch
chin
inat
inatt
at paduthundu
tu pa
paduth
hundu
u
ra first vaadini aa
aapu
pu po
po.

VIVEK
Sarey.
Vivek walks towards the side where a guy is seen singing with
a microphone.

UPENDRA
Rey vaadiki endukura cheppav.

KAUSHIK
Marchipoyina ra.

VIVEK slaps the guy on the neck as he sings.

The guy falls in front, gets up and swings the microphone

towards vivek.

Vivek ducks. The microphone lashes foward.

Kaushik & Upendra watch the micrphone.

It passes by and hits Karthik on his head.

/BOMMALAATA
 57.

KARTHIK is knocked over to the glass table in the middle and

lands on his back.

VIVEK
Karthik rey .. ?

KARTHIK is on the bar floor, we see everything from the

aerial view.

Around him is a discussion.

The camera slowly dollies in.

KAUSHIK
Maa odi ne kodthava bhe ! Saale !

UPENDRA holds him back.

UPENDRA
Rey ! Karthik gani moothi
thokuthunnav !

VIVEK beats the boun

bouncer.
unce
uncer.
cer.
KAUSHIK
KAUS
USHIK
US K
Shit.
Shit
it.
it endhi
. Vaadu en
endh
d i ra nijanga
kottindu.
ko
ott
ttindu.
The bouncer
ounce strangles
cer st
ce stra
r ngles VIVEK.
s VIVE
EK.
UPENDRA
UP
PEN
ENDR
DRA
DRA
Arey k
karma
arma
arma rra babu,
a babu
babu
bu, en
enni enlu
ni enlu
baagane unnam ka
kadha
k dha
dha ra Malli
ra.. Ma li
al
start ayyindhi pe
penta.
ent
nta
a.

66 EXT. ROAD - MOMENTS LATER 66

The camera view, KARTHIK is in the same

amera is still in aerial view
position, on the ground.

Around him are KAUSHIK, VIVEK & UPENDRA.

UPENDRA
Enduku ra animals la behave
chestharu.. Rey kaushik nenu
cheppana vaadiki rendu drinks paiga
odhdhu ani..

KAUSHIK
Arey nene rendu drinks paina pothey
controlla unda .. Naathoti em
chepthunnav bhe..

UPENDRA
Cha ! Motham penta ayyindhi.

/BOMMALAATA
 58.

VIVEK
Em ayyindhi bhe. Em ayyindhi ?
Ippudu veedi bachelor party manam
chesthunnam ! anthey.. Nenu decide
ayyina..

UPENDRA
Rey ! Pichchekkindha.

VIVEK
Cab ochchindhi nadu.. First Karthik
gani room ki podham .. Battalu pack
cheyyi.

A cab pulls over beside KARTHIK.

67 INT. KARTHIK’S ROOM - MOMENTS LATER 67

The camera
amera is still in aerial view, KARTHIK is in the same
position,
ion, on the floor.
Around KAUSHIK,
d him are KAUSH
SHIK
SH VIVEK
IK, VI
IK VIV
VEK & UPENDRA.
UPENDRA packing.
RA is packi
kin
king.
UPENDRA
UPEN
UP ENDR
ENDRA
DR A
Ento
En ra..
nto ra. Malli
a.. Ma
a. Mal
lli eendho
ndh
dho
dh peddha
o pedd
ddha
ddha issue
avuthundhi..
avut
uthu
ut Tickets
h ndhi.. Tic
ic
cke
kets book
ts bo k ayyaay
oo ayyaaya
aya
aya
asalu ?
as
VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VEK
Declined.
KAUSHIK beside
IK who is lying down be
besi
side KAR
si KARTHIK
RTH
THIK speaks
I speak
aks u
ak up.

KAUSHIKK
Endhi declined ?
VIVEK
Your card is declined.

KAUSHIK
Ekkadno vinna ra nenu kuda idhi..

VIVEK
Uppu gaadini adugu ra kaushik.

KAUSHIK lifts UPENDRA’s head and turns it to VIVEK’s side.

VIVEK (CONT’D)
Uppu card undha ?

UPENDRA
Arey naaku em ardham avvatledhu
ra.. nannu irritate cheyyakandi !

/BOMMALAATA
 59.

KAUSHIK
Nice tactic.

VIVEK
Book ayyindhi.. Karthik card pani
chesindhi.

KAUSHIK
Great ra veedu.. Peter england.

He rolls over KARTHIK.

68 INT. AIRPORT - MOMENTS LATER 68

The camera is still in aerial view, KARTHIK is in the same

position, this time he is lying on a couple of trolleys over
luggage.

UPENDRA,
RA, KARTHIK & VIVEK are pushing him inside.
A couple guards
ple of security guard
uards come by.
rd
SECURITY
SECURI
ITY GUARD
Tickets.
Tick
ket
ets.
s
VIVEK dis
displays
displays mobile
ys his mob
bil
ile phone.
e ph
phon
o e.
SECURITY
SECURI
RITY
RI Y GGUARD
UARD
UA (CONT’D)
R (CONTT’D
’D)
)
Peeye huve
Pe ve hho
o ky
kya ?
VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VEK
Nahi..

SECURITY GUARD
TY GUA
ARD
ID card.
Another for
er security guard calls for backup.
VIVEK
Ok ?

SECURITY GUARD
Bahar chaliye..

KAUSHIK
What is the problem ?

SECURITY GUARD
Chalo ! Niklo

They push a trolley.

KARTHIK falls off balance.

KAUSHIK
Rey !

/BOMMALAATA
 60.

69 EXT. AIRPORT - MOMENTS LATER 69

The camera is still in aerial view, KARTHIK is in the same

position,

Around him are the gang.

UPENDRA
Arey lite ra intiki veldham.

VIVEK
Muyyi ! .. Karthik gaadi bandi
ekkada ?

UPENDRA
Evadu naduputhaadu ra ?

VIVEK
Nuvve.

KAUSHIK
IK starts laughing hysterically.
KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
USHIK
HI
Abboo.. Ep
Epic ra idhi.

70 EXT. ROA
ROAD
OAD
OA MOMENTS
D - MO
MOM LATER
MENTS LA
ATE
TER
R 70

The camera
amera
ra is still
s st
s aerial
ill in aer
ria
ial view,
l vi
view KARTHIK
e , KART
THIK is in the same
HIK
position,
ion, he is tied on
ed on th
the
e ca
car roof.
r ro
r of.
The car motion.
ar is in moti
tion
tion.
on
UPENDRA
UPENDR
RA
Rey idhi over ra vvaadu
a du
aa u padi
di
pothaadu..

KAUSHIK
Vaade kadha bhe .. Gaali aadthale
gaali aadthale annadu.

UPENDRA
Ante maatram ala paiki kattesthaav
ra ..emaina ante ah psycho gaadu
kodthunnadu.. Entha penta chesaaro
repu thelusthundhi.

KAUSHIK
Arey ! Sarey ra naina.. Pakkaki
aapu tharavaaatha.. Lopala
kattestha vaadini.

The camera dollies into KARTHIK’s face.

/BOMMALAATA
 61.

71 EXT. BEACH OUTSIDE HOTEL - DAY 71

Light transitions over KARTHIK’s face. A crab crawls over it

and He wakes up.

It’s a sunny day.

KARTHIK brushes it off while asleep and slowly sits upright

to see a beautiful beach and the sun rising.

There’s a smile on his face.

KARTHIK
Beautiful.

He turns around, there’s a shack in his sight.

He slowly begins to realize that he isn’t dreaming.

He immediately
mediately springs up and looks around.
He touches
uches himself and finds
d finds himself hurt.
in
He realizes
alizes he is of
s on top of his car.
There’s bandage
s a band
nd
dag
age on his head.
is hea
ead.
ea
He jumps
mps down
ps dow panic.
wn in panic
an notices
ic. He n
ic otic
ot UPENDRA
ices U
ic PEND
PENDRA in the drivers
ND
seat, bang
bangs
ngs th
ng the window.
e window
ow.
ow
KARTHIK
KA
ART
RTHI
HIK
HI (CONT’D)
K (C
(CO
ONT’
T’D)
T’D)
Rey ! Re
Rey Ekkadunnam
y ! Ek
Ekk
kadu
kadu
dunnam
am rra
a ?
UPENDRA
RA slowly wakes up. He looks
e lo
look
oks
ok scared.
s scar
ared
ar d.
Rolls the window just a litt
little.
ttl
ttle.
UPENDRA
Karthik, ra..
Karthik nenu cheppedhi vinu ra
Koddhi sepu aagu.

KARTHIK
Tension avuthundhi cheppu ra..

UPENDRA
Em kaale ra ..

KARTHIK
Ekkada unnam ra ? Vizag ah ?

UPENDRA
Goa.

KARTHIK
Enti ?

UPENDRA
Goa.

/BOMMALAATA
 62.

KARTHIK
Shit naa ring !

UPENDRA
Eh ring ?

KARTHIK
Naa engagement ring ! Maa boss
ichchindhi ! solitaire diamond dhi
!

KAUSHIK slowly gets up.

KAUSHIK
Bar ki techchinava ?

KARTHIK
Pakka.. Naa deggarne unindhi ! Bar
lo meeku choopinchinatu gurthu.. !

KAUSHIK
IK and UPENDRA get down.
KARTHIK
IK opens the bo
boot and
ot a down.
nd throws his luggage dow
He searches
arc
che
hes his suitcase
s suitcase desperately
e des over to VIVEK.
e perately and heads ov
He’s sl
sleeping
leeping
lee beside
g b the
eside t driver’s
he drive
riv r’s seat.
He searches
arche
hes hi
he his pockets
s pant pocke desperately
ets despe
esperately a
pe and
n find
nd finds his
wallet.
t.
He searches inside
arches insi it
ide it an
and finds
d he fin
inds
inds a box.
He opends empty.
ends the box it’s empty
ty.
ty.
KARTHIK
KARTHI (CONT’D)
IK (CONT T’D)
D)
poyindhi
Poyindhi ! Fuck, poyin
oy indh
indhi
dh i ra. Inka
udhyogam
promotion ledhu udhy
h ogam ledu..
UPENDRA
First pelli ledhu..

VIVEK wakes up.

He sits upright and looks around.

VIVEK
Ekkadunnam ra?

KARTHIK looks at KAUSHIK & UPENDRA.

KARTHIK
Ayyo ayyoo... ayyayyooo

He sits down on the beach in disappointment.

A kid, SUBASH, KAUSHIK’s cousin springs out of the back seat.

/BOMMALAATA
 63.

SUBASH
Can you guys stop shouting and
order breakfast.. Naak
aakalovthundhi !

VIVEK and KARTHIK turn towards SUBASH and look in shock.

They then look at KAUSHIK.

KAUSHIK
Ah luggage naadhe.. Explain
chestha.

KARTHIK cant believe anything.

72 EXT. SHACK - DAY 72

VIVEK, KAUSHIK, UPENDRA, KARTHIK & SUBASH are at the Shack &
there’s
s breakfast served in front on them on the table.
SUBASH glory.
H is eating away to glory.
KARTHIK drowning
IK is drownin
ing
in is
g i head
s hea against the table.
ad into his palms agains
VIVEK is i
in conversation
n co
onv
nversation with
on wit
ith KAUSHIK.
it

VIVEK
VI
Intha
Inth
tha
tha chinna pilaganiki
n pilil
lag
agan
anik
aniki
iki French exam
h ex m
xa
endhi ra ?
en
SUBASH
SUBA
SUBASH
BAS
pilagadaina
Hello ! Chinna pi
ila
laga
gada
gadain
da Mee
na .. Mee
smart..
andarikante smart.
t..
t. Idiots.
. Idio
iots.
io .
VIVEK gives KAUSHIK a glare.
e.

KAUSHIK
ra.
Lite ra
VIVEK
Sarey le inka ayyindhedo
ayipoyindhi.. Oka one two days
undhi enjoy chesi elipodham ..

KARTHIK gets up.

KARTHIK
Evvadu poyedhi ledhu.. Ring dorike
varaku ekkadaiki poyedhi ledhu..
Nenu inni enlu kukka laaga
panichesi ee offer kottukunna ra..

VIVEK
Offer endhi ? Pelli offer ah ra ?

KARTHIK
Avunu bhe offer eh..

/BOMMALAATA
 64.

VIVEK
Rey nuvvu malla start cheyyaku

KARTHIK
Naaku eh pelli chesukunte promotion
oshtadhi.ah club owner avutha ra..
Dollars .. Dollars lo sampadistha..
Naaku idhi offer eh ! Nenu mundhu
laaga bewarse ga thirigi life spoil
chesukolenu..

UPENDRA
Ayina ah ring ekkadani ethukutham
ra ? motham hotel ayidhu sarlu
ethikam.. Hyderabad ki call chesi
adigam.. Inka adhi poyinatte undhi

KARTHIK
Pothey nuvvu pothav first.. Naaku
telidhu ra.. Ethakalsindhey ra..
Goa motham..
He stops
ops & realizes something.
s so
some
meth
methin
thi g.
He gets
ts up takes
p and takes his
ak phone
s pho call to his
h ne out, he makes a ca
BOSS.

KARTHIK
KA (CONT’D)
K (C
(CON
ONT’D)
ON D)
Hello
Hell
llo
llo sir !
BOSS
BO
OSS ((V.O.)
V.O.
O.)
O.)
Morning Karthik.
g Ka
Kart
rthi
rt hik
hik.
k.
KARTHIK
KARTHI
IK
days
Sir, oka three day
ays
ay nenu
s ne club
enu club
lub ki
raalenu.. Konchum engagement
m pre enga
g gement
ga
work..

BOSS
No problem boy ! Every dog has its
day ! Get it ?

He laughs to himself, while KARTHIK fakes a smile.

KARTHIK
Good one Sir. Sir, i was just
talking to few of my relatives..
Andharu ah ring gurinche
maatladhuthunnaru..

BOSS (V.O.)
(laughs)
Maatladukomanu kaani dont let them
touch it .. Ah shine pothundhi..
It’s very very delicate..
Jaagrtha..

KARTHIK slams his head on a wall beside him.

/BOMMALAATA
 65.

KARTHIK
Sir veelu ah ring ekkada konnaro
aduguthunnaru.. Meeru goa lo edho
antique shop ani cheppinattu gurthu
address emaina undha ?

BOSS (V.O.)
Yeah north Goa lo ah shop undedhi
.. Ipuudu undho ledho teleedhu..
But yeah address raasko.

KARTHIK grabs a tissue and a pen from somewhere.

KARTHIK
Cheppandi sir.

73 EXT. ANTIQUE SHOP - DAY 73

We see of the road.

e all of them standing on the opposite end o
They are staring at a shop with a sign that reads “ANTIQUE
shop
JEWELRY”
RY”

74 INT. ANT
ANTIQUE
NTIQ
NTIQUE S
IQ SHOP
HOP - DAY
HO Y 74

All of them
f them en
enter
r th
the shop
e s and
hop a clearly
nd clearly look
ly look like misfits.
The shopkeeper
hopke
eep
eper walks towards
ks towar
ow them
rds th m and
he KARTHIK
d KA
KART
R HI
HIK takes his phone
K tak
out and
nd shows him
s hi
h m a pic
c of the
of t ring.
he rin
ng.
KARTHIK
KARTHI
H K
similar
Do you have a simi
mila
milar
lar on
one ?
The shopkeeper
hopkeeper looks at him from
m f top
rom top and then looks
p to bottom an
into the phone.

He inspects
spects it thoroughly and points towards the center of
the shop where inside a display is a similar looking ring.

The whole gang circle around it and look at it in awe.

KARTHIK compares the picture with the one in the display

KARTHIK (CONT’D)
Same undhi.

SHOPKEEPER
Same no difference at all.

KARTHIK slowly stands up and looks at the shopkeeper.

KARTHIK
So how much ?

SHOPKEEPER
5 lakhs change.

/BOMMALAATA
 66.

KARTHIK
Oh no problem, i’ll just come back
please keep it aside.

SHOPKEEPER
Sure.

He smiles.

75 EXT. ANTIQUE SHOP - MOMENTS LATER 75

They walk out and KARTHIK throws a fit outside the shop.

KARTHIK
FIVE LAKHS AH !! Nee amma ! 5 lakhs
ra.. Oh shit .. ! ekkada nundi
theevali ra antha dabbu !

UPENDRA
Andharam pool in cheddam ra .. Naa
antha
deggara anth ledhu
ha le
l dhu kaani oka
daaka
20,000 daa
aaka
aa elthayi..
ka el
elth
t ayi.. Ayina Vivek
th
kadha
ACL ka
adh
dha Arey
a .. Areey nuvvu easyga oka
lakhs
1 -2 lak
akhs arrange
arr
range
g cheyyochu kadha
ra ?

KAUSHIK
KA K
Ninna
1- 2 lakhs ah ? Ni
Ninn
nna
nna ne
n barla
cardlu
vaadi card
va rdlu
rdlu anni decline
ni decli
ec ayinavi..
ine ayina
yinavi
na i..
Everyone
one look at VIVEK.
t VIVEK
IVEK.
EK

VIVEK
months
Naa job poyi 11 mo
mont
nths
nt avuthundhi..
s avu
vuth
vuthu
thundhi..

KARTHIK
K
Join ayyi ye 1 year avuthundhi
kadha ra ?
VIVEK
One month tharavatha alcohol
thaaguthunte office lo
pattukunnaru..

KARTHIK
Aha.

He claps.

KAUSHIK
Rey.. Konchum maturega
alochinchandii.. Manam Goa lo unnam
unna dabbulu teeska poyyi
patthalaaadudhaam.. Okka night la
minimum triple chestha..
(MORE)

/BOMMALAATA
 67.

KAUSHIK (CONT'D)
Oka two nights addithey pakka 5
lakhs chesthamm.. Em antaru..
Pratical plan.

Everyone just glare at him.

All this while SUBASH has been purchasing an ice cream from a
vendor nearby.

He comes back with an ice cream cone in his hand and a poster
in the other.

He goes upto KARTHIK.

SUBASH
Idhigo, practical plan.

UPENDRA begins to read it.

UPENDRA
48 hr short film contest. Prize
lakhs.
money 6 lakhhs. contest begins
tomorrow venue
w venue
en calingute
ue calingute plaza,
calingute.
caling
gut
ute.
e
UPENDRA,
RA, KARTHIK
A, KARTH KAUSHIK
HIK & KAUSH
SHIK
SHI rread
ead it aloud at once and look at
VIVEK wh
who’s
who
o’s st
standing in
g i front
n fr
fron
ont
ont of them.
VIVEK look
looks
oks at KARTHIK
ok KARTHIK.
IK.
IK
VIVEK
VI
IVE
VEK
K
option
Inkem op
opti
tion
tion lledha
edha ?
edha
KARTHIK
KARTHI
IK
Ledhu.
They stare at each other.

A wide road, UPENDRA

e of them standing on the road UPENDRA, KAU
KAUSHIK,
SUBASH, KARTHIK on one side & opposite them is VIVEK.

The poster flies away from KARTHIK’s hand towards the camera.

It reads “SHORT FILM CONTEST”

The text animates to :

INTERMISSION.

76 EXT. SHACK - DAY 76

VIVEK, KAUSHIK, UPENDRA & KARTHIK are looking at what looks

like their ID cards.

KARTHIK
Namme tattu undha ?

/BOMMALAATA
 68.

KAUSHIK
Arey deeni thoti pothey eh college
la ayina admission ochchesthadhi
manaki..

UPENDRA
Almost real..

77 EXT. FEST - MOMENTS LATER 77

These guys are dressed colorful to look young.

They are see walking towards the entrance.

KARTHIK
Youth laaga unnama ra ?

KAUSHIK
Nenaiythey unna ra.. Vaadu choodu
ippude zoo nundi paaripoyi
unnadu..
ochchinattu un
unna
n du..
VIVEK is walking with
g with SUBA
it SUBASH of the gang.
ASH away from the rest o
He gives
ves them
es them
m a glare.

78 INT. FES
FEST
ST - DA
DAY
Y 78

A crowd assembled
wd is ass
ssem
ssembled aro
em around
rou
round a p
und podium,
odi
ium
um,
, a co le of guys are
couple
announcing rules.
ncing the rul
ules
ules.
es
The gang listening
ang stands out and is liste
isteni keenly.
ning k
ni ee
enly.
ANNOUNCER
ANNOUN
NCE
CER
So guys, you know the
w th
t rules.
e ru
rul
les. You
make
have 48 hours to mak
ke your film but
you a good five days to think of
your story. Remember you can only
work on the genre you pick from the
Hat. So lets start !

VIVEK goes upto KARTHIK and whispers to him.

VIVEK
Chit endhi ra malla ?

KARTHIK
Rey norru muskoni poyi chit
theeyi.. Naa life antha dheeni
meedha depend ayyi undhi !

VIVEK
Nenu short film story raastha
direct chestha kaani naa ishtam
dhe..

/BOMMALAATA
 69.

KARTHIK
Nee ishtam ochchindhi chesi
pettukoniki idhi emaina painting
exhibition ah ra ?

KAUSHIK and UPENDRA try to break it up.

KAUSHIK
Rey rey rey malla modhal pettakandi
bhe.

ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
Team Kanya raasi..

UPENDRA
Arey evodo okkadu stage ekkandi ra
babu..

VIVEK
KARTHIK nuvvu malla
notikochchinattu maatladuthunnav..
Choosi ..

SUBASH
H
ROMANCE
ROMA
ANC
NCE
E !
The gang
ang slowly
ng slowl
wly turn t
wl their
heir
he head
ir he d towards the stage
ea stage, SUBASH is
standing
ing there
ng the with
ere wit
it piece
th a piece paper
e of p in
aper i hand.
n his hand
SUBASH
SUBA
SUBASH
BA (CONT’D)
SH (CONT
CO NT’D
NT’D)
’D
Romance
Roma
manc
ma got
n e ! We got rromance.
omance
om e.
The annoucner
nnoucner takes the ch
chit from
it from
ro the
m th kid’s
he kid’ hands
ands and reads
d’s ha
d’
it to verify and announces..
announces...
..
ANNOUNCER
ANNOUN
NCE
CER
Romance it is for team
r te
t Kanya
am Kanya raasi
!
KARTHIK, KAUSHIK & UPENDRA turn to VIVEK.

79 EXT. BEACH - DAY 79

VIVEK is storming off the venue, behind him is the gang.

UPENDRA
Rey VIVEK, aagu..

VIVEK ignore their every call.

UPENDRA looks at KAUSHIK.

UPENDRA (CONT’D)
Cheppu ra nuvvaina..

KAUSHIK
Naaku oopika ledhu ra bhai..

/BOMMALAATA
 70.

KARTHIK walks upto VIVEK, holds his arm.

KARTHIK
Rey ! Ednhi ra nee problem !

VIVEK
Nenu Love storylu raayalenu !

KARTHIK
Endhuku !?

VIVEK
Adhi poyionappudu nundi naaaku okka
mukka raayanu iythaledhu !

The gang is looking on.

VIVEK (CONT’D)
Arey edhaina raayalante inspiration
undaali ra. Em raastha ? oka roju
kurchoni love story raadham ani
page teesthe
teesthey
ey ..
. Okka mukka.. Okka
mukka kuda raale
da ra
raal
ale
ale mind ki.
He stop
op to catch air.
ch some ai
ir.
The friends
ri
iends & SUBASH l
ien look
ook
ook on
on.
.
VIVEK
V VEK
VI (CONT’D)
K (C
(CON
ONT’
ONT’D)
T’D
Ippudu
Ippu
Ip sudden
p du sud
udde
udden
de raayalante
n ga raaay
ayal
lante
e et
etla
l rra
a
? In
Inspiration
Insp
spiration
sp ledhu
n le
ledh
dhu
dh kurchoni
u kurc
rc
cho
honi
ni
raayalante..
raayal
lan
ante
te..
te
KARTHIK
KARTHI
IK
Rey, inka kurchoni daane
ni daa
ane
alochisthey ela ra
ra..
VIVEK cuts him off.

VIVEK
Cheppudu masth easy..addamaina
salahalu iyyaku, Muyyi.

VIVEK sits down.

KARTHIK
Rey idhi pothey inka illu car .. US
lo ah club anni pothayi ra..

VIVEK
Neeku pelli kaavalna House, Car, US
visa kaavalna ? Nee baadhendhi
clearga cheppu..

KARTHIK sits down beside him.

KAUSHIK, UPENDRA & SUBASH come and sit beside them.

/BOMMALAATA
 71.

UPENDRA
Arey VIVEK, nenokati cheppana ? Naa
own words lo cheptha vinu..

KAUSHIK
Aagetattulevu nuvvu ivvala.

UPENDRA
Okka saari accident ayyindhi ani
bandi tholadam aapesthava ?

VIVEK gives him a stare.

VIVEK
At side poyi kuso.. Po..

UPENDRA silently gets up and sits beside KAUSHIK, away from

VIVEK.

KAUSHIK UPENDRA in the

IK gives him a hand shake and looks at UPEND
eye.

UPENDRA
UPEN
UPENDR
ENDRA
DR
undhi
Ela un
ndh
dhi
i ?
KAUSHIK
KAUS
USHI
USH K
THOO.
TH
HOO
OO.
UPENDRA
U
UPENDR
DRA
DR A
Inthaki fo
In food
od eela
la
a ?
KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
USH K
Most
Nice question. Mos
ost
os important
t im
imp
port
rtan
a t
question. Food. be
bed ekkada
d ekka
kada ?
ka
KARTHIK
KARTHI
IK
Oka manchi Five st
star
a hhotel
otel
ot
teesuketla.
undhi..nen teesuketl
la.

80 EXT. CAR - EVENING 80

All five of them are standing looking at the car.

KAUSHIK
Mazak cheshnava ra ? Nenu inka
nijanga cheppinav anukoni ..

KARTHIK
Evvadi deggara dabbulu levu.. unna
dabbulu vaadithey food undadhu..
Inka manaki idhey five star hotel.

VIVEK
Naak em problem le..

/BOMMALAATA
 72.

UPENDRA
Neekemundhi ra ? Elago sagam
jeevitham carlo gadipessevaadivi..
Ayithey poyi dickey lo paduko..

VIVEK
Champa vaasthadhi.

SUBASH
Front seat for me.

SUBASH runs.

KAUSHIK
Rey aagu bhe.

KAUSHIK tries to outrun him.

81 INT. CAR - NIGHT 81

They are all squeezed in t

the
he car.
UPENDRA
RA plays some music.
me music.
KAUSHIK
KAUS
USHI
US H K
Em paatal
m paatal ra avvi..
a avvi.
vv i.. Edho lift lo
i.
pothunattu
po
othunat
attu
attu uundhi..
ndhi. Saakkaga
.. Sa
Saak
akk
akkaga
ga pe
pettu
nee
ra ne kaal
ee mukkutha..
l mukk
kkut
kk utha
utha..
ha.
..
UPENDRA
UP
PEN
ENDR
DRA
DRA
Ayithey
y po
poyi bayata
yi ba
baya
ata paduko..
ta pa
padu
duko
duko..
ko
KAUSHIK
KAUSHI
IK
ra..
Chat. Em torcher ra .
a.
A moment
ent of silence ensues.

KAUSHIK (CONT’D)
Arey !

He springs up.

KARTHIK
Em ayyindhi ..

KAUSHIK
Coupons ra !?

KARTHIK
Eh coupons ?

KAUSHIK
Arey .. Ah angel akka ichchindhi
kadha ra .. Free party..

KARTHIK
Emo.. naakem gurthuledhu..

/BOMMALAATA
 73.

KAUSHIK
Thoo. gammuna kuso..ninn
evadadigindubhe Neekanni gurthunte
manandaram itla titanic la car
scene lekka enduku pantam ra.. Uppu
ga .. Please ra poyinayi.. Ani
maatram cheppak..

KARTHIK
Naa ring pothey expression kuda
ledhu kani afterall ah party
tickets pothey..

KAUSHIK
Anni free ra akkada ! Em manshivi
ra nuvvu..

VIVEK gets up and puts the coupons in the air.

VIVEK
I have it.
KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
USHIK
HI
Theyya ra
a ra bandi !

82 EXT. STA
STAGE
TAG
TA EVENING
GE - EVENING 82

It’s a b
beautifully
eautif
ea iful
ifu ly lit place,
it pla
ace
ce,
, a yo crowd
young crow
owd
ow seated in
d is se
pockets.
ts.
It’s organized b
by
y th
the festival
e fe
fes
stiv
stiv
iva guys,
al guys,
uy girl
s, A gir
irl is
ir strumming away
s st
a song
g on a guitar & it’s soothing
s so
soot
othi
othin
hi to
ng t hear.
o hear
ar.
ar
Everyone
one enter the place.
There’s the
s music playing from t centerstage.
he cente
ent rstage.
VIVEK is drawn towards it
it.

He just stands there and watches her sing.

He is mesmerized. It’s SHIRLEY.

She spots him and smiles.

He smiles back.

She asks him about his friends.

He points towards them, They wave back.

His friends watch him from behind, decide to spend the

evening there and sit down.

VIVEK looks like he’s thinking of something.

/BOMMALAATA
 74.

He rushes to the bar near by and signals the bartender to

give him a tissue and a pen.

The girl watches him from the stage as she sings.

The friends get up to see what he’s upto.

KAUSHIK
Em ayyindhi ra vaadiki ?

KARTHIK
Inspiration.

83 INT. SHACK - NIGHT 83

KARTHIK, VIVEK, KAUSHIK, UPENDRA & SUBASH are seated at a

table. It’s a buffet.

KARTHIK
IK is done reading whats written on a tissue paper.
KARTHIK
KA
ART
RTHI
H K
The end..
.
VIVEK lo
looks
ook KARTHIK
oks at KARTHIK f
AR for
or an answer.
KARTHIK
KART
KARTHI
RTHIK
HIK (CONT’D)
Beautiful
Be
eau
a tifu
ful
ful !
KAUSHIK yells
IK ye
ell celebrations
lls out in celeb
elebr
ebrati
tio
tions
s and bumps
d bu
bump
mps
mp fists
s fi
f sts with SUBASH
& UPENDRA.
NDRA.
KARTHIK
KARTHI (CONT’D)
H K (C
(CON
ONT
ON T’D)
D)
Baagane raasthav ka
kaani
kaan
ani s
an starting
tar
rti
ing
n
problem ra neeku .. Super.
. Su
uper..
VIVEK calls a waiter and sig
signals
ign
ignals him
s hi to send some
im something to
another
er table.
UPENDRA
Em chesthunnav ra ?

At a distance in the same Shack is SHIRLEY,she’s chatting

away with a friend.

The waiter interrupts her and gives her a tissue.

She looks at the tissue, it reads - “Thank you for inspiring

me.”

She looks at him.

VIVEK raises his glass.

She takes a moment & raises her glass and smiles.

KAUSHIK looks at the whole thing and turns to VIVEK.

/BOMMALAATA
 75.

KAUSHIK
Veedu break up ayyi depression lo
unnadu ani evvadaina inkosaari ante
cheppu teesukoni kodtha..

Even before he can finish, a waiter comes and gives him a

tissue.

VIVEK grabs it and reads - it says “how exactly did I inspire

you ?”

VIVEK gives the story that he wrote to teh waiter and signals
him to pass it by.

The waiter shakes his head in disbelief.

KAUSHIK (CONT’D)
Manchigundhi ra mee mouna raagam
cinema.. Sarey aithey .. Shooting
ki anni ready kadha ? em ra KARTHIK
?
KARTHIK
KART
KARTHI
RTHIK
HI
Equipment
Equipm
men
ent
t ?
UPENDRA
UPEN
ENDR
EN D A
Naa
Na
aa contacts
ts unnaru
s unnar
nn aru
aru mana hotel ki
exact
ex
xac
a t fi
five
ve kkilometres
ilomeetre
res lo
s l oka
o o camwra
ka ca
c mwra
rental
rent
ntal
nta shop undhi..
p undh
dhi...
KARTHIK
KA
ART
RTHI
HIK
HIK
Enthavvochu
Enthavvo
voch
vochu
chu ?
UPENDRA
UPENDR
RA
kit,
Oka.. 5D, lens kit
it,
it basic
, ba lights,
asic li
ligh
g ts,
audio kalapi .. On rent..
One day rent
n ..
Around 25,000 ra..
.

KARTHIK
Ammo.. Almost nil adi pothey..

VIVEK
Investment anuko.. Pothey malla win
avutham kadha ?

KARTHIK
Antha nee daya saar.

SHIRLEY & her friend, a foreigner, late twenties are at their

table.

SHIRLEY
Beautiful story.

VIVEK looks up.

/BOMMALAATA
 76.

SHIRLEY (CONT’D)
This is Ginny. My friend.. Ikkadane
untundhi

VIVEK shakes her hand.

VIVEK
VIVEK.

SHIRLEY
Meeru ikkadi ostharani assalu
anukoledhu.

They have a moment. She looks at the others..

VIVEK looks at them.

VIVEK
Friends.

KAUSHIK
IK leans to UPENDRA.
KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
USHIK
HI
Thoo... ma perlu
manaki pe
p rlu leva ?
KARTHIK
IK
K st
stands
ds up
s u leans
p and le
lean
a s forward to GINNY.
KARTHIK
KA K
KARTHIK.
KA
ART
RTHI
H K.
VIVEK
VI
IVE
VEK
K
getting
He is ge
gett
ttin
tting
in married.
g marr
rri
rried.
KARTHIK sits
IK looks at VIVEK & sit
its
it back.
s back
ck.
ck
They make place for them.

GINNIlooks
looks at SUBASH and finds
d him cute.
GINNY
Hi, GINNI!

SUBASH
SUBASH

KAUSHIK cuts him off.

KAUSHIK
Hi, KAUSHIK.

GINNY
GINNY. Sorry my english is bad, Im
french..

KAUSHIK
Me too.

/BOMMALAATA
 77.

GINNY
You are french ?

KAUSHIK
No.. Weak in english.

GINNY
Oh.

SUBASH
Actually, im learning French i have
an exam in four days.

GINNY
Oh ! I can help !

KAUSHIK
Hammayya ! Problem solved ra..
Neekemaina doubts unte atthayyani
adugu..
SUBASH
SU
UBA
BASH
S
neeku
Oho neek attha
ku at
atth
tha
th a avuthundha aame ?
KAUSHIK
IK pi
pinches
s hi he
him as h fakes
e fa
f kes a smile.
KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
USHIK
HIK
Neeku
Ne beta.
eeku be
beta
ta.
ta.
At the other
e oth the
her side of t table,
he table
le,
le, we
w see VIVEK
ee VI EK & SH
IV SHIRLEY
engaged conversation.
ed in a co versatio
on ion
ion.
SHIRLEY
SHIRLE
L Y
plan
So mee brilliant plan
lan ma
malli
i
film
chppandi ? Short film ches
il chesi..
si.
i.. Win
ayyi.. Ah dabbulo tho
o t Wow..
ho ! Wo
ow.
w . I
confidence.
like your confiden
ence
enc . An
Anyway, story
chaala baaga raasaru.. meeru love
stories raayaru ani anukunna ?
VIVEK
Nice memory.

SHIRLEY takes a pause, looks around

SHIRLEY
Car lo night out ela undhi ? Nidra
pattindha ?

VIVEK
inka kaale.. Ikkadiki ochcham. repu
morning cheptha.

SHIRLEY
Dont worry. GINNIki ikkada illu
undhi.. You can stay there for
couple of days.. GINNI?

/BOMMALAATA
 78.

GINNY
Absolutely .. No problem. As long
as you make her play music for your
short film.

VIVEK nods.

VIVEK
Meeku ok ayithey naaku ok !

SHIRLEY
Try chestha ! Ayina meeku ikkada em
peddha options levu.

She smiles.

UPENDRA
Done ! Hammayaa ! Music director
confirm..

KAUSHIK
IK turns to VIVEK
KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
USHIK
HI
Chaala
Mike ! Chaala pa
ha pagatbhandhi
agatbhandhi ga plan
chesaav
chesaa
aav
aav mike.
VIVEK sm
smiles
smi at
iles at him.
KAUSHIK
K
KAUSHI
HIK (C
HI (CONT’D)
(CON
ONT’
ONT D)
Navvuthunnava
Navvuthunn
Na nnav
nnava
av a ra Please
a ? Pl as
le odhdhu
a e od
odhd
hdhu
hdh
ra.
Music plays.

SHIRLEY
Y
this
Oh god, i love th
his
i song.. Dance ?

UPENDRA
Dance ah ? Maa vaada ? Maabu
gaadu..sacchina cheyyadu.

VIVEK
I cant dance..

She grabs his hand and forces him to the beach where there’s
some song and dance happening.

GINNIjumps in and SUBASH follows.

UPENDRA runs behind.

All of them are seen dancing around a bonfire.

VIVEK is standing in the middle. Everyone is dancing around

him.

SHIRLEY
Come on. Just move.

/BOMMALAATA
 79.

VIVEK
Naaku raadhu.. andharu navtharu..

SHIRLEY
No body is watching ! Trust me.

He denies it again and just stands while they dance around

him.

KARTHIK & KAUSHIK walk towards the dance.

KARTHIK
Manodu dance cheyyadu.

KAUSHIK
Adrushtam choodu aanidhi..
Bhathukamma panduga lekka
aadoolandharu vaani chuttu
aaduthunnaru.. vaademo aavu peda
lekka madhyala atlane unnadu.
KARTHIK
KA
ART
RTHI
H K
Neeku ala anipinchindha
a an
anip
ipin
ip inchindha ?
in
KAUSHIK
KAUS
USHIK
US K
I wi
will
ll go join
in myy french girl in
the
th
he festival
al
l oof bhatukamma.
f bh
bhat
a ukamma.
Bonchey..
Bo
onchey.
y..
y.
KARTHIK
KART
KA RTHI
RTHIK
HI
Bonjour
Bonj
njou
nj adhi..
o r adhi
i..
KAUSHIK
KAUSHI
H K
Yeah ok man. Just die.
t di
die
e.
KAUSHIK
IK joins them, KARTHIK smiles
K smiles and from a
n watches fr
distance.
nce.
They are all having fun
fun.

KARTHIK’s smile fades away as he ponders away.

84 EXT. GINNY’S HOUSE - NIGHT 84

The car arrives in front of Ginny’s house.

85 EXT. GINNY’S TERRACE - NIGHT 85

SHIRLEY, GINNIand SUBASH put out a couple of mattresses.

KARTHIK
Thank you !

GINNY
Thats ok. Are you sure you’ll be
fine here.

/BOMMALAATA
 80.

KARTHIK signals a “yes”.

KAUSHIK
Maa vaadu ekkada ?

GINNY
He’s sleeping in our room.

SUBASH smiles at KAUSHIK, as they leave.

SUBASH
Good night maama !

KAUSHIK looks on.

All of them are lying down on the terrace facing the skies.

The camera dollies out (aerial view)

KAUSHIK
raahukalam la puttina ra nenu.

UPENDRA
UPEN
UPENDR
ENDRA
DR
Poni ra
raasipetti
raas
asip
asi etti undaali.
KAUSHIK
KAUS
USHIK
US K
Andukane
An
ndu
dukane ra
a ma
mana group
na gr up peru Kanya
ro
raasi
ra
aas
a i an
ani petina
i pe
pet
tina raa ne mana
nenu... ma
m na
daridram
dari
ridr
ri atla
d am at edisindhi.
tla eddis
sin
indh
dhi.
dhi
UPENDRA
UP
PEN
ENDR
DRA
DRA
Padukunnava
Padukunn
nnav
nnava
av KARTHIK
a ra KAR
ART
ARTHIK
IK ?
KARTHIK
KARTHI
IK
Ledu.. Naaku raat
raatri nidra
tri ni
idra
pattatledhu.. one nundi..
e year nun
ndi
d ..
KAUSHIK
Oho..
Oho Mana group nenookadini
maatrame manshi lekka unta
anamaata.

UPENDRA laughs.

UPENDRA
Ala nuvvu anukunte saripodhu ra..
janalanukovali.

VIVEK
Enni rojulu ayyindhi ra manam itla
night out chesi.

UPENDRA
Avunra almost three years ah ?

KARTHIK
Four years.. Last time KAUSHIK gani
cousin room lo ..

/BOMMALAATA
 81.

KAUSHIK
Correct.

A moment of silence.

KAUSHIK (CONT’D)
Appudappudu manam itla kalisi night
out cheyyali ra..

UPENDRA
Nannadigithey at least monthly okka
sari ayina.. Life lo addamaina
tensions marchipovochchu..

KARTHIK is snoring.

KAUSHIK
Thoo. Pannadu. Nidra paattadhu
pattadhu ani jurrasic park ki
background score vayisthundhu
choodu.

86 INT. GINNY’S KITCH

KITCHEN
CHEN
CHEN - DAY
Y 86

SHIRLEY
EY preparing
Y is pre
epa breakfast
paring bre
reak
rea fa GINNIis
fast in the kitchen, GI
packing
ng up
g up her and
er food an about
nd ab
abou
out
out to leave.
They hav
have conversation
ve a co
conv
n ersati
tion a
ti about
bout
bo the
ut th food an
he and GINNIleaves.
d GINNI
VIVEK just ent
enters
nter
nt area,
e s the ar
are he’s
ea, he
ea, he’ just
’s just
us woken
t wo
woke
ken up
ke up.

GINNY
Y
woken
Oh you’ve just wok
oken
ok up.
en up
p.
She goes
oes up to him and holds face
ds his face two hands and
e with her tw
inspects
cts his face.

GINN
Bad hangover ?

VIVEK
Mmm..

GINNY
Dont drink so much ! Akkada lime
juice undha.. Am i saying it right
?

VIVEK
Undha.. Kaadhu undhi..

GINNY
Undhi.. Akkada lime juice undhi.. I
have to go ! See you later.

VIVEK smiles and waves a bye. GINNIrushes out, she has a

guitar strapped to her back.

/BOMMALAATA
 82.

SHIRLEY is humming a song as she prepares breakfast.

VIVEK
Ekkada mavollu ?

SHIRLEY
Edho camera equipment ani vellaru..

VIVEK
Oho.

She puts a couple of plates on the table.

VIVEK sits down.

It looks like a steaming hot breakfast.

SHIRLEY
Lets dive in.

VIVEK smiles and begins to eat.

VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VEK
Thanks.
Thanks
s.
A moment
ent of
nt o silence.
f si
ile
lence.
VIVEK
VI (CONT’D)
(CON
ONT’
ON T’D)
T’
So m
meeru
e ru mus
ee music chesthunnatte
u ic chest
he sthu
sthunn
hu n atte na
a ?
SHIRLEY
SH
HIR
IRLE
LEY
LEY
Yes, of course.
f co
cour
urse
ur se.
se.
VIVEK
Story nachchindha
a ?
SHIRLEY
SHIRLE
EY
Love story raadhu lo
love
l ve story raadu
ani chaala baaga raasaru
raasaru.. Kani
ending ela ?

VIVEK
Naaku adhey problem.. Etla end
avthundho idea ledhu..

SHIRLEY
Enduku ala ? Mee story sarigga end
avvaledhanna ?

A moment of silence ensues.

SHIRLEY (CONT’D)
“Sorry, it was great while it
lasted. But i think i need to move
on. It’s not you.. Its me..”
standard breakup .. Anthey ga..

VIVEK gives her a stare & continues to eat.

/BOMMALAATA
 83.

SHIRLEY (CONT’D)
Antha tension teesukovaddhu..
Lite.. Aameki ah adrushtam ledhani
move on avvali..

They continue to eat.

SHIRLEY (CONT’D)
Correct time ki correct ammaiyi
thaakuthundhi le.. Appudu varaku
life ki shutter esukoni kurcholemu
ga..

VIVEK signals her to stop.

VIVEK
Thanks. Thinochcha ?

SHIRLEY looks up at him in a stern manner.

SHIRLEY
Ayithey ee aattitude
ttit
tti ude tho nenu music
it
cheyyalenu..
cheyyalenu
nu..
nu..
They loo
look each
ok at eac
ach
ach other in the eye.
VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VE K
Correct
Co
orrect
t ti
time
me ki c correct
orr
rrec
rrect
ec ending
t en
ndi
ding
ng
thaakuthadhi..
th
haa
aaku
k thadhi
h .. A Appudu
ppud
ppudu
ud varaku
u va
v life
raku life
ife
shutter
ki shutt
ter eesi kusolemu.
si ku
kuso
ole
lemu
mu.
mu
A moment silence
ent of silenc
nce
nc ensues
e en
ensu
sue
su between
es betwe
ween
we them.
en them.
Slowly transitions
y SHIRLEY’s anger trans
nsit
nsitio
itions
ions to smile.
o a smil
le.
VIVEK smiles as well.

They laugh.

87 INT. CAMERA RENTAL SHOP - DAY 87

KARTHIK, KAUSHIK & UPENDRA are staring at a load of equipment

lying on the table.

The shopkeeper, 70, looks like a no-no sense guy.

SHOPKEEPER
You want or don't want ?

UPENDRA
Price kum Karo little.

SHOPKEEPER
No.

UPENDRA
We have only some some cash.

/BOMMALAATA
 84.

SHOPKEEPER
Then go to some some shop.

Shopkeeper tries to snatch away the bag.

KAUSHIK
Enduku Ra penta chesthav. Uncle,
idhar dhe do.

KARTHIK takes a look at another lens nearby. It's a rare

prime lens.

KARTHIK
Yeh kitna hai uncle ?

SHOPKEEPER
It's not for rent. It's private.

KARTHIK
Uncle please can we have it ?
Double price I will give.
Shopkeeper
eeper nods his
s he
head in
ad in denial and goes back to reading
his paper.
aper.
UPENDRA
UPEN
ENDR
END A
Endho
En
ndh veedu.
dho veedu
u.
KARTHIK
K
KA RTHI
HIK
HI
Adhe
Cha. Adh
Ch deadly
he de
dead
adly
ad lens
ly len
ens
ens Ra Cinema
Ra. Ci
Cine
nema
nem
level
leve
vel
vel lo untai
a a ah
h le to
lens t shoot
o sh
shoo
oot
oot
chesthey.
chesth
hey
ey.
KAUSHIK
KAUSHI
IK
No giving that one
ne ?
SHOPKEEPER
SHOPKE
EEP
EPER
E
collection
No it's personal col
llection not for
rent.
rent
KAUSHIK
Pettukoni em chesthav Ra musloda.

KARTHIK
Sarey inka discussion oddhu.
Entaindho adugu teesukoni eldham.

UPENDRA
Mari ah lens ?

KARTHIK
Adjust cheddam.

He declares as he walks out of the shop.

He gets a call.

It's his BOSS.

/BOMMALAATA
 85.

88 EXT. CAMERA RENTAL SHOP - CONTINUOUS 88

KARTHIK is seen walking out of the shop. He is on the phone.

Behind him, UPENDRA, KAUSHIK & SUBASH are catching up.

KARTHIK
Hey sir ! Cheppandi. Free eh unna
sir. Parvaledu cheppandi.

He keeps a walking for a while and turns around.

His face is struck with horror.

KAUSHIK, UPENDRA & SUBASH walk upto him.

KAUSHIK
Em ayyindhi naina.

89 EXT. ROADSIDE - MOMENTS LATER 89

All of seated
f them are seat
ated
at while
ed while
hi reading from a
l SUBASH is busy readi
book.

UPENDRA
UPEN
ENDR
EN D A
Engagement
En
nga
gagement pprepone
repo
repone
po ne avvadam enti ?
Ammaiyi
Am
mmaiyi
i US llo unte
o untte el
ela osthundhi
a osth
thun
thund i
undh
Ellundi
El
llu
lund kella
n i kell
l a ?
KARTHIK
KA
ART
RTHI
HIK
HIK
Skype en
engagement.
enga
gage
gageme
ge men
ment
nt.
UPENDRA
UPENDR
RA
Enti ?

KARTHIK
K
Ante webcam lo iddha
iddharam
h ram choosukoni
, family ni add chesi
chesi.. Rings
exchange chestham.

KAUSHIK
Etla chestharu ?

KARTHIK animates a movement.

KARTHIK
Itla computer screen lo nundi
estha..

KAUSHIK looks at UPENDRA & KARTHIK for a brief moment.

KAUSHIK
Atlane Computerla kaapuram chesi CD
la pillani pampukondi. Thoo.. Em
zamaana ra.

/BOMMALAATA
 86.

UPENDRA
Mari short film ela ?

KAUSHIK
(in the NAT GEO tone)
Eh, Mike, Nuvvu joke chesthunnava ?
Manam ila ee advilo aadivaasula
laaga gochi gudda esukoni
thirigedhi veedi ungaram kosam, ah
engagment eh prepone ayithey inka
manam short film chesi em peekutham
Mike ? I think neeku...

UPENDRA
Ayithe inke !? Happyga chesko ra ..
Skype eh kadha.. ey coffee shop
lono kurchoni enganement chesko..

KAUSHIK
Mari ah ungaram mee thathagaru
testhara Mike ?
UPENDRA
UPEN
UPENDR
ENDRA
DR
ungaram
Mike, ah ungaramm fake oh real oh..
Computer
Comp
put
uter screen
e scree en lo
l nundi thelidhu
mike.
mike
ke.
ke.
They tur
turn
urn
urn to KARTHIK.
o KARTH
TH
HIK
IK.
KARTHIK
KART
KARTHI
RT HIK
HI
Emo
Em
mo ra
r life lol j jarigey
arig
ar events
igey e
ig vent
vents
nts
meeedha
meeedh control
ha co
cont
ntro
nt rol
ro lekunda
l le
lek
kund
nda
nd pothundhi.
a po
pothundh
dhi.
dh
KAUSHIK
IK gets up.
KAUSHIK
KAUSHI
IK
emaindhi..
Rey ippudu emaind
dhi
hi..
He takes disappointment.
kes a look at KARTHIK’s face hung in disappo
KAUSHIK (CONT’D)
Uppi ga, ah buddodini teesukoni ra.

KAUSHIK starts walking away.

UPENDRA
Rey etu ?

90 EXT. CAMERA RENTAL SHOP - MOMENTS LATER 90

KAUSHIK inspects a small window behind the camera rental

store, while the others watch out for anyone.

KAUSHIK sizes up the hole and goes upto everyone.

He finally lands up at SUBASH.

/BOMMALAATA
 87.

SUBASH
Are you mad ? Im a small kid.

KAUSHIK
Correct andukane nuvve correct.
Padthav.

SUBASH
Hello ! Pattukunte police case ..
naaku chaala dreams unnayi..
Astronaut avvali ante em emi
cheyyali telusa ?

KAUSHIK

Emaindha ra neeku, puttinappudu

edchinava leka chemistry formula
cheppukunta ochchinava ? Plan A B C
anni planlu raasinaka ninnu
kannattu unnaru.. Rey thammi...
He bends
nds down to him.
KAUSHIK
KAUSHIIK (CONT’D)
avvale
Fail av ale ap
vv appudappudu..
ppuda
d ppudu.. konte
panlu
panl
nlu
nlu cheyyala appudappudu..
la apppu
p dappudu..
aarogyaaniki
aa
aro
rogyaaniki manchidhira.
ki ma
manc
nchi
nc hidhira.
SUBASH
SUBASH
SH
Edisaav.
Ed
KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
USH K
Nuvvu
Itla kaadhu.. Nuv ippudu
vvu ip
ipp
pudu ah le
lens
Manam
patka raale ante. Ma
Man
nam short
m sho
ort film
m
cheyyam.. Cheyyaka pothey
ka pot
they dabbulu
y da
dabb
b ulu
raav.. raakapothey untam..
ey eedane untam..
ayithadhi..
Nee exam miss ayit
itha
ith dh
dhi.
i..
i.
Restaurant avvalevu..
UPENDRA
Astaurent ra.

SUBASH
Sarey kani.. But please inko sari
astronaut ane word anadaniki try
cheyyakandi.

KAUSHIK looks at UPENDRA & KARTHIK.

UPENDRA signals an ok with his hand.

KAUSHIK
Ok, its a deal.

91 INT. CAMERA RENTAL SHOP - MOMENTS LATER 91

UPENDRA walks into the shop and faces the old owner.

/BOMMALAATA
 88.

He recognizes him and frowns. UPENDRA looks tensed and fakes

a smile.

UPENDRA looks beyond into the shop.

He spots SUBASH being pushed through a small window.

Immediately he strikes up a conversation.

UPENDRA
Kaisa hai ?

The shopkeeper raises an eyebrow.

SHOPKEEPER
What do you want ?

UPENDRA
Tera number kya hai re ?

SHOPKEEPER
Card mein ha
hai. Le
ai. Le lo.
Theres
s a bunch of
f ca lying
cards ly
ying near him.
SUBASH is
H i creeping
s cree
epi
ping upto the
o th
t e LENS KIT.
KAUSHIK
IK
K is signaling
i sig
ignali
ig him
ing him to
o go further.
o furth
ther
ther.
er.
SUBASH hits
H hit something,
ts somethin
ing,
in sound
g, a sound
nd is made.
s made
de.
de
The shopkeeper looks
hopkeeper looks
oo towards
ks towa
owards
ds the lens,
he l almost
ens, alm
en lmost i
lm instantly
ns
UPENDRA
RA yells at him.
UPENDRA
A
Arey suvar ka aula
aulad.
lad.
la
SHOPKEEPER
Kya bola ?!

UPENDRA
Yeh ded kilo ka haath jab moh pe
padtha .. Insaaf dilata..

SHOPKEEPER
What are you saying .. Paagal hai
kya ?

Shopkeeper springs up from his chair.

UPENDRA looks at SUBASH.

He’s reached out for the lens and runs towards the window
again.

UPENDRA
Arey zindagi nahi melegi re
dobara..

/BOMMALAATA
 89.

SHOPKEEPER
Bahar nikal ! Get out.

UPENDRA
Entha sep ra nee ayya !!

He spots SUBASH’s behind wiggling out of the window.

The shopkeeper runs behind UPENDRA.

UPENDRA runs out. The shopkeeper only follows him till the
outside of his shop and stops.

92 EXT. ROADSIDE - DAY 92

UPENDRA is still running, he looks at KAUSHIK, SUBASH &

KARTHIK and orders them to run.

All of
f them run towards the beach and fall.
They are seen panting an
and
d laughing.
SUBASH
H seems to ha
have enjoyed
ve enjoy
yed the rush of it all.
KAUSHIK
IK
K ta
takes th and
the Lens an h
nd hands KARTHIK.
ands it over to KARTH

KAUSHIK
KA K
Panikochchinaara
Pani
niko
nik chchin
i aara
ra
a rra
a me
mee
e jubilee
e
friends
hills frie
hi iend
iends
nd s ip
ippudu marredpally
du ? marre
redp
redpal
dpa ly
ra !
KARTHIK one
IK has a smile from o ear
ne e to
ar t the
o th
t e ot
other.
.
He lifts
fts up the lens against the
st t setting
he set
tti
ting
n sun.

93 INT. SHIRLEY’S MUSIC ROOM - MOMENTS LATER 93

SHIRLEY humms a tune and plays a few chords.

VIVEK stands and watches.

SHIRLEY
Maybe vere progression.. Lemme try
open C & D..

VIVEK is just nodding.

SHIRLEY smiles and plays another chord progression.

Both of them instantly like it.

She sings a few lines.

VIVEK is pleasantly surprised.

/BOMMALAATA
 90.

Moments later, VIVEK is seated behind a drum set and starts

drumming. It’s just noise.

SHIRLEY has a notebook and she’s scribbling something. She

walks towards VIVEK.

Goes behind him and instructs him to play in a certain way.

VIVEK gets it.

Together they jam a little.

94 EXT. GINNY’S HOUSE - DAY 94

KAUSHIK, UPENDRA, SUBASH & KARTHIK are walking towards the

entrance.

SHIRLEY is on a bike, behind her is VIVEK.

He tosses
sses to KARTHIK a bound script as he passes them.
The gang
ang stops to lo
look at
ok a the
t the script.
VIVEK & SH
SHIRLEY
Y st front.
stop in fron
o t.
KARTHIK
IK has
K has a smile on his
n h face.
is fa e.
ac
VIVEK has weird
s weir
ird
ir of
d look o pride
f pr
prid
ide
ide in his face.
e.
KAUSHIK
IK swirls
ls his hands around
ds aroun
round
un VIVEK’s
d VI
IVE
VEK’
K’s
K’s fa like
face li e he’s taking
ik
his ‘Dhrishti’
Dhrishti’

95 INT. ROOM - DAY 95

KARTHIK
IK yawns, he gets up.
In front table, are few lens
ont of him on the table lens.

He stretches his hands, he inspects the camera body.

Like a pro, he assembles the camera battery, lens and

interchanges them in a jiff like he’s loading a machine gun.

In the whole act, he slips and almost loses a lens to the

ground but catches it again.

Behind him, UPENDRA, who has just woken up, gives him a slow
clap.

96 EXT. BEACH - DAY 96

KAUSHIK & UPENDRA are seen talking to various people around

the city, asking for auditions.

KAUSHIK is seen flirting with some tourists.

/BOMMALAATA
 91.

97 INT. ROOM - DAY 97

KARTHIK records a few auditions with VIVEK seated right

beside him.

A series of people are seen auditioning in front of the

camera.

None of them seem to catch VIVEK’s attention.

He spots KAUSHIK around the hall and drags him in front of

the camera.

KAUSHIK performs.

A smile grows on VIVEK’s face.

98 EXT. CAR RENTALS - DAY 98

KARTHIK shoot.
IK & VIVEK pick an open top car for their sh
UPENDRA paying
RA is seen payi
ying
yi the
ng the money.
KAUSHIK
IK st the
starts t vehicle
he vehic the others
cle and zooms away while t
jump in.
n.

99 EXT. SHO
SHOOTING
OOT
OTING SPOT
G SP
S OT 1 - DAY
Y 99

KAUSHIK GINNIare
IK & GI
INN
NNIa shack
I re in a sh
shac
ack
ac coyly
k coyl
yly
yl exchanging
y ex
exch
chan
changing
an looks,
ng lo
revealed
led behind th
them is
em i tiny
s a ti
tin crew
ny crew
re VIVEK,
w of VIV
IVEK, KAR
IV KKARTHIK
A
yielding mounted
ing a small DSLR moun
u te
unted rig
d on a r UPENDRA
ig & U DRA following
PEND
KARTHIK
IK with a boom mike.
They are seen trying to catc
catch
tch
tc close
h a cl
lose GINNIsmiling and
e up of GINNI
sipping cannot
ng on her drink. She ca
can
nnot manage
t m straight face
anage a straigh
thanks camera.
s to KAUSHIK’s antics from behind the camera
VIVEK spots the problem and laughingly kicks him and orders
him to get away. The crew shares a laugh.

100 EXT. ROAD - DAY 100

They are seen walking the road with their equipment.

It’s a similar frame of the famous Beatles cover.

101 EXT. DIL CHAHTA HAI FORT - DAY 101

They are talking selfies and videos of themselves at the DCH

fort.

/BOMMALAATA
 92.

102 EXT. ROADSIDE - DAY 102

The gang is driving on a highway.

VIVEK is driving, he spots a hill or something scenic.

He points to it and hurries KARTHIK to take a shot.

KARTHIK takes a shot but he isn't satisfied.

KARTHIK Stands up in his seat, VIVEK is startled but he

maintains his course.

KARTHIK takes a deep breath, as his shirt flutters in the

wind, He takes his shot.

VIVEK looks at him inspired.

They exchange a smile.

KAUSHIK back further

IK who was sleeping in the back, slouches ba
puts his hat on his fa
face smiling.
ace smiling.
The car
ar is driving towards
ng t s the setting sun. It’s scenic.
owards

103 INT. SHA

SHACK
HAC
HA EVENING
CK - EVENING 103

UPENDRA editing
RA is edi
diti
di clip
t ng a clip
p th
they shot.
ey sh t.
ho
KARTHIK advising
IK is adv
dvis
dvi ing him
m to change
to chan
hange th
the shot.
e sh
shot UPENDRA
ot. UP
ot UPEN
E D signals
him to
o shut up and leave.
nd leave
eave.
ve.
KAUSHIK, approach
IK, GINNI& SUBASH appro
roac
roach
ach th laptop
the la
apt
pto and
op a insist UPENDRA
nd in
to play
ay the clip.
The clip audience
lip is played. The audi
die
dience watches
e w rapt attention.
atches with rap
KAUSHIK played.
IK & GINNIin a coffee shop - clip is played
SUBASH turns to KAUSHIK and animates his face praising
KAUSHIK.

KAUSHIK smiles back to him.

He immediately notices VIVEK & SHIRLEY in the distance

sharing a beer.

He turns every attention to him and turns the laptop in the

direction of the couple.

He makes his hand into the shape of a directors frame and

from the laptop screen which displays a frame of KAUSHIK &
GINNIon a date in a coffee shop, he pans up to behind the
laptop where VIVEK & SHIRLEY are seated.

The whole gang is in splits.

/BOMMALAATA
 93.

VIVEK springs up to attack KAUSHIK.

KARTHIK break the fight up and announces.

KARTHIK
Guys ! Last scene ! Let’s finish it
up.

MUSIC FADES OUT:

104 EXT. BEACH - NIGHT 104

KAUSHIK is standing on the beach with GINNY.

GINNIcomes up to him.

GINNY
(in French)
KAUSHIK, why are you here ?

KAUSHIK that
IK recognizes tha
at sh
she is behind him.
GINN
Too co
cold.
col
ld. Isnt
t it
t ?
KAUSHIK
IK takes
K takes
s a deep breath,
p breat
reath
at cigarette and lights
h, pulls out a cigarett
it.

GINN
GINN ( (CONT’D)
CONT
NT’D
NT D)
(in French)
(i Frenchch)
ch )
Hey ! I th
thought
thou
ough
ou ght
ght yo quit.
you qu
quit
it.
it
KAUSHIK
KAUSHI
IK
Hmm, entha akkara no
a n neeku..
o neek
ku..
.
He turns
rns to her.
GINNY
What ?

KAUSHIK
(In french)
You quit me.

GINNY
Dont start this again. It’s for the
best.

KAUSHIK
Why not ?

GINNIwalks away.

KAUSHIK grabs her by the arm.

GINNY
LEAVE ME !

/BOMMALAATA
 94.

KAUSHIK
Cheppu ! Nenen thappu chesano
cheppave ! Chalu.. Naaku reson
kaavali.. Correct reason ! Nenu
love ani cheppana ! Nuvve kadha ne
paadesindhi !

GINNIstruggles to let go.

GINNY
(in French)
LET GO ! Its not going to work out
! There is no reason ! We are poles
apart ! There’s no way we can exist
together ! Can you not understand
?!

KAUSHIK
Reason cheppu ! Cheppave !! I need
to know why !?
GINNY
GI
INN
NNY
Y
Because I HA
HATE
TE YYOU
OU VIVEK !
KAUSHIK
IK le go.
lets go.
GINNIis
is trying
s trying catch
ng to catc
ch he breath.
her br
b eath. Theres an air of silence.
KAUSHIK
IK sp
spits his
s hi
h cigarette
s ciga
garett
ga te ou
out and
t an
a looks
d look
ks at her.
a her
His eyes welled
yes are we led up w
el with tears.
ith te
ith tea
ars.
.
BOOM.

Theres
s a flash and sound.
GINNIfalls sand.
falls on the beach sand
nd.
nd.
A tear eyes.
r rolls out of KAUSHIK’s eyes
He turns around, throws his gun into the water and explodes
into a fit of tears & throws himself on the waves.

From behind comes a faint voice.

VIVEK
Brilliant. Cut.

UPENDRA runs towards KAUSHIK.

KAUSHIK stands up and turns towards UPENDRA with a wide

smile.

KAUSHIK
Thanks ra !

UPENDRA
Pakkaki jarugu.. Gun pothundhi..

/BOMMALAATA
 95.

Upednra jumps in to find the gun.

SHIRLEY chats with GINNIabout the scene.

KAUSHIK goes up to KARTHIK and VIVEK who are reviewing the

shoit.

VIVEK looks at KAUSHIK and holds his shoulders.

VIVEK
KAUSHIK ! You are a fine actor
brother.

KAUSHIK
Thanks ra

KARTHIK
Etla ra KAUSHIK ?

KAUSHIK
Emundhi ra.. Chethha overacting
cheyyadam ka
kashtam..
ash
shta
t m.. Manchi natural
acting che
chesudu
hesu
hesudu
su easy.
du easy. Kani naakoka
doubt ra
ra..
ra.
..
UPENDRA
RA
A co
comes in with th
the
e gu
gun.
UPENDRA
UP A
Odhdhu..
Od
dhd
hdhu
h ..
VIVEK
VI
IVE
VEKK
Adugu ra .. Do
Doubts
Dou adagali
ubts ada
ubts daga
dagali
gali .. As an
actor you can ha
have
h freedom
ve free
reedom
om .. Ne
Nee
character ni nuvv
nuvvu
vu ow cheyyali..
own chey
yya
ali
l ..
KAUSHIK
KAUSHI
IK
Em le ra.. Anta ba
bagundhi..
bagu
gund
gundhi
ndhi.. Manchi
hi
love story undhi .. Sudden ga
ending lo psycho gani lekka
sampesthundu pori ni .. nenemaina
mentalganna ?

VIVEK instantly slaps him.

VIVEK
Cheppindhi chey. Anthey.

He storms away to a nearby shack.

UPENDRA tries not to crack up.

KAUSHIK
Psycho naa koduku.

KARTHIK comes up to him. SHIRLEY & GINNIgather around as

well.

/BOMMALAATA
 96.

KARTHIK
KAUSHIK gaadu cheppindhi correct.
Ending chethhaga undhi.

KAUSHIK
Rendu nimishalu mundu cheppaka
poyinav.

KARTHIK
Cheppedhi vinu.. Manam inkoka
ending shoot cheyyamani convince
cheyyali..

UPENDRA
Evadu chesthaadu ?

KARTHIK
SHIRLEY ?

SHIRLEY
No way.. He’s not going to listen.
KARTHIK
KART
KARTHI
RTHIK
HI
KAUSHIK
KAUSHI
IK ?
KAUSHIK
KAUS
USHI
US H K
Bagunnar
Ba
agu
gunnar ra
a ... VVaada
aada
aad oka real gun
teeskochchi
te
eeskoch
chch
chchi
ch psycho
i psych gaan
ho g lekka
aan le
aa lekk
kka
kka nannu
sampi
samp
mpi
mp samudram
i ee sam
a udra
ra odduku
am od
oddu
duku
duk poyi
edusthadu
edusthad
ed du ..
. M Meerochchi
eeeroch
chch
chchi
chi naa shavam
a sh
shav
a am
chuttu
ch
hut
uttu cheyyandi..
t dance cheheyy
he yyan
yyandi
andi..
di baaga
. baaga
aaga
vaadukuntunnaru
vaaduk
kun
untu
tunn
tunnar
nn aru
ar nannu..
u ra nan
annu
annu.. Im
nu
happy.
UPENDRA
A
Rey best cheppana vaadu
a ..? vaad
du elogo
ippudu oka bottle taagi
e taa
agi out
avuthadu .. Ayyaka manam oka
chesi.. Adhi
alternate ending shoot chesi
repu vaadiki choopidham.. Convince
ayithey pettesdham.. Ledha vaadi
ending tho submit cheddam..

KARTHIK
Perfect ! Nenu ready ra..

KAUSHIK
Naaku sketch esuthunnav kadha ra
nuvvu ?

UPENDRA
Ehe aapu nee gola okati..

From a distance VIVEK’s voice is heard.

VIVEK
KAUSHIK !

/BOMMALAATA
 97.

KAUSHIK
Saar osthunna ! 90 eshinattu unnadu
psycho gaadu.

UPENDRA
Arey smile chesthu undu ra.. smile
chesthunte kottadu vaadu..

KAUSHIK
Nenemai

They walk towards the shack.

105 INT. SHACK - MOMENTS LATER 105

VIVEK has his arm around KAUSHIK.

VIVEK
Feel ayyinava ?
KAUSHIK
IK scared shitless, pretends
s, pretends to be calm and smiling.
KAUSHIK
KAUSHIIK
ra.
Ledu r Nenemi
a Nenem
a. feel
mi fe
f el avvale.
VIVEK gul
gulps
gulps hi down.
his drink do
down
wn.
wn
KAUSHIK
IK lo
looks
s at UPENDRA
a UPEND
NDRA a
ND at distance
t a di
dist editing,
s ance edi
diti
di he calls ut
t ng, h
for him
im
KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
US (CONT’D)
H K (CON
ONT’
ONT’D
T’D)
D)
Uppu..

UPENDRA
A
Enti !?

KAUSHIK
once.
Come here once
UPENDRA
Ellu bhe.

VIVEK
Nenu ayyina..

He gulps another one.

KAUSHIK
(Smiling nervously)
Mellaga thaagu VIVEK.

VIVEK stares at him for a moment seriously

KAUSHIK keeps the smile up.

VIVEK grabs KAUSHIK’s face and shakes it vigorously.

/BOMMALAATA
 98.

VIVEK
Em acting chesnav ra.. Neelo nannu
chuskunna ra..

He takes a moment.

KAUSHIK
Thanks ra

He genuinely smiles and turns to the table.

VIVEK
Em dount unde ra neeku ?

VIVEK skulls his drink.

KAUSHIK turns towards him slowly again.

KAUSHIK
Ledu ra VIVEK.. Im clear.
VIVEK
VI
IVE
VEK
K
cheppu
Le le chep
eppu
eppu rra..
a.. Notla unchinava
a.
beach
kadha be
beac meedha
ach meed
ac dha ..
VIVEK tu
turns
turn
rns to
rn towards
owa KAUSHIK
wards KAUS
USHI
US KAUSHIKs
H K and puts his arm on K
shoulder.
de
er
er.
KAUSHIK
K
KAUSHI
HIK
HI
am
VIVEK, I a
VI m ju
just puppet
t pup
uppe
uppet
pet ra.. Nuvvu
.. Nu vu
uv
director.
di
ire
rect Nuvvu
c or. Nuvvvu
u et
etla aadamante
la aa
ada
dama
mant
mante
nt nenu
e nenu
u
aadutha..
atla aa
adu
duth
tha.
th Remmeber
a . Re
emm
mmeb it..
ber it.. Im
m
KARTHIK,
puppet ra. KARTH
T IK
IK, uppu
, up
upp please
pu pl ase
le e
come here once.

VIVEK
nuvvu
Malla endhi bhe nu
nuvv adigindhi
v u ad
adi
igindhi !
KAUSHIK startled. Everyone gathers around th
IK gets startled them.

VIVEK swoons back and falls.

KARTHIK
Hammaya ! Out ayyadu ra.

UPENDRA
Rey KAUSHIK neekemkaaledhu kadha ?

KAUSHIK
(shouts out loud)
Thinadam pandadam, Inkemaina
panundhara neeku !??

UPENDRA
Mana short film edit chesthunna ra

/BOMMALAATA
 99.

KAUSHIK
Peddha bahubali adhi.. After all
short film, chaviti jaffa ga !
Sense undha ? Nimishaniki moodu
thriller cinemalu choopinchindhu
vaadu naaku .. Idiots ! padeyyandi
vaadini room lo.

KARTHIK
Sarey inka manam shoot cheddam

KAUSHIK
Gattiga anaku ra nayana.. Cha..
manishi kaadhu ra veedu taagithey..
Thaagudu meedha virakthi ochchindhi
veedini choosi.

106 EXT. BEACH - MOMENTS LATER 106

KAUSHIK
IK is on the beach with GINNY.
KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
USHIK
HI
prapanchanni
Nenu ee pr
prapanchhanni vadhili
velipodham
velipo
pod
podh
dham anukunna..
anuk
u un
nna..
He takes
ke
es his g
es gun
un out.
GINNY
G NNY
GI Y
VIVEK
VI
KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
USH K
gnapakaalu
Kaani nee gnapak
a aa
aalu nannu
lu na
nann ikkada
nu ikka
kad
kada
nee tho ne bandhi chesasesthunnai..
i ch
che
esas
asest
as thun
unnai.
..
avasaram
Ika dheeni avasar
ram ..
A police
ice siren is heard.
Cops come right around the cast
cast.

One constable aims his lathi at KAUSHIK

CONSTABLE
Kya chal raha hain idhar.. ?

KARTHIK
Sir shooting.

CONSTABLE
Konsa shooting... kisko kar rahe ho
shoot ?

CONSTABLE 2
Konsa gang ? Yeh russian hai kya ?

KAUSHIK
French uncle.

/BOMMALAATA
 100.

CONSTABLE 2
Kaun hai tera uncle ?

KAUSHIK
Uncle film shooting .. Dummy gun.

CONSTABLE 2
Neeche rak usko..

KAUSHIK
Uncle raktha .. Raktha.. Tyro..

The constable beats his hand with the lathi.

The gun falls down from his hand.

CONSTABLE 2
Chalo, jeep mein bait.

All of
f them are in the jeep, except VIVEK.
UPENDRA
UP
PEN
ENDR
D A
VIVEK
At least VIVEK
IV gadu
EK gadu escape ayyadu..
The jeep
eep starts
p starts and
s a stops
nd stop
ps in
i a few seconds.
In front
on
nt of th
nt jeep,
the jeep silhouette
p, a si
silh
hou
o ette appears.
It’s VIV
VIVEK,
VEK barely
EK, he can bar
arely
ar walk.
y wa
walk
lk.
lk. He himself
H drags hi self to the back
im
of the jeep
e jee
ep
VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VEK
ekkada
Nan odhili ekka
ada podhaam
a po
podh
dha
dhaam
Move
anukunnaru ? Ah ?? Move Move.
e .. Mov
ove.
ov
He struggles
ruggles to get inside.
.
KAUSHIK
IK looks at UPENDRA.
UPENDRA
Nuvvu kadhu ra veedu puttaadu
raahukaalamlo..

VIVEK taps on KAUSHIK’s shoulder.

KAUSHIK slowly turns towards him.

VIVEK
Hotel pothunnama ?

KAUSHIK turns towards UPENDRA

KAUSHIK
(to UPENDRA)
Veediki inka aa pilla breakup
enduku chesindoo answer
kaavaalanta..
(MORE)

/BOMMALAATA
 101.

KAUSHIK (CONT'D)
Arey uppu ah constable ni gun
teesukoni kalcheyyamani cheppu ra
nannu.. Please..

107 INT. POLICE STATION - DAY 107

VIVEK just gets up in a cell to the noise of people around

him.

He wakes up to see KAUSHIK & UPENDRA beside him.

He crawls upto KAUSHIK.

VIVEK
Ekkadunnam ra ?

KAUSHIK
Mana room upgrade chesnar ra..
Suite room idhi.
VIVEK looks around.

He slowly
owly gets up
p an
and sees
s KARTHIK outside.
He calls
lls for
ls f him.
or him.
im
VIVEK
VI
Rey,
y, endhi ..
KARTHIK
KA
ART
RTHI
HIK
HIK
taaginaaka
Ninna ta
taag
agin
aginaa
in aak
aaka p
ka policelu
oli
ice
celu
lu
pattinaru..
VIVEK
Thaagoddha
Endhira .. Thaagod
oddha ?
od
KARTHIK
Abba.. Andaram lolli
Abba
chesthuntepattukunnaru ra..

VIVEK
Malla nuvvenduku bayatunnav.. ?

KARTHIK
Naaku ippudu skypelo engangemnet
undhi..

VIVEK
Skypelo enganement ah ?

KARTHIK
Avunu.. Permisiion teesukoni ah
moolalo engangement chesukunnaka
motham explain chestha.. Nuvvu
silentga undu..

/BOMMALAATA
 102.

VIVEK
Malli submission ki time
ayyipothundhi kadha ra..

KARTHIK
Vaadu edit chesthundu lopala
tension padaku.. SHIRLEY vaala
contacts evaro maatladutharu anta
..

KARTHIK goes upto the constable.

VIVEK turns around to KAUSHIK & UPENDRA.

KAUSHIK is looking at the laptop screen and speaking the

dialogues of the film.

KAUSHIK
Kaani nee gnapakaalu nannu ikkada
nee tho ne bandhi chesasesthunnai..
Ika dheeni avasaram ..
VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VEK
adhi.
Endhi ra adhi.
KAUSHIK
KAUS
USHI
US H K
Nee
Ne
ee abba.. CCorrectga
orre
orrect
re ctga
ctg adhe dialogue
ki
i break osthundhi..
ak osth
st hundhhi..
.
VIVEK walk
walks
ks upto the laptop.
he lapto
aptop
top.

108 INT. POLICE STATION MAIN A

AREA
REA
RE CONTINUOUS
A - CONT
TIN
I UOUS
US 108

KARTHIK neatly
IK is on the laptop nea
eatl
eatly d
tl dressed,
res
sse
sed,
d he’s looking
s loo sharp.

Beside whacking
e him is a constable wh
whac ing a person with a
a ki
contraption.
aption.
The offender is crying in pain.

The Skype call rings.

KARTHIK
Bhai, thoda udhar jaake maaro na
please.. Mera engagement hora
hain..

The contable looks at the inspector.

The inspector signals him to move and the constable follows.

The skype call is taken.

We see BOSS, A 25 yr old girl, KARTHIK’s parents on a

conference.

/BOMMALAATA
 103.

BOSS
Hey pellikoduku !

KARTHIK
Morning sir.

BOSS
Inka sir enti.. Uncle anu ..

KARTHIK’S FATHER
Hi ra..

KARTHIK
Hi !

BOSS
So guys start cheddama ? Lets keep
it simple and quick ..

109 INT. POLICE STATION CELL AREA - CONTINUOUS 109

KAUSHIK nervously
IK looks nervou
ousl
ously
sly at UPENDRA.
VIVEK is trying
s trying snatch
g to snatc the
ch th
t e laptop from them
UPENDRA
UPEN
UPENDR
ENDRA
DRA
Rey
Re odhulu
ey odhu
hulu
hulu rra..
a..
VIVEK
VIVE
VI VEK
VEK
Choopi
Ch
hoo
oopi
pi bhe !
KAUSHIK
KAUSHI
H K
VIVEK be gentle.

VIVEK
matlaaduthundu
Veedu english lo ma la
atlaad
aduthundu
ad
chesinaru
antey endho penta ch
hesinaru ..
Choopi.
Choopi
He finally gets a hold of the laptop.

He’s watching it.

He cant believe his eyes.

KAUSHIK
Arey nuvvu itside ra..

VIVEK
Nenu lekunda shoot chesinara ra
inko climax ?

His eyes are red and he looks like he’s going to explode.

KAUSHIK
VIVEK, I am just puppet ra. Ela
aadipisthunnaro ala aaduthunna..

/BOMMALAATA
 104.

VIVEK
Muuyyi ra ****

He tosses the laptop to UPENDRA.

He clutches KAUSHIK’s collar.

VIVEK (CONT’D)
Nee abba..

He runs towards the cell gate.

KAUSHIK
Arey vaadi engagement ..

VIVEK
**** engagement. rey !

110 INT. POLICE STATION MAIN AREA - CONTINUOUS 110

KARTHIK laptop
IK is busy on the laptop with his Skype conv
ap conversation.

VIVEK is yelling at
g a him
t h from
im fr
rom one end.
KARTHIK’S
KART
RTHI
RTH K’
K S FATHER
Evarra
Ev
var
arra adhi ?
KARTHIK
K RTHI
KA HIK
HI
Paalodu.
Pa

BOSS
BOSS
He’s extrememly
y la
late guess.
te i gue
uess
ues .

KARTHIK
K
kattaledu
Yeah, bill kattale
ledu lat
le late
te
Andukane..
osthunaadani .. An
Andu
d ka
kane
ne.. Scene
ne
chesthunddau.
VIVEK
entha phekuthav ra inka.. Reyy

KAUSHIK and UPENDRA try to back him off.

KARTHIK
Sir, ignore it manam kaanidhaam

KARTHIK’S MOTHER
Enduko .. VIVEK voice laga undhi ..

KARTHIK
Ah sarey.. Neeku andaru .. Poni
inka.. Kaniddham engagement.

VIVEK
etha dhammu ra neeku ! Naa short
film ending change chesthava !
(MORE)

/BOMMALAATA
 105.

VIVEK (CONT'D)
Nuvvu evadivi bhe...naa script naa
film.. selfish ga

KARTHIK immediately puts the laptop aside & wishpers harshly

to VIVEK

KARTHIK
Sarey bhe ! dayachesi noor musuko
bhe ! Nee ending eh pettudham.. Naa
engagement paadu cheyyaku ra..

VIVEK
Arey thoo ! siggu ledhu ra neeku..
? adhi oka engagement eh na ra ?
Asalu manasu petti alochisthunnavu
ra ?

The voice is heard stongly in the backgroud while KARTHIK is

intesly waiting the event to get done.

BOSS
Who is that ?
KARTHIK
KARTHIIK
konchum
Sir, k thodara.
o chum th
on t oddara.
BOSS
BOSS
What
Wh
hat ?
KARTHIK
KART
KARTHI
RTHIK
HI
THONDARA
TH
HON
ONDA FAST
D RA ! FA
AST
T !
He yells, shocked.
lls, The BOSS looks sho
hock
hocked
cked.
ed
KARTHIK (CONT’D)
K (CON
NT’D)
D)
Ring eyyi !
BOSS’S DAUGHTER
Ok.. ?
Ok
She takes a ring and animates it towards the screen, she isnt
sure and its awkward.

VIVEK
Rey ! KARTHIK em chesthunnavu ra ?
Maredpally nundi jubilee hillls.
Akkada nuni US.. Idhey na nee idea
of development ante ? Nuvvu entha
jubilee hills ki shift ayina US ki
shift ayina.. nuvvu marredpally eh.
Adhi realize ayina roju neeku
haayiga nidra pattutadhi..
gurthupettuko... assal ikkadiki
raanniki reason nuvve ra.. Nenu
kaadhu !

/BOMMALAATA
 106.

111 INT. BAR RESTROOM - DAY 111

VIVEK drags KARTHIK to the bathroom.

Both of them are peeing beside each other.

KARTHIK
Rey VIVEK..

VIVEK
Mmm..

KARTHIK
Ee engagement endho.. US endho..
Naak assal interest ledhu ra.

VIVEK
Em antunnav bhe ?

KARTHIK
Ledhu ra.. Naaku .. nuvvu, KAUSHIK
gaadu, Upuu.
Upuu..
.. Sh
Short films.. Itla
eppudo ok
okkka
kkk
kka saari
a sa
saar
a i night outs..
Idhi ch
chaalu
chaa
aal
aalu ra..
A person
son beside
on besid
ide chuckles.
de VIVEK ch
chuc
u kl
kles.
VIVEK tu
turns
tur
rns to the guy
he g beside
uy besid
ide hi
id him and
d tu KARTHIK again.
turns to KA
VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VE K
Em antunnav
m a ra
n unnav r
nt a .
KARTHIK
KARTHI
H K
eppudu anukunedhi gurthundha
i gu
gur
rthu
hundh
hu neeku
ha ne
n eku
u
? Goa ki velli sh
short
hor
ort film
t film theeyaali
m theeyaali
he li
ra andhram kalisi
i ani.. Em
m ayyindhi
ra idea .. ? anthe
anthey
hey
hey na
naa inka
a inka ? Inka
life lo cheyyalema ? Naak ippudu
ellalani undhi ra ..

A person peeing beside VIVEK laughs.

VIVEK turns to the person.

VIVEK
Endhi bhe ? Enduku navvuthunnav..

PERSON
Ekkuvayyinattu undhi mee friend
ki.. ippudu goa elthaadanta..

VIVEK
Posinava ? ***** idi kelli..

He turns to KARTHIK.

VIVEK (CONT’D)
Manam ivvala pothunnam ra Goa ki !

/BOMMALAATA
 107.

112 INT. POLICE STATION - DAY 112

KARTHIK is stuck.

The BOSS, parents and the girl on the screen look lost and
dazed.

BOSS
KARTHIK.. ?

KARTHIK looks on.

KARTHIK
SIgnal weakga undhi.. Okka one hour
lo malli chestha..

KARTHIK'S FATHER
Rey..

He closes
oses the laptop.
He puts
ts his head down and rests on the bench. He feels
and
defeated.
ted.
A moment
ent of
t o silence.
f sile
len
lence.
SHIRLEY
SHIR
SHIRLE
IRLEY
LEY
guys
gu
uys ah short
h sh
shor
ort
or film
t fil poyi
lm poyi
oy submit
i su
ubm
bmit
it
cheyyochu..
ch
hey
eyyo
y chu.. Time ayipothundhi.
me ayipo
yipoth
pot undhi.
SHIRLEY GINNIare
EY & GI
INN
NNIa standing
I re stand
ndi
nding wi
ing with an
th a inspector,
n in
insp
spec
spector,
ec who orders the
r, wh
constable release
able to rel
lea
ease the
se t gang.
he gan
ng.

113 EXT. ROAD - MOMENTS LATER 113

KARTHIK sitting
IK is driving, VIVEK is sitting beside him. Behind him
tti
are KAUSHIK something on a
AUSHIK and UPENDRA who are fidgeting somethi
laptop SUBASH.
p between them is SUBASH
KARTHIK
Rendering entha ayyidhi ?

UPENDRA
96 percent.

KARTHIK
Shit.

KAUSHIK
Enni saarladigina.. Adhi daani
speedlane pothadhi.

VIVEK
Sorry KARTHIK..

A moment of silence ensues.

/BOMMALAATA
 108.

VIVEK (CONT’D)
Naa,...

KARTHIK
Odhdhu em maatladaduku.

VIVEK
Naaku sumbit cheyyalani ledhu.

KAUSHIK
Ending nuvvanukunte pettinam kadha
ra inkendhi problem.

VIVEK turns around and gives him a glare.

KAUSHIK (CONT’D)
Your wish VIVEK. Im just a puppet.

UPENDRA turns to KAUSHIK.

UPENDRA
Thoo.

VIVEK
short
Naa sh
shor
o t film
m naa
a ishtam.. Naaku
evvariki
evva
vari
variki choo
ri choopinchey
opi
pinc
che
h y avasaram ledhu
..
KARTHIK
K
KARTHI
HIK
HI
degaarne
Nee degaar
Ne arne
ar pettuko
ne pe
pett
ttuk
tt ra..
ko ra Pettukoni
a.. Pettu
ettuko
tu oni
em peekuthav.
m pe kuthav.
ee

VIVEK
K
Rey ipuudey sorry cheppina
y ch
che
eppi
pina ma
pi manchiga
anc
n hig
ga
maatladu..

KARTHIK
K
enti ra ? Peddha favour chesinnatu
maatlaaduthunnav ?? Chinappudu
nundi choosthunna.. 8th class lo
text book chimpesaavav. ah
tharavaatha naa favourite cricket
bat iragkottinav..

VIVEK
Nenu daaniki sagam paisal pettina..

KARTHIK
Two thousand lo sagam entha ra
KAUSHIK ? 500 ah ?

KAUSHIK
Nenu mathsla weak ra. nannu involve
cheyyaku

VIVEK
Naa playstation etla poyindhi ra ?

/BOMMALAATA
 109.

KARTHIK
Ela poyindhi ra ?

VIVEK
Summer holidays la mee cousins
osthunnarani teeskapoyinav..
Peekindhi.

KARTHIK
Rey daanikante mundhu kotila
pirated cdlu petti petti sagam
paadayyina console ichchinav naaku
.

UPENDRA
Rey bandi paakkakaapi discuss
cheyyandi first..

KARTHIK
Entha ayyindhi ra ?
UPENDRA
UP
PEN
ENDR
D A
Ayipoyindhi
Ayipoyindh
dhi
dhi us
usb
b lo copy pedthunna.
VIVEK
VIVE
VEK
VE
First
Firs
rst
rs nuvvu.
t aapu nu
uvv
vvu.
.

UPENDRA
UP A
Rey nuvvu
y nu
n mundhu
vvu m
mundhu sarigga
hu sa
sari
rigg
rigga kurcho
gg kurcho.
ho.
ho.
VIVEK
VI
IVE
VEK
K
laptop
Uppu lapto
aptop
top ey
eyyi lekunte
yi le
leku
unt
nte college
e colleg
ge
chesnava
trip lo em chesn
s av
ava andariki
a an
and
dari
riki
rik
cheptha.
KAUSHIK
KAUSHI
IK
Oho.. cheppu ra.

KARTHIK
Rey uppu vaadiki iyyaku ra.

UPENDRA
Arey psychoga nee problem enti..

VIVEK
Laptop iyyu !

SUBASH
Oye ! Whats your problem ! chinna
pillal laaga.. Brain peragaledha
meeku ??!

VIVEK
Aani muyyi ra KAUSHIKga.

KARTHIK
Copy ayyindha ??!!!

/BOMMALAATA
 110.

VIVEK
Nuuvu bandaapbhe !

KARTHIK
Cheyithey bhe saale !

The car swerves off to a corner almost hitting another car,

misses, goes off the road and hits a huge tree.

Almost everyone is yelling.

There’s smoke from the bonnet of the car.

KAUSHIK
Vaamo vaamo vaamoo.. Psychoga..

UPENDRA
SUBASH ? Ok na ??

SUBASH
Im fine. Idiots.,..
UPENDRA
UPEN
UPENDR
ENDRA
DR
KARTHIK
Arey KARTH
ARTHIK ?
TH
KARTHIK
IK
K sl
slowly turns
ly t towards
urns tow
owar
owa ds VIVEK
KARTHIK
KA K
******,
**
*** ******,
****, ****
* **, ******,
, ****
****
****,
**, thoo !
KAUSHIK
KA
AUS
USHI
HIK
HI K
KARTHIK
Rey KA
ART
RTHI
HIK
HI kids
K ki
kid
ds r
ds ra..
a..
.
SUBASH
H
Its ok thittani. nnene thidtham
e e thid
en dth
tha
am
anukunna..
KAUSHIK
generation.
What a generation
Everyone takes a moment to breathe.

VIVEK
Naak bhayam avuthundhi.

KAUSHIK
Endhi anna ? bhayam avuthundha ?
wow. what a cute fellow.

UPENDRA
Bhayapadetodu evvadu ila horror
cinema choopiyaadu ra .. yedhava
maabu face nuuvu.

KARTHIK
Aagandi ra.. Edho edusthunnav kadha
edu..

/BOMMALAATA
 111.

VIVEK
Nen cheppa malla edipistharu..

KARTHIK
Cheppu teeskoni kodtha cheppu bhe.

VIVEK
Nenu bhayataki atla kanipistha kani
nenu chaala sensitive.

KAUSHIK
Aha ? Aparichithudu ra nuvvu.

VIVEK
Meeru kuda aame odhilesi poyitharu
ani bhayam. Already izzat
poyindhi.. Ippudu idhi bayata
choosi anadaru comments chesi izzat
pothey malli manam kalisi itla work
chesthama ? Cheyyamm.. Evari
daarila vaalam elipotham.. Andukane
chesina
manam chesinna 8 short films la
okkatikuda bayata
da ba
baya
yata
yat pettale..
UPENDRA
UPEN
NDRAA
Adhenti
Adhe
hent
he Avvani
nti ? Avva
nt vani
van h hard
ard disk corrupt
ayyayo
ay
yya Leka
yayo .. Le finish
eka finish avvaledhu ani
in
release
re
elease cheyyaleka
e ch
chey
eyyalek
ey poyaam
ka po
poy
yaam ga ?
VIVEK
VIVE
VI VEK
VEK
Anni ayyinayi..
ni finish ay
ayyi
yina
yinayi
nayi.. N
yi Naa
aa
deggarene
deggaren
ene
en unnayi..
e un
unna
nayi
na yi..
yi .
KARTHIK
KARTHI
IK
!!??
Em antunnav ra !!?
!??
!??

VIVEK
Bayata pedthey izzat pothadhi ani
pettale..
pettale
KAUSHIK hits himself on the head, KARTHIK rests on the
steering wheel. UPENDRA covers his face with his hand.

UPENDRA
Naaku kadupulo thipputhundhi ra
baabu.

VIVEK
Bayata vomit cheyyi malla lopala
car padavthadhi.

KARTHIK & KAUSHIK look at him with shock.

UPENDRA almost throws up.

He opens the door and vomits out.

Everyone gather around him.

/BOMMALAATA
 112.

KARTHIK
Rey ok na ?

VIVEK
Baa.

KAUSHIK
Rey ! Ungaram !

UPENDRA looks at it and throws up again.

KARTHIK
Time please ra.. babu.. time
please..

114 EXT. BEACH - MOMENTS LATER 114

KARTHIK is on the laptop.

There is a skype conversation.

BOSS
BOSS
KARTHIK
KARTHI
IK ! Whats ahppening !
KARTHIK
KART
RTHIK
RT K
Sir,
Si ready
ir, Nenu reead
ady lenu..
y le
lenu
n .. I cant do
this
th marriage.
his mar
arri
arriag
ri nenu
age. ne
ag enuu em
emo
anukunnanu..
anuk
ukun
uku nanu.. Naa
aa valla
a va
vall
lla
lla kaadhu..
padi..
Thodara pa
Th padi
di..
di

BOSS
BOSS
sarey..
Andhantha sarey.
y . ri
ring ekkada
ng ek
kka
kada ?
KARTHIK
IK smiles to himself.
KARTHIK
K
Undhi.. Naa deggere undhi.
He displays it to the camera.

BOSS
Ok.. Hammayya. First nuvvu ah ring
teesukoni office ki ochcheyi..

KARTHIK
Bye.

He shuts his laptop.

He puts the laptop aside. Beside him is VIVEK.

KARTHIK (CONT’D)
Antha easy ga ok antaadu ani
anukoledhu ra.. ah engagement kante
ekkuva vaadiki ah ring gurinchi
tension paddadu..

/BOMMALAATA
 113.

VIVEK
Nuvvu kuda anthey kadha bhe..

KARTHIK & VIVEK are seated on the beach facing the ocean.

KAUSHIK is playing with SUBASH in the sea, while UPENDRA is

cleaning himself up.

Theres a moment of silence.

VIVEK (CONT’D)
School days, college days eh
baagunde ra.. Em tesnionlu levu..
Evvaru adige todu ledhu.. Ippudu em
chesyyalanna bhayam avuthundhi..

He eyes seem welled up.

A moment of silence ensues.

KARTHIK
IK takes out his shades, tucked away in his breast
pocket.
t.
He plays
ays around wi
with
th it.
KARTHIK
KART
RTHIK
RT K
VIVEK,
VI
IVE
VEK, neeku
ku ffifth
ifth
ifth class gurthundha
?
VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VEK
Umm..
Um
mm.
m..
.
KARTHIK
KARTHI
H K
Oka rooju mid term exams
rm exams
ms
School
tharavatha.. Schoo
ool
ool lo essay
o ess
say
contest ayyindhi.. essay
.. nenu ess
say raasa
school
..kaani motham sch
choo
cho l mu
mundhu
cheppalante bhayam..
VIVEK remembers the incident.

115 INT. SCHOOL - DAY 115

Kid KARTHIK is standing nervously in front of a podium he’s

supposed to enter.

A Teacher annouces his name and gets away from the mike.

There are about a hundred kids & teachers in front.

The mike squeaks.

Kid KARTHIK is holding a piece of paper and seems nervous.

Kid VIVEK is right behind him.

/BOMMALAATA
 114.

KID VIVEK
Emaindhi ?

KID KARTHIK
Bhayamavuthundhi ra.. Naa valla
kadhu choodu entha mandi unnaro ..

KID VIVEK
Correct eh .. chaala mandhiunnaru.

They sit down on a bench nearby.

Kid VIVEK opens his bag. He produces a pair of sunglasses

from the bag.

He displays it to KARTHIK.

KID VIVEK (CONT’D)

Rey KARTHIK, ivvi Mr.India Glasses.
Idhi eskunte nuvvu evvariki
kanipiyyav.
There is a huge smil
smile
ile
ile that grows on Kid KARTHIK’s face.
that
He puts
ts it on an
and towards
d walks towa
w rds the mike.
He announces
no his
ounces h
oun the
is name on the mike & turns towards Kid VIVEK.
Kid VIVEK
IVE gives
EK give
ves
ve Thumbs
s him a Thum up,
mbs u KARTHIK
p, Kid KAR
RTH
THIK smiles.
I smil

116 EXT. BEACH - CON

CONTINUOUS
NTI
TINU
NUOU
NUOUS
OUS 116

KARTHIK
IK looks on at VIVEK.
VIVEK is all teared up.

KARTHIK
IK gives him his wayfarers.
KARTHIK
Adhi naa first award ra.

A tear rolls down VIVEK’s face.

He instantly laughs and hugs KARTHIK.

VIVEK
Sorry

KARTHIK
Antha ok.. Kaani inko saari nannu
jubille hills ani anaku..

VIVEK
Done.

KARTHIK
Short film submit cheddam ah ?

/BOMMALAATA
 115.

UPENDRA
Ring dorikindhi kadha ra. inkendhu
submission ?

KARTHIK
Ring ledhu, job ledhu, car ledhu..
Meeru, short films..
samvatsaraaniki ilanti okka trip..
Chaalu..

VIVEK smiles.

117 EXT. SHORT FILM FEST - DAY 117

It’s the film festival submissions. There’s a lot of

commotion and festivity happening all around.

VIVEK is carrying a laptop in his hand, he is wearing

KARTHIK’s
IK s wayfarers.
Behind KARTHIK,
d him are KARTHIK
K, KA SUBASH.
KAUSHIK, UPENDRA and SUBA
They arrive in sty
style.
tyle
tyle.
le

118 INT. SH
SHORT
HORT FIL
HOR FILM
ILM
IL MOMENTS
M FEST - MOMEN
OMENTS
ENT LATER 118

A usb driv
drive
ive is slammed
iv ed on th
the
e de
desk the
s at th submissions
he su
s bmiss area.

VIVEK
VI
IVE
VEKK
Kanyaraasi.
Team Kanya
anyara
yaraas
ra asi.
asi.
ORGANIZER
ORGANI
IZE
ZER
R
Too late.
KAUSHIK
K
Just fifteen minutes. Its ok take
it.
it
ORGANIZER
Please leave respectfully.

KARTHIK
Please take it respectfully.

ORGANIZER 2
Which college are you from ?

All of them mumble at once.

KARTHIK
SVIT

VIVEK
MJIT

/BOMMALAATA
 116.

UPENDRA
RVIT

KAUSHIK
IIT

All of them give KAUSHIK a glare.

ORGANIZER
Exactly. your ID card says IIT.

VIVEK
Yeah we are from IIT.

ORGANIZER
There is no IIT in Kerala.

KARTHIK
What ?

ORGANIZER
Your Fake ID says
D says IIT kerala.
ay
KARTHIK, UPENDRA
IK, VIVEK, UP
UPEN turn
ENDRA tu
EN urn to KAUSHIK.
VIVEK
VIVE
VEK
VEK
Kerala
Ke
era IIT
rala lo II endhi
IT en
endh
dhi ra ?
dh
KAUSHIK
K
KAUSHI
HIK
HI
literacy
Akkada lit
Ak iter
iterac
er acy
acy rate ekkava
te ekk
kkava
kk kadha
a ka
kadh
d a
ra.. Untadhemo
. Untadhem anukunna..
mo an
anuk
uku
uk anyway,
un a.. a
unna nywa
nyway,
way
small
its a sm
smal
all
al spelling
l sp
spe
elli
elli
ling mistake.
ng mista
istake. Do
ta Don't
mind.

119 EXT. SHORT FILM FEST - DAY 119

A few bouncers are holding the

h guys and throwing them out.
In slow motion, they are being tossed out of the gate.

They have a smile on their face, like they are actually

enjoying the whole act.

They are pushed out.

KAUSHIK
Rey ! Nuvvu marredadpally ki raa ra
idly seenu thoti kottipistha.
bloody bouncer.

All of them are seated on a bench nearby.

SUBASH comes walking upto VIVEK.

SUBASH
I want to tell you all two things.

/BOMMALAATA
 117.

KAUSHIK
Aboo. Endhi ra adhi.. Izaat
teesthav anthey kadha ..

SUBASH
1. You are guys are awesome. Last
few days .. I had the best time.
Thank you.

KAUSHIK is shocked. He goes upto him on his knees and hugs

him and pecks him on his cheek.

KAUSHIK
Naa bangaram ra nuvvu.

SUBASH
Second thing cheppani.

All of them lean closer to SUBASH.

SUBASH (CONT’D)
Appudappudu
Appudapp
ppud
ppudu
udu fail avvali..
Aarogyaniki
Aaro
rogy
rogyan
gyanik
aniki
iki manchidhi.
Everyone
one slowly
e slowly
y br in
breaks in to
t a laugh.
KAUSHIK
KAUS
KAUSHI
USHIK
HIK
Mike
Mi idhi
ike idh
dhi
dhi ch telivaina
chaala teeli
liv
vai
ina
a
kothipilla
koth
thip
th mike..
i illa mike...
He wrestles
estles wi
with SUBASH.
t SUBASHH.
Everyone VIVEK
one is laughing. VIVE
VEK
VEK ge
gets
ts up.
p.
VIVEK walks up to the beach.
h.
The rest
est of them look on.
UPENDRA
Ekkadikelthunnadu ?

KAUSHIK
Samudram la kalisipothunda endhi ?

KARTHIK
Thaguthaadu malli..

He looks at the Hip flask.

He opens the knob smells the contents.

VIVEK
Sorry, it was great while it
lasted. But i think i need to move
on. It’s not you.. Its me.. Bye.

He kisses it and flings it in the sea.

/BOMMALAATA
 118.

He turns around and wears the way farers.

VIVEK (CONT’D)
(to himself)
Inka bhayapadedhi ledhu..

120 EXT. GINNY'S HOUSE - DAY 120

Ginny is helping the boys load some luggage on to the car.

She waves a bye as everyone get into the car and Kaushik says
something back in french.

Vivek walks up to her and enquires her about Shirley.

VIVEK
Shirley ?

Ginny smiles and responds.

GINNY
GI
INN
NNY
Y
(In FR
FRENCH)
FREN
ENCH
ENCH)
CH )
I already
alreead
ady
y told y you,
ou, she’s in a
meeting
meetin
ing
in she
g and sh asked
he as
a ked you to stop
by i
if
f you can.n.
Vivek lo
looks
loo confused.
oks co
confus
us
sed
ed.
Ginny real
realizes
liz
izes that she’s
t sh
she’ spoken
e’s spok
e’ oke
ok in
en i French
n Fr
Fren
ench
enc aand
n st
nd steps forward
to translate.
anslate.
Kaushik relax
ik signals her to rel and
e ax a steps
nd ste
eps in front
n fron of Vivek.
nt o
KAUSHIK
K
Shirley oka import
important
rtant meet
rt meeting
tin
i g la
unnadhanta.. Manam
am po
poye thovala
ye thovala ne
office. Okka sari ka
kalisi
k lisi
bayaladherumannadhi..
bayaladherumannadhi
VIVEK
Nee ippudu French ardhamaithundha ?

KAUSHIK
Language of love.

Vivek stares at Kaushik, smiles and shakes his head in

disbelief.

120A EXT. SHIRLEY’S MEETING - DAY 120A

Shirley is busy in a meeting, speaking to a few colleagues.

Vivek comes over and stands outside a glass building,

He watches her as she makes a presentation.

/BOMMALAATA
 119.

He knocks on the glass.

She turns around to see him outside the glass and takes
permission from the people around her.

Vivek watches as she walks up to him and signals him to come

through in the front entrance.

Vivek watches her as she enquires him about his phone and
signals him to call her.

Vivek takes out his phone and shows her the screen.

It displays a music player.

He signals her to plug in the earphones.

She turns around and wonders whats wrong with him,

He puts
ts on his earphones and plays the music.
She slowly suit.
lowly follows sui
it.
The friends
riends watch amusement.
h in amuse
ement.
He places
ace
ces
ces his ha
hand on th
the
e gl
glass.
She looks
ook
oks
oks at it
t i smiles
t sm
mil
iles places
es and place
laces h
ce her
er
r ha it.
hand on it
He swings right
ings to his rig
ight
ig and
ht and she moves
he mov along.
o es along
long.
ng
The music as
usic pumps up a dances
s he dan
nces wi
with h on either
th her, both
sides of the glass.

He then
en signals her to turn around
n ar
aroun and
nd and places his
s his hand on
top.

She swiftly laughing.

wiftly rotates and falls on the glass laughi
He places his head on hers and laughs.

He signals a bye and walks away.

She knocks on the glass this time.

He turns around, she breathes into the glass, creating a

foggy spot.

She then inscribes a “call me”

They exchange a smile & he walks away towards his friends &
the car.

They applaud.

KAUSHIK
Birthday eppudo kannuko ra .. Kukka
pilla konidham.

/BOMMALAATA
 120.

Vivek smacks him on the head.

120B EXT. CAR - DAY 120B

A shot of the gang travelling on the roads of Goa.

Vivek breathes as he sticks his head out of the car.

The car then stops outside the antique shop.

120C EXT. ANTIQUE SHOP - DAY 120C

Subash gets down from the car.

He walks upto the counter.

He has his wayfarers on.

He snaps the newspaper

aps his fingers and the shop owner removes t
and watches
atches him.
Subash
h places the
e ba equipment
bag of e counter and then
quipment over the count
takes ou
out
ut a wad rupee
p e notes and places it beside the
d of 2000 rupe
bag & si
signals
sign
gnals a salute.
gn
The owner
wne
ner
ne realizes
r real
alizes
al something
s some
omethin
ng a
ng and looks
nd looks at
ks at subash to enquire.
He isn't there,
n't t he
here, as h
he approaches
e ap
appr
roach
che
ch the
es th main
he main
ai door,
n do
door he watches a
o , h
car zoom
oom by.
Upendra
ra yells out.
UPENDRA
A
Dhanyawaad setji !

The owner’s
wner’s anger transitions to a smile.

121 EXT. ROAD - NIGHT 121

All of them are in the car on the road.

KARTHIK is on top of the car shooting pictures.

The miles stone shows 300 kms to Hyderabad

122 EXT. CLUB - DAY 122

KARTHIK gets off the car, followed by UPENDRA. While KAUSHIK

and VIVEK stay back in the car

KARTHIK walks upto the entrance.

He is stopped by the bouncer.

/BOMMALAATA
 121.

BOUNCER
Sorry sir.

KARTHIK looks up.

The BOSS looks down.

KARTHIK shows him the ring and gives it to the bouncer.

He turns around and looks at his friends behind him.

He smiles as he walks away from the club.

123 INT. COUPLE HOUSE - DAY 123

UPENDRA and KAUSHIK are in front of the guy who’s wedding

film UPENDRA was editing.

He gives
ves him a hard disk.
UPENDRA
UP
PEN
ENDR
D A
wedding
Mee weddin
ing
ing fi
film
lm nen inka
cheyyalenu
cheyya
ale
lenu idhi
nu .. iddhi footage..
Inkevvarikaina
Inkevv
vvar
vva ikaina ichchukondi
a ic
chchukondi
COUPLE
COUP
COUPLE
UP GUY
LE GUY
Ayithey
Ay
yithey dabbulu
y da
dabb
bbulu e
bb eeyyanu..
eyy
yyan
yyanu..
an
UPENDRA
UPEN
UP ENDR
ENDRA
DR
Meere
Meer
ere
er pettukondi..
e pettuk
kondi
di..
di
UPENDRA
RA walks away.
KAUSHIK removes
IK looks at him, remove
ves
ve hundred
s a hund
dre
red
d rupee note
e not and hands
it over
er to him.

KAUSHIK
konukko.. Pimples
Fair and lovely konukko
pothayi..

He smiles at him and walks away.

124 EXT. KAUSHIK'S HOUSE - DAY 124

An innova enters KAUSHIK’s house.

KAUSHIK’s family knocks on the door.

The door opens, it’s KAUSHIK.

KAUSHIK’S FATHER
Nee phone em ayyindhi ra .. Edho
hindi baashalo not available ani
ochchindhi ?

/BOMMALAATA
 122.

KAUSHIK
Dont joke daddy..

KAUSHIK’S SISTER
Ekkada ra vaadu.

SUBASH is studying inside. He waves.

SUBASH
Bonjour momma !

KAUSHIK turns to him.

SUBASH winks.

125 EXT. VIVEK'S FLAT - DAY 125

VIVEK, KAUSHIK, UPENDRA & KARTHIK are standing outside

VIVEK’s
s house.
VIVEK’s the
s mother opens t door.
he door.
Everyone
one smile and wave.
nd wave.
VIVEK’s
s mo
mother drops
r d whatever
rops wha
hate
hat ve hands and stands
ver she has in her hand
in shock.
ock
ck.
ck
VIVEK’S
V
VIVEK’
K’S MO
K’ MOTHER
MOTH
THER
THE
kalsinara
Malli kals
Ma lsin
lsinar
in ara ra m
ar meer
eer antha
r anth
tha
tha ! ?
Everyone
one look at each
t each
ac other.
h ot
oth
he .
her.

126 INT. CHAI CAFE - DAY 126

All four
our of them are seated inside
d in
i si
ide sipping chai.
VIVEK is busy staring into a mobile phone
phone.

VIVEK
Cha. Upload chesina okka short film
ki kuda veyyi views kante ekkuva
raale ra..

KARTHIK
Inka chaala work cheyyali ra.. Ala
easy ga raadu ra..

KAUSHIK
Cha.. Intha kadhtapaadaalna ra ..
Itlaithey manam eppudu viral
avvale... eppudu producer phoen
cheyyale.. Eppudu cinema teesi
stars avvale..

UPENDRA turns to VIVEK.

/BOMMALAATA
 123.

UPENDRA
Rey poni ra.. Ippudu naa own words
lo okkati cheptha. Ippudu game
aadinappudu cheatcodes esi adithey
em avuthundhi.. game bore kotti
inka aadey moodu pothundhi.. Alane
idhi kuda.. Full success dabbulu
osthey inka life lo em undhi..
Konchum kadhtapadali .. Appudey
interesting ga untundhi..

VIVEK gives him a look.

UPENDRA gets up and sits beside KAUSHIK.

KAUSHIK gives him a hand shake.

KAUSHIK
Welcome.

KARTHIK
ayithey.
Em cheddam ay
ayit
ithe
ith y.

VIVEK
undhi
Em und
ndh
nd Inka
hi .. In
hi nka konni short films
cheddam..
ched
edda
eddam.. Mean
da Meanwhile
anwh
anw il
i e naakoka..
Manchi
Ma
anc com
nchi rom c idea
om idea
dea ochchindhi.
KAUSHIK
K
KAUSHI
HIK
HI
Wow.. Horr
Wo Horror
rror
rror llekka
ek untademo..
kka un
unta
ade
d mo
o..
..
VIVEK
VIVE
VIVEK
VEK
ra..
Simple story ra.
a . Ok
Oka abbaiyi
a abba
baiy
ba side
i i si
s de
pellichoopulu
family innova lo pell
ellich
choop
ch pulu ki
andulo
elthuntaru... andu
dulo
du mana
lo m KAUSHIK
ana KA
KAUS
U HIK
howla
gaani lekka okka ho
h gaadu
wla gaad
adu untadu
ad
gang la..
FADE TO BLACK.

ONE YEAR LATER.

127 EXT. ROAD - DAY 127

A food truck labeled “SPITFIRE BBQ” to the side is being

driven on the highway.

In the driver’s seat is VIJAY DEVERAKONDA, beside him is

PRIYADARSHI.

Behind them is UPENDRA yielding a michrophone close to their

faces.

VIJAY
Rey VIVEK.. Entha sepu ra action
cheppu.. enda kodthundhi..

/BOMMALAATA
 124.

Beside the food truck is a maruthi OMNI van.

Inside the VAN is VIVEK in the deat beside the drivers.

Driving the van is KAUSHIK, behind it operating the camera is

KARTHIK.

VIVEK
Aagu konsepu.. Emaindhi ra KARTHIK.

KARTHIK
Two miniutes.. Focus set ayyindhi..

VIVEK
KAUSHIK speed altalne maintain
cheyyi..

KARTHIK
Rey Slow ellu KAUSHIK..

KAUSHIK
Nannu hero cchestharu
hest
hes haru anukunna
st
aakarki dr
driver
driv
iver
iv chesnaru..
er ch snaru.. Tho..
he
VIVEK
VIVE
VEK
VE
VIJAY
VIJA
JAY
JAY ! Slow..
..
VIJAY
VI
Rey brake
y br
b padthale
ake p
padtha
hale
ha ra..
e ra..
a..
VIVEK
VI
IVE
VEK
K
Endhi ?

VIJAY
Rey brake padthale
le !!
PRIYA DA
DARSHI
DARS
R HI
Dude.. What are you saying..

VIJAY
Darshi.. Handbrake kottu. .

Darshi pulls the hand brake it comes off in his hand.

PRIYA DARSHI
Dude VIVEK ! Chethiki ochchesindhi
!

UPENDRA
Rey !!!

VIVEK
KAUSHIK mana bandi thippu ra..

KAUSHIK takes a steep left.

IN SLOW MOTION - They Crash as the titles appear.

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CREDIT SEQUENCE.

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/BOMMALAATA