Script (Assembly)

Scene No: 1
Stage Setup+ Direction:
 3 benches are placed on the stage on the left side of the stage facing towards the
right side of the stage.

Story + Character Direction & Dialogue:

 The Main Character (Monica) enters the stage with a pencil pouch and sits in the
frontmost bench (closest to the audience).
 The other characters such as the Main Characters friend (Kayal) enter the stage,
the main character’s friend sits in the middle bench, the other 4 characters (Of
which 1 is a dancer) sit in any random stops on the bench.
 Then the Examiner (Goutham) enters the stage, and then distributes the question
paper and a few pieces of blank paper.
 ( The two narrators enter the stage)

Character Acting:
 The main character enters the stage calmly showing no reaction, but upon sitting
in the bench gives a faint sigh.
 The other characters all enter the stage nervous and upon sitting in the bench they
act seriously.
 The Examiner, keeps up a tough look and acts strict, his face should show no
room for concern and emotion. Acts like a serious robot.

Narration:
 “The main character of our drama is Monica, and she is going to take the
phassseee---” says Narrator 1
 Narrator 2 says “the phase 1 written exam of the dance competition.”
 Narrator 2 to Narrator 1 “didn’t you read the script before coming, that was the
only job you had, just don’t embarrass me in front of the audience”
 Narrator 1 says “ well any ways, our main character seems to be rather calm and
collected unlike the other students”
 Scene No: 2
Stage Setup + Direction:
 A table and chair are added to the right stage of the stadium facing the front-left
corner of the stage for the examiner to sit.

Story + Character Direction & Dialogue:

 The main characters and others characters start writing the exam, the other
characters write the exam seriously, but the main character looks as if she is into a
world of her own and doesn’t write anything in the first half of the exam.
 (The main character only comes back to reality, when the Examiner Goutham
says “ Hurry up students over half the time has passed”) – Dialogue No: 1
 Then after hearing this all the other characters start writing hurriedly, the main
character also starts to pick up the pace and start writing although not as fast and
sincerely as the other characters

Character Acting:
 The other character show tension at first, but after Dialogue No: 1 they become
more tense and start writing faster.
 The main character at first seems as if she is daydreaming, then after Dialogue
No: 1 the main character as if she just woke up stretches her arms, yawns and then
starts writing the exam with sleepy eyes

Narration:
 While the main character is daydreaming at first Narrator No:1 goes in front of
the main character and waves their hand in front of him, seeing as the main
character doesn’t notice him the Narrator No:1 “ I think Monica is sleeping, but
she has her eyes open so she’s daydreaming, yep that’s it”
 Narrator No: 2 “ Well duh, that’s written in the script, you act like you just
figured out a national secret, well as per the script Monica although a good
student who is excellent at students, holds a biased opinion on extracurricular
activities”
 Narrator No: 1 “Yeah poor Monica she only attended this dance exam because of
her parents forcing her to be more competent, I would say that she is more than
competent with her studies”
 Narrator No:2 Frowns at Narrator No: 1 saying “ No one, literally no one asked
your opinion”
 Scene No:3
Stage Setup + Direction:
 After the characters get up and leave the benches are removed

Story + Character Direction & Dialogue:

 The examinees continue writing the exam sincerely (except MC who writes exam
calmly)
 The examiner signals it’s time up with is watch on the hand, the characters then
get up and submit their test paper to the examiner, the examiner then goes to the
bench and sits in it and starts grading the test papers.
 The other characters stretch their legs and hands and start chatting with each other
for 10s then the main character’s friend who is chatting with the other characters,
starts to walk towards the main character who is stands alone at one end of the
stage staring into the abyss and while the main characters friend opens her mouth
as if she is about to say something.
 The examiner says “All examinees please stand in a single file line to receive your
Dance competition Phase -1 written examination results.”- Dialogue No:2
 All the characters stand in a single file line with the main character 2nd in line, and
the main characters friend 4th in line of the 6 people.
 Then characters receive the results and disperse

Character Acting:
 In the entire scene the main character acts like she doesn’t have a care in the
world, and looks half asleep
 The other characters write exam tensely, and ask for 1 more minute throw hand
signals, after the exam the students feel relieved and become happy

Narration:
 (Narrator 1 “ I’ll go check if Monica is daydreaming again or not” Narrator 1
stand in front of Monica and places his head right in front of Monica, noticing that
Monica doesn’t show any reaction, Narrator 1 is confused as to whether he maybe
a ghost, and asks Narrator 2 jokingly “ am I a ghost?” – {Vikram once upon a
time there lived a ghost lyric plays})- While main character
 Narrator 2 “ Well yes, as to me you’re my demon”
 Narrator 1 “ On a different note it looks like the exam is finished, and the students
are submitting their results”.
 Narrator 2 “ Yeah, they finally have a time to relax after writing the exam for so
long, it seems like their discussing their answers, and the examiner is correcting
their exam—"
 Dialogue No:2
 Narrator 1 “Oh, it looks like the examiner finished correcting the exams that was
quick, now lets take a look at the results”
 Scene No:4
Stage Setup + Direction:
 The chair and table the examiner uses is removed from the stage
 Trash bin is added to front part of stage

Story + Character Direction & Dialogue:

 After receiving the results all others characters group together on one side (back
left side) of the stage and carefully examine the results, of the others characters,
some leave the stage sadly as they failed the exam or disqualified for phase-2.
 While the remaining other characters clap their hands together in happiness, i.e
these characters are the main characters friend and the dancer
 The main character stands at the other end of the stage and glances the results for
a few second, then crumples the results and throws it into the trash bin
 The extracurricular teacher comes on stage and makes an announcement “ To all
those who are present here I would like your kind attention, today the DAV
school is hosting a short drama on the great Indian Epic Mahabharata, I hope that
you all will do your best to attend” – Dialogue 3
 Extracurricular teacher leaves the stage
 The main character also proceeds to leave the stage as the main character is
uninterested in the drama.

Character Acting:
 Those who leave the stage do so with sadness and regret
 Those who qualified for the results show a sense of achievement and happiness on
their faces
 The main character at first frowns at the results, but then like saying “ Oh well”,
he crumples the results with a smirk and throws it in the trash bin

Narration:
 Narrator 1 says “looks like more than half were disqualified for phase-2,
including Monica, she really is the main character right?”
 Narrator 2 says “The main character can’t always keeping winning so I personally
like this”
 Narrator 1 says “Oh, Monica is just crumpling and throwing her results into the
bin, this character of boldness is quite fitting of the main character”
 Narrator 2 says “Well by her logic she’s an A-grade student in her studies so why
would she need to bother with miscellaneous activities.
 Dialogue-3
 Narrator 2 says “It looks like the Monica is going to leave the stage”
 Narrator 1 says “I don’t know whether she leaves or not, but I go with that she
doesn’t leave the stage.”
 Stage freezes
 Narrator 1 to audience “So do you think Monica will leave the stage or not”
 Narrator 2 to audience “Let’s see the answer in the next scene”
 Scene No:5
Stage Setup + Direction:
 Trash bin removed from stage and kept in a place with crumpled paper
 Chairs for character added on stage at the back of the stage

Story + Character Direction & Dialogue:

 The third person the dancer leaves the stage
 (As the main character is about to leave the stage, the main character’s friend calls
out the main character “Monica wait, where are headed off too, aren’t you going
to attend the talk show”
 Main character “Kayal, I can’t tell if you’re joking or not, you know that I’m not
interested in these things neither the dance exam nor the drama it’s too boring, I
could utilize this time learning new things”
 Main character’s friend “I’ve known you for too long that’s why you should go to
the talk, how bout I come with you, come on don’t be such a bummer”
 Main character “You usually don’t act like this and just let me do what I want, or
was it my parents who asked you to do it, it makes sense I felt like they were
hiding something from me this morning”
 Main character’s friend “It was you’re parrr--, I have no clue what you’re talking
about, stop acting like a chicken and come along.
 Main character “I hope you’re not the one chickening out in the end, I also know
that you hate dramas”
 Main character’s friend starts walking towards the seats, and says “I can’t hear
you”)-Dialogue set 4
 Old Music starts playing- Traditional

Character Acting:
 The main character and main character’s friend act as if they’re having a normal
conversation

Narration:
 Dialogue Set No:4
 Narrator 1 “So, I was right Monica doesn’t leave the stage, hah I finally beat you”
says while making victory arm
 Narrator 2 “Well technically, I said “It looks like” I didn’t state directly that she
will leave the stage, well on another note, I can’t wait to see what the
Mahabharata play is going to be like”
 Narrators leave the stage
 Scene No:6
Stage Setup + Direction:
 (One cradle is brought on stage first which looks shabby at left side of the stage) –
C1
 (Another cradle is brought on stage later which looks more royal at right side of
the stage) – C2
 (The cradles removed from stage)-C3

Story + Character Direction & Dialogue

 The story reader starts reading the Mahabharata story, by saying
 C1- brought on stage “One day a child name Karna was born, but he was

neglected from birth, and cast aside. (C2 brought on stage) A few years later the

same parents had another child called Arjuna, who highly loved by the parents,

and raised with royalty. (From start to end baby cries play, with some thunder

effects). C3. Time flashed by in the flick of a second and they were at the right

age to get their own teachers. (Arjuna and Karna enter the stage), Arjuna gets the

highly reputable king of combats Drona as his teacher. (Drona enters stage and

blesses Arjuna on stage, then both the characters leave), but due to Karna being

raised as a low cast peasant, no teacher accepted him ( Karna looks around the

stage but he sees no one wants to be his teacher), Karna being angry leaves the

stage and comes back in the attire of a upper caste person and fools Parashurama

who is a god to be his teacher, the innocent Parashurama believes this lie and

takes him as his student. (Karna and Parashurama leave the stage), After the

brothers get their teachers, they both go respectively with their teachers to get

training, Arjuna leaves the palace, and Karna leaves the slum. Both the brothers
excel at their training and learn all the arts, crafts, weaponry, and combats of the

teachers fully. (Karna and Parashurama, Arjuna and Drona get on stage, and act as

if they are learning swordsmanship from their teachers, at the end of practice they

are praised by their teachers) Both the teachers value their students highly and

think of these two brothers as their successors. Karna finishes his training from

Parashurama, but right before finishes his training Parashurama learns that Karna

is of a lower caste and that Karna lied to him, Parashurama never took the fact

that Karna was a lower caste as an insult, but the thought of his own student lying

to him and that he was oblivious to it was unbearable for Parashurama ( Karna

and Parashurama set and stage, and Parashurama curses Karna and slaps him on

the face, they both then leave the stage), and then he curses at Karna, that he will

forget all that was taught to him at the most critical point. Karna leaves sadly and

seeks to work as a work in a kingdom, their noticing Karna’s elite skills he is

recruited by the Kauravas to their side to engage in the war for the throne. Arjuna

also completes his studies with his teacher Drona (Arjuna and Drona get on stage,

and Drona blesses Arjuna wishing him good luck, after Drona wishes Arjuna two

guards come on stage and escort Arjuna) and returns to the kingdom, there Arjuna

learns the situation of the kingdom more clearly, that is the 5 highly skilled

Pandavas Arjuna belongs to, and the 100 Kauravas who are just sub-par that

Karna was recruited into. As Arjuna and Karna being the most competent of the

two groups, they often clashed together in all sorts of field, such as studying, arts,

and weapon making. As they both clashed they both brought the best out of each

other, and while clashing years passed by in the blink of the eye, and both Arjuna
and Karna became the best warriors of the entire world. Then just before Arjuna

and Karna decided to have a final battle to decide it all, Arjuna learns of the fact

that Karna is his brother and refuses to fight his own brethren, ( Karna and Arjuna

come and stage Karna signals Arjuna to come and fight, but Arjuna tires to

convince Karna to not fight and explain that they are brothers, but before he

could, he is laughed at by the crowd of Kauravas, and loses in the first round of

the fist fighting competition, then Krishna comes on stage advices Arjuna and

blesses him, Arjuna wins the second competition after a tug of rope war, then in

third competition Karna forgets everything that he learned, and places his hand on

his head, then Arjuna strikes him down and wins) and becomes highly confused,

and doesn’t do well in the first round of the fight and loses to Karna badly, Then

Krishna ( a god), descends and advises Arjuna that this battle wont end their

relationship, but after the battle both of you would be able to live as brothers and

deepen your relationship [ Competence quote by Krishna

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Getting inspired by this speech of Krishna Arjuna decides to end it once and for
all, and wins in the second round by a close margin against Karna, then in the

third round the most important point of Karna’s and Arjuna’s life, Karna’s loses

all the teaching of his teacher as per the teacher’s curse and Arjuna wins in the

third round by a landslide.

 Scene No:7
Stage Setup + Direction:
 All props for Mahabharata play leave the stage at the start of this scene
 The chairs are removed from the stage ) – CR1

Script + Character Direction & Dialogue:

 At the end of the drama, all the characters on the stage siting, the stairs get up and
clap, all the Mahabharata characters leave. The chairs are removed. All the other
characters start to leave the stage.
 Song Starts
 The main character confused as to whether he should also consider taking part in
extracurriculars hears the announcement of the extracurricular teacher. And the
characters who are about to leave the stage, stay back and listen to the
announncement
 Song no lyric portion, only tune plays
 The extracurricular teacher says “ I think after this drama all of you will be more
inspired to be more competent like Arjuna and Karna, so the school has placed
special consideration and decided to offer a second attempt in the dance
competition phase 1 exam, so please collect the papers for the second attempt”
 Song lyric portion starts
 Although the main character is confused he takes the second attempt paper. And
starts to leave the stage confused. The other characters leave the stage.

Character Acting:
 The main character acts confused, the other characters feels relived and inspired
from the drama and leave the stage.

Narration:
 None
 Scene No:8
Stage Setup + Direction
 Trash bin with paper is placed on stage,
 Bench and chair for extracurricular teacher placed on stage

Story + Character Direction & Dialogue:

 As the main character is about to leave the stage, she notices the phase-1 results
she crumpled and threw into the trash bin, then picks up the paper from the trash
bin, uncrumples it and the similes at it
 The main character then sits on the floor, takes out a pen from her pencil pouch,
and fills up the second attempt form, and takes it to the extracurricular teacher
sitting in the bench
 The extracurricular teacher encourages him, then the main character leaves the
stage. The extracurricular teacher leaves soon after.
 Song Pause

Character Acting:
 The character is confused before seeing the crumpled results, but shows a sign of
being relieved and clearness after uncrumpling the paper, and turns in the second
attempt form with a smile

Narration:
 None
 Scene No: 9
Stage Setup + Direction:
 The extracurricular teacher’s bench and chair are removed
 Table/ benches added on the stage including table and bench for extracurricular
teacher

Story + Character Direction & Dialogue:

 Song High pitch
 The main character enters the stage with a book and pencil in his hand, the other
characters set-2 follow the main character which are the remaining dancers other
than the main character friend and the dancer no:1 in scene 1
 All the characters sit on the floor and study for the exam
 The bell rings the character get and get ready for the exam
 The table and benches added on the stage

Character Acting:
 The main character and other characters study seriously for the upcoming exam

Narration:
 None
 Scene No:10
Stage Setup + Direction:
 None

Story + Character Direction & Dialogue:

 The main character and other characters that were studying for the exam go and
sit in the table and benches with their pencil pouch and proceed in taking the
exam, all characters take the exam seriously.
 The examiner comes and stage and inspects/ observes the students with a stern
face, then after some time the examiner signals its time up with his watch.
 All the characters then hand their papers to the examiner who then hands the
paper to the extracurricular teacher sitting on the bench
 All the characters get up and stretch and talk nervously about how they did in the
exam
 Then the characters line up near the examiners bench to get their results.
 The main character passes and qualifies for the second round, so do most of the
other characters.

Character Acting:
 The characters act tense while writing exam, and nervously after submitting
papers, and tense and nervous when receiving results
 The characters act happily with satisfaction after getting good results

Narration:
 None
 Scene No: 11
Stage Script + Direction
 The table and benches are removed

Script + Character Direction & Dialogue

 Song ends
 All the characters ( Main character, main characters friend), head to the
extracurricular teacher on the stage to attend the dance lessons
 The characters split into two groups, with the main character in group1 and the
main characters friend in group 2, group 1 practices classical dance, group 2
practices western dance.
 Then the extracurricular teacher teaches the characters dance moves, and the other
characters also start practicing. Vikram the eagle is coming song lyric will play
 As the characters are practicing the dance moves, 2 characters each from one
group get too tired, and leave the stage backing out from the dance competition
 The main character gets praise from the extraciricular teacher at the end of dance
lessons for dancing goodly.
 At the end of the dance lessons the main character’s friend approaches the main
character and said “See I told you that you should watch the drama, now you’ve
been inspired and took the second attempt test passed it and now your practicing
dance and you’re performing better than everyone”
 Main character “Yeah, Kayal thanks to you I uncovered by hidden potential”
 Main character’s friend “More importantly, I learned that even a stubborn boulder
can be inspired and moved”
 All the characters leave the stage

Character Acting:
 The characters are excited and happy about participating in the dance first, but as
they keep dancing most of they get tired, but they and persevere and keep
dancing, showing their hard work

Narrator:
 Narrators enter the stage
 Narrator 1 “Did everyone miss me, sorry I had a meeting with Yama, so I
couldn’t refuse”
 Narrator 2 “It looks like a lot of things happened while we were gone”
 Narrator 1 “ So, Monica got inspired by the drama took the second attempt test,
passed got first first, and is now practicing dance lessons”
 Narrator 2 “Yeah, and it looks like there are two dance groups one for classical
dance and the other for western dance, so they’re going to compete in to dance
competition huh”
 Narrator 1 “Yup”
 Scene No: 12
Stage Setup & Direction: