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LOVE IN DECEMBER

by

NITIN GUPTA

Nitin Gupta
Property of 1570/7E Faridabad,
If Films Pvt. Ltd. Haryana,121004
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1. EXT RAILWAY STATION! NIGHT

RAHUL is sitting on the Bench. His Friend VIPUL looks a little

anxious. He is standing by edge of the Platform, looking at the
long stretch of Parallel tracks, searching for sign of the Junta
Express.

VIPUL
Yaar Ek ghanta ho gaye yaar, yeh train
abhi tak aayi kyon nahin?

RAHUL was looking in his bag, he keeps his Bag and pops in a
toffee in his mouth.

VIPUL
I hate him!

RAHUL
Hate who?

VIPUL
Lalu Prasad Yadav!

DISSOLVE TO:
2. EXT RAILWAY STATION NIGHT

VIPUL is now sitting on the edge of the Platform

VIPUL
Abe do ghante ho gaye yaar, yeh train
abhi tak aayi kyon nahin? I really hate
him.

RAHUL
Abe aa jayegi, itna pareshan kyon ho
raha hai.

VIPUL
(walks back to Rahul)
Kaha tha plane se chale jaate. Air
hostesses ke saath hanste Khelte.

(sits alongside him)

beta ab Bangalore to tum der se hi pa-

hunchoge.

RAHUL
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Pahunch jayenge, Ek Day Night Match hi

to miss hua hai, Itna pareshan kyon ho
raha hai tu?

Vipul picks up his Bag and starts opening it.

RAHUL
Kya kar rahe ho Bhaiya?

VIPUL
Time pass?

RAHUL
Saaman Check karke?

VIPUL
Haan soch rahe hain ki saaman hi check
kar lein!

RAHUL
Kal se Saaman hi check kiye jaa rahe
ho. Itni Checking to NASA ke Satellite
launch bhi nahin hoti hogi.

VIPUL
tabhie to unke aadhe programs fail ho
jaate hain.

(beat)
yaar ticket to isi train ki kataye the
naa.

RAHUL
Haan Yaar.

VIPUL
to kahin kisi galat Platform par to na-
hin aa gaye hain.

(beat)!
achcha Rahul ek baat kahni thi tumse.

RAHUL
haan.

VIPUL
Socha tha ki Train aayegi, Jab denge,
Ab soch rahe hain ki Phir kab denge.
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RAHUL
Kya?

Vipul shows him a photograph

VIPUL
Tina! Yaad hai.

RAHUL
tere pass kaise aayi?

VIPUL
School ke record se churaye the, tum-
hare liye.

RAHUL
Thanks Yaar!

Vipul holds a Hankerchief in front of him

RAHUL
uska rumaal?

VIPUL
Yeh bhi tumhare liye hi churaye the.

RAHUL
thanks yaar!

Driven by Nostalgia, RAHUL would smell the Handkerchief

VIPUL
pahle dho lo, phir soongh lena. 5 saal
se Almari me hi rakhkhi thi

RAHUL a little conscious of the facts, stops smelling the hand-

kerchief. He would then look at her Photograph intently. The
Mouth Organ tune from Sholay plays in the Background.

VIPUL
Itna Centi mat ho. Paanch Saal ho gaye,
Ab tak to uski Shaadi Vaadi bhi ho gayi
hogi. Jab School me kuch ho sakta tha,
tab to shakal tak nahin dikhae, aur ab
yahan soongh rahe hain Rumaal.

Vipul then gets up.

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VIPUL
Chalo Rahul ab hum chalenge.

RAHUL would also get up to see him off. They would Hug.

VIPUL
Best of Journey.

Vipul walks off, Halts and then comes back.

VIPUL
Achcha Rahul.

RAHUL
aur kuch bhi dena hai?

VIPUL
Nahin is baar kuch lena tha.

RAHUL
kya?

VIPUL
Woh kuch Auto ke paise?

RAHUL
teri aadat nahin jayegi.

Rahul would take out a 500 rupee note from his pocket and give
him.

VIPUL
Chutte nahin hai?

RAHUL
Nahin yaar. Saale chillad bhikariyon me
banth gaye.

VIPUL
(takes the money)
Thik hai Phir to Taxi hi Karni padegi.

Meanwhile a girl TINA dressed in Red Kurti and Black Salwar

comes and sits, on the Bench. Rahul looks at the photo and is
totally unaware of the girl’s presence when he sits on the same
Bench. He would keep his photograph below his Bag and then would
notice the girl. She would be reading a Magazine. RAHUL after
some hesitation would ask her.
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RAHUL
Aapke pass koi Magazine vagarah hai,
Padhne ke liye.

She would give him one Magazine from the many kept with her. He
would look at the magazine and

RAHUL
India Today! Kuch Grahshoba, ya Manorma
nahin hai kya?

She would take the Magazine back. She is totally disinterested

in him. After some moments Rahul in an attempt to gain her at-
tention

RAHUL
thoda paani milega, Peene ke liye?

She would hand him, her water bottle. and while she does that,
he happens to see her face. Mouth Organ music from Sholay plays
again. He would keep the bottle, take out the photograph from
under his bag and look at it and then leans forward so that he
can look at her just to be sure. it is HER.He keeps the Photo-
graph below his bag again.

RAHUL
Aapki Shaadi ho gayi?

TINA
EXCUSE ME!!

RAHUL
JI meri bhi nahin hui.

She would be like, what a jerk he is.

Some quiet moments pass, then he slowly tries to touch and check if
she is really there….

TINA
kya... Kya kya... Tum karna kya chah
rahe ho?

RAHUL
main to bas check kar raha tha ki aap
choot to nahin..

TINA
TINA Do I look like a Bhoot??
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TINA
Sorry! Main to bhool ho gaya tha ki
Bhoot dikhte nahin hain!

Phone rings. He starts to search in his pocket but it’s hers.

RAHUL
(stupid laugh)
aapke pass bhi NOKIA hai.

TINA
Nitin,I told you not to call me. I am
telling you for the last time.

NITIN
I am sorry Tina. give me one chance,
Maine jaan boojh ke thode hi naa kiya
hai. Please Tina Please.

TINA
It’s over Nitin, it’s over.

She hangs the phone. RAHUL was keenly listening to the conversation,
or was trying to.
TINA comes and sits on the Bench.

RAHUL
jab aapne use dump kiya hai, to aap
itni pareshan kyon hai?

TINA
jab itne saare benches hain, to aap ya-
hin aakar kyon baithe hain.

RAHUL
AllRight!

RAHUL(V.O)
Arrogance! That’s why I liked u so
much!

He goes and sits at some other place on the nearby Bench. As he

looks here and there he spots something unusual.

RAHUL
Aap kahin jaa rahi hai, kahin se aa ra-
hi hain, ya phir aise hi station par
kisi ka intezaar kar rahi hain?
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TINA
kyon aapke ghar ke log station par
aakar time pass karte hain?

She opens a magazine and starts reading it.

RAHUL
Haan, aur who bhi aapki hi tarah kuch
luggage vagarah lekar nahin aate…

She slowly lowers her magazine and looks for his luggage. Which
isn’t there.

RAHUL
(mocking)
Haan bhai... Ab intezaar hi karna hai
to saaman laakar kya karna?

As she looks around, She really can’t spot her luggage.

TINA
TINA Shit, Shit. Ohh my God, my tick-
ets, my certificates, my money, my
Visa. Bloody Coolie.

RAHUL
aap vakai me luggage nahin laayi hain
kya?

She is looking around for her luggage frantically.RAHUL goes up

to her.

RAHUL
Can I help?

She gets up in a mad frenzy, and has him by the collar..

TINA
Mera saaman kahan hai? Kahan hai mera
saaman?

RAHUL
Meri jeb mein hai!! Nikal lijea. Aji
hadd karti hain aap, aapko main aurton
ke …ladkiyon ke luggagae churane wala
lagta hun?

TINA
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Jees, why does everything wrong happens

to me, (to GOD) what have I done to
make you so angry?

She calls. We hear the lady Voice from the Network Computer.

VO
your balance is low; you have 1 rupee
30 paise in your account!

TINA
Shit.

Rahul who was watching her call with unusual interest, walks up
to her

RAHUL
Kya hua?

TINA
Balance low.

RAHUL
Mera cell use kar lijea... Mera bhi
NOKIA hi hai.

She takes his phone.

RAHUL
Nokia! Connecting People!

She makes a call.

TINA
Hey Nitin I need you to get down here
immediately, I am in a serious problem

NITIN(V.O)
I am sorry Tina, tumne mujhe ditch
maara hai. Now why are you calling me..

TINA
I lost my luggage.

NITIN(VO)
You deserved it.

Nitin hangs up, Tina returns the cellphone to RAHUL.

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RAHUL
(looking at the Cell-
phone)
Local call hi tha naa?

He would then go and sit next to her.

RAHUL
Dekho yaar. Let’s be honest to our-
selves here, yeh Hindutaan hai, yahan
par gumshuda insaan nahin milte, rail-
way station se chori hua Saaman to bade
door ki baat hai. So Let’s accept the
truth and lets move on.

TINA
move on where and move on how, Meri
plane ki tickets, mera visa, paise, I
am… I am..(Screams loudly) Fucked.

RAHUL
No! Please don’t say that.

TINA
(quite loud)
don’t say what?

RAHUL
RAHUL that word, it’s a depressing
word.

RAHUL
Ek kaam karte hain. Lost and found me
report likhane chalte hain..

TINA
jaise wahan kabhie koi cheez milti hai…

RAHUL
How can you be so pessimistic yaar. In
know Indian police, But Still. tum
janti nahin ho ki Police Walon ki aur
Cooliyon ki Saanth Gaanth hoti hai.
Main abhi report kara ke aata hun, Do
ghante me tumhara saaman yahan pahunch
jayega. Just Calm Down.

Rahul would walk to the left side of the platform. he halts then
comes back.
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RAHUL
Kaunse Color ka Bag tha tumahara?

TINA
Blue!

RAHUL
Allright!

DISSOLVE TO
3. EXT RAILWAY STATION NIGHT

RAHUL comes back and sits near her.

RAHUL
Maine report kara di hai. Dekhna bas
kuch hi der me tumhara bag vaapis aa
jayega.

He would offer her a bottle of water.

RAHUL
Ab to calm down ho jao, Thoda Paani pee
lo.

TINA
Kya Calm down yaar.it’ll take another 3
more months for me to get another Visa.
There is no way I am reaching America
on time.

RAHUL
America kisliye jaa rahi ho tum.

TINA
Journalism studies.

RAHUL
yahan India me achche college nahin
hai, Journalism ke?

TINA
what has that got to do with it?

RAHUL
Nahin was just an Option, Incase tum
America nahin jaa paati to.

TINA
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are you helping me find a solution or

suggesting me some stupid alternatives?

RAHUL
Janti ho, Thomas Edison once said,
“there is great value in disaster, be-
cause you can start all over again!”

TINA
Start all over again; was that some
kind of a joke?

RAHUL
Edison was not a humorist, He was a
scientist. I don’t think he said that
for getting some cheap laughs.

TINA
Listen I don’t have time for your crap.

RAHUL
tumne apni pockets check ki, shayyad
tickets wahan par ho

TINA
I told you I kept them in the bag

RAHUL
Main pocket me carry karta hun, isliye
was just …contemplating.

RAHUL
Handbag me kyon nahin rakhi thi, usme
to saari ladkiyan apni tickets rakhti
hai.

A hawaldaar comes walking in his own sudh, He is singing, Khaike

Paan banaras wala.

TINA
listen I am not going to now debate and
discuss about my travel habits with you
here. I kept them in the luggage,
that’s about it.

RAHUL
and that’s why you lost them
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As he crosses them, he ends up spitting his paan ki peek on RAHUL,

without even realizing it.

RAHUL
sir, excuse me. Bhaisahab, Uncleji

Hawaldaar listens to Uncleji

RAHUL
Sir, hamara Luggage

She gives him a look

RAHUL
I mean inka luggage, koi Coolie vatka
kar le gaya hai. Usme kaafi imp docu-
ments rakkhe hain. Aap please kuch ma-
dad kar sakte hain.

HAWALDAAR
Meri din ki duty hai, Kisi aur ko
pakdo.

RAHUL
Sir din hi to hai, Subah ke do baj rahe
hain.

HAWALDAAR
jyyada shaana ban raha hai, Haan. Abhi
kar dunga andar

He looks at her and then smiles

RAHUL
Sir, emergency hai.please

HAWALDAR
Mere ghar me bhi hai, time par nahin
pahuncha to khana nahin milega.

As the police wala is leaving

TINA
Sir Samajhne ki koshish kijea, usme ba-
hut saare PAISE bhi hain.

RAHUL
Yes Sir!
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HAWALDAR
paise!! Apne pass rakhkho apne paise.

he would peek once more much to the frustration of RAHUL.

Rahul and Tina go and sit on their Bench.

RAHUL
lagta hai ki yeh police wala imaandaar
tha

TINA
I to doubt ki yeh police wala tha.

He sits close to her in dejection. As she is settling, he would

happen to see something behind her.

RAHUL
Yeh aapke peeche kuch laga hua hai.

TINA
Kya hai?

RAHUL
Shayyad, seat ke peeche se kuch lag
gaya hoga?

TINA
(a bit like when you
expect something bad)
Ohh Shit!!

RAHUL
Nahin nahin, Shit nahin hai. Paan ki
Peek hai. Hindustaan me logon ke thukne
ka aur leak lene ka koi thikana nahin
hai, Saale yahan wahan, atra tatra sar-
vatra kuch bhi kaise bhi kar dete hain.
I hate India.. I hate lalu yadav

RAILWAY ANNOUNCEMENT
Yatri Kripya dhyan dein..Platfrom kra-
mank 4 par aane wali ferozpur janta ex-
press apne nirdharit samay se 4 ghante
late chal rahi hai. Yatriyon ko hone
wali asuvidha ke liye khed hai.
! 14!

TINA
chalo char ghante to extra mile. Thank
you INDIAN RAILWAYS.. thank u Laloo
Prasad yadav

RAHUL (V.O)
Thank you Lalu Prasad yadav!

After some moments of thinking

RAHUL
yaar Visa aur tickets to tumhe apne
handbag me rakhni chahite thi.

When she would react as if, ENOUGH. He would get up and start
walking

TINA
Kahan jaa rahe ho?

RAHUL
Check karke aata hun ki Saaman mila ki
nahin.

DISSOLVE TO:

4. EXT RAILWAY STATION NIGHT

When RAHUL returns a guy is sitting there with her, and there is a
lot of luggage there. And Tina is talking to some guy.

TINA
Nitin how could you steal my stuff?

NITIN
I am sorry Tina, I didn’t want you to
leave, isliye maine tumahra saaman us
coolie se…

Rahul goes near them

RAHUL
Bhaisahab yeh meri seat hai, aap apna
saaman lekar kahin aur shift ho jayiye
please

TINA
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yeh mera hi Saaman hai.

RAHUL
mil Gaya good (a change in thought) par
tum to kah rahi thi ki koi boodha coo-
lie tha?

NITIN
main coolie nahin hun.

RAHUL
unke bete hain! Dekhiye hum chahte to
hum aapke papa ki police se shikayat
kar sakte the.par who to humne unki
umra ka lihaj kar liya isliye…

(She cuts his dialogue)

TINA
he is my bf.

RAHUL
dekhne me to…I am sorry! Child Podigy!

NITIN
Main isse gussa tha, I didn’t want her
to leave, isiliye Maine iska Bag

Some silence

RAHUL
aap log baat kijea, main kahin aur
baith jaata hun.

TINA
No, he’ll just leave.

RAHUL
okay

RAHUL stands there

NITIN
one moment please.

RAHUL
sure.

NITIN
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please stay.

TINA
we have discussed it already.

NITIN
Ab to Maine tumahra bag bhi lauta diya
hai, atleast ab to maan jao.

She turns her face away

NITIN
Wish you all the best for your future,
have a nice life

TINA
ya.

Some silence
RAHUL
ho Gaya jee?

NITIN
bye

TINA
bye

Nitin is not getting up

RAHUL
Bye ji!

When Nitin sees that Tina is totally disinterested. He gets up

and leaves. After he leaves they RAHUL goes and sits next to
TINA. After some moments.

! RAHUL
Yaar Tina, Paani den jara?

TINA
(surprised)
how come you know my name?

RAHUL
what name?

TINA
you called me Tina.
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RAHUL
Did... Did I Tina?

TINA
yes you did.

MUSIC: DICK-SKINNER ..: 45 SECOND ONWARDS

RAHUL
ya I did Tina you, actually meri sa-
heli, meri chhoti bahen ki saheli ka
naam bhi Tina hai. Isliye munh se nikal
gaya hoga

TINA
tumhari bahen ki saheli ka naam tumhare
munh se kyon nikalega?

RAHUL
Haan mujhe who pasand... thi.

TINA
Chhoti bahen ki saheli, kitni chhoti
hai tumhari bahen tumse.

RAHUL
Char Inch

She is exasperated.

RAHUL
aur vaise bhi Tina What a Common name?
Tumhare parents ko koi aur novel naam
nahin mila kya?

TINA
novel naam, tumhara naam kya hai?

RAHUL
(soch kar)
‘A’

TINA
sirf ‘a’

RAHUL
kyon koi kharabi hai? Small hai, Con-
cise hai, Novel hai. Vowel bhi hai.
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It’s has everything a good name must

have.. aur aur aur bisexual bhi hai.

TINA
Small a or Capital a

RAHUL
comeon Tina, Tumne L.K.G, U.K.G thik se
nahin ki thi kya? First letter of the
name is always capital!

TINA
to log tumhe bulate kaise hain, ae
suno, ae, ae.

RAHUL
Thoda pyaar se yaar…

(he would say the name

bade pyaar se)
aaeee!!! aise bhi to bula sakte hain?

TINA
tab to tumhe badi pareshani hoti hogi,
aisa lagta hoga ki har koi tumhe hi
bula raha hai

RAHUL
shuru me thodi thodi dikkat hoti thi,
the virtual fame was too much to han-
dle…now I have gotten used to it.

TINA
you know your face looks vaguely famil-
iar.

RAHUL
yours too!

TINA
No, i think i have seen you somewhere.

RAHUL
Are you trying to flirt with me? kyonki
hum ladke yahi line aksar ladkiyon par
istemaal karte hai.
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DISSOLVE TO:

5. EXT RAILWAY STATION NIGHT

TINA takes out a syringe from her bag and then when she is taking
it. RAHUL would almost grab the syringe from her.

RAHUL
I know ki tum depressed ho, par Drugs
is not the solution.

TINA
What..?

RAHUL
Drugs. Now I appreciate people who like
living on the edge, par drugs is just
too.. edgy!

He signals towards the injection

TINA
This is not Drugs Stupid, it is an In-
sulin Shot.

RAHUL
Insulin shot, was always on the cards

TINA
(in accent)
oh really Doc?

RAHUL
Diabetes. You are too sweet to not have
diabetes...

She is pleasantly amused and just when on the brink of saying some-
thing, decides otherwise

RAHUL
(looking at her taking
the shot)
Tumhe Dard nahin hota?

TINA
(a smile with a subtext
of pain)
hota to hai, par kya karein.
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RAHUL
Yeh injection kya sirf haath par hi
laga sakte hain.. I mean there are
other places also jahan par Dard kam
hota hai, aur

(pointing to her hand)

swelling to bilkul nahin.

TINA
Tumhare Diabetes hogi, to tum wahan par
laga liya karna.

Some Silent Moments

RAHUL
to yeh Nitin, tumhara (trying to come
up with some figure) paanchva…bf tha?

TINA
25va!

RAHUL
How old are you?

She doesn’t answer

RAHUL
25 bf’s! That’s a lot of experience.
Koi bhi ladka apne laayak nahin mila?

TINA
uhummm...Kuch jaroorat se jyaada smart
the, aur kuch bahut jyaada childish aur
stupid.

RAHUL
still looking for your Mr. Right?

TINA
Mr. Right (a dismissing haah), lagta
hai ki tum picturen badi dekhte ho

RAHUL
so you are not?

TINA
No it’s not that... But I think attrac-
tion is often mistaken for rightness,
attraction is very misleading.
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RAHUL (V.O)
Sometimes Tina, but not always

RAHUL to tum hamesha se hi journalist

banna chahti thi?

TINA

No, infact ab jab mujhe journalism

school me jaane me sirf do weeks hai, I
am still unsure if this is really what
I want to do

RAHUL
chalo, good. At least you know that you
don’t know what you want to do; most
people don’t even know that they don’t
want to do what they are doing. (Looks
at her and then says) Like me.

TINA
yeh bhi Edison ne kaha hai?

RAHUL
Nahin yeh to mera hi hai.This is one of
my several originals.

DISSOLVE TO:

6. EXT RAILWAY STATION NIGHT

TINA
Mujhe Bhook lag rahi hai

RAHUL
Insulin jyyada le liya kya?

She didn’t find it funny.

RAHUL
Isme kuch pooriyan hai mummy ne raaste
ke liye rakhkhi thi. Kha lo. Saath me
tumhara favorite achchar bhi hai!
Neembu ka.
! 22!

TINA
Tumhe kaise pata ki mujhe Neembu ka ac-
char pasand hai.

RAHUL
Aksar ladkiyon ko khatti cheezen pasand
hoti hain, to..To I made an educated
guess!

TINA
Naam pata tha, pasand pata hai + I feel
like I have seen you somewhere. Thoda
ajeeb sa nahin lag raha

RAHUL
Coincidences hote hi ajeeb hain, is-
iliye to who coincidences hote hain.

TINA
have we met before?

RAHUL
tum bhi naa, neembu ka achar, big deal
yaar. You know, I can read minds.

TINA
Okay, let’s see. Read my mind right
now.

RAHUL
(immediately)
Tumhare favorite bhagwan Krishna bhag-
wan hain

TINA
I don’t believe in GOD

RAHUL
Right, you don’t………I just wanted to
check if u were playing the game
fairly!

TINA
Bas karo, tumhe koi mind wind read
karna nahin aata.

Some Silence

RAHUL
! 23!

tum Delhi Public School me padhti

thi.tumhara fav. Actor Shahrukh hai.
Tumhe Vanilla khass pasand nahin hai.
You hate winters, you hate summers, but
you love spring .you hate guys who are
possessive, your, your fav. Brand of
nailpolish is Revlon, same as my sis-
ter. Your fav. Perfume is Chanel, and
you like chocolates, but can’t have
them because have diabetes.

TINA
How do you know all this?

RAHUL
I told you I can read minds.

TINA
have you been spying on me?

RAHUL
I don’t spy on girls, I stalk them!

TINA
Tell me, exactly how did you do this?

RAHUL
(a lill fidgety all of
a sudden)
Yeh Train abhi tak to aa jaani chahiye
thi, aayi kyon nahin

TINA
u have been spying on me… batao kiske
liye kaam karte ho tum? Nitin ke
liye..Mujhe tumpar pahle se hi shaq
tha.. batao kisliye bheja hia usne
tumhe…

He looks at her deep, gets up and walks a couple of steps and

then

RAHUL
mujhko Delhi me ek hi school ka naam
maloom tha, Delhi public school, sha-
rukh is the unanimous choice among
girls, aur icecream, Vanilla aajkal
khata kaun hai. Most girls hate guys
! 24!

who are possessive, (smelling inside of

her wrist) I can smell that it’s Chanel
and this nailpolish looks like Revlon.

TINA
it’s loreal

RAHUL
(really surprised)
are you sure?

ANNOUNCEMENT
yatri kripya dhyan den, Mumbai se delhi
jaane wali ferozpur janta express apne
nirdharit samay se 4 ghantederi se chal
rahi hai, yatriyon ko hone wali asu-
vidha ke liye khed hai.

RAHUL (V.O)
Thank you Indian Railways!

TINA
I hate INDIAN RAILWAYS! I hate Laloo
Prasad yadav!

RAHUL
I hate him too, and his wife and his
one dozen kids..

RAHUL looks at her finger again, still not able to believe that
he got the nail polish brand wrong.

RAHUL
are you sure?

DISSOLVE TO:

7. EXT RAILWAY STATION NIGHT

TINA is holding her leg.

TINA

ahhh…

RAHUL
! 25!

Kya hua?

TINA
Pair so gaya !

RAHUL
Ek second...

He immediately goes behind and starts to gently massage her neck

MUSIC STARTS: CHAND MERA DIL

TINA
yeh kya kar rahe ho?

RAHUL
Foot massage!

TINA
(lifting and showing
her feet)
mere pair yahan hai stupid!

RAHUL
Tum nahin samjhogi, aqyapressure...
Body ka har part connected hota hai.

TINA
ahh…shit...Raat ko neend poori nahin
hoti kya, Kabhie bhi so jaate ho.

RAHUL
Haan Kabhie bhi So jaate ho!

TINA
massage hi karna hai to pair ki karo...

RAHUL
jab garden soyegi to pair ki massage
kar dunga.

TINA
Yeh aquapressure se kuch nahin hota.
Leave it.

RAHUL
thik hi Pair dho aao, pair massage kar
dunga...
! 26!

She would get a little irritated. She would stand to get away from
him.

TINA
Choddo yaar. Badi badtamiji karte ho.

RAHUL would leave her and get up. After some moments she realizes
that her leg is fine.

TINA
Aquapressure. Right

He takes a bow

TINA
Thank you!

RAHUL
to tumhe do cheezon me vishwas nahin
hai, aquapressure mein aur bhagwan mein

TINA
Aquapressure mein to hai, par
bhagwan..Nahin! Do you?

RAHUL
Nahin!

RAHUL V.O:
Who said there is no God...? Heaven
must be missing an angel!

Some silence

TINA
Hmm. Tumhare pass un pooriyon ke alawa
kuch aur khane ke liye hai?

He offers her some tamarind and some churans nada am papad

TINA
yeh sab ladkiyon ke khane ki cheezen
tumhare bag me kya kar rahi hai?

RAHUL
Vaishno Devi Gaya tha, wahan ka Prasad
hai.
! 27!

TINA
wahan sirf aam papad milta hai, yeh
imli aur yeh head ki goli aur yeh chu-
ran nahin.

RAHUL
yeh Maine raaste me Prasad samajh ke hi
kharid li thi.

RAHUL
kuch aur khana hai?

TINA
Mann to Paani Poori kahne ka kar raha
hai

RAHUL
Mera Lassi aur paneer ke paranthe khane
ka mann kar raha hai

TINA
jab baat ko mazak me hi udana tha to
poocha kyon!

He looks at her; she didn’t take his last comment too well.

MUSIC STARTS: ALONE IN KYOTO: 30 SEC.

Rahul walks to the edge of the platform to look for some vendors.
RAHUL
Achcha Paani poori meethi khaogi ya
sadi?

TINA
Mix

RAHUL
Aate ki ya suzi ki

TINA
Dono ki

RAHUL
Abhi ya phir Delhi pahunch ke

TINA
bhook yahi lag rahi hai to yahin
khaungi

RAHUL
! 28!

Soch lo Delhi ki chat ka koi mukabla

nahin hai. Sabra ka fal meetha hota
hai.

TINA
thik hai, dilli jaake hi kha lenge..

RAHUL
aur jyyada sabra karo to fal sad jaata
hai, par raat ke 2 baje kaun milega

TINA
Subah ke.

He gets up and looks around, and then he pretends as if he is

the Paani Poori wala, goes to her, takes her chunri and makes
her stand.

PAANI POORI WALA

thik hai…. 10 rupye ki teen hai…dun..?

She takes a moment to figure out as to what is he really upto.

TINA
tum paise ki fikra mat karo…bas khilao!

He gives some imaginary thing to her.

PAANI POORI WALA

ee lo!

She would start eating it.

PAANI POORI WALA

are nahin nahin, e to Plate hai.

PAANI POORI WALA

(he pretends doing the
stuff that those people
do)
e lo memsahib..

TINA
(she pretends eating
it)
bhaiya...chcchhch Mirchi thodi kam
rakhkho..

PAANI POORI WALA

! 29!

bhaiya nahin ‘a’

TINA
okay... ‘a’ teekha kam.

PAANI POORI WALA

capital ‘a’

She puts that in her mouth too

PAANI POORI WALA kaisan lag rahi hai…

TINA
(Pretending to speak
while the stuff in her
mouth)
bahut achchi hai...

PAANI POORI WALA

to yeh ek aur lo…!

TINA
(showing that she
hasn’t finished with
the last one as yet…)
abhi khatm nahin hua hai..!

PAANI POORI WALA pretends giving it to some other imaginary cus-

tomer

PAANI POORI WALA

to uncleji aap le lijea….kya aaloo
thoda jyadda dalun…are uncle motiya
jayenge..mirchi bhi.. Are aapko hazam
nahin hoga uncleji…. (Thahaka laga ke
hansta hai) Thik hai aapkimarji….

TINA
Bhaiya, aloo ko dhako, uspar makhkhi
baoth rahi hain.

PAANI POORI WALA

(would take his chunri
to ward off the flies)
oh my holy jesus..oh my virgin mary.
Bloody houseflies!!! Jesus Christ! TINA
Bhaiya meri chunni gandi ho jayegi.

PAANI POORI WALA

! 30!

Bhaiya nahin ‘a’ capital ‘a”

TINA
kya fark padta hai? main tumhe thode hi
naa bhiaya bol rahi hun... Main to
paaani poori wale ko bol rahi hun…

TINA
aur is waqt paani poori wala hai
kaun..?...

TINA
Thik hai ab khilao

RAHUL apne haath se khilane wala hota hai, par she takes it from
him midway.

PAANI POORI WALA

(to some imaginary cus-
tomer)
10 rupye ki teen hai bhaiya, chahiye to
bolo. Saale Barsita me 80 rupye ki cof-
fee peete hain, jab mehnga nahin lagta
aur yahan hum gareebon se bargaining
karte hain. Batayiye memsahib. Pata na-
hin kya karenge 2 rupye bacha ke,
aajkal 2 rupye me aata hi kya hai

TINA
ek chhota parle G aur do éclairs!

PAANI POORI WALA

Exactly!!

TINA
bhaiya bahut teekha hai meethi papri do
naa..!

TINA
Diabetes me meethi papri memsaab. Aapko
nuksaan kar gayi to.

TINA
ek injection aur le lungi, aap bas khi-
lao…!

TINA
is baar haath par mat lagaiyega.
! 31!

He tries again, usko haath se khilane ki, this time she is about
to stop but decides against it.

PAANI POORI WALA

10 rupye paani poori ke aur ek rupya
papri ka... Total ho Gaye 11.

She offers him credit card.

PAANI POORI WALA

surprised
11 rupye ka note. Ispar to gandhi ji ki
photo bhi nahin hai.Madam Chutta nahin
hai!

TINA pretends to search in her bag and then after a while

TINA
ab tum vaapas ‘a’ ban jao…! Thank you
bhaiya!

He becomes A

RAHUL
Ban gaya !

TINA
ae…

He doesn’t listen

TINA
Ae...

(Then she pokes him)

AEEE

RAHUL
are yaar thoda pyar se. Ae. Aise bhi to
bol sakte hain.

TINA
(very innocently)
Ae. is paani poori wale ko 11 rupye de
dena plz…

He takes out 11 rupees and offers him

MUSIC: NIGHTANGLE: 58 SECOND ONWARDS

! 32!

PAANI POORI WALA

Nahin hum nahin le sakte.

TINA
kyon nahin?

PAANI POORI WALA

Kyonki memsaab hame Jo log pasand hote
hain, unse hum paise nahin lete.

Paani Poori wala Switches back to RAHUL

RAHUL
Nahin le raha to rahne do, (to the
paanipoori wala) tu chal foot yahan se

TINA
it’s okay.

RAHUL
ab tum iski side logi!!!!!!????

TINA
tum kyon jealous ho rahe ho?

RAHUL swithces back to Paani Poori wala

PAANI POORI WALA

Memsaab hum aapko bahut pasand karte
hain. Tab se jab se hum School me the

RAHUL
oye Saale Teri to.Bhag nahin to teri
band baja dunga main.

She stops Amit from attacking him, moves him to the place where
the paani poori wala was standing. And she gently does what pra-
chi did lovingly

TINA
(she is also playing
around)
tum mere sabse fav. Paanipoori wale ho
‘a’

RAHUL
! 33!

(he speaks this line in

his voice) Rajiv, the
name is Rajiv.

And then he gently raps her chunni on her neck and removes an
imaginary thing from just below her lower lip.

Some silence

TINA
Are you really this nice?

RAHUL
Only to girls

TINA
Nitin!

RAHUL
Rajiv, the name is Rajiv!

She points to Nitin..

NITIN
Tina tumhari yeh tickets, maine…

TINA
How could you?

NITIN
Tina, I am sorry Tina. Can’we make this
work.. I love you tina, I Love you…

She halts and returns..

TINA
Nitin, There is a great value in Disas-
ter, because you can start all over
again.

NITIN
Thomas Edison!

TINA
Bye

Nitin leaves embarrassed again.

! 34!

DISSOLVE TO:
8. EXT RAILWAY STATION NIGHT

TINA
So what about you Mr. A?

RAHUL
what abt me?

TINA
comeon, yaar ab tum bore kar rahe ho

RAHUL
you don’t want to know; my life is
pretty fucked up.

TINA
now don’t say that

RAHUL
don’t say what?

TINA
That word, it’s a depressing word!

RAHUL
I thought you weren’t paying attention

TINA
one last time…Do you have a girlfriend?

RAHUL
why are you available?

TINA
No, not anytime soon.

RAHUL
I’ll wait.

TINA
Better be patient.

RAHUL V.O:
I have been patient for all these years
Tina

TINA
! 35!

surprising, a guy like you is single.

Kabhie to koi to affair raha hoga

RAHUL
(in a stylish way)
affairs to bade hue hain Tina, par
saare one sided.

TINA
most recent kaunsa tha?

RAHUL
High school mein, 5 saal pahle, thi ek
ladki, aadha school uspar fida tha.

TINA
aadha school matlab?

RAHUL
school ke saare ladke.

TINA
Naam kya tha?

RAHUL
Tina.

TINA
achcha who tumhari bahen ki saheli

RAHUL
Nahin yeh doosri wali thi.

TINA
now don’t tell me ki uska naam bhi Tina
tha

RAHUL
haan and she was also very beautiful

TINA
‘also’? Now what’s that supposed to
mean?

RAHUL
Nothing was just a “Compliment in Dis-
guise”.

TINA
! 36!

Thank you. Aur kya kya khoobiyan thi

tumhari Tina mein ?

RAHUL
khoobsoorat thi, intelligent thi, chul-
buti thi, aur thodi si gamandi bhi.

TINA
ghamandi?

RAHUL
haan, ab sundar ladkiyon me thoda bahut
guroor to hota hi hai.

TINA
mujhe aisi ladkiyon se sakht nafrat
hai.

RAHUL
kyon aapko khudpar guroor nahin hai.

TINA
Kyon.hona chahiye kya?

RAHUL
thoda sa to banta hai.

TINA
are you trying to flirt with me.

RAHUL
Taarif kisi aur ki ho rahi hai, aur
flirt main aapse kar raha hun, yeh gu-
roor nahin hai to kya hai miss Tina.

TINA
So what happened?

RAHUL
Nothing.

TINA
Nothing at all.

RAHUL
Nothing at all. Main shayaad kuch jyy-
ada hi sharif tha

TINA
! 37!

mazak kar rahe ho, tum aur sharif.

RAHUL
Haan who 5 saal pahle ki baat thi, then
I was too young and too shy.Baat tak
nahin kar paaya.

TINA
I don’t understand this.I mean you guys
can go out bunjijumping and rockclimb-
ing, and rafting, do all sort of scary
things, par when it comes to women you
start to shake. Why is that?

RAHUL
Femophobia, fear of talking to women.

TINA
well you seem to be doing allright with
me.

RAHUL
Sexy women!

TINA
and I am not …

RAHUL
Beautiful… you are beautiful.....
(Looks at her) Just beautiful

TINA
beautiful, but I am not one of those
you have femophobia with

RAHUL
I felt shy when I met you

TINA
but that’s not phobia

RAHUL
but that doesn’t make you any less de-
sirable

TINA
you find me desirable

RAHUL
! 38!

most men would

Some silence

TINA
anyways, you know, exactly like you,
there was this guy in my school; rahul
who I heard was childishly in love with
me. He was a stud debator, one of the
top rankers, but he didn’t have the
courage to talk to me. I don’t under-
stand why?

RAHUL
May be he was in awe of you.

TINA
he was in awe of me; I was the one who
should have been in awe of him for all
that he had achieved.

RAHUL
Stupid fellow!

TINA
par tum to us Rahul se bhi gaye guzre
ho, atleast he took a blind shot.

RAHUL
aisa kya kar diya usne?

TINA
(she starts to laugh) Valentine’s Day
par morning Assembly mein, News head-
lines padhne ki bajai, janab ne ek poem
padh daali.

RAHUL
Principal, Teachers sabke saamne?

TINA
Haan. The whole School was laughing at
him. Who agle ek hafte ke liye school
nahin aaya.

RAHUL
ya, it must have been really embarrass-
ing.
! 39!

TINA
God, wish I had not missed school that
day.

RAHUL
vaise. Tumhe who poem pasand aayi?

TINA
poem pasand aayi, it was aweful. It was
the worst poem that I had ever heard.
poem to kahin se thi hi nahin, start
sextet se karke, next stanza octet tha.
Har doosri line rhyme ho rahi thi.

RAHUL
CHalo kam se kam uskipoem rhyme to ho
rhai thi. Bade bade writers Yates,
dickens aur Shakespeare ki to poem
rhyme tak nahin hoti.

TINA
what yaar, AB AB stupid rhyming scheme
use ki thi, aur uspar grammer ki itni
galtiyan thi.

RAHUL
Ullu ka pathta, ladki ko impress hi
karna tha to itne saare writers hain,
kahin se bhi chura laata.

TINA
Tum kyon uske liye itna bura feel kar
rahe ho?

RAHUL
Nothing, it’s just that I connect to
all lovers

TINA
Lovers or Losers!

RAHUL
All great Lovers have been Losers!

DISSOLVE TO:
9. EXT RAILWAY STATION NIGHT
! 40!

He shams his leg sleeping

TINA
Kya hua?

RAHUL
pair so gaya..

TINA
koi baat nahin thodi der me khud ba
khud jag jayega.

RAHUL
Yaar who aquapressure karo naa, neck
par!

TINA
Doosra bhi so gaya.. Raat me neend
poori nahin hoti kya.. Kabhie bhii so
jaate ho.

TINA
Uhumm, mujhe aquapressure to nahin aata
haan par (taking out her syringe) aq-
uapunture aata hai. Bolo karoon ?

RAHUL
ahhh… karo…. Jaldi yaar… (Shaking his
leg) As she is about to insert a needle
in his hand

RAHUL
yaar aquapunture ki suiyan bhi kya sirf
haath me hi laga sakte hain. I mean
there are

TINA
other places also, jahan par Dard kam
hota hai.

RAHUL
haan

TINA
palto

Rahul turns
! 41!

she would be about to insert the needle into him

RAHUL
tina tumne to yaar seriously hi le liya

TINA
tum hi to kah rahe the acquapuncture.
Palto

RAHUL
allright

She would be about to do it. rahul turns and

RAHUL
tina tumhe sharam nahin aa rahi.

TINA
sharam kis baat ki palto

RAHUL
(pointing to the audi-
ence)
itne saare log dekh rahe hain

TINA
(looking out of the
screen)
dekhne do, yeh usi ke liye to baithe
hain.

RAHUL
allright

she would be about to do it.

RAHUL
Tina No.

TINA
yes.

as she goes near him. He shouts and Lights go dim. his voice is
lost in the darkness.

DISSOLVE TO:
10. EXT RAILWAY STATION

MUSIC MONTAGE WHERE THEY ARE HAVING FUN

! 42!

11. EXT RAILWAY STATION

She has slept over his shoulder. He puts her to rest on the
Bench. then takes out a towel from his bag and makes a little
pillow for her. then he takes out a sheet and covers her. Then
he would sit near her face. There would be a mosquito hovering
in the vicinity. He would kill it and then gently pull the cov-
ers a little more over her face as he looks at her with intense
longing and loving eyes.

12. EXT RAILWAY STATION.

She wakes up from Sleep. He is nowhere to be found. As she sits.

A photograph falls down. She picks up the Photograph. Its hers.
She is pleasantly amused. Everything has become clear to her
now. SHe keeps the photo in her purse. we can hear Rahul voice
now. She lies down and pretends sleeps when she hears her voice.

Rahul would come with some stuff to eat in his hands.

! RAHUL
are bhai utho subah ho gayi.

She would get up

RAHUL
yeh tumhari chai, yeh meri chai, yeh
tumhare kurkure, yeh mere biscuit aur
yeh hamara parantha.

She would taste the tea

TINA
feeki hai

RAHUL
mujhe batana tha naa main cheeni dalwa
laata.

TINA
nahin koi baat nahin

Rahul takes a sip, looks at her expression. she didn't like it.

RAHUL
(takes a sip)
kitni jyyada cheeni daalte hain yeh
station wale
! 43!

He would then take her cup and would mix his tea with hers so
that the cheeni in both teas becomes fine.

TINA
are kya kar rahe ho? tumhari chai bhi
feeki ho jayegi

RAHUL
ab theek ho jayegi.

He would give her cup back. he would sip his tea. while exchang-
ing secret and shy glances. It’s evident that the girl has
started to like Rahul now.

DISSOLVE TO:
13. EXT RAILWAY STATION NIGHT

Both of them wake up from sleep. The Train is standing at the sta-
tion.
TINA
yeh Junta express hai?

RAHUL
Hmm.

TINA
chalo Rajiv, It was nice meeting you,
thanks for all your help and Paani-
poori.

RAHUL
Dilli me to milengi nahin tumhe Paani-
poori.

TINA
kyon?

RAHUL
kyonki wahan, Paanipoori nahin golgappe
milte hain.

TINA
okay then, Tina front par kuch ho to
batana.

RAHUL
kaise?
! 44!

TINA
gimme you number

RAHUL
9820967665

She dials the no.Rahul will pick it up thinking it’s someone

else’s call.

RAHUL
Main baad me baat karta hun. Abhi I am
busy!

TINA
What…?

Tina walks a couple of steps

RAHUL
Tina

RAHUL
Tina.

She stops

RAHUL
Tina, Mere 11 rupye..

TINA
phir kabhie mile to lauta dungi.

RAHUL
Aur haan Tina. Who tickets aur Visa to
tumhe apne purse me hi rakhne chahiye..

She opens her purse and shows, thye are inside it.

Then she starts to walk slowly, at first she goes to the wrong
side and then she returns … while this voice over comes...

V.O:
I was a good debater, a nice speaker,
was even the marketing manager of our
cultural festival, but trust me propos-
ing someone whom you don’t want to lose
needs a Big Heart!
! 45!

Rahul despite wanting to say so much is not able to say any-

thing, he goes back sits back on the bench with his head between
his legs. he is totally dejected.

DISSOLVE TO:
14. EXT RAILWAY STATION MORNING

Rahul is sitting there in the same position as the one in which

she left him. She would have the photo in her hand. After some
moments she would catch Rahul’s attention.

TINA
ek baat bataoge rahul?

RAHUL
ab jab tumne pakad hi liya hai to con-
fession to dena hi padega.

TINA
itni kharab english ke bavjood tum woh
saare debates kaise jeette the

RAHUL
woh isliye kyonki main sirf hindi de-
bated me participate karta tha.

Rahul gets up from the bench

RAHUL
Listen tina main tumhe batane hi wala
tha, par agar main tumse rahul banke
baat karta to

TINA
you mean all those nice things you did?
they were not yours

RAHUL
Nahin nahin meri hi thi. I mean the
feeling was honest. Just the appereance
was disguised

TINA
par ab main kya Karun, I like that Ra-
jiv guy, he was really nice.i wish you
were also Rajiv.
! 46!

RAHUL
Now, what’s that supposed to mean?

TINA
Nothing was just a “Compliment in Dis-
guise”.

RAHUL
right!

TINA
you know Rahul, Rajiv talks really
well.

RAHUL
I think, he talks much better with a
coffee.

TINA
I thought he was the best with paani-
poori

RAHUL
ya, that too.

Lights start to fade

RAHUL
but how about a coffee?

TINA
Train choot gayi to.

RAHUL
don’t worry, janta express hai, choot
bhi gayi to bhag kar pakad lenge.

They pick up their luggage and walk off the Screen

END CREDITS