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1 INT. BLACK 1
Opening credits kick in.
Credits end.
We hear the sound of a phone buzzing.
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He yawns.
He stops peeing... closes his pants' zip.
A beat.
In the next line, he types "CLOSE UP on the face of Criminal"
AMEER (CONT'D)
...award ivide medikaan
saadhichathilu. This really means a
lot. Thanks to everyone who
supported me, encouraged me, and
believed in me.
4.
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Ameer breaks the egg into a steel cup -- Some part of the egg
yolk falls outside the cup.
Ameer takes out a plate from the sink, lazily washes it and
places it near.
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AMEER
FUCK!
He quickly lifts his hand, making the pan fall to the floor.
AMEER
Fuck!
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Ameer sits at his table and starts eating bread slices from
his plate while watching an interview of Quentin Tarantino on
the laptop.
5.
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The clock on the wall reads 11:22 AM. The empty plate lies on
the table.
Sighs.
He looks up at a poster on the wall -- of Quentin Tarantino.
AMEER
Aah.
JESSIE
Eda nee Innu free aano?
AMEER
entha?
JESSIE
Njan oru aaru mani aakumbo office-
een erangum. Nammak onnu porathu
poyaalo? To a restaurant or
something.
AMEER
Poratho... Script ezhuthaan und.
JESSIE
Nee oru MAASAM aayitt ezhuthi konde
irikuvalle... You need a break
AMEER
Edi I'm so close. Ee script onnu
theeratte... I don't want any
distractions.
JESSIE
Ninne onnu kanaan vendi alle njan
parayane... enthuvaada nee ingana...
6.
AMEER
Athusheri... Ente script-inu state
award-o national award-o okke kitti
kazhiyumbo ithu thanne
parayanotto...
JESSIE
(sarcastic)
national award mathiyo? Oru Oscar
engilum vende?
AMEER
Onnu podo...
JESSIE
Nee aa room-eenn vellappozhokke
porath erangu. Eth neravum script
enn paranj nadakkalle... There's
more to life.
AMEER
Tsk... I'm fine this way
JESSIE
Nee ingana onnum aayirunnilla
JESSIE
Araa?
AMEER
ariyilla nokatte
JESSIE
Eppa vilikkum?
AMEER
(annoyed)
Eppozhelum vilikaam!
JESSIE
Athinu enthina dheshyapedane?
AMEER
7.
Dheshyapettillallo...
JESSIE
Pinne?
AMEER
Tsk... njan door-ilu araann nokatte
AMEER
Shit!
Ameer goes and picks up the beer bottle on the floor.
UNCLE
Ivade aduthulla oru client-ine
kanaan vannatha... Ninnem koodi
kanditt pokaam enn vachu
AMEER
Ah...
A beat.
AMEER
va akathu irikaam
UNCLE
Aah.
8.
UNCLE
George ippo Germany-ila... M Arch-
inu padikuvaa...
Ameer closes the door.
AMEER
(he doesn't care)
Oh.
Uncle gets disgusted by the look of the room.
UNCLE
Ninak ee room okke onnu vrithi
aakikkoode?
AMEER
Uh, N-Njan kazhikaan enthelum
edukaam
Ameer walks towards the kitchen.
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Uncle sits on the couch eating from a bowl of potato chips.
UNCLE
Amma enth parayunnu?
AMEER
Njan joli kalanjathinte pinakam
ithuvare mareetilla.
UNCLE
Oh, Avalu parayanathilum karyam
ille? joli kalanjathu mandatharam
anenne njanum parayu.
AMEER
aah first draft theeraar aayi
almost.
UNCLE
katha entha?
Uncle pulls up his legs on the couch to make himself
comfortable.
AMEER
Uh, athu cinema erangumbo you'll
know
UNCLE
alla enikk detail aayitt onnum
ariyanda. Just oru synopsis paranja
mathi.
AMEER
Uh... okay
(clears throat)
katha oru train yathrene pattiya...
UNCLE
Train yathra?
AMEER
Aah
UNCLE
Appo cinemede thudakkam thott
avasanam vare ee train yathra thanne
aano?
AMEER
Uh, kind of... Full katha train-nte
akathu vachu thanneyaanu nadakane.
Pinne edakk kurach flashback scenes
okke und.
UNCLE
Oh, okay okay.
AMEER
Randu main charcters und. Oru
criminal-um oru prostitute-um
UNCLE
prostitute-aa?
AMEER
Aah. Ee criminal ee prostitute-ine
train-ilu vacha parichayapedane...
10.
UNCLE
Oh... Ithu orumathiri Adoor-nte okke
polathe cinema aayi poyi. Ithokke
arelum Kanaan varuvo?
AMEER
Athu saramilla... Kananavar
kaanatte...
UNCLE
Angana allallo. That's a wrong
attitude. Njan parayana kekku... nee
commercial cinema cheyy... you're
sure to achieve success. nalla paisa
undakaan pattum. Allathe ee rand
aalkaru train-il irunna samsaarikana
okke kanaan arelum varoonnu enikk
thonnanilla
AMEER
(Sighs) njan ithu paisa undakaan
vendi cheyunnatha alla... It's my
passion.
UNCLE
Ah best... Passion anengi vella part
time aayitt cheytha porayirunno?...
Joli okke kalanj ivide Vann irikande
karyam undo? nammal oru joli
cheyumbo ath sucessful akaan vendi
venam cheyaan. ippo ente karyam
thanne nokku... Enikk school-ilokke
padikumbo padaan nalla kazhivu
undaayirunnu. Annu njan
vicharikkuvayirunnu "ho,
veluthaayitt venam oru paatukaran
akaan" ennokke... but later I
realised I was stupid. Ippo enne
nokku, I have a real job. I have
money. I'm successful.
AMEER
Success is not always about money.
Ente cinema oraalu engilum kand
nallath paranja, ath ente success
aanu.
11.
UNCLE
Yeah I get what you mean, but...
Think practically... Nee paranja
success kond real world-il ninak
survive cheyaan pattuvo? Illa..
athinu paisa thanne venam. Ente oru
parichayakkarante mon und. Ninne
poleyaarnn... joleem kalanj veetilu
vazhakkum ittu 'independent' cinema
pidikaan erangiyatha... Ennitt ippo
enth aayi? Cinemem illa... Joleem
illa... kaashum illa... Veetilum
keraan pattatha avastha aayi... you
see what I'm saying?
Ameer doesn't respond. He doesn't like where this
conversation is going.
UNCLE
Ah, Njan paranjanne ollu... Ninte
ishtam pole cheyy
Awkward silence.
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The clock clicks to 12:44 PM.
UNCLE (O.S)
Enna sheri...
Uncle stands out, putting on his shoes.
AMEER
Aah.
Uncle leaves. Ameer closes the door and sighs.
AMEER
Ah, thanks.
KID
paathram thirich thanne...
AMEER
Ah
The boy enters the room and picks up the cube. He looks at it
in awe.
After a beat, Ameer returns from the kitchen with the empty
box.
KID
Aa Rubik's cube araa solve cheythe?
AMEER
Uh, njanaa
KID
Solve cheyaan ariyuvo?
AMEER
Ah.
KID
Ente veetilum und. Pakshe enikku
solve cheyaan ariyathilla...
AMEER
Oh...
Ameer has reached the last page of his script. He types "THE
END".
Ameer, with a big smile on his face, takes a deep sigh of
relief and lays back on his chair.
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Ameer stands in the middle of the room. He dials a number on
his phone. The phone rings. The person on the other side of
the phone is HARI (30s)
HARI
(through the phone)
Ahda para
AMEER
Nee therakilaano?
HARI
Alla alla, entha karyam?
AMEER
Eda ente script-nte first draft
finish aayi. Nee onnu vayichitt
engana undenn parayaamo? Njan ninak
mail cheythittund
HARI
(excited)
Nice, nice... I can't wait to read.
Njan vayichitt vilikaam
AMEER
Aah. Pattoongi innu thanne vayichu
theerkane...
HARI
15.
Aahda, sure.
Ameer hangs up.
JESSIE
Wait... sherikum? Appo script
ezhuthande ninak?
AMEER
Script-nte first draft ippa ezhuthi
theerthe ollu.
(a beat)
So... you coming with me?
JESSIE
ezhu mani
AMEER
Ok poli. See you at seven.
WOMAN
Yeah... varuvallolle?
AMEER
vannirikkum!
HARI
(through the phone)
Eda njan vayichu..
AMEER
Engana und?
HARI
Basic premise kollaam. Pakshe kore
prashnangal und. aadhyam thanne, nee
ithu kurachu koodi engaging akaan
nokaamo? Ninte kathakku oru shokam
feel aanu. I mean, I get what you're
trying to do here. Ithu oru sad
story aanu, I get it. But it's not
engaging. Kurachu fun moments okke
kondu vaa. No one's gonna pay to
watch a sad, depressing film.
Ameer's excitement fades away.
AMEER
Oh.
HARI
Pinne, ee characters-inu ninak
enthelum peru koduthoode? Ella
eduthum 'criminal' 'prostitute'
'criminal' 'prostitute' enn
vilikumo... it's weird.
AMEER
Eda actually.. uh, it was an
artistic choice
A beat.
HARI
Eh?
AMEER
Eda... (sighs) To be honest I
thought it'd be cool for them to not
have any names...
HARI
Oh... Enna nee oru karyam cheyy. nee
dialogues-ilu avarde peru onnum
mention cheyanda.. but script-ilu
avare refer cheyaan aayitt enthelum
oru peru koduthekk... vayikanavarde
elupathinu...
AMEER
17.
HARI
Aah, Pinne ee criminal-nte thalede
melil oru sword float cheyunna aa
scene ille?
AMEER
Ah, athu njan oru metaphor aanu
udheshiche...
HARI
Aah, athu manasilaayi. But aa scene
kurach out of place alle ennoru
samshyam.
AMEER
Aano?
HARI
Ah, enikk angana aanu thonniye.
and... aa brothel owner-nte charcter
ille. Ayaalu kurach unrealistic
aayitt aanu enikk thonniye. He's
just bad because he's bad. That's
not how people are in real life. Aa
charcter-inu kurachu koodi depth
kodukku...
AMEER
Oh.
HARI
And one last thing, ninte ending
nalla shokam aanu. There's no
resolution. There's no character
arc. There's nothing. Ending-ilu
sherikkum work cheyaan und. I was
expecting more from you dude.
(a beat)
By the way, no offense tto. I was
just sharing my thoughts...
AMEER
Eyy... I'm not offended.
(But we can tell he's
offended)
thanks for the feedback. I'll make
it better.
HARI
Yeah. and ninte katha mosham annenn
onnum alla njan parayane... It has
18.
AMEER
Fuck. Shit.
He SLAMS his hand on the table.
He hits the side of the laptop screen to see if it works -
nop.
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Ameer turns off the laptop.
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Ameer tries to restart the laptop, but a message appears --
"Working on Updates. Don't turn off your computer"
AMEER
Myru
Ameer stands up from his chair. He throws the cigarette on
the floor, steps on it. Then he folds his fist PUNCHES the
wall.
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The clock reads 7:06 PM
The laptop is working fine now. Ameer stares at the script.
His phone rings. Ameer checks the phone.
AMEER
19.
Oh shit!
Ameer picks up the call.
JESSIE
(through the phone)
Nee erangeele?
AMEER
Edi... njan athine kurich maranne
poyi... I- I'm really sorry. Pinne
ente script-il kurach koode work
baaki und. So... Enikk varaan
pattilla. I'm really really sorry.
Silence from her side for a while.
JESSIE
I think we should break up
AMEER
Eh? Athinum mathram entha undaaye?
JESSIE
Onnum undayille? Nee thanne aano
porathu povaann paranje? Ennitt ippo
"marannu poyi..." "Script-ilu work
cheyaan und..." Ellam ninte
ishtathinu aano ivide nadakkane?
AMEER
Njan sorry paranjille
JESSIE
"Sorry".. enne kond onnum
parayippikarithu... Nammal thammil
avasanmaayitt neritt kandeth
eppazhanenn orma undo ninak?
AMEER
Athu, uh, etho... etho oru Sunday
nammal kandathalle?
JESSIE
Etho oru Sunday alla. Rand aazhcha
mumbathe Sunday. Athum NJAN aanu
ninte veetil vanne... Nee ente
eduthekk eppozhenkilum vannittundo?
Atleast ingott oru call engilum
cheythoode ninak? Ninte eduth onnu
maryathakk kurach neram samsaarikaan
polum pattoola... you're always
preoccupied. Entha ninte prashnam?
Enik vendi spend cheyaan ninak
20.
JESSIE
Ninak mathram aano important aayitt
karyangal olle? Ellavarkum important
aayitt karyangal und. But they are
not fucking obsessed like you
Ameer and Jessie talk over each other:
JESSIE
ninakk eppozhum ninte karyam
mathramu important -
AMEER
(over)
Nee oru mathiri kochu pillere pole
avalle -
JESSIE
nee entha ithra selfish aayi behave
cheyane?
AMEER
Njanaano selfish? NEE aanu selfish.
Nee orikalum ente feelings
manasilaakan shremichittilla. You
just want my attention. Njan joleem
kalanj veetilu vazhakkum ittu ee
apartment-il vannu thamasikana ninak
UNDAAKAAN ALLA...
A beat.
JESSIE
Fine, Ini njan ninne vilikoola.
Let's end it here.
Ameer realizes he messed up. Jessie hangs up the call.
AMEER
(whispers)
Shit.
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8:38 PM.
Ameer is still staring at the screen. His eyes are tired. He
is sleepy.
Suddenly he becomes nauseous. He is about to puke.
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21 INT. BATHROOM 21
The faucet is on. Ameer stands, rinsing the wound on his
finger.
He turns off the faucet. Then, takes the bathroom towel and
gently wipes his finger.
He covers the wound with a bandage.
He sits on the toilet.
23.
headaches.
(insanity scenes)
(rage + punches air)
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