EPISODE 72 - JHANAK

SCENE 1/INT. DAY. OUTSIDE THE DHABA.

Characters: Ani, Jhanak, Tejesh

[the scene continues from where the frame froze]

Jhanak: sunayi nahin de raha aapko? jaaiye! [shouts] peechha karna band
kijiye mera, jaaiye!

Anirudh: yeh galti mat karo jhanak…apni jaan khatre mein kyun daal rahi ho
tum? kiske liye? dekho tum ghar mat chalo okay, hostel mein rah lena, ab toh
theek hai?

Others: kya problem hai? aap kashmir ki bus mein the na?

Tejesh: lambi kahaani hai babu…yeh ladki ki shaadi humse hui thi, aur yeh
bhaisaab, humari shaadi ki raat ise uddaa kar le gaye, kidnapping! aur seedha
laaye kahan, apne ghar Kolkata mein…hum bechare apni biwi ki talash mein
bhatakte yahan pahunche,hotel ka kharcha kiya, intezaar kiya…mauka paa
kar biwi ko iske changul se chhuda kar le jaa hi rahe the ki yeh batameez
praani bus ka peechha karte karte yahan tak aa gaya.

Anirudh: jhooth!! [shouts] jhooth bol raha hai yeh! yeh maar daalega ise! yeh
aadmi bahut khatarnaak hai, pochho iss ladki se, yeh sab jaanti hai, bolo
jhanak.

[Tejesh puts his hands in his pockets,jhanak sees..she is scared..]

Tejesh: haan yeh sahi hai, bolo jhanak, ab tum hi sabke saamne sach bolo!

[Jhanak stays shut]

Other 1: batao kya baat hai? yeh aadmi pati hai tumhara?
Jhanak: nahin!

Anirudh: Jhanak, please…sach bolo.

Tejesh: haan jhanak, tumhe darrne ki zaroorat nahin hai, itne saare log hai
yahan, sach bol do…yeh tumhe zabardasti yahan se le jaa nahin payega.

Anirudh: tum pressure mein mat aao, shuru se ab tak sab bata do! yeh log
humari help karenge, tejesh kuchh nahin kar sakta…itni door main aaya sirf
tumhare liye…jaise hi mujhe pata chala tum ghar se jaa chuki ho
main…main paagalon ki tarah tumhe har jagah…jhanak…please tum…

Jhanak: mujhe aapki koi baat nahin sunni hai.

Other 2: aye bhai kyun disturb kar rahe ho? madam ne bola na vo tumhare
saath nahin jaana chahti…police ko bulaaye kya?

Anirudh: bulao! police bulao! sabse pehle yahi insaan jail jayega kyunki
criminal hai yeh…iski poori kahani jhoothi hai…iski shadi jhanak se kabhi
hui hi nahin.

Other 1: kaise nahin hui… shankha pola aur yeh sindoor nahin dikhta tumhe?
agar yeh pati nahin hai toh kaun hai iska pati?

Tejesh: haan batao na…kaun hai pati? kiske liye pehna hai yeh sab…agar
yeh tumhara pati hota toh tum mere saath thodi aati? isse peechha thodi
chhudwati…kuchh toh bolo jhanak..

Anirudh: sirf sach bolo…please…kisse shadi hui tumhari? bolo!

[Jhanak looks at Tejesh]

[Tejesh has a rage and crudeness in his eyes]
[Tejesh puts his hand in his pocket to grab his pistol]
[Jhanak understands the gesture of the gun being in that pocket]
Big build up on this…
Jhanak: mujhse pooch rahe hai aap? aapko samajh nahin aa raha kisse shadi
ki maine?

Anirudh: jhanak seedha seedha jawaab do! kaun hai tumhara pati?

Jhanak: aapke sawalon ke jawaab dena zaroori nahin samajhti main

Anirudh: jawaab dena hoga! kyunki sab kuchh tum par depend karta hai.

Tejesh: bus ke jaane ka time ho raha hai…dekho babu yeh humari patni hai,
aur iss baat se yeh bhi inkaar nahin kar rahi hai…tum kyun befizool tamasha
kar rahe ho!

Anirudh: yeh baat main jhanak ke muhn se sunna chahta hoon ki tum iske
pati ho..

Jhanak: inhone bol diya na…bas!

Jhanak aankhein chura rahi hai..

Anirudh: tum kyun nahin bol sakti? bolo yeh tumhara pati hai! isse shaadi ki
tumne…mere saamna bolo jhanak!mujhe dekhkar bolo jhanak!!

Jhanak: main zaroori nahin samajhti.

Other 1: are bhai miya biwi raazi hai toh tum beech mein rayeta kyun phaila
rahe ho! ache ghar ke lagte ho, yeh sab harkatein shobha deti hai kya? doosre
ki biwi ke peechhe bhaagna, are kuchh toh sharam karo…chalo jaao yahan
se, niklo warna police ki gaadi aayegi tumhara swagat karne

[others are surrounding them]

[Tejesh grabs Jhanak’s hands]

Anirudh: haath chhod jhanak ka!

Tejesh: kyun bhai…patni hai humari…tum kaun hote ho hume rokne wale?
[Ani pulls away Tejesh’s hand from Jhanak and grabs her hand with his]
[Tejesh puts his hand in his pocket]
[Jhanak notices that and shrinks in fear]

Jhanak: bas kijiye!! sabke saamne mera tamasha banana band kijiye! hai kaun
aap? haath kaise pakda mera? permission di maine aapko?

[Jhanak breaks down in tears. Folds her hands]

Anirudh: bike par baitho tum…please jhanak, khudko khatre mein mat
daalo…maine sirf tumhare liye achha chaaha hai, yeh galat kadam hai aur
tum jaanti ho…isse darro mat, main hoon tumhare saath.

Jhanak: main inse darrti nahin, apni marzi se inke saath jaa rahi hoon…

Anirudh: Jhanak, mere saath chalo…ek baar tum iss bus mein chadhh gayi,
main tumhe nahin bacha paunga…tumhari life tumhare haath mein hai, tum
sahi faisla le sakti ho, mere saath chalo.

Jhanak: aap hote kaun hai mujhe bachaane wale? kisne zimmedari di aapko?
main apni raah khud chunn sakti hoon, aap bas apne kaam se kaam rakhiye
aur mera peechha chhod dijiye! jaaiye!

Tejesh: yeh aise nahin maanega, ab police station hi jaana hoga…sabke

saamne humari biwi ka harassment kar raha hai yeh ladka aur aap sab bas
khade tamasha dekh rahe hai…arre kaise mard ho tum log!

[everyone comes raging]

Jhanak: hatiye…door hoiye sab…door! yeh mera matter hai aap sab beech
mein mat aaiye, main baat karungi.

Tejesh: yeh yahan sunne nahin aaya…tumhe le jaane aaya hai, samajh nahi
aa rahi kya tumhe? hume nahin pata itne din isne tumhare saath kya kiya
magar tum humari patni ho, rani bana kar rakhna chathe hai hum tumhe aur
ab iske aage, hum koi batameezi bardaasht nahin karenge, tum jaanti ho hum
kya kar sakte hai jhanak.

Jhanak: uski zaroorat nahin padegi…mujhe baat karne dijiye…dekhiye…na

hi shakl se koi bura insaan bann jaata hai aur na hi kapdo se koi achha…aap
meri life sudhaar nahin rahe barbaad kar rahe hai…agar mujhe aapke saath
chalna hota toh main chalti…lekin mujhe inke saath jaana hai…suna
aapne…inke saath jaana hai mujhe kyunki yeh mera support hai aur
aap…aapse mujhe nafrat hai(ani is shocked)…apni bike par bus ke peechhe
peechhe aa gaye aur mere saath zor zabardasti kar rahe hai…kaun achha hai
kaun bura yeh sab dekh sakte hai! mera haath pakda aapne, mere saath
batameezi ki!! are sharam aani chahiye aapko, khudki izzatt nahin kam se
kam apne parivar ki izzatt ka toh khayaal karte.

[Ani is silent. Tears in his eyes.these lines really hit him..]

Anirudh: kya ho gaya hai tumhe jhanak? please idhar aao, hume akele mein
baat karni chahiye…uske baad bhi tumhe lage ki tumhe iske saath jaana hai
toh chali jaana…please jhanak…

Jhanak: nahin, mujhe aapse koi baat nahin karni hai.

Tejesh: dekha…dekha bhaiyon…humari biwi ke mana karne ke baad bhi

peechhe pada hai! kya yahi kayeda yahi kanoon chalta hai aapke yahan?

Other 1: [shouts] aye kya problem hai tumhari? itni der se dekh rahe hai
ladki ko pareshaan kar rahe ho!

[everyone rushes to him..jhanak feels kahin log maarein na..]

Jhanak: nahin …yeh jaa rahe hai, dekhiye, aap please jaaiye, humari bus ke
nikalne ka time ho gaya hai.

Tejesh: sunn liya!! hum apni biwi ko le kar jaa rahe hai, tum akele niklo!
chalo!

[Ani keeps standing]

[Jhanak is turning back]
[Tejesh is protecting Jhanak as she gets on the bus]

Anirudh: [calls] Jhanak? Jhanak? Jhanak, mat jaao…please mat

jaao…jhanak!

[he comes to the steps of the bus]

Jhanak: apni life par dhyaan dijiye aap…mera peechha chhodiye… I hate
you. I Hate you. Hate you. Hate you.

[she leaves..ani is watching her go.he feels defeated...build up…]

[everyone is on the bus]
[the bus starts moving]

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SCENE 2
EXT. DAY. BIKE/ROAD – ACCIDENT SITE.

Characters: Ani, others

[Ani gets in his Bike. Starts driving it rashly. Doesn’t maintain any rules.]
[doesn’t abide by rules or pedestrians]
[people shout at him from the road]
[Ani ]
[everyone shouts]

Others:aye kya kar raha hai!! Accident ho jayega! are araam se chala!
Accident! Accident!

[He hits a divider directly. Or the Bike. Whichever is easier.]

[everyone comes running to him]

Person: yeh toh hona hi tha, kaise chala raha tha bike!! peeya hai kya?

[everyone crowds]
Person 1: lagta hai marr gaya! tch tch…such a young boy…jawaani mein
khatam

[Ani’s lying on the road..he is hit on the head.. he looks like he’s dead]
[everyone shouts and screams and comes to his Bike]
[reaction]

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SCENE 3
INT/EXT. DAY. IN AN AUTO.

Characters: Chhoton

[Chhoton calls Ani from inside an auto]

[Ani doesn’t receive the call]

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SCENE 4A
ROAD – ACCIDENT SITE

[people have crowded the Bike]

[someone is calling the police]

Person 1: are police ko phone karo! ambulance bulao nahin toh yeh marr
jayega!

person 2 : marr jayega nahin…jitna dangerous accident hua hai, lagta hai yeh
marr gaya.

[murmurs begin, comments get passed]

Person 2: such a young man… tragedy.

Person 3: ache bade ghar ka lagta hai.

Person 1: yeh sab baaton ka kya fayeda? police ke aane tak hum kuchh nahin
kar sakte…local station information de diya hai, ab dekho…kab aate
hai…haan dada phone kiya na?

[men women elderly, all are present]

[a reporter is recording it]

Reporter: yeh accident kaise hua?

[Ani’s phone keeps ringing. Chhoton is calling.]

Others: are baba kya kar rahe ho? aadmi aadha mara pada hai aur tum camera
le kar record karoge…

Person 2: ei Reporter dada,itna jawaan ladke ka death ho gaya, tumne dekha

nahin?

Person 3: humne dekha, rash driving case hai! yeh bahut speed mein chala
raha tha, saamne se doosra bike aaya,vo sahi chala raha tha…iska control
lose hua aur seedha crash!

[says it in details..montage..]
[reporter records it all]
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SCENE 4B + 4C
EXT. DAY. ROAD – ACCIDENT SITE
EXT. DAY. POLICE PATROL CAR.

PHONE CUT:

One of the Persons present present at the location moves away and calls the
Police.
Person: Hello, hello? Police station? crossing par accident hua hai… Bike
accident…aap jaldi aaiye, vo aadmi…lagta hai vo marr gaya hai.

[police patrol]

Police: exact location kya hai?

Person: paanch-road crossing. Sri Gopal Sweet shop ke bilkul saamne!

[or some other name that is available at the spot]

Police: hum aa rahe hai.

They hang up.

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SCENE 4D
EXT. DAY. ROAD – ACCIDENT SITE DELETED

SCENE 5
INT. DAY. INSIDE BUS.

Characters: Tejesh, Jhanak.

[the bus is moving]

Tejesh: bahut khoob! special tohfa banta hai tumhare liye.

[Jhanak turns her face away]

Tejesh: kya hua? muhn kyun pher liya? humari baat achhi nahin lagi?
tumhare liye tadap raha tha vo…tum tadap rahi thi uske liye? hum bhi kya
sawaal pooch rahe hai, jawaab toh saamne hai…yeh shankha…yeh sindoor…

Jhanak: jo aap chahte the hua! ab please, bolna band kijiye…

Tejesh: yeh jo tevar hai na tumhare, inhe todd marodd kar apne hisaab se
dhaal denge hum samjhi! yeh zyada time chalne wala nahin hai.

[Jhanak looks at him with crude eyes]

Tejesh: inn aankhon se darrte nahin, inn aankhon ke toh deewane hai
hum…aur tumhari himmatt ke bhi…lekin iska matlab yeh nahin ki tum hume
halke mein lo…ab tumhe koi bachaane wala nahin hai, bilkul akeli ho
tum…aur vo anirudh, usne ek shabd nahin kaha tum dono ki shaadi ke baare
mein.

Jhanak: ek hi baat baar baar kyun dauhra rahe hai aap? jo tha vo khatam ho
chukka hai, aapko jo chahiye tha mil chukka hai na…kyun baat kar rahe hai
phir uss baare mein?

Tejesh: sahi hai, bekaar baat ko aur kyun hi kuredna…lekin phir

bhi…anirudh bade kamzor kism ka hai, magar shaatir…parivar mein bhi kisi
ko kuchh nahin bataya…aur kuchh din mein srishti mukherjee ki beti se
shaadi kar lega…ek baat batao agar tum wahi rehti toh kya karti…sarr uthaati
ya uski nayi biwi aur uski ghulami karti?

Jhanak: ek shabd aur bola na aapne toh main zorr se chilaaungi.

[Tejesh looks around]

[speaks by tightening his lips particularly]

Tejesh: abhi kya kam chilla rahi ho!! theek hai, kuchh nahin bolenge, waise
bhi ab toh time hi time hai…araam se baatein karenge ghar par…achha
bhookh lagi hai? thodi der mein bus rukegi, kuchh khila denge
tumhe…pichhle stop par toh tumhare aashik ne tamasha khada kar diya, chai
bhi naseeb nahin hui.

[Jhanak turns away..khidki par sar rakhti hai..as tear falls down her cheek..]

Jhanak V/O: jaanti hoon iss waqt aapko mujhse nafrat ho rahi hogi, mera
naam bhi apni zubaan par kabhi nahin laayenge aap, par thande dimaag se
sochenge toh samjhenge ki maine aapki bhalayi ke liye vo sab
kiya…shayad…hum dono ek ajeeb mod par aa gaye the sir jee, aap aur main
dono piss rahe the...na aapki family khush thi aur na aarshie didi…aapki
aankhon mein jo meri wajah se aansu aaye uske liye sorry, par aapko bachane
ke liye hi mujeh yeh sab karna padha...

[the bus keeps moving]

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SCENE 6A + 6B
EXT. DAY. ROAD.
INT/EXT. DAY. IN AN AUTO.

Characters: Ani, reporter, assistant, police, others. Chhoton.

[Police are here. They pull out Ani from the Bike.]
[reporter and his assistant are recording it]
[checks his wallet and other stuff]

Police: Aniruddh Bose

Reporter: Sir, kaun hai yeh? naam kya hai? kuchh mila aapko?

Police: [looks at him] peechhe jaaiye aap…disturb mat kijiye.

Reporter: sir please sir…badi information hai…family ko toh shayad pata bhi
nahin hoga, news se unhe pata chalne ka chance hai sir.

[Chhoton is calling Ani again]

[police picks it up]

Police: Hello?

Chhoton: hello? kaun bol raha hai?

Police: police…aapne jinhe phone kiya hai…kaun hai yeh?

Chhoton: mera bhateeja hai sir

Police: inka accident hua hai.

Chhoton: kyaa? kahan par?

[near Kusumpur]

Police: Kusumpur ke paas, humne ambulance bula li hai, hospital le kar jaa
rahe hai emergency mein..paas hi mein Chandpur/howrah Superspecialty
hospital hai, wahin…aap jaldi aa jaaiye, ya kisi doosre family member ko
inform kar dijiye…accident bahut hi major tha.

[Chhoton screams]

Chhoton: vo zinda hai na?

Police: hosh mein nahin hai…kuchh kah nahin sakte, injury bahut serious
hai…bike bhi poori tarah khatam ho chuki hai… inhe hospital le jaana hoga
warna survive karne ke chances bahut kam hai…aap jaldi aa jaiye.

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SCENE 7
EXT. DAY. ROAD.

Characters: Chhoton, Bipasha.

[Chhoton runs and gets a cab]

Chhoton: Eh taxi, taxi! Taxi!

[He tries calling someone at home in the taxi]

Chhoton: Chandpur/howrah Superspecialty jaldi jaldi jaldi

[leaves]
[Howrah can be mentioned instead of Chandpur]
[he calls up home]
[Bipasha receives]

Bipasha: Hello?

Chhoton: Bipasha?

Bipasha: Yes. Chhoton? ab kya khichdki paka rahe ho aap aur ani? subah se
bahar ho? thake nahin jhanak ko dhoondhte dhoondhte? shahar ka ek ek ghar
chhaan maaroge kya?

Chhoton: bipasha…anirudh ka accident ho gaya hai.

Bipasha: What!

Chhoton: Howrah Superspecialty Hospital le kar jaa rahe hai use…sabko

batao…jaldi sabko bolo wahan pahunche…main raaste mein hoon.

Bipasha: yeh aap kya bol rahe ho chhoton?

Chhoton: mujhe sirf itna hi pata hai, police ka phone aaya tha…vo use
hospital le jaa rahe hai, accident bahut serious tha

Bipasha: police ne aapko kaise phone kiya? unke paas number kaise aaya!

Chhoton: tum kya time waste kar rahi ho!! yeh sab jawaab baad mein le lena
abhi jo maine kaha karo!!!! sabko bolo jaa kar!abhi!

[reaction]

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SCENE 8
INT. DAY. AMBULANCE.

Characters: Ani, police

[Ani is in the ambulance. The police goes with him]

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SCENE 9

INT. DAY. NEWSROOM.

Characters: Anchor

[The journalist has uploaded the news]

[news anchoring begins]

Reporter: peshe se IT engineer Aniruddh Basu ka kusumpar ilaake

mein,chandpur crossing ke paas bahut hi ghatak accident hua…aas paas ke
logon se yeh maloom pada hai ki vo apni bike kaafi tezz chala rahe the, speed
limit se oopar…saamne se doosri bike aayi, (WILL CHANGE ACCORDING
TO HOW THE ACCIDENT IS DONE)anirudh ne control lose kiya aur
seedha uss bike se takraa gaye.iss accident mein unhe gambheer chotein aayi
hai aur area ki local police unhe le kar hospital rawaana ho chuki hai…kaha
jaa raha hai ki anirudh bike chalaate waqt nashe mein the!

[keeps reading]
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SCENE 10
EXT. DAY. INSIDE BUS.

Characters: Tejesh, Jhanak

[Tejesh scrolls through his phone and comes across Ani’s news]
[It will also be said that his family members have been informed]
[Jhanak gets surprised when she hears the name Aniruddh Basu]

Jhanak: kya hua hai?

Tejesh: are are! yeh toh galat ho gaya…tumhe bachaane wala khud ab apni
jaan ki jung ladd raha hai…ya shayad jung haar gaya hai…kuchh clear nahin
bata rahe.

[Jhanak grabs Tejesh’s hand tightly to hurt him]

Jhanak: warn kar rahi hoon main aapko, sir jee ke baare mein galat
nahin…news dekhni hai mujhe…kya kah rahe hai…bataiye?

Tejesh: Aniruddh bose ka hua khatarnaak accident…parivar walon ko khabar

kar di gayi hai…hospital le jaa rahe hai use…tum kyun itna machal rahi ho,
tum dono ke raaste alag ho chuke hai jhanak…tum kuchh nahin kar sakti…

[Jhanak looks at him with rage in his eyes. Tears in her eyes]

Jhanak V/O: yeh kya kiya aapne sir jee…yeh kya kiya?!

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