GOOGLY
Written by
Mehul Oza
May 11, 2009
INT. DAY - DRESSING ROOM OF CRICKETERS
Cricket coach Singh is lecturing his cricket team in the dressing room
of cricket players. Players are seated on chairs. Coach is standing
close to a coffee table.
COACH SINGH
(walking across the table.)
Aaj hum sab...(He stops talking when he sees team's captain Sanjit
pulling his nostril hair and points it out to him saying.) Sanjit naak
khodana band karo aur main jo kahe raha hoon woh dhyan se suno. Tum
team ke captain ho.
SANJIT
(very quickly pulls out his hand from his nose and says
apologetically.)
I am sorry coach.
Coach sees another player Sunil sleeping on his chair and walks towards
him. Other players of the team observe sleeping Sunil, look at coach
going towards him and smirk. Coach takes his mouth near Sunil's ear and
does sound of alarm in his ears.
COACH
Ring ring ring ring!
Coach's voice wakes Sunil with a jolt. Coach stares him down.
COACH
(sarcastically and loudly.)
Good morning!
SUNIL
(he looks afraid of more insult and says apologetically.)
I am sorry coach.
COACH
(says loudly and sarcastically again.)
Nahi nahi I am sorry jo tumhe vice captain bana diya hai. Ab agar
tumhari nind puri ho gayi ho to kuchh kahoon?
Sunil nods. Then rubs his eyes, looks at coach attentively and says
SUNIL
Haan coach.
The coach stares him down and then looks away to face the others.
COACH
(sarcastically.)
Jaisa ki aap sab janate hi honge hum kayi araso se ek bhi game nahi
jite hain aur team ka haal dekh kar to aisa mahesus ho raha hai ki
shayad aap ke retire hone tak nahi jitenge.
A player named Vijay interferes.
VIJAY
(jokingly.)
Magar hum kabhi retire hi na ho to?
COACH
(turning and looking at Vijay and saying sarcastically.)
To main ho jaunga! (looking at the others again.) Kabhi dekhata hoon ki
kisi ka hath kaam nahi kar raha hai to kabhi dekhata hoon ki kisi ka
pair kaam nahi kar raha hai. Agar is baar jit kar nahi laute to main
khud aap sab ki taange tod dunga.
ANIL
(says jokingly to his teammates.)
Achha hai. Kam se kam hume khelane to nahi jana padega.
All laugh. Coach stares at them coldly. They stop laughing and react
apologetically.
COACH
(saying sarcastically to Anil.)
Kash yeh mumakin hota. Hum kam se kam aap logo ki jagahe koi kabil
khiladiyo ko to de sakate. (Turning away from Anil and looking at all.)
Aap logo ko zarur kisi lachar pal me chunana pada hoga varana humari
team itani ghatiya nahi hoti. Aap sab ko abhi bhi pata na ho to bata
doon ki yeh cricket ground hai bagicha nahi hai ki nind khuli, nashta
kiya aur sair-sapata karane ke liye chale aao. Aap log to gali cricket
khelane ke layak bhi nahi ho. Main to kaheta hoon cricket to kya aap to
luka-chhupi khelane ke bhi layak nahi ho. (Saying loudly.) Main aap
logo ko akhari warning de raha hoon. Aap agar is baar nahi jite to main
aap logo ko team se bahar kar dunga. (Coach stops talking. Players are
silently watching him. Coach speaks again.) Ab mera muh kis liye taak
rahe ho? Kya third umpire ke faisale ke liye ruke ho? Get out!
The players walk towards the exit door of the dressing room. Coach
Singh picks up a ball from the table near him, throws the ball at
players in anger and says
COACH
(throwing the ball.)
Catch!
Sanjit tries to catch the ball but ball hits him on his fist and he
falls. Ball then flies towards Sunil. Sunil tries to catch the ball too
but it hits him on his palm and flies towards Vijay. Sunil falls on a
table put close to him. There are some mugs on the table. Sunil falls
on mugs and they break. Sudden sight of the ball rushing towards
Vijay's face startles him. Vijay opens his hands to catch the ball but
the ball hits him on his eye and goes downwards. Anil jumps down
towards the floor to catch the ball but the ball falls on the floor
before Anil can catch it. Anil is falling on the floor and pulls
Vijay’s right leg for support. Vijay tries to stand in balance but ends
up falling on Anil.
COACH
(is shocked and shouts.)
Tumane yeh catch chhod diya? Itana aasan catch chhod diya? Mera ji
karata hai ki main cricket chhod doon. Sab ke sab nikamme ho.
(Stressing the word more.) Nikamme. Get lost.
The players get up and leave.
CUT-TO:
EXT. DAY - CRICKET PLAYGROUND
Sanjit and his team are walking on ground. They seem to be going to
play a cricket match with Australia. We see a big scoreboard on
playground. It shows this message- India vs. Australia. Third One-Day
International. Australia leads the series 2-0. The players are walking
towards the fielding positions on the playground. In the cricket lingo
the fielding positions are called Slip, Gully, Mid-on, Mid-off, Longon, Long-off, etc. It looks like Australian team is going to bat first.
SANJIT
Sunil tum mid-on par raho. Vijay tum mid-off par raho. Anil tum ghar
jaao.
Anil walks impulsively. Then realizes that Sanjit is joking and stops.
SANJIT
Mazak kar raha hoon. Long-on par raho.
The game begins. BG music plays. The umpire shows way to the first
bowler. The bowler is running with gusto. BG music continues. Two
commentators are doing commentary from commentary box amid the BG
music.
FIRST COMMENTATOR
Khel shuru ho chuka hai. Australia ne toss jit kar pahele ballebazi
karane ka faisala kiya hai. Gendabaz paheli gend karane ke liye taiyar
hai.
The bowler is looking at the batsman aggressively and bowls very fast.
But the ball is Wide. The umpire signals it wide-ball by his stretching
arms on sides.
SECOND COMMENTATOR
Is gend ko Wide ball ghoshit kiya gaya hai. Yeh gend off-stump se bahot
bahar thi. Gendabaz ne kharab shuruat ki hai. Unhone gend par se apana
niyatran puri tarah se kho diya tha.
On the next ball the bowler almost crashes in the umpire and stops
without bowling.
FIRST COMMENTATOR
Is baar gendabaz ne apana santulan phir kho diya hai. Woh umpire se
lagabhag takara hi gaye the. Unake sathi unase baat kar rahe hain.
His teammates talk to him.
CUT-TO:
Third time the bowler gets the ball right but batsman hits the ball
towards boundary.
SECOND COMMENTATOR
Ballebaz ne back-foot par ho kar cover ki tarf khubasurati se drive kar
diya hai.
Sanjit jumps to stop the hit but falls before the ball reaches him. The
ball bounces off his body and goes out of the boundary.
FIRST COMMENTATOR
Char run! Sanjit ne gend ko rokane ki koshish ki thi magar woh kafi
nahi thi. Gendabaz bhi tisari koshish ke baad hi thik se gendabazi kar
paaye the lekin tisari baar bhi nakamayab rahe hai.
SECOND COMMENTATOR
Jee haan Ramesh. Gendabaz third time bhi unlucky rahe hain.
CUT-TO:
The batsman hits one more ball towards boundary. Sunil tries to stop
the ball but falls. The commentators can be heard talking slightly in
BG music.
FIRST COMMENTATOR
Gend boundary ki aur ja rahi hai. Sunil ne gend ko rokane ki koshish ki
thi magar use rokane me nakaam rahe hai.
He gets up and stops the ball somehow and throws it to the fielders but
realizes he had slid inside the boundary rope with the ball in his
hands. The umpire signals four runs. The commentary fades in crowd
sound and BG music and remains that way until the end of the game.
Scoreboard shows- Australia- 50/0 in 5 overs. The other players are
slapping their foreheads seeing Sunil standing inside the boundary. On
the next ball, Vijay is yawning. The batsman plays his shot. The ball
hits Vijay on leg. The sudden hit stops his yawn. He tries to grab the
ball but falls and gets up. Then runs after the ball. The ball crosses
the boundary rope. The batsman hits the next ball high. Anil runs to
catch it and gets under the ball. But his hat falls on his eyes and he
drops the catch. The next ball flies out of the stadium and hits
someone’s car. We hear the car screeching. Another ball meets the same
fate. Thankfully, for the bowler the next ball isn’t hit. However, when
the bowler relaxes a little and turns to the umpire he signals it to be
a No-ball. The coach is watching from the stands and is playing with
the ball. He does action of throwing it on one of the players. Then he
does action of shouting but settles on biting his nails. The next
bowler is rubbing the ball on thigh. The batsman looks at him
menacingly. The bowler keeps rubbing the ball in fear. The umpire looks
at him suspiciously. The bowler feels embarrassed and bowls only to be
hit again by the batsman. Scoreboard shows- Australia- 250/2 in 40
overs. The fielders give up hope. They are running after the ball
tiredly. The ball reaches the boundary rope each time with ease.
Batsmen don't take the game seriously and hit shots at will. After one
of these hits batsmen are talking to each other in the middle of the
cricket pitch.
FIRST BATSMAN
Is baar itana zor se marunga ki ball hi tut jaye.
SECOND BATSMAN:
(challenging him.)
Achha? Main itana zor se marunga ki bat hi tut jaye.
FIRST BATSMAN
(going towards batting crease.)
Dekhate hain.
SECOND BATSMAN
Dekh lena.
The playground is quiet. BG music plays. The bowler bowls. The batsman
hits hard with a loud whacking sound. Everything is silent for two
seconds. Then the camera zooms on the ball. The ball has broken and
falls on the ground in pieces. Camera pans on players. They freeze in
shock. The crowd boos the bowling side.
CUT-TO:
The bowler is bowling. The batsman hits hard with a loud whacking
sound. Everything becomes silent for a while. The camera zooms on the
bat. The bat has broken. The broken pieces go flying over the umpire’s
head. The umpire ducks. The broken piece of the bat hits the bowler on
his head. His teammate catches one of the small pieces of the bat
thinking it's the ball and appeals for catch-out. But on realizing that
it's a small broken piece of the bat rather than the ball, he throws
away the bat piece and looks to see where the ball went. Scoreboard
shows- Australia- 350/4 in 50 overs. The crowd boos again and throws
water bottles on the fielding side. One of the bottles breaks Sanjit’s
eye.
CUT-TO:
Sanjit and his team are getting out quickly. Sanjit gets bowled out on
zero. Sunil gets out for 1 run. Rest get out LBW, Caught and Stumped.
Whole team gets out on 160 runs. Scoreboard shows- India- 160/10 in 30
overs. Australia wins by 190 runs. Australia wins the series 3-0. The
game has ended and again Sanjit’s team has lost. They look shamed and
congratulate the winning side. Sanjit is holding his eye and shaking
rival’s hand.
CUT-TO:
EXT. DAY - A STREET
Funny BG music plays. The fans are chasing Sanjit and his team on the
street and throwing shoes on them. The team find a temple and go inside
it. The crowd is still chasing them. The players are saying Hanuman
Chalisa. The fans chase them inside the temple. The team circles around
the idols saying prayers and belling. The fans do the same. The priest
gives them offerings of god but after some nudging and pulling between
fans’ and players’ chase priest ends up dropping the plate on players’
and falls on them. All fall down. The fans huddle the team and beat
them up. The priest gets up and runs.
CUT-TO:
EXT. AT THE SAME TIME - QUIET TEMPLE
We see idol of God Hanuman. Then we see the players getting up in front
of it. They look beaten-up.
SANJIT
(moaning)
Haay! Cricket ki vajay wrestling sikh lete to aaj humare kuchh kaam aa
jati.
SUNIL
(moaning)
Aah! Cricket achhe se sikhate to wrestling sikhane ki sochani hi kyun
padati?
SANJIT
Sochani kyun padati nahi? Aaj kal cricketers se zyada paise to
wrestlers ko milate hain.
VIJAY
Woh sab chhodo. Yahan se chalo. (Bending and unbending his broken hand
and saying worriedly but unsurely.) Aah! Shayad mera hath tut gaya hai.
Koi ambulance bula do!
ANIL
(touching his own body softly.)
Tera to sirf hath tuta hai mera to sabakuchh tut gaya hai.
SANJIT
(ignoring their conversation and saying in shame.)
Ghar jakar kya jawab denge ma-baap ko?
VIJAY
(pampering his broken hand.)
Kahe denge catch pakadate hue chot aa gayi thi. (moaning) Aah! Oh meri
kamar!
ANIL
(ignoring his moan.)
Magar humara bharosa kaun karega? Khair ab yahan se chalo. Humari
bachikuchi haddiya todane ke liye kahin se koi aur fans na aa jaye.
All leave.
EXT. MORNING - SANJIT’S APARTMENT
Sanjit’s back is paining and he is limping slowly toward the bathroom.
His wife Aarati is reading newspaper on couch and turns to talk to him.
AARATI
Good morning. (noticing limp in his walk and asking worriedly.) Kya
hua?
SANJIT
Kuchh nahi. (trying to walk straight.) Very good morning.
AARATI
To aise kyun chal rahe ho? (observing him well.) Thik to ho?
SANJIT
Haan haan bilakul thik hoon. (moans.) Aah!
AARATI
To aisi aawaz kyun kar rahe ho?
SANJIT
(jokingly.)
Shayad meri body ki alarm baj rahi hai.
AARATI
Hospital jane ka time hua hoga. (saying like advising him and also with
surety.) Kayi baar kaha hai ki cricket ke liye apani jaan nahi diya
karo.
SANJIT
Aarati aisi koi baat nahi hai.
AARATI
Sanjit hamari shadi ko do saal ho gaye hai. Main tumhe achhi tarah se
janati hoon.
SANJIT
(hesitates.)
Ha...khelate wakt thodi si chot aa gayi thi.
AARATI:
(nagging and worriedly.)
Main janati thi! Kayi baar kaha hai sambhal kar khela karo. Har dusare
din koi na koi chot laga aate ho. (irritatingly.) Ab yahan aaram se let
jao. Main doctor ko bulati hoon.
SANJIT
(assuredly.)
Aarati mujhe doctor ki koi zarurat nahi hai. Ab main bilakul thik hoon.
AARATI
Zarurat kaise nahi...
SANJIT
(interrupting her.)
Are ekdum mamuli chot hai. Mujhe bas malam lakar do.
Aarati goes in other room. Sanjit’s phone rings. Coach Singh’s name
flashes on his phone. On the other side of the phone coach Singh is
reading a newspaper. Sanjit answers the phone. Coach puts away the
newspaper.
COACH
(on the phone.)
Hello Sanjit. Suna hai ki kal tum kali ma ke mandir gaye the aur unhe
apani haddiyo se bani mala chaddha kar aaye ho? Kya yeh sach hai?
SANJIT
(Aarati comes out with bottle of pain reliever in her hands. Sanjit
shields phone from Aarati and moves away from her.)
Haan coach yeh sach hai.
COACH
Tum wahan kyun gaye the?
Aarati notices some worry in Sanjit’s voice.
ARATI
(asking concernedly.)
Sanjit kis ka phone hai?
SANJIT
(to Aarati.)
Coach ka phone hai.
COACH
(saying angrily on phone.)
Sanjit sun rahe ho ki kal ki maar ne tumhe bahera kar diya hai?
Sanjit looks afraid of answering. Aarati looks at him worriedly and
moves away.
SANJIT
Sun raha hoon coach.
COACH
Kayi baar kaha hai ki sari matches harane ke baad fans ke karib nahi
jaya karo.
SANJIT
(going in the other room and looking behind him. Aarati goes in
kitchen. Sanjit looks relaxed and continues his conversation.)
Hum nahi gaye the coach. Wahi aaye the hamare paas.
COACH
Kyun aaye the? (Sarcastically.) Koyi autograph mangane aaye to kahena
ki hume likhana nahi aata hai. Bachi-kuchi izzat bhi khak me mila di.
Mujhe to yakin nahi hota ki tumhare koi fans bhi ho sakate hain.
(shouting.) Chhod do cricket khelana. Logo ke paise bach jayenge aur
tumhari jaan. (Coach disconnects the call.)
SANJIT
Lekin coach...hello?
Sanjit disconnects call too. He looks worried. He looks at the phone
and dials a number and his call gets through.
SANJIT
(on phone.)
Sunil! Thank god tum zinda ho.
SUNIL
Shukriya magar mujhe khushi to is baat ki hai ki tum bhi zinda ho!
SANJIT
Haan. Shayad meri kismat achhi thi. Coach ka phone tha. Kahe raha tha
mandir kyun gaye the. (laughs.)
SUNIL
(laughs.)
Sala Hitler ki aulad.
(in
Khaddus jab dekho tab hamare
Aisa karate hai hum game ke
Hotel Five
SANJIT
sarcastic tone.)
pichhe puchh ban kar chipaka raheta hai.
mamale me ek meeting karate hai. Sab ko
Star aane ke liye kaho.
(Sanjit is leaving. Arati comes out with pain balm.)
ARATI
Sanjit yeh lo malam.
SANJIT
Arati mujhe kahin jana hai. Malam main baad me laga lunga. Bye.
Sanjit leaves.
ARATI
(looking at Sanjit leaving and saying to self)
Uff yeh cricket!
CUT-TO:
EXT. DAY - TEA SHOP ON PAVEMENT
They are sitting in a very small teashop on a pavement. The signboard
over the shop reads ‘Hotel Five Star’. Funny background music plays.
The players are drinking tea.
SUNIL
(observing the hotel.)
Yahan kyun laye ho?
SANJIT
Taki koi hume pahechan na sake.
VIJAY
Aaj se yahi aaya karenge. Hamare paise bhi bach jayenge.
ANIL
Ab batao kya baat hai?
SANJIT
Hum ninyanawe baar haar chuke hain. Ek aur game haare to century ho
jayegi. Hum yahan yeh sochane ke liye aaye hain ki jitane ke liye kya
kare.
SUNIL
Kya fark padata hai? Kam se kam century to ho jayegi.
SANJIT
Bahot fark padata hai kyunki is century ke liye hume taliya nahi
milengi magar galiya sunani padengi. (says looking at Vijay and
expecting a suggestion from him.) Vijay?
VIJAY
Fikar not. Umpire ko chay-pani dekar cup humare hatthe kar lenge.
SANJIT
Main chaay ke cup ki baat nahi kar raha hoon aur phir baat agar itani
aasan hoti to ab tak hum kayi cup jit chuke hote. (asking Anil.) Anil?
ANIL
(joking.)
Aisa karate hain ki bat ka remote-control banawa lete hain. Bas button
dabao aur chauka maro button dabao aur chhakka maro.
Anil sees a daydream.
CUT-TO:
IN ANIL'S DREAM
EXT. DAY - PLAYGROUND
Now Anil is inside his dream. He is dreaming that he is batting on
playground. The crowd is cheering. The coach is watching from stadium
and is holding the remote control of the bat. The bowler bowls.
Commentator does commentary.
COMMENTATOR
Gendabaz gend karane daud rahe hain.
The coach watches the ball reaching near Anil’s bat in slow motion and
presses the button no. 100 on the remote control. Anil’s bat makes
switching sound and shows a red light. Then it automatically rises in
slow motion and hits the ball far away on stadium seats. Umpire shows a
card, which reads “100 runs”.
COMMENTATOR
(very loudly and excitedly.)
Isi ke sath saikada. Ji ha Anilji ne sau runs ka shot khela hai. Unhone
ek hi gend me pure sau runs maare hain. Gend shaher ke dusare chhor par
ja giri hai. Bahetarin shot. Gend ka milana namumakin jaan padata hai.
The audience cheers and waves cards, which show figures of 100 and 200.
The bowler bowls the next ball. The coach watches the ball nearing
Anil’s bat and presses the button no. 200 on the remote-control. Anil’s
bat makes switching sound, shows the red light and rises to hit the
ball far away on stadium seats. The ball disappears behind the stadium.
The umpire shows a 200 card.
COMMENTATOR
(very loudly and excitedly.)
Anil is baar double saikada khele hain! Unhone gend ko phir se stadium
ke bahar maar diya hai. Anil pahoch gaye hain tin-sau runs par. Anil
bahot hi dumdar pari khel rahe hain. Anil ka koi jawab nahi hai.
The audience applauds and demands 1000 runs by showing cards of 1000.
The bowler bowls. The coach presses button no. 1000 on the remote
control. Anil’s bat rises in slow motion.
COMMENTATOR
(very loudly and excitedly.)
Gendabaz ne gend dali hai. Anil ne balla utha diya hai aur gend par de
mara hai.
The ball hits the bat in slow motion. Sparks fly from the bat. The
bat’s bottom is on fire and so is the ball.
COMMENTATOR
(very loudly and excitedly.)
Balle se aag nikal rahi hai. Prekshak yeh janane ke liye bahot utsuk
hai ki Anil ne kitane runs ke liye shot khela hai aur hum bhi bahot
utsuk hai.
The ball flies out of the stadium like a rocket with fiery tail and
travels in sky and hits the sun. The sun shakes. The cricket ground
shakes too. The audience shakes too and are shocked. They roar.
COMMENTATOR
(very loudly and excitedly.)
Gend sidhe suraj par ja lagi hai. Suraj hil raha hai. Prithvi bhi hil
uthi hai. Sara maidan aur stadium bhi hil raha hai. Anil ke is dhuadar
shot khelane se prekshako me ghabarahat si chhai hui hai. Sare prekshak
baukhala se uthe hain.
The umpire shows card which reads 1000 runs.
COMMENTATOR
(talking very loudly, excitedly and fast.)
Umpire ka ishara hai ek-hazar runs. Jee ha bhaiyo aur behano pure ek
hazar runs. Kya baat hai Anil. Isi ke sath Anil pahoche terah-sau runs
par. Ji ha Anil ek-hazar-terah-sau runs bana chuke hain. Inaki remotecontrolled bat ka koi jawab nahi hai. Aur ab agali gend.
The bowler bowls the next ball. The coach watches ball nearing Anil’s
bat and presses a button, which reads Victory on the remote control.
But the batteries run out. All music stops. Sound of crowd stops too.
Coach slaps the remote control. A loud whacking sound echoes in ground.
The remote-control doesn’t work. The ball is heading towards Anil in
slow motion. Anil looks at coach worriedly. Then he looks at the ball
and swings the bat in slow motion. He misses and the ball travels in
fast-motion and hits the stumps with loud sound. Umpire shows the first
finger and declares him out. He is bowled out. Bowlers celebrate.
COMMENTATOR
(very loudly and excitedly.)
Anil is baar clean bowled ho gaye hain. Tin gendo me terah-sau runs
bana kar bowled out ho gaye hain. Bharat ka score hua hai do-hazar runs
do overs ke baad.
Anil comes out of his dream startled and looks at Vijay who is still
talking.
VIJAY
(to Sanjit.)
Sanjit mere paas ek tarakib hai.
SANJIT
(sneers.)
Zarur. Kab se har kisi ki bakawas sun raha hoon to tumhari kyun nahi?
Bolo.
VIJAY
Lohe ka kawach pahen kar khelate hain. Kam se kam chot to nahi aayegi.
SUNIL
Hum yuddh karane nahi ja rahe hain Ghatotkach aur phir lohe ka kawach
pahen kar run kaise daudenge?
Sanjit cuts in.
SANJIT
Bekar ki bate band karo yaro. Dimag mila hai to is ka istemal karo nahi
to ise zang lag jayega.
ANIL
(with hope.)
Simple hai. Team badal dete hain.
SANJIT
Team calendar nahi hai ki har mahine panna palat diya aur sabakuchh
badal diya.
SUNIL
Kyun nahi badal sakate? (looking at Anil in anger.) Shuruat isi se
karate hain.
ANIL
(to Sunil.)
Main to mazak kar raha tha. Team calendar nahi hai ki har mahine panna
palat diya aur sab badal diya.
All look at Anil and laugh.
SUNIL
(stops laughing.)
Ab meri baat suno. (All turn to Sunil.) Agar coach badal de to?
SANJIT
(giving it a thought.)
Haan. Coach hume badal de usase pahele hum hi use badal dete hain.
VIJAY
Lekin baki logo se kya kahenge?
Sunil
Yehi ki coach hi humari haar ki vajah hai.
ANIL
Aisa hum maidan par sochate to ninyanawe nahi sirf attahanawe baar hi
harate.
All laugh.
VIJAY
(laughing.)
Lekin bowlers tujhe sochane ka mauka jo nahi dete.
ANIL
(trying to avoid Vijay's joke about him.)
To phir coach badalana tay raha?
All look at Anil and laugh again.
EXT. DAY- SANJIT’S TOWN
Sanjit comes out of a bus with Sunil. Vijay, Anil and other members of
the team are trailing them.
SANJIT
Yeh hai mera chhota sa pyara sa shaher Kachipur. Dekhana thodi hi der
me yahan mere fans ikattha ho jayenge. Koi hath khichega to koi pair
khichega. Kuchh log to sidhe gale hi pad jayenge. Utana pyar karate hai
yahan ke log mujhe. Yahi par milega hume hamara agala coach.
Two guys are standing on a pavement and see the team coming.
FIRST GUY
(saying sarcastically, looking at the team and rubbing tobacco.)
Aa gaye phir se haar kar, apani mari hui surate dikhane.
Funny music plays. Sanjit looks down in shame.
SECOND GUY
Chalate to hai aise jaise duniya jit kar aaye ho.
FIRST GUY
Haan. Humane inhe sar par jo chaddha rakha hai. Hum to chalate hai
bhaiya. Hum ko aur bhi bahot se kaam hai.
Puts tobacco in mouth.
SECOND GUY
Hum ko bhi Post Office jana hai aur phir inako dekh kar hume kahin koi
ashubh samachar na sunane pade.
Both walk. Sanjit sees them going.
SANJIT
(to his team.)
Shayad inhone mujhe dekha nahi hoga.
SUNIL
(taunting.)
Ya dekhana nahi chahate hain.
Others laugh. Sanjit stares. Players walk by small crowd. Some people
from crowd look at players but don’t look back. Sanjit doesn’t like it.
On reaching near crowd players find out that crowd is watching a monkey
doing tricks. Sanjit’s embarrassed.
SANJIT
(walking away from crowd.)
Shayad kisi ko pata nahi hai ki hum yahan aaye hain.
Just then one guy notices them.
ONE GUY
(loudly.)
Lo bhai hamare kaptaan aa gaye hain.
Sanjit looks away.
SECOND GUY
(taunts.)
Inhe to ab harane ki aadat si pad gayi hai.
THIRD GUY
(pointing at monkey.)
Inase achha to yeh bandar hai jo hararoz thik khel kar ke dikhata hai.
Ek gulati maar kar to dikha beta Kappu.
Monkey flips in slow-motion and winks. Third guy sneers at players.
They are watching the monkey in shame.
THIRD GUY
(to second guy.)
Inhe to doob marana chahiye.
SECOND GUY
Thik kahete ho bhai.
Crowd continues watching monkey play. Players walk. Sunil notices anger
amongst crowd.
SUNIL
Yeh log to bahot gusse me hai.
SANJIT
Wo shayad isaliye kyunki hum kayi dino se yahan aaye nahi hain. Thodi
der me sab shant ho jayenge.
VIJAY
Do mahino pahele hi to aaye the. Tab bhi yahi haal tha.
Sanjit stomps on his foot. He cries in pain and looks at his foot.
SANJIT
Do nahi chhe mahino pahele aaye the. Teri memory slow ho gayi hai. Ise
Hard Disk ki zarurat hai.
Vijay looks at him sullenly. Some women are pulling water from well.
SUNIL
Mujhe bahot pyas lagi hai. Kya kahin se pani mil sakata hai?
SANJIT
(looking at women.)
Inase mangate hai. (Goes near women and asks them.) Bahenji thoda pani
de sakati ho? Hume bahot pyas lagi hai.
FIRST WOMAN
Kaun ho bhai?
SANJIT
(put off.)
Hum cricketers hain. (swinging hands.) Cricket khelate hain.
SECOND WOMAN
Kriketars? Yani ki jo TV par khelate hain?
SANJIT
(happily.)
Haan haan wahi.
FIRST WOMAN
Dekho babu pani chahiye to khud hi bhar lo. (Sanjit’s friends almost
laugh.) Ek to haar jate ho (Turning at second woman.) upar se roz-roz
hamare marad ki kit-kit sunani padati hai ki bhai haare to haare kyon?
Na tem par khate hai aur na hi tem par sote hain.
SECOND WOMAN
Thik kaha bahen.
SANJIT
(asking for rope.)
Achha dijiye.
Woman hands him the rope. He pulls jug out but drops it on his feet and
spills water on himself. His teammates laugh.
SANJIT
(wiping clothes.)
Isame hasane wali kaun si baat hai? Mera apana hi to gaav hai. (to
women.) Bahenji sara pani gir gaya. Kya aap mujhe aur pani de sakati
ho?
FIRST WOMAN
Ek to pani hai kam upar se jitana bhara tha woh bhi gira diya. Aur pani
nahi de sakate hai sahab.
SANJIT
Please! Hume thodi dur jana hai.
Extends hand to take vessel. She pulls her hand back.
FIRST WOMAN
Nahi sahab.
Sanjit steps back slowly. Woman doesn’t back out and stares in anger.
Sanjit walks. Other three look at angry women and follow Sanjit.
CUT-TO:
EXT. SAME TIME - HILLY ROAD
Now they are thirsty and they are walking on a high road.
SUNIL
(breathing hard.)
Tere shaher me to hume pani bhi nasib nahi hota hai.
SANJIT
(defensively.)
Shayad mere fans ko is baat ka gussa hai ki hum haar gaye lekin gussa
karana in ka hak hai.
SUNIL
(sarcastically.)
Achha? Kuchh zyada hi hak jata rahe the tere (doing gesture of quotes.)
"fans."
Vijay cuts in between their conversation.
VIJAY
(asking tiredly to Sanjit.)
Tera ghar aur kitani door hai?
SANJIT
(tiredly and breathlessly.)
Yahan se bas aur adha kilometer door hai.
SUNIL
(breathing hard.)
Lekin aisa lagata hai jaise chand jitana door ho.
VIJAY
(in smart-alecky tone.)
To phir rocket me chalate hain.
ANIL
(with serious expressions.)
Mere pairo me dard ho raha hai. (Turning to Sanjit and joking.) Tere
rocket me baithane ki jagah milegi ya local train ke jaise darwaze par
latak kar jana padega?
They laugh.
SANJIT
(jokingly.)
Bahot has rahe ho. Yeh bhi yaad rakhana ki main is team ka captain
hoon. Mere sath mazak karoge to team se bahar kar dunga.
ANIL
(laughing.)
We are sorry captain!
CUT-TO:
A long shot of the four reaching Sanjit’s apartment. Fade.
INT. NIGHT - SANJIT’S APARTMENT
Sanjit is talking to his father Ritindar Shrama.
RITINDAR
Beta kya tumhe mujhase kuchh baat karani thi?
SANJIT
Haan papa. World cup karib hai aur hum bahot waqt se harate hi ja rahe
hain. Isaliye humane apana coach badalane ka faisala kiya hai. Maine
suna hai ki bhutpurva cricket coach Chandra Raja ab yahan ke gym me
kushti ladate hai. Papa hum unase milana chahate hain.
RITINDAR
To phir kal subah ko hi wahan chalate hain beta.
SANJIT
Ok papa.
CUT-TO:
INT. NIGHT - GYMNASIUM
Superscription- Dole Shole Vyayamashala
The team sits to watch a wrestling fight. The audience is making lots
of sound. A commentator is doing commentary.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
(in loudest possible voice.)
TO PESH HAI CHANDRA AUR SURYA KE BICH YEH AKHARI MUQABALA. KRIPAYA DIL
KE MARIZ YEH KHEL NA DEKHE.
The fight begins. Two wrestlers named Surya and Chandra charge at each
other and avoid each other’s punches first. We hear commentary in
voiceover.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
(speaking loudly.)
Surya aur Chandra ek dusare ki aur baddh kar ek dusare ko punch karana
chahate the lekin dono hi chuk gaye hain.
The audience cheer fills the fight except for sounds of blows and
referee's whistles. Chandra finds a chance and punches Surya.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Chandra ne mauka dekh kar Surya ko zabardast punch maar diya hai. Surya
ko to jaise din me taare dikh rahe honge.
Surya punches Chandra's stomach and moves away.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Surya ne bahot sfrurti se Chandra ke peit par de mara hai aur chaturai
se unake samane se hat gaye hain. Bechare Chandra sirf dekhate hi reh
gaye.
Chandra charges. Surya moves away.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Chandra aakraman karane ke liye daud laga rahe hain aur Surya tak
pahoch gaye hain lekin Surya ek baar phir tezi se samane se hat gaye
hain. Chandra ke paas adhik options nahi hai. Unake liye Surya behad
takatavar pratidwandi sabit ho rahe hain.
Chandra hits the ropes of the ring. Then Surya pulls him and throws him
on the other side of the ropes.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Surya ne Chandra ko khicha aur ring ki dusari aur fek diya hai.
Chandra falls and gets up. Then he jumps on Surya. Surya falls down.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Chandra khade ho kar Surya par kud gaye hain. Unhone sher ki tarah
Surya ko pachhad diya hai.
Surya is bleeding but he manages to get up after pushing Chandra away.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Surya lahu-luhan ho gaye hain lekin phir bhi woh Chandra ko baju kar ke
khade ho gaye hain jaise ki Chandra ka koi vajud hi nahi hai. Bahot
achhe Surya!
Chandra falls and rolls on the floor but gets up fast. Both come
fighting at each other and crash into each other.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Dono ek dusare ki aur josh ke sath aage baddhe hain aur ek dusare se
takara gaye hain.
They jump and fall.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Dono gir pade hain. Mujhe lagata hai dono ko Bournvita pine ki zarurat
hai. (laughs.)
Surya holds Chandra on floor. The referee begins to count till three.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Ab Surya Chandra par haavi ho gaye hain aur unhe farsh par leta kar
jakad kar rakha hai. Referee ne tin tak ginana shuru kar diya hai.
Both get up at the count of two. Then both grasp each other and do some
punching.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Lekin Chandra sahi samay par utth khade hue aur ab dono hi ek dusare ko
pit rahe hain.
Surya pulls Chandra’s shirt. Chandra’s shirt tears. He removes it.
Audience cheers loudly.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Surya ne Chandra ki shirt khich kar use fad diya hai. Chandra ne shirt
utaar kar fek di hai. Prekshako me romanch hai. Woh Chandra ke doleshole dekh kar bahot khush ho gaye hain.
The referee intervenes and warns Surya about the pulling of shirt.
Surya is apologetic.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Referee ne dono pahelwano ko kapade khichane ke sambandh me sawadhan
kiya hai.
Chandra is angry and pulls Surya’s pants down.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
(loudly.)
Yeh hum kya dekh rahe hain. Yahan par bahot hi mazakiya kisam ka hadasa
ho gaya hai. Chandra ne awesh me aakar Surya ki pant utaar di hai.
Surya’s pants come down. His red underwear can be seen. There is
laughter in audience at the sight of his underwear. Surya is pulling
his pants back up.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Prekshako ko hasi aa rahi hai. Surya apani pant upar kar rahe hain.
Chandra punches him when he is doing so. Surya falls. Audience boos
Chandra.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Chandra ne Surya ko vyast dekh kar punch kar diya hai. Chandra ke is
move se prekshako me bahot had tak narazagi hai. Woh Chandra ka
tiraskar kar rahe hain.
Surya wears pant, gets up and runs towards Chandra and pulls his pants
down. This time Chandra's underwear can be seen. There is laughter in
audience again.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
(loudly.)
Ohhhh no! Is baar Surya ne Chandra ki pant utaar di hai. Chandra apani
pant upar kar rahe hain. Prekshak ek baar phir is nautanki ko dekh kar
has rahe hain.
Then Surya slaps around Chandra and punches him on floor when he’s
pulling his pants up. Chandra bleeds.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Surya ne Chandra ko bahot pita aur unhe farsh par pachhad diya hai.
Chandra ko khoon aa raha hai.
Referee warns them about pulling of clothes. Both nod in agreement.
Then Chandra slams Surya on the floor and climbs on the rope from a
corner. The audience roars.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Referee ne dono ko ek baar phir kapade khichane ke baare me savadhan
kiya hai. Usake baad Chandra ne behad josh se Surya ko pachhad diya hai
aur rassi ke upar chaddh rahe hain. Prekshako me unmad chhaya hua hai.
Chandra has finished climbing on the ropes and sees Surya getting up
and turning in ring. He jumps on Surya before he has turned completely.
Audience cheers.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Chandra rassi ke upar chaddh gaye hain. Surya khade hue hai aur hamala
karane ki soch rahe hain magar yahan par bazi palat gayi hai. Ulate
Chandra hi Surya ke upar kood gaye hain. Prekshak Chandra ka hausala
baddha rahe hain.
Surya moves away and Chandra falls on floor. His back breaks and he
can’t get up.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
(loudly.)
Lekin Surya bahot sfurti se baju ho gaye hain. Chandra farsh par gir
pade hain. Aisa malum hota hai ki unhe kamar par gehari chot lagi hai.
Surya goes out of the ring and finds a chair. Audience roars.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
(loudly.)
Surya ring ke bahar gaye aur kursi utha kar Chandra ki aur baddh rahe
hain. Prekshako ek baar phir bahot utsah me hain.
Chandra doesn’t know what’s going on and is groaning in pain on floor.
Surya climbs inside the ring.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Chandra ko yeh samajh me nahi aa raha hai ki woh kare to kya kare. Woh
is waqt to farsh par pade-pade karah rahe hain. Surya ring ke andar
dakhil ho chuke hain.
Chandra turns his head and sees Surya bringing a chair inside the ring.
Audience roars. He gets up somehow and runs away from him.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
(loudly.)
Chandra ne Surya ko andar aate hue dekh liya hai. Prekshako me unmad ka
vatavaran hai.
Surya chases him around the ring with chair held high. Chandra looks
behind and continues running.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
(loudly.)
Surya Chandra ke pichhe daud rahe hain.
Surya throws chair on Chandra from behind. Chandra moves away. Chair
goes slamming on floor.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
Surya ne Chandra ko kursi fenk kar mari hai. Chandra baju ho gaye hain.
Kursi unake baju me giri hai.
Chandra picks it up and slams it on Surya's head. Surya falls and is
knocked-out.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
(very very loudly.)
Chandra ne kursi uthayi aur Surya ke sar par de maari hai. Surya gir
pade hain aur aisa pratit ho raha hai ki woh apana hosh thoda thoda kho
rahe hain.
Chandra goes on top of him and holds him down on floor. Audience roars
in applause. Referee starts counting three. Audience counts along
verbally with referee.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
(loudly and with excitement.)
Chandra ekdum hi bazi palatate hue Surya ke upar havi ho gaye hain.
Unhe farsh par jakad rakha hai. Referee count karana shuru karane hi
wale hain.
Referee hits the floor. Audience shouts.
AUDIENCE
ONE!
Both grapple but Surya can’t move Chandra away from him.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
(loudly and with excitement.)
Surya Chandra ko apane upar se uttha ne ki jee-tod koshish kar rahe
hain lekin aisa karane me asafal rahe hain.
Referee hits the floor once more.
AUDIENCE
(loudly.)
TWO!
Surya is still on floor.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
(very loudly and with excitement.)
Prekshako me unmad chhaya hai. Woh bhi referee ke sath-sath count kar
rahe hain.
Referee hits the floor third time.
AUDIENCE
(very loudly.)
THREE!
Ending bell rings. Crowd roars.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
(very excitedly.)
Chandra yeh muqabala jit gaye hain. Surya farsh takate reh gaye hain
aur Chandra ne ek sher ki bhanti unhe paraast kar diya hai. Chandra ko
hum sab ki aur se bahot bahot badhaiya ho.
Chandra wins. Referee lifts his hand and shows it to the crowd. Sanjit
and his team applaud Chandra.
INT. SAME TIME - CHANDRA’S DRESSING ROOM
Chandra is dressed in casual clothes. Chandra's guards usher Sanjit and
his friends inside. Chandra sees them.
CHANDRA
Sanjit Sharma? Sunil Singh? Vijay? Anil? Aap log yahan kaise? Kahiye
kaise yaad kiya is nachiz ko?
SANJIT
Kaisi baat kar rahe ho aap? Aap jaisa wrestler to sare desh me nahi
hai. Jit ke liye badhai ho.
CHANDRA
Shukriya. Kahiye main aap ke liye kya kar sakata hoon?
SANJIT
Woh baat dar asal yeh thi Chandraji ki hum aap ko is saal hone wale
world cup ke liye apana coach banana chahate hain.
CHANDRA
(thinks for a second.)
Neki aur puchh puchh? Main taiyar hoon.
EXT. DAY- TRAINING GROUND
Cricketers are training on ground. One player is listening to radio.
SONG “Hum honge kamayab, hum honge kamayab” is playing. In a corner
sweaty coach Singh is shouting and swearing at some players amid the
radio song. Players ignore him. One guy is stretching his hands and
hits a guy near him in eyes. SONG continues to play in BG. Somewhere on
ground two players are running. A girl is waving at them from crowd.
They gaze at her and crash in each other and fall. Two other guys are
running in circles holding bats. A dog chases them, barking and
gritting teeth. They throw bat at him and run. Dog bites bat. Song
fades. In coach's corner some journalists approach him. Coach Singh
turns to journalists. Journalists asks him some questions.
FIRST JOURNALIST
Hello coach Singh. Mera pahela sawal yeh hai ki world cup ke liye is
baar hamari rananiti kya hogi?
COACH
Is wakt hum kuchh bhi nahi kahe sakate.
SECOND JOURNALIST
Kuchh to bataiye.
COACH
Maine kaha na hum is wakt kuchh nahi kahe sakate?
FIRST JOURNALIST
Kahi aisa to nahi hai ki aap har game ka nasib players par chhod dete
ho taki aap ko haar ki badanami na jhelani pade?
COACH
Isame badanami kaisi? (looking at team on playground.) Team me haarhaar to (Realizing his mistake and turning at journalists.) mera
matalab hai ki haar-jit to hoti hi raheti hai. Agala sawal puchhiye.
SECOND JOURNALIST:
Kya team fix ho chuki hai?
Third journalist can’t stop but laugh.
THIRD JOURNALIST
(laughing)
Fix? Aap kehana kya chahate hai?
Other journalists laugh too. Coach stares at them without saying
anything. Third journalist explains.
THIRD JOURNALIST
Fix se inaka matalab hai ki kya team tay ho chuki hai?
COACH
(coach doesn't find the joke funny and looks at them in anger.)
Haan. Sare solah khiladiyo ke naam press ko de diye gaye hai.
FOURTH JOURNALIST
(doubtfully.)
Humane suna hai ki Vijay Rathod ko chot lagi hai? Kya yeh sach hai aur
agar sach hai to yeh chot unhe kaise lagi?
COACH
Haan yeh sach hai. Unhe batsman ke haatho se bat chhut kar lag gayi
thi. World cup tak thik ho jayenge.
Journalists laugh. Coach is not happy.
FIRST JOURNALIST
Kya Vishal aaye-gaye ko team me jagah milegi?
COACH
Nahi.
FIRST JOURNALIST
Kyun nahi?
COACH
Kyunki team me sirf gyarah khiladi hote hain.
SECOND JOURNALIST
Aur phir aaye-gaye kya fark padata hai? Maine thik kaha na Mr. Singh?
All laugh. Coach is angry.
THIRD JOURNALIST
(stops laughing.)
Hamare bowlers ke bare me aap ki kya ray hai?
COACH
Bowlers ko bowling karani chahiye. Yehi ray hai.
FOURTH JOURNALIST
Pichhali baar Australiai ballebaz Michael Walts ne Tutan Dev ko chhe
gendo me chhe chauke mare the phir bhi unhe team me jagah kyun di gayi
hai?
COACH
Game me to sab kuchh jayaz hai aur phir har kisi ko dusara mauka milana
chahiye. Ab aap log yahan se jaiye aur hume apana kaam karane dijiye.
THIRD JOURNALIST
Aakhari sawal. Kya cricket me betting hoti hai?
COACH
Batting nahi karenge to runs kaise banenge?
All laugh.
FOURTH JOURNALIST
Main bookiyo wali betting ki baat kar raha hoon.
COACH
Nahi.
FIRST JOURNALIST
(to second journalist)
Hamari team par paisa rakh kar kya kisi ko bhikhari banana hai?
All laugh except coach.
COACH
(angrily.)
This interview is over!
Journalists leave. Coach is walking towards playground and sees one
player being bowled out.
COACH
(looking hassled and saying sarcastically to self.)
He bhagwan! Ab to mujhe jitane ke liye santoshi ma ka brat rakhana
padega.
CUT-TO:
AT THE SAME TME - ON PLAYGROUND
Coach Singh is giving catching practice to some players on ground.
Players throw ball at him. He hits the ball with bat towards any one of
them at one time. The player catches the ball and throws it back to
coach again. Coach hits it towards different player the next time and
so on. Sanjit, Sunil, Vijay and Anil approach coach. Kaanchipur’s
wrestler Chandra is standing behind billboards near boundary rope.
SANJIT
Hi coach. Hume aap se baat karani hai.
COACH
(hitting cricket ball with bat at some players for them to catch and
saying to Sanjit.)
Kaho.
Wrestler Chandra is watching from behind the billboards.
SANJIT
Kal team ki meeting hui thi.
COACH
(Hitting the ball thrown at him by a player towards another player.)
Tum jhuth bol rahe ho. Kya meeting ka matalab bhi pata hai tum logo ko?
(Turning at his trainee who has caught the catch he gave him and saying
to him.) Good catch.
Sanjit continues.
SANJIT
(pointing at others and saying to coach.)
Aap khud hi puchh lijiye in sab se.
Players nod in agreement with Sanjit.
COACH
(hitting the ball at one trainee and giving the bat to another trainee
saying to trainees.)
Continue boys. I'll be right back. (Then turning away from trainees to
face Sanjit and saying to Sanjit.) Wah bhai! Duniya kitani jaldi
badalati hai. To phir yeh batao mere kagaz ke shero ki kya paya tumane
meeting kar ke?
SANJIT
Yahi coach ki agar duniya jaldi badalati hai to hume bhi badalana
chahiye aur hamare sath-sath auro ko bhi badal dena chahiye.
COACH
(watching the players training each other and looking at Sanjit again.)
To phir badal do jise badalana hai. Mujhase kis janam ka badalana le
rahe ho? (to trainees.) Good job boys. Keep on going.
SANJIT
(taking a look at trainees and then looking at coach to say.)
Hum...(panics and looks at Sunil, Vijay and Anil. Then turns to coach
again and says.) humane badal diya hai coach.
COACH
Achha? Bahot achhi baat hai. To phir jaldi se batao kya badal diya hai?
SANJIT
(saying hesitatingly.)
Aa...aa...aap ko!
Chandra is happy and waits for coach’s reaction.
COACH
(looking confused.)
Kya matalab?
SANJIT
(retreats.)
Matalab yeh ki humane hamara coach badalane ka faisala kiya hai.
Sanjit looks at his team who all nod.
COACH
(trying to recover from shock.)
Kya kaha tumane? Tum logo ne mujhe badali kar diya hai?! (raising
brows.) Matalab ki badal diya hai? (Laughs) Mujhe badali kar diya hai?
(Laughs more) Coach Singh ko? (Laughs more then coughs and stops
laughing and then shouts.) Suwar ke bachho!
Coach’s shout startles everyone including the trainees on ground and
brings everything to a standstill. Chandra looks worried. Coach begins
to walk slowly around Sanjit and his three friends like Gabbar Singh
walked around his men in Sholay. Scary BG music from Sholay plays.
COACH CONTINUES
(saying with very serious expressions on his face.)
Door videsho me jab bachhe out ho jate hain to maaye kaheti hain,
“Achhe se khelo beta warana Coach Singh aa jayega!” Aur tumane mera
naam Vanakhede ki mitti me mila diya? Kya soch kar aaye the? Coach
bahot khush hoga? Tumhe Man of the Match ka award dega? Bahot galat
soch kar aaye the! (To his Assistant Sinha who is standing close by.)
Are oh Sinha! Kitani gende hoti hai re ek over me?
SINHA
Chhe gende coach!
Coach asks for balls signaling with hand. Assistant walks towards the
ballboy, takes box of balls from him and throws six balls at him in
quick succession. Coach drops them and feels embarrassed. Sanjit and
others pick them up and give them to coach.
COACH
(finds managing six balls difficult and looks at players in anger
before saying.)
Gende chhe aur khiladi char? Bahot na-insafi hai. (Throws away two
balls with smacking sound. SMACK! SMACK! Then he says in anger.) Ab
thik hai. Haan. Ab thik hai.
Then he walks around players tossing the ball in his hand. They are
standing unmoved and sweating. Coach goes far from Sanjit. Wrestler
Chandra is hiding behind a billboard near boundary and biting nails.
Coach menacingly looks at Sanjit and throws a ball at him in swooshing
sound plays. Sanjit catches and stands silently looking down.
COACH
(to his assistant Sinha.)
Yeh to bach gaya!
SINHA
Haan coach.
Coach throws a ball at Sunil with swooshing sound. Sunil can't grab the
catch, tosses the ball in air with his fist but catches it on second
attempt. After catching the ball Sunil looks very relaxed but finds
coach looking at him angrily. It scares Sunil and he too looks down at
ground.
COACH
(to his assistant Sinha.)
Yeh bhi bach gaya.
SINHA
Haan coach. Yeh bhi bach gaya.
Coach throws ball at Vijay suddenly. Vijay catches ball too and looks
down at ground in fear.
COACH
Yeh bhi bach gaya.
SINHA
Yeh bhi bach gaya coach.
COACH
(saying to Anil.)
Ab tera kya hoga Aniliya?
ANIL
(scared.)
Maine to aap se training li hai coach.
COACH
To ab catch le.
Throws ball at Anil. Chandra is eagerly looking at them. From Anil’s
point of view ball looks like football rushing to his face. He catches
too. It makes Chandra very happy. All four players are happy too.
COACH
Yeh bhi bach gaya!
SINHA
(eagerly looking at coach.)
Haan coach. Yeh bhi bach gaya.
COACH
(laughs and says.)
Tino bach gaye.
SINHA
(Laughs too and says.)
Tino bach gaye.
(Sanjit and other three can't help but smile a little. Coach looks at
them. Their smile disappears.)
COACH
(laughs more and says loudly.)
Tino bach gaye.
SINHA
(Laughs more and says loudly too.)
Tino bach gaye.
Now Sanjit, Sunil, Vijay and Anil are laughing too. Coach continues
laughing loudly and saying “Teeno bach gaye!” Players continue laughing
too. Wrestler Chandra is laughing too. Their laughter becomes louder
and louder until coach stops laughing suddenly and throws four balls
very fast at them. It makes smacking sound. SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!
Balls are traveling in slow-motion and become big. When balls come
close to them swooshing sound plays. Players jump to catch balls but
drop catches and get thrown back far. Birds fly away from trees in dead
silence. Coach slaps sand out of his hands. Players get back up to face
coach.
COACH
(he walks very close to players. Players are looking down.)
Ab main aap logo ko batata hu ki badalana kya hota hai. Sari ki sari
training badal kar na rakh du to mera naam bhi Singh nahi. (Singh walks
away from players. Chandra looks at players resentfully and leaves
disappointed. Players walk slowly behind coach.)
CUT-TO:
INT. NIGHT - SANJIT'S HOME
Sanjit is sleeping with wife Aarati in their bedroom. Slowly he sees a
dream in his sleep.
CUT-TO:
EXT. DAY - GARDEN
Sanjit is dreaming he is with wife Aarati in Black & White world of
year 1920. They’re in a garden.
They speak in stressed accent of old times. E.g. the way they spoke in
black & white movies. They pronounce every word as written below with
(n) said before every word.
ARATI
(n)Aggar (n)yis (n)baar (n)toomaari (n)teem (n)haar (n)gayee (n)toh
(n)may (n)toomhe (n)chhodd (n)kar (n)chalee (n)jawoongi.
SANJIT
(in same accent.)
Tohh may cricket hee chhod kar chala jawoonga.
AARATI
Aggar toom cricket chhod kar jawoge to mayy khelane chalee jawoongi.
SANJIT
Aggar toom jeet gayee toh mayy pheer se doubaara vapas laut kar chala
aawoonga.
ARATI
Agar toom pheer say daubara wapas laut kar aa kar bhi haar gaye to may
tumhara moondan karawa kar tumhe gadhe par baitha kar, juto ka haar
pahena kar, chandani chauk ke char sau chakkar chalawaoongi.
SANJIT
Aggar ayasi baat hay to may wey chakkar choopchaap chala jaawoonga aur
apani haar sweekaar kar loonga.
ARATI
To mayy tummhe maaf kar dungi.
SANJIT
Oh Aarati toomm kitani achhi ho. Mere dill me goodagoodi ho rahi hay.
ARATI
(giggling.)
Onhh preeye. Toom keeya kahe rahe ho. Mujhe to badi sharam aa rahi hay.
SANJIT
Oh Aarati! Toom kitani piyari ho!
There’s a funny song here in black & white. The song should be in black
and white and old-styled too. In this song girlfriend demands victory
in cricket from her boyfriend. Her boyfriend assures her of winning.
She doesn't believe him. He tries to convince her and then hug her. But
she moves away. They sing holding a branch of a tree and losing grip of
the branch and holding it again and then falling down after losing the
grip of branch again. And then there is strong wind which throws leaves
from trees on their heads. So they pick another tree to hold. Then they
run around that tree. Then they sit on a park bench which breaks but
they continue singing. Then they ride bicycle but fall off the bicycle.
Then they ride on a bullock-cart. Bullock-cart's tire punctures and
they fall again. Then they see some bulls and they ride bulls. Then
they get down and walk. Then they go to their home singing. Song ends.
We go back to reality in Sanjit’s home.
INT. NIGHT - SANJIT’S APARTMENT
Aarati mistakenly slaps Sanjit in sleep when she turns to the other
side of the bed. Sanjit’s black & white dream dissolves in lots of
colors. He wakes, squats mosquitoes and goes back to sleep.
CUT-TO:
INT. NIGHT - THEATRE
Sunil and Vishakha are watching movie in theatre.
VISHAKHA
(hugging Sunil’s arm.)
Shadi ke baad do mahine kaise bit gaye pata hi nahi chala Sunil.
SUNIL
Shayad mere pyar ne tumhe andha kar diya hoga.
VISHAKHA
(laughing.)
Stop it.
Both watch movie. Sunil does commentary about the movie.
SUNIL
(talking like cricket commentator.)
Aur ab hero villain ki aur baddhate hue. Hume dekhana yeh hai Vishakha
ki hero villain ko achhe se khel pata hai ya nahi. Mujhe aisa mehasus
hota hai ki yeh kaam villain ke liye thoda mushkil hoga Vishakha.
VISHAKHA
(looking bored.)
Kya tum do ghanto ke liye apani cricket bhul nahi sakate ho?
SUNIL
Zarur bhul sakata hu meri heroine. Magar yeh to batao ki mujhe is kaam
ke liye kya milega?
Slowly turning to kiss her.
VISHAKHA
(refusing.)
Yeh to nahi.
SUNIL
To kya fayada? (Talking like cricket commentator again.) To jaisa ki
main kahe raha tha Vishakha toss ho chuka hai aur villain ne batting
karane ka faisala kiya hai.
Sunil looks at the movie screen. In movie: hero is shouting villain’s
name in his hideout.
ACTOR IN MOVIE
(shouting and elongating word.)
JKaaaaaay. Bahar aa kutte. Main janata hoon tune meri Divya ko agawa
kar rakha hai. Main tera khun pi jaunga haramzade!
Villain comes out with Divya. She is tied.
VILLAIN
(threateningly.)
Tum mera kuchh nahi bigad sakate Ravi. Agar aage baddhe to main tumhari
dost ko jaan se maar dunga aur rahi baat khoon pine ki to itana jaan lo
ki mera blood group O positive hai aur tumhara O negative. (laughs.)
HERO
Meri Divya ko chhod de khooni darinde!
VILLAIN
Nahi chhodunga parinde.
(laughs.)
Hero jumps on villain to punch him but misses and hits wall. He hurts
his hand and is captured and tied by villain’s men.
ON THE SEATS OF THEATRE
VISHAKHA
(looking at screen worriedly.)
Sunil ab kya hoga?
SUNIL
(talking like a cricket commentator.)
Kuchh kaha nahi ja sakata Vishakha. Dono hi teams behad zoradar khel ka
pradarshan kar rahi hain. Agar agale do overs hero achha khele…
VISHAKHA
(annoyed and interrupting him.)
Oh god! Chup karo Sunil!
SUNIL
(continues talking like cricket commentator.)
Vishakha mera manana hai ki hume ek Drinks Break lena chahiye.
Vishakha looks at Sunil. Sunil shuts up and watches movie boredly. In
movie- the villain is harassing hero.
VILLAIN
(to hero who is tied to a pillar.)
Mujhe kya bol raha tha? Himmat hai to ab bol.
HERO
Haan haan main bolunga. Hazar baar bolunga.
Villain slaps hero. Hero shuts up. Heroine in the movie cries and sings
a song to god for help. Song puts Sunil to sleep and he sees a dream.
AT THE SAME TIME - INSIDE SUNIL'S DREAM - SEATS OF THEATRE
Sunil is looking at movie screen and talking to the hero in movie.
SUNIL
(shouting at the hero in movie.)
Gana gana band karo! Tumhe gane ke alawa bhi kuchh karana malum hai ke
nahi? Fighting karo fighting.
Hero responds from movie screen.
HERO
(looking at Sunil and saying.)
Magar kaise fighting karoon mere dost? Mujhe to is kamine ne baandh
rakha hai.
SUNIL
(looking at the hero on screen.)
Thik hai. Main hi kuchh karata hoon.
Sunil decides to rise to the occasion. A booming voice-over plays.
VOICE OVER SOUNDS LIKE THUS
It looks like a job for Cricket Man! (His last two words echoe in hall
thrice.) Cricket Man! Cricket Man! Cricket Man!
Sound of thunder plays. Sunil becomes superhero Cricket Man. Swooshing
sound plays in BG. Sunil’s clothes change in white cricketing clothes.
His clothes look like Superman's clothes except that his clothes are
white in colours and Superman’s are blue and red. His t-shirt has big C
(C for cricket) in center. White shawl like Superman's hangs on his
back. He also wears cricketing gloves and leg pads. He is holding bat
and ball and has three stumps in his backpack. He flies on greencolored sky which reminds us of cricket ground. Theme song of Cricket
Man plays in tune of Spiderman’s theme song - “Cricket man, Cricket
man. Friendly neighborhood cricket man! He can bat. He can bowl. He can
field. He can catch. Watch out! Watch out for Cricket Man! Watch out
for Cricket Maaaaaaaaaaaaaan!” He jumps inside the movie screen with
bat raised high.
SUNIL
(jumping in screen and shouting at villain.)
Kutteeee!
Villain sees him. We
It should give Sunil
villain. Audience in
continues talking to
see Sunil’s feet first and then rest of the body.
a tall look. He is standing tall in front of
movie hall claps. So does Vishakha. Sunil
villain.
SUNIL
(saying angrily to villain.)
Inhe chhod de kamine nahi to tujhe (Playing with ball in style.) out
kar dunga.
VILLAIN
Abe oh Tendulakar ki aulad. Tu kahan se aa gaya? Yahan koi cricket
match nahi ho raha hai. Yahan se foot le.
SUNIL
(arrogantly.)
Nahi ho raha hai to shuru kar dete hain. Dum ho to aaja maidan par.
Villain laughs arrogantly and runs at Cricket Man to punch him.
VILLAIN
Abhi batata hoon tujhe!
Sunil sees him coming and prepares to fight. He bowls cricket ball at
villain and says
SUNIL
Himmat hai to mere bouncer ka muqabala kar ke dikha!
Ball hurts villain on head. He bleeds and it makes him angry.
VILLAIN
(angrily telling his accomplices.)
Pakado is joker ko!
SUNIL
Joker to ab main tujhe banaunga kamine.
Villain’s accomplices run towards Sunil. Sunil takes out bat from his
backpack as if it is a sword. There is a rope hanging over his head.
Then hangs on rope hovering over his head, swings and hits villain on
head with bat. Villain falls but gets up soon.
VILLAIN
(groans holding his own head.)
Aaaah! (to his men.) Ab khade khade dekh kya rahe ho? Maro ise!
Villain’s men run to attack Sunil. Sunil hits them with bat and jumps
down from rope. He rolls on ground and gets up right. Then removes
stumps from his backpack and throws all three of them one after another
at villains. Stumps jab them and they die. Then Sunil takes out bails
of stumps and throws them at villain’s men. Bails hurt their eyes and
they fall. More men attack Sunil. Sunil finds some balls in his
backpack and aims them at villains. Then throws them at JK’s men. Balls
break their heads and they all run. Sunil unties hero and heroine Ravi
and Divya. They thank him.
RAVI
Thank you Cricket Man!
DIVYA
Thank you Cricket Man! Tumane meri laaj rakh li.
SUNIL
You are welcome my friends. (looking outside of movie screen.) When in
trouble call Cricket Man!
Then Sunil flies away. He is flying on green sky again. Theme song of
Cricket Man plays- “Cricket man, Cricket man. Friendly neighborhood
cricket man. He can bat. He can bowl. He can field. He can catch. Watch
out! Watch out for cricket man! Watch out for cricket maaaaaaaaaaaaan!”
Audience claps. Sunil comes out of movie flying. His clothes change
back to normal. He goes back on his seat. Vishakha is happy.
VISHAKHA
(smiling and hugging Sunil.)
My hero!
CUT-TO:
OUTSIDE SUNIL’S DREAM – ON SEATS OF THEATRE
Movie ends. Lights turn on in hall. Vishakha turns to Sunil.
VISHAKHA
Achhi picture thi na? (But she finds Sunil sleeping on his seat and
calls his name twice to wake him.) Sunil? Sunil! (Sunil wakes and
stands up in fighting posture.) Kya hua? Koi bura sapana dekha kya?
He realizes that he was thinking about his dream. Then he stands up
straight and walks. Vishakha looks confused but walks too.
SUNIL
Nahi. Achha sapana tha.
Both walk.
CUT-TO:
INT. DAY - VIJAY’S APARTMENT
Vijay is flirting with a girl in his room.
VIJAY
(touching rose to girl’s lips.)
Oh Sheena! Kayi din ho gaye tumase mile. Aaj to mushkil kar dunga
tumhara jina.
SHINA
To kar do na darling. Maine kab kiya mana?
VIJAY
Achha?
Kisses her.
SHINA
Oh Vijay. I love you.
VIJAY
I love you too Sheena.
SHINA
Tum mujhase shaadi kab karoge?
VIJAY
Achha muhurat milate hi.
SHINA
Oh Vijay. Tum har cheez ka kitana khayal rakhate ho.
VIJAY
Tumhare liye to main apani jaan bhi de sakata hu meri jaan!
Vijay’s phone rings.
SHINA
Kisaka phone hai?
VIJAY
Pata nahi darling. Dekhata hoon. (answers phone.) Hello? Oh! Ok. Bye.
(to Sheena.) Sheena. Mujhe ek urgent kaam se bahar jana padega.
SHINA
Ok darling. Phir kab miloge?
VIJAY
(escorting her out.)
Jaldi hi. Ab jaao. Bye.
SHINA
Bye Vijay. (throwing a kiss) I love you.
A car stops outside Vijay’s home. Another girl walks in. Vijay meets
her at gate.
VIJAY
Hi Riya.
Riya
Hi Vijay.
CUT TO:
Vijay and Riya are in jaccuzi.
RIYA
Kahan the itane din?
VIJAY
Busy tha love.
RIYA
Ok. Chalo kahin bahar chalate hain.
VIJAY
Chalo.
Both are getting out. Just then doorbell rings.
VIJAY
Shayad mere dad honge. Mere kehane tak yahan se bahar nahi aana.
RIYA
Ok. Come back soon.
It’s Rita at door.
VIJAY
Hey Rita! Kaisi ho tum?
RITA
Perfect. Tum kaise ho?
VIJAY
(smiles.)
Ab thik hoon.
RITA
(smiling back.)
Andar chale?
VIJAY
Haan chalo.
Both are in swimming pool. Romantic BG music plays. Riya is still in
jaccuzi. She is looking at her watch. One more car comes and stops
outside Vijay's home. A girl named Meena walks out from car and goes in
Vijay's home. Security is seated near the gate.
MEENA
(to security.)
Kya Vijay ghar par hai?
Flirty BG music plays.
CUT-TO:
Vijay is in a bowling parlor. He is bowling with Meena. Back at his
home Rita is alone in the swimming pool and gets out. At the bowling
parlor Vijay sees Salma and leaves Meena.
CUT-TO:
Vijay is going inside a movie hall with Salma and then we see them
watching a movie inside. Movie ends and Vijay and Salma drive to
Vijay's home where all girls are waiting for him outside the gate. As
soon as Vijay and Salma step out of car all girls hit him with sandals.
He runs from them. Salma follows him but can't find him. Vijay finds
some other girls and sings a song. Song is about girls, love and fun.
Anil joins him in song later.
INT. DAY - TEAM MANAGER'S OFFICE
Board seceratry, manager, coach, and team members are in meeting.
Meeting room is done up in cricket theme. Table has grass and small
cricket pitch on it. Balls are paper weights, stumps are pointers of
board. Everyone is dressed in cricket clothes.
COACH
Pichhale kuchh dino se main dekh raha hoon ki hamari team aape se bahar
hoti ja rahi hai. Kisi ko hamari kadar hi nahi hai aur na hi is khel ki
hai isaliye aaj hum team me thode badalav lana chahate hain. (Looking
at team and taunting.) Aur main apane badalav ki nahi team ke badalav
ki baat kar raha hu. Aayi baat badal me? Mera matalab hai samajh me?
Players look down in shame. Coach’s last line reminds them of the
incident on playground when they told him about changing him and
dropped catches which he gave them. The memory plays in their minds.
They see themselves dropping the catches and jumping back far with the
sound. WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! Players come back to the present time with
a shudder.
COACH
Ab hamare manager aap se kuchh kahenge. Inhe dhyan se suniye.
MANAGER
Thank you Mr Singh.
(to team.)
Team ka kharab khel dhyan me rakhate hue humane kuchh kathin faisale
kiye hain. In par hume board ke sabhi members aur coach ki anumati mil
chuki hai. Aasha hai humare players bhi vyaktigat dhaaranao ko kam
mahatv dekar humare sujhavo ko sahemati denge. (looking at Sanjit.)
Sanjit? (Sanjit is playing with paperweight and tosses it in panic.
Sunil catches it and hits papers while doing it. Papers go flying off
table. Others pick them up.)
MANAGER
Practice phir kabhi me karenge Sanjit. Pahele meeting karate hain.
SANJIT
I’m sorry sir.
MANAGER
(to everybody.)
Aane wale kuchh din shayad aap ke liye thode mushkil honge. Aap sab ko
thodi dhiraj se kaam lena hoga. Is baar humane jo plan banaya hai aisa
plan aaj tak kisi bhi team ne socha nahi hoga. Aur ise thik se sikh le
to koi bhi team hume hara nahi sakati. (all clap.) Shant ho jaiye. Ab
main taliya tab sunana chahunga jab hum jit jaye. (All clap again.
Manager shouts.) Shanti rakhiye! (all stop clapping.) Humane faisala
kiya hai ki aaj se lekar world cup ke aakhari game tak hum kuchh niyamo
ka palan karenge. Niyamo ka ullanghan karane walo ko dandit kiya jayega
aur zarurat padane par team se bahar bhi kiya ja sakata hai. Is plan ko
maan kar chalate hue aap sab ko apani galati sahi karane ke liye sirf
ek mauka diya jayega. Ab main aap ko hamara plan sunata hoon. (manager
sees Vijay sleeping and wakes him.) Vijay! (Vijay wakes up.) Jaisa ki
main kahe raha tha hume har dum (Looking at Vijay) jagate rahena hoga.
(Vijay rubs eyes.) Aakhe khuli aur muh band rakh kar game ki aur dhyan
diya karo nahi to hath aur aankh dono hi malate reh jaoge. (Sees Anil
talking to Vijay and slams wiper on table.) Sirf baato se kuchh bhi
nahi hone wala hai. Hume har dum chaukanna rahena hoga. Dushman team ki
har chaal par nazar rakhani hogi.
Manager notices Anil talking to Vijay. He stops speaking suddenly and
there’s pin drop silence in room. Anil can be heard loudly now.
ANIL
(to Vijay.)
Aur jab woh utha tab usaki pant gond me hi reh gayi. Charrrrrrrrrrr!
Kali chaddi saaf nazar aa rahi thi. (Both laugh. Everyone is listening
to their joke. Both realize that the room has turned silent.)
ANIL
(dumbstruck looking at the people.)
Maine ek film me dekha tha. Sach. Film ka naam hai Khel Khel Me.
Everyone laughs again.
MANAGER
(upset about the ruckus.)
Kya ho raha hai wahan par? Hum yahan itani zaruri baat kar rahe hain
aur aap logo ko mazak suj raha hai. Agar shanti se sun nahi sakate to
bahar chale jao. Ab maine koi bhi bekar ki baat suni to tumhe maidan ke
bees chakkar lagane honge. (everybody pays attention. Manager turns to
coach.) Mr Singh, aisa agali baar nahi hona chahiye. (coach nods with
shame. Manager turns to the others.) Isase pahele ki koi aur khanakharabi ho hum niyamo ki aur baddhate hain. (giving some files to
Singh.) Mr Singh. Inako niyam samajha dijiye.
COACH
Ok sir. (coach opens file and reads first page.)
MANAGER
(to players.)
In niyamo par gaur kijiye. Baad me nahi kahena ki hume bina vajah team
se bahar kar diya gaya hai. (to coach) Mr Singh kya maine thik kaha?
COACH
Sir aap ne bilakul thik kaha. (to team) Sun liya aap sab ne? Aap ki
bewakufi ka bima karawa lijiye. Isaka bhugatan aap ko hi karana padega.
Management isake liye zimmedar nahi hoga.
SANJIT
Haan coach. Hum niyamo ka bilakul lalan-palan karenge. Game me to kya
hum to game ke bahar bhi niyamo ka paalan karenge lekin bataiye to yeh
niyam aakhir hai kya?
Sunil decides to answer Sanjit’s question.
SUNIL
(to Sanjit.)
Yahi ki har roz wakt par practice kiya karo.
Vijay joins in.
VIJAY
(bored.)
Zyada party nahi kiya karo.
Anil speaks too.
ANIL
(bored.)
Aur yehi ki achha score karo. Zyada wickets lo.
COACH
Sari zaruri bate yaad hai aap logo ko magar thode aur niyam janana
zaruri hain jo main aap...(Sunil cuts in.)
SUNIL
(looking away from coach’s half-open mouth and speaking fast.)
Achhi batting karana. Achhi bowling karana.
Coach tries to speak but is cut again. This time by Anil.
ANIL
(leaving coach gasping for breath.)
Aur achhi fielding karana. (Coach tries talking again but is
interrupted by Vijay.)
VIJAY
Aur yehi na (Coach stares at him. Vijay ignores coach.) ki sari
training yaad rakhana?
SANJIT
(Fast, before coach can start.)
Hum saare niyam samajh gaye hain coach. Ab hum chale? (Players start
walking.)
COACH
(shouts.)
Theharo!! (All stop walking.)
COACH
(sarcastically.)
Mujhe lagata hai ki main aap ko kuchh batana bhul gaya hoon. Are maine
abhi kuchh bataya hi kaha hai? Shayad aap log hi mujhe kuchh batana
bhul gaye ho.
TEAM
(in unision.)
Woh ya hai coach?
COACH
(reading from file.)
Yahi ki aaj se lekar tis dino tak aap ke aas-paas ladakiyo ka aana-jana
mana hai. Aap naahi kisi ladaki se miloge naahi unaki tarf aankh utha
kar dekhoge. Pure tis dino tak!
Hall they are standing in crashes down. All freeze. Soon the room comes
back to its place and they unfreeze.
SANJIT
(shocked.)
Humari to duniya barabad ho jayegi coach.
COACH
Barbad nahi aabad ho jayegi. Ab aage suno. (reading from file.) Yeh ki
shadishuda players ko apani biwiyo se alag rahena hoga.
Wedding fire is burning place down. Fire goes off soon and room is as
it was again.
SUNIL
(sadly.)
Hamari to duniya jal kar khaak ho jayegi coach.
COACH
Aur mere sine me lagi aag thandi ho jayegi. Ab aur suno. (reading from
file.) Yeh ki aap logo ka bina ijazat bahar jana mana hai.
Sanjit, Sunil, Vijay and Anil are in jail. Sanjit snaps out of dream.
SANJIT
(sadly.)
Please coach humari duniya ko suna nahi kijiye.
COACH
Suni to vaise bhi ho jayegi. Agar aap log thik se khele nahi to. Isase
to achha hai ki aap log in niyamo ko maan lo. (Pauses and looks at
file.) Anyway abhi thodi aur bate baki hai. (Players see big swords hug
over their heads. Coach looks at imaginary swords.) Aap ke saro par to
jaise talaware latak rahi hai. (players look up and swords disappear.
Sunil talks first.)
SUNIL
Please hum par aisa zulm nahi kijiye coach. Hum bina shadi kiye hi
vidhawe ho jayenge.
ANIL
(stepping out.)
Coach hume maaf kar dijiye. Hume hamare chhote-chhote papo ki itani
badi saza nahi dijiye.
VIJAY
(following Anil.)
Hum is baar game par pura dhyan denge coach magar aap hamari zindagi ke
sath game nahi kheliye.
SUNIL
Coach hum aap ko kabhi kisi shikayat ka mauka nahi denge. Please hamari
dukeli zindagi ko akela nahi banaiye.
SANJIT
(slowly stepping forward.)
Aaj hum sab sath mil kar, haath jod kar aap se mafi mangana chahate
hain.
ALL
(stepping forward.)
Coach hume maaf kar dijiye. Hum dobara koi galati nahi karenge.
SANJIT
Please coach yeh niyam vapas le lijiye.
SUNIL
Hum koi aur niyamo se bhi to jit sakate hain.
VIJAY
Hum se yeh niyam sambhale nahi jayenge coach.
COACH
Aap se to aasan catche nahi sambhalati to niyam kya khaak sambhlenge?
Magar fikar nahi karo isaka jawab aap ko aakhari niyam me mil jayega.
SANJIT
(tired.)
Kya? Aur ek niyam?
COACH
Jee haan. (reading from file.) Aaj se aap log jaha bhi jayenge aap ki
aur cup ki salamati ke liye aap ke sath guards rahenge. (Calls some
guards out.) Bhima, Shera, Shabbir, Rana!
Tall, macho guards come out. Sanjit is nervous and bites lips. Others
gape. Coach shows guards a place to stand.
COACH
(to team.)
Yeh hai aap ke naye bodyguards! Iname se koi kushti samrat hai to koi
Mr world. Aur in sab ne aajivan kaware rehane ki shapath bhi le rakhi
hai. Agar aap me se kisi ne bhi ladkiyo ki taraf dekha to yeh (Slaps
Sanjit’s back twice.) har dum aap ko yaad dilate rahenge ki aap yahan
cricket khelane aaye hain. Ladakiyo se luka-chhupi nahi.
Players wipe sweat off their faces.
COACH
Samajh gaye na aap sab? (His voice echoes in hall like thus.) SAMAJH
GAYE NA AAP SAB? NA AAP SAB? AAP SAB?? SAB???
COACH
(shouting Sanjit’s name at Sanjit who is speechless.)
Sanjit? Sanjit? (Sanjit can’t hear him.) (Says Vijay's name.) Vijay?
(Vijay can’t hear him either.) Sunil? (No response from Sunil too.
They are all gazing at the rulebook.) Ho gayi na batti gul? Lag gaya na
electric shock? Aaj hi yeh nakhush-khabar apani dosto ko suna dijiye
aur kal hi se unase milana band kar dijiye. (Laughing and stretching
words.) Agale...tees...dino...tak! (walks laughing more and saying
looking at the ceiling.) Badal diya na sab kuchh? Coach ko badalane
chale the. (His voice echoes in their ears. Coach turns back a little
to say.) Howzzat?
Sound of gunshot plays. The team gains complete awareness after coach
has left.
SANJIT
(plunking on sofa and shouting behind coach.)
Psycho! (Then says to his friends) Yeh kya ho gaya dosto? Kisaka idea
tha coach ko badalane ka? Bolo?
All point at each other. Sanjit slams his head.
SANJIT
Main kaheta raha ki game par dhyan do. Game par dhyan do. Magar kisi ne
meri ek bhi nahi suni. Ab bhugato natija.
VIJAY
(sitting and holding head.)
Aaj hamari azadi ki maut hui hai dosto.
SUNIL
(putting hand on Sanjit’s shoulder.)
Is dukh ki ghadi me hume do minuto ka maun rakhana chahiye.
All turn quiet. Vijay is very upset.
VIJAY
(shouting.)
Main chup nahi rahunga. Us coach ke bachhe ko sabak sikha kar rahunga.
SANJIT
(sadly.)
Tum usaka kuchh nahi bigad sakate Vijay. Shant ho jao.
VIJAY
(sadly.)
Oh ladakiya!
ANIL
(consoling.)
Zindagi me utar-chaddhav to aate rahete hain. Kuch dino me sab kuchh
thik ho jayega mere dost.
SUNIL
(without meaning it.)
Jo beet gayi use bhul jao aur humare aane wale kal ki socho.
ANIL
(supports him to rise.)
Utho bhai. Sambhalo apane aap ko. Pani pi lo.
SANJIT
(to everyone.)
Matam karana chhodo aur hamari azadi ke jo bhi gine-chune ghante bache
hain unhe rokar nahi has kar guzaro.
VIJAY
(sadly.)
Kaise hase? Hamari zindagi me jitani bhi hasi thi woh to us kamine ne
maar di.
SUNIL
Ab hasi vapas lane ke liye kya kare?
SANJIT
(happily.)
Party. Phir tis dino tak aisa mauka nahi milega.
Sanjit gets up but he is still sad.
VIJAY
(sadly.)
Thik hai. Jaise aap logo ki marzi.
His friends comfort him.
All leave. They get drunk and sing a song about cricket messing up
their lives.
CUT-TO:
INT. NEXT DAY – SANJIT'S APARTMENT
It looks as if Sanjit has woken late. Aarati is reading on sofa. Sanjit
walks in her room nervously.
AARATI
(continues reading the magazine and lifts her head a little.)
Sanjit kal raat ko tum kaha the?
SANJIT
Dosto ke sath bahar gaya tha.
AARATI
Itani der tak?
SANJIT
Ha. Game ke mamale me meeting thi wahan gaya tha. (thinking about
something.) Aarati mujhe tum se kuchh zaruri baat karani hai.
AARATI
(shutting magazine worriedly.)
Kya baat hai?
SANJIT
Tum to janati hi ho ki world cup karib aa raha hai.
AARATI
Haan janati hoon.
SANJIT
Aur hum kayi wakt se ek bhi game nahi jite hain.
AARATI
Janati hoon janati hoon lekin isame fikar karane wali kaun si baat hai?
Aaj nahi to kal jit jaoge.
SANJIT
Mujhe fikar us baat ki nahi hai Aarati.
AARATI
To kis baat ki fikar hai tumhe?
SANJIT
Baat yeh hai ki hamare coach ne is baar game ke liye kuchh naye niyam
banaye hain.
AARATI
Kaise niyam?
SANJIT
Batata hoon lekin yeh niyam kuchh tedhe-medhe hain.
AARATI
Kya matalab?
SANJIT
Matalab yeh ki in niyamo ko maan kar hume kuchh dino tak ek-dusare se
door rahena hoga.
AARATI
(in disbelief.)
Kya kaha tumane? Niyamo ke liye ek dusare se door rahena hoga? Kal
zyada ho gayi thi kya?
SANJIT
Mazak nahi kar raha hoon Aarati. Yeh sach hai. Hum logo se kaha gaya
hai ki tis dino tak hamare aas-paas kisi bhi ladaki ka aana jana mana
hai. Isaka matalab hai ki world cup ke khatam hone tak hum kabhi bhi,
kahi bhi, kisi bhi ladaki ke karib nahi ja sakate.
AARATI
Ajib niyam hain. Matalab hamari zindagi ab hamari nahi rahi hai.
Cricket ki ho rahi hai? Sanjit main yeh niyam-shiyam manane wali nahi
hoon.
SANJIT
Please samajhane ki koshish karo Aarati.
AARATI
Samajhane ko reh hi kya gaya hai Sanjit?
SANJIT
Thode hi dino ki to baat hai.
AARATI
Thik hai to yeh batao ki tum kaha ja rahe ho?
SANJIT
(hesitates.)
Main kahin nahi ja raha hoon Aarati. (hesitates) Main soch raha tha ki
tum hi kuchh din apane mayake jakar raho.
AARATI
(determinedly.)
Sanjit main kahin nahi jana chahati hoon. Tumhe jaha jana ho wahan ja
sakate ho aur phir aise betuke niyam maine aaj tak nahi sune hain.
SANJIT
Kash mera coach tumhari is baat ka yakin kar le lekin yeh sach hai
Aarati.
Aarati gets up to go in other room.
AARATI
Nahi Sanjit. Yeh impossible hai.
SANJIT
Please darling maan jao.
AARATI
Dekho Sanjit subah subah mera dimag kharab nahi karo.
Aarati goes in kitchen. Sanjit is following.
SANJIT
(looking at kitchen door.)
Zid nahi karo Aarati. Aaj hi main tumhe tumhare mayake chhod aata hu.
A frying pan comes out flying from kitchen. Sanjit ducks. Frying pan
crashes on a window. Sanjit runs back outside.
SANJIT
(loudly.)
Aarati! (Sanjit hears noise of vessels inside and stays out and shouts
from outside in jest.) Aarati shayad tumhara frying-pan bahar aakar
pada hai. Ise le jao.
Aarati throws a tin-can outside. It lands on Sanjit’s shoe. He jumps.
Aarati is coming out with glasses and bowls to throw. Sanjit hears her
coming and hides behind sofa.
AARATI
(looking for him.)
Sanjit! Tumane mujhe samajh kya rakha hai? Main koi kataputali nahi hu
ki jab jaise chaho vaise nachao. (peeking behind sofa.) Mujhe pata hai
ki tum sofe ke pichhe chhipe ho. Wahan se bahar aao.
SANJIT
(saying it from behind the sofa.)
Dekho Aarati meri baat to suno.
AARATI
(throws plate behind sofa. It passes close to Sanjit’s nose. Sanjit
watches it pass in slow motion. Swooshing sound plays in BG.)
Sanjit main kuchh sunana nahi chahati hoon.
Sanjit gets up and jumps behind other couch.
SANJIT
Aarati pagalapan nahi karo. Hamara is game ko jitana behad zaruri hai.
AARATI
To kya hua Sanjit. Jab maine kahe diya ki main kahi nahi ja rahi hoon
to main kahi nahi ja rahi hoon.
Throws a bowl at him. Sanjit slaps it out of his face, comes out from
behind the sofa and runs. Aarati throws another bowl at him. Sanjit
finds a bat in corner and takes it and hits the bowl with bat.
SANJIT
(looking at the flying bowl that he has hit.)
Woh dekho sixer! (Aarati takes a thick book from a table near her and
throws it at him. Sanjit jumps on sofa.) Aarati mujhe maaf kar do. Main
kuchh nahi kar sakata.
AARATI
Magar main bahot kuchh kar sakati hoon.
There is a water bottle on table. She throws bottle at Sanjit.
SANJIT
(catching bottle. Spilling water on head and drinking.)
Thank you! Jao touliya lekar aao?
AARATI
(looking tired and breathing hard.)
Bahot ho gaya Sanjit.
Then she walks. Sanjit seems relaxed and takes a breather. Aarati goes
in corner and lifts a small chair tiredly and slowly.
SANJIT
(sees her lifting chair and is shocked. He runs and shouts in fear.)
Nahiiiiiiii. Please Aarati chair nahi maaro. Yeh meri sehat ke liye
hanikarak ho sakata hai. (Aarati has lifted up the chair completely now
and she is walking towards Sanjit.) Aarati please meri baat ka yakin
karo. (Aarati throws chair at Sanjit. Sanjit moves away. Chair falls by
his side.) I’m sorry Aarati. (running out of apartment and shouting
behind him.) Main is mamale me kuchh nahi kar sakata Aarati. Tum khud
hi mere coach se baat kar lena. (looking behind at her.) Shayad tumhara
gussa dekh kar woh dar jaye aur niyamo ko badal de.
Aarati chases him, finds a vase and throws it behind him. It hits a
stranger who is talking on phone outside their home. That guy falls
down. Sanjit keeps running and stops after going little far.
SANJIT
(to self.)
Sar salamat to paghadi hazar.
He walks.
INT. DAY - SHOPPING MALL
Sunil is shopping with Vishakha in a shopping mall. She’s is looking at
a dress.
VISHAKHA
(puts the new dress on the dress that she has worn and looks at mirror.
Then asks Sunil.)
Yeh kaisi hai?
SUNIL
(disinterestedly.)
Bahot achhi hai.
VISHAKHA
(checking out another dress.)
Yeh kaisi hai?
SUNIL
(lost in thoughts and looking elsewhere.)
Yeh bhi achhi hai. Jaldi karo Vishakha. Shopping ke baad mujhe tum se
kuchh baat karani hai.
CUT-TO:
Sunil is walking fast. Vishakha is chasing him and looking very angry.
We can guess that something has gone wrong before scene cut happened.
VISHAKHA
(shouting behind him.)
Mujhase nahi milo? Isase tumhara kya matalab hai Sunil? Kya samajhate
ho apane aap ko?
SUNIL
(walking faster and saying apologetically.)
Vishakha sirf tis dino ki to baat hai. Please maan jao.
VISHAKHA
(determinedly.)
Sunil tis din bahot zyada hai.
SUNIL
Sirf ek mahine ki baat hai.
VISHAKHA
(sarcastically.)
Nahi nahi yeh bhi kahe do ki sirf char hafto ki baat hai.
SUNIL
To phir tum mere faisale se naraz nahi ho?
VISHAKHA
Naraz nahi hoon. (Sunil smiles. Vishakha turns angry.) Char guna naraz
hu. (Sunil is shocked and runs for cover because Vishakha has lifted a
pair of shoes from the shelf of the mall. She aims and throws them at
Sunil. Sunil ducks and walks faster. Vishakha chases him. Salesperson
sees them and follows them. He us carrying a bill book and writes bill
for shoes that Aarati threw on Sanjit.)
SALESPERSON
(running with Sunil and writing the bill for shoes.)
Sir juto ke ho gaye ek hazar.
SUNIL
(running and shocked.)
Ek hazar? (Looking behind at Vishakha and saying.) Please stop
Vishakha. Mere paas tumhare gusse ka bill ada karane ke paise nahi hai.
Vishakha lifts big chandelier and throws. She seems tired and slows
down. Other shoppers in the mall clear path for chandelier to fall.
SUNIL
(looking at the crashing chandelier and saying.)
Yeh kya kar diya tumane? Yeh to bahot mahenga hoga.
SALESPERSON
(still running with Sunil, writing the bill for chandelier and
interfering.)
Haan sir. Do hazar rupaye ka hai.
SUNIL
(to salesperson.)
Do hazar rupaye? Magar yahan to Sale ki board lagi hai. (Salesperson
ignores him and keeps writing his bill. Sunil sees Vishakha walking
slow and slows down himself. Then says to Vishakha apologetically.)
Magar suno Vishakha. Isame main kya kar sakata hoon? Yeh sab us kutte
Singh ka kiya hua hai.
VISHAKHA
Sunil main kuchh nahi janati. Main kahin aur rahene nahi ja sakati.
She lifts a jewelry box from display.
SUNIL
(sees her lifting the jewelry box and saying.)
Nahi Vishakha. Gahene nahi fekana. (Vishakha comes towards him.) Are
kya kar rahi ho? Please inhe fekana nahi. Tum to mujhe bhikh mangane
par majabur kar dogi.
VISHAKHA
Vaise kaun se rais rahoge? Dil ke to bhikhari ho hi samaj lo ab paiso
se bhi ban rahe ho.
Vishakha throws jewelry box after aiming it at his head. He ducks. Box
falls behind him. People in mall are shocked and look dumbfounded at
the box and then at Sunil. Sunil looks back at people and picks it up
fast. Vishakha throws some more items on him and leaves. Sunil runs but
salesperson stops him.
SALESPERSON
(showing bill.)
Sir aap ke ho gaye pachas hazar rupaye.
SUNIL
Pachhas hazar rupaye? Yeh judai to bahot mahengi pad rahi hai. (looking
at sky.) He bhagawan maine shaadi kyun ki.
INT. DAY - VIJAY’S HOME
Vijay is talking to six girls and looking at videophone screen showing
all six in different frames. Girls are laughing.
FIRST GIRL
Tum mujhase nahi miloge?
(laughs.)
VIJAY
Sach kahe raha hoon.
SECOND GIRL
Nahi tum jhuth bol rahe ho.
VIJAY
Tumhari kasam.
THIRD GIRL
Magar kyun? Maine aisa kya kar diya hai?
Other girls say some things but we cannot hear them.
VIJAY
Aisi baat nahi hai. Hume upar se order mile hai.
FIFTH GIRL
Main tumase baat nahi karungi.
VIJAY
Bilakul thik karogi.
SIXTH GIRL
Kahin tumhe pachhtana nahi pade.
VIJAY
Nahi padega. Bye.
Disconnects phone, ponders over it and cries.
VIJAY
Yeh maine kya kar diya.
CUT-TO:
Vijay is getting drunk at bar and singing song “Tanhai” from film Dil
Chahata Hai.
VIJAY
“Tanhaiiiiiiiiiii! Dil ke rasate me maine thokar aisi khayi.”
Fade.
EXT. DAY - CRICKET PLAYGROUND
Players are looking irritated while training. Coach looks happy.
DRESSING ROOM
Sanjit is dressing. His bodyguard Bhima is keeping watch.
SANJIT
(looking at Bhima and turning away to hum a song.)
“Sukh bhare din bite re bhaiya. Ab dukh aayo re.”
Bhima smirks.
SANJIT
(mocking him.)
He he he!
Sanjit turns on TV. On TV- A girl in bikini is dancing on beach.
BHIMA
I am sorry sir aap ka yeh channel ko dekhana mana hai.
SANJIT
(sneering.)
To kya dekhoon? Doordarshan?
Bhima switches TV to a sports channel and gives back remote control to
Sanjit prudishly. It annoys Sanjit. He pulls away the remote control
from his hands and watches. Suddenly his imagination spurs and he sees
a dream. Sensual piece of saxophone plays and in place of male umpire
he sees a beautiful woman umpire removing her hat, throwing her hair
back and signaling four runs sexily in slow motion. He gazes stupidly.
Doorbell rings. Woman on Sanjit’s TV disappears and he sees old umpire
with funny moustache signaling Four. Sanjit is disappointed and looks
at door. Bhima goes to open the door. Sanjit quickly changes back to
Babes and Bikinis show. Women are running in bikinis on beach. Bhima is
coming back. Sanjit tries going back to sports channel but ends up on
devotional channel. A woman is singing bhajan and playing sitar. Sound
on TV: “Om jai jagadish hare. Swami Jai jagadish hare.” Sanjit sings
along.
BHIMA
(looking at TV suspiciously.)
Sir aap ko ground par bulaya gaya hai. Paach minutes me khel shuru hone
wala hai.
SANJIT
Tum chalo Bhima. Main ek bhajan dekh kar aata hoon.
Bhima keeps looking at Sanjit purposelessly.
SANJIT
(convincing him.)
Har kaam se pahele bhagawan ka naam lena chahiye Bhima. Isase man shant
raheta hai.
BHIMA
Achha sir.
Bhima leaves. Sanjit switches to Bikini show again but it has gotten
over. TV shows end credits rolling. Sanjit slams remote on bed and gets
up.
SANJIT
(looking at Bhima from window.)
Horror show kahi ka!
EXT. DAY - STADIUM SEATS
Small crowd has gathered in stadium to the watch cricketers training.
Shera is sending girls out.
SHERA
(to girls.)
Excuse me ma’am. Aap log yahan nahi baith sakate ho.
GIRL
Kyun nahi baith sakate?
SHERA
Coach ne ladakiyo ko stadium me aane se mana kiya hai. Please aap bahar
jaiye.
GIRL
Ok. Ok. Huh!
Shera goes towards a group of girls with the news. Shabbir and Rana are
putting some signboards in the stadium that read “No entry for girls”.
Anil is surreptitiously taking signs down behind them and crashes in
Shabbir from behind.
SHABBIR
Excuse me sir! Aap yeh sign nahi hata sakate ho.
ANIL
Oh! I am sorry. Maine socha ki yeh boards kisi ne bina ijazat yahan
lagaye honge.
SHABBIR
(showing doubt and resentfully.)
Sir. Please aap yahan se jaiye.
ANIL
(Picking up one “No entry for Girls” signboard and walking.)
Achha achha. I am sorry. Main jata hoon.
Shabbir sees signboard in Anil's hands and stops him.
SHABBIR
Sir, please mujhe woh board dijiye.
ANIL
(looking at board and overreacting.)
Oh! Oh I am sorry. Yeh to tumhara board hai. (handing it.) Thik se upar
ki tarf tang do. Shayad hawa se gir pada hoga.
Shabbir shows him the way out and puts the sign back up. Anil looks
back at them while walking and lets out a sigh.
AT THE SAME TIME - ON GROUND
Coach is training the players.
COACH
Aaj main aap sab ko kuchh naye shots sikhana chahata hoon. Inhe dhyan
se dek chahatae baad hum ek practice game khelenge.
PLAYERS
Ok coach.
Coach is training players on playground. He is showing Sanjit how to
swing bat. In next shot he is showing Sunil how to use footwork. In
next shot he shows Vijay how to duck and jump and in next shot he shows
Anil how to play Sweep Shots.
AT THE SAME TIME - ON STADIUM SEATS
An Australian enters wearing glasses and sits on stadium seat. A guy
from stadium staff approaches him. Side note- in this scene dialogues
are in English and need Hindi subtitles or Hindi dubbing of same.
STADIUM GUY
What can I do for you?
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Main aap ke liye kya kar sakata hoon?
STEVENS
I’m the Australian coach John Stevens. I want to meet coach Singh.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Main Australian coach John Stevens hoon. Mujhe coach Singh se milana
hai.
STADIUM GUY
Oh I'm sorry but coach Singh is busy. Please wait here.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Maaf kijiyega coach Singh busy hai. Aap yahan intezar kijiye.
STEVENS
Sure.
Stevens looks around and spots the signboards that read No Entry for
Girls and goes “Hmmm.” He looks around the stadium more and sees the
guards asking girls to leave the stadium. He fails to find any female
watchers.
STEVENS
(to a stadium guy.)
What is going on here?
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Yahan par kya ho raha hai?
STADIUM GUY
Girls are banned from entering stadium.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Ladakiyo ke stadium me aane par pabandi lagai gayi hai.
STEVENS
Oh I see.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Achha.
Stevens looks at coach Singh on the playground. Singh is watching the
team playing. After three or four seconds, Singh turns his head to see
coach Stevens and looks away as if he did not recognize him.
AT THE SAME TIME - ON PLAYGROUND
Sanjit is looking at girls leaving. Funny music is playing in BG.
SANJIT
(saying to self in anger.)
Ladakiya ja rahi hai? Hum yeh atyachar sahan nahi karenge coach! (He
hits sixer in anger and smiles arrogantly.)
COACH
(looking at sixer and saying to self.)
Yahi to chahata tha main.
Fielders have gone on boundary to get ball back. Sunil comes to talk to
Sanjit on pitch.
SUNIL
(looking at boundary)
Tune to kamal kar diya!
SANJIT
Yeh to kuchh bhi nahi hai. Agali ball to karane de. Aisi shot marunga
ki coach ko chakkar aa jayenge.
Before the next ball is about to be bowled coach signals someone inside
the stadium to bring the girls back.
SUNIL
(looking at coach.)
Ise kya hua? Niyam bana kar khud hi bhul gaya hai.
SANJIT
(laughs.)
Chalo achha hai.
Sanjit is looking at girls. Coach is sending girls out again. Sanjit
does not understand but seeing girls depart he becomes angry and goes
back to bat.
SANJIT
(thinks.)
Coach aap ko is mazak ki kimat chukani hogi. (Smacking ball hard and
thinking aloud) Yeh le!
It surprises Sunil. He looks at ball flying out of stadium. Funny music
plays. Umpire signals sixer. It is Sunil’s turn to bat. He looks at
bowler’s t-shirt. It reads “No entry for girls”. He looks at coach who
smiles. It makes Sunil angry and he hits boundary. Sanjit laughs and
praises him.
SANJIT
Great shot partner!
Sunil waves back. Both look at Coach in anger. Coach looks away and
smiles. Cut-to- Sunil has gotten out. His score on scoreboard reads 50
runs. Everyone is clapping. Vijay goes out to bat. Vijay looks for
cheerleaders and finds some but on looking well he realizes they are
guys with long hair. They are smoking and waving confetti to cheer
them.)
VIJAY
(goes red in face and thinks.)
Cheer girls ki jagah cheer boys? Hum yeh apaman sahan nahi karenge
coach!
He is angry and hits big shots in anger. Coach is secretly happy.
CUT-TO:
Anil goes out to bat and sees a girl hiding behind seats. He swings bat
but misses playing some balls. Coach is showing him the right way to
hit from distance but he cannot get it right and is looking at the
girl. After one more ball coach sees girl and sends her out. It makes
Anil angry and he hits four. Crowd claps. On last ball Sanjit hits
sixer. Ball knocks out one of the “No Entry for Girls” boards. Sanjit's
side wins the game and they congratulate each other. Scoreboard readsIndia- 300/3 in 46 overs. Sanjit XI wins. Sanjit Sharma- 100* (120)
Coach congratulates team.
COACH
Well done boys!
EXT. AT THE SAME TIME - ON STADIUM SEATS
Coach Stevens is looking worried now. He wipes sweat and leaves
stadium.
INT. DAY – CONFERENCE ROOM
Stevens is talking to four Australian players of his team. Dialogues
should go with Hindi subtitles or Hindi dubbing.
STEVENS
I just came back from the opposition camp. Looking at the pace and
planning that they are working with I think it won’t be long before our
team starts looking like a team of newcomers. We need to change our
thinking.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Main abhi samane wale dal ki chhaavani se aa raha hoon. Jis tezi aur
nishchayata se woh kaam kar rahe hain use dekh kar to aisa malum hai ki
bahot jald hamari team unaki team ke samane nausikhiyo ki team jaisi
nazar aayegi. Hume apani soch badalani hogi.
ONE GENTLEMAN
Are you sure sir? I can’t believe my ears.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Sir kya aap sach me aisa manate ho? Mujhe to apane kano par vishwas
nahi ho raha hai.
STEVENS
I am very sure Mr Smith. Guess what their strategy is?
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Magar mujhe pura vishwas hai Mr Smith. Zara andaza lagaiye kya hogi
unaki rananiti?
SMITH
Practicing more?
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Zyada practice karana?
ROBINSON
Attacking more?
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Zyada attack karana?
YUSUF
Teamwork?
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Teamwork?
BERNARD
All-round focus?
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Pura dhyan?
STEVENS
(looking at each.)
No, no, no and no.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Nahi, nahi, nahi aur nahi.
SMITH
Then?
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
To?
STEVENS
Other teams call it Mission Girlinator. In simple terms it means that
girls have been disallowed in their camp till the world cup is over. No
entry to girls.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Ise baki camps me Mission Girlinator naam diya gaya hai. Isaka matalab
yeh hai ki world cup ke khatam hone tak unake camp me ladakiyo ke aane
par pabandi lagayi gayi hai. Ji haan. No entry to girls!
Everyone chortles.
SMITH
(tries to press his laugh and apologizes.)
I’m sorry sir. But no entry to girls?
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
I’m sorry sir magar baat hai hi itani mazakiya. Ladakiyo ko entry nahi
denge?
ROBINSON
(nodding and laughing.)
Mission Girlinator!
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Mission Girlinator!
STEVENS
It is not a joke. In fact, the joke is on us. We all know that presence
of girls can be very distracting.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Yeh koi mazak ki baat nahi hai. Balki joke to hamare sath ho raha hai.
Hum sab janate hain ki ladakiyo ki hazari kis had tak humara dhyan tod
sakati hai.
Everyone laughs again.
SMITH
(laughing.)
I got your point sir.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Main aap ka point samajh gaya sir.
STEVENS
However, that is not my point. The point is what our point is.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Lekin hamara point woh nahi hai. Point yeh hai ki hamara point hona kya
chahiye?
SMITH
The matter is really point-to-point.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Yeh to bilakul point se point wali baat hai sir.
ROBINSON
The matter is not that straight Mr Smith. (to Stevens.) You are
pointing a difficult point at us sir.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Baat itani bhi sidhi nahi hai Mr Smith. (to Stevens.) Aap bevajah is
mushkil point ko hamari tarf point kar rahe ho sir.
STEVENS
Let’s get to the point. We cannot do what the other teams are doing…
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Point par chalate hai. Hum woh to nahi kar sakate jo unaki team kar
rahi hai...
ROBINSON
(interrupts.)
Why not sir?
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Kyun nahi sir?
STEVENS
Because it can tarnish our reputation.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Kyunki isase hamari pratishtha par daag lag sakata hai.
ROBINSON
Then what should we do sir?
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
To hume kya karana chahiye sir?
STEVENS
(thinking hard.)
I have an idea.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Mere paas ek idea hai.
CUT
INT. DAY - CRICKET STADIUM HALL
Sunil is walking inside their dressing room in the stadium. He sees
Vishakha waiting for him and is shocked. He panics and starts walking
faster and hides in a corner. Others go ahead and Sunil goes towards
Vishakha.
SUNIL
Vishakha? Tum?
VISHAKHA
Aise bol rahe ho jaise hum paheli baar mil rahe ho.
SUNIL
(walking and pulling her along.)
Yahan kyun aayi ho?
VISHAKHA
(pulling out her hand from Sunil’s grip.)
Ouch! Sunil kya kar rahe ho? Yahan par bhukamp aa raha hai kya?
SUNIL
Nahi. (flattering her.) Mere dil me jwalamukhi fat raha hai.
VISHAKHA
(giggles.)
Tumhe to har wakt mazak sujata hai. Khair chhodo. Yeh batao ki mujhe
andar kyun nahi aane diya gaya?
SUNIL
(looks behind him and sees some players walking towards them and then
says sarcastically to Vishakha.)
Shayad sachmuch hi bhukamp aane wala hoga. (Sunil starts walking
faster.) Maine tum se yahan aane se mana kiya tha na? Ab chalo jaldi.
(They walk some steps and stop. Sunil sees a pillar and hides Vishakha
behind pillar.)
VISHAKHA
Ruk kyun gaye?
Team is coming closer. Sunil looks for some other place to hide but
cannot find one. He takes his hat and glasses off and puts them on
Vishakha and walks off leaving her behind.
VISHAKHA
Sunil! Kaha ja rahe ho?
SUNIL
Bathroom ja raha hu. Tum yahi par rahena.
VISHAKHA
To aisa bolo na.
Players pass them. Sunil comes back from behind.
VISHAKHA
Tum to bathroom gaye the na? Itani jaldi kaise aa gaye?
SUNIL
Woh discuss karane ka wakt nahi hai hamare paas. Is wakt usase bhi badi
emergency aa padi hai. (looks around as if he is searching for
someone.) Dekho Vishakha (pauses.) Tum abhi yahan se chali jao.
VISHAKHA
(saying surprised.)
Chali jau? Magar kyun?
SUNIL
Coach ne tumhe yahan dekh liya to meri khair nahi. Tum to janati ho
niyamo ke baare me?
VISHAKHA
Tumhare coach ko kisi ladaki ne pyar me dhokha de diya kya?
SUNIL
Use koi ladaki mauka degi tab to dhoka degi na?
VISHAKHA
(laughs.)
Tumane sahi kaha. Khair yeh niyam-viyam ki bate chhodo. Aaj nayi
picture lagi hai. Kashmakash. Chalo dekhane jate hain. Suna hai bahot
achhi picture hai.
SUNIL
Naam se to aisa hi lagata hai lekin aaj nahi ja sakate.
VISHAKHA
Kyun nahi? Apane coach se itana darate kyun ho?
Shabbir and Rana are coming toward them. Sunil sees them in yamduts'
costumes and with swords. Costumes and swords disappear after two
seconds.
SUNIL
Guards aa rahe hain. Jaldi se yahan se chalo.
VISHAKHA
Sunil aisi bhi kya jaldi hai. Yu to har dum mere pichhe ghumate rehate
ho aaj khud aayi hu to bhav kha rahe ho.
SUNIL
Vishakha mere paas sabakuchh samajhane ka wakt nahi hai. Ab yahan se
chalo.
Guards are getting close. Both run and stop at a place where some
workers are cleaning floor with brooms. Some brooms are lying in a
corner. Vishakha and Sunil take sweeps from a corner, wear workers’
hats and do cleaning. Guards pass them. Both stop cleaning and walk
further.
ONE OF THE WORKERS
(shouting behind Vishakha.)
Oh baai idhar jhadu kaun marega?
VISHAKHA
(ignoring her and saying to Sunil.)
Guards gaye. Ab to chalo.
SUNIL
Thodi aur door chalate hain. Coach ke jane ka time ho raha hai.
Both run further. When they reach a corner they hear someone’s
footsteps.
SUNIL
Koi aa raha hai. Yahi par ruko.
The sound gets louder with every footstep. We see a zoomed close-up of
coach Singh’s shoe and footsteps become ear shattering loud in Sunil’s
ears. Sunil turns and sees coach walking towards them. He hides and
hides Vishakha behind the receptionist’s desk. Coach is walking on the
other side. There is silence in hall. Their hearts are beating loudly
and we can hear them. They press their hearts. Heartbeats turn mute.
Coach walks some steps and stops near a desk. Both squat in opposite
direction of the coach and look from corner and wait. Coach moves. Both
move with him. Coach walks the other way. Both walk in the same
direction and crash into each other. They step out to see where the
coach is going. Coach turns back at them. Both hide behind the table
again. Sunil’s foot remains outside. Coach steps on his shoe. Sunil
can’t shout but winces in pain. Coach takes foot off from his shoe and
walks away from desk. Both peek outside the desk and see coach leaving.
So they come out slowly and go in the opposite direction of coach.
VISHAKHA
Phew! Baal baal bache.
SUNIL
Haan. Ab tum yahan se jao.
VISHAKHA
Sab chale gaye hain Sunil. Ab kyun dar rahe ho?
SUNIL
Mere guards hamesha mere aas-paas rehate hain. (looks around.) Hume
sath dekh lenge. Jao yahan se.
VISHAKHA
Sunil main itani door tak jane ke liye nahi aayi hoon.
Sunil walks. Vishakha follows. There is a song here. Vishakha sings
first line teasing Sunil about being unloving and insensitive. Then she
looks behind and sings about fear of world. Sunil keeps walking and
crashes in some guy. Vishakha sings about accidents in love and
recovering from them. Sunil avoids her and drinks. Vishakha sings of
being thirsty in love. Sunil hides from the guards and the other staff.
Vishakha does the same and sings about helping each other in rough
times. Sunil takes a disguise of a cheerleader. Vishakha does too and
sings about cheering up. Sunil sings about love not being game.
Vishakha becomes a ball boy and sings about how love makes life easy
and about how to conquer world with love. They sing inside a cupboard,
sing in toilet, dance around floodlights and so on.
SUPERSCRIPTION- NEXT DAY
EXT. DAY - PLAYGROUND
Vijay is batting. Just when bowler is about to bowl, a hot girl called
Anita walks on the playground. Vijay looks at her. She’s wearing an
expensive gown, glasses, hat and all. Bowler bowls. Vijay cannot take
his eyes off Anita and gets bowled out. His friends boo him. Anita
walks towards a guy and asks for coach Singh.
ANITA
Excuse me. Mujhe coach Singh se milana hai.
GUY
Yahan ladakiyo ka aana mana hai.
ANITA
Maine phone par unase baat kar li hai. Aap please yeh bataiye ki woh
kaha milenge?
GUY
(pointing at Singh.)
Wahan jaiye.
ANITA
Thank you.
Anita walks towards coach Singh.
ANITA
(softly.)
Hello coach Singh? Main hi hoon Anita. Kaise ho aap? (takes her hat
off, lets loose her hair.) It is so hot out here.
COACH
(looking at Anita tip-to-toe.)
Vakai bahot hot hai! To kahiye Anitaji kyun phone kiya tha aap ne?
ANITA
Main aap ke paas ek request lekar aayi hoon.
COACH
(breathing hard.)
Request? I request you to request the request.
ANITA
(smiling.)
Main aap ko aur aap ki team ko Women’s Cricket Festival par invite
karana chahati hoon.
Just then another player gets bowled out. Coach shouts.
COACH
(to player.)
Cricket par dhyan do. (looking at Anita’s legs and then at playground
like he remembered something.) Long Leg. Fine Leg. Dekho. Dekho.
VIJAY
(gawking at Anita’s legs.)
Wohi to dekh rahe hain coach.
COACH
(slowly.)
Main cricket ki fielding ki baat kar raha hoon. Ladakiyo ki nahi.
(turning to Anita.) Haan hum zarur chalenge aap ke cricket festival
par.
ANITA
Thank you.
One guy is catching ball which has risen above his head but he is
distracted on seeing Anita. Ball drops on his head and he falls. Others
laugh.
ANITA
(Anita laughs and turns to Singh.)
Yeh mera card hai. Is par mera cellphone number hai. Aap mujhe kisi bhi
wakt phone kar sakate ho. Ab main chalati hoon.
COACH
Ji bahot shukriya. (Anita leaves. Coach turns to players.) Alright
everybody. I’m back. Mid-on...zara pichhe jao! (shouts again after one
second.) Boundary ke bahar nahi. Andar!
INT. DAY - CRICKET STADIUM
Coach and team are going inside a stadium. Board on stadium entrance
shows- Women’s Cricket Association. Women cricketers are playing on
playground. Coach and team sit. Players are looking at women’s bodies
more than their game.
COACH
Yeh team mahilao ki teams ki number one team hai. Inaki cricket ko
dhyan se dekho.
ANIL
(lost in looking at women.)
Haan coach. Bahot dhyan se dekh raha hoon.
VIJAY
Kya uchhaal kar dalati hai.
Everyone looks at him.
VIJAY
(straight faced.)
Gend! Gend ko kaise uchhaal kar dalati hai.
ANIL
Haan. Aur pakadati bhi kitana zor se hai.
Everyone looks at Anil.
ANIL
(turning to face them.)
Gend?
ALL
Oh gend!
Coach turns to them.
COACH
Kya bate ho rahi hai?
ANIL
Ball ki aur bowling ki coach.
COACH
(holding imaginary ball.)
Oh. Ball ki. Inaki fielding bhi dhyan se study karo.
SANJIT
Bilakul coach. (looks at one women’s ass who is fielding on boundary.)
Inaki fielding bahot tight hai.
Coach sees Sanjit looking at woman’s ass.
COACH
(still looking at Sanjit who is still looking at woman's ass.)
Sanjit. (Sanjit does not take his eyes off of her ass. Coach continues
talking.) Tum bahot zyada dhyan se dekh rahe ho. Kahin tumhari aakhe
nikal kar bahar na aa jaye. (tapping him on shoulder and pointing at
the batsman.) Aage dekho.
SUNIL
(staring at a woman’s ass and muttering.)
Aisi achhi cheez dekh kar aur kya hoga.
Coach stares. Sunil looks away. Vijay is watching the match attentively
when suddenly ball hits him and he falls off his seat. Fielder comes to
get it. Vijay picks ball.
VIJAY
(touching ball sensually and thinking.)
Kai din ho gaye kisi ladaki ki chhui cheez ko chhue.
Fielder sees Sanjit and asks for ball.
FIELDER
(rudely.)
Excuse me. Ball please.
Sanjit has not heard her and continues to talk to himself.
SANJIT
(to self.)
Itani kimati ball ko to safe me rakhana chahiye. Kahin koi chura na le.
FIELDER
(is confused and draws Sanjit’s attention towards her.)
Hello? Kya main yeh ball le ja sakati hoon?
SANJIT
(giving her ball embarrassedly.)
I am sorry. (After she leaves he says to self.) Ball ball bach gaye.
On stands Anita is coming towards coach Singh and his team. Singh sees
her coming and gets up to talk to her. Anita comes close to them.
ANITA
(to Coach.)
Hello Mr Singh.
COACH SINGH
Hello Anita. Hum game dekh rahe the. Aap ki team bahot achha khelati
hai. Man karata hai ki apani team me ladako ki jagahe ladakiyo ko de
doon.
ANITA
(laughs.)
Thank you Mr Singh. Anyway main aap ko yeh batane aayi thi ki game ke
baad party me aana na bhuliyega.
COACH
Zarur aayenge. Vaise aap apani players ko kaise train karati hain?
ANITA
Unhe cricket ke nazadik aur baki chizo se dur rakh kar.
COACH
Main bhi meri team ke sath yahi karata hoon.
ANITA
Aur karana bhi chahiye. Is khel me focus hona bahot zaruri hai.
COACH
Thik kaha aap ne. Vaise main aap se ek zaruri baat kahena to bhul hi
gaya. Aisa hai ki hamari team ka ek mahine tak ladakiyo se milana mana
hai jisase ki woh apana dhyan puri tarah se cricket par rakh sake.
ANITA
Oh I see.
COACH
Aur main chahata hu ki party ke wakt meri team ka koi bhi khiladi
ladakiyo se na mile. You know what I mean.
ANITA
I know exactly what you mean Mr Singh. Hum in par zarur nazar rakhenge.
Humare layak aur koi seva ho to bataiye.
SINGH
Aur to kuchh nahi. Shukriya.
INT. DAY - PARTY HALL
Gangs of girls and guys are sitting on opposite sides of each other.
Anita guards girls’ side. Coach guards guys’ side. There is a line
between both sides.
COACH
(to his team.)
Go party boys. Magar koi badamashi nahi karana! Ladake ladako ki side
rahe aur ladakiya ladakiyo ki side rahe. Agar maine kisi ko yeh Laxman
Rekha landhate hue dekha to use banvas bhej dunga. Samajh gaye na sab?
ALL
Haan coach.
COACH
Ab aap log ja sakate ho.
Everyone leaves. Coach stands in corner. There are many people in party
but no one is interested in cricketers.
SANJIT
(sipping his drink.)
Itani boring party maine aaj tak nahi dekhi hai. Koi hamari tarf
dekhata hi nahi hai.
SUNIL
Aisa lagata hai jaise yahan par koi marane wala ho.
VIJAY
Chalo ladakiyo se bate karate hain.
ANIL
Coach dekh raha hai.
SUNIL
Coach ko main dekhata hoon. Aap log andar chalo.
ANIL
Thik hai.
Sunil dials a number on phone. In a corner, coach is smiling at Anita
who is standing at other end. Someone approaches coach. Coach cannot
see the guy until he is standing very close to him. He startles coach.
Coach looks around embarrassed. Then smiles at him.
GUY
Sir aap ke liye reception desk par phone hai.
COACH
Thank you.
Both go to desk. Coach takes call. Caller is Sunil who pretends to be
girl.
COACH
Hello? Coach Singh here.
SUNIL
(in girl’s voice.)
Hello. Good evening sir. Main Famous Massage Parlor se Anaida bol rahi
hoon.
SUNIL
Hello Anaida. Bolo.
CUT-TO:
INSIDE - AT THE SAME TIME
Sunil’s friends are cautiously stepping in girls’ territory like army
men infiltrate warfront. They are very alert and looking behind for
coach or his men’s presence.
CUT-TO:
OUTSIDE
SUNIL
(seductively on phone.)
Hamari parlor me sundar ladakiya apane nazuk hatho se aap jaise hattekatte naujawano ki malish karati hain.
INSIDE PARTY HALL
Anil is flirting with a girl named Roma.
ANIL
Hi miss Roma. Aap ne bahot achhi cricket kheli. Opposition ke chhakke
bana diye. Mera matalab hai ki chhakke chhuda diye.
ROMA
Aap yahan kya kar rahe ho? Aap logo ko to yahan aane se mana kiya gaya
hai na?
ANIL
Hamare paas to har jagah jane ka passport hai. Vaise aap ka figure
bahot achha hai.
GIRL
(shocked.)
Kya? Badatamiz! (Leaves table.)
ANIL
(shouting behind her.)
Main to aap ke batting average ki baat kar raha tha. 86.24. Hello!
Roma ignores his shout and looks for someone. She goes toward a waiter
and asks.
ROMA
(upset.)
Anita madam kahan hain?
OUTSIDE THE PARTY HALL
ANITA
(to staff member.)
Pata karo andar kya ho raha hai?
STAFF MEMBER
Abhi karata hoon ma’am.
INSIDE
Vijay is talking to some girl.
VIJAY
Hi I’m Vijay.
GIRL
Dekhiye coach ne aap logo ko yahan aane se mana kiya hai.
VIJAY
Dar asal coach ne hi mujh se yahan aane ke liye kaha hai. Aap ke achhe
performance ke liye aap ko badhai dene ke liye.
He takes a rose from a vase on a table. The stem of the rose breaks
when he’s handing it to her.
VIJAY
(pulling back broken rose.)
Oh! Shayad bechara Retired Hurt ho gaya hai. Ise doctor ke paas le jana
padega.
Vijay laughs at his own joke. Girl gives him a stern look.
GIRL
Thanks for the compliment. (looking at rose.) Lekin main yeh nahi le
sakati. Ab aap apani side jaiye.
She walks.
VIJAY
Lekin meri baat to suniye.
GIRL
Main kuchh sunana nahi chahati hoon.
VIJAY
Yeh rose to le lijiye. Aisa mauka...(Looking at rose.)...rose rose nahi
milega.
Laughs but girl doesn’t look back. He stops laughing.
OUTSIDE
Coach is still on phone with Sunil.
COACH
Mujhe koi malish ki zarurat nahi hai. Agar dobara yahan phone kiya to
tumhari aisi malish karunga ke usake baad malish karane ke liye ek bhi
pasali nahi bachegi.
SUNIL
Sir aap mujhe galat samajh rahe hain.
COACH
Main bilakul sahi samajh raha hoon.
Coach disconnects and walks inside. Sunil too runs inside to tell his
friends about Coach’s arrival.
SUNIL
(running inside and shouting.)
Coach aa raha hai! Coach aa raha hai!
Guys run to their side. Anil is talking to a girl. He hears Sunil's
warning and runs but trips and spills his drink on the girl. Girl
shouts. Anil ignores her and runs. Vijay is seated with two girls and
hears Sunil's warning. He gets up very fast and ends up flipping table
on two girls when getting up, bathing them in red-hot food gravy. Girls
get burned by hot gravy and scream in pain. Everyone crosses but Sanjit
cannot find way amidst chaos. He hides behind bar. Coach is coming in.
Everybody jumps over the line of control in slow motion, just in time.
Then they get up and settle in their places. Coach walks-in in complete
silence on guys’ side. Team pretends like nothing has happened.
COACH
(unaware of goings-on inside and saying to self.)
Massage parlor. Huh! Bowlers kya kam massage karate hain hamari?
(Looking at the party and surprised at quietness.) Yahan itana sannata
kyun hai bhai? Kya ho gaya aap sab ko? (Guys are pondering over the
mess they have created in hall and shrug at coach’s statement. In the
meantime, Sanjit is trying to be comfortable behind bar table but
accidentally kicks bottles inside. Coach hears the sound of bottles and
looks in bar's direction. He does not see anyone.)
COACH
(looking at bar.)
Kaun hai wahan par? (everyone turns towards bar desk. Coach asks
again.)
COACH
Kaun hai wahan par? Yeh bhi koi baitthane ki jagah hai? Baitthana ho to
kursi par baittho. Sofe par baittho. Magar bar ke pichhe? (Laughs and
walks across boundary. Anita approaches coach and stops him.)
ANITA
(refusing to let him go to the other side.)
Oonhoo! Yeh meri side hai. Main dekhati hoon.
COACH
(looking at girls on other side.)
Isame kya pareshani hai? Main dekh leta hoon.
ANITA
Pareshani to hai. Aap ne bahot kuchh dekh liya hai. Please apani side
jaiye aur mujhe dekhane dijiye.
COACH
(peeking over to girls’ side.)
Ek minute ka to kaam hai.
ANITA
Dekhiye maine kaha na nahi dekhiye.
COACH
Dekhiye bhi kaheti ho aur nahi dekhiye bhi. Sab se pehale to mujhe yeh
dekhana hai ki main dekhoon ya na dekhoon. (in complaining tone.) Vaise
aap ko to dekh hi liya.
Sanjit is looking around under bar desk, thinking what to do. He tries
to come out and kicks some more bottles. Sound of bottles brings
everyone’s attention towards the bar again. Anita walks towards the
table. Sanjit hears Anita’s footsteps. In panic, he squeals like a
mouse. His squealing scares Anita. She turns back. Sanjit squeals
loudly. Girls shout and run away from table.
COACH
(laughing.)
Shayad andar chuha gaya hai. Aap sab mujhe rasta do. Rasta banao. Main
hi dekhata hoon. (Girls move away. BG music of bugle of war plays.
Coach walks towards bar table like a disciplined soldier. Sound of
shoe-heels plays. Sanjit hears coach coming and peeks to see. Seeing
coach nearing he squeals louder and rolls a big bottle outside. Coach
sees it coming. It scares him. He steps back. Everyone laughs.)
COACH
(looking at bar desk.)
Itani badi bottle hila di? Chuha hai ya dinosaurs? (Looks behind him
and sees a guy who is holding a cricket bat. Asks for bat) Jaldi se
mujhe woh bat do. (Guy with bat walks towards him.)
Coach walks towards the guy for bat. Sanjit finds chance and goes out
of table squealing. After going out he crawls on floor, over food and
runs into a door, smeared in food stains. Door leads to a girls’ room.
A girl is putting on her make-up. He steps inside on pressed feet. Girl
hears sound of door and gets up.
GIRL
(looking at door.)
Kaun hai?
Sanjit runs inside fast from corner and goes towards a closet. Girl
goes back to her table after two seconds and puts lipstick. Sanjit
hides inside a closet and see girls’ clothes. Starts looking for
something to wear. The Girl that is putting lipstick is singing “Pari
hu main, mujhe na chhuna” in rough voice. Sanjit shuts his ears on song
and searches for dress he can fit in. He finds white skirt and tshirt. Wears them and looks outside. Girl is still sitting at table. He
squeals like mouse again. It scares girl and her lipstick goes on her
nose. She walks to a corner and sees where sound came from then slowly
goes to washroom, wiping her nose with handkerchief. Sanjit comes out
in woman’s clothes, puts on makeup, wears wig. Then throws make-up kit
on table. Girl hears sound of table in washroom and walks out. Sanjit
walks out of room just in time, tightening buttons of his bra. He looks
like girl.
OUTSIDE
Coach is looking for Sanjit and asks to his teammates.
COACH
Main Sanjit ko talash kar raha hoon. Kya kisi ko malum hai woh kaha
hai?
SUNIL
Coach shayad bathroom gaya hoga.
COACH
Aa jaye tab mere paas bhej dena.
SUNIL
Thik hai coach.
Sanjit comes out and sees a girl’s group chatting. He joins the girls
and stands cautiously. One girl looks at the skirt he is wearing and
asks for it.
GIRL
(looking at the skirt.)
Hey yeh meri skirt hai.
SANJIT
(making girl’s voice.)
Na...nahi. Yeh meri hai.
GIRL
Yeh meri skirt hai. Maine ise change kar ke girls’ room me rakha tha.
You thief abhi ke abhi ise utaar kar aao.
SANJIT
Nahi yeh meri skirt hai…
GIRL
(pulling skirt.)
Bitch! Give me my skirt back!
Sanjit moves back. Girl moves towards him and pulls him. Sanjit fights
back. Girl pulls at Sanjit’s wig. It almost comes off. Sanjit hold it
and puts it back in place. Sanjit pulls her hair too and runs from her.
Girl follows him and throws drinking glass on his head. Sanjit falls on
someone’s plate. Food spills on his face. He wipes face, crawls, gets
up and continues running. He makes it to the guys’ side and goes to
Men’s bathroom. He goes in toilet and takes woman’s clothes off. He
puts skirt on wall of the toilet stall. It falls on the other side of
the toilet stall. Coach has just entered the bathroom.
Sanjit is looking outside from toilet stall to see where the skirt
went. He sees it lying outside and walks out to get it but hears
someone coming in, looks at his make up and hides inside the toilet
stall again. Then he lies on floor to pull skirt inside and stretches
his hand out without being able to see the floor from the toilet stall.
The guy who is coming in is coach. He is coming singing this song,
“Aaja re. Aaja re o mere dilabar aaja.” Coach steps on skirt. Sanjit
has found skirt and pulling it inside at the same time. Skirt tears. It
makes tearing noise. It scares Sanjit and he lets go of skirt and gets
up to hide. Coach looks down and sees torn skirt.
COACH
(thinks.)
Yeh kya hai? (observing well.) Skirt? Men’s toilet me skirt kaun la
sakata hai? (Knocks on Sanjit’s stall) Yahan par kaun hai?
Coach peeks from below stall. Sanjit climbs up on pot and jumps onto
the wall of stall.
COACH
Koi hai? (looks in and says to self.) Yahan par to koi nahi hai.
Coach gets up and peeks from above Sanjit’s toilet stall. Sanjit jumps
off pot and lands on floor. Coach doesn’t see anyone and leaves with
skirt.
COACH
(to self.)
Is skirt ke baare me pata karana hoga. Na jane kaise-kaise short-skirts
lete hain log.
Sanjit goes out and joins everybody. Sunil sees him.
SUNIL
(to Sanjit.)
Tum ab tak kahan the? Coach tumhe kab se dhundh rahe hain.
SANJIT
Yuhi thodi der bahar gaya tha.
Coach walks towards them and hears Sanjit's last sentence.
COACH
(noticing lipstick stain on Sanjit's lips.)
Kyun? Shayad lipstick lagane?
Everyone notices lipstick on Sanjit’s lips and laughs.
SANJIT
(wiping lipstick.)
Lipstick?
COACH
Haan lipstick! Batao yeh hadasa kaise hua? (All laugh.) Kahan? Aur kab?
Kya aaj kal mardo ke lipstick ka fashion hua hai?
SANJIT
Nahi coach.
COACH
To kya tumane apani biradari badalane ka faisala kar liya hai? Kya
tumhe mardanagi se dar lagane laga hai? Batao yeh kya maajara hai?
SANJIT
Mujhe nahi pata coach.
COACH
(not believing him.)
Kya? Tumhe nahi pata? Kal ko tum kahoge mujhe kapade kisane pahenaye.
Mere baal kisane banaye? Mujhe jute kisane pahenaye. Kya har wakt nashe
me rahete ho?
SANJIT
Nahi coach. Main to sharab ko chhuta tak nahi hoon.
COACH
Pine ke liye chhune ki zarurat nahi padati. Sach bolo Sanjit. Mujhe
daal me kuchh laal nazar aa raha hai. Jaldi se batao yeh chakkar kya
hai?
SANJIT
Kaisi daal? Kaisa laal? Shayad mirchi hogi coach. Varana meri daal to
bilakul saaf hoti hai. Mujhe nahi pata aap kya kahe rahe ho coach.
COACH
Yani ki daal-daal bach rahe ho? Bolo yeh daag lipstick ka nahi hai to
kya sharm ki laali ka hai?
SANJIT
Good point coach. Sharm ki laali ka ho sakata hai.
COACH
Sanjit mujhe pura yakin hai ki tumane koi gadabad ki hai. Kal tumhe
maidan ke pachas chakkar lagane honge. Ladakiyo ke karib jane ki yehi
saza hai.
SANJIT
Mujh garib par aisa zulm nahi kijiye coach. Main aap ko sach baat
batata hu. Dar asal mujhe yeh lipstick bahar ek salesgirl ne lagai thi.
Hum lipstick ke rang test kar rahe the.
Everybody laughs.
COACH
Kyun? Kya yeh kaam karane ke liye wahan koi ladakiya nahi thi?
SANJIT
Nahi coach aur shayad usane mujhe ladaki samajh liya hoga.
COACH
(sarcastically.)
Tumhara chehara pariyo jaisa jo hai. Sanjit tum chahe jitane bhi
khubasurat kyun na ho yeh saza to tumhe bhugatani hi padegi. (Others
laugh. Coach turns to others.) All of you shut up. (All stop laughing.
Coach walks and says.) Let’s go! (All walk. So does Sanjit. His
teammates are still laughing at him. He is wiping off his lipstick.)
NEXT DAY ON PLAYGROUND
A close-up of sun and then harsh sunlight on Sanjit’s face. He is
running on playground with bat held high in his hands and is sweating a
lot. BG sound of footsteps in thick waters plays.
EXT. DAY - CITY STREET
A big car stops on the side of the road. A woman is sitting inside. She
opens her handbag and takes out make-up box. She opens it carefully and
takes out lipstick. Twists it with sound of bullet going inside gun.
Puts it on her lips. Gunshot sound plays. She puts lipstick back. Opens
car door slowly. Puts her stylish, big-heeled shoe out. Puts another
one out. Gets out. Her face is not shown because it's a suspense. View
from behind her is- she is going inside a building and is ushered in by
a guard who looks at her in awe. Guard sends her inside a door. She is
welcomed by Stevens coach of opposite team.
STEVENS
Hello.
UNRECOGNIZED WOMAN
(Her face isn't shown because it's a suspense. Her voice should sound
scratchy on screen and should be very difficult to identify.)
Hello Mr Stevens. What can I do for you?
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Main aap ke liye kya kar sakati hoon?
STEVENS
Thanks for coming.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Yahan aane ka shukriya.
UNRECOGNIZED WOMAN
Pleasure is all mine. Tell me what the job is?
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Kahiye kaam kya hai?
STEVENS
(softly.)
I will but don’t let anyone find out about this.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Batata hu lekin kisi ko is baat ki kaanokaan khabar nahi honi chahiye.
UNRECOGNIZED WOMAN
You can trust me Mr Stevens.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Aap mujh par bharosa kar sakate ho.
Stevens draws curtains. Takes out envelope from drawer. Opens it
carefully and takes some pictures and papers from it. Spreads them
meticulously on table. They are pictures of Singh and his cricket team.
STEVENS
(pointing at pictures.)
This is the famous coach Singh and his cricket team.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Yeh hai janemane cricket coach Singh aur unaki cricket team. Kya aap
inhe pahechanati hain?
UNRECOGNIZED WOMAN
I don’t like cricket.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Mujhe cricket me koi dilchaspi nahi hai.
Gets up and starts walking.
STEVENS
(smiling mysteriously.)
But you can like it for me right?
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Lekin dilchaspi le to sakati hain na?
WOMAN
Sure. Please continue.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Zarur. Bolate rahiye.
STEVENS
All you have to do is make this coach and his team forget cricket and
teach them to love. (looking at her tip-to-toe. Sensual music piece
plays.) I hope you know what I mean.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Aap ko bas itana karana hai. Is coach aur usaki team ko cricket ki
ladai bhula kar pyar ki sagai karana sikha hai. (Looking at her tip-totoe. Sensual music piece plays.) Mujhe asha hai ki aap mera matalab
samaj gayi hongi.
WOMAN
Sure. Consider it done.
SUBTITLE OR VOICEOVER
Zarur. Samajhiye aap ka kaam ho gaya.
STEVENS
Thank you.
WOMAN
(looking at photos of team.)
You’re welcome.
INT. DAY - COACH SINGH’S OFFICE
Coach Singh is playing tabala on his office desk and singing.
COACH SINGH
(singing.)
Hai agar dushman dushman zamana gam nahi, gam nahi. Koi aaye koi jaye
hum kisi se kam nahi, kam nahi.
Phone rings.
SINGH
Hello? Hello Mr Shrivastav. Kaise yaad kiya?
A gang of girls barges in. They are dressed in short clothes and carry
CD player. Singh is shocked.
SINGH
(on phone.)
Mr Shrivastav. Main aap se baad me baat karata hoon. Shayad yahan koi
aaya hai.
Hangs up. Girls are putting on music.
SINGH
(angrily.)
Kaun ho aap log? Yahan kya kar rahe ho?
GIRL NO. 1
(saying it after looking at other girls.)
Hum hain..?
ALL GIRLS IN UNISON
Angles of Love!
Loud music plays from the CD player.
GIRL
(naughtily.)
Hum aap ko swarg ki sair par le jane aaye hain.
COACH
(irritated.)
Main yahan dharati par hi bahot busy hoon. Mujhe swarg ki sair karane
nahi jana hai. Yahan se nikal jao.
GIRL
(doting.)
Aap to gussa ho gaye. Aisi bhi kya baat hai?
COACH
(confused.)
Aisi hi to baat hai aur aap log andar kaise aa gaye?
GIRLS
Darwaze se. Hum to (sexily.) aur andar jana chahate hain. Aap to
khamakha ghabara rahe ho. Hum to sirf aap ki zindagi ko thoda sa
namakin banane aaye hain.
COACH
(taunting.)
Meri zindagi pahele hi bahot khaari hai. Aap log shayad galat pate par
aa gaye ho.
GIRL
(removes one button of her shirt.)
Hum bilakul thik pate par aaye hain.
COACH
Pate ki baat kare to aap yeh kya kar rahi ho? Mujhe aap ki shirt nahi
chahiye. Ise pahene rakhiye aur yahan se dafa ho jaiye.
GIRL
Bahar bhi chale jayenge. Pahele kuchh (Looking at own chest.) andar ki
bate to kar le.
COACH
(exhaling.)
Mujhe koi baat nahi karani hai.
GIRL
(flirtily.)
Hume ek mauka to dijiye.
COACH
Dekho. (gawking at undone button.) Yeh sab (with difficulty.) band
karo!
GIRL
(naughtily.)
Abhi abhi to khule hain. (wraps her arm around him and injects him with
serum which makes him drowsy and says.) Aap to bade katthor ho!
COACH
(coach feels reaction of serum. Feels hot and talks softly now.)
Woh to main hoon hi. (reeling.) Magar…yeh kya ho raha hai?
GIRL
(begins slowly.)
Yeh? Yeh to kuchh bhi nahi hai. (Opens second button of her shirt.)
Abhi to bahot kuchh hona baki hai.
COACH
(almost unconscious and talking very slowly.)
Bahot...kuchh...hona...baki...hai?
Kuchh...bhi...baki...nahi...hona...chahiye. Mujhe
har...kaam…pura…karana pasand hai.
GIRL
To abhi kar dete hain.
Music plays loud. She undoes rest of the buttons. Room is circling in
coach’s eyes. She signals another girl to check his drawer. Singh sees
them.
SINGH
(politely and very softly.)
Are...woh...mera...drawer...hai. Aap ko...kya...chahiye?
GIRL
(takes shirt off to show vest and says innocently.)
Kya hai aap ke drawer me?
COACH
(sleepily and drooling for her.)
Kuchh...kagaz...wagaz...hai. Mera...bijali...ka...bill...hai. Mera dil
hai. (laughs.) Mera will hai. (Laughs more. Then shushing.) Shhhh!
Aur...mere...(Takes his mouth close to her ear and
whispers.)...secret...cricket...plans...hain.
Coach laughs sweetly. Girls laugh with him. Then one girl speaks.
GIRL
(to other girls.)
Rita. Sima. Jaldi se inhe ek pyari si pappi do.
Coach is astonished and stares at girls. Girls go and kiss him. One
girl takes out camera from bag and takes his photographs.
SINGH
(hugging girls happily, posing and talking slowly.)
Mera...photo...kyun...nikaal...rahi...ho?
Mera...manager...mujhe...naukari...se...nikaal dega.
Aisa...nahi...karo.
GIRL
Hum to bas aap ko yaad rakhane ke liye photo le rahe hain.
SINGH
To...yaad...rakho. Mujhe...to...kuchh...bhi...yaad...nahi...hai.
He faints. Girl puts her shirt back on, steals files from his drawers
and they all leave.
INT. DAY - HOSPITAL
Coach is waking looking at ceiling. He is still under influence of
drug.
COACH
(sleepily.)
Angels of love!
Nurse walks in with medicine.
NURSE
(nagging.)
Yahan par to hum hi Angels of Love hain. Yeh dawai khane ka aur let
jane ka.
SINGH
Woh sab to thik hai lekin main yahan kaise aaya?
NURSE
(harshly.)
Ambulance me. Aap ke dost aap ko yahan laye the.
Coach makes sarcastic expressions. His phone rings. He answers it.
SINGH
Hello?
VOICE ON OTHER LINE
Hello coach Singh? Main Sinha bol raha hoon. Aap kaise ho?
SINGH
(coming back to senses and irritable.)
Sinha? Bilakul thik nahi hoon. Hospital me pada hoon.
SINHA
Mujhe pata hai coach. Aap office me behosh ho gaye the.
SINGH
(remembers everything.)
Ha. Ab yaad aaya. (in tone of urgency.) Jaldi se meri office ja kar
pata karo ki wahan sab thik hai ki nahi?
SINHA
Karata hoon coach.
SINGH
Aur haan mere drawer me dekhana nahi bhulana. Chaabi kapaat me hai.
Achhe se check karana.
Sanjit and team walk in.
SANJIT
(walking.)
Kya hua coach? Hume Sinhaji ne khabar di ki aap behosh ho gaye the?
SUNIL
Aap thik to ho?
COACH
(embarrassed.)
Ha. Woh…subah se kuchh khaya nahi tha isaliye gym me kasarat karate
wakt gir pada.
SANJIT
Ab aap ki tabiyat kaisi hai?
COACH
Ab kuchh thik hoon. Ground par sab thik to hai na? Agar meri zarurat ho
to (getting up from bed.) main chalata hoon.
SANJIT
Nahi nahi coach. Aap aaram kijiye. Hum sabakuchh samhaal lenge.
COACH
(goes back on bed.)
Phir thik hai.
Nurse comes.
NURSE
(to team.)
Are yahan itani bhid kyun hai? Bahar jao. Patient ko pareshani nahi
karo. (looks at cricketers.) Arre tum Sanjit Sharma hai na?
SANJIT
Haan. Yeh kitane dino me thik ho jayenge?
NURSE
Aap inaki fikra nahi karo. Do din me ho jayenga. (Gives pen and paper
to Sanjit and says.) Humako ek autograph chahiye.
Sanjit writes autograph.
COACH
Nurse. Meri nabz kamzor ho gayi hai. Zara...
NURSE
(interrupting coach.)
Haan haan. Woh sab thik hai. Thoda rukane ka. Hum autograph karata hai
na?
Coach swallows his pride and stares at cricketers.
INT. DAY - HEADQUARTER OF ANGELS OF LOVE
In slow motion: Four neatly dressed girls walk inside a door with
precision and no-nonsense look on their faces. They are carrying
handbags. Rock music plays in BG. Their sights are firmly fixed in
front. They knock on the door. An unrecognized woman is sitting at desk
and putting nail paint on her nails. Her face is not shown.
UNRECOGNIZED WOMAN
Come on in.
(Girls go inside.)
FIRST GIRL
Kaam ho gaya ma’am.
First girl opens her handbag and puts some files on her desk.
UNRECOGNIZED WOMAN
(in unrecognizable voice.)
Well done girls. You can go now.
Girls go out. Unrecognized woman opens files and glances. Then she
phones someone.
CUT-TO:
INT. NIGHT - GYMNASIUM
Anil is doing weight lifting in gym. A girl in short dress and tight
shirt walks-in carrying a book and goes towards him.
GIRL
(screams.)
Ohh my goddddddd! Anil Sharmaaa??
(goes near him.)
ANIL
(continues weight lifting but looks stressed while talking.)
Aap ki tarif?
GIRL
(ignoring his question.)
Anil Sharma is it really you? Main aap ki bahot badi fan hoon. Aap ki
har game dekhati hoon.
ANIL
Achha?
GIRL
(star struck and extending her hand towards Anil for handshake.)
Haan. Mera naam Kiran hai.
Anil stops weight lifting, puts weight down, wipes his hands and
extends his hand to her.
ANIL
(shaking her hand.)
Hi Kiran.
KIRAN
(handing him pen and book.)
Autograph please.
Anil signs autograph.
KIRAN
Thank you Anil.
Kiran touches his muscles.
KIRAN
Wow! Great muscles.
Anil skips a breath and looks strained when he is lifting weight. He
has to make extra effort.
KIRAN
Main aap ko kayi saalo se ddhunddh rahi hoon.
ANIL
(in disbelief.)
Sach?
KIRAN
Sach! Kitani...(sexily saying word “raate”) raate guzaari maine...
(Anil holds breath.) aap ki batting dekhate hue. (Anil releases
breath.) Kayi din guzaare maine aap ki yaado me.
ANIL
Oh!
KIRAN
Oh? Kayi saalo baad meri mannat puri hui hai.
ANIL
Kaisi mannat?
KIRAN
Aap se milane ki.
ANIL
Sach?
KIRAN
(happily.)
Sach, sach, sach! Aaj shaam ko aap kya kar rahe ho?
ANIL
(visibly happy.)
Kuchh nahi.
KIRAN
To kyun na hum sath kahin chale?
ANIL
Zarur. Kahiye kahan chalana hai?
KIRAN
Jahan aap le chale?
ANIL
Aisa karate hain practice ke baad mujhe mere ghar par milana magar
dhyan rahe koi tumhe dekh na le. Agar coach ko is baat ka pata chala to
mujhe team ke bahar kar denge.
KIRAN
Fikar nahi karo. Hume koi nahi dekhega.
ANIL
Thik hai. To mujhe kal shaam paanch baje Yari Road, Versova, Bungalow
no. 11 me milana.
KIRAN
Ok.
EXT. DAY - PRACTICE GROUND
BG music plays. Anil is practicing. Everyone is busy on playground.
Kiran is spying on Anil from outside with binocular. She is frequently
changing sides to get different angles. Then calls Anil.
KIRAN
Hi Anil. It is Kiran.
ANIL
Hi Kiran. Kaisi ho tum?
Romantic music plays. Kiran talks to Anil inside music. They go out
after practice. Then he drops her to her apartment. Kiran starts
meeting Anil “coincidentally” everywhere. They meet in a restaurant, in
a loo, at a parking lot. Once at swimming pool where she is wearing
bikini and turns her sex appeal on. Sensual music plays. Kiran hugs,
kisses and caresses him. They depart. Kiran meets the suspense woman
and shows her some photos and maps.
CUT-TO:
INT. DAY - STEVENS’S OFFICE
Stevens is sipping tea. Unrecognized woman walks in. We cannot see her
face. Her voice is unrecognizable.
STEVENS
(ushering her towards chair.)
Andar aaiye.
(she walks in and sits.)
STEVENS
Chaay lengi aap?
UNRECOGNIZED WOMAN
(very seriously.)
Main duty par chaay nahi piti.
STEVENS
To coffee to piti hongi?
UNRECOGNIZED WOMAN
Ji nahi. Dudh tak nahi.
STEVENS
(laughing.)
Ok. Kahiye aap mere liye kya khush khabari layi hai?
UNRECOGNIZED WOMAN
Aap ka kaam ho gaya hai.
STEVENS
Waah! Bahot achhe! Aap ko koi pareshani to nahi hui na?
UNRECOGNIZED WOMAN
Main to khud hi ek pareshani hoon. Mujhe kya pareshani ho sakati hai
bhala?
Woman laughs. Stevens laughs with her.
STEVENS
Aap ne khub kaha.
UNRECOGNIZED WOMAN
(giving him files.)
Isame woh sari janakari hai jo aap ko chahiye.
STEVENS
(reading files.)
Thank you.
Phones someone and says
Hello. Aap ko jo briefcase diya tha woh andar le aao.
Guy comes in with briefcase and puts it on table. Stevens hands her
briefcase.
UNRECOGNIZED WOMAN
Thank you.
She opens briefcase and sees money. We see her face for the first time.
Unrecognized woman is Anita, Chief of Women’s Cricket Association. BG
sound plays: ”Anitaaah! Ohh No!” Anita shuts the briefcase.
ANITA
Thik hai to ab main chalati hoon. Koi aur kaam ho to mujh se phir
kahiyega.
STEVENS
Zarur kahunga. Thank you miss Anita.
ANITA
Ok Mr Stevens. Have a nice day.
STEVENS
Have a nice day Miss Anita.
She walks out. Background sound plays: “Oh No! Anitaaah!”
EXT. DAY - ROAD
Sanjit is going somewhere in car with Aarati.
AARATI
Sanjit tumhara yeh niyamo ka natak aur kitane dino tak chalane wala
hai?
SANJIT
Bas ek hafta aur. Usake baad hum azad panchhiyo ki tarah (Spreading
arms.) khule aasman ki sair karenge darling. (Almost loses control of
steering wheel and it scares him) Oh shit! (gains back control over the
wheel and turns car in right direction.)
AARATI
(angrily.)
Sanjit you...pahele zamin ki sair karana to sikh lo.
Sanjit laughs.
AARATI
Upar se has rahe ho?
SANJIT
I am sorry darling. Now relax!
Sanjit whistles and looks out of window. Sees coach Singh’s car.
SANJIT
(to self)
Oh no. Yeh to coach ki car hai. Yeh buddha yahan kya kar raha hai?
AARATI
(worried.)
Coach? Usane hume dekh liya to?
SANJIT
To mujhe (cupping hands.) catch kar lega. (Again loses control of car.)
Shit!
AARATI
Sanjit you jackass! Shayad kisi na kisi tarah aaj meri maut hone wali
hai.
SANJIT
(gains back control and looking in front.)
Abhi tak to nahi hui hai na?
Aarati stares in anger.
AARATI
To kya hone tak intezar karoon?
IN COACH’S CAR
Coach sees Sanjit’s car.
COACH
(thinking.)
Are yeh to Sanjit ki car hai.
(honks.)
Sanjit turns around and looks behind at the coach’s car and speeds his
car. Sound of whirring engine scares one cyclist riding close to him.
Cyclist falls. Coach does not notice him.
AARATI
(angrily.)
Sanjit! Yeh kya kar rahe ho?
SANJIT
Maine kya kiya?
Sanjit turns in a street. Now Sanjit and Coach cannot see each other’s
cars. Coach’s car turns in same street. Sunil sees coach’s car in rear
view mirror. He races car and crashes in one street vendor’s cart.
SANJIT
(shouts.)
Oh shit!
AARATI
(screams in fear.)
Aaaaaaaah!
Vendor’s cart rolls. Vendor falls on bonnet of car and his hand goes on
wiper. He holds onto wiper and curses Sanjit.
VENDOR ON BONNET
Andhe kahin ke. Mera dhanda chaupat kar diya. Yeh sadak tere baap ki
nahi hai.
AARATI
(to Sanjit.)
Sanjit gadi roko!
Sanjit puts on brakes. It throws vendor off balance and he flies off
the bonnet. Funny BG music plays. Vendor falls on his own cart. Sanjit
speeds up again. Vendor gets up and hurls stones on Sanjit’s car.
Sanjit speeds more and gets away from vendor.
AARATI
Sanjit maine kaha gadi roko!
Behind them- Coach is trying to find way out of destruction. Sanjit is
turning his car and speeds and dodges many cars. Drivers and
pedestrians hurl insults at Sanjit.
AT SAME TIME - IN COACH’S CAR
COACH
(thinking.)
Sanjit ki car nahi dikh rahi hai. Abhi abhi to yahi thi.
AT SAME TIME - IN SANJIT’S CAR
AARATI
Sanjit gadi dhimi karo. Mujhe itani jaldi nahi marana hai?
SANJIT
Coach ne mujhe tumhare sath dekh liya to team se bahar kar denge
Aarati. Aisa karo tum seatbelt bandh lo. Main gadi aur tez kar raha
hoon.
AARATI
(wearing seatbelt and saying irritably.)
Kya? Bahar karate hain to karane do. Duniya se bahar jane se to achha
hai.
Sanjit helps Aarati with seatbelt and says.
SANJIT
Please is wakt mujh se bahas mat karo Aarati.
Sanjit loses control over car and ends up pushing two cars off-road.
Cars slide, jump and roll.
AARATI
(screaming and shouting.)
Aaaaaaaah! Yeh kya kar diya tumane? Mujhe bahot dar lag raha hai
Sanjit. Abhi ke abhi gadi rok do!
SANJIT
(lovingly.)
Dear yahan par No Parking ki sign hai.
AARATI
(sternly.)
Abhi isi wakt gadi roko Sanjit!
SANJIT
(looking behind and saying loudly.)
Nahi rok sakata. Dat kar baitho.
Coach crashes in crashed cars and stops.
COACH
(angrily.)
Tch tch tch. Shayad yahan par bahot bada hadasa hua hai. Malum nahi
subah subah kis ka munh dekha tha jo yeh din dekhana pad raha hai.
People from crashed cars are moaning. Passers-by help them get out of
cars. Coach starts his car again. Car doesn’t start.
COACH
(to car.)
Jaldi se shuru ho ja. Hume bahot door jana hai.
People from other cars shout for help. Coach looks away from them.
COACH
(to car.)
Jaldi jaldi jaldi!
Car starts.
COACH
Baal baal bach gaya. Yeh jagah thik nahi hai. Mere sath koi hadasa ho
usase pahele yahan se chalata hoon.
Drives.
AT SAME TIME - IN SUNIL’S CAR
Aarati opens door of car.
SANJIT
Yeh kya kar rahi ho Aarati? Car ab bhi chal rahi hai.
AARATI
Aur mere tin ginane tak nahi roki to main car se kud jaungi.
SANJIT
Aisa nahi karo Aarati. Please darwaza band kar do. Itani bhi kya jaldi
hai marane ki? Aur phir hume kuchh hua to nahi hai na?
AARATI
To kuchh hone ka intezar kar rahe ho kya? Gadi roko.
AT SAME TIME - IN COACH'S CAR
COACH
(looking in front and hearing screeching cars.)
Shayad kisi ka brake fail ho gaya hai. Sanjit ko batata hoon. Bechara
kahin koi accident me na fas jaye.
Coach dials Sanjit’s number on cell phone.
AT SAME TIME - IN SANJIT’S CAR
AARATI
Tumane suna nahi maine kya kaha?
SANJIT
Thik hai thik hai. Rokata hoon.
Aarati lets go of door and sits back easy. Sanjit continues.
SANJIT
Lekin parking spot milane ke baad.
Sanjit discreetly speeds more. It scares Aarati and throws her back in
her seat.
AARATI
Sanjit you ass****.
Sanjit’s phone rings.
SANJIT
Phone ko bhi isi wakt bajana tha. Please dekho kaun hai.
AARATI
Yamadut hoga. Khud hi baat kar lo.
Sanjit looks at phone once and then hurriedly looks in front and sees a
woman pushing a baby in baby stroller. He can’t stop. Woman runs away.
Sanjit crashes in stroller. Stroller goes tossing in air. Aarati
screams, shuts eyes and cries.
AARATI
Yeh kya kar diya tumane? Bachhe ko...
Sanjit and Aarati look behind and see some grocery flying from the
stroller. The woman is cursing them. Both feel relieved.
AARATI
Thank god! Mujhe laga anadar bachha tha.
SANJIT
Mujhe bhi. Baal baal bach gaye.
They look in front. There’s traffic ahead.
AARATI
Ab to rokoge na ki uda kar le jane ki soch rahe ho?
SANJIT
Kash aisa karana mumakin hota.
Sanjit puts on brakes but there are cars in front of their car. Their
car is going fast and straight at cars in front. Sanjit presses brake
pedal with all his might and both shut their eyes in fear.
AARATI
(Opening her eyes again, shouting sarcastically and speaking very
fast.)
Great! Sanjit hum marane ja rahe hain. Meri aakhari ichha sun lo. Main
tum se gatth-chhutan karana chahati hoon. Yani ki divorce divorce
divorce. (Looking in front of the car.) Ab hum marate hain. Pati-patni
nahi, do ajanabiyo ki tarah.
SANJIT
(speaking as fast)
You are overreacting Aarati. Hume kuchh nahi hoga. Aakhir main ek team
ka captain hoon.
Sanjit applies more pressure on brakes. It makes Huge screeching sound.
Aarati is saying something but notices the sudden change.
AARATI
Captain ho ya shaptain...(sees cars in front of them getting very close
and screams.) Aaaaahhh! Goodbye Sanjit. (shuts eyes.)
Their car stops just some inches away from other cars. Aarti opens her
eyes and is happy to have survived.
CUT-TO:
Aarati steps out of car. Sanjit follows him.
AARATI
(walking away from Sanjit)
It’s over Sanjit. Aaj ke baad main tum se kabhi bhi milana nahi chahati
hoon na hi car me tumhare sath ‘suffer’ karana chahati hoon.
SANJIT
Aarati you are overreacting. Please understand. Mere career ka sawal
tha.
AARATI
Ek competition me nahi khelane se kya fark pad jayega?
SANJIT
Aarati world cup har saal nahi hota hai. I said I’m sorry.
Both walk and turn in a street. In coach’s car- coach is still trying
Sanjit’s phone number.
COACH
So raha hai kya?
EXT. DAY – STREET
Sunil is walking on a street and talking on his cellphone. His guards
Bhima and Shera are waiting for him in his car. Vishakha is coming from
the other side and sees Sunil.
BHIMA
(looking towards Sunil.)
Kab se baat kar raha hai.
SHERA
Haan. Kam se kam pandarah minute to ho gaye honge.
BHIMA
Puchh to kisaka phone hai?
SHERA
Mujhe kuchh nahi puchhana hai. Tujhe puchhana ho to puchh le.
BHIMA
Main isaliye kahe raha hoon ki shayad kisi ladaki ka ho sakata hai.
SHERA
To hone de. Itani sakhti bhi achhi nahi hai. Kahin mujhe naukari se
haath na dhone pade.
BHIMA
Thik kahe raha hai. Inhe kya fark padata hai? Aaj niyam palenge to kal
apani jhadenge.
SHERA
Vaise bhi yeh niyam-viyam meri samajh se bahar hai. Aise niyam bana kar
sab ka wakt barbad karate hain yeh log. Ladkiyo se bhi kabhi koi door
rahe sakata hai bhala?
Vishakha is coming closer.
VISHAKHA
(going towards Sunil.)
Hi Sunil! Tum yahan kya kar rahe ho?
Sunil is busy talking on the phone and doesn’t even look at her.
SHERA
Kya kaha tha maine? (pointing at Sunil and Vishakha.) Wo dekh.
Both watch them. Vishakha is still trying to get Sunil's attention.
VISHAKHA
Hey Sunil!
Sunil sees her and looks at guards. Then pretends as if he didn’t see
her.
VISHAKHA
(waving.)
Sunil! Andhe ho gaye ho kya?
Sunil walks in opposite direction. Vishakha follows him. Sunil turns
back. Vishakha turns back too. Sunil continues talking on phone.
SUNIL
(on phone.)
Hello? Hello? Aawaz nahi aa rahi hai.
Moves away from Vishakha. She is following closely.
SUNIL
(on phone.)
Shayad signal kharab hai. Zor se bolo.
Vishakha stands in front of him. Sunil bumps in her. Vishakha falls
down. Sunil crosses over her feet and walks. Vishakha is shocked. Sunil
is going towards his car.
VISHAKHA
(getting up.)
Sunil! Sunil! Main hoon. Vishakha!
SUNIL
(on phone.)
Yahan par bheed bhi bahot hai. Abhi abhi koi gir pada hai.
Vishakha is wiping her t-shirt from behind. Sunil looks at Vishakha's
back and sits in car.
SUNIL
(to driver.)
Chalo.
Sunil looks behind. Vishakha is running now. He turns his sight in
front and talks on phone.
Main tum se thodi der baad me baat karata hoon. Bye.
Car goes.
VISHAKHA
(thinking.)
Mujhe dekha tak nahi.
NIGHT - NIGHTCLUB
Vijay and Anil are joking with girls at bar.
VIJAY
(to girl in his arms.)
Aur phir maine aisi sixer mari ki gend Bombay se Delhi pahoch gayi.
Agale din wahan ke governor ne courier se wapas bheji thi.
(girls laugh. Vijay laughs too.)
GIRL
Phir kya hua tha?
ANIL
(to girl he is holding.)
Phir hume Bombay se Delhi tak ka kiraya dena pada.
All laugh again. Just then Shabbir and Rana enter club. Vijay sees them
and lets girl out of his arms.
VIJAY
(to all.)
Excuse me guys. I’ll be right back. (whispering to Anil.) Tu bhi chal.
(looking at guards.) Yahan thodi problem ho sakati hai.
Anil sees guards and gets up.
ANIL
Problem to ho gayi hai. (to girls.) Kisi ko hamare baare me kuchh nahi
batana nahi to tumase katti kar dunga!
GIRLS
(laughs.)
Ok baba. Kuchh nahi batayenge.
ANIL
(lingering for a second.)
Bye honey.
VIJAY
Majanu ki aulad chal yahan se.
ANIL
(looking back at girls.)
Bye!
GIRLS
Byeeeeee!
Both walk away fast from guards and mingle in dancing crowd. Guards
stand at bar and order drinks. Anil and Vijay dance and hide in crowd.
Guards drink and walk toward dance floor.
VIJAY
Yeh log to yahi aa rahe hain.
ANIL
To aane de.
Two girls named Shiba and Vibha walk towards Vijay and Anil.
GIRLS
Hi guys. Kya aap wohi famous cricketers ho?
GUYS
Haan. To?
GIRLS
Wow! Wanna dance?
VIJAY
(seeing guards approaching.)
No thanks.
SHIBA
(looking at Vibha.)
What? (Laughing and asking Vijay.) No?
VIBHA
(to Vijay.)
Why not?
SHIBA
Kya aap log kisi ka intezar kar rahe ho?
Anil pulls Vijay away from girls and both dance. Guys around them are
watching them and laughing. Anil and Vijay are angry but finding guards
near they avoid them. Girls follow them.
VIBHA
(to Vijay.)
Hi! Kya naam bataya aap ne?
VIJAY
Kis ka naam? Kaisa naam?
ANIL
Naam to bade logo ka hota hai.
Girls laugh. Anil and Vijay look for guards and find them dancing and
looking around dance floor.
SHIBA
(laughing.)
You are so funny. Let’s dance.
Dances close to him.
VIJAY
(moving away from her.)
Yeh kya kar rahi ho?
VIBHA
(angrily.)
Kya matalab? Kya tumhe ladakiya nahi pasand hai? Hum to sirf dance
karana chahate hain. (getting close to Anil.) Come on! Raat bhi jawan
hai aur hum bhi.
ANIL
(jokingly.)
Dekhiye aap aisi bate nahi kijiye. Mujhe bahot gudagudi ho rahi hai.
Girls laugh.
SHIBA
Come on. Main achhe ghar ki ladaki hoon.
VIJAY
To tumhare achhe ghar me jao. Hume pareshan kyun kar rahi ho?
VIBHA
Chalo ab maan bhi jao.
ANIL
Nahi manata jao.
Vibha laughs. Anil shows fake anger.
ANIL
(to Vijay.)
Aaj yeh guards yahan nahi hote to dance to kya main aur bhi bahot kuchh
kar leta.
SHIBA
Chalo Vibha. Mujhe lagata hai ki yeh log ek-dusare ko shayad kuchh
zyada hi pasand karate hai. Hai na?
(laughs.)
VIBHA
(laughing.)
Shayad bahot pyar karate hai ek-dusare se.
Girls laugh and leave. People laugh at guys and make distance from
them. Guys are embarrassed. Anil charges toward guards.
ANIL
In guards ki to main aisi ki taisi kar dunga.
VIJAY
Relax. Ladakiya to bahot milengi lekin team se bahar ho gaye to saare
desh me hamari badanami ho jayegi.
ANIL
Thik hai. To ab kya kare?
VIJAY
Yahan se chalate hain.
Both leave. Dance music is playing in B.G. Guards are still looking for
them. But can’t find them. They take a look around club and leave. Anil
and Vijay come out from behind the door after guards have left. They go
back to dance floor and join Shiba and Vibha.
VIJAY
(to Shiba.)
Hi girls. We are back.
SHIBA
Excuse me?
ANIL
(to Vibha.)
Hum laut aaye hain.
VIBHA
(elbowing Shiba and whispering.)
Are yeh wohi dono hai jinhone hamare sath dance karane se inkar kar
diya tha.
SHIBA
Ohh!
(laughs.)
You make a good couple.
Vibha laughs.
VIJAY
Nahi nahi aap hume galat samajh rahi hain. Hum log...yani ki...gullidanda nahi hain. Hum to aap ke sath dance karane aaye hain.
SHIBA
(laughs.)
Ohh I’m sorry lekin tumane zara der kar di. Hume dancing partners mil
gaye hain.
Two strapping men appear dancing from behind the girls. They scare the
guys. Funny music plays. Girls laugh. Vijay and Anil are disappointed.
Just then the other two girls who were with them at the beginning come
back. They see guys trying for other girls and leave in anger.
VIJAY
Oh no!
(to one of the girls who is leaving.)
Sweety! Hum tumhe hi ddhuddh rahe the.
ANIL
(to other girl.)
Garima suno to!
CUT-TO:
Vijay and Anil are dancing with each other. Crowd laughs. They search
for other girls.
SUPERSCRIPTION– AUSTRALIA
CRICKET PLAYGROUND
Sanjit and his three friends are roaming streets of Australia.
Background music plays. They see some girls. Guards stop them from
going near girls. They avoid them and ask guards to buy soft drinks and
after guards leave they talk to girls. When guards come back they hide.
Then they go on playground and watch dirty pictures and MMSs of women.
Coach comes. They pretend to be talking to someone on phone. Coach
leaves. They continue watching MMSs. They practice with Australian
team. Song ends. Players are waiting for team bus at playground. A
foreign team arrives and throws cold stares at them. They stare back.
Foreign team’s fans gather. Sanjit avoids foreigners and asks his team
to calm down.
FOREIGN PLAYER
Here come the Indians who never let us lose.
Foreign team laughs.
ANIL
(acting like girl.)
Because it hurts your feeling so much!
Indians laugh.
AUSTRALIAN
Is that so? But everything hurts you. (showing fist.) And so will my
punch!
(Australians laugh.)
ANIL
We are here to play. Not to fight.
FOREIGN PLAYER 2
Play what? Beat-me--quickly-I-wannabe-with-my-mamma?
VIJAY
No. I-wannabe-your-papa.
Indian team laughs.
FOREIGN PLAYER1
But my papa wants to be with your mamma.
Foreigners laugh.
SUNIL
But I am already here to be with your mamma.
FOREIGN PLAYER
(stepping out to fight.)
You bast***!
Captains from both teams stop them from fighting.
SANJIT
(to his team.)
Lado nahi. Hum yahan khelane aaye hain. Ladane nahi.
Indian players retreat.
FOREIGN CAPTAIN
(to his teammates.)
Stop fighting guys. Calm down. Bus is here. Get on the bus.
Two buses arrive. They get on the buses.
SANJIT
(coming out on alleyway and addressing all.)
Listen up everybody.
Bus is silent.
Humane ladai kar ke achha nahi kiya hai. Yaad rakho yeh unaka desh hai.
Bal se nahi buddhi se kaam lo. Apana dimag shant rakho. Main is ladai
se behad naraz hoon. Agali baar aisa nahi hona chahiye.
VIJAY
I’m sorry Sanjit. Galati meri hi thi. Mujhe unase is tarah baat nahi
karani chahiye thi.
Vijay is disappointed. Others console him.
SANJIT
It’s ok Vijay. Galati hum sab ki thi. Point yeh hai ki agali baar aisa
nahi hona chahiye. Now lighten up.
Coach enters in bus. All go back to their places. Bus leaves.
INT. EVENING - TEAM HOTEL
Team is going inside hotel. Sanjit is walking with Sunil, Vijay and
Anil. They see Anita in hotel. Background music plays - “OH NO!
ANITAAH!”
ANIL
(Sees Anita and looks at coach who is talking to a team member. Then
asks Vijay.)
Are yeh to Anita hai. Yeh yahan kya kar rahi hai?
VIJAY
Haan. Chal usase baat karate hain.
SANJIT
(to both.)
Kya hua?
SUNIL
(pointing at Anita.)
Anita yahan aai hai. Yeh usiko dekh rahe hain.
SANJIT
(looking at Anita.)
Oh.
Vijay and Anil sneak out of crowd and go towards Anita.
SANJIT
(following Vijay and Anil.)
Vijay. Anil. Wahan nahi jao. Coach dekh lega.
Vijay and Anil don’t stop. Sanjit and Sunil follow them. Anita turns
back to see Sanjit and Sunil and talks to them.
ANITA
Hi Sanjit. Hi Sunil. (to Vijay and Anil) Hi guys. What’s up?
SANJIT
Cricket’s up. What’s up with you?
ANITA
Dosto ke sath world cup dekhane aai hoon.
SUNIL
Oh. It's so good to see you here.
ANITA
All the best guys. Do well.
SANJIT
We will. Thanks.
She writes her name in entry book and takes keys of her room from
receptionist.
ANITA
Alright guys. See you later. Bye.
ALL FOUR
Bye.
Anita walks. Four walk in other direction and join team. Coach notices
them coming in group and then sees Anita going in hotel. Coach keeps
looking suspiciously and then looks away.
ANITA’S ROOM
Anita is talking to her team of girls. She has spread a paper on table.
It looks like map of some location. Then she turns to talk to her team
of girls.
ANITA
Listen up girls. Yeh hai team ki hotel aur maidan ke maps. (Pointing at
map.) Subah chhe baje team yahan se bahar jayegi aur sham paanch baje
wapas lautegi. Tum sab janati ho tumhe kya karana hai.
GIRL
Haan ma’am.
ANITA
Good. Koi problem ho to mujhe contact karana.
GIRL
Haan ma’am.
ANITA
Good luck girls. Now move move move.
The girls move. On morning Sanjit and his team leaves hotel. Anita’s
gang is watching team leaving from behind a pillar. One guy accompanies
her gang. When Sanjit has left with his team Anita’s gang comes out
from behind the pillar and walks. Waiters are passing. Girls slow down
and look at waiters cross-eyed. Waiters don’t doubt them. Girls arrive
at team’s rooms. They stand outside and wait for waiters to go. After
waiters have left they take out duplicate keys from their pockets and
open doors. Go in and gently shut doors. Girls place photographs of
women, perfumed handkerchiefs with lipstick stains and lingerie in
cupboards, wardrobes and under sofas. All get out. Last girl is coming
out from room and see other girls waiting for her.
LAST GIRL
Ho gaya.
OTHER GIRLS
Chalo.
They leave. After going out of the hotel the guy with gang of girls
calls Coach Singh.
GUY
(on phone.)
Hello. Coach Singh? Mujhe aap se ek behad zaruri baat karani thi.
COACH SINGH
Kaun bol raha hai?
GUY
Aap ki team ke kuchh members chhip-chhip ke ladakiyo se milate hai. Aap
chahe to unake rooms ki talashi lekar pata kar sakate ho. Hum fans ki
khatir unase guzarish kariyega ki woh aisa karana chhod de. Hum unhe
cup jitate dekhana chahate hain.
COACH
Magar aap kaun bol rahe ho?
Guy hangs up the phone leaving coach thinking.
EXT. DAY – PLAYPLAYGROUND
Coach whistles. Team gathers. Coach looks at them suspiciously.
SANJIT
Hi Coach. Kaise ho aap?
COACH
Main bilakul thik hoon lekin yahan shayad kuchh aise-vaise ho raha hai.
SUNIL
Aisi koi baat nahi hai coach.
COACH
Aisi hi to baat hai. Aap logo ki training me shayad kuchh kamiya rahe
gayi hain.
VIJAY
Kaisi kamiya coach?
COACH
(looks at players squinty eyed.)
Game se aap logo ka dhyan kuchh bhatak raha hai. Aisa nahi hona
chahiye.
ANIL
We are sorry coach. Agali baar aisa nahi hoga.
COACH
(thinking doubtedly and saying softly.)
Thik hai. Ab jao.
Players leave. Coach watches them from behind and walks too.
SANJIT
Coach ko kya hua? Humane to sab thik kiya hai.
SUNIL
Shayad kisi se galati ho gayi hogi.
SANJIT
Ho sakata hai. Ab ek hafta reh gaya hai world cup ko. Pata nahi kya
hoga.
SUNIL
(boredly.)
Khel hoga. Ek jitega. Dusara harega. Kyun itana tension le raha hai?
VIJAY
Tension hi to mil raha hai. Coach ne game ke liye bahot mehanat ki hai.
Ab haar gaye to hume unase bhagwan bhi nahi bacha sakata.
ANIL
Thik kahe rahe ho. Mazak ka waqt nikal chuka hai. Hume game ko
seriously lena chahiye.
SANJIT
Aisa hi karenge dosto aur aasha karenge ki jit hamari hi ho. Ab cricket
ki bate chhodo aur yeh batao ki Anita ka number kisake paas hai?
SUNIL
Shayad coach ke paas hoga.
All laugh.
SUPERSCRIPTION- NEXT DAY
INT. DAY - COACH’S ROOM
Coach is dialing a number on his cellphone.
COACH
(on phone)
Hello Sanjit? Team ko lekar isi wakt mere kamare me aao.
Hangs up and takes out a box from under a table. After some seconds
Sanjit knocks on coach’s room door. Coach says, “Come in.’ The four
enter.
COACH
(taunting.)
Aap ki training kaisi ho rahi hai?
SANJIT
Bahot achhi coach.
SUNIL
(laughing.)
Sanjit ne aaj century karane ka faisala kiya hai.
COACH
Usase pahele main kuchh karana chahata hoon. Kal raat ko tumhare kamaro
se kuchh cheeze mili hain. (puts box in front of them. Picks
handkerchiefs, women’s photographs and lingerie and shows them.) Kya
yeh tumhari hai? (All laugh.)
SANJIT
Nahi coach. (laughs more.) Main bra nahi pahenata.
All laugh. Coach stares in anger. All shut up.
COACH
Sunil? Kahin yeh tumhari to nahi hai?
SUNIL
Nahi coach. Main bhi bra nahi pahenata. Yeh to kisi ladaki ki hi ho
sakati hai.
Others laugh.
COACH
Shut up! Anil? Vijay?
ANIL AND VIJAY
Nahi coach.
COACH
To phir yeh cheeze kya koi parinda lekar aaya tha?
SANJIT
Coach mujhe pata nahi hai. Main kisi parinde ko bhi nahi janata hoon.
All laugh again and check out lingerie.
COACH
(shouts angrily.)
Jhuth. Jhuth. Jhuth.
It shocks team. His voice echoes in hall. Coach continues shouting.
COACH
Sach batao yeh kisaki karani hai?
SANJIT
(seriously.)
Sach kahe raha hoon coach. Main in cheezo ke bare me kuchh bhi nahi
janata hoon.
SUNIL
(hesitatingly.)
Main bhi nahi.
VIJAY
Main bhi nahi.
ANIL
Main bhi nahi.
COACH
(very angry.)
Aakhari baar puchh raha hoon. Sach sach batao varana tumhe isaki saza
ke liye taiyar rahena hoga.
SANJIT
Shh...shayad room service ne rakhi hongi coach.
COACH
Kamare me tum rahete ho ya room service? (after a pause and
determinedly.) Sanjit. Sunil. Vijay. Anil. Tum charo ko team se nikala
ja raha hai.
SANJIT
Magar coach...
COACH
Main kuchh sunana nahi chahata hoon. Nikal jao yahan se.
SUNIL
Lekin yeh to bataiye ki hum se kya galati ho gai hai coach?
COACH
Kuchh batane ka waqt nikal chuka hai. Just get out.
Four turn sad and leave.
SAME TIME - OUTSIDE COACH’S ROOM
SANJIT
Yeh sab kaise ho gaya?
SUNIL
Pata nahi yeh cheeze humare kamaro me kaise aayi?
ANIL
Hum to hararoz room lock karate hain.
VIJAY
Haan aur yahan to koi aata-jata bhi nahi hai.
SANJIT
Receptionist se puchhate hain.
All leave.
CUT-TO:
RECEPTIONIST’S DESK
Four are standing at receptionist’s desk.
RECEPTIONAIST
Nahi sir. Aap ke kamaro me koi nahi jata hai.
INT. NIGHT - PLAYERS' ROOMS
Sanjit, Sunil, Vijay and Anil are thinking. Sad BG music plays.
CUT-TO:
Sad BG music continues to play. They are drinking at bar. Day ends. Sad
BG music continues. Next day guys go on playground and see others
playing. Others ignore them. Coach is coaching others and ignores them
too. The four go away from there and go to their hotel rooms. They
stare at sunset from window. They see their cricket kit and put it away
sadly. They see pictures of their girlfriends and talk to them on
phone. They watch cricket on TV and look sad. Sad BG music ends.
CUT-TO:
CAFE
Anita and her gang are sitting inside cafe. Australian coach Stevens
enters and sits on different table with his guys. They text each other.
Anita writes first. Coach Stevens reads it aloud. Message on phone:
“Kaam ho gaya.” Stevens writes a message and sends to Anita’s phone.
Anita reads it aloud. Message on phone reads- “Well done. Aage ka plan
mere phone me hai.” Anita activates Bluetooth on her phone and
downloads the plan. Opens it and reads aloud. Message on phone- “World
cup ko ab ek hafta baki hai. Hamara saman playground par pahocha dena.
Packing achhi honi chahiye. Ladakiyo ko sari bate samajha dijiye. Kisi
cheez ki zarurat ho to hume kahiyega. Game khatm hone tak playground
par ruko nahi. Baki bate baad me karenge. Good luck.” Anita shuts phone
and gets up. Coach Stevens gets up too. Both walk toward each other.
Stevens gives her one envelope. She opens it and sees money inside and
closes it. They walk and go out of hotel.
EXT. DAY - CRICKET PLAYGROUND
Coach Singh is talking to his new team.
SINGH
(solemnly.)
Aap sab ko pata hi hoga ki humane Sanjit, Sunil, Vijay aur Anil ko team
se bahar kar diya hai.
ONE GUY
Kya unhe vapas lane ka koi chance nahi hai coach?
SINGH
Nahi. Ab team ka daromadar aap logo par hai. Hume bahot kadi mahenat
karani hogi. Aaj se aap logo ki final training shuru ho rahi hai. Aap
sab ko apane aap ko aakhari had tak le ja kar kuchh kar dikhane ke liye
taiyar rahena hoga. Apani jaan tak daav par rakhani hogi. Har cheez ko
bhula kar sirf khel me apana dhyan sanjona hoga. Agar aisa kar paye to
mujhe yakin hai ki jit hamari hi hogi.
Just then Australian team comes on playground. They stare at Indian
team. Coach Singh looks at foreigners calmly and then looks at his team
sternly. Team is staring back at the Australian team. Sanjit, Sunil,
Vijay and Anil come on playground and stare at Australian team. Coach
shuns them. Australian players laugh at four for being thrown out. It
angers Anil and he shows them his middle finger. Anil’s team ignores
him. Rivals finger back at Anil.
COACH
(looking at Anil and asking his new team.)
Inhe andar kisane aane diya?
ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS
Malum nahi coach.
COACH
Inase kaho ki yahan se fauran chale jaye. Inake India jane ka bandobast
kar diya gaya hai.
One guy from team goes and tells Sanjit. Sanjit goes to talk to coach.
SANJIT
Coach hum ja rahe hain lekin itana zarur kahena chahate hain ki hamari
koi galati nahi hai. Hum sach hi un chizo ke baare me kuchh bhi nahi
janate hain.
SUNIL
Coach is wakt team ko hamari zarurat hai. Kya hum sari bate bhula kar…
COACH
Bate bhulate bhulate hi to yeh haal hua hai. Ab main agar kuchh bhulana
chahata hoon to bas aap logo ko. Aap log ja sakate ho.
Sanjit, Sunil, Vijay and Anil leave. BG music plays. Coach throws ball
at new team and is cheering them up. They practice hard. Sad song
begins to play. It’s about mistakes and defeats of life. Sanjit, Sunil,
Vijay and Anil are packing up in song. They hand over keys of their
rooms to hotel staff and leave hotel. Song continues. Their plane
leaves airport. They reach home. Song continues playing. Their families
console them. Sanjit is sitting on couch and is sad. Aarati consoles
him. Sunil and Vishakha are watching team practicing in Australia on
TV. It makes Sunil sad. Vishakha consoles him. Vijay is drinking at
bar. Anil is reading about team in magazine and holds his head in
disappointment. Song ends.
SUPERSCRIPTION- AUSTRALIA
Lots of conversational voices play along with worrisome background
music. We see some newspapers on a table. Headline of the newspaper is“Indian team in big trouble. Captain and three top guys are out.”
Headlines of other newspapers are- “Bharat ke kaptan sahit tin
khiladiyo ko team se bahar kiya gaya hai.” “Cricket jagat me sanasani
fail gayi hai.” “Bharat ki team mushkil me.” “Biggest controversy in
the history of cricket: Indian team changed at last minute.” “Indian
team loses ground!” Coach is giving interviews and looks hassled. It
shames Sanjit and his team back home. Conversational voices and
worrisome BG music ends.
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DAY - CRICKET GROUND
Spirited background music plays. It goes with courage and
determination, luck and hard work, pride and glory. Singh is training
current team. They are doing push-ups, pull-ups, weightlifting,
running, jogging, bicycling, ab exercises, jumping, rolling, sliding,
fielding, batting and bowling practice. Background music continues.
Coach is egging them on by shouting and showing aggression. They help
and encourage each other in practice. Then they play a practice game.
Both teams try to beat each other with vengeance. Game ends. Winners
congratulate each other. Losers watch them. Background music turns
soft. Coach goes to his room very tiredly. In next shot tired coach is
sleeping on chair. He has forgotten to switch off TV. Background music
ends.
INT. DAY – COACH SINGH’S ROOM
Coach is talking to his new team.
COACH
Do dino baad world cup shuru ho raha hai. I hope ki aap log thik se
taiyar ho. Main ek bhi galati bardasht nahi karunga.
PLAYERS
Yes coach.
COACH
Aaj se lekar hamare final match tak aap logo ke zahen me ek hi cheez
honi chahiye- cricket.
PLAYERS
Yes coach.
COACH
Good. Aur ek baat. Hume aaj sham ko world cup Inauguration party me
jana hai. Wahan thik se pesh aana. Over confident nahi. Baki teams se
badatamizi nahi karana.
PLAYERS
Thik hai coach.
COACH
Now leave.
Players leave.
INT. NIGHT - PARTY HALL
Soft lounge music plays in background. Cricket teams of all nations
have gathered. They are talking to each other. On stage one guy is
talking about something. Camera pans and comes to coach Singh who is
present with his team and is talking to them. Coach Stevens walks
toward Singh.
STEVENS
(sorrily.)
Hello Mr. Singh. I heard about your team change. I’m sorry.
SINGH
Not a big deal Mr. Stevens.
STEVENS
How is your new team doing?
SINGH
(smiling.)
I will tell you but I will have to kill you.
STEVENS
(laughing.)
No. I don’t want to die.
Singh laughs.
STEVENS
Anyway I have to leave now. Wish you good luck.
SINGH
Wish you the same.
Stevens leaves. An Assistant comes to tell Singh something.
ASSISTANT
Sir.
SINGH
Yes?
ASSISTANT
Main aap ko ek baat batana bhul gaya tha.
SINGH
Kya baat?
ASSISTANT
Sir kuchh dino pahele Coach Stevens aap se milane ke liye Vankhede
Stadium aaye the.
SINGH
Kya? Coach Stevens mujhe milane aaye the aur tum mujhe ab bata rahe ho?
Kis kam se aaye the?
ASSISTANT
Sir unhone kuchh bataya nahi tha.
SINGH
Thik hai. Jao.
Just then Anita walks into party. Singh sees her.
SINGH
(to self.)
Ise to kahin dekha hai.
Singh’s memory goes back in time and he remembers the day when Anita
walked by the reception desk of team hotel. His memory goes back some
more and he remembers the day when Anita had come to meet him on
playground to invite them for women’s cricket matches.
SINGH
(to self.)
Yeh to Anita hai.
Then he remembers to have seen coach Stevens at Vankhede Stadium the
other day. He was wearing dark glasses and looking at signboards of- No
entry for girls. Thrilling music plays. Singh also remembers the day
Angels of Love had come to his office and also the day he gained
conscious in hospital. Then he remembers sacking Sanjit and the other
three. He takes out his mobile phone and makes a call.
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INT. DAY - SANJIT'S HOME
Sanjit’s phone rings. He answers.
SANJIT
Hello.
SINGH
Sanjit, tum abhi ke abhi tino ko lekar Australia aa jao. Humane bahot
badi galati kar di hai.
SANJIT
(seemingly happy.)
Okay coach. Hum pehali hi flight se aa rahe hain.
Hangs up. Sanjit, Sunil. Vijay and Anil fly to Australia. We see plane
fly. They meet coach.
COACH
(to all.)
Welcome back guys. Jo kuchh hua usake liye mujhe afasos hai. Kabhi
kabhi zindagi me kuchh aise mod aa jate hain jaha par humare kadam
dagamaga jate hai. Mujhe maaf kar do.
SANJIT
Aap to hume sharminda kar rahe ho coach. Hume aap se koi shikayat nahi
hai.
SUNIL
Haan coach. We are just very glad to be back in the team.
VIJAY
(enthusiastically.)
And ready to fight.
COACH
All right. I’m happy it doesn’t ruin anything lekin usase pehale hume
Anita ka pata lagana hai.
SANJIT
Ok coach.
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INT. NIGHT - HOTEL ROOM
Coach and players are with police team and forensic experts. Police is
looking for evidence around furniture in room. Forensic experts are
looking for fingerprints and footprints with spyglass. One of the
forensic guys goes toward policeman.
FORENSIC GUY
(to police officer.)
Sir hume kamare me kuchh fingerprints aur footprints mile hain jo baki
prints se match karate hain. Yeh Anita ke hi hain.
POLICEMAN
Achha. Jaldi se inhe lab le ja kar confirm karo. (to other policemen
Assistants.) Anita ka pata karo. Search warrant taiyar karo.
ASSISTANTS
Yes sir.
Assistants leave.
POLICEMAN
(to coach.)
Thank you Mr Singh. Aap ke paas koi aur surag ho to mujhe turant phone
kijiyega.
COACH
Ok sir.
Police leaves.
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INT. NIGHT - ANITA’S PLACE
Police are arresting Anita and her gang. Thrilling BG music plays. Some
girls look to run. Women constables catch them and drag them out. They
put them in police van and drive.
EXT. EVENING - AIRPORT
Coach Stevens sits in airplane.
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Plane flies.
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ON TV
A news reporter is reading news on TV.
NEWS REPORTER ON TV
Australian team ko abhi abhi khabar mili hai ki coach Stevens ne world
cup shuru hone se pahele hi istifa de diya hai. Unaki jagah naye coach
Mcgill ne li hai. Ab aap ko le chalate hain sidhe cricket ground par
jaha team apane naye coach se milane wali hai.
EXT. DAY - CRICKET GROUND
The Australian team is practicing. Coach McGill walks to them. On
reaching near them he introduces himself and joins them in practice.
Team looks confused and worried. McGill begins coaching them. Reporters
mob them for bytes. Coach and team refuse to talk to them. Their
security guards take them out of ground.
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SAME TIME - ON TV
News reporter is reading news on TV.
NEWS REPORTER ON TV
Team ke captain Aron Smith ka kahena hai ki coach ke badalane se team
par koi asar nahi padega. Dusari aur Bharatiya kaptaan Sanjit aur anya
teen khiladiyo ko team me phir se jagah di gayi hai.
INT. NIGHT - IN NEWSPAPERS
Some newspapers lie on table. Happy background music plays. Headline of
first newspaper reads - “Sanjit aur baki tino ki team me wapasi hui.”
Headline of another newspaper reads- “Indian captain is back.” Third
headline reads-“Indian team is back in place.” Fourth headline reads“Sanjit Sharma is back.”
EXT. STREET - DAY
Indian fans are shouting pro-India slogans on street. They are holding
placards showing the slogans being said. They are- “More power to
India.”, “Jitega bhai jitega. India jitega.”, “Jay Ho!”, “Sanjit Sharma
Zindabad.”, “Sunil Singh Zindabad.” etc.
EXT. DAY– PLAYGROUND
SUPERSCRIPTION– WORLD CUP BEGINS
Peppy background music plays. It describes cricket fever with music of
hand clapping, banging, whistles, drumbeats. We hear cricket commentary
playing in background.
VO OF COMMENTATOR ARUN
Aap sab ka world cup ke pahele match me swagat hai. Main hoon Arun aur
aaj mere sath commentary karenge Suresh. Aaj world cup ki shuruat ho
rahi hai.
Background music continues. We see aerial view of a different cricket
playgrounds. Different teams including India are playing cricket day in
and night out. (Use footage of world Cup 2006 cricket matches.) People
climb on trees and terraces to peek inside stadiums. Some stop by at TV
showrooms to watch matches. One guy is walking on street listening to
radio commentary. Background music ends. Commentary on radio goes.
VO OF SURESH
Australia ne Bangladesh ko bahot aasani se hara diya hai.
Some are listening to commentary in trains and buses. Commentary
continues.
VO OF ARUN
Dusari aur Kenya England se haar gaya hai.
Some are listening to radio at workplace. Commentary continues.
VO OF SURESH
South Africa aur Ireland ka match barish ke karan radd kar diya gaya
tha. Dono ko ek-ek ank diya gaya hai lekin Ireland quarterfinal se
bahar ho gaya hai. India ne UAE ko hara kar quarterfinal me pravesh pa
liya hai.
Sound of crowd cheer.
SUPERSCRIPTION– QUARTERFINALS
Scoreboard on playground shows names of qualifying teams for
Quarterfinals.
South Africa vs. West Indies
England vs. Bangladesh
New Zealand vs. Australia
India vs. Pakistan
VO OF ARUN
Quarterfinals me West Indies ka muqabala South Africa se hoga. England
Bangladesh se bhidega. New Zealand Australia ke sath khelenge aur India
Pakistan ke sath khelega.
SUPERSCRIPTION- FIRST QUARTERFINAL - SOUTH AFRICA VS. WEST INDIES
Montage shows teams playing. (Use footage of world cup 2006 cricket
matches.) South Africans bat fisrt and make many runs.
IN COMMENTARY BOX
Arun and Suresh are doing commentary.
ARUN
South Africa ne sambhal kar shuruat ki hai. Score hua hai nabbe runs,
attharah overs ki samapti par.
Bowlers take three wickets but after that fielders drop some catches
and miss run out chances. Rest of the batsmen hit some fours and sixes
and then get out.
VO OF SURESH
Aakhri ballebazo ne behad khubasurati se ballebazi karake South Africa
ki pari ko achha score karane me madad ki hai. Score hai...
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Batsmen get out. Game ends. Scoreboard shows- South Africa- 273/7 in 50
overs.
VO OF ARUN
Dekhana hai ki West Indies dau-sau-chhahattar runs bana paati hai ya
nahi.
Fade. Sound of crowd plays in BG.
West Indian batsmen hit fours and sixes. South African bowlers take
early wickets. (Use footage of world cup 2006 Cricket matches.)
Fielders do well too. Middle-order batsmen hit some big shots but
eventually get out. Following batsmen play slow but get out- caught,
bowled, stumped and run out. South Africa wins.
VO OF SURESH
Isi ke sath South Africa ne yeh match jit kar semifinal me pravesh kar
liya hai.
Scoreboard shows – West Indies- 247/10 in 46.4 overs. South Africa wins
by 25 runs. Enters Semifinal.
SUPERSCRIPTION- SECOND QUARTERFINAL - ENGLAND VS. BANGLADESH
Montage shows teams playing. (Use footage of world cup 2006 Cricket
matches.) England bowls well. Bangladeshi batsmen get out. Following
ones make many runs. Then some get out. Rest make more runs. Then some
get out. Batting ends. Scoreboard shows- Bangladesh- 236/10 in 50
overs.
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IN COMMENTARY BOX
Commentators are talking.
VO OF ARUN
Suresh main kahunga ki Bangladesh ne kharab shuruat ke bavajud England
ke samane ek achha lakshya rakha hai. Aaiye dekhate hai England ke
ballebaz ise kaise nibhate hain.
VO OF SURESH
Arun aap ne bilakul thik kaha hai ki yeh lakshya behad achha hai. Aur
phir Arun Bangladesh ki gendabazi ko bhi nakara nahi ja sakata hai. Yeh
match jitana England ke samane ek bahot badi chunauti hai.
SAME TIME - ON GROUND
Use footage of world cup 2006 cricket matches.) England starts well but
two wickets fall sun. Rest make some runs but get out sun too. Some hit
big shots and make many runs before getting out. Scoreboard shows –
England needs 34 runs in 43 balls. Three wickets in hands.
VO OF ARUN
England ko tiyalis gendo me chautis runs ki zarurat hai.
One guy gets out. One hits some shots before getting out. Last man
comes to bat. Scoreboard shows- England needs 13 runs in 9 balls.
Batsman plays slow and makes some runs but eventually gets out.
Bangladesh wins and celebrates.
VO OF SURESH
(excitedly.)
Bangladesh ne match jit liya hai aur paheli baar vishwa cup ke
semifinal me pravesh kiya hai. Bagladesh ka naam itihas ke panno par
sunehare akhsharo se likha jayega. Bangladesh ko hamari aur se bahot
bahot badhaiya ho.
Crowd roars. Scoreboard shows- Bangladesh wins by 7 runs. Enters
semifinal for the first time in world cup. Congratulation Bangladesh!!!
SUPERSCRIPTION- THIRD QUARTERFINAL – NEW ZEALAND VS. AUSTRALIA
Use footage of world cup 2006 cricket matches.) New Zealand bowls well
but Australia bats as well. Both teams go head to head. For every
falling wicket Australians make enough runs. Their batting ends.
Scoreboard shows - Australia- 270/10 in 50 overs. New Zealand starts
well. They hit many boundaries but in middle they lose some wickets.
Next batsmen play slow but one wicket falls. After that batsmen try to
hit big shots but get out.
IN COMMENTARY BOX
VO OF ARUN
Match bade hi dilchasp mod par aa kar ruka hai magar mera khayal hai ki
phir bhi Australia ne New Zealand par thoda sa dabav banaya hua hai.
Scoreboard shows- New Zealand needs 60 runs from 45 balls. 3 wickets
remaining. Australians gather to discuss strategy and make changes in
fielding. New Zealand plays slowly. Bowlers take last three wickets
fast and win. Scoreboard shows- Australia wins by 26 runs. Enters
semifinal.
VO OF SURESH
Aakhirakar Australia ne yeh match bahot aasani se jit liya hai aur
semifinal me pravesh kar liya hai.
SUPERSCRIPTION- FOURTH QUARTERFINAL – INDIA VS. PAKISTAN
VO OF SURESH
Aur ab jis din ka Indian fans ko besabari se intezar tha woh aa gaya
hai. Aaj India aur Pakistan ke beech world cup ka aakhari quarterfinal
khela ja raha hai. Dono desho ke fans bhari tadat me yahan maujud hai.
EXT. EVENING - ON GROUND
Sound of crowd cheer plays. (Use footage of world cup 2006 Cricket
matches.) People of both nations show their flags from all over the
park and dance and prance on stadium seats. Coach Singh is watching
from stadium and clapping. Montage shows teams playing. India bats
first. Sanjit and Sunil make some runs. Hit boundaries. Coach looks
happy.
VO OF ARUN
India ne bahot achhi shuruat kari hai. Score hai basatth runs bina koi
nukasan ke. Terah overs samapt ho chuke hain.
Sunil tries to hit a cut shot but gets bowled out. Next batsman hits
some runs and gets caught out. Next batsman gets bowled out. Coach is
upset. Scoreboard shows- India- 128/2 in 31 overs. Next makes many
runs and gets out. One more wicket falls.
VO OF SURESH
Bharat ki pari sankat me hai. Unhe agale kuchh overs sambhal kar
khelana hoga. Score hai ek-sau-chalis runs par teen wickets.
Next batsmen make some runs, hit some boundaries. Crowd cheers. Coach
eggs them on. Next batsman plays slowly then hits some big shots.
Scoreboard shows- India- 260-8 in 47 overs. Last batsman hits many runs
and gets out. Game ends. Scoreboard shows- India- 276/10 in 50 overs.
Team is walking toward pavilion. Coach welcomes team.
VO OF ARUN
Ant me Bharat achha score karane me kamayab raha hai. Do-sau-chhahattar
runs banana Pakistan ke liye mushkil hoga. (Commentator’s voice fades.
Sound of crowd and BG music plays till the end of the game.)
Pakistan is batting. Pakistani batsmen make many runs but three wickets
fall early. Next batsmen make many runs. Two more wickets fall. Next
batsmen hit sixes and fours and get out. Scoreboard shows- Pakistan
needs 40 runs in 34 balls. Two wicklets in hand. Pakistani batsmen hit
many boundaries. One wicket falls. Scoreboard- Pakistan needs 19 runs
in 13 balls. One wicket remains. Batsman hits two boundaries.
Scoreboard shows- Pakistan needs 11 runs in 9 balls. Crowd and Indian
team are worried. Anil bowls. Batsman hits big shot. Ball rises and
goes toward boundary. Sunil dives and catches. Batsman gets out. Crowd
roars. Indians celebrate win. Scoreboard- India wins by 11 runs.
Enters semifinal.
VO OF ARUN
(excitedly.)
Bharat ne Pakistan ko gyarah runs se hara kar semifinal me pravesh kar
liya hai.
SUPERSCRIPTION- SEMIFINAL- INDIA VS. BANGLADESH
Teams walk on ground. Umpires follow.
VO OF SURESH
Bangladesh paheli baar semifinal me khel rahi hai. Unhone quarterfinal
me England ko haraya tha. Dusari aur Bharat bhi semifinal me Bangladesh
se paheli hi baar khel rahi hai. Unhe bahot dhyan se khelana hoga.
Bangladeshi team bats first and makes some runs. One wicket falls.
Coach Singh is happy. Next batsman makes some runs. Hits some fours and
sixes. One more wicket falls. Next batsmen play slow. Scoreboard showsBangladesh- 103-2 in 30 overs.
VO OF ARUN
Char wickets khone ke baad Bangladesh ki runs banane ki gati dhimi ho
gayi hai.
Next batsmen hit some fours and sixes. Two more wickets fall.
Scoreboard shows- Bangladesh- 121-4 in 36 overs.
VO OF SURESH
Arun main to yahan tak kahunga ki Bangladesh ki pari mushkil me hai. Is
mod par char wickets khona unake liye behad nukasandeh sabit ho sakata
hai.
Next batsman makes some runs. One more wicket falls. Next batsman makes
many runs before getting out.
VO OF ARUN
Suresh aap ne bilakul thik kaha. Yahan se unake liye do-sou se zyada
runs banana mushkil malum ho raha hai.
BG music plays. Under BG music- rest make some runs. One wicket falls.
Following batsmen hit fours and sixes. Coach Singh signals Sanjit to
change the fielding. He does it. Batsmen get out on difficult balls.
Crowd cheers.
VO OF SURESH
Bangladesh ek aur wicket kho chuka hai. Darshako me bahot utsah hai.
VO OF ARUN
Jee haan Suresh. Bharatiya gendabaz behatarin gendabazi kar rahe hain.
Commentary fades in sound of crowd cheer. Some more batsmen get out
quickly. Bangladesh's batting ends. Scoreboard shows- Bangladesh- 22410 in 50 overs.
VO OF SURESH
Arun Indian team ke liye dau-sau-chaubis runs karana zyada mushkil to
nahi hona chahiye magar dusari tarf Bangladesh ke gendabazo ko bhi
gambhirata se nahi lena chahiye kyunki final me pahochane ke liye
Bangladesh puri tarah se zor laga dega. (VO fades.)
India’s batting begins. Sanjit comes out to bat and makes many runs.
His partner gets out. Batsman after him gets on next ball.
VO OF ARUN
Bharat ne bahot jaldi do wickets gava diye hai.
New batsman makes some runs and gets out. Batsmen after him make some
runs and get out. Scoreboard shows- India- 170-4 in 35 overs. Vijay
comes to bat. Sanjit and Vijay make some runs. Sanjit hits some
boundaries. Then runs single. Crowd claps.
IN COMMENTARY BOX
ARUN
(excitedly.)
Sanjit ne is ek run ke sath apana ardhashatak pura kiya hai. Unhone
bahot achhi ballebazi ki hai, khas kar ke semifinal ke game ke liye.
One Day International me yeh inaka tisava ardh-shatak hai aur world cup
final me dusara.
SURESH
Sanjit ne vakai bahot umada ballebazi ki hai. India ke liye final me
pahochana behad aasan kar diya hai.
Sanjit waves bat at crowd to acknowledge praise. After some play one
more wicket falls. Scoreboard shows- India- 190/6 in 41 overs. Sunil
comes out to bat and hits four. Scoreboard shows- India needs 24 runs
in 36 balls.
VO OF ARUN
(loudly and excitedly.)
Sunil Singh ne is gend ko bahot khubasurati se gully ki disha me cut
kar diya hai. Unhe is shot ke liye char runs mile hain. Sunil ne apane
aakramak andaz se India ke upar se dabav kam kar diya hai. Main to
kahunga ki woh bahot sahejata se jit ki aur kadam baddha rahe hain. Ab
woh vishwa cup final se kuchh hi runs ki doori par hain.
SURESH
Thik kaha Suresh.
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Batsmen make some runs. Scoreboard shows- India needs 20 runs in 15
balls. 4 wickets in hands. Sanjit and Sunil make more runs. Scoreboard
shows- India needs 5 runs in 4 balls. Sunil misses a ball and regrets
badly.
VO OF SURESH
(loudly and excitedly.)
Sunil gend chuk gaye hain. Bharat ki sthiti bahot nazuk mod par aa ruki
hai. Ab unhe teen gendo me paanch runo ki zarurat hai. Sunil ne kisi
bhi tarah Sanjit ko strike dene ki zarurat hai taki achha run rate
barakarar rahe.
Bowler bowls. Sunil hits. Fielders run to field. Batsmen run.
VO OF ARUN
(loudly and excitedly.)
Sunil ne short mid-off ki disha me cut kar diya hai aur run daud rahe
hain. Fielder gend ki tarf daud rahe hain. Fielder ne gend ko rok liya
hai (Louder and more excitedly.) aur stumps ki aur throw kar diya hai.
Batsman abhi bhi crease ke bahar hai. Yeh run lena Sunil ke liye bahot
mahenga sabit ho sakata hai.
Fielder throws at bowler’s end. Bowler catches and throws it on stumps.
Ball hits stumps. But batsman slides bat inside crease just in time.
VO OF ARUN
Yahan par Sunil ke run out hone ki sambhavana hai. Umpire ne natija
janane ke liye third umpire ki aur ishara kiya hai lekin aisa malum ho
raha hai jaise ballebaz surakshit hai.
Umpires and players look at third umpire in pavilion and then look at
the big screen for decision. Batsmen are worried. Screen shows- Not
out.
VO OF ARUN
(excitedly.)
Ballebaz ki kismat achhi thi ki woh baal baal bach gaye hain. Sabhi
khiladiyo dhwara behad achhi all round cricket ka pradarshan ho raha
hai. Bharat ko jitane ke liye ab do gendo me char runs banane hain.
Batsmen are happy. Sound of crowd plays. All go back to play. Batsman
hits boundary to finish off. His partner jumps and runs toward him.
Crowd is jubilant.
VO OF COMMENTATOR
(loudly and excitedly.)
Isi ke sath Bharat ne final me pravesh kar liya hai. Aaj Bharat ne
itihas banaya hai.
Both batsmen hug each other.
VO OF SECOND COMMENTATOR
(loudly.)
Bharat ko bahot bahot badhaiya ho.
Crowd runs on field. Batsmen celebrate. Sanjit and Sunil show bats to
their girlfriends in stadium. They wave back and smile. Fielders are
sad and leave. Ending BG music plays. Camera pulls back.
EXT. TV SHOP - NIGHT
TV in a TV shop is playing news about India’s entry in final match.
NEWSREADER ON TV
India ne final me pravesh kar liya hai. Kal desh me jashn ka mahaul
raha. Kayi log sadako par utar aaye the aur team ki safalata ke nare
laga rahe the.
TV shows people with placards about reaching final and winning cup and
posters of cricket stars.
NEWSREADER ON TV
Indian team ka kahena hai ki woh cup jit kar hi vapas lautenge.
Camera pans across the street. People are walking. Some are busy inside
shops.
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OTHER SIDE OF STREET
Sanjit is walking with Aarati. Music plays. There is a song here. It’s
about beautiful life and fulfilled love. They roam Australian streets,
cafe, malls, gym, hill station. Song ends.
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PLAYGROUND
Coach Singh is talking to his team.
SINGH
(in inspirational tone.)
Char dino baad final match hone wala hai. Un char dino me aap ki agnipariksha hone wali hai. Main aap sabhi ko yeh bhi batana chahata hoon
ki yeh sirf ek khel nahi balki ladai hai. Aisi ladai jo sirf dino ya
paharo me nahi balki har ek chhote se chhote pal me ladi jayegi.
Dushman aap ko chhote se chhote pal me haraane ki woh gunjaish khoj
raha hai jis wakt aap ki palake niche ho. Har pal me ladane ka hosh
rakh kar hi aap yeh jung jit sakate ho. Chhoti si galati bhi aap ke
liye khataranak sabit ho sakati hai. Yeh ladai ladane ke liye aap ko
hathiyaro ki zarurat nahi hai. Zarurat hai to hausale ki, himmat ki.
Dushman aap ke zahen me basa woh marz hai jisake aage kamazor ho kar
aap ladane se pahele hi apani haar maan rahe ho. Aap par dushman ka
saya bhi nahi padana chahiye aur usaka namonishan mit jana chahiye.
Agar aisa kar paye to mujhe yakin hai ki aap se yeh ladai aap khud bhi
nahi jit sakate. Understood?
ALL
Yes coach.
SINGH
(walking towards Sanjit and saying to him.)
Sanjit mujhe aasha hai ki tum ek captain ki zimmedariya achhi tarah se
samajhate ho.
SANJIT
Haan coach.
SINGH
Yaad rakhana ki tumhara udeshya sirf jit hai. Koi bhi pareshani ho to
mujhase baat karana. Apani team ko sada ekjut rakhana aur har ghadi
apana dhyan khel ki aur banaye rakana.
SANJIT
Hum aisa hi karenge coach. Aap chinta nahi kijiye.
SINGH
Good. Mujhe tumase yahi umid thi. All right. Now everybody move.
All run towards a corner. Sanjit throws ball towards Sunil. All
practice catching while running. Coach whistles for someone to bring
some cricket balls. A guy runs towards coach with box of balls.
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SUPERSCRIPTION- ONE DAY TO FINAL
INT. DAY - IN RIVAL CAMP
One guy is talking to Australian team. Dialogues should be dubbed in
Hindi.
GUY
Coach Stevens has sent me with very important news for you. D-day has
arrived. We need to be fully prepared to win and for that we have special
help from these beautiful angles.
Points at door. Some girls walk out. Sensual BG music plays. Guys ogle at girls.
DUBBING
Faisale ki ghadi aa pahochi hai. Hume jitane ke liye puri tarah se
taiyar rahena chahiye. Yeh kaam karane ke liye hume in apsarao se khas
madad milegi. (points at door. Some girls walk out. Sensual BG music
plays. Guys ogle at girls.)
GUY
Welcome girls. Join the team and make us irlsorious.
GIRL
Sure sir.
GUY
(to team.)
Please co-operate with them.
TEAM
Yes sir.
Guy leaves. Mysterious BG music plays. Girls and team talk in the
music.
EXT. DAY - PLAYGROUND
SUPERSCRIPTION- FINAL MATCH - AUSTRALIA VS. INDIA
INT.
DAY – COMMENTARY BOX
Two commentators Arun and Suresh are doing commentary.
ARUN
Aaj vishwa cup ka nirnayak din hai kyunki aaj vishwa cup ka final match
hone wala hai aur is baar final me world champion team Australia ke
sath India khel rahi hai. Hum aasha karate hain ki khel dilachasp ho
aur jit bahetar team ki ho. Australia ne toss jit kar pahele ballebazi
karane ka faisala kiya hai.
Commentary ends. Peppy BG music plays.
CUT-TO:
A mother is giving her son food. He is watching TV and drops plate on
his lap. Another mother is serving water. Her son spills it watching at
TV.
On ground trumpets play, drums play. We see ground where Sanjit and
Sunil are placing fielders. Coach Singh, wrestler Chandra, Aarati and
Vishakha are watching them from different parts of stadium.
ON CRICKET GROUND
Bowler is rubbing ball on thigh. Sanjit is asking fielders to go in
different directions. Fans applaud. So do Singh, Aarati and Vishakha.
VO OF ARUN
Khel shuru ho chuka hai. Bharat ke kaptan Sanjit Sharma kshetra-rakshan
lagu kar rahe hain. Fans me kafi utsah chhaya hai. Bharat ke aarambhi
gendabaz Anil Australia ke ballebaz Ronald Taylor ko gend karane ke
liye taiyar hain. Aur ab paheli gend.
Bowler runs to bowl first ball. Sound of crowd cheer plays. Batsman
plays it defensively. Bowler bowls another. Batsman plays for one run.
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Batsman plays and runs one run.
VO OF SURESH
Australia ne achhi shuruat ki hai. Score hai 65 par koi wicket nahi,
pandrah overs ke baad. Aur ab agali gend…
Anil bowls. Batsman plays. Ball rises. Sunil runs and catches. Indians
celebrate. Coach, Aarati, Vishakha and Chandra do too.
VO OF ARUN
(loudly.)
Australia ko pahela jhataka pahoch chuka hai. Ronald out ho gaye hain.
Ronald short ball ko square leg ki aur khelana chahate the lekin gend
bahari kinare par lag kar uchhal gayi. Anil ne utkrisht gend ki thi.
Sunil ne bina koi galati kiye catch kar liya. Australia ka score hai
paisatth par ek wicket.
Ronald goes back to pavilion. Scoreboard shows- Australia- 65/1 in 15.1
overs.
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Batsman hits and runs but gets caught out. Sanjit catches and
celebrates with Anil and Vijay. Indian fans including Singh, Aarati,
Vishakha and Chandra do too.
VO OF SURESH
(excitedly.)
Wicket number do. Anil ko dusari safalata mili hai. Australia ki
chhahattar par do wickets ja chuki hai. Unnis overs samapt ho gayi hai.
Bowler bowls. Third batsman hits shot and runs. Ball reaches boundary.
Umpire signals four runs.
VO OF ARUN
Char run. Behatarin shot!
Batsman hits one more boundary.
VO OF SURESH
Ek aur chauka! Score hua hai ek sau paanch runs aur do wickets.
Crowd claps.
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One more batsman gets caught out. Sunil catches. Vijay bowls. All
celebrate. Applause can be heard in BG.
VO OF ARUN
Tisara wicket!
Bowler bowls. Batsman hits toward boundary. Fielder runs and catches.
VO OF ARUN
Wicket number char! Australia ka score hua ek sau paisath par char
wickets sattais overs ke baad. Bharatiya gendabaz bahot achhi gendabazi
kar rahe hain.
CUT-TO:
One more batsman is caught out. BG music plays. Crowd
celebrates. Scoreboard shows- 185/5 in 39 overs. Next
some balls easy. Then hits some big shots. Scoreboard
210/5 in 42 overs. Batsman is bowled out. Coach Singh
claps. Team
batsman plays
shows- Australiais very happy.
VO OF SURESH
Aur ek wicket. Australia ka chhattha wicket ja chuka hai. India ke
coach isase bahot khush hain. Bahot achhi gend thi. Use pull karana
chahate the lekin clean bowled ho gaya. Australia ki pari par bhari
sankat mandara raha hai. Australia do sau dus par chhe wickets bayalis
dashambhar ek overs ke baad.
Batsman is walking back. New batsman walks out. Australian coach
signals some cheer girls to go out. They go and replace the current
cheer girls on stand. They have placards. They dance and wave cards
printed 4 and 6. Sunlight falls on cards and deflects on bowlers’ face.
He can’t see well and bowls easy ball. Batsman hits it for six.
Australian coach is happy and shows thumbs up sign to girls. They do
the same. Then they dance again and direct cards toward bowler. Bowler
can’t see in light and bowls lose ball. Batsman hits six again. Next
ball goes for six too. Crowd is happy. Bowlers are frustrated. Batsmen
hit some more shots.
VO OF ARUN
(very loudly.)
Aur ek lajawab sixer! Bharatiya gendabaz khel par se apana niyantran
kho rahe hain. Score hai do-sau-pachas par chhe. Saitalis overs ke
baad.
Cheer girls use watch and glasses to distract bowlers. Bowlers end up
bowling easy balls. Batsman hits some more big shots.
VO OF SURESH
Australia ke ballebaz Bharatiya gendabazo par puri tarah se tut pade
hain. Inhe rokana Bharat ke liye behad mushkil jaan padata hai.
(Batsman hits four.) Aur ek chauka!
Scoreboard shows- Australia- 270/6 in 48 overs. Bowler bowls. Cheergirl
throws sunlight from eyeglasses on bowler. Bowler bowls a slow ball.
Batsman hits a sixer. Crowd cheers.
VO OF ARUN
(loudly.)
Aur yeh chhakka! Bilakul dhimi gend thi. Ballebaz ne koi galati nahi
ki. Australia ka score hua do-sau-chhahattar.
VO OF SURESH
Arun aap ne thik kaha aur ab agali gend.
Bowler bowls. Batsman hits one more sixer. Sound of crowd plays.
VO OF ARUN
Aur ek baar phir sixer! Ballebaz behad achhe form me khel rahe hain.
Australia do-sau-byasi par chhe wickets.
VO OF SURESH
Ji haan Arun.
Batsman hits two fours. Bowler bowls next ball. Batsman gets bowled
out.
VO OF ARUN
Out! Aakhirkar gendabaz wicket lene me safal ho gaye hain. Australia ab
do-sau-nabbe par do.
New batsman comes. Bowler bowls and gets hit again. Batsman hits the
next ball for four runs. Scoreboard shows- Australia- 290/7 in 49
overs.
VO OF SURESH
Arun yeh Australia ki pari ki akhari over hai. Hume manana hoga ki
Australia ne bahot achha score kiya hai.
Batsman hits one four and gets out. Another hits a sixer. Crowd
applauds very loudly.
VO OF ARUN
(loudly.)
Isi ke sath Australia ne teen-sau runs pure kiye hain. Australia ko
bahot bahot badhaiya ho.
VO OF SURESH
Ji haan Arun. Australia ne bahot sujh-bujh ke sath ballebazi ki. Saare
khiladiyo ne bahetarin form ka pradarshan kiya hai. Ab agali gend
dekhate hain.
Batsman hits four runs. Sound of crowd cheer plays. Commentator
praises.
VO OF ARUN
Aur ek chhakka. Lajawab ballebazi. Australia ka score hua teen-sau-chhe
runs.
CUT-TO:
Bowler is bowling the last ball of the game.
VO OF ARUN
Suresh Australia ne vakai bahot adabhut ballebazi ki hai. Aaiye ab
aakhari gend dekhate hai.
Anil runs to bowl. Batsman gets ready. Anil bowls out batsman. Crowd
cheers. Singh, Chandra, Aarati and Vishakha do too.
VO OF ARUN
Batsman clean bowled ho gaye hai. Anil ne bahot achhi yorker gend kari
thi. Der se hi sahi magar unhe wicket to mila. Australia ki pari teensau-chhe runs par samapt hui.
VO OF SURESH
Hume manana hoga Arun ki Australia ne aakhari overs me shanadar
ballebazi ki hai. Kul mila kar unhone ek behad chunautipurna score kiya
hai. Bharat ko jitane ke liye pachas overo me tin-sau-saat runs banane
honge. Arun mera manana hai ki Bharat ke liye is lakshya ko siddh
karana bahot hi katthin hoga.
Scoreboard shows: Australia- 306/9 in 50 overs. India needs 307 runs in
50 overs. 10 wickets in hands.
Indian batting begins. Sunil comes out to bat with Vijay. Coach Singh
signals good luck to batsmen. Sound of crowd cheer plays.
VO OF SURESH
Bharat ki ballebazi shuru ho chuki hai. Logo me bada utsah chhaya hua
hai. Sunil opening karenge Vijay Mehara ke sath. Sanjit tisare kramank
batting karenge par. Ballebaz maidan par ja rahe hain.
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Batsmen are ready to play. Bowler bowls. Audience claps. So do Singh,
Chandra, Aarati and Vishakha.
VO OF ARUN
Aur ab paheli gend.
Sunil plays the ball.
VO OF SURESH
Achhi gend thi. Koi bhi run nahi mila yahan par.
Sunil and Vijay make some runs. Sunil hits shot. It’s four. Vijay hits
four too. Audience is happy. So are Singh and Sanjit in pavilion.
VO OF COMMENATATOR 1
Vijay ne cover ki tarf khel diya hai. Aur ek run. Bharat ka score hai…
Scoreboard shows- India- 25/0 in 5 overs. Sunil Singh- 12 (14) Vijay
Mehara- 12 (16) Extras-1. After that Sunil and Vijay hit some
boundaries. Then Sunil hits two sixers and Vijay hits one sixer. Coach
is very happy. Sanjit is too. Crowd cheers them on. Scoreboard showsIndia- 60/0 in 10.2 overs. Sunil Singh - 34 (36) Vijay Mehara - 24 (26)
Extras- 2. Then Vijay hits four.
VO OF ARUN
Shanadar chauka! Bharat ne zabardast shuruat ki hai.
VO OF SURESH
Ji haan Arun. Dono ballebazo ne lagatar do chhakke aur ek chauka maar
kar Bharat ki pari ko tez gati pradan ki hai.
Batsmen make some more runs.
VO OF ARUN
Sunil dhuadar ballebazi ka pradarshan kar rahe hain. Bharatiya opening
jodi ne bahot baddhiya shuruat ki hai. (Sunil hits four and completes
his half-century.) Sunil ne khubsurat chauke ke sath apana ardh-shatak
pura kar liya hai. Pundrah overs ke baad score hai ek-sau-chhe runo par
koi wicket nahi.
Sunil raises bat to show it to audience, coach and rest of the team.
They clap. Scoreboard shows- India- 100/0 in 15 overs. Sunil Singh- 50
(45) Vijay Mehara- 41 (45) Extras- 9. Coach Singh is egging them on.
Wrestler Chandhra, Aarati and Vishakha are applauding from different
parts of stadium. Women fans are cheering them. Some rival cheer girls
try to distract them by throwing kisses at them. They make some more
runs. Audience applauds. Sanjit, Anil and coach do too. Vishakha claps
in stadium and waves at Sunil. Chandra is watching in stadium and
claps.
VO OF ARUN
Isi ke sath Sunil ka ardhashatak pura hua. Sunil ne shanadar pari kheli
hai. Unhone kewal adtalis gendo me ardhashatak pura kiya hai.
VO OF SURESH
Ji haan Arun. Unhone aane wale ballebazo ke liye achha platform taiyar
kiya hai. Vijay bhi adtalis runs par khel rahe hain. Ardhashatak se
kewal do runs ki doori par hai. Aaiye ab agali gend ki aur baddhate
hain.
Bowler bowls. Vijay is bowled out. He is angry with himself and jerks
his head. Audience becomes silent. Coach, Sanjit and Anil are
unpleasantly shocked.
VO OF ARUN
(very loudly.)
Aur OUT! Vijay Mehara chawalis runs par out ho gaye hain. Matra do runs
se ardhashatak se vanchit rahe gaye hain. Front foot par straight drive
karana chahate the. Bernard ne dhimi ball ki thi. Vijay us gend ko
samajhane me dhoka kha gaye the aur clean bowled ho gaye the.
Scoreboard shows- India- 108/1 in 16 overs. Sunil Singh- 54 (48) Vijay
Mehara- Bowled by Bernard- 46 (48). Extras- 9. Vijay walks out of
stadium and passes Sunil. He looks disappointed. Sunil shakes his head
in disapproval. Coach Singh is disappointed. So is Sanjit. Vijay looks
at celebrating rivals and then at pavilion. Next batsman Ramesh is
walking out.
VO OF SURESH
India ne apana pahela wicket kho diya hai. Bernard ne bahot chaturai se
gati parivartan kar ke Vijay ko chakma de diya tha. Score hai ek-sausaat runs aur ek wicket. Satarah overs ke baad. Naye ballebaz Ramesh
Patil maidan par aa rahe hain.
Ramesh walks and takes guard. Umpire okays spot. Ramesh gets ready to
play. Bowler bowls. Ramesh plays well and runs one run. It’s Sunil's
turn to bat. He hits and runs one run.
VO OF ARUN
Sunil chaupan runs par pahoche hain.
Ramesh makes one run. Then plays two balls without runs.
VO OF SURESH
Arun Ramesh koi khatara lena nahi chahate hain kyunki Bharat ne abhi
wicket khoya hai. Isi ke sath yeh over samapt hua.
Next bowler bowls. Sunil hits and runs one run.
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Ramesh hits four runs. Rival team’s cheer girls are hooting him. Bowler
is bowling next ball. Ramesh hits four runs again. One cheer girl takes
off her shirt to show very thin shirt when bowler is about to bowl. It
distracts Ramesh and ball beats him. He stops and looks at bowler.
Bowler bowls next ball. One more cheer girl takes off shirt. Ramesh is
bowled out and looks back at stumps disappointedly. Audience boos him.
Cheer girls laugh and cheer. Sunil is upset. Singh, Chandra, Aarati and
Vishakha are tense.
VO OF ARUN
(loudly.)
Ramesh out ho gaye hain. Stephen ki off-break ko bilakul pahechan nahi
paye hain aur clean bowled ho gaye hain. Woh terah gendo me solah runs
banakar out huwe hain. Agale ballebaz Deven khelane aa rahe hain.
Scoreboard shows– Ramesh Patil- Bowled by Stephen - 17 (12). Sunil
Singh- 67* (66) India- 135/2 in 21 overs. Extras- 9. Next batsman Deven
comes to play. Cheer girls are removing their shirts and swinging them.
It shocks Deven. He stops bowler and complains about audience’s
interruption and points them to umpire. Girls put shirts back on.
VO OF ARUN
Shayad koi khel me rukavat daal raha hai. Deven ne umpire se shikayat
ki hai.
Umpire looks behind but everything seems fine. Game starts again. Deven
stares her down and looks at bowler coming to bowl. He prepares to bat.
She tries to get Deven’s attention again by deflecting sunlight through
plastic placard and blowing whistles. But Deven ignores her and plays
well for two runs.
CUT-TO:
They make some runs.
VO OF SURESH
Kam wakt me do wickets jane ke baad Bharat ke run karane ki gati dhimi
ho gayi hai. Score hai ek-sau-paitis par do wickets. Pachhis overs ke
baad.
CUT-TO:
One rival cheer girl shows card that reads “Hey sexy!” Another
cheergirl shows card that reads “Hit me!” Deven and cheer girls look at
each other. Girls throw kisses at him. One cheergirl even shows her
phone number on card and jumps high up and down. She waves to Deven.
Bowler bowls. Deven hits but ball hits edge of bat and goes on stumps.
Deven gets bowled out. Sanjit, Singh, Chandra, Aarati and Vishakha are
upset. Crowd turns silent.
VO OF ARUN
(shocked and saying loudly.)
Aur yeh bowled! Deven kewal saat gendo me saat runs bana kar out ho
gaye hain. Bharat ek baar phir musibat me hai. Gend bahari kinare par
lag kar sidhi stumps par ja giri thi. Bharat ne tin wickets kho kar ek
sau chalis runs banaye hain. Chhabbis overs ke baad.
Next batsman Shakil comes out to bat. He hits a four. Crowd cheers
wildly. Cheer girl are throwing kisses distract Shakil. He gets caught
out. Crowd becomes silent. So do Chandra, Aarati and Vishakha. Coach
and team are shocked.
VO OF SURESH
(loudly.)
Chautha wicket! Bharatiya team bhari sankat me hai! Shakil Abbas sirf
pandrah run bana kar out ho gaye hain.
Shakil walks back to pavilion. Scoreboard shows- Sunil Singh- 76* (84).
Shakil Abbas- 12 (12). Extras- 9. India- 157/4 in 26.1 overs. Needs 150
runs in 134 balls. 6 wickets remaining.
VO OF SURESH
Gend bahari kinare par lag kar sidhe fielder ke hath me chali gayi thi.
Shakil aatth runs bana kar out ho gaye hain. Score hai ek-sau-pachas
runs, char wickets khone ke baad. (Sanjit comes out to bat. Crowd gives
him big applause. So do Singh, Chandra, Aarati and Vishakha. They watch
him eagerly.) Bharat ke captain Sanjit batting karane aa rahe hain.
Sare fans unase aasha kiye baitthe honge. Hume yeh janana hai ki woh
Bharat ki bikharati pari ko sambhal paate hain ya nahi. (Bowler
prepares to bowl.)
VO OF ARUN
Sanjit ab paheli gend ka samana karane ke liye taiyar hain.
Sanjit plays without run. After that both batsmen make some runs.
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VO OF ARUN
Sanjit dhire-dhire khel ke maidan par apane pair jama rahe hain. Suresh
dono behad sulaji pari khel rahe hain.
VO OF SURESH
Ji ha Arun. Bharat ne char wickets gava diye hain. Aisi sthiti me inhe
team ko sthirata pradan karane ki zarurat hai aur mere khayal me yeh
dono woh kaam bilakul thik tarah se kar rahe hain.
Scoreboard shows- India- 194/4 in 30 overs. Sunil Singh- 84* (94).
Sanjit- 30 (32)*. Extras- 10. India needs 113 runs in 120 balls.
Batsmen are playing without getting any runs.
Suresh Bharatiya pari
do maiden overs daal
ballebaaz kewal ek
banane
VO OF ARUN
behad dhimi ho gayi hai. Pratidwandi team lagatar
chuki hai aur usake baad ki over me bhi Bharatiya
hi run bana paye the. Sunil aur Sanjit ko runs
ke koyi tarike talash karane honge.
VO OF SURESH
Arun aap ne sahi kaha. Ballebazo ko tez khelana hoga. Required run rate
lagatar upar ki aur ja rahi hai.
Just then Sanjit hits four. Crowd cheers. Coach, team and girlfriends
and Chandra are cheering them.
VO OF ARUN
Sanjit ne is gend ko bahot sundarata se boundary ki disha me cut kar
diya hai. Shanadar shot. Sanjit ko char runs mile hain.
Umpire signals four. Crowd is shouting with excitement.
VO OF SURESH
Sanjit ne bahot achhi cover-drive ki hai. Fielders dekhate hi rahe gaye
hain.
CUT-TO:
Sunil hits two runs. Then runs single. Sanjit hits a sixer. Crowd roars
ecstatically. So do Singh, Chandra, Aarati and Vishakha.
VO OF ARUN
(in very loud tone.)
Chhe run! Lajawab chhakka. Sanjit dhuadar ballebazi ka pradarshan kar
rahe hain.
VO OF SURESH
(equally excited.)
Bilakul. Sanjit aakramak ballebazi kar rahe hain. Is baar unhone crease
se bahar nikal kar long-on ki disha me khel diya hai. Utkrisht shot thi
Arun.
Scoreboard shows- India- 218/4 in 34 overs. Sunil Singh- 96* (106)
Sanjit Sharma- 42* (44). Extras- 12. India needs 89 runs in 96 balls.
VO OF ARUN
Haan Suresh. Dono ballebaz behad achha khel rahe hain. Sunil ko ab
shatak pura karane ke liye kewal char runo ki zarurat hai. Bharatiya
pari ek baar phir sukun se aage baddh rahi hai. Unhe ab jitane ke liye
chhyanwe gendo me nivassi runs ki zarurat hai aur ab Sunil Owen ki
agali gend khelenge.
Sunil tries to hit a big shot but ball hits him on his pad. Bowler
appeals for LBW out. Umpire raises finger and declares him out.
VO OF ARUN
(loudly.)
Bowler ne appeal ki hai aur OUT! Sunil sirf chhyanwe ke score par hi
out ho gaye hain. Bharat ko panchawa jhataka laga hai. Sunil bahot hi
durbhagyashali rahe hain.
Sunil is very disappointed and walks. Sanjit is very disappointed too.
Bowlers celebrate his wicket. Audience is very disappointed too. Singh,
Chandra, Aarati and Vishakha are disappointed too.
VO OF ARUN
Sunil Owen ki gend par LBW ho gaye hain. Owen ne unhe gend ki gati se
dhoka dekar back foot par khelane ke liye majaboor kar diya tha. Sunil
bahot durbhagyashali rahe. Woh apana shatak pura nahi kar sake.
Chauranwe runo ki shanadar pari ke baad out ho gaye. Agale ballebaz
Kamal ballebazi karane aa rahe hain. Bharat paanch wickets kho chuki
hai. Bharatiya pari ek baar phir ladakhada rahi hai. Umpire ne drinks
break ke liye ishara kiya hai.
Rivals celebrate. Scoreboard shows- Sunil Singh- LBW - Owen McLane- 96
(107). Sanjit Sharma- 42 (44)* India- 218/5 in 34.1 overs. Extras-12.
India needs 89 runs in 95 balls. 5 wickets remaining. New batsman Kamal
comes out to play. Umpire calls for Drinks Break. They go for drinks.
Both drink water and wash faces. Then wipe.
VO OF SURESH
Bharat ne paanch wickets kho diye hain. Jitane ke liye unhe nivaasi
runs banane hain. Sirf panchanve gendo me. Sanjit aur Kamal ko
savadhani se khelana chahiye.
VO OF ARUN
Bilakul thik kaha aapane Arun lekin yeh bhi yaad rakhana hoga ke achha
run rate kayam rahe.
On playground- Sanjit is talking to Kamal.
SANJIT
Kamal tum kisi bhi tarah ek run lekar strike mujhe do.
KAMAL
Thik hai.
SANJIT
Har gend par tez daudana. Hume zyadatar gendo me do run karane ki
zarurat hai.
KAMAL
Achha.
Twelfth man comes out with water.
TWELFTH MAN
(to both.)
Coach ka kahena hai ki south stand ki cheer girls se bach ke rahena.
Woh hamara dhyan batane ki koshish kar rahi hain. (Points at cheer
girls. Cheer girls are looking at rival coach. Sanjit and Kamal look at
the cheer girls and look in their pavilion. Coach Singh points at cheer
girls and shuts eyes with palms.) Coach kahe rahe hain ki unaki tarf
dekhana nahi.
SANJIT
Thik hai. Ab tum jao.
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Game begins. Batsmen make some runs. Sanjit makes one run. Crowd claps.
VO OF ARUN
Isi ke sath Sanjit unchas runo par pahoche hai. Ardh-shatak karane ke
liye unhe kewal ek run ki zarurat hai. Bharatiya ballebazo ne achhi
ballebazi ki hai.
Scoreboard shows- Sanjit Sharma- 49 (50). Kamal Mathur- 8 (5). India235/5 in 36 overs. Extras-14. India needs 72 runs in 84 balls. 5
wickets remaining.
Kamal plays for one run. Then Sanjit hits a four and completes his
half-century. Audience, coach Singh and rest of the team applaud.
VO OF ARUN
(excitedly and loudly.)
Sanjit ne apana ardh-shatak pura kiya. Kewal baavan gendo me unhone yeh
ardh-shatak kiya hai. Suresh jis tarah se Sanjit khel rahe hain mera
manana hai ki Bharat sahejata se jit ke karib pahoch raha hai.
VO OF SURESH
Arun main aap se bilakul sahemat hoon. Sanjit ne behad shandar pari
kheli hai
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Kamal is batting.
VO OF SURESH
Chalisawe over ki aakhari gend dali ja rahi hai. Bharat ka score hua
do-sau-sattais par chhe. Kamal agali gend khelane ke liye taiyar hain.
Bowler bowls. Kamal tries to hit towards boundary but gets bowled out.
VO OF ARUN
(loudly and anxiously.)
Kamal Shah bowled ho gaye hain. Sidhi gend thi. Unake shot khelane ki
timing galat thi. Gend bahot tezi se bat ke niche se guzar gayi. Bharat
ka chhattha wicket ja chuka hai. Darshako me sannata hai.
VO OF SURESH
Haan Arun. Bharat ki pari phir musibat me hai. Char wickets baki hai
aur jitane ke liye ab bhi sath runo ki zarurat hai. Aage dekhate hai
kya hota hai.
Kamal is walking back. Anil walks out to bat. We see crowd. Everyone
becomes silent. Scoreboard shows- India- 250/6 in 40 overs. Sanjit
Sharma- 65 (68)*. Extras- 14. India needs 57 runs in 60 balls. 4
wickets in hands.
CUT-TO:
COMMENTARY BOX
Arun and Suresh are talking.
ARUN
Agale ballebaz Anil khelane aa rahe hain. Suresh mera khayal hai ki
Bharatiya khiladiyo ko soch-samajh kar khelana hoga.
SURESH
Arun aap ka khayal bilakul sahi hai magar agar kisi ek khiladi ki baat
ki jaye to saare logo ki nigahe ab Sanjit par tiki hai. Bharat ko sath
gendo me sattar daudo ki zarurat hai.
Anil comes out.
VO OF ARUN
Anil khelane aa chuke hain. Anil ne bahot shanadar gendabazi ka
pradarshan karate hue teen wickets liye the. Dekhana hai ki ballebazi
se woh team ka koi fayada kara sakate hain ya nahi. Arun mera manana
hai ki jit ka sara daromadar is aakhari jodi par hai.
Bowler bowls. Anil hits towards boundary and runs two runs. On next
ball he runs single. Sanjit doesn't get any run on the ball after that.
Then Sanjit hits four. Crowd is ecstatic. Singh, Chandra, Aarati and
Vishakha are applauding joyously.
VO OF SURESH
(loudly and excitedly.)
Aur yeh chauka! Bahot badhiya cut! Bharat khel me phir apane kadam jama
raha hai. Dono ballebaz behad achha khel rahe hain. Bharat ko ab adatis
gendo me pachas runs ki zarurat hai.
Batsmen make some more runs. Scoreboard shows- India- 260/6 in 43
overs. Sanjit Sharma- 74 (80)*. Anil Chawla- 1 (6)*. Extras- 14. India
needs 47 runs in 42 balls. 4 wickets remains. Sanjit comes out of
crease and hits a sixer. Crowd roars. So do Singh, Chandra, Aarati and
Vishakha.
VO OF ARUN
(very loudly.)
Aur yeh chhakka! Bahot hi dumdar shot. Tez gend ko aage aakar utha diya
tha chhe runo ke liye.
Sanjit comes out once again and hits towards boundary. Ball bounces
before boundary and goes over it for four runs. Audience and team are
ecstatic. So are Singh, Chandra, Aarati and Vishakha.
VO OF SURESH
(loudly and excitedly.)
Sanjit ne ek baar phir boundary ki disha me khele the. Char run mile
hain. Sanjit akramak batting ka pradarshan kar rahe hain. Bahot hi
baddhiya shot. Unhone kewal do gendo me dus runs jod diye hain. Fans me
behad khushi chhayi hai.
CUT-TO:
Audience roars with excitement.
VO OF ARUN
Bilakul sahi samay par Sanjit ne bade shots khelana shuru kar diya hai.
Bharat ab jit ke karib pahoch raha hai.
VO OF SURESH
Ji haan Arun ab Bharat ko jit ke liye chhattis gendo me taitis run
banane hain.
Scoreboard shows- India needs 33 runs in 36 balls. 4 wickets remain.
Sanjit Sharma- 86 (83). Anil Chawala- 5 (7).
CUT-TO:
Bowler bowls next ball. Anil hits it high. Crowd cheers loudly.
VO OF SURESH
(loudly.)
Utha kar boundary ki tarf khel diya hai.
Coach, team, Aarati, Vishakha and Chandra are happily watching the
ball. Fielder runs towards ball. Ball is coming down.
VO OF ARUN
(loudly.)
Fielder maujud hai. Gend ki aur baddh rahe hai. Shayad catch ho sakata
hai.
Fielder jumps and grabs it with one hand and falls on ground. Then
stands up and throws it in sky. Anil has been caught-out.
VO OF ARUN
(shocked and saying it very loudly.)
Aur yeh OUT! Anil out ho gaye hain. Bharat ko bahot bada jhataka laga
hai.
Bowling team is ecstatic. They celebrate his wicket.
VO OF SURESH
Anil mid-on se boundary ki aur khelana chah rahe the lekin ball ne
upari kinara le liya aur fielder ki tarf uchhal gayi. Fielder ne bahot
hi baddhiya catch kiya hai. Bharat ab saat wickets kho chuka hai.
(Scoreboard shows- India needs 19 runs in 24 balls. 3 wickets remain.)
Jit ke liye unhe ab bhi chaubis gendo me bees runo ki awashyakata hai.
Aise mauke par Anil ka wicket khona Bharat ke liye nuksandeh ho sakata
hai. Score hua hai dou-sou-atthasi runo par saat wickets. Chhiyalis
overo ke baad.
Coach, team, Aarati, Vishakha, and Chandra look very disappointed. Anil
walks inside pavilion. New batsman comes out to play.
VO OF SURESH
Bharat ki pari ab nazuk mod par aa ruki hai. Agale ballebaz Vikram
khelane aa rahe hain. Sanjit ko unaka margadarshan karana hoga. Agar
yeh dono sirf char overs sambhal kar khele to bhi aasani se jit sakate
hain Arun.
VO OF ARUN
Aap ne bilakul sahi kaha Suresh.
Scoreboard shows- India- 288-7 in 46 overs. Bowler bowls. New batsman
Vikram plays but doesn't get run.
VO OF ARUN
Vikram ne is gend ko khela hai lekin koi run nahi milega. Bharat ko ab
tebees gendo me unnis runo ki zarurat hai. Tin wickets baki hain.
Vikram hits the ball and runs one run.
CUT-TO:
Scoreboard shows- India needs 10 runs in 10 balls. 3 wickets remain.
Vikram is batting. He plays ball and makes one run.
VO OF ARUN
Vikram ne ek run kiya. Bharat ab vishwa cup se kewal nau runo ki doori
par hai aur Sanjit apane shatak se kewal paanch run door hain. Aur ab
Sanjit agali gend ka samana karenge.
Bowler bowls. Sanjit plays but does not get a run.
VO OF ARUN
Sanjit is gend ko sahi disha nahi de paye hain. Unhe yahan par koi bhi
run nahi milega. Ab aath gendo me nau runo ki zarurat hai.
Coach, team, Aarati and Vishakha look very stressed. Sanjit goes
towards Vikram and talks to him. Then runs back to bat.
VO OF SURESH
Sanjit ne Vikram se baat ki. Pressure baddh raha hai Arun. Aise halato
me ek dusare se baat karana behad zaruri hota hai.
VO OF ARUN
Aap ne bilakul sahi kaha Suresh. Mera anuman hai ki Sanjit tezi se run
daudane ki sifarish kar rahe honge. Aur ab agali gend.
Bowler bowls. Sanjit hits the ball softly and runs very fast. Vikram
runs fast from the other side too.
VO OF ARUN
(loudly and excitedly.)
Sanjit ne khel diya hai aur tezi se run daud rahe hain. Vikram bhi
crease se daud chuke hain. (Fielder throws ball on stumps and appeals
for run-out.) Fielder ne throw kiya. (saying it very loudly.) Gend
seedhe stump par ja lagi hai. Fielder ne appeal ki hai. Sanjit ke runout hone ki sambhavana hai. (Umpire asks third umpire on walkietalkie.) Umpire ne third-umpire se puchhane ka faisala kiya hai.
Coach, team, Aarati and Vishakha look very worried. So do Sanjit and
Vikram. Big screen on ground shows action-replay. Sanjit has reached
inside the crease before ball has hit the stumps.
VO OF SURESH
Arun mere khayal se Sanjit wakt par crease ke andar pahoch chuke hain.
VO OF ARUN
Haan Suresh. Sanjit bilakul surakshit hain. Unaki kismat bahot achhi
thi. Is run ke sath Sanjit chhyanawe runo par pahoch gaye hain. Ab woh
shatak se kewal char runo ki doori par hain. (Big screen on ground
shows- Not out.) Not out. Third umpire ne bilakul sahi faisala kiya
hai.
Audience cheers loudly. Coach Singh, team, Aarati and Vishakha clap.
Umpire on ground says not out. Sanjit and Vikram look relieved.
VO OF SURESH
Prekshako me khushi ki lahar daud gayi hai. Aap dekh sakate hain Arun
ki Coach Singh aur Bharatiya team ne bhi rahat ki saans li hai. Ab ki
baar Sanjit ko sambhal kar khelana hoga. Bharat ko ab jitane ke liye
saat gendo me aath runo ki zarurat hai. Aur ab is over ki aakhari gend
ki aur baddhate hain.
Bowler bowls. Vikram is bowled out. Bowler and fielders make lots of
noise and celebrate his wicket.
VO OF ARUN
(very loudly and worriedly.)
OUT! Vikram out ho gaye hain. Tez Yorker ko bilakul khel nahi paye aur
bowled ho gaye. Bharat ki pari ab bhari sankat me hai. Aathawa wicket
ja chuka hai.
Coach Singh, team. Aarati and Vishakha look very stressed. Audience is
cheering the last batsman to play well. Last batsman is walking out to
bat. Vikram is going in pavilion.
VO OF SURESH
Bharat ko bahot bada jhataka laga hai Arun. Aakhari over me aath runo
ki zarurat hai aur sirf do wickets baki hai. Naye ballebaz Dipankar
Basu khelane aaye hain lekin shukra hai ki is wakt strike Sanjit ke
paas hai. Arun mera manana hai ki Sanjit ko zyada se zyada gende
khelane ki koshish karani hogi. Dipankar ko ballebazi ka zyada anubhav
nahi hai. Is wakt chhoti si galati karana bhi team ke liye khataranak
sabit ho sakata hai. (Scoreboard shows- India needs 8 runs in 6 balls.
2 wickets remain.
VO OF ARUN
Aap ne sahi kaha Suresh. (Bowler prepares to bowl.) Aur ab gendabaz
gend karane ke liye taiyar hain. (Bowler bowls. Sanjit plays the ball
and runs. Audience shouts and cheers Sanjit. Arun talks loudly.) Sanjit
ne khel diya hai. Run daud rahe hain. Ek run aasani se mil jayega.
Sanjit completes run.
VO OF SURESH
Ji haan aur Sanjit ne run pura kiya. Isi ke sath Sanjit sattanawe runo
par pahoche hain. Woh shatak se kewal tin run door hain. Bharat ko ab
paanch gendo me saat runo ki zarurat hai aur strike naye ballebaz
Dipankar ke paas hai.
VO OF ARUN
Match bahot hi romanchak mod par aa gayi hai. Dipankar ko bahot hi
dhyan se khelana hoga. Unhe kisi bhi tarah ek run lekar strike phir se
Sanjit ko deni chahiye. (Bowler prepares to bowl.) Gendabaz gend karane
ke liye taiyar hain. (Coach Singh is watching very worriedly.)
VO OF SURESH
Coach Singh bahot chintit hai. Jit ke itane karib pahoch kar harana
unhe bilakul manzur nahi hoga.
Bowler bowls. Dipankar plays but ball goes towards a fielder.
VO OF ARUN
(very loudly.)
Dipankar ne khel diya hai lekin koi run nahi milega. Fielder maujud
hai. Bharat ki pari ab bahot hi mushkil padav par hai. Unhe char gendo
me saat runo ki zarurat hai. (Sanjit talks to Dipankar. Coach Singh
signals Dipankar to play the ball softly and run very fast.) Sanjit
Dipankar se baat kar rahe hain. Coach isharo se unhe koi sujhav dene ki
koshish kar rahe hain.
Sanjit goes back at non-striker’s end. Dipankar goes back to bat.
Bowler prepares to bowl.
VO OF SURESH
Sanjit ko shatak ke liye teen runo ki zarurat hai. Bharat ko saat runo
ki zarurat hai magar strike Dipankar ke paas hai. Ab Dipankar agali
gend khelane ke liye taiyar hain.
Audience makes noise to cheer Dipankar. Bowler bowls. Ball hits
Dipankar’s pad but he runs fast. Bowler appeals for LBW. Umpire says
not out. Sanjit runs very fast. Dipankar sees him and runs very fast
too.
VO OF ARUN
(very loudly.)
Dipankar ne khel diya hai aur run daud rahe hain. Dusare chhor se
Sanjit pahele hi crease se daud chuke hain. Fielder gend tak pahoche.
(Batsmen complete the run. Audience shouts to cheer batsmen.) Lekin
ballebazo ne run pura kar liya hai. Sanjit sattanawe runo par khel rahe
hain. Bharat ko teen gendo me chhe runo ki zarurat hai. Sanjit ko ek
bada shot khelane ki koshish karani chahiye. (bowler runs to bowl.
Audience makes noise. Coach Singh watches worriedly.) Gendabaz gend
karane daud rahe hain.
Bowler bowls. Sanjit hits the ball hard towards his right and runs
fast.
VO OF ARUN
Sanjit ne dumdar shot khela hai. Pahela run daud rahe hain.
Sanjit completes one run and runs again for second run. Fielder fields
the ball and throws it at bowler.
VO OF ARUN
Sanjit dusara run daud rahe hain. Fielder ne gend ko field kar gendabaz
ki aur fek diya hai.
But Sanjit completes second run. Audience cheers Sanjit very loudly.
Sanjit runs for third run. Dipankar sees him running and runs.
VO OF ARUN
(loudly.)
Sanjit ne dusara run pura kiya aur tisare ke liye daud rahe hain.
Fielder ne gend ko wicket-keeper ki disha me fek diya hai. Yahan par
Dipankar ko khatara ho sakata hai.
Ball reaches wicket-keeper. Wicket-keeper hits stumps and appeals to
umpire.
VO OF ARUN
(very excitedly and loudly.)
Run-out ki appeal ki gayi hai. Bahot nazadiki mamala ho sakata hai.
(Umpire signals for third-umpire’s decision. Umpire ne third umpire se
puchhane ka faisala kiya hai.
CUT-TO:
Action-replay shows Dipankar running to reach inside the batting crease
and wicket-keeper hitting the ball on stumps.
VO OF ARUN
Mere khayal me Bharatiya team ke upar gehara sankat mandara raha hai.
Replay me Dipankar out nazar aa rahe hain. (then the big screen on
ground shows this message- Out. VO of Arun is very loud.) Out! Bharat
ka nauwa wicket ja chuka hai. Bharat ko jitane ke liye ab do gendo me
char runo ki zarurat hai aur aakhari wicket baki hai. Sanjit ninyanawe
runo par khel rahe hain.
Audience is silent. Coach Singh, team, Aarati and Vishakha look very
worried. Dipankar walks back looking at ground. New batsman is walking
towards batting crease.
VO OF SURESH
Naye ballebaz Ajit Tiwari khelane aa rahe hain. Strike unake paas hai.
Sirf do gende baki hai. Unhe is gend me kam se kam do run banane ki
zarurat hai. Gendabaz agali gend karane ke liye taiyar hain. (Coach
Singh looks worried and stands up to watch. Sanjit walks towards Ajit
Tiwari and talks to him. Umpire stops bowler from bowling.)
VO OF ARUN
Umpire ne gendabaz ko gend karane se rok diya hai. Shayad Sanjit ko
apane sathi se koi baat karani hai.
Sanjit has finished talking and returns to his side. Umpire signals
bowler to bowl. Bowler runs to bowl.
VO OF ARUN
Aur ab agali gend. (audience claps. So do coach Singh, team, Aarati.)
Ajit samana karenge.
Bowler bowls. Ajit Tiwari plays the ball and runs.
VO OF ARUN
(very excitedly and loudly.)
Ajit gend ko khel kar run daud rahe hai. Ek run aasani se milana
chahiye.
Ajit completes run and runs for second run but Sanjit stops him.
Fielder fields and throws the ball towards bowler.
VO OF SURESH
Ajit dusara run lena chahate the magar Sanjit ne unhe roka.
VO OF ARUN
(very excitedly and loudly.)
Shayad Sanjit aakhari gend khud khelana chahate hain. Bharat ko ab
kewal ek gend me teen runo ki zarurat hai. Khel bahot romanchak mod par
hai Suresh. Ek gend me teen run banana bahot hi mushkil hai.
VO OF SURESH
(very excitedly and loudly.)
Aap ne thik kaha Arun magar Bharat ko jit ke itana karib aakar yeh
match ko gavana nahi chahiye. Sanjit ko pure manobal ke sath is gend ko
khelana hoga aur kisi bhi tarah teen run banane honge. Aur ab gendabaz
gend karane ke liye taiyar hai.
Audience cheers Sanjit. Coach and Aarati cheer him too. Ajit is ready
to run from the other end. Bowler bowls. Sanjit hits.
VO OF ARUN
(very loudly.)
Sanjit ne dumdar shot khela hai. Gend upar uthi hai. Fielder use field
karane daud rahe hain.
Ball rises in slow motion. Sanjit runs. So does Ajit. Ball is going
higher and higher. It reaches boundary.
VO OF ARUN
(very excitedly and loudly.)
Sanjit aur Ajit tezi se run daud rahe hain. Gend boundary ki aur ja
rahi hai. Fielder gend ki aur daud rahe hain.
Sanjit is running and looking at ball. In fast-motion ball goes inside
boundary for sixer. Crowd roars ecstatically. Umpire signals sixer.
India has won. Audience roars with excitement.
VO OF ARUN
(very loudly and ecstatically.)
SIXERRR!!! Suresh Bharat ne world cup jit liya hai. Sabhi ko bahot
bahot badhaiya ho. Yeh woh adbhut kshan hai jo hum, aap aur agali kayi
pidhiya anant kaal tak yaad rakhengi. Yeh Bharatiya itihas ka aisa
sunehara adhyay hai jo kayi saalo me ek baar banata hai.
Behad janadar chhakke ke sath Sanjit ne itihas me apana naam darj kara
liya hai! Avishwasaniya, adbhut, abhutapurva chhakka Suresh. Aisa shot
maine zindagi me paheli baar dekha hai Suresh lekin main ise zindagi
bhar yaad rakhunga.
Then all get up and scream in joy. Coach, team. Aarati and Vishakha are
crying in joy. Sanjit stops running and goes back and jumps on his
partner Ajit in joy. Both jump on each other and hug. Other team
members congratulate and hug each other in pavilion.
VO OF SURESH
(in loudest possible voice in huge sound of crowd cheer.)
Bilakul Arun. Aisa to na pahele kabhi hua hai aur na hi kabhi hoga. Yeh
chhakka ek aitihasik chhakka hai jise sari duniya zarur aane wali kayi
sadiyo tak yaad rakhegi. Sabhi ko world cup jitane ki bahot bahot
badhaiya ho.
VO OF ARUN
(in loudest possible voice in huge sound of crowd cheer.)
Ji haan Suresh. Aaj Bharat ne world cup final jit kar ek naya itihas
banaya hai. Bharat hi hai vishwa cup vijeta do-hazar-nau. Avishwasaniya
ant hua hai is world cup final ka Suresh. Kisi ko andaza bhi nahi hoga
ki is tarah chhakke ke sath khel samapt hoga. Suresh Sanjit shayad
pahele hi faisala kar chuke the ki is gend ko crease se bahar ho kar
khelenge aur pure atmavishwas se gend ko sima-rekha ke bahar bhej diya.
Sanjit ne bahot hi adbhut shot khela aur adbhut pari nibhayi. Bilakul
ek yoddha ki tarah aakhir tak ladate rahe Sanjit aur aaj apani team ko
ek nayi bulandi par pahochaya hai.
Bowling side is very disappointed and looks away and then looks at
ground in shame. Rival team's coach Stevens is watching the match from
home and spills his tea. Anita is watching in her prison too and is
happy about the victory but is crying. Other girls are consoling her.
Umpire and rival team congratulate Sanjit and Ajit. Audience stand up
and light firecrackers, play drums, shout Sanjit’s name and dance. Some
run on playground and chase Sanjit and Ajit.
VO OF ARUN
Darshako me bilakul tyohar sa mahaul hai.
Scoreboard shows- India is the new world champion. Wins final by 1
wicket. Congratulations India! Coach Singh looks at scoreboard and
claps with all his might. He has tears of joy in his eyes. So do Aarati
and others. Sanjit jumps on his partner in joy and raises his bat
towards pavilion. Some people from the audience lift up Sanjit and
Ajit. Scoreboard shows- Sanjit Sharma- 100* (100)
VO OF SURESH
Sanjit ne aaj apane desh ko ek abhutpurva aur aitihasik siddhi dilayi
hai. Yahi nahi unhone yeh kaam match ki aakhari gend me apana shatak
pura kar ke kiya hai. Aap ne sahi kaha Arun. Yeh din hum sab zarur yaad
rakhenge. Ise Bharatiya cricket ke itihas ki kitab me sunahare aksharo
se likha jayega. Sari duniya is din ko hamesha yaad rakhegi.
VO OF ARUN
(very loudly in sound of crowd cheer.)
Bharatiya team, coach Singh aur Sanjit ko hamari aur se bahot bahot
badhaiya ho.
People from crowd have lifted Sanjit and Ajit on their shoulders and
doing victory rounds on ground. Team and coach approach them. Sanjit
and Ajit get down and hug coach and rest of the team. Crowd cheers
them. They all do victory rounds of ground. Both show their bats to
audience and then to coach, team and Aarati and smile joyously. People
light more firecrackers and play drums.
VO OF SURESH
(overwhelmed.)
Sanjit ne ek-sau gendo me ek-sau runo ki nabaad pari khel kar
vijayi banaya hai. Hume Ajit aur Anil ke hausale ki bhi vakai
hogi Arun ki woh aakhir tak koi dabav me aaye bagair Sanjit
dete rahe. Kya kahe Arun? Sanjit ko bahot bahot badhaiya ho.
bahot bahot badhaiya ho aur aap ko bhi bahot bahot badhaiya
Bharat ko
daad deni
ka sath
Bharat ko
ho Arun.
VO OF ARUN
Aap ko bhi bahot bahot badhaiya ho Suresh. Aaj hume behad romanchak
khel dekhane ko mila hai. Bharat ek baar phir vishwa cup vijeta bana
hai. Logo me ekdum ek tyohar jaisa mahaul hai.
VO OF SURESH
Arun aap se is baat par sau pratishat sahemat hoon ki yeh ek behad hi
romanchak khel tha. Hume Bharatiya team ka abhivadan karane me bahot
bahot khushi mili. Aaiye ab hamari aitihasik nazar is aitihasik khel ke
aitihasik scoreboard par ferate hain. (Both laugh.)
Scoreboard shows- India 310/9 in 50 overs. Wins world cup final by 1
wicket. Sanjit Sharma- 100* (100).
VO OF SURESH
Bharat teen-sau-dus par nau wickets. Arun Sanjit ne aakhari gend par
vijayi chhakka mara aur Bharat ko bahot garv se vishwa cup dilaya hai.
Crowd takes Sanjit, coach and rest of the team for a tour around the
ground on people's shoulders. They wave at people in stadium.
VO OF ARUN
Ji haan Suresh. Yakin nahi hota jis hausale ke sath Sanjit ne aakhari
chhakka mara aur khel ka samapan kiya. Ajit ne bhi unaka achha sath
nibhaya. Tanav se bhare aakhari minuto me bhi apana santulan banaye
rakha. Suresh hume Vijay aur Sunil ke yogadan ko bhi bhulana nahi
chahiye. Vijay ne achhi shuruat karate hue tez chawalis run banaye aur
Sunil ne bhi shanadar chhyanwe runo ki pari kheli. Durbhagyavash kewal
char runo se woh apana shatak chuk gaye. Lekin khel me to sab kuchh
jayaz hai. Aur usake baad Anil ne ballebazo ka hausala baddhate hue tez
ballebazi ki jo karana pichhale kram ke ballebaz ke liye behad mushkil
ho sakata tha khas kar aise tanav bhare avasaro par.
Aarati, Vishakha and Chandra are waving at team from pavilion.
Firecrackers burst in sky. People burn placards. Others are dancing.
Some are exchanging money, jewelry, watches, etc.
VO OF SURESH
Arun aap ne bahot achhi baat kahi. Kul milakar Bharat ne bahot hi
bahetarin khel khela hai. Khair bahot bahot badhaiya Bharatiya team ko
jo ek jut ho kar team ke hit me utkrisht khel kheli aur hume vishwa cup
jitane ka gaurav pradan kiya. Arun aaj Coach Singh ka seena garv se
chouda ho gaya hai.
Sanjit and Ajit get down from people's shoulders and hug coach and rest
of the team. Then Sunil, Vijay, Anil and Sanjit hug each other and
celebrate victory. They shout in joy. Crowd shouts with them.
VO OF ARUN
Bilakul Suresh. Coach Singh ki mahenat rang layi hai. Jis samay team
kharab form se guzar rahi thi us samay par puri team ko prerit kar ek
manch tak lana aur use jitana ek aitihasik siddhi hai aur hum hi nahi
aane wali kayi pidhiya ise baraso-baraso tak yaad rakhengi.
VO OF SURESH
Zarur zarur yaad rakhengi Arun. Khair ek baar phir bahot bahot badhaiya
ho.
VO OF ARUN
Bahot bahot badhaiya ho Suresh.
People are still lighting firecrackers, playing music and dancing in
frenzy of joy. Coach Singh, Sanjit and team are doing rounds of
playground, waving at everyone. Crowd is boisterously applauding team.
CUT-TO:
PLAYGROUND – SAME TIME
Sanjit, Sunil, Vijay and Anil lift world cup trophy and kiss it. Coach
Singh is smiling from behind them. Many fans have gathered around them
and are smiling too. Some photographers take their pictures.
VO OF ARUN
Sanjit world cup trophy ko chum rahe hain. Coach Singh muskura rahe
hain. Darshak khushiya mana rahe hain.
VO OF SURESH
Sare desh me jashn ka mahol hoga. Ek baar phir sabhi ko bahot bahot
badhaiya.
Sound of firecrackers bursting. Fade out. BG music fades in.
END CREDITS ROLL.
In BG music- Sanjit gets Man of the Match trophy and world cup trophy.
Coach, Sanjit and team get their pictures taken. All throw champagne on
each other. Sanjit celebrates with Aarati. Sunil with Vishakha. Anil
and Vijay with other girls.
CUT TO:
Sanjit, Sunil, Vijay and Anil have kids. They buy small cricket bats
and balls for their kids.
FADE.